Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-02

ania College enlo %et,, with 50 uucA case
and SD much expc litiOn.-Bht they have
la'd the plan for these en- erp:zl s. and
provided funds FOR their execution.
RIVERS, ROADS, CANALS, &c.
@fh y have aPpropr ated m lll@u OF
dollars to these OBJECTS the present metz
annu Il income estimated at not less than
500, 030-bt sides. en,lowing this fund y h
al the p emiImS which may hereafter a
rise from incor, crIti.g new, or eH. ending
the capitals of the existing bfnkv. Tuis
fan. IS Sn Ter tile superintendance of a
B3arl OF Pubic WO IS, who are to gath
er Information, devise plans, anil overlook
their direction. Oh the sort Of matcri ais
which Gu axe tins board, e gu. iica
1ions winch they possess, the services
wh;:h may DC anticipate nom Them. some
idea may be formed tron, tie single cir
cumstance, that Mr. jeticrssn IS
NJ; I.oer OF the B0a,d.-No portion
IF this fund can b. employed up
on any public work, until some guarantee is
obtained Gifts feasibility, by 3 oths OF the
capital being previously contributed by ~
uiv,duals VINO are disposed Co risk tneir
money IN the lprize.AOdr rivers and
roads Will sooh Experience til benz fits uf
system, which Combines vigilance, wisdom
and capital together. TIE Roanoke, the
Happah sanock, the Shenandoah, VIII all
ENJOY the advantagcs-anl, that most mu-
mncent or all the public works which have
been under consideration, the comrnunica
ton bstween the James and the OHIO riv-
ers, VIII thrive under ITS auspc s. An
that Is now IL be desired is, that a liberia
and enlightened system should be adopted
by the next Legislature, which may COM
promise conflicting interests, and diiiase ut
large the benefits of the fund.
SCHOOLS.
Nearly 6 100000. more is given to
MS hoy purpoSc--bcs .dss, AN annual in
crease from Certain fines, penalties and
ror:ciures-tnd sum IN hand of near
; $1,000. So munihcent is this apprnpria-
ton 10 the Literary Fund so great a
spr ng has it given to the hopes of the
friend of Education, that the Executive
have it in charge To lay u scheme before
the next General Assembly of Univer-
sify. Colleges, Academies, and Schools, 90
dilfuse the benefits of Education among
the people. This act alone ought to hand
down tms'Leglslature to the gratitude of
posteri'y.
MAP AND CHARTS.
They have authorized = Map to be ia
ken of The whole State, and a Chart of
each County--an object, whose benefits
arc scarcely to be calculated.
a large fund besides to the improve
meat OF the public property. at least so or
10000 dols.-thus, the public square Is ~
be embellished and enc losed, the Capitol
improved. &c. &c.
Ground Of very valuable description
assigned 70 The erection Of a Museum, of
CurIostirs, aad OF the Fine Arts.
\ Monument 10 be erected over the
ashes ot the illustrious Washington--the
thanks OF the country, and memorials of
public gratitude voted TO those gallant of
hcers who have shed their blood or risked
their lives for us--the land law opened to
facilitate tine compensation of the soldiers
oi the Revolutionary army---and ON the eve
OF dissolution, resolutions adopted to secure
the titles of those gallant veterans. who
had claims to land in the Western Coun-
try.
interpretations, whose very names would
fatigue the reader to peiuse, conceded
Tor turnp kc roads, bridges, and river COM
panies.
100000 dollars to the Armory, for the
fabrication of our arms.
Arsenals to preserve the arms, after they
arc made.
Al the new subjects of taxation too
the old taxes REDUCE II pr cent--W ,th
an eye to the inter- SITS OF the people, they
have taken from Their burthens--but with
an eye to the improvement of the State,
they have unanimously determined to
Tetain as many taxes as were neCes-
sary tot c!lIcate those improvements.
bcsidesthese services, they have impro-
we'd our Judiciary system, establishing
Ml'shaIs, for the transmission Of the pro-
CESS OF the Oh merry courts, and making
1t the duty OF the clerk OF the Court of APP
peals to c roul tie its decisions.
Yet, 1T not only by what they haVc done
but " at they nave refused 10 do, that the
Legislature is ent tied TO our respect They
have SET the faces against Theological
Iao0rpCraton--A ag inst d n2mmoth sys-
temot Is banks, winch WAS calculated to
increase the evil OF an extended paper cur
rency, by de,Jging the stat with fresh e.
miss ons--thus showing that no ASSOCIATION
OF mOnied interests, no Combination of
votes, can corrupt or oVerawe the lie
g'sl turc Of Virginia. have gone
turther--enActcd d Law to H,uzzle those un-
licensed mushroom institutions, which
presume to violate the laws vi the land
Tue osly act, which has 4 fearful appear
ance, Is the law coercing the present banks
to pay gold and silver by the 18th OF No
venber; as 1t is possible tine circumstan-
ces OF that period may not permit them to
open Their vaults.
Citizens OF NTg' MIA let US bow then
before an Assembly which has done ne So
much good snd so little injury.
Ani YOU, citizens of Richmond how
mach improved is your situation 1t has
not yet escaped our anxious recollection,
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