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Sect. 3. And be it further enacted by the anthority aforesaid, That such patents and certificates thereon, shall be recorded in the recorder's office, in the coun- ty, or counties, in which the lands described in said pa- tent are situate, in books to be provided by the record- ers of deeds in the several counties, at the expense of the proper county, at the same rate of fees allowed for recording deeds, and exemplifications of the same shall be evidence, as well in courts of justice, as elsewhere: And if such patents, with the certificates thereon, shall not be delivered at the proper office, that the same may be recorded within six months from the date there- of, the said patents shall be void: Provided, That in such cases, new patents may afterwards be issued upon payment of the money due thereon, and interest at the date of the new patent.
Sect. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the recorder of deeds of the proper county, in whose office patents and certificates thereon shall have been recorded, agreeably to the provisions of the third section of this act, shall upon application to him, for that purpose made, record or certify on the margin of the record, previously made of such patent and certificates thereon, the receipt or endorsement of partial or total payments, given or made by the secre- tary of the land office, which record and exemplifica- tions of the same, shall be prima facia evidence of such payment.
Sect. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That patents may issue agrecably to the pro- visions of this act, to any trustee or trustees, or guardian or guardians of minors, duly appointed by any court in this commonwealth, or by any last will and testament, or to any executor or executors, administrator or adminis- trators, in whom the power of selling and disposing of the lands so to be patented, is or shall be vested, in trust, nevertheless to and for the use of the person or persons legally entitled to the same.
Sect. 6. And be it further enacted hy the authority
aforesaid. That in all cases where the moneys due for the patenting of lands, have been secured by mortgage, or otherwise. to the commonwealth, and the whole, or . any part thereof, is unpaid, the secretary of the land of- fice shall upon the request of any patentee, or other person interested, and on tender of the money, deduct from the amount due to the commonwealth, a sum equal to one half of the additional or increased amount of interest, caused by the operation of the provision in relation to interest, contained in the fourth section of the aforesaid act, entitled "An act concerning the pa- tenting of lands."
Sect. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Connecticut settler, within any of the seventeen townships formerly in the county of Luzerne, now in the counties of Luzerne and Brad- ford, his, her, or their legal representatives, by neglect, or otherwise, shall have omitted to get so much of his, her or their patent or patents, recorded in the proper county, as was required where patents issued, without the payment of the purchase money, but shall within six months from the passing of this act, pay the whole of the principle and interests due on the land, for which such patent issued, or shall within the said six months have the said patent recorded in the proper county, then, and in such cases, the said patents shall be good and valid, but not otherwise.
Sect. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the benefit of the provisions of this act shall only extend to such persons as comply with the said provisions, within two years from its passage: Provided, That the provisions of the foregoing act shall not be considered to extend to any lands situate north and west of the rivers Ohio, Alleghany and Conewango creek, or to effect any laws relative thereto.
Sect. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of any former act or acts of as- sembly as is hereby altered or supplied, be and the same is hereby repealed.
TRADE OF LANCASTER.
We find in the last number of the Lancaster Gazette, the following intimation of business. We rejoice at the prosperity of the city and county of Lancaster, and on- ly regret the Conestogo, which appears to be destined to create and preserve so much trade, did not find its way into the Schuylkill, instead of a more southern em- bouchment.
"Navigation of the Conestogo .- Capt. Charles Odel, took on board an ark, 90 hogsheads of whiskey, belong- ing to Mr. John Lintner, on Wednesday the 17th of March, and left lock No. 4, at 5 o'clock on the evening of that day; and arrived next day at two o'clock in the afternoon at Port Deposite. The charge for delivering in Baltimore, all expenses included, one cent per gallon.
On the 19th, Capt. Omit loaded two arks, at lock No. 8, with whiskey and flour, and proceeded to Port De- posite-destination Baltimore.
Two other arks are loading with whiskey, 90 hogs- heads each, and will proceed this day.
The navigation is in fine order, and we expect to be benefitted as well as gratified with an active spring as soon as the regular rise takes place in the north and west branches. From the port of Lancaster, let it be understood, we can always proceed to the Baltimore market, two or three weeks earlier than the trade of the north or west Branch, owing to the more southern situ- ation, and the river, in consequence of the late improve- ments will be navigable at least five months in the year. U. S. Gaz.
So great is the increase of travelling on the western route through this place from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, that the proprietors of the daily line of Stages have been induced to run an accommodation Stage every other day .---- Carlisle Herald.
1829.]
REPORT OF DISEASES .- 1827 & 1828.
255
ANNUAL REPORT OF DISEASES AND DEATHS IN ARCHI-STREET PRISON, PHILAD'A.
Diseases.
27|28 27:28
27|28
27:28 27:28
2728
27|28
27128
27
28
27 28 27|28
27 28 1827|1828
Fever Remittent -
6
3
7
4 14
4
5
4
5
3
6
413
11
12
3
12
3 9
3
6
1
2
49
103
Do., Inflammatory
6
1
-
1
5
6
5
6 -
17
15
4
-
4
2
62
Do. 'Intermittent
12
7
2 17
8|10
6
4
9
3
7
5
7 11 20
15
1/21
7 10
12
5
4
4
105
112
Do. T'yphus
1
1
Catarrh
16
20 11
8
2
4
6
4
00 00
1.20
4
1
4
5
1
2
60
Rheumatism
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
Psora -.
2
2
4
1
8
1
1
1
1
18 1
Gonorrhoa
4
HUN
1 00
1
4
Dyspepsia
1
Scrofula
1
1
1
1
110
2
1
1
1 -
1
15
Quinsey
91
5 8
10
7
14
7 10
3
5
10
6 12
1
5
2
7
Convulsions
1
1
-
1
1
1
Strictures
1
1
Wounds
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Contusions -
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
19
Inflammation
1
1
1
1
13
Caries
co 1
1
1
1
Cholic
7
Cholera Morbus
3
Hernia Humeralis Hematimisis
Debility
1
1
Fistula
Dolor Pectoris
-
Jaundice
Hæmoptysis
1
Hemorrhoids
1
Parturition -
Gestation
Hysteria
Hepatetis
Vertigo
Astluna
1
Gout -
Palpitation
Lumbago
Tumors
Worms
Strains
Burns -
1
1
Stupor
1
Abortion
Monthly number of sick
66146
49 57
54 52
44 47
71 40
45,22
55 60 78 61
52.57 45 42 31 |33
25 35 615 552
Monthly totals
112
106
106
91
111
67
115
139
109 87
64
60
1167
Deaths.
1826.
1827.
1828.
Total.
S Males
4
7
3
14
¿ Females
2
0
1
3
Coloured S Malcs
0
6
1
7
Females
0
1
1
Total
6
14
6
26
Alug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.1
Dec.
Total.
June | July
NHANH/A
HHASI
4
4
1 NH
1
2
4
22
Syphilis
2
30
Hæmorrhage
3
Pleuritis
1
2 2 4
1 8
Odontalgia -
4
1
1
1
1
8
5
Ulcers
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
10
Mania-a-potu
67 1
-
1
1
-
1
1
1
4 7
Constipation
1
1
2
1
1
4 8
3 5 6 8 8 8
1 3
Fracture
1
1
2
1
3
001
3 1 1 1 HHHUNWHENHHHHHHHGWHNHANHWOULD
Total diseases in 1827-28 -- 1167 deaths
26 or 2 22-100 p.cent. NB. All these prisoners were not confined to their beds in the hospital, but received such medical treatment as their respective cases required. Published by order of the Acting Committee of the Philadel phia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Pri- sons.
JAMES J. BARCLAY, Sec'ry A.C.
1 1
Eruptions
1 1
1
5 6 2 31 22 -
Dysenteria
1
Palsey
1
1
.1
1 AIN
1 1
1
1
1
6
8
5 HANGA
6
3
2
2
33
50 24 3
Pneumonea
Phthisis Pulmonaris
IA
4
1
6 7
97 3 3
Otitis
3
Opthalmia
1 NH
1
Diarrhea
1
Small Pox
8 2 5 3 1
2
1
1
1
White
12
-
-
-
-
9 AO
1
14
2
1
2
-
Jan'y Feb'y Mar. April May
256
MISCELLANEOUS.
[APRIL
Remarks on the preceding Table.
The greatest number of diseases occurred in August. The smallest number in December.
The number of cases of Mania-a-potu were 164 in the two years, being rather more than 14 per cent. of the whole number of diseases. There were 36 cases in the Spring months, 58 in Summer, 48 in Autumn, and 29 during the Winter months.
Fevers compose nearly one-third of all the diseases, there being 431 cases. The next most prevalent dis- case was catarrh, of which there were 110 cases. These three make up nearly two-thirds of the whole.
At a meeting of Councils on Wednesday evening, Benjamin W. Richards was unanimously elected Mayor of the City, in place of Geo. M. Dallas, appointed At- torney General U. S.
The following is the amount of duties paid by the un- dersigned Auctioneers, for the last quarter. R. F. Allen & Co. 6927 43
Gillingham, Mitchell & Co.
6030 97
Gill, Ford & Co.
4464 07
Jennings & Thomas,
3714 79
Lippincott & Richards,
3695 56
Graham & Mandeville,
1238 -47
Bowen & Richards,
1037 76
M. Thomas,
649 72
T. B. Freeman & Son,
354 28
J. B. Grant, 231 01
S. D. Sager & Co.
135 74
$18,729 60
Bituminous Coal .- P. A. Karthaus, Esq. arrived at this place a few days since, with six arks, laden with bi- tuminous coal, from his extensive mines on the west branch of the Susquehanna, in Clearfield county, near the Lycoming line. Specimens of this coal were exhibi- ted on the public ground, in front of the capitol on Wednesday last, for the examination of the public, and we learn that it has been pronounced by those compe- tent to judge, to be of a superior quality. The vein or stratum, which forms thelbed, is about five feet thick, and it is said to cover hundreds if not thousands of acres. Harrisburg Rep.
PITTSBURG, April 10.
Travelling, provisions, &c .- The amount of travelling through our city, and the number of strangers visiting it on business, have been umusually great since the open- ing of the spring. The Registers of our hotels, although imperfectly kept, clearly prove this. Those of the Man- sion House Hotel, and the Pittsburg Hotel, for the last 17 days, exhibit an aggregate of considerably above 600 names-the arrivals only being entered.
PITTSBURG, PA. in the application of capital to the production of manufactures of various kinds, bids fair to rival any city in the union. It was but the other day we noticed the fact, that excellent linen diaper was pro- duced not inferior to the best imported, and we now see it stated, that queensware of good quality, is made there, and though not so white as that of foreign potte- ries, it is represented as stronger, standing the fire bet- ter, and as low in price as the imported.
A steamboat recently launched at Pittsburg, called "Uncle Sam," is calculated to carry 500 passengers, and 350 tons of cargo; her engine is of 200 horse pow- er, and she is said to be the largest boat afloat on the western waters.
The Pittsburg Mercury says, we learn that the Presi- dent has ordered a set of glass for his table, from Messi's. Bakewell, Page, and Bakewell, of this city.
Summit Level .- In the county of Potter on the north line of Pennsylvania, three small streams begin the world within a few miles of each other, whose course termi-
nates at the extreme points of the county, viz. the Alle- gheny river, flowing southwest to the Ohio and Missis- sippi, falls into the Gulf of Mexico; Pine Creek, flow ing southwardly to the Susquehanna, falls into the Che- sapeake Bay; Genesee River, flowing northward to Lake Ontario, falls into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
We learn that it has been ascertained that "there is a route by which a rail road can be made from the Tioga river and Bloomsburg, wholly within the state of Penn- sylvania, to connect with the Susquehanna between Tio- ga point and Towanda, and that a petition by those in- terested in the coal and iron on lands in and about Blossburg, will be forwarded to the Pennsylvania Legis- lature to extend the provisions of the act authorising the incorporation of the company for making a canal or rail- way down the river to the state line, so as to authorize the said company to make a rail road within the State to the Susquehanna, for the transportation of coal, &c. .
Tioga Phoenix.
.On Saturday morning last, we were shown on board the Waverly, by Captain M'Knight with that politeness which characterises him, Damask Table Cloths, manu- factured at Pittsburg, for the use of the Waverly, of the most beautiful patterns and large size, which among other ornaments contained a perfect likeness of the Boat, and the name Waverly in large handsome and dis- tinct letters under it, the whole raised in bold relief up- on the cloth. Cincinnati Adv.
The Delaware, near Easton, was last week 18 ft. above low water mark.
Shad .- We understand the run of Shad the present season, has been more plentiful in the Egg Harbour bay, than in the Delaware; and that they are carted through the country from the shore, and sold cheaper, than in the Philadelphia market. This phenomenon, if it may be termed such, is attributed to the unusual backwardness of the season, and the late freshets in the Delaware .-- Camden Star.
On Sunday afternoon, three young men, viz :-- Dan- iel Trisler, son of Mr. George Trisler, of Lancaster,- Hess, of Paradise, near Lancaster, and Doctor Smith, of -, were sailing in a boat on the Schuylkill, above the dam. Being unacquainted with the management of a boat, and venturing too near, it was carried by the current over the dam .- Mr. Hess jumped out on the dam, and was saved unhurt. The other two were car- ried over in the boat. Mr. Smith was taken up by some fishermen in a boat, much bruised and almost exhausted. Mr. Trisler was drowned; much pains has been taken to recover the body, but without success. A reward of $20 has been offered for it.
The Susquehanna rose, last week, to an unusual height, and inundated a portion of the Kingston and Plymouth flats, in this vicinity. We have been inform- ed that the river also overflowed its banks near Ber- wick, and filled several sections of the canal, which (being in an unfinished state) had little or no embank- ment to protect them from this sudden rise of the wa- ter .-- Wyoming Herald.
....
HARRISBURG, April 13. The Susquehanna is now 8 feet above low water mark & is still rising. Great numbers of arks loaded with stone coal, whiskey, flour, wheat, &c. are daily passing. Lum- ber of every kind is plenty & the prices reasonably low.
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VOL. III .- NO. 17. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 25, 1829. NO. 69.
CANAL DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE WESTERN DIVISION
No. 1. Report of Abner Lacock, acting commissioner of the Wes- tern Division. To the Board of Canal Commissioners.
GENTLEMEN ---- The superintendance of the line of ca- nal from Pittsburg to Johnstown, a distance of about one hundred and ten miles, and the exploration of the country and location of a rail road, from the latter point to Frankstown, on the Juniata, a distance of about fifty miles, has been committed to my care. It would swell a report beyond the necessary limits, to go into a detail of the operations upon a line of such. magnitude and extent: for that information, the board is referred to the reports of Messrs. Roberts, Harris and Livermore, engineers on the respective branches of the work.
The whole sum expended by me, in the progress and construction of those works, has amounted to $1,401,- 391 97. And the amount of money received from the treasurer of the canal fund, has been $1,324,609 40 ---- leaving a balance in my favor of $76,782 57. Since my last report, I have received out of the treasury $814, - 109 40; and of that sum I have paid, for work done un- der contracts on the aqueduct, over the Allegheny riv- er at Pittsburg, the tunnel through Grant's Hill, the lock, embankments and other works, connected with that branch of the canal, the sum of $80,868 35.
The expenditure upon the line from the Allegheny river, including the river lock and harbor, to the mouth of the Kiskeminetas, a distance of about thirty miles, is equal to $206,818 59.
From the Allegheny line, including the aqueduct across that river, and proceeding up the Kiskeminetas, to the head of the salt works, a distance of about twenty miles, there has been expended $228,571 66.
From the salt works to the out-let above Blairsville, about twenty-seven miles, the sum of $333,420 17.
'The foregoing expenditures do not include the seve- ral sums paid for damages, incidental expenses and su- perintendance. The line of canal from the out-let lock to Johnstown, was put under contract on the 20th of October last, so far as regards the construction of the ca- nal, excepting the locks and culverts. Agreeably to the instructions of the board, proposals were invited for. constructing locks of wood and stone, on two plans pointed out by the engineer; and, likewise of stone locks of the usual construction. Upon an examination of the bids, and a comparison of the prices proposed for the erection of the different kinds of locks, it appeared that the difference between the wooden and stone locks was much less than was anticipated: it was therefore thought advisable to defer entering into contracts until the board could be consulted on the propriety of the course to be adopted, in relation to this subject. Asno estimate has been made, or money paid to contractors on this line of canal, the amount of work done cannot be stated with precision. Several contractors, however, have commenced their work, and many hands are ac- tively employed on the line.
The continuation of high water until the season had far advanced, retarded the progress of the contractors VOL. III. 33
employed in constructing aqueducts, dams and river locks; nevertheless, water has been let into the canal at the salt works, on the Kiskeminetas, fifty-five miles above Pittsburg, and carried over the large aqueduct across the Allegheny river; and in a short time it is cx- pected the navigation will be open to the city of Pitts- burg. With the opening of this navigation, great and unceasing exertions have been made to extend it this fall to the northern turnpike at Blairsville. The first es- timate on this line of near thirty miles, was paid in March last; and since that time the excavation of the entire line has been nearly completed. Three dams across the river have been erected; sixteen stone locks; an aqueduct of five arches of fifty-four feet span, of en- fire stone built, besides several over lateral streams; about eight hundred feet of a tunnel have been excavated through a mountain. The river aqueduct and tunnel, however, are not completed, but are in such a state of forwardness, that little doubt can be entertained that the navigation will be opened early in the spring.
Agreeably to the instructions of the board, Messrs. Roberts, Livermore, and Harris, were directed to make an examination, under my direction, of the highest con- venient and practicable point, to which the canal should be extended up the Conemaugh. To that report you are referred in relation to the facts connected with this subject. Before closing this report, it is proper to ob- serve that beside the enhancement in the price of labor and supplies, the contractors have suffered to some ex- tent from my inability in many instances to make pay- ment at the time, and in a currency that would pass without a discount. This state of affairs arose from the following causes: from being limited by law in drawing more than fifty thousand dollars, the amount covered by the responsibility of my securities, until my accounts were settled at the treasury; and thus kept within that limit; beside the engineer corps on a line of about 160 miles, I was obliged to pay four or five estimates every month, some of which amounted to more than $60,000. Thus circumstanced, and placed at a distance from the seat of government, it was impossible for me at many times to transmit vouchers, and have my accounts set- tled at the treasury, in time to meet my engagements with the contractors; and consequently, I was frequent- ly obliged to overdraw my credits in the banks of Pitts- burg and Westmoreland, to the amount of seventy or eighty thousand dollars, and make myself personally li- able for the same. This measure was cheerfully acqui- esced in by the officers of those monied institutions, from what appeared to me a sincere desire to lend their aid to promote the important objects contemplated by the government. At length, however, my drafts were not paid at the treasury, for the best reason in the world, because there was no money legally applicable to the canal fund in the bands of the treasurer. Thus situa- ted, no alternative presented itself to me, but either to stop the work, ruin contractors and labourers, and de- stroy public confidence, or issue certificates of debt to the contractors: this I did without hesitation, to the amount of about 150,000 dollars. These certificates were received at par by the contractors, and redeemed by the banks at not more than one per centum. It is but fair to state, that those embarrassments have arisen, not from any neglect or omission on the part of the con-
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stituted authorities of the state, nor from their inability to meet their legal engagements, but to the impossibili- ty of ascertaining with any thing like precision, the amount of labor to be done from month to month, and consequently, the sums that would be required to carry on the extensive works now in operation. But from whatever cause those embarrassments may have arisen, it would be but an act of justice for the contractors to re- ceive a complete indemnity from the government; and I respectfully suggest the propriety of recommending their case to the consideration of the legislature.
A. LACOCK, Acting Commissioner.
No. 2.
Report of the Allegheny and Pine Creek lines, by James D. Harris, Engineer.
Estimate of work remaining to be done on the Alleghe- ny line, Western Division, Pennsylvania canal.
At Hill-slips, $3,000 00
Conveying water around locks, 2,000 00.
Roads contiguous to canal,
200 00
Bridges,
600 00
Fences,
150 00
Slope wall adjoining aqueducts,
100 00
Painting,
160 00
Caulking and pitching, 40 00
Puddling and repairs,
1,800 00
-- $8,050 00
Estimate of work, remaining to be done on the Pine Creek Line, Western Division, Pennsylvania canal. This line includes the lower aqueduct across the Al- legheny, and all the work on the Pittsburg side.
At Slips,
$3,274 50
Roads,
1,083 50
Aqueducts,
46,500 00
Embankments,
3,200 00
Bridges,
500 00
Conveying water around locks,
4.50 00
Fences,
150 00
Draining inundated land,
1,500 00
Puddling,
300 00
Wall to protect E. abutment of aqueduct at Washington
1,200 00
street,
Tunnel job,
32,000 00
Lock houses,
900 00
-$91,058 00
$99,108 00
The foregoing is a statement of work remaining to be done on the Allegheny and Pine creek lines of the wcs- tern division of the Pennsylvania canal, with an estimate of the cost of the same.
JAMES D. HARRIS, Engineer.
Pittsburg, 24th Nov. 1828.
To the Board of Canal Commission- 2 ers of Pennsylvania.
To the Board of Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania. GENTLEMEN,
I beg leave to report to you the situation of the work on the Allegheny and Pine Creek lines of the western division of the canal.
The accompanying statement shows that but little remains to be done to complete the Allegheny line en- tirely, and that a considerable part of the expense yet to be incurred on that line, is for the purpose of bring- ing the water around the locks. This is doing in such a manner, that the water power may be used to the best advantage. This, with the lock houses was not estima- ted in the last report.
The hill-slips have been removed entirely on both lines, where not too extensive. Where it was found too expensive to remove the whole mass, the canal has been made much wider than usual, that there may be alwaya sufficient room for the boats to pass. But as
an additional security, and to prevent trouble from the earth slipping in future, which would be a serious in- convenience after the opening of the navigation, it will be advisable to continue a force through the winter at the points where there are any indications of a disposi- tion to slip. The doing this. however, need not inter- fere with the passage of boats, should the season be suf- ficiently open. An estimate is made for puddling and repairs, under the expectation that in the progress of letting in the water, some work of this description will be required.
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