if•ivergfvfmn.
Sattrieda# forning, .;June . 20.
aCritiasteraN ra,Betstsit... "A postmaster may en
',close money in alletter ko the publisher of a newspapet,
'to pay the subscriptionisif alhird person. ana frank the
aetter, if written by hinbelf:"—Araos Kenai,. - _...
:Some of sob teribersinay not be aware that they
;may save the , phstage on subscription money, by re
luestingthe;postinaster where they reside to frank their
f
letters contaito" such money. he being able to satisfy
Inmselfbefore a etter is seated, that it contains nothing
'but what reasrst thesubscription. [Am. Farmer.
I)::r A tifrcurrent b ill; flee of postage. in advance, wil
;pay for three year anbscriptiun to the Miners' Journal
PO' TOriy.E LYCEUM.
Li f e-tura Bth, Tuesday, June 23, 1840,44 On the
Office and Dqiies of History," by .ffob B. Tyson,
Esq.
(Clv Those men befs orb* have not yet obtained
telt, tickets are, requested to, call previous to Tues
'•day eveniugtoithat purpo se; JAMES S !WALL ACE, Sec'vy.
0:7 “Jalck
1,7!" beat week, if possible.
0:7.00 our 4, page will be found the admirable
remarks ofl N. ff 4141 k, Esq. at the opening of the
Tide *Apr C' nal. and also .a song by our corres
!
Fondant, J. 1,141. 1 . 0 1. .Read one and sing the other;
both authuis hauq been known al•out-the banks.
The Anthracite Furnace at Danville, recently
erected by Biddle,Chambers Or Go. Mew in on Moro
day last, uriderl the superintendence of Mr. R.ilston,
With every assUrance of perfect success: We have
only beird i verlially from it, and shall be pleased to
havi it in out power to•record its continued prosier
': AP
The dr • plug in front.of • our Office, has been
euta rePOr fr some months, and the delay in re.
pairing ,ibis reprehensible. Should a fire occur in
he southern stion of our Borough, its want would
learitozreat d estruction. Let it be repaired forthwith.
EC" A valuable , collection of Minerals has teen
loop present► by the Cheater County Lyceum. to
Out Pottsville. Lyceum. We shall reciprocate the fa.
votto all who remember us; and our region affords
many, strange geological curiosities for the Scientific.
"
(o*-- e inviteattention to the communication
signed Don't let its length deter any
one.from readmg it.
•
he editor [of the \ford town Jerseyman says he
In received e dish-of strawberries, the top one of
which meitsur`ed four and three quartet inches, arid
each of the others Tour and a half inche - s'in circum
ference; and these. he : lc/ye-beats the one which we
tad. We catilell better when' we see them.— U. S.
Gazelle..
We neither wish to make our friend Chandler's
'mutt!, or that of the Jerseyman" water, but we
saw some Stniwberries this week from the garden of
Col. Baird, any one of which - would he la decent
mouthful fur e ven
l the Belgian Giant. They ' weigh
-ad on an average one quarter ounce, and were from
'4 to inclie: in circumference. Now Morristown
and Ttuladelpka are famous for their fruits, but
Pottsville hal heretofore made no pretension: , our
eon nights and late springs, would seem to preclude
the possibiliti Of fine gardens, bur we have many to
I.e proud of, and which will in a' ew years compete
-sv,th airy in the State,
,
offlinee the above was penned, we have also to
a cknowleilgelh,6 receipt of some tine Cauliflower and
Cue - umbers fiem the same kind source.
Temperan/e' Cauae.—We have been 'shown a
certificate from the Cork Temperance Society, grant-,
ed by the very Rev. Theobald Matthew, the great'
Reformer. l i t is neatly engraved : in the centre is a
fec simile ofltvath sides of; a medal, which is given
to all who take the pledge : on the left a whiskey
barrel aurinot t inteil by death, and standing on a skull
and cross borfes, shows -the fruits of intemper i ance.
'while on the right a well spread board. and a pie of
'ready moneyi.• hold out the alluring frrias of tem
perance. this certificate was granted Jan'y.
1940, and isnumbered 573.011! At the bottom is
the approprnite tett from Acts 24, v. 25. He rea
.soned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to
come."
We shofif4 be _pleased to Fee something of the
3tind adopte4 by our Temperance Society, whose
good effects e're aireiiily discernible in, ur Community.
. - -llfiner l s 4sy/um.—We have long thought that
some - plan .should be devised for the relief, and sup.;
port of sucIrINERS, as become disabled by seer
dent from p rsifing their-dangerous avocation. 'Phis
i
, hardy class . i . operatives are generally beads of fa
milies, and he thousand casualties to which they
are auhjecte 9 , may at any moment deprave a wire
and _children of their natural protectors. It has
Caerefore oe4urred to us, that a fund might soon be
raised, by livying a voluntary contribution of soy
one cent on iiscti ton of Coal shipped, to he paid by
t; •
-the person Vrho.receives the coal, and which. though
a tittle to each individual, would - soon produce in
- the aggreg4e.an amount sufficient to erect a coin
sortable -building, and afford an annual income for
its support; Here the disabled or crippled miner
might obtai. an asylum. and find the good Sarnari
lan -pourtnibalsam into , his hurts; while at the same 1
41me 'hie fau l tily might be relieved from the . pressing
calls of ,feAury., and his children provided with
sneans.of•e4cation. The manner of collecting the
various contrilintions could be easily arranged ; and
ire would diostkespectfully call upon our operators,
anal land owners, and on all who feel 'interested in
Mist philsOhrtipic measure, totske steps for a public
m eeting; 4 , wibich the crude flan we have thrown
,out might . * thrown into shape and permanency.
. When* refiect bow a little from many sources,
'Can prove4te Means of great relief to suffering, we
:IMII surpris4d that every clam, of operatives, has not
it beneOcitil : society among themselves. The Miner's
Asylum ispealled • for by expediency and good feel
. ing, ina tart:withstanding the ; present dipression of
tut& Ows.lhieb is enough iii•hill every fine feeling
u
;c4 - the' tii4 • i
. aces theperotinial bloom of charity,
am feel Out r heart will le jacied on, and that a
sable rivalryillapring up in the endeavour 'of each
to:do all is 1 . lo facilitate-it.
Aisecntyc jOlell4-41f the osty ms
41. pa tAoite ; win:eh ltnifis been brought forward.et
fibs `palitiedl girths. to AO.
gnalications of
Ohio. liankipl, Wilthsvii Ste) none -better calculated
,` t,crenbeers4 the joissired end than this' Airnstiae.
. .
though for' nest year. which is "taking time by the
feteteck."'etill 'es ii sorapristoi . 'vim odd , pages of
close illiflutatter. there is enough for tbe, remnant
of the , and the -whole of the nest gear. It
conbaisa 411 'written biography, and ,numernus
extracts, tora i dmericait .papets published 'during the
lit, war.irb elLeztati4 the mortlionorabltileetie:le•
aisle to but 1 "tamer as.a general and a man. it is
etebellietted I hit engravings , and will be found pro•
t
tl i tab!e *ld 1 rot at a book of reference. The pub.
Ushers are 'party &Davis of Philadelphia.
' ~Icy T e ft - Conservator" is the title of a no® pa
pet d ev o i d' Harrison and Reform, published
..lieriri*Ciliumibis County, by Isaac L. 'Walton.
7" , ''
EINE
Poltavil,le Lyeeume—We ampleased - to state that
on Tuesday evading `nett, -Job R. •Tron, - E14," Or
'Philadelphia, will lecture befora'our Lyceu m . :7 1 1ra2
'the known taleßts cf:this gentleman:we may
pate much Instruction, as his sal ect involves the
important considerations dabs offices and duties of
History.
g::?. Squire Reed's Office is becoming quite a mini
ature Police: we think we must-commence r, Reports.'
flow would some of our coal region soap locks like
- to - be shown up 1
ccr Alarm leads to anion. The great mass is be-
ginning to move, the people are preparing to take
their own opal into their own lunuis.—Zendulre
How truly dues , this hypocritteal ruffian speak the
tune of public sentiment, although ho seeks to im
press the idea that the peilpk are in favor of Van
Buren. ,They have indeed i• taken their own affairs
into their own hands," and that before Amos Km.-
,141 took. the Administration into his hands by the
Mil of the Globe extra,-
A Happy End!—The Legislature of our , •State
adjourned last week, after having talked rencli,,suni
performed little more than might have been effected
in three days, if so disposed. And fellow citizens !
WE ARE TO BE TAXED! we are to h.ve
overseers and excisemen coming among us to see
how many spoons we `have, how many rings cur
wives wear, and who carries a watch to vie him the
time of day." We are not at present .to have a
.4 stamp act," or o tea tax;" these are 'to be reserved
fur the General Government in case: Martin Van
Buren is re-elected. 'So good people, when the de
par marshals who are taking the Census, come
round, answer all their questions, which will be held
t as feelers to see how much the people can'bleed.
r ' We cannot, under present unfortunate circumstan
stances, idiject to taxation, as a means of immediate
reltuf'from embarrassment, but we do most strongly
deprecate it, as having ,been brought upon us by the
neglect of other obvious planslor meeting the inter
est of our State Debt; as having been effected by a
,sacrifice of the people's interests to partizan objects:
whereas, had the public good been consulted, vie
might have now been free from all vexations; our
iinprovemetita progressing. and perhaps attmling a
profit. dint we will shortly show our readers how
these things might:have been effected without .resort
to taxation.
The New World, edited by Park Benjamin,
Esq,-of New York. is to be published in quarto form
for 'the convenience of preservetion and binding.
There is no periodical in our country which contains
more variety of original matter, or displays more
judgment in .elections. . Most of the new European
publications are given to the readers of the World
thrOugh its columns in anticipation of the Book Tub.
fishers. "
One against a Thousand?—The locos have found
a R. N. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, who abandons Gen.
Harrison for Van Buren. He voted . for theforiner in
1835, but does not know Ilia principles now! Are
they changed, or has the •new convert changed"!
John Stille,jr. a lawyer of Philadelphia, after ap
propriating to hie own use funde placed in his hands,
has left the city, and his whereabouts is not known.
If rogues run off so f.iet, how moral we shall be
when nune are left !
Ty. Speaker Hopkins countermanded the orders for
special elections iu Smquehonna and I:hester coun
ties. They had enough of the special election in
Bedford.
0:". A French Exploring Expedition tots discos.
erect a new Wand or continent , in the Southern O
cean. It is named Adilie, (in honor of the French
Queen) and extends from longitude 139 30 east of
Paris to 185 30, an , l from latitude 65 1 to 67 south;
and is compleiely protected by an icy barrier extend
ing many miles into the sea.
17. Ili; Wick, M. C. from Indiana, has on several
occasions, sought to deny the military and civil ser
vices of Gen. Harrison. But in 1833 he was one of
a committee appointed by the citizens of Indianapolis,
to invite 'him to a participation of a public dinner,
:which invitation concludes thus:
ri Welt nder you, sir, with great pleasure, this tes
timony of respect for your distinguished civil and
military services, and of gratitude - for your patriotic
exertions in the early settlement of our prosperous
State."
Look out frr him!--The Philadelphia North A
merican states that en astattll hadlitien made nn an
aged man. named John Hoy.'l by a Schuylkill canil
boatman, named Patrick Murphy; who hasdisappear
ed, and prob,bly - came up towards' Pottsville. Look
out for him along the line of canal, and see him de
livered over to a magistrate.
Most Illelancludy.—lt is with greatest regret that
we learn the Great!Western, .the only respectable
Loco Foco paper in the city of New Orleans. expir
ed last evening. We make this record most sorrow
fully flir tt a Great Western was doing much to
wards the advancement of Whig principles.—N. 0.
True American.
There seems lo he a political cholera among the
locos, occasioned hy - the spasmodic action of hard
rider, which throws them into strange. contortions.
The best remedy is a good dose of-honesty, and a de
coction of Buckeye.
Subscriptions to the Extra Globe are coming
in by thousands, and it is likely to obtain a-circula
tion unprecedented in the annals of the press. What
but the rally of democracy, rich in patriotism, though
poor in money. could produce such astonishing re
au Its.—AmosKendall.
Now this is about as-pretty - a specimen of bathos
as the 4. whole world" proclamatiOn of the divine A
mos. resignation The rally of democracy to sup•
port the Globe, and they poor in money—The Ex-
Poit Master -General would desert any of that de
mocracy who would not purchase his regard, in the
same manner, he did his early friend and patron
Henry Clay, when Dull Green bought him soul and
- body, if be has any soul, for $l5OO. And what an
o astonishing result", that the tens of throntandaWho
hold office under his directions. should not dare to
:refuse their mite former Amos. Perhaps though,
;in his address, when speaking of his poverty, he re
. fees to twant of that patriotism, in which the sub
scribers to-the extra Globe are so rich: If so, we be
lieatthat he is truly steeped in penury; poor in char
acter; poor- in . friends; without even •tbe semblance of
veracity; mandamus and mendicant; a perfect moral
personification of that corpselike' *awerous and
lamar-likt mass of corruption Which he now edits;
and without e single redeeming trait to reconcile
oven his politiCel associates to tharlagradation of his
fellowship.. except his annum., ate hypocrisy and
ready pea I « There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all
Denmark, but—te's nn arrant impel" ,
P 6474 &safer is about to. twist herself into the
affections of our city friends, at the Chesnut Street
Theatre; The prices are to be taired;:tbere appears
to be tt - graduationnt charges for meting dangers!: the
higher: they can throw their tee*, the iggher ilia pri
cer. • •floit pirouettes and entssebate! • :
TAXATION
-
- , .
TIRE Nititik4oo:4lii:Ai.
Amos Kendall is Um goo 4 for this Alountti-410 M
not Oppreciated—inid iloco in our hearing. •
The patty seems tsihink.the scsittide *mg" : not
good enough for him, and , lavoti*aldittiO.A4ri
Globe to live on.
. .
ca.. The Reading Democratic Press has lissrd of
an astonishing horse, 'who would not enter a log
cabin.Or drink bard cider I
He was doubtless of -the same breed as the Ara
bians, who draw Van Bureti's English coach. Like
master, so liortte 7 it would beecontacnination to any
thing connected with the President. to enter a cabin
inhabited by the honest yeomanry of the !anti:
Rescue.—A young mania laborer-on the Tail road
below Schuylkill Hoyt a, against whom Constable
'Bensinger had a warrant, was rescued by his fellow
workmen after his arrest. He is accused of anti-
Mattuhsian principles, and opposed to the bear&
of clergy," and therefore the law bath hold oa bun.
The u Thinking Committee."—Gen. Harrison
has written several !viers to friends in different
parts of the Union. stating most distinctly his views
on varions subjects. ° He says that the coniniittee.
which has thrown the locos almost into fits, hove
been authorised by him only to send documents in
answer to 'questions. W hat will the advocates of
the quondam white washing committee of Nasliville
think of this!
Great Harrison Meeting in Philade/phia.—lt is
stated that front twelve to eighteen thousand persons
attended the Hartisua Meeting in.the State-House
yard in Philadelphia, on Muuday last. There was
good.speaking, and great enthusiasm.
Who is without knoicri principles ;--Senator
Allen of Ohio, io a recent congressional debate, lug
ged in, as is customary with his loco coadjutors, the
merits of Gen. Harrison, and made the stale and oft
repeated assertion that his ~ . principles were un
known,!" Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, in reply.
remarked that . thi charge was. unjust. All that hp
had dune was to decline to answer the impertinent
questions of his worst enemies. Upon all important
questions his opinions were fully known. But how
was it with Mr. Van Buren? said Mr. C. Are his
opinions known Will the Senator indulge mein
answering fur Mr. Vun Buren sal have•undertaken
to do for Gen. Harrison
What is Mr. Van Buren's opinion concerning Mr.
Potntsett's standing army !—Can •the Senator tell
me this 1 Will he if he can ! Will any of his friends
speak ! Is there no answer to this !
Again. Mr. President, is Mr. Van Buren in favor
of an exclusive metallic currency 1 There are many.
of his friends here who are, but is he, I ask ! Who
can tell me !
Again, is be for overthrowing the banking system
of the country I Some of his friends here would an
nihilate the hullo, but what are the opinions of the
President, I ask? I hear no answer.
Again, is he in favor of the tariff. and if so, what
kind of tariff! What ankles would he tax 1 Who
will enlighten me upon this point 1 '
Yet again—. is he in favor of internal improve
ments, and what are hie opinions of the constitution
al power of Congress in regard to then. t" 1 hear
no answer.
Once more—o ie he in favor of the Cumberland
Road ? Those who are fur the Cumberland Road
say that he is, and those of the Administration who
are against it, say that he is nut. I pray you who
are so anxious concerning Gen. Harrison's opirsioini
to enlighten me. Information has been sought and
denital, and now who Rill enlighten .us.
Again, to put another question, " how would Mr.
Van Buren vow were the Missouri restriction case
uow before the country ? Can any one tell me:here
riend or foe—or answer fur him!. No not one.
I might continue these inquiries," said Mr. U.
through a long chapter, but until these question. are
answered I will say no more. Nor would I have
put the questions at all to the Senator, if he had nut
manifested so much zeal to learn the opinions of Gen.
Harrison, which he might learn fully if he would
read his life 'and make himself acquainted with what
he "ad written.
Mr. C. said he had not introduced this subject.—
Gen. Harrison had been villifted, and be could not
sit quietly and hear the abuse. His reputation' is not
of a hasty growth. Fur nearly one half a century he
has been in the full blaze of his country's observation.
The ovildernese—the battle-field—the council.charo-
I or—all tell the history. It is recorded in your Con
greasional records—ou the,,pages of your national
history—and there is not a leatin that Wain mid.
a friend would tear from that hook—not one. You
have hot only Gen. Harrison's opinions, but what is
better, his conduct. Better.than his professions is
his life. Both spoke plainly and unequivocally. They
proclaim that Gen. Harrison was an honest man ;
that after holding important offices for nearly half a
century, he escaped with clean hands.
Mr. Crittenden s closing ,cinarts were beautiful.
eloquent, and fumble. He alluded to the terms of
log cabin ' and .4 bard cider," and exhorted honor.
able Senators not to be so nervous and excited when
those terms were used. They were called out only
by an exuberance of feeling on the part of 'the friends
of the Administration ! Those rallying cries would
do no harm, and why should Seniors torture them*
selves when they were used! The Senator feared
they were to toll the knell of the Republic—hut why
should he 1 What was so dreadful in the terms
used, that such painful consequences were to come
from them: Mr. C. in concluding', declared that he
was not responsible for the debate which had taken
up ma much time in the Senate. The hanks and Gen.
Harrison were subjects dragged into the .discussion
by the Ohio Senator.
Amos Kendall in his Address, says, that con
tempt fur the people lies at, the bottom of all elec
totleergitg
We cannot undertake so Quixotic an attempt as
to show that the people have a contempt for dim
selves,.and thereforethe remark cannot be applicable
to that portion of the American nation, who have
nominated Gen. Narrieon as the People's Candidate.
But we will maintain that contempt borate people"
is very evident in the administration party, when Van
Buren and his majority in Congress press a Sub
treasury scheme which has been three times rejected
by the representatives of the people, and which has
beep distinctly objected to by Rhode Islam; Connee
tient and Virginia. in their late elections! We will
maintain that the disfranchisement of New Jersey,
and the exclusion of the members of Congress, re
turned by her according to her lawsowas a glaring
contempt for the people, and we will ~ver that the
attempt to•defeat a general Bankrupt Law, by giving
it a poll , ical complexion. is contemptuous to the very
many people who have signed .petitions in its favor
without regard.to party. We will concede. that the
whole course of Van ilureniam tends_ to show con.
tempt for, the people. but we, are not prepared to sec
and the contumelious assertion Of the Ex-Postmaster
General, that the Harrison patty have a contempt
for the , people; not while we can show in every prom
inent action of his own base cabal. in their senuen
assertions and their undvrhanded machinations, a sys
tem of electioieering, which places no regard on the
people, tint view them only as the means of gaining
a power, which will emu their own chains and eon•
deem-them to all the miser r ies of a despOtiam.
(Cr The Texan Government contemplates a tom•
intleayaclulowbaigment of their independence from
• , • tOODTIIIVINOATIM4
• : t''' •
fhiciliierza of Pennseixona, and ItdftsraEzecf
:-' - 'driiti-Britain
Est.i.Trar.G'itrt stisa r The . • Emporium of hot
week, ctintrina,rtparagrapb, beiring the Total s Edi
torial stamp 'of Jhat pestiferous- otirnak—to wit.,
falsehood and personality . ; and buil that the . Loco
Foco'cloven foot",peeps forth. it would not be worth
a moment's thought. The writer Of thts was in
formed several days previous to the publication of
the article : abase alluded to, that.it Wu-the intention
of 'the Editor *• to show him up ;" Sri() therefore is
obliged UV - SUSPECT he is the person Meant. If auth
bethecqse.it is fake that "be boasted about the
Authorship of the political articles in the federal pa-
per.! ;It is, however, correct,-that in conversation
with persons whom' he sUpposed at' the time to be
political friends, be did speak .of and congratulate
himself, on having furnished the mere materials by
which
, a most fl agitious and unprincipled document
was placed in its true light beforethe public; and an
antidote administered before the poison reached the
minds of those whose principles it Was intended to
taint; and it is with pride and conscious satisfaction,
that the "John Bull subject" avows that, both with
pen and tongue, he has ever advocated doctrines the
rever.m Of Loco Foca destructiveness. He has yet
to learn the Loco foco doctrine of the GAO L ew,"
to all who do not think and speak With them, or that
freedom of speech and pen n is nut always .tolerated
in this country." Murk fellow-citizens, and coun
trym'en, the inuendo conveyed by tbis vehicle of the
abomittationa of the now dominant party ;—a simul
taneous effort is being made by the:Loco Foco press
ell over the country, to den Ounce end intimidate the
Naturalized Citizen from the free exercire of the elec
tive franchise; and, a few weeks since, 1 was shown
in Reading it printed circular, heat W.. confidential,"
in which it , was requeined to keep a stria account of
the supposed votes of tho Naturalized Citizens.—it
oeing the determination of the party, to make a simul
taneowi effort to doifranchize all foreigners. if it 'should
be found that a majority of them voted with the fed
eral pwly. The circular was troin a . New York
committee, and was addressed to a gentleman who
has long been a distinguished leader of the democra
tic party. but who, having's length seen the error
of his ways, hase,now pledged his iward •to vote for
Harrison and Reform.
The scribe df the Emporium need not •• advise to
free the neck from the Victoria yoke," it being now
seventeen years since I first abjured all princes, po
tentates, &c., &c., and identified Myself with Ame
rican feelings, and American politics; and by the
application of scientific knowlidge, acquired in my
fatherland, and improved by suviessive visits, have
been the means of forwarding several manufactures,
,
and, probably , adding as much to tho productive
wealth of the cuwitry, as the Editorliif.the.E.ll
Neither htivh abused the institufions of the coun-
fry; Lut I base found lault, and will continue fu do
au, with the manner in which the Locus have man.
aged Mose institutions, and by a iong seties of tyr-
rally , and fraud, inectmpetence and misrule, are fast
rediicing the laboring population to the condition 01
sal& and slaves, and preopitating;the wealthy to po
verty, and all to suffering. Notstithstandiug the
implied threats of tWe E ‘ mporium,.l will continue to
express illy opinions friely ; even. of the chief magis-
trate, though Martin Van Buren , did vote for Negro
Suffrage when a member of the New York Legisla
ture.' I am at a loss to conceive how .the Linda-Watt
of a man is to prevent freedom of speech and thought,
iu a democratic country. In the Declaration of In
dependence, a document that most ever fill the bright
est page on the History of the Freedom of Man,—
how many names were either native horn British
'titiljects, or the FORS of 'Englistitneta —I would tell
the Editor of the. Emporium, that from Britain the
native born sons of freedom derived their glorious
ideas of Liberty; and, when the f contest commenced
for their dearest rights, they st o od ride by side with
the "native born,"—they shared the same feelings—
the same hopes—the same high aspirations for liberty
and fame. 1 hey fought the s.me fight.—their blood
was mingled in the same strife.—the same grave con
tains their ashes, and the same unfiti:ing laurels
adorn the hallowed memory ()tall. Even the Victor
ofl'ippecanoe, and the Thames, is of direct Anglo-
Saxon blood,—a direct descendant from the Harrison
ediciSe name is attached to the death warrant of
Cherie.; the First of England when the despot with
his head on the block, paid the penalty of his tyran
ny on the throne.
Dismissing the Loco Foco editor to read, mark.
and, I hope. /earn, from the foregoing. I cannot but
address a few observations to my' fellow-citizens, and
count-y men, on the present state of politica and pa
lificianB.
In this age of universal illumination, darkness is a
past idea—politics have lost their intricacy—murals
are as simple in theory, us in practice-science sits
at the corner of the streets lecturing to naked philo
sophers,—yet too much light, or a perversion of toe
legitimate use of science, (especially the science of
government.) may be as overwhelii ing, as too little;
anfl.exnerience has too truly demonstrated the fact.
that our sans culotte" politicians are enure bewild
ered in the dxcessive sunshine of loco focoisni in the
nineteenth century, than'the must carefully costumed
puritan of the seventeenth. However,.. De ineliora,"
it is not the part of wisdom to ' boast. (though the
locos know how to dt, it.) nor the part of reasoning
to draw conclusions in opposition and in scorn of
facts. The destructionists" have made the notable
discovery that our foretathers were totally ignorailt
of every sound principle of government at home,snd
polity abroad; and among their accessions to know
ledge, they wish it to he thought that, hitherto, we
have miscalculated the nature of positive good and
evil; and not to speak too contemptuously - of those
whose blood flows in our veins, and who by some
means or other have certainly contrived to grasp a
most anconsciacle share of power, I admit that
luck Is an element of policy, and that the blunderer
and the public rubber art anmetime., as well off as
the sage. Yet History, the only safe guide;.: of the
philanthropic politician is thiown to the winds by
your modern statesman, and has no more effect on
their effervescent minds, than an old almanac on
public opinion ; while, however', these spirits of the
age sail on the loose wings , cf political speculation,
peculation,) let us try to wing our way clinging
to : the skirts of experience as we can. History tells
the' only genuine peril we have is from ourseivesi—
tO all other aggressors we have o ppo'sed arid will
oppose, an iron rampart' of confidence and valor;
4ind•the heroism of the hind will second the magna
niiinous feeling;that the last drop of our blood must
be 'shed in defence of the natural barriers of .COUD•
'try! which we have chosen as' our Zion, and must
defend - with our: lives.
The course of events for several past years is a
perfect facsimile of the precedingyeareof the French
revolution, -when the fiend of desolation stealthi
ly; and hy' degrees, corrupted r Ahaminds of a nation
previouily noted for tLeir ;fine feelingi. and all the .
gentler I virtues of humanity. Onward she went in
the cilineof destructionreckless ant of property,
then cf life, until nearly Idle whole population were
Mixed in a vortex of guilt and crime, that has never
yet found a parallel in the" history of the world. At
length, however, the plesiding goddess, misnamed
Reason, threw off the mesk of dispise; and appeared
'amid thetorrid -deformay of haggard profligocy,— . -
the yells of-inurder,--the tears of afflictionr;-and the
gaunt lonoi . of famine irnil 'nakedness, wrier! with'
*mid yells of ourder',land . blasphemY; That this'
Imay be thecourse of events; it is easy to surmise,
Read tbsinterdions of 'fille-liiders in'thesubcirdinatei
of the. Loco pt is fgr exainPie , "Pt PhlP'det - i
Ala 'pirit,i)(tbeiVii4(4,4)reviinis4o.ibettlectm of
, Goitiroor Pend.: it;thert declared. (1 tiecite'lrlim me. i
1197: ). .I-sr. c ina—i carry: the lpcti aiet i ist ye
bloodl - blood ! blood!!—let blood.flofv!"
, To ren
der
the people profligate, and to keet4hem perpetu.
ally -employed in hurrying from, One die play of
political profligacy to another, is a settled rule o
Loco 'Foco government. It . is •tot build fortune
for a succession of obscure and miserable villains,
panders to power and depredators wattle public puree
that all Wham order is thus thrown into confusion
arid it is this that imperiously calla on us to guar.
ourselves against the measureless folly of being de
luded by professi.ns—or being nattered , out of our
common sense seduced Into the absurdity of believ
ing the political liars,--(witness the professions of
the new defunct Loco Legrslatue at Harrisburg,
who have sold their birthright for amess of pottage,
or perhaps PO3l Notes;)—the sycOphant of the mob
whom he hates,—the craven for 'that authority •he
affects to scorn,--the influence of Ivery pulse of pas
sion.---the hypocrite in all thinhut his -contempt
of religion ,— who requires nothin ti
but power to give.
the evil of lois miscreant nature full play, and sacri
fice the peace, the welfare. and the happiness of our
great country. to the triumph of o l io Lear or , pewit'.
Like the Danitons, lierbeits, MarSts, and Bottespieres
of France, they are totally incapble of the common
est degree of self-denial ; their ob ject is personal pow
er, as a means of public - despoiltition—and their in.
struinint is 'Corruption. It hi , l a question not be.
tween.parties, but between property and brute force;
~ The property of the Notion id the , Nation,' and
they who plunder and deprive r the holy of the pro
prietor'', under any pretext whatever, by legislative
enactments or otherwise, are eiLcnnstierts AND non.
81311.5.' Is there any patriot ofd any - age, or mum
whose heart will not glow at the name of Edmund
Burke.—amid a thousand splendid emanations of his
pen, the following allusions tO French (Legislation
bear too strong an analogy net to be quoted. Let
the Loco majority in our late Harrisburg assembly,
try if th 4 can recognize any coincidence with their
principles of action, in the various spoliation Bills
brought from time to time before them. and those of
Revolutionary France .—and let it be remembered,
that these public Robbery enactments were not stifled
from a sense of their injustice, or feeling'', of shame,
but because the Governor broadly hinted that he
should veto them, and luckily there was. Hot a loco
foco two-thirds majority in the Senate p but, by the
exhibition that their only talent is ruin, and their
only purpose spoilation, they' ha , ... „, *orever disqualified
themselves for public service.
Burke says, in speaking of the Frenth Loco foco
Legislature :
" The ground on which your confiscators go is
this, that the rules of proscription cannot bind a legis
lature assembly, so that the legislative assembly of a
Democratic country (he meant Luco loco) sits nut
fur the security, but tor the destruction of property ;
and-nut of property only, but of every rule end max
im that can give at stability ; flushed with the inso
lence of their first inglurious victories, and pressed
ty the lust of unhallowed lucre, they will 'nut scruple
to attack and subvert property and rights of all de
scriptions throughout the extent of a mighty king
dom. ' • • • oNo confiscator bi gins by ao
flouncing that his obje-t his plunder,---mammon is
kept out of sight by the false assumption of patriot
ism. The monstrous visage of public rubbery (i e.
the Banks) is covered with the mask of necessity,
and a pompous figure of Justice is paraded in front
of the whole machinery, which is at this moment
grinding down into the dust tht. ives and properties
off:zoom.: and helpless men." • , • • • •
o You do not imagine (Burke in ignantly adds) that
i
lam going to compliment thes confiscators with
any long discussion,—tbe aigui ents of tyranny are
as contemptible as its force is dreadfin. Had vet
your confiscators by their ear y cruxes obtained a
power which secures indemnit for ,all the criminal
acts they have since committe ; it is not the syllo
gism of the logician,—but the! sh o the executioner
that would have refuted the ophOtry that became
the accomplices of theft and plifndell. . The sophistic
tyrants are loud in their deefamations against the
departed regal tyrants, who have in' former ages
vexed the world,—they are thus bold: because they
can rob with legal impunity."
Is there a noble-hearted Irishman who reads this
extract from the speeches of Hrin's greatest states
man, who will not die struck ei once with the truth
of the argument. and the justide of its: adaptation to
our present rulers ? Is there 'any NaturaltieN 'iti
)
zen who can read :Le articles in the Emporium a d
other Loco loco Journals, and who will nut at o e
perceive the determination of the party. to e de
from all power every individual who happens by fate
to he bornn another soil! regardless of worth,
t
talent, or the claim of patriotic service. If the poli
tical sentime its of their leading political writers. (to
wit, Fanny Wright and Tom Paine,)•are to prevail,
one boundleis corruption must seize the whole of our
social and Mond frame,—lieentiousuess will be the
law of private life, and absimatolation of public,—the
rough violence of mob law, will not .only strike the
exterior of the state, but br-ak down - the pillars of
Justice. and partly for revenge, find partly for pion
der,infeet the social compact a i`th a moral pestilence;
that ail! extinguish every feeling that forms the
honor, strength, and use of •society. " Once wore
then to the breach my good friends.". It is a strug
gle for principle—it is thestruggle of honor, honesty,
and prosperity. against cunning. spuilation, and 'po
verty—it is,a struggle for our existence as a nation!
But let•ps not fear the result—there is a salient prin
ciple of energy in the public mind, .which only re
quires pu m per direction, to enable us to overcome
these, or any other ferocious Ake. , Persevere, there
fore, till this tyranny be overcome! ,
I am, respectfully yours, &c. &c.
• ' E. S. W.
P. B.—The following from Burke is especially re
commended to the notice of Ames Kendall; " The
lion having sucked the Road of hie prey, threw the
offal emetie to the Jackal in waiting—having once
tasted thefood of confiscation,* the favorite became
fierce and ravenots—"
Florida War.—The inhabitants of St. Augustine
are apprehensive that the Indians 'will make an at•
tack on their city. r• Here Tray ! Sweetheart !
Blanche boys!" ;
Gi.Werire, inclined to believe that in our remarks
concernining the Iron Trade last week, we were led
into an errer. We stated that W ilkesharre coal
would not 'answer tor the Danville Anthracite Ftir•
trees; but We have since been informed that no oh.
jections have been-urged against it." by those who hive
used it when well selected from slate and bony coal.
1J 7he locos sem.* Gen. Harrison of signing a
law which ahridged the right -of suffrage, - when he
was Governei of the Ncirthwestern Territory.' - 2
.
In aoswerto this we state t that Congress settles
the Constitution of our Territories, and. names can
their Govrnots nor Assemblies; make laws in con
trariety to its rovisions. and tht; . Constitution of the
N. tt . Territo expressly made a freehOld of 50 acres,
and two year' resilience necessary - for qualification
as an elector. \lf the calumniatcirs-of Gen. Harrison,
were to read a little more, end ;study tlie history of
the times in Which, he r 'shope so conspicuous as the
father of the: moisten 'etitititrytAkei 'Would save us
the trouble csirrecting their eirots;, and laughing at
their ignorance i '
. .
,
T 1 e Iron:tirade ofthe -14 arid.
1
r slime time since noietrre valuable pamphlet
fro i the pen of Richard C 'Zi)lor. E•4l Prepident
of i e Board•of Directors of the Dauphin and.Soe,
go h _ono Quit Company. The apnendm le not the
teat instructive portion of the work;• and abounds
wi h interesting statistics in relation to coal' and
iron.
We learn frum tables recently published that in
Engfeed. Scotland and Wales, an Increase has oc.
tarred both in. number of fur i ttares and their a!er.
age products ; that in each dt comfitl period is an
augmentation of cent, per ant, in the number of
bus . niattufactured.
Thus, in the year 1820, there were 227 furnaces
in blast, chile in 1839, ther e wer e 417. In 1820;
the aggregate amount of tons per annum, was 400,
'OOO. In M 39,1,512,000. Besides the 'above. there
were 6:0,000 tons of Bar Iron manufactured' in
1839.
.
Other CaleuWilma of iron made in Ole British dq.
miniona, are by a recent author arranged RIO follows-.
In Enelandt 63000 tons,
South Waler,
550,(100
Scotland,• - • 2011,1100
Tons in 1839. 1.386.000
On the let of January. 18$0, the amount of pig
iron made weekly in the great manutactumig die.
wets of Staffordshire, was as Inflows :
Furnaces in blast. Hot air. cold Weekly make
• 142 35 107 9000
At the same time the amount of manufactured
iron in the same district required 9,088 tons 31 . pig
iron per week; consequently the make of pig iron
was then inadeluate to the demand. The existing
proport tin of turnaces worked watt hot and cold
blast is shown by th i s return..
In 1672, there w e - e• 66oo smnhs'-forges in Ireland,
giving etnploymeni to 22,500 permins. At the pres
ent Ca t., the inanufact ure of iron is Inst to Ireland.
In France. the increase in the number of iurpaces.
in /00 years, is sevenfold. The average produce of
each furnace per week, has improved fourteentold,
and the gross produce one hundiedteld. Thus, in
1820.'700.0110 tons and 120 000 of bar-iron were
manufactured-per ennum. 'ln 1839, the furnaces
amounted to 1000, (small as compared with the
English) the tons to 6110,000, in addit)on to 220.000
ions of bar-tran. 43.775 workmen were employed.
coke was not urea until thelear 10.21. During '27
and '3O, fo,ir fotliii of the fuel used in France, was
wood.
The value of cast iron. bar iron and steel manurae..
lured in 1836, wua £1.975 424 sterling, of which the
fuel used to the different processes cost X2,039,-
767.
The value of foreign iron consumed in France. is
as follows :
In 1832, foreign iron imported, £159 222
- •1 n 1836, • do• 252.7112
The whole number of workmen employed in let 36
in mining operations and their consiquences,
France, amounted to 173,364.; while the total value
Ili their labor amounted to .C 15,107,392, or 873,724,
(172.
In Belgium, in 1R37, there were in activity, 23
high furnaces using Coke, and 66 charcoal turnaers,
in all-89, making about 147.640 English tons. The
high furnaces are now increased
Tue following statement, conaolled from the best
sources, shows an immusimaltun tuithe annual irun
manutactuie in' Europe-
Endhind (1839,)
France, do
i utoila,
Sweden,
A usti la and Prussia,
Hartz Mountains,
Belgium,
Elba, Italy, Sardinia, Piedmont,
Spain, Norway, Denmark,
Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover,
Poland, Switzerland,
2.956 000
or an round numbers three millions of tons of irox
;annually made.
k` - `We turn now to the united States, lion was first
made in America., in • the frovince of Virginta,inn
1715. Maryland and Pennsylvania soon followed
the example. The manulaciureat this day through
out the Union mug' he very considerahie. Mr. Tay
lor says, that in 11130. the manufacture was esteina
led at 191,536 ions of pig iron., in 239 furnaCes, in
the whole of the United States, which-quantity , was
supposed in 1837 to have increased to X20,001s tons,
according to Mr. Lea. By the feight to Congrutti
on the subject of a National Foundry, it appears that
in 18314 there were 102 furnaces and rolling-mills
situatcd within a circle of fifty-miles round Lancas
ter in Pennsylvaninzi. Such, however, ia the en.
larged demand, notwithstanding the augmentation
of the home production, that the officiall ieturns of
iron imported into the port of - Philadelphia, shew a
gradual increase iiirice the year 1834.
FOREIGN 11 EM.
THAMES N AV (GA TION BY STEAMERS.
The Thames between London-loridgo and Chelsea
is now provided with prjeetii g floating peers, extend
ing in many places, as at Hungertord Market, fur in
to the river, and although undoubtedly a great ob
struction to the navigation, are• very convenient to
passengers who proceed short distances in thri nu
merous small steam hosts,' hich have entirely super
seded the trim built Wherry us the tter
man. There are no less than tvveni)-live steamboat
piers between London bridge and Chelsea, and the
tratfiek is su great, especially in tine weather, that
others are about to be formed, including one on the
city side of Blackfriars bridge, the Surrey side being
already provided with one. The only pie-, however,
below the wharf, at London Bridge is one at Lower
hadwell, which has been recently formed, and open
ed for the embarkation and lauding of pltsengera.
The river Thames has now become the most inipor•
tattypublic highway, in this kingdom, and perh ips in
EuruPe. The number of passengers atuaye afloat is ;
enorbious, and it sometimes happens that there are
0,000 persons going up and down the river at one
time in the steam vessels including those proceeding
to and from the continent. The language of
,an old
statute (6 Hen. VIII., 07) declared that it was a
Isuilatile` custom and usage within this realme of
England, Lyme oute of my nde, to'use the river Thames
in boats and barges." The river was then slalom ex
elusively the medium of Communication between the
royal palaces of Windsor, Westminster, and Green-
wich, as well as the means of access to and from the
splendid mansions of the nobility which then graced
Its northern, shore. Stein 0, , n the Thames has al= •
most superseded allother.modes of conveyance. The
waterman. 14.000 of whom served w the navy du-,
ring the late war. are deprived of their occupation,
and are the only body who have not benefitted by
steam. Capital to the amount Of five millionsAs'em
ployed in steam , navigation, and 150 steam vessels
are constantly engaged on the river.
.IFP EJSIV 4 P. 1.117491
POT I'SVILLE,CH UY I.K I LL CO. PA.
This elegant and commodious establish
•••s t i
melt will be open tot the reception of
T . I ruwelters from this dale. It has been
ennipletely refitted, 'and supplied with
1.011.1111,r entirely. new the Bedding 4c, - is of the
firitt quality, inci particular attention has beer, divo
ted to every arrangement that can contribute to cum.
fort and convenience.
,The Wines and Liquors' have 'teen selected an the
most careful-end liberal manner. we.bout regard to
eipenseor. labor. and w 11 embrace the most favorite
Wand and stock. i
The Proprietor solictis therefore, the support of
his friends and the travelling cominunity in general.
Should they think proper to visit his house, he hopes
km as:aims attention to their wants, to establish for
it such a character, as may ensure a return of thdr
favors.
FREDERICK D'ESTIMA-UVILE,
Proprietor.
Pottsville Pi. /one 22, 1840. .
Chesii Alen, • ,
JUST ' . 4r sale by
• BANNAI4.
25
Jiine 20,
Erstimate of Inns
• 1,512,01.10
600.01.0
150 000
• 120 000
200,000
711,000
150.000
711,000
460110
• 26,000
12 000