THE REGISTER OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY KIND OF USEFUL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE STATE. VOL. IV.-NO. 6. EDITED BY SAMUEL HAZARD. PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 8, 1829. FROM MANUSCRIPTS IN POSSESSION OF THE AMER. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. EARLY SETTLEMENTS ON DELAWARE. SIR EDMOND ANDROSS, Knight &c By virtue of the authority derived unto me I doe hereby in his maj'ties name constitute appoint and authorise You Mr. John Moll Mr. Peter Aldricks Mr. Gerret Otto Mr. Johannes De Haes and Mr. William Semple To be Justices of the Peace in the jurisdiction of New Castle in Delaware and Dependences and any three or more of you to be a court of Judicature giving you and every of you full power to act in the said employment according to law and the trust reposed in you of which all persons are to take notice and give you that due respect and obedience belonging to your places in the Dischargeing your dutyes This Commission to be of force for the space of one whole year from the date hereof or till further order Given under my hand and seale of the province of New York this 28th day of May in the 32d year of his maj'tie Reign Annoq. Domini A Commission of the same date to Mr. Otto Ernest Cock Mr. Israel Holme Mr. Henry Joanes Mr. Lansa Cock and Mr. George Brown to be justices of the peace in the jurisdiction of Upland court or County in Delaware River and Dependences. 1680 A Commission of the former Date to Mr. Francis Whitwell Mr. John Hylliard Mr. Robert Hart and Mr. Edward Pack to be Justices of the peace in the Jurisdiction of the county of St. Jones in Delaware Bay and Dependences the same to begin from the south side of Duck creek so to extend to the North side of Cedar Creek. SIR EDMOND ANDROSs &c NO. 84. Whereas Mr. Philip Pocock late surveyor at New Castle and precincts is lately deceased I doe hereby appoint and authorize you Mr Ephraim Harman to bee surveyor ffor the sd New Castle and precincts as also for St. Jones and Dependences to survey and lay out land as a surveyor ought to doe in any place not duly taken up according to such warrants as you shall from time to time receive from myself or upon extraordinary occasion for the benefitt of the place to ffitt persons as shall apply for the same of which to make due returns to the Secretarys office at New York according to law and for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given under my hand and seale at Elizabeth Town in New Jersey this 12th day of June Annoq Domini 1680 An order to pay Cap. Cantwell the Balance of his account for the publick. BY THE GOVERNOR ward Cantwell Sheriffe of Delaware there remains due Whereas by account of Capt Edto him for disbursements upon the public accots. fifty nine pounds sixteen shillings seaven pence half penny you are to take care and make paymt. unto the sd.Cantwell for the full of the said sume out of the arrders due for Quit rents from himself and others in said river particularly for two parcells of land in Apoquinemen of Eight hundred and nine hundred acres formerly taken up and patented by him, the year one thousand six hunsame dred seventy and six and take his receipt in full for the Given under my hand in New York the fourth day of October 1680 aware. To Mr. Ephraim Harman Col of the Quitt Rents att DelA Warrant to lay out Lands at Delaware for John Richardson and John Steavens BY THE GOVERNOR A Commission of the former date to Mr. Luke Watson John Richardson having obtained Mr. John Roades Mr. John Kippsharen Mr. Ollo Wool- at the court of assizes a Judgmt. for the land he hath gart and Mr William Clark to be justices of the peace seated and improved and having a considerable number at the Whore Kills and Dependences the sd Court to be-of hands you are to lay out to him one thousand two gin at the south side of Cedar Creek so to goe downwards. hundred acres of land adj. to his improvmt. Encluding the same on Direct lines according to regulation and likewise to lay out to John Steavens one thousand two hundred acres adjoining who hath a Pattent for that quantity both if possible to have benefit of the water as well as land roads and make returns of your said surveys order to confirmation according to Law New York, October 11, 1680 E. A. An order to Ephraim Harman to have the land formerly graunted unto John Morgan and John Denny since De ceased. BY THE GOVERNOR A Letter to the Magistrates and Court at the Whorekills and St. Jones Whereas there were two patents heretofore graun-in ted unto John Morgan and John Denny for three hundred acres of land a piece lying on the West side of Delaware River towards the mouth thereof between the land of Morris Liston [Morris Liston's land lays by Bombay Hook,] and Duck creek the same nev- GENTLEMEN Having received ordrs. and goeing for er been improved and the person Dead to whom the England per next upon which sent and ordered a gensaid patents were granted upon application of Mr. E-eral court or meeting of the Justices to be here the 17th phraim Harman that he may have the said two pieces of inst. Excusing yourselves by reason of the distance and Land engaging to make present improvement thereon according to law I doe hereby grant the same to be confirmed unto him By Patent when the old patents shall be delivered in Given under my hand in New York this first day of June Annoq Domini 1680 season of the year [and opportunity and accompt by Mr Clarke] this is to acquaint you therewith and my designed leaving Capt Brockholes my Lieutenant [as last time] in command here without any other alteration also that Mr John Lewin a gentleman sent by his Royal Highness is arrived, authorized to inspect the revenue as per his commission of which I send you a copy to be observed accordingly, and not doubting your prudence and Diligent care in your stations in all publique mat ters for the continued welfare Quiet and safty of your parts which I earnestly recommend unto you and is the occasion of the aforesaid meeting remaining your affectionate ffriend E. A. A Commission for Capt Anthony Brockholes SIR EDMOND ANDROS Knight &c. By virtue of the Commission and authority unto me given under his Royall Highness, I do hereby constitute and appoint you Capt Anthony Brockholds to be commander in chief of the militia In this city government and Dependence During my absence or till further orders and in any civil matter requiring the same with the councell to act, for the continued welfare of his majestys subjects a Commander or chief officer may and ought to doe according to law and practice and all persons are hereby required to conform themselves there unto accordingly Given under my hand and seale In New York the 6th day of January in the 32d yeare of his Majesties Reign Annoqr. Domini 1680 E. A. evidently enough distinguished and that with all the action rights and Jurisdiction to them in their aforesaid quality belonging constituting and surrogating the before mentioned Honorable Mr. Godys in their stead estate Reall and actual possession of the same and allso giving him full and irrevocable power and authority and espetiall direction Tanquam actor et procurator in Rem Suam ac proprium to the said Honourable Mr. Godys or whom hereafter might obtain his action to enter or hold possess dwell upon use and detain the aforementioned land allso therewith and thereof to transact and dispose thereof as his Honour with his own will and by lawfull title acquired lands may do without that they the releasers thereunto any part right action or superiority any more in the last thereunto have reserve or keep bee it of property command or Jurisdiction But to the beloof aforesaid of all the same from henceforth and forever desisting releasing disclaiming and renouncing and by these presents further promising not only this their transport and what by virtue thereof may be done from henceforth and forever to hold fol A Letter from Capt Brockholls to the Magistrates of St. low and accomplish firm valid Infrangible and IrrevocaJones See Register Vol. 3. p. 32. ble But allso the same parcell of Lands to warrant and defend against every one free of all demands troubles A Warrant from Capt Brockholls to Mr Ephraim Her- and incumberances to be made thereon by any body all man to receive the Quit Rents at Delaware. BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF Whereas you have been formerly appointed Collector and receiver of the Quit rents Due in Delaware river and Dependences and severall sums being due and In arreare for the same as well in that part of the river now called Pensilvenia as the other parts thereof I do therefor appoint authorize and continue you to collect gather and receive the same till further orders Remitting it to me with an account thereof as often as opportunity and for so doing this shall be your warrant Given under my hand and seale in New York this 26th day of January 1681 To Mr. Ephraim Haman Coll. and receiver of the Quitt Reuts in Delaware River. A. B. The Commander and Councells Declaration on Esq. Penns Dutch Records-1630 to 1656. Wee Director and councill of New Netherlands Residing on the Island Manhatans and Fort Amsterdam under the government of their highland mightynesses the lords states generall of the United Netherlands and the incorporated west india Company at the chamber of Amsterdam testifye and Declare by these presents that on the day of the date hereunder written before us in their own persons came and appeared Quesquakoffs Eesonques Sironchuson inhabitants of their town scituate on the south corner of the bay of the south river and declare voluntarily and premeditately and by the especiall direction of the rulers with the consent of the common people thereof that they had since the first day of the month of June in the year 1629 now last past for and by reason of certain parcell of merchandizes which they acknowledged before the passing of these presents to their good liking and satisfaction to have received in their power and hands and Delivered to them in a just true and free property to have transported released given over and assigned as they Doe by these presents transport release give over and assign for and to the behoof of the Honorable Mr. Samuel Godys now absent on whose word wee on due stipulation do accept thereof to witt the lands to them belonging situate night the south river on the south side of the aforesaid bay called by us the bay of the south river stretching in length from Cape Hinloop to the mouth of the said south river about Eight large miles and up into the country in the breadth a half a mile stretching to a certain low place or meadow by which said meadow these limits may be on good faith without fraud or deceit In witness whereof wee have confirmed these presents with our usual signature and our scale hereunto appending done on the island Manhatans the 15th of July 1630. In A Book of Dutch Records Begunn the 8th April 1638 The instrument which follows has no date But what goes just before it is dated the 6th May 1638 and what follows is dated the 17th May 1638. I William Keist Director General of New Netherlandt under the government of their high and mightynesses the lords states gen'all of the United Netherlands and the incorporated West India Company at the Chamber of Amsterdam make known to you Peter Minnuit as he causes himself to be called Commander in the service of his Royal majestie of Sweeden That the whole south river of New Netherland has been many yeares in our possession and above and below settled by our fforts and allso sealled with our Blood which has happened ever during your direction in New Netherland and well known to you now because you come between our forts and begins to build a fort there to our damage and prejudice which nevertheless will be never suffered by us and that we are all so well assured that her Royal majestie of Sweeden has given you orders to build fortifications in our rivers or along our coast Wherefore wee in case you proceed in the building of fortifications or attempt any thing to our prejudice do by these presents protest for all charges dammages and interests as allso of all misseries Bloodshedds troubles and Dammages which thereby in times to come may happen to the company and that wee will maintain our right in such a manner as wee shall find most suitable. This Done. fortress as also for the more favouring the dwelling together on the south side of the fortress you shall as opportunity requires lay out a Convenient street behind the houses already erected and lay out convenient lotts in the same about fourty or fifty foot broad and an hundred foot long and the street to be at least four or five Rood broad the twelfth article You are to take very good notice of the behaviour of the Sweeds there yet being and in case any of them should be found not well affected to the honourable company and the state of our native country for the preventing of further trouble you are to cause all such withall imaginable civility to depart from thence and if possible send them hitherward These instructions are dated the 8th December 1655 In the Same Book In the night between the twenty eighth and twentyninth days of march receive by the Ketch of Mr. Allerton a letter of our Commander in the South river Dated the twenty-fourth of March whereby understand the arrival of a small sweeds ship called the Mercurius in the said river having on board in all one hundred and thirty persons After the reading of the said letter it is resolved to excuse the landing of the said sweeds there and to write unto them that they may return with the said small ship to Sweeden or if it pleases them to come hither with the said small that free pass and repass shall be granted unto them to return unmolested and to Depart after having furnished themselves with necessary provisions and necessaries this done at ffort Amsterdam in the night between the twenty-eight and Twenty ninth of March in the year 1656. Present the Honourable Petrus Stuyvesant Director generall Mr. Nicasius De Sille Mr De La Montagne and the advocate generall Theinhooven In the samme Book a writeing signed by Hendrick Huy gens Commander of the above mentioned Sweeds then to the Atlantic Ocean. The Laxawaxen which is a considerable branch of that River, rises in the north part of the county, and is also navigable from Bethany, the county town, 125 miles to Philadelphia, and by means of a Canal now cutting to the North River and N. York. The Climate is good, the Winter is cold, dry and serene, which is a great advantage for labour; the snow usually begins about Christmas or New-Year, and continues on the ground till March, forming an excellent defence for the roots of the grain and grass; little or no rain falls during that time. Then the Farmer thresheз out his grain, goes to market with his produce in sleighs, which are easier for the horses, and pleasant to the rider; people then visit their distant friends and relations. The Spring is pleasant, except the five or six days rain, which melts the snow, and causes the spring fresh ets. The Summer is warmer than in England, or there would be no Indian Corn; it is not, however, so hot here as at Philadelphia, and still less so than in the un. sheltered plains or flats of the South Western States; no day is here too hot for a man to work in the harvest field. The Fall or Autumn is the most agreeable season you can imagine, and continues so till after December, gen erally so fine as to admit the people to sit outside the doors. It is remarked the winters become milder as the forests are cleared away. The Spring does not begin quite so soon here as in England, but the grass grows with more rapidity; there is no rain, hail, sleet and snow together, and not so many rainy days, and less mist and vapour. We have a good soil, pure water, and a climate which accords with an English constitution; and is as good as any on earth, and certainly the most healthy spot in America; the face of the country is very picturesque; there is but little flat land, it generally is in undulations; rivulets and springs are in abundance; there is no farm, and scarcely a field without a stream or spring in it, of excellent water, as clear as crystal; the streams are full of excellent fish. The soil is deep, generally from one, two and three feet; beneath this is a stratum inferior or subsoil, composed of clay and fine silicious earth or sand; what stones are there, lie almost entirely on the surface, are easily removed, and are useful for buildings and walls; where the trees have been taken out by the roots, and at the sides of the Turnpike Roads, where the ditches are dug, it is rare to find any stone beneath the surface. Of the fertility of the soil, the usual crops offer strong evidence; the soil is as deep on the tops of the hills as in the valleys; as it does not wash off, the hills retain all their native fertility. I have never heard of a single case of fever and ague; you see no sallow, sickly looking complexions; every log hut abounds with children, whose faces denote health and hardihood; no country can be more healthy. I the undersigned Hendrick Huygens van Cleef sent out by the Southern Company of Sweeden in the ship the Mercurious as their Commissioner being ignorent before my arrival in the south river of New Netherlands of the alteration there happened since my departure Do promise by this my hand writing in the stead of an oath that upon the same guard of the generall and councill in my traffick and residence as well here as in the south river I will demean and behave myself faithful and obedient and submit my self to such orders and Justice as all other the subjects of New Netherland or fforeign merchants frequently there and other places of New Netherlands do subject themselves especially that I will in no means of ways move any dissention between christians and Indians much less instigate the same. But rather remove and take away all differences and troubles already arisen or hereafter to arise between the The Forest Trees are lofty, say 80 or 90 feet, the sweeds Dutch and Indians as much as shall be in my white pine is the highest; the hemlock spruce also power and that I shall govern and behave myself no oth-grows to a large size; the beech is from one to two feet erwise than as if I was a sworn subject of this state and in diameter, the birch the same; the chesnut grows vefor the better assurence hereof I do bind my person and ry large and straight, and 60 feet to the lowest limb; estate moveable and immoveable which I now or here- white oak nearly as large; wild cherry grows as large after may have submitting the same to all Lords Courts as the beech, furniture is made from it resembling maLaws and Judges In witness whereof I have signed hogany; the curled maple, of which we have plenty, af these presents in New Netherland at Amsterdam the fords also a beautiful wood for furniture, of the silky third of May in the year 1656 appearance of satin wood; sugar maple, white and black ash, lind, elm, button wood, crab apple, dog wood, hickory, black walnut, butter nut, poplar, tulip tree or magnolia, sassafras, and service tree; among the bushes are, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, raspberries,elder, hawthorn, laurel, hazlenut, sumach, and the rose, all wild in the woods; there is also a small grape. The hills are all covered with timber:g the Dele timber, which ex aware, there is a belt of you then come into the back tends two or the composed of various kinds of timber, woods, wh' HENDRICK HUYGENS. DESCRIPTION OF WAYNE COUNTY. Herewith you will receive the description I promised you, of Wayne County, Penn.:-bounded on the north by the New York state line, on the west by Susquehanna county, on the south by Pike county, and on the cast by the river Delaware, which is navigable from the north end of the county, to Philadelphia, 140 miles, and DR. where the soil is much superior to the former, both as to The turnpike reads recently made. are, 3d. The Belmont and Easton Turnpike, which runs nearly south to Canaan, Salem and Sterling, in Wayne; Smithfield, in Pike; Hamilton and More, in Northampton Counties-then it intersects with the Wilkesbarre and Easton Road to Philadelphia, about 140 miles, the whole nearly South, and a level handsome Road. 4th. The Milford and Owego Turnpike, which runs South East, and also leads to New York. DR. CR. We have known much greater crops of grain than above mentioned, but take the lowest and the average middling crop, but we have enough instances of 60 bushels of oats to the acre, and this season 70, 80, and 90 bushels of corn to the acre. Mr. Benjamin Wheeler, of Mount Pleasant, raised the following produce from five acres of land, in one season, which land he did not plough till the 1st of May, 25 bushels corn, 5 bushels beans, 100 bushels oats, 11 bushels peas, 10 bushels flaxseed, 450 bushels of potatoes, and 400 weight of flax, which crop was valued, by the neighbors, at 500 dollars, and at the time actually would have brought that sum if sent to market; he also cut two tons timothy hay to the acre, worth then 10 or 12 dollars per ton. So that the clearing land is certainly profitable; but if the farmer, as is often the case, has but little capital,he cannot hire the work done, but it cost him some considerable time to learn to chop and work the same way as our people, who certainly are expert. We must not, however, give into the absurd hope of finding a place where idleness may repose itself, while the earth shall produce its fruits spontaneously; however, no industrious man is ever disappointed. The price of good land, in a state of nature, is from 5th. The Belmont & Augusta turnpike, nearly North North West to Sturrucca, near Harmony; these are all finished with good bridges, and there are several more in hand to connect one with the other, so that we are well of for good roads, and the streams running into the Delaware give us great advantage in water convey-three to four dollars per acre, and on the turnpikes five ances. 6th. In addition to which, is the Canal now cutting from Mount Pleasant down the valley of the Laxawaxen to its mouth, thence 16 miles down the Delaware, made completely navigable, with a tow path to Carpenter's Point, thence cut through the Valley of the Never sink, Mannacatting, near Hurley, to Kingston, near Esopus, on the North River, and so to N. York. 7th. This Canal is to be connected with another through the upper part of the county, to near Harmony, and Great Bend of Susquehannah River, which is already navigable a great distance, and is made so by an artificial communication with Cayuga Lake, and so with the great Northern Canal to Lake Erie and the Ohio.There is an enormous quantity of Coal, of the first quality, reaching nearly 40 miles, in the Music Mountain, which will be brought down by a Rail Road, two or three miles to the Canal at Mount Pleasant. There is Iron, and plenty of Mill Seats for Factories, and a great quantity of Wool raised in the County; and a number of Woollen Manufactories and Carding Machines, &c. We have no State tax, nor is there any occasion for poor tax yet. The only taxes we pay are for roads, bridges and county purposes, the payment of jurors, for wolf scalps, &c. and they do not amount to more than three dollars a year, on 100 acres of land. The Country is improving rapidly, several Manufactories, besides the large establishment, the Glass House, near Bethany, which is a considerable Borough Town. and Saw mills, and other Machinery, &c. We have plenty of Grist of which there is abundance, are deer, bears, wolves, Our game, foxes, pheasants, ducks, teal, wild turkies, rabbits, pigeons, partridges, &c. DR. To clearing The least Crop ever known. and Cancing, per acre, 1 bushel wheat sown, to seven dollars. There are good improved farms that can be had cheap, and credit may be obtained for part of the purchase money, if required. The Mills on the river, as well as the towns, furnish a good market for grain. But above all, it is an excellent grazing coun try, the quantity of hay and good pasture make it an object of importance; to raise and fatten sheep and cattle, which is, on account of the nearness to market, the most profitable mode of farming. The route of the Canal pitched on to connect the Delaware and North River, is a perfect level handsome valley all the way, with plenty of water, and passes through a thick settled fine country.* Sat. Er. Post. *For a a general acc'nt of W.Co. see Reg. v. 3, p.135. THE MORRIS CANAL. Last week we had the honor of being one of a party of gentlemen who paid a visit to the whole line of the Morris Canal, and some of whom extended their tour to the Pennsylvania works to be connected therewith; from Easton, on the Delaware, along the Lehigh, to the immense coal fields at MonchChung. The party was com *MONG CHUNG: This is the Indian name of the coal mountain which the Pennsylvania editors write, print, and try to pronounce Mauch Chunk. written, has long been an abomination in our eyes-so The name, thus much so that we had recourse to a gentleman of high literary acquirements, who has had great opportunities character. of acquiring a knowledge of the Indian language and nor any analogy as to them, as Mauch Chunk, in the He says there are no such words or sounds, Delaware, or any other Indian Language; and he believes the original Indian name was Mong Chung, or $7 50 the Bear Mountain. Such hereafter, shall be our or100 thography of this celebrated place; and we entreat our 075 brother Editors of Pennsylvania to step in to our aid in 25 effecting the "Reform." posed of many of our most respectable citizens,including several heavy capitalists, together with several scientific gentlemen from Pennsylvania and elsewhere,and the of ficers and directors of the canal company, the engineer, canal commissioners, &c. Leaving the city (New York) early on the bright and beautiful morning of the 13th inst. after skimming briskly over the Newark meadows, to the delightful and thriving town whence they derive their name, and traversing a portion of the canal banks between Newark and Bloomfield, we made our first stop at the latter place to examine the inclined plane just completed near the village, and which the party were to see in successful operation. There has been much scepticism upon the subject of inclined planes, and the fact having become known that the works here were to be set in motion, many hundred citizens, from Newark and the surrounding neighborhood were collected on the occasion to witness the experiment, which, as will be seen in the sequel, was equally successful and satisfactory. The plane overcomes an elevation of fifty-two feet.The rail-ways have an inclination of one foot in every twelve-of course they are 624 feet in length. The plane is constructed on the balance principle-that is, a chain passes round a pulley wheel at the head of the plane, and a car, on which a boat and cargo is to be transported, is attached to the end of the chain. The pulley-wheel, is connected with a water-wheel by a common gearing, so that the motion may be instantly and easily reversed by throwing spur-wheels in and out of gear. The descending assists the ascending body, just as the descending bucket in a well assists that which is ascending. And the water-wheel at the head of the plane, (to continue the familiar comparison,) supplies the place of the man at the crank of the wheeland as the man at the crank would have to hold back, if the descending bucket were the heaviest, so at the plane, if the descending boat is the most weighty, the water wheel will be used to retard the motion, instead of propelling it. The trade from the summit level to Newark, will be chiefly a descending trade-that is, the descending freights of coal, iron, ore, lumber, plaster, agricultural produce, &c. ninety-nine times out of a hundred, will be the heaviest. And in such cases no water will be used on the water-wheel. In the attempts heretofore made to introduce the inclined plane on canals, the greatest difficulty has been to pass the boat from the apex, or highest part of the plane, into the water of the upper level, or vice versa from the water to the plane. Double plains have been tried-that is, the plane from the lower level was carried up to some height above the water in the upper level, and from the highest point a plane was made to descend into the water of the upper level upon which the boat was to be launched, and to descend by gravity into the water. When a boat was to descend, she was to be drawn up by the machinery to the apex, and thence to descend to the lower level by her preponderance alone or with the assistance of a water wheel. Another mode which has been tried, is, to carrry the boat up in a moveable lock. Whatever difficulties these means presented scem entirely overcome by the very simple machinery which we have been attempting in part to describe. There are two locks (or rather two half locks,) upon the inclined plane at its head. Into one of these locks the ascending boat is drawn by the pullywheel, while the descending boat is leaving the other lock and descending to the lower level. When the ascending boat reaches the top of the plane, she is completely in the lock, into which the water is let from the upper level. And during the operation, by a most ingenious contrivance, as the water rushes in, it raises a gate behind the boat, closing the lock, which then fills with water till it rises to a level with that of the upper level. The upper gates of the lock then open, and the boat proceeds on her voyage. There is a beautiful part of 85 the machinery of this plane, by which the possibility of any great injury in case the chain should break, or any other part of the machinery give way, is prevented, which deserves particular mention. This is a governor, which is so applied to the wheels that the moment their velocity is unduly accelerated, large wedges drop upon them instantly, and stop their motion. This contrivance, and the self-acting water gate, is, in our opinion, proof that great ingenuity and ability have been employed in the construction of this plane. Of these things, as well as of some other ingenious contrivances connected with the machinery, we understand Mr. E. Morris, a young man, who was the Contractor by whom the plane was erected, deserves the credit. At the exhibition of which we are speaking, one of the cars was loaded with twenty-five tons of stone; which, to prevent all question as to the quantity, had been actually weighed with a pair of scales. On the other car was a boat intended for passengers, which was therefore, only freighted with15tons of stone. These cars, with these loads, and really a multitude of people in the boat, were passed over this plane of fifty-two feet lift, in less than seven minutes. Nothing could be more perfect or beautiful than the whole operation. It seemed to leave no doubt on the mind of any of the spectators present, but that Fulton's prediction that planes would ultimately supercede locks where high elevations are to be overcome, was about to be realized. N. Y. Com. Adv. ..7 Coach trimming manu Merchants.. Accountants Oystermen.. From penitentiary. Painters & Glaziers.. Confectioner..........1 .6 Tin pedlar .4 Brickmaker..... |