Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-11-06
With high %resect, sir,
Yours &C.,
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TEn GREAT Fale.-We dropped in at
the Garden for an hour OF so last evening
for II first visit 10 the Fair, but had not time
to on,nen a catalogue Of the most no.
table products Of Art and Industry which
may be seer there, A few general re-
marks must suffice for to-day. Our i'm
preston is that toe exhibition is less pro-
ifa e and more discriminating than it has
bccn--.hat there is Tess candy and black
ing, and more evidence Of substantial pro-
gross in the Useful Arts in orr country.
The specimens OF American Silk IN every
stage, up to the richest fabrics, arc most
gratifying. In cloths, too, we noticed
snrne striking %iinproye;le lts; choice wooden
fabrics made from the raw material, with
ont spinning or weaving, and some fine
cottons of styles but recently attempted in
this country. OF sofas, tables. HIS, bon.
nets, vests, &c. &c. the show is most
satisfactory. OF stoves and all snch the
usual inhrite variety is presented. The
carfiaces are fewer than usual, bit Of rare
tghtness ard beauty. Of artificial flow
ers, and such faocy-work, there is on uH-
usual abundance. The agricultural pro-
ducts are not immense in quantity, but
| some of them are marvellous in size and
luxnrance--and that reminds us that the
Agricultural address .ill be delivered at
| half-past seven o'clock this evening and
the ploughing exhibition corfe eff at Sing
Sing te-morrow.-N. Y. 7iiJnne.
NAVIGATION Of WEsTnRS RIVERS
The following remarks in relation 10 the
losses on the Ohio and mississippi rivers,
and the propriety of Congress making
some provisions to guard against them, are
offered by the editor of the Cincinnati
! Gazette:
''I'ae losses on orr river a-e immense,
and amount to nearly a million OF dollars
/ in tine course of a year or two. The
greater number of these losses are from
snars. Why do not the members Of Con-
gross from the West Unite and force
through that 'ody ON measures c~alcula.
ted to check these losses thus sustained by
the citizens of The West? Whilst hun.
dreds of thousands of dollars are yearly
spent by the General Government upof
some far-of, point, such as the Red River
Raft, or upon some eastern ratification
or cast survey, which have no sooner hac
the money expended on them than the,
are abandoned and permitted to 60 to ruin
the Ohio and Mississippi, and ether grea
Western waters, which have become the
great channels for trade and travelling
are abandoned, whilst nan lives are list
and millions of money in goods and boat
are destroyed, yet no sufficient measure.
are taken to prevent it. The loss of on
boat. or the amount spent in one usales
fertilization, il spent here, would remoy,
out Of our waters, yearly the snags whlc'
are lodged in them by the floods, and saw
the lives and property of many. Sltuate'
as we are, running as these streams dc
through the heart Of The country, alread,
E near the centre of population. this subiec
should not be thus neglected"
!, The republican gives a list of the acel
dents to STEAMBOATS, On the Western water
from Jan. LIST to Sept. LIST, by which
appears that TWENTY-FIVE were snaggef
: nine sunk or injured by collision, four burn
= ed, two burst their boilers.-The estimate
loss is sl,35o,000.-I'he above, it is sais
do not include more than t.o-thirds OF tn
accidents which have Happened in tn
months as stated above.
e The New York Sun tells a good anet
r dote Of a Nantucket fisherman. 1t is tn
boast of the hardy fishermen and coaster
Y of the North, that they can tell wher'
s abouts they are, without any other instr,
ment than the lead, and with nc other ol
servation than a scrutiny OF the san
G brought from the bottom upon It. A fe
wears ago n Captain Banker was on
cruise, and being confined to his cabin b
Sickness, he directed that the lead shou
be brought down TO his berth for his il
spection. The craft belonged to Ma
n tucket, and was in sand ballast. II
D., mate OF the vessel, somewhat of a va
'e and Il doubter OF the Captains infa'ibilit
creased the lead, and dipping it IN Il
4 ballast, carried 1t down to the berth. o
CAPTAIN Runker's eyes dlIated with asto
lie ishie.ent. as he asked. EDO YOU say "
got this sand by sounding"
n ayes, Sir"
Of ssIfnen BY Cd Naniscket's sunk, al
'e We are right over Tup 'er's Hill"
2, The mate went on deck.
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