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TO CAPITALISTS 4 . OTHER. .
Pennsyl7ania Coal & Iron Lands,
. For 'Sale.
1671 ACRES 19 Perches and allowance of 6 per
cent. of first rate farming Lands, located in
Jenks ToWnship, Jefferson 'minty, finely Timbered
and Watered, and having several Mill sites upon them.
Two main roads run through thejands, and improved
farms adjoin while Saw and Grist Mills are in the
immediate neighborhood.. This land was selected by
a : gentleman of experienced judgment, and is consid
ered by Judges to he one of the best tracts In vie coun
ty. Its proximity to the Clarion and Allegheny rivers,
And numerous' navigable streams, and the proposed
Railroad to Pittsburg and Erie, renders it highly desi
rable as an investment at present prices:
Abounding in iron Ore and Bituittinosts coal of fine
quality, it is believed to present one of the roost ad
vantageous locations for Iron Works in West penn
svivania. The present owner purchased with at:view
of erecting such Works - , but engagements in another
quarter obliges him with great reluctance to forego his
intention. Maps will he shown, and every informal kin
given by the undersigned. The lands are patented,
and the titles and quality will be warranted, and sold
free and clear of all incumbrance.
R. SIIEAPF SMITH,
)5 North Thirteenth street.
Philadelphia „Seeman. 3080.
PHILADELPHIA ARCADE CUTLERY STORE
CARD.
John M. Coleman,
.1k T No. 32 anti 33 Philadelphia Arcade, respectfully
'IA invites the attention of dealers to tan extensive
stock of Pocket and;Table Cutlery, Razors, Scissors
and Butrifer Kniiesof has Own importatio . n,whial milt
be sold in lots to suit purchasers, at a small advance on
importation cost. The assortment comprises Joseph
Rodgers & SOW. Greaves & S ine', Wade & Butch
ers'. Wnstenholm's, Penny's and other celebrated ma
kers. Also on hand, a large assortment of Guns, Pis
tols. Ilunlith Knives, Chapman's Razor Strops, Pock
et Rooks, Purcuesion Caps, Spectacles, Violins, Actor
dtone, &c.
Philadelphia, January 3d, ISO.
TO COUNTRY'MERCIUNTS
RUBBER OVER SHOES,
OR GUM' ELASTIC OVER SIIOES
.. - John Thorniey.
135 Chestntit at. one door above Audit snreet,
V orygtis ron BALE . ,
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5000Ilai . ,
rs Men's figured and plain Ituhliers. .
5000 pairs Women's and children's dn.
l• 2000; do do figured and plain lined and
for hound.
500 ;, pairs Women's ribbon and fur hound.
.Creeian ties. .
500 pairs do buskin, leather and gum
• soles. " ' - l
9.000 do Ladies' Sandal.leather & gum sole
1000; do Men's gum shank sheet rubber
,
- over shoes: -
. Also, Children's gum elastic shoes of every descrip:
tion. - ,
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Life Preservers, Long and short Legging,
Life Jackets.' , 1 Pantaloons with feet,
Swimming Belts, Hose Pipe,
Mon , l Belts, ' , Gambler Surrouts,
Capes, Caps and Cloaks, lifinere Shirts,
t Coals., .. )Air Beds and enshions.
Stispe,nders tind Suspenilenwebbing always on hand.
Having had ten years' pratlice in manufacturing In
dian Rubber goods. I am unix 'prepared to self to city
and country merchants at such prices as will make it
an object to call before making their purchases in. this
-article.
al- All kinds of India Rubber Goods made to order at
a short notice; by JOHN TIIOI2NLEY.
Philada. Nov. 8,15 . 45. 45-runn - ..
:DALE'S DOUBLE BEAM
PLATFORM SCALES.
DAr,s . Single Beam
Patform Steales
1111.1. .
" t. Double " Counter
" Single " "
"Even
Brass Beam " "
Iron
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Patent Balances
Spring
Ring and Nest Weights
for axle WHOLESALE
AND RETAIL, at the
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SCALE WAREHOUSE
OF
CRAY BROTHER,
, _ 7 No. 31 WALNUT St..
Dealers fi all kinda of Scales and Weights.
'B. AU Scales sold by us art' warranted to give
salisfiction in every particular. t G.. B.
Philadelphia Nlarch_gg_ r 13--
SPRING BALANCES.
(IDOZF.NSALTER'S IMrROVED SPRING BA.LAN-11
iIiCES with and without Dishes, with a full supplyt I
nf the dilTerent srzes Dale', Platprn, and Contiten,
SCALES, just Received and for sale at the SCALE
Wharehouse'of
CIINYI3IIOTIIER,
31NVALNUT belnw second:
ndelphia March 2.9, . 13
.
CCALES 50.--DALE'S EVEN BEAM COHN,
.L.JTER SCALES ARE MORE DURABLE
ACCC
AND CONVENIENT than any Scale inuse_
mii.l weigh (roil on,e.grani to 100 pounds for sale at the
Vega ;a• price pf $4, 50 each Larger size 35, and
60 with:Dish, warranted to giie Satisfaction. .
GRAY & BROTHER,
No. 34 WALNUT Etri.rt.
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Mil tdelphia March 29,
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Piteap fratehes and Jetvelry,
C 27 - AT the Philadelphia Watch, and Jewelry
ce \,,,,., :4,', store, No. 96 North Second street, corner of
' Quarry, below Itace street '
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Guar
ever Watches, fa l l Jewelled, 12 carat cases $4500
Silver " . "'N " '' 22,60
r. ir! ' " . seven jewels I n,od
ni^-ericir Quartier Watches '' • 10 ,1; 0
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r7..,1 Pencils 2 00
Eye Silver Spectacles • 1,75
Gold Finger Rings. 37/ cents to 33; Watch ; Classes,
plain, 1121 Ms. ; patent, 181; lunet, 2.5; other articles in
proportion.
All Goods warranted to be what they are sold for.
0. CONRAD.
Clocks, Watches and Jewelry, of every description,
cleaned and repaired in the hest manner, by experien
ced workmen.: 41- All Clocks and Watches repaired at,
this establishment are warranted to perform well.
rbilada.; Nov., 9, 1845. • 387/Y"
Philadelphia, Jan. 10 1016 i.
To Machinists and others.
DLATT , s universal Chuch, all sizes. from 6 to SO
I - inches ; Satter's Spring Balances. Made expressly
for Steam Engines, 60, :11l and 1-1 pounds.' Platform
and Counter :Scales, more than 56 different sizes and
patteins. For sale wholesale and retail at the lowest
manufacturer's prices,'at No. 3t Walnut street. by
Philadelphia, Feb.:, 1616
`GRAY & BROTHER.
importp . nt to Dealers in Tea
A. TEA DRINKERS.
Inn success of the PEKIN 'TEA
j
~.:• -- ~,,----- - COMPANY. Nh. 30 South Kecond street.
~. , 1 5 . -„,7- A 1 ' between Market and Cheinut, Philadel
‘-''"-=',,pliia, has. been un paratted. Our citizens
~.." •
._.'F't. . are non' able to obtain' a superior article
-----• . ; „:- of Teas, at '
rates. much cheaper than
have ever before been offered an this country, and
they haire the assurance that there are ho drurti or oth
er foreign substances mixed .with the Teas. They are
done up in packages (lined wittilead, to preserve 'their
strength and flavor.) o'from one quarter to live pounds,
to suit customers, and are sold at different prices, from
fifty cents per pound—for an excellent article..go one
dollar and fifty cents.
Cr All persona visiting'the city are invited to pay the
Company's extensive establishment a visit.
Agents wanted in every place where they air not yet
established.. For particulars address, past paid the sub
scriber 4.0. ZIEMER, Agent for the Company,
• ':. 30 South Third street; Philadelphia.
Philada„ 2.5 1&16.
• A /3-
Confectionery' and Fruit:Store.
subscriber takcethis method of informing Coup.
try Merchants in general, that he keeps, constantly
-on Mini a large supply of Foreign Fruits, • Nuts, &c.,
of the latest importations, which he will sell at redu
ced cash prices: Candy manufactured fresh every
'day from. Steam Clarified Sueur, warranted to stand all
weather,: with fair usage• Please call and examine for
lontarlree, at No 42d Afarket street, betiveen lfirls and
113th street, Philadelphia. •
- • STEPHEN T.
Phllada., rebrUlT 1, 18(6. 8-3 mo
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WEEKLY BY BENJAMIN I3ANNAN, A.GENT FOR THE PROPRIETOR, POTTSVILLE., SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA.
VOL XXIE
10,00
FOTAtTEENTII ANNUAL
. REPORT,
Made by the Board of Trade to the
• Coal Ding RssOciation
Of Schuylkill County. , •
The design off the present Report is to furnio a brief review of,
the Anthracite Coal Tradelluring the past season, marking its gen
eral developements, progressive increase, and future, prospects. ,
together with a reference to subjects of interests incidentally con
nected with its permanent growth and prosperity. The operations
of the past season, in this. i reginn, have been characterized by a
steady demand and fair prices for Coal, the result of the general '
prosperity of manufacturing,,cornmercial, and agricultural pursuits
throughout our country.
The quantity mined in this7gion during the past seasoi reached
nearly eleven hundred thousand .tons, ,which amount , has been
•
transported to Market. and with adequate facilities for transpotiation,
this quantity would have been greatly increased. It is, however, ;3
confidently hoped and believed, that the means, Of transportation
through our two great outlets to market, will
. be more - abundantly,
and perhaps adequately, furnished during the coming season, as the
most vigorous and energetic measures have been unremittingly
pursued ever since the cldse of the past season to accomplish this
desirable result. As acgreat branch of national industry and ele
ment of national wealth, the future magnitude of the Coal Trade
presents an interesting subject of contemplation. Already employ
ing; a numerous and hardy population in mining operations, the
profits of whose labor, beyond subsistence, ultimately find invesf
ment in land and housei, as our rising thwns and villages testify.
Si
Furnishing, a fuel which now ranks amongst the principal neces- ,
saries of life, generating the moving pnwer of the Steam engine,
and becoming a new. source of our Iton jand Cotton manufac
tures, its influence is deeply felt in ;ill the most important depart;. :
*mews of , industry. To the abntidanee and cheapness of Coal in
in the vicinity of the great CiiieS' of Manchester, Birmingham,
Leeds and Sheffield, in England, and Glasgow, in Scotland, is
ascribed their rapid growth and increase,. by. means' nf which they I
• put in motion the most powerful and complicated Machinery, and
produce
,results which could not otherwise be accomplished. In
this cournry, if thcl policy of fostering our domestic industry shall,
be sustained by an enlightened system 'of' legislatiqn, we have rea-.,
son to believe the Coal trade will be productive of equally beneficial'
consequences, and while it multiplies the sources of individual,
happiness and prosperity. it will impart new energy to our career
of national greatness. Anthracite Coal is now extensively used,
iii our Furnaces in the manufacture of Iron in our rolling .
foundries, and workshops; in: the Cotton and other manueactOries
in the East; and Steam Boats on our principal rivers, whilst on our
Rail Roads and Canals it is :destined in time to he exclusively em
ployed. The consumption•of thisfuel for dorneistie purposes now,
beais but - a small proportion to the aggregate consumed. in the gen
eration of Btedm amlon manufacttiring processes; • •1 1
..The following is the official quantity of Anthracite Coal sent to
market ( during the past season:
Schuylkill— , :per Rail Road, •
829,237
• ,
" ; Canal, 263,559
Lehigh,
I.ac;liaw:intia„
W i tkesharre,
Piiiegrnve,
• Shamokin,
This:is an increase of 393,000 tons over the production of 16344;
of this increase, the Pottsville, district furnished '243,862 tons.
while_ the :Lehigh: Lackawanna. \Vilkesbarre, Pinegrove and Sha
mokin: jointly. only "furnished 146,138 tons.. The Schuylkill
Region still maintains the position she has held since 1832, of fur
nishing more than' -one-hall the • supply of 'Anthracite Coal sent to
market. 'Since the trade commenced in 1820 up to the beginning
of 1840,..the supply from all sources amounted to 13,467,302 tons;
of this quantity the Schuylkill Region, has furnished '7,392,744
tons, while all the other Coal districts have only furnished 6.974,-
558 tons, shOwing the Schuvikillßegion to have furniShed 1,318,-
136 tons more than the corribined production of the other districts.
. The-previois Reports of vont. ; Board have contained the quantity
of-Coal:disposed of along the lines of the improvements leading to
the different Ch 4 districts. In the Report of 1845, it is set doWn
at:250,000 tons; this year it has not been possible to arrive accu
rately at the quantily- sold along the line of the Schuylkill improve
ments," in consequence of the manner in which the entries have
been made in the Books•of the respective Companies; but taking
the increase of previous years 'as our data, we may safely calculate
the quantity this year to have'been equal to 350,090 tons. Assu
ming this estimate to he correct, we find the ,quantity that .ivent
forward to ship Ping markets, to have been 1,671,674 tons. ir
The operators in this Region. who send Coal to market, number
95—of this number 27 shipped upwards of 10,000 tons eaelif--
:41 upwards of 4',000 tons each, and the balance of course less thiln.
5,000 tons., The ninety-five operators are thus distributed: 11
On the West Branch;
Schuylkill Valley,
MOfint Carbon Road,
Mill Creek,
.. - •.. .. 95
The number of Engines engaged•in, the Coal business in this
region,.up to' the beginnitig of 1845, was . '• '
•. - Aggregate Horse Power; . 1278
There were built during the year 1845 in Potts
ville, for Colliery purposes,
(Aggregate Horse Power,
There were Wilt in Alinersvillo, do.
!,Aggregate Horse Power,
• , 2018
. •
Making the, total „mintier of stationary Engines engaged in
trade 68. with' an
_aggregate power of 2018'hoises-,-27.0f wl
With an aggregate power of 740 horses having been added dni
the last year. 'flier° were also five other Engines built during
.Year by our machinists, with an aggregate power of 235 horses
other purposes.
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-The folloWing is the quantity - of Coatt/ransported over the
forent Rail Roads in Schuylkill county, during the past year=
7 West Branch, 442,220 Schuylkill Valley, 128,9/
Mount Carbon.' 257,457 Mill Creek,. . 109.82
Little Schuylkill, 74,850 Pine Grine:, 47,92
I I
In their last Report your Board in their estimate of the.prcib
amount of COal that would be mined and' sent to market in
set the quantity down at 2,000,000• of tons;' this was suppose(
rriAny at the time to, bo an extravagant estimate, yet the
qiiiinqty sent to market somewhat exceeded that amount, and
now generally believed that the 'whole of the above 'large ar
will be cunsinned previo4 to the first of April. • •
.•
MIMI
The citiantity of Anthracite Coal seatto market in 1845 exceeded
t - ti t of 1844 by twenty-five per cent—assuming.the same increase
to ontinue for the present year, it will be seen, that the quantity
i,
actually necessary for the consumption of 1846 will exceed two
milliOns and a half-of ions. fills - quantity can be readily mined
and sent to market by the different Coal districts, should no extra
ordinary or unforeseen interruption occur iii their business. .
1-
The construction of a new iron Rail Road of excellent super
structure and light grade, by the Schuylkill Valley Navigation and
'Rail Road company, extending from Port Carbon (where it forms,
a connection with the Readingßail,Road) to Tuscarora, a distance .
of nine miles, now in successful operation, has imparted a new
stimulus to the mining operations of the Schuylkill Valley Region.
As this Rail 'Road traverses the extensive coal field embraced in
this district, running in a longitudinal direction with the coal: veins
throughout the 'whole distance, connected with numerous literals
penetrating in transverse, directions a large portion - of-the, 'basin,
.tt is unquestionably destined ,to Produce. a large:accession 'to . the
product of formeryeara. ' Owing to the .defective character la the
old decayed wooden lAad
road, which has now been so happily
' I ,
1083,796 tons.
932,080 •`
273,43,5 "
- 178,401 "
47,928 , "
,10,000 "
2,025,640 tons.
- 32
- 21
380
360
able
845,
I ,d by
Ott at
it is
ount
ill
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 15., tS46
Superseded, this important region, teeming with inexhaustible
quantities of excellent Coal, has for several years past slumbered
in comparative inaction.: Under the impulsive spiritproducect by
the new Rail road, innumerable dials and openings:have been made,
extensive collieries established, with expensive machinery and
fixtures,. great numbers of houses erected, and, popnlatinn and
•pmvements are still .rapidly progressing. The new road operates
;with magic influence nn the industrious classes. The miner, the
laborer, the mechanic, the lumberman. and the farmer, are all full
:of occupation, mutually aiding in ,developing- the capabilities of
thiS region. .Nature has depoSitid vast stores of mineral .treastirce
in the high mound 'ins of this region. where they have reposed. for
,'nears in compapthve oblivion, hut art and industry are now power
: 'fully co-operatintr with each other to render them available for use
ful purposes At nm distant period the amount of transportation on
this road will exceed the anticipations of the most sanguine, and
amply repay the investment of capital in its construction.:
The work of trading and relaying with iron rails the Mill Creek
and Mine Hill Rail Road, was completed last summer`. This road
destined.to receive a large amount of tran.sportatiOn. This
road will he extended in the course of the summer to the coal lands.
of Daniel R. Ilennet and' others, a distance of three or'fourmiles,
where a very extens ye colliery is now in course of erection: The
route has been surveyed and located. and the work will he speedily
under contract. and prosecuted vim. onsly under the able superin
tendence of A., W Craven. civil Engineer:
The President and AlanarT2ts• of the Philadelphia and Reading
Rail Road. are entitled to le:r•aeknowledgementS for their able and •
indefatigable exertions to render this noble work trilintary•to the
business of the recion, We • congratulate: them on the fact that
their efforts have•been ermined with extraordinary success. :eon-
siderintr The difficnbies to he overcome, nbundant evidence of which
is to be found in the great increase of the coal trade, and;the unpre-
cedCnted'reeeipts of -the - road, the just rear ard of a liberal and en
, lightened policy. By their annual Report for the year ending on
the 30th November last, it appears that their road has transported
81,4 279 tons of coal; 26,039 tons of mrrehnndise, and 03,719
passel - la rs. • "heir gross receipts have amounted to theAarge sum
of, $1:060,381 09, while their gross expenditures for the transpor
, • tation department have not exceeded 8400,544 08. They have
eMpinyed 54 locomotive engines. 3,104 ctial cars. 294 freight ears
and 21 passenger and baggage cars. The total amount of coal
transported 'on the road to the above date', is equal to 1,505,700
tons. These results are verified
,by authentic evidence, and are
truly wonderful; but let us observeihe prospective condition of th'e,,
road. In addition to the, force a hm t year,- they are constructing
-21 locomotive engines and 1500 coal ears' of 5 tons each, fonr of
which locomotives are of the first Flassall of. which will be fa
full operation during the present season, and adequate, it is'estima-,1
- ted, to the transportation of 1.250,000 tons of coal. Their road is ;
connected with the Selmylkill Valley, Creek, Mount
West Branch and Little Schuylkill •Rail Roads. They have ap
pointed agents in this region with liberal salaries, to superintend
the apportiOnment and delivery of coal cars at our respective collie.;
• - ries. Their whole machinery is represented to be in. exeellent
cohdition,,and . well preprired to meet all demands upon it.
.Irrshort.l
they appear to have laid under contribution all their resources of
capital, skill, industry and enterprise,. torrender their work:in the'
highest degree useful to the trade, I profitable to the Stockholders,
and beneficial to the nubile at large: 'j • • .
The enlargement of the Schuylkill NaVigation to an extent suffi
cient to pass• Canal floats . of 200;lons burthen, is now under skilful .
and. energetic superintende ce, rogressin,g to completion:
It is confidently •anticipated,iniess some unforeseen accident or
' contingency should happen,*that the business of transportation will
commence on it about the beginning of July next. The successful'
prosecution of this extensive and importanCenterpriSe, >is entitled
to.our best wishes, destined as it is to be prodbetive' of the high
est advantages to the coal trade. 1A s the Work 'is of great magnitude,
and the late severe winter has been unfavOrable to the rapidprogress
of excavation and masonry, its Conipletion may be delayed beyond
the period above indicated, notwithstanding every effort to accom
plish it. We hope. however, that this' latter suggestion may not
be verified. It will he an' event of immense importance to the
prosperity of this region ,Two excellent modes of transportation
from this region wilt then be presented to the operator. together
affording him unrivalled facilities, and jointly guarding him against -
any interruption in his business'. arising from a deficiency in' the
means of - transportation. The least suspension of a large colliery,
however temporary, is always Uttended with serious loss and-darii-,
age. whilst a•protracted interruption xVilloften blast the prospects
of a whole year:, 'Such is the peculizi.r 'character of mining, opera
tions in which large• numbers of hands are necessarily employed,
expensive machinery kept 'in motion, and extensive contracts for
the supply of coal entered into: at the opening of the season, that
an unfailing supply of the means of transportation, is of,, , the last .
importance to successful results. It is believed that there . will be
coal enough mined in this regibn to give ample eniployment both
to,the Canal and Railroad. BOth, therefore, are deStined to trium- -
pliant success. ThO Apiritsof einulation or rivalry which May exist
between them, with - out doing Material i'njury to either, will benefit
the coal trade, in diminishing the cost; of transportation,: and 'in-t
stimulating industry' and enterprise The Anthracite Coal Regiow
of Schuylkill county may justly indulge feelings of pride
. and plea
sure in the successful completion and :operation of bodtlof these
great works of improvement, since together they will elevate her •
to her true position, place her beyond danger from the competition
of-adjacent regions, and open to her a Communication with the At
lantic cities that must ensure her, the largest; demand for the pro
ducts of her mountains.
'~
`We would remark that the cost of constructing the Schuylkill
Navigation, including its present enlargement, wild not greatly ex
ceed the sum of five millions of dollars. Considering the length and
lockage of the ('anal, and the immense amount of transportation it
is destined to receive, when capable. of passing boats of 200 tons
burthen, freighted with millions of tons of coal r merchandise, the
sum thus etpendeil,cannot bekleemed disproportionate either to its
intrinsic value or prospeetivel revenue. As in former times this
work was•regarded as the most productive of any in oiti country,
sn hereafter, on its completion, rye think it will be elevated in publie.
opinion to its •original..position, and by its enlarged capabilities
whin 'a point of prosperity never before realised. ,J
The recent great freshet soldestructivein its effects in other guar ,
ters, has
,done hut little injury comparatively to the line of the
Sehuylkill Navigation. We l , learn = that no serious delay will be
-*diked by it Considering the violence of the flool, the damage
done to rinr col'ieries and IlailroadS'isunusually light
The fiillowing is the quantity of chat iniportedium this country,
from Jund 30th, 1821, to June 30th 1845, both years inclusive, in
tons of twenty-eight bitshelal obuitiOd Troia the official docutnents
at Washington, together with the quantity of Anthracite sent to
market during the same period -
•
Years. . For l eign Coal
1820
1821
1822
the
rich
tin&
the
for
FM
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
liz2B
182 W
1830,
1831
18321
1833
1834 '
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839 4
1840
. 1841 -
1842
Anlbracite Coal
1.073
2.240
5,823
22.122 '
34,523
30,933;
7,228
25.645
35,665
90,257 1
9,541
33 699
48,115
61,567
77,413
110,403
174,737
176,820
32,302
45,393
58,136
36,509
72,978
::92,432
71,620
49,969
108,432
153,460
129,083
181,551
162;:67
155,394
" 141;521
368,871
485,365
376,636"
• 556,835
696,526
874.539
723,836
617,659
865314
956,566'
1;108,001
1843 41,163
1844 87.073
) 1845 85,776 , -2,021.07 f
,
1n1842 the colliers and others interested in the coal trade of
this region, presented petitions th Conaress. asking for an increas 7
ed deity on coal, in which the petitioners pledged themselves that
if a protective duty. was placed on foreign coal. and the price wrs
not reduced in the principal Atlantic markets, after a period of 'five
yearS from the imposition of the duty. , they would not ask its con
tinuance. llonffress imposed a specific duty of $1 75 per ton. and
to sltnw,that the result has been as they anticipated,;we have pro
cured from the• Stale Books of dealers, a table of prices of coal in
•the three largest "ilinntic cities, 'during. the past seven years. in . or
'der that it mat- hr seen what has been the effect:of the 'Farad )
1842. on the !wires of coal. The following table, shows the whole
sale prices at Philadelphia, and the retail prices at.'New York and
Boston,
Philadelphia New . York. . Boston.
Average. • . Aver ge.. • • At'erage .. [
1149' per ton $5 .50
.. 9.4 00 • S 9 to $lO.
.1840 " " 5 50',.. 800 • 916 ll
1941 "'" 500 ~1'
• 775 • . 8•to 1- 9
• 1811 " " 425 i , 650 oto 6! ~
1843 " " • 3 50.5 75 . • 6,6 '6l
. - •
1844 " ". 3 37.' i r, ' 550 . • 6.'to 61
184,5 " " 3. 50 - 6OO 6to • 7
',llh- FP-vying lizt- nxhihits the number- of Furnaces and Rolling
Milk in P-''nsviv•;nia :and .Now Jersey that are now in operation;
and in a rapi 1 eo:ir•ze of emnpletion, using Anthracite coal as a fuel
3 at. Stailh4e. pro ',ucing 189 tons per week.
:1 'l.aeltavVana. • 45
2 Fishinci Creek, ' 150 f t
.1 Roaring Creek, . ' 4 5
5 Dahville, - 275 . " ' i
1 . Red mint, 75 +; '
• •
I ' Shamokin, 45. II
1 Tinrrishurg, . ' • 55
I Monnt Joy, .. 30 1'
3 Ctihimbia; . ' 00 - ' 9
1 York., 40 . . "
1 .
1 St, Clair. Sehnylkill Co..' 75
.1 Pottsville, (first one built) 35
1- -Valley Furnace Schl. Co, •30
1 • ReWitifr, , , - ' 75
3 Phoenit•ville . - 165
1 - • • Conshohne.ken. . . 40
2 ' ' Spring Mill, . • 100
4 Easton -
3 Cranesville, I . • 250
2 Allentown, ' •- - . 200
1 , Birdshoromrh. „1 .1 - '' ••• .30
1 ; Mauch Chunk, ; .... ,20
1 , ' Conestoga near Lancaster 100
••,
ggregate
,2360 tons per week
'ROLLING MILLS
I,l,aeltawana. manufactures annually
1 Wilkesbarre, • .
1 Danville—Rail Road Iron
1 do •
2 Reading,
1 Little Schuylkill, '
1 Potttig,rove,
2 Norristown• • ,
2 On the Schuylkill, Philadelphia,
1 Nlanayunk. •
I Trenton—Rail Road Iron
1 Consbehocken, '-
2 Phoenixville, - •
3 On the -Delaware, aboYe . Philadelphia,
1 Duneannon. ,
I . Near Harrisburg, (opposite)
1 Harrisburg.
1 13ridgton„ New Jersey,
1 -Boonton. do
1 lersey•City.
•
• Aggregate, ; 1 144,500 ; ;
!
' The foregoing list exhibits a large increase of'llitinacds and roll- ;
I inn mills, since.our lastreport. \lt. is an indisputable fact, that only
I
four Anthracite furnaces were in operation prior to 1842. -
' . Whether the protection offered to this branch of our industry by
the National Government, in the passage of the present tariff, has
has had the effect to bring into existence this great increase in the I
. number of our' furnaces and rolling mills or not, yet it is neverthe
less true, that they are now in successfuloperatibn. The coal trade,
is:inticate f ly icOnneeted.:with the prosperity of the iron trade. The;
progressive increase in . the consumption of coat,;arising from ita
use in the manufacture of iron is extraordinary;—about 41- tons of
I I•coal is - necessary in the mantiflicture of every ton of bar iron, or;
any other description of" rolled,iioni - or rails; this.would consume:
about 550,000 tons of coal in manufacturing the products of the.:•
above furnaces. A singlei establishment atDanville, already con-.; •
1 sunies upwards of 100,000, tons annually. _
The future magnitude .
'of the coal trade, under the influence of the iron trade, must there-'•
fore be immeithe. *l'hese bright pCopeets, however', -- may_be utterly!
1 defeated by injudicious legislative interference with the industry of
the country,, and the iron ore and coal of Pennsylvania, her most
! valuable mineral treasures' rendered comparatively useless.)
A very extraordinary statement has been put ;forth on high offs.
1 cial authority that the effect of the present Tariff is•opPiessive to
the poor man and reduces his wages. Whether this grave allega.
tion is basecl,Mi credible infoimation,' personal Observation or ran- ,
don' conjecture, we pronounce - it t) he utterly incorre , t and un
' founded. so far as it applies to our mining region. During the 'past.
and :for several former seasons, the wages of labor have been 'front
; 30 to 40 per cent higher t ., an inthe year. 1842, and for several years: •
before tbe . .Present Tariff. Went into operation Miners' wages now;
- rang from Bto 10 dollars per week ; the rate' ' wages in 1842 ,
waram sio 6 dollars per week. This rise in
,wages took place
imni'sdiatelv. after thagetteral effects of the present Tariff began to
be falt'in the revival or manufactures and intioStry throughout the •
length rindlireadth 9 - f the land. Therefore, whether this revival be
admitted to he owing to the present Tariff, or the fact denied, it is ';
in either case idle - rind' preposterous to assert that; the . wages of the
working man have - becairedUced .. by it. The spirit or party. may ;)!
indulge in fictions to subserve its ends, but facts are stubborn things,
Theories Unsupported by facts care•the mere vagaries of the hisiat- - ;
nation. But they become dangerous and pernicieus in ,their.influi.
ence when gravely 'put forth under colour of authority, to destroy,
t!:e industry, and affect the : high destinies of the nation.
, We assert that it may' lie demonstrated that the present health, y
,and prosperous condition of the coal trade, the fair prices received
by- *he Operator.. and the high wages received by the miner and
laborer, are mainly attributable to the Tariff of 1842. Experi
ments- on the labor and currency. Of the country are great '
discouragements to every -branch of bitsiness. The repeal ofthe
\. Tariff of 1842 , would soon he follqwed - by another revulsion in ;
4 ., the coal trade, the wages 6f - tabor a g ain be reduced to _the loWest
point, the bitterness of :poverty and,oppression again in reality be
felt by the poor man. In, :short, we should revert to that state of
things, which existed during the prevalence low duties, when
Nthe cries of
of distress were heard from all % quarters, and the, whole,
trade involved in scenes. of
.trouble and embarrassment. Our pre
sent condition contrasts 'most -favorably With 'our_then contlition,i -
arid practically refutes the fallacies of_ politicians, and the speeula r - i-'.
Lions of theorists. •
The projeeCof imposing a tax upon Anthracite. Coal, has been
'again revived in our Legislature. The :proposed tax would not
only embarass and depress the Coallrade, but would operate with
glaring inequality anti injustice on the producer, consumer, and land ..
owner. - Taxation is a - necessary burthen imposed upon
, by the ruling power, for-the purpose of dis Charging the public debt
. ot defraying the public expenditures, but taxation becomes an
- . JOBIUNG , OFFICE : . .
Iri contie st on with one ESt *6l ishrnpid,,we lasi open,
a Imre Jobbing Ofaee.the the remittent
Books, - - Large Pester",, .
- Pamphlets. , Handbills, I '
Hilts of Ladint. , - Bill Heade. '-
Blank Permits. d , , Circulars.
Cards. Time Hooks. lir ' '
7'4v:ether with all kind: of Fancy' Printit•.g. att wf
which alit be executed at abort notice and in a beautl
tUlnty!e.
Pts'smck of TyPe. fat Jobbing livery large„ rchich'
was selected . hit a view to time effect to band'.bills--
and his type for Bonk and Pamphlet Printing, is equal
to any used blithe cities. . 1 •
As he keeps hands expressly far3obbing, he flatteis
hirnseif that his facilities for executing work Is treater
than that of any, other attics: and that the public will
fled it to there advantage to give htna a call.
rs,ptil kind* of nooks printed, ruled, pod bound to
order at short notice.
Book 1311ndery, ,
W.l are ti!, , o prepared to bind all kinds of boots. Iq
the most durable manner. nt short nottett.
Iran% "nok. alwars on hand—also Imade to otdet.
and voted to any patiera. -
. tinting Machine'. • .
We Irtre provided I , llTfOl , with a Ruling Mt..
chine. nfihe - mtlst apprnce4 kind. ulticb'enables us to
rule paper to any pattern to order.
NO. 16
1,263,539
1,631,669
intolerable ' public grievance ! , when int. •
posed under circumstances of !groSS inc.
quality. In this' county, coallands are '
assessed Itienerally at a higher valua.
' tinn than farming lands. .. Coai is there..
fore already indirectly - taxed in\ the high-
1 'et assessments of coal lands,. i The tax
levied, Is . applied to state and: county •
purposes. Seeing then, thrit coal lands
pay at least their full proportion of taxes,
1 Km, what principle of equity we would
ask.. should the prodyet of coat lands be
taxed, and the products of other l'andi-not
taxed. The principle pf 'equal land im
partial taxation. certainly requires! that the
same tax Which may he levied upon coal,
should he levied upon all otherpreducts of
the mine, the quarry and the SOO; join ore,
copper. marble, snit, wheat,. rye, Indian
corn, Atc.., &c.. would be :equally fair sub
beets for taxation, It is said that when '
the owner of the snit furnishes the greatest •
part of !the Value of a product, as l e does
in respect to.prochicts consumed n arty in
the primary state, he it is, that hears the
greatest part of that portion of the tax that
falls on the prrilttem—netterthele4 we he- '
Bette the most considerable portion, would •
fall on the producer and the workingman,
depress the wages of his labor, whilst it l'' '
: would' increase' the price of the; atticle,
and diminish the consumption. The Con- .
sumer in neighboring states, would clamor ,
loudly against the taxation of alt !Oject of
primary necessity, tcontract hisidemand, •
and direct his attention to the importation
'a foreign coal, as .the only means left of ..
Self protection. And thus the suicidal
policy of such a system of legislation
Would diselotte itself in the titter prostration
Perhaps, of the Anthracite Coal trade of'
Pennsylvania: As• to the profloi, pf those
engaged in, the muting of coal, itl is a fact,
attested' by: the entire history of the coal ,
trade, that whilst ruinous lossesltave been
{encountered, nn fortunes have been reali
zed, An immense outlay in the'npening
:Of veins. erection of inaehiner}! honSes, ',•
hitures, kc.. is indisnensihly(necessary
.nn the very threshold of the! .business.
.?•onsiderimr the heat's; exPenditUres invol- •
Yea in mining operations, the aXtranrdina
;Tt fluctuations in the prices of !coal: and
!the wages of labor. it is easy to understand
!why the annimt profits of the coal operator
'hare scarcely yielded him a fair livelihood. •
We are indebted to the labiws of the'
!Editor of the 'Miners' Journal}) for much
• of .the statistical matter in thiS report
All of which is respectfully stihmitted.
' GEO H. POTTS, President;
..
Potts;'tille, March.. 184:6- ' ! - • '
I
7
II
' If
71
6,000 tons
12.000
10,000
I,ooo'
10,000,
2,000,
2.000
8.006
6,000
• 2,006
10,000
• 1,500
15.000 •
6.000
6.000
3.000
_.3,000
3,000
6,000
2,000
J M. PoWr.n *AT Home.—The Mercer
Whiz. ptddi.bed at the home of JameS M. Power.
E. 1.. the People's candidate forCanil Commis-
F9V9 'a better nomination opt have
been made: :Hie experience for many years in
canal nperatinns, his knowlcdne of the "policy by
which thee - no.tii to be rceulited. tieriVed.fls well
from his Innil connection with them. as his mote
recent evperienect as . direetor of the trie Even
-.ion Pennsylvanian Canal, all . eminerjlly fit him
for the m.0.-m.4lde office to which - he isnnminatett.
IT it should he the fortune of down.trciatlen Penn
sylvania to throw off the shackles that hind her,.
awl repudiate the narrow policy of her present
Canal Commissioners, obtain:: a more , liberal
course in reference to her• system of tolls:We are
assured she could find no man more able and
willing to advance ber true interestrl than Mr.
Power.
A .Nornnlit ELOPEMENT WITIf A Moniantr.---The
(lahotville' Telegraph gives en ace/nil - it of the e
lopement of a married woman of that Village, with.
a Mormon elder or priest. kis similar in its cir
cumstances to the elopement , nf King. of
Hartford, with two of these !•latter day saints."
who it wou!.d seem have. heel{ prowling about in
this 'region, ••seeking whom they might devour."
The name of theywoman, who was enticed away
from enbotville is Mrs: Brockway, the wife Of ' a
respectable mechanic. ',She_ has gone Ofl with is
saint by the name of b t ßurtlift, whO, it. appears,
has been , paying sundry improper attentions to bet
for some.time. • . ,
EkrAnkr.ifoc cu An Acrett. I ;
11A I -btll hag
pnsF.il the . Miwsmchusetts Senate, to 'abolish the
distinction between written and spOlon, defama.
Lion of character. .E.s.ery
,person Wiwi; shall de
fame another Worda, shall be punished by fine.
or imprisonment in the common,,tail,!lor by both
fine and imprkontnent, a the iliscretion of the
rourt. • The truth bf ,the mutter chreed as slan
derous, iq allowed to he a' sufficient jUatification
fci d efa tii story words. 1 '
VEasst.s•—The tine shipjfermann.
fcpm Liverpool for Baltimore, with a raluaNe
cram+, in nha9t eighty-faur davit. I
The VirLtinda sailed from Liierpont nn the
29th of Dreem ,, or for New York. ;and has -not
•hero heard of since. 81.1 r. had a large number of
steerage vrksengers on board.
TIFTInrtIENT.—An the dew, lies . longest, and
p•odurea More fertility in the simile. PO woman,
in the Shade of domestic retirement, studs around
her path* more permanentidessingS than the man
who ie exposed to the glare of public life. Thus
the humble and oM:rip& heart receives hotter and
more lasting hissing* than the pro i speraus world•
ling whine. very prosperity parehea up and, deteri4
orates W.! moral
•
lowi:—EtTorts ore making t 3Wards dividing
this territory so that it rutty form jwo convenient
States. The line proposed is the 112 d degree of
north latitude. The Southernmost division of the
territory would then be about 1;0 miles wide.
thus for Ming a State compnektandlacessible from
all points: The northern division will contain
- the . larger superfires.
•
Ttcr ET I Nrfr (21111 ne ,
New York'
Herald reremmentle,-that parents prn a label. con.
mine their name and residence, to the' clothes of
their little children, so that when they happen ,to
stray awly, they may he readily returned td their
anxious rolati.me. This is en *ellent anztes.
;inn. Fifty lost children per tlie,m. on 04 aver.
ere. ace said to be found by the. New York Ace.
'men.
. .
Los.r;P : sivr.--A catered man,Mtimed William -
Smallwooll.diral near Finernettsburg. Md., recently,. • r i
at the very advanced 'age of one hundred and
•
seventeen years. ' I . .
Relit:4)ll.lx a mo.tt 'cheerful arid happy atthject
for contemplation and. practice; hut a most sad ,
and melancholy matter to neglect. ,
•
A elohe to baervet of the Lashi o i s, remark's that,- ...,.
!alike dresses at... fuller Wind "than ha eves saw if!.
thole' before. - 1
. ,
...,.
An Irishman alivettiara th a t
awerable for his wife's debit', as
married to Ast.. .
El
c nntlis an.
o Nix Ewa toert.:.,