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. iswwswigjjajas mm jt wat hew ever, trectaally done. TbeneC to 1 "V ItALEIUH.fN.C) 'IKT(D. WtlCLT. IT A trOl Tn of subscription ,Tbree tiol to be paid in advance No pa i.n 4t-uo mnntha ftftr I w die, and notice thereof abal! butt Siven. jteertiKxunt, not etceetfaig if ncr -TnT Uirice for oe dollar i for tventy-five wniv esh ;ub-sea-ot insertion and in i.ke poTOrtKwSrtere, there fliru- than.toiU'tenjril Ite caw I., l-i .1 It V " - - : , ; . , L mt Mccmnpany. those from persons MlW We .vrV- subscription can m any case uc ifv", 7 W -. lh u.twarJ'I l Hill HO (lis. r . - x 1 x a t vi a a Mil mkjww 1. . 1 - constructed, nor will they afford to safe and, convenient a d&yuuoq ai an umes a iaicri eaaal for the whole distance woul) d, Urge penjPB "cotrtinuw m-ie8iariiy exposed u toe innaenee or ine ireu-LVeir'tiut'Ptioiibe-leta an common in thia river, tn vuard aeaimt . - - . - -j , ; -j .tt" a w . in anv case be rtcJVcd without 1 5 J Kadvanfcci anJ no ais. tON. ".apt Exikds from the repartvf th iV. hL W " After the passage or tut idt M ;eonij f tilts staK eUriag vai d y.ir proerteilW at tlie Oct Wer meet tog r 18tG, prftcee..ed iaimedidtet to thd collection af rtrtf Ul.iMtal- ... .-i.-.-u 1.it hcpn rfprreil Attt a ctirt of certainly ai to the course the JcgislAlori rtttghtof cAj: ia rfemed ui eafih fin- ie eanaiiiu uovc ai iafdniltt whieu effectually would be a doubtfal undr taking, it vai thought advisable, therefore, to give up tlii plan,. . S f;f, l'lie second roate upon proper examiaatioa, was found to be aejrfectly impracticable, with tiiy regard to- theTuettas of tliis company. ;'i'ho third route Ihaviug been considered by foe BUber-nieriddtits and enzineert & being the most t'hgible in every reipeet for a aaal they uuve iberefore aiinulely examined the ground, with a view tor its focatt'til,f aud calculated the various work lirtessary to its 'construclioo. As the ground h whtei it utojt te made pre - senta various Jiuii!ritt.tiub as ctiflinff tbrouzh earth rfitt-a'n vi e,.r 6t m,iWij niakibg waM-if- lt(J'K049-rjr finUJtOfeineats, aua Jtfet TK4t riaVilv t JelQtihef loose or fr4td-, 4fc(f. 'to'' oyflrtw.'Mv: tvuich vvi! require rarioat grades tf wofk." ilie supefiiitendauts have ; been very pWucular in eiamfuirtg- each Scetioa- of the jprvpotied eauai, hive ealeuUted th number of perches of masou work, aquare yards 1st District 2d do. ' 3d,, do.. 4 ." . U Eitfvactfrom . 63 02" a - g232.966. i reuort of ifte Sumrinttmfikiktk trf the jioanbke Navigation Company to the JJitMtors at thtir meeltng in O'ctob r,1817. frfu.JtJ. L:'. l .' 1. ' .. ' '1"..'.' t.H" oojcciwa.wcu, iiai eoverueu me of ttiM Rmiri. oKc fi&yigitioii Company, since the last meet- uijfv' te Directors, has been so to improve meiiiajtiy a sale and couveuient cotnraunuatior. betM een the upper country and Rock : Landing, fortliisr to construct a road art und the greai T'f.l m&n nfcb the iipper und lowr naiiti. take wit'ii reanl to the existing eircuTtrtlUuces juing yard on tui iine"i4eanal, and I r ,w :.,it.7tUn Thi manur5 r8ulfpt inilowd, a they believe lroia U10 beat'i brm-in-iat.1 your treasury, on the fo-'uHb Pri-! lion iu toeir reach, liberal prii!e for the differ dav of liniiary last, six wef ks from the pa-'ent grade of vorkj the auuexed exhibit, to- saeij of the act, tne nt insiaimeui, i Humii,gvmci ,,iuij.h.i; u6 v... .tjme ameettmr of the bonrd took plaee at the .. - . If ll.. .... Lawn .iiJi!n.!r-ii,r,nS lUK nn Tii"5 p tny wasfaiiy orgRtiizcd the different ofdeerg afpoitfted and th requisitions of -the JaWgViie- ra2lj w;re carried fuio - ffect. t, ., Isiprce! with the tiecesity'6i.e4i:aeue' ing tha work at a early a period Ai poasrbte, and in rder to-employ the fund ia the trt'aftu ry, the board of Directors selected Co!. Cad walUtder Jjuzi, audiipv ChzrUfi Setffii nuiagrs and s u p2 r i to odatit . with fan p.wi nr ta acquire property for tho'Canipiuiy ind 10 citrry on tU. works towards pie. uavigiiion geueraily. They vvsie .however reqasied nar ticulafly to employ engiasers, and to make an accurate survey tit lie great fllj' for the pur pose of ascertaining the best route for a taiial .their report, (tnaderto-us at the meeting in May last,) on this ' subject, to which f beg leave to refer you, will give you all the inferm atioa we posses touching it. , , 1. With regard to the further opeatious of these geiitismen, it is highly pleasiog thai we have it in one power trooi actual onservaiion ftn J a detailed report, Which 1 submitted to' joa Ma m&ve tit us by tueat, to otate that tue iow rs mad authoNite 9ult la siren .tcka prudently exercised, that the operation .jf too forea by theai employed have been j tidieio.no ; that the engineers and agents they hvf brought iyto the service of the company are Morthj of etmfidenet and well calculated to act it the t'.if- ver and proposed canal will, it is hoped, place the" subject to , our view in the clearest manner it is buseeplible of. ' "' r " "" (Signed) X'AD.aON&Sj dfRiieht la OnitecT. until th cAnnl at . - p. - - - . ---T- -tfe sU tv lieeo eomi. T ih tf)ir tis. itm;..strtj.;,f35fip'f tb partial feotipecdy iiripryvenient til Riiptf jnteuJati bate the wore ceajily dowe so froni a aoavictitii'-tltni-lbe. feni9rary..;or1& .isras jnc-eeos'nry- tMbe seaeral and more iwrfect ulanl and would V iubseaocntlv useful in earrvins it raf-eftcetrArr: ZZ -7 C " T They haTe therefore batl aii eye ..to 'the , im portanuc of constructing their works Mith a view t lite add Ktsnal ad pmtftv't improve-' merit of the uppet navigation and have ordered lliein acrorqiugty. . S7 I he advanced season of the year at whieh operations were cotnuieneed, reuderei it diffi cult lo procure haudg and those ooly ut the h'bes rfttes, for the laborers - were generally preiig:geu the usual avocation of AD. JONES 1 '.iprifigg:u- ui tne usual avocation 01 tnat HAkLISSCOTTV c,tl98 f lhf e'mmunity. This ('ircumstance ad " , ' ded to the nnusuaJ high price of nrovisioBS and the impossibility of imtsiediate and Systematic $SVl A tii OK CANAL. tst Dtsi Hic v. bex'timng at llock Landing, C)W,arraseu.eut in a basiuess so uetv here, and em 6ndUti at Jon. s' VLui$, 17 H yards faUuf ferent iliTieres alloitedio 1 fheoij and, 'generally, that the ittiaVr of the institution aro it a train tbat will most probably lead to the hajpiet re sults. -(.' 1 Hf he Coinm i ssio 0 e rs a p pointed 1 0 reteive su b -7criptions under the Virginia ..Chawt, have -out. made' their returns to this uieetini.'butHve have tin assurance that the subscriptions in that state hav4 been liberal, and that nothing but enersv aiut a iroper application" of the means Wi'l be wauling to complete this all important ..and . des-iraMo. nnucrtaling. -: Report to the directors at their meeting in May last. . Ae eeablv to a resolution of the directors of jJoan.Qk.NarigatioaAQnipanyV4bi n- der'sigiied superintendants, with Messrs. James R. Mien and Robert Kvbson, Engineers, havt proceeded to examine tne. Falls of the Kuanuke river, from Eaton's falU, to the foot pi the great falls, with a view to lay oat the 'most practicable route for a canal at the sa d beg leave to make the following Three' "different plans for the improvement of tjiis part of the river have been contemplated and examined. : - '---f-'-v-r-"-..JV.-----1. By the first, It was proposed, that ho much of the f vills as is comprehended between Eaton's Fall and High R? fc a distance of seven ami a half mifes. and from 42 to 43 feet fall, should be ituprovtd by means of toeks, dams and ,"fiiieej " ant tnat th mud.-, ifxn frui High Uoek to v elden's Point, a disiane of & Oiiles, ahoiild be overcome, by n.ettu of a laral caiml t for further nariiculars with regard to this plan, relVrence tnay.be had to a report, madman he last meeting, by the President. Tho second route proposed, was to forma 'lateral canal the whole distance of 12.1-2 miles from Eaton's Fail's to Welden's Point, in terposing locks at convenient distance and ..places. . ''X.-... ---7-.;: By the thi'd route it is proposed to take the water out at Hock Landing, and by means of a lateral eaoal to carry it thence on a level ! to a brauch in Willis Alston's plantation, 3 1-3 miles distant, at which place it is contemplated to lock down 38 feet; thence on a leyel again to VV'elden's poin distant 3-4 miles,' where a communication with the water below the falls is moat desirable The fall from the level on tins point of land to smooth water below the falls ia 31 feet & 2-4 ioehes, and will require even locks. ' , ' , ' The first plan rroposed is certainly practi able, and in son respects eligible. By it a navigation cad' be jfTeeted at some less eipense Tpt time and mo ).han by any ether of the TPutcs proyosri x but at4he. same time, it is very - cwidont the m s cajtaot bq as durable when . water 16 X-iJeet. ! lf .Wcff. tt .?iiitrnits tw gateway yt sconej 6( uereots av jjti uiciud iiiff i.'.rt.Sic. . .... , Wiii tUio, 1JJ yards at .r yVrd arls of '.valliu, al 2i d. .'do; t'udi.I: SUU1CJ ' : 2d Section 242 yiifds of loose nct and " 74 j aids 01 walling VouJ Itock IsLind, a. qZ J tudupg ibe s.m"', at '55 i '! Seetign. 555 yarv.!' eanU, -to.upp4' 1 citu jones'lsiand, at, i$. . , 403 r.K-k iud iarih, to iowt, .1 of'JutNts' Ibiknd at 1625 ' '4- S59(J8' 500 4,8'JO 1,000 - 1,936 ''": " 1.S50 v 5.075 4A Section. 7t s afds of aUi')jr und baw- illg lu JOIWi M.ilUr s . .4, 4,156 2d orsTRioT, to High Hock; 3091 yards. Fall of waiev i6H-jett. Itt Section. 348 yards to poini Oelow MMfg-j : ' ; - jftP- . "S6M0-- 10 J mtts to ravine. 12 Aqueduct tbrrto. 44 yards, 2d Sec 137 yards" to a point of . SByrtto2d ravine, AqueOuci tor do- 44 yards, oJ 6'ec. 1$2 yards ot earth,' ' low yards to 3d rav me, Aqueduct for do. " 4AA'ec. 143 yards to point of . rocks, . .' " 231 yai di to Scott's Craig, " 44 do. around do. do. Hth Sec. 87 yards to 4th' ravine, ".omchIiicv iur do- asto'sut"s do.; Aqueduct for do. 44uy ids to 61U do. Aqueduct for do.' 2j8$ yards o upper point of ..lijh Kock,; 10 b2i yartts to tower point of l,3ii -4,408 5,838 oraciug ubjeets .turougU a coushJeru&ie exttht of cduutry, has bad the eff.;et very much to-. re tard tne progress ot tne wotk and to swtlljthe bill. of. expenditure j but not it is hoped bejuMd wnet migni uave oeeri reasonably anticipated. Tlie.Mnra'inseqtiautity of rain too has very much euibarrassod us & prevented 6iir pusliing the f iwprovetneots fls far ep wards as p otlitr hoold have done. Indeed there has scarce ly been a yenr in the last twenty so unfavora ble ns this has b ;en for wotking in the river. Tiie supcrintendunts are happy Kowtver to Sli'.e that iKiiwitbsitiudiog all 'those ffieulli- tht navigation fro 11. Danville on th Dan, and froifcl he Seven Islalidsjon the btanh ytj, lo Rock Landing,, at the bead of the great, ilis, i n a go-nl stale, and that a road ao-'Ut 'seven miles Jong from the latter place to tUt i'.w I of the iXtM, answeriiier it . is belivtd .all rt :::wtti; 4 fl ct; ' tam , tv., ii!i' a or so nearly 8 that tw vr iliree diiys work about the abutments of a ! ridge o vtr lie Clioeaott will perfect it. The? follotv j ihg (icuils wil. place to your view i;? a more iiarti4tatay t he works-4a-tW-ivef that hav engaged tne attention ot the sujionntend apts, aud tiie way in whieh they hab been ex ecuted to i,3ru U 3,4 Jt : ' 1.000 6 9i2 '20 3,200 1,000 - 5,112 7 1,0 it 50 ii,'..-) iOO 8,yov 21,351 25 4,675 600 "'"""" iti$ 3,00'J 10 4,400 4,000 interveninirfsaii ialta -j . . T . PMll M ctl-.r-i. . II t II I r . difficulties but were speedily overcome--1 in , f e to uuzaru ssiand lajls, where somt loose i..f fc only was tb Jbe removedTIi f niH i' 1? nvfi It la land falls, S miles distant ' tli " ployed here . ome tin in blewirg,dan.ir,K rtnd removme loose rotkw from whii,k 7;.i advantage has Wen JerivtdJo the4iaii;at.rii, but we ure sorry to aote that Air. J.l,. .7 taken sick here andHras unable to f on.nl. r. it ins se- latisfactory i manner wos desirable I hence to tbe upper juncti6 of ihe Iku and Steuiiton, 12 milits,and n obitrocttons-!- Thei te to HycolaJs; 7 e,iluv fcere the inani,eef at d so utaay of tbe hands were o,ek tuirit J,M.. necessary to encamp for a cek , .ULrte tail hav; berk BVltliaJtv ununvied iJ efea4: vwxytmttMifhakmnj rgtraisced to tolerate tin that rnyvlli rteiiine. pt needed ltfu):' manageieeiit el Mr. John son u JMiitoh, rj Isijf 35 miles, no mtistf hctit ce intejvenitig rf t :U u Tew"' fisti.dbiSTf' ft. il- on to UanviUe, 15 milts, theiv are son iew flbstruetiofls tbalt erf paitiaily imrrctfd, they wouia nave neen eoniletefy oiu bat u r Ire High, water and generaf sickness that prevailed among (be other handsL ? I be Stab nteh river hIWOs k cocfd nnvieuiion t . - Br ' k 1 h k a V- ' . iroui its uiouuuo tne 7 Island uisiabteo uuii s; here it is obslrnciedhT sheet s'iop of rajiio for ft , .further disiacctf 10 miles with stme intervening sbeets'of sniooih w'Wr.;' The com pany under UictfvcSion"dr''Mrr"'iiviirrfcn7XTui-'"t lios: together w it'll the lai. (is t-etii from Joiin sotrs company con tbenced work here end i;ad at thts last accctiuts from htm only oveicume ete half of these falls, the late pi riod at , which he oomenced bis operati'tibs edited' lohisli wa tcr aud the difiicuhy ot the tails has prrvu.ted i.jnore..rffit .rtr-si three fir iodr wiikhaa vtapsed since bis Taut rrturi; & it is probable tt-a.t during that tio.b be lius gi-ne on crTiSiderally. j he next falls sbtivv are ihose called ioj;g IS- ' land falls disfoitt a miles: the obsiruenf'B at the foot of this island erft S-4 iif a mile bit r tuo and a In If tntlrs l.igl ei np, there is fiio'.her obstruction the' less diffirult in every nsptct. 4 he superintendants wtre e 3 1 r c m e I y so 1 1 c 1 1 v a Jo have t lfectrd a good boat nat igation through ihrsK '-fulls during the present scsscn, lor by it an intercourse w.old have been I'penr.d with .tbe or, jutry tordering on the mountains thert being no obstructions of megnilbde for a very const- dernble distanee above these fallsi; but the ihiog was utleily impracticable for tbe rea ona befrrc mentioped. " T At.ai.her eowpuny of 12 bands ;under the mat;iiri'wnt t' Mr; Jrnf Barret tornnienrtcf the lliipiovehieut of the JUi at the riiouih of Smith's river in beptemher last, with a view' of opening 'it downwards lo the falls at Danvjiie several circumMauces concurred lo prevent wfBsures ueing laaen tor mis purpose at an : "rllrr period: 4he superintendants are never theless confident from the known energy and a- : biiity of Mr. Barnet, that a great dial wtrl be xHer preparing the houses neeensary for the t -ftecttd before the cJose of the sen son; The immediate' comfort of The han ti sod the seCu- f ork done "by Air, T Bttru anffTet rcn'aii.ing to nty f ; the- company provisioasi tools, 8cc. athe done is permanent und final as to that part worje which though done with the cheapr 4 Uf ll river cm fided to bifn. r r Hign Rock, 50 3d district, to Hudson's: MUti'288 yurds. .. 1st Sec 379 ai-tis to 1st ravine, Aqueduct tpr - 2,585 4,125 -24,573 do. 2d Sec. 759 ard to ravine hi Alston's pluntiiu&n, v 110 yards for locking down 28 feci,' , . ' '''. s' " - - . ':. a '; ' aa sec. i jy varus to isi ravine - b'elovv lick, . . 38. yards to bleep Mill, 517 do. .tjAjston's Cotton Ma chine, f" 1,895 1,590 3,485 10 3,795 20,000 22 1,650 3,8000 ;,795 2,585 fyh Sec. 49 i yards wuste for '( ravine, 363 yants to 3d ravine; 165 do. to 4di do. 176 do. to 5th do. 132 do, to point of rocks, 132 do. around do. 446 do. to Moore's ferry road, 5th Sec. 100 yards to 6th ravine 895 yards to 7Ui do. . 33 do across do. with waste, 292 do. to do. 8 do. 66 do. across, da with' waste, 441 do. to. 9th... . do. 33 do. across do 221 do. to 10th do. A 66 do. across do. do. 1034 do. to 11th do. do. . do. across do. ' 1336 do. to Hudsoa's Mill, fA distriot,o JFilden's Or-' chard at foot ofjaltt. Arch over Chocaott, below mill," 1600 yards of cutting thro earth, Bajthnd locking1 4owa5Lfeet to water . -8,035 10 495 12 4,356 5 825 5 880 5 " 660 -25 3,3(T 12 5,352 , -15,868 12 1,320 6 5,370 12 396. , 5 1,460 30 1,980 5 9,205 . 12 396 5 1,105 ' 20 1,320 5 5,170 360 .6 -1,015 -29,088 5,059" 8,000 50,000 ..." . r . . . . ; . . . matti lais required considerable time and In the hands were employed directly ln euttvjf th company r'-ad: thev were ensased i.l this busincts-until tbe latter part of June, when it wa eonlemplcted to put thani otr the river to sluiiug, but the water being high 'and eontinu ing so for some time, they were placed on the line of the canal to grub ml clear the route ol the same of -this work about tore e quarters of a mio has been finished. . About the period of the last general meeting it wwi thought necessary to iinproV Katon'a falls f4be first above Hock Landing ruquir.ng; injDrovemenO bv means of a. canni and Inplr.j and for this purpose a contract was made with Mr. Thomas Palmer, but it being found upon further examination that4he object in view might be ht ai ned in a in 0 r e d es irab 1 e - jn a n iter as regarded celerity and expense, by a sluice through those falls Charles Y. John-son who was employed to atteud totlio slnlcing bnsiuess on the Roanoke, eomineoCed his operations at this place and has made a very safe und con venient passage through the, same, 4hV sluice, however ia susceptible of further llnrfVove'ment by ibe removal of some rock which e old riot be eltcted at the time the bands were "gaged thei y ou aceouut of a swell in tLe river which drove them off, during ii cohlinttariee 1 hey hav ing been sent down to Hoek" Landing were set to blowing and raising rock for the work con templated there, on a similar occasion fhey wore subsequently '"employed jit the same busi ness and a considerable nuantitv of this rnatet Hal has been prepared Eaton's falls are situ ated five miles above Itock Landing, the fall of water is 7 fset 11 inches in a distance of something more than 200 yard ; from Eaton's xur. jonnson proceeded to Hamblin's falls dis tant four miles, in whih ntn innlndAt lt.Aau a!. led Rei Banks aqd Alien's fallA Him- are k- boutoue and a half miles in extent ami make ft fall of ten feet, they have required more time and labor than any other obstruction above Rock Landing, there being? several ledges of solid tock1: requiring the free -use of the drill and powdert'-the operations here.w.ere a. good deal impeded by 1 eason of the wter being too high to work 40 advantage f neveritheless a good navigation Las been made over them. Xbcnee to Ballard's falls distant two miles. they have been advantageously improved Thence to JMyrick's falls, threa miles; these For information respecting the expenditure of the present year, the superintendants beg leave to refer you to an examination .of liuir aecompts hen with submitted and to the hoeka of lnTrCasurer. CAD. JONES, Y , CHARLES SCOTT. $ p" Congress of the United; States. 63,000 ' reaIsejreU improved Thence to Harseford MEMBERS OF THE FIFTEENTH CONGRESS, TO-BE TJONVENKto Of? THK SIKST MONDAY 0 DECEMBBK KEjtT. w-aitpsAtrr-lavMl . ti a 'Morrill, ..Jo seph Storrr. .'' ',- y.:-;-' $Iassnchvjietts. Harrison Gray Otis, Eli P. Ashmnn. '' " - Rhoik-Idmul.-WiIliam Hunter, James Duriill, junr. ,'.' '' - Connecticut. DavidDae;gett, Samue, W. Darin. .. . v;- ' '-'f ... I'mnuni, l)udly Chase, Isaac Tiche tior, . :tzT.:-.:y ,.t:,,;.;l:,...'.:.,'....:::v blew', tvrtfwia King, Nthati Sart f.rd. T.'-1- t Jirew-Jerhy'fointa JrlYilsnns ' Mabloit Dickn'son..'.'sif;" -. -; "'.; ' y ' TPenhstjfcania Abrrer- Lacock, j una. Roberts, " . ; V.V; ; ' "" : ; r . tZcte7tore.--0terbrjdge Horsey, Nicb. Van lTyke. k - . . Marijland.--Tl. H Goldsborough, AUxan dcr C. Hansi'Ti, rirctnifl. .J?tlhcs Barbour, fjohn W Ei IK'S.'1 ' vortli Carolina,- Nathanii Macon, Mont fort Stkes. , - ' ' 'fi'oiirt CcroftVtr. Jrihn Giallaid, William Smith. . , Georgia hailea. Toit, George M. 1 roup. ; " ' Kentucky John J. Crittenden, lsliam Talbtdt. - ( : J fTenrieme.3bn Williams, 'JGccrpe W. Campbell. ' ' . OAio. Jereiari. Morrow, Benjamin Rug gles. . - If. I
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