Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-04

nal enters Maryland about mile this side Of
the locks at Back creek; on this space describ.
ed of the canal, which is every where go feet
wide, there Is a swivel bridge, 10, far from the
entrance from the Delaware, another at St.
i Georges and another at Bethel, in MARYLAND.
Chief Engineer, Judge Benz. Wright, of New
York. ". York Times.
The Troy Farmers Registerstates that there
is now building at the ship yard in that city, a
new steamboat, for company of gentlemen of
Troy, which will be launched in the course of
TWO or three weeks. We are happy 10 perceive
that another experiment upon Mr.. Annessly's
principle will be made, which it is reasonable
to believe will be as successful those that have
preceded it, Mr.. A. is an ingenious and re-
spectacle inhabitant Of this city, who has devot-
/ ed many years to the study of naval architec-
,ure, and TO the successful application Of the
principle of which he is the inventor, and which
is stated in the following description of the
Troy steam boat:- Albany Argus.
! Thi. boat is building on the plan of Mr.. Will
liam Annesley's patent, and under that gentle.
mans personal superintendent. This patent
consists in building vessels entirely without
timbers, thus: -
First, the moulds are made Of rough pine
boards Of the size Of the vessel, and pretty much
! in the same way that mouds are made for turn.
ing arches in brick buildings, and after the
whole frame is sci up, one course of inch oak
boards is nailed longitudinally on the outside
the mould, then another course Of oak boards,
five eghts Of AN inch in thickness, is nailed over
the first course transvcrselyj which is the same
as putting hoops on a cask, and over this is laid
another course OF oak plank one and a half inch
thick, Iongitudinay, which finishes the out
| side, and is caulked the same as the bottom of
any other vessel. The moulds are then remov-
ed, and The sealing is put on inside, lengthwise
with pine boards one inch thick. The deck is
made in the same manner as the bottom, with
four courses of pIanks and boards, longitudinal
ly and transversely.
The dimensions Of the boat are as follows:
Length on deck, so feet inches.
Width, % feet inches
She is TO be propelled by an engine of 25
horse power, making by our ingenious and
en,erprising townsman, John c. Langdon, at his
engine and machine establishments in this city
She is intended 10 run between this city and
Albany every day, performing four trips each
day, and the time of each passage will average
about 40 minutes.
The object Of building this boat is to meet
all the steam boats that run between New-York
| and Albany, and TO accommodate those passen-
gers who intend going in boats that come no
farther than Albany, which, while it thus faci
litates travelling, will add nothing to the ex-
pense, as the passages from this city 10 the
steamboats, lying at Albany will be paid by the
steamboat companies.
The following comes to us from so credible
authority, that we cannot refuse its Insertion
| To those who suppose it 10 be mere Munchau-
sen, we can only say, that they impeach the We
racity of one half the editors in New York
for their relations coincide in every material
particular will! the present --NeUbmUpon Her.
aid, aprl 10 COMMUNICATIONS.
Capt. MorgGn.-To put an end TO the sus-
pense suffered with regard to the probable tate
of this interesting parsonage, we can only say
that we have seen him in propria persona lie
arrived in this town, in one Of the southern STA
yes, on Friday evening last, and took lodgings
at the Merrimack Hotel. We have II from his
own lips, that all the barbarities, be is recorded
as undergoing, were really pFactiscd upon hlIh;
that he was dragged from his family by nefari'
Gus gang Of Masons to Fort George, and there
inhumanly murdered, by having his throat cut
from ear to ear, his tongue plucked out by the
roots, his brains burnt out by means OF red hot
curling tones, introduced through his nostriIs,
and his body thrown into Lake Erie. He
s,a.es that he lay at the bottom OF Lake Erie
three weeks, was there halt devoured by bass
and sturgeon. and rose to the surface, as he con-
lectures, under the influence of a thunder storm
He SAYS that the half has not yet been told OF
the iuiouity prac,sed in the Masonic Lodges.
Few would credit that the oil used in their
lamps was supplied from the fat OF infants;
that their drinking horns were made OF dead
mems skulls, and their refreshment, (aside, we
suppose, of old Jamaica and fourth proof Cog
nae human blood! He even hinted to US some
thing of cannibalism, but our sensibiliues re-
PEELED the shocking insinuation. Whatever
may be said Of Capt Morgan, we can attest that
he is very civil, polite and gentle manly man;
his communications were easy and atfable, and
his language and manners polished and gen.
teel. Of the identity Of this person with Capt.
Morgan there is no doubt, 10 satisfy our'cu-
riosity he removed the bandagc which conceal,
ed his neck, and we plainly saw that his throat
was Gu, from ear to ear, and that his tongue
was hanging from the roots. His voice was
huskS. his -st,erance being choked, and his
enuncia,ion indistinct from the circumstance,
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