JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, July 20, 1847.
Terms, $2,00 in advance. $2,25 half yearly; and $2.50 if not
paid before the end of the year.
Democratic Whig Nominations.
TOR GOVERNOR,
JAMES IRVIN,".
OF CENTRE COUNTV.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH W. PATTON,
OF cnMDERI.AND COUNTV.
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pears in our paper of to-day. We understand this
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cation of young Ladies1.
liclief IYoIcm.
..10s Thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and
-fifty -two dollars of the relief issues were cancelled
by the State Treasurer, on the 31st ult.
The debts of all the States in the Union, amount
to' $22-1,023,827.
Correspondence of the Jeffcrsonian Republican.
Pencilling at Random.
Morristown Public Square Public Buildings
- rr Fon notl.scnsc : 1 Vashington's Head
Quarters in 1779-80 Count Pulaski Mor-
ris and Essex Rail Road Incident, cj-c. tj-c.
Mojiristown, July 24, 1847.
Morristown, situated as it is on "an elevated
plain, in the midst of a country under a high
stato of cultivation, now bearing upon its broad
bosom an abundance of rich golden harvests,
enjoying a pure and delightful atmosphere
having a sufficiency of good wholesome water
with scores of pretty anrj a dozen
et actcras, render it one of the most charming
places in the country. The streets, which are
broad, intersect each other at right-angles, and
are built up with splendid private residences,
and public edifices, all embowered in rich pro
fusions of shrubbery.
The Public Squate is a beautiful plot of
ground and has undergone some improvement
recently, but doubtless susceptible of more. It
should be liberally interspersed with a varieiy
of shade trees, and a small fountain meihinks
would not detract from its beauty and interest.
Among the public buildings the first Presby
terian Church and the Court House rank the
first, the former I am told was established in
1740 the latter, a magnificent structure, was
erected some 25 years since at an expense of
25,000. Immediately back of the town on a
commanding eminence are the ruins of Fort
Non-sense, built in the Re-volution. The old
fort has been considerably "done-for" by Time,
yet its outlines can bo distinctly seen. About
a quarter of a mile east of the Town, on eleva
ted ground, stands the building that was occu
pied by Washington as his head-quarters in
1779-80. An amusing incident is related as
having occurred during that time, showing the
, coolness and self-posscEsion of the the "Fabius.
of America." During the winter several false
alarms were given of the approach of the ene
my. One evening, about midnight, when some
' of the younger officers were indulging them
selves over their wine in the dining-room an
alarm was given. A guest, a young man from
New-York, something of a bon vivant was in
much trepidation, and rushing out into the en
try exclaimed, "Where's the General? where's
the General?" Washington, just then coming
down stairs, met him and in a moderate lone
said, "Be quiet young man! be quiet!"
, Count Pulaski frequently exercised his corps
. of Cavalry and performed astonishing feats :On
'horseback in front of the head-quarters. It is
pow the residence of Judge Ford.
Ths operations of the Alorris and Essex R.
R. from Morristown to Dover are spirited in
deed; they contemplate having it completed in
October. The piospects for the extension of
,ihts road to rho Water Gap, and from thence
,40 the Lackawanna Coal beds are very,flalter-
' 'ing. -
Visitors are constantly arriving and depart
ing for Schooley'a Mountain, Basking Ridge,
and Mendham. Pjiy they could not have a
peep at the Delaware Water Gap. With what
'J rapture minled with astonishment would they
gaze upon the Alpine scene, clothed in all its
grandeur and magnificence. More anon.
THE. DOCTOR.
The Issue in Pennsylvania.
We are rejoiced to receive from all sections
of Pennsylvania the most cheering intelligence
in relation to the prospects of the Whig party
at the coming Governor's election. From the
North and the Northwest, from the West and
the central counties, are of the most encouraging
character. In this section of the Slate the
Whig majorities will, in all human probability,
exceed the most sanguine expectations formed
and expressed at the time of the nomination.
We conversed recently with an intelligent gen
tleman of the interior, one well acquainted with
the State, and informed, by a recent intelligence,
from most of the Southern, Central and Western
counties, who assured us of his conviction ihat
the Whig majority cannot be less than twenty-
five thousand. It is our habit to regard the fu
ture in the least sanguine light ; and though we
believe that we are from the state of public sen
timent, entitled to such a majority, we dare not
promise it. But, unless every testimony errs,
tho aspect of the canvass is most favorable, and
promises, with confidence, a great Whig tri
umph. This result is to be anticipated not merely
from he immediate evidences of its advent, but
from the character of our people and the history
of our politics since tho era of '44. Tho patri
otism of the Keystone lias never trifled with any
crisis of the country. Honest, earnest and sin
cere, it has met every duty, in full confidence
that the.samo spirit guided those who ruled the
public councils. When, therefore, gentlemen
liko James Buchanan, John K. Kane and George
M. Dallas assured them that in voting for James
It. Polk they were sustaining the Tariff of '42
and the protection of Pennsylvania's peculiar
interests, they judged them from the honest
standards of their own bosoms, and were de
ceived ; but once deceived, the insult heightens
the wrong, and a sense of mortification at having
been the victims of so miserable a fraud, deter
mines them in their resistance to it. Tho Kane
counterfeit which won the vote of Pennsylvania,
was hardly more deceptive than the Administration-juggle
that represented the effects of the
European famine as the results of the Tariff of
'40. This latter bubble has burst before the
time fixed by the hopes of the Administration ;
and the people of Pennsylvania see their coal
and iron interests sacrificed without a hope of
reaping the dream harvests promised by the
party, from European necessities. The pres
ent price and future prospects of grain, and the i
clouds already gathering darkly over the coal j
and iron interests reawaken, with redoubled re-1
scntment, the attention of ihe cheated people
of Pennsylvania to the fraud of 1844 ; and they
cannot fail to recognize in every act of the pre
sent national administration a bitter and settled
hostility against every interest cherished- by
their Stale.
In no quarter of our Union is there a spirit
more quickly and siernly alive to the qall of ihe
nation against a foreign foe than in Pennsylva
nia. All panics have vied in their readiness
to offer up their quotas of sacrifice to ihe present
war. But while the duties of patriotism abroad
have been thus nobly answered, those at home
have not been forgotten. Pennsylvania, by the
unanimous action of her last legislature pro
claimed in tones not to bo misunderstood, her
unchangeable determination never to sanction
acquisition for the purpose of extending slavery.
Xhis being now the only recognized, the only j
imaginable object oi our present war, (unless
we regard the establishment of Southern and
slave supremacy as an admitted object, and the
erection of a national debt, and the exaction of
a direct tax as its legitimate results) Pennsyl
vania cannot, without an inconsistency almost
grotesquely disgraceful, sanction it. The can
didate of the national administration in Penn
sylvania, Mr. F. R. Shunk, has distinctly an
nounced his adhesion to all ihe acts and doc
trines of Mr. Polk; and those who vote for him
are driven to the necessity of identifying them
selves with" the support of every measure of
Mr. Polk, from his Mexican war down to his
Harbor Veto.
The confident prospect of a Whig triumph
in Pennsylvania doubtless arises from the state
of the public questions before our people ; but
it also receives greai auxiliary promise from the
character ofour candidate. From the Keystone's
hundred thousands no individual could have
been selected as a candidate more justly popular
than James lrvin. Few men so faultless in
personal and political character have been pre
sented for the suffrages of the people. His
history as an individual, illustrating the rise of
unpro'ected worth and energy his career as
a public man, proving that those who are the
last to seek honor are the earliest to find it, and
that those who are true to the people never
have reason to complain that the people arc
false to them are lull of interest and instruc
tion. Hts benevolence, unostentatious but ac
tive, his integrity public and private, his lofty
and spotless purity of morals, these are merits
not likely to bo overlooked by a people like
those of Pennsylvania. Gifted with a mind
naturally clear, bold and correct, and expanded
by enlarged study and public experience,. Gen.
Irvtn would make, and will make for we re
gard, his election as certain a Chief Magistrate
worthy the first State in the Union. Moderate,
liberal and free from polictical acerbity, he will
be found decided, enlightened and elevated in !
the support of every Pennsylvania interest ;
and, free from all influence of cabals or favor
ites, he will be he Governor himself, independ
ent and self-sustained, or sustained only by an
admiring people. Pennsylvania has long need
ed such a Chief Magistrate. The entire and
enthusiastic union of the whole Whig party in
his support, and the known favor with which
he, is regarded by thousands of the democracy,
will secure his triumph, and that of Pennsylva
nia Interests the One Term 'Principle and all
that the Keystone has hitherto tamly souglii
to obtain.
To secure that consummation so devoutly to
be wished, ii is necessary that no nerve of the
Whig party -should be left inert. A majority
of 50,000 in our favor will availus nothing if it
is not at the polls. - Organization in counties
and townships, the means of spreading political
information, and also of bringing voters to the
polls should be adopted. When? NOW.
If these duties be neglected or deferred, confi
dence will be diminished ; the duty postponed
will bo but lamely performed ; and it should lie
remembered that it is more easily, calmly and
pleasantly done now than hereafter. Let, there
fore, the earnest and honest, ihe steadfast and
true of the past, be found at their posts in sea-
son iet tne young and ardent, the active and
energetic, come forth for this important duty.
In every county, every township; let tho hive
be astir. All looks well ; but alj mnsi Je well.
We want no hollow tumults no false excite
ment no shouts before triumph but organiza
tion and its energies, labor and its results.
North American.
FOR THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN:
Having boen kindly presented 'with a copy of
this paper, I. have resolved to contribute to it some
efforts of my pen, should they be thought worthy
of its columns. The following is part of a Ser
mon delivered on July' 4th, 1817j andif desired, 1
shall give the remainder in subsequent numbers
of the paper. m C. M.
Text Hebrews ii. 14,. 15.
Exceedingly great is the interest attached to
this day, in the hearts of all present.
First. It is the Lord's day ; the day which com
memorates His resurrection from the dead, when
He " led captivity captive," and showed the pow
ers of earth and hell that lie could not be defeat- j
ed in securing the redemption of sinners. j
Second. It is a day set apart by the professed
worshippers of Jehovah in this church, for cele
brating the dying loveof Christ, which He mani
fested for His church, on that awful night on
which He was betrayed ; and
Third. As American citizens, we hail on this
hallowed day, another anniversary ol the greatest
achievement which, perhaps, the political world
ever beheld the freedom and independence of a
nation, the wings ol whose eagle stretches towards
the poles.
It is impossible to conceive of an accumulation
of circumstances and ideas more enhancing, more
magnificent, occurring on the self-same dav, to
the self-same people. We have to discourse si
multaneously upon interests, political, spiritual
and eternal. O that some arch-angel had the taslcl
to perform ! I hen, would such transcendent
themes be lightly handled. I hen, might that
spring in the souls of men, which would set in
motion their complex machinery, be touched by
ns talent powers, and ,they induced, on a day like
the present, to seek their highest, best, eternal
good.
Americans! It becomes you to-day, to behold
the hand of Almighty God, in your present politi
cal and religious existence Not long since, yours
was a country -partially cultivated and thinly set
tled, without arms, without ammunition, without
soldiers, without .money, without anything but
that, which is the glory of a people the love of
liberty, and the religion of the Bible. True, the
histories of those times throw this last and best
accomplishment somewhat, in the shade The-po-
litical character of the colonists seems most prom-1
inent upon the historic page, while their religious
characters obscured. This is a certain result, t
when some military or political man of the world ,
is the narrator of events. The immediate means j
employed, and the results achieved are foremost j
in the mind of such a man ; while the grand latent
power, which set those means in motion, is forgot-1
ten. iiut let ns not lorget it. It becomes us to
day to keep it before our minds. If it is right to
praise men foi piety, then, to their praise be it de
clared this day, those who led in the achievement
of American Independence were men of God.
The sublime and exalted views which they took
of the proper rights of man, were derived from,
and modified by the principles of that religion
which " maketh wise unto salvation." They had 1
two mottoes inscribed unon tlieir banner, which
i - i
- j 7 . . 1
was, planted upon these then desolate hills, and
the hosts ot embattled tyrants read, with confusion-"
m their hearts, " I he God of our Fathers !" and
"Liberty or Death !" Those revered sages too,
who, being driven by religious oppression from
their homes to seek a retreat in the wilds of Amer
ica, to worship the God of heaven with untram
melled consciences, and landed first on Plymouth
Kock, were still Iresh in their memories. Well
they might be ; for the colonists were the sons and
grandsons of the Pilgrims. Those principles of 1
piety which they imbibeti with their mother's milk
still filled, warmed and expanded their hearts, and I
it was under the influence of these that they were
enabled to steer so nobly, upon the ocean of con- i
flict, that bark which contained the destinies of
this mighty Republic. They were men of God. '
God was at the helm of the devoted vessel; what
wonder then, that she moored safely in the port
of peace 1
This grand achievement was the consequence
of a something besides simple valour. " He who
setteth up one and putteth down another," and
holds the destinies of worlds jn his hands, exerted
a providential care over the colonists, and with
such a General-in-Chief, well might they resolve
to face, even to the cannon's mouth, the haughty
hosts of Briton. " My God and my country" was
a theme which then vibrated upon the strings of
every true American's heart; and,- although he
might be called to leave the tracks of his bloody
feet upon the snow and ice, -and sandy deserts,
yet the love of these counterbalanced all, and again
" The God of our Fathers," and " Liberty or
Death," issued ftom his lips with an enthusiasm,
which we, at this late day cannot appreciate.
That the superintendence' of Divine Providence
was exerted in behalf of those noble spirits, is ev
ident from the fact of their suffrages being guided
to the selection of a man to lead their ragged
forces to battle, whose name and fame shall de
scend to generations not yet born. Were I to
mention his name, every heart would beat with
emotion ; but that name is already engraven on ev
ery memory. A minute history of this wonderful
man is precluded by the sanctity of this dav ;s but
it is aheady known, or ought to be .known, by you
all. You have dwelt upon that history from your
infant movements; for , who am of foreign birth,
can remember how the tear trickled down my in
fant cheek, while I sat upon my father's knee and
he told me the mournful story of the American
revolution. You have .perhaps listened to that
history from the, lips of sotn v&eya.ri soldier, who
recounted the alternate defeats and trlumpbs'ofi5eIawai(e.acl Hudson ItutI atom!
those times, which tested with .severest scrutiny
the sincerity:of patriotism. .-"There," would" ne
sinrpfitvnt- nntrintism. .-" J here. ' would netl
i . -
us were the boastful legions of European valour;,
and he altars ofour religion, the firesides of our
children, and the graves ofour fathers behind -
Between these p wo planted our standard Ihe
banner was unfurlec -the drums were beat, and
onward we marched, resolving to d,e or to be free.
At our head, rode majestically the noble Washing-!
ton ; above us, smiled propitious heaven ; within
us, hearts beat high at the sound ofour political
and religious rights, and at the bayone s ptfi.it we .
received those who had ploughed the ocean's
waves, o enslave the tattered sons of freedom.-
rrue, we eft many of our brethren to welter in ,
their blood along the field ; but at the sound of t at
voi Re. which .qefimed insmrm hv hpavnn fur the
say, "our little army ol Heroes advanced. jJelore:To h ,tho Np...nrt n, ,,,.,.,-
, ' -fv ,. r . J. . cacll representing its own mleiest winch mav
sole purpose of lead ng on to victory, again we , , , r f 4, f - i t- ,- , v. -
marched and sought anew to bailie the monsters , cn(l ft0 eatibnt exploration which the
who butchered our wives and children, and pollu- of f Py ad the public rccpnres-
ted our sanctuaries of worship." Such is the sto- al!l k,l0Wm? U,fa.1 lhree ro,Ule-s will be rccommenil
ry to which you' mav have listened. It was little , or examination.one who is perfectly acquaint
wonder then, that' the daughters of America ed mlbuihe barren and, W.v, and
strewed the road" with floweon which their con-neral y with thoe through Pennsylvania to
queror passed, uihd chanted with their maiden
voices, the song of his worth. The sound was
voices, the song of his worth. The sound was
then echoing from north to south, and from east to
west, "Cornwajlis is taken! Cornwallisis taken!"
but all knew that it was Washington who took
him: and. the saviour of his rnnnni rv well deserved
the songs and floral wreaths of those virgins, whom
he had saved from the brutality of foreigners, and
the tomahawks of savages.
As evidence that t
oppressed, had raise(
he filled, and qualifie
deserves to be noticed.
1 ntOVflOt YiMiiIrk momnrif rr fninf hni iwiti
tegrity its influence. The finances were embar -
rassed ; the revenues of the scatiered settlements
could not meet the claims of the trensnTv. nnH the
hnl f.sf nrverl Irnnns ix-ero fUcnnnniniorl f tlioir now
A spirit of revolt instantly spread through the
ranks; British bribes were scattered with an un -
sparing hand, and there was not wanting those
who fanned the flame that was making its baneful
way to the very pillars of freedom. Had he who
passed the Rubicon been there, O what would we
have to think of to-day 1 for it would have be6n as
! r nr. 1 . .i . r
whom God had set them to watch, thev saw a man
easy men lor wasningion to uecome master oi , "v juuius u ourgem, wno was employ eu ny- me
America, as Caesar did of Rome. Thank heaven, Company at that time, to survey the route from
a nobler spirit was there. With righteous indig- the Water Gap to New burg, on the llud.n.
naiion, ne reuuueu me nena mat nau oreameu in-; -i-rum iiairstown to uoiuinoia.on me ueiaware,
fidelity; calmed the -passions of thousands in a at the Water Gap, the distance is 8 3-4 miles; a
short but graphic speech ; opened to view the gulf! perfect plain, the fall not exceeding 12 fut to the
eager, in its vortex, to destroy all that seven years j mile, by actual survey. From Columbia through
of bloody toil had gained ; and, appealing to that the Water Gap, the grade is 272-3 feet per mile,
God. whom he worshipped for the justness of his , and this is made to reach a sufficient elevation
intentions, again revived the drooping spirits whom for crossing the Delaware, and meet the road on
hunger and nakedness had driven almost to de- the opposite side. The rise through the Gap can
spair ; caused them to pant anew for glorious bat-, be reduced to less than 20 feet, by entering it at
tie, and to wreath for their own brows garlands of. a higher point above Columbia, and also shorten
victory ! That toas the hour of this country's re- I the distance; from .Stanhope to Columbia is 2b
aempuon. l nen, me eagie ot ireeoom, ana me t miles, by the proposed route ; from the Gap to the
angel of religion, were stretching their wings for Coal Fields at the outlet of Cobb's Gap, (on
flisht : but turninsr again towards the little band I?
at their head whose words ran with electrical ra- Fields 73 miles, or 110 miles from New York,
pidity through tlieir ranks'; up rose a forest of) The second route proposed begins at Stanhope,
spears glittering in the sunbeams, in token ol their ' and runs northwest to Newton the county town
renewed courage, and through the distant vallies 0f Sussex, a distance of U miles; after passing
again resounded that inspiring motto, The God 3 miles beyond Stanhope, the -round is said tu he
ofour Fathers!" and "Liberty or Death!" very favorable. (It was surveyed, some years
Such were the times, the events, and the char- since by Mr. Beach ) Thence leaving Nt-u ton,
acters whom we are on this day to commemorate, and running 4 miIes wcsterIy t0 Xat.vintV 0ll
and-if there is a spark of christian patriotism with- the paulis.JCill. This ground issaid tohe favor
in our breasts, we cannot let this day pass with- able. At Batesville it strikes the Paulins-Kill
out grate ul acknowledgements to Almighty God ; ; vaHey an,j down lhe tMc , , yi yuI1.
without shedding a tear over the graves of depart- water to Marksboro; 10 U2 mles Hcrc. it ;n
vPaSf rand Sl?e?Tn- , 1 m terscctsthe first named route, and passes over it,
K Z fn t &l forebutthey sho;;Id , via Blairstown, to Columbia, 12 miles.-Ther, -
ive m our fondest affections. l ime may scatter I forc the distance from Stanhope to the Gap is 37
his moss upon their tombs, but the evergreens of mileSj bei 9 mUcs -f f fc TitJ rouie.
1 XfnMVfZtnn ?Qheir 8, and especml- making the distance from Stanhope to the C
ly that of Washington, is co-extensive with the Fields, by the second route, 82 m lcs.or 125 miles
earth, and shall be commensurate with time. i j-rom Qfv y j ' '"i"4
(roiecoiiW.) . j Now as to the third rpuie,fm Stanhope to
z : - j Carpenter's" Point or Port Jervis on the Dcla-
PiS 171c t a I. ware, near the N. Y. State line. From Stan-
There arc at present in operation near Al -
1 ...-
... . .
lentown. says ihe Register, five Anthracite Fur-
naces, which together manufacture from 450 to
550 tons of Pig metal weekly. We were in -
-
formed that stack No;, 3, at Catasuaqua yielded
week before last, alone, near 140 tons. This
, , ... . . ! u -it ,
is said to be the largest stack in the United
States. The boss being 18 feet in diameter.
The other two stacks of the same place, are
,n , . r , , nn
one 10 and the other 14 feet, and run from 80
10 1 10 ton per week.
The whole amount of
pig metal manufactured at these three Furna- ' ie f ? aJt 60 feet to the
1 0 r . , , . mile, on the cast side ; the fall on the other side
ces for the last two weeks was from 325, to , not recollected : refer to Air. Beach's -Report.
338 tons a we'ek. The Allenlowh . Furnace ' hrst two proposed routes pass through the
runs from 220 to 230 tons. j most extensively imp
. Sussex , there being no mountain or broken lands
1 here are also two Charcoal Furnaces, in from near Stanhope to the Gap. Every farm on
this countv that yield each from 20 to 25 tons j either route at this time would sell at from 25
of metal weekly, making together-upwards of ! nS7?n e;ther of thtfe tU'
06 1 i routes would secure m a great measure the car-
six hundred tons of pig metal. ' rying of much the larger portion of the agricul-
I tural products of both counties.
XH3 The farmers of this State have been ! taking the Water Gap route, the road will
told all along bv the Locofocos that the hih ' cscaPe a11 competition ; it is tht .middle and di
r uru in JLf 1 rect route, and passes through a great aaricultur-
pr.ces of Wheat and Flour were caused by the al region. No other road can come in compete
Tariff of 1846. Now, when the prices are tion with it. If the Somerville road should be
rapidly falling, these Locofocos are silent as xte,nd.ed Basfon, it would not interfere: Eas-
, lr , rn ton being 22 miles south of the Gap, which would
death on the subject. If the British Tariff of be the nearest point to that road. Affcr p-assim?
'46 caused the advance in the prices of provis-. through the Gap it enters Monroe Couuty, of
ions, to what is the declining prices to be at- W,h JS the County town.
., v-'-ii 1 1 t .. - ihe GaP 1S tlie great natural kev through
tributed 1 ill these honest Locofocos tell us! which the products of ATonroe, Luzerne; Pike,
y - -"--! and other western counties in viri pas?, on their
JTrpThe-N. Y. Journal of Commerce says way to the eastern marked, as well as the "Jlisi
that frauds are practiced 111 the preparation through which the travel from the sanm t0Xu
,.f ..fr.w, ... ,.!,, o 1 .1 : as well fnrMio- ... , & k
ui uniitu iui Mituivui. ouuit; Ud,i recently re-
ceivcu nave stones
or more, biones ar
place, but the Jour
make nond rnffift.
0
i- . . . ,
..uo.u.ng ,u ,ue quarterly repor- oflhe Sec.
reta.y qt he; IWury, the Government h
as
uiiini .1110 iiuaiici , firt
ammituj of SG,300,0O0s anti wiihin ihe".samfter the chanSe t tire Dutch government they
-n A . . .
jOjUjUou. We wondflr ifanr
.oco-lnco ulhters i.f Govemraem ever .,hii ...
llo$,VM irtMS on borrowed capital Xriends. . This road was
Project.
v itemnrKatiie uiu Mineral icrinon.
Remarkable Old Mineral Region.
, haVo justseen a notice in the Daily that Ule
m o. N j Deleivare &
Raj RoaJ c appointed a Corn-
Jnittee, mostly of your City, to select the best
route for lje
The c h Company to start at
;nt Qn u" Deiawarc hct lhe mml
, paulins.Ki ri in Wnrren (: jusL bo, J
tne Delaware Water Gap, and the N. Y. St-ue
j . and , . .
hQ cartercd t0 H ,d A
t,emen 0 Nowi amJ , ofljw
g w arQ u stra J to the C0(mt ,
. f f , faj , dm; J
. - ... J . " .T
i "ie Lackawanna coal fields, may be permitted to
, muho some statements respecting them.
some siaiemeius respec
! e "e ot lhe, proposed rout
tktanhopc, a,nd run north west
1u"t,Il,t aches the Ponuest F
juv ui uiu propuseu routes wuum uugin at
esteriy some o nines,
t Flats, or what is cal-
un ... - '
t d lfi Quaker-Settlement ; from thence across
the settlement in a western course 10 mile, to
Johnsonburg', oVer a perfectly level country, un-
(ler 0 SnS state of cultivation. I'lie fall it is sup-
1 tuble aIlt,s of" tIje Paulms-KHI, at or below Marks-
uoro- x,l,t iur uIva" a eminent engineer, m
his report some years aijo, said it could be done
bv crossino- the stream below Marksboro. when;
the banks are high, and I then passing- gradually
, down the sides of the high lands until it strikes
( the low lands on the Paulins-Kill, at Blairstown,
3 miles below iMarksboro. The grade in these '6
miles will not exceed 25 feet to the mile, and
this only, it is thought, in the first mile,
' Ararksbo.ro is" also on the survey made in 1836
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mnlrmo tlm rWct
; iT' V mi,srroraewton toPort
JCrV S. till nil P3 ; trnm Pnrf Torvic fr tlri
-...c, uu iimts, Hum .lui l ,vr is 10 tnu same
J point in the Lackawanna valley as in the other
! rol,te, 70 miles making the distance 111 miles
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or lo4 miles to New York. After leaving New-
ton, the route runs N. W. to Branchville, (3 miles;
'jherc 'l is2i miles from Port Jervis, and on the
east side of the Blue Mountain. Here, also, it
t enterS the mountain district, and passes through
! a thinly inhabited country, not susceptible of
! V1"01.1 improvement ; and when it arrives at Port
r,c m uuujpeuuqn wun me ucia ware
& Hudson Canal,, and with the N. V. & Erie R.
ana as before stated, then 70 miles from the
t, , " cai, aisu iwsise.'i to the Oi
- , J UCi-aiso siate quarries now open
ana successfully worked, near the Gap. The
Alleghany Minintr Conmmv nrp. nmv nnpnimr
Spd Workincrthe ancient Conner M nes. near the
Gap. These Mines were cxiensivelu worked
. m. " ri
tvfhen Ar. York teas called -Vem Amsterdam.
"c.ru-
1 he l.egislature of Penn. gavca hbcnil char-
squehanna K. K. Lo.,
is now secured bv . itj
intended to.start ht Pit;-
ton, la., on the Susquehan.na, antt' pass up me
Lackawanna valley, and along Roaring Brook to
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