Tspoas OF THE , MINERS' :JOURNAL. Becalm stionentrrion: TWO HOLLAtt9 per annum, payab:e In advance—s 2 ra If not fbid within.bLi month*--and Vi 6 0 If not paid within the !W. TO CLUBS Three e9Ples to one address, in advance, f 00 heven do do .do . 000 Fircent do do do Cliin-orobsu. !Ft keit must be invariably paid in advance. and sent to one .ddros. .. _ . TO CARlillytlll AND 0111 ERA: The *local:AL will be tisintshed to Carders and others at ci ido coplo„ celh oli . freq. • " vi er: ol4os and &Awl Thseirrs supplied with the 100 t- H.at $1 In advance. : . THE LAW OP STWSPA.PZILR.. fi t , subscribers order the discontinuance of Their COWS papers. the publisher may continue to Reup them imlU . rm v-Ages are paid. If subscribers neglect er refuse to take their 111Wille• pert from the ogres to which they are directed. they ass hold responsible untilth4,have settled the bills sad or dered them discontinued, • .. if s ubscribers remove to other places without Inform the publisher, and the newePapers are sent to the for ow direction. they are held responsible. The c ourts have decided that refusing to take rump& par% from the office, or remoring and leaving them un called fc4, Is prima facia eridenm at intentimml fraud, RATES OF ADVERTISING. One avant of 10 lines. 59 cents for one thsertkl•—sub sequeut insertions, 25 cents each. 3 lines, One time, 25 „. en p,— ; subsoluent Insertions, 121 i cents each. All adver ti co mo CI ts over Vince, for short &nods. charged as a square. , mut. . WIT. . TWO. THREE. HMI. TAUNT- Dare-linos, 62 1 7 i , SO • $1 50 - $2 25 20 ' 5 3 $3 00 Fire lines. l 00 150 . 20 0 6O 500 ALL OTAR PITT MILE COUNTED AS s SQUIRE 07 11.9 LINES. One square. 1-25 200 800 500 800 T .,-. quir es, 200 350 • 500 800 12 00 Three Wares, 301 450 ' 650 lik 00 15 00 uusrter till.. 5.00 6 50 8 0015 00 25 00 Halt column, 906 12 00 . 16 00 ' Z 01:r 40 00 One column. 16 00 23 00 30 00 45 00" 130 00 Air 811.51UeR3 NOCIOOO, $1 each—seeontpauled with en advertisement, 50 cents nut. , 1 Advertisements before Marriag es end Deaths . 10 cents r .,1. line Tar first insertion --suleAuent insertions, 5 cents per linia Niue words are counted *saline in advertising.' .• al.,crhants and others advertising by the year with rletagea. and a standing advertisement not exceeding 2 square. of 26 lines, will 1)e charged ' , Including subscriv trail, •$lO. 00 ,page to tbo amount of one quarter column with changer and subscription, • . $2O 00 Without changes, at the autos' designated above. Alrertiscuarnt* 'sot in larger type than usual will be ~ : rtrzed io per cent. advance on these prices. An cuts will be Owned the same na letter press. No Trade Advertisements ,received from Advertistsg Agents ahroad. except at 25 per cent. advance on these. priites. nniuss by special agehement with the priblisher. Ilarrisgiis 24 cents each. Deaths accompanietwith no ti.‘rsi 2S cents. without notices no charge. All Notices. except these of a religious character and • for rigestional purposes. "will be charged 23 cents for any number of lines under 10. Over 10 lines, kends per line a .1 li lions!., • l'r .cet.linps of meolinp, not of a general or public char'. stir . charged at 1 cents per lino for each insertion. • T. facilitate calculations we 'will state that 3% lines mak a column-14 Rees a half column,—and 82 lines a quater column. 2952 word's make a column-1476 a half roi mn—and 753 a quarter rt column. All odd lines over ea ,,- ti ..hart'. charged at the rate of 4 rents per line. c .,.. Vosidy advertisers must confine, th eir advertising to :heir own business. Agencies for others, saki of-Real .E - tato. Sc., is not included in business advertisenenta. : STOVES & TIN WARE. - • SOLOMON HOOVER, %VW% VAILE AND RETAIL DEALER if; ; .Stoves, Tin ware, follow Ware, Bra..s ware. Brit, 4c. tants ware. Cutlery, he. Thankful for past pat ronage. he hopes. bf,ttrict attention to brudness , to merit - a continuance of the favor of his old en. , tornors and the public in general. ,lie has just added to his already large stock-of the.above named articles, a variety of Cooking, Parlor. and Office Stoves, of the latest and mist approved styles. Also, a variety of Household Furniture. such as Tlaned and Enamelled ,Boilers, and Iron Tea blattles, limas Lrittannia Ware, Japanned Ware, Frying and Roasting Pans, Sad Irons, as. ke.. Also, continually on hand a large assortment of Tin ware, dc. Ile hes niuw the largest and best stock 'ef his line everoffered in Schuylkill County, to which be in vite. the attention of the public In general, as he feels eentldentitliat he can suit them both in price and Tran iv. TheY'sivosild therefore do well to call and examine his stock before purchasar.g elsewhere. N. B.—Roofing. Spouting and Jobbing promptly atten ded to. Also, old stoves repaired, or odd plates, fire-brick grates, as, can be had for repairing the same. Old stoves, and all at`sair old Iron taken la exchange : for new. SOLOMON HOOVER. :.he old stand, Centre street. shove Market, Pottsville. Penna. 914 f Angust 25,1654. NEW TIN WARE, Copper And StoTe Manutlictory. titOillit: H. STiCHTER announces to his numerous old friends, and the pnbtic goner s _r• ally, that he has engaged in the above men .; honed businean and on such an extensive plan, • - that he is enabled to sell his goods at prices """ which cannot be surpassed in cheapness in any oth,-r Antilar_esfablishment in , the county. His, store Is in Centre Street, fen' doors South of the place wheie be formerly engaged with L. Esterly, in the liard a arc lusincac. ! • Amuns the many articles 'in his store, he will only , oui:e mention of the following: z , tores. with pipe, Copper-wary, Copper Kettles, of all ;Uses: rasa Kettles, Japan-ware. Tin-ware,-oferery de. 'sedation, Hollow-ware Tin by the Bois. Roofing Tho by Box; Japan Tin, by the quantity or by the pound: toot. I , y the quantity or otherwise; Russia ehoet iron by the hundred or by the pound. Also. a new Pat ent IVatereoeler, which Ie sae of the most useful ha prmetue'nts of the day,..especially for families during hot weather...and, in short, all other artieles belonging to a remplete establishment of the kind. Orders fur work In his line. such as Tin-roofing. Spout ke., tug also mendinv . , will be attended to promptly at the shortest notice. -.4 1 . Tot highest market prieelwill be paid for old Pew ter and Lead, or ,goodsi giren in csehange.. • . GEO. 11. KTI,CATEIL • Pottsville.. August 12,044 • • S2 -1 y TRAVELING- SUNDAY! EXCU ; SION TRAINS. PHILADELPHIA AND RItADINt) RAILROAD. AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 1 6th: 1552. and on every folloilng Sunday, until fur. ttier an Express .Kteurkion Passenger Train wilt ,*are l'hiladelphii at 734 A. 34., altd .return from iPotts- NDe M, same day—staining, at all Way Routes on he Doe. and at the following stations at the hours stated: VP !MIN. DOWN TRAIN. . ' St , lti , 4lls. . Time ' 1 . I 1.31. .. 8 t ati 01:11S. Time 1".31. aTeS Philad'a . 720 Reaves Pottsville 4.00. 'ISSei Phatnissille 8.31 Passes Mt. Carbon 4.n7 Pottstown 6.58 1'E . S. Raven 4.15 - Reading 9.34 . .." Reading 5..21 S. haven 10.43 1. " Pottatmen 6.00 • Mt. Carbon •10.82 1, "' Phornixtille 6.26 krrites at Pottsville 11.00 Arrives at Philad'a 720,. FARES ' Flor.!he Round, Trip, up and down, in No. 1 Cars: . • . r .a l'hilad'a to Plicenizcille and bark same day, 1.1 40 .. Pottstown, : ••• 1 75 . RA:tding " 2 50 " . S. Haven. .)11. Carbon & Pottsville, 4 00 Reading to Pottsville and tack same day, 1 50 RkNo Baggage carried with these Trains. All Tickets u.t be purchased before entering the Cara. • • May 7..),1952. . • - 224 i • PASSENGER TRAINS. esso EMB Ma§ IFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA Jr and Reading Railroad.—Snmmer Arrengement.— FROM PHILADELPHIA 'Di CfYITSVILLE. In and after May 17,16,52, there will be two Passenger minc daily. (tinsidays,eseeptedl, between Philadelphia, ~ a ding. and Pottsville. MORNING VINE. _ The. Express Train loaves Philadelplia daily, except Stm t . NTs. at vieelock. A. M. • The Way Train leaves Potts dant.. Sundiyx excepted, at 13.4 deloek, A. M. AFTERNOON LINE. The WaT Train 'tear.% Philadelphia' daily, except San s at :4 1 ,4 o'clock. P. M. - The 111 - press Train leaves :rtsrilladally, except Sundays. at 3 1 4 &eh:wk., P. M. HOCKS OF PASSING BP.ADING. -For PhiLadelphla. at 9 o'clock 10 minutes, A. M.. and 4 51. minutes. P. M. For Pottsville, at it o!cloek 34 ti.mo‘..., A. M., and 6 o'clock. P. 3.1. Trains Step at ill;lie n Zitions along the Una . Ist cus s c is& '. man CM •viir..; to Philaielphla.' ' t i 7s . v. 45 1 lir:4 to Pottsville- 105 • - 85 111,104.01 s to Pottsville. 2 75 1.3 25 Pert in Pottsville.. corner of Union and Railroad St , of Awnless' Howe. Pam/engem cannot 'enter C c":+ess Prosidei with a ticket. Fifty p , unds of lialcgage will be allowed to each punt in ttonak lines. and psioeugens vie expressly prohibit ca.likin: anything as fiarstaae ; tint their own weal+ ~ieel. which will be at the tisk of its owner., T order of 'the Board. of gattacers. S. BRADFORD, Secretary. Wear =MEM TRINSPORTATION. JE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY lOTTSVILLE TO HARRISBURG This line connects daiiy - with nil their gnat Souti Woo.Ain - Rotttes. By arranteraetit their pbus, I iiri-gs in Pottsville will to at the office of Howard Tl:Ke,e haring articlelf for fransuiliolon by said lin, rail up nl C. B. CATTIER, 'Adam's a, Cr.'s :Agent, II F...NCILLIAMS. SupPrintendent 16-ti. 111:.AD'A. & READING RAIL ROA 01 FitMUM ON 31ERCIIANDIZE. ,N AND. AFTER NOVEMBER lsi until further rintioe. the tenoning Mites ht win be ehArged per lifrOpnuckdb: - Atfitt.vs ratvatt ( . ..nfet.t innery. Bonk!, Carpt.t.) (I , :rlr, re.. 9.11 .Meat t ri:44.. Glue+, Le. a Batter. Copper. Eggs. FAr- I ..nyrarr.(irindsiones,Groceriesjimoid Ward wane, !fides: Hollow-ware, } 11 )is,43Sntry.OystAeis,Oils.gdeds., Coffeek. Grid n..4r Irma. %L•3......N.N Spikrtt, salt, ^truinnt. Sugar, Whiskey, LT:, - .nig. Fir,. Brie's*. Guano, NBI Stones. Tar, t, &rap irou, Timber ).• 1,1-41.. r, kr.. , Cord tVr 4. C I RY• Grar". .4M re. .„ Limestone, Manure , Pig I:: Slate. '. P..' barrel. 30 1 • RAILROAD. - ROUTE, 11%:1m9Mt3fr ottaville ac• Rending to Harrisburg, Lancaster, Ate. LOCAL, TRAIN, established o !!-. Railmvi to complete ibe,connezior TAo,ps,i and SoutmPherlittl apd aztawizza RAJ 1 ,`,..l,x•swot. • • reert!LlA. l' ,, v tattir hi A. M. Leaves Readinj 2.45 P. 3 1q.40 Auburn 4.30 U. 15 noon Arrives f " Lncal Train.and the Regular:lntim' haiirnati. Aumata. the terminus of :,the /Marone/. iN .Trawhed with bentl 1.1 the valley r,f the Sehnytkill. and ..t.l ,it , :moitinhati.n. both er.,ays. is tunintah ,""nv• .tc , i)tedt wittillarrishttr,r. Lancaster. Char httim,re, and all tn - Ant>. in that direction. 5,1 ' LkIWKLN-P.:;TTeVILLZ AND DARLINNUND. DC. t hoist-in n :.;.:k1 P. M. Arri.re flarrieburg 7.40 P. 3 ‘rnitAr, 1.15 111,0 A.) eta - a LINN': AND HADDINEMi t De. • !,...A1',;•: ;!4r, P. M. Arrive liar-Saban?, 7.40 P. 3 7C5 A. 31. Reading I'lls nnei ' , ven:Ter car cans vith the Ifeight Train- le 3v i'l IN A it.. and returning there at 7.1 n. P. 31 lar lilrrohurg abnnt wont. and with tb m and et•lning, trains of the Reading Rai rune on Iteadinz Raihmal time. width than that of thr l'eHn.ylvania Sal 'r Ifitni •nu 74 , . ELLW‘ViD NI011.1:15, E".i. A Sap". /kmphi. d ,Nuequeh q . ji i ia R. I . 1. "' 1'14 C'tnPanY nAvertlar thr Curb print r..ito.t e d that this adtertieement It ty any paper nalega accompanied by the mom , 3a4 that ill Ott advertiaomettta note Rupert: teeminned ' 4 art M. 11 , 4 . 5 • • Z. M. 4-3 an" - : • • t . • . . - • ! ! • - PUBLISHED' EVERY ,SATURDAY :MORNING, „Oy VOL. XXXI. PE ILADELPJIIA: CUANO2 GUANO!! u , S ubscriber, sole Agent for 'the' Peruvian'Oorernment, in PhiladelPhts. bas s large stew of Pure Perurian Guano on hand, which he offers. to Farmers and"ilealers, at the lowest cash prices, lots to'snit purchasers: B. J. CHIUSTIA.I4 :Sole Agent for the Penni= Government. In Philadelphia, .48 North Whams, and in North Water area. January 27, ISM 3 3m ,MP. SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME. ami)oQ .13anaurreteof0114ACINsot of f u l tVor scrip ten. C WIN kiD_PI4STER t CEMI27,:ie. _ ' flii-Paoover, of all kinds bought and sold on COttimls• pion. : R. R. RELLLR3 A CO., /beim Ming and anion's:ion Merchants, No. t'S North Wharves; Between Race and Tine Streets, Philadelphia, February 17.1955 • h . 6-am' PLATFORM SCALES O • F every deseription,eOita . ble for tail roads, ac.. far weighing 114, Coal, Ore, and. /der- Chandise generally. Purchasers run no risk, every State it guaranteed correct, and it, after trial, not fbssndastis fsetary, can be returned without charge. Factoty at . the Old Stand, established for more than twenty years, corner of Ninth and Melon streets, rldia, delptda.AßßOTT .k CO., Feb. 10.1 & 55 , , Successors to Ellicott et Abbott ESTABLIFLIE.D-IN 17Va. ~, • M'ALI.ISTER & BRO., OPTICIANS; • HAVE removed from the Old Stnd, No. 44 Cbestrot street, to their 7Ncso MNo Store, .In Chesnut Sired, below Eighth, nearly opproalte the Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. 411•Ottr Priced and Illustrated Catalogue of Optical, Nathentatieal and Philosophical lasteuncents furnished on application, and sent by mail, free of charge. Philadelphia, January 13, 1815 ' ! 2:241 , ; CAR AXLES. - rilliam E subseriberi; are prepared to man ufacture in any quantity required, both Rolled and mered Cur and Locometive - Alles, of the best quality material. If required, Rolled Car Axles will be furnish ed cut to length accurately, by turning lathe, and the centres drilled in, thus „sating weight Of Iron, and ex pense of finishing. Address . r - . • A. k P. ROBERTS, Ptircort Iron Works • Office No. 80 1 4 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. February 17,1&50 _ 7•45 t . COLEMAN'S CUTLERY STORE, g No. 211 North Third Street. iONS'IAN'FLY on hand, 'a large as iiortment of Pen and Pocket Knives. Seining, and d Misers. Table Knives and Yorks, in;ivory. star. bridal°, bone and wood handles; Carvers and Forks, Dirks, Dente Knives, *c. , ALSO--a very extensive assortment of Waiters, Tea Trays, Le. ;Tine English Guns, Colt's Pistols, Allen's . HegOlrers, and Single and Double barrelled Pistols. with a general stock of Fancy Hardware. constantly on hand. JUAN M. COLEMAN, importer. Ptiiladelpbis Deg :30, 15 . 54 [Der. 27 'd3-62J 51-tf SAMUEL 8: .FETHERSTON. preE A.LERIN LAMPS, LANTERNS, aandelierp, and Candelabras, Ne. 152 8. 2d street, Spruce. Philadelphia. Having enlarged and im proved his store. and having one of the largest assort ments of Lamps in Philadelphia, 13 now prepared to fur nish Pine Oil, Campbene, Burning Fluid, land and Oil lamps. and Lanterns of all patterns: Glass tamps by the package. at a small advance over auction prices. Being a manufacturer and dealer of Pine Oil, Burning Fluid and Alcohol, which will be furnished to Merchants at such priciti that they will find it to their advantage to buy. Also. libteehbld Glassware, of all descriptions, at the lowest market prices. Philadelphia, October 25. 1i554_ MANUFACTURES. JFISHER HAZARD, Mabufacturer of wiie for Inclined Planes. Ice., Carbon Co.. a. Ropes of superior quality and of all lengths and si xes on hand and made toOrder on abort notice. Reference can be Made to E. A. Douglas, Superintendent and Engineer, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company; N. D. Courtrlght. Superintendent Hazleton Coal Conipa ny. Maud] Chunk; , G. Brodhead, Superintendent Bea ver Meadow Coal Company, Mauch Chunk; Belford, Sharpe h Cn., Contractors, summlt Bill, Penna. October 14, ISM ; 41-1 y VENETIAN BLIND MANUFACTORY. Bth Mt., bet. Norwegian & Iliehentattgo.. WM. ZERBE-annotinees to the cit • bans of Pottsville and vicinity, that he is pre. pared to manufacture Venetian Blinds of every size. color and - style, at short notice and at the lowest rates. tie feels confident that a trial alone is sufficient to be cow vinced of the advantage of purchasing his Blinds. • fine assortment of Blinds constantly on hand. lie is also prepried to repair, paint, and trim old Blinds in such a manner as to render them almost equal, in appear sum to new.. Jan. 27. 1 11 4 55 4-I,y COACH MAKER'S REMOVAL. TILE embecriber having fitted up one of -, the largest Coach Shops in the State, in 0 Coal street, Pottsville. Pa.. next to J. Allaalliw Adam g Co.'s Screen Factory, where his facilities for manufacturing all kinds of Carriages and light Wagons cannot be surpassed—being a practical Me thank, and baring a number of years experience In the business, he hopes to give general satisfaction. All kinds of C. es and light Wagons kept on hand. Also. second-hand Wagons, kr. All repairs orally done. Orderi from a dista are. prompt ly attended to. WISFAR. A h.LRK, June 5, 184 0 3: , 23-tf THOMAS JACKSON, ULAT and Round Rope Maker, Read ing, Pa. ,White, Ttinrea,'and Madllls Rope et any dimensions. . • . . . . Flat Ropes, for Miming or other purpuisea, Towing, line.; and Canal cordage of all kinds. Bed-Ropes, Wash-lines,-Sash-cord, it.c. Superior Puck- inp for Steam Engines. Also, patent. prepared Hemp Packing. a very superior article, saturated with a compo- sition which fully doubles Its ratretbility to stand friction, .and insures its preference wherever it bats been tried. Or ders thankfully' received and promptly executed'. November il. 11‘54 , , 44-ly NEW STYLE COTTAGE FURNITURE. =THE subsraiber is recelcing•from the best M anufsetories in the City a large lot of Cottage Furniture of New. ayle, made !of Hard, 'Colds, oak. chestnut. walnut, ash, At, warranted to he strong and durable. The patterns are various, and of the latest fashions. They embrace whole setts, all of which will be sold at city prices. carria, , r,s, added. lie also keeps on hand. and manufactures to order all kinds of Household Furniture, of the latest. mostlasb lonable and desirable' 'Patterns, all of Which ran be ex amined,at bis Ware Rome, corner of Centre and Union s treets, nearly opposite' the Episcopal Chureb--all of ;which will be sold at thewery lowest rates. HENRY ORESSANO. April 1, lAA4 . ! 14-tf '. Par!liiiilLLE Saddle and Harness Blanatactkbry. tili• The Subscriber would ;1 15. again most respectfully invite the ' attention of the citizens of Potts- . vine and the Coal Region in geberal. to his large nut well selected aloe( of SADDLERY. all kinds of : . Carriage and Tram 110ness, Collars of all descriptions. Drift Harness, &e. He de. sires all who may need-anything in-the above line to call and serf his goods before purchasing elsewhere, as there can be nothing lost. Orders far Harness. &e., promptly flied on reasonable terms. - ' LEFEVER WO3IELBDORFY. Opposite Episcopor Church, Centre strut, rbtlsrale. Hamill& TSSS [May 13, '54) 34f --_— • COACH NIAKINC . , . • Subscriber,: being about to intro - duce Steam Paster and otherwise enlarge the facilities of his already extensive Fa. a• tablishment. invites the attention of the public Whig manufacture of Coaches, Wagony and Te hides of erery desaiption. llssiug arery department of the Giich-making ;busi ness at hand, employing only the best workmen, and using the best materials, dealers may be Ore of securing satisavtorr work. 'Vehicles of erery style and finish made Ito order. fir pairs neatly anti substantially done. Orders from abroad promptly attended to.. re-E.:hop. Morris Addition. Centre Street, nearly oppo. site the York St?re. Pottoille. . (MARGE :JENNINGS. Mar;•1( 10,1&53 • ; 12-tf' . - OCCO • 01l I,VIOROCCO LEATHER aid SHOE Finding Store, at Derr old stand, oh Railroad d., The undersigned eespehtfullY Informs die rus t mere of the rthore well known establishment, that he will contin ue-the manufacture of all kinds of MOROCCO. Such as Kid. Straits. French Morocco. Shoe,; Hat and Book Bindings, Pink • Lining*. ice, de.; and will militantly. have on hand a general aseortinent of an kilids. of LEATH ER.* rich as Oak Tanned and Red Sole Leathern., Slaughter Kips. French and City Calf Skins. Miners Cpper Leather. and a variety of Shoe Findings. *wit as Threads. Kali& pegs. all of which will be sold at the lowest cash price*. JOIIN L mmvia. . 1 F. 4-1. r...t> ... O*" . .Z •••• /WAG Untie of Skins, such u Shur, Goat, Deer, he and also Sama taken ib earl:Lange for Leather, at the: highest market prices or paid for In CLIM. • Puttsville. Ort 29.1853. 4t-tf MACHINE CARPENTRY. SASH. POOR, HOCLDING k R. R. CAR HACTORY AT fit. Clair, Schuylkill CountYp, HE Subsc . riber, (of the .fate firm of I Height k Lawton), having now Ma 54nnfactors In complete order. is prepared to manniketurel by machine. re NrilVl , 4o Frimes, Sash, Doors. Brie*, Mutters, Bali !WnOlfrt. Awning Porb;end genet. ally all turning in• frond. Also, Drift Ro aroad f ors, with the work complete, &c., tr.. at.the shortest notice. • He has far sale Lumber of any dereriptimi, and can 'tarnish Mils of Lumber at short notice. Also, an assort -131"Soll Doors, Mat (glazed and Prtmod . Pled Posts, ke,, ke., conger tly on hand, Persons desirous of pyrchasing artides In his Hite of business. are invited to- cell and examine his stock and workmanship before hurchazinc elsewhere ; Orders are solicited; and stri a attention !ill be given to their faithful and prompt ereeotkro. CEIARLW LAWTON. Jr.. At. Clair. February 9,1555 9-ly EEO • . SANDS it. CUMMINGS' Patent Brick Moulding Machine.. T"E proprietors of this justly cele heated Patent, having completed mungemente for the intro:faction of their new and Improved Stubble. beg leave to call the attention of the palate to its tins/ itthterl rw• perineityerre trerytkinp cam imerged for the manwjacfere n f Bricks frets tempered elay. Ii being mettle, when worked by horse-power, of making 1 , SIX IRICKS IX FIFE SECOND 4. - A Finale eertifirste of the chareeterat the 'feltoerluris 'eemed by the proprietors tt;. prd R ptarandne et Mir ststensentx, as a twat number, erldrh atlaht be selected from bawler*. in their prealeseirmi from pratikal and es trnshe Itrtek malcart. 1vht57112,1.T.N., , ft. g VMS. rkxyr Nr.•-1 bate thia flair wittleaga, the operation of k Cummingre rafimt Brick Mould. ina and am fully ikfiXlSod that it to net equal ed IT any math kir ftir opeed, or in 'the Yorreetneini of Its wnrk. mn Sheraton§ cheerfully and • confidently re• oorunu.nd it to any porwut wifizink to purrtukir a patron Ynnra Etilortfully. .1611!P SEXES. Poldir.rl Jlrdrek-stal,r. Smnlcmar. trprois)l9 tn.. Pa. • Tory IteoportfUlly. 11. fAsinx. Exp. . STA7M)N. f...r.f Notiinsau. All applf,ationa for Staje.County.,.r T 611111146110, wltb ILarttines;:aticiuld he mad* (peat-(aid) to • . 5.0.1D5 & CO., Care of J.l3;Playm, Jan. 27.1555 441 m Xe. 3 irat.qt., iliartenr Mac 1. . . ,'.. - • • • : -•-•- • T '~.!. l'z'.. -- * ‘ i • , ...::!...; :. ,: ' . - 1. 71- ' 4 ..'; ' , II ;S., , -7;;•'':•';:.••,, .: , ;,••.i. • • ~i , . ..., , -, .1 1 A :., ', - . ':- '; , .. . , ...., . . > . , 1 W • • r l : 1 • !. . - ; --7. r. J . . . . • (---,c•-...,„; . • ..... ....,.., . . , ~ ,• ~ , - . . . , •.• . ~ . • , , •, . -:. 1 t , ..- . . . , . .. r., , , _ - -:': -:, 4 •-4", \ 11. 11 ' *• . , !, . I •- - .... .- . . , . •••••... •••• " A z .,..... ... , I .. I MU. TEAM TOU TO Pittelt THE 110W14,3 OF THE TH EARTH, OUT FR M 'fag CAI WIRE ROPES. 111 INSURANCE. MINERS' LIFE INSURANCE . . _ AND TRUST COMPANY, POTTSVILLE. PA. QAPITAL $lOO,OOO-C HARTE Perpetual. is Coe y, ehastereit try the Legislature of Penn. sylvan* with a eapits of One Hundred Thousand DoV tars, is now fully organteed, and has Commenced . bust- . nen. The Company is prepared to receive monies and other property in Trust, and allow interest on all monies dee posited in trust, at the rate of dye per cent per annum; principal and interest payable on demand. For rates of PremiumQl2 Life Insurance, see the printed Tables supplied at the; °Mee of the Company, Centre Street, Pottsville, three: doors south of the Buchange ilo. tel JACOB BUNITINGEB,Ja., President .ions IL ADM, Beery : and Treasurer. . • April 1,1654. ' 13.tf THE POTTSVILLE MUTUAL AND- JOINT STOCK 'WE INSURANCE COMPANY. OFFICECENTRE STREET, next Mdo . cnaboye9 . reen's;Jew!lry Store. careen *,Jewelry _ CAPITAL SIOO,OOO.—CUTEP. PERPETUAL. This Company, recentli chartered by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. is fully organised. The Company is prepared to effect insurance Open live, and to tredve and execute trusts, and to allow intend on monies rece.lved at the into of flee per cent. per annum, unless otherwise agreed Upon. Principal and interest pay able on 'demand. Capital and assets safely Invested In Bonds and Mort. n gaues and other good seeirritles. Annual dividend of the profits will be made payable in cash, or appropriated to thepayment of premiums. • For rates of Preminnia on LIM insurance, ace printed tables, supplied, at the Coinpany's Wee. 'NATHAN .EVANS, Pres% ' ' ;SOLOMON FOSTER, Vice Prot - . IE T. TAYLOR, &XiWar, and Treasurer. ' Sept 16; 166/. 37•tt ... ANTHRACITE INSURANCE CO: cuARTER PERPETUAL;---Granted by State id 'Penny:lran* uthorited Capital $400,000. Office„ No. 99 Walnut bisect, between Third and Fourth Streets, Tide Com pa ny, with a huh Capital paid in, combined with the Mutual principle in their Marine and Inland Department; secures to the assured ample indemnity. with part icipatiou in the profits, and without liability for losses. . The Company will brute Policies at the usual rates of premiums, embracing Marine, Fire and Inland Risks. III:M11163 Dr. D. Luther, Willie= C. Ludwig, Lewis Audenried, -1 Joseph Maxwell, Peter Sieger, John E. Addleke, George P. Tylei, . Harry Conrad, gatanel H. Rotherenel, B, Hammett, Davis Pierson, D. LUT DR. Samuel Castner. .. HICR,. President. Wm. C. Lonnie, fl President. • Wm. F. Dux, &m an*. Qs PETER P. LUTIIEI, has been appointed Agent for Um, *bone Company In Bthisylkill County, to ebernt per sons desiring Insurance ain apply. ' April PI, 1854 h - ' 14-ly STATE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. L IOURTH ANNUAL STATEMENT M I ay N 1881. i, meta, Mai Ist, 7883, "; ' , . . . $388,318 70 Cash, premiums and intereat reeelr- - ed the past year, mutual depart- ' mint, $101,648 32 RI Hs Receivable in same. .' ' . 28,647 91 184 sh Premiums, Stock DeParta t, 40,282 21 . , -------- 170,.568 b 6 LOWS. ' expenses, commissions, re insurance, mutual department, 101,b06 - 63 " stock 1.1 27,03198 ' .888ETS: • Bonds, mortgages, stock and other • good securities, .... 173.1* 72 Bills receivable, ./ 187,009 815 Cash on band and in b and, of agents, -- ' • --------=-4179,70i 16 For Fire or Inland Inanienee, apply to JNO. T. SHOWIER, Agent July 15.185-1. - =I • L I ARMERS' UNION INSURANCE Company.—OFFlCE,Athens,BnulturdCounty,Penn. ' syl e sania. , • CAPITAL, IMO,OOO. Insures against loss by Fire. Rouses. Stores and other buildings. Goods:Wares - and Merchandlie, COAL. /MAR. ERS, ENGINES, and other Machinery, on as favorable terms as any,similar Institution. losses proniptly.adjusted and paid. DIRECTORS: Ilon. Horace Williston, Athens, Francis Tyler, . " • . • George A.. Perkins, " • J. T. D. Myer, • " • C. N. Shipman, : " • C. F. Welles, Jr., J. E. Canfield, .- . , Don. John Laporte. Towanda. Oen. Bradley Wakeman. Lacer-111e, Geo. M. llollenbeck, Wilkesbarre, Michael Mylert. Laporte. Pa.. 01110Eitit: • lion. lIOIIACE WILLISTON. President, C. F. Wsuits, Jr., Vice President k Treasurer. • J. - E. CA:inns', 'Spey. - 2. • Refer In Pottsville to • Hon. C. W. Hegi usr Wm. B. Wells, EM., ." F. W. Ilugtes; Gen. .1. 31. Bickel, . J. F. WHITNEY, Agent. Next door to Millets' Bank, Pottsville. Sept. 2. 1851 - INDEMNITY. rimiE FRANKLIN Fite - Insurance Co. 11 of Philadelphia. Offiee, No. 163% Cbeiont street, near- Fifth street. DIEZcTOILS. Charles N. Bendier, 1 George W. Richards, Thomas Hart, -.: Mordecai P. Lewis, ' Tobias Wagner, -; Adolphe E. Bode, . • Samuel Grant. ; David S. Brain, Jacob It. Smith, ' j Morris Patterson, Continue to make Insurattee, peimanent or limited on every description of property, in town and sentry, at rates as low as are consistent with security. The Company have reservkd a large Contingent Fund, which with their Capital and Premiums, safely invested, afford ample protection to the insured. The meta of the Companj.on January 1441848, upiib• fished, agreeably to an Act cif Assembly, were as follows, 'Mortgages, 1800,55 1 3 a Stocks, 551,563 Neal rarhste, , 168,358 90: Cash, &e., 45,157 • 0,220,007 67 Temporary Loads, 125,459 00 Since their ineotporation, a period of eighteen yes" they have paid upwards of one sailtices two anadrediaotss and dollars, losses by fire, thereby affording evidence of the advantages of insurance, as well as the ability and disposition to meet with promptness. all iiatrilitiea CiLtitCll4 N. DANCKEII, President. Catlin 0. LIANCKEIt, Feerltary. The subscriber has been appointed agent for the *bore mentioned institution ' and is now prepared to make In surance; on every desaiption of otopert7, at the lomat ANDREW RVESEL, 2. /nnt. Pottrrllle, Jan. 11,1851. - LIFE INSURANCE. IRE GIRARD LIFEINSURA.NCE, Atingity and" Trust Coiapany of Philadelphia. Of No. 133 Chesnut' street.; the That door East of the Custom, Houma. CAPITAL S3 . OO,O3O—CHARTER PERPETVAL, Continue to make Insult ricteleu lives on the moat favor able terms. • . The Capital being paid npund invaded, together with a large and constantly ineteasing reserved fund, offers perfect security to the insured. The premium; may be paid, yearly : half-yearly or quar terly. The Company Add a Bows, periodically to the insuran ces for lice. The first Botsus?,appropristed in December, 184 i, and the second Emus try December, 1849. amount to an addition of $262 5 0 to every SI.IUOD insured under the oldeet policies, making $1.262:60 Which will he paid when it shallbecome a claim, instead of $l,OOO originally itisur ed: the next oldest amount to EX: SO; the next is age to $1.7.13 50 for every $1,000: the other* in the ease pry portion wording to the amount and time of standing, which addltione make an aierne or more than co per rent. upon the premiums paid, without increasing the an nual premium. ' lILICSAGLITS : ' Thongs Ridgway, ,': John A. Brown, Armon Davis D. Danner, John Jay Bonds, . Frederick Thema, • Robert Pm.. nail, .. George Taber, . • Joseph Yeager, 1 John R. Latimer, • Thomas P. James, ': Wharton Lewis,. Jose& T. Billey. . John R. tibia.. Pamphlets containing tabliof rates and explanations, than of application and furtbei Informational:l be had at the office. = r Tllo3.tilif RIDGWAY. peddent, JaTINTF. JAM, Actuary. • , . B' The suhaetiber is agent for the above Company In ISehnytkUt County, and *CU effect Insurance* and dive all necenny Information en the malted. B. DANNAV. April 9. las 2. . -:; Urly BOOKS, &C: . TO SIMI:4NC CLASSES. THE Subscriber will furnish to Ciao ma, THE SHAWN. • NEW CARUS:SA SACRA, . . OLD CAILMINA SACRA. BOSTON ACADEMY COLLECTION. Together with alt other iitutielitoAs, very low rata, at • B. DANNAPiII Cheap ; Bork and Stational amt. LIFE OF CHRIST—ILLUSTRATED. HE Life of. Cbriit, ,by Fleetwood, TaMb' edition. beautiful gi'eel plates. • - .$3 76 THE of Christ, llogan & Thompem's edition, 14 ll lustratinna, in limitation Turkey, only • 400 Or. In Turkey. super extra; ,4 • • - 600 Woof Meld, 31osie edition, imitation Morocco, only 276 , . l i)larite variety of splendidly hlustisted.Work!, In Iran. I ous N'tyks , or bindings. Fcl . oak! at • • , , B. DANNAN'S Cheap nook and Stallone?? Store. , Noremter IS, y.i-s. 43- . . E. CARRICIUES, • . a , BOOKSELLER A STATIO.3i• If if / Mt. Centre Street, Pottfrilk% tesnort ei fatly asks the attention of Nerrbants, wo. Tearben, and the public generally, to the large assortment of books, At., , ered at his new Alm 4oroprising standard works fore the professions, Church Books for every denondaation,Ctintnan and Itnrlhh, GIFT. xsart.i.s.s. , xxxxis. scvszna„vre ken WOOD'. IX#OUL, Obtained dimetly from the pubniafir i. by iiperbd smolt& merit. and at tbr Trade Saks—imported and domestic tau ry and staple atationery. • Saimaa' Fier. ailiery am; iopetatied Ware, Fawn • These grads are all new and elealratie, and hate teen whited with prat rare from thdtull '*atka of the largest importing houses and Amerkan 3isaufesiterers in New York and.yrritadelphia: also. a Mere stourtment of .t • . Musk Arnie linttla, 'Of their awn manufacture, eta ageing a general variety. from the common half-bound to the extra superfine, neat , ly ruled and suintantlaily boort with bands and rivetK mill blank Menawatulain and Pass hooka. Cyphering and espy lieots.: Sitar ?Reitz. Vide of Lading, Coal Tickets, Cheeks, Drafts, l'mmissory Notes„te.. ie. ; • • Jamie oraft.Joil. lktoWi Of every description, neatly twitted: Blank Books ruled to arty pattern sod Round molder: Susie. Magaxinve and other pubikatkurs hornet in'erery, style of Plain and Or namental Binding, the mart dterelda EA elegant. Ries lamght foe eats, as received inemilumgefnetieends. . • . J • S. GAUIGU.Lfi, EH $528,887 24 u.O, via! cjizA.r, LW - tRi! Or INIOURikIRS; lIIRTAXS Witten 1611 OIVR eravirtinford OUR RAS ' OS ARP SVHJLCT ALL RAZ* TO OUR USE.AZID ' p*Astrior,.. : fir Johnson. ENJAMIN BANNAN, POM'fILLE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTT, PENNSYLVANIA. SATORD , 1 7 ,.MOBNING,IMARql 10;;I:1.455,5 MEI Hung. I , IIIOIIIAM KIN COAL 111:04011. Mr. Eli NIWIA in to Mr. Wm. R. iihtneuta. ..,. , BENL,`BANNAY, .—my D ear Sit: The ' II Miners' ~I trwal th e 3d inst., contained a letter from Willi m H. Marshall, Esq., of Shamokin;'-whichpurports to be a reply to some remarks of ine, referring to the Sha mokin Cool Begi n" , which accompani,ed the proceedings of the McOinnes banqu!% at the Mount Carbon H use. The allusion thus I L made by,Ene to • e Shamokin regicin, was brief, anti more i eidental than Inugenlar ; yet it appears to ve annoyed Mr. Marshall, and others inte in that quarter, very much. 7 q - I have;!for some as Mrs. Partington and I feel that the Mr. Marshall, in ex for nie will& us b( then:. In t*.. 'Heald ing of tha.various tie, Cumberland, 131 'thus alluded to that eeks past, been eni oying, old say, very poor health; :zercise of a few paicses at change for those intended th some good. To",begin, hies pamphlet, afterspealt 1, districts of No va Sco- Mad Top, and Dauphin, I ' of Shamokin : ) • . "Turning our etten ion further , up the Susque hanna river; we are a .. seed at the anionnt Of cap ital lately Invested in be Shamokin region . Here, again, we find some eight or ten companies; and of the number, there s probably not one but can convince yt!iti that th t thing is a good thing—a ,splendid in v estment, exceedingly promising! The .Shamokin region is in the interest, to a - Wye, ex tent, of .Lancaster capitalists. The stocks and bonds are beta by the farmers and busineie men ,of that cittand county, and some are already so deeply involved that they would have no kibjec 'tions to retire. Rvery man concerned, as far as ,I ant aware, fit a stranger to 1U the phenomena of coal—coal ' , Mining, cola supply, Coal trersparta tion--excetiting; probsibly, coat opeciffatien f "That there is soma . good coal to be found in this, basin lit', very optima; but its character ; bears 'nocomparlion, in an respect, with that Of the Schuylkilf,Jhe Wyoming, or the Lehigh., But if no doubts eOtild be enthrtained'as to the quality or quantity, it twill be many long years before the trade will reach that pint which will enable it to Pay ashillitig profit upon the millions of dollars invested. 1p the first . lace, all these stupendous improvements have be a made at a period - Of an. Precedenteciihigh pric , and that too, under the stimulus of , the mostepectdative eirriSinttaittO that could possibly have existed—and yet the wark is fut half done—indeed it is hardly commenced; or before any great quantity can be shippecT(sup peeing that•it is wan d, which unfortunately is not the case), Railway cars, Canal boats and nu. Melons -ether applian es must bo supplied, and they the greet point s ggesta itself, will it spay! The coal mines are si 'led 1101130 twenty-wales from Sunbury, which i the point of shipmeet by the Pennsylvania canal—the boats being. Mired over the Susquehanna{ by steam. The trade, of course, must be desceOing,as it would be ahsurd a) suppose Shit any a*unt would travel up the, river, ranee (be great 'Wyoming Buda is in:;, near proximity, and affords a superior variety of I: fuel. Traveling down the Susquehanna, therefore, it finds no imperttuit market until it reaches Harris hurg, whir& fe reached in a distance of some: sev enty or more miles fro ni the mines, via Sanitary. By the (proPbsed) extension of theßaltimore and SusquehanniPiailread to the line of the (proposed) Sunbury anitErie road, another avenue will .he afforded, by 'Which thegreat Cumberland Valley r i e May be reached. But unfortunately, for them, nbt only the'.ouperior f iburning coal of the Ly kiiris Valley; : but that o the Schuylkill also ; will Meet them Alp Harrisbu g, to contest the market; and both hithe 'inlet canal, now being eider ; ged, and the Dauphin A Susquehanna railroad; recently completed, the mines of the latter region will be several miles nearer, and . the transports., i tion thence tai Harrisbu n r, cheaper than from Bun bury'.. 'Whatv.therefore has the Shamokin region lefty—the Baltimore arkeL And' here, again, they will be met not only by . the Schuylkill; and . Ltykens ValleY coal— b r mach nearer;—butalso by that of (Broad Top Ciimberland, and WYe ating. Suppose that the il market of 'the entire fina -1 quehanna valley, inclu di g Baltimore, should With. - ' bi the next ten years, reach two millions tens'. per I annum: it is:questionat whether the Shamakin region would-be called o for more than Gaelfirth —whereas, the amount f capital already invested therewould inquire an uncial product of at least two millions : tins to ire profits, and the late of th e wboliapeculatioi becomes , therefore, very palpable. -- . . ',"lt is sachapeculatioes as these that have in. valved our' county in th financial pressure which now exists. • Ilillions of dollars have been Weird -4 ii buried, without, in ny instances, the hone of ultimate profit. Had bet a moiety of 'the capital thus squandered in nein boring coal regions, been is rested here ' where the coal exists in the great estl abtmdance,sind in th most favorable position to the markt - As of the 'Atlantic slopes, it would have yielded :froweediute reser:is, and finally tended to a general reduction oil the price of fuel, thereby benefitting allblesses ofthe community, and in vigorating to ?a wholesome, degree, eery branch ef, human industry," li 1 This is thii , preciselanguage I used, &km which it willim seenat the commercidl . OrA - vantages only' of that coal-field, are alluded to---not a syllable is sai d in disparagment of itS geological. struct ureor mineral reputation. M. Maraluilfi however, charges me with Un consiitency, isad quotti the following para graphs from - My Sketc -Book to prove a Con tradiction: "On 'page 14.-1.1 i: the middle Anthracite -re glen (of whicicShamokie is a part), taking as ;an index the mines in opera' ion, the explorations ,al - made, and the general kind appearance of the rocks, and:the greatzularity of the surface, it is presumedthat faults will not be found to ex ist to any great extent. deed, the Whole geolo gical character - ef the middle Anthracite regioit— the general order and rahge of the stratification being so uniform and undisturbed—goes far :to prove that fauna of any .• agnitudo will be rarely enoonntered.l"The mountains are very high—the cord veins, especially those . of the bottom part :of the series, aro generally thick, and crop out high up the mountain sides; therefore an inexhatistible amount or coal'af.lhe vbest quality, may ,be safely maculated upon as biting in this coal Fre gion. _ ~ . ._ . . . ' "And on . Aka 110.—The anticlinal axes are Mount Carreel,ll. ino Ridge and Coal Run Ridge. The most eel:opiate and beautiful development ;of the,' coal strata: of the • anthracite formation :of 'Prinnsylrania le the antiel t eal axis of Mount Cie- Mel- Ridge, developed by a north branch orate mokin creek. The creek thrqugh the axle at a right angli:to the ra n of th e coal strata,abotit' five hundred yards west f m the Centre turnpike at Mount Carmel—the arc of sandmen. rock IS mat': down perlimsdieularl , for ming a beautiful curia, and gieing an aductible illustration of the I -regidarity and perfection this part of the coal field. The aniielinal axis , of Mine Ridge is like* ? wise cut by this:time stream, and affords Another , example of tbb perfection cf the coil strata of th e 1 .Shatnokin coal." valley. Mine Ridge, from the 1 Centre turnpiit6 gradually rises into a bill if I gnm s' e ls of tioti eastward, where coil reins of great,' thickness. and ir,,etraordi rify pure quality ate opeped—a '464 evidence that this ridge or axle of coal. strata , when tho ughly developed, will ii 'vote to contain mineral ' quantity and quality : Inferior to few tither plates in Anthracite forma tiptiln PennsylVanla. Bi mountain contains the bottinaseries otOoal veins bleb crop out along its suipinit.• Theses veins . the same as those developed 'in thiti• Locust Mountain, the thickest vein of the Antbracitefertiatioe. 1 "The Shamokin coal valley extends in length <from itti eastern 'terminus, on the head watere oft - Little Schnylkill.And Qttakake creeks to its wast : l ' em tertaines within 'about pe ven miles from the Susquehanna, a dist4te of boat forty miles." • ' _ . Now, how fax extracts contradiefthe lingnage preciously queted, the reader is at, j liberty to udgcH-the oneJpFeaks of the market and the geographi ca l position, and the otheri solely of the CotAtna4ion. . In the .formet me, my remarfia applyiparticularly. to 'the Shamokin distria, while An the aboi.e.extractS they :are applied to thehamokin region tui .inbordinate to the ?diddle Anthracite, embra::l . ping the Mabanoy and th Shamekm, as well as the detachedl3oal dist leis at its eastern terminus.. TheSe extract s appear to be held in high favor by,Mr. Marshall and those eon:. ! cerned with hint, in ShaMokin speculations/., , for lhave obseocd• them i quoted, in connee. • tion With my Mime in milny of the reporta - and prospectuses _ o1 1 their Coal companies- ` , quoted, too, with ' 'a degree l of flourish and Bug- - ; gestive importance to which I have never as 1 ., pired; and whieb my warmest friends hare; failed to credit me with. If, therefore, I should be couiitted of a direct inconsisteth cy, it:ia clear that .the value of my opinions' and of my name as;truthority, would be se riously cornpromlsed—whether for or against Shamokin interests I will not undertake to say.:. , But althoigh it is probable that I have, tt . during a public eFeer of me length, as the natural concomitant of ine perieuce, commit ted some appare*t incons* tencies,' (which no one would regr . et;:morti tin myself,) yet, if there'-be any inetwristeny te in this case, I I think ;t will be sit easy ma r for me'to shoe ' that Mr. Maishalf and - his friends are guilty of it instead of Miself. us he ; . Aims very 1 conclusively thatlie read. be matter of my Sketch-Book on; . -4mge 16. , by making such - g a u t ta h ti e ens a rrow i1 . ,,, , as glu te i his purposed; and i l e makcat some additkeiti se. i la gons. , Now, its doi4 • this, he appears to have 'overlooked or disregarded entirely the wearer tin pages 166 and 167—and why? Because,lwhile the - mat ter these pages in no witte contradicts that quoted, It:fully sustains the 'remarks I made as to the conimereial wine of the Shamokin Coal in My Mf Ginnes' letter! ;da not care! to quote at rength, but a few words may not'be an.iss : • . • • ' 4. - • The reStilt of this is, that the Schuylkill basin necessarily contains a much larger amount of Coal to the acre; than either of the other groat regions; and from its position at the head of navigation, renders the value of the land correspondingly great. •, • •' A prejudice against the productive value of eclat lands was early created by the scenes of specula tion which formerly involved them, and from their outside connection with 'ill-conceived improve meets. e * 1 10 We repeat, therefore, what we know to be fact, that an acre of Coal land, favorably situated in Schuylkill county,; is worth, on a fair average, at least: three times the amount' of money of a similar acre , situated in other districts, where the strata are more borison tel, the veins flattened out, the coil necessarily soft, and the facilities for minieg correspondingly impaired. The value of Schuylkill land is alio greatly increased by tbe facilities for transports floe to market, the numerous lateral roads pene trating every coal district, and the natural adapics lion of the county for mining. operations. In ma pect to market, this coal region is the nearest. and for all time to'come must rate the destiny of the trade!" i • , The reader who has seen., my MeGinnes let ter will perceive that the language therein used assumes exactly the same ground expressed in this extract ; and bow any Man who valued my published opinions sufficiently; as to read and carefully quote my books so as to contort i and stretch; the text to suit his own private schemes, and.thea have the iitipertinent •ef fi-ontery to charge me with inionmstency—(if it implies , nothing worse,) for: a more recent exposition of the same views, isa point which would require the profound wisdom of a Bunii by to fathom ! If the thing were the result of mere inadvertence, it shows - Mr.. Marshall and his friends to have been indifferent read ers; if it hethe result of design, as I believe it is, then itibetntys a most unscrupulous dis position to appropriate my name to the cone tenanee of their wild and desperate schemes of speculation, and the cry of 'inconsistency" sounds very!much like that of 'a pack of sur ; prized thieve.si bellowing out over their booty, "top thief ft , , In attempting to answer my , remark, th at it would be absurd to expect any considers ; ble amount Of Shamokin Coal' ' to ascend the Suiquehanna river; when the Wyoming and Lackawanna region is in much greater prox imity to those districts ,where BilanunonS Coals do not abound. Mr. Marshall makes a desperate effort at hair-splitting, but, as if able to . dissect the delicate iiitritiacies of the case, he calls his great patron and leader, Mr: D. Longenecker, to the rescue., .Idr, L. is the chief of the Modern tribe of Shamokin Speck ulators, and he dashes into the subject with readiness and stamina that it is wholesome to contemplate. By the nicest 'topographical and geographical discrim ination ; he shows e mile or two of distance ' saved' , in this -way; and then a mile or two that way, and then few miles another way, over the Wyoming and Lackawannwregion, and then; all that is wan t'4, ed to secure these tremendous advantages is. a few hundred miles of railway,. and the ex-. penditure of Some twenty to thirty millions, of dollars! , ‘lt will Moshe perceived," says this' ICarn ed Me ter "that the Shamokin and Erie mad has, in die-, tace, over the route from geranton to 'Dunkirk. an advantage nf 28 over the route from Scranton to Buffalo, 35 miles, and over the route from Pittston to Durkirk, regarding - the tranship:. merit at Elmira (as equal to fifty, miles) of '66i Now, the fact of the outlets here referred; to having connections- with the canal and rail- ' I way systems of New York, where no kinds of Coal whatever , exist, and where Anthracite ; 1 Coal will, of course always be wanted, seems to be of no consequence to Mr. Longenecker, and he therefore transfers the theatre of -his operations tol the lakes, as if that were the great mart for Anthracite, and then under takes to sho , c4 a superiority of distance in fa vor of Shamokin This' is mjserable trick ery, and entirely unworthy. the-'candor and judgment of a straight-forward nian. Is it to be supposed, ref a single moment, that we will ever' be called upon to carry any 'consid erable amount of Anthracite Coal nearly three hundred thileq over.a railway running direct ly through the great Allegheny Bituminous' Coal region, and to a region of country where wood and rial are both' as cheap as the Coal at our own doers? If so; why not commence shipping. Anthracite to Pitsbnrg? , why not "send Coal tol Now- Castle?" Coal is only wanted where 1t does not exist conveniently at hand; and this does not apply to Ede, nor to the wants of her steam marine. The points where Coal is ivanted,(or more properly, where it does not exist,) lie north-east and east of the Shamokin basin, and to supply this demand the Shainakinß,oal would have to: be carried through the kart of the' Wyoming region, where, as we previously remarked; a superior article already exists, which can be mined and transported at cheaper rates, and that, too, both by canal and railway. The whole force of our remark Will be understood by r e. casual glance at the map (and when I say 'nal?, let the reader infer that I do not allude to the verinillioned-lithographs got np by, Coal com rmnies to mislead and confound the unwary.) It will thus be seen that north andeast of the Wyoming Coal,'-field is avast extent of 'conn try and population, completely knit together by railways and canals, and.in which no des cription of Coal whatever, has ever been found. This whole country, therefore, is. de pendant upon the Lackawana, region for - its supplies, while that portion lying tit the west ward is supplied with an inexhaustible abun dance of Bitaininons Coals. Now,; on the other hand, the; map will show that aaround the Shamokin ;viola, east,/ west, tiortit and south, there are : numerous other Coat fields, embracing every variety of fuel, and each en. joying cheaper facilities for transportation, Thus if the Shamokin Coal goes up the North Branch, it encounters the superior fuel of Wyoming and Lackawana; if tip the West Branch, it soon traverses the great Allegheny Bitumin'ons Coal region; if down the river. it meets the superior free-burning Coals of the Lykens Valley, the Short 3lonntaia, Trever ton, Dauphin, SiMitata, and Broad Top, ill of which are its competitors; while if it should pretend to venture east, it would baakruptthe poor devil who Would undertake to send it, be fore it Could surmount the Trindwine planes, and its value at lEaston or Schuylkill Haven would hardly pay the expenses of transporta tion. It affords me no satisfaction to follow up the little arteries of craft and falsehOed which comprise the anatomy of this stupendous speculation, especially as I .have long since learned that it is, but a thankless task at hest —even one's motives, in nine cases bittot ten, being searcely'aPpreciated to the. extent of the actual labor perfonned—but I haVe .been unwillingly drawn into the. subject, and shall not now abandon it until I have dlicharged all the obligatiinis which the sacred cause of truth imposes upcm me. Their whole!scheme is as full of cunous and unique Material as the boiling cauldron Of Macbeth's witches,— Fillet of s fenny snake, In the cat:lan:in boil and bake; ' Eye of nowt, end toe of frog, Wool of bat, trixt tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind worm's sting: Lizard's leg aid owlet's wing; • • Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf; Witches'.muminy; maw and gulf : . Of the ravizedlsalt-sea shark; • Boot of heudock, digg'd in the dark; Finger of birth-strangled bube, Pitch-deliverl by a drab-- Cool it with n t baboon's blood, = • 'Then the china is Inn and good!: Double, double, toil and trouble; : Fire, burn; and cauldron, bubble 1. Black ephlts and wbito; ' I • Red spiiits and grey, , • , Ye; that Mingle may 1 • , Elmira, and. the country radiating from it westwardly is claimed by Mr. Marshall =as properly dependant on Shamokin foriits Ap plies of Coal; and yet, by his own showAngot is some fourteen miles nearer to the Licki wana region by i improvements now Made, than to Shamokin:by improvements yavoserp And it is, haidlyl probable that &nor i ashy Lackanatia Coal f thevonstaners will sndon it la favor of an inferior article when ;lotto doced,. .it nano be, at increased 0 f z1t.,.3f 1 transPur.t.S4•A s,34not ,do, .6i by canal they never will by railway; yet they claim that, upon the completion o f Sun bury and Erie railroad, they will have a mar r ket almost unlimited. , - Let it be supposed, therefore, that the Sun bury and Erie road is a finished work; two proposition darkest themselves—first, will Anthracite Coal be vanted on the shores of the lakes to any considerable extent; and, if so, can the Sunbury and Erie road- carry at Bituminous -Coals,it is Well known; can be had all along the ake country it state vary ing little from three dollars per ton. Various improvements now inprogress rash upon their completion, somewhat diminish the price, but three dollars 'nay be regarded as `its fall value. Wood, of every description, is abun dant—nay, more.thaa abundant, for the whole country abounds in it. Steamboats invariably prefer Bituminous .Coallen our ocean steamers, with Anthracite Coal ten to twenty per cent. cheaper, still insist 'upon using it.— For domestic purposes Anthracite is almost' wholly unknown; a few tons occasionally ' wander off in the vicinity of the lake, via the Erie Canal and other convenient avenues, where' it is sometimes desired for particular and special purposes. I • Now, if Bituminous' Coal is afforded at three ollars per.on,it seenis'to me very plain that there can b e no ope for Anthra cite. q",hfr. Marshall, however,, declares that he (or the Shamokin interest, which means about the same thing—for he is their Morahan., and Heaven knows they must be, pretty thor oughly marshalled by this dine) can furnish the Coal at the city of Erie, at five dollars per ton ; while Mr. Lonkeneckerovho is even more liberal in his sentiments, says' it can be done for four dollara per. lon. Very well--"-es Bituminous Coal is but three, Anthracite, to supersede it, ought not tot*. aver four dollars. Therefore, we say four. According to the, statistics furnished by Mr. Marshall, the coat of sending the Coat to Erie, would be. as fol . Iowa: 1. Mine rent, all improvement; made, '3O ets. ikr ton Mining, above water level, 30 " • ' 3. Wattling, ie., . g." 44 4. Timber on Land for nee of mince, 5 " _ " " 5. Cleating and loading; 1.2. 44 • .41 44 6. Wear and tear of Breaker. 3, 7. Three miles, average, to Railroad, 1.1 ' mots per mile, B.' L.lO miles to Erie, at r 4, ctn. pr. mils, 4DI • ; $b From this data it appears that the clearloss of the operator would be one dollar and four teen cents per ton; and if this be a sample of the "fair remunerting profits Which must sc• crue to the miner, the landowner, and the transporter", it only indicates the degree of perfection the statistical sciences have attain- . ed in the Shamokin region since the endow. ment of the "Free College." • . But this is not all, though it iir"qpite enough. The question occurs, could the railroad afford to carry Coal at the rate - of one cent and a half per mile '?• If the grades were favorable and the Coal very hard and compact, there might be some hope; but this does not hap en to be the fact. Indeed, it is quite the con trary ; for the railroad has, to overcome the Allegheny Mountains, an altitudeof probably not less than two thousand feet from the Susquehanna'at Shamokin; and if the Bead ing railroad cannot make dividends with two millions of Coal per annum, at two centS per mile, and its enormous miscellaneous and pas senger freight, together with its mugeiSeept descending grades, we cannot perceive how another road could carry a less quantity, at a less rate; over less favorable circumstances:— The thing is, in fact, preposterous. The Sha mokin Coal, or at least much of it, is soft, and the low' jourueyte4 Erie, 'over ascending and descending grades, would necessarily jar and • move and grind' t in the cars, which would render the 'depreciation very considerable.— Now, the. Reading Railroad, not quite a hun dred miles in length, allows five per cent. for. depreciation. The Shamokin Coal being softer, the depreciation would of course he much greater than that of our Coals; the• more especitilly in view of the grades of the Sunbury and Erie road, which' being 280 miles in length or thereabouts, would be Just thrice the distance Of the Reading road—making thedepreciation, instead of five, fifteen per. cent. But in view of the . Coal being softer and the grades more severe, an allowance of twenty per cent. would not be too much.— Supposing, therefore, the Sunbury and Erie road could carry. Coal at the rates charged by the Reading Railroad, (two cents per mile,) the cost per ton at Erie, would be five dollars and sixty cents, which, added to the cost of the Coal at the mines, would be six dollars and fifty-four. cents. This is what the Coal would be•worth at Erie, per ton—but the de preeiation, beyond what wield accrue on the Reading Railroad, being fifteen per cent.; 33t; pounds of Coal to the ton would be deficient, or, what is the same, ninety-eight cents would be required to make it good. Therefore the actual value and cost of the Coal - at Erie, 'would be seven dollars and My-two ants!. But while the Reading Railroad can trans port, with a single locomotive, five hundred tons of Coal, no road crossing the Allegheny Mountains could carry half that amount, and it is therefore absurd to suppose that it could lever carry Coal at anything like the rates 'Charged by that Company. Instead of seven dollars and fifty cents, it could not be deliver ed there for nine dollars per ton! • • ; The calculations of these desperatespecula tors being thus erroneous, as respects a trade of any magnitude through either the North or _West Branches of the Susquehanna, what is their prospect as to a descending trade? On this point my views have been - briefly expres sed in the extract quoted et the commence- , went, and it is hardly necessary to - repeat them. But they speak of the markets of the Susquehanna as if they enjoyed a perfect mo nopoly of them ; and yet, by their own rea- ' ironing, it is clear that they: cannot compete t With even the Wyoming region, which, spoor- - ding to Marshall, is forty-three miles behind them, much less with the numerous Coal dis trict; thirty, forty and fifty miles in advance of them. To reach the Canal, their Coal passes over a railway averaging about twenty-five miles from the mines. Arrived at Sunbury, Ate Coal requires transhipment,and this work, recording to Mr. 'Longenecker, is equal to fifty miles of transportation. The . aetual dis tance, therefore, must be equal to ierentkfive miles offtansportaiicm. This, at 13 cents per mile, would be one dollar arid twelve cents per. ton ; but T see by some Of the reports of the companies that two cents per mile is con templated. The cost of the Coal itself being ninety-four cents, (though I should not be *prised if it were nearly twice that amonat,) Would make it worth, at the point of shipment at Sunbury, two dollars and sixceuts per 03o; . to which must be added the cost ottowage O ver the river, probably not less than two mita —making two dollars and eight cents on the Pennsylvania Canal. Now, the Wyoming Coal, Mines, as I remarked before, are situated di rectly on or close by the Canal. While the Coal is mined at even a less cost than that of Shamokin--(owing, in fact, to the agricultu ral fertility of the soil, rendering labor and litzng cheaper,) the average expense of deliv ery to the Canal-boata would. hardly exceed MT, cents per ton. Here we find a direct aa- - ring of one'dollar and nine cents, deducting about fifty cents for forty miles of Canal trans portation to Sunbury or Icorthumberiand, and the result is a clear gain of My-nine cents per ton over the Shamokin Coal delivered at their own and only place of shipment! - As they proceed down the river the competition, of, course, becomes more and more seriousi— but it seems to me idle to pursue the flung faither, for the sophistry of their retutoning, and the utter falsity of their figures and. cal culations, are as glaring and transparent', when exposed to the light of troth, as their whole scheme of speculation is monstrous, desperate, and iniquitous.' - Having thus realized the humiliating fabt of i their inability to compete, by'canal, either tilkor down the Susquehanna-river; with the ; .1 neighboring Coal fields, those hungry specu-1 I lators arc constantly howling out for railroads. I Like dogs _baying the -noon, their plaintive yelli fill the air; and it impresses one with a 1 feeling: Of sadness to observe with what . met aneholy solicitude they dwell upon each favdr able 'movement. Besides the Sunburr 'and Erie road (which, by the way, is desikedmpre foci other spectdationa in embryo; than to ry_a few straggling tons of Cash The 'route 1. of Abet great work is beset with all gaits of schemes, good, bad and indifereat, in which ! many of these Shamokin we hope to figure as l :conspicuously as ever; and it is the strok Total, M , ~, • I gle for:spoils now going Oil that has retarded! I the progress of the work,,if it has not stran-1 gled it to , death, they Want one ,to Danville . , I a modest little 'Work of but a few miles in! , length;,then'they want one to Easton; then! another to .Harrisburg, which will connect! diem with Baltimore. That connection made, I they want anether, to runi',,ftom Columbia to Delaware _city, the: eastern , terminus of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. As for ' sending zilch Coal to 'Baltimore, they have prudence enough not to urge this feature too &r, for the reason that there are several other Coal regions already connected With that city, both by railway and , canal—all of them, ex cept' one, much nearer than Shamokin—who know tais fraction what such connection and such a market are worth. Their great object, therefore, 'is ' the Octoraro road, and this being a new thing, of the ,precise•inerits of Which very little is known y it affords them a splendid field' for. the flourish of trumpets and wonderful paper calculations. This road is proposed to be 'run along the eastern margin of the Sudquehanna river.. Soon after leas , iug Columbia it enters the extensive range of! hills Called Turkey Hills. The Susquehannal 'for many miles ' is walled by stupendous per-1 -pendieular cliffs, along whose base it descendsl in savage falls and deep. whirling pools. Tiil construct a railroad or anything else here, were . 1 a physical impossibility; hence it has been pro-. posed to • locate , the road over - the. elevated ( table lands of these bills, to do whichaseries of steep ascending grades would be treces.sa ry. The CMll3tag is poor and inhospitable un til the valleys' of the Conestoga and the Pe quea are reached—the former of which would •be spanned by a viaduct towering two bun- . dred feet in the air, and the latter by one suf7 ficiently high and airy to ascend with mode rate grades, the Mertic Hills. ' Here, pursuing its circuitous route among barren hills and stunted forests; it again'emerges to, the, Sus quehmins,' 'and' thence pursues its devious journey to tide-wateron the ; Delaware river crossing the narrow neck of land between that stream and the, Chesapeake bay. . The point thus'reached is from forty - to fifty miles below Philadelphia, and the. road, for the 'grenteat portion °fits length, — runs parallel with the tide-water canal, and the Pennsylva nia milnuid, from which it .is distant about tern miles. Its erection and equipment would cost many million's of dollars, and the loss of working it for ; the transportetion of Coal, would depend solely on the amount transpor ted,--the greater the ,Tuantity the greater the loss! If Dela Ware Point, - or City, were a large and populous town, or even if the route I itself enjoyed reloiirces of respectability and F ordinary importance, there ;might be soak little excuse for the project; but to construct such, a road, through such a country, to such en insignificant and musqnite-anicied village, is an enterprise worthy only of the excited, nervous; and feiTred speculators ofShamo kin. Bah I the' thing falls„ by gravitation, below the level of contempt!' . I The :Outs thus proposed from the mines of Shamokin, would reach something like one hundred and eighty miles—though Mr. Mar shall, I believe, puts it-down at one hundred and sixty, or thereabouts. . This, however, is , immaterial, as to his poetical temperament, , "distance only lends enchantnient to the view." . A.`large portion of the route, as alr i eady inti mated-, would enjoy neither local Treight or I travel—nor can there be any hope of through t• freight, since it,cOmmences and ends atsickly little villages. ' It would have to depend, I therefore, exclusirely on Coal'; and the ques tion now presents' itself—could this be carried over it. so as to Compete with 'the Reading 1 Railroad? . As it would be an isolated work, i cut o ff from all the ordinary revenues peen- I - liar to railroads generally, the tolls on Coal would necessarily have to be, rery high, and I the quantity transported very great. At least.{ ! one million tons would have to go over it . to begin with; and to build a road to carry this amount, and equip it with care, and wharves, and depots, and stock, would absorb a capital - of some twenty-five millions of dollars. The interest of this sum, st six per centum, would . be $1,500,000: Now;at one and a half cents' per ton per mile, (which, thottgh sotnewha& less than is charged by the Readingßailroad, r is the price nominated by Mr. Marshall) would make two dollars and seventy ; cents per ton. One million tons, therefore, would yield $2,- 800,000.. The actual expenses of carrying .Coal overtire Reading Railrotitl,, with its des 'tending grades, range, I believe, at about fif ty-five, cents—the :road being ninety-three miles in length. On the proposed road, with its numerous ascending grades, the expenses 1 would be at least twice this arnount--say two, dollars per ton—the distance being nearly: double. . Eight- hindred thousand- dollars, therefore, would he'• left, and this sum,, nor twice, this sum would not suffice for renewals of the read, eitraorilintiey accidents and cas ualties,' and the thousand - of - id', one concomi: tants attending a large trade. ' Where, then, is the intereitor th e nionepinirested tricorn*: from ?—and echo answers "where!" - As to the miners, 'to whOm "fair remunera ting profits are to accrue," let us inquire into their prospects. Mr. Marshall Sincerely hopes • thatme may ('jog along with. them;" but I say, Heaven forbid! We never jog along it this region with anybody—sti . jog implies the gait of old fogyism, : and When we move, it is at the rate MO! No, my dear friend; if you went-to keep tip, von must ride better hobbies , than OctorarO mast By the time the' sett coals of the Susque hanna reached Delaware, city, they would be ground into, rand and powder. Nevertheless, let us hear Mr. Marshall. , The coal, he says, can be w orded At the niihes; everything ineludint r fot 114 eta. 160 miles trinaportatiiin, at 11 cts. pr.mile,2 Depreciation, per ton, above Rett4int road, 60 Value at Delaware city; Now, this looks fiery well, indeed. damn& ming that Delaware city, according to Mr. U., , is never snow, affected by ice, thunder; light.' ning nor mint I% hat can bedone by perpen- . dicular shafts in the Schuylkill region? McGinnes, I have anderstood,.paye a rental equivalent to twentydive cents per ton in a course of , several years' working. The cost of mining and hoisting the, coal is aboatequal to that of Drifts, when quantity is considered —it being delivered directly to tbe breaker. We , will - say, for cutting the coal , 30 cents, (Marshall's figui:es)-4oisting and pumping, 10 cents- timbering , cents ; tliitg, 3 cents; use of ereaker 3 cents, and distance to • Mt. Carbon, cent.;—making the cost, at the point of aliment; eighty-three cents per ton. Add to this ninety-three miles of tatosportation to Port Richmond, at 11, cents per ton, (Mar shall's figures, $1 40,) and we have two dol lars and twenty-three cents per tan, not quite onehay of re hOt the alamolin wed costa! It may be isifrzTed that the figures here given are those of an. isolated case; and so they, are. But I.'adcluee them to . establish what Mr. Marshall, in his phrenzy, has vainly' endeavored to combat, namely, the utter ha possibility of all other coal districts, now, henceforth and forever, ender any state of , cir cumstances existing or likely to 'exist, to cam rte wit h ths region when placed under thel i • iscipline and equ ipments of -a proper system of That was the foundation upon which I based my McGienes letter, and I can only regret that I,did not at the time pursue the subject farther, into all its details and ramifications.. As to the average 'cost of pro ilucing•coal from slopes, I do not consider it incumbent on me to Speak. It is well known, I ' however, that it can be produced at such rates' as to beggar any region that will undertake; to undersell us: ancl-,,that fact ought to be " enough for Mr.'Marahall and his deluded fol lowers. i . - But let those iwho advoCate slopes, I defend them; I anti in the field for shafts, ' and before I am done with them; I shall con sign -Mr. Marshall and iniventunins asso ciates into'one from whose dark, depths the 'sound of Gabriells joyous trumpets will fall I to, "awake them to glory and to battle again !" Be pretends to greats alarm at the emir moms cwt of shafts, rating' them in" two bun-1 died thousand dollars each, and foreseeing a future investment of some twenty-nine Honk of dollars!' I had thought 'he bad ac- quired some little knowledge of, mining of fairs, and not but confess a disappoint meat at bil apparent'. ignorance. Four mil lions of dollars Are invested in mining Opm ,tiona- in this region; and -no one ox to kgolo better than be that, for permanent *,- ins; this &Street invested in abath i would realized laiyer prodUcta and cheaper coal. I any aware it has bcenireported that the . Mc , 4 BANNAN'S STEAM P R INTING oFFICE , . , Oaring prorated deem Probe* we ars nos prepare d to aerate JOB sad BOOK PRIATINit Of sweep deacriptioa, itt the sake of The Jritarrs' Joe reed;rbesper theta it tea to done at soy eilkerOstablisltreent to if tbe Coonty / .au, a is Acke, rttrisiiiiiii, , AM f Lauf. ' .; Aare Posters, Rad Road Mrts, • Head .flitis, . Plepre.Reekt - s t Articles of disrrtitsset, nate &e h, Bin Mods, , j Peril, Botts, de, At the very shortest notice. Our stock of JOB TYPE 'is more ostensive then that of any other Odire in this see. !ion of the State, sod tie keep hands -ist)pbsyed *sptw -1 jr for Jobbing.. Brant a undies! Printer ourself, we will guarantee our work to be u pest es any Oust on be turned out in the ripe*. PUNTING IN COLORS dm at the shortest notice. Books bound is emery satiety of style, , Biala B o ok s o f seed description toinufletund, bound snd ruled to . or der at abort notks. NO 10. Ginnes shaft cost upwards of one • hundred ' thousand dollars; and no doubt a large amount of money expended in preliminary surveys and borings, as will as extraneous expensu and tassel) of various kinds attending an un tried experimeny have swollen the cost of that great work considerably beyond its indi vidual character; ;but it certainly ought not to have cost one-foUrth this sum, and I am • credibly informed that it did not---or at least, very.little more • and this , fact Mr. Marsha ll might very easi ly have ascertained, if he had taken the pains to inquire, and if belied not sense' enough to kerne. IF, hOweier, an untie- cessury amount of; money has been expended in shafts, I have not beard any complaints, in this region; touching the coat of /beakers. In Shamokin, I am informed,fhirfy-siz thousand dollars were expended upon a single Breaker' establishment, erected mainly under 'the di rection of Mr. Marshall ! It would be inter esting to many 'persons, no doubt, to under stand by what "potent magic, by what mighty conjurations" thirty-six thousand dollars could be appropriated Upon an establishment where timber and living, as well as fevers and agues are cheap and abundant, which in this region, seldom exceeds eight thousand dollars! Much has lately beenemid of the merits of Shimokin Coal for blast furnaces,' and Mr. Marshall appends wine certificates; to estab-) lish its value in this particular. This is some thiiig like ;Quack .doctors adiertiliog . their ' medicines rend as any adventurer in pills or Sarsaparillak can prOcure certificates, it is no hard matter, we presume, for Doctor Marshall to find those willing to certify to his Coal.— But I, myself, have , always bad a good opin ion of the Coal, and, passed my certificate— (so extensively quoted) long before the-Doc tor embarked in the Made. That lying towards the,East, in the Locust Mountain, is undeni- . ably good; and no man wishes more sincere ly that the markets , were as good. But 'for furnaces, it will require more than Mr. Mar shall's ipso dirit ,to bring it into favor. I individual have yet to hear Is single outside of the Shamokin region—(excepting a benev olent friend at my elbow,) who pronounces in its favor; and along the Susquehanna sir er, ivhere so much 'of - it is to be used, it has • been very decidedly Orown out of use! It has been thus rejected at the . Shawnee . furna ces at Columbia, as also, if I am not greatly mistaken, at the great Iron , works at Safe Harbor. What furnaces, if any, continue to use it, I am unable to say; but from what I have heard of it, the number must be small. - Even the furnace at Shamokin, located lathe , midst of the mines, and no doubt using the best the' region afforded, was choked up . after a brief service, and though the act is attribu ted to another cause? I cannot but think that the Coal must have contributed to it. I wish, most sincerely, that the intelligent prop rietor of those works may obtain a Coal to justify his high appreciation of its qualities; and that 'his own successful exp eriments may ultimate ly.be instrumental in' introducing it generally in the Susquehanna Valley. [Amf berel may ' be excused for observing, en passant, that the the duty of thus speaking freely of a region in which such men as henre somewhat associa ted, becomes pensonally distasteful and un- pleasant. And ',wish to be distinctly under stood that while there are those whose motives and objects it would .be impossible for me to question, there are others—(and these condi. tute the large majority,) whose conduct has invited and provoked .this explanation at my hands.] ' s . The, late Richard C. ;I'aYlor in his work on Coal, speaks as followi:. "In general, the Sha mokin Coal has .a white ash : it is.a free burn ing Anthracite, of fair repute in the domestic market, but is eonsidered to be somewhat too soft for the most advantageous application as a fu e l, for a blast furnace. We have seen an analysis which assigns . 89. 99 as the propor tion per cent. of carbon in the harder variety." "kis not difficult 16 discover 'the- motive that induced the •fartners and business men of Lancaster' to invest. their capital in Sha- 7" mokin Coal lands, in reference to • the Silver ' mines of their own neighborhood, which were 30 much asked up ii few months ago, but of , which I have heard but, little of late, and fear , they are, as'Mr., B. says of the Dauphin' Coal mines 'used up for want of metal?' These lines were, no doubt, intended to be serest; • but the unfortunate marksman has hit hia friend, instead of the foe! I can tell Mr. Mar- • shall why he has heard little of them of late : it is because his particular friend, the Presi dent of the Big Mountain Coal Company, has sneaked out of them Without settling up his ' accounts and arrearageS with his associates— leaving the laborers antinlyself deficient in a small amount which I have repeatedly endeav ored to collect I Is this enough 1 Nay, thee seems to desire information , and I will give it to thee, even more than thee desirest! Before the discovery;tif this mine, and long before anything was certainly known of its value or particular feattirei, this great Mogul of the Shamokin region,! who happened to be jointly interested with three others, true' to the instincts of his nature, was constantly in sisting upon turning the mine into a stock • 1 Company, conceiving it, to be What- it really would have been in his hands, a magnificent schenie to Speculate upon. e chewed up, frOin time to 'time, sundry prompect9ses, one of 'which .1 happen to have at hand being framed, as he mformedime, upon the plan of the Shamokin Coal companies. The capital stock was to consist of one million dollars, in shares of ten dollars ea%b. ' 'Twenty thousand dollars were appropriated to pay for land; U ., ty thousand dollars for Working capital, and ten thousand shares, (equal, at two dollars per share, which it is thought they might bring, to twenty thousand' d) to-be held in re serve,for the exigencies of the company. The rest of the stock, consisting of 45,000 shares, was W be divided -equally among the . four original owners. As 1, happened to be my, shares represented' nearly one hundred thousand dollars; and I would have had no reason to complain, bad I lent myself to the Scheme, ; - CM But unfortunately for: the Big Mountain friend, be was associated with those who, without making ostentatious exhibitions of social probity and decorum, would not lend themselves to any such scheme, until they should have learned something more mitten tic and reliable as to this Mine; and for this purpose their time and imoney were finely expended, as long as the object seemed' to invite it=-which it cestainly did. In the meantime, this individual became impatient and troub lesome, and finally refused to• con- . tribute to the farther prosecution of the work. I became disgusted with the man, and dis posed of my interest, with the approbation of the others, and retired. :Before Icould settle my affairs, this entlemin witbdrew also,_and altlthugh he received mute more than be ex pected, haathis far refused to settle his sr rearagee with me. In themaentime, the mites has been quietly- worked-.its character is well known to those who Sotight . the informa tion and were waling tqlxiy for if, and the result fully justifies and sustains all the 'anti cipations it ever inspired. This, Mr. Mar - shall, is a specimen of Shamokin "eater- ' prize"—this is the sort of :material Shamokin coal companies are mead 'of, This very . Big Mountain company has a capital, I. befieve, of three millions of dollars, and purports to own some six thousand tore/ of land, worth from five to twenty dollars per acre, and esti mated by the company at from two to five hundred dollars? Its stock has been parcel led out 'amongst the verdant Atarketetreet pedlars in sums ranging from fifty to five hundred' dollars ---thongh I have heard of one fi rm who ha d some eighty thousand dol lars in this and other companies. (This firm, however, has failed, as any man in his senses might have sworn—"or as, any one who rens, Might.read.") The people of Lancaster, who have been absolutely loaded down with it, (and w4se banks are so tightly wound up in consequence that the leasil snap would burst them,) have been trading it off for• booki, fancy China-ware, and babies' tops, wherever an opportunity has offered. -h is thus with all these stocks--I say all,hecause I know so exception. Many of m have been orga nized for two or tb past; and not one of them but proms or the year just - closed, a product of coal of from one to ante hundred Rheinland tons; Making the aggre gate amount from the whole region between one and one and a half millions of tens f And what less ent =MI 8008 BINDERY. II II
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