insists,however, and successfully, as it seems to us, that neither drunkenness, nor robberies, nor abuse nor insult of casual visitors, could be traced to these laborers.

Great delays, however, were occasioned by the slow process of appraising the lands, and the slower progress in confirming the awards by the Chancery Court and hence', it ;

frequently happened, that when contractors had erected shanties and other buildings, and brought their teams and materials on the line, they were unable to go to work, because

the lands were not as yet in the legal possession of the Commissioners. Nor could this have been foreseen by these officers, for every measure on their part had been taken to

ensure prompt settlement of the appraisements.

As keeping up the record of the progress of the work, we subjoin the statement of this year's work :

The following statement comprises the principal portions of the work which have been performed during the last season, say from the first day of June to the first day of December last. Two thousand four hundred and fifty-five feet of the aqueduct is now complete. There have been erected also about 400 feet of inside wall of the aqueduct, ready for springing the arch. The amount of open cutting and excavation in earth, is 146,760 cubic yards, and the same description of work in rock is 18,272 cubic yards. The tunnellers had penetrated the rock four hundred and six feet on the first of December, and on the first of January, inst., they had extended the work to 653 feet. It is confidently anticipated that several of these tunnels will be completed during the present winter, the work progressing through the intervention of a relay of hands both day and night. The tunnel under contract to Scott & Young, in the village of Sing Sing, is now within a few feet of seeing daylight through it, and a short tunnel of 150 feet under contract to T.