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SATIIIIDAY MORNING; JAN. F 91,1842.
• Job'Priiiiing ,trfrice.
The subscriber has pocoreci the necesFiry type.
proms . &c. and has attached i complete Job Print
ing Office to his Establisement. where all kinds of
Cards. Pamphlets, Handbills, Checks, Bills of Luling,
die., will be minted at the very lowest - ra es; and at
theahortest notice.. Being determined to accommo
date the public it the defy lowest rates, ethonte, he
retpecifulty solicits the; patronage of the public.
• B. MINNA:Y.4'
Public Moctlug •
Of and find Iron Men.
A Meeting of Iron Alen was held at Evan's Hotel,
in Philadelphia on theflOth rust , at which it was re
commended-to` the 1 riin and Coal interests ot Penn
sylvania, to hold it St4e Convention at Harrisburg: ;
on the WA of February s i next, to devise such measures'
as ma y b e de e med necessary :to rescue these impor
tant branches of basitess, from impending ruin.—
Therefore, in compliance with the above recommen
dation, a Meeting' ofall those engaged in the Coal and
Iran Trade in S - chaylLtill coutily, wi trim held at the
Pennsylvania Hall, oti Monday evening' next, the
•31nr inst., . at 7 o'Cloqk, for the purpose of appoint
. ing dele,gates to represent the interests of Schuylkill
county, in said Conveition.
. The Iron and Coal Trade—State Conven
tion at Harrisburg on the •n2d of February
s-Pitblie Meeting. ,
. • A meeting. of did Iron men of Pennsylvania
was held in' pftilad ' idna on the 20th inst., and
it was then - reeom ended that a Convention
shOuld be held at H • burg on the 22d of Febru
ary nett, for the puspose of collecting the stnitis
. tics of the Iron trado of the State; and to lay the
, same before Cons---and for the purpose of
:: acting in concert aith similar interests through
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out the Union, for the protection of our coin
,.. merce and manuflic urea, which can only be sus
. tained by means ofla Pr.,tective Tariff and dis
:l . criminating duties. Iron • is one of.the great sta
. pies Of Pennsylvania, an article indispensably ne
cessary for _our na4onal defence, and of which
are composed the idaplements of every trade and
. . occupation of civihrid life. 'The applica , ion of this
article to the wants and convenience of mankind
renders it of ! thd list necessity to every country
. that would attain atty degree of en:aflame in the
' arts and sciences, atnong the nations-of tho'earth.
Intimately connectid with this branch of our in
dustry, is the Coal trade of Pen.tsy tram la. - The
- recent discovery °film applicability of Anthracite
Coal to the • manuilictuye of Iron, exhibits to us
in a forcible light,,lthe importance of protectin 4.
Allis trade from theieffects of foreign competition,
as this fuel is desfit.ted t t be extensively used,for
the smelting of ho
EE , and will shortly supercede all
other kinds of fuel Inow used in the refining and
manufacture of that staple into the various im
plements of gener•il use. The interests of those
• engaged lathe Coal and Iron trade, are therefore
• 'so closely identife.d that their. mutual protection
is of the most vital importance, It has been
suggested therefore that the Coal operators of
Pennsylvania unite with the Iron men in the
Convention, to be held at Harrisburg, for the pur
poSe of pressing tlieir immediate interests on the
t...
attention of Cong'ess. The e ff ect of the Com
promise Act. will be to reduce the duty on Coal
on the 30th of .1 ne next, which is now about
$1 26 cents per n, to about 40 cents per ton.
At the present rat s of duty, we can barelredin
pete with the Foreign article in the New York and
Boston markets. This is evident from the fact
that in the year 1941, one-third of the Coal im
ported into Boston was from foreign countries.—
The great reduction in duties of 66 cents per ton
(which is equal td the whole cost of mining aton
of coal in this regi n,) will give t ni l)
hy exclusive con
trol of the Baste Coal markets to Great Britain.
Are our Colliers prepared to meet these great
, changes which will, inevitably result from this
great reduction o' duty I Will they await su
pinely the effects of the Compromise Art, and
behold the immense capital non invested in this
region, lost to the I present owners beyonl a hope
, of redemption—o r flourishing towns and vii
- Ines, embosomeil l among our mountains, sink in
. _to decay and ruin i —and the whole population re
. 1- ducted to a state df comparative poverty, from the
great reduction Old must inevitably take place in
their wages, to meet this state of things? We
trust not Land it' is therefore to he hoped that
t •,•••-- l
cral turn out of the region on
next; to appoint Deleptes to
t tate Convention, and express
regard to the effects the ream.-
have upon thelong-cherished
r zts of th4conimunity.
thereiwill be ate
Monday evening
the Harrisburg • F
their opinion wit.
ton of duty will
and dearest interl
'A - -
- DREADFUL MI IiDED AT DEADIND.—We learn
that a shockingTurder was committed at Read.
ing, on . Sunday I at. We have gleaned the fol
, rowing particulany on Saturday a man and wo.
man arrived at that place in, the„Pars--took lodg
ings at a tavern! in the subarhit-On Sunday
lk
Morning they wa ed.out together--shortly after
which the man r turned alone. This, together
with the °naafis actory excuse he gave for the
dimppeamnfie oflhe woman, excited suspicion--
a-arch was made k and the next day the lifeless
• -
body of the woman was f mad secreted in a field
tnear Reading, tviiih marks of violence on her per
son, and her head bruised in a most shocking
manner. The miuderer has so far escaped detec
tion, but a person seen with him has been arrest
ed and 'committee, to prison.
New LocostuTtry..—The Philadelphia and
Pottsville Bailroa,l Company have, procured an
other Locorn. tive of the larger class for Coal
transportation, frvm the establishment of Messrs.
Baldwin, Vail & I:luftY. The North American
says that it difforvc from the other engines essen
tially in its form and power. The driving
wheels arc.uuder he enF,ineer's platform, andcthe
.motiCiii is extendkid to the after wheels by a shaft
connecting one with.the other. The locomotive
` 7- possesses extraoriiinary power and is somewhat
as it is nerl•in its
.esnstruetion. .
Ty ;nag Parkons, of this district, has been
appoinled Secret
O F of State, by G..vernor Por
ter, in the placerancis R o Shunk, 'Esq., be
tween whom and the Governor there appears to
have been a misu derattnding.
E. W. Hatter, Esq., has been appointed Dep
uty Secretary oft ic.Cornmonwealth, in place of
Mr. Petriken.
HENRY Gtsr—We tenet to ; learn f r o m
• Washington, tha i this distinguished Statesman
' contemplates retiring from the United States
' Senate, as soon a• he records his vote against a
repeal of that humane. and .merciful Bill, the
Bankrupt Law..
. The New Yor Aurora comes to. us with its
dimensions co rably enlarged—and improved,
we were going to say—hut that is impossible—
Nichols, - is a glorious fellow for fun.
Merrick dr, Tr+rne, of Philadelphia, have con
tracted to build the Engines for the new Govern
ment Steamer, to be conattucted lvrith Erickson's
prcipeUers. ,f • ,
•
laconazer.—The report that the Lehigh Co.?!
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Company had I.E. -d the Morris Canal for the,
•
present, year:
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.1. , Orville Tav' _
on his favorite euhjeet,
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IMCE
ecturing in Philadelphia
ducition.
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or . -Cott.--The New Turk papelif:ot
the last week litive been .alinost -exchisively
devoted to the 'reports olthe trial of this
al for the murder ofgadr;Adaros. in September last.
A great interest is feti in the result of the trial,
which has been - accompanied by an intense ex
citement among the community, only equalled by
the trial 'of RUldrison for the murder of-Ellen
Jewett. The 'evidence proves conclusively that
the murder was committed.by.Calt...and the bully
has been identified as being that of Mr. Adami—
but it is extremely doubtful whether the jury will
find him guilty - of any greater' Crime than man
slaughter. It aliftcult Ito prove, in this case,
whether the - crime was col - mined with malice . ,
a:rime-thought, or whether it was committed under
a temporary '.excitement, caused by ilie_cynduct of
Mr. AJaMs during his visit sr M. Colt's room.
The trial was probahlY concluded yesterday.
GrinAin BATIK.—Thie Institution has gone by
the board. Several orthe city Banks reftiSed to
receive her paper on Wednesday last—a run was
made upon her by the holders ofthe notes, to ex
change them for the notes of other Institutions,
which, she did for the Ws up to 3 o'clock, but
declined exchanging _ any of a,larger denomina
tion. 'The sifting process is progressing rap
idly.
Since the above was in type, we have seen a
statement of the Bank, in which its liabilities ate
given at $G133.692 28, and the assets at $1,700,-
000—and cautions the holders Of notes not to
sacrifice them. , This may air be true—hut the
community place but very little confidence in
Batik statements now-a-days.
THE PISTIL! BILL: -The Legislature
of Alabama has voted not to receive her propor
tion of the receipf i s 'for the sale of the Public
Lands. The resolution was presented to Con
gress by Mr. King, last week—m;ul and laid on
the table. Mr. Clay immediately , introduced a
resolution, instructing the Committee do Public
Lands, to inquire into the expediency report
ing a Bill, giving to the accepting State's the por
tion of land set apart for the non-accepting states.
• Let such a bill be introduced and passed. It
would operate as a check upon such petty exhi
bitions of the madness of party spirit, as exhibit
ed in the Legislature of Alabama.
NEW MIP OP THIE trVITED
Tanner, of Philadelphia, is engaged. in publish
ing a new edition - of his large four sheet Map of
tho United States. Great improvements have been
itkrodueed in the Map—and in addition to its
c ntaming every county enumerated in the cen
sus of 1840. it will contain supplementary Maps
on large scales, representing the most interesting
sections of the country, as well as the adjoining,
Republic of Texas, &c. A rare chance to procure
a correct Map of the United States at a low . rate.
See Piospectus in another column.
We frequently hear complaints from our me
:hanks, bechuse so many articles, that can be
manufactured at home, are procured fromabroad.
One of the principal causes for this state of things
is, that so few of our mechanics edvertize their
bUsiness. l person who wishes to succeed
in 'buainess, where there is competition, ought to
keep - Ids business always before the public, and
the public will take care of him, if he deserves
support.
Resolutions for a Tariff of Protection are before
the Pennsylvania Legislature. During a discus
sion on these resolutions in the House, on Satur
day fast, an effort was made by one or two of the
Philadelphia County members to make it a party
question—hut they were promptly told by Mr.
Karns, of Allegheny, and Mr. Deford, of Fayette,
members also of the dominant piny, that in the sec
iiiln9 of the State they represented, all parties were
unanimously in favor of protecting American la-
ADMISSION or TIAJIS INTO Tits UNION.- -
Mr. King, of Alabama, has presented to the E.
S.' Senate the joint resolutions which passed the
Legislature of Alabama, in favor of admi ting,
Texas into the Union. . Texas is_destined to be
i'mno a great Cotton growing country, and the
South is fearful that commercial relations may
he entered into between Great Britain and Tex
as, that may materially - interfere with their I.7ot
ton trade. Hence this movement in favor - of the
admission of Texas into the Union.
GIIDF.T ' A I: lII'S Boon, for robruary is alrea
dy on our table. It is embelished with two fine
engravings, Plate of Fashions, Music, &c. and or
iginal articles.from the pens of Mrs. Sigourney,
Miss Sedgwick, N. P. Willis, &c. &c, ills de
livered free of postage in ibis borough to those
Who subscribe at this office. Shall we send the
publisher a half dozen subscribers to day I What
say you, Ladies!
BACK •GAlN.—Judge Blythe has been re-ap.
plated President J udge of this district. The ap
pJintment gives general satisfaction in tilis quar
ter. Mr. Parsons was a very good .Judge,—
and what is of more importance, we believe he
was an honest one—but he exhibited almost too
much temper on the bench to make a very popu
lar Judge.
Lord Morpetli is at Washington, and was pre
sent in the capitol during the whole of the dis
graceful debate, which took place in the House
of Representatives between John Quincy Adams
and Henry A. Wise, on the subject of abolition
petitions, last week.
THEIRVIIT NOT6Be at.—This Bill for the is
of Treasury Notes for the immediate relief of
the National Treasury, has finally passed the
Senate, and sent to the House for concurrence in
amendments. Its passage was contested inch
by inch in the Senate, by John C. Calhoun.
• The Bostonians appear in exstacies with the
"doings" of the Great Western Railroad. They
have a "notion" to tapp the trade of New
York and Pennsylvania, and supply the whole
West with goods.
Four.—To compel the Banks to resume spe
cie payments without a Tariff of Protection.—
They can't. do it—and this every sensible man
in the different legislatures ought to know.
Slin Provost, Esq. has been appointed Post
Master at Minersyitle, to supply the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Capt. Kutzner. The
selectionis a - very goon one.
Rinirr.--Sheriff Morris,. very properly dis
charged one of his Deputies for disturbing the
Tyler Meeting, held in Philadelphia on Moliday
evening last. ,;
ToWANDI DANK.—The Towanda `Democrat
seems to think - that this Institution is not much
better than, a swindling shop. A good many
others were of the same opinion - long ago.
.
PHILLDELKIIS AND POTTSVILLE RAILROLD.-..
The receipts on this road for Passage travel, the
Ant year, Iva' amount to about three hundred
thousand dollais, independent of any other trade.
PenDossi),—J. B. Andrews,.recently convict
ed of a libel in, Philadelphia, by,-Governor Por,
ter. -
Beaver MeadoW Coal Stock ie selling at $4 in
Philadelphia. It is not worth a.dollar per share.
The debts will! sweep the whole Concern.
• Coal Tan Meeting.
The Meeting on Thure d ey evening last was well
attended, anikthe resolutions adopted, which will
be found below, express the unanimous opinion
of the people of this Coal District, which we com.
mend *to the serious consideration of the Legisla
ture. •We never believed for one moment that
such an iniquitous measure would be enacted in
to a law by oor Legisliture, and we ore pleased
to team from undoubted sources at Marrisbarg,
that the bill has but few friends in either branch
of that bOdy. This information, however; should
not prevent the people from expressing theii un
qualified c ondemnation of the proposition in such
manner as to prevent , its ever again being agita
ted in our Legislative Malls :
Pursuant to a call in the Miners' Journal of
the 22, inst, a lane meeting of the citizens of the
Goal Region assembled at the Pennsylvania Hall,
on Thursday —evening last. JAMES SILLY-
N, Jr, was called to the chair, and SAAVEL
J. Ports, appointed Secretary.
On motion. it was
Resolved, That a Committee of 5-be appoin
ted to report a preamble and resolutions for the
consideration of the meeting. 'I he Chair oppoin-
IA A. St. Clsir Nich ds, Joseph White. H. W.
Cuniniiiig, Cap'. T. J. Bsird, and Nathan vans,
said Committee, who after retiring fur a short
time rep.irted the filllwing, which was unani
mously adopted by the meeting:
WUF.TtE.,B, It seems by the newspaper reports
of the day, - "and letters received from Harrisburg,
that the Chairman of the Committee on - Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives, had
announced it, as agreed by_ that committee, o to
report a bill taxing all coal mined and sold in this
State, at the rate of twent3-five cents on each ton,
of whatever des,ription, wheilier bituminous or
anthracite - -and as, in the opinion of your coin-
mittee, it would seem to bear almost exclusively,
or at least in a very great degree, upon the an
thracite of the State; and thus fall moat usequil
ly, and out of all just and fair proportion, on the
great staple of this county; with destructive and
ruinous effect on the labor, industry and enter
prise of our citizens, of every class, condition and
interest, engaged directly or indirectly. in the Coal
i'rade thereof; arid More especially on the labor
ers and ounces of this region—in ate i znuch as,• to
compete with our competitors for the market,
whether foreign, or of our own sister States of this
Union, the rale of wages must fall, as with the
hard ground and oppressed o operativer " of Great
Britain, in her struggles to obtain or keep immures
sion of a market, fur her labour, skill, and indus
try. This we hold as an undeniable axiom ; for
it is manifestly the true policy, as well sa the in
terest of the producer, to afford his commodity to
the consumer, at the lowest possible price, to se
cure and keep his custom, banish competitors, and
extend the consumption as much as possible—end
what must be the consequence to our mining op
orations, should the proposed onerous tax be
imposed by the Legwlsture I Will our customers
of` New York, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts
willingly submit to the twenty-five cents being ad
ded to the presnt prices which they pay us for
hilt. coal 1 Mot doubtful, indeed ! Will it no
rather remind the Bostonians of the fated tea,
which floated strewed over the surface of Boston
harbour, instead of being drawn " its the teapots
of those patriotic Yankees, who preferred their
own cold water and England's hot shOt, to her hot
tea, taxed inequitable and unjustly I Will not
the descendants of those tea wasting enemies of
oppression and imposition, say to their neighbors
of Nova Scotia, send us your Pictou Coal, and
we will petition Congress to take off the foreign
duty, since Pennsylvania, in her wise and liberal
policy, has thought proper to lay a domestic duty
on her coal t And will not the tables of Con
gress be covered with similar petitions from New
York and Providence!
It were superfluous to refer to tables, or to en
ter into lengthened . arguments to prove self evi
dent yr tpositions. That it is the duty, no less
than the true interest of all Governments, to fat..
ter, encourage and sustain the labor of the nation,
which is its real wealth—since that only gives val
ue to capital of whatever nature. And what are
all the inexhaustible minerals of Pennsylvania
without the miner's, the plaster's, and the forger's
labor? and how can that labor he effectively ap
plied without fuel? aced what fuel has ever yet
been discovered which can be compared with our
anthracite? And must our mines have their
mouths closed with our 'Pax-gatherer's'padlock.
like that of the Custom House tide-waiter, until the
bond is signed and endorsed to secure the foreign
duty a We trust better things from the deliber
ate wisdom of our Legislature: sud, therefore,
close with the following resolutions :
Resolved, That we deem the proposed tax of
Twenty-five cents per ton on Pennsylvania Coal,
as unwise and extremely impolitic, and detrimen
tal to the true interests and welfare of the whole
State ; whilst it would blast all the prospects of
her Anthracite regions, and stop most of their op
erators.
lifsnlyed, That as citizens of our well beloved
Ptinnisylvania, S.htiylkill county will yitild to none
in her 4iffection to the Commonwealth, and her
readiness to bear her just and fair proportion of
the common d:5/, which now oppresses the State,
althauph mainly incurred for internal improve
ments, none of which have been made within our
county borders.
Resolved, That we believe the proposed.tat has
not yet met the deliberate consideration of our
.fellow citizens in the State Legislature—and can
not doubt their patriotism and. honest design to
act right . end justly, inasmuch as the glory of our
free institutions is, that our Legislature make laws
for themselves to obey.
lte , oked, That in the opinion of this meeting
the Coal lands of Schuylkill county in genera!, are
already assessed as high, if not higher, than any
lands in the ComMonwealth ; although said lands
without the Coal would perhaps not be worth one
dollar per acre; and also that tNenty-five cents per
ton is absolutely more than the Coal is worth in
the ground, and more than the general average of
rents, deducting timber, waste, &e., besides which,
the humblest individual now engaged in mining
Coal, already pays his just proportion with the
Farmers and others in the Commonwealth.
Resolved, That we call opoo our immediate
representatives at Harrisburg, Senate and House,
to lay copies of these resolutions'and preamble be
fore their respective bodies, and to use all worthy
means and exertions to prevent the infliction of
the said proposed tax—and that the Chairman of
this meeting cause copies to be transmitted to
Harrisburg, to our representatives there, for that
purpose.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published and copies be sent to the different
Coal Regions, and' persons engaged in mining
coal within the State.
During the interval the Committee were out,
the meeting was ably addressed by J. H. Camp
bell and-F. W. Hughes, Emir's.
The Locofocos of North Carolina recently held
a State Convention for the putpose of nominat
ing State Officers. So brutal and indecent *ere
the remarks about the lamented Harrison, Mayo;
died in the address, that Mr. Haywood, One of
the most prominent members- of the party, with
drew from the" Convention in disgust. •
Tho Tenth Annual Report made by the Board
of Trade - to tho Coal Mining Association of
Bcb.Uylkill County will be found on our first
pagi., It is worthy of an attentive peausal.
THE MINERS'
Was? litaiica Exuma n.-:-The folloiring
exhibition of the affairs of this Company was
presented to the Legislature lilt week. The
length Of 'this road includiUg branches is about
20 miles :
''"
Capital and Loins, i . •
Income of the Company for the
. yearll3•ll, was derived iroin tolls
on 238,160 tons 17. cat. Goal, ail
ter deducting 7 per nem.
Intetest paid, ' 82,486 68 -
Salaries and'office expert-
1,670 00
Corrept expenscs on r0ad,5,929 69
Nett profits, * $137/36 82
DIVIDEND%
Aue.s, 13411.6 per cent.
on capital, $16,656
Jan. 5, 1842,9 per cent.
on capital, 24,984
-- 811.640 00
Leaving a balance of $1,396 82
The tax on the dividends paid into the Trea•
sury, after dividing 15 per, cent. on the capital
stock. was,
January 6, 1841, tr 67 58
May 5,1841, 832 28
January 5,1842, 1211 20
Deduct commission fur - receiving
and paying, 79 49
Leaves $2831 47
Amount of tares paid into the State Treasury
from January 6,1841, to January 5,184/
Notwithstanding the large dividends declared,
this Company have, within the last four years,
re-laid at least two-thirds or their road with hea
vy, iron rails, principally out of the profits of the
Company. .
If capitalists in our cities would cease stock
jobbing, and turn their attention to -the act' de
posites of the coal region's, we can point out other
investments in Railroads in this region, which
would, in two years after completion, prove equal
ly as profitable us the West Branch Railroad.
07' A tax on Coal is talked of by our Legisli..
lure; we do not know that it is contemplated as a
permanent measure, bat to assist in extricating
the state from temporary embarrassments. Ile.
der these circumstances, if we know the coal
regions of Schuylkill and Lehigh, patriotism
will disarm objections."
We clip the above from the last Harrisburg Tele
graph. We am surprised at the remarks from that
quarter—and we can assure the editors that they are
totally unacquainted with the feelings and interests
of this coal region, at least, if they suppose for
one moment that we would submit to so unjust
and iniquitous a tax, as the one proposed. The
average rental of coal in the ground is about 2
cents per ton, and the legislature proposes to levy
a tax equal to.the full value of all the coal lands
iq Schuylkill county, which are already heavily
taxed for State and county purposes,—and thr
e are told that our o patrioriata will dissrm i
to ob
jections." This would indeed oe taxing o;,'pat
rioris a little to much—and we caution t leg
islature in time not to put it to the teat. uy (-
kill county scorns and rejects the doctrine of Re
pudiation—she will nt ver shrink from bearin \ g her
just proportions of all taxes rendered necessary to
support the credit of the State—but at the same
time she will never submit to injustice and une
qual taxation.
MELTING OF 11105 MEN.—The citizens of
Chester County, engaged in the Iron Manufac
ture, recently held a meeting, at which the fol
lowing declaration was passed as the unanimous
opinion of all present:
"We declare, emphatically, that the duty, ac
cording to the act of 1833, wire. iiozprotect the
Iron Manufacturers after the 30th of J tine next,
when - all duties will be reduced to the minimum
they must then cease to exist ; or at best, drag
out a kind ofinanimate existance, worse, perhaps
than death itself. This minimum duty WILL
Nov permit them to attempt competition with the
immense capital, low wages, and serf tabor of
England, Russia and Sweedcn. The manufac
ture of boiler iron is extensively carried on in
this country, and so far as this prospective Tariff
will affect that important branch of the trade,
it will he most seriously injured—nay, •*e have
good ground for supposing that the spectacle
may be exhibited of the American Government
sending its GOLD to England, in Exchange for
the boiler Iron, out of which it is toVonstruct the
war steamers and iron ships recommended to be
built by the Secretary of the Navy.
USE ' S DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.
—An opportunity is now offered to place this
useful work within the reach of all those who
ought to be acquainted with the Arts and Sciences
of the .civilized nations, together with a large
mass of other interesting information worthy the
attention of manufacturers, mechanics, and the
man of leisure. It is . proposed to issue it in a
series of 21 numbers, at 25 cents per number.—
The English edition of this work is selling for
$l2 per copy. Subscriptions procured at this
office. See prospectus in another column.
.Consustrrioiv ov Coir. IN lnces Wonxs.—
We learn that one single Iron establishment be
tween this place and Philadelphia, will (should
this branch of business be sufficiently protected
from foreign competition) require about fifteen
thousand tons of Anthracite Coal the ensuing
year, for refining and mauufacturing Iron.
if the property holders in Pottsville,• purchase
their Furniture, Clotting, Groceries, &c. in Phil
adelphia, and drive out our mechanics and tra
ders, even admitting that they can procure those
articles a, little cheaper, would they not lose four
times as much as they saved on these articles, by
the depreciation of the value of their property ?
Let every property holder in Pottsville, either
in or out of business, remember that it is his in
tercet to encourage home productions. Our tra
ders contribute to all the- public institutions- of
the place, andjhave claims upon the support of
the community, that persons at a distance can
not have.
A FACT WORTHY or REC0111).-A gentleman
assured us that a swarm of Mosquitoes was buz
zing about his front' door, in this borough, on the
19th of January. Being rather an extraordinary
season of the year for the appearance of this in
sect, he caught several to satisfy himself that he
was not mistaken.
Tag ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING.-A mer
chant assured us the other day that since he had
commenced advertising in the Miners' Journal,
he had done nearly- double the business he for
merly did.
The friends of President Tyler, held a numer
ous meeting in Philadelphia on Mcinday last, at
which resolutions, approving of his administra
tion were passed, but not without considerable
noise and confusion at the close of the meeting,
which, however, is nothing new in Philadelphia.
A resolution has passed the Senate of Ohio,
requiring the Banks of that State to resume spe
cie payments on the 4th of March next. The
Banks of Maryland prefer waiting until the Ist
of August before they resume.
It is the mechanical and Manufacturing interests
that - build up every inland town. It therefore
becomes the duty uf our citizens to foster, protect,
end support these interests at home, if dial wish
the place to flourish and increase in population.
The machinery of the Steamer Mississippi, has
oeeii tried, and works well. •
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' Coseass - se—Petitions continue to pour iota
Congress both for and aainst the repeat of the
Bankrupt Lsw. The vote in the Senate will be
very close—but if a:majority should be found in
favor of its repeal in that laxly, it is positive- .
fy asserted that the President would veto the
Bill.
$317,600 00
Great excitement prevails 'at Washington,
caused by John Quincy Adams presenting a peti
tion for the dissolution of the Galan, on Monday
last. • A resolution was immediatelj offered by
Mr. Gilmer, to the effect, that Mr. Adanis •had
justly deserved the ceu■ure of the House." The
House adjourned before any action was taken on
the resolution.—lt was, however, called up again
on Tuesday; and a motion was made to lay on
the table, which failed. Mr. Marshall, of Ken
tucky, then ,offered the following resolutions as a
substitute
$53.990 67
$10,953 85
Resolved; therefore, That the Hon. John Quin
cy Adana, member from Massachusetts, in pre
senting fur the consideration of the House of
Representatives of the United States a petition
praying fur the &solution of the Union, has offer
ed the deepest indignity to the house of which
he is a member, en insult to the People of the
United States of which that House is the
legislative organ, and will, if this outrage be
permitted to pass unrebuked and unpunished,
have disgraced his country, through their repro
sentatives„ in the eyes of the whole world.
Resolved f.rther, That the afores rid John
Quincy Adams, for this insult, the first of the
kind ever offered to the Government and for the
wound which he has permitted to be aimed,
through his instrumentality, at the Constitution
and existence of his country, the peace, the secu
rity, and liberty of the People of these States,
might well be held to merit expulsion from the
National Councils, and the House deem it an act
of grace and mercy when they only inflict upon
him their severest censure, fur conduct so unwor
thy of his past relations to tire State and his
present position. This they hereby do for the
maintenance of their own purity and dignity:
for the rest, they turn him over to his own con
science and the indigm_tion of all true American
citizens.
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Mr. Adams replied to the resolutions end hop
ed that if they were entertained by the House,
they would bear his defence. Mr. Wise then took
the floor, and the House at:journed before any ac
tion was bad upon the resolutions.
CONSUMPTION OF CO•L •ND WOOD IN CIN
cINN•TI.—The following is the quantity of Coa
and. Wood received and measured at Cincinnati
1836
1837
1838
1833
1840
141 1,104,265 35,769
It will be observed that the consumption of
Ciaal in 1836 amounted to only 15,875 tons of
28 bushels, and in 1841 the quantity was more
than doubled, there being 39,402 tons consumed.
o nsumption of wood has increased very
little. The coal consumed at Cincinnati is prin
cipally bituminous.
THE F•HMEua IN Mu-no:44—A large meeting
of Agriculturists recently assembled at (Millen
the, Ohio, and passed sundry spirited resolutions
in favor of a Tariff of Protection, from which we
select the following :
" Wa are also fully of opinion, that a large
amount of labor withdrawn from agricultural
pursuits, and directed to manufacturing purposes,
increases the demand, while it increases the price
for agricultural productions, and opens a new
market for the surplus produce of the country,
diversifies the productions of the country, enables
those engaged in different pursuits to supply
their wants by Mutual exhange, to the ode .n.
tage of all, creating an internal commerce, free
from vacillation, the devastation and interuptions
of a state of war, Scope would thus be given
to genius, enterprise and industry, reward to
labur, and independence ant. prosperity to the
country."
TIIE YOUNG PEOPLE'S Boox.—The object of
this work, says the Charleston _Courier, in a
highly complimentary notice, is " to interest and
instruct young people in every branch of knowl
edge, as well as for the cultivation of the intel.
lect as the conduct of life, by presenting it to
them in a familiar and popular shape, and espe
cially to inspire them with a national spirit, by
inculcating tho duties which every American
scholar owes to his country, and by exhibiting
the capabilitiei of early history, our traditions,
our customs and scenery for supplying the mate
rials of a copious and brilliant literature."
This work is published monthly in Philadel
phia, by Morton McMichael, Esq., at two dollars
per annum; payable in advance. Subscriptions
received at this office, where the book can be ob
tained free of postage.
EVERY WORD TRUE. -A letter writer from
Washington addresses the following language to
Congress
Let me tell these gentlemen, in all serious
ness, that the people are beginning to tire of this
trifling. They are heartily sick of party strife
and party denunciations. Affliction has chasten
ed them ; real and deep-felt suffering has correct
ed the false taste which has so long endured this
vituperative slang. Party leaders arc beginning
to lose their consequence in the ptiblic eye. Men
feel the necessity of deliberate councils r sober
wisdom, and honest devotion - to duty in those
who are entrusted with authority."
SOUND THE A LAll3l.—The present duty on
foreign Coal is about $ 1 26 per ton. On the
30th of Juno next, it will be reduced to about
40 cents per ton, making a reduction of EIG HT Y
SIX CENTS, about the present average price of
mining a ton of Coal in this region. To com
pote successfully with the foreign article, a reduc
tion of neatly one dollar per too must take place
in our staple+which on 600,000 tons of Coal,
would amount to about six hundred thousand
dollars per annum, nearly all of which will be
drawn from the wages of labor, and lost to the
region. Miners and laborers, are you prepared
for this disastrous state of affairs?
Tus Poon.—Dow, Jr., in one of his sermons,
in a late number of the Sunday Mercury, exhorts
his readers as follows :
" While the midnight murmuring of the bitter
blasts are heard around your comfortable dwellings
—while the demons of the storm howl a funeral
dirge as the snowy winding sheet is wrapped
about creation's head—while it is cold enough to
give a jug of cider brandy the shivers--and while
you are as happy, cheer ful and contented within
as five mice ip a pantry,-0. think upon the poor,
houseless-wanderer of earth,whom misfortune has
filched of a home, and who, perchance, has not
'wherewith to shelter himself hom thefro,ty ar.
rows of death, that pierce, when they strike, to
the very core of the heart ."
The administration MUST he supported by
the people. There must be an administration
party of sufficient power to carry out the measures
of the head of administration, else the country
must sufter."
The above extraordinary paragraph is from the
Madisonian, the official organ of the Government.
The writer ought,to know that an Administra
tion that merits, will always receive the support
of the people.
An egehange paper. remarks that you can al
ways buy cheaper of a person who advertises his
business than from- one who does not—because it
is evident that the advertiser is disposed to do a
business, and will sell on more accommodating
terms. We think there is some truth in the re
mark.
An effort is making to give NI lift" to Dela
ware and Hudson Stock again—it is all for spec
ulation.
Wood, cord
30,788
30,022
29,702
32,881
24,866
Coal, bushels
414,498
766,826
663,044
803,000
965,838
MM=RMS===
It aorta_ of
. 3temo
(Original' and Setected.)
klebt of -- Baltimore city is over $
Tho
000.
Its Pmer the theses workshop, in Holland, was
found this inscription—u Nothing too little for the
attentiot of a great matt."
The i :ew Yerk Tribune says the trial of Cis
attendetk with more intense excitement. O
than has
been alakened by any other since the case' of
Robins ti- . 4IP.
The pew bridge at Fairmount , is now en ob
ject of tnadrcuriosity.
The illlicbi g an House of Representatives, by e
large nisjarity, have decided in favor cif. suspend.
ing- all Works of internal improveinent.
At Cincinnatti last week, Isabella Oppenheimer
a child of about seven years, recovered $ 500 dam
ages against the owner of a dog which had bitten
her in the face—there being proof that the dog
was vicious and disposed to bite. and that the de
fendant had knowledge of the fact..
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas estimates
the value of American manufactures in 1841, at
$ 200,000,000, and the home consumption there-
of, at $ 185,01)0,009. ts.-)
A young man named John Robert Merevreath
er, recently perished in Table Bay, during his
fourth 'WI) to a. wrecked ship, and after ho saved
the lives of 30 persons.
A Homo League" for. the city of Wheeling
was formed there on the 27th ult.
Without reporters •nd newspapers, nine-tenths
of our groat men would be very little ones in gm
public eye, if it could see them all.
Providence always takes care of those who ac
honestly by the printer.
The N. Y. Sun says, Our Texas correspon
dent informs us that a committee of the TOxas
House of Repre:entativea has reported in favor of
impeaching ex-Preardciat Lamar for fitting out the
Santa Fe expedition.'
What if you have failed in business—you still
have life and health. Dan% sit down and cry a
bout your mishaps, for that will never get you out
of debt, nor buy your children frocks . Go to work
at @drawling, eat sparingly, dress moderately,
drink nothing exciting, and above all, keep a mer
ry heart, and you'll be up in the world again.
The postage of the members of the legislature
for one session, has exceeded twenty thousand
dollars! So says the State Treasurer.
As it is in himself alone that man can find true
and endearing happiness, so in himself alone can
-he find true and efficient consolation in mistur
The Pittsburg Chronicle says, Shin-plasters
are so called from their sticking qualities—when
a person -gets hold of one there's no getting if
off !'
The following beautiful toast was sent by
George Bancroft to the Pilgrim Celebration at
Plymouth :
" WOllllll : Heaven's best gift: her highest
heroism was displayed, as she stcpt on board the
Mayflower: her highest triumph was achieved,
when she conquered not man only, but winter
and the wilderness."
On the 9th of October last the Representatives
appointed by General Santa Anna, two from each
Department of the Republic, met and chose him
President of the Mexican -Republic. The next
day he took the oath of office in the Hall of the
Chamber of D Tunes, and the same evening ap
pointed his Cabinet ministers.
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail,
and it is only when it hag slipped through the
hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by
mere chance, holds on to it.
A woman has been arrested in New Orleans,
bearing the name of Ellen Perkins, and charged
with forging several drafts on different houses in
the city
Dr. Franklin observed, the eyes of other peo
ple ate the eyes that ruin es. If all but myself
were blind, I would neither want fine houses nor
fine furniture."
Real men and women never sneer at mechanics
and operatives. But self-styled gentlemen and
ladies not unfrequently do. We have heard of
a lady who once left the ball room when a me
chanic entered.—She married a basket-maker and
died a wash-woman.
A Washington letter writer says that the Hon.
Elisba Whittlesey, appointed by General H arrison
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Olfice pa
pa rt man t, contemplates resigning his position, in.
order to accept a call that is made on him by his
friends in Ohio, to stand as a candidate for Gover
nor in that State at the next election.
Now Othello's occupation's gone" es the
wood-sawyer said when he heard the Reading
Railroad was bringing coal to market.
An exchange paper under the head of o Good
Advice," adVises the young men to o wrap them
selves in their own virtue. " Many of them would
consider that as rather small allowance of clothing
thief cold weather.
Purity of heart, is of all virtues the most eleva
ted. A Greek maid being asked what fortune she
would bring her husband, answered—. 1 n ill bring
him what is more valuable than any treasure—a
heart unspotted and virtue without a stain, which
is all that descended to me from my parents. "
Modesty covers a multitude of faults in youth.
Er. paper.
We advise young men to study m )(testy at once,
then. They have need of it, most of them.
Lumsden, of the Picayune, has started for Mex
ico in hopes of obtaining the release of his old
partner, Kendall.
During the year 1911, there arrived at thl) Port
of New York, 4041 cabin, and 53,293 ateerage
passenprs. Passengers from domestic ports by
sea, 8. 920.
Gen. Leslie Coombs, who is at New Orkans.
has written to Washington for permission to pro
ceed to Mexico and negotiate for the liberation of
our citizens captured with the Santa Fe Ezpedi-
Lion, among whom was bis son.
In England len crimes and in this country nine
are punishable with death. Formerly thenum
ber was 152 in England,
Why would ladies mike the best editors?"
" Because they could furnish such pretty eye
terns, to be sure."
Lieut. Ellison, who was dismissed from the
Navy for improper conduct, has had his sentence
remitted by the President.
Private advices front New Orleans bring gloomy
accounts of things there. Several important fail
ures had occurred and the situation of the mer
chants and the banks are represented as being
alike critical.
SUND&T LAV7.-If a man hires out his horse
on Sunday, and the hirer kills Min by hard driv
ing, the owner can't recover in law. That , has
been decided.
The production of Whiskey in New York and
the neighborhood, is now ten thousand gallons a
day less than it was four months ago.
There is a law among ther Arabs that permits a
man to divorce any of the_ Tout wives allowed
him who does not make good bread.
A new Catholic Church was dedicated a day or
two_ago at Petersburg, V
Loan Asunnixon.—This nobleman, who has
been appointed a Speolal Minister to the United
States, married a Miss Bingham, who is an A
merican lady by birth. If we are rightly infonn•
cd, he owns property of some extent in the im
mediate vicinity of Philadelphia:
Within th'e last three months, more than IR,:
000 persons have attached themselves to the
Temperance cause in Ohio. •
The Rev. Mr. Miller, who predicts triat the end
of the world is at hand, is, it is said, gaining nu.
merous converts to his doctrin&
Common people find it' easier to believe, than
to judge and content themselves with what
usual never examining whether it be good or no.
Take whitewash and 'ilium, in the proportion
of one pound of the latter to one gallon of the
former, and give your robfs or other wood expos.
ed to taking fire, one or two coats, and but eoali
will have no more effect than ice on it
SPIIIITZTI.—Two women in Salem, seeing a
sailor lying drunk, in the street, raised him up
and led him half a mile to a Temperance Meet
ing, where he signed the pledge.
TAlrso Coax.—We give the opinions of the
Press in other States respecting the contro l .
Plated tax on coal, which ae "commend to the
consideration of our Legislature;
The Committee of Ways and Means of the
Assembly of Pennsylvania, has reported a bill
laying a duty of 2. cents on every ton of eol
mined in the state! Thus appears to us %eroded
policy, and calculated to injure not only the Coal
but:the iron interest of the state. We do not be.
licve it can pass.—N. Y. Tribune,
The Committee or W aye and Means of the
!louse of Representative of Pennsylvania, have
agreed to report a bill taxing coal twenty five
,per cent. per ton. Wo wonder if they Intend to
propose a drawback on coal exported to another
State.—N. Y. Courier.
TAX ON Coet..—Welearn ficim the Harrisburg
papers that the Committee a Ways and Means
of the Pennsylvania Legislature design to report
a bill to tax Coal twenty five cents per ton. We
question much the wisdom of such a measure.
The mineral treasures. of Pennsylvania should
receive the fostering aid of the State for their
developement rather than be burthened by a spe.
cial tax. Every tou of coal sent to market from
the Susquehrina Valley legion, for Instance,
pays a toll to the State for its passage on her
Canal.; and the true pollicy of Cu) State lies in
increasing its revenues fromiat source,— lialit.
more American.
We believe that no other State in the Union
but Pennsylvania, would have conceived the ides
of taxing her own productions. When shall no
be blessed with enlightened legislation
Tux Dirrertexce.—The contrast between the
condition or the female population of Gyve
Britain and the same class in this country is very
forcibly act off in the following extract from a
speech at a public meeting in Liverpool. deliver.
ed by an Englishman just loomed from the
United States.
At Boston. he went nut bye railway to a city
contai ruing 2.5,000 iuhabitards, cthich v.as not in
exiirenee fifteen years ago. Now it harta capital
invested in mills of more than 2,000,000 pounds
sterling. Ile saw the operatives turn out, and he
could not distinguish the factory girls from shit
are here called young ladies. They carried
parasols ! Ho inquired their wages. Ile wet
told that they were two and a hall dollars per
week after paying all expenses of board. Ile
returned from that city to Boston and in twelve
days after that was in Livgrpool. ..The fir.t
sight he saw here was a woman picktpg,up ding
in the street.. •
What American con read the above withoit
feeling a degree of pride and satisfietion
,al the
vast difference in the condition of the working
people of this country,compared with those of Eu.
rope. Yet we are grieved to state that there are
thousands in this country, who are advocating
measures which would reduce the operatives ea!
laborers in this country to the same degraded stale,
by opposing a Tariff of Protection, which Ai
the only means of insuring labor its jusi reward
in this country, and prevent its coming into
competition with' the pauper labor of Europe.
ANOTHER Y•NR.ES NOTION. " — We clip the
following from the Philadelphia North Ammon.
STOCKING 5/ 11.1..—We examined yesterday
new ntachino of this kind, at the shop of Mr.
Evans in Quarry street, above Second, where it
is free to the inspection of those who take an in•
tercst in such matters: One woman can with
ease attend three of these machines, and thus
knit ninrty pairs of stockings a day
Mr. Walker, inventor, who is here with it,
was awarded n gold medal by the Massachu•
sett's Mechanic Association, as a testimony of
the value of intention. The mechanism embod•
ies very few combinations and yet is extremely
ingenious. Its ;omit lien in its simplicity, no
less than ihe wonders which it performs. It 1.1
well worthy of attention.
R fec al The following paragraph from
the Bartle Advertiser, is to the point:
oi The poorest, miserable of the• South Amen
can States never sunk so low, or showed itself p ,
utterly lost to all sense of honor and self•regpeco
as to repudiate its debts. Their revolutions hew
been as lrequent as their earthquakes—one usurp
er has succeeded another, universal anarchy he
repeatedly threatened to destroy all forms of g oi•
ernnient, yet the obligation to pay their debts, he
never for a moment been disputed. It was re
served for one of the free, enlightened, Alvaro)
States of this Union to set the first example oo
this continent of bad faith."
MEXICO ♦ND TIIE TEXIAN ParsoNEns.7Wr
are ioformed'by'a friend who has letters rron tN
city o(Mo:ice to the lfith of December, that's
that time Gen. Santa Anna, the Provisional Pro
picot of the Republic, was dangerously ill of dp.
outcry. The l'exian prisoners of war were ei
their march to the capital. Three of them tic
on the road, just beyond * Chihuahus,med caul
proiced no further, when the Captairroi - thoguiri
who escorted them, as soon as the 'hict au P.
ported to him, had them shot: This cold bleodel
act of barbarism, it is represented, had excited the
indignltion of all classes'of the community errs
in Mexico.
cry The New 11 irk 'Tribune, appealing to all
classes of citiZons to come forward and sign mez•
oriels to Congress } against the proposed repeal of
the Bankrupt Law, requests of them to •bear Ia
mind that a 13 NKRUPI. L•w •nottattt:a ~o
Dears, (thaugh the Contrary has . often been es
truly asserted ;) it simply declares that when the
creditors have received the last farthing of a debt
or's property, the legal remedy against him is er•
busted," 'and not till then.]
Is the. Le.gisl 'tura of Pennsylvania aware the
Coal is already taxed? If they are not, we muld
mention for their especial infArritation, thst land,
not worth one dollar..per acre for agricultural yuf'
purposes, la rated in this county as high as 10
and $l5O per acre. This valuation is bSsed on
the Coal it contains in the grzmnd, consrquerilly
it already pays its quota of tax for State purposes
Nothing of importance hour Harrisburg ol
already noticed in our columns: The Senate hir
been engaged principally in discussing the re;
nomination of Judge Rodger! to a seat on the : SP
premo Court Bench, which was finally co nfirniel
by a vote of 30 to 3.
We learn that the.Philsdclphia and Pettscall
Railroad have decided not to furnish Can Ix
carrying Coal—and ,intend selling those alresdi.,
built.
Twelve Thousand Tons of Anthracite COl
werasonsunted at Lowell lust year.