"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. ,