Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-04-15
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

EDITORIAL SUMMARY.
The Manhattan (Ohio) Company have con-
tracted for steam Dredging Machine at the
cost of from twelve to twenty thousand dol
lars, which is to be used in deepening and i'm
proving the channel of the river in front of
and below their place.
Several buildings belonging to the chair fac
tory of Mr.. Crosby, of Fredonia, N. Y. were
burned few days since. ss
Burden, of Troy, is building steamboat,
300'feet long and 4S' feet broad, on principle
entirely different from that upon which his
former boat was constructed.
New BANK AT MoNRoE.--A new bank is to
be established at Monroe, under the " Act to
organize and regulate banking associations. y
Capital $15O,O00.
Th Basins at the Fairmount waterworks
will contain "a 100000 of gallons.
A curious discovery has been made at Pom
Speii. A table service, complete, consisting of
s64 pieces, all of silver, and of admirable work.
manship has been found.
Al person in Exmouth, N. H has taken up
on himself the honors and labors of superin-
tendent of the weather Office. He is, he says,
employed by the United States Government
to control the changes of the seasons, and the
mutations of the atmospheric phenomena, and
he complains terribly of the Government on
account of the non-payment of his salary.
The American article now in most demand
in India is ice, which is said to be worth al
most its weight in gold.
The journeymen house carpenters of New
York have turned out for higher wages, and
are parading the principal streets with music
playing and banners flying. They demand
So per day, having hitherto received $1,75
Certainly their demands are far from unreason-
able, taking into view the high prices of eve
ry thing else.
New CANAL BoAT.--A Mr.. Mason has in
vented steam canal boat, in which the pro-
pulsive power is applied in a novel and pecu-
liar manner. The boat is provided with a
steam engine, and paddle wheels acting upon
the atmosphere. These wheels are furnish
ed with fans or sails, and the boat is propelled
forwards or backwards, according to the will
of the engineer, by simple change in the
geering of the engine.
The Philadelphia Democratic Herald has
nominated Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri,
forthe Presidency The same paper nominal
ted General jackson, on the next day after the
election Of Mr.eAdams became known.
The water was to be let into tie Ohio canal
at Cleveland, on the 1lth inst.
The Pennsylvania canal, says the Erie Ga
zette, is open through its whole length.
BENJAMIN RATHBUN, Of Buffalo, is now upon
his trial at Batavia, under the following char
ges First. forgery with intention to defraud;
second knowingly having in his possession for
ged notes, with intention to pass them third,
having knowingly uttered such forged notes.
Gov. YATES, of New York, is stated by the
last N. Y. papers, to have died, at, his resi-
dence, a few days since.
The Hon. JEREMIAH MCLEAN, member Of
congress from the sth, district, in Ohio, died,
lately in Washington city, aged 70 years.
or The Money Market, at Liverpool, has
not generally improved, since the last advces.
Slight fluctuations are occasionally noticed,
but no decided change. In New York the
times continue hard as ever, and no favorable
prospect ahead.
The Baltimore American says that MIR.
Henry F. lumbar, ON the 25th ult. killed one
hundred and seventy-eight black birds at one
shot Mr.. Henry F. Dunbar may be very
good shotindeed, but he must be informed that
he has been beaten entirely--for Mr.. Thun-
derbolt, who lives we should think not far
from the place of his exploits, in the Chicka-
hominy swamp, ia South Carolina, lately
struck tree and Killed over eight hundred
birds, besides splitting the tree to splnters--
and all at one shot.
or The New Orleans Bee of late date
informs us that Folsum, half bred Choctaw,
has published a letter in the New Orleans Ga
zette, in which he asserts that an effort is
making to unite all the western and northern
Indians in general war against the United
States. lfsuch scheme should be carried
into effect, there is no predicting the conse-
quences, especially when we consider the mis-
cradle state Of protection ourfrontier is undes.