Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-03-16

five days, passing one hundred and thirty.
eight acts. sketch of part of them viii
be found in this days paper.
Casually On Tuesday night the 9TH inst
Mr.. Daniel Myers of this county, was unfortu
nately drowned in crossing Back creek, near
Snodgrsss' mill; his remains were not foun
until Thursday. lie has left wife and four
small children to lsmen, their loss
Extract Of letter from a gentleman in Rich.
rEoad, to he friend in this place, dated
''RIcHNoND. March 8.
"a bin was sent up to us Yesterday, pruvd
ing for the administration of Justice in our Ju.
dicial Circuit 1t authorised any Judge of the
General Court to discharge the duties of the
Circuit or in case no one would voluntarily un
dertake the laboir. the General Court was di
yected to assign one Of their body TO the circui;
for the despatch of business The bill provided
no compensation except travelling expenses
and saw plainly that in the shape in which we
received it, !. was calculated to afford no man
ner of relief to the Circuit; considering the
chance desperate one, we determined to a
mend it by giving to the Judge eight dollars
for every day in which he is actually EMPLOYED
In holding any OF the Courts, thus amended the
bill was returned TO the House of Delegates,
and contrary 10 all my expectations. they accep
ted the amendment h this law you will find
palliative, but not remedy for the evils under
which our Circui has so long laboured We
have passed the bill regulating the proceedings
in Courts ct ChanceFy; also that concerning the
Limitation of actions ,gainst executors, &c
We have stricken from the former the features
which appeared to be most Objectionable to you;
the latter consider very good law; at least
hope 1t will prove to be 80 We have been
busily employed for several days in rejecting
and anending bills from the other house, anG
have come in for full share of cepslre from
khat honorable body especially in their even
ing sessions The ranks of the Senate have
been so timed by sickness and deserton. tina
we can ha dly keep quorum together w,
held session last night till 8 o'clock, and som
OF the brethren were in such rioious humor
that it was with great difficulty our speaker
could preserve order in our debates"
10 The editor Of the .Narhns5nrg Gazette.
WAsurseros. March 6, 1896
DRAR SIa,--I enclose you the Report of the
Committee on Roads and Canals, on the expe
diencv of extending the Cumberland Road to
this City Application will be Immediately
made to the President, to cause the necessary
surveys to be made.
i an, very respectfully, yonr ob't serv't.
Wx. RMSTR0NG.
National Road Cumberland TO Washington.
House or REPRESENTATIVES,, NAaca 5, 1926
The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom
was refereda resolution iHstructing them 'to
inquire into the expediency of extending the
Cumberland or National Road from its Eas-
II.
have had the subject under consideration
and beg leave 10 submit the following re-
port:
In conformity with the 7th section of
the act of Congress, passed 1902, enti-
tied San act to enable the People of the
Eastern division of the territory North
west of the Ohio River, to form a Con.
stitution and state Government the
President of the United states was au-
'thorized. by the act Off 500, to appoint
Commissioners to lay out road from
point on the Northern bank of the
Potomac River, within the limits there
in designated, to the Ohio River The |
provisions of this law were promptly |
carried into execution by the then Pre- |
sident Jefferson. The road thus com
menced, has advanced. sanctioned by |
every Administration, and almost every
Congress since, to point where no
doubt is left of its certain complexion, |
to its Western termination al the Mis-
sissippi River. The beneficial objects
and purposes of this great nationalwork |
as il regards the preservation of the /
Union; the promotion of commercial
and social intercourse; the Transport
tation of the great Western mail; and |
the military operations of the Govern.
ment; are so important, SO obvious,
and have been so repeatedly presented
to the consideration OF Congress Of the |
United States, in all their various as
poets. as TO render their recaptulation
Unnecessary Ifthese objects are real
ly national and important. to leave the
road al its present Eastern termination,
without extending il TO tide water would |
leave the objects unattained. So far |
as internal commerce between the |
Eastern and Western navigable waters |
is concerned the intervening space of
; un6nishe d road presents formidable OBJ
starles In the transportation OF the |
great Western mail from the Seat of
Goyernme1 1T. which is the great fonn-
tain of intelligence, upon all subjects
Of deep interest to the People, and up- |