SSPIHE lit
E. W. WEAVER, EDITOR.
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Bloomsburg, Thursday, Feb. 6, 1831.
HIE TARIFF.
The Pennsylvania Iron mongers ask a
higher tariff on the article they manufacture.
The Lawrenoesand Jameses of New Eng
'iamf-want a low duty on iron and 11 high
' tetiff on cotton goods. The farmers cf New-
York (Whigeand all) hare no objections to
iftee tiade,Acop, that upon the nrticles of
weeoi they want the strong protecting arm of
government to help them. In North Caroli
na the legislature lately, without distinction
of party, passed resolutions against an in
•crease of lire present tariff rates ; for North
-Carolina has articles to export, and is highly
interested in foreign commerce.
This is lite tariff question in a nut shell-
Beyond a necessary tariff for revenue, the
whole agitation is founded 011 the cupidity
and selfishness of speculators and monopo
lists, and not upon tire sound policy of gov
ernment 01 the wants of the people.
We aro heartily glad that lire subject is
getting to bo understood, and seen in its trno
light. True we have had adme weak brain
ed pilots ot the Democratic press in Penn
sylvania, but a better day is dawning, and
the heresy of a Demociutic high tarifl (!)
will be as generally recanted as it was ill
1816. Some of theso protectionists whose
' Democratic visions were a litt'o bedimtned,
for want of any thing else to sustain tlicm
eelvcs, have persisted in invoking the aid
• of Robert J. Walker's name, as being with
them. They no doubt folt their weakness,
and the need of some good name to help
their desperate position. But by the annex
ed extract from the letter of Francis J. Grund
to the Philadelphia Ledger, it will be seen
that a change has cothe over the spirit of
this tarifl" Democracy, and that lire lights,
xvhich '.he names of great men sheu are on
tWMA.-ISMUU.IM.—., TX,. f n ||Mwln S
is the extract
'•As soon as the bill (Mr. Hunter's) oomes
doxvn to the House from the Senate, n tariff
amendment will be tacked to it, which being
gerrmiin to the bill, cannot be voted out ol
order. The tariff will then come np fairly,
and we shall see lii strength. Mr. Bucha
nan is here, and his friends are rather shy of
touching tho rneaure, even those who here
tofore were known to tie in favor of tariff
amendments. Mr. Strong, of Reading, the
mover of the late tariff amendment, and as
tiffuentinl a member as is in the House, is
not a Buchanan man. It is now certain that
Dallas, Buchanan and ll 'alter are. opposed to
amending the tariff."
To show how l"nlila is all this cry for an
increase of the present tariff rates, we will
xnow add an extract from the Whig paper
which was the first 111 the Union to ndvocale
tho election of General Taylor—the New
Lark Mirror. Its editor says:—
"We deny that protection is any longer u
distinctive principle of the whig par.y. The
time was when a High Tariff'and a National
Bank were fundamental pillars of of tho
Conservative creed. But the day has gone
by. With all the "log rolling," that can be
brought to bear upon Congress it is utterly
impossible to alter the Tariff without RE
DUCING it."
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NONTOUR|COUNT¥
Is exceodingly unfortunate in being the
bantling of ex-Senator Best's rascality. The
case is beginning to bo understood, and a
mong other testimony we cliplho following
from the Pollsville llegister being from the
pen of it* Harrisburg correspondent.
"In the Senate, a movement his been set
on foot for the re annexation of Vonlour
county to Columbia. It will be remembered
that Seua'or Best used his ballance vote for
the division of Columbia county, having
successfully kept in check by the same, in
llueuce the passage ol tho apportionment bill
until his darling object was accomplished ;
the reaction arising from thesecoersive mea
sures is now in full fruition. The sins of the
partisan may therefore be washed out by
the obliteration of tho new county."
A nice little light
Is growing up in relation to the office of
Reporter of the Supreme court decisions in
Pennsylvania. Mr. Harris, tire present in
cumbent, it would seem does not like Sun
bury; and, as might be supposed 'U euch a
case, some of the Norlhumbe.land county
people do not too well like linn. Hence n
bill has been introduced into the House to
abolish tire session of the Supreme court at
Suubury and remuvo its ousiness to Harris
'burg. lu retaliation Mr. Packer of the
House Ires introduced a bill to authorise the
fudges of fire Supreme Court, instead of
the Governor, fo appoint lire Reporter of de
cisions; and providing that Mr. Harris shall
be functus offitio in next January.
—
CW lion. W. A. Richardson of Illinois
has .addressed the President demanding the
xerooval of A. Williams Atlornoy for tho
Suited States for the District of Illinois. He
gives as a charge the fact that Mr. Williams
last fall declared on the stamp thai the tugi
liva slave law abolished trial by jury and
suspended tho writ of habeas corpus. Maj.
Richardson says that from this either the
officer lacked a proper understanding of the
law of the honesty to express a candid opin
ion.
. CHANGES —We learn that MR. A. KLOY2
of Lehiton will in the spring take charge of
tha Foik'a Hotel in this, town, now kept by
Mr. Bine.
Ma. ROBERT HACKNBOCH oj Light Street
has told his tavorn stand (the public eorner
of that eud of toxvi,) to Mr. Reese Fair
ioeu, who will become host after the first of
Afril
A WORD OW POPULAR LEGISLATION
Has the state legislature no business of its
own, that it must be attending to the affairs
of Congres t Or do the Harriaburg Solons
think that the Honorable M. C.'e do not un
derstand their own business and need help t
We have always thought that members of
the legislature were chosen with reference
to stuff affairs, and the members of Con-1
gress upon quesrions of national policy. It
may be that this plain, old-fashioned notion
of ours is obsolete, but we are sure it was
considered the correct one in days when
both Congress and the legislature held shor
ter sessions than now, and when the taxes
were much lighter upon the people.
Regulating state taxes, fixing election dis
tricts, attending to the currency and banks
ot the slate, providing adequate revenue
frcin proper objects ol taxation for the sup
port of our public state improvements, cor
recting our penal laws as the cunning of
felons devises hew plans to evade the exist
ing punishments— these all are proper sub
jects for consideration in our state legislature
and with reference to these our members
are chosen. Let these theu bo attended to,
and wheu thoy aro well done with, let the
legislature adjourn anil relieve the "dear,
good people" of that incubus of taxation
which protracted sessions entail.
Who has made the legislature the arbiter
on tariff questions, and 011 tno vexed subject
of slavery ? Let the stale authorities fix the
rates of our state taxes, and that is the full
cxtont of their duties in (hut direction. Oth
er taxes como before another tribunal.
No wonder that we aro taxed from the j
cradle to the grave when the ingenuity of
every pflicer is 6el to find a new subject for
taxation*; and to see in what way the "dear
people" can be duped to bear still heavier
burthens without complaint.
NARKING THEN.
Messrs llaldeman and Trono arc '.Tvo of
the Democratic members (; o tn York county
who refused to go into the Democratic cau
cus for United S';',es Senator. Upon this
the Gaeett^ i me Democratic organ of that
r o'unty nicks thera in this wise':—
"When we first discovered among the list
of absentees the names of two of the demo
cratic numbers of the House from this county—
members regularly nominated and elected
according to the ancient usages of the party
—members who owe their positions to parly
organization, and to the sutrender of person
al preference to parly discipline—we were
prepared to witness the outburst of indigtia
lion xvi'h which information of their derel
iction has been received by the Democracy
of York. Under the influence of old and
kindly feelings for them personally, we
would lain cherish a hope that their absence
is susceptible of an honorable explanation;
and wo admonish them that an explanation,
ample and exculpatory, is demanded at their
hands by a constituency, who, having oon
fided in them with a generous confidence,
are new in an excitement of apprehension
that TIIEY HAVF. BERN BETRAYED!"
Living on the Inlet est of what you Oute.—
We have heard it said of persons who lived
well, without any visible means of obtaining
a living, that they were living upon "the
interest of what they owed," and this,
though a sort of paridoxieal joke when ap
plied to on individual, becomes a sober fact
when applied to a bank. Every bank note
is an evidence that the president, directors
and compnny owe somebody the amount it
calls for; that they have got value received
from somebody for it, and it is evidence, to
nse a common phrase, of "nothing else."
And OB this evidence of debt tlsey -receive
interest. The proposition to erect a free
banking system on the State stocks is a
magnificent improvement on this scheme,
and if carried out will enable an indefinite
number of somebody's to live on the inter
est of what the State owes and xvhat they
will owe themeelves in addition.— Keystone
LP* Every one of our readers has heard of
Mrs. Swisshelm of the Saturday Visiter, the
only trurond consistent anti-war and abol
itionist journal of the state. We have fre
quently taken pleasure in copying her truth
ful and welt said reproofs of the foibles and
follies of the age, for it is of course the lit
erary and good common-senso column of
the Visiter which we do at upon—the spice
and Attic salt which suits our palate. Well,
last week we were delighted to greet this
welcome Visiter in a fine new dress, and al
though its lady editor has a new fantastic
head for her paper, she evidently uses the
old Qaker one to write with, for she talks the
same good sober sense of yore.
New post offices.
The following new post offices have lately
boon established in this state
Clearsville, Bedford co. John L. Grove
P. M.
Warfordsburg, Fulton co. J. L. Stevens,
Lecsporl Berks co. G. W. Ahhousc,
Little Sap, Lehigh co. Jos. J. Albright,
Paradise Valley, Monroe co. David Ed
iiger.
SUICIDE.—The Pottstown Ledger says that
a man named KOONS, was found hanging by
lire nock, in a wood, near the Catholic
Church, in Douglass townilup, Mont, oinery
county, on the 18th ulf. It is suppossed he
had been hanging from the 14th, he having
left his home on that day, under the pre
lenoe of visiting a relative. Search was not
made antil the 18th, when his lifeless body
was found as above stated.
tW We publish to-day the appointments
on the public works. It will be observed
that our information of lust week was slight
ly incorrect. The appointment of Mr. Roat
of this place at Parksburg is a merited com
pliment 10 an energetic and deserving mo*;,
and all the more creditable in the fact tha t
tlfo appointment was freely tendered by the
Board of Commissioners to Mr. Roat.
LEOISUTIVE.—Mr. Brindle on last Satur
day presented petitions for the erection of a
poor house in Lycoming county.
Correspondence qf the Star.
FROM HARRISBURU.
HABBISBURO Feb. 1, 1851.
Some opposition is growing up against tire
laying out of a slate road lrom Washington
ville in Montour county to Muncy, as provi
ded for in the act of 10th of April 1850. A
number of petitions and a bill have been
presented for repealing that provision of the
law.
The new county projects are coining up
again. Il is proposed to cut off a now
county from Bedford to bo called "Buena
Vista." You will remember that last win
ter Fulton county was, cut from Bedford and
Cambria, and wo should suppose that bring
ing forth a rrew county each year was a lit
tle toe prolific for Bedford, to be done in
legitimate style.
It is next proposed to cut a new county
from Bradford and Tioga to be called "Penn.'
Then wo Have another movo to cut a new
county from parts of Franklin, Perry, Juni
ata and Huntingdon to be called "Penu."
From Centre Huntingdon and Blair coun
ties there are petitions for a new county to
be called "Marion."
A new county to be called "Docalur" is
prayed for from Crawford and Wurren, or
from Crawford Waren and Erie.
Beside these we have the old standing
applications for Pine and Mahoning .county.
NQW you will at once observe that these
projects differ from the Montour case as it
stood last year in the that here the ter
ritory out of which the new counties arc to
come is inconveniently large—that in every
case, cither mountains or other causes ren
der it difficult for the petitioners to gel to
their present county seat—and that there has
been a general consultation as to the neces
sity for a new county, and not a gamo sprug
without notice.
In the Senate, Mr. Lawfbnce from tho
Committee on private claims has reported
adversely i 0 lt , Q claim of John L vvatson of
Dattviiie for damages from the state.
Mr. Buckalew has presented a petitiou
from William Ritchie of Columbia county
praying that his name may be changed to
Richard Mann. Another from 127 citizens
of Mahoning township, Montour oounty for
a chango in the place of holding elections.
Tha alacliou in uow hoU at tha aeuit-housa
in the borough ?of Danville. He has also
presented a petition praying that tho elec
tion for hisliingcreok township in youf ooun
ty may bo hereafter hold at James M'Henry's
tavern.
The bill to incorporate the Wilketbarre
and Scfantouia rail road company has pas
sed final reading ii the House.
HAKRISBURC, Feb. 3, 1851.
To-day the select committee reported the
bill to reanuex Montourcounty, with amend
ments. The prospect for the passage of the
bill is fair.
The select committee on the tariff resolu
tions made three reports to day. One is
by Messrs Brindle and Bonham, another by
Mr. Penniman, and a third by Messrs Kef
linger and Brown.
\Yi Hi nmsport and Elmira Katlroad.
It is gratifying to learn that this half
finished and long neglected work, second
m importance to no the kind in
Pennsylvania, will speedily be finished.
We learn that the Company have made ar
rangements with JOSEPH GONDER, JUN., Esq ,
a gentleman well known for his Success in
completing enterprizes of this kind, by
which he subscribes 8500,000 to the stock
of the Company; and undertakes to com
plete the road, that is—to relay the 25 miles
extending from Williamsport to Ralston,
and to extend the same to Elmira. It is ex
pected that the entire work will be comple
•ed in two years.
RIIODR ILAND TOO AMONG THE FAITHFUL
On last Thursday the legislature of Rhode
Island in General Committee choose Charles
T. James, Democrat , as a United States Sena
tor for six years fiom the fourth of March
next. General James is the well
perintendant ol the largo cotton factories jf
Lancaster in this state, and will oppose an
Increase of tariff rates upon every thing
but cotton. This again illustrates fully the
selfiisbness of every protective tariff move
ment, and especially of tariff Democracy."
VAN COURT'S New Monthly Magazine is a
cheap periodical after the style of Harper's
Magazine—that is a reprint of tho best ar
ticles from the British Magazines. It is fur
nished at £1 per annum, and is desorving of
tho highest encouragement. Address J. Van
Court Philadelphia.
Van Court's Counterfeit Detector is. fur
nished by the same publisher at tho same
terms.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY Magazino for
February contains a most choice and judi
cious selection of articles from the bosi of
current literature. We have takon pleasure
in making freqnent notice of this work, and
as our readers understand Jits character we
need only say now that the present number
is tho best yet issued. The clipping from the
Loudon Punelt are an interesting improve
ment.
REMOVAL IN LUZERNE. —Tho peoplo of
Pittston have held a meeting in which they
urge the propriety of making theii town the
county seat ot Luzerne county. The pub
lic buildings at Wilkesbarre aro Jin a vory
delapidatod condition and now ones will
have to be erected sotnewhero.
MORE TESTIMONY.— Horace Greo'y of th-
New York Tribune in speaking of BU p
cos of tho proposition in Con^; csito 7 ncreueo
the tariff rates on partiji a j ar articles in des
pendency says—,' vVe have never had moch
tiope, iCid we have less now than before."
BF It the Muncy Luminary don't quit cal
ling the a "tariff nondescript" paper
and ranking it ia company with the Sunbury
American Danville Intelligencer Ice., there will
be a libel-suit or something else desperate.
We are good natured but we can't stand that.
Appointments by the Canal Board.
Superintendent of Motive Power on the
Columbia Railroad—Col. A. L. Roumfort.
Superintendem on the Portage Railroad
—F. R. West.
SUPERVISORS.
Delaware Division—Geo. W. Clawion.
Eastern Division—Jtpaes Goweu.
Ldwer Juniata—J. 8. Miller.
Upper Juniata—J. P. Anderson.
Portage Railroad—VVm. S. Cambe'.l.
Upper Western Division—J. Peters.
Lower Western Division—J.F. M'Culloch.
West Branch—Geo. Crane.
North Branch—Geo. W Search
Susquehanna—H. D. Hoadermel.
COLLECTORS.
Easton—J. H. Heckman.
New Hope—J. Sands.
Bristol—R. Patterson.
Philadelphia—A B. Cnmmiiige.
Paoli—J. J. Rowen.
Parksburg—VV. Roat.
Lancaster—J. J. Keller.
Columbia—S. Pearce.
Portsmouth—S. Wilson.
Harrisburg—S. S. Goodrich.
Newport—Stewart Law.
Lewistown—Win. R. M'Cay.
Huntingdon—A. 8. Harrison,
llollidaymburjj—,A t Duglas.
Johnstown—Dr. Marchand.
Ulairsvilie—D. Barr
Freeport—Peter Clawsou.
PitUbuig—J. Hastings.
Duuusburg—W. A. Packer.
Williamaport—E D. Eldred.
Northumberland—Win. Wilson.
Beach Haven—George Smith-
Liverpool—John Huggins.
Outlet Lock, Portsmouth—Wm. Colo.
Juniatta Aqueduct—J. Shoemakor.
Freeport Aqneduct— R. Martin.
WEIGHMASTERS:
Easton—Melchor Horn.
Philadelphia—Geo W Scofield
Lancaster— —— Dunlap
Columbia—Thomas Welsh.
Portsmouth—D. Sbeafer
Johnstown Scales—£ B Cotter
Johnstown Weigh Lock—W B Clark
Hollidaysburg—Robert Williams
Pittsburg—Witfiam Karus
Northumberland—C Brown
Beach Haven—John Fruit
Junction A. P. R. R. and P. R. R.—ll. S-
Graham.
STATE AGENTS.
John Rankin, Philad'a and Columbia U R
J Cunningham, do
James Hunter, do
T M'Michael, do
C. Brady, do
Capt. Hambright, do
L. Frank, do
Isaac Waterberry, do
Oscar Hammond, do
A P. R. Roads, Portugp Railroad,
Jas. M'lntyre, do
B Ruff", do
V Ptelps, do
Sam'l Barr, do
C B Seely, do
Jas. Rlicy, „ do
Wm. Piper, do
Eagen Donnelly, Boat Slips. Hollidaysburg
Charles Goodmau, do. Johnstown.
COLORED PEOPLE IN INDIANA.—The Indiana
Stale Convention has adopted into the Con
stitution a provision that no negro or mulatto
shall come into or settle in the Stale after the
adoption of the Stale Constitution. It aljo
provides that contracts made with liegroes
and mulattoes coming into tue Slate hereaf
ter to be void, and all perjons emploj ing or
encouraging such negroes or mulattoes to
remain in the Slate to be fined not less than
$lO or more than 5500. A colonization fund
is to be raised of the fines collected under
the above provision.
.
Minersvillo, Schuylkill county, is to have
its boundaries enlarged, which will add to
tho borough about 400 inhabitants, making
the aggregate number about 3364. At ar.
adjourned meeting of the citizeus, held on
the 22d, the committee reported in favor of
three wards, but the meeting decided against
division.
ty Hie Beaver Meadow Company's
mines that were so completely swamped by
the fiooa of last summer, have been leased
by Messrs. ilcClintock & Co. They will
pump out the old works and link a new
shaft at the same lime. £orne of our Seliuyl-
Kill County Colliers have been exploring
this Company's lands for other coal veins,
with a view to working them. So far, noth
ing prom ising has rewarded their enterprise.
ty A Locomotive Engine is in course of
construction for the Erie Railway on an en
tirely new principle, nothing but alcohol be
ing used for heating the boilers. It is to be
tried on tne road in a few days. The Scien
tific American predicts that it will prove a
failure. Alcohol, observes the Spiingfield
Republican, lias been ueed for putting
through trains in that region for some years.
PROTESTANT CHAPEL IN ROME.— Tho editor
o f the New York Evangelist has received a
letter Irom tho Rev. Mr. Hastings, who is the
gentleman preaching in tho Protestant Chap
el at Rome, informing him that the chapel
has not been closed, as it lias been reported
to have been. Another account says ',' na (
Mr. Cass has had an interview v q, e Car
ditials on the sub' Sot of , itt | e America „
c ape , w ./ich resulted in its being per-
T.uted tq g 0 on without molestation.
Colored People in lowa —A bill is now pen
ilicg in the lowa Legislature, having been
acted upon favorably, to provide for the re
moval of all free persons of color, emanci
pated in other States, and hereafter settling
in that, but providing that those already there
may remain, subjsc to the present law upon
the subject, and disqualifying'.hem from ac
quiring any additional real estate.
QT Hon. Alexander W. Duel! of Congress
and Messrs Mowry, Buckalow of the Legit
latum havo our thanks for their favors.
Scarcity of Silver and Clamor lor Small
Notes.
The laws of irade are immutable. One
of these laws is that currencies of unequal
value will uot circulate together. The most
valuable will be driven out by the most woith
less. We havo seen this thing reduced to
practiue several times.—During the war of
1812, no longer "the last war," even cop
pers was driven from circulation by shiupla£
tcrs. The latter were bauished on the return
of peace, and the specie that every body
thought had gone forever, returned and filled
the channels of circulation. In IBlBlhe pas
age of the law prohibiting the circulation of
notes under five dollars was followed with
like results. The suspension of the bnnkt
in '37, repeated the lesson, and in that era
of ahinplastera it was difficult to get change
for one dollar or even for a quarter as it is
now for aV. Shinplasters were again ban
ished and naturally as effect follows cause,
the specie returned, obeying the. laws of
trade, leaving when it was not wanted ami
returning when it was.
At this time silver is scarce, scarcer it is
i said than gold, and an emission of small
notes is asked for to remedy the evil. Can
it be possible that any one, with our past ex
perience, can doubt '.hat this remedy will
but aggjavate the disease. An issue of small
noies will drive away what silver we have
left and with it tho gold coin. No man pays
out his specie while he has paper money.
The laws of trade cannot bo changed or vi
olated by any act even of the f.ogislature bf
Pennsylvania. If the Legislatme wish 10 do
something to remedy the evil, let them call
in the relief notes and prohibit the issue, of
any other note under five dollars, and we
shall have a sound currency ; and fur the
uses of the working classes a metallic cur
rency, which thoy may lay by if they have
it to spare without the fear of its becoming
worthless, through the mismonagement or
dishouesly of the president, directors, & co.
of the Bank of : Keystone.
Flro.
On Saturday night last, our citizens were
alarmed by a ciy of fire. On rallying, it
was found that the old store house belong to
the Estate of the late Abraham Thomas, sit
uated on the North side of the Canal, was in
flames. The fire Company were promptly
on the spot, with the new engine, but the
fire had spread so nearly through the build
ing, that there was r.o hope of staying it.
The building stood alone, and there being
no wind, there was no danger of the fire ex
tending. The fire company turned a stream
ot water into the flames, merely for exer
cisc, and show what could be done—satisfy
ing all the spectators of the ability of the
company and the engine to render most im
portant service where it could be available.
We understand the building burned has
boon frequently used as a place of resort by
the dissolute. Sometimes, it is said, a horde
of persons, male and female—-black and
white—have taken forcible possession of it,
and mails it a place of residence. Conse
quently it has been held as an annoying nui
sance to the more immediate neighborhood.
It is believed to have been set on fire with
a view to its destruction. This may be true
but we are loth to believe there is among us
a single individual who would thus wanton
ly destroy properly. If true, the act is most
reprehensible, and the actor ought not to per
mit himself to rest, until the widow and fath
erless are remunerated to the extent of their
'.t>ss.— Wilkesbarre Advocate.
IMPORTANT STATISTICS.
From the Auditor General's Report we
select the following statistics of the Finan
ces of the State. They will bo found inter
esting to our readers:
Receipts of Tax on Real and Personal Estate
Counties. Tax. Counties. Tax.
Adams $13,451 10 Juniata, 84,872 18
Allegheny, 22,432 67 Lancaster, 82,444 60
Armstrong, 7,248.03 Lawrence, 4,482 72
Beaver, 10,678 86 Lebanon, 22,650 00
Bedford. 5,592 69 Lehigh, 25,610 07
Berks, 56,103 61 Luzerne, 12,189 25
Blair, 15,051 80 Lycoming, 9,882 04
Bradford, 10,176 37 McKean, 2,813 34
Bucks, 17,772 05 Mercer, T,917 33
Butler, 10,586 09 Mifflin, 18,569 34
Cambria, 3,797 88 Monroe, 4,397 25
Carbon, 5,652 26 Montgom'y4B,3B4 84
Centre, 11,296 59 Norlhp'ton, 36,627 40
Chester, 67,473 37 North d, 9,414 19
Clarion, 5,920 48 Perry, 8,748 64
Clearfield, 4,204 64 Philad'a, 365,882 00
Clinton, 8,953 41 Pike, 2.557 83
Columbia, 15,764 98 Potter, 3,434 75
Crawford, 8,900 18 Schuylkill, 30,852 50
Cum'iand, 29,584 72 Somerset, 7,952 70
Dauphin, 23,000 00 Sullivan, 1,477 75
Delaware, 23,708 55 Susq'liaiiiia, 8.248 41
Elk, 1,062 49 Tioga, 9l
Erie, 9,530 96 Union, 20.321 65
Fayette, 12,807 71 Venango, 5,638 22
Franklin, 38,394 65 Warren, 3,717 49
Greene, 964 95 VVash'gton 25,133 38
Hunt'gdon, 15,384 09 Wayuo, 5.306 4 6
Indiana, 4,844 81 Wyoming, 3,198 29
Westm'ld 19,558 35 York, 21,268 30
Jefferson, 2,229 42
"The ffkig Almanac" for 1851, contains,
in addition to a correct calendar, much valu
able information of a statistical, governmeut.
and scientific character, worth io liuitol—
more than the small amount of 124 cents
foi whioh it can be purebred, indeed its
contents are so valuable , na t persons who
have been using tb tf Whig Almanac would
not be wiib ont Published by Messrs.
& MCELIUTH, at the office of the
New York Tribune.
THE POSTAGE BILL.—Tho amendmont in
the Senate to the Postage Bill, making let
ters unpaid pay two cents more tliau pie
paid letters, live cents in all upon unpaid
letters, it is said, will pass the Senate. It
may meet with an amendment proposing a
two and tour cent rate whan returned to tbo
House, but there is little doubt that the three
and five rate will ultimately prevail. Some
of the New York papers are still clamoring
foi a greater reduction, to 2J cents, but the
public mind is, perhaps, not yet prepared for
so great a change'
ty At Chicago on the 31st ult., at 6 o'-
clock A. M. the thermometer sloed at 6 de
grees below zero.
Improvement.
The West Wing of the main building of
the University at Lewisburg, i* now com
pleted, and a few days since Was taken pos
session by Prof. Taylor and most of the stu"
dents entitled to rooms there. This wiog is
a four sloty brick building, 115 felt in length
by 35 in width. It contains 35 front study
rooms, each 13 feet square, and in the rear
of each study room 2 dormitories or sleep
ing rooms, each 6by 12 feet in size. Every
room has a window, is well warmed by fur
naces, and is provided with good means of
ventilation. The views from both front and
rear windows are grand and pleasing, and
can not fail to have the happiest influence
upon the mind of the students. We learn
that the Lewtsburg Ladies' Sewing Circle
have fitted up seven or eight dormitories,
and intend to furnish the corresponding study
rooms, for the use of students; and that La
dies in Milton and other quarters are also en
gaged in fitting out rooms for the same pur
pose. In other cases, individuals furnish
rooms according to their own means and
tastes — Lemsbttrg Chronicle
Correction.
We publish the following let'ur from tho
Hon. C. R. Buckalew, Senator from the Col
umbia Oistri.it, with great pleasure, as we
nre always anxious that no injustice shall be
done to Democrats in the columns of the
Morning Post. If we remember rightly, we
did not class Mr. Ives with the Indians or
Cameronians in the Legislature, but merely
stated thai tie was absenl—reported sick.—
Pittsburg Post.
j SENATE CHAMBER, Ihrrisbtirg, Jan 23,
1851.
Dear iir : —l observe in pa.er
of the 21st, an article on lite subject of Uni
ted Stales Senator, which does injustice to
Mr. Ives, ot the Senate. He was sick, and
| confined to his room at (lie time of the cau
! cus, and consequently oould not attend. Hit'
! his uniform declaration was that he would
| support the choice o( the caucus. Justice to
| Mr. Ives would bu subserved by a correction
| in your paper.
Mr. Freeman. of Wayne, also an absentee,
was a Woodward man, and would have al
ways voted against Cameron- He wis elec
ted as a volunteer, but there is no excuse for
liis not going into caucus as a Democrat.
I am, very truly, yours,
CHARLES 11. BUCKALEW.
1 L. I harm, Esq.
Things in Schuylkill Couuly
| The use of the Telegraph. —.V man stoic SlO
in Pottsville and put otT for Philadelphia-
The tollgraph, however, was ahead of liitn,
and he was nabbad at the station, and fork
ed over the amount to the officers. He was
| committed.
j Adjourned Meting. —There was u large
j and enthusiastic meeting of lite citizens of
j Pottsville and vicinity, at the Town Hall, on
Thursday evening, Jan. 30. 1851. Tho pro
minent cause assigned by the different spea
; kern was to take into consiiterallon tbo grie
j vauees under which the citizens of the Coal
| Region are laboring and have beet' laboring
j for years—and also to advocate die erection
| of a new railroad to Philadelphia, in opposi
tion to the old road. A strong feeling, the
Pottsville Journal says, | revails throughout
the region against the course pursued by
tho Reading railrovtd, and a settled determi
nation to resist any further imposition.
A Fcrqale Seminery is about being estab
lished in Minersville, by Miss Zeigle, former
ly of this place.
A Neiv Town.
We understand that Messrs. STRONG ft
MUTT, of this place, have purchased die
farm of Mr. Peter Polen, on die opposite
side of the Susqtlehanna, with a view of
laying it out into town lots. When the
Bridge aeross the river is completed, which
will be during next summer, communication
will be rendered easy and pleasant and ma
ny will doubtless provide themselves with
residences in the new town.— Pittston Gazette,
ty Counterfeit Gold Dollars, well calcu
lated to deceive the unwary, are in circula
tion. On examination, however, they neith
er look nor feel liko the genuine, and tho
letters and devices want the sharp, well de
fined character cf tho true coin. They are
made of pewter, or somo other baso metal,
plated over with gold. A little caution will
prevent tho circulation of theso little deceiv
ers.
NEW DEMOCRATIC DAILV.—The City firm
learns that three gentlemen, possessing cap
ital, influence, and intelligence, are about to
start a new Democratie daily in Philadel
phia. It is intended to make it in evety res
pect a journal of the first order in enterprise
taut, discrimination, integrity, &c. Rather
doubtful, we think.
LYCOMINU CottNTy OFFICERS.—SeveraI weeks
ago we announced that the Sheriff of Ly
tomr'.g county had mysteriously disappear
ed. Wo have lieare since thai the Treasur
er has also left and fears arc entertained for
his safety. It is said that ho has gone ca-l
after the Sheriff.— Sunbury Gazette.
BAY STATE SHAWLS. —The Bay State mills,
in Lawrence, Mass., are said to be running
the whole ol their machiuery in tiie maim
facture ol Bay State Shawls. The number
of hands employed is nine hundted, ant the
daily consumption of wool amounts to the
shearings of more than three thousund slteep.
ry The Phrenological Journal and Wat
et Cure Journal of Messrs Fowles & Wells,
for February are received. They are the
neatest printed books we receive, and true
exponents of progressive science.
ty The celebrated Wetheriil divorce case
ie again before the Pennsylvania legislature.
STILL THEY COME.— The Pottsville Register
is out for Charles W. Hegins Esq., of that
place as a candidate for lite Supreme Beach.
A ROLLING MILL
Is to tie built at Pottsville the preiteof year
by Messrs. Harris and Burnish, two skilful
and enterprising mechanics of Boston, Mass.
They have purchesed sufficient ground on
the northern limits of the borough, at what
is called Fishbaeh, in close proximity to the
Ml. Carbon Railway and Centre turupike, on
which they purpose erecting extensive works.
They will manufacture all kinds of merchant
able iron, for blacksmith and machine shop
purposes, small T rails, and all kinds of
rails for mines. These gentlemen oould
have selected no betler p'ace than PolUvill®
for the Investment of their capital, with
greater certainty of good home market for
the products of their industry at good remu
nerating prices. Messrs. J. Wren & Broth
ers, good and industrious mechanics of this
borough, have contracted for the supplying
of all the machinery for the Mill. The whole
of the work will be put under contract im
mediately, and pushed to early completion.
There will be one Engine of 60 horse pow
er to drive the main works, and one of fr
horse power to drive the fan and pump..
The Messrs. Wrens have purchased a lot of
ground of F. W. Hughes, Esq., below the
American House, ou which they will erect
as speeJily as possible a large Foundry, to.
furnish the heavy castings for the Rolling.
Mill. \V e wish these gentlemen the most
ample success in their enterprise— Mining
Register.
! Reports of Incorporated Compuutc*.
j We copy from -ho annual reports matte by
tho different incorporations of the Stato to
I 'he Legislature, the following in relation t u
the two large.iron establishment in this
! neighborhood—
-Iho ".Montour Iron Company" report:
! Ist, that the capital stock is ?t jo.OOo, all of
i which hns been paid m. 2d, That it owns
j 1 100 acres of land in Montour county. SJ,
j That the works consist of four anthracite
, blast furnaces, a rolling mill, for'the protluc
tion of railroad, and Oilier iron, a fuudry and
| other works connected with conducting tho
j business, only a part of which are now in
] operation.
| -Hit, Thai they have smelted since tho
| last report, 6070 tons, 13 cwl. 2 qrs. and 9
| lbs, of pig maial, and have made in thcis
j rolling mill 5743 tons 3 cm 2 qrs and 5 lbs.
j of railroad iron ; so that all of ihe blast for
! uaces have In consequence of the great dc
j pression in the iron trade, been out ol blast
, since about July JBlh, and a portion of tfio
[ rolling mill has been running only half tho
1 time
| Philadelphia, Dee- 18, 1850. '
The "Bloomsburg Railroad Company'
report, Ist the amount of capital stock is
: SlOO,OOO, ol which 92,000 have been paid
j in; 2d, they own Is3o]acres of land; 3d,
they own two anthracite blast furnaces, both
|of which are in operation ; 4lti, they have
. manufactured during the year ending Dec
31st, ISSO. 9670 tens of anthracite metal.
( Philadelphia, Jan. 23d, 1331.
Lngl.tml mid Canada.
A book of 550 pages has been published'
in London, with plates and a map of Nort.a
America down to the 40lh degree of norlii
latitude, detailing the plan of a railroad
across Nava .Scotia and tho Camillas from
Halifax to tho I'ucilic. The idea is maginfi
cant. The route front Halifax to Quebec is
already surveyed. The distance from Ku"-
land to China by tliis proposed road is shown
to be fifteen hundred littles shotter than l!i°
nearest route across the the United Slates.
The cost of the road is estimatnd at ill 4,000,
000, averaging i.'5000 a mile. To build it,
20,000 convicts aro to be set a: work at onco,
paupers are to bo sent over, and Canada is
to be raised to great dignity in the Unite.!
Kingdom. Five millions of people can bo
spared from England, Ireland and Scotland,
to settle along the route, and populate it to
lite Pacific. The scheme is to relieve Grant
Britain of her pauper burdens, regenerate
the old monarchy, and establish her fiimly
on lite American continent. Jonathan will'
see about it.
Gov QUITMAN.— The report that General
Quitman had resigned his office as Governor
of Mississippi to attend his trial in Now Or
leans on a charge of being concerned in lite
Cuban Expedition comes ftoin tiie New Or
leans papers of the 21st. If this should
prove true, the Chiel Executive of the Stato
will devolve upon the Hon. J.J Guion, Pres- •
idem of tho Senate of Mississippi. This
gentleman is a Whig, but fully sustains the
position of Governor Quitman on the ques
tion between tho North and South.
FT- Of the thirty-one States which consti
tute this Republic, only (ivo have Whig Gov
ernors. Tliey are Vermont, Rhode Island,
Now York, Pennsylvania and Florida. Ken
tucky lias no Governor at present, J. L. Helm
acting in that capacity during during :he un
expired term of ex-Governor Crittenden.
EJT It is said that tho Muncy Canal Com
pany. in imitation ot her big sister, the Ron,
ding Railroad Company, intend applying to
the Legislature for an extension on the
lime of payment of hot debts for twenty
one years. The borers will have light pick
ings !
Distinguished Visitor. —Tho gentleman
who sports the four-story shirt collar paid
our town a flying visit last week. We were
pleased to observe that his ears had entirely
recovered, and are as good as new.
P. S. The cross dogs were kept chained,
during his slay.— Holluiaysburg Standard.
BREACH or PROMISE— Miss Denser, of
Mifflu county, has recovered 5i,725 by •
suit instituted against Mr. Martin, of said
county for a breaclt of promise.
Ii is reported that the enterprising citizens
of Hugliesburg, Lycoming county, mtend to
make application to the LojisfaJurd for AIR
act of htcorporaliou.