Years. Coal Trade. TABLE showing the Number of Tons of Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal imported and exported at Philadelphia, for Nine successive Years, its Value, and the Number of Vessels employed. 1820 2,190 1822 2,440 73 1823 5,823 1824 9,541 2,440 14,640 5,823 34,938 723 9,541 57,246 3,255 1825 28,393 5,000 33,393 200,358 13,520 5,000 18,520 111,120 150 1826 31,280 16,767 48,047 288,282 12,769 11,596 24,365 146,190 200 1827 30,305 31,360 61,665 369,990 13,000 21,004 34,004 204,024 320 1828 30,111 47,284 77,395 464,370 23,156 23,039 46,195 277,170503 It appears by the last report of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, that the amount of Tolls received from Coal in 1828, was 46,242 dollars, while those from all other articles than Coal, amounted to only 40,969 dollars. The consumption of coal in the city of Philadelphia for the same year is stated at 34,721 tons, and of other towns on the Delaware, 5,844 tons. The total amount of the Anthracite coal business for the year, in Philadelphia and on the river, is estimated at $520,560. Prices of Flour. STATEMENT of the Average Price of Flour in Philadelphia for each Year, from 1785 to 1828. Total. Value at $6. Schools. TABLE showing the number of children educated in thirty-one counties, from which returns have be nual expense. NAMES of the Governors, Deputies, and Preside and the Dates of their Appointment to Office, from to the Present Time. J. Andrew Shultze, George Wolf, October, 1823 1829 A large portion of the preceding facts, respecting Pennsylvania, have been collected from Hazard's Register, one of the most valuable statistical works in the country. DELAWARE. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. THIS Canal commences at Delaware City, a point on the river of that name, 46 miles below Philadelphia; it crosses the peninsula, in the states of Delaware and Maryland, in a direction nearly west, and enters Back Creek, a navigable stream which runs into Elk River, a large branch or arm of Chesapeake Bay. It is calculated for the navigation of sea vessels of a draught not exceeding ten feet. Its length is 13 miles. Its breadth at top is 60 feet, at bottom 40 feet. Its locks are 100 feet long, and 22 feet wide. From the river Delaware, it passes for 4 miles to St. George's on the level of high tide, through a light marsh. The embankments through this were formed at great expense, by permitting upland earth to sink until it reached a firm foundation. It is supposed this sinking frequently exceeded fifty feet in depth. From St. George's to the Deep Cut, 3 miles, the Canal is excavated along the bed of a creek, which is considerably deepened, a towpath being made on one side, and the natural shores forming the other. The Deep Cut is four miles in length. At the highest point the depth is not less than ninety feet, and it is crossed by a bridge of imore than 200 feet span. Its sides are secured by thick stone walls fourteen feet high. From the Deep Cut to Back Creek, 24 miles, the Canal is made chiefly by excavating the bed of a small stream. At each extremity a town has been laid out, and houses are already erected. The cost of the work will somewhat exceed two millions. The government of the United States have subscribed $450,000 towards it; the state of Pennsylvania $100,000, Maryland $50,000, Delaware $25,000. MARYLAND. Officers and their Salaries. EXECUTIVE. Daniel Martin, Governor Chancellor, Theodoric Bland Salary. $2,666 67 3,600 00 Court of Appeals.-John Buchanan, Chief Judge 66 2,200 00 2,200 00 2,200 00 Stevenson Archer, County Courts.-The State is divided into six judicial districts, for each of which there are three judges. Each court is constituted of one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, and two Associates. The salary of these county Associate Judges is $1400 each, except in Baltimore district, where the Associates are paid $2200 each. Baltimore City Court.-Nicholas Brice, Chief Judge Salary. $2,400 1,500 1,500 LEGISLATURE. The Members receive $4 a day. The Speakers of each House $5. |