G8 On the Anthracite Region, &c. of Pennsylvania. 
anthracite compares advantageously with that of the Lehigh. 
The coal of this region will be conveyed to New-York, a 
distance of 217 miles, through the medium of a canal now 
constructing under the able superintendence of Judge 
right, by the proprietors of the coal bed. This canal com- 
mences at the Hudson, near Kingston, and passes to the Del 
aware, 67 miles, through a valley located between the Sha- 
wangunk mountain, and the gray wacke ranges, spurs from 
the Catskills. Except near the Delaware, and on approach- 
ing :he Hudson, where considerable excavations in limestone 
and othe rocks became necessary, there was little difficulty 
in constructing the work, as for much of the distance it pass- 
es through sandy and gravelly loam. For twenty miles it 
runs on th side of a mountain north of the valley, and ata 
a considerable elevation. At the summit level the canal ex- 
tends eighteen miles without a lock. It will probably be 
completed from the Hudson to the Delaware the present season. 
Bed: of dark argillaceous schist, of small extent, are in a 
few places cut through. Limestone, of a good quality for 
caleining, occurs at the base and in places on the side of the 
Shawangunk ridge, adjacent to the canal in approaching the 
Hudson and Delaware, and will be useful to the part 
Pennsylvania situated between the Delaware and Susquehan- 
na, in which there is no limestane. The construction of the 
canal up the Delaware, on its eastern bank, to the Lacka- 
waxen, a distance of twenty miles, will be arduous and ex- 
pensive. or several miles it is located on the steep rocky 
side of a mountain... The passage up the valley of the Lack- 
awaxen will be comparatively easy. Parts of this valley are 
settled, and contain considerable alluvial land. About one 
thousand feet of lockage are required from the Hudson to 
the western termination of the canal. The coal bed is to 
connected with the canal by a railway of a few miles, passing 
over a considerable eminenee. Lumber and coal will for many 
years be the:principal articles transported down the canal. 
An extension of canal navigation ur the Delaware into the 
State of New-York, which is practicable, would enhance the 
value of the stock. The rates of toll demanded for coal, 
| if maintained, exclude individuals from participating in — 
Lae et through the medium of this canal. 
wit communicate with a large tract of good grazing land in 
Wayne county, a part of on district called the beech woods, 
that extends in P ennsylvania and New-York about one hun- 
