The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-23 00:00:00

TIIE 11URDLII (5-1' MARV ASII-FOll6.

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AMERICAN tNTEIUPRIZE.

TflE .017FIC:IAL itSPOIdS of the CAIAL 'COMMIS-
SfONE'RS of t'h'e 'TATE of NEW YORK, and the,
ACTS of the LEGIS'LATME, 'respecting sxviGABLE
COSINI:UNICATIONS het•iireen the Gietit WESTERN
fi.nd NORTIIEIIN LAKES and the ATLANTIC dr:O,N
Persiiii:goos Map's -aini Profiles. Published ttie
request of the BOurd a Canal :Currinsi4sioner3.

REPORT OF TICE CANIAL COMNII4t:inNEt43•

(Contiouca from Yesterday's StIN•)

It is propo,ed pass the t4enesee RiVeV, by a
dam ten teet high, with a b'T Ogle Ilistiince
above it, for a toning path. Thi place of Pgs'iok
is a few smo h of the village of Rochester.
The width of the river here, when low, is near
139 yards; when raisctl by the darn, it will spread
over the w,,t bank to a width :of more than 400
yards. 'fhe.current is rapid and shallow, in con-
sequence of a considerable declivity in its rocky
putout. ll,tif a mile below this place, the
Messrs. Browns built a dam across the river,
eighteen inches high, and secured it immoveably
to the rock below, by large iron bolts, for less,
than one. dollar per toot, its length. tinided by
this experience, it is calcsil4ted that a (lain Of the
necessary strength, 440 yards long, May be built
bete fat: : • Dollars 8,150
Such a dam, 10 fret. high', tirodlll set- the water
back three miles, and while ir'titiqd drown Imo
little land, woruid rende.r.the river navigable, with
boats, fin- more than 30 mites abOve, - The top of
it ivould serve as a waste wiecor ttimbling bay to
discharge the-floods of the river, :for whicbintr-
,..,
pose, as well as for r.etarding the eurvent Innen
as to give satety to the I.)6at's towed across the
river, its great length would be an eminent ad-
vantage. The bridge for a toting path should he
perfilanent, not floating, like thentie ovr,,Con.„
cord River no the Middlesex Canal-; Km it Might
be hglit, awl with so good a lotradatini.t to build
on, notwithstanding the necessity of - security
against the current and flood-wood of the sliting
freshets, it is estimated at - llitilats 10 000

On each side of the Genesee River:,* a. lock 0.1
three feet litt must be placed, to prevent the-floods.
from extending themselves into the Canal east
and west, in such a manner as to eudangei its
banks and fill it %vith sediment. These loCks are
estimated at Dollars 12,000

From the cast bank of this river theie tn4t be
deep excavation• for the distance of seventy chaios.
It lies through a black ash swamp, of which-the
uppt r surface is a black soil resting on clay. For,
a small part of the distance, the excavation must
be ten feet •drep, for the' rest less. The number,
of cubic yat ds to be moved here, is 47,055, est'i=.
mAted at 17 cents. • - - Dollars fi,ooo
3ht idges - . . .900.
4 culverts - 400
Gruhhin4 and -Clearing -6 macs _and 24
chains - - - 6,300

Aggregate of extras on this map 49,794

M.,,p N 12,- includes 7 miles and 25 chainß.
Ne.ir the west end of this map, utter continuing
Upon one level for 41Most secenty.miles, the line
of the Canal tails 49 feet, ,sere six locks Will be
necessary, estintat' dat - Dollars 60,000
Betwten these locks and C, are several places of
deep cutting, in all of which 45,600 cubic yards of
cattli must be removed.

Tlels earth is sand and loam, at 20 Dttihrs
cents. 9,120

Stone's ('reek requires a culvert rid- '
mated at - . , - 320
Between B and A are extras requiring 1.530
At Nye's Creek an-emhankmvut - 1,324
And a la, ge culvert ... . - 3 BO 3BO
From this.credi to the end of the map, there
are five small places of deep cutting, estimated in
all at . - - - Dollars 2,225
4 in iii es - - - 1,200
7 colovrts. - - - 701)

Grttnbini; and cleat in; 6 miles

6,000

Aggregate of extras on this neap - 82,769

Map No. 13, includes 6 miles and 51 1-2 chains.
There are two—small ridges at T and R, which
will require the-excavation of 5000 cubic yards,
at 20 cents. . , Dollars 1,000

At A an excavation is necessary 157 Yards long at
the bottom, and 20 feet deep, trcim its summit.
The number of cubic yards to be moved is 13,000,
at 30 cents. _ • - Dollars 3,900

The next place of difficulty is the Iroudeq,,ot
Valley, where all embankment is required to be
20 chains long on the top,. and from the lowest
part of the valley 63 fee.t high. On the east side
of -this valley rises a steep hill, consisting of sand
and loam, 50 feet above the !vie! of the Canal.
This hill will' furnish, hi, Ale, most convenient si-
tuation), all thcearth ruquired for the embank-
ment ; and to remove Allis earth, temporary
wOotlen railways might be used-with great advan-
tage. To make this embankment 34 feet wide
at the. top, and 229 at the bottom, it' would con-
Slime 147,000 crthie yards, which, considering the
facilities above mentioned, are estimated at 20
cents, Dollars. 29,'101)
At the base of this embqnkment must be made a
water-way with wally 4)f stone. 11 wing walls be
made 15 feet high, at the ends of this water-way,
its !cool) vili not exceed 184 feet. Calculate 3
walls of that length each, 3 feet think and 10 feet
.
high, and their solid contents will be 129 cords.
To this add, for wing-walls, and to cover. the
water-way,.7l cords, mid for waste at the rate of
25 per cent. 50 cords wore, and the whole quan-
tity of ,stooe,required ‘vill be 250 cords. This
may be Oeliyeed oft the spot for five dollars per
cord _ Dollars 1.,250
Laying; it into the wall at 87i cents per perch,
• - Dolars 1,!4.4
'A little east of, 0,. must be a small embaukluvut,
to siipport hieb , and the naroral ridge on which
the crinai ron!.*.tor:_i aad -11411. chains eatwar!l,
stone walls, 12 feet ...high, will be necessary 'nn
both. sides, - - • . . Doll.irs bB7

The hilt west of N is a high pile of s 4 o(1, of
wilicji it ,will he. nectssitry to wove I 2,G00, cubic

yards' at ceots, irs'l,3i33
The expenee: of several sn3ll embanknientS snd
deep cuttin6s, flOni M to the east end of this trap

is Cstiniatea at Dollars 9,523
7 culverts, 700
3 bridge's, 900

Grabbing and delving 3 miles and 40
3,500

Aggregate of extras nn this inky, Dollars 53,389
illap No. 14, includes .6 miles and 26 chains.
This map presents a deep cutting 3 miles lung.
running through is black 'ash swatnp, of which the
upper surface is light inVick resting upon a hard
clay. The depth of excavation will in no place
exceed 4 feet ; and it is thought that the extra
expellee regained here will not be more thawry on
I
to the remot•al trout due bottom of the canal 2
and an half feet in depth. et this excavation. Let
this bottom he 18 fret wick, and with tl►e requi-
site slope of the banks, there n►+tst be removed, it►
this distance, 31-,827 enhie yards, estimated at
3S ,cents.:. • • - - - Dollars 8.911

For other small expences on this map, 960
2 [midges, - •- 600

Grubbing 6 miles and 26 chains

6,325

. ,
Aggregate of extras on this map Dollarsl6 796
Map NO. 15, includes 6 miles and 65 chains.
Near the west end of map a feeder may he
introduced into the canal from Mud creek. And
if this -feedershould ever prove deficient, ,a correct
examination has ascertained that this .delitiiettcy
malfite amply supplied by one from the Outlet of
the Canandaigua' lake, introduced at
.the,,same
place. The feeder trout Mutt Creek nitist he 43
etiains long, and it it is 20 feet wide abil 3 feet
deep, it will require the excavation. of 6,307 clThie
yards, at 123- cents - DollArs 789
Several small• excavations Spd embankmehts are
estimated, in the :Aggregate, Dollars 5.140
At Red Creek,. for culverts - . 600

A feeder front the same ci ec,k, ,a niilelong, and
excavated 3 feet wide and 3 feet cleep,il'esti-
__

mated at

liollars 500

. .
()II this oiarr are .4 locks.,.hy which tli'lint: of tl!e
canal falls 33 feet--expense of iltee locks,
. . ",' - . Dollais 40,000
I ctivert, . .111, • ...11. 100

4 hi icl e - • - 1,200
2 mites and 40 chains, 2.500

Aggregate of -extras on this map, Dollars 5l ,829
NoTE.-.The word perch, in this:lLepoEt,,unifortnly stands
for 24 solid feet, and-sevetry-tive.huniiredtbs.
[To be continued.]

It seems certain that Thonann, lately tried for
and act'initted of the murder of AlaryAshltAd,
may be again Put 'on • his trial. In cases of Mur-
der, :r 'ter acquittal On a trial upon the prosecu-
tion of the Crowit, it is alwayS in the power of
the nearest ‘nrviving relation t'o the deC'easeil to
bring tie accused party to it sec6ml trial on ap
Veal ; and upon such occaSioni, the.etent
betolld :114 (as instances of the* having done)
returning a contrary verdict
.to the first;
cul-
prit moist sutler Beath ; for the fountain of mercy,
accessible hpon all oitherriccasioni, has nO power
to pardon in a case of appeal. The cilithinal re-
cords furhiSli two very rei*arkable Cases 'Of this
kind, the inie that of :lames Cuff, the other of
Christopher Siangliterford. Cuff was wai-
ter at the Greett Ltstuce; Holborn, and was
tried for the minder of Mary (reed, his felloW-
servant ; the Jury acquitted him nilOti the first
deeining• the evidence insufficient.
Green, brother of the deceasedOunnediatelyloch
ed an Appeal, inconsequence of which Cuff .w'faS
brought to trial at the next Sessions but one,
where his case was argued with the tidittost_ inge-t
unityby the Counsel brand against him.; but the'
second Jury.„found him guilty,- and h,e was sea-
fenced to,die, which sentence was afterwards piaL
into execinion. . •„
Christopher Sl*tight,erford,paid his addresses to'
Jane Young, and it Was getrerallY supposed
tended to IfIQIITV her. The last Wile ire was seen
in her company was oti.tbe,. evening of -the stif of
October, 1708, front whieh.t.ay she was not'lieiird
of for a considerable_ time, on which suspicious.
arose that Slipightertord had.murdertd her.Attout
a mouth afterwards, the body of the unforttruate
gill was found in..a pond, ,with • seVeral-ina'ilis''of
violence on it ; and the.puhlic suspicion being
sill fixed on, Slatighterford, lit ioiniitailly stir-
truderel himsdi to two Justices of the Peae.,
whti directed I hat.he Itoultls be.,-discharged ; bp(
as•he e.as•st:ll actnsed by his neik.•,,hbours',. he went
to a third-i)lagistrate„..whio,agyetable-to his own.
sAicitation, coupuitted lino to die Marsbalsea
prison,.-ana' he was tiled at tli;ASsizes at •
too, atitl acntlitted. The majn.ityot his utitgrt-
hours, however. still insisted that he ryas
and prevailed upon the relations (J-the deceased
to Piing an Appeal for a new Trial, towards the
expence of which many , persons 'subscribed, as
the father•of Jane Young was in indigent,Circtim,
stances. -During. the next Sessions lie Was tried
by a Sotrey Jury, in the, Court of King's Bench,
before Lord Chief Justice Wit, the Appeal being
lodgetl in the name of Henry Young, brother and
heir to the deceased. •

The evidence Liven on this. second trial was in
substance the same as on the first ;,,yet, 30 dif-
ferent were the sentiments of the two Juries, that.
SlanghterfOrd•was now found guilty, and received
sentence of death. He .Was hanged at.GuihrfAil
on the 9th .ofJoly, 1709.
In addition to the above, there is ;he case of
Lewisßoussart, .who suffered
..about the year
1724, upon the .verdiet:of the second. 4llyy, artyr
having been acquitted by4be fast, for the murder
of his wife. . ,
• he Lichfield Mereary of last week cont
of time place whet e ibe unfortunate Mary Astloyd
was murdered. Since the trial of Thornfi:yrt, 3c-
cnsed dithat atrocious deed, several circumstances
have transpired which strongly call for further
inquiry. It seems the linen of this ,ni-am-Was -kept .
back front being . produced at the trial by We,
the officer MI6 apprehended hint', who has
since been very properly diSeharged from his
place for so doing. %%quit niakes.this case con-,
time to excite so much of the public attention is,
the circumstance of the result of the trial wholly
tinning on an' ; which alibi was founded on
the most uncertain evidence possible to adduce-7
the optnion of country pet tons to time derived
trout courary clocks. Every one svho knows any
thing of the country must be aware how.little de-'
peudence should be. placed on such testimohy
to athUll time. Country, clocks are proverbial
for nothiDg but their' variance fl true time and
from each other. Every fat.iner,, in linint of faet,
has a measurement of time of his own, by which
his movements and those of his-family are regu-
lated. / Guided by this, he cares' but little -woe-
' ther his clock and the •siin are in-unisou.—(West.
rl Briton)

•• , ,
CottosEß's INQUEST.—Aninquisition was taken.
yesterday at the Montague_ Arms,
street, before Tnorveys STMLING, Esq., Coroner.,
On the body • of S,. rah Jones,..,botisek.reper tot
Henry Brown, Esq. of 109.;:. Crawl;ord-sttee4.
Ilfary-le-bone.—,AlT. Brown-, of..the War Depart-
mem, said,' that ou Friday night ,he.c.pne from.
his house near Peckham, and slept at,44:4ftwit.ntl-...
street ; about eight o'clock on.Sattitday,inortiing:.
the deceased brought' him some books ft out the;.
library, which he sent• ber
his breakfast, and when she gave theta to hint. he ,
obserVed there was bland. upon them, li,erasko,,
her if she had cut her hand-; she,suade.tw..replY.,
but ran to the water closet-; he follawedher,
saw that blond was pottrimg. from liersnou.tb,
•ran to Mt'. Baker;• surgeon; No. 105, fisrawfard7:.
Street, wlm- came with hint instantlyi.t.o.thlt:
ceased 's assistance', butshe.,was apparmtlys,lifer
'less when he returned:--Mr.
that the deceased's death was anused.4.3,lo,e.rupz-,
tore of a blood-vessel, butt be timid not sta,posliat
was the cause of the rupt are, Verdict
from the rupture of a blrod-tess.el." .
IMLANCH,,LY EVENT.---rAboy, about 14 -ye!iri
of age, servant to a fariner near. Peeblei,-,linving:
been taken ill, his nrasterrwsote to the mother„.a.
widow; residing at Hope:Tark-eud, on. Smurday..
last,' to come oirt• and take him home ; bot. t!-W
poor woman, either not apprehending immedla,ter
dant4er, or-flout a difficary of getting away ffomi
her other children,. of whom she has tievyral, did
not immediately attend to the request of the letter,
wit! on Monday the boy was :sent off to
burgh, a distance 421. miles, in a cant, itl charge..
only of a lad about his own ago. The feeling
the poor VC 0111,111 may be conceived, -when, upon
going to lift bet son:from the cart, she found
hint a corpse. The boy in charge of the cart said,
that shortly after they set •out he obset czed the de-
ceased so ill, that he was afraid to look at ,hire 5
hint .moving when .within about three
miles of Edinburgh ; but untortun-ftelyit never oc-
curred to him to halt, or ask ass;staoee ou the road.