Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-10-08
CteaUeland, September g..
OHIO CANAL.

oithe Canal IN the river, near this village |
This part will also be put under con-
tract, we understand, as soon as the OPT |
mon oflhe Board aud the Principal En- /
yineer can be obtained on some ques
tons relating to the proper place OF ter
mmation, and the location of The line for
short distance above. The contracts
on this, as we'll as on former lettings,
have been taken a, prices considerably
below the estimates oil the Engineers, ]
with but few exceptions. Doubls might |
be entertained whether The work could be /
performed al the contract prices, did not
facts pretty strongly prove the contrary. /
The contracts which were taken al The
lowest rates, al former lettings, are IN
state OF rapid execution, without any adj
yances OF money Oh the part OF the State.
Some of the contracts taken at the low
est rates in Jolly, are now more than hall
finished; and the contractors applied |
for Iobs sim ar rates at The last letting |
Unless some Unforeseen difficulties |
should occur, the Canal from 'he Port |
are Summit to Lake Erie will be com
p.eted ter $4,000 less than the eslimat- |
ed cost OF Inc same line submitted TO The
Legislature at their last session. 30 lar
as the work has progressed, il has dis |
closed DO unexpected difficulties or OBJ
sruclions; ana from the careful eXami- |
nation which he's been made OF the line
previous TO its being put under contract,
there is little reason to apprehend any OF
serious nature.
The uncommon facilities afforded BY
nature for procuring the materials Tor
building Locks, (oi which there are Tor
" now under contract north oil the Port
age Summi,,) have contributed greatly |
20 reduce the expense OF this part oiAhe
Canal below The estimates OF the Engi- |
neers. Even the most experienced Lock |
builders have been deceived in the ease I
with which stone can be procured and I
fited ior building Locks: they are pro
cured and wrought much more easily |
than any one anticipated.
Commodore Porter has asked and OBJ
tanned leave Of absence during his sns- |
pension from the naval service. lie is
allowed full pay and ratior,', during the
same period.
Vermont. Van Ness, Lieut..
Gov. Leland and most Of the present in
cumbents of elective Offices il Vermont, |
are re-nonipated. There is probably no
state in the union which enjoys so much !
political tranquility, or which exhibits so
pleasing an illustration of the blessings
oil exemption from party strife, as YER
mont; long may it be so.- Troy Sent.
Naval 1.-THE United States ship
Constellation, Com. Warrington, has ar
rived in Hampton Roads, from the West
India station. We learn that there had
been several cases of sickness on board,
but that it has now almost entirely sub
sided.
Lieut. J. C. Hall, Of the United States
Marines, came up to the CITY on We'd
pesday last, from the Constellation, and
brought dispatches for the Government
In letter to the Secretary OF the Na'y,l
Captain Warrington observes Ii n.
rates are now, or have been, in lorce iate-
" on either side Of CUBE, they have moi
only abstained from making captures,
bu, have concealed themselves so efiec-
,ualy as to proven. detection. sha'l'
however, keep waichful eye on The
Island, aud prevent, if possibIe, the com
mission OF depredalions which may DC
attempted under a belief lha, we are re
lying TOO much on appearances.
SMALLPOX IN NEW ORLEANS.
The following is the report OF the com
mi,tee on the Smallpox, 10 the City
Council OF New Orleans, on the 9th oil
August:
uTbe Committee TO whom was refer
red that part oflhe letter from The Mayor
which relates to the Smallpox, having
ascertained tha, this frighlful disease does
exist IN the city to degree sufficiently
alarming to cali for etiicacious measures
Of protection, approve The precautionary
measures already taken by the Mayor"
YELLOW FEVER IN NATCHEZ.
This scourge Of the human ianaIy has
we understand, visited the city oil Nat
chez; the following is resolution en-
tered into at a meeting oil the Physicians
of that place on the sob August, which |
we copy from the Na,chez Gazette:
=" RESOLVED, That in the opinion OF This
meeting, there are tzyo or three cases OF
Malignant Fever "under the HiIl,"-