Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-10-04
From the National intelligence.
POTOMAC & OHIO CANAL.

. tire StOWHto PoP" o
nifcent project. 1T cannot DC out
the eyes Of the people Of the South
ern and Middle States will be opened
10 the importance of an etTectual ex-
ertion. To prevent the State of Ne"
York from ,nonopolizing all the com
merce, and consequently all 'hc
wealth in the Union. This Is not
said in a spi,it Of jealousy or envy
for, if we know our own minds, We
entertain deep sense OF the poi.t'-
cal wisdom displayed IN the iegisia-
ton of New York ON this subject. an
entire respect for her liberal spirit
and lofty enterprise. and aa earnest
hope they will be nobly rcmunera,ed.
When we see her vastest designs,
supposed by many to have been the
dreams Of visionary enthusiasm. are
gov actually realized. we long to see
MARYLAND and Ohio emulating her
march to eminence, as Virginia is al
ready pledged to do.
We daily receive letters which as
sure us of powerful corporation IN
the Vest towards this object. In the
preceding page we have copied a let
ter from the Western Herald, which
is written by one of the most solid
and rejecting citizens of Ohio, who
Justly enjoys the unlimited confidence
of the people of that state. We well
come such auxiliarirs to our cause.
The Meeting. which is to be held
in this city on the 9th November neXh
we understand will be fully attended.
Many Of the gentlemen of the adj"in-
ing States are earnestly engaged IN
correspondence un this subject; a
mong whom we may be excused For
naming Mr.. Mercer. the Representa-
tive from Loudoun district in Virgil
MIA, as unwearied in his devotion to
it.
The following highly interesting
letter is from the Representative in
Congress from the Fayette District,
in the State of Pennsylvania. than
whom no individual has shown more
zeal in favor of the great work.
The map. of which he, has been kind
enough to send us copy, is deposit
ed in this office for public inspection.
If we can command the trade Of the
Valley of the Ohio, as Mr.. Stewart
thinks he can demonstrate, the trade
0fthc Lakes rs also ours. This, We
understand. is the opinion of the best
informed citizens of the Western
Country. who believe there will be
no difficulty in cutting Canal from
tho Ohio River to the Lakes on the
route mentioned by the Ohio Far
mer.' The intermediate country is
level, the water plentiful. and there
are no hills or elevations to pass.
UNIosTowN. Sept. IS.
WessrS Gales d Seaton:
GssTLEMEN---lta take the liberty 0t
enclosing to you sketch taken from
the man which Mr.. Shriyer has in
preparation for the press. This is
but a small part Of it, exhibiting "a
bout so or so miles Of the country,
&c. at the summit level. 1t is suf-
ficient, however, to demonstrate the
perfect practiCability of uniting the
waters Of the Ohio and Potomac
A single glance will be sufficient to
remove every doubt upon this point.
Indeed, it would seem as if nature
herself had contemplated this union.
Il provided every facility for its cOu-
snmmatlen. The whole Conforma,
tiou of the country at the summit lee
vel, is precisely such as the most
anxious friends Of the measure could
have wished. On arriving at the top
of the mountain, you are delighted
with the contemplation of one Of the
most level countries in the world; as
far as vision can extend, for m'ies
together, nothing Is seen but the Wa
wing of a luxuri,nt crop OF grass. De-
Serspreading thousands of acres, I'm.
interrupted by single tree or hill.
This growth seems to have sprung
from the ailuvial deposIte of what
was once (and still is occasionally in
wet seasons) an immease lake, which
has broken It's way through Heap- pole
Ridge. dischargiag itself thro' Deep
Creek into the Ohio. This Greek,
on the Goth of June last. measured,
a short distance below the Narross
or Gap where ii passes out ut the
Glade at op-pule Ridge. and found
it to be about so feet wide and 6 feet
deep. with Current of from one TO