New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-26

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Condition. Prospects. &c.---Intere~ring
GeoIOzicni Fact---Nineral-- Lethean
~ream-Erie Canal Fredericton. Nelson
J. Beach-treat ffrc-Droufh.
Correspondence o. The Tribune
LEwlsvLLE. July d. l-+9
Business ard desire = aspect cA1eiaAy the
present condition OF tnas .one-desired, and ruin
ousv-dels,ei State work. the Black Rirsr Canal
and Ere Canal Feeder, called me TO Boonvile. the
summit level of the Canal ascending from Rome
and descending to the h sh Falls OF the Back
River. Owing to an unexpected disappointment
my proposed survey Of the whole line vas short.
ened to about ten miles below Boonville, but this
afforded ne ample work for tho day Bst oEe
sentiment filed my mind during the tramP-un-
mingled satisfaction 20 TIE industry, activity aid
.He.ency which everywhere are driving tbs work
10 rapid completion. II would anticipate a i1-
ture communication, ss well as extend this too
much. 70 enter into detail OF the state Of the Va
-ious sections. locks. &c and must generaIize
Tor the present.
When completed there viii be sererty locks
between Rome and Boonvle, ranging from 20
% feet isht-averaeing Ten feet most Of them
butt 10 the most Substantial msuner. The ma
sonry on the new locks. constructed siuce the re-
uewai Of the work, IS Of the b1sl description, sui
would do creoi, 70 any Cansl ia the State. The
walls are built of the Gray Limestone. which
forms the feature Of this ami OneIIa Counties. and
-le coping o r beautiful Blue Limestone from 81
gar River. The minute and critical supervision
y hich the work receives from is sbls engineers
lnsures to the public interest the tulh.iment If
everything promised by the undertaking.
Is exnpcfel Ia ri te winter d ~ the ct q
September and, should the old banks rove them
selves trusts orthy, navigation Will be immediate
" commenced so that th.re vii be ioGr or SIX
weeks transport alton this season. The occasion
will be one Of rejoicing, not only 20 those whJ viii
derive imue hate benefit from the CaUal but g.
all who desire 90 see public benefits attained aud
rebuke gwen to that reckless Indifference to eV-
erything bus party do.etfy, whicn Characterized
the " Stop Policy Of lisa Ire isa0-ls sustain
ei ard paid ior By the State womb have flushed
the Canal and opened II FIR the pebble four or live
years sgo. Bat If this anon
Hon. y. j BEAcH, In tins ~ in the discharge Of
his other public duties, hiss acquitted himself with
ne energy and devotion u the public COOL which
nave marked his career, aui winch have called
forth the appreciation % his fellow citizens. The
state may rest assured that more jrdicinus OF
faithful Commissioner could scarcely have been
chosen.
The Canal frr many miles runs along the side of
MI N'lNu fNhiH tu'A h't'tt'fs i' mus 'N
aud wild rayine, along which the Lansing klli
threads its way. It IS lovely and romantic
route, and OH IDS At every point some object OF ln-
t-rost. over the e0g a. the tlw path you gaze
down the gull 100 feet. where the stream cddies
and lsshes below end Oh The olher hand the tow
erug hill raising us lofty brow against the blue
iome above. while along this checkercd gallery 10
the pilared temple Of Nature the ~csth oi rap
IDLY growing county vii be borne on rs artitieia.
pathway.
short two miles from Boonvillc brings the wa
Ter to the Erie Feeder gate, through which body
.pf water reaching near Jrcp WoNs0af c"bic pert
per minute pours through ITS eXcaN ated channel
into the course OF the Lansing XIII. THIS smai.
stream thus swcllcd 10 a cOpiOus torrent, hnis ts
aay over the Limestone halt mIle or more, when
Il disappears On the SINK holes and large assures
= ch abound here, aud reaPpears again hail a
mile below. AZ thus point It perpendicular lace 90
rock, forming the upper termination of the raw me,
exposes itself 10 the depth OF ~ ieet. About 20
feet from the top OF this mural precipcc coplous
stream bursts out forming Jenne's Falls while AZ
the bottom a large body OF water bolls 40, and
many sures discharge the entire stream into the
gulf Three miles below, Browns Falls, roman
tic piece OF scenery, PITCHES over the rock - on 80
bet to the next level The grt0 r0iUe 0f has
Feeder may be estimated from the fact that, 20 Ell
feet some repairs, the flow was cut of for a short
time when m les man n d0Y, fte icatcr a. Rome
tell n foot IL Is matter ot great doubt whether
the Erie CANA would hsve been naslgable during
this season Of protracted drouth had lut this large
body Of water been turned ia 70 compensate tor
The consumption.
The Blue iossiiferOus Limestone Is frequently
exposed in the quarries. In every case on the
whole route | Travelled, perfectly c)nformsbc
aud almost mathe matica ~ horizontal stratum Of
blue slate mpOs Ed upon the Limestone and form
ing the bills hundred feet above 1t is exposed
The joints aud cleavage planes are often oeauti
iuy accurate while the lamiIatOn is perfect, aud
often dividing the lamiue into specimens OF paper
thickness While looking at one Of the best ex-
4mples pictured 70 my minds eye q colossal pile
~ printed sheets-Ihe I'ribuge, for instance
having a perpendicular surface as smooth as
though faced with a cutting machine.
The upper surface OF the Limestone is rough
and nodu.s-, the notues being composed chiefly
Of Sulphuret OF Iron lpyritesl The rock ia tay-
srsed by many veins Of Crystalline Cslcareous
spar. which assumes several forms hog tooth,
ne mbc, truncated Prisms, some almost cubic, anu
much OF I transparent. Some Of Il is acc0mps-
lied with minute crystals OF the Pyntes, who's
diversified and brilliant colors add richness ami
beauty to tue specimen. The Gale. spar IS IL
crystals OF LILO to I inch siz,. Some OF the fossil
casts are thoroughly lmproguated with the pyri'es
\ great fire is at present raging in the forest o.
the east side OF Black River, ten miles distant
around Chese's Lakes Ii has been burning for
some time. Ii arrested my attention two weeks
since by the constant and immense clouds f
smoke rolling up into the sky. Il IS spreading
and threatens to do serious damage to various
ands and buildings.
A fire started last Monday near Fort Leyden
and running through the brush and woods, DIES
troyed a mil owned by Mr.. James Rogers. Loss
$1,000.
Our drouth, protrscted and oppressive, contin-
ues sir weeks on Sunday, the 22d, being relieved
oy only one or two slight pattings, which did not
iay the dust.
letter, an yours, watchiuily, W. o. Z.
Court Of Appeals.
NORWICH, July 20, 1 p. NJ The argument OF No
- Concluded yostos~y- --S ~ ~. Eiisabrth 2
Moulton appellant against Peter NOutOn, respondent
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