=== MI . . . tproved by theianny faults e f d Abdocattons, such as ins' scarcely credible to thoseNlnaerittainted With the , subk..ct :' one thing appears ertilin, that gieat.heat 'wai employed in producing those convulsions. Ftom gda I deduce—that the tnal.tvlitch is now anthracite; or Carbonaceous cdal t frobabts, at one time, posses sed bitumen rbtit intingbeenl'aubjedted to great heat, and, at the same time, enonttous pressure, until, to use a tit:MLitt, if _hot an elegant, espression, the fat (bitumen) has beien roasted out of it, in the great laboratory of l'irnttire, which as left the parts of the costseams an acted; upon a p re. native mineral char coal, called by mideralogists "anthracite,' In the , 13 launible imitation f Nature, ~ c oke" is an artificial. charcoal or anthr cite, mad . by suh.ditting bitumi nous coal to the fiction o eat, in an oven, until (actually) the fatt or bit ais baked out of it. Precitilly the sam thing tak a place in a gas retort. If, then,' have it ved that anthracite and bitumi notts.cdal are otte„and the LA e scam, I think it cuts the algument front Under M . Crane's patent admi rers, viz.—that yci f ey are di& ent things. Speaking individually as enianthracite .wner, deeply interested in this question, feel grate ul to - Mr. 'Joseph Price fur the undaunte , manner an attempt at atTpoly ; an knewsay, I knew th , attempt h the ,owtfers of stich propert which it is eituaied, by pre' duction of capitll through this moonshine 'intent. I am, yoo ob' I Thornhill, Swansea, Sep .. 21. . (We regret to have ode:acion to insert the letter of Mr. Wrey, vvhic(t, howev , eri we feel bound to do, in faitness, although the disc-ission did not emanate with us ; but ha4 r ing transfetred into our columns the letters of parties which aptleared in,the Cambrian, 1 with comments of our own we cannot refuse admis sion tcithe lettet l of Mr. W ey, more particularly as we'hatl already in type hist at communication to the Cambrian, whidh will be fund subjoined. It is not our intention to wage vat,' with Mr. Wrey, for we prOfess not-those acquireiniants and practical geulo. gieal ezperiencc and knowledge which he assumes to himself, and, tvhich we ace ready to admit him to possess. It isriot because lwe record our opinions, Sty way of note:lto the letters of correspondents, that 'we are to beco e controvd:rstalists, either in the ad. vocacy or oppos tion of anyl measure—and, therefore, our correspondent must e#use us entering the lists with him. Ou ; course is one so plain and defined, i that any deviation would end to lower us from the high position i ce assume We say thus much at starting, for it behoves'us t notice Mr. Long Wrey's t comments on the remarks ppended to his letter, for remarks correctness 'of which e are ready, on ibis as on all other occesiptis, to con end. We will brie fl y run through Mr. Wrey's tette - . Mr. Wrey, in the out set, shows that he is a pa4san, and one interested in the question ; anal, ere hu pens a dozen Imes, tells us he feels confident "41 we shall hear no more of • it in a court of law." T W may be said, in South Wales, to ha 'not prejud . ing the question, but we must say it is fiery like it, We find that Mr. Wrey deems it neces i Lry to defend the course he has taken. —in doing which, he asstimes false, or at least ques tionable, pren?ises, for h says, as regards this dis cussion, "it enrt . irely rests itb Mr. Crane's advocates —such discus i on being holly unprovoked by the other side." Now, we ould ask Mr. Wrey what evidence he can adduce from the " other side" to prove that the first letter id not emanate with them, and put torwrird as a tra 1 into which Mr. Hooper has, most unliwkily, fall, Mr. Wrey Sarcasticall: remarks on Mr. Crane be ing a written itap" as ara t-rate genius.' Will that gentleman in orm us wh t was the opinion he en tertained of the “ geniusnd industry" of Mr. Crane when he sighed the re uisition, some two or three years since, inviting Mr. Crane to a \ public dinner, to congratulate him on the access of his patent 1 What new light bais,since brok n in on Mr. Wrey we know not, but that his opinion are changed is quite man ifest. Possibly, as in ttie case with the anthracite arid bituminous coal being found in one and the same seam c 4 heti, but disturbed and, changed in their properties by sedile . ternal commotion, a having been subjected, to great eat, and, at the same time, enormous prtssure, tint' (to use a familiar expres sion) the fat as been r acted out," so we may sup: pose Mr. W. Long Wry, of 1837, is the identical gentleman atthe Mr. t• . Long Wrey of 1840, only sorte,what changed by , some internal commotion." -The gratitude of Mr.. *rey is, we fear, something late the desciiption he g ves of ,Mr. Crane's patent— mere ...moonshine ;" ho ever, we do not propose en tering into the merits l o e question, nor of Mr. Wrey's letter, as each drill be s *ected to a decision • from which[ there is too appeal— th ono that of a jury in a Court of law—the other Alta of public opinion. W e cannot conclude without ag ' ex pressing Off regret that this important question, now before the flaw Courts should form subject of con_ trovsrsy thrimah.the rn ilium of the press. Our ob ject, in giving insertion to the above letter, as also the one subjoined, add eased by Mr. Wrey to the Cambrian, of the ISt inst., is, that we may render all the infornaation in or power. Mr. Wrey, it will be seen, acknowledge himself to be an interested party, in upsetting the patent of Mr. Crane ; and, it we mistake not., that gentleman's partisanship, iii favor of the( Neat Ab ey Company, was evinced by his visit:to London to give evidence in the cause. If we are right in our supposition that such was the cave, we would at that gentleman—is it even de cent to appar as a controversialist, in discussing the merits of a question, t e legal construction of which is mainly to depend -o the evidence which may be afforded byjiiinself, a d other witnesses 1 Ti e opin ion we ent+tain of M Hooper's letter is already be fore our readers, and we regret that a gentlenian of his standing and abili y, more especially in the pe culiar posidon in which he is placed as Mr. Crane',' solicitor an legal ed iser, should so far have coin-' nutted ruitted bi self. Had he consulted Mr. Crane for common s use advice as that gentleman does Mr. Hooper fo legal assis ance, we think we might safe ly arrive atthe ceinclus on, that the client would have displayed barrel judg ant than the lawyer. With these realitOce, which. ace been carried to a length. we did not contempt Is, we must close all further notice of Jllr. Crane' patent. The subject of the . tub of anthracite, wit out respect to private interest or squabbles, gill eve have our best attention ; but letters such as we hevjr felt it our duty to insert in - our columns, we regr t to say, reflect but little credit on the writers, who, try their advocacy, defeat the very end they have in. view. We are obliged to our correspondent for the i formation his letter furnishes, and, had he shownh imself less thO partisan, we should have been hef r pleased.) i ii • TO 'illt Lott a OF THE CAMISIISiIt. Sta,--:-The tt &nth cite" question is one of great local intereist, and hailer some time attracted much observation and specu ation. This, together with the einsumatence of my hiving embarked largely in an thracite prkperty, milt form my excuse for troubling you with stew remarks on a letter which appeared in yourpapeiof last iveet, slatted u Francis P. Hooper." If was not aware, un it Mr. Hooper's letter appeared 4itpt.“ Flisinee pate t" wits invalid, because the dis covery'srelhot.blast ti d been previously openly com municated to the pahlc by the Messrs. Dixon, That such as the 4 - aet; lan delighted to hear from such an wethoritr; batboy' upsetting Mr. Neilson 's patent will wet Mr. Crane I aro at a tossto discover. The stitet of ttie ease appears to me to be simply this . :wither fa i 1 pOiic gte,plitled to the use of het-blaat in L i. 1 - which he has resisted I speak feelingly, when s done serious injury to and the districts in eating a greater intro the instrumentality of dient servant, W. Logo WIIZY " The election of Harrison must inevitably pro. duce an entire breaking up of the old party land =marks and"boundaries. The present party catch. words, witch have been rung in our ears ad naus am, must be exploded. It is an absurdity in lan guage to speak of any Democracy,save the Democ racy of numbers.' Democracy, unless our Greek Lexicon misintorms us, means a government where the People 7 -that is, the majority of the People— govern. Of course the II al rison men are now the yea( Democrats. They can no longer with propriety be called British Whigs. We hardly think the mot ultra .Lneofoco' wilt insult the country of his birth. (or, most pyrihalily of his adoption) as In a sert that a majority of the' peo•tle of the U. Statex have bi . en bought up by British (cold. Spirit of the Loco Foco Press—Blaney Before Election : Dear People! rohody but us can imagine how pure, patriotic, shrewd and sagacious you are ! You can't be humbugged! You can't be misled You always s?.c right straight through a millstone. whether there's a hole in it or not. You are always as right as a honk, and nobody s can gum you. In short yoti are 0. K. Rama. after Election;—you miserable, despica. ble, Know nothing, good-for-nothing rascals ! Bought up by British Gold ! Lcd away by log cab. in fooleries ! Gummed by coomskins ! Blinded by skunk.skiva ! Dead drunk on hard cider ! Senseless,' beastly contemptible wretches ! Go to the devil.—Lag Cabin' A Word to the Ware.--We copy the following from a late number of the Cincinnati .Republican. It possesses particular ii, terest at the present time Speculation still cumin ties rife, with our brethren of the press, as to the proba' , le course of the new al ministration. Much curiosit;' and anxiety are mani fested as to the course that will be pursued in making appointments to office. Althou,.:h w.e are unable to gratify this curiosity, yet our koowledge of Gen. Harrison's character and avowed privciples, warrants us in believing, that the premature applications to him before he is seated in the Presidenticl chair. will injure, rather than henefit, the prospects of the ap plicant; and.that the proper channel for such com munications, will be the appropriate Department to Which such office belongs. We are also persuaded, another great principle will be observed—that of ma king no changes, unless upon a full examination of the subject, with the reasons for ar,d against such change. A Prospect Kings might Envy.—Farmer Har rison can stand at the door of hie Log Cabin at North Beal, and look upon the soil of three noble States cherished and defendedliy'him in their infancy and danger, and whose Tar= MiLtio<re of free people in the might of manhood have now repaid his father ly care with a majority of SIXTY THOUSAND for President. What Monarch ever ruled en hour like this I—Cleveland (Ohio) Herald. The Weather. --The following important intelli gence is from the New Orleans Picayune I say, look heea, Sam Jonsiugovat kind o' wedder you call die said Pete Gambia, yesterday morning, his body curled up with the cold, and his hands sunk deep in his pockets. You mean do wedder die mornin; does you Pete P Ezackly.' Wy, I should call him Suddem wedder wid Northern Sam we. more than half right, In iron furnace, through Mesers. Dixon'. frank C5l/31- Nuniaition, without fee, or reward, or by Mr. Neil. sob 'e patent, Om chotose to pay for it. Now, what Is it s they are entitled to! Why, the use of hotblast in an iron furnace, let that furnace contain what =lit may. The first application of hot-blast was a discovery. After it had been used in atumace containing coal of one inineralogical character, it can no longer be a dis covery or invention using it with cost of another char acter, or otherwise we may have fifty inventors, with as many patents, forever's , little variation there may be in the mineralogical character of the coal used. As well might it be said (supposing chartoal to be used as formerly, which was usually made of oak wood) that it was a discovery, and an invention entitled to a patent, using charcoal made of ash timber. Let us now inquire if this be a new mannfaCture. Mr. Crane has made iron by a combination of hot irlist and pit-coal. Is there any novelty in that I But, say Mr. Crane and his advocates, the pit-coal I use is of a different mineralogical character, and is called by a different name from that generally used, and there fore are entitled to a patent. Surely o law" cannot so fail get the better of common sense as to call this an invention ; and, as to "a new combination of old materials' to a new and useful purpose," I shall short ly expect to hear of a patent for drawing a patent cork with a patent cork-screw, with about as mach ground to originality. It is evident from 'Mr. Hooper's letter that Mr. Crane's only chance of success is, to prove that 'anthracite is so far separated from all other coal, as to bring its use, in combination with hot-blast, in the making of iron, under the denomination of a new manufacture." I take it for granted, that Mr. Hooper has not had leisure to make himself intimately acquainted with the geological structure of the South M ales coal basin; but, as I have had peculiar opportunities of studying both the geology of the anthracite district, and the character and pecutianties of the coal itself, beg th,in form him of a fact, which may give him a new lig'ot upon the subject—his this, anthracite and bituminr.us coal are pert and parcel of the identical same sears of coal. Of this there can be no doubt, as I shall pro ceed to shoW. In that portion of the coal basin from the Vale of Neat to Kidwelly, all the seams of coal (above twenty) along the north crop are anthracite. or carbonaceous coal ; they descend a considerable depth under the surface, and rise again in Gower, forming the south crop of the same seams, and are there highly bituminous. It follows as a con cequence, that the change takes place at some point between the two crops, in a north °nil south direction, or on the line of dip. That point has never yet been discovered, probably on account of its great depth, but in an east and west direction the point of change has been found, and is, at the well-defined grand fault in the Neath Valley, known as the Dinas Rock. There the seams, which are anthracite on the west side of the fault, be come (slightly) bituminous on theeast side, becoming more and more so ns they extend east, until they be come highly so .at Pontypool; and, en the other hand, as they extend westward towards Kidwelly, the coal becomes more purely carbonaceous, evidently proving that the groat convulsion which occasioned the appearing of hie lime rock through all the super incumbent strata, is the immediate occasion of the change in the character of the coal, and that anthra cite is not, as has been generally supposed, a separate for.nation ; but is the very same, seams of coal, so acted upon and changed in the great laboratory of nature, until it is converted into a pure native mineral charcoal, termed by mineralogists anthracite, If I have proved to the satisfaction of your readers, that anthracite and bituminous coal are one and the same seam, I may say Q. E. D. It does, therefore, appear to me, that the not only is a shadow of a doubt" that Mr. Crane's is a new mandacture, but that- the question is overcast with thick fog, and dark clouds too, so dense that Mr. Crane is never destined to see the golden sun of wealth through them, whatever sum of money he may spend in law charges. I cannot conclude without expressing an opinion, that every anthracite owner is particularly beholden to Mr. Joseph Price, for the very spnited manner in which be has upheld our rights and interests. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. LONG WIIET. Thornhill, Swansea, Sept. 15. Demncrats.--Upon the subject of the Presidential election, the N. Y. Signal discourseth in this fashion : KMMiI r " , el" ~4:l3Z2cr - N-" , I; porrsviLug. Saturday 'Morning, Dee. 19. ( 1, Re invite attention to the . snick commen• cing on our first page, on the subject of Mr. Crane's Patent for smelting Iron with Anthracite. c 3. Henry Clay has introduced a resolution into the United States Senate to repeal the Suba'reasury Bill. See Congressional proceedings. New Church.—The erection of a German Catho lic Church has been commenced in this Borough. Ce/ebration at Port Clinton.—The friends of Gen. Harrison celebrated the recent democratic triumph of correct principles, by a dinner, served op at the house,of Mr. Jacob L. Yeager, in Port Clinton, on the 10th inst. We received the proceedings too late for this paper. They will appear in our next. Pottsville Lyceitm.—lt must have been gratify ing to the friends of rational amusement in our Borough, as well as to the members of the Pottsville Lyceum, to witness the attendance at the' lecture on Tuesday evenin4. The subject was one which we • thought would be attractive, and that the known ab;.litY of the Lecturer, the Rev. Mn. BVEL, would tr:nd to dig anticipation of something interesting and instructive---we believe the audience were not disap pointed. There was evidence of research in procur ing the materials of the Lecture, which no doubt imparted some facts new to many, and interesting to every American, while the style was sufficiently adorned to suit a popular audience. We would not enter on any detailed examination of the subject, or mode in which it was treated, but feel satisfied that the prominent idea of true liberty which the Lectu rer presented and enforced, must commend itself to the heart and understanding of every christian, and were its necessary consequences duly estimated, we should enjoy a better promise for the permanen cy of Republican Institutions. When the basis of American liberty shall not only be acknowledged, but practical recognized as resting on Religion, In telligence and Virtue, to be cherished by each and all 01 her citizens,—then may we hope that her Eagle will soar aloft in the majesty of freedom over every land and carry its blessings to all kingdoms of the earth. We trust that the disposition of the Directors to sustain our Pottsville Lyceum, will be fully met by the community, so that our winter season may prove to be one of pleasure and profit, especially to the younger portion of our society. Jonathan Chapman, Esq. a good democrat, has been elected Mayor of Boston, by a majority of 2623 votes over Mr. Green, editor of the loco foco • Morning Post. The Morris Canal is to he enlarged. ( .- -Gen. Harrison arrived at Cincitinatti on the 11th inst. in excellent health. He has resigned the office of Clerk of the Court of Hainilton County, to enter upon the duties of the office of President of the United State.i. The Daily Standard.—We neglected last week to notice the enlargement of this excellent paper—and the advance of the price from one to two cents per number, or 12 cents per week. It is now printed on an imperial sheet, with new type, end the mechan ical execution is equal to that of the other daily papers in the city. As to the character of its con tents, it is needless for us to say anything. F. J. Grund, Esq., the editor, is known to be one of the most talented, and racy writers in the country—and there is no sheet that we peruse with more pleasure than the Daily Standard. Temperance Convention.—A State Temperance Convention is to be held at Harrisburg on the second Wednesday in January next. We hope the Con. vention may be fully attended, and that measures be taken to organize County or agile% Conventions also, to further this philanthropic cause. The Buckeye B/ack.sinith.l- Mr. Bear has recently written a letter to one of the Electors in Maryland, his native State, in which, he states, that during the recent contest, he travelled several thousand mil es , and delivered THREE HUNDRED AND THIR— TY-ONE SPEECHES. This is unprecedented in the annals of any Election campaign in the history of our country. Mr. Bear also states that ‘, he is phy.,ically used up almost as much as ..Malty" is politically." He is an extraordinary man. Daily Chronicle.—ln our notice of the Harris burg papers, we neglected to state that the Harris. burg Chronicle was to be published daily also. Such is the case. The first _number is already before us, and from the enterprise heretofore exhibited by its able and industrious editor, Mr. Montgomery, we have nn doubt he will make it, a very, interesting sheet, during the ensuing session of Ll.c Legislature. We have also received a" sample number of the Daily Telegraph, by Mesirs. Fenn 4- Wallace, it is very neatly ezecutedond ably . ' edited. Messrs. Elliot/ 4 McCurdy, will also issue the Pennsylvania Intelligencer daily daring the session of the Legislature, making three daily papers at the Seat of Government this winter. The gentlemen of the democratic press at Harrisburg certainly deserve the thanks and support of the community for the en terprize thus evinced in disseminating early intelli gence of the proceedings of the Legislature, and for their untiring devotion to the cause of equal rights and the best interests of the community at large. The St. Louis New Era states that Hosea J. Levi s , late Cashier of the Schuylkill Bank, was in that city a few days since, and that he registered his name as .d H. Miller," at the City Hotel. He was under stood to have taken his departure for New Orleans, in the steamboat Meteor. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The following appears to be the state of the elec toral votes as new cast for President and Vice Pres ident : Wm. H. Harrison, 234 Martin Van Buren, 60 VICE PIIEMDEINT. John Tyler, R. M. Johnson, L. W. Tazewell, J. K. Polk, We have the official returns from every State in the Union except Mississippi and Arkansas. As soon as they are received from these States, we will publish a complete table of returns. Imports and Exports.—According to the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the exports of-ltre_ country for the fast year, exceeds the imports Up wards of $26,000,000, viz : Exports, $131,571,950 . imports, 101,805,891 ai43outh Carolina has voted for Martin Van Bu ren. and Littleton W, Tazewell, of Virginia, for Vice President. ==;ll== THE M.lNElitg94,lloll7lfitliAL: 234 48 $26,766,059 Presu Afesrager,Wii prepared our tunial number of Extras of this' dotument—and gave no• tics that they could be obtained at the office Very few, however were called for in .fact we utd not prevail upon a number ' ; of our subscribers t receive a copy. The general tone of the Message id such as. to call down as Wong a condemnation cipbn the writer in the minds of the reflecting portion, of the community, as the people pronounced upon him at the recent election. We fully coincide iri opinion with the following views of the able' editor of the U. S. Gazette. The Message is unworthy of criticism, and proves that the people have done him justice in the recent contest. , His allusion to those who have been ruined by ,he infamous measures of his 4dmin. istration, arc unfeeling, uncalled for, and only worthy of a Nero, who could exult over the misfortunes of the people. f- ; THE MESSAGE One or two Whig papers have laid violent bands upon a few passages of the late message, forgetting, apparently, that the circumstances under which it was written would seem to claim for the paper an exemption from criticism. It is certainly an. undig nified paper, anti-republican, and strangely at vari ance with what has been deemed the facts of histo ry ; but notwithstanding all this, it migtlt. be allowed to .• sleep in the shade." The only important mea sure which it advocates, the Sub-Treasury, has just been condemned by the people, and yet it is recam mended that the government persist in the measure. The assertion (hypothetically but not less emphati cally made) that a national bank was repudiated by the framers of the constitution, lacks the isupport which an assertion from such a quarter requires. One of the worst features of the message is that which contains an argument against a national debt —worst.because it comes from one who took the reins of government when there was no national debt, and, in a time of general peace, has Created a debt. This mode of argument was peculiarsly Gen Jackson's, who rarely undertook to violatei any of the established rules of our republican institutions without prefefing his measures with a solemn pro test against Al such acts generally ; and while the gond people wre swallowing the pleasant precepts and vindications, the preacher was using his pleasure in violating them ; and when a portion of the people began to discover the mistake, the evil was•repaired by another homily upon political ethics. We make these remarks incidentally. 'the mes, sage is not entitled to criticism ; it fails in all the great essentials of such a state paper, and does at the same time an injustice, by obvious implication, to a portion of the nation that no Chief Magistrate should attempt.. We allude to the charge of foreign in fluence in our elections. The Banner Stale. —Kentucky, the home e Harry of the West," claims the Banner,--she hay k ing given a large f i maj ,rity for Gen. Harrison, in pro portion to the vote, than any. other State in ti.e Union. Vermont contended manfully for tlte honor, but she lost by a few votes only. The following is the poll in these Stetes : KENTUCKY, Harrison has Van Buren, 25,873 being 28,39 and a fraction per cent. on the whole vote, which is 91,105. VERMONT Harrison, Van Buren, Abolition, Scattering Harrison's majority, 14,088 being 27,73 and a fraction per cent. on the whole vote Old Kentucky, then, takes the Banner. She won it well, and may she bear it long." Democratic Reform Meastires.—J. W. Tyson, E:l., in a recent letter declining an invitation to a public dinner, sets forth the following as prominent measures of ceform which ought to engage the early attention of both the National and State Administra- A Reform in the Banking System. The discarding of the Standing Army. The Repeal of the Treasury Bank. The Encouragement of Domestic Industry. The Election of Canal Commissioners, and The Election of Notaries. To which might be added the election of Deputy Surveyors, and Deputy Prosecuting. Attornies. Experience has proven that there is legit danger to be apprehended from the people than our rulers,— the people have no motive in abridging their rights and privileges, they have no disposition tt.enact laws calculated to depress and enslave themselves so long as they are removed from the power and corrupting influespees of corrupt rulers. They are hilly coinpe tent to select their own ollice'rs and we are convinced from recent events, that the further the elective fran chise is extended, (so long as the judiciary is not touched) the greater will be the prosperity and hap piness of the people. We would also be pleased to see some plan de vised for the election of Post-haste so by the people. If this could be accomplishe would at once break up thechain of communication,throughout the whole country, which a corrupt administration can always command under the present appointing system, to communicate and carry out their measures, and play in the ham's of an ambitious and designing executive. It would also double their respocsibility— they would in the first place be responsible to the people in their respective districts—and we would make them responsible to the Post Master General also, by placing the removal power in his hands, in case of neglect of duty or defalcation. This we con sider one ofithe most impOrtant measures of reform— one that would result in more ultimate good, to the people at large than any subject which has yet been broached. What are the opinions of the press gene rally on this subject? 'The Senate of Virginia, by a tie vote refused td go into an election of United States Senator. The Locos are determined to defeat the election of Mr. Rives it they can, Mr. Heins, editor of the Peters burg Star, a neutral paper, but who has always be longed to what he tity les the Democratic party, in alluding to this movement says: As a party movement, it is pretty much of a piece with all those the Democratic leaders have made in this state and elsewhere for a year or two past ; being well calculated to arouse the people, and draw down on the heads of the offenders, severe and signal rebuke. That such a rebuke will he heard and felt at the next April election, we predict with perfect confidence , and its effects will be made visi ble by a radical change in the political complexion of the State Senate, a Situated as the country is at this moment , the peoplii of Virginia demand t hat the sovereignty of that State be fully represented in'the Senate of the United Staies; and they will not ad -t 'hit that party spite against one of her own most disk tinguished sons, (for in plain English, it is nothing ore,) is a sufficient excuse for her not being so.ii , A r etvapapess.—A child beginning to read, becomes iiflighted with a newspaper, because he reads of ames and things that are familiar. A newspaper n on year, says Mr. Weeks, is worth a quarter's schooling to a child, and every father must consider that substantial information is connected with this taneement.—New World. s 'We learn by the Mauch Chunk Courier, the Powder Mill of Mr. A. Hanline atLehill was blown up for the third time on, Mond 10th inst. Fortunately there were no lives The owner has however lost about 400 pt, , , Powder. Schuylkill Navigation Company--Boat Building, bas been suggested that if tt is the intention of the Directors of this Company to reduce the toll on their works next season-.-it would 'observe the in.. terelai . of the people of this legion , and the Company also, to promulgate the same as early as possible. Boats will be scarce next season, and we know that a number will be immediately contracted for, if the toll is reduced—but if no reduction of toll is to take place, the fear of a successful competition on the part of the Railroad will deter them from investing in that kind of property. Secretary Woodbury's Treasury Report.—The Baltimore American in alluding to this Report says: The report on the Finances from the Secretary of the Treasury, is a document in excellent good keeping with the Executive Message, and is of such character generally as to cause 'one to rejoice that it is the last which the country will exact from the present incumbent of the Financial Department.— The most curious portion of the whole is the legacy of advice - which the retiring Secretary leaves for the benefit and guidance of Congress for the future. But instead of a o Report on Finances" we think Mr. WoonnunT's paper would be more aptly de signated as an ~ A pology for the Treasury Depart ment." The Secretary makes the expenditures of the Go vernment for the last year $26,643,656—and then goes on to suggest how the expenditures may be re duced in 1841, to s22,ooo,ooo—and in 1842 to 11 or $12,000,000. These suggestions come with a very bad grace from the Secretary, when it is known that the Administration of which be forms a part expended in 1837, $39,164,745 1838, 40.427,218 1839, - 31,815,000 1840, 26,643,656 The people would have preferred Mr. Woodbury to have promised upon these financial suggestions himsolf, instead of suggesting economy to a new Ad niinistratton, which will come into power pledged not only to preach, but to practice economy in every department of the Government. and to bring it back as far as Its influence extends, to that state of healthy prosperity and republican simplicity which charm.- tensed it before the spoilers came into power. • Do . your own Voting and your own Fighting.— General Harrison, while recently at the Galt House, Louisville, was acco-ted by a stranger, who pretended to shake him cordially by the hand, and to whisper something into his ears. •' What have you got to say !" said Gem Harrison. " You are a coward," whispered the stranger. Speak louder," rejoined the General. •• You are a coward," repeated the stranger, in a tone somewhat audible, but still in a whisper. Hereupon the General's eyes flashed fire ; and the moment atter the stranger measured his length on the ground. This does not look much like decrepitude from old age.—Philadel 'Standard. We learn from is gentleman who was present— that the scoundrel` alluded too had made his boasts that he would prove Gen. Harrison a coward by thus publicly . 3nsulting him, believing that the Gen. would not resist the insult—hut he was mistaken—ne found Old Tip was as ready to chastize those who would thus personally insult him. as he was to chastize the enemies of his country during the late war. The blow whi , ll floored the miscreant was inflicted with the left hand, in consequence of his right one be ing in a measur&disabled by shaking bands with his numerous friends since Um - election. Some there may be who perhaps would contend that Gen. Har rison ought to have treated the calumniator with contempt—but we cannot imagine how any man of spirit could act otherwise than be did considering the provocation given. 58489 32 616 1 32!440 18,018 319 15 Resumption.—lt is now stated that the loan re quired by the Philadelphia Banks to enable them to resume has been obtained in New York, and that the resumption of our Banks will take place at the period fixed by law. We are still, however of opin- ay es. ion that our Legislature ought, immediately after in .npsring our Ore veins , ge richness o f the with those of Eng assembling, pass a law authorising the Banks to is sue One, Two and Three Dollar Bills for a limited l o a r n e d d Wales, we find the -early the, same, but we have a deCided advan term, tag m the thickness of the veins; many' of the veins say three years. to aid in the resumption, and m io Pottsville Coal region are upwards of 3 feet consequently relieve the community to a certain, ex- a from that down to 6 ,thehes—the average rich tent, from the pressure hick must necessarily exist aof the Ores taken fr om the Coal region of Eng ad and %Vales is about 33 per cent. The average in the money market, until confidence as to the shil ls chness of eight specimens of Ore taken from the ity of the Banks to meet all their engagements, entirely restored. ?ottsville Coal region was 33, 17 of metalie Iron.— In Georgia the subject appears to be understood T hese specimens were analysed under the direction and a Bill, according to the f o ll ow i ng , h as ahead of Professor Rodgers, the State Geologist—some of s been introduced, authorising the Banks to issue aim the specimens yielding 39 and 36 per cent—these note : specimens were all taken frormdifferent veins. Professor Rodgers, in his repott-to the Legislature says, speaking of the selection of specimens to be an alyzed: .. These have been selected with a-view to show .the prevailing quality and average richness of the Ores of the region generally. Especial care has been therefore taken to submit to chemical examina tion, such specimens only, ae represent the average character of their respective beds; chosing those fresh ly opened in the mines or in some deep excavation, and rejecting as far as possible samples gathered from the outcrop, or found loose on the surface, as these invariably contain too high a per tentage to prove a fair criterion," Time it wilt be seen-that we have an abundance of Ore equaloin every .. respect to Mat used. at the English and Welsh Furi.aces and all theils now wanted is a Troteciive Tariff to nourish our works in their infancy and to induce our capital ists to cm', ark largely in the ironl business. We have the raw material in abundance, the skill and the in dustry; and we look forward at no distant day to see the hills and valleys of the Coal region teeming With the busy din of the Furnace and Rolling mill. It has been proved as well in the old country as in this, that the Coal region is the prepq place for the manufacture of Iron on a large scale. In England and Wales all the large Iron establishments are in Coal regions, and why should it not be so here? We hope 'ere many years elapse to see a second ..Dow. lay" in the valley of the Schuylkill. I shall mmy next, point out some of the many advantages that our Coal region possesses for the n anufacture of iron. We are happy to see That a Bill has been i"" duced into the Legislature of Georgia, to repe. tle Act which prohibits the issue of Bank notes der the denomination of five dollars. The privre of issuing small notes should be conferred upon 4 1°se Banks which promptly redeemed their noted spe cie. The sound Banks of the State ale rthy of consideration in this respect. Mn. TILLINGIIAST, of R. I. (0114 witha reso lution in relation to the Sub -Tre7 Bill` calling upon the Secretary of the 7 re to furnish the House with all the info' Mati n - possession rel l i i*_buildings erect ative to the Sub- Treasury Bi ed—the expense incurred—t- ' ilub " of 3ffice rs appointed--the salaries paid i j all the informa tion in his possession relt,,to the operation 9f the bill. id as soon as read, ob- The resorution was ren jected to by the Admirii? n members. A mt.tion was then !flied to print the resolu tion for the informatio - the House and country, but objected to from t athe source ' NATURAitION LAWS, .• Mr. Duncan, of J gave notice of his inten lion to bring in a xreterence to the Naturalize If repeal, &c. tion Laws, propo - 6lttxGrov, Dec. 14th, 1840. ,iBTATES SENATE. UNIT , REPEA " THE SUB-TREASURY. ‘., ,ikentucky, presented a resolution Mr. ""Aiibi declaring till entitled an Act for the roller .," Lig and disbursement of the public tion, safe•k so r be repealed. Mr. Clay, after sub money, elution, said he should not call for the mitting ifif the resolution at the present time. consid.4 Iled up to-morrow and take precedence It 111° iiiiness except resolutions of a similar of or. chard PUBLIC LANDS. if i LAY also offered nn important resolution in 110 to the Public Lands, calling for informa 4to the amount sold for the last twelve years. rsolution was laid on the table and ordered to he d. Mr. Clay accompanied the resolution with remarks on i the importance of the subject. From the Savannah Republican Congress. HOUSE OF REPIMSP.NTATP:4 Decembei th, 1840 SUB-TREASURY B 1 1011 Tilt 2111211tVe JOU NAL4 THE IRON TRADE. - - No. 3.. In my lest I gave you a description of so me of the Iron stones found in the Coal region of Schuylkill county, I shall now give you a description of the Ores used at the English and Welsh Iron Works, found in the Coal regions of those countries, and shall compare them with our own. ij The principal Ore used in England and Scotland, is the carbonate of Iron of the Coal measuies ; this ore yields from 30 to 33 per cent. of iron ; it is found in strata or beds varying from 3 to 18 itches in thickness, and produces an Iron of excellent ; quality. The following extract taken from Dr. the's' works on Arts and Manufactures, may not be uninteresting to some of your readers. After giving the analysis of some of the best Ores from the English and Welsh Coal basins, he says : " The mean richness of the Ores of carbintate of Iron of these Coal basins, is not far fromf 33 per cent., about 28 per cent. is dissipated on anaverage on the roasting of the Ores. Every ferugenious clay-stone, is regarded as an Iron-ore, when it contains more than 20 perjcent. of metal ; and it is paid for according to its quality, be ing on an average at 12 shillings per ton in qtafford sbire. The gobbet], however, fetches so high a price as 16 or 17 shillings, The Ore must be roasted be- fore it is fit for the blast furnace; a procesi carried on in the open air. A heap of Ore mingled with small coal (if necessary) is piled up over a tratum of large prices of coal ; and the heap may be 6 or 7 feet high, by 15 or 20 broad. The fire is applied at the windward end, and after it has burned ri certain way, the heap is prolonged at the other exiremity, as far as the nature of the ground or the convenience of the work requires. The quantity of Cod( reqe site for roasting the Ore varies from one to fcfur hun dret' weight per ton, according to the portiun of bi tuminous matter associated with the iron stove. The Ore looses in this operation from 25 to 30 der cent. of its weigh. Three and a -quarter tons of crude Ore, or two and a quarter tons of roasted Or l e are re. quired to produce a ton of Cast iron : that is to say. the elude material yields on an average 31.1. 7 per cent., and the roasted Ore 44. 4of pig metal. In most smelting works in Stair°idshire, abou l t equal weights of the rich Ore in round tiodulescaletlgub bin, and the poorer Ore in cakes called blue flat are employed together in their roasted state; butithepro portions are varied in order to have an unit:Urn mix- tore capable of yielding frop 30 to 33 pericent. of metal. To treat two and one quarter tons of roasted Ore, which furnish one ton of pig iron, hineteen hundred weight of limestone are employed consti tuting nearly one of limestone for three of unroasted Ore—the limestone costs six shillings per ten." Until the year 1740 Iron was made in England exclusively with Charcoal, and prior to that period none of the Iron stones of the Coal regidn vire used, but as soon as the Iron manufacturers found it ne cessary to locate themselves it the Coal region for the purpose of being convenent to the - new kind of fuel that they' were about t. adopt, they found the necessity of searching for Ore nearer their wq r k s than the magnetic Ores ant they had been in the habit of using were; the esult was that an abund ance of excellent Ore we discovered in the Coal re gions in• the immediate vicinity of their works, and altho' it did not yield so high a percentage of Iron as the magnetic Ores they found it more profitable than transporting riser Ores from a distance. With regard to ar own country our experience has been the same as it was not until alter the erec tion of the Pottsvre Furnace, that many of our land owners would to the trouble and expense of searching for 01 end no manner had the exploration commenced t hi we heard 'of new veins of Ore being opened daily and the Ore of such good quality, that we no long. hear the question asked, have you Ore in the Cc region Mr. Perry, the Anthracite founder ss he visited one Mine. (Messrs. Mann & Co,) .at could alone supply five Furnaces for rctiatarusicxxan.) HON. JOHN BANKS, Ma. Bsa:c•v are pleased to see this gen tleman's name among the prominent candidates, for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Banks is und'ubtedly one of the moat popular men in the state ; his talents are of the highest order ; and he would receive at least a thousand more votee in Berks, than any other democrat in the State ; ho has also the advantage of being extensively and fa vorably known in the western part of the State. In 1830, Mr. Banks was elected to Congress from the District composed of Erie, Warren, Sec. as the Tariff candidate, and we believe was triumphantly re-elect ed twice. On the floor of Congress he was always found foremost among the friends of the Tariff. As a Tariff man, Mr. Banks should receive the support of the Coal region, as that measure is of vital impor tance to the interests of our county. • Vie Benefit of Adtertising.—A merchant lately put en advertisement in a paper, beaded \ "Boy wan red." Next morning he, found a band box on his door step, with this inscription —" How will this one answer?" On opening it, he found'a nice, fat, chub. by looking specimen of the article he wanted warm ly dons up in flannel ! — Akraedrict Curette. 1 F~,
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