Terms,of the Miters' Journal, Two Dollars per annum, payable' semi-4nnuallyi advhnce to thtise wtlo reside in the County--and annu ally in advance In those who reside nut nf the County file publisher reserves to himself the right tochatg 10.'50 per annum, where payment is delaye onger ban one car TO •CLUBS ..Threp copies to one address. .- $5 00 .6even ' Do - Do ' -10 00 • - Fifteen Do • Do 2O 00 Fj.ire dollars In'advanco will pay for three yen risuti '''''seliption to the Journal. , ' . , . . RATES OF, ADVERTISINP. One Sqnar&of 16 tines; 3 times, Every subsequent tsertion, ' Ilslf Square of a lines,.3 times, . • Subsequent' 'nsertions, each, •- . Four lines, 3 times', ‘ . . • Subsequent insertions, each, • One Square, 3 month's, . . Six months,, . • . One Year, , . . . . ?]Witness Cards of Five lines, per-annum, ' 111 tchants and others, advertising' by the Year with , the privilege of inserting advertisements weekly. tcr-Lirger Advertisements, as per agreement ASTON - RIDGE SEMINARY For. Young :Ladies. T • lIE course of study includes all thabranchei of• thorough English educatinn;toiret her with the Lot iusatui French languages, Music, and Drawing .'INSTRUCTOI I .B. Mrs. Ilusl'usurou and Miss. Mrs. II: has a theroiigh ,knowledge of the French enguage, having resided Many years in Paris, and is ii'cituainted with the best s) Saimaa:education in Euro ipean Sentinaries. • MissMeClean is an experienced and successful teach er of the English branches'.' ' The /trident Classics, English' Literature. and the Natural Sciences, with the aid of Philosophical appa ratus, will be made the subjects of familiar lectui es, by •Abe Rev. R. S. Huntington. A. M. 'The French language will be spoken in the family ; :.• SITUATION.—Aston Ridge, is in Delaware county, -Ta:, about two hours' ride from Philadelphia. via. Ches ter ; it,is remarkable fin its lioahthiness, and beauty of scenerV The number ofl pupils being limited, they will here enjoy the, retirement and adi - antagns of a quiet Christian'horne. , TERMS.Per session of five montbs,sllll. ' This includes every charge fur tinar,lnii.r, washing, fuel, lights, bedding,use of books bed stationery,togeth . :sir with all the tuition. The bN Lir extra charges are -for Music and drawing.. Payment always iti advance. The sessions emninenc,! on the Ist of May and the lot '.of November, ' RECOMMENDATIONS (enom, THE ET.•REV. 111.710 P POTTER.) subscriber taken pleasure. in recommending the proposed Female 'tic:hoot at A-toti Ridge, to the fa vorable "consideration of parents; especially of those who are members of the Protestant Fipi,ce.ipaPChureli. • Besides , faithful literary and religtotq, from well qualified preceptor.% the plunk will enjoy the Inestimable advantages'of a retired. refined, and atße tionaie !Mine, in one ofhe most beautiful positions in the tltate. . . The subscriber is gratified to learn that the number of adm : .,ssions is to be so restricted, t hat the School will partake essentially oft he character ora privats family'. A LuNzu (FROM THE EPISCOPAL RECORDER •" hive no doubt that the invtitution riore than fulfil all that is.prontiscd in its prospectlis." Addriess Rev. B. S. IlFarlsorort, Village Green C 0 .., Pa. Jan. 23, IS:17 4-3 in REMOVA'f. NEW .hiNp'CIIIEAP Fas.hionable - Clothing Store,' A. AT TIM OLD !STAND OF THE: MINERS' JOURNAL, • Centre Strce,, appo.4ite the Episeoal J. CAMPBELL & CO., ...TAILORS, II • ESPECTFULLI" inform theirfritilds and the pub! lit, thbt they have taken the above store, where they have made, and intend to keep constantly on hand, a large and general assortment of t, • ; READY mAnc ttcrrilisb, which for cut and workmanship, ca hest be surpassed by any establishment in the rCgion—t heir sto4.lc is all fresh, having been selected with great care,yettlini the .last few weeks from Vie latest importations. - Persons - Who : prefer having - their measure taken can Acpend upon having. their garments totide la the most fashionable manner and warranted in give pert , ,t sat isfaction. . Pottsville. Sept.. 12, !ale. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS .AT WHOLESALE *OF LM"E S ?Elk° IVE . • A NNOUNCES to his friends and the public, that he 11.ha+ just inceived direct from Nev York per ntam boats Phcenix and Pilot, the following,attirles of jzro- - eeries and proillte, which he trill sell wholesale at New York prices Ireizlit addqd. . . , r Per Steamboat Pilot : 63 Casks Cheese, 51 Tub.: Bullet, 57,111:. Cod (Mt. 21 itrale fish, 10 an Ilerring, 30 do Blue fisli,-211do No. .2 Mackerel, to d01N0 . ..1. Mackerel, 10 half do No. 1 do, 10 do Mess Nn I do, 11l do No. 2 do. 10 quarter do No. 1 do, 19 Obis. Apples, 1000 heads Gabliaie, 30 sacks flue • ",•iiPrr iiteaniboat Plurniz T tutic butter, 30 bids. Sugar, 49 qtl., fish, 291i615.• fllue do, 100 reams Straw pane., CO . bids. Oil, 13 cikale fish, 2O'do No• 2 31)trkerel. 11l do No. I dn. 2r:o - i)inads 'Cabbage, 20 chests [Mack Tea, 40 boxes Raising, 3044:shg4s Onions, 25 bid- liquor.' Also. 10 barrels North River Oat ATeal, 100 tons Plas ter4by the quantity or ton. • Vec 12.1b16 ` O-. • _ . , DR. CULLIN'S PANACEA. STATIONER'S HALL., MARK ET ST. rr HE 3uhr.criber begsinannaunrethat he Ita:xshcceed: ed A. M. Maidpnald as whoresaie agent far the nth; of :DLL CE LI-I EGET.‘6I.F. VIO& ratite Cure of Scrofula, Mercurial Picita'O's, anti all iin vu'rlties of the bhp& I',.itifirates of cures al, the oilice• . _ DR. CDLI4N:ri VEGETA OLE - SPI -- Xli , le. for all disi.ases ineitienr - to Females, an invalisahle fun fly medicine. , -: SW ApII3•COMPOUND. SI - Rl7l . OF NVILD crir.itv of Con•uovtion . , Coughs, Clones, and al: Pulmonary aliseasea. I . ROWAN!) & WALtON'S FAMILY 3bF.DICINCS, .. 'robe hadhvholualle or retail of - • K. N. CADA" U.llO, • , 11,111 W Anthracite Gazette Oilice. •;...' Just received a nill 35,011111ent . of tilienl and blank hooka, fanr3 Aationery „Vr. Jan FL - ~ ; . • ' •, : _. . ..7loodyS.L.lechternacht. Cheap 14014 Shoe. and Trunk Siare. siem of thrbile Boot nen door to .1. B. White's store. and uppc,,,Are C. f - ..,`raiir's White Horse Tarern, Centre 4., 6 Potti‘rillr, Pa— M 00111". & A I:CIITEBNACI,IT,thapk. to the public. _ 'pir their liberai !citron age, would rest.at:trolly ar,nrmace that they„have increased their stock, with new and‘deeirable goods. and intend always to have on hand at wholesale and retail, a complete assortment of inf mens,iwomens, and childtrns boots: shoes. and rub nets of every kind and quality, of the late,t le and, fashion. Also trunks, valises, carpet hags, satchals, &r of Vl rinus kinds: I (tattier. morocco. kid hobo:. and calf skins, faShionable and cornish lasts, shoe, thre,d znd a generic assortment of shoe findings', together with „belt leather, tare leather. rivets-and burrs, doe., which theywill sell at the lo.vest cash prices. t , N. B.—Please call and lice our stock ail. learn our prices, before purchasing elsewhere. MOM/V . & AECIITIPNACHT. Pottsville September 19th, Pitt') New Refectory. •• T E. CARTER, rerpertfully informs hie friends and ./ . the public generally thavhe has taken the large And commodious hasementander Mr. George !I Stitch ter's new hardware store,: and %as fitted it tipms a REFECTORV-. Ile will he happy atoll finle s s to we his friends, and hopes to he able to furnieh them with All seasonable delicacies, Fitch as' OYSTERS, - TRIPE. 'CLAMS, POULTRY, . • .GAME, . PIG'S FEET, : VENISON, BEEF S7'EAK.4-c. • in the best possible style. By - :.triet atteritton tai Midi- - peas he believes that he ran give general satisflOon fo those who favor him with their custom. N. R. His bar will be furnished With the hest of Beer, Ale,,Porter, Cider, and all sort- of Temperance ibeigragea. • . January 9. ICC% 'FOR RALE, i 4 MALL FARM, situate in (:hariesten Township, .11 C hester County; 25 Miles ftmu• Mil:0000 i six miles from' Phcenixville, and three mites from the Yet • . 1 -9 ow springs ; containing 1,7 acres of land, on which are 'T • the following improvement A comforts- T ble log house' containing I rOoni, lathed ;11; and plaste'red, a frame, kitchen, and •'2.5 t 44:..7 feet portico in front, a good pump of water at the door, a stone barn; fine gra pery and pe'acti orchard with other fruit trees. 'rite land has been well limed. Price ;12.00, one half !of the mirchase Cooney If reqUired, may re.toin On the forth. For mole particulars apply to E. 0, PARRY,-Esq., Pottsville. Jan' 23 1847 , TO LE T. • West Br a nch d alley. f - PHE subscriber having moved td 111ineraville, offers': his dwelling 3mS Westltrancli Valley,. on the Nine' Hill Rail Road, to. rent, it being a•ttVo story' doable house. 3 rooms on the firt4 . door, arid 4 rooms on the second,with a kitchen ih the rear, in which therT - ri a good well of,water. , ' • -•The premises will be lento a suitable person at a Iliod psate rent; For further particulars apply...to the sub scriber at Minersville, or to B. DeForest, 'Jr , West Branch Valley. C.• B. DeFOREST. Minersville, Jan 23„1847 ROOFING SLATES, • • rpffp subscriber informs the citizens of l'ottrville rind A kts vtdnny, that-he is prepare'd to deliver and do . . ttlating in all its branches at a price 'very little higher thim shingles and at the ~horteot notice. Those wiAl ing to exararie his elates or workmanship he would re ! fer to ble , srs. T. 0: Winterstem, Port Carboni and E W 21gGinnia, Pottsville. 'All work warranted equal to any in the Slate. Addreis all orders to the subscri ' her, at 13aill, Northampton County: nougat' mcnowei.L. - Path, Jan 23, 11817 -- - :1-4141W.4E11.alio,11..mwick on the eiteaco Eogine.Just received andfor sale at HANNAN'S Cheap Hook fjore, Pottsville: Jan,' • 2- MIN HERS ' II 00 . 1 Wil.L 'TEACH TOO TO [WAGE TIIB DOWSL9 OF THE EARTH, AND BRING ouT FROSI CAVERNS OF'IIOt , NTAIN'S. N.E.TAOS WIIICE'VILL DIVE STRENGTH TO Olt4t HANDS AND SUR.ISCT Ali. NATURE TO . OUR 'll,Si Joad JOHNSO'S. WEEKLY BY. BENJAMIN BONAN, AGEN* . ::FORTO:PROI 3 I4ETOR - ;1 4- OTTSVI4E„:00U - YLKILL,i - COIHtitY; 'PA $ 3 00 p oo 7 00 3 00 VOL Xxin. 10 CO pliilabcipl)l“. PURE WHITE LEAD . - • - Whetherlll - & Brother, r ANUF„..ACTURERS. 65 north Fron. street !) Philadelphia. have now. a good iupDl o f'r,hieir warranted pure white lead. and those-customers Avltc, have been sparingly suppled to ennsckience of a7rtin on the article, shall now have their orders filled. No kliawn substance possesses those perservative and beaattil\ing prciperties so desirable in a paint,:to in equal extent with unadulterated winte,lead; hence any admixture orii other materials only. mars its value. It has therefore been, the steady aim of the tin ettraVures. for mans yehrs; to supply to the public a perfeculy mire lea,t,•nnd the unceastnede mand for the artir le, is pronfthat it has'tnet with ra vor. It is invariably branded on one he EIZI .in full, and on the other, %ViItRANTED PVlLE—alltn red letters Noverriherl9. , 97 RAIL RAIL ROAD IRON. • '-))). . .. ~ )1, 1 - Ifinosc.'r...er i , nave now landiuz from .hip Alham . . bra. frorn I.ii i rOpord, 5 tons Rail Road.lron, li a I, 5 tons n al, 10' tons II a 1, 5 tons II x. I. • Also, 50 tons I,4st refined iron,) consisting of round, square and fiat bars." Apply to 1111 T. &E. GEOUE, ' North East r eorner of Market and 12th - ztreet. P !i 1516. „ 17-If PIIII,3IjEIPHI3,I?E.IDING POTTSVILLE FiRjARRANGEAIF,NT. /. 1' , • / „ngei- Trains. / H _ . iig on and after Monday, Oct. 6,181.5 Uat 9 A. M., ) _ S / r. oA. m., ,c Daily except unday' • _ OF PASSING' READING. I'm 10 A. M., t 1 't 12 A. M., y - RA:rlis OF FARE. / • te and Phi1ada.,63.50 and'3 00 1- ” Readik 61 40 and 120 / ' 15— MEM • ;:lP a ss e Hours of starii From Potts% ille • " , • II fll/ ,I • For Philath., I " Pottsville j Bet wean 'ottsvit M = M I LTr SALT ! ! • barrels & bags, for sale at the lowes : delivered on board of Boats on tlfe 4 i f PORTERAGE by • • GRAY,' & BROTHER. • clr Locust st., Wharf Schuylkill. lyd9:11, . 29 SA CAURA alt in Mprket price, FREE, •3l Walnut - Philadelphia .11 ~ BURDEN'S' PATENT HORSE SHOES :4.0)1 'OF THE best refined American 0 Iron, .t - di saleAt aliont the same prices of the Iron in..har, hiring a saving ,ofabout. 100 per cent tO the pnreliaser.. All shoes cola; ar warranted. and if nnt satisfactory,' •can be ' rethrlttfil and the none'i Will be refunded. .. = CRAY & lutoTtirdt, 12 Walnut st., Phanda. June 8 , ~ 2.:; . . da; Reading - S; Potts lle Rail Road. . , ' liediect hind rEit.,Monday next, June 211th, Mt,. Ontwarit' d with delyatch at the col ',Freight, .hetween Rending and the ed, per t6ti of 2000 1,1,.- • • . Between Between Reading Rt'adin ~ ' . and "and • Phila. •Puthieilic.. 1 II) !. .-75 cts. (IN AND AF' Goods will •owing rat.•s nfl whits brlow =I Piaster, slate; ti l i lis, 4-r.. Pig iron, binder: timber; marble, losin: ar, pitch, 1 , - 1 20 and grindshin is, ". ..1. Nails 4- spites, !liar iron, 1 camings.le7o.til l irpentirie 1 . bark, racytOh:CCO, salt, :- prosisions : paatoes, In tn I, ' her: stoves. "" J Flour per barrefi IVlicat, corn, rye, 'ellisnir - 1, seed. 4- salt H -r busticl.• f „. Grote:ries, harilniare,stchl,l , ' copper, tin, brass, do- • tne;ticliquors!,inachine- - . . ry, buttlyr rind eggs, ' 10 135 m od tallow,,l In. lent hi'r 1 . • : a,ints, oys.l ad cordage.). • 41•154. nedi- . 1 • 0 liquors, I aper,fresli }•• 2 60 i ' 'llfrictiona-I - ritatronary.) • . 4 charges for commission, storage, or 4ivering freight at any of the .Qpinpa. Ithe line. clictise, la! d oil, wool, cc 4.11 raw hides, p. tern, henip, a Dr? Goods:.:, dru clues, foreig ' wines, glass, i meat, c Ma= No adddionn' receiving or de ny's 1)( poi.; nn gulp 3;5, 1.51.3 'IN FIRE INSURANCE iTAt K 'A\l7 OF PHILADELPHIA MEI I • Jrt'f the. ASSETS of the Company, on ii 1817, published in eohllirmitlbwil h the lie SiXth section of the Act of Assembly QTATEMEN January 1,1 p I.IOSIOTIS of t of Antil sth, 1: MOTITGACir,§. . i , Be ina first inOrtaaaes Well secured on real e'taie, free of grrnind rent, and are all in , . . the city and rr hrity of Philadelphia, except ti lax o, In !hicks. Nlontaninery, Schuylkill„ and A Ileeba4' ronntien. Pent.ylva Ina.— .. , Al.in:fi7,soo ittlflidd, amply secured by real !..e.-late nt.Philadelphi, ' • $761,CG3 7 1 • • • k - , ICEAL ESTATE .. Purchased at SheriTs•Sales, under mort. raze clarins. viz:. ,. Eight houses land lot, 70 by 150 feet, on'? the Southwest corner of Chesnut and I. • schnytknli sixth street,. A farm of sixty acres, ix ith mills, dwel- 1 ling. , and InlH in Gernytinown. known 1 as •.(ilietiletd Works.? ' . 1 A hotts, and lot, 333,11 y 100 feet, N. 467, ' Chesnut street. A house and tiot, '27 by 71 feet. •1111 north side of Sprdcc street, west of eleventh street. A house and l.it, 9.17,1iy 100 fear, nn we ,ni i Penn Square, south of lin:list. Two Houseshnd lot S, eachlB by SO feet on south side of Spruce' s•reet, tea Schuylkill Seventh street. Five houses find lots; each 17 9 by 00 feet Nos. 1:11, - 102, 13.5:137,and 139 llilwyno I street • • ".°i: _I Thre,e house , and 10,49 by 51 feet, on ea4t side n!nf Schuylkill- sixth street, south of, Pine select. . . Four lionises nod lot, 46 11 by 89 feet on east side of Third sire - et, above Catha rine streeill A house and blot, 15 1”.%19O feet, en south 1 ,side of Filbnt street,'.':west of Schuyl- kill seventh street. , Hotel and WI, 50 by 81 feet ,on the south .west cnnrnir'of Chesnut and Beach st. 1 Five houses and lot, 4' . .: by 00 feet, on the North shie r of Hearge Street, west of l Ashton street. Seven houssls and lot, 9.0 by 117 feet, on I 1 , the east side of Beach street, sciuth of I Chesnutrxtreet. ! A lause an:d lot, 18 by Su feet, No. 90, 1 1 ':Fitzwaterotreet, east of Ninth street. J - . . . 11 t LOANS. • - Temporary !I.ntantn, nil collateral secu-1 lilies, aninly secured, including .92500. - to the 1106itigh of Harrisburg. • • IiTO[ L ICS. • 6 ~ 5,000 L. Stains 5 per cent Lint. on] . s i 10.000 Alms' House Loan 5 per cent : 1 Lint. niniF . n 2.0 Bliares Bank of Kentucky. . < 17 do N,brthern Bank of Kentucky F. 100 do Union Bank of Tennessee. 13 ' 'do litsurante Co. of State of . 6 • :IPciinsyl •ainia. , E.' :Ioodo 81buthwark. Rail Road co. . { Z, 27 • . do Commercial and Railroad ', . .. . ißank of Vicksburg. ' 1.7 DI :do Franklin Fire Insurance Co. 10 do 31;er.ninti le Library Co. 8500 North'; American Coal Loan. CASH on bonds, 24,044 'do in!hand of Agents; • ' 10,543 .• • Notes and Bills Receivable, Unsettled Policies, • By order of the fiord_ ;' CHARLES N. BANCILER, President.. Attest— pitxuLes G. Bsisds.se, !Secretary. Jan. 4(0, 16. q. TIIE sublicriberi invite the attention of Country Merchants to the follow.no articles in their line, all of the iirry beat quality - , • Mustard'put up in barrel,. and half barrel.. Do do kegs of 5 lbs., 10 lbs., and 21) lbs.. each. ,• ;: do. boxes of 2 doz. quarter lb. tins. Do •do boxes of 2 doz. hitlf lb. tins. Coffee, green, misted ankground. Chocolate and Cocoa. both ground Steces Of all the different kinds, and un ground, viz —Nutmegs, Mare, Ciennuton, Cloves, Allspice, Tepper, Ginger. The a linee goods are offered [the iaosiceasonable terms, and delivered to any, ri of the y free of expense. WITHINGTON, FRANCIS & WELCH, ' No.l, Dutch street. • NOW York, 11647. I 5 AND Pt TTSVILLE Of Freight on Xerehandize 40 . 1 00 EOM ME EBB At Co.[ 109,rb't 7S 1 t' , 81 ,a5u,224, 85 lUeliciiic.. j WHSTAR'S 13.4LSAME OF WILD CHERRY, THE ,oR EAT REMEDY FOR / CONSUMPTON thr:Lest Medicine known to .Jan for the rure of sthmit, of every stage, Liver Complaints, Bron chills, Influenza, Cc ho Cottldi, Bleeding.nf (he Lungs, Shortness ot2Preath, pains and , weakness in - the side, breast, &c., and all'Other diieaseS of the • • • ,- Pulmonary Organs. 5 , k VERY. imjiortaht disease over which this 'Balsam' exets a very powerful influence. is that'of a. EIS. 'EASED LIVER. In this t complaint it basmndoubtesity proved more cfficaciousi,thitn any remedy hitherto em pfoyed, and in numerous instances when patients had endured long and severe suffering from the disease, - without receivirg-the least benefit from various route dies, and When MERCURY has- been resorted to in vain. the use of this Balsam had restored the LIVER to a healthy acticin; - and In many-Instances effected PERMANENT/ CURES, after every known remedy . had failed to produce this effect. - its astonishing e ff icacy in the disease above mentioned, we also find it a very effectual remedy in ASTHMA, n'complaint in which it has been extensive , ly u,ed withi decided success, even in cases of years standinz./ - It not emanates from a regular - Physician, .b has also been well tested in all the complaints f ir which/it is recommended. It is not my intenti n, therefore, either to cloak it in mystery, or in any way deceive the public by' overrating its viiques ;: on the contrary, I shall simply endeavor to give a brief state , meet of its usefulness, and fl7,titer myself that its sur pHsing efficacy will enable me tn furnisl such proofs of its virtues as will satisfy the most incredulous, that 1/Consumption may and %CAN BE CURED,' 'fans medi i tine lie resorted to in time. • Poughkeepsie.N. Y. Sept. 18, 1845. Mr. Seth W. ' Pear Sir :—The character of Wistdr's Balsam of Wvild Cherry is so well established throughout. the country, and especially in the ate of New York, that any further iestimony wodirS'eeni-to he uneces sary. Yet I have derived so much - adVantage from it that I ant happy to communicate throng,h you to the sick and atllicted.what it has done - for me and I consider it'a privilege and duty to do so. I have•been-trouhled with weak lungs for four years ; hail a cough more or less every winter. 1 wasconfined to the house all last winter with a severe cough, pain itt the side and breast ; raised blood several times. I consulted a sician, but have never taken any medicine which has done me So much good as wisTrarsi BALSAM OF • WILD CHERRY. I consider it the BEST medicine in the world for Colds, Coughs, and Piiiminary Com plaints. ! WILLIAM li. SWARTS: OPINION:OF 4.REfdULRR PHYSICIAN. Ester, Me., Sept. 20, 1815, This certifies that 1 have recommended the use of. wisTAR - S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY for disea- I ses of the Lungs, for two year past, and many bottles I to my knOwledge have been used hy my patients; all with beneficial. results. In ..two cases where it was thought confirmed consumption had taken plaire, the Wild Cherry effected, a cure. I •E, BOY DEN, Ph, , ,siciatt at Werner. .A'o QUACKERY! NO DECD IXI All published statements of cures performed by this medicine, arc, in every respect, THUR. / BEWARE: OF COENTEREEITR AND IMITATECEN.R.Y-iile unparalleled and astonishing efficacy of Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry in ail the disease's for whieh it is recommended, curing many cases after the skill of the hest 'physicians was unavailing, has effected a large 'and increasing demiind for it. This, fret has caused several titipriurApled counterfeiters .and imita tors to palm off spurious mixtures, of similar name and appefirance, for ,hie genuine Balsam. card of mid get the genuine DR. WISTAR'S BAL SAM OF WILD CHERRY. None genuine unless signed by T. Address all prd•Ors th, SETII W. rowl.tf; Boston, Mass., For sole tic JOHN S. U. MARTIN, Druggist Potts ville; WILLIAM TAGGART, Tamaqua BICKEL & MEDLAR, Orwiesborc.; J. B. & J.'A. FALLS, Miners ville ; CALEB WHEELER, Pinegrove. Jan. 10 SARSAPARILLA, J 0 cis OR BLOOD PILLS. WHAT IS TIIAT PRIXCIPLE WHICH WE CALL TIEE BLOOD L • fr IIE blood is that principle by which the whole sys- I. ton is regulated. ,Therefore If the blood becomes impure, a general derangement of the sy stem must en sue ; and give rise teCoughs, Colds. Influenza, Dye pepsin. Dropsy, Headache, Fullness of Blood, Bilious, Typhoid, and Typhus Fevers of all kinds, Indigestion, eakness of:Stomach, Rlieuniattsm and Rheumatic Affection, Nervous Affections, Paver Complaint, Asth inn, Pleurisy, Inflammation of the Imnes,'Low Spirits, Fits, Measels, Small Pox, %Whooping Cough,Croup,Sure Eyes, lnWard Weakness, Worms..Qutozy, Bronchitis. Cholic, Dysetitary,,, Gravel, Salt Rheum, Deafness and other affectiorts of the ear, St. Anthony's Fire, Scorfn la or Ring's'Evil, ' , Ulcers, White Swellings, Tumors, Biles, Sloppressed Monthly ,discharges,' and Fetnale Complaints in general. Eruptions, of the skin, I labitual Costiveness, and all diseases depending on a disorder ed and diseased state of the blood, or a suspension of the ImaltPly secretions. Therefore op the first appearance. of any of these symptoms, DANCE'S SARSAPARILLA OR 111.00 D PILLS, 'should he procured, and used according to the , directinits. Price 25 cents per hos of :A oi five boxes for One ' II cts 3 cts cm FURTHER ' PROOFS, OF THE EFFICACY , OF HAXCE'S COMPOUXD SYRUP OF 'DOARHOUXD IXRELIEV DWI AFFLICT ED MAX! lktr.'denrge T. Warrington, residing i-n York.treet, Federal Hill, Balt inihre, was attacked with a violent cough - and enre throat, after trying ninny remedies, was induced by 'a friend to use Crinpound Syrup 41loarhound, and before using one bottle was entir,el3.curid. • ANOTHER YET .YORE ASTONISHING I Ilenrietta Merrick, residing in Monument street between Canal and Eden stteets. was attacked with n very severe cough and pain in the breast, which was so intense that it extended to the shoulders, She was afflicted nisn with a pain in the side. • After, trying many remedies, slit: was persuaded by a friend to use Ilance's Compound Syrup rd lioretOund, and, tiller using three doges, she experienced great re lief, and bee ,re File had finished the bottle, was entirely cured., Price 50 cents per bottle. or 6 bottles for 82 fO. For sale by SETII A. (LANCE, corner of Charlesand Pratt streets,. and 10'.‘r Baltimore en eel; and by, the following Agents : JOHN FLOOD, L'ottcrille . • E &E. TIA , M3IER, Or-• wi ,, shorg, CEO. IiEIFsiNVDER & BROTHER. New Castle ; WM. PRloE. , St:Clair ; S MI.. KEMPTON nod rinit.N ER, STRXUS ' '& . Co.; Port Carbon • OLI VET? & MARS, Fire Potnts; C. W. DMINENIIAU ER. Tamagliti ; .1. B. FALLS, stnrerxville. , IXOTIIER TRIUMPH OVER DISEASE BY TillalllpSOleg Compound Syrup of Tent ic 13*45100 BEHOLD the following testimonial : PttiL's. Noe. 2(1.1846 The . undersigned is induced to make the following brief statement, under a firmetutvaction that many vain dile lives would he saved irtiiikise affected in Or, sanic,pianner hadreCourse to,fb . ,i - Aine means that have restored her to health. Beitig - 41111C14(1 for a long lime with a t intent cough, with pain ip the side and brea , t, and almost total loss of voice, with difficult respiration, and with inability to discharge the phlegm which oh strutted the breathing. gtvat was toy distress. It ill scarcely necessary to say, that during this time many medicines were used, but all of no avail, until one bottle of Thompson's Como. Syrup of Tar and Wood Naptha was procured. Sot astonkshing, were its effects! Before taking halfof it all alarming s)mptoms disappeared--ex pectoration became free—the cough ceased—the voice recovered, aud all pain and oppression vanished before finishing an entire bottle. If-this statement car be of any benefit tothe affliged, you are liberty to e it for that purpose. YIRGIN at IA C. SNYDER. So. 110 Spruce Street. , '- 115,365 66 • TRIUMPHANT. Succggsl-7Constimptives remember that it is Thompmn's 'Compound Syrup of Tar and Wood Naptha, which is daily •eGectiug Stich remarka ble cures in.Ptilmonary Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi tis, Spitting Blood, Pain in the Side and Breast, Sore Throat, lioarsene-s, Palpitation of the Heart, Whoop in., Cough, Croup. Hives, Nervous Tremors, Liver Giniplaint. Diseased Kidneys, 4-e., therefore beware of all spurious mixtures of Tar or Plapiha, , and purchase of the advertised agents only. ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE Cog 51,46 ,4 25 . . The undersigned Is induced to make the following brief statement under a firm conviction that many val 'liable lives might be saved, was recourse had to the same means which have restored me to health,. I had suffered for years with u eakness of the lungs and Liv er complaint ; but so gradual were the inroads of disease that I felt no .ftlaftll until within the last year. The' chief cause of distress was pain in my breast and right side, great oppression, almost strangling. ind total Masi bility to raise the corrupt matter which obstructed myl breathing ; and at times so great was my suffering thought I could net live an bout. It is scarcely neces sary , T say'that during this time I had the best Medical atten ance, was copped, blistered, Sz.c, with no avail. l als used various advertised and, welt known medi cines, obtaining ho relief whatever, Until I procured Thompson's Compound Syrup of Tar and Wood Nap, the, one bottle of which benefitied me more than all else J trail taken ; tufd now I assert it as my solemn belief that by , ibis Sine I should have been in my grave bad I not procured this remedy at the time I did. SARAH JANE ADAII9. 31,557 75 7,734 75 1,40 75 Sworn to and subscribed this 21th day of February, 181.6, before roe, CIILItheeT BELLKLEY, Alderman. Prepared only by Angney & Matson, (successors of S. P. Thompson,) at the N. E. corner of Fifth and Spruce streets Philadelphia. Sold by J. O. BROWN, Pottsville •, E. W. EARL, Reading; and MOORE & LONGAKER, Norristown. Price 50 cents, or six bottles for $2 50. 45 ' Dec , 8 1 1&10 SA.,,TURDAY: MORNING, ~ f tBI, I ,UARY 13, 1847. , . CAPITAL .C 500,080 src .l -• ' United , States Board of Directors.l . i Jacob Hartiey. Esq. Chairman, , John]. Palmer, Eeq. • , , • -, Jonathan Goodhue, Esq. I • , , James Boor . man r.sq.i Jew York. I George Barrtay, Esq. , , t i Samuel S. Howland, Esq. , , , , sGannon A. Worth. Eaq. ' 1 - I 7 - 7 Samna! 111.1Eoz, Esq. _1 ,! : '' Clement C: Biddle, ESA. Philadelphia. I -GEN,E RAL AG EN TS - 4- MANAGERS Prir the New York Branch. J. h. titar.74 Walt - st. New York; for • the New 4:naland Br a nch, E. A...! I Grattan. Merchant's Er.rhange, Elost{m; for Mary land and :Washington Branch. .D.'menvain, Gcr man at, Baltimore. for the .other Branches, Win. i Peter, f 8 with -lift street l'hiladolohi'3• rt ; 13. A NKEIIS — . Ali. raant's Bank: Ni.or Ytirk. Feb. 2.1, 1516 Life snsurance. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETYf LONDON Act, of Parliament Empowered h . I'll VSICI K- • liod-ters. M. D. and A'. I. llosaelt, M. D. New York; Winslow Lewis, Janr., M D. Biistori; 11. 'Brickler. Jl. D. Lfsiltlinore - Barclay Biddle, M. D. nhihidelphia. soucrrogs.—w. V3ll, nook, 3 , :eW Turk; F. Decrier. Biisioti; .1.. M. Canitbell, W. Ilaley, This iiiStit:Ul{.'2, luundid.on t! eNlirteal Safety and ~ Joint Stock iirit cycle. and eln!lrarir?g! all -the recen improvements in the science of ' Life Ins,uraiice, atter having experie red the mist inarlsed sneers in Europe, !Ms estali liked eThccs in Pritish America and vari-our [parts ,of Me United : States, where its principles are winning eqital`votir aitd approval.—. Amongst 'Lc many advanta nes . Muck it offers 16' all persons Wishing to inure thr sr Ist—its iertaFker 61#11ITY, arising from a large. paid up and safely invested capital; 2d—its Issopernie rates of premium ; 30—the particidation of all profits by the insured, which (as' he biiiitiess of. Sneiety in Great Britath and elsewhere, has ticctime very eaten sive,) is nonmst lienei mid 111;0m:ince; 4th— he use given to the ASsured mot liinis'of the "2-. mount of their furnser otymeos, rolidtreVer. required —thus obviating the ohjeclions (igaii4t Life Imuran erg with these who , rs inconmslace precariotis, and who might diead the tii-sitnirty being in arre:..r with their Pi ennui:ls, and of thereby !inlet:leg their previous paymi.nts. - l'impltlets containim: the S.c.:e.‘ fates and every other inf. may be olit-li , teti on 1111.1;C:01: , 11 to t he, grid, as No. 68 south Fourth. street. Viol:1(1cl of Charles De Forest. West I.Stanish Valley, and a: the office of - the Miners' Jourriaiirollsville o e h 2f— • . - Sivc ,lhOuraucc. INDEINITY AGAINST 1,0:1 . •,'5' BY FIRE The Franklin Insurance Co ', OF PHILADELPHIA, • Capital S.lliit,ooo Flid Chanter I'erpeluta ONTINUE to make. Insurance, permanent atiddim ited, on every description of propgreY, in town and country on Oce usual favorable terms. Office .1631 Chestnut Street near lint, Street. . • CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. DIM:MORS, , , . Charles N. 'Banker,. Samuel' Grant, Javtes Senft,• Frederick Brown, Thomas Hart, Jacob R..ttnith, , • ; l'hornas S. Wharf...to, Gee. W. Richards, ; Tobias Wagner, . Mordecail). Lewis. • CHARLES G. BANCKER, Sec'Y. The subscriber has been appointed agent for the a bove mentioned institution, and iti now prepared t 9 make insurance;ion every des( rimier! of property, it the lowest rAerk.' ANDR:sw RUSSEL Pottsvill , Jutie 19, Mil, • 2.5-=-1y • OFFIGE OF THE • "Sparing_ Garden Mutual, Insurance * C omp any: , r ins Company having organized 'according to the provisions of Its charter. is now prepared to make Insurances against loss by Fire on the intittialprinciPtr, combined with the security of a joint stock capital.— The-advantage of this syi.teni is, that' efficient security 's afforded at the lowest rates that the, business ran be done for, as the whole protits (less an 'Mewed not to exceed 6 per cent. per anntlnt the; capital) will beire turned to the members of the institution, without necoming responsible for any (tithe engagements of li abilities of the Company, furtberthdn the premiums Cc, tually paid. I .1 TIT great success which this systm nitif with whe ever it has been introduced, indtices the Directors to request the attention of they public to, it, confident thrall requires hut to be,tinthrstmldlobe appreciated. The aCt of Incorporation, and explanation in re gard tn. it, may be obtained by applying at the Office Northwest corner of 6th and Wood sta., or of HAN NAN, Pottsville, • eIIARI.iiS STOit ES,-Presldeid.; L. KIIUMBIIAAR.SecretarY. ,' ninEcrops, , . i' a . 'Charles stokes, Ceufgel: l ll Aql, , 3a,,aapti wonit, . , Abraliani R. l'Oliins, I Elijah Dollen; ' David lhinkin, P. L. Laguerenne; ' , Walter B. EH:, !, • I Saniiiel Town Send, !. lreielill.Pliflrer, ! -. The subscriber has been appointed cent for!the a lu;ie mentioned Institution', and 6 prUpatud .to effect nsprances on all descriptions of pi(iperty at En; lowest aces. ~ , 1 1 ' 11. BANN AN. • February 2S, b 5-111. . • 1 - I.: j 9—' , -- : • THE GIEARE LIFE .INSURANCE, ANSI; '• ATY 0:. T.RITST CO., Os .PIIIhApA. n ' , OFFICE' 159 CHESNUT •.r . . • "IVI-A)tE,lnsurdrice 411 I,,ives,grant Annuitiesrind En -14.1 dowments.. and.receive and dxecute trustil. ' ~ I Rate, far insuriug. 13100 gtt a angle: lij:e. Agti e pr I _year. ' For 7 years. Fur Life. . ' annually. ' . anniially. 0,91 . 20 791 40 1 0 bo 1 96 CO 4 33 ' 4'ol ' 7 00 person aged 30 years next birth -day, yj paying the GOlTlpans 81 31', would secure - to his fu iinily,or heirs $l.OO, should he die in one Seat Vor for. $l3 10 he-securea to them $lOOO or for $lO 119 annu ally for 7 year: ; ho seetares•to them 10fro - should he die 11'17 years.; or 'fors23llo.paill annually ! dining life he provides foi them 1000 Whenever he dies ; fir $8550 they would receive .$:,t;00 should lie die in one year. .I.l:c.u,Aytr 20, 1815. TllFOlanagers - of this Company, at'a Mg held on the 27th' December ult., agreeably to the design referred in the original. prospectus, or circular of the omin:lM/, appropriated a Bonus of ddition to all poli cies for the whole of life, containing in force, that were issued prior to the let of January, 18122 Those of them therefore which were issiied in the year 1836, will be entitled to 10 per cent main , the sum insured, making an addition of sloo'on every $1000.: Thoth; $llOO, wilt' be paid when the policy becomes;a: claim inateatiof the $lOOO originally insured. Those policies that were issued in 1837 will he entitled to 81 per tent, or, $8750 on every $lOOO. And :thoee • isktied in ft;:lti, will be Entitled to 7, 1 ,- per cent, or *75 oh eVery 100, and in ratable proportions on all: said [talkies issued prior to Ist or January, 1812. The Bonus will be credited to eacb polock on the books enthirsed on presentation at the Otrie. ; " ' 'lt is the design of the Company, to continue to make addition or bonus to the policies for life at 'stated periods; • • B. W. RICHARD?, PreSidenti Jon; F. JA7[E9,' Actuary.. : ~ •., , ItS-Tbe subscriber has been appointed Agent for the , above Inst tuition. and is,preparell eff,let Insurancesnn diVes, rit the published rates, and,give, any information esired on the subject; on application at this mire;; BENJAMINBANNAji ', Piqtsville Feb. PO TANNERY, SIM DRESSING, Sik. - • • I FRANKLIN KLINE, ‘ 4, NNOUNCES In bid friends and -the putikic', - that be LI, has taken the Tan Yard, belonging collie estate of the. late William Shenfelter,on Church alley:, where he Will keep on hand for sale all kinds of leather mann fictured in the bent manner, and respectfully solicits. the continuo nre of the cuslont of the late iNtr..Shenfek ter. and the public generallyt'which he will 'endeavor to merit by a strict attention to business. - Try us. / :cgs The highest price paid for hides. . :Oct. 31.1816 it'eTENTWI !! MILITARY • . , . „ rptiE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends 1. and customers' that he has.located hie I MILITARY CAP MANUFACTORY • lit Third street. No. 96, a few doors below Race, where would be pleased , to see his old-customers, and as Many new ones as are disposed to favor hint with their custom. He milt continues - to !manufacture! Military and sportmen's articles of every "description, such.as Leather, Cloth, Felt, Silk 'and Beaver Diess Caps, of all patterns: Forage Caps, Holsters for Troop;Body do. Cartrouch Boxes, Bayonet Scabbards. Sword Belts of all kinds, Canteens. Knapsacks; ! different patterns; Fire Buckets, Passing Boxes, Tube dn. Brushes, and Pickers, Plumes, Pompoone, Firemen's Caps, Leather Stocks, (Inn Cases, superior quality Shot Bags, Game Fags, Drums. he.. • •• Me Orders thaniGhlly regd.:re:land promptly attended ,to. i WAL •CRESSMAN, • North 3d st , a few do* below Race. Phllada., January 13th, 1814. • ! . . .. . . . mom '.. .', ~ . • - -1 1 . , ..„, ... . ._.•, • , . :II . ? _.. , ... i. ~ GENERAL ADVERTISER. 41T.1p Clathier's Young - comrade, rest, thy'short campaign • IS closed ere yet thou saw'st thy foe„ Death striding o'er this peaceful plaiu . • With 'giant swepp bath laid thee stow, Our bugle's note Shall vainly float i•'. A'round thy dwelling, dark and drear, Niir martial tone, . I • Nor plaintiVe moan ?day - waken thy unconscious ear. Our ranks we form,.'but thoumn More May'st hold thy wonted station Uterus Relentless was theshand that tore!, , The tlow'ret from oueyoung patterrb: Terrific king. Thou eam'st to bring '- . An embassy 01 fear and And round The dead ' With solemn tread 1 / Conduct us to thy throne—the tomb. The Idazon'tihrMner floating wide, The %%bite phone dancing o'en his crest,! Less btioyant-in their waving Midi!' • Than that young ,ye and bounding breast , The. polished brow , I . . Is dirkettvil now. / .1 " The parent7s ever darling them/; 1 A nil dawn - lugs, bright , Of glory's light. /• I 'Have vatiished as a morning thrust: . 1 Now lea'd thit arylprOcessionhn, I ' Voting coon-role we attend thee', yet; Few lleetingdays bare como andlgone • I . SMee beretliyibounding step we met. j Ours is the sigh, The hrinifoll eye; Not will the' Manlier eart disdain • .44 IWith warrior fear ' To grace thy bier, ' ',Thy last,Slow Progress o'er-the pfaio. ! Yet ere we.ivrt a lesson give. t In ilmmuie eloquence of death, • And t,id thy young survivors live, As pensioners of fleeting breath; 0, hid us look • " On him who hoike •• • The titer and redeem'_ the prey t=', . ; Who died to save," And from the grave. • 'lts beasted cooquesta rent away. .i , . ited ,Serrice ..if tt gaFine, • 1 3 ‘ ' /141 - LA?•F I ? ; ENGL. -IND. • - I The Annuatileport on' the . population 'of Ene land haijust been published by' order of: Perlin ; merit. Embr ? acitig only England!itself and ivales, for there are neither in Ireland or ;t4cotland officers whose•duty it is to record deaths,tirths,..4nd mar riages, the series - to which it belongs dates..back: but six Or seven years, yet so valuable•is the fund, of infortination collected already in if and Nsitrillat, ,table in France, that we areindueed to regret that. Irelindind Scotland are out also; covered by sim dar iquirts. In 1841, the pripitlation riff England and \Vales was ahoht 16,612,773 F ..; in 18-I.s, r it had' in incre sed to 16.684.600, and in 1840, Isteededl.7,ooo,-, 000-' ,The annual-increase, ilierefoic, , !Lsi about 222,000., This, of Ourse; Is, to be attObutrilto the Constaht increase of births-and regidar dimin ution of the riverage.q mortality!, tiny voi l produ ced hyeinigratind to other cOu tittles ; heti* Mime diateiy ii!place thy immigration fronrScotland and • Ireland.; In EnalandAtself during the, year 1838; th'erc. i"very 463,786 births:.; in 1814. there wt4e;540.763; To giyeartielcit, of tlin 'peat ri)luctiort of deaths, we need but.'s.ay that in 1810, iii the inantifactu ring diAricrs, the mortality wits 2,9571 dec. per cent, and ink 1844, was reduced! to 2,381 dec.;per .cent. i • • • In• the ninth of idly, 1816, the. pop.lation of the ,United ; tuns 28,787 , ,000. Its annu al inciea:ri l i e: 263,000, its daily'L23,,rojt 1000 as has,beeh frequently stated. • !1 ' The Repott presents. a compiratiVol table.: of births, Marriages, and deaths tut fonri iyears, in ' England,' Fiance Russia, and Austria, •Irthis table he 'correct; It gives shme,Curious tact;, viz.:— Il an d. Fiance.- -kustria. Birth;, . lin 31 1 in.. 35 lin 26 Deaths, lin 96 116'46 lin 37 Marriages, 1 in 151) 1 in 123 10112..3 6 • • i A compulson of -the Fiends t,thlesi; - had some [lmo, since dOmonstrated (hot the nilnip,iiof denths diatinist;ca iu proporitom as the Meal term of life iticreinq. . • The Ora also gives U 4 some .mean to, ascer tain theirelaiive strength of the dffstr,ent religions eets. 'Of .(32,0110 marriages ini4144., 120,000 were solemnized according to thet'filual of the cs - . tablisbed.Chbreh, which if , Iftissi L OTorvis a:means - of judging, euntains within its ftilr,oo per cent: of the whole populatiomi Of all, disltWerts';:Qualterit scent to diminish iii, number will - 4:116r mairiaces having - in years decreased lot t third. /. . The riumber of llhnian Cat kali cc ‘vouldis,`Oin tit increase,, their marriagesdin . ll-Ihas Mg bet*. '4280, a tree! , Jed increase ! ;They. seem pow, Liittil the 16th reritury, lobe Most' nuinerousin lajmden, and the Counties Ofl.aneast. - ir 'and Clerk :• ~- • • di he gene'ral Mao of cducation_WAuld also. seem ".te fiave improved.. The marriage ,register is again 4 witness to us. Of men 67 per cent., and of we men 51 per cent:, were able to sign the register.— In Itotidon, the number of wohien who write, would"iseem to he half that of men. 1111oreatto men are.atinually convicted/of crime, in Bnglattd than i any other countryyandi we need. not look. farther' for, the reason of the present anxiety to tin: /rove the tone of-the eildestionlof females.: These curious Statist - 6 are SomewhOt con4en: sed Item the columni • of a cot.temporkti. • OULSEL .711:41ELF A a D "Al rsfax.—The great-error. eader, which i, and you, and all of us cr 04 - conduct/of our lives,ia to suppose t :'the object of obsertiation— that society intetestedin our movements, and that, We do sa a theme 'fivr - nitieli comment ; instead of acting independents Ip, we fella: if under anion constraint, forcing as Often to7aet advepaely M our own conviction's of tight, and - to• commit error with opr _eye's wide Open to the nature uythe sin. But if is u mistake, gentle' r'eatlett.:-you / r mistake Maid miner We are itaterallY eneughr/deeply• intereSted in gurooin selVes, as the nearest rind ilearestirelatiye to ourse.ves • but we have this riperfes of confem , 'platten altogether to .ourselvcs', and other. ,pelaple are vei); . ' littleMt( rested in the - Matter Of yourself and m . self / / Furl, we assure you—firci, is we have cfListetved it, nd found. it Out. ' There are not viho care about any of its, furthe'i - than we 'elmosjo play the agreeable t o tileinfor they, like ua;i ere mainly absorbed in th:confemplation 'of thernselves—all self admiring, r.selicontloling,' sellOpPlauding, and there are (very fetyy l who ever o . more than u passing though unless'their iraereat : _s - are in some 'way bound up in ours. It is wis'e, then dearirelder, to jog along ail your own `prCitliar 'pace, doing, right aceording to your own ',conscience ; and not fretting yourself to rihands, 'solely to please thg world. -,Shape yourt own con duct and character for yourself independently, in stead of fuming to gain applauses that - never can 'lie yours, unless ;obtained by iyOur honest-, virtu ouc, upright Se! 4cliancc. - Satisfy you' . inward monitor first. all else is secondary.—Nears Guz. I 7 -- 2 3r, 320 4 &II 0 05 I 30 2 00 Lava's PotsMs.—During, the stay of the vol- 'unteers in -Pittahurg, a young. maiden:trailing - in I t love with one oflthe soldiers, both parties went to !Alderman Stre4 • who (lactated thein't man and wife, an.l the soldier with his pride went tor Ntei-_, ico. The forlorh mother brings an action against the Aldern2ary` for marrying her. (Log:bier, who • was 1a m inor. WOODMAN sriane Trier I Man of. 40 a widower with';four childreMi and a State prison graduate at that; ran away with'a yming girl of sixteen Cam Milford, Masa., nn Friday; and took her to his house in Boston. Before night she was rescued from hitit by the BostOti police. His name its Joseph Woottioan. tier name was Tree, Mil cII4IILOTTE ELIZADtin =I SHOTS Even-if if it is wrong the Whigs to int-ti: tote the enquiry how thiS war with Mexico itccitr: red, we Jim) , certainly venture to !Mite that tis not very wrong• for them to enquire why it has not In fore this been 'brought t o a c l ose . Why has there been ii„la ' touch inefficiency and iMht:cil, I ity en the part of the :Administration in the, prose: I . Zution of the-war 1 Why have not the Presidont and his -Cabinet, in - ptirsitance of the authority . granted 'them bar' Congress 111 W 'than x months • sen t 50 001 men to Melico- °— ; and brought the War to an immediate terminntionl • • Sir, Polk anillthe members of hi 4 Cabinet, pro fees to believe tinit appointment of a Lieuten ant General. tviti:d give unity to the arn.y." 7 — Tliey knoW — bett3r. They_ know._ perfe ctly., . well that, the , nppointinent of Benton to a command over thowar-worn veteran's of the - country would create more dksatisfaction .anvi dissension among all ranks . . of the army _than; any other measure that courid . po4bly -be.adopted.. ' The Wii,.: , hingtun iays that "what is done cannot lie ~ undone;"--'l'hk far. from heiniz true. By the - recent elections, DS r. Polk and his .atlininigtration have he'en, very: 'rout;tly , done find at the same time nttjtc as therutighly"untiotte." When. the tariff rof - '4`...' wend into operittidli, the Loco Foeos pTedi - ct s d the pmstration of the bu , i'neAs of the country. Now that another ta l ritT has just gone Ind) operation, same loco Focos predict the imp-pi - emend. of - the business of the country. re there any particular reason to believe that they are any better i rophets now than they were ;four years ago? All the Locefoewpapers say, th.it. Mexieo cant liavi a linc:Avithout making pecuniary idetnnity for the-expenses of the war. Now dory avec with tite' fiiet that Mr.. Polk is still asking 'Congress .fOr 'brie millions of dollars, to he used in the riegotiation of peace I Ii Mexico to bur pee from'the l United States—and the United Stites at the satneltirne to buy a create from Mexico! .1 ° 1 . \ 1 - , 1 They are, 01l I,.elcolocos who are implicated in the s'atneful bribary ease recently brought, to light in foiva Lectslaturo. How happens in.all cases, or at least in nine cases out ten, Or nine ten out of tw•eifty, such rascally procceL'ineo, teheti.exposed to pnblie view, are found to be Lo: zufico proceedines We4rtrst that no locofoco will liere,4ter swallow a cup of tea or coffee taXeJ by the Polk atlintnis. !ration; without being willing to swallow 'at the seine - liar, wey,of desint,'all the abuse he has uittik4 ag'ainst the 'Whigs fa; Cie tax laid on those 1 'beverages in 1842. • • 4 . When Mr. Polk sent lia. annuli ineszage to Corgrrs he inofegt4e , , l not to have found nut whetherri:Tanla Arloa was in fa%orof war or peace. llis hernade any progress in the-investigation of that r iotcresting. so! jeet since I If so, why does he,not rise and e rfpart progress. ; • . A I'A : tar. ron..TuE Vourco.—A.litle 'girl and boy were once seated on a tl•wer 'bank, and talk s. log proudly ab.uft their dress. ' 4 See,' said ibedinv, • what ribeautiful new hati I• have got, wliat' • a line blue j 'act and trowsfAs, and what a nice pair of shoes; it is not aver one' who iNdri•ss - eil so finely as I am' 1 Indeed, sir,' said the 'little: _itil, ' I think I .3flik dres , ed finer than you--for I filive on a silk pelisse. Ail a floe feather irj'inv hat; I' know that. thy' dress cost a good deal of money'.' • Not so touch as'thine,' , said'llie boy, •I'krfow,' Hold your peace; said a caterpillar, crawling in the hedge; you , lince neitheof you any rea ; son to be so proud Hf your.clotlies, fur they are only second handed; and hare all been worn by some creature or otlie i ri of whiith you think but mutely, before they - , %vete upon'enu. Why, that silk w'i f first wrapped open such a' worm as I.' There,' miss, 'what 'do You say to that?' said the boy. 1 1 in 26 I iti 33 " IhiII( '" • And the featlier. exclaimed a bird, perched open d'Aree, was tnolen frcim,:or cast off by some of my 'race.' 'hat do you say, to 'that, miss I' repeated tile boy.' •• Well, my clothes were neither worn by ' .birds nqr worms,' • .• True; said-the aee'p, grazing dose by ; .liut thity were worn "on the bike of some of my fain: ily. before them were yiur:; and as for your hovl know that flip beaver; have supplied the fur for ahatnrtiele ; (and my friends the•calves and oxen in that fields t ro not_ kilted merely ,fii•gr4 their fle-h to eat, butral-o to get their skins foi your • elides.' I See the iif- being proud .of yetir cloth - es :since we are indebted to the meanest creatures for them; and even then we would not use them, if Godi did pot give u's the wisdom' to contriy i e the . best way to Make themiit to wear, rind the dIe3FIS of prectirit g them for Our comfort. .• ' - I ocr SPatt."—Mr. Wintlit - op ji, Bos ton, in recent sperm h upon Teias annexation ° m nod its results, said the dime MY(' reddrided him of the stir desrribrd in the vision of the Apostle •aiti the Isle of:Watuto: : • 'And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great soar from heaven, loiridog a.: ; it were a lamp, andlt fell upon the, third part of the upon tthe foutitain'a of tvaters: • • 4-- And the name of the star i: called WormWoott; 'and Iliethiril part ,of the ivntere became worm weed ; arid many ;nen died of the waters, lreedtt , ie they were made bitter.- V.II,VE or Foar.in:v rl o. following list of gold and, silver coins, atinprisiug whet ara a legal tender. under the • liiws of Congress is from Thompson'a Bank:Note fLmorler - Sovereigns, $4.83 Dollar, $l4lO Half 241 Alexleon. do. 100 Napoleons, ($01) 383 'Five 'Franc iiii , ces,• 63 Doubleda. (40 4) 766 Alao, Bolivar and Deubloons, 15 60 ' • Pefrivian ,Shares if gond weight if hood weight, 100 in proportiun, Sub-Treasures and Masters must.. trek.. these cuing when loirered,:ezcept iti'case of light iveightj, , - VEIIT IhnE °Ceti lIIIENC.F.S.HDUriIIg the mina!) of liniSary ju s t cloFed, there Wi:re two full miken"4, oq the let and 3tet.. It will be t‘:actfy the sairre . irr March; so there will he na full moon Imm yoorYi.lnuary .(this month.) . The ! . hke . for half a ccritu c, and, i'erhape, for a much longer period. MIN DOCTRINF.—Whot will ilia freo 4 the North say to,the following frOm inond Enquirer:-'Our slave popuiation ify pri krable, as an orderly and rah.) ing a' northern laboring class. that has just tekninglt_to make, thsm:rvonderous %Ise ; ugh to make them the most ilangerau4 6 -ell, regulated liberty under the run."' ME laborcra the loch is decide elis4, to learning just en ) class to pie AND'lttntettt.ous.--An exchange says of two words in our. language that coal eof the sublime and the ridiculue than re that can. be selected from the whole vu . They are 4'resident.P.M.' • Sinn! it knows 4 bine me i any nib tabular • • • az? ccording to Professor GrpithuiqcO, the lime !eciuireil for - light to travel - from the mw planet (I.e Verrier's) to Ih3 earth is. 21m. light travels from theonm to the,earh in Elm: fa& Wcs!ey quaintly obeeived, that the rn - vd was a nairow path, nut intended fvr and that to vide in a coach, and go to hereafter, vitaa a happiness tut), much for John / to bfav, heaven man. NO. 7 FROM PRENTICP'S GIN MS ISM • .' JOBBING _ IN conflation with our establishment; We Wive anal elarge Jobbing Unice, for the Printing of I.arge Fosters, ' Pamphlets. • • - liandbtlbri 11111 s of Lading, bill Heads, • Blank Termite, ; • Circulars, .• Cards, -. Time, /Woks, etc . Tgether with kinds of Fancy Printing - , al l of whirls wit! be executed at short notice and In • baud ful style His stock of Type for Jobbing is very large, which' leircted with 4 view to give effeet, to hand-bilta— and his type for Hook and Pamphlet Printing, la equal to any used in the cities. • , • ns lie keeps hands expressly forJobbnii, be dotter, himself that his facilities for executit in work Is greater 111111 that of ant - lotion office. and lil ac the public will -find it to ttMre advantage to give b a call. , ••, 0;•• All kinds of Books printed, ruled, and bound tat order, at Short notice. ~ Etook-iljndery. We are also prepared in kinds or books, fti the niost durable manner. at short notice. • 8t0nt,;, ,,, 00ka .always tirade to order, and ruled to any pattern. ' Ruling flacL e. • We have alsn'provided (*selves ith a noting Mi. chine, of ihe must approved kind, which enables us to rule paper to- any pattern to o?der. fluxes et:a this Ilistinnished'man the eyes of his cOuntrymen are turtSed, whether position be the, foremast in the pt)blic councils, ot • svuhrirriSro loin . ' the th otoughfa ,c of politic, as new., in the l'e'lirement - of privatit life. At e.rti'• • cent consisal celebration' in Washington, one of the speakers. Ica' a series of '‘ ears the political ' portent of MO C . lsy, hnnorc;ll2l49solf and the oc casion respectful allOilps to the Men of his Country. A: Richmond jpaper=the Republican. relei:s in en apinoprisie manner to.this occurrence and sad.: ' • : •tr • Henry (lay has often been represented as s man of iii ordtriate. ambition ; 'but, though he is em timely disconnected from political affairs, we•shall say of him nosy, that we hsve ever thought, that . his ambitionis• rather - rin his country thin him self. It it wCie oiliert%ise,.he could scarcely pre• serve that "r'emarkatile equanimity •and cheerful. ness, , whielin defeat or victory, in retirement or Jitritr.4, tiaNe ever, iii,tioguished his charac ter. G amity. and gnicrfulfy does he hear him. self in' evei.d reEttion of lite, whether leading an - - the 11'Iii4it.yo.ttl.,en to the 'charge, or submittinfi to the i•Opermr , frower of adversary. A man with such giant poNters mutt feel that no office, i howc - ver elc , rated, could "add .a cubit to the ate- l • ture" of thus , Nine dhicb. has'alresdyi oat its cok: ; lossaf shirduWs ever Cie tN drld-. . bfia n ma' c 17.1 ex treat it!! 'thsar.t,Lirt.— Marriage is 'a t ! seltoot and ex reise of virtue;. and th marriage bath cares, yet single life bath ' desires • which ore more troublesome, and more dangerous', and often - end in sin ; while the cares are'liut instances of duty and exercises of tinny; - and. therefore. -if single kith more privacy of . devoti in, yet itituriege bath more vsereise.of more 'graces:, , Irarriotte lie the proper scene of piety and spa ! tience, of the duty of parents arid. the charity of .! relations: here kindness is spread abroad, and love is tinitd and Made firin as a centre; marri- • age is the tinr,.ery of llcaven, The virgin Sends rayon' to.E'Gld, but she carries but one soul to him ; buttite state of marriage fills up the num bers of the elect.tmd bath in it the bbor of loTc, rind the delicacies ot friendship,.nrl blessings of - society, and the union of, Minds and hearts. ' It bath in it less of biatity, hut mate'ef safety - ,;' than the single life; bath more rale, but less danger: it is more nietfy and mare sad ; it is full er of joy. , ; :it lies.utiller mote burdens but is sup. ported by nil the strengths of love and charity, and tho-e burdens are • s lifirciage is the Mother of the world, and pre scrves 'kingdnins. anti flits cittes,..and churches, and Heaven- itself. Celibacy, like the fly in the .! heart of A sour apple, dwells in perpetual sweet ness n but fits,iikine.laind is confined and dies in perpetual but marriage, like the use ful beg, buik's a liou-e-end gathers sweetness from eery Mower. arunabars, and un ites into, republics, and vends Jut colonies. and Peds the. world with • delicacies, and oars r their king, and keeps order. and exercise loony. virtue's, and promotes the in ten'st of minhind, apt is that elate of goad' things of which God bath ! designed the present conititn• 'Lion of Vie wolld ilisittti) Tutraor., In the r:•igu'of Henry the I.ltglith, it is affirmed' that no f, ccr than tyventy-lwattiouFand criminals were hanged. sii•jl'hnmas More describes them as' strung up by seore4".ution gibbets all over the country,. -Even in the days of -Queen Bess," eiecutions %%ere from three to ctur hundred.annu• 'ally.' People were ilieTtiung, for almost every: species 'of crime; and yet those' who remained, utdiung Wyre , : n:; better that the gallows had so many cictintr., Of lota, year however, Are-ma kers have acknowledged the truth, that the worst use of a 'non is to hang him. . A Goon A t4n.s:va snms r.—ln France, all la. r dies who do not possess a decided ample fortune, make it a point to learn some - practical art•or bp. fatness, which, in cafe oTrtverses of fortune, they JIlaY use to ohlitin alliving. There are e tlotibtless,. many thousand femiles among the easy elaiserrin this ci , y who are de'stishte , of • any acquiremen 1 that ennbi be rimilii available In case of necessity t Lon.— Pho Norfolk Courier, says: It will be gratifyin4'ba - the friends of ..014 Fough an I Ready' tolchit..v ti r vai__ ha in aVatailosh teeto taller,' and biug not drank a Ones of 'Ulc ardent' for This we Mate upon au thority t un. bclieve to be unquestionable, and comes frorh ta . i old friend of Gen. Ta - v . lor, - ono t‘ho has recenq seen and conversed With bina. 'run riov'onen DEA n:—The Senata has received a coniniu`nicatii;n fiom the Wu,' wpatt. m;mt, which .tetes that 153 non-commissioned olfvers and ptivates_vilio were kilted or wodn drd at theli c etles- of - Palo .Art 9 and liesaca de la Palina, 71 (almost half) l'iTre • Itneigners by birth. viz: 43 Itt r limei., 17 Gerrnan4, 5 'Scotch, &c. These be remembered, were regill , hr,t. Among the volunteers the proportion of loregners is touch 'smaller. . . All , k Nit 11611Fliler•The ' Pres . dent offuraca , 1 ..airs slid, coiilhit-t! , the ' elierny" by' giving _then; i• a . Genernl, 1101 11.r.c his friends are increasing that -cornfort-j. by denonne;ng the Generul of the Anaeican fn,-; , :re ! -As- the I' -40 r nt gave Santa Anna his trOdoin. we-Ghoul , ' • )e sur p r i se d to illid hintrl6;ilr4 'a *.lanco 'count - by it'll, ini;oning Gent nil *syloi f . iny Evening ..lciutnul. 1 1 )1 m n -Ala tfirted found in tiv;tnid:it. of a 4or which thol;adent.iclaim t. Ashol; ata . 00 itirlioso along here pretty fOOll PSI] C u 11 , e 4 rerrivtither the .anecdote of the prrspit v.ho recommended a •suliscriptitin for totnie - rharittilth• purpttte. a nd wllO6 called upon Jo give hiA glare exclaithrd i • QIVC ! Why=l fir ,ghe put the 11101' • . GEN: Vms AT 11031 E.—Gen. Vega arrixed at the city, et Mexico, says the La Petrie, on tie , 36th ult. His journ!y was a perfect triumph,— lde told the'people that we were tired of the war fal.hribt'y would held out, ii.e would suo:for race . I ... r - I : . .• .-; . . . . GF. N i SCil r r, AT T!! E . SA AT 411 , ,. V V A rt.—L . A - corre;. .p . o o deto of the New (likens I:iines writing from Nlatainna: sayA:—.lt will be gratifying •to ale f,ien.l4 of G..n.Setitt to' learn be is very well re, eeived 'by the .troops.. i ! ' ... ‘ .. Ccnr. yon ,T11I: Loctx-s kw,:- 7 •We ere it stated upon wh.it .4ent; authority, 111(4 Ibtu Jocklaw cab' be relfeved bn.tlntly by , putting st!ttieOe of copper in ininr(b.ite'coninct with the wound that c,.t . ust,l it. Supple rvinethea are frequently the teost poirek • A 1.4.1.Nv RErmiENT VllO3l GEOII6II,—ThO Athens Chroniek Frays : .Dia private letter : from Gen. linuiton to (apt. Higgins. of this place. we learn that the President has agreed to'receive a full regiment (f volunteer infantry from 'this state, .to serve_ doting the igen.' . • - . ' Lies.—Life's but n walk ova; a ;I:gair, and tbe Avila flower g that grow upon our path are too few, ri ,, t to anther them when they r onto within Bien, t'Vell tiltil..l,l it may roar t asiitrp tir,:two, a sitli:. ICE. all ih the Jay 'n) kurney., and we shall get home • .. • ut 1.,.,:r. . , Tar: SA p U.l'ell.—,The tiuprerne'eotirt or ehio 11: &dem! illiArdi a ln'. eof the bincinnati Gouwile. prollitli ing trading, battering, and sell ing. not ofni.natory on4hoso who obeei ,- - ' zi tenth day of the week as sure& 4. :_ts the rte 11 body has baen in Georgia, It of old fathpr zinkee will lie as 'such•
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