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Resolved, That the Mayor be requested to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the Girard Trust in favor of B. H. Yarnall, for four hundred and nineteen dollars and 12 cents to be charged to the "Fund to purchase fuel for poor white house-keepers and room-keepers." Also his warrant on the City Treasurer in favor of the same for one hundred and eighty six dollars to be charged to the "Fund for supplying the necessitous poor with fuel."
Mr. Gilder as chairman of the Paving Committee, made the annexed report and resolution, which were adopted.
The Paving Committee having named the following streets and alleys, recommend the same to be paved and repaved, viz.
Spruce street from 12th to 13th street to be repaved. Brown street running south from Cherry to Budens street to be paved.
A certain 20 feet street running from Sheaff's alley northward, to be paved.
Third street from Willing's alley to 30 feet south from the line of St. Paul's church yard, to be repaved so as to conform to the established regulation.
Resolved, That the City Commissioners be and are hereby authorized to pave and repave the said streets. JOHN GILDER, Chairman.
On motion of Mr. J. R. Chandler, Councils adjourned to meet again on Thursday evening next, at half past 7 o'clock.
SCHUYLKILL CANAL.
The following statement shows the amount of the va- rious articles transported on the Schuylkill Canal, from the opening of the navigation to the 30th June, inclu- sive. Every friend to our system of internal improve- ment, we feel assured, will be gratified with the pros- pect here presented, of the value of these works, and of their vital importance to the interest of Philadelphia.
DESCENDING NAVIGATION. FLOUR.
From the Union Canal,
4827 10 0
Kernsville,
36 00 0
Reading,
340 13 0
Below Reading,
1334 18 0
Equal to 68,659 barrels.
GRAIN.
From the Union Canal,
4376 13 1
Reading,
86 18 0
Below Reading,
52 00 0
4515 11 1
Equal to 180,622 bushels.
WHISKEY.
From the Union Canal,
690 15 1
Kernsville,
35 13 0
Reading,
27 15 0
754 31
Equal to 6035 barrels.
LUMBER.
From the Union Canal,
6429 11 0
Mount Carbon,
452 00 0
Schuylkill Haven,
63 12 0
Kernsville,
188 18 0
7134 10
CASTINGS, BAR IRON, BLOOMS, &c.
From the Union Canal, 944 8 0
Mount Carbon,
3 40
Schuylkill Haven,
2 10 0
Kernsville,
189 16 0
Reading,
354 15 1
Below Reading,
176 0 0
1670 13 1
LEATHER.
From the Union Canal,
93 7 1
Reading
1 19 1
95 6 2
COAL.
From the Union Canal,
551 13 0
Schuylkill Haven,
25,898 0 0
Mount Carbon,
54,113
00
Kernsville,
12,002
00
92,564 13 0
SUNDRIES.
From the Union Canal,
109 8 0
Mount Carbon,
62 8 3
Kernsville,
2 50
Reading,
8 17 2
Below Reading
3 10 0
186 9 1
Cordage at 6 cents per cord,
SCHUYLKILL CANAL.
29
tons cwt qr
6539 01 0
30
MISCELLANEOUS.
JULY ]
Butter, from Union Canal,
167 00
LIMESTONE.
From Reading upwards, 122 0 0
Between Philadelphia and Reading, 2457 0 0
2579 0 0
Porter, to Mount Carbon,
67 8 1
Ale, to Union Canal,
2 12 1
Whiskey, from Reading, 0 10 0
Nails, from places between Philadelphia and Reading, 11 9 0
Bricks, from Reading,
142 13 0
Mount Carbon,
73 5 3
places above Reading,
57 3 3
Reading,
29 13 3
below Reading,
13 17 3
Equal to 10,114 barrels.
SALT.
To Union Canal,
931 9 3
Mount Carbon,
50 2 0
above Reading,
59 19 3
Reading,
11 18 0
below Reading,
2 62
1055 16 0
PLAISTER.
To Union Canal,
3378 9 0
Mount Carbon, ¿
43 0 0
above Reading,
148 1 3
Reading,
32 0 0
below Reading,
535 19 0
4137 9 3
IRON.
To Union Canal,
1173 7 0
Mount Carbon,
135 14 0
above Reading,
176 1 2
Reading,
72 0 0
below Reading,
75 2 1
Between Philadelphia and Reading,
25 40
From Reading upwards,
176
4 2
1833 13 1
MERCHANDISE AND SUNDRIES.
To Union Canal,
4987
7 2
Mount Carbon,
104
7 1
above Reading,
350 11 1
Reading,
184 18 1
below Reading,
291 11 2
From Reading upwards,
63
4 1
Between Philadelphia and Reading,
18 5 0
6000 5 0
LUMBER.
To places above Reading,
140
15 0
places below Reading,
450
0 2
590 15 2
GRAIN.
To places above Reading, .
21 2 2
From Reading upwards,
41 12 3
62 14 5
FLOUR.
From Reading upwards,
20 18 0
To places above Reading,
14 12 0
35 10 0
IRON ORE.
From Reading upwarda,
806 0 0
Between Philadelphia and Reading,
420 0 0
1226 0 0
SCHUYLKILL COAL TRADE.
Despatched last week from Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven, 126 boats carrying 5,495 tons
Former report, · 1892
79,003
Little Schuylkill, 298
12,046
2316
96,544
TAMAQUA.
We took a ramble for two or three days of last week among the hills and forests of Schuylkill county. We embarked on a rail road car at Port Clinton and winged our way to the thriving village of Tamaqua, the prin- cipal seat of the coal operations of the little Schuylkil Company. The rail-road ascends at the average rate of twenty feet to the mile and one who leaves Port Clinton for Tamaqua will find himself at the latter place four hundred feet higher than at starting, without hav- ing been sensible for an instant of any elevation in the road by which he came. The rail-road is the best we have seen, and so nearly level that the horse which drags the car, goes up it at the rate of ten miles an hour. From the winding course of the river it was found ne- cessary in the construction of the rail-road to cross it several times, which is done on covered bridges, erected by the Company. Those who delight in mountain scenery will be fully gratified in a ride up this rail-road which runs its whole distance by the side or in the neighborhood of hills, lifting their wood-crowned sum- mit above the clouds. Tamaqua is situated in a dell between the Sharp and Locust mountains, where scarce- ly ground enough was found for sites for houses and gardens by scraping away the rocks that encumbered it. It flourishes however like a rose in the desert, hav- ing already about a hundred houses and four or five hun- dred inhabitants. The river flows by at the distance of about fifty yards and hides its diminished head some miles above. We were gratified by seeing the locomo- tive in operation and a magnificent spectacle it was, winding along the foot of the hills and dragging after it a long train of heavily laden cars with the ease and equable motion with which a boat carries its burden over the surface of an unruffled stream. The Company have two engines, the Comet and Catawissa, each capa- ble of dragging forty five tons of coal in fifteen cars and of making two trips a day between the mines and the place of deposit. We left Tamaqua much pleased with the appearance of business and prosperity observa- ble in and about the town, and travelled across the coun- try by means of stages and the Valley rail-road car to Pottsville-Pottsville is a theme of itself for a tourist to write a book upon, but as most of our readers have visited and admired it for themselves, we deem it unne- cessary to dilate upon its beauties or its wonders .- Berks Journal.
The property of No. 164 Market, between Fourth and Fifth streets, was sold a few days since for $25,000, the building on it is "being taken" down. The size of the lot is 13 feet front by 83 feet deep.
Nails, from below Reading,
640 9 1
Lime, from Reading,
110
0 0
Lime, from Union Canal,
44
00
Do. from below Reading.
18,980
00
Stone,
do.
do.
871
0 0
Marble
do.
do.
71
0 0
Wood,
do.
do.
137
00
ASCENDING.
FISH.
To Union Canal,
1174 10 3
Marble, below Reading, 24 10 0
Sandstone, below Reading,
121 0 0
Commercial Herald.
1348 11 3
31
MISCELLANEOUS.
1833.]
CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAIL-ROAD.
At the meeting of the directors of the company at Bordentown, on Monday the 17th inst. a new locomo- tive engine, constructed by R. L. Stevens, Esq. was exhibited, and a trial made of its speed and power, as well as of the adaptedness of the road to this mode of transportation. The engine is the third one on the road, and is the lightest, and is manifestly an important improvement on the English engine heretofore used with very satisfactory results.
The experiment in the present case was entirely suc- cessful, and surpassed the expectations of those pre- sent. The engine, with a train of cars, passed from Bordentown to Higlitstown (more than 13 miles) in 36 minutes, and returned in 31; being at the rate of 25 miles per hour, and it was obviously not at full speed. It was obvious also, that there was no diminution of speed at the curves, and among the greatest curves on the whole road, are those on this section of it; and the greatest curve on any part of the road has been passed at a rate exceeding 40 miles an hour. The highly im- portant device by which this is accomplished, is a recent invention by Mr. Stevens, as well as another, by which the capacity of the boiler to generate steam is greatly increased, probably doubled. These two properties are fully exhibited in this engine, the motion being un- impeded by any curvatures on the road, and a surplus quantity of steam during the whole experiment being thrown off. The partial use of anthracite during this trial, induces a confident hope that this fuel may be ap- plied entirely on the locomotives on the road.
Six or seven engines, in addition to the three now on the road, will soon be in readiness, when horse power will be dispensed with, and the trip between New York and Philadelphia may be accomplished in six or seven hours.
The "Camden and Amboy Rail-road and Transpor- tation and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Companies," paid to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, on Thursday last, the sum of 15,000, for the first six months running passengers, &c. via said Rail-road, being the half yearly payment of the $30,000, stipulated by said companies to be paid to the State of New Jersey, for privileges granted.
We understand that a contract has been entered into by the operators of the Marble quarry of JOHN R. THOMAS of the Valley, to furnish two hundred thousand feet of Marble for the Girard College. The Pennsylva- nia Rail-road, when completed will give value to many productions of the country which without it, might have lain dormant for centuries. We state as a fact deserving of notice, and with the hope that it may be useful to those who have Limestone or other quarries or mines, which they have either abandoned, or wrought with difficulty, from the quantity of water which imped- ed their progress; that a SYPHON has been constructed and introduced into the quarry, which conveys the water off by a constant stream, permitting and facili- tating the operations of the workmen .- Village Re- cord.
LEBANON, June 29, 1833. To the Editor of the Germantown Telegraph.
Dear Sir,-Having read in your paper the account of the great rains and flood, which occurred on the 20th and 21st instant, in your part of the country, which raised the Wissahiccon and other streams higher than they had been known for many years, and caused great damage to milldams, bridges, &c. in various parts of the eastern section of our state-I will give you a slight history of the freshet in this quarter.
It rained gradually nearly all day on Thursday, (20th inst. ) until towards evening, when it commenced pour- ing down, and rained very hard for two or three hours, in which short space of time nearly three inches fell; the whole amount of rain in the course of the day and
part of the evening, was nearly three and a half inches, by far the greatest amount that has fallen in so short a time, in this neighborhood, perhaps, for many years.
It raised the Swatara and other considerable streams, higher than they had been known for a long while. The Swatara was entirely over the top of the tow-path of the Union Canal, in several places, between the water works and Middletown, a circumstance that never oc. curred before, as this stream has not been so high since this canal was completed. It occasioned several breach- es in the banks along the tow-path, and also did some injury to one or two of the locks, which interrupted the navigation for a few days. The canal was soon put in order again, and the boats are now running as usual, although several of the breaks were serious, and the damage done between here and Reading was consid- erable. It is now in good condition throughout.
Respectfully yours, &c. L.
BRIGADIER GENERAL.
Official Return of an election for Brigadier General, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, P. M., held June 24th, 1833. A. M. Prevost. P. Fritz.
1st Battal.
134
23
9th Reg.
2d
206
91
19th “
2d
57
27
72d
2d
112
44
74th
2d
·
85
435
1st
165
53
81st “
2d
135
112
96th “
2d
134
78
102d
65 Volunteers,
98
36
108th
132
21
128th
170
153
1st
" Artillery,
265
31
2097
1327
I do certify that the above report is correct.
(Signed,)
DANIEL SHARP, Brigade Inspector.
Brigade Inspector's Office, Philada. July 6th, 1833.
George Boyer, Esq. of West Whiteland, has left with us two specimens of marble for the inspection of the public. His quarries are within a few rods of the Pennsylvania Rail-way. The marble can be easily re- moved from the quarries, and is considered by judges to be of a superior kind. Those in the city who trade in that material, would find it to their interest to visit Mr. Boyer, and we have no doubt arrangements could be made with him, to deliver marble in the city, cheap- er, when the Rail-way is finished, than it can be had from any other place in the union, and equally as good.
A LARGE CARGO,-Mr. William P. Orrick's fine large boat Alabama, built by Joseph Morton of Kensington, and commanded by Captain Anderson, descended the Schuylkill Canal from Reading with a cargo of 501 barrels of Flour, which she brought safely round into the Delaware, and this day delivered it (in good order) to Mr. Paschal Hollingsworth on Spruce street wharf.
This is the largest cargo of Flour that has ever de- scended the Schuylkill Canal from that place.
The Crawford Messenger says "the wife of Mr. Chester Beard, of Rockdale township, is lying danger- ously ill. Near a year since she was picking her ear with a pin (a very common practice among females) the head of which coming off lodged in her ear, and all attempts to extract it proved unavailing, and it is sup- posed that this will soon be the cause of her death."
1st
48
21
1st
154
33
1st
93
103
1st
100
66
32
MISCELLANEOUS.
[JULY
DICKINSON COLLEGE.
In pursuance of previous notice, and an arrangement made with a committee of the Baltimore annual confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the Philadelphia Annual Conference subsequently united, the board of Trustees of Dickinson College met at the College chapel, on the sixth of June, A. D., 1833, to carry into effect the said arrangement; by which Dickinson College was to be placed under the patronage and superintendence of the Baltimore and Philadelphia Conferences. This arrangement was effect- ed by the resignation of the following trustees, viz: An- drew Carothers, Esq. President, and the Rev. John V. E. Thorn, Frederick Watts, Esq. the Rev. George Duffield, Jacob Hendel, Charles B. Penrose, Isaac B. Parker, George Metzger, Esq. Dr. John Creight, the Rev. John S. Ebaugh, the Rev. Robert Cathcart, Com- modore Jesse D. Elliott, Dr. Wm. C. Chambers, Sam. Alexander, George A. Lyon, James Hamilton, and Ga- briel Heister, Esq. and the election of the Rev. John Emery, D. D. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Hon. John M'Lean, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Rev. Stephen G. Rozel, of Baltimore, Maryland, the Rev. Joseph Lybrand, of Wilmington, Delaware, the Rev. Alfred Griffith, of Baltimore, Maryland, the Rev. Samuel Harvey, of Ger- mantown, Pennsylvania, the Rev. Job Guest, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Mr. Henry Antes, of Harrisburg, Penn- sylvania, Dr. Theodore Myers, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Dr. John M.Keagy, of Philadelphia, Dr. Samuel Baker, of Baltimore, Maryland, Jolin Davis, Esq. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, John Phillips, Esq. of Carlisle, Pensylva- nia, Dr. Mathew Anderson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylva- nia, Dr. Ira Day, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Mr. Richard Benson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Thomas Sewell, of Washington City, District of Colum- bia, Mr. Henry Hicks, of Delaware, George W. Nabb, Esq. of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Samuel H. Higgins, of Wilmington, Delaware, Charles A. Warfield, of Wil- liamsport, Maryland, Dr. James Roberts, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, James Dunlop, Esq. of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Matthias, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charles M'Clure, of Carlisle, Penn- sylvania, Samuel E. Parker, of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, William M. Biddle, Esq. of Carlisle, Pennsyl- vania, Thomas A. Budd, Esq of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, Dr. Thomas E. Bond, of Baltimore Maryland, James Longacre, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Col. John Berry, of Baltimore, Maryland: of these gentle- men, the following appeared, were qualified, and took their seats as members of the board, to wit: Bishop Emory, who was elected President of the board, and Messrs. Rozel, Lybrand, Griffith, Harvey, Guest, Antis, Myers, Keagy, Baker, Davis, Phillips, Anderson, Day, Benson, Sewell, Nabb, Higgins, Warfield, Roberts, Dun. lop, Matthias, M'Clure, Parker, Biddle, and Budd.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Board.
Resolved, That a vote of thanks be presented to the late Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, for their noble and Philanthropic efforts in the cause of Educa. tion, especially manifested in the arrangements to re- establish the institution and perpetuate its usefulness.
Resolved, That entertaining as we do the fullest con- fidence in their intelligence, integrity and candour, their best wishes for the future prosperity of the institution over which they have watched for years, this Board deem it a privilege to avail themselves of the counsel of their predecessors in office, and hope still to enjoy their friendly influence in carrying forward the great objects of Education.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be present- ed to the citizens of Carlisle, for their kind and liberal accommodation of ourselves, and our friends, during the present session.
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that a spirit of mutual friendship and co-operation should exist between the citizens of this borough, and the Board, and the officers of the College, in order to the full success of the great enterprise upon which we have entered, we cannot but hail with pleasure the deep interest the citizens manifest in the speedy resto- ration of the College, as an indication of the necessity there is for such an institution, as well as an assurance that it will receive their protection and patronage.
The board elected, by a unanimous vote, the Rev. John P. Durbin, A. M. of the city of New York, Prin- cipal of Dickinson College.
The board also founded a professorship of law, and unanimously elected the Hon. John Reed, President Judge of the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Professor of Law of Dickinson Col· lege. They passed a resolution, raising a committee to make immediate arrangements to establish a prepara- tory school, and took measures for the re-opening of the College, with as little delay, as the nature of the ne- cessary preliminary arrangements for the successful reorganization of the institution will require.
June 11th, 1833.
CHARLES B. PENROSE, Secretary of the Board.
DREADFUL TORNADO .-- A letter before us, dated Lit- tle Britain Township, Lancaster county, 3d, June, con- tains the following paragraph :- " After three weeks of almost insessant rain, we have been visited with the most destructive hurricane ever witnessed in this neigh- borhood. It commenced yesterday afternoon, near the Susquehanna river in this township, accompanied with an unusually heavy rain, and passing eastwardly. It was about half a mile in width, and levelled in its course, dwelling houses, farms, orchards, fences, &c. Ten barns and five dwelling houses have been thrown down in its course through this township. Many orchards have been entirely destroyed. I am happy to state, that so far as I have heard, no lives are lost, though se. veral persons have been seriously injured. I am not ac- quainted with the complete extent of its ravages beyond this township; but so far as I have heard, it has been alike destructive to all."
DIVIDENDS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. Pennsylvania Co. for insurance of lives, 3 per cent.
United States Bank, 3% do
North America, 3 do
Marine insurance Company,
5 do
Union Insurance Company, 4 do
Lehigh Coal Company, 3 do
Schuylkill, Permanent Bridge,
40 cents per share.
The quantity of rain which fell during the last month was 5 28 inches.
Pennsylvania Hospital, 7 mo. 1st. 1833.
Mr. Craig,-It is with heartfelt satisfaction that I am enabled to state to the public that there is not now one person in confinement in the Jail for debt. A. MONTGOMERY, Jailor.
Pittsburgh, June 27, 1833.
WEST CHESTER, July 1, 1833.
A Physician having the most extensive practice of any other, in the place, stated in the hearing of the writer, that there was not an individual, old or young, in the Borough, that required his attendance this day; this is an occurrence that has not happened to him for seve- ral years and rarely exists where there is a population of 15 hundred.
NOTICE.
The 4th July last week, and the printing of the In- dex this week, has delayed the delivering of the Register, beyond the usual time to some of our Subscribers.
Resolved, That deeply sensible of the importance | Hereafter we trust they will receive it more seasonably.
HAZARD'S REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA.
DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE.
EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD.
VOL .. XII .- NO. 3. PHILADELPHIA, JULY 20, 1533. NO. 290.
THE WYOMING MASSACRE MONUMENT. KINGSTON, Luzerne county, Penn. July 10.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone of a Monu- ment to the memory of those who fell in the Massacre on the 3d day of July, 1778, was performed on Wed- nesday last, the anniversary of the day on which that melancholy event occurred. The scene was interesting and solemn. It was unlike the ordinary laying of a cor- ner stone of a monument, where meditation upon some patriotic event alone inspired feeling. The bones of those who were massacred in an attempt to defend their country, and their families, and to whose memory a monument is to be erected, had been dug from the earth, and were exhibited to the assembled multitude. To look upon a great number of skulls, and other hu- man bones, some bearing the marks of the tomahawk and scalping knife, and others, perforated with balls, awakened a sense of the sufferings of those Wyoming Heroes, and led the mind to reflect upon the cause in which they lost their lives. Casting the eye over the fertile Valley, viewing the luxuriant fields, the many fine habitations, and other indications of prosperity, happiness and plenty, and then looking upon the huge mass of the bones of those who fell, in attempting to defend it, was too much to meditate upon without feel- ing the most solemn emotions. Nor did this alone make the scene solemnly interesting. There were present several aged veterans who were in the battle-and se- veral who 55 years before had assisted in gathering and burying the bodies, the remains of which were now be- fore them. There were present several whose fathers were slain, and whose bones were in the mass-and a number of others who had lost brothers or other con- nections, and whose remains they were permitted to look upon, after they had lain beneath the sod more than half a century. There were present many who, in looking upon a bone, knew not but the eye was resting upon the naked fragment of a parent, a brother, or some other connection. Truly the scene was solemn and interesting beyond description.
About 12 o'clock the Volunteer Battalion formed in line and marched some distance below the site of the monument, where a large box of bones had been ar- ranged for the procession. Here a line was formed in the following order:
1st. The Battalion.
2d. The Citizens.
3d. The Clergy.
4th. The Orator and those who officiated in laying the corner stone, &c.
5th. The Carriers.
6th. The Box and Pall Bearers.
7th. The descendents and connexions.
The line marched under American colors, and with solemn martial music. On reaching the site for the monument, the Battalion formed on the east of the grave, and the citizens on the west.
After prayer by the Rev. Samuel Carver, Chester Butler, Esq. who had been selected as Orator, deliver- ed a very excellent address. The ceremony of laying the Corner Stone was performed by Mr. Elisha Black- man, an aged veteran who was in the battle. A box was deposited in the stone, containing,
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A History of the early settlement of the Valley, and an account of the Battle. A list of as many of the names of those who fell in the battle as could be obtained. A copy of the official account of the battle transmitted at the time by Col. Zebulon Butler to the Secretary of War. A copy of the Address delivered by Chester Butler, Esq. The Muster Roll of a company com- manded by Captain Samuel Ranson, made out in September 1777. A copy of the Address delivered by the Rev. Mr. May, at the celebration of the event, Ju- ly 3d, 1832-and a copy of the remarks then made by the Rev. Mr. Murray.º One piece of each denomina- tion of United States coin. A copy of the President's Proclamation. And a copy of each of the papers pub- lished in Luzerne county.
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