Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-20

vessel ana cargo
DoMEsrIc.-The Frigate Mohawk, after be-
ing sunk between s ard years al Sackett's Har-
bour has been raised by Capt. r. Hugunn. She
was commanded, during the late war. by Capt.
Jacob Jones, and carries so guns. Her timbers,
below water mark, sound. She raised by
means oil lifting pumps worked by horse power,
and rose as the water pumped out.-A COM
mitiee has been appointed at New York upon the
SUBJECT oil celebrating the completion of the Erie
Canal. by which the wae-s of the great Lakes will
be united with those of the ocean. writer in the
Albany Patriot suggests the following mode OF an
nouncing the consummalion of this glorious
pise:-Let committees be Immediately formed
along the line OF canal from tie Hudson river to
Lake Erie, who will provide heavy cannon, aud in
due season have them arranged on the bank Of the
canal within hearing distance. Then, upon an APP
pointed DAY, when the water is let in on the
IRENE section, and a boat is about starting for AL
bany, let the Buffalo i,illery commence firing and
LEI every cannon in due rotation announce il along
ue iihe. In Tins way, grand and novel celebra-
uoh may DE had' by 'oay of telegraph; and the
news VIII DE received in tins city in abe: Il hours
! from EaHalo The compliment, after prone. in
tervai' Can he repeated and return of the salute be
made to western neiehbors
n meeting OF the Citizens of Fayc,te CO. Pa was
neiu al Uniontown on the 9th ult., which pre-
aToie and resolutions adopted. The presm-
bic let's iorth that the Great Chesapeake and
| Ohio. Canal, intended to unite the eastern and
res ern waters, Grand National Work of
POLITICAL military, and commercial importance, de-
mandinS The exercise of the powe r and the employ
inent OF the resources OF the National Government
lhat pennsylvania Is interested in political and
pecuniary point of view, as the Canal is TO pass
zoo miles through her territory, and will require an
expenditure in that state of more than ten mil
Hons, " which would alone enrich the state, and
enable her to prosecute other works" The advan
tages OF this Canal 20 Pennsylvania ale enumerated,
and the preamble concludes in the following words:
!" And, where's The United States, lately, b. re-
peated acts OF legislation, passed with uncommon
unanimty, appropriaiing money, employing engi- |
neers, and the cooperating companies in reference
TO the connexioi OF the Eastern and Wes ern wa
'ers' have evinced a determination to prosecute |
this object TO It's final and speedy accomplishment |
Anu inasmucii as the assent of the State OF Penn
sylvania, through whose territory the proposed
canal must pass, is deemed necessary prior TO its
CONNIE cement, and the refusal or della oil that
assent may, if it do not defeat the object, induce
the Heaeral Government at least TO adopt more
Southern connexions to the lasting injury of Penn.
sylvania leaving her between one Canal on the
South and another on the North. to lament, when
too la:e the folly aud infaiuarion of her policy.
" And, whereas, view with apprehension
and alarm, the extraordinary and unaccouniatle
vote oil the last Legislature in refusing their assent
to the said MEASURE so important the best inter-
es' and permanent prosperity and happiness of the
Sta!e and the Union:''
The meeting adopted sundry resolutions, regret
ting the rejection by Pennsy lvania of the act con-
corning this canal that h d been p ,ssei by Virginia.
Maryland and the United States-Sta,ing that an |
entire communication from Philadelphia by way |
OF pittsburgh, TO the l. kes be effected, at a
small expense % the Sac by connecting the Sus-
qlehanni and Potomac, aud thus oi,lng a resor.
20 an oppressive system of land taxation, which
our people, under existing circumstances, are so
N lear md At he
complish The declared Object of The lac Conyen-
uon a. Harrisburg, viz. the Union of the Eastern
and Western wsters OF the Safe E" by the nearest
and most practicable route. "--Approving The
course OF the :" National Government on the sub
Ject OF internal imp, ovement &c .eray--declarins
that II Pennsylvania interesie ed, they would
"ppro e the measure la aliusion 10 the scheme OF
| he Harrisburg Convention unite the eas ern and
western waters by State exerlions alone, they re-
solve, " Tht, any attempt in Pennsyl g. to tax
he many for the benefi. OF the few or 10 impose
unnecessary burdens the people, and especially
m the agricultural classes already sufi e tly de-
pressed,to accomplish work which the u S ates
offer TO do or US, will, at all times meet our warm
ihd decided opposition Constitutional resistance. !"
committee was appointed to call he attention OF
he people to the subject, and to induce the legisa-
ture to sanction the act before mentioned
| The reaer will not fail o remark the effect OF
precedent in the exercise OF power b. government
and Tie etfecs OF interest in inducing men to acqui-
| esce in those presidents
On Saturday and Sunday morning before the last |
here was boar frost all ile low grounds in the
vlcini,' Of Philadelphia Al Quebec, on the morn
ing of the I'd inst there was ice the Sih OF an inch
thick.
WAsHINGToN, September Nm HUGH
NELSON, our late Minis er TO SPAIN passed through
this ci1y on his way his residence and family in
Virginia.
Mr. Anderson, our Minister TO Colombia left
Philadelphia on Wednesday last ioi New York
with the intention OF returning TO Bogota
A report has been current in the city for two or
three days, and believed by many, that The Constel-
tdft0n brought intelligence from Cuba OF The land |
ing o French force the eastern shore OF that |
island near st. Jago, and that the return home of
the irisate, with Com Warrington, is connected
with that event. We mention the circumstance 20 |
state, that we have taken pains to ascertain |
whether there is any truth in the rumor and are sa
tisiied that ii is altogether uniounded. Nat. Int.
The Secretary OF War has returned 10 Washing
ton from a short visit in Virginia.
appointment by the President William II. |
ID. q. Wright, of Maryland, 10 be Consul of the
United States for the port oil Rio de Janeiro in |
Brazil.
Betsey Rudder, who has been confined in Prin- |
cess Anne Jail, since the 25ih July. for the murder
OF her father, tried before the Superior Court
and has been acquitted
1T We have been compelled, notwithstanding sea-roo,n
which Ezra gives today 10 postpone viety Of articles
~ our next We shall make every eSeon to give them
ull, such summary Of ihem that nothing eng shall
be lost heniWe have various skctches OF the cond
non Of urfeee Paitcu NY whch shall he faithfully lid be-
lore hes the patience Of some Of Cores
ponIens.
1J Cato" in vndicaon ofChsnceIlor Taylor On Frd
Deafhs and Marriages frequently communicated II.
for insertion by anonymous cponden who complain IL
they do aPpeaf Our rule Is 10 publish such
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