Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-23

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repair directly to the new settlements, instead d
crowdiny into our cities and towns, ALREADY Oys,
supplied with that species of population, we c,,s
not how many CT how few OF them take I'm ,bs;.
abode among us. 1t is estimated that tho j.
crease Of population in the United States hS
means Of emigrants, is about 1000 a week: Will.
the natural increase is more than 1000 d,v
The process of anna gamation is rapid, and n,
name American speedily swallows up all Other
distinctions.
The Grand Jury of the City and Co0,,.
New York. at the close of their recent sess'ou "
make prese,ttmet Of what is in their on;. ,S"
the chief causes Of crime and breaches If WI
law in that community. They assert that m ~.
Of the business that has come before them. I.|
arisen out of quarrels and outrases caused h.
drunkenness; and that this drunkenness il o,. a."
stoned by the facility with which liquor is obt,n
ed 1T the tipping shops, in whose ne.hborSnoI
these breaches of the peace generally take NAV"
Some of these tipping shops are furthermorsI . 4,
cIarcd TO be well known receplaces for ,o'.
goods; aud thus oler twufold temptation ~ %
idle and uecessIluus. TO fall into "th. u,r w.
the transsressor.' With strong con,ic,io1 "
the evils to society arising from tie cause namsT
the Grand Jury ask: "'U
"Ousht licenses TO be granted for the sal. -
liquor to men who keep nothing bat dram sbo,.
and who thereby corrupt, dcmorallZe and dps,ro,
the youth Of our couniry!'
The query is one well deserving consder,,io,
BY the proper authorities. The presep,ma,,
speaks decidedly in favor of the benefits wb"l
have been experienced from Temperance soc;e
ties; and suggests that the cause would he M,
| terlally aided il more caution was used in H..
granting OF licenses for retailing spirvous i
quors. Put.
Chesapeake and Le'aware Canol-Tbe pr,.
dent and Directors OF the Chesapeake and Del,
ware Canal Company presented their l9th Gs
neral Report on the 9Th inst. This do,pmea,
| states that nothing has occurred during The n,,,
year to alter the favorable expectation. enter.
tanned of the profit of the canal Since il w..
opened IN October, 1929, it has never been i'm
peded for day, except by ice, and then OuI,
when the rivers il communicates with, were cI...
ell by the same cause. During the drought d
August, September aud October last, when one.
the navigation was not interrupted, and vessels d
the ordinary drausht met with no obstruction.
During that season, experience eyinced the GOOD
effect Of the reservoirs provided on the summit
level. 1t is intended by an alteration IN one Of
the locks, to increase the supply of Va
| ter In one of the reservoirs on this level Som.
improvements have already been made Tn.
gates Of the locks have been 50 altered as to sav
much water, and expedite lockage. The to,
ing path on the summit-level has been enlarge!
and strengthened, and the banks of the caa,
have been sown with grasses, as yet, hOwevg.
with partial success and by the sloppase of acuL
vert on the lower level, much meadow land Wa
overRowed; this evil will BIZ eHectually prevent.
ed in future.
Frauds, it seems. have been attempted on The
Company in the tolls, by masters and agents Of
vessels, but have been in great measure stopped
by strict supervision. Difficulties are still ey
perenced from the bad navigation of Back Creek
and it is hoped that Congress will make some
appropriation for imprOvingit.
The advantages to the community. and 70
Philadelphia in particular. from this canal an
said to be very great.
Between Baltimore, Alexandra, Richmond |
Petersburg, Norfolk and Philadelphia there han |
been employed during the past year, in the tran: T
portation of passengers and merchandise b /
way of this canal, two lines of steamboats, and
seven lines of packets. There were made dung
that time the following number Of passage
through the CANAL
1880 packets with merchandise
GOO vessels with wood, carrying IS, S5a cord
a72 do RATS and arks, with
lumber, carrying 7,llS,7SliaeI
294 do -four do IOO,462brl'
$40 do wheat, corn, &c. 2S9, Us buS
1858 do cotton, iron, oysters, fish, whhl!
and various other articles, making total Of 'ss
passages of vessels OF different descriptions 'ho
the canal between the LIST Of June $780, anda
lst Of June 1851. ,,y
The increase Of this trade is visible IN PhIia'
phia, chiefly on the Delaware.
Notwithstanding the severity Of last VIM
tolls are increased fifty per cent. this yeH,
mounting to S63,223 Is; in the ensuing va
they will amount probaby to 10000. Inc 'V ~,
pletion of the Delaware and RarIan lanai w. y"
AmbOy Railroad, the Cbesapedke ana on'O ~
nal, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail kOau' w.
it is supposed, materially increase the reet'p
Baltimore .fmsr'tN'
--sAees> ,n
PHILADELPHIA. I'm 1924, MIR. kandolp
that Philadelphia was in - state OF a'ror!
could never have a foreign trade to y"