Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-12-13


NYe Jsrnes river and KahaHha eompanys refus
toll for the stone passing down me cana
I'LL nutIaY
eOme snendmen.. are necessary in he law ne:
uEsAnE Vsigtis and tnsasurss. Ills ! vrrr ;rnp5
~ SUBJECT Y The PutAie, and deserves yonr aItel
send herewith memorial fro.a The America
isIler foE the adTsncemens ii seieace b
j a RI. NafiemaFe, The worsbs ana xealon. pillar
+, pa recently SER some valuable and higl
n Et1eless:ng works u the Stare ihgary The uniTe
80 the m,slary .institqte- fecommesd Tia
legssiai-lre. =
Il Esel constrained 10 call yoar attention tofhe suit
lesEpi revolutionary claims An obligation NOR
sefssn never Tested uFcn anF people than that resi-
in9snpon the United stats ID pay those debts.
Il SsAxress persists ID refusing 10 6ischarve them
inia o1ght 10 assune The obiigalioH Tn
kftsans urged against The claims are mere pre-
.e1l:: u : pretended that more land claims ha
pe9S allowed han IAe9c were soldiers in bur ser
veg bot The records IL our offices show that Ii.
sekt<f 81 men IN service was double thbse tha
hAtS been allowed lind bopntY. II Is said tha
gfehg iaxasy has eharseeFseAi The action ofthe er
81 No. m - adladlsaiion npon these Claims
i TbEis untrue as vii Be sen 81 reference 10 The
casEs decided TOR 4 viii appear that much lar
ger&Hmber ofcla1ms have been rejected than allow
ed Esirgtnia gave PIP tothe4UHitea States an en-
/ pINsharged only with tbe Payment OF her soldiers
NnkEshd Won H. IL Congress 10 It's zeal 70 provide
honKs for the descendants offhosg Rho fought our
hoo3s % Brandy wine and Trenton shall persist ID
Purifying oct g them The public domain which was
TefaSs pay the lands We preniSed, Virginia owes
il t1sssrseIf to discharge the debt 10 m5nev
TEs resolutions of the last Legislature requesting
the fxesident of the United States. through The A.
merlssn Minister al The CourlSofSt James. 70 pro-
eurF:she return OF oertsin ddcnmenfs carried on
by thss enemy ia the revolutionary war, wefe sent
as d.scted The object 5f the Lesslature'has not
beeh plshed, blt their wishes have been mel
BY Find proposal, oa the parf OF ne American
Mir SER to have DOCUMENTS, copied BY Vermont
gent;Etaan peculiarly Qualified for this business
and kie, the Minister assuresins is ready D pei
fUrrs ss;e service The object howeTer, being the
recosasy OF original records belonging 10 the com
mon .teaIih, declined entering upon any negoha-
lion t:the business. ! recommend me appointment
81 ..ksanpeient agentHwh0 shall repair 70 England
fSr ste purpose OF Thoroughly exanli@Dg The arr
chiv.ks Great Britain for such records and histor
cal n ninescences properly pertain 10 the elnci
datiitt Of history. herewith transmit the pa
pers s1eceiyed from the State department upon the
subsat III.
tn necessity for acorrect mapof Virginia has
beers5srriously felt for a long time. When the
mapsSsf Virginia were made by III. Boye, he had
10 de;ssnd upon the county maps then made under
law 81 that effect but in general, very iecorrFclly
50 un;1sh so, that the boundaries Of adjoining coun
ties ssrely ever fitted and frequently ofeFlapped
widtsk as can easily be verified. The roads,
strcssEs and mpanta;Gs werei almost iGYaF..aory
laid .k1wn BY guess. Il was With s6ch materials
ihaI:koye had 10 prepare The maps de made
goos 4lany correctionshy astronpmica observations
ands bfveys OF. his own and Produced a~tolerable
maLs fr the time. But, at PRESENT no one scarcely
can s,&fn out the correct part offhe maps. Boye is
deaf Rand no record il let Of his labots, by which
perfsetions and imperfeetpns are to the distinguish
ed .Ssace his time, new counties have been cHeatea5
the xaEaes of which rest upon points Il the inteFlor
oftt,Iold counties, which are Consequently, almost
imas 4tnary.TFhe new coanties cannoebe accurate
IN lt;sAted upon a map under such circumstances,
eyeryf correctly surveyed But to pegfect the map
eyd2ttly the same labor has 10 be gone over (and il
WON'T be the same thing for every new may,) if
meas sres not adoptedto record what is known
to b3 Eofrect. otherwise, in Arranging and lifting
toaeT.er BY mutual oencesS0nSI the various plans,
the Engineer would tie as likely 10 abandon what
was. sorrect as that which was mot soss To obviate
thfssEiiieulty | would recommend constructing a
plas seoneclly and nicely drawn, OF every thing
whi.s is undoubtedly right. AND froFa this plan a
cpp5,fplate both 70 bh-carefully preserved Upon
thesy would be added from time TO lime, all new
:surcesS locations and observations-and whenever
nevs hapS should be struck of another copperpiae
Cong or improved from the standard and filled On
as c;Efectly as the materials would permit might
be tissd In the course III time the principal plate
wo,sA be completed without losing any part o pre-
| cedLg abors. s n
marSS snUuIa q good ufaugnssman Surveyor ahd
andY mathematician, capable oftakins astronomical
ohst nations, 10 recify the errors Of surveys and
wii1sI. an intelligent man, fol- this business pre-
sens considerable difficulties. He must discovel
the Strors Of surveys furnished him. Even when
cGrf.tty made these surveys require considerable
mos teaiions.@ Take for example, a long line oil
/ Enlightenment running East and West. On the
plan he meridians are III parallel: 90 the map they
are.s5 On the plan no account Is taseu OF the dill
ferentg variations Of The compass along the line
whbh should be done ion the map; 80 that when
proset5y reduced, the line between the extreme
poils is no longer straight line, bit probably a
very irregular one which will displaee The ntersec-
tions III mountains streams roads and HE oea tions
ofie:yhs, from what appears on the plan of the i'm
provrrhent Astronomical observations at impor-
ant pSinis furnish the only mole of proper recti-
catic5. Boye has given us nbmbet OF them. but
itfsall We know Of The correct points or parts of
his nap. The typographical features ofthe State
are even more important than tlIf form OF the eoun
ties, 1,acanse they willneFer change. The ranges
ofmi5tjntains courses 6t streams lines of improve
ment anarowns, should be partralarg attendedto
so as Ito form a complies geographical and geo
graphifal representation of tie. STATE 1t will Of
congo take years finish it, But upen tile plan
recoiaihend the progress will be steady, and ult-
mate success certain.
Be-siAes the astronomical observations already OBJ
taiuEa We can await ourselves Of the coast survey,
tofoyni the basis and courses pt thiSlpperaton. 4
presrr4e that there will be no diticuyln Obtaining
cos,yE of that survey
ysdtr the provisions Of the Code have caused a
maret the State 10 BE- commenced upon the princi-
ples.i have lust indicated a.
T:e central authority Of The United STAGES for the
in4iGsttial exhibition, 10 be had in Losdon in May
1856 issued the governors Of the diderept States
and ,Iferr,ories a formal request that they would
alsooint local committees for theEr respective
Siae,s in order that The citizens hereof might pos
sessrsery facility for the representation of their
rioris products al this exhibition of tl industry se-
niu; Ind sktlof all nations Il received this re-
quest on the 3tst October. and few days thereaf-
ierapg,ointed COMMITTEES for the purpese Indicated
| The. eommitee has been mosa actively engaged
| upds he subject and have recommended severa
/ imp:.rant measures. which whilst they ARE iuily
| andswhrmly approved The executive has no author
| itv (; carry out These shall Be submitted 10 the
legislature in the course pf few days SO soon as
repcst which has been called for ean. be obtained
from he committee, Should thelegislatGFe coneu
1 with the committee and the exhcutire in the mea
surss recommended, its Immediate acsiDn WILDE ne
ceSSsfy
| The sale OF portion OF the public ground, anC
the purchase of another lot heretofore authorised
by law has rendered the constractioa OF an exPen
sivG st1nc wall necessary. Il has been discovered
thai part of the gfoBh& supposed TO belong 10 h,
pubtFcEaqnaTe is really owned BIZ sohe iHtanthe
/ whichI viii reRder necessary either its purchas,
frots them BY an ameabIe suit or its condemnation
l for pubic purposes.
All enterprise ola somewhat novel character has
bee,, ,4dertaken BY The worthy and Pablo spirited
ei1,gs,ak N "--dericksbnrg. Th$y are proposing 4
eslaEish l Female Seminary upon more exlep
s,ve.taa than has been heretofore tried Virginia
Whsn Frc reject n-onihe powerful inluence Rhcl
Is IL AIR country exestea BY wdmen, and their par
ticipaIion in the early e. 1cation OF all we canno
but s. struck with the inadeqnate assistance afford
ed hi the authority Of the State u facilitate and per
feet their mental culture. A lilofs eligible poin