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The SCSQUEIIANNA.--The following re-


maj Ks from the Ithaca. New York. journal, o;ys.
further facts in Illustration of,e Importance Of the
susqnehanna to the people Of New York, the great
canal notwithstanding :-.. The Susquehanna Ry
er," says the journal. is already clear from ice.
and the hustle Of descending navigation has com
menced, with favourable prospects. 1t will be
some weeks yet, before the Erie canal will break


its icy feters and undergo such repairs as will rem
der it navigable. How futile, therefore, must be
the attempts to divert the commerce of the valley
Of the susquehanna from its present channel, by
means Of connecting canals. Even with the adj.
vantages possessed here of an immediate com,nu-
ncation with the Erie canal, we understand that
several OF our merchants have the present season.
sent quantities of Pork, Flour, Whiskey, &c. to be
conveyed down the Susquehanna; thus encounter
ing land conveyance oftrenty eight miles, for the
advantages Of an early market. If the citizens Of
Newtown and the valley Of the Chemung therefore,
have such strong predictions as they pretend for
canal transportation, they should not permit land
carriage Of eighteen miles the distance from Elmira
to the head of the Seneca to deter them from seek
ing their favorite channel of communication and
