Miscellanies. 163 



17. Mauch Chunk Anthracite mines.— From the report of the 

 board of managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 

 and that of the acting manager, Mr. White, it appears that the new 

 mines mentioned in the 19th Vol. of the Am. Jour, are about to be 

 opened. A rail way of four miles will bring the coal to Mauch 

 Chunk village, and arrangements are making for sending to market 

 one hundred thousand tons during the ensuing season. The com- 

 pany's grand canal is finished and in perfect order to Easton, and 

 nothing is necessary but the completion of the canal along the Dela- 

 ware to Philadelphia, and of those across New Jersey to New York, 

 in order to give the Lehigh coal a full access to market. Three 

 hundred thousand tons of coal are uncovered at the great mine and 

 ready for quarrying. 



18. Indiana Historical Society. — This association was formed DeCo 

 11th, 1830, and it embraces in its design the natural, civil, and political 

 history of Indiana and the promotion of useful knowledge generally. 



The regular seat of the society is at Indianapolis, but the corres- 

 ponding secretary, John W. Farnham, resides at Salem, Washington 

 county, Indiana, to whom communications may be addressed. In 

 the list of officers we observe the names of gentlemen whose repu- 

 tation affords a satisfactory pledge thaf they will give all practicable 

 efficiency to the society, whose objects are of the most laudable 

 kind, and we rejoice to see such institutions springing up in the west, 

 as fast as civil society advances. 



19. JVotice respecting Steam Boats. — In reference to the method 

 of ship building described page 14 of this No. I am authorized to say, 

 that Mr. Brindley will undertake to build steam boats or vessels of any 

 burden according to this system — and will, through me, furnish any 

 estimate desired ; having in England built a considerable number of 

 these vessels. They combine the good properties of strength, light- 

 ness, and durability. When intended for steam boats, I would en- 

 gage to have them fitted up with engines from one of the first manu- 

 factories herCj including the safety apparatus and auxiliary fire de- 

 scribed in this number. J. L. Sullivan. 



20. Professor Hitchcock's lectures on diet and regimen. — A new, 

 enlarged and improved edition of this valuable work has been re- 

 cently published ; its tendency is decidedly good, and we are glad to 

 find that the demand for it has been so great as to require a new edi- 

 tion within the first year. 



