and if such merchants shall not so attend, it shall be the therefrom a commission similar to what is now allowed for the payment of moneys arising from tavern licenses, and such settlement and all the remedies and duties in relation thereto shall be regulated by the provisions of the third section of the act of twelfth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, entitled an act more effectual. ly to secure the collection of the revenue from tavern licenses and for other purposes. Sect. 10. And be it further enacted by the authori ty aforesaid, That the aforesaid city and county treasu rers previous to entering upon the duties enjoined upon them by this act, shall enter into bonds with sufficient security, conditioned for the faithful performance of their trust to the commonwealth, according to the provisions of the act of fifteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, relative to treasurers' bonds, and the regulations prescribed by said act are hereby extended to all bonds to be taken under this act, and in case the bonds required as above are not transmitted within one month after the appointment of the said city or county treasurers, it shall be the duty of the auditor general to give notice to the county commissioners, who shall forthwith proceed to remove said officer so neg. lecting or refusing to give bond from his said office and appoint some other person in the place of him so remo ved. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the respective clerks of the several Mayor's courts and courts of Quarter Sessions within this commonwealth, immediately after receiving from the said judges and commissioners the lists containing the names of the wholesale dealers and retailers of foreign merchandize within their res pective counties, together with the classification aforesaid, to transmit to the auditor general and the treasurer of their respective city or county duplicate copies of the same under the seal of court, and it shall be the duty of the auditor general to charge the treasurers of the said cities or counties with the amount payable by the several persons mentioned in said lists, from the payment of which the said treasurers shall be exonerated only by procuring satisfactory evidence to the accounting department, that the person or persons so returned were not wholesale dealers and retailers of foreign merchandize or liquors according to the true intent and meaning of this act, and that it was impracticable to col-ponsible for said duties or the collection thereof. lect and recover the same. Sect. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act of the second of April, eighteen bundred and twenty one, entitled an act laying a duty on the retailers of merchandize and the first section of the act of fourth March, eighteen hundred and twenty. four, supplementary thereto and such parts of said last act as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Provided always, That such repeal shall not have any effect upon duties now payable or accruing under said act, or upon any remedies or actions for the recovery of the same or to diminish the liability of any retailers or officers under the said act, now res The following table shows the operation of the old law. YEAR. mencement in 1821 to 1829, inclusive. Philad'phia Philad'phia City & Co. Wh. State City. County. Total. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the proper city or county treasurer, on the first day of October in this year, and on the first day of June in each year hereafter, to Duties on Retailers of Foreign Merchandize from the com make out a correct list of all those who have not paid the duty and obtained license, it shall be the duty of such city or county treasurer to institute a suit against such delinquents under the directions of the second section of the act of the fourth of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, entitled a supplement to the act laying a duty on retailers of foreign merchandize, and the per centage recoverable by the said city or county treasurer, from the delinquents for his own use as a compensation for his services in the suits aforesaid, shall be five per cent. in lieu of the ten authorized by the above act. 1821 Total 2372 64 1822 12347 31 5841 88 18189 19 35658 22 1823 7779 61 2026 28 9805 89 29165 48 1824 2831 31 727 05 $558 36 18490 12 25927 52 51154 15736 76 41545 87 15382 20 39493 07 21694 93 52108 03 20394 86 62607 92 94,830 78 35,858 93130,689 71332595 79 PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY. The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, inquiring for the City, in attending to their offi cial duties, have bad their attention turned to various subjects which they deem of sufficient importance to bring to the notice of the Court. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective clerks of the court of quarter sessions and mayor's courts shall keep a record of the schedules and classifications made under this act and shall be entitled to the sum of three cents for each name registered and returned by virtue of this act, and the respective city & county treasurers shall be entitled to demand and receive from each person to whom they shall deliver a license as aforesaid the additional sum of twenty-five cents, as a compensation for his services in making out, registering and delivering such license, and each constable shall be entitled to receive twelve and an half cents for each name correctly returned in his In the course of the investigations which it has been list, to be paid to the said constable and clerks by the their duty to make, they have viewed with deep regret proper city or county treasurer out of the funds created the multiplicity of Taverns within the city limits. It by this act, and the said county and city treasurers res- has appeared in evidence that licenses have been grantpectively, once in each year, to wit, on or before the seed in instances wherein the parties are in the constant cond Tuesday of December, shall settle their accounts with the auditor general and pay over to the state treasurer all moneys received by them from dealers in foreign merchandize in pursuance of this act, deducting habit of selling spirituous liquors in very small quanti ties, and that persons have actually been furnished with liquor for which only a single cent has been de manded. Augmentation of revenue is sometimes of fered as a reason for granting licenses; but surely the framers of our laws never intended to accumulate misery or increase crime, by sanctioning licensed grogshops; places for vending liquors in the smallest quantities to those whose daily labour is scarcely sufficient to support their families. The jury cannot but believe that if greater caution were used in granting licenses, and that | if the court issued none but to persons of good character, and whose places of entertainment were adapted to accommodate the public, many of the crimes which fill the docket and continue to disgrace our city, would not exist, at least in the painful degree which is now obvi ous. The Inquest view, also, with an unfeigned sorrow the many Lottery offices which are swallowing up the hard earnings of the poor, and by holding out the delusive promise of a fortune, making them unfit for their regular business; this is an evil of great and increasing magnitude. Information has reached the jury that a bout 403 offices for the sale of tickets are now open in the city and liberties, besides a considerable number of persons who pass through our markets and endeavour to draw in the weak and credulous. Their efforts do not operate only on the uninformed part of the community, but the Jury believe some who have heretofore sustained characters of reputation, have fallen victims to them. We therefore are of opinion that, if lotteries either of our state, or the sale of the tickets of those of other states, were wholly prohibited, incalculable benefit would be the happy result. This inquest is also of opinion that the facilities afforded by the too indiscriminate purchases of Pawnbrokers, and other dealers in the articles generally known as second hand, and in a great degree accessary to and encouraging the numerous instances of petty larceny which fill the record-and they are presented, in the hope that if any measures are in the power of the court to check this evil, they may be resorted to. 255 course of law;-if he pays the committing magistrate's THOS. PHIPPS, Foreman, WM. E. LEHMAN, Secretary. COMMUNICATED. SCARCITY OF LAWYERS. Petition of Francis Daniel Pastorius, to the Governor and Council of Pennsylvania; from the original in his own hand writing, among the papers at Stenton, Read in Council March 1, 1708-9. To Charles Gookin, Esq. Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Penasylvania, &s. and his honorable Council. The earnest petition of Francis Daniel Pastorius humbly sheweth, that whereas your petitioner is not only a copartner of a certain company called the Francfort Company, but also hath served the same the space of seventeen years and five months without the least payment from the said company of a reasonable salary promissed him out of the revenues of their Pennsilvanian The Jury have noticed, with much concern, the large estate; and moreover, hath considerably disbursed on number of boys collected almost every evening, and their account; and one John Henry Sprogel, through the during the Sabbath, at the various corners of the pub-contrivance or plotting of Daniel Falkner, in the last adlic streets and near the engine and hose houses. They journed court held for the County of Philadelphia the believe these collections to be of serious injury to the 18th of January,by means of a Fictio Juris, (as they term morals of the youth, and subversive of that good order it) wherewith your petitioner is altogether unacquaintwhich ought to prevail in our city. They, therefore, ed, hath got a writt of ejectment, which, tho' it does not present them as nuisances which the peace officers affect your petitioner, yet the said Sprogel would have ought to disperse, and which ought much more fre- ejected him out of his own home. Therefore your pequently than appears to be the case, engage the salu-titioner humbly intreats the honorable Governor and his tary care of the city police. Council, to be pleased to take into your serious considThey also deem it their duty to notice the encroach-eration, 1st, That the said Falkner, what he hath done ments on the side walks of the streets, by the numerous wheel barrows found passing there, to the annoyance, and frequent danger of passengers. It has been said that an ordinance is in existence, imposing a fine on certain descriptions of barrows thus wheeled on the brick pavement, but the Jury cannot but fear, that from some cause or other, the ordinance is not duly enforced; if in the power of the court to institute measures of a remedial nature, they hope this matter will be attended to. The great number of boxes, casks, and other packages placed on the side walks, are also great obstructions in the street. The Grand Jury likewise present the practice of some of our magistrates, committing idle and disorderly persons, or vagrants, until discharged by due course of law, and of again discharging them at their pleasure. It is believed that such a practice, though somewhat sanctioned by usage, has no foundation in law, and that any such person being thereof legally convicted before a justice, cannot be properly committed to prison, except for a term not exceeding one month-such commitment, in their apprehension, is the only legal one that can be made, and when so made, it is a sentence of the law, over which the committing magistrate has no control. But it is a common thing, as the Grand Jury understand, for commitments to be made for various periods of time, or until the prisoner be discharged by due in this case, did do, solely by himself, beyond his power, and contrary to the mind and will of his joint attor ney, Johannes Jawert. 2dly. That, Sprogle cannot show any deed of sale from your petitioners Copartners in Germany, the which, if the French had taken, (as he sometimes will say) might by him have been procured afresh; he afterwards lying still in Holland several months. 3dly. That, even suppose that he had bought the shares of those in Germany, then the said company or their attornies here, ought in honesty, to make up their accounts with your petitioner, and satisfy what is justly owing to him and others, pursuant to their contract of Society. 4thly. That the said Sprogel having at once, in the last adjourned court above mentioned, got the said writ of ejectment so as to finish this his contrivance in the County Court to be held the 3d day of the next month, between which, and the former, no provincial court will intervene, ffor a writt of error, and hath further fee'd, or retained, the four known Lawyers of this province, in order to deprive, as well your petition er, as likewise Johannes Jawert, of all advice in law, which sufficiently argues his cause to be none of the best. And so, finally, your petitioner, notwithstanding he was the first of all Germans who came into this country since it is a Province, yet being but poor, and unable to fetch Lawyers from New York, or remoter places, makes this his humble application to the honourable Governor transportation of the produce to market, we ought to se- I shall not further trespass upon the time and patience of the house. I trust they will perceive the injustice which will be done, by the passage of this bill, to the people of the commonwealth, and that they will therefore negative it. ments of our state will be alone for Baltimore.But, sir, this is not the fact. The improvements are for the state at large, and not for either Baltimore or Philadelphia exclusively. Sir, it is to afford facility for obtaining a market for those who are now without them, and the more facilities they have the better; the more outlets for their produce the better; there is nothing like competition, the citizens cannot be injured but must be benefited by it. Sir, if the farmer can sell his produce as well, or the merchant purchase his goods to the same advantage in Philadelphia that he can in Baltimore, he will go there, but if he cannot, is there any good reason why he should be excluded from Baltimore I think not-reason and common sense say not. Sir I am sure they cannot feel disposed so far to forget their Mr. DOUDEL in reply to Mr. Hassinger said-Mr. duty to their constiuents, as to say that Philadelphia Speaker: The motives of my constituents have been at- shall monoplize every thing,and that although your cititacked by the gentleman from the city of Philadelphia, zens can in every respect be better accommodated in (Mr. Hassinger.) They have been charged with wish- Baltimore, yet they shall go to Philadelphia at a loss.ing to promote the interest of Baltimore to the exclusion Sir, if this is to be the state of things it would have been of Philadelphia, and this project is termed by the gen- better that the earth had been left in its unbroken state, tleman, a Baltimore project. Sir, on their behalf I deny and that you had never spent one dollar on any of your this charge. It is sir, a project of their own to make a public works. The Philadelphians have been amusing great public improvement, over their own territory, at their us for some years past with the idea of making a rail road own expense, asking for no ther privileges than are every from Columbia to York, but sir, it is all idle talk-they day granted to your citizens of other parts of the state. have never given us any evidence, that they are at all I am not surprised at the opposition of gentlemen rep- in earnest about it, nor do I believe they ever were.resenting the city of Philadelphia. Sir, they oppose Philadelphia has nothing to dread from this improveall improvements of the state, that do not directly pro- ment. Suppose sir, it is successful to its fullest extent, note the interest of their own constituents, and with all it will only secure to Baltimore the trade she now has, their clamour about internal improvement, and all their which sir, I do contend does not injure Philadelphia, for boasted patriotism, we find that if they have to contrib- our produce goes to Baltimore, is there sold, the money ute in the smallest degree more than those who are not for it is brought to York and taken from there to Phila in the least benefitted by it, they become restive and delphia and laid out for merchandize; one house alone dissatisfied; and their patriotism ceases. I would sir, in York purchases in Philadelphia 100,000 dollars worth barely refer you to their late opposition to the tax on of goods annually. This sir, is the course of business. coal, an opposition which carried several of them so far The York county merchants purchase comparatively as to vote against the whole improvement bill. Sir, this but few goods in Baltimore, nor do I believe it will evis the selfish policy pursued by these Philadelphia pat- er be otherwise. Sir, is not what we ask in all respects riots. This legislature is not here to legislate for Phila- reasonable;-Do we not contribute our full portion as delphia alone, there are other parts of the state, sir, as citizens to all public improvements and to the support much entitled to its fostering care as that city. We are of government? Ought we not to have the same rights told that the city of Philadelphia contributes more to that the citizens of other parts of the state have? The the revenue of the state than any part of the state. But proposition is a plain and simple one; we have a comsir, is it not the custom of the country that causes them pany incorporated to make a slack water navigation on to contribute to the revenue? Are they entitled to any the Codorus creek, a fine stream of water which passes credit for that? Have they ever contributed one cent through the borough of York and empties into the Sustowards the internal improvements without receiving quehanna about ten miles below. We now ask for an their equivalent? If so, sir, I appeal to the gentlemen to act of incorporation to make a rail way from the head of show me in what way and at what time. Where sir, this navigation to the Maryland line over 17 miles of our when the state was in difficulty during the late summer, own territory, at our own expense, and for our own use was the boasted patriotism of the city of Philadelphia and benefit. Will you deny it to us? Have you ever reWhere then were her capitalists? That was the time fused to incorporate a company in any other section of for her to have shown her sincerity in her love for inter- the state for the same purpose? And if you have not, nal improvements, but did they then, sir, come forward where is the justice in refusing this? I do hope sir, this and take your loans? No sir, instead of releaving the bill will pass. Our claim I do conceive to be support: State, they did every thing in their power to embarrassed by the principles of equity, justice and reason, and cannot believe, that an enlightened legislature will reject it.-Reporter. her. The gentleman has said that the representatives of the county of York, have invariably voted against the state improvements. If sir, the gentlemen had taken the pains, to inform himself, he would have found that he was not supported in his assertion by facts. For altho' York county cannot by any possibility receive the least advantage from the present scheme of improvement, two of her members of this house and the member of the PENNSYLV'A RAIL ROAD TERMINATION, Certificate of Mr. John Conoroy, City Corder on Schuylkill. I have resided on the Schuylkill since the year 1814, senate from York county, did vote for the passage of and during the whole period of my residence there, the bill in 1827-28, and had it not been for the extrava- there has been hardly a day, except when prevented gance of the system, I believe the representation of the by sickness, that I have not been down on the river. I county would have been still in favour of it. But sir, the have witnessed a good many freshets during that time, representatives of the city are unwilling that any part of and was present at the great ice freshet of the 21st and the commonwealth should be improved, even at the ex- 22d February, 1822. That the greatest height of that pense of the citizens who are alone benefitted by it,un- freshet, was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, less it is to the promotion of the interests of her own and I then noted its height on the north and south sides citizens. Sir, the gentleman from Philadelphia talks a- of the eastern abutment of the Permanent Bridge at bout your permitting Baltimore to tap your canal, Market street, and afterwards marked them on the abutthat it is a Baltimore project, and that the improvement. These marks I have shown this afternoon to 1830.] PENNSYLVANIA RAIL ROAD TERMINATION. Samuel Haines, Esq. the City Surveyor. That after 4 o'clock the river fell, and rose again at 12 o'clock the same night to about the same height. This I know from living in a house, at the time, near the river, and the water having risen to within an inch of the lower floor of it. I sat up all night to watch its progress. During the freshet, the water and ice ran round on the low ground west of the western abutment, and prevented the access to the bridge for some time. The water and ice did not leave the low ground until about sun down on the 22d. I do certify, that at the request of the Permanent Bridge Company, I went this day and took the heights of the freshet of March, 1784, and February, 1822. The height of the freshet of 1784, which was many years before any Permanent Bridge was erected over the Schuylkill, as appears by a mark on the eastern abutment of the bridge, was 10 feet 84 inches. Mr. John Conory, the City Corder on the Schuylkill, pointed out to me a mark on the north side of the eastern abutment of the bridge as the height of the freshet of February 1822. This I ascertained to be 10 feet, being only 84 inches below that of 1784. Mr. Conory also showed me a mark on the south side of the same abutment, and I ascertained this mark was 4 feet 3 inches below the mark on the north side, showing a descent of the water of 4 feet 3 inches, in passing the width of the abutment, which is 42 feet. I also levelled the ground west of the western abutment, and found that 65 feet west from the coping of the northern wing wall of the bridge, the ground was 11 inches, and at 127 feet 9 inches west, only 8 inches above high water mark. SAMUEL HAINS, City Surveyor. Philadelphia, March 6th, 1830. Certificate of Mr. Frederick Erdmann. I do certify, that at the request of the Permanent Bridge Company, I measured, on the 5th March, 1830, the several distances between the piers and abutments of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, at Market street. The following are the measurements-the wharf at the eastern abutment measures 54 feet 8 inches, from the masonry to the extremity of the wharf; and the wharf at the western abutment, in the same way, measures 22 feet 6 inches. The distance from the extremity of the wharf at the eastern abutment to the eastern pier, at high water, is 92 feet 4 inches, and between the two piers, is 190 feet 8 inches, and fron the west side of the western pier to the extremity of the western abutment, is 124 feet 10 inches, making the clear water way at high water 407 feet 10 inches at the Permanent Bridge. The eastern pier, at high water mark, measures in thickness 23 feet 7 inches, and the western pier 23 feet 8 inches. March 6th, 1830. FREDERICK ERDMANN. To the President and Directors of the 203 centre, and one on each side. The ribs of the side arch. es are supported by the abutments and piers, and the centre arch by the piers. The solidity and safety of these ribs, depend, of course, on the solidity and firm ness, and weight of masonry of the abutments. The ribs are connected and held together by ties, and by horizontal and vertical braces, which commence at one abutment, and are carried on to the other. All these are essential to prevent the side vibration, and buckling of the ribs, and without which the whole superstruc ture must sooner or later fall. The skuebacks of the side arches are supported by the masonry of the abutments. The alteration proposed by Mr. Strickland, in the first place, contemplates two openings, or arched ways, through each abutment, each to be from eight to twelve feet wide. Each abutment is forty-two feet in width and will be therefore cut into three sections; one in the centre, and one on each side; so that instead of fortytwo feet of solid masonry to support the structure as it now is, there will be but from eighteen to twenty-six feet of disconnected masonry to support the present bridge and its proposed addition. It is also proposed to carry eleven feet headway in the clear, between the present platform, or travelling way of the bridge, and the platform of the proposed addition. This must cut away all the ties, and horizontal and vertical braces, to that height, from one end of the bridge to the other, and would leave the three ribs of each arch disconnected and separated from each other. The highest part of the present travelling way is in the centre, and that would be only eight feet above the headway of the Railway bridge below, and the only connexion left between the ribs of the arches must be within the small space left above the headway. We are of opinion, that the cuttings proposed through the mound and curtain walls of the abutments, (which we consider parts of the abutments,) would take off that necessary weight at the top, which is essential to the safety and security of the bridge. This applies even in a stronger degree to the western abutment, which, being built on piles, has already cracked, and which is barely sufficient, in its present state, to answer its present end. We are also of opinion, that the cutting, which is in. evitable, of the ties and the horizontal and vertical braces, as before described, would leave the bridge locse, and subject to great vibration; and which, in case of heavy gales of wind, or of the passage of heavy burdens, would in all probability cause the breaking of the ribs, and the destruction of the superstructure. To obtain a clear headway of eleven feet from the travelling way, the proposed Rail Road platform must be set on the level of the skuebacks of the arches at the abutments, and instead of arched ways, there would be open holes below the present travelling ways. These would interfere most materially with the ordinary travel of the bridge, and particularly on the western side, where the two entrances to them approach from the west. If, in addition to these lines of Railway, as we suppose is intended to be the case, "the Railway tracks are to be continued in a straight line down Market st.," we cannot conceive how there can be any accommodation for the ordinary travel of the bridge, the splay of the wings at the toll-house being only sixty-two feet. To obtain the clear headway of eleven feet, the top of the platform must be on a level with the skuebacks, which are sunk into the piers about twelve inches, and bringing the platform to its smallest dimensions, the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge Company. bottom will fall at least three feet from the top of the GENTLEMEN-In compliance with your request, we coping of the piers, which would bring it within the have examined the Permanent Bridge, at Market street, reach of the freshets of 1784 and 1822. The height of with reference to a proposed alteration for Rail Road the embankment contemplated to the west, would of purposes, agreeably to a published Report of Mr.Strick-course greatly increase the damages from the rises of land, dated the 22d of February last. The wood work of the Permanent Bridge consists of three arches, each arch having three ribs, one in the the water. We are of opinion, that from the spans of the arches of the Permanent Bridge being so great, no framing can be adopted for the flooring of the Rail Road way, under the flooring of the present structure, that would bear its own weight. It must therefore be suspended to the present superstructure, as weakened by the cuttings proposed, and depend upon it entirely for support. This would not strengthen, but weaken the present structure; and, by the increased burden of the two travelling ways, the vibration of this bridge would be so great, as in the course of time to render the upper and lower bridges entirely unfit for use. March 6th, 1830. FREDERICK GRAFF, A quaker lady advised pastor Schmidt to leave Germantown, so earnestly, that he without delay availed himself of her kind and friendly advice; the day after some official duties induced him to go back to Germantown; on his return it being dark, lie had concluded to stay for the remainder of the night at a public house above Germantown, kept then by a man, who was called Butcher Michael; he had not been long there before a detachment of 15 American horsmen arrived. Pastor Schmidt now concluded it best to continue his journey home; the officer warmly pressed him to remain, stating that he considered the road dangerous for travellers at night; he at length partly consented to stay and strongly advised the officer to place sentinels on the road below, and above the house; this the officer declined do ing, as quite unnecessary, but at length was persuaded PHILADELPHIA, March 6, 1830. to place a sentinel on the road below the house; the Having been applied to by the President of the Per-horsmen were soon asleep on the floor. Pastor Schmidt manent Bridge Company, to give my opinion respect became so uneasy, that he determined to depart, and im ing the proposed plan of making an opening through mediately ordered bis horse to be saddled, and rode 2the abutments and piers, for the purpose of construct-way; half an hour after his departure, a troop of British ing a Railway bridge, to be suspended or supported by horse came by the road above the house, surprized the the arches of the present bridge, I have no hesitation in American detachment, and killed all but one man, who saying, that the execution of such a plan would be de-after firing his pistol, was so fortunate as to make his cidedly injurious to the Permanent Bridge, and, at the same time, would fail in answering the purpose for which it is designed. Opinion of Major Wilson. JOHN WILSON, escape. SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Sheriff Alison, at his sale The Factory establishment with numerous 13-5 feet, 27.5 14 feet The tract of land adjoining, containing 90 6,000 00 1,195 00 2,800 00 S00 00 The following anecdote belongs to the article on the Lutheran Congregation at Germantown, in the present number-but not being received until the first form had gone to press-it could not be placed in its appropriate situation. A tract of 98 acres in West Fallowfield, from And the cut-down timber thereon, for 30 00 Making this amount, 12,505 00 for the real estate of Mr. Parker; which left a large a mount of debt unsatisfied. At the public sale, on Saturday last, of lots belonging to the estate of William Hemphill, dec. in West-Chester. Lot No. 1-Situated in Gay-street, near the Catholic Chapel, 50 feet in front, sold for 16 dollars and 6 cents per foot-$802 50 for a building lot. No. 2, same dimensions-$15 10 per foot in front. No. 4, do 11 00 do do V. Rec. do EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT. General Table of the Expenses of "Government," from On page 142 of the present volume, we published a 1791 to 1829 excepting 1804, which was omitted in consequence of not being able to procure the auditor The house in which pastor Schmidt lived, was general's report of that year. This we have, however, one of two houses which now form the double by the kindness of a friend at Harrisburgh, since obtainhouse at present, or lately occupied by Mr. Billed, and in order to render the whole series complete myer, printer. A party was sent by the enemy to burn the house, but with orders to spare the one next to his, then belonging to Mr.- a good and loyal subject of his majesty; accordingly they made a large fire in the kitchen chimney, before which they placed a large door, which taking fire communicated the flames to the building; the fire raged so furiously, that the next house was in iminent danger of being destroyed, which being reported to the commanding officer, he sent a detachment to extinguish the fire, which was done; but the house had been so much injured, that on pastor Schmidt's return to Germantown, he could not occupy it, but rented the house next to his old dwelling, where he continued until he left Germantown. we now publish the expenditures of that year. Agree. ably to promise we now offer another table exhibiting the expenses of the "Legislative department,” more in detail, and a second table, showing the duration of the sessions, laws passed &c. &c. We will hereafter furnish similar tables, of the other departments. Though embraced in a small compas, these tables, cost us much time, labor and research, but when completed, will we think furnish such a view of the statistics of our state, as has never been presented to the public, since the organization of the government. |