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SATURDAY . OI4IRNING, DECEMBEti 4.
Flair P o finder, our first page this' week
contains much that as amusing and intaillating, and
much that, is r calculated to be of iervice to you.
Reed attentively tha principal article, which treats
of the over prialuctiOn of intellectual labor, bud pov
erty in cities, original style will be a passport
rti your favor, and its sincerity and truth you cannot
not—queyon or doubt.
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iteading Rallroad..Our Operatore—their en.
,terprise.-their Edifilvaltiee and troubles..
' tthe ordeal thriatigh' srlilch they hare. to
:t r
• peas - The Celellnatlon - Great Rejoicing. In
the Coal Region.,
° - The annazed eztr i Act is token from the last num
ber of the Americanißailroad Journal, published in
" the city of New York : .
PHILADELPHIA ANb POTTSvILLR RAILROAD.--We
may now announce with every, ,cervainty. that the Ph.la
delphia and Pottsvillq-railway will be completed to the
mines befare the clown of the %ear 1841:or in the
course of the 'next two months. No greater blessing
could possibly be conferred on that region, which' may
henceforth corsider its supremacy in the Coal trade ful
ly secured ; and they May well be proud of this railroad
, as embracing more df the qualities whiCh constitute
perfection in such a work, than can any where else be
presented
Towards its prosectition and final completion, it is
well known that this region has not contributed n cent,
which may well have been owing to circumstances
above their control, bt it is not likely they will *allow
the occasion of the op fling of this road to go unsignal
i
ized by some appropri, to mark i n acknowledgment of
• it's great advantages to it hem
What, under the ciicumsiancea, therefore. could be
More suitable thaii for this region to present the road
with a nair of locomilives , culler for travel or burdi-n, '
'to be called the ' Pot sville " and the " Schuylkill Ha
i
yen," which should rut forever over the road as a me
.mento to show that th s ir hearts are as full of gratitude
as the hills of the regi on are 01 coal.
A contribution of about 3000 tons of coal, disposed
of in Philadelphia, at'Bs per ton, would accompl is h
- truth a purpose, and could be so arranged as to be little
Onerous to th gion, the principal value of such a gift
being understo to consist in its being an ever living
and acti%, rice of-a mutual good li•eling between
the panics. ' A`Commi tee of the leading, millers of this
thews
t
region would do thelves infinite credit in organizing
and giving execution tit the above suggestion in. time
for a' celebration' on the Ist of January, 1542.
The Journal is cor ect in stating that the Reading
Railroad will he comilleted before the closing of the
year 1841; and that towards the proserwion and
completion of that rota this region 1135 not ClaltribU:
ted a cent. The rea l iintis why such contributions
have not been made. is solely owing to the want of
pecuniary ability on the part of our citiz.ns, and not
from any Inkewarnmeiis towards the work. ft shotild
be remembered that the •Schuylkill Coal Trade is
Yet in its infancy, anal that nearly, if noe quite all,
our operators, when they commenced to penetrate in
-to our mountains and to bring forth their hid
den treasures, possesSed little or no capital. When
fortune smiled upon their labors, the fruits of their
industry and enterpristi were not exchanged for hou
ses. or long, or stock, but were, from absolute ne
cessity, invested in h i , nprovements as enabled
them to prosecute thri r f mining operations to advan
tage. The region isE rich in railroads tinder and
aboveground ; rich in cars and waggone.aqd horses;
tic's in slopes, and shifts; rich in ekstly steam en
ginei ; rich in all the necessary mining implements;
'rich in that purely American spirit, which quails
not under disappointmint and gathers strength from
. difficulties and opposition ; in short, rich in every
thing—save money.
The enterprise 7 we sd almost said improvident
enterprise—of our operators, is proverbial. II the
season has been- a go-.h 'one to them—if they have
realized a few thousanti dollars, after submitting to
ti host of risks and coltingencies, a tunnel to be
made—a elope or a shift sunk —a steam engine
erected—more rail tracks laid—more cars purchased
'or new veins opened ; and V?! the money- tray
Oveporated. This is net all. An operator inoy be\
eMccessfully working a ion of good coal one season,
Shipping his ten boats i week, at a handsome profit,
When on a sudden, (hdrrible truth !) his vein is in
fault. Difficulties and dirt—stone and starvation- 7
every thing, but coal, stares him in the face. Dies
he give up in despair—iitrandon his apparently hqe-
Ices task ? NI. He does to work with indomita
ble courage—exhausts Ills means—gets into debt—
and weeks and months kind even years are consum
ed' before he gets
,in o coal" again. \We can
name more than one irmividual who has worked for
upwards of two years cinder ground without being
fortunate enough to bring'a ton of coal to the sur
• (ace.
Observe the ordeal through which a master miner
has to pass—the ditTh.milties he must encounter and
overcome—before his vis)ortir of profit become a plea
surable reality. He muttsfirst secure a good vein of
good coal, at a moderate rent, and his mines must
not be at too great o distance from his place of ship
ping. Thousands of jollars must be dissolved in
care, waggona, horse,s, [ r ailways. engines, Screens,
tools, &c., &c. His 4in must not be in fault, un
der no circumstances whatever. Wages must be at
a fair standard, and his foremen—above oll—rrust
be men in whom he cat place the utmost reliance.
The cost of transportation to Market must be from
80 to 100 per cent less than it has been during the
present season. , He is 'now only through half his
troubles. 'He has brouilit 'ilia coal to market, hut
there most he a demand for it, and the mortifying
fact stares him in the face!, that he must compete
with a foreign rival. he coal is sold, probably on
time, and after all his trials, he must run the usual
risk which attend all bills receivable."
We merely mention heire interesting little re
miniscences," to place (be affairs of this region in a
just light before the edit6r of the Railroad Journal—
to show the true i reason Why we have not contributed
emit towards the completion of the Reading Rail
road. The enterprise Old public spirit of our citi
zens have already outstretched - discretion. When
they could afford it, they have contributed their
means liberally towards-alt objects calculated to ad
vance the wealth and prOpperity of the regicity. The
profit and loss side.of many of their lcdgeret will cot
- roborate the correctness of the assertion. -
We have frequently dwelt upon the advantages
which the Reading Railrdad holds out to our citizens;
they cannot be too highly estimated—too warmly
appreciated. With a canal and a railroad, the ca
pacity of which is illimitable, and a region filled
with an almost inexhausioble supply of a fuel, coin.
bitting the most valu rile properties of all others,
what - may not our eitizensi accomplish ? Competition
at home they-treed not - feir ; for they will be placed.
above it.
Although it is highly irhprobable that two locomo
tives will be purchased at the expense of the region
and presented to the Rsiding Railroad Company,
yet we venture to assert that the opening of the road I
will be celebrated in a,mirnner worthy of the work
and worthy of our people ( All are looking forward
to the Completion of the road with the greatest anxi
ty ; and when the day atlrtves which will see a lo
comotive rushing with bripetoosity, but still control- -
led, through our beautiful , valleys—penetrating our
hills —gliding through 'het vet) , bowels of the earth
now threading its way Ity the banks of the Schuyl
kill, and now shooting eci t usa the plains; unchecked
and unopposed ; its comae moi'ientarily marked by
e thin white vapor, and tier approach .scarcely an-.
rmuirct:d by the short and half stifled escape from
rher engine. When the dny arrives which will see
6.ee the last link of an imi tocement com
pleted, which will keep an open and speedy com
munication with Philadelphia at alt seasons of then
year, alike reprdless of:freshets and droughts—will
see a great and growing market brought to ow very
mines, for their rich products—that day will alsostee
such a jubilee, we doubt not, as was never before wit
nessed in Schuylkill county.
Let all classes of our community, then, come for
ward—the employer a* well as the employed—and
in a spirit of liberality, if not gratitude, contribute
their mite and their services, for the purpose of get
ting up the proposed jubilee. Let the cares and
troubles and vexations of business be for once for
gotten—let us give ourselves a holiday—and while
contemplating the bright destiny of our botough and
our region, shadowed forth in the future, let us re
j.,ice with great rejoicings.
11 EA:
exxiortiNo.—Quite a severe snow storm com
menced on Sunday 'evening last, about nine o'clock,
and lasted till next morning. The ground was pre
pared for its pure, white covering, and on Monday
and Tuesday, the merry jingling of sleigh bells might
have been heard in all directions.' Oh ! for a good
old fashioned sleigh ride—or frolic, if you choose.
The moon shining clear and bright—the snow spark
ling in its rays—something sparkling still brighter
near you—the sleigh gliding swiftly along—the bills
keeping time to your joyous, ecstatic feelings—aud
the fond shouts, aid the merry peals of laughter, and
the other little etceteras. This is not such a bad
world after all; and winter has many chorine. al
though Thomson has drawn a somewhat gloomy
picture of it:
See, winter comes, to rule the varied year,
Sullen and sad, with all hiX rising train ;
Vapors aid clouds, and storms. Be these my theme,
These! that exalt the soul to solemn thought,
And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred Blooms !
Congenial horrors,Jiail Lwith frequent foot,
Pleas'd have I. in my cheerful morn of life,
When mired by careless Solitude I
And sung of nature with unceasing joy.
Pleas'd have I w a nder'd tiirough your rough domain;
Trod ihe pure virgin-snows, myself as pure:
Heard the winds roar, and the big torrent burst;
Or seen the deep-fermenting tempest brew'd,
In the grim evening sky. Thus pass'd the time.
Till through the lucid chambers of the south
Look'd out the joyous Spring, look 'd out, and smil'd.
Ora NOBLE VISITORS.—The Prince de Joinville
I. has left for his own sunny France, .but Lord ltfor
peth still remains. some of the nkbolis and city dig-
Mistier; of Boston and New York—asses as they
are—have done their best to convince these noble
visitors how utterly repugnant to their-taste is any
thing which savors of republican simplicity. M rs.
Dr. Mott. of New York. n milliner's daughter, an.'
a would be leader of the lon, gave the Prince a ball '
which is said to haVe equalled any thing of the kind
for splendor and magnificence ever given between the
poles. [The Doctor's patients will have to suffer
some fur this frolic 1 The Fathers of Gotham, not
to be behind in fully and stupidity, have given this
young shoot id royalty. a splendid dinner, at the As
tor House, at a cost of thousands of dollars. The
tickets were may $ 20! ! The New Yorkers have
a city debt of sonic $ 9,000,000 hanging over then
heads. This is-n great country ! Debts heavy, pur
ses light, and public morals at a discount ! Wan
dering princes a ould get but a coal reception in this
region.
GONG lIESS : —On blonday next, Congress meets
As there is no Speaker to elect, the President's nies
sage will undouhteilly be delivered that day, will be
published in several of
,the Philadelphia papers of
Tuesday morning, and Will be read by many of the
good people of Pottsville the same evening. The
President's views on the currency question are look
ed for .vi ith great anxiety. 11 hat sort of a fiscal
agent he-will recommendnd he vol warily stands
pledged in the matter—it is "fficul to conjectute.
The old monster, probably, ut state of dilution,
With n tluch of theSub-Treasurilteheme, to give it
a seasoning Well, we can't be much worse off.
than se are at the present limo—that's some com
fort.
. POI lac Eszei s n.— Takr - .Notice ! —We have
been requested to state that a meeting of the citizens
of Pottsville will be h. Id at the Pennsylvania Hall.
on Monday evening next. at 7 o'clock, for the pur
pose of adopting suitable measures in order to cele
brate the opening of the Reading Railroad, in a man
ner worthy of the -work and of the people of this
cleat region. ' All persons inter'eated fn the Coal re.
pion are invited to attend,
ttonTnr OF CONEIIDLILTION.—The induce
ments afforded by the Reading Railroad Company to
operators and others furnishing cars nn their road,
ate Worthy of consideration. Car stock will Minot'
be worth as much as canal boat stock was this seas
on. A safer or more profitable investment could not
well he made; and we hope to see, during the win
ter, our mechanics busily engaged in making cars by
the sores and fifties.
Monnox LIXTVIIE.—On Monday evfning last,
ut the Academy, a Mr. Newton held forth on the
beauties of Mormonism to an audience thin in num
bers and shiverng from cold. We did not bear of
any one being converted.or perverted. The lecture
concl(ided, an attempt was made to dispose of some
mortnon books; but the audience, from an unac
countable obtuseness, did not take.
INTE3DED FOR A HlT.—The Houstonian, 8 TeX.
as paper, boastingly states, that the jail of Houston
county is unoccupied, and Etas that such a statement
can be made of but few jails.in the United States,
In the United Styes we ere in the habit of putting
our rascals in limbo ; in Texas, we should infer, that
they were permitted to run at large un•t.olested.
OUB ADUEUTI II IING PATBO3I must excuse us, if
we occasionally omit some of their favors. We have
already encroached too much on that prt of our
paper which is devoted to what is technically called,
reading matter. " In three weeks, the proposed
enlargement of the Miners' Journal takes place, and
then we hope to satisfy all parties.
&roes:Eva ! !—A young girl , and a benutifal
young girl, too, in Delaware, convicted of stealing,
was lately sentenced to receive over twenty lashes
on the bare back, at ten different times, at a public
whipping post. We rejoice to learn that she has
been pardoned by. the Governor of that state.
THE AmanrcA3r RAILROAD JOURNAL, of New
York, should have an extensive circulation in this
region. We are not acquainted with, a work which
contains in the same li bits a - wooter amount of val•
noble information on the suljectsir-treats of
IN A ps.T.—The Danville Intelligencer
pet because •we intimated that the Mammoth Fur=
nace was likely to catch a prevailing disorder. Like
the furnace, friend Best should occasionally keep
cool, and if tapped, not run.
rat. lIICE tun.—John Quincy Adams says that
it ie perfectly right, correct, just, and proper, for
Great Britain to make war on the Chinese. One
thing is very certain that John Bull will not contra
dict the venerable El-President in ibis matter.
A COPT OF TUE N. Y. NEW ERA Sae been re
ceived Sy us. The typographical appearance shows
a decided iniprJvement ; and, on the whole, we think
our friend Slamm id leas ■currilous and virulent in
his editaiials than:was hie wont.
ADTHILIX. " OF TUE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER.
-Wo stated last week that it was our intention to
give Anthrax" another shaking. Wo' have
thought over the Matter, slept over the matter, and
of first believed, that it woe beet to let this Captain
Bobadil on paper—this unscruphlous`, thorough pa
ced vagabond—go unwhipt, escape unpunished. As
we made the promise, however,. we ore reluctantly
compelled to fulfil it.
To show the public - the almost utter impossibility
of ; entering into a discussion with Anthrax," on
any thing like fair terms, it will be only necessary
to - point out and expose a few of the grasser fe , ricd-t
tions which he has lately made. In the Philadel
phia Ledger, of the 24th nth, he favors us with the
following: •
The Miners' kernel says the amount of coal in mar
ket this year will not exceed thatof last year, which he
says was 918,000 tone. -If he had calculated fairly and
sensibly he must have known that: it over tuns it, at this
moment, 50,000 tons!
Now let us see what the Miners' Journal did say,
and then compare it with the above.
•
The increased supply this yPar from all the anthra
cite regions will be about 100,006 tons; but still the
mount of coal in the market this :year will not exceed
that of last year, owing to the-small amount of coal in
the hands of the dealers when the present season com
menced Miners' Journal, Nov O.
Again, in the same palm., speaking of the supply
of coal required this season, Anthrax " holds the
following language :
The question was not, what will be the amount of
coal sent to market this season; every one agreed upon
a million of tons. The controversy turned upon the
consumption of coal. I took. the twelve 'Months' con.
sumption. April Ist, 1840 to April Ist 1841, 780 000 tons,
as a guide. The Journal took the fourteen mo: ihs,
from April ltt, 1840, to June Ist, 1841. 960,000 tons, as
the guide f'r the -consumption of this short season,
which is only ten months, viz: from June Ist, IE4I, to
April Ist, 1842.
The Miners' Journal never took the fourteen
months, from April Ist, 1840, to June Ist, 1841, as
a guide for the probable amount of CJII required this
seaAon, as the following extract %%ill show :
The consumption of Auihracite Coal last year %vas
965414 tons, which were consumed from the period
commencing , March 31st. 1840, t April Ist. 1841—
(u:flee months—and although the navigation was obstruc
ted about two months ibis season, it can make no differ
ence in the demand for the eurren: year, ending April
Ist, 1842. although it makes a material difference in the
facilities for procuring a supply. It should be borne in
mind that the coal season closes on the lst of April
of every year. All our calculations and annual tables,
relative to the supply and consumption of coal, are ta
ken from that periud.—Mincrs' Journal. July 31.
•The tollov,ing and lust extract %nitwit eke shall
make, appeared over Anthrax's " signatur, in the
Ledger of the 25th ult.:
The styppers above have not stopped, as slate I by
the Aliners' Journal. They are bhippirig as usuai,
hengh a less a mount of coal. because the demand has
nearly ceased.
The Millen. ' Journal, of the 20th tOt.,. n ad.• the
following statement, %%hid) called futih t e above.
The season is drawing to a close. !Shiny optrators
have already ceased shipping ; ai,d, judging trout the
present wintry aspect of the weather, in a Icw dap; ill
the boats wit he taken off the canal.
hl the there extraLts which we have given, it will
be seen that •• Anthrax ha..a been guilty niJt only
of perversion, but of withal Nisch° d. It it were
not for the ullichiev4us tendency of many .1
his statements, we should not waste paper iu detect
tog Lis blunders expouing Las fstoications.
When we have drivett him into a corner, he coolly
turns round, assumes our own position, plugs us in
the position he formerly occupied, and then fights
us with our own weapons. fits lies are monstrous,
his impudence unttlushing, and his ignorance 0111U.S.
ing. Under cover of a paper, claiming to be res
pectable, and admitted to be talented, he barks at
the reputation of individuals of Utiltl..mished charac
ter, with the perseverance of a cur and the reckless
ness of a blackguard. Our fairest iffsti'utions, our
most respectable companies and associations, are
covered with all the .filth that he is master of—all
the invective and abuse that he can I, •rrow. If .0
truth should b• accident be admitted into his stile
ment, it looks solitary and uncootfortahle, and is soon
stifled ft om the' %% eight of fabrications by 'a
hich it is
surround#•d. Ilia last statement rel .I,ve to the aline
Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Comvany is one
tissue of nonsense; and the i• cons, talked of,
cannot hilt excite ri passing smile front any sensi
ble man at qualified with' the rams of that Compa
ny. We are pus tively . assured by several .pi mines
on the %Vest Branch that he was never authorized
to make the statements which he so arrogant! ) puts
faith in the Ledger. The character of the man, they
fell convinced, is enough to stamp any charges
which Ile may deem fit to make, with doubt arid sus
picion.
As; to tt Anthrax's " remarks olattut the Miners'
Journal—in public or private—on will let them pass
for what they are really worth,. Any attack which
he may make on ourself or our paper, we shall dis
regard; hut. as heretoktere, we shall al wa'S a be ready
and willing _to answer any statements calculated t
affect the interests of our citizens. no mulct Irom
what quarter they may emanate; although we s well
know that a discussion with Anthrax "is about as
reputable as an acquaintance. In both Cases, Con
tamination must ensue.
In conclusion, we cannot well avoid alluding to
the course n hich 4 , Anthrax" has pursued since the
opening of the season. During the summer, he
told the public that the market would be g;utted
with coal—that prices must fall—and that the con
sumer could lay in hie winter's supply of cual much
more advantageously at the latter end of the season.
It is well known that there has heart an advance,
in the plac'e of a fall in prices, as those who hive
Levu duped by Anthrax's" etatements know to
their cost. The season has now closed, alit' 11 , .re is
not more than a sufficient supply of coal in market
fir the winter and spun; consumption ; indeed, in
man) places, if the opening of navigation next year
should be retarded, there will be a deficiency. What
does " Anthrax " say now? Why, he still cautions
the consumer, advises him not to ptirchase at the
present prices, as the Reading Railroad will be open
all winter, and coal will be brought to ?Haile!, hia,
through that channel, by thousands of tons. In the
fore part of the season, 4. Anthrax " sought to injure
the interests of our miners; failing in that, his ener
gies are now directed against the coal de . alers of Phi- ;
ladelpLia and New York. They have succeeded in
obtaining a supply, at advanced prices, and 4 , An
thrax " seeks to depress prices at the cost, if not the
ruin, of as large, as honorable, and es enterprising a
class of business men as can be found in the coun
try. If lying statements can further the designs of
one, alike destitute of honor-and honesty, "Anthrax"
may yet chuckle with deligLt at the success of his
selfish and black 'waited schemes; but still we be
lieve that there is a latent fund of Coleman sense,
even among the readers of the Philadelphia Ledger,
that can detect in specious arguments the machina
tions of an unprincipled speculator—the machina
tions of one often detected, often exposed, but whose
Cffrentery becomes more brazen and whose impu
denceirt unblushing, at every discomfiture.
CUCCICHER, a e all other places, should be warm
and comfortable. *lf economy of orie'i physical
enjoyments is disarranged, one cannot listen to a dis•
room with profit or advantage. We merely throw
this out as a hint.
Urn SISTER RzeonztF.—lt is said that Santa
Anna will unconditionally recognize the independ
ence of Texas.
SINGULAR FAcx.--One half of the Governors of
the different instal; of the Union are democrats, and
t'other half, loculocos.
THE MINERS' . . JOURNAL.
OURSULVRO AND OUR ENLAUGEDIENT.—During
the last twelve zoomha we have talked about all im
aginable end unimaginable subjects--poetry, politics,
religion, literature, the arts okal science's, men an
things, and whatever was uppermost in the publi
mind; but we have said very little about ourselves,
not fronra want of inclination, but becalm we had
not a decent opportunity. The proposed enlarge.l
went of the Miners' Journal, on the first of January ;
next, affords an excellent chance for egotizing. AIM
ter that period; we shall present one of the meat in-1 ,
terestmg sheets published out of the large cities ; and s ,
we possess the vanity to believe, that it, will equal
many published in them.; Its typographical ap
pearance cannot well be otherwise than beautiful.
First, because it will be printed on good white pa
per; second, because the press to be used will be
new and nearly all the type ; and third and lastly,
and what is of more consequence then all, our type
mongers being very skilful men, the typographical
arrangement of the piper will he neat, effective, and
got up in a workmanlike manner.
As regards the contents, we can speak more posi
tively. No paper in the state, out a Philadelphia,
will contain a greater amount of editorial matter, if
that is any recommendation. Whatever m ill con
duce to the happiness and prosperity of the Coal
Region will find in us a sincere and ardent advocate;
and all facts relating to the great interests of this
great region, will be promptly laid before our lea
ders. It mill be our pride and pleasure to mike the
Journal a sterling family newspaper ; and nothing
shall appear in its columns calculated to rater a
blush on the cheeks of innocence. It shall be light
without being sill} ; instructive without being pro-.
sey ; and racy without being offensive. Thrse are
large promises; but we believe tl.ey will be redeem
.l
ed.
Our subscription list is already large ; but we
hope and believe it will be still further b•creasel.
Our advertising patronage is got , d, but we hope and
believe it will be still better. Nothing speaks so
well for the prosperity and business of a town abroad
us its tiewspap,rs ; which should be respectable in
appearance, ably conducted, and their advertising
columns well fille,i—not with quack doctors' dver•
tisemrnts, or prospectuses of insp./ince and mam
moth newspapets, but with the advettisernehts of
merchants, traders, mechanics, and all classes of bu
siness men.
The enlargement - of - the Miners' Journal will cause
1111 ~1 11111 outlay of capital ; and we therefore look
I forward with confidence to a liberal and enlighten
' ell public for an increased support, as ,some return
fur our enterprise and Pplril. Modest to speak of
one's •• enti.rp, ice and epirit,'• but it ir• the truth.
i%v Tons, Aunon I.—This is the title of a two
cent paper. just established in New York, and bids
fair to have an extensive circulation. It is edited by
Thomas L. Nichols, a gentleman whom we have
known personally and by reputation for a nundier
of years. . Nichols is an odd fish—a queer com
pound. He is a splendid but an erratic Lit-M(lB 7 Nil
of sentiment, full of poetry, full of wit, and full of
fun. his spirits are remarkable, (a most excellent
judge of liquot 1 and whether for arising a squib or
a leader, or making an impromptu speech, Tom—
glorious Top—stands unrivalled. We vi WI the
Aurora, its editor, its !proprietors, (Messrs. Herrick
arid Ropes) individually ;and collectively, success,
and lots of it ; and, while Aar hand is in, here's suc
cess to the Miners' Journal end its enlargement.
TUE NEW Ft; cr..—The new fuel spoken of by
the N. V. Courier and Enquirer, (an account of
which will be found on the first t age) is all fudge.
One can scarcely take up a paper before one is startled
in reading on account of sortie important Improve
ment, borne wonderful discovery, that is to work mir
acles and effect wonders; and in a lew days the im
provements and discoveries are lost sight of,and prob
ably never heard of more. Folks may make use of, in
succe,sinii, every known description of ftiel for rais
ing .teem ; but, in the end, Anthracite will be adop
ted, as being cleaner, cheaper, safer; and possessing
more evaporative p , wer, than any fuel we are of
prselet (icy/Willed xllll.
To Cohn ESPON X ' S " comunicarion has
been receit ed, but vie Irl , and still Ire!, too lazy to
read it.. It covers six mortal lotig pages of fool,cap
—b . v the way, we have received. from the city, nod
live for sale, s•ime excellent paper of that description.
!darn. ruled • and faint lined ; prices to suit the
time, " I usiness is business. Also, a great variety
of nonual,. b mks, engravings, and other presents
suit.ble for the sppronclorg hohd.•ys.
GLOHIOCH NEW,' FHO3I THE Inuru.--Sixlplhree
b•dianN killed and captor& !--Thelast nevvir from
Florida has the above caption. Glorious 'nests, in
deed ! A powerful nation first , ainks at the.frauds
and rase:Allies practised upon a handful of miserable
Indians, and then semis her choicest troops, her beet
gent rais, to hunt them down like dogs—viiiih what
success, our-readers well know.
bironTANT Qc Esiiiiix.- 7 -The long agdated goes
tion,“ whether Venus did or did not wear a bustle,"
has been decided in the affirmative, after an ania.a
ted discussion of three days,, before a Debating Socie
ty in the Crescent City. Themuestion being set
iltd, and this important truth established, we hope
to see it frequently made use of •• to point a moral
or adorn a la le. "
Cain . Cos.—The last case of aim con in New
York may be summed up in a few words. G.•ntle
man went to England. Left his olio. under the care
of a friend. •Friend altogether too friendly—hus•
bond as well as - friend. Frail one's sister wrote to
husband. Husband returned home—i n a passion—
challenge—duel—wear-nip, rifles—fought—neitber
hurt—buth scared—that's all.
PROFIT'T —Pro6tt of Indiana still remains at IVashing
ton. Is he afraid to go home.—Miners' Journal
Yes, since he has become a loss to hie Whig cobstitu
ents.—Sunintry American.
Nay rather, Mr. Simbury American, since he has
proved a pri!fil to the locofocos.
POTTSVILLE ATHESIAX
,INSTITUTE.--Tbo Lit
erary Association of Pottsville have adopted this
style and title. The Institute is now regularly or
ganized—constitution and by-laws adopted, (Armen.
chosen, &c., &c. The next meeting will he held at
the Town Hall, on Thursday evening next.
St-BAN "is right—it shall not appear. A re-
quest, written in such a beautifully delicate hand, on
such exquisitely fine paper, (we sold it, and have
more on hand) could not be refused by any admirer
of the sex, or a lover of sentiment and soft Budder.
TILT BEALL—The Colon. I has half a score of
menin hot pursuit after that bear. When last seen,
ha [the bear] was reclining against a tree, near
Spohn'a, bruin over the cruel fate that awaited him
A
SUNDAY PAPER is about to be issued from the
office of the New York Planet. Will there be bu
siness enough for all the Sunday papers? Hope so.
DID ov EV ea hear of a Check Apton Ball ? "
The less you know about them, the tenet for your
purse and reputation.
Y DID NOT nECSIVE a copy of the 4.s.milay Mercury
last week. Well walk into you a feet, Mr. Dow, if
you are not more careful for the future.
No Queerto.me wilt be asked if that penknife i•
returned.;
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1~
.(111 Sorts of Stems.
The Philadelphia North American says that Dix
on Lewis is not dead ; and that the annunciation of
his decease was premature. The annunciation prob
ably was premature, because paor•Lewis is so very
large, that months necessarily must elapse before Le
arrives at his latter end.
It is stated in the. Atlas that there is a paper 'in
Philadelphia, culled the •• Pernosthenian Shield,"
published by an negroes. One of its
negro correvondents. over the signature of -Shen ul."
says that, if a white girl is virtuous, pretty, intelli
gerit, and doesn't gel drunk, he would just as soon
marry her as a black girl. 'I he editors think he is
not very particulur.
The Boston Ball to the Prince de Joinville must
have been a magnificent affair. 'rickets, $ to.
Some of the dresses worn by, the Yankee gals on that
eventful evening cost $ 500'0. Pumpkins and On
ions ! where did the money come from I
Mr. Cooper is decidedly and most incontinently
the greatest ,viriter of this or shy other age. He pos
sesses the tilt of Fielding, the humor of Smollett, the
pathos of Sterile, the stately grandeur of Johnson,
the descriptive power of Scott, the fire of By rim, and
the classic taste f Bulwer. Sue us to, a hbcl now,
if you dare, Mr. Effinghatn.
The BoatoniOns aretolders of the Reading Rail
road stock to a large amount.
f
We once heard of a clergyman who said to the
boys in the gallery, D3n't make so much noise, or
you will wake up your parents below."
A pair of (lark blue eyes, with lashes long and
silken, if owned by a half romping, half demure tini4,
—say of 'teen or seventeen surm.ters—is more cx -
biliraiing than champaign - e, more intoxicating than
whiskey punch.
It is stated that a 'minion nHI lie.presented to Con
greys begging their honorable bodies toremose Tea.
as a kale further from the United States.
If yon aro steeped in difficulties and troubles, it
you are crossed in love, tf you are smarting under n
real or fancied insult, remember that the petty af
fairs of this life are ull fudge, and that in a few short
years your body—beautiful us it now may appear—
will be food for the worms. Let your thoughts,
wishes, hopes, aspirations, he unspotted with earthly
blemish. and be free from the corrupting influences
of this bankrupt, bank note world.
Be virtuous and he happy. In so short a sentence,
how much truth !
At the conclusion of an animated discussion in a
Debating Society. in the interior, one of the o
siTu
n " planted his fist between the' es of one of
the negatives." exclaiming, o take that for your
sass, and that " giving him another dig, in the stem
ach--for going to Sal Jones telling lies about me I'
Pottsville is more like an MI ind city than an in
land town. It has all the distinguishing features of
a city. A n active and bustling population.- streets
thronged with people—military companies and fire
companies-- banking, insurance and shaving shop.._
agencies to send passengers to the Corr qtrirters of
the globe—public buildings of wood, stone, and
of brick and mortar-hard trotting horses, fast trotting
horses and -horses that won't trot at all--omnibuses,
coaches and cars-a bite barbers and black barber._
stores grill s , r.es, descriptions and for every variety of
purpose-oyster cellars , iefecoprtes, En er shops, and bar
rooms-and all sorts of amusements, from a theatre
down to a quilting party. The men ore liberal, ho- pit
able, well informed, gentlemanly, and dress in good
taste. The ladies are pure, lovely. gentle, bewitching,
and as blooming and aseweet as their own hills, when
covered with the laurel. Besides ; Pottsville, has a
hotel that stands unrivalled in the State, and a Mi
ners' Journal that is about to be enlarged. In future,
we shall sell single copies at five cents a piece.
Commodore Reed has been appointed to the com
mand of tlee Philadelphia Navy Yard.
'The Berke and Schuylkill Journal cautions the
public against a musical scamp, who calls himself J.
K. A. Bruning.
Col. T. L. Brent, of Vl i nshington, has recent},
been prosecuted on a charge of forgery, and honors
My acquitted.
Mr. Jones, the new editor of the Madisontan. is
Mr. Wise's brother-in-lat.v. Put that and that to
gether.
The Crescent City says that the oyster business
is now so brisk, that the oysternien are turning nut
grailrakes.
Rum and rheumatism may be ranked among the
chief banns of this life.
The Boston Post has the following : Thunder
and Mars grntA led Quilp , as he was trying to o
pen the bureau. last Sunday. •• What's the rat% ? "
asked Digby, who happened in. •• Why is this cus
sed bureau like Fanny Elssler ? " answered he.
•• 'Pon Honor, can't tell," said Dig. Because it's
got the tightest kind of dratverB." Oh fie,"
Hushed Dig., and ,cooled.
$ 400 worth of knives for the use of members of
Congress, at the coming session ' , has been ordered
of T. T. Abbott, of Concord, N. H.
Deaths in New York last week, 168
A little book called A Guide to the Ball itonr a "
has been. published. Among the general rules set
ddwn as it respects public balls, the following for the
ladies, is w,.rthy of attention Your handkerchief
should be fine as .8n0w .5 cobe,eh ; ' it should be bor
dered with deep rich lace, and delicately - perfumed;
As to gloves, (French) white kid ; shoes su - rall, wa
ferdike, yet strong, fitting exquisitely ; and French
silk stockings—all fhe taste you or your female
friends possess must ho exerted to have themper
fect."
President Tyler's plan of a Fiscal Agency - is given
in the N. Y. Express--a by authority ' paper. Its
essential feature is an issue of Exchequer Bills, of cpn
venient denominations, bearing no inte)rest. and are to
he paid out or exchanged • for cash by the govern
/ ment, each redeeMable on demand at some specified
point. TLe total amount in circulation at any one
time not to exceed $ 20,000,000. The chief direc
tion of the " 'finality " to be vested in officers ap•
Ipointed by the President and Senate. The branch
es in the several states to he under the control of the
state governments.
We leirn from the C. S. Gazette, that Messrs.
Eyre and Massey, one of the most respectable firms
in Philadelphia discovered on Wednesday-last, that
money had been drag n in their names, from various
banks in that city, to the amount of $13.300. Their
book•keeper, a young man named Maurice Pitcher,
it is supposed, committed the forgeries.
The demand for specie for export has entirely cea
sed.
We perceive by the Lancaster papers that Mr.
Taylor has been lecturing at that piece.
An extensive Castor Oil Factory has been estab
lished at Alton, Illinois. Ugh
Governor Porter has made another requisition
upon certain Banks liable to such call, for a lodn of
l per cent on their respective capitals. The time
is limited to the Ist of February.
Henry Clay will not resign.
Converts to Mormonism are alarmingly on the in-
crease. Recently abocit 250 Nl.'l . l[lollll strived at
St. Louis on their way to Nauvoo. They are from
KhOind.
t
Ti l e President'. Message will he issued from this
office in an ..eAtra," Licit week.
SCENIC IN AN EDITOR'S C9AIDISR.-11 vema it' ti m
dusk of a melancholy evening. An edit or si,i..„ t
in the spacious hall of his fathers—not in the -I ix,
tummy boudoir of his mistress—nor in the minhtfev,
trellised bower-but alone in his dusty apartmen t of
ten feet by twelve! &lore him was a ciazy deal
table, scantily covered with baize; a few old timilti
and heaps of newspapers lay around; and his ink.
stand was not of porcelain, nor ebony, nor a Rra'rs.
que brunr., but the socket of a champagne butile,_
the generous wine had never sparkled on his
He had quaffed none of its pearly - inspirwi m . A
long, narrow window, tilled up with two rime' or
little smoked panes stood hoisted before him, trn m
which a laded cbinze cuittaimilaunted lazily in the
dying air, like the draggled shirt of some blowzy
slattern! •A thread bare carpet, four feet eq.l4.e,
was on the floor—and the dumb walls fairly gapiv
in their nakedness, save here and there the Sy r
rested on a rude pencilling—not the outlines of
as
artist, nor diagrams of a mathematical brain—.
the memorandum kept with his toash.troman!—
weekly ledger! There is no poetry in such a celled.
ule. Alas! the poor scribe sadly as he needs a
change, of en looks serious at the approach of
his laundress; sometimes; indeed, ho skulks until
she disappears!
Parqcr, DE JorxvlLLE.—Tho following ritrich,
tr
of the pareonal appearance of this scion of royalty,
taken from the Boston Transcript :
The Prince is about sfeet 8 inches in height, dark hair
and blue eyes--of noble but youthful countenance—very
comman.:ing in his bearing—frank.intelligent, and into:-
sitive—moredesirons ofobtaining information than ofma
king a parade. lie was much gratified %nit the prospect
of the ball, and made man) inquiries of the Boston gen.
tleman about our ladies. He had been informed that
the Boston ladles were very enchanting. lie express 4
a preference for an entertainment of dancing and coat.
ting with ladies to one of toasting, feasting and drinking,
Ile visits the Navy Yard at 12 o'clock to•day.
A mima TIIIFLE.—The interest on the Natio'J o i
Debi of Great Britain is one hundred and tsielq
millions of dollars annually. With such a &urn, a
fellow might manage, with prudence and ecolionl,
to make both ends meet at the end of the year.
N. Y. SAFETY Fl 7 NI II - -The balance in the :New
York Safety Fund, on the Ist of January last, tas
nearly. six hundred thousand dollars. What utll it
he on the first of January next 7
ANOTHER Ps altos.—Wright, who was convicted
at Philadelphia for fraud, and sentenced to the P(nt
tentiary, fur four months, has been pardoned b% Go
vernor Porter.
MTN§ a.—There are upwards of fifteen thourin I
millers in the United States, a larger proportion of
whom ore engaged in the Anthracite Cool Wgion
of Pennsylvania.
THE SCHOOLMASTER WAFTED•—The number
of whites in this country, over 20 years of age, un
able to read or write, is 549,593. When' is Mr.
Taylor I
DRUTS CITI ES.— TllO city debt New Volk
is $ 9.663,000; Baltimore, $ 9,630,000; Po •t n,
$ 1,800,000; $ 1,000,000.
PnEstnLST
TYLEII hits subscribed for the N. 0
Picnvutie. Wait till the Miners' Journal is en
forged.
Bz.6li.uiso.—There was toleeable gnod sleighing
in the streets of Philadelphia on Monday last.
POSITLYLLI ItEslosrED.—Seliator Clay of Al-
ab tam
A N OLD BIIID•-13raham, the SOCollei, is over
severity years old.
7~
stlauylkill Coal Trade
REMARK'S.
CLOSE OF THE SELSO3.--Since our isst publira
lion, only about 4500 tons of coal nu.e been ship
ped from ibis region. On Monday last, the weather
set in very cold, and since that time the Canal has
been closed- - na vigation suspended. The rhipmeats
from this -region, for the season, in round numbers,
will amount to about 585,000 tons, a greater amount
than was ever shipped before. It is a source of pride
to us—and we believe to every true Pennsylvanian"
—to witness this rapid )et healthful grorth of our
milling oper.flions, and illustrates in the strongest
light, the ill . ..cis of individual elm rprise nod indu—
This large-increase in the supply of Anthracite
from this region is not unexpected to us ; we pre
dicted it as early as July last ; and yet we have been
accused by the ignorant and unprincipled of making
false statements. In the Miners' Journal of July
17th, the following appeared :
Annexed will be found a table showing the pro
bable supply of coal this year, compared with the
supply aid consumption last year :
1841 1840
525,000 425,291
150,000 225,288
175,000 148.470
30 . 0 00 23.860
35,000 15,505
Schuylkill,
Lchig h,
Lack a warm,
Pinegrove,
Sha mok in,
Remaining from former
years, April 1.
Consumption of Jail year,
Again, in the Journal of Sept. 4th, we published
the folio% ing :
"In the early part of the season, we stated that
about 52.%000 ions coal would be , shipped from
the r. pion this season ; and that It the demand
qua
brisk, some additional Sfl i nno tons might be ezpec.
tcd. A variety of causes baa produced a brisk de
mand. and with the present accession of tonnage,
the shipments from this region for the present year
may be safely estimated at 575,000 tons."
The result shows that there is only i• of
about 10,000 tons between our estimate and the ac- -
teal amount of coal shipped from the Schuylkill coat'
region , and a difference only of some 3000 tons of
our estimate of the supply from all the Anthracite
regions. We publish the above extracts merely witEl
a view of showing that our calculations and estimate!
have been nearly correct ; and that we do not publish
statements--as has been alleged—with the design
of promoting the interests of those engaged- is the
coal trade, at the expense of the
Below we give, in round numbers, the amount of
coal shipped this season from the different regions,
up to the close of navigation. Our,figuvea will not
vary much from the official returns,
Schuylkill,
Lehigh,
I.ackawans,
Pine g rove,
Shamokin,
Total.
Shipments of Coal since . our fait:
4 zun(lry phipp m;
Per last report,
'Attic Schuylkill, total,
(hand Total.
815,000 865,414
50,000 150,010
965,000 1,015.414
50 000
965.414
Torre.
85,000
1354000
185,000
25,000
21.000
952 COO
Boats.. Tons.
00 4147
13,:236. 541380
13.338 545 527
775 3y,560
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