' ( .:. • • . t 71. . • r! f`r 4ft-vi..4.4:414` unc 47ftrit421:112 POTTSVILLE. - Saturday Morning, Jan: 6, 1844. ,NAVO'fip Fubscri bers.will percievc that, With the exception of the ad vertiscruenOil.all the'maiter of the Present Paper ap : fears in an entirely new and beautiful l ilpe. We histbeen disappointed Inprol'uring: the new type far our advcstisir.g columns in time. for this num_ bar, but . will endeavor, to have theoppcar.inee of the whole sheet imProVed in the course of a week or two. 'As a return for the exertions we have made and,e making to render our paper useful and Valuable, we shoUld ask our citizens not to forget the old and sound principle of protecting ! • linkenceuraging home enterprize: . Let eery man tubstribe first for the paper of his owti r6ighbor hood, and then if his circumstances will allow it, lie would bb justifiedin 'taking one from abroad. Wcknow-that there arc business menin Potts-'. villc, who ,have discontinuedfthe papers of their atm county, ao that they might: he enabled to sub , smihe for othe:s from the city ; whilst'at the same 'time, those serf - men turn to the citizens of Potts , gille and ask them to. patronise and support them in their businesS.T, Tiiis is a one-sided piinciplc snd to 'pursue it; is both wrong and dishonest— mutual' assistance is our motto, and, as far as we. are concerned, we hate always acted - up to it un flinchingly; We would now make the earnest request to: rourfriends in different sections—that they would Use their influence to increase the circulation of the Joutaal in their respective districts., The im provement of our paper has cost us rather a heavy outlay, and we have emploYed one of the best and most talented letter writers at Washington to fur nish us weekly with an account of the doings there; whose letter of last week was worth. the whole cost of subscription. These arc expense; which no other country paper in the state has incurred, and we:since:rely, think that it deserves some re .,turn from the community; , 2 E n ' . Ev has been the custom in this nti,glibliodfo r along time, the 'death of Of the cdkycar and the birth of Its suceeSsor, was celebrated by a tremendous fizzing - ,• ciacking,' and bellowing of small 'arms, &c, After twelve o'clock, detachments, composed of members from vari ous military companies, - paraded through the streets 'visiting the residences 'of the different officers, and _saluting them with it Alolley of musketry; and a toll of the music. ' A band of callithumpians were, we Understand,, also out, delighting the' cars of our citizens with ingeniMis combinatiOns.of the most infernal noises, and a perpetual din was ..kgpt np in the streets unil broad daylight on the Morning of the firs(. 4 • Axotar.n CONTESTED ELECTION.-WC are in folimed that the election 'of Brigadier General and Brigade Inspector of the'll Brigade, 6th Division, P. 111., (composing this, county) has been contest ed; and that .)lafai Otiteral Keirn has ordwd a court composed of tw,c4ifilters to enquire into the T 1 grounds for contesting said election; ••le court , will sit on the 18th of the presenfmonth at Mount Carbon:. We understand that the parties, making tho complaint, alledge that illegal votes" were re : cCivcd and, legal votes' rejected. ,Should they . make' thil•ekarge out to 'the satisfaction of the court, a now' lection will be ordered. ' POTieVIILE—ITS Ono wTa.—Notwithstantl thesuniicisal depression of trade for.the two past seirs, and the many tither causes which con- Aspired „to clog industry and hamper, enterprise, still our Borough has gonC:on rapidly progressing tit strength and increase. In the year, 144, sev olty new buildings were put up' within the Bor ,ough limits, and for the past sear, 18113, EV2IITY 'buildings have been erectid, many of which are expensive edifices, and remarkable for their beauty of structure. The march of Pottsville is onward ! GasTirrixo.—We are pleased' to notice the or " sardMtion of a Young Men's Clay Club in' the . . ~ :'Borough of Orwigsburs, anntope to chronicle for the future many good results flowing fromit upon 'that portion of the District. The tvhigs ofPine •:gto' are-.also abottt_ organizing a 'Clay Club, ';which oes to become a large and active soci yidding another increase tO the great that is now swaying the nation nne extreme to the other. A, Elr P r cO. We wish it .to be - distinctly understood' :that vris arc not responsiblo for the opinions and ciewe advanCed by correspondents.: We. open IZE d~~: , _ .~ ~,` .. . . • cur columns to temperate communications on a !millet-is, which agitate the public mind, ,and all who feel themselves aggrieved can have the same medium fora reply, provided it is 'couched in' re apeetfullarignage. We hold ourselves responsi ble only for the views and 'opinions ,expressed in the editorial department of the SourrtaL 11 +j i Sositrurso Nrcv.•,-Our thanks. are due to Mr. John Fletcher, for a novel present consisting of a quarter .peck of- now .second crop potatoes, which be sent to us on Christ Mas morning. They ' were,a delightful article, and owing to the novelty !ha , thins, proved a singular, acceptable, and rare .gift. 31r. Fletcher is 'a gardener, aud has &saw. end some Method, of raising a second crop which he has not yet disclosed. EZIM 'ki, J A I, 4 1 :NEW Bst.t.—ThC thembers of the Presbytzri :' rian church in this -Borough, , have purchased a.. large bell, upwards of 500 lbs. in weight, which \ they have already hung in their new building in ' \kridahaUtango street. . It Nr4 „; rroaured from the * ogadry at Troy, and is one of the best tones we , \ic eve.i listened to. , ". o Aavawnssas.—Those who are desirous :-• ° .sing 'their advertisements changed will e -I Nitana them in. We will be compelled !ct the advertisements in a new, and beatitg / 41 : 11 ' ' the course or the ensuing three or friar v'eP i' . % Vh affords a favorable opportunity to' - th ( ''' s " 4 tish a change, to have it made. '' , f MU NZ Mvsni &fleet R. 4, faxtrTing ik‘ ger4bst nom 124 by - fotmabs %M I! -" . The rhiladeliihin; and !Volta,' • vine 1 . 1,0nd. 1 In reflecting green the liliztory of this great work from its 'early e l ionalneneenmiit until the' present day-, we ate compelled to pause and wouder.at the dcteriined ener&v which has impelled and urged forward its groith and Perfection. The under taking was commenced at ii.iesson whcri the fiscal affairs of the country Were gradually assuming a' darkened aspect over the land—L-the depression which followed hung, over the Work like a(hirat ening cloud, until its first' actual permanent completion; yet throughont the Whole of the gloom, there was no failing, no liesitating„ no' shrinking on the part of those peisons connected with its While the universal - prostration which dwelt, ; in our land; checked the progtess of `almost every Undertaking -of any Magnin?' e, tt sect - pea to nerve•and strength and a's'art of ddgged persev'eranee to ,the active fiiends of this road. Their march wa•4onwaid,, ail the greater the difilculti . , ilistirne . the deterinintion! With this healing, they boldly incurrell aM expense of from five to sir millions or dollars„a c nd although the sage pre(*tions • of a inUititilde rang in their ear; the gloomy and vague fiye'teliingS of-coin pletc failure and total baiikruptcY, l they have , nev ertheless finished the work; and 'with the evidence of a-short experience to point to are i-eatl3Fto con found with facts the Stoutest. septic .as to its e-. ventual success. .1 , • • , • • wail' 11- I ' the question maybe frequently asked by those • • who dO, not freely - and !liberally consider the whole effect of a work like this, " What has it done,l" ; It has, in the first place, transpOrted fromthis re glcin over its rails ,at 1ea5t.250,000 'Feria ;Of coal since !its commencement. In 1512 the amount earriCd down was•so,ooo'tons and in 1013 the ainotnit was increased to about, 230,000 tOns.. has caused a reductio i n- of tolls and freight in the transportation of coal, and by . doing . so Ims placed our4egion on a more favourable footing than any other coal district. in the country; By thismeans, it has saved to the consumers abroad; within the last two years at least two millions of dollars inthe - price of fuel, and ford this reason alone ought to be regarded by every true economist' as a ai-eat and' good work, in a national point of view. .1-dded to* all this, who can cloie his eyes to the immense ad.. vantages which an easy and rapid soured (sitcom.: municat!oa gives toy a place ; the increase of busi : ness,incident to facility of access--the importance and profit derived fr l om the grCat influx arid efflux of strangers as passengers-,—the rapid transporta tion to and fro.of the mails, merchandize; Szc.Tand the innumerable advantages-'which. 110 y from nearer vicinity to Philadelphia?' It' has also, hy bringing us withinj the limits of a few hear's ride to the city, and 1)§. 1 its Continual communication, the whole year ronnd, Made this Place one 'of the best sites foi a maiMfacturingtoWn in the country., The great objectilan which has hitherto opposed ! I .the location offactories in the coal districts, hai been the want of 'a l sufficient, communication with the Sea Board; this difficulty haS been completely obviated by the constrUctionl of the Philadelphia, Reading and rottSville RO Road, and tee conh dently anticipate witnessing; that period when the sound of the tilt-hainmer and the, clattcr of the loom -shall wakeii theiteclioes I among these old hills, Amass Sprague," Esq., of Provi gor Partner bf the extensive man & W.gpssgne, was mar \at 8' &clod/. on Siirdiy after perszni unknovv: When , the gintpid with t pistol i - I _ ,• P " I ; MEI I Arn.vr IT CAI ( DO • ! • • After the construction ofd double track, it will , be enabled to ziecommodate a much grdater extent of busineSs than . ls: at - present possible; and- we learn that the company hag has effeeteda'laan of one million for that ! purpose 41. New York and BoS- . ton. It will them ho almost irMaciasibfP to f.. , .. ' !Mut tollie - qbariiiti of coal they Would be able to transport; indeed the. only thing which could limit it'would be the facilities t l ifforried at the de pots; these hre to'be increased,' and the conse quence will be that the mad can then accommo date a trade of almost any litagnitude: By being enabled to transport coal thremghotit the whole year, it will have the effect of ,creatingh regular 'demand for thclstaple during; tbe, winterseasoN a result which, Whilst it is a benefit to the dealer here, is seniibly felt by dip fonsnrger abroad.— We understand that after all the present arrange ments are completed, the company !will provide for keeping all ;the avenues to the Bast opeh dt iing the Winter!' thus addin 3 -zmunica etre/ a to 6.:... r up a regular deinand and even supplythroughout that season. ! 1 • ! ' - IT; AIIMS * OI3. FEEDEIIS. • I The first arm } that this road stretches out in en tering the coal basin is T h e Mine 11111 and Seleylkill Hazen Rail &lef t which intersects the western portion of this coal field, running rot: about ten miles through the district in a northerly direction, and } l crossiog all the : reins south of the barrier formetybi the Broaß :Mountain, at right. angles. Upwards of 270,000 tons eitiMally are transported over this • road; which is admirably laid With heall a s ' iron' -.ll7ollghettlt its Whole length,. and - iS under the su r perviSion of careful and judiciouslauperintendents. The next in reg., trios order is the Mount Carlbon Roil Road, which connects with the head of 4 ' is road at Mount Car bon, the site. Of the present. Depot . and extends a -1 • . crass the veins at right' angles, ' for, four milea•in a , northerly direction. The amount, of coal annual ly carried-doss: over the Mount Carbon Rail Road is aboutl4o,ooo tons. } ::I :, ,, ._ Arrangements have been made, mul all the ne-: cessaxy steps taken for laying a r4l from Mount Carbon to Port Carbon : ,' 4! :distal:MO.of about two miles, for the purpose. Of conneedng the: easterly portion of this coal basin !with the, main road to ,Philadelphi.C. -When this branch is conipleted; it will connect first vita the :Ni/1 Creek Rail. Road, whiol also crosses all • the -tins south of the Broad mountain, at right angles; and secondly N:lth the Schuylkill Valley Rail Road . , Which at ' 1 p • rd .:zt open , Ito a larger extent; of coal field than I any other Mona it; the OrlinlY; The • of this road from Port Oe.rbonATX Depot) to Tea- I• , , ~ j„ cetera, (the head,) is now about ten mueS, and a 1 1.;-project is now afloat to reay-the! road, and extend' lit' riot only to Tametpm,!whicht is but fortrjuilei from Tuscarora, and would by bare the-roleOf the Little Scluiylkill flegrn, but Olso beyiand that two or three miles into, the Sunnnit Quarry of the Lehigh COmpany, thus Itappin'g the whole of the Mauch Chunk. district, tluougli this lonic) which I is its : natural outlet This Plan will,! without doubt; be Feasible, 4 ill all }Prol)011Y the Mauch Chunk lands will be Sol thisyOar. . The'citixens of Sl=i; BUnbury, lad other Ore i the . Saiqa ". a, aria; also making ar- , `A to ti noted. the presiitt fanu4kiti Bail 113 Philadelibia: and Pottsville Road, woklihe • leaned photos on .._ . .. _ ..1 - ::. -id-,3-1,-.;:i;,: HIE -- - - . and travelling of Northern ,Pennsylvtinin throUgh this particular diStricti'' By a communication, on the'.ll.iiepage of this raper, our readers will Per- . c'eive'thata rail road 14' Miles in length, and easy of ccMstr`uction, ..can be 'male which will connect main road whole Swatim COal Region with the to 4 at,Scintylkill Haven. • The great advantagei that ,would follow th 4 construction of which are so manifest; that it's conipletieri cannot he long-de ,layed. ' There is one fact contained in Col.! Ai- . ~. .. crigg's communicatiOn, which, impressed . us for9l-1 11 !,. • 1 bly,as it Was sorikethtng we had neserbeforelresl- 1 izetl. or Suspected--,iz: that, S fail road of :,46.1, 'miles from SchtiYlkill Haven, (inclinlihg't4d. pro, . 'ej cted road to the S'l:VaLtrkrcgion.) can be laid sr', 1 - - - 1 a 5 ., to.reach 1 the i the:usquehanna • Canal at, Port r l LyOri, 8 miles Cher i e Harrisburg, and beloW lite ittoiat li li e. o ß f a t i le lißJota.ntilica'stta.rnatar:y anticipates 1- i , 1 a great it cre:.tse of btisinesS the present year, and are !alrca .,_ dy, making evely airangeinent . to accommodate it. [ 1., The number of coal ears now on the road is .159 ; ,,'• , . 3 I' thLSe cars are ( artide of carry lug about -31 tens each, and withlthe 'l iaddition of a top 0 or S inches 1" li' in; hei.3 . lit would ba i enabled to carry 4 tons: each.• Allded 'tO this' they, are' aboht contracting fpr 1000 or 12001ca4 to carry 5 tons each, to be rea• . 1 dy, .part in Marcleand Afiril, the balance in May • and June. lt • i and Juno. (These cars, 'lye unacrstandi'arb to be • I t constructed entirely of iron.)rn . 'They will have a ofliciciit nu*kr i ipf engines wady to kep the W,holenumbei - Sfe i crs in activity, and the probalitil ity is that thq aing,„,. of coal which will belearried ,down for tire; present year, will reach 500,000 ions. The company h.:4 ail) centracteel for, extending i their wha'rf ccoiitrnodathin 4.t:Richmond, .so 'that • ' it will be increased foir-fcild o*er that, of last . Executive ComMittee.. 'l l 'I Year. '! ' t `,. :'( l' •• - Charh.s -Angell, 13pij. .Bint In conclusion, remark that the feeling - Danie l l Hill,- • Pigs De iii ,i ;,': • ;: . - among the S chuylkill county opeiators is decided- - ' John Fari-elt., - 1 • , ly in favor or the . , Rail. Road. This occurs;in con t ; i • The aboVe is a capital org... tidiatien, and prom_ sequence °C, the : greater facilities for conducting , the hysiness—the erse with :!,vhickthey are enabled 1) ise to effect much good for . 1, the cause . in thi4 county. • \'V . e are particularly NI NVith the to ship the coat.' the bib, r incurred hy the conpa- taste manifested by the Clula i in the !selection of ny in unioadin,g, coal 'At Richmond, . and the iheir, present chitinnan. Mr.' trach* ba.s been c onveniene'e,of , having cars at the "Compaity's ex- thronglunii his whole life.a In J in and i kmtlioching ._. pease whiCivobimites the necessity Oa heavy out- i Whig:' Ho is: also descended! from ione of the lay of dead. capqal. • All! theSe frets contribute to Moat Ho our land i•V'er kri§lv, being the • give the:Rail Road the prefinee here, and there son of Cot. William . Nichel44forinerly of Phila ,are but fetf operators in the region Vl'lloWOttle not, delphia, -Wlie served faithfully through the 'Whole under present circumstances, prefer the centimuni- war of the, - Revolution, and Was notred compli_ crition by: Rail Road, at 12A cents, andAnsot cm- meniary by both Washington; and Lafayette At its, ses 2a cents per ton advance, to that of the,/ anal. close. ' , I. . 1 : ' I This being the' ' cape, unless the Schuylkill irivi- VFe. find in looking over i 'an old file of the gallon COmpaiily deepen ' s or wierts their mull so Emits and Schuylkill Journal! the foffowing hand as to bear boats of 120 tOnaburthen; or mikes a .some notice of Mr. Francis - BsNiclbls, written slack water nasigation along „the Whol ' lin l e we ,at the time he was the candidate foi 4 r the Senate see no rea' son 'Why the Rail Road tria'ynotdivert from the counties of Berks andiSchullkill: . • i i - -,' `te whole trade from it. , I I • Fne'Nois B. Nicuois, thil pres nt candidate / , was a young man at the cornmene4ment of the last war. i . He entered into the nay* and was on board of the Chesapeake as milollicer, in the mem i.: o L r a a s b il l r e en , c ga ki g ll e e rnt Fi t g A h 'it t h in :li iy . . l S t h he! a 4 t s it iti o e n .., .)E1 i...1., riti a :1 . 1 .. i i,_ frigate when the ship.waS•taken rind:the brave . re- retice, Mr. .:Sichtils receivf , :l; breast, which r• - 4etrball in his, e ":1111 remains in;him, Its it could not fe.:, and,cannot be, extracted. • gp' N ' yas Imade prisoner with flip' rest of the ship's crew, and carried to Halifax. 'On his exchange,!!althmigh Still suffer- Mg froM his wound, ho pitied th 4. volunteers to defend iris native state. After thti peace he was obliged to leave the service,' 4 the ball in• his body prevents severe exercise. He n arried and re. Moved to a small farntin Sehhylki 1 county. • • REnre.r to , r or , Po ' ST ',a re—AVe have. rdceii( H , 11 • ' I a .coriamunication this m-pck, urging trpoh our ci ions the ; neeelsity of convening and. mr ; ing the present Oongres,; ,upon ihe subject of ductioli of poS'tage. .agree ‘vith oitr 'corn pondent:fully in regard to the policy of the . ;iind have no qOubt that I t if the proper 'means are exerted)Con4ress kill', yet do sometltin, , l before ifs closcj„Secerul effort; ha'vc already•bech made during the present sessOn, to urge upon thtt body the great 'necessity and `importance of a re( uction, and all ivithont effect. lAmong other rCfortriationsi proposed, it recornmended that all #ewspa-A pers shOuld circulate through the county iu which published frebof all postage ;"and 'it Isa matter of great snip* to us that the suggestion ilias ex cited sd little feeling unrng our cotemirruries in 'the country:'{ It is' a matter dire* , Itself inirtrdiately!home to tiier i n, as it concerns their best and mO4 - , itivortat4 Ififdtesfa. : hoi.11;1 the measure ever bccome a law, and Ni . e seen reason why should not; the effect Would #ot only beneficial to the country Publisher, butniad to the community around him for, the item Postage being 'aome+iltat heavy, it would reduce ithe cost to the Feidei, and thus' increase the subscription tof each Parier, While it would.haveu tendency to click the competition ficitn 'the city mammoth weeklies, :Which is • so injuriously felt by nearly every Portion of the Country press. • • It has been urged as an - Objection top general i• iroduction that should it take place; the mails' would becorne so lumbered with these w i eeldies as to become 'rempletcly cncumbeied. appre hend a tawny 4'frercilt result should the' reform we hint at 'ever take p...... :t r -W „strati the circulation t ' ;1 1 / 4 These large sheets out of the county iri Which published, and ;would give strength rnttl permaneney to the local toicas of each county, without depriving the ' cararenuity Of any'. •cssentlal good. -It would also haven ten.denctr to, increase and, improve tine country presl, which as fares vainablo inforn4oe is concerned, has nev er yet: lagged behindtheir city' catcnttlieraries. It: will ! strike every thoughtful man at ones that t„hisis a gittistipof great importance to every dis trict threOghout the country, and he will at once perceive the necessity Ofngitating the matter be.' fore the next political Cantasa.; As it- is a rocas .urdloritirely distinct 00 separate 4 . 00 any Party feeling, would it not to addsablal require a pledge' froin every candidate for Congress to sup port item we aid in his election. e have not read' one word Upon the subject in 'arty of our ex-' i changennrul wonder at it exceedin[o, knowing,. ai We; AO,. how nearly - it concerns, their interests. We hope that thO hint will not be lest uPon'ortr brethren - of the country press, and awaken to a full Sense' of their own r • IN I F EZE • 'r ,Psatoutust.s.--;•This is truly tht isal hteratore-rsocial works , of ew scientific, mural, fictitious and rel tamp into life upon all sides: A . mg =oda has seized upon the pi the plahlic, which is substantialll coeihre seilbarki, that is noiv so the setilblers of the day. The so univ' ersal preptusity, is tht mischievous, of thin, are thrown into ezistencit, ,and pelled , Tregnently' to sWallon• mt rives rit anything that his intellect enjoy or relish., As a amsopiii not consider it the cause,) of so I eheailiterataie, a taste or desire been induced Ainiong the. mass,i trade j the agent'of alinost Meat tiny Method the worthies' am' etnikl be - . suppressed. •• -We hail taster a tiood 'am= for thelut : the Oantriri whilst , at the e same, help regretting that fotwunt of impress the opportanityi so 'au tost-*P"ii/14*'' Pr } '6 06" ROI - . is gratifying to witness the interest 'eh is manifesbul by a lumber of our citizens, inith4;re cult of the approaching Presidential election. !Nre have two Clay Clubs 'now fullyinrganize in our Rorongh, each boastinigltrepeCtabie 11 be l t of Members, and the preeecffings. nf each t their rescatctive meetings, pre full of eiciteniint rand zeal for the gdod eauSe. We 1 1gir our s readers some tune since' the names of the !Officers bllonging to the Young !lien's Clay, Club,. since Ihen'the Central Clay Club has been organized. • At a meeting of the Central Oltiy.Clul their room on Thursday, Dec. /the officers were elected:: Onr Clay Clubs. .Presiaent: FRANCIS 8.. IsHCHOLS: 1 . Vice Presule4 .5 JOHN r wm.!, , woLvp, Enwntn -E. Bi eNR, IV3r.[Btinsg, OLIVER DopsoN, Tuol, C. He GEORGE H.EITICIITEn,' JOIIIJ .1. JON. J ACOB.II LIN E , IsAALI 1 RonEnT,l3lFout,, TuomAs R.ecordirg Sefrcitary, rharles 111; •, Assistant Recording l''ceretar) John K. ,Ch:m44l6 General Correspondin4•Ei l ecret Jame li. - C am 15, bt.ll. ''.Comity Corresponding: Secre :A. 11'. Leybdriil.4 Treasurer. 11— II Francis d. Parvin. OM the fashiiiis amen; i,ucli a sniff', gray spirits d thick, would be nobrilina 'bare well collectc:qwhitc t• 1 = 1 ry task for one, Iv: •, like' mysilf, has nevk bcori spirits d strict observer le female rid. 'Butt female fashions, either ' m being m l ore'important, or snore prolific obj s, have ev 1 133-cii*coifsidered ..... fair game since time of : ddison l andfStoclc; and the success ,Ith which tit $ celebrate/I essay ists attacked thftchionahle fo lies :of....thir day, hasprobably bficed n44y v, : mers since to sport in the same fib' II • 1 f 1 C There are Ole, I believe, vim never view the f" .._A - yndeting tel the operators.and land owners on- occasional chige in the diless, and orrpments this rend was holden at Minirsvilie on Wednes.. of ladies, as otters of Mem c: Brice or o,pes,ent day iise tot , the purpose of :petitioning the 'cornea- fancy, but raer as connected ith cause aid effect, ity: icireditee• the price of tolinPon he road.' The withother' ,eat, events,l. win li are ofte4 taking 1 , 1 present rate Of toll charged 14 2X- cents per mile place, in thiriatural or; polio,' - al world. ilerhapsl per - ton, and the reduttion rislked talc' is one cent th e rea der sly smile at the id ~. hut, nuvitheless.l per init per told; this leaving:thetoll at li cents there are tte who will diScod icl riofronithipr favor-1 l per mile. The cempahy at Ines tit makes a dc- it e :hyp e ti sas • learnedly a n i i with as 4lucli• ap-: duefipn' of 7 per cent on - a 4 coal sent over the paren t e Iction of its; truth Intl reality, r& Burke 's l calef - :iiid, we learn from' good [authority, • had iy, wi n Descartes, of Ifornimll days, or Miller, ileidnifinei3 to decrease the tall to 1. centS: We Joe Sin and the Nbaresilahoi of the, present have understood that the comparti; if ?d o forcedd a y, instance ; one of the, most extinordina itnpOrtiiiied to reduce thh toll, NV at,do 03, .it the r y.f as i s thatj ever preYailed among the . females same tithe taking the 7 per cent, which' under of ,thi r any other conntry l , is that of; wearing present circumstances would be". greater loss to those ormoii4 eushiens (if njt such, What arc the o perator than °benefit; for m. j i s ly or thchi have their coal mined by the ton, esumating•the Rail they on their backs. 1 Ina set false and prepos: taro ornaments, it iis'arg,ued.by those; who be- R oad weight) and all who ~are essees.pay their lies - use and effect I traceable in ladies' fashions„ 'rent aecording to that weight-.-the - discount of 7 we ndoubtedly prPChiced i lbyltite war upon the' per cent, thus saved, is a much more coneiderablO no: al currency, as file& lhive regularly increased item than the gain which \Toldl-accrue from a tr.: w • the !difficulty of the 1,43°, `and will 'not LL uction of one cent per ton per rnife.• If the dis. , fit iy disappear ,- ....; :- .--1••••• - 0., ^ 1 -.i.. Ann lowered, it will be 1 • which• ' 1 - -• ti . 131 benefit to thOtlesfoisvonst.....-. - conSidera e 1 i e on, is to place lls3Crir Crly into the untiktit^r Itlid next P . l re=lidential I ccutive Chair, by 'Which levent will he restoreil from the pocket of thelesseel • 1 ,1 - . 1 ' the coontry, a soling , • 1 ..cuiswilluriency. IWhilst upon this subject welivill hazard a few 1 to did More tranOtory 11. ?film bOnnet, (or remarks i n -4 e pr een thin of the! !' , pulling down!' lat rioiv fiahiociablY de Med because more . system which has been so prevalent here: A great manly) the color of the bons, or the manner Ideal of anxiety is always riijxiiteaca by due open, of putting on, these '-seller matters, and i 1 , lators to procure' a reduCtion Upini,ali the expenses are reaorially attached ''thepiveathOr, or the attending their busincis•- s -ri !great, deal of energy usual changes ,of the a •.licre, for their opera., 1 t .- intbience,' and • labor is yearly] expended for tb' five causes, as they yry •i l ut: cisOteni, purPose, whilst the' effect iii, flyariably, direct Such. arc cited ail, an -toner. or two to shoW , the centiary foam that intended. s ; By this nue that . feslitaiii and politer.. lid Ij may adkphilos , :the valuable 'standard of eveqtlibrig.is nerros ophy, are all connected' soma sweet chain, and ~10 , ,Ln . neer ' th e wh o le re.g i e j! i ; sad emiSeq •. : jio l lrillail:i hand teieth . . l, 3 ~, of low • profits, ;comity of inciney, and n.it i, • But iif the gathering oWhiteitciuse I .Tlie , .de r ir en sion , .are, always felt:':,ff they .(th 3 to4i- • day was Iciyely in ,the trfine t and, Guch as to tore) Would exert onedialt Ithe energy, iolfr draw.forth every one i',waS i able to go Libido:4 s Tee , and breathe its puro a. l , rigornting4tinesppre, , , v iting . consequently all cl i ; society in the dilriet Perk- npo'n-.thirs object, le increasing pe. o the foreign thlinsiers of their prOduet - tat - home, they would foe,their own benefit antdai the 'same 'le4 were there represer i P sustaining • sac! Supporting the distric , Idfvery in their Prineely Can f, cs, ivith c',l;argesi;: a.Tik ii . unce w h en re a uct f ctr i 14,,, e me . i# the attaches, in stars, an,. bl4ociitiVi i hrotigh all the ides, ! . phases - tif society, to the i t a 'age Ha l I; a woman'seyo, sr t could make here wete the Short noses,. no , land the little stub. mese evidently boasted, and p of 'superiprity over-theft ci tbe stub. lit there was ill amonglthem,;misshapcin, nitrating upon it the hidden -a Small, Vesinvms, glowing !,. t- , . t and In3i apparently: ready t of alllthe noses displaYed on Ili nature hml exhibited one, of t 1 •• i ,hawited bindle tinsthe Cap . • 1 ' • lit iiiiiifid ydlief, beyond them friends of the Executive were 1 -- -- ' 1 • pinion that there was a moral Laity of teat+, which betoken-, estisss df eliamete;. !:n noSe ih his I nccidency (boasts, has 1 1 'those who ecrisidel the subject 3inade 'itl thei!study, render the chies, as it forbids'eompariSon IME s,ttni f tlt and Schi;yikttOlat lIIIM --....._.--7----- 7---'..----- . . .... .: . : . From Out II ashurgton p rresPuudent, - ;', • : IV.isniNotos . J*uatv Ist, 1844• •A'nevc year has a-41un ilawnedl upon l u:s.. 'Once ... . -'' - • • ! ' - more have Nye reached atietherof ihose points of time, by Which ednveittiorial airaligem nt i; mark= l • I e 4 our onwoa; rapiapro g tess,lolngits l Cngthen 6 i l i . road, to the ; aispirit land?? I.'ll l greLt highway receives only the iiiipres'p of !t. e sit leton foot prints of the great leveller rind estro:er ; which is naught but the. eVitlenCe . 4 d Ciiy,,[dissolutiOn and death, that, in his careering course, he leaves upon all nature. Of 'Thine iese no „ • only Vital it has beeti, but 1141. V. held At ,ate, distinct existeneef by wlie satik into oblivion, from theth present .frOny the' then. ft7turr, l h cannot define. And, as it h ihe; for the present :is n+rel r l stl that over ',,vhich. Otivionl hat i l ea ll the edeam;df that 'shadow , Imet the darkness of that • and the of that d:iy ;.4hic 1 i lowing 3E2 not yet • Ellll , l6lllltiCally, vvc liacc a representing T"inie,by thi ohl With: thiS figure we 'dclotsi irk Dr. Younghas given u, .a !i•rry don of,tlie sinallerportiOn>of ii inotiient has its liytl Emulwi of i'nn's ciao-yr EMI brt, this hint we inighi ithpro! moment as a winged ner i rew heaven'ti chancery " witlt foti i:erning is; but we forhcfr fu what we 'should have airightlt witnesses to our conduct iinkty be in our favor lr. To thosa engaged uP r i l readerB; we. extend the ern and may the present yein health, increasing Itapiiiitess perity. : . 3 I I ,• , I now go forth to make of ary C.;alls" on distingnish&l pei i intending to repOit "pet l gir.; r i I I ESE EMI • I come to fetch you to ihel •' 'On Monday laSt, trul . :„•• considered as a get I followed tilt; crowd of:1 place-holden, idacc4l crate and plebe:ins, whr: tive mansion, making jam. ,Not by any m bywhieltexpression kind of preserved fill so well understood. w by a crowd. To learn, or stud motley gathering, n Rail Road Mil 111111 race exists Its seper past, as =3l: perecptiors -. V. ill it vv.:: :tied bctivetii . nrintlit an :s i , ch hits baa, to be, bi!t : is co ii i mon way 'of +nli his'seytie. e general ; sut lic l personifeA- I • • sc a the." c..itd faisicy cry 131- flying up to or eil report con- L Lrr than to Acct front such ould their tes- rnial, and all of tho,Selson ; them' one. of aim lablindaht of ltlie oistom nen', timi othex - 6, brico to-inor- n. 13d, 1744 ERIE '—Julia4 ZS , which may he rtly3 metr.opoli3, ,T; aOur c-g rs; aristo [ te at the Exceu- Ela It-sic s, fa re eol i lpl , ete 42noeratie ,69 refelng to the noun, i'e ;ladies denote a criti 1 q;; but t I l e transitive verb, q one p pen is neS , g-ed in were - dielanes, 4weet, levely their fight spaitling eyez, rae.eful fotwEi, `and rich aeries. Mpg there alliartitu/art# 'to a 4 I the mere , ititlprejlidicel obser oetiO foo t{ iiitteliectriaVwicle tot itir' # , fro‘ =rage, or tripe it aloeg the. pact, and I not iloic deScribcd by , the poet, ~ ' ' . , • i!- feet bru;tnili her petticoat, ,‘. . . • tilde tn icestole. in aid out, •' ' ; they l'are.l the I On." . . ' • , A .;4 1- ty a Itaal too, of exquiiite;beauty did 1 I see e. very touchv , is•abl. un.loubtedly Scud a thri;ipyiness through t!".e veiny ~ such as / 1 " 1 4i. have felt viitCn he Espied that belond ing tkii i i et, ,_ as ha beheld her orikthe balcony, and e t i - i.,3 , ~_ : t ' "'dL weVe'a 'glove upon :hat hand." It lam; ine far beyond the Inuits 'of my hilef t , 4, o f,. or de:A-Jibe, the half I thought dr felt, or:it the President's levee. And, as a passing i l k eone&ning the sex. if: !gent-ral, to lvilli:illiialludea, I will only add that, my . apprecia4 them is such, as to Persuatlenl to believe ira lovt• of vistut.•: for her .ow a s.ake't and: that ' .•ir lives - and conduct:: t i he pursuits ... , of their ::' . has tie reference to that ; a , ll-seeiiig elre-• whi'lirtdecei ve, can and which , nothing but: illn o '.' nd virtue can . l . 4 •Yill''. (7.c, : the widoN det?tl was: relidence in jest: olgr'': rtion. Il l er th?Pnged ae. ikoruing, etc tiring high ' itied by an e w . nit that N.. 1.,- I . ' stately a • Jones Q , :i i:l.l),Am.s,w 'liar star. of cletasioh, am were.the eo4'greetings 1 by thii vettei' itatestitazt l it trticalarly Frog to Ilits in' somewhatAoyed I,teal eciptplaining ti.of the w 'AI rs. Adams W a b c to be it with him theig +Otis frit 1 site many more '" ns o f ti coutinue.as the :actor o , share with hint itit plaud cycr corithiuc'toiiive; of countrymen. 4 'l:lic several IL' of DCf 1 91115 of their riL i r ias di N•ealthy citi oh . Congress has b 1 . : 1 4 crtga of much interest Laid the The House ha l.; bei . e,discia: the whole, the bill :I'the re 1 1 ? . y which it is prop* to ri upon hint by Jutig all, his arrest for tli.94rtlin lama:ion of,partial at 45611 in conutlittec, Lt AHL s House and pas::ed; hbzii cnatc. ' Mr. Upshu'r has il, day Senate., as Secretary CSC :Attorney 6encral will not I.a-et, :it is now tinderstdcz}. But jam tqlti . :s., I aye this once 11-:Anus Cu ira s Standard, stau.neli 18i i the ttircraiAof Ihr Olt-krlet for a mn:e fv atl con' alry of the Smith : t • , Vie have sutfored bids of reproaches from our opponent.; at home ft the manner it which our party has Bu:it:tined 'outheit ineaAtres •and Southern P0:340.3.ti3 two-thirds of the poP ulatien. the Nrcalth, the it telligeire, and all that is rte....essnry t make ; great peoplr:, Vte have Ira:1'10:4s than. one-third of the,(invernmentlpatron age, while.at the same ti lie we have pa4l more than two-thirds of the re Line necessary • to' keep this same'Clencmaient in motion. IVe hove vdted for odious,resolutions,.a ttl humbled ourSelres in asari cty afways, to w!ticlz it is humiliating c 'Tn to refer. 1.11,1 we 114.1. e licult uralte:4 .1641; fiees, and been taunted and jibed to a degree dial would honor to one ' f martyrs-. And now, after all this—afte having voted for four Southern Presiderits--;w wish a Northern man, and your reply is, 'We will not so much as look unless he IS Wholly at ot r service.' j. Humiliating as is this confession, it is:none the less so for being in strtet accordance with the truth. The North has h9en trodden doWn, spurn ed with o•ery possible indignity. But the Stan dard shmild have told its' readers, for .whose berm fit, and at whose commauls these sacrifices have been made. The blame rests not with the Charles ton Mere'ury, nor with fie faCtion which it rePre gents. New : York has h vself to' thank. for her 9wn degradation.: To s..,cure the - advancement bf "VAN Buns, the North was humiliated to curry. favor with the South. NeW York,. through her representatives, basely endorsed the bargain, and the Standard has araphieally described the di.dion orlible result. The South elnalyr, grew hold, h e . -cause it dealt With cravens.'; These eraVcns were the Rippliarit toolS of 'dui allortl*6 4.5. d. with' prateiptine Tie Standard was remiss tigliftipn withholding thb e itvhelc truth. It should 'laic Informed the pcopl that this same, i'Vkx Bo— ars, its' dl, again seeks to sell the North for.. Southern votes. Again his folloWens in Con; gress and elsewhere, second his efforts.' But the past will Suftice for the picople. They have taken the matter into their own hands, and;. by their vote's next fall they will "tell the sage of Linden- Valk PIO however ho may choose . to sell himself and his followersdhey v4Il have no part nor lot In the natter.—Albany Vrcning. Jourital. Mn. Cy.st •in SOUTII CATIOLINA-SiIICE it has been ascertained that Mr. Calhoun has not the slightest chance of becoming the nominee of the 1 National,Convention, lilr. ' Clay's friends in the south are concentrating l i firnaly upon Inm. The national Intelligencer in' bin of di ros ects 1 Tel g Pl' •r... of the Clay party in Soth Carolina, has tli'c' fol lowing : = - - '. ' I] "If Mr. Van Buren ' ( sustained there, he must find his partisans in the Calhoun party, lately so outraged by those who really direct the Van Bu :fen battle. 'He must be advocated by those who have, for near a year pas denouaced him, and to Whom heavy additional '4:: ausa' of repugnance has since been afforded. Is the antVl'ariffism of the State thpn .to keep it true to'him I South Carolina knows, or dis., ctriori will show it, that it can put Ear more cb:i fidence in the just,' the fair,- the Tarillism of. Mr. Czar, guided always by the, public necessities, and honorable and patriotic views, than. such an ti-Tarifiism that could vote (nay, Smith Carolina said conlrive ) the 'bill o f abominations,'" ,P`or.rric.n. MovrnE;rs.—The'frientls Of Frs. R, Shunk, •are circulat'ng papers for signers to a call for a meeting in Ivor of this gentleinan in this county. We learn that there are upWtuda of five huntierol names alre'ady, attached. to the call. Tito' Democratic Whig *eeting which as sembled at Reading on' Monday last, passed a res olution in favor of Judge flanks as the next ean•- didate for Govern'or. , : We hear GarAck bi candidate for Governor. man and and bcnigl where he is Mr.Mi to the lie] candidate 1 regretthis grOld be ~' TtYi'`B! The :Mechanic's Association are snaking' ring,emenig to offer a series of interesting lecture_s,.; ,- ..- 7 , , to our citizen, commencing with , the labrMrs of Nit. C. W. P/TM.O.i, in the good cause 9£ •, _ taming among, us a Public Reading Rooin fOr the )Vorkingmeti. • We hope Mr. f'IT3I.I.Iq I 'S e sample . will . - • -•-• ut a harvest' of intellect, and a rich treat of. in-t,v , . ;irrnation ou.iinporlaastinlerls, so that the.coin.:.<'.-; inittee•of invitation-will meet with no ohstacletc.;7, m Sledging success in thtir kxvcral applications ,our,proses. , ..ion'al men. Igur citizens gencrall)l4 will be galled upon likewise to embrace thezle,opi portiMitles to minister to their intellectual wan4,l',C and the "soe.iety'..s* financial necessitits; admittlrce fee, iiid w!ten that appeal . Its don't s:ty - M'.y." - 0 .; 'I - J.', M.. o:t.-r‘ • 1 . 3 t roaTANy TO COV.!(TT COLLT.CTO4S.-r-WO'.4. copy ,- 4iic following resolution, passed by the Le,g . ,''' • ~,. , . , islature at the session of 1640; in' xylich all eiik'-' ' I 41, , ,-Ct lectors of con a ty- and state taxes' are inteFested r.-... 4 , . .; , 1 Residred. That all collectors, of•countyi and St.iti taxes; shall, upon tlii - ! settlement of the hooks, ~l'' each and every year, lw required to make oathi... , .allirmation that they have made A ' trutantl ~ Itii.i.! returii,'of all moileys by them collecte d sylietllo taxes upon real or personal propertyi,, or 111 i - t: • 1 1 - i; :A- $' The followhig stinistr•:-slire copied frioni.ol4 .41; man Catholic Almanac, for 1844 . : r l . :,'..•••-" . 1 „.. Dioces iii the United States,l2l; ApoStole.A•k. canatc,•l; number of. 'llishops,,••2; ntunber."-kif . iiricits, 634; number of churches, 611; iniisio(fare Stations, 461; theological , seminaries,.."•3;•niniilXr of common schools,.100; convents; 30q,feitilt.'il- , lil , ious institutions fo'r sisters of charity, '2(44)fd , i fessors and teachers, 500; number of pupils 'nio and female. 5,000; day pupils, 10,000; popul:itiiin• 3 2,000,000." , I i i , 7,,•,-,••••• Cver a.4o.re to pleae, rof the hitt; Presi- he city, and an (Ai- reception room wa l s V oin:wii6 called change of salatatim id intellectual lady.: Ills the highest peetil many, very many; MEI idt day experience) and patriot. It wa l friends to 4ind bit 111=11 nter, &c., also, tle attendance to recej , f Maj' . . they bpd scinnYerary ; his race, and she, t, s he is now, and Iqll his., free enlightetrl c. --- 71 A tolerable bright - moon may•be seen lin";ig • out in the sky !tow-o-High's. w at cr , s kpo , i cold tO enablOane to enjoy the, mys l : iit though ld& plate gla4s and ponetratctiOto • {lid eihnforol;le atalosplwre of'a stove roorttli..i.; t nrtmcuts tecci‘t'd the also, inany uF ilte ehs of ihe. Metr p• Jameslinfitanan , has p with publicly witrawri'Lliis fronuMnottg the list of cnndtdittes fot,lthe P.iesideney; He finds tltlit 10 cents! a dayla bar won't :go down ninoiig freemen. !ed to day. in nothing lwalls of tile. CoOtol. rin4, in cOonnitt4 of lid of Gen. Joel4on, turn tlietrie inlliitcd ,r Contempt of CAl i tirl , the General's prttela7. :Nev Orleans. - It is oii be reported 1 the .to be arrested b' tlr. been colifirmedVy thC tg, mid, Mr. Nels('!n as I maining - Cal,i9i.t op upcht ithinediately, as go.csirpiel crrottli for ros.-I . llc . Onaiulasa t • rciply t Mercury, quist i ple'adsi. •zratiou ary spoitsn'of also as a Up is certainly is strong ` GU~ttxM[7=7lCAr 1). “Don't Say Nqy.l! 4-- •, • -----• . ------------7 . - 7 - ‘' , . -- ^ -7- i I ,Animal Illtkenttisin vs. . .IVis:ar's 11;s1sam it ;14'1 I Cherry.—The following, although it rnai apretai ~ little. humorout to some. is not the lets vorthr t aftrinub• - , lication, and be the theory of kiagnet isin true or.falsei - it shows, it-is sometimes proddctife of!rrnichriii3: SiftAase., Dec. 1301 1 3'2. • DEAIt . Stn'—One circumstance haslg,readjAAjperl .. .the sale of the ,Balsam of Wild Cherry • here,: A young htly, was magnetized, and rcitiested*pre - 1 . scribe for her father, who has an affection:Aft the lungs. She said ihcre was a medicine at llough,s.ac••• companled with.a small book, that would WO trfarf.-- It wds the Balsam of Wild Cherry Hp tong: an it cured him. She has since' prescribed it fifriipot ' dr, Who has taken. it with the same math. .N. ,- rE ' • ,•• Yours, &c.. • 11OUGII ,4 , lnßingExi. P. 5, limigh & Bridges arc hcavyl druggiiiitt S rrfcan.to whoin we refer the curiousi :f ....•i. ' 1 - .4.' - , • Sold in Tottsflle, by • . .. . •,Joio. l S. C, Pit t?ITt). : . . In Beading, by sAnAii .mottiu;s:.. January 6• • I - • ii-•••- t , Woixts.une SWEPT AWAY from ; the Pt ommi:h al,ll •,' bowels by'Jayne's Tonic Vertnifug,e, as•br.fille7o. • MITI Of destruction. They perish tinder its'onerchit, influence instantly, and arc expelled with I:hei',.••ineaus•,' .. in which they are imbedded. The 'r arc is tiiialmort •-- all cases permiluent, and ila recurrence of9ke.disot.. der shou'd take place, a few doses 91 the:. , pretiati. non' will never fail to produce thtf desircif Ithject for the •efirct does not weaken . With reircedion. Those who suffer from piles or remitiencl fever, acy complaint where a mild tonicier altemtlye n be desirable. will find in Jayne's Tonic VOutifuge -,•.: most valuable remedy. :• ~ - •:.,•.,• , . • -For sale by I:A(.11011x & Sander on Pi:4ol4 ll e, 1 gents for the Proprietor.. ~. • I . i ,-1 . : • • January Gi . . -0+ 164agi;414. TOE COAL T • The fulloiving is the total qua ported'over the Hail Roacrtbr th l Tuns lanuttry 4, IS11.• . • . ' 1 ' 2.31,775 . ' . rdial by Caiinl : I ' . 07.267' -4,...—.-_.. I • 071043' ; .t',. . ctrritr On stire 21 et December hot, by ho ROV. , Mr. Duke,. Mr:J. 0. Ittpuni, of l'onsville to Mizi:MAnit M. i Irosge'rmav, ofOvivipburg. ' • 4 In Philadelphia': noe evening, of De . t."lr. 1843',, , ' ... by the Rev. in7l.P.anibers..S.! 11. IltrOis.tote.t.; to L01:31.1. C. ADD ...4,14t.tr0f ?Philadelphivi. . : , '. On Christma ti - iy, ' ~ .t . Ref. John Nttaionn, Mr. t ENOS Nt a CA3INN, : .. 'ilOilikni Ittiftr, all of . . tut - eeighborluitia'•'er •' 1 ta-•-•*7., • );e. .: By,the saine,fiii` l'uttely, Deeembol.lttfr,.., ;kin , Giontif: LY Ng. of Pcirt`Catl , tonito Alit& A , :gie A t.ti- i „ N ,'of Shoinalin.'. •-' ' • 1 '' *7- ;4 ' By the same, on Th a rstla y' the 4th inst., Itff Gto tic t. BROWN. to hi i 53 SARAH FISIDNI, all of POtfrille. ~;-• ': ~„, 'l33cathd. On the 24th December last, pn Pinnok Ton? : shin, Joinq aged 69 ,yrre- On the 27 in Friedensherg, Jortzr.lol:Tret. ai Soldier of the Rai:MI.lMo, arei 66 yertiV.''. 11.• lILK ATS of 2 gond, - IPll,y, te,tl„ he_ For sal6 at, the Yorli'Storei •, Jan. G. ' , R it I fell CURRANTS AND', Ste% S—v for Bale by the pox or . inni! . 6 pocuni4lol.st4 • • Store. • - .1 •y„..- - January. 6,- • ~r lilt. lE IP Pr.Allt 'of4,avpertdfMasfi { for. u-osale.cheap, at the York Sipco. Jag. fi, rat* • Auditor's • Notice . ' pr- A . ► E bubscriber, an Auditor appoint ek ?sTatiOr....• phase Court,or.Setiuylkill;County.; ; ' aline the money in Old, hads'of John .P.ll Minis, trator or the Estate of Jams Moor d Borough . of l'ottsville. deceased; an sale or the ieal • estate of the said d eciAt4M.,.tnott. the several;Creditors entitled thereto; tarl,llettePa l l4. , the duties of his appointment on TuesdnMboirdlitt of JaeuaryllB9l, at 11 o'clock:A. al.,•attifr office. it, the Borough of Orwigsbure: when and: *herr aLI persona interested, are. notified to tineniti . ' J. W. ROSEBERRIOoditaiII January 6, • s 1-. fl. • To Veyer and Ague PR p .