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Philadelphia Mail will
le at 3 o'clock, P. M.-
1, clock, A. M.
0:7 , Only one
aite4l States ,
t this place; d
bile the other
r. What isk-t
or two
~ packages of the
^tteliale ben received
ring the, present'. week,
pers ate received regn
licause eriend Chandlerl
ng house, belo
, in Deep 'Cr
gret to learn that a iwel
ing
to Mr, George Kese
l:a Valley, Barry ,town.
ty, was entirely consumed
•
tp, in this cfm,
y fire, on the
except one be.
f grain,
which
he fire was co
tove I pipe. •
inst. with all its contents
)--11114 pbout 200 bushels
vas stored in the garret.
niunicated by 'means of a
.
Courier. in an article marked by
siderable talent, undertakes the
Company:insulin some late re.
ed against Coal Companies in
Theltauch Chun
temper and c
• ironer of the Lehig
•arks ,of ours dir-
entally and for th sake of WU--
biglitompanY in particular, upott
let Noah, of New York. We do
o con , xcilersy wit* the Mauch
tion to the affairs of the Lehigh
l e not the slightest disposition to
I '
pskulatedin the remotest degree
to injunously. We, however, do
.e the right of set-defence and
-t the una_vn comet:vas surram
operation to driveout individual
'coal business, and carry on the
learls 'of ,goal Companies. The
er does no,more than its duty in
Company, and that duty is per
ability. u the nature of the de-
' .•. . 1, though inci•
• n; against:the
'he udhorny of Maj
of dotiris to enter i
hunk journal, !is r
• • pany. We ha
ayor to do any thin !
•
effect their int
and will O z er ,
' elf-ptowction agni •
c'Erionv now i •
ompttitiOn from t •
ante exclusively by
ascii Chunk Con
'•efending the Leh ig
armed with u m •
fres us also to perfcirm oar's by
.e erroneous ad captandum state
n tb s (animus article, together
caw will allow.
g Kiwi of
• enia which ap • •
, ith Certain Mogi 'i tridactiona, calculated to mislead
he :hasty inquirn‘.. 1 tie triumphantly asked, "what
'••• . tharni cap .', lComparties be tothe community
ince they only '. '•to do What individuals are da•
'age' We anseret 7 t. that it is quite as dishonest to
' btaid charters upo , false preteowfrriourimegials
( . ',as to obtain m • from individuals upon false
I . etences-and . ~ the one never fail/too superinduce
ha other! 2dly. 8 jobbing ithighly pernicious to
very comintutitk ;,.I . y. It is a end mistake to suppose
H 'ndividual One tors are benefitted by short sop.
~Durand highlie s: This malt, which proceeds
41
l' .. ihenon-f mbnt of the promises of Coal Com
H,,' - . pro ds 'a ;,, emotion and:instab il ity in the bu
, ' . ilia, highly, 'uri.ds to regular operators, to all, in
~ bort, but I. . 1 Miner's wages and boatmen's
treightii afivi, ris , propcirtionahly. The Progres.
:ve ;increase t, ~ consumption of the article is retar
%, there*, and , • treader is the how run is injured.
l' • tidy. It is another ~'. eto suppose that individual
dealers are destitu • :of characters. It will be found
on enquiry the th •; are far more' sensitive on this
1 . ? -re thin com... , ek-It is libellous to assert that
individuals have n, reputations is sustain; and that
eeMpanies (bodies !about soulayhuve reputations! But
yet we are told lie,' (individuals) have no fixed
bi
1 principles of in ' .o itability of character,* no
i' fear of public p' .;on-Bat this is not the case with
i corkpaniei"- ist S - e gentlemen of Philadelphia,
New York and : ... .u•-listen ye coal operators - Of
Schuylkill couety listen to what the Mauch Chunk
Courier says of yo Ithat you have no characters and
sio fear of public iii,inion" !!. Neighbor, we must say
that you evince a Slistoilislting boldness of aasertien,
really worthy ofa , • er cause, not to !fay that you deal
in impro:lable Bet' • it. because this would be uaneces•
raciOilitWhy whoel.er before head'
:ntation of Cbal Companies? This
.und to tread upon, neighbor:—
. glrecnitpany ever make a promise
g the annual amount of coal to
iry' them, which Was ever fulfilled?
sy ever arose ont of fair business
conducted upon any but stock-job.
ow many widows and orphans have
destitute by their"fair business
eery. Reputation f
of :the elevated r
is moat dangerotis
When did the Le.
to the public iesp
Le sent to nuirket
What Coal Cam
views, or eve* we
Ling principles. 1 ,
been left penny • .
emnsactionsr' II vr many Coal Company explosions
. have we batkin t. is region, and how much fraud and
deception ftspe. , alive purposes has Leen repeatedly
brought to fight! ' operation indeed! . This is another a
. haitvition of the -ommon feet that no one is a greater
stickler 4 or repit lion than an old bawd, always ready
nd
to prate . the our of the virgin tiaiderness of her
spode* . ati.. ' We cannot rep to notice- the
taunts about the extravagant and ruinousapeculations
Which were wit fix! a few yearsago," because eve
-- ry body knee,. *t Coal Companies greatly contribu-
Jed to their orig ,a nd deeply participated in their re.
sults. Nor have a time but to )efer to the talk about
our "towns and e houseti," . whichiwe repeat are the
fruits of honest i dustry And individual 'enterprise, and
plant a stn* contrast with the abantees of corn-
I
. panics' We girt m y say Jkwordor two in reference to
the concluding mark, ii . which we ere told—"As fur
, gentlemen - With bite hands and white linen in a min
ing districuy axe of little account; they are either'
coculaton at 1 ers—not doers." Now we ask,wbo
. are they who cl a themselves in tie !Oren and pur
ple, and fare ptuously every day—who but the
hardly aristocra c Coal -Company m o nopolist, who
' iambi not coridescendto soil their fingers by touching
... a single piece o oal, and yet live by the labor of the
honest anti in 'citts miner! These do not conde
rend to resid e • the Coat Ilegion--no! slid for the
Mon part ete.n visit it. And as to that portion of
our populatiOn ho wear white linen, we assure our
neighbors that individsials cannot conduct their bu
siness by men of age*,.they must superintend it
themselves, and le doing so, they prefer cleanlinests.
.to dirt. :
--
IndiVid
;-; 11 1 1 , f cip, Companies.
•theVettiowing comparative
the quantity of Coal mined by
d Incorporated, Companies,
during this fiast-season: The
compiled from the most au
;car of informatitm, and the'
racy of it may be entirely re
= publish r it for the purpose of
Eit . andring .rgurnoritoi iucorpo
ma, that ri rulividUals are Inca
:tying on die Conl Trade for
Notwitfistruadin g the as.
want of capital on the part of
'We ptibt(
statement
in this regi 2 ;
litritenient
thentic sou;
general ace
lied on.
refutinith •
rated Ins ,
gable.° ca
trans of cg
sertiuttof
ILLE.
individuid openttony it appears that they
have mined duriwg th a last.: year =4,969
tons, while three inc.rporated companie4
during the same period have mined only
66,437 tons, with an incorporated capital
of upwards of 600,000 dollars.. So much
for facts in opposition -to theory. The
fallaciousness of this - argument is there
fore manifests and is used :nerdy because
it apparently selves the purpose of helping
forward the grand systematic effort now
in full blast, of driving out individual en
terprise anifindustry from the Coal Trade,
and establishing in lieu thereof a multitude
of petty coal companies. There can be
no reason whatever presented to our Le
gislature for establishing incorporated mat
companies, tvhicii will stand the test of ex
amination. But on the other hand, the
reasons against granting privileges and im
munities to one set of- individuals which
are withheld from others, are so numerous
and cogent that those who sincerely have
the welfare and prosperity of the Common
wealth at heart,• can find no room for hesi
tation.
Thomas C. Williams di Co.
Neligh. Lewis & Co.
Hodgson. Pinkerton & Co.
•
Palmer 4••• Garrigues •
Aquila Bolton
Lawton & Weaver
Charles Lawton
Charles Ellet about
A. Stemberger
Heil net and Bain
Samuel Brooke
George H. Potts
Lewis C. Dougherty
Slight, Wallace & Co.
bnia. Sayles & Co.
Stepkens &Co.
Samuel Lewitt
Palmer SiCo.
L. Chapmilt,
John Knorwell,
Samuel J. Potts •
Wm. Bosbyshell
Ncligh & Murphy \
Lloyd 4. Daddow
Samuel Rickert
Richard Kier & Co.
J. Berraclough
C. li. Fitch -
Charles Potts
Peter Kern
J. F. Taylor •
Itihaid Rickert
Samuel Sillyman •
Watres & Stephens
Daniels. Harris 4. Co.
Henry Porter
A. Shares & Co:
Daddow & Brown
V. Et Palmer
D. J. Ridgway
Peter Anninti
A. Ritter
Gains Moore
T. Robinson
Rogers &John
•.
Edward. Pugh • •
George Boyer
Nethana
R. Young
James SiTlyman
FY Coombe
23 new individcnl operators openlag trot
' Iteries
224,969
Companies with an incotporated eapital of
UPWARDS OF $600 4 000 sent
is market the following quantity :
Delaware Coal Company 39,236
North American Coal Company 22.890
Danville & Pottrrille Rail Road Company' 11
It may be said, however,-that the bUsi
ness of mining must shortly be carried on
below the water level, which will require
an augmentation of capital. Admitting
that an additional amount of capital is re
quisite, it by no means follows that indivi
duals are incapable of furnishing that ad
ditional amount, particularly when the fact
is considered that individuals are already
engaged in mining below the water level;
and that of the seven openings in this re
gion below the water level, five have been
commenced by individuals, and only two
by incorporated companies, as the subjoin
ed statement shows:
Messrs-,Patterson & Carey & Lea, have sunk a shaft
on the Spobn Vein, worked by Messrs. Palmer & Gar
rigors, to the depth 0f.333 feet, on the inclination of
the vein, and erected a steam engine of 20 horsepow
er. Cost about 810,000.
Messrs. Potts and Bannan have sunLa.ahaft on the
Black Mine vein, -in the borough of Pottsville. to the
depth .of 180 feet on the intimation of the vein, and
are now erecting a steam engine of 20 horse power.—
It is their intention to sink the shaft 75 feet further be
fore taking a breast of coal. Cost about $2,000.
Capt. T. J. Baird, agent for Messrs. Carey, Lea and
Co. have sunk a shaft on the Black Mine, on the York
Warm, to the depth of 180 feet on the inclination of the
vein. A steam engine will be reqa.tred at this opening
is a abort time.
Capt. EL has also sunk another shaft on the Ebony
rein. at St. Clair, teilhe depth of 130 feet, and intends
64n it top greater depth, soon" as an engine of
20Marse power is erected. w Inch was contracted for
during the present week, at the establishment of
Messrs. Haywood & Snyder. Estimated cost 58.000.
Charles Potts & Alfred Lawton are sinking a shaft
'on the Lewis mein - on the Bobb tract. This shaft is 00
ifeet. in depth—and it is their intention to sink it 300
feel and erect an engine of al bdrsc power.
All the above collieries are conducted
by individuals:
The North American Coal Compan have wink a
shaft on the Spohn vein to the depth of'3oofeet on the
inalinatinn of the vein, and erected a steam engine of
IS horse power.
The same company are now sinking a shaft on thp
Lewis vein, and erecting a steam engine of 20 horse
power. • It is their intention to sink to the depth of 300
feet en the rein.
INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS.
Three years. ago it was asserted by the
companies, as s i n inducement to the legis
lature to grant them charters, that indivi
duals could not command capital sufficient
to mine below the water level. The above,
however, falsifies the predictions of the
monopolists—and goes to show that indivi
duals have, even in this enterprise, far out
stripped the companies.
The special election held in Philadel
phia, on Tuesday last„ to supply - the va
cancy in the legislature occasioned by the
death of Mr. rumbhaar, resultnd in the
choice o John . Scott, Esq. by the fol
lowing vote:
Julio M. Scott, Whig) 11682
.Cadwalladel 'Evans, (Anti-masonic) 225
C. J. Juck, (supported by the Van
useuites)
e Uncleritaniftat the Schii*Mbriiej
igatiou Company:, :°;resolvecl to dedu ct
,
eight per cent. off. the toll on coal, instead
of the , Soo per rent. heietofdre deducted.
Enormous Prices forPue/....;-Hiekory
wood of ail ordinary quality, was selling in,
New York last week for twenty-four dol
lars per cord--Oak sls—and Pine $l2.
--Schuylkill Anthracite Co a l $ll--For
eign Bituminous . $l4 per ehiddron. The
Mercantile Advertiser says that beef,
pork, butter, lard, &c. was selling propor
tionably high.
LEGISLATIVE.
A bill has been reported in the legisla
ture for the purpose of incorporating a
company to make a rail road from Pine.
grove to Schuylkill Haven.
The bill providing for the calling of a
Convention to amend the Constitution of
the State, which had passed the Senate,
has been postponed in the ,House for the
present.
Mr. Steven's Bailor the abolishment of
all secret Societies, bound 'together by un
lawful oaths, is under consideration. The
third section s which provides thai Mason
ry or Odd Fellowship shall be good cause
for challenging a juror in trials where one
of, the parties, is a Mason or Odd Fellow,
after aXvartu debate, passed by a vote o
44 to 43.
Thomas 11. -Burrowes, Esq. superinten
dent of Common Schools, has presented a
communication to the Senate on the sub
ject of Education, in which ho earnestly
recommends and enforces on the legisla
ture the propriety of making an annual ap
propriation of $lO,OOO for the establish.
nient of two schoes, for the purpose of in
structing Misr, persons who are desirous
of becoming teachers. A very excellent
recommendatiin.
The first section of the Bill providing
for the - removal of the Seat of Justice from
Danville to Bloomsburg, inColumbia coun
ty, was negatived in the House of Repre
sentatives on the 17th inst. by a vote of 48
to 39.
The New Board ofsCanal Commission
ers have appointed IVIr. Permypaeker,
member of the House of Representatives
from Chester county, their clerk.
A 'Bill was reported in the House of Re
presentatives of this State, on the 20th
inst. for the removal of the Seat of Gov
ernment from Harrisburg to Philadelphia;"
It is said that there is a strong party in the,
legislature in favor of the removal.
- The bribery affair, at Harrisburg, is still
under investigation. A great many wit
nesses have been examined—and the State
will be the loser of about ten thousand dol
lars by this transaction. The whole affair
appears to have been a joke played off upon
Mr. Krebs, by Conrad. The people, we
opine, will not _relish many suoh jokes—
particularly when they arc •played off at
their expense.
1,128
Mil
The 'manly and indepenflept course
which the Harrisburg,Chronicle has pur
sued since the passage of the Bank Bill,
commands the approbation of men of all
parties in this :,:ction.
Messrs. Burden and Penrose have pub
lished their lessons for voting in favor of
re-chartering the United Statesßank.--:-
They are both able documents—and we
are sorry our limits will not permit us to
republish them.
The Act relating to the Bank of the U
States has been unanimously accepted , bv
the Stockholders of that institution. A
splendid service of .Plate, with suitable in•
scriptions, in token and Commemoration of
the gratitude of the stockholders,' for his
faithful, zealous end fearless devotion to
their interests, is to be prepared and pre
sented to Nicholas Biddle, Esq. At the
meeting of the stockholders, John Ser
geant, Esq. delivered an eloquent address,
in which he spoke in highly eulogistic
terms of the character and conduct of the
President r. Biddle addressed the stock
holders in presenting the charter, in the
course of whichhe detailed theltdvantages
of the same, and among other it hings sta
ted that the Bank will be ablei tilt of its
reserved profits, to pay the bonus of f,2,-
500,000, and provide for the annual pay
ment of $lOO,OOO for 20 years. Ile . also
addressed the stockholders in reply to the
resoltiion ofthanks and the service of plate,
in which he displayed feelings and semi
mentirwhich were alike honorable to his
head and heart. Every enlightened patri
ot must rejoice at the triumph of this
inyti
tution over the unmerited persecutions of
its enemies. Etery citizen of the Com
monwealth has a deep. pecuniary intPrest'
in the advantages this institution must con
fer oti her future general interests and
prosperity. Every friend of education and
internal' improvement mast exult at the
bright prospects which this great measure
has opened` ttpcin these sources of moral
culture and physical improvement. We
therefote unfeignedly and heartily con
gmtula e our readers upon the teestablitli
!tent of tie tank of the . United States.
A Young Giant.—The Legislature of
su
Indiana have passed a law authori ' a
loan of $10,000,00Q, to be expended ni
er
a Board, fur the purpose of Internal to•
provementa.
The splendid- building in Nevi - York
known'as the Methodist Book Establish
ment, was entirely consumed by fire last
week, together with all its conteets. Loss
estiMated ut $250,000.-
EMI
.
'' , -T i kr ges io e kivitcp e vid - , 'Sta ,- ;has.
triinSnated alklemniAp ki,eunaress - ,•:yrith
(re
cordesiethecorreb deuce bdtvr :.; 'the
Secretary of Stet nd the ebargeld'Af
faires-of his Brit rude Mjtjestr, relative to
the mediation cif Great Britain in our dia.
agreement with France, and to the deter
mination ofthe French Government to ex
ecute thei Treaty .of Indemnity without
further delay, on the application for Pay - ..
ri i
meat' by the agent (A the U ted States. w
—The mediation has been ten eyed untie- si
ceaary by the determination o the French uf
,Government. Speaking of the United Z
States and France, the President says-,- f pi
The healing effects of time, a just consideration pa
of the nroweiful arAiyer fur a cordial good under. el
standing between the two Nations, the strong in. is
ducements each has to respect and esteem the o. to
titer, will no doubt won obliterate from their ra
mcmbrancall all traces of that disagreement.
The President again compliments the
British Government, and renews. his re.
commendation to place our country hi such
an attitude as always to be so amply sup
plied with the means of self-defence, as to
afford no inducement to other nations to
presume upon our forbearanm.
i e coal fields of their locality—Abe same may
The editor of the Harrisburg Chronicle,
be said of the Lehigh Company. The Little
, SO uylkill Rail Road and Coal Company own the
who opposed the re-charter of the Unite d ant outlet from their district. When Individuals
States Bank, by the legislature of this m e application for permission to use any of the
state, with n degree'of warmth which eel- a ve works for the purpose of transporting coat,
dom characterised that papei, says: (e pt such as may be purchased of the respect;
iv conipantes s ) they are told they4nay dello when
Among the alpaca which have led to the'Easgage°r no occupied by the Company; which of coarse
the great Bank bill in the Senate, none operated more nc cr hap pens , or if it dom. the use of the outlet
powerfully th an the Washington. Globe. The editor ot
.
that paper could have adopted no surer means to fix is cid by a t enure too frail and unrertain for ii
more firmly the opinions of those numbers who were prudent man to`rtsk an investment on. The re.
inclined to vote for the hill upon Pennsylvania grounds, suit is that individuals are wholly excluded from
than the rude insulting terms which he heaped upon all those districts. Of the coal fields now accessi.
them; MA the tone of arbirJary command to which he hit to an Atlantic market, the only portion open
continued to dictate to the free representatives of an to the exertions of individuals r- that drained by
independent state. They have taught him, a lesson tit main and West branches of tli . • Schuylkill,
which we hope will be remembered—a lesson'. which
air the Swatara. , If a few incorporated comps.
greater andanore important men than be may read to
nt s cau get a bold of those distrtets, so far as to
their advantage.
'itir air
individuals out of the business—the whole
tz4de will centre in the hands of sorie halt dozen '
cbinpartiea, who can, by a little concert of action,
which is perfectly practicable, So manage it as to
,
produce all the evils of a monopoly. For whene
ver competition ceases monopoly commences. It
is ]not Geo fetich to assert that stich an object may
Wive been constantly in the'view of applicants for
nets of incorporation, for mining purposes, for if
they did not knew or believe, that they would
therewith derive some peat and important ad.
vantages, would they be devoting - years to the I
Parana, boring and entreating the Legislature
even with tears—sparing neither money nor
pines, to obtain and secure the tempting prize.—
Weald ell these exertions be made merely to ob
tain an opportunity to make an investment in a
bilsiness which] they assert to be so hazardous,
that no p ant man would risk his moncy.or
dine in it. .
Ili most be • riii ant every one acquainted
with the powees and propcnsities, elf incorporated
bodies, that coal companies will 'either-destroy
individuals in competiuon with 'them, or destroy
theinselvvii in the attempt: 'ln either cise great
individual logs and suffering will be occasioned
by the contliet. If once they succeed in ;'getting
individuals oral of the trade, and obtain the long
desired inonopely, they will have ample oppor
tunity to repay themselves for alkthen previous
sacrifices and expenses, by charging an advan.
cod price for coal. Let consumes look' welt to
this metier before it be too late—for when char.
(ere are once granted they cannot be recalled. -
We now come to the second branch of our en
quiry. We know that the legivlature add the
public have been told again and again, that a
large amount of capital iv require* to carry on
,tho coal trade, far more than shy prudent indi-
I vidual will itiveet in one enterprizc. And there
fore,
that it companies arc not clyirhered, the pub. I
he will not be supplied with tills necessary ar
ticle. But bow stands the )ilet? By the report
of a committee of the Berate' of Pennsylvania,
made in 1834. it appears 'there were at that time
engaged in the coal trade as leader miners, pur
chasers and siiippets, 272 pers&s, who sent to
market in the year 11t33, 161,1-Ea bans of coal,
and from a document published: in thaappendix,
to the reports it appears that' individdias had in.
Vested in lateral railroads, wagons, boats, bor.
sea, opening of collieries, towns, wharvea, goal
-lends -and working capitel, $5,697,570, in the
Schuylkill district alone. rhia was tnoivo to be
a moderate estimate of the i4vlstmems at the,
time, and it is certain they - have - Increased
since. Individuals hove scut to ;market during
the last eeason, from this regi0n,"22 , 1,9 - 69 tons of I
coal. It is not pieiended that the whole of the
above investments are applie'd to carrying on the
coal - trade, much of it is in coal lands, which are
held like lots in the neiglithbrhood of some large
city, more fur their prospeetifdvalue, than pre
sent productiveness. If theii,' individuals have
invested thus largely, and heisaengagediand per.
severed in the business, for njagrards of tee ,years 1
tbro,,ugh all the losses and dbalouragemeobvier-i- I
dent to a new and untried beanfeast, until the an-
near product of their labors higareathed near a
million of dollars; who, with a knositedge of these
facts, will venture to assert that -the mining and
vending of coal is a business' liay.oad the means
of individuals, and one in Which they cannot and
will not engage. Where ;then we solemnly ask,
exists the necessity, or expediency, ofincorporating
companies for these purposes--granting privile
ge* end immunities to one set ottrien, and with
bolding them froin ethers equal meritorious.—
If it be expedient to exempt •., ' rsone and pro
perty, of rich stockholders, fro“i , ,risky } and res
ponsibilities of the trade, be ,‘. - ” ". capital cc .:
iumbi invested, by then', ju T- 'and , equity re
quire' that equal , immunities . - rental to all o
ther pelages engaged in th ' lamed business.—
Surely a coal - mute Worked.y- an individual, , is
as worthy of protection, tie i % cued and worked
by a 'company. If the clip trade rap:tires the
f l )
legislative aiii soaght for by the 'applicants for
acts of incorporation, let the smmunities granted
be open to all,--let'a law be passed, .exempting
the persons aud property of! iiii engaged in the
Coal 'trade, from all liability beyond the amount
of capital actually embarked
-in the tiasieeps. The
expediency of such a tneamire might, be ()liaison
ed. but, if charteJr.anted to a ny, its justice I
cannot be conWaverted. 1 ,
At' the commencement . 6 the coal trade to
Schuylkill county, whe n lit or no capital wag;
little
invested in thebusiness, anu , beref spnlicationis
were made to the Leghdatnret for the incor • nit
don of eotl nompaniew Th Applications mit
repastedfor several anceessi` sessjons, but ter
ii
fan and ima tarp easminatien . „ duteliberation i the
, legtilat f l finally decided tit they , ,oold gran
i
.no acts snCorperatinta to' . eempanhts. U
ig on the th of this waren d . siodengreat nom
tt• bey of intviduaki from all4ists 011ie 'c ountry
y. remhsed to Selny11411: coitilty-on4 bought coat,
ill lan , b ilt houseig.madrail
_reads, opeaeo
ar rii• s. provided bog*, w a gad idl things'
Y, n *sr cerryuat na , coal trade exten
,b - ' y...and are at. this in, carrying it 4313
1 4 sury
~. mot esitensiyely Man soy. pear "'attain
it, end dearly equakto all , equipasues put tee
goner. , Those expendit aud investments
John Earls, charged with poisoning his
wife, last summer, has been found guilty
of murder in the first degree, at the late
session af the court of Oyer and Terminer
of Lyconiing county. Before passing sen
tence, Judge LEWIS addressed the prison
er at the bar, from which the following is
an extract:
Of all et imes, that of wilftil and deliberate mur
der is perhaps the most foul and unnatural. Of
all means by which a deed so dire can be com
imitted that of POISON evinces pet haps, the most
cold blooded deliberation.-01 all persons who
may be the subject of this crime, the wife of your
bosom—the mother of your children—the partner
oflciur lot—whose. name and whose existence
. VBt merged in your own, should have been the
last to be thus destroyed in the hour of nninitipect
ing confidence. Of all occasion: for a deed, so
dreadful, the selection of that period when she
was prostrated upon 14bed of her confinement,
with the new borne in helpless tufaney by
her side, manifests "A art the most regardless
of social duty and fatally bent on misehieM Of
such a murder, and with such attending circum
stances, a jury of your counary hare pronounced
yon GUILTY.
It WBB -a deed of darknesa—but, as if the finger
of Providence had interposed, in accordance with
that well established troth that 'murder will .out,'
public suspicion was aroused. The grave gave
up its contents—that heart whose affections had
r clung around you for more than fifteen years, was
the'first to proclaim, by its ventricles filled with
blood, that its pulsations had been suddenly arrest
ed by the operation of some sudden, violent and
unnatural cause. The chemical affinities of na.
lure's elements rushed together to confirm the
charge, and to Identify the po.tionotra drug by
which the life of this tre ha ppy a omen was destroy.
rd. The solemn spectacle this day presented,
may be a lesson to all around, and to those who
fellow us in all time to come, that no deed of dark
iniquity can hope to escape detection. As your
time most necessarily be short in this world you
are admonished to prepare, to apisear at the Ear
of tips" Almighty Judge whose Omniscience ena.
bles Aim to distinguish with absolute certainty,
and Most proceed to prenotnice the sentence of
the law, which is, that you JOllit Esau- betaken
hence to the place from whence you came, within
the jail of the county of Lycorning, and from
thence to lke plaice of excrution, within the walls or
yard of Ike jail; and t,tot you be there. hanged by
the neck until you ore DEAD. '
And, may God have mercp upon your iota
The Bonk Bill.—Mr. Penrose conclu
ded his i.ble Speech on the final passage 01.
the rank Bill, as follows:
On the 3d of next month, the charter of the
bank of the United States expired, and ceased.—
If no Isrgc institution was created to supply the
withdrawal - of capital, a stat, of thing*' would ex
ist, which would carry ruin anal-desolation
throiighout the 50innionwealth. It was in vain,
that men, relied upon herd money,' ii the only
circulating medium, We must charter re
large state bank, or our capital will leave na,
our hard money will vanish, and a mass of wejth
less rags Will supply its place: Thwcry had gone
forth, and no dOubt many believed it, that if we
chartered a great State bank, the liberties of the
pcop!e would be endangered. • The miderahle
sophisms'accotnpailing this cry, filled the public
prima, while the - wholesome watt* marshalled
in support of the measure, were,in many instim
es excluded. The same liarful fMebodings, aline
the loss of liberty, were honestly, 'entertained, b
many, when the bank of North America was in
corPoiated irr - 170-1, with a capital of 10,000,00
Prophesies in all the 'forms of • fiction were mad
of tic loss (...f liberty with the atihjugation, of th
pi-ople to a monied institution. Dow sadly wer
the predictions falsified. That bank waa still i
operation, and thu liberties are all well seeur
as ever. Its notes are Odom seen, and its infi
ence has never been felt, except in accelleratin
.the commonwealth in the march of impromemen
If those, who beriestly entertained such *.ara f
the blighting influence Upon our free instituting's
orineorporatingttlie back of North America tin
1794, could cornolrom whence they had gone,
they . would telt us, that no danger. to public lib.
erty need be apprehended from this measure,l--
that experience bed frlsified their fears, and tl l Lat
what they had deemed fraugbt with evns, d
been fraught with blessings. And if we 'De flir
number the days of this eorparatiun, we shall
find that iiihtlead Of ruin, slavery,. and the txkin
await predicted, by the opponenW of this nem.
s i o
sure, we shall open our eye. uptin the inertias I
grandeuropulare.and prosperity of mu. -cam n
wealth E rendered More free, intelligent and Ire 7
by the measure We are now adopting. Nor
our political • mtereits 'be tem secure. ,
prineipliti based; Nino . the !tick of dem on Y
wiltsbine out in the same brightness and isl
in the same perennial glory, as when our f r
there pledged CO freedom., their lives, their
tuner and none sacred honor. • '
IN
MM==s
roa vnialarkit ,- 7i kit. • T, t.:
idioms retfutivetoike . '7 , `, , tios
o f codrannianiii;.- :1 - . 1.
1
Ilia • admitted axiom, that morrolita are a
rear en opon.tradm and dttrintrodollo the in.
to m" t the public—the monopolists being Creel
froml esatroling influence of open conrpfitiorif
And It t the incorporation or bodies of menu with
peculi privileges and limited reeonsibilities, i 8
cont'a y to the true, pi inciples of ,our republican
tat uhoris, as it is giving by law to one set of
ten what is denied to abets. Accordingly, all
rise and free governments. manifest great aver..'
t
ion to monopolies of all kinds, and are careful
ev to grant theta but upon the most urgent ne.
CBS ty,and then but to accomplish sonle Vita Pub'
Le e fi t not within,the reach tifindividoill enter" •
r' and mums. Neither ought any act of mem.
or non to be granted but (Or similar means and to
ffe t similar ends, except in those kinds of busi.
e neveratleiripted by individuals or prohibited
D cm by law.
I applying these principles to
,the question as
to tic expediency of incorporating companies fin
mining and vending Coal, we ought to inquirer.
13
Find. Will the Incorporation of such companies
tee to create a monopoly of the Coal Trade.
ly. le such a measure necessary to' the am
co Pale:nest of a great public trenefitoot within
tbeJ,rench of individual enterprise and means,
he Delaware and Hudson Canal' Company
the control of the rail toad and canal leading
Mr=l
itikvelamorinted as, beftueitateil, to near air mil.
'time of do ll ars. 'The 'aettleniemit th us' made in
hat was betbre a iirittleinessi have became large
and populous towns, WertFlikenteretiem mei% . -
'hants , indostrkirriiiiiiiiiciibillbm'Mi, and
1611 the' now.crous iptilistierstiq cin*d llfy.
I Vie now respectfully hut serioOty a,l to the
justice and equity iof the leeslateire.' thee the
'lieegiven, and the large expirmlitu , ofmoney
g
a tabor made in cousequenle. fc to "Y
.
whether they can justify it to their mess
to put in jeopardy all these important, interests
' by the incorporation of coil companies. 'lt a ould
seem to as that minim ,some nrodg ' aI d,urgent
t
public interest requires : {he 'sedges, width has
been conclusively shown not to be the Act, that
to make it now for the : dement and aggran
disement of a few iudivirluals without even the
semblance of public necessity, would 4 a griper'
and most injurious violation of the p*bße bath: ,
We call upon the legislature, at the 4uardlan
ofthe public weal, and deFositnry;of the puillia
faith, not to perniit others to engage ii our bun
nese with wdvantages denied to us—arfnurtages
that may enable them tcr wring from no all the
fruits of our privations and tot/. We 4k fur no
peculiar privileges or immunities for ourselves,
—for no forfeiture or recall of eharteralgranterilto
others. All we ask is to , be protected in' our bu.
siness by the came equal kers that tither citizens
-f the state are prineeted in theirs. 3* Chatters '
hare been improvidently granted, let, them ei
.
pine by their own limitation or be purehaser# in
by the state. But let 'not such grants be made a
!pretext for others equally or more injurious to ds ,
.and to the public. We hope and trust the legis.
lature will not turnxt deaf carte such reasonabt ,-
• nests. ..
A letter in the Charleitton Cenlierfrom ono of
tht Charleston volunteers, dsteilSt: . Augustine,
Jan. 31st, says, Capt. Porter - of the U. S. Troops,
comatianda the entire Ivrea at that:fort. An ef
pn•ss tc him from Gen. Clinch came in Jan., 30th.
The Milledgeville ftecoid.er of Feb. 9th, states
that two or more volunteer companies, for Florida.
are being &fluid in almost every countyvitettan k)
state. Putnam has taint en additionatechtpany,
and also @ISO° to pay their expenses.' Lompkin
:has proffered the corps of 'Lumpla in Mountaiseers'
to the Governor. Hddl county her rifle corps, Sic.
The whole number from Georgia,now inFlorida,
or on their !way there, is about.looo,7'., Tile detach
ment fromliacon, with the Baldwin and yleah
angton cavalry, count 450 men ; Augusta, 250 ;
Savannah, 200 ; Glynn, SO ; Darien, about 50.
south Carolina has sent nbont 100 1 9 more. So
that, with the U. S. troops, 'there is a - force of a
bout 4WI men now in fluids.
Gall otry of American Women.—The - Morgan
countY. (Gee.) volunteers, lin• passing through
Eatonton on their -Way ..ge Florida, were welcomed
with a dancer and other courtesies. The same
evening the ladle's of the village procured materials
and made in a tewtours tents for the whole corps.
The subject is thus alluded to. - •
By their vulunlary kindness, the fair of Eaton.
ton grave shown, that although. their delicate
throes may not tempt the dangers and hardships
' of.the tented field.let,- that woman's:boiom is the
altar where the vestal fare of late °pseudo burns
in inextinguishable briilliaacy. Via for those
whom, their kindneas haf befriended, and their
ears. and smiles hove oduriatea, with' their com
peers in arms, to preterre that altar. sacred, and
that fire undiminished.. In them We place our
hopes, and, we doubt not, the result of theirperil.
ous toils will justify our confidence. •
De-Secretary tif the Cataluna,.
Later from Florichs.—My the• Floridian, poblish..a.
ed at Tallahissee, Feb: 6. Lieut. Ward, 'of the
Tallahassee • volunteers, fell, recently, in a duel.
.Colonel Jas. Gadsden has been appointed Quarter
master General of the Florida militia.
A new county baa been erected in. Florida, to
be called after the lamented Major Dade,
inaride.----Accounta from St. Augustine to the
15th inst. represent that the whole of the country
south of that Place had been laid waste daring
thti preceeding week by the ludiansoz-Large
numbers of troops' are rapidly concentrating to.
wards the seat of the war from South Cirolitia,
Georgia,
Alabama and Louisiana, and the probe
bilny is that a deCiehte
,blote will soon be struck
by ‘ Gen. S•cott. •
s Pen. Macomb has turned, dramatist, aid is a
ll:* to produce an American play. Ofie of the
English dramatic writers was a General.
w.Ol known 'in the region of Saratovt:
At Orivigsburg, ow Sunday evening 21st
February, by the Rev. M. Harpel, Imrem
S. FILBERT, Merchant, of Berke-county,
to MATtLO4„ aaughter . of George . tßahn,
Esq. at Sheriff of Schuylkill county.-
In Berks county, on • Tuesday, ,the 23d
inst. by the Rev: Mr. Merman, WILLIAM ,-
-TAGGART, Merchant , Of TRIMINUS, to Es
vuza Ann, daughter of Mt. A. „Lee, of
the former place.
At Orwigsburg, on Wednesday evening
the nth inst. Emma, daughter mf Ed
ward Huntzinger, of Middleport,'Sehuyl
kill county, aged 9 *Onthsrui4.lo.dsys.
Harrison - la Granger.
•
xoung Men ' s Mae, venom:ion.
itliE State _Committee having recommended •
a State Contention ofYoung.Men. to be held
at HarriObtug. unv Wednesday the 23d day of
March next, for the purpose of adopting such
measures as may be deptned necessary to pro
mote the success of the 'Democratic Republican
nominations of Gen.' WILLIAM H. HARRI-1
SON for the Presidency; and FRANCIS GRAN
GER, for the Vice Presidency; thit. Y. 1 3 1 3 1 11 Men
bfSchuylkilleotedy,;fivourabk sair Nomina
tions, are requested to meet at the l'Artirt
in the borough Of Orwigsburgon *turret
12tI, day orMarch 'next, Dt the intrpose Vticct
ing two delegates to rep 1-o,ent SOUYlkillanUttir
in said Convention, . .
Feb 27
Euxi --
i — - •
i ' i • • ibei for * .. . , -
ail - '-'
.... ..
: • 2 . 400 feet inch ai3d baii indireberry hoods
3,500 do belf.toeblankincltipttpfrer :do :
I C • 2,00040 PaPkoLkrcer424o4iPisig?.-*-
ill well seetoned aotteltp — lb*•bil I; .
Feb 27 12tf:..4 '''', • • t-sAleviagn..42; c . c .
. _ , ... fe ~...."*O4 'm
•
fi t t ß°C &AMAX l o) l 4.•*".Notiee ist.hereby ret
that" cpsreoafVoiaiunl!ieariulr 'the trial of
• to. l . f inuß,kerni: forAire,-entinry of figbufikill•
beheld al-OilligilWrgaVe cowl' afores4ml. on •
Monday tlecitlailliq of . - 1•&foit 10 o'clock ut
the forenoon. • - -
Thereloreallt4tioniliiirint Intitipending.and all
imelosle whoa* deity i4peir at ialdCourt.
*Wake uptice andlgoverritbmnselveauccordingly
- - 10 4 4 1APRAtTSB, Sheriff
ftellfa. Office, OmUir.. *
OZ
burg. Pub. 7,mis. 5 • • If;--4
Pnnctual attendance is demanded of the Jurors
and Witneas.ea outmanned to mewl this Court. •
I
FLORIDA WAR.
DIED,
MANY YOUNG REAIOCRATS.
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