, ..,. mooed: their _investigation with an iiinression ' b a t i t ons,in,),;(:44l,le)thoi the nut I: mould bit pe 'formed : t th.: i. , :ust 1 had si aca, They bad tek tionit:ht morir,, ho,wever, aluatt , the favorable grades. , Cut ulen I. had dissuesed all the items of B exiietise, as given iii Stab:mot-11 uf theannual reptatp; I foal , ' I• was 'tga!Ling lw yeti( lute a dit neolty.., Ihrze:genilentert eyneltole4 that the tit. wan WO tiigh. tied rtirat they Q4,u11. de , it fur .iesel I war ''..fry willing to let it go so, - 'eltliongh I I did nut cx te.ily hClieve it.: It was interviews j . lei'e these,: Xi sharp interehringe:of . opinions, that maintalu6d My confidence. • - .. 'Out thirit 'iv. another feature of no lees impor tance, and that Arne your eonstant chttnoi for mare ears..Yoli - wi4 recollect how you flied to bother me for increased &cans for transporting your Coal.— At times it•seted as though you never could bo Satisfied with any • artagettient for the distribu tion dears', which t could make, and when Let tered to let you bare your own way, about it,, you will reinember, that you could not do Much bet.- Aar 'for yourselves than I bad done for yeti, as you.always crime leek to use to adjust tbe diffi culty: But, gentit men, you littleknew how ranch you frequently disturbed me. Many &time bare I had to devote hours of the morning to convince you that you were receiving your fair proportion. when all the while I war intensely anxious to know bow the tank account was to be made good at three ohdoilil- bail e!waya foiled you -meet reasonable; for however much excited when you camel° th e *trice, I was always able to satisfy ' you that you had' or would receive full justice, and • 'uu went away in good humor. You little hue however , the anxious hours which tpassed to ub in the additional faillities which both you 1 and t e true interests of the Company required. To a complish this, for several years, midnight usual y foun d me at-my ditakoingeged in the ef fort t Inspire the necessary Confidence to enable the Company to comerandthe means to meet the requirements of yourselves and the &Atte, which for ten years averaged about' $1,000,000 per an num: These aro the facts. ' How the duty was perforMed. I leave to others to decide. Frost 1841 (the date of my- election) to 1850, all engagements of the Company were . met without dishonor. lint in January, 1850, about $2,500,- . 000 of bomb( fell due. The knowledge ,of Mil fact had greatly crippled the otherwise improving credit of thd- company. A few of these hand holdere'commenetal tuft. -A successful issue -with them would havettneouraged others. The• bonds were freely offered at less than fifty per cent.— . Under such eircumstenees,•to attract new friends with the requisite Capital on reasonable nines was hopeless. Old friends were tired, even if their mesas went not eihausted, by flush repeated application for aid. Creditors were frightened, and stoekholds ers eonfoitdied with 'the apparent diffieu)tie.s. In the emergency, resort was had to the Legislature by application titre' an ingeniously prepared get for relief, by eiterwlieg, under proper regulations anti eouditittut, the titter of payment for twenty yeani. • Conscious of rbetTtude pf Ffirposts, with a clear knowledge that seeh it measure would best pro. ' mete the in te rests' of all intfireated, I beat the ' most unceasing egorti to attain the required re: lief, which, as you! must remember, resulted in re markable suceesel. Whatever others may think 'of the proprit4 , of the •aet, I well know that no Jew was 'tree' rd beneficial to all the parties in Thtenset.' With this happy legislation the dean- - °La difficulties Of the Reading Railroad Company. ' terminated,. , I, • ' What Is nowi the , position of the eompaillirrlte. 'credit is perfectly established On a firm baels.—, The President it in his comfortable ofilee, With-' ont.any. cause for' the least anxiety ,about the finances, If he requires money ho has but to in. Ousts 4 and tenders are made on the simple se- rarity Or the cornpany's . noto for amounts vastly beyond :Hie •requirements—and he bas merely to Ocrept the • best . bids: How ' Oftti,nged in a few, yam! He bee also at command 141.jocomotives, • about 000 Carl', 18 wharvei at RilEmltad, with all mints requisite facilities. lie thus can meet all ywar.wants, and those of the public generally. ... Hi eacitiontiouo to do so, assida command of cap .llal seem almost unlimited; and he and his Board of Managers,with 'the &saint of the stockholders, baire•merely to decide eit Jul : judicious application. ,And with equal, if Inot greeter satisfaction, large dividends can be Wade to the proprietors. Hark the chrtinge: • • eattocinagn. Mdse manage. Throngb Pass In IBA 518,711. - 17,534 • 26,424 . 1856, 2,213,222 1 154,314 • - 111,823 . In 1843, Capital and Debt, $7:145,412 On • 1553, Do. • 1 , . 19,064,180.00 • Grass Iteeolptt. Net Ineousti.• ` X94,318 ' • $170,39.5 E3MI ram EC22I . • 1 ; These figures, gentlemen, demonstrate ,that we " Pennsylvanians, have it railroad, which for .its length, in business anti gross receipts exceeds that of any railway is the-world. I think I may •also ASSISISIO that in usefulness, transporting, us it does, • an article of neceasity, it stande.at• the head of railroads. SOMA of.tbri details connected with its Immense business,' would be, , perhaps interests Jog. The quantity of water evaporated daily, - when;in full operation, is 520,4860 gapes. - Hence . • you may think, perhaps; that lie , idetitity of inter . est with the Schuylkill Navigation Company is 'alio essential. But that involves a nein', if ever. • • the occasion, arrives, ,which Flutist leave to oth. era to, 4 discues. •• , . !Thelaumhe,r of wheels rescued for ordinary re --pairs *us, last year, 6853, with axles, drc. t in pro portion. . Thi,nutiber -of men employed is;-frequently more than 2700. - . • . 1 , Tatsdonnage 'transported, even for the ordinary repair., 247,478," (in 1855) execeda 'the 'Mel ton nage of most of' the railroads in'the countri. : - In 1844 the railway from-Mount Carbon to Port Carbon was, finished. Thei, weak and! crooked Mill-Creel ltnilroads, with- to guttm,of 3. feet 8 ,'' inches, were rebuilt, avd thustlhe, eirs of the I company could run direct te.eviryjniite. It is true, that hy, tb is .c_bange Many •of your narrow: ears wens thrown 'Jut of use but the company , supplied you with-their own, and this- induced a . ' similar lug ge On the part of the Canal 'Comps-. ny. LWomotives were soon substituted through-: • out - the region for your, expensive and troublesome horse anit mule power. Thus you were relieved from a largo investment 'of capital.for the, trans..' portation of your coal to the principal' deltas.— %Vharves were also ereeterfor .you at Richmond, Which again cauttd a sitnilar'polieY by the Canal COmpany. Thus has yotir business been greatly simplified ;and this. has"! becil the genetn,l policy of the company, not only at its' termini, but at all the important stations on the line of. the road.' The mutoal advaptiges of this liberal policy are best demonstrated by the groat worth of the business, and rapidly increasing '•pbpulation throitghout the valley of the Sebuy,lkill. • . But, gentlemen, 1 will leave theta details,' sail 'again refer to rho Prinent changes in '' the po sition of the Comp ny. Its road tno/v l- forras a portion of 'a main line from Philioleilitrie to all ' the great parts andreities of the West and North-, • west with-.'which Plijimielptia is now placed on -equal terms of communieitien w,itb,New York.- In these important interusi!ris add itnprovements,. I haie alio taken an active part. Thus, the °rig ,: inafdesige of the•enterged minds who projected, ' and In their infancy .fostered, these great works, -- • hes bees perfected.... , i • • • .., But, gentlemen, it is very far from my inten tion to sasuMe to myself the, merit of having pro- • laced these marked changes and result. _II claim, .atierely, to have unyieldingly held to my; original , determination of devoting all my energies to their . accomplishment. But without the generous ton fidenee of a few powerful criPitalists, who, in the hoar of peril; . never deserted me, these efforts would have been unsuccessful, .Propriet y forbids my now nanting"theru, or,'l would thus publicly express to them not eel, my Own sense of lasting obligeGons, hut In my' humble judgment—y o urs, - atter as that of this whole community: ' . re are those for whose cot- ANA ellt *up end and en'-operation," Leatmot refrain, fr4/01 melting racfllica on this occasion; and, first,, thefresent President, R. B. Callen, Esq., the ear ., • her friend of the company even than' myself. In 1640 be .visited this:country for the purpose, amen other objects, of examining the position 1 and prospects of the company: 'lt was at a peri od of great gloom and embarrassment:` The roads from' Heading to Pottsville was unfinished; His comprehensive Mind clearly saw the feasibility of the project and 'the proßtable tesilltS of its com platioa.. his coach/skins and report . were most laverubla lied they been: otherwise, I will not predict the consequences. 'Thus ear ly Identified with the success of the, work, ho has, from that `drily to this, been its firm and consistent friendand, , supporter. To him,. be i totßeittlly and personsl-, ly, I beg . to express may ffeirobligations. . • Next, gentlemen, is my friend,: G. A. Nicol's; Esq., the present etficienLEngincer, and Superin tendent, and the °pest officer of the' company.— Ile was,present when the 'first -spadeful ofzearth was removed, as the beginning of a midway, trbm • • this city to Reading. Ills first position, /lien a very young mean, 'was that of rodatan. Witth the • work, he grew in position' and usefulness. In 1843, wheal was a manageteand just prior to my ' being *leafed President, be was Chief Assistant Saperintendend. • Ointhe ivsignations, that icar; of the .Chief 'Engineer and Superintendent, I .. .used all•my influenee to have Mr. Nicolls promo ted to the offich of General Superintendent, and '• Mr. IL B. Osborne' to that of. Chief Engineer.-- ' Never shall I forgit the industry,. seal and 'iron,' derfal energy displayed by these two &ideates . le this discharge of their difficult and responsible daily; 'ln a lea years, ,I was must valuating, • . compelled to part with he services, of Mr.. Os borne ;,. soon after Which Mr. Nicolls assumed the ' dads" of bbth Chief Engineer and .Sitpcituten-• 'dent. And, gentlemen, there is no-Part of my ' official career with the company that affords me ' snore pleasant reflection 'than this most Ames& • • fal choice of - nst - officer to fill this inostrimportant -position. In energy; ambition, good judgment; • is a nervous anxiety for the "safety of passengers, together, with an entire devotion to- the great in ' ,tercets entrusted to hie charge,. Mr. Nicolls is at least unsurpassed. Look at the wonderful berme -1." - say stud system with which this immense business 1 . is perfuraied. Remember that with two express tied' four other passenger trains,. and' with some 't ' fifty other trains. running daily, with whet speed, regularity and safety you have been transported. TeLitith all thialmtneuse traffic, no family mourns the loin of a passenger once placed under the watchful rim of Mr. Nicolls—a result under such eireurnatenees elsewhere unknown. •, ' - - • But he, too, must divide this merit with others). • which brings protninently to my mind Mr. 4-D. -Steele, durable Chief Assistant Engineer' ' on whom devolves the responsibi li ty of keeping the track, bridges, Lc., in.the'perfect order required for the safe transit of this Immense traffic. Under his , supervision each yard or triek is daily examined. - " •." No one bears of a bridge,brealciugdown, as each . ; has Ali frequent Inspertion. When one is to bete. , 'built, nematter whatlls length of span, or whet i • this to be reconstructed of wood, or changed to • •stome ur iron, the object Is attained, without an' - ,hour's interruption •to a , tountigh frequently ex ....disk 10,000 tons dbily, not only without mei, dejM, bet with. ;nth quiet order and system, as Dever failed to excite an admiration only equalled ' • ,•• 4 Me' uneessinkfaithfulness to the company. C la the gigantio eperationi 'to erhicb I have. el .' beds& the Ibtiter 'Machinist, James Mulholland, ' ' ! Esq. holds a snout important posision, The *Sr wheels .{antes, de., in proportloe) moat be ,' ernitad and straw, or the harmony of the whole trameperletion department fiat one* "itapsired. if JAR , Aesisayed. .So also Of th e loromutivat. The . ng souos iu mocbstris, tee, mast also be melatained is " .1. 4 in Varlet efilaSsocl, to :nletspp enattaiit elneriell this teeeiseriiiitiiie Of Set ' We-hive is'isdly . ey. Whatevefbt required in thhcAepartaaeut ,li l'aparitthji7llCanilits'ef railroad. !tad Asp mild of. perf o rmed. ' - • -: --. ~ ,_ •, I canals,' eunds*ted, gown; .ezebtairsty , for 'this There it also the ever-raltbral Tyuguarreh fisTOir trade, and el/Shout which; the eaPital of $84,0 0 14' 1 whem, as yorsand all others well psis , , no menet . 040 that his:wed would'be tailcoat unproductive. is ever , obtained ißthout the,prOper trolaeheri and ;Bat to coati nearer borne:. What have-you Shine the'cquishrithalitive hoc:renal and :Auditor = fiat,: Schuylkill county t Tots :have eon led ju his - defartatrot is %swerves:Bed, it equalloiLi ',.- %gm than 'l5O miles of Tall/Ina mule', grottidE4 or But, geutleraert, I roust not,dctalit yon . in Aar. tunlicla,';' This is a fact which Cron rrsr Odin ther encorialumson my bite trey officers.l felt Inen,:may not realise "without `without - refloothrti. ,Only it dneth them tispay this brief tribute to (beir I think of ir. Why, 'arch - in the Atlantho %Jilts n valuable service,. There' are many 'others to project 14 150,miies , of railway is, regarded ea . a 'glom I should allude with ranch pleasurelf tine great.ditidertaldrigoaven ashen foreign impyal is `end the occasion penuittel il mustnot, however, relied op" by .issue ‘of - bolds for half the cost. ' forget our friend Mf. Bulkley, whose long services A - gain; lam informed by one of_greatexpertieneo, to the -Company, no4,..with thole/4141nm "with , that the capital ,required t4r be assisted in ea- which his duties barn - been discharged, many of glues, break.eni,f houses, .le., Is, ou.ihe average i you are quite familiar. While I thus acknowledge s7do for.each /000 tons of coal-produced. Hence the faithful performance of theta, you, wtto hold there mutt have been materially, mote than one the wharves at Richmond,; on ono ;occasion gave hundred millions of dollars invested in lands, and him more Substantial evidence of yurapproval in producing 'Alt/ ttoo4borting to market this st - j If, in his anxiety always, to give despatch 4o the tide of absolute nereseity.' _ _ , , '' ears, he luta had occasion so frequently to request or . , I have briefly alluded `to the progress ,of the order jou to ,, ditiop" your cars, as to haves° final. coal trade of Greta Britain. Allow me, for one kilted himself with the use of that word, that hay moment to call your attention to the Mermen of became' unmindful whether "dumpage" applied to ' production in our own State. In 1825 there were coaliepoeited on the wharf or unloaded. throagh produced and - sent to market, ' • the abuses into the vessel, and thus erwed a little - t 14.8113 tons. misunderstanding betwein you and the Doan/ of in 381, ' ' ' . " 1tt.13.1 aso,tes Managers; be must be scented, as no such , went iglo o : ' ',' . ' . '.. —. ' - $64,284 " is found in any dictionary, and many minds Still ' • ISIS, - *. •• ' . • . 2A13,013 " differ ae'to iti true meaning. • ' : . - IMO, - •" . it . .• - 3,avkalet I But, gentlemen, lam detaining you too long on • - Via. '' - - -, -, -10 ' 8,636,710 matters about which you have only an indirect in. I bare promised mo i re than once, gentle Men, to tercet. "I cannot however; Isere the subject of the be brief, 'and I new - will be, while" again • admit, railroad without referinco to the great good Snag- with inch Allures .and results before pie, I could mint, practical knowledge and' science displayed' go on talking all night. Ily Messrs. lioneure and Wirt Robb:ism:nth its 10. ' , Tilt notreasonable to assume that, *Birth* Elation and constriction: 'ln this ,JNIU be found '•progressive spirit of commerce, and. If you like, the real basis of its auceoss, and thus' to these of conquest, that coal 'depots will be establited gentlemen are the proprietors greatly indebted for over every portion of She globe accessible to olio present prosperity, and the public for the eheap. merelal or nasal Steamers? But, gentlemen, it I eat avenue for the tranaportation of the cheapest • proceediwith there enlarged views, I shall never fuel. • . • atop... Thad intended to deutonetmte-tlie jetport _ _ _ . ... . _ ._ ~... But, gentlemen, titian be unjust to ,mystelf, if in this connection I should omit to refer to'. the gentleutan who was the tirst to'itispirt to me 'con fidence in the sneers, of this great work. I al lude .hr George W. Edwards, Em u who, et; the time of my first connection 'with the company, held a p'esition of , great prominence and influence. To him I was indebted for many enlarged views and fur much detailed information of great value. His as tb results washased on the Most careful inveitigatiOn, and wittilhe clearest deduc tions from experience (finishers. , Thus, his con fidence miser quailed before any difficulties, even if others,deemed them insurmountable. /Here I may' remark that the estates* of tbe officers for the cost of transportation, the importiint element of value in such a railway, have -never beenl,ex• ceeded, and these early statements are most re markable for their accuracy: Andeoe, gentlemen, having enlarged at great length on subjects connected with the ritilread,Tor `which you must pardon me, as this is tint; Ent time that I have ever thus alluded to it, we will next consider the greet and Important traffic in which you are engaged, vin the prOducticen of coal. It is the basis of prosirity, not only to the great work to which I have forted, but also to the Schuylkill Navigation Company, whose his- tory would be equally intereitiog. ~ , ' Gentlemen, do you properly orrocetahs the im portance of the wornolw - wbioh you are engsigedf COAL by its IoW cast. its easy and cheap transit, its economy in use, is now not only eisentitil to the domestio comforts of bah rich - and poor, lnit Must be forever connected with the steam engint. and is thus itustparahle from. the commmee And manufactures of our country.' • - '.:' ii • Have you ever reflected ee'iouily upon-die Vast importance to the eomtnercial and financial ;posl- i tiou of this city ? Are you. were that your, coal tonnagelgreatly exceeds tha of ell.the other. Ma rine interests of this port coi binedf,',-.- P. '. Tho following facts will demonstrate that it 'is so. - The . arrivals of foreign Intlettaitwise vessels at the port-of Philadelphia, including Itichitood, in the year 1 85 5 ,'Werof ' Ships,, - - . Barques; . ••• Belly, - - ilkhouners, - Sloops, - 13teaausni, Stalked vessels, Boats road barges, &lolly An the ' • Of these there were emplo; at Richmond , .'• Ships; - - Barques, Brigs, Schooner* . Sloops, . Steamers, . • :44V3,9/.5 Muted velitis at Richmond; .- 6353 The asset nutlibei of boats: and barges loaded with coal I cannot now ascertain, but it must balm been a very large proportion,: • , - . . . , - .These facts aftrbetter than• any comments to show, the importance of yeuiltrade to the emu \ coerce, of this city. We may !not hesitate to cote. Pare it with that of liew York.- - ' it has frequently been stated that tie tonnage of our port of Richmend exceeds that of the to tal foreign tonnage of the port of New. York. But the coastwise business ofeur float Depot com pares most favors* with that, et New York. ID 184- the number ell coastwisearri vats at that port was 6302. • Of these a very large.laumbertrere la.' den with your coal. . '• '• 1 i lAA' us next consider the Influence of your trade upon the financial position of our city. Well do I remember that upon being elected a Director of one of our oldest Banks, in 113.19, (the first year of my resifienee inAlte State,) witlf , how much inter est ttio Directors, at their semi-weekly Meetings, inqnfild ns to'the indebtetnelas of the Bank to New murk and New Englan,d,,frotn whin o .ol there I was n.conshint drain of specie. : Thus. L ll4 lE:term.' trolled the banking movements gout' city. Bettnyt kill county produced in that year 442,800 ton- ..r. coal- Atar•value at tide warn. - , n+..taatrs2o o .o o o, of' which: - not Jeo-uaff was exported. In 1855, sebayietli cojsnty sent to market 3,318,555 tons; of this, a quantity sufficient to produce snore than ten millions of dollara was exported to our neigh boring States. Where, let me utak, would Phila delphia stand withoutithis great regulator in her financial position? Why, gentlemen, the total amotitit Of specie.held by our city banks seldom , equals.s4,ooo,ooo: Stop your 4x ports Of coal for. half a year, and what would be, the effect even eel this city,? I will not pretend to demonstrate the results. We may, perhaps, imagine them by com parison. We well know th at when our neighbor ing city of-New York becomes indebted to for eigners to an 'extent beyond the semi-monthly re. . ceipts of gold from Californi4 an immoderate curtailment by the batiks follows, and consequent ly an immoderate reduction in 'the value of prop. erty:'We also kaowthat when .our banks bee , ~ sr debtors to those elsewhere, and coin is largely. mafided in m4ment, a similar policy must ensue. But it Is ne part of.my design to &Unite to ques-. tionsef 'finance. We know, fiowever, thattyou 'l3eb4lkill County Operators furnish for export 1 , ten milliens of dollars worth or coal, which must •of neeeseify bei‘of - great importance in maintain ing the • financial equilibria - al of our city'. Is the. importance, of your _position and business duly appreciated? When you at ply to our Banks for the usual facilites extended' to other general , loudness interests, do you receive your equal sham of their accommodations? Dp the officers even recognize the importance of 'yeur traffic? Do they real ise 'that you must first invest a very large cap ital in improvements at your mines, -must then pay cash for' the whole value of your product' at tipewater, and then sell all on credit? It is , welt known that the importing business is conducted generally by a. system ,of credits. The grocer, the dry g s Jobber , and moist other merchants, buy as well sell on , credit { Is this -difference properly a pieciatidkj our mbneyed Institutions ? c7 s Again, I ask, do you receive I your proportion of them facilities according to the nature and hipor- Cane° of your . bushiest.: No, gentlemen,—you , KIWI know that it Is not, so-.you are compelled . to pr; to other cities for two :thirds of your bank. ing facilities W by. tiro yeti dens dependent? I pur pose soon to avail myself of nit occasion even more private, to endeavor to sOlfo' this question. shall contend that you have !the power and din remedy in your own hands, Yon, , who, produce an article that is not subject to the caprices °f lash ion; bat one of stern'neceuity, for which therels lie-suhrtitute at the,reasoriable price at which you Mill ever offer your coal, sbpuld be enabledto die titte terms that should soot tender your hnsiness morn independent (ban any tber I know. Silks, wines, sugar, coffee; tea, dn., .may 'be dispensed with; but riot so with coal. ; It was Dot my inten tion, however, to allude oirthis occasion to ?the difficulties 'you.bare thus encountered, or the plan or moilti of removing -them:' I repeat however, that this great interest has not hien sufficiently cherished and fostered. ' t _ Grantme your indulgence while I hritilly call your attention tothe coal trade of the World - Prom the best data attainable, the area•Of thecae( uses sures of the United States is 133,732 square miles, of which Pennsylvania has 15 , 437; British Prov- I inaes 18,000'square miles; (Treat Britian and Ire.. land,fll,B6o ; Spain, 3,40$ ; Prance,' 1,719; Bel -518. • • ; z 11 The dormice States also contain and 'produce a considerable quantity of con!. This mineral is al: so Nand in 'Russia Asia , Afilen; Spnth America, / 'Australia,New Zeilandend in somicother Islands.l But few of these deposits ire worked, however, ~except in Europe and North Ameriea. Here let ue glance at the progress in.' the eon- , sumPtion of this fuel. In. Great Britain, in 1845, it WAS 30,000,000 of tons. , I have.not been able to icier to tables showing the annual insereise, but In 1855, it was 84,453;010 tons. AS, nearly as can be computed, it .was in 145, in -- ' . . Ornat3tritain, . • .• . 6e4n:000 British Provinces, 04000 Coned States, - • , - • 12 , 05 ,00 Belgium, - - • ' • - - 5 ,500.000 I France, - • • - 4 , 5 0, 0 00 p r t m di, • ' P,830,000 t 400,000 kcir foe' Chine, Buis's,. and elsewhere, / • • . 3,300,000 Amick prixltteikist a coal in Aluo world, psr . annum, 05,00V0 0 . Ott Oil continent, Pennsylvania* leads in the product of this most pluable miner 1. fir, pro demi ion of Anthracite, of-which Schnylkia Cone; ty yields about the half, ". Bltusaloorts: Sulam Peen ., shoat, r ; 7,1 1%900 s; ' Western • " SpW,upo Or tsars than ote-tenlh of the product of •the world. _ •• 0 Umtata Irtlt_prodre about • 730000 tau. a Mich t BAOOO • iA " " j Oblo,, " - I • • 300(30 • eutuet 40 et " ITNX O OO " Ti r e,* 17 400 0 , Teaneseee, MilltVeri sad ether State!, 1 . =ROM ," , "UM Frodoetat the Va !hod Atates, • 11a83,006 eons. I Sod, eentlenten, that I bare rettoiered from the embarrasament *bleb you • anuM ,bare seen I felt, when I tint began to address you, and I be gto to reel, from the oozes that I see before me, that you, rather tharhskyrelL, are to be embolus eel in &denials to•the rem . *bleb I intended to make. Bit with yon;atien of &Mum. mend 'atatietiett end well established matelvekma may *ell ottoman boor, eves at a eonetrial tweethaer. ; But I will now premed rapidly. Lot toe briefly refer to whet yen bare done in Peonsylvenia, lo onkr to furnish sash taappli of • • . =:'.~.~~¢.^... • `• '"! . ' • - • _ _ 21 2'4 - • 713 Mil - 434 1.... 3169 11,700 coal trade, 18,U3 30,323 yod your business 22 . • 444 b 261 - .481 El 10400,000 tau. sue. Df thelfron'Tireduction, rad ha identity * with that of coal, and to clearly .exlibit that coal, as the cheapest fuel, wee essential to domestic tom-, forts, to our great. miumfatturing interests, to our naval and commercialmarine In the competition with other nations, and, in short, to our national greatness in peace or in war; but I will conclude by offering the followinesentiment • , ' The great end interest% of Eastern Peameirania.— May harmony premed between each and an. both Wolfe' eer and traasputer but more than all, may the prods ears soon realize the hnlependeut poaltban to which they are by right entitled., / • Mr. Tucker's remarks were listened to with great interest, and frequently interrupted by ap plause. He .was followed by Mr. Da Pearson, who delivered some interesting suite te re specting the coal business. George W. Richards. Esq., made a few happy, remarks, highly complimentary to Mi. Tucker, in response a toast to "The present President and management of the Reading' Railroad Company." Frederick M. Grayson being called upon tb an -ewer to a toast to the Press, spoke of the great extent and importance of the coal trade of,tb. State, of the distinguished part ,phi.s.-arr. Tack er hiunieted ugo i a .ai.g- - its development and p roo p er i t p,—.ol closed by '_urging the necessity of efficient plea of iirtanization by which the miders;transporters add sellers of coal may be enabled to eipenite, to is to avert the dissir trouiletetuations of the market and advance the common welfare of the produaers carriers, sellers and consumers of , coal. •;,' John R. White iiirponded to a toast to “The inemery the late John White. one of I the pion ' ears cif the Coal trader " and iebsequenlly read!let tirs of regret frpm Messrs. R. - . 1): Callen, St. Goo.. T. Campbell, F.l Haghes, Sairiet, Bell; E..Borda, L. Aridmiried, Bannan,. Charles A. and 18. Rockacher and others, who bad lijemi-unablel to 'attend . the meeting. Other sent - `ants were pro. ~posed Mid speeches . delivered , addr after a moat pleasant evening the eempeny separated, delight ed with the entertainment, and Upraising unani 'mous approbation of the taste and liberality of the Messrs. Ward, who bid prepared it. • • 2 - • • - • • • - • Joarui, POTTSVILLE* PA. VADAT, baCICIIIIMIL AO, ISae. ,Ray. Tlunt.Er A. Trim,..,since .his resig nation of the rectorship the Epiphany, Philadelphia, holds each, Sabbath, at the re quest of a portion of, biaformer congregation, services in Natlintel Nall, Philadelphia. 1 , The af fair which led to Mr. Tyng's resignation, has caused' a serious split' In the Congregatinn, thOttgh some difficulty existed'prevlour to the de ! , livery of Mr. Tyng's sermon on Slavery, and that atidres4 was made the - pretext by his opponent's, for urging his resignation". Ile has however, with bile-the sympathy and' support of many of the old 'and influential Epiphany members, and it is proposed to build him a church in Philadelphia. It is unfO , tunately, over thus the fate of every thing withtwhich the question of Slavery conies in conteet. - :.`iTt is aii evil blighting in its - nature 4 even to theiyery altar around which we es fellow Christiens,-abould' gather, free tie of the iicorltl- . zone taligion howeirer, It is a v...—itms viand' concerns man's future as well as present existence, and we would:bold that minis ter recreant to his high trust, who ,entertaining •„ . sentiments to those so obi/ eipiessad by the Rev. Mr. Ting, should hesitate to deliver then' in the pulpit, fur fear of offending tome in his.congTegatiOn. The ministers of the Royale - (ion, united with their peaceful calling, prayers . for the success of the Ameridans, and even stood shoulder to shoulder with thoie glorious souls their efforts to achisvo Eyeedote. We of 1856, are striving for: sqizelly as important a result. We. demand that the' institution of Slavery be not ex- tended' bpjaid its present boundaries; than out virgin Territories be left open to free and intelli gentaettlors, not, polluted by the foot of the slave driver, nor watered with the tears of the driven. In Ibis country we -wept the Christian religion,- with its concomitants—edneatien, social pros periky, elevation of the laboring man, and seen rity of his righ4—tir progress, not oppression. immorality and brutish,lgnorance. •It would__ be well for the future career of this country,..if every minister 'possessed on this sub ject,. the spirit of the Methodist clergyman, in Western New York, wikwben called to task by some members, of his cilngregation, foi de - pouncing, * , the aura traffic, forjear , of a split, replie&.ibat he would speak hit sentiments on the subject, if it split , his church' from „the foungatiiin to the teepla. knowing that be w , - right7thrat he *sa ativo . catlpg Christianity, by defending Temperance, be did, though 'like Dr. Tyng be was driven.froin his church: Such men have existed in all ages.. Luther stood alone before the Diet at Worms,.. Firmness and;disere tion-were the qualities called into exercise ltathat grandlrittroph,aTerfhis enemies. Dr. ,Tyng will yet occupy it position as victorious in the mama.: tion of Christians and the friends of human 'vir tue and_trogiets. SOITOFPS TANIAC. ,• , . . Tux •laity= /MAW. aaD Pluataarawit •Fauxit.;-Thiii valuable pubitritknt eounnences seventh V0i1161.11 January let, 18 . 57, with a better standing and brighter prospf•ets than it ever bad. before. In the volute, haat dosing, in addition to the vast amount of orighnet and selected information contained in its Reading Coluinns, - on all subletis relating to Prigremive Agriculture, there are also tworalls of sixty handposhity execeidal negracingr consisting ofnewly . patented Agricultrind Implements . and portraits of some of the finest Stock in tie eountrjr- The publishers, Santa! &tam & Co., Seventh and Mar t ket streets, 'Ph Bedell:4de, any that they,. feei amply . sm • - eountged to redouble their efforts to make the Journal More and more acceptable to their readers; sad shall give their subscribers of 1857 an the 5 hewing of their past experience, as th the UterawSelentille Ind Pried sal Wants of the Farah* Community. , focal Miro. A Merry Chrfst mai and, a nappy New Year W. At Auto ;341.--rThe. enteattete to, thla ßall will met et the ko euesilynota Halt tble mains Ilbe the purpose of electing Managers. - ; gir Receedingly cold - weather bits sojourned with its derive the prcsent week. At 7 o'clock yesterday morn lug, our thermometer. worked only , tint degrees . alarm . WM. , . . air The :eksylkal wis asueti aleUllen during the eaiiy, put of the week, by. be rules of Thursday and Faraday.:, Near Phibdelpbla the lower Mod* of several boding* were sublusuged, and other damage done by the sod en rise. • Sir lair at'Sdorytottlltaren.—O tar fur the benbat of the•blethedist Eptsenpalbotreb of Belokylklitilaren will be held to loran's large roomabovlthe Stale, en the earner of St. John and Centre streeti, In that DO. : roogh, on 'the 25thatIth and 27th Instant. There should j hal good attendance, for the oldeet la worthy. Nabilovensie Shrtioto no Sokuitt Itarea.—it a weir int of Page Lodge, No 2i o, A. YeSI.: bald Riley, • Dec. 12th, to the borough_ 13ohoylkill Mom, tbe foUDldpit akeri Ware elected for the eeittleg • Moor& Yon— 'P.O. Una, W. Id ;:chu t W. Eallair, B.IW B. them% J. W .;Joa.o. Koehler, Trepnwor, attd Blida Ssere. iprinisiceserfia Rengariara AttenrjoL s ..on &Mania last 4 an 'attempt .as Wade to Inamk Into Um !Melling Nile to Norwegian streethi lining the elute toie. Mr. Nagle ferttitely beard the buillare,end dtr tilted them. ,They tk. A 'ntgght or two idol., a • dog belonging to kr. Noe*a polwinsci. It usdoits, en t') facilitatethe rol tore In their ottsaipts upon Mr. Nnigle's pmPekT• ea. Chitin Street Wail thronged with market 'wagons od Wadaoaday inotolig Lut. „Politely, pork and tad woe abandtat prlcaa, more rassodabla than ear tit). aana . lam lam annactociod lasestotbro, to 'pay, Ala Daum wlit agile In iritio ad, aft a lappy Cettorisood axiom !lan Tear In 641- lhoothas Hoer Theta la so dearelty ii the ataikat of tlia wberowill!al to arompllib such ade l:able and Omni malt. • sir friaart=-11gtFkr:',Driata Stisfal M#.11.1 ter,itteillitirgA pared h-Uiadaxiatt,too fatal pirumkat tie any, a tad, Om *Tiaillawa4 biri al 1 5i141 4 : ft._ this" - lataaleatik,Aai alit idpi, Std . • * ata'i faipiOlial . the' axistelie• of dui :aids:task aiat tiraditat4 bialaG 'Ws:. the only 464140 "Me; Illiete*. 161.1 at iii faisaae• a f mr. aroma ja Makiia; Visa:aid* ,t One aildifillaknays vas bbara*iia, and Li*: liFoa ibanxiciwrOratatto a alose4ag siatteasiti t+lili:. ri4 or stop litiota }ad graied 4.4ai *Weil vsiociliplekt; ax 4 !...4*a lbi door. it tbi .o:Omni. 4 limtiv eleiPe to *la:amnia: • • T.- . , t ' .....(--t------- • ini47, of Amosidaei' eau off at the Town jOalt oa Tintredsy evade& d danger itialber of Sabena end Una Were patient tben . 143.1101nd "notable:, and everything pawed offvery piquantly indeed: The tat two wilt la siren seat month. Beim etaibitg our notice, we desire to evinpll-, mount ihe 'Pottsville Batas Band mica the guilty of the !Made they ditiontivelaiCan neentspenbrient to tbi elng. We eadrattdiite tba membas spa the leeprina• dent militated deaf their arginitatlon. and awe ,tbirm that no better mete Ss needed, than that , which they MI &rue on Tharecliirevealeg. IfirCAriststsa—Thanday nut win be Christmas, linanderred end hallowing la Its Indnences. Every body ll.iworrittg foe the fasUre seas: Its spirit is already teen in the streets': in the well shiAttiel stows ; in tile tunnels:ad, *here It wells up Wen the twirls of old and young, and springs to the Ups of childhood like astir's' mole, wattle to this ocasskin aloes. Who Is abbe to calculate the value of the humane amount df plesitu re mishits afforded to giver and recipient st this seiturn. The Christmas gift hailer amali In inhinsir w,n e th. is priceless, *wording to the similes, that prompts Its bestowal. Wblls"andelpittint tbe anislimaythar:, ire bid at Mad that it will al csand with pleasaidtwei to 114 who ate capable of thalosat etti+aeat of Ufa. "!free la ailed and spirit, light of heart, and glad: with health, 'rime eats fail to securer good share of the happiness of the coopudou. }Chile to others, to the Wad of cares, and. ides. and vklieltudes of lib, the Obsidians Wad imt loudly some end go without studding along the* iath some of the genial radiance it should pawn far ir/aterrafitty Itedurs.--The drat of the =les of Ise. tunes beam, the Young/6We Ctaisttast demeetattod.: ir delivered by the Bev. Dr. F. Hodgson, or rhytosoli,o, at the Mahantongo street Prearytesian Chenilles Mo nday evening last. The subject of pr. Rodgion's Were' was, prep, ass and conservation, sold/rebus& In the Bl tht, and was handled by, the iriturer in an able teinner. It was . somenhatout of the ordinary rue of /actin% to „nbichme arp arcustoneed here, and ye rdling.Psti'' the attendance was notegual to the mortis cents listener. Parent!' shouldtits it pcdot to Ukases tie aitiodance of ibeirciendrs at then* of thelecturestO Weirton UP tbre the Aseoctitton, and del te.he tweetutivet. TO you ng men the ...rot trill be highlyiiitroetive, err. t or t i a u t.,....sevbenedtiaL ' ' , Within a fortnight, the seerO6 lecture oill difirered by Mr. W. C. Wittiness. Elittlesti.lain of Arc. in the tneanUm• aresionkisuggcst bethe Summoriation the °pro. tiriety . of issuing eassoo liebeta-lesinediatily.. We do not doubt that their non-lame* the Wee of the, gist Lecture, was the principal rause of the silui attendance. XeY'J'rowtsteat of an Onzrad Jary.—Tbia Grand Jury made the annexed Report to the Coast whist' mai minced Its madou la this Doenagh on the Bth !Daiwa: To the Honorable the Judger; of. the Omit of quarter Sessions for the County of Schuylkill. ' The Grand Inquest inquiring (or the County of Schuyl kill, December Term, 1860, respectfully present: That they have acted on et Mar ef which hare been .41 Clime, and lit Ignored. the greater portion et the bills wee ter assandur and . Writ". Whale some tether mare wasp elms aggro voted charatter much the Urgent portion ought not. In the °plateau( the Inquest, to bare base mat ta Court at all. The fatted regret to sajtt, they have been aide to present but a tee bills *e t triehrtion of the law 1536, regulating the sale or tntositattng Simms . It le I very apparent that the wild law. 4 Openly violated, If ; not totally distegmtled, and fro far the IntilliftrealiftSiOaa almost to have a perfect iramiusitg from all acconnte billty.l . The constables should pay a litt e more attention to these violations, because Wish -Verrog dame to the- licen sed Nutt seller, to allow others who doltot f ay 4 Cent as to dell openly 44 , be dole. The Inquest would recommend to Chi COMUIII6/000111 the propriety of procuring a small. alb to be plead In the swat of the Treesurer'e I* the safe leeldnd of the public fonds in his possession, from time.to time. The Inquest by direction of the Court, 'whined-31m County Prison and Mims, sad found everything' satisfactory All of Which Is respectfully submitted, • • WM. A. tummat, liP• d alum of Lecturea—After considerable kilt 1 and est:4nm, the 2nd 3f. E. Church, Pottsville, la pired to announce to this community a coarse of lectstres for the benefit of said church, to be delivered one during each, week 110 flee weeks constentliely, effl!iipiOdng with the first week in .latinari. =II .. , Der. Levi Scote,,p. D. iliabop of M. E. Chureti. ''' i t iati, Rey.]: P. Durlol D. D., boy. Bee. of 31. Z;Cbirck .11812sionary Sociefr ' - . „....! ; - . Rev. D. D. Lore, 'returned from South :Arierke old New Houk*: • , , •1 ' • .- ' 1 Rev. Geo. B. Croo . . 'Re•. Geo. Loomis, President of WUnsiogton Female the. Bev. Bishop Scott tore and toomia will teat . rs sportively the suidects of Africa, *Mesh* sad Chins— hav lug recently 'fished or resided la those localities.-- President Looods . wlll elan exhibit illustratkers of the Domestic and Religions habits and enstee.= .it the Chines. crooks is well known by bis former -• • nection with Dickinson Dollemss so &kW tills Stu- Llterszplichobr; and dowhig the several- past winters has delivered lectures of tlie most able' and in. terestlng cbsescier. - ' The first Lecture will be'by Dr. Duetloorho Woo well known ac a superior oratorio need itoinzelhidetim —Jan. 6th, 185 T. . The price of eddifirdoit will be $1 for the coneys, or 25 cents for tingle Lecture. Tickets an be had at Sawnart's Book Store. " i - Bir Miluaryißiriftioa..—An election held on the4lAh lest.rier Inspe,eierpf the Ist Brigade, 6th Diviske, U. 344 resulted as . ■ rorrarma. Troonof Cavern Capt. G.C. Washington Artillery, James *glee- National L. Infantry, • " Mary L . Ultke, Scott Rifle Company, • ", Ansb; Loeser, )Taablngtotilleagers,. ." Alm Strange, T )411:tt Tanumvut Cavalry, • Ucattliatt, Jefferson Artillery, " . W. R.; Lebo, Tionsqua Artillery, " •D. u, Goodwin, Scott. Itille Company, " Reinhart, German L. Infantry, . " Loots Heck, Jackson Guards, • ". litmus, treaty/mu ArUlry, Zeigler, • Asimaan... ' AsblandCat airy. " . Jaa.Conner.'i Ashland Rine Co.. ". Edw. Patterson Quanta. — I t JOG. ritnilnl, Marlon Artillery. t. D. Barron, '._ Mn ill 'rziems.A. . • , , 1 idlnerere Artillery, " Bev). Christ," lilneseld &Elea,' . " Jacob Worrier, -Jackson Blued.: - l'' , Wm. Boa, . Maltautonge tory, " Dokelend Ine,O r Dowddson,ilithiCo., " Et Trea t aprry, " Jer. 7 , We Co., 'i" -.7enn Lafayette Me Co.. " E. A. dinwn Marlon' impa., :" Robe. Away., • .wrikoc•Pitrern a • wiril.wimodc, • ,I • I Yor Oast poceedings.—A ease of unusual Interest to Coed land boners and operators, was tried In oar Court of Common Plow this week, involving the puttied rights and ditties of Isairrs and Tensile of Coal estates. Its Importance Is greater 'from thcfact, that ,It Is the first eon of the kind on record I; the ittrilllnAl.nee of this, country. -eV Dampel Billyman, Lessee and Coal Operator. brought) suit repaint Dr. Win. Vietberill and others, Own'en:ard hissora,for berme h of contract. , io stopping' his mining operations at the BC Clair Colliery, in [ISM. Damages bid st . aooo. • • . • 1 I, The history and gist of the nue maybe stated bitatly thus 1845, UM owners leased certain ceins of Coal , on their b4els near the town of, St. Clair, Der.Conict7 purposes, Lisywood„ Snyder-aid veins to • be worked Mote waterietel (the& being at c tisto time and for wens 'pens precious worked atoctk.stater•lecrei. by other tenant}-1P which lease the tesantir were rat fy bniisff to Futile against interference - with stk. older operatkeis ewe " them. In 1847, ItirAillyrden, the Plaintiff, hawk a lease upon those sonar 41s above inter promheat in - the condition* of erhikireri-,itips lationa Diatribe should no commence And enndnct, mining operations u not to interfere with Maywood & Co., by icAtitg the "water Dui his Wortings In upon; them • • ;, . But, in the course of the two operations, s portion of Kr. Sitipmin's gangway fell In upon the workings Info +, when the Toenail game notice to trim to wise pining. 1 _ Vise Plaint* claimed damages get till* On: the atop,. page—onliielioal he was. thus permuted from taklog! out; the dinticistlon In vase of als Colliery machinery! and ie. The Ihdta. n renW the terms of the trice as tbeirinstifientkaa—a Inc De 'clohdion GS tallyinim.tirat in not working Osii veins In the man.l ierpreecribed, aid secondly fularlerence with thi . heloir watei4erel tomutts.. Nearly foie days were; oceupied in theVeidict. . for Defti. , - , : i • _ ~ •iir•nrr , iist. essectay—Smf &anent qf the /Meer of •t-Ni &maim, Pnakt—On Wtstnealay 'emitting *bolet diktat, the dwelling "of Joseph Hlannels. 2 -'street sir , — l tdr _ parr of this iteronsi—in Third street slams harem 1 glut, t scene of a barna* catastrophe, inveliring' IMI of ,l ato a young and interestitag girl, ' , and latter 1 kg • ly th the Aieeree Mitten. At 'that hOur, a t add lamp to the hands or ills. Slash Klionel, IC years of age, exploded from some unknown cause. Tits 'bum- I log liquid emumunicated taker clothing, and M - Mr In- Motif she wise msss of flame. dt the time of the occur! res 4 she testa the mond story host Imam, with a chlld , fear years of eye. Had. Aber , poseemed riinhtte pray` eats of mind, she might possibly t havemtlognishsd the Ire, with.the bed clatter ova carpet which was is the,t, room. Terror however, &Titled her. of selfisameedon.! fib* Wald a front window, and tearing a portion of the burning clothing from her perm,. threw •it foto' the street. Tinting ttletinefiectual, she neat sprang tar, the Maim ectottouttiesting with the front rouse of the' first story, down which she MI bead first, and rolled, a' burning masa, upon the floor at the St. Frantic with 1 agony, she gained her **Cud rutusrog rapidly past ire- i teal snensbers of the family who wombs the back room,' she mocha the yard, down which she staggered:. until', the fell powerless and erverecane, at the rear end.- Her hither, mother and heotheriblioWed,'and la endearOving• to rescue bar, were severely horned.. Tbe psi& girl Abed' In firsidoutailaterr, smiatibteelly,. hen the.difecte 4 inialbat the Saw. ,per body remitted a Hording qtestiodit; - I'h• sksipsflowl hem it; bar hair was Wiwi pistols llama aragilliawlashpros Rime flitared and binekseed iis tfriolt lona* nit' shorNy to biro be maid. TL. tinittly itiffer matt I=U=S 1''..'. 7 ,'v , -' - _ . ',.•::• : , F , i. ',:'..,--,.::'f.'i7:c-r-LT-I',-- MESE ' saitttalii wan sespireleat itatival keartestokiata ei' &a ."lial *wpm* litelnataset Sax; kali beastly a dive: roue astradttkes: -. - -: ..'"-- .:, : - ' : • : plants% taapprittaltha bale 41secratInna3 the Si* Xisat_ Ps. .i4:4 ittek properties , that- ere as !Satate , * as , 4 ass 4 haat btOught In therazgrevito'in . thb reenatri Janata as tsiaeh death earl ?Magi la their tersiti..NO agaity Iritittl4 pralt A eltrailmiti or ,dithl flatatp;llll.l 'with' the . desteactlse. *tett to e t e ranted Ilibied ahead. thehaase, - Warnings ei the 4.2 am ,at tenting ttii4r sus; ari ea theiaeitt,—li tenth's., 'Debates lei the , 11 orre baguilli 4 tult Otaf f -4hat Ise lactates &Übe staressWeltk thauaLls'of the press relters4na a ita ilk reptated •elatioas. :- . _ . ,_ ,.. ,: ' .., SI. Aid/4w'. Pisif.—The following Mew Old, improve with age, and win we are snre,he **Tensed briny young - renders, With pleaattre.. They tire 'whited; r , and pktnre with :vividness; ihe ease which "vtiplea. the Imalltudloa of tern, u b. Mays up his stocking; lays hMinswiess body. AU his . comb, rwhile dons or sugar plaint ttlt through his Maid: firms the sight hefuwMMtatittas, whi n, ti4ousk the • lonme, " - Not sicreature was hlhig. not Wren stooge; • The stockings wane hung by the ehlutney with rant. in hopes that ht. Nicholas soon wouldi be there: The children were nestled all Inez In their beds, White, visions of 'sugtr-plunts danced through their, beads; 'And mamma In her!kerehtet and .1 hs sty tap,: (tad jest settled our brains tar a long winter's nag. - When out oti the lawn there arose such a clatter, 4 I sprang fruits my bed to lee What was the matarii Away to the window I flew like a flash. Tore open the shutters and threw up the math., not moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, Gaye the lustro of told day to °Won below; When, What to my wondering eyes should appear, • Bet a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, ' With a little old driver, ao Lively and quick, I knew in • moment it must be St. likk. Jinee rapid than eagles his coursers they mine, And be whistled and shouted and . idled them by name; kNow Dasher! now Dancer! now Praneeri now Than 1 On Comet! on Cupid! on Wonder and Oligeul • To the top of the porch! to the tip of the wall! Now, dash away, dash away, dash away alit , ' , • As the lames that before the wild hurricane. dy, • , When they meet with an obetacie. mount to the sky, • So up to the house , top the courses they dow.l . With the sleigh full or toys--and St. Nicholas, too; And then, in at; twinkling I heard on the roof, • Theprancing sod pawing of each little hoog, Al I drew In my head, and was turning around. Dowirthe chimney St. Nichols' elms with a bound. de was dreamed all in fur, tremble bead to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished wittrdust and soot, A bundle at toys hi had flan,g on his And be looked like a pedlar just opening his park: Uls eyes.-hew they twinkled! his dimples, bow ..afaryl Ills cheeks were liks noses, his nom likes Ids droll little month was drawn In/ like a how, And the heard on his chin... as white as the sow. The ana l og a pow h. meld tight in his teeth, And the 1111011*. u'entutireied his oh lite a wreath. j H e lm I,..eas floe, and a 11ttlo round, belly, ' Th e t l y,dok, when be laughed, , like a bowl NI of jelly-4 Ir e was chabby and plump; a right Jolly old elf; And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself, • A wink of Lis eye, and a twist of his Instil, • I Soon gave me to know I bad nothing to dread.' Ile spoke not a word, hutment straight to his work. And Sited all the stockings.-then turned with a jerk, And laylngi his fingers aside of his nose, • . .And giving timed, up the chimney he rose. . - • . U. sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whiStle, , And away they all tPiw, like the down. on a thistle. But r heard him exclaim, ere ha drove out of eight, — Chnisinat to an, and to all a peed nipbt f" t# T7a Matutreseul of the sthui l itritt Unary Alma iliessr.-40ii, the eib of Eeptenete+lBlls, the Court ap pointed Andrew Damsel, Junes U. , -Drietl and Charles FOlley, Esquires; a &in=Wee, to investigate the trait of certain complaints made to the Court, in referent, to the managementef the'Direetors of the Pont. During the present wee* the Committee made to lb* Court the annexed Retort, as the 'remit of their Itivestit. • - ,_ ..- . . To - th e Zoete* ble,, lie Jatttges of the . Court of ,guarleg Sessicosse ,ej the Peace, in ail for eke .*. tireneges( Schuyl k ill— - 'i' The undrdesigned Committee, imprinted be-year braces to investimete the complaints made modest the Mefuti4o. meth of tiiir Schuylkill Comity Poor and Alm Renee, R ..ayeetfuU*'itepert,— I - `Thet in pursumme of raid appointment, after having Oren due notice to the different officers Of. said Institu tion; your-Committee met on the fourteenth of Decem bee. 16SS, in the office of the Directors, and In the. ppe sense et two of the Direetern.the Clerk, the under-litew ams, pkasbe &ad Wribber,)- . 41r, -Mullen, the principal Steward being confined te hit room with sickness, and proceeded with the examination ;Of Rich of the paupers as we rappelled were acquainted with matters of com plaint. (The number of pauperio In the institution at the. time was, VS.) The testimony thus elicited, hilly estate, tithes the fact complained of, rater as relates to the treat; , treetot of the elek andt he inset* persons under the cheese of James McCabe and Webber. The conduct of the former whilst the examination was going on, In the opinion of your Committee, evinced strong evidence of an , unron boilable diepositien bordering on Ineanity Itself. r • • The creel treatment of this man towards. the sickpan pers, as well as of the insane not under his Immediate charge, has been barbarous, cruel and inhumen, devoid' of all trolling of humanity, and can only be emerald In a person of the character mediae we have described this man to be. A glance at theleselmony on this pint, dearly shows that the steward as well as the Directors are - properly' 'chargeable with' direleetion of duty, and censurable In placing a person of such a chsraeter in thaege Oflio insportt a poet as that of under-Steward ot'tbe slot department, cent-era-log at the time thirty sick male ent • ; Tee racial* poutp cif the nederStewant of the insane de. trant,' Mr. ,Webber, has also been shown to be exceed .m reprehensible, not an much became of hiebad Me position, but becanse of his total unfitness to have charge Delo responsible a situation as that tiff the Insane department. In our opinion; none but mesons of good moral character, of humane feelings peineseed of proper eudements of human nature, should be placed over this • department ,rantalning at that tinteVly•six pauperal of that description, mostly•malee, some of -which are of; a violent rusel dangemos character. .The - lenenage attrib utable to this man-in the testimony amen the en-ellen of reeeltring f female patine? is of such e - character as at concerto pl - ftonnee him devoid of ell feelings of pro ate ' and consequently unfit for the poritizi ; _ ;.. tvQr . remark that rt gjrassus• et ot aof the Dtreelotti IP3MSt upontsj,tolg ittt, the principal Steward, heapproved of our 1111ehhOolli SUggeldlOCl to have both removed, and that . he' could bare it done saloon as he /woven) his health, ' and could findothers, better operlifltd. tic soon this promise Vas compiled , with, your Committee are unable to say. Steeds was discharged, but afterwards redo stated, There is also some evidence of eomplaint made againetthe Steward, generally r f a trilling and frie arms character, and so far as it is connected with his ;continu ing. those) underetewieds, is not well founded The charge of dishonesty, in wasting feloniously, In cones Sion with a former clerk, the property of the county. was, entirely disproved, and with the exceptions of Intervals; ' when the breed wan pOt well baked , the provident mitt .-erally, were said to be good. The Steward, upon one re. ' couttomfdation and suggestion, discharged - the baker, who ass & female, end shortly afterwards appointed& male to fete charge of the baking. Compmiotwaa also made against one of the Directors kr having on ' keeping on the Poor Hone -Feral, for weeks, a calf, and procuring Ithr home to be shod at the expense of the county, all of whichwastwomieed tr.' be Paid or accounted for by-hlm, with the allegation that he intended to pay those claims at the time they were , tue curved by bite, which we unteret rod has dace been at . tended to. This Director was John Schwalm. The etuirge again.* Paul Lenge', one of the Directors. Mit be had ' In his peesession an article of property belonging to the • Poor ibe t ere, proved to be ri mere loan, end when secured Was promised should -be returned immedistel y and we have no doubt the promise has since beenbeanipliml with. This charge Alma& theretofore, be entire, dlsinbeed from the minds of 41 who have been rodeltod through public , . The charge that the Directors gradridly, manage the financial `matters of the Institution carelenly end loosely, .te clearly preventive' the investigation of their books - and amoral, that wen exhibited to your Counnittea— Tee amount of Metz Indebtedeeee cannot be and to not. . accurately known at any time.,Ohtleetlanefor the pay :meat et debts gnomon executed without the proper en tries having been made thereof, which leads to frequent difficultiesle analog proper estimates of their trancial wants from year to year, And generally their funds are found inadequate at the close of the - year, alnafeetif e e arise' , from the want of the adoption of it - pecipiersyStem of booklceepine, end the employmentof eotopefent and proper clerks to perform their duty. Its coosequence of this careless and hose manner is Which the bookeot the Institution were found to be-kept, and' -the I indted)n - formation, that the Clerk could Impart to user reference to the most importint items of e*peoditOre.!we failed In discovering •rainY rilvorirnhleh may said; occasioned through the laseempetetiey of their clerk; who bad l a t e ly been employed by them. • The only erne apperent from the„eiecordAa,„that of the Tatting. and- ,paying of an order to the phydeian, for Isle dollen,. - Mr ,services tendered to outdoor paupers, within the distance of five miles of the Institution, and econeraitratiywithin theternes of the contract between bins rad t tleDireetoes. fixing his peuly` . aalary. The bill constitut ng this Item ' . of ex t ra c harge, emerged before us. ' it-Con nod nether ' items, dates nor distances. nothing but, the names of pauper& and the amount et charges fn( the aggregate, eel opposite Meath name of the privet : stplinst whom such charge was made.' ' - • ---• 1 ff -' i • It is free that the ,outgoing Director; Mr. Keesliner. "stated -that e embed menace was nude with the phyth mien to pay hire for extra serrates such . ,s might be ten ',tiered te Panora within the distance °flee miles aimed. I trig to the contract, which required hie•ettentioe to all ' pantos within thst dhitancelbe the mlary fixed fbe the entire year. whilst on the other hand'aie have the asser tion of ,11r.„ Shappell, one oft the other Dlrectue, that he knee - at the time be-signed' the alder In favor, of the physician for theme hundred and twenty-el ht dollars, that It . was wrong, but it had already been alined by two of t e bintetor, and would be paid at any tate, and there ' fore I:to a rrnei s p ii of. i doilli t. g bail ' in . me s.r . th e people of the that Con tee 'and at their expense, is highly:eensunible, and on l y teed' o grow: frauds.. At the time receiving pro sup° s born physicist's to Wend by the year, a ewes re 'should be stated, which, should not when , once ~ a greed 'open, be changed during that period. Toperfeet a trend by; one physician umenthe otes,.lt, Is only us * cessary to put in & low bid; thus' enure the sttnatkm, and then rely ;noon Directors &flowing him extra, pay.— And however honest,the in of the Directors may beat the lime, it bears err es upon its hied, of, calla- , , .iron between the larders. bete are anions grounds of complaint, and decoded a speedy and eMeacions remedy. Tour Contuallteesionld beg 'rote further, to represent thatch vlew of ehe testimony aceonipairy tilts Re- '.• port.And l lbe many flagrant strums made ref dent from the has drifts owe the funds of the Witty ; from leas toy r, by the Directors for the nufntenancor of the purposes f our-County, Until lt has reached the enor . - moues of.tatenty thousand, flee hundred dollars for tee g paw, in addition to the income orate Warm— ! . a sum wei In amount-it net snore that:lone-half of the spumes e amount a County rates and kyles fee the same period. We hope tole (as we ham , no 'doubt we will be, leriettii,ti°4 by the lax-payers of the County, in ruggeetthe a radical change In the present system of r e aneeies- the affairs of the,Poor. and atmehonee' of our County.) The Board of Directors in ear . opinion, might •be entirely diepensed with, by a ,hangs 'of the act of a lle feety ereatingtt, and the duties how devolving up • on them; be transferred to the County Commledormrs, who are directly neonate to the people from whom thrineeerairy funds sire drawn by taxation, and who we believe 'Amid as a general thinCoug, be mord espalier ' and creche:ll;ot the [undo of the nty. The additional duties ebbs added could not be- conSktered as berthas*. some, whilst we firmly believe it would result In great economy!. Should this suggestiOn meet the appbbstlen tithe citizens of the County; and such a change he made in the law, all the power now remedied by, the Die; reettersof the Poor, should be rested in the County tione anmeloners, who should at once dispense with the public tavern new upon the premises, and let the tavern house become the shod:sof the Earmesei whose only duty should I' be V week the flerne whilst the duty-of the stained .1 Arabi be solely confined ler 'the proper attention end I waste of the poor, and who shored be a penerta compe tent, litsidltion to his other-donee, to keep the at-Counts of the I stltntlon himself, and thereby - ilspenss with the tweeesity of an incompetent clerk. i 1 We ices that the change their suggested, arab, ri. suit be rectally to all interested i that the County Cont. mimeo rs 'maid be letairaish in this expenses of the !milt lime : secure better men to fill the Yarming de part t, and &hoe all Mare its the steward's &pul -1 ratat,'Multbni persons well_ grafted by Intelligence and i p ia lserjildgment, to Milibter properly to the Innis of the 'li ck and the leettriese:well as to the decrepi) ; the and the young, all of which the prevent aye laminae nations IMUJIIM, thili sheet of securtug. In ef ' recliof, the change herebr, suggested, care should ter tie ken'thitt Prollernothetity, be girth to the Court to moue. 460 Mitteatify - InyeetigatMa to be- madteduto the albite et the Institution, whenever cotiplain4 well , Landed. be !mule to theca of Improper conduct on part of any pereonMeruseeted therewith, with each IPOWldfletr riffarb , ed far elastics of duty as will secure the proper granite. Mont lithe lustitedion. -. , - - • ' . r‘tifilltSW UCSSIflef - i - • ? - •' • - JAS. ii. GRAM, t CUAS. VRAILST. 5 [All the Dipole of the Ononty am requested turaldbh tha *hartp!". memo • neitssati Mil to Colthl. COP' uthishaneral : . ' 1 118 ete'n 23 elem. ele'a 1 6 10 8 4 14 if lartbepoillaunglatastestfCtuetatattaaitaispesetta• at ricatting Ostia ant ettartleadly vesperal* eatutri ty far Sots lattetea span airoptnuitoes. having Okla 'itn tbetr pouradaati wait Weapon* the city gems *tic put up at paella audio* for the begat of the:dip p, • - . „ .„ , ' ,. filltit"4 - nat Pie :tlite.'••••thitatie the enyngesAitif, then pilditheli , was ieeiiited by ...chi poblishais,T Emma', Ikawa. tePort Atkins:44 Trileats n.. The Chief boa it lirois imposed ill 11:miirit: of di laterastednesr isaartenoliness, the - Rani trati3e..-'olits new tic* It isArealened with Vivien - C*4/y rOzet,selleia,, fni:dettogiaing :heir eihi bnstoti : TLS; editor smilecat their threats; hurle.deflanee"into their teeth, sad nave: „ • „ • • i While•we lire Veto or elsewhere 5 end coaduet I lasbaie joarial, we Shall fluke it our Itisineis to war uguiestibe raps tral&e; and if ithore 13ct rutu•• saihir eteralir elsaa'harer who Wai f s _Shea Intuaost • till ticieo us to pull, d Own the tag re haiii•attled ander for a lifetime; the quiche the Ides it *ban - • doneil the better. • 1 !ereevere,noble leads. , 7biletlycni pees by as thOidloseried, the threats oijonieitemiehiest not. in your lahors, until the great principle oi Prohi bition, is recog nised throughout the length and • breadth of the land, as vitally imPortant I to our • Tee Re-opts lENG (wiz& E Tnana.,—The introduationiu.Vongreas of a rave Mimi condemn ing. the,' rempehing of the slave tirade, has; caused pome °emulation: Re-open the shire Why they Might as well agitate the re=opening' (litho "slop" trade In the taro of the lack that etch ele gant garments can be procured at the Bon Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhrn qt Wilson, Nos.' 20S and 267 Chestnitt street, above Sixth, ;Philadelphia; Tutina-yrt Navas no Sas.— Man who eouli bold an umbrella properly over a ;lady's Ilan:loot, or put on her clocker shawl withimt crushing bur bonnet or hair; . or be good nattier when; be was •sick, or bad cut his chin when'sh ving, or had to wait ten minims for his dinner or breakfast, or who was $ ever "ref - Used" by a lady. " A bachelor whose carpet did no wear ant _first itt front of the looking glass. An author who did not feel ner vous nt the idea tif.,exstraining trunk linings and parcel wrappers. AUM whose clothing excited the admiratio .or alWwho did' not procure thim ' - akt s ()maxilla Stokes establishment, No. 2QsscheiffSt street, Philadelphia. ---,--.7 - -- . : Id' - To Noririolai Nears A tothod elergy. Imam, Tosioisd to health In • foe days,inftei teeny yrere or reetAertout 'shiretihig, it thiklell to make kheith Um moans of aim Will send' (free the peeettipttoo 'Wet Direct the Rev. Jen 3 N. Diosr, No. 'ft?. Fulton street, Brooklyn,l.C. Y. , [ i &pt. 6. '57 '' ' , ' ' 30:4t0 • We weed& renrindiltbe entre • of Potiarille and vicinity that Wont Tynaltio a Mitchell, Ithporters of China, Glass stsGGners'wrirarß, 21 2thwitint street, Plaro, delphia, no dolt may with their WO ind,idegant as: 'raiment of new goods. • ( • - • Maws. T. a H. keep every deserlptlO of gocids 1a their Ilne; and sell thew In large or snag onantillea to the Main the citizen cheaper ttuutihey can he obtaloed elniishone. we lorite our nodal: to gtvo.thera an order.> . 44 4 8ielIseverss7ts Olsatasaan Wait Plllaaa Marnalat hbevs:—ffew external othotoleri areinoreicaltro Mane tbsztthls„ It Is, however, very common asposciaty Among children. ;Sometimes the , or, sometimes the, haul, mann many Instances this whole madam agil, body is covered With sciblonasitirem , Scrofula is grim ally at the noot of this disgusting complaine; but what ever !balr origin, these excrearces ins speedily remixed, %the regular - application of theObitusent. ;iourry ( r a.! queniljo developer Itself in the M m e way; and, thereibre *0 Ilaisel should lease port unapt a supply of thief matchless preparation. The Pills, rota their powerfu detergent action upon the animal Olds, &Viet@ the! cure of exterusldiseases, and for ail complaints of th. stomach and Its dependencies, are libsolutelY lathliable 'I , -13 9 1 i R. R. , ..1.1... . 1 i 1 ; itat-Ai....ii Dead... Some of the Most boast-read!, Ie TS ingacthses daily late place In Our I Ades. Amidstt . the most severe suffering and AM ions of poverty ionoi disease, therasomet hoes appears a i belpingl band. ..4) 1 one of the coldest nights of the , bitter cold winter of t 1861, a par hilow, who was nearly frozen to depth, yam picked up apt o!Droadway, sod tat tothS girth Ward' Ration house.. Poverty, not Rime r had driven bins to the streets for shelter; becoming Trifled Ulth humeri and dispirited with his unsettles, h euiconseinualy;fellbio sleep, Mid bad not bis desolate and dangers* situation tea noticed braless kind .passenger on the street," n eratmar's verdict wodid have heau e tramen to deep:o-i ffartmudelyifor the poor fellow bow . er,tberawassomellist in him. Hadware Ready Relief wisso applied, some pouf. ed down his throat, and his body rubbed rigoronsly with it. It noon broight lack the warm blood to his vein}, I and sent it circulating healthfullY. It refreshed and I Inslgorated Lira, and the poor froren lump of dishes:* cued mortailtj, was once more atre e and healthy nun.' ItorChillbloins; Frost Iff tos, susd lo n plebs, Itultors? s Peadjilelief is a soscraign remedy.. ._t' = • 1 - ••• (b.,„ ^ ,,, ..1 . I: Drhdext. Melly lb., I liitw:. Dec. 31,4855.1 ' I, Jeptlut Gardinier, of the abtere place. do pnblith that for many_years I hare beenapteted With Rhetinia-1 time. and on the evening of December 20th. 1E43, whip , walking in my yard, I fell with meat violence on the 1ee,,1 bruising the knee pan !my badly. l I further certify tbnt on the above day, Dr. John J. Denedietot traveling/tont of Railway a Cu., arrived at titis b ..t?.'e. aPd hearing 11,r my bray y. ~............?l! as .., ovatirlo tomplaint that alllictini me( to apply kidney's ,Ready Itell'et, Ifttrh i did, and in a vary short time, the pain eesmki. , the Swelling abated, and I am norr able to walk witheitt the one of mratna. Dee front pain. I have tried sera ral other remedies, but found nolief. In mete of 'ex treme pain, Bedsore Tteady Rel et la far pmferable!to T all other remedies; if any one do hts the., truth of this certificate, lot them call on me at , my residence, or writ 4 to me at Dresden, Tenn, and I srlll Ore them full Infbr matlon. ~ JEPTILLA OARDINIIIIt. . Tor•}•ears lir. Oardinier 'had pains of Rheumatism, he was • the hetp of a stick. On the 2a 1• tried the It. U. Relief—on the 311 anpwid and free from pain. Let be4ridden think 6f this 'Religious )0 elligence4 , Ceram DiracAnoa.—pa Sunday4the 28th of Rechn tier, (let Sunday after Chrlstmel) the newfErsnielletti, Church of SalOylk lit Haven, Will be dedicated to ' service of Aintighty : God : on which ucceViOn earlkell r be held in both the ~ nglisb ohdltierntan Magna-vs.' , The frlendi and public in Omelet are lespectfAlki 1 '- ,Red to attend. ; ; ' • Caned Arolovittationt r•The ethodist Church NO bee appropriated to mielonary ' purposes' for the Year 1.347, stone amounting to $1990.00e. Or thli amount $1: ~ 000 are devoted to home, and $73,15T to foreign miss n Africa SA their chief told. meek ug =X44 China d Germany receive edch 00,000; India, si6oo; Fran . i sod Turkey , 19,4)00 each; South Ametica,S3.soo ; tray America, $2,000: Norway, Sweden end Mum 0,000. The dome: die fund ie. divided: to the p• ski." l " 3 sPeaking' EditliPta. $05.000; to the Alermana. iti,. 000; to the lodises, $10.350; to the Scandinavians, 11,- 500: to the Welsh, V 1,050; to ttie french. $1,100.. I • NOTICES Rd' PimaTIVE; METHODIST CHURCH. • corner of Lyon and 9d street. ' Divine Settles e v ery lm Eilbth it 0 o'clock, A. M., and e o'clock, P. n.-I , E 1 I if- FIRST j METHODIST EPISCOPAL a qIURCILF-co• ond , Street, P,ottevilleoftev. Witttut L. ll v. MA4.I,- Divine service inery.Sabbath at 10 A. M. and al% P. N • !? SE CON D 'METHODIST EPISCOPAL ClirliCH, 1 1 Market Street, Pottsville, hey. J. TaLoof (Alter!, Paatoi, 1 Divine serrirn every Sabbath aklo A: M. and 7% P. N.: ; • Si' ENO LISH LITTIIERANEURCII. Market State 1 Pottayille, Rev. Dminct, Snot, tar , . Divine sera in' this Church regularly every en y. elorning; at ,ilO%, o'clOck; ovenimr. at 7 o'clock. Weekly . Prayer Meetleg, Thursday erecting. 5(7 o ' clock. ; . ;i . • i • , ATirRATTIAT CitUliCll. • folloiring , nil rsiatraa are expected to hit the pulpit f the-Baptist .ChurOh lot the times designated: . - • 1 •J. Bevan.; , • 21' $ irday in January ;. 4937.* Wm. T. Itunker,• 11 2 d . do February, 1 '.; J. Cole; , , 24• do , March, 1 '', 1 J. Wheaton Smith, , lad do April, ' i 4 ,., 1 C. J.Pace.' ._ . 2d •do May, • t tit, W. E. Wilkinson, 24 do . ' • June, . i ',.. George N. Spratt, - 241 do July, 1 -1' ;1` Edger M. Levy, 1 - 2d. 'f.do Aninst. 4 - 1.. A. K. 8ai1,;.• 2‘1 8 :14o "Septembeii - Johlyn. Cas t le, let do .October, • SiI'SRINITY CHURCH VlCES.•••Decetaber,oso; —Ser a kea begin at 10% A. It and l' P. 31 1 .. as thiktral 21id.--Lth Sunday Advent. (and St. Thomas}—Walt six, xxxii, Ae. 1 • i - 4,-_ _' 25th.--:-The Nativity, of On -Lord , commonly tailed Chrtstmaa. Isaiah lx to v . Nand SL Luke ft hi rinse 15. • ' ... I 29th.--Skliteplum. Proton : tuff and Acts vi Mid 'ill to 30, _ I % t I ,•• - 21th,—St. John, the Evangeliet. .Reel. V,lllno se lt.l.' - 2sb. --Sunday after Christmas and the IntmAnta flay. —lsaiah my. and . St. Luke: from Term 1 2.3.'• 431:14 xl, and Ist Perirdttlins 11. l '', 4 , ' ; ''' - RANI WASEIRORN,R4tor. • :MARRIED. ' s • REEK--TilOiAß—On thy! 15th Inst, by !ha Jtev;Wm. Morgan, Jodi Ants to M AzEr Mous, both of Bt. I • Ciao. , . Y DISID. ' , S' ' I, ._, _ , liknON-4t Wiliteibarre, n the 12th hot, Amain It., wilt 811111Cill Bacon, o$ PhiladolPhh, and awash. ter of the lets ?reticle D. Nichols, of Pottirrille4 in the 23d yeare4 her age. • I . roTrs—im Flushing, neat New Toth, on Wednesday evening -last. Mrs: Emus Drorosin Poses, wife ja : Mr., George U. Potts; la the irlth g rar of her ice. . The (Mends of the funny, re invited to attend] the fn: l , vend this eftertiden, at 2% oielock, from the rteidenee oil lifr. George W. Snider. I 3 ! - - II • I KENNEDY le 18h1LedelPhia. Mt the lath . ittl44,. Ilio I It. itesscinr, late Assletent Superinteedent U. M a l n B . e II; it. R. tk... in the 22d , y of his age. . 1 Demtsed had Ric the Dal" WO year! resided at 4 jand and rendered most eMcien tactics to the In hirs ,l eis o f , the Company in the moult' . whieh his talents,vmbiti honor endi wren tted hiedustry m litibly - e nt by the officers and (Warder irectore, for the fentifiel pe formanee of hie duties, the umbiret emplofee hogard4 -his tittereda as perfectly ra in his charge. nit reserve Of modest deportment, will e It elletiatedtenne,ik l ew 4 ear the cords of affection lel . those who knew bliM' liesi Me was truly theChrtstimaGentleinati. Nord( tietimai. tedor felt tome eensilly, tie worth Ac i d gritflege Of Mei! an apPeilatioo.l D. 1 - ,- , 1 ZiG LOST.--,LStr,iyid away fi l illii . ' the wobeeritim residing in tiondenwn etreWt, in the. for potterille,n Lowe black colored 000. whittle; white stripe on Ms forph7. white mote on hie legs and on the tip of his WI. Fel dog - oda& hong ' / • gg ta Ty and is across (the New fband• , :j . lend so Bun Due . Whoeiver will rend laid dog to e eqbeerther. or give him 'atom:tattoo where can get hint agaio, will be inaeonahly »wanted. ( JOHN YAM LIM, zt December ' iN 1 4 S I : 46'..r. OlNgit PLAT T.& FORKS, kip laqpoona, *Mauls Tea Setts, Flue; 006416 Po, the Del t eethe Ilstlirare and Iron Deptt • Dee. pa, 61- IMAM[ Port' IN OErrs, in fine Ma • •bogiliky' b3Zent, zio F 0.01,4 cari.r.,El.o.; at oe vaink azul trce I pot. VRANK Pap .113.14 . : • ' AleZ •ud !soh Kiil - V .f'- - Yt&- 9 BEEN I * call Ve settd thew tiered the' torturtns blo to walk. wifteSnt of peciimber be fies!. hocciul4 walk witbfit wbo are crippled ol EST AT. C ` I'EAAi ENGINES FOR SAI.E.-2 Li awn . E ox in e s,' with 'stew cylinder '22 Indies 41. - waiter, and 6 feet strokt,, 2 Weida% r.ll tlermVilltillts dllatooter. Sart stroke. mint Buller% Itormerl* is toe at a nANolcopg.s, a lieautiful . 1144 ru ""'-' N " lallaueuelkid • lartastaaa. wie or bath anti to ealt‘o Award: Ap Malan. 61 theautlailitetraatenti.Jaisp _ply, to ; ua ax LONOEXYCIIMa a CO., Mr Kat% porta% Al.; at that Elaidthirt •-, XeraiektatZnia Sarroitia.lll., WRANIL • Parr. • Or to - • ONO: 23111aUt t Nara'. At. • ' - 1 61. ' thistatitork 1•666 ' . • 44-1 f RE I= t WANTED. • .11FANTEA 1101 - EDIATELY-10 ~ C AneltrttliLatettstouie4 in basii amok as lireaker athatest at: the Trovartna }Oats. , mead aurtmaa may patina a inntt ef. job, sod g o od wr Airply to I 1 ., 0r:9116K )lOWTON. gain; i Tnmqttaa.NorihuaiA Der. 29, '341 WisNTED-13y- Young Mari' ttO *equal:Mal wit tr. boAAteeldaz hi/double titan. Pitll3ooll book4leeper. . Salary so not soucii Oto: II .. e t a l a Permahont Fltugiots of Ivrea - bon Oren. dddremi--.31," Maas' Journal Ode!. • 51-3 t." _Dace:Aber 24.7. n It)! MINERS.—Tito i ioaai 'Ma= A/lottire Ceti allaaapanyare inisp 4 rtoilmetrirPrOr.i 4,r3l.liite Car anu tbiir preperty,_slinats viable two ;wiles r minim. Two ring ithole later teed, Saurteen fat and eight feet, are areeleible: sully iireited, alai the Coal is 01 a lanperier gallry. The Couspilmta Railroad cesteeetleas with the 1.4a/wawa A Bleom*bitrg and Delairaie. Lackawanna * %eaters' Rallyeade aro eempler,, aad can be used by Mai irwarea. • For further 1 nEarmati apply to Major L) WI CARR, itevirdimt Director, :eras- ton, Vol, er 10 DAVID D. lIIRNEY, Prod.:twat • I . • 31 See* Third Wert, ilailadelphia. reeember . '66 . 11.21 kIEAD MINER - WANTED.-:1 min*,bea had long exletie nee and u ly.nbderstands ruining. and who• bay had charge of tuiningtm it Large Waltham And eillpilnittot permanent ly by applying le the National Antbraeite CM) COW WV' I itinooka, neat Synnitent Laterite county. is; or to, KINN!. eratideret, Ybiladelpirta. , iierorniber id, %id . ' 60 -it DISSOLUTIONS: • pISSOLUTION.-:--Ttie , Co-partner ,' 1 ilk* heretofore existing between T. T. .tenkiilg r i. } 1 iillaht \Unisex* arid 11abled 31. hock, under the DlOl7O ~.rtry. fir* of T.?. Jenkins it Cc!.., fa tb3* day. t*-.°" 4 - 4 . }All persons barb:n:o4lns ainunst , the late brut will pre sent tlf• &Mir Si, MA Unders4llo4 Itor ailjustntett. • Tllt/MAS T. JENKINS.. • . ii- lioitli. '5.8 , {fit- nt Itin i A.l2'l'N i. ' li:S1111 ) 1 NO l ettfe "— ._—j . ; i I}.. mu ott - au alooetaw vtlttt; tans WU. J. ii9VV 8s . under the firtn el' Nude,' It Bowl•n.. tr Wa itt , PrePax o,l to eZAKilta a 3 enter; foe Painting, iGlasing. awl Yapertog. at abort nate:sand on reasonable ;ternos.l .IVe call tleatteatkm of purebasers to war taro stock bf Paper Itatutings, Window Ehades, lire- beard ,f Priuta, le., I rteludiair every variety of style and prier, ;wlsieb)we offer at tbetlnikeitt eltj prires..._ lettering- of trier/ deactiptioa prectiptly executed. • I'l IIII:DEY it INYWIO`; , 2 doors a biWelhe .Astericuni. Louse, antre..4" red. rottirllle, bepteutbse 20, '46 : . . 10 PA It'eNEIIS El M. 1114 ATTY. of thl I.IW firm of Molly ,I..Tliciawsw, kw* amothited with hint Throdoni, tiirrotma win{ •Jauww hat.ty. la Ow CO5l baularse; uputirqbe firm of Jmnes 31, Itaitty who will moil uue the rattans titid wl. ling of Coal as usual. JAS; 31. !MAI - LI. ttizouoirs, GAIZ*ETSQN, 11„ Bllll4llr. Jame , • 112 E A R'r N E ItS I II P rtnership'. in tha Lutubir business,fieretribre es stt P4 gbetween ti USLI(1,1111$ thialley. (Ike. I, I'll) dissolved nod nut cc went. I.C. W ALSO ; U. WILSON. The undersigned hive this day, (Dee.1;164,) entered iota, iwidrtnership In the Lumber business, at their steam' elti , V mill, on the Mithsney, under the firm of If 11, SON 11017 A. B.C. WILSON, • , ) 'LEWIS - ItOTER. .Orders for all kinds of Lumber will be received and at tended to by It. C. Wilson, at the nail. or Leiria !toyer, atSchuyikill Ravin. February 16, 'E6 - R§SOLUTION of . CorParin4rship. r-- 4 41ae eolairtnenhlp * heretofore existing between SR 4.1 , 111‘. ba the an conimlstnon bust. stese,this this day been dissolved by the withdrawal of i.p7. All persons Rasing elaims against Bald Srm will present thent to John Et. hiller, for settlement, and all persons owingsald Situ will pis the some to sibt John S. /Met% who alone is authorized to !Weile all monks duithe late Ann of 3111Ier 3 Fry. JOIN S. MILLER, S. J. Fla. 46,ne Pottevil 4 1TrOrlYITO — N 7- 051 - C - o-1 1 afr n — erifirp. I ,IJ4Tite . C,o.l'irtnership heretofore existing. between o d, Thomas and J'Atnee Wren, under the' titles of .1. itt3l DUOS,: Waihington Iron Works, PoitEvil le: T. WREN t CO, St. Clair Colliery, And THOMAS I JA 3i ES WREN & Wyonting Colliery, Wilkiebarre, La this day dissolved by mutual conient. The Washington Iron Works will the tutors be ron ductid by Thomas and JaniterWriet,' who will settle the amoimts of the mine, up to this date. The 0411 belittle= formerly connected with the firm , willl from this dale be under the able• management of John T. Wien, who will meet all claims against, and set tle up the arenuiste of theaame to this. date • J lIN T. WIZEN, TUGS. WREN, JAMES WREN; • Noiember 10,.'3e IMttg . rville,Nocineber 11, , FOR SALE & TO LET. large' assortment o AJUstman and km.orkan Skates, of sup rim quality, of priers, for oak. j KILANK POW. Dee, =SG • 51. 11)0Y , TOOL 'BOXES, containing. _LI au assortment of meta G`erpentera' Tools,* present lerorthy of the llolldsys, at the Iferdfrate and Iron Depot, pee. 30, '66 61. • FBASK POTT. "" TWORY HANALED'T D able anti es urt;Knitis, Silver Plated Dlad6e, suitable forehrist- Mae pesents..at the hardware and Iron Depot. . Vottis ills, Dee: 30. '56 - . 51- • VitANK PC)TT. ' /BELTING, oak•:tanned 11,46eitina. stretched mina riveted of superior quality. Beim sit sizes at, Ws Hardware and iron depot. • Due. x,'56 '• . . . PORN SiIELLER . S .of inipericit qual ill7, Sewage Meat Cutters best In the world, at the hardware and Iron Depol:;„ 111/o_l*OTl'. . •.. Pee. Ml, '56 i - .f , •ila , • —5l- t OUSE AND LOT FOR SA LE. 7,1 —lVllllbeisnld at Private Sale. a Ilonse LOt in the toomugb of St. Clair. The lot is 30 feet trout b/ 100 fet.deeti.r-oh which la erected a two 'dory Sine mid Frame Dwelling Lionie. Vset front by 33 fret, with • aShed, back and washlni hops., all' in good order and Jaen Dashed. Sold Ilones and Lot will ire sold on ma= ',Amble terms. - Morfurthar partkulars apply to the sub - aciiber n,St. Clair.' 1 . ;J011:sl HOWARD, DoeettlWr - ! ' 51.3t* T INSEED OIL, Patent , Paint Oil, _ll_4Varttiches. ke., &c., for sale by .1. f. 11. ANN UM. Schuylkill Doren, August - 1,50.2 t 1 _ HERS' BANK' . STOcK...; 2 --2.8 Shares for safe by 1.03i1t0Y.. Demi:oEl.o, 40-3tl Potiewilla iron Work*. ' IILUMBING . • 1 ESTABLISHMENT , . FOIL it ALE,—The stoat and tools romplote of an 014 • unablua Establlgunent. Apply to •R. F. IVIIROY, , • e:ember 9, 'fiti •;1941t1' .. Pottsville) Iron Works .- -t - 1 OR ' SALE--tine rtf . iChkekering!s t , —ti Piano Fortes, (nevi). For - partlealant Inquire at tbs ottlre of Ir. r.• Poole, Evigluerr e or to J. 11. Adam, Ilsq., Pottsville , 'Docember 9, '59 49. Zit 1---- , . 1 1 0 R SAl.E—Abnut 800 feet of .7-8 L lnch second hand slope dodo; pearly new..°lnqulre r e CHAS. MOLLMY, Pinegrove, echoyl. county, I's, November V.; '66. ! ' 47 3m• • 0 LE-T—Acornfortabledwollipg g , •,house.*lth gis.,betb, Ac., in'llehantongo I , I. ~.r p.vtienlars Inquire of 11. Ai ACUTEKNACI 1. I Paws Ille. Nov. 22, '36 . • • 41'-if . IIIRE IifIICKS for Cupolas, Puddling 1 and .Blast Fzirnaces, from the Reading Werke, for ode low..at the' : PIONEER FURNACE. 1 Prassine,'Jse.l,9,lBs4-` :• . ' , 341 ' CHEAPIFUEL.—Coke for-. sale, in IL/large or stain quantities: et the tow ;wire of •f;, tints r;twiebel. Intinfre either aetho omre, or work* of the e ot key il le Gas Cotipaby. . . 1 ,Mtteellie, Noretaber 22,,'56 -_- . • 47-tf • rough FOR SALE.--.9evend thowanareet orsommi t xt Lawler for aide, to the rough of Millersville., Persona desk ing to•-parrhase nlll apply td. 8. D. BALL,. Inner:vine. LNovember 1,'58 ; ' ••%,.... 44-2m .PRINTING FAPER.—Biek /A News= Paper, of every elite and weight. of soileri.oi quality , for sale st 31111:pdoes. ; ' • E. il AnItUIUES% • Ii '''.• ;, ' -, Centre street, Pottsville. ; • August 9 , 'f4 - . " • ..31,tfi • - Q.A. : WYRS 'READ !—We hava 'the lso exelnahre'apticycif Ileauty Disston's celebrated Ps- Iteut Uronndelrodarfitors. for Vehnylklll county. Saws furnished from 6 to tin inches. • 4 STICH CEA k TIIOIIKON. Pottsville, Decemb er 6,166 - 1 ' . , .0- , ... UMS:, AWARDED to Bright klercluet the Schtiylitllrnaveh and Oreheburg I rs. for the largest ;oil best ref/remota of Hardware laud Cutlery, Cell arulgutfalue tbelr stock %before per thagng eteoibere .1 Pottsville, October 18.'56: • • I UST RECEIVED.—A Large assort ) meld orr thendld tertutnery. Ac„ from the %Ileac torkliot JulaMlattel A Co, llarrhronand or ham All those who want dna Perfumery, call at C.BAli ! I h"1"8 Nook and Variety Store. January 21.;1854 3.tr r INC. - ItENT.4-1 ~ or,- `he . .offices lately. copied by F. W. Hughes, rad, is Contr., ,tanwt, ; eh are suitable far a S tore, or any kind of burinem— Alan, i stone duelling troupe ou Ituilnad street:. Apply to - . ' . . '.' M. 3113`11141Y. VALUABLE ,PROPERTY'for —The bowie and ioCiiow,oorupte4 Alan It. Dribm In Norwegian streer,6oteet front bi 110 foot deep Also. a tit by 110 Ica; now ocruPletl by podrolla adjoining the above. Tenn* to suit purchasers. , ; • JAB. Di?iES,lt. Pottsville, October 4,'66 . • 40att; .11 - QUSE TO LET.- , -;,Elie - Threeg .1 N •storrikirk Building. lorsted nn Second nezt d oor to the istMetbodist arch.' Thu house one of the most desirable In the borough, with ell the 'mod ern iteprovements. Pornessien given iatinediately. For terns and other particulars, apply to I. WOBELSBCIRF Pottsville,'July 28,'56 ' VALUABLE TOWN LOT for Sale y —Situate- ors Sunbury: strati, in:the fitrough of lllaeravllle ' containing co feet front. running' Lick to South street:2lAfeet, tuning ji building on it muting for POO; and the foundation laid fora large dwelling bone—beitig oneat the best business locations' in the borough. ' For terms apply,to S. P. BALL, Minersville, November 1.'60 - • 4t-2ro 141 O'R SALE .—A Tivo Story... 4. Brick d'weilinu flown, ZS feet front, and lot ...... running boa 10 feet. The house. with the improve ments. extendi beck 93 feet. Situated on - Ceske strret, . Pottsville, opposite the Town flail. A stallqd other ont.buildings are an the property. The ads - ti r wishes to disponi of the property, as its As gong wok . . JOBS' IL HILL. . . Nttsville. December 6,'6 8 . - QAUSAGE C UTTE RS AND STU FURS.—Bright k Lerch were awarded premiums at the Schuylkill-Miran and Orwixaburr. Pairs far the bout Sausage Cutters and Staffers—wtdrh - they leanest to glee ad tafactlon, having the exeluAlre male of Leidbt heifer t Co.'s Patekrl iron Box, lannaze Catkin, which are aU warranted.' ToftstUldiVehrher l8,':,8 ' ••• e — rip 0 LEASE.—'rhe New: York, ~and 11 Lettish Coal Co. offers to lease the two noderlYlow veins of Coal on the tract of land known by the warren. tee mune ofiCheldttaltinniel," odtuSteal its Ranks tp, Carbon scanty, CeonW The Railroad 'connecting with the Dos* Itiestew Railroad has been Sstobded to meet the eentakaptated °manna". For farther Intbauetton ;VAT . ' N. P. 1409ACK, Preget, Peeintber 13, 'lid _ • sTrlnity Building, NewtOzt York. . • _ _ =ME =ll =M= ADMINISTRATION, pSf INISI'R AT 0 R'S Nol'l {1 The underldtned hoivfng hmt , aPPOONI il e th e c.•3l , star of Miuyliall eulanty Adminimirst.m n i the I The tats of Cbrialitn Walter, late of IN 4 oroo.:14 tr T.,,,'".. qua, In oSild manly, all persons having ekilril s.:alsst the estate VIII prtront Manz Whin& foe so (ks.tsiittkt Ibow,oe Indsttmt - to said yeasts VIII sulker 1 incyji,t. 1 ,„ timid, • •O. 11 , 3IoCAIII; Ad, ful.tratt•Li Tammq tot, Doevtroli,r *,,,,W.541 04 t • % I DMINISTRATION .NO , 4 . Wheretue ',otters of AdrolnretratiogrOn the I! Io3f AS EWINO, Ist, of tbo borough ht* bare betn granted to the itascrlbto, by thip Roglu" echuylklll county. n( : tirels borrby ;th ~4 ou to all thew dgbted'laid ratato to maka paymeut, and tluf.t b 3 4, cialtui *UI pn.oont them for settlement. A. IL WlLSON, , Admlntstrxtr t . italtAll EWING, Atimlnlittnttlx. - sbta December 33).'; Whereas Letters of Adatioistration to the E.t . al. o AWE 4.7:• HER LUCILE, Late of the borough et p et ,,,, villa ~decteard, have team grouted to the undersig n .. all Plasmas lodabted to the Old Estate arm requeet e et mega- lauciedlattel payittent wild those having detuaedx v. claims asainet lbw wild Estate of deeideut aid mal e itnown the same without delay er Dr. SASH I. BERLECLIE, Administrator. • Pottsville, December • 514. t. A DMINISTEATORS' NOTICE_ ZILThe undersigned , having beta appoir 1411 AtataActa tnitufs of the Estate of Solomon Letwogoodl, late t.t boraigh of ,t.trarlaabaq. &teased, all peraon* etalsos againat said Eiptwte will yllenwitt thew to eithvi the auttaallaTrs far avttl.faeat, and Woe lethale t a tq tanks immediate gatY Meat, JACOB 11A3la1 _ .., , .. One I ir•bur....;,- IRDWAILD I .4 I ItNCOOD, West Ilsttu. Novetabus a, ':4l / 1. . 7: ---, -- ---- DMINISTRATION' Whereas let Geri& Adm I n LI button have been trl e ed . , by the itegisl vr of &buy lklll county, to Ibe set "i. , bers, co the !:state of Peter F. lona*, rite ni tl; rough of urvilgsb erg. Schuylkill county. Oter,d, ttee to hereby given, requesting all theme mid Estate to make payment, and those haricot cfikiu" will veleta them hr rettleurent, to the wider,ig urn / et. titer at Chulftbiiiii orilauisqua. ANNA M. H. LW/Witt. Adattotetratrit. Sift IDUS if:LUUMIO, - T. R. L. 101)14 EMANUEL J .Administrators. November 13.'50 44-Gt NOTICES. oE' the NOj et l is !i i E le . t.l =— f :r o h . e .n S e. toc ap th .r ol . d t e t !'s trek,' notilkvi that the annual eleril m ou'.for eMerr bi ,sald Company will De held at their otifre, on Monday, the sth day ut January, 1841; between ilia hours °IA 45 P. M. T.ITAVLOR, esker Pottsville; December 20., IciFFICE Schuylkill Navigation Co:, • Phtlictelphls, Lee. 124, 1.,Z4;, • , MEL—Shipments of ecial from the fending' of tle , Company will miss on thri lstb Inst., and the Hue 1113 roman open as west until the first day of January. un. leas sooner (.1%6(4 by ice. ••• ;,. F. , FRALEY, Pmldont. • 1 - . I_)ROPOSALS "ill be 'rceiveil the Coonnissioners of Schuylkill 'cb'unly, at th:sr prtice In I..3ltswille, whore plan and specifications can G seen mail the 17th Jutuary pest, for thaling a oi‘sted bridge, 45 fret wren and 16 feet wide aerou the IV tottko Creek, in. Porter tOwnship, near thi. douse of John By (inter, Arrrar, SAMUEL GEUM PERT, Oat.' t'uttrvllle. December 191, '56 • , Stet (aCliCYLiiiLi; COUNTY . lILTIIRAL,ItORTICCLTCRALsodMECII.IN?C, . 11 .1 N An9OCIATION.7—The Annual meeting and idectivil for Moen of fhb; Anaociallon tltl t* held on eaturday day of January. Infif, at;the public thane td Lyntaater, i4huyiklll liavenJhatneed the hours of and a (*lock, 411.: S. tiht.l.Elt, flee. tter"y.,'. Der4.:ltiber ' QeiIUYLKII.I. NAVIGAI'ION Ct): Annuallneetini of the atmkbold• era and knuholders ‘ fur the cleetion of officers, for the ensuing year, will be held at the 001ce of the enotell.l. so. 151 Woluut street. Philadelphia, on !gondol, the llAh of - January, A. 1557, at 11 - titiock, A. )1. • • ' 31..T11,011.A.11, Sec's. Oteee Fvbuy I. Navigation Co., . 41-1( Dec.l3, 5 faiig Pt' 1A44 REAtoING R. compjey..-0nnat,,1i0.73 South Youth strret ru !Adelaide, December 17th, ItAd. r Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of thie el tn. pony, that the Annual Idretlng and en election for Pres !dent, Vice President, As Managers, Treasurer and etc ,miry, will be 3 beld* ontthe second Monday (1136,) fa January next; at 12 eelock; M. • Ily order of the Mord .. • • • W.ll. 31011.41ENNY, Eeeretory. 41-It Dehletu bur W, '45 6 --- 'lfEkitr - bOBt • PANI ' PBE NEW seUl . reeelve psoposala for the pneeiatme or Umber ripen their lands, consisting of the various Ain , l+ of' Oak, (white oak predominating.) Black Walnut, likhej, ilspie and other varieties st hard wok. Apply at the^ office orthe Company, No. 91 Walont street,Tbiladelpiala, or to J. B. Pilfl 11, their Aput at Piedmont. , December 90,/1d tika. . . iIE NEW CREEK COMPANY aniaddlni 1101111 i MS of larger also to their wriest survey of Piedmont, !stitch they offer for sale. The'vapidly.increaslng population and iteprerneout wamutt the belief that no better investmeut.asif Iv made tor Pros*tive profit or immediate return, primed. . The company will 'receive In payment Per thrir Ica their mortgage bonds at par, or other liberal trung. Deoember *2O, 't,O• LN.t ' JOAL 'MINES FOR ',REN:I'.-Thi; New Creek Company hoeing their - mines in working order ' with ears, dumphouso, toinehe bone% ke., are prepartsfp receive Propos&lelor Ceiitinvs pr• lion or the VIIIIOI (1 their mines, with a present cAp,xj • of ht,o to 10911 tuns per day.. These int 44 are situated, upon the line of the ,raal More and oh io Railroad. bike mile best or' Piedmont, They will also rent' their Mines at Pleduient; If sty , party should dZedre to lease them. If the mines are not rentedthe Company ars alie pre.. pared to furnish coals, at theleduniphons,:, 4 juarza, on favorable terms. • .• • . . . The Company harehapon their lands ralUitr,r depoitt of Iron ore, of recent 'discover*, samples of whielt nay ho seen at their odic* No. 9L Walnut PL/114d. phts. or at 'Piedmont, which they Vit,r rn iarttes NUS of engaging In- the manufacture of ir , ,o,togiAbot. wilhthe coal, with the right to erect furirsavt;.; able tither by royalty, (rent) money or per reullge uj oat profils. . IMP - Then; is an abundance of timber ((so charms'. Vecutril)er 7.43 NOTICE.—The, Delaware and ltar• Irma Canal will be opeoed:(ur Nacigraticn (4. rni , I,lbn 28th Inst. Nogreater diottighl of *Met alai Ida feet wHI be allowed until April sth. JOIN li. - 1110.1160N,14.11etarT: March '2h, IS ti ' 13.11 0 0 -PA 1 4 1:1;NERS11 IP. =The u - signed t. ase.thleTdaq associated theiasel yes fcgcdr In the mining and ablppitor Coal from the Ibunt baEs Colliery, under tie naitte.skud thui.of Thomas T..lco Alu .4 Co. , ' ' THOMAS. T. M. Zell AVEN; W3I. RAVILLIAMS, EDWARD 1•111111. Noy. V, '56 46-6 t Ai - ouNT CARBON & PORT R• _lv". BON RaDead CoMPan7.—Tbe annual', We're; of the Stockholders will be holden at the ethic (.1 ta, Company, No. 7 Library atreet, Philadelphia, on Ifilair. December 24th. 15.56, at 10 o'clock. A. 51., At withfi Lre Cu election for Prealdimt, 31arlagers. Secretary And rri> Cuter Witl take place • 'V; C. 11OLLIA,1 , 4retie). • Philadelphia, December 6. '46 40.41. QcIII3YEK.II.I.: VALLEY' SAS IGA. TION & Dallnat.l Company.—The annual meatier :or the, stockholders will ba Ifolden at the office tie Company, N 0.7 Library street, Philadelphia, nn Mt viA.t, ,Xleenanber 'alb, 1E46, at 11 o'clock, A_ XI , at witich tine' an election 'or President, Managers, Secretary atd Tor surer will lake plate. P. C.,IIOLLIS, •,Arcretary. Philadelphia, December 6,16 49-41 Tit ILL CREEK. AND MINE inn; I! Navigation k Railroad Companf.—The nunu%l ' meeting of the stockholders will lei holden at the o 6 of ghe Company, No. 7 Library Mtfrolay, December 24th, 1656, at 12 O'clock, M., at Li. time an election tbr Prexideizt,3lanagers, Secretary al Treasurer will take placti. ' L'. C. MULLIS, Seeretarl . Plalladcfphts, December 6, WI • - • - 40-it • Oll : loE.—The Stockholders:of the 1. uail :sail:q X k lre ]Lima Insurance Novae; are herebytkiljtied that the second election of Lirectetssil be held Unite 011ce of Mid tkaiipany, 011ahantuu go it, two doors starve Centre,) on the parotid 3tonday in Jam, try neat, (18.71.) between the bonnet 10 A. D. aud P.:. Dy.order of the Board. • yr. P. 13311111. rre*.r. Pottsville, December 10,'50 • 51).:3 t ip 4 XECUTORS' NOTICE.-IViteic. Letters of Administration gni the Eatawa insist, late of the borough of Echtiyikill II tron.bs , s been granted to the sutiscribern by' the Ittlann el bebuyikill county, notice is hereby given to all tilt o. dekted to saki estate to make payment, and tb•••iii'• 'sally); chniallkar( f lt peelleut theca for settlement. PitAILKY CHRIST, tzet-intnr. NANCY Minn, LI, ulna December 6,14 • .194,1* , rri) the Coal 'rrade of Schuylkill X.—Stated ssectingsof theoperators will te 6.4,10 Or MAIM% of the Coal AssoclaUon, in Centre gtrkt, tiarrigue's lleokstore, ovary Tuesday and Pridar. ins 11 eckick, A. IL, to I o'clock, P.ll. All t ad, in the welfare of theTradoate invited - wallow ta , * retiettnge, through nbieb, It is hoped. a pennants ( eatiliahlnent of "The et42l Ex anoe &hag' May bet:Retied. S.SILLY MAN. Iv:v*44ot totterville., April 19, iggti 11 • VOTIUE is' hereby given that air air Vacation win )lie made at the nest vessten et tie Igtetatato of Pennsylvania, for the hictrioritlen cf Bank with the wool privilege% Paid hank to be ral.oi the °Schuylkill Raven Rank," with a capital dl'. , /lundsed Thousand Dollars, and to be toeited to the 1 rough of tiebnytkin thirst', Schuylkill County.. BENJ. DELONG, J. D. PEIBERT. JOSEFtI SEIFERT; DANIEL SAYLOR. GIDEON BAST, SAMUEL 114 tiIIANROIa, Inultek:A.ArkllAN. ' Schuylkill IDeren, July 12, ZiO TICE .—All persOns Itoklinf • bonds burned by the School Directors of 5cb0714 3 ten under the At; of the :la of April, ibial. lot lsrr togs loan to the said hoard, are requested to Pr.,..n1? !odd lxinds, without delay, to Lamle) IL Maker. Of the present bowl of School Director'', and 6111.14 IA with the date add amount of the said Loud's. in I ritt that the present Board may take measures for 10. 0 ", dation of the said bonds. If 'correctly Issued. 71... r so presented w Ithlu ninety days from the publication . 1 this notlee,*ill not ben cognised by the Itoord and mast/ding. By the Board...T. O. ZULICK. Noymber Al, '56 _ • 4 , 1 zul nRitERRYCR . E.EK R. R..cti.- J At a meoflng .ol the Beard of Ilauegurs Crri•lt Iteinoad Company, held lu tho o of Pluegrove county; peornalwr 6. vtdong etAt per , (-entwine detelarrd, pnyal.ll , to tY Votititoldeco of oaltramstpatti on Or otter Vtattuat! 1- o 'l 1457, by Writ. tintefUreesnrer. ' IA t au election held in the borough of 4'ltter.,lo - e,rt o 8,11514, the &fleeing stackholdere wenn 'duly t h,:t4 Irso or the ensuing year. Prtriden! —CALEB It'IIEELEIL . , !Managers—John Kltutditer, Ueerge ti.rckart, *ken, Williene Greer, Wm. S. 'faux, Clutrico • Thomas itdemf,,ertd James b. Newman. - • AtAcretary—JouS 616,1)011AL Terasursr-I\ia. Omit, JOLIN STRUM sKuo • Plaegtoye, Itteember 19,'56 7 IFFICE of the Donaldson.lutproc r . 11,7 meat a ItsDiouf Oompany.--ICo. 2S 31erkbauti 'D . 'change. Philadelphia. December 12tb, NOTICE.—The roupurts Ibr tuterrel tat du .ffro' per rent. mortgege Melds thla Corop.),), .1' due .11 .16tb inst., wilt be paid ou preaentatkm at the 4..CAS. the Company, by C. E. iperislor, I'm:surer. iti. DONA 11'41 . .This tooit.ga;i'ci icy $7OOO .at 7 Vc c""t,.! r- ' czable want annually—o n ly tavo.to‘o the ',Las '` nio baleen?, ph/o,w° is rer,re.A, aatt n ; oniy be used Jai pay for turther Ito tecor!lut the corporate estate of 4500 acre' 1.! " 10. P ". Lamb , la the Western part of this et:obey. sbd ge n a Mbef /rose: T j he agoount boids cue is ei"'„ . per arm. A few mouths slam,* sole by ehanrdeerA sl h e 0 Oppherue': C oTuhrioCo utbije 0‘4 . „ of b per acre. bier antkabore the preset, I t toot dor l tr exPeoded,e fer the at.ald ebbar.ce ?Md. Tile pethe eees‘ir 1 taior al o' 4 ' ! u pe. r ow ttreuese of the estatoto a wurtllmo 4rt .• helve* of the debt. These Lads see so h hale a rhutol of roarlet4 tu tia 11 t. I ?!; i . 1 ,11 :to abd Western Vetit,ovlta!os I. and also' rial be l'ob;ntSsoil into(e,rb,h of Lobaooo meaty.
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