Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-17

bv Ullliam II. Knight, Esq. one OF The
founders OF the contemplated establish
menr. The building is TO be OF stcne'
IS by 40, and four stories high. 1t is IN
tended tor the manufacture OF supethne
broadcloth, and will turn out 100 yards
per day. This place Us beautifully STU
aed on the Granville turnpike, | miles
from this city, and within so reds OF the
surveyed route ofthe Pennington Canal.
AiTrsr.
.Nev. York Canals In our last paper,
we mentioned The passage OF an act by
the Senate of New York, making an ap
preparation to provide for the surveys OF
routes for seventeen additional canals in
thai state. We give list of them be-
low, copied from the New Anne
rican: Nat. Jour.
A law has passed the Assembly to
survey the following sepenteen new ca
nal routes IRON the Seneca lake 10
the Chemung river, at or near the vii
lage of New-Town; from Syracuse in
Onondaga county, to Fort w alson in the
county of Courtland, and also from Che
mango Poin, up the valley of the Che
mango river, through the town oil Nor
wich to the Erie Canal; from the Sus.
quehannah river up the valley of tht
Unadlla TO the Erie Canal from the
Cayuga lake to the Susquehannah river,
at or near the village OF Oswego; from
the Erie canal, in the county OF Herki
mer, to the upper waters OF Black river,
thence on the most eligible route 10 the
St. Laurence, a, or near OgdeDsburgh;
from the Erie canal, near The village OF
Rome, i'll the county OF Oneida, by the
way OF the Black river, 10 sdensburgh;
from Rochester 10 Allegheny river, a
Olean, through the valley OF The Gene
see river; from Scousviile by way OF LIE
Roy, 10 tbs upper falls OF The Geneseo
river; from the Chanpialn canal to the
Vernon, Inc, along the valley of the
Ba ,onkili or by any more eligible route;
from Lak Erie 20 the Allegheny river,
through the valley of the Cone wsngo,
and from the A lie hany river at Olean,
10 the Erie Canal, by way OF the village
OF Batavia from Portland, in Chatauque
county, TO the head of the Chatauque
lake; from the village OF Catskili, on the
Hudson river, along The valley Of the
CatskiIl and Schobarie creeks, to inter-
sect the Eric canal, west OF The Scho-
harIe creek between Gravesend bay,
Jamaica bay, Grea, South bay, and
South Hampton bay, and across Canoe
place 10 Soulhhold bay on Long Island
from or near Sharon 10 the tide waters O.
the Hudson, at or near the mouth OF Gro
ton river, or to the CITY OF New York
and from The village Of Rochester, in the
county of Monroe, Lake Ontario.
Steubenvile In S,eubenville, (OhIo)
and its vicinity, there are the following
manufacturing establishments, all OF
which are said to be in prosperous con-
dition 81 extensive Woollen Manufac-
tory, Steam Flour Mills, do. Cotton
Manufactures, do. Paper Mill, q
Breweries, 2 Copperas Manufactures,
l Air Foundry III which hollow ware is
cast, Steam Engine Mandatory, |
Cotton and Woollen Machinery Manu-
factory, Wool Carding Machines for
country work, one Of which is propelled
by Steam.
Goid.-The mines Of North Carol lima
begin to attract much attention. Pro-
lessor Olmstead Oft unworthy OF North
Carolina, has lately visited the country
in which they are located, and given a
full account of them They are spread
over space Of not less than 1000
square miles The gold is generally
found in small grains The people in
the neighborhood use ii as common
carrying it IN goose quilts,
and passing ii by weight, as in old times,
al 80 or 81 cents per penny.weight. The
value oil the whole quantity found, is 30,
stated; but the digsers IN general, do |
mol make more than 80 cents per day by
heir labor; still many are engaged in
he business by the hohe OF fading some
arge masses of the precious metal, for
pieces, weighing from 400 to 800 penny
weights are sometimes mel with, and
one was found, that in its crude state,
weighed % los. avoirdupose. The bed
Of the mineral " is thin stratum Of graz
vel enclosed in dense mud, usually of
a pale blue, but sometimes OF yellow
color" The land is very moor. and the