Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-31
CHESAPEAKE < ONO CANAL.
WA.EMeroN, &c Z. -.

WAsEfNGToN, Lla al 1. 1895.
Dear Sir: A clause in your late pa
per might induce n belief 4 81 toe char
Ter Of the Chesapeake and o. Canal
Company bad materially suffered from
the amendment Of toe bin reported to
he House OF Representative, from The
Committee or Roads and Canals. Tho
objection 70 that amendment was not,
that il gave to the company too lisle
power, but that it gave What il granted
in ambiguous terms, and might he con-
strued % give no powerat ak The as
sent of Coaeross, IN ore shape or o.
her, was necessary 80 tie rai1aisg of
the Virginia and Maryland ocis Of Moor
poratioa
When the bin reachedthe Senate, that
body was wiling to restore it TO the ORR
giE-ll form, IN which it had been repor-
ted 70 The souse OF Representatives:
bgl a large majority Of the most Jealous
hlenda Of tic contemplated Canal, toa-
void possible delay, alter consulting the
most eminent lawyers in both Houses.
feperiectly satisfied that the biIl,in the
form ia which il finally passed, contain
ed the requisite assent OF Congress In
this opinion, | b heartily eoneurred. The
charserDug awaits the ratification ofthe
present Potomac Company, to author
lie tie making olthe Canal to the Penn
sylyania line, and that Of Pennsylvania,
to extend THIS great work to Ptttsburg.
Should tie last not be obtained, they
viii still proceed under tls ample au-
thoriiy If the present acts Of Congress,
and of.the states Of siarylaud and Nr-
giuia, unless, indeed, as is not appre-
headed, those acts shall fail 10 receive
the consent OF the Potomac Company
Toe consent Of Pennsylvania viii be as
valid, ii obtained at q future period, a.
ilnow Connected; It's purpose being coa-
ined to the western section of the work.
l1faay notbe improperto add, thatthe
act which was passed, leaves the Gem
efai Government and tie s~tates, who
have ~concutied in il, at Liberty to sub
scabe on not 10 TIE stock Of the rev
company, and imposes no involuntary
obligation on any Individual mhateYee.
am sure il viii give you pleasure to
correct any error upon this subject, to
which the press may have given rise,
and remain, dear sir, eery respectfully,
your obe4ient servant,
G. Il. MERGER.
The eIaryland Agricultural Society,
sgreeably.to tie public notice, met at
taeir room on Monday last, Colonel
n. NJ. ,BosEEY having taken the chair,
the Socisty proceeded to the election OF
a president, when, on counting tae bali
lots, il appeared that General CaABLEs
RiDcELLY, OF Hampton. was uaaai-
mously elected. lie has, we are CAD
10 learn, accepted the appointment
4 dinner was given at airs. Robin
sons boarding house, at Annapolis, on
" Wednesday last, By a number of gun
tlenlen Of that city, to Colonel IsoGaa
jon Is, on the occasion Of BIZ leaving
that station 10 assume lae taaes Of AL
intant Genera! Of The United sts
Army, and a. q testimony Of 'heir b
respect and esteena~Fat Jaf.
About q fwelyemoaHa since, several
dcpredations were committed upon tho
way-mail route between Philadelphia
and Baltimore. Letters from Chester
state, that Uilliam Barton, an appFen-
tee 10 the then Postmaster, has ac-
kaowledged that he coma it e. those de-
uredasions. and FIVE hundred dollars have
been recovered from him, which are
oul into the hands of w Anderson, ii.
Myers, and F. Darlington, three respec-
table citizens Ct Chester, TO be returned
to the rightful owner. The young man
has made his escape. hTGak. Ge<.
81. .Taan de 4 a--Ahe General Com
mandant and Governor of Vera Cruz
hos given public notice, that President
Victoria, OF the United States Of Mexi-
had decreed the continuance Of The
blockade Of St. Juan de Uloa, until the
Government OF the Republic is formally
acknowledged by Spain. The blockade
extends to the flags Of all nations at
tempting to communicate in any shape
with the fortress.
Ntts Mechanical Posssr.-A ecmpa-
ny Is forming in France, for the estsb-
lishment Of vessels on the eanfls andri-
vers OF that country, the wheels orpad-
dies of which are stated 10 be setin 0
ton by powerful air pumps, the aetlen
OF which IS continued by the action OF