MEDICINES.
DR. ,PTEELLING'S
2%,e Great Panacea fur Consiemptian! !
LSO Asthina, Influenza, Donning Cough, Croup;
Mk Scarlet Fever, Measles, difficult) of Breathing,
Bronchitis, Spitting of Blood, Pains inthe Breast, and
all other diseases of the: Lance.
CONFIRMED. • ,
Extraordinary cure of Asthma, by Steelline's Put._
Xi:tottery Syrup, attested Id by ipt. Samuel R. Dem
melt, merchant 5f Potter's Credit, MiUrtnotrth County/
Now Jersey, the father of the unfortunate young suffer -I
Yarn:as CILEETC, June 6th, 1844.
Tla..STEitriso—Pear have the pleasure
'being able to state that my daughter , tyho had bee
*offering under severe' Asthma for 'Sore years.bas heex
entirely cured of that painful disese, by the use of si
bottles of ydiir Pulmonary Syrup. She was when
first attacked with that, complajot, aura nine 'years of
age, and suffered with it beyond all description, for
the period of near six years, having an attack about
every three or four weeks. It was_to all appearance,
anti:rued and in.trovable—we tried many medicines
without any relief whichever. ' About this time, we
heard of the superior effiacy of your Pulmonary Fivr
cp and determined give it. a triale—we procured a
dozen bottles of ; the first bottle relieved her very
much, and by the time site bad taken six bottles, she,
was perfectly cured If is now three three years
since then, and she has not had the - slightest attack of
:the Asthma. She suffered so much when laboring tin
der those attacks that we could hearher breath dis
linctly over the whole house—she was frequently near.
-suffocating, and we hadquite despaired of her recove
Five you the above statement of facts, that others
- who may he Mllirted - with this awful disease, may
'make use attar same means, and we reel assured that
:with the blessing of Providence, they will hind perms
-meta relief. • Yours resnert
SAMUEL R. BUNNELL.
A k tid, nice from Philadelphia ! !
'Mead the follou - ing strong testimony in favour of
Steelling's Pulmonary S, 'yrup, eivolt by the Rev. V. 0.
Douglass, Pastor of the Mariner's Church, Philadel
_phis.
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Dr. Steelliag—Sir feel numb gratified in being
-able to say to you, that the Pulmonary syrup you sent,
has been need by severalnersons with,great success:—
The first person • who took it. had been Fonfined :to her
"bed-for some time with'a seveie coueh-pi c ier takine
diulliSeme bottle., Elie was almost entirely cured. A Sailor
?wag creatiy aistr - rsed with.a cony, and could not find
ituthing to reliev,e tnnk, one bottle and railed
Ito say that he was en, ;7-4 if cured ! ! member of my
.Citurch;was taken with the prgwailinn intturnm—lle
"took six of your:Ant Pillions Pills. and i of Syrup,
r.and felt almost entirely rent :red to Ms wanted health.
=bile 'Woodsmo,LN.: 3.. a short lithe shre. I found
Mrs. 13:W..liinntring-tiniler a severe rang b, and scarpe-
IY able to sit up timuletithe day-1 felt' confident that"
the Syruawould re,ti h•tr ; accordingly I sent her a
bufile--within aleti• days', I heard that she was greatly
' benefited, and in a-fair was of a speedy recovery.
can truly sak, that almost eV.PTy one that has taken it,
haslieen more. or I -, ss hem:flied, and i ran cordially ,
recommend it to :tti wtui are id anyway afflicted with
sicOugh. Yours 0. DOUGLASS,
The following is Irons a' diptinguist - ted Councellor. at
Law in Bridgton, N.J. •
Ilnrnmrrix, Drcems)erB. 1811. •
' Dr. Wm. Ste.ellingL-Sir:—lt rives me pleasure to
have it In my wilier to hear testimony to your invalua
ble Pulmonary Syrup. ,For F,`Ver:.l years when any
one of my family. has been aftlieted .with
• hoarseness. Ilithierva Lye have u
sed it with vesy effln•i has itivariahiy
idyerrleit las't. I was attacked in the
rileht. with aeon, inued earn xi=u, do-c
if the Syrup itiIIMIPUIIO3' stormed the conch. tied
- feee I had finished the bottle..) feted ielyszlf cornoterely
.cured. The cause of piii,lanthrooy, most certainly
' owes you a dell of cratilude. for the acquisition of a
medical eompound - v&illfully prepared, pleasant to the
taste, cOntainine no many excell•mt properties. and
made aceessahle to all. rich and peer. hp its reduced
. Your Ohedirspt Sr.rvni.t.
IRAAC WATTS. CRANE.
D;si 'arrest( d 7 . e.,timonu t .! ! !
EXtVIII Of a tctt••r ror , •ivl , l f r oinibn n e n, \V m. n e t_
lig, pastor of Lutheran Church.. Ablinttstown, Pa.
Ann.ErTsTown. Jan.. 10 1812.
take olea.ore in inform
ing yon - that• I have hnen notelt henefitted I.y the use
.of your PVI.WOiIIiV Sal:Ur—my throat Nvhich has been
-sore:for better Than tw,, vears, and Which was ronsid-,
, er ol y when I sry you last, 'has been ,greatly
rrlier.td think I v Rein': a .f,;tv tail✓ bottles, a radi
cal cure.' May he etTertett--I ...In therefore recommend
'lt to all:who are Flinilarly afflicted
Yours Affectionately.
Santini SW.IID, PostMsstrr at Etiushant N. I, who
ja upward. , nf'!,:ovt.riV Ire of atto. wait cured i.r, a
.sesore it lloorze and reirr)se by a'rew bottles , of my
:Pulmonary Svrup. . ,
S'ainur I Small: cif reritherert, - N.J. ,;hies that his
-wife who was nigh onto ~tiffoca.ion with a cough.
- was restored to :wind h2alth by the Free use ut.uty
'l"eloton.iry Srroo
The wife of lierher , I%Tareg.rrnr• i kr,N I was en
•tirelv ro,rl rlf eolv:h lieir YEARS
hy Pohw , , irt• S)ritr.
rhihni, of who'w.is *sohie^r to it
.tooth orihrer )airs ya^d •tti 5.1:1,, , a of blood
and who c001f1. , ..0e relief I o - oi the ono, - medscines
e.e I. I.Val relieyed' Ly one, , boVle of thy
Ll'ulmenare Syrti;a. •
Rev. W 11,ar, flamist rltrecrear,
N. 3. m a i& that m
• F.may I'miev, nye I 'linvari'S
-of reamity, harl hem! ',acted' for several te'ats with
:a mast Poach nr(l had eiLed
inane mcilirettes 1 4 An relief; It:is been alintist
• •entire!y cured he three holies of 'four Pu , in
Syrup—she thinks alitether-bettle w P ..he effeimial
Rev '0: finite las:. P.istor;of The 1 Inert'' , Church
Philada. gave-a tint le of my 'utino , Cary Sarno to a
lade_ who was cretliiiecl ,to ; her bed tilt a cough.
after taking- which Oie ritnito.t' ro.trely relieved.
lie alto 2ave a haute to . a 'sail.'" was Cready
, distressed with a entmh, mid C;iolil fn t orithth to
relieve him—alter taking wlech Ite'alled In say that
• it perfectly cured him. Dolia!a, ' moreo‘er
-sap that a' mPrn't , r of It's eharch tarlo was Inbuilt.-
nnder'sever - e Inflaor.a.vims coreil ontnediately by
, of me , a ntihihrms ti,Citte of my l'ul
=Pan try * Syrup; also th it while riatfa visit to aVo
, town. N J. recently. Mm SW. of 'hat wllaL , e, was
- scarcely able to sit Ire through he thy, from a revere
relcl, he rent her a bottle Ot my Ifti;mopary Syrup,
-which raw , her immediate' relief.
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For sale in•PotisciJle, 1,3
JOHN S. MARTIN.
'July 13
• Reduction Fourfold in Prices,
:(Jr tithing if the U.•cr zs not Delighted with it
14 article that every Eamilymtist consider indispen
sable, when they know its power and value.. and
-Which has heretofore been sold too high to reach all,:
classes, has now been reduced Fourfold in price, with a
view that rich and pond, high hod low, and in fact ev
cry human being may enjoy its cionforts and all who
-get it shall have.the price returned to them if they are
not delighted with its die. We assert, without the Pos
sibility of contradiction; that all Burns and Scalds, every
external Sore, old or fresh, and all external pains and
steles, no matter - where. shall be te, duced to comfort by
it in five minutes—savinglife, limb, or scar. No burn
can be fatal if this is :outbid, unless the vitals are de
stroyed by accident. 'lt is trulrmagical, to appearance,
-In its'efferts. Enquire for •• Conners Magical Pain Ex
tmctor.Salve." Price 25 cents, or Mutilates as much
for 50 eats. and teninneS aßlmich for SI. •
All country merchants are requested to take it to
their towns on commission. as the gteatest blessing to
mankind that has been di«covereti in medicine forages.
This is strong lanettatie, hut roll may deti«rl it« power
will fully justify it.' 801.1 at C'onedociCs.itraneli 'louse,
No. 2 North sth street, Philadelphia, and by
J. S. -ej INIARTEsi.
In :Pottsville.
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Wright's Indlah Vegetable Pills,
cw ... THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE
Of Clealth.,'
1%; 0 MEDICINE has ever been Introttiteect-to tle..A
/ • Merican, Pnblic,, Miele virtues have I been more
` ° .e.heerfullyand universally acknowleged, than the a
bove 'word . . .
WRIGIIT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS: •
To descant upon their merits, at this late day, would
seem to be wholly unnecessary, as very few indeed
wile read this article; will be found unacquainted with
. itthe real eicellepre of the medicine :But if further,
proof were wanting to establish the credit alibis singu
tar. remedy, it mig:ht be found in the fact that no medi
,. sine lwthe country has been so •
• SIIA.MELES:II:V COUNTERFEITED.
Ignorant and unprincipled men have at various pla-
cm manufactured a spurious pill; and in orde't more
completely to de,ceice the public have made it m out
ward appearance to resemble the true, medicine.—
These tricked people could tieverpass off their worth
tessirash,tut for the a•qiistllnce of certain inisislided
storekeepers,w. lo 1 I .i_ e
eative they can purchase the spu
lions article at a reduced rate, lend themselves to this
monstrous system of imposition and crime.
Tfle patrons of the above :excellvnt Pills-will there
fore be on their guard against every kind of imposi
tion, and remember the only genuine Agents in -Potts
ville, are Messrs. T. & J. Beatty.
The following highly respectable sto ti have
been appointed Agents for the sale of •
• , wilicirrl3 INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS, FOR
.- - SCHUYLKILL COUNTY,.
and of whom it is confidently believed the genuine
medicine can with certainty be obtained :
T. & J, Beatty, Pottsville. .
Bicker& Hill, Orwiesburg. _
• *van Mattis, Mahantaiigo.
J.: Wrist, Klingerstown..
- Jacob Kauffman,Lower Maliantango. • - -
Jonas 'Kauffman? do .
Jobn Snyder, Fnedenshurg. • •
' „ Featherotf,Drey & , :o. Tusrariia.
4 5. William Tager.. Tamaqua.
John Maurer, Up per' Alahantango.
M. Ferrider; West Penn Township.
. Caleb Wheeler, Pinegrove.
P. Schuyler, &co. East Brunswick Township..
• C. IL Denircst, Llewellyn.
E.. 0: Ifr. J. Kauffman, Ziomiermantown.
Bennett & Taylor: Minerseille. .
' George Reifsnyder, New Castle. .
Henry Koch & Son, Mclieansburg. .•
Abraham Heebner, Port Carbon.
John Mertz, briddlePoit. _
Samuel Boyer,Piirt Clinton.
Shoemaker lc Jim - Smart, Schuylkill Haven.
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BEWARE OF ,COUNTERFEITS. :',.
• • The only security against ft/11105100H is. so p ur c haseuh
^ from the regular advertised agents, and in all cases be
~ particular to ask fur Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills.
Office devoted exclusivel( to the sale of the medi 7.
eine, wholesale and reatil, i . o. 169 Hate street, Phili:
delnhla., . •
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li*RemeMbir, ,nnne arc genuine except Wright's
Milan Vegetable Pas.
WILLIAM WRIGHT. . '
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2#74,,,i_tiraicn..wita. GIVE STRENGTH TO OUR. HANDS AND SUBJECT ALL NATURE TO . QUE USE AND' 01.ASURE --DR. JOHNSON. !
"I L TEACH YOU TO ntacz inIVELt - 01 THE LAILTH.' AND
. BEING OUT PRODS THE:CATERNS OP SiOUNTAM.,
WEEKLY BY BE'NJAMT.N , BANNAN,
VOL XX
THE CHEAPEST PASSAGE AGENCY IN THE
UNITE]) STATES:
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Jioeph Ill'ellurrars •
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. iw..,,„ donderry, Cork, Belfast, Waterford, New-'
itti 0 3. , : .. ry, Colernin, &c., to New Vork,'or Phila
delphia.
This Line consists of the following Vessels, which
leaire New York, on the, ist, 6th, 11th, 16, 21st and 26th
of each month; andone every five days from Liver
pool, to New York : • .
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George Washington, United Stases,
• Garrick,' 1 Patrick Henry,
Sheffield, . - : i i Roscius, .
Independence, !. • • Viiginia,
Siddons; a . . Ashburton,
. • Stephen Whitney, Sheridan: -
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direndock„ , , Scotland, .
• Russell Glover, ! ' • ' Echo, ere., &c..
In connexion with the above, and for the purpose of
atliirding still greater facilities to 'passengers, the sub-
scriber has established, a regular line of first class
New York built, coppered and copper fastened ships, to
sail punctually every week throughout the year.
"'• In addition to the other accommodations, which are
superior to those of any other-line of Packets, Mr..
MrMurray has sent Mr.'- Richard Murphy, well known
as a benevolent and kindhearted gentleman, to Liver
pool at his own expense, totake care of his Passengers,
and see that they are not imposed on. ' Mr. Murphy, at
'so gives emigrants directions, on landing in• New York
or Philadelphia, sh as to guard against imposition.
For the accritainottatinn of those desirous Unending
- money to their friends,!drafts will .be given on the fol
lowing Banks, viz: On the Provincial Bank of Ire
laild, payable at
' Cork, Limerick, , ' Clommel,
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Londonderry, Sligo, ' .Wexford,
- Belfast, Waterford, . , Galway,
. Armagh, Athlone, • - Colerain,
- Kilkenny, Salina, • . Tratee,
" Enniskillen, Monaghan, • • Youghal, •
Banbridge, Ballymena, . • Parsonstown,
Downpatrick, C.avah,• - Lurgan,
Dungatinan, ' Bandon, - Ennis,
Ballyshannon, Strabane, Skihhreen,
Omagh. Mallow, . Dublin,
Cootebill, Kilrio,ii, •
Scotland—The City Bank of Glasgow.
England—Messrs. Spooner, Atwood & Co. hankers,
London ; 11. Murphy, Watitiblo Rnad, - Liverpoel, paya
ble without iliscounGin every town in Great Britian.
For further particulars, apply or address (if by let ,
,ter, post said)
• ' ' JOSEPH MeMPRRAY, 100 Pine sleet._
corner of South street, New York •
P.-W..81 - 13N Es &Co.ti•ri Waterloo'Road, Liverpool.
tle Persons wishing to pay Passages for their friends,
or forward their motley, and wanttheir business atten
ded too promptly and earieilit 'twisty. will please apply
to the subscriber, at the Miners' Journal Office ; who
has been in th , i Misfiles!: for the last three years, and
who has not yet lost one cent for those for, WflOM he
has done basilicas. ' . _ . -..
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March, 2
Perfumery! Perfurnexy !
T " v. 50,snribpr has put moms d clot of Elegant
and Superior Frera:ll l'erfumery;atirring which
is,F_arina Cologne Ficirsis Water. Honey' Rater, a
very nlernrant perfume. aod excel]: nt article for
krOieg hair in curl li r epher Lashes, (lett+ !nen or
ehhilren; Rnmtn Kalyrlor. lor the Comt.lexion,
Smelting Bottles, Lavender Water, Hove Water, an
-s,eritt; Bea l 's Oil,.iu p,, D , and .itler, .Matrow• b
rn total. Chris Tooth Wish. l'o:Int Powder, Pnwdvr
Bons and Puffs, Indhin Oil and Indian [lye fin. col
on! rn a flair a Iteatolifitl brown:and dark color. Ma.
e :4 s,:sr 0.1 Souls' Bags for a t..wnrs. Ge - nnine - 1)rto 'of
noes: in !hall,. Brown iad.sor. Munk. Orange
s.d Losnon. 01.1;) a Hose. tee..
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Gienns Saponaceouti Compound for Shaving, •
Bousseil's Celt brated Sh.iving Cieam.
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Eamilient,Nanonarmous rste,Cor riliiteri
ing and softening 14e Hands, and preventing chap
ping,.
Itous , -I.ll'n Balsamic 011.angier, for, the Al , nili
and Tee , knepine the lit-path rre,h and sweet.
preserving .the ennni in a health y C(111(;illrtn. and
preventing tliedrcattng of thetheteeth.recouriner,ded
tiv a rofii'ent
For:rale at l'h.l.tdelphia pricrp, by
B. BAN ti,-;igent.
December, '2 3 . . . 52
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January fi,
The Junius Trdets;
N. 1. THE TEST; or Parties - tried by their Acts
N.. 11. TILE CURRENCY.
No. 111. THE TARIFF.
No. IV. LIFE 01 , ,j1ENRY CLAY
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'These little pamphlets:are 'working Jatinite good to
the. Whig cause, and we observe with pleasure that :
they are becoming the standard publications among our
party.'—X. 0. 8ee.,1 . .
.The Justus True;mare becoming the standard Whig
puplicatithis for rite present campaign. —Lexington Ex
press, Missouri. I
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- This' Skries of - Political Tracts, from the well
knoWn author of 'Mc crisis of therountrp ' in 1840, uni
form in size And price, is published and for sale at this
office., ,
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Clay Clubs and others will be supplied at 61 50 per
hundred, the publisher'« price; or 3 cents per single co
py. Only last week' the publishers received a single
order for thirty thousand copies for the West. This
was a pretty stiff order, amounting, at *2O per 10110 to
.I$6OOC. Such,is the Spirit of the West. . 0
Feb.tl, a, .. 8—
POT' TSVILLE -
• sd ,
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EAGLE 7Ci 14 SRS..
John Far rell
fEPF.CTFULLY announces to the public that
the Nagle Foundry is in lull operation, where
he woo ni thankfully receive orders for castings of ev
ery-description. He has corwantly on hand llollow
ware. Sad Irons, mumps and rails, cart and wagon
boxes, plough points, mould boards, and cultivator
teeth: heals() has 'n varmy:of rad pied and drill
wheel patterns, coal breakers and 'Berms, fire prates,
dtc., all of which he wi Its. 11 at the lowcm cash
prices. Dealers would do well to give 11inia call, be
fore porehisioe
November 25..1813, 1. 47-Iy.
NEW CASH DRY GOOD, FANCY AND TRIMMING
STORE,
ITILE ROOM FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY
' CLIRISMAN & RICIIADS, IN CENTRE STREET.
The subscriber respectfully Informs the citizens of
Pottsville and the public in general, that, be has just o
pened a fresh assortment of the newest style's of goods,
conswtiong of '
Slias. Lawns, Alpacas, and Balzarines. •
with a varimy of fancy goods. Also, a new and splen-
did style of ' ;
f'eurfa, Silk, Thiliet Alpaca and other shawls,
Blue, and Black; Cloths of a superior quality.
He has also °Oland,
Sgm ng sdk, Spool and Patent Thread of the
best quality, Glares and Rosiery t Straw leg.
horn, G toy, Braid and other styles of Fancy
Bonnets, by the ia.e,doz. or' single Bonnet;
Men's and Boy's Legibrn Hats, •
An of whichwill be sold at the lowest cash prices.:
• p 1.20 " JOISEPM MORGAN.
BENJ. BANNAN,
AGENT son JosEpu.lllcMunuay
B. BANNAN
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- Tbe - Jolloiing took the pri.....
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the Cley Club „No. l.of Posh: :
THE. W-HIG'. Hipr.
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sir 3. u. wiuLAwri, - iso.,
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U 2( H--.. The ',brave old oak."
A anng for the-Chief, the brave rVhig Chief,
Whrihi , la reiened in earheai s' so long ;
Let the nam
wcikin•rinlfas bist . we sing,
. And around his banner throe „!
ltrthe darkest day, when the bold gate way,',
He tiprearrd his noble form, I --
And his voice, was heard ,I le oar mountain bird,
swelling high above the storm.
Than gather we all, at our country's call.
And 'march' in battle array ; I -
Let the song nod shout ring gaily out,'
As we swell the ranks for Nr. .
efidatti —Then gather we all, et our country's call,
And march in battle arrt
Let the song and sli ut rtng gaily out.
Ai we gyred the ranks for ;lay !
, -
When the foemen came, with a••ord and flame.
Scudded forth his v nii l e thin .ay,
From the council hall, like the trumpet's call,
When it summonsin the fray,
Like the ~ r uites'lond beat when artmes.meet,
- It aroused Mir gallant tam; I - •
As a hannerlflight in the darklinidnipht, .
Thejt untur rd the stripes an stars.
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The n gather we at!. ,
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,i 1 Mime, litii‘itt's lime ...
hant or Liberty.
,l iretched 11:ind. hehade her stand,
iatiens of the free 1 ;
Hilt her isles , and vide.Clad.hills,
and flpszArts led', • ..
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woke, as intact slioke •
Igloriousdind. -1 . • ,
nil gather tr,e all, &e. ,
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free shall one v l ines be,
ge our Chieftain rue,
ess mune hearse anion'sfame
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d and the wafer.. bide !
a foam. on our tnountain home,
En his Innns s-
HenEd the
As. with nu;s l
VA the n
4.n.:1 - I.Ereece.l
W 4re his
'A! hislynice
her:
Th.
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Oh, mnrrynn
As VP Or.
Whosi!dsiTh
O'er I he la
On 'he ocean]
gars eall obey
;e shout, Rib] the snne finis out,
Let Ipnch ti
A g a*plleih T
'ef who wins the day!
Far Our I •hl
Thbn gather we all, I ke.
In th•chair of state, daie none but the great,
'I world shall our Chiefijn see . ;
For talumpia we must,onr cause is just,
And perfec our union be!
Evere eye is . b right, every heart is light,
And tie sonr and sh•o are i/ay
Fns the VictiNr comes t 'mid the roll of drums,
WO hi. eforious What! array;
•a; Then gather we all,lakc •
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:••• Fiona the nlumbian Magazine.
' .HE SAC IFICE. ,
.LING- ltal Illtrii.T l lftlf OF LIFT. '
I i
lanchnly is a fearfld gift; •
.but the tele:mop/ of ttuthl •
rips the distance r file pinntristes,
.ls life near in utter darkness,
Lcool reality too real.—Thatott..
ion and poverty are no impediments
igh it ;general y true that the con
the passion, in s its purest and tender
1-nent, is most Probable under eireurn
rporal 'ease aid comfort. Anxiety,
up—all the concomitants of penury
1 toil—have a tndency to harden the
1 .
Induce seltishne l ss, and to destroy that
thought and sentiment which is co
existence of akectiou for another.—
Br=
What is
Which FIT
And hriri!
Makes th/
Humble
to love, !bow
1.
tiouation of I
est develope
stancfs.. oft}
care, thardsh
and enforces.
feeliOgs. to
out groing ofl
sential to the
• umble station
l ot of Widow
()ugh Maurice
isely the same
ever existed
Yet though
ty were the
dren, and t
•life ryas greet
ter affection
klmost fiora chi
pretty Ellen.
le widow Sheet
inainded womai
wisely, parlort
as girls, had bi
dispositions,
fruitiOn of ini
ie most harmi
Idhood between Mau-
Good, too, as well as
mn was astrong-mind
; her duties as moth.
al. and her children,
I pcn so brought up that
as go`Cd• seed, were ri
alustrY, temperance. ho-
Imious and affectionate
members of ene family:
I •
l e of my story floes not require of me
of the manner in which the mutual
grown .up a
rice rind the
pretty; for thi
ed arid nghti
er had been
boys 'as well
'natural
pencil to they
nesty, and
intercourse a l
The natun
an I
e:s plation
love . of Ellen and Maurice had its commencement,
II
or any account of its progress; it is enough to say
thatithe hatband of the !widow 'had been, while
living, the neighbor and friend of Power's father,
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wheialso ha i l gone to his last restin•-place; that in
the ;young ' , man', boyhoiid the widow's cottage
had;ibeen almost es much his home as that of his
father'stsnil that Whether in work or play, at cha'
t! i'n the dance
xv
pel or fair, or at rikings,the widow's
two sons, Philip and Jam s, and their friend 1% Ma::
rice il were inseparable co panions. I have said
ttiatlEllen, file second of the daughters, was both'
pretty and good, as were also her sisters. • Mau
rice, was gOod-tempered, industrious, sober, well
instructed flir one; in his condition of life—that of
1
a silts.. Irish renter, and Withal a handsome young
q '
fellow enough. The meta; was therefore perfect.
lys :l aitable in allrespects l
and when thowidow's
consent and blesSing we reasked for its comple
tionl,. they were given not nnly with a,hearty good
will. but with n grateful feeling of confidence that
hei' 3 , l daugh4r's happineis was as satisfactorily pro
vided for es a lovin g parent could desire.
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T he bet l rathitigh*tid ex i sted for a year or more'
and the day for the marriage wasappointed. Au
turan was now in its priine.l and as soon as its la
' I
hors should he cOmpleted,lVllen was to leave her
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mother's cottage—to be tkansplanted as it were,
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front the home Which.sho - had so long shared in
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peace and happiness, to anther home of •which
shej was to be the light, the soh) mistress, the cen.
tre; of content 'and joy. "The modest pleriishing
was all arranged, and with.ithOloving aid of her .
sisiers—tendered with tnn a kind jast, many a
peal of harmless mirth--s hwas busily employed,
at the intervals of leisure Ifrini such thrifty house
holj tasks as the exigenies of their. condition re
quired, in making up • the (wardrobe that was to
b&her dower, In passin ,4 Iron' the *fireside of a
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mother to that Of a husban .• , 1
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.My readers know. prob l a+ that in concequence
of general discontents existing in Ireland for a se
,rici of years, breaking +tl once' at least* in open
rebellion, laws have at times been enacted, and ri ,
gidly enforced; prohibiting the • possession of fire
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urine except antler certain conditions and by per
sona I I
in certain! eireumstances. This prohibition
,vita extremely I.rrtwelconie to Philip Sheehan, El
len'e eldest brother, who l
e: chief , delight was in .
id ,
the pursuit—notof game, I properly so celled, - for
I/4 right to shoot hare oilyheasantwati far beyond
his' fortune and his ambiaor —but of such birds as
C:not tabeqd by the English laws egainst'tho
'c» moil People; for' th : exclueiti killing of the
tiliwiand the - Wealttry. Philip had in fact secret
ky, troken theprohibitiont arid been fo r seine time
'I possessor of a fow li ng plate, which ' he kept
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AGENT FOR TIIO4 OPRIETOR, POTTSVILLE, SCHUY,LICILL COUNTY, PA.
SATURDAY MORNIO, JULY 27, 1844. NO.
~30.
carefully cnneealea,•and with which he would oe.._
casionally ventuie to enjoy • G. day's 'shooting, ta
king care to se t o ff early in the ! morning, before
,
any were , abroa whn were 1 likely to inform a
gninst hiiii, and !to seek his sport far away among
the bills, 'Where there was nolhazard of encounter
ing interruption or ilekectioin: Maurice through
the favor of a mistmte whci hadbeen his father's l,
landlord Ind w o held the ypung man in high re
gard, hadlObtained a permit for the possession of a
guneut his lov l i e for the spolt had never been ve
,and sry eager, son after theitime for, his marriage
was appointed e had sold tins piece, wisely con.
eluding that th twelve crowns it brought him
were preferable in aid of his Wedding prepairations,
to the birds or rabits he might kill in a twelve
month. i . 1 •' 1 1
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It happened no fine monfint., in October that
Maurice, Ellen and her two i hrothers Were tit work
in a harirt 11 Id at a little !distance froirithe wi
dow's cottnge,when Philip c' n seized with i s strong
desire to pass the day in his favorite amusement.
seen ca rrying , •
He dared not However be seen carrying the gun,
and thereforerged Mauricii , to obtain and bring
i]
it to him' ,at a designated place among • the hills'
whereit Woul be safe in his own 'posseGsion.—
Maurice did nat require mch/persuasion4 for El
len was to be the companion of his walk; and
these two; accordingly turned, theii step l s home
ward, while Philip set off Slowly for thei rendez-
of $5O, offered by
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Oh, blessed moments of . :Youthful,'pure and fer
vent al:Ccellen! Whitt a charm they throw around'
the realities of the present and the recollections
of the pa 4! How perfect i 4 the happiness of which
they are. the Ministers! Hew sweet and elevating
and holy their influence upon the soul!' - While
they endure, life is itself felicity; the air we breathe
seems redolen. of perfume] and we live in a world
of beauty!, of music and detght.
We may imagine what Ipleasarit 'discourse pas:
sed befween Maurice and Ellen as they walked.
The healthful freshness of the atmosphere, the
beauty of the day, their +itual affection, and the
near approach of the time hi which it was to have
its , perfdet consummation and biliss'---all these u
nited to excite their spirit and fill their souls with
animation and gaiety. With cheerful jests and
-merry langh, and many re loving word between,
they beguiled the way, and neither had ever felt
'more perfectly happy, perhaps, than at the mo
ment wen they reached the cottage.
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Ellen stood at-the window while Maurice went
for thel gun to the outhouse, where Philip kept it
hidden. It was quieklyldrawn from its conceal
ment, and as! Maurice approached the house. Ellen
called out ,to him, in the gay buoyancy of ter
heart, challenging him t? shoot her.
.Shoo l t. me Maurice,' she exclaiMed..fire at me
if you tdare. I don't believe you' could hit me at
six yards, let alone a bird at fifty.
: 'Oh; You must notbe i afraid of'. the gun burst
ing and: blowing away your fingers,' Ellen con
tinued; :it is not loaded. I saw Thilip draw the
chargp before he put it away.
Matiricr gave the gunl a toss into the air, catch
ing it cleverly by the stock as it fell, with his hand
in position below the gnard and , his finger upon
the trigger. It seemed !as though a fatal destiny
was resting upon the pdor girl, for again she ehal
lenged''''..er 'over to shoot her : , and bantering him
}l.
on his.eow dice, his wont of skill, and the cer
tainty,thata if the gun' was loaded her safest
place woul be right. before it, while it was in his
hands. With another laugh Maurice levelled the
piece at hqr bosom—and in an instant the' sharp
rep:on:rani out and thej girl fell. dead! ,
ml comparative pover-
Steehan and her, chil-
Power's condition ' in
as theirs, a truer or bet
than that which had
I pliss
ment and
which wri
describe. •
dicial inv;
._ stigation Was made and that •Maurice
was exofrated from all legal censure, on the tes
timony° the. widow Sheehan herself-the mother
of poor Eden—who hitd been in the room where
her daug h ter died, and beard all the conversation
i
that preceded the catastrophe. •
..,
But though the latv blamed film ' not, demand
ed of: him no expiation, the anguish of his soul.
was a metre dreadful atonement than human jus
tice coup exact or huinan vengeance crave. Time,
that heal? most Wounds of the spirit, and blunts
at ldst, i it cannot utterly extract, the sting of
v i r
grief, ti e seemed to 'bring no alleviation of his
sorrow. From the stupor of horrid amazement,
his first dondition of -feeling after the
Tatatdve t, Maurice lad passionate almost frenzied
grief and self-reproach; but this Was succeeded by
a listlest, moody, hetat-broken 'abstraction, which
seemed only to gain intensity ,as 'weeks and
months passed on, and which gave his friends the,
deepest uneasineis" its they fodnd their efforts to
draw hi from it !, unavailing.' He had no' heart
for won , for conversation, for society, for amuse
ment,i f r employinetn of any 'kind; Silent, dispi
rited; y.- - ,tn", - -itci-Mterest in any thing about him,
he would sit for hours without 'clainging his pesi
tion,:•lils eyes flied upon the ;ground, and his
though —it was easy to guess On what they were
occupie ; or he Wodld wander away, apparently
.hurini g observdtioit, and "passirr , almost the en
tire All in some retreat. to whichrespeit for his
sorrow t first prohtited any from following. Ilia
grief' as neither violent nor lOtid; it found no •
.
voice i words, no relief in tears, no vent in ex.
dame& no; but it seemed to be incorporated, as
it woro,[into his nature, to beedme a part . of his
very. be ng: I 1 • 1
The i s ,
inter passed, and the silring and the suni
mer i a mosta yeat had elapsed since the fatal
day,b t the flight of time had s‘‘riought no essen
tial eh ge in Mautice. His midi MLR still pres
sed down by its weight of tiorro4--still he seemed
I to brood , over the te i rrible change 'a moment had
cr the anguish, the horror of the mo••
the scenel There are some things
•rs do unwisely when they attempt to
, .
Suffice it to! say, that the customary ju-
3 ,
Wrong tin the current of his life. It was cheery"
ed, ho ever, that his solitary wanderings alterna
ted no with visit to ihe, cottage of the Widow
Shee.h ; and the family of hia:lost Ellen, though
I
they c old not say t hat a return to anything like .
cheerfulness was p‘re:eitible ini his appearance or
.
department, were yet comforted With thes convic
tion that his meianeholy'was - leaseelf•reProachful;
and therefore less Prejudieialto health and life than
it had been. He would stay with them for hours,
taking little part, if any, hi their conversatibn, but
manifesting some interest in their occupations, es.
pecially when these were - of such a nature that he,
iould'render:assistane; and he was 'always -ready
to perform any service about the htuse, especially'
for the widow and' :the daughters. With the:
young men he would go to the pcitato patch or gat
den, and work industlionsly for a while, if reques
ted; but he never did 'anything of this kind, or ac
companied them in . Say of their movements, of
his own voluntary purpose. His only pleasure
seemed to begin the: ricifiety of women ;. and' the
widow fancied•that ho attached himself more par
ticularly to Mini., the eldest sister, whOse reseal_
blance to the lost Ellen was most obvious and de
cided.
It may appear strange to some, but it did so
happen, that the regardielt by
,the Sheehans,
of them, for . the unhappy young man, was increas-.
ed rather than ; diminished by the terrible calamity
of which he had been the instrument. Taking
theitt tone perhaps from the mother, who,. 83 I
have said, was a woman of strong. , judgment and
right feelings , they seemed never, from the first, to
have ' 6nceived any Of that dislike or repugnance
with which many peesens regard even the invet
unix?), and innocent esitae of a disaster prejudicial
to their interests or afflicting to their hearts. And
it is certainly true that the attachment they 14d
felt for him when he was received among them as
the future husband of their Ellen,, grew stronger
and more tender, in their contemplaticM of the
overwhelming sorroW with which he lamented her.
This wesitrikingly !Manifested in a conversation
that passed between him and the widow, one day
when no other of the, family was present, but after
consultation by the Mother with two sons. •
Maurice,dear,' she said to him, 'his time that
yOu should get the hetter of the grief that's - con
suming you. It Was God's 'will, my poin boyt•
and what's done :Can't be undone. Sure it's
wronging yourself yeu are, and giving the heart-
break f?r you to yoUr friends, to be pining suid
sorrowing this way forever.
know it, mother: he replied; 'but the griet'il
in my heart, and won't come out while the life
lasts. Wlten,l 'ostlher I lost all that I loved or
cared to live feerand why should I think to be
ever glador happy and
I Please God. the trou
ble-that's with mg Will be over soon, when Igo to
join my poor murdered Ellen ; '
'You're wrong, Maurice, to say so and to think
so,' answered the Widow. "There's them that
love you yet, and cheat' you might love; and
many'athe happy day in store for you if you will
but do what's riglit.l and try to forget, and not be
Always complainirig and crating at what the Lard
was pleased to throW upon you: .;
Maurice shook his head, but made no other ie
Ply. ;! .
'Nay, don't shake your head, my dear lad,' The
widow continued ;' ! :you have duties to do. t.nd it's
not right to be wasting your head with sorrow in
this way. Listen to me, and rouse ynarself up to
the right that belongs to you. Our poor Ellen has
gone to tho,blessc4'plaee, and left you with a lad
and heavy heart, thnow ; but she has left sisters
behind, and if you !could look upon either of thorn,
upon Mary, who is mostlilie her in fa& and i in.
temper—neither T, Maurice, nor any of nine,
would be the one to say the least word aglinst
your coming into , the family as nay daughter's
huahand.' ,
Poor Maurice bUrst into tears, and fur a long
while was incapable of reply. At last, howSver
he said. • • •
'The Lord bless you, mother dear, for .-our
kind thoughts and: words, but it cannot be,'You
know how I loved my lost Ellen. You
r tlore as
. a mother, for a mother you have been to mall this
Many a day ; and Mary and Cathleen. sure they
are dear to me as sisters of my own, if I had Ihem;
but Mary is too good to be the wife of a murderer.
God bless you, mather--;thinkof this no mote,'
As he spoke, Maurice started up and r ? ished
from tbe.house, and for many days the widow saw
hini no more.
In time, however, his visits to the cottage' were
renewed: but its inmates observed with deep )
anxiety and regret that • a change for the !Worse
rather than the better .was taking place in his ap
pearance and deportment. Ile grew palr and
thinner ; his taciturn mood wet stronger upon
him than ever; his dejection more profound ands
hopeless: His solitary rambles, too, were r+umedi
with-increased frequency ; he often disappeared
early in the morning, and returned not tillnightl
fall; and no ono knew or could learn fro!n him'
either the place of his retreat or the, manner in
which-he employed himself. Food ho scareebt
tasted; sleep, as Was judged from. the InC i reasin
haggardness of his aspect, made but short visits t
his suffering, franie and spirit, and it was ieviden
that he was pining under the burden of hislmighty
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sorrow. ' . •
The widow and her children saw all this wh ir l),
alarming grief, tn which every day added 4rengt .
When he was with them, they redoubled their eCi
i. forts to wean him freak' his wreteheilnes l s; they
I practised every toile their ingenuity could i suggeit
to change the current of his -thoughts—b every
token of affection and endearment strove to brini ,
r
back peace to hid bruised and afflicted heat. Bitt
he would sit for ,hours among them, silen t , melan
choly,. . i 1
unconscious as it seemed of - what was
e
i
1
1 passing ; and though Perfectly gentle an kind lin
his conversation; when he could be mov to .cou
m:
verse-with theat all=-though sometim s ready
to give assistance to their labors, and ten erly if.
fectionate in`lo inanner, especially to thp mothr
of,Ellen—itwaii evident that he took no linterest
in anything,; was giving; himself up more and
more to the dominion of anguished rttgret-if
_--- -- ..t...
ihWut-weannlv, rPmembrance. i . . 1
At the suggeigiion•of the•widow, whose great i er
• • I
experience made her feel a deeper anxiety for *the
poor young man than -was present in the!mindslof
others, her son Philip one . day undertholt to
.Ir
low Maurice to', the place of his iiclu`sion, wherv
or it might be t! and to 'that 'end, concealing, &tn.
self near the Mourner's cottage at th. earlit , st
dawn of marning, hetrtaced him cautiously, and
keeping anselk warily from view, 'Mimi tliiiie: , '
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ME
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h
li
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cludiiispct among tho hills, a suall but deep ra.
vine] cloJely environed :with buihei and dwarf
trees and accessible only by, tt, winding, difficult
pathamong steep acclivities-which had been'de
it
sign ted as the place of rendezvous "on flit"' 6titl
day that had been marred by so fearful - a. catastrO . -
phe.l Here, on approaChing with care and silence,
Philip discovered his unhappy friend, lying prone
upon the earth, and sol i absorbed in grieving. mcdi
tation, that even when the young man drew .near
I •
and l 'atoodbeside him, :he . remained unconscious
thati ! there was a spectator • of his distress.. 1 Deep
sigh6laben'ed from his 1 bosom at interval; and
twi e or thrice Philip heard him, utter, ..in a lov.:,
plai tive,leart-broken tone, the name of Ellen,;
but other tvords he spoke none. . -
Philip Sheehan was,a plessant-tempered.cheer
ful kOung man—no friend to sorrow, and more
ready to sympathize with mirth than gril"; lnit
theltears gathered in his eyes as he - looked Idown
upOn the spirit - prostration of his afflicted frit nd-4
and after remaining nearly hail an hour by his
Add, be Withdrew in silence and sadness , resße''
for "grief so overwhelming forbidding him tO :hit - ' -
rurit its. indulgence, even with the hope of laffall
ingl.consolation. He returned, therefore, 't,O, 6is
- I • , •a 1; 1 • - ,
mopternd repeated what he had seen and
heqrd. , .1 . .
The widow's anxiety was far from being miler.-
ed 6 thiS account. She had Cherished ohope
that Maurice, in his long intervals of absence, was
seeking relief for the agony of his mind in action
of the body, in change of scene, and in efforts to
prdduce reaction of thouilit. by seeking new oh
jc. nfinterest, new channels for thought mid
t
feinn.. 'But when shb found that he sought re
tirement only to give himself up more completely
anti hopelessly to the sWay of grief—that he avoid
edisoerety only to indulge more unrestrainedly in
the abandonment to w l tie that was consumingin
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site felt that something must be done, or th'at
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the.powers of either life or reason would nice way...
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But what was to be done! After pondering long
1 idi deeplythis ' i • butwith $' i f
on que t non, no „las ac
tory result, she resolved to consult, she resolved to
consult the priest—a kind, a good man, whose
4un'scl and assistance were ever ready at : the call
o any one who stood In need of either. -
1
Meantime the'days - Wore on, and the ariniv . er=
sry or , that unhappy incident was near at latid.
./.3 it approached, the] conditidif of the orrow
sFrieken, bodily and mental, grew evidently worse.
He was so much reduced by weakness, atiil want (if sustenance and sleep, as to be incapable o - f win
- I
tiering, far; and the incoherence of his expressions
then he' gave voice to l l the anguish. of hisheart,
hrded but WO certain indications that ' his intel
lect was giving way. • The - widow felt* that there
Vas no time to lose ; •he feared that it was al-
eady too late. I •
.1 It so happened that her last confereUee with
•
the priest was, held on the night preceding there-
'urn of that sad day ; and the good father had
promised to be with her early Ori%the-rnorrow.
il'he morrow came, and with it came the priest.
Philip lead been sent to ascertain whether Maurice
had gonit out, andsoon returned with the inforina.
I'
ition•that he he had followed tha slow and feeble
!steps of the unhappy young man Ito' field' in
which they had all been _assem'alel just a year
1 1 before, and from which Maurice and Ellen had
turned' homeward with such gay and joyous
ipatiOn4. The widow and her counicllor hasten
ed thither, and as they approached' discovered
Matiride lying upon his face, motionless. They
drew near, but he did ,not move ort speak. ''he
good father stooped to rake him. •• His face . 93.3
ghastly pale, and his hands were cold as' mtrble
'Come to me, Ellen--come to me, dear Ellen
he feebly munnurcd, a's • they raised hich_ to his
feet, and would have fallen but for the .supporting
arms that were about
I need not multiply viiords. They bore him
to the 'mother's house and laid hiin on Ellen's
bed, and there ho died, ere yet the sun went down.
I •
Anotlier Ball of Like Pope ~galOsA .he
Bi
ble Seel° es of 1.101.0 Sint-e. ' ,
Circular Letter fr4n2 his Hob:4S M I 6 Pope—
To all Patriarchs, 'Primates', -trehbishopS
and Bishops., 1.
Venerable brothers, health and greetin'g April
tolicalt--Amongst the many attempts which the
enemies of CatholieiSm, under whatever denomi
nation, they may aprear. , are daily ,maktrig in. our
age, to seduce the truly faithful, and depriVe thetit
of the- holy instructions 'of the faith (les saints
enseignemena de &V a .. ) the effirts - of those !Bi
ble societies are conspicuous, which. originally es;
tablished in England, and propagated throughout
the universe, labor eVerywhere to disseMinate the
booksof the Holy Scriptures, translated into the
vulgar - tongue;. conign them to- the !private in-._
terpretation of cach,lelike amonesi clinstian's and ,
amongst infidels; cOntinue whatSt: Jerome for
merly. complained cdpretendiug to popularize
the holy pages, and render them intelligible, with
out the aid - of any : interpreter. to persuris hf every.
condition, to the moat - loquacious; woman', in the
light-headed old man reiellard' dilertud," to the
:worldly cavalier (rerieuz seph4te,_f, to all, in
short; and even byanabsurdity :as great as un
heard of, to the most hardened intidels.'•
You are but to well aware, my` reverend 'broth
crn, to what the efforts of thesesocieties tend. =
You know what is' revealed: in the Holy Scrip:
tures, and what isl the advice of St. Peter 'the
Prinee of the Apestles—:- . , • -"-
After having quoted the Epistles of St; IS:aul—
they contain, says he, many thing's hrirri tq be un
derstood, which they that are unieSrneti l aiiii 'Un
stable wrest, as they do also the other I s47'ittifres,.'
unto their own destructions.. Then ,IyerQkitnv
what he adds: Ye,l therefore; befoved,lseeineyou
know these things, beware lest"Ye also, being. led
away with-the error of.the wicked, fall iron% your
OWII steadfastne'ss. 2d Peter, c. V, 16 4 17.;
' You see what was even in the!!eg„lit•tiineg of
the Church. the appropriate artifices ;
and now; discarding divine tradition and Catho=
lie enlightment, they already strove to either ma
terially interpolate the sacred text or td . corrupt its
true interpretation. You are also !aware with
whit caution and wisdom the words 'of the . Lord
ought to be translated into another torgue, and
yet nothing is more common, titan 'to see these
versions multiplied, to admit, either throdgh im
prudence oi malice. the grave errors ;of so many
interpreters—errorawhich dissemble too frequent
,ly, by their multiplicity and vari4ty, tothe Misery
'of souls. So farad these societies are concerned,
:it 'Matters little whether those who read
_the holy
books, translated into vulgar language, fait into
• thisor that error;
. They.only care aniaciOnsly to
stintulate all to a pricoo interpretation of tho,di
vircoracles to inspire contempt !for . divine
tradi
tions, which the.Catholie.Church 'presoivia upon
the authority •Of the holy
,fathers --in Word, to
cause them to reject even the. iuthorit*of, the
Church-iterselE Thisis the reason viltttite Bl•
hie soCieties- mini, not to , calumniate Itiv, (the
Church) land thonuguat throne of St.-Petr, as if
she bpd J wished for ages to deprive the r a4hful of
the knowteAge_ of the holy books, what;; Ito Meet
forcible evidence will 'prove the immenlMal and
particular care which the Sovereign • PoattfOterven
down "to the most modern times, ind-in Sonjniact
tion with their Cathdlic pastors, ham. - token to.
&mond the people inure Word of, Godi*e' their
written or'deliverell by tnation• •
In the first plaix, it is known that,
crees of the HolY Council of Trent, - 114:qts arf
enjoined to see that the- Holy Sctiptures Arad Di- ,
,vine Lairs be more frequently taught in t.t eir die.
cotes. It is known. that, even eicacdirhtfthe Fe
sciiptions , of the
re
of Leann 0215.1 the
Council of Trent recommends that-thereatimald be
in the several cathedriti churches,. and telegiates•
of the towns end 'commis a stipend pro We'd for a
Doctor of Divinity, and that none 5h09.14- be ap•
,
pointed to th t office,,but a man fully.ixt potent
to teach and :pound the Holy Seripttitr4f it le
known , how f egtiently, in the provinetflottocils
which follow 1 this ;prebendary, fotu4S urn
the decree of he 'Council 01'ft - tilt, waO o:aton
ed, and how often the; instructions whictiPe can
non entrusted with tlitsvffice should detitir tntho
clergy , ; and people, were, taken ..itite,,t•:ftpsiderit-
H • --
.
The same disposition (to instruct people at -
the Word of God) was especially observable in
the Couneil'of Rome in the year 1785 t; - Alt, which
our. predecessor . , Benedict XIII of hap& Memory.
snmmoned not only all the Prelates of the-Romieh
Church, but even a great number`of Artabbishops,
Bishops andd - othei ordinaries immediateltubject
to the Holy See. The same desire rustier . tell the'
Roman Pontiff whom we have `tking,
in the various edicti Which he issued anal ddress
ed to all the Bishops of Italy and the neishboring •
islands.. In short, you yourselves, my ., .4nentble
brethern, echo are in the habit of forwarder to the
Holy See, at stated inter..els, every thingyjalcula
tea to 'interest religion-Hyouhnow, by, th 4 tepee.
ted answers which our CongttgationalVouncil
has returned hitherto Yourselves or yout';prem.
sore. bewknuch the Holy Runtish Chilr rejoice
cos, in concert with the Bishops, when di& here
in their didcesses theologians who steqpii'
. them
selves with honor their. ditty - in exPountlk, the
'Ay /Books, and that she neglects no 904ortini.
- ..01./ertcouraging and supporting thein-: ••
.But, to return to Bibles translated inti;4is vult -•
liar tongue ; it is long since pastors -fciutO.thern..
:selves necessitated to turn their attentiontrticu. -
tarty to the Versions-current at secretlyticles, -
and which hereties labored , at great .e • use, ter
"disseminate..
_1 • ;`„, - -
Hence the warning and • decrees of oheTiede.
censor Innocent 111., of happy- riaemo4lon the ' •
subject of lay sogietios; and meetings ol'irvomert .4.
lito had assembled themselves in' the riWese of •
• M-tz for objects of piety and and-tire rttut - ictf the
Holy Scriptures. i llr4ice the proltibitiooeXwhicli
subsequently appeared in France arid dur
ing the Sixteenth century, mith respect ti 7 to vul
;gar Bible (relgtiqemedt aux trbl:es vs ig;Tires.)- •
It cecame necessary :subsequently to tigiT even
greater precautions, when
- the pretended Reformerev
Luther and Calvin: daring, . by,it . multiplteify and •
•
incredible varietiofeirors. to attack the tlMmuta-
•ble doctrine of the Faith; omitted tiothing in order'
to seduce the faithfudby their false intr./Vs' dons' .
fa
and translations into the . vernacular tonal,. which
the then novel invention printing con ribtited .
more rapidly to propagate and multiply.W . hence -
it was generally laiiidewn in thea . eg,ulatkiha: die
tatedsby the Futlicrs,ndoPted 'by the , COUsteil of
Trent, and apprOved by our. predecessor Pi 4 VII.,
nf_happyrnemoit; and which (rcgulatteihs). are
prettied to the list of prohibited books, •tftlia the - '. •
reading of the 'Poly Bible translated into the VII.
gar tongue, should 'pot be permitted Oseept. to
those to whom it might be deemed necessary to
confirm in. the faith,; and piety. 'Subsequently
when heretics still persisted in their fraUdts , it .be-
came necessary' for Benedict XI V. to sup the .
injunction that' no version whatever shoo) #o suf.: .
&red to lie.reard,'but those - which - shot:lids . ap=
proved of by the Holy See, accompinied, notes
0 ,0
derived from the writing of the Holy Fe 4 ers, or
other . learned and Catholic authors. :-ilistwith
standing this, some now sectarians of the:4lmo' of ••••
Janscuitis, after tlie example ofthe Linlicrins rind
.Calvai ists. feared not to blame these inetifiablo
precaution.; of the .A'p'ostolical See s ms ifiltii read-
Mg' of the Holy books had been at . all tithes, and - ,
for attthe faithful, Useful, and so indistionsable
5 !A'
that no authority could assail it. : sag
But we find this audacious assertion Orilla sect
of Jansenius withered by the most rigarnS,is cen- -
,sures in the solemn sentence which was:Pronoun.* •
'ced against their do i ctrine, with the assent; of. the '
whole Catholic universe, by two seven* - porss
tills of modern - ti me i ,. Clement XI., in: hisi/ units- ...
genittsi constitution of the year 1713.. stril - Pius
VI., in: his constitution auclorem . ,fidsi2.of .the
year 1791 . '. ! H s.* ,
• ConSequentlY, Wien before the establistpent of
the Bible societies was thought 'of the. Oittitetts of
the Church, which we have quoted;wer.Oatended
to guard the faithful against the frauds 01 Lieretics,
who cloak theitiselves under the specietue_pretext
that it is necessary! to projiagate and reittkr com
mon the study Of the holy books. Sincii'then our
predecessor, Pius VII. of glorious niemrtri;;observ-
ing the micliinatioits of these societieste!locrease
under his pontificate, did not cease to oppsse their •
efforts,- at one time: throit4h the • triedinufs of the
apostelfral nuncios: at another by lettere:J .. 4nd de= '
crees,- emanating from the several cottlfeegations • •
of cardinals of the Holy Church, and atS'atiother
by tha two potitifial letters addressed .. te t.tici . Bish
op of Gnesen an 4 ' the Archbisttop Of.l.gohilif.
After him, another* our holy predecOssiss, Leo . ,
XII. reproved the operations of the -Biblesecieties,
•by his circular: addressed td+ all the, Catiicijii pka
tors in the universe; under date of Matfi, 1824.
Shortly .afterwards, our immediate pr4ecessor, •
Pius VIII, of happy' memory, confirmed their cons .
demnation by his eircular letter of May 'l4 1829. •
We, in short. who succeed them, not Withstanding
our great unworthiness, have not ceased .ia be so- •
licttous on this subject, and have espe*illy studi- -
ed to brie; to the jecolleetion of the 'faithful the
s3veral,.rules whish ; have been sucees.4*ty -laid
down with regard:to the vulgar version of the
holy books. • 1' . ' •
~
"We drive ans.lesuse, however, to rejo'ice, yen-
erable•brethren.inlsoweh as supproteilshys your'
piety, and confirmed by the letters of iit.tti several ' .
predecessors, which' we fusee referred tt4'..fou have
never neglected t 0 .... caution the flock st.hlch has
been entrusted te4on, against the insidious ma-
nceuvres of the Bible societies. ' This siSttOtude of
the. Bishops, seconding witirse much zeel.,the so
licitude of Our Holy See, has been blesieir: by .the ,
Lord... Already several imprudent 'Catitics who
had gone over 'to 'these societies,' enlig*ned at
last as' to their objects. have sepirated „themselves
from them fore-yes, and' the s remainder 6f tofaith-t.,
ful, .0.11 . very 'f'ese • eseptilms,- have ate::ped from •
the contasitor by which they were threat .red._
• TO partizans - of the Bible societies tittle•doubt- :
el in their pride but that they could at:tieeat hrint
o'er the unfaithfUl, to the profession ot . 'Etthristians
ity•by means of the sacred' boelts. - transted into .
the vernacular tohgue- - --moreover they, - ,t ok puts
to disFielninate thin hy-innumerahle .o,4iies,, end
to distribute-eve'rViyhere, evert among 4 those - who
wanted them' notl• at the;hands - of their / •Missiona- '.
tics, or, rather, their s ernissaries. 80r... 1 . the men
who 'strove to prdßirgate the Christian tattb, inde
pendently. oftlic 'rides cstablishedtby Je4s. Christ
himself, have only suceeeded in , iner*ing:tho
difficulties ofth . e ! Catholic priest, vib4, clothed.
with the mission of the Iloly See. grt'es - ;:: amongst
the unfaithful aralspares no •fatigtao in l;order to
conquer newchildren for the Chureli,( - cither by
preaching the diiiine word or.hy admitil4ering the
sacraments—.alWays prepared,. at ag., , i , :ye.,,t5,. to
shed his bleolforlhe salvation of sciiil . S.l, and the
testimony of the !faith.. Attongst theTreet.arians of
whom' we 'are speaking deceisid in their hives,
and in despa'ir at tho . .iirimane RIMY., it
publieation' of .their "Bibles costs thr id; without.
producing any froth some have bseo; Who, giving
another direction to their roaricenvras; lave betels.
en - theinselves is/ !lie corruption of minds/ net only
in Italy, but eiCit hi our oivn eapitzd f t, Indeed,
- .many preeis i e advises and docurnentsileach us that.
a vast number' of inembers,Of setts in' , New York;
in Aiierica, ;at one of their meetings, Held on • the
4th of June dastl year; have formed a pep assoelass
tion, which willitake the . name Or i tbesiChristiatt.,
League (Pagtiii Chrisaani) at league s corns`
posed of intlividUalsOf .etery, - patioris',end ,which
late/ be further increased in . numbercts.by other
ausilisry seeietisti, all having the'smite-Objeat, viz:
•to propagstte amongst
,Italiarti. and cspesiellf , 80..
mans, sthelprMeiples. of . Chtistiatai Wrty,',. or,
rathdr, an Insane,
.andifference to. allitaligion,--..,
These, ihdeid,confeits that the ftssinantsatitutictse
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