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POTTSViLLE,
Saturday itlornlng, Aug; 29, 1846.
COUNT,V VrEpTING.
' The Detnocratie Whigs df -Schuylkill County
aro hereby respectfully _invited `to attend a, general
County ,Meeting, tie' h . eld at ; the ttrurthouse
. O,
the lioroogh of *9rwigcbtftg, on •
ROAD 41 . STI . ; 1846 •
.
at hno'o'eloeli, 'P. M., fur the purpose of normoa
: Cog. a Ticket to he : present to the Fre.emenif
this County for tt err ktilllSsat the akroaching,
October Election, ati3 to express their sqitimentis i .
.upon, the public affairaof the INLition. The friends
of b. Tariff to protect the ihrce leading interetS of
_ thi'country—Agrieultural. Commercial and Man
;,facturing--'all those - in fawn - of. - -the Repeal or the
TintFr 0r•=,,'48, which threatens to lay
- ;waste the: s to'ai and Iron trade Of the eountry—
and'in favor of the -restQrotian cif, the glorious
Whig Tariff of ` , 01.2, 'a =amnia which hap tint-.
• feared so many blessings and arli - .great prosperity
dart all classesrof this .country—are earnestly re•
;quested to "attend'.
W: Pitman, ' 'Jacob Klitie.
•• John Reed, • t James lAP"elri
• - Daniel, B. Eershneg, john - W. tleffnet.
`George 'Kaufman, John Prevost, •
• ,
Joseph Bressler, John 801ig..5r.
• Standing County Coniuziffee.
Aug.'49, 1846. - , • .
P.ttO T E C Tj . 0 $.
. • Againo
FRAUD AND., DE,ucpttor:
iirtnera':JJtcrnal fur '3 months,' q. 4.. 40 cent!
Acl,eance
To correct as far as' possible the. many misrep
tesenfations put foith to deceive the people with
'reference to the principleS an `- m e asures at issue
-In't4 Outing election, we hay .detelinined to re
-ceive subscribers for The Miners'' Journal, for
' ihrto.months, at se'cents ip advance. The nri
Tortance'of the coming . electian, and the necessity'
of,the difilfsion of. correct intelligence, will he or
• parent to all: who reflect on the 'many insidious
statements put forth by the Loeotlwo Preas,'"nnii
lather opponents of the interests of American In
-dtistry. We trust our old. friends and reglili3r pat
rons., will exert themselves in this mutter, and tit
-as early . a date as- passible, for Ward to us a of
/ subscribed; and the, woikingmen in particular.
who are more interested in the reetoration.of the
,protective policy than' 'any other part of Atte corn
. -muntty, wilt, we hope. aid uosillt : their cottnte
.
stance and support.
t iLl'Send in the Ntutisetil '- )lus to the office, a - ,5 soon
11.0561 k, - /
Cou.Nre Mattis::—Abovel:vtli be found a cal
for aboutity Meeting, to be held the Courthouse :
• in Orwigsburg, not.W .first day of the Stiaternber
Court, which is forthe•purpwe of forming a Ticket
to be-supporteir by the frioruls of the Protective
Policy in Scituylkill,county, at" the ensiling elec
tion. The notice is rathershert, the call Laving
been neglected last week.) but stilt there is ample
Ijme ' for the people 10 consult together,Mid to bring
forWardmen who are capable of fulfilling the du- .
ties' of the different pmts . ' for which they will be
selikted, Ind 'Whose',.interests ate identified with
01* of the large mass of the prodticing commu
nity, It is impatant that there 'should be Jger
eral attendance froni every section of the countY .
—yte'times require this et the hands of the people.
The Nation's prosperity has been sacrificed by`the
National Administration—a Tariff BN approved
end. sa4tioned by the • Britisll House of .Lords;
.discrinamsting,, agqinst American .labor, has been
• substriuted for the truly American TarT of
o:init.:banishing . labor from our workshops and fac
tories'and transferring it to Europe, to consume
r -
the produce of the European instead of the Amer.
ican:•Farmer. Our Banks, which"p.xtend their fo
. ,
• • tering aid .
. to indutyl and enterprise, have bei n
crippled, and all tbe;igold and silver pf the ;nun
: try is to be hoarded .in Iron Beses for the use' of
the: Goveimment officers, the servants of the Peo
fle:. Our Custom Howse; erected bY the money
,
of the people, are now being converted into Ware-,
hoUses for storing Briltsh Manufactures, with
Which the,cor:intry is destined toz'be flooded under
the low. duties—in fact the principles` - of South
Carolina, whose 'leading' men' could: rejoice more
atlfie prosperity of Manchester inrid, tharr:
. .
Lowe 4 in Nlaisachusetts - , are iu the uscend ant.in
our National (.'ourieils, s e reading a'general
Otsmsy and ruin, throughout our :widely extimkhd
couniry. .Added to three elements of 41voruction
is a most ; iniguitous, - expensive, and : unholy War
• I. • •
;with Mexico, originated and 'prosecuted solely
'with a view of adding a i - -ir'ge.pintion 'of :Southern'
`territory to the Union, out of which new Btatsis, and.
dSenators and Wpresentotiscii are to_ he created do
, pgrpstuaki these princii!es -in the;Ailininistration
of the Government. l'hese and numerous„ other
eyif4;in their drain, Ar l o now weighing down the
country, and it is fOr the people to decide how
, fong they shall be continued. •
I . We callthe attention of our.readers to the .1d:
'dress or Mr:diaywood raf iN(lirthd2arolina to the
',people of that State, on our \ifret;paie. The
and the dignified' and ill , ,passionate manner
in which it is' treated, -will c i Ommend the address
to every one: - '
INFOLIMATION:FOR TIIF.
We refer our readers.to an ri‘ avertiseinent in anothr
er tofu:Br: otTering this irdluahle work to the puhlid :
, _1
: r It is prepajed known editprs. of Cbron
bars E4hiburgh-inurnah The work has had a large
circtilation,in Chglarid. ,
llousE.—We have received =from
Mr. D. K. Minor, the gentlemanly 'proprietor of
this( house, a traveJlers' - diieetory,lvhich he has
eauled - to he prepared for person, F njournitic at his
establishment.' It is fu of irtforrnatjon of the
very kind d d esired hy.traial)er..4.
' s a'y We call a:Leann:4w the advertiserne:nt of
the re-ypening' of , ihe Acathniy, which
'ha passed into The hitaFof Mr. E. Schneider,
late of Marshall College. and nho ie highly Teo.:
ommencitcl by the Precidcnt amtf. Profese.ora of
-that incaution. • .
ORIVICISIIVI:0 ACADAM . T.—We - ornittcd
tentionally, •
tart week ,to Call the ttention of our
' realjere, to theirlvertiscrpent of t is institution. 7
1!- We know of no place hetteecitli: fated for a school
than Orwigaburg, whether ;We regard' ite location
or thitone Of morality and gaod.oriler , which per
. vaileek the .communiti:
Tim:into AND PLANING MILL.—A
° spongqt irpprovemvnts ebt..iblishcil'rui this borough
duties the present yr, is large Steam Turning .
I • (
nod Planing Mill b Mr. Henry .Straueli which
is a valuable acquibition to the region. Hereto-
= fore our carpenters and builders were obliged to
send to Philadelphia fur their planed flooring boards
• or work them by, hand. This difficulty _ is now üb
(\ -.:vitited, and Mr. Strauch deserves the: patronage of
~ the community for his enferprize. His Planing
f machine was.patent:d by Mr. g..D,anicls or'Wor
‘ earner Mass ., and will do the work of a half dUzen
hands in a single day. He' his - alsO
in his employ, who is one of the most competent
turners in the mats.
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. M - '
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REF . RESENTATIONS OF
T
H' '
,=.LOCO iacoknkis.
) The Illdfild Gaizette giresthe'.. , panic , mskers,''
tn.'screre dig inAlic ribs, after the following: -
Potir,Sheelik's!—TheectOnS swore to the people.
prior. to the tact Presidential electiorii• that shank!
Polk he elected, all the poor Ahlepipi in the court
try'. wrld have to be butchered, as Mt Polio will
give d protcetionto Wool growers: l . - ;1 ow, , what
torus out to be the fact? • Why the tari ff cif,1842
only uts a tax of 5 per cent. on foreign wool, whilst
' l ,4r-'• 11t..1s tgriff puts a tax of 20 per cent. on the
~,k
T . ltitis 1 article , being an increase in favor `
cif wool
_growe sbf 'l5 per rent. .• • ' ! '
. . Tbrkbore is from the,Ertiporiurn of the 22nd
I ' • 1 , \.), .
t. •
1 - irrst,' n is incur At.' ft originated iti the W ash-,
itiit , »: I. nion'ami was concocted and put forth to
reply et e exploded, and ridictilons hunilnig - , of
\lie T uttioncof duties, on Ea We see that it
is gen' ra ly copied into the L cotoeo mere, mid`,
there ore:nit:ice tt :especially, a we shall hereaft-,
44 all site tar incorrect statements. " ' ~ .. t ' • .'
'3'.;w w bat arc the facts of this case ! The Tel . -
*,. 1 2 - qu likrotccted th e f wool.growers
levtinga.kinty o five per cent only on wooltvorth
.earn cents a POu d and leaa, antr oil all other trod
manufactured- i wool , a . -
peetfie duty ofthree cents
i a punkt. and thirty per ce'nt ad valorem in addi
tion. . TliA re S.on ofithe . low duty on• the. first
was;that :it wai:J.liecheaii wool of -Brazil which
-wakemanufattore'din this cortey, and.thereby gave
einploynrnt to American Industry.. It could not
and did flat Ell or into competition with' Arneri-,
Can . Wool. he same bill, aiSo placed a•duty of
wen and' a half per centum, on the
cr. wcoi,whieh came into:thecountly
) competition With (grown, while
the manufarturei of wool. paida,
cent. ..The Briti:bk ,13111 however
!O per cent ad rata rtai on all wool
li,ciiniinstion, hetteetr hat com
a 'own. produce, andwhalkidnot:
it ;fact reduces the duty on
wool S. inste•d o'finAssing, it 15 "perilCn t.
,
As the i‘li ' tri pesacs also entistalitly appeal, to
the agrietihOriiinterast:pretending.tirat the Loco
, t.
Form ' party ale its' friends and protetOrs, we hare_
prepared the following tabular statenforts of thir . .
duties "under the Tariff of '.42, an 4 those to,be
I. vied by leit6 of '4d,'Whielt will show that in
vveq init• rico the interests of, the farmer nave
b..erl s-telilleed Iv the administration. Thelacis
about tiiiii);"tie
•,I \i
rctage of . oti
1 . 1;1 \inici.iil in
t e insjiirpy
d ty ,of 40 pe
puts p tot iiif' I L
without nitii 1
pehm.l with "6 1
i'l'he new; liil
rpr, k a,3 anyone may ascer, am
pare the two bilje.
Tari td . :42
ur 41 cents per lb
1 ar 320
1. r 114
[75 •
let f,
1 ork, 55 ,
4COII,
II
stir eat, V 88
WI eut llowir;27 '
82
Wool, r 40:
Heinp, 1 65
Putitoeo,' tiG
This iS •a' direct stab on the prosperity of the .
agricultural interest, which however is trPated.as
all luanchds of industry have beeniby tti s s
criminating in favor of foreigni,'ProduCe.
this is thee:ase, wil!apPearl7 the folltAring comps-
iron, of idle duti4s on most of riot manufactures,
by the old and the new .8111.
Eimiloy turn's, Tariff of *42 Tariff of''4f;
-• 45 per cenq " 30 per cent.
Tailors, 50 • 20 "
131.icksiouiths ' 61 -30
Hatters. - 49 • H 30 .
IrenMaker , . 75 ' SO " • •
Miners of Cold, .69 '
Paper ,Makers., '9O -25 ",'
RNA' Makers, 65 25'+"
.cad Miners,' 92 "
70, • • 20 "
Man'fra of Wool, 4() '3O.
. 90 1 7 - 25
.Solk• 42'
Dr. Cis from grain,lBo • _ LOU' . " -
Blatikt,ls; 30 • '2O "
Escry one oft 'the 'great -interesis of the coon •
have rittis 'lol4lM:it ell protection to them destroyed
hut discriminajion made against them, in almost'
. every instanchle manufacture li , ing'admitted at a
less duty thattlhe raw material.
r r .
These • tAsternarns taken in contraction, with
sty' us a week oi two since in tet
lati•iiio coal and' iron, show
party *is
,uttetly itcglectrid of- in.
tere.ts of the whole laboring' class of the corn-
Cr 'attempting 10 destroy all en
et
2.. yin the statiOn to, make worit, and, give 1 .: 1117
ploy rnrcii to the brawling politician, the only class
in the rondithility whotu'it disposed to re
ward, or listen to. • -
. .. . •
Dar.itirci.E•ter.osioN of Filtr.D4,:tr;,efc.—
On -Vie afiermion of Wednesday last, At-sa 16 col
liey -winked liy \ s'siMa.---com. Ri'eli, on the West
liianilli of tbe Mt..earbert road,'ltnown 'as Lewis
Nem. nn explosion Of 1. RP took
, place; which Was
I Most iii,a , trous-in its iesUlts. It was followedty
t .
what is known to mines u.schiike damp, and lila k,
or after damp, by Which eight men were over w :
er. 1 11: . So, ciOlent was itqliat for a Tong tin . ; no
n—i'stence could heextentlrd to lien succes fully,
mid' M r...Ricti, theoWner, who enterill for, this pur
pose ivas'iiear failing a ‘ ictith 'to his philaiithropy;
At hist' they were extricated, six of Therm perfectly
insensiNe, one, named Jilin Tiley dead, and long ,
after. yet another, whodhough in loneee - thah any
cf
the rest was yet recovered. Itir.!Rich himself,
Was,,Tor a Ling time, in a state j unconsciousness
And delirium,but isoye learn,'recove;ing, as ere all,
wi; were taken from the shaft *ie. The scene
we learn from one who was 'present, was of heart
kt interest, the 'prostration i of the sufferers; the
dismay of the spectators, and the2,',Eigony of _ the
families of the injured inen, presented one 'of
thoFe scenes, persons, liho do not Jive in mining
distriets, can form no adequate idea of. The :suf
. .
filers w re att ded,:.we learn, by Dr: Chichester,
and r ceived eve attention fret - O . hirriself and
Prndother huMane geUtlemen of this hoiough whi)
naked to the•sc. a of the accideta, at the first
intelligence of: s . occurrence. !
CONCEILT PEIIIIIN gave
a Concert last Livening at the Tor Hall which
w . ai w . f.!! attrntled. This .gentlOnpn is highly ;
spawn ot,_ arid with his young. irolege ?ifastef i l
Betikerl brouglit high recopnendations.
M F. .-4 , W E . are pletlsetlto say. hat •
the petition put forth wig' .r4etence to tha.tivii.
li.hutent of a . I .linera' Asylum, has inet..with.gen
cut favor, and been rigoe‘ very . nearly all the
cotliet4 openitors in the region. * Those who
h..e art already signed it, are requested, to call at
our olliee and doao. • %.. . , - -
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L
r :.- All PC tmsice 6 e took place at Harrisburg
o:,l'i a rstii; Idst,eonsi ming the'Steam Saw Mill of
Mr. NleAllister, ando property to a comittlera
-Lie amount:., 'i,
1
rEranrr4oxii.--Our - Locofoco brethora elect
.their Delegates_ to•doi p oarho assorrible in County
Ceniiention on Montloy 'next :for the purpoio of
Seizing's coooty Ticleet: •
. - • pmgc, gru., • : ~ ~ ,
It is the. custom of the I,;ocefocry par4;' , When.:
ever any change is - produced .in the commercial
and financial affairs of the nation, by their exPeri
'meats, and the people show a'aisposition to exam:
ine into it, and to express anj'aistruat of the good
effects of its operaiiors, to raise the cry, that -it - is
'but a Whig panic, pitt forth fo; political effect, to,
gull the people.' The trick is old, hating.done
much anty, it has beca - ;ermetshat threadbare,
bia is 'still 'relied', upon •,"to..,ltifli !enquiry and 'to
rednee r the - , psople people' bli pl-auhmission to party
rule and tactics. & The ante fo`,thts is:geme by;
particularly in tha:preleot-iiviance; it !will not do
'to tell,riden who hate lost employment or tlpect
'to.loose it, that it is a mere causeless panic, which
induces those who employed them but a few weeks
since,lto cease to do so noiv . ; or "than twen saeri
fice ' or negle4 ,.. !heir business merely 'to advance
Whig principles and measures, ,however much
they am disposed ter li: ve them, They cannot but
co'', pare the *liigiWith their oWn loaders and
hernselves,and think,when_they;hrive kritiwn the
latter.tri . giec up emplo:itnents for princinto. They.
see it is not. a mere' panic'which, influences them
and affects themselves, but that '&) whole busThness
of the countrY'is Pio..ttratud ritthefcet of a finar.-
ci?desperiment.. -Aft ail illustration 011itis state
i t
Cif affairs, maybe found-in-the homely businesS.4 I
life. -1 11 7 4 en ti patient ; is struck down with Tis.
ease, and a physician is sent fo!, who understa dpi
hie heeler'ss, lie , immediately thrects his aitentic \ ini ,
to inquiring into the cause of lire disease. By rc-.1
tnov - in that, thin patient recoVers. So with the
body politicrate - patriot and trim] to his country,,,
'always steps the Cause of the Flisea&e, and applies
the 'remedy to the very . root; political rAstittins,
calculated merely to palliate and ease. the patient
only cause him to linger out in pain, and die in
agony at last
This the' people will do, and the
movement does not: belong td the Whigs alone
but to business men of all professions of political
faith/ The uputhi, or, if that we're possible, the
Minds of this nation catimit be gigged, and, the
people will speak out, riot least inquire. As we
have said, everything itilicates, that we are on'thN
verge of a great commercial crisis,.as Mr. flayl
wood of North commercial
a souilsern'crfee trade
politician,. expresses it, reduced by the Ant ac
tion of the tariff,. Sub Treasury, and Ware house
till.' An inquiry into this is important to be made
efore the coming election, and nless. we are k iery
• much mistakenovillle Made. All kinds tif•Tab
-rications will be ;Rut forth, nod statements nnie,
to deceive the people and induce ihem to lay aside
their inquiries,' but if they pers'eCere, ive ark:ltis
' lied they. witico.ne to die conclusion that the pres'
I' •
ent, ut least, is nut a Whig:panic. • • •
rarift of '.16
20 per'Fnt.
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20. "
20.
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Tar PANIC.—Mr. Cooper, of New York, ,
4.m1 - intelligent iron manufacturer; 'who owns the
largest Wilting Mill in the country, and whose let;
to to : Secretary Walker ‘ attracted so much.atten
titan, has raised the wages of his workingmen_ma
mechanics since thelans'sage the Tariff of MO.
Mr. Cooper is a democrat, ankh if we had a few
more such men,
: Instead of the • grasping. selfish,
miserly, ttnprineipre'd, despotic, tyrannie whis,tiron
toasters, who employ their cap:44s9r Ina, purpose
of oppression, half of Martkindeateuid lire happier
and touch .of, the stlife ; and mptery as well as sla-•
very which they cause, woulthevenexiA.-Lit'ecd
,
iok Dem. .
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.0 If
- 25 •
20
The t.bove exiraci isiccrtainly ti.ry Ilatterin to
the Locufoco. Trim Mast i ers.of Bells county—hut
they -must take care of themselves. vi, , 4 copied it
for the purpose of giving it a flit conttanicti• , I
which we. areauthoriz,ed . jri the beginng
of this week, two gintlerne.n,.residing, in this place
and Danville, called , on' !ttr. Cooper at l'ren‘on„
and inquired whether ;the 'above 'staterneßt. was
true. His. reply was that the publication7.was‘not
true and.thhf it was matie'without hisvl.liige or
anthorit3. On the contritry, after his present.or4qa
are fulfilled, which"wilh he about the first.orOto
ber,. he will 'tind it neeissary..and intends tp reduce
the wages, at his - establishment 25 - percent. The
• i
wigs of two puddlers,lwho performed extra wiorkt
were advanc i ed to the amount of the extra work,.
by his ;ton, about three weeks ago, which he pre
sutnes gave rise to the report. Mr. Cooper stated
:find it was his intention_to contradict the report
under his 'own signatur i e io the Trenton papers. -
.
OF THE 001 4 EIII.1011.—Governor hunk
arrived. at our borough, rather 'unexpectedly., - on
Monday evcomg last; - and took lodgings it &
Mot.limees hotel. Ocd!l'oesday, he vibted the St:
Clair Anthracite furna l ce, and the colliery eitab;
lighate.rits of Messrs. Manes; Haywood & Co.,
Alfred Lawton, arid cthere, and, we understand,
expressed himself surprised at the..magnitude of
some of the "establizhme i nts,4hat have gone up under
the tariff of 1842. During his stay he was call
ed opoit, by a-large nuinberof our citizens without
respect to party.
The vfeit of the Governor to the reek!), was evi. ,
'lently political. He hod no • doubt heaid of the.
failing-fortunes particular friend, Wm. B.
Foster jr., in this quarter, and sought toprop them ;
up. White here, he'vvas also extremely activein
circulating the new fraud now attempted to be
practiced..upon the people by stating that coal and
iron will Co protectrd next winter, by which dis
reputable means they expect to lull the people into
quietness a . ad - secutiiy-tand it they shoUld triumph
in this state at the October election, the result will
be proCiahned through Out the whole country, that
Pcithsylvania: and particularly this ' district; sanc 7
.tions and: approves of , the British tarig, bill ni
'
OT C 1 .113 171.ty—WeantlerstantlthatuScotch
Bulls." or"threateningrills have been posted up at
some of the cdllieriens. We Would advise all
thosos , lo voted for Polk and low wages, to be_
careful how they threaten the lives of those who,
have been compelled inno7ntly'`fo snffer:along
with them, and who Choose to go to work at prices
*responding t ,3 the times. Such unfawful pro
ceedings never have beep and never will be tolera
,^ted- in this community.
I j aItENTAII IGNAIVSC E.-01330 of the Coco
'loco leaders have told l o number of poor laborers
on the outskirts of oursegion, that Polk has . not
and sill not sign the Inew Tariff Bill—and theg
believe it. Men who! would Thus deceive "pooh ignora ' o laboiers e wold not hesitate to, rob leek
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L I — .Bi - s - '
kipIINTX C03131/55110PiEL*Capf. __EW_E' . e.r.
her, 4 • , apl.ll. B. Jrera hner Oi East Bruilstv ig;
and Jac - h Alennii,Escit'of Friedenaburg,are recom
mended in the Germari Democratic 24 can
didatee far county C . -.,- . .
oMmiaaioner. - , ,
LENVISTp WIT BAN NOTES.- Reports prejudi; ;
cial to the issue of this Jruititution have been
freely circulated in this region for sometime paet.
' , Since then they have beencontradicted ? • Out as it,
is known that these notes are purchased at tidis-'
count in Philadelphia; and ilthe cirou/itioit being
very large, we would advise our citizens not to'
to take them. The sooner they are driven nut of,
the region the better. , • •
~I~'~ERS~ °
THE
fi • " ' PICTOU COAL • ' °
• To show diets atittement vie have made in ran-
Lien to a custt ra of .he Picion shippers, in torviai
41pt tot ecoal.
biave the masurentent to compensate' ler. .cluty
Whie.h may; at any iime, be Levied .for ' the laws is
absolutely correct, re - take frore a late number of
the Providenee Journal the following comparison
.of nlual of 'Coal, eceived at that . port,witbin, a
• I
shoit time; under t tariff, Of '42, and a statement
of what will be t e chtirges under the bill 0f,146.
if/ of 1842.,. .
16.2 chaldrons. Pi4tuu Measure, a 1,3 15486 00
Measured by Custom House in Proe. , r.
deuce; 7,776 ballets, equal to 216
chtddrons of 30 bushels each,. and
I s vc
' Weighed 274 ton:s° c
~... t 2 qrs Blbs
Dulie.s-a - slj i 75. ' '
Freight on 21-ehaldron\
Custom
House measurela $2 87i.
1 - .31:ist of ton of
,2,240 Ilia $5.82
i•I lll'm Tari.il,
chnltlions a $3 ,
as 2
Duties a 304:ter cant.
Cost of 2,240 Ibis $4 60 .$1;252 80
. Tite.coal at present is chaiged 53 30 perelial
dron but a,discount is made of 30 cents per ehal
&int. • The vial 'is of al good . quality - Mad much
used ht re for Wor,4 , ,that cannot well be,done.with
the hard coal. 'jibe price tinder! the new lain
bring the price 4*a-the same as the hard
13,y reteriiingi to the , above, our readers v.:ill oh
serve that 5 i hoildrons 0f:36 bushels are thrown
, itch, ahhotigli it pays duty by the American
measurement, is !mit paid for, to fhe shippers,ev
at $3 per chaldr4n, amounts to $162, just one third
of the prime cost of the whole,, which without it
is Worth at Picton, just $2 per Chkl , dron or 36 bosh
ele, on boion.
•
" ' •
,The freight i obarged above is higher than the
usual rates, P letter froml. a person in lfosten
concerned int til l s trade, 'states .that on
ney, : and 13ridgiport coal,i the freight varieshut lit
tle in the sl
i iapi ig season. hating ranged for the
last ten years frOin 52 25 to $2 50 per chaldron' ;
on r,:idney r and Britkleport • coal, which is heayier,
send a ben/ I col, than the ri emu, tile- measure
ments ove r man about 25 per cent. „rim the latter
to' s l3o per Cent..
• Twenty-eight bushels of Anthracite coal weigh
a ' and .it rd,quires 31. hushels of, the ,Sidney
and Bridgeport; and thirty six bushels of. the Pic-
Mu to iweigh a lon. -The eveporittive power of a
ton weight' ofieach' of the kinds •of Coal have
proved from eakrience about quid, so that our
•readers ho l m t'beir ' ss own experienc'e, may make
hereafter their Own 'calulati'ons, with regard to the
price at Which foal can be delivered- at he-EaSt-'
ern market under the low duties. ; .
We ma,4 static in connection with' this subject
th
Fit .tt - 101 H iner.been received here, stating that the
alteration of the Sy,tem of revenue in this country
' Was -hailedwith great rejoicing at Pictou that
'Preparatioris t:ere already
_made to increase
the business,and that the sinking of-trio new shafts
I
has been 'cOmmencedP Tttey have reason to re
joice. inasmuch as the produce. o 1 their mines
!„Which proliou.4ly barely paid ciimmiSsionsandex-,
pensCs, no i tv will enter into:fermidable conmetitian
with our owo.'l 1
, . .
Epic ITfl JHTI{N.,tIL.
IT.EIIWI3 DISTRICT' CONTINUED
. , Theceit lia -in at Tamaqua in which is situated,
'etlie eiztate of the Little Schuylkill
. Nuvigation and
Railroad, and Coal Company, with ~coal lands of
A .
1 'Messr - Buck & C 0,,• Levan, and others, is botin,
ded 0 the North by Unnist Mountain and - Sou'lli
by She p Or tuiearora Mountain.
‘,.. In 'crosiing, the coal basin, the stream of the
'Mule Schitylkill runs.tit a right angle to the range
_of the stratification, and, the ialis fortned-in the
mountains' of its North and south boundaries, af
foid an opportunity to en'tsr the coal veins where
1 they cross these gaps, giving workable breasts from
400 to 600 feet'Sibove th'o water'lveL.
. A stream called the Wabash, whiCh rises abOut
three milea webt - :of the town of Tamaqua, runs
through the coal valley east to the hitite
Another stream head's north of the, §ummitll
Cor Mi l d runs through the coal basin, west
to the.Littlo.Bchuylkill. The confluence of both
thesestreains;svith the Little Sam:ill:tills at Ta
maqua. '
In. the Locust Mountain Gap, the coal and Iron
ore veins, developed and .Worked as-follows; com
mencing with, the -lowermost. or the, coal vein tlyt
crops out SO the surface farthest north on tlif
41..bnintairt, pr ceetling South toward's the centre:
the basin.]
No. I. Chat vein', said to he six-feet in thick.:
Mess. inclUdirr slate, but it , has-not. been suffi
ciently epe , ne I to give its true. eliaractet.: '
No. 2.TCrial Vejn, locally called 'A vein, this'
is said to be slit feet ittihicknesi, it has been.work
od s'everall hundred feet into the, mountain east'of
the aup. '
No. 3. Coal vein, locally called D. vein. ',The
place where this cool vein. crosses the gap is touch
washed and broken, it hrts therefore tint y.et been
opened by drift. A shaft was sunlttspen the vein
on the mountain east of the Creek which proVed
very' satisfactory. •
From the large and Oc'hl marked depression in
the- plat*, of its outcrop. along the side of `the
mountain; we inny, refer that a workable vein-of
coal may he, found in this situtition. It is .rny
opinion That two vein4.l coal, out crop in this de
?ression, and-from the quantity of iron ore lying
on the surface along thmrange - Of this depression
it may he presumed that a:workable vein lies near
the coal. i ' . : '
. .
.No. 4. v..ln of Coat 'rein.
worked in . the mountain -. east of me str'eam, said
to be six feet in thirkrie. ' .
. ,
No. 5.' .vei3)ol - co ! il locally called vein; ibis
vein contaiastop bench of coal 41 feet in thick
ness, and a Ilttitt;nn bench of Goal of three feet in
thickness; bet - Wel:in these benches,of coal feet
of dirt overlyin g the D. vein of 'Coal, and Seper
ated from it by 2 - feet of Rock, is a veiti of Coal 3'
feet in 'thickness'called the cross. iint vein— These
two 'mina .aie worked PY one drift, On the east
side the Gap;' on'the west side th - e ciess,cut. vein
has not. been discovered. The D. vein is.cbeing
extensively Worked' in the mountain on both ` sides
-the Gap; very regular, and hithertO has proved
see froinfault. • : •
No, 6. vein of COI, locally called E. vein, is
ab ut 21 feet in thickness between its top ritiqbvt.,l
tom slat —it cempiilts'sthe following atiata
Trap coal 3i feet thick; slate parting 1 foot, good
end. 4 feet, 'elate parting..l foot. superior glassy
coil 6 feet, 'parting .1 foot, middling coal 2. feet,
rundernaining.2.fect, and bottom coal 8 feet. This
,
rids ii-being worked on both sides the gap; it . is
ivory regular and free from fault;',Untlerlying : the
~11. vein of eral is 2 feet of Nodular Iron ore. ,
N 0.7.! vein of coal - locally cslled F. vein', con- ,
tains,- . \top I ifoot of dirt, illenji feet of:, solid Lard
glassY coal, nderneath this is I foot of girt, and
3 feet of `co4l at bottom. Tbisicoal vein is being
-worked on botb sides the gap and proves well.
.The whOleilat the; before described coal veins,
-ore of the Wltite'ash class. • •
,; ;; ;.::
;: u
„No. O. vein of omit, is gray-ash; it has not been
opeuad by drift, sufficiently to prove its thickness.
"Itiriuk from appearances it may be considered to
contain say ft feet n Of 'marketable coal. Tho out
-Mop of thisi_seirt itt'upon the line between - tift ,
`antra tract;Land•tho **cheiylltill estate; see
aifuation onlroy small ilup Or the First or,Sotith'
Anthracite legion.-
No.
.
t. vein of coal,; is ;red ash. :This has
:-b.een opened and vyerked• in the Baum tract,ll
:containil about 2 feet of marketable coal. -
No. 10. vein , of coal, is red ash,-6 -feet in thick
pesi, superuir coal „is this Lein g considerably work,
ed in the Baum tract vein; the property `of C. Be
van I .
so. vein of coal, is (red ash, containing
about ft feet'of marketa lo coal; it has been work
edin the 1 • J
Baum tract.
The veine of Coal and ore before rummer--
JOB NA..L.
ated dip to the South retina angle of
. 65 to 70 tie:, : - pitPORTANT -t- ,'OM MEXICO
Op ts . '-' ( -
.. ;,i ~,, . - . , . On , the 21st inet.rifws Of the greatest importance
From sur, ape indieritions. I• 'do Ica,
t to belietro
..
was receiv ed
. from Mexico at N. York, via., Ilavitn
thht another vein of coal and' perhaps two - more
exist north o thosealready, described. Some dis- l' na,ehanging entirely the complexion of affairs, and
tine south of; the vein No. 1 t. two perpendicti- I
!r emonstrating:clearly the inutility of the a poro- -.
lar veins of coal show themselves on the side of priation,of $2,000,000:ni - trentWith lq - exico. Th e
1
the hill where a range of •perpendieular Suati is'
last n r mail H
g tsh stet:met:, brought to avanna
'seen. - These veins bave hot been opened, acid I,E
.
front their appearance 1 dame consider they wiiWiceounts of a popular and !sticcessful thove'ment
'pay to work—the ono shows about 6.feet - of coal lin the capital, arid at Vera Cruz;in faVor of the
and slaty matter, the!other is small. , Still farther 1 ~„
restoration of Gen. Santa Anna - who • immediate
south hair:oat vein inclining slightly from the , ,
perpendicular toward the north:.' This Vein hes. 1 . ly sailed for Vera. C tnz, _ with - his•confidants,' AI-
perpen
been worhed , on both sides the stream — of • the I monte • and Reion; Not only have these two
Schuylkill. It is, sheet 6 feet in thickness and a I c i t i es,
..'
declared their adhesion to him, but Guada
red ash. ,-- -
; . - ' 1 lajara anti the troops of the' garrieon of San Jesn
In crossing the coal cello% after passing the •• .
the mean
range of Perpendicular stratajihe measures undu- de tibia also support the movement. It t t .
late untillive approach the range of;ceal veins of I time Paredes was busy making preparations to as-
Sharp or i Tuscaroralmountain. Thbse are - sup- !
1 sumo curninandorthe army at the north, whfch•
posed to be the uprising , to the Smith of the veins ~ , 1-, . ~ - . . •
,before aciSeribed of the Locust Mountain rangel
, appears inconsistent with the above, unh.ssi he in
.arhich up 'r ise to the pooh from the centre of te 1 tends quietly torelinquish power to. Santa Anna._
coal baSiO, thus forming the two boundaries. The ; Paredes: has limed a proclamation, referring
J ebel basin r 'in thisplaee is one mile. arid three -eighths 1 , •
' of, a Mild wide, . _ •• . • , • -
, ebiefilv to military affahs, but containing an au:
The Ceal veinsbefore enumerated, No. 1. to No: thorization of the issue of letters, of mark against
11. inclusive are at Tamaqua within the space of, American commeree,• every preparation is iteing
1
• 570
The same range of Coal veins et Silver Creek on .
the 'Valley Furnace estate, occupy a Space of onelo to carry on the war with activity', and Aimee
. 1
ta in Mexico, no talk of treaty or of a terminenott,
mile. , 1 , • • i , i -' of the war.. ' 1 -
' W. F. ROBERTS, There hi also news from Alatainora , up to the
Engineer of mines, - Philadelphia. .1. ~ ,- ~ , .
,„, ,
. . Stn inst.,. The 1 cautatcerit ate sodomy' , from
( To be , Continued.)
i 1 St claiess, nal the whole arm y was to he willed on
the 10th inst:at Camaro.'•..
•. - ' •
News .fiaS reached that a detachment:lg. Arid,-
r lery has taken possession of. the . ..city of Mier un
resisted. I Before long we may % expeet4o hear
that Gen i 1
Taylor has ,reached Saltillo when, if
I
ever, the lilexicanswill give him battle. '.- ' i
I .
- The last ne ws from Mexico gives an' aeef ant! , 1
'of the marching of Paredes lowaribi. l MOriterey at
475 87
62' 1 1 00
X 1582 "87
I
S4B 00
621 00
145 88
.
• COrresnandenceof the Miners' Journal. , .!
' . ! Niw l ia ‘ kric,..,, August '24th, 1.846.
I .
' Dear Banrian : —The i
enclosed extract of a let-!
Mi . froini Newport, was handed to me this morning!,!'
by. an old friend, who, at my request, furnisherill
me with ! ii, tor l iyeur invltuable paper; but will,'
anything that can be said, '4en the eyes of poor,'
deluded - Penniylvania, or will the new quirribu s e'!!
of the ..:Urtion,',', the rascully organ of the traitor . I !
'Walker,'rignin 'Lleeii e the honedfarmers andl
workingmen ;. ion th 11 be made to swallow the •!
idea l that the Arty • intend next session of Con- -;!
d'ress, to incren the duty upon Coal and iron sr!
It.cannat be dorleAlthe •fice trade party will not !
I
Vote fejt. inelt 4
surelv. the martufacturim , interests ti
t 1
will• not eupport,jit; they woidd be worse titan mad
men. to'.vote t.' - t protect 'Pennsylvania 'interests,
When she itas,beeri the sole cause of destroying
them i hut would it be right, in her, to vote to in
erea.se the . duty ,up'on coal and iron'! Most (AT-
V:dilly ".not, for if they can'get the Nova Scotia and
j'ictou coal, at thellow rate, (I am satisfied they
cnn,) under the British tariff of traitor Walker,
they
.tvill , be better i.Vilhout our Anthracite:, !and
-Whit the saving in' the price of coal, add •the' re
duce/on of ICtige4 which must follow - as 'a matter
of course, they may be able to keep their machtn
cry in operatioreoptil a mere American r feeling pre'- -
. Veils. and the people demand; as I haveModoubt
'they will, ereptal of this infamous tariff.v Let,'
therefore. the watchword be repeal; let the miner
cry teperd; let tH farmer ay repcal,li; ht eve ,
cv 11111 that loves his counir,y more than E 'gland;
, cry repeat, aorl.inY word fol , ,it, the trailers v(ill be
driven from powit by an initi , ed and insult d pen::
+ple. '..1 will close with an aMerldte that I %ish an
eye witness to; a Loeofoco asked 'aßritish i iport•
er, , how he liltellie new tariff; lie. replied, , like
It very moth, I am an Englishman and tin' . fin.
• 'porte , !; : o f Bri ishigoodo, but'l am 'astonished that
7
you, who ar an A merieam ean he pleased with il k .,
• for, if the English Parliament had ifrhmed the bib -
and passed it, instead of an Amerienti.Coneress. it
'could not have suited me better, ail& so says the
hforitreal paperS.'l \,Yours. &c., : •.; N.
-
, Extract of a letter dated i . i
' ' - .I‘i•E'il'etiit'r, R, 1., Aug. f2lst, -- !46. !
' l The tariff of !46 is beginning.. to do its work
in this quarter.! I We bear of f Hums of cotton
spinnets. and Printers of calicoes at. Providence
''and-Fall Itiver,i and I learn fr ja a ieliable source;
'that diSjrust is :so
,general in the mariufactories,i
,
l and money so ugtit, thafmao and disastrous fail"
;ores aie anticipated outing the•Auturnn. a
li ti - lul he who le F opritry will not feel the baneful
etreets of this worsyact of Degincraw, before 8
• 'ior.9 months shallc4anse. Ttien we shall feel the;
:benefits of excessive imports, short revenues, .and
!the want of anadeqnate home market. to consume
the products of the soil, at compensating\rates• to
,
;the farmer. ThPvi we may expect that) Lhfithem
, locracyA the Ndith and West, will ni.ake the Bal
timore c.nserral l 've party. feel, that lit has made . a
~greatparty ;las .ke.l.: i • •
: ,
,
•
H ail .€.l - 11 . • iti , ill 11
• __....,,,
- THJ.: St7tIAR IN-FEREST.Tho New ! O r l ean sen
Tropic declares that the traifteif 1846 "destroy r i
the sugar interest or Lo'uislann.' ; The people there,,
then, must at the next elections , ign their death for
1 heirsngar." There is no other way of remedying
'the evil. . , . .1 . .. 1 . ..
. -
It is stated in fc v era I of the papere that the Lew
istoivn Bank, in . Pennsylvania, haS suispended.-
Look Utit for tlie note:4! , ~,,
..„
r .
lit:No us. Errior,.—Messrs. Nit and Dallas
were hung ioleffig,yat Pittaliorgycin the 13th inst.
'lll'S Cant: E'r. —The NiVashin t ton Tinion'says:
iablid• rumor is ieemin; with c ,, hintges in the Cab
et. We are advii=cd of nothing about them..
A v.oie wsstaken at the recent election in Indiana.
whether a Convention . should be• Called to revisit
the, Constitution, and decidoil-by.o;small majority
in the 'affirmative. . ' .
. _ .
The Quincy (filin9is) Whig\ofthe 12th inst.,
says—"Wia havi: much reason to helieVe that the
Whigs have elected three of the seven Cotigress
"men, vis: Lincoln, Knox, and Smith. Only one !:
the British mantifacturers
tend tp preSent Dallas with a set of plate.—:
with this insctitition—“Prom the liolilers of the,
Engl;sh 'National Debt; to their riblitical,SaviOur
in A moire, G u. M. DALLAS—P...ng,lanrl7:4 Pet. •
All the names' in Col. §eCcemon'slCalifwnia
Toliintrer arc getting otit writ, of haheas corpus,
imilidisconsolate fathers and agonized inotlierS
carrying off ihe wee ciimposing
.this original and.uocfuo army.
. A firrtoight uCn. Monday night-tho 'trains on
the Erie R 3 i11,92L1 were stopired by gms.yhoppers--
there being 'such riumbers . of them oii 4 the track ns
to.grease it as !-ffeeivally as though harl bee
placed on the *track. -
Mu. WI tt.t (thrse.teE) SAwyr.it has not'
been renominated for Congress:: His,own courtly
. went' for him but the rest of the District clicfse Mr.
William Armstrong.
/art D. SIJOIM. of . the. New, York, Globe,
having banged a • wey at the. Tariff of '42 with
considerable effect. hay, it is said. been appointed
X.:onset-to ono! of the .Barbary Powets. :
GEN. GAINESCIXCITTF,D.L . -111E:' President
has approved.of , the (feet:don of the:, Court of In
quiry relative to the conduct of Gen. Gaines. -
The court disapproved of some of trisects and up=
prove of others. • Ills calling out of volunteers
after thwarriyal of Gen. Taylor's vie.tories is, one
- 01' the dilipploved. In conclusion, in considera
tion ot the patriotism of the . General, the court
recontinVeded that the case be dismissed.
The•D. B,ship, Guinberland. while proceeding
to attack the Mexican vessels m tlM.ltio Alvarado,
wheri aground en a coral reef cu` 1 ... :1 the Chops,
near Antonio Lizardi, but was got oir Without any
material trijoiy. ' • . .
It appears that the reeentboarikbfntollicers
convened nt Washington, did not appr of SCE
rotary .ilutieroft's 'plan of titerstrzughiiN their
brethreti'withotit trial, but , ilecided, If 'anything
f tere,wrorig in an officer, sp as to . unfit hint
..r...promotion, the .Pllent,ihould Order the mat
ter tebeinvestigated o enl,Y; not In• secret vizi
dare. , • • ' ~• - .. 1
• Gee Zacliariah Taylor 'Boa been committed to
prison in Idaltiinore, forlociiting h s wife. - We
take it for l gianted, that ihe person. alluded to a'
trot a.Gene 11l of the' aline name. • .. '•, •
.—T
'lnv. (7.l,reorisliA EXPEDITIONhe .New
. . .- .
York corresprindent 'of tho,P.hiladelphis Noitti.A
.merierm says-:t•Much.disappointrzient and dissit
iifiCtiOia-440trifen a' the - volunteers, and some 60
or 70 of them have deserted. If the life in corn;
fortable ciliirtegs thus discourages these heides,
what will , hey'do when it comes to real campaigni'
DIENS TO !THE , VICE ,P9,Einirivr.—OeoTge
hi., Dallal'i accepted an invitation to a - public din
ner' at W rrenton Springs , t Va., which took place
on Thursi ay last. i . Tro t : free trado•-iptetest no
it
,doubt wilt hank Wafer his vote. , - -r, ' '
-• 11 ! ~
1111
(116 head of a largtt farce; and of the reluctant;
, 1
installation of Gen: Brit ,. :o asyre-jdrilt pro, tem
• PHILAIItq.I4IIA LEDGk:II.
We hear-the question asked' half.? dozen times
a day, why this journalAm organ, it ;callaltself of
the workingmen" of the lountry, ca:prates Free
Trade! This. is a question easily en veered. The
principle of tbe.Ledger;noW and:always has l‘en
mi
•ake moneys!! We' ;understand' [pat the.icsoh
lishment consumes in its Taper, jqbhing, &c of
the °Ohm, ,seventy:-6 - ve — rearns I .er 5y the
prostration of buSiness it can sax. pfty cents a
ream on its pt.per i -what would he itc induc l eMent?
fo act insit decal
COsi of 75 i.eamsredueekto 50 cts.per day $37 50
Including Dollar weekly l. , ' per %%.e4, 262 10
Per annum, • , 13,650.00,
Some will say :their. business will, •bo' etre( ted,
-s
-but.as-ati offset to that; will they dol l gai‘vat least
as much by the reduction of wages !about' thia
tablishment, andl heincreased value of money in'
hard times, • the.vchole Prvecd of the establishment
baing'in cash ", ' •
It would' be rather surprising nowthaf the : Led-,
ger teen, whelitiow.th?ii interest and always per ,
sue it, should ae.i'otherivise. The wonder is that
Men, whose tritdists tre.'directly opposite, should
aid them in- - thuti, bringing about suchlitate of.
'lt is 'also whispered that une_of
- r;
Washington eiirresporttlents. is closely connected
With the interests of Mr. ilalhoun, which.may. sc.;
count for. the Southern Free-trade .tendency of
;his lucuhrstio s,
Tux Stco - vn , ,l`itAyit..--It" is repotted that „the
Secretary or the l'reaSury has se.nt-)i! circular at
caily iiciii);l:,toithe Collector at'Philadelphia
directing him techai,t,e duties on frr:ight , also, un
der the new .I!afiff,,ivliich takes etreit on thti first
of December next.. As the freight al bt
adritle on a ton'.'of articles, of value
I -
Much iipportane—but on Coal. wht
is equal 'to the. cost of the article on
'item of great importance, and woul'
.ble'the 41uty„ e
But the layv direitly the reverse,
:and if the Seerdtary; puts tlMt construellunon tt,
:all the fluties mill he Paid under protest, and the
Courts., which interpretthelaw:Will order, them to
ho refunded. If true, it is only a trick of the Sec:.
rotary ro influence dr. ielectMns thisi 611 in Tenn-
Sylvania—and we mt4t confe'ss that we are stir
prisCrl that-the: government would leri.d, itse.f to
sutth a disreputable'
.proceeding." If those' who
' Were deceived - into the belief. that;Pollt.was as
:mod a Tariff man 34 Clay, now are prepared to
believe this sectmil fraud, we can only apply to.
them the language 8f the veiled eroldret of
Kiro
rassau, who, after-he had torn off thCkialtfen
and exposed hitrisel i f in aff his hideous deformity
to his miserable folrow a rs, exclaimed :
could 1111 flu l pe.s H arui virting, and yd are.
Is it enough 7 orr oast I. white a thrill • .
•
Lives in your Ira ierit b.siurn. shout you still ?"
CIL0101:+3 OF WEAiltEll.
should be rememberifd that a 'coug h is always an "'NI.-
dence that some impurity
ntrity is lodged in the lung which
if,not speedily removed,w.ill thot.t. assuredly SO irritate
those delic#e organs stn briag on inflanitn.ition.of the
lungs—a rWeasi.: whit s e all know is therhigh=road to
Consumptinii, '
Wrighrs'lndian P - 4getable Pi—
best medicines in the iworld for
cause they: purge front the Choi
which are the cause
of breathing, watery} a nir
rheumatic pains in variaiispari
(ober dangernus.complaltith.:'
di,in -Veit: table 1911 s, takicitat n
in all rases give reliert . and. it
Ed T. few'tirn,, , , the blood will lii
digestion will be iinproved am
eel to even sounder health thai
for sale in Pflttsville,'lly T
the proprietor, aticlthe other a
II
11 - EALTII! G. nr,ssE HEALTH , . Thou art
above all gold and treasure ; 'tis thou who enlarges!
the soul--and imeueth all its p were to receive instruc- ,
lion and to relish virtue. lie hat has fhee; has irttle _
more to wish for; and lie that s sogreiclunt as to have
thee not, wants every thing h side. Let us he thank
ful Brandreth's Pills will give s health'—gettlferrtfiese`
blessed Pills, which, a century's use: has fully estab
lished to be the hest Medicinel , vcr bestowedmpon mon.
Foi,tlic prevailing colds and c Tighe, they witi be found
every thing that medicine is e, polite orimpaiting.
• ar Sold at Brandreth's Principal oflice,2llllroadWai.
N.Y., and, by the following authorized agents in Seim!-
, kill 't,skunty, -, . 11 -s . •
Pottsville ; W. tlnrtimore r New Castle,. - George
Reifsnyder), Port Clinton, J.lthbhthold& Co.; 0fW,1.15-
burg, E. &' E. Hammer; Sc , tiuylkill Haven. Charter(
,
liuntzinger ;--And by one as. ,nt in every plate of im
portance, throughout the world. ~ , 1
' cc)>The: .MARION RI I LE RAWERS Will
assemble .at their Amory, on, .Nlonday
,nPkt, the
jtst of Aug ust, at . .g, Ato*, P. M., for parade,
in summer uniform, 1.6 "command.
' ' :- WII9B7ICtHNSON, lsf.S'ergt.
, .
q-' TUE: I . etfilicia , of Pllf i re.Kl LODGE •will meet
Kr" nn Monday Evening if g. 3144,. nt 8 o'elo6k.
.ingnat 22,1846: _ ] i , i .21., -
0 UR, *Mei Rii
corakucTED CARE,FULLV,
Dozen
1.11;
Wheit Flour, • per 11b1. li 50. : • : Plenty
Rye - do- .. 325 to 3'50 Plenty
Wheat i bilshtil '25, .2 Scarce
Rye O5 in 'TO do
, . ,
Coro . . Gif {' J . do
•Oate '35 ' do •
Potatoes new. 50 1, do
Timothy Seed,. 2=50 i' ' .- do
Clover' • 'l' .4 50 i . - , Scarce
Ems `l2 l. 1 Scarce
,flutter •• • , 10 to'.: • Plenty
.
',flacon ' ''' i , 7 to / 1 3. do
,Ilams. ' 4' , ...* -19 • , do
;Planter- ' - Ton , 690 - '
i ) Plenty -
Ilay I. ;" 15 tlll ' do •
DraedPeadhcspared Rosh. 250 ~ - r do
titled do unpaved . "_, .1 50 ' •
... jio Anntes'nared e l '
. ,
-stiatars . Notice. .
1101Yrier, ,18 hereby giy!e n . that i.etters of Arlatinistra
tion were this day granidd by the Register.of
and fur granting of Lettere cif Administration, for the
county of Schuylkill, unto the-subscriber, open the.
state of Jacob Zlegenfus, Into of the Township of
Barry. now decealed. 'All peisons indebted to said es
tate, and all persons having demands against the same
are reguesibd4o call on thenubscrihe rfor settlement.
••J. 11.24,EIGIENFEIS.
' ?Pottsville, Attirdst 2141,1846. • • . 3'.35-6t,
r
'
CHEAPEST : PI THE WORI/p---!
12 1-2 cits. 4 per pound, s'w4olesaie.
, • '
J. J.: RICTIIkDSOY, ;,
. s -
110.42, Market. strea, Philadelphia, takes *alig n .
' in 'informin g the inahlic, that he still continneslO
• sell his very, superior Steam Refined Candy,at the low
p r i ce o r 812 20 per 100 pounds, and theAuality laving •
:to any manufactured in ;ha United States. .
: lig ,also offers all kinds of goods in the Confection. 4
cry and Fruit line. atcorrespomting low prices, arguick
•sates nod small profits arc the cadet of the day.. -
Call or send your:orders, and you cannot flirt° li
satisfied. Don't tenet the Nunitter, 42 Market swat, '
.Philadelphia. i , : - .
•
• J. J. RICIIARDS6N.
Philada., !tgust l2oth, 1916. •
• 33-3tu
LIFE INSURANCE CO*Figui ,
N&: 11, *Ai, STREET , NEW VBBK. -
•••• ROBERT 1.. PATTERSON," Prmdent:
BENJAMIN C.:. 3111.1.ER—Setretary,
JO: EPII I.• Agrnti: • •
. ,
D. DA NN.kN, Aeent for Schuylkill county. • '
JAMES Si pAItPEN TER, M. D., Medical Elan -liner
rvIIIS Institution is bused on the Mnival principle,
' I
and only cominenced business on the first of Nay,
ISIS. and during. the first year issued the. unexanipN •
number of 1701 . Policies, on. which •the Tremiutos in
No c:.; lid Cash ainounkted:to,fr. 4,q) 2.s,while the 'egre t
during ine.same period, iihounted tO only 87000 _
thtu
saris^ no ample slim for security the first year of iti
estaldishment. •: ,
'l'ite followintt are some of the advantages secured.'
'by insurance in this Chtupany : : . •
• •
Ist. Those in good health, of the proper age , and of
sound constitution, will be insured at.tbe lowestlate of
preinturnk : •". •• •
.d. Tito premium if.over,Ss9; can be paid OTlC.fourili
-in cash; and three-fourths', in a secured note at 11 ,
months, bearing 0 per cent. interest, and subject tic.
aeseosineufs
nionthlr or quarterly'.
r s e ' 7o t .;
6prroitit't s may bec
IP;•Cder"ii.fle'rekntleY:t
which bear f per rent, interest, and ,if rectuired a Ink
of tworthiril, on the Scrip will he made in cash,ortfic
profits can he .added in inrrea,m.the Euifi and
after the ouplu of years, if 11 - e profits are left to attn.
nuilate• they trill amount to double ortreble, or more,
of the stunfinsured.
4th. No nersons rare liable beyond the , auto int of
their prernihms,. . .
tith.• Married 'woolen may. insure the likes of tlnit
husbands, secure front arty demands of their creditors,..
if - the preminin.does not exceed :too per annum. .
• Oth. Creditors may insure their debtors ;.• or debtors
theinstlVes, for the protection of creditors,
7th. An Insurance Candie made so that the, sum hue
'red Will P 1341. 4 ,11 on attaining n specified age, or sooner
in the eVent of death., I
Alt claims 'on policiec will be paid threernonths
4WPirll n .geraken.on tin! tune life dxrcerflin
f,of 'death..
ate
anitoinfof ri,k on a singte life willtieTia•(rually exten.
I n t N i t n oie til isa t r lie aiirplus io.'6-50.pc0 ;• I h or ,
deft as the fit nsts of the Company augment.
10th. 'No:Director or Officer ca.i obtain a loan of the
`Company. ,
I llli When the net profits , of the Compa ny arnoi 7 n ,
In 42+11.0.)0. excesg,.will, - Ent applied towards tilt , es
detnption of Scrip. giving priority In that:firtt: issued ;
but theititiintt o(,s - .2011,1,/tt, in 'addition to the reintit
ranee fund, wlll'he kept as a permanent In: d, in which
the mentherkhave a in,/ raft interest.
,12th. The, funds of the CompanyWY be invested by ,
the,Finance etzmmillite in bonds and first inortgnes on
unencumbered real estate. th'e actUal value of tvhkh
is'..tw ice the a mon itt loaned—or in stocks of the United
States, or of the States ,of New VOrk, New Jersey,
Mas3actfdsetts and Maine, or. loaned in members an
•
their'Scrip,
13th,' No part of the nrofirs'is withheld, or diverted
from tile roisu red in any way. ;
lath.? Thi , re is no 'stock, or Malt, either nominal or
real, to pay' interest for; the company having ample
capital in the premiums received. • • „;,
• Path p . enables❑ wail to provide for a wife aatl!cliit.
iqn; in such, a way, that althemeh he may loosb
then ,cafc- , -and all ,persons whether married or ut::.
niartfed, to provide for - oleage, sickness and whin, ai
welhas for death,
IGtit:, does'hi3 reckon the assured a year older than
he il—but (font niuntlis7e,s7 to six monats more, so as
to et tialize ttm same het weed tilt parties. 2
porti in of the directors and the °dicers-are
clips:en yearly, and the mernhera vote according to in
terest., '
19th. The aoe!!red can ?ugender the policy at an;
time aftet a term oP 3ears, and xcceire its 4uitable ral
uc, •
[Vtli. f l:verk precaution taken to•prev
ure of-policy:,
.1 The sitl.m.'riber has receive d the A geney,
'tinny; :tn is. now prepared. to effect 16,1
I.lveu. iu acc,crilance. %villa the provieionel,
pans. Pamphlets selling forth .the advan
Insitra,fice, and any otter inforruaiinn ca
troth BENJ. BANK. 1 1
A Itgth.t.
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necessary to adapt it to the wants of ll
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ifith.Messis. Chambers, have Been' togive what may ha
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nemile generally, liht , ther enjoying the means of ari l .
. 4ilnihnstruction or.m.t.
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..-arc Wee subjects• wit Oz. re'ril be. treated, arc
I
Astronomy, ; . 'The Whale- , - .
Geology, . • ~ ' Whale Fisheries, , i I
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Geography. ' , Conee , afire • .'
Physical history of Mao, Ilopds.canals,
Ancient Ilizdory—Egylit, Railways, [ .. - , :
. .. ~
'Arabia-Petrtea. • • . .00ingY, .. •
History of the ,news—Pal= 'Acctiunt °fate Human bo.,
, estinc, ~ . qi. - . 1
Iliklory of Greece and VegetableT.hysiology;
:Reuse,. - , Botany'. , ', • - ,
Historyttftlie Middle Ages, Natural Theology, -
ilisvry of Grt.M.Britain & liiithry-of the Bihle—. - . .
IPeland, -- •• • . ChristiahitY,
Constitution •and Resour. Privtc, thutes of Life, ..
M.s of the British Empire, Public andidocial Duties
Descriptions of • 'of Life. ', i , -
, England, London, Life and Ma xims,of Frank
'Scotland, Ireland, .' - •lin,
Bri,tl4.h America, United PreseriatiOn of Healt , .
AND CATCHINO
.
'UM pieo ne i :of the'very
r carrying off a Cold; be
)l4ly those mochni,lottnnm
1, cousumpt,init. ditliculty
&el
hmed_ey ore throat,
b of the 141, and many
Three or four of said I n-
Licht opining to bed, will
f the inedicitnt he repeat
completely [unified, the
, the body will be-re, , tor
n heford
rV. BEATTY , arena for
eras in SrtnylkiliConii-
ILLIAM WRIGHT,
VOA Ilik; JoURN4L
• '
STEAM ItFF EID SUGAR CANDIES,
MUTUAL . BENEFIT '
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