Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-04-13

The following IS an extrscl OF letter from
Tho Kennedy, esq. TO the editors OF the Tia
gerstewn Herald, GATED
WAsH1ssros starch 10. 1896
Ihave Just seen so.nss titul sketch
es of the eastern section fhe route of
the Chesapeake and OBJ Caaal-say
from Cumberland tgagde water, and
even this one section, not quite two hun
dred miles, will, it is thought, be work
of as great magnitude as any in the
world, How grand and stupendous
then will be the whole work when it is
completed across the Allegaby Noun
tains to the OHIO River9 1t is proposed
to make the Canal 4S feet wide on the
surface, and abou, SO IN the bot ON, &
S feet deep; this will be nearly one
fourth wider and deeper than the New
York / anal; and as it is work that
will last for ages it should be made on
an extensive plan. 1t will be navigable
for boats carrying upwards of one hun
dred tons hurthen, capable of being
drawn nv two What an aston
ishing sight will it be to see two horses
taking one thousand barrels IF flour to
market land it now takes two hundred
horses to do this; yet SO il will be. Many
of us will, | hope, live to see the work
complete, and see our country become
garden spot. Itvexes me to see Goals
from Liverpool, and Potatoes from Bre.
men. advertised FOE sale in Washington
and Baltimore, when Maryland could
supply all our ~eapnrts with those arh-
cles. Frederick, Washington and Al
legany counties will IN a few years pre-
sent quite a different aspect to what they
do now. Yet many obstacles are to be
overcome prejudices among he people
and opposition in congress-but don't
give up the ships the work will go on.
and trust ere long The estimates for
the eastern section will be laid before
Congress in few DAYS.
An examination ri several school dis
tricts was recently held in Providence,
Saratoga county, N. Y. Several hun
dred persons were assembled in the lar
gest room in the town, in the tannery OF
MIR. Barker the staging being erected
directly over the watts. In the midst OF
the exercises, the superstucture gave
way, and the whole company, men, wo~
men and children, fell fourte en- feet in
to the watts. The lights being all extn-
guished, and the night being very dark,
the scene Of confusion and lamen Satlons
and waiings was frightful. Several
were partially injured, but none danger
ously. The greatest loss was in the
spelling of Leghorn hats, silks and Grape
frocks, SC. sc which were dyed many
cololrs in the watts, into which. many
adults and children were soused and
shockingly disfgured.
We hear that the enterprising fisher
men in the vicinity of Beaufort, in North
Carolina, caught Whale, a few weeks
since. This animal measured fifty feet
in length, and it is computed that the
Oil will be of the value of 500 dollars.
Although Whales are seldom taken on
our coast now. yet half century ago,
that fishery was an abundant source OF
profit 10 the inhabitants of Carteret city
for there are old persons now alive. to
whom, in their youth it furnished re-
gular employ Raleigh Register.
Why are not our Members of Con
gress at theirpost? On the question whe-
Their the United States should subscribe
Sl5O.O0O towards the complexion and
exclusion of the Dismal Swamp Canal,
on Saturday, 18th inst it appears that
Nlessrs DRAYroN, HAMILToN, M'DUF-
flE GovAN, and MITCHELL, fire out
of n'ne) did not answer t. Their names.
Raleigh Register.