Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-27
INTERNAL JMPROvFMrNr

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| WASHING ron, July 2i.-rhe information, which VIC
receive by Baiimoee the engagement
projected Chesapeake aud Ohio directl. home
~ US the adssages WHICH may oe expected from the dis
posi- ion which Congress has lately employ nor
lion OF the money collected People in Tue
suon OF ucn oyee o, in.eana Enforcement a. are ma
OF the observing OF readers aware OF the
,he Legislation Congress on this Object a, ,h.,r
last Session. The directly appropriated by The
several acts Tor this pu pose, sixty
thousand doars-a sum or berinn,ng mar
ucuialy when recoeG, that almost ali OF IL Tor
xernents and for surveys the experiments
looking TO more extensive operations.
Peihaps the reader would pleased to see the sub.
Of those acts colated and presented to at
view rbe following brie nops,s them presents
view, beginning wtn the hs Importance the prci
! pre- involved in
Al Act authorizing the President surveys and
estimates TO he made Tor such
rs he may deem OF Importance in military
point OF view, the the United
m,.,.-Ihe sun appropriated, $4,000.
Al ac too maAiug experiments w,ih view to the in,
provenrni OF navigation rivers OHIO ond M.si,
sippi-fhe sum appropriated, 10000 dollars
An acrio make road in tee Michigan Territory, ire m
Detroit 10 The Ohio Stale line Length o the road 10 miles
sum ppropriated, 10000 dollars.
An ac To MAKE road i'll tue Territory Of Arkansas from
Sum appropriated, $4,000 dollars.
An sc TO make road IN tine Territory of Florida from
Pensacola to ST Augustne-disan,e sos miIcs-Sun an
propraied 20 900 doiiars ~
from Cape Sable 10 The Suwaney river aud Cape Flo
rda to St Augusne-Sum appropriated, 5000 collars.
Rons Canals, winch MIR. Hemp is Chlirnan To-
whose persevering attention aud respectable personal
Character they not little indebted their success
Besides the above appropriations money, will
marked. the President authorised employ the Corps of
Typographical Engineers of the Uuiled The
vcys, and the soldiers stationed in respective
in making the roads ,herein
There reader of this article that will more ren;c
than we do IN this sort OF employment small
of the funds contributed People Tor the
government IL Is such these which ,nah
People bless government and are not
his People viii become 100 much tu their pov
| ernnieRL Tvo,
Wecopied in last from New Orleans names n s,a,.
ment that Fuiwa Shipwlth is appointed for
the City of New Orleans. the
statement oil nus ac IN all the New Orleans papers, we nov
learn, from the best authority tha that Gal
George Crogban of KENTUCKY, a distinguished sodisr ~
the late var, has received the appointment. no.
| CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL
We understand that tue board OF Engin.ers
by the General GOvcrnr en- ,ny, :.
he examination o the country between the Potomac ana
fOughioge rivers. Three 49,.
despatched under their instructions To survey
the route for tue contemplated Canal The i,oard Tn
The last accounts were descending Youg him
enupg 70 proceed 10 It's mouth and thence the
OF he Savage and fosghogeny has item 10 he ~
cesvey rocky and rougt but still Offering no
uifcuJes In many places the banks are SO
that the canal must he made in what now lin.
Ut the river aud be supported the lower Ill. ,u
walls. IL The Youghogeny Cannot be commanded os ,hs
summit. viii then remain 10 ii De r.L
viii Afford sufficient supply of To .G.c, ,his .
nice measurement OF the stream must he made ~;
rain has hitherto prevented, having swelied lie &C.,
such degree as 10 render IL for ev rai %
eAceP' ny swimming he horses The quantity of water In
The ordinary state vi The Creek course he the ~.
ss vi all calculations as 10 its ,bs
mi level ans VIII, IN all probability fouu1 IN he ,
only point AT winch communication be effected in,
much as the ndge OF the Great Back Bone sre,rbes n.
great height, nearly uniform, the con,rv ~
Savage IS Tue only stream that breaks through IL So
IT'S sources are In tact west Of the great ridge ,f The ALL
ny (Ban. d,usr.