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RISE OF THE LAKEs.-A gentleman who has
Just returned from the West, states that forests
of oaks have been killed by the rise of the waters
in the lakes, and that some of the trees, on being
cut down, are found to be marked with the growth
of hundred and forty years; thus proving that
during that long period, the waters had not before
been so high as atpresent The cataract of Nj
agara has gained in grandeur, while many cult
vated farms are now only to be found under water,
and city lots which had been sold for thousands
of dollars are in the same submerged condition.
Dwelling houses, barns, &C., stand sin the water
and out of the water,' and the fences which once
divided estates, now only divide "watery wastes" :"
The rise has been regularly going on for seven
years, and irregulary for seven more. It's, how
ever, stated in the Buffalo Advertiser that, with
in the last two or three months, owing probably
to the great evaporation by heat, the water has
fallen few iuches. Lake Erie is now about four
feet higher than in 1925, and Lake Ontario about
six and a half feet higher.-Jour. Of Commerce.