B. W. WEAVER, EBLTOR.
f dooms burg, Thursday, No*. 37, 1831~
THANKSGIVING DAY.
THE free people twenty-eight stales in the
republic this day join in thanksgiving lo the
Dispenser of Bounties. Millions of joyous
end thankful hearts unite in paeans of praise
and joy. And in this land of peace and
plenty—of happiness and health—who has
•tot a thousand blessings around hint to move
"him to gladness and gratitude ? To whom
thas not the Wisdom and Goodness of a
bountilnl Providence miuisteied in health,
comfort or estate ? Let it be then a day of
thanksgiving to rich and poor, for God has
blessed each according to his or her estate.
THIS TARIFF QUESTION}
WE have often said, is purely a matter o(
speculation—a question of dollars and cents
end not of political principal, r.or of profit to
the laborer. Kveiy manufacturer asks a
high tariff on the article he produces ard a
low tariff on what he consumes. The. iron
men want no duty on coal, (though even
any duty on coal is a farce) and the manu
facturer of bar-iron and rail-road iron want
no increased duty on pig iron—for they buy
pig iron. The mammoth "rail-road compan
ies want no tariff upon rail-road iron, and
Mr. Kvans of Maine, u good and true Whig
made application to Congress lo have those
duties refunded to the railroad companies
which they had paid on their iron.
Tho manulacturer of woolen goods oppo
ses a tariff on raw wool, but asks one on thft
goods he IIBS to sell. The 'manufacturer of
Cotton goods asks a high duty on his fabrics
and a low duty or nono at all upon raw col
ton. The following report of a "tariff"
speech is a fair sample of the creed of those
:p3nsioners of the government who have no
-imhh but the lust of plunder, and no politi
cal watch-word but the leech cry, "GIVE."
At a late mass meeting held at Trenton, New
Jersey Mr. Hewitt, one of tho speakers, raid
it was expected that he should say some
thing on the subject of tho Tariff. It was
with that question that ho was rnoro inti
mately cennected. He had heretofore acted
with the Whig party, and it was with a view
of getting a greaior protection on iron, that
he had advised his friends to vote for Gene
ral Taylor. There was one branch of tho
iron business, that of pig metal, which wks
sufficiently protected—and the cotton inter
est say that they can get along without fur
ther protection—he, therefore, had 110 seri
ous objections lo the present bill, except in
on* particular —iron, in bars, was not suffi
ciently protected, and it was in this particu
lar that lis (bought the bill was wrong. In
reference to the position of the two parlies
'"on the subject of the'tariff, lie believed that
moro be gained for protection to the
iron interest from the Democratic party, than
from the Whigs. Indeed, at the time the
bill was passed, the Whigs in Congress
might have got a higli duly on this article,
but what did they tell me at Washington i
they said "THAT THE ISSUE WOUI.D BE OI
SlOnE IMPORTANCE TO THEM IN THE NEXT E
LECTION THAN THE TARIFF ! From that mo
ment 1 bc:ame a Democrat I"
Valuable Coal Land,
WE invite attention to the sale of some
valuable coal lauds advertised in ourcolumns
to-day. The true', lays along and upon thu
."McCaulny mountain, and contains u valua
ble deposite-of anthracite. It is also in the
vicinity of the graded route of the Cattawis
a Railroad, and a lateral branch could easi
ly be tnade from the main route to the coal
•mine. There is a good chance for capital
"■ists.
KSF The Star cf the North says there will
bo six eclipses next year, three of tho sun
and three of the'moon. We hope no envi
ous body, planet or satellite, will come be
tween us and the Star of the North —the po
lar star of the democracy of Columbia.
We thank you good friend, and our heart
echoes your hope. A man with the grit and
true Democracy of our bachelor friend is in
aio fear of ever being eclipsed unless a
pair ol bright eyes should smile too kindly
and shine 100 brightly between him and us.
Then alas ! he would be lost lo u*.
"The 111-Considered Compact." —The New
York Tribune, one of tha ."higher law" or
gans of Whiggery—die earnest advocate ol
the late Whig Stale Ticket—says of the na
tional constitution, it is "an ill-considered
compact, made when our fathers were virtu
ally slaveholders."
And the Albany -Ensuing- Journal says of
the same glorious compact: It is "an atro
cious bargain." Comment is unnecessary.
tW For the past-two weeks we have in
diOerent ways toiled night and day ; and we
hope our readers will be indulgent if some
errors creep into this number from our ab
sence. A young friend promises to lend us
the servioe of his pen occasionally hereaf
ter, and we hope both our readeis and our
eelves|will profit from his assistance.
W In relation to the homicide case at
Beach Haven in Luzerne county which we
nolioed last week we have since learned but
few additional particulars. Stookey, the
man killed, was a man of disordered Intel,
lect, wild, furious, nud passionate at limes.
Seybert was not arrested but voluntarily gave
himself up to the Sheriff.
X3f The Wilkes-Barre atjd Pittston Plank
gfeiad is under contract. We are informed
,llte moat of it will) be graded by January
end the Planks laid down by April. This
jrhen oomploled will be a matter cf very
convenience.
mJufolnbia'find the laKes.
OCR Sun bury neighbors complain because
the Railroad committee appointed at the
Philadelphia convection of last September
ill theia address announce the fact that Phil
adelphia can be most easily connected with
the Lakes byway of Qattawissa. From
Port Clinton to Tamnqua tire railroad is in
operation now, and the 43 miles from Ta
maqua to Cullawiasa are all graded and the
heaviest part of lire work done. From Cat
la wissa a number of routes are proposed.
1 he first one contemplated was to continue
up along Fishingcreek to Millville and (hence
by Lairdsville along Muncy creek, and on to
Williamsporl. From that point there would
remain 240 miles of railroad to be built to
Erie. This route would in Lycoming coun
ty go through one of lire best timbered re*
gions of lire state ; and would secure the
lake trade by the shortest route. There are
also beds of bituminous coul in lire vicinity
of ibis route, and we ourselves a few weeks
ago collected some specimens of iron ore in
Lycoming county, of which one is a very
rich carbonate, much like the "black-band"
of Wales. We found also HI our excursion
specimens ore; which, though
not themselves rich, are doubtless the pre
cursors of a better body of this mineral
which would well pay for woiking.
A second route is proposed to lead along
Firhingcreek to Laporte in Sullivan county,
down the South branch of Towanda creek
to the Susquehanna at Towanda and thence
to unite with the New York and Erie Rail
road at Waverly, 16 miles East of Towanda.
This route would also tun through an excel
lent timber country, and in the vicinity of
bituminous coal and copper ore. A genile
man of this counly last winter made an "ex
ploration" of this route to LaporlCi and as
sures us that the grade will b& almost as
easy as it could be along the Susquehanna
river. Application was list winter made for
a state road fiom Rohrsburg in this county
direct to Laporte over the ground which the
railroad would cover.
Ttie main objection to this route is that it
would sti'l leave all the Northwestern coun.
ties of Pennsylvania in the "backwoods,'
and the result would be to draw tho trade of
Northern Pennsylvania, by a score of short
lateral roads, to the N. Y. and Erio Railroad,
where we would at once run against the
heavy competition of all tho West and New
York. Besides we would in that event use
the harbor of Dunkirk on Lake Erie, instead
of the larger, safer, and tnore convenient one
at Erie.
But again in this way we would lose all
the coal trade of North Western Pennsylva
nia, which would remain closed to us ; and
Western New York is already supplied by
the Erie Railroad from the Lackawanna val
ley. Only a few weeks ago the connection
was completed between Great Bend on the
Erio Railroad and Scranton in Luzerne coun
ty-
We think Philadelphia need have little
Tear tIHUTVew York Ctty trill- be o d.r.gatoas
rival if the Railroad is completed to Catla
wissa and Williarnsport. The cars of the
Reading Railroad will be able to run through
to Erie on this route.-for it will all be of the
same gague as at Philadelphia, while the
New York cars will find a dead latch for
them at Tamaqua, and all goods would have
to be te loaded there from ears of a 5 feet
10 inch gague to those of a 5 feet Si inch
gague. This ut least would be the case un
til some Yankee should contrive a mode of
contracting and expanding the axles of cars
from one guage to another, or changing the
wheels of ilia cars when they come to a
change' of guage. We have not patented
that idea, and leave it for our Sunbury co
temporary to attend to.
Il was al one time intimated that tho Cat
tawissa road might be extended to Danville
along the Eastern bank of the river, and
thence to Williarnsport, but we learn that
Kimber Cleaver is now engaged in survey
ing some eligible route from Danville to the
Shamokin coal fields to connect with the
Suuburj and I'otlsville route.
BANK OF DANVILLE. —At on election held
oil Monday of las! week for a Board of Di
rectors of this Institution for the ensuing
year, tho following gentlemen were unani
mously elected, viz : —Peter Baldy, A. B.
Wilson, John Sharpies*, J. K. Grotz, Thorn
ns Hays, Jacob W. Smith, Wm. C. Lawson,
Jacob Cook, J. I', llackenberg, T. 0. Van
Allen, W. IL Magill, Gideon M. Shoop and
Edward H. Baldy.
The Board of Directors, at their nioeting
on Tuesday last, unanimously re-elected PE
TE:! BALDY, Esq. as President.
NORTHUMBERLAND BANK DIBECTORS. —At
an election held at the Northumberland Bank,
nn Monday of last week, tho following gen
tlemen wore elected Directors for the ensu
ing year:
John Taggart, Wm. Forsyth, Amos E.
Kapp, Wm. H. VVapples, Wm. L. Dewart,
John B Packer, George Schnure, Saml. Wil
son, Wm. Cameron, John Walla, Wm. Hay
es, Samuel T, Brown, William. Neal.
FISE. —We understand that a fire broke
out in the frame building belonging to the
Hon. Samuel Oaks, at Churchville, North'd.
county, a short distance below the I.ewis
burg Bridge, on Sunday morning last be
tween two and three o'ulocK, which was to
tally consumed, notwithstanding the citizens
of were soon or. the ground with
their engine, but owing to the wretched con
dition of the hose, were unnble to save any
portion of the building. It was occupied by
two families at the ti.Tio, whose furniture,
Stc., we are pleased to learn, was mostly
saved.—The fire is supposed to have origin
ated from the bake oven, where a late fire
for baking had been used.— Miltonian.
Isv WE have now about a feet of snow
on the ground, and fine Sleighing. Go it I
G'hals and B'hoys.
EF* Governor Johnston, of Pennsylvania,
on the expiration of his term, makes Pitts
burg his residence.
Correspondence oj Ike Star.
FHOM PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22d, 1851.
PEAK STAR:—
I have for the past week or two
been getting my ears full of conspiracies iu
connectioh with Governor Bigler's Cabinet.
Every body is Secretary of State, and "the
rest of mankind" Attorney Generals. The
last wrinkle is that Reuben C. Hale or Judge
Kidder is to be prime minister. Judge
Woodward could no doubt get the seals to
hold, and there is no 'man in the State more
fit than he to honor that station, but the bu
siness won't pay, and the Judge will raise
bis ordinance to a little higher mark.
1 The fuzlemen have ruu the business of
"Cabinet making' r mto the ground, and so
killed pnor Judge Campbell anew, by trvitig
to force him upon Goveruor Bigler. It was a
mighty impudent piece of business to cook
up a Cabinet lor His Excellency, and soun
ded very much like saying he was himself
incompetent to the tusk ! The Governor will
no doubt say "I am very much obligee to
you, gentlemen."
Andrew 11. Reeder of "Old Northampton,''
as the world calls it, is perhaps the most
prominent man now iu the publio eve for
Attorney General. I say "in the public eyt,"
for be assured Governor Bigler has hardly yet
given the subject a thought, and not given
the old ladies in breeches who like to swarm
around Itira, any piece of his mind, flf he
has counsellors, they are discreet. F. VV.
Hughes of Schuylkill county will also be
named to the Governor for Attorney General,
but unfortunately it is said of him that at
the state convention of 1818 he declared
the delegates might nominate Mr Longstreth
but they coulu not elect him. This might be
urged to show that he was an "otiginal Big
ler man,'' but the speech has two edgos to
it, and cuts buth ways. Besides, some fel
lows upon whoso iocs Frank has (ramped in
limes gone by have got out Cen. Francis M.
VVynkoop of Pottsvillu for Adjutant General,
and il the tug of war comes when Greek
I meets Greek, you may guess what will hap
pen when Frank meets Frank. I'll try to be
about—to lioid the hats.
We have some very interesting plotting
I here in connection with the Presidency. The
last "cunning" move is the announcement of
Govornor Bigler for the Vice Presidency-
You will at once understand the drift of this'
A counter movement is the getting out of
General Pillow of Tennessee for Vice Presi
dent. This is meant to save for Buchanan
in Tennessee what the other manouvre will
lose him in Pennsylvania. So these things
go. Of course no Democrat cares much who
is nominated for the tail of the ticket, though
the Whigs are very much interested in that
part of their nominations, since the luck to
[ Tyler and Fillmore.
I have no doubt but that if the two-third
rule is adopted in the next National Conven
tion, Judge Douglass will be the Comprom
ise candidate for the Prosineney. It must
and will be a Union tnan.
I'llOM POT t'BVII,I.E.
POTTSTIM.K, Nov. 24th, 1881.
R. W. WEAVER, Esq.:
You will doubtless bo
pleased to hear of the success of a large
new Rolling Mill at this place, which has
been established by flight practical workmen
upon the principles of mutual associated la
bor. They propose to conduct their business
as other enterprises are mangled which de
pend upon economy and industry, rather
than upon the idle clamor of speculating ad
ventures. They attend personally every day
al the workshops lather than at the hall of
Congress ; and they roll up their sleavesand
bear their part iu the toil of the day. Each
one previously served eight years of duty in
another establishment, and they then invest
ed 821,0(10 in this Rolling Mill. It is now in
successful operation, and answers a much
better purpose than if it had cost twice a 9
much of the money of those city capitalists
who never saw iron-ore, and give splendid
dinners to Congressmen ; for 824,000 in the
hands of two or three scores of superinten
dents, supernumeraries, subs, clerks and un
dor-slrappers don't go far when the losses
are sporting white kids and swilling cham
pagne at Newport. There is order, regulari
ty and management in this Flshbach Rolling
Mill, and every body iu the concern under
stands his business and knows his place.
There is no swarm of droves around it to
eat out the substance, iu the business of cry
ing ruin ; for every man concerned in il feels
like making a living at an honorable busi
ness. The proprietors are now making bar
iron which is pronounced to be as good as
any imported, and which they sell at city
prices —freight added. 1 hey can turn out 8
tons ot this iron per day, and in this opera
lion consume 12 tons of coal. The pig iron
needed is obit ined from Easton.
The proprietors will next turn their atten
tion to the manufacture of rail road iron, and
they feel confident of success and profit in
that department. The concern looks like
going ahead finally, and has so far met with
every encouragement desired.
The fact is that praclioal and prudent men
have made money in the iron business in
the face of the hardest times. I well rem
ember when every body at Danville thought
the iron business was ruined, and the furna
ces blown out. Nobody could be found to
use them until Mr. Perry and several other
pracical busi less men took them, and, to the
astonishment of the natives, coined almighty
dollars by the thousands, at the "prostated"
iron business—selling their pigs at the fur
nace, I believe, for sls per ton. Other fel
lows, who were beating some irons in their
furnaces and others in Congress, got up too
much or too little gas, and some of their i
rons were burnt
On next Mouday the public records of this
county are to be removed from Orwigsburg
to this place. Judge Hegins is also to open
our December terra of Court on that day,
but I suppose the removal will put us in
such good spirits that we won't feel like indic
ting anybody, or saying that our neighbors
are guilty of any thing worse than good- hu.
trior —at least for a weak to come.
Yonretraly, k
Frightful Catastrophe and Loss of Life.
One of the most frightful and melancholy
catastrophes it has ever been our lot to re'
cord occurred in New York city on Thurs
day afternoon. The following as uear as
can bn -ascertained, anrfKe particulars of the
dreadful occurrence:
About threejp'glock, past before the pupils
of the Ward School, No. *6, occupying the
new building on Greenwich Avenue, near
Sixth Avenue, were about being dismissed
for the Jay, the principal of the department
on the third floor of the building, Miss Har
rison, was seized with sudden illness of a
paralytic nature, causing such an effect up
on her face as to induce the greatest alatm
among the children, a majority of whom
were girls, ranging from six (o eight years
of age.
The consternation gradually increased,
several girls called for ''water" to levive the
mistress, and in the midst of the alarm, the
cry of fire was raised, wbeu the children at
once made for the spiral stairs, winding in a
circle from (be ground floor to the 4th story,
which, iu their eagernees, they completely
blocked up, the crowd becoming closely,
wedged between the bannisters and the wall.
Suddenly the bsnnisterwgave Way, and scorai
of the children irere precipitated to the pa
ved floor below, a distance of about thirty
feet. The 6ceno that followed baffles de
scription.
The parents of the children were quickly
informed of the dreadful occurrence, aud
flew to the horrible scene ; and as body af
ter body was taken out dead or injured, the
screams and distress of the distracted moth
ers was most heartrending. So far as ascer
tained, forty-eight children were killed,
while there are probably that number more
or less injured, soate of whom cannot possi
bly recover.
Many of the little ones were so dreadfully
disfigured and mangled, as to be scarcely
recognized by their parents.
Facts.
In the census tables for Pennsylvania in
tlie year ISSO, there are recorded 77,399
firms! Hero, then, we have the source of
wealth, and the cause of our vast proper'y
defined ; for it is the production of the farm
stead that forms the basis of all other indus
try. Without agriculture, we can have no
trade—no manufacture*—no commerce—no
mechanical labor. Extend this basis of la
bor and you extend all other branchea ot in
dustry, by the moat facile and agreeable
mode of self iuterest, operating spontaneous
ly through individual enterprise. What a
beautiful system of political economy doe*
not nature provide for man ? The bosom of
the earth, cultivated by labor, yields hint
nourishment. Variety of industry results in
leisure, science, education and literature,
the fine arts, and all that exalts his nature,
and subdues his evil passions. Thus, one
part of the world is subsisted by anolhet
that it tnay rise bMrer in iutellect, art, sci
ence, and iqventiotk Agriculture lies at the
botrovn -of *U •iviQ|>tt*R ; nrt ttto otljr won
der is, that qnr census table for 'SO does not
show is many AuadM thousands, as It shows
thousands of "farms," which ore the real
castles of a free country ; as the farmer is
the natural nobleman of the soil. Pennsyl
vania has yet land enough uncultivated to
produce that result; and the improvements
now being prosecuted, and hereafter to be
made, will show that effect by the next cen
sus. In all directions the facilities to a mar
ket are being constructed; while capital, op
erated on by the magic hand of labor, for
wilhout labor capital is worthless, is easily
employed ia increasing the tools by which
it enhances its value, and expands its bulk.
Kings may boast of their slaves—but it is
the pride of Pennsylvania to boast of her
fartnc rs .• —Ledger.
INSURING A DEBTOR'S RIFE.—A case was
tried a day or two ago, iu one of our Courts,
in which an unusual circumstance in the re
lations of debtor and creditor was developed
by the testimony. The suit was against the
executor of a person who became indebted
to the plaintiff and another person, in the
sum ot about five hundred dollars each. As
effecting an insurance on their debtors life,
to the amount upon him. In
a few weeks after this the debtor died, and
the F.nsurauce Company paid the amount of
their insurance. The plaintiff subsequently
brought suit upon his claim against the estate
of his debtor, and will, of course, obtain
twice the amount of his original claim. The
matter was suggested on the trial, but as
there was no condition in tho policy of insu
rance, nor any circumstances which could
preveut the plaintiff from recovering on the
policy and agaiii3t tho estate of his debtor
also, no legal objection could be urged lo the
6uit. '
PENNSYLVANIA KNTEIIVRISE. —More ilian a
year ago we noticed tho fact that Capt Con
verse, of line city, was endeavoring to estab
lish steam navigation on the Susquehanna
River, between Baiubridge, Chenango coun
ty, N. V., and VVilkesbarre, Pa. We see by
a despatch through the telegraph that this
gentleman ha* succeeded in his object, and
the steamer Enterprise has arrived at the lat
ter plaoe from Baiubridge—her arrival crea
ting considerable excitement in that town.
Those who know the nature of the naviga
tion so far up that river, will readily appre
ciate the energy and enterprise which could j
commence such an undertaking.— Ledger,
TJT LYNDE ELIOT, Esq.. for some months
past the very able assistant-editor of the
Pittsburg Pott, and, to our knowledge, one of
the moat foretold ar.d fearless of all tho wri
ters conuectod with the Democratic press of
tha country, will be presented by many
friends as a candidate for one of the impor
tant offices of the House of Representatives
of this State.— Penntylvanian.
FIRE. —We learn that the Engine House
of the Baltimore Coal Company, was burn
ed dotyn on Monday night. It is supposed
to have been set on fire. Loss estimated
at about *B,OO, — Wtlketbarie Advocate-.
From Ike Pennsylvania Statesman.
Despotism of Corporations.
The Boston Alias gives the following in
sitnee of despotism and oppression exercis
ed by an agent in one of the faotories of
Lowell towards the employees engaged at
work i-i the establishment. Instances o'
this kintl are by no means rare, and we have,
had occasion to refer to tbem frequently be
fore. In this State, the same spirit of arro
ganoe and despotism has generally manifes
ted itself among the iron-mastors, and other
manufacturing establishments of great extent.
We could refer to occasions where Whig
employers wcte known to have marched
persons in their employ up to the po.ls to
rote, with lickpls marked in a peculiar man
ner, aud if in any case the laborers were
> drscovered to vole any other than the mark
ed ticket they received, they were immedi
ately discharged. In this manner has a
great deal of the Whig strength in this State
been acquired.
But, says the Boston Atlas, it being report
ed in Lowell that Linus Child, agent of the
Boot Mills, had declared he would not em
ploy soy man who should vote lor the ten
hour ticket, (coalition,) a committee of gen
tlemeu waited upon him to ascertain if such
ware the fact; to their utter astonishment
Mr. Child openly, boldly, unequivocally a
vowed his determination to employ no man
in the mills of which he was agent, who !
should vote for the coalition candidates lor j
representatives from Lowell on Monday next'
This tyrannical attempt to coerce the suf
frages of free citizens through the influence
of corporate power granted by the legisla
ture—by the abuse of privileges conferred
upon a company merely for manufacturing
purposes—is oue of the grossest and nios 1
insolent outrages upon the purity of the e
lective franchise that political profligacy or
desperation ever brought to our knowl
ekge. A corporation created by the people
sets itself above its creators, and attempts to
trample upon their deutesi rights—to play
the Lord and render the voters of a true
country its serfs —to enact the Tyrant, and
say to American citizens "uo my bidding or
starve'." —to pervert the purpose of our insti
tutions, destroy the guardian of American
Libetty, the llallot Box, and dually to insti
tute a power to overawe and control the citi
zen, more abhorrent than the arbitrary wr!j
which fills the dungeons of Naples, or sends
victims to the frosts of Siberia.
Mr Child may dare to execute his despot
ic threats, but he had belter have a cure, and
remember the late of Haman. If he abuse
his power and insult the spirit of freedom in
the manner he threatens, he will have a fear
ful reckoning to answer before public opin
ion, the omnipotence of which, thank God,
neither he nor all the powers of his corpora
tion can withstand when unjust oppression
is exposed to that scrutiny which justico
will surely demand.
We hope the voters of Lowell are not so
craven as to bow to the cap of this factory
Gesler, but will spurn him and his threats,
and teach him and those he represents that
ihunti wk® gave can lake away ; that nnsus-
can bo recalled, omt obu-o xrf
power punished.
Tlie contest in Lowell is possessed of far
greater importance under the present aspect j
than wus attached to it before—it will solv 0
the question whether we are to have free j
elections or not—whether men or money
shall rule—whether the Ballot Box—so long
considered the Palladium of American Inde
pendence—shall express the voice of free I
citizens, or only the dictum of corporate
wealth.
Whea such issues are presented for the
voters of Massachusetts lo decide, all others
sink into insignificance, and every man who
lecls himself worthy of being called an A
merican—a freeman—should vindicate his
claim to these glorious appellations by rebu
king the audaoity that would rob him of the
heritage bequeathed to him by the Fathers
of the Revolution.
To THE BENEVOLENT. —The house of Mr. |
KAMP, of Madison township, in this county, |
was totally consumed by fire, on the night,
of tho 24th of October last, together with al
its conreritr. His wife was severely burnt*
and all the inmates but narfowly escfqwjd
There was 110 insurance on the property.
Mr. Kamp is an honest and industrious la
boring mail, who has a large family, and is
about trying to re-bnild a small >lo.use for
himself. Under these circumstances, a num
ber of his most respectable neighbors have
given him a certificate of good character, &
represent him as a worthy rrvau to receive
assistance. Among them wo observe tho
names of such gentlemen aa Squires Hen
dershot and Kisner John V . Derr and VVm.
Mcßiide. Persons, who contribute their
mile towards repairing the loss of tho unfor
tunate Kamp, may rest assured that their
gifts are not unworthily bestowed.— Danville
Democrrt.
The Irish Exiles.
A largo meeUng was held in Philadelphia,
in the Museum building, on Thursday eve
rung last, in favor of a movement on tho part
of the United States Government towards
procuring the lelease of Wm. Smith o:Bri
en, Mitchell, Meagher, O'Donohue, and their
companions in exile. It was participated in
by most of the prominent men of Philadel
phia.. Gov. Johnston was the presiding offi
cer, and delivered a short bnt excellent
f.peech on taking the chair. Tho meeting
was also addressed by Z. Collins I.ee, of Bal
timore, Kobert Tyler and Joseph R. Chand
ler. An address, prepared by Charles J. In
gersoll, was read and signed by the officers,
to be forwarded by the Governor to the Pres
ident of the United Slates.
SAD ACCIDENTS. —Mr. Joseph Edman, a
young man of about 18 years of age, whilst
engaged in quarrying atone on the farm of
Mr. Seebold, in Limestone township, Union
county, on Monday last, met an almost in
stant death by the falling in of an embank
ment upon him.
In Middlecreek township, same day, two
meu employed in the same business met a
severe accident—one had his leg broken and
the othei hie hand crushed— Mihonian.
Ttulfl Rain.
We learn by ihe letter of a London cor
respondent, published in the National Intelli
gencer, (good Whig authority) that we have
no cause for complaint under Ihe Tariff of
. '-IG, so far as our trade with Great Britain is
concerned. It is there stated, that our inter-
L change of commodities amount annually to
£40,000,000 sterling or about $200,000,000 —
and that our exports to Great Britain are a
bout double the amount of our imports. The
writer says :
"The declared values ol the entire exports
to the United Stales for three years, (1848,
1849, 1850,) were £9,601,909, £11,971,028
and £14,871,961, or nearly one-fitih of the
declared value of British exports to all parts
of the world. The official value of our im
ports from the United States for 1848 and
1849, was £23,916,844 and £26,554,941, res
pectively.—Great Britain and the United
Stales, therefore, interchange in a year, pro
duce worth above £40,000,000. Truly they
are of some importance to each other, and
ought to continue, as we hare no doubt they
will do, on the best terms."
We regret that the amount of our exports
for 1850, is not also given, but we are satis
fied with the facte as the Whigs give them.
Tue Journal of Commerce lately published
a statement showing that the gross amount
ol all our exports, exceeding our total imports
$30,000,000, from 1848 to the present time.
Why is it then, that the Whig leaders, and
the Whig papers, prate continually of fur
nishing a Home Market, for all our products,
when we have as much as we want at homo,
and, in addition, send abroad an overbalan
cing exchange ? and why do they advocate
a material alteration in the tariff of 1846,
i and the adoption of prohibitory duties?
J The answer can only bo found in thatgiv
ion by the Whig leaders at Washington to
j Mr. Hewitt, or the Trenton, (N. J.) Iron
j Works, — "THE ISSCE IS or MORE IMPORTANCE
! TO us THAN iHE 'J'A Birr ITSELF !"— Tioga La
! gle. ,
The Erie Railroad.
J A ootemporary says that during the month
j of October, the Erie Railroad leading from
l'ierraont to Dunkirk, received for passen
gers and freight the enormous sum of $356,-
552 21, of which $178,282 82 were for pas-
I sengers, and $178,260 39 for freight This i
' IS at the rate of nearly twelve thousand dollars
per day! At this ratio this road would re
ceive $4,278,636 per annum. Allowif.g half
for exbense, it would leave a clear piofit ol
$2,139,319. But the revenue of the road
has increased regularly every month, the last
one always showing an increase over the
one preceding. Should this augmentation of
receipts goon, its present large income would
not be a fair data upon which to fix the fu
ture revenue of the road. Should no other
improvement be made to come in oompeti
tion with tlhis Erie road, its gross receipts
will in all 'probability, in the course of a few /
years, run up to five or six millions a year, j
The immense business doing on this roa 1 |
evinces tvyo things wtituh w l>imylvanians j
should iaj:e notice of. It shows that the cil- ;
ies of New York and Boston are doing all
the business of the norlh-west in conse
quence of l-heir improvements to the Lakes
and it shows, too, that the money invested
in the making of the Cattawissa, Williams
port aud f)rie road—an improvement neces
sary to save to Philadelphia a portion of the
trade of the Lakes—would pay well, afford
ing th ■ stock-holders, at the most moderate
calcul xtlon, fifteen percent.
Trial of Washingtou Crltzer.
The trial of Washington Crilzer, of Miff
lio county, for shooting John Hines, of Lu
-7j jrne comity, at the lock below llarrtsburg,
on the 19lh of September, took place at Hm
-1 nsburg on Wednesday last, which resulted j
| in the acquittal ol Critzer. The indictment !
was for manslaughter. Several witnesses :
wero oxamined as to the manner in which i
the unfortunate occurrence happened, all of
whom proved that Critzer .acted in self-de-1
fence ; that he did not fire the pistol until |
after he was in the cabin of his own boat, i
and had done eyerything in his power to '
preuent Ilines from pursuing him into the
cabin. It was also proven that Hires was a
dangerous, quarrelsome,fellow, and that lie
had made numerous threats that he would
shoot or kill Critzer when he inet him ; and
that ho (Crilzer) had frequently been warn
ed to keep a look out for Hiees.
PRESIDENTIAL SPECULATION.— A Washing
ton correspondent of ihe Baltimore Sun says:
"The democratic party arc divided." Cass,
Buchanan, Butler and Douglas are the most
prominent candidates fortlie next presidency.
The two first will be voted for in convention,
and neither can obtain a two-third vote, and
Douglas or Butler will be the compromise nom
inee. If Douglas, then Cobb will be Domi
nated for the Vice Presidency; but if Butler,
then Gov Bigler, of Pennsylvania, as Vice
President. Either ticket will be a strong one.
The Rending Railroad Company
Have done a splendid business this year,
and the income will be very large. The pro
ceeds for Coal, we learn, will neit the Com
pany about $1,30 per ton on all transported
for the year. There has also been a large
increase in the quantity of merchandise and
miscellaneous freight transported over the
Road, and the income from passengers, not
witdstanding the reduction of tares las! Spring
exhibits an encouraging increase.
SENSIBLE. —It is said that the British Gov
ernment will not fill the station of Minister,
vacated at Washington by the departure of
Mr. Bulwer, till some emergency shall arise
requiring the presence of such a represen.
tative. This is an eviednc* of good sense
that may be profitably imitated by our gov
ernment. Why maintain all this diplomatic
pomp and parade, at great expense for no
useful purpose.
f The National Washingtou Monument
is now carried to tb? heigh: of one hundred
and two feet.
Classification of Retailor* #
OF Merchhaiulise within the county of
Columbia, Pa, for the year 1801, Ap
praised aud classified according to the
several acts of assembly, by R. W,
Waver, duly appointed Appraiser of
Mercantile taxes; to wit:
Name Q Li-
Residence ' § sens*.
Bloom.
Bloomsburg R R Iron Co 10 20 00*
William M'Kelvy Si Co 10 liquor 30 00
H C j-1 W llartmsn 13 do 15 00
Mendenhul'. Mensch, 13 liquor 13 00
Leonard R Rupert 13 10 00
George Weaver 13 do 16 00
A. J. Sloan 13 do 15 00
Matthew M'Dowell 13 10 00
S I. Bettlo 13 10 00
Fowler & Tiimbly 13 do 15 00.
Light Street Iron Co 14 7 00
Peter Ent, 14 7 00
William Rnbisott 14 7 00
J. J, Brnwer 14 liquor 10 60
John H Barton Si Co 14 700
E P Lutz 14 ' 7 00
John It Moycr 14 7 00
Aaron Kline 14 7'oo
Simon Nathan 14 7 00
David Loweubcrger 14 7 00
David Stroiip 14 7 00
Cyrus Barton 14 liquor 10 60
S. A. Worinan 14 do 10 50
Millard & Trimly 14 liquor 10 50
U Plummet-& Co 14 liquurlO 60
lleru-ick
Abraham Miller 11 liquor 22 DO
Setli B. Bowman Si Co. II 15 00
George A. Beam 14 liquor 10 60
Frederick Nicely 14 do 10 60
Nriarcrcfk,
Dodson Stackhoust* 18 10 00
.William Shaffer 14 10 60
Beaver
Strouse .)■ Novinger 14 liquor 10 50
Centre.
Solomon Sterner 13 10 00
Gilbeit H Fowler *l3 liquor 15 00
Jesse Hicks 14 do 10 60
Catawissa.
Michael Brob3l & Son 13 liquor 15 00
John Sharpless 13 do 15 DO
Finclier & Thomas* 13 10 00
Jesse K Sharpless 14 do 10 60
John Schmick 14 do 10 60
Stephen Buldy 14 7 00
Charles Ilartman 4" Co 14 liquor 10 60
"Lloyd Thomas 14 7 00
Greenwood.
George Masters 13 10 00
Elias Wcrtman 14 liquor 10 50
Schuyler 4' Rezner 14 7 00
Hemlock.
Marshal G Shoemaker 14 liquor 10 50
Jacob Harris 14 do 10 60
Fishingcreelt.
James M'tlenry 14 liquor 10 60
Benjamin M'Henry 14 do 10 60
Montour.
M. G. Hughes* 14 liquor 10 69
Maine.
Geo. 4" RuiiolphShuman, 13 liquor 15 00'
Mifflin.
Brown Creasy 13 liquor 15 00
Stephen H. Miller* 14 do 10 50'
Christian Zimmerman* 14 7 00-
John Mcllenry* 14 7 00-
T. E. Craig* 14 liquor 10 60"
WiHiam Kautucr,* 14 10,59-
Madison.
James Masters* 14 7 00'
Orange.
R 4" J Lazarus* 13 liquor 15 00t
Rcketts ,V Stewart* 13 do 15 00
Sugar/oaf.
Parvin Masters* 14 do 10 50"
ADDITIONAL.
Persons returned for License under the
Act of Assembly passed the iOih of April,
1340; to wit:
Distilleries.
Names 3 Li'
Residence Jj ccnse.
Ricketts Si Stewart, Orange 0 8 00 1
Reese 4" Lolt, Briarercek* 0 8 00
John Laubach 10 5 00
Patent Mediciaes.
E. P. Lutz, Bloomsburg 4 600
John R. Mover do 4 SCO
S. L, RettL* f 4 SCO
John Sharpless, Cattawissa 4 5 00
Beer Houses and Oyster Cellars.
Muses May, Bloomsburg, 8 5 00
MF~ Those marked thus (*) are ma
paid, The above list contains ail retail
ers returned within the present year for
license, as n'so ail retailers of medical
compounds, patent medicines, and all
keepers of beerhouses, rating houses,
resteaurar's or oyster cellars ; and nil
manufacturers of spirituous liquors, by
the appraiser ol mercantile taxes, which
1 publish ns required by the 60:h section
of the act of March 4di, 1824 and tho
supplement* thereto uitacheJ, designs
i ting those that are paid. All those that
1 remain unpaid at tho next term of Court
will be sued as trqnircd by the act as a
bove referred to. Persons who tire re
tailing foreign goods, merchandise and
liquors, and not contained in litis list, nra
required to take licenso immediately ; or
they will be sited as soon us heard of.
All Tavern Keepers who have not ta
ken out their license are likewise inform
ed that unless paid in before the first day
of next court they will be handed over to
the Deputy Attorney General for prose
cution as reqoirod by law.
A.MANDUS LEVERS,
Treasurer,
TREASURER'* OFFICE. ?
Rlnnmxhtirr, Nov. 22. 1851. S
PUBLIC SALE OF
JTnvfNgyaD 3
THERE will be sold at public rale at the
hotel of Jacob Dyer in Cattawissa, on
NEW-YEARS DAY, Ist of January 1852,
commencing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon &
certain tract of
Coal and Timber Land,
Situate in Beaver township, Columbia coun
ty, bounded es follows :—Beginning at a
o..osmii thence by lands surveyed for George
Longenberger, S. 69J VV., 228 perches to a
post, thence by land of Andrew Clark, 8. 16
E,, 272 perches to a post, thence by lands of
Jesso Brooks and Deborah Stewart, N. 78 E.,
226 perches to a stone, thence by lands of
Jacob Lose N. 16J W., 278 perches to the
place of beginning, couiaini'-g
385 ACRES. AND 134 PERCIES
Of which about 10 Acres are cleared. There
is a small house on ihe .'leared part, excel
lent timber atd a valuable bed of ANTHRA
CITE COAL on die premise*.
X3T Terms will be roado- ku„wn on tho
day of *ale.
GEORGE cONGENBERGER,
GEORGE MILLER,
JOHN FISHER. Owner*
Main township, Nov. 24, 185 L