The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania: And the Western States; Designed as a Guide and Pocket Companion, for Travellers and Emigrants, to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri; Containing a Geographical and Early Historical Account of These Several States, from Their First Settlement Up to the Present TimeBonsal & Desilver, 1837 - 384 páginas |
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Página 68
... productive , but better adapted for grass than grain . The principal streams flow into Lake Erie . These are the different " mile " creeks , Wal- nut , Elk , Crooked and Raccoon creeks , & c . Erie is the seat of justice , population in ...
... productive , but better adapted for grass than grain . The principal streams flow into Lake Erie . These are the different " mile " creeks , Wal- nut , Elk , Crooked and Raccoon creeks , & c . Erie is the seat of justice , population in ...
Página 83
... productive in grain , fruits , and pasturage . From many of the higher eminen- ces of the South Mountain , the cultivated regions , in beau- teous prospect , spread before the eye like a vastly exten . sive garden . That portion of the ...
... productive in grain , fruits , and pasturage . From many of the higher eminen- ces of the South Mountain , the cultivated regions , in beau- teous prospect , spread before the eye like a vastly exten . sive garden . That portion of the ...
Página 138
... productive , and being well cultivated , gives a most pleasing aspect to the vicinity of Easton . Farm houses , orchards , fields and meadows , are com- mingled along the bottoms of the river and the sloaps of the hills . Bushkill creek ...
... productive , and being well cultivated , gives a most pleasing aspect to the vicinity of Easton . Farm houses , orchards , fields and meadows , are com- mingled along the bottoms of the river and the sloaps of the hills . Bushkill creek ...
Página 182
... productive , and the productive part probably nine tenths of the whole , very equally distributed over the state . There is , probably in the whole a body of land , of the same extent of which a greater part is susceptible of im ...
... productive , and the productive part probably nine tenths of the whole , very equally distributed over the state . There is , probably in the whole a body of land , of the same extent of which a greater part is susceptible of im ...
Página 203
... productive . Chief town Wilmington . The portion of this county that is so broken as to injure the cultivation , is so small as not to be worth mentioning . The southwest quarter is the poorest land in the county , and has the most ...
... productive . Chief town Wilmington . The portion of this county that is so broken as to injure the cultivation , is so small as not to be worth mentioning . The southwest quarter is the poorest land in the county , and has the most ...
Términos y frases comunes
30 miles Alleghany angle bank Beaver boundaries bounded north branches canal centre chain Chester Chief town Cincinnati clay coal coun county is bounded course Crawford Crawford county creek Delaware divided drained east Erie canal extends Fayette feet fertile flowing following townships Fork Franklin Harrisburg hills hilly Illinois Illinois river Indiana iron Jackson Jefferson Kittatinny Kittatinny mountain lake Erie lake Michigan Lancaster Lehigh Length limestone loam Madison mean breadth Miami Michigan mill mineral Mississippi Monroe mountain mouth Muskingum Muskingum river navigation nearly northeast northern northwest Ohio river Pennsylvania Perry Perry county Philadelphia Pike Pittsburg population in 1830 prairies principal railroad rich Ridge river separating Rock Sandusky Schuylkill Scioto Scioto river seat of justice slope soil sources southeast southern southwest spring square miles streams surface Susquehanna river table land thence timber tion traversed Tuscarawas Union valley Vermillion Vermillion county Wabash river Warren Wayne western White river
Pasajes populares
Página 189 - The judges of the supreme court shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace throughout the state.
Página 190 - The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Página 375 - They shall have power to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, to provide for them necessary food and clothing, to abstain from all injuries to them extending to life or limb...
Página 52 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
Página 188 - SECTION 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives...
Página 51 - Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Página 188 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Página 189 - The judicial power of this state, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested In a supreme court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and in Justices of the peace.
Página 51 - ... of the general assembly ; the person having the highest number of votes shall be governor ; but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, then one of them shall be chosen governor by joint ballot of both houses of the general assembly.
Página 190 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men, in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.