Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-10
THE WESTERN LAKES:

THE WESTERN LAKES:
The following account of the great
Western Lakes is extracted from an es.
say published in the New York States,
man:
u. The Ontario is $50 miles long, DO
miles wide, 800 feet deep; and its sur
face is computed at els feet above the
elevation of tide water at Three Rivers,
27O miles below Cape Vincent.
Q. Erie is 27O uiles long, 60 miles
wide, 200 feet deep; and its surface is
ascertained to be sos feet above tide
water at Albany.
s. Huron is $50 miles long. 90 miles
average breadth, 900 feet deep, and its
surface is near Sos feet above tide wa
ter.
| d. Michigan is 400 miles long, so
wide, depth unknown; elevation the
same as Huron.
| 5. Green Bay is about los miles long,
20 miles wide, depth unknown; eleya-
ton the same as Huron and Michigan
| G. Lake Superior is 4s0 miles long,
100 miles average width, 900 feet deep,
and its surface is l048 feet above the
tide warter.
| Hence it is easy to calculate that the
bottom of Lake Erie is not as low as
the foot of Niagara Falls; but the bot
tom of each of the other lakes, it will be
observed, is lower than the surface OF
the ocean.
Lake Superior is the head fountain,
the grand reservoir of the mighty vo-
lume that fills the rivers, expands into
lakes, and roars over the cataracts of
the Niagara, st. Lawrence, SC. after
making a semi-circle of five degrees to
the south, accommodating and enrich
ling one of the most fertile and interes-
Ting sections of the globe, it meets the
tides distance of 1000 miles from il,
source, and 500 from the extreme point
OF its entry on the Atlantic coast
The" Queer Toacn."-A paragraph
has lately travelled the rounds of the
newspapers. stating that in Martins.
vile. the seat fpssicc for Henry coun
lty, Va. there is not woman to be
found, &c. Wishing to ascertain the
correctness OF this statement. we lately
made enquiry of q gentleman who is
occasionally at that place, and he in.
forms US that not aeauhte woman, bu'
THAT there are several black ones 10 that
place ,Icontains two taverns & two
stores, besides few ether houses.
Murderer eca,tght.-We under
stand that Hughes who murdered
Thomas Boyd, in Halifax, as noticed
in our last paper. has beenlapprehended
and conveyed to the scene OF his crime
for trial. --EVrgifsian.
1obacco.-We learn from a CORES
Fpondent in Ohio, that many Farmer.
there have been cultivating Tobacco
this year, and that the climate and sol
4 suit its growth so well, that large crop
4 will be tended next year-lib.
The city Of Albany, according TO
census Just taken, contains a population
of16,O00 souls-making an increase
incethe year 1920 of upwards of 5000
The 9TH class of the Quantico Cana
! Lottery of Va, was drawn in this CT
ty on "Wednesday. The five Nos
drawn were 13, Q. SO, 26, BY
the scheme, 13, 2, 80 are entitled tc
the capital prize of $4,000: l3, SO,
to $4,000; Q, 13, SO, and 9, SO, l3
| toss 900 each Q, IS, SO, a IS, OO(
prize, was sold by Allen Wing.
The Savannah Republican Of the
22d inst. contains tabular statement
ofthe majorities in each county of the
State, which gives Governor Troup
an ultimate one of 638 votes. This
is very small majority out of 40
7l3, the number given to both candi
dates.
The Hartford Mirror, says, that the
panicicaused by the failure of the EAGLE
Bank, has been so great in that city.
that several markeimen have refused
to take American half and quarter dol
lars, because they were stamped with an
EAGLE.