cordially recommend him to'tho Democracy
for a re-election to that office.
On'mojion offAs, Cummings, Esq. of
rhilatlelpfa.ffe
esott-Thatla Committee of three
persons bo apjiointettto communicate to the
Presfdent and Vice-President of the United
States, the cordial and hearty concurrence
of tins Convention and the democracy of
ihis Commonwealth, in their nomination
for rc-clcction by the National Convention
at Baltimore.
Committee under thejabove Resolution,
'ALEXANDERjbUMMINGS,
BENJAMINiMlFFLIN,
WM. O.'ltEWE.
-On motion of'Rj Frszcr, Esq.
Resolved That the warm thanks of this
Convention be and they nro hereby voted to
Mr. John Williams, fortho use of his beau
tiful orchard and grounds, whore the Con
vention assemplod.
"THE RETURN HOME.
Thereflner assembled together and sc
paraledUso large a body of men with so lit
tle di5'rdcr and so little confusbn, as that
of Wednesday, the 5th of August. This
has been a standing theme of conversation,
and extorts praise from the lips even of our
enemies. To see the party which in the
language of one of the leading Harrison
whips, of this city, has "nothing but row
dies" in its ranks, adjourning after such a
day, with so little that any man could find
fault with, must havo astonished llio hard
cider boys in a gre3t degree. Thoy pre
pared to see every thing that was wrong,
and were ready to comment upon it.
Let Uiem copy after us, in our Convention
and they may regain some of their lost re
futation. I
Prom the 'Perry Freemen.
ANTHRACITE IRON. j
A contention is going on respecting the
relative advantages of Bloomsburg, Dan
ville, and PottSTille, for the manufacture of
Iron, with anthracite coal; and also, as to
whom rightfully bolongs the honor of first
applying it to that purpose. The last men
tioned part of the dispute we shall not
touch. Wo merely purpose to givo our
views of the respective advantages of the
several situations, each claiming for itself
superiority.
Pollsville urge3 the cheapness of her coal,
Bloomsburg the superiority of her Ore, and
the proximity of the water power of Fishing
Creek; Danville says she has tho iron ore
nearer the canal, than either of tho other
situations, and that her mors favorable posi
tion is established, by her having taken the
lead in the erection of furnaces; and the
Shamokin Coal company assert tho superi
ority of that location to all tho others.
Wherever tho aggregate cost of Ore, and
Coal, and Power, and Transportation, are
tho cheapest and best, there is the superior
. situation. It is an affair of demonstration,
t not of assertion.
We have paid some attention to this sub
ject. Pollsville has its very cheap coal.but
being destitute of the fine fossiliferous Ore
of the Susquehanna, we have supposed it
cannot stand the competition. The water
power of Fishing creek, and its excellent
ore, give Bloomsburg a decided advantage.
At Danville they mu6t work entirely by
steam; this will add twenty five per cent to
tho cost of manufacturing a ton of Iron, and
this is a disadvantage for which the com
pensation is to be found, if found at all, in
the ore being close to the canal. The situ
ation of Shamokin resembles that of Polls
ville; it is deficient in Ore. Tho conclu
sion wo havo arri-ed at is, that there may
be many situations on tho Susquehanna,
where Iron can be manufactured cheaper
than at Danville. If the united erpense of
Ore, fuel, power and transportation, is less
at Harrisburg, than Danville, it 3 then the
superior situation, so of every other
place.
We aro somewhat familiar with Iron
works in Perry County ,and we believe that
it presents locations for the manufacture of
gHlron, cheaper and better than can be found
'initlic United btatcs, east of the Allegheny
Weiliave up the Juniata and in the county
fossilifgrous oro, much of it of the finest
qualiiy,whir.h can be mined at less expense
than mat Biiuipnmsburg, or Uanviile. We
have the Anlliraeitc coal as near as either
of those placeSpfcTho expense of transport
to Tido water itrfrpin one to two dollars
less, and we have'biindanco of fine water
power.
We havo been quieft observers of tho
pretensions ot oilier .places, to superior
locations, and our conclusion is that in
some cases, it would be to 'tho interest o
tnose concerned, to auanaoir tjieir improve-
ments, anu seel; a location mIJbrry Coun
Those who work by steam, wouUl.save
abotltSG in makin? a ton of bar Iron ffrom
tho Ore, by water, instead of steam'rthey
would save near two dollars per ton in sen
Atnrr llinir flnn' Irk Pltlliif.lnliin.-Ill a nnnvt.
iui - ......i.v.fi.ia. tijc ut;mu-
ga'o of which would mora tharf, counterbal-
once any disadvantages belongitf to a loea
tion in this county. -
Let them obtain a grant from theLeeisla
hire, to d.im the Janiata near its month, to
which we suppose there would be no objec
tion; let tho water bo conveyed baejapf the
town of Petersburg, into the .I'ailewrof the
little Juniata, and a Poyver lirar once ob
tained, at a very cheiptrato, and almost in
exhaustible. We tlnhMhe principle sum
of half tho amount yearly expended, for
Steam at Danville, wdnlu effectually au
Guuipu&ii mm woik, anu trie canal or race
that would bring the water lo tho Mills,
would form a direct communication with
the Slate works:
But apart from this great resource, the
are other valuable water powers in tho
county. "
We have no doubt, that Anthracite coal
will perform a very important part in the
manufacture of Iron, while we are convin
ced, that much of the calculation respecting
it is false and visionary. A gentleman
William II. Philips, pass'cd through this
county last year, from the state of N. York
who stated, that he had Veen for a long time
smelting his Ore, with the charcoal of a
cord and a half of wood, charred in kilns.to
a ton of Pig Iron.
The Montebello Furnace in this county;
under the management of Robert S. King.
Efq. has been in blast almost a year, mak
ing uearly thirty tons of Pjg metal per week
and using less than n hundtcd bushels of
charcoal to a ton, This charcoal costs fioiti
fire to six cents per bushel.
At Danville, thoy suppose it would re
quire at tho least (including their steam
power) two and a quarter tons of Anthra
cite, to a ton of pig metal. But it is thought
it will require more. This quantity of coal
costs them at the furnace, six to sever, dol
lars. These facts which seem to admit of
no refutation, speak for themselves, and in
our apprehension, show conclusively, that
tho very great advantages, claimed for An
thracite Iron, ato visionary. Wc have with
in a few miles of this place, seven furnaces,
two of them on the east side of the Susque
hanna, all designed for charcoal. The
Caroline and Emmelinc are very favorably
situated on the canal; all may be easily
adapted to Anthracite, but thosa that have
woed and Oro convenient, have nothing lo
fear from the compothin of Anthracite.
In tho Duncannun establishment, wo hare
one of the finest Iron works in the United
Slates. All the operations for converting
the Ore into nails, aro thcro performed, and
calculated, as we understand, when com
pleted, to mako upwards of fifty tons of nails
per weok.
These works are already in operation;
and as wo have requested some of the
owners to give us a sketch of this establish
ment, we Jope at no distant day to resume
the subject.
It is well understood that the "Coal Mea
sures" yield Iron Oro, only of an inferior
quality: hence in the immediate proximity
of an abundant supply of wood, to the best
Ore, the charcoal rurnaces may m many
cases, have a decided advantage. As we
ee the subject adverted to in the papers, by
writers who seem to snppose,that the smel
ting of Ore with Anthracite, is lo effect a
revolution in the Iron business of this state,
and in late Price Current it is suggested,
that the effect is likely to bo immediate, wc
recommend the above facts lo the attention
of those who may take an interest in the
ubject, and we conclude by saying, that
there are many situations in Pennsylvania,
where Iron can bo made, in tlio old fash
ioned way with chaicoal, ch eaper than in
the most favored situations with Anthracite
and that the savings need not be expected
to exceed, from two to three dollars por ton,
when charcoal furnaces are at all lavorably
situated.
'ELECTIONS,-' -
The following tablo will be found useful
as a matlerof reference. It has been com
piled with great care, and is believed to be-
accurate.
Presidential
Election.
Nov. 2
THE CANADIAN CONVICTS.
A letter in the Montreal Heraid, dated
from Ilobcrl's Town, on tho 14th Februa
ry last, gives the first information we have
had of the arrival of tho political convicts,
from Upper and Lower Canada, at their
destined place of punishment. The letter
states that II. M. Ship Buffalo with the
convicts condemned for tbeir political opin
ion to "transportation." Left Quebec on
the 27th Sept. 1839, with Ml political pri
soners, ud irom Upper Uanada, chiefly
Americans, for Van Dicmau'6 land, and 53
from Montreal for Sidney. Saw nothins
remarkable on tho passage to Rio Janeiro,
where they arrived on tlio 30lh November.
After completing tho water and lefreslung
the crew anu convicts with iresli beer, sail
ed on the 5tli, and arrived there on the
11th February, 1810. The wriler adds
"the prisoners, on the whole behaved re
markably well; owing, in all probability, to
the very strict guard kept on tkem,' for the
Americans came on board with a most infa
mous character, as a most daring and vil
isinuiiB sei, reauv 10 saennce ineir lives
rather thi.ii bo transported. We fortunate
ly neiecieu a conspiracy among them in
time to prevent an unples3int affair, ihey
naving nau in agitation to rise against us.
They havo since been verv quiet. It was
reported before wo loft that eomo Ameri
cans, sympuhising with their countrymen
to do sent by tho Huff-iln, intended littinz
out two Baltimore Clippers to intercept us,
uut we did not meet or seo any thing suspi
cious." A Quebec paper hints that they
will bo pardoned.
Shock of an Earthquake. The Hart
ford Uourantof Monday sys, that tho
shock of an carthquako was felt in Hartford
and vicinity on Sunday afternoon about
four o'clock. It was accompanied by a
low rumbling noiw.and a report like a hea
vy clap of thunder, and its duration was
from 15 to 20 seconds. Buildings were
very much shaken and considerable alarm
excited. In one or two of the churches a
part of the congregation rushed into the
street. Some persons ore, however, un
der tho impression that as the shock was
not felt at New Haven, it must have been
occasioned by an explosion of some kind
or other.
New Hampshire,
Connecticut,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Louisiana,
Alabama,
Kentucky,
Indiana,
Missouri,
Tennessee,
North Carolina,
Vermont,
Maine,
Georgia,
Maryland,
South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, ..
Ohio,
New York,
New Jorsey, ,
Mississippi,
Michigan,
Arkansas,
Massachusetts,
Delaware.
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2
13
2
r
0
2
2
19
19
10
2
jj
2
Legislature,
October 30
" 30
Nov. 23, 21
11 o ,1
l
" 2
It O
" ,2
9 ;
10
No . of
Electors.
7
8
4
23
5
5
15
0
4
15
15 .
7 '
10
11
10
10
30
21
42
8
4
a
3
ii
3
The Electors meet at the Capitols of the
respective Stales in which they are chosen
on tho 2d day December, and givo in their
ballots for Presidents and Vice President.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN
1830.
As an interesting record for rcforeuces,
we annex the votes of the different coun
ties in 183C, at the October and November
elections.
Oct. 1830.
Counties. Har. V. B.
Adams, 1343 1313
Allegheny, 3155 2081
Armstrong, 1081 1313
Beaver, 1013 1347
Bedford, 1274 1981
Berks, 3100 4284
Bradford, 1401 1335
Bucks, 3200 3085
Butler, 070 1433
Cambria, 475 420
Centre, 037 .2085
Chester, 3143 3302
Clearfield, 278 455
Columbia, 1002 1250
Crawford, 1148 HOG
Cumberland, 1715 1839
Dauphin, 1009 1834
Delaware, 1102 1043
Eric, 1727 1172
Fayette, 1379 1870
Franklin, 1701 1705
Greene, . 050 1050
Huntingdon. 2103 1793
Indiana, 1100 823
Jefferson, '350 290 .
Juniata, 510 644
Lancaster, 5381 4210
Lebanon, 1186 1051
Lehigh, 1495 1752
Luzerne, 1733 1030
Lycoming, 037 1522
M'Kean, 10 158
Mercer, 1714 1285
Mifflin, 575 1030
Monroe, 305 1146
Montgomery, 1003 3104
Northampton, 1012 2154
Northumberland, 919 1362
Perry, 390 1064
Phila. Citv, 5028 3078
Phila. Co. 5413 7000
Pike, 50 400
Potter, 40 225
Schuylkill, 935 1128
Somerset, 1455 575
Susquehanna, 875 902
Tioga, 105 12 1 5
Union, 11701391
Venango, 430 1141
Warren, 255 512
Washington, 2700 2537
Wayne, 234 580
Westmoreland, 1571 2874
York, 2414 3366
Nov.
Har.
1520
3023
1014
2077
1920
1581
1521
3289
1100
554
921
3921
284
544
1232
1606
1993
1224
2134
1069
2575
915
2628
11G9
229
" 596
0250
1487
1784
1415
938
85
1901
748
160
2409
1420
712
473
5746
6175
50
50
C8T
1905
856
400
1328
GOO
251
2805
310
1725
2005
1830.
V. B.
1180
3074
1C28
1075
1587
4967
1463
3081
1008
450
.1809
'3287
399
15G0
1014
1904
1372
1030
1312
2016
2255
1138
1310
G92
21'4
4
1108i
1087
2008
1705
150
1253
917
790
3446
2378
1421
1107
3028
7905
358
102
1380
511
1115
1027
1143
907
408
2445
724
2678
2750
027
1141
79, 025 90,830 87,11191,175
nilCAPITULATION.
In Oct. In Nov
j'otal votes polled, 170,755 178,586
Of which Van Buren had 90,fi30 91,475
And Uarnson 70'925 87,111
Van Huron's majorities, 10,905 4,301
Indian Superstition, Near Fort Lea
venworth, in Piatt County, Mo., is the
grave nf a distinguished Pottawntamio chief.
i he editor of the Hannibal Monitor 1ms
often seen members of the tribe standing in
I !l i-r . t .1 1
uuu Hiitncu oeioro 11. in me jong summo
nights, from night fall lo day bicak, a bird
unknown, except by son, lo Iho worlds
men, pours out a melancholy strain of mu
sic. The Indians say it is the "spirit
uini," hanging over the tomb ol tho enter
tain.
3ES
"Sub.TreasuryBill." The N. Hamp
shire Patriot says :
"A blustering Whig the other dnv, when
told that the sub-treasury had beeomo a law
swore e loouia never touch one of the
bills. His knowledge upon the suhject was
upon a par with most of his party, who
have been humbuged upon that subject so
much that they do not know wether the
Independent Treasury is a Bank, or some
monster with huge claws (specie clause)
anu long sharp teem to bite and scratch."
For tile Columbia Democrat.
Mn. Webb No one who attentively ob
serves the signs of the times, can fail in
having noticed the gross inconsistency) tho
over changing professions, tho vascillating
policy, and tho utterly deceptive practices
of the most adroit tacticians of the present
whig parly. Chamelion liko, they have
changed tjieir hue, as often as the rnys of
political truth have fallen upon them from
different directions. Consistent only in
inconsistency, they aro scarce assailable in
any one point, before thoy have assumed
another, and not unlikely an opposite one.
Liko tho " Paddy's floa, when you put your
finger upon them, thoy arc not there." At
one moment, they are against a U. Stales
BanR,as unconstitutional, and the next, they
urge and advocate the necessity of such a
Bank", as a " great and essential regulator
of currency and exchange." - One day.
they are llio peace party," and the next,
they aro the " war party." In ono Con
giess, they urge the propriety, nay, even,
tho absoluto necessity, of an unwieldy
Tariff of duties, and the next, cringingly
compromise it away. They go to sleep,
crying give us a " melalic currency, which
shall bo of equal value throughout tho
world," and awako from somo agitating
dream, and loudly exclaim, " away with
that golden Humbug." " Give us a Bank
of an hundred millions." " This will make
speculation rife, and fill tho pockets of Bank
Attorneys." At one timo, thev entertain
with enthusiasm, tho splendid conceptions,
of the " Father of our CSunlry," in rogard
to our National Capitol, and would have
orery portion of Ihe ten miles square; em
bellished with the must magnificicnt display
of ccieuco and the arts; and anon, they at
tempt to narrow its limits, r.nd fritter away
its. consequence, by a retrocession of its
territory. But yesterday, they were for
a "strong and a splendid Government, an
independent, inapproachable Executive,"
and a " hole of nobles," or a Senato, consti
tuted something after the manner of the
British house of Lords, not, perhaps elec
tive by the people,but descending perchance
by inheritance from sire to son. To day,
slate lights aro in the ascendant. The gen
eral Government must be shorn of the
' locks of its strength," and curtailed in
its financial means. A President must be
elected but for one term, and the dearpeo-
pie are coaxed, and courted, to sustain, by
itheir suffrages, such unblushing consisten-
'T. .. . . , , .
cy. 111 uiu morning, " loiai aosunencc is
an indispensible qualification in the char
acter of a candidate for office, but before
noon, it is quite as indispensible that the
candidate should be, a besotted guzzler of
hard exder.
hn 1622 Wrn. H. Harrison recommended
to the candidates, at the, then, ensuing elec
tion, " lo publish their political creods, that
the electors may have a fair opportunity of
choosing those, whose sentiments best ac
cord with their own." He had; then, " c
ven believed that every elector has a right,
to make this call upon those who offsr their
services Ho the people, and that tho candi
dates are bound to answer it." In 1810
tho same Wm. II. Harrison, says " it is
true, it is my opinion that no pledges should
be made by an individual when in nomi
nation for any officer in the gift of the
people." Andjin pursuance of this opinion,
he is ihriistinjjhimself before the people,
as a candid?te for the highest office they
can bestow, and at the same time refusing
lo give them any clue to the course of meas
ures he would recommend or adopt if elec
ted. If called upon by na Abolitionist, for
an expression of his views upon that agitat
ing.efibject, he barely replies that ho be
came a member of an Abolition Society, at
an early pjiiod of his life. If he has a
like call from 0.1s who sees the pernicious
tendency of Abolition principles, he half
insinuates an opinion, that Cungtess have
no power to Legislate upon the subject.
If ono of tho disciples of &uch hcteradox
inconsistencies, k elected, however fiaudu
lently to office, wo are pointed to the ballot
boxes, or a broad seal, as the ultima ratio,
of an elective- government, and told that
Irom their decision, ihero is no appeal.
But if one who, through all the vicissitudes
of a long public Hke.-has pursued tho even
tenor of his way in support of the unchang
ed, and unchanging principles of democra
cy, happens to be the choice of the peo
ple,, we aro then called upon, and that too
by men, in high places, professing, and
practicing Ihe principles of tho whig party,
"lo treat elections as if they had m
In 1830 Martin Van Buren was said t,
be unfit for office because he was tlieuW
of Catholics. In 1Q40, in the pretendt
estimation of the same party, he isunw0.
thy of the suffrages of tho people, bECai!(
he has ever bcc'Iitllo enemy of ihe Cailj.
lies.
These, Fellow citizens, arc a few 0f i(
many awkward and antipodal posittont
which the self-styled Whig party hate ts
suracd. They aro at this moment eo!iw
ing your suffrages, through tho Uiiign.fe
men lo fill every office within your
whose whole views have been inaitodly
such inconsistency. Does your safety coa
sist in displacing tried and laiihful servant
10 inauo piacu lor sucn men f Ur, ou-la
yoa not rather, when su.h men arc in ofSct,
to bid thoni givo place to those who luu
uniformity sustained tho principles of t',
tievoiuiion anu the uonetituunn i Then
are grave questions which you aro b M
swer. And upon your answer, doping
tlio permanency of our free iustitutionj.J
Do you my Countrymen, revcrcitca
principles of ) ashington, Js.Tcrson, IB
ison and Jackson, .which have cn tssU
If onntritttlfail tn ( U n I ,
,j uu.....uu.y,... ,u mu gicuHicia am ine gio.
ry ot Country I If you do, you will .
your votes for those professing li!icj--' j
pics, and whoso nasi ser W a sdk
guaranty for fun-fidelity, not for thou,
who deuT you even tho paltry salhfaciici,1
of a peep at their real principles, bat cj
arrogantly tall you, you have no right tij
know, what course thoy will pumieif y.j
elect them. They even attempt to mu
you believe that you aro your own worsl
enemies. Thut you havo neither nglil.co:
capacity to scan the conduct of your f'A
lis servants, and would fsin make youbt-
liere, that you should covet an ignorance i
tho conduct of those to whom you delifta
power, as contributing to ycur nca.-.e. TI.J
is indeed tho doctrine of despots. PL
such men in power, and be assured, ik
ihe finale of tho history of our Rcpub!i:
mar. be written in theso words tnld
in despotism.
Be cautious, thon, in tho or.ercisc of ttl
elective franchise. Lot no considerate
deter you from casting your votes, for thcsi
whose political views are rao3t coiisor.11
to your own. Spurn from your choice,!
man who studiously seeks to conceals
principles, who, when you inquire, iolfc
tells you, that you must not be informed al
to the policy he will pursue. Depend m
on it, such a man is not to be trusted
the dear bought rights of freemen. Ti
yield him support, is as dangerous, at
walk blind-fold, upon the brink of a prt''
pice, when the first step may ovcrwbi
in destruction. Remember, that, " etcj
vigilance is the price of safety."
A DEMOCRAT.
Ji Poser. At a mectiii" of whigs at
log cabin in ihis town last week, a psm
man from Uur nfrton. Vt., ocir.z canea
on to make a speech commenced by taji'
that he was a edcra 1st 01 llio 0111 nw
and that he was not ashamed to own ii;t
he was an advocate of log cabin', r.nd
the honor of selecting Iho spot for the t
tion of 0110 at Burliii,''lon, "Anu v-
nentleraen. (said he do you sunpos;
was? Tho most proper of all other
ces the identical snot on which the
of Thomas Jefferson was hun;j, wliipt
burnt flnt-tnrr Ilia .iHminiclrntlt)!!. Our.
ga Sentinel.
1 . : ojjapg
John Smith Safe. Remarkable
r.nvATiojj. Mr. John Smith, of AV Ua :
ton, while on hi3 passage from Char"
to Nassau. fN. P.) in the schopner Ms'!
Eliza, was knocked overboard from
boom. Wc-icarn from the Chromd"
the vessel was runrmgnt the rie nl
knots, and before cho coulu "J"
was lost sight of. Avery h"vV
of niti csinu on directly, and he '
course given up n3 lost. Put " "'
ruin had ceaspd, mid while ibo vrw'
on nnoihor tack, he was ditt-overc
min. and by moans of the ysvl l'r
board.liavingboen in the 6ca s.omcil":;
an houi !
ATr Dirk Nn Irss than ru'1'
FORGERIES havo already been
and proved in this fellow's spf'1 !"
.1. .. 1. t.l-... l r !.... I Twit the ('
est reliance whatever can be r, lCC
ANY of its statements! .i'tsta .
KENTUCKY.
Tho Governor of Kentucky M
I .: .. enffilll
u Iiriiuiuiiiaiiuii, uniting r ,
nfll.n T unioLtit.B nC that State. 10 "C
VI IIIW JJUJi3miMIU VI H.." -
on the 10th instant, foi the P'irr
providing for tlio choice of Elect ,
President and Vioo President ot -(
ted Slates, the subject having b
Hioiieu ny tuo xiPgieiauuo u.
cession.