Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-09
DOlMEgT TIC.

'"'NS went 10 Europe last spring, in order
~ 'oi'"ct materials Tor illustrating tL-r life OF
i" asiiiigion and the most important events OF our
.'iS'"iy, from the beginning OF the str,,rrle for
Independence. In .July LAST, be proceeded from
''lma',y 10 fafis, and has been constantly en-
poyed IN that capital, in searching th, pubic ar
chieves Tor papers, diplomatic and military rcla
..hG 20 our ke'oiuion and the old French w ar i'm
VIC Soionies. rs Paris Was the centre Of all the
e'pioi' a'ic concerns connected with America the
HocGiner.s are numerous. curious and valuable
Mr- Sparks has experienced the uiino,, nberali,y
anu comfy, on the part OF the ministers in who's.
departments the papers deposited and very
eatnes, AID i'om French gentlemen of eminence
a Kindly feeling towards the United States seems
10 be almost universal in France All the cor.
irespoDdence OF DIR. Frankiin with the French cab
met has come under the eyes of Mr.. Sparks The
Ooc'or susalns, in every part OF il, digniiied in
dependent. and truly patriotic character We
sna'i III all likelihood, full refutation ofthe
charge or story Of pancy 10 the wishes OF Yer
Sennes, which has been copied into the neyy<pa-
peTs, from MIR. Coopers Motions of a Travelling
DaeoeicF'- air Sparks will return to Lonto,, to
prosecute his researches there. In ,hat capi;ol
also, he is permitted 20 examine the diplomatic
correspondence and military papers, and to make
abstracts and selections. Some OF The W'hig no.
yiehsn IN particular have entered warmly into
ms -otJecls The Marquis OF Lansdowne whom
All men honour for his enlightened rec, i,ude and
generous courtesy, has opened 10 him all the pa-
peace Of I7S3. r.Vat or
quantity OF cherry plank and ioist was landed
~ TINS town on the 18th inst. from the Canal Boat
! pIovIdence, which grew in Michigan or Ohio, at
me head OF Lake Erie; from whence it was ship
ped down the lake 10 Buffalo, thence bv the Erie
Canal 10 Albany, from that place 10 Providence by
sioop navigation, and from, Providence TO this
place toy tle blackstone Canal, distance, il, the
Whole, oil at least nine hundred miles four hun
ereo inies OF which is an drtViciG! ndviga!ioR.
IL Is thus that articles are made valuable in one
section OF the country, where otherwise there
woAlld be no maTke. for them, and another sec
uci Is supplied, at fair rate, with that which IL
must otherwise do without. or buy at az exorbi-
tant price.
twenty years ago, any man who should predic;
that the interior and central paris OF Massachu-
sets would now be supplied with lumber from tie
forests oil Michigan, would have beSn set down "a
a visionary enthusiast. Yet such glowing oDtiei.
p4iions. IT, indeed. any one entertained them have
been fully realized. Such are the effects of the
sp'tt OF enterprise, which the operation OF free
| institutions lniuses into people.
| THE PRESIDENTS MESSaGE-Tbe ex.
press OF our enterprising fellow citizens Niessrs
Stockton and Stokes, which arrived in This city
yesterday evening at half past o'clock in the al
most incredibly short time OF f,c. hov,;s di3 tor,
! iy.fire minutes from Washington enables us TO
present TO our readers, in o-Iay's PAPER The Mos
sage oil Fresldent Adams, to the 10Th Congress of
me United states We have room for comment
upon TINS d"cument today. 1t is before our rea-
III.
ai'eF' we may express ours. Bait Ren
|
! NERmoST.-Thc Legislature Of Vermont has
Eo'eh 70 apply 10 the General Government for
,le survey oil Canal routes ,hroue the vallies or
waits and Wells Rivers and in <uch o,hrr ,l,ces
/ as may he thought proper. The Committee nm
'nr communications from Georgia against the Ia
M and HON south Carolina State Rights. re-
ported that no legislation Gu them is necessary in
! " cTG'0!it oapeY.
Extending This line ioT the benefit oithe South.
t'e aid oil tile General Government has been piven
70 me D<inai swamp Canal, aiEUrding an internal
communication by water through Vireit,ia ami
! North Carolina On the subject of this Canal ~
-Ic.ioik Herald: I,at E,,y,,7y
DISMAL SWAMP CaNAiD
| The Ncwbern Spectator states that "the Iy,s
ma, swamp Canal will shortly be CONNECTED ;, ~
to afford q navigation between A.bemarJe Sound
and Norfolk haTbor. 1t remarks that Inc contin
uaton OF The great line Of interior sea6pard navi-
CATION. OF Which this canal is u,r il an ohio,
OF Tie greatest importance 10 that par, of Car
DINA. 1t is subject of interest i'm fact
10 me Whole Atlantic coast and the country at
large and we hope that ascheme 80 strictly n,ijon
d may properly engage the attention of The le.c-
ran legislature, and be prosecuted in all lis details
ttseeins that The two plans are before the
tee on roads and canals in Congress- relative to .
navigation in this quarter; one TO connect the Roa-
noke, Tar, and Neuse by canals; the other 10 l.
rs q md
lhenu UP Neuse to point whence q canal Inay be
! constructed, uniting the waters Of Neuss witl,
! bcauloft harbor. detail oil the surveys made
! here VIII lie laid bclore~Congress next session -
ne communication between Beaufort < NorlolL
10 Considered by Gen. Bernard of mmcl, Importance
IN military point o. view; and il would b., hi,ebIv
useIui, says the Spectator, in thu Southern Wes,
intlia, and South American trade We have fre-
quentIy mentioned the great line Of inner coast
"i5c navigation along the Atlantic and the Gulr nj
Mexico,'o The formation Of which the BAYS sounds
lnieis and rivers OF the coast are 50 cminently
! IaVoI"blt' what great advantage would flotY 10
| Tue coasung trade from the opening OF such Ene
OF communication from The canal mentioned bv fhe
| spectator 50 far as Boston, by connecting the Dol
! aware and Rarilan, and THO BuZZard's or Narr,.
ganset bay The Chesapeake and Delaware
~ahhi part OF TINS important series Of works an
pr2aches speedily TO a complexion"
! Inc preceding attclc has not escaped orr a,'c5-
/ non, IN the course OF publication which Il has IN
ocFeoue We ielt great satisfaction in pcrceiyino
! the interest which was taken IN a work so LgIlv
interesting To The country in general bat ,a riic.i
! iariy go TO this section Of il. We should before
have expressed our satisfaction, and have also re
pubh he'd thc article referred to- but we wished In
dci'y TIC republication until we could speak with
some certainty OF The time when the navigation Of
/ the canal would be in operation Upon yerv ,ocJ
authority, we think can venture 70 saw ii,si bv
me iZth OF December this important work will lie
/ finally completed, respects the main canal -
me canal we have not visited since The extensive
improvements Which have been made Oh il during
;tie two last years were completed
We shall 1orhear 10 say more al his G,oe IL,
'endug o prepare ond 10y before ous readers a mi
nuc dc'ab oil this canal IN few weeks In the
meantime, VIC OBarc;ulatc our fellow citizens ON
;'he near and ceftai' posPcct OF the fulGlnent of
;iheir long delayed hopes.