Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-07

Jackson parsded round the house OF Judge VII
iiaus, who has proved that Gen. Jackson was
;o.erested in ths project Of Aaron Burr, scar
rying hickory bushes and poles, and taunting
him in the lowest style ofvuIgarity, opprsbium,
and blackguardism. II is further stated, that
Mr.. Isaacks, ne1tef q Congress, instiga;ed
the MOB. This devslopes, at the same time,
,be character of the Jackson party AT "h0ms,
and The effect which the late disclosure has prs
dnesd upon .hem. If DO other meaps can be
devised TO meet the charge, the advocates Of
,be General will find some difficulty to prevent
:, from fastening itself on the public mind, and
influencing yhe public vote.
Charlottesville OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the
Potomac abprop,1saOn.-A late Charlottesville
,,per contains an abstract Of the argument OF
Chapman Johnson, in support ofthe motion IN.
,roduced by him, for striking oct SO much of
the Report and resolutions, submitted by the
Committee. as recommended an appropriation
by the State of Virginia, Of half million Of dol
hrs to the Chesapeake ana Ohio Canal 1t
would perhaps have been quite as gratifying to
his patrons, add certainly not less creditaole to
the eandour of the intelligent editor of that
journal, had he accompanied those remarks
with a succins statement of the facts, by which
i, the estimation of a respe ctsble minority OF
tha, body, the assumptions OF Mr.. Johnson were
utterly overthrow, and the weakness and So
phis,ry of his reasoning, ;rumphantly exposed.
We will take it upou ourselves, briefly to sup
ply that omission.
It was urged by Mr.. johnson, "First, 1--WE
extract from the advocatel that as nearly the
whole sum required to carry the contemplated
announcement into effect was already proU9de9,
and as the deficiency weuld no doubt pc suppi-
ed without TIE aid of Vrgiuio, it would be ex.
tending her patronage While it behocVeo her to
husband her resources, and apply all Der
means to these objects which were Peculiarly
her own, and for the accomplishment of which
she must rely on her own uaaided Efforts.
To this it was replied, /. thai the necessary unds
acre not already provided That a large amount
so far completed, ss to render the capital alrea-
dy invested. in any degree profitable. That it
required s4,200,0o0 to complete the Eastern
section--of which sum So, 6oo, 900 only was sub.
ssribed--many of the subscribers perhaps in
STRENGTHENING deficiency of at leas, S600,-
600 yet to be supplied before it could be CARR
ed to the Coal Banks at Cumberland, until
which time it was admitted, the Stock must
remain comparatively unproductive.
2. That ire had no reason 10 beileDe this defcien.
cy could be supplied sotho'n the aid Of Nrgi'u H.
had already subscribed her full proportion.
The United States in adding subscription of Q
million had exaeted a pledge that no further
application should be made to Congress. unit
the Canal had been finished as high as Cumser
iand--The District of Columbia had subscribed
what it would require her utmost ability &c
pay--ths most animated appeals had been made
to private hberality and en,erprise--ever,
source had been explored-every avenue hat
been aPpro ached. and there yet remained de
fciency of 100000. To whom should we
now look il not to Virginia to supply the def
ciency' To whom with more propriety than tc
that State which originated the enterprise
which chartered the Company--whic gave the
h'st impulse TO its prosperity Was not Virgi
MA deeply interested in the completion of the
Vorks-snd was not her credit ample! Did no,
The state of Virginia is highly interested il
,he Potomac navigation, The north. or wha
SlmpFopery called the principal, branch o.
.s rver takes its rise in this state; and, beside
hH stream, we find the South Branch and she
"anaoah rivers heading in the heart of the state
Suu furnishing, particularly the latter, an ex
@osVe Navigation. leading through and wa
;Urlng, trac, of country highly cultivated, ano
INFERIOR IN point of soil and fertility to none cas-
me mountains. We find, mereoves, tina
|e ""o'e length of the canal will be on tue lin,
ssV~een Virginia and Maryland, and whether i
81 pursue The north or south side Of the river, O
Oecarried across it in aqueducts. will moi b,
~ 10y material to either stale, in ihe'generai seal
us usefulness; for, on whatever side it pass
rs oIoBes must be erected across the rive
"H,' me other side, at suitable distances to ia
h"te the transportation by land TO the canal
nlu' likewise, below the mouths of the boats
Oesfeams that fall into the Potomac. lock
lust De erected on the canal and connected wit
river, by which means the boats out OF th
~ o'Ofhac Will be lifted mic the Ca.sl; and b
se means the advantages derived by tn
,S" respectively. will be reciprocal. Beside
TIC immense advantpo 80 securad - U;rr;n;a n "a