0 EU i'`' 111 Ell poTTsvi LLlg. ,au Morning, Dec. 26. satur. 1_ We haveitiade a numbet of drufla an cnW della. 6i onfrompem—Viiiiope they will be accepted 'a 4 promptly! met, other wise we will befropellea to ,op the tricOly . supplies. The 11 an tine Democrat svtlfritear front us next sett 1 3: ' , • ' . site,,partientar Attenti3n to No. 4, on 1 the Iran Trede in this paper. 1 I, • 4t, I Ifiat i 0 ,0144 , / be "Ned , '-ehrixfm This is/ the season of festivity and 1 1 'Gyarat, ' aOM Christmas presents hta hand, as I ,• • hail o ; done before. sure of a hearty welcome; ' ad althoug a few icicles hang upon his snowy i deal:; and ' a t orch is somewhat the coldest, as i n _ 1 e wartnth f his affection, he draws us to his eat seal but makes ample amends for tt. all in the imam h . as much delights in difl:a s i ng around il. lighti Nfel t me o nceon i ce and mo n r a e em old re e ; h •g r n ts . tm T as h . e fo j r l t y b o in u e s I irghlof chi! otid becomes mere boisterous ' as he is l i f of thy i preach ; eager andloping youth looks i i ?sward to eat thee with' a heart bouncing with an. 011eipations o future delight; while they who have edvamstd in he j inmey .of life to mant.noe, and old ige, hail th venerable form as thit of an old and lilialued Eden The sick man's chamber is gladden !eilwith thy resence, and even those upon whom the ittla hand poverty has fallen, and perchance al post crushby its weight, smile'at thy coming, and !forget their lets and pri4tions whilst thou art by, ei r lifer faithpo* Is beyond this to another and a better tvporld. ld ley hear the " still small voice" whip. ilter to th h rt, to lay up treasure there. il Bat the are other and holier recollects con. I/lacted with, his festival, and the sincere contriver of ?;the, once des l ilted Sax trine. as he turns to the sacred . Ipage whic h ecords tho advent of his incarnate G.A.'• flicils a joyithin him which is beyond the power of t;ngue sad en to express—in that o God so loved ,t e world ass; to. give his only Son, that whosoever believeth onriim might have eternal life," and he la ever read to repeat the song of praise uttered by the Angels. s they left the startled shepherds upon lie midnigh plains of Bethlehem, 0 Glory to God as the high t, and on earth, peace; good will tow . , ards.men." But five-tid not intend to write a sermon; and it conclusion, Wie present to our friends, one and all, the 4mpliment+if the season—. A merry Christmas, and a Happy! New Year." .I . . iIU This )iumber completes the NVI Volume of • the Miner's'4, ouraal, and the Eleventh since it has been ander o ur charge. We should be pleased to add 1 d at, les#4. ewe hundred new subscribers to our list on tha commenC6ment of the Seventeenth VOltime. A paper nnder the charge of the same individual for that length 4 timed, gradually increasing in prosperi. Sytis unto. - - vests, and commend, j j ler IX night— it ii danger falling of ignited coal (torn a grate in this Borough on Monday Motniug - lastwhich, if it had got under way, would probably Lai consumed several buildings. Iron Ore. ilf any person doubts the quantity of Tram Ore we possess in this region, let him go to Gaines Hill, Within the limits of the Borough, and euntine for himself. A large number of miners are not, busily engaged . in mining for Messrs. Marshall & Co's• Funikce ' and a number of cans are also • employed in t un sporting it to the works. We un derstand it ks delivered at the Furnace, for $1 75 per ton, vii:re at the pit's mouth $1 50, and 25 to cents per On itransportation. This new branch of business gives t ernployment to a number of persons during this inclement season. 1 aj.Robins4 charged with the murder of Mr. Suydam of New Brunswick, N. J., has been 'fully committed—aid pub!ic opinion has settled down to the; full conykfion that he is the murderer. It is also i'llecil that the persons who examined the cellar found 4nither glue similar M the one in which M. 8. cy, as buried, and fromthe fact of his haring invited pie mason who built the house, and to whom' he wir also indebted, to call on the same a g l i ; the supposition is that he would have shared thesame fate, i he had called—but want of punctu ality in this cos , probably liavcd his life. Ap ameidment to the Constitution to limit the pre;iilency !oh single term of four years, has been alrelady Profaised. in. both branches of Congress. not :t4 advisable to extend the term to six ye a, and also include in the amendment, the elec liot of the Secr i ttary of the Treasury, and Post Mea -1 te.t I pen er al, by Fongresp. Devraie of Notes on the Wilmington Bmnd?wit ' Bank. altered from One , to Five Dol ars. Thc:viare.neatly executed, and not easily defeated. Thel - irtter S. in dollars, in held letter in the iody of the 'ix ote. is a little out of the true line. L'Aier A. payabfe to R. - Lltrange Wader.-41 per in in Salem. (Mass.) has ofteietl a wager, I, Li hat Into the time the first Electoral Ivite l area. , „:. east tor en. Harrison up to the 4th of kiarOt next, ortelWinusqnd wicides VI ill take pl tee ill 1 , A the Faked Stated. $lOO were aepositedon the wager. t e J A ging from tlie number of suleidee that cv,e daily tri t with in thet.papers, there is a strong probability th t ;the individual in question will wln his wager. F. J. Grind, Gsq,. etlitoiot the Daily Standard proposes issuingia Weekly Standard. after the first o isnttary next. or? a large sheet, on the cash system Thins $2 per at um. Prospectus , next_week. `, (•10.,,l Direct ,11?-w York.—During the recent sa itetun uptiards Of 69,000 tons of Coal were carried am landini:direct to .New York in Brats, and itziyearthe quitutity will probably be increased to. tir 100,000 to . s. But three years ago, the' exper iMeital trip of ca rrying Coal to New York direct, wcsade by or enterprising fellow-citizen. Mr. M. Crosland, and like many other persons, On see a 11 9 10 ahead of their neighbors, he was .prtuqiunced by acre as crazy for embarking in this, salver then sup used. perilous undertaking. Our 'Thaottnen have ratted considerably by his enter-, priV • • sei end IA tav sting the rewards of their honest' Indu try—they ought not to forget those who con 'ed to their iirosperity. • The, Officers end Directors of the Farmer's of New Brunswick, publicly state that the trist*tion has abundant resources, and is able to itiet Lio its liabilities. • 'fie .3erettor,4-The following is the result of the el4tibo to , State ie&tator. in Philadelphia, on Tues jsY I.st ii 1 s fFor Wm: 11.!lisiod. (Democrat) 5143 1 forge timla'n, (Loco) IP 2572 - f . lipid's majority, I *Jr Creestria6, (Abolition) g i- ~. i l . 1 -.km ? , nrity over both. 1 .".. . 1 , , ---, k 1 ' ES The irallinf EXlettooganer..4llo Copy . the-fet• . 1 lowingironz the' Balikum ,'Anutteletitt.of -Dectiaber tetb.t...' -7 • I F4LING:Off. THE tairiiDetirEtt.•._ solustead of sending`yee d. repel!, of roe:edit* in the Housed Itepreiteiatitivia,-lain called upon to lend - Sti'accottnt of a turret. escape of life end limb. occasioned by the falling of the new Chtindeliec to the Hen of the House ofleresentativei. The • cident oceurred at ten o'clock or theresb;Ots, sad the fall svati-the weight of seven thousand &e hundred Pounds of brass, and lead, and glass, at the distance of some fifteen feet. The fill was a tremendous one; and the crash like the noise of a falling house, the echo of the Hall giving en increased noise to the fallen mass. Had the House been in session and the membets, in their seats, some dozen -members must have, been maimed or The rveight of the Chandelier fell in the centre of the part of it forcing a breach in the apes.' tu'e intended fur the furnace. The deilts in the vi cinity were broken to pieces.---4onunately the only damage done, beyond the destruction of the Chande lier. The Chandelier was lighted last night for the first time since Congress was in session. It was a beautiful piece of work—too gorgeous, perhaps, end certainly too expensive, the cost heint about five thousand dollars. There were severit,•eight lamps in it. holding a quart of oil each, end emitting a soli end beautiful light. But the light is out, and it seems in good time, for an escape so marvellous in _ such a wreck is wonderful" May this not be considered ominous of the down fall of that system of extravagance which has char acterixed_the Administration for the last eight years, and which the people have condemned in so tremen dous a manner, that even the inanimate, but georgeous 1 fixtures of Locofocoisna are falling before the storm of Popular indignation. That all similar extravagance at Washington may meet with a similar fate, ought to be the prayers of every well wisher of his country. Let our Capital, as far as our government officers ere concerned. be cog' pleteiy pulled of every vpeciea of extravagabce at the commencement of the new Administration--let our mien , practice plain fepuh lican Omp!irity, and our werd for it, it will exercise a salutary influence throughout the whole country. Q.:ant:fp of Coal transported on the following R sil Rome in Schuylkill county in 1840: West Branch Rail Road, Tons 182.000 Mount Carbon, • 72.390 Schuylkill Valley, 58.829 Mill Creek, 45.674 2571 77 1 ~'~ „e- ! _ 1 t , ...... ,. 7. ,, ,..,7, - -: M Total tons; The President's Message.—We refer our readers to Webster's annalization of the President'; Message. It shows conclueicelv that there is a Nation! Debt.. and places the President in quite as unpleasant a dilemma as his celebrated electioneering letter to Virginia did, in which he declared that he had never seen or recommended the 200,000 Stacding Army Bill. So convincing were the remarks of Mr. Webster, that Senator Wright in-reply admitted the existence of a National Debt—andaclinoviledges that this debt mistreated by the preseotAdministration. On this subject the Daltitnore American very properly remarks: . "The Senator from New Yolk intimates that al. though this is the only aiimintstiatlon that has cre aced a National debt in time of peace. yet there were circumstances that excused it and make it necessa ry. Who made thou csreumetanceil What we complain of and what we helieve the country feels indignant at, is, that the Administra. tion in its recent official documents has played a disingenious part. There has.been'a patient° shut fling—an attempt at evasion—a concerted postern of misrepresentation unworthy of the Gover2ment. We have no wish to do the AdministratimAnj Hi tler. Its expenditures have been large—we shall find no fault with that if it will tease from its pro fessions of economy. The people are not parsimo moos or miserly—but let it be shown hew the money has been, spent. And instead of °ming a reduction of expenditures under the next Administration—a policy which has beenstrangely forgotten under the present—why have we nut had a candid statement of the fact that the revenues of the country are inadequate to its necessary disburvments? Why have there been no suggestion., no plane for in creasing the receipts of the Treasury? The nation has a right to look for liberal statesman ship to high places. Party considerations have their sphere: but their is a higher region into which they should not be suffered to intrude. The livery of a faction should be put off on °cenobite when official men appear before . the people wearing, the insignia of the Constitution." ri The Hon. John W. Crockett, son of the immortal Davy, has written a letter to his constituents, an nouncing his intention of retiring from Congression al life _at the close of the present Congress. He os: signs as a reason for this course, his conscious want of high qualifications necessary to an able and effi cient discharge of his duties." Such modesty in a politici.m, it must be acknowledged, is a virtue somewhat rare." If the representative of thi. County. posseesed portion of the same kind of modesty, he would not take his seat in the legiela , ure of this State. Small No/es.—The New York Journal of Com merce ssys:—They are beginning to talk in Pennsyl vania about repealing the law which prohibits the circulation of small bills. So truth by ilecreesforees 'WlC:upon those most confirmed in error. So eof the southern States which have adopted the policy of prhibiting little hills as a great financial remedy, are making arrangements to give up their error." We are confident that four•fifths of the people of this State are in favor of the issue of small notes for a limited period, to aid in the resumption. and our rulers. in a democratic government. are bound In re. sped .the sashes of so large a majlrity of the people. A Secret worth knowing.—The Philadelphia titandard ptates that if a horse refuses to draw, tie a string tightly round the horses ear cbwe to the head. give him lonise - rein and ho will walk off without any difficulty. Thecommunily are indebted to John C. Montgoinery, Esq. of Philadelphia, for the secret, who bps tried it mare than a hundred times, and never knew it to fall but once. Alabama. The Electoral vote of this State will probably be rejected on the ground of irregularity. The electors voted viva rote fur President and Vice- President-16e Constitution requires them to vote by ballot. Erploaion.—A Boiler in Mr. Gabriel Moore'e Pa per Mill, in Kensington, Philadelphia, exploded on Monday morning last, completely demolishing the building. Mr. Moore end two other persons who were in the building at the time were very. aeriously injured, but relict.. lost. Loss upwards of $lO,OOO. The boiler was throsin the distance of about forty feet, forced through the wall of a brick. dwelling. and fell OD a bed which three children had but n few moments before left. Two of the persons injured by the explosion have since died. z• Machine fur Making Brick..—Tho Baltimore American states that a Mr. Sawyer has invented a Machine for making Brick, which is drived by an eight horse power Steam Engine, and with four men and three boys can turn out fifteen hundred pressed Brick per hour. The Brick are said to besuperior to %bad guinutecuned in the onlinagyinur. - ° .'• • Ell • . MEI ill 02. We are requested stale that the wit drawn drib° cioston first et Jaiinaryi 1841. From the ll} & Gramm . , I H I .6. • Horrid - j The . hcilyrif exosn by name uel John. men, whofoimerlfogined nd ke ' pring House jotece little distance from the city on the Old York oad..end who has heen missingsince Monday last. was found On iitatnrilay morning in a shed adjoining the house. buried about eighteen inches in the ground 4-the bead Wee very much cut end was in a horrible state. The deceased waeabout 60 yeersef nee and had a short time before sold his hotel for $OOOO., The knowledge of his having the money in his possession. has no doubt caused flora: Omission of the horrid art , , An individual on whom :suspicion has fastened has .1' • since absconded:: '— An examination before) Alderman Clark, elicited the following additional Circumstance's: It appears that the house in which the deceased lived. was rented h e y a man named Heffner ; two other families also re wiled in the house; the deceased had the second story fMnt mom ; be did 'no Work, but subsisted on the divulenda of some railroad stock which he owned. He told his wife on Monday last that he would go to the city to receive a dividend, a t Quoting to about $ O. ?fin being'away some time. his wife being wa armed at his not retutning.as.ked Heffner if he had sten him ; he said yea, hehod seen him on the road, c i a II that he was going into the country on business. is rm. Johnson had been Or some time importuning effner to grant her the use of an out-house or shed, hich bad been spied for storing of rubbish. He etratied her request from time to time, using as his ex cise that be bad not theley. She at last gained ad mittance, when the first thing she saw on the floor was her husband's hat. . This excited her suspicion, apd causing a search to be made, the body was at length dragged out from under the floor, mutilated in the most horrible mannK; three distinct cuts were visible, severing the phaigna and esophagus. leaving only the caroted artery untouched; one of the bands was much bruised, as it it had been raised to ward off a blow. A hatchet and ti.chisel Were found, stained with blood; there was also produced a blue j4cliet and pantaloons, and yellow buckskin gloves, nach stained with ItloodL-the jacket very much go Ileffners wire recognized them aster husband's, and said ilrit he had : been wearing his beet dollies for a few days past, giving as his season that he was going out on business. He did not go, however. Mrs. H. was very comprised during the trial and solemnly a• verred her ignorance of the murder. Heffner was in the yard at Abe time when Mrs. Robinson gave the alarm, and muttered something, saying aloud .I'll go fur the Coroner.' He went act ay. and has not since been heard of. He has very probably steered his course for New York, as he has many acquaintances there. In the course of the search which was in stituted, an old cellar. to which cabbages and turnips were kept, was examined ; the fiber of this cellar. under the vegetables. wilt found to be clotted with blood. which leads to the supposition that the mur der had-been committed in this place, and the body afterwards dragged up stairs and buried under the floor. Mrs. Heffner was admAted to bail in the sum of $lOOO. and the other persons. Tie itling in the house in $lOO. to appear when SUMMRittI. The po lice are using every effort to track out Heffner, who has no doubt committed this hot.L e murder. 358,883 Another Murder has been omitted it this State. It is stated that the body of Mr..l Rutherford. formerly a merchant at JohnsonbAffgh. was found near Jugtown, (Warren county.) deposited under a coffin, where another person had bees buried previ nuely.—The appearance °I the grave created suspi cinns of its having been disturbed and its examina tion led to the discovery. Tney were induced first to believe that some resarrectiunist had violated it, and an attempting to ascertain the fact they found the body of the murdered man. Mr. R. is said to havo been a man of wealth, engaged in buying end Paling cattle. and at the time of his leaving home he had a large amount of money on his person.— Netcark Daily 4d. ayrhere appears to ho an unusual number of mutders and suicides committed this season. Were we to copy one-half, with the heart-rending and sick ening details, it would fill our sheet for several weeks. A woman, by the name of Locke in Broome coun ty, Y.) in a fit of insanity, murdered two of tier children by cutting their throats with a razor, and then cut her own throat with the same instrument. The mother atilt survives. An aged man by the name of Scott, his sister, a little girl, a negro boy, and a negro woman, in South ampton county, Virginia, were, last week murdered in a shocking manner by some fiend, who beat out their brains with a pe.s.li, and then set the House on tire. The murder was supposed to have been corn. mitted to efr el a robbe y —but the knovin ercrpe of one of the inmates who gave the alum seems to have frustrated the design. The individual up on whom suspicion rests, and who has been ar rested, spent the evening with the family,—traces of blood were discovered in his whiskers—and a suit of his clothes have since been discovered ell besmear ed with blood. He was among the spectators of the sr ene of blood on the following morning, and when accused of the murder, he protested his innocence by the absence of blood upon his clothes Jeremiah Conway, of Donwiddie county, Vs. on the 13th inst.. in a tit of j-alousy, shot a young man by the name of EJwaril LOAtii. residing in has family. He has been arrested and committed. Horibk.—The United St I tes Gazette nt Tuesday states, that a Mr. 41urray, one of the Guardians of the Poor. found in a room its an unfiaished house, its Sixth near Catharine Street. without any fire, the windows of which were merely boarded up. a girl of nineteen years old. lying 011 a pile (+shavings, with a small quantity of covering on her, pale, lean and emaciated, sinking front very want into an untimely grave. In the room also lay the corpse of a fine hay who had petistsed with bungee, and two other children were shivering with cold and per shinty with want. The Father was a/sa in the room beapt/y drunk. The girl bee since died, c a. The pope' woe or a quo Lti 1,515 695 CENSUS OF PENNSYLVANIA Aerregate Population of the Counties which eon. stitute the Eastern District of Pennaylvanio. 23.067 69,726 • 43,661 • 57 511 30'937 30,115 19,743 37.790 85 015 21.279 23.8 n 9677 47.197 40,982 /706 93.673 J 65.049 3828 29.081 11.648 49,858 Adams Berke Bucks • Cheater Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Franklin Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh Monroe Montgomery Northampton Perry Phaladelphiarity Philadelphia Co. Pike Schuylkill Wayne York -.womb /'Oil 910,715 making 80 tong of pig metal per week. The returns of thartritine (onnties show a pop- The completion of the Reading rail road to this olation of 1336,565. - Thqopnlation of the whole place will ids pip..-17 increase the adventairs of the state will probable roach 1,860,000. In 1630,1 hp. Mg 6 "7 - facture of iron. Thew are very parbition ef the state was 1 1 4 ., _ l63lThlala Wbstet. 1111," k -ffi""'',m..,,.... :**:***.ittaii:::,l4iiiii4 -- :* -- :_ :, . ofSlie'Prisidential Election ) 1 a4 ll /E 7° The following Tilde exhibits the Popular Vote in oath State in the gni° o r ,Nerverr sad also theßlertoral Votaiisri cut for President and Vice President _in the is Castle ;'4 joivi l Et iz etom tio c lt i t ii ;x e N r Presi ki, both Bil WORMS : 1 -- ,, •' . • i ."-: &Oar vote for Priv 1, went Majorities. NOW, Of Maki. ;1; "im.. : , ' • • .........:........,........... 1 ....., ...............-. .• Harrison. V. Bum. Hai. V. H. Har. Maine. • 46,612 46 262 . 410 - —lO l Now HOmpsbire, l - ' 25,483 31.919 ' 6,436 ... Vermont, . 32,445 18.009 ,- 14.436 7 Massachusetts, • 72, 6 7451.944 20.930 14 Rhode Island. • 6,440 3.263 1,977 4 Connecticut, ' i . 31.212 ' 24.888 .6.324 8 New. VOA. ; 225.812 212,519 13,293 • New Jersey. - 33.351 31,034) 2,317 8 Pennsylvania, 144.018 143.675 343 30 Delaware, . 6,967 4.874 1,092 3 Maryland,- ..e! , ,33.529 28,754 4,775 . 10 Virginia. "c,4.1,405 42,818 -- 1,413 North Carolina, . 46,376 39,782 12,694 15 South Carolina, (By Legisia l ture ) By !Alb' lat Te. Georgia, , 40.349 1 31.989 8.360 11 Kentucky. 68,4891 32.616 25 873 15 Tennessee, • 69 054 47.482 P,572 l5 Ohio, , '',-..., 148.157 124.780 23.377 21 Louisiana, - .ll 296 7.61 I 3 680 - 5 Indiana, 65.302 M. 604 13.698 . 9 Mississippi. 19.518 16 995 2,523 4 Illinois. ~-, 45.637 47.476 1.939 Alabama, v,"••i , 28.471 33.991 .5,520 " 111i.souri, 21,441 28.043 6,602 Arkansas, 4,362 6 048 , 1,686 Michigan, - 22.911 21,106 1,805 3 —..-- —.—. —.------ 1.269311 1,123,427 234 . 1,123.427 .. Har. maj. on popular vote, 145,784 . . ~. Whole [lumber of Votes polled, 2, • The other vote for Vice President CIIIIISTM S 11131V4 'Tins the night Wine Christmas. when all thre the tin",". Not a creature was stirring, not even a mourn, The workings wt re nung by the chimney with care, In the hope that St. Nicholae" soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in thetrbeds. wh i t e v isions of enear•l lums danced in their hutds, And mamma in her 'kerchief and I in m enp. {lad just settled niwbrains for a lone winter's nap; When out on the lee n there arose such n clatter, I sprang from the bed to Rt e what w.ts the matter. Away to the window I flew Ike a flash. Tore ni en the shim( rs. and threw un the sash. The moon on the breast of the new fi , l'en snow, Cove the lustre of rout.dst to olject• below, When what to my wandering eves should ant ear. Rut a miniature sleigh and e•eht tiny rein deer, With a little old driver en lively soil quick. I knew in a moment it mutt be St Nick. Dore rapid than mks his coursers they came, And he whistled and ehomed. ant. called them by name: Now. Dasher! now. Dancer! now, Prancer! now, Visen! Or . Comet! on. Cupid ! nn, Dander and Rlisen ! To t h e top o f t he porch!—tit the topof the well! Now &Rh away ! d ish away !dash away all!" As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly. When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So up to the bonne -top the course , s they flew. With the sleigh full of tore —awl St. Nichol is too. Anti then, in a twinkling I heard on the roof. The Tanning and pawing of each little hoof; As I diew in my head, and was turning around. Down the chimney St. r4icholas came with a bound. Ile was dressed all in for, from his head to his foci:, And hi. clothes were nil tarnished with ashes and soot ; A bundle of toys was flung on his back, And he looked like a pettier just opening his pack ; Ilis eves —how they twinkled! his dimples how merry. ilia cheeks were bite roses. his nose like a cherry ; 11in - droll little mot.th wits drawn up like a how. And the beard of his chin was 118 white as the snow ; Tim stump of a pine he held tight in his teeth. And the smoke it mciccled hip head like a wreath. Ile had a broad face ands little round belly. That shock c hen he Wished like a bowl full of jelly. Ile was c hubby and • lume.a right jolly old elf: And I laughed when 1 saw him inspire of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist nfttiv head. Soon gave me to know 1 had LA/11;m+ to dread; ire ,coke not n word but wen' straight to his work, and tilled all the stockings; then tu•nexl with /Omit, A. d laying hip finger aside of hie nose, And giving a nod. up the chimney he rose. Ile 'prang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him minim, ere he drove out of sight, '• Merry Chriytmas to all, and to all .a good night." 'Santa Clans Fon TUE MINEII . B JOURNAL. The Iron Trade. NO. 4. . In my last I promised topiiint out some of the many advantages that the Co4,l l region possessed for the manufaciure of Iron. They are many, but I shall treat of but a few. One of the most important advantages to he derived from a location in the t 'oat region,,i4 the compare' ive ly.srnall amount of capital required to carry on the operations of a Furnace or Furnaces ip the vicinity of Pottsville ; this advantage is caused by the prox imity to both coel and ore. the trifling cost of fuel for steam poiher, and the facilities by a hich access can he had to the ctty u(. Philadelphia at all seasons of the'year. The facilities for getting ore and coal at a reduced price, and the fact of its being placed within so short a distance of the Furnaces. would - obviate the neces sity of procuring it faster than it was required for me use of the Furnace: hence, the capital required for Coal and Ore would be trifling, comparatively speaking. A large amount of capital in Coal or Ore and sometimes both, is always required where the furnace is located at a distance from either ; a stock must always bikkept on hand to guard against breaks. low water, transported by Canal, and rimer tous contingencies if transported by any other mode of conveyance : and the disadvantage arising from a fixation at a distance from either, must be apparent to the most 'casual observer. Here in the Coal region, the ore and coal may both be mined within a fat yards of the furnace, as would be the case at the mines of Charles Lawton. adjoining our Bon ugh, the mines of Messrs. Mann & Co. at Mt Lanalifee, of the Mesa**. Carey, at st. Clair, and numerous others in the region ;—the rap. nal required for the raw material at either of these locations, would be just the amount required from week to week, to pay the mining operations, as the ore and coal would be taken from the hands of the miner just as last as it was used at the furnace ; hence, the interest would not be lost on a large stock of ore and coal accumulated (as is the case at most furnaces) upon the furnace bank. Another great advantage to be derived from a loca tion in the Coal region, is the trifling expense of fuel for steam power and hot blast : at the furnace of Messrs. Marshall & Co. of this place, the fine re. I fuse coal that has been crowding our mines and landings for years past. is now brought into use for generating steam and heating the blast, and by the application of a small blast by means of a fan, an- 1 ewers admirable for this purpose;—this fine coal is' delivered at the furnace by our coal operators free of charge, so anxious are they to get rid of the large quantities annually made et the mines and on the landings ;—this substitution of the fine coal for the large, has dime created, a diminution in the amount of feel equal to $1,75 on every ton of pig iron made, which is no email item in the accounts of a .furpace 392,638. %V is given for Mt. POLE. tined counnuntconoti to Markt t can be hail by rail road or can4l at all Gelatins of the year. The facility' afforded by the rail road, will do away with the ne cessity of having any dead capital in the shape of pig and other ir.n ti.at will accumulate during the season that our cabal is closed. Here advantages erupts, taken of the city market at all seasons of the year, and the iron may be sent to market as fast as made The cost of transportation will also in all proba bility he less than on any other canal or rail road in the titAe. The Reading Rail Road and Bchuylkill Canal Companies beinglivalsi each will be anxious to secure the trade of the region, and the competi tion rill doubtless be the means of reducing the price of transportation to the lowezt amount for which it can be done. The iron business heretofore, owing to bad loco cations, difficulty and expense of procunng fuel, the large amount of capital required for horses, waggons &c. attending the great amount of transportation ne cessary at a ChareU4Funusee; all these expenses summed up. required so great an amount of capital, that few would venture in the business except those who could afford to embark a large capital in it; not so now however. The introduction of Anthracite es fuel has so simplified the business, that correct esti mates of the cost of making iron can be made pre vious to entering the business, without the risk of any of those contingent expenses that are always so vexatious at charcoal furnaces. The exact cost of coal, ore, limestone, and labor can very readily he aft• certained, and the proprietor of a furnace in the coal region, may. within the space of a few hundred yards, superintend the whole operation of his busint ss, from the mining of the coal end ore, to the delivery of the finished bar upon the rail road to be transported to market. Thus it will be seen that the iron business in the coal region is as it were in a nut shell. But a small amount of capital is required for the operations of the business, a may all be carried on within a small space, and the manufactured iron can at all seasons of the year be delivered in Philadelphia. in 10 hours after it is made, and I think I can with safety say, that this is more than can be done at any location in this State, out of the coal region of Schniy,l - County. With regard to those situations whew the advan- tages of [oration convist merely in being in the im mediate vicinity of the ore, we would remark, that after the smelting of the ore into pig metal, no more ore is required, bet in the process of making bat iron. shout four tons of coal are required to manufacture one ton of the latter, so that independent of the say-. nog in cost of making pig metal in the coal region. the saving in converting pig into bar iron at a large Rolling Mill. would be immense, and of itself would be equal to all the profits of a rolling mill of the same mew., 50 miles from the Coal region. In my next, I shall give you a description of some of the locations at our mines where coal and ore have been opened together, and also the yield of the ores from the best information. to be obtained ; I shall al so endeavour to give you a: correct estimate of the cost of making iron, antr,the expense of erecting a furnace in the region. F. Population and Statistics of Schu) lk ill county. We are indebted to the Philadelphia North Ameri can fur the full ming statistics of our county, which no doubt will be read with interest. It wilt be ob sessed that the capital invested in the Coal Trade is . 4530,862 Iron Trade, 0 152,0001 Various Manuf.cturerr, .4 243,660 i y ea; -- Inviled in Merchandise, ,r 3 052,700 r Total capital , $1:27a.222 • •SCHUYLKILL COUNTY: Whole population. F 2 29,081 Of these there are— , . W bite males W Into feinale. Under 5 years of age, 2832 2b36 . 5 and under 10 2262 ,2229 10 " 15 1778 1584 15 go r 20 1275 1396 20 n 90 2921 2505 30 40 2034 1566 ' 40 " 50 990 854 50 " 60 492 452 60 " 70 230 232 70 " 80 88 , Ds 80 " 90 33 • 28 90 N 100 1 2 Colored males Colored fetnal's Under 10 yeans of age; 47 39 10 and under 24 52 49 24 •' 36 39 27 36 .“ 55 SO 27 55 " 100 1 0 16 Number of persons engaged in mining 1015 ; eg. riculture 2919 .; commerce 82; manufactures and trades .1142; navigation of Canals, lakes and rivers 203; learned professions and engineers 105, No. of pensioners for revolutionary or ;'-iitilitary service 10. No. of deaf and dumb, blind and insane' white persons 23. Schools, dtc.—No. of Academies and Grammar Schools 3; of scholars 127 ; Prim an .Schopls 281. oars 1099 t 1.. -z. -.-' rl OttOnriat lfitisiness. SargirtiltliG.STOlLlL :rats Subseilbet returns his'grateftil achnotil; edgements to the' citizens of Pottsville and ` ithers, Who stepped forward to hie assistance after lostof his property by 'fire °hi December last, and would'also, acquaint them iind'the public gen- . • ertilly, that he has aria commenced the Drug Business in the house fo wetly' occupied e b y Charles of • %V. Clemens , in Centre Street, in •thorough' Pottsville, where may, always be had a general at sortment of ' Drugs, -- Medicines, Paints, , Pals, . Glass, Dye tiituilt, And every other article in the above line, which he is disposed to, sell on very low and accommodating terms. N. B. 117 Physicians prescriptions carefully put up at the shortest notice. - Wl4l. T. EATING. Pottsville, May 30.1838' OFULA ide,_ TY- Putrid vsmodie ervous Tic Heart. Aun3id _ ravel ipi lan Inta r• us To be Let. ~- WE Valley Furnace, come time ago arranged for smelting Iron Ore with Anthracite Coal, with an excellent and-, powerful Steam Engine at to it. The furnace is situate four miles froth' Port Carbon, up the Schuylkill Valley Rail Road, on the Valley Furnace land. 4., These lands crossing the whole of the Schuylkill ' NI range, contain alt the different coal .veins or I `a of coal of that celebrated Coal regloti, a nate , 5 1 which have been opened, and some of thefts 9 "kworked. There is also plenty of Iron Ore 4 - tid,some.of the Veins of which have bean - 5 Avorable location and facilities already init the. hope of making Iron at the very ril Efl3 $2,7;i pt the conditions would be made Hat ItPPIY to WILLIAM F. DEAN• caps ma. 29—If capitalinv Leather, i'OODE9S neries 14 ; sidria T E D of upper leather ORLY PILLS. capital invested S:V recommended to the of leather, saddleriCa ' fe and efficient rent articles $31,440; a .. tits peculiar to their Soap and Candletw;ttsions. \ neral Debilit d Irre y gu. of ? 1 pounds of tallow canaiegme strengthen capital capital invested $1,500. :Stomach and ;- . Distilled and Fermented 1.1 1 /thy C action ries 2 ; gallons produced 4.3o2reate Ap %,,, ari d „,,•,. lons produced 110,240; men em se e u t in ; 4 2,•",'''i invested $19.100. , len:lake - 1: ''', P - o - wder Mills—No. of powder mil)11. 1 ate 3 1:• - :.; gun powder made 6,000 ; men employ‘Yr" toe 't., - - ,':-:, invested $1,200. ,i ') Drugs and Medicines, Paints and Dye*, ''':, medicinal drugs, paints, dyes, &c. ma 4 •:-'-' ~ $l,lOO ; men employed 3 ; capital investe& L , , a Sugar Refineries. Chocolate, &c.— Value lectionary made $6,000; men employed 4. cal 4 ,1 11 invested $2,000. . • „ \ Printing lino Biding — Nn. of printing offices 4\ binderies 1; weekly newspapers 4; men employed '. 12 ; capital invested $4,500. Carriages and wagons—Value of manufactures $8.661 ; men employed 19; capital invested $5,100. Mills—No, of flouring mills 6; barrels of fluor manufactured 7:053 ; grist mills 47 ; saw mills 212; value of manufactures $47,757; men employed 200; capital invested $94,500. Furniture--Value of furniture manufactured $9,- 617 ; men employed 29 ; capital invested $5,150. ' Houses—No. of wooden houses built 9 ; men em ployed 40 ; value of constructing or,building $7,800. All other manufactures not enumerated., capital invested $7,500. Items of News. The lion. Joel Milieu-lan bee resigned him Peat in Congress as the representative of the first Congrest. Pifinal district of Virginia, assigning ae his reason that he can no longer rrprerent the-feeling, and wishes of a majority of his conatitments. Col Wwe, one of the ablest, staunchest, and most virtuous supporters nt Gee. Harrison, and the son of old Mad Anthony'" the pride of our Revolt". tionary war, his declined permitting his name, to be used as a candidate for Governor 01 Pennsylvania. South Carolina —The Hon. John•C. Calhoun was on the lat l o st. re.eleeted ter six years a cm tither of the U S.Stmate from South Carolina, by the Legie. !tame. Arrival at Galrorstozon.—The papers state that the British iron ship inansides arrived at Gelvestown from Liver' ot,l, a ith a valuable cargo, consisting of iron. tin, cry 'loons. lOU ions coal, 6ne pianos. c., together with blcoded stock of various kinds, & C. The town of Eden in Vermont went unanimously fur Harrison. Happy place. that Eden. Amos Kendall. Ex.Piut Alaster General Ex. Edi• tor of the Extra Globe, Ex-Charge Master General, Expected Editor of Hen&lli. Expositor, and Extra ordinary Humbacgcr in General. has it ft Washing. tun p•ince the election, and sloped off to the West. The number of members of the Methodist Church in Michigan is 11,408. namely, 11.300 while mem. hers, 12 colored and 87 Indians.—The number of ministers 73, and local preachers 116. They say old Hickory attributes the overthrow of h 6 party in Tennessee to the influence of Mrs. EsTorr. No man kr.ows the influenee of that lady better thou the General himself ; and, conseqt ently, no one ie better qualifiid to judge of her power. Media/v.-11e official rpojof.ty in Virginia is 1413; 1939; Michigan - , 1837; Misanuri, ac cording to a Jefferson correspondent of the Missouri Republican, 62.48. Alabomn.—We teem fr ,, m the Wetumpha Argue of the 25th ult., on the authority of a gentleman di• rect from Tuscaloosa, that the official majority in Alabania is 5547. The Log Cabin', edited and published in New York, by Houses tlnswr, Esq. has re-appeared after a temporary suspension, in a new and beauti ful typography, and will be published hereafter at the very low price of one dollar per annum. The Log Cabin. in the late contest, was by, far the most efficient political paper tit the State of New Yotk. Its circulation averaged from eighty thousand to one hundred thousand cepies. end like the spirit of truth, it eas every where present to espial the lies and and sophistry of the enemy. South Cordina.-.lohti P. Rie.herdvon wee on the 9th invt. elected by the Legislature to be Governor Of this State. and William K. Slow_ney to be Lieuten ant Governor.• . , The Ltuistown paper nominates Suers Zoos as -a candidate for Governor.in the ptaee of blr. Porter We know Mr. Znok. and think him an, amiable man, but he will not run for the' office. The New York Times states that a petition is in circulation in that city. addressed to cringresivto, obtain a protective duty on foreign silk, both man. °factored and °manufactured, imported into the United States. " Political bias." —We are informid that out of the twenty members of the Grand inquest, which presented 31r, Recordr Morris for his indecent and Illegal proceedings in the Glentworth affair, eleven were Locoloces Georgia Senator—Ate learn from the Admin. Chronicle that the Hon. John MaePhersan'ilerriin (Whig) has been elected U. S. Senator by the Leg ialature of Georgia, in place of Mr. Lempkin. • 3 Intemperance anti heath.—A man named - Mai was ifosen to death on the Ridge Road, on Ward night. Rum the cause. •, Tke N. Y. Evening Post, in its obituary notice ti the Great Rejected, says that.. Mr. Van BO cone Into power at a period of great embarraug* end distress." The School Lands of Michigan amount to LA 000 acres. , The lion. W. B. Pollen, Loco. has, been re.el ` 11 '.7 --- fte-dut United States from Ark • et . March taint. . `II II ii - 1* '4
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