Daily National Intelligencer

Nat. Int.

Inland navigation. SENECA LOCKS.--We have the satisfaction to state (says the Geneva Gazette) that on the 23d August, the first boat (about 50 feet in length) went through the two upper locks on the Seneca falls, loaded with upwards of 100 persons, in presence of a great number of spectators, collected from different parts of the country. The boat, having entered the guard lock, went through the new canal, nearly 3/4ths of a mile in length, and descended the two locks in 25 minutes--then turned about in the Seneca river and re-ascended the locks in 9 minutes--all which no doubt will be accomplished hereafter in much less time considering that every thing was new and managed by hands unacquainted with lock navigation concerns the architect, Mr. Marshal Lewis, excepted, whose faithful exertions deserve the highest praise. The workmanship of these locks, as it respects solidity and neatness, is probably not exceeded by any heretofore constructed. The locks canals and dams, as far down as colonel Mynder's old mills, will, no doubt, be completed before winter; and the remainder, near and below the colonel's new mill, will in all probability pass inspection by the middle of the next season. The completion of these locks will be important, not only as it respects the advantages which this village will derive from it, but in particular, the convenience of transportation for the immense country west of this.