18:9.1 MEDICAL HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ease commenced in the beginning of August, and abated about the 22d of October; in which time 220 persons had died. Dr. Wynne had been dead some years, and the practitioners during its prevalence must have been his son-in-law Dr. Edward Jones, who accompanied him in his emigration, and Dr. Griffith Owen, and perhaps his son, who commenced practice about this time. Dr. Owen, the elder, lived till the year 1717: during the latter years of his life he seems to have relinquished the toils of practice to his son, and to have sought his pleasure in making short excursions with travelling ministers, who notice him in their journals with great respect. Connected, perhaps, as much with the present as any other branch of investigation, permit me here to notice a fact which has not, heretofore, claimed attention.-Among the gentlemen accompanying William Penn on his first visit to this country, was one of French extraction, who, proud to have descended from the family of the recluse of Port Royal, and to bear his honoured name, had devoted his time and fortune to the study of the abstruse sciences, among others alchemy and astrology. Soon after his arrival, having provided himself with the requisite apparatus, he commenced the vain pursuit after that which has deluded so many, the Phisopher's Stone, and its necessary accompaniment, the Elixir Vitæ. The result need not at this day be told; but among the simple inhabitants of Philadelphia he was regarded as one passing wise; and his secluded habits, joined to the verification of some trifling predictions he ventured to make from reading the aspects of the stars, induced the supposition, with some, that he had made the dire compact: and such was the strength of this impression that his house was regarded as the baunt of unquiet spirits, which reputation it bore till within a few months, when it was destroyed to make room for more profitable tenants. His children kept an apothecary's store, in which they vended many articles the produce of their father's laboratory. About fifty years ago, an old man, who recolleeted the gentleman referred to, narrated to one of his descendants the foregoing circumstances; and descanting largely on his benevolence, remarked, "Ah! but he could well afford to be generous; for what was money to him who could turn lead into gold?" Upon being asked how he knew him to possess the power, he replied, "Surely he should know, since he had not only seen, but possessed, the gold so obtained." Here, however, as elsewhere, the time betowed on this vain pursuit seems not to have been thrown away; for in addition to the amusement it afforded to one placed above the necessity of manual labour, and the benefit derived from the useful product of his alembics, which, as before stated, were sold to the inhabitants, one of his sons, profiting by the knowledge derived from his father, and his books, produced, if not the elixir vitæ, a compound stiled "golden drops," as indicative of their value, to this day celebrated in some sections of the country; and which, if we may credit one third the stories told of it, has performed cures little short of miraculous; and be the compound what it may, for it is still a nostrum in the possession of one of his descendants, is effec'ual to the relief of most diseases with which any members of the family, who have sufficient faith in its virtues, may be afflicted. In short, it is cause of wonder that the court of death has not, ere this, been depopulated, by the annihilation of some of his chief agents in the work of destruction, About the time of the death of Dr. Owen, in 1717, the medical faculty was reinforced by the arrival of Drs. Kearsley and Graeme, who, with the son of Dr. Owen and Dr. Jones, son-in-law of Wynne, aided by some two or three empirics, (who amassed considerable fortunes,) formed I believe the sole defence of the city and its neighbourhood against the inroads of disease. Wearisome enough were the duties of these gentlemen; the settlements wide scattered, the roads newly made, and the means of conveyance poor. Dr. Graeme 331 seems to have possessed a large property. The house in which he is said to have resided, must have been one of the "spacious and splendid mansions” mentioned by some of our older chroniclers. He occasionally retired to Graeme Park, a handsome seat in Bucks County. Dr. Kearsley soon acquired the entire confidence of his fellow citizens. During his life he was active in procuring the erection of Christ's Church, one of the most venerable ornaments of our city, and at his death, in the the year 1732, he founded and endowed the hospital for poor widows attached to the church He left a nephew also a physician, who became obnoxious to the resentnent of the whig party at the commencement of the revolution, and was subjected to the cruel punishment of tarring and feathering, then occasionally resorted to; which so affected him as to cause insanity, which continued till his death. Early in the eighteenth century there emigrated from England to Boston, a gentleman of the name of Zachary, who shortly after died, leaving an only child, Lloyd Zachary, then quite a boy, to the care of his uncle who resided in Philadelphia, to which place he was removed, and where he acquired that education which enabled him not only to shine an ornament to his profession, but also to sustain a character unsullied by reproach. Upon the completion of his classical education he was placed under the direction of Dr. Kearsley, and after acquiring all the medical information he could impart, sailed for Europe in the year 1723, where he spent three years, and returned to practise among his friends in Philadelphia. He was much beloved, and the interest he took in the hospital, of which he was first physician, is sufficiently indicative of his philanthrophy. To it, whilst he was able, he devoted his time and talents, and at his death left it a handsome legacy in money and books, thus contributing to the establishment of one of the many noble charities for which our city is famed.For some years before his death he was afflicted with a paralysis, which carryed him to an early grave much lamented. Cotemporary with these was the elder Ship. pen, who was born and received his entire education in this city, where he practised during a long series of years. Nor must we pass in silence Dr. Thomas Bond, who, about the year 1734, emigrating from Maryland, fixed his residence in Philadelphia, where he soon acquired great reputation. He was associated with Dr. Zachary in the care of the hospital, and delivering clin. ical lectures to a few students of medicine which the city contained at the time of its establishment. There still remains to be mentioned, a gentleman, who practised at the time now under review; and who eminently deserves the gratitude of all those who take pride in the scientific character of our city. I allude to Dr. Thomas Cadwallader, the grandson of Wynne. Not satisfied with the information to be gained at home from the instruction of Dr. Jones, he spent some years in Europe, where he matured the knowledge previously acquired, and fitted himself for the distinguished rank he afterwards held in the city and its vicinity. The urbanity of his manners, and his uncommon presence of mind, gained him many friends, and form the subject of many anec. dotes still current among the descendants of the Welsh families in which he practised. In the year 1740, he published an essay on the iliac passion, in which he recommends the use of mild cathartics and opiates, in preference to the drastic articles then generally employed, Unfortunately this, which is the first book on a medical subject printed in America, is now out of print: at least so far that I have been unable to procure a copy, and I am indebted for the knowledge that it ever existed to an oration delivered before the Charleston Medical Society by the late Dr. Ramsey. But his claims to our respect do not rest here. Having as before noticed, resorted to the European schools for the perfection of that education commenced under the auspices of Dr. Jones, he learned the inestimable importance of anatomical knowledge; and superior to that petty jealousy and desire to excel his fellow practitioners, which has too often cast a blot on the fair escutcheon of medicine, he resolved to impart the knowledge of the human structure to such of them as had not enjoyed the same opportunity with himself. To this end he took a house, which, from the loc ation given to it by tradition, must have belonged to that distinguished patron of science James Logan, in which he gave lessons in practical anatomy. Among others who a aviled themselves of this opportunity was the elder Shippen, and it is most probable that he here acquired those ideas of the importance of the study, which induced him to press upon his son the propriety of making himself master of the science, in order to the establishment of those lectures he afterwards so ably delivered. city plot to the Delaware, following the course of Dock street; and was navigable at high tide so far as Chesnut and Fourth streets. At low water however, its muddy bed was left exposed to the sun, and emitted a most noxious effluvium, and Dr. Bond asserts that fewer ounces of bark were taken after its closure, than pounds before. As a preventive and cure for miasmatic diseases and their sequela, Dr. Bond lauds highly the mild chalybeate waters which abound in the neighbourhood of the city; and by his directions they were resorted to, both by convalescents and those who wished to escape the "bleaching ague." Many facetious stories are told of the impositions that were practised upon those, who, too unwell to walk to the springs out of the city, were directed to particular wells as possessing equal virtues. These springs seem early to have claimed attention, and were thought by the first settlers to equal the most celebrated spas of Europe. So early as the year 1722, the one now known as the Yellow Springs, in the Great Valley, was discovneighbourhood of the Wind-gap in the Blue Mountain, which on the early maps of the state was called the Healing Springs, and marked by the representation of a number of tents pitched round it. There was another, situated near Bristol; and in the Watsons MSS. one is noticed, situate near where the Globe Mill now stands, which received the patronage of William Penn, who caused accommodations for visiters to be erected, and hoped to see a village collected round it, which in anticipation he named Bath. The city seems occasionally to have suffered from the prevalence of natural small pox, and consequently some means for arresting its ravages early claimed at tention: and in 1731 inoculation was fairly introduced, after having struggled against the fears and prejudices of the people during nine years. Many attempts were made during this time to overcome the opposition, but in-ered, and much resorted to. There was one in the effectually. Newspaper essays, and even sermons, were published, denouncing the practice as irreligiousevidencing a distrust of the care of Providence. J. F. Watson, in his MSS. quotes the sermon of a gentleman of the name of Maskelyne, in which he calls it "an un justifiable art, and an infliction of an evil, implying a distrust of God's overruling care, to procure a possible future good. About the year 1730, it seems however to have triumphed, and we find Kearsley, Zachary, Cadwallader, Shippen, and Bond, engaged in the practice. J. Growden, Esq. was the first patient of note who gave it his countenance, by submitting to have virus inserted into his own system; and the first visit paid by the ex-president Jefferson, then a lad, to our city, was in order to receive the variolous infection,and he lodged in a small cabin on the bank of the Schuylkill, while laboring under the disease.† In the year intervening between Dec. 1729 and 30, there were interred in the city 227 persons of various An account of the number of births during the same period, would be an interesting document. sects. In February, March, and April, 1727, there appears from the bills of mortality to have been an unusual number of deaths, though I have not been able to find any reference to the prevalent disorder; and in 1732 the whole country again suffered from epidemic catarrh; in 1736-7 the city was afflicted by the occurrence of ulcerated sore throat. In Having thus sketched a few rough notices of such facts as have come to my knowledge in reference to the Medical History of the province, prior to the pear 1750, I now submit them to your consideration, in the hope, as before stated, to elicit further information. Our subsequent history may be more easily determined, and should not some one more competent to the task step forward, shall form the subject of a future communication from the author of the preceding. ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE, SENATE. Tuesday, Nov. 10.-Governor's message and resolutions of the legislature of Georgia, relative to monies granted by Congress to the American Colonization So ciety. Wednesday, Nov. 11.-Occupied with private bills and claims. Sometime in the year 1740, Dr. Graeme was appointed, by the governor, physician to the port, and was required to attend the crews of unhealthy vesssels. Thursday, 12th.—The bill from the House of Reps. the following year Dr. Zachary was appointed to the an act authorizing a temporary loan for the continuance same station by the assembly: this gave offence to the of the Pennsylvania canal and rail road, was considered governor & council, who confirmed the former appoint-in committee of the whole-agreed to without debate, ment of Graeme and forbade Zachary to act. The winter of 1740-41 was very severe, and the suc-ceeding summer the city was visited by a disorder which Noah Webster calls the American plague, and Dr. Bond says was yellow fever, but supposes it to have been introduced by a sickly ship-load of convicts from the Dublin jail. Previous to this it had been the practice to distribute sick emigrants among the inhabitants; at whose houses they received that attention their forlorn situation demanded. In this way jail, or ship fever, was frequently communicated to the families with which they were quartered, (or it was so thought at the time,) and about this time a "Peste house" was erected on League island.‡ In 1747 Webster says the city again was visited by the "Bilious Plague," preceded by influenza, which very frequently prevailed over the whole continent. and reported to the Senate. Friday 13th.-Items referred-relative to incorporation of a company for erecting a bridge over the Lehigh at Kuntz's ford—and also to incorporate the LehighWater Gap and Bridge company-another item relative to judgments obtained before aldermen and justices in city and county of Philadelphia. Mr. Ringland offered a resolution which was laid on table relative to the adjournment of the Legislature on 17th Dec. to meet on the 11th Jan. and that the daily pay be stopped in the interim. The bill for Canal Loan read a second time. Mr. Brown wished it read a third time, which Mr. Seltzer opposed-who saw no necessi ty for hurrying it thro'; a million of dollars was no trifling sum, although it did not seem much in the hands of the canal commissioners. Mr. Brown vindicated them from the charge. Mr. Wise was in favour of the bill. Mr. Miller said it would not be amiss to inquire whether it might not be necessary to curtail operations on some of the lines. Mr. Ringland said it was their duty to sustain the credit of the state and relieve the contractors from their difficulties. Mr. Brown further sustained his mo 1829.] PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. tion for the prompt passage of the bill on the ground of AN ACT for the security of Mechanics, Journeymen and 333 In the Session of 1827-28, we passed a law making provision for the construction of canals and rail roads, which many of those who voted for it, acknowledged that it was a measure of immense magnitude, an undertaking which would require the utmost caution and pru. dence in the management thereof, and by many it was feared that the resources of the state would not be found sufficient to complete the same. place. By the law of 1827-28, the Governor was author'sed SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of to borrow two millions of dollars for the prosecution of this work, and in order to insure the progress of each Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania line of improvement the Commissioners were directed in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by to contract for a certain portion of work, which was not the authority of the same, That in all cases of insolven- to be less or more than a certain distance. Leaving it cy in the city and county of Philadelphia, with or within the power of the Commissioners to act as prudence, out assignment of the debtor, manifested by actual stop and a due regard to the power vested in them, and the page of payment, all mechanics, journeymen, day labor- funds put into their power might justify. ers, and all and every other person, female as well as When the Legislature met, in the session of 1828-29, male, employed by such insolvent debtor on wages, it appeared that $800,000 was wanted, to pay the debts I voted for the shall be deemed privileged creditors, and as such pre-incurred and contracts already made. ferred as far as the sum of fifty dollars, for each of such bill to raise that sum, believing that the work had procreditors, before all other creditors of such insolvent gressed farther than the Commissioners expected, and debtor, and shall be first paid out of the estate and effects that this sum must be had, although I did not approve of such insolvent debtor in full, if there be enough there of the course pursued by the Commissioners, and beof to pay in full; in rateable proportion, according to lieving that a like occurrence would not again take their respective demands, if there be not enough to pay them in full; and each and every assignee, trustee, or other person holding or distributing such insolvent debtor's estate or effects, shall be liable in his own person and property for whatever sum thereof he or they may pay or part with, otherwise than as is hereinbefore directed in favour of mechanics, journeymen, day labourers, and other persons, female as well as male, privileged as aforesaid: Provided always, That no such claim or demand shall be so privileged, unless the same be presented in writing to the debtor or his assignee, and on his or their failure to pay the same on such presentment, put in suit within ninety days from and after the said claim or demand becomes due and payable. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any and every mechanic, journeyman, day laborer or other person, female as well as male, employed in the city and county of Philadelphia on wages, may on refusal of his, her or their employer or employwhatever wages may be due, not exceeding ers, to pay fifty dollars, to any one such person, put the same in suit, and recover the same before any justice of the peace or alderman, or court having jurisdiction, in said city or county, according to the sum demanded, in which suit the oath or affirmation of the demandant, and the oath or affirmation of the defendant, shall be legal and competent testimony to prove or disprove such demand, whether the trial be by jury, arbitration or otherwise, and execution may issue against the property or person of him or her, against whom judgment may be given in such suit, without any stay of execution or other delay beyond the time now provided by law for appeal, or process of revision, according to existing laws. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such parts of any and every law or laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whether statute, common, or customary, as are contrary to the provisions contained in the first and second sections of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. The Canal Loan bill came up for a third reading, and on the question on its passage, Mr. Fullerton rose and made the following statement. Mr. Fullerton said:-Mr. Speaker, I feel myself unable to do justice to the subject now before us; but having voted for a similar bill last year, it may be considered necessary for me to state my reasons for so doing.When I look at the bill on our tables and find that I cannot vote for it, and considering the way in which it originated, I cannot refrain from stating the reasons which induce me to raise my voice against the passage hereof. The estimate then presented, by the Commissioners for Canal purposes the present year, was, as I understand it 3,000,000 of dollars, of which the 800,000 formed a part. A bill at a late hour of the session was pas sed, for $3,200,000, making one million more than the estimate; the fate of this bill, it is useless to mention, it however finally passed, authorizing the borrowing of $2,200,000 on a permanent loan, and if it could not be got on a permanent loan, on the terms therein mentioned; to answer the demands of the Commissioners, then the Governor was authorized to borrow on a temporary loan; which, it appears he did, to the amount of $1,420,876 12 cents. The time for which the Governor was authorised to make this loan having expired & he having no authority to renew the loan, it was necessary for him to call us together. Now, here contrary to my expec tations and to my view of the subject, which I think prudence and a regard for the credit of the state, ought to have dictated, the commissioners to have went on and increased the debts, and are still increasing them, when no funds are provided for their payment that by their estimate $1,342,065 46 cents will be wanted by the 2d Now Sir, instead of making proday of January next. vision for the payment of the debt due by the state, and which I think absolutely necessary to support the credit thereof, we are presented with a bill to borrow on a temporary loan 1,000,000 of dollars more. should have supposed, that prudence and justice would have directed us in the first place, to have commenced and made provision for the payment of the money thus borrowed and become due, nor can I see how we can rationally expect to borrow, unless we make provision Taking the amount borrowfor the payment thereof. ed on temporary loans, the amount wanted on the 2d of come, (taking for data our present expenditures) we January next, and a moderate estimate for the year to shall have to raise by loan or otherwise, six millions of dollars in the coming year; therefore to show that I cannot support those to whom we have intrusted the management of our improvements, in a larger expenditure than the appropriations made by law will justify, I am compelled to vote against this bill. And sir, I I would, therefore, sir, call upon the Senate, to pause to reflect, to consider what is to be the end of these things. If, sir the commissioners go on the coming year as they have the present-contracting debts-we shall,again the the first day of January, 1831, or I might say again the next meeting of the legislature, be indebted thirteen millions of dollars-yes, sir, thirteen millions of dollars in the short space of 13 months we shall be thirteen millions of dollars in debt; and, sir, of this thirteen mil tions, upwards of six millions of this sum has to be paid in this period of 13 months-half a million of dollars to be paid every month for 13 months to come-no resources provided to meet this alarming amount-nothing brought to our view but temporary loans-temporary loans. It may be said, sir, that this is not the proper time to oppose the improvements, and the progress of the bill ought not to be interrupted. I feel, sir, that in some measure it is so-our situation may be compared to a case like this: a breach is made in your canal in cold frosty weather, those who have the superintendance of your work are required to mend the breach. You are answered we cannot, the weather is too cold, it is not done, the current increases, the breach is made greater, seasonable weather comes and your agents get to work, the breach is not repaired until unseasonable weather again sets in-the breach not repaired, and before seasonable weather again arrives the breach is still greater and cannot be repaired. Messrs. Burden and Duncan supported the bill-Mr. Powell declared himself dissatisfied with the bill, but under circumstances was compelled to vote for it. The bill passed Yeas 21. Nays 9. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Petitions for a railroad Tuesday, Nov. 10.-A message from the Governor with letter of Governor of Missouri and resolutions of its legislature, relative to the Am. Colonization Society, in which it is declared "that in their opinion Congress has no right to appropriate monies to aid that society." Also resolutions of the Gent'l Assembly of Mississippi, declaring the tariff of 1828, "contrary to the spirit of the the Southern states, and that it ought to be resisted by constitution, impolitic and oppressive in its operation on all constitutional means." from Philipsburg to Alexandria in Huntingdon co--for improving road from White Horse tavern on the Allegheny mountain to Virginia line-for incorporating DunTo justify the assertions I have made respecting the laff academy and an appropriation-to incorporate Pres amount of our debt, I have made a statement from offici-nies paid into Treasury on a warrant and patent for lands byterian congregation of Claysville-for refunding moal documents which I shall now present to the Senate. held under a Virginia entry. Mr. Craft offered a resoDebts due by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Amount contracted previous to canal imlution, which was adopted, requiring committee on Judiciary to revise laws respecting master and servant, and especially to inquire into the expediency of devising a more effectual remedy against apprentices charged with improper conduct, by vesting in justices of the peace a discretionary power to extend or refuse to the apprentice, the benefit of recognizance, &c. also whether persons harboring absconding apprentices shall recover boarding clothing, &c. or whether they shall not be liable for their time, &c. A resolution of Mr. Banks was adopted, requiring same committee to inquire into the expediency of extending jurisdiction of the circuit courts to causes pending in the district courts & courts of common pleas, wherein new trials have been or may be granted; and to causes removed by writs of error to the supreme court, in which venire facias-ses de novo, have been or may be awarded, &c. The Loan bill came up as the order of the day, and is as follows: provements, Amount of several loans for canals, &c. Amount of debt for which the state pays $1,840,000 00 8,140,000 00 210,192 05 Making of debts contracted by the state, 8,350,000 00 Amount of debt due to contractors 20th Oct. as stated by the commissioners, Amount wanted on improvements up to 2d January 1830 per commissioners estimate, Making amount of debt, 2d Jany. 1830, Amount estimated for canal and rail road purposes for the year 1830, 655,440 88 686,624 58 9,692,257 51 2,307,742 49 It appears by the Governors message that 3,307,742 49 This is the amount will have to be raised, 6,070,684 07 to pay temporary loans, and carry on the improvements in the year 1830. In addition to the amount stated I might, sir, add the sum of 210,192 05 for which the treasurer is liable to be called on, in the coming year, on account of appropriations made by law, for the purpose of improving turnpikes, bridges, rivers, and other miscellaneous debtsbut, sir, this is but such a trifle it is not material to this statement. Now, sir, the burden that has been brought on my mind,and is to be laid on the shoulders of the good people of this state, and on those I have the honor to represent (though I must confess feebly by me represented) has caused me to raise my voice, and will cause me to record my vote against this bill. SECT. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorised, to negotiate a temporary loan on the credit of the commonwealth, not to exceed one million of dollars, at an interest not exceeding five per centum per annum, with any bank or banks, corporation or individual or individuals, as in his opinion may be most advantageous, and the sum or sums of money so borrowed shall be paid to, and vested in the Commissioners of the Internal Improvement Fund, to be applied by them in payment of demands upon that fund, and the money so borrowed to be repaid to the lender or lenders within six months from the date of this act. It was considered in committee of the whole. A considerable debate arose-Mr. Moore, of Erie, opposed it on the ground that he was ignorant of the manner in which the money already placed in the hands of the Canal Commissioners had been disposed of, in whom his confidence had been shaken. Mr. Wilkins was in favor of the bill-the sum appropriated last winter had been exhausted, and there was misery among those employ. ed on the canal; and the state ought to loose no time in retrieving her credit, and fulfilling her engagements to those men, who ought not to be obliged to sell their certificates at 10 to 15 p. c. discount, as many had done. Mr. Mallery thought that the message contained all the information he expected at present, and that the object of the bill was to obtain a temporary loan, until ways & means could be devised for a permanent one. Mr.Moore thought a million was too much and proposed $500,000. Mr. Wilkins reminded Mr. M that as one million had been cut off the bill for three millions for which he voted last year, there must be a deficiency of that sum now. Mr. Maliary remarked that near one million was due the contractors on the 15th inst. and that another es | timate would no doubt raise the amount above the sum proposed in the bill. Mr. Moore insisted that they ought to have some kind of estimate so as to know what had been paid for work done and to be done; and that the former canal commissioners had misled the legislature in their reports. Mr. Martin had two difficulties to get over-1st, as the terms in the present bill were the same as in the bill last year, and that failed, what reason was there to believe that this would succeed? 2d, as this bill raised the amount to what the Governor objected to last year, how he could with the same views sanction thishe wished the committee to rise. Mr.Galbraith objected, and stated that the Governor in his message had given strong evidence that he would not be opposed to this appropriation. Mr. Parke thought they had not sufficient information to understand the subject, and that if the Governor and Commissioners had run in debt, they might run the risk-that members ought to have further time, and the reports of the commissioners-he moved that the committee rise and sit again on the second Tuesday of November. Mr. Dennison thought this was no time for abandoning the system of internal improvements, and that although the commissioners had gone further than he might have wished, they had not proceeded as far as their extraordinary powers would have authorized-and that if the question was postponed, the character of the state, which stood pledged, would not be redeemed. Mr. Petriken stated that the debt for which the last legislature was called on to make provision was $3,800,000, and that the appropriation was not sufficient to cover it-this bill was not to pay former loans, but honest creditors-the commissioners deserved || credit for having proceeded with so much vigor, having completed 176 miles. Mr. Parke's motion to rise was negatived. The question on the bill was decided in the affirmative. Committee rose and reported to the house. Items of unfinished bills referred, viz: relative to a state road on east side of the Susquehanna from Sunbury to Roger's ferry-relative to appointment of inspectors of lumber on the North Branch-relative to petition of Wm. Sheuff praying compensation for damages sustained by him in attempting to descend with his ark over the dam erected by the canal commisioners across the Juniata near Lewistown-relative to entering satisfaction on judgments, mortgages, and conveyances-to a state road in Montgomery co. Petition from A. M‘Gill for damages sustained as a mail contractor by Penn'a Canatinjuring the mail route. 335 Act authorizing a temporary loan, read third time and agreed to. Yeas 73, Nays 20-as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, Banks, Barlow, Barndollar, Bestress, Beaver, Black, (of Green) Black, (of Perry) Blair, Bushfield, Butts, Byerly, Carter, Cox, Craft, Cummin, Denison, Eneix, Evans, (Phia.) Ferguson, Fetterman, Frick, Fuller, Galbrith, Griffith, | Hamaker, Hoffinan, James, Kelshner, Laporte,Leaming, Linvill, M'Minn, M'Quaide, Mallery, Martin, Mathews, (of Camb.) Middleswarth, Mitchell, Moore, (of Erie,) Moore, (of Beaver,) Morgan, Morris, Newhart, Overfield, Parkhurst, Patterson, (Allegheny,) Patterson, (Washington,) Petrikin, Pettigrew, Power, Purviance, Rahn, Ramsey, Read, Rehrer, Riter, Robison, Rhule, Sellers, Sloan, Smick, Stanley, Statler, Taylor, Tomlinson, Wagener, Waugh, [of Mercer,] Waugh, [of Wash.] Wilkins, Workman, Smith, Speaker-73., NAYS-Messrs. Doudle, Evans, [of Montgomery,] Fisher, Geiger Hathorn, Knebley, Landish, Long, M'Conkey, M'Sherry, Matheys, [Mont] Middlecoff, Myers, Parke, Pugh, Rutherford, Slemmer, Stauffer, Wan| ner-20. Friday, Nov. 13. Resolution adopted--Judiciary committee to inquire into the expediency of so amending the penal laws, as to give conclusive jurisdiction to aldermen and justices, in cases of penal larceny--and to provide a more effectual remedy for trespass on the rights of property. The joint judiciary committee to report bill or bills for consolidation of penal laws. Item of unfinished business referred relative to digesting and publishing in a pamphlet, the laws relative to inland navigation and internal improvements.—Judiciary com mittee reported a bill authorizing the appointment of a reporter of the decisions of the supreme court-also the Secretary of the Land-office to issue patents to certain actual settlers in Ohio, &c.-also bill relative to hawkers and pedlars-East Sandy creek declared a highway resolution for Purdon's Digest adopted, price not to exceed 5 dollars-bill relative to duties of supervisors in certain counties. Saturday, Nov. 14.-Petitions for Pittsburgh and Birmingham Turnpike company. Also from citizens of Harrisburg, praying for a communication between Pennsylvania canal and the Susquehanna river, near said town, referred. Resolution adopted for Judiciary committee to inquire into propriety of providing by law that a judgment against one of several obligors or copartners on suits instituted against two or more, when only one is served, shall not be a bar to another suit Wednesday, Nov. 11.-An item referred relative to a against the obligors or copartners not served. Mr. Dou state road from opposite Robbstown to Corkstown—also | del offered a resolution, that the Legislature adjourn to a tax on Henrysburg for defraying expenses of water on the 18th November, to meet on 11th December, and pipes, &c.-also authorizing Secretary of Land-Office members not to receive pay during the adjournment, to issue patents to certain actual settlers residing north laid on table. Bill reported to incorporate Shippensand west of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers and Cone-ville and Emlenton Turnpike company. Bill on superwango creek-Judiciary committee reported a bill sup- visors duties ordered to be transcribed. plementary to an act to regulate elections, passed 15th Feb. 1799, and declaratory of the law in relation to the evidence required to entitle naturalized citizens to vote. Bill reported to establish Dundaff Academy-to erect part of Mifflin co'ty into "Juniata county"-to lay out road from Sunbury to Roger's ferry. The bill relative to Pennsylvania canal and rail road read a second time. Mr. Parke moved to postpone to 18th Dec. upon which there was a considerable debate-bill was ordered to be transcribed by a large majority. EMBARGO IN 1755. (From the original MSS. ) H. Gazetles By the Honorable Robert Hunter Morris, Esquire, Lieu tenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware. Whereas I have receiv'd certain Accounts, that a large French Fleet with a considerable number of Thursday, Nov. 12.-Resolution, requiring a state- Land Forces on Board is arriv'd at Louisburg; and there ment of the amount of money paid on account of unpat- being Reason to believe they have great Dependance ented lands since act of April 8, 1829-Judiciary com. on being supplied with Provisions from the British Colmittee to inquire into expediency of a more general ex-nies in North America; I have therefore by and with tension of the provisions of the act of 12th March, 1806, relating to securing the mechanics and others payment for their labour and materials in erecting any house or building in the City and Co. of Philadelphia-committee reported a bill, entitled an act relative to entering satisfaction, on judgments, mortgages and recognizances, made the order of the day for Thursday 19th. the advise of the Council thought proper to lay an Embargo on all ships and vessels now bound or intending to go from any Port or Ports within this province and the Counties aforesaid for the space of one month now next, whose Cargo or any Part thereof shall consist of Provisions warlike and naval stores or amunition, and I do hereby strictly enjoin and command all and every the |