Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-10-07
From NE ~. l. National .4drocqfe, SeDf. 90.
IHE CANAL. CEI ERR A,EIGN y.

H'oH. IHe'f ! JNdfo10( .fdf'0cGfe, SEPT. 90.
THE CANAL CELEBRATION
Mr. bouck, the canal commissioner emnIoved nm M
secon states, that the boats will be ready To-
pass through from niagara river the 18Th day of DC
ober ami we understand that On that dav the frat h
VIII pass iiom Buffalo and from Back-Rock
nc arrangements far we understand thcn, NO.
as loh"msA freight boat laden with the staple pro-
ou'S Oh that section OF the state, with committee &C
cllAehs on hoard, viii from Buffalo and RIacI-
tsooH ana simultaneously enter tie lock at II
ua winch event Will be celebrated at the fine he tho
'"a"th'S OF hose several fourishing villages and the
P's aoJacep' AS these boats will be destined TO pto
ceeu 10 orr city, 1t Is considered necessary TO hare
mem loaded with produce, TIE object of the canal
ana the benefits TO from the project are distinct
muse "i tfaae and commerce, and not so much ih.
convenience OF passengers At Locbport and in pass
ing tTogh the very splendid line OF combined lock-
leading from the mountain ridge the citizene ,esorI
VIII also celebrate the event At Rochester we M
ue's'hu thst n boat and committee will also be ready
10 JON ana proceed EDWARDS. At Syracuse, boat
win salt IN tlilk, and committee will also bo +;
readiness, as will be the case at TJtioa ET;rinr
fo' guns, and other demonstrations of low ON The
whole hne Those towns and villages not on The
borders OF the canal will celebrate The dav on which lie
3Tst BOAT enters the canal from Erie Five or more
boats, with their committees will probably orrivc If
.h!oany on or about She 25t. where sev,.ral of ,g
Nor' fhFer steamboats, viii take them in tov, having
volunteered FOR that p;Ii pose and on The a,,,i ai
tEil pass the city for Sandy Hook and tbrre MINI!
the waters OF the Great Lakes ans; the Atlantic ,r;v
me lnsh 10 project which, if we did not know TO be
complete we shond ever doubt the capacity of this state
10 accomplish. '
The arrangements for celcbratinp the dor i, No,.
YORK. are not yet known; they will 40 Igrbf bcsn,,
did and appropriate. t'
Having stripped the Canal of its political corn,.rtx.
lou Aone years ago. the people with one purpose ami
O"e enec., nave united to- complete it, and Iavc suf
ceeded-tbeio6Gs to the tale, and will be nvauaIla;
us feSs 10 every section but particularly to tis cir,
inc grand depot and market at which the products oS
Tue i~Aes ADD OF tie state will concentrate
-aG@--
NATcHFz August c7
t's 'eF'iie described III the following article ,,s
eash' ny Dir. lTY, his residence in ,I,c v;cii,
cry lew days agn: lie killed the old ono and sevsl ,
y'G oHsS a' the same time. He sta ted to US t,nt had
ae szEet appearance Of Two snakes when in the 49,
W oSheVed was so, nnt after giving it blow il turned
au e%2ioted the extraordinary sppvsrance Of one
'""Ae WIN TWO distinc, heads and tails
LUSUS NATURE.--Was exbib:,od
ior few days past, snake about hvely ats y
- '' having TWO distinct heads perfectly rat1
f - 'pPeafhice, and each apparently entjo,vad :i
Az, 1 powers Usually possessed by
%loout one men from The heads. the. K,Acl,
afterwards the body presented the ,i; u"'ed' ap't
i wen FORMED individual for about 5 or incb VI
two oi'eFglng tails of regular form and CO.. " e''
reptile. W '"'' c"f'ous
t{0EaE--As the brain IS The proper and oor, or,r,
o. 'nolSht according TO Doctor Caldwells pbrcn.I5
Poyiucu Iils arndi entertained yicons tbourht 4,
. o' lhe oE'er could not surely be regarded as ao
't, punishment fiirt.
go On INC offender, without also Furnishing the nnorc.
S'1ce tneir ives seem to be so intimately connected
Communicated
IRESToN, IN ~ Sept. 2l.-It is rarcIy hat rc
neaE - Dylng 9uadrupeds, or reptiles without wing,
moun'fng hiSh IN the air Such cases. however r.,r,
arc uo' wNnoHt precedent, the following will slo,e
SomeHine since, as two hunters were frayersino =
he'"i IN Am"eii, in this county, with their RIM in
search OF game, they observed hawk rjsipc, from n
ground Hom whose feet something of cons;Ier,l,o
ouiK was suspended, which from its apparent ,ve;it
caused IT soon to re- light. 1t was again and again ron,
Cd nP, and compelled TO descend with is load f f @
until having no more strength TO Ay it was taken alive
oy the hands OF the hunters who found IFS claws 6rrI
hXea IN me closed shell Of land tortjse from vybb.
grippe u Could not possibly exsicate them II js sun
posed mat the hawk, having seen bis terrene friend
loggog slowly along, had darted down upon him il
'opeS ol MAKING him his prey, and getting his taIons
onna 1ne mead of the tortoise had them drawn betve
Ine nos OF ms she'll where they were as safe as the f
gers OF thIef IN fox trap. Not reiship0 HE 49,
ne attempted to escape but the tortoise NOT ,sed A.
'ucn rough JOKES, bed on, and be alternately ey ana
1gpted ~ the manner before described until HE ba
'nlP was compelled to sink 10 the earth bv the rs
"elgnt OF TIE ballast he carried The above il afo,
v "niSH V"'S respectable Witnesses will testify.