, o? THE COAL VBQSS OF a v 4 ?-' ■ Intbeyear ITqvtberetived on. the eastern slope of themountaltts drained by the Lehigh ' ftleer, In PennsyiVam*,« hunter, u*med Philip . WP,; game; aw was clothedin dense. i EliinitlTeforest;fOoitheoco*sUm:to 1 which WAate' n6* refijiTliii/.Gintlier had’Spent the f>^^day.tetilie;^^fW|fee4 J; wetifig tto least success, ■■ ■ Henad left with anxious sollci . tudelnthd mbriilhgtha' fcabinwhich sheltered his wifo andi . children, for the, scanty ,|)resk- him with the:,necessity , of replenishing the culinarydopartmenti As the shad a* of overling gathered around, ' lie, found bimsetfpn.the summit pf ShafpMouutein, eev . eraimilesdistant,fromhis home. A storm of ram was advancing,-and had already spenta tew drops, when he .bgan to quicken his pace. Runnlng -along at a- brisk gait through .too woods, he stumhled'over the ' roots of-a’ tree' which had recently'filled, 1 and throw, berere him a large-black stone—to recognise which, . ana tne maox aspect of; the spot .around the, roots, therewsa yet remaining sdflfciont light; -He bad heard persons Bpcakofstonecoal asox isting in tbeso, mountains, and concluded that this must be a specimen. - He therefore took it with Klin, and a feW days after 'gave it . to 1 , Colonel: Jacob "Weiss, then livitig near the , present side' of Match Chunk;-' Unable to de termino its real ebamter, the specimen, was, forwarded to Philadelphia,.where, after undcr-f going the scrutiny of 'sundiy.tninenlogiBto : and leamed-japens/it finally , came into the hands, ; offfit;,.QSarles;Cist, ; ;a .printer.' 4*® . ,supposed to know everything, and - ftom thelr.liberality of sentiment are-disposed totakea “complimentary notice” ,of almost any thing; so; tfne-to fiis calling,’Mr. Cist - promptly pronounced thethinganthracltc coal,, andsent a request to Colohel Weiss to reward 1 ' the.discovermyand make; immediate arrange meuts for.'securing the land,.'; ■ \" ■, . . ... As-the;cntir» region ,of country ftom the BjjuC Mountain to tiie Susquehanna Riy<r was “aClUppokbn 'savafie wilderness, the ; land badbn’t little value,- --.Weiss had no difficulty, insbbtalhiag/through'the usaai process' of the’ . Land Cffice, several thousand acres f ahd.eafly in ihefpllo.wing year'organlzedan association, caJlcd thO : « J,ohigh-iCoaJ-mfne Company” ; Among its prominent members were Bobert' Morris, (the celebrated financier,) John Nich olson Charles Cist. J; Anthony '.Morris, and; otbers-’some «f ? 'wbom/owned targe* estates/' especlailyMorria and Nicholson. - - da the month of May an expedition was fit tedout toopenahd work the mine. ThC force • consisted offour ,laborcrs,with one of the . members of the ; company acting as mining-en gineer The geological position - of, thocoal was plain it required‘but'a small amount iof v scientiflcncnmeU-’tofcbmpreliend 'thei/.whole - problem. As the roots of the! fallen tree, had revested the.exgct situation of fho-coai/ aod ■ bflta tlUb stratum of the soli .intervening be tween it and- the daylight; a little perpendicular dlgm'ngjWas only necessary .to get at 1- it.,- -A -fewpits were accordingly sunk down, and sev ; eraltons of. the. .mineral quarried, when, the great question presented itself to our enterpri sing Company-ip;,ip(io< are me going. 'to do . prith.it faV-Thero was the coal—there it- was the, only thing tbat now remainedto secure tile most trium : phffit succcsa was .'a market. Standing upon ' their.icara ,of coal on the summit of Sharp mOuntain/sevebteen hundred feet above iide water/ the-'P Eehlgh .Coal-mine, pompsny”- lobked'JuJsfftßy- over the yasf .expanse- of mountain, valley, and.plain,' and-up to the ' archingu firmament,' for a 'market. Nothing l of tbekihdcould be Been; 'not the"' slightest glimraerofencouragement was visible—-around, above or below;. add they were forced to draw largo .drafts on (he kindly-disposed imagina ' tion,'Which afforded an.eccaalonal, beam l OF hopoau tbe obscure vista of the distant future; - Tho 'surrounding country was everywhere toy-- ero'd with timber; and what, with'the. abun f dance, and low price of, cord-wood and' char coalythe want-of wagon roads-and navigable , ' streams; there was no demand, for stone-coal, nearer remote. Alter a few labor at the itune, tho men were discharged and oper - ationv -susponded. But Colonel Weiss, ;not - withstanding .tho inauspicious circumstances ' wliioh’involvod the company, determined that thecbaishonld, atleast;ue introduced to the ac " quainfetide'«f .the public, . ‘He filled hla saddie bagsftora i&i'to time, and rode around among the blacksmiOisiof the lower country, earnestly solieiting thent tol“ try it,” A few accepted . ' the proffcred supplies, and used it with partial success; but tho truth is, our wise fathers almost unanimously regarded the mineral sta ple;of .the.“l,ehlgb CoaVinino Company” as nothing; more nor‘less than .eommoß, stones, whUetbe enthusiastic sbarohoiden were regar ded;as:unpractical &nd visionary theorists. It wastbia ili-timed aud foolish prejudice against a tdinieral whose peculiar properties they did not happen to understand overe'helmod eeyibusly bhjrota’ imd moyo- - inenti. Had the partiestbemselyesbeenmehof no more thah ordihary cbajictor, tbe enterprlse Deybr,oonld have been initiated at all, but they; were like.' ■ V . . 1 ' •_ “ Oaltlins the seer, whose comptebeiulte viow The Past, the Present, and the Future knew and the ridicule tbo ignorant public, no doubt, only served to stimulate them into .pre mature activity. ■ , ;'. , In 1798 the Legislature of .Pennsylvania chartered, a joint-stock cdmpapy to itnprovo the' navigation of the* Lehigh l Biver, aid although the Goal'Oompany lad in the mean timerelaxed all efforts, anduraa then upon the verge'of dissolution, the: prospect which now ’ opened of renderiug that stream navigable for the descent of the, lumber and coal on its head waters, infused now spirit into some of its mem bers, and they again went to work. Thirty thousand dollars had. been expended in con-, atnictlog wing-dams and removing obstruc tions.;,.anduponthe completion of the work, in 1802, a committee was appointed to examlne and* report its condition. -It consisfed of five persons, moat of .whom were alao interested in the Coal Company. A lsrge canoe was launched, and the party glided gracefully fiver the' Water.'' livery thing augured a favorable report;,:but, they bad not proceeded far in their, investigations before the canoe capsized, ' and most unceremoniously precipitated the bffl clal.representatives of the Navigation Cpm pafiy iutd tho .stream! Two' of them were nearly drowned,.but tbeothera effected an easy escape to-the shore, They subsequently ad journed t<r the nearest refreshed the “ Inner” and the “onter man,’’laughedheart ily over the adventure, aud then quietly sought their.respective homes. ’ . , ~u - * Vflatevdr may have been the opinion of the committee, concerning- the Improved naviga tion; oftheriyer, after the praekicai 'exernpU- Kc.itiob :of its 'cap&cities which they fiad.tbus received, !t is certain that their report did not ! dampeb tha ardor of the'CbaVCottipariy; ! They, bad agaih resumed operations it the mine, awl under the directions - of Mr.- Cist, were then preparinga 9det bo despatched at the- eat!le»t‘.fteshet,'Wo the Lehlgh andDela ward rivers; for the city Of Philadelphia. ' ;The coal .was, hanlcd to -the banks of the river by horsesjandintho spring of 1803 six arks,cbn tainingpohe hundred tons of coal each, were ready for the royage. _ V . < The descent of the river, for the first fifteen miles from' Manch Chunk, was exceedingly rapid, the : fali being some three hundred feet. It was a lright and cheeribl morning, after the stream had attained the usual, high-water mark, that the arks were cut loose, and, each six men, began at; oncoltbe de,. sceuj ‘pf the rapids.;. - Now the torrent roars— the waves and whirls dash madly aronnd the boaU; the men at the oars, With faces wild with, animation and excitement, and with .mus cles full distended, run to and fto upon their narrow , platforms) the pilot, with enejgetic motions and .speech, addresses' the steersman —tbo ..steersman, with like gesticulation and vehemence ofymanner, responds to the pilot— and then all hands make desperate plunges at the oars INow tlie boat, slinking and cracking, swings ..its cumbersome form around a villa inons rock; now it aheers off, in a conntcr-cur-; rentjtowiid theslioro, and tbenbendingrouhd, again dashes forward into the roiling waves, when —cr-a-sh! je-booral it-rises Securely upon a ledge of rocks half concealed beneath the guribce of the water f A moment serves to 1 contemplate the wreck, and then the men, seiz ing oars and ptank, make good their , exit ;to - the shove— leaving its broken and disnac-mbered ark to' its fate, and the cafgo to the curious speculations of the cat-fish and ,eels;.; Of tho six which embarked, but two reached'Phils-; delphia; and even these presented a very dllapi dated4ppearance.:Thocoal,naturSllycnougli, excited aomo attention j- but it seems that pnr- ! chasers were not numerous, and - tho demand was .for Specimen lots'only. After keeping the stock on hand for a comMerable time, a salo was finally effected to thudnunlcipal authorl' ties,, who were then worKSfca' steam-engine in Broad Street, to pump uper into elevated tanks for the supply of the'city. 4 Bnt all their ; attempts l to bum ft proved unavailing. 1 ' Ois -1 gnsted. with what they esteemed' a bnisanco, they,'caused what remained, ot it to. be broken up' anU, scattered over .tho foot-walks - of, the grounds. And here and thus ingloriously ter minated,; for a period .of seventeen yews ftence ensuing, the operations of the Coal-mine Company.”,; ‘ ; • ' - ” The brief Una romantic experience it bad tiraa undergone, one might readily infer, would have checked the ambition of others disposed to embark in -the same business. ;:Snt Some men arefond ofadventnro,and there isalways ' a degree of fascination in mining pursuits.— When, therefore, coai Was found in 1810 in the Vicinity of PuttsvlUe/l frififiber Pf; aaUguine ' individuals again idehtlfl*dthemseiye* with the discovery The blacksmitha bl theneiihbor ho6d;e*peHme»4ed;Mpon!|&?*itiL«mpOKMlth complete foMd cxtrapidinMy/be^jinjg'p^war^^tfd.’Whcurlng rive fimetojiwflto v«tte » »Jw**-thflW he ftave' Witiwtood its flune; and xs there •mteiM’Mho earthly donht,as to. tbf.reaj r 2 f - « ' It enlyre-'- . milned to devise some process for burning It j wlthiUcillty. -' J ‘ . Intheiutuqm,of,l3l2, a pqefog ’W* ; M4.- , in¥klMelphia to' adopt , measures ft’ r . i proVeM'enf df the nirigattbn of the Schuylkill, to tho ’City,' and might be rahdercd inuchmorq so In.view oftherecehtdlscovet'y of cOal-mlnes at itaheodd’Acbarter wasgwited }n 1814 jtb-i joStoetc6mpatjy,;»ei,operationa were snbseouently begun to WPtSVO ft w proposed. In the mean time, no Uttle Interest had - boon awakened on.tho; subject of coal In Schuylkill County, no diubt In consequence of the sue; cesswhich attended its use there by the black smiths •, and-the late-Colonel Georgo Slioe maker,whohadmade openings on his lahdls near Bottsytllo; Was pursuaded to send a lot of it to Philadelphia. Ho loaded eight or ten Wagons in 1817, and then set but, at the head' ofniS toanjs, full or hope and honest confi dence. But the previous failoro of the Le high coal Was 'still within the Memory of many, persohsy and the'Colonel was received-with some coolness, if notwitb rigid' scrutiny. Ho wasqiiestioned by obe, and- cross-questioned by another ;';but unreservedly guaranteeing to ail as hodid,-that the “stones’* -w'ould-burii, he began to enlist some customers.' 'Several' tons were disposed of to the nail-works at Fair mount ; three or.four tons, wont to Dolaware County, while the balanoe wes sold out in sblull quantities to blacksmitha and private consumers' in the city, A few individuals who had thus pnrohased, and whb bad heard of the , Lehigh affair, djd not sUccdodin Igniting it, and the mult was that they become highly indignant., Instead of receiving any commiseration from, their' friends,* they were rather taunted tor their'verdancy-in being made the dopes of a transparent Dutch knave and swindler!. The, btorm gathered'So suddenly, 1 and began to rage With Such toy around the pq°r Colonel, that ho had tardy tinlo to niako a retreat. IV rits E been lashed for his arrest on the chargo of idling, and he evaded the «lynx-eyed vigl ie« of the officers of: the law by describing 1 a circuit of some fifteen miles radius on hls re-‘- lurn home. Bat while the affair 1 was ■ Still the iown4alk/an incident occurred which 'com pletely toned the tables upon the quidnuncs; 1 and placed the Colonel and his coal in a favor able light-before the world. Tile-proprietor at the Falrmount nail-works, with some of his men,’had .been engaged'during' the whole morning in the vain endeavor to fire up a to- S' ace with the (Co, al.y -They tried every possi-' le expedient which skiU and ‘experience in other fuelscould suggest. - They raked it, and, they stirred it up, and poked it, and blew tre-' inend'onsly upon it with blowers. They per severed in the;task—they manipulated with 1 homage/with desperation—but it appears that aU would not dp.; At length the signal for din-, her was given and, utterly aickand tired ofthe stones, and with no complimentary epithets, tho menshut fast the furnace door, pulled on, their coats, and proceeded-: to their meal. Re turning at -the usual time, their consternation May be imagined as they beheld the furnace door red hot, and the flrewlthin seething and! roaring like a tempest I, .They stood before it like men paralyzed, and' when, after a time, they could summon courage enough to pry. bpen tho door, tha.white' glare -of the flames Was beautiful to . behold., Never before had such a fire been seen. And ifrom that moment the secret of treating'anthracite coal -become known —it only required to be iet alone; 1 The result of this trial having been com municated to the press it) Was:soon after fol lowed by other reports of Similar satisfactory character. In fact, as the learned Dogberry Would -hate remarked, " the coal having now provpditself to be ! coal, it came near being* thought'so.” ! The Schuylkill navigation, although com pleted in 1818, was in siioh bad repair, that, for several, years following, it was practically use less for cbid transportation. The work; proba bly as the natural'concomitant of the want of Capital add experience at that,early, day, was incomplete, and unable to withstand the vio lent freshets to which the riycr was exposed. But by this'timo wood and lumber hod advanced rapidly. InValne—the former sometimes bring ing sixteen dollars per cord in Philadelphia The forests In the vicinity of the larger towns wero fast disappearing; the suffering of the poor, during the Inclemency ol the winter, became severe and unavoidable, and the neces sity fot providing a substitute for wood was -. rendered daily more apparent. -' Under these circumstances our friends of the “Lehigh Coal-mine Company” appeared once more in the field. They shipped, in 1820, •865 tons, and in the year, following, 1000 tons. In 1822 their shipments reached 2210 tons, and in 1828 It was .again doubled. This looked a little.like business; and the two companies, in view of the brilliant career now opening before them, determined to merge themselves into one corporate body, under the title of the “Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company,” and! supplying'themselves'-frith a. large addi tional capita), they, entered at once upon the Execution; of such works of improvement as Were deemcd esSentlal to the future accommo-, nation of the increasing trade. As nature Uad not tonished atbadeqtiato supply of water tp the' Lehigh to maintain an even and regular, stake, if became necessary to resort to artifi cial contrivances to chpck the rapidity of its Sow. This was accomplished by the construc tion of dama in the mountain division, in which were erected sluice-gates, by whose aid -the water, could be. retained in pools until re quired for use. ’When the dam or pool became frill, and the water had:ovieriiowedlong enough for-the lefels below to' adq&ire the usual depth/ the slutcefgates wero let-down; and the coal; boats,- Which were kept In readiness, passed over the dams in the artificial floods thus let lose. • ■■■ ■ _ Upon the completion of too Pennsylvania ' Canal, In 1831, toe Lelilgh was converted Into o, slack-water navigation, with locks and tow iqg-path for boraea. It has been operated in ftis way ever .since, with ho leas" advantage to the public than to’ the company themselves. - [Another Important 'improvement was the construction of arailway, nine miles In length, from tho river to their mines on toe summit ot the mountain. This was begun in January, 1827, and finished in the month of April fol lowing—the route having been previously used as a i wagon road. With the exception of a similar road in the quarries of Quincy, Massa chusetts, It, was i the firet railway operated on the American'continent. And although it was .not intended for miscellaneous traffic, it may S termed the nucleus around which subso. cutly sprang into .existence toe magnificent railway net-work that nbw binds together, in iron grasp, the States.of the Federal Union. ;In 1830 tho annual production of the Lehigh Company .exceeded 41,000- tons; in 1840 it had swollen to, 225,000 tons; and in 1860 to o^er-722,90ft '.tons;' .The, cost of maintaining horse-power‘on" their .railway for a trade d such magnitude became a very serious Item. More',than five hundred animals, with perhaps one-fourth that number of drivers and grooms, were at one time employed in the service of hauling,.back to tho mines\the empty ears. And as-locomotive, power was not .thought practicable, on a; road of such severe grades, it was determined that another track should be built for the return of the empty-.cars, to [ be operated both by gravitation' and sta tionary steam-power. : The ahutea for trans ferring. the ooal from the cars to the bins were accordingly abandoned (or partially, so,) and, by means of an inclined plane,, the loaded cars themselves are now sent down to the canal, where, supported on trestle-work ■erected over the bins, the coal is emptied into them directly from ihe'ears. : The empty cars are then hauled to the foot at another plane a short distance- above,-Where they aro hoisted to. the very peak of the mountain, accomplish ing a height of over 760 feet perpendicularly, in. a length ot 2,250-feet, of- plane. Arrived’ut the summit Of the’mountain, the cars descend for a distance of six’ miles by gravitation, and • thbn mounting another plane again,descend. to, the mines. ‘ with th 6 did of three planes, and toe steam machinery which l operates them, the whole, business of transferring too coal from the mines to the. canal boats-, and of; re turning tho'empty cars, is, how performed, and that fn a,very safe, expeditious, and economl . cal manner. - ■ tlntll thd year 1847, the Lehigh Company procured all the coal which they sent to market from their celebrated open quarry on the sum mit of Sharp Mountain—being the identical vein of deposit originally discovered by Gin ther. This quarry for many years constituted a great curiosity, dud, in connection with tho gravity railway, attracted thousands of visiters. The vein of coal, Including the accompanying seams of slate, wail at one apot. nearly soventy /bet in thickness, though, the average did not probably exceed-fifty feet. Tho excavated portion embraces an area of ten acres, and from tois scburCo. there were mined and sent away shout 850,000 tons of coal. Estimated at tho • ordinary vuluo of,coal as it lies in tbo ground, 1 viz., thirty cents per ton, the revenue actually ; derived from these ton acres (as the landlord’s [ royalty) would ho $265,000, or $26,000 per i acre. The coal trade of tho Schuylkill region commenced in ‘1822, when fifteen hundred ton’s were shipped to Philadelphia over tho Schuylkill Canal. This work, however, stili continued in a bad condition for navigation until, itf 1825, it underwent some important repairs. In-tbat year the trade reached 6,600 tons, and in the following one nearly 17,000 tone. In ; 1827 the production was again doubled, and the shipments from the two re gions amounted to more than 60,000 tons. The coal trade had now been thoroughly inau gurated. I/carth-grates and stoves of an im proved structure, expressly adapted to the use of. anthracite, were everywhere introduced, and its future destiny as a mineral fuel became id once' ns' plain' as ’ the noonday sun. The public miqdwas.not only, aroused,- tpit become, ;iitea»ly,eXejtod upon tod 'suiflect. .The val leys and motmtalns.oi toe Schuylkill were ex plored, and wben it was, ascertained,that a, vast extent of cqnnfrrwpurtdea intoc/com* ftutlble-iitwt the' iLiinqtify’was seemingly in extamtible—toat'lnatcadofbut tfo or ftree veinsi-toerewerelniallprdl^hnityajhtmdred, and ttifito'cd'ftriftiditiysAetototo tonnwgettoß aU this became ttani- Spe-'ipeenlative spirit which burst forth .*aw*ljria6W«iy Sound ,a .t * ’ Within a period ofsixmontbs from the be* Mnningt oft toe speculative movement (which epstiaaftl With’ fctote' or Wsfafctjvftr fdfthree iff - .- a. -i i tilt ctT.-i i;<n.-• ,>> i' ‘ .Yhe.p: years), neariyfive millions of dollarffhad beett invested In tho coal-lauds of Schuylkill county. The same tracts' which were purchased in 1827 for -five,hundred dollars, in, some instances wore'spjd, jn 1829, just before' tho bxoitbinent began to subside, for sixteen thousand; and those figures will indicate the rise and culmi nating point of the.whole movement. Now, so Ikr as tbq lauds themselves were concerned, thsyhad really never attained their intrinsic value; but it so happened that before anything could be realized from them, it was necessary to , construct improvements, both of a public and private character, to develop their resources. Up to the present moment, more than $75,000,000 have been expended in the railways and canals that convoy tho coal of the several regions to market; while ten. millions, additional have been appropriated' to works of n local nature, including the machinery to get out tho coal. It'was in the bxeoution of those essential, and, in most casos, preliminary im provements, that many of the original actors m tho coal trade became involved beyond their means; and after yours of intricate and per plexing financial manoauvring (“enough to break a royal merchant down”) the sheriff had to stop forward to tholr relief. While all the coal of the Lehigh was pro cured from one spot, and under the direction of one company) the case was entirely reversed in the' Schuylkill. Here, although two mining companies had been organized, the trade was in the hands ol individual operators; and it affords a significant, comment on the pro gressive spirit of the age, (though by no means a flattering one upon the energy of tho “pioneers” themselves,) that it then re quired about the same number of master col liers to produce 100,000 tons as aro now en gaged in the annual production of nearly 2,000,000 tons. But as the business of coal mining was new, they probably pursued the wisest course in embarking upon it in amodbst way. The leases of the operators usually covered a “run” upon the out-crop, or strike of the vien, of from fifty to seventy yards, with an allowance of sufficient space to perform the necessary ontsido functions of. amine conduct ed bn strictly ancient, principles. The pits varied from thirty to forty feet in depth, and the eoal was hoisted in wooden buckets, by means of a rope:and windlass. The same « machinery” drained the mine of water, unless the influx was extraordinary, in which emerg ency its abandonment became a matter of ne cessity. A few of the more enterprising ope rators—such as had a « run” of one or two hun dred yards on the vein—erected gins, and raised their coal and water by horse-power.' These,! however, were the Napoieons and Oresars of the trade, and thought nothing of shipping two 1 or three thousand tons per annum. Scattered | along the hill slopes, in the vicinity of Potts “ coilicries”at a glance, scene which they presented was both uniqueand interesting. The coal was 'hauled* away in.wagons,' and de posited bn the wharves of the Schuylkill, where it passed through the hands of tho shipping merchants to' those of tho consumer. While the trade itself was small, the profits were not io he despised; atoll events, eveiything pro ceeded choerfhliy and satisfactorily until, in 1880, tho market became suddenly and unex pectedly overstocked. The increased produc tion was frightfhi, 63,000 tons over the previous year. The market was utterly unable to bear it, and a panic immediately ensued in the trade. The prices fell'to a ruinous figure; the “paper’.’ of the shippers had to “lie over under protest,” and, as a natural Tesult, operations at many of the mines had to be summarily discontinued. Picks and shovels, ropes andbnekets, werehas ■ tily disposed of at a sacrifice for cash, and not 1 a few of the operators took passage on the tow ing-path, of the Schuylkill for snob regions of country as afforded a safer immunity from the liability of Imprisonment for debt tbanthestat utes then in force in Pennsylvania. Therewas consequently in the following year a large di mirmlion of tho production, both in the Lehigh and the Schuylkill; but this was counterbal anced by supplies from the Lackawanna, which had then but recently'gone into operation upon the completion of tho Delaware and Hudson Canal. Tho whole increase, however, was only 2,000 tons against tho 08,000 of tho previous year. Bat the introduction of railways between tho mines and the docks of tho canal, together with some marked improvements in the mode of mining the coal, again revived tho trade in 1832, when the shipments exceeded 209,000 tons, being an increase over tho last year of 117,000 tons. As it was difficult to relieve the mines’ of their water after the shafts had at tained a depth of forty feet, that plan of ope rating them -was generally discontinued in favor of horizontal drifts pr tunnels. The mining leases, at the same time, were more comprehensive in their scope, and embraced a far greater length of vein than formerly. We believe it was in 1836 that tho first mine was sunk below the water-level. Before this time, singular as it may now appear, it was generally thought that the coal did not extend iilelow the base of tho mountains. But experi ence has since demonstrated that not only do the veins pitch down to a great depth “into the bowels of the earth” (often, indeed, to an unknown, if not an impracticable depth), but that by far the largest portion of tho ooal exists holow. The cars of the Beading railroad and of tho Schuylkill navigation are sont over tho lateral railways to the several mines, where they are drawn under toe shntea of the breakers and filled. They are then brought back to the landings at Port Carbon or Schuylkill Haven, and if toe coal ia to be shipped by canal, it ia dumped Into the dock slm{es or directly into .the boats,; arid if by railway, then the cars are rearranged into trains for port Bichmond, Phil adelphia, or intermediate stations. The cars being labelled in numerical order, are consigned by toe operator by the numbers which thoy respectively hear. Two tickets are filled up, one of which is taken by toe conductor of the train, and serves to identity the cars and the coal at tho welgh-scales, while toe other Is retained by toe operator. After the weight is ascertained new bills are made out, one of i which goes to toe receiver of the ooal, and tho other to tho proper officers of the railroad at the point of delivery. The cost of transporta tion over the Beading road ia usually about two cents per ton per mile, and is always col lected from the receiver of the coal; while that of the lateral roads, varying from ten to thirty cents per ton, according to toe distance, is paid by tho operators. There are five or six of these lateral roads owned by as many differ ent companies, and all operated with profit to the shareholders. Their main trunks connect with tho Beading railroad and the, docks of toe camtl, front which they diverge and radiate into numerous branches to too mines. There are more than one hundred such branches, having an aggregate length of five hundrcc miles, including about one hundred and fifty miles under ground. The Schuylkill coal basin is supposed to con tain thirteen distinct seams of coal. At one time it was thought' to embrace a hundred' or more, but this originated in mistaking the dif ferent out-crops, where thoy only described sad dles, for so many veins. , The combustible qual ities of the coal are divided into three classes, [ determined by the color of their ashes—the low- or voins producing white, the middle gray or pink, and tho upper rod ashes. The first is pre ferred for smoking and puddling iron; the se cond for heating ihjrnac.es in houses, end the third for grates and cooking. But besides the marked differences in these three varieties in the economy of combustion, there is alsoaiocai difference in tbo character of the coal from the same veins i thero is, in fact, all the difference in the qualities of coal that we find in different kinds of wood. Besides the distinguishing col or,of the ash, the coal graduates from a soft, I semi-bituminous at the Susquehanna, to a free burner on the Swatara—a fine, compact, and hard coal at the Schuylkill, to an exceedingly dense variety on tlio Lehigh, (and this is the strongest anthracite coal ever found on the faco of the globe.) North of. the Schuylkill aro the basins of the Mahanoy and Shamokin; while east of them are several small detached ones, as tbo Hazle ton, Boavor Meadow, Buck Mountain, etc., all of whose coal (cxcopt the two former) is ship ped over tho Lehigh Canal and the Valley Kailroad. The coal of, tho Mahanoy is drawn over the Broad Mountain by means of steam inclined planes, and reaches the Atlantic markets via the Schuylkill: that of Shamokin descends the Susquehanna River, or goes north via tho Sunbnry and Elmira railways. North of all these basins lies that of Wyom ing—beautjful.alike for Us unsurpassed scene ry, its romantic settlement and history, ami, to tho geologist, for tho regularity of its coal measures. Liko tho Schuylkill basin, it ,is about five miles in width by nearly Bcvcnty in length. The Lackawanna Crook drains tho eastern portion, and meets tho Susquehanna river in tho contro of tho basin. Entering the valley from the north, tho rlvor abruptly changes its conrso toward tbo west, and then glides down tbo middle of it some ton tailcs below Wilkosbarro,wlieroitagaindoviateB | from the canal, and passes through tho Nanti coko Mountains. Tho coal of tho Lackawanna has several outlets i tho railway of the Pennsyl vania Coal Company, tho Delaware and Hudson Canal, and the Delaware, Lackawanna, and SVestera Railroad, lust completed, are tho av enues to the Atlantic markets, while tho N orth BranchCanalsuppliestheinterioreountry north and west of Scranton. A cross section of the Wyoming basin in the vicinity of Wllkesharre exhibits five or six distinct but gently-sloping axes, the southern one being comparatively level, and the coal lying near to the surihee. The whole basin appears to be remarkablyfreo from disturbance of any kind. In tho vicinity of the Nantlcokeywhere the measnresbogin to rise toward their western termination; tho veins of coal occur in great purity and extraordinary thickness j and tho excavations of the Grand Tunnel, and those of. the Baltimore Company, near WilkeßbaiTO, are nothing short of a phy sical phenomenon. A stage-coach, a locomo tive, and a'train might bo driven through the excavated avenues of these mines. The prin .cipal yein etrNautlcoke l? thirty-flye feet thick/ at WflkMbarre twenty-eight, piUson fourteen, and Scranton about ten feet. The veins, it thus appears,: thin 1 but toward , their hast etn termini, and most, likely; come, closer together.'Tbeßaltimore mines have been ■ worked for nnany years, and it is worth a .jqutney across the Atlantic to see them. The hut the - top coveitog taviug Increased i' n thlcknassiwlth thtf'slop© of it ©Vaa found more economical -topursue-the 'coal. Under ground, as in the' case-or taeLohlgb mines. The measures having been thus' cut down perpendicularly, six or seven openings were made into tho coal, and upto the Jtroseut moment we are informed'tbat aßont, twenty five acr« hive been excavated.' Jrrobably not more than two-thirds of tho coal/howover, has been removed, as it was necessary to leave largo masses of It remaining to support the overlying rock and 50i1.,, The light admitted by those openings reveals several acres of tho interior, aild there appears before yon a stu pendous forest of rounded pillars of coal. Tho scene thus presonted is ono of thoso things whioh neither pen nor pencil can portray s it must ho seen. Tho roof is some twonty-fivo foot above the floor, and it is not only per fectly smooth, but often has tho glossy polish peculiar to the laminated slates. Tho mino is. free from water, and tho air pure and invigo rating. Tho cost of cutting the coai ia as near nothing as a combination of favorable circum atances could approach, while there ia appa rently enough of it to supply the civilized world for ages to como. Indeed, a casual in spection of this monster vein, which also exists in the Schuylkill and some of the other basins, will dispel all apprehensions as to the exhaust ihility of our anthracite coal-fields. But, large as these fields are, they are hut the mere outlyersof the still more stupendous ooal formation of the Appalachian chain of moun tains. This vast bituminous region, including the basins east and west of the Missouri river, contains at least twice the aggregate amount of workable coal of tho rest of the known world combined; and lying, as it does, mainly within the valley and tributaries of the Mississippi, its commercial value is entirely beyond the scope of arithmetical computation. The whole country, from the Gulf of Mexico to that of the St. Lawrence and Newfoundland, origi nally comprised one grand coai-fleid. i)e tached portions of it are scattered along.the Bio Grando and Chihuahua rivers in Mexico, as well as upon some of their branches in Texas; numerous isolated beds occur on the Bed and Askansas rivers; while fkrther,north lies that of Missouri, separated from' the Illi nois only by the Mississippi and Missouri riv ers. The southeastern point ia pierced by the Ohio, aud it approaches within sqrae fifty miles of the Allegheny ooai, which, lying in a position nearly north and south, runs parallel with the Atlantic plain for a distance Of seven hundred and fifty miles. On the eastern slope Sf the mountains are tho isolated beds of forth Carolina, Virginia, Maryland,, and a portion of the semi-bituminous, bituminous, and the great , anthracite basins of Pennsylvania. It originally traversed portions of. New York an'd the New England States, where small de posits and traces of impure coal are foujtdpbut the invasion of the sea, in its northern course, has overflowed the beds, leaving thoso of the British provinces literally to emerge from the water which surrounds them. Pennsylvania, of itself, has a greater area of coal than ail England, Scotland, Ireland, Waleß, Spain, France, and Belgium united. It Is only exceeded by the British provinces, whose coal is hut the terminus of our- own formation. They contain acoal area of 18,000 square miles; Pennsylvania has n surface of not quite 14,000, or nearly one-third of its whole area. Large as this body of coal land seems, some of the other States exceed it,' though none of them have anything like the number of distinct ooal veins or aggregate thickness of coal. It is estimated that wo have in all the States ofthe Union upward of 160,000. square mileaof coal; but .Pennsylvania is the only State which affords all the different Varieties, as red, gray, and white ash anthracite, apd eemi-bituratnous, bituminous, and cannot coal. Our anthracite fields are the great depositories of that description of fossil fuel on the globe, 4nd ns they are nowhere surpassed In quality, quantity, or' accessibility of the coal, they must ultimately be looked to for the supplies of a largo portion of the civilized world. miscellaneous. Homestead fob $2,00! land dis. TMBimoNSI CHANCE fOK POOR MEN!! The Northwestern Mutual Land Bcuegt Association Will make a grand distribution of 430,000 worth of reaV estate and maps to its members. The number of mem hem is limited to 10,000. $2.00 and fire letter stamps per membership, or a share. Any Individual sending $lO and tho stamps, elisll be entitled to six shares; or say peroon sending $lO with six names, with the address of eaoh, carefully written, shall bo entitled to six shares. The distribution will be made In Chicago, Sept, 20th, The following ia tho real estate to he distributed ; No. 1. An improved farm of 80 sores in Cooke Co., lUlnols, slued at $3,000 No. 2. An improved farm of 100 acres in White sides Co., Illinois, valued at 3,000 No. a. An improved farm of 160 acres In White. aides Co., Illinois, valued at 3,000 No, 4. An excellent private rosldense in Duhoque, lowa, valued at - 3 QOO No, 6. 100 acres superior farm land In Cooke Co., Illinois, valued at 2,000 No, 6. ICO aores woll pine timbered in Wanpaoca Co., Wisconsin, valued at 2 s ofo Ho. 7. A good lot a&4 cottage residence ia Chi cago, lUtnoia. Yftlaed at 2 ,000 No. 8. 160 acres superior land in Whitoildea Co., Illinois, valued at • I.QOO No. 0. leO acres good land ia Ohippemur Co.. > Wisconsin, valued at , qqo No. 10, 160 acres good laad la Chippewa? Go.. > , Wisconsin, valued at 4 &6ft No. 31, 360 sores good food Jo Chippewa? Co,, Wisconsin, valued at 800 No. 12, 160 acres good land In Dunn Co., Wls consin.valued at 800 No. Vi. s 0 acres good land la Marshall Co,, lowa, valued at 600 No. 14. 80 aores good land in Marshall Co , lowa, valued at cuo No. 16, 80 actes good land lu Marshall Co,, lowa, 'valued at 600 No. 19. 40 acres good land InManhallOo,, lowa. valued at goo No. 17. 40 acres good land In Linn Co., lowa, val ued at 300 No. 16. 40 acres good land In LmnCo., lowa, val ued at 800 No. 10. 40 acres good land in Linn Co., lowa, val ued at * 800 No. 20. One building lot in Dubuque, lowa, val ued at 300 No. 21. One building lot In Sterling, Illinois, valued at goo No. 22. One building lot in Sterling, Illinois. Valued at goo No. 23. One building lot in Sterling, Illinois, ! valued at goo No. 24, 46acres farm land In Grant Co., Wiscou. sin, valued at goo No. 26. 40 acres farm land in Grant Co., Wiscon sin, valued at 300 No. 20. 40 acres land in GrantOo , Wisconsin. valued at 240 No. 27. 40 acres land in Grant Co., Wisconsin, valued at 240 Ne. 28. 40 acres land in Crawford Co., Wisconsin, valued at *2OO No. 29. 40 acres land in Crawford Co., Wisconsin, rained at 200 No. 30. 40acres land inOrawfordOo., Wisconsin, valued at 200 No. 31. 40 acres land in Monroe 00,, Wisconsin, valned at 2GO No. 32. 40 acres land in Monroe Co., Wisconsin, valued at 200 No. 33. 40 acres land in Jackson Co., Wisconsin, valued at 200 No. 34. 40 acres land in Jackson Co., Wisconsin, Tallied at «00 No. 36. 40 acres land In Bad Axe Co., Wisconsin, valued at J6O No. 30. 40 acres land in Bad Axe Co., Wisconsin, valued at, 160 No. 3T. 40 acres land lu Bad Axe Co., Wisconsin. • valued at r - 160 No, 38, One lot in Fniton, Illinois, valued at 160 No. 39. One lot in Fulton, Illinois, valued at 100 No. 40. One lot in Fulton, Illinois, valued at 100 The distribution will be conducted fairly and honor ably. The names and address of stockholders shall bo written on as many small cards as they have shares, and the whole placed in a box, and the first name taken out shall be entitled to the improved farm No. 3, in the above list, and the next taken out will be entitled to No. 2. and so on until the 40 Items of real estate are all distributed. Thou to each of the remaining 14,960 stockholders will be sent a cheap map of a Western State or Territory. A full account of the distribution will be forwarded in a printed circular, to each member of the Association, with the names and address of such as may receive the real estate—to whom also the deeds will be sent and immediate possession given. Bach ap plication must be accompanied with $2.00 and five letter stamps. Address LXNDBLL, JONB3 k CO., gu-33 Chicago, Illinois. ftHOIOE FARM LANDS FOR SALE.— V THK ILLTNOIBOENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY la now prepared to ae)l about 1,600,000 sorts c* choice Warming lands, In tracts of 40 acres and upwards, on ong credits, and at low rates of Interest, These lands were granted by the Government to aid In the construction of this JUad, and are among the richest and most fertile in the world. They extend from North-Boat and North-West, through the middle of the State, to the extreme South, ami Include every variety of olimate and productions found between? those paVallols of latitude. The Northern portion is chiefly prairie, interspersed with Sue groves, and in the middle and Southern sections timbor predominates, alternating with beautiful prairies and openings. Thu climate is more healthy, mud and equable, than any other part of the country—the air is pure and bra cing, while Uviug streams and springs of excellent water abound. Bituminous Goal is extensively mined, and (applies a cheap and desirable fuel, being furnished at many points at 12 to $4 per ton—and wood can be had at the same rate per cord. Building Stone of excellent quality also abounds, which cau be procured for little more than the expense of transportation. The great fertility of these lands, which are a black rich mould, from two to Are foot deep, and gently roll Jog; their contiguity to this road, by which every fael Uty is furnished for travel and transportation to the principal markets North, South, Kant. West, and the economy with which they can ho cultivated, render them the most valuable investment that can be found, and present the most favorable opportunity for persons of Induitrlons habits and small means to acquire ft com fortable independence in a few years. Chicago Is now the greatest grain market in tho world; and the facility and economy with which the products of these lands can be transported to that market, make them much more profitable, at the prices askeu, than those more remote at government rates, as tho addl tlonal cost or transportation Ik a perpetual tax on the latter, which must bo borne by tho producer, In the re duced price be receives for his grain, 4c. , Tho title is perfect—aud when the dual payments are made, deeds are executed by thr trustees appointed by the Btate, and iu whom the title is vested, to the pur chasers, which convey to tlftm absolute titles in fee sim ple, froe and clear or ewery incumbrance, lien or mort gage. The prices are from fd to $3O: Interest only S per et. Twenty pec ct. will be deducted from the price for cash. Thosi who purchase on long credit, give notes payable in two, three, four, five and six years afterdate, and are required to improve one-tenth anuually for five years, ao as to have one-half the land under cultivation at the end of that time. Competent surveyors will accompany those who wish to examine these Lands, free of charge, and aid them in making selections, The Lands remaining unsold are as rich and valuable aa those whioh have been disposed of. SKOTieNAL MAPB Will be seat to any one who will enclose fifty cents la postage stamps, and books or pamphlets containing nu merous instances of successful farming, signed by re spectable and well known' farmers living in the neigh borhood of the Bailroad Laqds, throughout the Slate— also the ooit of fencing, price of cattle, expense of hay. vesting, threshing, etc.,—or any ether will be cheerfully glvenon application, either personally or by.letter, la .English, French, or GormAoV addnksid 1 to . i ", SfOHN-WILSON. ' Laud Commissioner of the Illinois Central b. B. 00. 1 Office in Illinois Qentral Bailroad Depot, Chicago, Il linois, . apl, tolfßTlA ANDrAffiRIOAS7SPARRED XV CQRDAOS.—a superior article. manufacture 'and for mis by WEAVER, MTLBB A 00., aafi.tt N 0.23 N- Waterat., lc 23 N~WhatTiii. OIVE HUFTY’fJ AMERICAN MANU -JJf FAOTUfIgp.STEEL MM **■«• 407 OHBBT SDT Strett, abor* fourth. J 1 per gnu. ■ - »ul-lm V IKURPIA, 1 , %,.1857. SAVING fund-five PER CENT. IN. WREST-NATIONAL BAIKTY TRUST COM .STREET SODTH-WEST CORNER OF THIRD, rHILADELPHIA. Ispo*ro»AT»D ay TBS Srlis or Pksbbtltamia. Money W received i a any sum, largo or small, and In terest paid from the day of deposit to the day ©f «inj - dtawal,. The office is open every day from 0 o’clock In the morning till 7 o’clock in the evening, and on Monday and Thursday evening,, till 9 o’clock. All sums, large or small, are paid back in gold on de mand, without notice, to any amount. L. BKNNBR. President, BOBEBT BKLJKIDGB, Vice President. Wm. J. Ron, Secretary. „ w f Dißaotona; Hon. Henry L. Benner, 0. Landreth Munus, WfArdL CArter, p. Carroll Browater, Robßrt SsHridK., Joseph B. Barry, Baml. K. Ashton, Henry L. Ohuxciiman, James B. Smith, Francis Lee. This Company confines its business entirely to the receiving oj money on interest. The investments, amounting to over ’ ONE MILLION AND A UAL? OF DOLLARS, are mad. In coufojmlt, with the provisions of 1 the Charter, in BEAL ESTATE MORTOAOES, GROUND RENTS, and such first class securities as will always in. sure perfect isecurltj t„ the depositors, and which can. not rail to give permanency and stability to this Insti tatl°n' aul-Iy SIX PENNY SAVINGS FUND, Corner of fIfTH ftnd-WALNUT Streets, Open daily-, from » to 3, and on Tnerdaj- pod Pridar Evening!. until 8 o’elock. Urge or e, ntl !i bum received, and paid with opt notice with FIVE PRR CENT. INTEHeST, by check or otherwise. JOHN THOMSON, Preset. TICK PRESIDENTS, THOS. T. TASKER, IJDwfN M. LEWIS. BSORBTIBT AHD TBBABDRXB, WM. T. ELBERT. ’ TSDSTSKS. Wo. 0. Lodwig, D. 0. Levy, Charles E. Lex, A.Mlskey. Israel W. Morris, Jr., Wm. Neal. Thos. Neilson, ThomasS. Need, if. D. James Russell, Tho». P. Spatliavrk, Oscar Thompson, Peter Williamson, Isaac 8, Waterman, Charles T. Yerkes. Jobnß. Austin, John E. AdiicM, Salomon Alter, M. W. Baldwin, ' William Clark, Ephraim Clerk, Jr., 'Charles B. Oaratalre, Bobert Clerk, A. J. Drexel. Charles Butllh, Wm. B. Foster, Benjamin Gerhard, John Jordan, Jr., Lewis Lewis, Jr., aul*3ra NO. 88 (241) DOCK STREET—FIVE PER OENT. STATE SAYINGS JUND. flV o*' 0 *' 83 < 241 ) DOCK STREET—FITE Y PER CENT. STATE SAYINGS FUND. )TV°- 88 (241) DOCK STREET FIVE li 1, PERCENT. STATE IIVO. 83 (241) DOCK STREET FIVE ;lY PER PENT, STATE SAYINGS PPNP, aal-Iy fjIIVE PER CENT. SAVING FUND, ;JL' N. 11. corner of OHESNUT and TENTH. 1 AUTHORIZED capital isoo.w. Chartered by the Btele of Pennsylvania, 1855. Deposits received dally from 9 to 4, and paid os de mand, with interest. r Deposits received from merchants and others, payable iby checks on sight. ! Interest allowed on the average balances. JOHN MILLfiK, President. JOS. W. SOUDEB, Tice President. t J. L. HUTCHINSON, Secretary. aul-lm eIHOKL V, MBBRtCE. , J. TAUQHAM MSBBIOK. WILMAK JJ. KBBBICC. CJQTJTHWARK FOUNDRY, S 3 FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, ' yHILADBLFHI.,. ; , MERRICK & SONS, l* ENGINEERS AND MAOHINIBTB, fttamifactnre High And Low Pressure Steam Engines, for Land, JUrer. ana Marine service, i Boilers, Gasometers, Tanka, Iron Boats, &0., Oast* Inga of all kinds, either Iron or Brass.' ! Iron frame roofs for Gan Works, Workshops, Railroad Stations, 4c. Retorts and Gas Machinery of the latest and most improved construction, Every description of Plantation machinery, such as Sugar, Saw. and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open Steam Trains, Defecators, Filters, Pumping Engines, Ac. Sole Agents for N. Rlliieux’s Patent Sugar BolUng Apparatus; Nasmyth’s Patent Steam Hammer; J. P , Rots' Patent Valve Motion for Blast Jtachlnery and Steam Pumps. ! i Superintendent—B. H. BARTOL | JMCHAKD WORMS & SON, LOCOMO- BTEAM ENGINE BUILDERS, IKTBSTiSHTH STREET, HAMILTON, FAIR VIEW AND » . BPBlfta QARDEN STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. Engawd exclusively in the manufacture of LOCOMOTIVE STEAM ENGINES. Manufacture to order Locomotives of any arrange* meat, -weight or capacity, for the use of Wood or Cokt, Or Bituminous Coal in its crude state, or ANTHRACITE COAL, WITHOUT SMlTflira SKOKB, GAB OR FIRS. In material and workmanship, the Locomo tive* produced at these Works are equal to, and not ex* celled by any. The materials used in construction are made on the spot, and insure the best quality and most reliable stock. The large extent of Shops, and Com plete Equipment of Machinery and Tools, enable hem to execute the . 3EST OF WORK WITH GREAT DESPATCH, OP ANY ARBANOEMBNT REQUIRED. CHILLED CAB WHEELS, HAMMERED AXLES, With Forgings of any site or form, IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS. And MACHINE WORK generally. , RICHARD NORRIS. HENRY LATIMER NORRIS, aul-ly PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOIL ER WORKS. REANEY, NEAFIE A CO., PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, BOILKRJMAKKRB, Haring (or smuaj year? been is successful apentlo a, and been exclusively engaged In building nod repairing Marine and Hirer Engines, high and low pressure, Iron Boat*.Watering propellers, Ac., fro., respectfully offer their services to tho public. &• being/ally prepared to contract for Engines of all sites, Marine, Hirer, and Stationary. Haring sets of patterns of different sites, are preratfea to execute orders with.quick despatch. Every description of Pattern-making made at the shortest notice. High and-Low Pressure, Pine, Tubu lar and Gylinder Boilers, ot the best Pennsylvania char coal Iron, forgings of all sizes and kinds; Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions; Bell Turning, Screw Cutting, and all other work connected with the above business. Drawings and specifications for all work done at their establishment free of oharge, and work guaranteed. The subscriber* have ample wharf dook room for re pairs of boats, where they can lay in perfect safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, faUs, dec., Ac., for raising heavy or light weights. THOMAS HEANEY, JACOB O. NEAPIS, JOHN P. LEVY, aul-y BEACH and PALMER Streets, Kensington. Handy & morris— MANUFACTURERS OP CUMBERLAND WROUGHT IRON TUBES FOR GAS, STEAM OK WATER. ALSO, GENERAL IRON COMMISSION MERCHTS. Warehouse 8. E. corner FRONT and WALNUT. aul>3m Nineteenth century»—the GREAT REMEDY OP THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IS THE IMPERIAL DEPURATIVE. ' This Is now the great standard remedy for diseases or the Blood , Stomach and Liver. If you have a Cancerous or Scro/u/ou j affection, at once use the Imperial Dipurative. Tsffer.—Are you troubled with this obstinate and uu rteasant disease l Use tho Imperial Depurative. Try >ut one bottle. Have you White Swelling, Hip Disease, or Glandnlar Swellings? The Imperial Depurative will effect a core. Try It. For Pimples, Blotches and Eruptions of the Skin gene* rally, you have a prompt and certain remedy in the Im perial Dep«rof<ve. One bottle will eatisiy you of its efficacy. Use the Imperial Depurative, If you would have a cleai*, healthful, and beautiful complexion. Use the Imperial Depurative for a diseased state of the'Livtr or Stomach. For females of a weak and debilitated habit and shat tered nerves, the Imperial Depurative is just what Is required to re-invigorsU the frame and restore the ner vous system to a healthy state * We know the full value of this great remedy, as we are using It every day lu an extensive practice, and see Hs great curative powers manifested in numerous cases. We know It has no equal in this country. The careful preparation, great purity and strength of the Imperial Deyuraltve renders lsrge doses or long continued use of it unnecessary. It acts directly upon the diseased part, and It Is not necessary to wait months to discover the benefits to be gained. If you wish to purify and enrich the Blood , and pre vent disease, as well as cure it at this season of the year, use one or two bottles of the Imperial Depurative, and we will guarantee its beneficial effects. Prepared by p r . LOUNSBERRY A CO., and for sale at the Principal Office, No. 00 North Fifth street, three doors below Arch, where patients may consult Dr. L. daily, free,of charge. The Imperial Depurative is the great remedy of the nineteenth century. aul-tf TTEr.MBOLD’ 3 GENUINE PREPARA XJI TION, Extract Bucbu, removes all the symptom, aqjoug which will he found Indisposition to exertion, Um of Power) Loss of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing, GriMrelWenkness, Honor of Disease, Weak Nerves, Trembling, Dreadful Horror or Death. Night Sweats, Cold Feet, Wakefulness, Dimness of Vision, Languor, Uqivoml Lassitude of the Muscular System, often enor moUh Appetite or Dyspeptic Symptoms, Hot Hands, Flashings of the Body, Drynons of tho Skin, Pallid Oouuten&nce, Eruptions on the Face, Pains in the Back, llosvinesaof the Eye Lids, frequently Black Spots dying before the Eyes, with temporary Suffusion. Loos of Sight. If these symptons are allowed to go on, which this me dloino invariably removes, soon follow Fatuity and Epi leptic Fits. HELMBOLD’ 8 GENUINE PREPARA TION, Extract Buchu, for all Diseases of the Blad der. Kidneys, Gravel, Dropsy, Nervous and Debilitated Sufferers. IP YOU ARE SUFFERING WITH ANY of the above distressing ailments, use HELM BOLD’S PREPARATIONS. Try them.andbeconviucod of Uieir efficacy. HELMBOLD’ 3 GENUINE PREPABA BATION, Extract Buchu, “Give health and vigor to the frame, And bloom to the pallid cheek !” And are so pleasant in their taste, that patients be eomofond of them. ■ TELMBOLD’ 8 GENUINE PREPARA JL JL TION. Extract Bachu—See overwhelming eviden ces which will be produced to show that they do great good to all who honor them with a trial. Evidence open for the inspection of all. HELMBOLD’ 8 GENUINE PREPARA TION, Extract Buchu.—Price fl per Bottle, de livered to any address. Depot, 628outb TENTH street, Assembly Building, below CHESTNUT street, Philadel phia, Address leUers. H. T. HELMBOLD, 02 South TENTH street, below CHESTNUT, Philadelphia. Bold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Beware of Counterfeits, au7-3m» NO. 442, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MARKET and FIFTH Street. Gentlemen's Best Patent Leather Gaiter Boots, it t« Calf do. “ “ Patent Leather Oxford Ties. (i tf Calf do, do. “ “ Patent Leather and Calf narrow strap Shoes. . Boys’ and Youths* patent Leather and Calf Skin {falter Boots and Shoes, aul-tf For sale by ALL STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES. —JOSEPH H. THOMPSON & CO., No. 314 MAR KET Street, and Nos. 3uU SRAN&I.IN PLACE, have now in store ft large and well-assorted stock ol ROOTS and SIIOEB, of City and Eastern manufacture, Tfhlch tbey Offer for sale on the best terms for o ash, oi on the usual credit. Buyers are Invited to call and examine their stock, attl-dtf , spHABLES P. CALDWELL—Wholesale and Retail WUlp and CANE Manufacturer, No. 4 North POtTßTH'fetreet, au4 •FLOORING BOARDS—2B)6BO feet Caro X 1 lint flooring boards, afloat for sale by MißTXff * MAOALISTBR • att i •' 1W tfoitti Wa^rftmt. fonrinog iFuni?, «n& Iron. SMITHS AND FODNDBBS iUebicinea. jUoota onb Sljoes. OKO. W. TAYLOR. Snsimmc? Cmnyanua. WTEPTtim INSURANCE COMPANY.- I” OFFICE «41VAMOT St., jPriaklln Bolldlow. • „ ZIRB AND MAHINE INSURANCE. CAPITAL $lOO,OOO, WITH PRIVILEGE to INCREASE TO (00,000. This Company is now fully organ'sed, and prepared to make all kinds of Insurance against loss or damage by rire and Marine Perils, at current rates. OFFIOEBB. H. 0. LAUGHLIN. President. RICHARD SHIELDS, Vice President GEO. SCOTT, Secretary, ’ B > DIBEOTOBS. H. 0. Laugblln, D. Shanrood, Win, Osborne, Richard Shields, T. F. Shewell, George Minuter, W.c. Stotesbury, R. M. Carllle, 0,0. Butler, Geo. Scott. [au!9*y Howard fire and marine in- SURANOE COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA ‘ yBAKKLIN BCILDINGS, No. 94 WALNUT BTREET. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $600,000. a a (j r ?, LL AM °W* 80BS08IB8D.) Invested as follows: ' J - First Bonds and Mortgages on Property in the I ‘. City of Philadelphia . ma Stocks worth par 1. .222*100 Cash on band.,, *..!.! 61’190 Amount secured by Stock notes...,, ..,,*,****)* 190*000 Araountflf Stock due oncaU ffl ., _ *600,000 This Company effects insurances on Buildings, Mer chandise, Furniture, Lumber, Ac.; on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight, to all ports, and by Railroad, Lakes, and Riven*, at the lowest rates, and upon the most liberal terms, guarantying Prompt Payment on the adjustment of losses. i Ujr“Porpetual Insurance made upon the usual terms. DIRECTORS. P.M. Potts, Was. F. Leech, . 0. E. Spangler, R. T. Keasil. Abr»m.Rex H. H. Houston, Wm. H. Woods, Jos. R. Withers, George Howell, Abrtm. P. Eyre, J. Edgar Thomson, W. Balguel, O. G. Sower, Charles P. Norton, • John W. Sexton, John H. Lewars, Herman Haupt, James E. StilesJ Nathan R. Potts, H. N. Burroughs, PERCIVAL M. 10TTS, President, 0. E. SPANGLER, Vice Pres’t., W. H. WOODS, See., AnglB«ly R. T. KENSIL, Treasurer. qPHE QUAKER CITY INSURANCE J. COMPANY. Office No. 408 (late 92) WALNUT Bt. Capital and Surplus, *250,000. This Oompany continues to make Insurance against loss or damage by Fire an# the Perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation and Transportation, at current rates. OFFICERS. President—GEO. H. KART Vice President—E. P. ROSS. Secretary and Treasurer—H. R. COGGSHALL. Assistant Secretary—S. H. BUTLER DIRSOTORB. George H. Hart, E. W. Bailey, E. P. Ross, Charles G. Imlay, A. 0. Cattail, Wm. D. Lewis, Jr., IMvwdSj J. L. Pomeroy, John G. Dale, • Andrew R. Chambers, Hon. Ilecry M. Fuller, H.B. Coggsh»U, Foster S. Perkins, Samuel Jopea, M. D., John H, Ohambere, A. F. Cheesbrough. anS-ly - PHILADELPHIA FIRE AND LIFE IN- A SURANOE COMPANY, incorporated by the State of Pennsylvania in 3848, are now established in their NEW OFFICE, No. 433 CHESTNUT Street, where they are prepared to make ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE, from LOSS BY FIRS, on property of every description, in Town or Country, including PUBLIO BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS STORES, WAREHOUSES, FACTORIES and MANUFACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, VESSELS, A*. 'Also, MERCHANDIZE of all kinds STOOKS OF GOODS, Stocks of COUNTRY STORES. Goods on BTORAGE or in BOND, BTOOKS and TOOLS of AR TIFICERS and MEOHANIOS; FURNITURE, JEW ELRY, FIXTURES, Ac., Ac., Ac.. Ac., at moderate rates of premium, and for any period of time. This Company refer tor their, past career as an ample guarantee for the PROMPT SETTLEMENT of all their LOSSES. There are at'this time no unsettled Claims against them. ROBERT P. KING, Pres’t. M. W. BALDWIN, Tice Pres’t. Faawoia Blaosbprsu, See*/. . aul-Sm. Life insurance and trust com pany .-tfhe PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Southeast Corner of THIRD and DOCK Streets. Capita1,*512,725 03. , INSURES LIVES for short terms, or for "the whole term of life—grants annuities and endowments—pur chases Ufa on- interests In Real Estate, and makes all contracts depending on the contingencies of Life. They act as Executors, Administrators, Assignees, Trustees and Guardians. MONEY ItEOBITED ON DEPOSIT Inanj amount— Fire Per Oent. Interest allowed from date of deposit, payable back on demand without notice. ASSETS OP THE COMPANY, January Ist, 1857. Loans of the State of Pennsylvania, Phila delphia Oitr, Peon’a Railroad, Camden and Amboy Bailroad, and other Loans $179,885 88 Bdudr, Mortgages and Real Estate 117,137 19 Stocks in Banka, Insurance, Gas and Rail road Companies. . Premium Notea and Loans on Collaterals Cash in Bank, due from Agents, Inter est, Ac Guarantee Capital, Subscription Notes, $711,225 03 DANIEL L. MILLED, President. SAMUEL E. STOKES, Tice Pres’t. John W. Hoknor. Secretary. sul-ly ROTIC t'IRE INSURANCE COMPA NY, NEW YORK.—Office, No 20 Wall street, ad. joining the Mechanics’ Bank—Cash Capital. $250,000, with 0 surplus, this Com pan/ injure Buildings, Mer chandise, Furniture, Vessels in port and their Cargoes, and other property, against Boss or Damage 1/ Fire and the Blekfl of Inland Navigation. DIRECTORS. Henry Grinsoll, Joshua L. Pope, Caleb B&ratow, Rufus R. Graves, Henry O. Brewer, Henry Davis, Edmund Penfold, C. H. LUUnihal, Hanson K. Corning, Theo. Polhemus, jr. Ogden Haggerty, Elisha E. Morgan, Thomas Uonagan, Abm. R. Tan Nest. John U. Earle, William A. Cary, Albert Ward, Thomas 8. Nelson, Charles Easton, James W. Phillips, Louis Lorut,' Charles A. Mac/, Samuel G. GUdden, Edward Hlncken, Steph. Cambreleng, Wm. E, Shepard, Thomas Scott, Charles L. Frost, John Ward, Lothrop L. titurgei, Henry K. Bogert, William B. Fosdick, Peter £des, Emery Thayer, Benjamin u. Field, Geo. Westfeldt, A. R. Frothlngbam, Zalmon Taylor, Thos. F.Youngs, Henry K, Blossom. Samuel t. Mitchell, ALBERT WARD, President. BtOHAtn A. Oakut, Secretary. au 10«ly MANUFACTURERS’ INSURANCE ifJL COMPANY.—Charter Perpetual, Granted by the State of Pennsylvania. Capital, SSOO,(NX). Vita, Marine, and Inland Transportation. DIBXOYOSB. Aaron S. Llpplncott, Charles Wise, Wm. A. Rhodes, Alfred 'Weeks, Charles J. Field, James P. Smyth, 'Win. B. Thomas, 3. Rlnaldo Sank, Win. Neal, John P. Simons, AARON S. LIPPLNCOTT, President. WM. A. RHODRB, Vice President. ALFRED WEEKS, Secretary. J. W. MARTIEN, Barreyor. This Company was organised with a cash capital, and the Directors hare determined to adapt the business to its available resources—to observe prudence In conduct ing Its affairs, with a prompt adjustment of losses. Office No. 10 Merchants’ Exchange, Philadelphia, aul-dly tilmmuxTiNsa >F PHILADKLPUXA.—OfBce vppoaHetheßxchange. MJL □argoes. and Freights. IN IN RISKS, per Railroads, irtl&ges. Idert annually among the Aa t cases of loss. toss. The mehcanth RANCE COMPANY 01 No. 222 WALNUT Btreet, oj RINK RISKS oo Vessels, C LAND TRANSPORTATIO] Canals. Boat*. and other cm ALL THE PROPITS dlrl< nured, and ample security In fiiBBO Edward Harris Miles, John M. Odenheimer, Mahlon Williamson, Samuel J. Shirple**, Isaac Jeanes, Henry Preaut, Edward O. James, William t. Springs, Franklin 0. Jones, Daniel Haddock, Jr., William Taylor, James Murphy, Win. F. South, A. J. Antelo, Samuel L. C EDWARD HAi ALFRED FAS! Jobn 0. Karisa, Secretary Thomas T. Batcher, Algernon E. Ashburncr, Alfred Foaslti, Thomas 3. Foster, Gustavos English, James 11. Stroap, Alfred Slade, A.G.Cattell, Charles B. Carstairt, Samuel Robinson, JohaC. Kcuer, Jobs P. Steiner, Henry Crambo, Wn. J Caner, Irtutiborg. IRRIS MILES, President. 58ITT, Tice President. tj. ftUl-lj CHARTER OAK FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY 09 HARTFORD. CONN. Cwh Capital $300,000. Losses ia Philadelphia and vicinity adjusted at the Philadelphia Office. By leave we refer to D. B. Brown A Co.. Phila. I Hod. Joel Jones, Phlla. Chaffeea, Stoat A Co., il I Hon. Rufus Choate, Boston Hacker, Lea & Co., “ I Hon. T. 8-Williams, Hart’d We have facilities for placing any amount of Insu rance In the moat reliable Companies. PHILADELPHIA GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY , No. 413 told No. 146) CHESTNUT ST. THOMPSON & ROOD, Agents. COMMONWEALTH FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OP TUB STATE OP PENNSYLVA NIA.—Offic*. N. W. Corner FOURTH end WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia. Subscribed Capital. $600,000. Paid-up Capital. *200.000. DAVID JAYNE, M. D., president. THOMAS 8. STEWART, Vice Pres’t. SiMC*L 8. Moow, Secretary. aul-ly Philadelphia type foundry— N. W. Oor. THIRD and CHESNUTBts. I PELOUZE & SON, thankful for the liberal pa tronage heretofore accorded to their Establishment, and desirous to merit its continuance, would announce to Printers and Publishers that their new SPECIMEN BOOK is now ready, and from their increased facilities, are now prepared to furnish every thins necessary in a complete Printing Establishment, at the shortest no tice. Their long practical experience In the bualoeM, and the fact of their personal superintendence of the manufacturing department, justifies them in asserting that they can furnish a more durable and better fin ished article than their cotemporsries. Those, therefore, who desire Printing Materials, would do well to apply to them previous to purchasing elsewhere. , Old type taken at 8 cents per pound, fa exchange for new at specimen prices. aul-tf Harness, saddles and trunks, LACEY A PHILLIPS. Nos. 11 and 10 Bouth SEVENTH street, above CHESTNUT, have manufac tured, expressly for the PALL TRADE, a larger stock of superior Harness. Saddles and Trunks, than any other house in their line, and having reduced the mode of manufacturing to such a perfect system, they are be yond all competition for quality, style and price. P. S.—Country Harness makers can be supplied cheaper than they can manufacture. aul-im THE ADAMS EXPRESS CO., office, 820 CHESTNUT STREET, forwards PARCELS, PACKAGES, MERCHANDIZE. BANK NOTES and SPECIE, either by its own LINES, or in connection with other EXPRESS COMPANIES, to all the principal TOWNS and CITIES of the United States. E. 8. BANDFOKD. General Superintendent. ABRAM SLACK—ENGRAVING* DIE Slnklug and Embossed Printing, Envelope and Seal Press Manufactory, 87 Strawberry Street, between Sccoud and Third, ana Market and Obeatnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. aulS-ly SHARPE’S MEN’S AND BOYS’ OLOTUIKQ, 118 North FOURTH Street, between Arch .ad lUo*. auO-ly CSARDINES. —I(XJ cases of 60 half boxes K 7 each, iu atore »nd for sale by ’ HENRY SOULEN * CO., aa 0 Nob. 221 aud 223 S. Fourth street emES—RAILROAD SPIKES AND CHAIRS constantly on band. Orders received for Llebt Railroad Iron—2B lbs., 83 lbs., 40 lbs. per yard. “ HANDY & MORRIS. 8. B. corner Front and Walnut. IVOTICE—THE BUSINESS OP TWELLS 11 & OD., and J. W. GaSKILL & CO., will hereafter be conducted under the style of TWKLUs, GASKILL A GALVIN, at No. 6 and 6 8- Whams, and No. 828 N. Wharves. aui-lra Hotel and summer ranges.— Sold by CUADWIOK & BRO., SW N. SECOND St. .gglS-Smoß. >BB—l7 Dales Carolina Moss, tor sate by MARTIN A MACALISTRB, 319 North Water Street. BW. TINGLET & 00., BANKERS. • No. 87 Sooth THIRD Street, Philadelphia. COLLECTIONS promptly made on alt accessible potato to the United States and Canada. Stocks, Bonds, &0.. Bought and Sold on Commission Uncurrent Bank Notes, Checks. Ac., bought at the lowest rates. ■ - Deposits received and Interest allowed, as per agree neat, tollfe iOLtrcmN PROPOSING . AjtENO - -.B?TSTOTHSCONBTITUION OS TBB oQM jaottwefith, ~ . -• • 'jßisolked bv tkt B*tuii**nd Hon it %f ttv«t of \Xe Commonwealth of PtfJMUffc&n&e <?#»• ttai As§Mtymit; Ttofc'flie following amftttflmeaU ire proposed to tkt Oowtltati*o of the Qwnopwilth. in accordance with the provisions of the tenth article thereof. 7IKBT AMEHDWIVT. There shall be an additional article to said Constitu tion to be designated as article eleven, as follows soviet* xi. OF PUBLIC DEBTS. SsctlOSl. The State may contract' debt*, to supplr casual deficit or failures ia men ties, or to meet cimo mb sot otherwise provided ‘ for; but the aggregate amount of such debts direct nod contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more acts of the general assembly, or at different periods of time,shall never ex. ceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the money arising from the creation of such debts, shall be applied to the purpose for which it was obtained, nr. to debts 00 contracted, and to no other purpose Bscriox 2. Xu addition to the above limited power, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the State in war,'or to redeem the present oatstanding indebtedness of the State; but the money arising from the contracting of suck debts, shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, ana to no other purpose whatever. SfiOTioufi. Except the debts above specified, in sec tions one and two of this article, no debt whatever shall be created by, or on behalf -of the State. Sbct(o*4. To provide for the payment of .the present debt, and any additional debt contracted aa aforesaid, the legislature shall, at its first session, after the adop tion of this amendment, create a sinking.fund, which shall ho sufficient to pay the accruing interest on such debt, and annually to reduce the principal thereof by a sam not less than two hundred and fifty thousand end ian ; which sinking fund shall consist of the net annual income of the public works, from time to time owned by the State, or the proceeds of the sale of the. same, or aajrjpart thereof, and of the income or proceeds ot sale of stocks ownMby the State, together with other funds, Or resources, that may be designated b* law. 1 The said sinking fund may be increased, from time to time, by ae signing to myrpartof the taxes, or other revenues of the State, not required for the ordinary and current ex penses or government, and unless in case of war, inva sion or insurrection, no part of the said sinking fund shall be used or applied <■otherwise than in extinguish ment of the nubile debt, until the amount of such debt is reduced below the sum of five millions of dollar*. Sbbtios 6. The credit of the Commonwealth shall not in any manner, or event, be pledged, or loaned to, any Individual, company, corporation, or association; nor shall the Commonwealth hereafter become a joint owner, or. stockholder, in any company, auoci&tion, ot cor poration. 1 ' Ssotiok 0. The Commonwealth shall not assume the dept* or any part thereof, of any county, city, borough, or teWnshlp; or of any corporation, or association; un less soch debt shall hare been contracted to enable the State to repel Invasion, suppress domestic insurrection, defend itself in time of war, or to assist the State lathe discharge of any portion of its present jtoficMedoeM. ■ t . Seotioh 7. The Legislature shall not authorize any county, city, borough, township,' or incorporated dis trict, by virtue of a vote of it* citizens, or otherwise, to become a stockholder in any company, association or corporation; or to obtain money for, or loan its credit to, any association, institution or party. sxooao Axaxmouv. There shall he an additional article to said Constitu tion,to be designated as article XII., ti follows: AZTCCtX XII. OP NEW COUNTIES. , No county shall be divided by a Him cutting off over one-tenth of its population, (either to form a new county or otherwise,} without the express anient of such county, by a vote .of. th*.electors thereof; sor shall any new,county be established, containing less -.than four hundred square miles. tuimb axuronar. i .Prom section two of the first article of the Constitu tion strike out the words, 11 of Ms Hty of Philadelphia, and of tack county respectively;” from section five, two article, strike out the words, “of Philadelphia and of Me several counties;” from lection seven, same l article, strike out the words, “neither the city of Phu lodtlphia nor any/’ and insert in lieu thereof the words,- “and no;” and strike out “sectionfour, sa*u article,” and in lieu thereof Insert the feUowing: • t “ Bxovioj»4, In the year one thousand eigbthundred and sixty-four, and la every seventh year thereafter, re presentatirsa to the number of one hundred, shall be epportioined and distributed equally, throughout the State, by districts, ip proportion to the number of t»y«- ble luhabitsnts in the several parts thereof; except that any county containing at least three. thousand fire hundred taxables, may be allowed a separate yepresen- but no more than three counties eh*» (m joined, and so county shall be divided, in the formation of a' district. Any city containing, a sufficient ntouber of taxables to entitle it to at least two represeotatives. shall have a separate representation assigned it, ana shall be divided into convenient districts 0? contiguous territory, of equal taxable population as near as may be, each of which districts shall elect one representative.” Attheendof section seven, same article, insert these words, “ the city of Pkiledslpkia shall to divided into single senatorial districts, of contiguous territory ns nearly equal in taxable population as possible, but no ward shall be divided in the formation thereof. ” The legislature, at Its first session, after the adoption of thU amendment, shall divide the city of Philadelphia into senatorial and representative districts, lathe man ner above provided; each districts to remain unchanged until the apportionment in the year one thousand eight hundred ami sixty-four. 81,720 98 183,692 01 vo cava xkkxdsisxv. 96,780 4T 100,000 00 There shell be an additional section to the first article of said Constitution, which shall be numbered and read as follows; Bsanos 28. The legislature shall hare the power to ; alter, revoke, or aural, any charter of Incorporation hereafter conferred by, or under, any special, or general law. whenever in their opinion U may be injurious to the citizens of the Commonwealth; ia such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corpora tors. —— Ia Suutx, March 29,1857. Resolved, That this resolution pass. On the first amendment, yeas 24. nays 7 { on the scocad amendment, n 23, nays 8: on the third amendment, yeas 24, nays n the fourth amendment, yea&23,nay* 4. {Extract from the Journal.] GEO. W.KAMEBSLY, Clerk. Ia vac Hons* ox Bsruaxxvxvms, April 28,155 T. Resolved, That this resolution peas. On tbs flnft amendment, yees 7s, nays 12on the aecocdameiMlment. yeas 67, nay* 84; on the third amendment, yaw 72, nays 22: on the fourth amendment, yeas S 3, nays 7. [Extract from tha JomraaL) JACOB UKQIiSB, Clerk. Filed ia Secretary's office, May 2,1857. J a/g. GU»Tnr, Secretary of the OaommnreaUh. Butmmt*fi Orrtca, Eamateansa, Jute 22; 1857. penntyhonia ss: I no certify that the above and foregoing is a true end correct« py of the original “Basolatiaaaropodngamend mwnts to the Constitution of the Commonwealth , ’* with the vote in each branch of the Legislator* upon the final passage thereof, aa appear* from the originals on file in this office. In testimony whereof I here hereunto set my [La.) hand end caused to be affixed the seal of the Secretary’s Office, the day tad year shore written. A. 0. Cuitfif. Secretary of the Commonwealth. lx BIX ATI, fffarcA ST, 1«7. The isolation proposing amendment* to the Confu tation of the Commonwealth be inf under oonaMetmtion, 0a the question, Will the Senate afree to the first amendment? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the pro* visions of the Constitution, and were as follow, rtx: YiAs—Messrs. Brewer, Browne, Coffer, Ely, Brans, Fetter, Flenuiken. Fraser, Ingram, Jordon, KlUinger, Knox, Leaboch, Lewis, Mjer, Scofield, Sellers, Shu* man, Steele, Straub, Welsh, Wilkins, Wright end Tag gart, Sptaker— 24. Nays—Meoar*. Crabb, CreeaweU, Finney, Gregg, Harris, Penrose and Soother—7. So the question was determined in the affirmative. On the question, Will Hie Senate agree to the second amendment* The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the pro visions of the Constitution, and were as follow, vis: Ysas—Mess re. Brewer, Browne, CressweU, Sly, Brans, Fetter, Finney, Flenalken, Ingram, Jordan, Knox, LaubachjLewUjldyer.SeDen,Shuman,Soother, Steele, Straub, Welsh, Wilkins, Wright and Taggart, Speaker— S3. Nato—Messrs. Coffey. Crabb, Fraser, Gregg, Harris, KlUinger, Penrose and Scofield—S. So the question was determined In the affirmative. On the question, Will the Senate agree to the third amendment ? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the pro visions of the Constitution, and were as follows, via: Yxab —Meesrs. Brewer, Browne, Crabb, Greeswell, Ely, Evans, flennlken, Vrner, Ingram, Jordon, KilUngtr, Knox, Lauboch, Lewis, Myer. Scofield, Sellers, Shamtu, Souther, Steele, Btrouo, Welsh, Wilkins, and Wright —B4. Nato—Messrs. Coffey, Gregg, Harris and Penroae I. So the question wu determined in the affirmative. Oa the question, WIU the Senate agree to the fourth amendment ? The yeas and nays were token agreeably to the pro visions of the Constitution, and were as follow, via: Yiao—Meson. Brewer, Browne, Coffer .Cromwell, Ely, Evans, Ilenulten, Fraser, Ingram, Killiager, Knox, Lsubaok, Lewis, M/er, Scofield, Sellers, Shaman, Souther, Steele, Straub, Welsh, Wilkins and Wright—23, Nats—Messrs. Crabb, Finney, Jordan and Pearce*—4 So the question was determined in the affirmative. Ik fix Hors* or RirxxsßKTArirs* > April », 1857. \ The resolution propoeing amendments to the Consti tution of the Commonwealth being under oaulderntion, On the question, Will the House agree to the first amendment ? The yeas and nays were token agreeably to toe provi sions of the Constitution, and were os follow, vis: Tbas —Messrs. Anderson, Arthur, Backhouse, 8011, Beck, Bishop, Bower, Brown, Qolhoon, Campbell, Chase, Clearer, Crawford, Dickey, Eat, Ejitor,Fanfold, Foster, Gibbouer, Glide*, Hamel, Harper. Heins, HlesUad, Hill. Hillegei, Hoffman, (Berks,) Imbrie, Innee, Jacobs, Jenkins, Johns, Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Knight, LeL senring, LoDrake*, Lovett, Man ear, Mangle, H'Calmout, M’llraln, Moorhead, Mamma, Muaseunan, Nichols, Nicholson, Nunemaeher, Pearson, Peters, Petrifcen, Pownsll, Purcell, Ramsey, (Yhlladelqhia.) Ramsey, (York,) Reamer, Reed, Roberts, Rupp, Show, Sloan, Smith, (Cambria,) Smith, (Centre,) Stevenson, Talon, Vail, Yanvoorhlf, Ylekers, Yotghl erJWel ter, Westbrook, Wharton, WUUston, Witherow, Wright, Zimmerman and Gets, Speaker—ls. Nats—Messrs. Backus,Benson. Dock,Hamilton.Han cock, If in®, Hoffman, (Lebanon, )Lebo,struth»n. Thorn, Warner and Wintrode—ft. - So toe question vu determined In toe affirmative. On the question. Will toe House agree to the aeeond amendment ? The yeas aud nan were taken agreeably to toe provi sions of the Constitution, and were aa follows, vis: Yeas —Messrs. Anderson, Backhouse, Ball, Beck, Bower, Calhoun, Campbell, Carty, Ent. Fatuold. Foster, Glides, Uomel, Harper, Heins, Hlestand, HlU«gas,Hoff’ man, (Berks,) Housekeeper, Imbrie, Junes, Jenkins, Johns,Johnson, Kauffman, Knight, Lalsenringer, Longa ker, Lovett, Moneor, Mangle.M’llvain, Moorhead. Mas selman, Nichols, Nicholson, Nunemaeher, Pearson Pe ters, Petriken. Pownall, Purcell, Ramsey, (Philadelphia) Ramsey, (York.) Reamer, Roberts, Hupp, Shaw, filoan. Tolan, Vail, Voeghley, Walter, Weotoroak, Wharton! Zimmerman and Gets, Spuahtr—67. Nats— Messrs. Arthur. Augustine, Backus, Benson Bishop, Brown, Chase, Clearer, Crawford, Eyster. Gib* boney, Uatuilion, Hancock, Hill, Hine, Hoffman, (Leb anon.) Jacobs, Kerr, Lebo, M’Calmout, Mumma, Eeei, Smith, (Cambria,) Smith, (Centre.) Btereneon, Struth ere, Thorn, VonroorhU, Vickers, WagonseUer, Warner, Wintrode, Witherow and Wright-44. 8o the question was determined lx the affirmative. On the question, Will the House agree to the third amendment ? The yeas and nays were token agreeably to toe pro visions of the Constitatfou, and were as follows, vis: Ykab.—Meers. Anderson, Backhouse, Ball, Beck, Benson, Bower, Brown, Calhoun, Campbell. Chose, Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Ent, Eyster, Fausold, Fee ter, Gibboney, Ilamel, Harperr, Heins, Hiestasd, Bill, Uillegss, Uofftoan, (Berks,) Hoffman, (Lebanon,) Housekeeper, Imbrie, Ines, Jacobs, Johns, Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Lebo, Longaker, Lovett, Manear, Maugle, M'Celmont, Moorhead, Mumma, Mauelm&n, Nichols, Nicholson, Nunemaeher, Pearson, Peters, Pet riken, Pownall, Purcell, Ramsey, (York,) Reamer Heed, Rupp. Bhaw, Sloan, Smith, (Cambria,) Smith. (Centre,) Stevenson, Toloa, Tail, Vanvoorhii, Vickers. Voeghley? WagonseUer, Westbrook, WillUtoa. With! erow, Wright, Zimmerman and Gets, Speaker—ft. Nats—Messrs. Arthur, Augustine, Backus. Bitoo* Ctriy, hodc, Gildeo, Hamilton, Hancock. nine j*? l kins, knight, Leluuring, MHlvain, Ramsey, (Philadel phia,) Roberts, Strothers, Thorn, Walter' Warmer Wharton and Wintrode—23. * * WiW * , » So toe question was determined In the affirmative. On toe question, Will the Houee agne to tho fourth imeodnot f ’rh.jeu.u4Mj> were taken ipMshlj to the pro. vision* of the Oonetltotlon, toil we u (olio-, ri.; Ymb—Mewre. Anderson,Arthur, Backhouse, Bukos, R*®*, Benson, Bishop, Bower. Brown. Calhoun, Campbell, Carty, Chase, Cleaver, Crawford, Dicker, Ent, Eyster, Fausold, Foster, Gibboney, GUdea, Hamel, Harper, Heins, Hiestoud, Hill. Kiltgas, Hoffman, (Berks,) Hoffman, (Lebanon,) Housekeeper, Imbrie, Innes, Jacobs, Jenkins, Johns. Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Lebo, Leteenring Longaier, Lovett. Manev, Maugle, R’Calmont, M’Hvaine, Mumma, Masselman, Nichols, Nidholson, Nunemaeher, Pearson. Peters, Pe triken, Pownall Purcell, Ramsey (Philadelphia,) Ran sey, (York.) Reamer, Reed, Roberts. Rupp, Shaw, Sloan, Smith, (Cambria,) Smith, (Centre,) Stevenson, Tblan, Vail r V*2vcelU>, VtdWsT Voeghley, Wsgonseller; Walter, Werner, Westbrook, Wharton, WUHsten, Witherow, Zimmerman, and Gets, Speaker—9B. Nats—Messrs. Pock, Hamilton, Hancock, Strutter*, Thorn, Wintrode and Wright—t. Bo the question was determined in the affirmative. B>CMTAST*BOm«, HAiaiai9AQ> Jon* SB, 4at tte *tOT« fongoiaffiiatnM u 4 the Commonwealths as the same espesra an tha ja». eft-ia^ssriirs hundred isd ftftj-Mm. A. O. CVMntT*^ *a3-m3m ScereUty of the Comiaqayetlk. fimlroa^a. EAttBOAB—THE X GMATOKSTBAL Effort, 'imwiiutti At Untie crate with VteteM, KerS-wMmrut &*th mtem Stette, bf ■ eont&twtti ffti. Steddw eonoHte it KtUburth «tth diiir'Hn*: •Jetawnto ill point, on th* «Wten> Ai.en, iad.< ClneUnd lid Sioduk, with Itnan to 111 MBtet “ahe forwarded to ud from thl SAKAI WEST. ." - S «W*EH PHILADELPHIA AED PIWS jSUMiIa. FIWT Cuss-Boots, Shoes. Hats, and 2S&2S&S* J«*a &**?* “* > ***&> [in boxes and. hales] Iwttm, Fua.Ae 75*. per l»lb Smcopo CIAM-wDemestie Sheeting, ' Shirting and (ia orirbui bake),Drags (Incuts), Hardware, - Leather, (in bolls ot boxes). Wool! - and Sheep Pelts,Eastward, Ac. Ae...AOe. per 100Ih Taiso CUtoS—Anrila, : Bfe*l, Chains, . . (in casks), Hemp, Baeeaafid Pork, . Sotted. (low* twin sacks), Tobacco, manufactured, (except Ctgare or cut , Ac.,Ac.,... 50c.,p*rl08B Focutr Cnisa— l Coffee, Fi&h, Baeos, Beef, and Pork, /in casks cr bone eastward), Lsrd andLardOlL Satis, Soda Ash, German Clay, Tar, Pitch, Bosin, Ac ........40c. per 100 lb Faoua—lsc. per bH., until further notice. Goats—Sfic.ner 100 lba., until further notice. Is shipping Goods from auy point East of PhSadeL be particular to JUXKpackage “ Via Priuuy/veato . Railroad” All Goode consigned to the Agents of this Bond, at Philadelphia, or Pittsburgh, wmba tomM without detention: - ruioar Anra.—Hinii, Wormier4Co., XnpUi, Tnaa.; K. *. SeMiCo., Bt.l/nue,®o.; l: S 4 Son, ETSuurille, Ind.; Dnmejnll, Bell 4 Morfock, Md Cimntee 4 Jewett, LoolerUle, Kr.: jg. 0. Met 4toju,ifadi»<i,in4.; H. W. Brown 4 Co . nut Irwin w - GroAun ACo ’zoneeriHe, fi 10 -!? 0 -« KllbretM,*, Baton: feeS k 04, So. S ArtorHonee,Hewfoek.Ko. 1 Wllliuait. SS,s°i l, B * tt 2 sr '•*“:»** V«k; B. J. Sneeder, Phlledelpbln ; Menraw 4 Keans, BeltEmore: J>. A. BUir*rtrPittab«gh, * * H. H; HOUSTON, Geoertl Freight Agent. PMUdelnhi*. H.J.LOMBAJ&T. ftiptiatofefe&t, Altoona, *%. 'IVEW-TOBK LIKES.—THE CAICDEH X * AND AMBOY BAXtBOAD AlH> FHILASjttPHIA AND TBENTON fiAILKOAD XJKES. PROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW TOM, AND WAT ’ liMYe U follows| Tis : gjM Atl A. SC., from Kensington Depot, rl* Jersey' City, Hail ..... ffcss At 6 A. Jtf., ria Csmden and Jersey City, How Jer sey Accommodation t% At 6 A. H, y Tin Camden and Amboy. Acc0mm0da ti0n........,.,, ...M.i.i..','.,,........... S M., Tie Camden sad Jeruy City, Horntaf At 20A: af., by steamboat Trenton, Tiooct and Jersey City, Xenia* Slim*.. 5 At2P. M.j ria Camden and Amboy, 0. aadA.Ex- Jffi ii. tin Camden sad Jersey* City*Kweping * At 3 P. M., vis Camden sod'Amboy, Accommoda tion, 3s* Oils# a AtdP. tt.,yia Camden sad Amboy, Aeocswaoda tion, Ist Class ..... 2 1 The 5 P, M. line run* daUj, »ii othin hnitf* JxMeß Line* atop at the nrloelpal atatiooa , Forßelridere, Xaaton, Ilemlngtou, und4P.M., front Walnutstreetwhai?. r«Wjt«e» Btroodißug Scranton,Wittaiarr Montrood.Gmiltol, fce., <4 < A. M., rt«lW*rur Lackawanna at VHtaniUlrud. for Freehnk, at 8 A. K. and* P. M. For Mount Hotly For Brtitol, Trento o^ and*P, M, For Palmyra, Han coca., Bororlr, Burlington. Barieo* town &e.. at 3 P.M. WAT LOT* For Mount Kelly, Burlington mad Way Staiicna ,at 5 gtaamboat RICHABD STOCK KM) for BnrUmtna ore! felstolatflf A. M . and lor Bordontonaadfiteino. dlatoplaoeaatSjaP * Bteamt>oat for Turear atlO and 11* A. M., and 4P. M.. and for BrtSS M*4 J. H. AU llnea, except 1 a. M., tom Walnut atiret wharf. iftj pound* Of b*gg»g« only a&owwi etd pee* sender. Passengers are prohibit*!, be** tatix* Jar thing m baggage hat their wearing apparel. aRUc* gage orer fifty pounds to bepaW &r extra. The Con pasj Jiaittbeir responsibility for baggage toaM «**»»» per pound, and wm not he liable for any axasu&t be yoßfi 1100, exeept by special contra*. .Wtt. H. OATQCtR, Agent C. iill CO. E. B. KOBBBUh Amt ihUaTTtr.B. BL 00. rfHAKGE 0? HOUBS.—PHILA.DKU \J phia, Wilmington and oaltdcosx &AXL* SO AD. On And after Thnndar, Jalr 2d, HA7. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE PHILADELPHIA Tor Baltimore at BA. M.,4 P. M. t (Kt|mrt J aad U for Wilmioctoa atB A.M.,1, 41* aai U P.K. for Heir C*rtUai|A.M.,laM. 4A9P.H. PorMiddletoVaai 8 A. H.a«d4J« P. M. for Dor»r at 8 A. H. asd 418 P. U. for Soaford at 8 A. X. asA 415 F. X. TRAINS POR PHILADELPHIA Leave Baltimore at 8.54, £xp»n,ll A.X.,wdsJB Leave WibaWon at 8 80 aad UAS A. nd 9 M P' f, LeaV« Now Cacti* at BJO ami JXM A. H., aa4»X • jf r Lear* K*Wl*Wii a* lf.» A; M. a»Jt *46 P. X. * Leave Dover at BAO A. IC. aad? P. M. Lear* Seated at r.OP A. AT. aad 4.08 P. K. DRAINS fOR BALTXMORR Leave TOmtegtoa at 919 A.M., SP.lt. aadlUf gUNDAYS otJ/ at 11 P. V. ftm FfcOadefetfe t» - ■ do. do. d£& P. M. fiom Baltiaoera fin Philadelphia. BALTIMORE AND HAVRE DE GRACE ACCOKMO RATION TRAIN Leaves Havre de Grace at 6AO A. X. Leaves Baltimore at 4AO P.Jd. Freight Train, with Piettiffr Car attached- wOl m as fellows:— Leave Philadelphia too FenyviUe and luteneedlile ptooaiat «BO P.M- Leare WOntingfeea for do. <te. ISO P. X. Leave Wilmington for Philadelphia at 6.00 P. X. anl-ly 8. X. FELTON, FnaUent. ttPßltfa AMR AN GEMEIfT,—PENN SYLTAKIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.—Rnuntog to direct connection with toe PITTSBURGH) FORT WAYNE AND CHICAGO RAIL* Tor OUdfiMti, Bft. Limb, lo«i«nU«. Krr Oricaai, 8t- PniL Tnrtimymj, CUrtUad, gm-rtT. T«rr» State, _ KtfbctcfS. Ib idnae« of «n otter loutoo oak of fbQeU|lu». Anni»f slat* evmettim vntk all tke Qrsat Wtst em Ra threads. THROUGH TRAINS Leave Philadelphia, for Pittsburgh and westers dttos, from the Pennsylvania Bailroad Passenger Station, south-east terser of EUTINfH snd MARK ITT ifmM, (eotxanee on Eleven tk street,} ai fallows .* Mail Train a at T_. A.K, Fast Line at 12 56. P. X. Rxprees Hail at U 00. Night. Columbia B. B. Lina leaves for Htniiboeg at 3J9 p. M., Lancaster )Aeceamodstian,) at A9O, P. X. The Express Mail rant daily, the other train*, Son davs excepted. For farther parti enlir* see haad-blfls, at the flftnai starting-points. Passenger* from the west will tndthi* the shortest and moat expeditious route to Philadelphia. Baltimore, New York or Boston. . THOMAS MOORE, Agmit. N Passenger Line- Pnnuyivsai* Railroad Co. Philadelphia, February, Uil. aal4y Philadelphia* gekxantoWj*' JT AND NORRISTOWN RAILROAD-SUMMER AB RANGEMRNTO. Os and after Maytth, 1967. FOB GERMANTOWN. Lear* Philadelphia at 6, T, 8,919-mi a., 10,1}W, A. U., and 1,3, MO min., 4,6,6, \ 1,9, Utf, P. M. Leave! Germantown at 0, T, 7-36, $, %-lo min., IBM. UK, A?M., 1. 2, MO ttia., 4. 6. 0, T. B,lo#, P. M. The 7-06 Wltxk, A. IC., wain tram Germantown, will aot atop at intermediate Statical. os traroin. Philadelphia at 9-90 A. 9,3,10,6-30 and Lost# Germantown at 0*90,9-10 A. M., 1*10,4#, $ 16, asdTP.M. CHESTNUT HILL RAILROAD. Leer* Philadelphia at 6.8,9*10 aln., UK A. M., % 4 6 8 9 P. H. ’ ’liWn jihitul Hill .t T-U, T-SS, 10-10. 11-10, nta.. A.M ,l-t0,3-10,5-K>, 1-40,10-10 mio., 1 11. 01 BCXOATI. L«*r« PhiU4»!jilil» u »•» A. k., *, tx «a 4 * r. U. Lt*n Cbootnot Hill .t S A. H.. 13-tO, 4-10, ud 040. PM On and after May 4th, 1867. FOB MANA7UNX, CONSBOEOCKXS, AND BOM RISTOWN. Leave Philadelphia at 0,9, and 11, A. M., and 3,4 V. OK,and 11#,P.mT **' Leave Norristown at T,9, and 11, A M ,2,*sdBjg t P. M. > OX BUI9AYB. Leave Philadelphia at 9 A.M., and 3 P.M. Leave Norristown at T A. M., and 8, P. M. CHESTER VALLEY RAILROAD,—FOR DOWNING TOWN. l**r« PhiladelpAl* tt 6 A. If., »aA 3 P. U. i*»*e Doimißjtowu »t 7y A. M.. awl IP. M. wl-lj HSNBT K. SJfITH. Gt&'l&ni. Depot, NINTH uA O&KKN strata, PkiUd«tpbi». ftfOBTH PENNSYLVANIA BAZLBOAD* it FOB BETHLEHEM, BASTON, ALLENTOWN, MAUCH CHUNK, WILKE&BAKRE, DOTLSSTOWN, Ac., he., THBOUGH TO BETHLEHEM WITHOUT CHANGE OP CARS. Oo and After Wednesday, Inly Sth. 1557. the traim on this Boad will leave ae follows, daily, (Sundays ex cepted : For Bethlehem, Easton, Allentown, Maaeh Chunk, Wilketbarre, Ac. ? via Lehigh Valley Railroad, Mutsisr Express, at 6 15 A.M. For Bethlehem, Easton, Allentown, Msaefe Chink, via Lehigh Valley Railroad, Evening Express, at 2 16 P. U. r ° r By E U P. M. train tele stage* at Iron Hill station. . D°7 l «t«wn, (Accommodation) at 846 A. M. and 4 P. 91. Jor o*xned4, (Aceomnieiitfon) >t 6 SS P. SI. . RBTU&NISO. Uxn BrtMsiem it 915 A. M. Md 3<4P. H. wili Passengers, via Lebirh Valley Railroad, from Easton, Allentown. blanch Chanh, WiUresharre, Ae., arriving in Philadelphia at 1210 M. and 546 P. M. Leave Doylestovn. (Aceommodation) at d 45 A. M. and 410 P. it. Leave Gwynedd, (Awommodatloa) at 6 60 A. M. J * I ON BCNDATS. Leave Philadelphia for Doylestown, (Accommodation at 8 K A. M. and 645 P M. Leave Doylestown for Philadelphia, (Aecommodatiw at 6 A.M.and3ls P.M., Fare to Bethlehem $1 ft Fare to Maucb Chunk . . 200 Fare to Wilketharre \ Psasenger Depot, FRONT and WILLOW Sheets aoMy ELLIB CLARK, Agent. AND ATLANTIC XAILROAD. \J —CHANGE OF HOURS. On and after Monday, Anrutt lfth, and until farther notice, trains for Atlantic Cite will leave Vine strwet wharf daily, (Sundays excepted.) First down passenger train will leare Vine street wharf at 7*30 A. M. Second down passenger train will leave Vine stneft rharfat4P. M> Freight trains, with passenger ear attached, 645 A. Returning, will leave Atlantic City as follows * First passenger train at..... <uao A*M. Second do...** 4AOP m Freight train. 12-30 P m' Win I..T* H*4<lonfl.l4 H t-M A. M . m 4 2 P if "S 1 * W -Point * oWnct.f ■to lnrot* 1U mio, Jc«. 1..—-1., Tli CoospMT will not lx nmntM» fix an, onUl t*adT»l >nfi tn STkar IHiiSl S K.ftUMB7S«SSr X^ l AM2StSfagaL ,u ' "w i.«.wH5-sjatak ImOHj,
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