Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-12-09

ture, respectfully refer them to those reports
tor information of the actual situation of
these important works, remi king that the
opening OF a canal through the Blue Ridge
has zen contracted for by the commissioner OF
the KaBawha road aud navigation, under whose
direction THAI part of the work is placed by
law =
1t was duly notiftd to the executive within
the time prescribed, that The Farmers Bank &C
cepted the extension of their charter on the
terms prescribed by the act 81 Assembly. Tie
bonus Of fifty thousand dollars was accordingly
paid into the Treasury to the credit of the tund
tor Internal Improvement. A loan of this sum
Was authorized TO be made 20 the University,
provided our claim on the United States had
been so fat sanctioned by that government as
TO have insured reimbursement of the loan
70 tue University from that source Nothing
final however was done BY Congress on the
subject Of our claim during the hast session.
Document e accompanying this commaniga-
ton, Contains a letter from our Senators "a
Congress, together With acknowledgements re-
latng 10 the claim. Among tsem is a state
n'ent OF and an argument in support Of the claim
drawn up by Mr.. Chapman. j ohnson at my re.
quest, tn which ITS justice is SO clearly and
ably shown that | am sanguine in the belief
! it viii be paid. at least that part Of il which
grows out Of the interest paid by this State on
the sums borrowed for the use of the United
States
For the purpose of carrying into effect the
act OF Assembly providing. Jointly vith law
Of Maryland, Tor the appointment OF commits
sicners 10 run part of the boundary line between
this State and Maryland, begmn,ng a Fsirtax's
stone on the Potomac, and running due north
tn il touched the Pennsylvania line, some Diff
Guilty was met with by the Executive in select.
ing proper characters who were willing to
serve, several having been appointed who de
cilned accepting. A board WAS at length
Formed, Consisting OF Messrs- Herman Boye Ut
| this city, Thompson f. Mason of Alexandria,
and Heroine L. 0ple OF Jefferson. These
! gentlemen, in compliance WITH previous ar
engagements, had meeting with the Mary.
| land commissioners on the ground during ihe
late summer. Nothing final was done. IN
| consequence of some difference Of opinion a.
/ mong the commissioners on the subject
| The circumstances which produced the diff
| hculty will be made known By the report
| OF the commissioners, which has not yet been
( made.
| The report Of the Rector and Visitors Of the
| University, will shew the present state of that
| institutions. and its future prospects, par,icu-
F, larry when lts operations will commence, which
IT rs expected viii be III the early part of the
ensuing year. 1t is much To be regretted that
the amount which We believe TO be so justly
due to us from the General Government, could
not have been received in time TO aid the ope-
rations of the University, in conformity with
the provisions of the act OF the last session, au-
thorlsing a part of that claim TO be applied that
way An extensive and well asserted library,
and complete apparatus for philosophical ex-
periments are appendages so necessary to An
Institution, Oh so extenslvea scale. that they
cannot be dispensed with. When we reflect
| too, on the large sums expended OH this esta-
bshment, and the expectations which are
formed not only in this state, but elsewhere,
OF the high character which it will sustain, il
! is OF the utmost consequence that it should
commence its operations under the most Ia
vorabie auspices ! observe among the docIi.
u9ents sent to the Senate by the President OF
the United States, along with his message on
! the subject OF our claims, an estimate made
be Claimed by the different states for advances
and services to the United States, during the
late war. The amount is between FIVE and six
hundred thousand dollars. A considerable sum /
certainly; but whea compared with the re-
sources of the General Government, and the i
vast importance Ut preserving the confidence Of !
the states IN tines OF urgent necessity. and en-
couraging them to advance their resources ia |
AID OF that government, the amount shrinks !
into insgniecance 1 repeat the idea, that |
have strong confidence in the Justice of Con- !
gress, and that the sums which we have paid /
for interest at least, viii be refunded.
Among the documents torwaried to the Le- !
gisi2ture, are statements made mp with great |
pains, and believe accuracy, BY the ID Audi |
tor, OF the condition of the primary schouls
These statements are taken from the reports of /
the commissioners and other officers, ard in adj
dition to the.nuniber Of children sent TO school.
the expenses attending them and other crcum-
.Nf .fkf.. s,k
take the liberty of recommending to the atten-
ton OF the Legislature, as comprehend,ng much
matter. gathered from the experience of intel
hgent men, which may suggest some useful j
IDEAS in relation to the different laws On these
subjects. BY returns from 90 counties and
towns. the number Of poor children sent to
school in the year 1926, appears TO have been
SSH and there is good reason for believing,
that the fund applied to this benevolent object +
will advance in usefulness with the experience
and public spirit OF the persons in the different
counties, TO whose humane and pllanthropic
care it is committed.
apprise the Legislature OF the necessity Of
appointing Senator 10 represent this State "a
the Cong ress of the United states, to supply the
vacancy occasioned BY the death of Col John
Taylor. This lamented event, which has de-
prl,ed the state of the services OF one of her
ablest citizens, took place in the month of /
August last. Col. Taylor is justly entitled TO
the character Of great man. In ever, |
branch Of business to which he turned bis at
tention, he excelled In law, in agriculture, |
in politics, be was ever foremost among the
foremost.
Colonel James Robertson having 'resig ned the