04','al - A --g-r-'' 0-- -.;- . ~i,?.1-.. -Z. 1,;-2,•=4-rr...tit--,-- ;... •-pluk , P,o TTSVILLE. Saturday Morning, Jilna 2%1E144 IMPORTANT . Let eves} citizen Lear in mind, that it in not only lye lair rest but his duty, to purchase every thing that he can at home. By pursuing suctra course, he encoura.. g..s the mechanical industry' of his own neighborhood, on which the prosperity of every town and city Mainly depends—and besides. every dollar paid out at home, nornis a circulating medium, of which every citizen de -rives mote or loss benefit, in the course of trade. liv ' cry llar paid for foreign manufactures purchased entirelya broad, lost to the'recion, rocs to enrich there icbo do nut contribute one relit to our domrsttc institu tons and oppresses our own citizens. , • Tilt: POOR MAN'S BHA Those trho are cornibilhul to labor. outht to bear in niud that th , !Tariff is eniphatie.illy the prior 171,171%t /Ulf -- it c'ortireN to him ro7tilar ..niphytiwnt nod gond tenses, which is his capital—and jiist in nropruliAulas the duties are reduced, xrin proilnxti , at does hio AM.', go down. :Think of this working-men. before you ant in support ing nieirwho wilt rob, you ofyour only capital, the wa gen abhor. Opinions u! James b. Polk un the - Tar g "I AM IN FAVOUR or.IIEDITING ,- THE TIEA. ••TO TIll: RATES or TILE coMm»nsE ACT. "WHEIII: THE WHIG coNcßE:is-roLND TREAT TOE :Mai OF JUNI:. 1512." "THE nivrriiENcE - EEN , \VIM: '!'PAR'I'V AN D - MSS EV IS: NV 111 E Y ARE I .kIiVOC.VI•I.S 11ISTRIBUTION ANIYA ``PROT ECTIVP. TA RI IT-7-M E....:•zURE ,, , IV HICI I I -,CONsIDER-1tT1N01;..4 To TDE INTEitE ,4 TS of lA,e - COUNTRY AND P-it'! rIALLY To THE IN'TE "RES*N; OF TUE PLAN'fiNf; STATER—I fiAvr, S.:\D AT ALL TO:bi OPPOSED 'BOTH.," tSanie Speech, published,hy OPlritr,E.NiON IS; Taxi', WOOL SHOULD - pun - " [Congros;:i.mal ilebales, Vol. o„.pilfze 171. (locofern) in the Imi,se,annoirnted teureesiug hustzttty tuft, pot - Rent T-11711.'F, an behalf of the Dentoteettie party. 116 etotared riot .11r. Polk teas to'it.and that they nninv - nntri! rz Drinomit in Con g.n.,s and a DeniberertliPPrrsidrnt olretttl, to. ropetil it.— oipucch in .Conrc,' Juno 4th, Itsl. [Er 4 number of arti4Cs intended' for this Faiier, have beet] "crowded out. Pi: zo in front of the NnnsYlvania Hall, has been enlarged and greatly improved ;within a few ..days, which givi's the ap pearance of this excellent Hotel, increased attrac tions. - Our -friend Mr. Durt:t/ Hill, has also greatly iMpro;ed the frOnt of thr..• • Pottsville', House, and fitted it up in the interior for..the increased aetom rrodation of travellers. lie has made the addition of two parlors in connexion with other .improve.• ments, which will add to the comfort of those who favor him with their custom. 'Chore arp but few towns in thc-State that can h;ait of as many line Hotels as we halve in Pt4s vine and Mount Carirbn. In our columns will be found an 'advertisement of o new Coal Breaker, .or Cutler, invented by . Richard:4n, of Philadelphia. It has been descri bed to us as possessing advantages superior to any now: in lase—Causing- less waste, and less labor than any other •of the inventions. 'Nut having seen it ourselves, We cannot vouch- (bridle truth .of these assertions—but we understand the pro prietor,will erect. one in this region shortly, When our operators will Soon.dedide the question at is sue, with rc~ard to its utility and the saving prop erties it is alledged it, possesses. - BLACK Bern specinicn .of Black Baud. Or, which anstNars the description of the §dolch Ore, as ilescrilied by.Mushet, kas.been left at'thi'S office— 'lt wad taken from the funnel of nr. Thoriys William's,Colleries, on Mine Hill. We learn that• Mr. Roberts, Mining, Engineer, is .• now in this region, engag'ed in searching, for • the Purp - o'se of Eatisf) ing himself whether it exists-in large quantities or not. A specimen of the Ore is now in processOf analyzAtion in Philadelphia. For writ or' J ty:—This National. Jubilee apidly approaching, and very little, prepfration -a • • linS'dieen made so far 'towards celebrating it in - a prolier rrianner. Can't an oration be gotten up for the edification of our good citizens. • " Mr. Daniel Hill intends serving up a - sumptuf' OUSDinner at the Pottsville House,for the friends ofelity, Markle and Frelingh4sep, and those who chow -to jointheni. Mr. H. gives ,capital Din ners, and we would advise all epii•ures to titisrribe• A sulmcription paper has been left at : thi.oflice. GultirAn's l' , lanazist,.for July, has been re cciCed. The contents arc %ailed and Of ;thigh or der. A -gem, ;- TheAVa%ing Moon," b l y Bryant, will be found on our first page. The embellish , mtut4, four in number, ari• the 4 , German town Battle Ground," l and The • Cae-in-flock on the 0111,3.7 How the leading Ma2azines„containing,the eatheilislimems Whirl; now grace each number, can I,e aflhrded at 25 cents aver number, .is .a mystery to ns: For sale at this office., a 7. Colzress, closed its sessiun on .M . 6nday-last at noon, leaving a large number of Bills which' . had previou.,ly 'passed"the•Senati, lie on the t..4:111e unt l ?ailted.. A'mong the'rtunther is the Bill redu , cina;lhe rates of po4inge, Whielt passed pe Senate :bait six weeks ago. All parties called for .the V I - passage of this Bill, but the destruettve character itsspassage in the House, 4_ )tev•tail• - •a it was cal:misted to relieve thericonnuni ty.-. , 4,.1.1.4e people c,..tpeet -tdo pinch from Govern ment," u . as„ Ilia declaration:of one of their:chiefs, .4a shop time since, and in 4c:cp;dance with this ,44rineip14:4,-ito doubt, on the Bill' was With • 6 -- 3rild, • . (:inn LION I; NI; C R.% IL !2"ontractors, & Kerns, have about 100 haudi engaged g,rading the alicii 7 e Bowl : They intend putting on a large number of hands, and exiect - to.have the grading coilipdcled about the 13th of fiepteinhernext. rO - - Col. Slane, in his second, letter completely 'demolishes Bishcp Highes. lie refutes satisfac torily eery position the'Bishop assumed, and Haves hint nothing to stand on. We think the Bishop will find it more prUdent hereafter to cF.chew politici and attend to the other duties appertaining t 3 his (Alice. -ll'c 'cannot reply to the Harrisburg Tclo graph. :Y Fyn that would knowingly pen.a lihcrate and wilful falsehood against a portion of party to which they' profess to belong,. we will enter into no controversy with. , The Confer ees endorse all, we ltaNe stated. Pott•mm 1:11.1-LiTtm.-.—The Supreme court Imre decided unanimously that the election under which tho - present Canal comMissioders hold their ! office, is legul; and have diSinissedthe subject The - Ciivs_ from Philadelphia haVE urriyed very irregularly for= several days past. Ca the evil, bo remedied.? HENRY CLAY'S OPINIONS ON THE TARIFF QUESTION. The following extract is from the speech of Mr. Clay; in the Senate of the U. S. on the 21st Jan uary, 1842; in reply . Jo Mr. W oodbury, on the Treasury Note Bill—reported for the- Washing ton National Intelligeneer : EITUACT rrtom Mn. CLAY ' S SpEECII. Carry out then, said he, the spirit of Me Compromise Act. Look to Revenue alone for the support of Government. Do not raise the question of Protection, which I had hoped had been put to rest. There is no necessity of PRO TECTION FOR PROTECTION." , The above is from the Locofoco alias Tyler Or gan of this liorough—and, is going the rounds of the Locofoco presses. We need hardly state that it is a base fabrication—it originated with a loco- Coco member of Congress from Indiana; whose . name we do not recollectr r .was pronounced a forgery on the floor of Congress, and proved to be so—and the member was publicly branded* a base calumniator, which he pocketed quietly.— Now ;ail those who are acquainted with the cir cumstances, and Continue to Circulate it, are no better than the base calumniator who originated it. 'No such report of Mr. Clay's speech appears in •the National Intelligencer of the date mention ed-Ails-reported speech is entirely different. So much for that slander. Next folly js' an extract from the celebrat ed Georgia letter, which may.be a correct extract for all we know, and on which, ibis well known the Locofocos binge all iheir arguments, that Henry Clay had abandoned 'his protective princi, pies. It as follows: .1 never teas in favor of what I regarded a high Tariff. No more Revenue should be le thnn is izere . ssary to an economical adminii trillion of the Government.—Mr. Clay's letter to Mr: Merriweaiher of Georgia, Oct. 2, 1843. The above extract is in accordance with the principles Henry Clay has ever professed. He has always-opposed a high Prohibitory, Tariff, be cause such a bill would necessarily lead to ii,,dim inution of revenue. and direct taxation. He has always been did is now in favor of levying 'sof& dent duties to defray the expenses of the General Government—he is in favor of raising the whole revenue of the Government from dutieson Foreign goods, and removing the Land Fund from the National Treasury. This is set forth in his let ter declaratory 'of his principles, dated Ashland, Sept. 13th; 1842, to a eitiien—of Philadelphia, wherein It; declares himself in favor of "an ade quate revenue (for dutieS) with fair protection : to American industry." This is all the protection that Henry. Clay asks—this is all- the protection the Democratic Whig party asks, and we defy the whole Locofoco party to produce a single sentence from , : of henry play's speeches or public 'acts, with gam to the American System, which con flicts with the opinions expressed in the above ex tract.' Henry Clay is the . open advocate of the Tariff of 18.12, 'and Li favor of distributing the proceeds of the Public Lands among the States, throwing the Government on duties alone to 'irefray its expenses. James K. Polk has avowed himself opposed to both these measures. Thenhow dare the locofocos assert that James K. Polk is as good a Tariff man as Henry Clay? So much for the Georgia letter. - 1 The nal is the followmg extract: [From the Savannah Republican, the leading Clay pa per in Georgia.] We deny Mr ; CLAY, or the WHIGS of Georgia, whose Candidate he it, seek for The cstablishment of a PROTECTIVE TARIFF, but Mr. Clay adheres to the pri7ici pies of the Comp-ontise Act." , ' Whether the above is correct or 'not, we do not know—if it is, which we doubt, it must have been putlished a long time ago; because 'all the Whig Senators and RcpreSentatives from Georgia, and the above . mentioned paper, are among the open and avowed advocates of the Whig Tariff of 1842. They have.n.ailed it to their Banner, and they are marching to victory under its 'broad and 'ample :folds.: • The next extract is as follows: • • . '• "Let every Farmer, .every Mechanic, every WOrking man, read' the following remarks- of HENUY CLAY, 'wade in Congress in 1 , 319, and then say AN tallier they can give him theii sup port; and I,t.eyery 'wife; and every, daughter read it, and :cc the slander cast upon !them. Henry Clay said: . GENTLEMEM WILL NOT ALLOW 1..;S To . HAVE BLACK SLAVES, THEY ALUsT LET US HAVE - WHITE ONES ; FOR WE CANNOT uuT OCR FIRE WOOD AND 'BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HAVE OUR WIVES AND , DAUGHTERS WORK IN THI KITCHEN I !" The above extract is also a forgery. - -No such language is-found in any of Henry Clay's report cd'speeches, and - he has himself, in a recent letter to the Hon. John White, of Kentucky, - -over his own signature, denied that . hg "ever:made use of such language or entertained such sentiments.— And we believe -that the Ainerican .people :will coincide in opinion with us that Henry Clay's de nial is better, authority than the columns of any ldeofoco party- paper published ht the country. A PAIENT ' H Vsigor.A•scx.--An auctioneer by the name ofLov - T, in St. Louis, seduced the only .daughter of - Mr. Edward Ford, of the same place, and enticed her f. om her home. , The father, in an intense state of agitation, met Loj;inthe street:, and inplired after his daughter, and what 6ourse he was going to pursue. He refused to give him any satisfaction—but retorted by telling her father "togo tp h—." He immediately drew a pistol and shot. Low in the forehead. At the last ac count he was alive, but not expected to recover . Mr. Ford immediately.surrendered• himself to th e public authorities, and several gentlemen stepped forward and entered bail for his,appearance in the sum of ;,,5000. A i , Po NTM ENTS-7 . 11C L. S. Senate rejected the nomination of Mr. Green of New Jersey, as Secretary of the Treasury, and afterivardiionfirm ed the nO initiation of Judge Bibbof Kentucky, for said once. :Flenator Tall make, was Unanimously confirmed ai€Governor of Wiscoriiin.. The nominations of ,Messrs. Wallyorth and King, to supply vacancies in the Supreme Court, were laid on the table--which of course_ prevents TIT President from making any appointments du ring the recess. A number of others were dispos ed of in -a similar manner. The Albany Argus says the Whigsare the .Na tivo Party. Well , what of it, if they are. They have always stood by. and advocated the best in terests of their' ountry,=and if that course ertt i- ties them to the appellation of Naliyes, they cer tainty can have no objectioni to the name: If we mistake nut, it was but a short time ago, the Argus declared that the Whig party was, the for eign or British party. What has :brought about so . sudden a change in their tone 1 Are they the foreign party'now I They must he if they are not a Native; party. DOCT. EatanT.--,As there are several persons actively engaied, in an undetlnind manner, circa, hating repc.!rts that Doct. G. N. Eckert is very un popular—that he haS been before the people on several occasions, and every time run behind 'the Ticket': In order to. correct 'pese false impres sions we piffilish the following: Doct. Eckert was run twice for the Legisia;ture in Schuylkill County, agamst his wishes and inclinations.— The first time was in 1837, jthen The 'Locofoco majority. was about 800 in t he county, and his friend's had no idea of carrying hini. The follow ing is the official vote on thatioccasion: For Assenibly—Daniel ICr'ebs, - 1,372 George N. Eckert, 1,286 Majority against Eckert,, only 86 The following is the *ad in the Pingtove district.whore the Doctor reside: Eckert,, 1 Krebs, . . - .In 1841; immediately after the treachery of John Tyler, an apathy prevailed in. the Whig r anks, andit was found diffiiult to bring our vot ers out for Governor. The Whiga formed a ticket, and they prevailed onlEoct. Eckert-to lend his name to the party for s4id purpose. When called upon he at first decline'i running, but after wards stated that if 'they thought the use of his name would be of any inthlnce in bringing out the votes, he would surrender his private feelings> and they might use it. They did use. it,.and the following was the vote for Governor and. Assem bly • For Governor—David RJ Porter, • 2,408 John Ranks, • 1,415 . Porter's majority, Fur .4ssimbly—C. M. Straub, s . • Geo. N.lEekert, Strailb's enajoi;:ty, Vote in the Pinegrove.District - For Governor—Porter, Banks, Fur Assembly—Eckert, " Straub, Is it not a burning shaine—yes, is it not the asest ingratitude; thus to attack one 'of the most cnthuilastic Whigs !of Schuylkill county, whose time and purse hasi been devoted, for ,the last four'years, to theestablishment of, that great and leading measure, the ;Whig Tariff 'of 1842, and whose statistics, collected and arranged by hint. 'during that time, hav i p been made the basis o a large number of Aho Tariff speeches made in Congress in support of it. , • MORE TES. Polk 'against the Tariff Since Polk's nomination, the Nashville (Ten 'nessee) Union, published- r his place of residence and the acknowledged organ of Polk and Jackson holds the following language 4 • We wish it borne in Mind, that the oppressive Tariff of 1842, has beep condetnncd by every true Democrat, and by none more decidedly than Mr. Van Buren, THAT IT$ PROVISIONS ARE VIEWED - WITH AIIHRRENCE BY. GOV. NOLK AND ALL IS FRIENDS WE EED NOT REPEAT!" Our readers must recollect that the above has been promulgated sincehe bas,been nominated,with his approbation, of course. In addition to the a bove, at a.ratification.mee:ting held in Cincinnati, `Ohio, Mr. Elwood Fisher!, one of the most promi nent Locofocos in that ci y, made use of the fol lowing language : " The Whigs accuse Ili; of not being willing to go before the people uponlour principles—of being afraid to avow our naked principles and discus them fairly and openly, unaided hy the gunpow'; der popularity of a Jackscln. or the-secret . power of a magician. We have now. nominated a man who is neither a hero norl a magician, a citizen compavat:vely undiatinguish'ed, beaten twice in his own State in the Governor's 'canvass, but a man ont and out for fret trade, openly , and un conditionally opposed to` protection, astinexpedi ent and unconstitutional.. We nominate a man tis the ecponent of our ilinciples—we fight on our principles, and we expeqt to conquer on Our-prin ciples, without any extrapeous aid." • Srrr.r itfo a E.-A ratification meeting was held in the Edgfield, (Calhqun's) District, in which: they put forth the folloviing declaration: Mr. CLAY'S first effdrt in the Senate of the United States was in falvor of Internal Improve mertt;end his first great ',speech,. made on. his see ond'election to that body; as' early as 1809, was in favor of a 'PROTscri,Vp: -TARIFF, which won him that title of 4.Falkerq the American System.' His gubsequent career lias proved - his consistency upon all these points, on which. and many others of import, the Democnicy of the whOle country are at issue with h'in. Shall such a man, profess ing such principles beimade President of these United States I Let the Democracy of the coun try, from Maine to Louisiana, in one universal ac clamation respond, Never! Never!" • lie'ar this, ye alande4rs who assert that Mr. Clay talked again'st Protection when lately in Car- Mina ' l . \ The following reiolutions were passed et the same meeting : • I • " Re. :Ired, That in James K. Polk we recog-' nizo an able, bold ady4ate of immediate Annex ation of Texas, and a tirm and consistent oppo nent of .ce Pfolecti4 •Tariff, • Assumption of, State Debts. and Abolition ; and that, therefore; we.cordially approve othia nomination, and pledgcl ourselvea to his support. Resolutd, That the' Tarifa'-Act. of 1842 is ble to all the objection‘ we have heeetofore made to the constitutionality and expediency of th 4 measures of the , Federal Governinent for the Pra t tectiOn , of Domestic Mfmufactures,With the aggra;. vation that it was a gross breach of the faith plighi tedio us in the Compiontse of 1832; and that we. rep i rd the time and nieasure of qur resistance to this act as matters tg be sett) ) upon our own views of expediency, in no wise be hindered b.)'— our .Ippositionto the Fr,edcral . Gonernment.7 :I These gentlemen for understand thf' question. They go for Free Trade, Texas and Nullification—therefote for James K. Polk..' , . After these avowaldi l of the principles of theini mediate friends of James K. Polk, is there a locofO. co to be found - in the country brazen-faced enough to declare that James IK. Polk is as good a Tariff man as Henry Clay. I If there are, we must coii 7 fess that they will Fou Old Nick . himeblf to the bblush.,. .i. . ! I Alteration of the kat um! . ization Laws...lt is 1 now_ pretty certain. that this question will enter to our next Congressional Elections. As soon-Os it comes up, we are prepared to meet and will array ourselves in favor of increasing the term to 21 years—the same length of time a male citizen is compelled to residel in this, country before he lit entitled to the privilege of Noting. Miss hiatrrao. A second Baltimore 'Cori vention, in point of iaumbers, was held at Wil• mington, Delaware, qn Saturday last. Upwards Of 20,000 persona we're present. John M. Cla- mo,uuo persons — r e present. John . icy. ton presided, who made a thrilling speech, giving a history of the pAsidie of the Compromise Bill. A number of other dipitinghished gentlemen weio preeent, • THE MINERS_'• JOURNAL. 1.51111 CONGAZSSIONAL DISTIIICTTHIS An. narrnsata_rr.—We publish below the following correspondence, which fully bears us out , in what wo stated with regard to the, arrangements Made with the. Conferees. As the Conferees from Dau phin and Lebanon promised to promulgate theOr range:pent when called upon, we hope they will da'aci !without any hesitation. The plea set forth by min that the arrangement was made in their, in dividual capacity, and not as Conferees, avails nothing. Even admitting this quibble, it would be just as binding on themselves and Mr. Ranisey; (for whom they acted as friends) as if it was made as Conferees. But the arrangement was made in Convention, -after it was organized—and we • cannot comprehend how they could act in any other 'capacity than • Conferees while in session. The Correspondence however speaks for itself: To i l the Conferees of Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties : • . GF4STLEXZN • • The undersigned, citizens and vo ters,of the 14th ,CongreSsional district,—in Order to settle a point which has been strenuously, as. serted by some and as strenuously denied by; oth ers,] respectfully request you to answer the fol. lowing questions:—Were any arrangements made at the last meeting of the Conferees with refer- i . • ence to the claims of the'respective counties to . . the next Congressman, and if so, what were thos e. arrangements 1 By communicating the facts in the case, you will gieatly promote the harmony of the whits in th 4 district, and - oblige the, subscriberS. 2,223 1,554 rio N. M. Wri.so,r, and others, Thigs of Schuylkill county, .5' iG7:TLEMErt :—Your communication 'Of the Ith past:, has just been received, and we, who clessO, hasten to give you a statement °flail we know' in relation to the arrangements about which ou enquire But in. order that you may have a correct view, of the whole subject; it will be; necessary; to give, you somewhat of a history of ,the circumstances ,which led to the necessity o' f !the arrangements which we regard as having been made at the con. finence referred to. You perhaps will recollect that Schuylkill coun- IT ) was the first to move in the organization of the WhigiParty in. the new Congressional diStrict, and a`t their general county meeting held i4lnly last, Conferees. were appointed to meet Conferees to be --• appointed in Dauphin and 'Lebanon counties, at fonestoWn, to place in nomination a suitable perk I ; son to be supportedin the district for*Cori,gress, That l the Conferees thus appointed were left with- Out instructions as to the person to be placed in nomination. The Whigs of the county believing drat ' the Conferees coining from the three court- - , .1 ties in the district, would be the most capable of fixing upon a proper person to he supported for this station, and that such a course would best tend :to prOmote harmony and unanimity of action Throughout the district. This - liberal proceeding upon 'the part of Schuylkill county, was not re. • Spornled to on the part of Dauphin and Lebanon counties, and they, as we supposed, with a full Itom ; yledge of the course taken by Schuylkill coun ty, instructed their Conferees to vote for Alexart. ' der Ramsey. It then become a very serious clues tion 'with the Whigs of Schuylkill CoMitY, wheth cr their Conferees ought to ge into confe'rence on the Subject gra nomination with personS whose hands were tied, and who had no power to confer on the subject, except in the mode instructed. These proceedings amongst other circumstances not necessary to Mention, created, a suspicion in the minds of many that there was a combination formed by some whigs in Dauphin. And Lebanon counties, to. oust Schuylkill from all participation in the reptesentation T and which was likely to conlinue,as long as the district continued, and created a very great degree of displeasure in the wl4 ranks of Schuylkill county, to an extentlike ly to ruin the prospects of the party in the die.- trict. This. dissatisfaction having become pretty generally known prior to the meting of the Coln ferees at Jonestown, the friends of Mr. IRamsey were. actively engaged in healing the difficulty, 'and for that purpose communicated. veily freely with the whigs of Schuylkill county, end in order to satisfy them that their suspicions with reference to this combination were unfoundednd to indime thd whigs of Schuylkill county, G go into . Con ference upon the subject of the noinination, dis tinctly said that the understanding was that Schnyl. kill county should haVe the next nomination to the next s Congress, and that 4 was the terms on I • which they were to give their support to Millamsey, and the terms on which he, Mr. Rani sey, was to accept of the nomination. With these pretestations on the part of the friends'of Mr. Ram sff, we met the Conferees from Dauphin and Leb: anon at Jonestown, and . the same'opiriion Was there given by. all the Conferees there assembled, boilt from Dauphin and Lebanon connties. The . . Conferees there said that . such an ,arrangement would be correct and proper with respekto 'the claims of Schuylkill county, and would - be, suppor- rIMONY ted by them, and that such was the views of l the 'friends Of Mr. Ramsey, as far as they knew. Up on which assurances thus ,given, the Confercea Irpm Schuylkill county approved ok,the nornina_ tiOn of Mr. RamSey, and after which, upon Mr , 'itamsey'r visit to Schuylkill ounty, l it Was circa' , fated amongst the whigs hero that) Mr.l Ramsey had recognised the arrangement thus. made t and had distinctly'slatecl that ho would giv e dais sup port to a candidate from Schuylkill county for the next nomination in the district.. The result o this arrangement was the election of Mn Ranasey r and we are gratified to say, -the, signal triumph of Whig principles in the distract. t This is the substance of the arrangements in the district, as near as we can now recollect the Omer and we have no doubt they will be carried cart in good faith by the Whigs of the district, and ularly by Mr. Ramsey and .his friends.l For we will not willingly believe that Mr. Ramsey ~in whom we have found so ago a Representative of the whig cause and its principles, would attempt an act that would inevitably destroy the flattering prospects of the whigs in the district. I . Very respectfull y , yours &c., N. M. WILSON, ORLANDO DUFER, • • HENRY JENKINS, JOSEPH BOWEN, 'Pottsville, June 12, 1844. • ere of the Conferees to whom your note is ad Your °bailout servants, l FILBERT, ! • PEETER B JOHN BANNAN. June 17, 1844 June 18th, 1844. Gentlemen.--k common with the Other !con_ fcrees, I have received your communication, and it affords me pleasure to be able to give you ail the i nfortnation in my power, in. regard to the 14th C ongressional Convention of 1843. i In 'order ully to!understand the proceedings of that CO= -entfon,4et. us glance at the situation of things las hey existed prior to the meeting of the corifere ' es, It is well knoun that the confereti from Schulyl kill countyi went into the Congressional Conven tion uninstructed in any way whatever. Thatlal though the Whigs of Schuylkill county' may leive had a preference, yet their conferee's had unlin4ed power to cast their votes for any person they s l aw proper. lt' is also an undeniable fact,- that hinh the 'conferees from Lebanon and Dauphin claim ties were instructed by c9unty delegate, meetings, to support our present talented and worthy repre sentative, Hon. Alexander Ramsey ? , as the elite° Of the Whigs of those counties, for their Congrce sional candidate. The Convention met atlones -1 town, Lebanon County, on Saturday the twenty sixth day of August, A. D.' 1543 Lebanon county was represented by Dr. Georgeßeidensur, Maj. John Bruner, and Samuel Becker, Daup%in, by Col: Geo. Hummel, Samuel T. Williams, and 'Samuel H. Clark, l in the place of Thomas ylociley; As the Conferees from Dauphin and Lebanon ion instructed, .and we were not., Vve contended that we did not, and could not meet the Dauphin land Lebanon Conferees on equal ground—thetl the Convention would be merely nominal—that. in fact the nomination had already been made byl, the instructions of the conferees from the Counti i rs of Dauphin and Lebanon. They refused to throw their instructions aside; we required some recpro_ city of advantage for Schuylkill county, prolided we supported their candidate, Hon. A. Ramsey. A number Of propositions were made. At i one time it was proposed that Schuylkill co. should have two terms out of the ten years for which the State has Been districted. ,This was strenuously" objected to: Al length it was mutually agreed, fairly entired into, and thoroughly undeAtood by et:cry Conferee in that Convention, tha4 pro vided the conferees from Schuylkill county Would support the chbice of Dauphin atul Lebant cos.. forthe Congressional Representative, (viz.illon: Alexander Ramsey,) Schuylkill county should have the Representative for the next term. I This point settled, a Chairman of the Convention was nominated; when a Conferee frinn your cout l tty re, quested the Chairman to Pause a moment, and sta ting that there might be some necessity bef+e the coming fall of making known the agreement Which had just b*en entered into, imiuirerl,of the Jonfer ees from Dauphin and Lebanon, - Whethet they would give it publicity at any •time they mi'ght be called upon to do sol They answered thaf., they would. We then went into convention, and on the firstl%illot Hon. Alexander Ramsey was;unan imously nominated. I give you these faets not from. distinct recollection only, but from private memoranda, made at the time. Immediately after the Convention, the agreement was nride known : j to our political friends, and to all who took suffi cient Interest l in the nomination to make tlai inqui iy. lipoti the visit of Mr. Ramsey t 6 Schuylkill shortly after the Convention, this agreement was spoken ot. in his presence, and given as a; reason why Schuylkill co. would give him her united and warm support. Nor de your Conferees suppose there can be any diflichlty, or misunderstanding, about a com pact so solemnly ratified, and from time to time ac--- knowledge(' by the j Whigs of the three counties. When called upon I hav't no doubt but that the Conferee's from Dauphin and Lebanon Will'redeem the proinse made in Convention, and I think the Whigs of Schuylkill have too much confidence in . their present able Representative to suppose for one instant; he will allow his name to be used in violation, of county faith. The warm, friends of the prineiples'you advocate, and the friends of uni on, of harmony, as well ret_eliampions'of county pride, and county faith, the Whigs of Schuylkill would esceedingly_regret the adoption of tt course so fraught with injury to our sacred cause: : - Most respectfully yours, ; JAMES-11. CAMPBELL- - To Messrs. N. M. Wilson, .Drlandd. Dufur, Henry Jenkins, Joseph Bowen., 1 We feel gratified in publishing the following proceedings. Our friends in Minersville,:have en. gaged in the good cause with spirit at last, and we hope that they will strain every nerve In their power to redeem their district from the blighting intluenc6 of. Locoibcoism, Which unfortunately spread its black pall over them last year. They can give from 75 to 100 majority for Clay, Fre inghuyien and Markle, if they will. - At Ei meeting of the Democratic. Whig citizens of Minersville, held at the Washington House, on Tuesday" evening,. Juno 18th; for impose Of fOrMing, a Clay Club. TIM Mg persons Were chosen Wilma of the Club : ! •• President 3, * • 1 1 CHARLES TAYLOR,: Vice Presidents, • • ! • WILLIAM DC DAVEN, WILLIAM Matto?, Jon CONSTANT ME Recording Secretarg i W. G. Inrnmkin. • Corresponding Sccietary,,:rl Abrahatirniout. . : Treamirer, - • , George LaiVionee. Resolved, That a committee of five he appoint ed to prepare and-draft ,a COnstitution: and Bye- Laws, and that The Chair appoint the Commit tee. The chair then appointed thef . oliMiing den tlemen,as a committee:—Daniel B. Bennett, M. G. Deaner, William Do Hkven, john Platt, and N. G. Hammekin. ~ .Replved, That the meeting . 1 adjourn until Tuesday evening, Juno 25th, at 8 o clock,. and that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the , Miners' Journal and Anthracite Gazette. W..HAMMEIiIiC, 14T. Sec. • • The Madisonian oCtho 15th inst. L , says:— Tor the information of our readers aid to coun teract the remora put in circulationhy the enemies of the President, and by some of his, pretended ',good'frierids,' that he intended to withdraw from the contest, we are enabled to say, that no' such intention isentertained: . . - . , Shculd Tyler persist in running, and there ap pears I to be no doubt about it now, poor Polk can hardly expect to carry a single etatc in thc., Union • The Philadelphia Ledger of Monday, says: —lt is understond that the floating dcbt j of the Phil adelphia and Reading Railroad has been funded. The loan has been taken by capitalists, part in England and part in this country. This arrange ment will be highly satisfactory, to the friends of the road, and to the holders of stocks'L and bonds, as the earnings, which a? very large, Will now be required for current expenses and interests:: • i . . Exxas SESSIOI 4 .I.-It is generally believed that . Tyler , will call an extra session, of Congress in SeptetnbCr, for the purpois of sulnititting his Tex as Project to that body a second time.. , . Tliis day, June 22d, is the longest; day in the'. year.t, 7- • , As the Lodifocos intend holdinpanteeting, shortly and as this community ' , like others; is unfortunate ly; cursed with - desigin:pg demagogues, as welt as Rhode Island and Geneia, who 'profess to be' he deaf. friends of the petiple--prate about the rich 1 • and ; the poor, and who,are endeaVering to sow -dis cord anddistrust- betwien the employed land th e employer, we publish the following workingman's • speech for the occasion, which N:ic hope ;will Isa, read by every ivorkingnian in the,region,land' the Proper application be Made by them: ANINCIDENT—THE LABORING NIA'N'S - SPEECH. , Front the Genera , "In conclusion, theh, Mr. President, whO are these aristocrats whO tvalleupon their Turkey' car pets and ride in their splended coaches, arid whose purses are bursting with untold gold, wrung front the hard toil of honest, uncomplaining industry! WhO, I say, are these rich nabobs that th4.shotild call upon .us, the poor, men of the country, to be taxed to swell the profits of their lordly inanufac tures'!" • : The occasion was' a political meeting the au dien6 chiefly hard working- men from ' an adjc4n ing manufactory. The sentiment tval received with! a bur 4 of applause, amid which the onitor sat down. I L 'Mr. President.' exclaimed a voice in a note 'so distinct and peculiar as at once to draw the eycg of alltO the speaker,—a slender man, with 4 thin and intellectual aspect, plainly but neatly clad,—.Mr. President, I am one of those oppressed kroor then to whom the orator has referred. I desire to speak -may Ihe heard!' . • • I Leave being granted, he proceeded air 'follows: Some writer has remarked that there. is in, than so h timhle: in life, faithfully reported, but will afford some useful moral; and as an ounce of experience is worth a pound of theory, even my life may not be syithout its use. lam by trade a weaver. Six Years since I was employed in a manufactory in Itbride Island. My- employers - were honest and intelligent, though wealthy man They paid Inc fair but not high wages; these wages, I however, were punctually paid, and my .experience has taught me that a dollar in hand is worth twelve shillings in promises. I was industrious and fru gal,jand therefore contented and happy.! My wa ges udiced not only for my support, but also to tipennahlate a small surplus. I was pleased with my ' i condition, and looked forward with the well grounded hope to ,a happy future. About this time a speaker came among us ; who used a'rgu metits precisely similar to (link. employ ed this e vening. His views Were novel, ingenious and striking. ,We were captivated ] with his theory. Before INC thought ourselves Well paid; we now imagined ourselves oppressed. .1 Before we thought ourSelves happy, we now began lo think ourselves miserable. The exchange,for ale: was a bad one, (fob who would prefer iniSery kntl diSeontent to •haPpirieSs and peace?) butj I Wa l s too eager in the pursuit of the theory to regard it's consequences. 'lle told us that the distinetiOns of wealth and poserty were merely artiticial,havitig their foun dation in tho superior iviekedness or weakness of mankind, and wholly unsupported by 'I reason 'or justice; that we were all alike God's children, and therefore alike entitled to share in his Natality; that the., entire f trueture of society was wrong and nee ded reform; that wealth, as at present employed,. was merely an engine of oppression; and that the raniin object of its possessor was to grind the face of the poor. We were fascinated with these views, and began tb . conduct accordingly. Our work be-, 'gap to be slighted, and our employers: beian to complain. Matters rise-from had to worse, until finally a general combination of the operativeS (I. being at the bead) suspended, the storks. We • w9re.all of us discharged; others were employed, and in about four days the mills were again in at:- tisie operation. I now for the:first tine discovered thin a theory redticed to pr:Mtiec has its Practical results;' that though it may affirril amusement for the fancy, it neither clothes a! Man's lack: nor . tilts hid stomach; and that, so! the best way of , judgim , a tree is by its fruNas the best way 1: judging of a ;theory is by its practieal j accts. 1 formerly latew myself, happy; I now foinid myself misers= bit , . I Ifortnerly Was, laying liPmone,; I now was as rapidly spending itk So fat,d had eertanily not changed for the better. ! 1 1 . . ? , 111 a short time my. surplus, became.. exhaus ted; and as my mime haibbeenine somewhat prom inent as a reformer, I found ittlidieult to get work frOm any :employer as all alike feared my intlu-' ence and esaiple. Poverty now stared me in the face and though necessity be a hard sehool, , fOols, atria said will learn in no other. I determined to profit; if possi ble, by my experience, and set myself to consider My present condition, and its:causei, I now re. membered that the speaker whose a ' , Unions had:, rF captivated my fancy, practiced: upon very differ. : eta theory from•ahat lie preached, tlat though he i , denounced wealth, no one was more bseqinous to the rich; and though lie sympathized vitli the poor he never would touch the cause of a ,•iiii.M. lima un less his fee . (he was a lawyet) . wal paiif, in ad vance. I -hence concluded ''that a -llan's:acts are, the best test of his piincipleSrand . t tat when we -find a man preaching one thing and ractuling an other; we may reasonably diatibst both his doctrine and his sincerity. In my own partitular,:roy• the disastrously.!ad operated disastusfy.[ It hd minced rue from comfort to want, and had filled die' s'vithdits- Ontent, envy, and jealousy' towards. my aloof :a ttired neighbors.- :.. :t i " 1 • ',, . ',What had happened to t ne might• reasonably happen to all: anti .ti theory, fialloWed by such:ef fects might fairly, be pronounced unsound. But Whether unsound or not,'l reflected that it •svasfol ly•Tor me to sacrifice : my ;trioney,.; independence and comfort; subs/a:11M advatitag(!s, for a mere idea, the vague conception of anothe'r mart's hiain. We have heard,'my friendS, • the rift denounced: but w.. 13: denounce the. Koji? Suppose you or 1, by prudence and industry, (as well 'rive may,) at tain to independence; are we, therefore to be, stig ,..,, . Matized aristocrats!, or, seppose we heave 'our property:Jo our children, are they to be proscrib pd! Arfrwhy should we Who want eniployment, proclairniwar against the rich, who . alone can give. It to us 1„; Suppose all were as needy as ourselves; Who is'to employ usl and if: no Man ethploy us, , where ts.„our bread.? ,But why dencinnce.the tariff! It increases the supplyrhoW then can it raise the price? It increases employ-latent aMI the Wages of 'labor: how then can . it injure the laboier'l If you have no tariff, the rich will. buy ( whatever they lwant abroad, and employ fqeignec.s: if You have 'a tariff, they will buy What they watt at (tome and . employ you. .Which Of therfsvo do you prefer! ' 1 , ,,,..1.1..Na1ext to God, a man's first duty is tra his fami: dytinil a nation's first:dutY to itself. Let. the A 'indrican Gover n ment took uut for the - American ;people, and leave the Englisb Government4OStake 'earaOf the English people. ' — We, my friends, piac-- !tieing industry and frugality, should-renieinhe) a :few plain maxims, and we eannot‘ivell failto be Iprosperous. .We should retmlierl— ,l. To judge of public ' men byl the ;effects of Itheir measures, not their pr4fessions.. If thapeo- Pie have thriven under their administration, and there has been no corriiption,!extravagance, or pub lie debt, it may be well enough to .ry , them again; but if the people have not, thrived under their measures,: the people' 'would be' folals to try them again; for, what has happened once may happen twice; what is bred in the hone wi 1 show itself id the flesh; and a man's calling him elf a Democrat don't make him one. j 1 I . . '2. That it is most prudent to let well enough alone; and though ten shillings p r day. be bettdr than six shillings, • yet thiat six shillings is better than nothing.. • • '3. Finally, we should remember thit employ ment-depends upon the amOunt. of !capital and the activity with which it motes; and that a tariff in creases the amount of capital by preventing its be ing drawn off to pay for foreign goods; as also the activity of that capital by embarkingit in manu facturing enterprise, and thus circulotingdt through, the country. As employment is a poor) man's on ly capital, it surely manila hint in !land to carry it to the best market. , i : 1 , Here the 'Speaker ',ceaSed.. His observations were received in silence, Mad the Meeting quietly dispersed without noise or any further remark. . lIENny *ELIA, AUGUsTUS WIIIT3IAN, 1 Mr. Archer, U. S. Senator front Virginia, has declared himself in favor of so altering the Nato.; ralization laces, as to reqedre 21 ears reaidence . berofe the prtvilegs of coti4g is extended to aliens. THE RICH AND THE ;POOR. lii sorts. at stems.. George Reader a Mormon preacher, was me*. ted at St. Louis. on the 31st ult., for attempting to pass counterfeit coin. In his pockets were fouiad instruments for burningand finishing counterfeit coin, and a license for preaching; tuulerJoe hand and seal. •' • • John Tyler was committed to the countyjailat Newark on Sunday lest for vagrancy. It would he all the better for the country if ho had been pla ced in the swim snug quarters three or four years ago, for politicalva'grancy has certainly become great national nuisance. ' The receipts upon the Rochester and Utica; Railroad dining the first five months•of the pros '.ent year were $;28.660 dollars, against $12,261 Mr the corresponding period of [843. The United States Senate ban confirmed the nominatiOn of Francis .1. Grim!, Esq., as Conant' for Antwerp. • . Upwards of [5,000 entit.trants liave landed at 14i I waukie since the_ commencement of n'uvigtitiog this season, and the presumption is.that the popu lation of Wisconsin will increase the preSont your, at least 25,000. The Pubic Lanits.- 7 'f9ie sates of public lands during the last (calendar year amounted i01,639,-• 674'acres, and prodOced more than $2,000,000, exceed the proceeds of sales for the previous year, by more than $OOO,OOO. A Wheeling' merchant thus advertises a new article in the bat line: . • .•4'he nap is short,' the brim is wide, A tassel—silk—hangs by the side,,' ; • A." fate, cool look they be;ir withal, . • For spring and summer, or the fall; And the way they take's indeed suprisine— Althost like Clay and Frelinghtlysen:" . PCNNSYLVAIcIA—ANOTIII:II locofo , cos of KensingtOn held a meeting on Monday even ing at which the following 'Preamble, and resolu tions were unanimously adopted: Whereat?, ll:becomes every Democrat te - arlesa . to speak his mind in relation to the great ques-• ton connected with the approaching Presidential contest; Wile+ eas; The Democratic pprty have.nontina-- tal Carl. Jinnes rf Tennessee, for- the Presidency, arid ask . for-him the supportof the Democracy . of Pennsylvania. 1171ercas, 'Col. Polk, we have recently, under stood, is opposed to the great interests of Pennsyl vania. which:is a proper tariff -for the manufactu ringemechantcal and laboring classes of our couW. • try; grsolvect,. That this meeting icing Democrats.. who supported MinTix VAN Boner in the year 1836 and 1840—first elected and id the latter de fcatca by the largeit:vote cyeepolled by the Amer-. ican people-deem tt their duty to say to. their' Democratic friend 4, throughout the State of Penn sylvania, thrit they . cannot support Coloncl Janies K. Polk. at I the approaching Presidential election to be held in this State on the Ist day of Noveni ber,'l 841. Re!•olved, That, in the-opinion of this•mceting: Colonel Polk cannot carry the electoral vote of the State of Penw'yleunia, and that his friends .be imam/211 , e% requested to WITIMII•W NAME frotn.the present PreAtlential campaign, un less they prefer deft& to )ileTOIl T.. • . The editor of a l lecofeco paper at Huffahi,. cal led the Cetirier, has caught itself in a dileinma from Whicit'he will find it diffieult to extrieate, himself. lie undertook lately to talk large and to ' extend hiMself with particular amplitude upon the late United States Bank; saying,. among other things, thal. , allithe S -.moors and Reprmentatives," Who voted for the recharter of that institution, were •M:ibcd and. purchased by British Bankers and Brokers." GcOrge M. Dallas, now the loco loco •candidate for the Vice Presidency - , was one of the velioMot only voted for the Bank, but ( - Vended the billivith great zeal and vehemence: even daring Geri. Jackson to veto . it! -Here ie what tlie,Carolinians call aitix,' sure enauhp int a Whig paper, the Romester Dernocrat,.vio be lieve, with a malndonsness of purpose that ought to subject its•ctlitor to punishment for "cruelty to animals," ,has. the unfeclng imp u dence to call upon the Courier to say how it can very consistently support its candidate undersuclicircumstances! The Courier, of 'course, continues mum and will probably' be obliged, to remain so; for what in the name of quiddity can it sayl It otighrro be some consolation'to the Courier, however, that it has plenty of comrades in the same _uncomfortable predicament. The Tariff friends of. Col. Polk are quite as badly , a too. What good. reason can they give for spporting a man for the Pres ide`ncy, Who is "thrice sodden" in his hostility to a tariff! WhO Lil - 41 ,- .cd--doubly and 'trebly p p/riAccri against the policy for which, the friends of Anicriean industry are contedig. N. Y. Courier. - 1 - A B urn r . F .7C !—A srory is . rolated of an Irish man; who, having a large fortune suddenly de- Volvo mien him, resolved upon making the grand four of the Continent of .Pur . opa. After passing. through France and Italy, and . part of Spain, with seare'trly any ,eoUtioh.of delight, he entered liage in the latter country, where he saw a mob fighting _very deSperately-upon ixhiehon a mo: went, he sPraag out.of his tr*ling carriage; and without trice in4uiring into'the cause of the or ascertaining to'whfeli side' justice belonr , ed,lhe lain stoutly about hint with his altilleldh; and ' afoot havin g several of his teeth knocked out, 'in eye closed and his nose broken, he returned to, his ear, tinge, and very emphatically —it is the oily bit of fun-that I have had since I left Ireland !".. The fft!.:ts of Me Exploring Expedition.—At a sour re l given by. Capt. .Wilkes, the commander of the - Expeditcin, the Geological Association were shown many o(the beautiful - drawings that will ap.• pear in tile reports that are shortly to be published. They Will form 10 or 12 quarto volumes of plates and Map l s. The number of drawings made by the expedition exceeds 1060. The number of birdi • ellibiteo in the gallery-, is nearly 2000; the num ber of fishes. 829; of rcptilm.,l4o; crustacea 900; of bisects, 1500; Of shells, 20,000; ioaphytes / 300; of corals, 450; of plants, 10,000 species, an y o,o.oo , specimens. . , Any honest!'expression of oprrticin does not suit the Joccis—as soon as one of them shows the Lein symptcLas.oti - tionest intent:ions, lin is,tumed • over to the. Whigs. Look for initance at Mr. ll4x- TON ' S course on Texas. The Wasning,ton Spec tator. says in reference to .Mr. B.: • , He has voluntarily; and in the face Of-thi whole - count rY. cut hint.STif 10.3 e pant the Democratic party. .I . e is now full and fairly standing in thO Whig ranks. , *.lle is, in truth, the, head of the new coalition! The I , llereury of this city calls hint , Thomas, Humbug Benton, and even father Ritchie'denoun— ces his new Texas hillas a humbug! ur Market. Corrected carefully for the JOURNAL: Flour, do per Bbt. .#I6Q • • Beare& .... 3 25 ' Pleuty bushel 93 to 100 Scarce . . _ .. s ir seed, 45 to 50 do 350. do 5 00 Scares - Dozen a 8 . Brame' • lb. . Bto 9 Plenty 5t06 do . 7 toB do Ton 500 • ' • Nentr *lO 001(.12' do caches pared Bush. 300 do. do unpared . " . 200 do pples pared " 125 do rrieb On ttie 2.Gth of May last, by the Rev. R. - W. Th6inas, Mr. Nictior..ssi Manaus, to Miss litsantEr BUD, all of Pottsville. • Am—Y th 7•A TREI • De saine; .3s, .Tun ti e 1 or 3,.M P ort eeitte. CIItir.ZS to tren t On Sunday groping, June 16 by N.'ikr. Wilson. Esq., Mr. tir;gay ringorc.tortm , to Miss' Ects.tarru all of Nor eglan township. atbuylktlt tonnty. • 3
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