Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-19

Jackson voters who opposed Maj. Barry on ac- !,
count of the Court question are Heartily sshAn 4 !
OF ii, and would Toe .iad oi a ehanc. - ,..c ih,.
votes. This viii he seen 1t the pieadentih cleo |
ion HASA f,i
The Coalition nave found the Morgtn excite-
mcnt 90 be rather unianageAlte
tIoDI the Commercial 4 iucrt,SerI
ALBANY, thursday Evening, Sept. II.
have ju,t returned from the Capitol, where a
Jac' on 'nu masonic meeting has ncen acid !
say Jackson, becaI>e | tnderstauni tn leading
,nen who signed the cal, are Jac. onians---and
Spencer Stafford, a Jacs $onnan, was Chairman. -
A COMMITTEE was appointed to draft resolutions,
SC. and during ,aeir absence, a Speech was mad,.
by J. -Souihwics. sou OF SOLOMON anI .ucn
Speech = But iofbear, lest | should 10 iniu,.
ice TO ii as may appear an pfiHt. did stay
TO hear the resolutions /; hut presume they were as
Usual AMI that the nominations OF solomon South
wick as Governor, aud John Crazy, as Lieutenant
Governor, was tolerated. What will he the effect
OF this nomination, know not. IL Is said that Mr.
Van Buren, likes It; ard should suppose he would
IT may give him chance of success, il we suffer
ms name 10 come before the people and this is all
Chesapeake and ONO Canal .Neeting.-A
meeting of the stockholders in this company was
held IN Washington the l0fh mt. at which
DIR. Mercer 'uomIited a report, respecting the
progress made in the work. The in res which
duce> u, though we ca:noi publish III. papef at
length, 10 present an ab'trac Of part oil it, con-
tents
Ii appears tom The report. that though che no.
uce oil the first letting vas unusually short, about
hundred contractors, from various paris oil the
Union, attended at Washington TO bid Tor the w.rk
-fouf hundred and sixty two proposal were
received, and within three uayS, tue thirty tour
sections, embracing seventeen miles and three
quarters OF the most difficult pari of the Easter
division OF the canal, were let to Competent ser
cons Eighteeuo The contracts. involving ar tx
pentiture OF . 100 900. fell TO the iot on; racior.
from Ncw YORK and Pennsylvania tie tar great
er part o! whom had been engaged, and some OF
them extensively, in similar enterprises in Cana
da, Ohio, Connecticut, New York, aud PennS vi
Vania Many of the contractors residing at dis
lance, they were allowed TO return home beio, e
commencing ihem work. o hers have entered
with vgor on their contracts; and by the cu, o.,
the present week, eight sections will have been
actually commenced, oil which a few viii pIoba-
bly, be completed before the winter sets in. There
l. no reason 10 doubt, adds the Report, iha; ,ite
"hoie wa be finished by the time specified i'll
the contracts, viz Sl, OF December, 1922.
The plan adopted Tor the structure OF the work
is as national and perfect the probable resour-
ccs will alloy. The breadth of the canal, where
practicable, will be sixty feet at the surface; Us
depth, for the present, never less than five aud
ultimately six feet. lis -nallest breadth at Va,
surface will he fifty, ard its width at tie bottom
forty five feet The inner lining OF tn. banks TO
be OF stone, where procurab!e The locks re
also OF stone, with chambers hundred ,+cl oy Al
teen, III the clear. IL Is under consideration whe;h
Ell the locks shall be doubled as tar up d, i.,.
mouth of Shenandoah, OF throughout he irs; six
~ miles o! the canal. The las; feeder will be "a
acn from the Potomac just above the Little Falls
anu IS TO he eighty iect wide, and six deep W. ia
a view, not only 10 give sufficient water for Ga q
several canals in contemplation, TO the Navy Yard.
Alexandria, Annapolis and Baltimore, but 10 man-
utacturlng purposes. The enlargement of the ca
nal will not, we are informed by the Report IN
voiVe more than the originally estimated eyp-,-
diture, and considerable reduction of the cos,
below the estimate is hoped for on the whole of the.
line below The Blue Ridge. These favorable Gin
stances are imputed partly to The chang. in the loca
tion, partly 10 the abuLdant harvest ofevery foo for
men and animals. Every fort will be made To cx.
tend the contracts along the iiue the ensuing SDr,ur
II being presumed says the Report, that the ,cpcnh
ing controversy between the CansIS Rail road
Companies. will be terminated by that period
nc time "iii be lost IN bringing that question to All
issue.
TO be printed relative to the extcn ion OF Tn canal
TO The mouth OF Rock Greek, TO he mouth of w
Der Creek, TO the Navy Yard, aud o Alexapari,:
and also for inviting a subscription 20 the stock OF
the Company by the Assembly OF Virginia
Baltimore .7merican
Mr.. Key made MOTION to have the resolutions,
&c. printed and referred TO committee OF niue
Tor the purpose OF considering and reporting there
on.
The chair appointed lie following committee
John Mason, I. Pearson,
Waller Jones, Hugh Srmh
:. ii. Smith, T.. J Lee
John Cox Frederick Nav.
Francis y Key,
On motion, tn. meeting then adjourned until
"Wednesday Che l7th.)
Mr. CALLATIN, one OF the Commissioners on
the Eastern boundary, is now in this city Judge
TREBLE. our other Commissioner, il is probable,
VIII also visit This city-and is possible perhaps
that there may be conference witt the British
commissioner at this place. IL would he a happy
result II the affair could pc settled without vow
age TO Europe, aud the submission of the subject
10 foreign umpire. ii it takes tie last cou, - ii
Is mol likely the Commissioners can embark till the
spring. [Bosfon pei
nj. De Bresson, appointed by the French Go.
veThment TO establish Commercial relations with
the South American states arrived here Yesterday
~ Tue packet ship Caledonia, from Liverpool. re
IS accompanied By the Duke De Montcbelo n son
OF the late General Lannes, Marshal of France,
and comes with the highest recommendations from
ten. Lafayette. They stop but short time in tie
United states, and we understand proceed TO Mex
ico IN the French frigate which is to call at Nor
folk for them. IN T. .Ver. mr..
singular Predicament.-F the death of
the u ). supreme Judge Trin,ble, of Kentucky,
AMI TIE district Judge Byrd Of Ohio on the same
oay' uieie IS no person 10 exercise the u. s. Judi
cial functions in the State OF Ohio. The recent
death Of the disuici Judge Peters, Of Pennsyiya.
mia, IS also recOllected. Thus the officers of one
supreme and two district judges are vacant, and
with the postmaster in ". York. will form series
OF appointments 10 &c made greater in number
aud Importance than has often occurred in The u.
h'ted States ". L. Statesman
The Chevaicr p Petersen. Minister Of Dem
mars has arrived in the ship Thames, from London
wi'h his family and suite. The return Of Mr. Pc