11
en limner % The moment I fell into a doze, seem
ad es the squim took big wit - 1464 vsheral,
militia,: and latilit fall' co•chudk tight an; the vitals,
arid if I ilid'ut spring !Ike 41 - oUssess'il, may I.be bird
into apple same. - '
it struck: mymißd othe - how that the squire
r I
iork .- °V 61. 1 31 ; 4 9 n i siderable, seeing as how
TJteattify'd in the way I di4 ;; and ,so the next time
lie coals up into our - r-tioro kind a hinted about it.
But he - teaa' another guess of a man-this time;
tell yci:J; . rigg'd qll 441, in superrines, gold
watch l 'breast pin, and reff(4a,!and deemed up for all
thteirerld like a pole.cat.---Wben I stuck out my band
be kindle dieved-back,'andan,ved like a stuckyig—
'twits much as to say, who are you, by the . boky I
And When charm set on the pan dowdy that he used
to so, says he: , tosi th i .sl !ere into the swill pail,
tad earioa us up • a fry candy do fox,' (flicarideau d i
111 4.)
candy and what VI Iva alarm ; you nasty
creature you.
Eiye . l, 'if yOri
, chained in the barn-yard, x
sal te4hre he your'i
'I You lrs liang"d,' says 1
OH '
; Upon that I was ply, Wien hii'd I tell you. 'Lick
says I. •Why tit? don't stand in your
shoes that's up to that garbe. ; And as for that mat
ter I'll bait a whole five dollar bill that thriold foz, up
on a Ifair pull, will jerk Your; caresese a couple of
rods any daY. ;. •
.Dine; says i,
'Dane, says I; 'so plans the rhino, and well , try
it this afternoon.
Well, jest hack of our tatur, field there was an alai
tnighly big •mnd ii i
•a our hogs used to go
'and snooze there, if,it wal l nt stumpy may I be bil'd
into sane." On,the north side we'd elean'd up a piece,
and got it putty well into grams. Btit %other aide had
all, ran up into, alders. Well, at the time fix'd upon
-we all went down in this grass grotind by• the mud
hole. There was dad arid -ma i m, and the , squire.
and those :of the Portland gentry that he'd-been help
ing rm. •
'There, squire,' says I, Athere"i the eretur all ready,
sad he's up to chalk I tell you: 4 i And there ho wets.
sure enuf ; fur I'd been down, before and tied him
tothersede of the mud hole right by , the alders, and
there I'd hitcled.him. to a repo whit h stretch'd
clean acr oss. o the grass : ground. Well avhen they
seed the fox they all b'egatt to titter . Itke mud—all but
the squire. He Ictok'ill kind a dumb,founded. as if
'twits lowering to one of kris cloth, and I guess would
hays' sholed out er it hal'nt been for the five dol
lar..
squire,' soya 1, .are you ready 1'
• Ready, says he. Arid I,llen he bustled' up, and
tralilid ono and of 'the rape.
• Step, says I, .fair play's n jewel. Gest let me
take , a turn of that round your sUpprfines, cause why,
if the fox gets the upper Lund yetell tet"go,antd won't
toe the marl•." '
4 Tie end•bis hatted says - he.
Well, now least, I should lose the five dollars, I
thoughttaCd fatten the fox to the Middle of tha t tripe,ond
tither end omit I hail carried rig h t among the alders,
-4.shere I lied stow'ttaway Prescott, Jim Smith,
• and our David. The whole thing was entisndtiried
completely one hour'or two befori, when I drlll'd em
'pretty considerably. Bays I, 4bois hug the Sikh and
by close when you hoar us coming,on to the grass
• ground ; and when I scream ‘sfrpirt out,' and then
gerk like all nater.''► !
f Squire Parkins, says 1, %TO you ready V'
Ready,' says he.' .
Upon that I left fall my undeejaw, and says I, 4fos
strain out, strain out like twenty airthqualiss; and
the moment I sereain"d it, if the tenni/ creature did'nt
scratch for the alder stony may I be„billd into apple
sarse. At the very first jsrk2;the squire pitc.l6l to
the very aidgo Of the baud Inde—andbhe way he
tugg'd and jarri'd hie heels intikit' , e soft clay was a
caution, I tell you. But it IsMuld'nt do .no how.
The second jerk drw:id:him right out of his boots,
and loosing his baleneek he fell apt fah, milled and
all, right into the very core no 7ti iI. I've leen - some
ht eyee.itt my day, but I neveriseen• any stick out
like the 'squire's, he loO'd kind daideling et us while
splashing through : the i r, niud hole. How fur he got
before he brought up 'rating, the alder can't say ;
for dad and marrn,and!,the Portland chaps, fell right . 1
down t3st, shey haw, libw'd so ;! tind as for myself, if
I diirtit make tracks May I be biptl into apple sit rge.
POT
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OeliwiturraNctis !AM. " A enqttnister may en
sinse moneyin.a teitoln the pubto-her a' newspaper,
to nay the stabscriettoti!Of a third person. and frank the
Ivrer. if written hY hinilTlf."—Amos ifentfail. •
Some of our suh4erihers may not be aware that they
May saes ti),f!,.. pOelagliOn nithnefitnion 'money, by re
questing, the postmaster where they reside to frank their
Jotters containing, such 'money. he henna able to satisfy
hiinselfbefiite a leiter scaled, that it contains nothing
but wliit refers to;thriailbscription.i l .` (Am. ermiter.
eir A $5 current billi free of /mange. in advance, will
pay for three year's sulAcriptiun tri the Miners' Journal,
f•
DenatArrittii : 6i hig Monainet
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FOR VICE PRF.SIOENT.
JOirli • TYPEA,
of IVIRGINIA; •
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Those gentlemen
to the Young Nien'ta
'et Flaitimcire,on th
the Tippecanoe CL
i
day Evening.iiit al
site arrangements.
'c Coa.venteoa_.
I 1;
iirvtin were appointed delegates
National Co } peention, to be held
4th of next, will meet' at
Reading 4nom. 00 Vir:etinea
ji.o'clocii,:to ,enter into requt-
0•T. (•'M•, is it6dt r . espectfillls ttianked for his
cornmunicatiem'but4fie 'subject, ilr,sreasons• which
must he obviecislo'hinii is interdicto49 out columns.'
, The weight of pul4, reprobati , ,muit eventually
.bear clowd every d4cliction? not only ormdral Na
ti
political duty, and 4' therefore "bide our , eine," con.,
lident that reffectioti will aceeinOsh,4ll our correct=
pondent, hopes for. lII.'
. . ^ ' 1 . . • ,l'
\-.., tsek/e;y's 44u'ecr. et.--This work which was tar
ken down , last YearAias been rebuilt this song, and
the crater : is now , leiil in ready for ; , use,: t ." It 'fat been
reconstructed undorf i the direction, of .Nll.. 4'l. G 2 'Snuff,
and !its, solidity andt workracdvdtip da.credit to his
skill ne l (MO,c4eicii h is in 1ength...125 feet, 17
feet wide.itt theicli r iod 5 feet :high, isuppoitsfour .
. hundred and fifty tAi l 111 Weight of Water, and is built on'
double. setts , of '.truis Arches, whicli l admirably com
bine permanent' strength' with the Power to resist the.
lateral pressure 'canSed by the' trans 4 of laden boats.
Wet) not thinkthere is it sit Queer piece of workruir
• ship in the Count4and 'it .aliorda di; great pleasiire
to be able to recordloar high' opining') 'of the litilider's
skilli and to inviteithe attention )of,tiose, whe may
went similar itlviiilveinetits,corsmtru.tcd. tck the mai
terly,Manner, in. which this has idea fiiie6ed. ,
Fi '
1 ,
mean our old tot that's
be atguaot as a crea
;ass, any how.' °
e, r I can lick a dozen of
SVILLE.
• The Leg. Cabin.--The subscription to this paper
has realized the most sanguine -hoperof its projectors,
and we call upon all friends of liafrison to ; assist them
in promulgating the truths of history Which will be re.
eorde4iii We feel , cenviticed that its
extent . ion will have e most beneficial influ.'
eeitate .to urge it upon our friends
once,
as a ,c
.aP A ikof information to our political op
ponents.. The first womber was disposed of so rap
idly, that's second edict , 1000 copies was prin.
tad, which are likewise'AiShoted, so that new sub
scribers cannot he fuinished with them.
The estendeik circulation of this N paper, penetra
ting as itdoes, alinost ) esery tovinship , i,n,our adjoin %
in Counties. offers art l excellent opportnnity for ad
vertizing and a few more will be inserted - at theterms
proposed. An impression has gone abroad,"that
this paper is made up entirely oldie matter of the Arn \
nen' Journal. but .a reference to- its columns will
show. that a large majority is written expressly for
the Logoabin, and it is the intention of the conduct
ors to fill-it with as much different matter as pos
sible.
Signsl=—Threlvarour best located stores on Cen
tre &rect. are at present untenanted.
rr The Hon Peter Newhard, William M. Storrs,
arid Thomas Corwin, of Congress, and Charles
Frailey of the Senate. have placed us again under
ohtwations by forwardin g documents.
Fort Clinton Tunnel.—We .are pleased to learn
tlikt the enterprizing contractors have affected a junc
tion between the east and the west workings of the
Tunnel at Port Clinton. This is indeed most accep
table intelligence, and we are gratified with the zeal
of the Company and contractors, in spite of herd
times, ta:complete this magnificent- work. That por
tion of the Tunnel. under the charge of Mr. Neville
required much skill in its management, and it has
been happily effected, with but few and slight acci-
dents to the laborers; and we view' its completion
as a harbinger of the successful termination of the
entire route, the opening of which is so closely Inter
woven with the future welfare of our region.
Advertizement Extraordinary.L-- We hairs. reciov_
ed thronah The Post Office, an advertisement, post-
Marked Potts;ille, hit which we gave Amos Kentinl
one cent. which is'worthy more than common atten
tion; it is as fullu« :
WANTED,
" A dozen of young men to stand around the door
of the Episcopal Church. Apply to the Weather-
cock. "
The• above is written in a neat crow-quill hind ,
surh as feantles alone delight iu ; so soft and delicate
that it reminds ue uinconsciotisly of the warm pres
sure of kindred palms, • and 'breathes the very !War
gra of love ; we look upon it, and the delightful vie
siins of former years rush back upon wi—we think
of the first kind billet dour we recieved from her we
loved, when life was young, and promised to be hap
py; the tide of remembrance overwhelms us, and tde
fancy - the 'fairy fingers still guiding the pen, and the
confiding heart still dictating, 'thoughts that breathe,
and words that burn.' We never could, we never
can, resist a written appeal from a woman, and there
fore we publish the request or hint for the benefit of
all concerned.
' It is a very excellent and commendable thing for
young men to attend Church on Sundays, but as soon
as the service is over, they should hie them home,
and-not look at the girls. They don't like to be
,looked at—they never seek the attentive gaze of the
gentlemen; They always attend Church neatly and
plainly dressed, and never put on their best bibs and
tuckers to attract attention ;—if they have a new
frock or fashionable bonnet to display, they always
take occasion to wear it first on a "week day', so that
it may not be so conspicuous on Sundays. They
would not have a gentlisMen look at them in public,
and although they may have no positive oljection, to
being led to the altar, they dislike to he looked at
before - the doubs of the Church. The fair sex should
remember however, that through the door leads to the
altar, and we hSve no doubt many a heart has been.
nduct). sihen softened and.etherialized by the influ
ence of a.fitna sermon. But still the gentlemen have
.no right to hang around the Church-doors—if they'
want to look at the girls, let them go to their houses
'and drink tea with them, then they can look and sip.
and ;sip and look, to their heart's content, and when
they godiome make up their minds which they like
best, the of the tea. BesideS, a female e'uld
always he seen, both eiting and her hair in paperbe.
ire a gentleman pops the question : either situation
takes off the tine edge:of passionate first love, and so-.
berg us down to the realities of life.
N. R. We insert the advertizernent, end give our'
advice, both gratuitously.
rr".- Our friend Rater of the Reading Adler"
wishes 1.. a to have the snagrutaintify to give the true
state of the ease, as regards that Borough election,
and his defeat by Mr. Spay& We feel in a magnet) :
imbue humor this morning. after reading, the cheer=
in; accounts of HarnsurtAnd Tyler's prospects from
every section of country, and therefore desire .411
men to know by thee(' presar.ts " that Mr. Ritter was
not a canal/ate, was averse to be considered one, and
desire) his friends not to urge his support, as his edito
nal duties, engrossed tfvo much of . his time to °flaw
him to assume those of Chief Burgess, even detected.
Taking all these thing: into consideration, we must
confess that Mr. Rittei's vote was quite Coinplinacnta
ry, and furnishes proof, that the Reading public know
the value of the corps editorial.
The Editor of V , e G St Gazette, as a comment
on our remark that every thing is coming down
but • the salaiies . of the office holders," says we
may - add the produce of our mine* al among the
things that, like alto officelt 111 er i asalo6es, do not
u come down ;" but all will go together; the ap
proaching change at Washington will cause the. Nal
arks to come down and be distnbuted, and the coal
now in the mountains to come down and be distribu
ted ; and we shill all be warmed by these altera—
tiutis."
'So we think, and Are therefore couthnted that the
aalerieg. for the time being shall be enjoyed by the
holders, and we wall amend uur paragraph by say-
Berry thing is coming down but the enthusi
nem end majorities for Harrison and Tyler.
Nadisonian Office 14ttreyed by Fire.-1-We re
gret to learn from the Globe that on Saturday morn
ing last a fire 'broke out id the building occupied at
Washington by Messrs. Langtree & I /*Sullivan, and
Thomas A Ileri,,tor the offices of the Dehrodratic Re
view and the Madisonian. The former saved moat
of the stereotype plates of the Madisonian papers, and
shout 1,000 copies of the first volume of the work ;
the other two volumes, we believe were entirely de
stroyed. The edition was 1,800 copies, three vol
umes to each, valued aefrom slo,ooo' to $12,000.
They were insured for $6;000 and s their property de.
strayed is estimated at antra $15,000 to $18,000.--
The materials of the 71 fadisonien office were all de
stroyed, and no insurance on them. They were
worth from $6,000 t 0.56,000. It is not ascertained
how the fire originated. Some of the hands of the
hludi4onian office were et work until after 12 o'clock;
and thc - fire had made great progress when discovered,
about'ltalf after I o'clock. But the prevailing opihr
ion is, that that it occurred in Messrs. Langtrce
office.
The ladependaneiW Teracrumer uys, has .been
" 2 "iedgid bl *tic*.
Remitted. Dune' a on -resolution' of the
House of Representatives, requiring informationlmM
the Treasury Departmeit44 - retation fothetpientity.l
of iron itriportid end need tor Rail Roads and Steam
boats, ofi which: -the duty has been 'minted,. since
January 1832, has : been
,answered by Ma.- Woodbu
ry. Profit it we extract the following account
quaatizy and description. imported;
imports paying 25 per cent
Bar, for' rails, planes, plates, dr.c.
cwt.
Nails
Chains,
„Apikekand_sedgis,
Coatings, including chains, 5,973,825
The total amount of Auties'whith would have oc.
coned to the Goverment, had ditties been regularly
ehaiged thereon. may be' enitulated 'as follows:
DrsTamta.
Salem,
Boston,
Marblehead,
New Yorl. s.
Newark, 'N
Perth Amboy,
Philadelphia,
Baltimore,
Norfolk,
Petersburg, ''
Richmond,
New Orleans,
Delaware.
Charleston,
Savannah,
Apalaehicols,
Thus it will be seen that the large amount of up
wards of three and a half millions of dollars have been
remitted in favor of foreign manufactures of iron, vsben
o u r 0 10 11 country possesses all the requisite material
for supplying the demand within herself. The mere
amount of these duties albne, would furnish legal in-
terest on about sixty millions, if invested in the iron
business of the United States.
These 'emitted duties hay"' been allowed for the
sole and exclusive advantage of chartered companies.
Individuals who desired to lay roads, or construct
other improvements, h ive been compelled to pay full
duties. The whole amount of imported iron is not
therefore included in the above' table, as that only
embraces the quantity used by corporate bodies;
when we add the amount employed by individuals,
we will find a much greater import.
The inecniality of this provision, and its unfair bear
ings are particularly to be noted in our region, where
a large majority of the capital invested in rail roads
is by individuals, whO can receive no benefit from
tberemittance of duties, while corporate companies
hisvii the sole privilege of the drawback, and the fact
that we have all the material within ourselves to
produce iron in any quantity, , renders the law still
more grievousjn its exactions.
Does not this offer an overwhelming argument in
favor of protecting the manufacturers of our mineral
wealth ? It would seem, as if we were beedlenly
throwing away the bounties so liberally spread be
fore us by nature, and offering a premium to other
lands for injuring us. But we think the delusion is
passing away, and we have every confidence, that
before many months, such legal measures will be ta
ken, as to induce the cupitalists of our country to
turn their attention to this most important branch of
national industry. Such a 'course is imperiously de
manded to render us prosperous in peace, and inde
pendent during war : we must cultivate our own re : .
iources, and throw oil the subservience to foreign na
tions, which his so long been the bane of our
tional posperity.
cry The .Penhsylvanian has (mind a mare's nest,
and calls it d. an Important Disclasure It is noth
ing more than or less, than that the Harrison and
Tyler Central Coinmittee at Washington, intended
to prolong the Session of Congress until September,
that they may keep their constituents welll s informed of
pnessini4 events and the complexion of political affairs I.!
The Pennsylvanian is awfully hidignant--shocked
to the core, and asks in petrified amazement 4, do
the people send members to Congress that they may
organize themselves into secret clubs and committees,
delay the'pd ilk business, prolong the sessions. of
Congress, use the money of the public, abuse the
privileges bestowed them and violate the laws." •
Now first for the fact above stated. There is no
ground for the assertion as connected with the Whig
menabers, but certain it is that a resolution or propo.
sition for an early adjournment offered by Henry
Cley, was violently opposed and denounced by
Thomas H. Benton.
And next for the. indignation ! Let the Pennsyl
vanian ask itseßwhether etthrr House of our Legisla
ture met on the 4th and sth days of March Last ut
Harrisburg. and if not, why I Was it not because so
many of the memberii were delegates to a loctifuco
Convention
,then and there held, that a quiirjnia 'could
not be formed in either house Did not tI4 organ
ize themselves into clubs and committeeklo delay
the public business, prolong the session, and use the
money of the public 1 "—Ay, did they, to the tune of
nearly $2OOO, for their daily pay went on all the
time, and this flagrant Miry of pubic business took
place at a juncture when the coinutunity from one
end of the state to the other were calluig for action
on the Resumption Bill.
Who neglects the public business! look at the re
cent votes on the Tariff and Distribution Resolutions
inlur Senate, and you w;11 find the names of only
seven or eigit of the illustrious seventeen 1070 foes
sebators ! Who uses the people's money I refer to.
tho puerile - resolution offered by the
. radical
Penni
man, that counterfeiting should vet Le punished.
The ayes and noes were called on this resolution and
the mover was the only one who voted for it ! That
cost the sow - at least $lOO. And thus it has been
throughout the seltsioll—all that has 'been • arcom
plished.in 15 or 16 week session, might have been
dot* in one.
" Lct us then hem' no. more of such charges--they
come with•the worst vire in nature from the locos,
and ; most truly does a contemporary remark in
relation to the indignation-run-mad of the Pennryl.
vanisn, that circumstances alter cases—there is a
great difference in whose at is gored, and one man
may steal a horse with impunity, which another Wiy
be banged for looking over a fence at one!
The Harrieonian, is the title of a new end spirited
paper, publisl)ed by Mr. Sage, at Allentown, Lehigh
County. As it is located in our Congressional Die,
trict, it has a strong claim on the patronage of the
friends of Reform, in our county, and we trust, it
may recieve a large addition to its subscription list in
our Borough. We should be. planted to obtain and
forward alist of names.
Cheap Life of Hoorieon.—Tho Philadelphia In
quirer announces to their friends, that a cheap Life
of llarrison is nor ready fur delivery
,at dist office.
The price is slo.per 1000; and each number con
tains three engravings—one descriptive of the Gener
al on Horseback 7 another of the Battle of Tippect
noci—and the third of a Log Cabin Candidate.
Cheap lives of Ilanison, are becoming dear to the
Amirican peoplea he has ever held his life cheap 'hi
the service of his country. and that must endear him
to his fellow citizens; It is only necessary to' read
the record of brave deeds and correct legislation which
thde memoirs afford, to convince every -man, that
the Presidential chair will be dignified during his in
"agony.
lill
THE MINEW4AOURNAL.d
$86 1 U4'19
2536,419.2 02
/be. 209,675
322,465
.540,123
47,930,70
325,0950
5,912,08
683'849,02
19,6301
22,629,07
E
1,253,787,53
N - 325,067,87
19,274.28
\ \ N . 83,739,68
44,562,11
N 374,947,93
4.637,20
176,3E0,32
135.579;08
3,449;23'
•
Total. $3,597,440 0
ne'PeeA deeeieed . bV the Lileo7Feees
To convince Our rranieis of the deception .which
limn the fuse; has been contemplated by. the. loco
mentbera of the .Legislatore, and to show ithsparfidy
'towards the in:Wrests Of era stare, which •prevails over
them, to theexelusien of all 'correct . and beneficial,
legislation; we i coPy The subjoined letter,' written by
a Vim !furter) member of that body in _February last, " '
to a friend in one of the Western Ceunties. It ex
poses a deliberate plan to humbug the people, to of
fer the 'word of promise to the ear, and break it to
the sense; a dereliction from' moral and political ob
ligation, which 'tan only be regretted, as we , have
not at present the means to rectify the injury.. We
copy the letter from the Harrisburg Telegraph :
e , We have as yet done nothing in either branch
of the •fiegislatere in relation to the hatiks,andlor
the resumption of specie payments. ff any thing
takes place at the present session, it tvilti not be until
within a few days of the adjournment. But it was
necessary for the friends of Gov. Porter end Vitiatia
ren to keep up the excitement against the 'banks
throughout the session, for 'the purpose, if possible
of satisfying the people, For that purpose various
resolutions were offered by our frieinla to repeal the
IT. S. Bank chimer, &c.; and so that matter still
rests. Public opinion, howiwer, will compel us to
do something in relation .to the money affairs of the
country before afloat adjournment• takes place.. It
is not our intention to compel the banks to redeem
their notes much before a year frogi now; and some
of us are in favor of putting it nil for eighteen months
or two years. The cry against the Banks is now
over for the present.
' , How money will be raised to pay the interest on
the State•debt, and to keep up the repairs on the
public works, 'God only knows. Last year the bad
management of the Columbia and,Philadelphin rail
road alone slink twenty thousand dollars. which the
ti tate is bound ro make up. Tales must be laid on
the people fur the purpose of raising the money."
Prospects fur a Ce»enk—Last week, Mr, Walker,
of Miss., presented a memorial to . the U. S. Senate
from the father and. mother of\liventy-fice children,
aft his constituents, and the eldrit.oT the twenty-five
children are not . over twenty-five years. The peti
tioners say that each of the children can have a •do:t
nation of land it they go to Texas. They threaten
to emigrate if. the U.3tates will not give them! do
nation of land. Thu petitfon was referred.
EtOnapgrte would have raised a statue to such 'a
woman, and given the father a cross of honor.
Mobile has been visited with another destructive
conflagnation.
Baltimore is infested wits incendiaries: _ May
or has offered a large reward for their apprehension.
John Quincy, Adoins, in a recent debate on Mr.
Rand's resolution calling for inforrnatiois in relation
to our fontier defence, made use of these words:
" There is not the slightest danger of a war with
Great Britain now, nor for years to come !"
Ab opinion of this kind, coming from one who al
ways acts and speaks as a statesman and patriot,
may quiet all apprehensions of disturbance.
Feast jiff an Epicure.—An oyster was taken near
While lately, measuring three feet one incliin length,
and two feet across the widest part !
We should like to see the Belgian Giant set down
to a ' dozen ft " of such bivalves.
Shouting for Van Buren !—The Pittsburix ' Ga.
zette, reeolleeti, that a mau•in Somerset county ac
tually- tried the experiment of shouting for Van Bu
ren. At a meeting' there, one man cried out " Hur
rah for Jackson, "- another responded, " Hurrah for
Harrison." A third yelled out, "Harrah for Old
Hickory. " then Hurrah tor old Tip, " bawl
ed out a corn e r matt. Thus the various names of
these old :soldiers were. bandied about until at length
one man, probably: the Ibst master of the neighbor
hood, cried out •must lustily, " Hurrah for Van Bu
ren." "Hurrah for Van Buren is it?" Said an
Irishman, and what the d=l did Van Buren ever
do that we shOhfil hurrah for him. " The Sub-Treas
urer felt like a fool; looked exactly as he felt, and had
just wit enough left to sneak off quietly.
It is the general opinion that this was the first and
last attempt ever made to rlise_a &red shout for Van
Buren; certainly, we never heard of another.
- The ettntliertellid Road.—This old bone of con
tention, has hiTn finally disposed of in the iI. S. Son
ate, having been negatived by a vote 422 to 20.
The IVrtv Jersey Case.—ln Congress, the printing,
both of the majority awl minority reports of the (..:orn•
mittee, together with all the testimony adduced before
tt, has been agreed to, after a most obstinate debate.
The dominant party wine anxious to suppress such
parts of the evidence, as would unmask the deep laid
schemes to deprive a State of her legal representation
in Congress.'.
771 e Seducer Prentice says !► poor little loco d
cocoa paper in Indiana charges Gen. Harrison is ith be
ing a tiedneer. We are all well aware that the name
of Wm. H. Harrison has been given 411 Several hun
dred children born within the last year, tita we h a ve
not the least;idea in the world that old Tippecande
is the , ,father I , of them
Nero Yirk Rt-gisti Low.—Tho locos begin to
talk of nullify itr i g the new - election law ; they think it
will subject thew to ...inconvenient consequences, "
which am thus enumerated . by the Evening Post;
.. We shall loom—l.Jhe city- 7 2. the Governer-3.
the Presidential Electors-4. the Assembly, and give
the Whigs just what they wont, complete control of
the State, and of the nation for the next four years
at least." .
Treating a Bank Note with due respect.—The
Philosopher relates a characteristic anecdote of an nut
at-elbows puet. who, by some freak 'of fortune, came
into posisesaion of a five dollar bill, called to a lad and
said,
•.Johnny, my bey, take this William, and get it
changed." •
" What do you mean by calling it William 7 "in
finked the wondering lad. •
‘i Why. John," replied the poet, lam not suffi
ciently familiar with it to tako the liberty of calling
it Bill.'L-Buston Post.
• fashititable city Indy, while in the
coutitry:a short time since inquired. "what those an
imals Were with powder horns growing out of their
carry,' as though it was not genteel for a woman to
know a Cow.
Abolitioo Nominations.—James G Binney one
Thereto Bark, have. been nominated at Albany; by
the abolitionists as candidates for President and Vice
President of the U. B. The latter is :known about
Norristown as an active member of the Van Buren
party.
Notaries Publie.—The , law has pissed, ousting : ,
.11 the present notaries, and gi4ing the appointing ,
power to the Governor, to replace them.
The feces make new courts, new iaws and new
offices merely to feed thcir hungry expectant* for
office.
Stagnotio'n of the Ow/ Buainees.--The Editor of
tho U. S. Gazette, in a stroll along the Schuylkill, re
gretted to are the stagnation, of the COAL trade; that
large ingredient of our State's exports. There hive
been, about's' dozen vessels loaded thii epring, rind.
pith remnants of last year's stock, and. but
twenty arrivals of cad boats down dazing!.
Manor-T.—ln Can,. ecticut the locos fought under
the banner of.. Theizaa Effo r t: and the, Whigs
tinder that Of.:,a liarristin rind Reforim" '
' :The 4.144 - "effort f' of Yen ilarentsni failed. and
4. R e f orm 16 lar effort obtained
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Ven
Ole U.
tfficien
matters in a pacific
The Improremen4 Bill, ea reported. by Mr. Beg
ins, was On SaturdaV last lost by a vote or 55 to 34.
n . ,
A A'ailunal Convkntinn for education will be held
at Washington, on Wednesday, May 6th : all liters.
ry societies are reqnested to send delegates.
A Crsde-is Egten t ise4s..Xlie Governer of Kentucky
is [about to convene fan extra session of the Legisla
ture to pass an act r gulatiug the choiceef Presiden
tial Electors : the o d one hits expired by. limitation
and its renewal wais t forgotten.
This expense•is useless: Old . Tippecanoe can be
elected easily withoht the yeti dthe noble old Ken
tucky, and nest winter the act can be all arranged.
Jenks Smith, tho editor of the New York Sunday
News, who recently started for England, on account
of ill health, died on the passage; - He was an esti
mable man and vigerous writer.
I -
W. B. Dabney, o:it teller of the Bank of Virginia
tit Richmond, has i Lrcised :
• embezzlements
Mount 'to near bairn million.
C - ` .7 •
The Russian: 11inister, Mr. Brodino, has taken
upon himself the silken chains of matrimony, and
attached himself to kiss Harriet Williams. of George
town, D. C. '
1
The King's lig, l steu.y.--'s to as the title of a new
novel, which th¢ liarper's have now in press, from
the prolific pen of .lames
The Harrisburg! Chromck has passed from the
hands of Mr. - E. ,GUyer, into those.of Henry Mont
gomery. We wish success to the new editor and
prosperity to the old one wherever he builds his log.
cabin.
Yankee Foresigt.—Tho Bostonians are shipping
tea to England, ; in jexpectation of a war between that
country and China.
Impruvenaint has bt ° .en passed by the Leg
istkture : u different one bating bein defeated in each
branch.
Charles , HarninOnd, Eq.; an editor of Cincinnat
i, is dead :‘he Was a veteran . of the profession, and a
ac; , yer of emin . e4 i standing.
co- The locos the General a granny we
confess with his ofd,avidiers be is esteemed a
granny-dear !,
Mrs. Folien, the widow orthe lainented Prof.
Fullen, who was lost in the Le;ington, has issued
proposals for publishing his Workti in monthly parts.
They will form a most valuable addition to the Ger•
man and general literature.
Donaybrook Pair.—The' exertions in the einise
of Temperance in freland,liave had the etrect t.
break up this celebrated Place of resort. A late
English paper, gives the b.:nictitation of a genuine
sprig of Ertn, who had not yet been convinced of the
merits of cold water, in the. following pathetit excla
mation :
"•Och ! murther ! Nine o'clock at Donnybrook
fair, and devil a fight yet! Will any body have the
kindness to tread on the tail if my coat."
Croton Water Works.—There his been a strike
and a riot among the laborers on this line. The
Mayor of New York called out a poise, and restor.
ed order without bloodshed. His Hon. Mr. Varian.
who •js more celebrated for his gond nature than liter
ary acquirement; is said to* hrive despatched the fol
lowing Cw.4ariara, account to the city, “ Weni widi
wici, Warian !"
Libels on Harrison.—We find every history and
every reference made to General Harrison, before be
was a candidate for the Presidency, to redound to
his credit as a statesman and-soldier. Calumnies
have arisen only since his friend; selected him for
the Presidency. Which should we believe 1 the
impartial accounts given at the very tune of his ser
vices, or when the prejudice of party warfare gives
an unfair coloring to every transaction 1
Chevalier de Gera-trier, a distinguished Austrian
Engineer, who
,bas been 'on o tour of observation
through our country, died uddenly on Sunday last,
at Philadelphia,:of apoplexy;
More of the Bedford Bully!—When a bill for pro
tection of partridge? in Delaware county, was under
consideration. Mr. McElwee went to the Clera's
Desk, and carried the amendment to his seat, made
ir flaming speech, deuoisnced the amendment as
T .
worse than the game laws ofTra ) 1. and concluded
by declaring that ho would ••tra :pie it under hie
feet :" and suiting the action to th,laord, he actually
did so in the presence of the Hot+, with the utmost
malignity, thereby compelling the clef k to procure
another copy to go on with the business of the
House! --' C.
Resumption 'l.llll.—Our potent. g riive and reverend
Legislators have fixed upon January ISth. 1841, es
the day for the banks to resume iinecie papments.—
If Government will but fat the currency alone, such
a thing may take place ; but lithe sub-treasury goes
into operation„a resumption will never be•eleeted --
The banks will be compered to act entirely on the
defensive—they eannol . pay their specie, or else it
will all be snapped up by the office holders sod sub_
treasurers for their salaries, while the people must
be satiiified with irredeemable bank bills. The
power of the mammoth national monster will over•
shadow all the smaller Ones—a war of destruction
will be waged—the office-holders of the General
Government will have all under their own control.
Our banks, crimmerce, inanufactures, agriculture,
the wages . of labor, the poor man's daily pittance,
and all the vitality of business and property will be
concentrated in a favoieif few, and we shall become
the slaves to an obligarchy of our own servants.
rSheriff Parkins.--This eccentric man, we
learn from thp New York papers, is dead. '
If he ie at rest now, it , was more than he eve per.
miller: hi'meelf to he while living, being a
.rfect
s regards
monomaniac
.
ET' The Legislature on 'Tuesday refused to recon—
sider the vote on McElwee's expulaion.
Warm Tifrark.—A Baltimore paper wants " three
mart men tq carry the Sun.
44 : 111 0Ve hardly think they would burn their fingers - -
by the spectalation, and they certainly can make a
raise by scattering the sun's rays, which always to
us_ shine brightly and, sweetl,y, "like a dark eye
in woman."'
trr The locos carried their recent election in this
city of New I York by nearly the same malority as
last fall.
In .The city of Brooklyn, the Whigs gained
large,sseandeacy en the chsiter ticket. by en in.
rcattd majority, •
Tsarina tr.—Every todicatiric fro this state
prorniss. great a revulsion ha fait4 of Harrison
and Tyler, as them wee last year for Polk.
0: 3. We publish below "No 4t of X."; To uis there
is not aeb ow efsloubt, but that the Lehigh Com
pany, at th present . rates of their wain the city of-
New Yor ; actuady , sinks front 75 cents to $l, nu
every ion old.; Our reasonsfer this belief are, that
: the whiteh coat of our region; which can
.be mined
with equal if not greater facility, and !enjoys ell the
it
impulsive ,nergy r i of individual muesli** e, could not
%
Lit affonled at (became price in New York, unless it,
were place 3 in the boats et Pottavill t , for . $1 50,
which cannot he done without.immen a s sacrifice.
Thia I on every ton. itoldhy the Lehigh and Whs .
er compan of that :region. exposes thair evident ins. ~
i
tention to break down if Possible the individuals of
on
this region' p and establish a blight 'cite! Monopoly : in
furtherencip of this they do net hesitate to sacrifice
from $1 fit/ to $2 en every ton of teal mined and
sold. While this course is continued,:the white slab
of our region, cannot be brought intoi competition.
in the New York market, especially as the Schuylkill
Navigiuion Co., has ever with singulai blindness to
the interest of the region, that Supporte them, placed
a clog on their business, prevented a fair competition,
1 and actually guilt up opposing;, companies in other
regions. When the Pottsville and: Philadelphia
Rail Road is completed, the btisiness Will be differe
nt : then, with the AIINES ALREADY OPENED
in our 'region, we can supply the whole United States
with red and white ash coal, at a cheaper rate than
any cdmpany dare hereafter do, even at a loosing bu
siness. and distance all fair and honorable cumpetit4n.
We' have a word of advice to capitali s ts: if you
Lave investments in any Coal Company, get the mo•
ney out, not already synk, as soon as possible. If
you are bent on gettii.g rid of it—TH,Row IT IN
TO THE DELAWARE AT ONCE—then 'you
will have the satisfaction of knowing where it is, and
be saved all mortification and anxiety, for all coal
companies must break up eventually.l There is no
basis for them; they are mere hubbies blown irito ap
parent solidity for speculative purposes: the mania
for incorporations which smut/. our cute some years
ago. because some one said that if a certain compa
ny was chartered, it would be $40,000 in his pocket,
is beginning to re-act, and will draw down ruin on
all connected with them. In our region- there - is
one, which has ruined two or three !individuals in
the mere attempt to start it; and ar.other, we learn, is
making exertions to show symptoms of vitality In the
course of the summer. But the attempt isuseless; they
will drop off every autumn wi th
, the Fall of the leaf,
while individual enterprise, perennial i in 'its growth,
will every spring bloom in fresh beauty, to make
prosPerous and happy.
' For the Inquirer and Conrier.
mend o f
is a most
o to keep
No. 4.
TO JOSIAH WHITE, ESQ.
Director of the Lehigh Coal anoi Navigation
Company.
In No. 3, it was shown, that, with fair allowance
for all charges, a.ton of Lehigh Coal, delivered to
the consumer.in New York, exclusiTe of any profit,
costs the Company $6 77i
While the selling price is only 6 50
$0 27 1 1
Thui showing an actual loss, on each ton of Coal, of
twenty-seven cents and a half, exclusive of all allow
ance, for bad debts, commissions. &c;
The
reason for this may now be considered.
The Eastern Markets were formerly supplied,With
Bitulminous Coal,'and upon the introduction of An
thracite Coal-as a fuel, the SChnylkill Red Ash Coal
being more easily ignitid, end possessing other pro
pertiea more like the Bituininous Coal, which they
bad been accustomed to use,:than the Lehigh Wits
Ash Coal, had tlArefore a ilecide,cl 'preference with
the consumers, and consequently commanded a high
er price—although for furnaces and many other put
poses. the Lehigh is excellent Coal.
The Lehigh Company (from a cause which it is
not nereAeary here to explain) had refused to'nse the
natural end easy outlet how their Coal Lands, by
the Little Schuylkill and Scliuyikilli and commenced
an improvement by Rail Road. over end down the
mountain to Mauch Chunk, iind - thence by Canal \
down the' Lehigh to Easton,,and !there connecting
with the State Canal. f
These works involved a very tar* e expend;ture ofi•
money, and would, when fnishedirequire AN IM
MENSE annual trade to suirportdgem.
The Coal operators on the . Schuylkill, in addition
to the preference which their Red Ash Coal received
from cat.sumcre in the Easterri States,
DANTLY /ISLE TO SCPPLT ALL DE3tANDS, AND SWIM.
31011 E MAN WAS IMACIRED Fon coNsuareTrov. •
It was therefore of vital importance to the Lehigh
Company, that the small hut tnuni4reus operators on
the Schuylkill should be broken cloWri—nothing more
likely to do it, than low priees losses on their
Coal operations : when they, were once out of the
way. the 'Monopoly of the Coal trade would very soon
have enabled the Lehigh Company to make 'up the
loases,incurred. But unfortunately, fur them, the con
tinued preference for Schuylkill Red Ash Coal in tho
Eastern market, et line Duller and Fifty Cents per
ton, abMe the price of Lehigh Coal , and the ability
of the zri , huylkill Coal Dealers to supply it abundant
ly at Eight Dollars per ton, eutiiely frustrated the
plan, so far as regards the Dealers, in Eed Ash Coal.
As regards the itit bite Ash Coal Dealers, they have
in a great •merisure succeeded. c
The cost of a ton of Red Ash Coal, delivered
on hoard a Canal Boat tat Pottsville, as
shown in No. 3, is 12 06
Freight to Philadelphia, inelti l ding unloading
boat,
Toll on Schuylkill Canal, •
Wharf charges, piling, &c.
Wastage and shitipirig on beard vessel,
Cost of a ton of Schuylkill lied Ash Coal de- .
livered on hoard a vessel at Philadelphia, $4 '96
To which add freight to New Yerk, 1 25
Coot of a ton of Schuylkill tied Ash Coal at--
New York, ,
$3 21
,
The expenses in New Ydrk aa follows:
Cartage from the vessel to the teal yard,
Piling the coal in the coal yard,
Yard rent, equal to per tem,i -
Delivering to consumers, including charge for
weighing, dec. • I
$7 26
Total coat per ton for . Schuylkill Red Aah Coal
delivered to consumers iiY New York , seven dollars
•
twenty-air cents, leaving is i aventy-four cents per ton
(or profit, allowances for } bad debts, dtc:
:As it is here shown that the Slchuylkill Red Ash
Coal dcale'r are doing ciz4vinklbusiness, and, as the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation CoMpany MAY be con
iridered to - have borrowed - to thelestent of their übii
fly the whole amount ofi bans !be
jug about $3,988,000 00
While their capital is 1,600,000 00
j $0,588,000 00'
•
Formiog , an azgregato 'riflobtelneas of about
MILLION FIVE lIIINDREII 4>jtGflTt=alOßT Toot
loaiono nommaa—an may expect soon to see the In-
dividual Coal. Operators Pottsville freed from the--;
'INCUBUS of tho.Lohigh Coal end Navigation Co w .
PanY• • 1 •
rbiltdelphit,April, 18
COAL COMPANIES
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