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II 0 I! 11 0 i t J lit i t ' ' i i l'kl. tK Afpr ',nf tWHni.H V Eaton1, fal a in lhriila li.'T feel .Had-l i 03 V ;tebims- ofiMccUaraitfeadbiatibdrmectiOg m April J last 1 1 K W Fift?; Cents perj W mdmli to perform tbe. dpties assignefl ipw tpr-riM s3?rti whoH Ty people of CUrkfriltc; mostptomprtj I A Cri the Who!eam at pn ' paymeni, re n()ed l0l,Bls cfIorl of ors byppoinT W.lSiip fWJl3f.V. tinff Tucker Carriritoq .Esq, toacccnjp W Si wwog e:wkv m from whom i-1: rece red - mucbr assi iU eacl.ff Advance ith ni5 I C . : : - Ki 5 SfflSmM 1 From - the Hon: Walter Coles, and ."the "f5-T dT h ' ' tiaiiajby procuring land gitmg ui letters U iti Mcbarked three Dullars mall cases. . , itficlsons , our foiite most capable ofj aidinj bnt at the op- acqirainlance of rainjr persons iu tho city irgeaj are paid cf jtaLw York, and Ihe States of j Copnecti- tUEiiwriuBtesl-Ul airearj Ul fetters Ahe Editor rnost: be fosf lht,jertiof?team M ilimiseItlieT will certainly w vDO WaijDrl "lb T B, Wakeraan, Esq. ; jjto. '-Iff n Ur Vt Hl--- .I ArhMcan Institute of New. York, Alfred I dir -iAoTi-aTiaiwa m m " Sf&iili, Esqw of Hartford Connecticut,: and Vrmm CiVfe SteirW Esq r of MassachubtlsT I &WfrwJ', foVd genUpmen wttl acquainted With the Smtementl will be inserted for ess , . wy wre nol ony u.ing, but r ; .-itJ ... mntinaed antiUorder' 1 irT . - uki.,i -. OVAr. -ted to stop ihera, where do airecuon j bjj I- And-altbough we -ipplied Wiofifly jfent' "4' tofdojoue who did not manifest the greuteat imirZch Mua.e w, iness toistiuV yet 1 should be do- Wf u:Vrffilere of changing the form every ing 'injustice to myself and one of the most ibc.prpege c, vaufteand worthy men in New Erighod, wledge the great kindness and service rendered us bf Alfred 'Smith &$q, Mr," b. HKM m nis country men. is ensageu in us- ness, 10 woicn ne aevotes aioiseii wiiu gre3i assnJuitj; and his worth being duly appreci ated ty bis fellow townsmen, much uf the puliiil .business is .thrown on his liands. Nptwitbstanding ell this and although at thtihie of our Visttjto Hartford, he vraa su pcfn ending the erection of a large public building he gave Us many hours of his time every day during our sojourn in that nty tie bad beenisupeitnleudent ,of all thfiniprovements ovriUo Conneetitut Riv erjland knew all the facia in relation to them4 He gate me a duplicate of te pro fileof the, canals and locks arumid the ciil a pd Massachusetts, best Acquainted with navigation in shoal of the 1 p Hi' i .. i- .' v I kni Salisbui7,;Scpt. 3, 1836. v,nRTION OF. THE UPPER; AD- falls; and a survey of, the river, made . 1 '-.tl it.v. Li.Ut' sniirfinli.dn .Vial: wo re UM Willi M'v HIUllWlil'a'IBiuriiuji ibJlil!6bg larhcleoirj lhe Danville rnk theWhiect!of Steam Boat Naviga- Min:Wppe Ru4ntke It Was dee.ned ot S . i !f f- ' it - " - t - . tooMiinjKrtaice W the citizen oi l nai region iiilirMlarotshed Itwvlhe fHeiwrtpr by the jiaiiM ;J)C :;the laitejr pa per. Whatever is tftHaigation :if the Roatoke, Staooton ?il)ai ilivewi abptiea ffith increa$ed,importance Ijti'taMtiWalt. rovyj, NVe, have itetij IMatvSfe with the pan and Roan sasSieii:M i the Vadkin, and w have not the biiibesUiUon in Averting that lae natural con- l tfUin 01 loe laahin rs tar njure lavurauic iui irses ofslpara boat navigation than the ether. Hffonol think there is any such fall as the :$M Fall .(mentioned in the report beiow) twea Ball Mountaia (Lft the lower part of biftfcjwj For sevens telghty iiouleai pi .-ttiejUihrer above thw fK.veare assured thtf three feat i4 clear navi l&M e:v$tiined: a law water withnu!l n,fna that the rest of lheBrijer to VViltes W, ub gome additional expense can a( all arts of tli jj year be made suseeptiblrt of xbearur NiWijir twufeei' water, ll a boat drawin! nlbw cati be ti'srd on the Connecticut hprvutsl we are informed ih the follwinj Mimit liatemen w liat hy to hinder the up per Fidkil from' benlj; bsed lo . I lie very utmost rTaagpiSaluM t al Hall Roat be carried as aiplaied frorn.tle t'ad kin above the Nsrr'ows ?pele.--Ve baye long ,unlerstool the itKe lacts Staled io ihe.falluwing ar he itruel tat tKpv hate nvcr bf(rf ;oui- uia abape so .imposing and perUctly sat J--PXf:.Bal ints iniarioattun-- ,a upeirmj; ierestlng field ot enquiry to; our up the Uij ttfh!?ots :ts 0re dawrt uf a new era ut Ki thein but to the Slate." Of the Catawba T we are hot so well informed, but deem rlfeattoa is calcuh led .'gwii ly to cheer nones alsof.l Ve hazzird little in savihs?. ie 13 ho shoal ori that stream for 1 00 miles jMf gS aa diMcaK a the F.n field smiat. "a.wtch"mraf-tlwii iiinetkei ikch eiMo be "obtained at cnnimjn Water. We matter ,Ui the enquiring 'and intl" a optUltijesei III vers.; i Ltiiisideria how yjtis take tl tall uf. water in agr; I bis tlirection;---which 1 will send you under for the the ule of the Hoanoke Company, by first opportunity,. 1 j K vry peson to whom we mentioned the obpciof oaf vifit to the north and east, in- vanatiy oirrcwfu, us iu i uuuias piaucairu,as the: man to be consulted and employed by us. I jiideed the unhnimily with which all recdniuiended Mr. BlaDrhard was astonish-ing-Lut when we iwent to Jlartford i and SpHnfTeldt and saw the steamer MasSachu se he? had at Springfield, we too, had no d B:s ability to put steamboats on the Kuan- okif; it mortal man could. exlraoriitiiary man was a common artiaj, in iheUnited States' Armcry at Springfield, cndl was totd by Col. RobU, the S'uerinlendent. that he had added im provment in the machinery there, until if wou etts, Jascendiug he Eurleld falls, amjl what tefhad done in the United States Armory Unibt'kif Mr. seem to be as peifert as the ail and iioYhpalVfaJli! 1 fe Thenczf.rnila abqie T ibesejjwov (hattc no jiame ta - designate-luj fall ; 5.95 feet VugFUl3,W& (8M : feet uorse-ford fall in two.mues 8.95 feet and Bdtcber Creek, beinj twomilei long, fill irfona mile.5,60, and in the other o,50 fect On the Dan the only ones I, shiir notice, those of Hycp-they ; being ltbenly clh siructioir for; some $0 or 60 miles above Clarkes?illd; These., falls f aie-aboat- 1 miles long, fall i2;89 feeu -i On iher SUun lonj, Tally -s laltr are 'th'e on!j;obstacle'to Brooknealanil tl is useless tojiotice an other ton lat rivw; Here, the Suiiey is Itoo inaccurate to enable me-to ascertain the diSf lance to which I3af5xed the tall mentioned; but as welf as 'I cap: understood rt, the ra pid's must be about ' li miles in -which distance, the whole fall is 15.23 feet: 4 i " I will now beg leave to conduct you ; to tbe Connecticut River, and lay before iou some minute statistics. Ftom Hartford' (below which, the Triver is free from anf'" obstruction to the loot or Mneld tans is 12 miles, fall not more than two or thret; inches to tbe mile, and the water smooth Eufield fajls nearlr 5 miles from bead to foot; with bne'mile of slack water between! trie upper an; lower fans exiena nearly 2i milcsYlialf a mile. of which is slack rwat ter) and has 20 feet descent principally, if not enlireiyf confined to two miles, there are a succession of rapids one. or two of them greater, than tbe others. After f tbe termination of the lower falls, one mile of? i slack waler; intervenes; after which,we cprae to tbe upper fallSf being one mile io length. and having a descent of 10 feet the j de4 scent is. unequally distributed, being most of it in three bars, namely at Enfield bridge Mad Torn Bat and Surf Bar From the head of the falls to Springfield, is 8 or 9 miles -and from thence to the foot of Had ly falls, is about 8 miles farther; making the distance of 16 or 17 miles, from one fall to the other-in all which distance there i slack water, and fall of only a lew inches to the mile, One mile below Hadly falls, however, you have Willtamausett fills bnj- i fig not quite such hard water as upper Ln field falls Ihdly falls have a descend of; 50 feet iu s milts, around whu-h there are; locks and a canal through which, all boats; and rafts are obliged to pass. From, the head of Hadly falls to Miller's fall's is 35 l i i ' . " , :' mues witn snna and gravel bars having by actual admeasurement, only between 8 and 9 feet; fall in the whole distance, i A bove Miller's fills there 13 more rapid water where steam boats have been tried without much success owing, it would sfem, more to the want of employment, than to their inability to navigate the river. But to return to Er.field falls (wheref we have actual experiments and well attested tacts for our gmdrt) several boats were put on the liver and abandoned, bi-fon? tliey got tme to. succeed. '1 here are now lvo pjs sage boats, and 1 believo two tow bpats. The passage boats aretiie Vermont and Mas saehiisetls the former intended to run in I w water, is 75 feet long including wheel. client; trnon fsTcr2re.' can only I J firinavijittda csvearmonUis in ,t!;3 jecV-J-H is; ieXWnnd f forlV" ree months ?nd iislf, llzsi hrear !i Ir :r) and tfca water ij too lowri for ons : u half dahfTa HaftfonJwlio4 is the proprietor of fLoVlsist bbttoit tha 4liitciaha Ockmul jeVand'Ockoaee IriTers,! wholirformed me thattheyrwere Mtirelynccessful. i:Was also informed by : Mr ftjDopelaridi; Hart ford.th4t hf ?ha isucceeded iri putting a steam boat onithe St LaWreneewhere the falLwas much greater than iat Enfield rbiit Mr. O. is in engine mxbr nt 1 I M f r.v- - - - fepuwuqn, ana a rnan pl,; high sUnding. Mr BIanchatd;haslso sticceededi (though Kiot to the same; extent that he has on the jCouiiecucbH in taJuinir team-boats on th Kennebeck, Q?nesee, and 3squeanna'ri jvers : in; the fatter, he I informed! me that lie, nau ascended some hair a d.ien m il Mams. . A''is ooati nowever. did not run Jlon? and she has obi been repaired, or re- oy anoiuer are cmad U b eipabTe of aseendiig w wsa tapHi unjaiiej, cowever, would soca follow the iat rodiictlon of he former; and I hate ltltUMoobt thpy caobe tnrnea to .L;, Way I not tope.- in ! coaclusTon iaai Hfci. V..CV I leci vr in engage the attentie-idraKoui tttf? crgrauo. suaiuuie iBe enterprise fthefl!i-'ht-ened and patrbtio suns tf those T:T?lr r?fl ftiU vallaja AMentljrhoPTi.git n.ay,;: ;Vt . - r.-l lnia. dear sir.' i , ' J . -' vYour obedient sertan t,f; ; iL , -1 v .iV f 8. HICKS bAUBACUE TcTjUIU STOBElli " The const iluents of the .Hoh BellImt Stobier gave .- 'a , splendid bafbacut, in S bis honor, at Carthage, seVen toifeV frb'm pin cinnaloatheA6th instant. tt unOMtun atety liappsoed tiowevetv that "lr. Sry whc bad been 1". visit lo hik f fr iens in. Maine, drd not receive the invitation tif tbe ceivo the notice of the exa.rt day apooioted until his arrival 'af New ;tork on Sunday, the 3 1st' of July , lie immediately tovk passage in the mail line, and fravelled day the .cH : .my power;- Jn- common wiih U IdTsSiUr5 ' :H crallv. fept .rj,. .1.1 v i trail j, feel a iasttnride fa iha hWi'n art J characterof r.Stowi indtbe "distiiwT- ul cScsii daties? but f rticd4:i;u'v ; w ent'defencxif'thrwellriK ' !' ed reputation of General ffarrisoiL a4 5 . - pleVcandidatefor the Presidency from tn wanton assanln of hisleneiniev Otitic " bim to their warracrfgraiUude ai,dai-J ;tPermit;me to offer you the Yollawinaea timent: . . I . . f 'The Whig representation in Congress u x By their firmness and perseTeranco Ihry Ten!eflcime gnrspW-ihs Spoil. men. the surplus revenue, ' and - rm'a your obedient servan t BENJAS1IN HUGGLFA Jiessrs. JosenU rierceL &e.' - - . 4 4 T irr n.;!,, . i . uu nignt, with Me utmost priclicib o ex- A vuiui,f kum-oie WEST. PUB- Here. prrh3p w,.h strict propriety ray peduioS. The- boat on rtlMrVhe wisf.- ! '' ftp V il4ni V' ' Mr.- pn, necessanly U,e gtoytai om b(.ci', , . 5T. iS ' ITkAtmUKontof ades of public ladw S t S' P!''g .'" ' been a, ,l,e ta:,plifc:A!rt t e1h7'PecW,r K .W . 'old jdraw lorth a tienial of Ibe facts stated, and -Ii-j; 112.4 tor tnanv years or occu&ied Onlv bv. a d- 1 a am ruiri a.i 111 iiipu 1 w h vnr w 'sniKiiiiiii.a 11 1 a : r . . - j j w witfof man could make it the prinrtpal of ISfeet wide draws 13 inrhes. The Mis wtijcti, howevei, is the machine lor turning sachuselts is 97 fert louij, including wjieel gitil socks,and any irregular figure. But the (whiebisiuherern)l3ilVot wid lraws22 itiiproverneiit hr which, p rhaps, his oua I iitclu sof water when Uot u,fe hastwotngmes tryfwijl bo -.iiiost iniltKod to him, is his of 17i h(rse power, earn. 'Aboard of this slifiiboat for shoaj w ?ter it miaht be- hoat I panged over E:iri kl fall, three li.nW more appropnate to call 11 an inveniioo She can carry 75 p-isseng'-rs, h is no 'accm-i ior ill) is ouiit on a new principle, j 1 his uiodatioiis for iimIii or meals but co-nftirt Sfl1111 I lost no time engaging for our able cabins for both ladies and rentie:nen.j sejice; provided you should sanction it In ascending the lower rapid 2 miles By promptly adding your request Jo mine, she cleared ihem hands..me!v and with nsk yod w.ill8toi. have an opportunity of jearn- in 42 .nn.uK-?; :i, wiin she went op the in&lroin Mr, p. himselt, what he Iran dune, uioer falls f heina f xctlv one mile . in 23 land wliat he can do on oui river. minutes by my watch, n.-scendins, little proceea to mention j such or no stm 13 used aseon ding, the boat facls a I have collected, and 1 shall also is quite obUlieut to the helm; hut when the T 1 ' v spme conclusions 1 nave current is j extra ainui, aroused th Iriwii Ifom these facts rimo." hwever. keen hr i le uiv desreml iiu she is alsto is: '.' - I i ; - ' euiireiy ignorant ot cnirineerin? rnever I Ki. frHil i.v a i,.u 9r ;:. .at..o viaiiwi? HPH .my;attention; dnected to such, pur- hnp fiom "11 irtford to Soiinyfitld. 26 mtlesi; sus.)j my coiiclosions must 'be received and bi'koiri Mio in five hours, and re- ieai allowance 1 turning in -21 hins-has run with regular . lVflull,.inT . null fl I J 1 1 V I EIT. I III H II I IJfll I TM CM cDO Inr tmlr f , 1 Al(1 t A unfriendly criticisms on the conclusions anu reasons wiucd l shall give. The im provement made by the; Koanoke Compa ny, have brought into existence so many jival tchemes fr! mononblisin? the trade Of the upper country, that almost any opin ion which may be expressed, will he cAor tai? ascribed to a wish, to promote one, or put down another. I have what to me is a considerable interest, in the .Roanoke Comnanv. and I am entirelv nneonnerted with mj other of the various and cpnflict- jing interests on, or pertaining to'the river. it t t' I. : i . .1 " - 4 . . . .1 oavt? ipoiieu at iiii3 suDject exclusively as a stvck-holder of the Company and jqvery thing I have done, jatid what I shall ay, will have no other end iu vieiw.'.but he ad vanoeirent of that interest. I V The chois't import-int conclusion I have iiome tol ls'Jthat steam-boats can be put on '.I . T I ' . . ! . r.. uie ioauoKe ana us two principal tnbuta- pries, Willi profit and success whether Ihey will be able to navigate the whole )l" Uoanoke, Dan and Siaunton, remains to t. i i : . i . ' it . . i p.e icsieu oy acuiai "experiments ; out mat Ihey caii be successfully and profitably ein- )Ioyed on a large part of all three nverS, find tluhlioo", -without the; Com party's iii- currin much expense in further nnprove liiieius of the beds of the! rivers, 1 have as pitlltj doubt as I can have of aiv thing not jyet demonstrated. ,1 he facts a6ove staled, jl lhi!ik, abundantly warrant tins coneltl kimi. There is but one-fall on the Hoan oke greater than that ol Enfield ; there is uiot one oo IDan. or Siatiiito.ii, for a consider able distance up both streams so great jjWhy then, (it may be asked j tn;y we. not ascend our; rapu!s as wel as they do those pu the Connecticut ( f From the head of -Puck's fall almost to Danville there is no rapid equal to the falls of Lnfield by several feet to the mile ihere are but three which can be-Considered a opposing hny real ditUcuity name ly, lb H.irselord, Butcher's treekjaid ihe Uyco fails. Tie ll.irseford has 8,9o feet lull in twt miles,' Butchvr's tre.- k, has a fall of 5,6i feet in one itiile. and 5,59 feet in the H(ier,and llyco has 12,89 feel fall, in one uiile and tliree-qairtersi ; j Tiie onlv idll tii ihe-&iaiioit.i; beWw Brpuk-n'-altuf any inagnitude, is faliy's fills, wheie tie JejH'eiti in vnt uilrt arid three-qHlirters, is the .rnmrun. n.imm., ndl .bin I pendent tenantry. , rheiowner and culti- r...i r-,- t .ts - .il- vator of a single I community, than the monopo lists of thousands of acres, permitted to lia Judge Burnet presided ct tqe table, and Ja4ur U a fin8,e nnamwn. greater Dene- explained the cauies of the absence of Mr. "7 M" djourned. That portion of ,t which took W and unculu rated. Some p an must v Inroad leading to the city, had not pro- be adopted to encourage he actual setUer, -Ja-a . ii. - and avert the calamities Which ban oyer ue of carriages ;and. bosemen4 and Z,?ZZ X: i " v air trCmbfedith tbe heers of tis 01? ?nM The whole companyUmediateiy turned about and retraced their, steps to Ai'mAr huuil A- kt - ' M- r - a ? , , ht admission ,of.Micnigan and Arkansas into4: Carthage,, where Mr. Store a addressed rT.,-rt- ni t,im n,-,!,. . ,MW r , Lj Lu 4 the, Union, all lands hereafter entered, are them (about a thousand in number) jn a . .ltkV,, .u.i-i 1 i 'r' v t-- .-r i : . ,i u ' subject to 4mineaair taxcm by nhose speech of eloquence and ability. He ex- staleai-h.Ve thr.avi,kt- f.4i tZ plained the cause of his detention ; spoke rljezU of his course in Conffress-of the ser- V- .u:Lu 1 - . I Hniu utuubtmutt tu iuq (tun wuipautes IO . .V special rr, tro passed a glowing eulogy, and concluded; Jy e.... an(i w.seoniinTeii. nfMn. the following toast: 1 ill J m ikiii ..;i.jJ:-i w w ww n n m aivwra iiini.ii - inn r 1 i ri ri ir ih I ha Knrii f ha tniA; erknrA ni I ' . - . . - . . f t. 18 - 1 . I wuwwww lirtwvtilfMlf wV Mylw4l VtUfUAUiVO r "if" v...r make ejj it.inense purchases ; in thU, izivins tht henceforth till all the. lands worth, the eu . try .will bq bought up, and remain perfect; ly useless, till their owners can get the price which they please to set up upon themvi xi ere is an evw we ai see. 11 io oe ; one ! wahofrihiit sme gpnilemsn living 1 .eattvaiehttoi tbiebbstraciiiinar'in- Iihese Ri-4 -31 ho lyrigerdeare. these mailers to njefe kturej bufl will faratsh s with the results t 0lnrernenti a rmimoii platnb, wilh ntai sigiitHiQ.it" cuh be' made in fifteen -iwtaks aaljiitQde such as this; !tt:!?0.!?iO?s cntin. can eive the dist V. tl iiv nr". . , " - s f?V-Ud taeSli tadesi and all tbe disian 15J fact uiakiiiii in all, tinly fpur places iu he 1,41s revocation ' People tbe true 1 source power, if. their fiist jduty is Idevolion to 'their country, their nublest impulse is grat itude.r .. t ; l; .: J'-. . . Tlie number who attended the barbacoe I .1 -JTfL ' . I J I is set nown Dy me vvnig ai ne inousann; 1 w aii know it to be me'The immn and had Mr. Storer been at home whn purchases for specuUtiorJ which have beer the procession started, and ajso had the raade the past vear will koat surely retard wetther been propitious, no doubt it would iherowth of hef StateV- Meh .wUi not have been double, that numer As it was, purchase lands of the ipicnlalot. at i higri1 V however, tbe affair ,wenl off agreeable, and price, when they can, b going a little far' triumphantly in an emmeni decree., , 5 ther, getthem at a less price. As the pre' 1 A leading inmdentf of .the day wag the fient system is, no stop can be put ta thisi presence ot the Hon, Joxathaw McCartt, rage jor speculation, It must go on and of Indiana, formerly a supporter of the Ad- increase. Ourmemberi of Congress ::ip'v ministration", w hat his sentiments now are, pgar to uke no effective! stand fagainst 'it,' nuy be divined from the following toast ; ; Legislation can remedy the evil,' and that By the Hon. Jonathan McCvrly, of In- alone. Then, why has1 no attempt been' diana The late order of the Secretary j jof made to ewe the diseasejwMcK seating it? the Treasury, demanding specie; in payment way into the very vitals bf, bur prosperity ! fyr the public landsr ri be precursor ofj a Why have hot the Westirn membersfirra new National Bank, the inevitable destruc- lv ani fearlesslr taken their itimVnt r! tion of Western banTts f and the currency ; fence ofState rights and State mteresU, and the withorawi 01 opecie irom cucuiauvii m - ' 'm ' m V - ' m ' ! ft ruinous 10 me ut-w otdit . vitw nous snarper, a poiixicaiprotngaie, an ene made to answer the end it professes; itjrs m to the West, a land beculatbr himself.' delusive in theorv, partial and mjust in ts whose sole hope is hung upon the fniscra operations; let the whole West as theyjrcj-. ble project of caucmingl himself intothe garo ineir iiutrtsi, wiui uc tiw, u&mauu j cresiueniau cnair,upon ine ruins OVtlie tree i -- if- tacis 10 oe ueiaiiec, some, account- ot the considered as good property, as any in New Kanoke.Dan and aunton Rivers, will be England- FShe, aswell as the Vtnnontras iirre3aryv jj ne lacis nere stated or those built by Thomas, Blanchard. Her ctewf! riversJare extracted fiom thesurtefs kc. 6f consists of 5 hands, iiiclmlimr ram am nnd Mfssir Moore, reported after the death of ojlolhr (:X oenyes are at.oli t C 1 On a rfinn t lv' Vnncijpargihder, by Mr. Isaac Etriggs. and cost aboul $"60Oi); btit owing lo thea! toJheBoard.ol Public Works. The dis- vance in labor and uiiteruis, it Ts probably? tadcefrom Kock Landing to Clarkesville. is that sucha bo Mau would nocost more. 1 A 6l!fttT?n ClarkesviHe to the highest ' ArountJ ;Etifieldrflls ss weK as the othW IMtnt jof he;survey upDan, is l25 j-and faa 0.1 thenverr, there ae locks and a:U' JfSm Weswlle to Jfae highest Wint bfthe ukl, through which the frekht andtowboais suye :iip? maunton, lS 109 miles The oass-thoiirrh the tow boatftiha.ne i t3 5:" ' H """""'M vivr3- i jtineiu rails, it is touna to be oestio go ve, m i 150.60 leetraverage fall, perl mile, throhah rh n.l. ThAciWA i,-nin 'II Jff1- i WM,e Tttn ClarkesviHe ot carry 150 ions, at the ratetofl'1 miles ah: lif . tUp mues surveyed oPthe Dan Riveras Jimirr ? hnt r.eriei,r nm ihai 'iA,' ot1".i -fnt-j-i, u ti .Ji in-- U ah . r. ,r. irTi ZnyZl : Y.Z 'V1? p5tV'f,,Mw lhan tnn ,s much. better, The.AVij urero;in; tu rentr'.ihe rivers accfssiule fto seam riais f.r Ur-sjy opwiirls uf uue hum! mi nnls, ufi Hit? U a:ivk ard pain, and about fifty on the Siatiuiixi, , If nothing ele cuuld Oe dune bat lu lescu-? tbes xiriioo it iheriy;rs, frum the state uf contparativ uselessefs in..whiiih they at present are, Wituid it be. hUlh:g r. Jt apars lume thai ilise iinprteniepts,. (if indeed any are rquir?d u be uadef) caQ; be doi by : I he tinpany i't arioii lima, auj iwuil riuvjiuw cjr pensa. ; ! at Wn:$le tiiai the Buard ot Direci urs,ii tUe.ii l Ui mev;0u4,.dirtied that the woik htMiht.b5 cnioeac?'diat lluc): , landing ; bJlI think ihru -I'p Of iiQint ?.ne-headif Pugg's jaU,amJ uedivWing the fiist Utwr on tbe llurfie linf. Bau-her's Creek fails j Hyco falls and Tal ly's V sa ubfUius.that yoo ought to da, 4wtat I aiuiure;thrtB ard wuld dp, Jiad ti:ey now jtu decide tuqtM4ioh aain. ,Oar policy is,t cer laiidy iq appl oar jabar sa as ta upn as . much of ih iri ver af twej can, 'f jo jhe .shortest time, and' With ihejh'ast expnse : jo what other way can it;otjduhe.? t jjt .4 : --;;; Let u consider fur a moment, that these four obstacles aieremuved;-and steam bjats cah navi irate the rivers above supp.iteed ; there would be an immediate, easy and exjtfUi.tions commomca- II y the Commtl t - V suffrages of an indepehqenij-yeisometimci-Uteepngmeiiiif too-confiding peoplef Vhy did they br: Hon. Jonathan SlcCarty, thcemcient and pose the Laud Bill I y e ask this em pha t- fiithful repiesentativeibf the 4th rongres- ically Wiy did themcpoUfihl Clonal district of Indiana. A jersonal wit- Hill ? WViHjan!! .3tV. KNiwtheyall ness of ihe corruption among ; tbe office- knew, that the Landfill woi themotVllb- ieei wnoie Ian 01 A innmii. irrtm 1 'iinbuc. 1 1 ai .n ii.-. 1: r , - . -1 . - i n ,; L - . n - "tn i.i.j .1 :,;l5-?fY r109 ra surveyed, is ft22,61 cended a rapid of 9 ' feet' in1 -ihe milei-toti by rouoiog stage ra short idisu nee jduwo.the M-T rT"- 8 11 Hf,u,,e.Vo iequ .11 ling up 2lj tons her engine ' is' 20-borsot riverKiwu MaMfiiiaAuu i auuiiuiu ui . : is iT5:rr r? 1"a 1 power, ana sue cost Denveen 1 our ana hve2i""" . -t 1 rr, v"' . &-W.iUW&t W t.tn4tauhtoa.?WW thousand olliVaT Aniadler tails "afier tfo lotw ouwomiiigw pre vent irTi-'r 'fcki!,,-iI-,l'K-- -;t-'.":-' ttkwtowtotlirt tlwi:;ii that 4 iuif ii-ilh fa iL-i ii, - uo a cay, ana we can uuoa i T.i"i T7.1V" 7 r -V3 1 "e laiis, ana carriea up IO Alllieiot lallS. I eacn Such nirraaTioQ wbpl J ffiviJ-l? fejf ? I Vf g" - Before steam boats were used, on tbisriver U Hfijuirat hoVethfal!s;t6 l:W:t friouentlt the!raieHf fbehofri fall. ZZ&f vZMA il! ktk; "SS pppjni'ftCf ANQKfe BYfM EANS in Oiemnei fii mighr defy -all ;the toowben ; theV, were woDelled br do1! bMUUATS.'' i&liALLUW 1 Seated forublicaVion-intheFar:. yi ' Iners', Uegister: V . ;J rv T. rV cei-tie,Vuie 4Qf- 1936jl y power oC man or ateam: lit other ir.stan- j and 1 was told that U ;wasas hard ces1 too the sutveyjoftly giTes the "lall) wo men could endure: it frequently c - -i - ;: .77 . mvr.-l""lvov uw " 64'W,;7 " uiy ,10 get one urine 01 from ktface.fo' placeisb;that the distance lYalk' $rtniWH-WiMmAn. ;r 1 T ? . , . . I , 3I -m i ww w VVW IfttU W7 al VWWW r -r uwwu. r 1 uia vtcura 1 uoin 13 appiiea to passage, and tow ooats-s rnost frequenily :on th3 pan and Staunton and it would seem from -this, that Vbere" i r "fv ,rMr' . no roue man can pus a a ion op a current, by means labor as- consumed the over them ha succeeded KohV. V - . ,i 'r ""r '"J tW3 aiia,maceuoanoi Epoleisteam - Roanoke NaviirationCiorananv 'ck wh rh ;mhim in i , !V-7 7r- can be employed 'with sac passenger would give ine company reveqatV, than all tbe other tolls pat together.' As to the tills between tba head of Pugs fall and Rock Landina, and tbosa high bp on the Dan and Siaunton, ihey"; would . be atieodod ' to, f -a. " - 1 . J.i j f Viennese iuur places snouiq ne pat a waer. tniOKusot improoaDie mat toe la, mues oeiow. Pugh'a fallwUl reqoire more Jabor afd expense than all the others: if so, the river : being im- proved above, woold give ns. ample, te venue, to worK.oo.ana remove these oasuiiciwos v , juuk suppuee we 1 which steixa-buata cannot oTcrcome view it io its worvt ascect. ahould we be obliged to ; change kcats.and have bassenzera and . baj gage parried around such a place, still we . shall j. -.- a . a : I .-" ina some pioce on ine j t c cannot! ascend y , If steam it. .machinerv' may ; and to ntion amoni? holders at Washington; be is pbonesf to j eraf meofure evet Jitld nout to the fFf. stick to his party, aiid therefore abandoned, I They may ridicule it" as. they please they it for his countiy. r r r V- si majr prevaricate, aiiutaiKop graaaaiion Air. A- was invited but, being unable 1 bills, and draw ou tne attention pfthe peo b attend, sent the following: I 1 1 - pie to other projects as they attempt to do, yet they know Jto fAj and 'Btil teas we vv nn,M :tyi nauf vu wc iKesf, And the sinbf iw dsathlieth at their own door. 1 In defeating itj -they i de frauded the West; and, on MONDAY Ashland, Jul22r 1836.1 Gentlemen: ! ' -; ! lam honored by the teceirjt pf your io- vitaiion to the barbacua tendertd to Mr. Stoker by his ennstituentsj Concurring mv if it were iny power 10 assisi in mmm;-wi rr' ' r"wi ' dering merited testimony a him, on the What motives 'conldihTh ad for prb- toA hm I rrJreito sav that vmgthus recreant I VVhy. did they aban- it is not. and that 1 roust therefore, decline on uio ow .0 cr ie8tDeca t wiicu hnnnr .,f acoeotina the invitation HS the setder wa? surtounded by peculators, , .. , ( i a 1 company. ' ' . -li- tue momept tney came nw.tne marac buuon :if' tbe'sbrplui Revenue when the V?ffal&j4t U y of Slight during the se- Uined or;aWon "i':Li:,LM. rrS l vanUsilent, or answering only Jtf.m sen posed - -. - The disiriuuti the brightest ven vears ot -political oarsness. f v 1 am, gentlenviy -'j 7 ' respectfully, yonr v "i obedient servant,' ; 1 .A . " ! . v ornav !" , Why did 5 they: not stand- pp from morning till night.apd pbottst sgaifl removing the main prop; on hich tlie P.f oneer rested I as qecauae uicy selves bad become intereaieo.ana too wow- Messrs. Joseph rjerce, f ;, uL. , ieame merired in seiX Waiirbese The veteran Kepubl.canKSMAMiii nuo- rr--. ere renresentinff the caucni fgood.or e le reliane Gentlemen: j ' I have invitins roe. t4iiA m frnntfresa. in consideration of tnei wy r 7. - j.rit 1. fatUimnti Utiteio ConpaD ..1.1:- rj..i:i-&?itaTrtnlrf-mvo'tme Ducn I " r" 'lr . , - . '....-... ed fitH sac- tivr accomplished mocb : vV, , , , ' . 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 3, 1836, edition 1
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