POTTSVI
Gatulda3r IVforxdng,laiL 13,1844
olOar acinowlcdgements are dnito the Hon
Aioltutder Ramsey, and Jacob Hammer, and `C
M. Straub, Esq., for public documents. '
Puiio ors 2112 STATE DiDT.-.-AS this glitz
tion appears to be attracting attention in all (pia:.
• . ters, we submit_t*bur =Ws aplan for the accom
plishment of this ill-important subject, froin one
of our:amespondents, which will , bo found on the
first pTtge.
a:57 A great dcal - of other matter intended for
this paper has been crowded out by the report of
tho Schuylkill Navigation Company, which; as it
contains information - of considerable importance
to theigre.atet portion of the community ,around
us, we-thought advisable to publish.
VANIIES /IND' rUE SOCTII.—In calmly
trimming the political signs of the times„ as
are daily brought out in the movements 'and de
ii orations of out National Congress, we cannot
help remarking the . singularly unfavourable post
tion that Van Buren'occupies before the people.
Judging, from actuarfactsmanifested continually,
Is evident that whereAr he • has truckled and
fawned for the purpose of wriggling himself into
thopapular bosom, he has failed w hts sycophan
ey. It has been - his peculiar fate to have all his
sly anddisreputalde numeeUvreings detected. His
double dealing 'course in relation to the tariff,
•
blowing hot to the south and
cold to the north,
has, through the incautiousness of some of his ad
herents,- been published to -the world; and, con
. *nits the Little Fos " generally is, lie has
nevertheless been so unfortunate in this canvass,
tts tole= his track- arinuati every political roost
• le has attempted to rob. • , '
His position towards the South has:- within the
last feiv days assumed a most humiliating aspect
in regard - .to the 2lst Rule, and has placed him in
an unenviable light before the tribunal of popular
estimation. It is well known that he and the
friends of his samfektration have always suppor.
• ted that mle, Voting for it and. sustaining it, not
from any sterling conviction of right, but for the
purpose of enlisting the partialities of the south in
their favour. ' What must be the feelings of that
party now, when, after having given the country
~, each indubitable evidence of their truclding syc
. oplrancy, they eec the very men thethave court
•
ZT - Nialesce with the old c.hampion, Adams, and
advocitcthe rescinding of that rule i Will not the
cheek of eve* sensitive and honourable man in the.
party blush for the , result of such mean trickery,:
tind can the community; with these evidences of•
double 'cleanly; before their eyes, countenance the
' election of tho original plotter In the voice of
as awakened people, which is already ringing ci•
•
ter our land; we hear the proof that " the Magi
etanhas lo'st his spell."
Tnz, STATZ • DEDT.L , -In another cabana will
be perceived a call upon citizens 'of all parties
friendly to the good credit of the State; to meet
\- and devise soma. means of rescuing her from the
cut degraded position she occupies amoig - the
lv of nations. For'our part, we can only re
, iterate What - ire haveformerly•expressed, viz : that
the only way to 'release the State from her pres
ent liabilitiosisi in the, first place to sell, the,
• imptevements, and with the proceedi reduce the
• :debt—then levy a tax for the paymebt ot4he
noel interest, and devote the proceeds arising from
the sale of Penniyivania's share of the Public
-Lands to the creation of a sinking fund. This is
• the most certain end, we think, ender existing
cireumstanees, the, only method of reducing the
State debt. We hope to see a full attendance,
and to hear a fiank interchange of opinion, at the
• meeting which Will be held at the Pennsylvania
gall, on the 20th inst. '
50511Tillig° Ns*.---We are gratified to notice
a new enterprise which has been commenced in
our borough Within ihe last month. A young
Welshman, named James Franklin Hanks, - has
started a loom for the-manufacture of flannel and
otter woolen goods, upon which he can weave
cloths or_ Mniost any pattern or quality. We
called upon him in company,.with a friend a few
daps since, at his room in Norwegian street, and
,was extremely_PlOased with the evidences Which
we witnessed of his skill. Among other things,
1 , 4 - Harries exhibited to us a medal which had
boon Pre4-itci to him in 1838, by the celebrated
Lord Gest, for 'a-43144piece of woven flannel pro
duced at the annual ‘... r hibiii m i n W a l es. He i s
do hopes of succeeding in . L." new undertalarig„
and intends, if he finds - the proper *...,ouragement,
to increase his . tusiness so as to include -.h e man _
. nfieture of various other woolen ankles.
c LAT ';q1...55T11£1.-.--ThiEl 1.9 a small volume of,
upwards of3oo 'lnes, published by Thir(as Cow
patharaitc&Co, atiecrYora, and edited.by J.S,Lit-
Ile of 'Philadelphia. It - embraces a large collection
.of popular Clay songs, original and selected, pre
faced by a 7ritten biography, .of• 147 pages, of
Keay Clay. It is a most excellent book and, at
the present crisis,, ought to be in the, hands of eve
ry good nidg. ^We reccommend it to the' atten
tion of the various Clay Clubs, in the county.—
' A number of copies, hart been sent us, and can
e procured at this office. .• • .
:34L1T.91/ Jackson Hibernia
Guards gave a Military and Civic Ball on the night
of the'Sill inst., which was quite a creditable and
brilliant affair. The room was sufficiently lighted,
betmeilly decorated, and numerously tilled. The
„enjoyMegt 013 maintained until a late hour in the
corning, wheel the party. broke up all well pleased
. lelth"the arrangements. .
tkisyr4tur,.-.l.r.The - :National Light Infantry
pad la our borough on the morning of the
mpwarda of
, w them march
Mu- Extir vs. RLIL ROAD.9.—.-Tle last :lent"
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nal of the Franklinllnstitn*T :con " n long nt'
tide, by Charles: Ellet, Engineer, purporting to 1
show the cost of transportation on Rail Roads, a:
long with a mathematical 'formulal •to:show the
permanency of inriron rail. Arnung other in-.
stances adduced by the writer in Proof of hia po• '
sition, we find the fo)lowing 1:. I . -
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"Mine Iflll and Schuylkill Rosen Rail Road
was originally constructed with a Hat bar, and fix
miles in length of the roll: 1 00%mM renewed with .
a heavy - edge rail, before 4 0,000 tons had passed
along it. Assuming the :value of the flat bar at
$60,00 per ton, ar $1201: per Mile, briliehVbelow
its,pre.sent value, and that the lion lwas worn out
-by 400,000 tons, the result will be [three Mills per
ton per mile. But this road is prcoidety with a
doable track, and the track which Wtas destroyed
was notaiscd by the ascUnding Cari.,'
Now the ingenious author has bceti most unfur
c-
-
i i
tuns in , his quotation, for it is a well 'known
filet in this district, that the Mine ill & Schuyl
kill Haven road was laid with'.} inch bar iron in
1830, and from that period until, the completion
of the present new "road, at least one 'million of
tons were carried over it. WC lentil in:Mdclition
to this, that the iron when taken MT Of the road,
alter having been used for that tengtll of linie,
sold in many instances' for Siff per ton, and we
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are also informed by the Superintendent, that ith
'the exception of a few • bars of faulty iron, - cry.
little wear could be perceivCd l , updn the pars. It
is difficult and almost impossible, for the imini ia
ted reader to understand the reasuning of Mr. 1-
let's formula, the aim of which ii, we *love, to
prove that the Reading Rail Roadkill not bear te
carriage of 800,000 tons on its rat,_withunt:bein,g
rendered unfit for use. The." posLtion i'S, , to &Ay
the least of it, a bold one ; and w'cre we ' l to jcidg,
assisted only-by obscrvation and common Sense,
we *should affirm it wholly untendble. ; • \
- LAMENTABLE AND FATAE lACCIDENT.-It '••• 1
volvcs upon uses a painful, diitylt4 record the ac- 1
cidental death of a most worthy" Fen CE . Miners
ville, named John Dietrich, Who i IS44, W i led upon
the' branch Railroad leading -to Wynkoop &
Beatty's collieries at hleckesbuigh, an 1 Wednes-.
day afternoon last, at 4 o'clocic.., cAli.;Dietrich had.
charge of nine or ten loaded earl and WilS taking
them dawn the plane, he standing,...upon one -of
the front cars, when a bough of a tree which over:
„
hung the road, = ltight him and Crew him so that
he fell with his head and arras rider the train.—
When taken up immediately! after, lie Was found
to be mosthorribly crushed and ' i to sui a t degree
that ho lived !nit four hours after the accirlent.-•;•
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!qr. D. was a - good citizen, generclus heated, frank,
and manly in`his disposition, rtn. 614 dath will be
seriously regretted by all tyho know him. The
First Troop Schuylkill county 'avaliy,. !hot i‘li
nersville Artilerists and the Miirrsville Blues at
tended his funeral which was large fflidrpe'etable.
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SCLIVILRILI. :COAL' TliJODE—The; folloning
is the official quantity of Coil]ltippcil from the :
'
Schuylkill Region.
By Canal,
By Rail Road,
' .. . .
. .1 • • r 77,294
To which. add PinegrOve CO Trade, 22,801;121.
Making 700,000 tons of Coat shippdfrom the
Schuylkill County Coal Regions in 18t&--and
notwithstanding this- immense trade, all those ch:
gaged in it appear to be groWingpoorer l every year.
There is 'something radically ' Syrong i fi s the busi•-•
'less, which ought, to be remedied as speedily'as
possible.
. Wr
c will next
annual coal statistics.
Rost . f.S , - Tair..=-11"11e 31 - alfag — iiiif 4;liii
Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Rail Road have
reduced the toll from :}.cents to 11 - cents'per ton
per mile on the' Rail Road, taking effect from the
9th of Deember last. The reduction Will aver
age .about fire cents per tonr 7 and it its currently.
reported that Coal has already : been offered on the
strength of the reduction at ten cents Iper ton less.,
Such has always been the case in this egion—and
if we were certain of a corresponding, effect—that
is, if the price of coal would ; increase l with an in
creased price of transportatidu, we would unhesi
tatingly advocate the ltter course, der 4.sistin c ,
circumstances , , ,
(ry• Messrs. Hughes and B.traub,represerdatiies
from this county in the Senate and-ASsembly, havie
introduced jointly a resolution app4oving of the
present tariff and recommending, case of-any
alteration, an-increased duty 'upon cialUnd iron.
We cannot jmagine why the above named gen
tlemen have seen proper to bring in push a propo
sitionas we'd:now that •the Coal operators of this
district have never desired or authorlzed any such
movement. They are perfectly satisfied with •the
present duty as being,,aufficiently high'for the in
crest of the region, and are
. Itrilling to allow it to
remain at its present rate, bCing convinced that a
change either way would not benefit them in the
, 1 :
tn7htest.
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We have rccel*-1 theli : st numbe l c.!of this beauti
ful.publicatinn, whin.•]Lec , O . s. inNtYle and mag
nificence any publication 06h,46 1 ,,d,
which has
.ever yet been produCed.: completed in
about 50 numbers, at the l6w price 01 . 21 cents
each. Persons who wishll to sub Scribe for;
work, would do well to le.v ; o their names with us e
at as early it date as possible, as it its well knOwn
that the first impressions from the engiavirip arc
always the . most perfect!. ' . .
Scow.—On Thursday lititernnon and evening,
snow: fell in our borough to the ddpth of two or
three inches, and early ',the riemt Morning the jin
gle of sleigh hells was = he. Mil in our streets.
great many complaints kaie been hunched against
the little chap that: tends the flood i gates aloft, for!.
shutting, oft . the supply sci l ! l soon, many of our
pleasure loving folks had anticipated a • fine'frolic
upon runners. . -
ANnxnrat iteronsr.--The LegiSlature of Penn sylvania can transact all tho business before them
in five. weeks. Lett the piss • therefore of all par=
tics unite in opposine teveril member for re-elec
tion who will not vote 'for :littitini the session to
six weeks. This reform, solfrellpo . rtant to the tax
payers,can be effected on the part of the people
and the Prigs, if followed up.
Al continues to
na the military
inferior to no
hav'e rented
. - Rumor, with its throiSinid tongued ministers,
asserts that some very que,7 l proccelliogsare'airoi l at
to_take.. place in this ieighhorhoOd s slartly a nd
Set,, as is the _cruse with _All such :insinuations,
further the deponents eay;,ia. Will , -not some
gOOd kind friends who,boallt enlightenment in the
nuttier, remore,the obfue6iti(tn., . • ". .
Irriionr7..Clay tv,ls thel2th
- • •
anic's
te Club will
mning;and
1 . 1" ba fulL"
',ambriglat,Cot.
it is said, is
;20,Q00.
ity,lms pub•
:#7 2 :7i : . i!iia‘it! , :. 3 0,A'Iciii:ieli..4 - I
P . -.' .. d0k . ._ of ikinil iiii - t,?..
-' ' --- '. :l - 2 ...::'.:,--.41-,:,..g.?.•.,:444.:_t ,
Nothing . , of -i=o ry . ! great imp or tanceinutini yet
been transacted viithinilie walls of the State Opltol.
For Clerk, :Col * lAndrews Was el in ;the
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ilouse, and :Oa if. •hfcCeheit in the - Sinate. .' 'On
FridaY nf la.* - wick, the Sccreta:rY of the C' ommen-
Wealth returned 4, sk- c end l ialle With accompanying , .
FetoS; anti nnrp; ;
ng them wars that on-the - 40)ml of
Selling the triain"line of the,pnblie imprOriments:
Theselection district bill relating chiefly to places
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for holding ` leetiens in particular, districts b ras
also among the ;number, and the others were of
ming' . imPo!tallcr- i' '; . i.:' '•• • 1.
,
On Saturday 'last,* resolutionwas offered in the
Senate to inctuirti into the °Hedged. drifalcation of
;. . .
the Ccillectoi of Tells ate Lancaster, Which is re
;
ported to be !front 10 . to 15,000 Dollars. 1
! i ; a rid - !- • fr o m ' this
'Mr. Itiglies Mr. Straub, both from 'this
r - ;
county, introdueed :simultaneously a joint triolu
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tion, (mein !the!Seriate and the other in the Howse,
.
declaring tl+t rite, existing ' tariff should ;ndt be
.
• changed, but tlnat ! if it was altered, 'the. duty on
goal and iron slientd. he mere-il. 1 ! 1 . I -
1
. Mr. Cooaer,er, Adams, introduceg the follow
ing 1 " • ;
preamble and 'resolutions which Were read and
made the mi l der nf 'this week:
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Watenz.as, The State of Pennsy4 . - arua' owes a
debt of upwards of; $4.0,000 3 000, which is griev=
°ugly;bmbarrassing, arid hurtle nsothe Flo the people.
And whereas, it iS "the'duty of the Legislature, en
joined by the high consideration of vindicating the
suspected faith,: acid restoring the deginded credit
of the State, attd to provide means for the i pay
mein of the debt." 'And whereas, the ahead) em
barrassed e,ondition of the people, end _the 'com
mon dictates of .6 ; sound policy, require that the
means rif payment should be drawn front; sources
the ;feast hur4nseme. And whereas,• the sale
of the Public inaProvernents of the State,',and the
apprivriation by Congress of so imach -of the
Public Lands [of :the United stat&; t, or;.the.pro
heeds tlizreof, to Pennsylvania, as riihtfully bblong
to tier, would earetguish tho Stateideht, 'end free
the • people front , the , oppression .of taantion..
Therefore be it• " ; ",, E "- I
Resolved, I',hatlionor, juoice,lattmanity: , as well
as W twe one to our character as a peoplei, unite
in-re iring that the faith of they State;'pledged.
i?
to i creditors et home and .abroad, shodld be
guaranteed bra I . )ect)y provision for the!paj - ment
of the debt and all arrears of interest. I
Resolved, That the public - Irnprovenaenta and.
property Of the Cemmonwealth, 'entbracing canals,
railroads, and storks, should be soil ; and that the
Counnittee•of:Ways and Moans he and thhy are
• hereby required to report a bill authorizing the sale
of the • SaillC. ' ' i i . • • ; .
it6o/I : cd,we'i'ha' reecOmendto our,; Senator s
and Representatives in Congress to use titer ex
ertions to' proeure.the passage of 4 law antherizing
the'issue'orSloo,oomoo of stc4; to bo 6Jtrl' . "
ted ! . .7.:,117 - it llt.e !eevT t f,i ates, hi Propert,ion to
'their Federal pophlation, and to be payable iby the
United titate out of the proceeds of the shies of
the Public Lands; which .lands shall ' ; he pledged
for the redemiuhan of the stock se issued. 1 ,
.Resolved; That should the preccede of the sale
of the Public,lAnds be insufficient forthe redemp
tion of the' stock in a reasrinablO time, that ways
'and means should-then lie raised. by Congress, by
levying such allitional duties on foreign' goods
as may be nebesOary. ; • , , .
447,058
- 30,237
700,095
sh. our readers with our
ERE
HE
In
puditig4i
. Dp.r.4 o . 7 ii To TIM NATIONIAL CO:CiENTION.
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—A county convention was held in Letanon last
- week, 0 which the followitvg!resoiutioni were
f • -
passed: ri . '... ~. I i .. i
Resolcrd, Th John C. &Ozer, Jolla Harper
and John Bassler, - Esqrs., be conferees,'..te meet
those of Dadphih and Schuylkill counties, and
appoint. 4 d4gate to represent this Congrdssional
district, in said convention. .!
Resolred; we recommend the mooting of
said umfereea f to be held on Saturday, tlicl3d day
of February, ! :: 1844-, at the pubic house Of ;Henry
Heilman; in I , Jotiestown; and 'that we further re
commend that , the conferees ,iippointed by this,
convention, Urge:the' name of) some suitable per.
son from this county to be placed on the Demo.
cratic: , \Vhigicicdtaml ticket of PenusylVinia, for
this congressional district.
Strong resolutions were passed in favor of Henry
alas•
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NEW C14 . .5.1 - Joeuli.—The Democratic Uni
on; states chat !the new Do:tid of Canal
mission Ors Omitted at the C:apitot onTuei;day,
and purPuant to:the first section of the tici of As
sembly;ilM3t "p'r occoded to diaw from P. i.ox,'baL
lots nunibcring ime, two and ` three,'whiciiofthcin
shall hold his office one, %%11101 two, andf which
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three yours .' ? • The result as as follo w s :
B. Fopter, Jr., drew 3 yeir4. •
Jarnes'.Clark, • • _ 6 , 2 t
Jmse 'Miller, • • ~ 1 • ~• •
Janae, Cfarke, Eaq., A 4715 elected Prepident of
She Boitid,tidd avid Mitchell, Jr., of Pradford
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courity,l,Seret4ry. ;
PLITLADiLPIII.I . READINO AND POII•STILLS
On - election for
•i
offi
cers of the toad held on the Bth ofJanumy, 1844,
the following gentlemen we're chosen•O the en-
suing yeav 1 i .
President,
. , ; ;JOAN TUCKER. • i
i 1 IIL4.SAGEAS, .) •
Coleman IFisher,, '.David E. Wilsan,
John A. Brovrn, Leivis R. Ashhtirst,
Sanwa! NOrri.4, M4tthiaa S. Rikhards,
of Reading.
' Secretary and !T r reasurer,
.• . . i. '' .• Samuel Bradford. . :
31 , c0: 7 -;;;Out streets are; literally flooded with
mud, reminding one forcibly of the early
.. days of
Pottsville,:when, as tradition asserts, the ladies,
heaven bless them,! were forced to wear -high
Hessian %pots, and the ,gebtlemen peMnibulated
around or long stilts..--Ilfipers' journal.• ,
Let us!he thankful that'eur lot hast.been cast
upon dryiland.—Lltiadin4 Gazelle. ,
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Ayo ! eye dry enough in all conscience; if it
requires thirty-three taverns' to qucnelf the Bor.
'ugh-thirst. iYou are all Otirely too dry, gentle..
limn: I
I /Th l'
MI
There Is one cause, 'nor any ten eauses com
bined, that ftirnish so many items of, horror and
crime in' ur exchanges, a 4 does thtt of hun drink
ing.--.-Riflimerzfl Star.
Just so, dear Corporal! jand now vi t e n the gla
ring and " lamentable fact stares you so; iplainljr in
the face, why', not turn aside from the eiror of your
ways, and thus place before your patrohs a practi
cal Pursuance of the proper . policy.
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It is =noted that John'C: Clinton* ho.s mit
ten a letter Which' will.sodn be riublislW. Those
who have henid of sits e4tents, tvlitiro that
publitahon blotv'up
renniantnfLocofocoism in this cam
rilt.rwsp.—The friends
hive ,callied it meeting at Otwigsbnli,
inst. Tim call is signed By neaily.
persons, :ameng which reengniie
lending f.,ocefocos in the Ounty.
Rec. Etr. Potts*il the Rc
Wright ok, NOw York_are slioot . align;
cession an ti. - whather theie can CY
without
,a Bishop."
4._
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0n !- . .411e
trignifitalkFtiri Ydn Bu*i frith •
briiiet cif 4 i tl4:fcit initiofift
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TAE 061-Tazsuir Au
c°l.ll -*l 4ll " 3l ' v . ed ,
•
=I
s - THE MINERS' ''IIOIIIINAL
7110 - blatert,lsittia-INIUSt r 4 :' T .- -''. 1 7 :
Weiedgicctis , J.inmir,prelllOnts-'in!ribtFti to no.
tice ii*eanirnbsiaii'oftinant l*liii:Oliirdarinica"
the b odies . of ?dm nittiselnlin.sitd ' . ..- Itti;iro. ll
0114
Eichinond,'Statert Island,' on :' day:! The
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first intinunicm the ruighborihadnf ' deol was
theividence afire in the.hous,When they - ,bioke
•
. .• • - a , , , ~
in and fouild the boffiee as: the mu ' 'lttittleft
, 1 •
them, With the exception - of a slight gotaticin
from thd effi.etst 01 the fire. Mrs. H. ras the wife
'of CiPt. Gjecu Houseniati, who was 'Omit from
hometi d
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kr:mi ~
at e time, an as it was that he
.
tta.d kit :$l,l/00 in cash at his house nlie-lolts
it wat supposed.that this knowledge teed the
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perpetratien a the &t0:V.. 1 . : Many Ounces
which transpired after thri mindr,tend ed e, to affix
, .
suspicion' ti a sister of Capt: n amed Houseilinn.'
Polly Bodine, 'Who was rather an abanfloned char
acter and teir.habited with =apothecary in New
York, named Waite. This min was kninin to
be in great difficulty for want of fund i . ' I .
and . it was
,
supposed t wit this fact - induetil the it:Fetched wa,
1 man , to commit the murder. L. She wak according
ly arrestediand many circumstances tianspiring
which' made her guilt the more apparent, she
I •
made the Allowing confession ! ' Whether it is
true or not remains to be seen. - 1
CONFESSION OP POLLY'BODINE.
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- 11, . RICIniOND Constrr I;Sturc.
I went to New York on 'Christi:aka morning
last, and Went to George. S. Waite'd IstchC. Mr.
Waite told me that Etniline Houseman and her
child ward dead. I asked him who minderCd the'm
and he said they were dead and that Was: enough.
Then be began to find fault because there 'was not
more money in the house. of the:deceased: He
then took the watch, spoons, and jewilrY - from the
money drawer, and gave them to me,!: telling me
where to pawn them, and what to get far them.
He told me I must get seventy-five doillark for the
Watch, and named over the, amounts WhiCh I must.
get for each of the other articles. , I risked him for
God's sakd toiell me - what he had hden ; doing.—
' He told nee to get those things out of his sight as
soon as phssible, for he felt as though he would
die. I asked him again to tell:me *hat he had
been doiOg. He replied that he was sorry it had
happened,' but he had been dreio to it by necessi
sity. HO owed me a great deal of inciney. He
then made me swear that I never woUld•reveal the
secret, and he promised me that he would take
'care of me and my children: Ithen left the house
with the anicles for the pawnbroker's, and pawn
ed the watch for thirty-five dollars,the 'spoons for
three dollars and a half, the golikelniinAr • twen
ty-tive dollars, and two dessert spoons and sugar
tongs forltwo do ll ars and a half.
- I then game back again to Waite'OtOre with the
money. 1 Waite then gave me some rnedicineAnd 1
fr - -1-1 ill° ~° 1 .!,° tt' Crlcer:lll shied, 'anti stay till I
Was confined, and to rend a girl up that night and
let him know how I n•as getting oil. ~ Ho fixed ,
the veil on my face, 'and swore my mother would
not know me if she met me in the street. But- I
did not go where ho wished me to go I,Wandered
about until night, and theri came down to' Staten
Island. Icame over in the boat to port Richmond
•whlked Op the shore, anti staid at my;'' brother-in
law's all!night. I went back the next morning to
New Yerk, and went to, Mi. Waite* My bro.
thenin-law'came in and told rice abOut the fire and
the murder, and wanted me to COILiOVOITIC inlaid.
diatvly. I Me and my son Albert icaine over to.
gether. I gave Albert thirty-five dollars and told
him to give it to Mr: Waite; Albeit asked me
where I 'got the money, and I told hire that it was
-money I got from my mother,: and was saving it
for Mr. Waite. ~,, ' I ',.
Mu. Br,
?ear Sir :--Enclosed Ifsend l ypu the state
r, as indicated a ,4 ,esideficd
. ,
ioriting at sun rise, for the past year 1843
1 can'findroom in your paper to give it
iton, it may beinterUstittg -psipme of your
' ..
Very respecifully;l 11 ',
, l i ., L.
• 1 e
RiOest. Lowea t „Ail
.lanu l 4;rY, , 531 '-', — . i 4 ° . 3 --
Febriraty, 36 .— : 1 4 ' , I - 1
Mardi, 39 't 91 1 2 1
April,,. 60 . ,2511 ' 4
May , 63 . ,3611 ,
June, 74 - '460
July 4 72 - : 451 ; 1
AugUst, _73_ ' . 53,1 ''
September, -72 ' 32'i
-1
October, 56 - 2 B 2B
NPveinber, 56 ... :16-1 .
December, 39 - I —l .3
.
Average for the year 42°:j'l
1
of the T
n the n
If yo
an inse
readers
•
Young Dlenst
. A *Ceting of the Young I .2lns'
was hotel at the house of DaMel ilin;
evening last. After the ustialliniSi
Club had been transacted, it vya r s
Ret il plved, That thn Secretarll, l be
palish the following resolution, fr
utes : - .
"Reiotrid,That the thanks of this
it ndered ' to Benjamin Banna:
.ty tender
beautiful painting of Iferny cky ,
him to this Association." ;
FroM Our 'Wa'shingturi 'fp sponitent,
' ' I.- WASiIrSOTOS ' jail [. '9, 1844.
I: ' .
The position oflpolitical OM as. relates to
national qitestions 0 1 1 interest :,•: olicy, is now
dailyibecoming more clearly ded in i the House
of Representatives That of t;I: Vhig party, is
I trust, well knoWn and undi4 therefore,
whet't allusion is thus made, p 1 lar kference is
had M the right and left wing o, . so called dem
ocratic party ; the Van Burcri ',oco;Foeo barn
burners ur old hunkers; and thiilhoim frectrade
—AUti-Americanattions. 4: c
, The Van Buren politiCian l ; the South, and
those of the same school at th orthi have strat
i
tioui i ly advocated the "claims o 'it., Chief to the
. sup port and coitdence, of thofOple of these re
.ipective sections of the . counislon principles ad
verse to each other, but pccu fo the sectional
r.
feelings, of the norihern iern democracy. agit
While at. the . 1.T011.111 the iiije policy is ad
' yoctited, at the sorra free4is openly avOto
fd and proclaimed. Not o a re the wire pul
lersri thus it work, but the pint of this iso•
iitiealeheettnery, thiiitiiity j 4eificni, is busy
r,ap.!4, 1814
Near Onurraiovrto,
3120117 g BAVPAir;
F. B.
lions:can tie: indulged in, a sIo the
p filmifitvoMbkr.
action of a a.' -V m
thus gatheied pri:ti l er. In truth i
titere''earmot be, tis Is now veryrivi J
dent ? a Pcife ,; ; t
har m ony or unity of action,' whell the , great- and
- • • L T ,
important principles ofirk-efeetion l orrioraledio n
to American interests, is pre_sented foriitt:t consider
-1!1:1011. One branch of the Licoroco; atajority -in
the House of Representatiies is out: ioklizi Imd
r
,manfally in favor of the most ulirrefree trade
cpetfineit, 'while another is favoribre a..,..nrclified
a l e
adoption of its pririciplesbYloongres: a nd a third,
which is but a very small mil.' 164%, reluctantly
give in their adhesion to Clio p4tee policy.=
But ALL, 'yes ! every member of th , -party, so
far as I can understand by votei individual
' opinion, is ready , and willing, nay., xious I that
Congress should take in hand th dissecting knife,
i
and cut into the 'Will' act ;of the I t Congress, that
resuscitator and life-press4cEof e vital energies
of the country. • .; I ' 1
What a glorious contra
party preacnO Open," bob
promalgatioia of political
at the North, the Sout
Sts Rs MILES. They . s
lar meridians, for they e
`declaringbnt one senti
whole country! AND
TUT
In evidence of the
the prcirisitions, sub
Loco Foco majorit
modifying the eiii
. •
the &t
unny is indt
on this account*
wish to disturlijl
have been radical
hibit a more rats
Van Buren men
resolutions of riction tto
Ways and Mem to bring'in sr
cariy out those ti
tariff, adYocated them before
tichilc thO Loco cos from the
rocated the far. .y doing the s,
part. Thus ar they cirminis
foie, like the n in the mire.. •
Would like to on; but he c
his boot wit 'S foot, and to
would be im ,itid and unwi-.
and the nor'
!eel iiz, and
chance, it
faction to
readiness
rreinder to the in
s to the firth dry E.
e xiple upon which
I of American free
which bel
political
cring spi
and soul
pie that
the labs
a great and growin,
Il 3FdOVIPIGE,
mechanic, fanner,
.heir various pursuits
my legislative. act yr
inch of Congress, is ti
(to Gen: Andrew Jacksi.
Judge Hall, for an in,
which passed the Housl
ig strong affirmative
ayb.
EMEE?
either
the ft
UM
Con
fall
d intended to have .penn
ameter of this debate, p t
bill; and, also, to have a'
er topic's - of present interes t
severe snow storm is upq
F :, therefaie, I deem it. prude t, at least, to bring
ii . letter to an' abrupt conclusion, that I may
ali
il myself of this day's early Imaik thus securing
a more certain transmission of. my epistle, by al
lowing one clay's grace for the clearing of the rail
•road track, as it stretches itse f along, in its mean
dering, course, among the.lit h hills; and lofty
mountains of Pennsylvania.
Mr. 'des:vein's name was estorday presented
to the Senate, as the • 'Preside;
tial nominee to the
vacant seat on the bench of the Supreme Court
I learn from one of the, representatives from the
, • .
State of Georgia, that the vote for member of Con
gress, at , the very recent special election in that
State, to supply a vacancy, c'4hibits an- increase,
so far as heard front, of the'Vliig., vote over the
last, at the election of Mr. S, yens, of over three
1
hundred and lifts ,• and, as compared with the
laSt vote for Governor, , near! fifteen hundred
YClub,
Tuesday
of the
gizin o 4 Me part of theillqiit
Thus much for the onwa
Whig principles !
uested t 4)
REP 01$
Of the: President and Mann
'kill Navigation Company
January 1,1844.
•
The President' and Manag
Navigation Company,' ees
Stockholders • their annual
1843, which has just entletl. I
the min-
I.
7
be heart
pg., for a
2sentell, by
.1
TIER,
Sect',i
The unusual lateness of
the opening of the' Navigati
April ; after Which it continu
in excellent' order until clo ,
the winter.. The supply of
rendering unnecatsary a resid
contained in the reservoirs.
.4.4Zir THE ST.I.TE
The works 'generally oral
repairs required. w
Throughout the line pf 1013
bon to Philadelphia, the
substantial than formerly, h
proved and atrengthenedwi
while f the'eanal banks have
by time.---The wpoden po
structures are the principal
repairs,
The new Dam recently erected tt - Fairmount,
under the authority and at he expense of the city
corporation, to replace the old one, which had
stood for twenty-two, years and had becoine very
leaky, is an excellent; piece of I:york, and relieves
the Company's navigation, for more ; than five
miles; from the injury caukd bb the defective and
sunken condition of the old;danl 44
'That pool has been the fmo t deftx.„'ve part of
,the line, and has been thelcauhe of more trouble.
and expense to the hoatmen pint any ;other. As
the water mild not be drawn down to 'deepen the
Channel ; the construdtion colder thinits has been
required, and in fonnes years several jportions of
pool have beds thus iniproied, i,ts' to give' a
of five aiul a balf feOt when the;river is at
,rdinafy stage. thif past 4sort, shal
t places, amounting in the aggregate to the
igth of 2288 feet, have been thus deepened ; and
believed that the boatine*, will hereafter be
to pas 3 through this pciol With the iiamefieili
the rest of the •
test of i the dims on the :lOwer itart of the
twheyeklip idveris large, h&c beat re ,
by the Comitanywitlitrtri fsw Sirlars,
substantial mtter,4, ima 'se as *4 g :l m a n i n .
', l .i!ptit ofsra.er.' rig the ; past siasmi
\as been tbc iiolie l y'of the mcinagerdto maintain
.e , potkii in -the utostetteiettt statee:at as small
eXpeuse as the 14tigth, adimpottance of Me
eltanicol.. work opt3A it w uld permi; and_ they
itt‘thei have sucleeded it!gatifint , , extent--
kireat reductions ant Mating to $31,064 4t2;
the , anhol cunt nt ex '.fer repairs;saLarics,
1: lock-tautens!. , Urages,
.bee. 4 clieited without Opainng the efficiency
fie prdioo 'Odle line,,anthe means coilhe r 4 144
iia g e-ot 6004_ - • ' '
he,ncw•outdettotk MA* cross-44 fot.
lite l 44 , kulthilV a ti ksvii 40/'
REI
to this does the l'Vhig
I . •
mwmannnous, in its
.
- Inneiph;r-the same
ithe lfcBl,T IIZ1 IZ SAZ
;tamed to no particn
rtmly a itation's intetes4s
.ne--Oti In• country! Oar
1 •
TIIISO IT etlt C,01.7.N-
pitted ,to tl e House by the
for thorot ghly ,. revising Or
ng tariff 11+; for which act
NI to a Whig pongress, and
'than for ar y other, lo they .
Some of their propositions
the eitreine; while others e*•
ble acid me,
,m the Sout
E . r4te spirit. 'rim
hare submitted
let Cominittee.ef
!ch a bill as would
l ati subject Of t4e
heir constituents;,
'.'drth, have recii)-
.
!pie i thingtßn their
( need ; and there
tuck fast, for he
Ino not withd6w
rocced without' it
The southein
i Loco Foco's
p ave both got their
=MI
re they rratit re
be the fine! (let ,
on bootless, thu.
,rruination of each
signifyini:th*
1 e of i part that
!oil of country,
is based the carre
-1
ran, the very life
g nation,—a prin
.
:en and ‘PUOTECT
I ;
Manufacturtie and
consumated.iby
'he Bill, refunding
in; imposed -upon_
iolent contempt of
yesterday, by he
vote—yeas ' 158,
•• , I
comments upon
nding the passage
-•
lud ed in this letter,
But a‘hreaten
n u, while I.writoi
rd march of sound
era of the Schuyl
to the Stockholders
era of the Schuylkill
tfully submit to the
eport for the year
he Spring preyented
on until the tenth of
•
ed uninterrupted and
in December, for
l watCr hos been good,
,rt to the ample atore4
EZ=
in ; 'good order; and
{inter are not heavy.
miles, from Port Car,.
Vorki are Much more
vin been greatly in
thin the last few years,
attained great solidity
ions of the mechatheal
causes of expense for
ME
pleleidThis season. '-_the fotnidatiOn ivas laid, and
the Citt.stone - ,above 'the level Of the
pool, in 1841, when its completion was postponed.
Thiais now accomplished in the best manner,
overturning a lift of twelve feet trio inches, Which
formerly required. two locks. ; • ,
"11 . .-...•0P Tax. TUADE .OF, TUX PAST SEASON. I
The toll un coal has been retained at - the r ater of
Ike mills, or half ix cent, per ton per mile; at which
it was fixed in ;1842 ; and the tolls on most; other
ides, at the Canner rates of three and foul mills
perTOOOlbs..per mile,—although some haws been
transferred from the higher to the lower lelass.
The highest class, at the rate of sis mills, Which
contained but a small amount of tonnao, has
been 'abolished, and the articles placed in the other
,classes, so as to Simplify the classification. A
; uniform toll of two cents per mile has been charged
on all empty boats, but no toll on any boat lirlien
the cargo which it carried paid a toll of fivedollars
or upwards, -
The total tonnage of articles ascending tic riv
er, ciceeds that bf .1812 ; by ten per cent., in
which there is a small increase of merchandize,
and a considembleincreaseof grain? salt, !Maher, -
and iron.
(:The total tonnagdOf. miscellaneous articles de
scending the river, excluding coal;lime and lime
exceeds that of last year by thirteen. per
cent;, having increased from 46,39.2 to 54,429 tons.
This increase is'mainly in grain, flour, iroli, and
nails. In lime and limestone descendingithere'
has been a falling. off of • 15,328 tolls, which is
Owing to a temporary fluctuation in the genentl
amount of trade in those articles. , l•
The quantity of coal brought sown this season
is 447,058 tons—which is nine per cent. icssthari
the trade of last:yeast This dimidution lul!s been
Caused by diverting a portion of the Schhylkill
coal trade froth the natural channel of the naviga
tion, and forcing it upon the Reading Railmul;
Whieh has been elfectedto some extent •by those
having the control of that work; by means of a
Scale of prices far :below what is known upon any
ether railroad, and which Was been repeatedly
liaried and reduced, for the apparent purpose of,
divertingthe coal trade from that canal,
Notwithstanding this extraordinary competilion,
the pecuniary results of this year's busiileAilave
been highly gratifying; and' they may be !briefly
Stated as follows : -
mount of Tolls received in 1843, $260,1 j ,',74 38
do . Rents, do . 19,070 '25
Receipts, . • •
pednet expenses anti interest,.
Surplus,
Current expenses for repairs,
saltines, and lock-tenders"
l wages, •
• .
xpenses completing neT; lock
at cross,cut,
Interest account, - • .
Expenses and Interest, 5177,473 40
1 ,
Leavi g a surplus of $102,221 17," fro l m the
busbies. f 1843, idler paying expenses Mid in
-lerist, a d completing the new lock ;
,which is ;
more than six per cent upon the capitol sock Of:
the:company. ~ .. ' i .
The' reduction - Of tolls -upon the Union Canal
had increased the tonnage derived from that
source. • . .
The income received from rents is $19,070 25,
being $2,070 25 more thati the estimate 'given in
thelast annual Report'; and the company pos
sessas a large amount of valuable wate4ower,
still /disposed of:;;
T e_whole number of Schuylkill Canal ioats in
use, n 1843, has, been about 800,—of which 770.
'have been registered as passing the Fatrnmunt
locks. Of these; 278 are covered boats, adapted
to the direct trade from' Pottsville to NeW
434 are open coal boats, and 58 lime bdats.and
miscellaneous. ' •
•
The direct trade to Neiv York runo l uthiss thi
year to 119,972 tons, taken through the:Delaware
and Raritan Canal, consisting of 2045 boat loads:
averaging 50 tons 13 cwt. each. . I . -
TIIE FINANCES OF THE COMtANT.,
The present amount of the loans of the Com.;
pany is $1,791,020_ 19; and the annual !interest
'accruing upon them, $96,533 70. Of the $300,1
000 loan of 1837, $ . 120,000 lave been}paid 'off
in the past year, and the residue extend ill until
. the first of January, 054. , -• ,
It has been the fortune of this great Work, frorif
its commencement to the present time, Ito meet
occasionally with obstructions and diffieuiti, call
ing for patient fortitude on the part 011ie Stock:.
holders. -
During the last two years, the state of the trade;
thezeneral prostration of credit and confidence,
together with an extraordinary competition, occur
ring at a period when loans were falling due. which
under 'ordinary circumstances could haveheen ea
sily renewed, have obliged the Board to apply the
revenue of the Company ( diminished lay the re
duction of toll.) to the payment of debt ; and thuS
the two ycars'have necessarily passed, Without a
dividend; though the income afforded an annual
surplus of more than sixper cent. There could
be no hesitation about the obligation so to' l apply
the revenue. The debt dud was a demand ofjuS
tice, to be paid to the utmost extent of the Com
pany's means. The Stockholders have home this
privation with their usual firmness; and !the prof
its which have been disbursed by the Company,
since the first . of January, 1841, besides paying
all current charges and interest, and S mp,osg
for new work, dainagcs, and real estate; have re
duced, the permanent debts of the Ocimpanly
.021,159 03, and the annual interest $17, 7
2630.
Thus, in 1841; the permanent
debt was
Now it is only,
Difference,
In Sept'r and Dec'r, 1841, the
interest payable Was equal i I
to, per annum, - • , ' $113,796 (35
Now it. is,• 90,533 10
. . , ,
Difference, • -$17,`2,62 30
Each share of stock has therefore br....dn relie44l
from a debt to the amount of $9 04, and is in
trinsically worth $9 6 more 'tan it would hayc
been ,Osuch payment had not been Made; and
.the sating in the.annual interest is &Luta to more
than one Per • cent. per annum upon s the whole
capital stock.
13 - - . All • ""'
.iy reducing at the smite' film., the Current ox 7
penses,lhese two items, I(interest and expenseS,)
formerly amounting to $::14,496 a year, arc now,
when the accounts arc similarly stated ; nut $17.,-
480.
. If the revenue of the year 1844 should be eqbal
to that of 1843, and the same system, be 'pursued,
there will be a further reduction of the permanent
debt, so that the capiLillstock and debt will; be
made nearly equal, and. rill amount together ! a
bout $3,350,000, and th annual interest will be
further reduced. Whether or not this Course Will .
be the most expedient, must depend upon future
circumstances. If itithonld not, still there will be
an annual appropriation tom sinking fund, for the
payment of a debt, sufficient to extihNish the
whole of it in a rcason4lc time,—an end. which
ought steadily to be keptAn view..
A loan of $153,887 la, at six per cent. white
come due - on the first of Pecember, 1844 ; and a
loan of $141,160, at 'fiv per cent. on Thefirst j of
January; 1845 ;. and an ordinance been pre
pared, and will be submitted to the Steckholders,
to give to the Baud of Managers the, necessary
power to provide for thee loans. I
IT.--OF illy. CAPACITY or NATIGATIO.II.I:
• .
The total tonnage transported upon the, `L's . ehriyl-
I‘val ',lrst opened for pub
kill Navi,gati.T.a since it
pub
tic nears equal, to eight millions of, tons;
Vitae;line has been in;better working order du
ring the past season than ever • before] The-we.
tars of the river, which niture l constantly renews,
do not.perish in the using,. like artificial roads:4 -
ID:1841, in 29 weeks, the canal carried 737 r
517 tons, which, for.the usual season 435 weeks,
'Would be equal to 890;196 tons. And this if far
below the capacity of the existing navii,gation;the
present practical Unlit or which may-lie estimated
at about a million and a balf . of tons , deaccutlin .
and which may easily be' much incte*d. '
• The work is a publicr high Way; the heats Upon
it bc.longing to individuals; and any one, on pay
,wiry utederant 4111s;staC ' ciinferming u;row-
Simple legilitions, is entitled to Usti times,
ra ut m regulations ,
"as ina - 3:*st.s s uit his cemieni
wee !This has wade. prattivoituitc
• --r,---4.31.4,:e-;17.7,n..z. .•,
,----..
Counties through which it passes, afidli4lie pco- ,
Pie vx : +ho live along its borders; who Ina `found in
the canal a most %ulna* home niarket.„'%for their
Produce.• At tho Same time, it.has lefOlie Com
pany without the:power of regulating o:rates of
:freight, although the have largely :cxe*.sed:their ,
tight of reducing the tolls. • Tor Se V erittVe4is-af
4er the canal was - opened; the; loadof pt-'coal boat
was about 25 tons, and ' the time requirid 'for a
:trip from Pottsvilleto Philadelphia atilalick, was -
about two weeks. ' -i .4 ',.;,.. I': . -, .. . •
-._._
A large part of the boats ram: . earolo tons;'
and the trip is often made in eight dayri; AThe in-
Creasing of the Ix*, and theehorter44 Oftha
time, are bath important elements in red:taring the
Oxperov of transportaticm. The forraOs mainly ."
duo to the increased - depth of water, at4thellatter
10 the doubling orate locks, atul the ititovernent :
bf the toWing paths, Considerable intgrvements
!Pave also been made .in the construeti'On of the .
.
:boats. . , . ... :
The load which a boat 'cart:carry befotequal to.
the.difference between the Weight of thOeat ?Intl
:the Weight of the water which it dispio":ecs . Whelt
Icladed, the hetest boat, other thingsd*ing equal,
can carry- the largest load. : Make p*.4B inter- ,
ested in the coral trade, hating exinca,ol a strong'
desire, that a boat adapted to the Selitil:Attill Nevi-
gation shouhtbd built of iron, soveral , .ol*klildenr. '
subscribed to a fund, ffor the purpose: l * building
such animal boat. which, has been don4y- I.: P.
Morris& Co i of this city ; and. the t 4 al - , which is
'of good model
.and very sulrstantial4o madto •
,successful trip to the coal region aral , *k ; but as l •
she has proved to be but little. lig,hter:Orin a good
wooden boat of similar dimensions,. .lie tOnnhgb • '
is not materially more. . •,: • -•+•;: ,
Originally a depth.of three feet wagdiotcd at, in .
constructilig the canals and pools; but iii his since
been increased to four feet, and, in initty places.
to much more; but the shallowest, pal4must of .
course limit, the capacity of the navigation. Du
ring the past season, , the levels have teen kept
full, and one ' boat No. 169, called ili - O". "Presi-•
...
dent," came down, drawing . 49 inehCir,ef water,
and carrying 71 tons, 9 cWt. of coalJ
~ i.:. ' .
In these days of keen sompetithitA tit the coal
trade, it is a matter of great interest tit educe tha
freights as much as possible, and thittlaay most .
easily be effected by increasing the gads. , An
enlargement of the canals and of theWeks Would
be attended with great expense, and Weiild require
boats of different dimensions front thotic now :in "
use. , The question of neromplishiliCthe same
end by a more simple and leas expewnye process,.
thus acquires additional importanceo :
• Itshas been found by carefule:cperOficnts made
this-season upon boats in use, that . ntiknorl • boat,
when drawing 46 . inches water, Witt.: carry '.66
tons ; and that every-additional liallitith displa
ces one ton of water, or adds one loit - 44the be)s
caparity:of carrying. So that wlle`ti= the at
I T
4-
draws seven inches more, making 59-40ches; o •
feet 5 inches, it wkearry, 14 tons nutrionialting,6o
tons ; nod, in the sanie pronertion; ri.draught of r 5
feett.inches, will carry WO tons, which has beim.
Verified by actual experimcfit with the!litat 1 .1
yfr.
P. Cox,'' No. 472, which, havia. , o4ou , M.
-;:::64*
tons of coal to Philadelphia, was 14 : 40(too 100
tons, with the above draught of waterind carried
her cargo to New York. , . - -,..'.,,
Seventy cents per:ton is'fonnd tolre-a fair - Once
`for freight from Pottsville to PhibulAphia, with a
boat carrying sixty tons and a steady bale. pup a .
pose the shallow parts of the navigat.tiln to b 4 dee
pened al few inches,. and the boat thi4o;c'enald'cil to
carry-eighty tons. This gives an addition or bile-
. -
third to the. tonnage, and reduces thu., : lreight z [ per
ton, in nearly a corresponding propOrnon, cp the
boat requires no more force to managa4t.. Anoth
er advantage is 'a diminution ~ of tl*number of
lockages, and consequent economy otyater for a
ziven amount of ' freight. • Tlic -sat ?c reasoning
will applkto, a. greater increase of dePth anditcp, ; ,„
nave, and it will no doubt ultimately be accom
plished; lint the-mark...of .80 . unor : Oerps* to be pt
'Minable withonf any large expentlittnre,'and with
many of the 'boats 110,W! trprin thollisC; and any
increase in the. volume. of water;iathe shallow'
parts of the canal, will'he an 'adv4igige' to every
boat, by diminishinh• the resistanceA its motion.
With a view to obtain correct infbrination in
$279,,7j94 63
177,973 46
$102,t21.17
57.11.56 67
5,03 00
100,023 73
reference to the subject of deepening.. he naviga
tion;.the ManagerS have_ directed '4lO line to be:
examined and sounded - through&o its length -
which L 9 now in prOgress. - :74'1 •
In the past season', the whole clffirge for tarry-
ing coal upon the Schuylkill Nallgation; inclu
ding and toll; has been -
and ' a quarter per ton per mile; anil may be ma
terially "reduced hereaft/
Let us now eompar this charge&'with . the
pensm of raihvv- transportation as aSpertained from •
the experience ofla serie of yea4in England,
where wages fuel, "and iron are che:ap, - and where •
there is intense competition betty ti' the dillerent:
coal distriets "
An eminent English - engineer,fiy.; whom FeVe'l,
ml important railways . have 'beeit`., constructed,
Charles 13. Vignoles, professor of OlVitengineering
in the London University, has riltly .given to: i
the public, the following results:
" The cost of carrying coals, at4ery moderate
Velocities, on the great colliery, ntirOlys,.is about
,one penny (equal to two cents) per].:,tonPer mile,
which m;ty. be divided into ;the ONivirve heads,
viz:
"Expense of Transport fif{:Coal."
DFciqa.ls of a wenny.,
?;,j;7. ' .38
Locomotive_pOwer
• .
Wagons - : •.19
Conducting traffic - - - • T. ; :g .08
Maintenance of .. . Railway • -
General expenses, including locaß
taxes - - • - 7 ..14.
,per ton of coal per mile , . .4.00 0r.2 ets
"The prgportiou of the weightt'::,.tif the coal to
the gross load carried being as 348.7 •
."The ex
pense of: carrying goods on thejoivetpool and ,
Manchester railway,,ta!telion 816(6c1:age of seven
years':traflic, appears to lie abotit'tsj.-o and a half
perice Li five cents) per ani per. mile."-
Phis ‘ - .t.owever includes half: a: pegtiy for the ex- .
sense of collecting and deliverinif Abe goods.
The general - results of thiglish*tperience are
thus tabulated; anti we may reni . o,- that 'they a
grey very nearly with the caleulgions of., the cosi,
of transportation on .a number, orAinerican
Rail- -
roads, as given by Mr. Charles . B,fso, Jr.; Civil en
gineer, in his interesting essays 01hat
a Expense of Raihroy-l'runviifri per mile..
geqs kleeities, fitcOr 9 ctF).tgcli:
Corl,atverymoderntdaspeedi l4fpr 2 ccs) rer ton: . '
• Merchafazt, at 15 miles per . ? •
hour, 24',(Sr: 4 cti) per ton."'
Thus the expense of carry„ , ru - picliandize at fif
teen miles.,,per hour, is twice that:44cent, at about
five mileS"per hour; half ofWhiChAifferenee is duct .
to the increased velocity. So tliri r t;do carry coal, at
,fifteen miles per hour, would cokthree half pence.
or - three'eents, per tots per mite; l / 4 1,ithout including
;any thing for- interest or profit4•:-I.[See, Mr.
inrile's.sixteenth lecture reprint4in the Journal of ---
the Franklin Institute for- ifee6iber, 1843.)
another place Mr. Vignoles li..44iserved that tic
thoughithe proper railway chcii*should be dou- • -
ble the cost for Wcirking;,whicliVytransportation t .•
at fifteen milei per hour, woultiltiake the
sit cents per ton per mile, ot :n - crafjy . five times "the
present charge for carrying co4.4Jpon.tho Schuyl"--
kilt Navigation.. " , • H t , ..,;
The spendthrift and prodigetlicilicy; sometimes
pursued upon railroads, soorcaNt their first coil- •
strartion of carrying heavy frektit athigh.
tied and at low prices, less, by' Wthan sufficient to,:
keep up the business, seen deft fti its-owij ' 0 ,14
anti come to.a Speedy end, trh4°:the ability tot t c-•
cumulate indebtedneffthe to*" exists, With
the weight of the load,•amitii4 . olto of the Speak'
the weir tear ineieitse:in . iffirea
f..itg ratio, until the road itselp•Adital'ustly
chinery and carriages arc foiiiiif.to.fie Ftivohied: In ,-•••
aconimon, destruction.' Thottgli.this conclusion.,
may not at first be.strikingly 4vAtia, it' is - .just.
as certain as, the effect Of. overii4ertiort andligg ,
excitement • upon:. the hurnan!:*tustitution,.:end . :
much more speedy in its rosukOra, railroad un
like the - huinairi frame; has Aq.fecisperative_
ME
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$1,79,020 19
$3:l, ,156
in its naturc. • • - L , 14 - -!".„'-' • - '
Nearly One hitiVofthe
constructed in the rifler deed - - and- improveil.
by sit, and the gentle turren**ing - in tho'diree—••
tiotrof thelcaly descending irO e gretitly. faeilit
..
tatei its` rarnipertation; so thitllie ricei may lie
considered as a miwing road,* Surface of which
is constantly renewed by thelgtAnty;of Providenci t _
in sending, the early enktbo,.ligier rein,
It Li usual foi eniineitt—
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