Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-09-03

BILE While we are buildlng for our
selves the Bostonians build for poslerity.
Their massive walls and lofty pillars OF
granite will endure long after our bricks
will have crumbed to decay. AND tho
immense rows and blocks OF these build
ings now going up, aslonish The admir-
ing beholder. Among the most rich and
beautiful buildings that we ever saw, was
that JUS, completed for the United States
Branch Bank. Ii is Of the Doric order,
aud the pillars, OF solid granite rom
Chelmsford, weigh from 80 to lotions
each.
In his reply to The address OF the cits
zens Of Lancaster, Penn. Gen. Lafayette
speaking OF leaving the United States,
ajs-" a parting which | would sill
more regret, did no, preserve the hopep
that, tbs not fer The LAST time thotI ar-
blessed zvith ire slgAt ofttts hahty and
beloved fand.'
The claims of Gen. LAFAYETTE, for
losses sustained by him and family dur
ing the French Revolution, are stated to
exceed six hundred thousand francs. A
milhard "a thousand mtllions) OF francs
have been appropriated Tor the paymens
OF these claims, and the Marshal Mac
donald is Chairman of the Committee
appointed to apportion the awards.
| .Ntzv York Canak--h writer in Uti.
ca, N. Y. paper says: "The Canal, 1
| understand, will be completed about the
middle of September, when we shall
have an uninterrupted water commune
cation from New York city to the in,-
mense regions of the West. Thus far,
his season, the business done on the ca.
nal has exceeded expectation. Nearly
double the number OF boats have passed
! that did during the same period last year.
| From the opening in the spring to the
| LIST OF August, 2O66 freight boats have
been passed last year, in the same time,
the number was 1900; this is exclusive
OF the packet boats which do not enter
every Trip, but receive ticket at the
commencement OF the season. The al.
nual Toll OF The packets is about $4,000,
he whole amount oil toll in the
| month OF May, was 500 900, and BIZ,
little short Of that sum in June. 1t must
be rem en- bered, however, that those are
The most important months for business.
stated to you last year, that when the
canal should be completed, the next
years toll would be $500 900. ! am
now satisfied my expectation will be re-
allzed---ihe toll this year viii be about
$500 900.
Merch andise is carried from the city
oi New York to the own OF Meadviile,
Crae ford county, Penn. distance Of
more than 500 miles. for are dollar
mt EEy SeUea cents fve mile per cwts
and reduction is anIcipaled when the
different transportation companies shals
be organized. Blu ibis merchandise is
brought by CANALS. The lowest price 7
of transportation ever known between
Meadville and Philadelphia, is stated To
be three dollars and Fifty cents by wagons.
Let these things be remem6ered-,hey
should have, and they will have an inau-
ence in deciding the great question oil in
ternal mprovement.-- u. S. Gag.
We have lately seen it stated, that
salt, manufactured at the Onondaga
works, on the Erie Canal, in the state OK
New York, has beeh transported more
than 500 miles, and sold al 375 cents
per bu hel--which is less than we have
to pay for hauling the article from Che
raw or Faye tevlle, about 100 miles. Il
is also said, that -four, manufactured in
the interior of the state Of New York,
has been transport Il on the canal 10 the
city, and from thence shipped to New
bern, in this state, and sold at IS so per
barrel !: the whole distance which this
-four had 10 travel, was more than twelve
hundred miles-and the cost OF trans
portation was less than 81! Such are the
advantages Of internal IMPROVEMENTS
Hest. Carotlnian.
Several very severe contests have re.
Gently taken place in Philadelphia,
among the emigrants lately arrived from
Ireland.
Yesterday afternoon, in particular,
there was conflict which ragged for some
time with great violence on wharf be.
tween Rice and Vine-s,ree,s, and in
which it is said as many as one or two
hundred persons were engaged, and the
police officers, with the Mayor at their
head, had some difficulty in restoring or
der. A number Of The ring LEADERS have
been taken into custody.
These disputes, we understand, ovigi-
mated in a difference Of opinions among