APPENDIX.

CANALS AND RAILROADS.

A CONDENSED SUMMARY OF THE CANALS AND RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES; THEIR LENGTHS AND TERMINATING POINTS.

Name. From. To. Miles.

MAINE.

Canal.

Cumberland and Oxford Near Portland Long Pond 20,50

Railroad.

Bangor and Orono Bangor Orono 10,00

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Canals.

Bow Falls 0,75

Hookset Falls 0,13

Amoskeag Falls 1,00

Union 9,00

Sewall’s Falls 0,25

Railroads.

Eastern Massachusetts Line Portsmouth 15,47

Nashua and Lowell Massachusetts Line Nashua 5¼

Boston and Maine Massachusetts Line Exeter 14,00

VERMONT.

Canals.

White River Falls 0,50

Bellows Falls 0,16

Waterquechy 0,40

MASSACHUSETTS.

Canals.

Middlesex Boston Chelmsford 27,00

Pawtucket Lowell 1,59

Blackstone Providence Worcester 45,00

Hampshire and Hampden Connecticut Line Northampton 22,00

Montague Falls 3,00

South Hadley Falls 2,00

Railroads.

Eastern Boston N. Hampshire Line 38,00

Boston and Lowell Boston Lowell 26,00

Boston and Portland Wilmington N. Hampshire Line 20,00

Lowell and Nashua Lowell N. Hampshire Line 9,00

Charlestown Charlestown 1½

Boston and Worcester Boston Worcester 45,00

Millbury Branch Millbury 3¼

Western Worcester West Stockbridge 116,00

Boston and Providence Boston Providence 41,00

Dedham Branch Dedham 2,00

Taunton Branch Mansfield Taunton 11,00

Taunton and New Bedford Taunton New Bedford 20,00

Norwich and Worcester Worcester Connecticut Line 20,00

Quincy Granite Quarry Quincy Landing 3,00

RHODE ISLAND.

Railroad.

Providence and Stonington Providence Stonington 47,00

CONNECTICUT.

Canals.

Farmington New Haven Massachusetts Line 56,00

Enfield Falls 5,50

Railroads.

Norwich and Worcester Norwich Worcester 58,50

New Haven and Hartford New Haven Hartford 36,00

Housatonic Bridgeport New Milford 35,00

NEW YORK.

Canals.

Erie Albany Buffalo 363,00

Champlain West Troy Whitehall 76,00

Chenango Utica Binghamton 97,00

Black River Rome Carthage 85,00

Oswego Syracuse Oswego 38,00

Cayuga and Seneca Seneca Lake Cayuga Lake 23,00

Crooked Lake Pennyan Seneca Lake 7,75

Chemung Seneca Lake Elmira 23,00

Branch of Chemung Elmira Knoxville 16,00

Delaware and Hudson Eddyville Lackawaxen 83,00

Genesee Valley Rochester Olean 119,63

Dansville Branch Mount Morris Dansville 11,00

Harlaem Hudson River East River 3,00

Croton Aqueduct Croton River New York 40,56

Railroads.

Long Island Brooklyn Hicksville 27,00

Harlaem New York Harlaem 8,00

Hudson and Berkshire Hudson West Stockbridge 33,00

Catskill and Canajoharie Catskill Canajoharie 78,00

Rensselaer and Saratoga Troy Ballston 23,50

Mohawk and Hudson Albany Schenectady 15,86

Saratoga and Schenectady Schenectady Saratoga 21,50

Utica and Schenectady Schenectady Utica 77,00

Syracuse and Utica Utica Syracuse 53,00

Syracuse and Auburn Syracuse Auburn 26,00

Auburn and Rochester Auburn Rochester 80,00

Tonawanda Rochester Attica 45,00

Buffalo and Niagara Falls Buffalo Niagara Falls 23,00

Lockport and Niagara Falls Lockport Niagara Falls 20,00

Buffalo and Black Rock Buffalo Black Rock 3,00

Rochester Rochester Port Genesee 3,00

Ithaca and Owego Ithaca Owego 29,00

Bath Bath Crooked Lake 5,00

Port Kent and Keesville Port Kent Keesville 4,50

NEW JERSEY.

Canals.

Delaware and Raritan Bordentown New Brunswick 42,00

Morris Jersey City Easton, Pa. 101,75

Salem Salem Creek Delaware River 4,00

Railroads.

Camden and Amboy Camden South Amboy 61,00

Trenton Branch Trenton 8,00

Jobstown Branch Jobstown Craft’s Creek 13,00

Peterson and Hudson Jersey City Paterson 16,30

Camden and Woodbury Camden Woodbury 9,00

New Jersey Jersey City New Brunswick 34,00

Trenton and Brunswick Trenton New Brunswick 27,00

Morris and Essex Newark Morristown 22,00

Elizabethport and Somerville Elizabethport Somerville 25,00

PENNSYLVANIA.

Canals.

◆ Central Division Columbia Hollidaysburg 172,00

◆ Western Division Johnstown Pittsburg 104,25

◆ Susquehanna Division Duncan’s Island Northumberland 39,00

◆ West Branch Division Northumberland Farrandsville 73,00

◆ North Branch Division Northumberland Lackawana 72,50

◆ Delaware Division Bristol Easton 59,75

◆ Beaver Division Beaver Shenango River 30,75

◆ Penn. Canals.

Schuylkill Navigation Philadelphia Port Carbon 108,00

Union Reading Middletown 82,08

Lehigh Easton Stoddartsville 84,48

Lackawaxen Delaware River Honesdale 25,00

Conestoga Lancaster Safe Harbor 18,00

Codorus York Susquehanna River 11,00

Bald Eagle West Branch Canal Bellefonte 25,00

Susquehanna Wrightsville Havre de Grace 45,00

Minor Canals 24,00

Railroads.

Columbia and Philadelphia Philadelphia Columbia 81,60

Portage Hollidaysburg Johnstown 36,69

Philadelphia City, &c. 6,00

Valley Norristown Columbia Railroad 20,25

West Chester Columbia Railroad West Chester 10,00

Harrisburg and Lancaster Harrisburg Lancaster 35,50

Cumberland Valley Harrisburg Chambersburg 50,00

Franklin Chambersburg Williamsport 30,00

York and Wrightsville York Wrightsville 13,00

Strasburg Cumberl. Val. R. R. Strasburg 7,00

Philadelphia and Reading Philadelphia Pottsville 95,00

Little Schuylkill Port Clinton Tamaqua 23,00

Danville and Pottsville Pottsville Sunbury 44,54

Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Tamaqua Williamsport 106,00

Beaver Meadow Branch Lindner’s Gap Beaver Mead. R. R. 12,00

Williamsport and Elmira Williamsport Elmira 73,50

Corning and Blossburg Blossburg Corning 40,00

Mount Carbon Mount Carbon Norwegian Creek 7,24

Schuylkill Valley Port Carbon Tuscarora 10,00

Branches of Schuylkill Valley 15,00

Schuylkill Schuylkill Valley 13,00

Mill Creek Port Carbon Coal Mine 9,00

Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Schuylkill Haven Mine Hill Gap 20,00

Mauch Chunk Mauch Chunk Coal Mine 9,00

Branches of Mauch Chunk 16,00

Room Run Mauch Chunk Coal Mine 5,26

Beaver Meadow Parryville Coal Mine 20,00

Hazelton and Lehigh Hazelton Mine Beaver Mead. R. R. 8,00

Nesquehoning Nesquehoning Mine Lehigh River 5,00

Lehigh and Susquehanna White Haven Wilkesbarre 19,58

Carbondale and Honesdale Carbondale Honesdale 17,67

Lykens Valley Broad Mountain Millersburg 16,50

Pine Grove Pine Grove Coal Mine 4,00

Philadelphia and Trenton Philadelphia Morrisville 26,25

Philadelphia, Ger., and Norrist’n. Philadelphia Norristown 17,00

Germantown Branch 4,00

Philadelphia and Wilmington Philadelphia Wilmington 27,00

DELAWARE.

Railroads.

New Castle and Frenchtown New Castle Frenchtown, Md. 19,19

Railroads from New Castle to Wilmington, and from Wilmington to Nanticoke Creek; are proposed.

Canal.

Chesapeake and Delaware Delaware City Back Creek 13,63

MARYLAND.

Railroads.

Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore Harper’s Ferry 80,50

Washington Branch Patapsco River Washington 30,35

Baltimore and Port Deposit Baltimore Havre de Grace 36,00

Baltimore and Susquehanna Baltimore York, Pa. 56,00

Reistertown Branch 6 m. from Baltimore Reistertown 8,00

Wilmington and Susquehanna Havre de Grace Wilmington, Del. 32,00

Annapolis and Elkridge Washington Branch Annapolis 19,75

Canal.

Chesapeake and Ohio Georgetown Hancock 136,00

VIRGINIA.

Railroads.

Richm., Fredericksb., and Potomac Richmond Aquia Creek 75,00

Louisa Branch 24 m. from Richm’d. Gordonsville 49,00

Richmond and Petersburg Richmond Petersburg 23,00

Petersburg and Roanoake Petersburg Weldon 59.00

Greensville Near Hicksford Gaston, N. C. 18,00

City Point Petersburg City Point 12,00

Chesterfield Coal Mines Richmond 13,50

Portsmouth and Roanoke Portsmouth Weldon, N. C. 80,00

Winchester and Potomac Harper’s Ferry Winchester 32,00

Canals.

Alexandria Canal Georgetown Alexandria 7,25

James River and Kanawha Richmond Buchannan 175,00

Dismal Swamp Deep Creek Joyce’s Creek 23,00

Branches 11,00

NORTH CAROLINA.

Railroads.

Wilmington and Raleigh Wilmington Weldon 161,00

Raleigh and Gaston Raleigh Gaston 85,00

Canals.

Weldon Canal Weldon Head Roanoke F’lls. 12,00

Club Foot and Harlow Club Foot Creek Harlow Creek 1,50

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Railroads.

South Carolina Charleston Hamburg 135,75

Columbia Branch Branchville Columbia 66,00

Canals.

Santee Cooper River Santee River 22,00

Winyaw Kinloch Creek Winyaw Bay 7,40

Saluda Shoals Granby 6,20

Drehr’s Saluda Falls Head of Falls 1,33

Lorick Broad River Head of Falls 1,00

Lockharts Head Falls Br. Riv. To Foot 2,75

Wataree Jone’s Mill Elliott’s 4,00

Catawba At various points on the Catawba 7,77

GEORGIA.

Railroads.

Georgia Augusta De Kalb County 165,00

Athens Branch Georgia Railroad Athens 33,00

Western and Atlantic De Kalb County Tennessee River 130,00

Central Savannah Macon 193,00

Monroe Macon Forsyth 25,00

Macon and Talbotton Macon Talbotton 70,00

Canals.

Savannah, Ogeechee, and Alatamaha Savannah Alatamaha River 16,00

Brunswick Alatamaha Brunswick 12,00

FLORIDA.

Railroad.

Wimico and St. Joseph Lake Wimico St. Joseph 12,00

ALABAMA.

Railroads.

Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Pensacola Montgomery 150,46

Montgomery and West Point Montgomery West Point 87,00

Tuscumbia, Courtl’d., & Decatur Tuscumbia Decatur 44,00

Selma and Cahawba Selma Cahawba 10,00

Wetumpka Wetumpka 10,00

Canals.

Muscle Shoals Canal Head of Falls Florence 35,75

Huntsville Triana Huntsville 16,00

MISSISSIPPI.

Railroads.

West Feliciana St. Francisville Woodville, Mp. 7,75

Vicksburg and Clinton Vicksburg Clinton 54,00

Grand Gulf Grand Gulf Port Gibson 7,25

Jackson and Brandon Jackson Brandon 14,00

LOUISIANA.

Railroads.

Pontchartrain New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain 4,50

West Feliciana St. Francisville Woodville, Mp. 20,00

Atchafalaya Point Coupee Opelousas 30,00

Alexandria and Cheneyville Alexandria Cheneyville 30,00

New Orleans and Carrolton New Orleans Lafayette 11,25

Orleans Street New Orleans Bayou St. John 1,50

Canals.

Orleans Bank New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain 4,25

Canal Carondelet New Orleans Bayou St. John 2,00

Barataria Near New Orleans Berwick’s Bay 85,00

Lake Veret Lake Veret La Fourche River 8,00

TENNESSEE.

Railroads.

La Grange and Memphis La Grange Memphis 50,00

Somerville Branch Moscow Somerville 16,00

Highwassee Knoxville West. & Atlan. R.R. 98,50

KENTUCKY.

Railroads.

Lexington and Ohio Louisville Lexington 92,75

Portage Bowling Green Barren River 1,50

ILLINOIS.

Railroads.

Meredosia and Jacksonville Meredosia Jacksonville 20,00

Coal Mine Bluffs Illinois Coal Mine 6,00

Canal.

Illinois and Michigan Chicago Near Peru 105,90

INDIANA.

Canals.

Wabash and Erie Lafayette Lake Erie 187,00

Whitewater Lawrenceburg Brookville 30,00

Railroad.

Madison and Indianapolis Madison Indianapolis 95,00

OHIO.

Canals.

Ohio and Erie Portsmouth Cleveland 307,00

Columbus Branch Columbus Canal 10,00

Lancaster Branch Lancaster Canal 9,00

Hocking Lancaster Athens 50,00

Zanesville Branch Zanesville Canal 14,00

Walhonding Branch Walhonding River Canal 23,00

Miami Cincinnati Defiance 178,00

Warren Branch Middletown Lebanon 20,00

Sandy and Beaver Bolivar Ohio River 76,00

Mahoning Akron Beaver River 77,00

Little Miami Cincinnati Springfield 85,00

Railroads.

Mad River and Lake Erie Tiffin Sandusky City 40,00

Ohio Manhattan Sandusky City 40,00

Monroeville and Sandusky City Monroeville Sandusky City 15,00

MICHIGAN.

Railroads.

Central Detroit Dexter 49,00

Erie and Kalamazoo Toledo Adrian 33,00

Detroit and Pontiac Detroit Pontiac 25,00

Palmyra and Jacksonburgh Palmyra Clinton 17,00

Southern Monroe Adrian 35,00

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Denominations. Ministers. Churches or Congregations. Members or Communicants. Population.

Baptists 4,239 6,319 452,000 4,300,000

Freewill 612 753 33,876

Seventh-Day 46 42 4,503

Six-Principle 10 16 2,117

Methodists 2,764 650,103 3,000,000

Protestant 400 50,000

Presbyterians 2,225 2,807 274,084 2,175,000

Cumberland 450 500 50,000

Associate 87 183 16,000

Reformed 20 40 3,000

Associate Reformed 116 214 12,000

Congregationalists 1,150 1,300 160,000 1,400,000

Catholics 389 443 800,000

Episcopalians 849 850 600,000

Universalists 317 653 600,000

Lutherans 267 750 62,226 540,000

Dutch Reformed 192 197 22,515 450,000

Christians 800 1,000 150,000 300,000

German Reformed 180 600 30,000 250,000

Unitarians 174 200 180,000

Unitarian Mennonites 200 30,000 120,000

Friends 500 100,000

Tunkers 40 40 3,000 30,000

Jews 15,000

Moravians or United Brethren 33 24 5,745 12,000

Mormonites 12,000 12,000

Shakers 45 15 6,000 6,000

New Jerusalem Church 33 27 5,000

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

TABLE, EXHIBITING THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM, AND EXPORTS TO, EACH FOREIGN COUNTRY, DURING THE YEAR ENDING ON THE

30TH

SEPTEMBER, 1839.

Countries. Value of Imports. Value of Exports.

Domestic Produce. Foreign Produce. Total.

1 Russia $2,393,894 $434,567 $804,659 $1,239,246

2 Prussia 70,412 29,313 43,500 72,813

3 Sweden and Norway 1,553,684 337,000 26,502 363,502

4 Swedish West Indies 12,458 103,282 4,130 107,412

5 Denmark 80,997 50,634 38,177 88,811

6 Danish West Indies 1,465,761 1,014,381 303,154 1,317,535

7 Hanse Towns and ports of Germany 4,849,150 2,067,608 733,459 2,801,067

8 Holland 2,149,732 1,677,352 295,651 1,973,003

9 Dutch East Indies 692,196 86,619 396,934 483,553

10 Dutch West Indies 582,284 282,042 70,975 353,017

11 Dutch Guiana 49,008 58,863 2,803 61,666

12 Belgium 465,701 541,641 66,269 607,910

13 England 64,863,716 54,615,327 3,953,108 58,568,435

14 Scotland 950,183 1,025,832 1,256 1,027,088

15 Ireland 150,689 330,719 330,719

16 Gibraltar 99,178 902,247 148,387 1,050,634

17 Malta 24,943 65,870 34,126 99,996

18 Mauritius 30,466 1,500 31,966

19 Cape of Good Hope 43,059 88,379 5,020 93,399

20 British East Indies 2,135,152 246,845 337,597 584,442

21 British West Indies 941,699 2,472,833 90,642 2,563,475

22 British Guiana 14,215 34,906 218 35,124

23 British Honduras 164,027 181,861 29,339 211,200

24 British North American Colonies 2,155,146 3,418,770 144,684 3,563,454

25 Australia 58,344 6,790 6,790

26 Other British Colonies 2,360 2,360

27 France on the Atlantic 30,918,450 14,919,848 2,088,655 17,008,503

28 France on the Mediterranean 1,612,871 1,046,260 176,186 1,222,446

29 French West Indies 702,798 585,916 105,905 691,821

30 French Guiana 1,643 1,643

31 Spain on the Atlantic 263,193 316,144 32,014 348,158

32 Spain on the Mediterranean 1,597,978 209,724 19,000 228,724

33 Tenneriffe and other Canaries 196,755 15,572 11,939 27,511

34 Manilla and Philippine Islands 876,477 98,553 38,255 136,808

35 Cuba 12,599,843 5,025,626 1,091,205 6,116,831

36 Porto Rico 3,742,549 779,049 87,348 866,397

37 Portugal 587,778 59,711 6,093 65,804

38 Madeira 539,800 64,082 15,046 79,128

39 Fayal and the other Azores 15,222 9,130 4,739 13,869

40 Cape de Verd Islands 39,523 77,138 8,415 85,553

41 Italy 1,182,297 315,399 122,753 438,152

42 Sicily 592,951 192,462 84,607 277,069

43 Sardinia 1,348

44 Trieste 477,539 429,578 162,671 592,249

45 Turkey, Levant &c. 629,190 83,320 266,054 349,374

46 Morocco and Barbary States 96,493

47 Hayti 1,377,989 991,265 131,294 1,122,559

48 Texas 318,116 1,379,065 308,017 1,687,082

49 Mexico 3,127,153 816,660 1,970,702 2,787,362

50 Central Republic of America 192,845 111,752 104,490 216,242

51 New Grenada 90,514 35,219 29,585 64,804

52 Venezuela 1,982,702 413,245 272,736 665,981

53 Brazil 5,292,955 2,133,997 503,488 2,637,465

54 Cisplatine Republic 625,432 50,998 38,302 89,300

55 Argentine Republic 525,114 233,593 142,470 376,063

56 Chili 1,186,641 1,307,143 487,410 1,794,553

57 Peru 242,813

58 South America, generally 23,618 27,257 50,875

59 China 3,678,509 430,464 1,103,137 1,533,601

60 Europe, generally 128,105 128,105

61 Asia, generally 63,525 158,321 400,431 558,752

62 Africa, generally 419,054 443,218 47,061 490,279

63 West Indies, generally 457,968 33,060 491,028

64 South Seas 318,143 85,938 39,750 125,688

65 Atlantic Ocean

66 Uncertain places 11,944

Total $169,092,132 $103,533,891 $17,494,525 $121,028,416

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF EACH STATE.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF EACH STATE AND TERRITORY, DURING THE YEAR ENDING ON THE

30TH

OF SEPTEMBER, 1839.

States and Territories. Value of Imports. Value of Exports.

In American vessels. In Foreign vessels. Total. Domestic Produce. Foreign Produce. Total.

Maine $839,336 $143,388 $982,734 $878,434 $17,051 $895,485

New Hampshire 50,665 742 51,407 74,914 7,030 81,944

Vermont 413,513 413,513 193,886 193,886

Massachusetts 18,622,681 762,542 19,385,223 5,526,455 3,749,630 9,276,085

Rhode Island 610,431 1,626 612,057 175,808 9,426 185,234

Connecticut 442,847 3,344 446,191 583,226 583,226

New York 88,360,867 11,521,571 99,882,438 23,296,995 9,971,104 33,268,099

New Jersey 3,782 400 4,182 78,434 19,645 98,079

Pennsylvania 14,023,150 1,027,565 15,050,715 4,148,211 1,151,204 5,299,415

Delaware 8,680 8,680

Maryland 6,079,985 915,300 6,995,285 4,313,189 263,372 4,576,561

Dist. of Columbia 105,921 26,590 132,511 497,965 5,752 503,717

Virginia 828,300 85,162 913,462 5,183,424 3,772 5,187,196

North Carolina 217,304 11,929 229,233 426,934 992 427,926

South Carolina 2,210,635 875,442 3,086,077 10,318,822 66,604 10,385,426

Georgia 293,745 120,242 413,987 5,970,443 5,970,443

Alabama 614,849 280,352 895,201 10,338,159 10,338,159

Mississippi

Louisiana 9,723,230 2,341,712 12,064,942 30,995,936 2,185,231 33,181,167

Ohio 14,309 4,971 19,280 95,854 95,854

Kentucky 10,480 10,480 3,723 3,723

Tennessee 146 146

Michigan 174,169 2,052 176,221 133,305 133,305

Florida 186,943 92,950 279,893 291,094 43,712 334,806

Missouri 46,964 46,964

Total $143,874,252 $18,217,880 $162,992,132 $103,533,891 $17,494,525 $121,028,416

TONNAGE OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1839.

State. Tons and 95ths.

Maine 282,285.37

N. Hampshire 29,224.07

Vermont 4,232.37

Massachusetts 526,364.21

Rhode Island 44,572.16

Connecticut 83,014.34

New York 468,593.58

New Jersey 62,540.87

Pennsylvania 112,359.17

Delaware 19,203.19

Maryland 116,203.87

Virginia 51,808.39

North Carolina 40,841.45

South Carolina 33,414.21

Georgia 20,942.83

Alabama 21,742.00

Louisiana 109,076.36

Tennessee 4,240.94

Kentucky 8,125.87

Ohio 23,925.55

Michigan 10,999.59

Missouri 9,735.00

Dist. Columbia 23,142.26

Florida 8,672.68

Total United States Tonnage in 1815, 1,368,127.78; in 1820, 1,280,166.24; in 1825, 1,423,110.77; in 1830, 1,191,776.43; in 1835, 1,824,940.14; in 1839, 2,096,478.81.

TONNAGE OF THE SIX LARGEST DISTRICTS.

District. Tons and 95ths.

New York 430,200.88

Boston 203,615.82

New Orleans 109,076.36

Philadelphia 96,862.09

New Bedford 86,524.75

Baltimore 71,533.14