The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-09-01

the room. where most bloody spectacle me-,
their riew--the two sisters were f.u4a =. =
with their throdls cut and weiietiap =. -
binad. 'azHe
they no sailed forth for the burmese -
farming the neighbois. tue first house n.
came To- and The one nearest his scene al blo}'
they informed the landiady what had bapnsn.a'
who immediately exclaimed, " II IS my bg.Lo.j
you have Shot = She proved 10 he CORE, :.
was indeed their nearest nelg hbor who mr..
tated tie crIuip IL seems the murderer -
the isiher ofthe I'll taled girls we're enpao.d :,
la"-sn,i-!heg were the most maierIn1 at.
nesses IN the ense, and the monster. To %, 81
of their testimony, formed in the absence Of their
father, the diaboItca resolution in which he sue.
ceeded bai too we'll ofdeprir,ng them of iiie.
Wssttrn Bataltee.
Louisville, hg. Aug l2.-The friends of Mr.
Clay IN this place, ~ receive with satisfaction
the intelligence OF his intention Ia visit our citv
during the present week. He will proceed
from hence on his journey to the City Of Nasl..
ingion
Tn GREAT WESTERN CANAL Of New York
affords continuous AID uninterrupted nayig alton
from The Hudson TO Lake Erie aud comnluni.
EdiFs diNp, ny Hbthns oI Il ltltIdi DldnIn. VII
Lake Ontario, nj Oswrgo. This canal is &c.
miles in ength the difference oflev,l between
Lake Erie and the Hudson IS 564 feet hnt tie
canal nlay be considered as div ded into ",
great but unequal sections, one deriving its VIZ
tiers from lnkc Erie, aud the other from sum
nit level in the vicinity Of Utica. Lake Eric
made use of principal feeder from tie
mouth the canal as far as Montezuma On
Lake Cayuga, distance OF Oh miles. The dc.
scent is 100 fee, by means of twenty-one locks
Beyond this point the canal rises % feet by
u,eans of seven locks 10 the summit level : his
extends Tor a distance Of 90 miles of level anf
uninterrupted nayieplion. The descent to The.
Hudson is by 50 locks, twenty Of which lie witt.
IN the space of a few miles in the vicinity of the
Cohos OF Great Falls Of the Mohawk near It's
uetion with the Hudsou.-BeSides the lesser a
guedoets and culveits by which This canal is
carried over smaller streams. il crosses the Gen.
nessee River by aqucduct of nine arches OF
100 feet span, and the Mohawk, twice by aqur.
ducts oil .1s and ! 1873 feet in length rcspec.
lively
the cost of this great work, up 10 the time il
was opened for navigation, was nearly niue mil
lions OF dollars, seven millions and a half of
which were rased by a loan, Tor the payment
OF the principal and interest of which the faith
of the state was pledged. along with the receipts
of several branches of the revenue. These pro-
duce about ten per cent upon the amount nor
rowed. and hence ensure the liquidation of the
debt within the period by no means remote.
Thus, then had tine tolls the canal been
barely sufficient TO keep it in repair, the con
struction of il was entirely within the reach OF
the ordinary resources of the state But az the
moment OF its completion the revenue derived
from the tolls became SO productive as 10 sho.y
conclusyely thai the bare pledge or lem would be
sufficient 10Th 10 pay the intcieSt and extingush
the debt
The income Tor the year 1926 the first after
the navig .,lI0n wds opened from therser TO the
lake, announced to 800 O0o dollars for the year
ending LIST ofJaunary, 1923, il will not fall short
OF a milllon.-l hitherto howegeT, the imnlence
receipts have. IA great Iofasrgs been absorbed
hy the canal iseli which can hardly be said to
be finished even "A, the present moment. la
anxiety Ia reap the advantages its navigation
perhaps prematnreIv TO its conclusion. Hence
much MAS unfinished required alteration
and repair. l.e expenditure, however, of fI,t.
lastlwo years has gone far towards making Ia.
canal complete. and in very short space Of
time, itN i'll be supported al an expense no
greater than attends the repairs and care of 9th
cr simllar works. The debt VIII then RAPIDLY
diminish. aud il may be confidently anticipated
that within ten years the stntr o. New York
OF revenue more than four times a. great as TN.
Ian sesi amount of direct and indirect tax that
has ever been levied. HrCgdS JOurlul