t;1 -A .1„,. A El Eifil I TTSVILLS. NOI4IiING I JAN. 1842. AN, I OIIIIOINAL NOM 0111.--7 ' he prism erttio :Vinare jnornal !is'entirely original; aa it b.' Ail :the matter 'was st nitro Ourself; sod , as it was scribbled during , thei bur ry arallustto attendant' on the entargeinen oldie piper, our readers milli nut be too critics& To oar Patront. . , . .:,,,, • ' According to prorni l se, our readers will perceive : 1 --- thatthe proent number of the Miners' Journal is ~ • .censiderably : enlargedl . eo many alterations made ' -' in its - typogrphical appearance; acme might think _-,thern(knapinienrents - !The Windier contains a -ye— . • - :FY large-amountof•reading matter, on a variety of subjects, and much iralttable information in-relit .' • . lion to the Anthracite Coal Trade, and the pecu liar resources of our clam region. The statistical I - information has 'lven prepared pith great care; arid, as a nOvel fea4re in a country press, we , 7. might ag:iin' intuition that the whole contents . - 7 .. of - the present • *wither of - ,the. Journal have - . - bees written I y 'ourself. We do nut make this , ... - statement in a spirit' of vain boasting; but etude tot unsay as a proof of our industry micatering '?.. • for the peculiar yenta and ivishes of our leaders. , The enlargement has caukti, a large outlay' of i . . money on our part and it rs• but natural to in peel that some return will be made - for the enter ...- : prise and . ..spirit, be it hispered, that we have es ".lathited. The Jeurna is eniphaticaily the organ . . ut.the :Schuylkill Coil Region; i s eel considered ahr , ad: and in that apa,ity ; ' few telt deny, but -that it has been and a II continue to be of great set ' ...- . mice SIP 111.18 s who . are in soy way connected ur in • -;1 -, t4ested in the Cost ' 'rode. The more extended ''..,:: the ..circulatton of the Mincrel•Jourmil, the inure •li - '0 our citizens 44 , 11 i be indirectly 'bent:fitted; and we .._IW -. trust that our subscsibers.will come forward. each proetire a subscriber 1:: the idinutif, and thus ei tend the sphere of . o r operations and usefulness. The public may rest lassured. that the additional r _ income thus accruing to our establb.hment will br' appropriated for the burpose of making our piper • still more valuable, , s, II more interesting, and still More acceptable to our patron.. - What say you I Can it--shall it he Clone 1 - • Apart from its locil character, every effort will • • be made on our partto make the Miners' Journal, striCtly speaking. on thiteresting family netespa ,, • per. As such, we can confidently recointneud it, -- ia advanee:io the patronage of a liberal and en. • , lightened community) Our political preililections, we belive, are well known. We shall ilways advocate the &Wiens of ..„ candidates for popular suffrage. profesabig those i prindiples we have ever professed, and en doavored to adhere tit : in a spirit of firmness, mo deration and eonciltatioa. Hereafter we shall . •publish • the priuMelings of public political • ' meetingitLivithrnit idivtinction—that may take i . place in the county; se that our readers'may be ear 1, ,I/ appnaed 4 ail I prilitieal movements. 1 Our • interest as well as a use of justice prompts us to pursue this course., We p/DMILI bac° taken that' tours° -before, had:o r limits permitted. a. As we are dctirous of procuring and pub, Echlin?, in a collected form, the state of the whole . Coal Trade of the United States—b.ith anthracite .- and bituminous—ro l e trust that persons residing inthe various bitumtc ous coal legions of this slate. Virginia, and other p its of theitinion, will furnish iri • 'us at their ~hest c settle*, a statement of the liresent and probable future amount of coal mined, and other interests g facts, connected with their respective regions. Editors With whom we ez- 0 change will please notice this, in order that the game way reach the I notice ofkhe-persons alluded: tn.i n Cl/111mtPiicatiotT should hr addressed to the 4, office of the Mtner.• Journal, Pottsville, Pa." Form OrEm!.:4, dant tgabje carrje ough!—will cull will !Iwo with time ['ono) contrittuti ! oia an you! I urge or surill—jusi of. the inclement tvi , expoand to (luring t y.,u with out .weekly al food, an.l then put ete,ond fork over in! laterality. Your hea l made lighi by it: neligio • Pattasille is nut (;hCrclies.- lIIIIIII rk - arf - irui 3l ic Ivor, ittcplatural care of mei*: • • C i ascopal Church, Pecsbyterinti,Chert ble.hndist Church, UAW ic Chime)); ) German Csibuise C. Gurtuiu Methodist German Union Cho Priee4l3' Meettog 11 Weith Calvinist;cl% Wc.:sh '3 yttst Chu'r' Welsh Presbytcriahl Tile. new Prcebytc in atl this year. Church has m t en. to .• e toxvement will sup cr.! of the members. purpabe of.buihlmg f ffititi s 4iofie to lICCOIIIII religious tknaminuti • , mediate rieighberim(i, . • are eni - phaticelly n ci! .: . NOTICE/ Or Rilloolt . \LS =We have before ~. us the Tl4mber :number of Wahines Select Cir .,- ' culetingli:Arary,'edied hy mir former tswrisman, , .Pr I PESOI S ande rso n. T o i 3 o ld ste ing w or k i s , .f. ' Still well patronixe , d li'y the puldie, notwithitanding the host of cheap ptililitions that have sprung ...‘ into existence since its first establishment. . " The Mother's A l pisistant,"' published in. Boa,. tiin, end edited by William C. Brown, contains , '. .- much valuable and interesting matter. The name _-- .intlicates the character of the work. - '• Tito Hostm Miscellany, ", piiblis. ..,rad • . bury and Soden, BoSton.Cie of the best " 8ei ,..t... ' ton notions "Wm . have, seen l for months. The literary contents of the Miscellani is abOve the, average standard ! end the typographical appear.: Sem of the "work exceedingly beautiful. The -: - nuinher" before us is lembelliihed with en elegant . . ,copper, pliste,_engrarng, entitled " The Canary ~ . ..Wed.!' ~ .I"he principal charaCter in theidece is a young and beauteous being,of some sixteen sum '-',- ..... . uteri,' She is just, budding into womanhood. '..if - : - .. .. l'llhatluslarient .hair'. ", ; What soft and beaming kl,- - _ ,-, ?„: eyes!:.And what a fare and what a form ! " - ~..,:;; . ' "The Christian Family Magazine," edited by :77 .... - ;; 11in Rev. D. - Newell: levitated liy an association of "..3 . •:iClergyttnen, eminently' irecommends itself to the lie ,' " patronage _of tiesili.olfamilieri.' It is published ill, `i;'' ' ' -' ,.: . - ti:. eir York.. - . 'i- . - ::...... .---, .._ • i - : • Botennt.—A ..n4n namra William 'Britian. '4- committed suicide on t3ataniay last ? at tha 7 - .; 'donee of Ali father, about a mite below, tha 130 - lti hid throat with a razor, pones for lie lath ~. `{,tic = ' - dt~'icul Lt.` r_ ~•},~,;,~?} , rte ~- -~ ''q~c--"'~a` or snuff, but sturdy and in• fear iruhscribers of the bor- - you this morning, in mcord red custom, to receive such . I may feel disposed to m.die— ; ss your humor jumps. Think rather the little fellows were he plat year, while serving allowance of nch, intellectu . your hands into your pock fa true spirit of kindness end in and your purse will be WO in Pottsville. • oily rich in dchools, hut is I Ttiere are twelve different Shit) in the Borough, under e following roil rend gentle- Rev. A A. Miller,. Rev. dos. Mrool, 'Rev. Wm. Barnes, 'R v. Mr. Magennis, beach, . (now building.) • :Innen, Rev. Mr. Beim. h. Rev. Mr. Mennig, louse, • (Ilicksite,) terbudist, (No regular pastor,) .eh, 'Rev. Win. Morpnr— ilyburch, lßev. Evan B. EVany.' tlrian Church will be finished i:very pew -in the Episcopal ken, and we understand that itt l e'made on the part of sev i,f that' comer-gallon, for the 91 new church, of'sullicient di. iodate all whifltelong to that on in theiliorough and its im- Tt.. people of Pottsville lurch ping peple. -',.,•-'• , 7'i'::' , 0 1.p ,, Ai2:4*,:' , . ... .._,..- , OM Happy New Year • test wed(' Weiixtended - oni hand cordially to our renders,' and -wished them,- ,ono end•all— ponoganti Old—it "petty, Christmas!" This wetk we goo them with ha,ppy New Yr;ar." May it prove such in reality to them all. Alay they. 'all enjoy as much happiness as kindly vouchsafed town poor mortals—anti that, by the', way, iinet svrtti speaking of; for the.materials of yesilasstiess:and , discontrnt are thoroughly en grafted on all ‘uuecoustitutions.• However, there, is no harm ddne in wishing ; it bespeaks a sans: guine tempcismonti, - -and, lame think, a kind , heart. • .• • Candidly speaking, - we do not.think the ensu ., ing year Wilt-prove a Mum happyoni3 to the, mass) of mankind than any of its, predecessors. therefore, of indulging in bright dreams of future; happmeis, to be dissipated by the waking undi better reality of experience ; instead of conical-, plating visions--glorious th - ough they be—which will never assume a palpable sbape, let us swum to the past, dwt.ll on the manifold blessings which a beneficent and - -an all-wise Providence has be st Owed upon us, in a spirit of thankfulness, and review the transgressions of our past life—wheth er•of omission or commission—with an eye siegle. • to amendment. If you are . of-en, idle disposition, turn over of new leaf, - the'new year, and reform. 'Re-, member that no man, who was born with a wood en, spoon - in his mouth. has ever acquit% d enough of this world's dross to surround himself with the comforts :or luxuries of life, and be placed above. want iu bis old days, except by honest in dustry- ,:..except 'by The tabor of his hands or his brains. 'Remember, also, that a rolling dune ;others no Moss," and gotta' yourself acceid inely. Live strictly within your income, and avoid oil ostentatious chow and estravagance. These two evils are of a-nat ore to cure themselves. Be lib itl'yourlexpentlitures; but'let bberality Le temp'ered with discretion and TrUdence. Do not be caught with tliedelusive cry of early Marriages." Mix much in society before you seliet your partijer f for life ; arid when you'have fixed upon a mate, you should religiously . believe that she purse-sea a combination of mental and per sonal charms, never before centred in one we ..man. That, she is the incarnation of ill that is beautiful, all that is good, all that is intent ctual ! If you indulge in intoxicating drinks, take warning in 7 time, and cast the poisoned bowl from you. ere it he too late. Take heed by the wrecked hopes of-over indulgent fathers and mo- there—talte counsel by the blighted i , rospects of disappointed . , yet still loving wives, and resolve to wean yourself from the beggarly, brutal, and beastly habit of intoxication. Never tell whifc or Gluck. lies. Th i habit of fabricating, either in fun or in earnest, is equally disreputable and dangerous. Editors are occa sionally ,allowed to draw liberally' on a fertile im agination, but then all persons are not editors.— Arrayed in the armor of truth, you can hid defi ance to the shafts of calumny and malice. Much more good advice we might give thee, gentle reader, but we administer our counsels and admonitions' on the Homermtbetic - system. If. among the sins of omission, you have neglected to subscribe for the Miners' Journal, donut delay any longer ; but come promptly to our office et is on Centre street, opplaite the Episcopal Church) have your name entered on our bo. ks, pay for your subscription in advance, and in good bankable money. Short figs and levies nut taken nt tt premium. Office Opim' every day in the week except Sunday, from daylight until 8 o'- clock, P. M. [ This-closing o(stores after eight o'clock in the evening has fully, answered our ex pectations. Great benefits are already experienc ed from this humane practice.) in conclUsion, we again wish our patrons "a happy New Voar," and plenty of 'em. &Mei:INTL DEAIII 'OP A YOU Vl7 LATE.—A Miss Lawrence, a your g and lovely lady, was thrown from an affrighted horse, on the 18th ult , near W,ayn:sbore', Md., and killed. It is stated that hir leg, which bccame•entangled with the stirrup while the horse was running, was literally torn froth her tiodY. - So infuriated was the horse, that it Was - necessary to shoot him before he was caught. Ftirnale riders cannot ho too careful in the selection of their horses. Their seat in the saddle ie necessarily one of great insecurity and danger. Tun New YOUKKIIS are in great trepidation. The Bostonians have undisputed possession of the western trade of the state of New York, by means of their splendid railroad, while the Hudson Ri ver is closed. A large meeting was held in New York, at Niblo's Garden, on Tuesday night last, to see what could be done to finish the Erie Rail road, and keep to Gotham, what has heretofore been considered, 6 , an exclusive trade." ATT6I PT AT few days since a cowardly alid unsuccessful attempt was made to vssassin.ae the Rev. Josiah Crudrup, of Granville county, N..rth Carolina. The reverend gentleman Sias formerly a representative in Congress horn the Wake district in that State. Lowttt ' Mild be a delightful -place for the re sidence of ari unhappy old bachelor, fur there are nearly seven thousand gals in that flourishing town ! What, an imposing array they roust pre sent on the Sabbath, tripping it to church, in their best bib's and tuckerS ! • Muer ttocn.—The Legislature of Maryltind convened on Tuesday last. „john C. Legrand, Esq., of 'Baltimore, was elected Speaker of the House Without opposition; and the Hon. Richard Homes; PreSident of the Senate. LoctsPitr4.l3res has written a letter W Presi dent Tyler thanking the American people in gen oral, and the President, in particular, for the kind ness and hOspitakity extended to his beloved son the Prince le Join ille. • THE PRESENT NUMBER OP THE IV! ra- Ens' Jona- NAL.--We have struck off a tirgopettra number fir gratuitous distribution. Persane-,wishing to procure a copy can obtain the same bylling. at out office. ' I Thme who don't,Meedn't call. N-Cr, - Perria4 THE Sentays.—The Baltimore Clip. per sal.B that a-bill to. compel the banks of Mary- Isnd to restme specie payments, will be seedily introduced into thelegitlature of that state. - WENT DOWN.—Tho barque America, ninety fire days from Sicily, was sunk near Sandy Hr.ok, N. Y., last week. She had been leaking badly during the - whole passage. Nolives lust. As we excecTED,-Tho Lehigh Company have given notice that they will be Unable to meet the interest of loans this year. A WOMA7S Munulusti.--A woman WU mur dered in New . York on "'Sunday last, by rum ! ! . Oz.n Bouass must be a lucky fellow. Re is never at a len to raise the wind." ' • DAiror RICE has hecri playing . 1 Nigger As surancs":iu Baltimore. - - Tut Cott.iqz is at a stand still, most of thn workmen haring beim discharged. • A . • Tho Heusi - Stilt 11 is-the _name •of new %LA steunierlust, 6ailt eltaricinpati. MEN "rbellorite League ....The Tariff question.. The Iron trade of this e orustry.The coarse , pursued by Great Britain in relation to , - free trade....Dantestle atulFerelgu Coal. in the Month Of _October last,t wilome Lea gue" was established .in the city of New York, for the purpose of protecting n Horne Industry." Thirteen states and territones wererepresented,. and among the resolutions passed by the mem.' bens of the League, was one urging upon their felloW citizens, the -vital necessity of forming aux-. iliary branches to tpai parentl e e-ague in every county' and state in the Union; in order that a conceit of action might be prodnced throughout the country. In this movement of the friends of Home Industry, party hatAo share or lot, for the League is composed of members of all political shades and complexions. Already auxiliary brandies to the Home League are forming in va rious parts of the Union, and it gives us much pleasure to state that preparations are now ma king to form a branch in Schuylkill county, and. make- the voice of our colliers, iron masters, and mechanics, heard in Congress. , The Tariff is the moat important question now before the American people. It must come be- - fore Congress for adjustment at the present ses sion, in consequence of the term during.which the Compromise Art was to run expiring on the Ist . * day ofJuly. next. After that time, everything is brought down to the unvarying standard of 20 per•cent. akvalurem. It is true that a home v a t. nation and cash duties take place ; but great dif deulty Will be experienced in establishing a uni ' form valuation at oar d.fft rent ports ;. for it can not he expected that any two custom houses in the Union will agree in their oppraisement. This is but a minor affair compared with the disastrous effects which .a modification of 'dolts must pro duce on nearly , every branch of national-industry. Let a 'reduction in duties take place, and a total prostration of our manufacturing interests will be the consequence. All elasace of our citizens have a deep stake in this question; and should Con gress remelt,' deaf to the eland's of the Rimier, mechanic, and workingman, our tailors, our hat ters, and our shoemakers, will be the G is t to feel the blow Maned at their individual prosperity by, o Southern Chivalry. " No class of our manufacturers are likely to suf. fer more than our iron-mash re. Unless a higher duty than 20 per cent is levied by the Govern ment, it must result in the ruin of one half of the manufacturers of iron in this country. The price of labor in Figland, France, Russia, and Sweden, is an low, that we cannot compete with them in articles of which labor constituies the chief value. The duty upon bar iron was formerly $3O per ton, or about 100 per cent upon the cost. It is now $2t.,68, and on the Ist of July it will bereduced to 55,02. The judicious settlement of the Tara] in respect to iron is of great importance, as our -interests manifestly require that we should pro duce it to such an exteht as nut to be dependent upon foreign nations. In many respects, the example of Great Britain is worthy. of close imitation by the United States. The p which she has hitherto pursued of af fording protection, through the medium of a tariff, to her manufactures, as well as her mineral and metallic productions, cannot be too strongly re commended. Every avenue to her commerce and home indultry is strongly guarded by a tariff With a grasping, daring spirit, she seeks to mo nopolise the markets of the whole world, and wat ches with an ever vigilant, ever jealous eye, every foreign movement calculated to affect her inter ests and prosperity:and is ready at a moment to meet emergencies as they rise. Abroad she has her emissaries promulgiriktho doctrines of free trade, and descanting withVe.star and eloquence open its advantages. At lio - Ovhe practically repudiates that doctrine, and laughs at the phan tom which visionary statesmen would faun grap ple with. %Vith us the case is almost the reverse ; and ninny of the great interests of the country, from the want of a fostering care on the part of the fed. er'al government, are in a languiihing condition. We need not go oqt. of our own stale for an ex ample. It is admitted by those who have made the necessary investigations, that more than a suf ficient quantity of coal and iron ore could be mined in the Slate of Pennsylvania to meet the demand of the whole Union. It is obvious, then, that the policy of our government should be to develop these great and hidden sources of nation. al wealth, by laying a protective duty on foreign coal and iron ; or, in other words, to increase the present duty on those articles, An increase of duty would protect our coal and iron interests, and still that protection would not coma out of the pockets of the consumer ; for, as the tsecretary of the Treasury justly observes, in his late able Re port, " nothing is more established by our ex perience and the experience dottier nations, than that the augmentation of duties dues nut augment, in an equal degree, the cost of the article to the consumer. In many cases it spears not to in crease that cost at all. Very often the price to the Consumer is kept down, notwithstanding an increase of duties, partly by the greater supply of the dame production, and partly by the reduction of thii price in the foreign market. It is believed, indeed, that there have been — casts in which the j,iint operation of the two causes has occasioned prices to• fall lower than they were before the in crease of duties was laid. The present duty on foreign coal imported into this country is nomi nally six cents ; but in reality it is only 43 cents, or $ 1 26, per ton, as there is a per centage de ducted from that amount. After the let *of July next, the duty will be ranted to between sixty and eighty cents - per ton: - Great Britain, on the other hand, imposes a duty of upwards ,of amen dollars, per ton, on foreign coal, and thus protects her own coal trade by making the.foreigo article equivalent to being contraband. The same with her iron trade. ft will ho recollected that some years since, a quan tity of iron ore was found in New Jersey by the laborers employed on the Morris Canal. The ore was shipped to England on speculation by several enterprising individuals; and as there was no duty at that time on the article, they were remu nerated for their risk and trouble. As soon, how ever, as it was generally known in England that the' Americans were shipping iron ore to that country at et profit, what may _be termed, a pro/a:- Wire duty, was immediately laid on foreign iron ore It the britiah government. If the same poli cy tvLs pursued by the United States, capitalists would eager . ..) invest their means in the Coal and Iron Trade;-and those already engaged in the bu siness, wotdil prosecute (heir works with redoubled vigor, as they would' have'thu stimulus 'before them of a sure market, and reinnTting prices for their ipvestment and labor. With.proper en couregenrent and management, what a seat co of wealth Would the good - oh! cominonwealth .1 Pennsylvania possess in her coal and iron alines ! How steadily she would ircrease in riches and prosperity ! Bowisoon extricate herself from her present difficulties ! The quantity of foreign coal imported into this country during,the year 1841, will not fall short of 206,000 tons; anti with the'reduced duties on foreign coal, we may expect an increase in the im portation's. The largest portion of foreign coal is imported froth rictou, Nova Scotia; end notwithstanding 'the, distance from the New. York and Boston marketii, and the present duty which is Impaled upon the coal, amounting to $ 1 62, per chaldren. or $1 . 1 26 per ton, yet the Owners of the Pietou Peel, can afford to undersell' the flowage article. .THE MINERS' JOURNAL. This is in !pan owing to the heavy expeusea'ist. tendant upon inisuti navigation; as it costs Us more to transport a ton•OT Coal from this region to New Vek, than it would to transport a ton el Coal from Tit too to New York. • The following comparative table will oho* the annual animal of Coal *lmported into this country from MI, to 1840, inclusive, In tone 01'18 bushels, obtained from the official documents at Washing.; ton, and the amount of Anthracite Coal sent to marker: 1 YF.mt.s. ForivroN - CoAr... ANTilmicrristo/i.. 1821.:......:..22,122.' 1823 ..............5,823 1824 .9.541 1825. .25,615.. 1826_, 48.047 1827 ...........40,257...... .......63,434 1828..........32,302..77,516 1829.... .......15,393........ —.112,083 1830.... ...... ........174,737 I 83) .... 176 820 1832 _ ...... .363,871 1833.... ..... 2.92,4M—.487.748 1834.... 71,626 ..... .377.636 1835............49,969............560,758 1836 1837.... ...... 153,150 .881.476 1838.... ...... 129.083... .. 739.293 5 1810..........162.867..:...:.....865,414 It will 'be seen from the above, that in 1839 the importations of foreign Coal arrived at its max imum height . ; and in a year, too, when the do mestic coal . trado was never in u more depressed condition. During the last year. when 'our coal dealers and operators were suffering from pecuni ary embarrassments, about half a million of dol lars was sent out of ilia country for the purchase of foreign coal ; and a pqrticin of this coal was ac tually delivered and sold on the Schuylkill, at Philadelphia, at the very termination of our Ca nal: We would particularly call the attention ofour Virginia and Maryland neighbors to the domestic Coal Trade - of this country. Richrdond has al ready commenced shipping large quantities of Coal to the New York market, and as tbe Pictou -and Richmond Coal is bituminous, the interests of both places will be brought more immediately in to conflict. Education in Pottsville. We have taken the pains to ascertain, at the . proper sources, the state of education in the bo rough of Pottsville; and our readers, doubtless, will be equally as surprised as we were at the re sult. Our Sunday Schools are in a most flourish ing condition ; there being 1137 scholars, 150 teachers, and 1659 volumes belonging to the li braries of the different schools. The female Sun day School, of the Catholic Church, is conducted by three Sisters of Charity and six other ladies, and numbers one hundred and sixty girls. The mall Sunday School, one hundred and fifty boys, and ten teachers. The library for the use of the church and the Sunday Schools, contains six hun dred and thirteen volumes. It is not generally known, and the fact should go abroad, that. all the scholars belonging to the Catholic Sunday School of this borough, have taken the pledge of total abstinence from the use of intoxicating drinks, fur life. We fervently trust that this no ble example of our Catholic brcthern will be uni verKilly imitated. A rising generation of teeto tallers ! The thought is glorious— the prospect cheering I Our private schools, male and female, are ad mirably kept and eminently deserve that patron age which.has been hitherto so liberally extended to them. The Miss Clements' Seminary for Young Ladies, established but recently, is in the full tide of successful experiment. Both the use ful and ornamental branches of a polite education arc taught this Seminary. -Mr. Pitman's Aca demy was never in a more prosperous condition. Attached to the Academy there is an excellent library, and some Chemical and Philosophical apparatus. Mr. Hough's School is also doing well. He has upwards of 38 pupils, and a small, but well selected library. Our Public Schools we can speak of with pride. They will favorably compare with any similar schools in the state. There arc eight Public Schools in the borough, with three male and five female teachers. Average salary of males, per month, $3O 83 ; females, $l7 08. The number of pupils, 472, at an expense bf tuition for each pupil, male anti female, of 481 cents, per month, or $5 82 a year. The whole expense, $2734. *The following table will show the state of the Sunday, Private, and Public Schools of our bo rough, together with the number of volumes in the Sunday School Libraries. SUNDAY Senecas. Sch'tora. .7lochers. l'o/ms Catholic, - - 310 19 613 Presbyterian, - - 207 34 275 Methodist, . - 200 34 500 Episcopalian, - 150 16 " 250 Three Welsh Churches, 100 12 German Union Church, 75 15 21 German Methodist, 50 12 Universalist - - 45 8 EMI POIV•TE SCHOOLS The Miss Clements' Seminary, Mr. Pitman's Academy, - Mr. Hough's School, - - Sisters of Charity. - Catholic School, - - Other Schools, - 7 Total PUBLIC Sc noose. ISclitars. Teachers. N. of Schools. 237 3 3 235 5 5 Males - remrdes, - Total The above statement of the condition of our schools cannot be otherwise than a source of pure, unalloyed satisfaction to all who have the inter ests of the borough, and the - welfare of the rising generation at heart. But some ten years ago, the existence of 'such a place as Pottsville was confin ed,to the knowledge of a very few. Now she has numbers, wealth, a high character for respectabi lity and intelligence, a great and increasing trade, and every essential demerit, calculated to give character and importance to a town. Above all, out of the comparatively small populationof about 4,500 souls, she has over eleven hundred children receiving the benefits of a Sabbath School educa tion, and nearly one thousand children who attend the:Public and Private schools, during the week days. What town in the United States, of the same population; can make the same statement, with the same truth I PLEASURES or LIFE.—To be compelled to be funny when your head aches, and your boot pin . es. ~Pn hear a man talk of his conguesisond a wo man of luvlirtations. To be eutby a young woman, and Laughed at by an old'one. To take your seitAit the theatre between two Mends; who talk to eacii-odier across your face, while the fiddlers' tedds prevent:you from seeing the stage-. I , To kndw you are a sensible fellow, and.get out shone in love affairs by a fool. IN RaiNa.—The town of Adrian, Michigan, has been ‘ialtna with moat destructive Bro. A largo pariiotf of that enterriaing_ village is in 1137 150 1659 Pupils. 40 50 38 141 110 100 479 472 FIR . • . • ' a. ' , .'"it(the :United stat es , - . . - Anthracite Coal Tr ' ,orn ate, Coal sent to market from tde diffi rent The following Table exhibits the quantity' of - v tato toile in 1820 to 1892, together with the htgions in . Penasylvauis, from the Commeneeme t: an4sl increase and consumption. , . --e- • . Mt, SC ll U * VP LOUS LEIIIGII, ---..----m-i-- - ---.- ..--_ ~ .x•' -------____----- `"•,,, . mum stomp:Bpi:Linz- :Amite. ' l' g '' l uillid° LAC". OGRE. I ANNUAL ' CON.,U . P . TRY. • s CRONE. ISRAD . P.I TOL at: sm. wAN,t., GATE. l INCREAFE I VON. LOW ..- I - 1820 ` • 365 •:1 ::' 365 ! - 1821 '1,073 . ' • 1,073 WI 1822 2,240 . 2,240 1,167'• 1/323 5;823 , 5,823 3,583 . 1824 9,541 ' -.; ~t• I 9,541 3,718 1825 5,306; 28,393 i-. '7%'''' • 33,699 23,852 1826 16,836' 31, 280 ."17 48,115 14,644 • 1827 29,493. 32,074 - 61,567 13,618 1828' 47,181 30;432 •,•4'4.- 77,413 15,730 It3it, 78,293 25,110 ff„i: 7,000 110,4031 27,688 TB3O 89,984' 41,750 i - 40 woo 174,734 85,9171 1831 81,8541 40,96 P '•1 t 54,000 176. n o 2,0E 1 6 ; 177,000 1832 209,2711 70,000 84,600 368,671 192,9511318,000 1833 250,588' 12:4,0041 '';. 1117,777 485,365 116,494 425.000 1834 226,692 106,244 :: - c• : • 43,700 376,6364)=a/0E1450,000' 1835 335,685. 131,9_507k -f, - .7 -• - 90,001' 556 835 1 180.1591556,000 1836 443,754 146,522 - ''' 18,000 106,000 696,5 7 261 '139:6911635,000 1837 1 535,250 1 192,595 33,617 .1 ' , ' 115,387 874,539 178,013 680,000 1838 ; 434,6841 14(1,651 38,4211 34,00( 152,699 38,421 16,22 . i.•• •;:i .13.000 76,321 723,836 DECREAFT 788,000 1839, 442,6081 ,3x,20,639 11,930 122,300 817 659 61.717 867,000 1840 452,291 102,264 43,6)9 50;361 023,860 1 :,505 148,470 865,414 47.775 965,414 , ' 18411 58,4,692 78,164 26,224 21,26:-. 1 r 17.; 17 , 653 I ,1t7 3 159,937 956,566 91.152 ' 1.,- -.---- - 14,250;827; 1,546,859!186,855 121,850 5 i )193,152 48,898;1,132,06217,443,738 -- 1; ' - Anthracite regions ' ?ate, exec , " ^+7 LOW' ' 0..? State, The above table inclUdcs the shipments stir the Anthracite regions in the S except the Wilkesbarre Basin, from which was shiPiseduring 1841, 32 ; 917 tote. tlae year 1820, there were only 365 tons of Anthr.mte c o d s eat o market, which was shipped from the Lehigh manes. In 1830, the consumption of Anthracite',OA! amounted to 150,000 tons. In 1841, including an avergork of 50,000 tons, the supply of .. ki,ibacite in market is 1,006,566 tons, independent oflbe Wilkeskurro Coal. This large amount of 0 1 will undoubtedly be required, as the consumption of 51,152 tons for the increased consumption of the last year was 965,414 tone, thus leavinifelY present year. Statistics of the Schuylkill conittO rrn * Above will be found our annual fabled the Anthracite Coal Trade in the Coifed 4 ' l°9 ' It will be seen that there has loOal) increase annually in the amount of CealO'ned and consumed, with the exception -!:Of vo or three seasons. Alth.iugh we cominind mm lug Coal for shipment in the Sehuyiktilanh ot in 1825,. five year+ luter than the Leblg. there has been 1,057,916 tons more sent tan met from ; this region than from all the other eothtcite re gions in this state combined. Thus::" Total amoicnt of Coal rent to market from the Schuylkill region since the' commencement of the trade, in 1820 r; to the close of navigation, Decentha : 18,1841, 1250,827 Ditto from all other anthracite region 3.192,9[1 Excess in favor of Schuylkill region, 1.057,916 In 1825 the amount clt Coal Atiinl in the Schuylkill Region was only 5,306 tops. In 1830 it had increased to 89,981 tonskivlBBs, to 335,685 tons; and m Mil, to #34i92 tons. At the same ratio of increase, thertial ho min ed in 1845, over one million of tons; ad in 1830, 1,750,000 tons. The magnitude of this trade Well arresponds with the amount of.capital investedin w different improvements of the region. liiptals of four million of dollar., have been iniBste in the fol lowing mirnner3 65 miles of incorporated railLtad, . 40 do. individual 40 do. dr. .:414:0, under ground 2100 Rail Road Cars, .--, 1500'Drift do. 17 'Collieries below water=iest, with steam engines, pumps, Sco;. l-. • 100 Collieries above water-led, • SO Landings, 850 Canal Boats, 900 Boat Horses, &c. r . There are thirty steam engin*, Oho county, in cluding colliery engines, ornituing to upwards of one thousand horse pot*. Twenty-two of these engines were manufilitced in Schuylkill County. During the last year the'4obwing steam en gMes were built in this boi9‘tah for colliery pur poses MAKER'S N.131E. FOR*P3I. lIORSE POWER Pomroy & Rfagmnis, Pool &lannun, 50 Pommy & Maginnis, Charlo.owton, 50 Ilaywood & Snyder, charWlet. 5 0 Pomroy & Maginnis, Delawse Coal Co. 60 Ilaywood & Snyder, Dalai* Coal Co. 60 Haywood & Sny'er, Geo'fra. Pats, 60 Haywood & Snyder, MilFlor.4 Ilaiwood, 30 Total horse tpar, Previous to 1841, thOrse power employed in collieries was only 350 f dring the last year there was an addition of 300 brso power. being a greater amount than Waii o'er employed before. Total horse power in the cutleries, 710. SUPPLY' OF COAL.-. ,3 r. following comparative table will show the ann3iirof anthracite coal ship ped from the different. rgions during the years 1840 Mid 184 1. t: fe , 1840 1841 f 452,291 584,692 N... —.225,288 142,821 .1 . .; ......148,470 189,937 ti.. ...... 23,860 17,653 15,505 21,463 Schuylkill, Lehigh,— I ackam,a n a Pinegrove.. Shamokin, . Remaining over cactiyar, A pril Ist 150,000 50,000 1,015,411 1,006,566 It will be perce4er from the above, and the re turns arc all olTie, tat the supply in the market this year is' 1,0010 tons, which is only 51,152 tons more than t i onsumption of last year ; the consumption tht6 ling 965,414 tons. It is worthy Otinice, that in thc'Miners' Jour nal, of July I*, cc stated that the aggregate amotmt whichiiimi be shipped from the different regions would t iioably reach 955,000 ; a dffer- Mee only of 3.06(t0ns from the actual result. We merely mePtin this fact to show that the charge which klaS leen made against us of raising a cry of "sho#rp," by mercenary, reckless,and unprincipled TritlTS, is utterly destitute of truth, and that our,attements can he relied upon by those who arslterested in the coal trade. QVANTITIc F Cost. sold on the line of the Canal betty* this place and Philadelphia: St' 1826 t- , - - - 3,154 1827 f • - . . 3,372 1828 f - . - . .1? • 3,322 44 182 ii . . . - 5,321 183 -. ' . - - - 6,150 , 183 . - -, . '10,045 - 183 ° . - - - :13,429 19,429 18,479 ''' , 17,863 • 21,749 28,775 30,390 - 28,924 - 41,223 - 40,584 I!===il I!=i=i l!Mi=il IMi=il l!Miii t i It 4 ROADS IS SCIIIITLCALL COVNTSr.—The foil gis th e quantity of Coal transported over the • areal Rail Roads in Schuylkill County : Ist Branch Rail Road, 255,000 tons. bunt Carbon Rail Road, . 84,967 Nhuylkill Valley Rail Road, . 81,941 kill Creek Rail Road, • - 59,665 Lute Schuylkill Rail Road, ' 91,085 • lorberry Creek R. Road, (Pinegtove) 20,000- Tcital tons, Ai E,4:ry TREAISIIIIT.—A eorrespondentrrf irk , NA". Journal of Commerce says that there is one eist,in the Treasury ! - The free tradeites 'Seen opirt their eyes._ lIOw Pinson ---00T 31•111111LD TO Miss--. —Our readers shall love the benefit of a good sto ry that we once heard read. Here his. Travel ling into town one night about dusk, Parson-- had occasion to call at the mansion of en esteem ed parishtoner, who had, among other worldly possessions, two or three very fine daughers. He had scarce knocked at the door when it waslthas lily opened by one of these blooming maidens, who ; as quick as thot.ght, threw her arms around his neck, and before he had time ; to say, •• Oh, don't," pressed her Warm delicate lips to his, and gave him as sweet a kiss as err heart of swain deserved. In utter astonishment, the worthy divine was en deavoring to stammer out something, when the damsel exclaimed, •• Oh, mercy, mercy ! —, is this you! I thought as much as could be it was my brother Henry. " Pshaw !" thought the parson to himself, o you didn't think any such thing." But taking her hand, ho said in a forgiving, tone, •• There is no harm done. Don't give yourself any unea siness; though you ought to be a little more care ful." After this gentle reproof ; be was ushered • • the parlor by the maiden, who, as she camq to the Ihrlit, could not conceal the deep blush that glow ed upon her cheek ; while the bouquet that was pinned upon her bosom, shook like a noixer gar den in an earthquake. And when he ruse to de part, it somehow fell to her lot to wait Upon him to the door; and it may be added, that in the en try they held discourse together for some minutes what subject it is not for us to say. As the warm hearted pastor plodded homewards, ho argued with himself in this wise :/ .4 Miss knew it was me who knOcked at the door, or bow did she recognize me befell) I spoke ! And is it probable that her brother would knock before entering? She must be desperately in pshatv ! Why, if she loves a brother at That rate, how must she luve her husband ; fur, by the great squash, I never felt such a kiss in my life ? " Three weeks after the above incident, Person was married to Miss THE SHORTEST WAY TO MURDER CHARACTER. —Profess great friendship for the man— tell how Much you love him; proclaim how many excel lent trade Ire possesses: and then with a very sanctified look, - and most impressive sigh, express your fear that all is not as it should be. Whisper suspicion, and let conjecture, with giant strength, work out the rum! He who understands human nature in its deeper workings of damnable cruel ty, and selfish artifice, says a certain shrewd wri ter, will mark the man who stabs another under the cloak of pretended affection. The pretence has a lie, adds he, on the face of it. True affec tion w9uld never, never whisper a suspicion, save into the year of the one beloved, and whom' that suspicion concerned. Never trust that man who comes whining over his regard for another, while his tongue is a drawn sword to wound and kill; meet him promptly with a charge of his hypocri sy, and he will shrink with meanness before you; Hunisn LOVE.—JeCdoUBV—Willis, with all his nambey pambeyism, occasionally writes in a truly poetical strain. What think you of the fol lowing I , 4 I have read of one in story who had laid his young love in the grave. The seasons came and went, and he found a melody in nature's going on. And a sweet cousin's voice, that temp ted him into the sunshine of the air, became the music of his happiness. One morn she was awake, and gazing on his features, as the sun shone brightly through the casement on them, a large tear stole from his eye, and, in the low murmur of his dream, she caught the name of the departed. Ho awoke.—and she reproached him tearfully with love kept secret in his heart ; and then he kissed hear tears away, and told her that his love was faithful to her own—although in dreams some times an angel came to him and awolie a buried thought'of one as beautiful. " 865;414 956,566 THE FIRST COTILLION PARTY of the season came _off last evesing, at the Pennsylvania Hall. The rooms were radiant with the congregated beauty of Pottsville. Budding, beauteous, bloom ing and beautiful forms might base been seen in the mazes of the witching dance, captivating all beholders. The musk was good; the refresh ments ezceller.t, and pleasure reigned triumphant. CATHOLIC ORPHAN AATLI:3I.—The foundation of the Catholic Orphaii Asylum, in Mahantango street, has been (hid. The asylum has been got up by the members of St. Patrick's Church. The style of the building will be purely Gothic, and when finished, will be quite en ornament to our borough. MISS Mort, the Quakeress preach er, delivered a discpUrse in this borough on Tues day evening last; to a largo and attentive audito- ry. We did not have the pleasure of hearing her, but understand that her discourse was a powerful and eloquent effort. ANTIITIACITE CeAr..—The total amount of Anthracite Coal mined in all the regions of the United States, since 1820, is seven millions four hundred and forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty eight tons, which, at five dollars a ton, would give the enormous sum of $37,218,690. MAZER COOL WEATHSO. down East. One day last week, at Hollowell, Me., the thermometer stood 15 degrees below zero. HoN. J. J. CIIITTZSDNN, late H. S. Alumna • General, intends passing the winter in Havanna in pursuit of hc3ilth.' Wish he may catch at. 542,661 • Tilt SMALL Pox prevails to a considerable ex tent in Philadelphia. , - tIL 6' orts of 3Letn43. We aro informed that the old Knickethockei custom of paying and receiving visite on New Year's day s ,will be kept up this day in our bor. ough. It is a glorious custoni,and worthy of uni versal irmtation. A locomotive will leave Reading this morning, and arrive at the depot below our borough, some time in the course of this day. It will be we). corned by hundreds of our fellow citizens. A meeting of the stockholders of the Reading Rail road Company will be held in Philedelphition the 10th inst.. and the opthing of the road to Potts. ville. for public travel, will not take place until af ter that period. We have sent a copy of the present number of the Miners' Journal to ; the h4ads of the different departments at Washington. It should be taken at the different departments; as its value must be apparent. The bar of the Pennsylvania Hall is well stock ed with the choicest refreshments. (five the Co lonel a call, to-day. At the quarterly meeting of the iron masters of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, held in Sheffield, Eng. land, the following prices were fixed for pigs. No. 1, £4, 12s. 6116 No. 2, £5, 7s, 6d ; and No. 3,1 4 1, 2s, 6d. The House of Representatives is fairly embark. in the Tariff Question. On Monday and Tues day last, the question was discussed with much earnestness and spirit. In the settlement of th 6 Tariff, it would seem that party lines are com pletely lost sight of. In the Senate, Mr. Wright presented a petition from sundry merchants and truders of New York, praying a postponement of the operation of the Bankrupt Law until 1844. A branch of the Home League is about to be established in Richmond, Va. The South is at last awake to the true interests of the whole. country The Portrait Galleries published by, the Sun day Mercury and Atlas are beautiful specimens of art. Their true value can only be a preciated i i, by those who arc uequairited with Net York, its people, and the sayings and doings off that great metropolis. Will the -editor of the N... Aurora oblige us with aDAI L r exchange! In something leskthan ten years, we will be able to reeiprdeate lite fa. I vor. The Harrisburg Chronicle is nf!nv published on the cash principle, and at the 14 price of f 2 per annum. All the Harrisburg papers arc of a large size, contain a vast amount of reading mat ter, and we have alway thought that the old price of f. 3 was cheap enough, 'in all conscience.. The reduced prices adopted., Lp many newspaper offi ces must eventually result in the ruin of one half the papers in the union. Lord Morpeth will pass a portion of th . e ter at Washington. We shall undoubtedly pass the whole of it in Pottsville. We have still many Holiday Gifts on hand and for sale. This is the last day, and our last call. The debate last evening at the Town Hail was quite spirited. The audience was numerous and highly pleased with the evening exercises. Preparations are still going forward briskly for the Railroad Jubilee, The list of subscribCrs is a large and an increasing one RAILROAD Juni Lse..—At an adjourned mee ting of the citizens of the Coal Region ; held at the Penns)lvania Hall, on Thursday evening, 23d ult., the following gentlemen were appointed Committee to make the necessary arrangements for receiving the President, Directors, and Offi cers of the ii , Teading Railroad Company, on iha opening of their Road to Pottsville : Francis B. Nichols, Andrew B. White, Charles Lawton, Aquino Bolton, Benjamin Bannon, Jacob Sheafe, George H. Potts, John Bannon, Thomas C. Williams, Daniel R. Bennett, George C. Wynkoop, Gideon Bust, E. Y. Farquhar, J. H. Campbell, • E. Q. Henderson. The following gentlemen were appointed Mans gore of the BsII : George H. Potts, T. J. Baird, Thomas C. Williams, Andrew Russel, William Hilarity, i John Shippen, F. W. fleetes t , John G. Hewes, Joseph Jeanes. AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION.- OD Wednesday last, in the Senate Mr. Clay asked leave to introduce three several joint resolution, which would provide for amendments of the Con stitution. , Ist To provide for limiting the exercise of the Veto power. 2d. In relation to appointment of heads of De partments; pirtieularly the Secretary of the Treas ury. 3d. To prevent the appointmenyto office of members of Congress, while they ire members. TILE PI SC At. AGENT.—Washington letter wri ters state, (bad authority, by the way,) that the President's project of a fiscal Agent will be refer red to a Select Committee, and not the Committee on Finance ; and that in all probability, the Hon. N. P, Talmadge, will he Chairman of that Select Committee. Mr. Clay's views as to this plan of Mr. Tyler's, are unknown. He has not commit ted himself on the subject since the cammence ment of the session. IMPORTANT SALE.—We see it stated in the Philadelphia Inquirer that the cloak of Richard P. Robinson, the supposed murderer of Ellen Jewett, is about to be sold by auction in New York. Who can tell of "the whereabouts of the innocent boy ? Mons DEFAU I:rms.—A deficienty of upwards of $.26,000 has been disco-cm! In the accounts of the Tellers of the Commercial Bank of N s. c.:ls Orleans. The defaulting business has taken sudden start lately. THE LE11111L4..T1.711E OF 01110 has scouted from its chambers the proposition to repudiate. There is too much honor, too much honesty among the Buckeyes to imitate the swindling example of Mississippi. COAL MINING AssoctiTioN.—The annual meeting of the Coal Mining Association of Schuyl kill county will be held at the Pennsylvania Hail, on Monday evening next, et 7 o'clock. U. S. BAN R NOTE' are selling in New York at a discount of fifty per cent. 'What a glorious currency we have AIIIIIVEIL—The Russian ateatn frigate Kern scatka, built at New York, has arrived at Cron stadt. TIIAXICC—We are indebted to the Hon. Peter Newhard for public dountents. • Taz Cvrate.—Uncle Sam paid $626,000 for taking the sixth Census. Spoessr or.-;-Prancis R. Shank, as a suitable person for locofoco candidate for ISTI*LTEn.—That General Gaines %i.ll obtain permanent Leave of absence. , .
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