Grenville Mellen

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	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 UNITEDSTATES.

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.

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

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.