sots or nu swop! mnink - etsatt sansentralow: ,payabie in advance-02S It v'ELLiitd Pee o‘ t i within six monthe-entilli atilt notpahl within TO ' to ono do advance., P'F do do , /000- , t , i ` tog, do _do ' Iv no Wm must be Inserts* pad its Weenie. one ipt Adele % ' . . TO OA niliKft% AND OTIITTIE ja ws 0. wilt be Insult:ln:d to Canieriand otbersit inn copies. cash on 4 4very; (1 ,,,,,cs and Scheel 21tock.res supplied With the jous t, 511 n Aitattet.• r • THE LAW 01P NEWSPAPERS. ~,a i bers order: the disc uaontinnce of thei tbgr noire. publisheray continuo to send them until aro laid. rinen, office or. reretse to take- their newnipa -.lhe offices to width they ere directed.they are o pie until they have settled the MlAand or. - . , diseoutiiinod. 1 ~r r itwrs remove to other plaerks - without , Inf or m„ ;liolisher.and the aid aunt te th r ir a p ticat. they are hold reapouiible. 'ourts h ire leeltbd Hint- refusing to LAt,, n a. ws i m . th.. or re:nosily; ant leaving them nu (sal •.,cidne.• of Intentional fraud. RATES OF ADVERTISING. . l earn of totinta,so cents for one insertbon—ente wrti.ol 4 . 25 ,cants each. 3 lines, one time, 25 it t..ntlng•rtions.l2. l 4 cents each. All &dyer br sh art pennds, charged aa a square. est. - TWO. TSUI. SIX. TIVALVI. :loos, 623 A 81 ,4- 6 -$ 1 50 $ 2 251 •-. S 3 00 iinrti 100 100 200 350 500 gy4 rustOSS COUNTED AS 4 4-QCASS or 90 rgitginnt. 25 209 300 5 OD L ow , 200 350 500 .6 00 12 00 H eaves, 3 00: 450 850 10 00, -15 00 500 .6 50 8 . 00 15 00 , 25 00 9SO 1200 1000 25 00 40 00 a , n n. 10 00 25 00 30 00 45 00' 60 00 , sys i nes s Notiera. greach—accompanied with an 4 ,,,, Je nt, 60 cents each. Irertissments befom Marriages and Deaths, 10 cents Ise tor first ilmortion--tableonent insertion; 5 cents he , mac words are counted AS aline in advertising. ,tants and others advertising by the year With and a standing advertisement not exceeding of 20 lines, will be charged, including subscrip: - $l6 00 try,, antlant of one quarter column with And mtbwription, rhanges• at the reef designated above. cottsements set in larger type than usual will be 4 0 per cent• advance nu these prices. Alleuta c harged the mule as letter press. Trade Advertisements received from Adveitiiiiat: per cent. advance on these , t , a hrea3, except at 2( ~,,jocs by special agreement with the publisher. „i 3 ;cv '25 ante each. Deaths accompanied with no :, cc utx..without notices no charge. ;„tire, except these of a POILIIOSIX . ch'slittei and otional purposes. will he charged 13 cents for any .1. of lines under 10. Over 10 lines , .{: cents per onal. of meotinzs. not of :,uneral or public dun , , cluiged at 4 cents per line for each insertion. fuilitate calculations we will date that tlfl lines c olumn-1 6 A lines a half eoinmn—and 112 lines a for column. 2952 words make atolumn—l476 a half , e —and 734 a quarter column. All odd lines over charmed at the rate of 4 cents per line. , Arerti.erm A gencies ne their advertising to bu•lnoss. n thr others. sale of Real }la ic. is not Included in business advertisements. The Wednesday Dollar Journal pleiheft et the Oleo of the Miners' Journal at $1 win) . Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. wino of .50 per rent. is made from the Journal hen Persons advertise to both papers. INSURANCE. MINERS' LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COWAN Y. POTTSVILLE, PA EALED PROPOSALS , (mailed to !e -$ Auburn P. 0., Schuylkill eounty. Penna..) will be re- I te red by the nndersigned. for the purchase. of the fa .mous Cold Springs. on the line of the Dauphin and Sus quehanna Railroad, 33 miles from Auburn. and 28 Miles from Harrisburg, including the elegant lintel building. a !oral tenant . houses, the faiths. all the various out houve& and 20 'acres of land, fronting on the Railroad.— Reserving only the netessity rights for railroads, and mining purposes, and agreeing to continue this plate as a railroad station. An indisputable and thienrumbered title will begiven. •Tiirms: One third cash en the delivery of the deed, and the remainiler in two. equal annual payments. secured upon the property. Possession given the Ist of Aprfl. I 1568. This place has been a favorite resort ever since the settlement of the country. and Is well deserving oil attention."'4l. v-,•c. ELLWOOD MORRIS, Eng. cf RIO. I .... ' t Cold Spring Office, Nor. 21, '54 la-tiw• 1 THE POTTSVILLE MUTUAL ,1 • . i.- . • I . ip .11;1NT STOCK - LIFE newt:to:cm comeANY , DKUPHIR COAL MIRES FOR LEM - . 1 \RICE CENTRE STREET, next , (1 1 .:EALED . PROPOSALS will be TR- I bor sleeve Greens Jewelry Stors. . , , I relved by the undersigned. {mailed to Auburn, P. 0., 1 6,I'ITAL SIOO,OOO—CHARTER PERPETUAL. • Schuylkill county, Penns-) until Saturday. Dec. 22.1855, i .his eempany. recently chartemi by the Legislature fit : for leasing for a term of years to be named in the promt. 1 .• - • : sal, the coal mines of the Dauphin and Susquehanna nylTanla. Is fully org^..tulsetl, ~ Cootptny is prepared to effect Insulance upon lives , Coal Cnmpany. called respectively The Raush Gap, and to re,ive and execute trusts, and to allow interest on : The Gold Mine tollieries, at a fixed price per ton. includ. ' in r,e.ivett at the rate of five pi Mineer cent. tier annute, : ins transportation in "ears of others" to any• point on exi otherwise agreed upon. Principal and interest pay. ' said Company's Railroad —the lessee agreeing to mine at qa demand- I least 30.000 tons per annum. and eying good security fog irn and assets safely invested to Bonds and Mort- ! the due performance of the lease. The lessee to have the 'and other good securities. .' ~,- • right of timber. the two fine breakers now erected. rail oul dividend of the profits will be made payable in road sidling& drift roads. miners' houses, stables, smith er appropriated to the payment of premiums.. . shops, Se., and the lease will include a run of three miles rates of Premiums on Life Insurance, see printed . above the wiiter-level, on al: the reins worked by the Com vepplied at the Company's office.: pany in 8':) . 4. and from which they mined and shipped In , NATHAN EVANS, •3 11111 S MISCELLANEOUS. ItST RECEIVED.—A . large ascot- ni,ent of splendid Perfumery. de.. from the MartWitte !Ma of Jain Ilausl &G+»llarrlana he.. , other*. ;• Atl;thoee who want _fine Perfumery, call at C. DO LILTII Bout and Variety store. • Jammu 21..113.54 • . 3.t.f 434 f HENRY W. POOLE'S l'opograptii ra' Map of the mitt. Hill Railroad. inelodinalhe Western half of the Pottsville Coal lesin and the Jab huid Region. Una 40 lathes square, rolorrd'and =ant e&= Ready for deliver,' at Bancan's and at thuviattre Book. Stores. and at Mr. Peers 91111 re. Ortotael3.lFM. ANENT. tftilly • purcbaced lb and Dk*lnsnn 'dote,' In all its •ttssple Muse, be may be able Ile'will ivar be done on as - 'JUST RECEIVED, ' - FULL supply of. School Books, itim. targe. - asweitame of . misecilaneous mcrits. from:the recent Trade Eale. S. HAREJGCES: Pooh and Stationery store. Centre street. Pottssiile. October 13,15 , 12tas ' - TOBACCO, CICARB AND OATS,: i;RT the Hamburg Smoking Tobaeto and Cigar Manufactory. 10,000 bushels prime Oats: .200 barrels Smoking Tense eo: 500.010 Half Spanish Cigars; 100.000 Spanish filtis; 25,000 Cuba Extras. JAMES S MOTE. , Hamburg, Berk, county. 38- DICKINSON Sept. GERMAN i ENGLISH ALMANACS. 30 Per epee's. , TVS7II-RECEIVED-740 gross Altria t, naesols:—Painieni: Ifouselcrrpere. Poultry 13r4ed. ors'Allustrated. Valhi& States, Family Thorript and le. for mile at. V. 50 by thu grow, at U. BANN Al Book & Stationcry,t; uns. Ntnretuber 3,'55 44. 'Y. • •aper Hanger 1. house from LEONARD & NONTZEIC - • • Bankers & Dealers In Exclikassge. • , , TAMAQUA, , . fiOLLEcTIONS ATTENDED IO 10,nd, drafla for sale ou all thee:l4ld (Vim ini:lbe Union: Alm. drails for sale . or' :ugland, Ireland. Scot -4a4 and Wales. 00ober 13, '33 • st tho sorest MI 13- APERINC. • LUMBER AND PROP TINIIIEC ~AIINTZI ER,_ 14 DAVIES, are prepared to el, tram their !f y ills (sawed uantit `t'! hr o r der ) l ' ta r rates. Dealers anti builders will find It their tables; to buy from them. They hare also a quantity of.proprtitn her for 114 v :which they will deliver on the Little Srhityl -1111 Railroad. a mile:tabor+ Tamaqua. ) I Tantaittet, July 7- 74 FOUR AND FEED PARTNERSHIP. B. BELL having asao'ciated with Mailtersin thollour and f ,nistuem the above buraneis will be entail:in In ell Ito verihns brancitee its heretofore. They hate, now on hand _and are constantly receiving ,srge lots of dour and mill feed, as • well as hay . oats and Om. which they, will MI the moat reasonable testae for tsh or approved credit: M. D. Bell returns his elpeere thanks for the liberal intronage heretofore extended to him in his individual capacity. hopipg that strict atten tion to business, and an endeavor to aecomtnedateetistom e, Will continue to the new firm all the patrona *here- I .forti extended to himself as well as bring •new cutitOM eia fo the present firm et , BELL k MATHER: I . , Corner liallroad and Callowhill str at a. opposite Snyder's Von dry. ls-Iy emoved his ' n llon.e, Con. .1s brothers; the hey are prepared the greatest de. e. They employ y, thendbm, be to their splendid hades. &r., - eoto• , ity. to hilt the rh they brier at BROTHERS: _ I • use; Cent re tit. 7 M USE. nty, Penna. OR. 20.e.,ms 1. 1 5.5 I tti t 'Phlllada.. • ~NE W41)31 ER . WHOLESALE & RETAIL DRUGWARE:Est= AND. . Pivot for BrowatalDelebrat ed Perm/rage - • and Cherry' Pectoral. . DECEIVING - ontilitiallytafge"#4 7 'timer, of Drisgs..kc., In origital packages, I am :; 'prepared to meet all demands from Storekeep'ers. Physicians. se.. at an advance of a few per cent.'on . .Viti prices. hiring resolved to make , lt advantage-, ~nu for alt persons In want - of (Rae and fiesh prugtx.rusd l'hciddrits, to buy in this market. , ,, , • , h. • 'ConStantly on hand . 911 the new and-approved Mamie .1 and.Pharmacentical preparatlonsof the United ShitUand Prussi.n Ittarumropisa. With. the icervlees,of onalleed peurms and my own personal attention. the citlsenittnay feelionfident of having all their Wants in the way of Dro:.s and the compounding of Prescriptions accurately and faithfully attended to. ' JOiEs.: G. BROWN, • . Art. 20,'54 '42-rmo u7pirt and PharnuffrOst,A . PURE • WINES;--4 LIQUORI3. 7— ••:; • '!'(SHE widersigfied, legally.. Licari:cede; dealer in Wines and - Motion. offers the , feliowing els! 63 catalogue. every article in which; to jun' Weed pure and pnadulterand. • . • . WINES. • Art—Grape Juke. Opnrto and Itur;unly.. .Vaikip2—Eaid • 84erry—Royal. Amontillado. '• flarrt—Ft. Estipho. St. Julien. , Uhler Wino—Mut fAanderne, name. • I.! • 4 .ll.olaga—Liabou. Re. &e...• ' • . • Rhenish IVinez—linchhelmer. 141i4ennelner, • ` heimer.Tntmlner, &r., . Mampagni--Grand Sillery Mons/wain, L1Q11101t8:' '. • . . Brandy—Pinet; Castilliowk Co. Cognac: ; Otani. Martell, Matalit C n gnaCP. . • Wild Cherry. • ' 4 . • Gina—Sean. Robleu Sehirdain Schnapps:. Rum—ism:ilea Spirits. New England. Whistry—ielef Malt Sootrh. Old lionongabeht; • I ''. • trieh and l'ennitylvanta Rye. • I ' • EXTRACTS. „ Cnracea. • Llvindrr.. , Alisyntbe. .Ki-shentraereii. , S N RIES. Strip% and Limutvir. Cheese, Sirdinea, Hollarid: Her ring; French Mfistard: Oliva till. French Chocolate..e. • MOSES' STROUSR. - c • ' - Cowper of Centre L High Street's. " ' • tiCt:l3. iSSS. -• • 41•Git1.. , enrive mortment of MOM'S ma= FLOTIBING , MILL. The Great Invention of the I Day. ' 1 11 E suNcriber announces to the citi -1 i lens of Schuylkill county that lie has Secured the r to si.4l EDWIN m 1401134 AI, W CLAS: new fa :tent flouring milk *web is pronounred the:greatest American invention of the day. The 'subscriber *lll, in ;:atent three twits have Cu. of them . Mills AO fell opera iron in Tremont, where he invitesall persons! to "MB and lime It In'operaticrb'. . : 7 :: - I . , 9 This highly ingertionsond much needed; !ulnae% 'forms an entire new feature In the manutkeinte of Wheat Into flour; and the apleadid manner in eibleb it par. l ' them its work,,OrtnMur, Bolting, and separating the grain at a single 'operation into seven diffetent qualities ;of Mom and [sod, and that within a vide of ottly trete tymne faithslentli_hy four feet in bteedtb; at the ra- Wit; Of tireive amino. per hour, on a pale of Front 7 burr millstones only thirty India-la' dheter. ..,The ;Grain Is converted at a stogie operation Into Ettra and I Superfine flehr,lline Flour, Widdlings,Shipsimge, w e t s and Braman, power being applicable to revel it, from 4 I bins horse up to any Other Mt- , red'"The tibial! ispseeit Iniumpis trooltimit ter Word what piaeadin aroun with other nacidnety, sod the amiiii amount of power Wm% i gotta to root It; aides iteettaintitliCereletkr. ikvill attpercedeandvevolutiottise all otherShintleg AMA. .fes applies* b.this3llll to the wants or dm wee te t t r y t every sa 4 4 40; Ingitiett 0600.10 61114 Th e'' batik I hal" Nab* wink 04 , sal bp plAttg, Ilfilitlitalalarer ahem! dr , erected, ean now wive witoin It. ;wallas COMOIDIL"Mer• I ritilni illetuittgMilicet the taint Wet It Inn* IWO to saven.hmitiresitionsnlitlui thin tbe,lowntwt-ellielpt of cram raised within nil Vatted Siatee,"esa heleouver. toil lOW flointtlibilattb liadts t - ' ;s -', . ..s.. ..! :. .., LIZ _ , With one of these NW* mutt ~-!'sear !Me Calle4 es : tablbibuttottu this nottlitr'wbiere *tenni power is wed' tor pltptng.littatidl be supptirth +lTbui h. mewl •It Pitullata. Metro!!! Would e! l eSe 443 ? two thvlr own out. ' ' " - 3ftu duly etettpl=o f bet length, 1 044 tidt r tsOne and *Wuptpfun +be pfd telerlgnevrirsy "*Kb it'Olken boron to:1M Pray fort whew titer &mrte 14+ :Intros. ntructiti I t in 0411140 that tuuMt tourettel lath ,ett, eattnts'W'd /We theft ittoplion Tanta* Mettitync be Quirrtwu fit try the subottitter,Availlas Trout . . Itundrtds Mruttie r othii fiver 11111tetThe and tithed NM% Lopiptattterthu,te wet at tbdruldrouniet tf.P.lttunthut. J. A. -port iski9st v r, I ‘:'ll.aniese UM eboice pottry. ' I stalked as Ina dream: i ~ . ' Around me and shout me The A t rition hings ,s pf brig thla ht l empa lte seessatim. • 1 • 'Within me and without me _ •i . , There brtmtheit a quiet tune, : i /' ' Lilo zephyrs bora ofJune, i ;.... That murmur In a garden 'neath the moon: ; • tft bear thy yOung heartbeat, ~.; • Andleel thine arms about me, / i • Berms fancy 'a (evened beat, ,Or 110121, wild thecitiatlon; / ' Not that .1 mean to doubt their, ; • But ohl my soul bad year. ad. - Bo long, so long bad burned. ; That hope to black despair will almost turned. , • Thy gift Is preclopa./ad i I prtze It „highly, trust. me; Had It been gpld or pearl, • ' Nor bought the War It bore me, . ' 7 It bad been vrottlihns.justiy: , for meths., buds are fraught - i • With biles too great der thought, '';• Ajoy brave nitres ledght all else Is naught. ' - Thy • lips bars touched WWI 01 1 / 1 3 / Thy heart has trembled near me; ; 7 Thine eyes thy lore have shown, , z Peace east ben mantle o'er thee / ' I love thee, MART, dearly; 2' 7' 1 Then buds are trebly sweet; '' Through them our spirits meet: . I i Behold me! lam kneeling at tby het. . Parladc/phia Awg.l, itld. . iTh 7 . — Coofeadost oficrne.'— Language of Flown. /audit) Cult., From the !Mils Morning Vaasa. . nrnanwcz OF aateli ni TEE PAU, CON , IRASTEDNwiTILTELPIUMINT. • It has ever-. beeu- acknowledged by`' the 're flecting and the .wiseithat the :power possessed and wielded by woman, is great, and to be used or abused:for the - good .of, mankind o-:. States have been revolutto! ized, titres burnt, kings have been dethroned, and empires Overthrown by the influence of , woman. Thepages of past history .ezhihit her name' boldly . written, whether it be for superiority in virtue or in crime, or, whiither it , be tor the admiration or detestation of a world. fhere it is indelibly EMT stamp, . ed butiet us deeply ponder..aptin it. Nemcrous,areibe examples in the lessons of the.past, Which, u tutted of fearful Warning, speak to the hearts of, all, "Beware fr! On . the other hand, we:may-be strengthened iii of every ' virtue by contempla ting her beautiftittraitsliTcharacter, her high, heroic actions of the: past, which, amid the,, Surroundina gloom;, iyith verin" brilliancy, "burns throughout nil time." A Nert ! was thrilled by the pernicious court; eels of werian ;.• an 'Antony lost the World by! the perauasivearts and beauty of a Cleopatra.) et, a woman swiped forth in, the hour of ~her country's peril,bitathed hope in-the heerts and souls of despairing Werriors, , and led them forth to conquer.. Victory then perchanyin her banners, end the Maid of Orleanareemi•ed the crown of martyrdoin. - And who could haresaused the desolaticut of the fatal night of bleiid, when the guardian • genius of , Prau4 slumbered; when the alarm ! rang' in the midnight air, and the shrieks of the living were mingled with the agoniiingl griihni of the dying; "piercing the- doll air of night." Who, butwoman, base, unprincipled, 1 ambitious woman ? Who , but a Ca th arine de! Medici, could thus have played tiponi the. pas slops of a Weak son, and caused. hinr, 'to shed the blood of thousands of Htaguenots; to grati fy her love of power? But how unlike; Isabella, of. Castile,' the patroness slid friend of the great' "World finder," thy name ever be honor- ! ed ; the influence of thy friendship ! shall be felt till the world is no more. The maiden monarch of England, too, though I,arbitnity and Severe in her government, and ther fame I stained with a dark spot which can! never be effaced, yet gave an inipulse topomiaeice andl industry, which is felt throughout„ l the world.' She has shown what woman cansie- when pos sessed of power,' to sisray the desinies of a mighty Vufple. The great, sir general character of a nation must ever depend. upon that of itS women. 'The stern law-giver of Sparta knew this when lie createti-lhose laws which made tii'e females participate With-their husbnndi and!: brothers in the rude, 'violent games of the ea4y ages. • Thus they became bold,luttriotie; end daring! •--exhorting their sons when they Went forth' to - battle "to return with -their shield or upon it." Stern, unyielding Romanswer4 nurtured 1 by matrons .ot high and - noble virtue, who boasted that their brightest gents, their price: les4 treasures, were their children.; In tact,! Wherever woman - has participtitedlin the af- 1 fairs of a nation; her voice has ever and always influenced it.- In the &irk ages, whet' learn - - ; irig and religion were 'confined to a few bigot-' ed monasteries. and - Utmost unknoisn to the, wcirld„vronnin - exercised but little away twee the'nation,or the public mind.. Plunged in ignorance; limited, to the 'rude household etn ployment of the age, they were sconsideted as , melt slaves. Rude strength was the test of superiority, violent and fierce sports, or the! bloody "trade of war;'engrossed the "Lords! of Creation." But when the • crusaders pis; to Chivalry the refinements,and lux - Pry of ' the orientals; woman assert d her power. floc power which had been so lent, smothered,pnly to burst out when it found eat; like a hidden volcanic fire, in a fiercer, brighter flame. Then; the presiding genitis of the age waik—betotty.: She fostered the high, chivalric daring of thw! knights who flew to arins'in the cause pf,thel oppressed-colic presided at - :toernainentszand fetes, as the , Queen of Beauty, and the reward.; er pf noble deeds. ! ' . 1 We might go. °fraud relate hew the angry! passions of man 'have been hushed; his taunts! boastful words changed to the - language] of doie and gallantry, and how he yielded a' willing obedience to the charms of iwoinsin.--; But, that age is past, its pr judices-iind in with,it, "and 'in the deep Ocem , briried." • Now, woman's inielleet and genius 'assert their independence ; ! and here, agnin,'Wotroin assumes a new form of . influence . 3. sPlendid, indeed, have been the creations of! her mind. Released from - thetibitrary.fettens- which had - for ages bOund it; the wing of Genius soars in power oninipoteut. - We need net. -- puititlo', a Sit Wons, a Moore, an EdgeWotlinatuesi which dare be compared with theLnoblest ofi man's, in 'their best walks. These, and that sands of others exercise a vast amount of in-•, flikenee over the present age, which must be' tarried far into the future. 1 - • Education. has done wonders' for the. sex; but religion has perhaps done still more t • it s has taught them to h ok beyond this life, whielri is but preparatory to' another—as n state of probation, where wears all placed to aid one another with - counsel and comfort:. And it is in this,,arotnan soould - find i the proper and high exercise of her noble' faculties. .Fee retired from' the busy highways of- 'ambition f she! should wander in the shady green lanes of do-1 mestic life. It should be hers 14 cheer the drooping bend of sickness, and pour the bairn into the bosons of the wretched ; to seek out ! the abodes and hovels of poverty, and cheer' their inmates' with aid, advice, and sympathy; to welcome to-the (Filet hearth the ! partner of her joys and sorrows, whin worn! and weary, with the world's conflict- i and to rear her of spring in the 'fear of Go d, anti love everything, • afiti: holy. She, should rertieniber that had a duty high and noble to' perforni. She' is, terming the future patrioti statesman, or enemy of his other country.; she is sowing the, seeds of virtue Or vice.. Noble and sub little, then, laths task of tlik American woman. IMEI - TEttiLe Ittgißlf - ixe:Enecs'rteseiTh . e fal lowing piragraphi , are extrapte4 front Hies Beecher's new wor_k .: • ,L . -i - . 4 _ 4 , 1 ,11 e. work that Providence ban appinted I:le.9loniewivi the varhmedetaiir 4 domestic lifer, isjitit that.whicklifprsperfy einfrneion• '. - `.etli is fitted id tei'Siecujiat orgattization: If I JOllltuftn eala inemers - of ' a - hinny ;divided 41 100Itthnitt of 41 the nUtiget Atkin dras, and the actimatressom thlWeseltshould; bow four or firchatwit At day of altercating Welt and . heavylorir; it woold eierctie eve r ty i mnselelnllie wit *nd 'se the same timem. terist j em l t,exi t tise the mind. - 'Melt - ,tle:re; matuttii, time Could he:lately gieen ,tO isitelj -tedusi,social tux' treinvotent pursuits,amie* But no such division is made. 1 One porti of the -semen lavevall the:lnertias-of the Herres of ;btitidn, :and soother' have -411 the ipittitkirork',44ll. OteythailloroSr at; (la cient eta.?OfteeliOiet intitit * il et t r;PCPhiliii califreitOk - ,;Atel gn'Adieil44 !Men: .OYI pry year , -h e enme more and' more , nervonnt Firms the Knoiderboart lOU ROarrODSAI p.,:.,/, •. ' 'NO •48. ~.'._:. . .... Eli sickly and miserable, Age they Ire bringing into existence feeble, delicate or deformed offspAng. "Wears convinced that tliis statement, ter rific as it is, is no exatgeration, and may be confirmed by thonsandiof cases very near us, and'not among those who are called ignorant, ,or thoughtless or unkind. It seems to me that ' the education of daughters is more badly man aged than aoything in ,American society, and in some respects the position that is regarded as .most favored is actUally the opposite. If any enemy the human race who wished to tintroy the hope of the nation, could devise tutY more effectual method of breaking down the health of girls than the method punned by our curre • t fashions, he must be gifted with su. t‘. (man in tut . "allow • ITU . Eur is a material moat abundantly produced in cold countries, where also itismost largely required as a suitable Clothing for the inhaln f teats. It consists of the skins of animals which, for their own Protection, are . covered with thick, soft hair;.and,,th colder the cli mite, the more abundant this Provision for their needs. The skips, taken from. the ani mills, having been fitly; prepared on the inner side, are exceedingly durable, and often very beautiful, and make altogether the most pro per clothing for severe' climates. When thus prepared, these skinsi,, are called "fur ;" in their natural state, "peltry." , The almOst universal use of fur as an arti cle of dress, even during our own compara tively mild winters, will suggest some idea of what.must be the dentandfor it in more rigor oas climate. In Russia, Poland, East Pres silt, Htinktuy, Bohemia, Stikony, ace., lambs' skins constitute an evential part ef the dress 1, of I thousands amontihe humble classes. The skins, too, of several other animals are con sidered, articles of absolute necessity. The more beautiful and wetly furs, which rank as articles of luxury and lashion„ axe used chiefly i.ti China, Turkey, Russia, England, and the tritited States. • ; _ , ' , Even in the sixth century the skins of sables cOnstituted an tirticle,'Of fashionable attire in 1I•come, and were transfarted at a great coat, from the bOrders of the Arctic Ocean to sup ply this demand. It was several centuries, however, before WesternEuro craved the time !comity. - In the ` reign of pe Edward 111, the Italian' traders intported ink; -England so lage a supply, that the king judged it. wise tu, interdict their use to all save the wealthier Asses. • iThe Canadian fur trade was commenced by the French:soon. aftev'theirf Settlement on the Lawrence. At fast it. was exceedingly piefitable,,iince the Indians, totally - ignorant of the value of the skini, would eagerly ex change them for heads, nails, hatchets, trink ets, ac., of inadequate worth. At the outset, moreover, there ,was an almost unlimited sup : . fill. When, however, the huiAing-groundi bordering on the Eutopeau settlements had become exhausted, journeys were necessary; and various settlers, bearing the name of courienra 604 (wood-rangers,) made excursions to ';more remote hunting girounds,''where they sometimes remained for iriany, months, pdopting the usages of the In dians and forthing connexions with them. Bat the great Success attending this traffic soon aroused competition. A coinpany.forined iii l i ondon, was chartered by Charles 11., in I§7o, for trading in fur with the Indians, in habiting the region iipttir and 'west of ,Hud son's Bay, and hence; named. " Hudson's Bay Company." This association prospered, found ed numerous establiShments, and prosecuted its trade successfully for more than a century. 4 then'encounlend 4 powerful rival in a new cam pany,composed of opulent and influential settlers in Canada acid others, who recognised no exclusiye right in i the -Hudson's Bay Com pany to trade in a particular region, since their charter had never bemi confirmed by Act of Parliament. - Thii setend'assoriation, entitled the North West Company; managed its affairs with great, spirit and-;energy, having its principal estab lishmencfai)lontreal, but pushing its trade upwarffs of 47,0440 miles in _the north-west.— Wherever these companies; came-in contact; aniinositieli were kindled, which occasionally produced acts Of reciprocal violence between their iservaati. 'After protracted dissensions, the two co;.'paniesaiere finally united in one powerful body,underthe title of the "Andion's • Bay Fur Company," Ewhicb now engrosses thejnain portion of:the fur trade of -British America. . The Indian trade Of the great lakes and of the Upper Mississippi is mostly in the lands '-of the North Ameritan Fur Company, whose establishment is in New York. We are told, however, that except the muskrat,' ' 'nest of the'fur-bearing animals in the vicinity 'of the lakes have ;become extinct. A large Proportion therefore of the furs in use comes through the Hudson's' Bay COmpany, whose Vast hunting - grounds; cove ring nearly one eighth of the ,globe; furnish an. almost inex , haustible amount of valuable skins.. The great fur sales of this company are held - an. _Ourilly in London, some time-in March, and attract multitudes of foreigners. Through these visitants, the hulk of the furs destined for the Continent pass to the great fair at Leipsic, whence they are distributed through Europe. • - - Formerly, the beaver was one of the most 'valuable furs of this .t•,:dripany: Now, i how ever, its worth is far' less, since the hat, n the manufacture of wilier' it was once chiefly em ployed, is at pre:sent made mostly,. of other materials.' itiOalue is, in •some degree, maintained by its , application to new purposes. yor, by a novel process, effected by an • inge nious machine, the Olin of the beaver is now so cut as to make . al handsome far for the use ;of. the.htdieu. Moreover, its fine, silky mail 4hati beer' successfurly applied to purposes of ; wear. - In the Rtissian and Chinese markets, the !skins of the black end silver foxes are highly ;prized, and are, indeed more valuable than the .!skins of any other of the family. The felt of the red fox, however, is also used by the Chi• tiesei the Persians„..the Greeks, Lc.; as liniugs: vend -trimmings for , robes, which are ornament !ed with the black Ihr of the paws of the same animal. The white -and blue fox are also 1 used for ladies' Wear. The finest • raccoon furs are the produCer of North :Ameticii:-- 1 They - are largely employed throughout Russia and Germany as :a lining for gentlemen's coats the darkest skins being preferred. The Hudson's Bay marten or sable, a - valuable fur, is extensively used in this country, and in France, Germany and Eugland,as is alsothat of the mink,. which is the product - exclusively of that company?* „North, American posses sions 4 The fur oUthe - wolf,. too is employed iu cold conntriesler croak-linings. So, like ; wise, the soft, light, warm fur of the lynx, is in great - request for the same purpose.." Origi nally, thus fur it greyish-whde, with , dark spots t,but, for certain markets it is dyed of a beautiful, glistening black. the heavy fur of the sea-otter beard a high commercial value, and is the royal for of China. It is worn by officers of state, Mandarins,and other impor tant perscins. In Russia, too, it is highly es teemed for trimmings, collars. Lc., of gentle men's dresses. I is, however, un fi t for ladies' • wear, from its grest weight. The fur of the North American black bear is relied both at-home and abroad for milita ry purposes, being formed into. i 1133, pistol- holdersoke. It lir moreover shapd into rugs, hammer-Clothe, - k The fur' of the brown bear is used lifAnierican ladieti. trius quasker muskrat} is used in England:. 'Once it was employed i*i the hat manufacture-;- but now, after some Preparation it is converted to the usual purposes of fur: The Hudson's Bay otters aye :procured chiefly ,fur - Russia and Greece: where they 'Fe used foi capsi col- The einterteii thte moat precities of all- furs. It is,prciduced in imany "countries, hot in per. fecrion Only in Rpssia,Swedep, and. jo*way.. ,The Animal yielding this fur is the stoat, or ,weasel; of _ , southern- climates. Its'. peculiar value :to m s froln provision of Nature, Wrieribi it:Weenies Pniv talkie the winter Of thesis inotienitred 'regions; where:other. theinintalleuild be exposed` more dis h to viesVof its intaniea, Thcferisiioe, ; tau&h killed. in wiater,iaor4titla