Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-05-29

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SPAIN, and had summoned St Sebas-
tan to surrender place resisted
and some diminishing had taken place
SIN few days" says French Journal
'our 100000 men will be in lire. Then
the decisive blow will be struck"
As every thing relating to the improve
ment of the Navigation of the River Po-
tomac is interesting to our readers, we
have, to-day, published the Act of the
Legislature of Virginia, for mcorpora-
ting Company to improve the same.
The National Intelligencer says, ''the
passage of this act is the first serious
step towards the Accomplishment of the
object which it has in VIZ. Whether
that step will be ain effectaal one, de-
ponds upon the adaptation of the pur-
poses OF corporation with correspon-
dent acts of Congress and the
Legislature of Maryland, or of the
latter only if Congress refuse its aid
to the object With the necessary de-
tails we are not sufficiently familiar to
speak with any degree OF certainty on
tais point As members of this COM
munity, as citizens of the Republic, we
feel indebted to the Legislature of Vir-
ginia for the intention of the act, and
cannot doubt that, in the same spirit,
whatever may appear to be deficient
in the act, will, when indicated, be
cheerfully supplied" We hope so. In
our opinion there are great deficiencies!
We learn from the Philadelphia Free
mans Journal that the town of Whining
ton, Del. subscribed on Monday up
wards of $4,000 to the stock of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal A
parag graph in the Democratic Press OF
Tuesday afternoon says" we beliepe
the achoie of the stock required for the
Chesapeake and Dela,uare Canal is sub
scribsd" There is, we presume, no
doubt of this result. We have been con-
WINGED for a long time past that the Ca
nal would be made at some period, soon
err or later; and we see in the late en-
ergetic course of the people of Phila-
delphia, that the period has notO arrtped
The trade Of the Susquehanna River is
an object well worth contending for
Taking its rise in the heart OF New
York, it flows through the most fertile
lands of that state, traverses the whole
extent of Pennsylvania from North to
South. and after receiving the numer-
GUS tributary streams of which water a
vast additional extent of TERRITORY, final
" discharges itself at the head OF the
Chesapeake Bay. The waters Of this
noble river are as yet the principal chan
mel by which the various products OF
fertile, extensive, and growing country
are brought to market-and that mark
ct Is Raltimore,-BaH finer.
PENNsyLvAs1A.-The nomination Of
Mr.. SHULzE by Convention of the Re-
publicans, for the Office of Governor
of the State of Pennsylvania, which is
to take place this summer, has been al
ready noticed. An opposition Conyen-
ton was held at Lewistown, on the 18th
inst. at which seventy-two delegates
were present. The result of this Con
vention is, that, after having a. Letter
from JosEPH HESTER, declining to be
a candidate for reelection, ANDREW
GREGG was nominated by large ma
jority of votes, and recommended tc
the people of the State as the candi-
date of the Convention.
On Monday afternoon, Mr.. John '
Shade, a respectable young man OF Phil
adelphla, was accidentally shot by per-
son with whom he was in company on
cunning excursion. The load passed
completely through his neck, and instan-
taneossly terminated his existence.
ARKANSAS.
Judge Eskbridge, of Arkansas, ha'
given a brief account Of this territory ii
letter to Chancellor Brown, of Virgin
ia. He describes the climate as gener.
ally healthy, though new settlers are
apt to have the fever and ague. A grea
proportion of the land is good. Th'
bottoms Of the Mississippi are exceed
ingly fine, two-thirds OF them may b.
cultivated. His account of the rivers i
!. interesting-St Francis river is naviga
= bic 100 miles, and runs through rlcl
tract of upland country, the Langele ha
80 miles of navigation, Big Creek tin
same, both chiefly through upland, wit
some rich bottoms. Tie White rive
rises in the state of Missouri; it is navi
gable about 400 miles, and has dozei
tributaries, also navigable from 80 t