Merchandise purchased in Baltimore, or any of the seaport towns east of New York, can be forwarded to all places on the banks of the Ohio river, by the way of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Canal, cheaper than by any other mode of communication; and produce, can now be forwarded from Louisville to Philadelphia, by the Pennsylvania Canal, at as cheap a rate, as to New York, by the Ohio and New York Canals; and it is only necessary for the tolls on our canal to be regulated on the same principles as those of New York and Ohio, to give Philadelphia, as a market for foreign shipment, a decided advantage. One lot of 500 hhds. of Kentucky and Ohio tobacco, is now passing through our city from Pittsburg to New York, by contract, at 75-100 per 100 lbs. But the present rate of tolls, (being 33 cents per 100 lbs.) leaves too small a sum to make it an object for the carriers. Ten thousand hhds. have already passed through the Ohio Canal, to New York this season. All of which is respectfully submitted. Philadelphia, June 11, 1834. T. C. ROCKHILL, ADDRESS OF THE POLISH EXILES, To the Citizens of Philadelphia. Since the tyrant of the north has subjugated our un happy country, the sons of Poland have been dispersed throughout the globe, to bring their complaints before the free nations of the world. But it is to you in particular, citizens of Philadelphia, that in the name of their compatriots, and in the name of their country, the Poles, to whom you have condescended to extend your protection, would testify their heartfelt gratitude. Our first arrival in your city was marked by a sympathy for our condition. To the venerable chairman of your committee, Mr. Carey, the constant protector of all the unfortunate, whose heart is ever open to the calls of suffering humanity, we would express our profound and grateful acknowledgments, begging him to impart the same to those benevolent citizens who are united with himself in the discharge of the arduous labors undertaken on our account. We beg him to assure the committee, and all the citizens of Philadelphio, of the deep sentiments of esteem and gratitude with which our hearts are penetrated-sentiments which we shall carry with us into every situation, and retain to the last moment of our lives-sentiments which we shall endeavor to evince by zealous efforts to become useful to our American benefactors, and worthy of their continued regards. (Signed on behalf of the Poles in Philadelphia.) MARTIN ROSIENSKIEWICZ. Philadelphia, June 15, 1834. 3. Ale and Porter in barrels 4. Apples, Peaches, and other green fruit 6. do Pot and Pearl 8. Bark Unground 9. do Ground 10. Beef Salted 11. Beer 12. Boards, Planks, Scantling, and all other 13. Bricks The Austrian capital, which, without the aid of the valliant Sobieski, might at this day have been wearing the yoke of Mussulman barbarity; France, in whose cause the waters of the Nile, the Tiber, the Tagus, the Gaudiana, and the Elster, have been crimsoned with Polish blood; that France, in whose cause the burning sands of Egypt, the pestilential climate of St. Domingo, and the snows of frozen Siberia, have swallowed up so many of our brave warriors; in a word, all Europe, which our last struggle, for a time perhaps, shielded from the invasion of northern barbarians-ungrateful 17. Charcoal Europe has forbidden us to breathe her air, and has 18. Cheese driven us like the victims of some contagious malady, 19. Cider beyond the confines of her territory. But heaven, as if moved by our tears, has at length been pleased to solace our afflictions, and to grant us a respite from so many calamities. The free country of the Washingtons, the Jeffersons, and the William Penns, welcomes us to its hospitality. American citizens stretch forth to us their fraternal arms. We find ourselves in the enjoyment of the same rights and the same protection as those who have fought for the liberty and independence of this happy country. But, generous Americans! what have we been able to bring with us to this home of the free? What, but a pure conscience, the remembrance of our ancient glory, and a determination to become useful citizens in the land of our adoption? What service have we been able to render you? Yet you honor us with your friendship, aid us with your counsels, and relieve us with your generosity. 14. Buckwheat 15. Butter 16. Burrs, French in Blocks 20. Clay, Earth, Sand and Gravel 22. Copper, in Sheets and manufactured 24. Cotton 25. Deer, Buffalo and Moose Skins 28. Earthen ware 29. Feathers 30. Fish, salted or fresh 32. Furniture, Household 33. Furs and Peltry, except Deer, Buffalo 1 1 0 1 0 08 0 4 1 1 0 08 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 06 1 0 1 0 1 0 08 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 20 20 1 0 62. Mill stone, wise 1 4 0 5 0 8 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 age Fifty pounds of baggage will be allowed to each passenger, free of charge.-All extra baggage shall be charged at the rate of one mill per mile, for every twenty pounds. Viaducts. For crossing the Schuylkill Viaduct, the same rates 20 of toll as are now or may be charged for crossing the 20 Permanent Bridge over the river Schuylkill, at Phila0 5 delphia. 0 4 Any person passing over a bridge or viaduct on the 1 4 Railway, where toll is or may be chargeable, who shall 20 refuse to pay such toll to the Collector, when demand14 ed, shall pay a fine of five dollars, for each and every 0 4 such offence.-Harrisburg Chronicle. 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 For the Register. THE AMERICAN MOLE LOCUST. This Locust is so called from working in the ground, 1 4 but the manner of its working is wholly different. It 14 takes or removes the earth in small particles, which by 20 moistening, it places like a mason plasters a wall or the lining of his passage, the earth being moistened na6 turally yields to its pressure, so that the Locust when 0 6 it reaches the surface of the earth, leaves the entrance 20 into the hole clean and entirely free from dirt, which 1 0 circumstance has astonished many persons unacquaint0 6 20 ed with its habits. There is another circumstance wor14 thy of attention: when it emerges from its shell a glutinous substance can be seen upon its body; this in a 10 night will harden and form a brown covering for the winged insect; but if unhappily it leaves the ground too early in an afternoon, and becomes exposed to the influence of a hot sun, the glutinous matter will run, 0 6 and attaching to a leaf, stem, or twig, will harden in 08 the night, thus fastening the unfortunate insect, and 2 0 securing it beyond the power of escaping, hence it miserably perishes. 1 0 0 5 0 6 96. 'Tin and Tin Ware 97. Tobacco, Manufactured, 98. do not Manufactured 06 On the tenth of June there happened a shower of 10 rain, which softened the earth, and enabled numbers 4 to penetrate to the surface. 1 1 0 2 0 Two men employed in boring through a rock for a week, upwards of forty feet below the surface, discov20 ered one of these insects working its way through a 1 O crack or crevice in the rock. They do not come up 10 perpendicularly, but frequently about a foot from the surface, will work their way horizontally until they find 1101 4 4 the earth such as they approve. They come up in greater numbers where there are no trees, than where trees are to be found. 101. Window Glass 102. Wood for Fuel 0 5 103. Wool 1 4 On all articles not enumerated, passing Eastward The garden mould being soft and loose, they as On all articles not enumerated,passing Westward 2 O cend in numbers. Among the many idle speculations which at that time were entertained, was this. That the insect deposited its eggs in the sap of trees, and in the fall of the year the sap would return to the roots, taking with it the eggs of the insects-there they would be preserved until the spring, when the young insect would appear, work its way through the roots into the earth, and then make its descent. They conjectured the insects were employed working their way down eight years and a half, and then they would turn again and work a passage up. If you find these communications useful, I may probably continue them in the hope that some person more capable may be induced to give the result of his obser The annexed article is copied from the Carlisle Republican, and is presented to the attention of our readers, with the hope, that if none "of the scientific gentlemen about Carlisle," can give any "information as to their (the locust's) precise nature, habits, and use," perhaps those about Germantown may undertake the task.-Telegraph. "Danger of Locusts.-The Lancaster Democrat states that a boy who had gathered a number of Locusts and put them into his hat, was stung in the head by one of them, which caused his death. "We heard a stranger remark the other evening, that two children, in the vicinity of one of the neighboring Forges, had died of the stings of Locusts; but at the time placed no confidence in the statement. We have heretofore been of opinion that the nature of the locust was perfectly harmless-can any of the scientific gentlemen about Carlisle, give us some information as to their precise nature, habits, and use. Are they poisonous-are they destructive to vegetation-and for what purpose is it conjectured they were created? A communication on the subject is solicited, and we have no doubt would be read with great interest."-Carlisle Republican. Ha bled to to pierce the earth by means of a shell that covered the whole body, even the mouth and feet. ving issued from the earth, they crept out of the shell; flew about; placed themselves every where on the trees; and made a peculiar noise. As they were in great multitudes over the whole country, their noise the woods. They ripped the bark of the trees and put was so loud, that people could hardly hear the bells in worms therein. Many expected that the trees would be dried by this; but we found next year that it did not happen. Swine and fowls fed on these insects. The Indians did also eat them, especially on the first arrival, after a previous slight roasting; from this it is probable that they are of the same kind with those eaten by John the Baptist. They were of short continuance, dying in June. Remarks:-The worms mentioned were, no doubt, those white worm-like eggs which the present Locusts deposit in the bark. All the other circumstances correspond with those that now take place. That the Locusts were not destructive, appears from the account given by the same author, on the extraordinary fertility of that year, in wheat, rye, Indian corn, oats, and apples. That year was also remarkably healthy among the Swedes, as appears from the small number of deaths on the funeral records, which included a distance at least fifteen miles, north, west, and south from Philadelphia. A great part of the little which is recorded, on the Natural History, Seasons, Diseases, &c. in the earlier times of Pennsylvania, N. Jersey, and, the now, Delaware state, we owe to the Swedish Missionaries. The Swedish congregation in Penn., owe also the principal part of their estate to the zeal and wisdom of the said Mr. Sandel. NICHOLAS COLLIN, Rector of the Swedish Churches in Pennsylvania. From the Mauch Chunk Courier. Allentown is situated on the west bank of the river Lehigh, near the junction of the Little Lehigh and Jordan, is one of the oldest settlements on that river, and in the different wars of America, was the scene of many a brave and bloody deed. It was here that Col. James Bird displayed such heroism in the early wars with the that the bells which "chime so merrily" on Christ aborigines. It was here during the revolutionary war Church in Philadelphia, were concealed by the Ameri al existenee, that the insurrection in which the notorious cans, and it was here at a still later period of our nationJohn Fries bore so conspicuous a part, was fomented, and happily for us all, smothered in its birth. mans, and cut off for many years from the different Inhabited by a few wealthy and unenterprising Gerpost routes by the influence of the neighboring towns, it remained inactive a long time. Its great elevation too, rendering it difficult to procure the necessary supply of water, had the effect of retarding its progress in the march of improvement, and it remained as at first, the division of Northampton county, it became the seat "unnoticed and unknown" until the year 1811, when by of justice of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, was incorporated, and called Northampton Borough, (a name which The following article was published in the papers of by the way has occasioned innumerable mistakes, and the day-1800. LOCUSTS. The following observations on Locusts, made in the year 1715, by the Rev. Andrew Sandel, then Rector of the Swedish Church in Philadelphia, are left on the records of the said church, in the Swedish language, being in exact translation these.-In the Month of May a peculiar kind of grasshopper or flies, called by the English Locusts, issued from the earth. They came up every where, even on the hard roads. They were ena might be altered with advantage.) Since that period it has improved rapidly, and bids fair to eclipse its neigh bors in trade and wealth, as it has already done in point of beauty. The town contains about 2,200 inhabitants. One English and two German Churches; two Libraries; an Academy and Boarding School-together with three smaller Seminaries; a Court House, decidedly the handsomest in the State; a Jail, for which there is little or no use; twelve or fourteen houses of entertainment, some of which in point of size and convenience, are inferior to none in the interior of the country, and instead of the long low weather board huts of the first settlers, there are seen some splendid three storied brick buildings with granite fronts, containing stores vieing with those of the metropolis. In justice to Messrs. Slaymaker & Co. we deem it due to them to state, that not the least blame is to be charged to them, nor any of their agents; on the contrary, we feel confident, that the proper state authorities will cheerfully remunerate them for the loss of their splendid and valuable cars. The four individuals who were injured, were at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and are doing well.—U. S. Gaz., May 14. STATISTICS OF CHESTER COUNTY. The Mauch Chunk Company's canal has opened the trade to Philadelphia and New York, and produce to the amount of $200,000 per annum is sent from Allen. town to those cities. Elevated above the surrounding country, Allentown has been remarkably healthy, and The population of Chester county, is, probably, at it is a fact worthy of notice, that during the prevalence this time, near 60,000. It ranks with Berks and Alleof the Yellow Fever of 1793 and '99, and Cholera in gheny in number of taxables, each containing over ten 1832 and 33, there was not a single case of either thousand. Lancaster comes next to Philadelphia, and in that place, that in any way resembles those diseases. has upwards of 15,000 taxables. In the fourth rank are A company incorporated in 1828, have erected a splen-Bucks, Montgomery, York and Washington, each did Water Works about half a mile from the town, by of which contains about 9,000, according to the late remeans of which a stream of cool spring water is forced turns. up to the height of 160 feet, and distributed in cast iron In the assessed value of property, Chester comes next pipes through the streets. As a country residence a to Lancaster, and is the third most wealthy county in more delightful spot could not be found." the state. By the assessed returns of 1832, the value of real estate is estimated at $14,415,759, and of personal at $3,106,870; Total $17,522,629. To which add one third, to ascertain the real value, and for supposed amount of stocks, &c. not included, $23,363,505, and you have some idea of the actual wealth of the county. The natural curiosities are numerous and well worth seeing. The Springs of Messrs. Martin, Smith and Worman, are justly admired by all who have seen them, while a walk to the Big Rock on the Lebigh mountain amply repays the adventurer, by the extent and novelty of the scenes which are there spread out before him on every side; a thousand feet below are seen well cultivated farms, stretching away as far as the eye can reach, except on the north, where vision is bounded by the Blue mountain, after forcing its way through which, the river may be traced meandering through a country beautifully varied until it washes the base of the hill on which the town stands, and then uniting with the Little Lehigh, Trout Creek and Jordan, rushes along the foot of the Lehigh mountain, and is lost in the distance. Probably no district in the United States, with such resources, has made as little noise or display. The population are of a race, content to pursue the even tenor of their way.' Go on to the top of Osborne's hill, where Gen. Howe stood during the battle of Brandywine, about three miles south of West Chester, and your eye will have the command of a territory containing more agricultural wealth, with a degree of agricultural improvement, than any horizon of ten miles diameter to be found in this country. The inhabitants are mild, hospitable and orderly, the situation healthy and highly romantic, and within a 1 he navigation along our north eastern border, where convenient distance from Philadelphia, to which City we are bounded by the Schuylkill for some 20 odd miles; there are two daily line of stages. The whole number the Pennsylvania Rail Road, which passes through the of arrivals and departures of stages amount to 76 week-heart of the county about thirty miles; and the West ly. There are four well conducted weekly papers printed in Allentown. In short, whether we consider it as a place of business or pleasant retreat from the noise and bustle of the crowded cities, it is alike remarkable, and we confidently assert that none ever visited it without assenting to the correctness of these remarks, or left it without casting a "longing, lingering wish behind." RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT. R. W. the distance will be accomplished in two hours. A line of transportation cars also leave this place for the city every other day, and return the next day; the expense of hauling is fifty per cent less than before the Rail Road was completed, and the burthen cars have full employment. Chester rail road, nine miles in extent, have brought us into public notice. The Branch of the West Chester Rail Road, about a mile and a half in length, will soon be completed, and connect this place with the limestone and marble of the Valley, the Susquehanna trade, and open an extensive intercourse with the western part of the county, Lancaster and Columbia. The whole cost of this road will then be about $100,000—the main line graded for a double track, the branch for a single track, and one track laid on each. This is the work of a private company. The passenger cars pass and Two of the Union Rail Road cars, of the Union Line repass twice every day between this borough and the Co. were, this morning, attached to a train of the bur-city-leaving each place at 7 in the morning and half then cars, to ascend the inclined plane, on the west past two in the afternoon-fare through one dollar— side of the Schuylkill bridge; when they had nearly ar-time 3 to 4 hours. When the locomotives are finished rived at the summit, the coupling of the burthen cars gave way, by which accident one of the laden cars, with the two containing passengers, were forced down the plane, with an impetus that is beyond description. When within a few rods of the bridge, the train came in contact with a burthen car loaded with sand, the shock was tremendous, the pleasure cars rose in the air, and came down in atoms: the passengers were thrown in different directions; and, what is most remarkable, all escaped with their lives, and none dangerously injured, though several were bruised, and one gentleman had his arm fractured. The two cars, belonging to Messrs. S. R. Slaymaker & Co. are completely torn to pieces; from our recollection of these splendid pieces of workmanship, we should suppose the damage, to the company, could not be less than $2500, which is to be attributed entirely to the neglect or stupidity of the individual (in the service of the State,) in attaching the pleasure cars to the burthen cars in advance of them, contrary to the positive instructions of Mr. Eardman, the superintendent of the machinery at the inclined plane. The senior editor of this paper has prepared an interesting table, which has been made out with great care and labor, furnishing a summary of our statistics, with actual data for each township, which is hereto annexed. It gives the following results:- 2 Furnaces, 6 Forges, 6 Rolling mills, 3 Nail Eactories, 12 Tilt Mills and Edge tool Factories, |