Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-19

having been alluded 10 by the President, as the
only Director that did not vote for the resoiu-
lions submitted by the President and Directors
to the meeting Of the subscribers on the ION
instant, he deemed i. his duty 10 slate his rea-
SON for so doing-which was, that as ne had
been amounted one Of the Committee to whom
the subject of compromise had been referred;
and having unanimously agreed to the report
made to the Board as published, and bound 10
each other to support that report, he CONSIDER
ed il his duty 10 adhere thereto, until II was
laid before the stockholders: stating, at The
same time, to the Board, that it the vote OF the
stockholders carried the resolutions as drawn
up, he should be perfectly satished.-in addi-
lion 10 which, he had said, that, as stockholm
o., he had RICH, to vote as he thought proper;
and tina, he should vote at the general meeting
for the re resolutions, and he was now prepared
10 vote for them.
Mn. KEY spoke in favor Of the resolutions Of
the Committee, and referred TO the PROBABILITY
that if the plan proposed by 'he President ane
Directors should be adopted, Maryland. and
Virginia would be unfavora able to the Ca
nal. He also adverted to The injurious effect II
might have upon the health Of Georgetown.
GEN. Mason followed and supported the
views taken by Mr.. Key.
Mn MERCER replied to the arguments OF the
two last gentlemen.
The question was then taken upon agreeing
to the resolutions Of the Committee, and 1t was
decided in the negative. The votes were yeas
662-nays 5,l37.
The verbal amendments 10 the second reso-
luton proposed by the President aud Directors
were then taken up, and after some discussion
also rejected.
Mr.. MASON, (Mayor Of Alexandria, moved
10 strike out Of the resolutions OF the President
and Directors, the clause referring the subjec:
back to the three Corpoi atoms; which was a.
greed 10.
Gen. Mason moved to strike out the clause,
providing that Il" if the Attorney General shall
be of opinion" sc. aud referring it 10 the Su-
preme Court; which was rejected
The resolutions of The President and Direc-
tors were then agreed to, and are as.follows:
ResoIved, by the Stockholders O the Ctes-
apeake antonio Canal Company, in Gene
ruI Meeting. That, in the event that the
Attorney General of the United States shall be
Of opinion that the Charter OF the company
canferS anlha,xiix- he Canal ehan- hA
plan submitted to the Presiden, and Directors
OF the Company by the Engineers. Benjamin
Wright and John Mariineau; and that, SO soon
as the Corporation of Washington shall have
provided, at the mouth Of riber Creek, basin
OF sufficient elevation above the tide TO receive
a canal leading thereto from the mouth Of Rock
Creek, at the height Of three feet above the Or
binary high tide Of Potomac river, the Chesa>
peake and Ohio Canal shall terminate therein,
in the mode provided by the plan submitted to
the President and directors OF The Company by
the said engineers: Provided, however, That if
the Corporation Of Washington shall prefer the
construction Of the Canal from the mouth Of
Rock Greek to the Tiber, it shall have liberty
to do so at any time before the said canal shall
have been begun by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company
find be ii further Resoiced, That the President
and Directors be. and they are hereby, empow-
Pr d and requested, in the name and behalf of
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 10
present to the Congress Of the United S,a,es,
requesting Congress 10 grant such
aid as may seem 10 their wisdom expedient,
towards the extension of Canal from some
suitable point on the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca.
,al to Alex audi ia, within the District Of Colum-
,ia; and, also, to construct another Canal TO the
Navy Yard Of the United States, within the CT.
y OF Washington, at the level Of the section of
he Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at the Little
Falls; that the President and Directors of this
Company be requested to instruct the Engi-
leers Of The Company to cause suitable plan
o be devised for a connexion, by means of an
Queduct across the Potomac of the Canal of