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,P OPPA 'LU Z ZOL- 44 X 0 PAge- CRlnteti Er /IN MULE iitonowcal Or torrsit.itawr.; svIIUYLKILL PBPINIIY, TW INALLAits ,
To uTo ruses ins zowsio or "'animate aim fame owe vim Tux creams *pen lovarviiiis.iiirauMuloariall , Zasts snizietru oußiiistas ium Ammar otagosit otrapislytnezimi 'DiLs.. I+: OIO26H S
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of Congress f to Massaclaisotto, icor th e
1 Arlene' ino II ' ,for JantrO y,1836.
";,,hied, remedy, t e anthracite' coal mines
nano rof the Stitt of Pennsylvja i - Tke•
tof enterprise,, wry; and proaperlty,
.ethere beheld, as most im in gto the
*Met instrocilis to. the min . In the
Wild broken 1. 'toffy . anti th e sharp
r.i n
ie ASeghani atersected y the bun.
and enceinte which sw the tides
tinereand Sit ushgnna, in what was
tears ego on of the trios desert re-
United Shit ,we found numerous
population, wit all the apple iinces of ro
t
, end ,a multith aof improvements, in
, cliOna,and oth public works, of which
aitinced peopl in America 'or even in
MI hi. ir s tstly proud . A new world
s have sprungu in the wild ' as, as if
tment. r Smili g villages w r ' spread
• and abunda beneath o ershadow.
44 , 3 t-side mopotain tops r aching up
eummits tosky. l'he dwellings
II cotnpeteney and warebo stored
Indira, stood the very 1 e of the
I forests of th Continent.' Here wag
of a Vast bus en, which d all at
the sort -ng,enuntri,l 4:0/wetted
mate into , a theatre of !active life,
oun j
. etrmulus indrviduil titterprise .
Inexhaustible ice of wealth to We
`doh it lay, od opened a new coin.
t i
new bond fraternity to!Alda whole
J left the see. , with a strong and a
loe of the ener and spirit ' f our per.
renewed admi ibn of th resources
ties of our co try, and wi deep felt
• that bountif I Provides which be
us
its liisciur o • ' Lr gip y land. We ! cannot
municate o lugs and iinpressions
e scene Id be 'seen tcl be appre.
shall we a pt to do ati. Neither
Id
Sr into any. tenons Or inquiries
, the geologi • history, for:nation, or
miracle; of anthracite cool.' The ob.
let in view, arp more plainand practi
tioner collected ' from penmen obsenra.
corresponden , and a large mass of
Ater. a varlet of facts res ding the
and comirre co of anth le end, a
statement of hieb we to lay
medals of t Review.
h i
nattlabotind ' in pithead sores of
sefullinds, that *Aron and coal; these
prim* means} oulzi l f t which the actual
end opulence orb Bri 'a have in
tIA
sprung. On fu ure occasion we may
depoafts of ' on pee, and bf bitumin.
Present' is' with tig amine.
asively. I is singular that, with
lowledge ey already 4 possess of
td min resources,l and their
e prpm 'on lof publie improve.
On
ile of ,P Ilvania have not eau.
.o an weer geological survey of the
itory of their lat e , lty suitable ssienti
, according the donne recently pur-
State of M chneetts. ISc) far as
1
•of Penn ra nee hair be explored,
e l ls
nice fully scertained, i 'occupies
1 and d . t beds or , which
,ether on the ste'rly side f the Sus.
Ina upon or bob its north b anch,. and
nriliing similitu e each to ,t e other in
*KW position, q ent of area, a d geo log
i)a
ketones. They first, the I-field of
fi li t tit aw ant ui y n l k i a ll n ; d ve ri c t o:
i l ;i r oy t . he a t
n o;
, 'that of Lecke anus and ,„vorning.-- i
4eselfelde for s a long ell; ice! basin:"
defined bor rof red sha and sur
e barrier of g and eha mounted
oftbese a, the first a d the sec.
remainingne somewhat apart from
MO i t
hakamo n tberly der • They
lined, i from theirproximity
resemblan ,as constituting one sin.
non; althou ,as will hereafter be ex
tra is great di nce ip the superficial
rf the cocain/is:M alt they peetively
There is a ifference, a in their
id in their at ',deal rela - • which
(1.4 1 ms
unwary th '' should be led of pep.
soinevrhat i detail.
h Chunk Schuylkill coal-field .
the car Lehigh ' a the east,
destotiy to, , e le ft bank fMli, bus
,,entendhig th , • aboeteeve ty niW.li in
While It ii only . ~, one to ye miles in
i
being pressed 1 between B d lifoort.'
v the forth, and ': p Moon ' on the
These momitai ' 0,, , and the '1
-field it- I
penetrated mot or less b kthinennis
inlarly , Swatara. t &bvtylkill
-, and t Lehigh. mg out. ,
—*hand, II arid passes f r the toe& 1
As and nil , which ' ade the
alt direction r ßet there s 'room for 1
oas to the if t parts of is field, in , J 1
!the posit , . the coal, ite,,. nelitl. the'
"mir
-k ing - it, • , Pwineitne ialsocurrey. l
oof this . la, its weeterl lettireini
rataraotne r Mthe 13 . oehanna, l l
able forth Ittlantio„, Jn coo
-1 the resid and ' {although
Led mark int,he inter We. not
14e mime nerd in ;sled im
sd
the
- -t which watered by ' Ifichnyl.•
,and not oa.cup por-atten
-411- . itY 4Zt e vi li . ot a rCona.
rein - wi! 4e o P 4 cui laltatr`and
t on 11, rate bal of f leas
IPTOe O 4 I ,. ;4 4 -Pltefltr DWG.'
divious blot the., in by the 1
. Smitlylk . e'y 'have dad, the
Jerrie, to he y Witinosit. iitered the
by a railroad, tad time diver the coal.
natural charm to the water of the Le.,
Manh, Clidti To effec t his object,
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J4lgiodi White, , d and to r , hay.
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inartion ;la geronee in
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INERSIJ4
erchantse,
6,Menihant)
ae;lititter
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e Howe
inir acquired the property of the Mauch chunk I
mines, obtained an Set of incorporation with ins.
ning and trading privileges, and underteolt the
task, which had repeatedly before been attempted
without success, of renderink the rivet Lehigh
navigable. To enable them to accomplish this.
the State ceded to them the sole jurisdiction of
this river, an the distance of eighty.thrim miles,
and the free and uncontrolled use of its !waters.
This grant has rightly been deemed since, an im
provident one; but the Company proceeded to ex
ecute what they had itndertaken with !a spirit
worthy-of the enterprise. At an expense ofabOut
two millions and two hundred thousand ;dollars,
they mado their mines accessible to the river Le
high, and opened the river itself, bye series. of
works, considered tie best of their class, in the
United States. •
During the year 1834,'. the freight transported
on the Lehigh Canal,, amountedto 1129,083-trins,
of which 106,518 tons consisted of coaloind the
residue of flour, hon, lumber, stone and ether ar
ticles of merehandize. ,- , '
The coal of tbe Lehigh Company, at ;least, at
their old and pruicipal works, forms an immense
mass of carbonaceous matter, intermixed with
alternate layers of earth and slate. This depos.
it they strip, or uncover, by digging oft /lie sq.
perincionbent earth, so as to leave bare the mass
of coal, as in a clay -field; and thus the cal is
mined. It is conveyed a short-distance up the
ridge of the mountain top, thence it descends by
means of an inclined plane, and * railroad up
wards of eight miles in length. to a chute of sev
en hundred feet in two hundred and, fifteen of
perpendicular height, at Mauch Chet*. 'when it
is embarked in the navigation of the Lehigh.—
This railroad, being the first of-any extent ever
constructed in the United States, has in years
past attracted the attention of travellers on this
account; as also from the interesting fact of a
descent on a railroad for eight or, nine miles, by
the mere specific -grainy of the.cars. It is also
curious, in another poit of view. 'Enormous 1
trains of Laded coal-cars eseend by gravity, to
)
the head of the ehote, elle 'which the empty. dare
i
arc to be returned to the Mines and rekkided.--
They are fre. ordingly drawn op, the 'inclined
plane by teams . o r mules; but these animals -can
not be induced either by persuasion or force, "to
descend the plans on-foot, and it bernmes nem.-
sary to provide cars, in which they may ride
down, and which they very contentedly draw op
again,together with the empty coal-cats. Chem. 1
stances like th ese give zest and piquancy to the 1
inspection of the works ofthis Company; the rel. 1
ish of which is enhanced by the beatify and sub.
limit* of the uprrounding scenery, - mountain af--,
ter mountain stretching out beneath your eye, as '
you glide in.your self-moving carriage along the
descending side of the long steep ridge. overhang
ing the bright village of Mauch Chunk.
But the_ most interestmg and valuable part-of
the coal-field is the central or interick track,
known as the Schuylkill Resks..vdtinlapirstwairs. j
ty !eller long, and fromlinee to Com 'broad. In 1
this region, the nupterous bead-witers of the riv
er f3chayikill bare cut,boldly through the strata
of coal, presenting a succession of elevated sem. •
mita and deep ravine., admirably fitted far ex
tensive mining operation.. Here, the cold is in
veins, generally hating an inclination Cr dip to
the south, and consequentl reaching ' e surface,
when they are discovered fly the depretiajon . of the
soil over the coal in theprooess of decemposition
and by the cropping out, as the black dirreridel;
often appears a: the surface is termed. . The, dip
is an angle of from forty to sixty degree*, the
vein descending to an unkawn depth. The beds
vary in thickness„Trons ,one orits': tw up to thi-:y
feet. Those of , from five to twelve feet: are con
ordered the best, as they can be worked _with
'greater facility. and profit; because they can be
six propped and roofed, ABA° enable the miner'to
remove ail the coal,. without any hazard; *bile
those of twenty of ihirty feet Must be Worked in
dumber*, and large pillars of coal be lett° sup
port the roof; and even then the miner" are ex
posed no injury from falling fragments or ma'am
of the rnineral. It is the universal practice in
this region to undermine. As the veins general
ly dip in the direction - 'of the .mountain-sides,
the mode of working. in the, interior of the mine
is rego:sted in part with reference to this fact. .
They run a drift, or tunnel, into the mountain a-4
hove the water - lead, and construct a rude fail '
road alma its floor, and then pieree•the seam of
coal horizontally for a convenient distance; by
Which means the entire breast, as it is called, of
the seam is exposed; and the miners work op the
acclivity until they reach the smarnitet outcrop,
throwingthe coal behind thorn, where it is !cod
ed into ears, drawn out bg hems, screened / arid
separated into the , differe.nt sizes, and rnveyed
-to the landings, or shot at once into canal boats.
In some rases,
Noy ingenious mechanical contra-. .
vancea orensed in screening the coal; of which
a very perfect tmample hrto be Peen at the sta.
lion of the Delawate Coal Company. , Hitherto
the veins have been worked almost eltelusively
from the water-level upward; and instances occur,
of two, three and four seams of coal. One above
another, but experiments are now in tnato - for per
'suing the veins in. the opposite direction down
wards, by sinking shaft■ below the water-level t
, and clearing out the water through the agency.
of steam power, is in - England.
There is great diversity in the quality of the
coal in the various parts of this basin.; and even
in a single region of it. In his very able Report,.
Mr. Packer speaks of this point -semerrehat into.
curatelyt He alludes to the fact that Mee of the
coal ignites inure readily than the rest; and that
the red mitt coal is by many regarded as of supe
rior quality; and 'then pro c eeds to say; "With
these exceptions, there is little difference iri the
quality of the coal of the region; certainly no more'
than in trees of the same species, growing upon
the same _soil. tit, in' anti taken Fronk different
r. parts of the same mum and if coal Of 'Xt. superior
or inferior quality be found in mirketj it , is only
- -because the vender has been more or l , less care.
*id in freeing it,froin slate or ether impurities. 7
Thiel it far from' being correct. If the waster
had said that thane, wits,the name diffirenoe in
eptalitY, is bet Weest tweill'rdirstatit *filial.% oak
walmit, oak and maple, growing upon the ' inoni
soil, it:Would batre'liwn a more just repreiMito.
1 lion .orthe rant. Tlik truth *.perteetlyinetori;
1 orwtattiose wlinite familiar with 'the Coal region.
Anthraelti iiiiciw.diSlded. For'practleal purposes,
into three blares that which burnitfreely and
leaves alealdiriam erred ashticinidtherAtirdertiad.
'mere, ditcult"te.igitite., leasing. -a , reaiduom of
-001, oShOiCandlthe ',third, still hardiCand titers
diffieult4igniti leivingn residemidnf. - whtte:
asheigowd iorrt+iiiirtinlia*lket:l — twai*ntaetti
'rely apotr.thisiorattmuir'iniktOnehlifteltlit nf
h i TudigV .. 7, 1 ijit ,0 40 sOl l is ihiiscsikr !. .kna'
ea vit i l piitioa t ioi„id-..ifor_minorict,o4
pa ibcB oo o.oiir-::_9o4..beueiti.
t s osk . oiall'Uni_ . ,.. '
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." 4 nalnable foil domestic
use. I Very . - i t "litessointir, yow web*.
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aeronaut en infix-hie quality, within fi fty oathun
dred yards ofthe best. ba %transverse teal=
of the several coal thine 'front the Sharp to the
Broad Mountain, made by Mr. 'James-Wide,' 01 1
Pottsville, he lays downsurenty-tent4ifferentieine•
in the space °flour miles, iAbout oneftruith parti
of the best of them are now' worked, some much '
more extensively than others, and differing very
materially in qualit; militia feel confident that ,
one half of the whole Dentin% cannot be workedi
'until the, others are entirely worked out, or mated
I worked so deep below the water level, as to-Ro
bins:a greedy the expenie of mining. Besides
the difference in the purity of coal from different
veins near to etch other, there may be remarked '
this general difference; that, commencing at the
southerly termination of tbareinthe Sharp Moen
tale. the coal in therein as you proceed north to
the Broad Mountain, gradually becomes harder;
and also, proceeding east towards Mauch Chunk
it grow. harder; while proceeding west heyand
Mmersville, it becomes softer. until in the neigh
' burhood of the Seimithamis, it becomes too soft
and brittle for - profittble transportation. This
view of the subject is totifirmed by reference to
the weight of the coal, in the different parts of the
field. Thus, at Mauch Clintik,'ltiapicific gi a vi- '
ty is 1.494t0n the waters of the Schuylkill, in and
about Potisrilk, hie 1.453; and on the Swatters
it is 1.400. We snake these remarks, of course,
without reference to the fricative orfoelts, which
occur in a vein oecasidoolly, owing to imperfec,
lion in the formation of the and, a disturbance of
it by great natural cent:ebb:lna.
And this tat us to4visether consideration of
great praotical importance to the consumer. The
1 veins have a uniform range r longitudinally with I
the basin, north seventy-two degrees east, so that '
whenever a val u able vele is opened on one tract
of land it can be traced to the lauds adjoining ;
and the more celebrated veins have been opened'
in many places fur several miles beyond the first' .
pit. Such are the Peach-Mountaiia,Spohn, Lewis,'
and Gate veins, which were opened before fail. I,
roads w here,constsructed, at poinia convenient tor
conveyance by a turopike-koad to the lardings at
Mount Carbon. By the introduction of railroads,,;
these veins became accessible at various places is i
the Schnylkill a yalle.y ; end there are exam ples s di
a vein thus traded and identified gar tire spate' of
tho miles. This hat shows the necessity of bnyi
ing coal with reference to the vein from whichlt,
,is obtained, without being governed exclusively i
by the name oft. particular pit, minemr propertyq 05022.780 00
tbr it is b y regarding the inniesfrather than itif , /dd to this. the beroug_h celPottsville, the towns
vein; that retail venders. of anthracite e ° l4 fr * of oft Carbon Miriersville and `Sc - 1,1%
the fichel Ikill region, in" fall en.iota " - ` m) 4 l ,, , f,;versi and other ;Wages, as Mauch Chun - ii, Summit
idle competition of tames, and quackery oft
rilill. Tamaqua , Patterson , Tuscarora, St. Clair,
tiseinent, for the purpose &drawing auto ,
.+•N ew C as tl e , hi idenep;Mount Carbotte Pine'
Whoever buys red asitecoal. prepared or the
ket by the Delaware Curti Cbutnanye the $ 44 4 party ID which is
V grote,rnal Castle, Lle ii, mid others„the pro.
American, or any of tlittfespettable indivi „ veined at three millions of
proprietors or miners loathe Schuylkill V4l- d e l are; and we shall then have some idea of the
fruits of the Coal business in thip-Ceed i field of the
may rest amen* that he as a liaxi muck , s e h os fko arga)4 & a, r ago -- . 7', 4 .
4arg'°fotitittottite coil 'fttridetn&Yrrootraltniitiokri We come now to ihn siet.ndleCtal bash, did of
, The Schuylkill region seems to have 7 B ea k er m ea d ow , sheunoi t in. and Makenoy. Ttris,
imaikcd by nature, for individual enterprise ; . being not yet opened to the public,. nurkete, does
the State was careful to keep this object in . vi n, no a ff ord so much matter of ohservahao and re
to too incorporation alba' Schuylkill Nettlflot. ma k'as the grit basin; but .fill it it not deiced
Company, un wham canal the coal is maiveyed.., of nterest. -lists Caal.fiald occueity the summit
Philadelphia for distnbution along the Atlanutg,,, or ighestgrouud between the waters of the Le.
The history of this mina!, as recorded in th Sig and Sebnytkill on the, one hand, and those
annual reports orate officers of the company, and o f h e nort h b ranc h of the 'Susquehanna on t h e
beginning with their Address in 1820, in which r, in the midst of a cote in nous range of double
they trate their anticipation of the vast benefits to tho utain barrier. Its obvious outlets' by water
result from its construction, d own t o the Report -tie the Mullaney, flowing into the Susamiebanna.
, of the last year. in which th e i r flattering anticipa- a n the Beaver lileamow creell,i into the Lehigh.
1100%.. are so fully reolis4 piescnts a fine exanyk 174 whole basin, as fear as regards its him, and
,of the ' üblic good which was achieved hir Public the quality and formation-of ill coal, vastly ye. spirited men, pursuing their owifsedvantage by e c Wes the one already described; lint dais nut
liberaiSezpeuditures of their wealth, in modes p t the same facilities for accees to tide water.
still more eanductivieto the public - advantage; and Th veins appear to be of great thickness, and ex
itpa le of affording an abundant supply of Coal,
affords one of a thousand contradictions to the
mad outcry against corporate investments . of pro- wh never the' demand shall be, adequate to over
perty, issuing from that eatravagant spirit, of e the dideulties in the way 'file reaching the
ultra tem. in all things. good or evil, which at this urn ken, Then „ in olin regiee,..ene public be
time agitates the public mind in one parlor an- li ement of strikingl boldness. We allude ,to
other of the United. States. ' the Danville end s Potualille rail road, completed as
The Report of the Company. for the year 1834, fir sGirardsville, a toien which Mr. Giraid aril
'presents the following Prtffreosive increase of ledito have exist iii thel heart of-this wild region
beldam. omitting the earlier year of its intent. and which . therefore yeast% This road is a stri:
pleteness. . lei inatance of wbrit Unman art can accomplish,
in emmning natural• difficulties. There is ntr
puto work in Europe surpassing it in grandeur
.of an. or beauty of executton. We specify,
in lustration, the tunnel; and the inclined planes,
lil
by' which the great elevation of the Broad Moon
'Lai is surmounted. This tunnel, perforated
ri t through a sharp high ridge, is eight bun
d feet in length, 10 in height. add,lo in width,
wi a superincumbent mass of mountain thirty :
fir feet in height above it. Of the succession of
in lined planes, some are self-moving, regulated I
by sciad:breeks, or otherwise; and one of them,
sic upon by a stational:) , steam-engine, has •
d cent of sixteen hundred and tweetySre feet'
at n angle, cif about eighteeri,degrees, in a per
dicular elevation of three liendred and flirty.
ft feet; and the ease aed safety, with which yutl
this atupendoui plane, are as remarka
,
as the prospects befiare you, when you stop
into the eel to descend, is appalling to the sense
sin • the imagination. This road will run through
th coal regions of the Mahaney and the Shame.
; and in addition to opening this coal to the
- , umer, will form a great thoroughre for the
bandixe, produce, and genera"' traffic of the
•• try, and a line ofeommanicationketween the
w Woof the Schuylkill at Pcittsvillec end thine
• the Susquehanna at Danville and•Sunbory.
t remains that we speak of the third-coal-field,
th l of the Wyoming Valley and bedtime:m.-
1 this-region the coal beds ate generally more .
-I a. • - ible:than those of tbe either two fields, ba
th exposed in a multitude olkiendities, by deep
ra thes e abrupt precipices, Ind small 'lmams;
a • in home places the coal. hrma the bottom
theiletemkehanna and the 'Lluckiwana. Au
- ding to the representar of Professor Silli
, wbo'explored this va ' the strata would
`a , - rto aim transversely akleassit, forming a
of elliptical carve*, and dipp ing (tam either
" - 'if the boundary in the direction tobtliti wa•
..1 3 The Coal is foravier arid'harder than th at
o - the ether two geplante*. Theie'iiono martian.
hi OW *hick this coal region differs rattly from
others, ,Oit'lhe Sebuyllinlaind l the Mahanoy,
end= of the earth Prelentixihni; barren,
ea,' amnia* to :the' mountain hm of
gi - niniyhraniM while the beantihd end fertile ii i t.
le of Wyoming ii totiredviith I,thintikim - , end
is hieersali i t , celebrated at the very' garden;, or
[ a Stahl- tle .altite rick in ;lie , *grimalkin-I&
1 ', national; and in mineral treasur es; , its suilieet
[ itelinterkie-Ininally! . invite and renart".the
-• d orlabor and the.combinationi , Oftirkill. Its
• . . reminhmenalis i bespeak the:*west 'of
tricot; 0 0 44 Inwrinadata he alaildeak seep..,
w•' ' ails= had aliaadifiore'444-1.71th undying
- theintitetimirf 11eoe' - saki 41 a 1 Catia - ,Wad
It fertile atil onii - oftiso treat Man** resourcesthe.country; sod ace f*3 l WwilW*o airaiJaak•
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T L I G U
To ?bus told
32,404 16,767
65,501 31,360
10.5,463 47,284
134.524 52,973
180,755 89,984
196.413 81,854
W 7,921 • 209,271
415,849 252.971
395,720 226,692
Years
1d26
1827
1828
1829
IEIO
1831
1832
1833
1834
Commensurate tith this augmenting business
of the canal, has been the•prosperity of the Coal
Region. of which It is the outlet. It is an open
highway, free to alt the world; at the regular rate
of tolls.• Censequentiv, the navigation of it is in
individual [mods, partly of the proprietors' of
mines, who convey their - own coil to market, part
ly of perso - is who pursue the bindoess of boating
alone, depending on freight from proprietors or
undertaken ofinincir. The wide., a.lao, welt) the
hand. of private corporations, companies, or indi
viduals, invited tothe scene by the facilities itvf
fords, in its natural hod Features, for the
prosecution of individual iXiteipria% among which
persona, if any mingle one may, without deroga
tion to the rest, be signalized for his active and
intelligent usefulness, its is Mr. John Whiter the
founder and controlling spirit of the Delaware
Coal Company. The colisequence.of all this ham
been the rapid groa/th of I flourishing population,
of which Pottsvdki is the.centre, strongly remin
ding the beholder of the similar results of Weil
applied and Well combined capital and industry,
as exhibited tit the case ofLoweil in
, Masaschusetts. .
This immense imam:sea the fkinrytkinValley,
it is alia interesting 151 dbeerva, has been_growing
up wmuttarmously with that of Loire Arin about
the same atitoe of time: Indeed, tint plesiierity •
the manufactories of Loma. and thit of the 'eel
jieriel of thelkleiniyllllll Wiley, ist mach more in.
timately..enorWitink *KW' vaniirftelal ebaanere
looking - poly tolhe distant* oftba.two. *me sup
from the Sher -, Waddle linsne linagineC . Coal
waa kihructeolisMA ;this region, so ) 4 4 ' am :
1190, dad perhaiiiiWioreV Ind the mine at Manch.
Munk; issen yartisflloPenod prior to the . year
OM hike tined'to a i vere limited trent ;, by
l ogno o f thobtsetuirnithei r iliripaibborbood t . bat
not esteemedieur intichssluo. Morin; the War
of fBl2, however; Inanyiptellipst tudividoeli for
04_ pert offenrisylviimsdnut batons aowrim wl
of - the Wiltatrie Antiraeltek find *Moire attempts
were onerieneisfully midi foliatrodenti it into the
Market. by. Ilft.-tharlesalitiety Of- NlTilkesbeire,
soil by - 144:: GetiriWilito of. Pollwritley,nt
nv,boot: the wile!, witinhallsiese ink
itkoeuGirlsiotreiderabhk'qsatitkref itattir&,
Ws woChii, Await:lto. krthc.Schtt.'
IE2EI
lehighointillB2o, when theLehig elluat
panfikaaaveyed three hundred and sixty-five tans
to p .Ml adelphia. This way be considered; their
fora, St. the commencement of the business. What
prom, it has Since, made, may Om-partly judged
by the table we bare given of the -transportation
on tits, Schuylkill ,canal; to whit* we proceed to .
add some other statistic &eta bearing on the dime
point. .
This- Schuylkill canal affords employment to
no beats. there were sent is market, in 1834,
by the Schuylkill, 231.242 tons of nosh arid 1116,.
244 tops by the Lehigh. The value of fixed im
provements connected with the Schuylkill and lA.
high 01 1 8Li4eid, la estimated as follow=
blues. Cast.
Lehigh Navigation 46 e 10546,094 98
Fanner River improvement. 1153,420 80
Rail road to mon* wines and
S3!M
&Inertial' Navigation 143
Wait Swath nil Toad : - IS
Latenaraidsoonnected with
tht e itlaave ' 101
Noe, or Monet Carbon
• 9
Lateral ac ted 'acted with the
11
hlar reell rail d
;arils connected with the lb
Sch y bcrv lkil;'Valley ra \ il., road 10 7
trunk coup:mai kith the
TO, • \ ' 11/
Na hie realer of the Union - -
1
• lama and dam \ 21
ISn4roweiTail road
Continuation of tame \ 21
Lykrres-Valley rail road '46
Little Schuylkill or Tamaqua •
.41119 !load ' 26
ft nal Ilinanst?s. Maxie, don
t
ble and tft4hia 61-
I:o4lrare division of f'enraryl• •
60 1,4=311 85
MI
~Ntribber of wagonsor rail mad cars in
the first district 2354 at 570 each
- *mks employed by individuals dc cons.
panies, 980,.at 8500 each
:92 itoiliery establishments, including
working capital, utensils, horses;
mule* dze, iSic. at 04.000 each 368,000 - 00
.100'1000 acres of land at 540 per acre_ 4.00000 00
71tal 7011.
843,108 87
*149 74
87.17(56
120,039 00
148,165 95
134,085 92
264,80 70
325,U6 63
99,841 05
&list its - . , , . -a, , : B onn* Aix: an*.rilid
pill . " .'' ltillik *limo ' .. .ry doe out revert'
with otj ~ t.Orililioehinna-ve-vektYytok
r f
ino
The - ' sittbis region ilea been WO .11148 - ler ,
less, in; , immediate peighboxitol Own
year 17 z jilt, the "present time It is elvicy, .
t ~ ' -I ', int ro duced into trade, the'Xcinn ts'
coati:7,-, - market from We Lackawamiin4B33
hiving . v 111 411 tons; that in • thltixilly 4.71•
700 ton 4. -, - it is thefield. from Which - WO:lid&
riot of w York is naturally to besupplied;and
as the . - ' lie improvements made or eciatenipliti.
ed in th :: quarter of the State'pro-d .40.:thelt
wimple .', , more of this coal will findlta WV: to
the coos t. At present, the principal works`;
are at boadale, in the valley of liaeltoe*
na, ' ing to the Delaware and litillaW st4::kitiolf
!rated
j and Coal parry. Thin COrnimul Was
1, by BI . Mannte and JOin Wurtz, and ink.:
jitter rem kable instance of the; greolist'liaNics.
- lvenefitti dere& rod the notikstenterpf ; ao..
eamplish ,by well directed eapiyi andau iee
lacting 'ogb the meatiest a private
j Those ntlemen conceived the grad vkaign' of
constr g a rail toad and amid froin- ille' coil '
beds on he Lackawatina ,to the river lludion,
thrones dense wilderness, and 'clime mountain '
855 fee t i f
height above th e leve at the Lanka,
weans, his magni fi cent work has been 'fish&
ed, at - expense of nearly two and a'half mil.
-lions of Hera. to' the immense advantage of the
eontig Os -regions of renntylrania awl' New
York. .1
I 4
,
Of theiro basin
employed and ingested iilthecoif
' trade (1 i • bas, the following he so cabiet&
1 Canal and rail road can 5167.500
Cothe • hments, utensils. horses,
die.
•
Cacho aye
Hon
Coal Ines. &c.
59.766.39
123.000'00
2.966.480 13
185,000 00
• 31300 00
95000 00
5250 00
15000 00
)11.700 00
60,000 00
19.2% 00
164.364-58
20.561 25
7,500 00
90 . 000 00
225,557 11,
• totaloB6o*
. .
Taktog into -view all the improvements. and proper.
ty connected with. and dependant upon the anthracite
coal utile of Pennsylvania, in the three great one)
fields. e have: • '
~
377 87.211.606 07
$164.700 \ CO
Rail ~ r d■ and canals nudely companies . .
and idderiaods. Wailing shown:on parts
of th 4 state canals. 489 miles, ' $9,730,11rf
Cabello'. beatspafs,&c , 1,270,990
Capital invested inCoal lande. , 4.900000
Mining capital
Vales bf town. in the coal Gilds,
, i 6
4.90,000 00
Total 5194576,417
\ • .
hou:of course, lit httleptildint of the false of store . ]
whirrs", tandingsond other anprovettientit'
' le.
rent * the coal trade. in Philadelphia. Net ,
nd other p laces ; and also of the vaine'ef see
the o th er capital employed in the conveyance
distribution.
Collownit Ole exhibits a statement °Misses.-
' ties of anthracite coal *might to market in
estsince the aimmencentext ot'sbobintinosm-
canoe
Ifotit
vela, a
of it
T
eral v
each
X ' a :: U 1 imi •
..I.li 4....., i ,C.. a ... b
ois • = ,• Ei ~ ,q r 04 gs, 0
2 7 = ' 2Ad. • 1 . 1 1. i r- "*" 4 . :
--: - .3 -e't • •-•\ '''.J
-ig ilttc
A.: 1.3 ai"u t 4.
' s .4IS l. 4 ... SA
i t ,
to . toss. '
tons,.\ \ too took
365 - ?-'' ais
L 073 1,073
2.240 - . 4%,, \ '• 2.240
5.823. .
9,541 • • \ . 9 . 5 4
28.393 5.306 •\ A •
131,280 16,835 • - 115
• 32474 *493 5000 198
1 ,
30.232 8.000
25.110 '18.293 7.000 '''
12.000. 122,
41:750 '89.981 41.000 18 11 1 192, ••
40,966 81.854 54,000 50 01 ' '226 : •
'75,000 209.271 84.500 563571
123,000 250.588 111,727 60,000: ' 545.588
106.000 234,100 43,700 120.000 . 493.700
131,250 335,685 90.tr00 75gr00 631,935
have received, from a. competent source. an m
of the quantity. which would
„probably : be
tto :market in the year 1835, as follows: •
~.
Schuylkill canal , 350,000 4oas
-Lehigh .4110.
130111
• Delaware Mod Hudson do. 95 1 " ' f
I ' "
. Total • • • 575.000: .
.khat the exports&Vogl Prom Pennsylvania., the
Fear will barebeennoffetshort & halta million
is, bringing a: return of two millions ofdollanito
tate. l And if we take into consideratiothsa 'well
laal boats employed in the in trios. aithe,reisels
rito
.41 mt
"Id' in the weer and sea grigation.'. foe the
toe of thus coal annually, we sisal Sod.that
it ca of a bort sboitof sixty thonsatid tens Worthen of ail
kind con 'toting already if highly important breach
of nav n, and destined certailily to a grestami
con • crease ,
fact, as is the amount of capital eMbari t ed in
it al , . • y, • istrade is but in 411 infancy. e mbark
England;
*he - coal is almost the only fuel, awl is used for, all
car •• .• • - the consumption rather exceeds one 6n. (or
ea w + inhabitant of the kingdom. It is Dat-to•be . '..
med bac the•mme state of things, and the
Stn &demand for coil. will man exist in U.
a ' pin.. the amount consumed Mint sod.: will
grad, : trance. We lawn conlinneto import
f. • • ' • • •
• - from Eugland especially; ind weoMell
im •• • it . from. Nova Scotia. Of math c0ad , ..1„.
4.
'ler, e ,i; • entity impoited by no means keep s
I with the • • • tit turned at borne; theitoreign kn.
• • + • United States in 1833, for inetatics)W
nog • r 144i', tone. while as we have seen, tht no:
thraMte•,. • sent to marketfrom Pantsykrams WW2',
axao . - . * the same year; deducting whmlolo,lkl
hamtfro • year before, to nearly fire huMtsdlltyru.
gene ,o :- n have not any esaelloowledge of*,
quartity ; •-• 1 produced in Vuginim and 'citenni f
than ...li precisely how thie will affect thelkaw
non. : .• • be who are not prone to be 'oviil
gain. in '_,• : anticipations, have • calculatectothilk,nr
tbs po 4
p • of the Dental Stitea residistruperlice
adjaecar • • • waler„ amounting to about 4.Matims
of wide. + ' half past may Iw'reckcined upon lb,
I
won . + of domestic coalour soma as the. market
is fu -.. • tally suppbeck.liowerertidiiiiwyMithre
'the - • c value of - anthracite coil la na-gat
app? • cannot he' too highly rated. ~-
• , `present nine we' aro -chiedly , flu& _
T ,
wi an cite as the means ofheatiogd
'or ' n cktrim. It im .but.' et *ea .'' to
ma .' - j y into other . uses. lot whfoh ' f kJ*
.. us in the numerous steam-engines'
~ on . r river s and sounds , sod on our 01W
f . .' ' ', , cootieuemto torgeneral eMploitif.
The:: ~1 More and Ohio Rail Road Vinmeuw.4*
the • 'holm sol far as we 'know; which 'met
'
Ogre its iir its locomotive ejigines th,Acen '
to. , . iitiii fi ed vats the expetoneet t eltd*D
,- . . ofi xt, the pet tare about thMe+.tadukiiii t `
-•,-- i t The *Kidd MO or lotel mist*
S ut:
.' .-1833.•wtoiii*Ow n t . -• ‘ 'il ~,';' r .t. •=-- • ....4.
'C- ' : i llolll R e g4lS -; *' 2 - ; 4 4 f" : ;.' :•' : tif . ..,..' 'O - 160*
_ __' -:-?.., -“; .-.: -!;• •:,..1 - 1.4:131- ..
Iwa.ilat. . 4 .: ,,- +; - :.: e t,l• - :1 1, -, - -4-'...>.,1);
' f: +..• ,- ! "- - r.,- .1 , +? • ., • " i-t- - ;:-
',
.• "..,-;*„..„:•:-'.I-tr•--:Ao'-' ,..5 ''1,:t. - ' - -, ;may '::
* - ' lig ', .-4 5 0: 15 : .16.i1e 1,1 44 1 * , 4 1 05 - ' '
thka : 046*--,1t.,401*,
. So ,
or
t t oi
that
the
emp
MMI
ttais;i at rod wili - einil or ibe illifiiiilkill;4+; , ,
1.,.. a, - intim' stmaiiagines; ii 'linkfoldforitn
{ eninininiptiiii. In' Vbilidelphis, NeWl . lPMfi t nnii
Provid ,it is undefitiOd that :Fe r ry insoll at t
mid .coat. - which ' tileattoford naiad not • -
a market.' employed i""nkeiteiititllii4l.
r Vectorial. 'And, tbaYelassi - "' '
: If i n Z A , no- u,OO by - lialeAusrisiis in: theWisii. 4
ofitotiire mopes also; ii akW phinet, fbr lot,. I .
' &prim . ts bat; been tried,loo; With ininif - 06,
,ceni, for the smelting and refining: of him,* :
with nothAreite. If it should taineteibetetgod:
:Mal-applicistion in-lbesi and - the Ilk.' processes ,
aik thedethand lb+ it; siiithef alesseinsit*g t
mentation of - trade; 'sill erudite ibi4fill.
treasures elifTenrimbranut more 'air Miseii - peiblio
igaishig M I the Whole, Union. -- 11+ the ; , niiiieThin.
tifestiointiwcomm ofilmdifferent tlnstets;neidthfolr •
mutual. dependantin' ands reliance, WtiSlt'- "
Air, the aliment effinduattr ant - die pr o cure s'fit _
4
,ortht. coniform rind /*Moth* tinire,, low har e;
1 , 4/611be fitsorinf God - , ti - 4ure, sifegaiiid: - GW: -
preservation of the republican' -listitidiiiii '
nutted toles by.our fathers. 'Of the, greet 'Ali :11
of, the Union,l'ennsylvattisbai beiii, - not - uiskidt:
ly nor ukiptly. denominated the 4,40443*.
It is ail j olt solely by reason "of IM OW*l*
position and -its meEnitudee, btetoo account, otifil :
natural ah,o, alibi needful Isi, alr.paitn i
of the try,. We handl,. congiyitulates, that;
great - Slane; an well for *bola ritarial saints - 1'0V ;
n. poem". ad- for the energy; Which it, has 'AL,:
played itt+ondming them livallablef and we lubprt ,
sad beliern. that its ftnOre piospeeity „ belff;*4 ,l - '
pond to itnnamnid , and ''aesOired renoMM
tp.the.indpstry.-aidaterttr".eries;StiplF.l
•
t • r,tt: Jr
4 r .. ,- • .. , ;
, , .•
Some; 0 the' things of thdlfew_l§tighil
mazy: .• der the baa4Fie,LediiTtssigli
~.
46 ,
._ . .:
&tap • Pr. t e th er h maysitwomen Are baW NIL '
lie mart ." Query ail
—how, titli thou 4 . 0.
ttiss it ' t .4_
.
*To be great man as dee6s* IsidTto: .thw
Pon ore tradition isdisthsaiiiiit; " -I ....
A No4:lt wince said orixnan in AI
OrWor ter who rinds` t ' tb - ,ping,,:ii,) '' ~
choir at r i ch; that thigh' tiVilegsur - '' '
rest, yet hia nose was oolong &ILONA& t ' -filitt'
not goathrough it when the.katero :hid ' -.
the
Bence ence we; that . billSlithn
too and brdke out to the great :eaten* - ~, ' Li,
;consternation orthe etaigreptioid ' --, ' , ', - -
it Ja - i-A RtaburyWeg,iiko iiiini kite** iti
Ibe in no business. Was inturiogWorilialyildk
laying that he wu in stead 3iiant„tifiC guilt
quick pm tis i and preferral 4
oae. finiti.Newlianli.,' ,
,shire or Vermont. as be, prindebe rawdlilzly.,
attend Ulhe business :required. ;MI" sidkankak i '
'etched-the I:axiality strtv.W -required..
said ki',hitii: •
*Sir, I weeder what antdcrymout yen watilktbriti.
' Ihrutleb ILLL.La__.... • ._ -.— .. ~.
10.000
60,000
125.000
149.000
480,600
3,373,000
. - .. ',.
hint" said he, .ite:fin* - ei *WON/ '''o l ,eaiklidwr•
bat app fitly lid Will huawcii;ipeOr t0mp0.r.„.., , - 4 , '
ppid
Aracea..l4 desetvineiiiifiiiivaiideciiiiii, ,
ha on 'abanNe with a meek hi hia' 014 - ... t. ,
friend, ' Miring it, apinnaeheil eidiiiiiito - I*,
'lon 4 I • alm.too.poor ,la appear_ ca ecriegt"4,
frith rag ' coals," ... :,* .....,..... . 2,4-. tt„,'
This - , 'monition li a vidait,speakCiliker
langoageicor human nature; aii;lottioce: - gire i arn i ,
and the atmeech offamplo-igm, - "Mzetr i of thelvMid
t
4-must tegarded. . -'... - - -...---I`.! - -..*- ' ',:-, '-'
Sri y.--Itla maid th'il iiirril*ltif. hrii 4
ltatLCro s o long, that he begins to ' act: .
-A Bad .Citiandiina.--D'ye Oil il;:upr, hii
a the G y emit like a comet thaws ' 'n
tiod? /*mum it alsvayi hiii, 110, # 5. 0
soMetimen two.- We dklull iijalte Fit,
~.. ~Tmeo , ,
don't accose as arm ' . ',' - • • ' '— - ' •
\Vce doivt.belieVo stia . letieZ,thirAM.r-Wirik'n 3
since his inarriage,eall bat adituMal a'llay:l , .. , $ 43
'' \ 1 } . ..,,
_.... - '.
Li& id d flows : golden in whichd'eia blorMinar i '
arc ever iii!e4inil *I f an
_",' 4 l/.'4 3 A., PO" i
„- .. 1, - 4 L i. , ri4 ) .
An t , man badtiittlate. Hmadit-viort i ..?'
but onel=—„teriat Itio'ciirlild PtideV . tie
FollY Ai the queen Or the -ikeeldi . We all, iinti °P .
lemar,. her livery, her order,; :crasser and lieri _
vrfdd,caiiili are,poweelessdiamat4trea.;
ma t—add a rail"- t• may :beldam' MO; b u t'.
not Sall. .
e thit will not h the, admonition • ot.e(„ . .
M n
end deeervea to_ lee/ thicoideudd of ini#4: ,' •
my'. i, ,
..,
' , Mika swell yaw itd iiir yew; eierat Asa ewe,t7 • i
paid a friend to a wit . ' ,',:Don't ydolikeit r. nig,
plied ho-44 am quite wrapped !wig OM ,-,.': . , . •
*irtur are our sidee-aralki lam music? .l3B/%0 1 1/0; •-• I
of you don't Caliarp you'll 4
iljfeirt, - -.- ~ ~ . ~... 1
Married, ,• • .
married, in _ Tenneweai...onlthe Otifiert.,•" ,- .. - -
Mr..Josiph IL Grimier Aci-:-Mbla 'Ntaleytd -7 '
63 4
C - Idiesit,
.14 7 e approstiet.thels,
tepee:4*.a. -4 T .
to ' inafioni reatainnti.lentiar''
couple were inatrtailAn'emusectient . . •
and when the ceranielly:? ,,-- iirieestiliboitc - t ..,
bridegroom 'took
: the lianintifintiderii '
whispers?" in hiiietrOftaia'l4iir talkei : • -
bid %trod ", - • '''. - "---t)x••+s•ek %' , .. 1 - " , " .4-;' i 4 . •
,7::; , :Fi,'''Ai .
IrrabiiglOnie"Who ,r.
a't4dell*altf
.• , .
Holland';nr qermatiy , .,realmeartingil .. !!'. '
first quelqien the youn g , woman ask.
is, ..li.rd,-you able to' pay i1ie440,1r,-,.4'(i.
That isle say, : in English , Ow. youlablii - :trOT
_keep a wife when' on tiiiie'ilit herVllVhit'•!'
.a, World[of misery it mould prevent,
.young lumen of all
,tirtliilil,*,'Wetild'-sliblr o. i . ; ,
•to the wisdom of .14titiitok*VOrt: i * Aii.:: ,..
_.
4
ria e 'be miko o"4l l iiiial t i.*! s liti(tic: - .,;, - ,"
ad Ca l ietts t #iii44- X:thiol4 - #O-1 1-. 1: !
b . hick our azW*briOris s itli i ti44l, ".;,'
aanitivide of prbdtineii: 4 '"':?- - J:-..i''::: '': , l'l' , :l
.::',,.-- ..........-- -.-ir4;!- - : , : , ' , 4' , ..- , :.....- 1
'''''.... An iiiiko4ol.4t-AMilittriOniii:4;- ;Mr s,
"' -• ' . ilei iiiiiAtlie viiitiiii .a
-' ' iiiik.'k''' .
'a n in*la .---. 1 ".W . . O`f.;•.-
aliciaiiii" . had athianYitir'iietk-tilitifithe
ii/ O ile - 101. -o. l, ,SPiotlhi-iiio4 l, S 6 ,orl. - :,;i- - -.
* , l l 4 4 ..' a : oll . o riknOiiitifikii4tll.:
' a i n ,. *d*flii r litAieil" ,: iir.4444e;Vii:o:, l
..00i:**ejiped•r:si . ',1**430:- - :iiii)iiit , iiiioe....
1:: ' ; ,:t 4io. 4, , th i i -'-4 1 4 1 . -. tblif : .o l 4 4 .4lititiie4P'
I -- ''
' .7 4 .4 1 410 k hithe:.-tirig t V4 I
* ..:- .:** : I ****Yikikthi/4*Aliiioi:i ,
- thkoughilik kit; !0 1 001itiiifiri I
lii : Ai* . hurt, I**-'.:-44..;illiNtiV.t
hi ,:. .iiribio si)OW '',il : l' .- - :;';'''': - '_ , -4M. - -.:2,
..-•-•!!_l;',",;::3 -1.-4,7::',-;._,-:-..-..4,,':'_12'."1::,t,-;•>.",:',:-...-.;.1.7,:bi-i-4,„-5;-,-,
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