"tnntn Wituoct isaH' ajTvitliai-, A'orj&.iiiiEu ss, i8io. ANTHRACITE IRON BUSINESS. As the election is ovor, and we have Br tived ct the htad of Salt River, and become located in the comfortable quarters just vaca ted by the whigs, wo have how leisure to turn our attention to the subject of the An thracite Iron Business a subject in which Columbia county has a deep and abiding in terest, and which Is destined to bavo a migh ty influence in promoting its future prosper ity. That Columbia county must eventu all? be a great Iron manufacturing county, ho one acquainted with its location and ad- Vantages can for 'one moment question T ho only question, that caa arise, therefore, is as to the whereabouts the principal bust hess is to be eventually done. To deeido (his. we must tako into consideration all "the advantages that a location possesses in order to arrive at a corteet result. Tho fact of there being ore in abundance, is not suf ficient, because that can bo found in tho county any where within ten miles of tho canal. There must be others and greater inducements to render a location permanent nnd profitable. And wo know of no places in this section of country, where more ad vantages are united, than in Dloorasburg, and in the neighborhood of Fishing Creek These advantages are a water power upon Fishing Creek, tHat cannot be surpassed in this section of tho state and with a short cross cut canal, a slack water navigation may 2e made, with a trifling expense, up tho creek six or eight miles, which would give a water communition from the North Branch Canal to somo ten or twelve water powers capable of driving three or four furnaces each the year round, with inexau6tible beds of iron ore,of tho first quality and limestone in abundance in their immediate vicinity "With these improvements no hauling by land either to or from tho furnaces would he re quired. Add to these their proximity to the Wyoming Coal region, with a cannl communication East. West, North and South, and tho prospect of' a rail road ex lending from Philadelphia through this place to Williamsport and from thonco to Erie, 'and it renders it certain that if the manu facture of iron can be msdo profitable in the United States, hero is the place. If steam is preferred to wator power, this neighborhood is certainly preferable to any "below us. Our ore, which is 25 or 30 per cent, belter than the ore in Danville, lies within a short distance of the canal, upon tho banks of which, aro good situations for establishments of this description, and 12 miles nearer tho coal region than the furna ces now in operation in Danville, which will reduce the transportation one fourth. "With all theso advantages in our favor, we assert without fear of contradiction that tho neighborhood of Bloomsburg must and will tako the lead of the iron business in this eonnty, and wo eaijaestly invite capit alists, who are about to eater into the busi ness, to " come and see" hi themselves be fore they locate any whore else, and wo will pledge our veracity that they will agree with us, that wo have not over-rated the ad vantages of Blobmsburg and vicinity for manufacturing purposes ' But what a voto Luzerne has given 1 CSQA or, as we send 2 members of Assem blyT3447 for each member. Now, there aro 100 members in the Legislature so that, if all the State should havo cast votes in proportion, there would bo 344,700 in all; heroas the real number cast is 287,248, or nearlr GO thousand less. How is that to he accounted fort Was the proportionate excess owing to the puilio works going on l If none but Luzerne citizens had voted, would not the Van Buron majority have been less 1" lyukesbarre Advocate. Why, Mr. Sisty, if you ore astonished at the democratic voto in Luzerne, turn you eyes on little Columbia. We have but one member, polled 4154 votes and given a de mocrat majority of 1504 and no " public works going on" within our county " so that if all the state shoald have cast votes in proportion, thero would be" 415.400 "in all," or 128,000 moro votes than there ac tually were, and an increaso of one ihird. "What think you, was this vote owing to the public works," or the iniquitous appor tionment bill that has given us but one mera ber of ths Legislator for so many votes 1 SggBBSEtaSSSB Harrison's majority in Ohio, 23,375. Abolition votes polled 802. J " We rejoice lo say, thai all the whig junrnals wilhdut exception, during the whole Presidential campaign, have constantly giv en correct information, or atleast never wil fully deceived their readers by making falso statements lor ellect abroad. Danville Democrat. Heading the above brought to our mind a scene which was said to have been evad ed in a whig printing office not a thousand miles from Danville, a few days after the lato Presidential election. We give it sb wo received it, without vouching for its truth. Idilor solus reading election re turns. This looks rather squally, that is a fact I wish tho news had been better I would issue a slip, ir I could show about 3000 majority hang it, I cannot bring it out by any estimates I can mako I wish my friends were here to help mc. Enter two Whigs, A What news Mr. Editor, shall wo got the state T Editor It is yet very doubtful if the west gives as great a democratic vole in pro portion as the northern counties, the locos will again triumph. 1 have been trying to cypher out a large majority for us, but can not I wish ycu would help me. A. lhatl will do loan bring it out right you can easily swell the amount by putting down larger whig majorities from the western counties to be heard from. B. That will not do. It may induco somo of our friends to bet upon it. A. If any man is fool enough to bet on our estimates, let him loose his money he deserves loo. Estimates were finally made, by which tho Harrison Ticket was elected by ovor 3000 majority slips published and sent into tho country, and great rejoicing was had among tho whigs. Whether any were fools enough to bet upon the strength of it wo are unable to say. Put this and that together and subtract tho result, and whig honesty remains. It is now generally conceded that David R. Porter will bo unanimously re-noraina-ted by the democratic 4th of March Con- venliou, as tho candidate of the party, for our next Governor; and we venture 3 proph ecy, that if he is so re-nominated ho will be triumphantly elected. Wo are awaro of tho boasting of tho Harrison federalists, of their ability to elect n man of their own kid ney, or in plain language, a man who will be all things to all mon, Hire their President. But in this they will find themselves ogre giouily mistaken. It is true they havo suc ceeded in carrying the state, by a small ma jority, for their " non committal" cindidalc, lor the presidency by throwing around him a false glare of military glory, and tho cry of " change, change," and upon this wo know they build their hopes, but the de mocracy of the Keystone state will not throw away a tried friend, who has stood by their interest and that of tho stato in the hour of peril for one who has no other qaul ities to recommend him, than that ho will bo an instrument in tho hand of a band of speculators and stock jobbers, to enrich their own coffers at tho exponso of tho people Such n candidalo they must have if any, as no other will suit the grasping disposilien of the leaders of tho party. Wo therefore again prediot, that if he U re-nominated and of this thero can be no doubt, ho will be a- gain elected by an increased majority of somo thousands. a" The late foreign arrivals bring nothing definite with regard to the warlike move ments of the different pewers of Europe. Though all accounts unite in the belief thai tho whole continent Is on tho ovc of a gen eral war. The ministry of Franco has been changed in consequenco of a disagree ment n2i to tho measures which that govern ment ought to pursue towards the other na tions, and Marshal Soult placed at the head of the new ministry. It is runored that the King of France is about to abdicate his throne in favor of his el Jest son. It is also stated that the Emperor of Austria has de termined to abdicate his throne in favor of his brother Archduke Francis Charles Jo soph, who is about 38 years of age. The Queen Regent of Spain has abdicated her power. This was caused by an open re sistance among the people to loino of hor measures. Gov. Porter has issued hie proclamation declaring tho Harrison electors of Presidont and Vice President elected in this state. CongVess meets on the first Monday of. December.-.-- ''! We extract the following article from the ! Philadelphia Amerioan Sentinel. Wo would recommend it to the particolar notice of tho capitalists of tho country, but we cannot agree with our rleighbor in Danville, that that place is tho most proper location for furnaces.and that tho " ore in that neigh borhood is superior to any in the immediate neighborhood of the coal region," because we havo the evidence or miners and iron masters to the fact that the ore in tho neigh borhood of Bloomsburg is from 25 to 30 per cent bciior, and of course can be man factored cheaper. "Now that the business of President mi king is disposed of, the minds of the pooplo which seemed to have been absorbed, to the exclusion of almost over)' thing else, during the canvass, will settle down to calm rea son. And theic will not probably be any public question brought fcrwaid for some lima lo come, which will divert the attention of the whole peoplo, as was tho case in the contest rest closed, Irom tlie regular saber business of every day life. If ao, their minds will be brought to the serious point of con sideration af what to ba at, some, whereby to earn thcii daily bread, and some to ranks their fortunes over again, which but a fw rears since they hud in their grasp, but were wrested from lham during tho pro grcss of iho convulsion which has passed over the land. Among all tho projects that will bo thought of by tho business part of the community, the Iron business, in our opinion, holds a prominent place. Wo aro led to this opinion in part from the fact that nmirfst all tlin una nnd tlmviw. for tho last several years, among the various manufac-' luring and commercial interests in England the Iron and Coal business aie the only ox ceptiona that havo escaped tho general dis utter these it seems havo been unaffscted by tho times, which can ba accounted for only by the fact that they are tho basis on which almost every other busineit rests. And upon examination itis most astenishing to find tho sure, steady, and rapid expaa sion ot tlieso great interests. 1 hoy are scomingly the pillars on which, not only iho prosperity of greatness, but also ike very being of England depends. If so, it may be well to contcmplato what agency theso commodities are likoly to have on the fn turo destiny of this nation. It is admitted that more improvement has boon made dur ing the last few year in this country, in the manufacture of Iron than for half a century before and the late discovery that anthra cite doos answer n well for fusl, if not he-t ier, thnn any other, for smelling, pudding and reheating Iron, and for every othor pro cess through which it has In pass to convert (t to bars, will bo tho means of revolutioni zing the bnsiuess of making Iron in this and in every other country; and if it can be made here with this fuel as choap as it can be imported, anil it is believed by some' who aro conversant with the business, that ii can; for wo havo all the raw materials in ni great abundance as they are found. on any part of iho globe, then it will balllo allheal- dilation to approximate tho magnitude to winch this branch of the business will be carried in Pennsylvania. Wo are indebted to coal and iron for the application to all practical and useful purposes, of tho great discovery of tho age tho steam lscoiuutivo and the steam sea iihip. The ono isaesen tial in tho construction of these powerful machines, and tho other to give them life and motion. Although it may be said that theso discoveries aro just beginning to bo brought into general use, yet who will un dertake to estimate the quantity of iron that will be required, in comparatively, but a few years, to construct all tho rail roads and locomotives which will bo sson leading every direction, and all the iron steam ships that will be found on every part of tho ocean, together with what will bo wan ted for all the othor many purposes by manufacturing and commercial country sucn as ins is. Ana itien senn let nnv ono estimate if ho can tho quantity of coal that will be wanted to put in nation all these, running and lloaling machines, and to keep in blast an too anthracite lornaces that wilt bo erected, and to drive all the slitting mills and other machinery necessary and connec led with the manufactory of iron, as well a what will bo wanted far all other branches of manufactoring purposes and for domestic use, and the estimate will in all probability frll short of tl:o reality. To a reflecting mind it must be evident, that these articles iron and coal, are destined to have a mighty influence in promoting tho prosperity of Ihts countiv, and of directinir it to a heiffh of greatness, unknown in tho hiitorv of the world. And we may indeed be thankful to a kind providence for lay-fug up in store for this nat on in such abundance-, these useful and valuable treasures. Wo havo indulged in these reflections with a view of drawing attention to the fact mentioned by . t II. f . t . m . mp collector oi mis port a lew days since that during the year 1830 about twelve mil lions of dollars worth of inn was imported into the United States. And believing the suoject to ue o great importanco to Penn sylvania, in particotar, and to the United btates in general, and believing also that nothing is now wanted but sufficient atten lion and capital to be devoted to a business which if properly brought into operation win prevent me exportation of specie to serious extent, and give employment to thousands of people. It may be well there lore tor uiose who nave an inclination to embark in a business, whioh is so full of promise to look out iu time for tho proper locations. TheJJttrani Minor and Tanntrance Advocate." is the title of a new weekly paper proposed to be started about the first of January, in Harrieburg, by Lewis cc Sohrover. The Mirror and Advocate is to be devoted to Tcmperanco,Literature,Nows, Science and Arts. We have no doubt hut that it will he a useful and interesting family paper. ELECTIONS RETURNS. We believe we shall adopt tho course pursued by the Boston Pot, iu relation to election rcturus. The editor stv: "It isn't worth while to fill our columns with indefinite returns from various quar ters. If we should hear ef a state going lor us any where off South or West, we will mention it. CHANDELIER. This handsomo piece of workmanship hy Mr. Hooper, of Boston, which was ordered by the House of Representatives at their last session, for the use of their Hall, is now up, and shows ihe ingenuity and laste of our own mechanics. The beauty of tho piece of workmanship, we conceive, is only o- qualled by the tasto and symbolical order with which it is constructed, l-rom its base, tho chandelier rises in thirteen rows, mblomatio of the thirteen original States. At the top of the outer, is thirteen faces, each containing two lumps. Above this is another row of lamps, making in all seventy six. Above the lamps is the coat of arms of the twenty-six States, as they entered tho Union; and the wholo is cappod with the Eagle. This Chandatier approaches in splendor that of iho famous chandelior in the St, Charles Theatre, New Orleans; but it is not so large by half, though exceeaing in size that in the Senate Chamber. Mr. Hooper, the maker, kindly gavo us tho fol lowing particulars: Thero was used in its constiuction about ten thousand pieces of glass. Its cost is $1,500. Height 10 fset. Diameter 13. Woight, (including counter balance,) about 7,500 chandelier alone 3,500. As an ornament lo the House, it is beautiful; as an agent for light it is useful; and"as a candle set upon a bushel," it may throw occasional gleams of brightness over the dark rays of political wrath that somo timos disgrace that Hall. The chandelior was lighted on Wednesday night last, and maue a most glaring appearance, ho can not divine how nny Hon, member can now bo nt loss for light on nny subject; and wo sioeerely hope, that all good men and true, will see at oncn through political intrigues and cut short all unnecessary debale and batnors to business whether by the light ot tuis cuandeirer or by the light of reason, and tho oryings of justice. Tho workman- shipreflects great credit on Mr. Hooper;and as an American job, we think it will bear comparison with nny thing foreign. Our own mechanics and manufacturers only want encouragement, to riso above all com petitors. Wo will also mention, that tho rod by which it is suppendsd is made hol low, to admit of tho use of gas at anv fu ture ivy. Washington Paper. The Ojd Dominion, printed at Ports mouth, Virginia, relates the following " Another Fact. While on a recent vis it to Matthews, wore happy to form an ac quaintance with a hearty champion of our glorious cause, who has recently dolivored some able speeches in behalf of democra cy. He has been a fisherman in days that are post, is a self-taught man, mid is an or nament to the party to which he bslnnirn. In a handsomo acknowledgment for a com plimentary toast at the Huhlia tlinnnr. tin stated that he had sixteen children, ten of whom were now living: tho sixteenth bein oorn on thirty-sevenih birth day of the mother. I bree of tho sixteen weie born in one year twins early in tho vear, aud ins uiubi uoiaio mo enu oi ii. litre is a democratic lamily, of which a freeman miijhi be justly proud." It wo had a few more such demsciatic men, and women as this fisheraman and his wife, tho reign 'of the whigs would be nori. CURIOUS VOTE. The following voie for electors wn ri in the Stato of New Hampshire at tho lato Presidential contest. It bears a democratic character, whatever may have been tho par tisan view, of the person who deposited it: William Commonsense, Jacob Honesty, llichard Straight-forward, Peter Prudence, Thomas Economy, Alexander Fear-nothing, Samuel Mind-your-businets. Heavy voting. Masachuselts lias given " i'" ui nuiicss man 120,000 votes, which is an increase of nearly 20.000 over any previous ballot. New York has given sueasiju.uuo, which is an increase of .ja.uuu over any former vote, Pcnnsyl ma has given 200,000, which is more Iva by 4u,uuu than tho evor mvn i,r other ;iates have mostly increased in' a like The proportion. Haston Timet. A Poser, "Pal" "Weil my dear what is it!" "Dida't you tall mo that this world was roimdV "Yes." "Then I'd like to knew how it can come to an nidi" My child, how often must I tall v., i',.tt. when you are eating!" CROSSING THE DELAWARE', nv i:ly Moontt. In no instance, perhaps, wss Washing ton's influenco with the army so strikingly cxemplifiedf as in his attnek on the enemy at Trenton. O'er and o'er have I listened with intense anxiety, in the (lay of my hoy- linilll. ivllilst niV IIIllV fUnnrtmt sir ...i -". "-j - .iiu, wily fought and bled on that proud field, recited with thrilling interest, all that related to iho enterprise. It was on a December's night (would he ray; when our Iittlo heart-broken army halted on the banks of the Delawaro rni.. !..! .1 I. ' I I . ' um nigm ivm uiiiit, cueeriess, leliipcstu and linre a strong rrnflmlilnnun , , o iu uur country s furtunes. It seemed as if Heaven .1 .1. t.-.t - .1 c - I iu L..IWI nuu cuuapircu iurour UCSlruction he clouds lowered darkness and tlni storm came on apace. J'ho snow and ha hail descended, beaten with unmitigated vi-nlem-fi unoti the sunncrless. IimIT rlil -!.:.. I I " " otliv- ering sold or; and in tho roarings of flia (i i i ...it: r,i. uuu, nuu lliu vruiiiuga ui UIU Biorm, WCTO eard by fancy's ear the knell of' our hopes ii rl the ijirrr iif lihcrlv. 'I'lin inmci,, to ' - . "J'l.uuUS river was filled with floating ice;an atlompt i urus ii ui mm uiiiu, unu unuer such cir umstances, seemed a desperate enterprise; et it was undertaken, nnd (hanka lm i God and Washington, i; was accomplish, ed. From whero wo landed on tho Jersey ho re to Trenlon was about ninn miiq ,',! on the wholo lino of tnairh ih scarcely a word uttered, save by the ofli- w lieu glftliy DUtuc muui. v 0 WCrO wall 111 sh oxlinuslRfl. aniri lin. nml uj frost-bitien, and tho majority of us so oauiy snou, mai mo oioou gushed Irom our frozen and lacerated feet at every tread; )et we upbraided not, complained not, but marched sleadilv nnd firmlv.ilinmrl, mnnm. j j ' ra ...v.i. n- fully onward, resolved to persevere to the luiciiuusi, nui iur our couniry our coun try, alas! wo had given up for lost. Not for ourselves life for us no longer wore a cuarm bui because such was Iho will of our beloved chief 'twas fur Washington alone we were willintr lo mako tho sacrifipn When we arrived within nlMit nf ilm ana. , -,- - mv oncnmnnipntc. trn ttrurn nnUr,l i.-. I I ' ' " " wtuwbt- ,1 form a line, when Washington reviewed us. raie ami emaciated, dispirited and exhaust oJ.we presented a most unwarliko and mel- 1. -1 . rm . Biicuuiy aspect, i ne paiernai eye ol our chief Will nnirl; In flim-nvpr itio nvln.il nfnn sufferings, and acknowledge them with his iuiir, viu suuucniy cnecKing his emolioiu, he reminded us that our couniry and all that we held dear was staknd upon tho com ing battle. As he sooltn ia ItPiran In rlh. or ourselves up, and rally our energies; ev ery man graspeu ntd arms more lirmly and the clonched hand, nml tlm i-nmnrroul lip, and tho steadfast look, and tho knit , .-,.1 i. ... . . uruw, torn mo sours resolve. Washington observed U3 well; than did he exhort us with all the fervor of his soul, " on yonder field' to conatter. or die thn tlMth 'of itm brave." At that instant the slorions Rim.as if in prophetic token of our succoss, huist forth in all its snlcndor. hnthinrr in light tho bluo hills of Jersey. Our chief with exultation hailed tho scene: then cast ing his doubts to tho winds, and calling on the "God or battles" and his faithful sol diers. led on lo the charge. Tho conflict was fierce and bloody. For moro than twenty minutes not a gun was fired the sabro and the bnvonet did ilio vrnrl.- nf itn. struction; 'twas a hurricane of fire, and steel anu tioath. i here did we stand, (would he say,) there did WC stand "fnnt In fnnt. nnd hilt to hi!t,"with the serried foe! and where we stood we died or conquered. A misunderstanding occurred on board the steamboat Elizahn on Wednesday week, between tho Captain iiiumcr person, whose name is not giv en. After somo very harsh words had pis sed between them, the latter drew a pistul from his bosom, and levelled it at the Cap tain, evidently with tho intention of killing him. A bysiander knocked up tho pistol, and it wenr off and shot tho psrson himself in tho head, who was about lo tako tho life of another. The Unfathomable Ocean. The sea was reconlly sounded by load nnd line, in letitude 57 degrees south, and 85 degrees G minutes west longitude from Paris, by the officers of tho French ship Venus, during her voyage of discovery, at a depth of 3, 470 yards, or two and a half miles, no bot tom was found. The weather Was very serene, and it is said.that hauling in the lead, look sixty sailors upwards of two hours. Iu another place in tho Pacifio Ocean, no bottom was found at the depth of 4,110 yards. r SHsssDHxanssiB Thirteen thousand German emigrants ar rived in this country last year; and it is be Iievod that this season that number will be more than doubled. Thev generally push on to the ''Far West" and in their hands tho desert soon "blossoms as the rose." These are the persons whom the whigs would prevent enjoying the rights of Amcr ican citizens. mur-r HliTTTCB . Manners Make the Man.X stranger in London, having recently lost his way, somewhere in tho unknown regions of Sev- en Dials, said to an awkard lookinir fellow. ' I want tn an to Dovor street.' Well' ret ii . . plied the Wlow, walking cooly away, the d 1 don't you go thoro I' 'why Amalgamation Tho Ohio Statesman says thal nearly tho entire Abolition party in Ohio, deserted the Birney ticket and vo ted for Harrison. ,
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