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THE MUSEUM.
From the K e w-York States man
GREAT WESTERN CANAL OF N. YORK.
The following letter will be read with deep
Interest, not onlyih the State of New York,
bit is every (.art of the Union. Mr. flames, to
whom it is adJresr.ei, ha3 pol'tely complied
with our request, in consenting to its public*.
tiors. It bears the impress of no oidinery mind,
aid emanates from a genius able to admire
the grandeur, and estimate the utility ofthe
greatest work of modem limes. The writer
has evidently examined the Canal with minute
attention, and his letter, we believe, will be
found to contain a more comprehensive view
ofthe whole line, in the present stage of its
progress, than can be found in any other pub
lication.
It affords us the highest gratification to learn,
from authentic sources, that thus far the prac
tical utility of this great work much exceeds
the calculations ofthe most sanguine. The in
come arising from tolls is already immense. In
the year 1817 and 18!8, when opposition to it
tv as pel haps the strongest, had any one ventu
red to predict its present business and profits,
he would have beer, called an enthusiast, and
ridiculed as a visionary. Estimates much be
low the reality were then treated as the dreams
of romance, or worse, as political schemes inten
ded to deceive the public. At that time there
were few who werewilling to assume the re
sponsibility ts connecting themselves with the
project, and many who made it a subjnet for
sarcasm and ridicule. But the tables are now
turned, enough are found ready to claim a par
ticipation in the honor of pro jecting and execu
ting so grand a work. This is a sufficient tri
um]4i for its early and fast friends, and sufficient
mortification to its opponents. We sot bear fur
ther comment, leaving the letter to speak for
itself:
Saratoga Spring, 10th June.
T>txn Sis—l lravc just completed my tour from
New York to the Niagara Foils and back to this
place —a considerable part of which was by wa
ter I shall employ a few moments of leisure,
which I enjov in this elegant retreat, in gratify
mgyour curiosity with respect to this journey.
The whole distance from N. York to Buffalo,
by the route of the Canal, is at least five hun
dred miles. After leaving the steam boat at
Albany, I took the stage for the Little Falls,
where I arrived in season to take a Canal packet
for Utica I employed half an hou r’s leisure in
looking at the locks and comparing the new
With the old Canal at the l ittle Falls What
a dicrepance! Wbston, who was so much ex
tolled as an English engineer, sinks into insigni
ficatice when compared with the native engin
eers now in the full tide of successful experi
ment. From what I can See, and have heard of
his operations, I imagine that the was quite a
subordinate engineer—of little experience
less celerity—and that his object was more to
acquire money than fame. With this view he
adopted a at stem of procrastination, envelloped
his proceedings with the cloak of mystery, and
infected all that were within the reach of his in
sdnoiinded the walks
ofthe civil engineer From below the Little
Falls to within 7 miles pf Utica, there are 12
locks us the most solid materials, and ofthe
most admirable workmanship. I embarked on
boatd of an elegant packet boat, called the
Magnet, of six tons, and in six hours arrived at
Utica—tiie distance ‘<y land is upwards, and by
the canal less, than 22 miles-and by the river
28. Our way was through a charming, well-set
tied fertile Country, sa<! a candiderable distance
through the German Flats, which contain se
veral “thousand acres of excellent land, compo
sed of the alluvia of tits West Canada Creek
and the Mohawk River Nearly opposite to the
beautiful village of Herkimer, the Erie Canal
follows for a short distance the track ofthe old
canal, and in one place an old and anew lock
approach- closely to each other. This affords
an excellent opportunity tor contrast, and the
result is no greatly in h.v.ir ofthe latter, that it
is perfectly idle to attempt a comparison. The
property laying at this place, ready for convey- ,
ance to market, is composed of thousand bar
rels of flour, pork, pot-ash; and whiskey—and
staves, lumber, glass, wheat. Sic. to the value
of a qua; ter of a million ol dollars, and a great
deal of it Unhoused.
The next morning vie took boat at U ica for
Mo:itetuir.a. and at 10 o’clock A M. the next
dav we reached the place of destination 96
mile*. We immediately embarked on board of
a small host—entered the Seneca River by a I
lock—passed into one of its inletß, called the
Clyde River, formed from the confluence cfthe 1
Canandaigua outlet and New Creek at Lyons, 1
navigated it until we arrived at Clyde—distant ‘
15 miles by this route from Montezuma, and 12 ‘
miles by the canal canal when completed. The 1
Cayugi marshes lie betweeen ‘hi se places, and 1
present al formidable obstacle to the progress
•>f die canal—last season 2000 men were em
ployed in forcing this work thro’ them, one
half of w hom took sick, and many died, but in
a few weeks this difficult udetaining will be 1
djpeomptrailed At Clyde we entered the Canal
IBy a temporary wooden lock, and took passage
in a canal boat. At Lyons nine miles, we chan
ged to the Myton Holly, a boat of4o tons,
drawing 8 inches water, and replete With ele- 1
gant accommodations. We lodged that night
at Palmyra and the next morning we arrived at ;
Heart well’s Basin in Pittsford, (8 miles from 1
■Rochester,) where the present navigation of 1
the canal terminates. I have thus travelled 174 1
miles ooal—U9 on the canal. 1
15 on the river Clyde, 1
■ r
174
In tl e course of the season the canal will be
navigable from Rochester to Schenectady—that
is to say, 50 miles of the Utica, and SO miles be*
tvretn the Genesee and Seneca river?, making
uninterrupted navigation of 2b3 miles.tpThere
will then remain to be finished about 112
miles, to wit, 28 from Schenectady to Jjddson
River, and 94 from Genesee River to mnfaloj!
and of this a great portion is already done. In
the vicinity of allwny, great excavations are car* ‘
Tying on at the Cohoes, the foundations of the
locks ate laying at two different points; the a
quednua across the Mohawk are in a state ol
jireparat’ on, and excavations are proceeding in
the heart of Schenectady. From Uochester to |
Cock Port, 63.mile*, there are no intervening
locirs, and here as well .-w between Montezuma!
and toe first lock east of Utica, there is an un-i
interruptedl^YcloFnear7omiles making only! 1
tn two distances near 140 miles without the in
cumbrances of locks; a fact without a parallel
in the animals of the world. There would be
ho difficulty In finishing the canal cf Lock Port
tliis season, but srftns place it passes a natural
precipice of 60 feet, and 260 feet above the le
vel of Lake'Outarm, which is about 15 hiilek'to
the north. Lock Port is a prosperous village pf
nearly 100 buildidgs, which has sprung up with
mushroom rapidly, but whose flourishing exis
tance will be it enduring as .that-of the canal. —
Here are a double set of locks, five for ascending
and five for descending boats, of 12 feet abreast,
and from the highest of the village you look
down to the foot ofthe canal, on a great natural
basin capable of containing a vast nuinber of
boats, and affording the most secure as well as
the most spacious accommodations When the
forest which obstruct the view of Lake Ontario,
and Lake Erie are cut down you will have from
this altitude the most picturesque and sublime
prospects which the world can alford.
To the north you will see the canal winding
its way to the waters of the east, lost in the dis
tance and crowded with boats bearing th’
wealth of the western world; 100 feet below
this height, and on an average two miles north
of the canals, you see the celebrated ltidge
Road, covered with habitations, and its borders
linetfwith fruit trees, green with vegetation
and teeming with abundance. Farther still
you behold the Lake Ontario, a great inland
sea, stretching itself to the north and to the
west yon will behold the immense basin of Lake
Erie, and hear the roaring of the cataract: and
to whatever point of the compass you direct
your view, you will perceive the most fertile re
gions in the world. The embankment at Irun
dequat. is a mile long, greatly elevated, and a
part of the way composed of a narrow neck.
which appears as if it \yere arranged by nature
for the express purpose of maintaining the level
ofthe canal From it you will enjoy a prospect
when passii g in the boats on the canal only to
be exceeded by that of Lock Port From J .ock
Fort to Buffalo, via the canal, is about thirty
miles; for one third of 1 his distance Tonwanta
Creek will occupy the place of the canal; and to
Geneva River, a distance of 94 miles,, is princi
pal supply will be derived from Lake Erie,
which u til be let in at Buffalo, and after a pass
age of about 12 miles, will enter Tonewanta
Creek, near its mouth, the WRters of which wili
be forced back by a dam To maintain a suffi
cient descent for this retder, sev ral miles of
very deep cutting will be required from Lock
Fort, which will cons une much money and
much time, as a considerable part of it will be
through calcareous rocks.
The completion ofthe canal east from Lock
Fort to the Grnessee river, will be useles un
til this great aperture for the waters of lake to
feed the lower level is mnde. The canal will
have, with a view to the attainment of this im
portant object, a descent of an inch a mile from
Buffalo to Genesee river, which it is calculated
will produce a current of half a mile an hour—
the distance being 94 miles, it will take, on
♦his hypothesis, seven days before the waters of
Take Erie can mingle with the Gc csee river
You will readily precede that much will he
lost on this long voyage by evaporation, leak
age, and wastage in-general. _ There are no in
termediate streams upon which great reliance
can be placed; but, thank heav en, there are no
iutervining lake to produce consumption ot wa
ter and to create constant demands for supply.
Many small streams which gush from the toot of.
the Mountain ltidge can be put in requisition
! The Genesee river can be used for a western
1 as well as an eastern sewer. Sundy Greek and
I and 18 Mile Greek can be pressed into the sejv
’ .vwririsths esetrde. frkult aiid lilted m seasons of
1 abundance so as to meet seasons of scarcity
And what is lull or more important, Tonewanta
Creek, above the place where the canal enters
it, can ne forced into the channel of Oak Orchard
which will serve • he double purpose of facilita
ting tlnrtransit of the waters of Lake Erie, and
of affording a copious supply at a point where
it Will be wanted. It is impossible to form an
estimate of the quantity or of the value ofthe
commodities ascending and descendind the
canal—perhaps two or three millionsoldollars
before the termination of the sea sn; and 400
boats will be certainly employed if not alrea
dy, before that time Some boats or scows
convey 400 barrels at a time, and the revenue
on the first of Jiine amounted to g 20,000
One man owns 40 boats, another 16; and I saw
on my voyage 16 barges which had come from
Ogdensburgh, via Oswego and Montezuma,
for the purpose of carrying freight on the
canal.
The progress of a loaded boat carrying from
20 to 40 tons, with two hftrses will be at the j
rate of 30 miles per day—while that ot waggons j
with from 4to 6 horses, and from 2 to 4 tons,
will not average more than 20 miles a day. The
tolls paid at thelocks will not exceed the tolls
paid at turnpike gates; and the ordinary ex
pense of a boat with its equipments and horses
will not exceed that of a land conveyance.
And the difference of expense in die cai riage
of commodities will be obvious from the follow
ing statement. The transportal inn of a hun
dred weight of commodities from Utica to Mon
tezuma, can be had for five cents, by the canal
—whiie the transportation of the same quantity
by land from Utica to Albany, the same distance
at least 96 miles, will cost 75 cents A ton of
goods can now be tranported from New-York
to Geneva, or Geneva, or to the head of the
Seneca Lake,.for 20 dollars.—Before the es
tablishment of the canal it cost 50 dollonrs
The wear :>nd tear, or in other words, the i nsu
ance againss damage by land conveyance from
A'bany to Buffalo is 5 per cent ■—by the canal 1
it is almost literally nothing. By a proper ai
rangement at the locks, by which one vessel
will ascend a lock and the other descend imme
diately after, before the lock is emptied, it will
not take more than 6 minutes for the passage of
a ve-sel through a lock; of course 2-40 cati pass
thro’ in 24 hours. As the canal will be navig*
hie 8J months in a year, supposing 30 or 40
tons conveyed in each boat, the aggregate of 1
production in the course of a season mnv ap- j
proximate two millions of tons, which will pro-|
ilue a revenue equal to ten millions of dollars
sum exceeding credibility and almost - trans
cending reasonable calculation.
t The animating influence and vivifying spirit
, of this great work is felt in al* directions. 100
r houses are now building at Rochester New
! villages are springing up on turnpike, on the
. canal and intermediate points. Buffalo, like a i
, j phenix has risen from its ashes with renovated i
| beauty and increased prosperity. Wlien I cast !
my eyes over this delightful village, and saw I
its pharos, its spires, its public bindings, its
pieres streching out into the lake, and braving
the fury of the biltows, a crowd of sea vesels >
on the watery expause,and an inland sea exiued !
ing tieyonj the reach of view, and bearing on j
jits bosom the accumulated and accumulaiug l
riches of the western world, I must confess that!
j I felt an enthusiasm which I rarely indulge The 1
j energies of freedom and Intelligence enlisted 1
: on the side of great public iraprovments, far
nish a spectacle bn which, to borrow the ex
pression of a heathen philosopher, the gods
may look down with admiration. W. tS.
From, an ‘nglish paper, of May \T,
Felony ‘near the Throne:—* Thomas Jay,
a young man holding the situation of pos
tillion in the service of his Majesty, was
brought before Sir Richard Birnie, by Tho
mas'Cook, a constable oT St. James’* Par
ish. anil another officer, charged with at
tempting to pick the pockets of upward? of
twenty persons, and withactukllv stealing
a watch, a riband, and a seal, from the
person of a man whose name is anlcnbwn.
Gook, and his brother officer deposed
to the following facts : “While the king
was in Drurylane Theatre on Wednesday
. a .. nn /la, t W Ollfclllrt Cl ft f 1
evening, they were on duty outside, and
they were accosted by a man tn crowd, who
said that one of the servants wearing the
royal livery was actually engaged- in pick
ink pockets. Gook at first laughed at the
assertion of the man, and said it was im
possible—he must be mis'aken; but his
informant was quite positive of the lact,
and pointed out the prisoner, whose person
was perfectly well known to Gook as one
ofthe postilions to the King. He and the
Other officer determined to watch him,
which they did, fr nearly two hours and
in that time saw him try the pockets ut up
wards of 20 persons in the crowd, but he
did so rather clumsily, and did not suc
ceed in getting any thing. He thrust, his
hand even into the waistcoat and briseches
pockets of several persons, and was by
soirifc struck and pushed away. At length
when the door at which the King was to
come out from the theatre was thrown open,
the prisoner approached the side of the
por'icn, and placed himself immediately
behind a gentleman, who at the first creak
ier ofthe door bolts had taken off his hat
and pressed forward, apparently anxious
to greet his Majesty which a hearty sa-
lutation. . ,
Six or seven minutes, however, elapsed
before the appearance of some of the atten
dants announced the approach ot the King,
and at that moment (he gentlemen huzzaed
vather loudly, at which the prisoner clap
ped his hands but hissed in the ear of the
gentleman at the same time. The latter
upon hearing that dicortlart sound so close
to him, redoubled his cheering and waved
his hat; and at that instant the prisoner
threw both arms round his waist and drew
out his watch. The officers seized both
his arms instantly, and Gook called to the
gentlemen, “Sir, you have lost your watch;”
but the latter answered that he had not, for
his steel guard had saved it, and Gook then
asw the watch hanging by the guard out
side the fob. They took the prisoner away,
and desired the gentleman to follw; but
just at that juncture the King entered
his carriage, and in the confusion ofthe mo
ment they lost him.
appeared at the bar in an undress liv
ery, if he had any thing to say to the
charge.
Prisoner. Yes, your Worship, I have
this to say—that a good deal of what
has been stated is false. He went on to
deny having attempted to pick any pock
ets, and said that he put his arms round
the gentleman merely to save himself from
falling.
The officers solemnly declared that all
they had stated was true, and related a
conversation which they had heard pass
j between the prisoner and a lad of known
character, with whom he had shaken hands
familiarly. The lad ?aitl, among other
things. “If I can lay it on to night, it will
be ns good as two month’s work lo me.”
This the prisoner admitted to be true.
Sir R. B'rnie Ordt red the prusoner to be
remanded until Monday next, and express
ed a hope that the gentleman spoken of
would then come forward.
Trotting, Trotlin, Trottino, Bfc.
The grea s Trotting match which has
lately U’otted in almost every newspaper,
from Maine to Georgia, reinainds us of
Monsieur Trottin, a Parisian merchant,
who, having amassed a large fortune, took
it into his bead to trot through the world.
This, however, he was unable to accom
plish without many metamorphoses. In
Norniand, ne became Le Sieur lie Trot
tinville—Brittany hailed him as Le Chev.
alier Kerfrottip—-Passing over into Wales
he became Sit'Ap Trotin—England knew
him by the appellation of Squire Trottin
In Scotland.be was christened McTrottin,
ami in Ireland O’Trot tin—He could not
visit Holland without having his ears salu
ted with the name of Van Trottin—Ger
many received him as the celebrated Trav
eller Trottinberg—ln Spain he was hon
oured with the title of Don Trottinez— In
Italy with that of Signor Trouinn—l n
j Russia he could not be less than Baron
jTrottinkoft—after other peregriations and
variations, he reached China, where he
died Trottin fou—(t. e. Trottin mad)
Daily Compiler.
| Enterprise.— Under Ihc head cf arrivals in the
I Commercial Report from Nevr-Orleans, e find
j the following;—'“ Armed, a rufc of pine timber,
; belonging to Mr. Diftrest, from O/eun, in the
i.AVrt(e if vVew.forF.” Olcan is situated at the
head of the navigable waters of the Allegany Ifi.
ver, in the Comity of Cat'erangua, in this State.
A village has been hid out on the original
site of Olean, by the same of Hamilton. It is
pleasantly and advantagesusiy situated’and bids
fair to be a place of considerable importance.
The raft alluded to mist have descended near
ly 3000 mi'es from the waters of the Allegany,
through the Ohio and Mississippi, to its place of
destination.—.V. York American,
Admiralty Decision. —Ship Prince Re
gent. This was a case of a bottomry bond, ,
in the hypothecation of which the freight
was omitted.—Lord Stowell said, he should
direct that the freight in this case be
brought in, and subject to contribution in
an average upon the ship, freight, and car
go. In this case thefreighqhad been omit
ted in the hypothecation of the bond but
he had no doubt of the Court’- jurisdiction
to supply the deficiency, which it nw d*-
• reefed to be supplied. —Unquestionably
the hypothecation ought to have included
’ freight. The lender, the person who advan-
ced the money upon the bottomry bond
might undoubtedly elect t<> have the cargo
included ; for he was competent to eL'Ct
upon what security he would haz.ard his
advances. But he could uot exclude ship
and freight, for ship and freight were evi
dently the natural securities lor the repay
ment of his mbney, & the Court observed,
that in directing the freight to be added to
the liyp'T'iccation, it was only strengthen
ing the securities to which the lender was
entitled. The bond was then ordered to
be brought into the Registry of the Court,
and to be paid with interest and costs.
The discoveries science is destined to
make in one day, is a question beyond the
ken of human foresight with certainty to
answer. Every partial improvement, ever
v invention by which we are enabled to pry
still deeper into the mysteries of nature re
veals astonishing facts, which were neve:
before dreamed of in the wildest visions <d
poetical fancy. When we suppose that ail
the region?, of wonder have been frequent
ed. we find, that we are only on the vesti
bule ot new wonders. We extract from a
late London paper the f ‘Mowing astonish
ing account cf an improvement in > ptics.
It will perhaps be recollected by our sci
entific readers, that the London papers
lately contained accounts of the extraordi
nary powers which Mr. Rogers had suc
ceeded in applying to the Microscope, ef
fected, we believe, principally by the aid of
a newly discove-ed chemical light. Mr. R.
purposes to introduce that stupendum.s ap
paratus at the close of hi* astronimical lec
ture, in our Theatre on Monday evening.
By a table of Gist powers, which we hve
seen, it appears that the highest magotliei
of this instrument is but one hundred) part
of an inch focal length, and ct>n-M't}ueufly
capable of enlarging the cubes of minute
objectin the astonishing cbg'ee of 125,-
000,000 times! Some f the singular phe
nomena discovered by this apparatus, is
likely to prove of the highest importance
to medical science. Mr. U has been able
to perceive tlv tmost ofthe morbid secre
tions in the human subject, us the peculeni
matter of consumption, of cancer, syphilis,
gr. are liter ally masses of worms or ani
malcule■
Do not our friends when they peruse this
*ci:oiirt to such anew almost
involuntarily throw down the paper dis
gust? And yet had it been suggested by
man that our pecutlent humours proceeded
from live animals in the human body, ne
would have bee.o regarded as a wild vis.
ionary—as a man that wished to palm off
upon the public the most revolting incre
dulities.
The late vi-it of the military company of
the College, to Capt. Shaw at Charlestown,
having been made the subject of various
articles in the newspapers, and occasion
been take;) from it, tu consider the govern
ment of the university sis sanctioning on
the part of the company, an indelicate and
improper step, the following facts are com
municated.
By the standing regulations cf the uni
versity, the military coi p-s, (consisting of
a portion of the members, ofthe senior and
junior classes) is permitted to leave Cam
bridge, only on invitation from some gen
tleman residing in the neighborhood. Pre
vious to the visit to Charlestown, it was
stated to the president of the .university,
by the commanding officer of the corps,
that sucli an invitation had been received
from Cap!. Shaw.—-No intimation was
given to the president of the fact that a note
had been before sent to Captainrsshsw, on
behalf of the company, with a proposal t,
pay him a salute. Under the existing cir
cumstances, the government ofthe univer
sity could not but regard the sending of
such a note as highly improper, and had it
been known to them, tiie visit of the com
pany to Charlestown would have been for
bidden.
It will appear from the’foregoing state
ment that there is tin justice in attributing
to the university an unbecoming interfer
ence in a controversy, with which it is so
totally disconnectud; —and it may be left
to the judgement ofthe public to pronounce
a merited censure on the attempt made to
involve its members in the excitement and
odium of such an interference.— Boston
Daily Adv.
TICK BUCKETS.
We would particularly caution the citi-!
zen s nd strangers who may have occasion
to carry money about them, to beware of a
gang of scoundrels who at’ present
committing their depredations in this city.
The numerous instances that haie occur
red of late, “f persons being robbed of their
pocket books, call upon the Police to be vi
gilant in ferreting out the villains. In
several instances, very large sums have
been stolen, particularly from strangers
Would it not be well for those who'arrive
in this city with a large sum of money, to
make a deposit of it in some of the Banks
and make their payments thro’ these insti
tutions? J\'ew-York Daily Advertiser.
PENDLETON, (=5. C ) J d | yl7
Murder and Suicide.— i)n Sunday the 7ik
jnst. a shocking ciicuinstance t oo k p|, K( l m
the lower part of this District; tt )e particu
lars have been communicated to us by Sev ”
e , al persons, varying but liule in substance
Mrl. Fanny Block, wife ot Captain a„.
drew Block, of this district, during the ii,.
seoce of her husband, who was gone t,
meeting, drowned one of her children a-d
hung herself. The particulars, as related
are as follows :—T hat she threw herc! <llJn | l !
ter, a giil of about 6 years old, into tliewHi”
she then attempted to throw in !ier eldest
son, but He proving too strong, escaped
from her gripe—-(the boy stated that sh e
trembled voitenlly.) £he then directed
him to take up the youngest child and
to Mr. Land’s house, a nigh neighbour, i 0
stay there'some time, and then tell Mr,.
Land to come and see her—lie did so nd
after some time Mrs. Land proceeded with
| him ; the bov shewed great reluctance to t e .
. turn, and said his sister was in the w f |!-
i Mrs. Land then called to her husband u
, follow her, and she went on to the house,
the door being shut, she looked through
the cracks and saw Mrs. Brock, hanoj'a,
She had got up into the loft, tied a rope to
ihe ridge poll of the house, removed
of the loft floor, and let herself down be
tween tiie joist. Some of the neighbour*
having collected, they tied a pair ot p„{.
hooks to a rope nntl drew op the child by
its clothes out ofthe well. They were going
to break the door ofthe house, when Mr.
Brock rode up into the yard; and not hay.
sog heard any thing of tbe tdlkir, his fee.
lings may be easier conceived than deserj.
bed—he fainted; it is also stated that nn
apparent cause has been assigned for so
desperate an act.
From a late British publication.
Washington’s Ancestors. —ln the rnR.
plicated and marvellous machinery of c i r .
cumstanceu, it is absolutely impossible to
decide what would have happened, as to
some events, if the slightest ciistmbance
had taken place, in the march of those that
preceded them. We my observe a little
dirty wheel of brass, spinning round upon
its greasy axle, and the result is that in an
other apartment, many yards distant fun
it, a beautiful piece of of silk issues, Imm
a loom, rivalling in its hues the tints of the
rainbow ; here are myriads ts events in
our lives the distance between which waj
much greater than that between this wheel,
arid the ribbon, but where the connexion
hi.d been much more closa. If a private
country gentleman in Cheshire, about the
year seventeen hundred and thiriy, had
not been overturned in his carriage, it is
extremely probable that America, instead
wf being a free republic at this moment,
would have continued a dependant colony
of England. I'itiscounfry gentleman hap
pened to be Augustus Washington, Ms
quire, who was thus accidentally thmen
info the company of a lady who aftenvjrdi
became his wife,who emigrated with him {#’
America, & in die year seventeen hundred
& thirty two, at Virginia, became the envi
ed mother of George VVoshington the great,
It gives us real plcsure to record in?
stanres of juvenile intrepidity, whenever
such noble qualities are exerted in the
cause of benevolence and humanity On
the 21st inst. while two boys we e bathing
at the Spring Gaidens, one of them sunk
in a place, where the water was twelve feet
in depth, and after some unsuccessful at
tempts to regain the shore, sunk to the bot
tom. His comrade immediately sounded
the alarm, and sundry persons collected,
none of whom, however, ventured on the
recovery of the boy. A you tig lad about
a quarter of a mile distant from the scene
of danger, hearing the cries of alarm, hay
tenecl to the spot, and w ithout speaking to
any one, divested himself of his clothes,
and plunged into the liquid element. Ho
went to the bottom, and shortly afterwards
arose for the recovery of his breath—n
second arid a third ti e did this little hero
sink unsuccessfully, and rise to recover
his respiration. On his third attempt, he
thought that he felt the toe of the suftVrer,
and a fourth time did he plunge for the
biuty. Divine Providence smiled on sath
persevering benevolence at last—he rises
encumbered with the helpless and motion
less body; but now, exhausted by such re
peated and unavailing efforts, he finds his
strength rapidly declining. With a calm
ness and self-possession worthy of all
nraise.be turns himself on Ins back, and
float? upon the surface ofthe water,still
gt’Asping his helpless companion, untill as
sistance was obtained, and both recovered
from their perilous situation. The boy is
still living, and vvliat thanks are due Ire in
his parents for such intrepid aril deter
mined benevolence 1 Why should not hem
unity be allowed to claim her liet'es, as
vveii a9 the demon of carnage?—Vie
have inquired into the age of this nolle
child, anil the number? fifteen years—ln*
name is JAMES ARNOLD. The child
rescued by his benevolence from a watery
grave, is now doing well. [_Bait. Chronic,
A prison* r confined in the County Gaol,
in this city, named Elijah Bruce, commit
ted suicide on Thursday night, between
the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock, by cutting
his throat with a razor. lie had been com
mitted for want of bail, on a peace warrant,
issued upon a complaint made by his wife
for an assault. He was formerly a butch
er, and though there were two other prison
ers confined in the room, he had effectual
ly succeeded in despatching himself be
fore they could interfere to prevent the fatal
catastrophe. Eve, Gazette,