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year's subscription to the Miners' Journal
HARRISON, ) TYLER,
AN)l3zsoa'RiliCY:
COUNTY CONVENTION.
IN jpu annce of a resolution passed at the late
uint) . Meeting. a COurity . Convention of the
.-IWe. *III be held at the House of Frederick Haas,
in Sebuyptill Haven, on
-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TII.
at' 2 eiciock; P. M. for the purpose of forming , a
Ticket to be supported at the ensuing election.
'Turn :ou t Fume's. Mechanics, and Working Men
—let tit people take their affairs into their own
hands, i accordance with, the spirit of our free in •
stitutionX, ,and in pnrsuance of the principles of
`Teal Jeffersonian Dernocrany. •
&seri' addresses may be expected' in the Ger
man a rdEriglish languages.
SAMIII, D. LEIB , ' JACOB SHOCK, Jr.
W. H. 1‘ ANN, JOHN K. SMITH, •
JOSEPMORG AN DANIEL B. HAAS,
HENRY KOCH, • JOS. WEAVER. Esq.
D. SHO LLENBERGER, JOHN YARNELL,
JACOB bf.ANTZ, ADAM HERR,
JOHN BRAUSE. MICHAEL A RTZ, Sen.
RICHARD ADD ‘MS, JACOB MILLER,
PETER VILBERT, JOHN W. HEFFNER
HENRY ECKLER, CHARLES DENGLER,
E. V. F RQNHA R. JOEL YU,NDT,
E. Y. FARQUHAR, Secretary .
if County Committee.
CONFEREES.
THE County Committee, aunonnce the following
per on as Conferees to, Meet the Conferees of
Lehigh luny, at such time and place an they may
direct, t nominate a candidate to be supported at
the ensuing etection for Cangrees'in thin clit.trict, to
wit: Hen. Samuel D. Leib, Andrew B. White,
.lien., Charles Witman, Esq., and
ntel B. Kershner.
.mmittee have also appointed the follow:.
.na as' Conferees to meet the ContZrees of
County, at such tiine and place. as they
gnate, to nominate a candidate for Senator,
ent this district in the Senate of Pennsvk
I wit : E. V. Farquhar, John T. Werner,
dt John Bailey, and Levi Reber.
onfeydes have power to fill any vacancies
occur...
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To Our Patrons.
crl• Orr creditors are becoming so urgent in', their
demands i that we are again compelled to call on all
those indebted to us for subscription, advertising,
stationary &c., (which we can assure our readers and
not few trr number at present) to call and discharge
their resliecnVe accounts, with as little delay as Possi
ble. Wd have performed our part of the contract,
and it no t remains with them to perform theira l Our
engegem nts are such at present as to prevent us
'from cell ngton thorn personally.
Those who are largely in arrears abroad, and
who have had their accounts frequently trananiitted,
must.not complain if their names are shortly sttlicken
from °whist, and the accounts eollected in the most
•
expeditious manner.
IMPORTANT.
c o- OUT friends must be on their guard, and not
name - those Who have changed. • The Van Buren
ties Itsvicommittees, (or the purpose of waiting on
BR those - Whom they bear are Wavering, and! who
will endeavor to whip them back. again in the traces.
Meeting of the Working Men of Schuyl
kill Couro, in favor of REFORM and BETTER
TIMES, will be held at the House of Jamee Palmer,
in Port Carbon this afternoon at 5 o'clock. We
learn'thal the meeting be addrereed by several
working ['men. Turn 'out working men—you are
right—g.-ahead
litour next we.w'ill publish a document which
will convict President 'Van Buren, of publishing
under his own signature, a deliberate and Wilful
falsehooci r This is,strong language, bill it is never.:
thetas fit:lse. After the document is read, we are
willing that any candid. Fan Buren man shall decide
on the truth of the above assertion.
7 of Charity. —By reference our adver
tising colhannatt will be observed that the Sisters of
Charity dvill re-open their school oft Monday next.
They are fully competent for the task they have on
dertakciti4—and have heretofore given general saris.
faction t d all those'who entrusted their children to
their ca 7...
55112
.
( C. JOseph Lawrence hes been nominated for
Conkresi by the friends of Harrison in Washington
county, PR.
. I,
The Blacksmith at . Schuylkill Haven.t-The
Buckeye-addressed upwards of five hundred of the
peopletat Schuylkill Haven, on Friday evening, the
21st fink., in his usull happy and forcible manner.
The 1:403 called a meeting on the same evening,
hut they. could only, muster about till\ ty. Sdnator
Frailey attacked M. Beer, but he cat g)it a tartar.
cry Charles Naylor, a democrat,/ ins been immi=
sated Or Congress in the First 'District, by the
friends iztf Harrison, and' the Van Burenites' have
nominatkd Ch. rles
. 111gersoll, a Tory, for the same
office. . .
Semi-Weekly Gazette . ' iS the title of a_wt
'Wished at Lancaster, Pa, by Bryson, :Pe*.
11:Vimer. ' . : ('
The
paper p
ad and
eier Newhard, Esq., of Lehigh Couniy, has
n nominated for Congress by the federal
of this district.
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again .
loco f. .
* North (larolinaa ---" soceusual,electeia Federal
Govern r, and the Legidhiture is nearly balanced—
Extra lobe.
ti
This is on a par „pith the political news generally
found i the loco papers. Instead of the Legislative
being early balanced, the democratic Harrison men
have is majority of THIRTY-SIX on joint ballot,
being a gain of tyesitydwo since last year:
(iv filar loco friends are iw quite 0 a miss" in
Northumberland county. j Some t. new lights" have
sprang up and are determined to tht ust aside the late
representative from. that county, "Mr. Ifegins, who
was defidedly one of the best representativestin the
le;islat re last winter. The friends of Mr. Ilegins
•
r this rather shabby treatment, and ore !O.
=1
I not to be put down in such an uneererno
anner, without an effort on their part,:to.re.
tsZmif
1 -pious
" • ,t
he poptdattop . ef !ciao Territory is,over 40 r
nd Wisconsintpwanis of 41,000.
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AMERICAN IRON.
A letter from Liverpool dated 22d July, lays:
We aria anxious to learn the Omits that drr ob.
tamed on your, side of the water , in procuring, sup. /
plies °Tilton froM your own materials. I Assure you
that your proC r eedings are watched with very jealous
interest hem, by the Staffoidshire. Scotch: and
Welsh iron Masters, who are afraid of the Interfe
rence with their trade that will .be the inevitable
consequence of your success. I take a more:com
prehensive\ view of the subject, and amglad to find
a young and enterprizing people availing themielves
of all the advantages that nature may afford them,
and I wish them sincerely, and must cordially,
abundant success and profitable return."—U. Slates
Gazettes.
Knowing the " go-ahead" principles of our Coun
trymen, the , English Iron Masters no doubt; view
our progress in the new process of making iron
with a " jealous interest." And well they. may.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary depression in
all kinds of business, in less than one year from the
result of the first successful experiment inlhis.coun
try, seven Athracite Furnaces are already in blast,
and 10 or 12 others in progress. Change the 'ad
ministration of the general government—go back to
the period when the experimenters commenced, and
give us the good old times when the labor arid in
dustry of the country was rewarded—when our
Mechanics and labourers were protected from
the pauper labor of Europe—when you could ex-
change a dollar in paper for a dollar in silver, or a
dollar in silver for a dollar in paper, to suit your
own convenienee—give us these times again, and
in less than three years there will be more . nthra
cite Furnaces in blast, in Pennsylvania aim*, than
there are at present charcoal furnaces in the . whole
United States.
'. Puddling Iron exclusively with Anthracite
coa!, has been successfully accomplished at the New
Jersey Iron Company's works in Morris conaty, at
a saving over the old. process, we are assured, of 30
per cent. They are, however, mistaken in Stating
that it is 44 a thing never before accomplished, though
various attempts have been made." N. 8.. Buck
ley, Esq. ns early as 1832, puddled iron at his Fur
nace in this Borough exclu'sively with Anthracite
coal and so successful was the experiment that he
took out a patent for the discovery.
The Albany Evenir.g Journal of Saturday last,
contains the following r
Afflicting Calamity ! of the Draw of the
Stale street Canal Basin Bridge.—Our city is a
scene Of the mast distressing and calamitous Dispen
sation. At 5 o'clock this afternoon, just as the
steam-boats were departing fur New York, and when
hundreds of people ware crossing the Bridge over
the Canal Basin, the Draw broke and precipitated
from si.vF.NTT TO ElroliTT PERSONS and three or
four horses and carts into the Basin! They fell about
twenty feet into twelve feet water. The struggle for
life, among the sufferers, was brief but awful ! We
Shudder at the horrid recollection of it. Hundreds
$f citizens, with a dozen bolts, sprang to the relief
of their drowning fellow citizens. At 7 o'clock, 18
dead bodies hail been recovered.
It, is supposed that a number of others also perished,
whose bodies had not been recovered when the
;Journal was issued.
Changes in Virginia.—A friend has laid upon our
table a pamphlet addre-s to the people of Virginia,
containing a 'refutation or some of the slanders ut
tered and published against General Harrison, It is
prepared and signed by wile. HUNDRED AND , EIGHT
citizens of Frederick county,. who have been sup
porters of Mr. Van Buren. This number tells well
for the good cause in one county alone,— U. S. Ga
zelle. ,
The Grand Jury of Lancaster County has ignored
the Bill against M. W. Middleton, Esq., editor of
the Examiner, for shooting James Cameron, in self
defence.
More Defaulters.—The President has dtsinissed
from the Navy, Pursuts James Brooks and Peyton
H. Southall for being d.efaultera, the former rumor
states to the amount of $60,000. So the money
goes.
Mr. George Plitt, who was despatched to
Europe to make inquries in relation to their Post-
Office Systems, returned in the Great Western,
What a hankering after the European Systems the
present federal loco Administration has. The:Presi
dent sen s his son John to England to inquire of
the twenty-Iwo tlespotisms of Europe for laws to
govern the People, and the head of the Post-Office
Department, sends Mr. Plitt to Europe also!to as
certain how they send their letters by mail, and the
People must ply their expenses. A pretty compli
ment indeed to the enterprise and genius of the people
of this country.
Our .Senator.—We stated in our paper of the sth
inst., that Senator Frailey declared at the loco
meeting in this 13qrough on Saturday evening last,
that Gen. garrison was 'nine miles off at the Battle
of the 'Thames." We did not hear him ourselves,
but made the charge on the authority of several re
spectable citizens—and understanding that it large
number were present who did hear him n they would
confer a particular favour by leaving their *names
at this office, as early as convenient. We make this
request in consequence of having learned that the Sen
ator at the meeting on Saturday evening list, declared
that the charge, to use his own language, owas a
lie"--that he had never said so and that be had
challenged the Whigs to prove tliat he had said so—
which they had failed to do.
German Emigranl3.—We are informed by the
agent of the German Society, says the New York
Sun, that since the 2d March last, upwards of 14,000
German 1.0 migrants have arrived at this port. almost
all of whom without delay removed to the West to
settle down on the lands purchased by. and for. them,
in the new States and Territories of our country.
The population of Portland, as ascertained
. hy the
new 'census, is 15,218. Gain in ten years, 2676.
The white feniales exceed the white males, 1230.
Colored population, 402.
Buffalo, N. Y. has a population of 18,356
A Change—A Chaftge.—Every one asks for a
change. Even the Federal opponents of General
Harrison, admit that by his electioh, things 'cannot
be made worse, but may be better ! This is the true
spirit. Let the old veteran of Tippecanoe be tried.
He its pledged to serve but one term, end if the evils
with which we armafflicted, be not remedied, why we
can change again. This is the beauty of our:repub-
Kean system. Frequent elections secure ki f i from
protracted despotism.—Phila. Standard.
Michigan.—The Detroit Daily Advertiser of the
10th instant, intimates that the State of Michigan
will give taco thousand majority for Me Harrison
fiche/ at the November election.
Important to Sufferers from the Tooth Aeht.—At
a meeting of the London Medical Society, Dr Blake
stated," that he was able to cure the most deSperate
cases of toothache (unless the disease was connected
with rheumatism) by the applicattor: of the following
remedy to the decayed tooth: Alum reduced to an
impalpable powder, two drachms, nitrous spirit of
tether, seven I drachms. Mix and apply.thea to the
tooth.
THE MINER'S JOURNAL.
A Voice from Thinesse.e.—Our intelligence rim
Tennessee is of the most gratifying charinter.' We
may notice as:ius important sign, tl7at, a late nintiber
of the Knoxville - Timm contains an'Addressi to Go
vernor Polk,signed by 10 Citizen's ef Blount:wet:l l h
who voted for that officer, and who now say=
o We, as Freemen, voted for you for Governor—
as Freemen, we intend to vote for the Hero of Tip
pecanoe fur President ; and should we find he be
comes so effeminate by pampered living upon the
people's money, as to require one hundred dollars'
worth of, artificial flowers to decorate his dinner-table,
and gold knives to bufferhis bread, we wilt endeavour
to select some other man, who bill think more of the .
duties, than the pageantry and tinsel of his office.
We would be well pleased, to be always provided
with one hundred dollars' worth of bread and meat
for our tables, to feed our families and regale our
friends , but our servant, the President, your master,
can upend one hundred dollars of our money, to
gratify the pampered vision of his Foreign Ambas
sadors and Domestic Aristocracy. Mr. Van Buren,
from his excessive fondness for large looking glasses,
red flowers, and other gewgaws of the dandy, shows
that he is more fit for an inmate of a toy-shop, or a
perfumed band-box, than to be President of a great
nation ; and yet, for such a President, the Governor
of Tennessee stoops to become the tool, and thinks
himself honored in the employment."
No Changes--eh I
Eledions.—Vermont hOlds her state election on
the Ist of September, and Maine on the 14th.
The Pittsburg Gazette says : We are informed by
a letter, from a gentleman of undoubted veracity, that
Col. Johnson acquitted himself nobly at the meeting
on Saturday at Washington, Pa.
"HE DECLARED THAT HE WOULD
SOONER BE DEFEATED THAN SAY ONE
WORD DISRESPECTFULLY TO THE SER
VICES OF HIS " GALLANT COMMANDER"
AT THE THAMES."
Dreadful Carriage in Mexico.—The latest ac
counts from Mexico state that their has been ten days
continual fighting in the Capital of Mexico, between
the Centralists and the Revolotionists. President
Bustamente had been taken prisoner" by the Revolu
tionists in the Capital, but afterwards released. The
carnage continued and the capital was in possession
of the insurgents.
Dreadful Accidenl.--iust as our paper was going
to press we learned that the Powder Mill, near St.
Clair, owned by Messrs. Flock &Seltzer was blown
up, killing one person, whose name we have not
learned, and severely injuring another. We have
no further particulars.
Tremendous Meeting.
On Saturday afternoon last, our Hills and Vallies
poured forth one continual stream of Working Men,
all wending their way to the Orchard4to hear the
Buckeye Blacksmith, until they numbered upwards
of TWO THOUSAND PERSONS, amoeg which
were about TWO HUNDRED LADIES, whom
anxiety to hear this eloquent advocate of the
People's cause was equal to that of the lords of crea
tion, in whom the constitution of our country has
vested the exclusive privilege of exercising the elec
tive franchise. Such a gathering was never seen in
this part of Pennsylvania before—the people, the
working men, the bone and sinew of the country,
were there in the majesty of their strength. yes, even
the honest portion of the Van Buren men, Who have
heretofore been deceived, in despite of the office-holders
and leaders of the party, were also there to hear the
truth from the lips of a hard working man, who knows
their wants, feelings, and sympathies,• and whose
feelings are in unison with their own; who had
no other motive in abandoning his wife, family, and
home for a season, than the welfare and prosperity of
his beloved country, and the rights of the working
men, whose best and dearest j intereste; the present
loco federal administration are trampling into the dust.
The meeting was organized by appointing Mr. E. W.
N NES, President, and William Riland, Joseph
Coalsworth, Arthur 11T G(migle, John J. Jones, John
Platt, John Al. Crosland, Robert Bamford, and
several others, whose names we do not recollect, Vice
Presidents and secretaries.
Mr. Baer arose amidst tremendous cheering, ar.d
proceeded to address the meeting in one of the most
powerful political speeches we ever heard from the
lips of any public speaker. His expositions of the
measures of the present Administration—interspersed
as they were by amusing anecdotes, illustrative of
the subjects, together with his biting sarcasm, called
forth frequent and spontaneous bursts of applause,
which were almost deafening. The documents pro
duced, which he challenged the whole Van Bu
ren party, or any of their orators, to come forward
and refute, if they could, together with the whole
some truths which ho brought forward in such quick
succession, were irreaist able and overwhelming, and
has caused such a sensation among all classes in
this region, that it is believed the crushed and bro
ken fragments of Vat► Burenisni will scarcely be a
ble to unite and rally again before the election. He
wasJistenedtoo with breathless attention for upwards
of two hours.
In the evening, there was another great gathering
of the People in front of the Pennsylvania Hall,
which was addressed by George W. Barclay, Eq..
of Reading, in his usual eloquent and forcible man
ner. He was followed by Mr. Bear, who again ad
dressed the people upwards of two hours in his
happy and convincing manner. His appeal to the
working men, uaging them, to take the matter into
their own hands, was eloquent and beautiful, and from
the signs of the times, we are convinced that they will
not be backward in folkiviing his advice. He was fol
lowed by a Miner, whose nate we did not learn,
and Mr. John M. Crosland, a reformed Jackson man.
The meeting broke up about eleven o'clock, end
long will the visit of Mr. Bear be remembered in
this region, and well may Ohio be proud of her
Blacksmith.
[CO3I.3fICNICATED.]
Mr. BANNAN.-1 am not, and never was a mem
ber of a Temperance Society—But trust you will
allow me a very small corner of your paper to make
one inquiry on the subject, of those who know—
that we may ell have light.
It has been, I must confess, proven, for some
years past, that. heat, cold, labour, &c. can be en
dured without ardent spirits, as well as with it,
above ground ; but I am told, from experience, that
persons engaged in mining, being subject to con
tinual dampness, coal-dust, and confined smoke of
powder used in ()lasting, cannot stand it without
something to drink.—Now the question I would
propose is—
Have any individuals engaged in that employ
ment made the ezperjment for any considerable
length of time, with and without the use of strong
drink, and have they been able to stand it as well
without as with it?
If this question can be answered in accordance
with. Temperance principles, after a liberal experi
ment, the objection I suppose must be given up.—
But if not, let it be a matter of further inquiry un
less the temperance men are disposed to yield the
point. AQUA FON'A*ANA.
Census.—The• popuh!tion of Brooklyn is over
35,000. In 1830 it wag 15,000.
The population of Lewistown, Pa. is 1.05. In
1830, 000.
: , !0:2. In :giving place to the following communica
tion,:selected from o,nrinaber, we would merely re•
Merk;that as far as *e ate personally concerned ' ,
the feel no hesitation in trusting our ehiirader in
the keeping of the citizens of this Borough who
am acquainted with us, and among whom: we have
resided for nearly twelve yean. But in order to
vindicate our citizens from that odium which mud
necessarily attach to any place from whence such
publications emanate, end which a marked silence
on their part might be construed into approbation
and approval, we have consented at the urgent so
licitation of the author to give it a place in our
columns.
Mr. Bsictastv —I think it quite probable that you
will be furnished this week with abler articles than
the following upon the same subject—if you are—
You ought to give them to the public, and if you are
hot, I think you ought to insert this in your paper
—giving it what t. heading" you think proper:
That the press exerts a great influence over the
morals of the community at large, and that a pretty
correct idea may be formed of the corrupt or culti
vated state of society in that community, from the
F t
general :tone of the press, are facts which I think
none 'will attempt to deny. It is very common to
form otir opinion o a people according to, the gene
tal productions of their public press, this being the
channel through which flows the results of the
`most deliberate cogitations of the human mind—as
the speech is the index of the mind" so is the
press the index of the state of society. If the tone
of the mind be moral, cultivated and religious, its
'prtrluctionii will be of the same class, as the stream
must necessarily partake of the quality of the foun
'lain, and its influences on society are proportionably
I beneficial; while on the contrary, if the mind is
dark, base, corrupt and uncultivated, the same qua
lities are easily recognized in its monstrous produc
tions. Judging from the general tune of a press in
this borough, there is much reason for doubt that
our friends abroad will form a most degrading opi
nion of the people of Pottsville—that such a perio
dical should be patronized in (what we flatter our
',selves) an enlightened community, is somewhat of
a puzzler to me—its general tone, its obscene
thoughts and language, are absolutely unfit for ho
;man society—take for example the whole of the last
inumber, and more particularly an article headed
a word in self defence," (poor self defence!) we
begin to read it, and if we are not lost to all sense
'of decency, entirely, before we are half through it,
'we throw it down with indignation and disgust—
.that article is fit for no family, it is fit for no so
ciety!!--What head of a family who has the least
'regard for the moral welfare thereof, can admit into
' his domicile a paper containing articles such as this
itt self defence," (it ought to be headed tt self con
'demnation'•) no man! neither ought any man, or
any set of men, to give countenance to such publi
cations, as, besides trumpeting forth the demoraliza
tion and corruption of the writer himself, it dis
graces the whole neighborhood from whence it is
sues—all persons, no matter to what political party
,they may belong, who have any feeling of regard
for thcohonor of Pottsville, ought to rise up en
,masse, and put a stop to such wretched productions.
Immorality is always rife enough under the most
discouraging circumstances, but when it begins to
show its brazen face, and in its most hideous form,
in the public prints, it is high time to put a stop to
it. Ido not, however, mean to insult the intellect
ual taste of the society of Pottsville, by saying that
it in any way sanctions such productions—our , so
ciety mud be disgusted with it, it cannot be other
wise. I envy not the feelings of that individual who
is so much lost to all sense of decency, and every
thing that raises man above the brute, as to go de
liberately to work with his pen, commit.lo paper,
and send forth to the world such articles as this
o word in self defence;" his affections must be truly
tt dark as Erebus" and ought not to be trusted with
the guidance of a pen, or even of his tongue. If he
has any respect for himself—if he has any respect
for his family—if he has any respect for 'society or
'the cause in which he is engaged, he will hence
forth abandon all such monstrosities• as appear to
infest his bosom, and which are given unblushingly
to the world through the colums of his paper.
EDITOR—SiIICO our Post-Master, has 80
audckn/y found it necessary to conform strictly to the
law, as far as it regards the opponents of the present
Administration, I should like to knew by what au
thority he makes a complete thoroughfare of his office,
and permits a number of persons, not only to be
present at the opening of the mail, but to handle its
Contents. All are aware that packages of money are
almost daily received at this office, and if some of the
packages should by chance be amongst the missing
One of these days, the Post-Master would be placed in
rather n peculiar situation. Would it not be ad
visable, therefore, for him to examine the Post-Office
regulations on this point also. A CITIZEN.
11:/ - We take pleasure in laying the following corn.
rnunication before our readers—it breathes the true
kind of doctrine, and was penned by a work
ing man, belonging to that meJitoriousclass of our
citizens, the Miners. The visit of Mr. Bear, has
inflused the right kind of spirit into the minds of
OUT working men.
.• Mr. Bannon :—The last week has beta one of
particular political excitement, occasioned by Mr.
Bear's visit to this place. The fact arrested my at
tention more especially on Saturday evening. As I
Was returning from hearing him speak from the
Pennsylvania Hull, I stepped aside to hear the Loco.
focos, as they are called, and after hearing the most
indecent and ungentlemanly language ever uttered
hope by a public speaker, I was lead to the fol
lowing reflections : what interest, and what induce.
*merits have they for such a course—Was it their love
of Country or of self, that caused such rancour and
malice 7 But I will leave that to be analysed by
their future conduct, and proceed to tLe second re
flection, what interest have I, an obscure individual
in - Pottsville 7 But as it takes parts to form a whole,
and being a citizen of the United States, my influ•
ence, however humble it may be, united to that, of
others, may be the means ot rescuing our country,
and restoring its prosperity. Admitting that a large
portion of the Van Buren party are influenced by
honest motives, and yet differing so widely from us,
(the true democrats,) it is important that every man
should exercise his own judgement, and trace the
cause and effects, which has prostrated our mechan
ical industry, and brought discredit - on our country,
and after mature deliberation give their hearty sup.
port to that party, whose measures, it carried out,
*would restore prosperity to our common country.
1 am not versed in politics nor the intricacies of par
ty, but I esteem it a high privilege to vote as I please;
'as every honest man should, and will.
1 am inclined to think that our working men have
'indulged in too much apathy and indifference res
'peeling the affairs of Government. and do not con.
'bider the danger ot our free Republican Institutions
in the hands of political and detiigning men. The
'crisis has arrived when it will require oor united ex-
Unions to wrest it from the hands of the spoiler!),
And place it uncontaminated on the pinnacle of tame,
Where it has been the admiration of the world.
.VVORRING MEN, do not believe that you have ; no
part nor lot in the matter—but on the contrary, tak e
a decided stand against all innovations, end show
those whom you employ to manage the affairs nf
Gnvernment, that bribery and corruption will not be
literated—let every one of us use our in fl uence,
' w ieh is more than we may Imagine, end th ere is
no doubt of success.
&MI
[COMMUNICATED.]
[COMMUNICATED.]
FOR THE MINERS' JOURNAL
A MINER
No more to shadows would I cause thy dreaming,
No more in visions would I haunt thy rest;
I would no More my memory were beaming,
To sprat') disquietude o'er thy own breast,
But as a wave o'er the dark swelling ocean,
But as a shadow on the desert plain,
But as a breath in the wild dark commotion
Of life, be my remembrance, and as vain.
I would not have thee give a thought a feeling
To those past days; let the dark page of fate
Dwell in my heart, to its sole depths revealing,
The pangs and sorrows of the desolate,
Yet well I know how vain were thy endeavour,
How wild the. thought with memory to strive,
It bath been mine to know the burning fever
Of that dark strife; and in that torture live.
It hath been mine to know the secret yearning,
The silent pining, and the bursting player,
The gushing forth of Hope, like ice returning
Scaling its fountains with that chill despair.
And deem not, though unmurmuring, that too lightly
Sorrow hath drooped her wings, the stars have set
Oe'r my lone watchings, and the pale moon nightly,
Hath known the hearts vain strivings to forget.
Have I not vainly—wildly—madly—strivan
To look on life's dark boon with patient eye,
Have I not raise?. my pleading voice to heaven,
When but the wind whispered my agony.
Yet still rest came not to the weary pinion,
Drooped once again on earth the broken wing,
Oer the wide earth there was but one dominion
I coveted, and it earth could not bring.
Give me no jewels; hence with earthly splendour,
If my, heart lacks one precious, priceless gem,
If love's return my spirit cannot render,
What were earth's proudest, richest diadem?
I could have been too blest in thy affection,
I could have been too happy by thy side,
To have gazed on that eye's deep dark reflection,
To have smoothed down that high pale brim of
pride.
But dreams like these for me long since are over,
But oh, I cannot banish thought away,
And yet such memories 'round my spirit hover,
And I cling to them, though wild and vain are
they.
I know I am remembered! thou canst never
Carve from thy soul my own dark misery,
And though I would it might be hushed forever,
I know I am remembered still by thee.
Thou may'st but think of me in grief or sorrow,
One whom 'tis well thou should'st not meet again,
Thou knowest too well, I would not have thee bor-
row
One thought from me to give thy bosom pain.
For I reproach thee not, the lip may falter, •
And the heart fill with tears and earnest prayer,
Thou art remembered nightly at the altar
Where I have cast the burden of my care.
A loco fnco paper in this State boasts, that the
Kentucky loco locos " still keep a stiff upper lip."
Their upper lips may he stiff enough, but their un
der lips do hang down most wofully.—Loui s ville
JuurnaL
car The New Jersey State Convention which as
sembled at Trenton last week, nominated all the re.
jected members of Congress for re-election, except
Mr. Randolph, who declined a nomination.'
Qom' The Federal Locos have nominated Andrew
Miller, and. Joseph C. Neal, Esqrs., for Congress in
the city of Philadelphia, and Charles Brown, Esq.,
as the candidate to represent the first district in the
county. The Barn-Burners" appear to have tri
umphed in the county.
Theory and Practice.—The Globe stated just be_
fore the Inauguration of the present incumbent 01
the Presidency, that nin one year after Mr. Van
Buren is sworn into office, gold and silver will be the
common currency of the people." Well, Mr. Van
Buren has been ir. the Presidency three years and
six months, and are gold and silver the common
currency of the people ?" Who, then, is responsible
for the present currency of shin plasters ? The Globe
impliedly admitted Mr. Van Buren to be, when it
alleged his power to create an exclusively gold and
silver currency. Can any one longer doubt the au
thor of our embarrassments ? The Globe has conce
ded. Mr. Van Burmicould have given the people gold
and silver. He has reserved these for his office-holders
and'given rags to the people.— Phila. Standard.
SENECA
Jackson Alen, Read !
When the Sub-Treasury was first broached by
Gen. Gordon of Virginia, in 1835, the Globe said :
" The proposition is mitotic MCI ziso and nsvoLo-
TIOS Aar, seibveriive of the fundamental principles of
our Government, and its entire practice from 1789,
down to this day." "It is palpable as the sun, that
the effect of the scheme would be to bring the Public
Treasure much nearer the actual 'custody end control
rlf the President,' than it is now, and -expose rt to be
plundered by an hundred hands, where one cannot
now reach it."
Gen. Jackson, in alluding to the same subject, in
his last message to Congress in 1836, in speaking-of
the revenue of the country said:
To retain it in the Treasury unemployed in any
way is impracticable. It is besides against the genius
of our free institutions to lock up in vaults the trea
sure of the nation. To take from the people the
right of hearing arms, and put their weapons of de
fence in the hands of a STANDING ARMY,
would be scarcely more dangerous to their liberties
than to permit the Government to accumulate im
mense amounts of treasure, beyond the sums neces
sary to its legitimate wants. Such a measure would
doubtless be employed at some time, as it has been in
other countries, when opportunity tempted ambi
tion."
Gen. Jackson pronounced the Sub-Treasury Sys
tem. then as dangerous as a standing Army. Martin
Van Duren bas forced the Sub-Treasury System on
the people ant! recommends the STANDING ARMY
also. h this treading in Jaebron's footsteps !
State Convention at Lancaster.—The State
Central Committee has called a State Convention of
the friends of Harrison at Lancaster on the 18th of
September next. The Great Convention at Erie Pa.,
will be held on the 10th of September. As these are
conventions of the people, the citizens of each
county can attend„if they think proper, without the
usual routine of being appointed icy county meetings.
A Horse Shoe made by the Buckeye Black
smith at Mr. Dornan"s shop, on Thursday last, can
he seen at Silver's.
• . .
Uncertainly of Loc•focoiam.—Mr. Howard, of In
diana,. resigned his seat in Congress to run for Go
vernor. He was defeated by about 10,000 majority.
Mr. Hrznnegan, resigned his office as Receiver of
Public Monies to run for Congress in 'Mr. Howard's
district. He was defeated by Mr. Lane, Harrison, by
upwards of 1500 majority.
Troy, New York.—This flourishing city contains
a population of 19,373. Ir. 1830 only 11,587.
Gain in 10 years 7,786.
In England they are constructing steam-engines
of 900 to 1000 horse power!'
vox Tux. Nuiria's JOURNAL.]
PAST HOURS. • •
Election Reins. s. 1
Ihe Harrison majority in Kentuc hi up l
ad
of 15,000. In Indiana it is upwards . f 9,0a4 r
• The result in Alabama is as follow i .
3
HARRISON. V• &maw'.
Senate, 13 20 = :
House, 47 53 !
60 73 j
I.oco majority last year on joint ballot 47.
Only one-third of the Senate was elected. If the
whole bad been elected, it is believed [that the dttatc l F.
crate would .have had the majority.' The poputit
vote is very close ; Harrison wilt get the
torsi vote of Alabama in November. I
ILLINOIS
Has gone for the Administration iby about tae
usual majority.
MISSOURI
Has also gone for Locofocoism by I reduced vote.
Their majority in joint ballot in the ;Legislature is
15 or 16.
WELL DONE NORTH CAROLINA
We.aro enabled to publish return's from. all the
counties in North Carolina. ~,The majority,raccon.
ing to our fable, is 8,459; the Raleigh Register
makes it 8,799—801 t. Pat.
1840
Morehead. Saunders.
W. L. F. Whig s L. F.
43,794 35,335 35,864 31,u06
35,335 91,006
W. maj. 8,459 now
Do in '3B 4,858
3,601 Whig gain.
The Harrison majority in the tabsialatttre
THIRTY-SIX. Last year only fot4een.
One word more. Gen. Harrison is stronger in
North Carolina than even our own highly gifted
Morehead. Instead of his, or any other Whig can.
didate carrying OLD TIP." the of 0 Hero has car.
Tied them, by the resistless force of his popularity,
Mark this prediction: Our majority in the fall will
be considerably greater for President, than at ii
13131
ONE HUNDRED GUNS, theri, Pfly we, tor
NORTH CAROLINA!
oz:r We invite particultir attention So the followia';'
article:
A Tariff vs. Free Trade.
View of the 'melancholy effects of Ithe free trade
policy upon the great interests of !American Me.
chanics and Manufacturers.
' I
First, it must be remembered, t4t the protective
systems of foreign governments limit , a large, dr
quite prohibitory duty upon all Arn ridan menulae
tures ; while our free trade system admits all foreign
manufactures without any, or on paing the sinalleit
adnussable duty. .
It is conceded by the advocates of !this policiy, that
under its operation, labor and all the raterialswhidh
enter into the composition of domestic manufaCtures,
must be as cheap in this country aii in Eurtipe, to
enable our mechanics and coanufactrrs to crpete
successfully with those of for Iv co t
ntries.
Senators Buchanan, ' Walker, and others, advocrie
the Sub-Treasury Scheme expressly on the gtound,
that it will greatly reduce the price of labor and all its
products in the United States, and thereby 'enable
rich capitalists in this country to c mpete with the
European manufacturers without t e aid of 'a pro
tective tariff. What is this, but a deliberate attempt
to degrade all laboring mechanics in this young re
public, down to the pitiable conditio
facturing operatives, unfortunately
old, corrupt, and enormously ezpens
governments of Europe ?
Men, v'i.omen and children labor f.)
pensation in Germany, says Mr. Bui
piece of cloth which it costs one
manufacture in this country, is made
of fifty dollars." The excess of co:
a "redundant currency," which rew
our free citizens with a rec \ Sppen.:
that received by the foreyn labore
pattern sub-treasury despotisms o
rulers have moved heaven and earl
that unfortunately placed Mr. Van B
of our Government, to destroy the
System—to depress all branches of
to teach the people that ..they expe
Government,"—and to persuaxie the
lion backwards to the low wages, h
locralie eyetem of the old world, ye
policy "to cover this country wi
benefits !"
On the continent of Europe ten
can be purchased for a silver dollat
same sub-treasury fiscal system in I
exists there, and open our ports as
done, that our country may tie flo,
products of the pauper labor of an e
tion, toiling from sun rise until sun _
starvation, and then under this .4 . e trade" compe
tion, our mechanics and our man u acturers Cannot
fail to prosper ! Mr. Buchanan e claimed on the
floor of the Senate," I would to He ven that I could
i
raise my voice loud enough to be h and by the mar.-
ufacturers of New England." 1% are willing to
trust the good senses of the New England mechaniCs
to decide this momentous question cif national policy.
When the hard fisted, clear headed Yankees reject
all the benefits of self government, i for the sole put
pose of placing themselves, their children, and
children's children to the latest posterity, on an exact
level in the scale of happiness, and standing in so
ciety, with the half-clad, half-starved miserable sub
jects of Mr. Van Buren's 22 pattern government o:
the eastern continent, then we will admit that o r
American republican system of gobernment has ut
terly failed to be of any substantild service to flea
Sovereign People.
But let us suppose that Van Buriniam has already
succeeded in reducing the wages o human labor in
this country to its professed stands d, e•the common
level of the world ;" and that we ar able consequent
ly to supply o u r rich, moneyed a stocracy with all
needful manufactures as cheap as t ey can purchase
them in Europe.. By this mean it is plain, that
we shall cut off a market for European goods in
which was sold last year 157 millions of the products
of foreign industry. This could nbt foil to produce
intolerable distress in all the great manufacturing
communities across the Atlantic. !There is no other
way for them to find employ ment eicept to work still
cheaper than the American mechanics do, in order
to under-sell them in their own market. This, ac
cording to Mr. Van Buren's system, will call for
another reduction in the wages of American la
borers, that they may not be above "the common
standard of the world.'"
Who does not see that this truly infamous federal
scheme makes our national Government a party to
the Coalition of European Despots, to extort from
human muccks the greatest possible amount of in
tense labor, in exchange /Ls Me least possible living
compensation? Who does not see that our federal
rulers have taken the high road to !plunge the Area•
ricao people into the lowest abyss ef political, moral,
and pecuniary degradation, that tiny where afflicts
the unfortunate sons of Adam It is for our ferment,
Mechanics, and laborers, in whose hands this matter
rests, and who will soon be called Upon by the Cen:
stitution and laws of their countrl fr y to perform the
high and solemn duty—to decide, f in effect, whether
their children shall be freemen, orl become slaves, a
question of inconceivable m o wentif or w e a l or woes
II
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