The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-11-10


returned at o'clock, +. VI.
PENNSYLVANIA CANAL.
The following statement of the actual length
and level of canal and portage between Harris
burg and pittsburg, is derived from Gen. Bah
| cock, one of the commissioners
] 1. From the haibor on l'en's creek, the high
est point of navigation on the Conemaugh river,
to Pittsburgh, distance 1870 miles and Sc rods, by
actual measurement.
9. Total fall between these points, II 81 and
7-l0ths feet Of lockage on the west side Of the
proposed canal
| 3. Length of the portage between the first
point, (thc harbor on Ben's creek and the
highest point Of nav. cation on the Juniata cast
ward, 19} miles, over which road may be
chaapy made graded at one degree above the
| horizon.
| a. On the east side Of the Alleghany noun
tain, down the Jiniata to Harrisburg, the dis.
tance has been ascertalned to be, within a frac-
tion, % miles.
s. The total fall in this distance, is estimated
at S27 feet The levels and surveys were made
on the Junata by the last years commissioners.
E. Total distance of the line of the proposed
canal from Pittsburgh TO Harrisbnrgh, (includ-
ing the portage of19f miles, 269 miles, quar-
tiers, and s6 rods.
! Z. Total lockagc from ITarrisburgh to Pitts
hnrgh, 1882 feet; and allowing 9 feet lift to each
lock, requiring 220ocks.
pouYrof ifisic-A lady, who has recently
travelled in It;dv. thus describes the effects pro
y Aducnd BY the performance ofa celebrated piece
Of italian music, called the niiSerere by the sing
crs in the papal chapel ut Rome. "The accor-
dant tones ofa hundred human voices ascend to
e. IL
it of this earth. II seemed as ifevery sense and
power had been concentrated into that paintve
expression Of lamcntation, OF deep suffering and
supplcation which possessed the soul Its cf-
frctS upon the minds of those who heard was al
most too powerful 10 be borne, and never can be
| forgotten. One fned and was carried out; and
others were in agitation even more distressing,
which they vainly struggled to suppress: 1t was
the music Of Allcgri; but the composition is no
thing without the voices which performed
there
N9e n d'ggiag Cqaai during fod-1he
Polish general sokolnichi, has given to the pub
lic All account of the manner pursued in making
canal IN the middle of winter, when the earth
was frozen very deep, for the purpose of drain
! ing some low ground in Poland.
The canal was traced out in autumn with a
strong plough, the borders we're dug out 8 or
feet deep, and the space filled up with dung
and a considerable quantity of straw, the surface
was also divided by the plough into squares Of
three feet, for the purpose Of determining the
size of the blocks of earth which he intended
should be removed; and lastly, he prepared at
certain distances, inclined planes, that the sledg-
es might 60 down to the bottom Of the intended
canal, which was to be 4 or ) feet deep.
When the winter was set IN, the ground suff-
cicntly frozen and covered with snow, the cx-
cavation of the canal begun. The work,nen
were directed TO dig with long pckaxes, trench
cs running horizontally under the frozen ground
and introduce slcdge; wedges were then driv-
en- in the tilrrows that had been made by the
plough when the ground was divided into
squares; and the blocks being thus separated,
settled upon the sledgc and was drawn away
Immediately By teams ofhorses and placed on the
neghboring fields TO serve as manure
In this manner, lie completed in three weeks at
the expense of about 280 pounds, canal for the
execution of which, by contract, he had been
asked upwards of $4,000 sterling.
LondOn Nee Jour.
An extract of a letter from gentleman at the
BAY OF ST. Louis, says:-We caught most sin
singular fish yesterday on An oyster bank, which |
surprised the whole on board the boat; it is three T
feet long, pretty broad, and weighs about so +
~ lhtn Il Hnlp neatl, Il StlOtlt
Ike sow's, and mouth turned downwarels, with
which it is very active. 1t has two tails of d pc-
cnliar form, commencing from about two inches F
lower than the back fn-cach of these tails
mas two rows OF eyes, which seem to be as SEN
sbie and active as those in his head. In the
centre of the head there is q long horn which
appears to be pure vory-on either side of which
are two large eyes, and several rows of smaller
ones come down rs low AS the back fn which
present very curious appearance; il bit one of
the men very badly while endeavoring to push
ont one of these extraordinary eyes; after exam
ining which, We found in the middle a lump of
hard substance which is contcndcd TO be real
pearl-lf this be the case, the creature is more
valuable than a great many pretty fsil--In the
water water at night these eyes appear like so many
different small lights and present very interest
ing scene,-N Orleans .3dc
The y. States shooner Terrier, Lieut.. Com
Joseph Cults, arrived at Wilmington (N. G. in
distress, on the 21st ult She sailed from Ma
tanzas on the 9th, and touched at Thompson's
Island on the 9TH from whence she sailed on the
same'day. On the 18th, when nearly UP with
Cape llatter.s, the vcss,l sprung leak, in Sc
we're gale OF wind, the leak requiring the most
constant excrtons at the pumps until she awiy
ed at that place We understand (says the Cane
Fear RccordcD the TERROR has been examined
and pronounced unseaworthy The following Of
flcprs arrived IL, .