TERMS OF THE MINERS' JOURNAL.-4fisout Scascarsviros.—Two Dollars per annum; pakable" semi-annually'in advance, to those whir reside In the' .C.ounty—and annually In advance to those who residd: ont of the County. The publisher reserves to himself the sight to charge 81 50 per annum. wbettpaypient s delayed conger than nue year. MEM= Three copies to one address, Assen Fifteen ." • Five de'llats IA antvance wilt pay tot thiee year's o►etripdon to the Journal. , 1►7t.11 OF LOYEIIIISINO. One Sqsare of t 4 lines, 3 times, . Every ..obsequent insertion, • Four lines, i time, , Sabsequentititernons, each. One Agnate, - 3 months, Six month, One Year, BLlfilleif Cards of 5 lines, per . annum, Merchants sudantiers, advertisirm by the. Year, with .the privilege of inserting different adver tiserolms aretklY" , 13 OD 3.s4.arge . A.dvbrtisenients, as per agreement. Altiiters' ournat. Saturday Morning, Aug.. 3i. THE PAOTECTIVE POLICY: The People Demand iti Restoratiox. • For Ciotorl , Cost ioissiou or, JOSPII7A DUNGAN. - Of Buck/ 'Dimity. For _Auditor Genera. . TIENRX W::SNYDERi Of OnlQn County For ISnrcegoi. General, 7CSEI9I ILEMPERS.ON, OfiWaEllington County For Of ag , ress, Ti(OZIAS M. BIBiGIIAUSEj Of Lebanon County AMERICAN ART UNIONI.—The Engravings of this yaluablA Instituticri have been received at. itatinan's C oot elore and are re ady for immediate dig :at-potion_ Ca. It sitteriber of laity ear receives a book of E !c hin F .i illustrative of the "Legend of rneePY Ifollaw v ," with a beantiful engraving "The Voyage of Life,?,' and a share in the di.itrinntion of choice ealitt ings.rm the totit of.Deeetotier lieu. The Prospectus or tlip year, prevents strong induceniunt; fur new sub • scribe:tit. Evert member, for the year 1.950. for e:ach subscription of doll IN. will receive a espy or the Bulletin, an Illuel , rated Mont) ly rnil of A ; a line . engravlng on rte . rl thl t,y hiebe3.; a sett of.fine •iprints from finished engravings fin'i.te el, averdgesize 74 by la inches, together witha share in the d istrittu- Dun of a large number of Paintings andother worts o Art, Monza ritatuetts, Medals, Sculptures, in Marble gnd Drawings in watercolors. . . Subsc'runions taken at the office or the—Miners' Jour nal, where the Prospectus can be examined: . , 4. ISANNAN, • Ilonorary Serretary for Schaxy'ki , ll Curtaiq TO FA . another colgmn mill be found an advertisement of Mr Keller, the Agent for th r e sale ofilomnier's patent method of making trahare. We baye examined the process :Is explained by a pamphlet Mr. K. left us, and 11130 a ny,mber of reennitriendathms from gentlemen with whom We happen to hp aequain ted;in different puts or the State. They pmnounee the new process an excellent one, and tt . ...ummend it as a cheap, convenient,', and highly impoilant nwiad .of improving land. Stich is the lestimonii of goud . practical men who:hare tried it. As for, c unwires. we do not pretend to great attainments in 'praiitital agrl • culture, but we believe tlt-te is not only. _very little economy; but,alisolutely a greal waste, the-Mdi nary way of using manures. Mani doilari spent for lime and be.ne-dust and guano and other fairien ma: nuves, might be saved, by a better use of thii ingredi ents, such as - cortz : stallis, stubble. leaves. :S!lavings, cennintly ace emulating on every farmee . F prrmi sec llotumer's rnkbod; traelir how these 'May be made available, and by riling the ammonia and other gases converted intri - valualle farm manure„ . advice !bone interested in agricultural . Impruve • Mehl, to call on Mr. Fellcr, near Orwie-burtt, and.see what he vropoers to exhibit on the 9;h and loth of Sepleini.er. The Patent. for making this rnat,ure can be had fur FIVC .• SCIENTi [ FIC crucAs.—A copy of this valua ble Journal\ s tul'ortt us. It is puhlty.hesi .weukl) in 'New' intlt,.tiy Mtych &T:o...anct is well Worthy the extensive I , ,,:lohage it req. ices. It is devOted to the seienialo and mechanical improvements of the day. We regard it it ith'pertiliar interest, as fillia . g up a de partment so much - tiee.ted, - aod tvhlcL see rid to Lava' been purposely aioideti by all other periodicala. IN CALL astotitionon the excellent article 'tee t • publish this weilti . on. Life Insurance. Ere . ry one is more or less Intermiteil in such an institutiOn, and he • will Mot many 11.-I'll hints on the sithje,i- THOMAS AI. BIBIGUAIIS ' In another column will be found : the pro ceedings of the Con.gressional conference, held in Jonestown, On_ Saturday last. Mr. Thomas ,31. Bibizhause 4 l was unanimously chosen as the candidate.for Congress from this District, composed oPDauPhin, Lebanon and Schuvlkill counties. We are assured that 130 happier ,selection could 'fia , ve .been made., Ir. B. is a sterling Whig, and a very popular man. Ire is acquaipted with the interests , of the - region, and in favor of the Proteetive . ,systetu it so much needs. He is represented as a fitijkho' lar. and a man of ' - lileasing and remarkably popular address. usitv• with equal facility the fr - 1, - glish and German languages. A gentleman of such qualifications is needctlaS the representative of this District. , CORRECTIONS. Tn rerird :Le •ten cent a day" lusiness—the documents, 'Mr. Jun.-mai—the Iducitnients are. wanted It should alwapt he the business of the a . dctiser ui furnish-evidence - An prove the act usatinn bdfore the defence is called for. Let u. fee the lananace of the cipc"eeti as found in the Cliut,c. 'Ds ail We ask.-- Valc,fa Ira Ltdrer. In reply, We has'e only to say, we had a copy of .thc identical Globe referred ;to, and but very recently disposed of it, and dOn't 'feel sufficiently interested in gratifYing the Lager . to send to Wa4iin,gton fuC aztew one. One thing we will guarantec 4 , how ever James Buchanan ever hrought [le people fur liti fortlicutning as' scion as called htforc. Makel a note on that as before t MEM for, if certain [ - 'IrEMENTATI“II.II.I.SBC!RG. atuiday., fi considerable exciternent • .uic On ' uv in and around the Prison nt Har risburg, in Consequence of the attempted re - capture of three runaway slaves by their I. .owners from Winchester, Va. TlT'y were - indietedlfor horse-stealing; but upon trial fuel . Court decided that the stealini; Cif a horse by . a dare tb effect his escape, - was Itot a critni nalsoffente under the law for the recovery. of fugitiye slaves, and .they , were accoidingly dischrrgeii The owners, however, attempt ed- to seize them, and in the seufl!e that en- frAzed, a number of the ciLizens, both white and black as:isting the .slaves, SCITTaI ne \i:'groesere.tabbed,and other persons slightly •injured. One slave' escaped and the tither tr.-0 were. hand-cuffed by the owners despite the - resi s tance of -the assembled crowd: The Court immediately issued • warrants for the • arrest of all parties concerted, ou the c:fiarze of assault and battery, with intent toincite a riot,. and , the whole poSse was soon after lodged in Jail. - • We regard the whole scene as highly dis , graceful to both riarties, and at present pro -, ductive much unricresSary excitement. -Judge Piers on in ;dismissing them from con finement. on Saturda evening, charged the owners with theire:punsibility in the use of discretionary_ rit. + : r, io re . eue th e i r prop . erty, and e quall ure~ lth e iriterferenee•of , th e Citizens in matters where the civil au thorities should have ken sufficient fatilie Jaw's execution. Oak largeit and most splendid 4 : , SOCIS: of ready-made clothing to h e f ouo di n 136ston can be peen at Geor;,re AV, Simmons' 1 Oak Ball. The success of his t 4 :tabli!..' , n- i p nt I has - been truly ‘Yonderful. The rrol , ors 'have adopted i correct system in doing6.l,usi ness, and they have been richly reniaided - by a 'constant. increase oi patronage. No person in visiting Boston should fail to ness the rich display of goods, and `make theirpurchases. i I DANIEL KIRKWOOD. - The late Scientific idiscovery Of our tal ented townsman, now known in. the Sci eSific records of the day as i'lruitrootrs Alalog,y," we are plissed to see, meets with a highly favorable 'reception everywhere. The learned men of our own country, have recognized it as-the most important discovery since the time of Kepler, and it is regarded with no less interest and admiration by the i mbre advanced Scientific Schools iri Europe. A _notice of it appearsin the .London\ 4the ncrurn, of the,3d inst., accompanied by some highly compliinentary remarks from Sir Da vie. Brewster before the British Association for the advaneement of Science, of which the Philadelphia North American gives the following extract. Of the practical value of the.Analogy,:in determining the mass of the original planet whose fragments now consti• •5 OR 10 00 20 00 c 00 e es Ili 113 06 3 60 3 OD 3 00 tote the asteroids Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, Juno, Ste., between Mars and Jupiter, Sir David remarks: , • 4, If these eleven small planets, are really the reinainsof a larger one, the size of the original -plunet,must have been considerable. What its size was, would seem to be a problem beyond the'grasp of Ireasoo. But human genius has heenlermitted to triutnph over greater difficulties- The planet Neptune was discovered before amy of itslight had entered the human eye; and by a law of the solar system just discovered, we can determine the ori gmalmagninide of the broken planet long after it his been shivered into fragments,—and we might haVe determined it even after a single fragment had ' prOved its existence. This law we owe to Mr. Kirkwood of Pottsville, a bumble Amcri- I can, who, like the illustrious Kepler, struggled to find something new among the arithmetical rela ticins of the planettuy elements. Between every tub hdjacent planets there is a point where their attractions a:e equal. If we call the distance of this point from the sun the radius of a planet's sphere of attradtion, then Mr. Kirkivood's luw is, thin in every planet, the square of the length of its ye6r, reckoned in days, VEI ries as thexube of the ra dins of its sphere of attraction. This law has been verified by more than one American astronomer, and there can tie no dOubt, a. , one of them expresses it) that it is at least a ph) iiicalfact in-the mechaiMm 01' our system. This: law requires the existentie a. a planet Ik:tween Mars and Jupiter ; and it fol lows from. the law that the broken planet must have lick,in a little larger than :Mars, or about 5000 miles inldiameter..nurl that the length of its day must have Iketi about 51! hours." I . - PENNSILVANIA AND TEXAS. tWe find an excellent article, under this headlii the Philadelphia North American of last Wednesday. The writer contrasts the respective relations of the- two States to the General Government, and the treatment re ceived by each. Pennsylvania is figura tively and virtually the Keystone of the Federal Are.h; an old, populous, and patri otic State. Her interests are now suffering, and she respectfully asks, through numerous petitions to Congress, fur some modification inlthe present Tariff, by which she will the better be able to develope her ow.n resources and exhibit her industrial abilities. Con gress turns a deaf ear to the voice of her entreaties, andshe is expected to suffer on, but be loyal still. Texas is a new State, with . comparatively a small _population, ad mitted into the Union at tier owu request, through a sort of good, feeling on the part of Uncle Sam for a foundling that needed pa rental protection. SIM goes off into high dudgeon because Congress doesn't legislate to ;please her, and scolds dreadfully. Her prtsumptuous demands are immediately at tended to, and she is bread-and-buttered With art appropriation of ten millions of dollars, and public territories belonging to the 'United Sttes, for which she was ready to fight the Union, instead of blushing to ask as a favor. The writer continues : If presumption and disunion prove f.o profita ble!to hef. why shooed not Pennsylvania try the same experiment? She has asked only protective 4.luieson coal and iron Wentz:rest thatshe should put in /ter claim to New Mexico (which is quite us goOd as that 0. - Texas.) with a threat to rebel. ,rm less Congress should also make hrr grants of mo ney and public hind, proportioning both on the fame scale wi those made to Texas. With a popu lation twenty-five times greater, sheshould demand twenty-five times tis. j much,—that is ' two hundred and fifty millions of dollars, and about three mil lions of square miles of territory. It is true that the Government does not possess so much land- , nu not half so much—And it is doubtful whether it could ever borrow su large a sum of money: Bin no matter, Pennsylvania trust be as bold n.s Texas. And, by and by, when she gets the two houfes into a corner, she can then abate a little—become patri mie—and say she will . let Congress otr, fur a while. fora bounty of protective dutiesstacient In restore to her loyal and hard workinAitizens the natural rewards of their industry." TIIE DISUNION PLOT. tvery day's revelations on this subject only confirm us that this great bug,-bear was froin the beginning a tnatter of moon-shine. The excitement has been principally' got up and Sustained by designing altruists princi pally in the Southern Sates. But that the mass of the people of the South, or of a single State. South Carolina not excepted, ever entertained any definite idea of Disunion, wenever have and never will believe. When th& people are moved toward any object, ccminrodable or otherwise, their intentions arel g4ierally signified in a more decisive t han any yet manifested on this subject. The. following from the Union supports our opinion : ntVe azain pronounce the whole plot to be a heirthin - r. We have contradicted it unee on the pit thoi'itv of Gen. llouston, and we now sulqoia the I cott{rt;ilietion of Gen. Susi bet . pre Gen. .11oli-ton visited Telt! , during the la , i winter, he reetnved a ivriiten sheet. which was altogether anonyinoin. There no name to voile!' for it, slateawnts or propo,itions. Ile lea it with hi , eol:itzntite. to lead and give hi, opinion of it; and' it was!noi !poi: In , return. ,everal week- a - ner, :hut is wz't- relorned to Gen_ IL .u..:0 11 . will, the en,1 0; ,,, hien; Gen. Rusk, in tiwt, eon: id eriallit as the emanation of soul,• ct azy person, ut lefl}lunwoi thy of the slighte,t notice. Sunk the Fharacter of this idle plot. It related to the ;ehet4te aLritinzt Cuba—and Gen. Itti-k d. c. n o t re col!ect 'any ann. - don that was made in it to Mexico, the p.:resideney,:s,:c." We subjoin additional testimony from the Nevi Orleans Bcc;:in reply to some Disunion effusions from the Southern Press: 'We are quite 'Certain Ilan among -4 the tive.and fortyl,S,,toliern Smator, - and Itepre-entatives who , elicoliraged the project of the e,tabli-liment of a l print , at Wa-hington, to defend the interest, and l i elucidate the opinions of the South, them are not J ten who would Five Rte slightest sanction to the l.doctrine of di-non, or who would hesitate to - , plainer, hesitatere and denounce it wherever and under what i ~JeVCr circum-tance , it might Ite limucliurt. If this l itupri , , ,ion he correct, it Mllows that the :sonthrrn , l'rei: grossly . traduce, the sentiments and convic tion...J;(4 it, patrom, as tt doe• those of ail over j wheltning majority of the &Milt. when it teprodu ce, witit that virtual approval which "Hence im plic.,l an article of - which it i, difficult to 'ay wheth er the opinions are most abhorrent.or proposterom; tn.-I:Worthy of indignation or ridicule. •• The .! . .'outhern Filmr tnay settle the question of j its fidelity to the principles mrwhich a was found ed, With Ilio-e who contributed their means tostart it intd beim , . Our hti,incss is Vt9lll Iln aLtroeittllS sentiment' Which it has helped to.disseminnie." We say, i hen,; without mach apprehcristort of error, that d.ir , rn - io'n' is lookts,l upon with loathing by nine tenth'i4/1 the citizens of the Squat, and byt every citizen ofjLouisittna. We 'speak by the card, in reterencejto di ,, Mtion, and we wit'h to be distinctly tioders:tood as intending to iaclude in our declaration the pe . ophi of the country as well a, the city. 2C ,, t a syllable ha, been uttered, not an opiniou put forth i , in retMe: ce to . .the - great que j sLion of ,Invery-try the citizens. I Louisiana, that does not breathe the . . . oryngest attachment to the Union. The ,-chenact , 'of prytlig-ate or intempeinte politicians to bring about ilis , l•ylution meets: with nolavyrin - our patriot ic. State.", 1 Quicic INTELLIGENCE. F - Time and Title used to wait for no man, but-it seems the Telegraph has headed them at last. Oa Satiirday, the 17th inst..,'a mes sage waA corntnuukated from Washington to New °taus ahead of time. It left Wa'sh in,g,ton a think minutes past eleven o'clock, lirashinglso - n time,: and reached =there five minutes past eleven, New Orleans time, thus travelliug about twice as fast as the apparent motion of the Sun round the earth, or cor rectly' speaking, • double the velocity of the earth's motion on its own axis, as the differ ence bi time between the two plac.es is about one hour. 3 . MINERS' JOURNAL,'= AND' POTTSVILLE GENERAL ADVERTISER, FOILISIGIS BMWS. Arrival of Me Steanallp dairies, The America 'arrived at lialifax, Tuesday Ahemoon, 27th, She brings adiices from Liverpool to the 17th, being one week later than the news announced last week. One of the most important features among the Liver pool items is the decline of Cotton, middling, quenelle having gone down 1, though other kinds are unchanged. The sales of the week amount , to 35,000 bales, of which specula tors ,took 7000, and exporters 14,000. Jenny Lind has been'singing to crowded houses in Liverpool, and left in the steam ship Atlantic for New York on the 21st inst. Miss Cushman, the American Actrms. is also a passenger by the Atlantic; also Mr. Wil b-ur, bearer of despatches from England add the Continent to the American GoVernment. The reports of tbeyotato rot somewhat contradict the previous anticipations of an abundant crop. The other crops, generally, promise well. , The Queen had prorogued Parliament and delivered an Address, commending their Le gislative action. A London paper, however, does not favor the Legislature, and th inks their management has not been very saga cious, .very systematic, or very . business-like. In Paris the Assembly had been prorogued - and most . of the members left the city. Things remain quiet, but lm easy than some months ago. The President is now making a tour through the provinces: - It is stated that an eng,agement took place between the Danes and the Holsteiners on the Bth, An explosion of the Laboritory of Gen. Willisen's Artillery. is said to have caused a precipitate attack on the part of the Danes, and to have proved a great loss to life nod property. Ninety-one persons were killed, 35 wounded, and eleven missing. The Danish artily., though outnumbering the Hol ' stein ers, was repulsed and retreated in so much haste as toleave their dead and wounded on the field—a very uncommon circumstance. Some further skirmishes are reported, in which the Holsteitiers were generally victori ous. A settlement of their difficulties is an ticipated under the auspices of Russia, Eng land and France. BRASS. Yes, brass : that is the very article we want to talk :Omit. We don't wish to dis cuss it mineralo,rically nor mechanically con sidered. Much might be said under either head. It is a compound metal of various uses, applications, &c., but we have a word or two to say of it phyriologically. _ . Under this bead it is highly abundant, being found as the product of every town and city, and oftentimes in the country. No soil so barren but it yields plentifully, and like many other minerals, the less useful the soil fur other purposes, the more abundant in this product. It has become an indispensable substitute for many other more valuable sub stances; it answers admirably for gold and silver, and as often for brains and principle. It is made the passport of the stranger and renders him, though unacquainted ] au fait in any society. It gives to the countenance that stamp the printers call ..bold.face," and renders the cheek of a hardne VERY CREAP.--5 U i 4 Reams of beautiful blue ruled Letter Paper,. which was purchased at a erect bargain, just received and fur sale by he subscriber - This lot la worthy the at tention of Merchants and others, as tt will be sold as less than manufacturers prices, at June IS, 1850 ll eitnisoN , s IRKON DRAFT.—JUST RR ceiced a Darrel of Harrison's celebrated Mb. which will be Sold by, the Gallon or half Callon nn graft. Also, Ilairison's Inka, Blatt. Red and Hitie.-la Bottles, wholesale and retail, er city mentithetnreerk prices. Merchants and others purchasing to sell again can save the carriage by calling at i ~ • . B. SMNINAN'S • , Cheap Rook and Stationery Store. : Where can he had good ink: as layette 30 cents per dozen bottles: June 8.1850 '24. TIIOIIIIPStIVS STARCH, POTASH.--A 4 attlsle highly revimnignded; Imparting at fine gloss to , all kinds of Linen and Cotton Gooda—oat tietyly dowable In doing np Shirt glosotes and Collar,. T. S. SSATTY A Cq : Aog 10,1850 ' 24-61 . Dilate. AND FRESH! ItltirninLE9UldAila CLIn lC phene, always on hand And' Au We. by " .1.111"11,12 do hitkirriN, fr,nnire March 23, 1850 • ' 12-3 n) MONONGIIIIELA.WHISICET—Warrant ed 10 years old, and of superior quality, for sale a. Al. BEATTY & Co., 184 f May 4, 1850 DEARL STARCII.--"Colgates'• New York Pearl Starch, for sale wholesete and retail by J, M. IjEATTY k. Co QAPSAGQ CHEESE—Just received and for sale by J. IC BEATTY &Co. Na 4, my) . - lam TEE nnanir & ELLIOTT (Warmate4 Ever Pointed Gold Pens,' nOw eland A No. I.in the Ten niarket ; every person -litho has tiled them will acknowledge their superiority. They are made and sold exclusively by Brady &„ Elliott, two' doors above the Miners' Bank. Watches of all the celebrate/. Makers sold as above, at prices to sun the times. ' uoinacs. JAMES . FOCHT, Secretary 33-It r, t. D. SCUMN:iEIt. 2".IAS P. 3. D EVIAN. Tateniee, Reading. Pa ff. 'tr. .1. FOSTEgi 46-tf STATIONISRY, &e,„ BANNAN'St Cheap BoOk and Paper Stnre.. 24, GROCERIES, 0 20.tt