American Manufactures.
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The LoweH Courier of yesterday says we understand
that the propretors OF the Lowell companies and the
new Essex Company down the river have purchased
the water rights Of Lake Winnipissiogee Squam Lake
shire and which the great feeders of the Merrmack
river By this purchase the water power Of the Merri.
mack will be immensely increased, and will
ful supply OF water every day in the year The lakes
which we have named we understand give surface of
water of between 80 900 and 100 900 During
months in the year. the water for the supply of mills
in this city is abundant but with these great sources
managed as to be drawn upon in mid summer a time
OF drought the supply will always be abundant and the
power in this city and below greatly increased as well
as rendered more permanent.


The Rochester .4drerfiser of the 10th inst states =:
Those who recoect what the Upper Falls were twenty
years ago. would be sadly disappointed at behoding
them now blasted off and cupped up they are by the
invasons Of the manufacturers The point from whi h
the daring Patch won his notorety has disappeared be.
powder But this is not all Long after these depreda.
tions the water used to skip what precpce there
was Ieft win compacent air if the feat vet
no common ono bat the hand Of improvement has
been a neay. the western section of this long ad
mired fall by the projection of wall the brink Of the
precpice, by which it has been diminished in breadth by
fully one half Of its former dimensions This is the con-
sequence OF the aggressive spirit OF manufacturing
whicn seems by It's encroachments to grudge the Gene
see to drop the falls its way
the great reservoir Ontario But the fiat has forth
and the falls doomed to their
ry, mnging with music hitherto its OWL solely and
alone Great changes have taken place this locality
since "a 1t Is the revolution Of the spindle and the trip
hammer and we free to say the change is not TO be
iegretted, only that the revolution is yet in its infancy
the abors Of the diminished Genesee having but lust
commenced. -


Our manufacturing interest thus making rapid pro
gress In the increased facilities to carry il on