miners' brunt:
007TSVI'Ll.E, PA.
• -
7liertr4naT„Rgensuoxii. ao, 1004.
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B. BANAL Editorand Proprietor;
tnlZE F Assoolate Editor.
THB CAAL TR& r-
lt WAR O'W 1 L 0W! II Osl.
We übsers;cl by the pr4editgs of Con
gress that the s profeel of taking the duty off
CottionittPlaciug it among the free article*
his been already introduted into Comma by
General Walbridge of New york. The Hon.
member., gives a nUmber of statistics, to show
the magnitude of the trade and its'great im
patience to the country, but the deductions,
drawn from these statistics are not only very'
erroneous, bat onntrury to the laws of trade.
It has been asserted; that more mercantile
firms, in our different cities, have been bro
ken up by the miscalculations made with re
gard to the , effect the,inspnsition rand re oval
of duties has on trade, than from any o
cause.' This arose from the calculations
erally made, particularly by those who .
not given the subject much thought, that
imposition of duties would necessarily jeerer
the value, acid their renteval lower the/ pri
Of the article. .. To sho that thiS does' r
follow, take the articlei iillea and Coffee t
Witted' entirely 'from abroad. For two,
, years before the duty was entirely remoVl
these articles were subjected to various
es, in the frequent' 'changes which our Ta
policy hatP undergone: `The officiel recd
on file at Washington show that freque
When the duty was loweru the crrite of tit
articles rose, and when the duty,, theta
theta
en the price fell in the marketOteite
vial tables also show that.thr4ye Other c
es frequently' operatingAet affebt price
dependent . of the levying' 0f duties. We h
singled out Tegi;,,attni Coffee, because they 1
strtielesecliiiie,ly of foreign production,
area cktleO.'ted by,domestic competitio
anyfitolo. , •;: . )itembers of Congress by exi
ning.Hie'imotils in the Treasury Depart ent
will find these statistics as we have state . It
is'on the supposition , that the".rm o
noval du
ties will dower prices, that the': (atm is,
now making in Congress to removw‘.the uty
tie Coal-L-11in the whole history of diel oat .
Trade in this country pioles direirtly th..re
terse—liters are .tohborn impedimeuts far,
'the mere theorist to get over—aml figure. r
ef-ordi t 1 g the official results of the past, di not,
lie. c*- •
Goi. Wu!bridge ina.f: the broad asset
itire (ligo :front memory;) that tint pril
Anthtueitti , Coal, : one or the necessnri
life,. had nearly doubled in the New ,
market, within a few years. yam. This
great tniAttl..o--Anthracite Coal it DOC
in the Naw York market
dollar per ton, as it did in 1P4.0 and
the duty on Foreign Col4.l.ras • the low
W hate taken sinut4ains
ii"; 1 of tic Tratlesia city, to,
the ttonorthlr, Ineriilreitas Feral great
inl,rtnrd,ott this p4it. The retail p
Authrtu Coal in the New York t
the Oth of December of each ee
is4(l to In 4 wa.; u. 114 tows. Wa i.
;idled the, animal ,apply tundineri , its
er with the rate, - of duty ated the im
of Foreign Coal (rout 1537 to Ili:4 ii
Ittllv CrX IN NV., nI'TT-
IR'.. rt 1.1.1.1. •
N. 1. . 11.
15.37 nS i. 470
7 • rms. . : , 1) •
I ...:sto 47,77:-N 4) . 17 0 1
pt fA 0u.5,114 Ic,m7 . 5o
1:41 S tc1,11,5/ 5o
1 , 12 17 )MI 1.1 , :s,001 14:).1. 1 1 1 7.1
1•4 : 1 5., 174.5.1% 1
1,7.4 ry W 1.631.U[1 z0....1.30 775
I r, IJ 2.1„r.2,052 dtll.:Vi:t 1;5
151, • 7 oo 992 ,
1 . 147 r„, ,f.134.2..11V3 13' ; 317
Isl., 575 1;.214.014
1..41 7 013.4. - ..".5iv.) 11 1,4 C 3 •
9.) 15S ITS7.7iL; 7 4
51 ujJ. 77 . 1 501,013 -,
I. 5;; VU
11 , 54 7 bl) • '1) . ,1111.4.1.1 04rt.0 , M '75
Nu...—The ng , ,,rwznin 01 tunt
srtry Lut little mr.ut Ihp nbove. Montt 75,4
1 ^` ,,,, up CanalA that did
1t l.urtic tuart•a.
By esnatiuia the above Whin
flint Coal was ;higher in thtNew
ket in 1t 4 40 and '4l, when the, d9l
lowest, "thajl it. was Whew the diii
creased in the latter part of 1841
vents to sl';',7s per ton. It was hig
the New yinic market than it is nn
standing the - inflated prices of ever
entered into the" production of 'Cm
etit year,
The trade waa completely cri
1537 by the operation of the
13111 ofISA which gradually red
ties down to 20 per cent in Islo.
period all itnprovements ceased
lieries'were abandoned, add even
Railroads in our Region'could tio'
repair—the increased Product d
meet the' wants of the country,.
up to $8 50 Per ton for Coal
market iu 1 g 10. This general I
resulted in the'passageol , the
which inereasNl the duty on
front itt) cents toS'! 75 per ton.
en impetus to the trade, nod a
brandies of hoSiness—contidene.
—capital began again to flow it
ne?s,—iinproventente were made
tioui began to increase rapidly
fell loi'ver under a dote of Si . 75
hen were under a fluty of only
ton--and that too tinder ;Lit iiiereld
requiring all the energies of the
pin From 1537 . t0 ISA, with
the trade ;tonally dim in Wed : at
while from I $43 to I 5 17 jnnlusi
inervaied front 1,2,63,:a1 t ons
1411 S, Lli(lre than d . . slll,liity i
and the prices were two dollarx
th'e New York market than they
Money was flowing rapidly, not
Coal Regions for the devfilo
Mineral produeil, but also into
pro‘cnients for conveying-the
. . . .
mines to the consumer;—prepa tious to meet : mltiplied..
the extraordinary demand, grow ng up under t 1. 3 d. That thereMnraf of duties on Foreign
the operation of the truly American Tariff of I Coal noir-, would preve disastrous to 'the eon
-I,S lA, had en fully made, at a sast expense ! surlier, and must iMult in keeping Coal at a
during 41 , : i two previous years, t , supply t.liis . ; higher price, next y!mr iltati it inuld he if the
demand, 11.4 upwards of tW,OOO tons increaSe i Outie,i are retained'','or cycle increased, ..
were sent to market in 1)47, every ton of} . 4th. Because tbn.etride .requires a iteavy .
which the market would have required had 1 investment in Itaiirteul machinetlY;such -as
tett the Taritr of 1846 been pasted, which at : cars and loconiotives, and boats for the Canals,
that critical -period of heavy investments,; before the supplies!,:canbe ineretise4tituelt be
came like a thunder clap iii a clottdless day, I, yond the shipm4ntal of this year—alit] money
so Au dd e p and unex p ecte d . n •- n ,,,,it m p as ,,, age ,_ ' can only be attractedfo a business that is en.
Capitalists and business men were alarmed , couraged by the etmstituted Inw.makers, and
Factories, Furitnces, Foundries, Rolling Mills! trot ? depressed. rF .trrErriii, in every sense
&c. projected, ' and many in. the course of iof the word, is altradiv" — while Dttrmsto s
erection, were stopped, projected Railionds I jir . intircire.
. ,
abandoned, %rind the Coal and Iron Trade's
were. so -far as confidence was concerned,
completely ltroken down again, and many wor
t hr Men were ruined.. The trade diminished
again, anddhb supply for the ensuing three
years did not • increase' upon an average of,
over 125,000 tons per annum. It is true that
the Tariff of ts 46, which tool: effect in' 1847,
!lid not affect all the hranches of trade as sm
riously its it: woul , l have' done, ha not the
famine oeenried iu Europe in 18-17; causing
sin extensive market, fur our surpluijirtsluee,
rind its'heAry shipment threiv the balance of
trade in 'our favor, thus averting the blow to
a certain exte many hiatiehes of man
ufactures continue to languish, and nearly on( •
.half of the Iron establishinents, which sprung
up on the TitriClor fell into the Minds of
the Sheriff. The coal Trade suffered largelv
also by the withdranal of capital and confi•
deuce. , august of 1850 the great freshet
occurred, which •almost totally destroyed the
Schuylkill and Lehigh auals, and i:greatly
.tirlattigtif the Oth f ers, thread ng . the "%ithole trade'
'of" ALS Regirin on the Rallrottdwitich was;
worked day Mid night. ThiWiiiforta*tli-`,
mitirthed supplies anti prit iti rose**
at the *eei z to $2 **FA !$2 7k.ZPer
fan. The markets wereeomplefelyclernjOnat
of the surplus stoclOtedprice44led
This gave. the triode inotheir-iriipenia:-.and'l
to show the extent of the improverneats metie r (
(which under the. Tariff, Of 1810,..,bstrfain
partially dormant,) an im.reaserif 981,000 tons
*as then thrown into the market in 1851, acid i
prices a , Wiiii.:lrdirrelow rennineratiniPriiiiti
'44)
bupieVements again ceitsetl 7 7prices' were en
inously low—many-of - oar Colliers became
intiolvent--the 'calrylng, coinpenieltAvare c.t*
pled and cOmPeiely used up, friarnwhiththey
have.searcely recovered yet, even it the high
prices , offreight which have prevailed' for . rit
least : two years. A b out this..perhlit.P9l4
gan to kw into 'the country, minierous Ralf
roadg , ,were projected—the Iron . . hardness be..'
gan to revive—but the Coat Trade:'iiiiiii,f4
the accumulation of ql l y g e.aur i 4un in;ek: in
1851 and 1852, did not begMH:to ,
be affect
de until aboutAugwit of 1553. "'ln'. the fall
of 1852 the price of Coal fell belear the prices
charged in the spring, and the dealers abroad'
of coarse lost on their . ..early purchases, which
had beeu stocked in their yards. They rely
naturally delayed purchasing early • in the
Spring. af.!lss3, and the produet,it is' well
known, fell off largely in the early part of that
year. All the appeals from the
P eal, Region
giving warning of a short supply;*-that the fa
cilities of the carrying companies - ould trans,
port only a certain quantity to market, were
unheeded until too .latein the Season, when
the 'demand for Stearners, Ire&. Works, ke.,
became so great, that Coal, Whith was selling
a : slow as $1 pj to the:early part of the sea
-15011 at the Mines, ran up to $2 ( 50 and $3 00
before theilose of the season: . ' - 'The increase
. was only'. 201,60 torts, in 1853, tind the market
was short at least 250, 0 000 tons. Prices of
course continued high during the winter, and
extraordinary exertions were mitde both iirthitt
old and new Coal Regions---evdry mintier NISA
kept at work (which is unusual: lope winter
season,) preparing Collieries for the coming
I year's business—and theßpring opened with al
bare, market and a great' rush for Coal. 1.
Such was the sten of the market in the I
spring of 185f.xCiur dealers hadforraed no ode-,
quote idea of the great rush that would be model
for Coal,and many firms sold large quantitiesat '1
$2.25 and $2 50 per ton, which *as leis than
the 'price;
. in 'the previous tall avid Winter.' Bet 1
the Cituidsopened three weeks litter titan usuaLl
In ,Mnyrtfreshet Occurred, which damaged the
Lehigh and Lecke we on
general rush to SchuPtidit 'Cotatiti, rui Coal— i
„steamboat owners ,bid en Iron men to 'keep
;
heir steamboats running—and Iron men bid
nn 4;r:a ‘ niliOnt proprietors, to keep their Works. ,
in operat.ion; and . Coal ran up as high - as
50 ik.Otli.,nt,t!ntc rii•en $1 could have i l lheen
obtained; cif Ctial.Olterayirb had: .I,4man
-deli it. Mitiertigittradtctint. , ed ifl ti-Cerres
mv ratio—in'fact, sooner than snit the
risl; ofvartielit, then: aid the wages tlenittO=
chttlr.tri ri,iiit:t - nt , t, every instn,t „ otti. in order tit sup.;
detaand..'7lls were also
174 - tipttitottt 25 per eent.,iiiglikkihan the rate':
pr,:,=itms years. Freighti;frrintßieh...l
'plow] to ' Roston, which opeiii.4l at \ sl . . in;
the spriniof 553, run up tb $2 75 Rini:even
iu idle spring .of I $5-1. Freights to Ater
pori, were st .correw,ifidiug rates, "ruvis‘'‘-";',.
!oils in the Coal Region, and 'almost every ur
tiele that entered into the priMuetion or Coal,
t. 1.0 ;itivttneetl enormously, as the following,
tahle giving a cotnotrison 'Of pricer,: take n
from the books of one of our old deale rs, will
show r I
OE
• D
ad
he
II
I.nt,
e of
of
'or!.
Is a
ling
one
when
MEI
sta i
that
EIS
BEM
I from
e ar....)
meth
ISE=
11 . USP•C
iE.N.Y COIL
~,,,
Paire..l . l4 the Owl hL i 53 mill '44
, „..
51,1
1 15
rhoir, i,l,nrrt•l, sfi 75
1-elotsel, 70
Ow), .10 ' • , 44
1'0r4t044. do, . 44
iVe,;tertPork z ' t ,l $
Beef, 141/
ender,
- 0 t..n. • ett
I.unther.t.,r mines, 14 31„ I:3 90
Coal, 14 ion, 49
1.4140 r, 14 week, 5 09
The higher price t of Coal, of coure stitu
ulated the pnoluction to its greatest ektent.-
0 4 r Operator. : ; toiled day and 'night in
oriel: to ::apply thedemarl- , -:„hot whil e th ey
were , so toiling, the consuniers abroad; with
the aid of the presg, finding the price 'of Coal
higher titan the rates tbrinerly paid, combined
together not to purchase their soppliei of Coal
'ante -of great dcmaud t 06,) in order to .
Iti
redacelt dR les—anis, tOpott the . Most fav
orable foriod of the year r fttr receiving Sop.
plie2t, when freights from' Richmond to the
klaNi were nt the lowest point. 'this sm..,
ahou! (rim. 'course qr policy to adopt as
ithe pr.yrrl now enteriniiirq of faking o,t; defy
Al, lint sill
ii) tow. wetu
4 rea b the
t apptars
'ork mar
iFa*, the
rrotn '4oj
• -
hertiscu in I
notwith
1-thing that
1 the prt•s•
,dr ri Pareigot awl/ 10 Cheapen the pit& q/
the. domestic article- or in other words,
rt !rink, by reithart4ing conlid! nre and
dirciting capitol limn it, in or:er to_ increase
the 'prothretion.
!Iplea Mier
=promise
ee,l all du-
)uring that
many Col-.
the lateral; This combination of the consumers against
be kept in the prOucers,-checked the product in Schuyl-
I not even kill l,Wuirtv nt least 50,000 tons, and: the wins
prices 'run i ter having set in about two %;eek . 3 earlier than
e N. York 1 usual, the supplies %%ere Cut off ahotit 150,000
destruction ions' . more in the dittlirenC mirkits--7ami pri
iff of 3.842 2 ces must ecnisequently rule high until the
reign 'Coat ! trade ope a again in4he Bit under
his•bill gave !.thiS eombinal loci of Mt tuntal circtimstanees the
. .
price of Coal is the York market is not
as high now WA it wail in . 1840 and '4l.—Tlti.4
short but correct history of. the .Coal
Trade; front 1840 nps'n'nd downs
4—its high and low priee4--together with the
causes that produee;tl these carious tinetria-
And now whit ale the cohelusions to
he drawn from this'l''ii.s.Uiry
:!to all other
was restored
to the bail
'the produe- '
t tool prices
per ton than ':
lON reilfs to
ingdemattd,
ltrade i l ,t. That fletteral)Valltridge made a great
over duties, I mistake in stating' that the •priee of Antlira.
d prices rose. slit. Coat had twarlyAteibleil in the New York
e the trail.', I market. ;
to '2 . ,te1‘*2,31./11 j 2d. That kw duties on Coal Ita‘,.v.always
fire years— I depressed the. Trade. , 14• withdrawing. conti
t ton. ter.. in &Mee and rapitahand inereased flip prices tiller
1,11! in I S. tn." the first shook—that `it:has always dour
only into the 'jilted under a ProteFtive policy—is less liable
tsi violent, fluctuations—:nd the prices inva
riably declitte..as capital is introduced and fa
cilities for producing and tralfsporting it, are
Mr=
'.xtensive
iin
oal from the!,
• •
That. l 4tewa;veunes to market must be
• provided, and newiroads - stocked, befOre most
of the new Ite;dhas ,will be able to make
many • t f the Collieries available .to the coa
-1 sumer. Taking the duty off of. Coal note will
not help these invi,.stm'ptits in new Regions.
6th. A Goverantent that would adopt
policy that would sacrifices domestic product,
amounting to abort ten otillions tlf lone thia
year, and that . ' prodnet as necessary for the
I:use of all classes of people aS bread its e lf;
giving more - commerce, and far exceeding the
entire tonnage ocall the other: products from
!:all the ports in the United States, carried in
American vessels, (as is shown in another tit. :
tick in this paper s ) to protect and nurse a fur
cirtn trade, in the hopeareducing:prices,which,
' 1 the present year, tinder allthe*ithnlets of high
';rates, atitounteil to•kts llainito4nredred and i
fifhltdirce (hanionii tons, not; equalling more
than three teteiespreduelfrona I.Schuytkilleoun.
ty alone, would he deittaioa of so strange
r and extraordinary* character, that. no think
• ' •
•
lug eapitallin or business man witinld like to
risk his capital and ltsbor in st trade that
cant* wattled by s etichsittwitscilawiwaters
7th.
_lite -remotal of the duty ao a.
not Niue the prodeeerrif cite . Co,
who lass his impro madt4 and_its cols •
---beatuse Pte cc king
• otOvastinents ist4he trade won kill
inew regions, cheek , their improvements,
and givO the obi:eel:4dt iivessinfaett: !tamp•
olieritorsfrin the 01d rea
under such eircinttancvn4" conitec2ntrok
the price of labor and - dictate stetinr s to - the
esnummers, just as the British rim;
atter they have broken doirresift-fithrelstatt
lislatitenta'unair'asfivit*t ii4"444ll;rusl,
tier their capital and laborlitsiAm t is a on;
tivir aide: transporting companies too,
after their:Tirals are broken flown, can nut,
sllPs..olo4,4 ,l 9lo4kratisPoftati9.9siu 4 , 4 s
_they did las t year whet i they i'out ethat all
• Bid-Piat Rekione could modueethoie Coal than
`they had ficilities to earl pii*trlset.
tith e That while *removal' of the dutie,
flaw, would not nuitefially affect • the col li ers;
in the egret:dished Anthracite Regions, its
,would beni,'„very heavily, on th e' Bitnminewl
Reginns'of Virginia, North Ca,ielina, Tenney.;
see, Illinois, Ohio, Marfland, &e. Coming at,
it will directly in eompetitionsOth this specio •
Of Coal on the sea bolird 7 -itt-wonld
late the balance of that trade;if it is not
ready destroyed at: tlizse paints, by adeso
ting Nova Scotia Coal (where the great bulk of,
imports come from,) duty frec;; ouder theite •
eiprocity Treaty which nowln effect.
I , 9th. Thad would be worse Asa folly to e.±-
neettoinerease.the trapplymn4: from Enropois
while prices are rising in those countries front"
which, supplies are anticipattl. 7 part.iculaeli
At ft time too, when the ProltrA of exixstin4
Anthracite Coal to Loadoniulif been seriousljs
broached—when the Means. tlunartlare coati
pelted to pay $5 tkton 'tar et4l at the port at
Liverpool forte we'd( steamers—hs
*dui finight to !New 'York, (unless
comes as ballast) Si, inakinsii S 9 per ton, ort
the wharf tteNew York without cartage; kir
without any profit to the itatierter. The quit s
tations also show that; Foreigli Coal, in all the
markets on the Atlinsiie seatuard,ruleshigh;
er than
„the domestic tirtiele b now selling for.
.1 Our operators, we Must c4ffess, ) -
,:ieem b tie
quite indifferentseqstlksAtibject, sincethe,
duty has been rentor4oli Nora Scotia Co
in the Reciprocity Treaty. f." So far sent*
"movement has been made to avert the
.
taking >Off of the duty on': Enkopean
They hare toiled day and night sduring the
Inst•season, uniletsmany ditfiyithieS, to supply
the demand for Coal; in spiie of all the 10.
dietiens, that they could' tio...inerease the Si..U
ply one Lou, from our," crippled " and. "dilsipi
dated" Collieries--they dist nerease the pre
duet upwards of 4f 1,000 e. tons, stud whlch
wththl have reached r it half the essti:
sumers had taken it,while the whole ittcreitse
from all the other Atithra:ite !legions.
not exceed half titat' i linatitity. The increaits
however, from all the sisifthraeite Regi4s,
this year. will reach; SIX tiI..TNDREI)
1:01IT V-S1 THOU:4A NI) TUNS—all; in
erenQe. in a year, htily exceeded shut
once, (Is'r, since the conlineneetnesit of,fthe
trade. Does tlelalook tO
, erp
the coal out of - market? %The diarge is ri.
di( 1111111,. The Celliers of rf•St Intyikill ! Conisty,
' , Wing:, to the large itterea,ed supply
\fur'iistied, saved di" , consumers in the East
from ilow paying $l2 per Lou for their filet—
yetthsv wyre singled out And denouncetisitt
set of 'robbers, pickpockets, and fit sultrycts
tor the Peniteritiary,beeatste, we presuine,:'tj4ey
were ladiehitioloperators4oid lived in Schuyl
kill County—can s they th'lrefore he eensided
if they do, feel insfiffirent tinder such eir{itm
stances? That they las injured to rr;cer
min extent, by die t . reouitill of the duty from
all foreign Coal, cery tclie k etiug persoa' will
admit—but the 1)1'7 will fair•sv,ith tw?-fohl
force on the con:lnters iihroad. \ •
Were we in etillgreSS) i:;1) would ptitsf, ;spe
cific duty , of $1 09 per ion on re FOreign
Coal,atel a specific duty tient to three-fderths ,
of the amount imposed by the Tariff of l jil2,
on Iron, and manufaeturirs of Iroti—bepititse
these two articles 'are t Issifoundation
all our prosperity is ba4l—and then attris
all the raw materials frtait aliroad that i'elter
into our inanutlicturei, ditty free ;•-•if this acre
done during the pres-nt session of Congress, in
less than six months th4skies would IN:clear
re : mitt—the money paniq i would soon liy
gone tale, and Our Sopthren and lqstern
friends would not be troubled with petitioning
Congress for the removal of the duty city For :
sign Railroad:lnm to Complete theit:iroads
—Money would nail flow in° its !accus
tomed channels, and thqy could pro'cure, Iron
much easier with the ditty on then, they
can noir, duty free. ji I •
In conclusion we will'i`tnke ocertlimi• io re
.
mark, that many of the pauses which r.kti Coal
up sohigh the present yin r,will,in all probabil
ityshe removed next ye:li% Coat is worth;ou the
average' only about 25 scents in the gristind—
all the rest expended o(t it tridil it isidaeed
in the (must:awes cellat, labor ea:trans
portation. Labor, it is generally admitted,
will be lower next yeiw. Iron, lundtkrs and
many-other articles, It t's believed, will also de-
Crease in price. Tfaniportation mayillso be
rethiced next yeirs" I : hese changes •:hest of
necessity affect the priOe of Coal also :(o some
extent, and still leave lire producer a fair pro
fit. ilighl t rice
• are4ot always the *lost re
munerative,There is learcely a deal4r in the
Region that did notliailte snore money on the
Coal he'mined in the loiter part of 185,3, which
he sold at lower rate.tliari he did 1115 t 185,1 at
the high rates. This can easily he unsterstood
by examining the ta4e of the prices': of pro.
visions, labor ite., Wia and 18.44 . `5as
puh
lished above.
DEE
1 :174
111
fin efl
Vo DO
MI to NO
7 011
. 4
The follovving;urtiete Shona the gitattin..i
, .
portance of the VuaLTrade to the critnmereel
in) . . .
,) 4:
'il . 1 ' l ' •
of the country, el ie nwe republiA:i:t • ;
TILE COAL' TE.AitE,
And its Intimate Connection with the CiMateice
of the Country.
An strong c orts are tow making to alrlish the
ffrelgn Cool, it may not be dol.trned oh
truFivO to state facts, sa pid call the attetilion of the
public. WI the positit pint the Coed tri4e at the
present time, and its baring and itiflnei*o on the'
commercial and naval famine of our coitntty.
To therAnthracite Coal trade of Peu+ylvania"
it it of comparatively ljttlo conscryneuci. whether
the duty retained or "thbolittbed. ft nirw holds a
position That eannot Ire shaken. Thettrsvie has
attained la magnitudeNmd standing that will be
but slightly infinemAtig foreign Coal l •iuciuchd
in the free bill. But 4;-.ottr neighbottuf :Mary
land,,Virginia and, N.ltth - Nrolina shifid in this
position? A fair, Candid, and itnpartigil,ecanaina
tion trillitrove that the' do not.:bnt thei they will
become the sufferers, If the scheme tif the free
traders tO cripple andUltiteatelydestrerthe
try ofotar country is t °untenanted V: C011,1Te2 , 0_4
The "Pennsylvania Anthracite" is ;Omitted by;
the geologists of ImitllTAtnerien and : Europe, (and',
PO deflated by them) en differ from all. tither Coals
in the renewing pert;c7ulstri:
ist. It is more.eomilact in its struMnre, and tY
larger (Otantity capable of being steredlit a given'
space. • •
• 2.1n1. tis more safe, as being a de?sTpAerieed
C oa t it cannot take fire spontaneously.';
- ' 34. It contains Mote Carbon than day 'known
Coal, aid as 'a consequence will gottrate more
strain.
• • •
4th. It snakes no satoke. - which girei it a deci
ded preference for dinnestie purpose4;' and mi.-
acting tits it for stern vessels and :particularly
Wits - iteamers. f
iligiand does net 'produce an nritide in any
• 'axonet equal to ittutfi therefore cannot be a cent.'
petitor,! and it is now Sent to New nosnswiek for
steamporposeS (whei?s Picton or SitleCY, Coil sell
for oneituslf the price;paid for Arithrolte deliver
et aunts), to all the lmpglish provincti in America.
to the Vest Indies, glut lndies and ?t,notralia, to
the West hidiar , die Pacific. China;,. Italy and
even London; end fn all foreign plefi•es it corn
maniiala higher prieit that English COSI.
The rom, of Maryland, Virginia and North Car.
aline arc Bituminous, of excellent qtrtßity and ad
mirablic Felted to purpose, suffieienttto glib fall
employment to-all tlr workings, wifli a certainty
.of an inercesod demand if. the preseTi4, duties are
centinited. Tint E ngland r produces tliti name kinli
of Coal, and in a oneign market romp in rompe-
Minn with and ran =andtrsell there.i, and in the
noninmacket eat . ; ritard their growth if not de
stroy 0 ., if Cat to admitted dutirree.
, Such is 'the condition of the Coat producing
states net the Atlantie at. this ties& • The ittompt.
to take the duty ofi' Of Foreign Coalquts been re.
pettedly made by disc whose into "'stn
rte initti.-
ieal to American intlizett7 and . extig4tise. and' in
9 •
[PREPARED FOR Tit -F.
every Inflame ftJleftbracite • • •4 , 4 , , , and -•• ;
ors have borw= l st np to the •. - . • .., 4:. • -
,- t1 ....p. merpoliste ia,.. ;.-,I z,,- est*ialkin
,
'-'t pri c e , tiCesal daring do, '
~.''!,v9ititii
', • n -seised esa - esitis stebbsy sad'' ' „Illie.',utee
;f uer
:o,tout- , utile
.suet of • - - • :,,
•4: • ' ' **perdee than - 7 ' •' - gliWeni
4111 . otbeirrl Co* .: .e .1 3.:', iiiidijtjur
L ien ine'reasa p enable • . •.:. ,:Ihre ; • • , .
ilitii all the in Aese'ridiest . ; - th e i n kok4
!:'ltants of Lerrolineet, Obi thinslstiYleere' f. • .4
l'esti . apsP;ltpettinent•Wflesters es*: •: -4
rellfialtdotithikd ms 4 tb l itt4o4:
Il i d.i i ° 4 :. sot Vieoiii u. saw:- .-:.,-:,--.,-,-
,; .vito t i4ew of slowing the impiitance ot• the
4•,.. deekiniasofnmercial point; the. subjoined
*tenses — tVrigieen : Wiricludel 'ordy'llse Antbris
it* Coal trade of Pennsylvania, spit the aseeent
ia made up from the records of the companies and
'nfberil engaged in the trade and in}r - be relied on
j•;. I'4 se*onntofthersirelgi
I I indo4tsietifT,, ; TP 0 0
:tlteport of the Committee of Cmnieures soli "I
-gatinn for the lima year, ending Zone 30; 1833."
' The aggregate antenns et Anthieide. ' - ' !-• T.,
teal sant from - As urinate -Pelu(sylsa.. -4..
- Ilia in the year ending .I . bscembbr 31,
11353;. Obi' 'aseemint' being made' - u p to
that date to compare with the reliort of -
`Ale Committee of Conseteren aPtlififibil
gallon, made up to tune 90:113530 "wu..
3,195,151 tons; -of this amount tiler e was
I ;consumed on the lines of the Can is said
Railroadi, and at the ,Shipping Feints .
at tide water 1,200,000 imp; harp% to rota.
be sent in vessels todlibent ports 3,995,151
. Of the aggregate amount of 5,195,151
tone, the Reading EMlroisi. tattled le
582,248 tons,; the mmaindell-wyla4trans
parted on the Canals, gives . fur that .
mode of conveyance, • I . 3.812,903
. The average tonage of the vestals carrying Coal
from the shipping ports to distaPt place!: Is 150
tons, and eaeb vessel Aim employment to 4 men
and one hey; the time einploymt In carrying the
cargo to its place of 'destination and returning,
bait beerr mentained to averagej 20 days, which
gives 18 trips in the year- so tilt each will carry
2700 tons in that time, and it required more than
1479 vessels, 5016 min, and 1479 boys Constant/3'
employed in this part of the ttade, and a total
of 221,850t0n5.
. The number of Barges employed on the Canal
wan 4600, averaging 87 tow ,scb employing 2
men, 1 bey and 2 horses, which: gives 9200 men,
• 4600 boYs..and an aggregate of 400,200 tone em
ployed in Canal transportation.
From this it is shown that the Anthracite Coal
trade is 1.853,41infb/1 and regular employment
to 15,116 men, 6,079 boys and 6,079 Vessels and
Barg 11th an aggregate of 02,050 registoied,
enrolled and licensed teellseingek.' • '.
• From the Report of thiP.o3oiiittteek on 95m
mecca and Navigation,. it:httabown. that hr the
year ending Jane 30, 185 d - cleared
from all. the ports ,. of the - Unite 4 States as
..
follows: '•
American vessels 10,001-44rinage, 3.766,789;
with crows of enent.446454: /Ina boys, 1,535. For
eign vessels, 11,680-tonnage, 2,298,790. with crews
of men 120.754 and boys 1,560:: making n gland
total of 21,fi81 vessels with ishminagesmottnting to
6.065,579 tons, and 266,008, m n and 3,095 boys
UP crews.
From the report made by' the Conimittee It is
1- impospilde to ascertain the nut of 'Ousels and
also the men and hers pettnatintly-engsged. If
retiedred ene,tm*e year fel* lease to make it
lltrip. then thiteitatraet shore siten.might show the
actuatimiber teen 'end boys eenshint
ly employed: but as trips are frequent, each lime
the ressels clear, the vessels mitt crews are multi
plied. and' therefore the only thing to base n ruin
. parison on. is the tons nettially shipped, nr the
regular registered tonnage etimloyed: for should
every trip ha added that Coal carrying vessels
tn ". E t., it wfmid increase the neastiug vessel+ anti
erewe',lBtimes. and the Canal'llarges and crews the
same, and give a result as follptes:
S her. R ,, YA.
24,622 420,0 1 8 26.622
62,600 M 5,600 66,606
1 . 0.1C1. 1
Barge.,
107.422
MB
. Bnt ns the Vessels and Barku employed in' the
Coal trial° make their trips irk a shorter time ihnn'
those engaged in the foreign trade. this coarse
would he tinnily unjust. Therefore it is deemed
to be the most fair ax well n 4 Just mode of draw
ing, a comparison, to giro thd tons cleared, which
was as follows:
Total stmonot or tonnage elenred from the to!.
iowing ports to- Poroign rniintrlel in Amerionn
ne4 Foreign resels ttie'yiar ending ;Trine :30,
1951:
-Prom - •
ilorton. - '7 • .15 -TONS.
's, ovr York
" Philndclphiti, - 15/M5
'Baltimore,'
" . : Savitnnft„ §1.52;
Charlegon, S. , 131.112
-
New Brienne, - 6:18,820
„ ;
The total amount Ol'lontr'eleitre4 ,from all th
porta in the United States &Vint'. the Fame period
wit.. in American vesselis.A.l7l3,7B4) tons—in for 1;
eizn reatteltc2..29S,79o loma+-tnriking a grand to;
tat "ei.065.579 ton. •
, . .
The total amount orAfifhtncite Coal cleared t/t
distant points from the ptii^t4nt tide water thirinc.i .
the year clline• December 1953 wee 3.995,151
tons: if to this in elided tinfr amount transported
An the Canals. 3,612,903 time. it gives an ag-! i
grogato of 7,G05,054, tons elqiicti by water. '
Front the nhnve etatement It is .shown, that the
e t e ft ra l l res of Anthracite from. the tide water
ports alone. ex'eced by 8211.202 tons the entire
elearancee in American and', Foreign 'vessels from
I the. eight principal port' , abovo named, and 2191112
tnesmorethan the total elearh nem. from nil the ports
in the United Staten in Alcrienn vesselit. If to
;the clearancee added t internal .or (*al
L lOnrnnres it will give nn el,cess of 1.512.475 tons
' Ally nti the elerranrer trdn the United State.; in
AMe s rteitn tend Foreign bOttimis combined.
In thkelenranees to Foreign countries, is ineht
dtal ig.slll , tons of Atacrie4 Cool, which of tight
chould lio Owed to the eriirlit of the Coal Tiade.
But (mooch boa ?woo aijewn to satisfy all who
have the interest of Attieritia at heart. that a tritcle
Llik. this whonhl not be sacrificed to,gratify . the 01-
pidity of foreigner , . •f i
; The immen.lo /mount of Flitntninona prrolneo
i+ not included in the above et:dement: if it was.
the amount would be neqwjv if not quite doubled.
The quection then mVbr fairly asked, will
Maryland. Virginia. Narih, Carolina and other
Ilitttutinonp producing Sitttea look tamely on and
Fee their intere.fa prdatited, 'without. raising' n
voice to avert it ?
*al Affairs.
1855, Jltpwrry,lsti 11... nth —3l Days
NON. ttrtd RM. TIMIS. ►Pt.
_ . .
31. 1 2J. 3 4 1 5 / 6
Sun 62..7.24 7.31 7.31 t 7.315 7.39 7.29 7.29
" Rue, 4.42' 4.29 4.291..00 4.311 4.31 4.31
" .5.02 6.10 rises 4.50 5.0 6.51 1.33
Full Moon—Weanritlay 3d., 3.11 tn. I
ji.ler. The Lifrrrity Sorkty will meet Again tied
Wednesday evening. and regularly fiterenfler. See
notice for the lirt of eterl,igee: .
mectiNg in aid yC the poor is to; be bei
to-morrow afternoon in the Ist. Sictinelttit Church,
• !
See notice. .
lo , jrcrey;iljhilu running with a Fire
euginiin Market street':, en Christinns day, fell
and becoming entangled with the ediecls; ho ;wat
dragged ennui ii4caucc l brimkin g one leg and t oll,-
erwise considerably brniiing — iiini. • • -
Sa o ic-. 3 -8/el3/431;4 and 'the 11 - etither.4The t
weather. fur the, - week tfits been generally mild.
frbe sleighing ie mostly ;used up, though the suow
kin lingers iu some pitties. This was with no the 1
firth week of contintona sleighing—excelleiltl
iOO 7 -to begin the Winter with. tirc ,3l ll7 l i B ',
I,lttsiery and colder-Ltitere • Vere few spits of! ,
mime., several times thriingh the day, and more tra
predict, close nt hand. We shall bereafterp4b-;
'lisla regular weekly rApert of meteorological i
I
.
serrations, accurately ade in this place under.
the direction,ef the Scivatifie J.toci:ti
ries. t
141..1 Pee gretaret? in the upper story , af the
house .scrupled by Mr. Detanis Bradley, ShOenia-i ,
her, in Centro ..sticet, !about - noon Mt SatuilMY .
last. Smoke was seta percolating. Oil:Digit' the
roof. A very large ertiwd immediately tuttithbled,!
and a hose attached toil' fire-plug .vas soon in ac-
five play upon the premises; when theft() was!
forth*ith exingaishe4l—whether, scared dot
the array of attpuus fiets. or sheeked by the sod
den Shower bath; we 6annot
_aay. It 4,Ltigitsted,
we were inforined, frotit a enrelesslY tpljusted steer:.
pipe--a 'negligence highly culpable. There is,
much valuable property in that vicinity—thotigh
more in their euntentsithan in thhbaildingS thorn-!
selves—that would hay° suffered more or less had
the Are proved less anbtanagenble.. I
X.el - Sekool StetistilkAccording to oni anint..l
al custom, we with with the insuatingyear, to Pre-1
sent full and correct statistics of the Day and Sab
bath Schools of our *rough, and . also of as minty
elsewhere thronghouOlte Comity as ran
. ba
tamed. It would greenly lessen.and expetlitetmr!
la b or, in their collectlon in town, It the ',xeye,ral
Teachers of the Day §cbools and Superintiendents I
of the Sabbath Schools would mike out their, rel!
speetive statinticrat ince, and either hand them 1.
lu at per afflee or hate them ready whets' I wo Celli
In order to render tido easy, we append 0 . terin
for each kind of SChool, to be Filed !up by the
Teacher or Superintutlent: •
Fur Ihvg School4—Namo of ! Scheer; where
kept; Male, Female, or mixed; character 01' in- 1
stntetions (primary, Ittesicat.tc.); No. of Pupils
on i 01); average atimdance; average/tic; name!
of Teacher (Principe) and assistant). .3 3 3
For .S'cipo,ffs,—Name of tichooli; No. 'of j
Pupils on roll (Maltilatl Female); average atten
dance; Name of 4erintendent ; No. of, Tisch
ers (Mee and Female); No. of Volumes. in Library. 1,
Tn each (if which May bo appended any remarks
pertaining to the pr4gews or interest of the 'mai
a •
tntion named. .
We should be gl4ll in this, way to pnbltsh a
complete tahlief all this Schools throughout the
County. Will in of our frknds in tee towns
and country distrieM please attend to the matter.
and have as way Ilona/tea to to as poil l sible.
.
Mil
J1100"The icosi of . .Tesspenpli*o ft. that. la
a Pa* m 11 20 1 111 1" ;meeting s that
4 ,r 141 4 11 ,0: - inrsubit!'paulabersoffin
a toot
'fib` —. ' Godrise4 . emA
if' :i4..P4.-•=" - ^ '
e eo.r..
- ..:,:i‘ • • ,e, _ • , ...40iht is an annirerstpipt fm•
' -'-• It ' '''''''.:' ' ~ g the 1 10 1k 0 M0 1 ***tr
- - v'nit t .eil giStig, It witaAnly tigetmllMOYl
yik‘ i i ' : Vity poriiola of the- mitialiers
. 7 . ' • .' 1 . ' l- , lo. 210, of :tills pleas, with;A
tliensiploverme7l
. 3aW,
.;...: :;.Ar e enitertstunistit 1102 1 1 4 1 4
';-.iii;i4i4irrilritiri It ii sad I thet the'
table innoriaitltl betuttifet Ind Omani , style, _
Ma tglisihe ,occasion ititorighoat vas a sesion of
- ettookOng iitterist end enkltment to itlVpresernt,
1111121 + 10 - 41 0 , 1 1 P" -mbiltr Masi other dream-
Altilliro4fligldelptl ,ptilpi . :tri betas the grace
tukatlholadit. , -,' - 1 ,.
v-fliknother sapper, in boner of the same event,
i ,*!lroixchong!, the Mme evening (Wed
*.ol` , • I , :f '), ? ' '
. 4 - h - -0" •-I" :
.Or. The ',fancy Ball.:—This came off on Thurs
-4
day e 'ening„!nad,wits,vary largely attended. The
room as fito up' with teSte, 'and th e arrange
um &pelf% gtext-ritig USG Dm ampliat
tint Ilathcf the sessoui thanks ta.t+Noung
f
Ame ter I" cl,* • particular,-; ; -cif; the liir.
.
mantis "characters" in attendance would prove
highly interesting, bad we time , to write or room
to insert it. fi • , •
Conspicuotts among the Paney-costumed were,
--en i"lndtairawe did not lean of, what tribe),
who hoonthititith 4 the,Blifroteti with a ka-whoop
that oduMitithirtled the /semis from their figures:
An 'Organ-grinder" with a :;red-coated monkey,
an t trz t anied,by a beautifarTamboutine girl,
,at ted general attention a nd, we may add, gen
eral Gen : The "Morning Star" shone with
stirmiosting effulgence; while ''N'ight," bespangled
with!Resven's jewels, was 66 abject worthy of the
adoration alike of the Poet,' Philosopher and gen. ,
eat bbserver. A pretty "Archeress" played sad
hard° among the masculine game. Two of oar
"Great-grandmothers" danced as blithely and co.
qUotted as ',recklessly, as ,if they had been but
"sweet sixteen." 'The We f'tinderella" reminded
na, is very steed, of Fairy-land; white "little Red Ri
ding Rotor' looked charming enough to—run away
With. "Richard," himself again, was there as large
as life and Oita 69 natural: I"liamlet" was quite
rational, minsiderin g his ,troubles. A "Jockey,"
though modest and retiring, (strange to say), was,
nevertbeleas, the moist consilletely: tinned "char-
M/cella the mom. ' - "Richard'eeer,da Leon" wan
lint its that magnanimous gentleman' only`'
. be. iTwo "Turks" seeteed , to enjoy the ow
; utterly reprdl*ef Gie impending sword
of thisliusiian Bear. - AlScotels4lighlander de- .
pertest biniself Skew "satire vii the Minor born."
Out enough in detail. S:tirtee It to 'say that the
tleilors" out the pigeon wing, the.!'lirigand",was
.in every fray, the "Closin" schottished, and the
!'Dukes" (tall it not in Gatti) went "pop goes the
weasel," Pell-mell. So the loom, the Gipsey
end thnl'aasent girl met 'on ,the same platform,
and dineed cotillions together t• and finally in one
revile - et: lovely phalanx sill run the Virginia reel.
Thiss ended the 'First Amlet - Fancy Dress Dail of
Pottsville] yesterday morning, at—no, matter,
we yon't tail the hour. ; l .
I [FRO( Ulla REOCL.IIIi
EDlTORS:—tilayy• of our respectable
citizens aWoke uu Tuesdiy [morning with an na.
tonal feeling of pain atthut the head, and. in favor
of the immediate passage of a Prohibitory liquor
law. i We have ruereedtui in - chiding totrselves of
those troublesome Sone Of Temperance, Cadets of,
Temperance, and TelllpOrlthee Lecturers ;. now wit
are free to drink without, restraint, and mu Holi
days and, Election flays , irti have metty times; to
the soy of the Hotel4.etipere, in and mat of the
ttiwn.• 4, few years ego; teine of the women were
whititsietti.enough to . witit oiganire a union of
the Daughters of TemOrahre hero; but we soon
put a stop to such nonsense—for ono of our Sons
of Temperancle cacao out in the columns of the Le.;
filoll tigninA it. and frightened the timid creatures
so that they were glad to - say no more shout
it—
Well, homes perfectly right ; what need have the
ladies of Temperdnee gevieties? They are strong
W resiitioll evil; it is , only -w e ek mem that be
come subjects of King 3leohnl. I believe though,
there are some Tempereinie men in the place yet;
hot theyi, have grown indolent in timeliest., that
I have not heard from thttut a lung; lung thee.
IDE
295,04 R
i4tts4.nou
*o,lnm:day night (the coldest night of the
casuit), au English yeatts'aitta, living On Railroad
zitreet, rotunted 'mute: from Mauch ('hunk, and
ntaUsetlihitntelf by, heating his wife, and turning
her and , their'son into the ; he then collected
Lis wifu'idresses into tite, middle of the room, is
tending to . set faro to •theni, but at this critical,
moment a neighbor entered with a p.diceinati and .
diverted hit attention. This WWI when -in his,
mind. is a 'kind 'husband and father: buff:.
i-trong drink makes a demon of him., Those op=
posed to the Prohibitory ilaw, please make it
note of it. .
Religions services Were held in several of our.
Churches•on ChristutaS dey; and theemicertgiven
by the unisie ,riety in the evening. was Well ut.
tended. The member's that engaged in. the e'er,
vises deserve great credit fur their efforts to . please
`the audience. This is the first concert. given by
the society, and wti Wipe 'it will be followed by
many mitre. tdo. not pretend. to bee judge of '
thc'scielice of music. hut Cannot help thinking the '
vocalist, labored wider great disadvantages; tho
concert iwas held the Methodist E. Church,.
which is very large. have listened to the same
ciders ip other ehurtibeii, and they appeared to
• possess much grealer!power than tl.cy did at the
concert.!,
•'
• I think nor rostlese countrymen will soon be.
coine iired'of the one saltject—Tarkcy. Tur
key in the newspaper:4,l\llli Turkey on all our din
ner-tnhles: but itis titd.likely the Russians, will
gain as :vas; n vientry '.iver it, as the Yankees
have done. Ent our American boys are always
victothins in whatever 'they net themselves seri
ously about, even to Atm tlemotishiloy as yams,.
fat Turh.s! I •
r Etn.tu.
Toutaqute, P c ,. 27; Itt34„
. .
- ,
I.Errnits from Shamokin and Trotnont ton late
for pithiteation this week.
. ,
typographictll,exectitlon the inekle of the
last ntunbef of tho Poilcatown Intelligemcer wae
perfectly faultlesthcro wasn't the mark of a
type on it! • . .
----
GLEAsoN's Pwrditi.44.—This favorite illustra
ted journal for the hew year is to be greatly ;im
proved; and ono additional page of illustrations
added'ench week, making from one to two bets:Ric&
wore illustratithis par annum. The price is JO re
main the same, thoUgh•the work will: ho printed
henceforth on fluei:ratin-surfaced paper. 31.11,
Balton, Esq., the new proprietor, is reaolved to
make an illustrated journal which shall be %credit
to the whole count 6. Its literary ebartiater,4lll•
also Lo greatly- , improved, and trios_ attention
given to its descriptive department and editorials,
for which purpose the proprietor has associated
with films:l44n nifoisiant editor, Francis A. bur
irage, Erg., a gentleMatt.well.known in thiliter;
ary world as a ripe scholar, a graceful anil.ready
writer, and an author whose fame is alrhady es
tablished. This atrangentent will•grestly enhance
the intrinsic value of the Pictorial. The .Public
may be on the look-out for a magnificent paper
on the first of Janisty. General Agent for Phil,'
adeOia,•A. Winch, Erg., 116 Chesnut "tract.
AtToros.—No kurely,wilt hegrodge the
!pace devoted to the following pretty lines:
"But we'll be good, won't we, moiler?"
Anti from MI my lap he slid,
Digging deeivaMong the goodies
In his eriteson stockings hid ; .
While I turned me to,my table,
Whereat tempting goblet 'mod, •
Brimming htglOvith duiuty egg-uog,
Sent too hy , .e;tieighbor. good.
But the kitten, there before me.
With his White paw, nothing, loth,:
'Sat, by water entertainment,
Slapping elf An ehluing, froth :.
. And in not the gontleet humor„
••' ', At the litit of alielt a treat;
.
4 confess, lowther ° .rndely •
, i Thrust lima out inW the street. •
' Then. how •Bertne's blue eyes kindled
Gathering up the precious store
lie had binily herb pouring -
In his tiny Pinafore, •
With'it generous look that shamed toe,
Sprints he from the carpet bright,
Showing, by his mien' indignant, •
All a baby's sense of right.
' "Come hack. Varney !" called he loudly,.
Ai he held his apron White,— , • °
"You shnll'iMee my ea dy k wabbitt" '
Ilut the door waif ed tight;
i
So he sweat, abashed silent,
• In:the centre of the floor,
With, defeated look alternate
Bent on ins and on the door; . '
TAMMI 76 ASTAEEi&
EDITOR'S TABLE.
Omni and Christmas.
hati told Mtn, chrisanns morning,
As he sat upon my knee,
Holding fast bid littlo stockings,
Stuffed as toll AS full could be,
And latently* Ihitcning to me,
With a face ili;mnre and inild„,
That old. Santa Clans, who filled them,
Did not toil, a naughty child.
Then, as by come sudden, impulse, '
'4 Quickly ran he to the fire,
And whilevagerly his bright eyes
Watcllo the flames go high and higher,'
In a brae clear key he shouted,
, Liko co bo,lordly little elf,
.15anta
. 0111 c dawn de chimney, •
Make MY titmice 'have herself!"
"I will he A good girl, Benny " • :
Said L. feeling the reproof:l
And straightway recalled peer-Ifs:nay,
oh the gallery roof.
I:loon the anger was forgotten, •
Laughter Chased away the frown,.
And they gambolled 'math the live-traits
Till the dusky night came down.
In my diet, fire-lighted chamber
Harney, oared beneath my chair,
Anti my ;play-worn boy beside me
Knelt ta ray bii evening prayer:
"God t4 ! # fader,—(led Less moiler,
GOd beim' sister,"--then a pause,
And the' awirt young lips devoutly
Murmured, "God boss Fame Kane!' ;
' •
Ile is sleeping,—brown and silken
Lie the lashes, long and meek,
Like eareseing, clinging shadows
On his plump and peachy &eat
And I band shore him, weeping -
Thankful teats—Oh, =defiled! '
Fur a WuU Crown of glory, • .
Is the blessing of a child.
I •
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April ,
Nay
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E3=3
Emnielikt cinpiaminpits.
-:-L r "Giftrairion." Voris, of Moan Island,
is dead.
. , .
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I
---41RISI AND 31.u4.0 will give treerts is
WailliMgion city abo4 qie i middle of Japeary:
—jrTIIE New Yorkers are holding rued
in pt . and, what is better, raising nuiney, in atir
-of the; poor and uneniPloyed.
—JrNEw ORLEANS continues nnbealth.
Deaths for the weekending 19th, 229 ! Thte
is considerable choleitt. i
• • times, Recording to the lat 4
advi4s, had reached Texas. lie .is:a fd
traveler—he is, the old skin-flint!
Etatt; hind suite were. pass,-
gets on board the Paooe, whiehleft New yo,
for Liverpool on Wednesday.
--4—Tux State TeaBhers' Association
sembled at Lewistotrit, on Tuesday: T r
dad preceding semi annual Convention'
held a this .
Everybody seems to have, or. at U
to. tailre;: Ili/16'14:1'610the lielideys, but 1
tors. They; if anything", have only them
to 4.
laborent :thrown out.,of errnpl
met 4. in New York:,:eity, have: held sev •
mee4iugs lately to di,•ise means for, a' liv
hood. They insist *ln the right of ihe.
employed to demand food. They," may ca
much trgultlit,heforii their ease is:settled.
, Or. AN' ."Att i6e Convention"
.i:; al l
to lie held lit'Virginla, tei be composed
tho:te o i twoled to ttA election of the Hon. 10
Wt4d6 the' debernatoriai chair of
State:The Petersi.)urg inielligenoeraugA
tfisi. it * ler held at I.oehburg.
" . .:. -, " ; Anti-Viist i mAve :take it for granted ? m.
-Dsetslmi: 7 —An association of h t ,l
h4'se adopted the - folio%
resiiiiittiW:=-"Artiele 2.—T ho Old and '441
Teiitatnent,ias'traiislatcd tinder the _ Reigr
Kiih t , i .qpilcs u i4<the':w9rd of pod, and the
: infallbli;:ttritof faith and ptactice there
, wediave n 6 ,-faith in, the present edntempld
traindatimi, nnr fellow,hip fur the new,l
sioilists.";.': •
Uctigiono nteltigence
1111 . :11 CT TO C.I 7yo Lac 1 1711UNO.i .
tut triA girl,:attempttftt, tli .
the Catholic eiturell'.in Waterttwil, - ott'The . •
Intl.: Shi ackunn letl g l Tiut guilt. and wide ,
haft uotnotire therefor. In default of ...A.2oat.t.
:the was committed.? She offered to titt„Ye the: q
re' the trouble of taltint: her to jailby ti tin
eor.• She 1.. Raid. ttf he Itrikidaand aetive.hat
temperate-1,0db.. r.'%‘ 'e won,* if the , itibd• rt
intiat upon it. that th,e girl iu question I;
extant and an American. ,*,
,
7....41-Asorunr: nrpacti ts expected in the M.
odist Church. jter: , Pr. Bumf, editor of,the .
Cork Cari;Goo Artiocial, hi.notieini-the opp-.
tiOn to the appropriations of inis4m
.ary nionc . n:
the preachers lalwringAn. the slave.'-holding:
lei-coves, says: -Wn'lnive seen strati.= things
the lapse of threeminre years and ten, but this iE
the climax of the Inarvellous: and tliono wee
no prophet, nor the i. 911 of a prophet. we- yens
tti Praiii't that mia:abiel is now' brewing , in r
church—agitationa,;convulsions and ilisruptie
soth as we have nver vritneased before.":
..NOTICES. •
• (Under this head we wilt infeir yrotuitui,
'standing notices o(ltt:ligieu's serrire in the
ern' churches OE. tur,e tiler Withl,
sperial waives fatiltatintipatist; pnwided they*
furnished to us in iltroper titne.—Ed.. Jour.) .
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r It I N ITY Cll . ylllll. Centre Nt met.
%mu. Wtylrectx. lier . lor. A:1), IS:i >rer In regar
in this Church every! t 4 und3y. :queuing st
llvening,.itt 7 e'cluel.; -
4.15-liNG141: 4 111.11T111:11.1.1.:,C111'1:t 11.11nrkot S.';sue
I'nttutill, Iter. Dsc(ti.R.ssru, fas•t4r. 1:11110./ Korvin)
!hi. Church rrszulaylt ..vrry 310mIng. at 10
ti clock: evouli.... at ! , 7, Workly Prayer Mt. lin
Osumlay
i.! Ali • 11E11 EMIIER' THE POOH.-A Meeting of MI the
! who one disposed to n%li.ore thesufTering poor ~ ,f .Poti
I
elite and t Holly. Will - be bold on .Sunday next, Deort
her 31. t, at the Pi eri liet.Peetist l'hitrch, In Second stns,
:
l at half-past 2 o'clock,:P. M. . The vending will he addry.7- .
4 --------- _
est b
'e Aehn Itanuati and g. W. linghes, Esquims. ;', j 9 . 11 N .I'.. 11
1 .• ' -.'" mutt( loner
axBAPTIST Clip:CIL-REV- 11. It. SJIMir n, netiirre ginn ii„,„ Comm
'ed Missimutry to Africa. will prtncli in the D:t . pDst r.Tort-cA 1 April g 1,1, 5 -2.
1
Atemorn.w, Deceml•f 31 st, at ie!, o'clock, A. M. - :%'.. jli
f At 7 0".,10,-k. P. M. the Pastor w,ill preacil to the young. ," .id
I s
it YOU 11; men are particularly invited. . - ' -
. ; :illud ail the duties,
li The ordinance. of Itaidinu will he administered atthn ', ' P"ltoill'' ' • Ik 'f'"!
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I close of the ovenlng. : eervice. r 1110 MAS
r There will also heprearldng. every evening next week. I - Law.
_Miler it
!Tither. 17 .s
firs of
rnrer or the Pastor the Church.
arch.
I • ! ... Noy.. r arth, P ttsye.
, 110 , ,
1- A CERTAIN CPIOE for Scorbuti.• Erupflen.,and other 1 t L‘ iiV•
I , ill
dismeos of tie, Sant --It is. n undilottett fact that Hob.' - ilze,
loway's Ointment Is; the only one 'Wichita in it, effeet he ; 4 , .16. triton, t
fallible. Camas that the most cutineut medical praelition. „.,`,- thin b er .....
era have despaired Of relief - in... immediately yield to Ito! . Ir'''p •
curative powers, and 'when need is mute. deers , with this A
.ORRIt
prinust &motions Iwhich accompany each pot, with 1101. • ; ' ,_, hi ...,,,
loway's Pills, the two comblued.thorookhly eradicate the 1 ..;.. 1 1
~.. ;d - e and
t meat Inveterate of them diseases. and leave the sufferer vile, I'm
without a blemfsli.f ' ''.
•': MOP'
1
li. SW AY NE. MAL an eminent ph,Tsician of Philadell I
,! phla. has given totios world the lenwdt of his esperionce
:; by preparing remedies ' , liftable to almost every disease.-!
Dr. Swayne's Compound syrtip of Wild Cherry. for staring [
. roughs.colds. cmmmption,andall dLvenst.o of the 'threat,
' breast and lungs.- It is certainlyanisurpassed by any n
' tartly Yet known. I Phytticians, elemmen, the press.. all ',-:
pronounee it "a trhunpli in thethesding art." It gives a;. .
tom: to the sttenach, streugt tient , ' the M.:teller organs, and ;et Law.
l is the original fi nd; only trtieprepanttion of Wild Cherry i.
fan.. ' Otitce in;
; manufactured. Observe yr rticularly the portrait of 'Dr. - , tars, Dank.!
' Swayno is uu Me : wrapper around each bottle . . 1 January 4, fibs
Dr. S anyne's 1 etmlfugeifitr destroying Worths. outing ,' , .• - t
Dyspepsia. kr. Dr. Strayne s Sugareoated Sartuniarillaand ,
,• I_ 4 , 1)W A. IC 1
Tar Pills, • geotli. ponmtive and atte
ratiee medicine. far i Ae,,,,,,n e i
j superior to the pilte in general use: De SuaYneselsoici'l I lecfbant.mid all
1 -Madam, Diarrhaniand Dvsnentery Cordial, a never failing 1• do p hi t , ..• -
remedy. Dr. Swayc - s n Ferer and Ames Pins, for chills. I en ,
Laboratory for the manufacture - and : lade of allot Dr.. -s-
Swayno's Family Medicines. Nn. 4' Nortly Selowth ittreet: I All_
i Philadelphia: nuttier teak by fill Agen 0...1, (. Brown and
• Law hat
:, J. .I'. ft .11arritr,Tiatselilot O. to ll'. liantirtraer, Schtlyt• t • - '
, fire under the
kill Haven. atuDall the prinripal storekeepers. Ste ad-1 , .
1 vectisement. ( : . 'Miners Hunk.
- . I , D-7rnaber B.
11Y0 EMS A.--4fraught Alm tr. the • &sir of the Nil: rou. i J . }...
A wenderfuLdisenvery has recently been snide by Dr. Cur- 1
1 tin of this city, in the I reatmont of Conshmption. ; 1 - tilt • 1...di , d
ma and all aiseases of We-Lungs. We refer to ••Dr. rnr-1 next door to
i Ibc 11Yreana, Or, Inhaling Ilygean Toporamd Cherry Syr- • motley. Cell
up." With this pew method Dr. C. has, restored - many j'- Nen- York ft
afflirted euro tci perfect health: as an evidunee of, whirl,March 211,
'. he ha. Innumerable eurtificai., Speakito of the : frial• : . -
meet. a physician renuirks; ...It is.l,al4rnt that inhaling . HET
--constantir breathing an agreeable. healing vapor. the : • •;,..,. d ,
' medicinal two must coma in direct contact with the , • %.,,i,,., i r- t .
: whole of the aria! entity of the,tun,vt, tuadihnsestrape the i o t n,, Ti ii nd i,
many end farina:chauges matured canna therm when
.10 , 1 ow It Mn
, teodoeed Into thd stomach. autt sithjected bills.. pier ess of . . 3,d,..., if
digestion. The, ilygnana is for sale at. 101 the druggists i ...--,...._ .
! throughout the ..suititry.-.Vele York Diachmatt of Jim- ; .1j i Eo .
nary 14. . 1.. I
The inhaler Ili worn onthe breast under the linen 1 n
o eer
without the le.ia e
l inermveninee--the heat of the body i- P trelile. I
being sufficient to evaporate the fluid. - Mops of Coal
Hundreds of:ritass of Cures like the following. tnight tel"-t.'cuttd on 1
named. One package of llygeane - has cured me of the f . St."Pt. o,l *. F
' Asti:arm of six hoar,. standing.-.les. F. Kiesbefig. P.:M.. I '' -
~,,,,,,:',
' of iluurantion.,'• It' , W
• 1 tun corn! of the Asthma of ici years standing. by Pr. • - •,, •
Curtis' Ilymmna.- .I(arrieret ra eon,' lima! pt. .V. F. • • niacin
Mr. Paul, ef ,N0..5, Hammond Tercet., New York, 'Was I I end Smuts',
cured of a agrotro mar( of Itronchitia by the Ilygeona. - I Work poem
My dater halt heen cured of a Distressing Cough of 3.0 T. phi*,
oral years standing. and decided to he Incurable-by her NOVVlrkir
physirtmot. She was Mind in one month ley the Ilyge- ! -----'
ona.-J. if. Cepaort, P. Al.. Richmond,. if... ,
Price three tllant apactice -.cold by Ctirtis..Peikinst i . alit ßoyd' & pool., No. 14? Chamkers street. New York.-. 4 i , " charge ik
- isvekages twat free be express to any part of the Vatted 1 ;its-Ina.
States for Ten;Dell. j hopes tn.t
N. 11.-Dr. (turtle' IlveMum:ls : the original cdtd only. p ott , d ill,
genuine artiole,;all otatiow are fti* imitatbras or vile and, . April 0, 1
injurious counterfeits. Shun them as you would prison:, —.--.---.
/ . . fliT-Iy] i•, t ''-'
..
BIAIMIEDI - - -'' , 4.. I*
. No
YOUNG-40N F.,• 1 -On the :Ant Deretniwr. by iter.deltn . *ereitee
wk. nn ,
11. Cantle, Minx Y.24:3410 1401(IJA ]bin! " ', 'with lb.,
- - .r. ..- ' rr " ifti-N.
attne'
DIEM
IMMITT—)Ii Ibis towootrk, nn the, 21.1 Ind.. AN".`l,l. MI- II
ctaOghter of 3116.4.4 and Margaret, K. Might,
POTTSVILLE . iLIUKETS.
CORKIZTEW . WEEKLY VIM THE MIXS'ER JQERS AI,
Winn* Flour, Md., oci Dri...4"Pestehes.;parl, $, I 2
Rye. Pim', bid., sto do do unpaid; 2 lin • •
Whentclondlid, 2 410 Pried *Wm. tared, 150 I -
Hy*, '; dO . ',l 12 "3:101 , 4 , •n , - • 13', , c k E%
Corn, , d.i 1 ,' 05 Itutt.i.. prr pound, T 2 ky Eli
Otto. d•ii , . 53 sbonlArnt, do .. .
Potatneg. 'dd : 1 In Harm do.
Timothy-I & ' 2 ',13 ifay. periton.
noes, *rd. ‘,' ; .4 on plaster.. do
WANTED.
N IVTA . a
n c u, ti „ v s e i Ypung
ria liVorks. pply 0 I
I; "t c.,.
Deartribei:l6, 1554. ' . 41).
IyANTED—A Situation, by - a inar;
tied inan, aged about AO esti, sad has badly,
Ifs is a =a of good mond t ougl pm kik & chi ns
of Atom awl balmy* all the busfuess„ *lntiaa. stock
gc,„ k ee p tho ereenues, andbaneseedleat saleezaam kor
further parldeulars, apply at this Oeca• '
Dereudxe:9, ISSI • 4,5.
• -
HARDWARE IRON.
T RECEIVE P froni New York, a
of 'A:4 4 Ma. Pick ,ad
mm .„ 4, %MOS 1,1118LIER•8
•
4t. 4 itarthourt and hat Mon.
et}
G : 4 Zr
ust re9eived, direct from
"d, lire1 4 4 11 d tt DrntbliAdu-ntt
iet.lik I k a ll , re
glgLtit'S
11 Sam
AUSAG etr.rtEßS and Stuffers,
ikolknibar Naives, Cbeppatek and Civilises, to sale cheap
at pLamaxs a un.n.En's
_Dse. ao, 3831 61- Thwthea re mkt /rem Mom
A L"' REVOLVgRS, and a va
- inuot-noubto alut Bt4lo norm - autnis, for sale
tor , ! mow • ' CIALVIINS IIEIDLY.R'S
• thee. 3D, nu St. Hardantra and Iron senre.
I[AntEMATICAL IN STE U m"rs,
iv - t 'Atior AtipAitteA fable si h oliday prevent...—
At t iliardwareValm, [repot. . oust( pun%
Deaapber 33,054
jr NI VES 4i F041(5.7-Carveis that
iv. will &tweet eittba luzitey.ar tkat.At thiv Hard-
Imre and Iron Depot. • - YRANK CO T.'
Doom*, 41E44
S. HOOTING,IRONSHAnithing from
. 4 tiAtol to et'Sbt•Pounoti.: hisio tinal4o and FIN,*
Warm.- At tbk,, Ilardwart. stti l l Ingt.arpot. •
%I:le.:el:Aber A 1634 50.
.1
...- " . - . L. FRANK. POTF.
- .
TCOOI.. BOXES, ilothl 'A 4sp_'' rut Toots,
- the beat prostat ter! lids oil this otrectil. At tho
1 rdiatre and Iron Itk.pot. : ~ PR4ll'lB MIT..
tkomber '..1. IKS 4 • 4." -' • 64. •
THE FAMILY TOOL RACK—This
indhirosable Mirk titill Eptllit Iti Ilittb the
jaw
he. beeeme it npotlextry *cc nt9ttrnlture in
ev•ry bet d.. Ai the'Hardware and Inab Deret. ..
Itcseetcbtor Zl,. IF:4 So. . FRANK WTI". '
4
L 4 lIERICAN STAINED AND-En
. ..-4 . ataerfra Gins.. of erttr :rnriety of grile ntri Annin
..„
a cumin.. and Of ramie': !instead ure. snitaide tbr Murth
a', Vestibules, Az., for mil. 4n..1 hill be Oat in by
..
- ' . 0 ... 41 4 W. liI)WHN A antAltgan, '
I
. : 4 , 1,
V% abova fititertrint Mune, Matte strmit.
saan f iry! , is.; i : ' • 1.41_ -
QAUSAtiE ANDS"FVF-
Ky fore.--Just nvelred. a Ilnr tot or litnar's WASlladefl
banaao Cutters and Stufteni. Alas rataut Iron Ms
Cutters, which still b .14 4d clnrsp bY
Iron and leardware Ile:Thant, Centre. :It.
Xorember . • . 3
FOR , SALE .& TO LEM
.."' FOR SA LE - )r., RENT-1. House
-,
mad Lot ht ALoribs' Additten..' The Sati.7ri?•or, fn..,
' UNot VS o3asteeted with hhi hOth....belesireus, of 'moving;
4 T .
his nrsidenee to a loeathnii nearer the Court House. met
oases rot tilde or gent. the largo doubt. three s nee Stone
Ih'ease, and £r& or lireand; tits present resiti-r... Th,,
house is IM feet square. and! is odspt.;,l thr one .T two reel.
i deices. well supplied with ine and pate mountainmater. t
main .(f solti. the greater part of the rettrelnew reeneY may re.
.atn on the premlwrs for a; loll; time. Possession given
thelst of April peat. tiiikal. I Inquire of
. - wm. I. tonri... Irk Tory et Lem
1 Meril'at Addition. Deeenthri ; AL 15.1 , 4 .' • Li -tf
_ ..
' 1 F (4. 0 R SALE-.=-Tle:Cattal Boat Ilr. J.
, • Koehler, prk;awrCtiennand dollars.. including - a
I fr e iebt of three handic••.l and oiatity-two dollars. Apply
' Si tiThu,ylkill Haven. tee .j JtikliPl fl. DitEIIiELBL , .
' Derentbor. 23. laslj • kli-tuis
8 000 ACRES OI:‘I.AND for sale in
.1
Clintou and Leearning +ru'nties, shout Ate ugh. from
the rent.. of tho,tinuLury & Erie Ezilicad. ' Appl) £° •
- :._ - ' I•: J. atiLiltolS L•t'fitiL.
Iteal Estate k k Land A2onti ['entre st.l, op. s ilver Terrace.
Pottsville, Pereadier il. Iskt ' -, 4 , t f
`OR NEW -PERI)EN
,i' dicAtiai En,4itle of 1(1 ilnive pr”lti• o-111t Dumps corn.
illeto-I.lco whole occupying a kpanii hvo (ext. aquarv, To
lw /teen at TOp Wrlt mure.l
VA1:DIA:1 k $($N.
Nr.v..mt.r 11.413;:3 _ 4-1-11"
I lOW- S,ti I, small Cars,
Pi, •
inch suitnblo lot Cointra.dom Foundry-
Mon And 31notiiuisto. or PA! Unita:cid counianioN, to to on
Frpoirs or about their t A ply to •
1 2 A,\ ttoisil; 4. Co..
•
- lo•lon'aro ty.
Ocioier IFrii, ' • / ,11:41
LID!)FELI /Ws' flEN•lin'Eßy.____
JPer op looirou+tit porrlnvang hurial lots in the Odd
Follovrte,Cetuolt.r).
,tt apply to "
Fr -6 Purr. ' ! ,11 tt.,;.t trio. 'Mori. Town Pall:
5010.310 X. , uo b, Contr.: +greet ; or
Jon:v.2_ 4 . G If.tioix, Crtto
' ' Nov. Jli
~ ,ltiw c. •
QOO,OOO - F4WED '1
?last ring- Lath.—
•
j offer,f , r solo 3 til heir rstabliylunont.,
nt :O. ttooatolo ttto Pto.itteritii Ltro. of t ho loot
'gall it Y. Al ott 2133111 a c yon oral oportinent I.utal.or.
I urr.oal wneir.'rir,ry ~,,...r s priwt.lh ginziol and Kllllll.l.
anti, Punnet . - likiori
_lir,. Sr.. drift Can
mask , to or;ler. 1 i 'lO tour .k LAwroN.
tiepktrak-r lq. 1 , +:4 , Ii• • I 371 f , ' '
PORT CARBON HOT E L FOR SALE. •
TilE .iitiILSC.R. BE )t'FERS FOR
.• sale the above well known tet in the th,rotwli of
-Ne f f carbon. non eeetti4;el lay - vb.' brand: if rain.
tains sixteen elwal rwanft. byti; •r, with two reruns on
ba.enteut Itttrxt np expfessly a refectory.. There to
n ROM gable' on the prilni.aes. So a rash faarchiser the
property will be sold; x ery low. 'or tert, apply-to
elii r S. PITMAN, Pottarille.
rettasilte, October •.:a,15:',.1 -434 f
1:OR SA LE.--irtre b est finish Steam
1 Ent-lutes. tuanurietilrerb W oo Burdett, of Itrook-;:
lyn. New 15 , 01. of ten. tw e lve l Id fiftwn, 13 , ,r,0 power,
with I, , ,,mitlys, to ilen4 :aid i rat rate run in-; order..;
havirer, le,a to use Pitt on, year. 'They ant n-w . in opera-
thin cal the new la , c'e.x e the Cht vase .i 1 , 14,ett are 174..1
nal. our rat Delaw.aye ill- . olie at 9oor-te. and cite of i
Cheistpoa/se City, where they ran s l im" a t any ti me. and I
any Information given 1 at may 'required. - They will
be sold at a bar:twin. ET' .; .CA It: //Wail.; ,t Ca. '
- ' I 1. ; ; ' Dui:LA./tn. City,.
4.24 t
(idoberl.
- BUSINESS'
scol"r,"
iimthtti
jblrrer
lion. 79 vtrol tfrvorn ,
l.: ~us f .I.lpr 3.#
•• ALKN: glinbtir
131::' , J, 1 . 61 , 41; Tter , rrl
~ J I,IIN V9v,PEte.• • 1. - '9
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I.99itt
W%773.31%.5. (kfrrl
A:Pm 3 ‘C 9131 r
- - DR. J.
• l'.llll-It lAN. ST
'; • 410Efice—Ua1
sling. Doe. /
I -
lit, • lug snot fist
itoSite the Silver T.
Pottsville, Wee,
Attorney nt Law,
111 rlntrAy,
, rEsi 10 ,
Jeans C . Rynx, Ph Ifor
rthetni rtrot., Vir
1W4r,10,4, 4 f.
niongspell,
11ta 12
..1) OD
430
lion. EL
.1. It. It
lion. J.l
41tiv FR
MIMI!
EO
ler
utak is
Land*.
Pttia.
MB
IARDS.
itivney at Law,
nand cffianiy.
11xEcuTOIt's N(rncr,
horohy gh on to 1nde1.t..4 to Ow -
I , lOl{S Wirl4,-551,. 1.00 1 Tnn n,h ip. San,
),111,111CIII h. the •111
.t , l all tiering olahus or iloumn.l% 21.4 ant-t
satin!. re.it,ted to titalo• ibeui k now n with
44)N AIIIAN vr.A:iLEY,
Pt, In:t4t tlt-4
AISS(-)1•1:1 . 10/N.---' Notice is Iterr
that Ettmntwl Straw( and t
Iwo in tin. 1111111.• or Philip Knih R (4‘..113Cr• Ibb b ky
rtot.r to b. 1554.1 dismolte4 lartnerihtp
wnh and tlinrall the earl nninn in t 111
tlviliup by Philip EOM irhn;will carry u lb..
Imforn, in bin own narnc- X1 . 1:1; STRAL
___
r-nn,ylrnu.L7. -
l'entrcvlv3nl,l.
;ortlinutherland Unl. PA,
corthumb,rbn4
Ilittnritlphia
.10LAS.
A: ACCOUCIIEUR;
above &mantel.
MOM
OL, ('onveyaite
, tflrA. Cvntre stsri•t.
47-tf
rllll.ll' KOLH.
Nin , ember 2L, 1,454 44eti.
•
X -r OTlCE.—Nptif•e Itervl.v “iv
that tho 7tlleer k' ' Ban of P. 4 t,‘ illo. ii, -
:•45huy11...111. Intend to ppOy to th ,. t: ; i•lytur,r I.
F.,lilrli4l-.. iiS SOSStolt; ~/
in,''ithr Capital Stock of sab.l'l;:tel: fete TO. flue,
Tleingmet to no amount tit.t orooodhoz Vivo nut
Tht tot Aellarg. By vets* _
CITAS. I,II:SER.
....1.-4
.I,llly 1.
'
Atorney at Law
Ire opposite
Amrrf
stlle.. Pomo_ .
EMI
stiee of the Pisare
of Ao. oontr, /Er. promptly
to his 1•tllrl•.
X 01 IC E.--Not ire is hereby zi
,
that Letter. , Totlatuentary ,tn the lam
Terttament eamurl K. Kepner. tate at Weet ee,a
shiat„;:lehitylkill rnlPap. hdtr heel' e•rint,..l to th , •
rterper, rusttling: In the ~t tw e e tz.hur..r.
eetanty, All persons harthz attn. er deut3.l.
thts exfate of the •said dery leet. are re ttle.i.,t t..
the same without delay.
•
ME
qBN, :Attorney at
4.4pposilii the,. f:piyimpl
EEO
DOCTOR of
Awr abus C.
er Illa.
MB
ER,• Dealers in
and I"king-gla
• Centre xtmrL Potty-
mn
RDS, Attorneys
.
AFitle!* tittAted to thetas
Centre Street, next door
EMI
/-* * Y,l AttOtll'ey
yikill Couunty. Permlt:4.
- ,oeerly opposite' the 31{-
N. Attorney and
Iphis, will att e n ' d
to .11 ,
wits in tho City of nits
elguithem. Wllee S:T,
nada.
Attorney at
?dry Itle. hr opened RD of
, f'eut rle reet.oppet4te the
44-1.
Exe tang's; -
and General Agency Mee,
'OttsT dealer in nurofeent
Drafts nn Philadelphia and
EM
. .
14 IISS01.1.11()N. — NOtille is_' '
11 ,t , given' I bar the partner•lllp formerly ..N:' ,
3,,,,,, Ed w a r d p a ,. and John Pass and lit rter
Cord !diners. trading redder the brut of Pas. a
' wat . di... a .dred I) mutual colotent, mt the tilet or '
d e .,. L te t. Er tip trinplraigal of Ilerhert t.lrerns.
rine,. fa r the late Item 'will l - t.t.t14 , 1 up by • .
I !partners, and the huelneee hereafter 4111 be ro ..s'
' Edward Pass, Jelin Pils and Jelin Temple, u,. 1,
. Item of VAN, ii Temple.., • 1;111VA I: t, 1 , os
.Plitlll Pats“.
li 1:1114.11 i 0 ll I
norember of t le:.-4 ' • We ,
' 1-4 - - I STATE Of' .I . OltS ult kI . r:SE. I
- - A CLASI.:I).--The underd.oret. A editor. -at p
ler ' the thilbant.' Court of Schuylkill County. I.
Ch'ute the balance In ibr; hand. ..f Charles Brauer, t
. tete:dor of John Drawer, drcrat.d. as per hd t garerett
and rssnfirmed, anti afar the inlet/cr. In lbe besit'.
Administrator from did oleo! the Real Ester ...tr.,
arrount bled and conlltined. among the bole,. set
eentalives of wild Ertatr' en tit led to the eaves eel
adnaat and make distiiimi ion Among, ralti heirs et.
r e p re sent tan rer. gtf the amounts respect i e ply. trainer
purparte taken at the ippraiirment of the Beal at'
cart decedent. by esdnit of said helm, mill alt , el
office in the horoFh nt Pottering., on Thunder, J
t 11, 1 4 55, at 10 o'clock; A. 11,, ..1 which all pet; I.
rated are hereby notified. • JOIN I'. li o n
nerember 23. 1?..34t - .o.t' • ,t
OLE; Civil, TopC,v
ng Engineer. Centre stnwt,
nr SurveyN Expli,eathme, or
neeted with the Anthineite
EMI
.
MININ
6.-r Termer, emit", Stmt,
ORS, IteportN: Sur,..ys noel
tuts. 31.erhinrry. dr.,
Aunt for C•ial
7.44 f
SILT wrrn nxins.
'ON & CO., Man-
Tomb,
Table, Tops, and 3Jarbis
lIre Sixteenth. Phi Me-
the Purchase and
haying and *riling Coal: ta
s, Mines. Ac.. and .collecting
r...x.periente In the County he
. ; Other.. Mahantango t+tnvt,
1 CHAS. M. HILL.
1,1-te
IEALER IN- SCRAP
Bar eodd,e4
brtd thrEraw and CvnTri•
T . OR.III.,'ItItY.:CR'ECK ItAll, HI
ji.,./ o,lMPAlttY.—rialen is hrrell gir-n.thal e'
led meeting, of the Boort of Mana,:ert. a *ni l( ''''
held at i'llal:rnee. Saluylklll county. 1.41 estrsras
4(
, eember bet a dieldevol of right per r 4.4. eas - 1.-
.7. -
—_l .__,_ _ , payable by 'William Grail. Kris, Tn.:giro:. on, ,*
BOWMAN,' 'Stir- th e I:4h-day of Frbrtsry boat, on an 'the ,1 , 4 .1 !. f 6 .
, in full. .
In lividi. Building. M rT. C r At the A t11111:11 Mdler,. held 1 11 .r2 .1.. ,
.. 1 ' 1 ",: 1 ,', ‘
•weat side: glut d‘e•ea ate,e , mid Cempany. on. Merd—ty. l_kelearr 7 th- tve .'"
le all operations oath* Twth : rrittliii wet duly eleeted let seen , the t`rt , `Ding Y''''
tb liraertoti on moderate terms. ' I'residr Id—Caleb 11,11et•toe.
1 i tilatinyttys—John Kitsrallier. John From 1.314 ti
i Jannh lifter. Villtions Erizert. Rot•lieg, Iterthrii It.
i Isla , Harrel . an 4 Adios Iterts.r,„:. ,
p:rrrorry:—Jahn Strituptler.
- Trrosurrn—'Williant firma.
- ..1,i111'i FTRIMPFLEII, Srreell
. ~ .
l'inngrase. Dece mber IG, IS:4 40-'
aing. All nrilers eptarse;rird
attended -
d south :itrert.Hada:
, Inspector of
n I.and.ownors and otliorl , In
Ae.. of Mews. and Coal
of Van* and exporienoo vt
boon la lino county 14 'van.,
last yeam.be hopes to give
ho Duo , rmplol Wm.
Ind P. E. SRI, Epp.,
ILLIAIa Philadob
rity
oirevt, opposite the trick
45-Sm
ESTAAYS.
v . i . t riii - STRAY COVY.--ea lhe ~„„
watartaraartiallaliate r iti r , at :Cow Plora d ,
n'' .4 " .. t . Vaal of Dery mber. 1/341,:i I/4111p sizm z,i,'
owt coW, 'alto /13 the ***ad belly— n , -".
Cher, .Tba crone? will Vol** cat ply ow" ~
p swo, or she will te calk with tw i t * . to il , :
WESLEY DODStp, Nye As id Z ► '
Decest *1) WA
51411 44 '
......._
COURTS"' ._, ~ THE COURTS
--:.
_PROCLANIArTioN.
NTOTICE is hereby 6ven th at an'
r .
11 *kinked entre of G , anann )1,.. I , tho tr :
fames at fano in and fnr the (NAD, of s t l i ,,, it „,
be held to Poettritht. In the C , tinty . '".
DAY, lb° .2 b l dAtAY of Jaouerv. A. b., itt4 ; ° 4 ll
A , )1., txt'etatillile Me wmk.
linvinp, ..r
-was wham 'duty it *than t.. ; ,,'"' tp, r ''t ll '.. : 'tp er.t t ;
t a k. trlkr, and Rorer ettenuk.liin iler,rtliniy.
*
gheriire (Mee. l'Ottrin .1011.8 .N.ifiLe,) — ''' U
,7'.!
December .k I',
COAL. -
si-)EAR,H ASOUNTAIN COAL tit:
tieeredf6r $3 P.',r t'l' 0 rd4.11 t V g0...i deur'
out i tain Red -AA Coal. 2.2 40 poi to l , to tb,, t 0,,, ,
pmmpsty filled if left at floo leo'i',ho.t ey Az, „.?,
c en t re and Market atrrtt-.4;ir, ; ,. L ',... a ,
‘l ,__ ‘;
strmt--AlslodfA 11,4 14w , ', .1,,,, yt ,. , ,, ,
an. : t f
A ,
I" ti . /I .burr. 310,111 i rartort.
Deriluber A, Iss-1,
• t
_ _. _
_ sc; ,
trit TTY
1 ..'1 m 11C 1. 11 .1 A ,11,. ,
.co , l iz
Sag. in Centre, arctc, a few I,....iriiatZat7i: r.:4.-:'
Ilial.[lrttore V...r...• ha, la g Vann,. •im %nil'
pi o 4 tail.
,___,_____--,....____.•.
().-PA RTNERSIIII'.—LEIVI S
C Dimulat.qirinp., 1N...13mA III.? iiillin-,i se/ iL,.
of I>imi. has this clay as.ciatrd*lt h him Williaz;,.
darfrd. J.,tin nomm..l Jr., amt , ;.i,r,-rn 11.. IN. ii ,,
l b.. f i rm of' tiro Do Armg•istr a k f,,, 0 .4.: wain-
Wharves-Noe. 7 and a. Pnrt lirllnvmd. 4 ,
‘ , n.
14:it 1$ ArDENIIIED,
iii,:i gill K 11. }NTT?,
1 i - i ; Ilityllii‘DlEL Jt. '.'
Jul , 113rY 14. P. 4- . •
....,..............,
411ARI,ES W. 111 ; 1 1BNItI). A,CPPI
; i t.e :31,.. of Aicrilk.tClTEAr:4 BIT! MtN,,i .:
infiret. :Ist Floor, 7I line : , .(y.....t.fi Its ..t ,k,., 1..,.k .
. 1 I...high. liki.l....tnn, eranh,..
, .
i 1,..r and )lane 1:u q. Cr An th,
A% It Ell: Ae.u. -; bigh . 14%4,- .
i N. , innkr... 11 , -...! Virolln.mq it:
,
' ' I Matt. fr...b..• 11, Nt143.11.!!! to
I Gate. Pciitu.tas 5 2 1,,, , 9 n— ,, g .
l e'ez`Br: an 3 ( ~ yin .
; • 1 Frrat the iplrtrat,4 Itz,lburz
BITIINIINotI'S, ••,, Co. -3:111:4:. al,. Ca1.21.113nd .
( I.lrerplui.!
OFV(rE lIOCII3-1t M. P. M.
31:411
'
ili. 15.14. - . •
=
NOTICES.
I , (n"rsvii,,LE Literary 50.. 1
iula tura itio next reg 32.1.14 11 tonetlng In ttrl,t.
Ite• , u6 or tb, Find 1 . 1 -, 4l , yl«rlati Cburrh, Mak:v..%
on Wotttol.lay ouinoz.Jannai/2.: IS:Z. al 7!
Leiturer—J. I , hertnan. ! :
/ , '.;..oter—AVnt. 1.. 'it hitm
tbu effort of OW Nei1,14111,4 Eta- ,
x.,-rvti the halneter if lu,vFol. 141 h• rli'L'lrativrt' 1 , 11; 111•191441,,
. 1 1'5m:erre—Jo ho llnzlaes. J, T. Day), '
Nlfiteire—J. T. t‘hoener, /Eller Le , el,.
By otelar of the Socletr, •
J , ISEPII h. PHILLIPS. ~,,
iii,E l
rri()N NOTICE. _:‘„ ti , q . •
, . .
. 4 , nnro , y grron In thn St4;t!dfoldt., r th,. 1,,, f „
U ater.t'rnnpany, that . at, 1..1e , 1i• .n for r.tn, tf,,.••,
...,,,t)r thy-ensuing lent, will 1•!. 1101 31 tt, n'n......
1. 1. 6-lta:C/11:1I. ffarttinge It ...!. il It, 1.,,,,, i
1 , ,,tt!.. ill, on Mu,. DA V, 12,4 •!1!' •13.. • 1 J If, ttari, i 1
brtlenn a, ;Finn!! of 2 and 7 i: , II , ••4::.-zt• ,•n F., ! , tt
of rho floartt . .
,! 2.A.76:VEL Ll.ir I ,
nneemt•cr :PI, 1 f.,:s
VOTICE:—N ' MIN! • I'S ilerthy
that Letters a Adminlitral km uy , rl the K.:,
I,;rll7lth, late of thW hGrouzk•
eeaaect. base been r.,Tatztvd by the 4 r
srhwakill ronnty, to the, under,Lni.,l
I ml,,bi,yl t. , th e maid %%Mans 1)4111th, 11 )11r:44, 0r
uit delay'. and thrhio batin. Lain.
pr, writ 1 h. come for orttremelit to
ILAN \AII UI l FYITII. •••1 , 1 ,,
Deepolher
_
thembers of A s i;
tlit Int.nt, No. :44, oF TEM , F.P.
bt•hl a publle Temperance :tltt 4 tinu.. in th.
t It4er; nn 3111,14111 v otilig, ry 1.
in atd Printi•lst :Met:pm:J.4 ,
Z - ilt•irthtn4 an. expe , tl 4 to alth,, :14
Ilynthem 14 the • InthT. n: Tpmp,rant,..
, re r,reettni, int tn att. c.:
- M M. I', It 311.E1t. U. ti. 11, 1 . .. ,
• , .4. 1h.31 . 11'. A. ,
s:. 4,1‘11A;r:10.
ri1A1 . 1,01? ON ('l F :
All Ted 1r on Cnul. I
Oitrrl.fif retitte vitrivt. anl nn!,. •
JIMIN 11. \% \iv
4,4 ry IRr 3t. 1.:4 Age,' r
‘ 7 (sTWE.— ' flue itioni!)ers of NIO
Nt.. 29. IT 1. I). . F'..,. , . t
a! eln lrilall. on the oi - vning: , ,r Ow A .P;
ast.hltNineKr. nY imiortanre Hymn- tL.ir 3 t!
lull tittrntia., ' \ J. J. r:\
Poitn Me. Peettpilwr
. .
Q.CRITYLKII.I. ('()I . TY .‘, , r11.
711 ,. .1n1111:0.:rt, fin_ and .1...11 1,
tick..l..ftlii.: , .x.lety s ill t:04.(,14 :
day (t. 11,
dck. I'. 31.. at nu , pul , ll , ~ f Iry '1.1 . 14n 1 r
Thy,tni.er I ,, nt
_ .
•
)VFICE of tliei:.ivat:lnt
Pie luntAl :11,0 e: :•111 , ..I: 1,1,, ..ill t.
y. mh 2.l'.ittt.t . ttry t:• At At .;
P.. 11., at the or tit,Ct•ttlitAtt.. at rhu h ti
E1 , c(1 , 41.1..r Presl,l..nt. ifdt 11 Inx:o•.Tren•or,
will takr 11; U. 31,x0.E,
I),,,nther
i .
Jtia 41 ittmw:
Oreksbrires. Novernter 1ti,1554 • .--..,„:. 441
YOTICE—IS Itt:111bV given iho
.1..1 Cointhlewieherw ,I ; 1 , - .lmycall l'earr) wil. n•
l'r!pfasals nt. their Office, until the Cr.: 11.11,13 y , f .;
ley heat. f‘r, A NVarden and 3latron. to to app In'.
the erinanr, year. %)r the Schuylkill County i', -, -
lirre(tA tnd it ife, the premiet 10mm:beta, her , : e :
et. I: I AAC'eTIiAITII. I
. .
i A. 11. AVII.S()N, 1 '
Airrr.r—@:K. M. Kgrarn:,t7erk.
Tecttmber in. . j 1.7
)ETIC E Mine frill RS. 11. R. R. (
rha,,,taphia.
A •stated Annual Meetinit tit the.Shvii
riarnFtn'y will Iw, held tik their Witt, the
Franklin Insttut,: Nu
tech day I,f Ist -i
ne.iith;
the forenr.m. tit whidi a iteptirt of the
'"lilt
,Managers will ' m
,be pwintol.
"lilt IT held f• ;r a PreKident . and ten Mann:,
the artatrm'of the Cumpaux fur the ye at o:emnt
' I I.LIAM •
lk W 4.
(;1113YLKILY; NAVIC; ATI())
NOTICE.- 7 A gvnt•ral 31011ng ..f th
tizttl liratholtlrrs pride &hetylbill Naviratintt
'1 , •• hebl at tbdr .7Stt, Av 3 inut
City or l'hilaaelphitt. DAV. the it , th , 'l '
4ry, A. D.. 1c7.5.. at 11 oiloek. A. . •
an illectitm hr.beld Preshb•ltt.
Trra,urer and Secretaiy. ftr Kahl r.ttnitri:. , t,"
ott i pr uirni As th,
piiration may mittire.
tt'. if. MGM f A
Sch. Nar. Co.. Phil.. IN,
XII N ERSVILLE, PO ler t !LINT
~,, Z.:... , ("aerie and Went Peon olbrod!
T .! eelleeters In tame I . ol,tricta hare already T
their Intelleaten int;tho, year. T. hae that R ID
1....10re aro emanpt in colts-11in: their duptirate.
ware the County a tonaiderable suror monoy,
but look at the dig . ..from , of then M , ntreti.n.. t
Manse, tho County and 311111i:a Tax returned for ,
'rifle learough for P.33„.1. s3,is nn. Irldle they a
stut 10 for the year 1531. The t, turn of Port t
borough nn 1i.53 4in .50, tee iir.t. it :,.. it"'
Learnable for issa, •tala Oh, for IX4. $l7O 3.t.. Vet
tttenship, (booty Tit foi. 1a33. sl*. t 3; Militia.
County Tam tot 184, $lB 62,1 Militia, $l3 SU,
Probably be the beat collodion In the county . . T 1
ship Warne, sot ttAgotate retnrn,lbr 1651 WV
tents.
Peceinbei 2,18 a
1N0.v.14,%461 4
I=llll
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