"If any person or persons shall, within the said city, beat a drum, or without lawful authority, ring any public bell, after sunset, or at any time except in lawful defence of person or property, discharge any gun or fire arms, or play at or throw any metal or stone bullet, or make a bon-fire, or raise or create any false alarm of fire, he, she, or they so offending, shall for every such offence, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay the sum of four dollars." "City appropriation for filling up a part of the pond on Sixth street, between Cherry alley and Grant street--thirty dollars." _Commonwealth, Nov. 19, 1816._ Impressions of Early Travelers "_Fort du Quesne_, built by the French, formerly stood here; its site has almost disappeared in the Ohio. The remains of Fort Pitt (from whence the town has its name) are very faint; we can yet perceive part of the ditch, its salient angles and bastions, &c., but several houses, stores, and a brewhouse, are built on the ground." _Palmer's Journal of travels in the United States and Canada, 1817._ "Although Pittsburg, a few years since, was surrounded by Indians, it is now a curiosity to see any there; a few traders sometimes come down the Alleghany, with seneca oil, &c." _Palmer's Journal of travels in the United States, 1818._ "_Pittsburgh_ was hidden from our view, until we descended through the hills within half a mile of the _Allegany river_. Dark dense smoke was rising from many parts, and a hovering cloud of this vapour, obscuring the prospect, rendered it singularly gloomy. Indeed, it reminded me of the smoking logs of a new field." _Thomas's Travels through the western country in 1816._