Washington County Maryland--History

From the Williamsport Times.

Canal Trade,
The Canal is once more in good navigable order, and transportation has been resumed. Quite a number of boats have left, and are still leaving this port ladened with Flour, Whiskey, etc. Business is quite brisk.

The amount of Flour received at the different Warehouses at this place, since the 1st of March, is 1,728 bbls.
J. H. Anderson -       529 bbls.
John Ardinger       -       442 bbls
Chas Embrey ,       512 bbls
Hitzer & Charlton 245 bbls
Total; 1,728 bbls

A Painful Injury.

A colored man was brought to the Alms-House in this town, on Monday last, whose foot had on that day been torn from his leg, at or near Williamsport. We could not obtain a correct account of the accident, but we believe the man was working about a Canal Boat, and his foot becoming entangled in one of the ropes, was twisted off in a shocking manner.

A Fatal Affray at Williamsport.

There are at present a large number of boats lying near Williamsport, being detained in consequence of a leak in the Canal. On Saturday evening last, as we understand, a fight occurred between some of the hands employed on these boats, in which knives were freely used, which resulted in the death of a colored man who was stabbed by a white man, the latter making his escape before he could be arrested. Another colored man was also severely stabbed.

CORN WANTED
THE subscriber wants to purchase A LARGE QUANTITY OF CORN for which the highest market price in cash will be paid if delivered at his Warehouse in Williamsport.
He will also give prompt attention to the
TRANSPORTATION
OF ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE ON THE
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

HAMILTON DOWNS. Williamsport, March 2, 1853.—

WILLIAMSPORT. Md., Sept. 13, 1852

We have a line of steam packets running from this place to Harper's Ferry and the District cities. Passengers start from this place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning at 7 o'clock, and reach Georgetown every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at 5 o'clock—a distance of 100 miles— and all for the low sum of $3.75, including fare and meals.

Canal Transportation from Williamsport.
We are indebted to J. M. Stake & Co
enterprising Forwarding Merchants, for the
following account of transportation on the
Canal, from Williamsport, for the year ending
December, 1851:
Articles. By whom. - destination. No. Bbl.
Flour.        J. A. Magruder & Co. Georgetown       16,280
Flour C. Embry.        12,025
Flour        J. M. Stake & Co.        19,328
Flour. John Ardinger        10,783
Flour. Transient Boats.        10,257
Total, 68,367

Heavy Rain—Freshet.

The Canal —The Williamsport Sentinel says that workmen are busily encased in repairing the locks in the Aquedock at that place, and that water will be turned into the entire length of the canal on Monday next. Flour is pouring into Williamsport and transportation will be resumed the latter part of this week.

The Canal Trade of Williamsport.—

The following will show the number of boats that will hail from our town this season :—

In the flour and produce trade, 11 ; in the coal trade, 15 ; boats out of town, but in the district 6 — total number of boats, 32. They will average four men to each boat, which will show that one hundred and twenty eight of our population will be engaged in boating. What town on the line of canal, except Cumberland, can boast of more energy and industry than Williamsport?

THE PACKET BOATS

FASHION: Capt. S. Petrie
WILL LEAVE WILLIAMSPORT FOR CUMBERLAND EVERY FRIDAY at 9 o’clock PM and for
Georgetown and Alexandria every TUESDAY at 4 P. M.

BELLE, Capt. Wm. Singer,
Will LEAVE WILLIAMSPORT FOR CUMBERLAND EVERY TUESDAY at 9 o’clock PM and for
Georgetown and Alexandria every Tuesday at 4 P. M.

October 15, 1851