foreign countries would take tram tts Varna : 46es
o ranch as' they near t ied but inPliostrl4e whig
his always happened. that by low duties you
break *meant] parities your own national Was.
tty, export specie, involving the country in
ruin and aPtel• destroying both exports and
imports, the what! Instead of 5900,000.000,
yout exports s t ud imports will sink down to less
- • than two and gall' the ordinary amount. ' - Ent
M
r. Walker further; he says, by adopting
' • absolute ind unqualified
~free.trade, resorting, of
coarse, to direct taxation for revenue—levying
'the taxes onthe Anocriecm• people (naked of fur.
cign goods—Mr. Walker says we would ‘S mar
sum our annual trade in imports and exports - by
thousands of triages ! Wbt can but smile at
• such insanity ran mad.. Mr. Walker might . mea•
sure his imports by , 4 titousandsi of millions" if he
hid money to pay for them, but when be tells us
that the whole of the specie in the United States
does not exceed ninety millions of dollars, not.
enough to pay foe One months' imports under bie '
free.trarle system, how long would it last I 'Mix
free trade" engine would blow out beforelt got
fairly ender way. Our imports may depend, `upon
oureolves, but our exports depend upon t he dispo.
video of foreign countries to purchase; and they
will not purchase from us when they can supply
themselves. If Mr. Walker can devisee plan to
c rea t e a famine or the potato rot joy Europe, he
. may, to some extent, carry out his theory, but not
otherwise. ' We can purchase as moat its we
please While we - have money or credit; but like
the reckless spendthrift, when these are•gone, we
mast quit, and go to work, or starve. Mere is
~bat ono way in which Mr. Walker's pilaf' of mak.
fog our exports amount, under "free trade," to
thousands of millions," and that is the plan, no
doubt, ho has in view. That is, to export our
ore and coal to England, and bring it back in bar.
iron, axes, hoes, shovels, needles, and anchors.
- - 'Export our wheat and corn, and bring it bock in
flour ;.or whet is worse for ar and better for them,
• worked up iirkeitiy manufactures. Send them
our hogs, and" bring them back in 'Brilogna sau
sages. Send them our raw hides, and bring
them back in leather; shoes, gloves, &c. • Send
them our wool at 50 cents per pound, and buy it
again at ten times that amount, in cloth—paying;
not only for the wool, but for the - fiweign labor;
. and' the profits of foreign capital employed in id
manufacture._ Send ten dollars worth of rate
- material and buy it back withthe addition of one
" hundred dollars paid to foreign labor for working
it into goods, while our own labor is left without
money and without employment. I see it stated
that one dollars worth of iron, made into main
- springs of watches, is worth $20,000; and this is
ell labor and its substance.
Snch is Mr. Walker's theory of "free-trade"
' c arried out to its practical results—this, he says,
would give employment to all our ships., Yes,
sir, and with the same propriety he mi•- • antici
a western Pdausylvanin farmer to load wage
with wheat, and take it to Kentucky to be gound,
and bring back his fluor to keep his team em
pluyed—w bat would the farmer say to Mr. Walk
er's proposition? '
But, ear, I wish to present another, and a more
important view, in connexion with this subjectof
"free trade," which Mr. Walker regards as the
greatest blessing that could be bestowed upon
" the people of this country, and especially upon
the laboring people-"'the toiling millions" as he.
calls them, in whose prosperity and welfare he
if seems to take such especial interest; be speaks
of increasing their "comfort, education,and hate,-
ligence,".of "enhancing wages of mechanics and
toiling workmen," 'blessing them with incrensed -
prosperity."
Now, I undertake to say, and to demonstrate,
that just the reverse of all this .would be its con
sequences ; and I submit the matter to the en
lightened judgement and decision of the Amer
ican people. 'I say that, instead of inhancing
wages and increasing the "prosperity, cornfOrt,
education and intelligence" of "the' Milia n , " mil.
• lions," it would degiade them, in every depart
ment of industry, to the miserable - condition of
the pauper and serPabor of Europe, subsisting
• themselves and families on oshilling a
.
Break' down the walls of protection, repeal
the tariff, open your ports, establish free trade,
and let in the products of foreign j 24 cents aday
labor, and American labor must quit work and
• give up their markets till our money is all gone;
the n o ur mechanics and workingmen must come
down, and work as cheap as they do. Is not
this inevitable?. and" these are the blessings Mr.
Walker has in, reserve for the dear people, "the
• voters," "thetoiling millions." Mr. Walker says
in his Report, that "freight," with steam and
modern improvements, amounts to little or noth
ing; that duties are the only thin" that prevents
from taking free and fu ll. possession of
our markets, and in this he is right for once; they
'will take possession of ourmarkets till American
labor, mechanics, and all, come down and work
fo'r,a shilling a day. Is this not perfectly clear
Can it be doubted or denied? For illustration:
suppose in Baltimore manufacturers and mechan
ics hire workmen at 25 cents tti.day, and here in
Washington they pay a dollar, will not the Balti
moreans se ud down their goods,hati r shoes,elothes,
everything, undersell the. batters and others here,
end Must they not either give up business, or
bring theirlabor.down to the Baltimore standard.
They may buy as long as they haVo money, but
when their 'money is all gone, they mind work.;
cheap or starve. The only difference between
F.umpo andlialtimoreis the "freight," which Mr
Walker says is now but a slight impediment to
imports.. Such would be the ultimate effects of
• "free trade" on American labor.
' The great object and office of a tariff is topro•
test high and prospemffslabcir against the ruin
ous effects of free competition with low-priced
and depressed labor. Low labor wants uo pro
tection against high labor, but high must be pro
tected against the
_low, or by free competition,
brought down to its level. This result Col
lows just as certainly the removal of a wall
which separated two unequal bodies of water,
would bring the ono down to the level of the
other. Proclaim "free trade," open your ports
to the productions of thepauper and self-labor of
Europe, working forten cents a day, and What
follows? in ponrsthCir goods, and out pours your
money; goods Some in and money goes out till it
•is all gone; then we must mrikeeur own hats,
shoes; and clothing, or go without. And this is
the way in which - Ali. Walker. his "model Presi
- dent." and the advocates of "free trade," would
"increase the wages,' and promote the "comfort,
education, and intelligence" of. the American
people—by degrading them to the condition,
:moral and physical, nod, in the end, the political
condition, too, of the paupers and slaves of
foreign despots. Him could American freemen
live on a shilling a day? flow could they edu
cate their children, who would Le obliged to
work from tlie cradle:to the•grave nnfitted to
be free, they would become sub j ects and slaves.
Depress one class, and you or course elevate
another- - 4.put down the many and yeti build up
the few—first you establish a nobility, and next a
king. ' I submit, would not such be the tenden
cy, if tint the end, of "free trade," auTiettent .
to its final reSalts! Yet this is "democracy," the
modern "prbgressiVe. democracy." as preached
and practiced by Polk and his patty. •
- • -
But this is not all. . The duties levied on
foreigners to ; protect our laboring men, furnish
nearly the whole revenue for the support of Gov
ernment. But establish "free trade," and you
not only release the foreigner and his goods from
all taxation ,but yo u transfer the bu rdens to you own
inmoverisheil .people—you appoint swarms of
tax-gatherers to harrass and plunder thein—to sell
their last caw, and _take the last bite of .bread
from their children, to support your wars, your
standing armies, tax-gatherers, lords,princes, and
pensioners . . The revenue collected from protec
tive duties heretofore levied on foreign goods
was felt, not as a burden, but as a blessing and
benefit in the protection and prosperity they gave
to the national industry ; but repeal these duties,
- paid by foreigners for thiprivilege of selling their
goods in our markets, open your ports, crush
yoni labor, inundate your country with foreign
productions, and then resort-for revenue to direct
la.retion, and you ennve.rt a blessing into a bitter
curse. But ibauk God tho remedy is in the sands
of the people! I leave Mr. Walker and free
. traJe with "the voters," the "toiling Millions," to
settle the matter in their ovvit`way.
Mr.' Walker' says, "it wilt soon become an
axiomatic truth, that all tariffs are a tax upon
labor and wases"—nn American labor-i-a small
mistake ; if he 'had said a tax upon foreign labor
fdr the protection and encouragement of.4wericats
labor, he would have been right. This is a small
blunder. He will no doubt revise and correct
it in his next essay on the beauties of "free trado."
But Mr. Walker boosts that his report of 11145,
/published in England by order,of Parliament,
"accelerated, if it did not produce the repeal of
• the corn laws." Thiii is another blunder. -The
corn laws were only suspended . till Mr. Walker
.repealed tho odious ants-British tariff* of 1342.
That accomplished, and the famine over, the
corn laws go into operation, again on the lit of
Maieli, sliding scale and all. But Mr. Walker
.14a he has not only converted great Britain, but
,Lobs staggered all Europe. Hear him .1 Hear
`liime' ,s "Fmrice, Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy,
r_rossis, Switierland, Bonnet; Belgium, Den
mark. Sweeden, and even Chlna have moved, or
are vibrating or preparing to move in favor of
the same great Principle ; another blunder, these
nations, or roost of 'them, to far from relaZing ,
are increasing or strengthening their_protentive
systems, wherever their markets are likely to be
Invaded by foreign umaufa ctaresteomlngin Corn
petition with' their own. But who told Mr.
Walker they were "vibrating or prep ar k g t o
mover , They May vibrates Mite to amuse Mr.
Walker, and induce him to take our duties off
their goods, and fie has done It. And what brie
[:bey done 7 ?Jobbing-.nothing at all. They
areovilstutin4," but their tariff vilnatiotus all go
up, Instead of deism, While they laugh at Mr.
Walker's simplicity.
LABOR, ire IMPORTANCE 1111 D VALUE.
Bat, above all, I beg you to protectand cherish
your national industry; to protectand sustain it
against the efforts of its, enemies, foreign and
domestic, to break it down. Labor .lies at the
very found of the national prosPenty- 10,
bonin every department—in the fields,
in the
workshops, in the factorietheris' kit and pro
serie• it as the great element of your national
wealth and independence. When labor pros
pers; all other interests prosper—when labor is
depressed, all other interests mint suffer and
sympat .• • with it. •
NV bat, isidlothercapital compared with the =mi
-1 tal of_labor. Estimate your labor at one of
y ou r population,say two millions of laboring men;
If they earn but $lBO per year, this is equal to the
interest of a capital of $3,000 per annum at 6
per cent. Which, multiplied by two millions, the
number of laborers, makes oar labor capital
equal to Biz thociscract millions :of dollars; and
this is the great element of power and wealth
and prosperity that Mr. Walker would sacrifice
and degrade to the wretched astolition.of Euro
pean labor, by his miserable (policy of "free
trade"—compelling the Americans to work as
cheap as. they do in Europe, or give up their
markets and their money to foreigners.
• As, then, you value-the virtue, liberty, and in
dependence of yourcountry, I beseech you pro
tect and defend' yourlabor from the ruinoto
effects of foreign competition. I call upon the
laboring men—the voter. of the rand—to come
to the rescue, to protect themselves ; the power
is their own hands, let them exert it for their
own tecurity and defence., I know what it is to
labor—l come from the ranks of the laboring men
—I feel for their interests, and I
_sympathize in
their sufferings; and when I desert them, may
Heaven desert me.
THE INCONSISTENCY AND DESTRUCTIVE
• POLICY OF POLE AND HIS PARTY.
MC. Walker next speaks, of his great horror of
paper money. "The calathities which must fol
low an inflated paper currency.'' Nothing is
more injurious,
he says, than the expansions,
contraction*, an d fluctuations of the paper system."
This "perilous and seductive system,' says Mr.
Walker, leads to the excessive importation of for
eign go ods, (the very thing he has been advoca
ting,) end drains our country of its specie, produ
cing immense sacrifices;- and , depressing the in
dustry of the whole country; acid this eloquent
denunciation of paper money and its_ ruinous ef
frets is made at the very moment that he is issuing
millions and tens of millions of paper money •in
the form of Treasury notes, podia now calling on
us to authorize the issue of some eighteen or twen
tymillions more of this miserable "paper money,"
which', be say', is so disastrous to every national
interest. How. does Mr. Welke' reconcile this
glaring inconsistency ? What are Treasury notes
but paper money t Worse than bank paper, be
cause less valuable in the money markets of the
country. Mr. Walker boasts that last year be re
ceived and paid out forty-eight millions of dollaiv,
all in spee:e. Now, sir, let him issue fifteen or
twenty millions of additional Tresiury notes, and
next year he will not receive and pay out one init.
lion in ercie; air, it will expel specie from the
country; this depredated paper money. Treasury
notes, will fill op the channel of circulation at
home, and specie will go end is going abroad to
pay for foreign goodr.
With nothing but depreciated Treasury notes,
evnlinental money, how is Mr. Walker to get on
with his specie-pay ing etib-treasury ? He is bound
by law to pay in specie, and has scarcely a dollar
of specie in his vault,. He will 1w obliged, by
,his own mad measures. to came here very soon
and beg Congress to relieve him from the ruinous
effects of his own favorite policy, by repealing the
sub-treasury and the tariff of 1846. Treasury
nt tea are now one or two per cent. under par, and
declining.. Mr. Walker: will `of course, receive
nothing else (or revenue. Who wi:l now pay
him one dollar in specie? As long as Treasury
notes were above par, the Treasury of course re
ceived nothing ,but specie . ; but when -Treasury
notes go down below pin, then every - man pays in'
Treasury notes, twc.suse'they are worth le.is than
specie, and the TreaSuri to Sound to receive them
at par ; the Treasury; therefore, will not have a
do tar of spi de in 'its vaults r ani of course, its pa
per. like any other non-specie-paying bank, must
depreciate.
What gives value to paper money? Converti
bilily—couvertibility into Specie on demand.
What is yciur suh-treasury hut an overgrown gov
ernment bank, issuing millions and tens of mill
ions of paper money, without a dollar to redeem
it? A. vast non-specie-paying bank, with its pa-,
per depreciated, perhaps 15 er.2o per cent. If
the issue of Treasury notes should greatly exceed
the amount absorbed in payment of the revenue,
as they vPill, if you increase their issue to the
extent proposed, they most not only sink, as they
have dime, but they will go down greatly below
par. How are yon then to pay your creditors?
. Must they take your depreciated m's, when, by
your sub-treasury you promised them specie?
But they have no alternative, that or nothing. Is
it honest, is it right to force your brave, poor sol
diers„ your honest creditorr,your clerks, and hire
lingo, to take this depreciated rag currency? Is
it right to furce 'the poor soldier's wife to go to
the gaol -hearted broker to shave her pittance at
the rate of 15 or 20 per cent to enable her to buy
bread for her starving children ? To force your
contractors to do the Balite thing, to meat their, li
abilities for provisiims to - feed your troops in Mex
ico I They must take your depreciated paper at
par, or nothing. They mast submit toile loss,
nod be ruined.
Sir, .I can go fur no such injustice: no such vil
lianous policy as this. .1 will
.give the , Govern
ment the right to borrow and pay in good namtey;
but not to pay it inJts own depreciated and irre
deemable trfiper. I agre - e, sir, with Mr. Wryliter,
in much that he says about the disastrous effects
of the excessive issues of paper tmmey—its ruin
ous effects upon the national industry, its tenden
cy to induce excessive imports of foreign goods,
and the exportation of specie, which will alone
be received in payment abroad, leaving this
worthless paper money to fill up the channels of
circulation at home. I agree with Mr. Walker
in this, and I bold him to it.. I. call on him, in
this case, to practice what hopreache.i." -
But, this Administration goes by the rule of
contrary ; their theories and their measures are
always at war. When they preach economy, I.
look out for extravagance ; when they flatter the
people as the true sovereigns of the land,-then
comes a veto; when they cry peace, then look
out for war; when they say democracy, look out
for aristocracy; when they denounce paper Motl
ey, look out fur Treasury notes ; when they say
54 or 40 or fight, look out for "slink out" and 99;
whetrthey say no conquest, look out for all of,ttex
ico.
This policy Of the administration has been
more disastrous to the best interests of the coun
try, more dangerous to its harmony and its integ
rity. than that of any other that, has existed einem
the foundation of the Govermffent. Three years
ago, when this Administration came into power,
it fouhd the country peaceful and prosperous in
all its interests; and what is its condition now ?
The country has been governed by party and for
party. Unable to .re4ard their numerous and
hungry,partizans. this Administration has invol
ved the country in win. which enables it to sat
isfy the ravenous appetite of thousands ofits tyre..
shippers with high officers.: and fat contracts.
Peace will loosen their grasp on the peoples tress.
,ury.- Nothing but a failure of revenue—a want
of money — an empty Treasury, will givens peace,
and this powerful negotiator is near at hand.
But let us look back for a moment, what a con
trast is presented between the Whig and Locofoco
policy. When Mr. Van Buren came into posit-.
er he found a surplus of abbut 40 millions its the
Treas. - my; when he went out„: he left it about 40
millions in debt; and the revenues 10 or 12 mill
ions short of the expenditures, and ruin and bank
ruptcy national and individual iirevailin through
out the land. In this state of things, t%e Whigs
came into power in 1841 ; they passed the tariff
of 1842, and the prosperity of the country was re
stored, and the Treasury replenished as if by
magic. In the four years of its operation it paid
off nearly $40,000,000 of the principal and inter
est of the public debt, and itka year or two more,
after the entire extinguishment of the debt, it
would have left a surplus of 20 millions a year
for the improvement of our great rivers and, bar
bora; affording security to life and property, and
giving prosperity- and increased extent
,to our
vast internal commerce.
' But this bright and cheering prospect was sud
denly overcast by' the overthrew of the Whigs;
and the accession of the present Administration,
in 1845. Bee to what they have already brought
the country ! From a character and a credit so,
high as to command untold millions at a premi-
UM, they have brought it down so low, that they
are now unable, we are told, to' effect a loan of
some tenor twelve millions on any terms. Look
what the Baltimore Convention have done; that
convention . preicribed and dictated the policy of
this Administration , in advance—this was done
by an irresponsible caucus of artful and ultra poi
iticians; with Mr. Walkerattheir head. He, Mr.
Walker, made Balk and Dallas what they are ! he
built up this Administration; he now dictates its
policy, end governs its action. Yes, sir, that cau
cus extort,a - a . pltAe from their chief, and made
bias promise , in his' =wand, to carry otit their
dictation,' The first thing .was the annexatio
of Texas, resulting in war. Next, to arrest inter:
oat improvement, then adopt the Bub-treasury,
and finally; repeal • the tariff of 1842; what bas
followed t . Down goes Myelin° . and up goes the
rational debt at the Mani. twenty or th irty mill
tens a yew. thousands onmillions ives, and of
money wasted is &yelp. /and, and who knows
THE MINERS' JOURNAL, AND PO'I'TSVILI 3 E GENERAL ADVERTISER: 1
for what 1 Who can tell for what this war is
now p ose..Oted, or bow or when it is to end t
One thing, however, is very - certain; that it mast
demoralize our people, nivolie our country in an
enormous debt, result ing in ruinous and "poots•
ive taxation, and may end in the dissolution and
overthrow of our glorious Union itself; an event;
the contemplation of which must fill with honor
anddespair the hearts of the friends of freedom
throughout the*orld—a catastrophe which, may
God, in his infinite mercy, avert kom our beloved
country.
(For the Mien' Journal.]
Irra-Yerk,2l3 raosin.
Mr. Beal. Oannan..
• Dear your paper of the lllth inst. I
find a ruse and-libellous attackstpon the Forest
Improvement Company..
As I have from the commencement or the ex:
Warm of this Company been. one of the Mana
gers, and for the moat of the time the ,active
Manager in Scbuilkill Cot:lo7,lMay, be supposed
to know quite as much of the management of the
Forest Improvement Company as the "Coal Deal.
at" (1) who figures in your columns.
The Correspondence and Negotiaions with the
Mine Hilt and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Com
pany have been conducted by me, and It would
b e supposed that !should (on rea4jog your paper)
have some faint recollection of what passed be
tween us. bat really the facts are so much pervert
ed bi.your Correspondent that I did not recap-
Mse ray own negotiations although your Corres
pondent - seemed to quote from [wiener&
This is not the first time the Mine Hill and
Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company have at
tempted to divert public attention from themselves,
by endeavoring to raise a dust about the Forest
Improvement Company, Two years ago 'they
flooded 'Schuylkill County with Memorials to the
Legislature—asking them to appoint a Committee
to enquire into the management of the Forest
'lmprovement Company, alledging, as Inow, that.
the Company' as violatitig he charter: To meet
that Memorial I lent to the Chairman of the
Committee having it in charge, it copy of uur
charter, and urged the appointment of. the Com
mittee asked for in the artresaid Memorial.—
Then as 'now, the Mine Hill and Schuyllull Ha
ven Railroad Company bad an appl;cation pend
ing before the Legislature, and if this effusion of
"A Coal Dealer" (1) operates as effectually at
Harrisburg as did the aforesaid Memorial; you
may be assured the application for a rival Rail.
road,-will pass triumphantly. But I did not take
up my pen to attack the Mine Hill Railroad Qom
pony, much as tbey deserve 'it front sae.- They
have pursued a system calculated, as , they suppos
ed, for their own inter' at, and if they have made
mistakes they' must submit to the mutt.
addrras you, in-order publicly at once to deny
the truth of the allegations in your paper, in reli.
lion to the nvgotiations with the Mine Hill Rail-
road Company, and so far as I cap, with the Pee'
eat means at my command, place said negotiation
before the, public in its simplicity and truth.—
Fonunately your Correspondent has enabled me
so, by giving in bin article or date (Jan..
1843) for by recurring to a file of my letters,
written to a friend in New York in 1843, I have
placed my band on copies of two letters addressed
by me to Mr. let. Dundass, dated January 1843,
of which I hand you copies herewith.
The letter of the 4th January, 1843, *bows
conclusively that it was the commencement of a
Correspondence. That which I had previously
with the same party was commenced, and I be
lieve, concluded before I went to Schuylkill Coun
ty to reside. It is proper,, however, for me to say
that in the interval I had a number of into rviews
with Mr. Dundee', on the subject of a general
reduelion of Toll,, as did others operating upon
the West Branch—to all of, which a deaf ear was
turned:
At an interview (with Mr. Dundass, and Pre.
vious to the date of my first letter, (herewith) and
in view of en application to the Legislature. for
a general reduction of Tolls, said to have been
madttby Diet. Fitch; Mr. Dundasa gave me dis
tinctly to understand that the Managers of the
Mine Hid Railroad wou'd resist any such enact•
went. Under these circumstances Loss obliged
to abandon, and did abandon the question of a
general reduction of Tolle. Then commenced a
discussion which resulted in a reqtiest from him
that I would address him in writing,and my let.
to of the 4th January, 1843, is the result of that
interview. In reply to my letter of the 4:h, Mr.
Dundass wrote me under date of the 7th, a copy
of which I do not find on file here ; tot I du find
in one of my letters en extract from it. In
to frustrate the charge of partial quotation, I give
you a copy of that part of Inv letter relating to
•
the subject in connection with the extract.
. . . .
My second latter to Mr. Dundass, wav under
date of the 9th January, 1843, a copy.of which
you hero also herewith:
I very much regret that it seem necessary for
me to reply without haying the whole Correspon
dence before me; but I am iu New York, attend
ing the sick bed of a• near friend, and it is impas
sible for me to be at home fur some days. There
must have been some farther Correspondence, bin
I cannot lay my hand upon it here. Your Cor
respondent the "Coal Dealer;" (I) may however,
have the whole of it published, ,if he desires n—
and at mycarliest opportunity. I think, however,
that this Communication with the accompanying
*vies Of letters; is quite sufficient to show your
readers that whatever might be the advantages or
reductions sought for by the Forest Improvement
Company, it was not intended for their own ben
efit directly, but fur the benefit of their Tenants
and where roeaged in the .White Ash.Trede. .
I think. sir, I have a right to expect you to
give a place in your next paper, to this commu
nication and the accompanying papers.
.ResPectrlAY. Yours.
•
CUAS. DE FOREST.
•
Appendix Ns. 1. .
James
D.,..i.r.E.g. ScA C :iv p th y. Li rener, Jon. 4, 1813.
Dear Sir: spume three years since I made an
application to the Directors of the Mine Hill and
Schuylkill Haven Railroad, which did not at the
time meet with much favor, and, an far as the
Board was concerned+ was treated rather es r slier ly.
At the same time I acknowledged that your
own letter to me was frank and courteous. At
that time I approached you as a stranger, and as
you perhsps'had s right to suppose,' a stranger to
the Coal Trade and the Mining interest.
I may now address you with the belief that you
will bear what I have to say es coming from one
having some practical knowledge of the Coal
trade, and that not limited to the particular see
-lion in which our lands happen to be.
Your toll,list will show to what extent I em
interested, 'and' hear me out in the ;expectation
that my preisent application will receive more at.
tendon than the one to which I have referred.
In the fine Waco I remark that the prosperity
of the '. Forest Improvement Company," the,
"Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad," the
" Schuylkill Canal," and the .• Reading Railroad"
depends now; (and will more emphatically here.
Alter depend) upon the fact that Anthracite Coal
from Schuylkill- County, can be delivered in the
'several 'consuming markets at a lees price than
from the, other producing regions. I say will
more depend hereafter, from the fact with which
I am personally cognizant that the prejudice
against the White and in favor of the Red Ash
fur Emily use, is fast giving way, and the Red
Ash weii nut as formerly, command two -or three
Dollari or even One Dollar per ton More than
White Ash, and the atm, is at band when probe.
bly little or no difference will exist. Add to this
the fact that the great increase of consumption ie
not in families; but in Steamboats end Matiurac•
terries; which use exclusively White Ash.
The Reading Railroad has dons much towards
meeting this change in the consumption, and it is
likely that in the natural course of events, the
Railroad and Canal will keep that part of the
line of transportation es low as it can be afforded,
but unlese the reduction between this and Ph Haile!.
phis is aided by deductions at ill points, where
practicable, the Lehigh and Lackawana Regions
will take the lead. It is plain, I think, that unless
the production of this Region ni materially in- I
creased, there is not enough to give support to
both Railroad and Cana/. erupt at MS prices,
gad it may fairly be expected that their competi.
Lion will result in a war of extermination, in which
one or both will fall, and although the Canal and
Railroad will still exist, the -Trade will continue
for. years in a state so disturbed as to destroy
its steadiness, and consequently its efficacy.
Cider the fall conviction that the Coal Trade
was fast approximating to this point, our Com
pany started with a determination to do its part
in meeting the other producing Regions in the
several markets; first by offering our Lands at a
low Rent, but - adding thereto outlays and facilities,
which your Toll list will show you, has not been
without the proper results.
The developments of the past Season in the
Coal Trade, and of the course pursued and in.
tended to be pursued by the Larlawane, has eat.
isfied COQ that the crisis is nearer at hand than I
bad anticipated. Quite a number of 'Steamboats
hive the lut year consumed Coal exclusively, and
moat, if net all, will do so the, coming season.—
The immured cosisunation the last year by
Steamboats alone, cannot lees than 50.000 tons,
none of which (with the single exception of 60
tank) was from the Schuylkill Region. It Is
laths's, teams that I nisi inddced at this time to
COMO CO you 1M my proposal. , Oar this year'.
delivery has been about 40,000 'tons and 1 uk
from you a reduction of 10 cents per Ton, on
what we may send over your Road. beyond that
quantity. We ippon the aame advantages to
cur Tenants, by offering a rtiluctia'm in Rent for
all Coal delivered beyond the m inimum, which is
simply a premium upon the cite:sem of delivery,
—*point as desirable to yeti as to us.
I make the proposal in this.. .shape in order. to
postpone discussing the question of a reduction of
tolls on the general business of the Road, which
may be avoided for some time by this concession
to our Company. It is in the White Ash Region
that our lands are situated, and to which oln re
marks particularly apply. The Red Ash Veins
may or may nett* able to bear your tolls, is the
expentus from the West Branch may happen to
compete with? the expenses from Pousrflie and
Port Carbon."
(The 'entitle° here omitted is in - relation to
another chartered Company, and is not pertinent
to the question at prevent at issue, as your car.
respondent, the Coal Dealer" [ll can confirm.)
If your—Board entertain my proposition, it is
very desirable to me that it should be early attended.
to, for the reason that any, material extension of
sales must be looked for only by. anticipation of
sales to the present customers of other Regions,
and I propose to leave home about the 10th or
12!h for that purpose, and it is not only desirable
but necessary that I he prepared to'name the low
est possible price. , .
With respect, &c.
(Signed.) CHAS. DE FOREST
A .Vo.
Copy of C. De Forestpp's en letter of 10th January. ISO,
to a friend .to New York:
" I have received an answer from Mr. Hondas.
About two pages is taken up in saying bow Much
they had done for the ,Coal Region. and fa our
lands, and howilly they have-heretofore been
rerininerated, and. how unfair it would be to attack
them, when they are doing so much, intimating
tbai although the Legislature should redOe the
tolls, they would, pay no attention to it untietheir
right tr. do so should be settled by the Supreme
Court. His last sentence is in better to r te; he
says;
Your suggeaiion that the Company should
make 30, allbwanee or reduction upon the excess
User 150310 fixed amount of magnitude, say 90,000
'tone, id somewhat, difDrent from a proposition for.
is general reduction. of tuts, awl I have no doubt
will be considered maturely by out board, and in
'a proper spirit.
I am resPectfulty yours, •
(Signed.)J. DUND AS. ,
To which I have replied es follows :
Schuylkill Haven, 9:A Jan. 1813 •
J. pundai, Fsq.
"Sir-1 have received your letter of 7th inst.
in reply tO mine of the 4th. I beg leave to repeat
that. in Hy opinion, the Forest Improvement Co
and Mine' Hill Railroad will flourish or languish
togethei; and in making my proposition it was in
the belief that the good judgment of yourbosrd
would agree with me that it would be for the
interest of the Railroad to accede to it. I bad
not then, nor bevel now, any doubt of theeuccers
of my application. I suppose the discussion upon
my prop. sition at your board, will be this : %VIII'
this concession to the Forest Improvement Co.
increase or demean permanently the income of
our road ? and not whether your tolls are higher
cn lower than your neighbors, end not whether
you have or have hot heretofore received 'proper
returns for your expenditure. If •itbe a fact that
you have not received adequate returns for the
capital invested, it seems to me doubly desirable
thabat least the quetton should be mooted: How
can we make it more productive? At any" rate
disclaim fur myself. [as I did in my last) any wish
or intention to canvass the subject of a general
reduction of tolls. This I would prefer should be,
left to Dr. Fitch and his associa•es, if he has any.
At the same time, 1 am free to say that Lime no
doubt but that question will, soon r or later, force
ita,lf upon your consideration; awl when it comes '
it will Brod me much pleasure to }le p'acrd in a!
neutral, position.
One might suppose, from the argument your
letter, and particularly in the third sentence from
the end, that you hod supposed I had bmied my
a If upon that queition—but your officers hero ,
con inform you , that the application to the Legis
lature, last year, hal my most hearty disapproval,
and that probably this tact prevented EMU from
joining Dr. rata who might 'otherwise be dippo
ircl to do so. With this disavowal, I trust year
Board will entertain my propmition, 'divested&
any supposed connection with the question of a
genet., reduction of tolls, and trial it may bedis•
tutted and dee:Mined-upon its own merits. I
have thought much upon the best means of in
teasing the Coat densities, and haVe arrived at
the conc'u.ion that a premium mon the excesa l
over a minimum will prove-the , meat effictual.
We have from the beginning named low rents,
but in addition to this we have now come to the,
conclusion that a premium upon eiteoded'delive
rie, is fur our intents?, and all we ask of your
Company that you wit for sour own good eaten&
to us the same kind of encouragement that w
proffer to nu, tenants.. I
'With assurances of respect, ece
[Slgner9 CHAS. DE FOREST.
[For the Mi9ere,Journa'l
Mr. Damn
An article appeared in your paper of the 19th
Instant, which, as it contained many errors an
misstatements, we regretted observing was to a cer
tarn extent endorsed by 'yourself.
The writer of the article appears to have labor
ed under a wrong 'impression as to the cause
which have led the coal Operators on th 9 line o
-the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad t
apply to the Legislature for an 'ict authoririnz the
construction of a new Railroad from Schuylkill;
Haven to the Broad Mountain. ,
The to - called " hostility to the West Branch )
,
Railroad" had not its origin in the Mimi cilim!
Company to grant " partial privilege(' (as it is
alleged) to a certain "Coal Mining Company in
disgui e " In fact, the applicants foie new Rail
road diaclaim being actuated by feelings of hostil-
WY towards the Mine Hill and Schuylkill )ravin
Railroad C'ompany. We are willing that Com
pany should enjoy all the privileges intended to be
granted by its charter: bin are not willing those
privilegks should he exclusive. Our reasonable
request is, that the large expenditures we- have
made upon the line of the Mine Hill and Schuyl
kill Haven Railroad should not be arbitrarily con
wolfed, nor be further taxed,. for the perpose of
constructing roads to the other Coal Fields, as we
say they have heretofore been, by the constant
aggregation of the capital of that Company, mien-
Bibb , for such purposes., We object to the doe-.
trine that the Mind Hill Railroad Company has's
prescriptive right to transport all the Coal Which
is now mined and that may hereafter be mined,
not , 9nly on the %Vest Branch of the Schuylkill
and fts tributaries, but also in the'Swattra c:istrict
which, (at is stated in a memorial of that Com
pany to the Legislature in 1846) contains "an
area of 108 square 'miles . or 69,120 acids of Coal'
lands." We do n ot
. wish to be identified with anY
"Coal Company,' as we have no connection with
any, and care not how soon the County is rid 'of
all. As individuals we have applied to the Le
gislaturelfor power to construct a Railroad, id
order to increase transporting facilities for a large
and fast growing trade. And to render ourselves
leas subservient to a corporation, whose elections
have already been so long submitted to, that oar
attempts to check their further increase, seem to
be viewed, as rank rebellion egainrt its legitimate
and vested rights.
Upon the files of the present House of Repro.
sentatives et Harrisburg, is a bill number 295,
passed quietly through the appropriate Committee,
because no one interested in opposing it, knew
that so monstrous an attempt to increase its prate
and power., was about to be made by the Mine
Hill Company, This bill authorizes an ad
dition of $750,000, to its present capital, and ii
only a still bolder exhibition than has before been
given of the inordinate cupidity, sio characteristic
of its management.. It is to such grasping at
tempts at advantages, (the odium of which, the
shrewdness of the managers of this institution has
hitherto enabled them to cast upon others) that
the so called "hostility" of the operator' is to be
attributed, and which dates back to 1832, a period
seven years previous to the corporate birth of the
Forest Improvement Company.
In the history, of the Mine Hill Railroad Coln
'pany itself, is to be read the causes of the dlisatia-
faction felt by the contributors to its-prosperity,
and a referenceSo the pages of that history
plaee the subject" sin its true light before the
public and the Legislature,"
The Mine Hill Railroad Company. was char
tered in 1828, at the instance and application of
parties. interested, in opening the important coal
field now traversed by its numerous branches ;
and a large portion of its original stock was sub.
scribed for by residents of Schuylkill County.
The object of the enterprise was avowedly, not
to derive a direct profit from tolls, but to open the
lands of its - projective to market. , In this view,
the rate of charges adopted. was for Mat period a
low one, being 1i cents per ton, per mile. The
capital was limited to $100,000;, with the provi
sion that when the Tolls "ah . obld" "exceed IS
,per cent on the- capital expended, they should"
"be winced so as not to exceed that amount."
Thus it is. seen, that the pioneers of the under;
taking, bad gone of dim magnificent ' end tempt-
big schemes of wealth to be derived' from their
Railroad, which it now seethe the integrity of its
present stockholders, is unable to withstand, but
were satisfied with the prospect of moderate profits
on their investmeit,• and the .collateral benefit of
opening their tends to mita.
• It is unrceenary at this; tints to enter into a
detail of the contrivances, which 'produced a
speedy depreciairn stock, and its equally
speedy, absorrioti by certtin absentees, it is
sufficient to say 91 at Stock Brokers and specula
tors might take a lesson by them; and that 'when
the encroachments of this Conipany upon the
rights of community began, hut little, if any, of its
stock remained in the bands of residents of this
County.
The Supplements of 18.29, - I€9o. and 1831
were obtained without resistance or objection; but
in 1832 r (the getual era of the cominencement
of that coL'et 'fir private rights against:the pre
acriptive privilegei claimed by the Mine Hill Com
pany) another atiPplenient, injurious to the
interests of many individuals, was applied, for, and
obtained, in the. fare of earnest and continued
reureiwttances. From ttuit time, to the-present,
the contest, though. occasionally -remitted, has
been renewed, with: each of the numerous at
tempts of the Company to extend its privileges at
the expense of the opera'ors. These contests like
most others between-. inedrpoiated ComPanies and
individuals, havTheretofore resulted in the isucce=s
of the farmer; 'until by ' the-addition of supple !
ment upon supplement, the repeal of one clause,
and enactment of another; the original. charter,
has been the germ -of a great wrong; and the
Company insteall of being satisfied: with .15 per ,
cent Toll on $lOb,OOQ, now claim that per cent
of nett profit on $600,000, and the right to can•
struct, a so called' "Depreciation fund," !finked'
to no definite amount in the agregate', and its
annual accumulitions, subject to no control, either
Legislative or legal. This .41epreciatiorj fund"
has 'already from , the surplus profit of a single
year been swelledby an g aninunt exceeding $14,000
exacted, as we say. unjustly from the operators.
Passing over the various supplement* by which
the capitol had been swollen to $9OO 000 in 4146,
we .reach the act of that year. In a memorial
of the Mine Hill Railroad Corripany to the Le
gislature, (consequent upon objections, urged by
operators egaiciaga grant of fuitaer powers to this
already dangerous' institution;] great surprise is
expressed, that there should s exist an opposition
to the passage of the bill" granting the Company
the right. to issue $300,000 additional stock; the
ostensible object 'of the application, being to ex
tend the Railroad of the 'said Company to the
"head waters of the Sivatara.'! The memorial
states" that the limits p escribed by the • charter,
ts the capital stock have been already 'attained by
the recent subscriptions of the stockholders, and
which .will not more' than, suffice to meet the
cost of grading on that route." lt 'thus appears
that the Company not restricting itself to 15 per
cent dividend exacted from its customers. on the
amount of capital actually expended which is
the limit beyond which the charter, says it shall
net go—did infact, (liar.° such dividends, upon
a sum' then unexpended, sufficient to grade 7
miles of.new road.
It would extend the lintits of this trticli too
far, to examine in detail, all the valises acts of
ocotillo!' and wrong perpetrated by the Mine Hill
Company ! Sufficient has keen recited, to prove
the utter falsity of the assetron of "a Coal Deal
re' that the “opposition has all been engendered
and, loitered by the" "Forest Improvement Com
pany." Equally untrue is his statement, "that
for the first Bor 10 years the Stockholders of the
Mine,Hill Company receiVed no returns for the
investment of their eapital." Nearly a year clasped
between the passage of the act incorporating the
Mine Hilt Railroad Compan?, and its orgauiza
tii n; nearly two yearn more expired before the
completion of a, single track of its main line, to
the Broad Mountain! Did the Stockholders an
ticipate detivitig a profit out of the construction
of theirroad ? ft was then late' in 1831. before
a single ton of coal could ',pars over its tortuous
length;—yet eo early as 1832. a dividend of 7
per cent was declared, besides leaving -e surplus
above all expeplitarts of '51.871 73. , From
that period down to the end of 1847, but 11 . single
year pas.ed without a dividend being deolared, and
but one other. which the dividend was below
9 per centring this time the dividend l'ett. one
year was 103' per cant. of anOther 11 percent, of
2 years 12 per cent. each, of ono year 13 per cent.
of one year 14 per 'cent. arid of 5 years 15 per
cants each. Tho total mounting in ss short
period t 0,813 per cent over, and above legal inter
est ! Besides these dividende eheavy net balance
;
remained ! [tad it is a singular fact:that the rate
.per cent of the dividend - A, advanced with the in
, crease of capital, and that in .1846, a,-surplus of
$14.125 36, on that year's business Was added
to the "depertiation fond ;I"after paying dividends
and all expenses.' For evidence of the correctness
of these statemen'i we refer teethe annual reports
of the Mina llill Company, made to the Legisla
ture under the 'oath of its' proper officer... • ,
Further comment upon the fabrications of "a
Coal Dealer" are deemed mini c6sary ; nor would
:hey have been .so tar noticed, but that 'similar
dev,ces to distract.our retention from the matters
at issue Ii taeen_tis, and the - Mine Hill R 81403,1
Company were too succes s fully . emploVed in 1846!
The dissensions and jealousies then sawn among t
:us by .the emissaries of that
,Company enabled
it to divide amongst its Steckhlilders $200,000,0f
new stock,' worth in the markit at the mearnent of
its issue $ . :84,000; thus ntFiriling them without
danger, an instantancaas and exorbitant profit ;
besidi a entailing upon us the necessay of paying
15 per cent upon the'new; issue; or $30,000 att.
:milk, more than could' thirivise have been
legally exerted horn us.!' By like means it is
now , attempting to smuggle thro' the Legfslature,
Bill number 235 of the House file , authorising a
further issue of stock to CM, emouht of $7.50,000,
whiih would al like rates realize to the members
of that thriving Company 'an advance•Of $315.-
000',. If With a knowledge „of these feet's. and
the certainty that we are: the sole payers tit all
the l etonormous profits; any of us can be inpucerl
to abandon the cause will have underialtiln, by
gronndiess OpPrchciations of the forest Improve.
merit Company, which in Wality . is powerless
,twainst ourlunited strength, we shall have none
to et osure tint-ourselves, when we become per
manently subj ete4 lei, a corporation altoulender
monies ere rrnhodiedl in 15 per cent. dividends
arid an.unlirniterPepreciatimi fund.
OPERATORS.'"'
•
[Ft the ißliner'e .
' I
MR. EDITOR :—laabserve it! stated that the rates of
toll and transportation on the West Brunch Rail Road,
nre very high( comrared with those charged on the Rend.
log Rnil itoni. The statement is incorrect. The toll and
trampornulon on the West Branch Road is in reality less
than on the Reading Rail Road. The rate now charged
on the latter Road from Schuylkill Haven to Richmond
15 SI 50 per ton; which Is nsore Ihnn cents per ton per
mile, as this Road I. only about 92 mitre long; and the
coal traverses the whole distance, besides its length is in
fever of chenp transportation—and the envie farorahle.
The West Branch Rail Rind is 251 miles long, including 4
or 5 benches, all of which are' laid down with heavy iron,
and all of which they arc compelled to keep in 'repair for
the use of the coal operators no the different points on
them branches. The whole hulk of the coal panes over
only alms:apse miles of the Rood—and by for the largest
proportion Comes within a distnnce of aloe miles from
hebaylkill Ilaven—making the whole avenge distance of
the West Brach Rood. over which the whole quantity is
carried, about fourteen miles, on which distance toll 61.1
transportation only is pan]. A4l to this the inerensed
expense of transporting on short road. where there arc
numerous stoppages and delays; wailing for care, anal the
rates charged on the West Branch 17.14 ore liiiinintely
less than those charged on the Philadelphia nod Reading
Rail Road. If the latter Company were compelled to
maintain their 53 miles of Road. and thO coal transported
would only average half the . slimmer- we question nibe,
thee three cents per ton per mile wtuldpay expenses, and
per cont. on the inves.tment, with their present facilities.
But what right has the Forest Improvement Company
to complain of the rate of toll on the West Branch Rail
Road Did, they not ask for and obtain n Charter.
authorising them to charge individual operator, who
might alscduse their laterals, I} cent toll, end one rent to
go to the Collector. The West Brach Roadomly charges
tient. toll, and only a half cent for collecting. Sm. lithe
latter is grasping and oppressive, the fermer moot be
liable to the same objection to a greater extent.
The West Branch Company hare invested 100.000 in
making these 25 trifles ofßail Road, and stocking It with
Engines. This road can transport all too coal offered in
that quarter. Now, suppose another Road is constructed
at an expense of 8700,00:4, and which most aim be sup.
parted, does it not follow that the tax in the a/lama toll■
to be paid by the operator, must be doubled also, to sup-
port both roads, and make them pay. This is an impor
tant question, particularly as experience has demanstated
that the rates of toll and transportation on the short
lateral hail Roads in the region'eszmot be reduced below
21 cents per ton pertnflesnd pay for the investmtsct when
,the coal is carried over only portions of, the Road, and
any ideas held out to the contrary will prove to be falla
cious. And what right have individual operators to ex- 3
pest that the Forest Improvement and Coal Company will
give them greater facilities than the West Branch Rail
Road t The latter Company Li not engaged in mining, '
'and the sympathies are with the individual operators
The former is engaged in the coal butinesthey are the
competitors of Individual openuora,--their interests , are
diametrically opposed to individuals; and they will crash
everyone of them so soon as they get the power. Ilas
not the experience of the past two or three years demon
strated the full Within two years the Agent of the For
est Improvement Company declared to the writer of this
article that two or three concerns could manage the whole
coal business ad& region, and that the coal trade never
would be worth following until it jell into the hands of a
few, I think differently. A LOOKER ON.
, .
M' Rejected Rim.—The appolfltment of Col.
V. E. Pio - 110U, as Paymaster in the Army, in the
place df Gen. Hammond, deceased, has been re
jected by
,the U. S. Senate , on account of Col.
P.'s Wilmot proviso tendencies. Very likely.
ri" A Keen Hit.--Some one, • hitting off the
disposition to* speak extravagantly of the charms
of ceticountries, says, chi Oregon laborers get
three dollars a day, and carry hod made of .
•
• .
[For the lipuevie Jocasta]
It is asserted by Mr. George Payne, who is in
Philadelphia, that all the Coal Operators are
united - in flan of the application of the Forest
Improvement Company for a new Railroad. This
is not correct. Several of the heaviestaad •large
portion of the email Operator* are decidedly oppo
sal -to it. So are a majority of the people in the
neigbbcirhood—one and ,all of whom will oppose
any application fora re-charter of the said• Corp
oration. It is only the a , gents, and a few tenants.,
with additional privilmes, who advocate it strong
ly. . Some of the tenains are opposed to the appli
cation, but deem, it I - yr:dent, under existing cir
cumstances, to remain quiet. It is rumored here
that the Forest Impioveinent Company pays F.
W. Hughes, of your place, $lOO r.week to advo
cate the cause of the Company at Harrisburg.
always understood that be was a Democrat, end
opposed to the incorporation of Coal Companies
among us: , . ' ) 1,
A CITIZEN of Muss bills.
RAIL ROAD MEETING
Pursuant to public notice given,! a very large
and respectable number of Citizens of Schuylkill..
Haven and vicinity, assembled at the Hotere of
Samuel Beard, in the Borough of Schuylkill Ha
ven, Wellness their taeutiments in regard to a bill
now before the Legislature, asked.. by the Forest
Improvement Company, whereupon the following
persons were appointed officers : —,Pretiden./.
Hon. GEORGE RAHN. Vice Presidents,—
Daniel Saylor, Geo. Kauffman. Henry Saylor,
William Showier, Samuel Beard, George Sehatint,
F. F. Ilen.eman, John Rupp, Jeremiah Kerkesla
ger. William/Kremer, B. W. Hughes, Benjamin
Da Long Esq , Christian Buechley.Michael Kar
keslager, Jonathan Heisler, George Mayberry.
Secreiaries:-Chas. Hunntinger, John Marlin.
Eeq., Daniel H.• Stager, John Deibert, John N.
Wsgonseller, Wm. Bass, Daniel 'Snyder, Jacob'
Rahn, Gen. D. Bowman, Samuel Delbert.: On
motion, the following named persons were ap
pointed a committee to draft a Preamble and Res
olution expressive of tyre sense of the meeting.
Geo. W. Matchin, Jas. B. Levan, Lewis Moyer,
W. H. Hubbeard, J. T. Hannum,'Lewis Ashen
feller, Leal Lewis; Andrew Keeer, Jno. Rudy.
The COmmittee having retired and after •a few
minutes returned the following preamble and res.
Au (ions Whereas, it has come to the knowledge
of this meeting that an ell)art is being made by the
Forest Improvement Company, and others, to have
a company chartered for the purpose of building
an additional' 'Railroad, from the %Vest Branch
Cool , Region to in'ersect the Philadelphia and
Reading Rail Road, at or near Schuylkill Haven.
and believing that such a Railroad, governed ' di
rectly or indirectly, by these two chattered compa
nies, the former being the owner of about 40,000
acres of coal land, the nitur owner of the Railroad
feeding to the Eastern market, would be an in
fringement:upon the rights.' of the Mine Hill and
Schuylkill Haven Rail Road Company, would
drive individual operators out of the Coal business,'
injutc the business on the Canal. and destroy the
va'ue of property in Schuy kill Haven and the
county generally. Therefore.
Resolred. That any additional railroad'at or near
Schuylkill Haven, is utineceasary, and if made to.
connect with the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road, under the control of the Forest Improvement
Company together with the Philadelphia and
.heading Railroad Company, would have the ef
fect of destroYing the , interest of the Mine Hdl
end Schuylkill Haven, Railroad Company, and
drive individual operators from the coal business,
and retard the corers. of the Schuylkill Canal.'
RcAolved. That in our judgment; the Mine Hill
and Schuylkill Haven Rtlroad is equal to the
accomplishment of the object bad in view by the
incorporation, and that the road is abundantly ad.
equate - to answer the demands of the Weat Branch
Region.
Resolved, That complaints about the ineffi
ciency of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven
Railroad company are groundless; rind that in
pursuance ofao act of assembly and a requisition
by the Operators, the company haw; within the
last year, at a large expense. put locomotive power
on their road, for the impartial accommodation of
all operators. Whether corporate coal companies,
'or individual operators, without regard to whether
he coal is to be sent to market by the Canal or
Railroad.
Resolved, That we view with deep concern and
alarm this disguised attempt to create a monopoly
by concentrating and consolidating the coal inter
est. both..mining and transporbition, within the
porcerfdl , gmsp of the two united corporations.
llisolved, That the Business of Schuylkill
Haven principally depends upon' the reshipment
of coal from Railroad cars to boats on the Canal,
and that project that is calculated to d feat the
business on the Canal .is directly against the in
terest of the Citizens of Schuylkill Haven and
Resolved, That we regard the contemplated
Incorporation act • es a comhined plot to destroy
at one fell swoop, the property and interests of
the Mine Hill & Schirylkill Navigaton Cumpe•
nies, by diverting enterprising industry from her
wonted rout, thereby rendering nugatory the heavy
,investments as well as the 'more recent outlays of
'4ur Mine Hill Rail Road & Schuylkill Naviga
tion companies.
Resolved, That we boll in.deserved abhorience
all plots. how much soeyerdiguiged, to create
monopolies, whose insatiate maw would fain con
veal the swallowed relicts of aspiring enterprise,
of plodding industry, anit private worth.
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of
this meeting be signed by the officers and be for
warded by them to our Representatives at Harris
borg, with directions to them to use all Honours•
ble means to defeat the law of Incorporation.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers sad be published in all
the papers of the County.
After which the meeting veas'approptiately ad
dressed by Geo. W. Matebm, On motion, ad
journed.
THE GREAT MEDICINE or TIIE DAY Donroa
Townsmen's =A.—This medicine has the
peculiar . foritini of being recommended and prescribed
by the most respectable physicians of the country, and
.unly requires atrial to bringit Into general one. It Is
put up in quartibottlem, and Is ■ii limes cheaper than
any other prenalation. Doct. Townsend is a physician
()I - Oval reputation in Albany, N. Y. and the Physicians
generally in that city prescribe it hi' their practice.
The folloseing in a certificate (corn some of theta:
• • OPINIONS OF PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Townsend is almost daily .
. reeeivins orders from
Physichme in different parts of the Milan.
.This is to certify that sie,„ the undersigned Physicians
of the city of Aiibany, have la numernud cases prescri
bed Dr. Townsend'. Sarsaparilla, and we believe it to
be one of the most Valuable preparations of the Sarsa
parilla in the market.
IL R. PULING. M. D.
J: WILSON. M. D.
•
' R. P. BRIGGS, M. D.
P. E. ELMENDORF, M. D.
Albany, April 1.1840.
pr,,Seymour, the writer of the following. is one of
thrildest and most respectable Physicians in Conn.
Hartford, Ct., May 21, ISIS.
Dr. Tovviramorn.--Deal Sir: Townsend's Rama
parilla " finds a ready sale in - Hartford—is highly es
teemed by all who have made use of it, and' we hava
teason to believe its good qualitfel will be dilly appre
ciated by a discerning public. I have daily calls for it,
and hope you will be remunerated for your exertions to
render service to the afflicted. I am sir, your (obedient
servant. - _ HARVEY SEYMOUR. Id, D.
Or The General Agency for the sate of the Sarsa
parilla is at Barman's Bookstore Pottsvil le, where Drug
gists and others eau be supplledwholesale at the,Mauu..
lecturers prices.
Lit Is also fot sale In - Pottsville ai John C. Brown's,
Clemens & Parvin's, and John 8. C.ltiarttn's Drug
Stores; E. J. Pry, Tamaqua ; .1 O.- Falls, Dllnersville
Fmiley, Orwiptinrg; Henry Elhissler, 8. 31. Kemp
ton, and W. L. Heisler, Port Carbon ; Paul Barr, Pine
grove.
tfie See advertisement in another column. A circular
containing a large number of certificates from Physi
c Inns and others can be Examined at .Pannan's Book
, storiXrice 81 per bottle. or 5 Bottles for O.
ONE WORD TO THE SEDENTARY.—Those who
fakir within doors are compelled to breathe an impure
atmosphere, Which L 9 wholly.unflt tor the proper expan
sion of the lunge, end, owing toe "want of exercise, the
bowels become constipated, the pores of the skinclosed,
and, indeed all the functions' of the body becOme de-
ranged : hence proceed asthma, cough, pains in the
breaet and side, palpitation of the heart,: rheumatic
pains in vations parts of the body, giddiness, and a vs.
Flety of other distressing complaints, common to those
of sedentary habits. Wright's lediros Vegetal* PI
disperse allthese unpleasant symptoms. A mingle duce
Will iii ail cesestiVe relief, and If repeated a few times
Will - most assuredly restore the body to health.
Rime's or.Counizeritre.—The genuine for sale
by THOMAS D. BEATTY,iorner of Centre and Nor
?melee street', sole. agent for Pottivillc. For: other
agencies. see advertisement in another column.
Principal °Rice, 169, Race sweet, Ptilltdelphia. .
Remember, the only original and genuine /adieu Ve
egad* PiUa, have the signature or WllOlll%
BEWARE OP COUNTERFEIIII.—TayIor's Cons
ierf tit Detector, and United States Noisy Reporter,
the best in the United Staes,. containing fee 'lmife
engravings of oil the Gold, silver, and Copper coins in
!Imola tion with tbeif value attached: corrected month
ly. No merchant of dealer lisaght to be without it.
• 0. Penons enclosing one dollar to the subscriber
will have the Detector mailed monthly one year to their
address. B. HANNAN,
Ocl3 401 • sole agent ferßebuylkill CO. r
b IP YOU have a bad cold go to Hugto• new Drug
Store, and get 'bottle et ppectonin Isla the beat
dad we !Ilia iris trpd. ' IPtb3-6- '
I
0
I
-
go.", FOR ME BENEFIT OP YOUNG MEN.-20
German Befonned Chu reit, the Rev. Mr. Boffin
r i
of Ora igaburg, will preach by Divine permission, J,
English language, for. the benefit of the young, „ft•
Sabbath afternoon at So'cloek,th the IM Methodist eh h
on Market street. To which the yonng are respectib ip
Invited, together with parenti. , . I
LA'S PI6BT BAPT BT CHURCII.—The Rev. Mr. Nell
kir' will preach next Sabbath (Providence penaittino,
h. the Ha 1 over Long .1 Jackal:M.. Services to commence
at lO o'clock in the morning. The public are respect
fully invited to attend:
'o , > SABBATH SCHOOL CELEBRATION.—The
‘a - r puplic - exhibitlon - of the Sabbath School connected
with the Rev. Mr. Murphy'Schurch, Market at., will be
repeated by particular and rneml request, next Taco
day Evening, commencing at. 7 o'clock. Tli exam/.
!Cl will be screen hat varied from the last exhibition.
Arop AN ADJOURNED MEETING of the Coal opera..
K.r. tors. will be held at Bush ft Cranes Hotel. Mi-
Denville, on naraday, the 24 day of March, at 10
clock, A. M. .108.'0. LAWTON. Secy. i
p , >FIRSf BAPTIST' CHURCH.—PubIic religious
kn''' • services .will be held by the First Baptist Church
every Sabbath morning at IN-o'clock; and evening at
7 o'clock; and also every Thursday evening at 71.
elock,-In the ball over Messrs. Long & Jackson's store.
The public are affectionately invited - to attend.
ANDREW LEVERING. Pastor.
Jr} A FREE AND FULL OOSPEL. 7 —T be'l/n ivet
kb' valid society, under the pastoral charge 'of the
Rev. J. W. McMaster. continue to hold morning and
evening services every Sabbath:in the Lecture room or
Stiebter's new Halt, at the 'anal church Moire.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM TEMPLE OF HONOR.'
No. 37. S. of T.. will meet every Tuesday evening',
at Binomial lime, until further notiee.at Ternpenince
corner of Centre nod gLarket streets. Punctual attend.,
once Is rripm,ted.
Febll-7-31n1 A. HETHERINGTON. W. A.
4. 0 . PREACHING IN • MINERSVILLE.--The Rev.
kr , W. Nilson Bunnell of the Presbyterian Church,
will preach. • Providence permitting. every, t 4 abbath
morning. at o'clock, in the English Baptist Church
sr.} TRINITY CHURCH POTTSVILI.E.—SerrIee
tb-r will be held regularly hereafter In the new edifies
every morning and afternoon at the usual hours.
MARRIAGES.
On Tneeday;tile I7th Inst., by the Res. W. Wilson
Bonnet!, Mr. JOUR CALDWELL to Mite lIANNAII
BIRD, all of Oda place.
On the 210 Ina., by Rev. inieoll MeCool. Mr. ROB
ERT. McMILLAN to Mei JENNET BOAT, both r
Minersrille.
On the 13th Inst. by the Rev. M. F. Maize. Mr. Wht.
GREENLY, of Piebnylkill Haven, formerly ..f 'Colombia-
County. Penn.; to Miss 81.18ANNXII Fit:BERSON, of
Berks County. Pa.
On the 17th tort by the name, Mr. HENRY HOFF
MAN; to Mine MARY HESSE% nil of Orwir,shurg,
- On the 19th Inst., by the ;sine. Mr-GEO. SIIOERER•
of Orwigsburg. to Miss MARY SUPER of Pottsville.
On the 2lth inst.. by the ItevLThns. C. Murphy. Mt:
WESLEY %VERT. of Pottsville, to Miss SUSAN S.
ESTERLY of Rending.
' Father Time will please "pars" the above parties
along without any molestation, neer mnanied with such
little extras as they may desire to embrace In their suite
—they having paid their, •'toll" at this office, In the
.shape of a huge pound cake, for which they have nor
thanks, and for which this may be considered their re
ce'pt in full.' Your, respectfully, tile PSLINTER.
DEATHS
' On the 15th Inst., Mrs. ELIZABATIf BEATTY',
mother of James M. Beatty and the late Tnninas 1).
Beatty, in the 89th year of hernge.
At Mt. Carbon nn iliunday. the nh Intl., of Typhoid
fever. Mrs. TA SlZthiS. AECIITERNACIIT, wife of
Mr. henry A..Aechternaeht, after a priori Iltnesp in Rlst
yCar of her ay,e. 'Philadelphia papers will please copy
. .
FOR SALE AND TO LET.
OT FOR HALE.—Lot No. 3, on Centre street.
I
Tremont, is offered for ale. Per leulars enquire
of Wm. Hetherington. Centre et., Pottsville. (Feb2B4
INERAL WATER ESTABLISH:II6IBI:44Im
SALE.—The subscriber will sell the white tlf his
extensive Mineral Water Manutltctory. There is a good
custom with it and - daily increasing. The stock consists
of PomPa. Piper, fountains, gasometer, bottles, boxes,
wagons, horses, harness, and in fact every ankle:awed,
sary to conduct the mAnu facto re °l:mineral water on a
large scale, there being 2.50 grot+s of bottles. For further
information enquire of JOHN S. C. MARTIN
November 6,1817 45 •
LTIPERIOR — COAL MINES IN WVOMIDiG
1.3 VALLEY—, (A NUMBER.)--For sate and for rent
on the ai n 't reasonable terms. Inquire of
V. L. hi-..kX WELL, Attorney at Law,
• Wilkesbarre, Lucerne county, Pa.
Wilkeshatre, Jall2 48-4- tf
VALUABLE TOWN LOTS FOR SALE In
Wood & Lyon's addition to the'borourth of Potts
ville. Also in the town of Yorkville, beautifully Joss
ted between Pottsville and Westwood. Apply to
A. RUSSEL
OM 43) Wire cornered' Mabontongo and Adams eta.
Foa SALE—Sit hhds. of sugar cured HAMS.
Sep 11 37] T. & POLLOCK..
MISCELLANEOUS
TO BIACHIVISTS
universal Chucks, all tuxes, from 0 to 20 inches;
Salter's. Spring Balances, made- expressly for SteaM
Engines, 80, 50 and 24 pounds. Platform and Counter
Scales, more than 50 different sigea and patterns. For
sale wholesale and retail at the lowest manufacturer's
prices, at No. 34, Walnut atreet, by
Philada,Feb.l2 1848-8) CRAY & BROTHER.
DLATFORBI AND COUNTER SCALES.—
i Pairbank's and Dale's. celebrated SCALES of all
sizes, fur sale at manufacturer's lowest pnces. ban.,
. GRAY & BROTHER,
Dealers In all kinds of Scales. Weignts, and
. Weighing Machines, 34, Walnut street. '•
Feb19164543] • Philadelphia.
FLOUR. --New York Extra Family FLOUR,Inr
sale to the trade GRAY do BROTHER;
_ Feb191844-8] , •
_34, Walnut st._,Philidelphia.
_..
QALT.-20,0D0 bags New York Dairy SALT for
S
sale by -. CRAY dr. BROTHER,
Feb 191849-84 34, W Omit si., Philadelphia.
NIPORTA4T TO PHYSICIANS.—ChIoro
-1 form for surgical operations for sale by
Fel•l9-9 • * J. C. C. HUGHES:
rpiIkTRIAGAZINES FOR 1 848.—.Subscrip-
A. tinns for_ .
Graham's agazine for 1843, i
Gndey's Ladies' Book for 1818,
Ladies' National Magazine, for 1819,
The Union Magazine, for 1848,
The American Flora,
Parley's Magazine for ISO,
..
Together. with all the otner monthly magazines and
newspapers published in Philadelphia. New Ynrk, Bos
ton, nr Europe, add delivered free of postage at '
Nv20.11 HANNAN'S Cheap' Periodical stores.
A FFLICTED HEAD t t—MEDICAL 1105 IE
Cl PRACTICE punctually attended to, in all its parti
cular branches, by Dr. KINKELIN, German Physician,
at his residence, N. W. corner of Third and Union sts,
Philadetphii. DISEASES of the SKIN, and such ari
sing from impurity oftheblood,making, their appearance
under a hundred different foram, promptly and properly.
managed. TRAVELLERS supplied at a moment's no
tice with medicine, &e. For particulars. see Pottsville
Emporium and German Adler. [Decll 4740-ly
•
,
11 .JWINTER SPERM,. . ' • Cor shinny on
Fri LL and SPRING SPE 1131,
„1 .
hs,ndand for
WINTER SEA ELEPH,NT, sale by
WINTER WHALE. I AI.L E N &
UNBLEACHED WINTER Wit ILE } NE E D LES.*
FOR MINING ;, 1 3, South
RACEED N.W. COAST WHALE, I Worres, near
LINSEED OIL, , ' Chesnut Ft.,
'OIL FOR ROLLING MILLS, PHILADELPHIA.
GUANO, [Phi1a,0c130.17.44-ly : ) • J 02948-- '
A CHALLENGEO THE WORLD:I-,
- T
za HOIT'S IMPROVED CHEMICAL SOAP—For
extracting grease. tat; pitch, oil, paint, or auy other
greasy substance, from ladies'And gentlonen's clothing,
including silks nod !wins. carpets, table spreads. Meet.
no shawls, ladies' bonnets. &a. A reward of $25 will
be paid to any person who will produce a spot of
paint green or dry that thin soap K not extract. $lO
per gross, SI per dozen, or It} runts`per rake. Formie
wholesale and retail at HANNAN'S Variety stores,
Pottsville, who is sole agent for the county. [Dc4-49
'B'
LACILSTONE'S COMMENTARIES,
lined on Executors, Wharton's Digest,
• 31arvIn's Bibliography,
Roberts' Digest of British Statutes,
Thornton on Conveyancing, Graydon', Forms,
Danlap'S Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania,
Barr'. Reports, vole. 1,2, 3, and 4.
For sole at publisher's prices at BANNAN'S
0010-42] Law and Miscellaneous Book stores.
11 HHOME DOCTOR , or Family biased , gl=
ring the et - mewl. symptoms, and treatment of divert
sem, with an account of the system so bile in health, and
rules forpreservin that SIAM; appended to which are
receipt. for making various kinds of medicines and ar
ticles of diet for the sick rimm,the whole for general use. 1
By John B. Newman. M. D. • price 25 cents. • For male
at [Dc4..4o]' BANNAN'S Cheep Book stone.
'DUSBENBERGER'S ELEMENTSOfCIE;
iL GLOGY.—This valuable p.mik for the see of nulli
ties, schools, and colleges, Bushentierger,
M. D., with 300,plates: just received find for sale whole. ,
sale and retail al HANNAN'S Bookstores, Pniowille.
This work ought to be lutroduced into every *school
in the country. Price 30 cents [Nny2l-18
I NDIA, RUBBER OVER -GLOVES, TRAVEL
LING BAGS. &c.—These area most excellent article
.for winter to draw on In wet and cold weather. Also,
Travelling Bags which always keep dry and ran be
used as Mc preservers its ease r.tf roasts.
Also, a g eat variety of other useful India Rubber goods
suitable fhr ladles' and chtkdren's ornaments,,
married ituiliteindispenslblerifor travellltig with small
children Oust received endlbr sale at
Dc23-52 . 1. HANNAN'S Cheap Varlet ,
•
lt/lACELEREL. I
IVISHAD,
Constantly on band
and for sale by
J: PALMER ac CO.
Market at. Wharf,
~•
'YPtinalreb 12-7.2 m
SALMON.
HERRINGS,
PORK,
HAMS and SIDES,
SHOULDERS,
LARD and CHEESE.
1) ALL ROAD IRON.-80 TON 82} x Flat Bar
„MI Ball Road Iron,
50 do do
8 do 21 • do
15 do 1 A do
And Plates, for gale by
• A. &O. RALSTON,I sontbfront st.,Pbl ada
Phllada... July 11,
do do
-do do with splketr
do do
AR 111101 Y--Hammered and Rolled IRON of all
sizes; nail rods, hots...hoe bars; flue and sheet
Iron ; cast and shear steel ; English and American bits
er steel; shovels of all kinds; nails and spikes, and
all road spikes, constantly on hand and for isle at' the'
York store. (.Inl-I) EDW. YARDLEY.
S PEAR CORRECTLY. —Hurd'a Grammatical Corrector, or Vocabulary of the Common Errors of
Speech, Alphabetically Arranged, Corrected. and Ex-
Valned, for the use of schools and private individuals:
by Seth T. Hard : Just received and for sale at
rebl2.7) . HANNAH'S Cheap Book stores.'
"LIVERY WOMAN'S BOOK.—The Diseases of
Ili Women. their Petite' and cure fbmiliarly explained
with Practical Dims for their Prevention and for the
Preserratloa at Health. by F.IIOLLICK, M D.: price
81. Forsale at [Nor'2o) BANNAN'S Bookitores, -
OWINGS POW - IRVALILS & FEMALES, an
excellent article for Ladles to take exciviso in the
house, recommended 'by the Medical Facult . Also,
Basket Cradles to attach to Baby Jumpers : on need
ed and for sale at EiliB) BANNAN'S Variety store,.
T. AMPS] LAMPS t- , -A third supply or ennienua
Ca'.. celebrated LARD LAMPS, aid' Mods and
sires. Beautlitti Hall Lanterns, French Shades: Wicks.
Globes, &c. Also the improved Campbmellimping.
Side, and Stand Lampe, for stores &c., Just received
and int' sale at tric4-441 HANNAN'S lamp store.
nIitANGIES and Lennins for sale at MARTIN'S
qatl6-4a) Mum and ConfenUonary more..
NOTIC
•
r Div sLe rp ri"° "E'ri"D o o F r " ' l ei' l 4 :; -
able to Th e Stoekkollters on or after ty \
iNble°deryll e d C e Board
d E u,ed . o f
Mara next by Wm.,Gmetr, Treunn r ,- - '
„Schuylkill County; .! JOHN STRIII6,
Plnegrove, Feb '2ll ; I .
1111SOLIITIlirli
x tube between JAMES W. BONI
j. DREHER. Palmeri, was dlasolvidel7
ruary.lB4B, by mutual consent. ; Tt e
late Linn rill be settled by James w 8.,
.j JAMEA
Feb..ql-B-Et] •jj lIIIIAM •
OTICE.—Thc .Painting and p„ .
LA will be continued - At the o'gt nand t;
Feb29.9] JAMF.I
-DISSOLIITION.—T h e partner,-
existing between lWilltam Burken ''
ert. Shoe thiblen. trading under the br e
BO [MERV, In Mineraville. SehtqlinL
solved on February Plitt), by mutual
indebted; are requested to . wake pa,,,,;
having claims will present them for selG..
IVII.LIAk
E. P. HQ&
Feb 26, -9-3t]
OTIC
E —ls hereby given :h al
_ 27th day of September last, 1917, t he
of Braneh township the following
width have leased 11, him for a rpccul.:
sideratirns, of whicli all persons enoce,
notice: ti bay hones; black mare, Ito
I Dearborn do., I 'en rt and hsrness,i,,,,.:
butt chains. I pair breast do., 1 cradla.,
waggon harries', I dduble linked ;pail.,
Ing haroqss, I sett Dearborn harness, 1,
row, I cow I hog, I milting box, I ra,L , ;
w'agerin lied, I sleigh,,t wheeibarrnu, i, •••
.; JOHAN:SAN'
'MOTIVE TO TAX COLLEf.it
undetalgned ecitninlssioners of t,
Schuylkill, do hercbit give notice t n.
LECTOR of the several ttorouelu a r d
the county of Schuylkillohnt their dut,
settled during the month-al' Match um;
Commissioners will proceed arnlnst
law. , ff. BTICIITEII )
LENVII
; I ISAAC. tIET2i- f
ATOTICE.—CONIft ON 9C11001.8,.„ , f
111 Directors of the COmmon ftrh.e,,d,
POttsville.lwill hold their ELECTION f •
said schools, on 2d Iridnrsdap in .ttcyl
commenceton the let' April. Apple,
'dressed tol[Febl9-S] •J.
NoTicE.—Tbe eo-partnerzh:p hetet
beta* the sutnitribers In the raral,,
& Co.. Is hereby dissolved by mutest r. , ...
'
PottsLle, Feb 19.6) C./ kl.
I I
T ulitnEn. YATIDe—The undereir.
Lamle the lumber business at It,
Gould & m;and is now editing to F. t e
rupply of; Reasoned Bcisquebanno Marie
Recently purchased MTN!, Thnee
dry lumber will always be accommodate!,
Feb- 194•83 •
A DIIIN/ STD. A:rriON NOTICE.
letters nfadininistratien on the vino.,
BEADI4 late of Nnnvegian Ims
county have been granted ill it.,
Schuylkill runty to the Ruh.erp e ers, a .,
Eiren renuirime at Cle e itiffebleel I $.
make Pay men,. and al) thoee having
them roe uttlentept,
Fcbl2-7-6t3
JANE IIEAPI.E.
/011:i 1.. nFA.9I.E.
AA DIIIItNISTIRAMICiNXOT:tI .
adm.hirtration of th, e , ans, Hem,
etreets • widen were 'of THOM.% j. firr
pott.vithi nu r , blnt. docenvnl, hatins:
IhC necipler-or P. hu ill moots to tho,
perrons to, , vh , a claims or demarn.l4 nen,'
the said tltre,lent. are requemeillo
same, ;and all persons Indebted 10
payment Without delay to E M. 111;, -
•Fet,s-.1-6t] • Adl& - nintainx,
rentrn and Norwnzi st
1 A DMlailig'iquiTios- NOTIO..
ra. letter's of Administration bout; twee t:
Resister Of' Schuylkill enonty to the ,el„,.
'estate'. of IIANIEI4 WATT, late of the 1,.
. r;.
oosille,Schiis Mill county.ilocea,d , 21. I
led to satil[estate ,, nre requited 10 make r•
I ,thrile har:ing violets twill present diva! fur -
I. 1022-4401 STEPHEN SCHWIIt
l l ' IAI OTIFE•-•Estate of WM. NEVTLI.F.:
11 Notice is hereby given to the ,retlit,
' Nevin°, fate rbf the borough-of Tauwati
'county. Ihnkeiper, dereaßed, by Chas li
'Auditor elptiointed by the Orphans' Conn
'county to distribute the assets in the ham:.
Reed, Esn.„Trustee appointed by the si..
make sale of Oa; real estate of the saki k
' iTeeefsed; atisln from said sale, in ard
i
creditors,' entitlel thereto, that be will be A.
at Illioffice in I e borough of Oriviesburr.t
i
ties 201 k day of ebruary, inst., at I o'ci,,,s,
noon; std the purpose aforesaid.
' Feblp-7]
~ • CHARLES WITMN
No r rICE.... - The subscriber hereby
illg
all df his customers, that he will ti
his business on the 22fk day of Fdrav,
fullideletinined to do at entire ra•h
therefore hereby request all who find them
ed try hiM to make payment between Oita:
he further glues notice that he will !MCI,.
- on the lit, 2d, and 3.1 days of March, in mfg
:warrant of stock and re-mark his good, 1,.
'mina! inni to sell
,gonds at lower priers !tut
, offered In the county, for cash only.
J. IL
Dllne ills, Jan. 29, 1819. '
• •
iii\TOTXCE—Geo. li. Stichter basin;
ihlmlnaniel IL Elderly, in the thuds,
they will' hereafter trade under the firm rd , .
ac ESTERLY, at the old stand corner f -
'Market streets, where, by stria atrimos
they hope to merit the patronage -7.
to the old firm. Persons in want of Herd,'
would rid well torahl and examine risco -.'
purehasing, as they are determined!.
May 2t, • '22— sTrerrrcit
POOTICE.--The COl3ll/111.,11111
Ina ander the firm of SEIBERT k
was dissOlved on the' 27th of 'November br
consent.l The undersigned wilt <mane
Water business orahis own OCCOIIIII:310,
The business ern* late firm will ne sol,l
oTicu.--An those persons Who an
/7 the Undersigned in the borooch of Rr
please to call on or before the be
square opt their accounts. otherwise it Int:, •
done by klua eaten of late.
WERNTZ &
• Pinesiove Feb. 12
bOOTICE.--The firm of NORTON k
dealers in flints. grain, mem , . ;;;,,
dissolved by mutual timsent. r. F
_LJn224-fit] ' 1:•&
A SSIGIIfEES , NOTICEs—Whr
A
QUIN, of the borouch of Fount:fit, it
an assignment of ell his estate, real and let •
istibscrlber. 'far the benefit of his emit:,
hereby given to all those Indebted to slid h
Vim:lke Immediate payment tome and n -
log claims will present them without &la
rottsvnlle, Febl2-7) - t DAME? G'
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A ,sSIGItEE'S 310TICE.--Wrierot
CANPBELLorAh6 horannli of You.:
made an airsien mein of all his property it t!•
tier the benefit of hie creditors; notice it r.•
hi all thcise indebted to said estate, to m il t
payment, undid, those having claims will I n/
For settlement without delay. ' • ,/
Febs;ll-6!) N. M. WILRON.i.
DISSOLITTION.:•T he partnerikti`
esisilna between Samuel ff.-lanes tee
JOnes, trading under the firm of SAM/ B
Co., Schtiylkill township, Schuylkill mint
solved on the Ist day of January,lB.o.
of the late firm will be settled by Saud. Ile
, SAM. R. JO
ROWLAND::
'ICE.--The business will be toss:
Febl2-74i]_ t'
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No
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DISSOLUTION.—The pannership r
I/ etinlitur under the firm of !HUDSON,!,
TAYLOR, trade In the bornuoker Tank , i
nrt 4 rlnlylkill.ntnt, of Penney Ivan in , k thnc
red by Mutual cnbrent. The hnsimis urn ,
I
sr II be inntlud b*lno. S. Smith.. '.
' ''' i • '' '-11 qvl ;. 7NR E A: g I ITF:
Jai:lo-5-G] : . ' CHARLES M. T,
'lls s
OTICE.-4die Foundry and Merliiti
' will h
-5 60e continued by the subaeriber..
• Tarnaqua,;neg
.101I\ E.'
if N BANKRUPTCY.—U. 8. En tern
1 NOTIEE.—,A Petition for ;Eutaw aid ,
tinder the Bankrupt laws has been tiled 1 ,
Angel, late coal merchant,' Schuylkill tour ,
petition Vs ill he heard before the District Ge
United etyAtea for the Eastern District of v.v..-
Sitting in bankruptcy, at the District Coen
611 v of Pliiiadoiptth ' on PrisitY. the 171 k 41'
MN, at II fl . rlock,: A. Id., when and where
Of said petitioner, who hase preyed their '
ether persons interested, may appear an I•
If any they have' why such discharge and
should not he granted. THOMAS 1.. KO,
Dec15,51-1(It] - Clerk
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PCASTER, risia,AlVD SALT
100 tons Plaster; 50 bbl a, N IA ka '
30 half:Lod quarter bbls: Isar wily usr ;
150 sacks ground and fine a in, ityr sale by -
Nova-45] i .1 M.IIIIIAV'
IJAIL ROAD IRON,--Constantly c;•
IL assortment of Flat B.lr Rail Road IRO'
L and lateral roads, Also; light T rails ZO•
Yard, of a superior quality, and most opprom ,
F., sale at the Y_ork SlOrc.[Jnl-1] El:M.1%0"
•
TINGLE I.;01'1E8 OP THE
can be l ebtained every ::alurday of 11...
know, Minersville t Henry Shisslei, Fr , : •
at the corner of Centre and Market streets, it
and at the counter or the publication elm_
.
TF'YOII OVANT s and Jewelry
• rnas orti 11 LW Year's pr • ems od
Dclß-51] 1111ADY..k ELLOTr
Wholesale and Retail Watch and Jeweln .
13 1 HTTE11.—Fresh Lel anon 3 gamy IRV
received and for sale at It. 0.81100 1
Dtcll-50) N eve Grcicio"
BLANKETS AND I !DIVE if B LANKETS
KED% Various sizes;
50 goitre, for sale vets low by
Dc4-49) ; d, BEATTY I;
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U 61.13 RINGS, Pc; .cll3, Cosnr,
. Fob Chains In great v trier at
Dclki-511 I , " BBt DY ELL!'
U lf; t%? - e l it i etliti r it g anti f . r sale by
DclB-31] , It. D. Sill,-
MI!
D°•ll l '.. f e rollr„M --' „
county, Nnr kart
celved and foisale by [Net 45] .1. N. BEATO
RAIL ROAD IRON FOR DRIFTs.- 4 g
Flat Bar 11.11. Iron, constantly on hand
at the york Store: [Nov6-4.5). EDW. liAr'.s
VVALENTINECowie and
JUNI feeeieed and for ;ale at BAENA.
leb..S.G] I Cheap Book [mil Yrrictl t"; - ,
sleap at the store of - -
HEESETIRW.MBI — AND BE.k
/n22...4] LITTLE & 3B'.
PLEB, AND
for ale by
Jn22-4)
urrLE a: v t
_ .
G _
....
GREEN AND B LACK TEAS— 0 : .
HIVOT. for 410 very cheap at the Were a r.
J 022-1 ) 1 LITTLE &M r
"DOTATOESe--A good lot of romiff';::
1 - on hand and f or sale by" '. l".,
J° 22-1 )
_1 ' : LI TTLE k. 31 4% , 4:„
I A. [ RD ANDTE'Rik.DBEEF:iiiiit :(
Aland will be /tad low by ie.,
Jor.-4] • I ' LITTI•ErI
FRESH BUTTER end EGGll,Justreae
for *24 at POI R.D.BBOENEB'S Gm.°
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