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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Suomi gyp,--The Camp Meeting at Bloomsburg
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broke up ) on the Ist rout . ; At Schuylkill Haven, on
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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.