Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-27

yoluton, and commands my grateful acknowledge .
lnents and thanks.
am, with respect, Your mosf obcdient servant,
CHI. CARROLL, Of Carollton.
To JOHN BARNEY, Esq.
The House Of Representatives having Yesterday
concurred in the amendments made by the Senate
in the bill to authorize subscription to the stock
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company that
measure has now finally passed the two Houses
and only awaits the signature Of tho President to
become a law. In token Of the Joy which this
circumstance caused throughout the city, na;io-
nal salute was fired in the course Of the AFTERNOON
We presume that no further delay viii take place
i'm the formation OF the company, and the prepare
ton for the actual commencement Of the great ma
tional work from which we have sp much reason
anticipate results the most important to the inte-
rests of the District. We subioin copy of the
bill as has been amended, and as it has finally
passed:
AN ACT authorizing Subscription TO the Stock
ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Be it enacted &c., That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and di-
rccted to subscribe, in the and for the use of
the United States. for ten thousand shares Of the
capital stock OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, and to pay for the same, at such times
and in such proportions, shall be required Of
and paid by the stockholders, generally, by the
rules and regulations Ofthe Company out of the di-
vidends which may accrue to the u. States upon
their Bank Stock in the Bank of the U. S.: Propi-
ded That not more than fifth part of the sum,
so subscribed for the of the United States
shall be demanded, in any one year. after the orga-
nization of the said Company, nor shall any greater
sum be paid on the shares subscribed for, than
shall be proportioned to assessments made on in
~dividual 0r corporate stockholders lind provided
2uoreorer, That for the supply of water to such O.
tier canals as the State OF Maryland, Virginia,
or the Congress of the U. s., may authorize to be
constructed, in connection with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, the section OF the said canal lead
ing from the head of the Little Falls of the Poto-
mac river, to the proposed basn next above George
town, IN the District of Columbia shall have the
elevation above the tide of the river at the he ad
ofth said Falls, and shall preserve, throughout
the whole section aforesaid, breadth, at the sur
face OF the water OF not less than sixty feet and
depth, below the same, OF not less than five feet
with suitable breadth ut bottom.
Sec. z -d'id De a. further enacted, That tn c
said Secretary of the Treasury shall vote for the
PRESIDENT and Directors of the said Company, ac-
cording to such number of shares as the United
States may, at any time. hold in the stock thereof
and shall receive, upon the said stock the proper
ton of the tolls which, shall from time to time.
be due TO the United States for the shares afore-
s1id; ana shall have and enjoy, in behalf of the
United States, every other right of a stakeholder
III the said Company. 10
In the Senate, yesterday, the bill to enlarge the
powers oil the several Corporations of the District
OF Columbia and for other purposes, was passed
The bill Tor aboshing the oit'ce of Major General
IL
abolition OF Brevet Rank i'm the army. The Bill as
amended, was rejected by vote of 20 TO 20 the
Wee President not being present. At 4 o'clock,
the Senate took recess Till six. Ats six the Pres
ident proempore took the Chair, and quorum not
appearing, the Senate adjourned.
In the House oil Representatives, Mr.. McDuffie
gave notice that no should o-day ask the House to
take up the report OF the Select Committee on the
subject OF the recent assault. Mr.. Gorhain, as one
OF the minority Of that Committee, offered propo-
sitlon, which he intended to move as an amendment
70 the resolutions appended to the report OF the
Select Committee. This substitute resolves that
me Sergeant alarms take Russell Jarvis into
custody, and bring him TO the bar OF the House. TO
receive reprimand, and that then he be discharg-
eu; andfurther that the Speaker withhold from him
the privilege OF admission to the floor, usually al
lowed TO Editors. Some objections made to
me receiving and printing the proposition, but il
was finally carried in the affirmative The House
concurred in the amendment made by the Senate
IN the Bill to enlarge the powers of the several
Corporations OF the District. Various other Senate
bills were acted on, and tine House adjourned a.
bout half past five O'clock after rejecting several
propositions to take recess MAT Tour
The bill to enlarge the powers OF the several
corporations in the District of Columbia passed
the Senate yesterday, with an amendment strik-
ing ont the third section. That section provides
Tor the taxing OF articles which may pass down the
Canal, and is considered of minor Importance. The
House concurred in the amendment; SO tina, the
OH mas now finally passed. 10.
May "a.
JAMES barbour, of Virginia, (now Secreta-
ry OF War has been appointed, by the President
OF the United States, with the advice and consent
oil the Senate, to be Minister to Great Britain
ihe bill for confirming the subscriptions OF the
several Corporations of this District to the Stock
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, YES
to-day passed the Senate (the third section being
previously stricken ouO without serious oppose
,ion, and, the amendment having been subsequent
~ agreed to by the House of Representatives, the
bi'i wants only the signature OF the President
TO become a law.
final and fruitless effort was Yesterday made
oy MI Barney, in the House OF Representatives,
10 OBTAIN the consideration OF the bill, which has
passed the Senate, for RENTING the duties on iron
imported for-the of rail roads. IL any thing
could have conquered the rcpugnance of the
iouse to consider it, the good humored earnest
ness oil MIR. Barney would have effected the object
w do not believe, however, that the bill could ea-
Sly have passed the House Of Representatives, a.
gainst the strong representations of the iron mas
ters and their friends. We believe, however, that
tie projected rail road from Baltimore TO the Ohio
- an object of such great interest that it can
hardly tail, at future session. to obtain the aid
OF Congress, in the same manner 10y subscrp-
ton to its stock) as Congress has afforded aid TO
10 the projected canal for uniting the waters of
the Atlantic and the Mississippi. Nat. Int.
FOREIGN.