II U . H II , r ' 1k , ii ca.o,urtacknow edgements are due to the editors of the liar isburg k eystone , for an early copy of the. Goveriair' Messa. , , OITOW " , ( Sunday) , there will be collections Zn Trinity hitrclx forenoon end afternoon, in aid of Domestic iplissioni: neglecied • last week to notice the receipt of the ily Inte,ligencer," to be published at liar risburg,! b¢ Messrir; _Elliott h 3f Curdy, during the Beasioniof he Legislature, at per single copy—and ten copteoor s2sl—lts appearance is very n'eatt, and deserves the truppirt of the public. in the proeeetliqgs of the Democratic Harrison Meeting, in last week's paper, the following resolution was accidentally omitted. Oa mottm of Iffr. Bannan—Resolced, That the Standing bommittee for the county. appointed by the Tippticatioe lub be continued fur the ensuing year. , The We , her. ince our last publication, we have bad all ki n [ ds of w' ather.—The New Year was lush eretl in bi f a regular snow storm, which continued 1 , throughout the da , and covered the ground to the -depth of about twe've or fifteen inches. Throughout Sunday, the cold as intense, and on Monday morn ing the Thermotmiter stood at 19 degrees in Potts ville, and ,En Morn"' Addition, and on the Island, at 22 degree!" below Ip, which is within fi ve degrees of being as chid as it' was in the celebrated winter of 1835-36, (Oen th4:Thermometer stood at 24 degrees below 0, iU this Berongh, on the morning of tLe bth of January. , On Tuesday morning the tTher mometers ood at 8 '/egrees below o—and on Wednes day mornii g it coMmenced raining and' continued until Thursday night, with little intermission. 'The snow hue almoit entirely disappeared from the moun tains, and the streams were on Thurbday night very much swollen, beikg considerably higher thah they were during the great freshet of February, 1839, and highs than wehave ever seen them before. The freshet belw must he terrific indeed, and we are fear ful that •the destrnction of property will be very great. 1 . Great I. • ea het.—The great fall of rain on Wednes day and Thursday last, arid the consequent melting of the snot on our ?mountains, which has almost en tirely disappeared, has caused one of the greatest freshets knbwn is this section of country since 1810, when the Water w 4 probably a few inches higher than it was on Thucsday . night. The destruction of property his been Considerable by the filling up of cellars, &c4in this Borough', which in some instances was so sulen that the merchants had not time to re move their goods. Our friends in Coal Street, had their communication, with the rest of the town com pletely cut Off by the.water in the Norwegiiin, which completely inundated nearly all the houses bordering on the strekm. Part of the embankment of the Greenwood ';,Canal has been swe e t away below the Aqueduct, {and the!' houses on the Island were all completely Surrounded with water.—The families from some Were carried nut when the miter was mid i:Be deep. The, water completely surrounded Cle • .mens & Par yin's Steam Mill, and the Whai l ves be low 'the Milli were wished into the Basin. About 50iiyards of he embankment of the Naviga tion ompadly's Can@ has been swept away opposite Tumbling Run Dam and about 100 feet of the em bankment opposite C. Lawton's Wharf, carrying away his schutes andrthe old bat house, and the old Bridge :conCiecting the new turnpike with Mount CarbonkasCalso carled off. The tow path Bridge opposite LeWisport isicarried away, and a breach has been made iii the Ca al at Adams' Locks Dribelbis' Dam ir4alsolinjured. The Schuylkill Bridge below this Borough is so much injured that it is considered dangerous to pass .over tr• ' At the first dam abbve Audenried's Mil!, the water ; firs L t antl completely surrounded the Lock House, cat ryinq away the stable, undermining the foundation of thebruse; t and thel.ocks also, the walls of both of which . • will Probably fall down—about 100 yards of the erngank . ‘nt of the Canal has also been carried away. A T sick person ii the Lock House, was rescued with grqat tficulty. The If.ailioads in this region are all more or less injured by t4e destruCtion of Bridges, undermining, The townt of PortlCarbon was completely inun dafed—ihe vilbter reached up almost as far as the Bank; but two, Bridges are lqft standing. Mr. Kinsley has lost corisiderplY, and Mr. Pott has lost his Garden and an acre Mr. jehnlPott's dam, at his Iron Works, on the West Branch, has been swept away, and his Works consideiablyf;injured. At Schuylkill Haven, the damage has also been very grqat. Several if the Coal Wharves have been washed : away, and theballance filled up. Mr. Louis Dougheky, we learn, lost several Railroad Wagons. The CoM hag also dis,ippeared from the Wharves. The Tumbling Rut Dam narrowly escaped from being ctirried'away—t i lie water had made a passage inside the wing wall c r the waste-way—fortunately, it was discovered in tithe—otherwise the dam would have beim syfept awa4i and Mount Carbon would have sufferceseverely.l . : The destruction of ifoats has ueen very great, and the whole coarse of thissr.reams in this neighborhood presented a frightful rippearance yesterday. Fortu nately no lives were last as far as we can learn—but there have been some Borrow escapes. If the damage to propekty great in proportion on the whole line of the Schuylkill, las it has been at this place, the loss Swill be immenYe. • c o. I t appears to 3be generally "conceded that Daniel lirebser will b Secretary of State under the new Adcninisyation. .: , , Henry Clay his given notice' in the U. S. eetate, that he•will cal f up his resolution offered a few day ago for a repeal of the Sub-Treasury Bill, on Monday neii, if thii Senate should be full. oc, The duty on foreign Coal is now six cents per bustle!, 01,51,68 p r ton of 28 bushels. The e;py in Iyashington," is of the opinion : that an 4xtra emon o Congress will be t necessary to repeat the;, üb-Tres ury Bill, and provide revenue tep keep the Wheels of t• ovemment in motion. Resumption.—Th e t anks in Philadelphia have generally resnrned—an all the others in the State will resume on the 15t . It is the duty of the cam iiuunity•to; aid the Ban:. in resuming as far as it is in their porter by drawing out as little specie as possible. !Ibis course is pursued, the ordinary channels Of specie, win soon be filled up, confidence will vaduallype restor d, and every thing will work well — buti.il ay attempt ismade to - draw out more 5 ,,, specie than qTerluireili the Banks are net - inju t d, but the CO farriarut, v. large are the sufferers, by dins compelling t i licin to cv l , 4-1.1 the ordiwrry business AccerninotiatiOns. 1 • . ' I IEI Governor's Matage.—The late period at whiCh this document was received, precludes the possibili ty of our publishing it this week entire—we will therefore present our readers with an abstract. The Messagi commences by referring the legisla ture to his message of last year' for his views on the subject of Internal Improvements, public debt, and the reform of the Banking system. These views he states are unchanged, and he earnestly recommends them to the attention of the Legislature. On the subject of resumption, he says : a The resumption of specie payments on the part of the banks, which constituted a year ago such a formidable portion of the difficulty in the way of ef ficient legislation, is about to be consumated, without your active interference at all. Under the resolution passed on the 11 day of April last, those institutions are tequired on ,and after the 15th day of January inst. to pay on demand all their notes, bills, deposites and other liabilities, in gold or silver coin, on penalty of the forfeiture of their charters, upon certain condi tions set forth in said resolution. It affords me great pleasure to state, that although the day fixed for the resumption was more remote than I wished at the time, yet the period of indulgence has Rearly passed away, and there is,now good ground to believe, that the banks of this Commonwealth will, as they are required to do, be ptepared again to discharge I their liabilities in specie. Should they do so, by continu ir:g strictly to . observe the law, and by fulfilling the just expectations of the public, they may regain the confidence which they have hitherto lost, and more particularly may they do this, if proper owes- ures be adopted for the better regulation and contro of their operations. One of the most immediate ad vantages resulting to the community, from the re sumption of specie payments, will be the entire ex pulsion from circulation of the illegitimate brood of small notes that have been poured in upon us from the neighboring states on all sides, in defiance of law, and of the most active endeavors to suppress them." He is opposed to any increase of the Banking capital of the State—and urges the enactment of a law, declaring the Charters of all Banks forfeited that may hereafter suspend specie payments: The Improvements of the State are represented to he in a better state of repair than they have been since made, although the tolls received fall short of last year's receipts, Urges the completion of the main lines of Canal as speedy as possible, and recommends a trial of these lines, to test film productiveness before any more works of this description are undertaken by the State. He represents the State Debt to be $ 36,790,775. 69, and estimates the public property of the State, at $3.6,498,370 96. $ 800,000 are required to pay Interest on the State debt on the first of February. On this subject the Governor's views are sound and orthodoz—be is de termined at all hazzarda to preserve the credit of the State as far as he is concerned. He says : I can never consent, by word or deed, to counte .,,nance the idea that the faith of the State can be vio lated by a failure to meet her engagements. If there be any in our country wh) would be willing, if they were able, to abrogate the contracts of the Common wealth, and be faithless to her creditors, let their doc trine be distinctly avowed and the issue fairly made up before the people. The intelligence and integri ty of our citizens would speedily convince the world, that they feel the necessity in a republican govern-. went of maintaining unsullied, public faith and na tional honor. In recommending the State tax, he declares that he considers this measure absolutely necessary—be lieving it to be the best mode of preserving the credit of the State. He earnestly calls upon the legislature to provide means to meet the payment of the interest—and if the funds cannot be obtained in any other way, ad vises the sale of the State stock inahe Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and Farmers' and Mechanics' Banks. ,Refers to the bad policy heretofore pursued of not making sufficient appropriations for repairs in the early part of the sessions, which causes great delay, and has proved to be detrimental to the best interests of the Commonwealth. The funds appropriated for this purpose last session, have been exhausted long Since—and the Supervisors had no funds to purchase materials to make the necessary repairs the ensuing winter. The Governor speaks of the advantages the State has derived by the connection of the improve ments of our State with those of Ohio, by the Penn sylvania and Ohio Canal, belonging to 'u private Company—recommends the passage of a la4v author izing the Canal Commissioners to treat wi the au thorities of the State of New York, for sudh a con nection of our improvements as' will resu i lt to the hest advantage of 'the two Commonweidths--and suggests the propriety of selling or leasiMv water power on the line of works where it is ab ndant— advises the appropriation of a small sum o money, to aid the 13,11 d Eagle and Spring Creek +igation Company, in which' the State is interested to com plete their works—and recommends to the favorable notice of the Legisl4ture the Williamsport and El mira Rail Road, as a work calculated to ai„d largely to the tonnage of our improvements when coat i plc ted. Recommends an appropriation to continue the Geological survey of the State, which will 'probably be completed this year,—speaks of the pecuniary em barrassments which has afflicted the comnunity for the last. few years—attributes it to speculation, and the large importation of articles of luxury,alludes to Secretary Woodbury's report, in which it is stat ed that the exportations or the coun•ry have exceeded the imports, and regards it as a favorabte sign,—ad vises our farmers to augment the productions of the soil, and improve their stocks of domestic animals-- pays a passing tribute to the air of substantial com fort and increasing prosperity which pervadcs the ag ricultural districts of,the State"—alludes to the ex tent of water-power, ,and the great facilitie we pos sess of converting our grain into bread stuffs—looks forward to the great advantages the State l j. will de rive from the success of the recent experiment of smelting Iron with Anthracite Coal. in the levelope ment of her great staples of mineral wealth—adding, as it undoubtedly will, millions to her active capital, which have heretofore been rent abroad for foreign Iron, &c.—The Goveinor says : "On the part of the Legislature, nothing is wan ted but a careful supervision of her various interests, to place this Commonwealth on a firm basis of pe. cuniary independence. Whatever course other states may think proper to pursue, let it be the pat riotic duty of Pennsylvania to sustain and cherish every effort to develope her resources, and to advance her glory and her renown. Vindicate her eharac• ter for integrity—fulfil all her engagements faith fully—husband her resources with economy, but not with a false mistaken spirit of parsimonious il liberality—and the fair fame of Pennsylvania will stand,before the world without spot or blemish to tarnish it. To maintain this fame unsullied, should be the 'first and most unyielding duty of every citi. zens honored with any station, in which be becomes its official guardian. d . should deem myself an. worthy of the office, with which the people have clothed me,.if•T proved recreant ot this high trust." ,lie continues by speaking of the evils of legislat ing too - much—disapproves of extra sessions--and recommends retrenchment and short sessions--dis approves of converting our legislative hallo into en arena for the display of political gladiators, which has too long characterised the halls of our national istatre"—and winds up by again referring to his form et Nle.ssage for his view s on the leading mea sures of the Stato-, 7 .a1l of which remain unchanged. The Governor 'does"note one word about a Tariff, and Pennsyliania's propel:01),o! the Public Lands—two measures whieh sill tend more to devel opl3 her resoluta, and add to thalvealth and pros perity of the State than any ding heretofore devised. If the Governor is determined to ab l andon true Pennsylvania measures, every true Penneylva= nian must abandon 'him. The Message as far as it goes, is rather a clever paper, and its general tone we approve, We shall probably refer to it again. The Richmond Inquirer states that Mr. Ste• venson, our . Minister to England, is desiroe s o f b e i ng recalled. Is this movement intended to reward some hungry partizan of the present Administration with an outfit salary and infit—making altogether $22,500 for a few week's,services ? We shall see. New York Mirror.—The first number of the nine teenth Volume of this publication has been received. It is embellished with an excellent steel engraving, re presenting the ,‘ Fall of Carthage," and a neat wood engraving of St. Nicholasi, on his New Year's Eve Excursion. The contents are of a superior character-- and it is one of the best and cheapest weekly literary publications in the country. ;We should be pleased to receive seven names, with the price of subscription, to forward to the publisher in the course of the en suing week, to commence the new volume. National Foundry.—The Committee in the House of Representatives on the subject of a National Foundry, consists of Messrs. Wm. Cost Johnson, WKay, Parmenter, Wise, Curtis, Sumpter, and Brackenridge. Our citizens ought to be moving on this subject—now is the time tweet. Dinner to Democratic Ed;tors.—A writer in the New York Democratic Press, proposes a dinner to the editors of the Democratic Harrison press, for the services rendered during the recent contest. Never mind the dinner—but pay them punctually, andin creabe the circulation of their papers, by persuading all borrowers to subscribe ;—this is the best service the community can render them—and besides, pub lic dinners are getting to be very small affairs now a•days, not suitable for the voracious appetites of half-starved editors. Another Pet Bank Explosion.—The Franklin Bank of Baltimore has gone by the board—notice to that effect, signed by the President, appeared in the American of Saturday morning last. This Bank lost considerably by the failure of Steinberger, the great cattle speculator. The capital was $627,615 and it is believed that the depositors amlnote holders will all be paid—but the fate of the stockholders is doubtful. The notes were selling at 30 per cent. discount. This was one of the pet Institutions, and the Pre sident, Mr. Howard, is a brother of the late loco member of Congress, Gen. B. C. Ho-ward. Burning of the Caroline.—A. M'Leod, who is supposed to have been concerned in the burning of the Steamer Caroline, belonging to citizens of the United States, during the late difficulties in Canada, has re cently been arrested and committed to prison to await his trial for said offence. This disposition of the prisoner has called forth a correspondence between the British Minister and Secretary Forsythe, in which the former admits that the burning of the Ca roline was a public act of persons in the service of the British Government, obeying the order.: of su perior dicers. Should their Government sanc tion this admission of the British Minister—and the authorities of the Western part of the State of New York, persist in punishing M'Leod for the offence— it will become a very delicate question to adjust, and may yet lead to a brush between the two countries. flailed Slates Bank.—The Directors of this in stitution have made an exhibit of its affairs, of which the following is a condensed statement: ' ASSETS—Paper Discounted, active $12,187,111 10 Suspended Debt, 9,790,800 58 Stocks, 31,665,500 58 Real Estate, &c., 3,662,673 53 Bonds and Mortgages, 819,906 31 Balances with foreign agents, 578,195 41 Foreign Bills of Exchange, 557,847 75 Bonus for Charter, 2,600,000 00 Due by State Banks, 8,714,800 23 Notes of State Banks, 1,158,10.1 93 Specie,, 2,171,721 97 Resulting balances, 697,428 99 $74,603.142 46 1•11 e ILITI Es—Total 'circulation, .11,223,658 99 Unclaimed Dividends, 31,386 80 Loans in Europe, 12,575,301 97 Bonds do. 502,222 22 Bond to United Sta,tes, 633,643 83 [This has been advanced, but the vouchers have not yet been received.] Guarantee of Planters' Bank 550.000 00 'Guarantee of State of Michigan, 1,944,750 00 Due to State Banks, 6,334,221 32 Due Depositors, f 3,164,354 50 36,959,539 63 Capital Stock, 35,000,000 00 Surplus. The amount of stocks she holds is enormous— and some of them are of a character, that will not turn out to be a very profitable investment. The price of the stock fell from 63} to $5O per share the day after the promulgation of the state ment, which shows that her condition is nut viewed in a very favorable light by the public. The Dividend Commitee reported against declar ing a dividend for the last six months. The Philadelphia Inquirer of Saturday last, states that the U. S. Bank had $4,000,000 specie in her vaults. This large amount will enable her to resume without any difficulty. Who are the Democracy.—The New York Courier and Enquirer argues this question as follows: The number of the present electoral college is 294, from which Mr. Van %Wen has received but sixty votes against 234 given to General Harrison. • Now what can be more absurd than for a party which casts about one fifth of the electoral votes to set up a claim to the title of Democracy.?—Wh a t very modest gen tlemen Mr. Van Buren's friends must be, to claim one fifth of the electoral college as the democratic representation and to set down the remaining four fifths as the representatives of the antivopnlar party. Erasing an Endorsement is Forgery.—The Su preme Court of Ohio decided, recently, that an en dorsement on a note purporting that a partial pay ment had been made, and which endorsement was written by tho maker in the presence, with thecon currence, and by the direction of the payee, is a re ceipt, the alteration or erasure of which by the payee will be forgery. A Boston paper announces the marriage of James Odds to Martha Ends. The Odds and Ends being united and the Ends becomiNg Odds, one would suppose that the two Odds pirtogether would make one even—instead of which it is thougtit the Ddds will be considerably increased. I T E .11INEItStJOITIINAI 71,959,539 63 2,643,602 83 74,603,142 46 0.7. The fol Owing eicellent u rticle 'on the duties of the present!Legislature, fro the Pennsylvania Inquirer ; speaks the feelings and views of the Deal*. erotic Harrhum party in this State, and, the Legisla-. this is bound to respect them, and act accordingly.: PENAT STIAT:IO/21k,' The State Debt—Economy and a Short Session. We commence thus early in the new year, to urge upon our hien& of the State Legislature, rigid econo my in all their appropriations, prompt despatch in the discharge of the public business, and an early adjourn ment. Pennsylvania, as has been repeatedly ob served, is in a wretched condition, so far as relates to her finances. Her situation has been any thing but enviable in this respect for a number of years. And yet her legislators have held session after session, and speculated for hours and months, as to her debt, resources and public works, without devising any mode of liquidating the former, or of holding out to the community any positive view as to the comple tion and profitable condition of the latter. All sorts of wild and reckless appropriations have been'made— the people's money has been squandered in the most reckless and prodigal manner, and now, after having accumulated a State Debt so immense as .to present a shadowy picuire indeed fur the future, no little dif ficulty is experienced in raising even the means to pay the interest on that debt. Under these circumstances, it is quite time that the doctrines of economy should be loudly proclaithed and earnestly urged. We must pause in our hazardous and culpable course. We must cheek all improper public expenditures, and keep the appropriations within the limits of the revenue. Any other course will involve us in extricable ruin. Even now, our position is one of exceeding difficulty, and it will require clear heads and patriotic hearts to devise a suitable remedy. What is the duty of the Chief Magistrate of this Commonwealth under the circumstances described l He should spread the truth fearlessly before the Legislature, shew by facts and figures that Pennsylvania has now a more enormous debt than any other member of the Confederacy, and insist earnestly and solemnly upon the adoption of some rigid and positive system, calculated to resusci tate our credit and deliver us from the dilemma in which we are placed. It will be remembered that a Tax Bill was passed by the last session, with the ob ject of raising a certain sum for the payment of inte rest on the State Debt. Thus far, the measure has not been sufficiently tested, to enable the authorities to decide the amount likely to be collected under this bill. We trust that it may prove fully adequate. Enough has transpired, however, to shew that the people exhibit considerable restlessne s s under this en actment, and deem it somewhat oppressive. It is right, however, that the money should be raised— but it is also right that our legislators, seeing the dif ficulties likely to attend any extraordinary increase of the taxes, should govern themselves accordingly—. should exhibit much caution in making further ap. propriations—should limit their session to as brief a term as possible—and, in short, should prove by their whole conduct, that they visit Harrisburg with the object of protecting the interests and fostering the prosperity of the Commonwealth, and not with that of plunging her stilt more deeply in debt, and of thus I still further tarnishing her honor, burthening her citizens and retarding her progress as a high-minded and flourishing Commonwealth. Ost TERM FOR A GOVERNOR-ONE TERM FOR A PIIESIDENT-ECON- 0311 r IN TIIE DISTRIBUTION OF TILE PUBLIC FUNDS -AN EQUITABLE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS- A TARIFF ADEQUATE TO PROTECT AMERICAN IN DUSTRY-AND SHORT SESSIONS AS WELL FOR THE STATE AS THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE, shpuld be among the leading principles of the Harrison party. (FOR THE MINER'S JOURNAL.] The Iron Trade. NO. 5. Among the numerous deposites of Iron Ore found in the coal region of Schuylkill County, those of Mr. Charles Lawton adjoining our tiorough—Messr s . Mann & •Co., at Mount Laughfee—Messrs. Patter. son & Co., Guinea Hill—and the Messrs. Carey's at St. Clair, seem to have excited the most attention with those interested in the Iron business, owing perhaps to the Ore veins being more extensively opened, and its quality more definately ascertained, than that taken from other sections of the region , more recently discoveied. Specimens from three of the mines above alluded to, were collected by Professor Rodgers, the State Geologist, during his geological survey of the State ; these Were analyzed under his direction, and found to contain the following per ceutage of Metalic ron, That from Mr. Lawton's mines, 39. 09 per cent From Messrs. Mann & Co. do 36. " " Patterson & Co. do 32. " " The above specimens were selected with the view of obtaining a fair average of the character and quali ty of the Ores found in the respective veins from whence they were taken. Professor Rodgers in his report to the Legislature, speaking of the Ores of the Coal Region, says, " es pecial care has been therefore taken to submit to chemical examination such specimens only as repre sent the average character of their respective beds and rejecting as far as possible, samples' gathered from the outcrop, or found loose upon the surface, as these invariably contain too high a per centage of Iron to .prode a fair criterion,"—with regard to qual ity, the Ore of our region is found to contain a much higher per centage of Iron than a majority of the iron stones of the coal region used at the Furnaces in Wales,—in quantity it is as extensive as the Coal. The average yield of the three specimens analyz ed, was 35. 66 per cent.—the cost of mining and delivering it at the mouth of the mine, (where it is proposed to erect the Furnaces) will be $2 00 per ton, which will also include rent for the mine—the cost of Coal (including rent) would be $1 25 per ton, and the Limestone could be delivered for $1 50 per ton. The. expense of erecting two Furnases 45 ft. high, 12 feet in the boshes with east iron blowing cylin ders and 90 horse engine, and all the buildings and machinery ready fur operation, would at either of the locations named, be about thirty thousand dollars. Let us now take these two Furnaces capable of making 80 tone each, or 160 tons per week, located at the mines, and calculate the cost of making each ton of pig metal, and also the expense of delivering it at Philadelphia, either on the Delaware, Schuyl kill, or in Broad Street, having 'it in our power at all seasons of the yea'r to transport our Iron to market by Rail road or water communication. 3i tons of Ore at $2 00 pr. ton, $7 00 11 « Coal 125 218 1 u Limestone, 150 150 Labour, 2 50 Interest on investment 22 Repairs and incidental expenses, 25 Coat at the Furnace, $l3 65 Transportation to Pniladelphia, 2 00 Coat in Philadelphia, $l5 65 It Pill be seen that in the above eakulation no charge has been made for fuel, for steam power, or hot blast, the fine refuse coal being used at the Pottsville Furnace, with entire success; this fine coal is made during the ordinary operations of min ing, and can be had free of charge at any of our MIMS. This estimate of the cost of making Iron in the Coal Region, will be found by all those acquainted with the Coal region amply sufficient to cover all expenses, and it is based upon the best information that could be obtained; it may appear to-some, to be below the mark, but it must be borne in mind that the cost of transportation (except on limestone,) is entirely done away with, owing to the Ore and Coal coming out of the mines and being placed di rectly at the tunnel head of the furnace; this very readily accounts for the low cost of the raw mate rial. Thus it will be seen that iron can be made at fur naces located at our mines for $l3 65, and deliver ed in Philadelphia at either of three points for $ 2 per ton, making the whole cost of making and deliv ering at market $l5 65. If we were to make an allowance and call the cost $l6 per tun, it would then give to the proprie eters of the Furnace, a profit much larger than could be realized in any other branch of business with the same amount of capital invested.' Take two Furnaces making 160 tons per week, which in a blast of 41 weeks would be 7040 tons— now, supposing the pig metal to sell in Philadelphia for $2l per ton, this would give a profit of $5 per ton, or $35,200 per annum—this will seem to many an enormous profit, but it is no less the fact ; how ever, should any of your readers think it to high, they may add $1 per ton, and estimate the cost of delivering the iron in Market at $l7, let them then compare the cost of, a ton of iron made in our Coal region, and delivered at market, with that of a ton of Iron made in another section of the State and de livered in Philadelphia, and I am sure a favorable comparison for the Coal region will be the result. The cost of making a ton of Foundry Iron at Staffordshire, England, is £3, the same delivered at Liverpool £3 8, 6. We do not, however, anticipate the necessity of sending much pig iron to market; we expect it to be manufactured into bar and other iron in the re gion, and we look forward to no distant day, to see in our vicinity, numerous Rolling mills, and other works for the manufacture of iron, and we have ev ery reason to justify our anticipations. We have the experience of many of the most extensive Iron Masters in England and Wales, who have abandon ed the locations in the victnity of the rich magnetic Ores, 'and located themselves in the Coal region, pre ferring the Clay Iron Stones of the Coal measures and the low cost of fuel, to the rich magnetic Ores, attended with the expense of transporting their fuel from the Coal region to the Works. This preler enee is not to be wondered at when we consider the immense amount of fuel annually consumed at many of the Welsh Iron Works; take for instance the Dowlais" Works in Wales, where 1000 tons of Bar Iron are Manufactured weekly ; the consumption of Coal at these Works alone being nearly equal to the annual export of the Schuylkill Coal region. When we take a glance at the operations of the different Iron Works in England, Scotland and Wales, and the immense amount of Coal consumed in the Manufacture of Iron alone, we cannot fail being struck with the comparative insignificance of Our present Coal operations, and also of the immense value of our Coal and Iron lands, when the lion bu- siness is Eddy established in this country We have endeavored in these papers to avoid (as far as possible) detracting from the merits of any particular section of the State as a location for Iron Works ; bat we are constrained to say, after a carefu examination of the mines in this . vicinity, from actua results in the Manufacture of Iron from the Ores o his region, together, with the facilities of transpor ation to market at all seasons of the ycar, vve consider sufficient to convince any unprejudicedi . mind that }ie Coal region is the most economical antl favorable ocation for the Manufacture of Iron in the State; and we know of no situation where Iron can be Man ufactured with less amount of capital invested and greater profit realized. Our country is large and there is room for all, but certainly at a different rate of profit, the capital in vested in the Coal region will undouttedly yield large profits for years to come ; and our Manufacturing Iron to great profit, certainly does not prevent others in ess favorable situations from making it profitably The farmers of Berke county raise wheat, and so do those in Ohio, and both sell their produce and make a profit ; and to say that any one part of the country is to monopolize the Manufacture of any particular article, would be just as idle as to say that any sec tin of country should monopolise the groping of rain, Ve invite the attention of capitalists and others 'fit entering into the Iron business to the location heir works in this region ; we have an abundant al, of the raw material for 4ges to come, labor is 'leap here as in any other section of the State, uf market is plentifully supplied from the Valley Staquehanna and Berks county. 6 . 2 3' then cove and, visit our mit.es, examine on location, and all other advantages we and we feel fully satisfid that you will come . aolusion that the Coal region is the proper lellanufactuie of Iron. F. and 1 of th ME possess,' to the c place for Items tot News. Francis Ikalk ry (Whig) has been elected a Rep resentative I.l,,Congress from the State of Virginia, to fill the vacancy oteasiond by the recent resignation of Joel Holleatan V B ) '( • ' , , Upward of 09 mitions haire been presented to Congress alreaditiA session frir : ',a Bankrupt Bill, embracing moreih r , 74 5000 names. Mr. Grundy . i"r-tessor.—T e•appointment of a successor to the ht Imeared Ir. Grundy, will de volve upon the Gor i lru r , as th legistature of Ten nessee does not me, bi. once ih two years. Maryland Legisia4r , --Joh4 Leeds Kerr of Tal bot County, has beenipleed United ,v States Senator. There were 92 votes take , of hiih Mr. Kerr had 70, and there were 19 1 4- h rrs ani.l 3 scattering. Mr. Kerr was then declaredfutele l cted.—Bait. Pat. Eclipse of the Moon. 4%t sew Yerk Sun states that there will be a total Okniagnificent eclipse of the Moon on the evening oft , 15th day of February next, commencing at 7 o'cl4l minutes, and should the atmosphere be clear, it ri l present as sublime a spectacle as we seldom wittei i The eclipse will commence at 7 o'clock, 9 mildly in the evening, 2 hours arid 6 minutes after t.ha,'win rises. It will be visable to all parts of the Utak. States. .4 I must kiss you," said tht - - '77 - .umbeam to the snow. You will ruin me if you do M a d the snow to the sunbeam. 111oraL Kissing is often ruinoult v Henry Clay, Jr., and Thomas Po arshaii, aro candidates to represent the Lexingtot.... y•) District in Congress. ' The former gentlem anloo . .'e his fath er, a lawyer, and has been a member 61,b h branch es of the legislature of his State. V- A Germa n . artist, now in London, is to take out a patent for the invention of a clock which the motive power is electricity. Its con ion is said to be one of extreme simplicity. A New York court has settled , the Bat case, that in which a father seperated from his t!k de mended through the court his youngest chthl hen in charge of his mother. The case, if we otk ihe not, was considered in many respects similar of Mr. D'Hauteville, recently decided in 011 though, as we thought, rather more favorable -,, father's claim. The court decided "to refuse 1 hoer the child to the custody of h i• father." 708 Tar. NINTH? Jolla*l6 Leaves have their time to fall, ' And flowers to whither at the ninth vrind'a breath' And etars ja...but all, T,4 00 i hast all seasons forthine own, oh ! Death l"' Come gaze upon him, there he lies, • In calm and deep repose, And heavily above those eyes The fringed eye-lids close; A fearful calmness dwells upon That sleeper's marble brow. Nor friendship's voice, nor Love's kind tone. May not awake him now. Tread lightly, 'tis a solemn watch We keep above his rest, Y And weep, for manly feelings thus, Are stirred within the breast; Weep, for a noble spirit pass'd From that pale form of clay— Weep comrades, one, from your own ranks 114%.„ Was early called aw ay. Ye number days.since ast he moved, With ready proffered hand, With welcome smile am. warm salute, Amid your friendly band;' -- The flush of youth was on his brow, Of soul within his eyes; The spoiler's work is done, and now A stiffened corse he lies. And yet 'tis beautiful, that calm So holy and so deep, That breathless, hushed, and still :epic. That mockery of sleep— 'Tis beautiful, for undisturbed By sorrow, pain, or ears, By earthly woe, or earthly bliss, • Dwelleth that slumber there. Ye may not rouse him now—the heart That beat so warm and true, Is hushed, and still, and never more May beat again for you. Silent and undisturbed hives' Shall be beneath the sod, Until his quickened ear shall hear The summons of his God. Pottsville, Jan. 1, 1841. • FOR THE MINER ' S JOURNAL. LIFE IS BEFORE YOU. BY MISS E. A. It Life is before you, with its joys and its sorrow", 'Tis thoughtful to-day and 'tis smiling to-morrow; 'Tis spring time, and autumn soon passing- away, And sweetpleasing summer more fleeting than they. Life is before you and how fair is the scene, By fancy embroider'd with wood-land and green.;. Where the rose or the lilly the pathway adorns, The lilly unfaded, the rose without thorns. Life is before you, but soon from the sight Will vanish those prospects arid visions so bright; For nge will ere long waste the vigor of youth, And fancy's fair dreams be dismantrd by truth. Life is before you, a life which was given To secure ere its close a treasure in heaven, Where no mothcon corrupt, no robber annoy, Nor care ever enter your peace to destroy. Life is before you, then secure ere it flies, That faith which prepares us a home in the skies 1. Where the ruse will never fade, the myrtle e'er bloom. And life know no more the long sleep of the tomb.. Onvigsburg, January 6th, 1841. [FO4I THE MINER'S JOUUNAL.) Parted! yes,' it is no dreaming, Parted, yes, for weal or vro; I have done with this vain seeming, What thou art full well I know.. Parted ! never more to madden, Shall that heartless eye meet mine Hear me now ere time shall sadden That cold haughty brow of thine. Girl, e'en whilst thine eye is glancing, O'er these words, though vain they be,. Thy still heart its love enhancing, • , Dreams with more than memory. I can read thy . ev'ry feeling, If none are beside thee now ; This vain, wild and strange appealing. Shall cast sadness o'er thy brow. But no matter; we have ported, O'er thy heart's lute tones shall sweep, Bringing voices now departed, To thy memory strong and deep. Pottsville, January 7th. _ • The murdere e of Ellen J ewett .— Robinson, the • murderer of Ellen Jewett, whose trial and acquittal' left an indelible stain upon the Tribunal before which he was arraigned, went to Texas, where he has since lost his right arm—that arm with which he planted a hatchet into the forehead of a frail, tiut to him an unoffending girl, and with which he then applied an incendiary torch to`the bed where she lay weltering in blood, thus attempting to conceal the murder by committing arson—that. right arm, we say, has been cleft from his shoulder, in a fight' with the Mexicans. Nor is this the only retribution that has visited' the guilty. It will be recollected that Furlong, the• infatuated Grocer who went in Court and commit ted voluntary perjury swearing that Robinson was his store nn the evening of the murder, became a maniac and drowned himself.—Albany Jour. Good Pun.—. , You don't suppose that O'Connell wishes to tear the 4onds of union between the two kingdoms asunder ?" said a Talisman. No," re plied Mr. Pike, he only wishes to increase the rent." • A Hint to Me Girls.—We have always considered , it an unerring sign of ir nate vulgarity, when we hear ladies take pains to impress us with an idea of their ignorance of all domestic matters, cave sewing lace, or weaving a net t encase their delicate hands. La dies, by some kind of a hocus pocus, have got into their heads, that the 'best way of catching a husband is to.shew him how profoundly capable they are of doing nothing for his comfort. Frightening a piano into fits, or murdering the King's French, may be good for certain kinds of fish, but they must be of that. small kind usually found in very' shallow waters. The surest way to secure a good husband is to cultivat e those accomplishmentwwhich make a good wife. Doe Young Prince's' Cradle.—The body of the cot is in the agape of that elegant marine shell the nautilus : being a happy conception of the designer that the child of the 'Ocean Queen should enjoy its first slumbers and bd cradled in a cut whose very form is emblematic of the Main strength and glory. of its 'island home—The frame work is of the choicest Spanish mahogany, and the bottom and sides padded and quilted in flutes : the whole of which, inside and out, is covered with rick green silk, embroidered most splendidly with the white lose of England. Between each flute is a circular rib of mahogany, standing on plinths supported by four lions' feet, beautiful carved and gilt. The can. opy is fine scolloped; and hung with Bilk drapery of the same design as the lining. The whole is gilt and surmounted with the royal crown, and presents a tout ensemble at once classic and unique. The baths are not yet finished, but are being expedited as rapidly as possible : and it is understood that one will be lined with sillier and the other with marble A•breigners in illincrig.—The Circuit Court ofll ,inois has decided thit aliens, not unaturalized ,who have resided in that State six months next preceding as election have a right to vote. The case has been carried up to the Supreme Court. II II CS
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