Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-13
.another lettrof June Is.


Mess Pork. 163 $40. Rice. 81 ii a I. Ex-
change on EogIaud,6 per ct. prem; DO U. S.
IA dis.
Pure Water.-rhe important fact which we
mentioned on Monday, that Mr.. Holt. having
stricken fssure, AZ the depth OF more than 5OO
the lower pa-4 &c sa'e ei'y may be supplied with
pure water (provled that now found, provts to
be such, is subject of conversation, and con-
graduation among our citizens. We have
been consequently induced to make, Of Mr..
Hollis engineer, some inquiries on the subject
The digging Of khe earth commenced % months
ago, and we leTn, that at the depth Of 40 OF ~
feet, vein Of Flesh, but impure water was found,
which inducedMr. H. to 60 farther down. When
he had dug to 80 feet. he came to a rock. on the
surface OF With flowed water, as salt or saAer
than, ocean vder. Not succeeding IN his pur'
suit. he was induced to apply the drill. which
has been ateonstant work. large portion OF
the time, night and day, wrought by a steam en-
CINE, till Saturday last In this vast depth
which is as great as any perforation on record.
the engineei believes his tool has been applied
to a SOLID. ROCK. as hard as granite and
gneiss could form it, without once penetrating
stratum. The quality Of the rock during the
last three Or four months work has been found
to be nearly as hard as flint, and some estimate
OF the labor performed NAV be judged OF from
the fact, that the drill did not descend more
than or 10 inches day during the whole time
in which It has been employed.
We further learn from the engineers that the
pipe which was inserted into the surface OF the
81 salt water that continues TO pass over it, and
which rises in the tube to the oceans level
This fact may account for the fresh water now
found. not rising to the surface Of the earth.
mneiing, as it probably does; and passing of
in the same wen through which the salt water
flows.
1t is intended Immediately to apply the pro.
per remedy against the salt water food, TIL
which time it will be impossible to test the quail.
ity o that from the fssure. This will be effec
ted as soon as the proper instruments can be
made, and we shall be happy to make favor
able report-of which we have no doubt.
While on the subject we may as well say a
word in regard to the great incon venience which
such an establishment as the Hotel Of Mr.. Holt
suffers for the want Of pure water. He en-
ploys, constantly, three men. each with horse
and cart, owned by himself, and two others
whom he hires, to bring him water from Trapha
CANS we'll, more than two miles from his house,
at an expesse of eight dollars day. This wa
ter is empded into four clsterns, holding one hun
dred and twenty five hogsheads, and his daily
consumption for drinking. cooking. and washing,
is wenty.hur hogsheads -Ncw York Gazette
Hollis C,she MIR. Holt has found water at
the depth o six hundred and fifty feet The Jour
nal Of Commerce says that limestone was found
there-but il is not SO. 1t is mica slate. 1t
also speak, atoat flint rock there, but this
il all verbiige-it is mica slate. The fssure is
large, and the water abundant Its quality is
not yet kntwn, though think it will prove to
be good. 1t rises within few feet Of the sur.
face, and not above it. which proves that it does
not enter tie rock at any point higher than this.
Thus much to satisfy distant biologists as to the
geology oil this place. The Journal of Com.
merce thinks this will cost as much as two tbous.
and dollar had it said twenty thousand, it
would probably have come quite as near the
truth. TIE one 10 BlackerstreetI as Mr. Dis
brow told me, cost ten thousand dollars, and
that does mt begin to be as expensive as this
Hollis Castle may now be called the " Fountain
Inn"
Mr.. Hot informs US, that he has not only a..
certained hat the supply for the fountain will
be abundar, but that the water has been tried,
and proved to be Of pure. soft aud excellent
quality.-g. Y Com.
A Lettei TO the Editors from friend in the
State Of Ohio, under date Of the 9TH instant,
informs I'd that that part Of the country the
Western keserve) Is enjoying excellent health,
and that he harvast In an yerv heavy th.,