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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-23
900 ,he United ss.ss..

i1rsDtstso nom IL 5iecir. Aosusto
We hrd the following passage IN {. private letter
from Beme You know that the United States
have just for the hrst tune, opened formal relations
with the government a the fleivetc confederation.
M. Dudley Mann, cent to Berne as diplomatic agent
,2,h ~ In,v t,s aPsa.n,'.l, ~ ,h. prrs,J@n, ~
ite federal council HE arrival was received with
Extraordinary JOY BY the govcrpm. nj, the prcs-,
sbd the people ~ the conf. derauon. l sind you
Which 10 the narrative II this event -
We siso salute, with complete 10y, the arrival
~ en- s~rost "a the ftpvbhc, ihs future Of which
exceeds that ~ III other nations. ~ alliance
~ub The r,~ crtul .apsIcss unien Mast, more
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-23

PRIzK DrsssRTArros.-The Boylstos Medics
Committee Of Harvard University have awarded
800, or a gold medal Of that value, TO +. Willis
Fisher, M. d., Of the city Of New York, Tor the
best dissertation on the "vslue Of the Microscope
in detecting Pathological Changes in the Humsn
Body "-Bosfo~ Cowtsr.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25


GEN. TAyLon's WuL--Gen. Taylor :
will is said TO have been, rrnade bet',re The
battle. of4aion;erey in ls46,a lie made
ample provision for his wife, giving her
three. large store,houses and lot, and more
than hundred shnres Of bank stock. and
six or eight slaves,in Louisville, Ky. Tp
his son Richard, he. gave his plantations i'll
Mississippi and louisiana, aud twenty.
thousand dollars To Mrs. Bliss and Mrs.
Wood, his daughters, he gave ten thousand
dollars eocb, and 70 ihe iormer. Then M
married, several negro women. IL was
his wish that tie. plantation should not be
divided for ten years, and from ,he pro
ceeds Of the crops he directed thai his
daughters should receive twenty, thousand
dollars each, in addition TO The sim before
mentioned. Judge McGhee, Of Mississippi,
was made bis executor. He made provis.
ion Cor the spaymen, of a security debt ol
81 900; he owed rr,ihing on his own at.
count. t,ry lie, lfts, S-s y g-r..-- g srl =
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

WoRTH TELLlse-When Nicholas
Biddle, familiarly called Nick Biddle-was
connected with the United States Bank,
there was an old negro named Harry,
who used to be loa6ng around the premi.
ses. One day in social mood, Biddle sale
10 the darky- =. -.
"well, what is your name my ole
friend?" sasf7a-9g-@ 81 .ticsai&5sG ia
"Harry, sir, ole Harry, sir," said abs
ether, touching his hat 5e vs.s. sv.g s!- o.
'.Old Harry! said Biddle, "why that j
| the name that We. give the devil, is it not?''
ayes, sir,, asaid the colored gentleman
"some,ime ole Harry, sometims ole Nick
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
Ink Bottles and Artillery.

The greatness Of nation no longer de.
ponds on the quantity Of blood shed by her
citizens, but on the quantity Of ink. The
goose has usurped the place Of the eagle.
Quills have taken the precedence Of the
sword; while the only stand that Nation
need take now u-days is the ink stand. As
Mr.. Titmarsh very justly observes, glory s
place is now occupied by the grocer-the
utility of war being determined, not by the
ambitious desires Of some aspiring Lancas-
ter, but by the fluctuations Of the sugar
market. The temple, Of Peace, which be-
longed to the ancients were composed OF
magnifcence and marble. Ours are more
humble, and consis. Of Ink Factories
The Kingdoms OF antiquity estimated their
progress by the number OF battles they had
gained. Ours depends on the number of
communication passing through the Post
Office. A failing off Of ten per cent in
our letter writing, would cause our states.
men more alarm than the defeat ofthe best
army ever organized. Since the forma-
tion Of our government, the increase ol
scribbling in the United States has been
without precedent. showing conclusively,
that the connection between steel pens and
prosperity isso intimate that any falling of
in the number Of epistles written annually,
would indicate the waning of.he Republic,
as surely as the filling up OF our canals
would. That this philosophy is not far
fetched, is abundantly shown by the follow
ing statistics statistics which exhibit the
goaheaditivepess Of the United States in 4
much more. conclusive light than the con
quering ct 4 dozen NJ exicans would. A-s
In 100, the whole number OF Post Off
ces in the country was 70, while the sun
total Of our post roads was les. than 2,OO(
miles. Sc - 2i5 ~ 49, ''s''' '.iV'
In 1900, the Post Offices numbered 9O3
miles Of post roads 25, ,S15.
In 1920, there were $500 Post Offices
with 81 !, ,5s6 miles Of road. - -+a's-
In 20 years, Cfrom 1920 to 1s40, tn
Post Offices were increased three. fold.
lxsIn 1900, the receipts Of the whole Pos
Office Department were $57 7,935. g@fiE
tea In al84s, they amounted to $4,37l or
, The increase Of letter writing, fro,
: 1 s42 to- 1917, was 1873 per cent! ln174
!, the number oflettsrs written in the Unite
d States, was 27,50O, 600. In 1913. the
:. amounted to 5e,069, ,o75. Let Vi hoE
that This number will continue TO incfeaI
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
American shame Abroad.

The 81. Louis Republican hns m, eA
celleni travelling correspondents in Europe
One Of ihem'a citizen, OF ST.. Louis, AM
WHO the Republican says knows tn
geography and politics Of Europe by he a.
in wiring from Brussels in o. o,er says: :
"Since travelling in Europe, ! hive tesl
ashamed Of my American coun.ryfs'et'
three times. Once in Paris, il May last
when | heard some Englishmen ,commen
ting upon the disgraceIul scene in the I'm
ted States Senate, on the. occasion. O
Foote's drawing a pistol upon Senator
Benton. The second time IN Berlin,
month afterwards, when at Meinhard ho;
tel, / =, heard the waiter recount - some
Prussian officers efthe guards The disgrace
full aud shocking debaucherles of our late
Minister there. The tales OF all this shame
were at one lime semi.officially con,radic
ted in 81. Louis pnper, but had 1 even
not heard them confirmed at the American
legation a, Berlin, they are Quite tod cur, cur
rent with the sleqaaciaus coachman. ano "
keepers under thedtliden To ad
nit Of doubt respecting their Etoissest truth:
The third time felt hunitiatea, when al
Brussels rend the ncou..t Of Miss. Lind $
reception in New York; at which of The
three timesl felt most abashed, leave un
decided; probably from having undergone
the infliction befre, was soniea hat stte:
cd en- the occasion Of the third test to. which
was put" .s,.er7 7...s..,s-..t -, s4rye,.;..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
Dividend Of 100 per Cent!

l he ROCKY Bar Mining company ol
The Middle Fork OF the American River
California, has declared semi-annual div.
idend Of one-hundred per cent, payable
on the 5th Of December al the Office Of The
Company in the Citysol' New York The
Tribune states that this Company is one
Of the most successful that has ever been
established in California, and was success
full because il was formed after The men,
bers had served an apprenticeship in gold
searching. The lochtion Of the Company
is about seventy miles above Sacramento
City, where they have built a dam and ex.
cavated raceway by which they laid bare
the bed Of the river. Besides which the
raceway gives them power for driving
machinery lor crushing quartz rock.
Some specimens of auriferocs quartz from
this location are the richest which have
ever been found in California, and the
vein is apparently unlimited in extent
From the experiments made in this quar-
ter it is estimated that it will yeild an ave-
rage of90 cents Of gold TO the pound o|
rock. The machinery which will be in
operation next Spring, will easily. crush
forty tons per day, which will give ne
product Of $4,000 per day, or $4,000, ,0Ot
per nnnum-of which expenses Of oil kinds
mny probably eat up S500,0O0 or $500,
900. The meaDs for the present dividenf
have been derived from the bed Of the riv
er, and not from the crushed rock. Th'
Company have ample means reserved 70
the purchase and putting in operation
machinery sufficient to crush the abov
amount Of rock. al. ~ -.5=stE5 zaT
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
III ne smiie, 'whIIsI car. p

sell
Lst ns sniis while eanTtherea are np0rAsFnt asF
,s,,. Of sadness =, a., ..ass..s;s fs,a fgg:.
.,,WAieh steal Ger ths heart Ike cloud q Ger
sYssa5 sthe skyi9isa.s frssf1e aslrg.,. 7s5Y /
a Aud dimned for . while is the sunshine n' 40 o.
ba aas gladness,sna -~o4ssa E ta tlIis - aal
saaAndstears follow, fest sas the rain from Oh
high. assls soersil 7a}
as 4 4. s,,n;l, While can-in HES fosiess bow
gzsisssi5s 90 5a' ifssa4 bfzs Re AsaEoi es2 9''i
Tie assssr. q srs aarays en.vineds wi with the
Ana lsr efssa &C 81 i !. ne sans evening SKY low
: SFI1IgSfas s3tbiassiEils JisA 2sfRs3H Af7@s
%, ss' a,1s.s ,. .pa leye''s'' eya'
hsais,ds, q n0rns sssi 81 fra ed 3 ssttsz
Lee nae smile while can ssby sshotsld xe1d de-
plore them, -E2st
The dead Who are gone to their long silent
asaesa SSiSsa 10 sastas a.sS Slsss&E2
HUME. s4s.stsg =,
". know not how soon The eyes that weep Ger
DAN Them .=tssi5s4 .sst{fs."3 fss'e1 g4i
'tDf MAY she'd the same bitter drops over our
sfsVekf fia,,b zsAfi $50 = 8 z7fss} isf'5'@.5
sLs.ae smile while cam there are me@cats OF
/ A 8. .sserrew, ssshut a'8a4j,ns,n sH' 1',i ~
aTsonumereus BY for kroarmements Of joy
Ard snons from. the past or the present may eor'
/, i .as,rer,is = . 47ow ess;x zi1 i'ai SIS
lone hour mimi xed eith griofis btteralley.
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"oPFosITIoN TO TYRANNY IS oHED1ENcE TO
RAVENNA OH0 MONDAY NOV 25 1850 @se9r7r 80.

nll what is now fifty niillo,s will become
hundred and thousands OF millions-eor, as
said before, the more inksa nation sheds,
the less blood they can get along with
Almost every war has sprung from some
trifling misunderstanding that cents
worth of writing Huid, d,asarty applied. would
have rendered i.npossble.- Albany Dutch.
man,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

Some malicious person has prepetrated
the following epigram on the buyers of the
first tickets at Jenny Lind's concerls;-
Mem Orleans Pic. I'D z5sess@ sj r.
~ eWhy so much adoz the price is just: -
Each pays fer what he hears, :s, ssg.
Andso, Of course they pay the most, ~
Who have the longest ears"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

rFAn editor out west thus acknowledg.
es the receipt Of an heir. Guess it must
be the first Of The kind. No doub! his sub.
scribers toe the mark, otherwise, his little
responsibility would not be so welcomed:
am this day multiplied by two-I am q
duplicale.-l am number one of an indefi.
mite series, and there is my continuation!
And you observe, it is not a block, nor a
block-head, nor painting, nor bust, nor
a fragment of any thing, however beauti.
ful, but combination of all the arts, md
sciences in one,-painting, sculpture, ml.
sic, (hear him cry!o mineralogy, mcchan'
les, (see him kick!) geography and the USE
Of the globes, (see him nurset) And with
al he is perpetual motion-a time piece
that will never run down! And who
wound him up? 2i1 sas Sts~s~ %
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

ss GFfhe Boston Courier says Horace
Mann was elected by Democratic votes.-
sHhe Democratic candidate for Congress in
the district received I3O0 votes less than
the candidate Of thesame party for Cover
nor,Ud :ssgf ssgissEG0y ilss tel Haas
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
HOUSE. CLEANING


-lna, Hike a clean, house So does Nc. Smith,
.saud 10 do. all the, men, if' they weuld ac'
.sknAasiedge IT, AT my rate. when ehelI
edwsllinssse seema a lis;te diagr or; dusty
' qvsrs thin coat of diaginess or dust over the
whole. producing d decidedly bad oeffsct-
sayphsnthsir d.weltiagssaPpear 10 ;them
eeuss aef 6sden- -theugiiaessr SO shttae-acs
ssrsssurs aoifind II ont. The dull alook5 ol
= aissAhease appedrs se he communicated to
.sshscdunssna nancesof the rnaster lhereofs&
.,confess that atLhsveteienabeen halfnclined
.,t,,,vnxrand cork IN. husbands yisage, or al
= .issA sewAisk over il withthe, du.ter. and
{ ssseiE,haf experiment wolild MI restore It's
.. suisny loik. Isl io aaaBias sdt ss,isaL
afsatthmsSksne like clcaa houses, they
=, do nsesiike ehouse.cieaning. They have
s,essfst8nhsdrd notions (which they would
iiwissss easty out; sachfor instance, as thai
:, eonspsntsqHiet, preventive care, or frequent
n lsobieal ap,dnations,carelull yapplied,wonld
,asradually arennxate thsawhole einisrier.-
., ,Bo.-wbsssishss.o beicleaning ,atl the time!
who wishes 10 be always dustinga4 In'
deed, at-the- best, we urs- constantly with
bs66sl, 6rusiI 81 besoms in zhnrd; but the
e saep tuiH not perceive il, and we receive
40 credit fas our idiness. What is IL be
81 done sthsna s7E Eyidenlly theres is nothing
tfhesters than o. sidemonslraiion,o = as the poll
,-sieians say ---a dem ansiralien that may be
nsfslt; d mass.meeting of brooms, ibuckets
rbrnsbea paint-pots. white-was1,pails, chairs
sossssdrned, aubs. coal skut,les. dus,-pans
sschar.women, and oil other. possible disa.
.Exresablss, nllat once summoned, and each
40 much "a spossible in others way 2. In
4,iEis, rthese iss sornes satisfaction. IT, looks
sliksa6sssisesssrastt seems as if you were
sdeins saaae.hings Assaises sthes value zo
aahs opperaiien, and demonstrates its useful
ssssss aad ueeessity; for aif,lhere is little diff
-gtefeneesa apparent sbetwsen the house before
IlAJnhlng gand after, there l. q world OF odds
beswesn ~, shuuse.clsuaing and "a she,s'
clsamsd. There's perfect delight in see
ing what orier saa be brought out of chaos
eysn though you are obliged 70 make the
ebaas, ,6rst, 10 produces the effect. @1f
/ had inflicted several Of these impress
,siysl lsssons upon ar. Smith lie had be
como 20 much horriRed at their confusion
.shst, do believe. he had fully reconciled
himself to dust and dirt, as the better afte
..nsaixss They we're 70 be sure, at som'
satile cost q comfort 70 myself, end refec
Aively produced discomfort for him; for h
4racsd with . correctness which ] coul
easier frewn at than deny, many week
indispos,tion to my house;cleaning phrenzy
And when 4 man 3 wife Is sick, if he is
sfsAaal of feeling, he is unhpppy. md If b
.n.. oc .etfs.I,s !, ..aF ~ = = rofchad sfno
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

SINGULAR EcoNoMY.-A dutch farmer
down on the Mohawk had just built new
barn, and while the operation Of .shingling
was going on, he one day mounted to the
roof to overlook opera.ionss he soon dis
covered what he sagely considered great
piece Of extrayagance in the workman,
and that was, that while they drove but
one nail in the small shingles, they inva.
riably put two in the wide ones. Mynheer
said nothing, but while the boss and hands
were at dinner, he went to the barn, hatch
ct 10 hnnd, and split oil the wide shingles!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
,llIsslsss sxegKgs iO9

sgr 50 1asuToH SHT ~ czsxsIISQ
stuo5 ~ 80 4rt9 ,sssou TaBe3
sac .~oE
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25

WL.,6.~-NUMBERa 26.
-N)e periageS ,6ufnti1.fl, Z


sf3l3s 60 IfEFss 70 ttEs tEl<s+ = . =.
IN. vear. payable within six months, ,$bo'
+ S1as year. payable after the expiration OF =,
.ix months and within the year, .,,s.5. ~ 'eo
One year, payable after itsexpiration, ~'''
paper xil be aiscontiauea Until a. AZ ar ar,
3 Assarsees arsp paid, except at the op''on o1 'nS
7o1 iLss . Vi h9@Eo'Ioi ,1sg q
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II will be ssen by the above comparative quotations,
that there has advance within the pest mouth
Of several per cent In many stocks while others have
sshtly declined. Government and State stocks have
not been in very active demand lately or rather the
sales have not been large; notwithstanding which,
prices have materially improved. Holders of all sound
safe securities not disposed to sell at present prices
and u 10 the scarcity OF such stocks that 10 steadily
putting up prices. The great and increasing supply
Of money upon the market, seeking investment must
have . much greater effect upon the market value
Of good productive securities than has yet been
alsed and those which have net - yet advanced -
rapidly ~ might have been expected, under the cir
eumssncss will, without doubt soon feel the upward
inpslse and reach proper points In the course Of
week or two, shall receive sosounts from England
Of the effect there the settlement Of the great poll
deal questions In this country, and the adjustment
of eli our domestic dlouties. The effect cannot but
be Of the most favorable character and II is our i'm
preston that the result viii be- greater Investments In
cur public stochs than have yet reslired. There
n nov nothing In political horizon calculated 70
disturb for . moment the rsaoe and harmony Of the
Union The future looks fair and full Of promise, and
those apprehension and sntieipations which have
been 20 long entertained BY Europeans relative TO
s1istspee eonfedersey OF ststss, will shortly dis
appear. and usbounded confidence In our prosperity
aid psrnsneuoy take ths place Of doubt and dstrust
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INTELLIGENCE nv THE MAILS.
Our Poushsssgsie oorrespondence.

Our Pouz h sss gsis CorrespOndence.
Pc eHFssrsIR, Sept ., 1850
The Libel Suit ago,,,., C,5yee tViikes-hhs SEN
fssa Defertd nj urrf 1Mah-1he Eqs,noc-
ttAt Storm-P,ut oi me Co-ttnemtal GsayGs-
Letter from Hon. hi,, ~ aossay
Considerable excitfr. 90 pr, vilcd here for day
ortwo, inns week, III c0p-- roe of the trial Of
George Wilkes for lusl on .he Hon Ambrose l..
Jordan, report of which Vaa published in YOUR
paper of Wednesday Tae , were on, only a
few minutes, and returuci Nl.l ,verdct Of guilty.
Wilkes, however, not being 900 own, the court d.
manded of his couns,l when he (Wukes) would
be present to receive judgment. His counsel an
swered, 'to-morrow;" but morrow came, and
no Wiikes--conseque JUDGMENT was deferred
until ne II month. W. icarn mat officer A. M. G.
Smiths name was one al those on the bail bond.
As to the verdict, every Que considers II very
righteous one; and II s ibe aeneral opinion that
the court will pas Pre- NJ scVrfe sentence
The equin ocIial stof 10 hHs come, ut last. IL be-
gan about midnight, Wednesday, and has rained
more or less ever since.
The Continental Gusrds, Cuptain Van Dyke,
together with DojWor,h'- iIud, arrived here, from
your city, on Thur,d1y. They came up In the
steamer Aida, and w're received at the wharf by
the PoH2 hkeepsiF Guard. w0Y escorted them to
their quarters at he torhus louise. After dinner,
they started on parade tu' N account OF the
ram, were seon com 'r!lrd 1 grturI 10 the hotel.
In the evening, very ~. .-Iui little dance was
got up for them, the up-c nrns by Doiworth's
Band On Friday inonug. HI u the Continental
and Poughkeepsie GuIrl- rs-tded through our
streets TO the landing where ia former company
again took the Aida 60 raelt tar New York. Al
together, the appearance Cd Pee. ,,nunentai Guards
was very handsome; hut u-p-tunately, it rained
all the time they wer- here, which tended 10
make their visit unavo ably DIS nal.
The Journal and Edgtr, OF flfs week, publishes
letter, nearly column IA length, from the Hon.
Ransom Holloway, our reprra native in Congress,
10 the electors Of tbe tpih congressional Dis
trict, vndicatiDg his tn r-spect to thf i'm
portapt bills lately passed 5y nae House of Repre-
sentatves. Mr.. liaiow ~ s7ss ne was opposed to
paying Texas ten million t,llr- an isder1nifica-
tion and declares il hi iu'ep. on 20 stand by Mr..
Fillmore. He says. Al The same lime, that he IS no
Seward man, and doe sut belong to any faction or
clique whatever. However. tua ress will soon adj
joum; and Mr.. Hallo~iy will then be able TO indi-
cate his course in person
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Our Bniiin,or. Torres pondoncc.

HAlrIuEE, Sept. Is, 1850.
The approaching Eiec;17H-- lard FYarram For
geri.s-Saic,6e--Sing. i2r lieath,r-TTs Bp-
muda Conricts-LauHcbas. Sc.
Our gubernatorial contest " xes warm e. its
closing events approach. and " einesiay next will
be one of the most exciting day, witnessed in our
city since the hard c,dtr campaign. Both wings
and democrats are confident Of success, and are
betting freely on the result The gatherings at
Whitehall, Frederick, and her retired places
near the city Tomorrow, where those who have
money to bet usually caGgrsglt on the Sunday
preceding election, expected to be IN ore than
usually well attended
Henry Rehern, charged with f,rging and pa ssins
on the government numrrr uf land warrants,
now stands convicted ia th5ee separate cases.
Charles Cresmer, who figured sxtrnsively as a wit
ness against Reh. rD was yesterday also arrested on
three presentments by the grsnd Jury, and held to
bail in 5000. A man named h, nry Meyer, was
also arragned for ifhl uu the change OF being
Hected with the same scb Ulr or fraud.
A man named Henry Barnes, yesterday NOR
ming killed himself, by cutting h.- throat from ear
TO ear He had threatened 60 commit suicide on
the previous evening, ard yestrday morning
his body was found near the ryrr's edge on Locust
point.
We continue 20 have variety Of most singular
weather. The ibern onsteT for the last three
days has ranged over 81 drPrecs, followed at night
by heavy storms Of thunder aud lightning. The
storm on Thursday nlsh was Gre Ia-rtous, and the
peals OF thunder moot awful several houses were
s..nck in the city. but serious 4 mage was DONE
Captain Henry W. Harvey, e the schooner
Eleanor, which vessel broughr over the bermuda
convicts, was again ARRESTED, Yesterday, on 4
charge Of violating the poi, ieguaions in not re-
| porting the nance, ag->, snd equations OF hrs
passe ngers, and judgmsnt iu ru-s, 10 the amount
| of about $500, gwen sgaiasi hin,. He appealed.
| on the ground that ~ passengers and himself
were all seized, long bctoT. tny reached the city
limits the former handcuii,d ana seat to JAIL and
himself admitted on bsi
A fine ship, Of 400 tons burthrn will he launched
| this morning, from IN. ward ut 1r Flanagan. IL
is built for MessTs. Hugh JeLkiu & Co, Of this
cit
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the Erie railroad, at olsaa, Allsgany county, in
this State, down the valley Of the Aogany river to
Pittsburgh distance OF about $50 miles They men
ton, san Indictment to this prosct that New York
would thus the best route to the valley of the
Mississippi avoiding the passage over the Allessny
Mountains. We think it woull be better for the
trade OF New York with the West to complete the
ssnssss valley canal to olesn, and then call upsn
Congress to improve the navigation Of the Allegheny
river, from olesn TO Pittsburgh by which means We
should have an inland communication, by boat nsvi
CATION with the Ohio river, and other Western waters
without passing through Laks Erie. The Genesee
valley canal is than half completed, and engi
nsers have report ed favoraby the improvement Of
the ALE gany river all of which would cost less than
the proposed railroad, and be advantageous to
trade.
The amount received for tolls all the New York
State canals, during the third week in September,
was. SlSs.slE oil
Game period In 1919. l37,lss Is
Decrease in 1850 .....,......... S4375 "a
The aggregate amount received for tolls from the
commencement Of navigation to the 22a September.
inclusive WAS ....'......... 500 vi ~
Same period In ls49.. 2Oe4so1 81
Increase In 1860. s20l59 10
Amount Of tolls levisd-on all the New York State
canals in each Of the following years during the third
week in September and the totals up to the 22d Of
September, inclusive -