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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
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_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
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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
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•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.