la rOI . trY•SLIC..TI-1 . a Am .a.iidraausicca agriaaanal Alr -11 4 21 . 61611 a. 44 a de eons jof Um. daps Samara I . SD .0111,18 • Wm IF Mgt stikadli.:-Suotalleresadi ......erut Mee% le Ogee Meet, reterElle. Ps. • • - v: 7 lucre purnat• DECEMBER 3, 1870 • viz '74ILICEItb. JOURNAL •la Wiled emery Seised*, ei mans, attd turulated to wablerlbers at 75 per mum, In si `CLUB= tagair s Lt v .v ., .. , : ; ,, T Dr Cotlaa sallliewit :111 t/otles To News Dealers $ to Per 100 Copies. crab. To Xleultera and tlchool Teachers we will .butdab the larriXr., by mall. at yl fa pet annum . to adranee; caber wise at full fates. • ; - THE DAI2.Y litlNZllle JOURNAL' alpubilabed etefy eelt-darmonUng, tsetusdafa eteePted• oin k. r TELtElts-;ThttLezi cents pin. walk, payable to the .arn 4* B It t aiL v - i - wi l l eV e ttraut t e. One Yew. n°: nonths.4373; three months. V • DAILY AND WES2fLT IifIXEIIIS'7O7ANAL 17 30 Per mmun.in liars:wet* CO Air len n"l ha f • • • aAN NAN i 1141114EY. Publiebtas.. • TBE • FRANKING . • PRIVILEGE,. POSTAI, SYSTEM, • teC. ,Et c BILL abolishing the .Franking ~,. . • \T. prmlege, was as our readers are aware . ,-' passed in the House at the last session-`of` -4 ..,,,;' i-Was Prinlent to doSo, for as Mitch aa the_ge.os (:`iple desire - to see the Franking . privilege .Iwhich is so gro.ssly,'shritnefully and ckintint pusly abuiki :by the. malts: of those who use j - - • it, a bolished, still they believe that at .the • same tithe. cheap postage should be intro . Auced. Mr. Sumner-when the bill was before • -the Senate, offered a substitute embodying • the ideas of abolition of; the Frankingprivi lege With a • reduction. of .postage on half .., ounce letter's one cent., The anbStitute is a ' good one and.shOuld Le Itidopted: „There can ISt' no doubt that with cheap pOstage Intro ' . ueed, the busineis of tite Post. OtticeDe id '.' -partment would be lamely increased and It couldhe rendered , self-Stistainingspecially if it should.be kept, to its legitimate purppie .of carrying lettersprnewsPapers . and pam plilets, and not to f beallowetPto be used tO : • transpOrt merchandise, booki; o nntserystock, etc., fo r which the railway coinpaniesAarge r -.. roundly,. and which the people iii the end .- havetto put their'itands in their pockets and ' -.pay. This in connection With the waythe mails • are: l u mbered up - by franked matte 4' ... •is the reason whyihe Post Office Department !As not self-sustaining. T 4. enable city mer;. ";chants to- use the - inall4! to . a considerable ---'...,lextent for the transpOrtation of th e ir irder chwaze, when express facilities are ample forAirliteliquirpOSes, the people of the .coun ....try,itrataxed by having to pay doublepostags - •-.oti ,their i 'letters in' consequence of the:en hancecr cost of transportation caused .by tilling the 'rails with matter that does not . properly ,and legitfmately belong: to , thern.: All this has the effect of depleting the popu _-lation Orthe country and ,concentrating-it :. in the cities, affecting seriously the prosper - tty•of: the fernier Which ..ltrinne 'reacts uh-' , : , favorably . upon the latter. ;For . whenever • •,. legislatiOn. is-encouraged whit for, the time, ..,:.. Speciallyand favorably affects 4 0 section of the nation at the expense of another, the -final result; is disastrous-to bo'fit. \ , • " . It is time that in - this matter ot- reforma- Bon in the mail system, as:An all others - which affect the country - , that theT i ress and people should speak' ,offt. They /rave the . .numerical _strength •in Congress rthrOugh, their representatives, to regulate 1• islation in the interest rf not merely one • section, - e bia. all. • Not only that,--as a mass the coun try r' possesses the intellectual Strength' in' Congress, and can if it chOoses, control I . .egis-.. la tion . 'I f* we except Kelly of 'Ph ifild'elphie, Hooker_ of Boston, and one or. Iwo others froin ihe .cli z le4,6f the West, the repreSenta-, tives. f "din ' the cities are either incottypettgpt • or dis ' :lathe.' . Take 'New York City . for iii Sta :i../tg - WhOare her most noted represen- . — tat.iV,The political'weathereock., Brooks; ' . (heLW:tit - faced. politician;. Weod ; the gam : ::;.1. - -tier,att . jrtilacklegi Morriss:ey„' and the chant -1 pion' fibber,. :Cox, whose apostrophes to the • setti g. sun and . untruthful • prdelivities; have • giver -'. him a certain unenviable notoriety. But N •heu the general ignorance of the mass of th people c{the,cities is taken into,consid .Trition, it is hot a matter ..of ;surprise: that “*". Such .-e.presentatives. ai'..e.' selected.: A me .- eita - t4 knows "otte„brittich of a' trade and • little eiket.onnected with it. . - .Thecities have . ,talented Men,' we kti9w ; -but each one has . .With liardly.an exeeptinn, 'some specialty in w 10(4 he is well-up, .While oni general mat- . ters,hie is, not as Intelligent. In the country . ..dioyfiver,' the people are mcreintelligent on . getters.' matters, posfiss)bnibre;Jenlarged and. .1. . comprehensive vies, and no heiser evidence of this Ina ' is es i iiiced than . ? 4,:ilie usually' -:- - . ),l. r uPc riot charatzic:r of ,the- repreiArtat ices- sent " to CoU res./ . . . . l t l . icws ,:sing as it.does the power, intelteciu- s s ally an . itunterieidly, to control legislation . 41 - 4finterest of the nation, and not-simply 'cal 4 mere',sect ion, it is thrie that thecountry :. shOuld act - energetically through its mein . /bererof ,Congress in aAtirtirtg and marntain- A- -. - tag its rights which are to largely etterOached - ..upon by legislation .Which .gives special • , facilities to the Cities. In this Matter of , . permitting the tiseAf -fit — e mail , : 'for the Van portatiory..of tne:felfarfdize to 4 accomm date. city Inerchants.,..Abe lieople of the 'cot ntrY sliould - Jaks 7 , kcitied-.. ,, aetion. -1, tit . not 1 - " only n tife ' e ti ti re abolitith of the ins Upo . Franking privilege,--from the highest to the. • l west officer of the 'Oovernment,. but ' also' 't. at there shall be alprovision in the bill re ruing the mails, for their- legitimate pur ,..11 O'• Vasesq, and' not permit them to be used for 'carrying met r chandize, etc., for the greatly. inereasedost of the: transphrtation of Which le:h• • the peop the, country have to igiiin. -- . high:postageWitile their business is seriously. 'affected therchY. If the, press and people cif •the Country' Will take high ground On this , question; the good effects cannot fail to lie . speedily seen... , We 'pen these thoughts on -this subject -- - with no - feeling *of hostility to the cities. Our position is, that all legislation• that tends : to fosterthe.bnsiness. of the country, increase its cot:titbits and pleasures, and render it' --., more attractive to jteoPle as a place of resi dence, prOntotes by the business and Other . intercourse{ which results necessarily, be tween thept,, the proaperitY and, growth of , the cities; : Co as and the country at large'sbonld. rake .e this view of the subject, and in int,king the feforins :imperatively Called for,thus,.aid in building up„..iniprov . ing and adding to„the wealth and population of all -sections- of the talon—country - and city - alike. ., ' . .. .• . • . *TIT ENG LIM ARISTOCII4 CI . . • . ik-irrtsy foolish .. . R e q rqe in this country „.,, 4.11_•'..100k upon persons engaged in busi: • nese ns beneath them, • more • particularly:in • . the South. They • hold to the idea that it is nristoractic to live without business,Jike - the'nobility -in Etighind, whi'f , never pgage • . lin business Pursuits. This, however, is a • ['very great mistake. Formerly they did not -A 'engage In business, but in consequence of so many of the iron and cottonlords, &c., as the . larger manufacturers are Termed, , having ' largely'Outstripped many of the nobility in • England in wealth, mid also in living, a liumber of the nobetnen of England do now, ! and have for. *some. years past engaged 'ln =ruining and other pursuits, and many of them • .de , rive the largest portion of their revenue froni trade. - The tnith Is that for the last • twenty or thirty Years the families of theno ,.., billty are rapidly Itriermarrying with aranu f.accurersimerchants,; bankers, dc. The • iiiunger sons and daughters of noble families, whose for money, ' while those who furnbilt the • cash marry for position. teresford.Hope the' hanker and M. Pt, Is married to •the . 41 aughtercif the aristocratic Earl of Salisbury; he is called Mr. lieresford - Hope, while his • ' wlfels btyled Lady Mildred. So with a large ~ ttiliber of others in .England. •The Indies • tr*stain their titles, While the gentleniedire • Valn"Misiers, unless they have earned some dietinetion for meritorious acts.. This pro • veas, by which the too _extreme are pulled down,- afad ,lifted Up into ' the great ' middle dims, is the safety of England, s and witich is gradually revolutionizing their po , ILltical agate without violence or revolu . r. e Vire led to these remark: by readiagr „v. the following article In the london Iftatrnl l lnintrw.. ' " Artrarcasam Taaoastit.--Another siotde tur , . dltion'isas to be 'made to the illustrious names ``Tfirleb arc to be found amongst the EMlllsir Aristaerstle -.Traders. His qrace the Duke of littlt.)?tr "fferdicmi Idarstsal, ate., ha nom -- A. - ~- ~~ _ ~.~,. } .. .. .~. ~., tnenced basiness on his own account as a dealet In coals, having taken to the New Winnhsgs Pits. lately workal by Mr. Huntsman, and which are situate near 'to the town of Sheffield. His Grace has one 'Mat advantaga . over Mr: Huntsman; the awl being Isla own property, slo thst whilst the former, has. been a considerable loser his noble 'Deemer will be placed ins position that loss cawscarcely take place. • -• , Much octets has been written in reaped to the Duke of Argyle having' two of, his sons being brought up to mercantile pursuith, whilst the 6d, is overlooked that many members of the aristocracy have for years been engaged In • businesses df various Boris, end from which they have derived not the least portion. of their income. Mining in cartictiler has long been a favorite business With. our-'nobility, and, no doubt, a very profitable one, seeing that, Ilya rule, they work their- ogn minerals. In Scot land the Duke of Bucereugh has several mines, as well as acme in Lancashirel , . In l'erthshire the- Earl of Breadaltame works aorne gobd mines. The NorthofEngland, however 4 appesirs to be the Taiorite resort'for our noble collier,' • proprietericamongst whom may be mentioned the Marchioness of-' Waterford, , who has a pit near N'itioler• the Earl of Lansdale, Earl Vane and Ea rl Denham, all work their own deal' the collieries formerly ,belonging to 'the' Marchioness of - Londonderry being amongst the largest in the North. :In•addition. , we have Mr. Beaumont, M. P., who married ,a :daughter of the Margate of Clariricartie,' and ho is, probably , the largest producer of lead In the world, the mines at Allendale and Wear dale having a world-wide name. In Yorkshire •-• there are several titled-colliery owners, includ- • ing,the Earl Fitzwilliam, who has three or four extensive pits at Else r ear; and who is also the lesser of the coal at Thornelifie; and Sir J. L,. • • Rive, Bart.: has the Grange and'Flocton Pits at work. Derbyshlre,bal the Earl Of Chesterfield and the executors of 'the late - Marquis of Hast ings ; and the adjoining `county of Liecester Lord Maynard amongst:the workers or the coal mines. - tarl Granville in • North Staffordahin e and Earl Dudley in. the •Sotlth, have-several large collieries, and are also largely interested in - the production of iron and: front which their revenues are principally ' derived. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbbt, has mines• atAtugeley, the Earl of -Lichfield at WillenhaU, and the Earl of Dartmoititli at' West Bromwidh. In Wales the Marquis e Of Bute to is the wnero•Of some very extensive mines, which' he works; whilst in other places of the kingdom the names 'of Lord tikelmerrdale, St. Stephen -Glynn*, Bart.,' Sir E.- BlOunt, Bart., the. Bight Hon. Sir J. Pakington, Sir Greville Smith, and others are included in the . list •of those engaged in minieg ptirsuit.. In - Ireland Lord AVenrilore„:Lord• Clare. and Lord :Meltiteagle are - eniougst the names which figure in . the list a colliery pro prietors. Indeed, we might go even higher, for,:, welind that In the isle of Men two mines are put down as belonging to the'Crowni although webeliev'e at present they are not being worked. We have, however, shown that,_whatever- may be said with regard . to the invasion of ths House pf Lords •by the heads of the' Newcastle coin munity, some of the-very -highest members of fhat august assembly are to' be found in the; list of the tradingclass. 15ie "K"nobs' , ' in this Ripublitan country, and female, .wlio try to ape the airs of the aristocracy abroad where titles prevail, and• look updn husiness men as.beneath •theni, ate - almost too contemptible to notice. HEN .4j i o R CONNELL'S CON' {'EX- -QENATOR :CONNELL, of Philadel phia, has preparetta Bill pfoViding for the holding of a Constitutional Convention, hlch he intends to . present to the Leigfsla ‘, lure immediately after it meets in Jannary. We find the following - synopsis of it in ilk r Bucks County INTELI:tomicEn with- .some pertifiant remarks, which .we append : It is propmed that a speeial election beltelcl*- in June next to decide by a vote of the people whether or not a Convention . shall. be celled ; and at the same time delegates to nerve in the Convention, if one shall be ordered, are to be chosen. - The Whole - number of delegates to be chosen is 135, thirty-two of whom are to be, elected from the State at large, each eitizen - voting for only sixteen, persons. In 'Mkt:tele gates at large, therefore j each paX ( willbe - equal, ly represented; and, as' electi in their case will he certain, a free Uppoitnnity will be given to select the best and most competent men in' the emotnonwealtn,-without regard to their re sidetrce.: The bulk of the Conventiop,-consist ing of 103 menibers, is to be ehosenby there spective Senatorial districts as they new stand. The city el' Philadelphia will have eighteen mem bers, elected in three. districts; and the other •Senatorial districts of. the State-are to choose troth two-to five members each, accorditivto ratio of,the taxable inhabitants. , "Itdsfurther provided that Where 'six .dereili gates are,chosen; no person shall vote:for loofa; than four.; ,w hero four or five are elected +kach person shall vote fir only three; when!, till-ee are elected each ballot shall boor two; and im macs whore tiro delegates are• npri r loped, B'4: in Bucks, ' - each person shall vote for but one.— This arrangeinent would "secure a fair repre sentation of both political 3 -.,paqies. The Co vention, as.the bill provides, Will meet at Har risburg on the tirst• Tn6sday of Septeinber; 1871, and it* seasions'are, to end on or • before - the first of May; 1872; The delegales are to be paid $l2 each per day while actually . engaged in' their duties; and tho o Speeelies and • daily pro ceedings are not to tre printethat the expense of , the State. The changes made in, the Constitti tionarlorbe stibtriitteri le a vote of the people rhaltication 'Or rejeetion-, on the first Tuesday uf-Jnn 'Wnd thus the whole work can' be . coinpleted before the October election of that "When this bill is submitted:l4oe Legisla ture.it will necesgarily.be subjected to discus- - sionand criticisui v and very probably to a-nate rial alteration. in - view of the almost unan, inous desire for a revision of theXonstitution, it seems altogether unnecessary to submit the. 'question of calling a - convention to *popular' vote. Publiaaentinrept has already di‘cided that point,and the Legislature need fiat' hesiude to take the'resporisibility'oforderingan election of delegites. r That feature of thlt L bill inti•l' mates that .the , resent .CoiMitutieri is to be, amended only, instead of.undergoing. a tho rough revision and , rdttonstruction, will scarcely be satisfactory to` the people. Let psi have a' thorough reformation while we are about • it; and not, attempt to- patch . and enlarge the strileture which the State and -its eitilens have obviously outgrown.; The pro posed eoinpensation of twelve . dollarS per diy to the clelegateS4B..,too large. 'The best talent in the State cannot be bought at 'that rate; while the sum proposed, is still so great its to tempt unworthy and venal men to seek an election. Whoever is chosen ss a delegate to this,Conven tion should be . selected for his bonestvecapacitm and practical business. talent, and such men wilt not expect to receive much inofe than their ne eelistir:y personal expenses.- The services of the delegates who should compose the Cadventiori cannot be paid for. with money, and to offer a 'liberal salary hi only setting - a premium upon incompetence f ' Ttrellit ;Eat% n s someg'ood provfsion;, but they will require a change. 'As remarked above, there is no neceshity of submitting • the question of a convention to the people,; ple • • they have already decided that ti convention shall be convened as early as'possible. There i• s also nOTeason for postponing it so .long.— The eau be passed in -Februayan'tlec tion for Members ordered in ApJll,lwho can meet in May ; and frame a Constitution to be submitted to the people at tire ensuing • 'October election. The amendments will-be )fully discussed, and if we send able delegates who will attend to the business, and eschew mere office-seekers, who want to make a' job of it, they . can amend the - ConstitutiOu in a. -three months' session; better than - others could if they sit ' nine Months. Elect able and practicable . men, Who will have to make a sacrifice- to go, and they wilt perform the business in a short lithe.. In October, 1871, there is neither a Governor's not Pre* .dential election, and of course but little party . , ..Acitement, - and the people can vote freely o o the Constitution. The people donot de:- sire ally special election on this.question,..ex cept to elect delegates to the Convention. • ,\ TIIE C'ENSI,7B-RA TE OF.IN- rr HE following table; which w•e take from lite Sunbury tietrerrE, shows the population . : of the different counties ..tif the Western District of Penn Sylvania, with the percentage 'of increase since MO. It should be carefully preserved -for reference: . Cezus Len o ;tus,iNcr o C r ent corYriks. . mg). 1 8 79. 1,-Incrtage Altete/any' Armstrong Beaver • 8edf0rd..:..... Blair Bradford. Butler Cameron__ l'Atritbria Centre.: .. ... Clearfield:..._ Clinton._ C•iumbia.t.. Crawford ..... Elk - Erie Fayette porest.- -, Fulton..:.._ Green Huntingdon /ndlana • - Jeffersdh .... : . Juniata ...... ..• Lawrence—.. Luzerne kit ycoming ........ ..... Pdercer.. - Awai ....... t, .. ... .... . mostfiar • sorthumbeonto - Snyder y_ Somerset Sullivan.. ..... ..... Susquehanna,i - Ti0ga..............0 1 ..... Venango Warren • r Washington Wyoming.-- ..TotaL ' • .•Cameron County Was erected ftinn porta ot Pot. coI7NTIE/i. moo. two. paten_ • iteiCesi=7„ Ousertair ..... WM TIOY RILL. CREASE. 174,731 262.482 - 46.65 35,7971 43,381: 21.19 2 4 ,140' 36,132 • • 24,01 25,736, 24,636 • 7.10 24,44.19. `. 114,76 41,731 n 7,109 4.85 35,501' 341,4'4.1 50' • 4,2.4- • • 29. J.ll . 3 ~572 21.41 27, 0 •431,394 2733 24.4486 36,542, • 622 16,7;6, 25,779 :6.42 17,763' 21.213 31.97 21,083 24,701 14.76 4.4,7;1, 68,82 ' 30.91 5,915' 8.515 40.57 49,432! 65,977. '31 4 44 31,909 43,..1411, 8.45 898 4,181•• 305.81 0,131: . 9MII/ 2'52 24,343 ' 4 15,46r4 6.36 , 24,100 • 31,452. 11.21 34,617 164,1 M, • 16.13 18,270, 21,661. • 16.16 10,98 C, 17,491 1 '. 2.117 22,9 4 89 27,296• 18,46 Wait 160,791 - 744.17 • 3 7.394' 47,618. 27.67 1 14 ,6)0; s • • 36,646' 38 310 17,509: - 7.15 13.013' 116311. 17.47 ,IP„,1 11,440 43.24 11,47111' 11.418'• , • 15.035 , UAW f• 3.79 94,7711 • 23,1.1; >'S.77 5,661 ,6191 4,261 i 67,5101 3.44 31,6441 ' 45./o' l 11,115 15,131100 10.06 21,013 i• 46.31e1 05.21 . 19,190: 21,1371 21.34 16.8051 i1t8,4811 358 .53,7161 MAO' ' • e.t ,/2.540 /44.935 16.36 MN 1.7/7.7771 9847 ixa,ose 1 , Pt r o fient , increase .- '6 I ,—....:-...... r XL 11.4101 11.411 f+ B3 ) 4.Z1 XXI am THE MINERT imivszorrnmsormworm.xv MAKING .B.TKEL, &C . . Tr ury, onsbeeirof making steel Air - .Yftrimti " -L: purpose' , by Mr. Btsemer and nth*, who 'ship claim a -portion. of his patent tor similar inyentions,• has given rise 'experiment/1- ' l4i ' littprove the gtiality and cheapen - thePnx sts a to.. g r eater I e . • e xtent. • Among`: the new processes :tamed, thitt patented Henderson ..uf NeWA T tifkr • • .. is likely. it) be the most imixiitant(nd if it. turns outito beim suceessful;. as - the Wowing. - _ - report frOm the list number OfLtbe 'nit of the United :Stites lion and Steel Association p -whlat •is gOod - authority, . .• • , pre dicts, it:Will far exce l that of-Mr 'Bessemer, . both in the imprcrrement• of,the y quality and; . also the cheapness of. Manufactute, ant *Eli piove to be bite of the, greatest improyeinents of the - age: - • . • 1 - • -'"Two ably' " writtene articles..tiotn the' pen of W. Iditttien Williams, called, 'Tapers on Iron and Steel-.-A Costly and fllassicious fall acy" from NATURE, were. copied a short time 'ago in thisjonenal. These 'papers clearly set forth-the reason why all efforts heretofore made, for the production or steel by - the partial decar bonization of cast iron hive 'failed;. that -all manipulations have been directed to moving** much as . possible-the impUrigs contained - rn pig .iron- by oxidation; Mr. - - WilliamsW rips:. 'Every available_ peroxide and. decoMposable oxygen salt has been adininhitered - by strange devices to the , meited iron. Gas and Vapors' have been blown over the surface,"and under the surface, and through from bottom-to top, of melted putt iron, and all (including Mr. Besse- . nier) have failed tO 'produce merchantable steel from ordinary - Ettglish arid iron, without first Disking it into:Malleable or wreught iron. The minion of this la; t'hat the removal of the carbon is only portion of the work which Alas .to be done .in order to convert 'cast iron into steel oftinrecrininercial value.: Several other 'substances, have' to be removed also; and no• process has yet been discovered by which these; impurities can be removed 'without at the same, ,fime removing - the carbon - in corresponding, `degree." .ile also states: "The partial removal of the carbon is one or the very easiest problems jn practical metallurgy r .while. the complete re-- m oval of silicon,, phosphorous and: sulphur is - - among the most difilcult. ' • We were aware, at' the _time of publishing these 'artieles; that processes had:recently ,been . : invented and patented, by Mi. tames !lender- , iton,of'New York, for overcoming the dMetil 'ties so it..)ly , and clearly described by the, accomplished author of those articles-of pro ducing steel by. partial decarbonization of cast iron. We have ta:en -waiting for the analyses - the results befere making the p pub lic. The new steel process con ta in the cymbined use Of 'fluorspar and titanic acid, 'ap- - plied to cast iron at the melting temperature, preferably ickreverberatory futnaces. Flit6rlne is given off froth tbe"fluorspar, and is amore powerful agent for the removal of silicon than oxygen, and removes it almost entirely 'from the cast iron 14-fire the reactions with the car bon begin ; tla phosphorous and sulphur i - are next acted upuc and removed in the order they are named by, neaus of the combined action.of fluorine and titanic acid, or fluorine, titanium and oxygen ; and, last, the carbon. is removed. The fluorine is derived from fluorspar combined ;with iron ores containing titanic acid in tipch wise as insure simultaneous tietion of. the fluot- Ane, titaniem and oxygen- upon the cast Iron; arid by reason of the adhiities of fluorine; iitita titim and oxygen for silicon; phosphorditqaul ptinr,,arsenic and carbon; these sulistaiaces are taken-front the iron in' the form of. vapor and slag,....leaving the purified metal in the condition to be filimmered or rolled as merchantable steel. English and American pig iron may be -made direct into steel by the new process; and .with the large class of irons smelted from heriiatitea, specular, and better qualities of magnetic ores, with good fuel, pure steel may be Marie that will be entirely desiliconized, dephospherized, desulphurizeil,. and contain but the, desired amount of carbon to form steel of any particular degree of hardness, by arresting the decarlxm 'nation of the metal while undergoing conver sion. Experiments were niade, sometime sinew, on - a large scale at Mesirs.. Piirk ,-- Brothers Co.'s steel works, in Pittsburgh, in boiling pud dling; furnaces, but without puddling, or the labor of stirring the:iron -during conversion;" the only labor was that of "balling" 'the wrought iron and removing it from the furnace after the conversion-was completed. 'The triode of_ treat ma nt in theabotie nameti, est4P.Shment was hy mixingthe titauiferous iron ore:and ffuorspar, both' ire-A powdered state, and then charging them evenly over the-sole of the. furnace. NO. 3 - pig iron was then charged Upon• fiteni,, and' when melted was allowed to remain -without stirring or puddling; its soon. as the: pig 'rim melted, reactions began between. the •fituir- Spar* and litaniferous iron ore' and the silienn,- phoaphorous; sulphur and . carbon contained'fn the pig-iron. • To. ascertain .e,xactlY the -Cotidi-' Lions upon- which the changes are made in; the east iron while .under treatment, samples were taken- front the NO of liquid iron. The analy , sis of the :first sample taken from the bath shows that the operation of the new process is .entirely different from thst of any other pre-'. Mess, inastnueh ..as the. silicon is entirely re ..moved at the early stages of the .prOceis, and, with the silicon r phosiihorus is . also. taken from the Iron, and the carbon -is Changed from the graphitic to the c•Ombined form. Other samples were taken from the bath eat intervals of ten minutes. The analyAs, of the first sample made it eVident that roost of the later - ones were steel. This ha..vbecn since 'confirmed branalyz ing.a specimen taken thirty minutes later from the bath, and by the treatment of 'them as steel, it having been found that they possess the' properties of steel—forsang well, and tempering and hardening according to the various degrees of carbon contained in them. At the end of the - operation the charge becomes wrought iron, by the removal °Pall the carbon. Thisaron forges, Nields, arid is neither cold-short nor red-short. The iimtlyses,of the- first and fourth 'samples taken fibm the bath have been made by Mr. W. M. Habirsita*, atutlytieal (diet - Med, of 35 New street,' New York, and are annexed; also analy ses' or Sariderson's acid Krupp'x cast steel and Hoop L :4 wed ils:‘ Danneinora bar iron are given for comparison, taken from P.Eitcs's. META L Ll' KU V :1 l'irst ? Vample.. (Vest Iron, taken Aura Sample. minutes' (Orr Meet listen .30 minutes Infer. . 2714 • 02172 noae . • none • • n one -. ton 0 . 0:149 • none . . 0 . 1074 minute truce . trace . none . _ . none nohe • • Carbon, Combined • dpi Graphite. Slags (isiticatec)...:. Silicon Phosphorus • Sulphur • Titanium...;,_ • Fluorine • • The presence - orsulphur in the refined cast Iran is mostly due to sulphurers mixed with the fluorspar. Which was used in the'condition lawhich it was taken from the mine, without beieg'4lressed," •as there was no::convenienee there . for "dressing";AL Later 'experiments with other kinds of pig iron, with impure fluor spart.ishowAliat at the stage of the proeess where it is refined cast 'iron, that the I increase of sul phur- from - , this cause tinionntir tci• - . - 0•10.50. per cent.% which, with "dressed" or pure fluorspar, would be 0 . 00•::2 per cent. of sulphur forthe cast iron of the foregoing analysis'. instead id 01073 pee' cent. It ;?rill ' ;?rill ' be eviaent to the - practical metallurgist ithat the refined cast iron, when treated with_pnre IluorsPar, becomes steel of superior quality when decarbonized below 1.90 per cent. of carbon. B l o t rool:,91,1 FIZEM cza swoon 0,115 PimAphorti..7. .o'xBl ' C - 220 Manganese Arsenio. MZMI Calboit,:titckel C.7°Poe; . Alunitnunk......• .• - 0.12 —, "r . From the f®oing analysis it will he been that. the refined- east iron of the new process containing but one twenty-fifth of the isilieon, and, notwithstanding the sulphur given to it -by the sulphuretio in the fluorspar, it contains less than one-half the sulphur, and about the same athotint of phosphorus, as compared with the Hoop' L bar iron. This in the most cele brated wrought iron in the world; and is used exclusively' for making steel, and sells in Sher •field at £24 per ton.- The analysis of the steel of the new process Shows, as compared with Sanderium's and Krupp's, that.while the latter are alloys 'of carbon, Silicon, sulphur, phos phorus, etc., that the steel of the new process is practically pureiron and carbon. In one'.er the articles front NATvrtn, before referred to, it is stated, "To make perfect steel, they take out all of these latter, and leave noth-. ing but pure iron and carbon. Absolute : per ' fection Is not, of course, practically attainable in&teel 'making, but it is approximated in ex •actly-the same degree as the purification of the. ,-iron tram everything except carbon is effected." Persons wishing to satisfy themselves of the value of the process by a test, should use the ordinary boiling puddling furnace,-fettled with' the pert red hematite, or .specular ores, con taining t e least silica, such as the Iron Moun tain ore of Miss Missouri, which is the best for this purpose, !round and applied wet, with the . — ls ordinary "bottom," made in the manal way; and when perfect east steel is required that cop= tains neither silicon, sulphur, nor phosphorus,' good pig iron thould be taken, such as No. 1 or '- "Iron Mountain," "Pioneer," or the English hematite pig irons, and treated with pnre 'fluor spar, such as is• supplied by Mr. W. H. Wilde, of 301'01ive street, St. Louis; and titaniferous iron ore from the Bay of St Paul's, in Canada, containing over 43 pe• cent, of titanic acid, or from near Westport, New York; containing over 35 per cent, of titanic acid ; using 48 lbs. of fluorspar to 118 lbs. of titaniferous iron ore. They should be ground to fine powder .and mixed, and charged dry, evenly over the bot tom of the furnace.; and 475 lbs.. of pig iron should then be charged upon them, and the fur nace closed, acs as to exclude all air, for . about' 70. minutes. The fire should be kept at the, highest temperature. After the metal has been In the furnace this period; 'samples should be taken from the bath at intervals of five minutes: A little , experience will soon determine the proper time to stop the process. It is best not to allow the workman attending the furnace to stir or work the metal during the c4n.version, as the fluorspar and titaniferoui ore become viscid by the hest of the furnace b? the: time the cast i on — ine , if lett alono, will retrain •on the bottoin of tia furnace until tie composed by the reactions of the process, when tbey.pass through the liquid Iron as vapor and siag v and purify it more effectively than can be done by stirring .or puddling; and the slag . serves to protect the surfac3 of the meted from the effects of sulphur in the fuel. The only , labor that should , be allowedsis that of removing steel from the furnace erthe required stage of conversion. • . 1 - The time occupied in conversion of the steel, from the charging of the pig iron, is 1 - hour An d 40 rolnutet; this time may be shortened 30 to 40 minutes by previdusly relining the cast iron of all ils silicon and about three-fourths of its phosphorus, by a shorter ,and more economic al process. This latter process is also the inven tion of Air. , Henderson. and will become the subject of a• future article. The waste of iron by these 'conversions into steel, when employ ing both processes.. Is about live per Nine Fluoisparis abundant and e 6 p. Titaniferotis 'lrOti ores lire in large deposl in Canada,' and near Westport, in the State of New York. near the foregoing,, it will , be clear to the practical metallurgist that the ordinary quali ties ot pig Iron that contain phosphorus, and . sulphur v4ll become 'available by the new . pro.' cees for steel rails and other uses in engineering work, and that tbe better qualities of steel . for &inderacni's list Merl, not deter trid, 014 mrt A rupp's Ilya/ Vert 1.18 iilrt Q•V2. - • none trace . . tools, etc., may be produced from goodipalities pig,tron DOWI employed tor the_better vian d.* watingist iron. bat not. twOornwraaaMe for Neel, owing to the 'presence of sulphar sad =rna ; st 4 better ' steel than soy hereto- need entile made from the best - iudit.as the Lancashire hematite` Iron. and that need from the pure one Missotut entiichips. The steel oft a new can berms& at less east than wrought.=im iliNl adelkum the Wino. qualities of pis iron: liEdiff THE`MINEB.• I - • English Parliament at its neat sew. • aim will revise the laws now In exis- in Great, Brit" .for proper vent/L -OW, and protection of the lives of the - This4is It subject whkh Is attracting nite as much'attentlon to this country as in England, and it is important that all- infor- Matkin bearing on this question should be laid before the people. We therefore *y' . thelollowing article from the London Mix mu. JoruNAL, whleh shows that with the eiception of several extentilve disasters, more avail are lost by other casualtiesthan by ex plosions. Sueh Is also the case In this coun try, so far as statistics have been collected, and we presume it will hold goo( through .No doubt effortiwill be made to amend [(sir for the preservation of the lives of, the mluent::` but befoeeit is done MelA.1081a; fure Might . tti authorize the appointment dge. competent committee of practical and intel ligent minem and mining engineers to re:-• mt. what - ilteriations ought to be Made. This hies -cif legislating exclusWelk : for one interest at the dictation of threatenfng'com mittees li disgraceful, and any -member -of the Legisiattte - who will heed such appeals ought in be.left at home. It is not only !lust to all parties, but simply . disgraceful : • , r COAL MINING, AND, ACCIDENTiI IN MINFA.. • As preparations are now being tnade to :insure the, carrying .of the Mines Regulation Bill, of last session - early in the next; with the introduction of a clause having for its object the appolnttiient of additional Inspectors; it is im portantthat everylnformation tending to_ ttiriyor lighten the best means whieban be adopted to prevent accidents in coal mines should be made publfe. Amongst thcski 'points 'which itnmedi atOlY bear on the subject may be mentioned the mode of working coal In different districts.— We are not aware that any; official enquiry in that directicin has ever taken place ' • but we do know that for many months past the attention of theleading, members of the Midland Insti ' tute of 'Mining Engineers has 'been given to it, and . 'several very valuable papers, have been _ ' read otithe subject, and published in the Mrk iscOetwitst, all of them being the result of .dong,-praetical experience. The _object to be' attained in the working of the coal is stated , in 'the papers to allieb we have alluded, is to as certain that systemwhich would give the largest amount of marketable coal at a minimum cost, with the greatest security - to the life of working miner. It would Appear ' that dif Terent districta different methods are adopted.' In the.oldest - of our coal fields, in Northumber lagdan .Durhant, where the seams vary from 3 tb 7 feet, the mode Of working is -mostly what is kno'wn as bond and pillar, and it. is shoWn, that in those districts the mbrtality froth acci dents in. mines is Much less than in any other n the. Acingdom, whilst the quantity of coal 'raised per man employed is shown be eon aiderabli.larger. also. It is also - true Abet men who understand the northern system of work .lng find* ready market foolieir talents; tweet+ in all parts of.-the country'we. find Newcastle .and•Eintam'inen placed lathe head of some of thelargeet content*, manic of thetas, too, feeling pt'ond in asserting that they commenced work , as "trappers," at eight or nine years - UT age, when even the present tin/lied education of the pit lads was unknbisn. We haie seen ilarsie men whin in the midst of the dead and the dy ing, after an explosion, and expecting others, cool and _collected, giving their orders, and, by their example Wand exertions, putting new life into the timid and exausted in their efforts to I save life. . In Derbyshire, Nottingham, Leicester, - and Warwick, where the coal will range from 1 feet 10 inches to 7. or $ feet, the system generally adopted in that known as long wall. Tbete however, much less gas iu some of those dis trietS than in many ethers.. In Yorkshire, where the coal is of a very fiery character, and where the eiplositanif from fire-damp:have been attended with the most serious 1t15.. , f4 life known in the history of mining; seveta,l - Me thods of Working are adopted, including long wall, bord and pillar, and bauk work.- - There kre also different method*, we believe, adopted in Lancashire; where fatal accidents from explo sions, daring the last year have been of a very serious 'diameter. _ From those few facts it will be readily per ceived.that much valuable information nottlit be -obtained by our leading mining engineers giving the results of theft experience am to that mode - of workifig coal in different distri , ts with which they are eonneeted—of course, what .would fie suitable for one place would not be for another-wand where-the same seam of coal, the - Cittiditiona being alike, are worked by two dif ferent methods: This would be a valuable ad dition to whathas already, beeu given on the subject, As to the advantages of, different sys tems, some little Information nitiv„be tducett from the folloWing table of— 1. 4 `• The Quantity of (bal raised pm perinn ruipLgi.d al the (bllirries In the United Kinglitin hut pear Northumberland, Cumberland, and . I;iorth byahlre. Tone 34 Smith Durham • • 113 North and teat Lancashire West Laneaahlre and North Walea.4: 1.147 Yorkahlri. • •art Derby, Leicester." Notts and Warwleit. North Staffordshire, Cheithtre and shropsliire. ?Ai South Staffordshire and Worcester._ " Monmouth, tiloucester, Devon and - Stnuirset - 240 South Wales • • 316 • Eat Scotland Vi est Scotland - :VC Average .Another very Important subject In connection with colliery operations is the best Inode cif ven tilation: We are not aware thatany cobilidera ble increase in that very important diratich of mining education• has been advanced of late years, although its importance in many districts is i,rlcn almost paramount character. Fan ven tilation is by, n” means new, although of late it has been prominently brought under notice in connection with Guibal's patent. The fan 14ys tern, however, has been used in several' places, and for many years.past it has been in success ful operation at one orEarl.Fitzwilliant!m col-. lieries, at Elsecar. The subject is one on which much information might be given, and it is to be hoped that be more fully enquired .to than it has 'been, with a view to =ensuring greater safety to the men Working, in collieries wherg-quatititicil of gas are known -to accumu late. Much, however, as lms been Made by the ad vocates for the appointment ut an additional number of inspectors, and of the fearful loss.of life in mines caused by explosions of tire-damp, it appears to have escaped the notice of those persons that . the largest number of deaths in our collieries is caused by, amulents through the neglect Of the workmen - tlfoinselves, and which in most instances are really preventable. Falls of roof and coal hive been the cause of nearly double those which have restated froTh explosions. Nearly all thetlovernment - Inspec_ tors. In their annual reports,itate that the cause of a great many of the deaths. in mines is from the deceased "'neglecting - to set props and sprigs." BUt the question suggests itself, as ha been put by one Inspector, "Was there not abundant room for improvement in t e mel l hod of timbering?"' .The subject of ventilation has been frequently ihooted and discussed, but Om relating to the 'timbering of the. roof is scarcely ever heard mentioned, yet' the deaths in connec tion with it are of daily occurrenei in our min.'. ing dist s rlets. ' That we have notreiverratcd•lts importance will be gathered froth the following table-of--; . • • . „ tr. The Deciths by Explosion., of Fire-Dump and MU of Coal and Remif fur 1W is tiorthumberlaud. Cumberlandand Ell',l'4""". V`11.% Durham,— .. Routh Durham North and Bast Loncowhire.. ...... :: • -., '3 4 WesULancashire and North Walig.. ILN 45 YOrkithlre I 41. Derby, Leicester. Notts & Warwick. o 31 North S affordsla ire, Cheshire and Shropshire ..:- ' , ....... ..„... ' .-, South Staffordshire and Worcester.. ll' Gs _ Monmouth, Gloucester, Somerset, and Devon... . South Wales.... Diet Scotland . West Scotland ME Total; . Serious as are the explosions with Which the country is every now-and then startled, still the above tiguresT. will show that theres•are ()OAT '-dangers of **till trid - re fatal character to, which thp miner.:4lther by his - own negligence, or from sortie most likely preventable rause, is ex posed whilst following- his ordinary- employ ment. That the :figures given for 11419. were not taken because they were In any way exceptional will be seen when we state that the returns for the last three years show that whilst 677 lives. were lost by explosions of fire-damp, 1360 per sons were killed by falls of roof coal.. Suck being the base, it appears that whilst so much its being made of the appointment of additional Inspectors to ensure greater safetyln mines by increased ventilation, &R., that those who appear so dealromt of securing the miner from danger, would do Well to look after the immediate cause 'of the largest number of fatalities in mines, and save gm miner from the results of his own ne glect,'.or the neglect of. others.—The Min 7 1:g ! Journal. . _ . t • GOVERNMENTRAjt DROA j ßo:Nns. iSometimesinceagentleman from Massachu -1 [setts visited New York for the purpose of sell lingsso,oooGovernment Bonds, and reinvt ing (tithe best railroad securities hecould find. desiring to secure the advantage of one-third more interest. After a week spent 4_ careful examination of the variouseutcrprisies in the market, be decided On dividing thei amount • between - the First Mortgage- 7 per t.t. • Gold Bonds of the Central Railroad ,of lowa, and Bonds of another railroad. ztpon further ,x..onsideration, however, he concluded to take .the Mil amount in Central lowas, believing ' them preferable to any other. AriOth,el. party, 4ht Central Ne*Yorit took $36000 in the same botias, and another in Pennsylvania $33,000, - In each case• - rother securitlec being sold, which stood at a higLer price in the market, but which were believed, upon: full • investi gation, to be lei profitable, and no more se cure.—,Ncte York Avangclist. _ • Tits German wagoners' attached to the army have addressed a - petition to the King of Prue 11111.PraYIng for dismissal. They arym, that they have bees employed tan weeks with their veld.: cies. six hundred miles from home; that both themselves and their horses are exhausted, and that their agricaltnral - duties are very urgent. Haying failed In their representation to the military authorities. they . have 'el:aura - to sp ._ peel to the King personally. - ,:...nattiotorli Is to rquip Its night police with_ditrk Istitetn. ME bid ataittis. WEEKLY - Dee,l etta knir• Ull& • 1 eons sow 78 °-" r ' cl .P 63 " m " •-• I. = . 3-71a7711.70:7«. 1 : 77 . 473 1 D. NAL • Illituilmer....i. 7. $ . 4 at.7%11 X. 7 7 471/7. 5' 170xDAY-...„ 7..$ 4SI • Lint. g. LS 4 lies. • T01N1DAY.....: le 473 Nevi X. IS 773 mo. 7 Wimanoup4l 711 ' • 4 73 Fiat Q. 47 11 dna /1 Sarlso.7y.:. , ?•1 is ass k - 11 I , l7uur. 7 1 472 ~• • .TDe Tower Sonaves will ,meet r this evegiing for drill. • • The. Water Bup Iy , ie are Itifeitned, that could he wished„ - .; • Indian Summer, still " fingers with us., and nobody finds fault about it. • . ' Josh litho will lecture in Pottinille oh the /ening 9f the 14th of DecieTaber. There will be Comininlon aiervice at the first Preskjyterian• Church ta-rnorrolot., A bon ed Little Paper—Tits CaCERT-W 111 be -troth, our job office to-day. wader the v i des of • a7,- r n." C.: A. •It will-explain Tbe licarTelegraph -Poles:recently erected along 41r:streets are 'receiving heavy coats of paint,. which will make them appear considera ble better. '; ..- • • - • - • The Ashland people are making an effort for Ole erection of a soldiers' monument, and we are gliO to learn that the project is meeting , . - • ...... ~ The Licsium: -. of 'Abe ''. IL C. A..will - meet this liaturilayelioning,nit 8 o'elnek,st the midis °tittle; Asseetatlon - ,180 Centre street, Pottssllle. All are hiwittd.. • • . • • . • Accldent.,--A lad abodi fourteen years of age, whose name we did not learn, fell from the sec ond .story to the cellar of a new building 'in Market -street yesterday, and was severely In jured. The Concert of Trinity Church Choir, trstake place on next - Wednesday evening, promises to be agrand affair. Reservedseata areatioff very fas and from present appearanevery seat-will be taken. Yesterday was a. gala day for Shenand'csah- The,Columbia Hose Company received ita hose ciarriage,_and a grand rafade of firemen and citizens took :place. The event was celebrated bya the..evenlbg.- Tab Reading Railroad Company annoyance' s semi=annual dividend of 5 per cent. payable in 'catilkori the 27th instant.• The usual. menti:-: annual 'periods or dividends "of this Company. &in January mad July.. ~, . , -The New °Bice of the Ptillidelphiligid Potts ville Telegraph Company, in - Sillyman's build inga will be open for business next week. The °thee is large and commodlims and its ''rentral lowicirk wijl be a great accommodation to the busiiiess public of Pottsvill*„. ' The 2d Presbyterian Church and Congrega tion. Rev:Dr:Smiley, Pastor, will , worship - in the Trinity Reel-tiled Church; Market street, totr.orrow, at 101 A. M. and Wad.. SubjaCt for the evening: "The difference , :between the. physicarstructure of Mati and Animals." All aro cordially invited. • . • In our Rounds of the town, we.. haTe notked 'with pleasure that mauy of our eltizeus, 'tepee= tally those in the subult,., are beautifying thelr . prembies by,planting, handsome shade trees along the streets.. They'will gruw up as monu nientoi to the memory of those who planted them and ornatne,:ts to our streets.' • . • —. • Spidlers' Orphan ' Depirtment.—The num ber of application for the admission of soldiert orphans to school, received, examined and died in 'the Department of Soldiers' Orphans, at. Ilarrisburg-, during' the month of November was 31. The nuinber •of orders for admission granted during the same perhxD , wav 14. The New HePort of the Commissioner of Ag rieulture is now ready for delivery. it con ,taidiru seven : hundred pawa,•witti numerous ll- Instratirdis, irongreki has ordered that. two !Modred and twenty thousand extra copies of ,the report he printed, the members will have a nice little job of mailing them to /their con stituents itnnukliefely after the session opens: , • • Time to Quit Wort.—Vice.l'resident Coifslt. has an article in .the 'IffriEPENA3EN't suggesting that in. Winter days the employer aiia employee would ho equally. benefitted, if *fork -la the .shops would end with daylight. The cost of light,_47(nd the inferiority of the work termed out under - oil or' gas, be.; thinkis would more ttal c( unteract . thej enefit of the Ifult . hour's work. _ 'A Rare Trpat.-.'ile programme for. the Trin-. ity ('hoir eoitOrt; i n the 7th. has been, shown to us, and we a free to say of it; thatlM such choice collection -of music, was ever before o rered, in this cortimunity, for one evening's entertaininent. Tht , select:ons , throughout are . . from the "b anti) titles, ind 'ao,varied, that when rendered in fpe artistic style 'for which this Choir , is justly celebrated, they cannot fail -to satisfy any audience. , The Pilirinl;4pile of the Most auceessfuf eit hibitions4o the day, opened la.' Vnion ° Hall, Ptittmirill on' Thursday evenimr, Dee. 4,1870, aind:#as 'greeted by an 'appreciative audience. The paintings are redly what they are rep're- - setited to be-r-Beautifiiiik!charming!!' Glori ous!!! Grand l!!! The-Wratisition''sgene is be yond description. Thera was breathless still ness in the. ouse when the Allegorical ; Heroes "descended into the Dark itiverpf Death: , Their ascension .amid showers of gold was truly rub lime. .11%' all means gn and see the Pilgrim.. The Difference.—lf the hole "at the corner of Coal and 'Norwegian streets belonged to any , private individual,- Council 'would soon compel - the owner either to fill it up or fence it in, birt 'as 'rt belongs to the I3orough it remains not only a dangerous place, lot an eyesore to all who are compelled to look.ifigur it unity: The Borough authorities should make . the property of the Borough an example for others to tollow.— , Their buildings should be the beet and their Pavements and streets withoUt a blemiiih. Coun cil should farce in their lot, whitewash' it and paint upon it this inscription :—"This fence to be reioved , on the election of lire menlocoun l'cil toricupd ell. the affairs of the Borough, and ; erect' ....build"pg heron for public purposes," . , ..- The Lord ' Batibah.;—.t Boston paper thinks "it only needs that .Vre go a little further to make..our tia,bbath,'S perfect farm-, with - sacred concerts, Fettered bull-tights, sacred gambling saloons; having already . ..sacred rum shops where Communion,wine is made .r. 5.7 specialty, to 'be drank by the glass or gallon."' Vie might • well thinkcif this subject in Pottsville, where there are , at least forty or fifty r plowsys at . which liquor is dealt but 'from Satutday - night until Monday morning. The Sundily •Ilquor tattle has become fearful in 'Cour Borough, and it is to be hoped that great caution 'will 'be taken in dealing out licenses!next nionth. Those.-places that are licensed should •be compelled to live up to the letter of the law, and those whiz. per sist In'selling - without license should suffer the, extreme penalty prescribed for them . - ii 2.4 Unclahlold thtters. remaining In the Potts ile Postidrieejllecember 2d, 1870 o- Ikek Frarht A Fitzgerald An Ney Jacob' Within Johu Grudge Ilarneby.ogden Mr M Gsilllgan Brldget:Philllpoi Mr. Bachman John Ilepperllng A VOWelklonill Barnes Joseph Baynes Isaac Mire John Buleger Jos . Hagan Bridget Rodgers Hanna h Brown Samuell nobler Louisa Scirtt Charles Bard Miss at Keenan George Smith Dll Clayton Jacob E Keys 0 A J'r Stone Jos E Carroll El en Lamb John Schwelnpat Jog . Davies Pact( Ifux.Thoms. SsOmens Mrs Downing Jansen McFadden F - . Mist Lena DooghertY".Tulm Millward Geo Selph Dams Daley John Miller J G Salum Amanda !sideline Steph MlichelnJohn Troy Henry Davis Wm McDonald M .Thomas Wyr Fldle Jaines F MeAtee Mrs S. • Woods'F &Pons Eagan Mary McCarty Mary: Warren WG. • Fegley Frank Morgan Mary NahnerLeonta Finn John Murray Ells •' i ' 34 4 IN How to Raise Cord.—Mr. Davitt H. Branson. of Chester County, who received. tbe"prece.unt offered by the Brandiwyne, Farmers' Club, for the beat four acres of Ont. gives the following details or. his mode of culture: , I applied last fall and spring about one hundred wagon loads unleached barnyikt manure, broad. cast on 23,acres clover and timothy sward, SO of :which were hauled a distance, ot threemilem t - 11 l furrowed down during-the mon.b of April and first week May last. "In addition to the stable meanie,. I applied on .the sod, 3 ox cart loads to the acre, of mature from lbe bog pen. Mier having ploughed and thoroughly pulver ized the soil, marked out rows one Way. Slleet distant ; dropped the corn by hank two grains from 15, to.lB inches apart; applied to ascb hi l one handful of hen manure, anima and plaster,' equal parts; 'covered-with boo May Rah. Fite hundred busbelli lime were applied and cultiv ited.in on 12 acres.l.fie•remainlnc./3 having previously been flitted on the , Deetructivta lire in Ashland. —On last Su si daysmornirig, about nine o'clock. says the AD vocavr4-a- 'fire waigidiseavered in the roof of John Murphy's dwelling. between tiecond end Third street", ring caught' from a defective flue. The ilani, soon spread, and, In settle quence 'of the tv of , water, went from *house to house ell Eve buildings were coa ti. homed, and,bne TO down, which saved the total destr,ucticin M i lhael McGrath's house, m although ashie holy annge& . With. Al the >appliances at .their mimuid, - the• firemen worked heroically, and, , through their perse vering efferts, the McGrith house was - saved. The block-vras'uccupied by eight fannies, who were rendered' homeless. -The properties be. longed to John Murphy , who had noinsu ranee; l Philip.Murphy,partially insured ; John Naugh tonns , iured; 24 dile Murphy fifteen buridred - 'dollars insurance; Murphy and McGrath; small - house torn down • - Michael McGrath's house damaged, insureci. The loss is indented at ten thousand dollais:,• The Amines succeeded in removing most of their householdgocd ell of which were more or less dale • - Again Ashland has been, reminded. that onlesevro vided with better -means for staying Are the whole towly'with In numerous .wooden Sarno- lures. ma Y upon some mkt Winter's night he laid in rulrn, Alimony lint that news bore, and they are becoming more frequent of late, thousands of dollars' worth of property might be saved if.them was a supply .01 water. FM NM COUNTY; P NSYLV lIN " ivisrcuutb...- Mimes. Entrona:,--Thil tided Utid last, is the coarse of lectures delivered in Upton Hall. this by- Befrx-L. 11= a c l if u the M. E. Chu wat t dellvered.laM • evening to • large sod intelligent paidlenee:i subject. "How to Sweated," waVons calculated to not' oelly lntereet, but to instruct; Sad those who' weld acquainted with the ability of Mr. Hughes as a lecturer, went there with the fulLassurance of being resoled with a rare treat:. , - [Here followed a eery Interesking abstract of lar..Hugheirs lecture, which we are reluctantly compelled to onti,tin consequence of want of spsice.-LEns. Jorsi-vax..] Is honor to Mr: Hughes, 1 Weald 'SY here, that thit full course was delivered gratuitously, the proceeds being intendedtobe applied to tM liquidation of the Parsonage debt. Yours dc.,' TILICXONT, pec..l, 1870. K. MO THE . TOLIA3WINO excellent article Is from `Moonily:a. h CiAriarer. Wm* cir, or New:, liork,.a paper which Is pliblishid and edited by ladles. The tone, and spirit of this , arm title shows that they have the will and ca pacity-to grapple the important questions of, the day, and the -manner . in Which theyilo It commands our . unqualified approval and adniiration : rik:4Lrrr on sruipzinTis . — WHICH P • Shill o u r Flag Pritect Foreign Merchant Ships in Time of War at the Expense of our owp Ship s ping Interest ?—Warning to our , and Manufacturers—Shall wet Become • Producers of Iron Steamships? .1 . . It was asserted that during the last session of COngress....an agent in the pay of foreigner., a Yankee b birth. of the name of, Cadman, a name In itse lf - of f offensive odor, Wai busy bor ing Congressional 'members and committees in the endeavor to create a belief that Americiuo , mechanics mould not compete . `with those of ' Greet Britain, in the construction- of iron ships. lin offensive did' this fishy fellow_become, that to be rid of his iniolence, a member of the Howie of Representatives knocked him down. Disappearing thereafter from Washington, it is believed be'has been engaged-in effortito create Public opinion to sustain theisame evil foreign interests and influences, and; rbaps as the re sult of this, we find in sever& directiona•feebly written demands that Con shmld take o ff all prohibition ti, the Ameri - registry of for -4e elgn-built vessels; meaning 'confidence that Contrive", will do so at an early ' after its ie. assembly; ce gnat - Ipm the tnem rs who may •be coniticieredats pledged-to the 84 rt of_• l tucia dati o...o a measufh, energetic action, and poin eafilt ingly to tbe fact 'that, had such ftistry 'bee' n tnadelegid, we should now have had the vessels of the German - steam companies: under, the American flag. We have no doubt of that—not the slightest. , Evert , one of these ships, twenty twoAnl. all,,WOuld have been under our flag. C ..Anto wins end?—to 'take advantage - of the protection given by. out flag; ti embroil us, -perhaps, In foreign complications, by the' at-_ tempt - - to cover these Germain ships 'with our protecion, in running thesb for the adv intage not of Americans, but of Gar:Anna, in ti re f war, to German ports, and to cane us tolose t s differenecin duties between the ships under ii. foreign register and -under an':American one. And who is to be benefited? wlio is.to be grati fied? Would our mechanics have the work of Making any. necessary repairs? Oli..tio, in deed; ! that would be done abroad as heretofore. Would our citizens be gratified in seeing our flax on the ocean once , more, knowing all the ' while that it was aSHAM ? that the 'ships were German property, owned by German companies rand nc matter what "custatn-house oaths" might besworn to of ownership herein ore Per oto get out the registers; back to those 0 ,rman hands and back to the,Gertnan flag would. they go as soon as the war closed, with doubtle a many an exultant German chuckle at the "eon ' Tenienee," we had been. , • ~." Manufacturers in their infancy and people in their infancy must be protected, and not stifled, if they are expected to come to anything great, This' has been Great Britain's policy—and when her 'productiOns were assured and ' her popula tion matured in -numbers, she couictsafelyifety 'competition and undertake to supply nations, but no art and no moneyed - support was spared by her Government to project and foster the infancy of her vast industries. The "Cunard," the "Peninsular and Oriental," and other, great Steanishiping Companies with their attendant buildinit-yards and docks*—originated in her bounty, and were for years and years supported by Government aid. Then they Area- to ma turity ind becaine independent of that aid; but tbeir development bad developed the, iron . and coal rallies of the kingdom—bad built up great' ship-building establishments like Napier'n, bad given the appliancon and the skill to eltablish other steam lines;which"in their turn gaVe birth to other building yards,;until the stuns ,or money which the Government of England had poured out like water in the commencement, have returned to her , people 'a hundred fold, and she Rands to-day the -arbitress tit. commerce, the manuf liners of the world'it?tiavies. And instead or king out '[,Move -nment to do like. . is wise, and t us prepare our people to take Eng land's preseht position in our own good time, this foreign interest cooll y asks that the _prohi bition to foreign ships should be remove d now —the door tfirown open: teAlie immediate rig's-, try of every worn out 'vessel that• foreigners, might incli . ! to -sell us; that we ahouldrbe made a von Cifience and scapegoat of for Ger man, French, or English corporations, and that our iron abipdmilders, our coal and iron pro ducers, who need now the kindest and most fostering care, should be incited unprepared to a contest on our own soil with the pauper , labor and the gigantic capitals of English, establish ments, a contest which 'in six niontbs Would close_ every iron furnace on our•seaboard, beggar every -manufacturer, and deprive every work mana. . of emplo ntent ... - It is well known that for years Past the Eng lish Government and -the English manufactu rent have 'bad 'active, well-paid, agents in this country, and men in official, journalistic and , commercial: positions, considered above 'suspi cion., are 'palmed wjttt these fellows in. the two fold object of Influencing Congress NOT to support American Meant lines or 'develop American steamship building tateiests, and to open our doors - to'the free introda4tion of - the products of the: British yards. Now, if any respectable -body of Americans hai‘ Joined this party it is to be regretted, but when , they con sider the facts—look at our own etrugglingef forts, now just beginning, to. produce - a. 1110 ., small iron veisels;—look at our um provided navy—remember how difficult it is , in Amre!ct to aggrega te a large amount of capital on any one priv to hi:lig and how long it takes for even a (Ty successfill business to imams the capital, the skill, the machinery and material equal eVen to the smallest of the English yards —they will see the folly of such a course, and will turn aside from anvil a pernicious and sui cidal doctrine in the hope that the coming ses sion of 'Congress wit] inaugurate sa Coming greatness. for our country in the seine way by which England attained her greatness—support and moral:care—moral and. ' material aid—to 'Sustain liners of ',steamers wherever American , commerce can _bfr extended—to home enterprise ,ofevery e44.0' ter=until it is able/to care for itself; 'then, competition with all—free trade, if need be—free to the broadest extent, and Ameri can.talent will thed defy the. world. I - We have nothing in' America equal to an English steamship yard. Wei will not have In this generation, if the qoverainent does not aid American enterprise by protecting. mechanic art acid trade.. We cannot reslizeSebat such English ship yards are, with all:their econonik, and accutnnlations of years of capital, "plant and science. Before we undertake to place oi.r selves -in' oppealthin to thous at a moment's notice, let Us see what such anestablishment In a general way, let us glance over one, and by no tneanalhe largest or oldest of these concerns; Take the Jarrow Works, started, in. 1352, three miles hom the mouthof the Clyde. They cover l acres of ground, employ 5,000 men, have tri butary to them the blast furnaces and coke ovens in Walisend and the, Port Mulgrave iron mines: They have increased the population of ;arrow in eighteen years from 600 to 22,000 souls. They have constructed the - harbor of Port .Mulgrave at a cost of $150,000, and have two iron. screw steamers, and other vesselsk constantly employed carrying' to them the Irma ores. They hive machine shops—soma conta i m ing 110 machines—pattern, smith, erecting,"' boiler and forge shops, with steam hutment weighing seven' tons; . rivet making sheds; blast furnaces for pig iron ; kentlege and other Castings; rolling mIIIN, making 460 tons of ,plates 'per week ; rolling mills for angle iron, round and square, merchant bars, rails, etc., and puddling furnaces. Fifteen tank locomo tives are employed in convoying materials beL teeen the furnaces and other departmenta..-, The Bret steamer built by these Vforks was; the John . Bowes. of 650 tons, in 1552, and at the end of Isai thirteen steamers had been launched. In .1656 the great iron clad Terror *as built in three months for the;English ;7. overninent. - This ship carried twentr-aix 68-pcilind • guns. In 196 a the graying dock the iarge%t onlhe coast -440 feet long—was t.4311t, From:lBs2 to 1868 there were builtl.lll vessels, aggregating 3:15,419 tons, 'lbis includes the Terror, above spoken of; the Defetic.e, ironclad frigste,.ll,6s,l , tons, and the Juntrita, troop ship, 4,111 Vas, 'for Ithe British Oovernment, and the ts.ttniattlantic steamers-- . Tona. t " TQn a. WOW* IFa ........... *As ... 2,:tr: I Etiaihnd., . 3.47 Pennsylvania.........: SAO3m3kl .. tatanhatt an _...- Oatarlo Erin ..... ....... . .... ..._..... Chien.) ......... ......... 3,313 lielietla .. 1 40 4 Ckplueatts.E. .. Since then there has been built for the British. Government the Cerberita, an iron platenconi tor of 4107 tone, with linty 46110 liatritway, made of a aolltl tube of iron, twirtSWreVe*. and ateee4 with a hanging rudtter. Them have also beeh built the fraimatlaritle ateantera Nevada and - Idaho. of 3.100 ton* °irk anaFthire are OS largo vassals—ono a •traja, - forthe tioverrartent —now buildhiV f! Corrialax= a few daps Maw' the girlies Dibblicardiscovered a German spy opkthe top of a very tan bonne. He wise utan - in': military uniform. holding • blue liag,in one hand and, a red tiagin the other, and wearing in front of him a long apron painted dull red. w.ith the nar row white auk/king to 'aessukble the brickwork of the peighboring chimer, between which he was crouched. He bad been observed waving the flags In (mead .neand bad thus been the tar. gets of the Garde/ Mobilo*. all 01' whom. how. ever. fired wide of their mark. In an instant be slid down tbelong slated roof. and clinging to the stone cornice, bad dropped into the iron balcony of the floor beneath an* disappeared through one . of the window*: The 'Hardee Mo biles at once obtained admisaion to the tiolife— ay:/zyi=e-cata. with aPParently all its apart men pied—which theyeearehed from top to m for upwards - of an hoar without., however, encountering the smallest erace of the daring Prussian ollicer—lor so be ws- pro. need to be.-;wbo bad signalledto h a ls oom daylight rade* in a populonalquarter of Parkin broad . —A reporterwho tried to Interview Horace White, of the Chleap Tataass. says: "Af ter thaeighth knock at the doer he roared In a gentle yoke that might hive' been hew a coupe of 'Owes. " Come ' - garspnte. AGRICULTITIEZ • ANNUAL WORT of . COMMISSIONER CAPRON• THE FOUSDATIOX INTKREFT TUE 1 4 1 Prir: Tay—roorournoor OF THE ,F4ZELIMT T. -11/CDMITRIAL FMCCATION-44F4Alt PIA , INO -SILK .CCLITTRE -CATTLI DiIIEASES--, ROMANI - 4L corzacrox, aitenl,7&c. rrHE ' lowing is a full *bit - nr t of ; the ./.. Bert of Oen. Capron, Conipilasloner i i of Agriculture, kr the past year i : r • The COnitnisonet begins by expressing his grafi bestial at being ab to represent the great interest of apletilitirre as althorignlhe seeerte that she present seaman has been onto test severely the capabilities of a/V*os. He say% however. that the tact _of inciviesed production. in iii. season re markable for excessive Ileat. In a aolottrY assubled to be liable to Injurious extremes of temperetuett l , and sessions of condoned aridity. abbrditatrong eel's .defies of the . available depth rind fertility of our arable !ands. ..' .. •.: • i 2- :' . An examination in detail of Oki teas or thlii a t . year'sproductios, in the light of enligtl nel Itiei - cultural-ex 'pl -- iitie itilit.*.ecienee amid to , hus• • bandry. would. furnish lipid to I mprov ent and alds-to progress._ which.'lf adopted gee IY. would tweeted the resent V,L:i,lO of iarm prtidnittion to the • extent of $300.0u0; On- It would do ntore—it would tend to - the i Increase of the fertlMY dr the mil. which nowrtn nine, farms out of ten. 1,0 Williusill7 deereaslng end It' would proporosuably navancejta , Intriaile at well as market value. It is gratifying to uelleve, front Indubi table evi dence. the examples - of rational' and rfenpendlete c, . culture are relatively ilicressiug. h alberly, and gradually making inroads upon the ctive , irrational modm so generally.ipreral t. i. These examples are most numeromi lie the Ili le States, Jute 'seen with comparative freonetter I the older - bectlons - of the West; aretiound occasion tip New England, and are beginning to be noted . In the South ery' Mates; but dwarfs no !State in; which ex. beastly - a and nrational culture Is not predominant. White the cost of goad laird Is less than' the Interest on Its Intrinaft value, and its.yearly Income may be enhanced et the expense of - the permadept trivia nient, there is littichope that present necessity or short-Sighted greed will bill to work its inipoverish nient ; but with blab 1 vices both of land and labor. It it more than foe, to expect resonator:dive profits from unsysteinatlc are unicientidc.cit tare. orpraTRIAL xIMCATIOM T After. specificaticrint the commissioner discusses the. subject of InduSfrbtreducation. He refers to agricultural c Alegre in existence :in litany States, and says that he Is ofintldent that these Institutions - are destined. to became a vital power ig the land.' which colleges weighted with's "c4rricsilsinV .of ages studies of classicalcan never exert , but it. be many years before their best frail:sli: begin; to Swear; sad many mistakes will , be! mad e, (some or 'them, possibly, almost fatal ip theirehTer,) mis conceptions of the !where of thelrihig est utility will occur, and inefficiency will undou tedly mar the beauty of their practical results ;Ibiof ultimately . when Doe grand idea of practical educatiqn in Amer ica shall be fully •erylotalized, and. their ficulti a shall. bacnenposed or young and vigorotes men, de veloped within these institutions and udder the in- Quante , e of higher progression In physical and prat:, steal science, then their true utility and beneficent Diffusive' will begin test:mew. In vies? of,this he respecffully suggestifthe Importance of-an authori zation; by toneless; of a commission,. under the direction of the Agripultural Department, to exam ine minutely the plan of organization,the eoretruc lion of buildings, manage m tat of grounds, and general workings of the industrial colleges orga, sized under the Conkreudonal land grant, with Inv • structions to reporkto the text Congress for the- Information of the %pantry and the benefit of insti tutions of similar character; et to be organized. • , i -, .. , - wits* 4.l.9wrisci. , -.The Com in isaioner thinks it is to be reglcetted t hat ho Many still *there to the impracticable Idea of locomotive traction. The reports of the actual work of the five steam - plows now in operation in this country are extremely favorable 113 the-Ides of ulti mate snecessin the isolation of the problensof steam in plowing as an edit:met of our agriculture. . - • auk cruttrag. . Silk miture in California him been ettended with great succor up tor the present time, bilk culturists &aiming that the climate of that State Is peculiarly adapted to the rearing of silk-worms On account of the dryness andNiquallty of the temperature, and the rare occurrence of severe thunder 'storms. in rtah ezperiments hove been made with success in feedifig the worms upon the leaves of the -usage orange instead of the mulberry. The' Japanele silk.-worm, &onto Cynthia, on the allanthus, - .... &ear perfectly acclimated, and breeds in , the Open alrln Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and other places, but - as yet I haVe heard nothing of the use ,orits eck6 o(t us, In nuuMfacture„ Two other silk -productug wising; • Allacus yams mat and pernyi, have beets bred this 4 season In Brooklyn, but are yet too scarce to be of any valu e .. - ' _ ciactlONA sates. The Commissioner speaks Of. the Clhclions r Pe ruvuut bare tress ow one deserving gt*tconsidera lion. The aupply is limited and-precarious, with no • means or entendion by propagation or cultiVatiorr., A. In South erican nationes:Vann:t s. lie lends the ' n establishrne ,eAsf one or more national plantations. at points . .t.isl on so o int of their favorable' climatic . In uences. The time Is nosropportune for commencing such a work; since , a supply of young trees is easily obtainable from a sours }t whence no real difnculty arising from transport and transplati tenon would Occur. The propagation of the Cin chona has been commenced In the experimental division of the Deperonent with highly'successful results, and 'several hundred Specimens now on hand will be increased to thousands whenever facil ities are afforded for testing- the feasibility of suc cessful growth in - the open air. Tile p.' sminlmloner earnestly .112.1pes that an appropriation -will be gran ed by l'ongress for this purpuse4 ' INCREASE OT MALARILy. The Commissioner, after referifing- to. the Witte order of talent required In the.clerical force of the Llepartment, says that for such labor the most meager compensation only is offered, and it Is found difficult to obtain an increase of suitable service, and impossible to remunerate 'properly that already employed which la found tot be most ern dent and reliable, while that which] Is lirattically : uaeleas for the purpose is offered In unllmitd meas ure. lie therefore - believes that a just and wise reelsion of clerical salaries would'gteatiy increase the efficiency of the Department. ..i - • , -1 . , • THE OPERATIONS OW THE YEAIL The work of the part year includes the collection of the facts of produepon. and experirtient through out the world, the publication of generli and special . reports. , lnvest 'Rations in natural science In Its rela tion to rural effort", the I ntroduct ion and propagation, of many new and promhttng plants, an the increase • and impr .vement of farm products by the-disserni- - nation of seeds and -plants. _ • • CATTLE DIKEAStiC . . The commissioner again eshis Atka mi to the Im portant zupeesalty of establishing . division of veterinary surgery Id the Lieparttnent.i He says the value of-stock lost attnually from disease is enor ,mous, and threatenit,not.only to decimate our ani mals, but to expose thelheinan foully •to disease front the consumption of*whoiesornelmeats : " .A quarto edition ql4 - hc:- reports arising from the Cattle diseases investigation. conducted 'under 'the auspices of the Den:aliment. some of them -necerbe fore publl;hed, is In course of publication- • • kfcrtikoLo IY. The correspondence of the entomplorat di v Won _has largely increased .during the year, inquiries in regard to noxious Insects h•tving been received 'front all parts of the equnlrv. The cotton army_-,., worm appears to have been less destkuctive“hati usual, and few complaints of loss from other cotton insects have been 'made, while. insects injurious to.. fruits rind vegetables have been unusually numer— ous -and : destructive. It' Is In contemplatioll publish, Whenever hultable authority . Is given for tie printing and illustration, a work on eniontob. ogy, prepared by the entomologist: of the.'Depart ment, lit ~whletil known Arnerican,insiects of each order will be gecurately figured - upon topper plate,_ and which has been declared, by those competent to Judge, the moat complete and eilltstive effort ever ma le In this direction; • THE AORWV . L'ICRAL MtP4EI.I. '• . During the year many valuable add lions have been Houle to the-museum, under the charge of tbei ntoToh:i t, byl° ll lsitrimiti n nioei. nnelthoutthelofnny appropritlonifint.. e . er for the purchase of new or rare specimens. BOTANICAL CoLLECTIONA. to Department herbarium continuei to receive la e accesaions to its Material for systematic study an; illustration of the, vegetable kingdom. The addl lons for the• present year already' a 1 exceed four than nd species. The- design of establishing at the seat o Government a 'Collection or - plints irorihy the na - of a national herbarium is Gala iwpmeess of rapt aceomplishtuent, at comliamtively small cost: THE LIBIKARY.", , . ;The library bin been incre,tsed during Vie year by •the collection of eight huMred and foutteen vol umes, obtained through exchanges and by - purchase, many of which are rare sad valuable; and one hun dred volumes of periodicals, now ready tar binding, with further additions yet to be made, *DI meet - Its total increase for the year to about 'one thousand VOICIIBrO. • " 0" THE DEPARTXENT 6110ENEet . - are reerred tokencoumaingly by the "Comm Isd , Mer, and twiny of the improvementi are cited:' ' The new conservatory is also referred to, and the. mantes of ,many of thd ornamental plants given. \The Com missioner believes that though' there eon le no doubt whatever that many new plants may be sue- cessfully acclimated, any one of which may exceed In value the total amount of all appropriations hitherto made to this Department., . _ DISTKIBUTION OP SEEDS. -/ • . • , The number of -packages issued during eleven• months orlire year number 315A01. of Which 131.013 were sent to members of Congress, 71,844 to stirlcul tund societies, 71,400 to the ourps of Idat t intim' eor • respondents, 7,060 to rueteemlostical obse ers. The distribution Meiotic', seeds'of cereals, gra sca;.lierrip, . Jute. ramie, opium poppy, sugar beet, to acco, stir gtium, forest and shade trees, and of nuivis , of rarer species of plants oleaginous, edible, 'medicinal, and fibrous.. -.- . • 1 . . -,.. rINANCIAL: ' - , . The total amount expended by the DeparDnent 'since Noverabar 30, 1863,14 111e4,175.21, under the fol lowing appropriaftonsto wit':- - 1 '.'Compensations of Commissioner; clerks, • • and emplo ees , $t18,7,12 as. Collecting statistics and material for an; • nual and mon,thiv reports. - '' - 14,298 51 Purchase and distribntion of new and var. uabl'• seeds—.— 1, - - 20,7:52 31 Experimental garden, for ;labor. termini, purchase of plant* de ' 1 10,195 58 Contingencleswttationerv, freight fuel, . • Bean for laboratory, museum, library - • herbarium, keep of horses, &o „,. ~;. .15,108 2.1 Improvements of grounds , (reservation ' • No. 2) -c... 4.. 18,017 . 70 .Erection orgies* struct urea for the. eu Id VA. . • ' Lion of medical, textile, and econon)lc . ' 1 plants: ' 1 22.4414 if Miscellaneous ' - i.. 1.727 33 . . . \ ,---,—• . - Total. —. ....... ". ..... ....".....511,175.21 Leaving a total balance unexpended of khe appro tiolt for thavurrent fiscal year of 8107,370, ' . . total Vastness Notictii. .• gi la %mini & mut fla• Insertion: 41 cent, • Ilaa ram 'slaw. wokitimeiu. . - env( ID aegis fur a auperibr Water MAW *V Punta' tAidtm end Gents Restaurant, No. 191 Ce ire street. Prices reducad to suit the time. Cell Ind '.see for yourseiste, ' • 3-te wad raPrCli, Eggljah sod 4nierfeen Clothe'. all styles, qr the thirst otoilltire, et A ? 21: 81111th•e o Centre St. V4DTAD UNE( 1111114A,a betscaltak di A, A, SWIM", Centre it-reOL: . . . ~ A BOD V' AND MUSD DINI t r e Aßik-411och le dye r , ~t- a pepaisi. The stomach and t twain *re toelati: -mately allied tor tbe one to su or without the other so that dysp,psia and despondency pre inseparable. :Is clay pe mpied, too, that irritation pf the stomach is annul& ltiratiabty accompanied hy irritation of the temper. 7 ,_Tbe 'invigorating and tratiquiliging operation pf moatetter's Bitters is plrit_ pOWerfUlly deTeloped in eases &I - indigestion, Vie lint effect of this agreeable thine la elarorting`and encouraging. A mud staW penman' ; e system, the chronic ahem!, ape; 14 region elf hp stonisch o t an i Ironed, end the nem '- tlempees which lerlses the digester 's • Thla _improvement Is not tpin meat, It is p agaseystivirby the return or tho old symptoms witk sp ridded force. aa la always•the. ma whoa an ailmqiiinta pre even ler rie etmiplaint, kAph dohs emus to impipetipertnepent accession of InVigoration. But tbmis put eill.. The' aperient apd antibilions properties-id the prepare tfon ape scarcely secondary in..importarce mit tonic virtues, If there is an cerelaow or bile the secretion is soon brought with' n proper limits. and lf,the bileary organ is inert and torpid' it bi toped and regulated, Tile effect own' the diacherging orinnul is elltiallr salutarc. ;Mir In cases of amen lion the *smart emotion Omit etanclent to prodpe . • thedealred rein 1 gradus li sad without ppfp. he hitters also proniote heal y evaporation 1 from tho herbals *filial Is nifticillar y droned**. Itt this Season when sudden speqls or row, i t irmiact weather are a tto check the natural. pees ration Iµl4 produce_ ion of the liver, ming and colds. The pest sareguard egainst all dhows is tandlly'vigor, and • this the great Vegetable Restorative essentially prn7 tnotmi. • Jan. 4'lo *sly,. , . . ' DILNES 01/ NaItNLOILRHOLDAL TUltollll. A ali Jihad? positively, perfectly and •Amll'fleetly spree uy lk L A: MaQiudin. N. 11. 80. "fel Arch Sig 1 7 11 , LADA:. rA. A-desire thaw to thaw &Mated with any kindof• FlLBS,Silternalafatarnalallind. Bleeding, or Itch lawAhat.there **positively tio kind of dearptal: the • tare or these diseases, the cure, is ect and • • il• , ,-, And without the enshiest with. -i ,• ,• . teal Injury to the pattern in mu; way, a• • t thous manic. as Inatrataaatt. I also ewe . • . Pliaarea, Predawn, and._llleeration of Dta • • -• • la. Patlesta mutt- Ilan Ana aa4 can tamale k • rhos,* SUI eared. It taw *aim can nay ',Geo otos , tliespersuoi estred la raDadalPata algae. ... - ( • Oot. 1,10-40 Mis . _ . *,- I!`i,•• , ' • ' ,„ ... DECEMBE 'ta p . , .• , 4 4,1 4 :: -- ii- • ~. , . • had ~ .. - 4 • r%B. IM:71111MO8 LADVIIIMS . AVONIi sit, \ *--, .1./ TIVZIL.TO GO TO Plaoßl '' ' isflue - .3, k - : TEM.—Having tar thelast titirty l br, - 4 , my, Whble t Ime,and attent!ons to • ' .1, dytilt h,„„`. dimities and eAsumption. I fitel4 'a I- niii.v - a .tally the course that ought to bopti . ' t r,, T , ."I. a to' ably load case tat diste.oied , tun t... , `JIt ioundnesa. The, Brit and most:lntl . ' f i,ll t t „,`l 4. for the patient to avoid taking cold an .ti ,' ' • - 1 5.,.• e I all pliant on this continent for thlsaur e forwi ter, is Florida, well down in the Mate ,'., it • z.,.. • 1 , ths getnpentr,twe Is regular, and notes 41,,,,,,,, t variations rutin more Northern likkitAthf, piay th ' is a point I can recommend. A geeak,hkriel il 1, ..*.. ' there by Yeterman. Last Winter litlaw s k ". n i i : . t; _.• aorta there whose, lungs. had beete•talilik UN . ~ Out who, under the healing Vnnuenceof 3ne dp, ~t . • k. end .my medicines, were getting well. , 7_ ' ,z,,, -POrie hundred miles turth t ;tr : rown the Over ~,, „. • oint which I would pi•efer Talatka, 48 tie NIL . - perature is more even and ti eilr dry told brtek lie iiellonvilte and- Enterprise; lit locate d tin-ti:, i Ihould give is decided prefereice to 3 lellonvikle. ' I, Is two miles from rivet' or lake. and it seem, A 1 i ,„,„, Impossible to take cold there. The tab -8 le Ft,. Ida might - be better, and patientscompla n ac,t tine- but that isa good slant, as It . indicates rtnirti o il_ appetite, - and when this Is the ease the ,' gen e ,„ ll% . Increase in flesh,snd then the lungs nu 'st l;e1. • - Jacksonvillet - lilbernia, Green Cove, anti [meet . Other- ' places in ' , earldom .pafta. of Elm- aa, t at i i I, :, safely • recommended to- constunptives yi wiiii , ' My reasons for saying so are that pane us at., i,,, •• ' liable to taking cold here than wher it ittlie t , ~, t l leas even . tempetature and it is not n Te,,i,n- : , t ; - - May that where a cons InpUve person e r ' l l "" : 1 ' • Self to frequent colds he is 'certain - to e ~11 ,r;;. '.. • Therefore my advice la, go well down in 0 tll4 , .;:tat r • - out of the reach of preValling east grin s 11'. k•%! ' Jacksonville. or or almost, any of the Oth le ,11 : 7,.1 , ~.. I have na med will benefit those whp 1 re triat 1,..; . A - witita torpid liver, a disorderel .stoinac 1, de a t,,,, - „,;, - :, , boatels; sore throat or, cough, but for those la t,,,,.4 lungs are diseased a More sautheyft,„potint • i A i•art,. , catty recommended. ~.-1 a •, For fifteen years prior to ISM. l.wmt-po fe5501,,,,,,, in New York, Boston 'Baltimore and P tila.letpl,; . ., • every week,- where.listw and examined nt ad UV 1' r.. astgtee five hundred patients a week. A rued, ,' ; edrensiVe. embracing every possible- p use 0t . .,,,,.,-: disease, bas enabled me to untie' stand the I •.,,a' fully, and hence, •my caution in regal to r,..k'n4d eold.. A person may take vast ,qu ntiite„& . •escuenek'w Dthnonle, Syrup, seawee d Too e ~,,-„i Mandrake Flits," and' yet tile if he do...si not [,n, , , taking cold; . • In Florida, nearly everybody is uslinj I • Mandrake Pills, for the elinntte is non. .produce bilious habits than wore nor tutee. It is s well established twit th: Florida-rarely die of consumption, cspl of the southern part. On the other itti, England, one thin. ; ut least, i f the poll Of•thlit terrible disease. la. the Nliddt doeskttok prevail so largely, 141111 then Iltoutsutils of eases there. yk hat a vast ,* l 1 ' 1 of life would, be save.i. Constiftipti% easily alarmed in regard to taking - fresh kreayout scarlet feceet all Lax a( are net. They take what they term which they are credulous enough to, wear off in,st few days. They- pay no Ott and better-it lays. the 'foundation p 2 for anotherstilf,un.ll the lungs are dis s . a all hope for cure. My-advice to rwrsotis whose lungs : even slightly is. to lay la u sto.-k of: cli some syrup, :' Schenck's Seawecil Michtnek's Mandrake Pills arid go to recommend these particular ntc.t;.•in am thoroughly acquainted Witte the' know that where they are timed itt . .ll - li.t with my dlrectlinorthey.wlll thp w required. This accomplished, tiatii`re rest. The physielan who presci lUcn fi.r or night-sweats, and - then .advt walleor ride but • every - day. will corpse oti his hands before lohg. . My plan Is to g.ve my three nod can dance with tlie prints) 1 directions. exc., eases. where a freer use of the r.Nlatid, necessary. '' , lllisoltlect Is to give tone to I ...... ~ —to getrup7a gotxt appetite. It is alway a gosd -...,, .when a . patient begins tee grow bunt y . ~ I : h. ;., . hopes.uf suck. c %Turk fi u relish for s.d is at tier g:,,,z. i Attention of that relish Comes gia 41 ksgl; and , ,rf: It morellesiOchlchls closely followed by if hear ll.g a Of the lungs. Then. the rough loosens and air..e.... the' creeping chills ant eltuntuv night-sweets 1.:, , 1 , longer prostrate anti annoy, and the ,p,01i..-iit ~, , ,, i 5.,,,, '.well, provided he avoids to kin, c01d..1 Now there areonany COW,Uloptiv#4 whorlia.- 1..1 the means to go to Florida.-The •opiestion ii :is t,,.asked, is there no hope for - sucli 7 . Certainly 1 i.. re is. My advice-to such Is.-and ever hips been. to sr.., In a-warm room during the winter; wi Gus- teitipe,.. tureair about seventy degrees, 1.1'11101o:tumid be i..-pt regularly-at that point, by means of a .t it ..erniotnCi.l. ; • Letr'nueh a patient Mite his exercise within ft.- ' limits oft be room by walking up and rilown ~„ much as his .strengili will permit: in orilersto .1,.... p up u healthy dr:illation of the blood. ' I hive cm.--1 thousands.by Ahi 4 system, and can AO So l ogait. Consumfat idn3s as easily cured as any of het di. as, ' if It is taken in time; and the • proper litud r, treatment ,i - sr pursued. Te mso one et, unds : ,- putedr-nb reecird.,that --Iselseheles Pulopitile. Sy t ,n • ilt Itatritia49llls, - AniG) beawcid Unlit hale caret very nusny'ril what seemed to be hops leiei ea.; s oo ,conisunsplion. Go where yeti will, you will 'e'er most-ay:lain to find home poor ronntottpli‘e '* . i., has been rescued front the very Jaws os.d...i.if.' 1 • • teelr use.. bo far as the Mil . ndrake nits hre coe crime I. , • .... - body should keep a Cu pply of tile 111 . II I • Ull.ti.* . / . I ' i ' • • 1- act on-the liver better than calomel, antiliq,,,, t ,,: of .its hurtful effects benitiii. In fag. ttlay are Ix.. celleut Ln'all cam* Where a pti r rgatlve 111.111 , • , 1, I . required. If you hate pattaken too freele r I irt,:t.. and silarrhois. ensnesi a dose of the M a torliais, s'ut:: cure you'. Itysiii are - Subject til sick he1a 0 1,,.. i.,i.,,, --•.a doge of the .rnini a ldritlkeAt and they w 111'1 . er - h.\ c .., . .itx two hours. If you h 4 miti obviate the val.. , ~; ~ change of water, or the too free Indulgence if II t it, , take one 'of the Mandrakes every . night' or ,•,.,t, oth . p.rnight, tend yoittnny ..,11en drink Wllll . l' 1111 , 1. :4; . sirlitedlinelons, pears, appPsl, plunk, 1 carne , or c ria: - without the riiikr.of being male sick by thou. 1 1., i will protect -those .who live in &imp s'ttia tirrio •agatnst chills and fevers, Try them. ile-Y ai.e lei, ' feet ly hartnless.. TheY-.lilll do !on g" . 'd "illY'. • • - I have.abandoned my• prnfesOotial xlt. U. II .... a iol ton rind New Turk. but itinui! - to sec' mi,.1,,t,,,! - rny office. No. 15- N. - ,..51XT11 Isid.teet; l'iti,hoielplo.., every baturilayi- (ruin 9 2,..• M. tl,:lili. M.-- illad- sirs, wish a thorough examinallonl-with the Itcsi in -m. eter will be charged live dollars. 'lda- Respirioa T,•:• 'declares the exact condl o tlon of- the, bow, .sai patients can readily learn-whether thei ate .-u:,l-. • ornet. Hutl, ..sire it iiNtinctly utoter s ks s irii, the value of my Melkiines depends entirety 14.1, . their being taken strictly ee.iirding to di recto-i.s. ... In COLIOUSIOII, I will that when, person•a k, my medicine% and their i.ystelp are brot 1 '.. 0,14 healthy condition the , rehy, they:are lain :4•N - take eold.yet no one -iv th.dkettsed lung, can h. ,:*:‘, suddenehange Or at oto:p h c re. withoat thr lbt of greater or lee*: Iffitat 1.,11 of the inonchiill in . Futidlreetlons In all lanzattysw:acq.,ttolt,,ity we metlitelneg,Fu explivit and itlear that. any finite ily3rn wlthotiCetnisultlng tue, and t.na faint any . . - • ." . .1. H. SCHENCK; li. r I N. 1....41XTH StikA4.'Pliti...l6l•l,la Apr!! I 6; . • Iltarriageo • • • PAILLIPs—rAcs - r—on S 7 le, iU Ili , • dente of the bride's- father, Cuupl., Pa., by Re.....A.4 'littler. 31r. 1/At-in A. I'ol, - Lll'•{ to 311 , 4? ELIZA A. FA! - sr, . Ett:sST—Jia tlle 2ith of Novernbr, neat F rieden, bw,g;_Jdar.rif. EaNaf, an oM 111111 highly fite!•lo.o. citizen of ..,Wayne low nsbli,, (. 0 1'11,1 2 . :aged io •- y'ears, x months and t.day • . , . - •-• FOWLIK,Fit t Indenfown, wife of 1 oder, ‘l• 2 6a - kr, 1:4! of 'John:. Jones, Ramer y t, ;16,1.1 , years: ' Theallay, Dee. Ist, Nl'. \, daughter of Rolieriand Eliza • . The •dlattionlux dEettse prevailing in. 11,1 7 : amouged ebildieu ' . lbe Lord 10 vet h it.nd the Lord. taket h away, 1.1,',..1.11 be His name. Funeral will take Olt- a:A r ia—, mitt: * • I • I. • SCIIRA3I.IIOn the 2Slh ut,.N i oVeraher, iii I`.‘ Ville; CAlter, ;wile or John Svolitiuni, ~,,-.: years, 8 mull hs u'ua 1 day. --, . . . • SCHWt.NK—Otr the 4th ult., In soiiTl, OVILIF 4 daughter-of liennev..llc and L tn . the Itlth year,of her age.: , . . - SHOEMAKER—On thti '2 4 .4th of Novend.er;•Nl el:. • w.; wife of banthord shoeinaker, doah, pged'2l years, i lounths :ad-;:4 day s.. • SHOEMARER—OntL3Oth of Novenii er, Ci II bi L SZIOEMAIC agedl years and .1 raohihs. gilroab Ativertistmaits - - L.).IIILADELP.III.A. & ELEA.D.I.N - • WINTER AItRANGEIIIENT.• MollP.aV; Nov:- Q1,2,t, 1.870' Great Trwah Hue from the , ..Varth and North er. , ..tt p r 1 istlastriphia, -Wier, Fork, • .11 , nd eillepramaqua, di/gland; Shantokitt . totem, ..Illetatocrts,.Eftstoia, Ephrata, I;itir.. • Lanerisreh- - , Colmbia, Trains leavellarrisbpqr, for NOW 1 . 041 11,'; f.rii()U• : • At 3.10, 5.10.-and 10.50 , A. 51. and 2.50 I'. - 51., dog with ifutilar trrtitis on the l'eniptyl vita 0 , 1 1 ..i' 1, " 10 • 'and aritykt_that New s `foil; at 10.10 A. 5.1.. 1 1 . -4 1- i• • • - •- and 10.00 P. 31 respectively. _sleeping -cal, pany;the 3.10 M. ter uit bout char use. • - iteturning: Leave New York at A. M , noofl,aud 4. 11 0 rittlittletpros st m. 3.30p.m. Sleepthg ears - accompany ttl 5.0" I'. train from New York:without chtmae. Leave-Harrisburg for Reading, P.)t t i 'f,tllY., qtta, 3tinersville, Ashland, Sit:omit! n, A'L rte cu and Philadelphia, at 14.10 A. M.. 2-50 att I I.f", , stepping at Lebanon and -principal uay .1 ea.:, the 4.0.5 P 31. train conflicting for 111110. 1 .0.1d0 , , Pi:Atte:llle: and - Columbia only, For . Poi Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, r.alittvii:id Surehantia 'Hallroad, lei've Wm! r;; at „ it EstaTentitiVivania Railroad Trains leave 110:01iii7. forAllentoWn, East , m, and ,New York 1 . a. m.; 13 45 noon, and t. p. In. ltet u rails 2. 1 1'd :` l4 ' .York at 9.110 a. nu:. 12.00, noon', and 5.00 p. ur,. .11- Allentown at 7.:11 0. tn., 12.25, tu,mo, m.. • Way Passenger Train leaves Philadelphia id connectlint With similar train on 1•;:ast Rallrotul, returning from 'trading at 5.".'.%) - ping at all stations; • - . „ - Leave Potts tale aY 9.1(1 A. M. an I ;: I'l 1 1 . 34 Elersdon 1005 A. M., i•ihatitolitit 5.10 and .l Ashland at 7.05 . A. :M., and 12.54 "men, 3ialtay (It at 7.51 A. Al. add 1.3.5 I'. 51. - Tathat.iiia ..t 8.:t1 A. 111„. arid 2.1 1 1 P.M.. f ' or Phi lade''. .01-1 Reading, Ilarrisbuirg; &c. • ' Leave Pottavllle, via nylk ill and Sestpit k iriia Railroad at 8.14. A. M. fiar Harrisburg. and r 2.0., 10 , 0 0 for:Pinegrove and Tremont. - Reading ,Accomuuidatlon Train, leaves Pottio. ,l l at 5.40 A % , passes Reati.ng 7.ita A s . 51., al . . Philadelphia at 10.304. 41.; returning leave, 1 - 10 delpltia at 1.45 P. M., passes lifatiat- 7- 111 1 r--K , 411 ' riving at Pottsville at 9.101'. 31. • Pottstown Aecommodation Train :dell've% i•ott -I.owll sit 7. 4 0 A. M.; retarrulug,. leaves Pit st . . -leoltnnbla 'Railroad trains leilve Reruling at Id.; and 0.15 1'. M. - for Ephrata, Lilts, ,Lancaster, lamina, &c. _ Perk())))) Railroad trains leave Perklomen du re- Hon at 7.45, 9.0& A. 31,, :I.Gb ((La I'. 31.,• roturn,iie, leave Sellw eaksv I Ile,at 7AOII, ty.i.) A. M.. 12..50 noon, 0:01 1.30 P. 51.. coprn.cting With .11tillAr trains on Reading Railroad. : . Colenrookdrile Railroad trains leavp,Pottatown 1 .10.40 A. 'M.; -- anttl 0.30 P. return ingleufe , 3ll. ant at 7.00 and 11:25 A. 51.; dannecting with stai.lo- - ?. trains out Reading Railroad. Cheater .Valley itailmad trains leaye Bridgeport fit 5.30 A. M., 2.05 and .5.021.. M.; returning, leave iu ti D: • ingtown at &:5 A; M. 12.45..nti0n and 5.15 P. M.,• nectira with simliarl rains on Reading tiallorui. On n... -,, tays: Leave New York at 5.00 1".• 31.. l'ltt: - adelpbla tit'...l4 A. 51. and 3.15 P. 51:,.ttie 0.00 A.-31,....:45:1 1 running ably to Reading; leave POttsvilloar . le !•8 11arrisbu.rg at 3.10 A. M. and 1,4 1 ;,..i,". 51- “ 1 i • " ten tin atAl5, P 31. arid Reading st and to, - P.M., for 114rri4burg, at 5.111 A. 31: for N O york.-at ILI9 A. id. arid 445. I'. m: ' . Commutation , mileage, i•teamott, 'F-01001 and I Iv"' 'kw Tickets to and from all pollts, ut rethieed • Baggage. checked' throng') 100 each passers der.' ' Ni,COLL:t. 0v.31.701Jan.,114.-d&w] Oene, rdiSu perks t etidel/ I ,- —— • , A' OE 1134.LE.7-4•4lldtitg lots fronts ne street. L 2 lota On Race Street, and lots of. A idreet.- Price (Cora SISQ .upwarda! Payment. , -nisi' be msuiein $lO monthly Initaliontentu. SAMUEL BALL, Coal great; or 14.• Wei" ll - 4 .. , No. 9 Emit Yorteegion street. • -.• • • PratavrAltt. Aug. 4. "0. TA prll It. 1:0-71.j.V.; !y• . - VOR ALE OR TO LET.—A RED Aril 1-. . 1 - - • LIERY, In' [mod tvi.rit fug- cendit lo.n, ior the whole or ,a act to. u rcutki•gina• With capital. Alhicarl4l - .IF: ASH q.1.11,1t1 the same LEAsE ON 1ti•.1 , :..‘ , "1!. COAL He Ix; above Wa A I , t i HOUSti and a PLEASANT .MANSION N. Wr•t,. tqttaville. WI pert a PLEA SANT ESTN TI,MREIt p.PAN; ) lu. _Penni 14Pannenanna OAK Tim", 4t Eitatolnpua coal ttunea urd iltrawr !• witn tiouxes.'store, 234 aulfes W. 111 1 ,00 Locomotive, cars r pep rA It tx.hi• • A l VZ to " 1.. EA Nov FE 11..• " Nov IL,' { VI! / 4., 1. 1 . 0811:41, MARIE 11 CO., - Successor to IL B. eftl*;1 7 r, Lust REAR or *Lb sitgpgm , . . N o Ir' R E -Bit I%'• For Furnaces. Forgm steel Wi , tl,-.°„, Lime -Kilns, Cupola FUrlllaCtl+,* BLOCKS I. T1L)...14, for Blast Fathered, Gas Works, Mut . feeble Iron Works, Baker's (Kens, (liven Hotuies, &c. *love Heater and Hauge —• Linings, - Cylinders. dcc.,, of every detcription to order. . • Fire Clay. Kaolin, Fire Sand. - FireCement; in Bulk ; or barrel. FAcTolusts. -• Mouth of Woadbridge Creek, N. .1.; r.u4l.Treks kli N. Y. P. O. Address, Perth Amboy, N.J.. or Peeg.l - N.Y. • April V. 9.!"-17.13', Pratt's. Sate anti to get: "C‘;., fig.. ~.< M O 5e411,1;. • eIIK n f,, nail% Nall)! ihr,„i . id, [111.01'...n.4.,. .411 1, H 0 1171 , ft., hut t In t:;• k•I lit,t Xll not h. .it le I Lori tip. I . 12112111 rIS; dillll. 111- iiu 11,,Z2•1 old, lrld:t.til 1-* ' l • lid' , , .t In NHL Pll