Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-21

The vivid ghtuings flash sill more
The rain i'll torrents still descends;
o. happy onens 10 friends
Man, be Saskatchewan is near,
And we have no ills to fear.
The Summit Level we have found,
With water plenty on the ground,
And let il flow both East and West,
In any way that answers best.
Roll, thundcrs. roll {! for Heaven is ucar;
III a good cause. no i'll we fear.
We left this memorable scene and returned
TO camp McComb in lively gallop, and with
the eXiilarating influence of good fire and n
little of the 90 mountain dcw,n we soon found
ourselves in pleasant mood, and our relish for
an excellent dinner, which our kind friends in
camp had provided, was, indeed, enviable. The
potatoes, shall not soon forget-they were the
real Irish, mealy, and well tasted. Indeed,
through all these rigions, the potato far excels
those of New England; aud, some of these DAYS
we shall send potatoes from Allegheny to Boston.
as sort OF sample of some other Maryland no
Tons.
The word was again given TO march, &. af
ter bidding adIeu to our worthy friends our ORR
gnal Cumberland company, took the road to-
wards Potomac. Wepassed the Backbone Noun
tam, and arrived III the evening at Mr.. Smar,s
on the State road, five miles above w estern Port
the ram favcrlng us with its presence most of the
way.
month
Savage, where that river empties into the Poto-
mac. This is a bold mountain stream. which dis
chaLges at the drest season, about so feet cubic
OF water per second-Sutfcient to Gil at least 20
locks per hour, and the Potomac here discharr-
es three or four times more than Savage.
lmet here with very old friend, Jno TEMPLE
man, Esq. formerly OF Georgetown Columbia &
we could well say that we had wandered manv a
weary mile since "Auld Lang Syne,n for we
were friends in 1896. He gave us cordial re-
ception, and we breakfasted with him on fine
fresh fish at Mr.. Robertson's-
MIR. Templeman has seen betterdays he sunk
a cons lderable fortune by investing his funds in
washington CITY property, as the case with
many of the old standards of GEORGETOWN bu+
like Job. his latter end promises to be better
than his beginning; Potomac and Savage rivers
both run through his lands, and he can command
them where there is forty feet fall; he has laid
out a town near the point where those rivers in
tersect.
We now proceeded down the North branch of
fotomac, and crossed ii four times before we ar
rived at Western Port, a small village situate ut
the mouth of Georges Creek, 90 miles above
Cumberland, and from thence down along the
river to James -. Cresap's, where we dined
and IN the evening arrived at Cumberland in
the rain, which had accompanied us a great part
OF the day, but none of us seemed to mind if, rs
we were all in better spirits and better health
1t would not be altogether proper here TO rive
any statements as perfectly accurate of the dis
tances and elevations of certain points, but the
following are presented, and may be relied ON
as coming very near the result, so far as actual
surveys and experiments have been made.
Deep Creek, as l before stated near the
Summit Level, at the driest season, furnishes
water sufficient to ill Lock of GO feet long, 10
feet wide and 1 o feet deep, in 3 minutes. The
waters OF the Little and Big Youghiogenies can
be brought TO the summit level at Deep Creek
Bridge; the former by dam of 81 feet, the 9th
err by Dam of 35 feet From point on the
Deep Creek glade, called Hinch's Arm, 46 feet
OF elevation above the Bridge, on Deep Creek,
inc Tunnel will be about / miles to Grab Tree
Run, branch of Savage river.
From the mouth OF the North Glade RIM. a
branch of Deep Creek, to the head of the White
OAK Lick Fork, Is | y feet; thence, TO the sum-
init of the dividing Ridge, 27 feet; on this route
to the middle fork of Grab Tree run. a branch
OF Savage river, the Tunnel will be about one
aud two-third miles. From the Bridge ON Deem
Creek, ~ the Mouth of the North Glade run.
branch OF Deep Creek, is about eleven feet ele-
yatton From the Bridge on Deep Creek. to
the Mouth of Meadow Mountain run. n branch
oi Deep Creek, is-about 10 feet elevation -
rom point OF elevation DC feet above Deem
Creek Bridge, on the Meadow Mountain RIM
the Tunnel will be about 30 miles to Monroo,s@
run, q brd1Ch oil Savage river, which eInpties in
TO Savage four or five miles above Crab Tree
Run, and above niue miles above the Mouth of
Savage.
The report which will be made officially in =
few months ON this subject, will be found verv
interesting one, and will present view of the
whole ground, from Lake Erie to the tide waters
OF Chesapeake Bay; and the Typographical En-
giucers ofthc Tinted States, will gain for tleno-
selves reputation for their interchangeable ex or.
tons IN tie field ofInternaI Improvement. which
VIII be more durable and lasting than militia
~ fame; they indeed deserve well other conn
try. N''''
Mr.. Calhoun is, I believe, fully convinced
that This great national work is perfectly pract;,
cable, aud his plan, to where it should corn
rnence. IS bold and original. His idea At nrc-
sont, seems to be, that the section of the Canal
from the head waters of Potomac to those of o.
$50 should FIRST be made, and this will convince
Monroe Run, and Monroe's Ridge take ,bei,
names from Solomon Monroe, an early inbabitan,.
VINO was lost for nearly week about IS years MOO.
ahn was found by the neis'bors, almost exhausted.
near ihs Plsce.