Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-15

Mlssog-l TO Mexico, and Tor the contn-
uation of the Cumberland Road, are,
some Of them, fully executed, and o
theirs in the process OF execution. Ilaose
for completing oF commencing forth
cations have been delayed only so far
"a the Corps OF Engineers has been in-
adequate Is furnish officers for the ne
cessary superintendent of the works
Under the act confirming the statutes OF
Virginia and Maryland, Incorporating
the Chesapeake and OHIO Canal Com
3any, three Commissioners on the part
OF the United States have been aPp0ln-
ted Cor opening books and receiving
subscriptions, IN concert with a ike
number Of Commissioners appointed on
(, the part Of each of those States.
rneeslng of the Commissioners has been
postponed, 60 await the dehnitiye Re-
port of the Board Of Engineers. The
light houses aud monuments for the
safety of our commerce and mariners;
the works for the security of plymouth
Beach. and for the preservation OF tho
Islands in Boston Harbor; have receiv-
ed the attention required by he laws re-
laiing 10 those objects respectively
The continuation of the Cumberland
no al. the most important OF them all,
after surrounding no lncDnslderabie dii-
fculy in. fixing upon the direction of
the road. has commenced under the
most promising auspices, with the inn
provments of recent invention in the
mode of construction, s. with the a6yan-
fage of great reduction IA tue compa-
rative cost of the work.
The operation of the laws relating to
the Revolutionary Pensioners may de-
serve the renewed consideration OF Con-
gress. The act of 18th March. 1918,
while it made provision for many meri-
torioas and INDECENT citizens, who had
served in the War of Independence, o.
.peped door to numerous abuses and
i@positions To remedy this, the act
OF the Ist May, 1920, exacted proofs of
absolute indulgence, which many really
ia want were unable, and all, suscepti-
bic of that delicacy which is allied to
many virtues, must be deeply reluctant
to give. The result has been, that some
among the least deserving have been
retained, and some in whom the requi-
sites both of worth and want were COM
bined, have been stricken from the list.
As the numbers of these venerable re-
lies of an age gone by diminish; as the
DECAYS of body. mind. and estate, of
those that survive, must, in the common
q course of nature, increase; should MT
1.h,.ol nft nI,,lnonro ho
dealt out 10 them2 May not the want in
most instances. be inferred from the de-
maud, when the service can be duly
proved; and may not the last days of
human inirmity be spared the mortifi
cation OF purchasing plttsnce of re-
lief oaly by the exposure of its own ne.
cessi;ules? submit to Congress the ex-
penliency either of providing Cor midi
vidual cases of this description by spe-
cial enactment. or of revising the Act of
Ist Nav, 1920, with view to mitigate
the rigour of its exclusions, in favour of
persons to whom charity now bestowed
can scarcely discharge the debt Of JUS
tice.
The portion of the Naval force of the
Usion in actual service, has been chief
|, employed on three stations; the Med
iterranean, the coasts of south Ameri-
CA bordering on the Pacific Ocean, and
Che We Indies. An occasional cruz
ser has been sent to range along the
African shores most polluted by the
traffic of slaves; one armed vessel has
been Stationed on the coast of our cas-
tern boundary, to cruise along the fish
p ing grounds in Hudson's Bay, and on
the coast of Labrador; and the first SER
vice of new frigate has been perform
, ed in restoring to his native soil, and
domestic enioyments, the veteran hero
whose youthful blood and treasure had
fr. ely flowed in the cause of our Coun-
try's Independence, and whose whole
life had been series of services and sa-
crifces to the Improvement OF his fellow
men. The visit of General Lafayette,
alike honorable to himself and to our
Country, closed, as it had commenced.
with the most affecting testimonials of
devoted attachment on his part, and of
unbounded gratitude of this people to
him in return II will form, hereafter,
pleasing incident in the annals of our
p Union, giving to real history the intense
interest of romance, and signaliy mark
ing TIE unpua hasabe tribute of a great
Nations social affections to the dislnte-
rested champion of the liberties of hu-
man kind.
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