Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              w "** ■* "'" ""' HHMI I m xfV'*,,. 4 * '• - TSTON GA 7C1TTP La Hi J. J. Hj i AB f •» fjrxuflpuprr—(JBnatrt la ihttatet, tjit Jforraiitilt, Mtiittg, Jfittticmiro/, nttit 3itfarate nf Hit Canittrq, Snitrartifin, StettsUmtnt, 1R.ir(jart k .VJj-,, s i.-numb: PITTSTON*, PENNA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1850. $2.00 PER ANNUM. OsasiKsrm [KD WEKKLY BY kets of the Lake country, and the northofn part of the State of New York—with the construction of the Pennsylvania Company's railroad from Pittston to the Hudson and Delaware canal, connecting with the freat Hudson river and the city of New ork, and the railroad now in progress through the state of New Jersey, contemplated to be continued ioto that coal region, with the Leggitt'g Gap railroad, now being made from the Lackawanna to oonncct with the York and Erie railroad, and the outlet by the Pennsylvania canal, for the markets of Baltimore, Washington, 8c., as well as for the supply of coal from that region for the use of the extensive iron works, contiguous to the line of the canal, all of which improvements centre at Pittston,) there are really good grounds for the assertion that that town must ere long become an extensive mercantile and manufacturing place. However, time will prove how far I am right or wrong in my conjectures as to the rnpid increase of mercantile and manufacturing establishments in that neighborhood. Pittston is situated on the south bank of the Susquehanna, nine miles above the town of Wilkesbarre, a short distance west of the confluence of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna, the present head of the Pennsylvania Canal. The main feature in the origin of improvements in the neighborhood of Pittston, and by which the foundation stone of its present prosperity and advancement was [ hmt,- was the dovrlopmCtm of n valuable I vein of ooal, by Col. Johnson, formerly a resident of the place, but now living in the city of New York in the enjoyment of the fruits of his enterprising spirit. About nine years ago Col. Johnson commenced a perpendicular shaft close on the bank of the canal at Pittston, to develop© a vein of coal which he supposed to exist at a certain depth below the surface—an enterprise considered in that day as emanating not altogether from an over sane mind, it being laid down by the residents of the place as a scheme of a wild character. Notwithstanding" all that was said against it, and the advice gratis given to abandon the project, the shaft was gone on with, and prosecuted to completion, and the projector, the spirited and sagacious owner of the state, Col. Johnson, had the gratification of developing, at a distance of fifty feet below the surface, a coal vein fourteen feet in thickness, of excellent quaiity.V- Thus, by his perseverance, which was crowned with success, an additional and substantial value was given to the neighborhood of Pittston. together with the nature of the surface, will lead to a certain and unerring proof (as the oo*l veins, in their regularity, are not much opened upon by faults, dykes, or other disturbances in that region) of the existence and situation of the veins in all parts of that great and valuable ooal field. I' rom the existence of several axis in the Wyoming coal field, it not unfrequently happens that erroneous estimates are made of coal properties in the region, as to the quantity of ooal contained under a certain area of surface. Throughout the coal field, and more (specially in the central parts which command a valuable farming district, (as is in character with human nature,) each farmer has the best coal tract through which he. states the coal extends, and no further—in other words, Providence has been more bountiful to him than his neighbor—who, being satisfied with what the surface produces, is desirous to " let well enough alone," and will not incur any expense to develojDe the hidden treasures of his estate. Sometimes difficulties are presented to embarrass the prosecution of developments for coal, in the shape of sand banks, gravel mounds, and other deposites of this kind, occasioned by the change of the course of the river and its ttibutaries, making their way through the valley, and in some places these exist to a considerable extent; still their situation is marked on the surfnee, and a tolerable idea may be formed of their area and depth. I have thus far digressed from the origi. nal intention of the letter, (which promised a description of the town of Pittston and its improvements,) for the purpose of giving the reader an idea how the mineralogical value of a place or district may be kept back and remain hidden for the want of proper means and judicious management to bring its mineral treasures to light. The Pennsylvania Coal Company, since they made the contract for Col. Johnson's estate, have purchased property in that region to the amount of about 600,000 dollars, and they are still making further purchases. ..The estimated cost of purchasing land, opening coal mines, constructing railroads, steam engines, cars, (See., will not fall much short of two milliohs five hundred thousand dollars. Their mining operations are conducted under the able supervision of Mr. David Lloyd, a practical miner, well known in his profession as one of the most intelligent and. ablest men in the country. NETTIE BOTTOM BALL: Or Batsy Jon*' Tumble In Um Mush Pan. I could hear Betsy makin' things stand around above. The floor was only loose boards kivered over wide joice, and every step she made 'em shake and rattle like a small hurricane. Old Tom smoked away, and the youftgones at the table would hold a spoonful of mush to thur mouths and look at my straps, and then look at each other and snigger, till at last the old man seed 'em." Th. Habit of Boding. The Old World and the New.—Growth of the Bepublt*, It is gratifying to the pitde and patriotism of every true hearted American to observe the change that has come over the [tublio mind of Europe within a few yean n relation to the "model Republic"— these United States. But a little while has tone by since the disposition to sneer and eride—to underrate our country and our countrymen—and to speak of the ynighty Experiment of a free government in terms any but eovjable. But a change has come over the spirit of the dream. Our progress has been so rapid—our prosperity so remarkable—that many of the most enlightened statesmen of the Old World concede that this is already a Great Nation—and that the promise for the future is full of encouragement. Thus, the London Economist of a lute date, speakiug of the prosperity of the United States, says;— " The prosperity is attractive, and it is the boast of some of the journals that while the members of Congress are daily threatening a dissolution of the Union, neighboring States and countries are anxious to be admitted members of it. Canada talks of annexation ; California is pressing for admission; Cuba is ready to join it, and is only withheld by the power of Spain, and the modesty and integrity of the United States in refusing to accede to its wishes, and to grant some assistance to accomplish them. Mexico has laid aside its hostile feelings, and its people are looking forward earnestly and anxiously to incc rporation. Central America, too, is soliciting a closer connexion, and hoping for the time to come when it shall form a part of the great republic that is to stretch over the whole continent. Events are advancing rapidly, though the Congress may stand still. Society will not wait for its leave to live, and thrive, and grow, and will, in some way or other, settle the slavery question; perhaps before Congress has done talking about it. In Amenoa itis seen more clearly than in Europe, that society moves faster than legislation, and does not depend on that to regulate its future existence. Thus, white members of Congress are threatening dismemberment, there is gathering round the States at a nucleus other States ready to adhere to it and Increase it or every side. It is swelling too, by immigration from every quarter, and exhibiting the extraordinary spectacle of men of nearly every lineage the earth being harmoniously akmd* the great Anglo Saxon family, and becoming one with it. The reverse of the phe. nomenon that occurred on the plains of Babel seems there in progress, ana many, if not branehes of all the various nations of the earth, are Uniting to use one tongue, and live under one law." The young should always cultivate a habit of reading, for it may T» to them, not only the means of information, but the peroneal source of many of the finest enjoyments of lite. They who make good book8 their constant companions, will never want good and faithful friends in their prosperous days, or those who will sympathise in the seasons of reverse. There can be no blank in the lives of those per. sons who, fram active love, hotd daily fellowship with tbe wisest and beat of their race. We thing we could hardly be induced to exchange a babit of reading for any other friend it may be our fortune to find on earth. And We are sure that any one who will make this habit a friend, will ever esteem it among the wisest steps of their lives, and so we counsel the young, that among all their gettings in this world, to get this habit, the love of reading—and always to have at hand a good book with which to fill up every leisure hour. Iti this way they may come to know that the gems of life are found in its waste places. " Well, it are a fact, boys," sad Jim Sikes, that 1 promised to tell you how I cum to git out into these Platte Diggins, and I speculate you must as well have it at onst, kase its been troublin' my conscience amazln' to keep it kiver'd up. The afarr raised jessy in the Nettle Bottom, and old Tom Jones' yell, when he swar he'd " elm* me up," gives my meat a slight ■prinkUtfof ager wbeeever I think on it. "You we there wai a small town called ! Equality, In lHinise,.that some speckelai tars started near Netie Bottom, cos thar | wur a spontaneous »4t lick in the diggins, und no sooner did tljey it agoin' and build some stores anil groceries thar, than they wagon'd from Cincinnati and other up-stream villages a pftcel of fellers to attend the shops, that looked as nice, all'ays, as if they wur goin' to meetin'or on acour| tin frolic : and salt their picters, they wur [ eternally pokin' up their noses at us boys ' of the Bottom. Well, they got up a ball ! in the village, jest to iatreduce themselves I to the gals round the neighborhood and invite a few of us to make a contrary pictur to themselves, and so shine us out of comparison. Arter that bull thur wan't anythin' talked on among the gals but what nice fellers the clerks in Equality wur, and how nice and slick they wore their liar, and their shiny bootsi and the way they stirrupp'd down their trowsers. You couldn't go to sea one of 'em, that she wouldn't stick one of tHfcSe fellers at you, and keep a talkin' how slick they looked. It got to be perfect pizen to hear of, or see the critters, and the boys got together at last to see what was to be done—the thing had grown perfectly alarmin'. At last a ; rueetin' was agreed on down at old Jake i Bents'. 4k H. S. Phillip*. i» Stmt, necond Story of Utt of H'itnrr 4- Wood. luhed every Friday, at Tw» . Two Dollar* and Pirtr fed if not paid within the " Well, by gun flints, says he, " ef you ain't makin' a josey " u Jest at that moment, somethin gin way above, and may I die, ef Betsy didn't drop rite through the floor, and sot herself flat Into the pan of mush ! I jest tho't for a second, that heaven and yearth had kissed each other and squeezed me between 'em. Betsy squeeled like a' scape pipe,'—a spot of the mush had spattered on the old man's face, and burnt him and he swore dreadful. I snatched up the pan of milk, and dashed it over Betay to cool her off—the old 'oman knocked me sprawlm' fur doing it and away went the straps. The young ones let out a scream, as if the infernal pit had broke loose, and I'd jest gin half of my hide to have been out of the old man's reach. He did reach fur me, but I lent him one of my half-blows on the smeller that spead him, and may be I didn't leave sudden! I didn't see the branch, but I soused through it. I heer'd Tom Jones swar he'd 'chaw me up,' ef an inch big of me was found in them diggins in the mornin.'" ® atinued until ull arrearage* Advertisements rj inserted conspicuously at One Dollar per more of fourteen lines for three insertions; ar TwENTT-ttV* Csnts ad- ditional fur ercry ibicquent insertion. A lib' eral deduction to Vmc who advertise for six months nr the whotorar. Job Work.—We ha- connected with our estab- lishment a well selecil assortment of Jos Typf., , which will fnntile no execute, in the neatest I style, erery variety C printing. Being practical printers ouraelvrs, w ,Ln nffonl to do work on as reasonable tenm as ty cither office in the county. All letten ami cnmruiications adil rested to the QaxeUe must be TV paid, and endtWed by a responsible name, taccive attention. (Drigino  Women. * Written* the Pittston Gazette, BOYOOD. It seems as if nature connected our intelligence with their dignity, as we conncct our happiness with their virtue. This, therefore, is a law of eternal justice—man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into the degradation; he cannot raise her without becoming better. Let us cast our eyes over the globe and observe the two great divisons of the human race, the east and the west. One half of the ancient world remains without progress, without thought, and under the load of a barbarous civilization; women there are slaves. The other half advances towards freedom, light, and happiness; the women there are loved and honored. Age has come, butt the valley Of my birth andjuthftil joy Often burets upon d vision Till.I sigli t* be—boy! Ertri.twr iw*ev»W legend \ 1 And the cool and lublWg aprii*, With iti slender, arcig willows " I didn't know for a spell whar I was runnin', but hearing nothin' behind me, I slacked up, and jest considered whether it was best to go home and get my traps strait, and leave, or go see the ball. Beih' as I was a manager, I tho't I'd go have a peep through tile winder, to see ef it cum up to my expectation. While I was lookin' at the boys goin' it, one on 'em spied me and hauled me in, stood me afore the fire, to dry, and all hands got round insistin' on knowin' what was the matter. I ups and tells all about it. 1 never heered such laflin', hollerin', and screamiiK in all my days." . b D dear and sacitthing. Yes, the emerald woftmd island And the lake—1 still! I With the braok foreviowing From it to the ncigtririg mill. Thoee old trees, hewiand fondlj Have their arms ci*npaxs'd njnc, Whilst, aloft, I rocked transport; Or with gladness plBed the vile. On next Sunday night instead of takin' the gals to meetin' whar they could see these fellers, we left them at home and met at Jake's, and 1 am of opinion thur was some.congregated wrath thar—whew wasn't they? "Oil and scissors!" says Mike Jelt, let's go down and lick the town, rite strait /" Never shrink from a woman of strong sense. If she becomes attached to you, it will be from seeing similar qualities in yourself. You may trust her for she knows the value of your confidence. You may consult her for she is able to advise, and Tloes so at once with the firmness of reason and the consideration of affection.— Her love will be lasting, for it will not have been slightljfwon; it will be strong and ardent, for weak minds are incapable of the loftier grades of passion. If you prefer attaching yourself to a woman of feeble understanding, it must be either from fearing to encounter a superior person, or from vanity of preferring that admiration which springs from ignoranoe, to that which approaches to appreciation. Thither in the «ummer4nying, | What a joy to piling ml lav# Or, beneath the long, et »haClo« Lift the trout from wavV Shadows of the proud imountat AVith it* bold and b«*g crag, Where, I aometiiues tho%t, a *a May have dualled the lundinf But what made it more ef Was the spirit of the la D Trolling i» sequestered a That was like the snow Still that cottage and that Start before my rapturel. Like some fairy dream of bit Or a vision of the nig Id "Jest then, my trowsers gin to feel the fire, and shrink up about an inch a minit, and the boys and gals kept it up strong, laflin' at my scrape, and the pickle I wur in, that I gin to git riley when all at once I seed one of these slick critters, from town, rite in amoug em' hollerin' wuss than the loudest." " No !" hollered Dick Butts, let's kitch these slick badgers oomin' out of meetin' and tare the hide and feathers off on 'em !" " Why darn 'em, whatde'y think, boys," busted in old Jake, "I swar if they ain't larnt my gals to wear cushins; only this ,Hioruin I caught mj darter Sally puttin' one on and tyin' it nmiid her. hunting,! N" 11 itlake. i Wm. F. Roberts, Practical Geologist and Engineer'of Mines.,/ \Biut Sugartoaf, Luzerne County, Pa. /y " Old Jones said he'd chaw you up did he ?" says the town feller, ' well, he al ways keeps his word.' ;C?ht, 1 ,y I r«rai a joy to start the hlron From the ledge, with qdlck aurjnM* liul to hear the eagle scrmminj AC it rote the drooping akiea; Or to we the rainbow, gloting In the wave and high alite, Liki A ban J dropt out ol' Heaven | As i bond of Heavenly bve. She tho't I was adccp, but 1 seed her, and I made the jade repudiate' it, and no mistake—quicker." Important Clause in an Omnibus Bill—For- " That minit I biled over. I grabbed bis slick hur, and may be 1 didn't gin him scissor* ! Jest as I was makin' him chafed specimen, some feller holler'd out, 'don't let old Jones in with that ar rifle!" I didn't hear any more in that Bottom, lightnin' couldn't a got near enough to singe my coat tail, fjumped through the winder as easy as a bar 'ud go through a cane brake ; and cuss me if I couldn't hear the grit of, old Jones' teeth and smell his glazed powder until 1 crossed old Missisippi."In the course of two or three post years the attention of capitalists has been turned to this part of the anthracite formation.— Heavy purchases of coal property have been made, and are continued to be made, and costly improvements gone into in the construction of railroads and opening ooal mines, all of which tend to build up a flourishing business-like and extensive town at Pittston ; every week, nay, almost every day, adding some new project towards its improvement, advantage and size. Notwithstanding the success of Col. Johnson in developing the coal in his shaft, contrary to the opinion of his neighbors, the place is not yet divested of its prejudices in favor of old theories as regards the geological character of the coal field; and I believe nothing but the coal in situ developed as Col. Johnson did it with pick and shovel, would convince many of them of the existence of certain veins of coal in certain places where a preconceived judgment had been formed to the contrary. elgn Insurance Companies. . " The boys took I drink on the occasion and Equality town was slumberin' for a short spell, over a (Pn-tigous vearthqunke, At last one of the bays proposed, before we attacked the town, 'hat we should git up a ball in the Bottom, and jest outshine the town chaps all to (eath, afore we swallowed 'em. It was liard to gin in to this proposition. but the hoys cum tn it at la«t, and every feller started to get the afarr agoin." " 1 had been a long spell hankerin' arter old Tom Jones' dtrter, on the branch, below the Bottom, aid she was a critter good for weak eyes—nay be she hadn't a pair of her own—wel, if they warn't a brace of movin' light houses, I wouldn't say it— there was no uilculatin' the extent or handsomeness of the family that gal could bring up around her, with a feller like me to look arter 'em.—-Talk about gracefulness, did you ev«r see a maple saplin' movin' with a soith wind ?—It warn't a crooked stick to compare to her, but her old dad was auful. He could just lick any thing that stid boo in them digging, out 8war Satani and was ns cross as a she bar, with cubs. He had a little handkerin' in favor of the fellers in town, too, for I hey gin him presents of powder to hunt with, and he wis precious fond of usin' his shootin' iron. I determined any how to ask his daughter Betsy to be my partner at the? Netle Bottom Ball. A Gentleman. A supplement to an act " relative to the rights of married women—authorizing Amanda M. Richmond of M'Kean County, the Trustees of the Church .of God in FredericBburg, Lebanon County, and Thos. Heyl, Jr., Guardian, to sell certain Real Estate—in relation to party walls in West Philadelphia"; to the laying of gas pipes in the district of Moyamensing » «o tire state Lunatic Hospital; relative to the service of process against .Sheriffs; to the sale and purchase of certain burial grounds," 8c., provides that no person shnll hereafter act as agent for any Insurance Corapuny not incorporated by this State, without paying a county license of $15, and in addition 3 per cent, of all receipts into the county treasury—under the penalty of #500 ; and it is made the duty of the Treasurer of each county to prosecute to conviction any person offending against the provisions of this act. Agents of such companies are ut*o required to- give bonds in the .sum of #".2000 to keep a faithful record of all moneys received, and make a true report, 8c. Show me the man who can quit the brilliant uocioty of the young to listen to the kindly voice of age, who can hold cheerful converse with one wlwm years have deprived of charms—show me the man who is as willing to help the deformed who stands in need of help, as if the blush of Helen mantled on her cheek—show me the man who would no more look rudely at the poor girl in the village than at the elegant and well dressed lady in the saloon—show me the man who treats unprotected maidenhood as he would the heiress surrounded by the powerful protection of rank, riches and family; show me the man who abhors the libertine's gibe, who shuns as a blasphemer the traducer of hia mother's sex— who scorns, as he would a coward, the ridiculer of woman's foibles, or ihe exposer of womanly reputation—show me the man who never for an instant forgets the delicacy, the respect due to woman as woman, in any condition or class, and you show inc a gentleman; nay, you show me better, you show me a true christian. This is a glorious and a true picture.— The Old World is pouring its population in upon us by thousands and tens of thousands, aad the tide of emigration does not pause on touching the Atlantic section of our Union, but passes on anxiously and rapidly to the West. How wonderful has been the change within a'short time on the shores of the Pacific, and especially in the neighborhood of California! But the other day a wilderness, comparatively speaking —and now the .abode of a multitude of active, enterprising human beings. And who may predict the aspect of that portion of our country half a century hence?— Who may venture to imagine the towns and cities that will grow up midway ? Thus far our oourse has been wonderful. We may justly be described as the marvel among the modern nations, and, if true to ourselves—to our duties—and to mankind, the Pbesknt will prove a tithe aa compared to the Future—-or rather, as the little acorn to the mighly oak. Let us be grateful to Providence for the blessings enjoyed, and the position we occupy, and prove this feeling by a laudable effort to advance in all that is noble, virtuous, patriotic, and humane! Often have we hung err halted Aa our little bark mo*d flow, To behold our vessel, gluing With its canvass, juti below ! Like the little golden cloldlet In the blue mid-heave on high, With its gauzy sail juK tiling, Slowly sailing down tie sky! Th« Art of Printing. Hohlrauch, a very interesting and learned writer of German affairs, says that the real inventor of the present system of printing by moveable types, was John Guttenberg, of Mentz. Though born of noble family, in 1401, he was lipt rich. The property lie had was spent in bringing to perfection the art which he had made his study. Previous to his time, perhaps for ages, the process of printing had consisted in-taking impressions from wooden boards, upon which were cut the letters; of course, in a book there were just as many boards as there were pages. The whole system, therefore, was quite as inconvenient and expensive as writing. Gutteubcrg conceived the idea of being able to print by means of wooden sticks, upon the ends of which the letters were to be cut. But it required a thousand experiments before he was able to accomplish this plan. Whether the first suggestion originated with him is not so clear as the fact that he finally reduced it to practical purposes. With the completion of this tfork the inventor found himself pennyless. John Faust, a goldsmith, and a townsman of Guttenberg, advanced the funds, and a partnership was formed between them and Peter Scoffer.— When the scheme was fully tested, and its success placed beyond a question, Faust "deprived Guttenberg, by legal process, of all his instruments and property, and excluded him from the concern." This is but a repetition of the course which is nearly always pursued towards the inventor, and though a subject of regret and reprobation, ceascs because of its commonness, to be a matter of astonishmeut. Year* have passed, aa tho' distant, Still the spot is deai)o me, Like some far-off eliintor region I la the land of Poesy, I Now the breese is on if forehead, Still I see the glide, * Burdened lightly with fs spirit Which kind Heaveitiade—my bride! Mtiton, June 1860." * 4 * ROY, " Convince a man against hi* will, He'* of the name opinion itUl," is strictly carried out to the very letter by imany of the rjpidents of the great northern mthracite region of Pennsylvania. The geological opinions advanced are as nany and as varied as there are estates in [he coal region ; and it would appear from onveraation with the different property olders, that each one has a leelle the best mI tract ; therefore, the conclusion a ranger not conversant with geology would ime to, would be that all are good, and riong so many good things, if he should 11 desirous of making an investment, he : |Duld be much puzzled where to fix his Dice. The gains of Advertising. Curious Scientific Diaoovery. The Evening Bulletin says It has long been known and any one may test the fact, that when a drop of water is placed upon a piece of iron, red or white hot, and the hotter the better, instead of being instantly converted into vopor, it itself up into a globular shape, and is not even boiled by the intense heat. It occurred to a French philosopher, that this fact might explain certain phenomena of men being able to handle or work upon intensely hot substances, and upon making the experiment, he found that he could put his hands into melted iron or walk over it barefoot with ease. Any person can do this, when the skin is moist, the only caution neccssary being not to move the hand or other part in contact with the incandescent metal too quickly. The experiment must l« performed deliberately, with the iron or other metal at a white heat, or if melted still better. This fact accounts very simply for some astonishing miracles which it has hitherto required uo little faith to believe. From the NortfAmerieuit I Dttription of Improv4enta in 'the Norti' Anthracite Region C Pennsylvania, 1 in IT Vicinity of PitfsUrkLuztrne County, At m F. Roberts, and Kttl Ar of Minet. ■ I ■ W as promised, irHy last communica-) tion* this subject, (bWour leave, »jd for whiApurpose the cc mns of your very ▼aluM paper have n kindly offered,) to st8t, from time time, for public rcadiAa description the coal mines the ea of the worki s and other matter I Acollect in th ouwe of my sur vcy.wl may be dfied of ' "irest ti (he puW and iect. the lollowinjj growth of Pittston i prove unacceptable. pleased to read of the any place, or district rrmeh more so, that flourishing condition o ing places and Mi State ; and I coniiC vanians as well as' feelings. - . Before I hau in the primitive York State, I wi |y to prWavd to to examine » hood. Fo» and during works of the The works of means of rofcnote now, ancx time, make i» lar to PotUvu gjon, and T tuminionr sidered taking « K., (situa sqt" lucrat of cui J villas " The increasing demand for newspapers, and in connection with it, the extention of advertising, is working a great udvantage in business, especially among retailers. Thirty years ago a store, once established, was sure to keep its custom, unless Its proprietor recklessly and blindly neglected his affairs ; but now no establishment, however popular, can retain its patronage unless it advertises and advertises extensively.— This is as it should be. People, instead of running up and down to hunt an article they may happen to desire, have now only to glance over the columns of the paper and learn at once where their wants can be supplied. Profits, too, are less in consequence of the competition ; and hence the public is supplied cheaper than formerly. A retailer who wishes to mako a fortune now, must expect to sell a hundred thousand dollars worth of goods where he used to sell twenty-five thousand, aim to make but one quarter the profits he did before. He cannot continue the old prices without losing his custom. His only chance to outstrip his neighbors is to advertise ; to advertise extensively and continually. It is useless for him to complain of this, as some do, we cannot understand the times. He must adapt himself to tfircumstances, or he will, sooner or later, be insolvent.— He has, indeed, but one thing to do j and that, vigorously persisted in, will make him rich ; it is to advertise, to advertise, and again to advertise. Well, my sister Marth made me a bran new poir of buckskin trowse«s to go in, and rile my pctur' if she didn't put stirrups on 'ein h keep 'em down. She said straps wur tha fashion and I should ware 'em. I jest fclt with 'em on as if I had somethin' preisin' on me down—all my joints were flight together, but Marth insisted, and 1 laiew 1 could soon dance 'em off, so 1 gin in, and started off to the branch for Bdsv Jones. «■ The Heart.—The little I have seen of the world, and known of the history of man - kind, teaches me to look upon the error* of others in sorrow, not in anger. When' I take the history of one poor heart that has sinned and suffered, and represent to myself the struggles and temptations it haa passed through; the brief pulsations of joy; of the feverish inquietude of hope and tear ; the pressure of want; the desertion of friends, the scorn of the world that has little charity ; the desolations of the soul's sanctuary, and threatening voices within, health gone, happiness gone, I would fain leave the erring soul of my fellow-man with him from whose hands it came.—Longfellow. 'lie opinions given as regards the rumof coal veins, their course and direcare (as I before stated) very numer- many of them very .; but a practical miner, a geologist, or any person conversant with coal formations, provided he will not be biased by perplexing and extravagant theorists, but look for himself, carefully examine, and take nature as his guide, would not be at much loss in discovering the situation and direction, of the coal veins in tl»e region.— It is true, that in consequence of tne coal region having several axis, synclinal and antiolinal of coal strata, that he may err sometimes; but by strict research and careful observance, he would not err much. into ..id itt-aulianiM«otn»e ilow""" partfula)C rapi(j I inconsisu.. "fcfi " Jfg uK0* ridhr e»a8geT^; bui|)l! .lociJ,- ehanna, '/iBiiof a sMtn(j re )n , blate iration, with Afuj wrwond*,, Cm|e8| w4u«" H' beat qui at C°'c lhkn. wilm •' When I arriv' the old fcllew wur sittiii' smokin' i»rter supper, and the younger Jones' wur sittin' round the table, takin' theirs. A Mhappin' big pan of mush stood rite in the centre, and a large pan of milk beside it, unil lots of corn bread and butter, and Uetiy was helpin' the youngsters, while old Mis. Jones sot by admirin' the family collection. Old Tom took a hard star' at me, and 1 kind a shook, but the straps stood it, and I recovered myself, and gin him as good as he sent, but I wur near the the door and ready to break if he sliow'd fight, ' not tuch Mrs. Osgood's Last PofiM.—The death of Mrs. Frances Sargent Osgood, has excited a universal feeling of regret. Below we publish her last verses, written but three or four days before her death, and from which it will be seen that she had a full premonition of her approaching end: You've woven roses round my way And gladdened all my being; How much I thank you none can «ay Save only the All-weing. May He who gave this lovely gift, This love of lovely doing*, Be with yen wheraaoe'er you go, In ev'ry hope's pursuing* 1 I'm going thro' the Eternal gate* Ere June's sweet rosea blow! Death's lovely Angel lead* me there— And it U nweetto go. May 7th, I860. D■ .... ,\ . It is astonishing *tpw much wisd«n can be compressed into three or four lines; for •*- ample, 'The most useful sign-painters in the world are publishers of newspaper*—adver- *■ tise your business in the papers, if yoa would draw customers." The Conqueror and the Printer. Newspapers. When Tamerlane had finished building his pyramid of seventy thousand skulls, and was seen standiug at the gate of Damascus, glittering with steel, with his battle-axe on his shoulder, till he might lead his fierce hosts to new victories and carnage, that pale looker-on might have fancied that nature was in her death throes— for havoc and despair had taken possession of the earth, and the sun of manhood seemed setting in the 8Qat of blood. Yet it might be on that very galu-day of Tamerlane, a little boy was. playing nine-pins in the streets of Mentz, whose history was more important to them th8u twenty Tarnerlanes. The Tartar Kahn with his shaggy demons oT the wilderness, passed away like the whil wind to be fbrgotton forever— and that German artisan has wrought a benefit which is yet immeasurably expanding through all countries and through all time. What are the conquests and expeditions of the whole corporation of cap- Walter the Penniless to Napoleon Bonaparte, compared with the movable types of Johannes Faust 1 A man eats up a pound of sugar, and the pleasure he has enjoyed is ended; but the information he gets from a newspaper is treasured up in the mind, to be used whenever occasion or inclination calls for it. A newspaper is not the wisdohn of one man or two men ; it is the wisdom of the age, of past ages too. A family without a newspaper is always half an age behind the times, in general information ; besides they never think muoh or find much to think about. And there are the little ones growing up in ignorance without a taste for reading. Besides all these evils, there'* the wtfe, who, when her work is don6, has to sit down with her bands in her lap, and nothing to amuse her mind from the toils and t8res of the domestic circle. Who then would be without a newspaper ?—Benj. Fbarkun. In making geological examinations it is very neofessary to mark well the changes of the dip of the coal strata, which are pretty well developed in meet parts of the coal field, and by noting and comparing the material accompanying each vein of coal, to discover the precise situation of each axis through the basin. Of course (as is the case in all the Aatter formations of coal) the course of the outcrop of the veins is not in a direct line through the Wyoming coal 4etd. The valleys, and hills, and cross streams give the outcrop a curvilinear line in the range of the veins lengthwise through the buift, which otherwise would, if tne strata were perpendicular, or nearly so, be nearly in a straight direction. In some places the same coal vein, cropping out in a valley, will be disconnected in its axis, while in the hill it is covered ovdr with the mperincumbtat strata, forming a perfect ixis of coal underneath the surface, and which cannot be discovered but by actual linking to, or working in, th* coal itself.— V cartful study of the dips of the strata, " What the h—11 are you doin' in disgise," says the old man—he swore dreadfully,—"are you comin' down here to steal ?" bor % m I I riled up at that. Says I, "if I wur comin' for sich purposes you'd be the lost I'd hunt to steal oft' on." The Albany Dutehman truly remarks, that (he best looking thing about a girl is cheerfulness. We capo not how ruddy her cheeks may be, or how velvety and kissable her lips, if she wears a scowl she will be considered ill-looking even by her best friends, while the girl who illuminates her face with smiles will be considered handsome, although her complexion may be coarse enough to grate nutmegs ou.— As sunshine is to the landscape—as perfume is to the rose—so is cheerfulness to the countenance, and good nature to the lovely. Girls think of this. "Your right," says he, "I'd make a hole to light your innards, ef you did."— And the old savge chuckled. I meant because he had nothin' woft(i stealin* but his darter, but he tho't it was cos I waa afeard on him." Bp " Well, purty »on I gethered up and tolfi him what 1 cum down fur, apd invited him to come up and take a drink, and see that all went on right. Betsy was in an awful way for fear he wouldn't consent.— The old 'oman here spoke in favor of the move, and old Tom tnought of the -ticker and gin in to the measure. Off bounded Betsy up a ladder into the seoond story, and one of the small g8ls with her to help her put on her fix ups. I sot down in a cheer, and fella talkin at the old 'oman.— English Ladies.—The healthy appearance of English ladies is noticed by all American travellers. And for this, they are in a great measure indebted to their passion fbr gardening. AH English ladies work in their flower gardens, from tb» proudcfct princcss to the poorest cottf which p» low prices, " Ht —' The Teuth,—When you*1 ey in the street, evR'V Jts Jt is said that branches of elder-bushes neated over grain heaps.wfll prevent rats /rom attacking the grain. sylvania the North - gross is corop now i the grei Men are easily deceived when tb«y are endeavoring to deceive others. s