Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 56, Richmond, Wayne County, 16 April 1825 — Page 1

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XCMBER 55.

URSUITS OF MAN, ' M, AND TO PEACE."-

RICHMOND, WAYNE. COUNTV.

toliie Carv

from rhompso.,'8. At the mission wen; kindly received by J. McCoy hoi me principal. VVe snent a A ' W hnilrva Kara

and returned to the Squire V-and tken trolled down the river a short distance, and pn our way crossed several handsome i)ranrhe rmmii.rr .t.

linn uie river: inere is one creek surpasses all the others in size and it is a beautiful stream, affording abundance of water. None of these risf more than a few inches, (and the St. Jfseph's only about 3 feet,) after the greyest nuns. We returned In Thnmn'

gj. lillstunH thr EJiHr must have the postage j where we shall lodge. There U no lind Iaija,1kcuu-Mlb,aitrnie4tn in these D-rM tlufl r T 1,1 mcse p-.rt?, tt.at we nave seen, it Tor

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fifteen linos, tr les. for three insertions One Dol-

lir h continuance I tventy-five cents, farv'T :irlvertisemet in the same proportion. fCoiainunic t'd fur the Public Leper. K LATE K MP'EE TO THE LAKES. At S. Thomson's, . 3lv respected Friend A our tour, thus far.

fris he-en somewhat iuterestine;, design

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cultivation, hesides a small onanfitv',lil

era hie good bottom land. On the west side ol the river, there is a considerable body of land belonging to the Potiowattamies. In the morning we wish to go a liort distance east, to view a small lake; in the interim we shall close tb-'s enistle.

leaving an account of the lake for our ext. r if

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of tin

more prominent oc-

curn-.'iff, a; d tnre remarkable proniisca a objects of our pedestrian entertain m t. Tbt'ii mae?t, therefore, in future, ev;vert eitli" irom u, whenever on our ji.'jno we r-iiall have collected suhjrrt-

n !!ersun ier-ii pieang lor tliy perusal. W .:- we latijue our limits by climbing ou r hiil-, tbnu may est cale them without tr u1! ': a d we will Iw plentifully remui.er.lr l it't'iuj e;mt derive pleasure fn-m i?i dccriptior, which has afh'ul n ntnuseinent and delight from the oi-vniig of the t!ii g itself. W e Ip it our reside n e the f , and ;di t havi :-g t ra elled ii a wilderness t;'I evci i; ;g, w i inM ( the Masi-ina n . a . I C!. atnj-t-d in the remains of an old

c xt l!til'i: g we rr fl.

Interval Improvements. Thirty thou

sand dollars were appropriated last ses-

sion by an act of Congress, for the nuroose

ofseciuing the necessary surveys, plans.

: and estimates upon thesubject ofUoads and Canals; and Gen. Bernard, Col. Totten of the Corps of Engineers U. S. army, and Mr. John -L. Sullivan, a ci il engineer,

t; were appointed by the Secretary of War,

a hoard oj Internal Improvement, to superintend the provisions of the said act. The B ard were actively engaged in attending to the important duties assigned to them,

: during the past year, and have made re

port on seven routes for canals, yiz: one to m ite the Chesapeake and Ohio,tlirough the valley of the Potomac on the eastern, and that ol the river You hioganv, on the western side of tbe Alleghany mountain.

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Oh: to u:iie the lie (aw are una

i-.anca.ster. Total length 37i) miles: ascent and descent 3,358 feet. This route was examined by the Pennsylvania Commissioners, J. Holgate, James Clark, and Charles Treiziyulny. Difficulties and obstacles which the ground opposes to the construction of a canal in the valley of the Susquehanna from Middletown to Havre-de-Grace, are mentioned. Surveys, accurate iruaging of the waters, and regular estimates can alone afford elements necessary to decide the question, whether that route, of one from Harrisburg to the mouth of the Susquehanna is to be preferred. D'laware and Raritan Canal: Com-

ritttrnciug above Lamherton on the Dela

ware, it directs itself, deviating a little from the straight line, to the Raritan river, between New Brunswick and Washington; length 29 miles: To run on a level; a genes of locks to descend on one side into the Raritan, and or the other into the Delaware. It is desirable that this canal should receive the same profile adonted for the

Chesapeake and D-da ware Canal, that the liae of interior navigation running parallel to the coast, may not be interrupted. The dimensions of this last mentioned canal, are GO feet yvide at the water line, 3G at bottom, 8 feet deep, 14 miles long, and is lined with stone. - R irnstable and Hyannis Harbor Canal: Northern termination in Bar;. stable harbor, and its southern termination in Hyannis harbor. Its object is to provide a passage through the isthmus of Cape Cod. in order that the coasters may avoid doubling the cape; five or six miles long; should be one deep cut. For reasons given, and from the evident inferiority of this line to a more yvestern one, the hoard are of opinio? that it ought to be given up. Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable Canal: Length C miles. The practicability of this canal does npt admit of a doubt, and f ( "'cir.:r:ti( n H ret with no serious

les. Thv expe:;t ! . .urn valtu t,3M,' 1

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i 6 mil fn in Capt. James Riley's, and iV m hi null on the St. .Mary's. Kaily i:et morni:.!! we prosecuted our J .u.rp. v; ,n d as yve advanced, the country :.:F rdf 1 a more yaried prosper! to the eye. !i m tiat through yvhh h yve hat! passed. !i tuis dav we discovered a .considerable ; i s tity of whi'e-oak. We lodged at i nrd's, o'i ti.-e bank of the St. Mary's. I ; t'ie n; .ruing yve conti"Ued our route cv.yatlie river. The country through 7. .; ii we p J is r-o!)sideiabv diversiI wit!: s t dv barrens and small praiiie.s. A: ) .( )..( k we arrived at Fort Wayne, t ..site of which is tolerahh handsome, 'it toe imnroy crner.t j quite rude. 1 r m t'i p! ace we went a north-westerly direc-

e r.teiit'iOII of falling ill Willi

J .ven, V, It mav be useful to

rmvk tb at the Little St. Joseph's meets Si. M ma's jtt b. l .w Port Wayne, the t:o:iof which a--nuv- the name ot M in'u a d empties If into Lake Kiie. L.' 1 g Si. J .-eph's discharges its yva1 fM-t .Lke Michigan. () tuis day yve r' -l through a country ationling but 1-w s;, eulnl iy e advar taues. H ii: g M,f arnped in the yvoods fr the f it, we proceeded next morning through : ' ur n country, w i t ! I w, yvet prairies, ,,; I ir'je pot(ls, Im the afternoon, hoyv-c-y.-r, we n.is,. ,) oy er sme very good bind. j er . 0.,t timber. At evening yve cr : t 0:t. i'jn u.;irt. 'phis is a beau 1 -tream, of a steailv current, clear, and ; ater exceedingly' p lucid. Prom it ,jr tbe river runs westerly , then north- ' v' ilv, to its conjunction yvith the St. " i''u -There is a road along thi "un as f,r as it g.,es north-westerly.

' - " i i ii. u alioui this place is no more

SeCO til r-if.. rPiw. r,.nli r.kcoe the

5. Ooe thtou-'ii the'isthnr'S'sof Cape Cod ' ro.nmunication ahiPg tb.e Atlatiiie frontier, j to Bauistutde Harbour. ; wi.irh i deMmed to co::..cct :iM its parts

G. One to unite unstable Bay anu buz :' nvn Georgia to Massachusetts.

zard's B iv, b Monument river c Seus-

.set river. Oae to unite Narraganset Bay and Bston Harbour, from Taunton rier to Weymouth lauding. Nineteen maps, general and particular.

j of the several sections of eountr) explored and surveyed, accompany the report; ! and two letters, and two memoirs, on some

of the rivers and sections of the country examined. The report pronounces the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal practicable, although isuf ficientdata to calculate the expense of the work have not been obtained. The total

Faunton and Wevmouth Canal: To

ooen to the south' in Mount Hope Bay, and to the north in Boston Bay. Length 2G miles; summit ground 132 feet, 10 inches abote the highest tides. Different routes are proposed. Exact surveys can alone decider which of them affords the most favorable ground, and most water. The adv.-aitages of this canal will be great; by shoriening by two or three days, the navigation from New York to Boston. Tie R'-port thus f ir, consists of CD paves. Thirty-three pages then follow, by

f 4r. Sullivan, of an "illustration of the gen

eral Report," of the rcconnoisanee of the

T.r ph's, the course of which is from

'O or 100 yards wide, and the

1 ''rent ,midar to that of the LlkVheart. U !rl;fne it may be descended by a boat ir iwino : three feet water. For la or 20 ':,,M.Je road, after having crossed the J seph lue land is poor and nearly J4ri, atlording nothing but small and -tttering wisitc and Ida k oak. except a rririe about 1 miles yvide. In the eve!'g we cam- to a trading house, occuby Jo. Bertram!, where yve lodged. , he next day wc took a route down tie rtVer to Squire Thompson's; thence we cd the stream in a canoe and walked

aytie rrniili- I i;..

.irown spelled illkkhart.

nals are to run, with remarks upon every

particular connected with the cutting of

them, including the details relating to the quantity of water discharged by the various streams to be used in supplying the canals, ina given time, and the available quantities of water for the supply of the cands. In reviewing the whole ground, he considers the Alleghany mountain so far from being a barrier to the most economical form of communication, to be rather the sreat labratory of that element. U. S. Gazette.

leu-th from the tidewater in the Poto-1 country through which the proposed ca

mac to Pittsburgh is 350 and a hall miles. The total rise is 2.29Ciid a half feet; the total descent is 1,540 and a halffeet; total lockage for rise and descent 3,837 feet. Ohio and Kric Canal. The southern section to begin at Pittsburgh and terminate at the summit level, which divides the waters that pay their tribute to the Ohio, from those 'which pay it to Lake .Erie The northern to begin at the summit level and end in Lake Erie. Reviews of four routes which thecaual might follow are taken, and of the operations to perform on the ground, to determine which of them we should adopt. Tuese routes are given, taking into consideration the shortest distance rind least elevation of summit level with Lake Erie. They may be regarded as a prolongation of the Chesapeake & O no Canal. Length of the first route 101 miles; elevation of the summit level above lake Erie 450 feet; total lockage 773 feet. o.i Honto bv Grand river length 115

dies; height of the summit level above .ke Erie 342 feet: total lockage 557.

Bn Ashtabula length 104 miles; heigni of the summit level above Lake Erie 342 r... i.xt-A rtrh:tn 557 feet.

3d Route; length 113 miles; height ol the summit level above Lake Erie 470 It. total lockage 003 feet. . 4th Route; length 140 miles; height ol the summit level above Lake Erie 470 feet; total lockage 749 feet. Ohio and Schuylkill Canal. From the valley of the Alleghany river above I Utsburgh, through those of Kishkemenetas, Great and Little Conemaugh, to the W est Ridc, and Juniata and Susquehanna, to a .:.:ri..K ll .rrkhnry. and from thence

to Philadelphia, through the county of

LISTS OF ACTS. Ptsstdat the last session of Congress. 1. An act making partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and tvv'tut) -five. 2. Al act concerningGeneral Lafayette. 3. An act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell and convey certain tracts of lands granted to the said Stat for the use of the people thereof. 4. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt a new Hydrometer, for ascertaining the proof of liquors. 5. fn act authorizing repayment for

! lands Erroneously sold by the United States.

"CrAw act in addition, to an act, entitled

An let to amend the ordinance and acts

of Colgress for the government of the territoryW Michigan," and for other purposses. ... 7. In act confirming certain claims to lands It the Western District of Louisiana. 8. 4i act to authorize the issuing of lettersbatent to Adolphus C. Trott. 9. it act making compensation to persons appointed by the electors, to deliver the votd for1 President and Vice President. 10. A i act to remit the duties on Books,

Maps and Charts, imported lor the library of Congress. 11. An act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. 12. An act making appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. ' 13. An act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twentyfive. 14. An net making an 'appropriation for the purchase of Books .ind Furniture for the use of the Library of Congress. 15. An act making an appropriation for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. 16. An. act making further appropriations for the Military Service for the year one thousand eight hundred aud twentyfive. 17. An act for the relief of Samuel Baylies. 18. An act for arming the militia of the District of Columbia. 19. An act for the relief of Jacob A. Blackwell. 20. An act declaring the assent of Congress tD an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. 21. An act for the relief of Milachi Burns. 22. An act to authorize the sale of a section of land therein mentioned. 23. An act to establish the city of Hudson and the city of Troy, in the state of New-York: Boyvdinham, in the state of Maine, and Fairport, in the stuteT'of Ohio, Ports of Delivery; and to abolish Topsham. 24. An act to authorize the Register or enrollment, and lice- ..Vk- ined in tb name of the President or Secretary .; a;v incorporated compary owning a steamboat

O. V ; . 25. An act to extend the time of srsui.i arid locating nulilarv hand warrants ' ouicer od soldiers of the Revolutionary army. 2G. An act to make Castine a port of entry for ships or vessels coming from beyond the Cape of Good Hope. 27. An act to alter the terms of the District Court of the United States, in the Western district of VirginiaJ 28. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the completion of the entries for the benefit of drawback after the period of twenty day 5. 29. An act for the relief of Stephen Arnold, David and George Jenks, second. 30. An act for the relief of Colonel William Duane. 31. An act authorizing the subscription of stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. 32. An act for the relief of John M. Moody and Samuel Moody, and Elijah Bailey and others. 33. An act for the relief of John McCI n re. ; 34. An act for relief of the heirs or divisees of John Ferrcll, deceased. 35. An act making appropriation to satisfy certain nalances due to the Commissioners and Secretaries of Land Claims in Florida. 36. An act for the relief of Paul Chase. 37. An act for the relief of Moses Shepherd. 38. An act for the relief of Mary Miller, administratrix of Amos Miller deceased. 39. An act concerning Charles D. Brodie. 40. An act for the relief of Joseph Decrits. 41. An aet for the relief of the representatives ofNoel Soileau, deceased. 42. An act for the relief of Craven P. Luckett and William Reynolds. 43. An act for the relief of Sarah Shillito. 44. An act for the relief of Samuel Russell. 45. An act for the relief ofSamuel Wootten. 46. An act for the relief of James Lenos and William G. B. Abed, Gillian Ludlovr, and Hector Scott. 47. An act to reduce into one the sevoral acts establishing and regulating the Post Office Department. 48. An act granting pensions to Jamr3 Baker and Zebulon Pik. 49. An act for the relief of Walter Story Chandler.