about seventy feet below the surface of the earth. The iron made out of it is uncommonly soft. A piece of native gold, weighing nearly ten ounces, was found some time in July, 1826, in the town of Newfane. It was picked up by a boy, near a small brook, and was studded with crystals of quartz. In its general appearance, it was described as resembling the North Carolina goldSpecific gravity, 16.5.-considered worth 89 cents per pennyweight.

1825.] NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Commissioners, appointed by the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, were employed, in the summer of 1825, to ascertain the boundary line, and to erect durable monuments at suitable places. The Massachusetts charter, of 1628, gave the grantees all the land between a certain limit towards the south, and a line running three miles north of the river Merrimac, and every part thereof, and so running westward to the Pacific ocean. The province charter, granted by William and Mary, in 1691, was less explicit, but covered substantially the same ground. A controversy having arisen concerning the construction of these charters, the provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, in 1731, submitted the sub

ject to commissioners. Their award was referred to the king in council, who, being desirous to curtail the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, arbitrarily assigned to New Hampshire a large tract of land, which that province did not even pretend to claim, ordering the line to be run three miles north of the river, as far as Pawtucket falls, where the river takes a more northerly course, and thence to be run due west, allowing ten degrees for the variation of the needle. The inhabitants of Massachusetts claimed to have their line continue on the northerly or New Hampshire side of the Merrimac, as far up as the forks of the river; while, on the other hand, the government of New Hampshire claimed to have the error, by which ten degrees were allowed for the variation, rectified, so as to restore to New Hampshire, a triangular section of land, of sixty thousand acres and upwards, improperly annexed to Massachusetts. The commissioners of the latter state having no authority to change the existing boundary, each board made a report of the facts to its respective legislature; and here the matter now rests. The state of Massachusetts will, undoubtedly, object to going behind the old survey, unless for the purpose of reviewing it entirely, and asserting a right to the

large tract of land north of the river, of which it claims to have been deprived by the order in council.

April.-David L. Morrill was re-elected governor without opposition.

June.-Levi Woodbury was elected a senator of the United States, after five ballotings. The vote in the house, on the fifth ballot, stood, Woodbury, 106; Mason, 53; Dinsmoor, 43; Plumer, 1. In the senate, Woodbury had 9 to 2. On the 17th of June, the following resolutions were adopted by the Legislature:

"Resolved, That the public and patriotic services of JAMES MONROE, of Virginia, late president of

the United States, justly entitle him to the virtuous regard of a grateful people.

"That the legislature of this state entertain a high respect for this distinguished citizen of our country, and feel a deep interest in his future health and happiness."

During the year commencing in June, 1824, and ending in June, 1825, the profits arising from the state prison,amounted to $6,350 75.

A canal was contemplated between the Winnepiseogee lake and the Piscatagua river. The following is the result from the report of Mr. James F. Baldwin, of his surveys and estimates for a canal, from the tide-water, at Dover, fo the mouth of Merrymeeting ri

ver, on Winnepiseogee lake, in the town of Alton; and, from the upper side of the lake, near Centre harbor, to Merrimac river, in Holderness, four miles below Plymouth court house. The length of the canal, by the route surveyed, will be a little over 28 miles; the distance, across the lake, about 22 miles; and, the route surveyed, beyond 15 miles, including 10 miles through the navigable waters of Long Square and Little Squaw lakes; making, in all, a navigation of 65 miles from Dover. A continuation of the route, 34 miles farther, by way of Baker's river, would reach the Connecticut river at Haverhill.

The height of the Winnepiseogee lake, above the tide, was found, by Mr. Baldwin, to be 501 feet. He proposes to feed the canal, from the lake to Dover, from the lake itself. This will require the waters of the lake to be raised two feet by a dam, at the present outlet, and a deep cut, averaging 17 feet for seven miles. He proposes that the canal shall be 25 feet wide at the bottom, the water 4 feet deep, the locks 12 feet wide, in the clear, and 82 feet long, and to These dimenbe built of stone. sions will admit the passage of boats, suitable for the safe and convenient navigation of the lake, and of a supply of water for manufacturing purposes. He proposes that

the descent should be effected by 60 locks, 14 of which will be with in the first mile from Dover, 5 in the second, and 23 in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first. He estimates the expense of the locks at 5,500 dollars each, making, for the 60 locks, 330,000 dollars; the excavation of the deep cut of seven miles, at 156,800 dollars; and the whole cost of the 23 miles, from Dover to the lake, at 590,982 dollars. The cost of continuing the route, from the lake to the left bank of the Pennigewasset, on the Merrimac river, terminating at a level of 96 feet above the river, he estimates at the farther sum of 73,998 dollars. If continued to the river, 12 more locks would be necessary; but if continued farther up the left bank, only 4 might be necessary, before crossing the river, by an aqueduct to meet a canal from Baker's river. To the above estimate he adds 10 per cent. for contingencies, making an aggregate of 731,478 dollars.

August.-A pig of fine malleable copper, weighing thirty-two pounds, the produce of 200 pounds of ore, (pyritous copper of Cleveland,) was obtained from Grafton county, in this state. The ore was smelted by the Messrs. El licotts, at their copper works, near Baltimore; but, as the furnace was not constructed for the purpose of working copper ores, the assay did

not furnish the full amount of the copper which the ore contained. In proper furnaces, it will probably yield from fifteen to twenty-five per cent. of malleable copper. The mines are owned, together with an extensive tract of land, by an incorporated company, and miners are now successfully engaged in raising the ore, which is to be smelted in furnaces, about to be erected in the vicinity of the mines.

The following is the result of the surveys made for canals in the upper part of Vermont and this state:

Three routes have been surveyed between Connecticut river and lake Memphremagog; on one of which the summit level was 1011 feet; on another, 523 feet; on the third, four hundred and ninety-five feet. The height of the Memphremagog above the Connecticut, at Barton, the northern termination of the surveys of the Connecticut river association, is 232 feet. The fall on the Connecticut river, from lake Connecticut to Barnet, is 1170 feet. The fall from the Canada line to Barnet, is 608 feet.

The legislature of this state met at Concord, on the 7th of June, 1826. Henry Hubbard, Esq. was almost unanimously elected speaker of the house of representatives. Matthew Harvey was elected president of the senate. The votes

given at the late election for governor were counted:-the whole number given was 30,251, of which David L. Morrill received 17,528, and Benjamin Pierce 12,287, and there were a few scattering votes. Governor Morrill was then qualified, and communicated his message to both branches of the legisla

ture.

Among other important matters, it appeared, from the message, that a profit of $13,000 dollars was derived from the state prisons during

the year.

In the senate, a report was made by the committee appointed on banks, from which it appeared, that from November to May, the capital stock actually paid in, of the banks of the state, was increased from $1,577,350 to $1,742,650— that two new banks went into operation during that time, with a capital of $150,000-that the debts due all the banks were reduced, in the same time, from $2,450,634 32, to $2,425,539 90; and that the bills in circulation, were reduced from 956,204 50, to 860,583; while the specie on hand was increased from $220,487 37, to $279,225 60. The report concludes with an opinion, that no new banks ought to be created.

There are some very extensive manufacturing establishments in this state. At Nashua, which is situated about 35 miles from Boston,

there are a number of large cotton and woollen factories, at one of which from 4 to 500 yards of finished woollens, per day, were supposed to be made; and, at Dover, 11,000 spindles are now operating, with 350 looms--and 10,000 spindles and 400 looms, in addition, are preparing. There is, also, a large iron and nail factory attached; all which is moved, and to be moved, by one water wheel, 28 feet in diameter, and, on account of its length, thought to be the largest ever constructed. The establishment called the Great Falls factory, five miles from Dover, is on the same large scale, and proceeding to its completion very rapidly.

An extensive and rich lead mine was discovered at Eaton; some of the ore of which has yielded seventy-five per cent. of lead: and arrangements are making to work it on a large scale.

The land is owned by James W. Ripley, Esq., of Fryburgh, Me. and was lately purchased for thirty dollars.

1825.] MASSACHUSETTS.

The reception of general La Fayette, by the legislatures of several of the New England states, occurred in the summer of 1825. To avoid the repetition of circumstances, necessarily somewhat similar, we mention the particulars of only one of these, namely, his reception by the state government of