Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-03-14


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uaKAT AIS " NiAsAa. Fats.
Col " h~ifsis.ey. ia . geviosissi survey Of The
Western Reserve. oi Ohio VI south shess of ksks
Erie. states that ibs whole III that sesios farms.
10 The south, . 'sst uadslsiiDs table I.i,d tC0 feet
high. which, .. " approaches ;. . line sviti,ia ass
n,iles NJ lbs LsAr, bsesks Of BY b sudden peel.
pies t%s'alIsi 10 tie Lake, snd forming, ssisb.u,
doubt. that What Wa. bhcs The ses,hsf1 s.ofs u
Tbs es,.aded vsA6 Ut the tsxs. The ridge. w
have M ~qasst,en. IL tohtinaous With shs precise
.asns Formations observed on Nissfa river .,
asesasiea and Lev istoa. wless Tie tshls issd gu
si,bss s;it level with Lake fsie shsss, sbssptiy
falls anne thtes buadsyd fvv,, and Ii ssesstis
non Lsw issaa, ~ ths Amsrisss sidc, fef tne,s
Than : bundtst miles parallel With s6d from sio
10 miles f,ofd The Shire Of Lake Ontario. We
ts,e no question that this .idse, kaown In cur
S.ases n Tho beautiful natural turnpike cslied ths
Hjdss Road, could he traced ~ the head Of the
~ lswfsnes al the Thoasand f.ies " commence.
tleai Of ths ~ltsldds- - pe,hsp.. fnofs probably, 10
tbs Heights sf Abishs,n and Falls Of Msn,msr,s,.
~. A, this latter sad 70 W up The Thousand
l4ies shove. some mighty fuytass " The sseky
bsds beneath, seems 10 hsys oeea,ssd by . con.
vaIsion VI ns's'r. ard thu. furnished . passage VI
Jam IL, The Upper Lshss ioto tbs A,isstie.-
Hence ihs reception u the wstefs " Ontario.
.xhieh. until then, wefs %eontnaeas with Rite.
ard extended over ihs whole ievei region cf ihs
Nofih Cshsjs shore. This time when this con.
yuis,dn occurred mast hsys bsea Simultaneous
with The production VI tlr Falls Of Nissrs.
which, until ihsn, we're q paH u HE shores of,hs
lakes, which here silently eslsmiusied thsis
" waters until She sudden 'up'uts and d,sinins bs.
low threw ths memsntum IL the mighty Good
ffem The .,aie table laid and than isks bed u
Qossas.oa down the hiah p~fseipios o. asksd
shore, sud thus exesvsssd for themselves the deep
channel Of Nlagars river from this point 10 the u.
bssia Of Misunderstanding Tie mighty
wonder behind fos ihs admiration VI Tho world.
Qaesn.'op. the FsIISih The eosfss u tins.
,y gradually. ~ they nov hourly do. ~bseshins "
HE sof, shelving e~siesfous soek. worked their
n~s.ofsIly W u ihs pfssca, position seyss
shave. end will uitirnaisiy v~cnstfsts iato
lake E,is. when shotbs, dfsiDina will ssks pIsss
" Erie. Huron snd Michigan (bosb when tbs isi.
Isr doubtless ore also diminished tssjBs) up 10.
he ssuls b. Marie. sr lover falls which divides
lower Iskes from The crest inland sea VI
|ests sopcfies. When inst event occurs. saeihss
Sisy,s will IN tbs SANE wy ts formed ~ THE
,ssssse into Lsks Superior. And 20 Tbs mighty
sefk will p,scssd until ouf lakes. which mons u
hem have great rivers Of ihsif own 10 supply .bs
constant draining b. the ~ Lswrsnss and
evaporation, will shrink 10 minor pools. 10.
,ips ultimately their rich beds bare N become
be seat. II ei.ii,sssion and u vs.t population.
These reflections might he estenIsd IN the mare
pei.". period delegated by Df M~iiehsiI:-=~aes
he lakes were oos e"n'i"yeus vast SOS, bounded
N The sou,h, sssl ny tie chain II The AiIsshs.
sad sh'eugh which The fsss great suptusss
ITO the Atlantic and the hss. d~ssininss wess
psds by tbs psssass. sseavsted through shs
ehsin 81 various places. the Hisblsuds
{ the Hudson. the esp ~ The Delaware, The
ridss II he junction u The shensnaosh
,ish tie Potomac. the passage n tho Tsonessss
tho Cumberland mosnssin, DC. m J.
yes.