The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-07
Vol. 9-----No. u.

"s 10 Lucy shelly the cOn,noNws a,tl's right To
rsrt"a lands there'n mentioned :" .s coreerl,ipy
Thomas Fr,stoe -" emo eri.ing BENJAMIN ,,sshr .
! > concerning H.nry Hance :" concerning John
Nf'nnn :; " concerning hlorris Aus;ii" :. concern
,hs hieiiard Jackson A." establishing thc town OF
Manchester IA The county uf lirooge - csiabl sl,-
ing the town ct Union in the county OF ln,ou, :"
Incorporating company Ia the eli, OF Richmond
,or Ma''ne i"su'anses aud for othcr purposes"
were respectively read tl.Iri time and passed.
on motion OF Mr.. Preston, Ordered tiatle:,ye lie
gwen 10 bring IN bill, 9 To authorize tie un,lefta-
Ner oil The turnpike road, from the head 81 Roam
"Ke rver, over the Aiiegnny mountain, TO extend
u'e shid Turnpike from the eastern end thereor TO
the li'n;aton OF the said undertaken
~ communication from the Governor, incosinc "a
letter from the honorable John Marshall and a re-
port OF the Commissioners who executed the act of
me iast session. entitled, ~ act appointing Conn
inssi'nets for the purpose of viewing certain rivers
Si'lh TINS commonwealth" laid before the
1 ne SAID Letter and Report read as follows:
RICHMOND, Dec. Goth, 1912.
.:asren to submit to your EXcellen-
Cyl Tor the purpose of being laid before the
General Assembly, the Report of the Com
n'!sS'onefs WHO executed the act of the
last session, entitled " an act appointing
commissioners for the purpose of viewing
cerCa'n rivers within this commonwealth"
o their distance from each other. and
ne consequent difficulties ATTENDING the in
!erchansc OF sentiment and the attainment
OF tAelr respective signatures, is to he as
cr'oed the d. y which has taken place in
me performance of this part Of their duty.
he more tailed report TO which the
enclosed refers IS not vet received. but is
expected IN few days, Siwill then be trans
united toour EXcelenCy. Ii was not thu't
ADVISABLE longer to withhold the general
report FOR the purpose of accnmpanr ing it
win that more in detail to which 1T refers.
l nave 'he hmnor to be, sir, with great res
pect, IUur obedent servant,
J MARSHALL.
His ErceAcncy Gov1,nor Rar6our'
To fhe Honoratic thr Sneaker and aErm.
Ce's Of tie General .4SSenblu, me IN
derStTned CommiSsioncrS, nu,ned syiih
Others in hr act, entitled " an act, an
fo'nfing Commissioners TOR the hurI ose
OF Uie7v'mg certain rivers qvithia his
commonwealth -
REsPEcTFULLY REPORT,
That, surprising the autumn to he the
season which afforded the iairest prospects
TOR giving effect to the views of the Leeisla-
ture, rs expressed in their act your Com
mlssIoners agreed that 4 meeting should he.
called or the first of September, at Lynch-
burg. The number required by law for the
execution OF the service they were directed
10 perform, having assembled, and the ne
cessary preparations having been made,
your commissioners began at the bridge az
Luxembourg TO view James River, and to
take Its level by sections to the mouth of
Dunlop's creek. MIR. Andrew AIexsndcr.
.he surveyor of Rockbridge county, had
been engaged to execute this duty under
their direction. To his report, which your
com missions believe to be accurate, they beg
ie@Ve 10 refer, as exhibiting, in minute de-
tail, the information required by law.
rs an actual measurement of the whole
river would have employed so much fine
as TO Deter the completion IF the work, un-
I'll nigh waters might defeat the object of
the Legislature and was rendered the less
necessary by previous surveys, distances
were in general conjectured The eve. al
ded by time piece, and occasionally cor
rected by actual measurement, furnished
Information winch, though not perfectly ex-
act, was believed not To vary much from the
truth and to be substantially sufficient.
nose places which presented serious OBJ
sIaCies were measured by the chain, and
the elevation was taken throughout by a spi.
rit level. ~
On that part of the river which is COM
prlsed within the Charter already granted
your Non'misuop ers presume, that little, if
any iniormatirh is expected from them,
., t" an VIII be found in the annexed re-
port OF Mr.. Alexander.
from '1eall's bridge. or Crows ferry IN
.'le moth of the Cow Pasture, no difficulty
PIesT nts itself, which may not be with
Icf tainty su"mounted. The falls are no
mere formidable there are long stretch-
cs OF smooth water, and the shadows NAV
be so deepened as to afford water for boats.
bringing down from six to eight tons. and
carrying up from four to six tons, if not
throughout the year, through ali but very
inconsiderable portion Of it. Your Com
missioners give the opinion, unanimously.
and with great confidence, that the navi.
CATION from Crows ferry to thc mouth Of
the Cow Pasture may. with improvements
by no means expensive be rendered 8.
certain, as useful, and as permanent. as the
navigation from the same place to lynch
burg and that it may he used at all times
when the navigation to Lynchburg can he
used, with boats carving an equal bur-
then Indeed that it may be rendered
more safe, and less laborious than hat from
tine mouth of the North Fork to Ly.chburr
now is.
From the mouth of the Cow Pasture to
the mouth OF Duuop's creek, the djrcul-
ties become move Considerable, and their
removal will require greater expenditures
o: money. The mass Of water diminishrs
and the elevation increases. The sho1s
become longer and shallower, and the in
tervals Of smooth water shorter. Vet tlis
rugged navigation, though totally unim-
proved, IS now used during high water
Boats laden with the produce If The co,,,-