The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-08-22

mat aud nidmght darkness o. tunn,
two miles IN length and Two huI dred fee
in DEPTH" has vanished before the SUI
shine oi actual Experiment i hatins,eac
oil tunnel of two miles in length and twv
hundred feet in depth, TO ccnneci tn,
waters OF Deep creek IA branch Of IN,
foughiogany) OIL the west SIDE Of the
mountain, with these OF the CIab Tree
run or creek, a branch oil the Savag,
river ON ihe east side, which enpties in,,.
Il Potomac, no tunnel al all is necessaI,
and the Hesculesn task which MIR. K.
has so sdroitly prepared Tor US, is COM
pletely superseded by the discovery of a
different route across the mountains. Ii is
but an act oil juslicei 10 state, ,hat this highly
important discovery has been made within
the last so days by our en,erprising * mer.
itorious fellow cnizeD, James Sh,iver,
esq. a gentleman oi well known expert
ence and scientific requirements to make
the survey in which he is now engaged,
with the laHoabie and patriotic view Of
making map of that mountainous part
OF the country, which map will soon be
published.
According to this truly interesting dis.
covery, II now appears, that dam across
Deep creek, al iiooppole Narrows, can
! be constructed with very inconsiderable
| expense, so as, BY raising the wafer about
,hIrD feet, 10 reduce the cutting, in the
( lowest gap to 20, Or at mos, so feet, and
this being only at the summit, the extent
oil this depth across will be iuconsoerable.
Tha, the leve, through the ridge from tno
| point 10 which the Narer may be easih
! damned. viii be about Two miles, aud the
averag, oil the cutting for that distance,
by which an ample supply OF WAGER viii
! be obtained, VIII not br more than 25 u,
| so ieet, sdording an easy communicating
! with the PotomacS aud securing the ua,.s
| oi The Ohio valley, Which, with the llbu,
tary streams of the Ohio, alone contains
about 100000 square miles. Lei the
citizens OF Mar, land, AID particularly
those oil Bsl,imore let, aiso,,he citizen
Of W ashingtoD, Georgetown and Alexan
| diia; let, also, our western brethren pause
and reflect on This momentous disclosure
Jet them reflect on lhe close afinir,
"hich IL is caiculalec 10 produce, and the
inhnite mutual advantages hich il will
4
"nd they Will JOIN US ~ saying, thai IN
der such circumstances and ccnside, aliUn,
| Inc Allegheny mountain dwludes into a
| mole hill.
| his information, on which we are
| assured the utmost reliance may be pla-
| Gee, removes al once ali difficulties In
| this siupeLdous national undertaking, and
| at oDce throws open the door Of com.
| MERGE with our western brethren on
| lie, ms OF infinite reciprocal Advantage
W ba! comparison vii the boosted New
York canal bear wnh this ? Although
we give our brethren oil New York full!
credit Tor their noLle and highly merto
rious eXeItons, We, we do with gratitude
reflect, that bouniiiul providence has
not been partial IN TIE distribution of his
iavors that oDthis truly favor ed land,
which Is evidently Intended as the special
| land oil liberty, The mansion house OF the
| rights OF man, kind Providence has Law.
'shed his iaVors with unexamplee liberal.
ity.
With this truly suspicious statement
OF facts, the reallXa,ion Of which we do
| not for a moment Question, The commi,
zee beg leave 10 submit the following les.
buttons 10 the consideration oil the mee,
ing
LIST. Resolved, That this meeting view :
with great qualification the efforts of the
! Legislature VI Maryland and the noble,
minded participation oithe legislature O
| Virginla 10 effect tie contemplated wa,e,
communication by canal from Gunner
land down The Potomac TO nde wa,e,
thereby aff'ording 10 our fellow citizen.
III the wes;ery section of Mar, land am.
Virginia all those advantages and fac,l,
ties which are the result OF waller car.
rage In the transportation of The hesv,
and bulky agricultural productions of the
! country; and we hope to see this measure
most slrenuously persisted in until j, i,
accomplished.
Cd. Resolved, That, in order 10 aEcca
10 cur western fellow citizens and TO the
citizens Of Frederick county all tbose
advantages resulting from choice Of
markets, and to give 10 the state of Marv
land ana to the citizens of FredericL
county all those advantages which vii
necessarily result from passage Of nor.
lion OF the products Of the western conn.
try through Frederick county to Bali.
more, II IS, in the opipion OF this meeting.
IndispeDsabIy necessary that the Iepisla.
ture OF Maryland shall reserve the privi.
iege of lateral or cross cut canal from
the Potomac through Frederic cc,,n,, a.