vegetating under an unnatural and cruel culture, in a soil capable of producing good fruit, be supplanted by the development of that germ of virtue, which, if not destroyed, is sufficient under Providence, to restore in some degree the likeness in which man was made, and to lead to present and to future happiness. the exhaustion of fuel occasioned by the great increase of steam engines. The first squadron of boats, loaded with coal, arrived at tide water on the 5th instant. Fifty tons of this coal have been consigned to the Messrs. Townsends, which will afford our citizens an opportunity of testing its qua, lity. From gentlemen who have recently been through on the whole line of the canal, we learn that the work has been executed in the most permanent manner, and that in its construction, durability and economy are judiciously combined. This canal is 32 to 36 feet wide, upon the water line, and has 4 feet depth of water. The locks are 76 feet in length between the gates, and 9 feet wide. The boats are estimated to carry 25 to 30 tons. The philanthropist and the statesman may here concur. He who desires the welfare of all mankind, and he who only seeks to arrange the movement of a community so as to produce security and peace, will equally find his purpose promoted. And even the most rigid economist, looking only to the pecuniary cost, (if any such there be) will have nothing to object. The expense of maintaining a refuge, is not greater than the expense of maintaining a jail. The amount required to support its inmates, is less than the cost of an equal number in prison. And if, enlarging his view, he recollects, that those who begin their days in a jail, most commonly become a burthen for life, subsisted by the public while in, and by plunder when out; whereas the Refuge, working a reform, enables them to support themselves, and to contribute something to the general expenses of society; that the one enlarges the sources of crime, and swells the streams that flow from it, and the other seeks to diminish the fountain of iniquity, and dry up its noxious issues; he will be convinced that a just economy walks hand in hand with charity and poli-wing walls. cy. That considerations like these will eventually obtain for the Refuge a much larger support from the treasury of the state or the county, we have no doubt. But the present object is to put it into operation, upon a scale of usefulness that will be creditable to those with whom it originated. The state and the county have contributed twenty thousand dollars towards the building, and have provided a revenue for supporting the establishment of five thousand dollars a year for five years, making a total of forty-five thousand dollars. Individuals have given about twelve thousand dollars. Money is now wanted, and the managers, having exhausted their efforts to proceed as they would wish, with the means which have been placed at their disposal, are compelled again to appeal to your enlightened charity. If at this moment you should see a destitute and helpless child approaching the brink of a precipice, and know that its ignorant steps would in a few moments lead it to destruction, would you not reach forth your hand to save it? Many are on their way to that yawning monster, a jail, which devours all that is sound and healthful in their nature, and fills the vacant space with corruption. Will you not, from your abundance, give something to save them from imminent ruin, and yourselves from the infliction you must suffer from them, or will you allow the mischief to spread and grow till some other hand shall check it? From the mouth of the Rondout, where it connects with the Hudson, to Port Jervis, near the Delaware river, is a distance of 59 miles; on this section are 60 lift locks and one guard lock, of hammered stone, laid chiefly in hydraulic cement. There are also one aqueduct over the Neversink river 224 feet in length, upon stone piers and abutments; one over the Rondout entirely of stone upon two arches, one of 60 and the other of 50 feet chord; and ten others, of various dimensions, upon stone piers and abutments, over lateral streams; 15 culverts of stone, and 93 bridges having stone abutments and Port Jervis is less than a mile from Carpenter' point, formed by the junction of the Neversink and Delaware rivers, and at which point, the states of New York and New Jersey, corner upon Pennsylvania. Port Jervis affords a view of the territory of three states and also of the Delaware river and the fertile valley of the Neversink, From this point, the line of the canal is carried along on the east side of the Delaware, to a point opposite the mouth of the Lackawaxen river. At this place a dam has been erected across the Delaware, by means of which the canal is fed, and boats cross the river. From McCarty's point, which is formed by the junction of the Lackawaxen with the Delaware, the canal follows up the valley of the Lackawaxen, 25 miles, to the forks of the Dyberry, at which point the canal terminates, and where a thriving village is already established, called Honesdale. On the Delawar section of 22 miles, there are wooden locks, and on the Lackawaxen section of 25 miles, are 37 locks of the same description. These locks are se cured by a substantial dry stone wall, and so constructed that the wooden lining can be taken out and replaced, without disturbing the rest of the lock. Honesdale, where the canal terminates, is 16 miles distant from the coal region. Over this 16 miles, the coal is to be transported upon a rail road, which is already in great fowardness. The structure of the rail It was said of an eminent heathen sage, that he brought road is of timber, with iron plates securely fastened to philosophy from the clouds, and fixed her abode among to weigh nearly 366 tons. The railway is to be furnishthe timber rails with screws. The plates are estimated men. The Christian's philosophy comes from heaven, brought by no mortal hands, but freely given to man for ed with 5 stationary and 5 locomotive steam engines.his own benefit and guidance. It teaches us that chari-It is estimated that this rail road and its appendages will ty is like unto the duty enjoined by the "first and great commandment." From the Albany Argus. DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL. engines for the rail road were taken up as soon as the canal waa navigable; and it is expected the rail road will be in operation as early as June next. transport 540 tons per day, in one direction. The steam The rail road terminates at Carbondale, on the Lackawana river, where several hundred tons of coal have already been quarried, and transported to the canal by The public seem scarcely aware that a canal, one hun-rail road. dred and six miles in length, commencing at the tide water near Kingston, and terminating at Honesdale, in Pennsylvania, has been completed since July, 1825; and that this great work has been accomplished principally by the enterprise and perseverance of an individual company, As the channel for conveying coal to the navigable waters of the Hudson, this canal must be regarded as an improvement of incalculable importance to the public; if not of indispensable necessity, in supplying The coal of the Lackawana has been tested, and proves to be of the first quality for working iron, as well as for the ordinary purposes of fuel. As to quan tity, there can be no reasonable doukt on the subject. A visit to Carbondale, and the coal region in its vicinity, will satisfy any person that the supply is inevhaustible. And the canal being now completed, and the rail road nearly finished, our citizens in the cities and villages bordering upon the Hudson may cangratulate themselves upon the facilities offered by this great highway for ob- To all whom these presents shall come, certifies and makes taining an inexhaustible supply of fuel. ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. known. That, at an election held in and for the state of Pennsylvania, on Friday, the thirty-first day of October, in the present year, the following named persons were duly elected, and returned to be Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, for the term of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, agreeably to the laws and constitution of the United States, and of the state of Pennsylvania, that is to say: John B. Gibson, William Findlay, Edward King, John Lisle, Jacob Holgate, Samuel Humes, Sen. John W. Cunningham, Geo. G. Leiper, Henry Sheetz, Adam Ritscher, David Hottenstein, Peter Frailey, Francis Baird, Henry Winters, William Thompson, Leonard Rupert, Jacob Gearhart, George Barnitz, Jacob Heyser, John Harper, John M. Snowden, Robert Scott, John Scott, William Piper, Valentine Geisy, James Gordon, Henry Allshouse, and James Duncan. We have received, and take this opportunity of publishing, "The Minutes of the College of Electors of the State of Pennsylvania," for the purpose of exhibit-four years next ensuing the fourth of March in the year ing the mode of proceeding in that important business. Wednesday, December 3, 1828. This day, agreeably to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the United States, and of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Electoral College convened in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol, in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of which the following is an extract from their journal: IN THE SENATE. December 2, 1828. Whereas the act of second February, 1802, provides that the electors of president and vice president of the United States, shall meet at the seat of government on the first Wednesdays in December, succeeding the election. Therefore, having understood, that they are now in attendance, Resolved by the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that the Electors be, and they are hereby invited to convene in the Senate Chamber in the State Capitol, on to-morrow at ten o'clock. Extract from the Journal, JOHN DE PUI, C. S. On motion of Mr. John Scott and Mr. Leiper, William Findlay was unanimously appointed President. Whereupon, he returned his thanks to the Electoral College for the honour conferred on him. On motion of Mr. King and Mr. Cunningham, Mr. John De Pui was appointed Secretary to the Electoral College. On motion, Messrs. Scott, William Piper and George G. Leiper, were appointed a committee to wait upon the Governor, and inform him that the Electoral College is duly organized and ready to receive his communica tions. Mr. Scott from the committee appointed to wait upon the Governor, and inform that the Electoral College was duly organized, and ready to receive his communications, reported: Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and of the commonwealth the fifty-third. (By the Governor.) C. BLYTHE, Secretary of the Commonwealth. [The other two certificate which follow, are verbatim the same as the foregoing.] On motion, Ordered, that the names of the Electors be called over by the secretary, from the official lists furnished by the executive, to ascertain the absentees, if any. Which having been done, It appeared that all the electors were present. Mr. John W. Cunningham, and John M. Snowden, were appointed tellers to officiate at the election for president and vice president of the United States. On motion of John B. Gibson, and John W. Cunningham, the certificates of the election of a President and Vice President of the United States, required to be signed by the electors, were read in the words following, to wit: [See hereafter.] forms of the foregoing lists were adopted. On motion of Mr. Frailey and Mr. King, Ordered, That at the election the Electors vote in the That they had performed that service, and that the order that their names appear in the official lists furnishGovernor informed them he would make his communi-ed by the Executive, and to be called by the president cation by message forthwith.. Calvin Blythe, Esquire, the secretary of the commonwealth, being introduced, presented a message from the Governor, accompanied with three certified lists of the names of the Electors, duly elected by the people, on the 31st day of October last. And said message and lists were severally read as follow, to wit: To the Electors of a President and Vice President of the Fellow citizens,-The secretary of the commonwealth will deliver to you herewith, in pursuance of the act of congress, in such case made and provided, three lists of the names of the Electors of a President and Vice President of the United States, chosen by the people on Friday, the thirty-first day of October, in the present year, for this state, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States, and of Pennsylvania. of the college. The hour appointed by law for the electors on this dao to perform the duties enjoined on them having arrived, Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Snowden took their seats as tellers, and, on motion, Of Mr. Holgate and Mr. King, the electors proceeded to choose by ballot a President of the United States, and the votes of all the Electors being now taken, the votes for President were opened, and severally read by the president of the college, and the votes and the tally lists corresponding, it appeared that Andrew Jackson had twenty-eight votes. The President of the College then declared that Andrew Jackson had 28 votes for President of the United States. The Electors then proceeded to choose by ballot a Vice President of the United States, and the votes of all the Electors being now taken, the votes for Vice President were opened and severally read by the president of the college, and the votes and tally papers corresponding, it appeared that John C. Calhoun had 28 votes. The President of the College then declared that John C. Calhoun, had twenty-eight votes. On motion of Mr. Gibson and Mr. King, the envelopes containing the lists of votes for President and Vice President, required to be signed by the Electors, were read, and were in the following words: "We, the Electors, duly elected, on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, to vote for a President and Vice President of the United States, do certify that lists of all the votes given for President and Vice President, are contained herein. December 3d, 1828." [Of which there are six copies ] Triplicate certificates of the election of President of the United States, as approved of by the Electoral College, were then signed by the Electors, of which the following is a copy: pointed to take charge and deliver to the President of the Senate of the United States, at Washington City, the seat of government of the United States, on or before the first Wednesday in January next, one of the packages containing the list of votes of this Electoral College, for a President and Vice President of the United States. Whereupon a certificate of the appointment of William Findlay was signed, and of which the following is a copy: STATE CAPITOL OF PENNSYLVANIA. We, the Electors of president and vice president of the United States, being duly elected and appointed on the part of Pennsylvania, for that purpose by the people thereof, having met at the state house, in the borough of Harrisburg, the seat of government of the said state, this third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and in conformity to the provisions contained ih the constitn-lay, Esq. entrusted with the list of votes of the electotion and laws of the United States, and of the state of Pennsylvania, proceeded by ballot to vote for a president of the United States, on the part of the state of Pennsylvania. Whereupon, It appeared that Andrew Jackson had twenty-eight votes. In testimony whereof we, the said Electors, have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, the day and year aforesaid. John B. Gibson, William Findlay, (L. S.) Edward King, (L. S.) John Lisle, (L. S.) George Barnitz, Jacob Heyser, Samuel Humes, (L. S.) John Harper, Robert Scott, John Scott, William Piper, Adam Ritscher, (L. S.) Electoral College, December 3d, 1828. We the undersigned electors for a President and Vice President of the United States on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, do certify that William Findlay, Esq. ore of the electors of the electoral college of Pennsylvania, is hereby appointed to take charge of and deliver to the president of the Senate of the United States at Washington City, the seat of government of the United States, and in case there shall be no president of the Senate at the seat of government, on the arrival of William Findral college, the said William Findlay, Esq. shall deliver into the office of the Secretary of State, on or before the first Wednesday in January next, one of the packages containing the list of votes of this electoral college for a President and Vice President of the United States. [Signed by all the electors excepting W. Findlay.] The Secretary then delivered to Mr. William Findlay his certificate of appointment, and one of the packages containing the list of votes for a "president and vicepresident of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate of the United States, Washington City, D. C." William Thompson, (L.S.) Mr. William Findlay then gave a receipt therefor, in the words following, to wit: (L. S.) (L- S.) Triplicate copies of the election of Vice President, as approved of by the Electoral College, were then signed by the Electors, of which the following is a copy: [Same as the preceding, excepting that the word 'Vice President' is inserted in the place of President.'] On motion of Mr. Gibson and Mr. Snowden, Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Snowden, were appointed a committee to examine the certificates of the election of president and vice-president of the United States, and the envelopes, and ascertain whether they were respective ly signed by each elector. After some time, Mr. Cunningham from the committee reported: That they had carefully examined the certificates and envelopes, and that they were all properly signed. On motion of Mr. Gibson and Mr. King, Orderod, that Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Snowden be a committee to cause the lists and certificates of the election for president and vice-president, to be enclosed with the proper envelopes, and each package sealed, and directed as required by law. On motion of Mr. Giesey and Mr. King, Mr. James Gordon was appointed to deliver the remaining package directed to the president of the senate of the United States, Washington City, District of Columbia, to the postmaster at the seat of government of this state. The package was then delivered, and Mr. Gordon receipted therefor in the words following, to wit: Harrisburg, December 3, 1828. Received from the president of the electoral college, of the state of l'ennsylvania, certificates of the votes by them given this day for president and vice-president of the United States, to be by me delivered to the Post On motion, After some time Mr. King made the following report; Harrisburg, Dec. 3, 1828. The undersigned a committee appointed for that purpose, report that they have settled the respective accounts of the Electors, for the compensation allowed them by law, and that they are respectively entitled to the following sums, viz.* John B. Gibson $42.00 Edward King 42 00 William Findlay 75.00 42 00 J. W. Cuuningham 36 00 George G. Leiper Henry Winters $46 00 David Hottenstein 33 90 | James Gordon 36/00 22 50 39 90 John Lisle George Farnitz 24 00 46 20 John Scott Henry Sheets 42 00 William Piper Valentine Geisey 75 00 75 00 81 00 64 50 EDWARD KING, HENRY SCHEETS, All of which is respectfully submitted. On motion of Mr. King and Mr. Sheets, said report was again read, considered, and adopted. Warrants were accordingly so drawn, and, on motion of Mr. Gibson and John Scott, Messrs. Cunningham and Snowden were ordered to compare the amount of the warrants with the amount allowed each elector by the committee agreeably to their report as adopted. On motion of Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Snowden, the following resalution was read and agreed to. Resolved, That the secretary be requested to have the minutes of this Electoral College printed in pamphlet Mr. O'Neill, from the committee on the subject, reported that from two to three hundred dollars, had been wharf, from May to October: and that of four different collected for wharfage of vessels, lying at Sassafras st. proposals, they considered that from W. Whildin, to rent the wharf for steam boat and commercial purposes, as the most eligible. The report was laid on the table, and the committee authorized to continue to receive proposals till the 20th inst. The President stated that Mr. J. Hare Powell, one of the representatives of the city in the Senate of Pennsylvania, had, for the information of Councils, forwarded from Harrisburg, a copy of a memorial of the following tenor, lately presented to the Legislature. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The memorial of the subscribers owners of ground, on the banks of the river Schuylkill and traders on the said river: Respectfully sheweth, That by an act of Assembly, passed the 25th day of build any wharf, storehouse, or other building, beyond March, 1805, it was enacted, that if any person should lower falls and its junction with the river Delaware, and low water mark, into the river Schuylkill, between the without a license from the board of wardens, such persons should be liable to a fine of $1000. That under the authority of the said act, the board of wardens have permitted a large number of persons to erect wharves into the said river, beyond low water mark, so as to have from eight to seventeen feet water when the tide is out, but the said board of wardens do refuse permission under any circumstances to build store houses below low water mark, even upon wharves built according to their own regulations. That in consequence of the distance between low Col-water mark and the ends of the wharves being in many instances very great, the store houses are thrown so far back from where the boats can lay with safety to unload, and from the store houses being necessarily higher than the wharves to keep them out of the reach of freshets, the process of loading and unloading boats is attended with much delay and merchandize and the produce of the country liable to damage, it being rolled through the mud from the boats to the end of the store house. If on the other hand the storehouse was extended out so far beyond low water mark, that a boat, could when the tide is out, lay along side of it with safety, and by one operation load and unload, much time would be saved and much injury to merchandize avoided. Resolved, That the thanks of the Electoral College are hereby tendered to the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for their politeness in tendering the electors the use of their chamber during the sitting of the college, and that the secretary be directed to furnish the Senate with a copy of this resolution. On motion of Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Allshouse, The following resolution was twice read, considered, and adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this electoral college are hereby tendered to William Findlay, president, and John De Pui, secretary of this college, for their kind aid in the discharge of the very arduous duties of their respective stations, during the sitting of this electoral college. On motion of Mr. George G. Leiper, and Mr. Valentine Geisey-the college adjourned sine die. WM. FINDLAY, President. Attest-JoHN DE PUI, Secretary. [* They amount to $1316 90.] Your memorialists therefore pray that they may be permitted to build storehouses on their wharves so that boats may safely lie by them to load and unload when the tide is out. And your memorialists as in duty bound, &c. The subject was referred to Messrs. Maitland, Page, Read, and Richards. On motion of Mr. Read of the Select Council, it was resolved that the Committee on the State House and Independence Square be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating the second floor of the State House for the purgose of a court room and offices for the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, and at the same time be authorised to receive proposals for leasing the same for the purposes aforesaid. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the following resolutions were adopted, Mr. J. stating that as the Paving Committee intended that the paving next year should be un der their immediate inspection, the information called for was necessary for their guidance. Resolved by the Select and Common Councils, that the City Commissioners, be and they are hereby directed, to furnish Councils at their next stated meeting, with a statement of the amount of moneys expended on new pavements, within the present year, designating the streets or squares, so paved, together with a separate statement of the number of yards paved in each district respectively. Resolved, by the Select and Common Councils, that the City Commissioners be and they are hereby directed, to cause to be laid before Councils at their next stated meeting, a statement of the improvements, which in their opinion are necessary to be made the ensuing season, whether east of Broad street or fronting on the river Schuylkill, designating the streets or squares requiring to be paved, together with those which require to be graduated or filled up to the regulations, and also the number of loads of paving stone and number of feet of curb stone, necessary for the same.-Phila. Gaz. PENNSYLVANIA CANAL. We have now the pleasure to lay before our readers the annual report of the Canal Commissioners, which affords an interesting view of the progress of that important work, and encourages the hope that at no very distant period, we shall begin to reap the fruits of the well directed liberality of the Legislature. spring. From the salt works fifty miles above Pittsburg, to the Kiskeminetas feeder, the line is in actual use, and water is now flowing through that feeder, to supply the whole distance below. From the salt works upwards to Blairsville nothing remains which may not easily be finished during the present winter. The nine miles of the French creek feeder are in a similar state of forwardness. One or two culverts, four bridges, the fencing of the line and a very small quantity of excavation and inside wall, are the only matters requiring further attention. The amount of work done on the Juniata, between Lewistown and the mouth of Juniata may be regarded as equal to 2-3 of the whole. This line has suffered from sickness more severely, than any other in the state, and it experienced moreover a great scarcity of hands, in the earlier part of the season. Those difficulties being now entirely removed, its completion may be expected before the 1st of August. The Susquehanna division from the mouth of Juniata to Northumberland, is considered completed. Like the Juniata line, it was delayed by the scarcity of workmen in the early summer months, and by the sickness incident to our river valleys. At its present rate of progression, it cannot fail of completion by the first of July next. The eastern division is entirely finished, except the two sections at Peters mountain, (on which about two months work remains,) and the aqueduct embankment at Stony and Clark's creeks. It is confidently believed, that the navigation from the mouth of Juniata to Middletown will be in actual use before the rising of the Legislature. The contracts existing on the Delaware, at the date of the last report, extended only to the excavation and Canal formation of 18 miles, and included no work of wood or stone. All these contracts have been satisfac The Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania respect- torily completed, and further contracts have been made, fully submit the following REPORT: By their annual report on the 25th December 1827, it appeared, that the amount of canal, then under contract, and in progress towards completion was about 212 miles, composed of the following divisions. Western division from Pittsburg, up the Allegheny, Kiskeminetas, and Conemaugh to Blairsville. Part of French creek feeder, from Bemis mill Juniata division, from a point near the mouth 44 80 miles 9 miles 24 miles miles 37 miles 18 miles 212 miles. This aggregate is increased by about 44 miles added to the Juniata and Susquehanna divisions, in order to unite them at a convenient point on Duncan's island, making the whole amount contracted for, under the authority of the acts of 1826 and 1827, about 217 miles. Since the report alluded to was made, the work on the several divisions has been steadily prosecuted. Considerable delay was produced by the prevalence of high water, from an early period last fall to the month of June last, and severe inconvenience has also been felt, from sickness on the Juniata, Susquehanna and Delaware. It will appear nevertheless from the following sketch of the state of those divisions, that a great amount of work has been accomplished. The whole Western division from the out let locks on the Allegheny to Blairsville is so far completed, that it will unquestionably be navigable at the opening of the for the locks, culverts, aqueducts and bridges on that portion of the line, to be executed early in the next sea son. In executing the act of the last session of the Legislature, making further appropriations for the Pennsylvania canal, and directing additional contracts to be made, the Board acted on the principle, that the money thus placed at their disposal, should as far as practicable, be devoted to the old lines, and that the new contracts should be made so late in the season, as to constitute no serious charge upon the existing appropriation. At the meeting of the Board in March, it was deemed advisable, to place under contract seven additional miles of the Delaware division, which was accordingly done on the 20th May following. No arrangement having yet been made with the State of New Jersey for the use of the Delaware, and it being still uncertain, from what quarter the canal might ultimately be filled with water, the engineer was directed to re-examine the whole line from New Hope to Easton, and so to adjust its location, as to admit of a full and easy supply, whatever might be the result of a negotiation with New Jersey. This was satisfactorily effected to a point about seven miles below Easton, from which the location must entirely depend upon the question, whether the Delaware or the Lehigh be used as a feeder. The Board accordingly determined at their meeting in August, to place under contract 284 miles from New Hope upwards, and to reserve the remaining distance until the result of the negotiation pending with New Jersey should be known. Of this amount 18 miles were contracted for on the 18th of September, and 10 miles more on the 18th of November. The excavation and canal formation of the first seven miles of the Delaware line, above Taylor's ferry are nearly complete. The next 18 miles are actively advancing and in the remaining 10 miles, the contractors are now commencing their operations. The payments already made on the new line, amount to $28,285,23. It is the intention of the Board to extend |