fas
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iggit
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,-- 4- 417h0 batliii het wee hath tiorrowt . isrlio bath`tton.l
' entlona ? :wile ihtith iliabblingsl who"bath wined,
in ithout cause I" ,wh 4 '.-bith: :0140 of eyes t ' .' Whey
- • that tarry . long Its, t l ke wine, they thatgo. taaccit sisix
:ll4zieh
ed wiite.." . ,:l .•
i, Evias
',, But let me eiththit Soinheit . cvil resulted 'Maitre.
. once. I allude night injury it worksupon the in
-.idlest; .t, The batlike dthe mind, during ourinortal^
l e
•• (silence, are inn nut IY connected with each ether.
They intact updo anti other, Is one diaeasedt
The other tooth* Silkicted.- The body becomes
worn and Wild and diSeased, when the mind is un.,
, settled, sad onlth( • other hand, whin the • body . is
deceased and tifftieted,t the mind becomes feve rish„mreit.
' excited; weak..l Ris. then, `lntemperance, effecting
the limly•as We hiveneeti. must also affect the mind
—must 'enter the' trerY, borne of thought and season
end imagination, land work Ate devastations there
&lOC itt facts * thcanent: 001286 persona in - the
Lunatic Assyletn! in itublini 115 were known to
have . been tielirkied ior reason by intemperance."
4.. In I'M( years. from t 1826t0 Ina inclusive,. 415 pa-
Cents were, admitted into this Liverpoel Lunatic
AssylliM; 'and' 251 of them were known to - have
brought ,on their ddringenient by drinking; end
Hue was supposed to have been the case with many
+Ahern" 1 . 1 41. :distinguished gentleman," mays the
apperidix to one of the !linperincie Reports, con.
tanned in a ;mingle from which we havetaken• these -
kW •' who hate bad extensive praCtice with regard
to this malidyi state, that more. than one half and
'• probablY tbreelfourthe of all the cues of insanity,
which have curtail under his notice, were occasioned
by excessive deutking," V-. In the -repel Lunatic
--4 Asylum in Aliddlesex,• the number of patients. in.
- -- - -•nressed in onelyear from 825 to 1100 and 1200; and
- prinCimilly by [the increase of the use of gin."
. What is the intellect. my hearers, that it should
thus become debased and wretched by a vile arid
. burning animal I thirSt / • What is the intellect. that
man should abuse iktinis,• and wither hi. prospects
• of usefulnese;and wring the biter's of Isle kindred,
and fill the--Ltanittie (Assylu_m with raving tenants!
It is a let linte l God has .bestowed directly and at .
Pecially ape men...that elevates him in the.scale of
beingx.ithat:ralitte - film above the brute, and distin.
, guishenhim as he w,lilks the earth. It is the race!.
• ty by which lib measures the stars, end analyse the
narth, and explores the waters. It is hie paten for
nobility—the 044 his high excelleace. And abet(
it be pelluted, and perverted like this? Shall the
you** . man okay 'to his mouth a beverage ;that
shall disturb! its wondrous powers with fury,
' :and consulate lita .efirlinis organs with Aire t Shall
-'`. ithecome so hideous and distorted. that the eloquent
• eyit shill lose ithe - light of its beauty, ar.d the breath.
ing lip become ;arched and shrivelled, and mood , end
jibbet its incoherent' and idiotic phrases? Who is
fi
that reeling by yea , like one blind—the conte pt of
.the streets—tbe joke and scuff of the hearties add
unthinking-4 subject•of pity to the benevolenr and
' . the good 7 Can it be a man ?—a area gifted with
' intellect, once, at least, capable of searing and striv.
ing with braire' thneghts, and reasoning seith pro.
found skill, and conceiving high ideas of.beaoty and
or power? Veit, it' s a Man: It is a young man.--
A few months ' ago, perhaps. and they we re very
few, whites prospects were brighter. That lefty rea
son bound men by lits delighting and thrilling pow
er. Rut he • hes fallen;—and how? He put the
beaker tlO his, lipr l ,- - Draught followed draught.
Property became wasted—popularity was , lost—bu.
sines was chnied. I Ilia heart turned to ashes—his
brain to fire. He le a lunatic I—They trample-him
in the very kennels of the streets,—he will die there,
or will drag out hie days in the - Lunatic Asylum.
This is not " fancy's sketch." You may go omit in
the streets of our large cities and see it this very
night. What is the cause? .1N rExr.ERANCE:
.'Beware of if. I plead against it nn the ground that
it is destruntiiv to the intellect. 'Mich dadva ire
goblet I—Put by it. temptings I 'For '• who bath wot
who hathaorrowl who hath, contentions? who bath
'°'' babblingirf wbo bath wounds without cause? who
• bath 'redness of eyelet They - that tarry long at the
wine, they lief. go to seek mixed wine."
1,,, ~--..—.......
• Fierferm,onent Temperance I/moments. vol.).
ID' Social a nd Moral Evils of.lnlemparancs next
week.
POTTSVILLE.
Alorning, Jun e‘G.
r REM 17 rANC 1 , 11 BY *AIL " A postmaster may en
alose tuon4 in 'a letter to the publittet of a tiewepaper,
to pay , the subscription of a third person. and frank the
;letter. if Written by himself. "—Amos Kendall .
Some of our < subitcribors may not be aware that they
may save th e postage on subscription money, by re
questing the postmaster where they reside to frank their
_letters contateittesth money. fie being able to satisfy
ihimselfbefore a lettr is scaled, that it contains nothing
but what refesav(ti subscription. [Am. Former.
ii 9 currien free of postage. in advance, wil
itay'for three ye 'istibacription to the Miners! Journal
sty"litiust:lgivece a Ceardays l tlecypher
hi% manuscript: the v4iting looks very like a bash'
of flies legi and ikillga•
T em pera ffe siß e edid.—.W e have commenced on,
astir"ftritt page, end shall continue weekly, in' future,
stead 'o4:Toted to the cause of the Temperance Re
for:to ;: fr ititt advance of. which must be e it re maly gra .
tifying;to over.* philanthropist. The impetus which
the friendelof this morel improvement, re Europe,
has ezterided, i t the efforts of their fellow-laborers in
our country, ill be productive of the most beriefi
zial results, if the arguments of persuasion are used,
and no coercion attempted. Lot the change be gra
dual. an& the Mild eloquence of friendship, not harsh
tlenuncistigns' . . employed. Then will the fruits he .
Cessed, and , e tainted leprosy of drunkenness,
which has so tong disgraced our land a lill be remov
ed by the-faithfut resort to the pure waters of Tem
perance. I i ' , ,
, i
Pailre j ai Wil e._ We adverted last week to the
frequent disati ointments, experienced by our cititins
• from the nonlarriesi of the Philadelphia mails. A
ritearrence.lorlilhe evil th4 c week, again induces us to
say a few "#ordl, en the 'subject. Pottsville is but
eighty 41; milesdinitt i the Metropolis, and 50 of those .
:over a sitiVrotid ;le it not ihenstrange, that we can
xtot receive -skied, mail c withoilt this continual series
of fapuies 1 tierinn Wednesday until Saturday of
last tiriet,[wcil'evereAvithoUt any intelligence south :
not Reading, which is - about 35 :miles distant ! Se?
, tunfay,', with! many of our. operatives, was a pay
.day. and theylwere expecting remittances to meet
their engageOerite, WitiTch not being re-eived was
the cause lof embarrassment to them, and seliouti die-'
appointment ' - e their working men. ...The difficulty
must be Avieted, and it is incumbent on not only
the inhabiian 46 Schuylkill and Berke counties, but
of all the UthAvaoivards the Susquehanna, who suf-
Atr.a cotatno iaconvenienee,lo remonstrate against
it. 3 . 1 11, 4 - • , .
. It cap he iemedied ; by carrylng the,' mail on the'
Rail Road tit adlot instead of the Turnpike ; w e
.
then cmildr l re it in Pottsville, Sof 9 hour, after .
,fit lea in i,flidledelpine. , Our
,buainess tom:nullity,
Asset . et ituffei)rilelY from the fail are of Ills 4; mail:
— the On'r,njs uPneceoirtiP my, as it does not:
arrive il) the o' lalitne- for our, letters. to be an.:
mod by,the:, rii mail. the Rail Road will re ; '.
i t le-**ell }hese ilifficulttes; and in the course ~:d Si,
feWßeaqtbie,liarhen , it pill be completed
,to 'Pori,
Chalon, *slimly, obtain oar; daily mail ,by dinner,
time. Caunatthen some inconsorrelief be devised?,
We have a pe r y, m l , l4lnsteri General, who if dis;
petted to 'study the periple's goad, cannot eeerttwir
eur ineonvemieneet. let US, they, have a meeting
of citizens, and ley before the new dignitary au ex:
position'of ;Our wishes. and the Many disadvantage's—
ettondhis the present arrangenient 1 and weretllion',
winced the public wish will be attended to,. and the
contritetorsjtbernaelveS be relieved front the unplea
sant eituatten,,nt Which the are placed, by the pre
,,
. snit itlimii , Arnis arrangement l s.
. '`
• 1 .
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asismngtorsoik
ASSMEINIik
-it -
. ,
I; et We we .la4tited to
d Cba!le! .:2 1 14 I Fri, - ,
I .6gi l attitif tfpctinlOtik...
.
, lA* lett e r ,*
.4uta
tor biss Welk % I Vll4
*aid of soyitig Ot)(1)1 feat of Mast in fit* minitteil,
shootd tio!!. „per isbauteots ttwatitet '
. -
3' We ieeiselbal 'billfish Miners' Journ ,
.ies at length the iroceedingtrof the inthici
nn6r, given by . Mr.toteatia . last fall, and bestoWS
matter!eommendution on the speeches of MeSentr.
4idd4s and Farquhar ) It considers the atOrit evinel
lik indicative of th triumph - .which must altered
the great discovery, en a happy omen for the wealth
ind !prosperity of our native „state. - She is indeed
hiesserl by nature to 4r utmost With ; kt" het Sons
k .0, , how to tate adviurtoge of grille gifts, our Situ.
a 'on would indeed be louvre' e
' bl !
r-... a
that
I- 1: . :' m e e heeei nt be o ee th e e m Pr tho used ei:otary"a the
rwigshurg, refused blf takaa te e n dollar United testes
ank Bill, las: week , aw Sif ng the bank was Wren:
ood for nothing, and a monstrous fraud ! Now
ova does this tally with . a Joco majority its the Le
islaturetompelling that Rink to loan the state four.
'dim tioilan7 ;410e - they to pay off their debts in
aribless money, Or 'bag slid PrialionotarY iiii.ii be
bind the age, and forgotten that the great loco Pao.
people.loving, wages I redneino - bloodhoand employ
ng; standing. army 'advocating. sub-treasury defend
ing administration, bas token the banks, little mon
sHtere and big mohsters, all under their especial
Orotoction 1 We think we kirow a gentleman about
the suss of our worthy Prothonotary, who will, he
ifer° fang, be glad enough to,take almost any kind of
money, and drat:will be when he Ands the 'pit. of
, .
therm is ;he ptlpitte station," .
(b . The galler.r pews of the EPiseePal OthtFli
are; very judiciously reserved for the free use of •Viettnre
enj, strangers. This Swill be art accommodation to
that portion of the congregation, who 'ore waiting
rot an enlargement of the Church, to obtain pews
int the main floor.
co. We take pleasure iivacknOwledgingthe receipt
4' a dish spkndid strawberries, from the garden
of rriziewl Cid. T. J. Baird. For our mountain
region, this prod-mils very early, and affords an evi
dence of the improved condition dour gardens.
The Borough Cotracil hold their meetings the first
and third Wednesdays of each month, and have made
i arrangements to occupy the Led* Room of Mr.
Peale, so 'that in future our citizens may attend .their
deliberations.
Equestrian Iran Stalue.--lthaa been suggested
lb) , 'Mr. Strickland, that the Washington Monument
fund be appropriated to the erection of an equestrian
statute o, the father of his country, in the Philadel
phia Square named after him, and that the material
be the. anthacite iron'of our state. Mr. S. very just.
ly 'remarks. that t, the iron mestere of our coal region
are iiitcested—every body is interested in so noble
1 .. ..,,
an experiment and commencement, which is to form
'i a new'titia iti\the arts and prosperity of our mineral
liesouraes, as Well es to do honor to whomkhonor is
most eminently ilu'e•fromthe citizens of a discriinina.
ling metropolis." \
It would indeed be a -meat itriumphant heralding
!if the capabilities of our state resources, if this tdea
L ,o
uld be carried out. From every specimen of work
anship we have yet seen, in our ainhacite troll, we
litre convinced that the most splendid \ statue, which
I;the world pegseases, could be made of thai-piattirial.
1 ts 'peculiar.properties cause ,it to flow as smiethly
to silver, and the finest lines of the model co4ke
presened to the castings. We trust the enterprize
of oar Philadelphia friends, will not let this Matter
grow cold, in their hands, and we call on our own
Joseph Lyon or lift. J. M. Saunderson, and all , thyse
,woo feel an interest in the iron trade, as well as
pride in the accomplishment of the deserver) tri
!but In our nation's father, to impress itIT importance
nn the pliblic, with that energy for sbich thty ore
noted.
Coal Companies.
Mr. Editor: I perceive that you and your cot
'respondent ere very confident that Lehigh
real, coats that company in New-York, much more
than 'is generally supposed, in fact much more than
;they ask for it. They offer to sell it at Jersey City at
. 1 .;;5 50 a ton, for Philadelphia money ; and their agent
in this city effete to deliver it by carts to steamboats
: and manufacturers at $.5 per ton. Now, if you are
!right about what it costs the company, I would like
'you to give some reason , why they offer to sell it be
(,w cost. It seems to me a very strange course, for
intelligent, business men to take,- - --and I presume
the managers of that company aro such. If you are
Iright, they niust be losing money on all the coal they
sell here. What can be their motive for that, and
how long can they continue to do such a business 1
Ho* is it that they make dividends andsell coal et
less than cost, and keep bringing mare .to market
all the while
You say they beerow money- from year to year.
But who will lend' thom money, if it is .understood
that they do a loseing business I ..I must think that
you are in some great error about the coat of their
coal far it seems to be madness for men to go on in
this way. Yet they may have a motive for it that I
(IQ not understand, and that you may bluble to point.
out; and if so, f wish you would, for it is important
to my iuterests to know the facts.
if our correspondent has perused with attention
the articles of .X,' and our previous comments, he need
hardly be reminded that our estimates of the cost of
Lehigh Coal delivered in, New York, are actually less
thanihose fOrnished by the President of the Corn •
pany, and therefore at pres •nt selling prices they ac
tually offer it below cost. The reasons for such con
duct are ameifest to all, who are acquainted with
the concerns and views of the company. As early
de 1830, J.siah White, Esq. one of the acting man
agers of the Lehigh Co. expressed his determination
to make the grass grow in the streets of Pottsville.;"
and all the subsequent endeavors of the company,
under his directions,.-bave been to put down the
Schuylkill coal region, two remove all rivalry and com
petition, and,pave the way to a mammoth monopoly
of the Antltracite Coal - Trade of Pennsylvania. Nor
were these ezertinne directertagainst our region a
lone ; their neighbors at Beaver Meadows, Hazleton
ate. were opposed as lenges possible, excluded from
the use of their Cnnal, and blocked out from a mar•
list, until the attention of our Legislature woe called
to it, and they we'e compelled by the strong arm of
law to open .. thei canal to rival regions. But the
WO fabric. whic the envy of/wig . /I ,Whits, sought
i
to erect , was too. .inweildsiAr.e.enlpielikon. Aqui alter
years of fruitlessll endeavors, the prhne . mover has
(Quad the lasktiopelets. The red ash coal of our
Setusyltill gegio has ever commasded a higher price
in the N. Y...maticer then ;ha Lehigh rt k ite ash,some
times as much as $ 2,60 pe,r ton, and Llinngb. by tm
dersolliog our •*roma, .they may..,.have compelled
some of them.to abandon .the busintes in despair, yet
their rivals !Tye been hydra-headed, and others have
epriiiivap in their places. ~A sotbar inducement thee
to sell coal Odour cot, was thehope that by throwing
t h e L e hi g h white ash tutu maykek nt so mush lower
rates than our red ash, consupers would kis induced
by principle& of economy .to,buy their'sotyle, They
r.;'.
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tiOlil THY 21113110/8 ' JOVUNAL
A NSW YORK DEALER
toct
of tO lho git o
-attain incialpoly: 7- 414
effiets of *al ka:ikipatxisai,
ninPairini4aalikeit*tin4
'WOO Jana, the -quaky - seat .
to taadkaa4 tatierplaccd ibemseivassAMAlliCt
debt, above thaulasi, cost of dick iratteXcetettlit
This se. cleat u figares can mate St thus—the
cast of emit vVio vvoths"asic
Lehiei Canal, - • ' $1,300,000.
`Ma& water Nay. & Rad Road, 1,400,000
70,000
;13.000
%CON
Coal Landi s
It. Wad to Elumioit Level
. -
" to Nesvietwain,
. . $ 2,814,000
And the sautous loans ameent .16 addition to the
capital loch tci $ 0,45,8,009 or $ 2,77.4g101i more th an
the colt of improvements, while $ 1,4 k 00,009 tow ot
coat hem been 408 tr o th gir coal lan anlufettunta
decreased them in vain 1 The above coat of naiad
Water ar, Rail Road," . eludes of course des Wilkes:
bane Road, which :clans about $ 300,000 more to
complete it, cud then will never pay the cost of au
perintend.ance, being,ene of the wildest and most vie
ionery schema ever started in our pouritu. The
whole amount of toll that can ever be realized, will
hardly defray the expences of their stationary engines
erected to surmount hills, and force an outlet that
nature never contemplated. We - may also remark,
that the company hijerealized on town lots sold at
Mauch Chunk and other building places, enough
probably to pay for the improvements, made in
the Coal Region. But from the whole as
pect of the above facts, the inference is plain, that
the actual loss on their Coal operations, has been the
difference between .the amount of their loans and
- capital combined, and the cost of their improvements,
and this vast awn has been meandered in . attempts
to bolster up on immense monopoly,
This state of thiugs has long been known to p—
m: have ever bad a watchful eye on the operations
of the Lehigh Co. and have been ever prepared to
repel such difficulties as were thrown before the on
ward course of our regioq. Situated as the represen
tative of a rival interest, we have ;shamed from
noticing the rash course of that Company, until the
magnitude of the interests involved, has brought it
before the public horn another quarter. Now, all
reserve is removed, and we feet it our duty to expose
the system, which has so long been used as a means
of deception and stock-jobbing speculation. a , A New
York Dealer" may see at a glance, how they have
declined dividends, and why they keep hringlng incee
coal to market, They must continue their loosing
game, as Long as loans can be raised, or exposure is
the consequence. And it is on the brink of that ex
posure they now stand—the public are on their guard;
loans can no longer be raised, without the assurance
that a sinking rued is devoted to thi?ir liquidatien; the
Coal business is now so -well known, that precise es
timates can bo made by business men, to detect the
paper profits of such air bubbles, and
_confirm Won
has been piled on confirmation that every cent of the
capital stock has long been- sunk, and that the value'
of their improvements would not cover their loans.
We cannot dismiss this subject, without expres
sing a hope, that our Legislature will see the neces
sity of reforming this abuse, of declaring dividends
onto( capital stock or from loans. It is a fraud in
the broadest sense of the word, and community
should be protected from - such imposition, by a law
declaring it a penal offence.
Coal Iron Rail Road.—We have thus far delayed
making any comments, on the cast iron rail road, laid
on the Greenwood addition to the Mount Carbon
Rail Road, more than the mere mention of its com
.letien. This was for the purpose of obtaining the
es mates of its cost and . other data which
we Presumed would be of interest to our friends:
these have been politely furnished us fly Andrew
Russel, Estegetit for the Greenwood property, and
by their aid w 4,. lay the following facts before the
publics
The length of the road from the Mt. Carbon Road
to the Steam Mill, which has Leen telsid with cast
iron rails is .1200 feet, a douldetrack, making 4800
lineal feet or 1600 yards of rail. In this distance
there are 9 - full turnouts or crossing places, which re
quire 486 lineal feet or 162 yards of rail,- exclusive
of the plate. The Rail is called the house joist pat
tern, And is cast in lengths of six feet; the pattern
was first made for 70 lbs. of iron to.the yard of mil,
but was altered by increasing the size and strength
of the flangesto about 8011 w. to the yard. The quan
tity of rails used in constructing the whole road, was
about 62 tune ; they are laid on sills which are 3 feet
apart from centre to centre; these being again sup
ported on the graded road by square blocks of stone
under the end of each sill, where the rail rests on it.
The sills cost 42 cents each, and the cost of laying
the road, including grading, of which but little was
required, it being laid on the old track, was 80 cents
per panne! of 3 feet. Cost of putting in each turn
out, for labor end workmanship $ 45.
The road has now been in 'use some we e k s , an d
heavy trains of loaded coal cars have passed over it,
and it does not appear to give way in the least, nor
has a single rail broken. It is believed by all .to be
strong enough for any road, where horse power alone
is used. What effect the frost in, the fall may have
on it, is yet to be lested.
Taking the forgoing data, ae the basis of a eaten
lation,-a mile of Rail Road, laid with these cast trim
rails, will cost as follows:
1'7.60 yds, .80Ibs to a yard, is a fraction
over 62.5--10 font, which for double
track is 126.6-10 tone, costing say
$ 44, per ton. $ 5,400 80
1760 pounds of 3 feet at 80 cts 1,408 00
1760 sills at 42 cts. 739- 20
36001b5, about, of bolts ..,and spikes at
10 cents,
Coutingenciv;
Cost per m.le
These rails were cast by Mr.•iVilliam Lyman, at
hie furnace on the Island: it was originally. contem
plated to make them at the blast furnace, but as that
blew out shortly after the-contract was made, Mr.
erected a small cupola, -fur .the purpose,, and made
them Anthracite Iron of his awn smelting.
cO-The recent forgeries on tbeFttiladelphia Banks,
have been traced to Dr. Eldredge, a person of edu
cation, whose career in crime bag been of no ordinary
grade. From ell accounts,,ba,baslor the last 15 or
20 years been a depredator on tlmpublic, v but
_justice
has at length overtaken bun.
A Novel Charge.—A military court oteqquity is
sitting in Baltimore, to ezamine into charges.prefer
red against Major Dandrew, Commissary, and Capt.
Duseubury, Q. M. by Samuel Harker, a loco editor
of that city. These charges are that the officers have
purchased supplies for the army from Whigs, instead
of• partizans 'of the administration !
Suppose, by way of comment on the above, we
had Van Buren and Forsyth's standing army of 200,
000 men, forced upon us, where woild be our repub
lican liberties, where would be our equal rights!
Sold is the shambles re the highesi loco•bidder, at
the same time with the army contracts.
J.
Jahn gantend the Architect, oboo! to . Inc! a
neve 013 on a jlerryisburg,..
=I
Cr 4102
ff&e' .
Si=vsx
ing.miNE4 , llolotiptAt:'
360 00
$7,008 00
92 00
$B,OOO 00
itat*lnrg Chronichs
tionnechtd Witkpai ,begialative
fit* 'not 0* 194; -seimcgs.,_ mien,
bap era
. and HaYa,ind Mews. Neff Ra ge end field
44,44tatiejablyfaisited . Litqlitilown 4'11'01644h r
thei'etipitaL.' - WhileAtleO AY. Nett rt tkoti of a
singtr; xtpii'n Which he Proiedto tow vity adept, that
000 of j 1 audience ezpiftsed the wisittolinow where
he bad beeente so skillet) on the drum. He said that
Ite . was,ti 'Orninmer in tiie last war mid& Gen, Her , .
risen. „Mitch curiosity 'was watttrallY.lfeit to bear
something about aid Tqqiecatre exßaiting he pos
lessettafficientregati foible own .44:aiter and the
military fame of the coantty, and that his regard for
truth atidiustic. ; Would induce him to kale, what ev,
cry Wart in whittle bosom Angered one spark of cour ,
age or generosity, who ever served under him, has
lalteerftilly . 'testified to. Thit they *ere deceived in
his character, or rather lie showed them that he was
sttletlf i feeldess-of stay inch' burdentscsnie appendage
its character. In answer to awinquiry as to General
Harrison's, ponduct in battle, he stated that his prat.
Licewas to order hia soldiery into bank while he
withdrew to a place of sofdy
N9W we need hardly, say, that this asse,ction was a
falsehood from first to last, Neff is probably gout 30
years old, so that in IBM he was t dine year old
tifo!ntoot• We suspect with the 'Chronicle, that be
was born .• drummer, asibe Hon, Mi.; Frundy was
born a, veteran democrat. One "GAM suppose ftom
the distinguished figure he cuts in the House. that
he was a remarkable baby. With what five effect
he might commence some of his eloquent speeehel
Mr. Speaker, I wan born • baby, I have lived a
baby, end by the blessing of God I well die a baby!"
The, Rev. Dr. Whatingham, Profesior of Theol
ogy in the N. Y. Episcopal Bezninary.has been elec
ted Bishop afrbe.diocese of Nary, land„ at a recent
Conception of the Protestant Episcopal
(11. The remains of Godfrey, the infantar of the
guadrant, here beet, removed, - with other bones of
his buried ancestors . ' frqm near Germantown, and de.
posited in:Laurel Hill Cemetry.
Mons Adrian jr., well known to the public, has
been the victim of. Lynch law. It appears that at
Montgomery, on the Alabama river, ..a Mra. Dr. Mc•
Leod, made wanton overtures to Adrian, which were
at first resisted, but at length the Joseph " of his
nature oozed out, and he consented to an . elopement.
The husband followed, fired at, and missed him, when
the unfortunate man jumped overboard, and was
drowned.
Gen. Rogers, lute Speaker of our Senate, has been
dangerously ill.
Anoflirr Congressional Fracas.—Kenneth Rayner,
and Win. Montgomery of N. C. have had a flay cuff
in the Rotunda, originating from seine quarrel grow
ing out of a publication in the Globe. Can nothing
be done to silence the libels and falsehoods 'f the of
ficial sheet I Hardly a week passes without the time
of Congress being consumed by enquiries into gar.
bled reports and misrepresentations, which have oc
cupied its columns.
Barefacedness.—The Reading Democratic Press,
republished, on Tuesday last, the stale slander that
Gen. Harrison voted to sell debtors at auction, to
serve out their indebtedness, even after the N. York
Evening Post, and other papers of the party, have
retracted the accusation as unfounded.
r' What is the uae of getting married ?—Nor
?Lich Aurora. ,
When a man au-Tends the use of his senses by
falling in love, it legalizes the suspension.
Express Mails! —The New York Courier and
Enquirer, of 22d May, reached ua on. Wednesday,
after eleven days travel. How rt journied we know
not,as there was no Philadelphia mail at all that night.
Tomato Mine .has been made in Connecticut
from the medicinal qualities of the plant we may in
fer its value to invalids.
Consisfeney.—The objection made by the locoa
to Mr. Penrose's resolution in favor of a uniform
bankrupt system, was that they were opposed to the
doctrine of instruction! Since when, we wonder,
were the locos averse to this system 1 Perhaps
Senators Grundy and Anderson can give us the in
formation.
The, Improvement Bill, which passed the House
by a vote of 48 to 41, appropriates over $3,000,0450.
It requires the United States* Bank to loan four mil
lions ,at 4 per cent., on pain .of ferfeitieg its charter.
Whether this bill will ultimately be a law, is of
course doubtful, for the Warwicks of our Legislature
are complete S , setters up and pullers down."
cos-. Walking is the best possible exercise. Habi
tuate: yourself to walk-very Mr.—Jefferson's Me
mo:7f.
This is perhaps one of the tenets of that Jeffer ,
minion democracy" which has habituated" the
a dministration sub-treasurers to perforin such wtall"
walking.
Henry Frick, Egg., has withdrawnirom the Mil
lonian,, which he established in 1816, and conducted
to the present time.
Philadelphia Loan Co—Bills of indictment have
been fumed against George Schott end Theo. M.
Moore, tate President and Cashier of this institution,
charging them with conspiraby to defraud.
Dfred Tax.—We have but room tNstate that the
Bill,' _directing a tax to be levied directly on certain
artices has passed both houses. Its operations and
effects will be noticed next week.
1 '
Angusta;"(Ge.) has been inundated by a freshet
in the Congaree.
ore Fuhzates.—Four furnaces for making iron
with 'Anthracite Coal sre.now prOgreas of erec
tion{ on the line of Mons Catmint or near btanhope,
36 Lililea from Easton.
Otanwkit3.—A letter from this place says -that
4! bUsiness has . rearmed mearambly in .Shamokin.
One locomotive hasbeen making two tr ipe, per day
for a week past ; and in a few days annther Locomo
tivei will ho running. Miners have pit into employ
!
me t' atter a long rest. Rapid.preparations are mak
ing for the erection of two Anthracite , Furnaces in
theiplace ; one of which will be put in blast, perhaps
in' ptember neat. Iron oreLhas lately been e.iscov
er;
neer the ate of said Furnace. Strangers have
begun to flock in from different parts, bpiness no
doubt will be brisk ,end active for the 58089/1. "
9ieestions fur the late Poet Nader gene:rd.—Mr.
['Kendall says, in- his letter, that he “ has not been
4u
fo nate enough to accumulate wealth in a public
o . ."1 We have a different impression, which, if
elneous, we should be pleased to have corrected ;
an .we, therefore, being humble searchers after truth,
rctfttlly enquire if Col. Aturar, a mail contrac
to has not teen travelling through Illinois and other
pa r of
its
-the West, purchasin g farms for. the head of
th Post O ffi ce Department? viliet
~ttio said high
fu clionary would take for a certeinfartn. bought by
hi agent of Mr. Wm.. ; L. May, of Milli/ill I Arid
finally, whether he would consider $300,000 a fair
equivalent for his share in the, profits of the Missis
sippi Land Company g--N.,Y. nmes.
az? a , What have we seen at the resent session
Congress I"—KendalPs G'Atbe Address.
hio investigation of the. Post Office accounts!.
‘i
. .
ca. Philnds' Ipt4ts Spirit 'of the Tithes, the
organ of the es k st* lecuitse and Post Office, speak.
irig of Genatorrison,i hue tho :following piece of
seuffilitYr=. , which 'WO Ostroct as S. specimen - of the
foulinetif toirtnA the _ ' Von Buren press, is com
pelled to, resort, for caOtal in the pending _ contest.
- We 'Entire:duo to coyish° article was either penned
by o British too!, ' ; or the son of one, - -who keeztly
feels tile' drubbing - his father :mated at the Thames!
But:hear the unmanly and meadscious libeUer :
ti Always a cOaraur, alWayS a TO* TO ?KZ Pao-
PLY, *lweys as ZAPAI4OIIB AS VSIIIIIIS, and as IN
FAMOI:18 AQ ARNOLD.. wp know not whether
most to scorn his imbeeility, to hots his principles,
or, wonder at his impudent eirrontery."
We do not feel dispels' ed to say much on the atro
city of this paragraplif it is in perfect k,ezping with
the Vongitten, mode of warfare-..they use no argil,
went blackgilardiem and falsification are their only
weapons: We, however, offer : to the:thing who
pinned 'the above, following teinarks from the
„ American Sentillel,'r-a paper which has suffered
much abuse from' its 'administration coadjutors, be
cause it has dated to bS candid and afraid to stoop to
falsehood and detraction. Its .eilitor .saya :
" W 4 have been fretfully complained of. also, for
declining that method of political warfare whict
ec
lies chiefly upon personal abuse of opposing candi
dates, and of distinguished men in the adverse party.
We dare not wur after thst fashion. We can choose
our man and with bedoraing zeal alvocate his ele
vation tp trust and power, hut we dare not abuse the
great and good men who may compete with him.
Every such man is the propeity of his country; his
talents,,his fame, his deeds of wisdom in the cabinet,
or of valor in the field,' all are his country's--and she,
the proud mother of these children, is never more
injured, never more afflicted with Rachel-like be.
reavoment,,than when trutfianiam would pluck them
from her ,bosom and tarnish their glou."
Vile Slander Refuted.
• SELLING WHITE MEN FOR DEBT
This infamous charge against Gen. HAL:news
which has again and again been shown to be 41ests
tude of a particle of truth, is Gull, we bear, .repeated
by some of the unserttpuleus demagogues in the ser
vice of the Administrition. We once again, at some
inconvenience, republish a letter written by General
Harrison himself in 182!, when the charge was first
made, and nailing the falsehood to the counter.
To any man who shall hereafter repeat this calum
ny; .we beg to say to him as the Louisville Journal
does: in Imagine us at your elbow, and whispering
in your ear, whal you have said is false, and you
know it to be false.' "—Richmond Whig.
To thi Cincinatli Advertiser
Sir: In your paper of the 14th instant, I obser
ved a most violent attack upon eleven otter members
.of the lute Senate and myself, for a supposed vote
given at the last session for a passage of a law to
sell debtors in certain cases.", If such had been
our conduct, I acknowledge 'that we should not only
deserve the censure which the writer has bestowed
upon us, but the execration of every honest man in
society. An act of that kind is not only opposed to the
principles of justice and euinanity, but would be a
palpable violation of the Constitution of the State,
which every legislator is sworn to support ; and,
sactioned by a House of Representatives and twelve
Senators, it would indicate a state of depravity which
would, fill every patriotic bosom with the most alarm
ing anticipations. But the fact is, that no such prop
osition was ever made in the Legislature, or even
thought of. The act to which the writer alludes has
no more relation to the collection of u debts" than
it has to the discovery of longitude. It was an act
(or the " punishment of offences " against the State;
and that part of it which has so deeply wounded the
feelings of your correspondent, was passed by the
House of Representatives and voted for by the twelve
Senators, under the impression that it was the moat
mild and humane mode of dealing with offenders tor
whose cases it was intended. It was slopted by the
House of Representatives as a part of the general
system of tha criminal law which was then under
going a complete revision and amendment. The ne-,
ceasity of this is evinced by the following facts.
For several years past it had become apparent that
the penitentiary system was becoming more and more
burdensome at every session; a large appropriation
was called for to meet the excess of expenditure - above
the receipts of the establishment. In the commence
ment of the session of 1820, the deficit amounted to
near $ 20,000.
This growing evil required the immediate interpo
sition of vigorous legislative measures. Two were
recommended as•being likely to produce the effect:
firat.placing the institution under better management;
and, secondly, lessoning the number of convicts who
were sentenced for short periods, and whose labor
was found, of course, to be most unproductive. In
pursuance of the latter principle; thefts to the amount
of $10 .. 0r upwards were subjected to punishment in
the penitentiary instead of $lO, which was the former
minimum sum. This was easily done. But the
great difficulty remained, to determine what should
be the punishment of those numerous larcenies below
the sum of $5O. By sou.e, whipping was proposed.;
by others, punishment by bud labor in the county
jails; and by others, it was thought best to make
them work on the highvgpys. To all these there ap
peared insupearable objections. Fine and imprison
ment were adopted by the House of Representatives
as the only alternative; and, as it is well known
these vexatious pilferings were generally perpetrated
by the more worthless vagabones in society, it was
added that, when they could not pay the fines and
casts which were always part of the sentence and
punishment,.their services should be sold out to any
person who would pay their fines and costs fer them.
Tats was the clause that was passed, as I believe, by
a unanimous tote of the House, and stricken out in
the Senate, in opposition to the twelve who have
been denounced. A little further trouble in exam
ining the journals would have shown your corres
pondent that this was considered es a substitute for
whipping, Which was lost only by a single vote in
the Senate, and, in the House by'S small majority, af
ter being once .passed.
I think, Mr. Editor, I have said enough to show
that this obnoxious law would not have applied to
unfortunate debtors of sixty-four_yeare," but infa
mous offenders who depredate upon the property of
their fellow-citkens, and who, by the Constitution of
the State, as well as the principle of existing laws,
were subjected to involuntary servitude. I must con
fess I hid. no; very sanguine oxpectattens of a bene
ficial effect. film this measure, es it would apply, to
convicts who bad'attained the age of maturity; but
I hed supposed that a woman or a youth
s whe, con
victed of an offence, remained in jail for the payment
of the fine end cost imposed, might , with grept ad-
Vantage ,be transferred to the residence of some de
cent, virtuous private family, whose precept and ex
amplewetildsently.leed them back to the, paths of
rectituile.
I would appeal to the candor et your correspondent
to say whether, if there were an individual confined
under the circumstances .I have mentioned, for whose
fate he, was interested, he would not gladly see him
transferred:from a filthy enclosure or ajad, and _still
more filthy inhabitants, to „the comfortuhle mansion
of some virtuous citizen, whose_actmonitions would
check his visions propensities, and who authority
over bins would be no more than is exercised over
thousands of apprentices in this country and those
bound servants which aretolerated in ouress well as
, •
in every ewe in the Union. larfroptadvocaling
1,1i.-i'- , 1: j .
:
' I'oNJ,- - 1,..
the niriftlinabk . priptipla 01
corresperukiii, ittiols apt i
t
under any mms Unai ge,o
kdgad, is at war tUith
COnatitution, and:Ought to 0
N V Z
Num Dena,' L ac.?l, 18
• A CANDID IREFI
The Editor of, tie Grunts
Vanßuren paper s .pUblished in
tidied the infamous slander ag
HARMON, that tur voted to se
for debt, in Ids neat pa Per m
cavitation, and , icknowledges
"ntsasrairstommem"
••The piece which appeared itt last week's Repub..
hese, with respect to Gen. H names voting to all
white men, was Marled with ut our knowledge and
during our absence. liiarin seen a letter of thit
gentleman, declaring thaiJibe alien alluded to was
part oft bill for the pun sbm t of.sarintinals.", we
and kept the Matter under ad isentent, add had re.
solved not to Meat it anti) further information. We
regret that the piece shield have appeared in the
Republicse , which not even e daily violence,
aldry and slang Of our op tuts, shall -tempt no
knowingly to convert into an instrument or misrep
resentation."
I .
It may perhaps gntifyi to die patriot pride_
of Americans, to know that th person who originated
this charge, was a prisoner ea lured by Gen. Barri,.
on at the battle of the Tha es ; and the libeller
now holds
,offies under Van' uren'u administration,
and of course is ono of the 0 ritish tories."
The Lbrerenee.--..Self first and the country after.
wards," seems the robrof actien which goicrita Van
Buren ; but,with Gen. Harry n , It has ever_been,
~ our country first, and sell the last consideration 1".
Van Buren, plans no scheme without first wtighing
how far it will benefit hie personal advanament,
and the strength of the party ; he makes thoi fluidic
convenience bat a amtingentito the preservoiliOn of
power, and the people may st?Ter under the pressure
of these various schemes, without hopes of redre ss or.
amelioration. Hut the whole lyre of Gen. Ha rrison'
si;re
has been one of devotedness o the u safety, honor,
acid welfare" of the people; his personal advancer
meat has never been regarded but with a dingle ey e .
to the public good, be : has teadily punned that
path moat conducive to the nerd happiness, and
to the establishment of the br ad, principles of poli
tical freedom., The contrast ltetween the selfishness
of Van Buren, and the patriotism of Harrison is ed.
hibited in every prominent action of the mea t and
must have its effect upon eve friend of hie coun
cil.
cc:r. The Sul>.Treasury Bill which was first intro.
iuced ny our worthy and en 'ghtened' President f ,is
growing so fast into the good graces of the people,
that the federalists are enclea oriog to depnve Arr.
Van Buren of all the merits, and placing them to
their owe credit.—Democrats Press.
By the federalists" our fiend does not mean
Buchanan er Ingersoll, but the opponents of Martin
Van Buren, and says they ar trying to deprive Van
Buren of all the mails of this scheine ! This' is
the moat reckless attempt at iterversion we have yet
had pressed upon us: The is not an opposnitn
print in the Union which docir not condemn the sub
treasury,' as dangerous to ouri, liberties, and placing
,ari irresponsible power in . the hands of the Execu,..
five. To deprive this bill of its " merits " would
indeed be a magician's work, fur merit it' has none :
it is the office holder's scheme, to obtain control over
all the revenue of our country, and then grind down
the laborer and mechanic, rediice theit wages to six
pence a day, and place our country on a pat with
those whine bondage and slavery are hereditary. We
seek not to place inch things o to our own credit "
we war against the scheme—wlrich of all others orig
inated by the present administration, is the most
odious and corrupt.
What nee . 7 —t. Tippecanoe" Steel Pens are
made in New York.—Richmond Compger.
They will be used at Waahington, investiga
ing the corruption of the different depattments.
The latest humbug of the Whigs is 'i
Tip
pe Walking slicks."—l r oco paper.
They are premonitory or Van Buten walking
papers'
c o. ..A flood of demoralization has swept ovetoui
and."—Kaulalra Address.
True, for the conntr as been flooded with
Globes, and _we shall soon lise an eztra•llood.
Contempt for the People lies at the bot
tom of their whole scheme of electioneenng.—Ken.
dolts Address.
How low must you bellegraded then, who lie
below the contempt of the pleople!
a• I he locos are nettled at the idea of Harrison
Conventions being counted tpy the acres.
We should presume such reports would prove
heart-achers to them !
A Log, Cabin has heen raised at Berwick
the cause of Harrison and Tyler is doing well there.
At Kingston, •Wilksbarre, and Tunkhannock, Lo
zerne Co., these emblems of the people's determina
tion have been erected, and harry dismay to the foco
locos.
Whip them back !—Thai loco leaders say, (hue
are apparent changes for Harrison in Schuylkill
"County, but they will make all right before the el ec .
don— they will Whip and drive the refractory into
the traces ! Shoot the deserter's ! " has ever been
the loco cry, but let them beware, the deserters now
outnumber their standing Simi, and perhaps they
may demand retribution !
Hints to the Working C asses.—The reason why
our exporting manufacturers" demand a repeal of
of the corn law. is, that a : repeal of them would
equalize the price of, conti4ental labor. 4rQur ex
porting manufacturers" cl r now, on the average,
only thirty pet cent. on all the capital which they
employ. They lung to clear a hundred or two
hundred per cent. Now for the price of "continent
al labor." Mr. Gregg, the !Manchester repealer,
states it to be in •
France, '
Switzerland,
5, per week of 72 hours,
49 51d .. 82 ..
Austria,
Tyrol,
Saxsmy,
I
Boon, om . the Rhine, 2s
Being an average of 3s 1 id per week, of 79 hours.
The same Mr. Gregg stow the existing wages t I
Englishmen to range from 15t to 305.1 i week. Look
at this, ye " working elasse l'' l:
The wages of American laborers+, in the same de
scription of money, range
.prom lds to 24a-per week:
" Reduce," gays Mr.. Buchanan, a our nominal to the
real standard of priceti.throtighout the world !" What
think you Americank laborers, of coming down to 8s
a week 1 low,,viiill 'you American firmere, like to
have your pricer in theearne"' proportion`
( 11
You, American de.btoni,,y ur•means reduced in pro
portinn to the
, proximd . r duciion of wagea, while
your,ilekla_ remain the £l.. 0 I
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vir ILLS, Dectve Bon
v instruments Of writ,
Ineolvent Bonds and
ballaaced—Accounts adj
*sirs. Hen dersoi!s SW .
May 30
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prineipko of our
abolished.'
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A.TION. - •
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baths, baying pub-.
hat WlLZlAlrlissas
the poor white man
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