POITTgVILfsIE* , '
Sailfrday 1.
wir MCNUTT ANCIO "A postmaster may en
eloso money 'um letter to the:publisher ol al newspsper
to pay the trabsitiption Of ii.thtrd petsbn, tee
letter, if written ti himself. q--Amos Kendall 4
Some Of our, subscribers May not be aware that they
May save the pOstage o subscripticht money, by re
questing the postmaster VVhere they reside to frank their
Mum containing such snoney.- he being able to satisfy
himself before a letter is . sealed. thit it contains nothing
bat what refhrti to the subscription. „I'Am. Farmer.
Iltr A $5 current bill,Tree of postage, in advance, will
pay for three year's subscriptinn to the Miners' Journal.
,i-titic'l insig JV'onsinit
,
tiokts.
,
.!' ton PRE SIDENT,
AVM. H. HARRISON,
jini ouio.
roll 17 1 , 6£ Wi'RESIDENT.
Oils Ilta,Ett,
o p pitcaN lA.
Mundt:
(~E\1..,
indebte4 to us will oblige by .attending
g wantp:: if 1t is not convenient to set
,wilf answer: We have been patient
e uoii hope to sec them liberal
/p Tho':
VD our preast
tle all, a pa
with our fr
towards as.
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lbiri:—lThe secontl 'number of this ph
sassed oniWodriesday the, tfith inst.
r
.wa \ S printed of the first, which is already
r
we have - hen . rfore to request our editorial i
Lice its Orin 'r'ir.d design, and also the;
priblis4ti virtit' no hope Of profit, but!
d as far as pOssible in disseminating cor.•
tiou in relation to the viewa and efirtrae•
Harrison.
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1
•mg to thegreat demand for the Log, Cal),
, - 1.
edition 6f .)14.--1, will be issued in a few
i . ![:.
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The tog
per ail! be
Large *Aldo
exhausted :
friends to n.
terns• It i
merely to a
rect inform,
to of Gep
Kr 0
in, a spear
dnya,
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are requested i 43 state that 'erufessar Reed's
postpotted. had! farther notice. The Cott-
Meetnglxvillitie: held as.
Lecture is
=,
[
Tariff etting.-±lO ) meeting on t Monday last,
was the I• tirest we have I seen in .onr Court House.
since di- year 1832 nothwithstanding, it rained all
day. iii d it been [ele s air, the bowie could not have
F held the oncourse.i The proceediriga were spirited,
k and the 4udience in :greA part coin t i9sea - of working
men i abtiut fifty of them] came iii .Wagciss from West
~
Penn, w th a barinr surmounted by an Eagle, and',
inscribe uProtection of American !Industry." The
• utmost • nanirnity scams to pervade our County onj
the all i • portant ;siojet of a Protective Tariff, ands
we feel hat Schuyiball !will be truly recreant to her::
• self, if e er she diverge from her •present course Of
adhesie • to the Anieric l n System.
• • •
trance Refor. —We learn that between 6
a n• • rwe •
persons nave signe the remperance Pledge
(Borough., 'rho exertions of those philantlio
ho have orikic.ated this, shOnlif be"cheered by
ial approval Of a l II classes a society,
Tem
and 70
in our
pisto
the co
The weath r ita,s been •tloirig up the equtnoc
!handsome yle !since our last.
tial in
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Fii.t of Airil.i.--There was . no mistake',' in the
lad that our bortnigh Of Pottsville - , was pretty , comfit].
erably in a' bustle lon
.I_,ltis day. Our citizens, with a
laudable emulatioft to i make themselves worthy of
----, the appellation which 'pertains to:dhe day. , appear to
= iin ' • •
-have made it Aeneral moving da,n humble imita
tion of the first 'of !itai in the great city of New
York. Every thing was en the Move, from a frying .
pan to a clothes preset, and great' was the confusion
there f. Wo hayi3 but a word toy say on' this subject:
"do n i get in ,iheiwitkvard habit, of 'making a partic
ular oving.day, i for lit creates '.ditfiCiilty all round.
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and ost undoubtedly; tends to keep up the price of,
ej
rent, by increa. aing tht competition fOr houses; where
as, if different seaffona were used'hy 'ditierent persons,
the' would be 11.,confusion, and the' mutual cativo
' I
nienCe, of the public Would be aftaieed. el
Ent—the firstlof April was a . funny day " in
ethet• remiliects. The ioungsters;wern eternally pop
ping i into our ofl4e tO make enquiyy after . the iile
'of Eve's mother;' of the . Advetitures of Adonis
father." One still -eyed damsel; vt?ho is a special fa
vorite of ours, balk the trouble .to Call out to us from
_ her lattice;, as ofrowore wending inar'matin way to our.
sanctum, end inforni us, in a n4,ical voice, that we
were about tel hire our packeaundkerchief. We
*timed and bovirip', mad placing the thiimb of our right
or indtting hap]; upon our prohOsis, c - and flourishing
' our digiit4 we Mn st wittily rejoineal,teyou don't catch
"--- this child, Dinka" !"—The ellitid. was sublimely beau
tiful ! ' '!:',... I - ~;
JUSTICES OF THE PEAC&
s ,
At the eletii;n on: the r2otli ult., , the following
persons were el4cted as 3 uiticegi.of the Peace for the
County of flelpilkill, for Atte term of five years, viz:
Pottsville -4 r . ort4 Wajil---Sainuel D. Leib, *Gee.
. i y
Ilifisler--§outiv'Ward4•Jaci.i6 Reed, • William F.
Dean. . II: , t
\ OrtvigshuiFi-•peorge Relish, .'Charles Ifiitman.
"r'Easl , 'Brurtstpig+-•beorge Medlar, 'Bernard Kep
:: ' . .
n!!' il- ,if Ji _l.l
1 West &tour igt*Janies rrice, Joseph Matz.
West' Porte-.:4oirthan Kistler, Jacob Lengaere.
Wayne—"fceterliKutz, •Ja4eb Mennig.
- Schuy/kig-tePhon Ringer, James Fitzsimmons.
r Piaegrovel It oriiiigh—• Johii Suirophler, *Samuel
Gun. ' .• I H
.
Piaearoe Tkluviship— lA, 4 Felty, William Horn.
Lower I .lLhanfringo—Josei!ii liuntzinger, 'Philip
osinitn. 1 IT ' .,
I Upper Af4ttringo—•H:lP.Heinzleman,Griiorge
Boyer. •
1
il Niriberiati—*George Rei f, n.
yder
, Jaseph Rubin
son. ' I ..
' thiow —,•ltob ZimmerMa I n. Thomas Butler.
' Rah— !9u mon Lindler,ldacob ;
feud and Rich
iiirtilloikglirr,tuid an equal.hkeiber.eif votes. '
; Tama -.l4•John FMnklifie, Jatpes D. Drown.
Braneft—lthonias B. Ablx4i, Samuel Harman.
Birr 4--lE'4ja. Yarnall,,tAiidrew Wilson:
, Arot * *tritte.:— sioseph - Weaver, •Blair Welena=
an. i i; • • , L I
f
. 3kiniiiiin,4 o Charles Denger, John Mailiti. •
I ty Thor Merited thue,(•) were old JeaticeS.
W:Lea toaqurent y : fiee of the above Justices are
, . tic Harrisort men--#ltutirfeen Loco-focus:
. ' .-.,_ , .
, 0 . r, 1 'pod . „ of ?taladelphia ,, wbo was i nd i cted
rri vir
rthe t ;iuner of his daugtititr, which tragic incident
net still afresh in ithe minds of our readers, has
e lexinititticin; the grounill'Of insanity. -f,
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111
The !Attee Book foe April s :
,as usual, is full or most
ntirestiiyoreiieties from , tliifinguished pens. We
• ' 1 " blind 04artrAngt. page one or gonts7a The Sat),
. 'bath," ky ;411.%verett. !
t i • • , • .
- The orec(Ternfor,y 7 -The Impression is daily
bacomirl. ore general, that 4ie Mame tli ff eult) must
toad twill; 4ptine and war._ Recent correspon dence.
betereen lilr..Foillyth and th nglish: Minister, Mr.
r' 3l , shoiss l i plajnly that pe4its are et issue, which
eintsit 1./e l ,crnesMy settled, a dtlnlewia third power.
is chosent 4ciesliate, the Arostock iimher
to a dustrictiee lwarfare. ji
MI
*- The elections.througheint OUT staler whin"
they have recently been made to ailinan a
tiv
character, have resulted
. most:cheeritertothe eil .de4
of iltefarm and the People. !Mani peranhe -judg
ment poneede the state to 'Gen. "[affirm, tiut we
think the train bands of Van forewarn ale not so easi
ly itolhe broken dawn, antl-that the charge to be suc
cessful, mist be 'vigorous and concentrated. „ .
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Gen. Barrition's vote. of Thanks.—Much - =rep
ceSentation-Vas been used by the graceless Van Bu
rs ,
ttprints, in tel,sOon to the refusal of the Senate of
0113 If. S.: to include the name of Gen. Harrison with
Gov. Shelby in a vote of . thanki. The facts are these :
1
at! the time' of the motion, an enquiry was depending
before the
, House, into the official conduct of Gen.
Harrison, es commander of-the North-westerii armY,
and subsequently the committee to whom it 'was en
- .-
truhAed, reported u na nimously that he Stood above
suspicion, and that he ever: showed himself governed
qa 'laudable zeal and devotion for the wintry and
ha , interests . It was mathfestly &proper, pending
such an investigation to pass a vote of thanks but
in { one week after, it was passed unanimously in the
&nate, and with only one dissenting vote in the
• i • , , .
Ihnsse, •
This is the whole history of the vote about which
so much falsehood has been propagated, and which,
id absence of true ground of objection, will be exten
sively used by the Loeb party.
! Bub -Treasury Nide B.:lL—This bill has passed the
lower branch of Cungrees, by a cote of 110 to 66.
Apportionment 8211,—A select clnitnittee of the
Legislature have reported a bill, which newly appor
tions Tome of the senatorial and representative districts.
Dauphin and Schuylkill are to be united for choosing
a senator. We doubt its ultimate passage however:
71e Elections.'—A bill•has passed providing for a
second election of Justices of the Peace, in case of a
do vote. We do not need its oporaticins here, as our
successful candidates ran ter opponents out of
sight.
iry A Registry Law Bill has passed the New
Yurk Legislature.
Resumpl;on Bill Passed.:—On Tuesday, the Te.
&option bill, as amended front Senate, passed the
House by a vote 46 to 41.
The first section cats for the resumption of specie
pay ment-4akt the 15th of January, 1841, allowing the
recovery of gold and silver to bill holders by common
law.
The second section provides for forfeiture of char
ter forsuspension after the 15th of January; 1841.
The third section provides penalty for false .swear
ing by officers of banks, .
The fourth section calls for the suspended banks
'to lend within a year, if called for by the common
wealth, three millions of dollars, in propo < rtion to their
capital.
The Small Note section of the Bank Bill was
rejected.
-lcr• An ineffectual attempt was made last week
in the Legislature, to reduce the salaries of our Pres
ident Judges.
kijournment.—Both branches of the .Legialature
have decided to adjourn on the 16th inst.
j' The Philadelphia and Reading Rail 'Road
Company have issued orders in the shape of bank
bills, of the denomination of $lO, $5O and $lOO, re
deemable twelve months after date, with interest at 6
per cent.
Lenasvilk, (Ky.) was in flames on the 27th ult., -
and the'dcstruction is represented as immese, by one
who writes to J. R. Chandler, Esq. even before its
.'progress was arrested.
,Ty A fire 4,llTew Orleans has destroyed property
to the amount of $300,030.
(f 20,000 troops are said to be stationed in the
Canadas at the present tnnment.
Connecticut.—On Monday the stateelection trans
pires in this state. We shall in our next show the
progress of Harrison and Tyler in the land of steady
habits.
cc 7. Gen. Evans, a member of our Legislature, lost
a child. last week by accidental drowning in the Kis
queblinnah at Harrisburg. The louso, with com
mendable sytnpathy t adjourned to attend the funeral.
Common Schools.—From the Superintendant's re
port, we learn, that there are tO5O school districts,
887 of which have accepted the system, •
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Columbia Ruil Read. A committee, of which
Mr. Nill was Chairman, appointed to examine the
affairs and condition,, of this work, have made a re
port, which the locos have been anxious to suppress.
They do not wish it known,! that three supervisors
are employed now, whgte one was under Gov. Ra
nee@ Administration, and that the requisite work is
not satisfactorily performed even • then. Norther do
they wish Arr. Calderon to he compelled to give up
the fuel speculation, which. he is eugaged in at the
expence,ot the State. These things will if possible
be suppressekalthough it. is known that the bitu
minous coal, which comes fromlandsln which Cpm- ,
eron is - Inter:listed, is totally unfit for locorngtive
purposes; that it createl so much blaze, as to b6(noff
the.sperk catchers:andt.
hrows fiff cinders so fast Wet
several accidents hava'iaken placelthis spring. A
' public house, a barn, and one. or two houses have
been fired by its use and in one instance,a piece of
woodland •was set on fire. And yet it is used, where
anthracite is to be klbtained at cheaper rates, merely
to allow this favored individual to aquavit: a little
more from the poise of this Commonwealth.
Another New Bcpublic.--Late advices from Texas
give information, that the Federal army, after an un
successful. attack on, litonteray, retired to Guerrero
ar.d Laredo on the Rio Grande, where they organized
a new government called the Republic of Rio Gran
de, and inal.Oled a
,General Council. Jesus de Car
denas, a lawyer of Tamaudipar, is Fresident, and
Gangea chief of the army.
The new government is calling, for volunteer aid,
and expects to recieve it from Texas and the United
:states; it is said that it will be wire liberal with the
'guantuni of bounty land than any other governnient
ever was. The property of the; Church and 'Con
vents, includrug their large landed estates ; will be
appropriated for the pay and bonnty or the. volun 7
tears. 1
Teiga is presume& that President Lamar will
assume the offensive againit Meriee, as the forces of
the latter are still on their own side ef the Rio Grande:
Dr. Archer has been appointed Secretary of War,
and Felix Houston, Major peneral. There will. be
slcdrp twilit in this quarter before long." • . -
: • A ridu` re of Poverty M'Elwee stated on
the flo'ar of the 'House of Repreientatives, when the
bill pnivitling fora loan of a million of &Alan was
under Consideration, that twenty thousand dollars of
Warrants were , lying at the 71 , easury which the
Stole Was tinableid ineci - =
ETopoisteaf,k+A taco. readiog, is 'file of papers of
the year Isl 3, &scribing the brilliant victories of
Harrison, and the opposition of Van Horeb to the
lest mai.
=I
yr fete been given in, New ylitk - • to wi*r
leirphi..4 to -honcie to r Acteetf‘rictoritlii rar
- , 4 \
owd situ
rive.
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_ -.':'..S'C'J~..w..~; w_i+s!_~e'~> ...
«~ti"~6Zl
TO' A meeting callekat Nei York;- 4 tr:itbatet'd...
tiaclion of party, to act on a Registry *ls Alio
tatted :and broken up:by,imib of knaiithitables; aoap
locks Sad other loafer
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the Mayoralty of the city were is geo4-hatida,
we should hear of no'snrch disgriceful ltaufactiorts.
ca. The Washington (Pa.) Reporter expresses the
opinion that General Harrison will have a Majority
of faij n 800 to 1000J/oleo in that county..
And Speaker Hopkins, the man u without nerve "
will have leave to stay at Imam in dignified retire
ment. . . - .
The
_Sea Gull, attached to the Exploring Expe
liti. n, it is feared, has been List, and all oi board
Perished. She has not been heard of eineeigne last,
When she left Cape Horn, about which
. tiata a se
4iere gale happened.
Symptoms of 2.i & ri'fittion.—Mr. Ritchie the loco cdi
or of the Richmond Enquirer says, to his politica
friends:
..We are in the midst of : a crisis. Every democra
must exert himself, or the cause of democracy is crush
ed forever.'
This looks like fear of yciults, and well may They
be dreaded : the Von Buren sceptre bias passed from
Van Buren, in Virginia, and Harrison is now the
people's candidate.
Culumbia Counly.—Meetingc in favor of the peo
ple's candidates, have been held at Berwick, -Cana
wisse, and other places. and on Satan's the 18th
inst. delegates to the Baltimore Convention will be
appointed:
Amalgamation.—The Legislature of Massac bus
etts has, by a vote of 168 to 184, permitted the inter
marriage of whites and blacks. The vote was very
nearly a party one—nearly all tie whip voting for
the amalgamation project, and nearly all the demo
crats against it.--Krystone.
We may perhaps, be excused the indecency of re
faring to the above vote, for the purpose of exposing
the gross falsehood of the comment attached thereto.
The misrepresentation is as black as the subject war
rants, as black as the principles of the men who at
tempted it; as hluok as the heartlessness of the loco-fo
co party. It is well known that for many years, a class
of fanaties, disgracing the name of humanity, have
existed in the eastern states, who have advocated the
odious policy of amalgamation to its fullest extent.
The general intelligence of the dnminant Whig par
ty in Massachusetts, has for a long period kept them
down, until last year in an evil hour for decency, the
combined agency of the fifteen gallon law, and the
abolitionists succeeded in electing a more than ordi
nary number of representatives of this mongrel school,
and elected to the gubenatorial chair Marcus Morton,
an open avowed abolitionist. This placed the open
ing codily,esin the grand Johnsonian design of inter
marrying blacks and whites, and the consequence has
been the passage of the above law, through one branch
of. the Legislature.
But the peculiar atrocity of the above article is,
the unbbishing mendacity, with which the accusa
tion is made, that nearly all the whigs voted for it,
whe:n it is beyond doubt, that the e Morton party"
wi re its zealous supporters and successful advocates.
It is sickening to observe the attempts of the dying
serpent of lociifocoism to e spit its poisons" on all
around, to seek to attach`odium me others, for deeds
performed under its sanction, and to misrepresent and
pervert every action of those who have so long stri
ven against their pernicious influence. The Whigs
of the Bay State are no amalgarnati mists: they are
no e northern men with southern principles;" they
are no followers in precept even, of the practice of
Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United
States, or of his party-colored party. The law, le
galizing the
. marriage of blacks and whites, if it does
disgrace the Statute look of that state, will pass under
the domination of a Legislature, containing almost
a plurality of men, who were elected on anti-temper
ance and abolition principles, and who, with the out
ward name of o democrats, " are the scum of Hart
ford Convention federalists, and the refuse of all those
patties, which have brought in moral deformity to aid
their outrageous schemes of political duplicity.
The friends • of Reform, need not distrust Massa
chusetts ; she cannot tie persuaded that the BLAC
nESS of Van Buren's character can be compared with
the pure while of Harrison, and when the approach
ing contest does arrive, she will nobly perform her
allotted duty to the cause of Harrison and Tyler.
cry We copy the following from the N. Y. Cou
rier and Enquirer, for the purpose of showing how
democracy ' f values the Germans of our country,
and how they turn with derision upon all those who
will not follow in the track, prescribed by their patty
leaders.: Mr. Leask, who the loco focos ere endeav-
wring to ridicule, because he speaks broken English,
committed the unpardonable offence of opposing the
Sub-Treasury scheme, and coming out in favor of a
National Bank :
, ‘Mr. Lasak and the German Demoerais.--We sta
ted the other day. on the authority of the Pennsyl
vania German,a journal just established in Philadel
phia by Francis J. Grand, that the Germans of the•
great West ere coming out in a body fora One Pres
dential Term, " - and General Harrison. Mr. Grunt!
voted at the last election for Mr. Van Buren, but he
is persuaded" that the great majority of his country
men in. Pennsylvania add Ohio are of the same way
of thinking as himself; in regard to the monstrous e
vils that flow out of the re-eligibility of the,Pre.iden
-dal incumbent, and be is enough of a democrat to
go with the majority of the People.
The Harrison contagion seems to be spreading a
mong the ( General Democrats ifi I the State. From
the denunciations uttered by the Loco Foco press a-
gainst Lasak, of the assembly, we should imply
that ho also is carried away with the general enthu-
sham of his countrymen of the Great West. All
the literature," at any rate, is very much shocked
at the bad English of aspeech of ,Mr. LusaleB. and
undertakes to caricature it in the Democratic,[!
New „era: Mr. Mucky, one of Mr. Lasak's Loco
Foco coneigues;is , said by the livening Jouiwal, to
the author of the following builesque of the re•
marks to which we tefer: . -
ti Mr. Chairman, we once had good currency ; we
have, now no not got it. li're must not sinker one" do
currency ;' I dont want to creep up to the cunning
wedder cock and see how de wind blow. Do
people's put down de l ank in 1834.- I tiuk a physi
cal agent are dispensle. I vent a large bank. It
maybe de tyranics, but I hold de sword to the gen.
demon' from Delaware, I 'contend that Congress
may and ought to establish. It must be
,a National,
'Batik, in' hich the States must have the stock accord
ing to the representatives and de officers by de Sou;
ate and.do Assembly. I vish to tiod L lip in Con
gress. I would vote die minute (or the Sub-Treasury,
'cause vy When.times go down to de bottom, den,
by-by dey_comerto the top: Do welts for de depend
eut `Treasury' will' do very well for de Bank.afterwards.
Dc Secretary of deTreseury he.hai ono shylock
and de apprentice'boy would be murdered. ,Die bill,
fur the Currency is: ikel - dit• petitions against.the me-
ebonies in de Staie-prison.- . It - dis like stepping
de door ofile Alma Howie; and feeding de people out
- side,- to preveoani more corning inside, "I new
stop—and do I know de guilhinirof de, newspaper
in Newt York Will amputate any 'ilia."
We do not know that - W. Lank can speak. Eng
lish sititis.vci 'Much fluency arid correettiesa,as Mr.
.Rose4,lVir. Moday, or some other of hisceillcaguos;,
-bra ibttweeilltr.-Laitak awl lit6:YariotayeAookit,
certainly be disposed s° takt odds in. favet,pc
Leask"
Fll= l ====
E'
. 7 40 shove bpen Invested to
i ikrtick!t, Whi4 l ' orii!nabY'llilleare d
N : papers ; on the Efrabjec l X of co) [
.. rt the fiist this day, Om ..,
show,
lion .to comply with the . desire.
calm:taro in his general adonis.'
our experience has led pa to adopt ;
enees between`.. oux,former pubtish
-4-m 'exist, they are in the; aggregate:
Coat - FOLijr
series o
in the' PhiLadelp .;
Coret►auiea, and.r
in; our determin
The authii m X '
,bons, with Ahotte
and if a few diffe
ed remarks and'
We coincide with him after a most
.f the series, in the views he has
we We , ever bellevedonid often
nearly the same,
attentive perusal
:set forth"; in.
.ion,.that all the goal Companies
rotten, speculative concerns, and
locum a rival; region and the
_ as interested, bar prevented us
apticit in our public condemnation
the corporate institutions of Penn-
expressed the op
of our State Icor
nothing but our
fear of being cha
from-teing wore
of these biciti on
dome worm of gratification to
lvatris. It is
• •sitiou emanate, from another quar
t t believe that them'exists, with, the
lof the Dela Ware Company, a sin
the kind in our' State which was
red and carried on fdr purely spec-
The causes which influence the
i '
are to be found to the untiring en
! • •
ient,und in the fact that be is virtu
'y, and that though now under cor
!-, the business is carried on without
[awe manner as when conducted by
I.kq.. before its incorporation. Here
the same, as if an individual atterid
,.. and traus-shipinent of the Coal : it
e whole which ensures success, when
endeavors of a Board of Directors
lead to loss. Let the Delaware Co.
a Board of Directors, as otheiCorn
n, and the same fate will attend it.
have in geueral, greater opportuni- .
money 'facilities than individuals:
. are connect id both with the bank
and the Coal Companies, and those
trs of the former, to frequently pos.
l ee to cause individual paper at short
•cted fur discount, while the Comps.
ed with large sums at long dates. Of
• anagement equally judicious, the ad-
us, to see the ix • 1 i
ter, , for we canes',
solitary - e %cc ptio i l
gle institution lo
not started, mat
ulative purpose
exception panic
orgy of its Pres
ally the Comp 1
potato privileg ,l
ch
.jthoeh a n no g p e, in
eur
a ftiiiot t eci he
, 60
ed to the,minio
is the unity of tl l
the discursive
would inevitabl,
be governed by
panics have be , ,
Corporation
ties of obtainin;
many caPitaii.,
ing Institution
who are direct'
secs an ulnae 1
dates, to be Tej :
hies are indul_
'course, under
vantage wool be in favor of the former, but we see
the Lehigh ompany, which is the strongest and
possessed of the greatest facilities of •all, actually
worse off, th n the individual operator in these times
of depression We therefore are compelled to reit
erate our oft expressed opinion, that Coal Compa
nies are useless. rotten and dangerous, and we ad
vise capttalis.s to have nothing to do With them, as
they must lose both time and money in the associa
tion. It is evident, if we compare the means and fa
cilities of tle Lehigh and Schuylkill regions, that
c l
the Lehigh Company must lose 50 cents on every
ton of coal hey ship to New York, and this deficit ,
is mode up by new loans, out of which dividends
are made t decieve the unwary and cntrop those
who wish t make investments. The Delaware and
Hudson Cral Company have in all, shipped about
800,000 tons of card, and from their own reports they
have sunkmore than one dollar on every ton. At
.the time o the stoppage of the Schuylkill Bank, the
Beaver M dow Co. was indebted mit $ 77,000, and
the impro ments, requisite to carry on business this
season, wi , cost from 30 to $ 40,000, while they can- I
not at any event mine more than 30 to 50,000 tons
of coal, a d it is generally believed that their entire
capital sto k is already eaten up.
No mor
i
lamentable example of mismanagement
of Coal tmpanies can be found, than the North
Co. For many 'ears, experienced miners
rsa men have had the agency of its affairs,
3 were located with every advantage; their
Joel was unequalled in richness, ' and yet
sunk the entire capital of $ 250,000, and
miely doubtful whether their property will
lore than enough to cover their indebted-
American
and busm
• I
then land
hotly of
they baa l
it is es&
sell for t
IMO
are indisputable facts, which show that
apanies cannot do a solvent business : the
ire of the mining business requires the do
;don of individuals, unremitting industry,
field skill ; these are lost when a Board of
i set down before their round green table, on
chairs, with drawings before them, and
.e to mine Coal on paper. There must be
ntration of the available labor, directed imme
o- the work,and prepared to meet the many
flcies which await the miner in the prosecu
work. This is the true :secret of the ill
of those Coal Companies, which have eau
: en to do business—but a majority of them
;en no way anxious about profits from mining.
nly desire the appearance of prosperity in or
relistuck in their humbug concerns, and we
rid, that one by one, they will break up, show
moat reckless mismanagement of their busi-
Ind !cove the field to the tree, untrammelled
aithy perseverance of individdat labor.
These
Coal Co
vory oats
seat alto
'and prat
Director
cushion naert
uu
a in coze
dte
canting
lion of
SUCCCS3
ally ste
have be
They o I
der to
ahall fi
ing the
nem,
and lir
No. I.
TO JOSIAH WHITE, ESQ.
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co•
Schuylkill Navigation Company's Canal cost
Rhona seven hundred and eight thousand
!undyed and thirty-six dollars—thus,
shares of capital stock at .
Direct
Th
three
nine
33,31'
$5l
per share, 1'665,600 00
s loans, amounting to 2,043;136 00
E 1521
e annual cost thereof is
110 Ilurreutespchses,
ig for repairs of Can'al,
• • g peths,'.Dams : l.ocits,
gee, &c. &c. wages !of
It-tenders, and salarieS of
rs.,(e•.lual to $1,23914
mile for' 108 miles,)
at on $ 2,043,336 00
oins at say 5 per cent.
And
asfl
i
To •
Bri l
Lo
PC
ote
annual cost exclusivel of
ital stock, - ..
I 'r
receipts for tolls during
4 9, were -.- i $ 504,904 12.
int a surplus, applicable to: dividehils on the
:1 'stock Of $258,621 18, Or abciitt • 1 lbi ~
•per
QM
ca
The
18:
Shat
Car
cent.l
e Lehigh Coal and Savigatton Company's Ca•
l ost throa milliaea sisvoti hundred end seven thou.
one hundred and-eightpeight ddllars—thus,
I 0 shares of minter stock at
0 per share,
Us loans, amounting to
nal w
salad,
20,0
Vari
;111e annual cost tht relit is
foilciww-carient expensea,
Ii '.-
gng for repairs of Canal ;
i
1g wineatlis, Dams, Locks, ' %
idges; Ac.*,c., wages of
• k-tendere, and salaries of
MI
®'
• re,equalto.slysl,229,-' • r .
•
'Oct inile,* which for. 72 '
est- is i ; $ 89,261 28 :
:rt on $ 2,707,188 00 of
an% at an average of per
of, ' • -
Laoiiunl:
iost exclusive of •
pital sto,k-
~i
Irt.ceix4s. c 9! toßs.4'uFin;. ,: ,:,
<y,,Fere-_--I,,- 2 , ; ~ :.:i • 1„. , ~'
hawing no surplwi app on the
'~
capital dock, but an annual toss of one fiundredand
three thousco4 six hundre4and twenty faun' dollars
wrifortrCio with
Unlike the State of . , Pennsyliania, 'kick 'can re.
sort to duect taxation to Meet the t tosses on her
public' works, must not the Lehigh Coal sail Navi
gation Company continue to harrow year after year,
until the increase - of trade will support their Canal
did Railroad' and should the public be led to be
have, that the; enormous suns of five millions and up
wait% now insetted in woaks yielding annually in
tolls,-Only $141,300 11, or less than three per cent,
(exclusive of 'repairip. salaries, &c. &c.) has been un
wisely and, most unprofitably expended, may they
not retuse to : add to their loans 1. if so, what will be
-the consequence 1 , I— . X.
Philadelphia, !Muth, 11340.
*The Schuylkill' Navigation Company, in their
last Annual Report, show,that the current expenses
during 1839 for repairs, lock-tenders' wages,salaries,
&c. were $133,893 46,3 for their whole Inn of 108
wiles, or $1,239 . 74 per wile.
The State Canal commissioners, in their last re;
port, show, that the cost for repairs, &c. during 1839,
ow the. Delaware divisionl:of the State. Canal, which
connects with the Lehigy . iompany'S Canal at Eas
ton, and , thence 59i miles to Bristol, was $ 60,612-
71, or equal to $ 1,516 p per mile.
As the Leliigh Company's published Report does
not furnish the expenses fur repairs, luck-tender's
wages, salaries, &c. &c. On their canal, I have.adOpt
ed the lesser cost, which is that of the Schuylkill
Navigation Company, viz:. $ 1,239 74 per mile;
which, as stated in the ahove article, amounts to $89,-
261 28, being $ 351 43 . less for their 72 miles of
canal, than the State Canal, connecting th, rewith,
cost for iepaira, &c. for 591 wiles, during the same
year.
tWith the single oxceition of the Schuylkill Nay;
igatinn, there is not one canal in. Pennsylvania or
connecting therewith, that has paid, for several years
past, two per cent, on its cost of construction, beyond
the current expenses: nor have the the State Im.
procements up to this time, paid a single Dollar be
yond the cost for repairs, salaries of officers, and lock
tender's wages.
The State has at present 608.1 mites of canals and
118 miles of rail roads, in all 726} miles in opera.
lion, and the receipts for tolls during 1839, were
$862,559 41.
The tolls on 118 wilea of State Rail Roads during
1839 were $ 319,662 88 or $ 2,709 14 per mile.
The tolls on •608* wiles of State Canals truring
1839, were $542.886 53, or $892 54 per mile.
The tolls on the Schuylkill Navigation CoMpany's
Crinal of 108 miles in length, during 1839, were
$ 504,904 12 thus showing that they received with
in $ 37,982 41 as much for the - use of their Canal
as the State of Pennsylvania recieved for the use of
all her Canals.
The enormous Trade on the Schuylkill Naviga
tion-is, however, about to be transferred to a Rival
Undertaking which will, be completed and in opera.
tion within the next 12 months.
Cheap lives of Harriaen•—A cheat Life of Harri
mon is now in course of publication at the office of
the Philadelphia Inquirer, which will be furnished to
individuals or Clubs at the low rate of $l5 per 1000 •
copies, or $2 per 100 copies. All orders must be ac
companied with the cash. The work will occupy a
pamphlet of 32 pages. Address J. Harding, Phila
delphia.
• The editors of the Harrisburg Telegraph and Intel
ligencer, have also published a large edition of the Life
of Gen:Harrison, in German and English, which will
be furnished at $25 per 1000 copies, or $3 per 100.
Address editors Telegraph and Intelligeneer.
The Tippecanoe Club in Philadelphia have also
published a large edition of the,Life of Harrison in
German •, and English, with plates. The English
Lives will s be furnished at $lB per l .loo copies—and
the German at $5 per 100. The cash must accom
pany all orders. Address Dr. B. R. Mears,
Gen. DuffiEpreen has issued proposals to publish
a new paper in Baltimore, to be called " The Pilot."
Phe prospectus says that the chief inducement to
resume the arduous and responsible duties of an edi
tor, is the hope that he may now contribute some
thing towards the election of Gen. Harrison. The
fidelity, ability, firmness end moderation with which
that eminent citizen has discharged the most respon
sible and difficult public trusts—his unexampled pop
ularity as the chief magistrate of the Territories north
west of the Ohio—the - unimpeached integrity of his
public life—his amiable, courteous, and dignified re
spect for the laws and public opinion, ate guarantees
that elected, he will bring into his , dministration
fin ful; competent, and honest men; wholwill de
vote-SAL-the constitutions! means of the Government
to restore confidence, 'and thus revive the industry,
enterprise, credit, and prosperity of the country, now
paralyzed by unfaithful and incompetent public a
gents. •
Demlerciey or Arialocracy?—:Gen. Fey, when .nce
asked in the French _ Chamber of Deputies, what he
mean(hy the word aristocracy, replied, .. it is the
league, the condition of those who wish to consume
without producing: to live without working, to occu
py all the offices without being qhalified to fill them;
to carry off all the honors withoo having deserved
them—that is aristocracy "
Does it not seem as if .• modern democracy " had
set for the above picture The office holders of the
present general and state governinititi, ire in the broad
sense 'of the word, aristocrats;and it will not be with
out an, effort,that they res ign their chance of . • carry
ing off all the honors without having deserved them."
$3,708,936 00
az 7. A Gerroan• Harrison Club hai been formed is
Cincinnati, and a-late number of their,paper contains
the names of one hundred andlisevetity•mx resident
Germids, who are now members of it.
133,893 46
112,383 48
$ 246,276 94
The follthving Particulars are related of Mr. Ma
thew, whose labors have given inch an impulse to
the cultic' of Terniierence in Ireland.
~A Mr. Mtitheve is himself a vemarkable man; and
the- must likely fto lead or otiginateti movement of
thishintl. It is now three-and-twenty years since he
joined
,a' — company of. Captichin friar's In this 'city,
(Cork s ) anti hie career. has ever since been marked
by Mune:hue aka of practical phdanthroptiy. He is
allied by hilt - tired and by hlocal•to one of the highest
familiett - lu' the' kingdom; and his idwaYs been reput
ed-the most sensible - acid Useful man in this country.
He has been Much waisted in his endeavors by the
Ree. Mr. LiunOinbe, a Protestant clergyman, and a
liberal and enlightened man ; and the 'Rev. Oviage
Sheehan, a yoking Roman Catholic priest, has also
co•operated with him in, his . exertions; "..Wherethis
movement will I know not. Some people have
endeavored to ° give a political aspek to, these pro
ceedingi ; but; solar as I eau see; nothing 'tan be
further from the truth. Mr. Methew is a 'man•wfuk :
never 'Mixed in 'politics, nor never interested himself
in any thing Of even • a politicn•religicius tendency.
Others 'say . that he is realizing a large fortune bf - ,
- theist Means, It tie is, he 'is dot spending it arishim
ielf. • The austere and primitiii Mitinerothie life is
•
an 'ample refutation 10 - that . Charge ; nay 'Mere. his
acts Militate - strongly against tie diaiiiit infante* of
. idiaimityl, for', his l.4other is a iliStilleiiiiiiihrother-in
-1 i i;,st"ra"m` diitillef, - aint this third tuella+ iii - miifeid to
1,000,000 90:
';,707,188 00
$3,707,168 00
I=
155,663 31:_
244,924' 59
BIM
~$141"390 I I,
Cabs me all, the fashion -in the city of New York
RR V.. MR.
the . sister of a distiller. too', much, theti, for the
charge of lucre aneself-interest."
The Rev. Mr. Matthew, the Apostle of Temper 4
ante, recently visited Waterford, and in the course
of two days; enrolled 25,000 persons: He wai
congratulated at a public meeting for his success .
and in returning thanks, said: 1
. "I experience a *petits of pride st the exhibition
which your meeting presents. I see here the weal
it
thiest as well' s the. poorest7the P otestant as stall .
as the Cattolit. (Cheers.); After 'alluding to the
great Improvement in the habits et the people, he
continued : Riots, faction, fi ghts, resistance' to the
law, and domestic broils, i have
. i Is - appeared, and
public order, with domestic tranq ility!. have suc
ceeded, and the people stem' to vie ;with each Other' ,
in fidelity to the !awe of God and of society, and
animated with a spirit of self respect, of which they.
had been entirely ignorant, bcfore I cannot help •
breathing a hope that,,by going on thus, in the ways
of order and righteousness, the wounds inflicted:6pp'
the country by religiflas and political dtasenston,
will soon be healed, and that all sects and parties,
being children of the same Omnilloterit Father, tl , e
great God of_ all, redeemed by the same Saviour,
believing in the same gospel or ppace and love, will
forget their jars and turmoils, and spend the days
that remain to them,ic the blissful bonds of chanty
and concord. (Cheers.)
ci:T A wag in the West says that the nomination
of Harrison and Tyler will be confirmed by an unani
mous aye, as the locos dare no IcingCr show their
MU
Indiana against any Stale that dark take up the
Gauntkl.—lndiana will give Harrison and Tyler the
largest majority, in ptoportion to the number of Totes
cast, of any other State in tho Union.l What state
will take up the gauntlet I What se you,lllassa
chusetts, Vermont, New York, ,Pennsylvania, Ken
tucky, Ohio Ay or no? Let the prize be that of
being called ~ T UE Wstto STATE! ' until the Presi
dential election in 1844.—Indiana JOurnaL
. The Buffalo'Com. Adv. of Wednesday says, that
the •hurd.fisted' mechanics of Butralci are now testi.
fying their attachment to democratici plainness, and
equality, by erecting a most substantial I.no CABIN
in honor of she “Log Cabin Candidate for the Pre
sidency." It is now going up, in true log cabin style,
in front of the Bugle-street Theatre. There are some
forty teams drawing logs and other • fixings," and
the work goes bravely on, with a little "hard cider"
to wet the whistle of every man, that! goes for wages
to honest iruiustry—and the working man's candi
date for the Piesidi icy,
The prices of Dreadstulfs continuo to fall in the
nterior. The Wheeling Times of Thursday last
says—
One thousand bushels of Wheat were sold last
week at Brideepnrt, Ohio, opposite this city, for
TWENTY-FIVE cents per pushel. -
The Romney, (Va.) Intelligencer of the 27th lays—
W heat ialselling at Middletown, Monongalia co. in
this state, fOr thirty-seven and a half cents per bush
el, and the Morgantown paper says that it will not
command "the Cssit" at that.
The Pittsburg advocate of Thursday last quotes
Flour at $2 62 as 2 75. Small 'sales, subject to
Philadelphia inspection,. at $3
Zoar, in Ohio. was settled by a Company of Ger
mans who put their property [into common stock,
with a patriarch at their head. 'They came over and
purchased the township ;bout 1820. One of the
conditions of the compact was, that no one of the as,
sociates should marry until their affairs had arrived
at such a state of maturity that the patriarc should
think it expedient to remove the restraint. In the
space of fifteen years, they had' built a town, cultiva
ted gardens and fields, erected,a church. mill, &c..—
Of school house; they had no need, for there was
not a child in the town. A geirdeman who spent a
Sabbath with theth in 1834, says , the patriarch; then
about seventy years of age, read a portion of the Bi
ble, and then delivered au address, in German of
course. The music was very fine, and accompanied
with all sorts of instruments. The cothpany consist
ed of about two hundred- and [ fifty , men, and a. still
larger number of women. There was no reason to
doubt that the agreement of celibacy had been faith
fully kept : but about a year afterwards the patriarch
removed the restraint, and wa' one of the first to use
the liberty he had granted.— Ar. Y. Jour. tom.,
POLITICS FOR WORKING-MEN
A few days since we referred to. Mr. Bucitelsetr's
argument, that the amount of money in the country
and the WAGES OF LABOR 'mu'l be REDUC
ED, before we can enjoy perManent pmsperity ; and
that these BLESSINGS are to he brought about by the
sub-treasury scheme. We showed the following to
be the rates of wages in some._ of the countries to
which-Mr. Buchanan referred as patterns for the
working men of America, viz!:
FRANCE.—VI ages of cc l immon laborers, satyr.
esm A nett PENCE per day, and find their own hone.
es.
SWEDEN.—Men on farms, daily wages from
retro to SWOT PENCE per day, and board themselves.
BAVARlA.—Laborers paid'Etnirr PE:lei per day
and board themselves. : 1
BELGIUM—The best Srtizans and mechanics,
ONE SHILLING per duy. Wages lower on the farms.
GERMANY.L--Laborers 1 from FOUR to SEVEN
PENCE per day, without board.
NETHERLAI,,DS.—South Holland, laborers
from TOWER tO VcIE'R PENCE per day without board.
ITAL Y.—Tri i este, laborer 12 pence without board.
Tuscany six PENCE per da
,without either board or
lodgings. 1 ,
B.4XOANY.—Wages for Weavers and other manu
facturers, abOUt TEN CENTS pCk. day.
~) . ,
Mr Buchanan says that the suhtreasury scheme
( . 5;111 render money sa scarce that : the rates , of wages
mud fall, •and therefore the manufacturers of 'the C.
nited States wiil be able t. Compete in our markets
with the manufacturers of e l ioss countries in which
the laboring climes fare as a_iove stated in the way of
wages. ,We 'have entertained the opinion that it
nould be better Jo lay a TA;SEET on the productions
of foreign countries, Sufficient to keep them from our
ports, than to feduce the Wages of the. poor, wtio
have diffichlues enough to Contend with in the best
times. --, ' ' 1' . .
• In 'order fully to Allow els workingmen . into whose
tr
hands this may fall, to wba miserable canditioe the
Van Buren adeitnistration ishto bring thin' to, as
well in regard to fOod as wages" we have . comp i le d
the following facts from authentic worluCupon 4 -the
• -. -
subject, viz: . ,
.. • _ .
..
:i
FRANCE—In s ome of :the districts,.the food of
the poor consists, in rye brod, a kind of soup madd•
of millet, cakes t Indian cam,' now and then . sonic
salt. provisions '1 , if•
'and , vegeniblea,' but rarely, if ever,
butcher's meat, In other la.stii49, wheaieu bread ,
soup made witliiiregehibles.atid a little grease or lard,
:twice ti day; potatoes or other- vegetables', but seldom •
. , ...
.butchei'ir meat.' • f• : , ''
.."...SWEDEN.+—Tho agriculturalists in theoltfouteera .
provineas live on sailfish rind ,potatees ; inthe north
ern, porridge and rye breatifor their food. •-.
BELGIUM.'—The metitanks live eicltutiTaty up•
on rye,bread, potatoes and !Mill .;
• The other hard money, countries are Stilt:l4r to these,
Tbei labo,_, ring and operativa clwamt 10 II A miserable
conditicli. - :Wilde - a.laboret, iit'ithetlittOAA SOW
.
can :live„ or ibi fat' of th'i l bitali andAiMIMI 4 waking
.. 11 40. II - 7fide with his a middy eil: and eatitientihe owe
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