Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-05-18
RAY 10,


RAY 10.
NATHAN TowNsoN, late Colonel in the
Army, has hsen appointed by the President,
with the consent of the Senate. to be Pay
master General of the Army-,he office he
formerly heid.-Nat. Int.
The frigste PoToMAc was yesterday haul
ed up to her destined site, on the new plan
invented by Commodore RODGERS. The
success of the experiment has been complete;
and il is matter of so general an interest,
that we shall endeavor, in our next, to give
such sccouot Of it may afford our rea-
ders an idea of its advsBtages.-{6id.
BY one OF the acts Of Congress, $4,000 is
spprop, lated for the survey of the coast of
Florida. under the direction of the President
of the United States. This appropriation
grew out of the resolution which Mr., HILL,
Of Maine, submitted to that effect at an ear.
ly part of the session. An accurate chart of
of that coast is desirable object, iu a mer.
camille as well as naval point of view, espe-
ciaIy our knowledge of it is at resent so
iimited.-I6id'
The Governor Of the state of Tennessee
has issued his proclamation, requiring the
General Assembly of that state TO convene at
Nurfreesborough, in special session, on the
22d day of July next.-I6id.
MAY II.
The following appointments have been re
Gently made by the President of the United
States with the advice and consent of the
Senate
George ". Eub6ell, to be Consul of the
United Sta,ssl Manila.
H'iifsan Clark, Of Missouri, to be supers
intepdant Of Indian affairs at st Louis.
Gideon Pitz, to be Register, and James
c. Dickson, TO be receiver of Public Mon.
les for the land district composed of the lands
lately coded by the Choctaw Indians.
UiNidm G. ID. Worthington, obe Mar.
shall for East Florida.-I6id.
II will be recollected that an unfortunate
difference Of opinion, in mere matter of
form, of the very least Importance, between
the Governor and Council, of Virginia, pre-.
vented the effective appointment OF Commits.
sioners, last year. to act in conjunction with
those appointed by the Executive of Mary.
land, To survey the river Potomac, and 10
make report thereon to The Legislatures
oil those States with a view TO the commence
ment OF etfectual measures for COMPLETELY O.
pening the navigation of that important riv.
er. That year should thus be lost, was q
matter much to be regretted, rot only on &C.
count Of the great and lucrative commerce
which seeks that channel, but the great i'm.
portance which Is so Justly attached 10 it as a
medium of communication between the Eas,
and West as link binding those parts of the
Union together, more especially as, in the
mean time, some very erroneous opinions
with respect to that navigation have been
broached, land in some degree acted upon,
which can exist oUly with the most Imperfect
knowledge of the subject, or have been pro.
duced by the ,rost incorrect information
But we have the satisfaction to find, that
the Legislature Of Virginia, at their last ses.
sion, took that business out of the hands of
the Governor and Council, and, by special
act, themselves appointed the Commissions.
ers on the part Of Virginia. 1t is to be no.
ped that these Commissioners, now, in con-
junction with those appointed on the part of
Maryland, will soon enter upon the discharge
of this important frost. The earlier this is
done, in the season, the better. The Com.
missioners appointed on the part of Virginia,
are, MIR. William Temple Thorn pson Ma.
SOD, Of Loudon county. MIR. Moses Hunter.
of Martinsburgb, and Mr. William Nsylor.
of Romney; which three or any two of whom
may act. The Commissioners appointed on
the part of Mary land, are, MIR, Eli Williams,
and Mr.. Athanssias Fenwick.
On this subject, very interesting report
was made by The Committee the District
of Colombia, of which MIR. MERcER was
the Chairman, on the last day bot one Of the
late Session. This report, with Other i'm.
pOrtan. public documents, shall in due
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