Bronchitis Cancer Catarrh 2 5 -2 1 1 44 22 24 1 Males, 162. Females, 135, of whom 77 are,boys, 76girls. The city and liberties have remained free, during the past month, of any epidemic disease-the measles and scarlet fever, a few cases of which occurred in the months of January and February, do not appear to have increased. The sudden transitions of weather, peculiar to the season, have produced their usual amount of cattarchs, pleurisies and rheumatic affections. But the entire amount of disease which has prevailed must be pronounced small in comparison with the extent of population from which our bills of mortality are made up. Very few cases of the Small-pox and Varioloid have occurred for some time past. Deaths in MARCH, from 1807 to 1830. 10 7 5 1 1 4 6 1 3 3 2 Thermometer for March 1830. Mob of 1779.-An article with this title is to be found on page 316 of the first volume of your Register; a person who was present is desirous of correcting an error 1 in the statement. The account mentions, "At the crit ical moment when the door yielded to their efforts the Horse made their appearance." The fact is, that there were but three persons on the ground at the moment the Mob desisted from their efforts, these were Gov. Reed, D. H. Conyngham and one other, (name not recollected,) when they rode up the cry was, "the horse" "the horse," and the Mob were already flying when Lennox and his party arrived. I could give many par ticulars, but think it unnecessary at present. At a Medical Commencement, held March 24th, 1830, in the Musical Fund Hall, Locust street, the Degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon the following gentlemen. Names. Samuel Abernethy, Pa. Felix G. Callaway, Geo. Lemuel Gustine, do Thomas Hun, N.Y. Edward Hallowell, Pa. Geo. Jacob Janeway, do Subjects of Essay. Injuries of the Head Rupture of the Uterus Typhus Fever Pneumonia Biliosa Cholera Infantum Variola Vaccina Acute Dysentery Peritonitis Puerperalis Secale Cornutum Cynanche Trachealis Intermittent Fever Marshal M. Keith, Va. Hartwell II. Lewis, Va. Trachitis 237 Bilious Remittent of South ern States Acute Peritonitis Trachitis James H. Lufborough,D.C. Gastritis Evan G. Lester, do Datura Stramonium Acute Gastritis Bilious Colic James B. Livingston, N.Y. Cynanche Trachealis James D. Mead, do Tenn. George Norrris, Pa. David John Rodgers, Pa. Joseph Rittenhouse, do Zachariah Reed, N.J. G. F. H. Strawbridge, Pa. Wilson C. Swann, D. C. Dysentery Causes of Yellow Fever Varioloid&Vaccine Diseases Cholera Infantum Hæmatemesis Inflammatory Dysentery Diet in Disease and Con- Operation of Physical Cau- Physiology and Pathology Idiopathic Hydrothorax Diseases of the Liver tion Ol. Terebinth do Endermic Applications Charies P. Street, Va. James H. Smith, Pa. Thomas Stewardson,Jr. do Digestion Albert Snead, Va. Erysipelas Phlegmonodes Bolling Winslow Stark, do Puerperal Fever William B. Todd, do Pennnsylvania, North Carolina. New-York.. Sanguineous Depletion Hydrops Abdominis Acute Peritonitis W. E. HORNER, M. D. Dean. William P. Garrison, William C. Mulford, Thomas Sailer, Azel Compton, Pennsylvania. SUBJECT OF THESIS. Experimental inquiry into Icterus Leucorrhea Atiology and cure of in- Delphinum Consolida Dysentery Erysipelatous Inflammation Pathology of Inflammation Abortion China, Cuba, Hayti, Madeira, 1 Brazils, British West Indies, British Am. Colonies, 1122 278 772 211 387 804 360 364 5927 Cynanche Trachealis Hanse Towns, 1 588 Cuba, 1 1295 Gonorrhoea Hayti, 117 Bilious Cholic Madeira, 142 Acute Enteritis Brazils, 1 3 920 Delaware. Swedish West Indies, Remitting Fever 200 New Jersey. Hepatitis Dysentery Dysentery Pertussis 260 Gibraltar, Secale Cornutum Phlegmasia Dolens Leucorrhoea Outward, Coast wise-Vessels 132, Tonnage 10,772 tons. Trade of French Creek -We are informed on good Use of Amesbury's Appa- authority that between Waterford and Bemus' mills, ratus Connecticut, Delirium Tremens Secretion on French creek, a distance of 22 miles, from 90 to 100 flat bottomed boats have started, or are about to start, for Pittsburg. These boats are built principally by individual farmers, and are freighted with hay, oats, potatoes, and various other kinds of produce; also, salt, staves, bark, shingles, cherry and walnut lumber, &c. The average freight of these boats is twenty-seven tons, and the average value of boat and cargo at Pittsburg, is estimated at five hundred dollars-calculating the number of boats at 100, the total tonnage would be 2700 tons, and the product at Pittsburg fifty thousand dollars. From Bemus' mill to the mouth of French creek, the number of boats of the above description is equal, if not greater, exclusive of rafts, which make a very consideObservations on Therapeu- rable item; so that the trade of French creek this seatics. son may be safely estimated at 100,000 dollars. Erie Gazette. New York. PITTSBURG, March 30. Floating Dock.-Several of our steam boat owners are now engaged in building an immense flat boat, to be used as a Floating Dock, for repairing steam boats. This boat is one hundred and forty feet long, and thir ty-two feet wide. We have no doubt this dock will prove highly useful. Hitherto the methods adopted for repairing steam boats have been very tedious, inefficient, dangerous, and expensive, and it is high time that some better plan for preserving this valuable species of property from early decay should be devised. Pittsburg Gaz. ROMAN CATHOLIC SOCIETY OF 239 The Managers of the Roman Catholic Society of St. Joseph for educating and maintaining poor Orphan Children: TO THE PUBLIC. Experience in the history of charitable institutions, proves that their establishment is a much easier task, than their subsequent preservation. The zeal that usually swells the list of subscription at first, may be compared to the spring tide, with this difference that it flows but once. Hence it is that so many of them commence with bright prospects of support, and are afterwards permitted to languish for want of means. Year after year, you see their condition spread out before the public, in detail; but even this does not arrest the decrease of subscription. Now and then, indeed, we see with delight an establishment of this kind, placed, by the stroke of some generous pen, far beyond the caprices of public patronage. But the instances are as few, as they are OBITUARY. DIED, on Saturday morning, the 27th ult. at his residence in the borough of Bedford, JOHN TOD, Esq. one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, aged fifty-one years. The loss of this eminent and useful man will be seriously felt and deeply lamented throughout the state. Destitute of every resource but that which his own talents and industry supplied, he arrived when a young adventurer, in Bedford, and commenced his career as a lawyer under circumstances which were peculiarly unpropitious and discouraging. While on the one hand he was entirely without friends, and forced to contend with those evils which are inseparable from poverty, we have every reason to believe that on the other a selfish and illiberal feeling was at work to repress his ardour, and stifle at once that determined resolution which led him at last to distinguished success and usefulness. A mind like his might be cramped, but it could not be subdued or intimidated. It was not long before his industry and application at tracted the notice of the public. He acquired an ex-honourable. tensive share of practice-he was repeatedly called to The managers of the St Joseph's Asylum, have the preside in the councils of his country-a series of years satisfaction to state, that, if the institution under their placed him on the bench in the district in which he had care be not yet as extensive as its object requires and commenced his profession, and soon after he was elevat-as they hope to see it, it is at least placed on a solid ed to one of the first honours in the state by being ap- foundation. Without the aid of the charitable it will not pointed a judge of the Supreme Court. advance, but it cannot retrograde. It will be seen by a The character of Judge Tod was that of a plain prac-brief outline of its history, that it has struggled with its tical republican-a downright honest man. Without primitive embarrassments, and arisen to what it is, in the least ostentation or disguise, he remarkably exempli- comparative privacy and silence. fied in a Spartan simplicity of manners the truth of his own sentiments-that there may be a social equality in the intercourse of men on all proper occasions, without at all interfering with the difference conferred by intellect and education. He was too humble to think himself wiser than others, and too honest to account himself better. His unbending integrity, his inflexible resolution, and his unceasing application to business, were the chief causes of his being successful in most of his undertakings. Had he possessed these last qualities in a less degree, we have reason to suppose he might have lived longer-but a prolonged life is not always either the most glorious or useful. At a meeting of the members of the Bar of Bedford county, Pa. at the County Hall in Bedford, on Saturday the 27th day of March, 1830, James M. Russell, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Francis H. Murdoch, Esq. appointed Secretary: Whereupon the annexed preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. Whereas it has pleased Divine Providence to call from his earthly labours in the midst of his usefulness, our eminent and valuable fellow citizen, the HoN. JOHN TOD: and it becomes us as citizens of his adopted county and residence, and as professional associates, warmly and affectionately attached to him, to offer some public manifestation of our regret on this solemn occasion. Therefore Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply lament the loss which our society, our country, and our state have sustained in the death of our eminent and highly valuable fellow-citizen the Hon, John Tod. The Society, under the name of "The Roman Catholic Society of St. Joseph for educating and maintaining poor Orphan Children," was incorporated on the 18th of December, 1807. In the year 1811, the house and lot where the Asylum now stands were purchased, and cost including subsequent improvements, $6,927 28. The Society in consequence of this purchase and the current expenses was not out of debt until the year 1817. On the 19th of March of that year, the society found itself for the first time out of debt, with a balance of $63 09 in the Treasury. In the year 1821, it was unanimously resolved by the society that the then existing capital should be increased to the sum limited by the Charter, which the Managers have not yet been able to realise. In 1814 an association of ladies was formed, who took upon themselves to supply the children with clothing and other domestic articles. These ladies have continued up to this time, to prosecute the object of their assciation with a zeal and perseverance, worthy of all praise. Their subscribers, however, at present are only a small remnant of what they once were. The manag ers have to mention also, with regret, that the male subscribers have decreased from 180 in 1816, to 10, in 1829. The care of the orphans and the domestic economy of the house are superintended by four "sisters of charity" obtained from Emmetsburg in 1814. The advantages and saving resulting to the institution from this arrangement are incalculable. These ladies, in accordance with their religious profession, devote themselves to the service of the orphans without any remuneration beyond food and Resolved, That we cherish the recollection of the vir-raiment. In them are united, the mother's tenderness tues that ennobled and adorned his character-of his usefulness as a citizen, a statesman and a jurist, and of his private worth which endeared him to all his acquaintances. Resolved, That we sincerely sympathise with the family of the deceased, in the melancholy bereavement which has deprived them of a watchful parent, a kind relation, and a warm and devoted friend. and the guardian's economy. With the aid of the larger children they do all the house work themselves. Since 1810 upwards of 100 orphan children have been admitted from the age of three to seven years, and have remained generally until about 12 years. Thus the above number have enjoyed the benefits of the institution, food, clothing and education, each during an average period of seven years. In making this statement, the managers beg leave to observe that St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum has never received either from the State or Resolved, That these proceedings be published-and from the Guardians of the poor, any of those aids or apthat copies thereof be presented to the family and trans-propriations, which have been extended, and properly mitted to the brothers and sisters of the deceased. Resolved, That in testimony of these feelings, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. so, we think to other and similar charitable establish. JAMES M. RUSSELL, Chairman.ments. The managers feel that the claims of this humFrancis H. Murdoch, Secretary. 240 ble institution must be strengthened in the minds of our fellow citizens, by the consideration, that, without it, these hapless orphans would have been a burthen on the community and must have been supported at the public expense. The number of orphans at present in the institution is 33, and the managers have to regret that while the applications for admission are numerous their available resources will not authorise them, at present, to receive any more. The managers in the name of these orphans return thanks to those of their fellow citizens, by whose liberality they have been enabled to rescue so many interesting objects from physical suffering, and from moral degradation. Their only ambition is, to be able to extend more widely still, the sphere of this charity. They are bound also to take this occasion, to express their gratitude to Dr. A. B. Tucker, and Mr. Henry M. Zollickoffer; the former for his gratuitous and unremitting professional attendance to the health of the children and the pious ladies who take care of them; and the latter for his liberality in supplying the institution gratis, with medicines out of his store, and in many cases, sending out at his own expense for such as did not happen to be in his store at the time. These are instances of disinterested benevolence, on which humanity reflects with delight. March, 19, 1830. A line of packets has been established between this eity and Port Deposit, and the business commenced with a spirit which promises to reward the enterprising proprietors. Since the latter part of last week, about 7000 bbls. of flour have been brought into the city, and from the reports of those engaged in the business, a much larger number will be introduced during the week to come. The canal, which is now in fine order, presents other advantages to the city of no less importance. Several lines of packets are now running to Baltimore, to Alexandria, to Fredericksburg, Norfolk, and Richmond, and a variety of transient vessels are trading to the sev eral towns on the Eastern shore. During the week ending on the 17th, 102 vessels passed through the locks, and as the spring trade is only commencing, we may readily suppose that the number will greatly increase. Phila. Price Current. More Coal.-Several miles above Dunstown in Trimble township, Lycoming county, on Lick Run, three quarters of a mile from the West branch of the Susquehanna; there has been opened an inexhaustable bed of coal by Mr. John Hepburn, of Northumberland. The coal is of a superior quality to any that we have seen in use in this part of the country, it is Anthracite, of a beautiful appearance, light and porous, and burns lively when put into a coal grate, or stove; it emits no sulphurous smell, but has the effluvim of tar. Three hundred tons of this excellent mineral are now lying at the quarry, and will be on to market as soon as the navigation of the river will permit.-Lewisburg Union Co. Hickory. Bituminous Coal.-We are informed that a body of bituminous coal has been discovered three fourths of a mile above Montgomery's Ferry, and three miles below Liverpool in Perry County. As far as the examination has been made, the vein of coal is about six feet in depth or thickness, and what renders it peculiarly valuable is its contiguity to the Pennsylvania Canal and the river Susquehanna, being but a few yard, from either. We understand that this new mine of wealth is the property of Thomas Gallagher, Esq. of the neighbourhood of Liverpool.-Chronicle. Wild Pidgeons.-Immense flocks of these beautiful birds have been flying about this neighbourhood for several days. On Friday during the severe equinoctial storm, they were taken in immense quantities, in nets, and we heard it stated, many were killed by clubs. Our Postage. The aggregate profit or net receipts of pos- ... .$272,524 .152,020 .107,544 .75,105 ..44,075 The clear profits of postage from the city of LIST OF STEAM BOATS. .$129,970 .83,920 .45,416 .51,857 .....15,095 |