. .
..
ratite ef .flespeet.—The Pennaylvenuta gay:
Irked. liesteggered nut of the place, and was found lir
osou alter by thonoightmrs, and lived long after, but that the foneeuku( the late venerabMlts*ieXhistyc
onk 14 A par heart-broken mea l for she was mad. was niteltde irbo in joy , 1 . , _ 44 3 - a d
tar yen through the country; and many a day lifter 'the prone n ii ngniiiii Es
i... ........ i . • ,i.i i e ..a ii ,
4111 tie told me that story, my heart trembled like octal elan inclaeitiittrann iTin,:e — '"who aaf i
'a willow leaf. •And now, Ellen Murphy,' site
ed e add..
under " 1 dim there're cherastoe the di&mat Irish.'
'sd,'whett the end was ver ala ye wonder - I threw. '
aasocMtions, the Tyragraphical Same ty, end-greet
Cron.: der h Mil as paienn the gismo ye (Oared me I— '
number, of novae connected with the various branch*
And do you know why ,k have timid you what tares
nit hoot to come over I—because! wish teerave you, 1 Ca Of the business co which Mr . "le, formerly. be
gone:l Ma tt ed. The body . was borne to St. Mary's Church.
wito showed Me kindness, from what I have
in- / Whe7 the impreasive service fur the dead was per
th - rottili. ces the only good I can do ye, and,
.. lenj.
ice ion; sines, I care I to do goof. N 0 . ,,,,,. : tisrmed• The Church was crowded threat:se, thee
i'mat a drinking man ;. he has no guard on bid words; I +ends being present to pay the last tribute of respect
sad will amy that. of his neared friend, that would : to one. into.= Libor* for the good of lass fellow urea
destroy him soul and b.nly: His Sleuth is hot as the tures only ended with his lite..
breath of the plague ; his tongue is a foolish. as well
as t 6 Ty sirpant. Ellen, let no drunken' hewing
your lover, and don't trust: to promises; try them, 1
prove them all, before you marry. i.
.P. 11,11; that's euough,' interrupted Leery. .1
have heard enough the two proofs are enough
without wools. Now, hear ni:i. What length of
punish.* 'cot sin I to have I I won't say that, for Ne:l,
there's tear in year ell th it day
ii i
s' mare than words.
i. nolt--- 11 in Ike a . promise,—but y.. 0 ali ill see ; I'll
wait ye' une ; na.n.. ii ; I'll newt the trial.' •
And fl'in happy to-eay, ic' the bon a and credit'
of the cou,ntrv, th it I. irry did 4 ind tile trial—hit
tesolsawas fiscal ; he neyer so matt as taste I whit
key frourithat time, audblem had the prow I seas
feation of knowing she had saved bun from destruc
tion. 'They were not, howeter, married till after
Lidice. I wish all !nab maidens would follow El
len's example. Wtman could do a great deal to
proveithat .the teal fable vie I fe . is a greet taste too
Muck! that •OILT I onoe' is a temptation fatal if
uniesisted:
PO FTsvl LLE.
Satttrday alarnittr,, Sept. M.
o.sr Sttbscr:bera.—We earnestly entreat all
persons indebted to us, especially for subseriptioas,
to mske immediate paymmt. We have with many
beisn tio long .:suffering, that forla....irance is no longer
a virtue. and ,we fear we's!tall he eoinp.lled to reeort
to means, which we have never before used to ob
tain our dues. Our distant Subscribers have ahready
.toceived their bilk, and they can easily remit.
Tuere are'some of our pairons (7) is this vicini
ty who have removed without notifying us, or puy
in; their In future we shall give publicity to
Ciiir mimeo throu.gli our columns, as a warning to
our kirother 'editors, in other places.
Our Paper.—Realeri will perceive :hut we have
furnished them with a new and superior iinality of
paper, and we flatter ourselves that it is better thisn
that used by anyother Country Jountal in the state.
Improvement on our put, is but a s light acknowl
edgement far iucreasin - g patronage.
A si.bscriber" comp' tins of 'Cie quality of the
origmsl {wetly. sent to ua for publication. tto do
' VI e, but s P subscriber, " is not a•eare of the pertinac
ity, With which these •• 11)11/10IiI) Of the ninon ' assail
us, to procure the gratification of seeing themselves
in print.
If the strings of our own hunly-gurdY had not
rusted for want of Use., t re might he tempted to string
together a few good cplets fur the benefit of the
great American people !
(7 We are desired to announce Jo hn T. Werner
as a catSilate. for the office of Prothonotary of
Schuylkill Co., at g el: tiwr.
broth ;
t , hope our brothdu.ir may have a fit vote;
we shall
because
imma
ehoneNi .
Judge,
I.r•t every one mike himself conversant with
the provisions of the hi's , election lave,.
rr? The locos seem lune moody, about the split
in their party. We 1a. , 11 whoever wins or
System. looses.
he would be democrats
The Videnteer t
are way fettered at the Volunteer system. We
tlitnk it the most republican plan : let every toil
stand on its own bottom —m my Italie been covered
'up, an twiny years by irlilliCal apprentices, that they
will fall to pixel' if left - to themselves. The hew
tonal alit ion gives the power to the people, but already
are the patty leaders isetise in taking the privilege .
!rum them. They know well enough, that a free
expression a popular w tll.toust divide their yerty..
and they therefore urge evety argument to dise.ed•.
It a syitein, which 11114 its ovigin, in a deb-rinination
to escape from the fetters of the few, who seek tu t
krp air the offices..mder their own thumbs.
Rohde Potutos. —Our young friend Mr. PP.! ,
ha sent us some Rohans. ,According ill his ac
count, they increase as fast as Jacob's Sheep, but
whether he prole rods in cause it, we are iguorant.,
although the presumption is he sometimes peels his
pupils with the rod. They are actually a curiosity.
•nd the yield her been upwards ofeighty fold. Mr.
Fells will be able to tarnish seed Mall who wish to
nut the couhicaulis, and embark in the Ruhan.
Odd Fellow's Ma—We ate solretted to, state
that the Elwin, apprum ia mil to the owe of this Ira.
ternity, will be opened for the inspection of We pub
lie on Monday and Tuesday next.
We crust the example am by them may be follow.
ed up, and that our citizens will complete be sub
'Minden, that part of doe Town Hall intehded. for
•
Ow accommodation.
tt_r To u• it is not•aurprooog that thorn, who can
support corrupt public Set vants. shouldule the
rtroklrista and defenders ut wortit s less donietic tines,
• 11 J bitbecomes a second nature.
Canal Uoraniunnoners.—The eleciiini of I.b im
patient officers by the people, is is
engaging keneral atteou•m. It is evidently the
of our oewsonetiti?tion, to remove pitronage front '
the Exceptive, and we think the gener4l-,...nce waft
concur in the. propriety, of allowing the ring,tit} to-.
6 , .intee which tiro Canal Board can influence, to be
direr:oy under the control of The people.
Arithracite /roa.—The Mauch Chunk Courier
ovara4 bat a cargo of 43 Lane of Jr,m, manufactured
Aighracui Furnace at tiara place, was &Inv,
pod for Phiiedie)pkia on Tuesday last- -
The lurtn‘co blip ponunues to work remarkably
well.
The kr,splo.jog Expedilton, when last heard from,
was et Callao. The Sea Gull parted company off
the Porn . 1 a Pale, - and fears ■re entertained for
kir Wel.
Vulunteci System, is throwing the loeotr'poo
mire iota Pr : the Union Tinios and the Dents:
erak. ensEt, am quite, in contortion*. and the very
%a xre v., together as if stifferiug under sit
ague • • • "
.1 Lycetun is to be catabhabai at Mauch Chunk.
•1 In, the .V.ituralisa, having arcompliatted
more than any other 111.111 ever attempted in ornitho
researches, is about to devote Its great genius
and indefatigable p;rseverance to a thorotigh inTairy
t tub) the habits and history of the 9.suelrupecis ul
`this country. "
Swaritcorri, has espies eJ • Wish to return to this
country. if the government will not process' against.
hjin. Peraaps Mr. Van Buren can give him an ap
pointment abroad to keep lulu. quiet. If lie return,
his
,disclosures will be any thing but pleasant to the
powers at Washington.
Weeiutwken 7 —This spot, which is situation on
the New Jersey side of the Hudson, opposite New
"York city, and at the, comniencement, of` the Paths
ades„ has been invested with peculiar interest on ac
count of Halleck's felicitous allusion to ibi beauties
in the poem of t-Fanny." it correspondent of the
Southern Literary IVJessenger:refeiring to this des
cription uya, “pJecie license never revelled in more
outrageous hyperbole—Weehawken is a pretty place,
and commands some fiat views ; but there are a do
.n spots in the vicinity of New-York much more
beauntur
We should like to see out of those dozen. spots!
Our happiest days of youth were passed at -Wee
hawken :• we have stood on the brow of its nobi)
hill, which overlooks the bay of New York, in cult:.
patty with those who have visited every noted itilat
ln the civilized world, and the unanimous utunion
has 'oven, that it surpasses every other view on earth.
What can be needed toy complete the picture, we are
'at a loss to imagine :—the. broad bay, when the
sun is sitting, is spread at your feet like an unfurled
scroll of molten gold,—the wavelets dance i the mel
lowed light of the parting day, —the city onus each
spire, peak,.and battlement to catch the ast reflect
ed sun-ray—the noble Hudson glide s in playful
murmurings on the beach, each ripple, seeming to
fancy's eye 0 grow Jess and less, as if about to sink
to slumber alter the toils of the day were over—not
a sound save its roll upon the shore, or the distant
hum of the mighty city greets the cur.—Hoboken
with its Elysian fields before you, greets the eye; a
very para4l,al while far beyond Bedlows', Ellis', and
tiovernor - f; /Aland's, tepo;te like sea lUrds nested on
i the wave—still to the south, rises the distant Rich
mond shores, and the Narrows open on-the eternal
. wive of the Atlantic. _
What more can be required to complete this pic
ture l every sense, is gratified by infinite venety :
hill and dale —land and water--the spld scenery of
nature, arid the giant work of man, the city—the
quiet repose of the Jeteey shore, and the broad breast
ed Hudson, teeming with number - keel craft—all lent
their aid to impart interest tie the coup d . 71ed. His
heart ;mist indeed be formed of •.impenetrable stuff."
..That in hie manhoode prime can calmly gaze
Upon that bay, or on that mountain stand,
'situ feel the prouder of ltie native land !'•
The Stale Luan.—The United States' Bank has
gone o, er to the locus, having been bribed with eigh.,
indred and .ixty ThnumuLd Adiurs ! The loan
of 142,0:54,0Q0 night have been demanded by the
terms ut its charter_ at four per cent-, but Guy. Par
ler, on we ivat of his friendly feeling for this twain'
trot' allowed live per cent.; which makes the sutu of
7:4360,000: Thu, is what we call financiering with
honor of the er“ft, and
will take 'dere next
No inspectors, are to be
vote for one person for
. .
a vengeance!
The 41. 6. Bank, by taking this loan has the priv
tledge.of issuing tii;e dollar Bills. We have heard
it suggested however, that this will be in oppo
sition ti the provisions of the new Cor.stitution,
which requites six months notice if a hank wisher
any extension of privilege. But we presume the
loco Judges can smooth down the law so as to suit
their new Liend, and Col. McElwee, who was about
to sow salt on the, foundations of the Monster, cau
reserve his exploit for some other °cession.
J Imes H. Laverty, the Whig Candidate far Aii
4eintity it) CleartieW co.. is stigmatized by the Bari
oer, the loco organ of that dist, RI at a deserter tram
their ranks be'ause be voted agaiii.t making the stock
holders of Flanks individually responsible in their
la•Pson and property for the mites tssuud.
If this were a fault, a reference t 3 the Record■
vita show that Dutud h. rurter voted iu the &nate
against the nettle thing
The S-note.-- . 1 he following Senatorial districts
are to be supplied at the enftuing election.
let. Piii.adelphia Etty, %ice Whig.
- 3rd. Chester, Delaware and Sloptgoniery, vice
Paul. Whig.
6th. Lancaster and York, vice McConkey, Whig.
10th. Lehigh and- Northampton, vice Michler,
Whig.
12th. Lyenming, Centre, and Northumberland,
vice Parsons, LOGO Fuco.
16th. Westmoreland, vice Carpenter, Loco Fuca
ISth. Allegheny and Butler, vice Wilhams, Whig.
23rd. Indiana, Arraigning, Cambria and Clearftpld;
not represented.
In the 3rd. District the aggregate vote for Govern
or lust fall stood, Whig 10,454:1, Loco Fuco 10,348,
And on the result of its dertion ibis full; will aepend
the political complexion of the nett Senate. The Ist,
6th and 19th Districts will elect Whigs, the 10th,
12th, 16th and 23rd Loco focus. The present Sen
ate now steads 13 Whigs, ; viz: Messrs. Fraley,
Brooke, Strutyu, Killinger, Bell, Maciay, Case, Pen
ra,e, Barclay, Ewing. Purviante, Pearson and Ster
ret; and 2- Locos, viz : Mevsm. Stephenson, Snyder,
'Brown. Meyers, Rogers, Miller of Berks, Coldsvell,
Frailey, Kingsbury, Miller of Adams, Gulden and
Hays.
Edwin Farm:, Iliepagetlian, ist . .icliser a fu
',neral oration, in memory et nu triendleggett.
Blis f hing ibmora.—The name of "Lieut. Col.
Fassiu, Aide de Camp tu his Faceileniy, D. IL Por
ter, Governor of Pennsylvania," is anions the Cash
arrivals ut the 'tournament of Egki s otueu
'Castle. "How we apples swim!"
The Union Cono/.-:—The following gentlemen
cornp'ose the statidingvommittee appointed in pur
suance of a re.iolution adopted at the late Meeting
in Philadelphia,' for she - pinwale of adopting nntasures
for the speedy enlargement of the Union Canal,
John K. Kane, . Robert! Toland, •
J. Pc Chandler, • J . M . Bolt.tm,
Thomas Firth, • Josieph Yeager,
B. W. Richards, C. G. Uhilds„ - •
'Henry Horn, :"Henry Troth.
Tennessee Senators.-:—Neither Judge 'White nil?
Mr. rooter will resign the. seats in Abe Senate of
the United/items, until they shall be officially •in
istrocted by the. begielature that their sentiments are
not iu occordanc.e with those of the people. '"
THE MINERIerr-JQVUNAL.
The following paragraph has appeeeeio'leo,prid
De rP l f° llll: • - • -1 / 4 •
A Wed Jankea tai . Birtiey
ecitiliba,Lieniiietile-a inspontionon
to tOftlet front Wu
l ither * r ecellti n dPs
the 'doily is a itoriing' Hut, for
which Mr. Ilhotey will fed deeply indebted to the
"Mr. James B. Burney, recently hunt at
gave a I , leed of manumissien to twenty slave s ,
which descended to him from his &other, recontly de-
S grtmeribing ; - to Lectures. —A gentleman being
called on to ardoeribe toe alone of Lettere' obd
ted, because," said be, “my wife read. me a grat
ottoba lecture ever] evening. "
Cwt B:sree's Consistency.—ln 1812, he oppos.
ed the , war; iu 1814, he had turned.a arimerset, and
then said in the N.Y. Legislature, that “art Ai
istration selected for its wisdom and virtues will prose.
cute the war till our multiplied wrongs are avenged
and our rights secured." In 1816, when a glorious
peace had been se uu el, he again says,--. The war
in which the nation has been involved, was nal on
ly riedeous in its origin, hut successful in its pros
ecution. "
The secret of all this is, that in 1812, Mr. Van
Buren, was opposed to James Madiao3 and in favor
of Clinton, but in 1814, he had abandoned hts old
friends and was truckling to those in power. Such
is the character of Martin Van Buren like the saga•
cious Indian, he alwaye looks for the strong side to
fight on. If his party becomes in a :minority, flip
flap he goes ! and the change is effected with Harle
quin 'agility ! •
Cheslerneld Coat Mul Lothian..Col
liery has struck coal in a new shaft, at a depth of
720 feet TIV has nit as yet been proWabeyond
eleven feet.— e proprietors had previously sunk
another shaft to an immense depth, without meeting
coal, but in this second effort they struck on a rich
d valuable bed.
More COnsusteitcy.—,-The Globe speaks like a
'Daniel come to judgettient:' it says the Tennessee
Senators must !resign, because the Legislature of that
State is Van Buren.. k l'hie official seems to forget
that Mr. Grundy, held his sett satin Administration
Senator, when that Legislature was opposition, and
that Senators both froth N. Jersey and N. York, are
in the same preklicamnt. If every member of the
U. S. Senate, who iniSrepresented the p010...cal views
of his constituents shanld resign, the whip would
no longer be in.a
.Spurious quarters:. the counterfeit presentment
of two-shillings," ire in circulation at N. Y.
The Electoral rote of 1836.
At the last Presidential. Election, it is notorioas
that. Martin Vwe Buren 'did not receive a makaity of
the p pular vote. .1 he following was the result of
the electoral vote :
Loco Foes. Whig.
Maine, 22,9Q0 16,239,
Vermont, 14,037 20,994
Rhode lsland; 2,964 • 2,710
Connecticut, 19,285 18,745
New York, 166,816 139,443
New Jersy, 25,575 . 26,664
Pennsylvania, 91,475 87,111 '
'~ Delaware, 4,152 4,734
Maryland, 22,268 25,852
Kentucky, 33,025 36,687
Ohio, • 96,238 104,958
Indian* 32,463 41,281
Virginia, 30,261 - 23,368
North Carolina, 24,878 21,118
Georgia, 22,014 '24,797
Alabama, 19,11§8 13,919
Louisiana, 3,653 3,383
M ississipp:, ' 9,971* . -
9,688
Ten riesaee, 26,120 35,962
i Illinois,. 17,275 14,292
1 Missouri, 10,910 7,702
Arkansas, 2,073 1,064
New Hampshire,- 18,922 5,228
Massachusetts, ' 1 22,237 41,099
South Carolina, 5,200 31,000
743,924
Ili the above table, Maine to Indiana, inclusive, the
whig - vote was for Harrison, and be carried Vermont,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, 'Ohio
and Indiana. Virginia to Mississippi inclusive, vo
ted for While„ Georgia and and Tennessee only were
secured for him. New Hampshire and Massachus,
etts vote) for IVebater, and South Carolina for Man
gum.
By referring to ilia immense changes which have
taken place, in several-of tie Van Buren States, our
reader, may be enabled to form ail estimate how
easy it wilt be for the Whigs to elect their President*
if the noble motto of Henry Clay be borne in mind :
'• Compromise, Concession and
Union. 11
The National Theatre in New York, wah e eat trely
consumed by fire on Monday afternoon. Three
ehurchesoind several private dwellings were also
destroyed.
Good Out of Bedford!—A portion o' the locos 0 1
this county, has come out - against the re-election of
Quylrrs McElwee ; tiny say be to o disgrace
to the county, and to the elate.
II Col. McElwee is forgiven by his fellow citizen*,
it will be only because he can offer some excuse like
the American sailor's, atter the earthquake at Telco.
bowie. His eaptaini was about to punish hint for
some offence, but allowed- that if the offehder could
advance any reason for 'his immoral eondtict, he
would be pardoned. "Why air." said Jack, "you
see as how I think that 'are earthquake shook my
moral principles out a' me." Such able masoning
bad the desired rffec., and Jack was forgiven.
Government loilteence.—There are upwards of
Forty . Thousand agents of the Post Office depart.
men', orally all holding their altostrati', at the will
Amos Ki:odall, who having been bought arid sold
hkuiseh, knows well how to render such power pro.
fitahle;
Better stay at home.—.rhe New York papers
mention that an unfortunate wight named John
Shields, from Pottsville, tend $ 210 stolen from htm
in a 'house of ill fame in that City, . •
So much br keeping had company, and carrying
money away from Pottsville. when we want every
cent to pay canal toll. 'Mr. Shields will be careful
how he ventures in sorb diggings" again. We must
speak a word for the morals' of our Borough ; it is
the'first Liar we ever knew a person robbed pf any,
money, which he carried away frant Potiadi*, in
*ay improper place.
Wesleyan• Beek the Conference of the
esleyan Society at Liverpool„ the Re; Robert New
ton, was desired to represent that body at the Gener
al Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Philadelphia in May next.
South Caro lina--Joim P. Richardson, member of
, Congress from thii mato, Jim resigned, which, with
'Eknove, maims two mmosichwto•filL • - '
[coxlipsitarin.)
To TIM EOllllll "
There appeared in *the "Miners' Journal of Sep.
Camber Rh," an article adder the caption, a Tat
SCHCILLILIL NAVIGATION Co*!►ST AND THZ
Co*& Tases, " h is presumed Solace issued
final the Editor of that paper, and from the peculiar
character of the language eroployed to this Darer-
moutons . attack, I think a common observer wont!
be al to lutes, that the author of the counuutocation
was venting his spleen by way of retshstion lur some
rod or immaginary personal offence, committal by.
the Company or its constituted sgents,—as one.
would suppose that nothing 131;101 t tf a severe person-
al provocation could have drawn from an Editor of
a respectable public Journal so extraoniirilly a iambi
of abuse,--and, bad .tho author confined himself to
that class of general declamation, to which all Cur-
potations are Ea/de, from the enlightened "patriot-
ism of the day—his strictures, unkind and uncalled
foams they are, meal have passed unheeded,
But, a, he has taken the liberty of arraigning the
nwtires, and ch dlenging the integrity of a Company
that has been so long and laboriously engaged in the
prosecution of a dith.:ultatid u expensive enterprise, of
no small interest to ttte community, the statement of
a few facia by way of disabwiing the public mind
seems to be coiled for
The Editor remarks, “ Had they (the Navigation
Cu.) used proper and necesaary.exertions to give the
Shippers trae weight, and reduced their Tolls, the
Canal might have pawed last year between 6 and
700,000 tons, instiall of only 431,000 tons, and an
increased quantity this season." Can any thing be
inure plain, than the inference, shpt one or the ottie(
of these two Cmusequesces must have resulted from
the adoption of so wise and benevolent a suggestion,
(viz) either that the venders of “ Schuylkill Coal "
would have incurred an immense loss on this large
redundant stock, for which there could not have been
sale, even at half price,—or, that the enterprise 4. of
other regi.ms," as he calls them, must have been
driven quite out of the market.
To 44 give the Bhippers true weight, — is well
known, and will be acknowledged by every honest
and intelligent min in the trade, to have been the
constant objed of the Board of Managers,—every
practicable facility haying been famished for that
purpose, without regard to cost—the entire Naviga
tion from Mount. Carbon to Fairnioum including ev
ery Weigh-hick, has been gratuitously. and freely
thrown open to committees of Coal Shippers and
others disposed to examine and compare in their own
way, the accuracy of all the scales on the line, and
if I mistake not, this same Editot has repeatedly lent
his columns to • public enunciation of the satisfac
tory result of such examinations.
As to the expediency (or policy " according to
the Editor,) of » lowenng the Tull to seventy cents
per ton," perhaps his mut leap would grant to the
Company the pnviledge of judging fur themselves
in ibis matter, inasmuch as they, and not he, have
sustained the expense and labour of constructing the
Navigation. ••
A representation was some time ago made by the
Coal dealers, that they were sustatniag loss in conse
quence of sante of their Boatmen disposing of Coal
to Locktenders and others along the line of the 1% av
igatian,—on which, the Board of Managers prompt
ly passed an order, prohibiting Lod-tenders, Ferry
keepers, &c. in the Company's employ from purchas
ing or receiving Coal trom wry persons other than'
the real owners thereof, or their ag , nts, duly author
wed by regular certificat - es.
The next and probably by far the greatest source
pl loss to the Coal±Merchant, was discovered to ne to
the unposiuon practised upon them by some of their
Boatmen, either through negligence or fraud in per
mitting Boats with cargos to be weighed whilst clog
ged with water concealed tetween the bottom and
ceiling or lining, in such manner, that a defective
pump would not dislodge it; for this eitl a remedy vas
suggested and an application _made by a delegation
from the Coal dealers to the Board of Managers of
the Navigation Co. for assistance in carrying it into
effect—tu which, immediate attention was given,—
and after a thorough invest% anon by joint commit
tees representing the different interests, the efficiency
of the plan proposed for ascertaining the quantity
and weight of water secreted on board any Boat, was
fully and satisfactorily provin—on which, the Board
most cheerfully and unanimously adopted a scale for
the true to he deducted on account of water on board,
more Li/eral than wsa asked for fy the delegation of
Coal-dealers, and immediately passed the requisite
Resolutions for recognising and fully carrying into
effect the entire plan—and, with a view to encour
aging Boat• owners and others in adopting it, the
Board agreed to pay one half the Cost of making the
necessary ulterauuns—and so satisfactory did the
Measure prove, that mahout two mouths time, near
spo Boats were fitted out with the necessary fixtures
fbr immediately ascertaining at any tune the precise
number of Tuns and Huudreds weight of water on
board, from leaking cir other causes.
The authority for o erecting a Weigh Lock at the I
City, •' as utgcd by the Editor, is not embraced in
the provisions of the Company's Ch..rter, nor to the
measure believed to be really called for, or even prac
ticable" on the •• T‘ete level," to operate with suffi:
clew dispatch to answer any valuable purpose.
That the Company has deemed it expidient to
•• borrow money " for the purpose of effecting certain
valualde improvements in the Navigation, rather than
increase tie Capital Sitx.k,—no one pretends to de
ny. But., the assertion of the Editor, that •• instead
of fostering and P • rotecting the Schuylkill Coal Trade,
it appears to have been the principal object of this
Company to borrow money to make their ititpro‘c
meats, to proclaim large dividends, run up their
Stuck to an enormous ativonce”--to • decieve the
community," &e: &c. , approaches too near to the
libellous to merit any comment,—it is moreover not
at all probable, that he would, if possessing any res.
y, have assumed the risk of seriously put
ting forth such a catalogue of calumny against any
intfloiducii member of the civil community.
As regards the fluctuations in the comparative va
lue of the Stock in the hands of real owners, the ideas
of the Editor do not.seern sufficiently char, to com
prehend the true nature of the subject - he has under-.
taken to comment . upon. But of one thing lie may
rest asured, the object of this communication is not
to enter into a general wartare on the subject.
Yours Acc.
767,138
A friend to
CORRECT ,REPRESENTATIONS
In giving place to the above communication, we
are actuated - by. a sincere desire, to allow both sides
of the question to be discussed through our columns,
and to alfoni the friends of the Schuylkill Navication
- Company every opportunity of explaining the causes
which have actuated its 'mistakenHey,' The
-above article, is sif worded by the ingeniJus writer,
as to convey the idea that a private pique and 'per
sonal provocation,' had induced our former remarks;.
thus seeking to destroy the etlicacy of our complaints,
and place a measure of great public importance, on
a par with the frivolous misunderstandings of indi
viduals. We need hardly say, that the President
and Managers of this Company, as far aiLdur ac
quaintance extends, are gentlemen, who possess our
esteem and high opinion, Whose standing in society,
whose Malt in the martirof Maine's, and whose gen
eral character, are abcive the reach of illiberal *auk
sad vindictive' remarks. Our complaints were
Illuanded nu errorsof pslicy, in the ill effects' of which,
this coal interest of Schuylkill co. i. le common -suf
ferer; our remarks were not rashly or •unceriemuni-
,
•
ously' made ; I& a Ling time our editorial, table has of toll :. weluivii rather contended, th . t the Capacjty
.__ loaded
w i t h oootin i eshottatotthta . ti ealt b ut ' of the canal should be increased, and thus a reduc
r u dudieusi .
ovoidal . t hoi asert i m. of a artiste, l i tion be efreCted in the actual cost of transhipment.
t
un ' til fogixt i rs r oce •
wool to be 4 . • a t rta 4 - t ia& tiat u a • " Let us look at the-icomparative cilia of carrying a ton
genetaLparalysiis of'oor gnsiiieni,:tenileneil it irriper-• of mil:from the Lehigh 'mines , as conipared : w i t h
stive on us to inquire into, and expose the causes , of j the Schuylkill trade. We will assume $2,25 as the
that stagnation of our energies, which has been ruin- I selling price of white ash coal at hoth places, at.
ons to all, either directly or . indinettly inteiested in i though it is well known that many sales have Deers
our county.eerily been made here at $2 'and even less. -1 his
~, •
The author divests; greatinjustiee in accusing us I was a conillulaorY. loss and was a last resort instead
of 'challenging the integrity' of the Company ; of stopping operations:
neither have, vie •arriigneil their motives—we simply On the Lehigh Navigation.
gave the effect of their 'defective policy' and the evils The rest of the coal is per ton, - ,
originating in a want of proper ' kaitcring - and Pro' Toll on canal, . -
tecting care, towards the Schuylkill Regio i. We Avenge price o f f re i ght,
endeavored to mark their course, as snicid . their Cost of transshipment at Briiitol,.
own interest, and to awake them to the fac .ey . ,
were building up opposition to that section, to whose
•
.
welfare their own is conjoined, and Whose whole
• On the Wire/kill Navigation,
business vitality is in their power. We did not se-
Toll, including back tol ,i -
, l, ferriages &c,
cuse them of placing a ficticious value on their stock i
The,ccat of coal
for deceptive purposes, but we argued from facts— .
the effects of which were i to ercate:a false estimate Average freight this year,
of its value, and delude the purchaser. Wee do not ,Total loss,..bi inn difference of weight,.
i Cost of transhipment at Philadelphia,
believe the manager's. view things in this fight:them-.
selves, or self-preservation, and the very instinct of 1
our natures would induce a change of, policy.
As to the course of this CoMpany, it must be
wrong ;—a whole community cannot err—it is not
natural, that an entire class of operatives, embracing
many practical - and well-experienced business -men,
should all, without a 'solitary exception, argue to a
conclusion, which is unsupported by hypothesis, or
unaided by facts. And yet on this point, the unani
mous opinion among the Coal interests, both at the
city and in our county. is, that the policy 'of the Nav
'ligation Company is illiberal, fuinous and suicidal ,
The author of our communication cOnsidere, that
the fact of lit year's supply having been redun
dant, is an argument that the Company hate offer
ed proper facilities to the trade. This Is a false 'Con
clusion: had the wishes of our dperativrabeen listen
ed to in time, had the toll been reduced, or the capa
city of the canal increased three years agO, there
would have been at least 700,000 tons of Coal ship
ped from this region this year, instead- of 42Q or
430,000—f0r then, the -new regions,- which have
been brought into existence by the pOlicy.of the com
pany, could not have competed with us, in the ino
duction, and all the energies of our county would
have been healthfully exerted to supply a necessary
demand. TLis could have Leen effected too, with 'an
increased income to the Nrivigation Co., and a profit
to the collier at the prices now charged for the pro
duce of other regions.
The communication says, that the courpmy have
facilitated the action-of committees in tasting the
scales—this is true, and but little variation was ob
served. But after minute examination, it was div- -
covered that the loss accrued in having a false light
weight of the bodes, and after various experiments,
these committees recommended, as the only plan of
correcting the evil, the erection of a neigh look at
Philadelphia, to take the light weight of the bust im
mediately after discharging, when saturated with wa
ter, and then if any imposition had been practised, or
the boat's register proved inaccurate. it might be di
rittiv detected, and proper-deductions madr,.
To correct this evil, has been the unanimous ap
plication of the coal interest, but heretofore it has
been refused, and our writer says it is uncalled for.'
It would appear bat this is axe company's idea also,
for no preparations.are being made for its construc
tion next year. when it is knosb, that the reform
brought about by it, would- amount to a saving on
freight alone, equal to ten cents per ton. Tubes were
suggested, and have been patiently and fairly tried,
but they do not answer. They may remedy t.heco
in a degree, but not effectually ; some of our deal
ers say they make no difference in their average loss.
others rthink them a beneftt of 2 or 3 per cent. At
all events, they are not inLlliable, and still keep the
road to imposition open.
As to the policy of reducing the toll on the line,
we have never assumed a d ct it. r al tone, but hive
made it as a respectful suggestion of vital importance.
Our white ash coal cannot now compete with the
forced prices of other regions, and to secure that
branch of the trade, the reduction of the toll, presents
the only alternative. - This will increase their in
come, and is nothing but an act of justice.
Coal may be transported on the state s orks for 3 cent
per ton per mile, while here is cha-ged 99 cents in
cluding back toll and ferriages, on about 106 miles—
it is exorbitant and. eats into the. very pockets of the
dealers=it is exorbitant,' • e consider that for
three years Past, the enue of the Schuylkill Navi
gallon, has nearly balled the issets of the entile
state works. •
The penultimate paragraph iof our correspondent
we do not understand. We have re-perused our arti
cle of the 7th inst. which has called forth this re
joinder, and we *inert that the utmost contortion of
our meaning, Cannot be translated into an e4-pression
that the company •decieve the community such
pervertion of our text is worse than tibettatil—it is
prevaricating and unmanly. We spoke of the 'com
munity being deceived' as a consequent of their po
hey, but never, hat a thought been entertained by
•us, or an expiesaton been used, which could be tor
tured to such a construction. - That stockholders
have been deceived, the Broker's Board will prove—
that shares have tumbrel: dowri from $l7B to $B5
within twelve mouths, is known to all, and ; we again
assert that it is a necessary consequent of their course,
and it must and will fall to„,par if persisted in.
t
The personal reference of our ' , friend" as to res
ponaibiliiy, we profess is a little above our coalpre
'llension. If he mean individually, we may say we
are about as responsible as the average of the coal
driers at present, but under the illiberal policy of
the 7,"avigatian Co. we know not how long that may ,
be our boast, if continue in the Coal Business.
It, however, he would insinuate that we would utter
i -catalogue, of calamity; and shield ourselves, be
hind any irresponsibility, we can tell him, that we
I niust borrow some of the baseness of the mind, that
• originated t the suggestion, before we could so degrade
otiraelves. We speak the truth, which is sometimes
a nauseating pill to swallow, but calumny ia,po wen
, pon fur u,t to wield.
Having now answered the of mia-re
p 1, of this friend of correct representations,
we would a a question of the Navigation company.
How is it that the Schuylkill Region, so favored by
location above other coal fields— situated as nea t to
tide water—paskpising facilities for mining to a great
er advantage—with a class te operatives, proittirbisf
fur their industry and enterprise-and prepared to
f• wishat le,ast 7Wl,ooo,tons per annum—anb not
effected by the general depression of the commercial
world, more than their neighbors :—how is it, we
serious oak, that the Schuylkill Region for the IMM
. two years, has been on the decrease, and other re
gions on the increase? Previous to this—before
that destructive and insideous maxim of politics,
which arrayai the ernplityed against the employer;'
was intrixtur4Al; before that feeling/was engender
ed whittreuilers any fraud practised on an employ
er alnii‘t 4 virtue, it was
, well known , that the com
panies from other regions were obliged to pile their
Coal, and could not dispose of it, until the Schuylkill
shippers had 'sold off first. Why is this change
it is undoubtedly owing ha a great measure to the
immense leases on the line, beyond the control of
the collier, and to be redressed only by the Naviga
tion company.
But there are wilier causes, all of which can be
remedied, now, only by a reduction of toll; We
have never heretitkire been advocates for a decrease
• Making a difference of 80 cents in favor of Lehigh • -
on a navigation of the same length w ith ours, and
posseped of no advantages. Now had the capacity •
of the canal been enlarged to pass 80 or 100 tons
boats as on the Lehigh, our freights woult: average
not niche than 80. cents prr ton : were a tide lock
erected, the whole s loss of 25 cents would be saved,
and a difference of 20 cents would be effected in the
wharf expe ewes at schuylkiU, as the coal might be
I I sold at boat weight, instead of the loss of time, mon
ey and wasteage in re-weighing it. But it is con
tended; that the Lehigh Regions carry ,in a loosing
business : this is undoubtedly true; they have been •
[nought into existence bythe.policy we complain of,\
and now they musthe'supported—the coal must be
sold, and money must -be raised at any sacrifice, '
We assert boldly, and without the fear of contradic
tion, that no company with the exception of the
•• Delaware, ".-la high proves the general rule, has ev
er mined and shipped coal Without being subjected i
I' to an actual loss ! and fher that no company can
1, engage in tbo business to tn ke it profitable.. It Pilirv;,
iV.I. \
have a concentration of agency—offerers and•Btiaph '.-
of Directors, generally are unacquainted with the ,u
-'hitless; impair the utility ofioperationa, and the ' let
of the success. of the Delaware. Co. is that their si
iness is conducted by two or three peniOus, an l it. in
all respects as an individual concern. We %iilloW
i .
in the course of a few weeks, by facts and fig srea,
that this assertion is true, that from their own re
iports, coat Companies have lost on every ton sold, ."
1 and have been compelled in some instances to cre
ate additional capital stock to support the loss.
The'Manhgers of the
_Sehuylkill;Cavigation are
aware of this—they know that the vigorous opera
tions of individual exedions are the safeguard of
their success—that bolstered corporations. ha've no
chance with the elastic and untrammeled operators
of Sehuylkitl, and .3 et they - refuse to give them that.
assistance, whirl will place •thent beyond competi
tion, and open the road to success. Again, we re.;
peat, that the policy of the Company must be chan
ged before nesryear,• or the,most disasterous results
will accrue bOth to . them, and to. the coal interest.
Their "Stock will fall to par, and the colliers will be
ruined, and tl tes.,Anay rest assured that no persons
will he found to supply their places and producp
their revenue. But rl a liberal course is purstud, rf
the prayers and entreaties of Schuylkill County are
regarded, business will resume its foriner prosperity.
Stockholders should bear this an mindois of ital
poriance ; -impress' upon your managers. the true
course, and there will be nu need of Sacrificing your
stock; all parties will be henefitted„ your investments
will be prufitable, your income ceriain t and a.lurge
1
class of community be relieved from
„,,, ill ,stone
weight, n hick has depress-et] them kin it urance,•
and made a business, which should l/e 'tufa a le, the
fruitful source of riii to all commit with it. If
.the completion of the rail road shoo mil the 'Com
pany still deaf to the interests of the Ilieri;the bu
t
siness must be diverted into.a new c noel, and the
canal-can not be supported, when ,s 4 erior facilities
are offered by a rival insiitutiaiti. '
We regret the necessity of these remarks but
our duty is imperative—as imperative to point- out
the Naiiganon company, thuir "false paltry, ar to
guard our region front its effects. . We must churn
to ourselves the opportunity of understanduig the
wants of the colliers; our location, our experience,
and our situation as their organ, make it. evident;
and what advantage can accrue from inisre.presenta
tion on our part! Would we nut be injunng the
cause, we would (peter, should we permit ourselves
to be biaeed, or should we descend to prevarication
Are nut all our. hopes, our anxieties, and our pros
pects of esUCCA edi orally identified with the policy Of
the Navigatitur Ckimpany, and the health of the coal
trade I It is them preposterous to accuse us of draw
ing false issues, to auempt by special pleading to in
validate noonday facts, or to assert that the )lines'
Journal, has ever herd actuated by , personal pique,
or provocation,' when pursuing that course, whirl
has ever characterized it, as the prvtector of the Coal
interest of Schuylkill Counti% 4
ARRIVAL'OF TIfE BRITISH QUEEN
The stcantpaeket firtftah Queen arrtvcd at New
York 43E - Frlcray afternoon at about two o'clock.
She brought Liver-pool and London elites to the 2d
instant. Ili consequer.ce or far arrival, the depar.
tore or the' Great Wemern was delayed till 3 u,-
clock op Saturday; at w Inch untie she sailed for Brut-
The Queen brought about 209 passengers. The
intelligence is *not poticularly .Important, though
siderest. NN e furnish extracts.
,Lotton, at the latest Liverpool dates, was selling
freely, but at a decline of 1 Bd. per lb. on Much.
The' weather had been fine, an the crops were
comfit)* on' well. Wheat had declined 2a. per
quarter. Ir was confidently expected that the har
vest would be abundant ttr,quuntity, end exceiteut
in quality. . .
Her .Majesty prorogued Parliament in person on
the 27th ult. by a onteth from thirtirrone.
No Improvement had been experienced in tht
money market ; discounts- were high, and money
scarce. Rates' on private Bankers Bills have been
.5i to 6 per curl; and Joint.Stuck:Ormit Bilia 6 to 7
per cent among the Bill Brokers. !
Several charges had taken • plisizaan this' English
Miniritry. • Poulett Tliourlwon had 'been appointed
to the Governship of Cinada. and w0..1d soon leant
to enter on the duttea of the office... Mi. Shell rs ap
pointed Vice President of the Board Trade. Mr•
Vernon Straub, under &cremes to the - Colonies, and
Mr. Labonclierc. President of the Mare. of Trade,
with a seat in the Cabinet.
It is also stated that the 'Maui - ills of Nomashy
will leave the Coluutal ()time for the home depart- ,
Mem, and that-Lord Julio Russell retires from the.
Horne ,Qttice, sad will succeed the- Attrquis of Not=
manby av Colonial Secretary. • -
The Irousnament at Eglinioun Castle came or
withbaaccident in' tine et c lc.
The Paella of Egypt , it is said, had positive -I .Y ' 4 '•
'fused to give up the Turkish &et, though &mm&
ed by Frarickmnd t.ngland.
'Nothing, later from Clime.
It it...slated frnm , the Constantinople, August 7.1.14
that a e6yere halite bed take.. place in Ctrcessic
in which the tibiae', as usual, Were VlOO6O O,
but nut without having paid dearly for their Tido-
Ty
The Russians bed last a ship of the line, and Lyn
•trigates; by et severe storm, on the coast of Circe's-
The Queen held a Court and Privy t. °noel! et
Buckingham Palace., on Monday, the 26th :51 . Au
gust. •
The St,.lion. T. S. Rice had. an audience of bet
$ 2,25
94
80
20
fill
$ 2,25
99
1,10
25
$ 4,99