The Board have been thus particular in stating the circumstances of the negotiation with Mr. Bethell, as it has been recently communicated to the President, that he intends to institute a suit against him for damages, for the non-performance of the alleged contract. Of the result of such a proceeding, no apprehension can be justified. If the Board had not, indulging the most liberal and generous views on the subject, consented to rescind the purchase, a just and legal claim on Mr. Bethell for damages, might be entertained. All the correspondence of that gentleman accompanies this report. It was important to the Board to ascertain the most approved mode of constructing Ice-Houses, and the most successful and economical usages for filling the same. For the purpose of procuring this information, the Board offered a premium of fifty dollars for the best plan of an Ice House; and instituted other inquiries. The larger Ice Houses in the neighborhood of the city, were examined by some of the members of the Board; and facts and suggestions earnestly sought and collected, with every diligence. The result of these measures was an entire change in the plans of the Board, for the form and the manner of constructing their Ice-House. Instead of placing it in the ground, it was found in their opinion, derived froin the information communicated to them, decidedly preferable to place it above the ground; and instead of constructing the chambers for the deposit of the Ice, of stone or brick, it was found most advantageous to make them altogether of wood. The Board, as the most satisfactory mode of communicating to the Stockholders the inducements to this change, and the adoption of the plan referred to, ask leave to introduce a letter from Mr. Metcalf, of Cambridge, Mass. by whose suggestions they have been principally governed in the construction of the building now erecting, and to whom, for the valuable information received from him, they have awarded the premium.--(Appendix, No. 1.) Subsequent investigations, diligently prosecuted by the Board, have fully sustained the determination to erect and charge the Ice-House on Mr. Metcalf's plan In all the Southern States, in the West Indies, and other places. Ice Houses placed above ground, the sides charged or filled with non-conductors of heat, such as tan, saw-dust, charcoal, or straw, are used with uninterrupted success. It has been communicated to the Board, that a loss of not more than eight per cent is sustained in some of those Ice-Houses; while the loss of Ice in the Ice-Houses constructed in the usual form is said to be upwards of sixty-six per cent Not more than one-third of the Ice deposited in such Ice Houses is preserved to the period when it is required for consumption. The Board was desirous to afford to every one an opportunity to contract for the building, on the most advantageous terms to the Company. Proposals for construction were invited by public advertisements; and an arrangement entirely satisfactory was made with two of our principal carpenters, Messrs. Courtney and Wiley, to do the work of the building at fifty per cent deduction from old price, the Board to find all the materials. Not having obtained an unincumbered title to the property proposed to be purchased of Mr. Bethell, the necessity of immediate action on the subject, and consid ering the situation equally advantageous, the Board agreed to take, on ground rent, of H. J. Williams, Esq. a lot on the south side of the Columbia Rail Road, and near the bridge now being constructed over the river Schuylkill. The lot is two hundred feet front on the Rail Road and River, and nearly three hundred feet in depth. The Board have reserved a right to take one hundred feet more within one year, at the same ground rent of two dollars per foot. This location of the buildings and property of the Company, has been named "Iceberg Place." The position of the Ice-House upon this lot, will enable the Company to carry into execution all the most approved and economical plans for constructing and charging the Ice-House. Placed on the margin of the river, the Ice can be taken by machinery and put immediately into the building; its proximity to the kail Road will afford all the facilities of the use of that most efficient mode of transporting the Ice to the city. It is intended that the Company shall avail itself of all these advantages. The cars to take the Ice to the city, may be loaded in the Ice-House and brought into the city, to be afterwards put upon wheels and serve as refrigerating chests of Ice, from which deliveries to the Stockholders and the customers of the Company will be made. The Ice-House will be two hundred feet long, fifty feet wide, and twenty five feet high, divided into four equal compartments of fifty feet each: the sides of the House are formed by plank, spiked on the interior and exterior surface, to the framing, leaving interstices or intervals to be filled up with the most approved nonconductors of heat. The joints of the planking will be made air tight, by means of oakum and pitch; the roof of the building has an interior lining, leaving a space to be filled with a non-conductor. The framing is on a foundation of stone, and the bottom of the Ice-House will be paved with bricks laid in brick clay, presenting an eliptical surface for the purpose of easy drainage. Every effort for an economical use of the funds of the Company has been made by the Board; the materials have been purchased for cash, on the lowest terms. A competent agent, Mr. Courtney, was sent to Port Deposit, with funds to procure the plank and shingles: and the success of this measure has fully answered the ex pectations of the Board of Directors. Without an important exception, all the materials for building are upon the ground. The Board have great satisfaction in assuring the Stockholders that the progress of the work is such as to authorize a confident belief that it will be completed in time to receive Ice. The contractors have used all the fidelity, diligence and speed which their engagements, and the demands of the Board upon them made necessary. By the beginning of January, should the season admit it, Ice may be stored in the building. The con tract with Messrs. Courtney & Wiley, and the accounts with others who have furnished materials and workmanship for the Company, are laid before the Stockholders. It became necessary soon after the organization of the Board, to appoint a Superintendent. The duties of this station comprehend the whole business of the Company, with the exception of its office arrangements and accounts. Integrity, diligence, and a practical acquaintance with works of the description of the building of the Company, with habits of directing such persons as those who shall be employed to fill the Ice House, and distribute the Ice to the S'ockholders and others, are essent al requisites in the character and conduct of such an officer. His whole time must be exclusively and uninterruptedly devoted to his duties, and his frequent intercourse with those who may become the customers of the Company, when Ice is distributed, and with others, require that he should have other requisites in addition to those which have been named. During the period when the Ice House is to be filled, he will be called upon to superintend that operation both day and night. During the season of its distribution and sale, much of the night and early morning must be employed in loading and despatching the Ice Cars under his su pervision; the Board deemed the sum of one thousand dollars a proper salary for this office, and they fixed it at that rate. Mr. Robert B ooke, long known as having filled the offices of County and City Commissioner, and other stations of trust with integrity and general satisfaction, has been appointed the Superintendent, and having given the required security, immediately enter ed upon the duties of his office. His conduct since his Philadelphia Ice Company. appointment has fully justified the confidence of the George Y. Browne, Treasurer, in Account with the Board. A Report from him on the progress and state of the work, and the business of the company, is submitted with this report. 1833. DR. Dec. 12. To cash; being amount received The suggestions in the letter of Mr. Metcalf, before ses and importance of his mission. A copy of that letter It will be seen by that letter, that the Board contemplate securing, at all events, a sufficient quantity of Ice for the wants of the Stockholders; to be imported from the East in the event of a failure of season here. measure is considered obligatory, and unless disapprov. ed by the Stockholders, it will be carried into execution. This The necessity of a building for the protection and comfort of the workmen employed by the Company, and for the residence of some one, who being near the Ice-House, and other property of the Company, may have charge of it, have induced the Board to cause to be erected, an accommodation house, of suitable dimensions. It is nearly completed, and is constructed of the cheapest materials, in a cheap, and work manlike manner. It will not exceed in cost, seven hundred and fifty dollars. By an insurance on all the buildings against fire, to the extent of four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, the interests of the Company are protected from loss by such a disaster. This insurance will be increased when the buildings shall be completed. The Board cannot with accuracy state the whole cost of the buildings of which they have authorized the construction, of the arrangement for filling the Ice-Houses, and of the cost of subsequent delivery of the Ice to the Stockholders and others. It is confidently believed that the present amount of capital will be fully sufficient for all these purposes; if it shall be found otherwise, additional shares may be disposed of. The Board will have no difficulty in doing this, as the whole six hundred shares have been subscribed for, and constant applications are made for an increase of the number. A second instalment of ten dollars on each share of stock was required by the exigencies of the Company; many of the Stockholders have paid the whole amount payable on their stock The Board were directed by a resolution of the Stockholders, to apply to the Legislature for an Act of Incor poration. Preparations for this application have been made, but it has been considered advantageous to postpone the draft of the law which should accompany the application, until after the present meeting of the Stockholders. Important alterations in the Articles of Association may be made at this meeting, which may require that the draft shall be new modelled. The Board lay before the Stockholders the accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, and the Bank Book containing the account of the Company with the Schuylkill Bank, the Minute Book and Letter Book. All other books and papers of the Board, are subject to the orders of the Stockholders. All which is respectfully submitted. By order and on behalf of the Board of Directors. his journey to Port Deposit. 1833. CR. Dec. 12. By cash; expended on Property "Cash; Superintendent's Account; advanc- "Cash on hand, as exhibited by Bank book, $11090 00 5 00 11095 00 $5483 06 218 65 587 85 10 00 4795 44 $11095 00 GEO. Y. BROWNE, Treasurer. Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 1833. E. E. The Committee of Accounts, appointed at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders. held December 12, 1833, to audit the accounts of the Treasurer of the Company, Report, They have examined Treasurer's Accounts, and compared them with the vouchers, and find them correct, leaving a balance in the Treasury of four thou sand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars, and fortyfour cents. December, 14, 1833. Dear Sir, ROBERT GOVETT, APPENDIX. No. 1. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. October 14, 1833. A friend of mine in Philadelphia, has sent me a paper containing your advertisement, relative to an IceHouse, knowing that I have had some experience in securing, preserving and vending Ice. Within a few years, many important improvements have been made here in the construction of buildings for securing Ice, but much greater in the manner in which the Ice is collected and deposited in the buildings, so that the expense of filling an Ice-House is lessened within the last eight or ten years, more than sixty per cent. A friend of mine here, who has had a good deal of experience and practical knowledge in the business, having been principally engaged in it for 12 or 15 years, might probably, be of more service to your me. chanics than all the letters and plans you can obtain from any direction. I find he would be willing to spend a short time in Philadelphia, provided he could be well paid for coming on. *One of these notes has since been redeemed, and will appear in next years' account. But I will make a few suggestions of my own upon the subject of your inquiry. In the first place, I suspect that Moliere's house, cellar, well, or whatever it may be called, if I have had a correct description of it, is exactly what it should not be, for the purpose. Let your Ice-House be wholly above ground. As to the soil on which it is to be placed, this is a matter of not the least consequence. We generally dispose of Ice here either by the ton, or by the cord. There are about three tons to the cord, and a cord is nearly equal to one hundred bushels; upon this calculation therefore, a house to hold two hundred thousand bushels, must be about forty feet wide, twenty feet post, and three hundred and twenty feet long. It would be rather less expensive to have it all in one building, but if so, it must be partitioned into apartments of forty or fifty feet. mode of securing and preserving the Ice practised by us, is undoubtedly the best ever invented; it is the plan and mode now adopted, after much investigation and many years experience, at Fresh Pond, in this place, where probably more Ice is secured annually, than in all other parts of the United States together. The machinery, though very cheap and simple, is a great curiosity; the shape or plan of the building, except so far as to render it convenient, is of no consequence, but the manner of fitting it up is all-important in preserving the Ice during the warm season. Any specific questions which may suggest themselves to you, in relation to the business, I shall be happy to answer. If you want an experienced man, perfectly acquainted with the business, to carry it on for the Company, I am not sure that the person before referred to might not be inclined to come on. I am not authorized to say that he would, but he has for some months past been talking of the very thing you have undertaken, and nothing but a want of funds has prevented his being in Philadelphia, for the purpose, before this time. I will add, that I furnished Moliere with several freights of Ice during the last season, and if you are not likely to secure a supply, probably I might be glad to accommodate you. Respectfully, Your obedient servant, RICHARD PETERS, Esq. No. 2. E. W. METCALF. Extract from a Letter to one of the Directors. "The Ice House I have built, is about sixteen feet Probably if the whole were divided into two or three buildings, at a distance from each other, in securing so large a quantity, it would better accommodate the Ice, as you would not have occasion to remove it so far. Let your sills, posts, and inside covering be of hemlock, if it can be procured, as this is much less lia ble to decay, by dampness, than pine. There need be no floor at all; but fill upon the ground a foot or more with tan, or about your underpining, if you have any, With respect to the machinery for hoisting the Ice so as to be sure to exclude all the air, and to permit into the building, which I have not attempted to dethe waste water to run off, for the grand secret of pre-scribe, my opinion is, that either your mechanic had serving Ice is, keep it dry and from the air-wind is better see it here, or some person well acquainted with more destructive to Ice than heat. You must then fur it had better come there and explain it. out, (and this had better be done with hemlock plank) so as to admit of an outside covering of pine, (as hemlock warps badly by the sun) leaving a space between the coverings of about eighteen inches. This space must be filled in solid with tan-tan is the best non-conductor. You must have your furrings within two or three feet of each other, or s) much weight of tan will burst off the boards. Your partitions must also be doubled, say ten or twelve inches apart,and al-o filled solid with tan. Let your building be placed upon the mar-square, and eight feet high, built of wood and above gin of the river, the nearer the better, and then by the ground, except one side; on this the ground is raised aid of some simple machinery, you may hoist into your three feet; each side is a double enclosing, making a building, at each of your doors, (and you must of course space between the out and inside enclosing of eighteen have as many doors as you have apartments) one hun inches, this is filled with dry pine sawdust; the first codred and fifty to two hundred tons per day, at each vering of the roof is boards, then a thick covering of door, provided your Ice is of suitable thickness. Your straw, and finished over with a tight board roof; a door ways, both in rear and front (for you will put the loose plank floor is laid, that the water may drain from Ice in upon one side and take it out upon the other) the Ice; before filling, I cover the bottom twelve or fifwill be left open from top to bottom. As you fill up teen inches deep with dry sawdust, and when full, bethe building, you will fill up the door-way with short fore the cold weather moderates much, I cover over pieces of board, tanned in the same manner as the oth- the Ice fifteen or twenty inches thick with the dust, and er parts of the building. Upon the other side, where should the dust at any time become mois', I then reyou are obliged to open constantly to take out the Ice, move it and replace it with dry dust; this I have not let the outside covering consist of several doors one found necessary to do but once in the summer. By this above the other, three or four feet long, because it is have Ice the year round. necessary at all times to keep your building closed as much as possible. In putting in your Ice, let it be packed as close, and as nearly solid as possible, to prevent the circulation of air, and cover the whole a foot or two thick with meadow hay; whenever it begins to thaw at the sides of the building, or against the partitions, ram in meadow hay; in his way a great deal of Ice may be preserved, which otherwise would be lost. I "The building is shaded with trees. "I have Ice when my neighbours who have IceHouses under ground, have none. "The first time the house was filled, straw was placed around the sides and bottom, but the Ice was all gone by the 9th month. Since then I have made no use of straw, and have found no difficulty in keeping it. "I am not prepared to say what per cent loss is made But the machinery for hoisting in the Ice, I do not by melting. During the summer and fall of 1832, at believe I could so describe as to render myself intelli- the time the Cholera was prevailing, some of our phygible. This is the result of a great many years' investisicians recommended the free use of Ice. At this time gation and experience, and the person in my employ, there was no Ice House but mine; many sent for it both and to whom I before referred, has been, in a consider day and night, and in order that none should want, I able degree, the inventor of it. The Ice is cut up into left the house open both day and night, free for all, cakes, say two feet by four, and conveyed twenty, thir-This exposed it very much; a great deal was taken, and ty or forty rods, by canals cut for the purpose, and much more wasted, but notwithstanding, there was Ice hoisted in by the aid of simple machinery, by horse in the house till it made again.” power, and the whole process performed without touching a cake of Ice with your hands, and wholly without the aid of any other vehicle. EASTERN PENITENTIARY OF PA.-On the first inst. there were 153 men, and 2 women, confined in the The building I have attempted to describe, and the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. BY JAMES WRIGHT, Librarian. AUGUST, 1833. Mean temp. of day Thermometer. REERI WINDS. S W NE SE 76 70 82 77 3 82 77 4 Sunday 68 78 75 NE 5 Monday 68 80 76 SE 6 Tuesday 11 Sunday 12 Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesd SKETCH OF ANDREW WALLACE. Sergeant Wallace was born in Inverness city and shire, Scotland, on the 51th day of March 1730, old style; he arrived in America on the 14th of June, 1752. About the 1st May, 1754, I entered as a volunteer at Chester, and was appointed orderly Sergeant in a company commanded by Captain John Hannum, (this was about the commencement of what was termed the French war) The company before referred to became a part of the regim nt under the command of Colonel Charles Dark, of Virginia. We were afterwards marched from Chester to the Gumtree tavern, in Chester county, and from thence to Carlisle, where we were placed under the command of Maj. Samuel Hughs. From the last mentioned place we were marched to Fort Chambers, now Chambersburg; from thence to Fort Louden, to join the troops raised and to be commanded by General Forbes, whose division was a part of the army commanded by General Braddock, in the year 1755, as no part of the immediate command of General Forbes was in that engagement. About the time of the revolutionary war, viz: the 15th day of April, 1779, I enlisted at the Turk's Head, now West Chester, and was appointed a sergeant in Capt. Church's com pany, in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. Anthony Wayne, which station I held to the end of the contest. On the 15th of April, 1777, a detachment under Col. Wayne was ordered by General St. Clair to repair to the Three Rivers, to burn and destroy such of the British vessels as they could. In endeavoring to effect the design of this expedition, we came off without doing much damage to the enemy, and with many killed and wounded on our side. This was the first battle in which I was engaged. The second was under Col. Wayne, at the Iron Hills; and under the same officer I fought in the battle of Brandywine, on the memorable 11th September, 1777, and bore General Lafayette off when wounded. On the 16th of September I was near the White Horse, where a battle was sought and anticipated by both armies; but the day being so wet they withdrew without coming to action. I was also in the massacre at Paoli, perpetrat ed by a detachment of British troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Gray, on the night of the 20th September, 1777, and I have reason to believe am now the only survivor of all who were actors in that sanguinary 79° and melancholy drama. My brother fell a victim, on 62° that occasion, to the savage ferocity of the British 17° troops, and myself very narrowly escaped destruction, 70 by taking shelter in a cluster of chestnut-oak sprouts, where I remained until Monday, determined to wait and ascertain the fate of my brother. One of those sprouts Morning. Afternoon still remains, now grown to a tree of considerable size, and which I can still point out to the curious and inquiring visitor. I was at the bat le of Germantown, on the 30th September, 1777; and at that of Monmouth, on the 28th of June, 1778. In February, 1779, Capt. Isaac Sealy and myself, with 18 men, were taken prisooners at Parannas, in Jersey. At this place Maj. Biles Wind. fell. I was exchanged in April, the same year, returnNorth ed to the American army, and was sergeant of the ForNE lorn Hope at the storming of Stony Point, on the 15th SE of July, 1779. The Forlorn Hope, in which I served, SW was commanded by Lieut. Knox, of Capt. Grant's company, belonging to the 9th Regiment. I was afterwards marched to South Carolina; was at the battle of the Cowpens, 17th January, 1781; and at that of Eu. taw; and also at Camden, under the command of Colo 24 days 11 31 1 day 26886 NE NE N W W W S W fair W N W On the 2d in the evening, thermometer at 820, the highest. On the 30th in the morning, at 48°, the lowest.-nel Stewart. On the 8th of Sep'ember, 1781, I was at Range 34°. lars, I am not certain they would be heard with interest, for I only must tell them to those who know them by bistory or tradition. I must seem to the present generation like the chronicler of another world-surely of other times. My companions in arms have mostly sunk to the tomb. There are few, if any now on the face of the earth, who, from their own knowledge of the events I have related, can fully sympathize with me in their recital. I am going the way of all flesh, and will shortly be incorporated with my mother earth, on the surface of which I am scarce able to crawl. Within a short time I have received a little of the bounty of that Government and country whose independence I aided to establish and defend. That bounty affords me about 26 cents per day, a pittance too small to support myself and aged wife and two children. I am old and decayed; as the shattered cak of the forest trembling at every blast, poor and in need, not only of the comforts, but also unable to procure the necessaries of life without the aid of charity. It is confidently expected that this appeal of the old soldier will find a favourable response in every generous American bosom, and every patriot and philanthropist will be free in giving, that he may render the declining years of the old revolutioner pros perous and happy. Stranger! Patriot! pass not by, unheeded, a brave defender of your country's liberty. my destined to chastise the Mohawk and other Indians on the frontiers, or to form a treaty with them, as circumstances might dictate. A treaty was accordingly concluded with them by Gen. Gensevoort, the agent appointed by the government for that purpose. We had no fighting and I was discharged at the end of nine months, with pay for twelve months, by general orders. In March again entered the service under the command of Capt. John Mercer, in the Regiment still commanded by Col. Harmar; and from that time I continued in the army for three years, lying at different stations on the western waters, viz: Fort Pitt, Fort Steuben, Fort Finney, (so called in honor of the late Judge, then Brevet Major Finny,) Falls of Ohio, St. Vincent, since called Fo t Knox. From there I was ordered home, and acted as a recruiting Sergeant, in New York, N. Brunswick and Philadelphia, where I was successful in raising men. In April, 1779, was transferred to a company commanded by Capt. William Kersey, same Regiment and same Col. as before, and continued 18 months under that command; soldier's pay at this time reduced from 8 to five dollars per month for sergeant, and for privates but $250 per month. In the year 1791, I again enlisted with Capt Thomas Doyle, of the same regiment before referred to, and then composing a part of the army afterwards commanded by Gen. Arthur St. Clair, destined to chastise the different tribes of Indians then devastating the frontier settlements, and murdering our border citizens. Col. Harmar had resigned, and the regiment was placed under the command of Col. Hambrack. We were marched to the frontiers. I was in the battle denominated St. Clair's defeat, in which our army wis completely defeated, routed, and severely beaten, on the 4th of November, 1791. I was wounded by a ball in my right arm, which I have never since been able to straighten. on that unfortunate occasion. The army retreated in confusion from the battle ground to Fort Jefferson, then to Fort St. Clair, to Fort Hamilton, and thence to Fort Washington, where the city of Cincinnati, in Ohio, now s'ands, and there entered into winter TRADE OF CLEAVELAND.-We publish, to day, a table, quarters. In the spring, orders, were issued for re-furnished by the Collector of this port, of its trade,durpairing the different garrisons, and the forces of the ing eight years, from 1825 to 1833. The enormous indifferent stations were concentrated at Fort Washing. crease both of the exports and imports, must satisfy ton, and the army placed under the command of Gen. every person that the trade of the country, along the Anthony Wayne. Ohio canal, is already an object worthy of the most strenuous exertions of this state. But the present amount of this business, great as it is, is but a trifle; an insignificant morsel, when compared to what it will be twenty, ten, or even five years from this time. The country along that can is but lately and sparsely settled, and must, and will continue, for some years, to increase with great rapidity; and the supply of domes tic productions, as well as the demand for foreign production, must continue to grow with the growth of the Washington, April 8, 1833. Mr. Andrew Wallace, the subject of the foregoing narrative, declared in my presence, that it is in his own hand writing. H. R. TAYLOR. From the Pittsburg Gazette. I was at the final bat le of the Indians, which was under the command of Wayne, at Russe Debouch. It was fought on the 20th of August, 1794, just above the British garrison, then called Fort Miami. I escaped its dangers unhurt. We remained on the battle ground two nights; marched back to Fort Defiance, thence to Fort Wayne, and to Greenville, where the army went into winter quarters, I afterwards served 5 years in the 3d United States' Sub-Legion, under Capt Zebulon Montgomery Pike, the father of the late lamented Zeb-population. ulon Montgomery Pike. The sub-legion was dissolved Again-the country along the Ohio Canal, extensive and its remaining complement of men were distributed to the 1st and 2d Regiments. I fell to the 2d, and was commanded by Capt. Wm P. Schuyler, of New York: continued 8 months in Capt. Schuyler's company, same Regiment, and marched to N. Orleans in 1812, and then became part of the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Cushing. In 1813, I was discharged by order of Gen. Wade Hampton, on account of disability, having received a paralytic stroke which affects both my hands, and under the influence of which I still remain at this time. I was about 84 years of age, and now reside in Upper Oxford township, Chester county, and am now one hundred and three years old. I have served America in her different wars, in a military capacity, more than 29 years, during which time I was always a sergeant, and mostly an orderly sergeant. There are many encounters I have had, many skirmishes in which I have been engaged, and many dangers through which I have passed, which my memory does not serve me to relate, and could I give them, with all their particu- Canal. as it undoubtedly is, is still but an inconsiderable por tion, when compared with the immense region which is drained by the rivers which discharge themselves into Lake Erie. Look, in the first place, at the Sandusky and Mad River Rail Road, which, when completed, must direct to the Lake the products of the immense country through which it passes. Then behold the Maumee and Wabash Canal, which is already in the course of execution, which passes through a country equalling in extent, and surpassing in fertility, that along the Ohio Canal, and which will pour upon the bosom of Lake Erie the entire productions of that immense and fertile region, Look, finally, at the thriving and rapidly increasing territory of Michigan, whose only avenue to a market is through Lake Erie. Take all these into view, with their certain increase in a few years, and we may have some adequate conception of the immense trade which will decidedly prefer the route to a market through the cross cut and Pennsylvania |