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It panllsheq every TWiy, JHmrsiay and Saturday, l J.Oa pertnauui, payabL laallcuses in advance by , - -i ,1 KJlTtt AJSD f ttOPEIETOR: - BENJAMIN L HOWZE, Yr s' ASSOCIATE EDITQR.., , . brner o Von itni 'M.irket StrelU,' - WltMtSOTOJt, W. C. BATES T ADVERTISING 1 tar. 1 i isertion. $050 1 u 2 " . 75 1 . .3 " 1,00 J ear. 2 months, I 3 1 6 " J it 1 n s $1 5 8 12 1 1. month, 3,W Turolva lino.a or less makes a square. If 1 JV,"J an Advertisement exceed twelve line,, the price will be in proportion. . , . All advertisement are payable at the lime of their insertion Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on the most liberal term. i3r All Advertisements inncrtefl in the tri-weekly Commercial, are entitfefJ to one .iaiertioa ;n the Weekly, free of charge JOB, CARD and FANCY f RlflTING -executed p superior style. WILLIAM J. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIGH, N. C. "Sept. 12th, 1848. T6-w. trl. c. CARROLL & FENNELL. Grocers & ComMbslon Merchants, WILMINGTON, N. C. MATS ALWAYS OS HAND A GBNSRAl ASROSTMSNT Or M1LY CROCEUIBS, LKPRS, WIMS, 4c AND WILL PAY PABTICULAB Attention to tho sale of all kin is of Proiuce t. J. CA.BSOLI.. C. N. FENNKLL. Aily IS, 184?. FREDERICK CLARK. MAVUFl'rrRCR AND DEALER IN 'ALL KINDS OP CABINET FURNITURE oiiiiiu, .i.isi'Kiiis, mum DESKS, SAT- rii.W.S. M!,l,!iriR5,ie. KRON'T S V.UttV. NK It MAItKET, JFK.MINGTON. N. C. A, -I 1.1-1 .VII.'.UNWrON, N. c. BROXN &.DER0SSST. 4 NF.W.YOIIK. , K V l 1 f C 1 MISSIO MlillCIIA WS vI.rchIT, 113. J. & Y. L. -McGARY. 'PORWAKIII.U H CiMlillSSKliN MtilWtlANTS, wi.ui.viJ rox, x c. Much 17. Hl. I-v. ROWLEY, AMI BURNER, k Heuerul C u . u i & n i u u llcrclnin-a, No. 5 A South Wharves, PHILADELPHIA. Win,P,,,.p ,rHd 1 1 inikrt librraUiilviinrcs ir nliip v.il Stores, S-, tonsigcwj iuun wic. Re.er I .) Memrs. Hm.i. Armstruso, v . 'Geosob W. IaVI. J inuiry In. H43. f"'- I2H-Iy. (iEOiiES. KILLEiTIE. A' KN t F'lll TUi: SAI.F. t,F Tl W II I' LI Mil Hil, N A 'A. L STOHKS, .f V,1 n lie h lei aleaoli ilvuncvs on alloonsisjnments , oiproauce. VI arch 17 . I I GEORGE Y. DAVIS. COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Hrchl7. 1843. 1 J. C. LATTA. COMMISSION MERCHANT. AM) GENERA L AGENT, WILMINGTON, N Oct. 10,1349. . r. 87 CASSIDEY, SCIIRADER & CO., ENGINEERS AND MECHANIST, WILMINGTON, N. C. THS ASOVl FIRM HAVI SStTCTm AN 1XTSNSIVE IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY, TOGETHER WITH Machine and Blacksmith Shops, Where orders for every description uf work in then line of business, wltl b expeditiously and faithfully executed. July 25.1843. ' J5!!. MARTIN & CR0NLY. AUCTIONEERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GENERAL AGENTS. Wilmington, N. C, Oct. i 1318. t-S-tf. LIFE INSURANCE JIN THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND SO CIETY, OF LONDON, ASH FIRE1NSURANCB MN v;iR ETNA INSURANCE COM l'ANV, OK HARTFORD, Conn., OB, IN THS HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY, OK NEW YORK, M iv be eTecsed bv appllciitlou to 7 DaKOS.SET & BROWN. 10S Nov ii. 117 ANOTHER INVOICE, Of Furniture, by the Sfhr. A. J. 7i?o.w, From, Neir York 3 TINE Solas, a fn'shlonnbte nicloi Low Post Bedstead 12 Cotts single and double lzes: As aartnieal uf Look lag Glasses; 12 Rocking Chain i 12 Hick Chairai 12 bih Chain, for Children; uNuislog Clialrai A'wi 1 hasdsoms Siduboord. V. CLARK, NYork Forniturs Warrhou. Dcc.IL II 11 fft y I I T JOHN II A L L j SHU AGENT AND COMMISSION MERCHANT NO. 30 G RAVI Eft STREET. New Orleapt- April 13, 1849. no-iy. F. J. LORD & CO. Rice Factors k Commission Agents. Nov. 25, 1947. 109-1-PV M'KRLLER & M'RAE, :h LUMBER AXU T1MUEU .1UB31TS, UEREBAL CiiOISSIflN MERtlUSTS, and UBUCERS, .SVore formerly occupied by Hall & Aimstroso, NORTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, N. C. HKCTOR M'KKLLAR. Nov. 11,1843. ALEX. M'BAK. 102 L. MALLETT, AGENT TOR THE SALE OP Timber, Lumber, Mval Stores, &c, Null's Building, North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Nov. 9, 1843. 101 BARRY, BRYANT & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, WILMINGTON, N. C. Mtrch 17, 1848. WILLIAM NEFF, r'.ttf; of the firm of NtFF & Warneh.J V.'TILESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN ship cuAdlery, ship stores AN!) tlltOCERll, CORNER OF DOCK & WATER STREETS, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oer. 7lh. 1313. Il3 lf- W. BRANSON, AfiiiNT FOlt lllii SALE OF 1I.URER, UlflBER, NIVAL STORKS, ic NntCs lli'dtliug, Aurlh 1 1 - Nrrrt. WILMINGTON, N. C. Sept. 29 1319. e3"c- N. B. HUGHES, ALCTIO.NLLOK COMMISSION MURCHAN 7 RALEIGH. N. C. Snlii'iis Coiwiiinnieiits. iiiid w I iltiMul tn nil luisi- ness i iilrusi' il m liim, nn.! I iiiliim. mi.! I'Vlv' hinis. If th .l All ' co.'.siiiiiieiiis n ni li'Min i cunkii nil ly id ill.- v, i - . 1 t'l.iil ! Ktili ily tlor.e III hi' ';- up! ijefi. '... I , 'A iliuinL'inn. INI.S. !'-'!., F.iyi-ti' vill". ili'.l-'E T. I, IUIM-. V. .V - Vi . A .1 i , IjV i i n UK A!.!. It ts CABINET F U R N I T U R E , lUsDM'fADS. IIIAIKS. il . . ilSSLS. it, ROCK SlMilNU, WILMINGTON. N. C. SCOTT, KEEN k CO. MERCHANT TAILORS, AND DEA.I.KMS IN S U P E II I O It MARKET STREET. WILMINGTON, N. C. oci.2i.ibb. 9J-y CORNELIUS MYERS, N UFA C T U RE R, M A AMI DEALKIt IN HATS. CAPS, UMBRELLAS AND WALKING CANES, &c WILMINGTON, N. C, Market-at. 17 H48. On 91-if. Y. L. SMITH, (Late of the fihm of Sandfohd Sl Smith.) AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHA NT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Store on North Water Street, Puralty's block. Oct. 14 1549. ' W-yc J. S. WILLIAMS, Fancy & Staple Dry Goods SUre. m Diiaa wusr op wm mm dki'g storb MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON , N. C. Oct. 14, 1841 JAS. T. MORRIS, Lnmter and Timber Inspector, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 12.1349. P9 6m J.IS, T. MORRIS, Jgcal fur iiie Salt or Purtiidac of Lli!lOtS, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 12 1843. W-6m H , . i'r. , r .. : ' - ' .r ;" :v ". ' t ' : :. $25 REWARD. KANAWAY from the F.atW of Wm. B. Mrarea, In June last, a negro fellow called HENttY or HENRY HILL. He is about 5 4 u, 5 foot 6 Inches hijih, w. ill made and likely 1 hs Is quick spoken snd amort. He Is probably lurking about vvilmlnfion, here he hnaatiood many nljtl.-na I will sle a reward ot 125 for ls spprehen'lon and delivery to ms In Wllndncwn, or to Wm. T. Brar at Mearet' Wnff. T. l. MKARES. Ktc. t m tf. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY, J. R. BLOSSOM, piiiffiuiM asd coinissioji sncnAsf, WILMINGTON, N. C. Liberal CssH adrnnccs mndion consignments to Mr. Benjamin Blossom New Vurk. . ' ALSOJ AGENT m THE SUTOAL BENEFIT LIFE ISSC R1NCE COIPAXY Copia liable for testes, about $700,000. Dec. 19: 1848. 119 6m . BENJAMIN BLOSSOM, COMMISSION MERCHANT, NEW YORK. Liberal advances made upon Consignments of al kinds ol produce. References. Messn. J. & D. McRak, ) G. W. Davis, Esq Wilmington. J. R Blossom Emj. ) Dec. 19,1843 Hl F. J. LORD & CO., Agents for th NAUTILUS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Accumulated Capital, 53130,000. ALSO FOR THE EAGLE LIFE k HEALTH INSURANCE CO. Capital, $100,000. Will take risks on lives of Slaves. Office 23 North Water Street. Oct. 24, 1818. MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE. '"pHE Subscriber hating received the Agency 1 the Canideii Insurance Company. N. J. CHARTERED 1832. WITH A CAPITAL OF $ 100,000, nr Wilmington and vit lnitv, will Usuc Policies on cargoes, freights and vessels out of this port and nUi inke Eire risks on ns reasonable '.erins as-nny other Institution Looses Ri.st-dncd will be protiiptly .mil attSK 1 " a. MARTIN, At. i jjec.14, 1847. 116-ly-c. ', - : ..... . . PItTr D t O k U C i Wfil. M. HAM I! in. tUr.i.t .n , UARRISS k DRAKE. Gcricral C a.niii-)n llerchiints, WILMINGTON, N. C. RrrEnrycEs: O. G. i'nrslev. EQ. ! Col. John M r,;ie. ; Wilmington, N I .Missis, lial! ml i I Iimtinfftun. ) V. ill Peek. r.s. . Rnl. iuliN. C. , .""-r"- .'V1"' hl 11 u E.yetteulle, N. C. ; .Mist y 1 1 i. oei , e.sq., ) 1 Mi h-if. .'n i'ii s Corner (4 Sons H il'imcr- C. A. Sud?r ,V Ci) 'i ii'iiiu in , limit' P hiii. ' piir New Volli. ,h.!i"1(. " II .mi' ' J.,t(i Sepleuii'. I 1 ,:is It'isiipn eoiiih, Kennehunk, Mr 77 if. vn.fiv 1VA YARN. II, Us, l C Vurns as.-n ' il iilimbers. foi J. C. LAT'i'A. Jl-if. (i. l. 21. A Fine Si t oi h dii for .5 cuts. White Teeth, EimiI lireath, lie Ithy Glims. Yellow in 1 unhealthy teeth, alter Oein;, once or twice cl. iiiuil with JONES' A.MHER TOOTH PA ST I'., havelhe uppe.iranceol "itie most hcjuiil'ul Ivory, ond st the same time n is p. p i ii elly innocent uml exijui ftiielyline. tlinnts eonstnnl daily use ishihly arlvnnln criius, even to those ic ih rlvit .ire in L'ood condition, irivlni? litem a beautiful polish, and preventing pr.: mature decay. Tho.-e aire uly ilirayed, it ( revenu from !icrun:ini: wors' it Vso f.ist-ns neh as are he coining louse, and by pe'sevci.iniV il ft ill render the foulest teeth d 'liealely white, nnd make thuoreath delcionslv sweet. p it ICE r.OR 3:j'NTS A POX. Sold in Wilmington, by Lippitt 4 Willkins. MULLETS. BltLS. Mullets, fiesh packed, nnd for sale low at HOWARD & PEDF.N'S 50 Nov. 2j. lOS-tl. FLOUR AND BUCRWUEAT. Cf BBLS. Extra Canal Elour, 20h ill' do extra Ca 4AJ nA Flour 25 bana Buckwheat; :5 boxes do. 25 I barrel do. For sale at Nov. lb. ?5 I barrels, dn ; 5 half hMs Ho. HOWARD 4 PEDEN'S. 106-If. LONDON BROWN STOUT. L( DOZEN best Hrown Stout Porter, in quarts (JkJ nnd pint bottles, for sale at HOWARD A PEDEN'S. Nov. 25. 109 U 5 TONS HOOP IRON j0 tibia. Super Family Flour ; Gosh' n and Mountam limit r; Lard in Ki us ; On consignment. For s de ry WILL. O. JEFFREYS. Nov. 23. 107-tl. I A DIES MERINO, and Silk Veats. for aale by J J. S. WILLIAMS Nov. 14. 103-U SPIRIT BARRELS. OTi EMPTY Bbls.. large alie and In prime or &J) der. Just received and for aale bv BARRY, BRYANT 4 Co Oct. 5lh- lit. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. F'RF.SH supply of very h indsmne Billa ol change, fur sale at the CtmnurciiU Ojffct. FOR SALE A PIANO FORTE, a fin iastiumcot, low. Apply lo J.-0 Jan. 2, '.819. sfilbeaold BL'RIl 123 3. NOTICE THE undotalgned Invlna withdrawn from the In'r 1 firm of Hurrin f Hntttlt, would Infonn ilv publm thai he has uketi ilvi Auem y pf the CAI'F. FEAR STEAM SAW MILL, and promises nrlci ...en.lonio.he faithful transaction of .11 order, tor Lumhtr entruated to his fare. HENRY P. fccSSELL. Jan. 2v 1613. 123 if. ilii .rv, BY THOMAS LOR1NG. UEP0RT UPON THE CAPE FEAR AND DEEP RIVERS To Mews. Alex Maclae, A. J. Dcrosiull ,,4. H. McNeil and F. J. Ililt, cmosingthe Committee, designated bij' the. Pittsboro Contention held in July last, to take in charge the obtaining of i mtrrey and esti mate of the probable cost of improving the Upper Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, as high up as Hancock1! Mill, in Moort Coun ty. North Carolina. Gentlemen : Huring been engnged by Major Walter G wry mi, on your behalf, to make a survey of tne Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, with a view ttf the opening of the na vigation an high up as Ifunmck's ..iill in Moore County, and navinjr cnnpletal the re- connoizances, together with such instrumen tal examinations of the most difficult portions of them, us the lime allowed me would per mit. 1 hivu the honor herewith to report the results, incluilinsr an estimate of the probable coit of a Ular.k ti'attr navigation to be form ed by a surccesiou of Locks and Dams, with oi-canioual short Cunals. This churacter of improvement is admirably adapted to those rivers, as indicated by their inconsiderable fall per mile, (it being some what lestf thin Iwo feet throughout their whole length.) their consequently sluggish current, and the extensive natural pools al ready to be found throughout their length. Knowing the importance to the friends of this improvement that the question should be" ascertained in the shortest possible time, wheth er such a navigation could he obtained upqn these rivers, to connect with the present Steamboat navigation uon the Cupe Fear ut Fayetieville, and with a view to expedite the work, after organizing a party arid pro curing a suitable boat, 1 began the descent of the tiver. I found Hancock's dam 12 feet high, and wew told by him that it hacked the water up for five miies above, with a depth of not leus than 3 feet. Thence descending the river, 1 i'ouud a succession of small shoals, until I pass ..i u.. i i ..i m k: .v. ruf.l I ctl Wio iuivci iiiu ui .nuii.miimjii maiiu, wJjere 1 met. with the hack WHler ol Peter Evnv.u .' Jr. dam, 5Ji miles from Hancock'e. ? t.i- Vf .0 Ev.. M,.ls: a distance often miles, 1 found a splendid pool ol wafer with a depth ranging from J to (J feet, at the then low stage, which was that of low sum- a ,,.,,. j Evan's Dam has just been rebuilt upon the I rafter pl.t it. and packed in witli sUne, about 3 1 feet in height. It is 100 feel long, und Irak : tn some extent; it did not in consequence hold a full head of water by 1$ feet ; when Una bhall he the, i aRc by the deposit of mud and j sand held in suspension by the water brought ; down liie river, it will flow the water back to Hancock's Mill, l-'J miles. In Evan's Dam, a Lock will be placed ol 9 Icet Iill, Iroin which a bout will boat directly into tli, h.u.l. water from John Hnrton'a mill J 1111, and iln-ough this line pool of water for j niih s Hoi ton's iniHs. l'lie dey lb of! this 00! at it slmalesl place, w liicli is 20i I yards oelow Evan's Dam. is 2 leet lor a short distance, liom which it immediately deepens water upon them. The sloo will be followed to .3 I. ct and c nlinues from b to S through-1 1 mile at which point there will be a dam out its 1 1-1 1 12 1 ! i . j erected over it. Tins dam will be 0 feet high Hot ton's dam is !I74 let t long and 8 feet 1 and lbO leet long, und m continuation of the liicli. over, which the water was flowing at 1 same dam to the bank below the old canal, the time ; showing thereby a plentiful supply. 1 a dam of I'JS feet long and b feet high, also it is pr i o.ii d to raise this dam one foot, which j 4iii feel ol damming b 1-2 feet high, to coii can be done at a stu ill expense, to insure '3 ' neel :;ome inlands above, feet at all limes back to Evan's dam. and thus ! From the sloo through a CUtrdj lock, the supposing a lock in Hancock's dam, we find hints will pass into the out' Canal which already firmed wilh a small outlay, a slack must be widened nnd el eared out for that water navigation of 23 miles. From the lock in this (him a boat will float j into ;i pond of not less than 3 feet in depth, to he formed by a dam to be erected 2'i feet below Thomas Farish's fish dam. Thisijani will be y leet liign. and leel long, umi will connect the pools at present existing and oceasioni il by the fish trap dams ol l homas Furish. and l'clcr Evans. Sen. lorining one coaUuuoua pool lur S J-i miles from Horton's dam. A Lock will he placed iti this dam of 9 feet lift, Iron, which ii boal will float into a ppol 7 1-2 uiuYslong and not less than J feet d, pth. extending lo Claig's mill dam, a short dis tance la low the uiouih of Rocky River. A---this jtoiu', the first real difficulties are encountered and it becomes ,necesary to leave the bed ol the river for the first time in J9 l-l miles. Nature has done much to inmiili ihe wav here, and we find a natural ! canal, or Sloo of 50 to 70 feet wide, which it i ;. in.d 10 iikp for 20.V) feet. It is now j used as the race to Claig's mill ; it will be. It wasaflerward concluded tothrow owny , necessary to take down Claigs river dam . 1 these locks together with half a mile of the I w hn ii only holds water for three feet, and canal, and reluraing back upon rt. lock into ' construct upon its site n i!iim 5 feet hi'h and the river half a mile nbov-. This was arcor 1 1H2J h et long. This dam will give surricient I dingly carried out and ihe lex kaput up. which l depth over the shoals al ihe mouth ol' Rocky would have answered the purpose very well. River, and ab ve thai point back lo the sdP if they had have been properly coiAirurted. ' of the lock in the dam. at Farish's lih trap, but tin-simplest laws of hydraulic pressure ! Sonic clearing out and blasting will be re- were totally disregarded. The sides ol' the tUIIlUf lllw tVB VI f II It 1 1 IStlUUIuiiii alt tilt, 1 tl male. ' .t a .11 P I ,....-...1 ti.n nrtat nf n'inK IU nmhp'irlliit Ifl f l.u A dam must be rawed over me sioo as mr down as we use it, and in this dam a lock will be t laced of 10 1-2 feel lift, from which a boat will pass into a pool el three miles in length and of sufficient depth, formed by the erection of a dum just below tko head of Pullen's Falls Some cleaning out will be required to the up per part of this pond. Pullen's Falls are,thc chief obstacle g the opening of the navigation of Deep Rivi r, und lo a casual observer, or thse unactjoainled with tJie means reported toelsewhele in ur mounllng similar dlfllculties, they do appear to constitute a harrier to the navigation of the rich and fertile valley of that river. But I they are by no menus insurmslntable nnd j when it is considered, as will be seen by the j estimate, at what an inconsiderable cost the ( upper portion ol M river can ne rendered 1 navigable, it will we understood ihol we can tf0Pd l0 ,.Xpend nn amount sufficient tit over- fc d.lfieultifS at lh.se fulls, and yet f n J leave the average cost of improving Deep River quite lor. " l -'.: , i III, 2 41 Mho , A Lock will b fiwA in Utw dam I'&feel lift, from which a boat will fl0m mo a pool 7J fuil,long; and, not ki ilian 3 fe,et. depM. extending; to Claig'smill dam, a uhort 'd Jance hefow the moutli nf'Rorky'Hiver. The let dart in the full will be placed npt nn a leifg' of rrtcks trtnking across the river 2 feet below the levrf of the wntcr wirface above K will be 8 ffet high, and 3SI feet long, including th abntmeiiin. A lock will Ut- placed in itiisdam of 8 fret lift. ' A boat will float out this lock into the pool below o mi fticii'iit depth, and 600'j arde loi.jr. which brings us k the 2nd dam. This dam will also rest upon iWky ledge, it will be 10J feet high in the main river, but a il w ill cross two islands, its average height be much less. It will b .800 feet loug. A lock will be placed in this damof.lflj feet Iill, from which a boat will pass into a pool lormed by a d.tm 1300 yards below, built upon the site of Pullcn's dam. it will be 8 feet .', ....... nign nt,i 440 lect rong to the island, including the iibutmenis, There also will be required 170 feet of damming to connect two other islands with the first. From Pu liens darn, it is intended to take out a canal through the level bottom, in wntcii rus null race is dusr. It will be IOL'6 aids long, of easy excavation and will re uire one guard lock where it leaves the pool, and Iwo lilt locks of !0J feet each, to drop the bonis into the river, son where about the new bridge, being erected by Dr. Smilh and others. It will nlso require a waggon ford where it crosses the main road. From the outlet lock of thii. cnnnl boats will Hoar into n pool 11 miles long reaching to Buckhorn Falls, with no dillicoliy for that distance, even at this time, and of sufficient deptli excepting at two points, one at Dr. Smith's. sein haul, the other t Hawkin's Island; the depth of water at which points, is now 18 inches. About 24 miles below Pullen's Mill, and directly above the confluence of the Haw with Deep River, is the town of Haywood, finely situate I upon an elevated second bot tom, which is destined to become a place of coiiHUcrauie trade when tins improvement shall be opened. It has a rich back country in the Counties of Chatham, Randolph and neighboring Counties, and will be the point where all the surplus production ol these Counties will concentrate, to be borne upon the tmviiratioti t j the markets of Fayettville and Wilmington. At Buckhorn. the river falls 16 feet in H miles, where it becomes necessary for the third time to leave the bed of the river. Here nature has again stepped in to smooth the way for us. audwe find a natural canal or sloo. which leaves the river just above the lalls and running round the north side, for 114 miles, again enters the river. This sloo hits nt this time a depth of from 12 to 18 inches in it, anil is w to 0 leet wide, It is proposed to eiect a dam ncross the river at the head of the fails 5 feet high, and '211 feet long which will 11 (lord uuiple depth in in the Joo and hack the waterover ihe shoals so as to t'ive at all times not less than 3 leet purpose, us far down as tiie locks lo beere tcd lo lower them into the river. There are the remains of se'veral dams, two sets of locks, some, half a milt apart nd the old cauul alluded to; showing the efforts made. 111 iormcr year lo improve the river, The general outline upon w hich these impruv- emenis were last projected was in the mam current, but the del ails were so wretched!) carried out as to render worse than useless all Ihe money expended Umn them. The canal was in tin: lirsl iilnce rut 1 mils in length from Buckhorn woo. and Ic-ks erected to lowertl bouts into Parker's Crerk, which it was intended they should follow to the river, about one-foulh of :i in.le. This creek is an inconsiderable stream of about In leet widiii and 6 inches depth, which would have been always tilling up with the .edi meiil brought down by it to tiie obstruction of ihe navigation; even though the water ol ihe riv-''' "ad Have been Dacked into 11 Dy a dam from below. locks were merely upright post fcraced at each alternate post, with a single fining of one inch innk, and with no other support whatever. As might have been expected they were lorced open soon ulier being aubjecitd to the head necessary to passu boal through lku. They were miserable attempts al lock building, him it would have beeu far better had the money have been thrown into the river; as the effect of their failure, although some twenty years btve past is still found in the minds of many enterprising and intelligent gent emeu, who look npon any further attempt at improving this noble river, ns ntopian. mjMly Because they failed at that time, without knowing or reflecting upon JLlie cause: which was an utter want of akill in carrying out the im provemenL A spirit is now aroused, however, which if properly directed mA judiciously managed, will render lha navigation of the Cape Fear and Deep Rivers, one of primary importance to the Slate at large, as well as lo the Coon ties witMo hs influence. From the cutlet lock io this canal a boat will Coat infa a pool 6 miles lit le-n th r. J cf offtofenf depth to Douglass' Falls, half &f. mile below Norringlori's Ferry. Thte-fool will be formed by a dam 8 feet high, and 7iO long, tw be raised npon (fie ledge of rock at that p!nce. Here- il is proposed o tale eat snort eanalfor 440 yard on tne iionMer through-or level bottom of cm' exearaikwy arwl by a leek drop into the- rive bklc". ; " The next pool will be 8 milee long k.J wilt ' eTrtend en mile bt low MeAhWr ferfjrj rherc'tidnm will K9 built $ feel high, rvd', 327 feet long ' : : -.'. .a-T. ?,ij la ' A toeM In ihfs dam will puss a boal I11M rhf nert pooMelow, whlrh will carry it loorMilesS ; to the next dam. which is in he tlaeed neom ' itiM r..m 1JI i .il. D..11L 1 a .1.' . int. ui v hcm hirjw it w in me Krcniex wuwie" rtft to the oneiikinir or fhe Naviiratinit.nf tka Cape Fr Il&'er above Fayetieville, 1 1 wilt give tleir phytienl elmracter. These Falte extend for abmit live miles over a suceessiont of rocky ledges, with no great fall at iy ooei of thenr. leaving- kiVarwbfy between them; still pools 01 water, varying in depin Irom three to seven feet, and in length from 2 10 600 yards. The binks of the River at the head, of the Faflf, are sixteen to eighteen feet high;, bnt increase in height to thirty feet as wtap protich the foot of the Falls. Il will be tie from thw brief notlre of their character from the height of (he hanks ami ihe ; admirable fonndatinn eflVred ftr the dams and Iplka, M well as the existence ofpnolsof still and deep writer of ronsrdi'rnbte extent that nature has ty. mark. J out for n the plan of improvement td ftl'ert he mivigntirxi through (hw part of lh4 river. In fact; there are natural excavation und bene hen formed in these ledges of rock, upon which dams can be erected withstand any freshes thai miiy hrine. as il abundantly -1. I .. .1... : ! 1 . jk -u. Fiu.mn vy uie nnperiectiy corwrocieu uau p uams npon mem. wntcn nave wunstooa an -m the freshets in the Cape Kmr until the tetiM al decay of the timbers in ifiem nnd yet ' the stones remain npon the tbtindatioo as they were originally placed. The dam at this first ledge will be eight feet, nine inches high ard 445 . feet long, in which n lock will be placed of the same fl to lower the boaie infrthe pool be lowf which will extend for 1 1-4 miles and ot sufficient depth to the head of Big Island. The site for this dam is remarkable lha fall nt the ledge is only eighteen inches, but (here is a rampart of rock running across the river seven feet above the surface of ihe wa ter, except ni three openings where the river has worn a channel through it. Upon this) ledge, or rather ncross the channel through it. a dam will be raised ol 10 1 4 feet high its Iota! length from bank to bank being 500 feet. In thtednm a lock will be placed of 10 1-2 feet hit, to float the boats into the pool below, which will carry them l3-5ths milee to the next dnm. to be raised upon another led jfe of rock. This dam will be 6 leet 4 Inches nlgn ond 750 feet long. A lock in it will carry tie throngh a pool of 1 1-2 miles in length to the next (Jam, to be raised upon the ledge at Hodges' timber landing, which will be 6 feet high and feet long throuah a lock in thie dam the bouts float into a pool of water five miles in length. This pool is intended to afford sufficient depth over the shoals to Avrry sboro'. and on to Doctor's shoals immediately below Smitb'e Ferry, nt the mouth of Lower Little River. " The dam npon Doctor's Falls will be 9 feel high and 350 feet long ; it will not only create the pool above named, but it will flow the water fur some distance bp Lower Little River, thereby facilitating the rafting of the clomps brought down it. and icmove all data ger of loosing them, ns is now frequently lb . . i . u.... ..: . .1 .1. I. From the lock in this last dam to Jonea Foils' the distance is five miles, which wit he the length ol the pool. Upon these Falls the last dam will be erected it will be feet high and 400 feet long. From the lock in this dnm, of 9J feet lift, the boats will float info a fine navigation to Fnyetville. 15 miles. Some ruflay will be re quired in this distance to remove obstructions, which iprnvided for in the estimate. ' ' The fall from the fool of Hancock's, dam lo Favetvdle is about 178 feet. The distance being about Iixl miles. PLAX.OF TIIE DAMS. The plan of tho Dam upon which the es timate is based is what is termed a crib dam. '-jf It is lormed by longitudinal limbers, well se- ' cured to the rock, connected by erow ilea, ' with the down stream eml of the tie kept at such an elevation above the ujwtream end ns will L'ive Ihe proper upstream slope 21-2 teet horizontal to 1 fool vertical. The lim bers will b ol yellow pine properly hewed, and well irrr milled together, and the inter mediate spiicpsor enhsewttt parked in with ! atone. Upon timbers running length wajs j of the dam along the laced the up stream slope, will be laid the ahet ting of 3 inch yel- low pine plank, running up and dqwa the I lopc and well secured to thee timber by tret nails. PLAN OF THE LOCKS. The Locks will be a modification rl the ' Composite, Lock''; ihe walls wilt be lormed of well hewed j ellow pine timber 114. length, ways of the Lock, 10 feet apart, connected by cross ties every 1U feel of tick, length Tut se cribs will be well packed with atone lo ihe entire heigih of the Lock walls. These Lck walls will rest upon limber - extending entirely across the Leek, laid close tigether, and poo which a double flooring will be laid to lha extent of the lock chamber, and the lining ol the chamber will also b double. The LocSs will be 100 feet long in the chamber, by Id feet width, and are calculated for boats lull li-ei long and 2 feel draft end 30 to 40 loos burthen. I learn (rem Capl. Dibbel, that hia steam boat plying npon Ihe Neuse River is 100 feet long by 17 feet wide, from the bosr to the extremity ol the paddle wheel, which ia placed in the stern of the boat it draft when tight it lb Niches. The depth proyided for m tb estimate ia in n rase less thau 3 l et, nnd no doubt a booj. can be constructed to draw less than the on named above. TheM brief descriptions of the lock and daamarecoosidered all that i necessary al thie Hrne, 10 an understanding of Ihe charac ter of the improvement contemplated. It is necessary to say that when the work ia laid oil' for construction, modification of lha plan of improvement above prreeelrd may he fouud adsMs. and in all rrobabdiijaaay eud toscrre saTing n expeusr. -
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 6, 1849, edition 1
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