nil kORTIc-SirTl•i - YEAR. Aral; essi*lli NUL Sollarli vOl bete:weed Aipale4344l2lsalier fees& as 44 ems perilasodosts isiertl . es; a 0 eau Um he rue, -isabmgaeletWrama. aisitCAN Wq&SEYo4loekswileis nEitatfoaes,Psla ',ten sad Binders t l6l,loEitiretitrqet. PottaCke. Ps. .n''-,*,.‘:_ - ".41,*4 . aL SATURDAY; DECEMBER. 10, 1870, I -Tdr..g .11.1.riElts. .1017111.1.11.1 - Is boned every ealandS7 - la oiling, and fundsbed so subscribers 1M.112 71, per annum, In ajean ta lc l sad to advance. - , J 1, CI. 101n/INVARLIZLT IN ADVANIXOL t - : CoEhni? one addrus.F . , re 1 IS OottesitionEe addrew, R , : ;._ 13 00 1Z . •-• .40 1 , 11 To Nees Dealers it bil per' 100 Ooplea, coati._ „ 11_ pa Idlnlaterkpnd babel- metiers we will tard 11 .... -0 2 t J mix* by mall, irt It 50 annum, In advance: .1 , , . l' D Y '4.l2=Dfr - L'ILVAL . b published every i t z . I 7..r.' 4. " "ra i dhl;Bll P rteen ? a r ee e ir d ' . let,: tbe curter . . \ ilis..dia .\ 111"ir H 2 ”."17. 91 ,:a..., ..k. 3-14 -1311 ° . ; 8 . 1 a • - • D inbl itLy ." .l7:::::„,„ , Nsi:is ." ''• JOUILCAL4I7 50 per nnutt4ixl lid - l'ulct.'",l SibrArAtrilAirSilf. PabSsitirs.'• THE AMENDMENT OF-THE CO : STJTUTION" OF THE STATE. r HE .13fPER ATi_VE necessity of ainend - I.T ing the Constitution of. Penuaylvania; . as not only -to effect reform intong" exist- - g abuses, but to keep uP with. the progres ,-- lye spirit of the age which demands -aim ' cty and- effectiveness in everything that titers into the details of legislative and po rli '''liii. al economy, 1.4' recognized • by the people' ) • - az:large - without regard to party. The mote . noeut has rect iced an inipetua, which if con :. thmed energetically liy petitions to the Leg . i f 4 lature early in it se; , _sion for authority to • held a ConVention to reforni:the State Con itution,' w ill culminate, in :succesA during , the coming year—and see the desired reforms . i'ffic - til: . • i - A nual - Lig' of the Compittee appointed at . 1 e ileading meeting sonic months since} as hAti on Thursday in that city, at which the. fi,,l:Owtng iMpUrtant recommendations . were iittopt•ed : 'l' . .he general circulation of a form . cif petition to• the Legislature - TraYing it to pus•ati Act atithorizing the holding of a , c tiny( ration of delegates from the several" .:. Couittii , ..;•Of the State for: the purpose_ of •re rprining the State - Constitution' And the .lioldwg of a State, Convention, irrespective , „ ;. 0/ V:11 ty,. at liarrishurg,, early in January, to urge "upon• the . Legislature the speedy - pa gage of the Act referred to ibove. Delay i L n this•oratter is uncalled for, and- unwar •.i. r_int - 0.1. Tkw. •s7entirnent of •. the people '-. t i ...f - the - Stale'. of birth parties is lin - tido r 'of the:. passage • early •in ~ the .: F. , ,:ss:on • , of ,-' thu. Legislature- , -within • a . ft,i - tight alter it convenes—of an Act to ...au t hor,z s .)..the election In Apyil, of delegates -.. ,t 3 Oa. Girt, irtotitirial Convention/1.0%e held iti -::—‘-lay.. The reforms and amendment's 4 - (:- 1• . ,- - qirt-t1 loive been tlioroughly canyitsplai - 11 L Aliscussetl; m end the labors of that.Gonten ion ~ .-r..---- • van- be copletettan 7 a - ready to liesubmi - d -'l.i the peopl4 - fOr their_ ratification, at". th ,•,. sliest OT:Mber;electibu. A special . election .would . not be desirable, for on those. oeca ::S a lOns tali \.•04, is rarely diawn out. Ne*t 1,. year to - 0, will bJ especially raVOrable . for tEis '- ti abject to 'be .brOuglit before the • people. There will be no. general election in the ir:Statemiliqtract the attention of, the people , '-froin coliiadera ion of the question, and in telliOnt ,Itutiou tiPon it-at the Bolls, as the i3.iti. ! -rnatorial am , resitlentiareleetions:Ao not take place until §72. - • - 3 , „ --The . only opposition . to - the movement, • conies from..a few:higoted_ leaders in strong • . ,...Ticinueratie counties, and fro . , rii partizans who make politie a business upon Which they • depend for -itiir -livelihood. ' These '..:nien . , hower, tilast snceutnh to piddicSen , titnent, Wilitili KresolVed that the Coustitu- Con of the state.sliallibe attended speedily ; iii the interest of - .4 ! forn.. -1,:!,: - - z. 0 w.tliii t ci t e .. €4644:ttee.thas made the re e o tii me - tidal ion 're f . i . ; , rredki,l et the press of both = , 4..p..;rties ,bring: the - nisiter prominently:before their retyleri..; .I'lo tiraihiqii to sigh and pour i a petitions , to - the :.Legislature, urg -4 tag -it to authorize. the holding of . . Cie Convention at the - early day suggested. .P.Aerget le uctiim nos in t his matter before .. t tie resembling of the•Legislatere,,:.will • put =it in such a favorableq,tosition.that the pas .slig,e of the desired Act:at an earl( day roily confidently_ be anticipated.- ■ TI11.! POE TETI:LE7'TER „Ar-N AS'OTII.EIt part of tceday:§ JOUUSAL :1 • we putAlash Admiral Niter's letter, and .the attempuid explana,titht or. apology, - whieli piac.4 the Admiral mere , T ithtltiviiible -- ixkAtion than he. Would stie - Hupy b.:n) tllVlliTiqjll-1111,1Y the " : riler o f.. the . r,iisivallett.r. .W)ictftlie Vittinifite friendship' tityli lkeiyit;pn e n rat (..; rant it 4d, th'e fiivots &Web the .ut `the - tire t B lau in cocisitleratiolt,'it is not 1 at the tat .114i , atimt of . the fett er said to It , he lips of :vresideti t Grant .almost makes 'me contidetntSe in ha mar! nifture." tate be Ito question that many let , tens. were Written, - .during the othars, in Whieh . t.huse,high in einif -mind ,were, ~..ritieised and etordenined, in unjustly, :ttid wio have no doubt, that the wilitefslound- time - Mid upon re- ,Uction, that they ihad erred, and regretted ;it : ow in place Olequivocating as Admiral • ', , Porfor-does hisexplaryttion; we will not . Use a hapiher : expressiou even if it should be - .:war,r,atrtee,,illW.Oil Id have been - a much-morn jo:olly and hOnest course,' if ho'had frankly' acittiowtedged writing the letter in-an fill-; - pur,s; ve inocityand w-heii. he washarramed • p./,:,;fisioliat eard and troubles', and 'state • itiit li o.. had si 'dnnged his opinicils; on • 1112 4ubjeet, and 'Vas s*rry - that he had . ' ever :written the le:ter. 'Such -aa: appl ...ogy would have been received Ofit 71Outit," L,3. ?resident .Grant, in '.the s: L lne spirit Iti l wtiich it was made, find their friendly s rehltions-could.hat'e remained - un • ti tist :abed. In. Lot. adopting this .straightfor- Admiral Port', shows • ibat.)l6to I%l"sta - tiding. his many and good s .frives to the Ilatioll e , that - there ia some till. wring in his 2 moral nature—a fact, wpich . wilt bJ. deeply regretted. by the na ,tiiin w.Lich,h loOked uppti.his naval career itlt pride. While we do-tiof desire to con . iJobe t i tle fault of A,Limiial Porter, the;liction .v.i:,.fgran,ny.AVelies in 'causing thi.publication tfaeleiter.is more to he cinidenmed, and it = retiders till pesition deSpicable In the eyes of the nation,,. • . -• -.:Since..penning the above, the following .telegram prom Washington ; contains the o -t4 . l'infuncement,of a most magnanimous aft the. I ) ,resitient,.in sendineipto the i4etiate eAtianie of/ Porter to-nbc 4.duairaf in the Nay.i. in : place or Admiral ',Farraguti_ de ceased: • i - : • =:u., I -. .. The I'restd entseht to, the Senate to-day alarge - Miniber of it Minatiens amonit , .. i which were Many appointments made. uring the recesti. :Po the roirprise of ilomeapd the uisrtivointment Or twiny, the'.:PresidiMP nominated Ditrid_D: Porter Mbii. Adniiral in the 'navy in place of girragut, deca.sed. Rear Adttliral 11-)wan \\*also nominated to be Vice Admiral, in the .:trlacri of Porter, , promoted. In view of the letter Of 'Admiral Porter relating- to • the President, , l4s action in this matter is consider ed quite inAg•-naniiiious. •It is. inferred that. the ,President - a , cepted the explanation of Ad- P,,rtee in relatiOn to that letter, and that the ecirdial intimacy heretofore eliisting be;wecn these two gentlemen hat bevn restored. • . Th will not reget this exhibitioti• Of magnanimity. upon. [We - part: of Presl. dent G'rant, but Admiral Porter haS to a cer-• tain extent limt the esteem naturally felt for a high-toned, strictly honorable - man, which. 'lib will find it difficult to fully recover. , . As art: expected it would be, the - meeting; in‘PailadelPhia on Saturday td raise. meant? to . e;italdigh.ll - steamship line to..Etei:ope, amounted to just nothing at all. There Was. a latge attendance of slow folks who love to se • their . bainesin print in connection with suAt . movements, who haVe a weiikuess . for figuring mr comznitte on .resolutions, and. whO can talk. from morning *till night on what,Plillaielplila ought to do, 'hut who, - Wheacallei upon to put.their hands is..their pncitSfS, to stit;l'eribe towards public, enterr, prises and improvements, do not respond. -1- The' PitEsB is•dissati,fied 7 with the result of the. Meeting, and expresses its displeasurein IfOmea.sured terms.' This steatnshiP gum Will pass away as all previlus ones. have ,darie, and rhil4delphla will subside , into Its; 'usual Rip Vin Winkle condition, while trade- y e.s , fro* - it to its more enter ' prising neighbors.": We r shoitid be proud of .the:really beautiful eastern metropolis of this State, but frankly, we eannot—she is too slow ; and the worst of it is" that she'. infecta. - every locality that is thrown in contact with .her, with herspirit of dealt:tens and inactive ity. Philadelphia, if efear4tltlits matter is incorstiable.' • • • • • ..-.,-s"~.`+^. , ter - ;.€.is`~a".~~_::o.~:.~.•~.~.: , :c,:~.~ ate., - _......tc.+3C.'x"".Y~:. ; :s.: =~~.-'3_r-.~.,.- _.. .-, -;'. ~~:^.c.*.'~Yr~»:i. , .:._ , .. , -._. , ~ri!.-. ° Scenrxr hlisillseasn'viiiitth for a series of yeirs bus , prevailed ao extensively in the , interior 00 this Stio, isrd - Ilhich this ffjiar so'ldeitruoliire to children In: 'this *d neigh g eotes, is raging Ws: 'grog :fart of Enll4,•aiioep - ecially in LOti• 444 r: Fantasy rim this disease has been :one of the roost Win *lt Britain, and lrofeseerAluxletisihn4as the deaths from it in' thethree years iti63, 1864 and 18119, at ninety thousand.° But thisyear it seems 40 be still more xlestruptive, the mortality% in London alone having sometimes heen pear; twohundted In a week : erpugb,7 if it were choleira,_,tesdarin the whole eountry. „ . 'This diseas e is stTletly contagious;” and, sck far as Is known, It is communicated in no way save by the actual imnsfet of poison. germs' from.person to anothe,r; Ip a receht number of NATURE, while-it la inbisted that scarlet fever ought -to be . .ezlertzilitated en tirely, since "we have all cOntsigias diseases under our positive eontrol,", the, diflleulties in, the way- or . destroying the poison are pointed out. • • The germs of the poh4n In this disease re tat their pernicious poser along time. Clothing, worn by One person - during an at tackhas frequently communicated the,fever . to other persons afteeyeirs had Nosed. Nor is the power to comnnuileate the disease lost at once by recovery iront i tle tf Fi e fever is gone, the upper layer of t ' radaally comes Win small scales, and this cuttele Is forcue d . a n gti. These ;cal s ire easilyearried about in clothing, food, or even in the air, and may take the disease into the bodies' of others. c• • : • • . :NATCIit btr9tigly recommends that the !bi lowing meaure4 be talf.en. iu everk.ase 1. The patient suffering from scarlet ..fevernugLtt to be entirelif isolated, no,person;but. thelie-•. tor and 'the „nurse - being 'adMted. • 2.... Whether this comidetelt.blation,is,yraeLlted or not, the pdbion gerArivhich .iire von .• •- .stantly thrown off by:the sic* . ii - Irson,,niu.st be destroyed by dtsinfeefalits. To ei-erthing that has come in> contact with. the p.itienf must'be afihed.earbolle . a , „44,oi+ sout6 etioal 7 ly efrective ngcnt . person should • the, siekrcient_.N6titout tra4hing :14s i disinfecting 'fluid. b. Whatever hnot be.washed.may beat higher than the :' boiling. point-iir•iyater," temperutorewhich •dtiiiroyu ull fgrkoli . • germs.- . - • There flll.to ile.no . que4 . -iiip that,,.the : careful use of all scientific . - nleans` for 4the . - protfction of tlie:connunity uga r intt: CiitAii gion would nearly or quite extirpate -such ,diSeast. •as scarlet feVer In `'it 1)oulales:1 the lime will * Come writ.o .society will give ticorgauizatioLi agaiAlit•sueli euernles . ag.thi;, some of:01c thought ant! :eNlien9e now prepiiratir Var.' • • TUE (.; 'TA:Aril'. OF OUR.CITIfg, , ..—T.4I..I;,:it'IQ•: tive iank . of the leadin ' icibics on:ttie .. At lan tic coast remains.under tile present-ceitis-uti- Wht It was' in 153fifl;'as will lie seep frotii-Ilie following table.: . ~.- . IS7u. is9i..-.. Nesr - Y-0rk....,4- ' . - , -...'n7,43(1 513,644 j i Pittlndelphia. 6 . 7,1;9":11...510 Bro°6lyix ...., -- 1 , ,, itt4,097 :260,71 I' fit Louts . ,_ :112,MS 'o 150,1'50 Chic:ix° ........... .._ _ ~ ~._ .„. , .... . - Ilaltlinorr... 805t0n............ New Orley:Tin_ Ten years ago .PulTalo was the tenth eity.in population; now it isOlte eleyenth, San l?.ur etscohacingc,ntstrippeilit. The two citi ,4tftitl as follow; ; • • . • • ya),341 4s,gr.l • - tr:u- ••:_zl/441,1a1• Ran FrancNee ...... The increase of population iii Buffalo during': the fdecade. is 4.i-'per ee ntZ-a -.very . respect:). btu growth, and yei, the Bluallest that isitliQwn•li t .K any of the principal ,eitlres of the lakeS.• Chi cago has multiplied, in populatfarewithin the same perind,l74 - per , ; cent.,;..,Clevel4d, :414, per cent., I.!efrolt a •littleover 82 .. pf.r . cent., and Milwaukee, nearly : 58 'per 'cent . .., The gain in New York city-for the decade is less than 14 per cent, ; in. J'ltiladelphia about , 17 I per cent. f in Boston,nea - riy,43 per cent.; in Bat- timore.26 per cent.; iii Cincinnati ft . ; per i, , ent.; , i in RoChester it: per cent; In ..5.31. Louis the in crease-As lti; per cent.,--Inat part . of that is attri ricu,_ butablot o,suburhi tl n _annexations. Washington co are, well in g,fowth With . Some of-the - most. di - ifireltins in the Union,, a having increased 48,1111,5°r over 7S. p e er eept. in' ten years. ,In' the, -111flowin... table , there arc some very suggests AiKtlrcit'r • . : .t...-.. , ' - 'r 1 - 870. - lisiti, Washington ...., .. ~... ... :I:. L.. .. ........... ... . 109 X; 61,1= , ~.. _ 'Clev'elanil . -. •z' IRl,Ol$ . 0,417 Pittsburg . • 't? , - ' 80,1.Y.6 49:17 , •• .'. Jersey City... •' , -.7." s ..... ... 8 - 2,0.30 43,c5'1l Detroit... - ~ ' ' • ', - ~ - .7V,,t11)* - 43,117 Ikllltraultee, • • .....:..f .. :,-..:, 71.404' ".. 41216. • .I'rovlilerice,ll. 1',.. • ..,,...... " • .;.t.....• .1.34 - 0 ," Eit,o6oi Bochester-,1c.. Y . • , -,' 3. C. 2,421 40.03 s :Al legliaw- city ' - . ...'il,lril . ' '...N,,Vr.! l".:ew Ilavert. C0nn...,• • ' : o,l,itsti a 3S LW' Lancaster, Pa_ f , • - ..'....; 20301 ',.; 17,1i01 .I , aven port . 1111%. a_, • , - t-0111 - 11,-2 fit, l'oul, Mlan - - - 20,015 , 10,101 - • Tile tnnfrit remarkathe eXamples of increase. in -Pdptilation are Scranton, Pa.,.froni-11,=3 in 1860; to 38,762,-in".1370, atat,LeaVeliworth, I,:an., • frotti.7,44 to 20,1)60. Albany shows a smaller increase than . ; that of,‘Troy. ' NeW Itedforif, Mass., and Cliarleston,.S.V„ have fallcii . ttelov. : tiply population ten years ago, as the folloWing tignreg - will show: • • -:J:' . '•li76. .!• lip). kihany ..... - .... ~.;,:s . , • Liss. •. i'..4,..?„%i 'Troy- Charlegtoll, S. C , E :. New kleaford, .... . . , I'ENNSYLVAIA'S SLEEPY VNS.—Tire SORTIE AMEpIe..I:N, ill an articielo , 6 the sill . - i. ..! es of . Pen nsylvan in ; :says : - - -hey . look anti. and they .rtre - dull in I fact. destruggles k along' feebly in them. F.titer prise is of slow.grwth— Public spirit is alukst . anleitow it, Cultivation takes no - detinetrsttape. Valuable resources are I/ eglactet for--tile '‘isint ,oftthe requisite energy,todevelop theiii, TheY ,need new corners in all" thosk l places., They (, Wil it stirring : up. The local tradesmen, dtag al in any sort of way for Otter' lack of quit citing force of xliolesorne - eampetitionH One.live, wide-awake place like • Scranton, set, down in' the midst of them', . 1 . - Sets them all-at ',Work with the infectious Spirtt of enterprise. Philadelphia and Pittsburg', in 'their respective 'Spheres; have done much good, but it is a pity . that there is not some large city in central ' eansylvania to.stir up the sleepers.. . Of all the Villages of Pennsylvania, Pitila'4 delphlaiS the largest and tbe . dullest. If you talk :Etiropean. steamship hide to • the Rip Van Winkle money bags that inhabit it, they - Ni;ak6 up f(r a moment, shake them selves; put their hands in their pockets, but don't take themMit with anything in_them, and go to sleep again. Aleutian cheap • fuel, for their Manufacturing operations,.andit 'is the sank. They slumber,while trade goes to 'New York and other :cities, and'eapitalisti* •flpfmxt the somnolent place. "Remove the beam from thine own eye before thou, at tempt to remove the mole from thy brotti-: er's." If:Philadelphia was progressive and possessed enlarged and liberal Views,: . She would electrify the villages of the interior as Scranton has been by New York enterprii3O and capital. Look ftt hoMefirst before yob criticise the Interior, against'.which legisla tion in State and National legislative lxxlies has been systematteally directed. • KNoWiNG 'MIEN To CUM. hers, the eminent Edinburgh publisher, has . been writing a hook' about Mentone; which contains a great deal of amusing mid instrue ,tive matter, togdther..with sundry sensible ~a nd sagacious reflections. Ile is at special pains to point out what - fool4 men are to go. on. grinding, year in and year out,-at the :wheels of business, after ,they are-not com pelled to do so, and.have retelved warning . that they cannot do so longer with Inapt/airy, - anti adverts, in illustrations of.the advantage of knowing ,when to stop, to, thee casc. of Lord Broughatu, who had long. before . his, death given fair pldy to . his system 'by an. annual restorative. Every year •hc went off' - at the right time to Cannts, cheating alike the winter and tEp. grave-digger. Many .active business men are - how it seems follow= his and 'profiting accordingly.. • ought in this country to make_ a great "deal more than we, do -of our Mentone-L. - - Florida. . Many a. valuable life -in this city would:be lengthened by a residence- there, and a daily ride on horseback- from January to Maretv. It is partial rattler than entire abstinence from toil that Mr. Ch hers seems' to advoeute in the case of men.past sixty, - • • , . . . . •'. WHAT IS SAID A - lIOUT AtICERTIS/NO.-;- Tlieee is no truer sayi than that "Eiweet are the uses of adver— is merits." Blessed are they tbat d not adVertisec. for they shall {malt -be trot led•witli.cuatotners. The New York POST, ys "Advertiengts the financial rail Way to success. ..It is' n art possesses:l by few ; but. these few are the men: chant princes of te4laY;"• --- • , • - An exchange slf,"Trying to do busines4, without advertis like winking thtpugh: sti gt a: pair of green gogg esyOu may know" that .you are doing it, but nobody else ill:km". • j '.i. And another: "You might as, well attempt 10 - shampoo the head of art 'elephant With' a thimblefell • of soapsuds as to attempt to do . ;business and ignore printers' ink. That's SO. The editor of the 31assillen. AStEttreAft means husinese. This •Is what be lsoys4 **Patronize those who .Patronize you is our. motto. Wy,shall' deal and sent onr friends to deal .only with 'merchants and - builtn* men who advertase. We may; be &M,Peneqi :to buy; sometimes, fronuthose who doubt. ise. Patrealzeh e n us, but- only we .can't de otherw", 'Aild-let 'another - says: "A 'ilnui -- .ivlio . ..Waill - too wan to advektise land he wanted:to - fell put A written notice in One of the hotels the other day. A man who was inqutring'pftirSO _groan -fart* was referred :to, ._ the written notice, when he replied: 'I ettn't.btryland at' a fair, price of any man who doeslais adver. THE-MINERS' JOU RN rt; t e'd ce i the' "th ,pump 'handle, and the barn rs, before he gave ni• powersion. - , The Chimgo TRISUIVE asks and $22,502 a coltlinan peg year for ad* Ti - e' busineeotwen of that city do ru7ot. latir:to pay drat price, for the reason that every dollar hus judiciously invested will bring an income. of at least five dollars. Those *it advidieepssistrweruost enemata' in ttualuett. .. • ..411.11 ? #.0.45,i'filiTEIrS LETTER: , rp HE- . fkr Adintrai I- Wei * letter *in& pii.„lBo,'init just made f Orille; _whalijnii: broken' the friend ship heretofore , tritting between,. the Adtril ral and Preeideht Grata': . - _ MEM Dir.ett SIR received your kind letter' "Cif the 17th Instant, aad thank you warmly f.,r the confidence you reposed in my good opinion that this place ebuld be taken. To the Navy Department alone Is the country indebted for the capture of this rebel stronghold; for bad it not been.for your perseverance in keeping the • sleet here your constant propo*itions made to the artily, nothing would bare been done. As it, was, after,the kopoeition had been .re ceived, and Gen: Grant prom ised that, the troliops, ishauld be sent, it was not done until Gen. D ter cornlM ented to hit the matter goon, end when be hoped to reap some little ' credit for the ex plosion of the powder boat: - Suiv,llle' countrygivek General 'want the' Credit of Inaugurating the expedition, when, onitotlinecasions, hepertnitted it to go.impici perlv. provided. In the timepiece, it hid neither bead nor tail-as far ae the .erniy was ivneernid.-. 1n the...Recent' ' (Grant) sent tot”, few uten,whitn he ought to have calculatfd that the rebels would•hav,e more strongly defended the works, after 'seeing' what at arrow escape they had. Nottituirbut. ,the moat - - despera te tighting anda'detcrinmatiob wilt on- the-part pf the artily, gave us the Nictilry. 't'h'e gallant band of sailors who- fearli-a:sly went into thit work* InidSta **hewer of centiiiter knd-bullets,drew 'the enemy's ateentioli awhiFfrotri the-assault en the land side, hurt enableui - the troops to obtain a t-tyttre footing. I don say, this' to 'detract from thea,, llatterycf-tife fur ;lever did men light harder kr-more baastinielv:thaa did our troops, that dayftr . • - NOw 1.113 C -the inosCiuliTortant furl on the'coest has been gained lialu.tial; you wilificaribut the of what the navy did: and no- doubt effort* Will be made to show tbkt the work 'Mix - "not substantially injured:lS a defensiiewerk."l Tp Grit. Grant, who ts'otreqye ; :itillivy'to take , the credit ,"hart colthiny, is tfon-; and ellually, reedy • to.ley the blame 04. the failure ~on,- the navy," : -alien a failuretakesplat:e“ ,feelmider ; no 0t5.,..1 libations forreeeivlng •aud allowing . * report 10.- be Spread front Ills -headline! tors. that 'there were three days When the navy-migitt have op eriitcd, and clltt-,- not. Ile b=uss as 4.nuelt about it as lie, did when ll'e wrote to-tne, saying, "the otity way in Whleh tfe place'- cotild be taken waS.by running the ships past the batteries," showing evidently that he had not stndid, the.hydrography of -Cape rear river, 'and did'. not. know theyirtue there was in our wooden Waits when they went - in 'for a • fair stand-up • 'tight. 4ny hurt iii - relieldom can he taken - if 'woman Only get in reach of it.- , 4 • have served with the hieutenaut-Gyleml b'efore, where I • nerd worked sb hat d. in my life. to' make a man succeed •as '1 cll'd• • for , him.' You ' , will scarcely notic.;e in his reports that' the navy, did him any service, when:Without the help • it has given him ail the wail through, he sever • troit(d hate been Ifient/nant-i3eacrat., ,, ./fc'wetatt• Tre : aii.Saairaiiy, like most 'officers ul, the. arniy, and is so a on ricion's 7 ay,• rel.tards. Tfame that he w.ilrnever, Ur! can I helt. it, ,(195e - snee Scour department: %then the, : ehels•-‘v rite the .his [ tory of this wai:then, anii Only Alien, v.".ilr the country •:ht.:•'•filade to: •,fe'el -What the navy has .done. rd o ilOt feet al.itti I:,*nillyito&eards (;en. Graaf I for the indifference he displayed •iti - this matter until he found hiS own reputaticitt at Stake i; . then he was-glad to ,thro=e- the elephant - rrerboard that had weighed, hint down. se heavily'. 'lle valid:llot iielp . burlinow that . tie'n;llutjet was goirigip , com tii anil• of dais ex i;'Cl.d iti etiwThe mat ter wiavottstatitrriftscusseillVithinn4lie knew, "that iii! hat t itat'&l..);i4, - ,ttiself, and air of his nu ,merotis'istall;orr haaftlthellugshipßertDe•locird, every l hint p.PJ etinintander rif the, treops.'l,t In a•eonversation with general Grant,' ~; . I ex`peessly..t.ol - VlAni• that' f 'Wanted • net hin.g to cici Wit - Kit-km. Butler, and be prom ised meiptlthfult,V , thatlite should not have any _. eonnetilinrWrtli the expedition. ', - . . - ~..1:4'0 titurithi: LW-Lilted, tl sleet ready to sail • •at ati9roties. notiO.,, Mid ielluieseiiii in the :blene,rara• d'eeisinn,- that to could not spare., . treops,for tear or .enzlang ring the defences in .his trout. I . istrid; :..."Tla n Ale-expedition wilt' )e never go until" Iltnler .lias4t linger in'the pie s '',. •,, tied,' sure' tinenghi . W hen. Iln4er.. said go, we -,wkitt.' The (sal. et weakening the detentes. dis aripeared an =tattler's -, ,presentitt,s ids: plan for blowing the 'forts. - down, and- an . artnr.was ;,hipped so quick. (unprepared),....on' Ake trans !. tirts;.that they almost satittrin the middle of . 0 a heavy - gale:,!ilene4il-6 rant - knew that - I did Ind care a, tig . I;ir tho'powder boat, though I was 'Yew wilting tot • ry nitsgsau experiment, but notilispOsed to trest i altogether. 'I think it mem! .. - unliuttcl.sontes in - ita to listen for a•Mo. , -Meld to'the.4llo talk.' 0 r "Butler's •Staff, and hie' timid, Calaulating engineer, Cniiistock, '.whe . wanted some excuse for not doing their duty. ' The Lietenant-lieneral . and . .,r-were together 'eighteen Months betere• Yiekslntyg—never had too wait forme, , nor'did any - of his tienerars f but I' have ,had to wait m fur the), and he shonld haveimpPospil4rinti-the 'Past and • my 'anxiety to go to wdrk, that I had not become "any slower in Mv•inovementS than I was on 'the 31 ississip s pi.: ills course prored to the that he 'WO II Id sacryme his be'st friend rather than let-any odium fall on Lientenant-tioicrat Grant. Ile trill tahc-to hiinsell aIF - the credit of this more air 3i;,'A4, 2.13,1.1-1 '177,872 TIN !r4i 16.1,041 • 173,77 4 - . . Unit it - sacceslfitl, r.hen Ite,(l4"erves all the blame.loe the fireqctilttie to takei.the.prtee. All . npurfsaddlc•d"on Gen. Butler, and his tory will tell nothing of Gen. Grant's sharaiu it. I it to you for your own personal,satis - factitin, that you may know : and feel that - :you `tu.t entitled to the-.cutire credit for getting this expedition ,off,,,and for its Bti&ess. am mere- 1 1y the -agent And- only used' to advantage the ample means - placed at tuy disposal, which any one else could have done as- well as 1. I expect you someuiines think I ant a little impolitic ht what I say, but that is my nature. 1 mil always ready to tight right away, ifihy. one reileckshtpan the navy. r know th rotfu try tinder' he hull ever raised a navy as you have done in the same space of,tinie,hud no .navy, did - more:L Could the navy operate in 'Janice River, Richinond would mow ..be ours. ' Vicksburg, a stronger place, fell when the navy was brought to bear on R. Ere ry place has fallen where naval cannon has berm brbught into play. This is tictt a pet place with the .Lieu tenant General,. and he leaves it with about seven thousand men, and lidon't think knowS ninch 61, the sithation. An artily man thinks if 7-11-e has a gtmlniat at his back he is all safe, but this lattine case where, at times, the gunboats are driven off by bad weathe.,and those inside.caM= not 'co-operate effectively. . • , 1 have given pin along later, but find an apology for myself in Ultima that Iknow-year whole heart is in the navy, and that el•erything concerning it interests-you. ,Again,, permit me ' to thank you for the •contidenee, you have al-. ways placed in me, .and the opportunities you have-given me fur distinction, mulassuring you that it has been my warmest wish to merit yotir! approbatihn, I remain • • ' • Respectfullv d sincerely, , Your utsl't servl, - (Signed), • Pivin',l). PORTER. To lion. Gideon - Welles, 8. - 2eretary . of the Navy, Washington, I). C. Annexed is a ts'liy . of Admiral Porter's letter of explanatlon written to the President, on the `;‘,d WAsititccrioN, December 3,1 - 70.-31 r. Preaig tirst impulse on reading the later published in the New York Wcund), - was - to go :to you at -time and protionnee,it fabricition, . for as such I considerbd it; out, as it purported to have been written Mix-years ago and publish 4 ed by a person who oncOlield a miuninent„posb. tion tinder the Government, 1 - • determined to. ascertain fully'if I had everindited such a letter before addressing you on tho subjea." Neither - myself nor my secretary, who has served with. 'me eight years, could call to _our recollection any circumstauce'of the - kind. • coulernot eon eetsle that I had uttered sentiments that I knew' t never felt, and whiehure, Ma at variance with . those that:L-have uniformly expressed toward, YOU. -- = • : ; The letter, it appears, was a private one, and vindlarie must hare been thehetirt of the man ,that could be guilty of so grave a breach of eon 'faience, and depraved, indeed, must be 'the character who,:nntratify his mischievous in-_ stinct, cuuld-Make public . a confidential letter written, perhaps, under great excitement,. and at this distant day not .even remembered. It seems like a poor return for your uniform con fidence and kindness to me, and. I aiW . l.od glad that I remember nothing connected wide 'the letter. At about the aid of the letter - I had passed through a long , and fatiguing eontttsit with Fort. Fisher, :11141 1 a - my numerous. fleet Was almost overpowered by the eletneLts. • I saw the coveted prize within my grasp, and then slip from me. For another Month I had to tafttlo with :the storm - us of winter, anchored. on an,open coat,' with thWiesplinsibliity df that large tleet - on my hands, my mitaand bodY harassed by extraordinary fatighes:_ '.."The whole nation was lookin_ on: excited, Areadingladefeat that aright prolong the eon- WO, that was alrelly sapping its vitals. YOU and ethers know what ,I had to undergo; bodily and mentally.presmrik it was while_ under thaexcitement 1 : \ wrote the'--letter you say has Made you hose . your faith-in human nature." I hsve no recollection of it any more 'than I would 'have of other paasing eireumStan ces of, elk years ago, When . saveral. persons. • have at different times infOrmed me - that a let , terwOuld.be published in: which lihaditbUsed General Grant., I treated. 'the mitter with indif ference, thinking, it impossible thaesuchli letter could exist. "41021 • ,2.5.5 •• • 51,110 . ..... . 22,300 ===l 40 not write for-the plirvise of exonerating 'myself,'fort would rathet lie. _the writer of the 'Letter HIM its publisher_ The peace of parries and of society_ `w(itild be placed in great jeopardy ifiall the prim's, letters written Within 'the hat. six yearswere , :published. Nothing' 'that ...lhafe said ' , sill affect }rune fair fame, and your Many filen& Would be sadly wanting, in judgment if they were at all infhteneed by the ailly:exulfatious Of a few unarrupulous per sons. who; aftcrall, aro only rejoicing over the rifest ebniemptiblp breiwir dfcontidence I ever hoard or I regret, exceedingly:the loss ofyour' friendship, and do not 'hesitate to, disapprove the sentlinontaof which I suppinat,l 'mast bear the odium. They appear lit a letter of which I have no recollection;. - they are ad : different : from the Bent a depts I always express wards yourself and the :gallant officers ofPur army, and are so Incansistent with allsiy an tecedents, that- iwareely consider them en titled-to a thoinents tlfought. I have..- the' honor - to romain i .very'repsoctfully,- Tour obit dientservant, • - , TRH liforrnnai: (ianETTE, .commenting on President Grant's message, says e" Whlie Cantina is always-ready to negotiate -for: be; settlement of all matters in dispOte, it can. not submit to any stand and deliver argu ments." The HERALD (independent) takes a - more Moderate view of the subject and trusts thee will be sufficient .right - *thug Among thepeoplo of bOth cuuntries tto get fiver existing diffieultles. linti NotT#- 1 ,114,.vra-S2vAttxx;lN, U. S. FLAG -SHIP . C.11.116F,E.LR BzvEs, JUL. 21,1845. - • Dy 9 D II: PowlEn, . admiral, To tho•PresidOnt.. _ - • •haI•••••A,..m.I.Et=WEJ? POTTSIn=.Z. „. - - 1 - . of :TARIGE4 •' • • , . , , - • .. 1 LIIIIIKNT WOit or ma £Un.—la the that 417 .of the ” Women's, Sights" ,agthp; this headman. volume is pectrly spewed- It is aserbisofsketeties armies - en who nave ihseaselvas Illantri i ona _ dining the present It • on, by their •._ . Wvamt la philan ilterature,-art ant politico; Thi i r i = this arewrifien brooms of our had ° Parton, iliggonson, Greeley,' Palmy rem Mrs. **WIN Game ereenwoodand others eontzibut-, into a miteklemble - extent, and they are so far - ewers ara ,IWm able and truthful. „ .A.z.procal iipitChteggourard lops of lids volume: "The hillaimles of such awl:irk cannot ail to Aerate_ the mandini of womanhood, - cand Inspire "In others an ambition to emulate the , noble qv:oth* of the characters therein describ ed. - At soeh, we wish tbr:it -a wide sad extensive circulation and we commend It to oar subscribers as bean - perhaps as near per thet is any worlecoulet be under the difficulties. sad anibirrammante attending the , publication of a aeries of aketebise of living =We ..,, It Is 'a beautifully printed - .book of egS pages, with 15 portralteon steel , and no less than forty seven biographies of Ammons woolen In w m all feel interested. - There is no doubt of Ite *. pfd sale, See advertisement for agent=' iniui other.oolninn. ,—, • -: . - , , 'Lied Asifters. • - VVF.EkL:ir ALMANAC. .Dec 171 k. itym 's l72l g l u g ikoweicumgaus. 3 8arr811a.7..:, -7 16.:. .::. D. H. N. 4 SCRDAT.--: , . 7 L. 4 3.1",:r4i11 H. 7 941 6.;". .5 4.ln*Dar.-,..: 7 13' '4:= Last- q. 45 4 15er. 16 :, .4 Xl,' :New M. 22 7 zt mu, 'l' sintaana.7l"..7 16 • .4 13 ,Flrat 11 42a19. Turarppay.....f ;;7"421. 718 •, 3 3. ; .I:aattie p Pu/p14..0t Ashland and M-afia noy at* t - autnt."; . ...;7 • . . • „ . „..I . 3arrooni Ilestea ‘Nefe e*tensii - ely pelron zed y&terilay. . , . ' The Tclo i egtaphlce - 1 Veloe.. No. b 3.7.,, will mcs, lallevetibeg at 7 a clock: . The Weather 'veeterday wee - 50,, - testi t te of vereoats for and warm fires. _. • - _ bur Public Scliobla are very -largely attend edam, areuudcr-Ooz . xl lir...;3Bolosonti, Feather, of tire ". Ntortiniet Ifoin,o;'' is lying se:lonely ill at his hotel; - ' - Wd ars Tol4 that the earth is iiow pa sing through a dornet's twit.' Hold your hats. • To-morrow—Fiftieth Sunday - UT tho year and third in Advent. Days lenatito hours and 17 minutes.. . 2.- Next. Tuesday will`beSt.*Lnorl.tba*-,i•oh4- quently the following WedliM;i:y, t'r.lay -end Saltixday will tie Ember days... ~ .. • -• • Out i!doratiantis who are Otying 'the inost advertising are doing the most busines.A. Mao a.not6of this, ye merchants who"; doit't.,think Advertising pays.". ; - Celery Tbemes circulate with, celerity.' •llckp is the latest etmeeriting this panacea • 7•l, gip ,, Weeks' constant use oi celery will revoiatirinVe a man's nervous-system. Lutheran Ser,vicea.—The Rev. Mr. will preach-101e Eng Hall Lutheran Church, Market Squire, to-morrow morning, at 104 o'clock, dud 9n the:evening at 7 o'cluck., .The Boattnen are tying np and sendiftg their mules into the r ral distriets fOr the They have not had a very setisortlef,Jt the present year:, -. "bissolized.,-" Self-respect, as *elf as a due • regard. for' the opinion or professional•firet tacit"' compelled tbelterka County:Siedit:al See iety to disband. 'That must have been a terribly ror rupt organization..•, ' • . .21 - IlJan- in New 'Jersey has Invented a stoVe which will consume its own smoke.' No w ; Will devisee method whereby tobacco mitwkers can consume their-awn smoke, he will Le t:11- titled to the' i thanki of all the ladies In thelautt. - . . ill tp lo Tbb WesterhlPll Telegraph has Lawn e•ln pleted 10 Ibis I.lolg gh d will iionnnetiee Inisi , items tlris morning at 1 'cluck, -at No. 159 L'en- Ire street. - 'flip Wires ill be continued to A. 4- loud and . Mineravllle uce.--- Robby' ;14 Herndon.-. On Thursday !wan ing last beta' n• 1 and .11: o'clock, burglars en tered tbe`itoreerixaltlanslewr.k. Bower, If ern don, by6op h ngl,brougli cellar-door. They blew optif esgriplif-atole about $2OO. - • , A Good Mau! avoids-answering • befOre'he is asked, and attidiesite say nothing but what is pure; profitable, suitatde and seasonable: but . a . wicked man-is apt, in a rash . and foiward num ner, to speak _what is unimitable,- sinful, and - hurtful. -• • " As people Want their pianos put in order tor the holidays and, for wiuter Use, they will be interested in learnipk tha(Mt. A. Stankowitch will begin operittiotisim,Monday. - Town orders can be left as usuhl."" country- cirders can be di rected to Witt at the . Merchatits' Hotel • Prof, BrOok'e Conier4.4Prof. Brooks, a blind man, will 'give ,a trend eincert at • the `l * .owdliall on Monday evening, next: Ile will b:e . asSisted by the chinning songstiess, Miss Burns, anti the innate lOVIng portion of our community will there be favored with a rare treat. , - `VThe Second Presbyterian Church and Poi- Ategatton, fief. Dr. Smiley, pastor, will wor ship in theXpitity . Reformed Church, Market street; t4 , -wiurroW, at .10}..k. M. arid 71 P. M. Subjeet: fir the evening: "Aniinal Instinct Compared with Human Reason.", All are •e6r dially invited. Itepplier's Breaker, which was Alvaro:yeti - 1)y fire oil Thursday morning; cost upwards of sev tinty• thOusand dollars, and had been standing tor . .it long time previonS to the fire, With nearly all the machinery In it.: It was partially Insured; but 'we were unable - to ascertain the exactliinottht. , ' Attention is,invited to the advertisement of, J. Walraven; 719 Cliestritit street:Philadel phia, Where maybe found usery.largo stock of hu curtains,, silk and woolen niateriWfor heavy ettWalns, piano covers, table,"eurefirof varierni kinds ; also, a full line of upholatvry wrork, window abarlerrolzi.. Chaippion `Butchers.—Two • "blOody'biittelt ent" of Shenandoah, have put up,. we A.a,nder stand, teb dollars a piece as a forfeit - On a bei of one htirdired dollars, on ttudiing the best time and Werk in killing a steer. .the match is to come off between this .and Chiristnissi. We Shall endeaeor to Kite the result. The sBv.' C.. N.' Chandler. Secretary of the, "Society for the Increaseipf the Ministry," will preach, on behalf of the; Society, in Trinity Church, tortnorrow *morning , and' evening. ..4,11 offertory will be tal.en tp for the Society., •• The pews are free every Stuvlay this church. '• Christmas Trees.—lt is to see some . of the fathers buSily: engaged in filing up. Christmas trees about this time, with which tor gladden the hearts °Mho little ones. Many of- . • flees are being turned into carpenter shops and gardens for constructing platforms, boxes, de., and -ruralizing them with soil, turf, rocks, • trees,. te. Mr. E. Taney Plush, who has been appointed general agent 'to 'establish agencieg throughout the United Stites for - the sale of the NleLe.in and Hooper 'Sewing Machine, has taken the store, No. 274 Centre Street., opposite Market, for the purpose of exhibiting, the Machine and establishing an agency in this County, for which fiurpose an active and ;reliable man is wanted. Mr. Pluse can be seen at the American douse, where he is now stopping. • Ladles' Pair—The ladies of Mahanoyjiity will' hold a grand fair, for the Oenellt;ef- Wash ington Camp, No. 72,. P. O. S. A.. counnefrg ; Monday evening, December 12th, centin 4 g the whole of the week.. Among the Artldea to be voted (Or the following arelalrsamples: four first-class - sewing machines, _tone Mason 'and Ifluplin Organ, ono set allVer-plated lames% an elegant silk flag; set of silver ware s one laandsouto parlor sofa, ate., dtc. _ • . - . .. os ier Du lin. one of " our oldest and most ignlg ' y . pected Irish-Ameriean citizen; died on Tn flint at the advanced age of seventy-, two years. Mr. Carlin wee born in the County of Donegal, Ireland, in 179 z; and ~came to this country when a mere boy. ' He settled inTotts ville in DM, when there were but few inhabl 'haute in the place, and remained herti'until his death. He Was an industrious, quiet and unob- ' trusive man, and leaves a large circle of friends. to mourn his low. _ Balky Borees.-11 is xarely well to whip, or kick or scold a balky horse, as Is the common •practice. Ono of the bag modes is to feed him where he stands with any aoceitible food, such as oats gars of corn, or even grass by the way aide, orhay from the wagon, which cittbe'pro? vided for the emergency. Forgetting his Whim, hew ill geniralli start without trouble, Another good waiy is to fill his mouth with dirt, which a desire-to get rid of will divert Ins thoughts, and .before ho knows it; he will be jogging Try.. rot Courteey.—Realurtesy Is widely: WI. &rent t the o nurtesyw hich blooms onirirt the sunshine of loye and the smile of beatity; and wllhere and taiga dawn in the atmosphere, pf poverty. age end toil: Show me the man who tun quit the brilliant society of the yotteg to listen to the tinily antics ot u S w elhe can bold cheettul converse with one years der pWVed of charms ; show ' um, ' man of bet °Wl Impales; who " I ,o ll4l V l L i ti , the poor andifeedy4 show maths who - treats unprotected nuidanbood as be would the heir• see, surroasted . W the prObietidn of rsak riches and Molly; ffor me the matt who new forigasibe latnatint tite &thug%sherespect that I. gee tiro tromp as 'lmam Irt any eon• dittosottdaint show me stteh a iniuson4 sou show MOS Mt/OWL • 410/0•114 21redisa.-.4Dontrary O. Jisual leaks asents4 are rieberaad showier Liao ever, ands of taste am without- amok dilfi: e= in a Uft party br ball dress— sise bas the wberewithal—so ipnist $ variety inetyle :and Ankh , is , to be *land on band. Tbelaost suitable and utsdoubtaily' be. moan; ladies la a drain of Vain ma' WWI, aMr Wilftlioarstudit. Swiss times or crape, midi* ear idther be roada'plain sr with any amount or trimming! thereon. All of ttid.above tnateriab always look handsomely' over silk or satin skirts. thiclatated - Letters retnaintocin thi3,Potts ville Pot. t.office, Eagan 11110 : • • Asir Ctistlei F.agan Jail , Anatieb. CFederspiel W Donk x Albert Gene& Viirguson J . 1( Potter Mrs Bores' Dias 111 'Hummel 31 F Swart: Aarte Bickel Ittitoig Wm • Btatger Chris Bonawits N Masan Mni Sturm Frank .6 Brennan P Jones Clara Bbarrlab Geo Bunting 8Y - Jennings Harry Brandon Thos Beek Rml Jr Herber Mathias Bslllloll M . Bradlcan Susan ,Eirkbride W Maims Mrs Brown Jane Kerby Hannah Treibley Mrs H CopeDr D 8 • Keenan Ellie Upson Tbeodore DreisetindtJOS - Lire!' PAWL Utast Isaee Ditzler Reuben Leffler Liss Wegner tiliorge Deegan Bridget Martin Th.* Brills :loam Dawson T llegoratick hi Tuengling -tag • The' Dedication of the Weladr -Oradvittlette, Methodist {Presbyterian-) Church of , Shelton- , doah, took plane :on Sunday, NavembetMh. 1870.. The' PresbYtery.ef Southern Penns "held their meeting there oh - The Saturday previews. The church building, says the Hicitot.n, meas ures 40 feet ,0 inches by 30 feel 6 inches, and ac corwmgdates about ale people. The front is built in the Gothic stwle.:_tbe tr.4er, seate.,lplat ani.Wnd indeed We whore struettuwahews ex— quisite taste on the parka the Dburob Commit tee,: and Mr., John Lewis, the builder, who have planned it expressly with a view to heat newt without extravagant° of expenditure; uid to the Comfort and' confenience of the congre gation. The cost of theentire , price of lot, furniture, Ike., amounts to atteut V..606.' It is only a year ago sinew the members of the siboif..e church commenced their services. in tbe.aerough school room: Tbey then numbered about eighteen, but their ntimbei has increw-ed to forty-six. • . • • - Shoott/str AffraV.--On Thursday, at the foot of lithanO. Plane, Thos. Costello threatened to kill' Mr.'Keefer, a buteber,. for which Wienee the lat /4.r gentlemanla.d a warrant Issued and placed in the . han.hr of Constable Frank ' Barth for the arrest of Costello. Armed with the um/date/if 'the law and a revolver, the constable started in purAill of his than, Seeing him coming, Cos tello startedto 'runwhereupon /Ito constable commanded him to halt, to which the man paid no attention but quickenedthis steps, and the constable Brea after him at the same time drop.' ping to„ the ground. Costello then 'wheeled around, drew a revolver and as. the et - Instable wan raising- up again Costello tired .tm Barth: then turned to run and /nada good his es cape, while Costello held- full VoSseestion of the field- and his liberty,' Mr.-Keefer then tele graphed, to Pottsville. 14.1 r Constable Fitzsim mons, who ImiEnedistely Arent up to the Planes. but WaN alittle toe; late, as Costello had packed nu' and 'departed' for Ltizerne County by the' train whiehieftan hoiir earlier. • ME The Koh-I-IsToCir Colliery.—The Shenandoah llnn,SLn announces .'the opening • day of :the above colliery of Mr. fticliard Hari:setter &..Co., which occurred. on the third-_ Instant, and.ssys • "it is now almost three years =tined - the ground was first _broken :for; the shalt, which at the . 'depth of ' 404t4nt•44 - ,,open4 the .fttot; and ,Idam moth _vein's - with an aitgregate thiektieSs of tIO feet of splendid coal. The ,epil•iery built upon principle:4 never. heretofore -practltailly in.this region, on on - Saturday, - worked adniimbly and the: entetprlsing'„..pro prietors, •Wlio have pushed! to a sinteessful com 'pletion.this-spetultd' etatttrprisp ItEspitefof f ,the , seri lakings of the Itip-Van-WinlcksAlitialWAy name their Voice* against impr4s44entents. br;tlt novittions otf old estatilitdied .gifethodii, deserve the eiongratulations of not only ail Inter'ested In our own valley anti its interests but alsnof the whole antliroeite coal tradi.." In Me aftirnopp a handsome, collation -Was , sprbad out for the work then which was indniged in riglith - eartily, and-inthe evening. Mr. 'Jerk - seller, entertaine d a lti - lre._pdrty orfriendm,. in - honor of. the event of the slay.. • , . • EiiiiiMEl ~~ ...•_„ . . . . . Toll to; rti3stinatioit.. , -Tlfere,.. is, 'we regiet to say, ticerbil.o ideas of youngLitiechanfrs from • whoni We Wo4l4'ekpectbetter conduct, whil are in the habit of reCeiving their weekly compen sation for.s . ixidays" hard toi each succeeding Saturday afterneon, ando re eight o'clock they are found, Bi -- Some o the-.numerous .sa-; :loons Beating out, their lifoliflay's wages over the counter for rum. Atiiihe, Tuesday's wages go the same road; at, ten., -- Wed,neldeirs • hard earned pay has followed; at eleven,.Thersday's tqty has disappeared vat tWelv,e, the last cent tetliiturilaCw 's, and the whole eek's Wages is sputtered - prom iscuouSly throUgh,„ thir.*lllirley dritwera of the rum shops from one - end of the town to the other,What', retyrn haVe these V olingrinin received for•their hard-earned ten, iwelve; fl fteen. or Okenti dollars? They are oh.: Tiviotis to the question at that holtr--drank and unintelligent. :Only this: Ask thorn the same estiotii on Sunday -Morning, ' , and --the= more candid will answer—"A 'terriblo beadaelie;• loss of apirtite and -disarranged system, nothing more. 'But they baVe received -more, ;They have`bought titsgiatce . ;,. earned • the contempt of good people-und paid so much more toll'-on the great turnpike to ilestruction. We make' no. charge far...this brief (rerun - hi to the. yogng mat' of Pottsville... This is, whEt we eajl paling 011 to hell. . .„. _ . . . , .. . . • - • , . . .. , . " - .) Otit :SEIV TORK LErrEBT. .--...- , . ~-, • - 1 , . .. •,_ .‘ - —.. New Yong; Dee. 8,-1870, - --_! ... To lita-ry so muclktn - say that "one cannot eV` anythlirg„i,is, I take it, no new predicament,: . -and onetlat ought,ty - this time, to be quite well - ktiown to • l'ekless• correspondents. In this great place w see so much •that we have very little time to,tell anything, but it is easy enough tow rite What,New 'York is doing. •• , If Nero thought, ho was having a good time when he fiddled, While Rome was burning, he made a mistake; and should havo waited to Lid-• die for New York to dance; for there is no gayer - season than that which 'its the society world, so-called,--is known as- THE SEASON. Just now the festivities come so rapidity that the liberality of pater-families ,and the artistic .Piste of modistes are constantly -in :requisition. The latter, about this time ; 54 the almanacs say, areinclining to classic models. - Costumes forevenitig' are delicately divided `into dignified velvets, .brocades and joitles, 'for matrons, and Carnaien silks, China cr.:posi t:dies, Ac.: for the youthful. Styles areas they should ese, magnificent for the former, and picturesque for the latter. In velvets, the regetation dress'of black is departed; from, ex cept as to the ntaideon do emu-, which is more particularly a dinner costume ; and ladies Awe - wearing shadetrofpearl, • eteam and' azure— white velvets; as' wellas shades of peach and al-, •ntond. Of course nothing but lace is regal enough to serve A:4 triinming for velvets of such delicate shades.' Unluckily, the 'heir-looms of. New York are not of aristocratic' poi is and .r -,fligh ttrre. . Among our newest silks the superiorrquali- ties of otos groin are -somewhat euinbersonie, and have given way to a point de sole. „quire as elegant, but softer and inure flowing, in which aro •produeed all these - wonderful elpsdes Of Eq. il de Nil, to pa:( - and Elude Lemiin. - Shades of coral,. and a peculiar green, called. Vest we , Itibt.ve, areespectafiy intended for our brunette beauties. - Shades iof grey, too;.are 'almost as 'popular. as those !of pink, which threaten to rival and swallow up the blues 'which have .so thig.hcen supreme. Satins - have lost the helm- - larity they gained three years ago and other fabrics have' taken their place: Among - the . number crepe de chine, and nothing So stylish or superior has been seen for a long time. - ' ". The prevailing taste seems. to point to 'soft, flowing fabrics, rich and noiseless,-instead' or the rustling . es so long uppermost in "the realm i - tyle; and crepe de chine is its cpro phet. It rues hades , of. laverider, blite, green, grey. black, and scarlet. It is seven quarters wide, and not less than ttlo a yard, and is 'used • exclusively for tunics, and over dresses abeTv.e bodies of silk to corratipond. Those over-dresses are. trimmed either with "lace, or with a beautiful mossy fringe, crimped nearly to the heading. - , - _ A tioublerfeistelpf ,ttlack and White SpaniSh blonde Is con_ Weretr particularl& stylish.— Oi - er at slip ' iAst , ' maize -colored satin, - ' , which, of itselt,. 'is made :dressy" with ruches, flutings, ,Ittc., this crepe' de chine i is the most beautiful! of all materiali•for evening dresses. It Is extonsiveto.be"surei; but neither the fair wearer not! the prounious pater-famlia.4 =will object to the dirice;when they-see.- the el.- ance of the ensembles. Some'Algerian gauzes Less ex pensive," though of -course leas beautiful. , 1 conic next in popularity to crepe de chine: and" -same extra field silks itriown as Celestial Ern ' pires make tastefoillies or slips .to wear ~._., . With thtni.". - L, Trained dresses are"alritost entirely discarded . in the hall-room, or wherever the dancers most do eongregate ; and if worn at ill, are arranged to to carried' across the - arm,at ,pleasure. ' 1 he poor men ! Let the society man "the g lass of fashion and the mould of for" Ilse a pattern -of ea,se and propriety; the. two-yard train in.-the 'drawing-room iii sure to-bring him to grief.— Just-when bethinks be ha* compassed its silken peninsula; he Is sure to""put nil foot in it;.', -and it he is schOoled against bad word,,, •hels . • . not proof against Silent ,anathemag:' The habit of wearing long -dresses at evening -entertain- - manta tend to make such evenings generally, place! ofawkwardness and 'stilt ceremony.— When Inert and women can approach one anoth •eir_lnear'enongh to :hat easily and : understand ,., rn frly - there. will to more geouinepleasuie-then ;is nadal at such places,' . .• • --- ' •. . • - 4 i The numbers of fashionable weddings in this ' .sity at present are positively' enormous; - and the wardrobes of the. brides cost, individually.. enough to: stet up . several - modest - homes.--, Women; in-spits of their rights, seenito think 'that engagements and marriages - constitute - the . supreme and pre-eminent -era in their I es. The time may come when, engrossed - in: b i • • ness- or professional affairs, a woman may: clasi. her' marriage among. the_minor episodes' of her' career; its. higher: .aud - more mein.... enable interests clustering • round -'successes and trials of I public nathre. .Every.to - ,ker.os at thesis scenes of mockery, (for a wedding in high life Is nothing buta farce,) feeW the liner Instincts of hls or ' her•nature outraged at such publicity and- ,sulgarity.-- _What should be accred is-now .so grossly expw.W. Ibid. sensible* people - are losing their faith in' those' who; showing good sense -in :other thing.,- mas no' ahem* to display and every-earthly -possession at this, the most amportant of all oc-. cottons In life. When the better plebe do these low-bred things - weeartnot Wonder ilr the taste -which leads .Diew Yorkers to crowd the Opera House every night to sr theaupocui .. umorrAtAND - ; , who- ban:been ma de famons, - alter e faihiola by ' the notlesrof-Prinee Eder. ' , . ,' The tiny photographs_ ikand upon' the ladles' hoses, fussy hoses, give the .baiit Idea of - the features * 'of this latest flawed importation. - Bet of course, her gorgeous figure niult lession to be "follyapp AU that le requisite fat's alight,hi ill. iillit.to,the Mak Opera Haag& Bbe is said to bee queen of dramatic saltiness, and the priocaarar sa bar predeenip.ss la.- the mat.;. ter at lata3r" abandon - . : -- .-- _ • :_.. •." • Narkkar so. lagantaaaly le - ...11. bag boo -, • UPANAIMP A 511114402 Ilifteri aarataribf bar • :r. in mu raft Paura.7 or lustalguk oat • 14! aosinatim th e find aakitstrses Kargasette fa ina dins _with raark And whams ' abe : Mama* lit . . , . . . MIS==I=!ME=M • COXT)iTY/Mr' , P'§YLVANI.tk. Qfonespeiiibence.' MEMMIIMIIMI • Pardon of her dieis and raises another, and re voile_ bee both o and her boots (and a little more wan , bobta).4e, a gaze which, perhaps, it meant to be represented.sza only ardent, but wide* is simply lascivious. She ip a large womiut i miel onerwho understands the-art of dreadeg and Undreseing to perfection'. rat this la the multan who is oltenest seen. in tbe oust limit upstage oirthe_avenne, deemed u'regidly m Cleopatra orold indseated beside one of tkolf richest mew in ihts country. Such is life lath's Mtroiella_ of strange contrasts and Erotesee ~ - Entritnt IltsznaVor RNA L —Sire always gives me very great pleasure to read-anything on. mines or mining. and particularly when I 'know the persons ,who write take a deep in terest in the matter. I have worked in the 'Minas now over :twenty years, and have , paid some little attention to the `business, ,I must though myedticstien was none, for my Erta never oaresiabout schoolingoio I way tl% - purely practical learning Or knowledge frfthe mines. I have worked ip many:parts of England in thispenke in ethers, and.in almost ; every instance every place varied, the coal be ing of a - different nature - as. well as ID strata, having more or leas. inclination. I-have always 1 ,observett whether in .Bituminous or Anthracite coal, where the ventilation has been good the coal luta been more easily deg, and .the miner bettor able ttbrough good air)- to produce more WI < , Tbe.resion why I write this,'4 on-aecount of seeing in your Issue of last Saturday an article -from the '.Lomlon Misists - JouttsAL, wherein it Is showing the different productions of coal as well as the different numbers of deaths by , exploitions, and falls of rock and coal by impioper ;propping turd timbering.. It gives the Durham Distticei, the ituniber of tons raised per. man, the most,. also• the" -least mortality,. and • plates the men ' from those districts at the head of the lists fur - that . in the firt place these distr;Cts have a decided advantage ever almost all others in this respect, which the editor of the L. M. Joen,sym 'dare not See 11l - to understand, or cite why 'don't he show the reasons. The seams are almost fiat, Varying but very little, but a few degrees ; the coal can be dug any way the proprietors or typerators choose; the tubs as they ure eallett.' (ewe here) eon be took with ease in ,any` , lion in the mine theywish, either up toe Sean) or down, which gives the operators great En-il ities fur getting out coal trimly and easy, which, a seam that has over a certain number of de-. grecs of inclination cannot do; hence .1 lie ultra ' tier of tons per man more there thou else Where, also. the seam; bang flat it afforilaßetter facili ties for good timbering or propping, which can-. -hot be done in a seam, which has_ much • pitch ; hence less mortality. _Again, a Seam that is flat can be better ventilator( than ern: that pitches, which nets:uits 'far the mini i n these, ti44.ii