The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-14

terprises a larger scale, he has them
In this there is safety for the capitalist and safety for the
workmen he employs. Employment and wages, as well
as profits, will be more certain and steady.
LocKroRr, Aug %, 1886.
The IoUm-Cotton nfiH-Hotce's Circus
We find large town here in very awkward
typographical locality. One portion of it lies on
high hill, from which you descend abruptly to the
lower town, which lies in a low hollow, ten feet
lower than the canal that passes through the
middle. it. A surface is occupied by popula-
ton apparently OF seven or eight thousand, equal
to the area of Brooklyn, with its sixty thousand
inhabitants. The place is not only divided Into
the upper and lower towns, but is sub-divided by
the canal which passes directly through both,
ascending the hill by chain Of locks, and SPAN
ned by 80 many bridges to give it the appear
ance almost of tunnel. There are dozens of
cooper shops in the lower town, where they
make thousands OF Hour barrels, and a large mill
on the edge OF the hill where they make barrels
OF flour. East OF the canal in the lower town are
a number of the elegant residences Of the local
aristOcracy like the tour-and-twenty captains all
in row. Also, further in, the railroad terminus
where the iron track from bu ffao, via 1.-THE ialls
suddenly stops, SO that IN getting to Lockport
from New York by railroad, you must go to Lake
Erie, 40 miles beyond the town, in order to come
III on the other side. This arrangement of back
door entrance to the settlement by railroad, throws
the town entirely off the track. The " through
line'' passes thirty miles to the south on TO
Buffalo, and the lateral road from Buffalo here
turns the face of the town completely on the
wrong direction. The people have actually found
| out this fact; and they have had preliminary
survey of the route for continuation via the ca
nal, to Rochester, 81 miles, which would at once
bring the out-ol. the-way town Of Lockport into
the regular line OF the great thOroughfare east and
west. There is one small impeachment in the way
and that is, the want OF company-and the
want OF funds. True, the Lsckporters have a
canal to Albany, but a railway through from the
in this Interval, large addition of business.
ton with the grand chan.h Under the present
arrangement, they are forty miles off in the back
| In the lower town, also, is large cotton facto-
| ry, worked by a stream of water, brought along
| the edge of the hill from the canal, 1t is owned
| by Hunt, (Hon. Washington Hunt) Fields & Co.
1t works up the " raw material through its seve-
| raj processes, to the plain white shrtings and
| sheetings. II has in operation some $500 spin
dies and 70 looms emnlnyne iro,, 20 to 90 opers
| ives The company, IN spite OF the new tariff,
| propose adding IS looms more. Upon the whole
it is thought, that for the established factories the
new tariff will turn out better than the act OF AZ
1t will divert the tide of capital other invest
ments, and prevent that wholesale competition
in factories OF cotton goods, which was already
threatening pretty general overthrow OF the
smaller establishments. There are several other
| factories in the village.
Judge Hunt, who reached home from Congress-
| yesterday, is spoken OF, we perceive, among the
| probabilities of a wing candidate for governor !;
but we doubt whether he would even accept now
an unanimous nomination, much less the uncer-
taintes Of a split ticket.
Howe's & Co. circus company are here, and
\ the people are all agog for the show. The very
Indians, who promenade the streets in their
broadcloth cloaks in August, are curious to see
Madame Macarte jump through the tanborine.
Sacramsentissinso. The DocroR.
State Constitutional Convention.
| SErr IA communication received from the
CLERK chancery of the second circuit in relation to the
funds in court, &c. Referred Mr.. Townsend moved
that evening sessions be held dispose Of the reports
me rghts OF the citizen and on education Table The
port of Mr.. Hoffman, on the canals, finance sc. The
hrst section setting apart the of 500 GOO OF the
cana as sinking fund to pay the interest and
redeem the principal Of the canal debt it existed on
the LIST june ls46, and including 100000 then to DO
borrowed until the whole be paid passed over no
requiring the payment annually into the State treasury
OF in liquidation of the State claims for advan
ces and payments 10 the canals also passed over no
amendment having been moved thereto. The third sec
ton was then read as follows
ing the said expenses Of the canals and the sums aPpro
pIiaed py the two preceding sections shall in each MS
in Ds applied to the Of the Ere 0,
s9ch surplus shall amount in the aggregate, to the sum
Mr. Danforth moved to include the "Black River Ca.
nal MI Hawley moved further to amend, by including
the "Genesce Valley Canal" Lost-and then MIR. Dan.
| iorths amendment lost Mr. Chatfeld moved to
strike out the whole section. Lost Mr.. Chamberlain
moved to substitute the following for the section =
me remaining revenues, after complying with the
sections shall be applied to the enlargement
OF the Ere Canal the completion of the Genesee Val
ley and Black River canals and the Oneida river inn
pr9vement, as shall be directed by law.
Losand no further proposition being made to amend
me secuon, It was passed The fourth section, pro,
vding that OF the above of S672000 S5Oo0O0 shall
annually be set apart sinking fund to pay the gene
raj und debt including the debt account Of the de-
iaulting railways, and the contingent debt stocks
loaned to those companies which have paid the interest,"
when the shall become charge the treasury or
general fund.- until the be wholly paid, &c, was
also passed over amendment being moved The fifth
| section was then read as follows -
The claims Of the State against any incorporated
pany to pay the interest redeem the principal of the
stock Of state loaned to such company shall
be fairly and duly enforced and not deferred released
or compIomised; and the moneys arising from such
claims shall be set apart and applied part OF the sink
Ing fund provided in the fourth section OF this article
Mr. Jordan moved to strike out the words--"and not'
and released and TO insert after the word enforced"
the words "but may be- and after the word compro-
missed the words las may lie most consistent with the
interests of the State" This amendment debated by
man. Chatfeld Van schoonhoven and Hawley, until .
o'clock when without taking the question, the Conven
ton adjourned to Monday --.aiba"y .drgus.
Varieties.
An Tishman named Patrick Riley, laborer on the VT
and Mass. Railroad, killed In Ashburnham on the
night of Thursday last by two Irshmcn Philip Melvin
and Dennis shugare. Happears that quarrel be
tween Riley and Melvin in the shantee OF the latter
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