El EE I ,TOTTSVILLE. IIATITIWY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1812. Job Printing , Office. 'Phe subscriber has procured the necessary type, presses &c. end has attached a complete Job Print ing Office to his Establisement. where all kinds of Cards. Pamphlets, liandbills, Checks, Bills of Lad ing. die., will be printed at the, very lowest crates, and at the shortest notice.' Being dPtermined to accommo date the public at the very lowest rates, at home, he solicit, the patronage of the public. B. BA NNA N. • ' Monza League for pohnTpcni County. The Constitution of this Society will be found 'in another column. We call the attention of our readers particularly to this paper. It was nr dered to be published to allow the people read and examine it for some tine previ ous to the organization of the Sticiety, and the object in doing this is to convince them of the ridiculous folly persons are guilty of who stamp this Work as a political trap or ifuestion. l These I:bellers of their good intentions show a prevalence of, party virulence and envious malevol e nce which stops at; nothing for its gratification. Let the people, then, read this Consti ution—let the la borers and mechanics of Schuylkill county read it, and see whether they can discover in its language of any dark hidden meaning, which would make it a "ihig measure or a snare to catch the uncautious of other.parties. The intentions, the great object which the Society has in view>,may not be as definitely laid down in the Constitution as is DO. ce,ssary, viz: that this is a Home League - not on ly nationally but locally, and is a league for the protection of our oivn industry as well es the in dustry of the whole country. Hong isnotternit Cosvesrtox.--AState Con- Aventine of delegates from the several counties of the COmmonwealtb, in favor of a disclimulating Tariff for the protection of the coal, iron, manutsc ttirlugmeebanical and agricultural intetesta of the country, will be held at Harrisburg, on Wednes day next, the 13th Mat; ' A• no meeting has been called fur the purpose of appointing delegates from this county ; 'Ave are requested to urge open all who feel an interest in this great work, to collect the necessary statistics end attend this convention without the prelimina ry formality Of a regular appOiniinent. As this Convention will no doubt pass upon the late Per in' Dill reported in Congress, it is of the utmost importance that this county should be represebted 'in the Convention. . Nr.w ARTIAMOIBMENTI4.- After the 11th inst. thd Cars on the Railroad will leave Philadelphia at half pa,l five o'clock, A. M., arrive at Potty ville betweenyll and 12 o'clock, and - return to the city at 2;P; the same day. This arrange ment will riot-suit the convenience of our cid ', izens, as mains the present arrangement, hut hav ing been made solely with• a view to economise, as we learn, we do not know that we can consis tently find much fault with it. The morning train from this place will be dispensed with en tirely, and the same Engine which leaves Phila delphia in the morning will return, in the after noon,; _thus saving the Company the expense of an entire Train. EXTRA SE./Slox.—The Legislature of this State has authorized an extra session on the 9th of June next, directly in opposition to the known wishes of their constituents. This extra session will cost the people about $ 100,000, sufficient to pay the interest on two milbona of the Stale debt.— We hope the Harri,burg papers will publish the Dames of those millibars who voted fur the n)eas ora—sod if we are not mistaken, the people will teach them a lesson that will no. soon be forgot /- _AMERICAS L►nonsn.--We refer our .readers to the Prospectus for a monthly publication, with the above title, to be issued in New York 'for one year; From the well known talents and patriot bat •of the editors, we have no doubt it will be one of the very best and cheapest publications ever issued in this country. It ought to be wide ly circulated. We will procure' the work for .those who may . wish to take it in this neighbor hood. , IMPORTANT TO TOR COAL Ta•nc.—We have just teamed from the Eastward, that an Agent from Nova Scotia has visited a number of the Facto ries in New England, and advised them to post pope their purchases of Coal for the present, pledging himself to furnish Nova Scotia Coal at a cheaper rate than the domestic article can be furnished. Tun Tsarrs.- , -We invite particular attention to the article in this paper rum the New York Tribune, headed ...The necessity of a Protective Tariff to a sound currency. ". The paper erne nates-from the New York lime Lesgue'. and- ex titbits one of the mlvantages to le derived from the establishment of these associations throughout the 'country. elrivivrcricryr has gone in fave; of the Loco locos. They have a majority in both branches of the Legklatnre, whieh•gives tltem a United States Senator. There were four candidates for Gover nor, and lel:believed that there is 'no choice by the people. The democrats, as usual, did not turn Out, while thci Locos polled their whole strength. The .111iners' Bank pays out small Sums in spe cie for change, but will not pay out birge sums, when it is known that those who esk fur it in tend hoinlirtg it up. Being one Of the Relief Banks. she is not affected by the let? resumption Act, but we learn that arrangements are making to resuine in fall as speedily as poZsible. The Le4islature uf this State ad,Purned on the Bth init., after a session of übuut three months. Nearly every act of a pubhc nature which ought to have been passed lays ewer —and every act of • similar shatasier vshich they did puss has bad a detect tendency tu, thjure and, oppress the people. CIPIRTTAII FaacTios.—Th e New York city "ehaiter election, which takes place next week, will 'be a_ eery exciting one. There are three csndi dstegin the field for NI avor—l'hcen , x. democrat, Morrie. loccitsco,., and O'Conner,,tho is denomi nated Bishop flughea' candidate. r Tetecaixtea •su La no kr. as.— We are pleas ed to learn fruin Haimuurg, that the Bill. (..hick wo alladeil to to the early part of the ses4iuu.) se curing .tulMeehautee arid Lai...rein. their billa-out of the licit proceeds of estaterkin• care of ineol•eo cj. has passed the Senate by o vote of 22 to 4. We ire liclebted to ths N. V. Tribune for en extra containing the second' dly's proceedings of the' Nefionil Home Leanne t%on•ention; which Wes 11;:nroreil principally to the sppointment'efcorn liittee,onlhe various hrencher of Industry. o'he nomination of Ja nos Campbell, E..q., uf Philadelphia'," ae one of the Judge. of the Coalmen , Pleas. has 'been .confirmed unanimously by the- Senate. This appnigtmeatt glyee general saris [action. nir. Clare VidedlotorY• The farewell address of this grist Oarsman and excellent man will be found on •our fast page. The effect which it produced upowall who listen ed to it Was powerful: political enemies bowed to the infliwore which the magic oratory of a noble heart alwayssheJs, and rendered to the pure mind ed patriot that homage which Onitis,and moral worth invariably commands. The parting Rene between Mr. Clay and Calhoun, which the follow ing extract frorwthe correspondence of t h e United States Gazette deseribes, is touching in the ex treme - . "An anecdote is told of the .meeting of Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun after the former retired from the Senatei- which shows that- political strife, though it may for a while deaden the finer feel ings of the heart, cannot destroy them, especially in those hearts that beat with generous and man ly sensibilities.. As Mr. Clay was passing tow. ards the Loot 11 leave the Senate Chamber, Mr. Calhoun met him—Oey had not spoken to each other for Otte years; but they now simultaneous. ly extended their hands, and 'rushed to each oth. era arms: neither spoke, but both wept. At length Mr. Clay said, on parting "give' my best -regards to Mrs. Callthen." How much more noble was this reconciliation and parting, than if they had separated looking defiance et each oth. er 1 . They had almoSt spent their lives together in Congress, end at various times stood aboolder to shoulder, animated by patriotism and emulous only of serving the country. Time had passed over both, and the young became old. One was ,about to retire,and both most ere long "sleep the sleep that ath no waking." The retirement of the one would leave the other with ao com panion or rival of his younger days, mid it told him emphatically that he Lou must sough follow. —Thoughts like tlit-se soften the heart not whol ly indurated, and cause the fountain of'enemas feeling to gush forth—it came, and tw durtin- I visited rivals and antagonists under t e influ ence of these sympathies were drawn together. Would that they had never been separated. - You will be surprised when I tell you that Mr. Clay drew -teats from Col.' Benton during his fatewell address; yet I believe there"ut no doubt of it. The Washingtonians. . The members of this excellent Society seem de termined to persevere until, like Alexander, they have nothing left to conquer. • Under the broad banner of Tempertnce, they have pushed the war into the very camp of the enemy, and are now succeeding equal to their most sanguine expecta tions. Before the visit of Messrs. Beck and Stew art, this Society numbered about fifty members: it now amounts to about four hundred and goes on increasing daily. 'On. - Bunday last, a Committee of 100 members visited Minersville, and there held a street: meeting. Notwithstanlng it commenc ed raining before the meeting was over, they pro enred the signatures of 70 members to the total abs'inence pledge, among whom were many of the roost dangerous of all intom;ierates—ttc morale drinkers. We kii . uw of no undertaking that deseives the praise and gratulations of the community as much as this—without the pros pect of individual or pecuniary benefit—with nothing for remuneration but the still and quiet sanction of their own consciences, they struggle strenuously onward, devoting their time and their exertions unsparingly and unhesitatingly fur the good of their fellow citizens. May their reward then he the prayers and hearty blessings of the re formed;.and may they go on in their great work until every man in this region sha!l be a signer of the pledge.—So as secure, future generations from the unhappy effects which an indulgence in spirituous liquors always produces; we would advise all heads of families to procure, what is called the F-amily, Pledge, and as their children arrive at the age of discretion, and become able to understand the object and necessity of such a course ; to induce them to become signers. Im pressions received at such a period of life are in variably lasting, and the good effect which will be created by such a course, is almost inealcula ._. REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE 117 ?111 ; 4rEF AC TV It es I V Cwt.] n r..s.— A letter from Washington dated April let, 1812, states that the Committee on Nlanufdetures have made a Report, which will be printed in a few days. This 13111 proposes the following duties : On Coal ; per ton $1 60 On Pig Nretal, 8 00 Hammered Iron, 17 00 Rolled Iron, 25 00 On Woollen Goods—forty per cent. tut valo rem ; on coarse goods thirty per cent., and on fine Cotton goods a specific duty. We are not prepiired to express an opinion with regard to the :duty named on Iron and Woollens. The prpposed duty, however, on Coal is not sufficient It might protect the An thracite trade, particularly of this region, to a cer tain' extent —but nothing short of $2 00 per ton, duty, fairly laid and collected, will bring the im mense deposits of bituminous Coal in Pennsylva nia; Maryland and Virginia, into competition, with the British Nova Scotia Coal, in our Atlan tic markets. It is important that those interested in the Bi tuminous Coal Trade !of this State, should pay some attention to this subject before it is too late. THE COAL TRADE.—A* letter from Picton, of a recent date, says "the miners have again g.dre to work, dud we have a prospect of supplying the f>_ reign demand to almost any extent, during the enroll ng sensor," We kip the above from an exchange paper.— The operation of the tree trade system is here ful• Iv manifested. Although never better prepared in point of facilities, both of mining and transporta tion, for a heavy business our prospects have.never been more gloomy. And yet our foreWigen - ds, whose interests we protvct so kindly, are prepar ing to flood us with Coal to any amount during the following season. Miners of Schuylkill coun ty look at this, and say whether such a course"of policy will benefit or injure you. DI 'ITT •7111 DISEEPUT&DLE CONDUCT.--The Philadelphia Ledger, in.oraer to prevent an in creased duty on foreign Coal, state that the twi lit-1g price of Anthracite Coal in Boston is $5 and $5 50 per ton. Nov it is notorious that.the price of Coal during the winter in that city was from $8 50 to $9 00 per ton, at which rates very little if any thing was made on the article. And it is also well known that Anthracite Coal,. at the present law rates of transportation, cannot' be said to consumers in Boston at less than $7 to -$7 50 per ton. The conduct of this paper certainly commends itself to the support of those engig,ed in the Coal Trade, and particularly our miners and laborers. Flogs lATICSTAY C#NVENTLow.--This great national assemblage met at the Tabernacle, New York, on Tuesday, April sth. On this (their lira) day of meeting, eleven States were.repre sented in the Convention. At the organization, Gcn James Tallmadge, of New link, was selected 1 President, assisted by ten Vice Presidents and four Secretaries, from different States. Upon taking the Chair, Gen. Tallmadge delivered a very strong and eloquent address in favor of pro tection, after which a Committee of ten were ap pointed to prepare business. for , the. Convention, .and the meeting adjourned until 9 o'clock' next morning • REFRACTORY WITNESSEA.--lrbo fegisleture have passed a resolution, aistbOrising the Speaker of either House to hand over witnesses who refuse to testify before the Legislature, to•this Sheriff of D‘Ophio county, to be imprisoned and bonded over to the next legislature. Tae 499,000 nasressa.—The Matta' iony of Mr.- Handy, in relation to the disposal of this money' has created quite a sensation at Harrisburg - --and has brought forth the fottowing,qaeer document] from the Goiernor. So extraordinary is the char.' acter of this paper that it was at first believed to be •"a hoax:" To the denote and Rouse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. G Esr p v ez 4 .....l have just learned that cirettm gtaffees•pxist in regard to the examination! of George Handy, as a witness before the ComMit: tee 0 1 Investigation, which have induced me to a. that ought to-be communicated totho doptsi Legislature.t eP I havegood reason to believe that certain let. tern arein the hands of persons amenable to the process of law, which will prove, or tend to prove. the fact of a conspiracy to procute corrupt Wien during the session of the legislature of 1840, against certain todividuaLs thereto named, or ad. dressed. These letters contain, as lam assured, unjust, unwarrantable, and false referene.es to, the Executive, of a nature so gross and wicked, as to call loran immediate and rigorous prosecution of all parties concerned, so that, if the charges or insinuttons be true, the Executive may be duly punished, or it - false,- that these who may have made, or insinuated them. may be exposed to the judgement of the law and to the public condem. netted. TfM resolutions which recently passed the Legiialature on the 29th ultimo, entitled A resn. 11.6 A directing a nolle pr3sequi to be entered in certain' criminal prosecutions against George Ilan)iy," might be supposed to exempt him froth punishment : but that resolution is subject to a condition which the said George Handy may, or may not have fully Complied with. II he has, he can plead ■tad show It ; if not, be is not entailed to protection. At all events, 1 have deemed it my ditty to direct criminal proceedings to be instim. ted against him, and those implicated with him —.end accordingly, the Attorney General , will purine such course un the subject, as will speedi. ly tiring the offenders, if any, to justice, f, take occasion to recommend, that the original letters, and all vouchers in the posscssitm;of any commit. tee, or of either of the 'Hawses of the Legislature, be carefully preserved, as au essential part of the evidence in the trial. I have acted promptly on this subject, because think public Justice--the purity of public mor. alit, and every consideration Of nubile duty, re quires of me this course of proceeding. I am resolved so far as depends on me, that this most extraordinary metier be probed to the bottom, and that any man who has been guilty of viola. ling the laws, in this transaction, shall be drag. ged to the bar of public justice. The majority of those who are in any wiseconcerned in the en antrum!' of our laic's, should nut only be spotless, but ahuve suspicion and reproach--and he must be a fuithles a or an unworthy servant of the pro pls, who shrinks from or baffles the most search ing inquiry. lam ready and determined to meet this, in the most rigid mariner, and I have:put it in s train of investigation trial , ciinnot fail to de velope the whoh;•trwh. Devi D R. PORTER. Executive Chamber, 41h April, 1842. The reception of this Message caused an ex citing debate in the House, in which it is stated by the correspondent of the U. S. Gazette, that the Governor was handled roughly, by both friend and foe; it is considered very suspicious in its char acter, and calculated to stifle investation with re spect to the disposal of this money. Mr. Penni man was very severe in his censure of the ices sage. It appears that Indian was talked to the Go vernor, by some of the Winnebagas. The Bribe ry Committee have been ordered to sit during the recess—and we hope that no act on the part - of the Governor, will prevent them fiom sifting this business to the bottom, and laying the blame on those who are guilty. A large body of importers of New York have signed a memorial to Congress, in which they say that nothing will adequately regulate the bu siness or currency of the country but a Tariff of duties on Imports, that will sustain and encour age our home products and industry, and they earnestly pray Congress to impose such a Tariff as the peculiar exigencies of the country require. The New York Express, alluding to this move ment, says: •i'l'his is one of the most important mniv ements male in New York for a long while. Hitherto, the importers of the city have been considered the greatest adversaries of the tariff. Duties have been looked upon by many of them as enemies. A free, open, unincumbered trade, thrown open to all the earth, it has been believed they deemed their greatest boon. But the times have chang ed, and men change with them. The Free Trade has been found free all on one side, and that our side. The world takes, nothing from us it can do without, and we take every thing from the world. This city, therefore, has become the great entre- Ad and suction mart for foreigners. It is a huge suburb of London. It is a second Lyons. It is a Manchester shop. The foreign trade is going, or has gone into foreign bands. American mer chants are becoming but clerks or factors. Thus times change, and men change with them ; and hence this memorial in our columns." Hon AN Amts Ana ESTEM—The simewbat un welcome Intelligence is received th it J.! Sheridan 'HoTan is again under arrest on this side of the lines. The Rochester Democrat says "We learn that the notorious J. Sheridan Ho gan, who made such a figure at Lockport, came to this city from Canada yesterday in the "Gore" steamboat, and put up at the National Hotel— Just as he was leaving last evening he Was arrest ed, carried before Justice - Warned, and 'after a few preliminaries sent to prison for examination at four o'clock to-day. Thg,appearance of this individual here so soon _after His boast that he would , travel any where in the United States, depending upon the protection of the British G.vernment, looks very much like a design to make a lion of himself by becoming a second McLeod. He was exceedingly imperti nent, and boasted largely of the "wooden walls of Old England," &c. He will not probably es rape this time. Let the people prepare to fight the McLeod controversy over again." COUNTIe./1) Dauphin corm ty there are one hundred and eighty-4e Stores 01 this number, one hundred and iteehe keep no liquor for sale—and seventy-three deal in the article. In the Borough of Harrisburg, there are ninely-eied Stores, eighty of Which keep no rum for 13 -tie. Twenty-seven Stores in this county confine themselves exclusively to the Sale of 40- mystic goods. We gleaned the plinva particulars from the, Treasurer's list of retailers. Dames-tic Goons.—ln Harrisburg, (there are severs( store keepers who ciinfine themSelfes ex clusively to the sate of domestic goods and we observe by the Treasurer's list, that the annual sales of these stores are among the heaviest in the county Who'll be the first to open a similar store in Pottsville I • •ENCINPICLItT.---The Military Encampment at Reading in May next promises to he splendid affair. The Journal states that Companies from all quarters are reporting theMselveo almost daily to Capt. Reim, who will be in attendance. . - Beargatrvrs.—Wilhern Pwers. Coal - Merchant of filinereville, and Godfrey B . Zuilch, partner of Port Carbon, have undo application for the bene fit of the Baniunpt Law. amble's Tax Bill In the Legis- lature. This Bill proposed to levy an annual tax o f $1,500,000 to pay 'the interest on the i3tate debt. [star's Mosupt for Apxil is a cafitallaum ber. INERS' JOURNAL. 2U .0 . 0.rt0 of items. -,(oeiginal, era theded.) . al. A Cdinmittee, composed of all the mem bers of the Washingtonian Temperance Society, Will hold an out door meeting •at Bt. Clair, to morrow afternoon. 1, 4 „ The citizens of New Orleans were to be called upon on the 26th, for contributions of powderand lead for t j tio defence of .Texaa. The bill brought forward id the New York Leg islature, proiiding for the abolition of punishment by death. has been defeated in the lower house by a vote of 55 to 45. A tittle girl herring an acquaintance spoken of as being a chaste young lady, iuneeently enquired trim anted tier: An English paper states that many of the low er cla‘ses of the population were leaving the capi tal. order the impression - that London would be destrcyed by an earthquake on the 16th March, More th an $ 9,000,000 lbs. of foreign wool, were imported into this country in 1841. Who says that t protective tariff is not needed by the firmer Tie Madisonian refers to the meetings held. and b be held, disapproving of the course of Con gress as triumphs of Mr. Tyler. A tompany of seventy emigrants, well armed end quipped, left Mobile on the 24th ultimo for Tom on an exploring expedition. OnFriday last, the Reading Rail Road Compa ny pad the interest which fell due on their bonds. A tense of resolutions were passed at a meeting hell h Boston, on the 14th ult., for the purpose of filming an Association, to wear and use domes tic peducts alone. Th , number of rersons relieved by the New York ity and county poor•houeee last year was 61.201. The eznenses of these houses for the last year 385.742. A Tome League hae been formed at Now Al bany Indiana. CL/T'S Farewell Address is to be printed on gain at Washington. It will be a suitable counernarcto those other distinguished predeces sors (Phis, who have been first in the hearts of their country men. Runic ISLAND.—The official return of the anteater and against the Constitution, givesa ma jorityof 677 against its adoption. Dr Ladner is delivering a course of lectures in the Theatre at Washington. The journals there speal, with approbation of the scientific efforts of the 'lector. B.trrinurrct is NEW Yong.—The whole nutriter of hmkrupteies in the northern aititrict of NP. York, flown in the e_Evnine of the 29th, ult., wasl329. In the Southern iiiitrict 796. PATRIOTT.3T —The Indies, of Mobite uter , to hold a meeting in that city on the 26th ult.,to devise means in aid of the 'Perian rause. She following gentlerncln have hem elected Tru tee.% of the °Mire of the Blink of Penney Iva: nin:—Jnaeph Trotter, George Meller. Jacob Frelge wey Smith Robert M. Lewis, John W. MeGlatt). Ahill has passed the House of Representatives of the Stare provided for the incorporation of the Wioni!co Canal Company, to whom it is pro pose. to give the said Canal, on condition that they will complete it, and render to the Siate one fourn of the tolls received thereon. Tie U. S. S4preme C , urt has 'decided that good fraudulently entered below their true, value, may re seized after they have regularly passed the Custan House. Nate hundred and seven dollars have been eon tributd in Augusta, Georgia, in aid of the - Texian MEM Htlwees. new novel called Z-moni is Paid to be ii.finiely superior, in plot end style, to all hie nth- er woke The Roman Catholil Church in Brownsville, la.. wis destroyed by fire on Gond , Friday. The liltrar) and all the furniture wore saved, except the MEI New Orleans Bee, the leading Whig pi per in Louisiana, carries a fiig at its most-heed , inserted, for President, Henry Clay, for Vito Preskent, Winfield Scott.' GET. GAINES, AND Tar. Ir. B. TROOPS IN THE Soe - re W ear.—The general ordors from the War Dopartment, make Gen. Taylor . the Commander in Chief and thus delicately supersede Gemmel Gaines. No science is more deceitful in its application than that of Physiognomy. The feature of a d - mon ntiy hide the feelings of an angel, and v'c verse. Put no faith in it! let it not prejudice ~7 u in any way ! When you have learnt N ~,, t s, you have made one step towards wisd4m nd power. Lord Ashburton arrived at Annapolis o Satur day last, end as now at Washington. A meeting of tlie friends of Americsts Industry was held at Easton, Pa., on the 17th of March. Jacob Weyganalt, Esq., was chosen President, a spirited Address was made anal a Home League formed for the promotion of Reciprocal Commerce. 015230,000 worth of property destioyed by fire in New York on Thursday last, only $ 45,000 were covered by insurance, Nova Scotia Coals. , EVIE sub.cribers nil' receive ordure for car. g goes of wile from the Sidney and Albion mines, Pinion ' delivered on hoard, payable in this city at ninety days from time of shipment, at the fhllowinz prices, viz: The Children British, equals 19 bushels U. S. fuel.) retrierli. 93 60 per chaldron of 36 bushels. 2 00 do dj for Pictou' small coals: 120 do do for Sidney do Vessels will meet with every facility and de. spateh in loading. ... S. MORRIS, IVALN co. 35 south wharves, Philadel. We have copied the shore advertisement from the United,States Gaz.tte, for the purpose of show. ing one of the means resorted to hy fercign•dest ore for evading our duties. It will be seen that the British chaldron of 30 bushels, is by their own admission equal to4B bushels United States MCI3S. urement. 'Phis gain is st fricient at present tocov er all the Juty'; and after July'irext, if no chan g e is made, it will not only clear the duty, but afford them 75 - Onto per cholklrentorvartle paying the freight to this country. Tars.—The accounts:from Texas state that the Mexicans after sacking San Antonia com menced a retreat with about 1500 of the Texans in pursuit. Later intelligence, however, states, that the Mexican invading army is about .21,000 strong, and that the retreat frtun San Antonia is a mere ruse to draw the Texans within their pow er. Great enthusiasm prevailed throughout the young Republic, and thousands were flocking to the seat of wat. The women were busily engag ed in moulding balls and preparing amunition.-- I t i s s tated tkat.Yucatan has joined Texas against Mexico. Knows ISLAND.--There is trouble brewing in this state irrionnezion with their recent Tote oa the Constitution.'They begin to talk about arms and ammunition. ' Keep cool, boys-4hese tnmily ignarrels are very disreputable and , always unpro eatable. If their !asks), danger of your, beligereut dieptatitiuns boiling over, go help the Texans lick kola). nctt Home League: The following 'is the Constitution ot, e Herne League fir the Protection of Ame ' Induitry, l i adopted at a Public Meeting, held a the Town Mall, on Saturday evening, the 26th ult. and or dered to be published in all the papers in this county: - • HOME LEAGUE For the Protection of American Industry Wasasas, the Mining, Manufacturing, Com mercial and Agricultural interests of the United States are suffering for the want of proper protec tion from foreign competition in countries where labor is cheap, and immense capital accumulated —and believing that it is the imperative duty of every Government to encourage, foster and ino tect its own citizens, and i own trade and com merce—and the more effectually to accomplish this object, it is believed tfiat an Association for the purpose of eolleeting the statistics of the trade of the country, with a view of disseminating the same by means of public Lectures and the Press, would enlighten the public mind on this import ant subject, and establish a healthy American feeling throughout the whole country. We, the undersigned, do therefore adopt the following Constitution for said Association : CONSTITUTION. Article 1. This Association shall be denomi nated, the "Home League of Schuylkill County, for the Protection of American Industry." Article 2. Any person subscribing lo this Con stitution, and piing into the Treasury the sum of twenty-five c:nts annually', shall be a member of this League, and entitled to all its privileges. The sum of five dollars will entitle any person to a life membership. Article 3. The Officers of this League shall be a President, a Ct. rresponding and Recording Sec retary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Commit tee of Five, who shall be chosen annually by bal lot at the first meeting in April. Should no elec tion be held at the appointed. time, the officers of the League will continue to hold their station un til the nest annual election. Ankle 4. The Presidents of auxiliary Leagues that mi s ty be formed in the County, are ex officio Vice Presidents of the County League. Article 5. All amendments to this Constitution must be submitted in - writing, and lay over for the term of three regular meetings, before the amend ments can be passed upon. BY-LAWS Section 1. The President, or in his absence, any of the officers present, shall preside at all meetings for the transaction of business Sec. 2. It shall Se the duty of the Correspond ing Secretary to answer a'l communications ad dressed to the Association, and extend invitations to all Lecturers authorised by the Executive Committee—and lay such correspondence before the Association at its next meeting. Sec. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep a hook and record the naineA of the membefs—and also keep the minutes of the Association. Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall pay all orders on the Treasury, authorized by the Association, sign ed by the President, and countersigned by the Recording Secretary, and also exhibit a statement of the accounts whenever required to do so. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to call meetings of..the Association whenever they may think proper—procure Leg: turers, and prepare paper+, after submitting them to the Association, for publication. Sec. 6. The Ececutive Committee, or any three of them shall constitute a quorum to transact bu siness, and report their proceedings to the Asso ciation at the next meeting. TOM Tne MINEIL'S JOVN4I6 Mr. Fianna', :—ln last week's Pottsville Em porium appeared an article on the subject of the "Home League," now being formed in this bo rough, and in which article, with a considerable degree of malignity, the writer expresses his dis approbation of such a society—he talks largely of "gullibility," "the arch fiend of whiggery," of the inability of the Leopard to "change his. pots," &c. &c. —all of which parade of words amounts just to nothing at all. The writer of this article understands the "Home League" to have for its objects the protection of American Manufactures and the general good of the whole country; the writer in the Emporium, however, seems to think otherwise, or at least affects to do so, and with his political spectacles astraddle of his nose, "like a scurvy politician seems to see things" which in reality have no existence at all. \ Who under the sun, ever heard of the "Home League" having I ' ny connection, directly or indirectly with Henry Clay, or any other Clay except American Clay, in opposition to 'foreign Clay, or in other words, domestic manufactures verses foreign I I for one never did. It is needless to repeat that we all feel the terrible depression to which commerce generally has sunk in this country, all business is completely prostrated; something must be done; some effort must be made in order to restore the trade of our common country to its wonted pros perity, or we must continue to sink" as a nation and become the dupes of others. For the infor mation of the writer in the Emporium, as well as all others who are unacquainted with the fact, I would state that to protect the American mechan ic and laborer, to 9ncourage domestic manufac ture and to promo the general welfare of the whole country, are the specific objects of the "Home League." And without reference to po litical party, it is the duty of every citizen to join hand in hand for the common good. But it would seem that the general good of the country is not the object of the writer in the print above referred to; his vit•ual organs are confined to the contracted limits of Locofocoism, and outside the periphery of that circle he cannot see an inch. Hear what he says—"let democrats who are in fa vor of a judiciou. Tariff, act with - their ouT . par ty." Here is the infallible Shibqleib! .the party : " The "summum bonum" is this, "0, ye good loco locos, stick to your own ranks and take care of these_Whigs and these Home Leagues, they may do some good to the country, arid are trying to do so, but they are Whig., and Home Leagues were started by Them, and therefore must be bad ; it be comes us then to oppose them all we can, right or wrong, it is the will of the party." 0, the party ! the party this eternal partizanship Can no good be attempted or done, because fors3oth it is begun -, by some person or persons who m a y belong to a political party t It would seem so; and the writer referred to, will follow Ida party, like Milton's Devil "O'er bog.or meg}, thro' strait, rough, dense or rare, With head. hands. wings or feet, pursue his way, And swim, or sink, or wade, or cteep, or tly;" and this even at the expence of the ruin of his country. Political parties do, and will always exist; but, as all would join in repelling a foreign invasion, so ought all to join in solid phalanx to it ian protectAmeriean manufactures, the A med me chanic and i laborer, and the general good of 1. On such an all important subject, and at sue an all important crisis, let party for once giv way to common honesty and CO VIMON SENSE. Poltsfille, April 4th, 1842. • A rumor is current that the French government has discovered • new and formidable plot against the- lives of the king of the French and his fami• ly, and that, in consequence, the most extraordi. nary precaution's are taken'to guard the Tuilleries and various (minim:es thereto. The army will, it is said, be immediately strengthened by the atria meat of 5,000 men. From the New York Tribune. The Necessity of a. Protective Tortif to a Sound Currency. At a late meeting of the "HostsLasore" of the State of New,York; ti Commtttee lies ap pointed to ;consider and report upon the History of our Tariff, its Effect in increasing or diminish ing Imparts, and its Influence upon the Circu lating Medium-end the Value Uf Property. Tbia Committee promptly end well performed the duty devolved on it, and reported the result of their in vestigations to the " League " on the 23d ult. Their Report, after a preliminary history required, proceedeidas follows: - Your committee, after thus briefly tracing the progress of the tariff, from the commencement to the present time, have proVided materials for an swering the question proposed, viz : How fir du ties on importations increase or diminish .impor tations; Emil fur that purpose they will ezalmne tho official documents that give us the amount of the value of:all the duty free articles imported for a series of years, before the ptssage of the Con promise Act, and for _the same number of years after its passage. For by means of these articles plying no duties, we can measure by figures the full operation of this misnamed, unreciprocated free trade; and the period is well adapted to test its effect, becauso the nations of Europe have been at peace and these articles base been pro duced and brought here, subject to 130 molestation, quoad hoe,"it is the genuine free trade. Value of duty free articles Value of fluty free tun imported live years next I des imported five years previous to the. Com- nem lateral's Comprom. protium Act 1 183:3, We Act of 1833. 1828........$ 12,379.1761 1831........588,393,180 1829 11,80,501 - 1 1838-- .....77,940.493 1830 12,746,2451 1836 • .....92,086,431 1831..... ..... 13 456,625 I 1837..........69,241,029 1832 .....14 219,4331 1833 ...• . 60 , 8 6 0 . 005 • _7 Total.— .$64,637,010 I T0ta1....$ 363,490,188 EXCe3S of Free Go ,de imported in the last five years ....... 3:3,333,168 Here is exhibited an actual pin, in five yeirs• in the imports of this class of cuticles, of three hundred and three millions of dollars. When it was announced to the world that the United States had made their ports free and open to certain productions, there was a rush for our markets front every nation of Europe producing similar articles, and floods of goods soon came pouring in. Sofgreat was the rush, that the duty:on free articles imported into this country the next five years after the Compromise Act passed, did not fall short of our whole importations of the five years preceding, including thosb that paid duty as well as those that did not, only $18.470,- 203. The ports of the United States were the only free ports on earth ta hich afforded a tempt mg vent, and all the vast accumulations and re fuse merchandise of Europe viers shipped fur A merica. Thmeffect of abolishing ditties may be illustra ted, perhaps, more satisfactorily by a single arti cle, as. for instance, silk, arid e,7inparitig the in. ports before and after the duties were taken off Our average consumption of imported silk, for the twelve yrs,a preceding the passage of the Com promise Act, did not equal six miliions ofd .11arr. In h single year since its pass ,ge, the consumption of foreign silks has exceeded three times Rix millions; so that reduced dirties not only incress importations to an nlmost incredible extent, but consumption is also increased along. with it. More than three years' ordinary supply of coin sumption has been forced upon us in a single year. The conclusion of your committee is. therefore. that the effect of diminishing or annulling duties on imports, in the pr esent condition of Europe, will be to increase im portations to a most extrava gant degree, as the official figures they have ex hibited above most demonstrably show. The next thing required by the resolution, is to ascertain the influence if iniporlationa in in creasing or diminishing our circulating medium of money. The circulating medium of our coun try is composed principally of the notes of banks. These notes, which are the measure of the value of every description of property, have been In creasing' gradually, (till our late embarrassments began.) for fifty years, as property and negotia tions have increased. They have all iieen payable in metallic money ; and as bank notes are more convenient than metal fur the transaction of oui business in this country, and among ourselves, the metal is rarely required. In consequence of this, the banks which supply these bills have issued several times the amount of specie in their pits- session. While these notes have circulated from citizen to citizen, accomplishing negotiations, all ha■ been well; but after the duty-free articles were increased, much larger amounts of goods were imported into our country than before, as we have shown by the official reports. The prohibitions of foreign countries prevented us from exporting an equal amount of our productions, or, if ex ported, the proceeds were taken from us by ex torting most extravagant duties. The balance, for a lime, was settled by loans or State bonds, stocks, &c., till• foreigners became possessed of from two hundred to two hundred and fifty mil lions of dollars of these loans and securities, and their credit began to he questioned. Their credi once shaken, the balances for goods coming in could no longer be met by loans or stocks, and our bank notes not hying received in the countries from which the goods came, metallic money was utter for, and as it was chiefly in the vaults of the banks; drafts were made on them and repeated. This, of course, compelled the banks to check their discounts, and the circulating medium has thereby been contracted to the extent, that there is not a sufficiency in circulation to liquidate ex isting debts contracted under a more expanded currency. and, at the sante time, transact the ordi. nary business of the country. Embarrassments and bankruptcies have been and arc the inevitable consequences. As long, therefore, as bank notes constitute our currency, and these notes ore pay able in metallic money, and the amount of our imports exceeds our exports, the balance will be drawn from the banks in specie, and the issues of notes will be checked, (if managed by intelligent and honest directors,) until their notes are with drawn from circulation, in amount, under the or dinary circumstances, equal to, at least, three times such balance, (a) The Committee will next consider the effect of an increased or diminished circulating tnedinm on the value of prverty. The circulating medium of this country, con sisting, as has been remarked, chiefly of notes of banks, is employed to measure value in nil nego tiations, and on all property. To illustrate this part of the resolution, we will suppose a commu nity isolated from all others, with o given amount of money, performing the duties of a circulating medium, and supposing one half of the whole were destroyed in one' night, the remaining half would represent the within of the property ; and if all were to agree, the next day, that one half of a dollar should buy end pay as Much as a dollar had before, no material injury would be wrought; hut if they did not agree, the debtor portion of this Community would be obliged to pay double value to the creditor portion ; for the contracts are for whole• dollars, not half dollars. Some of the debtors would be compelled to sell; many of them (a) It is a maxim of discreet bankers, that their cir culation should never exceed three times the amount of specie in their lankly. The influence of imports. tiaras in abridging our circulating medium, when the balance offoreign trade is against us, is, therefore. in a compound ratio of three to one. It operates with a lover power in severing the links of the great chain of credit which holds tog ether. the commercial and business world.. being through mortgages' and other pledges, di. redly in ihe'power of their creditors. A few rich men, (and there are aiways such in every community.) having a large portion of this circit lating medium in_ their posseision or under their control, and understanding the condition of the 1 ) debtor portion, ' as th ey generally *, would pe r . chase property at their own prices If • the indi viduals of this community were-in be way of es. tensive negotiations; credit, s c., i is easy to see the perfect confusion that must e' sue—the break. ing up of confidence and credit. Labor, already perforated, not obtaining its wages, would h e s e less moiive for farther performance; a few mi g h t find employ at low wages, but, to a great extent, there would be a suspension. Bankrupt sets would become popular among those who detested them before, and imprisiinment for debt, in the opinion of those exposed to it, would be a barh ar i. ty barbarized. - The circulating medium might, in -• this suppOsed case, be en far reduced that the whole amount of money or circulating medium would not pay the sums due to a few capitalists. (a) If this community were immediately to discharge those bankrupted,.so that they, with others, might be employed in producing labor, and could open a trade with a country that would supply theta with money, and put industry in general action,—, and give confidence to credit, a large proportion might weather their difficulties, and save to them selves a competency. But if, like the people of the United States, they were so fooli.h, u hen they had it in their power to enforce e profitable ex• change, to agree that for every dollar's value they bought, to pay one hundred cents, but for every dollar's value they sold, they should receive only fifty cents, (the other fifty rents to he called duty,) for the privilege of trading with them; and if,' in summing up the account of trade a, the end of the year, they should find less money in their com munity than before, would not every body cry shame on the negotiators of so (eolith a bargain! Would it not be the true comae for such com munity to make a firm stand againsi all exactions on ith productions by other countries, or balance them by equally exorbitant counter charges on their productions; then multiply by industry the articles which could be sold abroad as mirth es possible; buy only necessaries; and at the end of - the year isolibl not this community find more con fidence and money, property on the advance in value, leis want, and general increased comfurt and prosperity I s And were this same community in our situation, with a piper currency, would not the additional supply of metallic money, by which nations adjust balances, enable their batiks to triple the amount of money for aft the purposes of production, by the stimulus it would give to industry, by in creased confidence, and enlarged means! The value of property might not advance in the precise percent. proportion, with the increase of citrate ring medium, but the tendency would be a cob tinued advance towards it. The Committee have before them the return of the Bank Commissioners of this State, from 1'836 to 1811, both years included. The cireutatoot of all the Banks in 1836 amounted to $2l 127,927, and in 1842 to $14,559 333, being a reduction cf about 33 1.3 per cent. The depreciation of pre. perty of the whole Mate has been probably quite equal to 33 1-3 per cent.; and, from a table prt pared with much care, it appears that the specie in all the Banks of the United Stales woo as fol lows: In 1839, $45,132,637; 1840, $33,105,155; showing 'a reduction of over twenty-five per cent. In one year; and (tom the same table it appears that the circulation of tho Banks of the country was. in 1837. about one hundred and forty•otite millions of dollars. and in 1840 short of one hun dred and seven millions of dollars. Much of the real estate bought for purposes of speculation, if now subjected to a forced sale, would not bring two years' interet on the prices at whit h it was sold. Agricultural produce of some descriptions has fallen from 50 to GO, and even 75 per rent. Stocks of almost every dearripti 111 l have dey i liii.d, and , aa i e have depreciated' from par to ntithin4. 'rho products of large manufactories, operated by machinery, ha' probably suffered, generally speaking, less ilia any other property. In Mall parts of the cou rser , particularly the non-specie paying and the rett dialing sections, where. the probably vital principle of credit Iran received a shock, a much greater depreciation will be found. If the depreciation of the property of the whole country is put at 33 1-3 per cent. sit ee our embarrass ments commenced, the Committee think it abort of the reality. l'l.e Gnomonic . deriving their con clusions from the established of of the Com promise Law during the eight years previous to the 31st of December last, in incrensing.importa lions and thereby drawing from the country the precious metals, or, if not actually drawn, liable to he drawn, by a foreign debt of from 200 to 25U millions of dollars suspended over them, (which all' cautious bankers will unceasingly bear in mind,) for balances, interest on stork, &c., due to foreign countries, and thus inducing a reduction of the currency—are of opinion, that if the Com promise Act goes into full effect withuut alteration, there will be a farther decline of the value of pro perty equal to what has already taken place, making the amount of depreciation, since our eiii - barrassmcnts commenced, 62 2.3 per cent. ("tij, If only nine articles, es before enumerated, mael duty free, and redaction of duties on the residue, equal to four-tenths, have in eight years, viz. (rota the 15th of March, 1833, to the 31st'December, 18-10, brought down prices 33& per cent., the Com mittee do not consider it unreasonable to conclude that four times that number of articles yet to be made frecafraluty by the act after the 30th of June next, aid a further reduction of six-tenths of the duties, in addition to four-tenths within six months, that is, between the 31st of December, 1841, arid the 30th of June, 1842, will cause another reduc- tion in the prices of property fully equal to the first. As soon, therefore, as the.effecre of the final. reduction, the 30th of June next. are fully realized. three times the amount of property wilt he required to pay a debt which would have been required when our country was in a prosperous condition. The loans and other storks held in Europe, re deemable in specie, will require fifteen millions of dollars annually to be raised end sent ajther, to say nothing of the two hundred and fifty millions principal. If it is said we will pay for it in flour, England will, it is true, allow us to Sell to her hungry subjects; but only on condition that she tikes out what she pleases. It is determined by a chongeable corn law scale how much, but that scale she regulates herself. The owner, when he ships it from this country, knows not whether she will demand an eighth, fourth, or half. It all de pends on how she pleases to move her scale. The official statements of Mr. Dodge show that subjects of Europe consume more than forty-one millions of dollars worth of tobacco per, annum ; their masters allow us to supply them, on our first paying theme tax of more than thirty-five millions of dollars on the'sarne. Preparations 'lre-making (a) The estimated wealth of one individual in the city of New York. is about equal to two thirds of the specie ofall the banks of the United, States in ;810. It will undoubtedly exceed all tFiXspecie in the coun try if the' Compromise Act" goes is to full effect• (6) The Committee. in coming• to this conclusion. are aware 'haihe duties on some few articles were advanced at the extra session of Congress. in accord ance with the nitirizontal principles of the Compro mise Law; but even the inadequate protection' which might have been looked for by this law is partially counteracted by the circumstance, that s part ofthem were raw materials required in our factories arid workshops, and in that particular give foreign. com petitors an additional advantage over. American in dustry.
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