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All nations-every people, whether savage or civiliz- ed, of whose customs or religion, history has furnished us any account, have regarded the mode of disposing of the body after death, as an object of the greatest importance. In some countries, cremation, or the burn- ing of the body to ashes has been practised. In others, burial, or inhumation, either in the earth or in sepul- tures of stone prepared for the purpose has been cus- tomary. But simple interment, it is believed, is now generally adopted by most civilized nations. The same feelings and sense of decency and propriety, which dic- tated the removal of dead bodies out of sight, also prompted to the performance of ceremonies on the oc- casion of a solemn and impressive character. Hence the religion of the country took upon itself the guar
The character of funeral ceremonies has, at all times and in all countries, corresponded with the rank and character of the deceased. Among the ancient Greeks and Romans, whose governments were founded upon principles analogous to our own, the more humble class were generally interred with great decency, in public cemeteries prepared for the purpose. Persons of rank and fortune were usually buried with a pomp and splen- dor corresponding with their station and circumstances. But to those who had rendered distinguished services to the country, or had fallen in its battles, the most splendid, solemn, and imposing funeral honors were paid. Their lives had been sacrificed in the services of their country. They were supposed to have contribut- ed to its greatness and glory, and to have set an exam- ple worthy of imitation by the living. Their characters, and services, and deeds of noble daring, were identified with the reputation of their country, and were regarded as they should be, as the property of the country; and hence, in the free states of Greece, particularly, the whole body of the people felt an interest in perpetuat- ing their fame.
At Athens, in the brightest days of her glory, the most distinguished funeral honors were paid to those who had fallen in their country's battles. Their bones were collected, placed in coffins, and exposed to public view; as the bones of those to whom we are now paying
tives and friends of the dead, attended to weep over their remains; as is here witnessed on this occasion. The people assembled, as here, to participate in the solemni- ties. Their remains were conveyed in solemn procession to the cemetery prepared for their reception, and there deposited; as has here been done; and a monument erected to their memory, and their names inscribed thereon. Here, too, the corner stone of a monument to the patriotic dead, has just been laid; a column is to be erected, and their names are to be inscribed upon it.
These are grave and interesting ceremonies-they must reach the bosom and affect the heart of every one present. And if the scenes here witnessed, dispose the mind to serious and sober thought, how much more so- lemn the reflections and intense the feelings excited, and what fearful apprehensions awakened in the mind, by the allusions which have been made to the ancient republics. Where now are the free states of Greece? Where enlightened and polished Athens? Where her celebrated schools of learning? Where her magnificent temples and other public edifices? Where her splendid monuments erected to the memory of her Patriots? Where her free institutions? Prostrate in the dust- annihilated by the ruthless hands of the enemies of civil liberty. The internal enemies of the ancient republics inflicted the first wounds upon their free institution. "We the people," the life giving principle of liberty in their constitutions, was expunged-blotted out forever. Political aspirants, seeking their own personal aggran- dizement promulgated new and unheard of notions, now significantly denominated the doctrine of nullifica- tion; the national councils were divided; the people were deluded; the sacred bands of their Union were burst asunder, and they became an easy prey to their external enemies. Their institutions of learning, and their temples, and their monument, and their free go- vernments, and their very existence, as nations, were nullified; and the most intolerable despotism erected upon their ruins, which the efforts of ages were unable to overthrow. God preserve our country from so mise- rable a catastrophe! May the admonitions which history furnishes, teach us political wisdom-and may our Union as a nation, our free institutions, and this monument to the patriot dead, exist till time shall be no longer.
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Edmund Granger, of Exeter, in England, Esq. 5000
The Honorable Adam Gillics, of Edinburg, in Scotland 600
Henry Harvey, senior, of Bermuda 1,250
The Hon. and Rev. Frederick Hotham, of Dennington, Suffolk, in Eng. 9000
Mary Hichens, and Elizabeth Scott, both of St. Ives, in England 9000
Mrs. Isabella Ilankey, of London 9,037 34
William Hankee, of London, Esq. 21,369 39
Thompson Hankey, jun. and William John Blake, both of London, E.sq. 2,150
Benjamin D. Harvey, of Bermuda, Coun- sellor at Law 4,500
William Henry Harford, Bristol, in England, Esq. 15,000
Canal Loan per Act of March 21, 1831.
John Henry Albers of Bremen, gentleman $14,000
Alexander Baring and Richard Willing, of Montreal 79,200
John Thomas Betts, of Smithfield Bars, Lon- don, gentleman 12,000
William Biddle, of Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, in England, Esq.
10,300
Dame Amelia Hobhouse, of Bath in Eng. 12,600
Javes Basevi, of Dawlish, Devonshire in Eng. Esq.
12,000
Jeah Hughan, of Cotswold House, Glouces- tershire in England 30,000
Edward Thomas Bainbridge, of St. Paul's Church Yard, London, Esq.
3,800
Rev. Charles Hughes Hallet, of Higham, in England
400
His Highness Charles, Sovereign Duke of Brunswick
165,000
William Janson, Esq. of London
27,000
Sir Charles, Richard Blunt, of Ileathfield Park, Sussex in England Baronet
30,000
The Rev. Thomas Brock of Guernsey.
5000
Simon Knubley, of Jamaica, Esq.
500
Stanlake Batson, of Horse Heath, Cambridge- shire, in England
20,000
Arthur Blewart Bryer, of Canterbury Row, Newington Surry, in England, gentleman Robert Burrowes, of Dublin, Esq.
302,000
Louis Maurice, Count De Laizer, of Cler- mont Ferrand, Department de Puy de Dome, in France
10,000
Abraham Gray Hartford Battersby, of Bris- tol, in England, Esq.
11,000
Charles Locock, of Hanover Square, Lon- don, M. D.
6,000
Edward Chapman Bradford, of Portman Square, Middlesex, in England, Esq.
4,250
Susan Lacey, the wife of Major Joseph Dacre Lacey, of Guernsey
1,000
14,000
Mrs. Isabella Lyon, of 31 South Street, Park Lane, London
Mary Bateman, of Newington, Surry, in England
6,300
John Marshall, of Leeds, England Jonathan Morgan, of Bath in England, Esq. Philip John Miles, of Bristol, in England, Esq.
20,000 79,947 74 18,000 50,000
The Most Noble Francis Charles Seymour Conway, Marquis of Hertford
100,000
Thomas Mayo, M. D. of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in England
43,000
The Right Honorable Henry Seymour Con- way, Lord Henry Seymour Conway, of Great Britain
52,000
Virtue Mills, of Clifton, Gloucestershire, in Eng.
6,500
William Henry Cooper, of Regent's Park, Middlesex, in England, Esq.
43,000
Justina Milligan, of Cotswold House, Glou- cestershire, in England.
20,000
Henri Louis De. Chastellux, Duke De Rau- zan, of Paris
4,000
Mary Miligan, of Cotswold House, Glouces- tershire, in Eng.
20,000
Francis Cross, of Grosvenor Square, Lon- don, Esq.
25,000 2000
Francis O'Grady, of Upper Brook street, Middlesex, in England
4,200
Madame Marguerita Madeline De Lessert, of Paris
5,500 2,654 86 4,353 42 11,551
.
Robert Peel, of Park Crescent, Portland Place, London, Esq.
20,000
The Honourable Mary Pelham,of Connaught Place, London.
3,000
Selina Frewen, of Leicestershire, in Eng- land
3000
Edward Penryhn, of East Sheen, Surry, in Eng. Esq.
21,000 -
Alfred Fagg, of Bedmont, Middlesex, in England, Esq.
27,000
The Right Honourable Henry Manviers Pierrepont, of Conholt Park, Hampshire, in Eng. 31,500
Admiral Edward Fellowes, of the Royal Navy, and of Gloucester Place, Portman Square, Middlesex, in England
Gowan and Marx, of London
21,000 117,400
Nathan Palmer, of Seymour street, Easton Square, Middlesex, in England, gentle- man
5,000
STATE LOAN.
833.]
From the Pennsylvania Telegraph. STATE LOANS.
The whole amount of the Loans held by Foreigners up to that time is nine millions three hundred and one thousand, seven hundred and eleven dollars 99 cents; and the whole amount of Loans held by individuals and corporations in this country, up to that time, is seven millions one hundred sixty-one thousand nine hundred forty-nine dollars and 89 cents. This is independent of the loans of the present year, which are presumed to be held by foreigners, almost exclusively.
FOREIGN STOCKHOLDERS OF THE STATE DEBT OF PENN- SYLVANIA.
Thomas Hankey, Esq. of London 8,585 74
James Hurry, of Yarmouth, Norfolk, in England, merchant
10,477 39 27,000
Robert Higgs, of Bermuda
Rev. Richard Harrington, of Brazen Nose College, Oxford, and Charles Balfour, of London, Esq.
75,000
Elizabeth Joyce, of Hamstead, Middlesex, in England
- 3,000
Samuel Ludcock, of West Smithfield, Lon- don
5,000
21,000
Charles Lillingston, of Elmdon, Warwick- shire, in England, Esq.
2,000
Mary Bateman, jr. of Newington, Surry, in England, and William Smee, of London, Esq.
Mary Bateman, jr. of Newington, Surry, in England
12,500
Ralph Nicholson, of Hadham, Hertfordshire, in Eng.
6,141
Thomas Cotterill, Esq. of Birmingham, in England
Rev. William Alexander Percy, of Carrick on Shannon, and John Carson, Esq. of Roscommon
4,552 82
Armand De Chardonnay
Enos Durant, Esq. of London
Sarah Dyson, of Diss, Norfolk in Eng.
John Ferguson, of Irvine, North Britain, and Andrew Service, now in London
2000
GO
STATE LOAN.
[JULY
Charles Frederick Paxton, of London, Esq. Thomas Pemberton, of Lincoln's Inn, Lon- don, barrister at Law
John Rubie, of Southampton in England Thomas Roworth, of Coombe Lodge, in Eng. Esq.
Mr. Gaspard De la Rive, of Geneva, gentle- man
Henry Skrine, of Warley, Somersetshire, England, Esq.
8,700 Dame Amelia Hobhouse, of Bath in England, widow
5,000
223 74
Rev. Charles Hughes Hallet of Higham, in Eng. clerk 6,000
William Sheepshanks, of Leeds, in England, Esq.
4,300
The Right Honourable George Augustus Frederick Charles, Earl of Sheffield, of Great Britain
35,000 79,768 41
Anthony T. Sampayo, of London, Esq,
The Hon. Mary Pelham, of Connaught Place, Lon. 1,000
Edward Degge Sitwell, of Stainsby, Derby, in England, Esq.
9,600
Henry Ritchie, of Busblie, in Ayrshire, Scotland, Esq. 10,000
Lieut. Colonel James Rowles, Cheltenham, in England 17,000
Samuel Stephens, of Baker street, Middle- sex, in England, gentleman
40,000
James Sparks, of Cobham, Surry, in Eng. Esq. 12,000
Alexander Saunderson, of Castle Saunder- son, in the county of Cavan, Ireland, Esq. Eliza Sparks, of Cobham, Surry, in Eng. Eliza Scott, of St. Thomas
639 08 6,000
Blev. Henry Wiimot Sitwell, of Leamington, Warwickshire, in England
5,800
Georgianna Charlotte Streatfield, of Wal- burton House, Sussex, in Eng.
5,900
Canal Loan per Act of 30th March, 1832.
5,900
Baring, Brothers & Co. of London 155,000
Edward Thomas Bainbridge, of St. Paul's Church Yard, London 1,498 93
Thomas Perrenet Thompson, of Cottingham Castle, Yorkshire, in England, Esq.
25,000
Sir Michael B. Clare, of Cromaty House, in North Britain 6,836 16
42,000 Thomas Cotterill, of Birmingham, in Eng. 21,000 Elizabeth Cook, of Clifton, Bristol, in Eng. 32,000
5,000
Thomas Cotterill, John Towers Lawrence and Wm. Redfern 3,989 49
Richard Wood, of Bermuda.
The most Hon. Francis Charles Seymour Conway, Marquis of Hertford, of Great Britain 15,000
The estate of Charles Armand De Chardon- nay, 11,489 36
A. A. A. Desire D'Erard 216
J. S. S. S. De La Tullaye
274
Enoch Durant, Esq. of London
1,759 58
Margurite Madeline De Lessert, of Paris 8,000
Nicholas Theodore De Saussure, of Geneva, gentleman 3,000
The Right Hon. Julia, Viscountess Dudley and Ward 10,000
Gowan and Marx, of London
193,400
Robert Borrowes, of Dublin, Esq.
27,000
John Brash, of Bethnal Green, Middlesex, in England, gentleman
2,000
Mrs. Isabella Hankey, of London
14,000
John Thomas Betts, of Smithfield Bars, London, gentleman
4,000
Edward Chapman Bradford, of Portman Square, Middlesex, in England, Esq.
5,000
Mary Bateman, of Newington, Surry, in England
1,000
The Hon. George Crantoun, Edinburgh, in Scotland
6,300
Charles Locock, of Hanover Square, Lon. M. D. 128 75
6,000
Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmo- rency, Duc De Luxembourg 12,498 71
Wm. Henry Fellowes, of Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, in England, Esq.
The Hon. Adam Gillies, at Edinburgh, in Scotland
2,000
Gowen & Marx, of London 34,000
Davis Gilbert,of Tredrea, Cornwall, in Eng. Esq. 21,000
20,000 6,900
Edmund Granger, of Exeter, in England, Esq.
65,000
William Henry Hartford, of Bristol, in Eng. Esq.
23,000 8,000
5,800 James Hurry, of Yarmouth, in England, Esq.
5,000
Sir Thomas Charles Style, of Cloghan Lodge, Ireland, Baronet
Mark Wood Carmichael Smyth, Captain in the sixth regiment of Madras Light Cav- . alry
2,250
Eliza Sparks, of Cobham, Surry, in Eng. 11,000
2,600
Jean Louis Robert Tronchin, of Geneva, gentleman 2,000 Total amount of Stock held by Foreigners in this Loan $253,358 90 Loan $300,000.
Gertrude Harriet Streatfield, of Walburton House, Sussex, in England
Robert Agleinby Slaney, of Walfard, Shrop- shire, in England, Esq.
8,000
David Bevan and Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, of London, bankers 801 50
Dame Louisa Strachan, of Bryanston, Square, Middlesex, in England
5,000
John Beadnell, of London 6,862 50
Henry Armand Tronchin, of Geneva, gen- tleman
Jean Louis Robert Tronchin, of Geneva, gentleman
Arthur Goodal Wavel, of No. 8 Chaper Place, London 4,400 19,100
Frederick William Thomas Vernon Went- worth, of Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire in England, Esq. 43,000
Christopher Wodsworth, D. D. of Trinity College, Cambridge, in England 19,100
Total amount of Stock held by Foreigners in this loan $1,916,250 93
Loan $2,483, 161 80.
Canal Loan per Act of 30th March, 1831. William Bennett, of. Derby, in England, Esq. 8000
Erie Magnus Louis Grand de Hauterville, of Geneva 6,000
Francis Hall, of Jamaica, Esq. 15,000
Henry Edward Knatchbull, and Robert George Cecil Fane, both of London, Esqs. 29,600 John Lewis, of Southampton Place, Euston Square, London, Esq. 612 24
Alfred Lewis, of the Stock Exchange, Lon. gentleman 687 22
13,000
Sotherton Branthwayte Perkham Mickleth- waite, of Bridge Place, Sussex, in Eng. Esq.
6316 61
The Rev. John Davies, rector of St. Cle- ments, in Worcester, in England
5,700
Francis O'Grady, of Upper Brook street, Middlesex,in England 4,000 13,000
The Rev. Charles Phillips, of Pembroke, in South Wales,
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Elizabeth Nicholson, of Roundhay Park, Yorkshire, in England, Esq.
Ralph Nicholson, of Hadham, Hertfordshire, in England, Esq.
The Right Hon. Henry Manyers, Pierrepont, of Conholt Park, Hampshire, in England Armand duc de Polignac, of Nottingham st. Middlesex, in Eng.
The Hon. Mary Pelham, of Connaught Place, Lon.
12,000 32,987 41
Mrs. Ann Redfern, of Birmingham, Eng. General John Ramsey, of Berkely Square, Middlesex, in England
John Edward Rees, of Halifax, N.S.
Isaac Averill Roberts & Benjamin Roberts, of Great Britain
925
The Right IIon. Philip Henry, Earl Stan- hope, of Great Britain
Alexander Saunderson, of Castle Saunder- son, in Ireland, Esq
1370 57
Sir Thomas Charles Style, of Cloghan Lodge, Ireland, Baronet
George Smith, of St. Germains in France, Esq.
10,000
Dame Louisa Strachan, of Bryanston Square, Middlesex, in England
20,000
Robert Aglionby Slancy, of Walford, Shrop- shire, in England, Esq. 8,000
Anthony T. Sampayo, Esq. of London 75,846 55
Armand Henry Louis, Tronchin, of Geneva 6,000
Edward Tyrrell, of Guildhall, Lon. Esq. Thomas Wilson & Co. of London
10,000
99,000
Total amount of Stock held by foreigners In this Loan $947,240 64. Loan $2,000,000.
From the Wyoming Herald. REPORT
Of an examination of a route for a Rail Road, from the Valley of Wyoming, at the borough of Wilkesbarre, to the Lehigh river, at the mouth of Wright's creek, by Henry Colt, Civil Engineer.
To George M. Hollenback, Andrew Beaumont, H. F. Lamb, Wm. S. Ross, Charles Miner, Samuel Tho- mas, Joseph P. LeClerc, Elias Iloyt, Benjamin A. Bid- lack, Eleazar Carey, Bateman Downing, Ziba Bennett, Jedediah Irish, Thomas Craig, D. D. Wagener, Azariah Prior, Daniel Parry, Lewis S. Coryell, Jos. 1). Murray, John C. Parry, W. C. Livingston, Joshua Lippincott, and Lewis Ryan, Esquires, Commissioners of the Wyo- ming and Lehigh Rail Road Company.
Gentlemen,-The following Report, founded upon an examination of the proposed route of the Wyoming and Lehigh Rail Road, made agreeably to your instructions, with the assistance of Dr. F. C. Ingham, is herewith submitted.
The route of examination commences at the rear of the Borough of Wilkesbarre on the Market street, and extending by General Ross's Mill, Israel Inman's, Solo- mon's Creek Gap, and thence in a south-easterly direc- tion, and terminates at the mouth of Wright's Creek, on the Lehigh River, about 25 miles above Mauch Chunk. 'The elevation of the summit above the Borough of Wilkesbarre was found to be 1251 feet, and above the Lehigh 604 feet; and the distance between the two points about 14 miles. This is divided into two divi- sions,-the eastern and western from the summit. The location upon the western division may be upon a trans- verse slope, where any grade may be had elther for lo- comotive or stationary power. The maximum angle of ascent on the western division in the direction of the greatest trade, is 40 feet, per mile; that on the eastern division in the opposite direction, 46 feet per mile, which is not objectionable, inasmuch as the power ne- cessary to transact the regular business of the western division, would perform the return business up a much steeper grade.
150,21 40,000
675 97
In the arrangement of the different grades for the ap. plication of locomotive, mechanical, or animal power, 460 feet of elevation is overcome on the western divi- sion, and 264 feet on the eastern division, leaving to be surmounted by inclined planes, requiring stationary power, 991 feet on the western division, and 339.5 feet on the eastern division, for which as presented by the examination, four inclined planes will be necessary : three upon the western, and one upon the eastern divi- sions.
The line generally is favourable in regard to curves, none very abrupt occuring; consequently no extra ex- pense will be required to avoid them. Suitable mate- rials for the execution of all mechanical constructions, together with important water powers, are abundant and convenient.
The formation of the road-bed should be calculated for a double track, inasmuch as that from its location it cannot be long after the first is completed before a se- cond will be required; and should the grading be de- ferred until such necessity is experienced, the additional expense of widening the grade beyond what it would have been in the first instance, would be very great. Not so with the superstructure-the effect is otherwise; and good economy would dictate the laying down first a single track, and make its advantages available in the transportation of materials for the second. An advan- tage also, to be derived in grading in the first instance for a double track, is, that by the time the second be- comes necessary, the road-bed is settled and prepared for the reception of permanent materials.
The following estimate of cost for forming the road- bed is with a view to a double track.
The Western Division
Includes all that part of the borough of Wilkesbarre to the summit, and embraces the following grades. Number of grades. Estimate.
1st. From the borough of Wilkesbarre, includ- ing short cut at M'Caragher's hill, 2 miles, 40 feet ascent per mile, 80 feet ascent, $3,000
2d, Including plane, No. half miles, 323 feet ascent, 2,000
3d. Slope mountain by Ross's mill to Inman's 1 mile, 40 feet ascent, 2,500
4th. Twoinclined planes, Nos. 2 and 3, includ- ing short level between planes, 1 mile, 669 feet ascent, 5,500
5th. Thence to the summit, 33 miles, 40 fcet ascent per mile, 140 feet ascent, 7,250
$20,250
EASTERN DIVISION
From the summit to the eastern termination on the Le- Lehigh.
Number of grades.
Estimate.
1st. From summit eastward, 1} miles, 46 feet
descent per mile, 57, 5 feet 2,500 00
2d. Inclined planes, No. 1, half mile, descent 339 5 feet, 2,250 00
Sd. By Wright's creek to Lehigh, 43 miles, 46 feet, descent per mile, 207 0 feet, 8,100 00
$12,850 00
Western division brought forward,
20,250 00
33,100 00
Add for Engineering and unforseen contin- gencies 12 per cent, 3,962 00
Cost of graduation,
37,062 00
Average cost per mile,
2,647 28
SUPERSTRUCTURE.
Concurring in opinion with Captain E. Beach, (sce
33,000
24,000 2,000
19 67
90 93
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Report of Survey for the Susquehanna and Delaware Rail Road) who prefers the use of wood to stone for supporting the rafts, we take the liberty to state his reasons:
1st. As matter of economy costing $1500 to 3000 less per mile than the other plans.
3d. Should any unevenness occur in the road- bed in the line of the ways, to which a new road is very sus- ceptible, it is much more easily adjusted.
3d. By the time the road-bed is properly settled and business requires a second track, the various plans of construction will be tested and the selection may then be dictated by actual experience, and
4th. Great economy and advantage will be derived from this, in delivering upon the spot the materials for a permanent superstructure.
It is almost needless to mention that the route is through a district abounding in timber of the best quali- ty and greatest variety-white oak, white and yellow pine; and also, chesnut, hemlock and beach: therefore, the estimate is founded upon a construction entirely of wood, with wrought iron rail plates, three by five- eighths inches thick, and one turn-out per mile.
COST OF ONE MILE.
Timber for the superstructure,
$1,030 50
Iron rail plates, &c.
1,450 00
Connecting plates, &c.
75 00
Labor putting down rails, drains, &c.
980 00
One turnout,
270 00
Cost one mile superstructure, $3,805 50
Average one mile graduation, 2,647 28
Average cost of Rail Road per mile,
6,452 78
Cost of 14} miles, 91,952 11
Cost of 4 inclined places, at 4000 each, 16,000 00
$107,952 11
This estimate is made in view of the use of steam for locomotive and stationary power; but in some instances water power may be used in the place of steam, which would lessen the expense considerably.
The foregoing examination has been made in much haste, with a view of being able to present some of the outlines and great features of the route. On a more careful and minute inspection many important alterations and improvements will no doubt present themselves, which will increase the facilities for overcoming the elevation and lessening the expenses of the undertaking. And in conclusion, I am fully justified in saying, that no serious impediment presents itself to effecting a direct, rapid, and cheap communication between the two pro- posed points: and when completed, will form one of the most important links in the great system of internal communication in Pennsylvania.
All of which is respectfully submitted by your hum- ble servant,
HENRY COLT.
June 21st, 1833.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Annexed is the report of Henry Colt, Esq. the En- gineer selected by the Commissioners to survey the route of a Rail Road from Wilkesbarre upon the Sus- quehanna, to the mouth of Wright's Creek on the Le- high, meet at that point the Mauch Chunk Canal. This road is wanting to complete a direct uninterrupted communication from the Lake country to Philadelphia through the Pennsylvania Canal at Easton, and to the city of New York by the Morris Canal or the Delaware and Raritan-lessening the distance 142 miles for the descending trade of the North Branch of the Susque- hanna, and 44 miles less than at present for the trade of
the West Branch of the river, on its arrival at North- umberland; the inexhaustible beds of Coal and the im- mense forests of heavy timber, which are to be found in this section of country, are alone sufficient to supply the United States for ages to come; the remarkably short distance to be overcome to complete this chain of extended communication; having materials for its con- struction upon the whole of its route; the cheapness with which it can be made; the smallness of the capital required, and the unexampled profit which it will yield, are, separately and collectively, evidences that it will be speedily completed. From the actual survey of the ground, the road will not exceed 14 miles in length, at a cost of about $6,500 per mile, amounting to about $92,625. Let us add for contingent expenses and make the total $130,000; the interest of which will be $7,800. Persons of intelligence and capacity to judge, estimate that 200,000 tons of coal. and 3 millions feet of lumber at least, will pass along this road to New York and Philadelphia from the vicinity of Wilkesbarre alone, which now remain undisturbed where nature placed them; and the great and increasing trade of the Susquehanna which now goes to Baltimore, will be di- verted to New York and Philadelphia. Let us estimate the tolls upon the two articles of coal and lumber from this valley alone, and it will be found to exceed $47,000 -yielding a profit upon the capital invested of from 20 to 55 per cent. Nor will this be all: every succeeding year will increase the tolls, and render it the most pro- fitable and durable investment in the world. What is it we require? The magic influence of the capitalist alone is wanting to place us in that situation now, which nature designed us to occupy, and to bring into exis- tence the thousand treasures of iron, copper and coal which now lie buried, whilst the enterprising monied man amasses a pricely fortune. Let every housekeeper in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, compare the advantages of this route over every other in the re- duction of the price of coal, and he will feel himself interested in its completion.
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