Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-24
ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.. +,
May 9, 1925.

SIR In obedience to your directions. have
the honour 10 state TO you the measures which have
been adopted for the completion of tie eNanin,
tons, surveys and estimates, of the ne of the pro
poSea canal from die District OF Columbia, by
Pittsburg 10 Lake Erie.
Three Military and one civil brigade Of Fnei-
neers have been organized, and placed a, the dis
posal of the Board of Engineers for internal in,-
provement, and are now employed in runkine The
surveys and examinations FOR the route of he con-
! 'enplated lanai from the tide waters of the Poto
mac 10 Pittsburg, and thence to Lake Erie.
| Onc Brigade, under Lieut.. Colonel Alert ;srov,,
engaged in surveying and locating tie Canal from
the mouth OF Savage river to tide water on The po
tomac, which, tits expected, he will complete be-
Tore The sckly season commences. Cne Brigade.
! under capt Mcneil, on that part of he route from
the mouth OF Savage river TO Deep Cree,, R,;doa I.
one Brigade, under Mr.. James Slriycr. from peen
creek Iridseto Ptsburg, and one Brigade under
MAJOR kearney, on the route from The Ohio to Lake
Ere All OF these surveys is expected 10 be CON-
p'eted tins season, except the one under the direc
ton OF Major kearney, when The Board of Enai-
neeEs will be enabled TO make an estimate OF Tie
cost of the canal from tide wafer on the Potomac
to Plitsburg, In time TO lay the same before the
next Congress.
Doctor Howard, Assistant Civil Enaicee, ba.
beer ordered 10 New York, with directions to a.
certain the cost OF construction of the Locks the
excavation and removing Of the Earth the blew
ing and removing OF the rocks the waste of water
| by leakage and evaporation the eYaGcating of
trees and stumps the cost of entertainments sone
ducts, and other data which the estimates .;ay
he Ialrly compared with the prices in this quarter
witha view OF ascertaining, as nearly as possible
the probable cost of he construction of the canal
Respectfully submitted. ALIEN. MACOMB,
Hon J. BARBOUR, Secy Of H'ar.
Extract fre-n letter dated Trenton, May Is 1925.
received in this city.
SIR: colled at the State Bank at Trenton and
hnd II has stopped payment TPhH i;a-.
| We understand that letters have been rece;ved
at the Department of State from Mr. Rush, accep
ting his appointment of Secretary of the Treasury.
lie expects 10 be able leave England for the II
nted states some time in June. Nat Journal
Ndmes.---The Richmond Enquirer finds fault
with some person in Bal more for naming vessel
the Lazy .Ad0niS, which he think savours too
much oil royalty. a Baltimore paper cites hume
rOls precedents. such the lady Tompkins adv
Monroe, &c Row this may appear very unimport-
ant matter and only innocent compliment 10 an
es'imable lady but we cannot help thinking, with
the Enquirer, that it is bad taste Our habits. orr
customs, ought tobe simply republican, as wei as
our Po'rich institutions and every att enpt 70 es-
tnbllsh the courtly manners of the old world every
attempt to flatter men in power, eiiher bv rom
pimeniinS their ladies, mo new method by IL g
bye) or In any other manner, ought 20 be di,coun-
tenanced. We want no national etiquette no o.
teniaiious parade. Good manners and rood char
acer ought to be the only requirement for polite
reception, etler in the hall of the president or the
cottage Of the humblcst citizen. Unless we pre-
serve the simplicity Of our republican manners fbe.
force OF cur institutions will be gradually IMPAIRED
ere the condition of society in this country as il
Is Ill England; their aristocracy of wealth and
their dependent poor, our Constitution would. per-
haps, se no better than that of the British monar-
chy The approaches of political corruption are
very insiduous and should be watched with the
eagle eyes OF jealous people. The greatness of a
republic does not consist in grand palaces splendid
equpaees and expensive retnues, but in the moral
and PHYSICAL power, and the happiness of her peg
pie SimplicNY of manners become The American
people and those highest Tn popular favor should
be most careful TO set the example
| ~ =. lsH0tae Enquirer.
Inc New York Evening Post of Thursday issued
the following bulletin of wants:
! CHV tcdHts dt this present ,gyiI;,o =. w.
want carpenters, joiners. bFickIayers. ,naso,s sr
'h sorts oil labofeEs} whose OCCUPATION il I. 10
Dui'd up, or TO pull down houses or tenemen,s II
every sort Good servants, of all vvorl, or 900,
"orS' INDOOR or outdoor, walters, cooks chamber.
Ilius' iaundTesses or coachmen, are in perpetual
ucmahu' and we want every kind Of building ma
'efiois IRON single TO tile, bricks &C. for Aft
wh'ch, higher prices ard better wares are civcp
mere at ms time, than in any CITY or town In the
Ohi'ed States, or the civilized world,
/ FhOIECIlON OF THE WHALE FISHERY