Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-19

hitherto kept the Mexican patriots insulated in dark
ness.
Moxico will be Independent hut must long submit
90 arisiocr,cy and s,pers;iiioh with which civil ber
~ cannot subsist. The unequal state of property,
which is ii the hands Of few and the wretchcd ~
norincc ot the lower classes, cannot he remcdicd IN
day. But, an approach is made tO,c,trds freedom
aud we hope that the Mcxcans will ultimately grasp
II. Their genus is fine, their climate, generally, de-
lightiu, aud their country Il paradise. Baron Hum
boldt thinks that Mexico the fines, possession of
the Spauiards in America. We cannot agree with
him hut 1t SAN ia,portr,a aad charming region.
Mexico, with all Spanish America, trust, will
soon devc.opc mcultics and iesources, tina, have
an Important influence on the moral, political aud
| commercial world.
Very meagic are our accounts of Mexican events.
Excepting DIR. AlIER GUERRA's History OF the
ist periods OF the revolution, have only sketches
in the life al Moreno, in the Outline by DIR. P.lacio
&c. and ia Robinson's Memoirs.
[Wasti.gtoa City Gus
UNION OF THE LAKES AND THE OCEAN.
We are certain that apology is requisite for the
space, which we sllt occupy IN several papers, with
extracts from Mr. HAINES introduction to the Ca
nal Documents, just published by MIR. Mercein of this
city. The whole volume comp rises about 800 pages,
together with colonred map oil six feet in length,
showing the whole line OF the canals and the country
through which they piss) and reflects that credit
The state OF New York, which every Liberal and
lishtened mind will feel proud acknowledged
IN any part of the world. The NEW YORK CA
NAILS stand unriviiIed by ANY public works OF mo-
deIn times; aad we conceive that their future benc
ly as IN the Introduction before us MIR Haincs
menccs has remarks and illustrations, by noticing the
lamentble neglect OF manL>lnd in general to give per-
petity To those details which intimately
cd with undertakings that change the relations the
! [N. Y E. Post
q" IL IS lasting censurc the aye of Louis XIV il
usrious us it WAS for great writers, aud when men
oil letters and genius cundesccnded give the in
trgncS oil his courieZans. aud describe the manners
and magniccmce of his court, that the most authentic
4 ,,tc n nit. III,
ttwo seas was written IN 1850, and that this work
IS destitute at many important details connected with
lis subject As to the canals of China, iuersec,ing
each other, over the face of that immense cmpre
ana opening communications between the greatest
cities III the world nothing is known OF them which
can essentially facilitate the enterprise of other
tons IN similar works and have no public toc-
mcntS that Inform OF the he. inning Announcements
and completion Of the canals OF Russia, uniting the
caspian aud the Baltic, and other waters OF magm-
u'ue, although the story oil minor aud unimportlnt
events III the ci, history of the north, has reached
! us III circunlStintia form. As To the histories of
ancient improvements, for extension oil commerce :;
ana The encouragement of agriculture, manufactures
and the arts, they lost ia the oblivion of thousand
ages, while the solemnities OF feast and the conse-
Grafton o an IDOL are embeishcd 10y tue taste of the
hstorian embaZoncd in the or1,tius of the states
man, or breatiIed IN the glowing numbers of epic
song"
Mr. liaines, after INDUCING in many useful remarks
proceeds to shew, IN the following brief view, the
different waters and lateral canals which can be con
Hccied with the Great Western Canal
before we proceed further, we shall look ut the
| remote consequences of the western canal. The in
ernal communications and the inland trade, which
II VIII promote, naturally press upon our reflection
Let us admit the work 10 be completed, and then look
AT the w;tcrs and rivers which could he connected
WIN u, from The mouth of the Hudson the mouth
oi the Mississippi BY the northern canal which will
form Junction with The western canal at the mouth
oil the Mohawk, we acquire communication with
lake Champlain and lis tributary streams. Passing
on further TO the west, the right northern side OF
The canal line, we fnd lake Oneida and the OSwero
river, through which there can be direct and easy
connection with lake Ontario There is also :, lateral
| ci.mu to OnondaSa lake. Commencing ut the banks
oil the Hudson, and passing along the left or south
cty side OF the canal line find the Skcneatalas
| Owasco, CayuSi', Seneca and Canantaigua lakes
HnS III direction from north 10 soath, forming near
right angles with the canal line and in fact serving
Tor so many lateral canals themselves There is nj.
ready steam boat navigation on the Cayuga lake,
proJect Tor canal between Canandagua and the ca
nal line, and by means of the Seneca the canal will
be united with The Susquehannah and the Delaware
rivers, ana oil coarse 10 the Delaware and Ches:I-
peake bays ny the Genesee river an internal nayi-
CATION OF 70 miles will be secured and several advnn
'ges may be derived lIy junction with the Tonna-
wana creek.
| Pursuing our course further west and bevond the
borders OF the Safe OF New York we approach the
great valley oil the Mssissippi.-rIe first point of
communication with those western waters, that pour
INTO the Mississippi river, is the of the Al
eShany, which unites with the Monongahela M Pitts
hurgh, and forms the Ohio. About sixteen miles of
canal would join the Western cunal and French
creek, a branch OF the Allegheny aud there could
nc another communication through Chetnugh lake
by those improvements might have direct con-
heNion between New York aud Pittsburgh the grand
depot OF the western States"
| " ENtendIng our views beyond the head waters of
Tue ONO, at fittSburgh other and sources of
connexion with The Western canal present themselves
| Inc irstlunction might be between the Cayahoga
mat runs INTO lake Erie, and the Muskingum, which
passes into The OHIO, about 40 miles below Pits
burgh. Six miles of canal would create their union
Further west the Sandt,slly and Scioto rivers could
he joined lhey have their head waters IN the same
marsh OF swamp the former disclaranr itself into
lake Erie, the later into the Ohio river below The
mouth Of the NluSkngum. Following the lake shore
we soon find that another channel of internal trade
might he opened, by means of the Miami which swels
the waters of the Ohio, and the Miami of lake Erie
they have their rise the level The sources of
the Maunee OF lake Eric, aud the head waters of the
wabash, noble stream, would ntermngle with very
little labor. Between lake Erie and lake Michigan
Il navigation would be- easy and practicable Inv mi
ting the Huron on Iiaisin of lake Erie with streams
that run into the former Lake. The ST. Josephs and
the itiisin are contiguous in their head waters Pur-
suing course Ia the soutlcry end or head of lake
Michigan, we find new facilities to internal trade
opening upon our view.-ThcFc four ways of CON
Meeting this lake, and Of course, the Western canal
with the Illinois river which pours its grand current
into the bosom of the Mississippi, few miles above
inc mouth oil The Missouri near the scte of ST. Lou
~ FIRST, II could he effected by joining branch of
the chicago river, which empties into lake Michigan
and branch OF the river Pein, running in "a direc-
ton from the north west, which approaches within
ten miles and a half the lake, and then turning TO
the Southwest, blends IFS waters with the Theakik;
30 miles from the Illinois. These waters approximate
within Two miles of each other and when sweed by
heavy falls of rain actually unite so that boaIs of eight
ana ten tons burden, pass and repass from tho lakes
TO Che Mississippi, through this natural route"
Aitcr taking e view of tie Great Canal contempla-
ted 10y the state Of Ohio, To connect Lake Eric with
tho ONO River, which is 10 be about 300 miles long
aud which VIC shall notice by extracts hereafter Nj
llancs concludes this part Of the subject in the fol-
lowing words:
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