The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-21

walls of stones rs shall accommodate IL
hanks to the use of steam boats >
and should the nett dividends still ex
coed il per cent then such excess sllal
he applied to the reduction Of the toll
upon the said canal, according 10 som,
eunitahe scale.
Ind BE- Il further Resolved, That Com
mittee of five Delegates be appointed It
prepare, and cause tu he presented In be
hall of this Convention suitable Memoir
al 10 the State of Ohio, soliciting the co
operation VI that stale in the completion o
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and IFS
ultimate counexGn with the navigation ot
Lake Erie and that, for the latter purpose,
the Memorial shall respectfully suggest the
expediency Of causing the country, be
tween the nufthermost bend of the river
Ohio, and the Southern shore of Lake
Erie, together with the waters near the
said route, to be carefully surveyed, with
the view of asceftainng the practcabiIity
and probable cost of Canal, which, fed by
the latter. shall connect the former.
That letter be addressed by the chair
man of the Convention, to the Mayors of
Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washing
Ton, applising, through them, their respec-
tive Corporations, of the proceedings, OF
this Conyention,. and inviting their Yea
ious cooperation in giving tn them effect
That another lettef be addressed, by the
Chairman, in behalf of this Convention, to
The President & Directors of the Potomac
Company, requesting their concurrence IN
the measures recommended by the prece.
ding resolutions.
Resoiped, That the Committee before
named be, md they are hereby, authorized
and requested to use their best exertons
10 obtain the most favorable reception for
their memorials, to ascertain and comulu.
nicate 10 the General Corresponding Com
mittee, hereinafter named, such objections,
If any, az are opposed TO the prayers Of
their respective memorials, and to devise,
if possible, in conjunction with the com
mon friends of the union and prosperity of
rhe United States, the means of 0bslatlng
all the imnednents of their success.
Resoiped, That, for the last mentioned
purpose, the Delegates OF the respective
Counties and Corporations Represented IN
this Convention be REGARDED also as Cores
bonding Committees, and that Is delegates
Be appointed Central Committee Of Cor
rr.pondence, to confer with the Commit
rres before named, and to hold stated meet
ings in the City of Washington, for the
purpose of consulting upon and adopting
In behalf of, the Chesapeake and Oh"
Canal, such measures as may seem best
calculated to assure its certain and spec
dy completion.
JOSEPH KENT, Chairman.
WHLTER JoNEs, Secretary.
lit being found inpractIcablr to obtain
copy Of the Resolution referred 10 in the
preceding resolutions in lime for tits days
publication, il will be published early here
ailer.l l.Vat Int.
THE COMMITTEES
Last ofhe several Committees appointed by
the Chairman, in pursuance 81 the resCtu.
.tions ofthe Chesapeake and OHIO Canal
Convention.
Tins list is published by authority, and
il i much to he desired that the several
committees immediately proceed, without
waiting for the more formal notices, 40 the
discharge of the dntIes respectively assign
al them.}
The Central Committee .---Charles +.
Mercer, John Mason, Walter Jones, Tho
mas Swami, John Mclean, WIN. Ii. %,itz.
hugh, IL. l.. Opie, Alfred NJ. Powell, z. G..
Penllelon, A. fenwick, john Lee, trIssy
Tilghman, Robert ". Bowie.
}aCommittee for Virginia. Philip {. Pen
dleton IL. l.. Opie, J. Z. Hunter, W. EaI-
zey, Nathaniel Hurweh
For Pennsylvania, Shisyer,
James Shannon, John Nc Mah4n, Daniel
kIncheieo, George HagAn.
Committee for .1iaryldnd.-Grattou DE
vail, George Mason, of Chs. Co. 4. Ken
nedy, J. e.. Herbert, JAS. Forrest.
Committee for Ohio,--lohn Mclean,
Walter Smith, Benz. ), Forest, Thes. Car
berry, IL. Peake.
To Memoriaiixe Congress.-W. Jones,
John Mason, g. W. P. Gusts, Robert 1.
Taylor, S. II. Smith.
NorE.-It is understood that the char
man, IN proceeding to name the members
tr the several Committees, after the ad
Journment of the Convention, found HIM
sell necessarily restricted To the mum her of
the Delegates who attended AID constitu-
Ted the Convention. This accounts for
the maRner in which the committees for
Pennsylvania aud Ohio are constituted
taere having been bat one delegate from
ahe former, and none from the latter.
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