M ! . . • PoTI'syiLLE . . - ::=l l i!ayurtDAY Itiqn i t Job r i riotiog Office. The subscriber bee! procured the necessary typi, presses dc. and hasiattaclied a complt te Job Prin - ing OfEwe to -his • Establisemend *here all kinds I ('ands. Pamphldts, I lindhills, IThicke, Bills of Ladle . &c.. will be printed at the very ' i lowest ra ca, and at the shortest notice. I Being drtetioined to accorranci d4te tbe.public . st the 'b lowest 'rates, at home, he re .pecliil iy solicits the ipatronage of !be public. ' ' 1i - 1 : 1-•-i B. BA NNA P.:. • Pub A Mrefine those t pilau! to I.Coal'l'ax will 1.. v t' c Pcni-tylior a Call, idCl.Lar: v , nu , the 28;h ins.. at 7i:clat k, P. M. A. 'Mitre% . F. B. ,Nchnis, T .1 Baird, T. C. Williams. Pennsylvania ii.!egidatura-.Comenittee tr , Ways and Mans... 4 proposition to Ta ii- Autnreolte and Vitruntiacins Coal. We have seen,with leclingis of unmingled 't - gret that the Cournittiee of Ways emir/deans in-' tend presetting to !tliti Legislature of our Ste e the swine of Coal taxation.' in die lutfilme it of our financial enguemenia, it may become e. cessary, anti it tri'qtiest.ionably is their duty, to tee - eminent, proper soirees from which an incre s. et! revenu e . may be derived; but in the exer4e Of this function, careishould be taken to reco n• mend. such objects or 'taxation as are of a legiiii ff- mate character, and are fully sanctioned by ex pediency. The presiimt attempt is the revival of en old subject, which we hid hoped by univerarl acquiescence had pits+ il tranquilly into nblivion. The twoformer thil,a4s. aimed at our vitality with much skill end reatildteneas•of purpose, were sm!- cessfully foiled—b+: Ise did not anticipate anoth er effort. Despitelotwo successful lailutea, and 1 , Ithe irrefrigable teatim ny thereby affirded against the expediency of th measure—au defiance M plat experience, whi so forcible demonstrateit • the inseparably conne ction between the interest - - of the Sate generallyiand the Cent trade, we ar e :again required to &Slaw the defensive. Is there au individual who, lhas bestowed the slightest de gree of attention o nus all important subject yet ce unconvind of, the laring iinpolicy of that leg -1 Ligation which wonftliimpose a tax on the miner al etaple of Pennsylvania? Is there a man whose mind js capably of Uterstanding the relation be tween cause and eff:c , insensible to the manifest inexpediency. partial Ond-oppressiVe, ruinous and unjust tendency, efsukh legislatinn 'I Where will that system of fis..a(regulation stop, that begins by taxing an artitit4of the first necessity, end where wilt it find s Onscedent in vindication rof, 'such policy I Has itibeen adopted and sanclide eiLin the Legislature f any other member of tO Union' Would the people of the Southern States submit to a tart nn cotton, tinder any cir cutustanees, even if linposetiby their own repre sentatives I Would they paint out other objeCi... of taxation, other ruiners of revenue, or wotild they tamely give their assent to an impost that wiuld drain the !oad °illicit conimerciil and agricultural prosp erity. and condemn them to stir wittier and beggary The ardent ttimperament of the South would b ass forth in terrible eruti thins, and volcanoes of liquid fire would tie hurl it!' at their oppressera.—ls their a rational and reflecting inan . who catishathia eyes to the dread ful consequences of each a lax as is pr.-posed? Can he suppose for Pope Moment that it would be merely local in es operation I The injuries would not fall exclusiti t ely or. our devoted iicads-- . though vie may be annihilated by the bipw, more extensive and wide-'pread suffering will be in. fleeted. Schuylkill c' linty may behold her rap idlyincreasing town s jemnditafl:itair,eis_htit.‘pilala,gtiecsipee seited—she may ret rn to her prim( sal sav ag e and uncultivated stet —die terrors of the howling wilderness may temp e their swity-stie may, she Mort be sacrificed by the measure—yet who can be i.inorant that Pen sylvania generally will, in 'at doei our State , owe her some degree, share a in her ruin. To w ' present eonilition—hl improvements in arts an industry—her rapid.advancement in the career of wealth and populatioi I To what but the deael operitent of her miner?! resources which the hand of nriture has so butintifully scattered over her soil 1 Destroy these Or render them cinavailiable, sod you arrest her pr I agresi—you parelize thee:- torurise of. large porti n of 11 , 1 inhabitant*, and re move every incentive ti i i inilu.stry--yon crush their opening prospects, nii deprive them of the means of futtire maintenance': Hundreds of industrious citizens who are nowfictively' engaged in the coal operations will ringrpte to other regions is here wieermental policy is puerto.' Ao cherish and sup ' port, not to oppose and trample upon ...a traffic" which cnntributesiO lirgelyto the wealth and im provement of e v ery coinitry 10 which it flourishes, Men of espital - w ill wiithilraw their funds and seek • another field for theit exertions where onerous taxation doe. not exist- , -tvhere they will be unmo lested in the pursuit of a competency. To pre ' vent, these inevitable ; results, every inducement should beheld forth --very encouragement should be extended to the citizens embaiked in a (nisi ' nese . which promotes in a pre-eminent degree the collective interests of ilia State, whether his pri vate emolument is ad r anted or not. It would be more eon,isteitt with •the true principles of self preservation to petitio congress fur an increased duty on Foreign impotations of coal. ,• cy would suggest to + r ; legivioture the pr mtiety ofstating.to Congress / that the equal encourage... moat win/ should lid afforded under - the kilo ence of ajost'und filar goyernment to all those embarked in domestic industry, demnals an aug mentation of dtity on he foreign importations of this commodity. -But, this demand can never he . mid° by our legislattie, if they withhold tho mi. eoursgement due frormthemselves to that industry —they Must, fi rst pave t he way by multiplying fa cilities within their F',oerer.l Whet,.inducement woub4 there remain to „ pierce the bowels of the earth for that which clan no longer give strength to their hatads." 1 But on the .principhs of equity, would the tax be allowabl?! This rifle of action would prescribe a similar , tai on. fire-vetoed, wheat, corn, rye, flour, and in short, any,andl ever, article indisilene•tible - to the wants and hapitioess of 'napkin:l. It would - be an intolerant° sy4em of; fiscal regulation to 'grind the poor by tax lm; articles of the first ne eesdfy, end reward tale rich [by protecting super fbittei. In itinPortai4e to7ithe solid contrails of 'civilized hie, coal . will yield 'lo none of the thing. _ enumerated—these :Mould therefore he required. . • if the principle he adlnitted; tor C. ntribtate their • respective shares in felenishing the public cutlers. - In England, where boost every commodity is i ll . the object of fiscal extiptioM,Whether of use or lux ury, of borne production:or of ioreign importa tion, Me artickq air itt_remp 1 fi•o4stfixalion, . 7 This fact earriesivithpit volumes of argutnent a glinakthe policy of le.listative , enactment with a view to:letter Coal operations. The elicits of thisiut.justifisble impost, under whatever. shape, lir i' whatever form a lopted, .woultrbe partial' La t eir influence, would beail, distressingly rm . come ,ortiuns, and cause no ma telot injury to others .: It Would however ;Mu , teatarially a ff ect the g imioi interests and. PYor pacts- of Schtlylkill vctunly. j §he is n 4 - charged with having been this means of exhausting •the - public Triastiry,etnd iwill eta; leas penefitted than other sections by pubde expenditure.. jet-_i she willing to centribine all reasonable .04=6. to restore animutitin to its funetions. In. th dis charge of this' uty she cannot consentro b, sac rificed. If- i it, be a - sound 'principle of pofiticel economy, that the expenses Of local institutions et mild Lit upon local population, her exaMple forniAce a striking commentary. In this re6ect s h e p rou dly stan ds on au unrivalled eminence, un aided and ohine--her vomit; el internal iuiplrove ment•leaving been all accomplished by Fit+ en terprise, private capital ar d industry.' She hes neither demanded or received a single cent in aid The • of her exter ive undertakings.a eggregute . 'cost of these! will amount to many millimis of dollars—and do they not contribute to the gen eral utility, to the wealth, increase and population of tho . State, though deemed of local benefit!' Let taxation be of a general, not of a partial char ac ter --let it he ,so distributed as to operate equally-on all sections of the state,' and no complaint Will be heard from Schuylkill County. 1 Tom remarks, if examined in a spirit of can dor. will serve to explain the injurious te: dency of the proposed measore- r not that we entertain any fears of its adoption. We have implicit con fidence i. the wisdom and intelligeuce of oiir re presentatives, and therefore elismiss the suttject fur the present. rr• After the above etude wee in type, we re rived the following communication, addriavvii t i i ;he Chairman of the Committee on Ways and ?I , eons, from a valued correspondent , on the sam i sub• ject, which we publish with pleasure: t To the Chairman of She Commence if Ways and 'Means of the Hausa of Rcpresentalivea, Harrisburg. . St n--I observe by the public papers that yod brave agreed to report a bill taxing coal twentY-fire cents per ton; intended, as I suppose, alineSt ex elusively • to bear upon thmAnthracite.of the State. Now, how do you propose to ESSVSA this! tax? W ho is to pay it 1_ Is it to be fend by the prodimer 1 The intrinsic and first cost; or valus, of thit coal is from twenty to fifty cents per ton, the rent of it in the ground. Thus you would impose on him from 125 to 50 per cent, for his proportion ht the state burthens ! . And how Mud' of the thirty seven or eight millions of the State Debt ! have been expended in improvements for the benefit of Scbuy 4111 County, thrit she should be thus favor ed in her portion of payment of the interest of that debt! The flue or six dollars at which this coal sells in Philadelphia, !. on see are made up of labor, freight, tolls,' wharf rent, salaries, andl other expenses in taking it to market. And if you pros p“se to make New York; Rhode Island and Mas sachusetts. pay your tax, on what principle' of justice and equity would you make them pay Your State Debi! Have they received anylitiene. fit from your internal impr.aiements--eatisis and rail roads! Would pot your proposed tax, in that Case, be an Export [hag ' And t.h it says the Condi. ution of the United States on export duties? Crest B ! itsin, which spares neither the, body . nor soul, liver or lights of her subjects, 'so far from imposing an export duty on the great source of all her wealth and greatness, I believe, gives a' bounty, to encourage the shipping snit navigation it terests, and sustain Me labor and industry of her suljeets; and you would trammel. opprek , s and impede the energies of our citizens! Faslestab hoste doceri." And I hope that committer, will pause and rill- et before it commits itself. Selniyl - County does.not shrink from her justsrid fair pr,portion of 'the state burthcps; but being only , a sixtieth geographical part of the state, she does not wish to pay a ninth or tenth of the whole in terest of the state debt. Her modesty shrinks from such an undue and unequal proportion; and she humbly puts on it her CAVEAT.` Duty on Coal. We are sorry to see so respectable p paper as the Philadelphia Gazette recommend the proprie ty of imposing a duty upon all Cool exported from this-State, Does the editor know that the con stitution expreosly prohibits it. That instrument in Section Bth says: Congress shall have Power. lat. To lay and collect' taxes, duties, implore, and excises. &c. But all duties, imposts, and ticises shall be uniforni. Thi* must forbid any Ste t.i lay any such duties, it means nmbing, as the duties must be unifiirrit throughout the Union. The 3d enumerated power of the shave section provides that Congress shall have rimer to, regu- late Conimerce with foreign nations and timong the several Stales, &c., thereby taking all control over our foreign commercial relatioua froin the different States. Again,. the language of section 10th, second enumerated Prohibition is: No State shall without theconsentrif Cokress lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except — what-may be absolutely necessary ht. exe cuting its inspection laws, end the nett pAluce of all duties and imposts laid by any Slate on im ports and exports shall be for the use of the treas ury of the United States, &c. Now it appears to us that any export duty im posed by our Stste Legislature on Cool: or any, thing else would be plainly unconstitutional, be sides which, it would not answer the end proposed by the editor of the Gazette, as all the monies collected by means of it. leveed of berng applied to the relief of our State necessities, must be paid in the Treasury of the United States. for the use of the nation. But. independent of the constitu 'that. no policy could be nt're unsound than that recommended - by the Gazette—no conditien of things could be more calamitous. If eachiState had the power,to impose protective or prohibitory duties. mutual jealousies arising from iudilsidual irrte•e.ts would be the inewttable results, and the general good would he wholly. neglected. ISuch was the case under the federal union, and dlote,t less. the wise framers of our present constitution saw the evil of the system and introduced the s hove provisions to guard against them in future. CO,IC , •II 1' TTIF. PAILATIELPIIII AND POTTS*ILLE Ratxtroari.--We learn that there Ore a number of persons abroad under the impression thatllarge quantities of Coal will be transported on the Philadelphia and Pottsville Railroad this winter. Such will not be • the case., None of the !Rail roads in this region are open for the transrierita don of Coal this winter, and none will be Opel.- i ed before Spring. All the coal that will pass Jown the road this winter must be carted o the Depiati and the present price of Coal will no war tint the additional expense, except from nne or two collieries in-the immediate vicinity of Potts ville. Our impression is that the whole qu4ntity• transported t market this winter will not c.ce.ed 1500 or 2000 tons, if it reaches that amourr , . TAT FAIN LIC EN'SES.- Persons wishing to tapply for Li:Tuseit at the ensuing court, must adiertize the same three weeks, ten days previousi_a the court, in a newspaper published the nearest to the place of the residence of the advertizer, acca i rding to law. Our terms for ad vertising aro $ 2 r... 1 each application, and no extra charges. • 1 (1:7- Persons having copies of the MinerslJour nal, containing the proceedings of the opening of the Philadelphia and Pottsville Railroad, and hav ing no further use for them, will confer a (favor by leaving them at this office. • •1 - lacassaz or Tnavastorso,— about fifty pas. sengers airived at this place on Vlleciner3Sy at ternt;on-'—and shout seventy tett for Philadelphia an Thuradly'marning. Beate the Railroad was apened three stages earned all the Fassengere. I Tea • Hann La ir z--Vittoista - nolft a o.c- Crt,our first page will be fonuda vet" - interestin g end'able paper from our Ilichinondeernutpcmdent nit the Subject of the. Tariff. ' bail it with pleasure-it comes from the right quarter. is generally admitted that Southern interests have suffered most under the Compromise Act. As the duties have decreased, the price-of her staples have fallen in a much greater ratio - 73;A we are glad that at least some of the Southern States are awakening to a true" state of their present condition. Virginia has an extensive territory, and'perhaps greater natural resourdes than any other State in the Union—she is rich in hei coal and iron and other minerals =yet With,all these advantages she has been retrograding both commercial prospenty, and intellectual' refine ment. This noble State which has furnished half the Presidents of these United States, now exhibits moth white persons who can neither readmir write, than any other State in the Union. But we are glad she is becoming alive to her own interests, and will soon burst asunder the chains that have heretofore bound her down ,to those politital heresies which have obtained so extensively in the Old Dominion. We should be pleased'to hear often from our, correspondent on this subject—and he would also gratify a number of our readeis if ho could find licsure to furnish us with • the statistics of the Coal Trade of Virginia for publication. REMOVAL Or TUE SEAT 07 denim—The remov..l of the Seat of-Justice from Orwigeburg to Pottsville is becoming a of general con versation in this section of the county. It is a question which will . be agitated, and therefore, ought to be met and dismissed with calmness and moderatioi;. It is true that. paiticular interests will be iliected by the removal, which is. much to be regretted—but when we take into considera tion that by far the largest portion of the business of the Court is from this section of the County —'that Orwigsburg is now completely cut off from what may be termed the public highway or thorough fare,—and that the people will be sub jected to much greater inconvenience and difficul ty in transacting business with the county officers than heretofore—it is not surprising that this ques tion should be forced upon the public mind for discussion at this early period. Cosisomerloa or Cost.—A writer in the last Rail Road Journal, in speaking of the quantity of Anthracite Coal in market, estimates only ten months for the consumption of the present year. This is an error several others have also fallen into, in consequence of supplies riot having been received from some of the principle regions until the latter end of May. On the first of . April, LB4l, the quantity remaining over was 50,000 tons, and riot on the first of June as stated by the Journal. The consumption of cool from the first of April, 1840 to the first of April,lB4l, was 965,000 tons —and the consumption for the presentyear endsng April 1,1842, will not 4111 Atilt of olgt MILLIO Toss, BesCTlrrL Ce sri%as.— Messrs. .Henderson & Farrall, have placed in the Pennsylvania Hall two Castings made at their Foundry, on the Island, which for beauty of workmanship, desi4n, and skill in execution, surpasses any thing of the kind we have ever seen. The peices are cast in frdme, and represent St. John, and our Saviour bearing the Cross. With such specimens of pro ficiency in their line of business, these gentle men deserve and will receive a large portion of public patronage. Schuylkill Navigation Stock is , up again to $45 per share. Keep the rates of toll and trans portation low, and in a very few years we will furnish sufficient trade to folly employ both the Canal and Railroad. Our resources are immense. During the-cast year the tolls received on ton nage' from Schuylkill County alone, amounted to within two hundred thousand dollars, as much as all the tolls received on all,the Railroads and Canals belonging •to the State, which cost up wards of thirty-two million dollars. Msunz's Mossum.--This sterling work for January has been received ;;it is one of the vcry best and cheapest Juvenile publications of the day, and ought to be introduced into every family in the country where there are children. Upwards of 500 names were entered as subscribers in Philadelphia in ten days. Price $1 per annum, payable in advance. Subscriptions received at this office, where also subscriptions will be receiv. ell for all the periodicals issued in Philadelphia and New York. Great excitement exista on the subject of the Bankrupt Law in New York. The friends of this bill have been taken all a-back by the unex• pected opposition made to the measure in Con gress.• For ot.r part, we cannot imagine why there should be opposition to so humane a bill from any quarter. _ Three hundred Fer:tone recently took the Temper. once nirdee in a single evening at St. Louis.--Er change Paper. We can beat that—upwards of five hundred persons voluntarily took the pledge, for kfe, in the Rev. Mr. McGinnis Church, in this borough, about three weeks. since, immediately after the service. EXPEDITION.—The distencebetoreezt this place and Philadelphia is now perfonled by the passen T ger cars, in kss than six hours, including all atop ages, Excursion tickets—down one ;Jay end up the next, $5. Cheap as dirt. Mon ta. LOUISVILLE,--The citflens of Louis= villa, being determined not to be behind their neighbors in Cincinnati, got up a mob and' de stroyed the shirt-plaster shop of Mr. Lougee. The Marshal dispersed the mob. Iwarounst. Annarss:— Governor ri;r - ter's In augural Address has-the merit of being short and to the point.,, Want of room prevehts us from publishing it this week. The Report of the Schiiylkill Navigation Com pany will be found on our first page.. It - presents a much more flattering state of the affairs of this Company than was generally anticipated. RATFIEII Coon.--A man discontinued our p- Per.lsst week., end at the same time informed us that he had made arrangements to borrow et. [snot this the beightit of impudencel • • Why don't the citizens of Schuylkill county move on the subject of the location of theNatiom al Foundry ? It is generally conceded that this is the hest location in the United States. All sorts of weather this week—the mildness of spring—min, snow and muddy streets. Mari.; ety is the spice of life. It is a fact, wOrtby'ofnoM, that the' tnottpros• pecans and economical administrationlthis coun try ever witnessed was under the high l est Tariff. 'ramatt.tata B+ClLWlalts--So fin. Congress has been. principally engaged in trying to undo what they done at the ex-tra , t 7, • .RIOUT.—An effort is now ritakinfat Hertis burg, to reduce both sell and freight one-third, on the Perinsylwinia and R l Canas aailroads. ~• , - • 0:7. With the exception of a fee politiud her. esies, Gov. Porter's message -- seems td giro general satisfaction. - . . • , THE MINERS' = =QURIAL. Iv ii'ivith 'feelings of them eat heart-felt grati fication that We have it in our Power Sc.'eflogriatu late the people of Penusylvavia_upon the noble poSitints in which slit is placed by both -anuses of the Legislature Well may she look upon her sons with glory and with c ride when she be holds them with one voice, outtrig the base prospect! of repudiation._ The rfeeling of dittst which has been manifested - . very where—the vs/ withering and bitter scorn which this doc trine boa been met; will not, c trust,,die away until every trace of the diabo ieal proposition is obliterated: If upon this subj ct the public mind was Igreittly excited—the cause was great and the indignation just. And althoUgh we participate In the common feeling, at the i same time we are. forced io acknowledge that much of the public - Money has been worse thin uselessly expended. But still, if by mismanagement or design, the Public funds have been squandered, it could form no excuse for the non-payment of our debts.— What consolation would it be to those who have taken our State I.oans, Ito be told that the people's represent'dives had Improvidently laid out their money, and therefore they could not pay the; debts contracted Un the credit of the State. Tea following extract is om the very able report made in the house of eprescntatives, by Mr. Wright, Chairman of the, Select Committee, to whom the subject was referred, the sentiments of which, we have no doubt, will receive a response in the bosom of every true Pennsylvanian, "Your committee cannot conceive di more mischievous plan of operations, than the one rc. commended by the !fleeting •4hich adopted these resolutions. The stock of Pennsylvania is mostly held by foreigners, and fur I which, they have paid a. valuable consideration. To pay at is a point of national honor. What would be the consequence of repudiation 'N here is the en• terptising trader upon the high seas who would be safe in his property or persons. Either would be liable to seizure. The stars and the stripes at the masthead, ,hich now is our mariner's guide and safeguard on every ocean, would 03 longer be regarded by the,enviourt eye of the world, as the proud emblem of that people who have knowledge and virtue enough to govern thernselves, but rather as the flag of a met cenary band, who, having obtained by deceit and thud and falsehood the wealth of other nations, have neither the magnanimity nor the honor to repay ! Gud forbid that the faith and honor and credit of this great Commonivealth should ever become the subject of reproach in the mouths of mon archs And Pennsylvania, too, the first in the confederacy in wealth anti thfidence—the key. stone of the federal arch— e right arm of the republic—represented in t rious constella— lion ef the immortal thirtee w ich first struck fur independence, should hereafter be accused at the great bar of nations, tor having broken her faith and cuWard•like shrunk from the payment of her just debts. flow humiliating the thought! Should not the terror of the popular voce be brought to bear.with such force on seen doctrines, as to forever seal the lips of the mouths that uttered them Let the strict observance-of the plighted faith of Pennsylvania be the watchword of her citizens —and let our children be taught to regard it as the best inheritance of their fathers. Your commtuce reeemtuended the following reFolutinnq: Resolved, That the State stock issued by Virtue of laws of this Commonwealth is constitution ally correct, and that the citizens of the State are legally and morally bound to pay and redeem the same. Resolved, That the faith and credit ot the Stale does remain as heremiere unbroken, and that the property of the citizen, is legitimately the sub jects of taxation, for the full and entire payment of all the just demands on the Treasury thereof. Resolved, That the doctrine of repudiation of the ha bilit ice of this Commonwealth, is obnoxious in its tendencies and calculated to be destructive of the free principles on which the government is based, a id that every good citizen is bound by all moral as well as legal considerations, to cheerfully contribute his share towards the liqui. dation of the State debt." ST. TE TREASVIIEB—C•CCE9 CANDIDATE DE FEATED.—The locos nominated in caucus Win. B. Anderson, of Perry 17.,tiiity . , for State Trel surer—the democrats, however, united with a portion of the friends of Judge Blythe, (who was defeated in the caucus,) and on the 2nd ballot elected lon Moss, Esq., of Bedford County; State Treasurer for the ensui ❑ g year. Mr. Mann is fully competent for the post assigned him, and will no doubt make en excellent State Treasurer. H is with extreme regret we are called upon to announce the death of the Hon. Jostph Hopkin son, Judge of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, at an advanCed age. Judge Hopkinson was the son of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence—the author of" HAIL COLO R as 4" —and one of the most distinguished Jurists in the codntry. BAN anurr L*w.—The, whole West appeers to be opposed to the Bankrupt Law in its present shape. This seems to be strange and extraordi nary, but it is nevertheless true. Every mem , •er of the House of Representatives from . Kentucky is in favor .of its repeal—and the Legislature of Tennessee, have, by a large majority, instructed their representatives in Congress to vote for its repeal. Mrxico.—Tbe population of Mexico is 7,044.- 140—and the ratio fixed upon is one delegate to Congress for. 70,000 souls. ft is true that there is very little worthy, of imitation in Mexico, but their example in this respect is worthy of imita tion by our COngreas, in fixing the ratio of repre sentation under the new census'. We think, how ever, that the interests of the community at large would be best subserved by fixing the , ratio of representation at one delegate for 100,000 persona. LEGISLATIVE FAite Es—The same House of Representatives that Passed the Bankrupt Law, have repealed it by a large majority before it went into operatiOn. It is doubtful whether the Sen ate will pass the Bill or not—but if it:. does, it is confidently stated that the ?resident will ve to • SCMITLEILL COUNTY DIVIDENDS.—The fol lowing dividends have been declared on Stocks in Schuylkill County for the last six months: West Brsuacit Railroad, 9 per cent. Mill Creek Railroad 7 do. Pottsville Water Company, 3 do. The '.Bulls" and "Bears" have been operating for some time : in Reading Railroad Stock—and the conseinence is-that l has fallen to $22 'per share. Now is the time for capitalists to invest —it will be one of the very best stocks in the Ilnited'etatea. Mark our prediction. HENRY Cr.sy.-- - This eminent Statesman has repelled in the most Indignant manner, the charge which was brought again,st him, stating . that he was secretly instigating the Kentucky, represen tatives to oppose the Bankrupt Bill, while he was publicly, rultocating- 0:1 .4 State , Temperance Society was held at Harrisburg last week. Upwards of four hun dred delegates from every part of the State were present.; May its labors be produ&iie of much good• t • ,", A Fit vas.—The daily papers at Harrisburg Ibis winter. •Cause—want of patronage. .:01' The inauguration of G ffemor Porter took place on Tuesday last. We Were not present; Tax-Wsrrnsti looks fine—but the Voattnen • Coat, Tait or Barrtnro—The Daily Adver tiser gives the quantiti of Anthracite Coal mew.. etd Boston as follows : - - 1835...... ,e quantity of Anthracite this year is greater th • that of last year by 41,562 tons—all of •• ich. however, it is believed will be consumed, • ore next spring. , The following is the quantity of Richmond and foreign Bituminus Coal imported into the Port of Boston since the year 1835, with the exception of the years 1839 and 1840, of which we have no return : , Richmond. _Foreign 1835 Chaldrons 4.504 15,504 1836 " . 5,958 27.416 1837 " ' 2,241 48,019 1838 " 29,163 1841 " 3,445 37,109 It will be observed that the quantity of foreign Coal imported into Boston in the year 1841 is not so great as the importations of 1837, by 10,- 919 chaldrons: later from England. The Mediator arrived at New York on Sun day last, bringing news six days later, which is of very little - importruace and may be all summed up as follows: Trade continues very dull ; and to add to the general distress, there have been numerous de vastating floods throughout England: The royal babies are doing welL The Queen and Prince Albert have taken up their winter quarters at Windsor Castle. Beaumont smith, the Exchequer Forget, has been sentenced to transportation for life. In Paris every thing remains quiet. LATER FROM CHINA. By the brig Albion, which arrived at New York on Monday, news from China had been re ceived up to the 25th of September. A letter states that several Chinese towns had been blown up, and a demonstration had been made on Can ton, and if any provocation was given on the part of the Chinese, it was supposed that Canton would be burnt up. PROTECTION or LABOUERS..--A Bill was in troduced into the Legislature of this State, by Mr. Eyre, of Delaware, last winter, for the purpose of securing to laborers their wages out of the first proceeds of Insolvent estates, This is a wise and salutary measure which ought to commend itself to the support of every citizen in the community. The laborer toils from day to day—he has neither time, and in numerous cases, not even the means of making himself acquainted with the circum stances of his employer—and generally ignorant of the necessary measures to be adopted to secure his daily pittance—he is cut out of his just and h ird earned dues, and his family subjected to want and misery. Recent events have convinc ed us more than ever of the necessity of sit h a law; we therefore hope it may be speedily pass— ed by our legislature. It is stated that a branch of a Tailoring estab lishment in Philadelphia has taken upwards of eight hundred measures for coats, and sent them out to Paris to bet:nada up. The low rates of wages in France enables the French tailors to manufacture the article, and undersell our Tailors at home. Now we ask, what dues the Tailor, who spends three or four years in acquiring his trade, think of a Government which he contributes to support, and .which refuses to protect him in his legitimate business ag.rinst the competition of the serf and pauper labor of Europe I Witt they lie idle and suffer their workshops to be transferred to Europe. or will they petition and demand from the Government that protection the) are justly en titled too, and have a right to expect. SALE OF THE STATE WORKB.-A large meet ing was recently held in Lancaster county, at which strong resolutions in favor of disposing of the State Works were passed. Among the e um ber we find the followin; : Resolved, That prudence dictates, if necessity does not demand, that our rail roads and canals should be sold or leased for a term of years, or else abandoned, as the only means of avoiding an increase of the State deta f .or additional taxation. We believe o large majority of the people are in favor of 4isposing of all the State Canals end Rail-roads,—believing that they never will be pro ductive so long as they are under State manage ment. Tax on Corr --1 n speaking of the Tax on Coal, the Harrisburg Intelligeneer very truly re marks: Coal is a cheap article, worth at the month of the pit about ono dollar per tor., and taxes, of 25 cents, besides other taxes, will eat up the hard earned substance of the miner. :Wheat can as easily p ty 25 cents ,per bushel, and iron $ 15 per ton as cual 25 cents per ton. Some men without much property, who now mine 20,000 tons per annum. with small profits would be o. bliged to pay 85,000 tax, and Schuylkill county 8 159,000, soesides that paid on the value of prop. erty. Besides, Schuylkill county has made her own improvements, .and has not called upon the State." A Jotter from Harrisburg states that the Legis lature is sound on the subject of the Tariff-- without protection ruin stares thousands in the face. Two-thirds of the Iron establishments will be compelled to cease operating after the 30th of Juno next, lithe Compromise Act is permitted to go into effect. Mr. Fleming remarked in the Senate that he could see no other course than a stay-law to protect the people from ruin. FllOll Ilinnisnnuo.—We die glad to learn that resolutions hove been offered in both houses of the Legislature. for an inquiry into the expe diency of selling the - public works, and taking state stock in payment, We go for selling out at all hazards—they will never yield a cent of revenue so long as they are under state manage. meat. CAPITAL PUNlsnatme—This subject is be ginning" to excite considerable attention in the community at large. A very largeimeeting was held in Philadelphia a few days since, at which strong resolutions were passed in favor of espnog ing from our statue books this •4 remnant of,feu dal barbarism and savage ferocity." _ Omitted volunteer toast at the Jubilee Dinner:' By A. Si. Clair . Nichols. Pennaylvania—Sick of the 11302.31eS and ulcerated Ai:ll—Doctor Por ter, her, family physician, prescribes r. Berton Mint Drops," to restore her to health an save her-beauty. • Boman-oven.—The Recorder of Pniladelphio has bound over Nicholas Biddle, Joseph Con. perthwaiie, Samuel' /ambit, 'Joseph Andrews, and Thomas Dunlap, in die sum of $ 10,000 each, to answer to the charge of conspiracy, dm 8011410, TaADE RseonT.—We.have receiv. ed the Tenth Annual Report made by the Board of Trade to the Coal Mining Association of Schnylkill County—which will be _published nest week. AsioaTiontazoT.—The Select Committee in Cciegress have . recommended 68,009 es the ratio of repreeentition. Pennsylvania, it this ratio, will hiretwenty-firti niena4rs, and an unreßeserited freetipti,nf 24,000, _ , Mr. Le Grand, the Loco Foca Speaker of the Maryland House of Representatives, has decided that the minority of a committee has no right to make a report. Anthric ...76,180 _67,186 ..74.186 89,85 0 .;... 84,123 —.68.870 110,4x"2 The New York Tribune makes a calculation, according to which, 82 Loco focos and 27 Whigs voted in favor of bringing in a bill to repeal the Bankrupt Law. The official majority of Gov. Fairfield in Maine, Over all+er candidates, is'B367. The Furs taken by the American Fur Compa ny during the past year amount to $300,000. Au English wag, thus describes the Seasons. Autumn4-Wheezy, sneezy, &eery. Winter— Slippy, dFippy, nippy. Spring- 7 Showry, flow. 7, bowery. Summer—;Croppy; hoppy, poppy.., Oschman, accused of being an accomplice with Reinhart, in the murder of Conrad. Christ, in Berks county last summer, was acquitted •by the jury on Wednesday last. There's an old deacon who won't read the ac count of the fight between Goliah and David, be cause it contains an allusion to sling. The trial of Colt commenced in New York on Monday last. Rcm-- IND 'ITS ETTECTS.--A brute by the name of William Adams, stabbed his wife to the heart with a butcher knife, in New York on Mon day last, which caused her death in a feW min utes. He also made 'an attack upon another fe male in the house, who made her escape by leap ing from the window. Rum was the cause of this horrid murder. There is not a single drunkard left in the town of Washington, Kentucky. When shall we be able to say the same of Pottsville. The first train of baggage Cars. with merchan dize from Philadelphia, by the Philadelphia and Pottsvillo Railroad, arrived at Mount Carbon on Wednesday last. John Randolph's-Will has at last been decid ed, and his slaves are to be set free. The money market is somewhat easier in New YOrk. The Pottsville money market remains as "tight" as ever. The loco foco cmdidates for 'Congress have been elected in Georgia. The Richmond Inquirer take ground against a too sudden resumption of specie payments by the banks of Virginia. A Tariff meeting was held in Philadelphia on the 20th inst. The Iron masters are moving in Chester county on the subject of the Tariff.-- Colliers of Schuylkill cotmty, what say you on the subject"! N ro 140 N'S TWIL B.—Upwards of tom millions of persons, it is supposed, have visited the re mains of Napoleon at the Invalids in Paris. 1•:e on door steps may easily be removed by throning salt upon it, which will cause the ice to crack to pie:es. Ho ant nxe.--Sir thousand fire hundred hobs were killed in Alton, last week. A SECOND DASIEI..—A judge out west has decided, that a dandy does not belong to dui hu man species, and may bo kicked into the gutter, as well as any other puppy. DIVORCE.—Thero have been 143 applications for divorce to the present Legislature of Alabama. The L' taw Whig hopes the parties will be di vorced, because the practice of binding people to live together after they have became dissatisfied, is anti-republican. The following fact should be remembered by the ladies. The woman who regularly reads the newspaper will he so much the more suitable a companion for a well inform al husband, and ex ert far more influence in the family than she oth erwise would. Gassv Fins is DETnurr.—The city of De= troit, Michigan, hisbeen visited by a most disas trous conthgration. The most valuable square in the city was almost entirely consumed. The total loss is about $ . 150,000. The Mormon Elders have issued an Epistle from the city Nausea), on the Mississilipi, requi ring the o Saints of the Last Days," to contribute one tenth of all their substance, and one tenth of their earnings, to help forward the Temple of the Lard. Their city now numbers 10,000 inhabi tants. SAD THAGEDT.-A young mon in Canton, Illinois, named Selfridge, pointed a rifle at a young and amiable sister in sport, and instantly shot her dead. The unfortunate young man has since been deranged. INGRATITUDE.-10glethIld010 0 crime so shame ful, that there was never yet one found who would acknowledge himself guilty of it. It is said that the progress of hatching eggs and preparing a political speech are somewhat similar employments. Another of Paul Jones' crow is found in the person of Capt. Charles Bulkley, of New London, now nearly ninety years of age. and still a hale old man. NSUNDAT Scuoots.—The Scholars attending the different Sunday Schools in Reading, number 1424. Ss says the Reading Gazette. Mannt , aor.—ln marriage prefer the person before wealth, virtue before beauty, and the mind before the body; then you have a wife, a friend and a ecipanion. D►eGEnovs HewnTs.—As the tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, so eraambi tious men in the blast of fortune. Hon Toddy should we forgive those who of• fend , us, if , we consider how much our heavenly Father has forgiven us! Mr. Elder. the Postmaster, (appointed by Mr. Van Buren) at Somerset, Ohio, has been arrest ed and imprisoned, on unhinge of having purloin. ed a letter or letters from the mail, containing money. The P;lst Offp:e end e book.tore in which it was keptkrt Windsor, Vt., wee burnt on Sunday morning last. Some Papar states that the Court of fashion has decided against the use of corsets—and the free dom of the waist is proclaimed. In France tight lacing islabandoned, and the women now remain as God made them. That is as it should be. Tbo Indiana House of Representatives has passed a bill abolishing imprisonment for debt, by a vote of 86 to 10. Good! Anusz.—A gentle reply to scurrilous language is the mos• severe revenge. • Naar; ENGLAND Ccanarrcr.—The Boston Courier says the currency of New England ne ver was in a Utter condition than at present. • Five distilleries have lately stopped iri,North umberland County, Pa., in coriseguence of the decreasing demand for whiskey. . Btia'!is now on hitives) to this country,— He is expected to arrive in Boston next week. MoNtr."—The Boston Journal gays . $2500 hose been paid to the seamen. on board the Receiving chip Columbus, in lieu Of spirit ra tions fort the . last three months, White!) they had voluntarily relinquished. Avoid all harshness in behavior, treat every one with that courtesy which - springs fronts jpdd and gentle heart. %II sorts' of 3tema _ (0 17 70:al 44-Zelated.) FIVIC kkhDIIILD DOLLAIIB RCW.1111)!- Mont gomery has at last offered a reward .of WO for the detection of the persons guilty of rdbbirlethe great western mail last Saturday night. The Branded Thank is tutpund up. was telt of the concern, sold oa the Ottrultimo, fur $50., FIVE FACTS.-A rim faith is thebest a good life the beet philosophy, a clear conscienc e the beat law, honest); the beat poliEy , and tempo ranee the best Atsic-• GAINING • Loss.—'.That scandalous scoun drel has utterly ruined my character." complained Count Tracy to Foote. u That's all in your fa vor," replied the wag, •fer it was sp - very bad that the sooner it was destroyed the better, for You."- A Slave boldors Convention was held at An. napolis, Md., on the 12th inst. Politeness does not consist in laying down your knife and fork in a peculiar manner, nor yet in scalding your mouth in diinking out of a cup, to avoid .the indecorum of cooling your lea and coffee in a saucer. • The Baltimore American, ono of the ablesi and soundest papers in the country, makes its oppear. once for 1842, in a nem and beautiful dress. It is a good sign in times like these to see such a pa. per prosper. MontsTv.—The first•of all virtues is innocence —the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with it all the vir tue that is in st.--Speclafor. The Locofoco members of the KentUcky legis. lature have nominated ('ol. Richard M. Johnson as a candidate fur the Presidency. LEAUEE, THE Nisei's:vies tiv NOTION. —A very large meeting of Mechanics was held in New York - last week, and the following Me morial to Vongress unanimously a !opted: In recommending the subject to the consid. oration of our fellow citizens, wo would retiiirk that our views of thoc-Tast and the Present are taken by the light of experience, which, to the rational man of observation, is unquestonably clear, persuasive and exciting. It is a INational subject; it is for the interest and honour of every citizen ;and all are asked to weigh it calmly, acd give their support understandingly. J HON LOVE, President. FRANKLIN ItENNEDT, SCClelary. To the Honorable the Senate ond' House of Repro sentatives of the United States, in Congress as sem bled: 3lay it please your Honorable Body.— We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, suffering greatly from a scarcity of em. plovment and consequent unequitable prices and wages a for what we wit.° do, and thus petting it out ofour power while these circumstances continue, to providercomfortably for ourselves and familrea ; and having in years past frequent. ly suffered from those evil., which we believe have -been and. are now general, and being of opinion that they should riot exist, and that it is to our power as a -people to remove them : as respectfully submit for your consideration our views as to the primary cause of the• before mentioned evil, and the manner edits operation. They are as follows: . Chiefly, by the importation of foreign goods, That the people of these States have been outwit. text by foreigners in the purchase of their insert. „factures; that we Insti l in fact paid more for these Allan if we had made them ourselves; that mane. factures and mechanic, living in foreign coon. tries cannot reciprocate with us, the laws of their respective Governments not permitting them: that foreign trades under these circumstances is a national loss; that it has created on an average a balance against this country of many millions ra year ; that the quantity. of European goods 'purchased for one million of dollars would employ :five thousand tour hundred and seventy men all the year round to manufacture them, as ap pears from the following sentement : Cost of material used in manufactures. e50,0n0 Five thousand four hundred and fifty five mechanics, at SI 56 each, 850,980 Fifteen employers at five thousand, each Rent for warehouses, offices, lightning, heating, postages, etc. 24,020 Therefore, of every million of a balance there is against this co,intry, five-thousand four hun dred and seventy men are deprved ofemployment, and the money that ought to have passed through their hands in to the pockets of the landlord. the merchant, and the farmer ,has all gone to Europe. That this fully accounts for the scarcity of wnrk and scarcity of money in this crontry, ' That, by excluding the manufactures amber countries, we secure the following benefits : First, That, instead of the manufactured' gdods, we shall have the manufactures and the mechanics, bringing along with themilicir skill in manufactures, besides their gold and silver they will use the produce °four farms; 'they will act interchangeably with us : and in time of wur they will strengthen our arm of defence; in short, that they will be every inch Americans. Second. Abundance of freight fur our canals and rail roads. Third. An increasing ease of the Public Lands. Fourth. A home market for , every thing, whether useful or ornamental. Fifth. Constant employment to all, and Tabor receive its just reward, so that the young may marry together with safety, and the married pro vide comfortably for themselves and families without getting into debt. t, Sixth, A just apportionment of the several interests requisite to make us independent. Therefore, we petition your Honorable Body to pass an act so to increase the duties upon imported goods as speedily to exclude the manufactures of other countries; according to their wisdom. There is no section of the State more deeply interested in the Tariff question than the citizens of Schuylkill county, The duty on Coal, which is now about .$1 62 per chaldron, will be reduc. ed to about 45 cents per chaldroit after the 30th of Juno next. Miners, Mechanics and laborers of Schuylkill, are you prepared for this state of things ? Are you willing ; to have your waged reduced so as to compete with Foreign Coal at these reduced rates? ar. wik rise up in the majes ty of your strength and demand fram the Govern ment that protection which is justly due to her citizens. Now is the time for. action—the pies ti.El is already before Con,gress.v.it must be ad justed this session, otherwise the Compromise Act will go into effect, carrying in its - train descr lotion and ruin throughout the whole length and breadth of this widely extended country. THE ESPIENSES Or CONGILF.BB.—The official estimates of the expenses. of Congress, including members, officers and clerks—estimating the Ses sions for which. each member is elected, at 219 days—are = Senators, $00,688 Speaker of tile riouse; at.sl6 per_day, 3,48 241 members at $8 per day, 420,304 Delegates from the Territories, 5,232 Travelling expenses of the members, 154,000 The Secretary of the Senate receives - $3,000, and the clerks in his office $9,300; Chaplain of the Senate $500; ditto of the House $5OO ; Sta tionary, &c., for the Senate, $60.000. Inciden tal expenses of the House $150,000. The Libra ry of Congress,jneluding the salaries of its offi cers 'and contingent expenses, $12,300; groo expense $1,079,570. Pais includes salaries for door-keepers, assistant do, clerks of the House, sergeants-at-arms, and all other mkt-officers con nected with the two Houses, The following persons were, on the 10th inst., elected Officeis of the Little Schuylkill Naviga tion, Railroad and Coal Company, for the ensu ing year. • Patatinarr—Edwin. Swift. • • Max AAERS —Thomas Biddle, Thomas Ser geant, Henry J. Williams, Lawrence Lewis, Mo. sea Hempton, Mordecai D. Lewis. TACASIMILIt & SIFWETAIIIT-1;9=11.0/ Mad(VIA 75,000
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