Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-16
Within a few weeks afler.Mr Monroe

W tniS S~ou"cutlOu du0
this ~d,nner) who have made this subject
an object of particular Investigation ARE
Of opinion that the waters Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio may be con ected to
gether by ole connected canal and AT an
expense far short Of the value and ion
p~ortance OF the object TO be obtained Ii.
this could be accomplished, il is impos-
sible 10 ca culate the beneficial conse-
|queaces which would result from it. A
great portion Of the produce Of the very
fertile country through which il w"uld
pass would find a market through that
channel. Troops might be moved with
great facility in time OF war, with can
non and every kind Of muniiion, in eth
er direction. Connecting the Atlantic
with the western country, ia a line pas
sing through the seai of the National
government il Won desseniially strength.
en- the bond Of union itself. Believing.
as DO. that Congress possessed the
right Ia appropriate money for such a
national objcct, lthe Jurisdiction remain
ing in the States through which the ca
nal would pass.) | submit, il 10 your con-
sideration, whether il, may not be advi-
sable TO authorize, by an adequate sppro-
priation, the employment of q suitable
number of officers Of the corps Of Engi-
neers TO examine the unex plorcd ground,
during the next season, and To report
their opinion thereon. IL will likewise
be proper 20 extend their examinations
10 the sewers routes ia rough which the
waters of the Ohio may b. connected, by
cana's, with those Of Lake Erie"
A Board Of ernal improvements,com
posed by order of the rresi ent,through
the Department Of war, consisting of
Brig. Gen. ) Bernard and Lieut.. Col
lotion, officers sf the army OF the Uri.
ted States, and John l. Sullivan, civil en-
gineer ofthe State Of Massachusetts was
established.
After the General Government had
induced the State OF Maryland 10 enlarge
the canal, it subscribed one million Of
dollars TO the same, by the following
veto. which extract from the Journal
OF the House Of Representatives and the
Senate
la the House Of Representatives, May
9Th, 1923, AN act authorizing the sub
scriptIon of stock to the Chesapeake 81
Ohio anal company was read the Sd
time, and on the question, shall this bill
passf was determined in the affirmative
by the following yore-
Yeas Messrs.S Samuel Ander son, VIM
Armstrong, John Billy, John Baldwin,
J John Barbour, Stephen Barlow. Ichabod
Bartlett, Modecai Barley Isaac c Bates,
Edward Bates, Philemon Bscchor, John
Blair, Thomas II Blake, William A Brent.
Richard A Bvckner, Samuel Butman,
Thomas Clinton, James Clark, Lewis
Condict, Richard Coulter, VIM Creigh
ton Jr, David Crockett, Benz w Grow.
ningshield, John Culpepper, John Dav.
Ienport, John ID Dickerson, Clemant Dor.
Isey, Joseph Duncan, Edward Everett,
James Fiadley,. Tomlin son Fort, Chaun
cy rorward,L win Gale, Daniel G Guarn
sey, Henry II Gurley, Gabriel Holmes
jonathan Hunt, Ralph J Ingersoli jacob
Z lsaacks, kensey Johns, Jr, Joseph
Lawrence, Joseph Lemonite, Isaac LIE
her, Robert P Le;cher, Peter Little, I'D
ward Livingston. Chittendon Lyon John
Magree, Henry G MartiadaIe, Dun!ey
Marvin, Lewis Maxwell, George McDuf
he, Robert Meditation, Samuel Mexican
VIM Mclean, Charles F Mercer, Orange
Merwin, Thomas Metcalfe, Chas Minor
Iohn Mitchell, Thomas B Moore, Thos
Newton, hobart Orr, Jr, George w 0w-
len, Dutee J Pearce. Elisha Phelps. Isaac
Pierson, Davii Plant, William Ramsey,
John Sergeant, Augustine II Shepard.
Joseph Richardson, William Russell
Lemuel Sawyer, John Sloane, Oliver n
Smith, Michael c Sprigg, VIM Stansbu
Try, Jas 8 Stephenson ] B S-terigerre
Andrew Start, Henry, r Storrs, Jane.
Strong, Samuel Swan, John w Taylor
Hedge Thompson, Phineas l. Tracy, Eb
enezer Tucker, Joseph Vance, E.spy Var
Horn, John. Varnum, SamuolI IF Vinton
George T. Wales, Aaron Ward, GeorQs
Z " ashington, John G Weems Fhoma,
Whipple, Jr, Elisha " hittlesey, Charlie,
Ia Wickiifs, James Wilson John 4 Win
gate, David Woo Icock, George Wolf
; John G Wight, Joel Yancy-I07. Nay
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
Subscription of 300 900 Stock-le2s
10 the Senate, on the question, Shall
the amendments be e~ngrossed, and the
bill read a third time as amendedr til,
vote stood as follows ~
1eas-Messrs, Barnard, Barton Bate
man, BouIigny, Chambers, Chase, Eaton
Foot, Harrison, Hendricks, Johnson oil
ny, Johnson Of La, Kane, KiaS,K knight
Mckinley, McLane, Marks, Noble, Ridg .
y, Robbins, Rowan, Ruggies, Seymour
Siisbee, Smith Of Nd, Thomas Webs err
Willey=29 Nays4I7.W
The limits OF this correspondence va
not allow Of my making other extracts