POTTSVILLE. Saturday Morning, May 15,-IS.II. YOLNEY B. PALMER, ' At Ms Rua Estate and Cora Ag'els , feS. trirner o r Third & ChesnueStreets, Philadelphia,' , No.lAO„ Nassau Street, Nevi York. •-' No: le, State Strest,Boston, and • South east corner of Baltimore, & Calvert Streets. Mittman, is our Agent forveceiving subscriptions and itilvertisementi for the Miners' Journal. CRCULATION. 1 4 ,260 COPIES WEEKLY. THE TARIFF OF 1842, The Country demands its restoration • FOR PRESIDENT.' GEN. Z.IOHARY 'FAY.I4OII, . • - Subject . tp thr deiesion of the Whig N- aorta Ornvention. . • FOR' GOiVERNORI ~GEN. JAMES I RVIN , • • OF CENTRE:COUNTY. - .._FOiL C ANAL , eTOMMISSIONSIZ.. , • JOSEPH W. .1) A T T,O N, OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY Tamer Cuirneit'—ln another column %Nil be found an engraving of the'new Protestant , Episcopal Thurch, about to be erected in this place. The old building, is Co be tour down next week and its -to morrow will be the la 4 day on which it will be open to public wor.hip, we derstan - d that services ripproill;te' to the occasion will ho held in tie morning. ACSNOWLEDU EMEN r.—Our thanks are doe to Michael Cochran, E 4., Conductor ort'the Read. ing Railroad. fur a coPy of the Reading Gazette, Extra, of 'Thursday, cantairUng, news front the army in ndvanco of the - Philadelphia 'papers. We published an Extra containing the 'news of the tak ug of Jalapa and the Castle of Perot' a ehprt time after the 'care • were in, and of course were ahead of' oar borough eotempefariea," as usual, • COnaccrrox..—Our compositor last week made an error in setting up our article on •'R:ading and Pottsville," 'which certainly did nu credit to us or 'ourfellow citizens- He Made the wh . ole PoPula tion, of our g'Oodly borough to bc .--- :.'rwf&iotis bur glare, when. we only intended that it should be respectable burghers. We discovered the error lifter about half the edition had been printed, and of course had•it- corrected.. Those wini received copier+ of-the Journal containing•the error will now underatand how it occurred, and we hope that this •- correction will remove all doubts which-it might . have caused in any of our-readers as to. the honesty of the people of Pottsville: • TAIII.4QUIV. • Whist all portions of the Schuylkill Coal Re• giontaire been' for the last five , Tears increasing rapidli in population and blisiness,.tlicro are creme in which the improvements base been greater• much greater, and more striking than in others' end there is probably no toisn in the county sybuse ".progre!a has' been more rapid than,that; of Tama qua According io the misty; of 1840 Tioniqua con tattled 404 inhabitants, • In 1.845 we had a cen sus taken •and the `population' was' found to he 1006, being an increase of 54 in five t yeors. So rapid has been the growth of the. plice, nnethe influx of people into the town, toot those. who: have the beat opportu9ities at judging ebbinate the, present population at from 1500 to 2600, an in- Crease of from - 50 to 100 Fr cent in the lest ieiglsteett montbs...The number off Miners' hiuses: built in the same time hari been ver'Y large. A new street was laid out a, little more than' a year since .which now Contains a population of 360pervps. The houses which - hace• been erected are gedral• ly two story frames, neat, and well adapted. tollie -iomfort of theft ocedpints. Two large three story brick stoFes, hatreteen bhilt during the past year, . °delay Meaars. J. & 11. Carter, the other hy Mr. Taggart. .They.arr,situated on the m n aiy. etrce and add mach to the appearance of the - borough A few. months since the-Little Schuylkill Co Company adopted the plan of leasing-their opera lions, experience havinaemonstrated that hull viand enterprise was better adirpteiLtek the devel opeinent of the mower; of our region than nit , . cpryorated companies. The :result has already been seen in the rapid improvement of Tamaqua, and the ;preparriticMs 'which are being made for hxtending the coal'operatione in its vicinity,. Among the recent improvements in Tamaqua, .we may ,notice the addition made to the, Foundry and Ma - OMo Shop, _formerly carried on by Mr. Monty 011ie. It has recently passed into the hands Of Messrs. Hudson & Waters, who havelound it necessary to increase the number of their wogllc men, owing to the accuMllation of Work upon their hands. '• I The improvements on the line of the Little Schuylkill Rail Road aieprog;essing rapidly, and it is expected that in about a month one track will /ats laid pith heavy T. Rail from Tamaqua to Port Clinton. In the meantime the Company are building an addition, fifty feet in length to their tngine Inhise at Tamaqua fur tho accommodation of their'lirge locomotives. The course of the rail road-through the borough is tube changed so at to allow a new street tt:Ti.bo laid out at right an glee to-the main street, Which will, furnish room i'or a large number of buildings. Since our Census Wer(iskeri in' 1 1 8 . 45 the Little Schuylkill Company,rtave Have; erected an elegant hotel which caw scarely ibe surpassed by any pub- lie hoise out of Philadelphia, in the state, for the excelfence of accommodations. It is kept by Mr. Joseph Haugheivout, forinerly of the Pennsylva nia Nall in this borotigh, Ste is an experienced end obliging landlord, 04 'who knows well -how to make his guests -comfOrtable. — We learn that some seventy.ltir eighty new miners houses; be erected in the course of, the present seasiu— ', New Coal operations ere projected and other im ptnvements the .wly of stores, dwellings and mechanic shops will piobsbly tie made. • The • eotnpleticin of the Port Clinton Rail Road Vrtil causan large ... number of travellers to pais through Temagua on their way to Wilkesbarre e rt4 l" m auc t, Chunk. svho now go by the way of 'fhis-'tfriii tend to increase the business of the town snit we hove do doubt that Trunaqua will contirfue from'this time to grow rapidly in busi . ness amt papa:L:4on. Keen Hat.a.—The Carbon. County - Gazette, which has - hitherto been- published es a hieutral poper,has hoisted:the names of TAYLOR, IRVIN and Pir - frON, akthe head of its columns, end will hentefrittlt adsoCate' Whig principles. Ell • I TUE Hormone op Wan.-4'n Arkanstus voI uoteer, writingl'ihome front .-Buena Vista. ,de- Ebes the route-of the Mexicans in the following o - language:' ..The Mericame.turabled an evcrysside. I saw them struck duten with sabres and trampellcd be neath our horsee' feet. I saw them beg with up lifted hands for Mercy, but it was remembered that those very hands had ()fiver) their lances into the, heart of'onr countrymen.'',. Could anything be rmote harriblo....tban They t't begged With uPlifier - fiendi and it was•denied them,-and hi, palliation .. of their murder.. it was remembered that those very hands had driven their lanCes .. into the hearts •of our countrymen. Z not this picture of the cruelties of which an incensed soldier can be guilty, enough ' to cause evrry christian man rind true patriot to pray earnestly for The termination of ti war which can so totally brutalize and degrade humanna- LIM . We'hove seen it stated that , . military men who have heconie.statesmen rarely eidvecate the making of war. They, who are familiar with its horrors, who are arquaindd with its evils, whO know what a terrible thing a hard fought battle is, • will.not. 'without prmocation, be induced to countenance a recourse to arms. Men liko Col. -Polk, and Gen. Benton, Who , e knowledge of military matters is limited to an acquaintance with the date of coal. missions and the relative• -rank of, officers, can induced through.ignorance to sopportmeastiies which thWo conversant with the evils of war would not advocate. _Cpon their heads rests a feaar Cul responsibilitp=the lives of thousands of their fellow 'Men sacrificed at - the 'shrine of qin inordinate ambition. Gee. lavrX I:%D Govsmicin the Loeb Foco Press of our State is abusing Gen. Irvin on account of having accuoaulated wealth in the iron business and by agricultutal pursuits after years of.labor, they studiously avoid giving a histoiy of the life of Gov. Shook. What will the rest democrats, who hold to'the doctrine of "rota tion in office" think! of voting f01...a man who has been in office almost forty years. - _ Franc is R. Shook was taken from Montgomery county by N. B. Boileau, to 'Harrisspurg, in 180.4, who gave .him a clerkship in one of the public offices. Since that time he has been, al most without interruption, an,.office holder, and has actually, r received from the State over $70.000 in the shape - of salaries. We inclins to the opin ion that the people of this State wilt decide at the ballot hoses in- October next that Gov. Shank has hail his sharelof the spoils, and has served his I country" long enough in au official state. LI sire : Ct.a r.—A circumstance interest ing as regards the lamented son of Mr..Clayvds . communicated a day or two since to the editors .if the Home Jciurnal by a distinguished citizen of New York.. An officer of the army, , in a letter to this gentleman, says: Poor Col. Clay, who, as well as myself was a West Point Cadet, chan ced, just before he fell, 6 meet one of Santa An na's hearers of a flag of truce, on his way to Gen: Taylor. He instantly recognized, in this officer of , the enemy's an 'old school fellow and former intimate friend., They jumped together, shank hands and parted, and a few minutes after Col.. Clay head.d the charge in which he lost his life so gallantly." • DOMLSTIC ECONOMI.—Grant Thorburn says that be and his . wife have lived together upwards of forty years, and 'never lave lost. but one tea . ypoimpl_Exchange Paper. Well, who cares I If Grant Thorhurra - knd his wife. should chanee to live together a hundred and: rover lose one teaspoon. 'we should like to know of what interest this 'fact - would be -to the public. • Newspapers aro'iery hard run (or item., whenlhey manufacture such as the ribose.. Reacr.inglGozette. Rather teo:fast neighbor: We do not.looliup on tho item its being' so trifling as you consider it. There isfa moral to be drawn from the simple in cident.stated above; which it would be well for all tioh - Se•Oivrs to remember. It is simply this, that wiVi proper care and. prudence, many of the little ddiiiislid scene: which serve se greatly to mar the happiness of married life, might, be easily avoid'Cd. Husbands are often put out 91 temper by the lois of trilling 'articles in domestic use, which they are continually called upon to replace, {: whereas if die wives, like , Mrs. Thorburn, would take better , care of the spoons, et ceteras, they would be held in higher estimation by their hus bands, their wants supplied with a hearty good will, and theywould not be so often taunted with being careless and thriftless. From all accounts there are vevy few married couples who have lived together so long and so happily as Grant Thallium and his prudent lady, and we would venture, a trifle that ~ L aurie Todd," if interroga ted, would acknowledge that he owed Much of his domestic felicity to the fact of never having to re= preach his wife for her carelessness., Do you give it up; friend Getz I Poon Ottors.—The Danville Intelligencer says that the grain crop in Columbia county is very backward, and will be light, as some fields are past, recovery from the effects of the winter, and unfavorable spring., The farmers are making •commendablb'clforts to - repair this serious loss, as far as they can, by putting in corn and oats. We notice similar , complaints made in many of our exchanges published in various parts of the country, and it is probable that in some placea.the wheat crop will be a total failure. The immense amount of grain.shipped to Europe will leave lit tle of last years crop in store, and should the dis tress in Europe continue for another year the prices of Trovisions in this country' must necessa rily be , as high if riot higher than they are at present, UKITn UF Dn. NFCcet.t.sri:—We regret, to learn from the Philadelphia papers that Dn. Geq. ArCt.r.u.ssr, died in that city on - Saturday night . , last, of a cramp colic, after an illness'of but a fevi hours. Few men in the country had attained to equal eminence ass surgeon; and-in private life he tr./as universally. esteemed. His decease * will be a severe loss to the profession, of which he was a mernhe'r, and the community in which he lived. THE ilnl OF GEe. Tiecon.-1 - ion. Robert T. Conrad .of Philadelphia; is row engaged in preparing for the press a lifo of -Gen. Taylor pre. pared from authentic sources. Bucks Work will be very popular and we know of no man who could write suchrt, work better than Judge'Con rad. His' style is hold, graceful and vigorims, and we are satisfied that the hero of Buena Vista will receive justice at the hands of his distinguish'. ed biographer. - LosoivrTl.- - -AndreW Albert, died in Middle Smithfield township, Munroe County a tew doge since et , the adyttnced ego of 105 yew*. •SEALL TIERRE SS FUNERALS OS TUE SAD. usvq.—A distinguished clergymen of Pittsburg, „proposes this question to the considerstionefthe religious public. It was to have been discussed on Tuesday evening, et - thr First Presbyterian church of that city. The following letter . addressed' to .ItisePh George, Eaq.; by, Mr.", Elias tevenguel, _well known in this neighborhood as " Chips," will be 'read with interest by 'his friends and acquaint ances. Mr. Levengood is an old soldier, having served in the Florida war,• and has done good ser vice in the present contest with Mexico. He was severely., wounded, ; at ,the battle of Buena Vista, and we are glad - to see that he had so far rrecovered oe .to be able to write to his friends within a week after the fight, 4 AGVA NEUVA, Fen. 280847. -Dear-Sir reteitted your- letter on thelst inst., and it gave' ins Much4deasnia to. bear fret! you and'other friends to the North. Since I last. ware to you I have witnessed somestirring events orwhicla will endiatiof to give, you a short ee -1 I count. • . ' •- ' - Our battery of Artillery left Monterey for Vac; twin, and reached that 'place some'days' before Gen Taylor's arrival. We remained at Victoria ' 17 days, at the end of which time we were for some reason unknown to us, ordered back to Mon terey. with another battery of Artillery, the Mis sissippi Regiment of Voluntiers, and some U. S. Dragoons. 'The country_ between Monterey and Victoria is very beautiful. , In our journey we had 'Across about twenty running streams, some of them quite large. ',The only objection against the country i' the' want of timber, there being no woods of any size except in :the .neighborhood of Monterey where there are some tine oak and pic kora trees, the - latter.of which is abcint eqtiel to hickory for almost any use. Victoria is a small , town, containing very few buildings of any im portance. We remained fircir days at Monterey and then passed on to Saltillo—the country beyond Monte rey is very fertile, and for about fifteen miles is in a good state of cultivation, but the remainder of the distance, is perfectly barren. About half way. on the road lathe pass at which the Mexieins de feated the spiniardi; in the Revolutionary war.—_ I should think that a small body of Americans could hold it against- all Mexico. The pass is very narrow, and approaching it we had to ascend a high hill at the -top of which stands two small forts, but nobody in them. On the 7th we arrived at Saltillo, which is the best Mexican town I have yet seen. It Contains some factories and a splendid cathedral, but nut a stickcof wood can be found within kfi,miles of the City._ Our volun teers say that their rations ofi bread are larger than those of wood. The scarcity of fuel caused Gen. Taylor to move on to a place 18 miles dis tant where wood could be procurred. It , was at a mountain pass where .we found pretty, fair pine, but fit for nothing but - fire wood. - After we had • been there some four or five days, Gen. Taylor sent out a scouting party of, Dragoons and a cou ple of pieces of. Artillery, who suet . a ,body of Mexicans and were compelled to retreat back to camp.. Thi next day Gen. Taylor 'tioved back about half way to Saltillo, where, there is it kind of pass in the road, and - determined there to await the enemy who were commanded by Santa Anna himself.. They did not keep uc waiting long, for the next day it was reported that he was in sight with 20,000 men. Our force dienot atnount to more than 0000 fighting. men, and sixteen pieces of Artillery.-, The battle was 'commenced on the evening of the 22d by the advance of a bo dy of the enemy to a height on our left which was defended by a small body of our riflemen.— The firing continued all night with bUt a trifling loss to our men. On the morning of the 23d they, retreated to the main body of our army which oc cupied the bill commanding the road: About . 9 o'clock the Mexicans. attempted 'to 'possess the road, bu,t they were-sooh compelled to . turn off to left, when a portion of their men vtero_stationl ed on the mountains. At the same time n lenge body of Mexican Ca7alry•came from. the moun tains directly in our rear, so that our, small force was entirely surrounded. The main body of the enemy in our front kept moving round towards our left 'under a very destructive fire from our Ar ,tillery: Things looked pretty badly at about 11-6 o'clock.. At this time I was taken prisoner, and must give you an account of the rest of the battle as I heard it. Gen. Taylor soon saw the necessi ty of compelling the Mexicans to retreat from that position, which Was done hy a charge of our Ca valry and Infantry: united, the Artillery filing up on them all the time, killing them by hundreds.— They-were soon forced to retire to their old posi- Ition in rear of the hills. Their Artillery did very little execution during the whole day. The com pany to which I belonged 'had fourteen men 'wounded, but most of them slightly.- During the, night every thing was quiet, and on the followingl ..morning the Mexicans had retreated to our liest! encampment. The plains were , strewn with thei dead. and wounded, and our wagons were em ployed .alla y 'in conveying, their wounded, and, 'our derotin o t . I will now tell you - how I wee taken prisoner; . end what occurred to the in the enemy's camp.-4 was disabled end was passing to the rear when fell .in .with' a body of Mexican lancerawho first bayonetted me. and then stripped'me of everything except my shirt arid pantaloons. I was then com pelled to cross over a mountain nlocuut twice as broad as Your Sharp mountain, and having nu shoes on, 11 found it it hard walking, I assure yon, but aftt.rpassing over-it they gaie me a mule to ride as I could walk no longer. ...They passed nip from one command to another until they brought me-to Santa Anna himself. •He ordered me back to the rear lin;'chargeolan officer as he could not trust mo with his soldiers who would have mur dered me if they hail,dared. As it was, they thrust their bayonet's at, me as I passed, but none of them hint me._ About 10 o'clock the whole Mexican force marched for our old encamping ground - Alert; they remained'all night. On the morning of the 24th, they formed a line of battle 'Searing that Gen. Taylor would pursue them.- 1 7 All I saw them , eat on the evening and morning was part ed corn. They are the dirtiest add ugliest set of men I ever saw in my life. While I. was a prisoner Gen. Santa Anna offered man citizenship , in Mexico if 'I would go with his str my, but I thought it was much better to boa sol dier in America than a citizen in Mexko, so I 4. elined the offer. On the morning of the 24th, I was turned over to a :Mexican officer named Fulmer.' He received his education at Baltimore and was an old ac quaintance of Maj. Ringgold. He was a very gentlemanly man, and the only one who gave me anything to eat while I was a captive. Captain Fulmer took the tu. Gen: Wool with some few more Americans, and received the 'Mexican prii.o nersin their stead. Our loss was very trifling, but you will receive a better.account of that in the papers than I can give you. The poorer -classes in Mexico live entirelyson fresh beef, beaos• and corn which' they grin in two flat stones. Their mode of courting is rather singular. The woman sits on a bench while the man places his head in her lap' and she ' occupies herself in picking the vermin out of his bead. While thus engaged they whale away the time in saying sweet things to c-ch Other. Monterey is about the 'size of Reqing. The walls of the - buildings are two feet thicli k and each house' has but two doors in it. The bbreets :are narrow and paced with round stones: :I' de cathe dral is a fine building in the Gothic style. *lt has no windows in it—nothing but a few air boles. I have.saved a couple of Meiican copper bullets fired at the battle of Buena Vista venial I will -bring home wilt me. I should be glad to bear of ten from you and my other friends. Your' sincere friend, • Pusnr s..—The city of Puebla,' which is about one hundred 'and sixty miles from Vera Cruz, on the way to the capital, is ono of the most remark. able places on the Western continent. Its popu lation is estimated at 80,000, and its churches are noted for their elegirice and , vvealth. The cathe dral is magnificently ornamented. The chende •tiers and lamps/which adorn it are of maniac gold and . silver! The building was completed in 1808,,and i✓said to have cost $6,000,000. There ore ten ch,liels attached to it—ell richly decorated. Besides thie there are several churches of wag nitudryind,great wealth. gotictos..—Four millions of dollars in gold bade been or are about to he coined, at the Phila. rlelphitt Mint, from English sovereigns. A Dtseovsnr.—A.Method has been discovered of roeltiog copper, by means , of electricitp The process effects in two days, what now requires sloe weeVu to accomplish. , News frowi lilexicO.L.-Glorions Vic- . , 250 Americans and. 350 Mexicana Killed and Wounded=Money and Plate Captured—One general Killed and Five taken Prisoners. - The Viiishington Dillon of Saturday night con tains the offleial despatches of Gen.. Scott, giving the account of thd battle of Cerro Gordo, and the New Orleans Delta of the 2d inst. publishes a . description of the' affsirby Hugher,' of the 4opegraphical Engineers. Fiona the -;two. ac counts we glean the folloivinglacts: On the afternoene.of the 17th April,"the advance of our army un ler Gen. TWIGOS, numbering . 8,170 troops, encountered the Mexicans,-when ,severe . .conflict. took. place. • - On the following day the Main battle occurred which resulted in a complete triumph ,of the American-. arms. . , • Capt. Hughes thus describes the place where the battle was folight. The road from Vera Cruz. as it passes the Plan del Itio,which is a wide, rocky bed of a once large stream, is commanded by p series of high cliffs, rising one above the other, and extending several miles, and all well fortified. The road then de bauches_ to the right, and curving around the ridge. passes ov4r a high cliff, which is complete -1y enfiladed by - forts and batteries. This ridge is the commencement of the Terra Templada, the upper or mountainous country. The high and rocky ravine of the. river protected the right flank of the position, and a serious of abrupt and appa rently impassable mountains and , ridges covered their left. Between these .points, running a dis tance of two or three miles, a succession of strongly fortified forts bristled at every..turn, and second to defy all bravery and skill. The Cerro Gordo commanded the road on a gentle declination, like a glacis, for nearly a mile —en approach in that direction was impoisible.— A front attack must have resulted its the altriost, entire annihilation of our army. But the enemy expected such an attack," confiding in the desper ate valor of our men, and believing that it was impossible to turn their position to the right or left. General Scott. however, with the eye of a - skilful gederal, perceived the trap set for him, and determined to avoid it. He therefore had a road cut to the right, so as to escape the front fire from the Cerro, and turn his position on the left flank. This movement was made known to the ene my by a deserter from our camp, and consequent ly a large increase of force under Gen. Vega was sent to the forts on their left. :Gen. Scott, to co ver his flank movements, on the 17th of April, or dered' 'forward Gen. Twiggs against the fort on the steep ascent, in front and a little to the left of the Cerro. Col. Harney commanded this expo- Anon, and at the head of the rifles and some , de tachments of infantry and artillery carried this position under a heavy fire of grape and : musketry- Having secured this pesition'in front and near the enemy's strongest fortification, and having by.in credible laboi elevated ono of our large mina to the top of the fort, Gen. Scott prepared to follow up his advantages. A'dern'onstration was made from this position 'EigainSt another strong fort iri the rear, anti near the Cerro, but the enemy was con sidered too strong, and . the undertaking was abandoned. A like demonstration was made by the enemy. • On the next day, the 18th, Gen. Twiggs Was ordered firciard from the pOsftiori he had already captured ouainst the fort which commanded the Cerro. Simultaneously-art attack'on ifie -fortifi cations on the enemy's left was to be-made by General Shields' and Worth's division, who' me ved_in separate columns, whilst ,Goneral Pillow -icivanced against the strong furls and difficult es cents on tho right of the enemy'ts position. . The enemy, fully acquainted with Gendal Scott's in tended movement, had thrown large bodies of men into the various posttions to be attacked.- The most serious enterprise was thatof Twiggs, who advanced against the main fort that com manded the Cerro. Nothing elm lie conceived more difficiilt than this undertaking. The steep , and rough charatteif of the grocind,.the constant fire of the Army in front, and the cross fire of the forts and 'flatteries which enfiladed our lines, made ,tho duty assigned to General Twiggs one of sur passing difficulty. • •Nothing prevented our men from being -utterly destroyed. but the steepness of the'!ascent under which.they could shelter. .But they sought"no shelter, and onward 'rushed against a 1 - iailstorm of balls and musketshot, led by the gallant Har ney, whdse - noble bearing elicited 'the applause of the whole army. ,His conspicuous and stalwart frame at the bead of is brimide, his long arm waving his men on to the charge, his sturdy voice ringing above the clash of arms and din of conflict, attracted the attention and admiration alike of the-enemy and of our [own army. On, on, he led 'the columns, whose 'front lines melted before the enemy's fire like-snow flakes in a toi rent,and staid not their course until leaping over the. rocky barriers and bayoneting Ver. gunners, they dative the enemy pelt melt from the fort, de livering a deadly fire into their ranks, from their own grins, as they hastily retired. This was.tru= ly a gallant deed, worthy of the Chevalier Bay ard of min army; as the intrepid Harney' is well styled. ! • 'General 'Worth about the sumo time carried a strong fort in thrtrear of the .Cerro; and as Gen. Pillowwas'about - to renew an attack on several others near' the river the enemy - was compelled to. ELIAS LEyENGOOD tor/. BATTLE OF, CERRO GORDO OEM Gen. Scott estimates our loss of 250—the ene my's at Gen. Pattersonleft a sick bed to participate in the battle. , Gen. Pillovi was wounded in the arm by a grape shot, but not seriously. Gen. Shields was wounded in the lungs, if net mortally: Ma jor Sumner was killed and Lieuts. Murray, Gibbs and Jarvis. wounded. President Santa Amin, with Generals Canalize and ,Alrnonto, and sortie 'six or 'eight thousand men, escaped towards ' v Xtilapa just biforo Cerro Gorda was carried. - 'The private baggageand money chest of Santa Anna, containing $20,000, was captured. The latter was 'delivered over to the Pay Department.. A valuable set of silver plate' belonging -to Santa Anna was alio taken. Gen. Scott says: We are 'quite embarrassed with rho results of victory—prisoners of war, • heavy ordnance, field batterries, small arms, : and accoutrements. About 3000 men laid down their arms, with the usual - proportion of field and com pany officers, besideefive generals, several of them of great distinction—Pinson, .larrero, La Vega, Noriega, , and °bend°. A sixth general,Vasquez, was killed in defending the battery -(tower) in the rear of the whole Mexican army, the capture of which "gave us those glorious 'results. -LATER! A Naval Victory! Taspan takin—Senor Anaya Elected President —Piifiltrations for the Defence of Mexico. Captain Jackson reports that on the day of sail ing he fell in with the American squadron, twen ty-five' miles north of Vera Cruz, Commodore Perry in.command. The squadron Was return ing from the Tuspan expedition. The General Patterson was boarded from the L. , N. steamer Scorpion and received a mail. • Tuspan was' taken on the.l9th pril, after a severe resistance from' the Mexican troops. The Amerieans had four men killed and about four teen wounded. Among the wounded were four officers, namely d Corn. Tattnall, alightly,; Lieut. Parder, severely ; Lieut. Hartatene, slightly ; and passed 'Midshipman Lowne, slightly. • ,The last name is doubtless incorrectly reported. Thee is parsed . Midabipman Lowry in the Navy Register. The guns of the Mexicans at Tuspan were all spiked and ,the place rendered ,defenceless. It was then ebindoned. _ We have' copy of the kmerican Eagle, from Vera Cruz, of the 22d two • days: later than we have before semi. , The Mexican officers, on their way to the Uni ted States, were sent over to. the Castle of San Juan'de Ulloa, on the ,21st nit; -They were in fine ePirits. • Sergeant Tucker, of the 2d dregoensovtur shot at end wounded in the hand while riding an ex press from Gen. Scott to Vera Cruz on the 20th : utt. On the,2lst a teamster was picked up an the road. having been killed by, some cowardly Mexican. _ By en arrival et New. Orleeni,Fe learn that on the Ist of April; Loner Aneya was elected Presi dent. he receiving 60 votes to Ahnontes-11. , Tho . ;INlew Orleans ' Picayune, says:. e Senor Anaya is a gentleman well Irmown in this city. El Republicano says - that the 'Mexicans have good reason to' congratulate cash other upon the selection; that he :tendered services to the cause' of independenceohat lie .standa'well with the army : and: Ihetil;is whole nation acknowledges his fitness for_lEublic affairs, his probity and his energy. lie hair Culver been ari aspiiiint for this or; any other office. The Republican thinks him calculated to unite all : parties, and that the selec tion of him will confer credit upon the Congress. I • It thus concludes : -: . • ' • . In the front of tin enemy conquering and menacing, wo 'conj.ire4ll Ittlesicans who love the hoi.or and even the etistence of their country,. that henceforth they have bid one party'—that of Independence; and but one device—Vengeance and. War.'? • t. On the 3d April, President •Anaya held a eon natation with the various military officers and • other individual; upon the propriety of fortifying the capital. The opinion most generally ex pressed wits that the'work should be commenced immediately, and the Republican says that the : government had charged a principal officer of the Faigineers to prepare a plan of fortifications, to be presented in a couple of days. LATER FROM THE ARMY. Later arrivals informs us that the town of !ate pa, and the Castle of Peyote are both in posses sion of our troops. The arruyiis still advancing, and Puebla will be the next conquest. Santa — Anna is at Orizaba. Ho will not return to the command of his troop, for fear.of assassin ation. , Gen. Shields, is still . alivo and strong - hops are entertained (Allis recovery. • Gen. Patterson is recovering. From Vera Cruz to Mexico is 285 miles.— Perote is 125 miles, nearly half way. It is sup• posed that the army will remain at Perot° until re-enforced. The latest•accounts state that Gets. Taylor was still at Monterey, waiting for reinforcements to march-to San Louis Potosi. Democratic Whig Meeting. ' Public notice having been given, a large 'nuni ber of the pemocratic Whiga of Schuylkill coun ty. meet at the Hciuse of Col. Hugh 'Lindsey, in •Frietlensburg, on Saturday, last, theh inst. 'The meeting was . organized by the ap intment ilk ° of the following gentlemen au officers : President—CAPT. JOSEPH FERTIG ; . Vice Presidents, . . Jos. Ernst, . • . John Sterner, ' Jacob Lucia:obi:ll, , '. Col.:J. W. Heffner, Bushrod Hughes,/ Daniel Kerkeslager,. Henry Berger, - I .Jacob Minnig, Esq.,, Leonard Scholl, ,„ Daniel Sterner, William Fenstermaker, Jacob Kramer, Jacob Minnig, Farmer, Jacob Weaver, Daniel Snyder, Daniel .Kramer, Jacob Heffner, Michael Beard, . - - John • - Secretaries-4, Burden; Daniel Fritz. • On motion, Col. H. Lindsey, Geo., Kerkesla •ger, Henry, Berger, Leonard Scholl, Jacob Min nig. J. Machermer•and J..E. Fritz, were appoint ed a committee to draft a preamble and mein .tions, expressive of the sentiments of the meeting. After a short absence the committee, reported the following preamble and resolutions. which were unanimously. adopted. .Whereas it is the privilege of a free people to express their sentiment's in regard to their country and its rulers, and to declare the pririciples which they. will support and by which they' will be cuided; and whereas we cherish. the democratic Whig ereed,lind have been satisfied tha under the rule of the presentlidministration, false-1 claiming to be denfacratic, the country ham been misgoverned ; and the . wishes of the people disregarded, ''Therefore, ' Resolved, That as' deMocratic Whigs we will firmly stand by true democratfe'princirles as laid down by Tuosras JEFFETtSON and ilsatti- CLAY. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are hereby tendered to Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, and Major General Zachary Taylor, -and the - brave armies ender their - command, for' their gallant ser.. vicesdn the ejtisting war with Mexico; a grateful people will not fail to do honor to their deeds of valor. Resolved. That we approve of the nomination of Gen. James Irvin as a 'candidate! for the ()Ifni of Governor of Pennsylvania, knowing him to be a man of the 'strictest integrity, and possessing tal lents of a high order. He has been tried and not found wanting. He is just the man for theorists, 'and the welfare of the state demands his eleva tion to the gdbernatorial chair, once so ably filled by that sound democrat and upright man, &stria- SNYDER. :1 Resolved, [chat this meeting cordially approve of the nomination of Maj. Jos. W.Patton, for the office of Canal Commissioner, b'eliciiing him to be a man fully qualified for that responsible station and one Who will' manage the public works effi ciently 'and economically. . Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are 'due to Hon. James Cooper for his indefatigable exertions in the cause of the .people. Higher honors asvaiit hint and he will not' be forgotten by the great democratic Whig party.- Resof f ed,r That while the course of Hon. Si mOn camei.on, on the subject of the Tariff. of 1842, meal with our, hearty approbation, we un-: qualifiedly condemn the. Polk Tariff of 1896, and call upon the next Congress to re-enact the Whig Tariff of 180. - I That it behooves our Whig brethren throughout !the State tole up and doing, as the Lee° Pecos are endeavoring to deceive the people. into a iuppert of their candidates by claiming Gen: Taylor - as•one of their party, when they know well 'hat both he and Gen. Scott are good end true lithigs, who have the honor ,and pros perity. of th"eir country deeply et heart, and' could not consent' to support men and measures calcula ted to' bring the Union into distress and disgrace. - Relolved, That We approie of -the manner in which - A. W. 'Leybuin and Samuel Kauffman,' Esqrs., Our, worthy representatives in the last Leg islature, discharged the ditties entrusted to their care, and .we hereby recommend them to the fur. ther suppo t of the freemen of Schuylkill county. • Resolved, That at present we deem it inexpe dient to express our preference for any persona as candidatesl for the Presidency of the United States. On motion, Col. Lindsay addressed the meet ing in his 'usualhappy style, in the German and. 'English lakuage, and upon .a vote of thaoks to Col. Lindsay for his able address, the meeting adjourned.' • EVE,llllo.—There are two periods in the life of min in.which the evening hour is peculiarly interesting; youth and old age. In youth we love its mellow moonlight, its million of stars, its soothing shade and sweet serenity. Amid these scenes, we can commune with those we love, and twine the wreath of friendship, while there are none to witness, hut the generous heaven, and the spirits that hold their endless Sabbath'there. We look abroad on creation, spiead in the slumber of a moonlight scene around ; and wrapt in contem.. plation, fancy we see and hear the waving wings and melting songs of other and purt:r worlds'. It 'accords with the lighter flow of youthful spirits.. tho fervency of fancy, and the soft feelings of the heart. Evening is also delightful to virtuous age. It affords hours of undisturbed thought. It seems , an emblem of the calm and tranquil close of a busy, life, serene and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it. ,It spreads'its quiet wings above the grave, and seems to promise that, all shall be peace beyond it. • The Pacha of DariutscuS lately homed a proc lamation to . theitymmen of that in which ,he #njpined them to bo more strictly veiled when they went abroad, and declared that he would cut off the noses of all who disobeyed his orders. "'• irrransavram COINCIDENCE.—Three male in farits.were baptised in the Presbyterian ,Church, et .Rochester last week. Their inotheis were sis _ters, the officiating minister was their brother, as sisted. by 'their father. Besides the eight adults who• took part is the service, there were twenty of the same family. present on the occasion.l A lima PLACZ To that se.—Tho Montreal, Ca., Courier says, that at present no inhabitant of the city can go•out of tho immediate streets, either on business or. for a pleasant -drive, without. the chance of being robbed, and perhaps murdered. . THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN POTT SVILLE. bpinc or t hat Beitig who is no -respecter of per sons, where the rich and 'the peer, meet together 'on . 00111171911 and , equal ground 'to. worship that, God who the maker of them all. • Such then being our plan, and such our object, we ask ever,' well-wisher tb the temporal and Spiritual inter ests of this'commimity to be prepared to aid ui according to their several abilities. Let the 'po9r. man give.his mite and:the rich of his abundance and we shall accomplish the enterimize without burden to any. Thousands and tens of thousands tiro here ; spent every :year in mere lukury and pleasure, which serve but to enervate the body and ruin , the- soul; and should wa fail in the holy undertaking to build a Church by Which the truth Of , Glal will be advanced, orderasblished, virtue increased; thawanderiag, ~a tharedlinto the fold of Christ, and in view of which aur!children and all after generations will rise up:iind call us blessed. ._•• • We, the undersigned. Rector, Wardens and Vestr} men of Trinity Church, Pottsville, having • ! unanimously reeolved to build a larger Church ' edifice, beg leave respectfully to lay before the citizens of this borough and county, the following propositions, and to solicit their attention' to the - same: Ist. We propose' to build a .Church in the purest Gothic style, capable of seating a thousand persons. • 2d. We propose to have paws interspersed throughout this Church free to all who may wish such accommodation, thereby opening the sanctu ary freely to the transient visiter, the way-faring man, the employer and the - laborer, the rich and the poor, and giving, to each and albthe same web - comeand the same privileges within its.halluwed walls. I • . _. . And now BiTtlire.n and fellow citizens, in. view of this, is 't trio, much to ask that each Prb testant member of this community should do-at least something for so importanitm object'? The' time has come -when a inightetfort should be put. forth' by all lovers of truth :did order for the spiritual intereSis' of this place and its vicinity. We contend for nothing but till: "faith once the livered to the Saints," and vet Itir this we do.ear nestry contend,[aud ask all Prbtestants as they value this faith, and the blessings it vouchsafes, to lend us a helping hand. The church we propose to build will be in every respect on improvement land blessing to. this comrtniuityl Its styli will he such as to com mend it alike to the man of refilled taste and the devut christian—for solemn and grand in its as pect, it will 'preach silently, yet effectually, to each asscr by in this bustling, busy place,, call-' ing the thoughts from the too ati4irbing cares of earth to dweltlon more Sirbstantial things above. ItS size will be such as to enable us to-conceit- , trate an influence which willtell powerfully for good throughout the entire region—and its free dom will be such as to enable all Who'may . enter its sacred courts to realize that they are in the ....... - _ MIN" VILLE AFFAIRS. FROM OUR Connr.iiro:inN4 COAL . REGION. In my art,_ trt * Tremont, last week,, I spoke of-pat place as being ithin what is called th e Schuylkill Coal Region. Trem7 nt is, in fact situated about 13 miles west of the riverSch l nylkill, but only about 7 miles west of the • west-west branch of the river, w here the Swatara branch 'of the Mine 11i I road, now being constructed, forms a ; ninction'with t i e main road. The district in which the town is located is drained fly the Swatara Creek, 1 - Itoso branches traverse it in all directions . . It is along the main stream °lithe Swatara,' on the north side of the • blue mountain; that the navigable feeder of the Union Canal runs. That portion of the Coal Region drained by: the Swatara, and which, at present, finds its only outlet to market by Fhe Union paimi, is generally called the Swatara Region. , I was, therefore, perhaps, guilty of a' misnomer; iftt: it was quite an unimportant one, as the ditrict ,spoken / f is part of Schuylkill county, a contin uation of the sane gieat coal fields, anti traversed by the 'same range of; %This; only there they are compressed witliinnarrower limits and run closer, togMher • than in this istrict,:whicif is in fact the widest Tart of the coal . regiOn. It was my purpose to haVe - prepared for this week. it brief description of the region-round Minersville, with a - general outline of the improvements, preparatory to a more practical doscription of each Colliery. My husihess has, however occupied me so •exclusively, that I ant ne cessarily deficient in , the requisite' information, from which cause um constrained to alter tily pen; and rever sing for a time, the prepos'ed an Koper order of arrange ment,. shall begin with" the description toe Collieries. rst then, I take the , ; • YEIN. COLLIERY. - . This'Collfery 14 situated on the Broad Mountain, on hinds of the DeForest impro'vement Company. It has been opened for several years; at presmist it is worked by Mr. Wm. Payne, who leases of the Improvement &On pany. This Colliery is about three miles from Miners vine. The length of the Htnnel from the opening to the vein 13 . 75 yards; dip of the vein 30'. The gangway Is driven about one mile and a half, in a westerly direction. There are more than 20 breasts (I am not certain °film exact number) opened from the gangway; the breasts 10 yards wide, with two chutes and pillars 4 yards wide, left between the breasts to the crop. Theovi;in averages - about 17 feet, and. coal, 12. feet thick. coal on bottom bench 4 feet, second bench 2 feet, middle bench : 4 feet; top bench 3 feet in round numbers. One of Dattin's breakers is employed at this Colliery, • driven by a ten horse power engine: the engine breaker' and fixtures were put nriby the Messrs. Dellaven, of this borough. ' JUGUIIIiR VEIN COLLIERY A tunnel has been, driven about 170 yards beyond the', miening on the Daniel's veil to the jugular Vein, which is also worked by Mr. Wm. Payne. Both of these - veins yiCld an excellent quality OfWhite Ash Coal. The gang way is driven about 1000 yards west: the dip of the vein is 45: The Coal in bottom bench is 5 feet thick, top, 9 feet thick. ' Some idea may be forme&Of the extent of these Clcl7 lieries from the fact that Mr. Payne is sending to market from them, over 1,500 tons per week: last week, 1 think he sent oveel,7oft tons. , Mr.. Payne has sunk a slope, on--what is called' the seven foot vein, a small vein perhaps one hundred/yards south of the Daniels Vein, and is cutting through from it to the Daniels vein. He has put up a6O horse power en gine, for hoisting and pumping, and a 15 horse power en gine, which drives one of Benin's bankers. The en gines* breakers and fixtures .were up by the Messrs. De Haven. DEATH Is SIM BriNVIA—On Tusday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, a laborer, a young man named John Mono- Rao, was accidently killed by a fall of Coal; in Mr. Jos. Tayler's Diamond's - en Colliery. The unfortUnite man I had not been long in, this country,.'and on the day on which his earthly existence was so suddenly and unex pectedly ended. had been expecting , the arrival of his father. and - mother. Tor 'ethosa nu:poles:be had.rsa ted aid'arilt* natty s taw.. I 4 _ ft, . • ___ • ;-; , • - ' , • • • •;-• , • - - • p • . . WILLMAN C. COOLEY. Red F. • Edward OWen ParrY, Thomas ,C.. Williams, Wardens, Geo. M. Cumming, "I '. George H.l rolls. I .. James S. Carpenter,',l i Jaines Silliman, Jr. ' > r earymcgi: Francis NV. Ilughea,' I, Andrew Rues I. I i , 1 . , John Pinkeliin, j -, Pottsville; May 111tb, 1847. Ilavinr , ',..isitqd Pottsville and its vicinity recent, ly, I. have been' deeply impressed with the neces sity of providing increased Church accOminoda-, tion fnr . the inhabitants; and I cordially recom-• mend the'proposed measure of erecting ti Church in Pottsville, to be liberally supplied y'rith free sittinzs, as an object eminently worthy of the. generous patronage of Episcopalians. '1 ALONZO POTTER: ; . Philada. March 19, -1846.- At Louisiana, Pike 6....1110., on the 21st cor;rApril,!by. the Rev. W. Griswold, yVit.t.ists H. Oscona - ,-,of Hew Orleans. and Miss AuciE sTAHAVEN. daughter of Jacob, Sheafe, Esq., of Pottsville, Pa. ! On the 2d inst., by the, Rev. W. G. Mennig.ildr. dime- *. El. EIRTIM, from Lower: Mahantongo, and Miss ELIZA BETH 111sutoa, of Minersvnle• - , On the sth inst., by the same, Mr. Atniett-rjs Ttioso.s Pos of Port Carbon; and Miss CATHARINE : EWE'. of Muncy. On the 10th list ., by the same. Mr. Casio. BOGART and Miss HANNAH JOHNSON; both or Port Carbon. On the 6th inst., by the net... Joseph McCool, Mr. It-. con I.tanannuTil, of .New Castle. andrMisS ELEANOR J ANE, daughter of Dr. Phillips, of Potts . ville• , By the same, Mr. JOHN PouNDER, and :Mks MA ROA GRAcE McKowst, both of, Pottsville. I On the 20th ult., by the Rev. David Ilassinger, Mr. FREDERICK WEINIER,.and Miss WILHELSIIIA GOTTIS.-.• oast, both of Sillyman's Mines. On the Ist. inst., by-the same,'Mr. nu:l3l4W. KEEa and Miss CATHARINE REESE, both of Fon:m[llw ; - In- this borbrigh on Wednesday evenin t l last, 111rI. BARD.% RA FRETIN; daughter iq - far. John Sp lan, of this borough, in the 21st year of het age. r • At On the/25th ult., in this borough, ALICE . , infant daugb ter of the Rev. David Hassinger, aged 4 weeks and 2 days. 1. , ..,! H .1, In this borough, on - The lsf inst., Jon!, Ditcuot.As FoLLIVER, a'nativenf Prussia, on the , Rhine' in the 29th year of his age. - 1 --, ! - ,1 CORRECTED CAREFULLY : ;FOR :THE :JOURNAL Wheat:Flour, , per Bbl. *B.OOl • Piz OF Rye do , ~ i " ;3 801 Bcatce Wheat ••• : bushel 1"50, i, - - Bcarc• Rye! 60 . S •••.. do oorn 1 93 i do Oats ' io ' 05 IdO Potatoes • • " 80'j ' do . . Timothy - Bond, - ~ ' _•1 50 I . 'do • Clover " ' .. • ?VW/ I Scarce Eggs Dozen •IV ;1 '. Scarce. _ - Butter .. lb. 20 i Scarca • Bacon -- • ,i. 7tb l 3 • do Hams • ' ,“ .111 . do Plaster - Ton 6 00 Plenty. Hay " $lO 00" , do • Dried Peachrspired Bush. s 00•1 do Dried do linpared " 175 1 , Dried Apples pared " - 1 001 . . }INFORMATION IS WANTED 'OF JOHN HAW q. , tr'' ' RISON, a native, of Ballybogin,; County of. Done- g!II, Ireland. A letter addressed to Masi:ger, klarylnar- `',' pion, care of William Wray, Es 1., Spring Garden, wail! be gratefully acknowledged. , , May 15th; 1847. i i l Dl-..1v . . • -- . . Norton & llesger, SPIIODES4E & RETAIL DEALERS IN FLOUR. '• FEED, * PROVISIONS, \f Corner of Coalanti Norwegian ate., Pottsville. May 15th, 1817. FLOUR.—Just received' r 6 lot or Fresh Gout Flotirjor, sale in lots, to suit purchasers, by NORTON -& MESSER. May 15th, 150, 'lBl7. , 23 AM' CORN 4- CHOP, received Oda da j v by Canal , ll and will be sold low by NORTON & HESS May lath, 1517. BHAY AND STRAW, for sale by the bale or .111 D buedle, by - 'NORTON & DESSER. - it i f ATTING.- 7 4-4 and6-f white and , colored Matting , IVI for sale by J. l!d. DEATTY & Co. May 15th, 1847. ' - 20— By Livingston & CO l El._ Express. , EILALMSX'S WEEKLY BUDGET os New Etoohs.l Gambling Utrtaeked, illustrateil..brGreen;' • Esther Medina, cr the Crime of Loithoo, by the author of LITFALLondarI. part I. lifeashington and - his - Generals, by ilenilley, a freo. supply of.vol. I, 2d eel. In a few days, 2 rots. 2 SO Whistrated Lire °Men. Scott, Davies' Sermons. 3 vole. - Lives of the Apostles. by D; F. BaeoW, 1 Stair's Sermons, • . WAY. I# • ' I . Allison's History of Europe. Together with a variety of other bOossjust reecivedeed for sale at BASNass tlook4.leidedkallicam. lef° , ~-~- TRINITT,CHURCIt, POTTEIVILI.E. • - Is to ,b 0 built of stone in 1 the simple • • Gothic style—generally knowri as “ the- early ' • English:" It will con ,, ' •. Gist two parts, , arts; aisd chancel. Tho dimensions of the nava inside will be 60 by 07 ft.) affording seats for : i t ibout 1000 'persons.— The chapel)l will be 24„ ft-widehyl Orley p. .The' Whole length from front Of lower to end of chart- - eel outside will 5e 126 ft. • ant .the width from out.. • , side to outside of but tresses 68 ft. The style • of the front and tower an. be' seen in the cut. /The sides of the Church will besuppint ed by 8 buttresses 36 ft. high and will be pieced • for 7, lancet windows,: 3 ft. wide and 30 fr, high, shOWing alternate win dows and - buttresses.— The height of the . 41de walls will be 38 4. and Of the tower 00 ft. The whole height to the top. of the' roes 190 Teat. The roof inside will be a flat pointed arch, having height \ of 37 feet:_ /In tho entire design, whiCll-- is'the. production of-Mr. Le burn a,distinguisbed architect of Philada. a Boleti:in' and-religious ef feet his been aimed at and attained ; and it is • • believed that the feelings - of even the moat „care- • leas entering this sanc tuary of the most Higti cannot fail to respond to. the opening words . of the Church's service. The Lord• is in His Holy teciiple, let all too earth keep silence before Hint" The' Recommendation of the ilia .71.7 It JR I E 11,e DEATHS.. OUR emalutEr.; I IN
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