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"The state of the subjects, considering the shortness of the time which many, and even all have been in the Institution, is of the most encouraging kind. The boys are generally attentive to their studies and to their work; and their general deportment is such as would, in any situation, procure for many of them, the appella- tion of good boys. Some, who were the most obstinate
and intractable when they came among us, are now among the most attentive and industrious. Their be- haviour, in many respects, has been commendable, and what is of great importance in any community, quar- relling, fighting, and most kinds of vicious conduct, seem to be quite unpopular among them. When a boy has committed a fault, there seems to be a kind of gene- ral feeling, that he deserves and ought to receive pun- ishment. The writer has never found a smaller degree of obstinacy than among those who are here, and he has become more confirmed in the opinion, that care and at- tention, together with some encouragement to do well, will save many who would otherwise be sooner or later immured in some of our prisons, and become worse than lost to society."
THOMAS ASTLEY, Chairman, pro tem.
-Attested JAMES J. BARCLAY, Secretary
April 28, 1829.
Receipts.
State Treasury, for. .1827. .$5,000
1828. .2,500
1829. .2,500
10,000 00
County Treasury ,. 1827 .5,000
.1828. . 5,000
1829 .5,000
15,000 00 6,500 00
Loans from 13 Individuals of $500 each, ....
Building Committee, Lumber sold, .. 220 61 Money returned by them at the close of their labours, . . 617 14
837 75
Loan from Pennsylvania Society, for
the promotion of Public Economy, ... 3,000
Labour of Boys,. .233.15
For sundry articles sold at the house, .67 24
300 39
Interest on money loaned previously to the commencement of the Build-
ings,
Sale of fence on premises, .11 75
Subscriptions and Donations in cash,. 19,944 79
$55,795 76
Expenditures.
$5,500 00
Building Committee,.
39,281 29
Paid on account of loans from 13 Individuals,.
5,200 00
356 71
Interest on money borrowed, ..... Paid Matron, previous to opening the House, for Clothing, &c .... Paid Miscellaneous Expenses, in- cluding Insurance, loss on uncur- rent notes, printing and station- ary, Architect's design for Build- ings, commission on collections, &c. &c ..
38 22
Executive Committee drafts, for
various expenses, viz :- Salaries, 946 00
Printing and paper,. 316 60
Clothing, 512 22
Provisions,. 574 54
Furniture,
621 18
Fuel,.
318 28
School,.
131 57
Sundries, including cost of Dearborn and cart, and
keeping of horse, .:. 472 00
3,892 39
Balance in Treasury,.
..
854 60
$55,795 76
201 08
Site,
672 55
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TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
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SUBSTANTIAL TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a special meeting of the Board of Managers of the Union Canal Company; held on the 19th day of March, 1829, it was unanimously
Resolved, , That the following letter from William Boyd, Esq. announcing the melancholy intelligence of the decease of the President of this Company, be insert- ed on the minutes.
[Here follows the copy of a letter addressed to the Company, from William Boyd, Esq. a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, dated at Harrisburg, (where Mr. Mifflin died, ) giving particulars of the event. ]
The Board of Managers having thus recorded upon their minutes this melancholy event, they feel it their duty to express the sentiments of esteem which they entertain for the character of their late President, the sense which they have of his official services, and the sincere sorrow which is felt for the loss sustained by his death.
For nearly eight years did Mr. Mifflin preside over the concerns of the Company; and the community at large are the witnesses of the singular ability and fideli- ty, with which the duties of his station were performed.
He was called to encounter many and great difficul- ties in the execution of the important work in which he was engaged, but he was endowed with peculiar fitness of capacity and firmness of mind; and by means of his extraordinary resources, singular constancy of purpose, and untiring perseverance, he happily surmounted them. His heart was devoted to the improvement of his native state, and particularly to the work which was for so long a time the object of his care and labour, and which, in his view, was connected especially with the public interest.
The zeal which he felt was imparted to others, and the happiest effects necessarily resulted from , the ardent devotion, unceasing industry, and almost enthusiastic at- tachment which he at all times manifested in the service in which he was engaged.
In the transaction of the business of the Company he was conspicuous for his sense of justice, his urbanity of manner, and a constant desire to discharge the duties of his office with a due regard to the rights of all persons with whom he was brought into connection or collision. Under the influence, and in the exercise of such senti- ments and feelings, he did not fail to secure personal es- teem to himself, and greatly to advance the interest of this company.
To the Board of Managers individually, and to the of- ficers of the Company, he was endeared as an associate: to the gratitude of the stockholders he was richly enti- tled; and by his death, it may truly be said, that the great public work in which he was engaged, with so much devotion, and the community in which he lived, have indeed sustained a serious loss.
Under a strong sense of the merits and services of their late President, the Board, &c.
Resolved, That a meeting of the Stockholders shall be called, for the purpose of submitting to their considera- tion the propriety of expressing their sentiments on this affecting occasion, and of affording to the family of the deceased some suitable testimonial of their estimation of the faithful and valuable services of an excellent, able, and devoted officer.
Extract from the minutes of the stockholders of the Union Canal Company, at a special meeting held on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1829, at the office of the Com- pany :--
James Taylor, Esq. was called to the chair, and James Biddle acted as Secretary.
George Vaux opened the meeting by stating the ob- jeet for which it was called, and read the resolutions and recommendations of the Board and Managers.
John Sergeant, Esq. then offered the following pre- amble and resolutions, viz :-
Whereas the lamented death of the late President,
SAMUEL MIFFLIN, Esq. makes it proper now to consider his just claims upon this Company, and at the same time that we acknowledge the value of his unwea- ried labours continued to the last moment of his life, and express our sense of the loss we have suffered, to pro -- vide a remuneration for his family proportioned to their claims, upon a just and liberal estimate: And whereas, it has always been perceived that the time he spent from - home and the promptness with which he repaired witlı- out regard to personal sacrifices, to any point where his presence appeared to be important, must have occasion- ed an expenditure which, making a reasonable allow- ance for his valuable services, was not adequately cov- ered by his salary: And whereas, there has been a gene- ral understanding, that at some time a compensation would be made to him to reimburse such expenses, as well as to testify a just sense of his merits and it is fit that what was thus intended should now be done- therefore,
Resolved, That the Board of Managers be, and they are hereby authorised and required to pay to the exec- utors of the late SAMUEL MIFFLIN, Esq. the sum of $- in loan of the Company, to be invested in trust so that the interest thereof may be enjoyed by Mrs. Eliza- beth Mifflin, widow of the late Samuel Mifflin, during her life, and the principal divided among the children of the said Samuel Mifflin then living, and the issue of such as may have died leaving issue.
Resolved, That the Managers be requested to express to the family of Mr. Mifflin the high sense entertained by the stockholders of the value of liis services to the Company, and of their sincere regret for his loss.
On motion of John Bohlen, Esq. seconded by Wil- liam Sansom, Esq. the blank in the first resolution, it was unanimously agreed, should be filled with $5,000, and the question then being put by the Chairman the resolutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Thomas Biddle, Esq. seconded by Wil- liam Sansom, Esq. it was unanimously
Resolved, That the salary of the late President be continued to the first day of May next, to be paid to his representatives.
Philadelphia, April 11, 1829.
Attest, THOS. P. ROBERTS, Treasurer of the Union Canal Company of Pennsyl'a.
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCILS.
Thursday Evening, May 14.
The following petitions were received and referred to the Paving Committee.
For repaving Raspberry alley-for a new regulation of Vine street from Fifth to Sixth-for repaving Walnut alley-and against an alteration in the width of the foot pavements in Broad street south of Market.
A petition for the erection of a market house on the Drawbridge Lot, was referred to the Committee on that lot, and the Committee on markets.
A petition from the inhabitants on the south side of Cedar street, between Second street and the Delaware, praying for the removal of the market carts from oppo- site their doors, was referred to the Market Committee.
A petition was received from several persons who had taken up City lots on Lombard street between Eighth and Ninth, praying that their ground rents may be reduced to the amount paid by those who have rent- ed lots during the present year. Referred to the Com- mittee on the Lombard street lots.
A communication was received from the Mayor, Re- corder, Aldermen, and City Regulators, recommending a new regulation of Cedar street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and an extension of the sewer beyond Fifth street.' An ordinance was passed, in conformity with this recommendation.
In consequence of a communication from the City Commissioners, a resolution was passed directing them
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to return to each and every person, the amount received from them for the stalls in the Broad street market for the present year.
March 13, 1829.
The Committee charged with the management of John Scott's legacy, offer the following report for the year 1828.
Since the last report, they have awarded the follow- ing premiums.
1. To Francis H. Smith, of Baltimore, for a great im- provement in the Musical Glasses, which not only facil- itates playing on them, but increases their utility and their power, and perinits their adaptation to Churches; one of the sets is now in use, at Harrisburg-A Medal and twenty dollars.
2. To Owen Carr, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in the apparatus for Cutting Shin- gles, and which also cuts the edges of the Shingles smooth and straight, by one stroke of the knife-A Me- dal and twenty dollars.
JAMES MEASE, ROB'T HARE, WILLIAM HEMBEL, JAMES RONALDSON, WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
To the Select Council, Philadelphia .- Phil. Gazette.
(.From the Harrisburg Chronicle May 11.) IMPROVEMENTS ON THE JUNIATA.
Extract of a letter to one of the editors, dated Hamiltonsville, April 28, 1829.
"I write to you from a place that has a name on our State map, but which, at the time it received it, did not deserve it. Last winter, I have been informed, there was nothing more of a town than four old huts-which are yet standing-at present, eight or ten new frame houses are built, and others going up, some of them quite respectable. The town is regularly laid off, the streets are eighty feet wide, it has a Post office, four stores and a tavern.
1 "Clintonville is another new town. It was laid out this spring, twelve miles from Huntingdon, immediately below the two river aqueducts. It has a Post office, but improvements have not yet commenced.
"If you have ever been at Aughwick falls, and would see them now, they would hardly be recognized, for in the distance of half a mile the shantees stand as close as . they do at Clark's ferry.
"The work on the canal is progressing rapidly. It would be well worth any one's while, who has been once through this country, to visit it the ensuing sum- mer.
Pennsylvania Canal .- It is said that the water will be let into the canal immediately, and probably get down to Allegheny town this day week. If there should be no accident, there will then be about fifty miles of the western division navigable, extending from Pittsburgh up the borders of the Allegheny. We are informed also, that during the month of June, the great tunnel will be completed, when the navigation will be opened entirely through to Blairsville .- Statesman.
LANCASTER, Penn. May 12.
Conestogo Navigation .- Yesterday morning, as the Ark Adam Reigart was clearing lock No. 9 at the mouth of the Conestogo, part of the South wall was forced in- to the lock, occasioning a rush of water which over- whelmed the ark, and hurried her into the river a com- plete wreck. Fortunately no lives were lost, and near- ly all the cargo we understand has been saved.
Active measures, we understand, have been adopted by the company to repair the damages, which are not of much consequence, and to provide against the occur- rence of similar accidents in future. Should the water fall in a few days, the interruption to the navigation can- trough at our office door. not exceed two weeks.
BLOOMFIELD, Penn. May 14.
The new Forge .- We are gratificd to learn, that the new forge of Messrs. Stephen Duncan and John D. Ma- hon, at the mouth of Shearman's Creek in this county, is now in full operation. This is another evidence of the march of improvement in this county, and it will doubt- less be a pleasure to all to know that the enterprise of the proprietors will be amply rewarded. We perceive also by the list of titles of acts of the late Legislature, that the privilege of erecting a toll bridge at the mouth of Shearman's creek has been granted to these gentlemen.
Fish .- It is stated as a fact, that on , some day last week, a race attached to the Forge at the mouth of Shearman's creek, was drained of the water, when there were taken out of it forty coal baskets full (holding a- bout a bushel each) of very large white and black suck- ers, catfish, Eels, &c. !!!- Perry Forrester.
Wild Pigeons .- We have never before witnessed such multitudes of wild pigeons as have appeared amongst us the present season. Flocks extending miles in length, have many days been seen passing over the bills, and presenting a novel and interesting appearance. But what is most extraordinary, and causes us now to notice them, is their encampment, about ten miles from this place, in a S. W. direction, where they have built their nests and are raising their young. The en- campment is upwards of nine miles in length and four in'breadth:'the lines regular and straight: within which, there is scarcely a tree, large or small, that is not cov- ered with nests. They cause such a constant roaring by the flapping of their wings that persons on going in- to the encampment have great difficulty in hearing each other-speak. Every thing throughout their camp ap- pears to be conducted in the most perfect order. They take their turns regularly in setting and in feeding their young; and when any of them are killed upon their nests by the sportsmen, others immediately supply their places.
The Squabs, (as the young are called, ) are now suf- ficiently large to be considered by Epicures better for a rich dish than the old ones, and they are "being" caught and carried off by wagon loads .- Montrose ( Sus- quehanna County) Register.
CHESTER, Penn. May 19, 1829.
Hail Storm .- On Saturday night last, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, our borough was visited with a heavy rain accompanied by a high wind, sharp lightning, thnuder, and considerable hail, which last- ed about twenty minutes. Some of the gardens in the town were slightly injured by the hail. In Con- cord township we learn that the barn belonging to Moses Palmer was blown down, and the roof of a house partly blown off.
It will be seen by a letter published in to-day's paper from a friend on Tinicum, that the storm was very se- vere in that vicinity. All the gardens have been de- stroyed by the hail-the public and private buildings very much injured. Mrs. Hart, at Tinicum Hotel, has suffered very considerable; not less than 68 panes of glass were broken in the Hotel-the vegetables in the garden completely demolished-the Strawberry beds destroy- ed-the fruit trees stripped-in fact the destruction of property by the storm in so short a space of time, is tre- mendous .- Union.
POTTSVILLE, May 16, 1829.
The weather here still continues cold, and we have, with the exception of a few days, found the heat of a good coal fire absolutely necessary. On Wednesday morning last (13th) we had a very severe frost, resem- bling a slight fall of snow, which, we fear, has very much injured, if not completely destroyed, what little fruit and vegetables we have. On the same morning, there was ice frozen a quarter of an inch thick in a
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MILTON, May 14.
On Tuesday night, 12th inst. there was a severe frost; we fear that fruit is very much injured, if not complete- -ly destroyed.
Snow in May .- We are credibly informed, (says the Lehigh Herald) that on Sunday, the.10th instant, snow. to the depth of four inches, fell on the other side of the Blue Mountain. However, it has done no damage to vegetation.
The Bellefonte Patriot of the 11th, says: "The fall - grain in this region of country looks well, and bids fair to yield an abundant harvest. It is devoutly to be hoped that prospects so cheering may not be blighted. The stagnation of all kinds of business, in consequence of the failure of the crops last year, creates an intense anxiety as to the result of the present year."
ERIE, April 23.
Our Harbor .- We are much gratified to be able to state that notwithstanding the frequency and almost un- paralleled severity of the storms during the past winter, the works at the entrance of our harbour have sustained no injury whatever .. The water on the bar was measu- red last week and ascertained to be seven feet in the shoalest part, and even this is limited to a very short distance. The waters of the Lake are now two feet lower than they were last fall, so that the channel has gained in depth in the course of the winter from eigh- teen inches to two feet.
The heavy gale of the 20th inst. has carried the ice out of sight, but it is not probable that it will be gone so that the vessels can leave Buffalo before the 10th or 12th of May. Erie Gaz.
Appointments by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Charles S. Coxe, John Swift, Josiah Randall, Roberts Vaux, and Daniel H. Miller, to- be the inspectors of the new state prison for the eastern district of Pennsyl'a.
PITTSBURG, (Penn.) May 13.
Penitentiary,-On the first Monday of May, agreea- bly to the provisions of existing laws, the following gen- tlemen were appointed Inspectors of the Western Pen- itentiary :-
Robert Christy,
- James S. Craft,* Robert Stewart,
3 By the Court of Common Pleas of this County.
James Adams, John Irwin, Richard Gray, Nevillle B. Craig,* John Snyder,* William Woods,
By the Commissioners ofthe County.
By the City Councils.
*Were re-elected.
Wednesday, May 20.
On Monday afternoon, the Select and Common Coun- cils elected Messrs. Matthew J .. Bevan and Thomas Earp, Guardians of the Poor for 3 years.
Mr. J. J. Smith, a great grandson of the celebrated Dr. Logan, was, on Thursday week, unanimously elect- ed Librarian of the Philadelphia Library, in the place of George Campbell, Esq. resigned: who has occupied that station for nearly twenty-three years.
Appointments by the Governor.
Maj. William S. Ross, to be an Associate Judge of the Courts of Luzerne county, in the room of Mathias Hol- lenback, Esq. deceased.
Edward Hutchinson, to be Inspector of Spirituous Liquors at the Conestogo landing, near the city of Lan- caster.
Samuel Black, to be a justice of the peace for the dis- trict of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia. ¿
The Doylestown Intelligencer informs us of a curious discovery made in digging on the Delaware canal, in Durham township, Bucks county. Three feet below the surface, a pile of 18 cannon ball was found, and di- rectly underneath, the bones of a human being. They were principally eighteen pounders. It would be worth the trouble of some inquiry to ascertain why cannon balls were so freely used in the burial of this unknown person, and whether he was a soldier or an officer of the revolutionary army. The canal at the place of the dis- covery, runs very near the old Durham Furnace-the first forge ever erected in Pennsylvania out of Philadel- phia, and probably the very first. We believe this forge was in operation during the whole of the revolution .- Most likely it furnished cannon balls for the army, and that the pile now discovered, was secretly placed under the grave of one of the workmen by some of his fellow laborers. Saturday Bulletin.
Mr. Henry Morris, has caused the ground to be clear- ed and levelled, and the sleepers, rails, &c. prepared, for the purpose of laying a Rail Road, two miles in extent, from the landings at Port Carbon, up Mill Creek, to his coal land, which, we understand, will be completed in the course of 6 or 8 weeks. . Miner's Journ.
We feel pleased in being enabled to state that the coal taken from the vein opened on the Sharp Moun- tain, on the North side of the landings at Mount Carbon, and owned by Lippencott & Richards, has turned out to be equal in quality to any other at present sent to mar- ket. Heretofore the coal taken out of this vein did not .possess that degree of solidity which is requisite to con- stitute good coal, and of course was worked to consider- able disadvantage. But this difficulty has vanished, and they have, after piercing the mountain to the extent of about 100 yards, come to a fine stratum of coal, 14 feet wide, and is worked to the depth of about 11 feet. The vein runs perpendicular, and it is impossible to ascertain the depth; but persons may form some idea of the im- mense body of coal contained in this vein, when we state, that two drifts have already been run in about 50 feet above the water level, which are both worked, and it is intended to run another drift some distance imme- diately under the two above mentioned, and also anoth- er a short distance further up the hill immediately above themn. The extent of the vein we are also at a loss to define, but the general opinion of those who have some knowledge of the nature and extent of the mines, is, that the vein runs through the whole course of the mountain .. Ibid.
There are now about 1000 persons in the Alms-house. . Seven hundred of this number, have, it is believed, been reduced to pauperism by intemperance.
The name of the Post-office, formerly Salem, Wayne co, Pa. has been changed to Hamlinton, Oliver Hamlin, Postmaster.
In the early settlement of Susquehanna county, Pa. Mr. Daniel Spencer, of Springville township, killed with one pound of powder, 60 deer, 9 bear, 3 foxes, 1 wolf, 3 owls, and a number of partridges and quails .- Mr. Spencer has killed upwards of 1500 deer since he first settled in that county. Susque. pap.
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VOL. III .- NO. 22.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 30, 1829. NO. 74.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
[From the Episcopal Magazine.]
Some Particulars relating to the Commencement and Pro- gress of the Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsyl- vania.
First of the Churches in Philadelphia.
The province of Pennsylvania was granted by King Charles II. to William Penn, Esq., in the year of our Lord, 1681. A short time after this grant, the proprie- tor, accompanied by above two thousand persons, left Great Britain, and settled in and near that part of the province where Philadelphia was afterwards built. This noble city was laid out by the original grantee, and in the short space of twenty years contained two thousand houses, and as many families inhabiting them. Among the number of those who had emigrated from England and become engaged in the concerns of this flourishing city, there were several members of the Episcopal Church. In common with their brethren of other com- munions, they had .exchanged the privileges of their native land, for the wilderness, which had lately begun to assume the face of civilization, and where the glad ti- dings of the Gospel were seldom or ever proclaimed .- We are unable to determine their number, owing to the imperfect accounts which have been preserved -- in all probability it was small; and in a new country, among other denominations of Christians, differing widely from them in opinion, there was but little room to hope for any speedy accession to their numbers.
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