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sATIJUDAY - 11011NING, 1)V.CE11113E11
Itirms OF twapc.vrioN
Oa thefoLlstx System.
Vite Miners'iinumal will anerehe hit of January nett
be pub)ished oo the following terms and conditions •
_ For one .•
.." Six menthe;...
Three mohths,
Payable semi-annually - in
in the coup(—and a rrtent unless the subscription is
reside at a dhow.:
ta r . No advance will pay-for three years sub.
Pala t e
apersdelivered by
the Post Rider will, be charged
40 cents extra.
TO ADVFNITISERS
Advertisements not exceeding a equareof tsvelve lines
will - be charged el for three insertions, and 50 cents for
-one insertion. Fire lines or under, 25 cents for each in
sertion. Yearly.adveitisers will be dealt with on the
rollowing terms:
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One Column... ... 820 Two squares -;$10
Three-fourths d 0.... 151 do. ... ...... 6
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' ' Half column.. ' 12 Business cards,slines
Alradvertisementsmust be paid for in advance unless
an account is opened with the advertiser.
The charge to Merchants will be $ 10 per annum.—
with the privilege of keeping one advertisehient not Pl
ceeding 4The square standing during the year and insert
, ing a smaller one in each piper. Those who occupy a
larger, space will be.clurged extra.
Notices for Tavern Licence. $ 24
'All notices for meetings 'and proCeedings of meetings
• not considered of general interest, and many other n..ti
ces which , have been inserted heretofore gratuitously,
with the exception of Marriages and ,Deaths, will be
charged as advertisements. Notices of Deaths, in which
invitations are extended to the friends and relvives of
t the deceased, to attend : the funeral, will be charged as
advertisements. •,
•All letters addressed to the editor must be post paid
otherwise no attention will be paid to them.
The last humbug—Tile Delaware and Itud.
sen Canal Company.:.Their losses, present
and future operations .- Coal Companiets-- .
The Schuylkill Region. .
We were nut a little surprised lately in reading a
statement relative to the atrium of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company, first, publishi:d in the N.
Y. Express, and afterwards transferred to the co
lumns of the U. S. Gazette, Hazard's Register, and
other respectable papersi The•-whole statement
may be pronounced the veriest humbug ever gut up
to Cheat. and delude a- gulled ail 4. publia.
It le high time - .for the press to Speak plainly and
learleasly in reference to the course pursued by a set
of- rotten and worthless institutiuns—with.iut pre
sent or even ultimate means and .re s ources—tlaiit
itifest the country. Wei do nut mean to class the
Delaware and Hudson Can-al Company under this
sweeping head, but we d 9 say, that the Company
have endeavored to bolster! up 'heir stork—and suc
cessfully, too—by publishing statements that have
n9t•the slightest foundation in truth.
The N. Y. Express gravely stated that the Com
pany will mine and Fell this year, in round numbers,
200,000 tons of coal, which at $8 per ton, will nett
$1,200,000, and will leave a profit of •$600,000
shout fifty per cent. There is not an individual
connectcal with the coal trade but !moos that this
statement is ridiculously ntiltrue; but, bcfort, dispo
sing of it, let us examine into the operations of a
company that puts forth such strong claims to se
cure the confidence of capitalists, and whose stock
is considerably above par.!
According to the CoMpany's report, -the losses
sustained by them up to 1808, could not have been
less than $800,060. The losses were made good
in the following manner :!
Increase of capital__
Proceeds of ,
canal
Real Estatc,..
The capital was increased from $1,445,600 to
$1,915,600 that is, they were forced to borrow
money ho make up their deficiencies. A hill of par
ticulars'of the !tubes will !enable the reader to judge
of the profits likely to accrue to the Company from
their future coal operations. We shall take the
operations of the years 1832, '34, '37, and '3B as a
guide.. During those years the full.wii,g was the
amount of coal received at Rondout :
Cool received.......".
Deduct wastage,.....
:Nett tons sold in four years
'The total expenditures, including interests on loan,
and state stock, *as $ 1,692,290. It therefore cost
iheComputly aboutfivedollare and ninety ce,nts fur
every•ton of Coal they delivered at Rundout. - Of
course. the Company have been forced to - make sales
at a heavy loss, as their, sales, for the seven years,
ending 1838, did not average 4 50, pet .ton. The
loss in the , Coat business
, of the Company fur those
years—according to thPir own reports—is $ 790,.
184. Thus:
By cost of coal for seven years, end
ing 1839, 564.417
Bales ..
Total L0a5,....
During the year 18391 and 1840, we doubt not,
the company again suffered by their coal business,
as the price of Coal was low during those years.
The question now . ,arises, how, when, Or where have
the profits been made that would naturally justify
the'present quotations of the Delaware and Huds,,n
stock ? The N. Y. Express exultingly points to
the present year's operations, and tells us that the
nett profits of the Company will be $ 600,000—di
nearly $ 3 per ton profit. It is absurd. No person
acquainted with the true sistolof the ease would make
such a silly statement. In the first place let us see
the actual' cost to the Company of mining and deliv.
ering a ton of coal at Rondout. This cost of min
ing the coal, per ton, and transportingtho same over
a railroad, 16 miles long, f :with inclinial planes, and
stationary motive power..fifnd placed in the boats at
Itimesdale, $2. Freight 'from Honeridalo to Ron.
dont, it least $1 30. Expenditures in. the shape.of
repairs for railroad and canal. lab.ori at Rendout,
salaries, interAt on loans, (Or the last yor, $200,000,
or 0,1, per ton. This will - give a tofal of $4 . 30,
per trin. It will probably 'reachs4 60 per ton; as we
'have given the lowed 'estir!nates. The sales - nf coal
made by the Company Ibis year we are very confi.,
dent did not average more ithan $ 5 50 per tun, and
not $6, as stated by the .. Express." This will leave
a prOfit to the Company ofls 1 '2O perton, and still
enable them to declare a gnorl dividend.
' The statement - in the .. Express'.' i liable to 411
stronger objections. It ban been got up for decep
tion, and is calculated to llyceive. That the Dela
ware and Hudson Canal Company babe made mon
ey
by their coal operofiorin'this season. wo readily
admit; but we feel assured `hat tharlarofits are near
ly two thirds less than hasl ,) ieen stutea its this semi
official manner. It should e borne inanind that this
is the first season that the Company bay,: made the
first, cent in the coal business ; and that, in all hu.
matt probability, it will be loth the'fiist and last, an
the same combination orcircumstances is not like
ly to happen again; and' y i et in the fare of this, tbo
statement alluded to is so ingenious) linnet', that
the general reader is led it! believe, that the future
coal operAtions of the Company wilt 6. equally 'as
'profitable as they have been this seas4n..• We will
not-attempr to show that ihtt Comp ny' can never
ealiZe same profile. vain; and, fur farm:tore, that
MI
arose who reside
lance by those who
91:0 000
:n4 ouo
..60,01:X1
804,000
320 008
32,(.00
288,0Q8
. 8 3.330.060
2.589,676
$ 790,184
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they cannot compete with the operators of this re
gion, except - at a lois. •
04838 has cost the
We have' shown that
Company ss:9o,,frie,tvery ton _of ,cOOI
delivered At
Rinelout. This larii:Year the cest:ittoilreiie reduced
to $1 30—let us take $4 50, as being no. rer - JI;
mark. To brng the coal to New Yuri . Total, -
' it will coilfffty"--cents e t hlitionaLgißailroad is in
$5 per tom As soun.as thmiVe red ash coal of the
full and successful etwor; put into the New Yoik
s e h uy tkili R e pt...from $4 75 to $5 per ton. ; The
50 to $4 75. the Schuylkill
market_ .-'fr
from it s $4
I seperiorquality,has and always will
command about twenty per cent higher price than
the Lackawaha coal. In point of quality, it is ad
mitted by the consumers, 4hat the Lackawenais in
ferior to our white ash. These are facts—clear and
indisputable. The Company must eventually be
obliged to abandon the coat business, or resume their
philanthropic habit of furnishing Their coal to the
public at less.than cost price. .kt ... fer horn of the
dilemma they will soon be at liberty to take.
The public may rest assured that ,Coal Compa
nie,, managed as they usually are,,are not only a
curse to any community in whiCh they are located,
but have ever been a loss instead of a source of pro
fit to their stockholders. This truth is so evident
that it should never be put to the test of experience.
Companies and corporations, under judicious and
wholesome restrictions, which promise-to So' of ad
vantage to the public, and that object only to be at
tained in a corporate capacity, we cordially approve
of. But when the operations of companies come
into conflict with individual enterprise—when asso
ciated wealth 'is brought to -boar against honest in
dustry— and seeks .to monopolize every avenue
that leads to wealth and prosperity, it if; high time
for the people to be on their . guard.
The Schuylkill Coal Region now presents a
proud spectacle., It shwas what individual industry
and enterprise can accomplish. Without the aid of
capital, or the supposed aid of chartered rights, she
can 'defy, competition, although she has arrayed
against her companies with millions of capital. Pos
sessing a boundless supply of the different varieties
of Anthracite, in all their perfection; a geographical
situ..tion not to he surpassed - ; the cheapest and most
speedy communication with the different markets,
and which,„yrill shortly be kept open at all seasons of
the year; and mediums of transportation, the capac
ity of which ore illimitable, what region can hope
successfully to compote with her I Her course
must ever he onward, as long as there is a demand
for An th recite coal.
STA 111 NG AND NOB aat,e DEATII.—In the ear
-1 ly part of the week, our quiet, peaceable, respectable,
I law loving, and law abiding citizens were quite
startled on hearing a report, that a riot or fight had
'occ urred in the borough, ecF ich resulted ie stabbing
and death. We hacre taken the trouble to ascer
tain the particulars of the occurrence which gave
rise to this report, end - they are substantially as fol
lows: On Monday evening last, four-persons, np
pnrentl3- miners or laboring men, walked or rather
staggered into the bar room of Mr. George Drumm's
tavern, on Centre street. They were pll under the
influence of liquor and evidently disposed to create
a disturbance for any or no cause. One dale num
ber called for something to drink. _He was told' in
reply, by Mr. Brumm, that be had already drank
More than a sufficient quantity. Words followed
words, and in the end Mr. B. attempted to eject his
troublesome customers in kfurcible manner. In do
ing so, he received a slight wound on his left wrist
from a penknife. His broth'er, Charles Drumm, on
hearing the scuffle, immediately came to his asssit
ance, and Was stabbed in the left breast, by one of
the party, a Clemens Ritter, with a dirk knife. A
pistol was also fired by one.rf the rioters, but it did
not take effect. The following day, the four persons
engaged im this disgraceful outrage were arrested
and brought before Esquire Reed for examination.
They gave in their names as John Wilson, (alias
John W. Piles) Frederick Luckenhill, Clemens Rit
ter, and Matthew Smith. The three (list were fully
committed f.r trial. Smith was discharged, no evi
dence appearing of his having been engaged in the
fight
Mr. Merles Brumm, we regret to Ante, 'is severe
ly wounded ; and doubts are even entertained of hie
recovery.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL ' S REPORT has ittnile
its appearance. The expediency of purchaSing the
tient in the several railroads, on the great mail rower;
of the country, is discussed at length. He says, ' , the
credit of the United Nees to an amount not great
er than the sum necessary to produce, at five per
cent. interest, the amount paid by the Post Office
Department to. these Companies annually, would,
have no doubt, be sufficient to accomplish this end."
The amount now paid annually to Railroad Com
panies, is about $ 400,000. The sum, therefore, re
quired for the Postmaster General's scheme would
be $ 8,000,000. . •
SCHUYLKILL NAVICIATION.—Reduetinn of Tolls.
—At a meeting of the Board of Managers of .the
Schuylkill Navigation Co., held in Philadelphia, on
Monday l4t, the tariff of tolls on Coal was reduced
to the following rates : From Pottsville, seventy
five cents .Schuylkill Haven. seventy cents, and
Port Clinton, fifty cents. These rates to be char
ged from the opening of navigation in •1842, This
is not as
. great a reduction as we believed would
take place ; but it is as low as is compatible with the
interests of the Company. It will make n,difference
of from seventy-five to one hundred thousand dol
-hrrs annually in the receipts of the Company.
Con ET MURPHY, indicted for delivering a-ver
bal challenge to MonTtman, to fight a duel
—weapons, swords—was tried before Judge Parsons
on Tuesday last. He was found guilty. His coun
sel, however, has taken several exceptions, and has
applied for a new trial ; we have not 'learned with
what success. The punishment in !his state for
sending a challenge is quite severe. The convicted
person must pay a fine of $5OO, suffer one year's im
prisonment in the Penitentiary, and' is deprived of
the rights of citizenship for seven years:
Tux GRAPP Junr of the Coat of Sessions of
Philadelphia, have indicted "some of the late, offi
ccre and Directors of the defunct UnitedjStates Bank
for alleged- malpractices. It is probable that the
indictment will bp quashed by the ;Court; al
though we should be pleased to see the whole af
fair thoroughly sifted and examined inth, and the
odium and punishment borne by the really guilty
persons. -
Pntsrnrivx TrLan gave a grand 4. blow °tit,"
at the White Mingo, last week, His•guests were
'Ten of all parties—democrats, locofocos, conserva
tives, anti-masons, and abstractionists. Right. Go
ahead, Capting._-
•
" ENIGMAS" are very good things in their way;
but there is a possibility of making them too long.
A hint, " &c. !
Prrtsnr.E.-Seeing on old man suing for alms.
What a lesson . for the thoughtless, extravagant, and
improvident ! - •
Tut [Luna both above and below oar borangh,
are muddy and he,avy in the extreme.
POTTSVILIA is bIOSECaI, In the -preserrt writing,
with s good supply fish and oysters.
RAILACIAD
lespolf
'lO that
the tette: • D-. . , 4 ; 1 2 cht:
6 testlye •
PurP° 3 rre; Rendieg Rail Mai t. iniemy rofrartaker
SI Public Dinner, and the next , is the reply fmnr„.
tho President of the Company, ficeepiing of the in
vitation : H •
GENTIMUEN.— ta a meeting of.the citizens °Ma
Coal Region, held at the Pennsylvania Hall, Potts
ville, on Monday evening. December 16th, it was
resolved that a Dinner and Ball should be given,
at
the proper•season, es a slighe manifestation of. t hat
feeling which they regard the speedy completion of
your great work. It is superfluous, gentlemen, at
the present time, to speak of the great-sdvantageg—
the immense benefits—llhat The Reading Railroad
must ultimately, confer upon. the . Coal Region, to
allude to the enviable position in which she is placed,
compared aith the other Anthracite Regions of this
State ; but we : cannot let the present opportunity
pass without paying a tribute. which is justly due,
to the unwearied perseverance and activity—the
commehdable enterpi Ise—which has brought to a
successful and triumphant close, a great and costly
work, notwithstanding the pecaniary difficulties
which is felt by all classes of business men, on
both sides of the Atlantic. We doubt not, gentle
men, but your exertions will be crowned with a suc
cess that will exceed the expectations of the must
sanguine; exertions that will secure to you a rich
and increasing trade, alike beneficial to us and the
interests you represent and protect.
In behalf of Mir fellow citizens we have been ap
pointed a Committee to invite you to partake.ut the
hospitalities of the Region—to partake of a. Public
Dinner—as a feeble token of the estimation in which
your services aro held by us. Nothing could be.
more agreeable personally to us than the task of
tendering you this invitation; and we trust your
business arrangements are orsuch a nature as will
not prevent its acdeptanee.
You will he pleased to name theday, at your ear
liest convenience, when it is likely you can partake
of the dinner, hnd, in the meantime, accept the as
sureneii of our continued respect and esteem.
Charles Lawton, Geo. H. Potts,
L C. Dougherty, Andrew B. White,
D. R. Bennett, B. F. Pomroy,
Marcos G. Heilner, Benjamin Haywood,
honk, Tiggert, T.. 1. Baird,
Dr. G. G. Palmer, F. B. Nichols,
Aquino Bolton, But d Patterson,
Dr. G. N. Eckert. John F. Carter,
Charlet! Eliot.
Office of the Philadelphia and Reading /
Rail Road Co., Dec. 9, 1841.
CENTLFBIEN : —The very agreeable duty has been
assigned to me of acknowledging the receipt of your
kind favor of the 6th instant, and of assuring your
selves and those pal represent, of the high gratifi
cation which the Preaidem, Nlanagers, and Officers
of this company have derived from your CUID/TIUDI-
Callon.
The kind feelings of the citizens of your district,
so cordially expressed for this company and its
work, are most gratefully rick tiowkdged ; and in the
reciprocation of those feciings, the President, Man
agarx and Officers gratefully accept the invitation
to partake of your hospitalities in the way desig
na'e•d.
As soon . as . the whole ruad sball he completed,
and tr.e duties of the office evil! admit of the absence
If the Managers for a• few cla);, the Board will
make known lo you the time when they can meet
their friends in the Coal
Wi.li great respect,
I am, gentlemen,
yoor oht.snrvaint.
E CHAUNCEY,
President.
Messrs. Daniel U. Denneft, G. G. Palmer, James
Taggert, Charles Lawton, and others, Committee.
al- An adjourned meeting will be held at the
Pennsyli , ania Hall, thin erehing, at 7 o'clock.
QUICK WOUK.-A fellow, named Schaeffer, was
arrested in Orwigsburg .on Tuesday morning last,
charged - with having stolen from a chum." an the
preceding evening, a sum of money. A true bill
was found against him by the Grand Jury, who
were sitting at the time, and lie was immediately
tried before Judge Parsons, convicted, and semen
ced to hoard of the state's expense for the term of
one year. The theft, arrest, trial, conviction, and
sentence, 1 occurred within twenty•four hours.
Who says that Justice is slow ? A second Gridley
has conic to judgment !
THE DADIVILLE DENOCUAT Uli.•gether mistakes
our character if it supposes we shall become in the
slightest slam e too capacious for our new breeches.
No, no, Mr. D wend, neither your size nor looks
will make the. least difference with us; and we tru,t
we shall jog along peaceably. if not comfortably to
gether, although you are at times Filmes:hat crabbed,
'petulant, at 11 enaious. Take heart, man ; we were
once as sinull as you are now.
.MINEIIEEVILLF is on the high road of prosperity
and wealth. The town is judiciously laid out—its
advantages are great—and the can see nothing to pre.
at nt its onward' course. The inducements which
she offers for the investment of capital are nor the
dreams of viononavy speculators ;but are as solid, as
substnntkl, and as enduring, as rich deposites of
- coal, an increasing trade, and an increasing popula•
tion can make therm
TnE EMPIRE AND THE KEYSTONE.—The inter
est of the state debt of New York is about $1,000,-
000 per annum, while her panic works yield an an
nual revenue of $2,q,00,000. The interest of the
state debt of Pennsylvania is upwards of $2.000,-
000 per annum, while the grok receipts from her
public works are only about $1,000,000. What a
contrast !
NEW "ionic PLANET.--The Planet is defunct—
has ceased to exist—but its hones are incur orated
in the carcase of the American Advocate; and both
papers hereafter will be known underihe joint title
of the American Advocate anti - Planet." There
may be a diversity of opinionzes to the correctness
of its political ptinciples ; but none as to its being a
sprightly and highly interesting paper.
THE SCHUYLKILL CANAL closes Om day, Al-
though the navigation hero and elsewhere has not
been su spended _ for the last fortnight; owing to the
unusual 'mildness of the' weather for this season of
the year, the amount of shipments is but a mere
trifle.
Oun ATIIIILEE.—Our proposed Railroad Jubilee is
already attracting_ the notice of folks abroad. • There
will be a great concourse of strangers in Pottsville
on that auspicious day, which opens a direct and
speedy communication between Philadelphia and
our flourishing borough.
BITING THEIR OWN NOSES OTF.—Georgia is go
ing with South Carolina in refusing the «infamous
bribe, " as the Globe man calls it, preferred' by the
Laird Distribution Bill. Well, the othet-statei will
not object to the course pursued by all the chive!.
Ty. "7
A Miss _Payne of New York, while en hei pas
sage through Long Island Sound, in 'the steamboat
Worcester, threw herself from one of the cabin win
dows into the water and was drowned. The poor
girl was laboring under an aberration of mind at the
time.
PiszoaoTt looks a little more lively than it did
a few weeks since. The canal. is open, and boats
are-1n requisition.
.
NATHANIEL GILEEN i 8 tie locoloce eatimuste for
mayor of Boston.. The Bostonians would be green,
indeed, if they elected him.
.
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Carciitssetrciiik'fireczeni NO 8.----The Congres
8161,iliii0ited41.Piiribi.t: last week J im bagetkof
tenet: ',TIM great humbug of MiSsoini; "
ton, has steed faith ae the champion` of tha
-etaftniairianii ingest's determined to oppose every act
cif JO!? %TY kers4talginistrattotr, whet* right or
Re . denettnees theNew' Fisiatity in Manes
snit's} -terms. Col. Preston 'has -arrived in Wash
ington, end it , was, expectcd. that he would, take his
seaters Wednesday. Mr. Calhoun had not arrived:
Mr. Clay is in his seat, in excellent health and spi
rits., The standing committees . _ of the session lime,
been announced (or' beth
In the House er nothing has been done , of
eneral interest. As. matter of course, the abo
lition' 'lineation has been 'touched upon, and John
_Quincy Adams has (avocet! the House with his usu•
at budget of petitions for the abolition of Slavery.
The sage of Quincy has been appointed chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- The following are the select committees appointed
in the Itmise :
On Finance and the Currency.--Messrs. Cush
ing, John P. Kennedy, Gilmer, Garrett Davis,
Wise, Roosevalt , Proffit, McKay, and WA!ham W.
a=
On Apportionment of Representaqvcs.—Messra.
Everett, Childs, Caruthers, Summers, Pierce, John
I'. Stuaq, Bullock. Cross, and Weller•
On the National Foundry....-Messrs. William
Coat Johnson, Samson, Mason, King, Randolph,
Mallory, Runt, Krim, Formatter, and Cave John
son.
OUR LEGIBLVTURE.—On the 4th of January—
a fortnight from next Tuesday—our legislature
meets. The session will be a highly important one.
What course will be adopted towards our banking
institutions, or what measures proposed to relieve the
state from her present embarrassments, it is difficult
to conjecture. The miserable, if not corrupt man
ner in which our public works have been managed,
loudly calls for the interposing aid of the Legislature.
Something should be done and done speedily. The
tolls on the Pennsylvania Canal, on many articles,
are from fifty to seventy-five per cent. higher than
they are on the New Yank and Erie Canal. Mer
chants and Traders in Philadelphia, find it to their
advantage, in point of economy and even, we be
lieve, expedition, to send their goods to-the west, by
the way of New York, &duke and Cleveland. If
our canals and railroads -were properly managed, if
the tolls on them were put at a fair standard, this
unnatural state of affairs could no longer exh4 ; end
the citizens of Pennsylvania would be ..pared the
mortification of paying an indirect tax to swell the
revenues of a sister state. matters a ff ecting the
Commonwealth, partizan fe ing shotild be lost sight
of, and we hope, but scarcely expect, that the party
in the ascendant in this state will pursue a wise, et -
lightened, and patriotic course.
ONE WAY AP GOOD AFANOTHER.--The people allover
the world are driving over the road -of Info at a most
unaccountable rate. Not only can a follow he hauled
along by steam at lightning speed, but he can get
married at the rote of a knot a minnte. Wi'ness
how the 'Estatt.' does op these bundlei of felicity
among the Hoosiers.—
" What is your name, sir?"
•' John."
" Well Miss, what's-your name?"
*6 Polly."
" John, do you love Polly?"
6 ' Yes, sir—no mistake."
'• Polly, do you love John?" •
" I do, sir."
Well, that's right; now then,
I pronounce you man and wife
All the days of your life."
The happy piar—each one giving the justice a
‘fip'—walked away, arMin arm, as happy an
love could make them, to enjoy 'domestic happiness'
in a hovel on the prairie.
REPORT OP THE SECRETAILY OP WAn.—The•re
port of the Secretary of War is able and highly in
teresting. It exhibits the condition and force of the
army, now consisting of 10 ; 694 trove (including
728 commissioned officers) rind requiring 1838 re
c, nits to complete its organization. During the last
year nearly 5000 were recruited. Allusion is made
to the frontiers—the Flocida - war—the necessary
defences of the country—and an increase of force,
to man the forte and posts, both inland and maritime,
is recommended. Railroads and canals are spoken
of as admirably calculated for the transportation of
troops, &c., in time of war.
iku D'EseniT —Who the author is of the fol
lowing jets d'esprit, we know not. We stopped it
while - going the" rounds :"
Said Wiggins to hiitrwife one day,
•' We've nothing left to eat:
If things go on in this queer way,
We shan't make both ends meet."
The dame replied, in words discreet;
" We're not so badly fed,
If we can make but one end meet.
And Make the other bread.,"
rnt-ru wt Lc OrT.—Maly people have wonder
ed why women have not, beards. Read the fallow
ing, and he enlightened
':Natme, regardleie of the babbling race,
Planted no beard upon woman's face :
Not Saunder 4 razors, though the very best.
Could shave a chin that never is at rest "
SENATOR PRESTON is in something of a quands.
ry. To resign or retain his seat in the Senate is the
question with him. t His friends say for him that
he will retain his seat, and that henceforth he will
advocate the interests of the whole people and the
whole country, irrespective of parties, cliques, or
factions.
NEWSPA ' rEII WAIIFATIE.—TiIe Small papers of
New York have bcen pitching into one another
with great fury of late. The Herald, Sun, and Tri
bune, are the principal belligerents; and the Auror%
and, the Sunday press figure as allies. WI must
stand by and see fair play,
Astortisn OLD Le CONS!—The Rev. David
Culver, a survivor of the Revolution, aged 79 years,
was married on the Bth, at Urbaria, Ohio. He is
lost to us, but, his memory is embalmed in the hearts
of his countrymen.
Dinny's Table Talk.—ScrNE, a boar.
ding house. Dick to (he landlord—.. Mr. W., have
you ci piece of steak there that ierare 'I" Landlord—
.% Yes, sir, we have a - very good steak to-day "
Dick—. 4 Well, that's rare enough."
THE POTTSVILLE MAUKET, In m BpeCl, is
a most excellent one. The game is tolerably cheap
and tolerably abundant ; the beef rich and tender,
and the mutton of the finest flavor. A good supply
of poultry and at moderate prices. •
. .
To as OPENED.—The Albany and Boston Rail
road will be opened on the 20th inst. What a
market will be thrown. open for the very heart of
New England !
081 TUB Flits? PAGE will be found, two good sto.
ries, three indifferent runs of poetry, Several com.
munications, with a fair sprinkling of anecdotes and
news items., Reid `em all.
Tar MOUT vszurro.—The anti-bond paying
spirit ississippi is repudiated every high
minded and honorable man in• the country—tahether
democrat or loctdoco.
°Nil' THEME RIOTS in Baltimore test, week.
The citizen!) of Baltimore are evidently , becoming
more peaceable.
cAli Sorts of 3.tents.,-
While we'ereiwiiting, syett;vi, the fult,'round.
Solemn pealcif the 'organ, swelling note of
praise, itilteriets - fillli ofirandeijir•, snit mrijeet,y—we
heir ttie choral Strain of the pure and-lovely, tit songs
of adoration and thanksgiving—we hear the rattling
of vehicles—the hurried' tread of foot passengers—
and directly beneath us; a sound is heard as of a per:
son" ripening , oysters. How- widely' different 'some
people are occupied at tho same moment of time !
Dr. Lardner's lectures on astronomy must be very
interesting. He is sure that the planets are inha
bited, and goes into the particulars with a gusto
that is quite catching. 'Wonder whether the Intro
tants of Venus, Jupiter. or any of 'em. an shaped
likens or not—whether they use a paper currency
or deal altogether in gold and silver, like respects - -
lite folks—whether they are good democrats, or in
oculated with locofecoism- 7 whether they get corned
like us mortals, or are teetotallers—whether or no
they bear any similitude to us in appearance, dress,
mind or morals. Who can tell I
Our sturdy and indefatigable carriers have gently
intimated to us that we ehoutd gently intimate to
their patrons something about the time honored
customs of New Year's day. We shall, in good
time, boys.
Not a . hunched miles from Pottsville, we saw a
cask, and on the "cask was written, in letters of
chalk, For Sail." Some wag had scrawled un
'derneath, o For freight or passage, apply at the hung
hole." Where is Mr. Taylor I
The weather during the last week has been soft,
balmy, delicictur, wet, damp, cold,. and miserable.
Suitable for all oust raters.
In consequence of the large and increasing circu
lation of 'Nit rry's Museum, the publishers, with com
mendable liberality, have determined to reduce the
price of subscription to $l, der annum. Ooe of the
most valuable publications of the day- , --alike inter
young and old.
o!_ profligate scoundrels Byron and
chosen for their heroes. If They had
day and our country, the Langrnan's
lave been no sinecure.
whispering in company considered a
breach of decorum ? Becaur,e it is not aloud.
There never was a more just remark that gels
h a ve more strength in their looks than we have in
our laws, and more power in their tears than we have
in our arguments
Small Pox has made its appearance in New York
Tmo tl.ousand shares were Liken recently in the
Reading Railroad by capitalists in Boston.
01 the thousands of canal boats which run upon
the N. Y. and Erie Canal, at least two thitds of them
are the private property of the boatmen.
The amount of produce sold annually in Faneiul
Hall Mark. , Huston. is estimated at $ 8,000,000.
Deaths in New York' last week, 201. -
There are nearly 4000 .methodist preachers in the
United Si ,tre. '
It is said ttrat the city of Dublin was never in a
more prusperups eundition thin it is tit the present
limo
It is confidently stated in the Harrisburg and Phil-
adelphia papers that there will be sufficient funds in
the Treasury to meet the interest due on the State
Debt on the first of February next. The following
estimate of the receipts points out the sources from
which money will be _ received during the current
year: Tax under act of llth June, 1840, $ 1,200,-
000 ; collateral taheritance tax, $ 30,000 ; auction
duties, $ 80,000 ; canal and railroad tolls, $ 900.000 ;
dividends on bridge and other stock, $ 37,000. To
tal. $ 2,247,000, exclusive of taxes authorized by
last legislature.
The locofoco members of the legislature of Te n
nessee have refused to go into }Mit ballot for the
electi.rn of two U. S. Senators.
A new line of steam packets, is to ply between
Cadiz and Havanna.
The Globe says that / Daniel Webster is in the
pay of Great Britain. / 'Boo!
Sir Charles Begot, the new Governor General of
Canada, is daily / eipected to arrive in New York.
Little irictcriia is the first queen regnant who has
Riven birtlvio a Prince of Wales. Thousands of
Yankee/women give birth to "sovereigns' every
year,'
-The whole amount of manufactures of leather in
New England—we presume annually—is estimated
by - the Boston Atlas at over 36000. The whole
of this immense business will be rained by foreign
competition, if the free trade doctrines are to prevail.
Think of that!
A splendid lithograph likeness of Fanny Elssler
has. just been published in New York—prier, $5. It
is taken from the celebrated full length portrait pain
ted by Inman.
We bad a soaking rain on Thursday last. Sin.
gular weather.
On the first page will be found a full summary of
the foreign news brought by the Acadia, at Boston.
The bitterness of party feeling is fast passing a
way in this country. There is every prospect of a
return of the golden days of Monroe.
A western paper tells a story of a chop who bought
two boxes of Brandreth's pills, and put one in each
pocket, saying at the same time that he intended to
work his passage down tbe rivet.
A friend of our friend of the Boston Transcript is
certain that he has discovered the author of Junius.
Guess again. •
Cotton is arriving freely in New York and Boston
from New Orleans.
When a man commits a murder, or a forgery, or
rens away with his neighbor's wife, and is detected
and tried, he is to be insane, (says the Bos
ton Transcript) as Di:hatter of course. And, as o a
matter of course," tahen a bank suspends si•ecio
payments, it is always done for he public good.
Mr. Espy, the Storm King, is lecturing in Phila
delphia.
Mr. Conrad Groye, Coal Merchant, died in Phil
adelphia on the 10th inst.
There wore ass steamboat arrivals at Cintinnati
during the month of November. -
At the New England Society Dinner, in Now
York, last week, the festive board was graced by the
presence of ladies. That's the way it should be.
The giCla have been too long kept •in the • back
ground.
It looks rather ominous when a young man is
followed by his neighbor's dog.
.•
Some person, while•conversing on.the subject of
the immense quantities of sulphur which yes lately
found in lowa, at a depth of 70 feet, remarked; If
they go much deeper into the brimstone regions, they
will find it rather difficult to return."
Yesterday wee indeed a miserable day. it may
well be called the hangman's day. There wee rain
and snow and mud and slash, in the greatest abun
dance and the wind, too, how it blew in fitful
gusts! Whow! - We saw the economy of several
gals' dresses sadly disarranged.
Mrs. Judge McLean is dead.
• Mum has been a very destructive fire in St. Louis.
Loss, $15:000.
The Legieleintiof Georgie hoe
ELME
ENE
A- GOOD Srotelr..-"TTbere isagoodatory told abut
a certain sienna:teat captain, : says the Cincinnati
Message, which is altogether too good to be lo,t.
Thmeoptain had beaumo popuhir on the elver as a
commander, and ;Wes about" to take charg e
'ora new boat, one ofltbe handsomest that has ever
been built in the west. On the- evening preceding
the morning site realm leave port, he was induct:it
by one of the ownerslto visithis hose, where there
was to be a party of ladies, sonic of whom ware to
be his,passengers to INew Orleans- The captain
felt a little queer about going; he was more at-home
on the hurricane deck, or the rocial hall of his boat,
than in the drilling !room amt ng ladies. He sum
'moiled op, courage, however, went, ard was intro.
duced to the company. '
" Cap. D.," said can of his lady parisengers,"you
most be a happy Man, to be muster ofl so beautiful a
boat." .
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"She is a beaLiful boat,madani —sots on the water
I
like a duck." ' I •
He was "in' hiwn," ati long as Ole conversation
was about steaMboats. !
'Capt. D.," said anorher lady, a lue-stocking of
the Lydia Languish tribc, "what do ou think of the
immortal Shakespeare r •
" Think, madam ! think ! I think she burns too
much wood, draws too Much water, land carries too
little freight."
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We never heard whether the captain'staid any
longer or not.
COOL • ND CO.MTOBTA BLE.—ThI editor of the leak
ding democratic paper in Michigan in announcing
the returns from thirteen additional counties which
had gone for the locnfocoa, ptrii43ophizes over his
defeat in the following manner
The locofocos are absolutely angry with us, be•
cause we laugh over our defeat. But why I Would
the imprisoned eagle mourn if set/at liberty Why
then should we not rejoice to lie once more freed
from the corrupting shackles. of tower, and placed
upon our native heath ? ' Let clur bondage-loving
enemies sip the dregs of a bootless victory, if they
please but give us the enfallen l ng boon of a free
minority. It alone furnishes the,oil and wine of po
litico.P
Tli E Tnirairn or ITERLS.-Mr. Walsh states
that the celebrated Miss Fanny Cerito arrived at
Vienna, in the beginning of last month, where she
is engaged ; for the ballet of the Grand Opera, her sa
lary being ten thousand dollars the winter season,
and three benefits. On her arrival all the houses in
the neighborhood of tier hotel were illuminated, and
the most eminent musicians performed a serenade
under her windows, near to a splendid transparency
representing a crowned Terpsichore, with a most
gallant inscription."
Do You WANT a genuine, Havanna cigar, old
and full flavored, with an ash -of pearly whiteness,
and its aroma capable of perfuming the largest room
with its fragrance I Yes ? Then call at the Hall,
and Charles will, accommodate you.
HOLIDA GIFTS—We have still some very beau.
tiful and applopriale holiday gifts on band and for
pale. They are put nt such very low 'prices, that
purchasers cannot otherwise than regtird them in the
light of prepenla. Fact.
REPEAL ! REPEAL l!—The locofecoa talk of re
pealing the Bankrupt Law at the present session of
Congress. They have not the power to do Ireland
if they had. they would not dare. to put their iniquit
ous scheme into execution.' It is mere talk.
VERY Goon.-=A gentleman writing from Copen
hagen ton friend in this country, says, "Hamlet ob
perved that there, was something rotten in the state
of Denmark. If there is, I have no doubt it is under
my windoW at this time; for such a stench never be
fore offended my min of smell"
THE LADTES ore waiting very impatiently for the
Railroad Ball. It will he a very brilliant affair.—
Have you subscribed ? Don't leave it until the lust
moment.
Oun DEBATING Soeiv.Ts seems to meet with
general favor. At the last meeting the repeal ques
tion was ably handled. The... negatives" carried
the day, or rather, the night.
GAMBLING 'HOE:SEN.—We learn with pleasure
that the Grand Jury have made presentments against
ten gambling houses in the borough of Pottsville.
seven true bills were found.
PORT Ca n HON id infested with some of the" light
fingered gentry. " We have heard of two or three
cases of rubbery in that place lately.
THE NEW HAVEN Hen•tn announces the death
of Miss Henrietta Ann Hart, sis•er of Mrs. Com.
BuIL She,died serf suddenly.
Tike N. O: 4— P - tt-rayurrs. has •• broke out in a
fresh spot. " The last number is full of fun, humor,
and sparkling wit.
MONOMANIA —“Turn, wot's inuniinany 7" Wy
you see, Dick, wen a ;mot. feller steals. it's called 'lar:
,cony'--but when it's a riclOun, the jury say it's won
imany,' and they can't 'elp it; that's it!"
OUlt EXCILINGV.S this week ore again crowded
with accidents, murders, suicidei, rapes, forgeries,
robberies, and defalcations. Well, mere getting
,on.
°drum—The Pic says that loud sneezing, in
the Orphic, is rendered, stentorophonich ,!Ityarulolo
ty explosions•!
ALExarinEn'lttirs is thuariti-masonic candidate
f.,r mayor of Pittsburg.
ATTEND TIIE RAI LIIO ID MEETING, at Ole Penn
sylvania Hall, Ibis evening.
32 A It 11. 1 E D
By the Rev. Mr. Heins, on the 4th inst. Mr.
Harr SUPPE!' to Mtge Many both of
. .
By the' same, on the 6th inst., Mr. FItEIiERICK
FEONSLER to Miss H limo/. O ' NEAL, both of Potts.
vine. . .
By the Rev. Jun. kladdison, on the 13th inst.
Mr. THOMAS REESE to Miss CIIIIISTIAXA REED,
both of Oakhill,Schuylkill co.
DIED.
In this borough, on'the 29th of Nov: last; et the
residenie of her son-fiaLlaw, Mr. Enoch W. M'Gin
nes, ELIZABETH PATTON, aged 64 years,
- OUR
_ CORItECTD WF.EIkLY.
- ' PorrsviLLE, Dec. 18 1841.
WIIEAN FLOUR tor Barrel $6 00
.
RYE, do cwt. 162/r
WIIE4F, per Bushel.• 1 25
RYE, - do 65 ,
CORN; • "1 do • • . : 55
OATS, do . 5O
EGGS. _ • per doz. 12_
BUTTER, --por pound ._ , 16
BACON, do 10
HAMS. .- do
POTATOES, per bushel. 50
PLASTER, I per ton • 500
HAY. - 1 per top l6 to $lB
TIMOTHY' SEED , I per Nisbet • 250
CLOVER Do . , per bus, ' 95 00
POTTSVILLE ATIIEIi lAN Ili STITIIT E.
—A Lecture will be deliiiered before the Pottsville Athe
nian Institute by Col. C. 11"1. en Thursday even
ing next, at The Town Hall—Subject, " A n ROGANCE.
Doors open at '7.o'clock, Lecture to commence at half
past seven
The public are respt.etfolly, incited to attend. c ..;
December 18th, THOAIAS FOS3'Elt, Secretary:*'
reY ROWS works of Lord Byron
comuleto in one small volume. bound in Turkey,
'Morocco. just received and for sale by
December 1 . 1, su-- 1 8.. SA DLISTA.N •