Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-20
HENRY r. WAKEFIELD.

Commodore John Rodgers, U. States Navy.
General William Carroll, OF Tennessee.
Colonel Hugh Mercer, Of Virginia.
James Kent, Esq. of New York,
DIR. Hosack, do
Honorable ID. ID. Barnard, do
Hon. John II. Bryan, of n. Carolina.
Col. rotten, u. S. Army.
General Brady, do
p. II. Nichlin, Esq. Pennsylvania.
Col. q. w. Ritter, 10
Professor Vethake. Dickinson College, DO
Colonel Brock, Of Kentucky.
Captain Larrabee, of Connecticut.
Henry A. Ballard, Esq of Louisiana.
Colonel Isaac AudrIss, of New Jersey.
William J. Ashley,Es OF Kentucky.
Colonel Thomas Emory of Maryland.
John Pitman, Esq. OF Rhode island.
[.lIat. Int.
BALrIS1oRR, June I3.-i, appears by the fol-
lowing extract from the Gazette of yesterday
ing, that the Chesapeake and Ohio Canl Company
have obtained an injunction restr aiming {" the pur-
chase or condemnation of lands Tor the use of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail road Company" We should
be glad TO the particular grounds let FORTH why
individuals who happen to live along the valley AZ
the Potomac, should be deprived of the privilege 81
selling their property to whom they please. II
would be 4 hard case, indeed, ii none of the lands
on the Potomac could change hands by sale, VIII
or execution, until the Canal Coinpany had locafEd
the line of their canal If the propriefors bay5
the right TO sell, the Rail road COMPANY Ne tf IS
sumo, have a RICH, to buy. when tlley ka5s ikis
bought, and afterwards, consfrucfcd their road and
tue Canal Company come to condemn their land,
like that of Individuals, 1t will be Tor the jury Of
the vicinage to rate the damages, which it will
be happy Tor the Canal Company If il is able, BY
that Time to pay, out of its profits otherwise.
We took it for granted we should soon hear from
our neighbours in the District, on this subject,
which is no doubt OF sufficient interestto thenI to
set them on every expedient which may hold our
nope Tor their advantage. In the mean while.
we presume The Directors of the Rail-road c0o,e
pany, will pr oceed. with The vigour with which
they have begun, confident, as we are. that the
injunction IN question offers real obstacle
FRoM THE GAzETrE.
e are informed by our correspondent at Ha-
gerssowu, that the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal Com
Pany, and the Potowmack Company, have obtain
ed an injunction from Judge T. Buchanan, restrain
use Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road Company,
and "enjoining all Magistrates Sheriffs, SC. from
aiding or assisting in those objects"
The Gazette of last evening contains the Bill fill
ed by the Chespeak- and Ohio Canal Company.
upon which an injunction has been granted by
s -. Buchanan, OF Washington county. against
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company
The bill Is too long for insertion; we will there
lore only quote the portion which forms the COM
mand IN the Injunction, from which our readers
may Judge ofthe strange nature of the transaction.
That the said Defendants, their Agents and
ity, or in their behalf, may be strictly prohibited
and enjoined from making any contracts or agree
ment with, or receiving any deed or conveyance
whatsoever from any person persons whatsoe e r.
ior any lands or tenements whatever, within the
bounds already marked out or surveyed by the De-
PENDANTS for the said Raj Road, OF within the
bounds OF, or III any manner interfering with the
lands, tenements or appurtcnances designated by
the said surveys and reports of the said Engineers
under the authority Of the government of the Uni
ltpsA eli nf fI.a ,sI
Peake and Ohio Canal, OF any Of its incidental
works or appendages, or any where so near the
same as to restrict the liberty of choice in the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company to appropri.
ate the ground near or about the said surveyed
route or se and the materials thereon to the pur-
pose OF the said Canal, until the SAID Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company shall have been allowed
reasonable time in tn udgment of the Court to
complete their actual surveys and defntive location,
OF their said Canal, according to a reasonable and
TAR exercise OF their priority OF election and appro
priaton-that, in the mean time, all Justices of
the Peace and SheriffS of the Counties of Allecany
w Washington and Frederick, be strictly prohibited
and enjoned, the one from issuing, and the other
iIom executing any warrant for summonins any
jury juries damages for the condeinna-
ton OF any lands so surveyed marked out by
the defendants, for the route or scite of the said
Rail Road"
The measures taken by the Directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, are such
as VIII prevent even temporary Inconvenience,
they having we understand, already obtained
conveyances OF all tbe land requisite between this
city and the point of rocks and four ffths be yond
that point.-The measures, therefore, OF the oppo.
nrnts OF the company, will be as futile as they were
intended 10 be ingenious [ChTOHicie.
Improved mode offring the Mariners Commas.
Mr.. Lemuei Langley, OF the United States Ma
W Yard, at Gosport, in Virginia, has recently OBJ
ained a patent for mode of fixing the Mariners
Compass, by which the pinnacle is entirely dis
)ensed with the Compass is secured from iniurv
rom cannon shot, the shipping OF heavy seas, and
rom various other causes. BY this arrauaeu,enf
he Captain can, in the cabin see the course of the
vessel az perfectly as the steersman on deck and
he necessity for teH-tdie is obyiated. In the
most iempestuouS weather, there is 10 dficuliv
in Illuminating the compass so that IL
:a be seen as perfectly at night as in broad day
light
The contrivance by which all these advantages
ire secured, Is perfectly simple, and will at once
'e obvious TO every person whether conversant
With nautical affairs not; hole is cut through
ne deck Of the vessel into the cabin, at or near
ne place where the pinnacle is usually situated:
within this hole the Compass box is placed il s at
oP, covered by a very thick glass, the bottom of
he box Is also made of glass in consequence of
which, the card can be seen As readily in the
abin as upon the deck; the Compass card is
made mi-trdnsparent, aud is al NIGHT iIumi,a- |
cd entirely from the cabin and can be much more
distinctly seen than when lighted in the ordinary
way
Tits evident, that, when so situated. the Compass
which is the mariners only guide is as secure az
he deck OF the vessel ITSELF and in this instance
q many similar cases, we are astonished that an
invention so simple, and 40 efficient, should not
ave been made at an earlier period.
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