PO'ICTSVILLE. SATURDAT MORNING, SEPTEMBER ILL Per ur.—Personil indebted to this office will con. far a favor by liquidating their accounts at their ear hest 'convenience. Their bills are already made out, • t and which they mayLobtain by calling at our office. The several, bills; to he sure, are small in amount, but in tho aggregatethey form a respectable sized sum, which at the Present time. would prove more than ordinarily acceptable. • AN \A-PPEAL To the workingmen of Schuylkill county—The ap proaching ekdian±John Banks and David R. Porter—who arable friends of the workingman P ,--The Sub Treaswfy law-,High and low wages- The Tariff: Fxr.t.cctr=erTrzXes.l—We are on the ere of a ,most important political contest—a contest that must either terminate in great good or great evil to the Commonwealth oft Pennsylvania. The approaching election wilt-seal tbe !destiry of this State—whethcf for weal or wo—f Oe one generation at least. - When the rights, privileges and prosperity of thousands are at stake—when there is so much to lose or so much to gain—prudence, cbmmon decency, would requiie deliberation to decid, and honest counsel to assist in forming correcticonelusions. We do not approach you sea mere poffsicil partizan, or as a solicitor of votes. Either chhrtieter should be,, held alike con temptible by every rAmericao citizen. We have stronger claims upon you, to ensure a respectful consideration of true Oppeal. Like you, we hive to tabor for out bread; and, like you, our success in bu sinesa depends wholly and solely upon a wise, poi . ° and enlightened administration of our public affairs. We belong to the great democratic whig party of this country, because we believe our own interests and the interests of (he republic are connected with that party—that the principles of that party are in /operably connected with our free institutions. Whether the democXatic or tacofoco party be in the ascendant, our pecuniary interests, so far as party patronage goes, cannot be subserved. We neither expect nor desire to be fed out of the public purse. The correctness of the political principles we advo cate and promufge may be doubted ; but we can not be reproached with acting from mercenary mo tives. Oa the 12th of October next, an election for Gov sirnor, state and county officers takes place, when You wrlt have an Opportunity, through the ballot box, to set your said of approval or condemnation upon the three years administration of the present Executive. As the !choice for Governor is the most important one to beimaile, let us discuss the qualifi cations of the rival candidates for thathigh office— ' let us examine into, : the political principles entertain ed by both the candidates, inaimuch as they hold the same principles of:iEleir respective parties—and let us see whethiet tie interests 4 Pennsylvania can best be promoted byi the elevation of John Banks car David R. Porter tathsgubernatorial chair. We shall commence with the` present Executive. He comes before yini ; as a candidate for re-election. After having increased the State debt upwards of ELEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.—after having loaded you ivith debtii, difficulties and taxes —after having poßated the sources of public justice —after having Squiindered the public treasure on 'lnv/pithy favorites -afterhaving stretched the exe cutive power to an `arbitrary and tyrannical extent— after having released from con.inement the most des perate felons and vagabonds—after having illegally interposed the execiutive authority to shield a libeller of private characterf from the punishment due his in famy, without the form even of a trial—after having repeatedly set the popular will at utter defiance—he insults your undttanding, mocks patriotism, by asking you to retain him in an office that was never prostituted to such i.inholy purposes, until it came in his possession. We oppose him more particularly es we believe him fact.` be the WORKING MAN'S ENEMY. Bow is ho an enemy, you ask 1 Because he is in favor of the odious dub-treas ury law ; and is anxious to see it again become the law of the land. 2d. Because he is opposed to a Protective Tariff— !hat nevi:teary support of American industry, inge nuity and enterpnie ; and cams not if the coffers of foreigueis are enriched at the expense of American ''xiiechanica and wotkin,gmen. The operations I r of the Sub Treasury Law is or should be obvious to you all. Its avowed ohject was to reduce the wag6s of labor—to make the rich, rich er, and the pear (Motet. The locofocos openly ex ulted at the prospect of seeing the workingman of A menc i placed on a Par with theworkingmau olEurope. Lithe halls of e:ingress they proclaimed that the wages of the laborer in this country was too high; ind the same docttino—ao destructive to your inter ests—was endorsed- and reiterated by the locofoco Senator from this State—Mr. BUCHANAN. Remem ber, fellow citizens:, that David R. Porter who now approaches you—Svowedty as your friend—and who Solicits yostr suffrages fur the highest state ~Rice in yout gift, Is of opihion that you ore too well paid for pint services; and that a reduction in your wages should take place. Many of you have made the United States the . _ country of your adoption—are American citizens by choice and in feeling. Many of you have live'd im am the despotisms of Europe„ and know from expe tience, the almost hopeless condition of the working classes of Eurepe4 You know that equal and exact justice they cannot expect from their rulers—that their civil rights t are but the shadow of a shade— that ailetrary andityrannieal privileges are granted to the row, to the pejtadice of the mass—that in many kingdoms the lives and property of subjecte aro at the disposal of some mighty prince or potentate—and that the wages of abir are not sufficient to procure the, ordinary neeeesities of lite. Look at the many millions in ,continitntal Europe, in Great Britain it'd in Ireland, who labor and toil from year's end to year's end, for -a hare, miserable , existence—whose average wages, peiday, would not amount to more than NINE CENTS ! And yet, the locorocoo with unblushing effrontery tell you, that nine cents, per day, is better for you than the one dollar, per day, which you now reeeive—that this vast reduction in your wages would greatly', improve and ameliirrate your present tonilition. Such ridiculous sophistry can never pass cu rent in an intelligent or enlighten ed commnity. •I his all 'r i nportttrit. felhint citizens, at the present I t crisis, - to(xow alio)are your real of who your pre tended friends. Do not let your judgment be im paired by noisy 6clamation, special pleading, or de ceptive reasoning.l The name of-democracy will be invoked to cover the most slavish doctrines; end youe-would be masters will tell you, prior to the.elec tion,that your will shall be respected and your inter ests protected. Eternal 'and a- never sleeping vigi lance is the Rice f liberty. Iryou choose, look tip on 'both parties with distrust ; judge them both, by I their acts and tioty theirprofessiona. The 10(.44°- 002pol:fess to be our friends; but, remember, that they are the authors of the infamous Sub. Treasury taw.—a, measure calculated to inflict the severest injury upon your individual happiness and prosperity I measure of sufficient enormity o ruin and dis grace any party with a people pretending to be free and who •seek to improve their, political and :social condition. Remember, also, the firth act of the dirt ocraric Whig party, when they came into power,wae to repeal that odious and inhume* law ; and yet David-R. Porter, and his political friends; are forming the most unholy alliances for the purpose of re-pas sing that law which has been so frequently and un qualifiedly condemned by you. The wages of.labor are not too high in this coun try. If they were still higher, it would bee source of unalloyed satisfaction to us. Every community is or should . be interested in sustaining high prices for agricultural producu,and high rates of *ages for labor. The employer and the employed are equally interested in preserving this state of things. As a general rule, a master mechanic does the most profi table business when he pays the highest wages to his journeymen. You know this to be true. In Eng land, when the operatives are working full hours and receiving, comparatively epeaking, high wages, it is a pare indication that the manufacturing districts are in a flourishing condition. In this region, you also know, that when there is a brisk demand for coal and at advanced prices, the wages of the miners and I borers aro materially incieased. We shall next call your attention to the vital im portance of establishing such a Tariff as shall protect the American mechanic and labor:r. • You feel its necessity, as you have already partially experienced its benefits, We shall discuss this suiiject len r o in our next; and, in the meantime, we wishili t to be borne in mind—to be proclaimed far and wide—that David R. Porter is opposed to a Protective Tariff, without which, the colliers and iron masters of Schuylkill county can never compete successfully in the A meiican market with their foreign rivals. And let it also be horse in mind, that John Banks—Hon est John Banks—has ever proved himself the unwa vering and the uncompromising advocate of a protec tion to American industry and enterprise. BITUMINOUS CO4l. •N D SPONTANEOUS COM BUS TION.—There ere two classes - of persons whose statements should be received with great caution, if not with distrust—the interested or the venal. An impartial public can test tell, whether either or both these motives, have been the actuating principle with us, when we attempted to establish the fact of the great liability o/ bituminous coal to spontaneous combustion ; for, bdmitting that we live in an An thracite region and are deeply interested in the suc cess of that region, even if bituminous coal should be no longer used as fuel on board of ocean steam ships, the British steamships would not tie obliged t.. depend upon Pennsylvania fur their - supply of an thracite. Great Britain has her anthracite coal fields as well as her bituminous; and the former article can be procured in the largo sea-port towns of that kingdom on as reasonable terms as they now procure the latter. As uur readers are aware, whin first we alluded to the great danger of using bituminous coal on board ocean steamships, the idea was scouted by the Eastern papers as being riculous and absurd in the extreme, and totally destitute of any foundation in truth. We were called upon for proofs. In the Miner's Journal of August 7th, we gave no less than some twenty well authenticated cases where bitumi nous coal hat, taken fire from spontaneous combus tion, on board of ships, steamers, in coal pits, on wharves, and in coal yards, This formidable array of facts staggered not a litte the incredulity of our cotemporaries, and among others that we might mention, the editorlof the N. Y. Courier and En quirer, had the manliness to admit , that it was ill con sidered on his part to doubt the correctness of our first statement ; and what was more to the purpose, Col. WEB B cited an instance of Ore, evidently from spon taneous combustion of the bituminous coal, on board the steamship British Queen. The disclosures which we have made from time to time on this important subject, have had the desired effect. - The public have become justlAirmed, and a strict and tLorough investigation is demanded, in order to ascertain whether or no full reliance can be placed in our statements This is what we seek and desire ; and it is gratifying to add, that scarcely a day elapses without finding in at least one of our nu'- merouit exchange papers, retotded testimony, from responsible sources, in support of the position which we have taken. At Washington, too, it has been intimated to us, that the subject has attracted 'Very general attention ; end it is pr-bable that govern ment will give the necessary orders to ascertain the comparative value of anthracite and biturnineua coal for fuel on board of our National steam vissels, and also to test the objections which we have urged a gainst the latter fuel. To quote the language of the Philadelphia North American, there exists no longer any doubt relative to the liability of bituminous coal to spontaneous combustion, under certain circumstances and in cer tain "hit Wens. Still, the Philadelphia Ledger, with characteristic effrontery observes, th e s ill y stories that have been set ,afloat t alluding to tte Miners' Journal] vest_ only on a few supposed cases not sufficiently authenticated to lie cred ited." The cases which have been joelished in the Miners' Journal were neither few in num ber' nor of an imaginary character. The day the place, and every essential particular was given. After giving a detailed statement of several cases, ref erence was made to the " Archives of useful knowl edge" vol. 3, by Dr. Msiss, and to .. Silliman's JoAal," for notices, by the same author, of the spont6eous inflammation of bituminous coal. We ere now enabled to state the particulars, which, it is presumed will serve greatly to add force to the other facts on the same sulject—noy, to leave not a doubt on the mind. of any one, except those who aro de termined not to be convinced. . 1. 10th July, 1812. Virginia coal in a cellar, in Philadelphia, took fire. 2. The - Virginia coal in the great vault at the Water Werka, Centre equate, Philadelphia, took fire. 3. Two magazines of bitutninona coal in flames, in France, as related in the Memoirs of. the Royal Academy of Paris. ‘, 4. Another case in 'Philadelphia, of bituminous coal taking &re from spontaneous combustion, which was heaped tm3er a close arch. 5. In 1794, 1600 tons of bituminous coal in the king's ship yard, Copenbagan, were consumed by spontaneous combustion, with FOURTEEN HUN DRED HOUSES. See "Archives," vol. 3. p. 167. The eases mentioned in Sillimau's Journal," vol. 33, are as follows: • 6. In the year 1822, large quantities of coal were consulted by spontaneous combustion in the Navy Yards of Brooklyn, New York, Portsmouth, N. H., and Washington city. 7. In the year 1828, 100 chaltlrons of coal infla med in Boston. The same has happened twice in that city in 1837. 8. Another case in Ridgeley's coal yard, Baltimore, a few years since. 9. In Ju1y,1837, the coal yard of Nuttee & Co., New York, took. fire. 10. In October, 1837, 2000 bushels of Virginia coal, on Lawrence's W brut; New London, ignited. In addition to the other cages of bituminous coal taking : fire by spontaneous sombustion, published in this paper, , we give the following: 11. The bituminous coal heap attached to jile Smith's fire, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, was diacuvered in a state of ignition, in 1827. 12: In the year 1809 or 1810, spontaneous tom bustion twk place in .a large body of hi - ominous coal, in a yard in Philadelphia, in Fourth Street, Dear the comer of yine. The coal yard was kept by a 111 r. Helmberger. 13. About eighteen months op, in the coal yard, 188 Cherry street, New irurk, 20 chaldrons -of Vir ginia coal spontaneously ignited. 14. Two years since, Liverpool coal ignited on board the ship Joiegbine, lying at Elephant or India wharf, New York. She was discharging cargo at the time. In this and the preceding ease, the al& of the Sre engines was required in order to subdue the flames. 15. In the year 1832, several hundred chaldrons of Sidney coal took fire on the east side of New York. The coal was the property Rupert Coch ran; Esq. . . 16. A case of spontaneous combustion of Virginia coal is related in the Richmond Compiler, of August 14th, of the present year. 17. Sidney coal has taken fire in Anderson and Ward's coal yird, New York. 18. Also in Munson and Dexter's yard, Boston. do order to prevent a recurrence of a similar disaster, Messrs M. & D. never permit their bituminous coal to remain in one spot in their yard for any length of time, but remove it frequently in the course of a year. 19. A •correspondent of the Portland Advertider relates a case that fell under his observation in that city. 20. We are informed that a gentleman, whose character for veracity cannot be impeached, last year went out passenger to England in the Great Western and returned in the President. lie states that on board of both steamships the bituminous coal ignited fronirvpontaneous combustion. 21. Mr. Logan, member of the Geological Society of London, informs us that there are two, if not more, bithminous coal mines in Wales, that cannot be worked, owing to their frequent ignition by sponta neous combustion. A damp, clay soil, and an unu sual quantityof pyrites in the coal, are the causes as signed. It is not a little singular that in a vein of coal some portions of it are more liable to spontane ous combustion than others. We have mica laid before the public upwards of FORTY WELL AUTHENTICATED CASES where bituminous coal has taken fire from spontane ous combnstion,in every situation Ellld under a variety of circumstances. More could be added to the list, but the number is already sufficiently large, and of a character to remove the doubts of even . the prejudi ced and interested. We have done our duty ; and it now rests with the public to determine whether or no they witt,be so rashly infatuated as to jeopard their lives and property on board of steamships that use bituminous ooal for fuel. The almost insuppor table heat to which that fuel is exposed, together with u( si. its great liability to become wet fro sea water, are causes sufficient to produce /Toulon ous combustion on board of every steamship that cro r es the Atlan tic. NEW YORK STATE CANALL—The present Ca nal debt of New York is $ 13,551,784. Estimated amount to complete the public works, $ 245,170,860. Total $ 36,722,644. All the great public aorke of New York it is expected will be completed by 1847, when the Empire State will have 1000 miles of Ca nal navigation within her borders. The toll on the N. Y. canals this year it is believed will exceed two millions. ' Ritonr. I:mar:D.—Little Rhode Island is as true as steel. An election for Representatives in the State Legislature took place there last week. The following is the result : Democratic whip elected, Locofocoa elected, It would appear from the above, that the locos have about held their own since last year. HENRY Monnis.—Tho democratic whip of Phil adelphia county have nominated Henry Morrie; as a caniiidate for Sherif': Mr. Morris is the son of the celebrated Hobert Morris, wbo rendered such impor tant aid to his country during the revolutions-) strug gle. The son of such a sire should not appeal in vain for the suffrages of his fellow citizens. NOMINATED.—The democrats of Columbia coun ty have formed a most excellent county ticket ; all staunch men and true. William IticKelvy, Esq ;is nominated for the Assembly. A better mon to rep resent the interests of Columbia county could not have been selected. PnosEctrran.—The proprietor of the Phi!ado!. phia Chronicle has been prosecuted for publishing4n unfounded statement respecting the Pennsylvant. Bank, calculated to injure the credit of that institu- tion. GTIATIFTIIIO.- We understand that our State Treasury, at the present time, contains mitficient funds, especially set apart fur the purpose, for pay ment of tho interest due on the State Debt, on the tat February next, FansT PAGE.-Our first page, as usual, is gar nished with a great number of articles on ell swats of subjects. The story of A Coquet's Kiss" is effecting enough to draw tears from the most hard ened vagabond. TUE BOSTON TUANSCRIPT.-A most excellent paper is the Boston Transcript. Small but good; and, withal, it has a clean and healthy look, and con tains just the right mixture of sense, sentiment, end fun. A DISHONEST CLEnx.--A young man, named George Rowe, bee been arrested in Philadelphia, charged with having committed some' pretty exten sive rascalities on his employers, Pope and Aspin wall. THE BRlTANNTA.—Passengers in the steamship Britannia complain, through the Boston papers, of rude, ungentlemanly conduct on the part of Captain Cleland, and of a want of accommodation on board the ship. FATAL Amer.—At Mobile, ,on the 27th ult., Col. John H. Owen was kilted by a Mr. Gazzam. A dirk stab in the pit of the stomach was the cause of hie death. RATTER FISUL—On the 241 inst., during a rain, a catfish tell in the yard of Blossom's tavern, Ro chester, six inches long. When picked up, he was alive and kicking. ds WATER WAS THE CUT ! " —The drought has been so severe down east, that previous to the late rain, some of the pe iple in Maine were oblige 4 to pay fifty cents a barrel for water to wash with. .1. Q. ADA3I9.-I'he old man eloquent," in a late speech in the House of Representative s , sup. ports President Tyler and M. Webster in their course upon the McLeod case. THE Tanivr.—Next week we shall publish a par lion of John Bank's speech on the Tariff, as deliver. ed by him in House of Representatives, January 31, 1833. - Ca.snOs Kr.unr.s.—This ~ septuagenarian ao. tor e " is a ont to appear on the English boards. The old boy uet be upwards of seventy year of age. • Suomi gyp,--The Camp Meeting at Bloomsburg 4 broke up ) on the Ist rout . ; At Schuylkill Haven, on i Monday nt. THE MINERS9,JOURNAL. Faox WiellINGTONfe--4he Land Bill has reedy mitred ,the signature of the President:4w/ is now a law. The Revenue Bill tuts passed thoSenite by a' vote of 33 to . 11, with - the following amendments, whichluivileen sent to the Houle for conetannice TEA S AND COFFEE,' (in opposition to Levi Woodbury"s recommendation) ARE EXEMPT FROM DUTY, together with smelt; propene, gun flints, mohair, pals oil, marrows and other soap stuffs. RAILROAD IRON to be, admitted free from duty for all the' Public Roads which have been commenced since the passage of the Act of 1836. Upon,all Iron, imported for new works, there is a duty of twenty per cent to be paid. Thy Bill is to take effect from and after the 30th September. This du ty, it is needless to observe, is of the utmost impor tance to the prosperity of the iron masters of Penn sylvania and Virginia. • The Fiscal Bank Bill, u it came from the House, has passed the Senate, and now awaits the signature or veto of the President. One own impression is, that the Bill will be vetoed, notwithstanding the many contradictory rumors that are industriously circulated.' The President is of opinion that the pas sage of a Bank Bill at the present session of Con gress would be premature and ill-judged ; and that it would be better for the Representatives to go home, consult with their constituents, and ascertain what kind of a Fiscal agent would meet with the appro •val of the people. Such a course will, doubtless, meet the approval of all moderate and prudent men. We are aware that a,second veto will be received with an ill grace by our political friends; and we would therefore caution them, in a spirit of kindness and conciliation, not to act or speak too rashly or hastily. The Madisonian—which may be looked upon as the official organ—justly observes : oWe deem it nei ther chat itable nor wise to impute to him (President Tyler] the desire c f favoring his political enemies at the expense of his friends. It is as absurd asit is in correct, to attribute to him any wish or intention of separating from those with whom he agrees upon nine points of political doctrine, though be may not agree with them on the tenth." A dissolution of the Cabinet, although confidently predicted, is somewhat improbable. In case of a second veto, it is stated that the democratic whig members of Congress would strongly urge upon the different members of the Cabinet the necessity of re taining their places. . Congress, it is expected, will adjourn soile time next week. It is currently reported in Washington that Mr. Fox, the British Minister, has called on the Presi dent and stated that he would soon lay before him letters from his government demanding tho release of McLeod, or if the demand was not complied with, he was then instructed to demand his passport, and return home immediately. 4Mre do not place much faith in this report. COUNTY Mtrriso.—Saturday next is the day appointed for the democratic whig aele g ate of this county to meet at Schuylkill Haven, for the purpose of forming a county ticket, to be supported at the ensuing election. The Campaign is now opening in earnest, and it behooves all our friends to be active, vigilant; and untiring in their dilate, if they wish to see Schuylkill county , redeemed from the thisklum of locofocoisM.- Present such a ticket as will draw forth the entire democratic strength. Let th.e can didates be men of tried character and standing—men, whose past life is a guarantee for their future cone duct. They should not only be men of pure princi ples, but of capacity sufficient to discharge the duties of the different offices which they may be placed in, with credit to themselves and advantage to the public. Col. C. M. Straub is the candidate nominated by the locofucos for the Assembly. It is not our wish OT intention to sneer at the claims or pretensions of this gentleman, or oven to allude to the destructive tendency of his political principles ; but it would be as well to remind our citizens, that Col. Straub is, comparatively speaking, a stranger--for he has re sided in the county only some two years and a half. Ile is not engaged in any kind of business here, and' consequently it is not to -be expected that be can have any feeling in common with the people of Schuylkill County. Their wants and wishes he cannot be acquainted with, or if acquainted with, cannot feel. Elect this man, as he is avowedly in search of some business, it may be his interest when he arrives at Harrisburg, to act counter to the great interests of ill County. t x Fszn.='---The Ladies - -az_the Pennsyl• v. nia Hall, closes this day. We were 'present the , rst evening. Oh, reader, reader—`'(whether you be man or woman, Hottentot, Chtistian, or \ indoo, maid or matron, wife or widow)— - Who ver or whatever you are—you missed a glori ous'sight that night, if you was not there. Scores of the citizens of, Pottsville, with their sweethearts and wives, and their sisters and daughttis' , assem bled there in one vast, blushing, blooming, rosy, gay, glOrious; and gorgeous group of congregated beauty. We shall never see so much beauty again. The object of the Fair is a holy and thrice-bles sed one. Let every body who reveres the pure and beautiful precepts of Christianity, who wishes to see a temple reared worthy to be consecrated to divine worship, go to the Fair end contribute something of their abundance. It will be well for you when the great balance-sheet of your life comes to be struck, and the final settlement of all your worldly accounts determines whether you have banked :honestly through life and paid specie, or suspeaded now and then like the banks of Pennsylvania. P. S. We understand the receipts the first day were upwards of $ 500. This is doing nobly. Next' week—if we hove time, and our humor jumps that way—we may give a more extended notice of the sayings and doings of the Ladies' Fair. co- Turtle Soup will be served up at the Fair this day. Tee THEATRE.-Mr. J. H. Powell's company of N. Y. Comedians arrived in our_bstrough on Mon day lost, and having secured an appropriate room in O'Connor's Hotel, ( which has been fitted up In a neat and tasteful manner) opened on Tuesday even ing in the petit-comedy of Charles 11. Since that time, ~ Th,g Stranger," 4 , Therese," 44 The Lady of the Lake," , to say nothing , of any number of laughs. ble farcei3, have been' played in's style that would do credit to a dramatic company of higher preten sions to talent. Powell's Stranger was a beautiful and even a finished piece of acting. All the points were given, without straining, with good effect, and found a ready, warm, and heartfelt response from an audience deeply affected. He was ably supported by Messrs. Eberle, Archer, M'Mahon and Whitney, end Mesita. Powell and Eberle, and Miss Eberle. Eberle, the low Comedian of the company, possesses an immense fund of humor, and keeps his audience constantly on a broad grin. The bill of fare provided for this evening's enter tainment is most excellent, and should secure to the manager a house "filled to o'erflowing full." Powell deserves a bumper. He is a capital fellow, has a cap ital company, and does his pieces—comedy, tragedy and farcein a capital manner. Can we say morel PAINFUL Surcruss.--The Village Record states that the wife of John Staffer, in West Nantraeal township, was found suspended by the neck in an adjacent cornfield, on Sunday last. She had been partially deranged for some time.' On the news of this fatal act reaching the aged mothq of the deceaa shelell and expired! Oa Saturday last, in the same township,tbe wife of Joseph Neely committed su kids by cutting her throat from car to ear with arasor. AU florteLof 3tetni We have on hand and for sale, several capital half likenesses Of the next G . overnor of l'ehnsylvania— John Banks. Cheap for . cash. Bay twenty-five cents each. Worth double the money. We have received the Septembei number of Mer ry's Museum, edited by Peter Parley. No family should be without a copy. The engravings—colo red and uncolored—end the variety of reading mat ter, which is written in a peculiar style, cannot fail to interest both young and old. Who submit* I The U. 8. Gazette intimates that it would be ad visable to place us in an ice house—of course. allo tting to our ardent temperament. No objection to have our spirits cooled occasionally. Is there a man to be found in the state of Penn sylvania who can honestly affirm that he is satisfied with,_Governor Porter's administration In — going to or coming from a place of worship, a decent gravity of deportment should always be ob served. The Ladies' Fair, at the Pennsylvania Hall, closes this day. If you wish to patronise a worthy object— if you wish to see lovely woman in all her witchery, and at , eyed in all her charms—if you wish to pur chase the rarest and choicest articles—go to the Fair, and, by all means, 5. put money in your purse." Corporal Streeter wishes to know if we are trou bled with the dyspepsia, fever and ague, arid rheu matism?' We ore sometimes troubled, Corpora), with dyspepsia after reading the Washington Globe ; as we are no great shakes, - of course we are exempt from the ague; but—alack and alas !—we must own to the rheumatism—more's the pily. Long dressea our an abominatit n.. Tcccr could admire street sweeping. Besides, what's the use of having a pretty4oot and ankle if they are not visible to the naked eye Out friend Slater has now a most extensive as sortment of seasonable goods on hand—spick and span new. See 1151 advertisement in another col umn. Did you ever gee o temperence glass I No? Then ran on Dan Hill. Promises, like pie -crust, ere made to be broken. Any number of baskets of peaches have been promi sed to us during the last month, but we don't expect to get 'em. The editor of the St. Louis Bulletin, who is an incorrigible bachelor, says that be is opposed to uniting the marrying with the printing interest"— as, during these hard times, he finds it as much as he can do to issue a single sheet, without being bother ed with little extra?. The Tippecanoe Club of Elizaiiethtovin, N. J., have invited the Hon. John M. Botta to a public dinner. The locofocos of New York, New Hampshire and Maine have already,raisid the cry of repeal us- MAL ! REPEAL !! ! the Bankrupt law. What next 1 There has been a dreadful riot and loss of life at Cincinnati. It grew out of a quairel between the whites and blacks. Muskets fired, and one of the streets swept by a cannon. Military called out, and order at last restored. A heart raiding occurrence took place on Tues day last at the Washington Navy Yard. By on ex sion of a 321 b. shell, Capt. Jacob Bright was literal ly blown to atoms. Tux Linn gives us great pleasure to state that the Land Bill has received the signature of the President and is now the law of the land. The public domain has been a never failing bone of contention between the democrats and locofocos for the last twelve years, and it should be a source of congratulation with all, t hat new this vexed queston —pregnant even with the seeds of difunlon should be settled on such just and equitable principles. Mr. Raynor, of N. C., in his speech in the House of Representatives, July 6th, submitted the follow. ing statement, she wing the amount which each State would receive under this bill, $3,300,000 to be dis-. tributed each year, and supposing the ratio of repre sentation under the late census to be put at 60,000. If any other ratio should be agreed on, (he adds.) the relative proportion will be the same. The some are states in round numbers:-- Maine S96,CCO South Carolina $ 8000 New Hampshire 48,000 Georgia 168.000 Vermont i — 48,000 Alabama 96,000 Massacifusetta 144,000 Mississippi 48.000 COB" e r cticut 60,000 Louisiana 48,600 Rhode Island 12,000 Tennessee 141,000 New York 480,000 Kentucky 132,000 New Jersey . 12,600 Ohio 300.000 Pennsylvania 386.000 Indiana 132.000 Delaware 12,000 Missouri 84,009 Maryland '72,000 Illinois 60,000 Virginia 201,000 Arkansas 12,000 North Carolina 120,000 Michigan 36,000 It will be seen from the above,that Pennsylvania's annual portion of the proceeds of the Public Lands amounts to nearly four hundred thousand dollars. In other words, that the people of this state will be relieved from that amount of taxes every year. And yet Senators Buchanan, and Sturgeon, notwithstand ing the instructions which they received, voted against the Land Bill, and would have countenanced, had opportunity served, the locofoco scheme of plun dering Pennsylvania of her rightful portion of the Public Domain. Cou.nuiss is Ernors.—We gather (says the North American) from a paper in the September number 'of the Franklin Journal. some statistics about Coal Mines in France and Belgium. It ap pears that in France there are 198 mines, employ ing over 17,000 miners, yielding over two million tons of Coal, valued at more than $ 3,600,000. In Belgium, one of the-great coal fields of Europe, there were in 1836, 250 collieries, giving employment to over 31,000 workmen, and yielding 96,000,000 English bushels of Coal, valued at about $ 6,000,- 000. Since 1836 there have probably not been any material changes in the collieries, or the quan tity of coal annually produced. Remise lismnosn.—The following is an ex tract from the Philadelphia North American : We learn with pleasure at the lime the Britannia left England, four ships had sailed thence to this putt, laden with upwards of 1,000 tons of Railroad Iron for the Reading Railway Company. These vessels were the Stephen Baldwin, Jul iter, Swatara, and Ebac. About an equal quantity was to be shipped previous to the close of August. On the arrival of this Iron, the utmost expedition will be used in bay ing it laid on the road, nearly all of which is already graded. A further supply of from 7to 800 tons of Iron Rails will probably complete the road to Potts ville." Saksrestrr..--TLe Church yard, attached to the Episcopal Church of this borough, is kept in a state that should be a reproach to any religious communi ty. Cows and hogs are permitted to run riot over the sanctuary of the dead ; and to destroy those, lit tle momentoes , which base Nen planted over rho remains of the lost arid loved, by the hand of affec tion. The vestry should look to this crying out rage. Bsonon.—Broirgh, the vocalist, is now singing in Dublin. Ho hers been well received since his return from this country. GOOD SELECTIONO.—The democratic whip of Philadelphia have nominated John W. Scott for May. or, and Henry H. epackman for state Senator. . Tin Stieuses AND Butrniou—The *Mai 4 hs has tho knack of acing up occasionally soma choice bits of poetry. Seo how hots-trading ani matrimony are touched off: For good or for evil, , 1 For better or worse, i ... Man gets him a wife, 1 Or buys him a horse. • I Both are deceptive, We take them on trust. The likeliest looking Oft turns out the worst 1 The following foot lines are above the common order. Few can read thorn without emotion :. ' Oft in the stilly night ' 1 When slumber's chains have bound me. I fee) the cursed bite Of something crawling around me! Here is a couplet said to have been written by' western editor. It's truth cannot and will not be questioned. " Taint ev'ty man can be a'po•et No more'n a sheep can be a go 14!" UNITED STATES BANS.Speaking of the assign ment of the assets of the United States Bank, the National Gazette sags: "It is dated the 4th in. stunt, and enumerates property of mei description. The following stocks, not previously ; set apart its security for debts here or abroad, aretset 4own.ie a schedule to the assignment, but are loot assigned, being held almost valueless Cumberland Volley Railroad, 4020 sharei Franklin Railroad, 2020 shares; Somerset and Cumberland Turnpike, 4000 shares ;Sunbury and Eric Railroad, 5223 shares ; Johnstoni and Ligonier Turnpike, 200 shares; Wrightsville, led{ and Get. tysburg Railroad, 2000 shares ; Warren sad Frank lin Turnpike, GOO shares ; Warren- Turnpike 600 shares; Washington and Pittsburg Turnpike 300 evares ; Roseburg and Mercer Turnpike 200 share's ; Philadelphia Railroad. 30 shares: Union Cansl, 134 shares; Erie Salt Company, 25 'shares; Will. iamsport Bridge Company, 300 shares ; Mononga hela Navigation Company, 1000 shares.. For the Miners' Jottrned. A GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA, ACROSTICAL, My 1,2, 12, 11, 12, is a town in Persia. 4. 2,6, 13, 12, is an island near Scotland, '- .. 2, 12, 1, 9, 5, is a province of the Netherlatids .4 4, 10, 3,4, is a river in Scollatti. •' 6,4, 9, 66, is a river in Switzerland. .. 6,2, 11, 12, 2, is a Mountain in l Arabia Petrels, 7,9, 1,4, 13, 13, 12, is a town in Spain. 8,5, 1,9, 6, is a gulf in Asia. " 9,1, 4, 12, is a town in Sweden. .. 10. 12, 1,2, 6,6, 4,5, 12, I,,is an Island in the gull of Menem. a 11, 12, 5,3, 2, is a town in Silotelo to (Italy) .. 12, 5, 12, 13, is a sea in Asia. I . 13, 9, 6. is a river in Belochistan. My whole is a celebrated paper itssued in this state. Answer next week. E. B. MACHINARY AND LABOR —lt is slated by Brother. ton, that upwards of 360,600 petsons are employed in the cotton, woolen and silk mills of Great Brit ain, and a far greater number dependent upon them. No child under 13 years of age call to em. ployed Enure than 8 hours a day •or 48 hoots per week. Those above 13 and under 18, cannot be employed more than 12 hours a day or 69 hour per week. A PLUM.—A Misr. Mitchell, of Baltimore, lately deceased, bequeathed to John V. L. McMahon, Esq., of that city, the cool sum of $ 100,000. • RECOTEIIED.—The money stolen from the Dan ville Bank has been recovered. DILD. —Grenville Mellen, the pdet, died in New York on Sunday last. Schuylkill Coal Trade. REMARKS. The shipments during thti last week only amount to 20,411 tone. This great falling off, since our last, is altogether owing to the low stage of water in the canal, which hoc caused a scarcity of boats and if the present dry weather continues, a still greater reduction may be expected next week. Then, are now lying below Schuylkill friven, upwards ot two hundred loaded boat.; and there they are likely to remain for some time, as the water in that level will not permit the passage of more than one boat every two hours. Freights have advanced in consequence of a want of water in the canal. We quote to Philadelphia, $ 1 70, and to New York, $ 3 50. Schuylkill coal is now selling at 'Philailelphiii by the 'cargo at $ 5 50 a $ 5 75 per ton for white; and $ 5 75 a $ 6 for red ash, cash and fitiur nionths cred it. During the last week the demand hay btei r t less active than formerly. Red ash coal is retailing Ifrom the yards, broken and screened, at $7. Whit a ash, fifty cents less. Lehigh coal at the same pr ie as the Schuylkill Ohite asb. We notice a small sale in Philadelphia, last Week, of Virginia coal, at 22 cents a bushel. Pictbu at lumnly-one cents a bushel. We quote freights from Philadelphia to Boston at $ 1 75; to Providence, $ 1 50; 'to New York, $ I 123; and to New London, $ 75 per ton: In the early part of last week, as mochas 123 cents, per ton, higher was paid. The total amount of anthracite coal received this season at Philadelphia aid New York up to August 26th, from all sources, is about 430,000 lona. The advanced prices for Schuylkill coal in Ncw York are stilt maintained. Shipments of Coal for the week ending on Thurs day evening last. i . Shipped by:'• Boats. Tons. Deldware Coal Co. 52 ,2701 M ilnes & Spencer, 31 '2017 8 Heilner & Son, 2c, .1247 Manes & Haywood, 21 i'1043 1 Geo. H Potts, 16 • 826 Bennet& Taylor, lh • J 785 Bell & Bolton, 14 . 744 S 9 Reeve & CO. A 14 787 George - Payne, 14 723 Charles Lawton, 1 702 Miller & Haggerty, li 605 G Best, 11 541 Hill & Canner, 11 537 F .1 Parvin, 4. 1 659 J Pinkerton, lO , 1 525 Union Collieries, 10521 , . Sillyman & Nice, 0 428 Prior & Jenkins!, . 8 '4OO R. Kear, 6 987 Thomas Morris, 7 917 Potts &Donna°, 6 319 W. H, Johns, : , ' 319 R. Adams, 316 C. De Forest, i 268 Taylor & Clayton. i 270 C. Ashley &Coq • 4 261 Charles Ellet, j 253 G Thompson, ' 5 209 James Downey, i 206 Hugh Hinsley, 4, 209 sundry Shipper; , 2 6 1653 ;I ' 20,411 Per last report • 6,876 • 3111,170 0,117i' 331,631 Shipments to suite period last year 267,779.
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