Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-03-06


The amendments made to it are un,
important, and the senate will, 10
doubt, concur in them. We are as.
sured before hand of the appreciation
ofthe President to this act; so that our
readers, who feel an interest in the
preservation of That National Road,
may assure themselves of the fulfilment
ofthelr wishes in its behaii.-Mt.
CALLS FOR INFORMATION
Its an undoubted fact, that if we
may judge the ignorance Of the mem,
bers v congress, by their repeated
calls for information, if we measure
them by Their own standard, they arc
without exception, the most ignorant
lody in the whole United States
They have done nothing worth speak
ing of during the whole of the pres
ent session, but ask fer information.
We think that the officers OF the 90.
vernment who may be said without a.
ny figure of speech, to be the hopeful
instructors OF the pupils-had better
declare themselves the head of an
academy at once, of which our first
magistrate would of course be the Pres.
ident. He should grant the diplomas
from our National University, and dis
tribute the prizes & academic honors
in proportion 10 the relative merit of
his students. Washington wished to
have National University. and we
now have one. We send horeful
young gentlemen to that place to be in.
structed how to become legislators.
Their parents have the most flatterine
accounts Of their proficiency; they
actually shew rapacity to acquire
Intelligence worthy ofall praise.
Bait Morn. Chron.
.another Nathaniel Ma
con, esq. OF North Carolina, is named
in the Virginia Republican as 'sthe PEG
pies Candidate" for the President of the
United States, and that "Virginia and
North Carolina will support him.
1t is said that the pirates are in
creasing very fast in Mantanzas. in
numbers and boIdness-even people
in the streets of Matanzas, were
knocked down and robbed, particu-
larly americans, who seldom ven
lure on shore. An attempt had been
made on the 18th Jan to capture the
United States schr Grampus, but was
deferred by the latter beating 10 quar-
ters
The Annapolis Republican says
the House of Delegates refused to have
the Potomac bill printed in the news
papers ofthe state for the consideration
of the peope-the reason OF the refus.
al was no doubt because the details of
the bill were not acceptable.
MoNoCACY AND POTOMAC CANAL.
We have this week the pleasure. as
we anticipated, of announcing the a.
doption of the resolutions offered by
Mr. j. z. Kennedy, ordering the
out NS y VI ~ icutC iOl q Cdiidl lIOED DdI
tinore 10 the Potomac, at or near the
Monocacy.--All that remains necessa.
ry, to insure TO the people of Frederick
and the adjoining counties the benefits
of water COMMUNICATION to Bali
mote, is to consult their own interests
and promote with a becoming zeal the
proposed obiect.--The accomplish.
ment of such work would open
never failing source of wealth to the
whole state, but more especially to
that section of country through which ii
would pass. Frederick would i'm
prove more in one year, than it has
hitherto in ten; and in the course of IA
few years, would become an immense
mart. literally crowded with busy citi
zcns. Baltimore would he the grand
market and outlet forlh innumcrablc
products OF The west, which weuld be
tfansPorte'ithro' the canal, &, in short
would soon become the rival of New