the valleys of the Wyoming and Lackawanna, but is in fact with of any natured! division, and constitutes a single formation. It it between sixty and seventy miles long, and five broad. The double barrier of nearly parallel mountains, through whose included valley flow the Susquehanna and Lackawanna. is a perfectly well defined coal formation, and its geological structure is very interesting. The coal lies in beds, and not as commonly, in veins; these are of every ness, from a foot to twenty-seven feet: none are much esteemed that are less than three or four; few are wrought that are less than six. The lateral extent of the beds is immense; they break out in the precipices and hills, and upon the banks of the Susquehanna and Lackawanna, and form in some places the pavement of these rivers. They appear in the sides and channels of almost every stream from the mountains; they blacken the soil in numerous places, and wells are often sunk in the coal. The western part of Pennsyana sis day suppled with himmons cool, as the easter is w. Es and on the avers Chemangi Alegian, You unha and C. and serous pinces west of the Alegiay nire, which & some excerns is aastam boundary. The vens are generaly rok, Pony stove sux feet a with. The coal as abundant, and of excellent quality, nest Hote * This apportionment, which took place 25th June, 1842, is in the ratio of one Representative for every 70,680 inhabitants. 7 4 5 7 3 1 ANDREW JACKSON, Martin Van Buren, Samuel D. Ingham, Levi Woodbury, John H. Eaton, Benj. F. Butler, (acting) John Branch, New York, Louisiana, Delaware, Georgia, Secretaries of State. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Secretaries of the Treasury. Pennsylvania, Maryland, N. Hampshire, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, Secretaries of War. Secretaries of the Navy. Postmasters General; now first con sidered as Cabinet Officers. Temesses, which was seguated from North Carolina, was admined 1796. Chin, which was formed from hand much-west of the Choir, that had been coded to the General Government by the Sates to which it belonged, was aduimed 1819 Lousian, Jamed from the Louisiana purchase, admined 1912. Indas, in a portion of what is called the North-West Teming, admired 1518 From Part of the exciturgy of Georgin, aimined 1837. Illinois, from the North. West Temity, advised 1819. of Georgia, wimited 1503. separated from Massachuses, admited 1991 rom a part of the Louisian pechase, admined 1897 |