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POTTSVILLE.,
BATIJRDAY :11f)11.NING, FEII. 11,1843.
• Job. Printing Office. •
The inibactiber hair procured the "necessary type.
presses &C. and haiettached a glinplcte Job Print
ing Wee to Eritablisement. twltere all kinds 01
Cards. Pamphlets, Handbills, Cheelcs, Billtto(Ladung
to., will be printed at the very-lowest rates, and at
theshortest notice. Being determined to aCCOMmo
date the public at the very loweit rates: at home, he
teipectfulty ;elicits the patronage of the public.
Printing indifferent colors'executedet a short notice
Card Press.
A l'lvrtl press has been added to the establishment
, which will eoable'ue to execute Canis, of almost es.
ery,deseription, at very low rates
Important.
Let every citizen heir ir. mind,that it is not only his
Sitting. but bled-My:to purchase every thing that he
can at home. By-nonming Such a course, he encour
ages the mechanical industry of his own neighbor
borid7on which the prosperity of, ( very town and city
mainly depends—end besides. evert , dollar paid out at
hatuccorms a - circulating medium, of which every
citizen derives more or less benefit, in the tonne of
trade. Rimy dollar paid for foreign manofaetures pur
chased abroad. is entirely lost tcS the region, goes to
enrich those who do not contribute one cent to our
dommdMinstitotions,and oppresses our own citizens.
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i' :The subscriber. Agent fli one of the best insur
ince offices in Philadelphia. 's prepared to make in
iutrances on nil deseriptions of properly such se
Houses ; Mills. Stables, Goods, Furniture. &e., &c.,
at the very lowest rates. B. BANNAN.'
:rt, V. 8.- Palmer, Em3' No. 104, South Third
Street, Philadelphia, is authorised to act as ¢
to receive subscriptions and advertisements for
this paper.
O r_ It , h e Coal Trade, &c.
OnZour first page will be fmnd the Eleventh
Annual'. Report made by the Board of Trade La
the Coal Mining Ass•ciatton of Schuylkill coun
ty. The Report, to which we refer our leaders.
is a clear, pla'n and dispassionate docurieutxon-
I taining much valuable and true information to
who are interested in the progress of the great
trade upon which we glepetid. "The statistical ta
bles are correct, and the advice containi.d in it is
• calmly and-carefully offered.
ft will be seen by, referenCe to the Report that
the Board strongly edv;ses against the policy of
'mining coal, during the rinter Season. This is
given as riremely for the evils which the--unpre
. eedented low Mies of coal for the past season has
'brought upuri the trade. Such a course would,
doubtlessly be - fullevted by good results, but we
think there are other 'causes which have contri
buted to depress the business, which might be re
form6l with even greater success. If the Coal
ope4tors of . the district, would invariably regu
late their mining by the quantity Bull for fair re
.
munerating prices, this evil would never occur ;
but the great difficulty always has Leen the desire
which every—ye feels to do a heavy business,
causing large liabilities, which when due cm on
ty met By a sacrifice of the commodity. The
i4jUry which such a course works upon; the
trade is evident to .all; and it is needless fop
ns to repeat, what all are aware of, that the oper
ators possess the remedy if they choose to use it.
One fact is plain and self-evident, it is better for
collier to receive a fair profit upon a small quart
titr than to send down a heavy supply at a sac
rifice •
We speak advisedly on -this subject, for we
know that-we are mainly indebted to the excess
of mining for the low prices which have conspir
ed to injure the collier. -Lek every map, engaged
in the business, rentember that a fair profit on a
small quantity is better than a decided loss, upon
a large quantity, and the evil will accordingly be
remedied.
The tr ide has been very much depressed, and
for several years, the operators from various
causes have had much to contend *with. We
sincerely regret this, antithe more so because we
rare concip..ed that the interests of the whole com
munity dep.mil upon the efforts and welfare of
the colliers of thedi..itriet. If the coal operators
of this region are injured, the business and pros.
pects of all languish in consequence. It is need-
r le!is to prove this fact by argument, as every sen
sible man will acknowledge the truth of it at
once. Yet, notwithstanding this - result is gener
ally admit.ed, a feeling of prejudice against the
operator has been engendered-by a few bad men
in society, and, we are sorry to say, has been - too
generally entertained We regret it because we
know that all those who are induced by misrepre
sentations to join in the outcry are misled as to
then. true interests. The whole welfare of this
region depends upon the prosperity and Fume ,
off the coal operator. It is then evident to mil,
that wha'eter effects his interest likewise injures
the iitorekeeper, mechanic, miner, and laborer:—
If the Mining. op rati•ans were to cease, emigration
from the reg-on - follows as a natural consequen't-e;
how foolish then it is for men to lend their a'd
iii' opposng those in whose welfare and hro=peri
t'y all hold a propqrtionab'e stake ! Let those
Who join in the cry bear in mind that while they
injure the operator, they, at the same. time, hurt
thimselvca. - When this reciprocity of interest is
fully understood, misrepresentations against this
worthy and cnterpri.ing class of citizens who
'stand at the head of the'trade, will cease to find
favor. The ptejudiee has resulted from'the ef
forts of a morbid few who 1 1. -~ ye never been of ben
efit to others or of-value tohemselves.
We ate compellyd,frem wain. of sufficient Xoom,
to dismiss the subject for the present, but shall
'serer to it again in our
, eolumn4 of next week.
cc 7. We refer our reUdcra to a communication
'on the subject of the currency, which will be found
in'unother column of to-dare-paper. - lkis sri apt
paliet; filled with twiny of those 'sound, old-
fishiouid doctrines, under which our country
'once prospered, and which, we are sorry to say,
,have been foo entirely suspended 'by wild and
diagerous theories. We should like to hear from
our correspondent again on the same subject.
Prale's lecture on Tuesdiy evening
last wee well attendcd, , and the experiments were
i more satisfactory in their nature drill those of the
preceding. We ere authorized to state that Mr.
will give enother.lecture on this science next
Tuesday. evening, and that he has procured a new
patient, in the person of a young girl of ibis bor.
'cues, with whom he will show some interesting
experiment& ---
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Cr? We would call ihe attention of the Mona
gyre of the Delaware and Raritto Canal Compa
ny to'the repurt of the Board of Trade on our first
',
.page; our law makers at.Haniaburg alao could
do well to r eruse carefully that portion of the lie
. port terming to the Coal tax.
&ober Dcirtt.—Mr. Alfred Cheney, en old
and revect l ible eitizon ol :our borough,died very
tudddenly on Moods, evening last. • He ciana4ti-'
'to the house apparently 'imett, though taloned, end
said tiosn s .'ss he awls strettsto.ted to, on the settee
minutes rtheressrds he Vil9 acorie-te.
&I -aCce
Ititinnecontirale ty. ping intolheOslature
I. oakini fur the impeachment of Gov. Porter. The
Pennsylvanian very praperly remarks, that - an in
' tkoeent nian would e6urt investigation.
ecrr..4ursday lest w_as the cohle4 day we bre°
• ozPviene:ekihis week. 'l'be them:mixt°, in the
i triongni at 7 ch"ca•-lc, war 2 degrees above zero.
- Tits . WSJFuca . s seiritsroy,
MAW , . weather continues to form. an
admirable' ilk, tipon . . - the uneertitietY 'of all'
thhtga,:atl we tr.. a little 'inclined to think that
the, ever-var Yin: changes we are Witnessing daily;
'will have the effect of stopping all croaking and
safe pr,diet'ons for the future.
One p.rson tells us that we shall esperi
me cold wea.her t h is season, and the .
we meet h:m slovenly; and Shakihg
.tinging visitati.m front old Bor,,ris, as if in
e eat for his folly.—Another, who hooted at
t Ides of our having arty more sleighing, was
n struggling nearly w deep in a snow
. ... n k not a week ). afterwards. What folly to pre
let; and how vain to deplore; let us take the
evil; as well as the good; whieh,the Gods send
us resignedly and phib.sOphically—thus do we
make a virtue of necessity and thus are we more
disappointed. , • '
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Upon waking up on Sunday morning last, we
di.covered that-we were in the midst of a heavy
snow storm, which had already covered the ground
it!, the depth I pf several , inches. It continued
snowing until, .evening of the same day, when
the moon looked out from the thiek vail which
enshrouded her phiz and gazed duwu calmly and
demurely upon the scene-below. Secure in the
prospect ..f tine sleighing, we suppose every body
retired to rest satisfied and happy, but alas for
the vaniry- of human expectations ! they are
doomed tr be agAin,par.ially disappointed. The
wind, as if all the bellowses of the north were at
work, roared and w histicd furiously, signs crack
ed, windows rattled, the little spirits of the storm
howled, and altogether it was about as unplea
sint a chorus as we ever listened to. The snow
which had just frllen was taken up and whirled
in ,thick blinding eddies throughthe air, forming
innumerdde drifts, and leaving many a bare sur
face to mark its progress.
B, BANNAN
The Philadelphia mail. which started from that
city on Monday morning-and was due hero at 4
o'clock the same day, did not succe. d in reaching
here until late on Tuesday aftern 4:m. This de
lay was occasioned by the immense:quantities of
drift snow which had filled up the deep cuts at
vs ions points on the Reroad. At Reading six
locomotives W4e kept c.•ntinually, running up
and down tilting with snow ploughs, &c , but the
snow drifted so fast that it was almost imp , , ssible
for a train to proceed.
The $2OO 000,000 Prpjeet-4te Origin.
' The Pennsylvanian, a short time since, in or
der to defeat this project, called ito plan to assume_
the State Debts . on the the part of the General
Government, to frighten l the people. But finding
this bug-hear- would not stop its progress, the
Pennsylvanian of the 9th inst int.mates that the
plan originated with J. Horseley Palmer, of the:,
Baq England , during his late visit to this
country._ To quiet the fears of our cotemporary,
on this sere, we can assure him that it is not an
English Project, but originated in Pottsville, Pa.,
in 1833.: The plan was fist suggested io a corn
munication in the Miners' Journal of August 3d,
1833, from which the following is an extract;
•• Amid the dangers arising from the great
value of the public lands, and from the accumu
lacing treasures of the people, do these very People,
the very people, who Are heavily taxed, call
in their exigency, on that government who now
holds their destinies in awful suspense; to avert
the manifold evils that threaten them, by imrnedi.
ately . distributing among the states, two hundred
millions ofdollars in five per cent stock, and pledge`
the receipts Iron the sales of public lands for its
gradual redemption, and pledge the receipts of
the public treasury for the payment of the interest
The full details of the plan, as presented to
Congress by Wm. Cost Johnson, was published
in the' Miners' Journal of September 7th, 1833.
In our next, we will give the full history of the
project, and - the causes which led to its sugges
tion.
Tax SONEII9 Cass.—The court of Enquiry,
sitting upon thi‘carie have given the following as
their unanimous opinion, that a munity did exist
on Board the Brig Sumers—that the size and con
struction of the vessel was such, that the prison
ers could not be confined with security--that cap
tain McKenzie was not bound to risk the safety of
the vessel, and the crew, by bringing the prison
ers home for trial—and that the conduct of com
mander McKenzie, and his officers, was prudent,
calm and firm, and that he and they honorably
performed their duty to the service and their
country.
The above opinion, which amnunte t¢ 'a com
plete justification and acquittal, is signed by com
modore Stewart, President of the court—and Og
den Hoffman, Esq., Judge Advocate.
The trial of Commander McKenzie ,before the
Court Martial is now going on. The testimony
is easentiallY the same as that offered before the
Court of Inquiry. The charge of cruelty to the
crew, which was - preferred to give Corn. M. en op
portunity to put down certain rumors, was aban
doned as soon as the testimony was heard.
CounT Or GENES►L SVA”IIONS, le Putts—
oneal A.--Governor Porter has signed the bill a
bolishing the above court, which consequently goes
out of existence on the first Monday in March.—
Judge Doran, one of the Judges of said court, has
s protest against the ab dishment. He coniblere
his appointment as lasting for ten years, says he is
willing to submit his judicial conduct to the !Weir
est scrutiny, and protests against the abolishment
of a court for the purpose of getting rid of the Jud
ges.
The Governor has since appointed Anson V
Parsons to be the Associate Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, as required by the bill abolishing
the General Sessions.
RtIAGTOCTS 'kyr,Ax.s.—The newspapers from
all portiona•of the country, teem with accounts of
great religious revivals which are taking place ev
erywhere. A new and sober feeling seems to have
gone abroad over the community, filling the minds
and hearts of all with an earnest repentance fur
their earthly sine and follies. Churches rf all de
nominations, are experiencing accessions daily, end
protracted meetings among the Methodists ere tie
ing held throughout different parts_of the country
Tee Bermaner Law.—Mr. Berrien, on Fri•
day last, reported a new bill to the Senate in place
of the Repeal Bill of the Mingo —which preserves
the Bankrupt Law, but amends and restrict& it
so as to prevent abuses. • The new Bill destrciye
:voluntary bankruptcy, and makes a majority of
the creditors necessary to discharge a Bankrupt
from hie legal obligations. We would much Ira
titer see this bill prevail than that which originat
ed in the House.
• cc)- A splendid Silver Pitcher is to he present
cd to Lewis C. Levin, Esq., on the evening of
the 16th inst., at the Chinese Museum, Phila
delphia, lty the Fire Insurance - Companies of qal
timore, in consideration of his services smongthe
firemen of that city. ,
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- at stea:in .ses to be all the coe now
in P:,ibadelphia.One of the pr o f e ss ) s of this
science appropriat d to his own_use the Castor of
Mr. Dallas, whilst that gettlernan was engagid
in pleading a cruse before the District-Court, n
feW days since. ,
RtmovaL.—The Bill providing for the remov
al of the seat of . ..tinder from Danville to Dlocitos
burg, in Coluinhia county, has paced the House
of Representatives without a diviiion.
The Massachusetts Legislature have resolved to
edjatirn on , iLe 26th hut.
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The oat 'Slade
The :folrowirigco pa/Mice-Table will show the
.
quantrty of CuJI rted into this -country from
tiB2l ti 1842, buth years inclusive =-' also the
guttitY'of Bitumintous COSI, mined end .hipped
ichmond, Va and the Anthracite Coal trade
of the United Stees, for the '
sninipk nods. The
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importations of Foieima Coal is official from the
Register of the Treasury :
Foreign CoaL Virginia Cast. Anthracite CcaL
TON!. TONS.
1821 4 22,122 00,000
1822 34.523 48,214
1823 30,433 31,255
1824 27,228 • 53 , .857-
1825 25,645 5%571
1826 35,605 79,143
1827 40 257 ' 75.643
1828 32,302 ,89 357
1829 45.393 83,357
830 58,136 91,785
1831 36.509 93,143
1832 72,987 117,878
1833 92,432 142,587
1834 91,626 110,714
1835 49,969 96,428
1836' 108,4:12 110,714
1837 152,450 160,000
,1838. 129,083 96,428
1839 181,551 85,714
1840 162,867 78.571
1811 155,391 71,071
1842 103.247 68,750
Our readers will observe by the above table that
the quantity of Virginia Bituminous Coal,
which comes more in competition wi h the For
eign coal, also bituminous, was gradually increas
ing, until 1834. Ae soon, however, as the ef
fects of the Compromise Bill of 1832, began to
be felt. it lingered for several years without much
variation, and then commenced declining annual
'ly, and continued to decline up to 1842, while
Ither foreign trade increased in a corresponding
lbut much greater ratio up to 1841. It will also
be observed that in th Ise years when the impor
tation of foreign coal was the largest, the An
thracite trade was also effected, and absolutely de
clines] for two or three years. These farts speak
much louder than all the fine-spun theories of
free-tradists. The very low and ruinous rates at
which Anthrarfie Coal was sold during the last
year, forced it into several markets where foreign
coal was formerly consumed, and we find a de
cline in the supply of foreign coal of 52,147 tons.
In our next we will show how a Protective
Tariff will benefit the Coal trade without increas
ing the price of Coal to the consumer.
MC OREGON guns - rms.—The leading sub.
j•'et for discussion in the U. S. Senate, fore fort
night past, has been the settlement of the Oregon
Territory. The Bill, which was introduced by Mr.
Benton, directed the President to establish a line
of Military Posts from Missouri to Oregon, taking
immediate and formal possession of the letter Ter
ritory, end granted 640 acres of land to each a
dult male settler there, and 160 to each woman
and child. The argument used against this meas
ure is, that our Government to bound by a treaty
not to take possession until formal notice of ono
year had been given of a withdrawal from the trea
ty. It is also argued that our people do not need
the distant Territory, as we have immense fertile
regions already unoccupied and unexplored ; and
further, should,it occasion difficulty between the
two countries, the vicinity to the British forces in
China would give them it decided advantage over
us. Notwithstanding all this, the bill, containing
the above provisions, passed the Senate finally by
a vote of 24 10122 ; and Iwas sent to the House,
which body it is to be hoped will reject it.
S3t r i Norss.--Mr. Kidder. the Locofoco Seo
tam. from LEIZCIrCe County, has reported II bill in
the Senate, authorizing the Banks to issue small
notea. The Telegraph gives the following synop.
tie of the Bill
Section let, makes it lawful for specie paying
banks to issue, one, two and three dollar note'', re
deemable in specie on demand, to the amount of
25 per cent of„their capital actually paid in; pro.
vided that the relief banks shall, continue tit re
ceive their oWit relief issues in payment of debts.
IS,,ction 2nd, enacts that any accepting relief
hank. desirouri of availing itself of the privilege a
bove named, Must notify the Auditor General of
intention to do so; and then it becomes liable a.
gain to all the penalties and regulations in force
before the act of May, 1841.
Election continues this act in force until the
9th May;,1846.
ACCIMMT 1H TUE Mmes.—Po Thursday, mor.
ning about I o'clock a miner, named Wm. Frew,
whilst working an air shaft in 'Joiner and Bon's
mines, was caught by a fall of dirt and slate so as to
completely bury him. A number of miners imme
diately went to work, and after driving though the
solid coal a distance of 10 yards, reached him about
two o'clock on Friday morning. He was alive
when recovered, and, although badly bruised bad
no bones broken. He escaped from death by
throwing himself under a pillar of coal as the fall
was about to take place.
The Pennsylvanian evidently appears to be
alarmed at the rapid strides with which the $200,-
000,000 is progressing in favor with the people,
and labors hard to array the whole locofoco party
against it. We would merely remind our cotem
porary that it it tenot, or ought not to be made a
political question.—Politics had nothing to do
with originating the Bill—and . as it is a question
which concerns the whole people, it ought to be
calmly and 4ispassionately discussed by the whole
people without narrowing it down to a mere par
tizan question.
PLIIIIDEHING THE STATE-THE BEAUTIES OF
He'ckman, a locofoco member
from Northampton county, stated on the floor of
the House on Tuesday last, that James M. Porter
contracted to build a Basin at Easton, on-the Del
aware Wision of the Pennsylvania Canal for
sl7,ooo,—iand that $51,000 had already been paid
him on tho contract,' according to the Auditor
General's Hooks. I
NEW pars -ma. There appears to be quite
a rage for helorrnati n anew counties in °eon
sylvania --, etitions h ving been presented for the
formation fno less
i tan ten at the present ses
sion of the Legislator.. Speculation in lots, and
the great thirst for office, ties at - the -bottom of
nearly evely application.
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C•PITiL PT2 I I.II74ENT.—The Committee in
the Senate, to whom ; the petitions On this subject
were referred, has reported unanimously against
the abolishment of apital , Puni#ment. The
members bf the committee are behind the.sge.
The Portsurruth (N. fi.) Gazette, - for a lone
time a atauneh defender of Loeofcieo doctrines,hae
ran up ttie flag of Henry Clay, and hereafter will
light wider it. '
It is stated that pavid R. Porter has mortgag
ed all his properly for security for his son, whom
he appoidted Sheriffl of the city and county , of
g? A deputation of. Indians from the Sacs,
Fears aria .lowas, ate now -exhibiting their phre•
pol gitaiderelopenqqa a the American Museum,
New Yoirk.
alit is avid that Bobby , Tyler has another
Poem in t press. Le f t all hands stand by to count
the pet!.
1 I._ THE MINERS ' : ,`JOURNAL.
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Xll sAyte tif-iteutce.
012*i;2,21 and belated;
ir . r. The Columbia County Poison is now with
out a single prisorfer. Perhaps the off rulers in
that eouwy are all sent to the Penitentiary ! .
03. Same wiseacre has discovered that steal
ing a canister of Snuff is not actionable; as the
law does not prohibit a man from taking snuff.
( Passing, along Centre street the other
evening we were de l / 2 ighted to see a friend of ours
plunge headlong into a tremendous snow drift
which graced the side walks—how he spluttered
TONS.
5,073
2,240
The Bloomsburg Register appears to us in a
new and enlarged form. We 'Wish brother Pain.
ter all the success which his enterprise deserves,
viz: plenty of Oawonage and few delinquents.
Tb news of the capture of nearly the' whole
Texan forcd, which lately invaded Mexico, seems
to ‘le confirmed.
A public meeting has been held in Charleston,
S. C., and a committee appointed 'to invite Mr.
Clay to visit that city.
PLENTY OF APPLICATIONR.- - li IS intimated
in the last MadisoniaM that len Marmara dem
ocrats ere now applying to President Tyler for
office."
Never punish a girt for being a romp, but thank
heaven, who hay given herhealth and spirits !Abe.
one. 'Tis better to be a romp than to have a' dis
torted spine or hectic cheek.
The editor of the Boston American seems to
think that Mr. White, the Isaac Hill candidate,
will be the next Governor of New Hamp+hire.
In Col. Benton's letter to the recent 'Van Bu
ren meeting in Philadelphia, the personal pronoun
"I" occurs only forty-seven times. The Colonel
is disposed to be personal in his corn ❑uoications.
RATHER Equivocal...—. I don't say as how
master drinks, but I do know that the demij'hn
in the dark closet don't keep full all the time."
Incendiaries are numerous in new York. The
business will be dull when bidleis day arrives.
Formren OF DELAWLIIE. —This state is in
the blessed condition of being entirely out of debt,
and having $600.000 surplus. She never had a
broken bank within her borders.
The English folks are going to have a Thanks
giving for the success which has attended their
arms in China! Heaven cannot smile upon such
a War!
A young lady iu Itt,obile dreamt that her lover
had snatched from her s rapturous and burning
kiss• She awoke and found a rat nibbling, at her
The R4naan Catholics of Philadelphia think of
purchasing the United States Bunk Budding, fur
a Cathedral.
'.l don't like these cold Water spottlers," as the
oafer remarked, when he caw the fountain ploy.
JOHN ADAMS Said, "a drunkard is the most set.
fish being in the universe. He has no, sense of
modesty, shame, or disgrace.. He has no sense
of duty, or sympathy of affection with his father
or mother,his brother or sister,his friends or neigh
bors, his wife, or children ; no reverence frr his
God ; no sense of futurity in this world or the
other--all is swallowed up in the mad selfish
of the moment."
Sixty persons were admitted lo membership in
he Presbyterian Church in Reading, on Sunday
eat.
A BAD WI:PD.—The fines for Sabbath
breaking in Boston during the year 1812, amount
ed to $3,000; which neat sum has been applied to
the uses of the city.
THE NICHOLSON COVRT.—The bill for the re
peal of the law creating this court, became a law
firithout the.eiguature of the Governor, he having
retained it over the constitutional period of ten
dog&
There seems to be one kind of "abolition" in
the South, for on the 6th nearly thirty peti
tions were recetved•and acted on by the police jury,
at New Orleans, to emancipate certain slaves at
the:prayer of their owners.
The Governor has re-appointed Jahn B. Butler,
Levi Reynolds and William OTerfied, to he Canal
Commissioners of the-Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania for one year, commencing February I, 1843.
The Philadelphia National Gazette says that a
letter has been received in that city, from a gen
tleman in China•Kiang.foo,stating,that three hun
dred women committed suicide, in preference to be
ing subjected to the savage licentiousness of the
British soldiery.
During the late disturbances in Ireland, the
following was written by an officer of the army :
"This town is all in an uproar expecting the rebels_
every hour,. I am in a greet hurry. While I
write you these few lines, I hold. a pistol in each
hand and a -"word in the other !" •
There are in the United Skates just ons hundred
soldiers of the Revolution, on the pension list,
over one hundred years of age. The oldest mon
on the list is Michael Efate, of Union county, Penn
sylvania, who is in his t 15th year.
Ravaturtossnt Rstics.—A Maine paper, a
short time since, announced the finding of an old
bomb-shell by some boys who were digging for
clams. Another paper mentioned the names of
two men who saw the same bomb fired by the
British during that eventful period; whilst a la
ter paper proves that the said bt mb is nothing
but an old iron jug lost from a foundry near.
They are rare hands at getting up marvels down
East !
DITIAT OP Ta 6 TESIANS.—The latest advi
ces confirms the intelligence that the derision of
the Texian army under Col's. Fisher and Green
has been defeated• at Mier:. The loss of the Mex
icans, according to their own report, was 420
killed and 130 wounded —212 Teziana prisoners
including Col's Green and Fisher, were to leave
Matamoros on the lath tilt. for the city of Meat
co, to await their sentence from Santa Anna.
( 0. An application was made to the naval
court martial by B. F. Butler and Charles O'Con
nor, Eeq's. to be allowed to act as assistant coun
sel to the Judge Advoiate in the case of McKenzie.
They stated that they had been ernpliyed by the
relatives - of Philip Spencer. The court was clear
ed and after some deliberation decided that the ap
plication could not be granted.
Lsw or LIBM-A petition las been sent to
the New York Legislature, that in civil suits for
damages arising from libels,' the defendant may
be allowed to plead the truth in evidence. The
Strong trade which has been carried on - by
James Fennimore Cooper, we suppose,has given
rise to this petition.
WAttiINGTON'S Swonn.--The service-eword
used by Washington during the Revolutionary
War, was presented to Congress on Monday last
in die House of Representatives, by a member of
the Virginia delegation:
A
Juni,
at th
phin.
morister.yclept General Torn Thumb,
22 inches. high, is now exhibiting himself
Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadel-
The Steamer Caledonia on her last ma
ll?passage carried out 21,000 letters ; so say
Phdadelphia exchanges.
ws
ou:.1
a-_-r
HentrClay was expected to be in Mobile
on the Ist inst.; and by thelast advicea, the peo
ple .vere au:lonely on the look ott fot hitn.
FOR TOE RINZO8? advarrair.
The subject of a National Currency has become
Isci hackneyed and thread bare, that little is left to
be said, i :bout repeating the:often heron) told sto-,
ry. This subject, however, has been treated of
principally,'and I think L may say wholly by, the
mists, and in most of thelplans proposed could not
be reduced to practice. ,
• I was led to these reflections more particularly
by reading the'reniarks of •.X."- in the Phila. En
quirer and National Gaiette. of the 31st ult. He
there refers to the. New Fork Courier and Enqui l
ter of the 19th instant, for the detaili of the
scheme." But he goes - on to vote what 1 suppose
is the subtrance of the plan, ttus :
4. Suptinse then," he says, u a specie paying
Bank should subscribe and pay for $200,000 of
the Government six per cent loan, it would under
the arrangement proposed, be entitled to have
$200,000 of its bank notes stomped end counter
signed at the Treasury of the United States, which
from thence forward would be, under the proposed
law establishing this Currency, so received every
where throughout the Union in payment-of duties,
lands, and albother dues to the United States, just
in the sears. way Treasury notes are now received."
Now it may be that the writer starts upon a fallaci
ous supposition, consequently his deductions and
conctueions would also be deceptive. Ido not
suppose that %.X . ' has, or would willingly attempt
to deceive or mislead; for he seems t i discuss the
matter in a cool, dispssionote and candid manner,
but it arises, es before observed,from a want of
practical knowledge. Let us see how it would
work, both as it regards the public and the Banks,
which should subscribe to the Stock. We will
suppose that one or more- Banks in Philadelphia,
and one or more in Cincinnati, would subscribe
for this loan, and issue the notes as proposed fiy
and under a law of Congress requiring these
Banks each to receive the notes of the others for
duties, &c., what benefit would that be to the
public! Merthants want a currency that will'
serve them at a distancP, and remote from their
place of business, and therefore when a Merchant
at Cincinnati wants to purchase goods in Phila
delphia in the Spring and Fall, he wants that
which will be equal to specie, or it does not serve
his purpose. Well then, he takes the notes issu
ed in Cincinnati, countersigned in due form, and
on his arrival in Philadelphia, he goes to a Bank
that has issued notes under like circumstances,
and offers a deposit of say only $lO,OOO ; do you
suppose the City Bank would receive them! why
certainly not, and what then 1 He would be driven
to a broker shop, and would be obliged to sell his
Bank notes thus secured for any price offered by
the heartless broker. I have only taken one mer
chant for example, but it often happens that ten,
fifteen or twenty come into the city within a week
or ten days, each bringing oftener $20,000 than
$lO,OOO, they would I think, be likely to be very
poorly accommodated by such a currency. It is
not so much the final security that merchants look
to as it is its convertibility, although safety is very
desirable, that I think may readily be. seen by the
miserable trash we have in this State, called "Re
lief Notes." No one I think doubts the final securi
ty of these notes, biat every one knows their pres
ent depreciation.
Now let us see how the scheme would work as
regards the State Banks. In the first place, the
Banks would have no consideration for the a
mount thus issued, because they could not get the
certificates of loan until the whole amount of their
notes thus issued were redeemed, and what then
would they have I a depreciated loan that they
could hardly negotiate at any price. Besides the
Banks in Philadelphia would be bound to receive
the notes of distant Banks when offered by the
Collectors of Customs, dtc., and the consequence
would be that they would soon find their vaults
filled with notes of foreign and irresponsible Banks;
irresponsible because they would not be bound to
provide funds in Philadelphia far their redemption,
and to redeem their own notes at their own risk
and expense. The Banks in the Sauth and West
would not be likely to remit their Eestern funds to
a Bank in the city that would be obliged to re
ceive their notes on deposite; they would choose
rather to select some other Bank to which to make
their remittances, in order that they might draw
draughts and sell them, and not to have the whole
amount of their remittances absorbed by the re
ceipt of their own notes. But it may be answer
ed that they are all specie paying Banks; true, they
are so. but dose any one suppose that a Bank in
Philadelphia, would he willing to incur the trouble,
risk 'lnif expense incident to transporting specie
from tee remoteparts of our country, for any ben.
alit or advantage that could result to them far the
privilege of issuing the paltry sum of $200.000 in
Bank, notes endorsed by the Government I when
one half, two thirds, or the whole amount might
be on hand at any time, and at all times bound to
pay the specie for them when presented !!! We
may be told that they will enj iy the public depos
hes, and if they did, it may well be questioned
whether even that is any advantage to State Banks.
The contractions and expansions caused by the sud
den receipts and disbursements of such large sums,
may not be es advantageous as supposed by some.
certainly under the Pet Bank system, some of the
Barks were not greatly benefited by it, end par
ticularly the Girard Bank. We were told by the
,opponents of the late Bank of the United States,
that they ran suddenly into these extremes of ex
pansion and contraction for the purpose 'of crea
ting a panic in the monetary affairs of the'country,
for effect, whereas the merest superficial observer
might have been satisfied by looking at cause and
effechthat it was nothing more than the natural con
sequence resulting from the disbursements by the
Bank of the United States on account of the Gov.',
ernment. The Government for instance hod a
loan falling due on , a certain day of five millions
of dollars; notice would be given by the Secretary
of the Treasury six months before the day of
payment for the holders of certificates to present
them at the Rank U. S., in Philadelphia, New
York, Baltimore. &c., 'wherever most convenient
to thshnlder. Consequently it became the duty
of the Bank to be prepared at all these points,
hence the husbanding of their resources not only,
but the collection of out standing debts was abso
lutely necessary in order to save herself against
the local Banks, who were ever ready, and rejoic
ed when they had the power to pounce upon her
when she fell in their debt, sea lion upon his prey,
whilst she for the most part might have destroyed
almost any of'the State institutions at any time.
But her true magnanimity was seen, not only in
rising above such a feeling, but in actually exten
ding relief tolthem though a large creditor Bank
at the time.
After these contractions and the day for paying
off the loan has passed by, they would naturally'
look to their customers who had suffered severely'
in the interim, and extend relief to thead, and again
I would be liberal in discounts and consequently in
' circulation, and her opponents would seize upon
such occasions to heap on the Bank all snits of
slanders to operate on the unirnformed. I speak
of the Bank of the United States, when it enjoyed
a charter from Congress an& not undee the State
law. It was
,unfortunate, with : _all due difference,
that Mr. Biddle ever recta:amended the Stock hold
ers to accept . a Charter from the State; its capital
was entirely too unwieldy for a f3tateinstiitution,
and so some of its warmest friends predicted at
the time.. It is admitted freely that the Currency
created by the plan proposed in the Enquirer by
.2E' would be safe and locally convertible into ape.
tie, and in that eve have gained:but one ingredient
in a National Currency, viz; tasty. As to its n.
EMI
Er
roversat
, receivatnloy, great d
,terhlioed", bees& if
should fitul•ils way it;t9 Any
,sivoold be_ catijeci to jilt%
that other - specie paying 13
would be. Circulation ma •
without being convertible, a
Relief notes. Hut that for
aortal Currency. Relief notes and such as would
come from the South ma West would be utterly
worthless in the hands of a merchant or trades
man, who bad a note to pay in Bank, even though
it be a discounted note when the Bank would view
the effort to pay in the most favourable light.—
Suppose a city Bank would undertake to receive
such issues on deposit, &c. the consequence . would
be that the next day they would havo : to pay spe
cie for every dollar comparatively so receiver!, eith
er to individuals upon checks or . Bank notes drswri
by checks, or to other Banks , when the Dotes so
drawn.had found their way, and the balance in
the morning 'exchange would be just so much a
gainst the Bank receiving inconvertible_ paper, ev
ery- thing else being equal.
Now all this is what may he called coating down
to practice, and therefore has no fine spun theo
ries to recommend it, and us given in coarse and
commonplace . language. The country wants
something that will certainly form a circulating
currency, convertible every where, snd meeting
the necessities of the community without doubt,
and without further " experiments ", or tinkering.
If we did not know a h.t would serve the wants
of the people, then we might " experiment."
But the question is settled. It will be remrm
bered by all who are sufficiently advanced in years.
and as a matter of history to other*, how the - OM
'Bank of the Uffited Stites, chartered I think in
1791,, Inrnished• a circulating nt dium meeting the
wants of the people in every pos.it•te shape, and
affording every. .facility to the C G ,verntnent dist,
tequired, and in 1812, when its. concerns wet,
closed up for want of re-chartering, because as sk
then supposed and urged by its enemies, it was
exerting foreign influence through British Gold.
it not only paid the stork holders the full memo
of capital, but paid in extra dividends some 40 or
50 per cent over and above. I speak from ffiemo
ry, and therefore may be a little from the
Soon after the winding up of the old Batik, a
genera‘ suspension of specie payments took place
throughout the country, and so remained till the
establishment of the tale Bank U. S., in 1816,
and we are indented to that institution for the re
sumption of specie payments, end its continuance.
throughout the whole time; its charter bad to run,
twenty years. ‘•
on the f irs t eitgan&niott of chit B mk. an emi
bent citizen of Philadelphia, and one of whom she
may well be proud, was en.pl..yed and sent to Eu
rope to purchase epecie for the Bank U.lB , toseth
er with some of the local Banks who j..ined in the
erpense 4 iind shared the specie on its arrival. Ten
millions t think was-then Drought over.
The Bank now organized, started upon a goad
basis, but it had many difficulties arid prejudice,.
to overcome, which it did surmount. Now we wilt
examine for one moment,hovr it, performed (he va
rious parts for which it was created, to off rd a
circulating currency convertible every where, and
to perform the part of a sscal agent to the Govern.
ment. AA will be borne in mind that when that
Bonk was established, the credit of the Govern
ment was so prostrate that it could not negotiate
a dollar on loan, and WB4 obliged to resort to the
expedient of issuir.g Treasury notes, bear'r.g an
interest of 6i per cent to pay its creditors; these
notes were forced into the market, and were sell
ing at a discount of 25 ter cent. Immediately on
the chartering of this Bank, Treasury notes were
in demand at per, and in many instances at o pre.
mium equal to the amount of interest That had oc
curred on their faCe was given, and the credit of
the Government rzse to an unprecedented heicht.
All the money that was needed to prosecute the
war then existing, could be hail taithlut delay
or trouble, and_ it is well known that during the
whole period that the Batik U. S. Deter] as fiscal
agent, there was noethe loss of a single dollar to
the Government. How then did it perform the
object of its creedal] to the commercial communi
ty I
It hes been admitted on all hands where sober
reason has been permitted to preside, that there' .
never was in any country a more perfect system
of currency and circulation ever existing. The
notes of•the Bank U. S. could be taken from one
extreme part of the United States to the other, and
cashed at par, Or at most per cent discount, or
if a draught was wanted for remittance it could be
had at to Ilj per cent. If.a bill of exchange was
to be collected, equal facilities were attnged by
the Bank United States. Why is it then that all
this can be done by a Batik of the U. S.. and can
not be accomplished through State Institutions?
Because in the former case the Bank and its
branches have a common interest, and in the lat
ter each State Bank has its own interest, and that
in some particulars is distinct from all others. It
will not be forgo ter? that whilst the Bank U. S
was in operation there was no trouble in parsing
the notes of any of the sound State Banks, all over
the Union, and whs I because the Bank U.
S. spreading over every section of the country
was ever anxious to collect these stray notes and
return them to the mother or one of its sisters,
where it might be brought to operate Upon and af
fect the balance between it and the local institu
tion; thus there was no hesitation with any busi
ness man in taking the notes of any or all wend
Banks. But it is not the interest of state institu
tions to pick up notes other than such as they can
exchange with the Banks in their immediate neigh
borhood; or if it be a country Bank then such as
they can deposit° in a city Bank, to keep good
their credit and the circu'ation of their notes.
The most that seems to be expected from this
mongrel currency between the State Banks and
the Government, is, that they will be taken for
duties, &c., " just in the same way Treasury notes
are now received." If Treasury notes do not an
swet.the purposes of a National currency; what
advantage would be gained by adopting one that
would operate precisely in the same way. Much
of late has been said in regard to a plan proposed
by a member Congress from Maryland, Mr.
Johnson, of creating a National loan of $200,000,..
000 and dividing this loan among the States pro•
rafo. This would afford relief to the Slates at
Once, and there is no good reason why a measure
so jut and equitable should not be adopted with
out delay. This subject . was proposed, and Con
gress memorialized about ten years since by a few
persons residing in Schuylkill county, and gained
but little favour till within a year or two past, but
I trust its friends having no political party to sup
port it, may continue their importunities till the
measure is adopted. But I believe; at least as far
as I have seen, the most sanguine of its friends do
not expect it to form any, part of a National Cur.
rency. What then is to be done.? Let us raise
a flag and inscribe on it, Bank of the United
Slates, with a liberal Charter, and pourer to es
tablish' Branches all over the United States ; the
distribution ofTwo Hundred Millions of Gorr !;
ernment bran cononglf- the Slates fur their imme.
diate relief, and fianfilly by it while a star
or stripe shall hap to ether,' and compromise for
nothing short of t e o ;Vet. No half way meas.
Eti v
ores. Let us sink, or im by our principles. The
thing is so well sett!, d, that there can be longer a
doubt of its
Schuylkill
Sites Wt.!. „lto the U. S.
Oenete, for six year*, by the•sew York Legislature.
itubt mop well be en
-ell -
or Wi•stern note
.t:tbe atstcrn cities,
the ,eame discount
I nks of like location
be kept. up locally
in the ease of our
r a no feature of a /Viz-
- A blur Annucilso alepwn WIVE.-- Charles
Miller, of Sing >Sing, (formerly of Link; Falls,y
who, it will be remembered, endeavored to abduct
his wile from Sing Sing, New York, last summer;
and more recealy from Stamford, Coon., wheid
she had been remaining in order to obtain a divered
from him, succeeded on Wednesday last in takinif
her by forte from the house where she was mkt:
ing in the latter place. The cue is thus stated
in a-New York paper ;
She was the daughter of Lyman Wells, a weal=
thy gentleman at Yonkers, Westchester county,'
by which marriage Mr. Miller bet'ame possessed
in right of a fortune. In a short time the feelings
of the young wife were seduced from he: husband;
and she induced to leave him ant: return to het
relatives. The husband endeavored by ;fate td
mean poesessiotiof his wife, a quarrel ensued, and
the limit:land was dr feated, Eloggedsind bound over
in 6000 dollars to keep the peace.
Mr. Miller was a Man of too•much spirit to stay
&reeled, and he, on Thursday afternoon, procured
of Disbrow, of the. Vauxhall Riding School,.one of
his fastest teams, end drove to Stamford,
where he learned his wife -vas stopping, He eaW
ed at Seely's tavern to get some refreshment. He
was somewhat surprised, however, to (earn that
the object of his ceirch- was under the same roof
with himself. He had his team arranged in readi.:
nese at the_ door, and then went into the coons
where his wife was sitting, and seeing him she"
became alarmed and screamed for help.
Mr. Miller,,Without more ado / seized her in his
arms and rushed towards the door: He was
terrupted in his O:ght by the barkeeper, whom be
prostrated with a and safely lodged his charge
in the carriage. and ordered the driver to speed to'
town. For a time she struggled to escaue. but
before reaching the city she bccarne reconciled,
and consented to re-unite her fats with her liege
turd, and render to him due obeilionce• In one
hour and thirty minutes the parries %ere in sale
cony ealtnifht in this city. In one hour after, the
biother or Mrs. Miller; accompanied by_ en offic. r.
reache'd town, acid. procuring the aid dour police,
c9inmenced searching (or the supposed fugitives.
Search however, was in vein, for yesterday morn
ing !fief were safely embarked on hoard a vessel,
and are' now before a spanking breeze, ,wending
their way to the West Indies.
Da !arm. bl. Bnoximgan.—Thep individual is
said to he somewhere in the vicinity of his former
residence, in Pike or Wayne county. If it be
true that he is wilting to testify, es has been al
ready intimated aod that he only awaits the re
quest of the Governor to return fof that purpose,
it sterna in every respect desirable that steps should
be taken to comit!y with his wishes If is under
stood that he is anxious to explain, in order that
all the blame growing from it I—rpsy not remain
upon his shoulders. Thiti matter should be clear
ed up if posilhle. The mystery which hangs over
rt is a cloud e f disgrace to Pennaylvanin, and as
an opportunity now seems to preAeut itself of get
ting at the truth ,t last, it should nit he suffered
to pass sway. The community at present lo ,4
upon 1.) oriel M. Brodhead, es the person who
manned the whole affair and reaped a large portion
of the profit. If it be the case, that he is made
the crepe-goat to screell'others. it is no more than
is duo to himself to put the thing'bptin its proper
footing.—Pennsylvanfatr.
TRY. DIFFERENCE BET,F E'EN C►N •N El CAN ' T.
---11 do not know a word in the vocabulary of lain•
guage that sounds so forbidding to the , eo
stagnant in its effects, as the word ce`ri't. It is ir
reconcilable to' any thing in tnorels cis philosophy.
It checks the current of life, and brings ell the en
ergiei of body and mind into a state of lethargy ;
makes the present a cold winter's waste, and dti.
ert of Aespair—the future an inextricable wilder.
ness,'Air entrance of which - As but the opening of
an inteariinable labyrinth of darkness and wo ;
while upon can Faith shines with the bright, dif
fusive, benign rays of a meridian son—wakens and
chters every thing into active life and energy--
removes mou Steins, crosses trackless oceans and
continents into tniexplored regions—makes the Je•
sert teem with life and beauty--builds States and
empires—turps the currents of mighty streams—.
opens canals and builds railroads—erects tempts■
—the spiritual guidepost, whose spires point to
heaved.
ScgirE .rs •11 01110 CollitT.—TlVitgeiia
pupForted on the right and an the left b his as
sociateb, and en old lady is called 'up t, - give evn•
del ce:-.--
Presiding Judge—Take offyuur bonnet madam
Ladv--1 would rather not sir,
P.J.--1 desire you to put off your bonnet ma-
Jam
1,.—1 am informed that in public assemblies
thetivoinan should cover the head. Suet is the
custom—and of course, I n ill not,take offal. bon-
P. J;—Why, you are a pretty woman, indeed;
I think you had better come and take a scat on the
QM
thank you kialy, sir ; buy really think
there ere old women enough there
Repub.
FNT or ILL Bit EE INO swaggerer is
invariably on imposter; the man who calls loud
est for the waiter, who treats him worst, and who
finds more fault than• any one else in the room,
when the company is mixed, will always turn
out to be the man of all others the Ini:t entitled:
either by rank or inte Iligence,to give himself sire,.
People who are'conscims of what is due to them .
never display irritability or impetuosity ; their
manners insure civility-,thetr civility insures re
spect ; but the blocklic; . a or 'the coxcomb, fully
aware that something more than ordinary is ne
cessary to produce an circa, is sure, whether in
clubs or coffee-rooms, to he the most fastidious
and captious of the community, the most restless
and imtrible amongst his equals, the most,ering-
ing and subservient - before his superiors.—T.-
Hook's "Gilbert Gurney."
A Fount BIZ APPEAL.... The Governor of llfi=-
nois lately sent a message to the Legislature urg
ing it to im mediate action, to raise the means of
paying ha own - exp.msea. Having nothing but
Auditor's warrants to piy with, he stated the coat'
of wood for public use r to be thew dollars and
half, instead of they cash price of ono dollar aliens
ty.five cents; candles one dollar, instead of thitty - : :.
seven and a half cents; and so forth. IL was
with the utmost difficulty that the Executive.He•
partment could pay its pos.age'., Such a state of
things, if no other, would soon put a stop to fi
vorite amusement of Legislatures, that of creating
and filling offices of trust and PROFIT—or. at,
least make them offices to trust only. •I,
NEW CovrrattrErr !—Van Court's Counter•
feit Detector contains a description of a• new
counterfeit, which his just mails its appearance
in some parts of this State. It can be easily
teeted by persons accustomed to bandling mangy;
but may be readily imposed on the unwary.
is altered in sir places.
B•NR. OF DELAWARI.-.403 altered ftom 2s.
Vignette, ship, schooner and steamboat ;• left
hand end, head of Washington. The genuine
lOs have a drover on horseback. The word. on
in the body of the note badly done."
The number of depositors in the Massachusetts
savings banks during the last year was 42,587; the
amount of deposites $6,900,451 70; the divide o .o*
for the year $282,231 IS. In 1838, the amnia
of deposites in thesi institutions was only 069 e.
292 59.