The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-08-18
Letter from G chesapeake.
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Aug. 10th, '49


P. c. RICKETTS,, E,q, ,-Dear Sir:-Har-
vest is now over, ard to oil appearances
the wheat and oats Will fall far short Of an
average crop, hut corn bids fair for very
abundant yield. The late seasonable rains
will make up in that crop much OF the de-
ficiency in other grains. Our canal is in
fine nayigable order at this time; the sup
ply of water is 50 abundant that the steam
pump, used for the purpose Of supplying
the canal, has been stopt for the present.
Our City is. beginning to assume more
lively aspect; the trade upon the canal is
rapidly increasing, and with it all kinds 0!
business in the place will improve.
] have read the report OF the President
and Directors of the Ches. s. Del. Canal
Co., for the fiscal year ending June lst
1s4o, and find the amount Of tolls receive
ed to he $i73,O29.S2. This you will sec
falls short of my anticipation in a former
letter; but says the Report, "the decrease
in the receipts may be considered as fuc-
tuating and temporary, whilst it may be
safely inferred that the constantly lncreas-
ing population and commerce of our coun-
try will produce corresponding general
increase of the business and revenue ofthc
Canal Co." An additional source Of Rev.
enue will now be added by the Lykcns
Valley Coal Co., who purpose sending large
quantities Of coal, (said 10 be a superior iul-
el Tor generating steanl,) through the canal
10 be deposited at Delaware City for ship
ments to the Eastern markets. in fact
shipments have already been made for that
purpose.
1see an account OF your contemporary
of the Democrat in regard TO the lumber
trade Of Port Deposit, has been copied in
the baltimore Sun, not however without
some doubts as to the correctness Of the
figures. In all probability the mistake
originated by placing dollars in lieu OBJECT
1t Is evident that greater part ofthe lum-
Der trade of Port Deposit passes through this
place, and / find from reliable data, the
average number OF feet which passed
through the canal per year, for the four
last years, has been as follows:
Unsawed lumber, 1,635,752 n.
Sawed do 36,413,S3o #.
Shingles 13,37l,867
From the above statement I Judge your
contemporary has either been in error as
before stated, Or else he has been mSin-
formed.
On the 18th inst. the steamer Lancaster.
brought party of ladies and gentlemen
from Port Deposit and Havre de Grace, on
Excursion to this place.-My absence at
the time prevents me from noticing par
liculars at length, but I have been informed
that the party was not SO numerous as it
would have been, owing to a Harvest Home
that took place somewhere in the vicinity
of Port Deposit on that day. They were
accompanied bya band from Port, which
delighted our citizens with some choice
pieces of music.
The political waters are again troubled
the Legislative rowers are fairly seated,
and if the Locoloco party ever pass by the
current that leads to the head waters of
Salt River, why then your correspondent
will no more be a judge about the quarter
from which the wind blows. l have not
yet asccrtaincd who the democrats have
brought forward for Congress; still, as be-
fore stated, have no doubt but that Mr..
Magraw will be their man. Be he whom
they chose, with popularity like that of
Mr.. Evans to contend against, he will be
sa- a straw against the wind.