Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-17

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revisions Afe dppn]ed :nee essafSel would fur.
ther prevept ehe improper infl)ence Of local
interests ON . subject which Is sffiefly of a
i general nature. The effect which combina-
lion of these interests bad onsths present Ia
riff IS well known 10 zhase who watched the
4 bill in its progsrss thrnnghIboth Houses
i!kentucky must have this, add Penbeylyapia
must have that. Neither wab b.lieved to be
conducise to general ~19pd{ bat each was
s smouenl auvactsgsous12 palt icuiar state.
tsisssefoh bSving thei6d ljAr good consult
ed without teoderid lent, so X entuc-
ky was forced ~ q I'D Penosy lvania
to give that, az 4nsif 80 3shs Quilted "
shss any heal interest was buch o. gamer.
!bs sessst dbd was . secShdsry cousidera-
+ CAEsAPEAKk AND ONO CANAL.
r we have nfyer.nkslun fsnm Pitishurg ,Hhich
States that the Board Of Engi,lepss end WE'D
10 survey the route Of this Canal bad arrived
~ mat city on the 29th uh. having been de-
tanned at Uniontown by the necessity of COM
plotting all the Instructions to the three parties
OF surveyors, to whom the different srciions
III the route have been allotted. The Board
were to leave PittsbuI gh on the cd instant for
Big Beaver, ABBOTT GO miles down the Ohio
The party would consist Of the three members
OF the Board, DnAR. Howard, Captain Pous
sin, Captain Dous{aSs or West Point. and Lieu
tenants Dutton and C9urfenay. They would
psnbabIy be absent = month from Pittsburg.
ana ON their return they would meet th,.
...w'syNania commissioners, aHd examins
wuhthrm the communication between th. wa
ters Of the Susquehana and the west. by ms ans
OF the Conernaush and Suniaiia-as also the
route ot canal 10 connect the waters of tb.
ousfuehanna with those OF the Schuyik;li.
through Lancaster County.
~ Baltimore american.
TIE Chesapeake and Ohio Cann,.-The
boarn 81 Engineers have finished their first
general reeonnissance ofthe Eastern and mid
uie secuoNdt this great national design and
": are happyto learn, that no doubts is enter
tanned Of Its practicatty. Though mucb
rough, rugged, and steep ground is presented
along the ra,ines of both the Youghioeapy
ana Cheat rivers, yet it ia said, no difficulty
mas occurred 40 great or so appalling AS those
which nave heen encountered and overcome
on the New York Canal, especially on, HE
Mohswk river.
The Board hasa been indefatgable in their
,assfs nothing has hren. permitted, we believe.
| ioss single day, TO interrupt. them. Having
naae OUT instructions for the dilfrrent bri
eaues W engineers ordered upoR The work.
they left here few days since with a vie,v q,
exan'ins the hlonangahela IL Pi,isburr ans,
thence proceed to the examination of that sec-
ti"n of the canal which is to unite the Oh;,
river WIN Lake Erie, by the Beaver and
UTanu rivers When this is completed, il il
understood that the Board are 10 min IN,
i Pennsylvania Commissioners, at PutIurp and
| proceed with them 10 the examination of the
SusQuehannah, SIC.
IGerius osLber,y union, Pao
from the Providence Gazette1
- 1aofher specimen Of ahe Temper IF Mr.. Adams
Gredt men are sometimes know by lille
M'ngs. The National InteIligencer has beer.
the oincial organ ever since its establishment,
through which the laws of the Uaiop are pro
mulgated the Editors, Messrs. Gales and Sea
ton, although well known To be attached 20 the
cause of Mr.. Crawford, have pursued "a liberal
course IN the Presidential contest their
columns nave been open To every one and
Their defence of the other candidates. where.
uDJustly attacked, has been prompt and man
ly on every occasion. The late rpanifes,o of
the friends of MIR. Clay, published in that ia.
per, seemed TO offer crisis that teuuired a
more decided expression OF the opinion of its
editors on the probable result of the election :
u gave offence TO Mr.. Adams and he has taken
.he hrs' opportunity to show his spleen by
transferring The public printing from that es-
| 'abishment to that of the National Journal
i0eesiy paper ofvery limited circulation.
| II during the petty squabbles of "A county
eIsc'on apartizan candidate should withhold
an advertisement from II paper opposed 10
| h'u, nothing would he thought oft but that a
man, who stands before his country a dis
tinguIshed competitor for the first Office in il g
gift, should from such considerations con-
descend to this meanness, exhibits a mind
totally unconscious of proper dignity and
Iadispniably accustomed TO the indulgence of
petty antipathies, which no circumstances can
coDirO-the finger of heaven points to this
incident as evidence of the contracted
poicy that we might expect from John
Quincy Adams. There could he no safety
no reliance on his native judgment, 10 any
important event, if the consideration of its
policy Interfered in the most remote degree
with his spleen or i'll humour--m the DIFF
ference.-Tbe Washington City Gazette, a
daily paper and one Of lhe most powerful and
able supporters Of NJ. Craw ford, in the pleni.
tude Of IFS zeal hazarded some eyoressions
disrespecfuI to Mr. Monroe and one or ,,vo
other candidates for The Presidency. nIr
Crawford not wishing 10 stand b., fore the mi,
hc on Il foundation not exclusively his own. q,
10 raise himself on the ruins If any nther In
sisntIy Withdrew The Treasury patronage from
mat Paper-the two transactions suesk f.,
themsel'es-comment is useless
GRACIOUS.
! we consider Mr.. Pickering as rood as
eead ana buried already. Who can staod even
of,ore me threatened wrath of the Secretary
VI otate lie writes on paper manufactured
rom me halter, by the light OF a faggof, with
a oag5aF Tor his pen, and his ink is the double
distilled essence Of rats-banc." Bosf. Cour
we take this occasion TO say, that the ZIP