American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-06-20

= recsors has justly given much offence 10 peyson
WAC otnerwise would have been friendly 10 the ca
"a'' anu may at future day lead 10 close legs
scrutiny ho,o far the directors can be ;ust;fed :;
making ase Of the money Of the Stockholders in tn
execution Of plan neuer Contemplated by them.
+. Although the writer does not pfetend to apy dee
icsai KhoWledge, yet 1t seems to him obvious, tina
SUBSCRIPTION was entered into TO establish
nahK az WHmangton-and in surtherance of tn,
pan board OF directors was chosen and BANKING
mouse oniit that it would be in the power of apy
future direction OF the same company to change III,
location OF that bank to Chester-without particu
lar ana specific authority from their PRINCIPALS
tne StocRhoderS yet this has been done, it is be-
ieved, in the case Of the canal, by Philadelnhans
who ieellng power in the case, have forgotten the
r,ghl oil the thing altogether-and the only means
NAT could sanction such unjusti6able STEP would
nave oeen TO have adopted plan more commercial,
and which Woutd haze been more readity executed
-nstesd of one that may not be finished in the
present age--and If finished at aIi will doubtless
oe al an expense OF time and money greatly supe.
'lor 70 that first contemplated.
have thus stated some of the reasons known to
me writer that have operated on the minds of the
people OF this vicinity TO prevent that friendly feel
ing toward the canal that would have been desirable.
other matter might be added, but for the present
shall not notice it,
let those DESTROYS of further matter inquire into
the FORMER and present state Of piers at Newcastle
and Chester and yMarcus Hook-and particularly
let them examine what has been the effect of the ice
ON those piers, and of the deposite of the Delaware
~ forming acres Of land rhere the Writer of this
article has seen large ships riding at anchor and
where, perhaps, in another period Of thirty years,
helds OF wheat and of corn may be cultivated
Some persons, perhaps many, may suppose that
my idea of the lower strata of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal consisting of mud wholly, is ancl-
lu and that the effect to be expected from finding
It thus, is equally so-but when he matter is con
sidered attentively, would ask such persons TO
carry their view SO far back, as the time ,chen all
ne space occupied By The peninsula betreen the
tWo Days. iCas under nater, which surely was the
case, as is proved by the nature and manner OF the
several deposifes Of uhch the country is composed
And it this is admitted is il not clear that those
deposes would generally be made on level over
the tchofe space, or nearly so-and if so, is it not
entirely reasonable TO eapect mud in the canal and
under Its banks, uhcn zoe come to the leret-l0heR
zee knoto that mud does eriSt on the Pea Patch
and underneath the ST. Georges marshps2 BIZ,
that real and pure mud is not fouut
there-hut black sand onty--wilI not this sand
crumolc down by the operation OF water when let
INTO the canal-and is 1t reasonable to suppose that
he banks can remain suspended by their attachment
o the neighboring earth when the black sand upon
Which they had rested shall be removed by the |
operation Of the wa,er But if, indeed, the last ten
ect OF the deep cutting is ound TO consist Of mud
'eally, then what foundation can be had upon VIII CHI
Q erect walts to support the banks of the canal
prevent the agitation Of the water by the passage,
u boats, from eating away the foundation of the
'anks and finally precpating them into the Canal,
n fragments, as they lose their support.
From what has been said il will be readily discov
red that the people of Wilmington and Brandy
vine are not without reasons for the uniriendy
emper that has been attributed to them in relation
o the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal--and if but
small part of the objections to the location, that
re stated, prove to be well founded, the citizens Of
Philadelphia will have less reason than they, TO
pprove the conduct Of the Directors.
~ STOCKHOLDER. !