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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1821)
AUGUSTA HERALD. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 18217 OUR readers in perusing the extracts, given in this day’s paper from the me moir of Don Luis de Onis, will disco ver some of that strange inconsistency, which so frequetfiy characterizes the productions of foreigners relative to our country. That which we may re ceive as a compliment to our navv, is just; because, to a fact so well known, and even admitted by those govern ments, which are most inimical to our interests, the Don could not have writ ten otherwise, without compromitting that veracity, of which he has been so tenacious in his diplomatic correspon dence. The colouring, which is given to the course of our govermiient with the Indian tribes, savours indeed of the belief of a man, who, hesitates not to place in the most obscure manner all j things which can be so construed, by i the evilly disposed, as to appear in op- \ to the true intent and conduct J bt our administration. We however refer as much as we have given, to the opinion of such as may feel interested in a perusal. Drinking Cold Water. —The Wea* ther continues excessively hot and op pressive, and our citizens, labourers in particular, cannot be too cautious in quenching their thirst with cold water. The Mercury, for this last four or five days has ranged from 80 to 95 degrees * —seldom sinking lower than eighty in the night. [yV’. I . Spectator 1 . The United States Schooner Gram pus, was yesterday launched from the Navy Yard at this city. Her rigging | is all prepared, and she will soon be I ready to scour the ocean for pirates and slave traders. [Nat. Int. 5 d inst. It is gratifying to observe the activi ty and vigilance of the United States sclir. Alligator, Lieut. Com, Stockton ) in cruizing for slave traders on the j Coast of Africa. He has made so ma ny captures, that he has been obliged to return to the United States for more men. A few such active cruizers from all nations, would soon exterminate this nefarious and inhuman traffic. [Phil. Gazette. Bread stuffs continue to be high in and near this place; and there appears to be but very little prospect of speedy depression in price ; for the present crop has suffered so much bv the in cessant rains that have fallen during the spring and summer, that the general impression seems to be that there will not be much more than half a crop made of either Corn or Cotton. The low laud generally has suffered most, and in many instances there has been a total loss; but in many places, particularly in the high land, the crop is good; so that upon the whole it is probable there will be a sufficiency made to supply every want. Corn has been sold during the pre sent summer in this place as high as one dollar and a half the biishel, and is at present selling at a dollar; and Hour w>< sold, within a few days past at the high price of twelve dollars a bar rel. [Columbia State Gaz. Till inst. SOMETHING NEW. Mrs. Hill, from Massachusetts, ad vertises in a New-York paper, that she will instruct the ladies of this city, who are disposed to encourage domestic, i manufactures, in the art, trade and I mystery of making Leghorn Hats, j States that she made a hat in imitation of j Leghorn, which .told at Boston for S3O, j land that she is now so far improved in Vthe art, that sire is convinced she can j make one superior to anv that is import- j cd. M rs. Hill is now in Newark, in- j structing a class in that town. [New-Brunswick Times. THE TO K POD ION. A musical instrument of an entirely novel description has lately arrived in j London. The instrument has excited a high degree of interest on the contin ent ; and the inventor, Mr. Buschmann, has obtained the most flattering testi moaials of approbation from many cele brated musical characters in Germany; and it is represented tousby those who have heard it in this country, as being a very delightful instrument, combining the Sweetness of t h e flute and clarionet with the energy of the born and bassoon and yielding a full and rich harmony resembling an orchestra of wind instru ments. This surprising effect is said to be produced by the most simple com bination of a range of wooden staves! [Eng. Paper. inox tbs saw ffavsx bes vms. Western Canal. There is no subject of public interest, which so much attracts the attention of the Northern and Eistern people of the United States, as the Cinais m tue State, of New »ork i and of tlicse, the great Western Ca nal from the city of Albany to 'Lake Erie, ending at or near Buffalo, is the most im portant. This, when completed, will be from 040 to 350 miles in ic.igd) ; thereby connecting the waters cf Ejie with those of the Hudson, and thus uniting the navigable waters of all the Wester/*. Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The shores adjoining these lakes are of greater extent than the whole ot our shores on the It Untie, from Maine to Georgia, both inclufve. On tins Canal, the produce ot a fertile country, much grea ter m extent than ail the New England Sstutes, will be brought to market. The oo ject the* to be accomplished by ihisstupen dous undertaking, is of more importance to the Eastern, Northern, and North-Western states, than any other ever can be ; and, when executed, will reflect more honor on the enterprise and character of the stale of New York, than can ever be achieved by any other State in :fce Union. One hundred and five miles of this Canal are now completed, and the water let in for public use ; beginning nine nines south of the village ot Utica, and ending at Monte i toina, 96 miles we»t of that village. The j ? allal is 44 feet i'l width, and 4in depth. the first level, beginning 9 miles below Uti ! ca,is69 miles without any lock. On this Middle Section (as it is called) there are 9 j locks ! «f 'hese, 7 tall, and 2 rise. The j greatest fall at any lock, is U leel : and the least, 6 : the greatest rise is 11 1-2 feet, and the least* 6 12. Two basins or harbours have been made by the village of Utica, in the limits of the village, witnin which a great number of boats can be very conveniently accommo dated, for the purpose of taking in and dis charging freight. At Whitesbdrough, Ons kaoy, LenoX, Uanistola, and Caneseraga, are similar basins. At Clnteningo is a side-cut canal, which tuns to the turnpike road. At is the junction of the side-cut ca nai to Salina, being one mile from the O nond.iga Salt Springs, in which are several spacious basins. Al the village of Geddes is a large basin : at Nine-miie Creek is a lock and basin : at a new village, called Weed’s Basin, 7 miles north of Auburn, is an important basin, and a fine situation for a laige village, winch no doubt will soon fise into commercial importance. At Bucksville is a lock and basin ; and at the Seneca River is a large basin above the lock. At | : ‘U these basins, stores an<Udwelfeng-houtes j are now erecting ; and aiPßinds of counti-v j produce, together with srit and lumber, are i there shipped m large quantities for Utica. On this Middle Section of the Canal, tue deepest cut into the earth is 22 feet, and the highest embankment, 36. There are seve ral aqueduct bridges, constructed of well wrought stone into arches, which carry the waters til the Canal from 26 to 3(Jteet above the level of tile streams which pass under I it. 1 hese are all handsome specimens of j workmanship. It ought to be here noticed, that in erect ing the locks and other stone works con nected with water, the builders have used what is called water-lime* which petrifies and hardens under water, (like the Duke of Bridgwater’s lime.) l lug lime is found ad jacent to the canal, in great abundance, and may well be considered a great acquisition in die United Slates. It is impossible for the writer to state till* number and s.'2e of the market boats now in use ; yet lie cun assert, that there are many constantly passing and repaying up and down the canal. There are two packet boats, the Montezuma and Oneida Chief* owned by the Erie Canal Navigation Com pany, (incorporated.) These boats arc 77 feet in length,an ,13 in width ; are each na vigated by 7 hands, viz. a captain, 2 helms men, 1 buwsmai), a steward, a Cabin boy* and cook ; and are employed exclusively Idr ihe conveyance of passengers. The forward cabin is used for lodgings, and is handsome ly finished off with 12 births, each having a good bed or matrass, and every suitable ac commodation. Next, and in the centre, is a dining cabin, 18 feet by 13, where 23 pas sengerscan conveniently be seated at table ; and on tiie sides of tins cabin afe settees ; so that, with these and matrasses, good lodg ings for 30 passengers can be had. More than this number cannot be well accommo dated in their boats. Next to this cabin is a gangway and bar, which are repted to the steward at $250 for the season ; at which bar, passengers are furnished with as good refreshments as can be had on board of our steam boats, ami at as cheap a rate. Next, and hack of this, is a kitchen, with all the cooking apparatus, and lodgings for the crew. These boats are drawn each by two hor ses, by means of a tow rope from 6 to 8 rods in length ; the horses are harnessed tandem, ■ with a small rider on the hind horse, and are exchanged every 8 miles.—Each of these boats pass up and down this section of the canal everyday, (Sundays excepted.) The i fare of passengers is 4 cents per mile, and I Includes every expense, except such as may ; be voluntarily incurred at the bar. The ta ! blesare well furnished, and every attention i is shewn to the passengers, so as to render ! them perfectly satisfied with their accom modations. The average number of pas | sengers in these boats, tor this season, Huts l far, has been about 2b each trip, up and down. These boats pass and repass night and day ; so, that, although they are prohibited a greater headway than 5 miles m each hour, yet, rn the course of 24 hours, the progress is as great that of our best sta ges. The tow-path on the side of the Cana! is j about 3 feet above the level of the water, ’ about 10 feet in width, and is made hard by gravel. When two boats meet, each is by law re quired to turn to the right, and the horses drawing these boats are obliged to turn to tho left j so that the horses which turn off I from the tow-path, must stop as they come \ abreast of the other horses ; the boat being under headway, causes the tow rope to tail slack under water ■, and in this situation, the boat next to the tow-path passes directly over the rope so slacked, and both proceed without any detention, and without any cast ing off or hitching to. In passing the locks, * These packet boats, as toll, pay five dol lars for each passage, making 60 dollars per week. Market boats pay toil on their freight, at tlv* toll or custom houses on the canal ; of which, en this Middle Section* there are two. whether the boats ascend or descend, the detention at each will not exceed 4 minutes. In these boats, travellers are regaled by viewing alternately the richest productions of cultivated earth, and the rudest display of forests, hills, morasses and swamps; which together with the rapidity ease of their passage, makes the whole a delight ful stretch of scenery, highly interesting to all who have never before" witnessed any thing of the kind. Ihe Canal from Montezuma to Roches ter, on the Genesee River, is understood to be in great forwardness ; that from Utica to the Little Palls, on the Mohawk, is finished, and the thus tar will be let in nekt fall; and the*remaindev down the river to die city ot Schenectady, a distance of about iO miles, will be ooinpfeted in the autumn, but the water will not be let in until next spring ; and, from the best information which could be obtained, the W hole will be completed within two years from next No. vember. Thus, the Srue of-NeW-York will then have effected and completed, that which will redound more to her honour, than any thing which she has ever before accomplished, and more than has been done by any other State in the Union. She has, as it were, connected two empires. Those only who best know the great extent and interest ot the new world, and that, as con nected with this canal, can duly appreciate the importance of this stupendous work. A TRAVELLER. NEW SOURCE OP COMMERCE. From (i Bermuda paper , July 14. We perceive by the West I ,dia papers that vessels from the Gold Coast, Africa have recently arrived at some of the Islands, with cargoes of corn, which, we are informed, cost about 28 cts. per bushel. The quality is described as being in shape similar to the flint corn of the northern states, but of a kernel smaller and whiter. N e at e likewise informed that a petition has been forwarded to England, by the West India planters and merchants, praying that a direct trade may be allowed, in British ships, to and from the Baltic. lly this means the British West Indies, it is said will obtain their needful Mtpplies of iutn. her anil staves on better terms than they have done lately, and among other advantages, the ships will not incur a risking of loosing their sailors by desertion, which whs too often the case formerly, when trading to the American ports. Thus, it would appear, that the United States, by their restrictive policy, will ul timately drive their great commercial com petitor into a lucrative st ay of disposing of West India produce, and of .obtaining re quisite supplies for the colonies. Earned, On Wednesday evt ning last, by the Rev. Mr. Cocltry, Mr. Jouw Musa-sd, to Miss Caroli xl Tabut, all of this city. Trices Current, AUGUSTA. COTTON, lb. 12 12 a 15 1-2 I’OIIACCO, cwt. 3 25 a 4 15 VCON, 8 a It) 50 cores, bushel, sr 1.2 a gi CORN MEAL, gl a 1 25 SAL T, bushel 87 1 2 a SI £/* The Rev. Mr. Capers is expected to preach at the Methodist Chapel, on Sunday next, in the fortrtoon, and at tin Presbyterian Church in the afternoon. August 17 NOTICE. THE 123rd District Company Georgia Militia, are ordered to appear at Major D'Antiguac’s on Saturday the t7tli Sept, (at 10 o’clock, A. M.) to allend a Company Parade, armed and equipped as the law directs. Also, at the same time and place, an Election will he linlden for a first and second Lieutenant. By order of Jeremiah Luther, Cant. Commanding said District. August 17 14 €? NOTICE. Joseph Broadwater, having by his adver tisement in the * Georgia Advertiser’’ of the 20th of last month, cautioned the public against crediting me on his account, I deem proper (equally as public) to state, that he has left me aud his two children, without any provocation on my part. Hail he simply deserted me, without resort ing to & caution in print, I should have been satisfied, for llien, I could ! have submitted quietlr; hot as he j thus acted, J have only in this man ; ner to say, that, if any feel interest | ed,l can unfold to them a tale, which ' while it convinces, will expose the ] man, who has so basely conducted 1 himself. her Elizabeth Ilroadwater. mark. Aagust 17 14 & The 14th, 15th, lGth, 17th, 18th, and 19th Sections of the General Or dinance of the City will be enforced. August 7 11 HENRY ROBINSON. Who, for several years past, has transacted the Lottery and Exchange business solely on his own account, under the name of G & R. Waite, at the corner «r St. Paul’s-tane aud Market-street, Baltimore, will hereafter con duct his said business in his OWN NAME, at the same established Lotte ry and Exchange Office. THE LOTTERIES. On Monday, the lSth August,will commence the drawing of the Maryland UNIVERSITY LOTTERY. s 3 THE SCIVEuttE COXTAIN’S SO,OOO Dollars j 5,000 Dollars 10,000 Dollars \ 5,000 Dollars 5,000 Dollars \&0 Prizes ot SIOOO 10 of 8500, 100 of 8100, 200 of 820, and MOO of 810. 1 ickets .Vtnt Dollars, aud Shares in the same proportion. Go Wednesday, the 15th of August, the drawing of the GRAND STATE LO 11 EU\ ot Maryland, will be commenced, When the first drawu number will be entitled to Five thousand Dollars . Tickets Ten Dollars. THE SCHTMD CONTAINS 40,000 Dollars j 6,000 Dollars , 2-0 000 Dollars | 5,000 Dollars 10,000 Dollars j ‘2O Prizes ot SIOOO 50 of 8 100, 100 of 50, 500 of 820, and (JOOO of 8100. The first 3000 Blanks in each of the above Splendid Lotteries, will be en titled to a pr ze of £lO each. Tickets and Shares in the above Lotteries, for sale at Old established Lottery and Exchange Office, corner of St. Paul's-lane and Market-street, Baltimore. *3* Order* from any part of the United States, enclosing the cash or prize tickets, post-paid, for Tickets and Shares «t the above prices, will be promptly attended to, if addressed to HENRY ROBINSON, Baltimore. JhiUimore, July 8. 13 ~—■■ - - Mtq rent, Two Stores in Spring field, upper end of Broad-Mreet, (Adjoining Holcombe’s new W«re llon»e) ui present occupied by Messrs H. Musgrove % Co. and by Wo. Mathe-on. M— AISO— Ohe Store and Dwell ing- house, at present the Store is occupied by G. Selleck. ALM>-“- To lease for a term of ypnrs. Several LG t'S in Springfield, well situated for Business, and for the purchase of Cotton—Apply to A. Tardy, Hen’r. or to TARDY & SON. August 17 4t 14. 23anft of ttugitjtto* July Ujth 1821. TO REN U, And Possession given *f. October next. I: g j Five Tenements on the Nmth side Broad-Street, in the squat e west of Messrs. McKenzie bennoch df Co- at present occupied by Messrs. F. K, Dugas, J. tlimon, J. Merrill and Beach and Thomas. They are all eligible stands fur business, and the terms will be ino d.rate. Apply to Augustus Moore, Cashier. July l7 eow B TO RENT. i' ,4 The Tenements on Broad Sa ct. it present occupied by Ben jamin Hall and Joel Catlin, with eouveiiient Brick back Mores at tached thereto. Possession will be given on the ninth October next.*— For terms of Renting apply at the store of John Hayles Co. August to. at 12 77 TO REnl7 " Two Tenements ort Hroad Street next above 'Ralph "Thomas, Ksq. i j - ’i i “—ALSO— ■fiil.The TENEMENT, No. 4, Hi <<ige-itow. ;i_ i ALBO—• ilil A Dwelling House on Campbell-Stroet, with every neeos sary accommodation for & family. Apply to M'Kenzie, Bennoch & Co. July 20 6 v . TO RENT, ,7.1 The HOUSE and LOT in .ftpringiie.ld, owned and occupied by the late Mr. Patrick M'Dowall. Apply to j Peter Bennoch, JidinW. \ July 20 3 „ printing, Neatly execute.l at the HEKALU-OFFICE on low terms. —— —■ - - - ... Tll THE ©ta&irjust Delivered on the .th July, 1821. BY E. CRITCHEIt, E,q. Muy be hart at the BOOK S I'OKES of VviJj» 3. lloanr ft J . fc H. Bet's I’nce 25 Cents. August 10. 12 noticeT IS hereby given, t.. nil my Creditors, 'hat 1 have obtained an order from the Honorable the justice* of the Inferior Court of Hichuiond Coun ty. to be brought before them at the Cnurt-honse of said County, on the Fifteenth day of October next, In or d‘ r that l may bo allowed to take the benefit of the several acts of the Stole of Georgia, passed for the re i f of insolvent debtors, at which time and place they will appear anti shew Cause (if any they have; why i should not be allowed the benefit of the uulf aforesaid. John McKinnc, flj Attorney, John P. King. August 14. T\\e *lcco mmo Aaiian WILL leave Caniden, every WEDNESDAY and Friday mornings, him! arrive at Patktte viLi e, every Thursday and Saturday evenings. J The Proprietors. August 10. 1821. at 12 I’ <>>N Act Magaz'uie. TIIK holders of Gun-Powder may lake notice, that agreeably to the Ordinance of the City Council, regulating the Public Magazine, the keeper of the same may at all hour* of every day in t lie week (Sundays exempted) be found at the Court- House, ready to reeeive or deliver Powder. Lawrence L. Wilson, Keeper of the Magazine. June 19 lot GEORGIA, Burke county WIIKUE, \H Anti Mus Powell, and Mathew Daniel, ap plies for letters of administration with the will annexed on the estate of Isaao Daniel, deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to file their objections in my office (if any they have) within the time pre scribed by law, otherwise letters of administration will be granted to them. Given under my hand and seal at office, in Wayrn sborough, this 30ih July, 1821. John Hell, for Samuel Gurlick, Cl’k.
