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dia 'prat:idea. The,ffi . 7i , > du ont, l e , ,
igto n fkliilkttgetWer_wttft ... if nekttio .ciaties
winild **tidily , sereeric, - emselvei firma it,lte
lateths,laertOste care or theineelves. profit by the
safferinis at.Oosses of the itittocent,sod leave those
to--periebterbtt bad littleOf irny, naive agency hi
p r ed,arng . thii:preirefit elate !:things. -,„„ ~ ' •
- Thilia, atilt strike us atoiether as tett:lila. and we
die nothesitelato give themlettr:cordial approval—,
I. kiteOr,,,,ot ilia',lther geode of seeming nolfaria - atch
eenterinpora*ms action; saYe the Governor, on dim:-
Itinpratitentiect anions all he States ofthe Union,
except thriti, ngh the agency f the General Grimm.
emit; whichitf mat alreedy . of the power
ne -91°,11-Ir.i 03that purpose. nki!be clothe
He d withvi er
it bY anoMendment of the nstiaution. -
mites the. rate and Corporethinf Debtardae u.
rime. at 020,000i000; bearing en annual interest
of $12,060.0i0. • 1
w taken o
,i the Mania for. borrow.
..‘ as 4 = . l-tr the States, a , the doctrine of mon
i eery htzerretly wculeated,, .
ire credit systeni is e udacqpn descr i bed - as lathe
r r
ile to se enlightened;usiness community.
~ LIO recant:bends an• earl .retiumption of specie
m incing byri;the sflankemod measures to guerd a. /
pone tbertille enspension in future. _
file =pregame the opiniod alai the condition of
morattifour 113anks is as sated, in reality, es those
.of ,other -States. They 'Weil said to have as much
omeeicin thefr vaults and tie poildebtora.
. 71Whaki4iottibiting sum ),,, notesi is approved.and
prteristeas My -recommende - to render its enforce.
meat more e ff ectual, by riving back the small
il
notes of the other States.- ;. ~ - -
t: He suggeern the eropriet i of immediately inquir
ing into the 'conditioe of tfic Batiks, and of affixing
the earlieet period for resumption. that their affairs
and the public wants and eirpectationsjustify. He
think! it wciald be expedient to graduate this re
/sumptwit.`so ae - to make onii fourth or nuire.payabre
- forthwith. and the residue It suitable periods. ' •
Ho recommends the apptintment of three Bank
, Conamirnioners for one. tai and three .years—one
Who appitintedannually ;Write future, with power
•tit eiarome the conditimi Ba n ks ,: ind to word
i i Shen:lop, if Onsound. or ha 'mg .ariolated,theircbar
tere. He ramottimeade thelfpassale 'et it , law cum
palingallthe banks in die gomnaon wealth to receive
each other e *totes, at par, to, long as the respective
banks continue te'redeem their notes in specio; and
on Tenure at any time of -a4y +bank solo redeem its
notesohat !the bank cogninissioners be requited,
"Gothwith, to take charge if it and close its opera
- tiunii, and that each bank to permitted to pay out at
its own cornitar, nothing to 't its own notes or specie.
ankas at the optuin of th who bai r n /demands up.
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He =cornmeal, the banks to be pki: hi kited from
purehatting or holding magi/ back stock. except their
own. or the stock of thisiltitti.-er the-United States;
and then only in small queniities.
He recommends a repeal of the Proxy system.
Also, a prohibition of £(4t Notes.
Also, that the powerlnterned in the amended
constitution, of repeating ank charter., ehoald be
made a•funclamentall articloof every bank charter in
-the Stern. :I J
Also, that the three moat s now allowed for banks
to pay specie-after suspetion, be cut down to 30
days. !
Alio; that the directors of the banks be rendered
Tiersonahly,, liable for the piyment of all motes issued
by the banks respective!! Vinder their direction, if at
any time the same in coneuiation, and the money
due to depositors. shall exceed the ratio of three dol.
-kra for 048 of the specie iO their imults.
Aiso, that after a certain period no smaller notes
than those for $lO be issued.
Also.i that no ,bank be (Bowed to make /Phigher
dividend than .7,,per cent. per annum. -
:Such !hanks as have declared digidends daring
the suspension, are ceneuied in strong terms, and
it4e recommended that their charters be repealed.
.He. says he will cheerfdlly din a bill. recognis
tag the;prineiple of rendering stockholders liable in
their paigonal-capaeity. fi r the notes of the banks.
in case! he corporate Condit be inadequate.
He iciommends a tot:0 separation between the
_ Mate andtthe banking fittsinutions- -
-, Also, the passage of a. ltw authorizing the sale a
the StatalSleeks in-Penns 'lvania, Philadelphia, and
Farmere,and „Mechanics',brnks. And if such sales
cannot 10. effected _without too great a sacrifice. that
their charters betannulled; and their assets divided
haolli the State and privilde stockholders.
AA-independent treasury for the General Govern
anent is Warmly approved.. ....
An investigation as to •illegil or userioug interest,
•Is recommended ; and-on tile conviction of ally Bank
Tor this practice, a repealOf its charter is advised.
• Savings lustitutlons end Loan Companies are
ceniurect in terms of •se4,eraty. An iiiq.ity is re
' commaided into the allegations against them.
A law for the, more , adeqnate punishment of frauds
and breeches of tru,t, on he part °fine flank (Mi
ll
vers. and 'Collectors ofCa al Tolls. is recommended.
The Policy of undertak ng any new public works,
, ,Is dteappi eyed. • •
' He ,yi that the last loan of the U. S Rank was
. obtain frone that Insutfdion as a last resort, and
after al 'applications elstiobere, were found ensue.
'' Otesful. -
1
t ?,
, • The
• ,inn 42.000,000 limit be obtained tor the en.:
ening year. and perhaps', an cruel amount for the,
' -year alter, $600,000 on for before the .let of next
°nth. , ' ( ~
fiThedeale ofithe BankiStocks alluded to, would,
it is estimated, yield $2, 08.700.
.4.loireet taxation is fra kly recommended, as the
poly pd 3 seible remedy to tricate the Commonwealth
from hrn. present einbarr gement&
I Thei,ll S. Bank: he r e'narks. is &impelled to Lein
the Stide at 4 per cent,,16,000.080. it is fur the
, Llogtvltiture to decide whether the money to be ob
•tned ffrom that Institution, would be better than
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irectliazation. The Governor wages the /atter
ti
i 4:101.1 ra .th II
. i Thf .
nail - eel of Corpern
O tions is.toached upon—.
.fGeneral Education ; is properly noticed—our
Cowmen Schools are adietted to in beconiing lan.
imige4-an alteration m ono law with regard to tin
' Aariestemblie is recommended. Also, anew eppor
- ' doornail of the Representatives end §enalas of the
State. Also. • a State ;Reporter for the Supreme
" Court. Also, an alteration in the Court OfCrinainal
13estricies—a change in the mode of drawing' juror;li`
some additional provisions with 'regard to collat.
trial inheritances—attention to the Militia:system.
• .&u r-other unimportnt matters are noticed. raid
giroperi a ll usion is made 'to the Coal and irdn Tiade
of Pe4rtsytvanta. The Legislatiie o:ponces have
', r ireatly increaseJ within the last
,new years -and a
system of retrenchment and reform is recommend
ed.
. .
In acinclusion,;the commonwealth ;is said, to be
kbouring ander an enormous Slate Hetilt—but the
Goverinot expresses the opinion that pence. dia.
Cretuot and eerinomf on the 'part' of her legislature.
,executive and entrees, will, innfew years replaCe
110 cOi the solid, footing of independence. l Her abil
ample . to meet all her engagements, while the
deterMinelion of her citizens correiponds with that
Happen what may. be adds—the integrity
sad tictlity of ttic people-of PeOnsylvania.are pie ig
ati!ti make good , her contracts with these whnse mo
Stay,bas,constructedber stupendous public improve.
riatrift4and that the pledger, so made shell be scrupn.
auttalrodesmid, _
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•?ffotie Reircachnient F—Froni the Mimi of th e
AnditerGeneral of
. Penniylvania, of the. amount of
the 14pei, !Ais and EiPitiditures of the commonwealth,
**pries iltaCtlie '. Expenses of Government" tin
der Or present administration, exceed those • under
lititM4 $1.17,1300 !
.., oif emptiest things reverberate moat sound, "‘
other prmestatieus of the Governor ' s utesiage • iri
l afAciromy era hollow as tiny are deceitful.
t
. Wi l lie cannot'eceive, and there is honesty enough
del t a:land investigations' into o, miscellaneous . ' sir
\ icleit Of expenditure, much to the chagrin oftt!ie Key.
.. \ . k ,
stottiecrew. _ •
r 4 I
K.,'careal locotiiotive engine Hilt
Eastwick & Harris of Phdadclphi; voce;it
ly ppolled a train of eighti-rai cats, (Weighing thridse
twitted- and forty-seven tons exclusive of engirre and
tiatiararrorn heading to Petexes!sland.in firm houni,
arad;finty minutes, exclusive of /romps; mara
eitilioid was excluaivelrused. . 1 ,
its' capacity of this imanvernaeut, and
kcal, admirably it will be adapted - PL the transports.
tioct f ,
t ,coal from ear region, when completed. The
" n gracle `of she whole ,track is such that its
eala4iti can be estimated only, by the slaty' of the
loth totiveeto bring up the emp!'y
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POItTSVIIEOLE.
Sistur~aj - -,
-Desist/seraOc ilishig ManinciT
tfonf.
FICIR_POESIDENT.
01,glapisasoN,
- oi l ouni. ,
FOR! 'FIC PRESIDENT,;•
JOHN II TT tdER,:: .-
OF rVZRGINI 4 Ai.
- -
GEN. f1,431050N'8 1 CREED.
I . 1
The follosving l ie th e y p o li ti ca l' creed .promulgated
by Gen. Harris ,-in s letter to the Hon. , Harmer .
Denny, of Pittsburg. 1 -It ifi-a noble creed—it will
bring back oar IGoveinment to the purity tettich
ehariutprized it in ita [play days of feriedemoo;
nay.: Gen. Harrison says:
.4401000h* .princitilps• , proper to be adopted by
any executive since rsti desirous to re:star:3'th° ad- _
ministration to its original simplicity and panty; I
deem the following•t+ of prominent importance.
1. To;cobfine his service 'to a single term.
2: To disclaim all Wght of controlaver the pub;
* l treasury,Witb the eXception•Of such part Of it as
sifq,. be ippropriatsd f, by Jaw; .to carry on . 'the
"public services,l andlitat to be applied precisely •
as tlie law mardirectdand drawn from the treasury
agreeably to the • long! established Lanni of that de;
pastaent. I t , ; • .
• 3. That be Should never attempt to influence the
slectiGns, •either by tke people. of the Stateilcgisla- .
tures; nor-stiffer, the federal officers under his control.
ta takOny other parOrthernithadby giving their
own votes when they ioswsie the right of voting.
4. That in the earcuto of, the veto power, he
should liait his 'm 'on of bills to; Ist. Such as ar
are in has opinion u Constitutional. • 2d. Such a
tend to encroach on 't e rights of the States or ind'
viduals, sa..Such- as involving,deep interests, may
more mature deliberation or
the t people, to be ascertained
, in his opinion Vequirel
Teferencelto the wilt o
et the succeeding eke,
never euffer•the influence of
r ipurposekof a purely party
"V. That he ,ahould
hb office to lei used
character.
Is from office of ,those who,
4uring the pleasure of the ex.'
imch .removal should be stated
hate, at the time the nomina-
IMilde.
er-^
6. That in Iremova'
hold , the apiatiitteent!
main,. the esuse of
if requested, trithe
tion of a successor is
And lut. tint not It
7. That ho should
scat in importance.
!riot suffer the Executive do-
partment olthii gover
,ment to become the source of
legislation; bitt leave ] the whole business of making
laws of the Union topie depattment to which the
Constitution has exclusively assigned it, until they
have assumed {that rlifeat shape. whore end when:
alone the opin ions i of he Executive may be heard.
"'he queation may perhaps be askal'of me, 'what
wearily I have in my power to 'offer, if the majority
of the Ameritan pen le should select me for their
ehief magistrate, that I wotild adopt the principles
which 1 Gave ',herein id down as those tia, which
ja
my administration w ilt! be conducted. Would on
ly answer, by ireferring to my conduct, and the die.
position manifested in the discharge of the. duties of
several important offices, which hive heretofore . been
conferred upOn me. in
If the power placed ,my
hands has, on even a Otte occasion, been used for
any purpose other than that for which it will given,
or retained longer than was necessary to accomplish
the objects deisignated by those from whom the trusts
were 'received. I will acknowledge that either will
consitute a sliflkiiiit rason for discrediting any pro
" mise I may rake, and*, the circumeunces in which
lam now 'placed. l'
I ain, dear sir, • truly Yours.
.
li. HARRISON."
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To the II n. lisnsran DEICTT.
f First Page.—W direct attention to the, Report of
the Managiis of the Schuylkill NavigatiA Compa
ny on our first page : tilt() a digest of the Governor's
• Message . for which ere j are indebted 4o the Philadel
phia Inquirer. i
Geoligicq ,Sicidg.-+ woilld direct the atten
tion of the numbers of this society to.theinriettrig to
be held thislevening. punctual attendance is re
quisite for tie transaction of important business.
Poitsville i - Lyczum.--;This society wee permanent
ly formed on Saturday eveningiast, lis,ohjects will
be more extensive thanhefore, and we will hereafter
mulct its plan of organlzation. l ' The following gen
tlemen, constitute the Officers for the year 1840: •
Rev. A. A. PAILLit, Prttrideat.
Samuel Lewis ; : 1 i, • .
' Rubons Peale. ; I ; • : •'-'
}.
Andre l w Russel, ' , 11k
nagers, .
G. G. Palmer, 4, • . , .
' Edward Owen Pasty:
.14ings 0. Wallace, Secreiary , and Treasurer.
The U. Mining AurnaL—Our Philadelphia
brethern of.the press will oblige us by informingtheir
readers, tiost subscription papers to the U. S. Mi
ning Journal and Rcgiiter of the Iron Trade, ", can
found at the Athenenos, Hell of the Franklin In
stitute, Lehigh Coal . Co's. office; Sanderson's Hotel,
the Exchange, and at the office of T. t4.lidgvr ay, jr.
in Waln4 Street near Dock.
Hon. oharlta ,Frafley, will please tempt our
foritiis kinduera in foronirtling docuoaenta. •
•ilgide24—While ant.iading a wagon of logs at
Mr. IlonaTdson's mines en Wednesday. Daniel Eddy,
was killetl;by une of taw, rolling on and awning
him.
_ .
otr- A ifall of snoorion Wednesday night, tidal]
o our fine sleighing. •
A (Fox- Chase came rain our Borough last 14t. ,
urday. Reyaard was started near Dr. Carpenter's
reiddenee,;and dui; making several fine turtle and a
hard run, Was overtaken _ -by the dogs near the Dela
ware mines.
A National Foundry, will probably be the-sub
'set of an:appropriation from the present Congress.
Mr. : ifohnion of Maryland. is urging it with great ear-.
neatness.
c•e4..1 is gratifying to ,Fitness We promptitude
and 0014 with sithih the,agents of the Post Office
Departinent in general perform their &üblic duties."
saitb the fresitleut ist his Message:
It In °Oa be much more l gratifying to' us to wit
, - •
neas the promptitude Of the agents in parikuhr be
tween Philadelphia and Reading. Buttwo cir three
regular Mills have sriiveili : .fronr this tormer - planth-ot
Penal:MS, since-the cOMmenceinentof the year..
judge! gyiketi Rarign r ationWe observe that
&valor Frailty hue:kiwi for a copy ofJudie Blithe's
\ mid i gualiPn. Thera smo:°,43 l terY connectcd*ith
'pae withdrawal of ibis genileumu, .and . the eitpaiiit
cent of this '
successor, which has "never beet& sails.
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Eictorfiy ileared orp.. ; , . -
Tke jiari s argid , n,l' is 'the! title of now ;paper
• at Brookl yn, Conn. • - :
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1:, 4
11$;
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IND
MS COAL TRAM
11010gr zero t , ' : f1 ".
the dire* 11-1937, 'lB3B 1898:
-1837.`
' 323352 4 4* Oa 44, 0 60 .
192,533 15p,598-140551
'-115;937 18, 20711 i 2 AX 5
113;617 44,966 320 29
18,221 34,090
-
18,090 . 1;3A) 00 400339
,930
Sekoiliall. - ---
liettia 4 4
tickaiiiina,', -
Beaver ideagioivi, -
ilatietontk, LAO, II A,
Sugar tolf, ''. 1_
MEE=
8816751 78.968 417569.
Bhovrip.rart inerease of 78,891 . *1 in 1839 .ovut)
the supply of 1114.18,46 a 65,092',:toir . tess than tl~e t
supply-
•-_• , -
.By adding is ! Sbeve 917.859 tens;
150,000 rernau,en hare] stthespening of the new'
igation in the gulls bf 188944 have an hand ssapPly
0r907.€49 to fuithe present year, Sir 'eh is 129,000
tons over and.ablve• the COUSUM of tat year.
Amolint or • saki au the line' ' e
tureen this plate d
YetmVtc!
- 1828
_1827
1828
, 1828`
1830 '
1831
•1832
1833
134
• 1838
1838 .. !--
'1837 :1
1838
1830.
9,154
(0,372
(BA=
:t1,321
- 6,150
(10,048 •
A 3 , 09
19,432
(18.572
Ii • , ti 76133 r
,
' • '41,749'
:2075 ,
:30,390
2 28,824
Cad. Wealher,—Teiterday morm i g it 15 Olelock,,
the thermometer stood 20 &grim he [ow zero jn our
Borough; within five degrees of•the intense Cold of
thryear 1835.
r
neduthrfteite •Furnace, has this . , y been three .
t t,
months in operation, and a Committee of gentle Men
from Philadelphia have teen invite , to inspect it.,
A bonus of ten thousand Maus -w to.reward a ,
rit
three onttiss successful run, and as . r...Lyinan has
been completely , triumphant, we amyl as well he th •
I
first to congratolote,him..
"The Foundlini,;:or Yankee Fi r delify.—This
is tho title of a two act drama by R. C. McLellan
of finladelpbia; as a first attempt it is !Vie credit
able, and if the autborcontinues his !career, he will
doubtless in time become an able dramatist.
Sleighrideng—Fashion—Old Times, 4c.--Some
pensive philosopher, pondering over thetnutoUons of
all sublunary affairs, has aptly remarked .4 times aint u
Rios, as they used to was!" In the spirit of a Ma- 0
tins, when contemplating the v .ruined greatness .of a ,
Carthage, this 4. learned Theirait, , ", from whom we, so
have quoted , haslooked down upoW, the . mutations tin
and fickleness of life's enjoyments, !.and given vent
to his surcharged heart, in the beautiful apostrophe t t
alluded to. The . world is governed •100 much—the u
puha& hemisphere by legal quachs,l and the . social ' i
hemisphere by would-beileaders andlccawkish semi- •
mentalists. ~ Enjoyment Ins' lost its smack—like still
champaigne it wants the brisk effervescence Which
tends it more than half its relish: pleasure must now
be circumscribed by the book of etiquette, and hilar
ity, is bound up and hooped, even as I the young mis
ses' form, by corsets and back boanhil
The common, every day enjoyments of life are p i
clouded-and overshadowed by the bread wing ofthis ' i i ,
demon of etiquette ; the half uttered joke dies on the im
lip—the infant laugh •is thrown into convulsions, 0 1
and happiness is still born under the mal-pmaie,e-of' At
its uncouth nurses! o Times aint now 00 they used f
to was.! "—we cannot get up a ball now, uniesathe i
ladies are dresied o to kill '''`.;-wre cannot have an ex -1
temporiumous , frolic of any kind, mikes some priest
of this Moloch of etiquette holds up his hands and ex
claims "what will the work' say .1.....0ht , how-Sid
pr ! " Is it riot enough to make any votary of fun
frems with horror to contemplate the decadence of,
sleighing parties 2 W hat are they ' now !—still;
formal, unsocial, fashionable assemblages of those of '
both sexes, penned up in sleigh boxes. without a
joke to keep the tom warn, a laugh to keep the i
feet from chilling, or a stolen kiss to keep the lips (,
from chapping! Oh for the good old 4ays of- '29 b
and '3Ol ..Wit dues clot remember, with a thrill rp
re 7
of delight, vi ch serves to quicken the pulses , warm di
the bto , and carry the mercurial portion .of our na- 'cc
to up to the boiling point, the sleigh sides of the
golden days of unsophisticated Pidtilvillei When , et
there were no foolish distinctions in society, do psi- tb
vale coteries to dictate Suquette, and when a sleigh 43
ride was,a regular safety valve, far letting off all the le
superfluous steam which had recursio)sted through at
the summer months. He that bath years to comma- Co
ber, let him remember the sleigh rides ;of ten years 9
sine!—the ri..ver-to-be-forgcriten day, - whenthe first w
sleigh came to Pottsville lot sale. Those were-the Is
happy, golden days of 'speculation: it Bold for five p 1
dollars in the Morning. and passing through some w
score of purchasers, had its fee simple vested at night to
1 for sixty-three dollars ! Vytio, then resident here, es
, does cot remember the cutting down of hitkory sap- to
1 , tinge fot o klippen; "—the sawing out of plank for 01
runners on Which' were placed children's roadies,, 2 4
' , [clothes baskets, coal cars, boxes and waggon bodies; 3
rand who will ever forget our parties' to Orwigsburg
—the pubes at the half-way houses, the punchis'
lat quarter-way houses, and thepunches at friend :.
1 Givers, Arid toen the dancin g
g till midnight, and w
then the return home, brim WI eljoy, frac, cour- of
ling and punch ! Who does not remember the road, th
strewn with the wreck of holes, and the crush of run- CI
00r 0 s the next morning—here a plank and there a nt
plank and there a bisket—here a cradle and there a tb
dry good box-oconfusion worse confounded ! And of
the glorious Stale of- how-econc-you-somtiveness, in t
attach some of us were facia, when moth the fiddler
at his side, one gallant soul set opposite the Seven
stars in his bligh body, whipping up his horses for
eslfest,'While -they wets enjoying the "luxury of
whoa". at home, having parted convoy , with the
body, eirrying the shafts along with them I Those
were sentiiriental ,days and intellectual:rides: then
all was happiness and- glee—the round of pleasure
was as pure and sparkling artthe untrodffen moun
tain snow; - but nos the refinements of fashion and
the innovations of etiquette halo left nothing bat its
1 .
(rigidity, and it is melting: fart away like those
snows before a vernal aura ' ph for as 'old fashions'
sleigh tide—oh for the days of MO. } ' '
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Union CenaL--The Governor has vetoed the bill,
of last session! making an appropriation
,to this •im
provement. The ostensible resort given is the emp
tiness of the Tvessury, but as the hill was only to
pledge the credit of the state; it is tt poor one. The
fact is that the coal lands 1., ;43rItens Valley, in which
,the Governor land hie Wanda are interested, would
suffer by en enlargement akin Union Clne!. •
,
.perhni been :nominated
by the President to the gentile for the aide: of At-
Forney Generikl, 1 4 •
Reducer, P'ilitaie.—ii t ustila bus bepn movto by
e exiiiiiple of England :to pasiige sya
tEaL We in* ogilaofl,
;sent by our . Departm e nt tp:,Ergyridi will likesiite
!eventual. in its adoptiqt;- ; 1 _.
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MS
• lii. " T0163,. ' 'III4CIfikASE. DECB,IIA4,. .11014 7 1.htki 4c 6N. I:C I I I L A ELE, II \•
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1:20,1 - \ • •:465 . ,1 ,L_ 4 • - 1
11 4 / .-
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1: 1 ' . 4;673 • - j 62 2 - ; • 1 I j -
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4:2 4 :- `. --,
'3.420 1 331 - 1 A • 1,
1 : 23 ..`, ,- :Oen ' ' 1 • 583 - - -.1 P.: ••
1:24 : .9,554 '‘
.' "." '116,728 - I , ~. ,
: 3 6 : -6 36 9 93 * 1 1 ( *An '.. : 'I- • 0 - iS
•1:.0 ,418,04T • .4.A44 1! 1 , j. 0
,
-le, - ; 1 6 77 1,655 , ,618 ' - ; ~, • ' .
=1 20 ••,305, , : ,730 • , ---2 l i ~.- - 'l.„ ,:' - ' ~• -
~.
1829
.1830 181,000 . I 1t5;91 4 / 1 - 1 i ~ ~ 1.
1 4831' I 477,000 ' IF!,' - ' 4 ,000 ' / 41 / 03°2 2 -
- , :32 , 379,000 262,000 • 1 - 829,000 - , 160,000
spi - . 488,000 I 1i: 3 '9,000 1 , "s-•.: .. , 413,00 Q , 44,690
834 377,480, " i•,• - , • 110,514 I ", 456,000 '41,60 1 0
835 ,-655,936 i 111),450 - , , i 556,000 , *100;000
836 ''
68226 '.
-125,46,3 ~ II • 622,040 • 136,000
837 - 882,000 • 2#0,000 !. •
; 662,00 50,000
, 838 , 736,000 If i . 146,000
• -: ! 817,000
~ pl,OOO 1 - i i. . - • 1
,I . •
Teas , . a t :6,621,758 i•
BE
the Canal be
an. following
O ttil'above ‘inipply of 6,621,161 tons, &buyßall Cm.
T calculation of the consumption 829,000 tons in -1838; is
,
lost remaining unsold in the spring of 839.. t I
e average increasein cxinsuniptiont r fei the:buitstvenlears ' -about 05,00010ne.
i . .
T e above tibia auetivade up oldie, iunotinni of ecialleanspo d by:tail roads and candor°. the digereni
O
n e ta ; and atekki,Fluidee oTthe operations of the Wilkesboro coal Basin , of which : weliave nonuthenic
lata but which cannot alter the averagOs, , es they do net vary .. .m*ch for a few past years. Neither do-they
incl de the,vait amount 01 coal railed aka -consumed in the %ritual, a coal regions-for home supply, brit, if:'sve
take ll theite circumstances into comMeration, vve•may safely estimate the• total consumption of Anthracite'
Co for the ye,r 183 . 9-40 at ONE MILLION TONS. • 1
Trill is nes doubt but tharthe , eimatimption of anthmaite• will materially inr.rease for the future, es the
qual;fity required,foefurnaces.to-stoilt ison will be about 7000 ttins tot every operation erected for obtaining
pfg etas only, and a corresponding ineteese‘ for refining, makiio : bur iton, dm. dr.c. A few years will see our
cory filled with them, and our coal ind'iron will become of a rd, greater Importance as sources of revem
ue an ont d wealth. ' • 1
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thzacite brra..,-It. is gratiing:to know that the
ci''ns . of pur state at large, are ai'valtening•to.the I
immense advantages mhich.the new era •tif‘our an- 1
thra 'te discoveries has - produced. Every one eith- ;
erAirectly or, indirectly interested in the success of
this new channel of national wealth, I
,) f e eels the im
port ce Of co-operation iri its full and rfect devel
ops" mt. Tbe knowledge of our capabilities to sup
ply roe, cheaper than it can be imported, and the
con ideration of the revenue which "mast accrue to ;
our üblic improvements from 'the exception -of the I
dent nd for our great staples of coal and iron, are in
d subjects for congratulation. The discovery has i
..ii
relived our political economists from cil fears of den-
ger us dependance on foreign.powere: it has proved
that we have the . reSourees within onrSelves to sup-
Ay eta foundries, machine -shop!. and our military
nd naval equipments, and we trust it will-prove a
air not only of individual:profit, hat of vast ea
on l advantage. .
...
he question his beat frequently 0 1 kedovhere is
re t locatioh to erect Anthracite frurnaceil .lt
s nlit from any want ofittterett, or from any doubts
1 1
ha •we have hesitated to make ,the answer, but we
wer determined to ..make assurance tubly sure" be
fore venturing on aisertions, 'vlitch if elied on, may
pro a the cause ' Of embarking ,a large amount of ca
che . We have recently iri company with, Mr:
k 1 'man Perry. the Anthracite Founder from
V es, Bube..ns Peak, Esq. of well known chemir
al perience, and other scientific gentlemen and
it 'cal miners, visited nearly all the openings of
io ore in our vicinity. and 'we have - their ,unani
no concurrence in the .a ssertion that our supply
us
if iron ore is as, unlimited as our ccial measures--
thr
KM
=NM
•.
I Anthracite Coal Arra eof Mel Plated' Statriv, -
• - I
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folkmitts to e.eshibits the qua y" of AotmiciteMoil to met toms the cotometattheht ado
• 1020 up to 1840 showing' the. autotil increase* Alta the simt}al cettudiPtierrifogeth
1.,: the *maid humane of contoottitiOtte , - - • • --; ; r 1' • ' '
isit is of a superior quality, and - has, every natural
/
lei ity (Vocation to assist the miners in Obtaining •
t. On the Mount Laughfee.tract, One vein now
wo ked by Mann 4- Morris, can alone supply five ,
fur aces for generations, and the regpiarity of the iron
me arcs leaves no doubt. of their exending.threugh
.the whole4rithmcite Region from east to west.—
I'ha. workings of Charles Lawton, Esq., in the
Borough, attachtdio - the "Gate Vein" are equal, in
cap icity and richness of material—on Ouinea Hill,
the Poll Zi• Bannrui tract on - the Btoad Mountain,
the Furnace tract up the Schuylkill Valley, on the
pro erty worked by Sillymart 4 Nice, and numer
tualother locationS, its abundant developemeni has
teen fully tested, 'and leaves 'ndt a dotibt as 'to the '
luantity or quality. This ore can be mined and
lelitrered at from 2i to $3 per ton, ; and numerous
an rectors are ready and - anzious to undertake it.
f then the supply of ore, which) in most instan
ts will be mined from the-sonie drifts as the coal, be
lan ' prolific, the •location of furnaces must evident
y ' at the very mouths of our tunnels and water
ev :Is. We have the two pnucipal*sterials on the '
• . and the limestone will be a clty minor item,
or ~ any of our iron measures' are ao strongly inter
* . with lime, that Mr, Ferry is of elpinicm they
Pt almostilitzthenualves. At all eves - rte.-should we
le bliged , to' resort: to a calcareous region for a sup.
ly .it Will be fully, compensated by the fact that-he
vli.le quantity of :ultimate requisite to produce a
on of pig metal can be obtained' ai the proposed lo
af .n of thefutnaces, us cheap or 'cheaper than one
m of coal cart; be d'eliirered'at any intermediate place
~...4
n 4 e line of canal , erne ; ,
1 ons coal, at $175 pet ton t the pit's mouth $437
as iron ore at $2 50 at e pit's mouth 750
, z y $l2 fot material eiclusive of lime,. which
vil , produce one ton of pig metal ; a ton and & half
of - I is sufficient to smelt one ion of metal, itod
I r
b . quartem to 1 ton will cover it'll tbeiturposes or
.11 'ne; heatin) apparatus, ate. Inthe prove alai
na , alt necessary allowance is made flit' rental to
Lo land holders 'and pro fi t for tlie: , 43olliers. The
ith .experices of tab& and contingencies any prac
tical man can-calculate.
This then settles the location cif the farnaccw.: and
in addition we can state, our anthracite can puddle
thiron, and reheat it aftetwarda, as well as any
fun in the country by applying a little' blast un‘ler,,
th bars, and the quality of the iron, whether' for '
fo .' , dry purposes or for produsing bars, will not suf
fers' comparison with, soy iron now in use. ',
' ' wish , our distant iron friends and all who
ta` • an, interest in this matter to bear : in mind,
b' we have the authority of MriPerry for these as
mi ions, and that tie has given oror eltended an
• era to several important querre:ii, which will doubt
l' he spread before the public. I - .
It is a well Impair fatt that in England and Wiles,
the extensive non works are ireFted an the coal
re 'oils, where the two mitterialt are found in con
n:. "on, and no deposit of iron pie of sufficient ea
ts . t to warrant the investment of capital in furnaces
Et - found out of:Ate coal region +. Now -the meta
s . rev of iron in our County resemble the fentrations
..
Wales, being in seams of solid ore l embeticted in
• • ll ore, and both are niuch mor4exiansive wok us,
. . any, in the vicinity" of Mr. Crane's .Welsh An
iret its Furnacis. , ; • I .
We will conclude this. articlacby stating. that „if
, y person, interested in iron, will COffle among Ow,
' A Offer 2 - 50 to ; $3 cash'pei toli (of lion are;aoor.
ng to locationihs , ..wilt actin Oka that he can Oro.
fountains of it ! • -,1 ,[. ") •-,. I •
- V. S. " setsedor.—Dtirtzt
e - by the joint irpie.:_of Ilentlitylvanikjaigis
ure, Re ,hi 6 . Pears from last M4rcti.
--1
• fu'r'nished 11:214;060. - tons.
, prediSated on a supply of-I.so.43oo'tancii.
ecy• Fluur• is, selling' In , the Borough., at $4 per
barrel:pa' lin specie! itie farmers will find, when
w
the Sub .reasury Bill becomes a law, and all the
specie is oartiedlor the _rise of the . government of
fice hold s, that it will be stillbloeroltul Treasury
Bills will be issued for the Ilse of the people, of shirt
the saateivaluir as continental money. - Farmers, re-
Hest on this state of things, and prepare by your
votes net fall, to lend your assistance towarels.a
remedy. [Harrisoir and Tyler will purge, the court !
try of its foul corruption end brAhe friends of the
Pe°o 3 . l'
Robtriig the Treasury.—When Gov. Rimer drew
on Daniel Sturgeon, the State Treasurer, to pay the
troops inl r 1838; the draft was dishonored;
because re was nriirpecial authority for it. But it '.
now *minis that Sturgir's conscience is as elastic as
is a
Sturt
a's nose—thlkharder you knock it down,
the high up it boundesr In, his last report he un-'
blushing announces that) he has
. paid to Ovid -F.
Johnson ana l -James Whiner, two Mount:44ollm
fur servi , ' lathe quo •• • ' , to cases of Judges Col
linvid . arlington ! Jo.. on is the Attorney Gen
eral, and of course 'did no .", g but the duty for which
he recei ,es a salary, and,' udge Porter spoke about an
lyment was made without any au-
are pleased to see that .... Senator
red to investigate this wanton:act of
~ .
iblic pirrse. .
. brother James A Porter, one thou
thntour most worthy 'Governor red
f taxation to defray thoexpenees of
Let the people look to itfarthers !
1 for thafamily—and let every purse
give , food.to the splumlereml
Fo
htrin)
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The eto Power.—Whit will the- locos say of
Govern° Poktei's 'vetoing niven,Bills in one day t
ei-,'
When ' h Ritner exercised this 'Privilege for the
purpose of! preventing the mad 'provisions 'of the
Manna° b ; lmprovement Bill, the locos were violent
in their , buse, declaring that it should never lie used
but whe the piovisions of the Constitution were'
endange —lirodleimingit uan aristocratic and fed
eral feat re" in our laws, and itrimicil to repthhcan
4 ..
institute ns ! - . i
- ,
We s all now see 'how circumstances will Ateri
cases.-- a ;shall hear Gov. Pcaler lauded for his
patrician ~ in adopting this anti-reptiblican, aristocrat
ic, fei , Land 'unconstitutional power l•
Goi. airfield, of Maine, seems to think that 'the
British ! oiernment is not keeping food faith, Surer
the Arodstiwk.
•
o e -of the money, buried by Gibb and Wane.'
iLong Wand, after they had pillaged the'
" r and killed her Carain, has been
,tl.
Cr•
ley on
" Viney
coveieJ.
.spondent of the Spirit of tho Times,-cape
of Va. , et his Toques!, was appointed chair
o :nothing.
cc.
Mr.
Mail 4.0
$llB7
ood propose him as Chairman of a . corn
the art of uskaotin . lower. ":—Dem
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mitten •
Pram 't
He M
cthutinivge
s for some,ryears been shooting " at eze
ly, and ywould puzzle him to shoot at arkyl
Maine :The official returns on the late poverno?s
electic;n land , thus: John . Fairfield, 41.038; Eck
wad 34,749 ; Scatterings, 208--Pairfield'ii
ntsj. 6,81. A
Reim utionary Perunons.—When General
them a in,the U. S. Senate, he originated the 1 1 14
providi 'g:pensions for all the Soldiers of the revidu
Lion. the former proviSion extended only to those
who were very poor; and many a patriot suffered.
sins of penticy, lather than make the degraL
;a pf poverty. As chairman'of the Commit.
Wilber)* Affairs, William Henry Harriami,
pith untiring energy to, obtain this payment
!ountry's debt of gratitude: he.,sticceetled,
co that time, the declining daps,. of, ,many ,a
, .
yn i champion of our infant years navo'been
nil thb
ding pl
tee oil
areal,
of thO
and ni.
war4ir
•' not with plenty, at least with a moderate
1.. e 3 ,. This action will gild the name of
n, 'when he shall lie gathered to his lathers.
clic° 7
Hanigt
-•-The Committee. of. Military Affair*, is
Senate, have reported, a Bill, which .pri•
giant to the first ten thousand white settlem,
t of Florida . War, a, bourity.432o sues Of
els;, upcin eettakponditioni.. poi*
Farmed occupation of the Temtery:
thee.
pose*
in dr
landi e
foi,o
• '. New Jersey Legislature epessembled en
last. We look &Woody for their action
, -•roluct or Congress. . . !
a•
Ta,efd
oiLthe
I A raft 'is not a vessel. acconii.,-,,i1t0 Judge
ions: Who ever doubted ' it! ws might
call a mil filfilikiths Chinese *al - 1
Betts'
as viel
=
Gnat, admits that Harrison is ma
this State. He says, however. he
11 gel orer.from.sooo '4lBOOO Vbn
isjority at the kat Presidential elec.
little over 4000, 'end .therefore
'ts that his nett chance is hopeless.
Virginia says that Pennaylirmia
sure for Harrison. The , locos are
that the name of am Hero ICTip
a tower of strength
AM
. aI.DIR4GT TAXATION.CD . , _
a Ify 'oven deliberate opinion * gat, mat to tat
•atleriLis tie imb' iloasilde remedy' . extricate the Gone .
tion't4dditrom 1 the em . , - ... •by Which tve
Awl het suirsamdeot—tGoe. P , &s Message.
•:Wheri %ramified, in emulation with the'above o. 1
piniorrof Gov) Niter; that the israaereof the Genend
Government; tire lilmvide reettutinbuding a rosette ai-i
red Walton to defray their wilationa - imetturelife
-Plunder far Suh-trounnenr, is it not *ilium for the
irustion
.people to bo stirring 7 . show rio t
,peetketoy bed,
and the:strong - voice of popular ' ' • hi hessi&T
Mlll4,We sit rahrdrand Biti the h t fitaittybleoacrugtti
6Or fathers ; and transmitted us, witited from !
nsl ' Let there hinetionl Let than be a nmirerient
karaisnythe. people which Shall inure ` tin) 'usurper.
I *end& iti their hi gh , tClaaeeep - 0 1 111 0 24 7 43#41T to the
‘rahverbeta of '64libestie; I . i,'
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' Thi Sinuggle4 Mai& --Tile plot* 'upholds tit.
-Government, en their efforts. to fheat *0.11,01 Refl.
'Oeierpefiy . between •Philadelphiil arid naltinefte. rind
.-aaya-Amos; 7 /teri:dall has the, rigtit to •trapspert
luggage on their impreveinente! We . are pliweed •
to see thittldr..eoopr, Of 6`ar'gtate, has introduce)]
a resolution to Congress;calling upen'the Postmiw.
-ter General to report 'to the 'Houle What arranged -
miients he had made for the'rnmsrnission of 'the coll
'from 'Washington to the city ck New Vorli. Ap
also, whether, to the disgrace of the trevertiment,
bad attempied, frandetently, tO transpert 'said mail
-op the raßroad -without riitablelcompensations, Ape.
'to"the conipany l ownineasid -
We : think,'wheti this iffair shell have been inv
'tigiterlfthe,originators ofAltis fraud will stand'on
'par with'the meaneitipetty tarriedy rogue, that ever
came in thepluftine bf a criminal court.
(C. A•breach of ConeideraMe .magnitudo : has et
cuned'in -the West Breach canal, emit ene and 'a
half miles above Milton. ,
7 41. It is r u mored in the Baltimore turps*. thit
Mr. Speaks/ Hunter will be elected. U. &niter
frets Virginia.
Judge of Tenn., has' res i gne d hip s ent in
. i
the Senate.
.Will Senator Wright .of N. Y. do the time if in ,
sttneted•by hislegislitnre 1" , '. . , .
•
-Ilfr. Poritson.—A•publie diner, tendered by tha
Editors and publishena of newspe l . pers in Philadelphia,
to their veteran friend, has beeit :declined on aeon&
of bodily infirmities;
A 'Change. --The western editors lave alsra
been complaining of a want o females in_their re
pective, vicinities, but now the.t are distressed at t
non-attival of the mails. • .
• Nary/and.-The Legistitutt .of this State is
sassioni the Senate iswhig; the -house loco.
administratiOn Goverribi's Inieasagewas "cloy on,
banks.
Tariff. r —Mr. Penrose in our. Senate, and
Cassel in the House, haie offered resolutions requ
ing gur Senators and Representatives in Corigrais to
use their endeavors to procure; the passage of ally,
more effedually to protect domestic manufactures.
. ,
Low Econonly,=-A- proposition to 'give the pri
ing of the House to thelowest‘idder was voted down
and partizans'reme . ved it.
This does not tally 'with:logo .professions of econo
my. „
Virgidia.—The election An fill the place of Mr.
Mercer, for Congress, took plaee on Wednesday last.
George W. 'Cook who brought fOrward the far
limed Preamble and liesoldlidn, Opposing the;
cial reception of Mr.'Van Buren, when he wea abont
to visit bin adoptid l eity Torpolitical' purposes; has
elected Mayor of Hudson.
Fire and. Water!—A gentleman in Philad6lphie
returns thanks to the engines for subduing the fi re
on his premises, and to his friends for saving part '4:4
his stock of goods.from the Mater. '
Far anti Goose.--The fox Van Buren lute the
;eine Calb . oun in his paws,l , and the bear Benton
will give the sign when his neck shallibemmutg,.
.Hey for Cavaliers!
Ho for Cuyahoga!
Rub a dub!"
The 'Secretary ..f'wai reccurtmencla t.e .'vision of
the U. S. Militia into eight Military districts, in ,each
• f which 25,000 men are to lbe enrolled; one half
to be on active duty, and to.receive pay ;
the rote of
compensation and the number- of days ofi Berrie° . in
the year being -fixed ty low. 1 Therotherlhalf are to
constitute. a body of reserve, io of such
as have screed four years in the r. One
fourth of the latter division , i reser ve
every year : Sand one fourth f the reserve to retire
fiom military duty ;—the deficiency. in the active
-militia 4s -to be supplied by new recruits.
oz). The Sub-Treasury Bill has again beenilsub
mitted to Congreie l by Mi, right, one Cif - the Betus.
term from New York.
Uann6t Mr. r i ght'sWih -leg i slature give him • some
'useful instructions (in This Matter I Do, end let: tut
See if he will obey or resign. 1
• Diekin.ton College.--Tbe !annual report and cats
lognge of this instittttion,shews it in a highly pros.
perous state: It has 23 latv.tudents, 99 undergrad.
uates antl 94 pursuing a parr i ol course or attending
the grammgr school, in all The ReV. John P.
-Durbin is President ;
, and eminent professoni in the
various departments , are em ployed, whose abilities
lend, ustre to this flourishingiseat of learning.
(0 - - Gen. Harrison and J
lives of Clmiles! City in Vi
dance.
The English Parliameno opened on Thnniday
net, 16th' init.
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Harrison in Ohio. —AArah BurereSermtoiin Con ! .
giess, has warted that General Harrison will sweep,
Ohio, with an oi 3 Orwhelini4ig majorityl
_The Co.
lumbni Journal of that State,. holds' the following
AtterhlOariglittget I I '' - ` - •
4 lt is Well kno w n that we never belonged ito the
wbig plirty....thal, our utmost exeiticms were need to
elevate both General Jackson and Ils. *en Buren to
'
. the Presidential chair. I ~
,1 ~ ~, .
Wo supported the Measures, gEnemily, of General '.
Jackson, and would have sUpported those of hill suc
cessor, had they beeri such as la/e, thought foe the in
-wrest and welfare of the coantr?. -Mat the sub.treao.l
Imy scheme we could not support.. We ;moral_ it in
1. conjonetion with, the administration nm:mbers of Uon
gross, when offered by Ganerel Gardon , of Virginia-r
and we could, not change _ ou r printipleer,ivheri offered
by the President of our chitice. 1• " „ , '
. It is the o old Jackson men " here, ;that take 0/6
leadlilicupparting GENERAL HARRISON. And
wo know that hundreds anil thousands of these who
went 4: the o Hero °Mew 04eans,7, will, go for
the.", Iffeni of Tippecaride." We th e refore hope the'
• whig , ~1 4 will take . no 'measures that will tend to
s
tt
- kepp the( old Jackson .m from . our ranks:. We
should like :to' see the nam of white dropped ; Ind all
unite UNDER THE BR I AD FLAG 'OF THE
PEOpLE. . But if we must have allother name, let
it be THE DEMICRAT/C HARRISON - PARTY
..:intsi i erilie broad shiner of Daiwalipi and Harrison
iran.-4 we.:CAN;We r t ivon and we wiLt; iii
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