The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-04-08

coal field OF Pennsylvania is said to embrace
an urea OF some sixty-three hundred square
miles, and the Chicago Democrat states that
the recent disclosures Of the State survey |
make it certain that the coal field of Illinois
will be found equal 10 extent 10 that, and will
probably exceed it. 81 p
The following incident came Off in GER
tain poorhouse in New Hampshire. A young
clergyman visiting the establishment seated
himself by the side of deaf old woman, when
this conversation ensued Clergyman (shout-
in9): 'Ilow old are you, my good Madaml
Woman Lightweight years old, come last
May? Clergyman (in a sad tone): Eighty
eight years old, Before eighty-eight years
shall have passed over me, shall be food for
worms? Old Woman Worrifed): Worms,
did you say! Are you troubled wiM 'em |
never know'd growd-up men-foiks to have 'em
bad! The clergyman was observed to come
away very suddenly after that question and
answer!
The following conversation (says the New
York Tribune) is reported to have taken p ace
between President Pierce and an offic seeker
from Western New York:
President. How did you vote in lS4Sl
Q6ice-Seeker. For Gen. Cass of course, Sir.
He was, you know, the regular candidate oil
our party.
President. have been informed that you
clectioneered for Van Buren,, voted for Cass
and celebrated the election of TAYLOR How
was this.
O6icc-seeker. Greatly embarrassed, ant
fumbling his watch chain.) Goodbye, Mr.
President. (He took the next train for the
North.)
FREIGHT OF THE MrLToN.-We learn tha
Captain Davis of the Milton, the boat tina
was burnt below Wheeling, has notified tn,
consignees in this city that the freight savet
from the wreck Of The boat has been taken t,
Cincinnati, to be there disposed of. Severa
of our merchants who had goods on the boa
, went to Cincinnati yesterday .-LouisuHl
Courier.
0TThere was a rule in an old debating SC
ciety of which we read, which might be ad
vantageously recommended to some of ou
public bodies.--"That any gentleman wishin
to speak the whole evening should have
= room to himself"
:. GtrA correspondent says that when tn
: law says he can't marry his grandmother G
+ his aunt, or his wifes mother, it makes n
ass of itself, for when a man marries now,
4 days, he narries the whole family.
!. GIVE learn that the railroad acciden
d mentioned in our telegraph column, occurre
Ian Thna ~, H., l.
: off the track, but the two rear cars, while pa
:. sing around curve. There were, we lear
: nine killed and fifteen wounded. Mr.. Bradl
n Of Short Creek, was badly bruised. He WI
# brought to this city Wheeling Times.
CINcrNNATr, April l.
The steamer Charleston, from this city la
night for Memphis, struck sang at Rsin
Sun, and sank Two feet over the main decl
, WAsHYGToN, March 20.
The President, to-day, nominated Mr.. 81
+ dell, Of Louisiana, Minister to Central Ame
ica; Joseph Lane, Collector at Pensacol,
Mr.. Humphries, Of Tennessee, Judge of tn;
State.
e The Senate confirmed the appointments
Mr. .'Mannypenny, of Ohio, as Commissions
of Indian Affairs, and Judge Mason, of low
: Commissioner Of Patents
Five examiners were appointed to invest
gate the affairs of the Census Office; tn
House reported that there is work enough
employ fifty clerks at least until the next SCI
4 sion Of Congress.
The Presidents last public levee was thror
4 ged and brilliant.
CTWe were shown the other day CO,
pie of gold watches, recently rescued frol
the wreck of the old steam Tennessee, whic
. was sunk nearly thirty years ago They wei
found on her deck under nearly fifteen feet c
water, where they had remained all that lon
time with an amount of water and dirt flow
ing over them sufficient to have made anothe
\ State. The gold castings were not at all il
jured. The steel work was very much ruste
e and the crystals broken. The painting o
1 the face, however, was as fresh as origna
ly.-Ne~ Orleans Picayune.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
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