TSVILLE.
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-Saturdtift Gilloriativ, Feb. 13.
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COAL MrslING ASSOCIATION. _
.07 A meeting fit the Coal Mining Association, of
Schuylkill Cotinty l , will be held at the Pennsyleaela
Hill, otiFtiday cleeuing.nextv the . 19th inst. at
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,Pottsville, Feb.,l3,
Tus Lattion (Jou e.t'sr,—We find the following
In the last Mauch i t Chunk Courier, copied from'a com•
municatiOn which recently appeared in the Wyoming
Advocate, which is no doubt put forth as a feeler:—
. I repeat, it is akase, in whieh the City of Phila
delphia is dpepy interested, -the City , ought to
step forward and loan, or guarantee a loan to that
the' Lehigh ComPany of 0300,060. a a ~11
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, O We distinctly remember; when the. Sehoylkii
Navigation ivati approaching its completion, the
.unfait digaeariening disasters necurred..one after an.
• after, in the lone stone districts. Their stock was
'd o wn to ten. Finally having triumphed over all
•diffietilties—tratle filled their'Canal—the stock , rose
—Oland' many' a shrowil--'—far.sering man, made
Ms fortune b'y the rise. So it will be here; hazard
the aseertion' i not the mere opinion—but boldly—the
-ersertiol, that in 18-15 Lehigh Stock will be worth
in.the, inerket one hundred per cent novance
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But the' Legislature ought !o be liberal. to the
' Company. in this hour of' trial. Some modifications
•in their charter ought to : be freely- 7 clicerfolly
granted:" ! '1 ;
We should like to know 'what possible claim the
'Lehigh,Conipany has hail or may have upon the
city of Phßadolphia.. In 1820 this Company eLirn
menrA their operations, and in 1840 the amount of
coal shipped by them to the Philadelphia market
' was about 100000 tons ; and from the-whole region
there was only received 5arne1..112,000.. The mining
operations in t 'e Schuylkill coal region were com
menced in 1835, and yet in 1840 we shit:malt') the
Philadelphia and New York Markets 452,00 tons,
over double title, quantity Shipped from the Lehigh;
'and from ii pa ity of reasoning, if 'the city of
,Phila—
delphia is dee ly interested' in the Lehigh Compa
ny; this deep linterest when brought to bear upon
the Schuylkilkcoal region should Ihe increased four
fold.
When it iskvelllinown that in a certain quarter
efforts are malting to cause an outlet at Black's Dil
ay, fur the purpose of. trdnvorting coal direct go
New Yoe' Sin the Delaware and Raritan Cone',
and whenlit ie equally weft known that the
,Morris
Canal Cornpany are widening and enlarging (heir
Canal foilthci purpose of receivingthe boats from the
Lehigh Can4—thus forming two channels for a di
rect communication to Net Yotk—it must be appa
rent to the most unreflecting, that individual
Mot the-city of Philadelphia, have the
most at stake, and are the most "deeply interested."
It is true (hat in the early' history of thp Schuyi-
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kill NavigatiOn Company she met with some rough
encounter's, end that her stock was greatly deprecia
ted ; ,but then the Company had no mining privile
.gee tacked to her charter, like the Lehigh Company,
and conseqUantly was enabled to tide out the storm
in. safety, The mining _privileges of tke Lehigh
Company have been its ruin, as they have been the
ruin of the Panville and rrottsville Railroad Com
pany, the Beaver Meador Railroad Company, and
other Companies we could name ;,
-in fact, we ore
not aceuainted with any one of these Companies,
that dabhloii In the tout trade, that is in a solvent
condition. ?The money which shotild be expendee
by these Companies in the prosecuticin of , their
works, quickly evaporates in mining operations, and
they are o 4 awakened to -a due sense of their fully
when their, funds have vanished and their credit
taken flight.' _'' •
The, writer predicts that in 1845 Lehigh stook
will be worth in the market one hundred per cent.
advance. ; : It may be so, but we predict that be
, fore that time the Lehigh Company will explode—
' burst—bloW up, anil no mistake. The entire cam : ,
tat of the Company 'has' been litenilly sunk ;'and if
she should-wind up under the most favorable•ircum
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stances, itisrould be found that the stockholders have
lost every tent of their investment, end that the loan
holders wOuld have to take possession of the works
and dilTerent improvements of the Company: to se
etireathemlielvesi which security, by the way, we do
• not beliarii!would realize to the loan holders more
'then eigkiy cents on the dollar. -,
We rieee with the 'writer that the Legislature
, ought to o liberal. But the only liberapq which
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the Legie afure.could show to the Lehigh CAimpany
' *Ong I be to deprive them of their coal privileges.—
Such e+sure might be attended with the most be
. nefieial results- . - '
We ! reret exceedingly in being under the neres..;
sity of Milting the (Itlo9o remarks; but when we see;
efforts Miking to delude the unwary, and to enhance;
the valutcof a stock that was worthless even helore
the late freshet, we deem it to be our duty to put the;
publieloti their guard.
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To atisseoNostrts.L.We have been somewhat
reritis4, o late, in proper attention. to the favors of
our cerro l ipondelits i and consequently any quantity
ill coMmuications, on every and all subjects, have
:aeortMallted on our hands. We have several very
fair spec wens of poetry, safely stowed away,' which
shill itt , rtlY see the light, and , gladden the hearts o
their res , :dive -parents. 1
0)r The communication signed J. M. C." is
entitled Vt.respectful consideration on the part of the
Navigation Company, inasmuch as he has conferred
incalculyble benefits upon this company, by opeii
pat a dit'ect trade between tail place and. New Fork
-=add speak; feelingly with respect to,. the diffieul
dee encountered in navigating their works.
ULSCRDPT ttrtr...—The aankrupt Bill is still be.
fore the l j Semite. From presort 'appearances
Ire believe that it is highly probable that this impdr
tent bilf r arill not be acted upon at the gresentsessitin
dam' egs.
1 ho l'idinitrai Bank redeemed ail the dennin'de
. on her Ait specie up t - ci Saturday. and auspehded with
the otheklanks on Monday. During the resumP
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tson. • b
• ss paidon a oat $ 25 ; 000 in speiie, nearly
all of which has been withdrawn from the circula
tion'.of!tho region..
Ihiiinsczycir..--Some miscreant cut down. the
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ILibetty r Pole erected by our friends in WaYne towia
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,hip, &short time
.since. This disreputable act
'.arcutseiPlin lion spirit of the democracy of that ills-
Atte!, and they turned out, en masse, on Wedne sday
'hist. a4l ei 4 ected another pole in its stead. The locos
jaget , lisiblate our friends in that quarter.
,res ,PossionsT El.EcT.—Gen. Harrison arrivd
in WiShingtan on Tuesday last. We Etell hardly
sip that.dtis napalm was enthusiastic in the extreme.
On the'samo day. ha was, notified by a joint coM•
mitteo l uf both houses a. Congress, of his election 'as
Presiikint of dm/Lite' State:. ' I
Tadpray No Ext.L.—The C'ressiary ,NOte
Bill passed the House of Repre'seotatiees,on Satur
day last', by a large majority. By this Act our too
foeo-bie tooney-grovernm'ent is Authorized, to it to
Jae 'one of 4113plastors. ' . f
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A. RUSSEL, Secretory.
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Tar, BALSZIS-41111 t
tentionP havaprepartld an artkele.for thiiilay's
pa
per, In relation to the lite suspension of specie
payments by the hanks of this slate; and the causes
which bave led to lie deplorable a result; but having
received the folloning communication floina valued
correspondent, on the, earn° sallied, we liave been
induced to postpone our remarks until next neck.
, I - communes. Tana
predictitins of many of our, oldest financiers
with .ell,altd.tc, the resiomptlint, has beet completely
verified/ The Bank of the United States having'
againl suspended on the 4th inst., and 'as a -matter
of course, -(aat may add geed policy too) all 'the
other ;banks in the City, and i 'elsetvere followed, in
The rush on the U.S Batik eras pre-conceit
ed, and with malice aiurettionght on the part of'the
general government, and the iNew York Wrillstrete
gentry—andihns, by this unholy effort;have at length'
accomplished the end they had in view ever since
that institution went into operation. Here avehave
a fine specimen of the gratittnlb of New York for the
favot extended by the same Bank at the time of her
greatest difficulties, occasitmed by the heavy fire soma
few years since. We cannot believe, however, that
the Public are much taken by surprise - fit the event
which has just taken Plaeo,!aO it must he evident to
every reflecting mind -that there is not a Bank
throughout the Union, that could at any time with=
stood' the combined force, as that made on the U. S.
Bank by the Government and - ihe Empire -State.—
Cali it be supposed fur a mad:tent, that there now is
or Over was a Bank in operation_ liming a sufficient
quintlti 'of specie in her -vaults to cover till her
Seal, an institution could not pusaitily ex
ist—her capital must be sunk by its own weight.—
Ari, well might it be contended that a wholesale mer
chant be hound to have constantly cm hand a sum of
money - equal to the amount of his indebtedness, so
as tcihe able to meet all his demands without previi.
one nonce, without taking into consideration the
'large amount+ due hint by his customers. lam not
-a 4tockholder in any Bank, nor never was, betas a
citizen in a limited business, hove in common with
the rest of my fellow citizens, experienced the essen
tial benefits deri . ved Kim Banks. What would be
c4ne of our Coal business or the business of the
cOulity generally, whene it not for the aid furnished
by the Miners: Wilk, which, with a very lanai! capi
tal, has fur years past sustained three-fourths of the
Coal trade, and G iven numerous secomanulltion, to
ern farmers and mechanics. Who would suppose
then from those essential eenefita derived, front this
Bank, that there . should lidnen in this community
inimieable to this institution, and in an insidious
thanner endeavor to thwart its usefulness. Yet
finch is the fact—even our County Treasurer, mak
ing use of the people's money, has seen prlmer to
draw on this Bank through an agent on Saturday
last for $l5OO of 'specie. This being a transaction
.singular in several respects, inasmuch as the coun
t.), stands indebted to the Bank for an amount equal
if not greater than the amount drawn by the Treasu
rer, so that if any doubts existed as to the solvency
Of the Baal., ho could-have retained his equanimity
by handing it over to the Bank on account. But
the ,;Treasurer has something more tangible in view,
'he is saidto be an adept at shaving, antlahavir.g ye
iy close too. This we conceive a high handed mea
sure—that the people's money is thus to be made
tisiof to retard, as it were, their ordinary business,-
for thus draining the Bank of her specie disqualifies
her from extending her ordinary accommodations to
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men of business. Our County Commissioners have
also displayed a degree of wisdom in this matter,
Equal to Solomon in Managing the affairs of the peo
ple. From their last report it appears that upwards
of $lO,OOO is' dm the hands of the Treasurer, which
gives the officers' a chance for speculating, while the
public have claims on the county, and for which we
are actually paying interest, is more than forty thou
,sand dollars. Bemis a degree of economy displayed
hy those officers that may Well attract the attention
of the tax-payers of this County, and as the Treasu
irer has converted the surplus of ten thousand dollars
in the Treasury into specie, the public who have
!claims on the county will take good care to receive
nothing short of the real rhino for theirdues. Mark
this, Mr. Treasurer!
But to return to the 'financial condition of the
Commonwealth. It may be asked, what steps are
necessary to give that relief now desired by the pub
lic. We say there is only one alternative, which is
plant, simple, and easy, and the only judicious mea
pure, in our view of the case, which can be adopt
ed. By referring to the last annual report of the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, it
will be perceived that for the year 1840 the balance
of trade with Europe is in our favor, to the amount
of nearly tiventy 2 eight millions, while the average
balance of trade for the lour preceding years was,
against the United States to ,the amount of thirty
throe millions of dollars, thus showing a difference
in trade in favor of the United States, in the lust
year, to about sixty-one millions. The question
will naturally occur, what has produced this favora
ble change'! We unhesitatingly -answer, the sus
pension of specie payments by our banks, which was
the means of lessening the importations; and for the
purpose of liquidating the -debts already contracted
by our importers,and others, they were compelled to
ship lour, cotton, and suCt other products of the
enuntry, in discharge of the same. The specie being
locked up in the vaults of our banks, otherwise that.
would have been the principal, if not the only arti
cle'exported—as a larger pri fit could be realized on
the shipping of specie than could be made on any of
the products of the country, and the patriotism Of
the importing merchant lies only with his interest.
Now then;-from the,fact here stated, it is conclu
sive proaf that .if our Legislature will legalise the
suspension for two . years more, with permission to
our Banks to issue bills under the denomination of
five dollars, that during this- time the foreign debt
will be greatly reduced, if- not altogether paid off—
and that, too, by the surplus of the country. When•
this foreign debt is discharged, the demand for spe
cie will cease, and our Banks may then throw open
their vaults with safety.
Tas NIZETING AT PiIILADE? PilllAS—About • one
hundred gentleman assembled at the D. S. Hotel,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday.evening.lasti to take into
ri
consideration the preient unparalelled naneial con
dition of the country. Mr. (hinge M. Dallas took
the chair. A number of resolutions were passed af
ter much discussion.: Among the pr'oposed meas
ures of relief; the following is the most important:
4, A suspension of the penalties provided by any stat
ute of tt.is' Commonwealth. for affi l l iiajan of any
of the above Banks [all the Banks o Philidelphia
are named, with tiO exception of the 11. B. Bank,)
to -pay their deposites and other obligitions.-vn told
or silver.
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Itrant3ra RLIL Rosn,—;•We tavelbeen politely
furnished with the following *Abstract of the busi
ness done on the ,Philadelphia Philadelphia and Reading Rail
Road, during the year ending Dec, 31, 1840.' The
information will be of interest to many of our 'readers,
and argues well for the future success of this valua
ble public improvement. •
Whole number of paasengera transport- ,
ed on the road ,'r 40,516
Eqaal to 93,225 over thi whole length.of the. road.
Whole amount of freight, including
383,Mb bldg. of j 6,1350 tons.
Voter receipts tar freight and piano
germ, E 00,76 I 62
. .Ninoiit Dasir..:=l-Wis . are a qiiiiiVitreaitet
singular; miserable, happy, enlighteneo,_Allorli
philosophical, matter-of ffic(-people
ing that the newspaper= - press of thisl i eourtiirefirts.
the sierra, opinions. wisher; and hopes-of tke - puhlic,
and that ;tie, in fact, the orgon'of the elitism , ofitbis
great republic. But a few weeks since, we elected
Old Tip to the i highest office in the gift of a free'peo. -
ple, and before the old war wens. chief had crossed
the Alleghenies, on his way to the seat of grivem.
m eat, not only were tho newspapersenabletu se
lect for him his cabinet officers, but even the leading
measures of the coming administration . were distinct
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ly ahadowed'forth.;
.If any `faith is to be placed in 'the speculatiois of
'the newspapers, immediately lifter the inauguretion
of President Harrison, an extra session of Cen'gres.s
- will be called; and during 'that session, subjects of
the most grave, important. and even eiciting char
acter, will be discussed. The tariff question is Ito be
revived—a uniform bankrupt law passed—the public
lands to be•disposed of—the Sub•treasury systein to
receive its quietus—and possibly, nay 'probable, the
policy of .establishing a National Bank will be
broachca. , I •
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By the almost unanimous election of General Har
rison, the people bare distinctly willed the repeal of
the Sub.treasury law. Nothing short of al prompt
and an immediate repeal of that odious law will sat
isfy them. Will it he repealed I There is tki old
and homely adage which - says. "never thro out
your dirty water until you . tan get in your cl an,"
and its application to the Sub -trensury scbem , must
be apparent. lithe Sub-treasur.mstem is abolished.
what have we in its plare I WEere is the National
treasure to be placed for safe keeping' ) In' this di
lemma. it is evident that the •• pet bank' eysterit
must he revived, or else a National Bank established,
which shall act as a fiscal agent of the goverrtment,
and where the public money will he deposited. The
expediency or inexpediency of this plan we diall not
discuss at present, but will leave it to. the gratre con
sideration of those whose judgment and patriotism
have heett severely tested and not foued wanting.
TUC WEATIIER, RiIEUMATIS3I. &C.-41. the
present writing-Tuesday Evening—the snow is de
scending fast and furious, and the merry jingling of
sleigh bells are heard in all directions. Broad and
Sharp mountains are covered with clear, white, vir
gin robes, and such as blushing brides bluShingly
own. We love to take a stroll up the valley! of the
Schuylkill ei hen the ground is covered with winter's
fanciful and flitting drapery; and to look at the tititroil
den lid& of snow sparkling with the lustre of chrys•
tals in the moonlight. There is a cleariteas, bril
liancy, and yet,softness about the whole scene, which
is indescribable, and which transports the imagina
tion beyond the narrow bounds of this mundane
sphere. The wild, the beautiful,. the profuse gifts of
nature. are doubtless well worth seeing in 611 their
simplicity and grandeur; but inasmuch as we are
sorely and grievously afflicted with that diabulical
complaint—the rheumatism—we never . Venture mit
of the house on a winter's night, no matter [how hi
viting the prospect may, be ; and in the 'place of
revelling in snow banks or in the Moonlight., we
are obliged to keep within doors, and whiljnur un
fortunate carcase is racked from one extremity to the
other with severe and acute pains, we ofrer up the
most urgent prayers that warm weather May once
more visit the Schuylkill Coal region, and,prove
balm to our sore and weary bones. Our Suffering
is intolerable.
A &MUT CHAPTER.—POUSViIIe iS, Or should be,
celebrated (or four things, viz :—Coal, iron, pretty
girls, and short
,tips. This last article in the-cata
logue is enough to awaken the mot painful recol
lections in the breast of every traareeper rind retail
dealer in this town. Fur the benefit of the ignorant
or uninitiated, we may es well observe, that a short
fip is in Tea* a five cent piece; but according to
the arbitrary laws of trade in Pottsville; the said
short fip is a legal lender for a real, genuMe. lawful
fip—six and a- quarter cents. All must emit that
there are twenty fipa kr, a dollar, and yet,l according
to the fip system," there are only sixteen;
I and, therefore, it is as plain as a nose, on a man's
face, that these dealers in short tips, or rather, these
recipients of short lips, lose some twenty per cent.
by the operation.
This practice of passing off short fipsishouldre
ceive a check—should be nipped in the 'bud ; and
we therefore say to our young friends, the next time
you ere in want of a single copy of the Miner's
Journal, or any other article of a similar value, to put
a good, honest fip on the counter, and you may de
pend upon it, your chances of happiness in this
world will be greatly enhanced.
BANK CuAnTerts..—The folloviing passages are
from the Resumption Act of last spring: They poe.
seas more than ordinary interest and Importance at
this time
"That the several incorporated 'Banks of this
Commonwealth are hereby required on, from and
after the 15th of Jannaiy, 1841, to pay i on demand
all their notes, bills, depo§its, and other liabilities,
in gold and silver coin, except such usl may, have
been made and created under a special t agreement,
under penalty, &c.
Resolved. 'I hat If any Bank within this Corn.
monwealth shall at any time alter the said 15th tof
January. 1841, refuse to pay on demand, its notes
hills, deposites or other liabilitte,s, in gold or silver
coin . , except such as may have been made under a
special agreement. Its charter shall, fo' any such
refusal, he declared forfeit as herein Provided."
Nnw Yon Minaon.—We always welcome the
weekly appearance of the New York Mirror, which
comes to us with, commendable regularity, with great
pleasure. Its selections are varied and highlrenter
taining, while the editorial matter evinces talent of
the highest order; and, above all. its typographical
appearance is superior to any of its entemporeries
that we have acquaintance with. The Mirror has
now entered upon its nineteenth volume, and with
years appears to increase in popularity. WO com
mend it to the patronage of all who sincerely desire
to foster and encourage the literature of our country.
IMPORT/ST WORS,..-Mr. 41. Dobsiiin. No. ;106
Chesnut street;; Philadelphia, proposes to publish by
subscription, a' complete Theoretical and Practical
Treatise on the Manufacture of Iron. The irork
will be put to press as soon as there are 150 subscri
bers, and but a!limited edition will be published. It
will be published in eight parts, at $5 per partelpay
able on deliveq. Subscriptions recei ed et this of
fice, where a prospectus of the work c , n be seen.
A TA% PATER
A Vr.ro.—Govemor Porter has vetoed the act,
which passed 'the Legislature by a litrge majprity,
authorising the State Treasurer to . reftned the money
advanced by ill . ° U. S. Bank and the Harrisburg
Banks, to repair the damages on the Pennsyltrinia
Canal, sustained by the peat freshet at Huntingdon
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in 1838 . This is not the first hist 'nee of Gover
nor Porter's conduct bordering on die ;,0
nealy.
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Ternon Bswits.—This gentleman i rapidly Mak
ing head against all opposition, and rote the warm
manner in which he is taken up,by t* press gener
ally. and other little pnaumnitory aymptoms, weave
but very little' doubt that he will receive the nomina
tion of the Democratic Convention on the first bal
lot. The delegates from Schuylkill Critinty t although
not instructed, we learn will vote for ludge Baas.
as they Wiest: that &large majority of t ie Dem:twat
io•party in the county sot in -fivoenf ekes*, this
distinguished, gentleman to the G . - natotialasir.
TlDE , :Dix*Ensr , 4o. - Vit. , N:A_l 4 •
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Go =foam' Musaiii.—.lWidemite,th the 6th ' !.4II.IiIAIORTSAirITMI.
Instr. 5 ,14esaneloiltaeieil-V fettlie the : 404 ereta
and read,: cootaiiting in •Zetail, i stdtement of ,he
,StiOday fil*nktiult, frtrox_Eittbree.daya biter._
ieleuel et Icries.lhOe-Y Ihe Banks to,,the 1 9(iie• Nothing new. The China newt, is Published' in
trturieleilth alnleB theliireeela year. It eliPeete, Oat .bur last, is still'iloubied. ' .' -
the sum of $3,636,697 1 51 has been
_received into
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the State Treasury inclialing the loan of tat Febrn-(trea t excitnMent' in Philadelphia ()Wing to the
refusal of ~ t he
o . the Woods . to play for, he.
sty.'froti different Binks of the State. in a nlance. nett. Public feeling is stroog agains't these distin
with the reeolution which pawed theLegihlatitre
1 guishell_vecalists. '
April Id, 1840, compelling such dristitutidris as' • ...
should 'suspend specie payments, on or befclro 'the The Pitts b urg Ameiican-states that Mr. William
Nogg. of Brownsville, died at his residence, on Fri
15th January, 1841, to loan thelCommonweidth iii day_list, leaving an estate of $1,100,000 1? collate
a pio=rata proportion io the Capital *Stnek of each, 1
a sum not exceeding three Millions of. Dollars, dr.c.'
rat heirs. - •
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Thisfircrd loan of nearly four millions of kottaraj Mr. Samuel Chapman , of Philadelphia, has !
v o t ipa nte b il ie S a ii t d
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fifteent iO il a s pe hi r ng m le in s u h te a!r o n r g te m n a t c h h o in u e s. ,
was taken as follows: .
By the Bank of the 17. States, • $2,210,00 00 .
and a day. The cost of the machine is only two
By other Banks, . 1,273,01 00 '
15%68 51, hundred dollars.
By individuals, I Flour is selling at Pittsburg at $2 87 a $3 12
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• $9,03.6,67
p i
We are pleased at this tin* to have it hi our pow.
er to publish the above statement, as it places the
relations of the State and our Banks on theii proper
footing; and will enable the public to judge of ,the
extent of the obligations of the Commonwealth to
these much reviled institutions.
WQAT snotrut Gov. PothrEn•no l—The New
York Courier and Enquirer answers this iluestion
thus, and It appears to . us in a very sensibie man- .
per To state to the Legislature that yo‘ Banks
find it utterly impossible to continue specie pdyments;
that they have made the attempt and failei4 though
they have paid out more specie than is . possessed by
any State in the Union. That to destroy These in
stitutions, would augment individual and public dis
tress, and make the State insolvent. That it is on
ly by the preservation of'those banks, you tan hope
to pay' the interest on the debt the State has already
chntracted ; save her pnblic wake froth riain, and
give time to the community to recruit its diminish
ed resources. That it 'is the duty of the State to
give them her countenance and support their credit
by all - the means in her power. That if the Le:is
lature and peoPle are true to the public and 'their
Own individual interests, they will collectively and
se parately give full confidence to their awn curren
cy, and that the firm proof 'his aught to' be to al-
low their Bank.; to issue small notes."
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Gest:IIAL HAttnisos.—The brilliant mariner in
which the President elect was receiver' in Baltimore
must have convinced him that lie is indeed the Pres
ident of the pool le—the whole people—a n y' icit of
a faction or party. On Tuesday last, according to
appointment, the General addressed the citizens of
Baltimore. His speech was plain, simple, and un
adorned, and yet calculated from its originality, ner
vousness, and eloquence, to finda ready and a warm
response (rein all who hint the pleasure of hearing
it. The 0110125 nm of the speech is alike worthy of
the man and the high office he is about to fill.—
Speaking of the principles upon which he should
act in his administration of the government he said
—m. The . most prominent consideration,, and one
which implied an important series of duties, would.
be to ‘prevent the general government finm over
shadowing the states—to restrict the action of the
former within proper limits by sternly forbidding
the interference of government officers in the elec
tions 4 the people."
GREAT PERFORMANCE OP A LOCOMOTIVE
ouir..—On Friday last, the 6th inst., the Locomo
tive Engine "Hechens & Harrison," buileby Messrs.
Baldwin, Vail & Huffy, hauled to Philadelphia,
over the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road, ONE
EICTN-DRED AND TWO nuitnaN wing, loaded with the
following articles of freight:-.-1479 bills. of bur, 49
tons of iron. 1163 bushels of grain, 12 tons of whis
key, oil and ship Eta and sundry other freight,
amounting in all to 251 b tons of 2240 lbs ; weight
of cars 168 tons. making a total weight of 410,} tons
of 2240 lbs. hauled by the Engine. The average
running time of the train was 161 miles per how,
Weight of Engine, with water and fuel, 12 tons ,
weight on driving wheels, with water, fuel end two
men, 61 'tons.
' As the above was the regular freight train, trans
.porting the ordinary business of the road, and no ei
pertmental trip, no accounts were kept of the quanti
ty of fuel or water used by the. Engine. ,
Length of train 1201 feet; longest continuous le
vel over which the above.„train was hauled, at aspeed
of 101 miles per. hour, 9 1-10 miles,
Evznz wonn TIIVE.•••-ii was formerly said that
all that the folks of- Pottsville thought about, eared
about, or talked about, was coal. About these daYs
the .' great staple " of Schuylkill county, is altogeth
er lost sight of in this meridian, and from morning
to night the young and the old salute your•ears with
something about 44 the banks," „ the banks, " 6. t h e
banks." • Our citizens now ore wholly and sOlOy
occupied with the banking system in all its various
operations and ramifications ; and this monomania,
of sourse, tinges their ordinary conversations. Even
Sambo, who waits on us at table' has caught the
disease. He asked us yesterday if we had suspended
our (linnet 1 On telling him no, and attacking for a
second time the drum stick of a defunct roasted tur
key, he exclaimed; , AVell; massa.l is glad to see you
resume again—Ast I is !"
Sivcrtait, ntrr NaTrusz.—After the suspension
At the U.S. Bank, the intelligence of the other Banks
of Philadelphia being likewise compelled to suspend
specie payments was received with positive plea.ure
at this place ; as our citizens were tlinroughly con
vinced that it was the only step which the Philadel
phia Banks could take to sustain themselves end
the State, and at the same time it would prevent a
depreciation in the value'of the notes of the United
States Ba_nk. This last view. however,• is an erro
neous one; as the outstanding debts due the U. S.
Bank is immeasurably greater than the amount of
notes in circulation; and as the Bank can insist up
on its debtors paying their obligationa in specie or
U. S. Bank notes, the notes will always be at par, if
not I or 2 per cent above it.
BAN& MOVEMENT.-Tile Banks of Philadelphia
have decided not to receive the notes of the Bank of
the United States on deposite. This move haseaus. ,
ed the United States Bank, in order to prevlentu de.
preciation of her papeivto pass a resolution net to
receive any thing in payment of dues except herown
notes, or specie funds. As the indebtedness of the
community to the Bank is greater than the circula
tion, the notes may command a premihm in the_mar
ket. The holders of the notes will iipprove of this
movement. ,
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U. S. Sr.:farm—At the present] session of the
New Jersey Legislature, a U. S. Semitor will he
chosen in the place of Mr. Wall. The following
gentlemen have been named among , he 'candidates
fir. Miller, of Morris; Mr : Condit, of do.; God. Wil
liamson. of Elizabethtown; (jai. 14Ileson, Of Mid..
dlesex ; Gov.; Randolph, of do.; CaPt. Stockton, of
Mercer; Capt. Green, of do; Judge DaYton, do.;
V.
P. C. Porter; of Gloixester ; Mr. Biisk, Cape May,
and some others.
ACCIDENTAL DEATEL....-W0 regret to learn that
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Leopold Waterman, aged about 22 year'', We acci
dentally killed on Wednesday thur 241 inst. by the
falling in of the embankment, which he was *der
mining, on the West Branch Itailißoad; twit the
Weighiscales He te -said to hare beta an , Indus.
Wong and prialieing young mac. '
per barrel.
The Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad is now
in first rate order for travelling, and the journeye
over it were never performed with greater speed and
-comfort.
A guard of militia volunteers is stationed near the
jail in Lockport. N. Y., every night, to prevent the
possibility of - McLeo4's escape.
Lieut. Gov. Sir George Arthur, family and suite,
'leave for England in the Coluinbia on Ist March.
Last week in thro Clinton county Court, N.
Miss Mary Moore received from a fickle swain, who
rejoices in the name of Henry Lawrence, the sum of
$6OO for breach of promise."
The Cotton manufacturers in some parts of New
Hampshire, have raised the price of their goods 18
per cent.
The Virginia Banks say they wont suspend. All
gammon. They must.
On Saturday last, U. S. Bank notes tvero selling
in Washington at fifty per cent discount.
General Harrison's reception in Baltimore was
brilliant in the extreme. and the way he talked to the
citizens of the montintentali city, " was a caution
to loeofOcos. The old hero 6 in excellent health
and spirits.
The Exploring Expedition were at The Sandwiteli
hinds in October last. All well, bucno more con
inems discovered.
A bill has passed the Senate authorising the U
States to surrender to the State of Maryland its in
terest. in the Chesapeake and 'Ohio Canal.
The U. S. ship Delaware is fitting oat at Norfolk
for sea. She is to relieve the Ohio on the Mediter
ranean station!
It is said that this countrylwas never in a worse
condition to go to war. So much the hitter. Uncle
Sam will listen to reason and not fight about trines
The Banks of Baltimore have suspended specie
payments. The Virginia Banks must 'follow suit,
and no mistake.
An Abolition Convention was recently held at Ro
chester, New York.
Accounts from Florida still favorable. Warriors.
squaVvs, papooses, streaking it in like lightning—so
says Gen. Armistead.-
The notes of the United States Bank are not re
ceived on deposits by the other Banks of Philadel
phia. Glad to get them shortly.
•
The Banks of Augusta ; Georgia, resumed specie
payments on the Ist inst. Very little specie was
drawn from them. •
The New Yorkers are trying to get up a war be
tween this country and Great Britain. A number
of Incendiary meetings is shortly to be held there.
One of the best—yes, the very best—papers pub
lished in, New York is the Sunday Mercury. How
do you feel now, Paige?
The whiff members of Congress are holding eau
cusses in Wrishington about every other night.—
Better attend to the people's business and leave off
scheming. Old Tip will soon be on the ground,
and then look out.
The N. Y. Sun circulates over 30,000 copies per
day, which is the greatest daily circulation of any
paper published in the United States. ' The N. Y.
Herald circulates about 9,000 per day.
On the 30th ult., the Mississippi was very high a
New Orleans.
The Harrisburg papers are wrangling and quar
relling like so many hungry dogs over a bone. De
cency, gentlemen, decency.
Miss Poole, Miss WaHack, Messrs. Giubelei,
Seguin, Manvers, and a host of others, are playing,
or rather, singing in Philadelphia.
In this good town of Pottsville, on Thursday
morning last, the thermometer marked ten degrees
below zero. Pretty cold—eh?
Four fires, three cases of robbery, six of assault
and battery, three of suicide, and one of rope, is the
sum and substance of the crimes and casualties of N.
York in a single day last week.
St. Patrick's Day is to be celebrated at Philadel
phis, by the Hibernian Society, on temperance prin
ciples.
Remember, girls, the 14th—St Valentine's Day
Look out for the mod tender - epistles. • •
Twenty millions of pounds of lead, valued a
$700,000, were exported from Galena, ll!input, do
ring the past year.
The Ohio River, at Pittsburg, last week, was in
fine navigable order.
Brat:tam, the celebrated vocalist, is giving concerts
in Boston.
There is not a distillery in the state of New Jer
sey or Delaware. A fact.
A fist fight took place recently at Jefferson• City,
Mo., between the mayor of .the city and the judge
of the Circuit Coon.
In an altercati l on, at Detroit, a man named Cliff
killed another by blows over the head with a horse
pistol. i .
The Park and Nationil theatres, N. Y. are to
open on Monday next. .
The mail stage upset this side of Reading, last
week. Two persons were dreadfully—frightened.
That's all.
General Harrison was sixty-eight years old on
Tuesday last.
Hosea J. Levis the absconding cashier of the
Bchirylkill Bank, has been arrested by the agent of
the Bank of Kentucky.
The ball at Pennsylvania Hall . on Thursday c4e
ning last went off in capital style; "Bich a gettin'
up stairs!" . •
Fanny Etasler is at New Orleans.
. Last evening was a 44 cold 'int!" The wind was
as sharp as o hand-saw. -
The removal of Recorder Morris has been official
ly announced in the New Yotk papers. His suc-
Cetsor is not named.
• Specie is selling in Philadelphia at five per cent.
Premium., • '
The finest Pc;rtion of the town of Williamsport,.
Md., has been destroyed by fire.
'l'he Legislature of Louisianan to adjourn on the
Ist of March.'
115T410,11 will bare a majority of eight in the next
U. S. Senate.
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.iCANALS-130ATS—BOATNEN-. •
The business of boating Ooril direct from Pottsirille .
to New York and , intermediate places being finally
established, a iew , remarka in regard to the Canals
by whiCh said business is carried on, may be email , '
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ered appropiate.
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The Sahuglkill ;anal, 1...
suitable fat the Boats running on the Union j or Mor
ris Canals; tbdugh- the dams" or pool part of the .
Schuylkill Navigation is very good, with the neer..
lion of the narrow channels in some places, which,
is even worse thtin the Canal.
It is preposterous to talk of enlarging the Lock! ,
while the. resent sized boats aro with difficulty
ed through the Vane!. With .11 back load of 20 orb .
30 tons, last fall, the boat • Commodore Perry was
"jammed" no less than three times in , the fourgailei
Canal, fire times while passing the twenty4WOritii.
Canal, and twice in Duncan's . Canal, let alone,' alio
detention in other plates;' if the Company deabt thiri
statement, in regard to want of room, they Have big •
to apply to some of the boat Captains who gitnendly
havo back loading, and they will find that instead of
making things =rise than they are, I havo tallea
short of the truth in this mattbr.
. .
It is reasonable and natural that men shOuld
in error sometimes, but that asys'tem should be puts.
sued where the consequences are known to beinjub
rious to every boat owner is, to say the least of its
an evidence of obstinacy; for I must do the :Reading
Superintendent the justice to say that There is no
want of judgment in his operations, though manY
may think to the contrary.
I allude to what is generallY caned the 4 . eeder l '
above Reading. A more scandalous. ill.construtted
water course does not impede the safe passage of
boats on the whole line of the Schuylkill Naviga..
don, and it is the criterion by which tho• Locktends
era at that station tejst, the strength' of the different
boats. This should not be, though the fact that it
has been Tor several years, gives little hope for
remedy.
The Outlet at the Monnyunk Locks, seems well
executed to continue the toil and vexation of B o ats -
men, if we jodge by the locks and the "point" mit• .
fling out immediately below the Locks, where even
an empty 'boat cannot lay with safety, and where it
is considered a test of competency in the art of boat.
ing if the Rocks a•e cleared With a laden boat,—
Considerable work in Fairmount Dam has been
done, and the operations of the Company may reach'
this point of it, if not overlooked—if it is overlooked )
I plead "NOT bUILTI. "
' The Basin at the Fairmount Lochs next deserve
some attention. A single channel for laden boats
is the mest prominent feature of this location, and
a Basin that should be capable of containing'at least
fifty Boats is now P harbor suitable (or sway, al
lowing no passage for the empty boats throuP the
Guard Lock.
Last fall, after the detention nt Little Cal~slh
Dam,3 number of Boats were kept above water, with
the greateit difficulty, while one or two Were sunk
in the dam above the Guard Lock. Very often, from
five to twenty Boats are swinging on the breast of
the dam for want oT a pier that ought to be erected
by all means, from 50 to 100 yards Why the
rocks in said Basin are not blown ouNo the depth
of four or five feet, it is difficult to sty, but this
seems evident, that if a diamond, circular, or eliplm
cal form of railing was required in front Of some of
the Lock-houses, or perched upon a wall for the
Boatmen to wort at, whild up to 'their compile in
water, "prying off" their boats, the expenditure
would be nothing. ‘,.."? •
Stubborn fads require plain dealing I " and.
Right, wrongs nobody."
The Managers of the Schuylkill Canal, must_ be
aware that all boats intended for the NeW York trade,
are necessarily built higher than cornmen c and that
their cabin accommodations are crowded to the stern,.
—the additional strength required make a longer
Kelson necessary, and this, with the increased depth
of timber below it, raises the cabin floors, and as a
matter of - course, brings the cabin tops in contact
with the bridges.
Let all your Bridges be nine feet above the ;eater
level, and that nuisance will bo remedied. Being on
my passage to New York, and having hurried out of
,he Schuylkill Canal, I may next week go, on with
the Steamboat, via Delaware and Raritan Canal.
J. M. dr.
NOTICES.-I he January number of the 4 , Jotirriat
of the Franklin Institute," being the commencement
of the third series, comes to us in a new dress,;
in other words, it is printed on new type. The-Jour
nal is one of the most valuabte periodicals of the
day, and should be in the hands of every mechanic
in the State.
To farmers and others engaged in agricultural
puntuits,! we can confidently recommend the “Far
mer's Cabinet," as containing sound, valuable; and
practical views in nearly every department of ogricul.
lure, horticulture, and rural and domestic economy.
1114 published monthly by Kimbcr & Sherples.4,:No.
50, North Fourth street, Philadelphia, at $1 per
annum
• ~ Waldie's Circulating Library." is
,emphatically
saigenerie. As a journal of polite literature it stands
without a tival in , ,the country. Adam Waldie &
Co., No. 46, Carpenter street; Philadelphia, are the
publishers. John Sanderson, Esq., author of the
'American in Pad's' is the editor.
Worch & Thomas, No. 134, North Fourth street.
Philadelphia, propose publishing in monthly parts,
at $1 50 per annum, a variety of 'popular German.
Airs-arranged far the voice and Piano Forte, with
English translations. We have before us the first
number of the new work, which reflects great credit
on the publishers for the good taste evinced' in the
selections.
MAIM or Many Illtum.rros.—Perseverance
against discouragements—keep your temper-em
ploy leisure in study, and always have some work
on hand—be punctual and never procrastinate-.never
be in a hurry-,preserve sell-possession. and don't bo
talked into conviction—rise early and bu an econo
mist of time—maintain dignity without the appear.
ante of pride; manner is something with every body
and everything with some—he guarded in discourse.
attentive and slow to speak—never acquiesce in
immoral or perniCious opinions—be not forward to
assign reasons to those who have no right, to ask—
think nothing in conduct unimportant& indifferent
—rather set than: follow an example—practice strict
temperance. and in all your transactions remember
, the final account.
IstrolTANT DEcisios.—A case in which a hus
band was seed ler articles furnished his wife. after
she had quitted "his bed and board." was tried in
New_ York on Wednesday last. —Judge ' Inglis
charged the Jury that - Ida wife leave her husband
of her own freewill, he is not.even liable Lir her ne•
cessities. But if he drive her out he is in (dreg
giving her a bill of credit upon the" world. and eho
binds him by all the necessary contracts she makes.
The jury returned,a verdict for the derendant- . -the
hpeband.
BRAZILIAN MORAN& TO MR URITED STATISL..•
My. Gasper Jose Lisboa has received the appoint-
ment of 51inipti3r to reside at Washington from the
Emperor 01 Brasil. tie sailed from Rio on the 15th
or December, in the Express . packet for Falmouth.
Farytiuntersass PUNISBED.-51200 damages were
awarded to a damsel in Crawford totinty. (PL) a
few days since, from an inconstant swain, who re
fused to keep hie promise of marriage.
Tit Conitter..,—The majority bribe committee
on the destruction of the.Ursoline Convent hive re.
ported leave towithdrawcm the ftetitida ior indern
atty. The adaority'have made a mufti , more.
enmity, is but a ditcb
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