OEII ~ :4~ POTTSVILLE. Saturday IVlarning; June".2B, 1845. YOLNE? IL. PALMER. • AC his Real Eirteteand Coal —I . Cornet or Third & Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia, Ik:0.150„ Nageau Stsget, New York,' „No. 10, State Street, floston, and - - South east corner of Baltimore. & Calvert ' Streets, Baltimore, is our Agent for receiving subscriptions and advertisements for the MMus' Journal. • LIFE INSURANCE .This kind of insurance Is beginning to attract con siderable attention to this country. Pernnhiets con taining the necessaa7• information, can be obtained at this office. where application can be made. June 28 - . , Particular -Notice. :VATS are busily engaged in making nut our bills up T T to the present tune, and will be ready In a Testr days to submit them to the inspection, of those interes ted. MI indebted will be called. on shortly; but we would esteem it a !milieu' tr favor If they would anti cipate our visit by calling upon us.' As a large portion sf our time is nily occupied with our business, it is to be hoped that second and third calls, which are always MOTs Or less unpleasant to both parties, will be rendered totally" unecessary„ Our subscribers at a distance will materially aid us by enclosing the amount due n• soon as possible. We hope they will comply with this request. as we have smile heavy engagements to meet in the Course of the ensuing month. NM:CAVA:OAV MoltZ. Tune 49th Ir_r Our acknowledgements arc due to the Bon. James Buchannan, fur severalZopice l oflohnson's Report of his experiments on American cooler.— We can supliy taro or three copies of this, report to such proons as may be in''viant of it. 'SERIOUS 11.CCIDD:rf.-011 Thursday, while the first train was passing over the t new road from tipayti and Luther's mines. Dr. 'farther, who was standing on one of the ea . r.:, was thrown viWently His head was severely cut and bruised by the fall, anti far a time mrcussion of the brain . was apprehended, but wo have since been gratified to learn that - that danger has pitsed ACG.f.I);ST AN.O DEATA. is rat .Mmss:—On Wednesday, 4 . lenry Nitithicton, &Miner, - working in Air. Ronaidson's mines, Cvis killed by a fullof • coal in ono of tho breasts: he has left fou'e chil dren dependent upon the charity of the world. Dcriasssrfro . Clatatza..9n nontlay after ternoon,;a horse . .attaehed to a ivion, in which . we're serernl:pelsons; tool fright on the Port tar. -brie road anti ran; the'men were throom out groat idOlence,rand one of them, "Mamas WaltOT, has eine died fifOM the injurieshe received. lie .116 a left a yvife and three small children entirely .destitute of - the, means of wilipprt. . : Scettststu, klarsx' B ias.—The Commis sioners met at Schuylkill, Haven on Thursday Evening last, for the purpose df taking such steps as tire rendered necessary for the opening of the Books to receive subscriptions to the stock of the Institution. The proceedings will be found.in another column. . igrWO refer our readers to the Commissioners' notice ill another column . . It is desirable that the -taces bo paid - to the Collectors hrforethe 15th of July, th;t Schuylkill _county inny be enabled to hand over to the Slate 'Treasury •her full quota before the first of:August, Mid:aid our good akl Cumriaontvealth promptly to meet her August :,- Besides, by paving the tax into the treasuriVeforo that date the courtly will save about; 1000. It is doubly the duty, therefore, Of all who can, to pay their State tax, • at least, before tholsth.ofJuly. • If you are not called upon in time, call upon the Collectors. The Collector for the Borough is Mr. Henry Geisee. • • • Curacuss.--In passing i up and down .Mahan t • = - • • tango street, we have been frequently struck with the improved appearance of the Roman Catholic Church. It hatibecn thoroughly altered, the front, the roof and the tower ; and the old windows have given place to new windows .of colored glass. This is a, handsonnii i gathic building,' and at present much the largest churZ.l2 in 'the borough. The nterior alteratibns are more beauttful - in design and finish than4he exterior, and Mr: Illorytessi_ , (who painted 'the Philadelphia Exchange,) is now' doing the cealirig in2fresro. , Tut Mutuoutsz Dux wars LT tON contemplate erecting a new church in the bumugh, which it is expected will be a handsome and substantial I -- • ° THE CONCIREO ATION OF Tlll:tra CEPISOOPAR) Crtritch, also,' haselt in View to erect a new buil -ding on their dot in Centro street. If the plan upon ‘ibich they propose to build it,' is carried out it .will be truly in elegant : edifice. The - di crieu-, signs are . . to be 65 by [OO feet, and .tie budding • -will be in the intdine,style,of gothic architecture. Tat PIiTTSTILLE dscnso Mesic BOCIETT, will give a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, in the Methodist,!church, on the 4th of July. - This Society embraces among its members most of the amateurs of tho borough, and combined elf unusual 'amount of superior talent: In addition to their own force,--they will be aided; upon the occasion, by Mra, and Taylor, and Mr. JacUbs, of Phil 'adelpirfa. and Mr. Crosier. (the instrumental lei der,) is, we believe, also from. Philadelphia. Mr. :Bedford, the Vocal leader, is well known as a au •,perior`and iici r entific singer; he is distinguished for his expressive execution and correct taste. The Society have selected music from Handel, Haydn, Mozart, and other . composers of equally and- neat ment. Some of the sublime and unsurcias- aed passages trom Handers Messiah will be given, ,vim and some pa+ages tahieb belong to , thel . ery esttwilet of 'composition from.the Oratorio of•-:tre '.. ; anon. ' Thep have exercised a judicious and dia. srinainating jud a meiM is 'making their principal . .sciectione from these three great masters, who • :scent almost hate exhausted all the musical - ntatiet of • nature in their ;efforts. Handel has ~ aingular beauty and a charm of taste and sweet 'aeon.. Haydn has a power and sustained digiii -1-I,,'„that irresistably iengrosses the faculties and coin:nand' the attention. Moran seisms 'fornied of the other; two ant i combines the peettliirities of . - both'=uoveity; sweetness, grate, power, beauty and intensity of expression; his mune enchants and beguilea tacit. Our 'awn knowledge of the AM and talent that belongs to,the society, and the characters of -the; music in rehearsal, justifies ps ittpromising the 'public a rich treat. We hope for the sake of the society,-that. the attendance ' large. We could - hardly4uggest a more ,_ • pleasant and _profitable way•of passing a part of the great'Di'ational Holiday,- than will be'affurded ity this Cciniert, and certainly the Society giving it, it laudable in its'object and e design, and merits liberal public encouragement. They bait, we pntictsiancl, expended mßire than one hundred del. lira-m Preparing Sur lila Auterteinment. -The Mritansvltt.x.-*This entetpriiing b4roligh greatly improvitig, and perhaps . iitt I.tt; the county is increasing mote !apidly in ai4 sinew.. The great'prosperity, of the place is deno ted .by'the unusual stir end activity which Prevails, every employment is busy, and all trades are thri ving. The population has botien vastly atigitientcdt perhaps goubled; within . the last two Years, and from present . appearanetts, Minernifla roust 50053 'become one of the Most important business towns within the coal region. The Coal shippientsfrom_ that district have already reached 10,849. tene per week', and it is really curious in passing up the Wolf_ creek, to notice how closely the numerous collieries lie 'together, and the great activi r tylof bu siness at all of them. Thera are seven engines connected with .breaking „machines and, draining pumps now in operation on Wolf creek, just above the town, and two more are in process of erection, one by Mr. J. Taylor, who is sinking a flew alope in a red ash vein; the other, by Messis. ; 4 M I dr. P. Heilner, who ate sinking a slope in a .White ash vein. Mr. Williain Payne is also sinking* slope, and will erect an engine of sixty horse A:ewer on. the Forest Improvement Company's traec: and; Mr. Robert Adams is sinking a sloPe and erecting! a sixty house power engine on the Lang tract, on the West Branch at the head of the Mine Hill Railroad. The Schuylkill Haven and Mane ' Hilh Railroad affords ample Means of tra4po i rtatioe from' this portion of the region, aim) by cOntiecting wits the Reading'RailroSd at Schuylkill Haven, has placed Mineraville on,an equality wiih the sur rounding coal' districts, within this sehuilkill coal . fields. The Mine Mill Railroad Company are -now engaged in relaying their road on (be 'VYirit Branch above -Minersville, with iron rails, one track of the road; heretofore having baer6aid with wooden rails only. , . About forty substantial hinnies have been built • in Mir/cravat° this: season, and numerous Others are now inlprocess of construction. "Acoointie no table improvements is the new,Foundry of Messrs. S. & W. Beffav'en, now . building. Ttie Messrs. DeHkren are superior 'machinists, and ito rapidly has their busit sp esa increased -since thcit lo i cation there, that they have found it- necessaryt this year very considerably to enlarge their 9stakiliet6ent. The numerous stores at Minersville are 'Sfl a,brisk and profitable business, and the ,evitiences ef thrifty industry, and successful enterpriS6 are. Nisibre in all puts of the borough. • • NEW PUBLICATIONS. ,ionx ROIrOE, TOE . HOLT COAT 01 , 1 TIETESi AND TOL NEW GLIUSAN CATHOLIC 0119C0 3 is the title 'of, a work juit published by Harper & Brothers, in a neat pocket volume. Thia-work comprises what are said to be authenticidetails of the recent excitements in the Catholic birch of Germany, and facts tonnectid•with the ;3 zhii4tion of the pretended coat of our Lord in thOathedral of Treves, the recantation of range, the course of the Roman See in excommunicating bei t refractory members, and contains a fac of-cuae 'or the engravings of the Holy Coat of Troia, copied from an engraving circulated among the litrinss" during the telebratitin in October last. R , • "Tux Atoms" is the title of a novel* I LL C. ; Lewis, lately iepublished in this , country by Mot• Fan & . .tackson, New York, frail thallOthf loti edition:- i OrVLIO SLUES. ns HEIN," is the title of a vol ume by Miss Ellen Pickering, publishes in cheap for by E. Ferrite* Co., pkiladelphia.i "Tim SNUGGLES'," "ft tale by Jaineef, published by the Harped in their Library of Beleit rini L rels.• • I "LILT," by the author of Cecil, and ...13movsn oxa," a domestic story`; by Mrs. HO'land, are also published in the library of select novels, a sufficient guarantce of their character. Taa PSNN - I Msoaztxz of the eocietyl for the diffusion of useful knowledge in aims? of re publication and will be furnished at.thei: extremely low price of 25 tents per quarterly pail, which is only one dollar per ycar. It will be remembered that tho•magazine was ori g inally issue. 4 at ;sne tarand fifty cents a year. This work!ie toe gen erally known and its value appreciated to require an ext!ridd notice now. I Tuz MrsrEttris OF THE IrrarriOTtr i ns and other secret societies of Spain, by M. V. De Fer real, Will be published in 10 'parts byiLippincott & Co., Philadelphia. The first 6 Noe. are'alrea dy receive:k • I ' Tux LADIES' NATIOICAL MAGAZI7CE for July is before us. It contains, besides' a Ives l , hand some plate of the fashions, a fine MegOtinto en graving, by Inman, "Chased by Welles'," and a steel ererasing by AL. Dick, "Abbotifot!tV' A mong the original contributdrs to thisNo.!areMna Lydia.H. Sigourney, Mra. Ann IL Stev e ns, Caroline Ornc, Miss Mary L. Lriessrin,!Mrs. B. F. .Thomas, said others whose=abilities tl as i original, writers are equally appreciated by the Public. uI......AIIPOLLL'S FOREIGN LIIIIIIAILT,r published by James M. Dampbell, pres- II ent number cammeneesDecormenin'History' of the Popes. Their crimes, murders,* This work supplies a void which hashing btreakelt, and furnishes a complete, Concise, and cleai exposition of the History of the men, who from!siMplo pas tors of :a single church, have advanced their au thority step by step; till they chine tn . le l :the etesiastical Lords of Christendom. t. We 'have received from the[ piblishers, Messrs. Greely & McEltath, No. 4 of lir. Lard ner's Lectures on Science and Art; containi ng lectures upon 'The paroputer,' , Theldocuit,'Aleat,' •The Atlantic ,: Steam questiom' and :,Galvanism: The whale Uumhet is full of valuable and inter estin?, matter, but , the citapters . tipon the ' Atlantic Steam Navigation have especial intlreit at the present time. At (hes opening of the ehipters, the TOr. refers to the, fact thitt he is said to have stated in a speech before the British tilcieritifiOAWnciation that an Atlantic voyage was a mechanical impos sibility, and prononces the report utterly without foundation. r President Polk has canoed Mrs: Kara, an aged widow, lady, with several childien,' who de pended upon the income for suppOrt; and who gave general satisfaction, to be terneVed from the Post Office at Lebanon, sad a brawling'politician has been appointed in her place. Eienlohn Ty. ler' refusal to removethis poor 'wontii,! When err licited to do so. The papers in that;;quiuter very properly designate the President asp "Petticoat Hero." • - We see by the papers that; Gpiffge W. Kline, Esq., of Lebanon, committed Suicide on Monday. This is painful intelligent:W..'' , Mr, Kline web a practising,attorney of conSiderableeeputation and ability. Last , winter he lost t daughter to whom he was devotedly attached, as4l(be bereave-, meat preys? upon his mind, till it pr'oduceti air we 'otiiirrve that the Whip, in some of the mode/ of the State, are already making their nomistatious firr State and- CoUnty °Maris, and sounding the notes of preparatioU for the October contest. ; Good tickpto have beers formed in Alle.• gheny and Butler, and conventions hav4 been railed for, that- purpose, in Dauphin and Several other counties. This' early movement is very The Whig party, though defeated in the State, is strong still. Its principles have proved themselves sound and operativ?; and are daily gaining favor : with the people—rthe party is as string now al,ever, and - that is required tose onit, a W lug majority, 'lir vigilance, activity, and bold indUstry among our friends in the different Senatorial districts. Let a strong effort be!made. We are informed that the Cotint Corn , missionersconteMplate e nlarging the Court house by. extending it back about forty feet to the public. buildings. This is objected to by a large number of:the citizens of the county, as 'an expo:lse•alto? gether useleu at the present time;',. they lay that it would , be extremely'irrjarlicious to tax the coun ty with the ,cost of an enlargement, what'l l the ex pediencyof a removal ie agitating' the people, and the pUmanent location 'of the Court house uncertain. The enlargement is propoted,lwe'un derstanal, upon the basis , of a report of - the Grand Jary at the late term wherein, they recommend that a safety vault he built in the Treasurer's. of-_ fice—and , that the jail btimade more securez-''- We are informed from a reliable source, in fact we have-beentold by members of the Grand. Jury' themselyets, that the question of enlargement was not before the Grand Jury at, all; nor did they once conceivothat from their report it could be inferredthat they deemed an eblargementnecesaa- Ty ; or desirable. - I The Commissioners are only empow ered to make alterations in the public buildings after they have received the !unction of the Grand Jury of the county, ratified bithe Court of Quarterlitetr sions-41 without thiii-authority the/ prdceed to enlarge the geniill4U; it is believed by many that they themselves can be held personally re sponsible for the coat of much ealargemerit t ~ W e have heard this opinien 'frequently expreased by those who deem thOenlargement unnece'ssary.-- 7 But whether thit iris° 'or not, it would Certainly be unwise to put the County to -a heavy. expense for impVevenients which are not required and which may prove useless. It is at present by no means certain that the Court' house will remain - at Or wigsbuig, and the removal question show be fi - - nally settled, by submitting, the question to the people of the county, before; an/ attempt'is - made to enlarge it. ; , • I I ;Tug Bin Ciir7xsg LETTEII. 7 -The lyashing ton Union announces l the arrival at that city, of this singular document, addressed by. the it:ripen:it of China to the . President of the United States. Its diniensionti and particulars of composition, eiceed any State paper that was ever addressed to our goiernment. It is said to c o nsist of la roll 7 feet 11 inch long, by 2. feet 11 inches wide. The wsiting l is cinit field oflpiain yellow silk, with a margin:of silk of thesame . colour,- embroidered in gold Thread. The letter, is in . two . languages,` n (Chinese. and Manchu Tartir,) in characters 'of , large sire, and in perpendicular columns, which are separated in the middle 1, iy . the imperial Seal— . which is composed. of Okinetat'eharacteri;, sed in 4 eartouche about 13. ine`het !square. • This cell inclosed in a wrapperof Bellow silk y , (yel- , let;rheing the imperial *tier') which againis en cosed in st'' round boir covered !With yellow silk, ! I nd - closed by twe faiteninga of jade stone ; and finally is enclosed . .in Bali oblong square box of rosewotid, and padded ant lined with yellow silk. :The ' size of the doe.timentis intended as a mark of respect to . ..the ... Presicient, the Chinese rule is, the greater the respect juttended,the•larger the. di -nionsions of the letter. The contents of the let ter shciw a peaceful intention and a sincere do-. sire to extend tho.benefits of intercourse' between "the central flowery Kingdom, ',as the I Chinese call their Empire, and !, the nation of ati l t flowery'. flag," : u they .call . • The Union hays amusing t:s Ina -Whit What an air of refined] courtesy the Enntieriw. ex cuseshimself 'for not seeing Mr. CusLing . at Pe kin. Our commissioner „was 'moat anxious, to take the trouble of the visit ;! hut the JEmperor plays the diplomatist, l and disOses his 'policy of keeping strangers front' his capital, node's' the ay,.. pearance of the greateit eonsideration forlthe com fort of the ambassador. The following is a translation of the Letter, made by Mr. Parker :1 h• • • The. Great .Emperor, - presents his regards to the President, and trusts us is well. I, the Emperor haiing looked up and received the manifest will of Heaven, hold the 'reigns of government over,and.iaeothe and tranquilize the Central Flowery Kingdom, regarding all within and beyond the border seas. as one of the- same family,' Early in the spring, the An i assadgi of your hoi'wrcible nation, CALIFS Casamo, having re ceived'your letter, arrived from fl far at my province of Arue. Be-having paised over the vast oceans with unspeakable toil and fatigue, I, the Emperor, not bearintr to cause him further inconvenience ofltrayelling by land and water, to dispense with his s coming to Peking to be Presented.lat court, specially appointed Ise , Ting, of the imperial house; minister and cornmissiOner extricirdinari, t o repair thither, and M treat him with 'courteous ' • attention. Moreover,they having neginiated andsettled all things, propel, the said ministertook the letter, and presented it'for my inspection ; and your sinceri ty and friendship being in the highest degreitgeal, and the thoughts aria sentiments being with : the inmost sincerity and. truth kind, at the time of opening and perusing it, my pleasure and delight were exceedingly profotind. .1 . • 1' All end every thing, they hd.d settled ;regarding the regulations of commerce, I the Emperor, fur s ther examined with utmost scrutiny, and found they are all perspicuous, and entirely and, perfect ly judicious, and forever worthy of adherence.. , To! Hwang Chow, Hen Mun, Fah Clicito,-Ning P ! ), and sham , #l3 alike permitted the cit izens of the United Suites to proceed, and secore, ding to the articles of , the treaty, at their conve nience to carry on commerce. • 'lHow, bound.' by perpetual eaity end concord, ads/image, will accrue to the citizens of froth nit *tions; which, I trust, must certainly ;cause the . President also, to be extremely well satisfied and: delighted- ••I - , . ITacin Hwang, 24th yr.llth and 7111 d. (16,41 Dee. A. D. 1844.. .j . . . Great Seer of the alpha in Signet of the Chinese and Tartar.' • 1. . imperial will; (!Oled) PETEiI PAR K ER, LateCieneie er.reteryl to the negation. t • The jive porta in, th e Chinese empire, whic 4 h the treaty opens to the commerce of the Unitej States.—Eo mon. • This Boston papers speak of a nes/cotton spin« ning franks - just put its bperatiort at Loire% !shish' is creating quite an exc►temeat among .nitusufaisi turera. It is said to' require hut one hill the pow: er. make more yarn sad of inure ems THE MINERS' JOURNAL. Fu"Raz Onstunsas.—The committee of ar: nuirmente have it - seems, fixed upon Thilrlde3t the 10tb, of July; for doing funert honor' to Gen eral:Jackaon. Extensive preparations are nuking for the ceremonies, Which fromPresentixidicationS will be solemn and impressive. Thedwill doubt. less be an imposing 'military display, and we hope 'the civil procession will belarge. qeneral • Jack son was twice President of die United States, and on more than one oceesion served his country as a military leader; it is proper- therefore, ; that 'Put ting aside all party feelings, and forgetting as much possible the evil which ma; have resulted-from some of his pablic:acts, , our aids:tits should unite in a public demonstration of respectful 'sorrow— this is due to the distinguished office which held and - to his diStinguished military services. • FVS/11.1.1. HONOFIS .To J•ciscs.—The death of General Jimkson vraercelebraied in New' York on Wednesday: The•ckremonies were ap propriate and imposing, and conducted with cred itable and decorous propriety. :Tho,Military dis play was of the finest ever Seen' in the city, ind the civic portio6 of the procession was: large, though not io large as at the funeral of General aiii"Fdh • On Thursday there was n public observance of funeral solemnities,, in honor of the iniccessful General and the Ez;Tresident, in Philadelphia. The ceremonies were very properly participated in by all classes4thelpsilitary, civic trader. public asseciations,-publitrinep and private citizens. ' The, citizens of lancastii'also set apart Thurs• day for a funeral procession. A funeral procession. was ..to move from the Presidential mangle!), at Washingtonilyesterdsy. The Hon: VVitliarn Wilkins is to deliver seen logy on the character of 'Gen, Jaeksion, 'at Pitts= burg, on the Fourth of July. ‘. In Baltimore, a Yuneral proeessicm will he i)eld next Tuesday, the Ist or July: '1 OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL JACKSON The following are the proceedings of an ad journed meeting Of, the citizens of,Pottiaifiti, held it 'the Teian Half, on'the eieningof the 1316. ME! M. Crosland was in, thOChair, .and M . A. Dooley Secretary:: _ ' ' After the minitteii of she preceding meeting were read arid approved; I the chairman of the committee of arrangements seported the follow - Mg preamble and iesolutirMs which were ijnailiniously adopted: R r ni rises , death has removed from our midst General .ANntir.w, 'iketis'ox, and bie decease we are called sword to' mourn the los* of -not only a hero, of that memorable revolution which achiev ed oui independenet as a nation, bdt also a patri otic chiethan, whoSe enterprise and:velor defended, our frontiers'from the 'cruelties and honors of say, :age witrfare; and con summated . ode lask.kmat na tional struggle b y the resplendarit victory' of New .Orleans; and Wnsneys, the, high official stations - which he •hashelil in the Repiblic; hiving been for eight years. President of thS nation ; patriMic and fearless devotion with which he itetvisl'hie. •. .country,—in the field, Winninglaureirso declt her • brew, arid stecuring to our 113i:the respect and ad mirstion of, all 'Mittens—is tho,ExeCutive Chairi preservinthiS.Republic fiein the hermit of. servile war, by s .proclaimini to the traitors et The' Union must and shall he Preserved"--yrid _Ms hie deith bed; invoking the blessing of Heaven enthiii land of i'reediiiii; entitle Shisi , to the grateful remem brance of his countrymen. , Be it therefore Resolved,:lhaiihe citizens of Schuylkill county deploroth ' e loss ofthe departed patriot and hero, kxpitaw. JACkSDX, find living . rfully sensible of the' debt of giatitude, they owe for his distinguish ed services; they cifill'unite to commemmorate his worth, rind-to honor his memory by a ptiblio pro. cession in tho Borough Oil:TOW:ovine, on'Thuis day;the 10th day Ofduly neit. . ,• - • Resolved. That. we extend n to the'cilizens of The county generally, to join us' in paying the last sad oflices.to the illustrious de ceased, and the eoinmittee are hereby instructed to extend - invitations to the. Brigadier general and skiff, the Brigade'.lnspectar, and the officeri genei ally of the 3rd Brigade, pth,Division, P. M:, and to the let Regimnt 4eguylkill County, Volun , teens, and, all other Volunteer coiripanies, Lodges, o:sso - crations, and to tho Clergy of the county. Resolved, Thit 'Col. John M. Crosland be the Chief Marshal, with aUthority to appoint the ne cessary number of aids. • Resolved, That we respectfully request our citi zens to close their respective plices of business du 'ring the day of the rocesston,.and the committee are instructed to request the authorities of the churches in our borbugh to cause their bells to be , tolled., - • , On midion, William .Wolf • vvis etcpsiMrona serving on. the committee, and the Chair appTpte4 J. Charles Nevi fill the vacancy. On motion, adjottineil. : (Signed by'the Opera%) IT The committee appointed by the eitiaeusto Make arrangements for the obsequies of General Andrew Jackson; will meet similar committees, from associations at 8 o'clock, M., on Monday'. Tuesday, and Wednesday .evenings of The neat, and following weeks, atrthe office of Judp Palmer. Horton ,ToGxs. Jacrson.—At a meeting of the Marion Rifle Corps held at 'their Armory on Monday evening the 23d inst., the following pri>. ceedings were adopted,. WHEREAS, it has pleased Alinighty God to take from us, and from the sphere of hie earthly use. fulness, General Armaavr JAcirsolv, irman who by the urbanity of his manners, the irEn:ghtness of his conduct, the kindnesi and philanthropy of WS heart, and the importance of his public servi ces has Enjoyed to an unbounded extent the reit= pact, and confiderice, and gratitude, and love of his countrymen. And whereas, the members of this corps consider it their solemn and imperative duty publicly to express their sincere and respect ful feeling of Sorrow, therefore it is unanimously, Residved,:By the Marion Rifle Corps of Pons. sine, • , late Thit in the decease. of this distin g uished . • •, Man, the country haelost one who was ever ready and active to gitardlerintareits and Pe:Moats her . prosperity; that his 'Filter:Ms life demands our re verence, his public and private worth our admire. tion, hiapractieal inefulneis and arduous services our gratitude; that, although tve bow in submis sion to the righteous will of Him who governs all things, it is proper to express our deep seise oftbs loss .• whiCh' the country has sustained; and that, when'a great map has left his place vacant among us it is a . duty to have hie virtues in remembrance. awl profitable to the heart, to contemplate the ex ample which hobos given. • • . - ; 2d. That the officer . ' of this corps. west. the usual badge of cmourning on their..44B "ma ga . At it meeting of the . Town Connell of the Bo rough of 'Pottsville,* their Chamber, - June 24, 1845, the folloWing procOadings were adoptedi WiIEgEMI; Intelligence 'has been received 'of thedeath of ArtPaste,Jacirsos, late President of the United Stales, and it ii right'and proper that! respectful noticeshould be, taken whenever inch a melancholy event has taken place, particularly of one, who has filled titatighest office in the gift of a free and iridepeedent people, and whit has, shown so much patriotism, love of country, and; self•denial, and that we as the representatives. of the' citizens of' Pottsville, _deem it expedient to adopt the fellowipg resol aliens i Resoled, That we have learned with sorrow of the death of General Andrew Jackson, the soldier, 'the patriot, and statesman. '" rl Reioled, That this Council, will:nnite with the citizens of the Borough, irr a public expression of , sorrow for the lass the, nation has sustained in the death•pf him *ho ties filled so large a space in the affections of the people of the United,States.. Resolved, Thai the Council Chamber be put in mourning for sixty days,,and that the members 'wear crape on the left arm &acing that time.; Resolved,. That, a Committee of Three beap pointed to carry; theforegoing resolutiorts into ef-, feet. W hereupon the President appointed Samuel , Huntzinger, G. Lauer,, and J. C. Conrad. , • .',Risoltid, That the'Clirk hay; the 'p:oceedin got published. • " • ISAAC BECK, Tptvu, clerk. al. A .PreSbyterian and Congregatioa! Eccles"; astical Convertion is now id session at Detroit,— Over 200 ministers are preserit ficiin.the Northern and Middle States and'Territoriel: Tire.object is to devise measures conducive to the general inter 'est of religion. , Anew Methodist, Clireh, at . Boidentown, N. Jq was 'de:dicated•on'Thilisday, I:gth inst. . • • VCIAGINIA. STVZE. CONPISTION...7ThO quos bon of .authoriiing" a convention Itt.,liirginia is likely to-Trove a prominentmitter among the de liberations of tbe:aext Legislature. The -Rich mond Times sa ys, • : , : . 11 is said the West is unanimous in favor of a convention. We b4lieve that sc. majority of the people in each gastern county are,oppased to it." Pyrisauno. 7 -The Pittsburg papers say that about Aio hundred bOildings are in - counre of erec- . tion in the burnt district, and about one hundred are already completed. By the autumn most- of the burnOdistiiet will be rebuilt, and; in most in- stances With good. brick •b ui lin gs. . - A late number of the Trinidad• Standard con tains a report Of the TiMidad School : Di;triei Committee, from which•we learn that in 1833 antl!34, there were 1435 coloured childranin fendance in aevea Schocil.Diatricts—,all educated at tire public expense. • - Theltonitin says—Many of the farmers' in this . neighborhood, hati3 commenced &nuking hay. The, Clover, is very light end in many phiccs will hardly pay frit the cutting of it. • The' King of Denriiirk has sold out bis-tigrito depict the East Indies, after a poiriessionial more • Than two hunthed)yeirs,. to, the English .E In die Company. These are thetOwn of Serampore; on. the riyii• - disigli, in• the Bay of Bengril, now 4..lalcutti; -and the town .and district of Tranke, bar; ;• „ . • Cnoacn•oF ERGiAND IMls3lo2tp.The ~Brit ish Empire, in for/ign [ sags the English Oalender,) contains no less than 97,700,006 souls, of Whom more thin 9,221';009,000 'ire, Weathen, Without the knowledge of the 'Gospel 'Of, The Church has within the last few years sent, forth fifteen Bishops and eighthundred•clergy 'to this world of heathentsm. , IN ♦ BAD . WAT.—The ,Legislature of lowa can procure no money to pay themselves. The territory has.neitherfunds nor credit. Under such Circumstances it is not at all unlikely that the Le 4islaturn will speedily adjourn. The , quarrel between the two branches of the democracy in New Hampshire is growiiig not only Interesting but insiructivc. It is constantly bring , .ing: out 'new party .phases, and placing the princi 'plea and practices of locococoism in their, loveliest light., lowa' :tot, iitvEs or vs.r.—The Council of Icnvi passed a bill on the 21st of May, (11 to I) providing - thst the State Constitution, recently re ected, should be Submitted 'a second time . to the people. It *as to have been acted upon in the House of Representatives on the 29th ult. A Whig State ,Convention assembled at Con cord, N. H., on Wednesday last, and nominated Anthony Colby of New London, as the Whig candidate for Governor of the State, aid the Hon• Ichnhod Goodwin of Portsmouth, as the Whig candidate for, Congress, to fill' the vacancy nowes.- isting in the delegation' f that State.. Both eah • • didates were nominated unaniinouily.. • • Da.'Po'risn"—At aspecial - meetilig of the stan ding gammitto of the lhOce.e: of Pennsylvania; held June 7th, it was resolved that the following letter be published to theß'piscopal Recorder and the. Banner of the Cross : UNION Cottsaz. Juno 3,.1845; Rev: IL J. Morton, D. D., Rev. T. M. Clark ; Thos. Robins. Esq. ' , Dr. 7:L. Alice. • • Gzarrxxxxs-:—I received several days since, through your kindness, the official notice of 'my election to the office of Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania. I want words to 'express mg grateful sense of this undeserved and distinguished mark of public confidence, and , to each of yOu I owe my sincere thanks for dial kind and cordial manner in which you were pleas-1 ed to urge my acquiesince. I have given to' it that anxious consideration which - it's° eminently merits, and I have concluded, though not without many misgivings, to acept the appointment. Be, sides conflicting claims of a sacred nature, and a strong reluctance to leave scenes and employments' endeared to Me by many ties, L have had to en counter the painful.consciousness thati shall bil l likely to prime unequal to the fearful resposibili.; ties 'of such a - charge. Accustomed to a life of re tirement and of cornparitive exemption from care;, I cannot but contemptate'with deep solicitude Usti } prospect of this ardur.uia public labors to which you have calletlnte. But I commit myself tafiod,ancil the support of hiigniee,; and it-is my most earnest purist that I cnay notproie entirely unworthy , of the generous confidence of yonatiocess, nor forget under any circumstances the meekness, diligence; and zeal which become a Bishop in Ott Church: of God. I im; with great regard. ---; ALONZO POTTER:- Two crack military companies in New Yolk, the Independent Guards and Tompkins Blues, hut a trial of skill in military manoeuvre, on the Bat tery, on Monday. A largo crowd . witnessed the A gnat walking match, for a puree of $2OO, is to come off e over the- Beer.on Course, Hoboken; N, J. on Monthly next. 'lltere arc already ,even• teen entries.' - p A new Protestant gpiscop4l Church, to be called, the eßurch of the Advent iejUst completed cif! sorts of Sumo. When I rain is too poor to keeps sow, he onght not to keep more than foar dogs and five tins; - '.• The London Times qy s that the . propo sed craty wittaintall has been abandoned. The ateamet Western belle too sank in the Ohio, below Flint Island ; an the '7th-inst.. . • It appears by the Mexican papers that the sited States frigate Brandywine' has arrived ota the north west coast of 'Mosier; from China. . . , GE:v.l4fcDorne.—The Columbia Chronicle of the.lBth inst., states that Oen. McPerm's health Is improving; -It is thought, however, that be will never be able to resume his public duties. The Alton, 111., Telegraph gives a sad aFeOnt of the . crops in that 'region. The corn is eat down—the 'wheat twill be abort—the hay crop Poor. Almost every thing btu) suffered.! -I The mining and smelting, bu'sipess in Illinois,' - Wisconsin and lowa, is rapidly 'oti the increasd. Fifty-thousand accidents requiring surgical aid, oh .occur an n u m London. .A doglvy - as f r ound alive in • the basement of a , house Piero York, having been' iinPrisoned without food orwaterTor two months. Therelwere shipped from NeW York, from the hit - to the 17th of the present month, 1,758 pack iges of Cotton Goods. A 'meeting composed of some of the most se iye citizens of NewSork, was bold on Thursday • In aid of the sufferers by the recent, disastrous conflagnitiotiin Quebec.- The legislature of ithc)de Island is sow is sea-, kion, and is said that Dorr will be liberated in the course of 'slew days. • I .• , • Tobjecn.—The Richm.ond Times says that the accounts-of the tobacco crops in Viigiiiia. are exiremely Aftifarorable. , The'deStruction of plants by the late frost" and dry-weather, has bear fatal • in some cases. • • . • • ' • The Morris Cenal, enlarged, will be-opened for • navigation early in the,ensuing month: •• At Manchester, N. It, a child was burnt. to death by playing - with friction trintaes. • Gin CSTIC Ross.--Judge Binks, of Philadel phi4, has a rose tree in his garden that has attain:- led the extraordinary height of 30 feet. It ex tends feet in •wzdth. • Thel. 1- • Tess of Florida, is urging upon• its new Senators to insist upon the removal of all the In "aians frcOn its boundaries. •• • Strickland,Esq, of Philadelphia, the distinguishekarchitect t is. to superintend the cree -1 tion of the. State Capitol latiilding? at Nashville. •.- ; • Dr. Patterson the pirstthaster at ItometGeprgia; has been arrested, charged with abstracting mo ney froth letters passing through_his thrice. house of bad repute nt Galena, was recently torn doWn by a•mob who iuiperled that a horrid outrage had been committed within its walls. Three and a half faet"water in the channel at Pittsburg on tho'.2olh. Mr. Van Buren-and Gov. Wright have arrived' in Now York, to attend;the finieral obsequies 'Of Gen. Jackson: -- Prestnn, who has been'at New Otleans; was rit'Louisville about the tenth. sit route for tidlaa s • A hypocrite is a, saint that goes by"clock-vsmsk: a machine made geomkry, which he winds up and makiisgo air he pleases. A• I State Temperance • Convention meets at Al.. • bany o a Wednesday, the 2 1 that 0 o'clock. • Diyitamvn.—The Bosto , and Providence Bail Road Gompany, have declared a dividend of three I land a half dollars per share, payable let of-July, at:the Phoenix Bank. I • There was a, foot race lover the OaklantLKy., • Course; on the-14th insr.,lmile heats, best 3in 5. llt was Wen by Seaberry Williams, of Kentucky— In 5.17-5.74-5.35.- • REM ' ARSABLZ.—In 17'68 a man named Gillet, jof Patclhogue, L'. 1., cut his name on the shell of Tortctise and let it go; and in 1844 the Tortoises so marked was found crawling over Gillet's grave. The l suhscripttohs at Montreal, for the Quebec • _ sufferers, up to Wednesday last, amounted to' $39,639. It is - l aitimated in a leathern paper that from 1 forty to sixty thousand Southerners visit the North. er' States every Summer, and that they spend the sum of SI - 2,000,00D, exclusive of the outlays for clothing, fuirittire,.Sm• . ,• ~ , • i The ; Spire of Trinity Church, New York, is at I last. completed, the Cap Stone having been • • laid 'Mt Friday last. 1 - • - The:College buildings at New Brunswick, N. J. were somewhat, though not very seriously , injured I by fire l on Thursday. - 1 I • - • A new Protestant Episcopal Church, was con- secreted ] at Feb: Haven, ecinnF on Tuesday after. noon last.' . i : 1 . N44ear. , Unizaist.—Thereeent regulations is stied by the Secmtary "of the. Navy, relatiie to changer in the uniform 'of officers, .seems to give I • • much satisfaction to the service. Haye the courage to wear old garments till you can pay for new ones; _ . • 'Miss Brown. f have irtien to liarn how to tell fortunes,' said iyount fellovS to a 'brisk brunette. .Just let me have your hand if you please. . 'Ha! Mr. White, how sudden you are! Well, go and ask ,my father.' frliire the courage to denee.with ugly people If you dance at all; and to decline dancing if you dislike ttor , Pelforrnartaes or cannot accomplish itt° ~. 1 , your. satisfaction. ' . , . [ _ - . ' At a meeting of the Conunliesioners appointed undo!' the "Act to,incorporate the Farmer's Bank of Schuylkill County," held id' the Washington Hotel, on Thursday; the 26th of Nine, 1845, A. W: I;eybum; was ailed t 641 1. ChOir . and Robert Bus; appointed 'Secretary. ` I ! I . The Chairman having stated that this was the first - Meeting of the Corornissioneri and that there was not a full attendance prescut. I It was on am lion. „ ' Resolved, That the names Of the Commission. era be - published, with 1 the Proceedings of this. meeting, in the . Miners' Journal and Pottsville; kintipritim,ind that their putictiMl. attendance he requeated st the next adjourned Meeting. ReSokiti: That when thiii meeting tuljeums, it adjourns to meet'at,the same gace, on Tnuriday, thp' Sd July; next, at 6 o'c!orl, k r . IVI. 06 motion; adjourned ' 'A. W. LEYBURiri, Freed': "R'obert saaa. Speretary. _ Alamo; at , Poqupissionere appointed under said act—Adorard Hunrainger. 'A..: W. Leyburn. GeMe Katitlipan„Jsinea 'B. X4eian, Robert BatfEl, Philip Boy's, 5 D. Delbert, Dr: ihilan G. Ifachier, Donnie Donghetty, Wllliani Kremer. Roland Kline, John W. Shoemaker; 4enry G. Robinson, Mark Mellon, F.. W: ilugheir,,DecutulPE. Nice, M• tinter, • thinl4llo4 .r..9.Pqrge LATER FROM .EITROfIR thrbsidence of Me War. Fetet.-:Abdication of Me King . . of Spain—Progrestef t4e Religious Schism 171 Gendany—The Coeloq Market.,; American proeision Markel-Me:: Irroi kd, ' The steam ship Caledonia, Capt. itriivert at Boston on Thursday, aflernoen t l having left Liverpool on'the fah inst. • The news t ndt very importanti • The excatefueni Which had existed pnsvionaly in relaticmto the Wagon questiortb4-entirely sub, sided. The A mericaniPretviaion Market, woo in; r vary healthy state. . . Cotton was 'dill! and the pre barely stir-. tamed. lathe.r-Prices etili dmping andthe trml in.- artivd. . Scotch Pig Iron eonti4eri to ha roica I upon the market, and little dispoSition abeam t pureha se - unless at a lower price.;i ,The price of pig.delivered in Glasgow is nos , 05s: to 705.; de livered in Liverpeol 80a. Merchetkbar is quoted £8 10s., Iron in Liverpool 10a.; sheet £l2: Swedish Irrin £l7. • . . Parliamentary.—The third Wrsiding ell the Nay noeih bill, in the Houseof CommOris, on the 'Meta of the 10th May,',..ngagod.the exihrs - ive anshationt of that body until Wednesday', the ',T.lat when it'. ,caused s third reading by ts:majOritj.i of 136. • It, has been introduced into the Hon!, cif Lords under,. the patronhe of :Duke of :The ne* treaty' between tiglaild and France• for the prevention of the Slave tridia -the coast of Africa, has boop signed at theflotleign office. The Catholic Bishops arc tip . !;tri:erms against , the measure no.» before ParliaMentfor eitabliab- , ing Colleges in the north ; andsouth, !smith° west. of Ireland. • . . A trial of 'thei monster gun,' fithiallt.,ltia been. manufactu'red,in Livevpocil for the steent-frgiate Princeton:was recently matleotOho sands, bo tvveen. the Crosby, and Fortuby..."'lThe firing com menced about eleven in the mewling and tontinl-- ed with some slight intermissioni!uhtil three in the afternoon. During this time upwards of three tops of shot were'discharp,ed,--each;shot weighing 210Ibs. The report was distinctly:heard eight or - 7 - nine miles distant. The experimenta proved highly/ !satisfactory. , . • The Liverpool Albiotr, soya tliakthe gullogtras• (Pawn by nine.hOrtes. On arrtTing at its Move• rafy deitinalion, 'it was 4 Ormly, !ernpedded thQ sand, and the mdzzle, which pointed out to sea, ;via slightlylelevated in a - lihe above the sur face of the water.. The first ball, weighing 2191bs wes thelostlriven home," the 4tin:;.bein . g charged with 30Itis. of powder, and thelfirst) shot was fired. at 10 o'clock, in the presence of clholit five hundred spectators. ' The second. Was the trial andt. Two balls, each weighing2lolbs. were 4 ,, drivest home," 451ba. of powder being.the charge. ThiOhot ails equal satisfactory.: Tne report, of eotirsa, was terrific, but the gun withstood the sh'ecß, and thereby provcd - that it had been manufeettired on a princtl p'e and with a ci i taterial which ; ratler " bursting" almoit, if not altogether an imiapisibility. Theproject or uniting tl'e /antic and Pacific Oceans is a.fair way"of beiti eitrried Out. FRANCE; Little hat be,in said , du: in ,tlll :last fort night; in the Parisian jOurnals, on Atnencan affairs; bu• in the few articles that have aPper(red, a I.epr-de cided npiniot is expressed, that boWever.menacmg the Oregen , question tnay appe4,itiivill bh settled amicably - , the"-United States And,' Great, Brits% both having an itneaense interest M the preserve • Lion of Peace • ' • ; " TURKEY.", • • The accounts from Constantinople to the Tth 4 of May, - state that the health'tif. t p sultan is on the decline, ! • GERNIA,NW ' Germany appears to b? in aa . trtif of high es, citement in, consequence of thi:schistn which M. Runge, the new 11.uther, who 'derhands Marriage Stir the Catholic priesthood, andAhn celebration of coast; in the native instead of the latita language. , From all part ' s of Germany tha letters aro occu pied aLnast eselpsively with , 'dispassion* on the : division now ranging in the P4lholie Church. The new.roligious sect is gaining f,v(iry &Ay null)• hers of adherents, and even the ! lofeePordOr of the clergy . join it with alacrity. Ti!i , Sea is Majesty,pharlis V. (Dog Carlos). has abdicated his claim. to this ihrone of Milani, in favor of hEis son, His Royal Highness, (Charles Louis) the Prince of the A.ustillts,i .1, ADDRESS TO TIIE.PUBOC . . 4 - - The unprece dented success attending the use of Dr. G. Bunitinin Smith's (`Sumar Coaled) "latriguito VEOSTABLF: Pii.t.s,", and the acknowledged: superiority which they, possess over the common 'Anti-Bilious, Cathay. tie. and various other Pills in gutierei use, have given ilmin a decided preference witb . Sll!who have used them ; and they are universally s trisieemed the most 1 8r:ft andslewant purgative ever alritied to the public. .Sold et 179 Greenwich et: anrf by John S. C. Martin, DruNlst, Penn ille ; S. Kt 4.C. BIM, Or. virigsburii; E. WI Earl, Beading 4 &G. • Sbollen berger, ilambuig; Bast ck Steintir and .1. A. st J. 11. rails, IMilleraville. CrTCAUTION:.—The public slietild remember t h at Nu (Sugar COsteil) Pills can be gerMino. unless DR.. G. BENJ. SMITH'S signaturgi ie on the side 'or EVEarbOX. Thla is impertantiras ; miserable medi cine may be enveloped with siigir;-! These Vint; ate • made ut.the Pudt:rr BIATERIA4.4. thorwill boar the rcrutiny . of either physiciaiti Or chemist. But a wortnlei , e iindatiOn has been inids,, which has nu recomendation blit-the sugar whicirenvers ;Cip a vile mixture of aloes and doleyndb• imcsvare.' of such imposition. • . . . LAINGMICIIICULATIORepeated changes in the temperature have a very 7t)igl effect upon the blood; a sudden eh'ange from a full, generous. •to a low. poor diet. will be equally inju'r'ious to the health as sudden chanies af weather.; Lt we would have health we twist dndesvour toprevent, as far as in us lie. great extremes of all kiMrs; Every elem. of hear or cold, of eating or'ilrinlcirig ten Jr t , (produce . impur.ty of the blood ; thus Us ,''oitculation' becomes hnguid the' very don/leis of lifp are clogged ; sod the lirhrconscquence is that the BOWEL'S become COSTIVE. 'I We are in 1114 condition read 'to receive any die- . ease 'with whiCh; we May come to:contact ; and with out any contact with any one affecited with sickness. we shall have hekdache, hearilnirts, drainess, a foul tongue, loss ofappetite, ; all the; result of tbe state of ' costiveness. ! . When the atmosphere bectiiceti 4 imprire and op• presaive towtankind, it requiresillioteMpesttoagitate - it, to give it purity and life. 5 - When - the boviele are costive in'ny require the ad- ministration of ElltsriDakTit's Pit.ta, which, by cad- ring a conunutionAr accelerated motion in' that or gen. will occasion morbicleciroente to be expelled thereby producink parity to the'ltlecid, and.health to ti.e wlv,le frame., L -11:3•Sold at Brandreth's Prlnelgtil 005ce..2(1 Breaths*? - N. Y. and by the following antb6rised Agog* to Schuylkill county • Pnttsvilte. W rtfonlmore Ndiv Castle, George . Relfsnyiler ; Port Clinton, J. Roblnhold &ea; OrrelSl - E. lc E. Hammer; SchuYlklll Moira, Charles Iluntzinger. by, one agent in every' place of • importance throughout the woricl.l:! X. b. OF O. nuiblirlty of the O. - L., the, members of the different Jadges of tire United Order of Qdd Fellows, In this cOunty, wilt kiln in tile, procession in honor of the memory of the late Gen. Andrew Jacksli, on Thursdn3,-1417. 10th : They win meet at the room of the-G. Pottsville. on the morning of the linh, at 0 o'clock, in funeral regalia—..' blatk scarf and whitepions. . . • • Jtine 28, I ROB' T.. I'ALSIEN4 G. Bic. i rroit PULASKI , LODGE NO. p 16., An , „e4journed kr" Special Meeting of the 'Ttiliteki LAW, No 2111. will be heldon hlonday evenlngatine 300815,8 o'ekclt Punctual attendance b requebtOd. By 'ogee of. the June,idth, W. 11. WHAT ARE TAE SEI4TI2IENTE , Or BAP TISTS I—The second dleanorme of lhe - serles, In the saloon of the. Town' itall,i4o-niotroW, ~ (Bohhath} afteinnon, at bat forst three o'.elcielt. dubjer:tl-`' Liberty of eonseieno„ executing to the New Testamentr". June 28. ' hiATLION COMPANY, will - meet at their Armory for parade; on'rtifty, the 4th ofJoty; at 8 o'clock A.!81.. • provided::l•9llo Powdet. By coattaaad' !• DANIELMOSE, let„ Sergi. jp ll, WII.BIIIOTON AnTII4.ERISTB. will meet 'at "aa - • their Armory for parade, on "Friday, the 4th of Ju at 9 o'clock, A. hi, proviled with 14 rounds of blank esttrldge.l fly Command • • June 28, , - . k/KZEN.,IO, Beret • NATIONAL LIGHT INII:ANTRY,wiII meet et - •:"r" their, Arrndry, fur parade, he Friday, the 4th of July, at 8 o'cloO, A. M., proiddid with 13 rounds of blank eartridge - and 3 rowidis of ball .certridge, for target firing. By .Command' • •June 23 ' 13. - PDOER9, let. 6erg't.: . ,•, ~ • - Elegant Prsysx Books ELEG -.‘NTLY bniind , tiOOk. Wilh clasps; and Rubric;ii in Red. In:100i. „wilt: till new Prat er Book just jostled, by GOrk. 4 Wayne which 13 pnairdnced toba gdperior tti.itty ,eve? publtaked..ra teeetesd.andfOr sale b 7 8 • BANNAN.