Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-26
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

WAsHINGToN. September Is.-The adjourned
meeting OF the stockholders Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal was held yesterday, and lasted
from about eleven o'clock in the morning to nine
o'clock at night, at which hour the meeting add
Spurhed sine die.
II is not practicable 10 give to-day an anthem
Therefore defer TO our next The results of this
dong sitting, attended numerously and respect a
hly, and distinguished by great seriousness. earn
es!ness, and good order, were rs follow.
The general committee OF nine stockholders,
appointed on the 10th inst made report, through
its chairman, General Mason, the substance of
which was accommodation that there should be
substituted, Tor the first resolution moved by Gen
H1ercer on the 10th, resolution that the canal
SHOULD terminate below the rocks in the Potomac :,
about half mile below the locks constructed by
the old Potomac Company; thus presenting an ell
hrey different proposition from that presented at
the torincr meeting, and involving the question
whether or not the canal should come through
Georgetown towards Washington
Alter long. able, and eloquent debate, begun
by Gen. Walter Jones. and continued by Gen. Ma
soh, Mr.. Pearson, Gen. Mercer, Mr.. Secretary
Hush, and Mr.. Key. the report OF the committee
was negatived by large minority OF votes; and the
hrst resolution proposed by the President of the
Company on Monday. proposing Termination Of
the Canal at a basin to be erected by the Corpora
tfun OF w ashington at the mouth OF the Tiber or
Filth street, was agreed to by the same majority.
The second and third resolutions moved at the
meeting on the 10th, were agreed 10 nearly if no,
quite unanimously.
On the motion Of the Cooperation of George
town, resolution was unanimously adopted, de-
claratory that the votes OF to-day should not pre-
ciude the President and Directors of the Company
from locking down TO the Potomac above George
town, should they hereafter deem it cxpedieut.
further resolution was adopted, declaring that,
on the application Of any one OF the Corporations
fshould the three Corporations of the District as
sent to this resolvc) locks down the river may be
constructed.
A resolution authorizing variation OF the desig
mated route Of the Canal through Georgetown,
should Georgetown hereafter deemed il eXpcdie Mt,
was negatived
SoLIe other questions were determined, but
thess, were the principal. Before adjournment, on
motion OF MIR. Secretary Rush, the thank. OF the
company were unanimously voted TO the President
and Directors OF the Company for the ability and
energy OF their conduct, exhibited in the
detailed in their report TO the S,ockhold
ers on the 10th instant. Nat. Int.
Sept 1S.--At q meeting OF the Stockholders of
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, held yesterday
it was determined that the Canal shall terminate
in a basin at the mouth of the Tber, in this CITY
THIS is perhaps, the best point that could have been
rciected- 1t is South Of the Presidents House,
and West Of the Capitol, and in full view OF both.
ftfurnishes we conceive, the greatest facilities
for trade, as vessels may pass from it, down the
Southern shore OF the city, to Greenliefs Point
and Alexandria; or through the heart of the city,
by the present canal, to the Eastern Branch.
Much harmony prevailed in the meeting; and al
though there were some occasional differences of
opinion, the entire proceedings were highly sat-
isfactory to all parties. Nat. Jour.
WAsEISoToN Sept. I9-alost sincerely do we
congratulate the friends of that noble undertaking
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, on the result Of
the late Meeting Of the Stockholders. which en-
siires harmony in the proceedings, and q jealous
cooperation Of oil the interests engaged in its sup
port.
X may be, that some OF the warmest friends Of
the enterprise are dissatisfied with the mode Of
terminating the Canal. To them it ought to be
most consoling circumstance, that its terinina-
don IL fixed, and can no longer be a question TO
rex its fegds and enbsrrass The operations of the
Company. Considering it, for ourselves, of great
er importance that the question should be decided
Than hoto il should be decided, rejoice in the
sesult OF this deliberations satisfied that If the re-
ii interest Of either Corporation shall hereafter
evidently require any additional set OF locks or
ony other measure Of that description, neither the
disposition nor the power Will be wanting to
son,psh The object.
Whilst expressing Our respect for the zeal and
ability displayed by all the gentlemen who engag-
ed actively in the debate At the Meeting referred
30, il would be incompatible with our feelings 10
withhold our appreciation Of The enlarged ond mag
yiaDinous sentiments uttered ny Mr.. Rush, rep.
sening the interest Of the United States put
<iing aside every consideration but that ol promo
ting the success Of object Of the first national
consequence, and full Of rich promise, in pdr,icu-
ldr,to the prosperity oil The metropolis OF the v
siIoD. His elevated views, we trust, will find
response in the BOSCH Of all who have ever pro-
iesaed 10 feel concern IL this great enterprise.
llaving pen Ia hand, we will just add, that we
have had the Qualification to learn, ulst, in an
official visit To the line OF the Canal recently oa-
ced under contract, not only all The -Contsactcrs
upon the gfound we're good health and actively
engaged, but, Of more Than Two handred and I'll.
~ hands employed upon thirteen or fourteen sec.
tons. there was not a single Individual unfit for
s,ttv Thu h,aa "a fort al oh
90 he begun, and the number Of hands engaged on
tfie sections under way was kept down by the un
Funded appreheDsoas ofin-hesrh turiusrhc pre-
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