Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-10-09

presses are on tliF SIZE OF DIT. ADAMS.
but he has enemies enough to disparags
his claims and preteus:ons Many Of the
Republicans of New England are await
ing the result Of congressional caucus.
They think it more important to move
together and take the election out Of the
hands of the Fl. Of r., than to sickle
for A, u or C.
La the West there is no great move
ment to arrest the atiention.-0hio is
discussing tae merits OF the candidates; -
Clay seems to be her favorite---though
Adams has many friends, and Calhoun
some.
Illinois is canvassing the question of a
convention. Indiana has decided against
one. I; is doubtful whether the Terri
tory OF Michigan has elected as her De-
legate to the House Of Representatives
Mr.. Biddle; or the Rev. Gabriel Rich
ards, a Roman Catholic Clergyman. The
\. Yorl; papers say, the latter has sue
ceeded by the assistance of the French
party, and the great number of candi-
Gates.
kentucky is looking for relief from
her next Legislature. She viii vote for
DIR. Clay without difficulty, though not
without dispute.
Tennessee would elect Jackson by
acciamatioa. She counts with sanguine
but erring confidence upon bis success.
She ranks Pennsylvania, South Carroll
ma his native state, under his banners
and we know not how many others. Her
state legislature convened on the 18th
Sept and will have to choose Senator
OF the United States. A strong effort
will be made TO turn out Mr. John Will
liams; but, if DR. Grundy and his friends
remain steady in their attachments, the
scheme viii be defeated.-Elq.
The following communication, on the
subject of the Potomac and Ohio Canal,
is from a. Stewart, esq. member Of
congress, from Fayette, Pennsylvania.
UNroNrowN, Sept %.
.Messrs Gales & Seaton'
GENTLEMEN. | take the liberty of
enclosing to you o sketch taken from
the map which Dir. Shriver has in pre-
paraton for the press. This is but
small part of il, exhibiting about 90 or
so miles of the country, &c. at the SUM
NIT level. 1t is sufficient, however, to
demonstrate the perfect praciicability
of uniting the waters of the Ohio and
Potomac. A single glance viii be suffi-
cient to remove every doubt upon this
point. Indeed, it would seem as if Ma
ture herself had contemplated this u
MON, and provided every facility for It's
consummation. The whole conforma-
ton Of the country at the summit level,
is precisely such as the most anxious
friends of the measure could have wish
ed. On arriving at the top Of the noun
tain, you are delighted with the contem-
plation of one of the most level coun-
tries in the world; as far as vision can
extend, for miles together, nothing is
seen but the waving of luxuriant
crop of grass, overspreadiag thousands
of acres, uninterrupted by single tree
or hill. This growth seems to have
sprung from the alluvial deposite of what
was once (and still is occasionally in
wet seasons) an immense lake, which
has broken its way TIN ougL Hoop pole
ridge, discharging itself through Deep
creek into the Ohio. This Creek, on
the Goth of June last, measured,
short distance below the "Narrows or
Gan - whore II nasseS ont of tho CIado
at Hoop-pool-ridge, and found it to be
about SO feet wide and feet deep, with
q current of from one to two miles per
hour. BY erecting dam few perches
in length at the 'Narrows," this inn
mense column would be arrested, and
the lake restored; dam of three or four
feet in height, would inundate the coun-
try for more than as many miles back,
the fall being less than a foot per mile;
but this dam, for the purpose of reser-
voir, might be erected to the height of
40 or 80 feet if necessary, and, being
on the summit level, would afford an
abundant supply of water, not only for
the Western, but also for the Eastern
Canal, by short cut of one and half
miles, or tunnel (if preferred of "a
bout $50 perches, through the Ridge,
separating this reservoir or glade from
the waters of the Potomac, which take
their rise within 81 feet of its summit
The explanatory notes on the Map it.
self, viii, by referring to them, be more
satisfactory than any description | could