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'llti.ls limilookedifor eveet , took s - place on Idol:-
-day the 10th hint., I. During-the early part of the
morning solace trail '
alien to the depth - of several
inches ; but notwi thstanding the inclemency of
the weather, at an.tort , hour numbers of our cit
izens were seen tending ]heir " way towards the
depot et 11latint Cati on, vvherethe - cars where in
waiting to receive t em. At day break there was
, a salute of 13 ttur,s fired; and the,Nfilitary, pre
ceded by the dilTerela bands, marched to the start
ing post.: •At g 4lock p l reeiselv, the train, can
sittirev ofet3 l cars, left the depot 'amid the cheers
e . • , i
of thensand.iof citizens assembled to witness its
departure. The (+lowing Companies of Volun
- -teem were in the 0: 1
National_ Light Infantry, Capt. Bean.
Mineraville :Artillery, 1 Capt.. Kamer.
Washing - on Ydagere, • Capt. Derllinger,
he whit thi r i ' . 11
Toget r wt ot set c German and Eng-
Leh and two Port arloor . 3 l ,pand‘, and about 1200
citizens. A locortrotive i preceded the train for
ithepurpose of cleiring the track of snow. The
passenger *train as drawn by one locomotive,
the llitehius & Ftl i rrisori. There was one car
loaded with one On of Coal, which at 3 o'clock
the same morning was 400 feeNeneath the sur
face of the earth,n tho . i mines of Potts & Han
nan, a part 'of which was burning in the Ex
change and also in the! Washington House in
• Philadelphia the same evening.
Although the leatheri was severe and the situ
ation of many of he passengers was very much '
',exposed, (being it Lopeni cars) they were. all, ex
cept those reservepo take l in the di,Tereai Cam
- parries at' echu*zill Haven and Onvigsburg„
, filled with our ciuzens: I At the former place the
.train was stoppell, and the Schuylkill Haven'
-Greys, commanle by Cript.Dengler,and citizens,
13112Cred4he cars; it then proceeded on to the Or %
2 _wigsburg lanai g , and took -in the National
oreYS, COMlllail4 til_:yl Capt, Bickel, and citizens
of orwigahurg. 1t all the different towns and
Oseping place!a t• d arriVal of the train was hail
. ed with the inOst titiiuSia....., cheers. The Tun
eel below Port [into:twee , splendidly diuminat
ed-with upward °titre thousand lights, which
'made a grand null intimiainviisplay. After leav
lig', Mohrsviile tile passenger train was followA
. by a train of 511 cars. loaded with Coal, which
.... ,
bad been mineddo , Messrs Potts and Hannan on
the! previous Saturday. 1 The two trains strived
at Reading slew minutes past eleven o'elock, 4 --
their comingsi t announced by a discharge of
artillery ; the trahero was-increased by the ad
dition of six' covFred and twenty four open cars,
partly filled vett the'iwo Military Companies
i v
and citizens bel nginftei - that place, making in
'• - . all 73 cars dra n tiy ?One locomotive. At this
. point the cars we detained upwards of two hours,
the cause of whi h' we, ere not able to ascertain.
The train stxrte at 2 o'clock" from Reading, and
_.„ presented a maghificentappearance as it rounded
the curve below [Reading, being upwards of 12E0-
feet in leneth, and containing more than two
. thousiond people; being, we understand, the long
est train and gr ttist number of passengers ever
drawn on any R dread, either in this country or
in Europe, by a single engine. its arrival was
greeted at Pottslown jay a large co ncourse of pen
- SC, and at Norristown ' by a discharse of artillery,
.',snd it reached the Columbia Bridge at hail past
;$ o ",clock, P. Ml—bare it was detained for some
-time and did n 4. arrive at the Company's depot
in .BrOad street anti) 7 o'clock, P. M , which
.ras:a,grcat disappointment to the Company and
- Also to thp _citizen* of Philadelphia, rsaveral
thoasandsefi.vhimwelearn,had azsembled to wit
' pass its arrival.' kier*.aProvassion consisting of
the military and tit ices of the real_R.egion
- ef SchuylkilleuittY, beaded by their several
goods, was for ed, and proceeded throufu the
4 .
Several streets p. their rout?, to the E ichan7e,
Carrying banntrs with the following inscrip
'; lions:— E 1
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Tho opening ,of the Philaddphia, Reading
a.nil Pottiville Railroad.
The Philadelphia and Pottaville Railroad Com;
,pony can noier ha 11 f zul —so Lang as they
_hare tlaoiicia deposites of the,Schuyl
, - kill Cott Region' to draw upon.
'W3 penetrate the lt!Ountains to bring out trea
t Aures to add[ t to your comfort and prosperi
- '
ity.--On which was, the .‘linzirs' Coat
of Arr, the Pick and Shovel.
A large conourse of pe opie accompanied the
IProcession to the trehringe, where they were
!
:Vested bb- aiSembled thonsands, and dismissed,
after which they went. in quest of quarters. At
19 o'clock, P. '.lh. a number of invited guests from
ithe Coal regin, repaired to the . Washingian
f
: 1 -House, where 3,, haridsome supper was provided
to which the corupanY,nonsisting of :Thom 100 per:.
'sons, eat down. Tlfe evening pasard off to the
.enivyment an d , satisfaction, of all who partieipat
ed--the proeeldings lof , which trill be found in
another eolunin, coiled from the Philadelphia
Pnbli: !J.?. age '
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lii::.' ITIININ.1;.
' The train eft the Columbia Bridge- about 9
'O", , lark on. Tiles lay morning, in the infilat of a
i
snow storm, •Tettieh continued nearly the whorl,
day. and one irain r4irei at P Atacitin a l,,, i ji hilt
peat fiveVe.lirk, P. M . and the other at h ilf p,at
' * o ven, P. M., whi c h ra arinviineed — hy the tits
eh trge Sif 26 - runs. ,Cioaider dd. , disapp 411 in-t e nt
', was felt by t e Conip.oty nn 3CC. , UIt of the late
: arrival of the cara,t.partieularly then they wens
informed that the several civic asvoci.vion'a under.
i the sonini.tritl!,,f R. ii. Parry, E.' q Chief M.tr.tit ii!,
and ciitrins to nu Inbar of seveell thoirmit , la had
aa.
a,-mbied to rest the return of their fuenl,l, and
who had di.;p`ersed hefore th•-ir arrival.
We reg-et Ithat
, nwing to some mi , under.stan-1-
tan-l
int the Wa)hitigton Yesgers, commanded h:.
bop', tin Dortdrnger-; two of the bands of music,
' and a numhe ''of citizens were_left behind at the
' Columbia Willie; thy however arrived on l'hu r a.
' day evening n g 44.1, order and caul:Etat:, '
.ft mast he a Ivor-tie of. pride to, tha conductors
of the train, and elt alletion 6 - the Comp any,
that not a a: gle accident happened during the
*hole pvvovr,e, d.;ivn and up, notwttilJtan tin;
ihe untirreetnted nirribe.r . of passen-J,era and the
. unfavorable , oather they bad to encounter.
TH:', DINNCH.,' : ' :
‘rclo.lt, P. \l., our t;wele, tog.-ther
q of Gentlemen, in ell about 30?,
to a aumplious dinner. prrivirml
intink lig the Pennmylvania -Hall,
Awing tifruvre of the' day :
PRESITZST. •
VANOI D. NICHOLS.
Vie •P
a n as4tneaTe,
dale, . 1 George H. Potts.
!Aar, j John Hannan, I
. Winknop, Benj. I . 3l!rtirin,
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' . Williarsiii Andrew Burge), --...-2.
William Haggerty: •
..: After tbo bait aime removed oar Guests ware;
vayleorried. in the fol!^wing eloquent addr,..4g, lii '
.;•,;.. !..., rerqnher, Feq. j•
i .!
. . .It te, Neon ino ordinary emotion, Mr. - G beirm3n;
that ors havit wele'dmed our goesta r io - 11 - 6 (Alai.
Al lbout
with a 111141
sat &wen
by Me.
with the fill
Jaen% Rh
Y. taw
Col. Gee.
Themes
MI
Region. Their Sant is insuctated With' itsfyitakirs•
tercets; and we': bait itatt'the . intspiciottit, carn- .
me neement .cif a pew era —;in era; Wlatiftfor a eiti
tory to come, may bi referred to ea most prop'i.:
tious to Our county. The turnpike and the canal.
it de. true. have already given to our products du
access to the' greet emporium of Pennsylvania,
but the Magnificent work, the consurnmstitm
ul
which we now celebrate;places us to a mere in
timate
,irith an,.uud for the 'advantages el .ples•
ure, information, and business , has made us al
' irsost-a subnib of our parent city. If any thing
could strengthen. the tics of kindr...l anted=t, and
of filial affection which bind us to Philadelphia;
it Is this noble achievement •tv Inch has to en eo
successfully Occompli.hed. The 4 , atriuti , m and
foresight manifested in the conception of this groat
Improvement, the skill which directtjtl it, and the
sagacious liberality by`which it had been fosterill,
immand alike our admiration end regard. 1. - ,‘ hem
we refloat upon thimuitiplied Jitlieuttirg that
have been encountered ; when we corelder the
great natural obstacles that have been stfrinuoit
el, that the. stream lhos been arched, the valliY
filled ep, and the reeky bees bsea of iho mountain,
swept aside -"'";VO areicocapclled to concede enter.
prize, energy and ability of the highest order to
'those who have accomplish:4 this most invalaa.
hie improvement. : BM they have done. more.
They hive, moved 'steadily forward, dispelling
prjailices, and triiiinphihg wet conflicting inter—
ests, at a peri wNen public cittz.rpriza and
male
viduel ettots were sinking under the cru-hind
cm
-s,ttras:setitinta Oethe firma. D ur i ng ' h i , twist in _
p lling crises, when confidence was lust at borne,
and credit blasted abroad; when Common .batilte
ruptcy seemed likely to involve not only the eiti
zena, but the states themselves, . When your
Gimer_il Government Wa4 a p.t , tioner in EuMpe
fo: 4 loan of a few millions, and had it= petition re
joeted. When Co prostrated were our era tutees.
thta desii i titt snggeatrd the ili.honeet expedient,
that though :t might be ilidieult to pay, it Was
eiay t t repudiate. Still with a generous confi
dence in their own vesnurees. through evil report
anti:vita report, they have prest on, canfili.ms than
they were bestowing an inestimale ben, fit \upon
the commouity, and that the rewilnl would t.e
romine curate with the struggle. They have
nit tori , u.iyriecomp!i-hed this g:lorions adventure
—vroduchco of irnM ate, an ! pregnant With fu
ture advantagee.L' I
ais great work i2l
It teands a Manunient of the w isduat that eon
raved, the genius tit it planned, the energy that
.ust4ined, and the. niechaitieal ektll that executed
It --the -model rail road of the dry. crob -
fully ackno vled.:;e the incalculable advantnes tit it
the Coal. Region yeti; derive from thus new avenue
market, and while we adind our own p culiar
a li t ations, we assign, and wo Itcli..ye pcsteritv
;s k i; assi,zn to the Philadelphia and IL::
C•nnpany a high place among tile hehefae
t.os 01 the State. NVe extend to then) the right
hand of fellowship, h 'ping that the connection
vhich they establish?il this dliy, in iy be as bane
fleial to them as it is advantageous to us.
Mr. Coairman, in an ag3 -of
and men and measures are estimated "yr the ilerlP
-5t or injary they cause. This Is thv., result of an
inere teed degree or intell4enee, forimit i.. p Inpor.
lion 06 IVO become mil , ghteneJ, do -wo reference
the reid bmefactors, and condemn the malefactor' ,
of a wiety. The vulgtr glory of contractors h
to
had its day, and - the bzittcr informed mind turns
with disgust from fields .if carnage. The benevo
lent spirit of the ego will tolerate no longer that war
+..ll ' o , Ati' e waged for - mere ambition or glory. Its hu
tnanity revolt. at stiff ring needle 81y inflicted, At
no period, have the arts of pmme been throu4hout
thc world so highly' cultivated owl appreciated.
k general improvement in'science, and in the cern•
forts of , saciat life is the .consequence. The true
phitisapher, the pbilanihropi-t will still glow at
victorie. won in the great cause
of human rights, - thut he has no mpathy fir Mtn ,
conquerors; no homage fir genius, perverted to
cosi tee'or destroy, , Ilc envies neither . Jenglie
his pyramids of skulls, nor NapOliams his
Illastati Campaign. lie may Atritile the powers of
4 Maehiavel, or a, Slenennich, lett lit will regret
that un!;lte Sully - or our owa riaithlih, that a.
Mlittes were not directed to benefit their species
Living, then, et a period when men and things
ire estimated 'by 'the useful and bane... lent purpo
ses they aubscrve ; let us t-y by that t st, to what
-xt- , -t our guests ate entitled to the grateful con-
AirlOrltitlll of our countro. L e t ut , see whet h er
their rs !road has added to the value of the State.,
or the atcidhappiness and c )nof irts of ite citi-
CE!
A. Pennvylvarlar•s, we may ho forgiven, if we
feet art increased enti.faction, th,i the &jet-I of
this i•riprovement is to transport Ore mineral and
other staples of our ti , tare, to a point within 11,
Pate. We may raj nice that 11,1 611 ill-sighted legs
no foreign influence, cat) divert the ben
efits of this road froin our own emnalierei al mart.
In this 'instance, at le-it, the enterprise i an'lcepi
tal of OUT citizens will not he expended to aggran
dize the rival chiesiif neighboting Stites. la may
seem illiberal perhaps to take ma coniraeted p view
of our interests; it may be s•dflvh not to consider
the interest of CV , T .. part of the union as the in
terest of the whole et as we have iivo red art
overwhelming State deid to open-on extensive
channel nitride, it would he smart , ' polfry to lead
it, like some fertilizing sire iin, undiminished )
thraugh our own territory, imparting value
and receiving it tram all it approaches,.and at
lengA fiudi g an outlet and depositing Ps accu
mtilaied riches within our own civil:lnes. We
inust view this rail road as the first link in a cm
tinned chain of itaiiprovelients. Wilco the corn.'
inunication is extended to the Sorqueliannah, it
will intercept a large trade which ml de-ecnilsto
the Criexopeakia In conjunction witb theconte us
,plated improvements -hi L3%8 Erie} ,it will com
mand a fair prOportion of the immense inland hu.
sine:s which ill now enriching New York. I feel
oratified that the Railroad cannot las tapped, and
chit the anthracite coal and iron of this rog,ion
will find at least a primary m irkrt is-Plitilade!-
Rhta. It is then emphatically a Pennsylvania
work, prom Pennsy Ivania interests, and trans
p tiling her mineral triasures to her own metro!).
! -olio. We must hear in mind rood that the coat
i
ntadities to be transported are of ni,Tiestion role
value and of indispensable - use—not articles of
luxury or even of mere conircniceen, but dins,
which a Fidicious pol;cy requires to he supplied
as ahead natty and- as ebeip:y as i esible . Let
it be. remembered that the great lascend ancy of
Britain is owing to 'her coil ana Irm, and that
LdepriVied of them, her manufacturca would ce a s e ,
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I her trade wally perish and he litirself rink into
a subordinate grade among the nations. This
new avenue will increase the stippty and of course
.diminish the priceof that metal, Of such univer
sal 'application that society Would be helpless with
out it. That metal which either as a tool
fabri
cator, nr as a On-man-ant p?irt, is fahricat.d to min
rider fcr. ail our wants, alithnut which tho sol
dier would be harmless, the farmer useless, and
the steam poWer itself taut an ingenious
sings incapable of extended pr ctical benefit.
The completion of this read , will hasten the day
,when Schuvlkill county shall pon her anthracite
jinn from her numerous furnaces to increase our
:,idarsestic comforts, and protect us from foreign ag.
gression. This alone would Connect this work.
with riiiwrltiarelit interests. But the more itTIR3O.
diate business Of the road well be the transports
lien of Coal. !his not our iiyup&ssa hero tO emits
Into-the mezed question as traht4silative sidean
ages of en - Wand railroad. - and
1111
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hint du! business wilt increitirti •withithe - tatiqtier?
afferded,, and that, with. thir.sid of . ajudicions' tariff
we.shallgi'vr stifficiani occupation forl bet& It
surncteut beratto say _ that the Weight tof authority.
'supports ilia povition, that i traneattina:
a general transportation can.-at least Isuceessfully .
compete with a canal. • rke mass of clutcilizenti
may be indifferent: whether the •mote inufitable
asiness.be effected by the one or the raher:route,
but the henevrAent mind must be interested in the
fact, that the existence of this road 4 l nsures en a
bundant supply of fuel at all periods, and ass con.
sequencei.al a fixed Sand reasonable rate: 'There
can be n ether a scarcity, nor much fluctuation in
price. ,During the inclement season, when our
ice wund waters exclude the tranSportation 'of
cos! or Wood on boars, the 'railroad will continue
its rcgulaeliapply; The poor man's hearth and
the . wieeliv ir e stove-will be replenished pt on easy
rate, and thrli : alruost proverbial
,phrosi; u a hard
winter for the poor," will lose, a part at hast:of
its painful 'Significance.
The certairoy of the supply at a price sitlT.Xt
to, little variation will greatly.enlarge the constilip.
tion of coal. There.are a wultitude of furniks
in which wood is now exclusively used; bccasse
those interested in them are unwilling to 'mike
expensive alterations to adapt them to coal; sad
then be exposed to the inconvenience . of a line ied
supply, and a varying or speculatiieprice. . Vtheit:
it is once ascertained that, theAunniity-vvill a; all
times equal the demand, our - anti:44'th , in _tlio
work•shop, and in the steam-boat, will sop.-riette
all other fuel. I ant then. justified in asserting
that the necessary tpdeley of this mostintex:at
ing improvement is to diminish the suffering'of
the poets and largely to diffuse and incieiiyhe
consumption of our mineral staples.
'lraditinn tells us. Mr. Chairman, that the old
Indian war.p.ih leading from the Dclaware to the
ctusquchannah crows the mountains at this place;
in some points pet haps striking into the rely '
track now occupied by the rail roa and in our,
borough is still shoe n the spot is Lich covers the
remains of a settler killed by the Indians iromeili-;
ately after the massacre of Wyoming. We ustl;'
look' back-but Mile more than half a century, aid
in the vertitife of-the railroad, the latest and InltA.
piers adapt:Wan of mechanical science to the
cenience of man, we can n ith the minds eyo
ds
corn the ruthless Indian warily threading Lis
way to rate his vengeance with the fire-brand
and tomahawk. After a short interval we nay
descry the hardy settler, exploring the same Oh:
and forcing aside the boughs to widen a passage
too HMOe (or the pack horses which bear 'its
family. He is almost repell , tl by the rude Bad
.harren Lida w'iich sdrround him, and hesitates
whether- to press on with his n household gods"
to a More inviting soil beyond, or to, retrace lie
steps to the bet•er country he has past. Ile
moves forward, whey celorysis follow, and the
Indian war track but a little enlargi if, becotnes fie
, roe path of the emigrant. Settlements nail
towns,now arise on the fertile b niks of the Su,
qnsliannah, the increasing ir.tercourse with than
widens the horse track to a wagon road. Tie
war-pith has now become a road, and our moun
tains ore past and re-past. But few arc tempted
to remain in a reg'cin so sterile and repulsite
The traveller listen: incrednonsty h, rr br i s k id
of the hidden ores. He sees the mountains rite
sternly around. encompassing their riches with
adarr•amine grasp, and promising at little as tie
rock from which the prophet called the water.
The aid of science is invoked—she raises her meg
ic wand, and strikes the frowning hill. It opens
its teeming bosom, and pours fmrth the treasures
of the mine. The arts and all the assaciationiof
civilized life are now attracted. e the busy him
of men is heard in the valley ; the hoatse breath
ing of the steam-engine re-echoes ;round, aid
canals and railroads effa o the last ves!age of fie
Indian war-path.
The roads of a nation are in a great degree a
standard of tie resources and civilization. Tte
forum of ancient Rome was the common centre
from which her military reeds diverged to her rc..
motest frontiers. It nos by tilts system that 6he
tong retained her conquests. The eubjectii.n of
every province was maintained by making it per
vious in every ihrectiiin to the march of thelegions
Not only were her provinces thug retained, but
eey the facility of intercourse they becalie civili
ized, and Sp tin, Gaul. arid even the Soutfern part
of Britain enjoyed to a high degree the refinements
~f cultivation. The fart that one continantis line
of communication extended from the Narthiwrst
to the Month-east frontier. from the wullof Antos
nine to Jerusalem, a distance meeting 4000
miler, cooreoa a di finite as well as arlimpnsinir
idea of the extent and grandeur of the Reman Em
pire. But we are indebted to commerce to the
origin, nod with the exception of the Boman nod
few other military ways, far the preaerbation of a
system of intercourse by roads. It is l to trade sz
despised by the ignorant and arrogehi. Norman.
as to be considered incompatible vqh ti gentle
blood," that we owe most-of the refiniMent of PO
ciety. The riot of the caravans across the desert
to Egypt. is probably at this day the same that was
taken by the Ishmaelites in the time of Joseph.
They were 0 merchant-men P ne are told in the
Scripture, from Gilead, with their camels, beating
spicery, halm' and my rrh, going to carry thenatin
to Egypt. If the term road he considered:imp
plic iblei to the shifting sand of the desert, We*.
ply that it is a fixed route, furnished with Wtii°
and known stopping places of immemorial antilui
ty. In those nations where civilization is it its
infancy, end trade mot manufactures negleCed,
the necessity of easy and frequent commurici
non between distant pniiits is not felt, and the
roads are few and of the simplest and rudest On •
struction. But as the resources of a country be
come. develop , d, facility of intercourse is iti/is
pensable, and the roads attest the general imsrpv
ment. Permit me hero to borrow an sneclete
which is not ineppropri(tte. _ During the epiiim
ic of speculation, a company was formed in
land to mine the Piccione metals , in, the intiiior
of South America. The projectors of the schtihes
were told that such work hod hitherto been .10ne
in that country by manual labor, and they arilei.
pited .large profits by su'istituting machitery.
Accordingly, steam engines and ell the necreary
apparatus were despatched and landed 'on the
coast. It was then discovered that the roac!s of
the country were such that the heavy 'ca4flgs
must either be transported on the back of inatlea,
or remain where landed. They did remain, .and
there they will remain until a mere enligltieed
policy shall preside over their road=.
It it be true that the internal communicainns
of a country lire a fair test of its resources aid of
its progvse in 'cultivation, does not our own Stile
occupy a most enviable positibn ? On theEas..
lean side of the Allegheny 'our waters are Wery
where tributary to canals 'and our rail reiedsier
rade the country in all directions. In these:im
provernenta We are in advance of the age , but
our self-congratulation may be checked by.llTe
flntion, that in making them we have encttred
an enormous debt True it is we have - lie t en
4
lavish, prodigal, perhaps corrupt, in our e?tpitidi
tures, bat are we bankrupts, Let . onr irons Fah
-4einegndsobm,ooos,o22oo; d oar; 000, u 000 and Our coal between
sgricultOre at least
double the amount of both the mineral staplisr,
answer the question—asi well might adebtor die
play a well filled purse and refuse ori the plea of
inability to pay a trifling demand, as for Peunayl
_ genie to point to,her mountains of mai and iron,
her work shops, and hie/tersest fields, her valuta
and her rail roads, ind talk of insolvency—tic-
MIN $ M r - -'^~",:l:.'w V.•
':~.~;. - - _
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OM
*Wes !Pre: tiot . : eorraidee our state , debt et
• •
money ltlias'already treatlfheriefitletkind •
Will 'continue:it, benefdthetcopntry.: - . ;3arti to '
thetawns - o0 the Susquehanna seiner ten years
since, and view. them new! Their : improvement
is, an great.iis . altriest to raise a doubt at is their
ide'tatity„ • , .
Observe the increase the, value of land.
Turn to your.e.ins,us,' and;, regard your popula
fiat) growing at - ii ratio gieriter than that of any of
the old states, excepting New York, which.bris al
so an extended system of Improvement. Our debt
has been enlarged, it is true. enormously, but our
prosperity has advanced still more r apidity,--and
that prosperity has been mainly caused by our
rail roads and canals.--fa- it, however, a mere
question of dollars and cents! Is the benefit to
be 'estimated only by 'the money expended
,and
the money to be received !
Independent of their business vaVuo, those im
provements are a strong bs nil of union among
our eitizencfacilitating interconrae, they bring us
together, ideas are enterchsnged and ati-increased
degrees f intelligence and re finement diffused.
It the question were submitted, to retain Penn
sylvania as she now is, with all her debt, and
with all the advantagei.riceruing from it ; end to
retrograde to what she wea,-and what she would
now be without her improvements; can any pa
triot hesitate as to the answer I No- one who
has examined the statistics of our state can doubt
that hoe resources, properly husbare!e4, are suffi
cient to meet her e ng agements. If they cannot
be liquidated by the orilmnry rescoureo, let us re
sort to direct taxation fairly nod honestly propor
tioned.
Schuylkill catnip though Fu.taine.l by im•
pavements to which the state d. bt has contribu
ted nothing, will cheerrully, bear her qu.ita. We
cling last to ihe honor of Pennsylvania--we
will
pled go our mines, our canals. and our rail roads
to preserve it—we will submit to any burden, but
the infamy of repudiation.
Mr. Chairman—l have ['Tsar:ivied two long
upon your attention, I, have been led away from
my point ; and return to it with a toast.
" The Philadelphia and Reading Rod Road Corn
puny-7 hey have won their way into the heart
of the coal regio and in its heart shall they be
cherished.
4111 MT. Ir. Farvhsr set down, Mr Strong, arose
and made a very neat and eloquent reply. We
arc sorry it is hat in our power to give his re
' marks, but hope that he tiny be favored with a
copy for publication.
The following !ricers, received in reply to invi
tattons, were then read, and the toasts drunk - with
great applause :
My Dear Sir :—I have received your friendly
invitation attic 4th, to partake of the hospitali
ties of the Coal Region of Schuylkill County ;
of that ardent and loved region. identified with
my recollection of the numberless instances of
confidence and of kindness that remain in the
retrospect among the few bright spots that have
cheered my waywad life, and will so continue
under all circumstances, end in all places, that
may intervene in the brier steppings that nature
yet leaves between me and the grave.
Even' imprud••nce and its.consequences benev
olently termed misfortune, at no time cast a sha
dow on this brightness, and the present kind re
membrance of me I Cherish as an evidence that it
yet continues; for thisevidence, I beg you and
the gentlemen you represent; to accept my re
spectful acknowledgments, and to be assured of
my regret that circumstances. will prevent the
pleasure I should have in mingling with you all,
in the joyous affair of brightening the iron links
that drag the mountains to the tide.
I am, dear rir, yota ob't sers't,
J. LYON.
By Joseph Lyon. The Iron Links, that drag
the Alountaine of Schuylkill county to the Tide
of 'Delaware.
Dear Sir am honored with yours of the
4th, inviting me to join the citizens of the Coal
Region of Schuylkill County at a dinner and a
ball on the occasion of opening'the Pottsville,
Reading and Philadelphia Railroad; a previous
engagement will deprive ma of the pleasure which
you have proposed and which I should greatly
covet. The successful tnterprize of our follow
citizens that dcvelopes the resources of Pennsyl
vania andaupplies the means of securing a rea
dy market therefor, while it opens a communica
tion between residents df different portions of the
Commonwealth, is worthy of praise and celebra
tion, antk those whose possessions and positions
are to be improved by the enterprise are entitled
to felicitation.
(,
As cannot share with you in the festivities
of the ay, may I ask that if an opportunity
should ccur at the table, you will as a token of
my sense of direct interest in the labors you cel
ebrate, offer the following sentiment in the name
of your Obedient servant,
By Jose - ph' R. Chandler. The Philadelphia,
Reading and Pottsville Railroad, a valuable addi
tion to the motalic basis by which our paper is
sues are to obtain extensive and rapid circula
tion.
PnfLAtyttrnil. Jan. 10, 1842
Office of the Ptiladt4phia & Rending
Rad Road Company.
Gentlemen—l am prevented by indisposition
from c -niplying with your polite invitation to be
present at your celehration at lila of the
Rail Road Which connects Pottbvin6 with Phila
delphia.
The completion of this connexion is indeed
matter of rcj tieing to all who feel an interest in
our common prosperity; and 1 should be truely
happy to join the large circle .of our friends Ind
prirtake of yotir festivities if it were in my pct." er
to do so.
beg leave to tender to your acceptsnce on this
joyful' occasion, a sentiment which is given with
great sincerity.
Success l to every improvement which tends to
give employment and reward to lionevt lobar ; to
extend the circle of tivetul knowledge; to bring in
to enjoyment the bounties of Providence, and to
promote individa.l provperity and the commo::
goad.
I am, Gentlemen, with great respect,
Your ob't servant.
ELILIU CIIAUNCEY
F. B.
Dear Sir: I have, for weeks, anticipated the •
pleasure of meeting my Pottsville friends, on the.
interesting occasion to which • your letter refers ;
.and am therefoio much grieved to find that my
business will not permit my absence from home
On the 11th. I did presume that your festivities
would be held on the 15th and had made my ar
rangements accordingly. •
You have touched a chord of thrilling 'memory
in your kind 'letter, when you designate me as an
old friend of Pottsville and her interests: My
happiest associations, both of youth.and man
-hood, have connected with the lovely spot, where
art struggles with nature for, the mastery in the
sublime 'and beantiful,the useful and picturesque.
The;many valued friends who will Surround - yenr
festive board, and the many cherished associates,
who will mingle, amid mirth and music, in the
P:IIL %DELPHI A, Jun, 6, 1812
Office of the U. 3. Gazette,
Philr.d. Jan. 7, 1842.
JOS. R. CHANDLER
Hanniantlno, Jan 8, 1841
'evening, nifty Jasit gai*intylmlrsence,;, - litit. I sots ans
you, my dew air;iliaCatOe foam, :of the:- wine
cup, and: in the. maitel;4462::-linxioot the BPhil. of
at least one canientee:icili tie'ivithion, in .imag
ination; and if I can flatter my self; (andcandid—
ly. I do) that of your happy . thronf;r. some one
may wish that uhe too Were here,' it would be
but the re-e.ho of the fervent - wish of him 'who
n 4 subscribes himself y our friend and the iiiend
of ilesville and her interests, :Would that on
Tueselic, I could hold sou all „in the hollow of
breaditnd give you a hearty spieme of con
gratulation, veil as I feel my heart desires in its
Briarean Yours, most truly,
' ,JA MES S. WALLACE.
- For fear I ohoula be forgotten, I send you a
sentiment.
By James B. Waact'. Pottsville—Still on
ward ! The indomitable e.erg, of her pioneer,
and the untiring industry of successors, have
shown that in the Sehu) lkill Coiitegion "roan E
S So sren wont) Aa rAtt.!"
Str. , tnunr, Jan. 10:'.842
F. 11. Nichols, Chairman, &C.
Dear Sir—Permit me, through you, to olb r
the most sincere thanks for 3 our kind invitation
to participate in celebrating the opening of the
Railroad from PhiladeljAlia to Pottsville. This
acknowledgment
_has been delayed, in the hope
that the official business which is now detaining
me at this place might be brought to a close in
time to admit of my attendance upon the inter
esting occasidn. But I now find that it will not
be possible to be present. The citizens along
the line, and pt each extremity of the toad have,
however, my best wishes for the success of this
pr.ise-worthy enterprize. And if the occasion
would seem tb admit of any manifestation of fa
vorable views, in the course of the festivities pro
posed, you Will be pleased to present the sub
joined. • Yours truly,
• ELLIS LEWIS.
The Banks and the VaUt's of the Coal Re
gion-,- With ! deposiks of exhaustless wealth—
with industry and enterprise to direct—and with
exchange eilndueled by S'e3lll power, they will he
able to redeem the promises of the whole country.
Set(ltt7llY, Jan. 10, 1812.
F. B. Nicnot.s. Esq.. Chairmen.
Dear Sir—Your note of imitation to me, to
partake of the festivities ir. celebration of the im•
portant era •which has ju,t dawned upon your
vicinity,.._-haa been received, and I regret exceed
ingly that pruleaamnal crigagemenlB in court w e ll
Prevent me front accepting the kindness which
you b tend, and from ei•j•tying a pirticipation in
the j .your oncastin of y•tur asietublage.
Pottsville, to me, possesses peculiar interest.
I was am mg its eat - hest inhabitants. On the
spot where the splendid hovel, in which your
tiviCes are to be celebrated now iitands, Fa
ther r.rectell hie unpretending dwelling, bkirtr,l
upon the one side try the towering pmes rabic! ,
the axe of the woodman had spired, and on the
qiher, by the bleacCed remnants of thaw which
had fihen before his repeated blows. ft stood
alone, the first efr..rt towards your present prnA
perily and future erentrtess, and the signal for the
enterprize that ham followed.
The well directed industry and liberality and
intelligent enterpriie that has converted the once
dead ite spot into the comfortable abode of culti
vanel man, and penetrated the bosoms of the
bleak and frowning mountains to reach the dia.
4000 d, that, with such swift enchantment has po
pulated your county and built your town, has
now induced the completion of the magnificent
work that crowns your labors, and almost annihi•
fates the space bete ern Pottsville and the gent
and beautiful commercial metropolis. Such la
bar merits such a reward.
Al h ugh I cannot be with you in person, be
assured I r•ldco in the esm , urnination of the
grew enterpr . ze with all 'fervor of on aborigi
nal of l'onaville.
With many ttanks for Ole kind manner in
which you have been to c.invey your in•
vitaion, end with sentiment• of great respect, I
have tho p'e i.ure to he
Your obe Nerv't,
C'IIIRLEI G. DONN EL
Ptur.i.,Tccsnar MORNING, Jan. 11, 1812,'
Gentlemen-1 mo=t sincerely regret that under
the advice of my Physician I am prevented limn
j ining you on this festive occasion. Be oesured
my heart is with you.
Very respc,dfully yews,
(.EO. W. EDWARDS.
As a Isntinit4lt I give yan.
The Mining hterest of Pennsylvania ; second
to none in real value to the State.
REGULAR TOASTS
The event we celebrate—Honnrable to the
persevering enterprixe of the Company, and cre
ditable to-the 4101 and industry of the Engineers,
Contractors and Laborers, who completed the
work in so shoat a time; and when the whole
country was oppressed nub unexampled pecunia.
ry einbarrssa-nent,
Pentwylvania—Her ebstraetions" are her
great minerals—her interior resources for surpass
the rich productions of her smiling end beautiful
surface—her banks of Coal and Iron will in due
time meet all bet drafts, and enable her to satisfy
all her creditors, whether,on this or on the other
side of the Atlantic.
The United States—The firmest bonds of their
strength and union are Rail Roads, such EH cure;
whlch brings Philadelphia and this Anthracite
Regina within jive hours of each other. With'
sm.!, roads, radiating over the union from cur
Notional Metropolis, we want no expensive forti
fications of stone and mortar— Our hardy miners
and farmers can °meet the enemy and make them
theirs," before they have time to form, "-and
the intercourse in peace of our clrize,i.e, whilst it
expands their love of a common country, destroys
all sect*" jealousy. .
The President am! Congress of the Ut,itcd
States—Servants of a free and. independent So
vereignty, which dates its charter from the hand
of man's Creator; and accepts no • , makna charter"
from any fellow man. The Peoples' approbation
is the sure and certain reward of :heir honest and
faithful servant.
The Army and Navy of the United .tates—
Iltv.ds in their patriotic thermion to their coun
try's fame and honor. Their gallantry, bravery
and urbanity need no praise,—Theircountry frets
it, and is proud of her sons.
Agriculture—The Mechanic Arts—and Com
merce—This last is the ear which carries the pro
ductions of the two former to market ; but that
market sill be unsteady and inadequate, unless
guarded by Legislative Priteetion from Foreign
Policy, and insidious design and rivalry.
Philadelphia and Pottville—They now ate
really united, and whilst this bosom lass, still in
her teens, boasts of our herculean strength of form
and constitution, all she asks of her elder sister,
"rich in a thousafid charms and accomplishments,
is to give her a fair price for her staple—pay for
rt punctuallyiand in propierreason. -
The governor and Legislature of Pennsylva
nis.—Thei represent an honest, industrious and
a free people,-who confide in the integrity and
honesty of their public servants. The Common
wealth expecte-cool, deliberate, wise and patriotic
legislation ; from them, 'divested of all party and
sinister design and . .object: The State is in di&
trese and looks tole, eons to make her as free
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of,debtasette bobestly tiebixes,taftvery Ora
she _ '
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-The Judiciary of the State ana,.cifStieljnitril
States—The best laws miy betAtitf9pittperative
or noxious - 14+A edminititration-Ihe -ermine
should never come into contact with party politics,
at it must be soiled. It should be 85 pure as the
Snows on Ida's cap and above suspicion "
Our Republican Instituttomf--We envy not
the 9 Old %Vert,'" all the pomp. pageantry and
circumstance of their monarchies; nor the cost
and expense of supporting broodi of royal hant
limps. and an unproduc•ive aristocracy, which
.boasts of its surpassing Income, whilst the mil
lions pine in poverty aid want, worked to *alit
to sustain
Our invited Guests—Though at this season
our Mouutaih gorges pipe with .the rude blasts of
Burgas. yet whenever our friends may visit us,
they Is ill never meet a cold reception.
A i erican and Enterprize.LThey
WI under the fostering, wing of our Heaven soar.
ing bird, whose piercing eye watches over their
intereots, whilst his beak and talons are ever
wady , to defend their right!.
• The Daughters of America—Named last, the'
first in all that is lovely stud adinirstile—Dut fer
"Air mothers, our country's , sous had never been
wlia's, t h e y were; and her Independence had 'ne
ver beevachirved—Cornelir showed her sins as
lter onlyj aVC j g , an d Mary's ineornpsrable and
•riatchlesa Chnrge will never be estimated until
maw ceases to L av e Liberty and to hale °macs-
EMI
By F. B. Nichols, Pres% Th' n President and
Dacctors of the Philadelphia', fittadint, and Potts
ville R.ulro,d, their officers and ugente ; their
proves thrirsuperior merit. •
P. Farquhar, Vice- Presto The Phil.rdel.
and Poitsville R iilraad. 4tay they rimer
Schuylkill Coal to make their car-go.
work
E
IMIM
J. li. Campbell. The union of Phila !clphia
with the Schuylkill Coal flegt,, w , w h a tev er t h e
ptrsono/ appearance of the Anal' icite Ilrtde•may
oe, she will prove . a
weallhq and prolific wife.
S, Bradford, E-q. The hospitality of Schuyl
kill county. it is as unbounded as their coal mines
are inexhau,tible.
By Lewis'Audenried. The President rind Di
rectors of the Philadelphia and _Pottsville fin).
road. Ey their colt rprising and Frseverame,
vtliiLh lumber obstacles nor opp..sition could
check Jr overcome, they have opened for the rich
products of Schuylkill ceunty, a great market at
ail 501140119 of tho year, by a s peedy and cheap
communication. They must shortly renp the re
ti,ar,le of their unexampled I .hor.
By C. Loeser. The Rail Road, tallich We
pent to benefit ua 'greatly, let ua remen.ber th it it
has been made with the maory of the aged, the
Widow and the orphan.
By Lieut. W. A. Ntchola. The Vatznterrz
rf Schuytkiii County ; hardy as their Iron
lirlls, should occasion otter they +ail make good
Use of their steel.
By Henry G. Robinson. The Schuy
iption and the Philadelphia and Pottsville
Nail Road. May they mutual!) beirfit each other
and the ecnnmonity at large.
By Michael Niurphy. The rottsvifle and
Phil.i.lelphiaßailroad.—One of the Qnatier city'.
grand arterys ; ith a strong an'a steady encula.
lion through it of our life warning commodity., Ise
will endeavor to keep her pulse regular . and
healthy.
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Bj M .jar J. If Downing. Cot, Gen Shng
maker. limiest, enter-rising and respectable.
L -M. S an ilr i nn. R,putiation= A financial
anomie, the alternative between - divsnrgeanLl ah.
sqn Aulation
After our guests had appeased their hunger
and had time to dress, they proceeded to the mag
nificent Ball Room, prepared for their reception..
in the Town list! ; and we may remark that ii 1
any feelings of disappointment were . experienced 1
by them at the Dinner, they were amply co
pensated by the splendor of the arrangements, the
beauty, gaity, and universal good fce'ing that
greeted their entry into the hall Room. The
Managers had procured the a3tendance of the fir
and justly celebrated Johnsoris• Bandfrum Phil
adelphia,
and we may say witli!tirrte,i‘that never
in the whole of our life did we llstent& More de.
lightful music. The laughing . eotlidon in pa-tic
ular, produced an effect truly:. snrPrising --the
greater part of the company wee whirling in the
giddy maze of the dance-, the rich flow of melo
dy, in measured time, was guiding them through
its intricacies, when suddenly a burst of mirth
broke upon their cars—all was amazement—tile
dance ceased for a moment—every one jurned to
see from whence the sounds pOCeeded,and fo l
it was the inimitable Johnson laughing harmoni
nust,; the whole company caught* spirit land
if gaity and good humour were prevalent before,
they were now increased tenfold. It would be
invidious, were we to particularize"the beauty,
appearance, or dress, of any of the ladies present ;
but we can,without fear of contradiction, state that
they could not be excelled in that indiscribable •
deportment, the invariable characteristic of ladies,
which, unlike their dresses, cannot he put on for
the occasion—by those of any other city in the
Union. Our guests were surprised and delight
ed—surprised because they did not expect tohe
hold the magnificence they saw—and delighted
with the congregated beauty of-the Coal region
among whom they mingled. The dancing was
kept up with spirit until Half past three o'clock
the following morning, and although our guests
and many of our own citizens were fatigued when
they arrived herein the evening, they looked re
freshed and animated at the conclusion. The
ball broke up in the right time before feeling's of
lassitude and weariness had time to engender,
and every one retired from the scene'well pleas
ed and satisfied. Too much praise cannot be
allotted to the gentlemen who composed the Ball
Committee, f , r the. splendid and tastrful manner
in which the room was lighted and decorated.
And as far es the Ball we. concerned, it passed
off with greater eclat than we anticipated.
(r _7- We copy iho following occout4 of the pro
cm:logs in Plnladelphia, from the Lecher:
Oct:NV:in op TnE PortsTrtLE
We yesterday referred to the dinner, to be given
at the,‘Vashingten House on the previous even
ing to the Committee of Arrangements from the
Coal Region, on the opening of the Philadelphia.
Reading and Pottsville R a il roa d, William F.
Emlen, , President of the Compri'', presided at
the table. After the cloth was removed, tbe
owing toast was read by the President:-
41 t ur friendalrom Schuylkill County."
In responding to this sentiment. Mr. Jmnes
ff. Campbell, of Pottsville, on behalf of the don)
mittee, said it was with feelings of pleasure that
they met their Philo&!phis fritnds on this occa
sion, end held an interchange of thought end
feeling. The hardy sons of the Schuylkill Coal
Region, whom they h a d the honor of reptesent
ing, felt the deepest interest in the compl .te success
of the Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Rail
road. Those who had joined in the procession
of that evening, were but an earnestof the fading
which existed there in relation to this great nil
dertaltings feeling that had occasioned en out
pouring of their people, ready to welcome the at
rival of their Philadelphia friends on the morning.
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THE BALL
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Mid
This,,tte said; was bo common'',ociasion. In .•
the language of the greatest states Min Of the day,
ater live in the most extraordinary itikte "—an ago
F
in which the genius of enterprise —ms to have
broodolover this people, end, they w e marched
onward with prodigious strides. ' ler° is an in. ,
tellectual grandeur—an irresistible energy mu 11...
rested in the completion of theta great undipik •
,
ings, which 11.4itIlligh us the more we survey &rm.
It must t i ll'rd the company greiit gratification,
to men their: thoughts ern the 'eummettrAnient of
this undertaking, and looking away4ern the
brightness of the present, c o ni sm o kte th'e gloom
of the past. Hutv cheerless was the proipett then
spread out before them. Pr. plaice wa4te be re. ••
moved--enterprise S.tuled w ith-- funds and friondt
*ere to he obtained., I.:vcn nature bersillf reemeis•
conspiting a; Mist them. Old Sharp'a z Miiuu.-
tain " frowned upon their progress; ma oppoitud
her rocky barriers to their advancement. , flit-
where had prejudiceor native conquered theStriii.g •
right arm of indi.stry Mountains had bccn ya : .
elled—ravinert third up—and the bonela
earth penetrated. The iron hand connecting the,
Schuylkill Coal Region with theii. cothme
mart, had been completed, and he trusted
, tll l 3.
band would be long enough and strong.enotkgW
bind the full sheaf of our pygpi.rity.
All mast see the vext , thport:tnce of this Wo r k %
When the Pottsville and Sunbury, and Williams
port and Railroada ore completed, we will
have a grand internal chain of improvement., con.
greeting the I •kt s with the waters of the Delaware,
and alt the western and north•western !nide trif
poor a rich tide of wealth into this eidertrising
•
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env.
We bring with us, he soi.!, the bucial nnthraei.e
of our region to warm our friends. A s few hours
since, it was deep beneath the surface, locked up
in the embrace of the solid oarth—now it sparkle'
in the grhte, an emblem of the wa►mth of your
reception• We have brought with us one hur,•
died and eighty tons of the.staple of our region.--
portion ot this woo mined this.. morning at 3
o'clock, and is now sending a cheerful via, m s
through the room in which we are assembled,
Po•nnrrrow it will burn in New York, and on the
101 l .wing day in Boston.
In conclusion, said Mr. Campbell, allow me I
;I%e on
Ph./rde/phia —She manila tMtvreen the tan
great e•immereial arteries, self sustained,
upright. May the Schuylkill coal region nerrt
fail to send warmth and We throughout her syr
tem.
By Joseph Ripley. The opening'"of the
aidphia, Reading and Pottsville Railroad. The
dawn o!" a new era in the prosperity of the Con..
mon wealth.
By 1.1.1vy ad Y. Fs , quhar. The Cite .4'1'10.:
(I Iphii. The colordes• in the Coal RI glue sa:l
proudly recognize her fostering core.
By Ntrange N.. Palmer. Philadelphia ad
Poltarilie. May the union dila day enmutna.
:ed, be enduring as the Coal hills of our on
Seim) ki!l county.
By B. Batman. The Schuylkill Coal and lrrr
Mountains—our jeo but may the I hiledeirri
and Pottsville Hothead dragthem all away.
By W. F. Emlen. Our Guests. They In
Ihrice oeloome—welcome on this glorious ere. I '
sion—welcome as the harbinger of the first COll
train—welcome for their ,tood society.
By Wirt Robinson. The Iron Link whirS t"
c innects Philadelphia with Schuylkill county.
kitty it prove an everlasting drain to the treasum
of her mountains.
..,,By Henry Biddle. Philadc pbia and Putts :
iii") , an increasing coal trade raise their t
friendship to a welding heat. •
By Geo. NV. Edwards. heiMiniieleurnal,
The able advocate of the Coal ittilOiLL
By a Guest. I mre ;
its first promulgator be endurii 'le Tat of at
wretch who burnt the Temple oftEithestr.
By S. 13rodford. rbilatlcipliWand Pottsville.
Moy their union be es conducive to the hspr.
news of their citizens as it must 'be to their pros•
IMMEI
Anonymous. Love laughs at lailtimiths;
road* laugh at lock hui:ders. ,
By a Gue.t. William F. Ernie!). Mg Le
never he in fault." •
By' J. M. Sanderson. The bireciors of thr
Pottsville Raiir.ed. Like their tr!otitre
_power,
etary have draggad their Read into existence. '
By A. Ildward.r.' Sooner would we be on t
lee shore than under ihe influence of the Lehigh.
By A. 13 .Pnn. The Philadelphia, Reading ell
Pott:wille R rilrnn.l. The secomi link in the chin
which must shortly bind the Lakes of the liens•
west With the ocean. '
By a Guest. May we never he rode 0111
worse rail th in that of the 'Philadelphia at.:
PottsviEn
By George C. Wynkoop. The Directors an(
Managers of the Philadelphia and Pottsville IW
road. The forgers of the great link which ea•
'wets us with our city friends; inay the - chsin
vacs remain unt;roken, end their exertions newt.
tl.g.
Anonymous. The ddrk holes in Sebnyli..t.
CMDity-4 , May their shatiiiwi never be leis.' F . -
. By Ottarks T. Stewart. "I'do 641 of Sells ,
kill Cmanty. M.y it not always be coal ( co:, a
but sometimes !W.
By a Guest. Philadelphia Metal—may it 1 ,
ways be reaJy to reward Pottsville etiterpthe.
An9oxtriquc S hayl4iill Navigation with'
Lift of over air hundred feet. They mai haw
better !'fl that, that before the, can eeco
Goal Trade.
By a Guest—l'hiladclphia BeadMiß;
road and Schuylkill Ntivik;ttki . a..ilAifiy. the do
tike the hindmost. .
Anonymous—The' bank; 10441t:heShvyrA-
May they never complain of lita,frie. runs
them. -
By Francis M. Wynkoopeani generj?
from Canal water. It will
If arraignd for the crime heforol , Patts \ eilltk.
we need not fear the verdict. ;
Mr. John M. Crosland, of Pottsville, Lea re
marked that he had heard a nuMher of lass's e
r.npttrery to the tick') (kill Navigation Grnrn
and complimentary of the Phif.ktrelpkia,
and Pottsville R dlroad company. In the b•tc.: ,:
he was dip ',led to jilt), but must present
objections to the former. lap aplain spoken rn%
chanie, said he. a boat builth , r, and beg yonritAf . l
g enre, Mr. President, ill speak foe plain. Tkir
'i g alion Company aro the mentnt ! ef empirijlog
least ono hundred men in our iniinty at hither
ness alone, white the Re:1114- Bailrianktla
"
pang have nn work done thciedhough:lo o :
be pleased to have as much-to ray fat thfet r°
balance that account. • ,
It must he evident to all present that kci"
the exertions of the Schtivlltill Naviption
pang, me should not now enj,y your hospit.P
When that Company first undertook the n,,ta
of their Canal,they knew nut that they mull"
remunerated for their expenditures. They lA"
gone on with their improvements, surmaiiiv:r:
almost every obstacle, until the Beading
Company have been induced to compete for
fruits of their enterprise. •
As I s tit] before, the Ndvigation Co. could ho"
no possible assurance that their expet.ditures
ever be repaid when they first broke grenti':
their canal. But what has it accomplished
us! Why, Mr, President, but for that conv,vol
we should not have met yotf In this festival.
least for some years to come. 'By moans of th
0 wopany . hundreds of meehanics and labs