Western Times, Volume 1, Number 46, Richmond, Wayne County, 11 July 1829 — Page 2
Fnn tv ThiladlphiJi AniEL. Tnr. Ot D Wat En Works. There arc many of cur citizens who can disttt.ctK remember Handing nt the corner c'l Market sttcet and Fifth, and Ij. kia.; o it west until the view was obslur ted lv the dense forest that cover-
c.l Jhosput on which the old Marine On'. lRu hut lately aood. It w&s thu ncrf,.ct wilderness; for the iest-
s fo.it of human enterprise nu u tiaUd its immense cxteht,and levi n tn f-llfft'rin! inc. the ori-
-I. il timber of the country. let such urf. ti c matric change which have hern fMT.Tfd iu the condition of our city and
Co jntrv, even within the recollection of biridre'd wl.. stinUc. The wilderness was ihartd away, and made to bios-i.-.cn lk-i the reie, befoic the irresistible vircrcf la.prov rneni. And so shall it ,'inuc, until, it: the vcid of Camp
le
1 1
-mi l. Art, U'.l tttfT iccc ciptore,
wn.l, ui.l cu.tt.rc tiTj
1.1
r ii
ir.
hare cf the vas
the rnyal government 01 irnig nr. i he furrowed up the luxurim ft ft
i wiih a steady mm lanonuus
v.vance. The traces cf the bylibnui.if:i vanished, and the 1:.,: h iivit waved its yellow crest e h;;cm oi the fiuitful fields. - ;r ? the lde of rmi gration un- ! t !e Wt of cj.c'a.s on the mari! e Delaware w xci3 great and
o r. Thr wcr; pO.ed out west,
lc ih rnr ii places
ii rc ft on him . t t A '
wrwtW ith the wilderness.
'i e ihc limbic com oNton of
-,r o' ii.cpj-ii h rcc paral)ii.',
ii dni' and po:n u.tlu ?:ce, ine
of i- ..4. y t J ttuji'.. i ne
. t i
! .d nun staiiccd
a e to rau
irr
!..... I l..iftK rt kf.) f PP.1 J I v . -i . 1 roiilint
was i onuutit;u unuui ccicrves au iiip.iiijti ivii"t
MADISON, or; IWMGVALS.
maihhswas erected with a rcjrvoki capable of holding sixteen thousand grdIon;, situated ihixly-six feet above the irl f .irtc. A iRSicrvoir was
I'.X.I U( IKU !!'-' - ------ built at Chcsnut street, on the Schuylkill, 140 feet wide, and 200 long, the bed bcinr sunk three feet be low low
wntar mark, into this basin the water of the Schuylkill was suffered to
flow, and was thence conducted into a walled canal 160 feet in length. Tnrec hundred fet t frcm the hcd of thi. canal stands the (now tolterinK) engine h the water frcu the
lit U9i unv i
can.il
.... ..1 ...l Mil nt i sliil irrnrilfr'
uxk. As the w ater was raised by the ermine, it fell into a brick tunnel, six feet in diameter, and fourteen hundred yards long, which pred under ground, alens Chcsnut street to Uroad, and thence into the Centre House. I3y means of this machinery, both complicated and imperfect, the first water was let into the city on the QUt January,
1C01, about one mile of pipes being men laid. It hs been confidcntlv nsfeitcd, that
fined the introduction of Schu)lkill wa
ter into this city, those parts which have b en punned with it have invariably
escaped the dcsclalinp levers which vis
itrd thoc distiicts only where the wa
ter had not been used. 1 he whole ex
per.se of the work, from the commencement to the year 1C01, was about v"nn ruH. TLp rnt of raisins 2o0
millions of gallons annually, was auoui ,$20,000, or eight cents for a thousand fallens. In consequence of the wanton waste of water by f utTering the hydrants to run, a penalty wai,er.actcd against
rsons so ( lending, ana Eiui ccminutp form. Various experiments have
magimle aLed her if she would complnin against her husband. She answered that'she would not; nnd even said that he wan rnt Li "tinn her. She was
told thai she m;i2t complain of him, and unless the did he would be sent to Uridi well. She gtntt-d that she could not help it- sic tvculd go there or any
whero che rather than do any tmng 10 injure I cr husband! Such true, antiring sflVctianii surely worthy of a betUi oijecf. JZ V. Journal.
U'e insert tfc following article because
i i: . -i -t -
had rrirpn fatUfaciorv evidence of hisjiru' received sr.rr.e vcllics from thtm,
....w - fit.
fitness for it, a new president wouia ue restrained froui.aUempting a change in favor of a person rnore agreeable to him. by the apprehension that the dUcounte.i.aiif p of the Senate might frustrate
th ffrrvnr nH brinf? some deuree of
discredit upon himself."
People of Massachusetts; ccnsiaer the seven faithful ofticers, removed from thcI3oston Custom House last Satur-
dav, and all others before driven from the samccflice.' People cf the United States, consider all the faithful public servants dismissed in all parts of the rountrv, to cive idace to electioneering
partisans, and decide for yourselves,
whether "the principal, if not the only
inducement for the removal of these meritorious otlicers, was not to place favnritcs in their roomP If such were
the "induccmst," then, the opinion oi
Mr. Madison applies to the present time Ihslcn Ccnlincl.
FOKSXGft.
? r: oi r
c u'J'n -re; in
V. i.ir ua.-i aii't'
i'h tbrratrrien aspect over m'1; but a l: f'rti. at Ins?, thiugh all the r . V t--d horr.rs of the feaifui tempet. . i t
bcivcr.s thundrrtfl, arm u.c ;. -.-rkea, M.t ben the storm pasrorc was the climate which it ....
! ! Peace, w ah its oove-nue u-
. t)o. land: nnd more
H'lM l-( "
!!nj a
r
r
11 r.iJ -orthy of .?ll the racnu-
. e i
new
in:
c
f i ' I." '
if',fil r Irit vrasin jse u.ioir.e
-v. Tradn became resuscitated
S.? rcti'in of tranquility, :.r.d f mi-
cr.uless tide
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
On the organization of our govern
ment, one of the fiut subjects that came ' . it.
up lor discusEion in t ongrcss, was uit imn or r.f the President, to remove pub-
t w - . -
lie cfiicers. The Constitution itsell,
which was specified in regard o cpjwmt-
was silent in regaru iu rc..utu4i
generally. Inasmuch as Uic concurrence of the Senate was essential to the appointment of more important ciheer?, manv were cf onmion that the assent oi
the tame power was necessary to thtu removal. Washington was the Prt -i-dent.and even under so pure nr. executive, the fubjict was regarded with great anxiety by the first Congiss. When the ouestion of the removal by
the Executive aknc, came directly be
fore Congress, the members were nearly equally dirided, It was contended
uy uioseopposeu Wu Ultu ; . r ( was pof admitted t
tionof the power o. - - Commons, and a new writ Lad
was liable to greaiavu,e: umi . i. r p r, r h Wti8 Uoc:(!cd l.c
render cQiccrs entirely depeuaeni 'Vnld r rlv b ad-nittcd to his eyt alter the s7. perhaps the irAim and craco could onl be adm t cd to ni. o 1 . r i tnline the oath ol SUl'reUjac .
chargud them with the bayotiet,ard
them to flight. During the action for-ty-one Turks were killed.and twenty, one taken prisoners; among -whem
was the Commander Hassau Effendi, Iman of the Mosque of-'Lorrs, Lieut. Paw lowski, closely pursuing the enemy,
reached his boats and took four ol them: six others sunk, with the people in them. We had one non-commissicned officer and two privates killed and 25 wounded. "According to ttie latest accounts from Major-Gen. Wachten, who commanded the troops in Sizeboli, the eremy had repeated his attacks up to the 1 3th of April. Two new redoubts have just been completed, and afford perfect
security to the fortress.
Portugal. -The situation cf this unhappy country is almost incorcieTable. The blood thirsty tyrant who governs it with a rod of iron, continues tu-corc.mit crimes which disgrace humanity, ar.d
which the powers of Europe calnd) witness without making an effort to arrest his progres?. We hear nothing more of the expedition l.m England. Inr.LAND. It appears from the speech nf Mr 1 !!..- T-rMfit I . i II l a: a!.
Bv the Silas Richards, arrived at
iSfW l'orK, lv3nuon naueia iw , . . . , ,
.. inc. 91 1 have Ijccii ,v " " .
1JJ v w -
..ni l.ivtn
receive J. From the seat of war tuere i& nothing important. ENGLAND. TK- iraaufacturing dt.-ricts in Englan itil! suiTer s..ereh. Mr. O'Con-
i.'.b scat in the
pe in
been mad to afccitain the quanuty
which could be discharged thrcugh a ferule cf half an inch in diameter (the common diameter of a hydrant pipe) in
one minute; The result was seven to
ten gallons, according to the head at the
reservoir; to that, i! toe water Kom one house run only a quarter cf an hour each dav, it would amount to a waste uf ten Vthing like 47,000 gallons yearly. The old fire plugs, with the head at the Centre House, discharged 00 to 250 gallons a minute: o that in an hour, from 12,000 to 15,000 gallons d. What the dimen-
'ion of the present fire plugs are, and
i i -
er'in to pour us
ccii and the v, hole community I 2C w a-jd dcubly prosperice. Wilh tie growth of the
' :v w ana ?
what ouantitv cf water they vtill dis
cln.iqe in a minute, we have never been
informed. Dut tlic Old Centre House is new dar.-n. Its simple, but chaste and pleas
1 -. tb- ?d cf May, ITCjjthejij, w3;j?) !l;inding in the very centre of
iaa
- .
:r towards
,:h a supply e
h fernishinu'
rlcle-
ta tha. year, the frrquent
-o ""Ijv Lvt r, cp--ci.iiy tne ition of IT?', occv-ioned i m ;u' 'icrr..rd, w- .-fr the ; -, i v is not ntr-rtcd by , Nvat.r' atTjrde by the com- - . ; ar.: w'dls. S" general was ' .- iit.alhat;co!.-ectien existed , ... 'm ti c hcaV.h cf the city and the ,v .... r a-"' in 5t,that,hairclsoapru. dent rcci-d to the growing wants of an ii.rr-ains pettlcmmt, many petitions
voro laid' before Councils P)'g that
n.TU- ,ri-ans might be del?ul lor the in-
t.rducticn of a free fupplv cf whole somu water. Many plans were m con-s'.qu-nce Miggetcd. One propo-cd to bring the water from Spring Mnl, 15 miles north writ of Philadelphia, and
another to mike n rceivcir on me i.ur gin tS the S;hu;.lk-1!, and by means of a sWun cr'.re, "to farce the water thro' a tunntl TlIo angler reservoir in Cenrfl SrTimrr -he ncc to be distributed
ti.r-u:S the city by mcar.3 cf pipes. Tnig hst plan "wt sucstcd by Mr.
i ..I. i
f atrf.be-. After much utn.au- ari ce-
liberation, it was adopted by Councils
and Mr. Eatrobe was appointed cngin
e. ;r. T- engines were built at ioho, !., of sufficient power to rai.e and tlel.ver, at a height of fifty feet, three million gdloa r.f water every tweniyf. mr hcurs, during the. whole year. Heolvrd to go on vigorouily, Coancils is surd nronosala for a loan of Si 50,000,
to mcl the expenses of the work. Dut manv causes operated to retard the
loan: the advanced interest of eight
nsr rent, on a proposed unnca craies Join, wliiUt Councils only ofTored the: intcrei! of six per cent. The hen Schuylkill M)d Delaware Canal Company opposed the picject, because their charte. gavfcthemthc ptivilegeof watering the city. ?he novelty of the work alo contributed to keep monied m.n Hack feelings of public spirit opnn but few. Iatbis hopeless
viUuro of :ifTii", tliC nmbcri of the rounrtU themstlvea advanced the sum .rnm-diately necessary, ar.d the Bank of the United States lean" the Corporation ,Q:0,000.-With these important Hid.thewo.k urnt on bravely. Hie . A tik du- on the Cd of May, 1700.
In thr auttim of the same year, the city ,ninviS;ledwith the :yelbyv fever.
B "
1irl-t ftrrt r.flrnded the aeiicair
, ... ..r , tKrr were leTeII"d
fh fr,r.uuA. A handsome circle re
. r tl r uni t nf Intr
mamcil tor a iew inouu "')
,!a.ri tnifariOUS LOUnCUIiaS DCunuu
v.; - --f,
the irreen enclosure by txicnaing mai-
L-..t ruM Ttroad strcet-5 nirccuy unyuU..
: : ..1.. nfUacittr it forever, as it al-
wavs has been, at once a ucnu
nromrnadc. and a healthful ornament
i to the city.
rrhc ciy is now supplied with water.
from the Schuylkill, by n.canof the Mfa
1,41 Gleet n length, and the quantity of watrr that mav be raised into the reser
voirs . on the top of the Mount, is estimated at about 10,000.000 gallon? per day. The reservoirs are 102 feet above the low tide of Schuylkill, and .rC feet above the high
est ground in Philadelphia; they cover a
surface ot more than 300,000 square feet,
and will hold 12,000,000 gallons of water,
which is carried into every part of the citv bv means of pipes, running under ground, A greater, or more successful effort of human art and industry, is seldom to be met
with in any country, than the great Water woiksat Fair Mcunt. and the sight would
well pay any of our western citizens for a
lidecrwalk out to them fchould they visit that fair Cttv, For a more particular
leticnptinn of the works, see Casket, Vfob
2, No. 1. Ed. Times.
one man. wuaievei cuiiiiuti.ti. ...b--be placed in the Chief Magistrate then at the head of the Government, equal confidence ceuldr.ot be expelled in his successors: and that the concurrence of th Senate was as necessary nnd proper
. as in the avvointment of
It! I ft W w -il - r-
crntci s,
On the othur band, it vras urged toat,
in ceneral, tho construction of the ccn-
tituticn,ought to beleit with the Juai-
ciarv, but that, in this case, it ought to
hplrft with the President. Much stress
"- 'ww f
n nUn laid uncn the supposed virtue ot
President, and it was admitted lhitif
he were disposed to abuse the power evils w ould crow out of it. The ques
tion was finally decided in the House,
in favor of the President s scle power to
remove, bv a maiority of only twelve.
" . ' .-n i
In the Senate the vote was still closer.
that body was equally divided, and the castine vote of the Vice-President was
in accordance with the other House . Pitkin's History of the United States
vol. ii. p. S29, says,
With
ref
rct to rem or.
iron
takinc the oath of supremacy
declined Eayirc, when at his request
hat oath was Ehown to him, 'thcre H
one assertion in this oath which I do not
know to be true: there is another m it
which I believe not to be true. 1 can-
uot, therefore, take this cath."
A motion made in the Commons on
the 19th, by Mr. Hume, for the consideration of the corn laws, w as negatived
almost unanimously, twelve only rising
in its favor.
All apprehension cf the scarcity ol
bread stuffs had vanished.
From the Liverpool Chronicle, Mcy 23.
We are sorry to say that accounts from various parts of the -country state the continuance of the depression under which the trade of the manufacturing
districts has for so lor.g a period labor-: ed. In that part of Lancashire and, Yorkshire where the people mainly defended on tho loom, tho sutfliing is more distressing thru nt any former pedod. I'i Manchester and the larger t-j.vns the distress is aggravated by the
"tuir.-o'K cf the snincers nnd the Siirf
Wearers; but in th districts to which we more particularly aliudc, life is barel) sustained, and that, too, on a pittance which will cvvt jally produce dangerous diseases. We confess we see
n cause to expect a change in the coo-
that tho Lor d-Ltcutetnm thinks it per
fectly safe to diminish the military force ia that country, three regiments ci which have accordingly btcn withdrawn. Greece All the accounts fie;.. Greece announce that Miisoicnghi mus: scon fall. The Greeks intend to b!o
up all the wc-k.3 of the iortress; they may lake in Livauia, to prevent any reaction on the pait of the Turks. Oi 5,e00 French, v, bo will remain in th: Morea. cr.e batiain.-u will be in crurison at ratraB; the remainder in ivarin and Modcn.
whim, caprice or any unworthy inotiwi, it was alledgcd, that sufficient decks were provided against such wanton abuse of this power. Thai the principal if not the only inducement for the nmoval t.flircT i2oulcl b tj nlare
wwi, , A,e rnnn. Tha Presi-ldHion cf cur unfortunate countrymen
dent indeed, might remove, but ho could They arc not suffering fionr. any sudden not supply the vacancy without the as- j any unforeseen cal..m:ty; they arc
Vet
the
ivorh.
prnrec"ea ninmui in'.
Tht Old Centre House, built ef sold
Female .1 Na tion. There are fee? in
stances of more genuine affection in a wife, for an ill deserving husband, than
thatof a woman who appeared at the
police rfficc yesterday morning. Her husband, a worthies vagabond, had
come home drunk on Saturday evening, and proceeded to gratify his malevolent
and almost devilish disposition, bv abu
sing his patient and too affectionate
partner. Accustomed to such treat
mcnt, she bore it witnout imurmiinng,
and ho then beat her until her head was
bathed in blood, her children clinging to her and shrieking for protection from
their unnatural father. His execra
tions at lencth brought the watch, aiul
the ruffian was taken off. When he
anneared at the police office rvt neatly
itifafiintflfl tt-iffi rnme to sneak in his
behalf. After beine abused by him
maltreated, beaten like a dumb least
still this affectionate and devoted fe
male camu forward prepared to say and
do nil she could to save him from lh?
punUhment he so richly deserved I h
sent of the Senate. The nomination of
a successor would elicit inquiry in that bodv, aud produce a rejection of the
favorite nominutcU to till tne vacancy. It was also stated by some members n.irticularlr bv Mr. Lawrence aud Mr.
Madion. that lorsuch wanton abuse cf
power, the President iumscll woule he liable to impeaebmeut and removal from office "If the President," said Mr. Lawrence, 4labuic his trust, will he. escape
the popular censure, when me penoa
which terminate his elevation arrives?
And would he not be liable to impeach
rncnt for displasinga worthy and able
man, who cr.joycd the cor.iiuence oi tne nccnlc!,
I . Tlf 1
"The danger then," Mr. .uaaison on-
served, "conbists in this tne rrcsiueni
ran disnlacc from offico a man whose
: i l,-i li n c'lnnld rrnfin-
merns reiuiic; iiin - - s.-...... .... -ni . ....
ucd in it. What vrm oe me nicuvcs
which the President can feci lor 5ucU
abuse cf his power, and the restraints to
operate to prevent it? In the urst mi i . i n. i ii-
nlacc, he wiil no impeacnauia Dy mis
House before the Scr.ale, frr such an
" . . .1 nJ-.tr,tnfr iltft . C . t- F 'Al.t .1
act oi ni'ti'Huiiiiui?! i o i ii.it , iui i v.uiiiuiiu,
hat the wanton removal of meritorioun
officers would subject him to impeach. r i
mcnt and removal iroin nis own nign
rust." Mr. Hamilton was not a member of hat Congress. But his opinion wa
unequivocally opposed to the right of
the President alone to icmovc, In JNo. 77. pp. 413, 414, of tho Federalist, np-
pears the loliowmg:.
It has been mentioned as one oi the
advantages to bo expected from the co
operation of the Senate, in the business a i . L : i ii i.
oi appoiniuicuip, umi ii wouiu couirio-
ntc to tlic tiauiiiiy oi tne administration. n't '.. C ikni U . ...
Auc.cancciu " vv ir-joy would he ne ceeraiy to dilphce ns well as to ap. point. A change ol the chief magistrate, theiefere, would not occasion so violent or to general a revolution in the officers of tha government ai might be expected, if ho were the sole disposer of offices. Where a man in anj station,
not the victim of any panic, which sus
pends for a time ccmmercial activity, but the effects of which arc ensilyovcrmi rr
com. Kiev arc suncrinc in common
with the. n totheenrth; they partake
of the difficulties which affect all the
trading interests; they feel whole nation; no local or temporary cause de
presses them first, and their effects arcj
lestructive before the generality of the
country feels deeply. Appalliug as the evidence of the distress has become, it
has not preduced any effect cn the Gov
ernment they have not evinced any sympathy with the warts of the people, but are occupied in tediou discussion unimportant to' the general welfare, whilst the industrious artisans are per
ishing. It appears now certain that Parliament w ill separate without inquiring into the condition of the cc untry, or into the causes of the distrc&i. What the consequence of this infatuation may be
wc know cot. The people, in the prcs encc of an overpowering military force, cannot corr.mitncts ofviolencejbut they
will not starve in peace. FROM THE THEATnC OT WAR. Berlin. May 15. The St. Petersburg Gazette gives the following account, da
ted April 24: 4'0n the lllh April, three detachments of Tuiks crossed to the left bank
of the Danube, into Little Wallachia. at the village! of Zigaukt and Dcssa,
and into the village of Uaita. At the first two points thry were , repulse without any loss on our side At Dcs
sa, in a sharp ikiE&t'u with the Cos-
sacks,.thc J 'arks had 15 men killed and funded, and thiec Cesincki were kill
ed. f "The attack of the enemy upon the village of Rasla was more serious; about 500 men tvho erased from the Turkish side, in iixteen boatc, landed, and matched direct to Uashi. Lieut. Pawlowski, who wa stationed there with a company of muskete ers, formed ht9 150 men into a small rquare, advanceclto rneet the enemy, and nftcr lav-
VIRGINIA CONVLNTION. The Ccaventlcr. ibc dclv: ia which jiave been elected thu L-oet tic State, "according ta the act el'the fL;. cral Assembly cf February lCih, lc., will assemble in the Capitol in the city of Richmond on the fnl Monday in Oct:bcr tiezi, in order to "consider, disci'-?,
and proprsc a new Constitution, t i.. terr.tici:s aul atiicnuiiients to the txi;ti n z C e ..i ti tu t i e r of th : a Comme;; w e. ! t h." As teen as tl.2 Cor.vei.tion shall L ve fini'hed ti libuts iui'uir.td nut
die. tlie Gciuinwi" required to an-
nounee ii.e, tact by pieciamatin, and ta
cause s coiv cf the amended Constitu-
itior. ! be euU.-m d far a period c:
...j Le lieci..;' sutiic.er.l. xnaui? tie'the duty cf tie thirffs, 8z-. ar
the next gcneial election or Members of the Hcue of D iva! s, in their re-
jspcLlivrt coui;Iirsio i ;.'eii a seprtiw.
poll-t.r.ok, with the i.eaiing "Conshuttm as amavltu' ar.d hain twocc! umns uudcineatb, cr.c "For Butifyinf and the other ikFor Rejecting' in "hich are to be recorded "the votes cf ai such persons as shall by the amw Co'iititutioii be authorized to vote l;r
r,4
snernbers of the most numerous brnr.c
of the Legislature,"' cr as the Ccr.vfr tion shall authorize to vote cn the ral't cation or rejection cf the new Ccr.shtt tion. And if it shall appear to the Ei ccutivc, after a careful examination : all the polls, which it is made ihe dut;
of the she rifts, mc to transmit to thcr that a majority cf ail the votes giver. ;1 for ratifying the s?.id amended Cci ;J tion, then they are re tired i thr '
ebb
it C.
to convene the General A
m - dcr to carry it int effect. The Convention will embrace an:
its members, besides many dit2:)gLi!:
citizens cf the Stalo Legislature, - r i: '
in he walks cf pi ivate life, so vet al have been or are now high in Messrs. .Madison nnd Mor.rie (two It President of the U. S.) (he prefer Governor cf the Ccmmor.wcab.li (M; Giles,) the Chic: t-5tic3 cf the
.
1Z
. . m 1
(Mr. Marshal!,) ij-rc! the btate Juip: viz: Green of the Ccwi i cf Appeais.n Dade, Summeii', ar.d Ups!mr, cf t!'-
ft Bi lir i .11 V ' J A - &ft.WV.W - - -
Tyler. Senaters cf the U-States,
the following members of the lloeif c Rr.nreRpntatTvcBof the U. S. viz: JIcr
Alexander, Trczvant, P. P. Barl Mercer, Ucar.c, Doddridge, Barbour, and Taliaferro. V.CChr:'
The Rev. Alexander Ocipbell j held the controversy wiih Owen at tx'A
nati, is al?o a member. SANDWICHES. Lord Sandwich, when minis"
of state, having passed twen'O four hours at a public gamin? v ble, was so absorbed in play ring the whole time, that he hano subsistence but a bit of l,ft between two slices of toas bread, which he ate without quitting the game. This new'C'5 was ever afterwards, and this day, called by the name eft-' minister who invented it,