Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-10-22
BOSTON OCT. 1p

BosToN OCT. IS.
MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS.
AT large and respectable meeting of
Manufacturers, and persons interested in
American Wooden Goods, holden at Con-
cert Hall, on the 10th inst. agreeably to
public notice,
Hon. JESSE PUTIN AM IN the Chair
The question of petitioning the Con-
gress of the United States to grant fur
Their protection to Domestic Industry by
increasing the duties on foreign woollen
goods was discussed, whereupon it was
Poted, That it is the sense of this
Meeting, that a petition ought to be
presented to Congress at the ensuing
session.
Voted, that a Committee of five be
appointed to prepare petition.
ln the course of the evening the Com
mittee reported a petition which was
read and unanimously accepted. 1t was
signed by those present, and committee
appointed to procure other signatures,
to correspond with Manufacturers in
other States, and TO forward the petition
to Congress. J.B. BROWN, Secretary.
Erie Canal.-Wednesday the 9th of
October was great day in Albany. On
that day the water was let into the ca
nal at Albany, and The first boats de-
scended to the Hudson from the West.
The eastern and middle sections of this
Herculean undertaking are now COM
pIeted, and one more season will COM
plete the water navigation from the city
of New-York to the Western Lakes.
The concourse of people was very
great, supposed TO exceed 100000, and
delegates from the city assisted IN the
celebration. On the same day the
"Trojan Trader" loaded with twenty
five tons of merchandise from Troy,
took her departure West, with flag
flying, on which was painted, 6 The
first Western boat loaded at Hudson riiver."
She was soon followed by &C The Troy"
another boat owned at Auburn. We
believe the Canal twice passes over the
Mohawk, on stone arches, between
Schenectady and Cohoez Falls.
The event was commemorated in
the city of New ork, f." in a style of
elegance (says the Statesman) and a
glow of feeling, not surpassed, it is pre-
sumed in the Capital" (Albany.) Mr..
Sykes, at the Newly ork Coffee House,
prepared an elegant and sumptuous en-
tertainment. Among other good things
was :" baron of beef measuring nearly
a feet in length and weighing 1l2lbs,' y
placed upon marble slab. ''On open
ing a mammoth pigeon pye, in the sec
ond course, two live carrier pigeons
flew over the hall bearing intelligence
from Albany that the meeting of the zua-
ters had taken place. Around the neck
of one fastened to an azure ribbon was
the following annunciation.
Oft from the ark the Parent Dove
Went forth in joy, at Heavens command
At length was heard its notes of love,
The parting paters shew'd the land.
But now the parting waters meet,
Old Oceans waves, with Erie's play
| come in peace, and love to greet
Their friends, upon their wedding dav.r
The first Canal boat which entered
the Hudson, was the Dezvin Clinton, a
superb vessel. This had the Canal COM
missioners on board, of whom Mr.. Gin
ton is President. The top.stone of the
Canal was previously laid by the Grand
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and the
ceremony performed of pouring bot
tie of water from the Pacific into
the Canal, and another from the At
lantic, by DR.. Mitchell, accompanied
by an address. The Clinton was pilot
ed by Capt. Doggett, aged "a, who
piloted the feet of Count de Grasse into
Chesapeake bay just before the surren-
der of Cornwallis.--An address was af-
forwards made by the Mayor of Albany,
to which Mr.. Clinton made reply.
On the 9Th the water flowed through
The splendid and spacious aqueduct
across the Gennesse at Rochester. One
boat, the Utica, was "Ioaded with a
freight of the beauty of Rochester, and
] an address was delivered from the deck