BBWJI - - ' ". - - -L.ll
latb vno.ti TRXAS AStU muxico.
The steamship McKim, at New Orleans on
the 2J, passed the steamship Princeton at the
Southwest Pas. Tue Princeton left Vera
Cruz on the aame day a the brig Somtti, the
arrival of which at Peasacola haa already been
noted. The intelligence consequently in not
later than was before received. It it under
stood, however, that the Mcxicnn Government
i anxious tiir a restoration of friendly relation
with I liia country, and that the despatches
which have now gone forward will probably
lead to a speedy renewal of diplomatic inter
course. The condition of Mexico ia represented
to be deplorable in the extreme. With exter
nal quarrels m all hands, and internally, disenn
tent, insubordination and alarm prevailing every
where, the government is entirely pnwefless
and inert, exposed to the'bitterest denunciations,
and threatened daily to be overthrown. In
Durnngn, end other northern -department, the
encroachments of the Indian tribes are an
serious os to throw the people into a slate of
universal consternation. A deputatinn had
reached the capital 4o demand assistance, and
declaring that if it were not granted them, the
Nnrlhrrn Department tvnifli he compillrd to
throw the inrhc on the protection of the Uni
ted Slate. The Government had no meniiR to
render the aid required, and no measures of re
lief had been devised.
We hive also this report in the New Orleans
Commercial Times.
Lnpnrtant if True. A gentlemen of res
pcctability, who crime pssaenger in the steamer
McKim, from Galveston, has informed us that
the bearer of despatches to Washington in the
U. S. steamer Princeton, late from Vera Cruz,
had stated that the news ho bnre was nf the tit.
most moment. The Mexicans, it is stated, had
offered to withdraw their forces from tho fron
tier if the United States government wou'd or
der their troops also to retire. They would
also forthwith pay up the instalments due on the
indemnity, and acknowledge tho independence
of Texas.
My Mam Is liaise.
There are thousand of people in this country
who make use of the common expression, "my
name is Hanes," when they are about leaving a
place or party suddenly, yet few kno-v from
whence the expression is derived. A more
common saying, or one in more general use, has
never been got up. We hear it ;n Maine and
in Georgia, in Maryland nnd in Aikonsas; it is
in the mouth of old and younf, the grave and
gay in short ''jay name is Hanes" enjws a
popularity wnWjHtn other cant phrase has ever
atlnined. Having said thia much of the reputa
tion of the phrase bo it our next care to give
its origin.
Some forty-five years sinee, a gentleman by
the nsnrte of Hanes was travelling on horseback
in the vicinity of Mr. Jefferson's residence in
Virginia. Party spirit was running extremely
high in those days. Mr. Jefferson was president,
and Mr Wane was a rank federalist; and ae
matter nf course, a bitter opponent to the then
existing administration and its heoJ. He was
not acquainted with Mr. Jeflerftin, and accident
ally coining up wHh that gentleman, ols tra
velling on horseback, his party zeal soon led him
into a conversation upon the all-absorbing topic.
In tho course of the Conversation, Hanes took
particular pains to abuse Mr. Jefferson, calling
hiinall sorts of hard names, run down every
measure of his administration, poked the non-
intercourse act at bi n aa most outrageous, and
r.iinuus, ridiculing his gun boat system aa pre
posterous and nonsensical opposed his pur
chase of Ixuiiana aa a wild scheme in short
took every leading feature of the day, decanted
on them and their originator with the greatest
biiten.eiis, Mr. Jefferson all the while said
little. Tiicre was no such thing aa getting
away from his very particular friend, and he
did not exactly feel at liberty to coorbat his ar
guments. They finally arrived in front of Mr. Jefferson's
residence, Hanes of course not acquainted with j
the fiict. Notwithstanding he had been villified
and abused "like a pick pocket," to use the old
saying, Mr. Jefferson eull, with the true Virgi
nia hospitality and puliteoewt, invited hie, tra
velling companion to alight and partake of some
refreshments. I lanes was about getting from
liis horse, when it occurred to him that he should
osk his companion's name,
"Jefferson," said the president blandly.
'What! Thomas Jefferson V
"Yes sir, Tumas Jefferson."
'President Thomas Jefferson !" continued
the astonished federalist.
"The Bam?," rejoined Mr. Jefferson.
"Well, my name it Hants" and rutting
spurs to hi horse tic was out of hearing instant
ly. This, we are informed, was the origin of
the phrase."
TUB AMERICAN.
Saturday, ,"ynembrr 15, 1843.
I It. r.1l1Wlt, Ktq. at hU Itfl Km.
talf a nit foal OlKee, earner or '.Id nnd Chrmtut
St ft el tf I'kHndelithla, 1 authnrlnd to act
Agent, at d receipt lor alt tn nitres due thin
office for tubscrlptlon or advert I lnft
CC7" A few 20 lb. keg of pi inting, ink can be
had at thisnllice, at Philadelphia prices, for cash.
We refer our read.-rs to the advertisement
nf the sale of the property of the estate of Daniel
drib, by his administrators, on the 6th and 10th
of December. It is a prop-ity of great value.
We also refer to the advertisement of the es
tate of Abraham Rotherniel, to be sold on the
18th of December, in Little Mahonoy towmhip.
DT7"Tiik Pknnm'lvani Ji si k k. This work
containing a practical digest of the laws of Penn
sylvania from 1S39 to 18 I V with forms, anil in
tended as a stippliment toWnn.u i', McKinnky's
or Bisks' Justice, published in IS 10. may be had
on application to II. D. Masscr. Price one dollar.
U7" The Rloomsburg Democrat says, that the
The ManHfattnre of the T Rail.
While attending the Rail Road Convention at
Danville, a few weeks since, we stept into the
Montcur Rolling Mill to witness the process of
making the edge or T rail. This mill is one ot
the mot stupendous works of the kind in this
country. It contains, we believe, twenty-two
puddling furnaces. They have not yet, however,
all been put in operation. In order to make the
T rail, the iron is first rolled through one sett of
rollers into heavy flut bars. Hbout three inches in
width and three fuuiths nfan inch in thickness.
Thesp bars are then rut into pieces, something
less than three feet in length. A nun. her of
the pieces, prolmb'y or 20, are then placed to
gether, making a square bundle or faggot, weigh-
I ing nearly four hundred pound. This faggot is
I then placed into one of the furnaces nnd brought
I to a white heat, when it is drawn out on a small
For the American.
Mr. KnnoR : Having sometime since recei
ved a letter from a young friend, of which the
following is mi extiact, and considering it wor
thy of a place in your columns, you will confer a
favor upon me by giving it an insertion. It is
published without the knowledge of the writer;
but when the motives that prompted its publica
tion are considered, I have no fear of his diplcn
sure. K. 1!. M.
"Cajiui:n, N. J., Nov. , ISIS.
"Having recently paid a visit to our preie:it
worthy and talented U.S. Senator, Hun Sinum Ca.
nicr, n, I found in him nil the qualities that will
do honor to the station in which he has been pla
ced by the people of the Ktystone f-'tute. As n
private riti.en, be will compaie with any man
as a SeiiHtnr, will represent with as much ability
and firmness the interests of tux-ridden Pennsy-
Tiik Maomkhc TritbitAi-ii Company, we
see, have held a meeting in Washington city and
elected Amos Kendall President pro tern. Mr.
Kendall stated to the company that he was in ne
gotiation with gentlemen in the city of New York,
for the purpose of raising a sufficient sum of mo
ney to extend thrline of telegraph from Phila
delphia to Baltimore. lie also reported that the
'ine of telegraph between the citiea of New York
and Philadelphia was in great forwardness, and
would probubly he completed and open for the
transaction of intelligence in a few weeks.
The following rates of charge for the distonce
between New Yoik und Philadelphia were a-
greed upon :
The nehnj-lktll Coal tlrftfim.
The Miners' Journal asserts that the imrrrore
ments made in the Coal Region during the past
year have been greater than during any three
years preceding. It enumerates the opening C
the wSole of the Schuylkill Valley Coal Region,
by the laying of the new road, which has given
an impuse to the business in that region. On
this road, Mr. George H. Potts has recently made
some half dozen or more openings in White Ash
coal veins, a short distance above Patterson, and
laid out a r.ew town called "Hrockville," in ho.
nor of Mr. John Rrock, of our city, who is
part owner of th land. A number of new houses
iion hand rart nnd conveyed to the rollers. The I '"ania, as any oilier person she coul.l have se
great weight and intense heat ot such a heavy ! ''' His election to this important and honor-
considerable skill as well as i Bhl " indeed, an honor to the lowly and
j have been erected, and one hundred and twenty
'For the tiansmissinn, writing out, and deli- '( have been contracted for. which will be eomple
veiy of every communication, not exceeding ten ted by the first of May next. On Silver Creek
word, every figure being counted a word, exelu- j too, new works have recently gone into opera
sive of the signature and address, and the direc- '; tion. nnd a large number of miners' houses have
tions of the wiiter a to tlie disnsition of the j been built.
eomnmriication-
t mass, requires
stock of the Cattaw ista rail load has got into the ; the rail way
hands of a Company of weallhy men. nnd will j
num. i-uniii-it;u. i lie ruiitir ininKS me rnme
infinitely superior to the routes below them, with
their inclined planes, tunnels, &c. The misfor
tune of the Cattawissa load is, that it is one con
tinued incl ned plane from western the end to sum
mit, and another from the summit to its eastern
termination.
strength, in passing it through the rollers. The j bumble, as well as to the more elevated poition
bar as it pauses thr.-uuh, is cnucM and supported j society. it snows that l.ones! indu.try and
bv iron lever, fastened to .hnins. that are sus- I perseveiancew.il be justly rewarded by a grate-
p;-nde,l on pullies from above. The bar first IP'- en"l Cameron commenced his ca- j
parses through the square crooves of the rollers j ''"' circumstances that were enough to !
three or four times, before it is run through the , unt and intimidate any youth of less energy of
different grooves that gradually bring it to the character or honest perseverance of purpose. ;
foim of the edge or T rail, as seen upon our rail , thiown upon his own resources, almost without j
toads. Through the 'ast grooves it passes five, mentis ami money, ilappily lor our honorable
or six times before it is completed. It is then j Senator, nature had endowed him with decision
o character that enabled him to overcome all
the trials that beset his way in early youth,
which were not a few. There is scarcely any
thing impossible to man, that industry and per
seteranre will i.ot accomplish. The success
, of the Hen. Sin, on Cameron is an example. He
in cents.
'JO "
'i.'t "
2-
2.3 "
placed on a a small rail way carriage, on a truck
IS feet wide, anil hauled up about twenty feet,
when the rail comes in contact with two circu
lar saws, one of which is placed on each side of
These saws revolve with great ra-
Q The Ilarrisbtirg Reporter publishes an ex
tract from the Sunbuiy Gazette, for the purpose
of "exculpating the honest democracy of the
Forks," and laying all the blame upon Major
Dewart and his friends, in regard to the late Se
natorial election. So far as the aitic le was ne
cessary to endorse the democracy of some of the
leading democrats of the Forks, we have no ob
jection, as they were sorely in need of some such
palliative, and we have no desire to deprive
themol this crumb of comfort, cooked expressly
for their relief. We can tell the Reporter, how
ever, that, though the demorraey of the Lower
End, (the democracy that give our majorities,)
regret the election of a whig ; they have no cause
of regret for the course they have pursued, and
would act again precisely as they have d.me, un
der similar circumstances. If the editor cannot
comprehend the humbug quotation he makes
from the Miltonian, he should brush the cobwebs
from his brain and try it over.
iiid.tv, and the moment the rail, still red hot,
reaches them, the red, sparkling iron saw dust , no"he advantage of being nuisfd and era
is scattered in every direction. The rails are j in lap of luxury; but on the contrary,
thus cut off square at each end. exactly 18 feet 1 was obliged to exert himself even in his early
long, apparently as easily as if they were made days to procure an honest livelihood. The peo
nf tough hickory wood. The rail is then dragged : pie of his native State and of the whole Union,
to the pile and left to cool, perfectly finished.
The tails we saw made were intended for the
llarrishurg and Lancaster road, and weighed fif-
We forbear, nt this tmi", notice, in be
coming terms, the puerile whining id the Sun
bury paper over the failure nf their impudent
oi tempt to outvote nnd oiitniinilv r Danville at
the late Rail Road Convention i i this place, by
sending occ irding to the rtq'i renienl of their
secret circular, "powerful t!t legations." We
arn willing l.i let tlwin enj iy the irniifleatinn of
FCnlJinir. even tlinin'h it he in rather ill-measur
ed terms, but we cannot consent, just now, to j 'he State has expressed itself in favor of "Polk,
ty-one pounds to ihe yard, or something more
than three hundred pounds each. These are said ;
to be the first rails ever made with anthracite j
iron in this or any other country, and are, we 1
believe, superior to any that have ever bten im- j
ported. The above is an imperfect description, ;
but may serve to give our readers a general idea I
of the mode nnd manner or manufacturing this
very important article.
K7" James Clarke, editor of the Iowa Repor
ter, has been appointed Governor of Iowa.
CT7" There is a project on foot or rather talk
ed of, to make a rail road from Chai leston to Tex
as. That there will be one before twenty years,
we have no doubt.
T? The Rochester folks are anxious to have
a rail road from that place to Philadelphia, by
way of Cannndaigoa, Auburn, Corning, Uloss
burg, Williamsport, Sunbury and Pottsville.
The distance is M IS miles by the contemplated
route. 190 miles of the route is already in oper
ation, leaving l.'S to be finished.
Democracy is again triumphant in the ci
ty as well as in the State of New York. The
Tribune is very much out of humor, and sys,
!n miles, and under,
Over .'n and not over 100 miles,
From New York to Philadelphia,
From Philadelphia to New York,
For all distances over 100 miles,
For every addition not exceeding ten words '
the same rate of charge will bo made as on the ,
lirstten."
The following regulations have ulso been
adopted
1 All charges for the nee of the telegraph
must be paid in advance. j
M. All communications to be sent by the tele-!
emph must he put in writing, and handed to the
managers.
3. When a communication i received by
telegraph, it will be immediately written out
nnd delivered by a carrier, or put in'o the po.-,t-
(iffice. or retained until called for, ns the person
sendm? it mny request.
4 The telegraph offices will be kept open
for business every day from sunrise until 10 o'
clock, P. M except the ordinary holm ror
inominjr nnd afternoon service on the Sabbath.
"i. The first to come shall he the first served ;
hut no individuals, or combination of individuals,
shall have the ue of the telegraph lor more than
flieen tn:nntrn at one time when any i.ther a a -
can look upon his elevation to the important sta
tion he now occupies with jut pride. It is a
beautiful illustration of the principles upon which
our republican government is formed. When jki
verty stared him in the face, he "shuddered not,"
but pressed "onward." Such men, wl.o, through
their own exertions, have risen from the hum- ! divi.'mil i- in waiting.
blest to the highest stations in the gilt ol a state.-! f- The arr vul of every steamship from Ku
should be honored and cherished ; for they honor " pe slrill b'? telegraphed putis to i very s"a
their country and dignify their rare. These, as turn on ih. line as soon as known nt the sio'ion
a writer somewhere says, "are the very men who I in New Yerk, tojitlier wi'.h the r res in Kng.
.1 .- - .
ennanger me progress or s-o unpornut a worn ns
n Hail Road connection between this place and
Philadelphia, by idle newspsp.tr quarrele.
We can afford to be gem nm-, when the attacks
come Irom such a hurm'es. muirce, as the ejus t
nr.n unimportant town oi rvintiury. i ins nuicn,
however, we an say, that if they shonii! con i
tinue their unprovoked nitnrks upon Dar.v He,
we may bo called upon to repel ttu m in lan
guage not to be inisnnilerstiHHl. So tin y may
govern themselves accordingly. "
EThe above "lxautiful extract" is from the
Danville Democrat of the 7th insf. The editor's
ideas were evidently wool gathering, when he
wrote of our "impudent attimpt to outvote Dan
ville." Such an attempt would at least have
been "impotent," which is probably the word in
tended, when it is recollected that the tenantry
or the Kofline Slill and rwTiwwcs were ready dril
led to drown the voices nf distant delegate in
the Convention. In regard to the threats in the
above article, we have only to say that we are
leady and willing to mct the editor and his
friends at their earliest convenience. In the con
test, we presume, they would be quite as suc
cessful as they were in the convention, in yield
ing by compulsion, all lhat was fairly and honor
ably asked of them. Truly, our Dnville friends
can "afford to he generous" upon romimUiort.
We have no desire to enter into any strife that
would endanger the great enterprise of construc
ting a rail way from Philadelphia to the Susque
hanna. And if some of our Danville friends
could only divest themselves of the idea, that
their town is the sun anil centre of the unit erne,
and think that there area few other places on the
globe, not wholly unimportant, we should be
able to get along smoothly.
make the country who bring it to whatever of j
the iron sinew and unfailing spirit it possesses or J
dr sires who are rapidly rendering it the might! j
est land beneath the sun." Let the yourg men j
of our eountry, follow the example of Gen. Ca- j
meron, and recollect that honest industry always j
brings its own reward.
"Honor nnd shame from no condition rie.
Act well your part, there all the honor lirs."
Gen. Cameron is the friend snd benefactor nf
the poor. No man, in need of assistance, applies
j to him in vain. He is justly capable ofappreci-
ating the difficulties that a poor young man haa
to encounter on s'artirg out in the world. His
example prompts them on to perseverance, and
"never to give up, though the grape shot may rat
tle." He has been traduced ar.d slandered to no little
extent, by a small portion of the press, claiming
to be purely demotratic ; but. they will find to
their dist omfiture, that, however great their ex
ertions to lower him in the estimation of the ho
nest yeomanry of the Keystone State may be,
his name will soar far above all such selfish und
iiarrow-minded attat ks. He is, in truth, the "peo
pie's Senator." and will sustain such measures
as are beneficial to the interest of Pennsylvania.
which he, as a true patriot, ha at heart, una wed
j by the attacks of a few mercenaiy presses, that
1 have attempted to villify his lair name.
! C. M. II."'
j RAMkP.iTT Statist k s. A statement of the
! l.'nited States Pankrr.pt Court in New York,
r-7Si ntiMiir Vni..r .Our .U. ;il I sivel the following account of its business
find a slice of this article in the following criti
cism of De Meyer's piano playing in New York.
land, as roon ns received, of cotton, fl iiir, and
other stuplt nrticies of American produce; all
which shall be posted up on a bti'lctin for pub
lic informal i.m.
Pi.oosni Ri InoNOAr.F. Fr rnact. This Fur
nace is continuing to do in excellent business,
having made, upon an average for the last three
, The Mill Creek road has been re-laid nnd
( creat improvements made on its route, new
i openings have been started, old works enlarged
, and a number of miners' houses erected. The
: town of St. Clair is growing rapidly, numerous
buildings are constantly going up, and three or
lour new Coal Fngines are being erected.
On the West Hi anch. the Mine Hill and
Schuylkill Haven Railroad has been extended to
the "Otto Tract," belonging to the "Forest Im
provement Company," and upwards of fifty new
miners' houses have been erected on that tract
alone. Another branch ol the Mine Hill ami
Schuylkill Haven Railroad, extending to " Pre
mont," a new town in the Swatara region, is
now in process of construction ; improvements
are making along the line of the w ork. When
completed this road will open new and rich traits
of coal land, which have previously had no com
munication with the market. The Mount Car
bon Railroad has not been extended, but there
have been great improvements made along the
line ; about forty new houses have been erected
by one concern in the vicinity nf this road. A
1 number of the lateral roads leading to works in
, various parts of the region have also been relaid,
; to adapt them to the large cars used on the Read
: ing Road.
; There have never been two years in which so
, many new steam engines were erected in this
region as the present year, both for mining and
' breaking coal. It is probable, from the calcula
tion nf the Journal, that more than il.oon.onn
have been expended in the region during the past
year in making improvements of various kinds.
At least t'.c hnnilrrtl urn' hon'ti for n'iers have
been built, exclusive of those in the large towns.
The consequence lus been an extraoidinary ac
tivity in trade, and business of every kind has
been usually brisk this year.
Durig the boating season of next year, the
Journal thinks the region will send forty on-
weeks, cue hundred and fourteen t,m of Xa. 1 Bnnd ioim of Voul to market prr irrer the trade
Oregon ned Texas." We should think it had.
New Jersey has gone as usual, for the whigs,
but by a decreased majority.
Cj" Cowiiwino. Major Heiss, of the Wash
ington L'nion, recently enw hided Mr. Gray, the
Correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, whom !
Father Ritchie called an "unnaturalized foreign
er." The gallant Major had forbidden him co
ming into the office, and not minding the prohi
tion he was flogged accordingly.
Union or tiik Atlantic and Pacific. It is
said that the Minister of Foreign affairs in Cen
tral Americ haa arranged with a company of
capitalists of Belgians, French and English to
make a ship canal from Lake Nicaraugua to the
Pacific, the expense of which can be defrayed
for ten millions of dollars, which we think can
be easily done, using the canal for navigation
It is very possible that in this age of internal
improvements, the two seas will be united be
fore much more time elapses, and unless we
avail ourselves of our unrivalled facilities for
communication with tho Pacific, by the shortest
and most expeditious route via Oregon, England
will bead us oft completely New York Sun.
The Enolish have heard so much of our "can
vats back ducks," that they have a desire to taste
them. A gentleman in Baltimore has received
an order from England for soma canvass backs,
to bo sent over in one of the steamers.
It is licit and racy a fine specimen of bombastic
magniloquence :
"S'unh a union nfCyclrpian force with gos
samer tendrrncs of grotetqee neivmirnra
with the most th licate precirion never has
before b-rn witnesse I. So astonishing is the
inrxlisiiftihle strength with which he throws
his soul into the instrument that she remains
fur a moment crslu-d and chrii-kiug in her a
L'ony. Hut she scum regains her bountiful prt
portions, ngnm to be tortured nnd expire in the
slunn of musical thunder which dashes around."
iron per write & ir. one week, one hundred and
nineteen lima were made, using less than two
and a half tons of coal, and a half ton of Lime
stone to a ton of metal This is making more I
rou and using less materia!, we believe, than was
ever done in the same time, by one anthracite
furnace of It feet boshes, in this country . The
other stack will be completed and put in blast
in a few weeks. litoomtlurn Dcm.
Rii.iciois I M'Kt.i.ir.KNt k. The synod of New ,
Jersey nu t in Salem on the 2 1st lilt. Frorr. the '
reports received by the Presbyteries, it appears
that there are in connection with the Synod 10,'l
ministers. 107 churches, 22 licentiates, and 31 i
candidates. They decided to send the Rev Dr. ;
Taird to attend the convention to be held in Lon
don during the ensuring spring, to debate upon j
the best method of resisting prevalent errors,
nnd promoting union and eo-opeiation in favor of
the truth, as a delegate for the Synod. I
A Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church has
lately been held. The great question in this
Synod was on the orthodoxy of Professor Schal's '
book on Protestanism The subject was brought ,
! before the Synod by a series of resolutions adon- ,
There are three hundred and ninety petitioners j by th(t of PhiIai,el,hilli disapproving !
who have not been discharged, and three hundred w(iatare f,,uf(,e(, as iemi.ruseyite views, in;
and fifty-six who are opposed by creditors. Out , , ht wofk on traitiollt b na,ur of , e '
of the number of iC',0 bankrupts, there are 2CS uiimi and M-eVr T(ip S((b. '
whose debt, were over $H),000, and 10 over a wa te ft a ,.on)rni,e ,Wn from a
million each. Of these Utter, the largest was tjje classis, w hose report sustained the orthodoxy
one of the Messrs. Josephs, whose liabilities were , . , .clan ensued. When
the question was taken, all voted in favor of the
report, excepting Dr. Herg, two elders, and one
linn liquet.
The American Poard of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions received during the months of
Clr&l OOO I'll u-Knl n-nnunt rtf iiuti.Kf eitnesc
issued out by the operations of the law, reaches
the enormous amount of one hundred and thirty ,
millions, five hundred and eighty thousand dol- :
lars. Tfsey describe themselves as follows -. 1
Merchants, "20 ; clerks, 40.' ; mechanics, S'.'J ;
no occupation, 1C1 ; brokers, S.'i ; linicrs, 17;
gentlemen, 40 ; agents, :il ; physicians, 20 ; law
yers, lh ; office holders, 15 ; auctioneers, 12; la
borers, 11; victuallers, 1 1 ; other occupations,
.100; residing in the city ol .New ioik, l'JUO; do. than those of the preceding year. .V. Y. Mirror.
- r . 1 ' . . . t - r ' n t
uui ui ine riij uu. utiu. j
Hnnitir i.e. While two men employed in f.is- 1
K7" Rxapino and roTTsvn.r.r The editors
of these two thriving towns, are quarrelling up
on the subject of the relative prosperity of the
two places. They are both flourishing towns,
and therefore, both are saucy. Within the last
year, 250 buildings have been erected in Read
ing. In Pottsville, C7 houses have been erected
in the same time, and 1 1 are in progress of erec
tion. Pottsville contains 1208 houses. There
are in the borough, 13 churches and 10 taverns.
How many grog shops the papers do not state,
The town also contain 158 stores, an almost in
credible number to those who are unacquainted
with the immense trade created by the coal bu
siness. The Pottsville Gazette states, thst Potts
ville was surveyed and laid off in lots in 1810,
by Henry Donald. There ia a alight error in the
name. Henry Donncl, Esq., father of the late
Judge Donnel, of this place, is the person alluded
to. Let our friends in their I ivalry, aid in exten
ding their rail road to the Susquehanna at this
place, so that w can enter the lists withtbtm
The Wilkesbarre papers mention a recent vi- '
sit of the Managers of the Lehigh Navigation
Company at that place, and state that they are
making active preparations lor transporting coal i
over their railroad thence to White Haven for 2"i '
rents jier ton. This will enable the coal opera-
i tors to reach the New Yoik market on terms that ,
I w ill insure a fair profit. It has been suggested sell s Iron Works of Allegheny city, Pa., were j
that fifty ihotisand tons will pass over that loute ! standing near a tap box, the vehicle was upset
nextsummer. If this should prove true, we may ' through the inexperience of a third hand. The)
anticipate for the Wyoming Yalley an active coal ! molten ore exploded and was thrown into their
business season in the direction of the Lehigh faces and eyes. Oneofthem, Mr. Richard Keep, j
Navigation. j lost both his eyes, and the other, Mr. Thomas I
j i't0yi ,a,l his left arm burned to the bone. It
S n rv i.m i.i. Corvi y. The Pottsville Journal was thought both of them would die.
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says, .. prou.u.e. tna. ...u, ...... ff.,,w Rr.,nrT v I5t.oosi.vs died recent-
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nae uttii rxpenueu in mat iceiuii uui.nc ..ic .. , . en nun ! - v.-
r 1 In l XaurUrlHiii lav.n ..n.OO(l to the l.iin
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September and October the sum of ?70 1 00.
The Society for the Promotion of Collegiate 1
and Theological Education at the West, was held '
in New York, N. J.,on the 3uth Oct. The re- '
ceipts of the society were about one-third less i
will steadily increase at the rate of between 2
and 100.000 tons per annum and the prosperity
and business of the region will progress with the
increase of the coal shipments. We cannot but
congratulate our Schuylkill county friends on
their cheering piospects, and trust their antici
pations may all b fulfilled with profit to them
selves nnd the public. yorth American.
FitFNr n f;.w.r.NTP.Y. In one of th" cavalry
encouuteis between the armies of Wellington and
Marmont. in September, 1S11, a French officer,
in the act of striking at the gallant Felton liar
; vey, of the 1 1th Dragoons, perceived that he had
only one arm, and, with a rapid movement,
' brought slown his sword into a salute, and pas
, scd on.
i A Pi r.r.. Of O'Connell this anecdote is told.
Some ona requested his autograph to whom he
sent the following answer, "Dear Sir
Your request has been received anil it cannot be
complied with Yours, Dan. el O'Cunntll.
A Hti:n Tiiinu to nr: Kichs.n With. A Sai
lor in Puston sued his captain for kicking hun
with a trooden leg.
IIM.TIHOitti: MAIIKICT.
Offtet oflhe BsiTmoMt Amkricas,Nov. 10.
(;R1.. The supply of Wheat is not large,
which causes more firmness in tiie market, though
prices are f3 higher than last week. Sales of
gnotl to prim reds were made to-day at US a
1J0 cts.' and oi:e parcel at 121 cts. We quote
white Wheats at 120 a 122 cts. for ordinary, nnd
12C a l 'iO cts. for lots suitable for family flour.
Coin has advanced considerably. Sales of
new Md. white were made to-day at 63 cts.; of
yellow nt 65 cts.; of old vhite at 05 cts. and a
parcel of I'eriua. yellow at tiii cts.
Rye has also advanced. Sales of Md. at 70 a
72 cts., aji l of Penna. at 73 cts.
WHISKEY. The market still continues dull,
and sales have been made at 26 cts. for hhds. and
27 cts. for bills, and in some instauccsat '-'(ij cts.
for hhds. and 27 J cts. for bid 4.
Walkiv) rrvjt Wati:ii.- -In Hanover, two
young men, one a Swede, and the other a Nor
man taking the hint from that sort of foot-gear
of fir-planks, called skies, by means ol winch in ,, " " . " ,
.i m ., . .i . . . ""ibis or Lvt.ni Dinisr., akii thx Msaxs
tho-e Northern countries, the inhabitants pats . (Var l.i , Vfal ,795. 1.- !,,. rl.-.ri.
year in making improvements of various kinds.
At least six hundred new houses, for miners,
have been built, exclusive of those in the large
towns.
Thb Mormon Patriarch, William Smith, is
lecturing to crowded houses in St. Louis. He
bandies Brigham Young and the eleven without
gloves. They must be a wicked set according
to his account. He solemnly declares that mur
ders are planned and executed there, that young
woman are ensnared and ruined by the elders snd
others, and that the Church is robbed temporally
and spiritually by these self-elected successors
of the Prophet. Discredit is thrown upon his
statements, hower, by his exaggerations
tist Ilible Society, and $100,000 in equal shares
to two sisters, who are at present at service in
Brooklyn. While he has been in possession of
so much wealth, his sisters have been toiling in
servitude.
Wsstwaro The steamboat Confidence ar
rived at Hannibal. (Mo.,) on tbe 4th inst., with
about two hundred Pennsylvania Germans on
board. They are from Westmoreland and Bea
ver counties, and from five to six hundred more
are expected from the same counties, during the
present season. They were all bound for Shel
by county, Missouri, where the united colony
will make them about three thousand souls.
They have been settling thtie for a year past
through valleys and ravines filled with snow,
without sinking have been exhibiting, in that !
capita', the exploit of walking on the water by
iiu nns ol'tkies made, however, 'for the latter
pin 1 nee, w.tii iron plates hollow within. An
Eunqicaii journal ssys :
'Hack wards and forwards, much at their ease,
according to the report, did the exhibitors walk
and run going though the military tsVrcises,
with knapsacka at their backs and finally
drawing a boat containing eight persons all
without wetting their shoes. The Minister of
Wsr, has, it is said, put a portion of the garri
son of Hanover under tho training of these gen
tlemen, for the purpose of learning what might
prove so useful military manoeuvre ; and as
M M. Kjolberg and Balcken propose carrying
their invention into other countries, our readers
will probably suspend their opinion till they have
a nearer view of this novel meeting ot sky end
walvr."
innns rsied thst eveiy dise ise originated from im
pute or undigested panicles, lec lining uiiied wuh
ill.- Id.to.1 and fluids. And sl-o, that to cure every
disease ii was onl necessary t.i open ihe nuurjl
nutlets of ihe Itikly, and all w them it remain o-
pen, by which means ihn hl.iod and other flaids
would t. les-e themselvrs from ihese undigested snd
impure particles, and a state of health would ba
cert. in 1. 1 ensue. The Royal Institu'e of France
awarded to him fur this discovery, the Gold Medal
of ihe Institute. This is a historical fact.
All which the Urandieth Yrgeuble Universal
Pills profess to do is. 10 carry oul thia principle,
and experience has full established tbem capable
of it. When, therefore, a bad state of health ex
ist in tba body, all that has 10 be done ia 10 con
tinue to rcaiia it effectually with them, and the
moie virulent tha disease, the mors powerful must
be the dose.
(CJ- Purchase of H. D. Mssser, Sunbury, or of
tha agent, published in another part of this paper.
DIKD,
On Mondsy morning last, EMILY ROS AN
NA, daughter of Mr. Jacob Young, of this place,
aged 3 years, 3 months and 9 days,