The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-02
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THE IMPROVEMENT OF JAMES RIVER.
PASSAGE OF THE HivEa AND HAnBoa BILL
Saturday morning we announced that an amend
ment sppropriating $4,000 towards the improve
nent Of the navigation of the james and Appomst
,ox Rivera, had been incorporated in the River and
Harbor Bill pending in Committee Of the Whole
of the House of Representatives. The bill was re-
ported back to the House Thursday evening
Friday il was take up In the House-ail the amend
menfs of the committee (only three) were concur
red in, and the bill then passed-ayes loS, noes 20
The vote ON the amendment making the appropri
alton to the James and Appomattox rivers, passed
By vote of los to 62-msjerity 49,
The bill now goes to the Senate. The apprehen
sion lie that that body may attempt to amend 1t BY
increasing the appropriations to some Western and
North Western works, and that in doing 80 they
may unse.tle the present relations of the majority
of the House towards it, and thus endanger it,
The bill has been arranged after great deal Of
consultation upon the various interests of parties
and localities, and the items and the amounts SO re
gulated a. to accommodate the opinions and inte
rests of enough, 1t was supposed, to ensure its as.
sage. Hence when it was taken up in COMMITTEES
of the Whole, the numerous amendments offered
were all voted down, except three, and only one
OF those proposed further appropriation, and that
was the james River amendment. The indisposi.
ton to change the bill was very great difficulty In
the way of the friends of that amendment and OF
the gentlemen who represented this city. That il
passed at ALL is very striking proof of the strong
claims of the proposition upon the consideration
of Congress. The chief complaint against the bill
as it passed. is that the appropriations are toe linn
tied, "a very good fault) and this complaint comes
loudest from the West and Northwest Gre at ef-
forts viii be made to get little more for those
sections which, it seems nothing short OF the entire
possession of the treasury will satisfy If they sue.
oeed and the bill be returned to the House. its fate
will be doubtful but this we feel authorised to say,
that if it becomes law, the James river sppropri-
alton will almost certainly be part of it. We
feel authorised to say this much as well upon the
assurances we have from the gentlemen who re.
presented this city to endesvor to procure this ap-
preparation, as account of the decided votes by
which the amendment was adopted and was after
wards approved by the House.
This appropriation, we before remarked, is
small, compared with the work that is to be done;
butt is OF course only the beginning. By it "a line
of tidewater navigation which it is the duty ofthe
Federal Government to keep in good order for the
national trade Of which It is the highway is for the
first time made the object of expenditure from the
public treasury with that view. Other rivers and
works having not tythe Gifts national claims, have
been made the yearly recipients of appropriations
from the treasury, and in the very bill which has
just passed tn. House, it was deemed necessary to
put limit to the extent of the works on one of
the rivers which has been for SO many years the
pet OF Congress- while James river has been utter
ly dsregarded. For fear that without such limit
the improvements of the Hudson might embrace
the head waters and mill privileges Of that stream
the House absolutely adopted proviso to the an
nual appropriation to it, requiring that the improve
ment OF the river should not be attempted abort
Troy at the expense Of the Federal Gouernment!-
This provision was one of the three amendment
adopted in Committee OF the Whole to the BILL
We omitted to stale Saturday, because we were
not aware of the fact at the time, that Mr. LoFrIn
N. Elicit was one of the gentlemen appointed by
the Council to visit Washington to urge upon the
consideration of Congress the improvement Of
James river. He took an active part with his col
leagues, and all Of them used all proper means to
carry out the object of their appointment They
all concur in awarding to Mr. CAsKIR warm praise
Tor his zeal in behalf of the amendment enbracine
the James and Appomattox rivers He used hi
personal influence, and spoke in the House with
decided effect in its behalf. We are intor med toe
that we are much indebted to Messrs. NcMullen
Strother Cabell of Florida, Davis of Massachusetts
and Howard fTexas, for the personal interest the,
manifested In the matter, and for the unusual effort
they made to serve this city on the OCCASION
Other gentlemen, whose names are not given, ex
erted themselves most generously for the propo
siton.
The CUSTOM HOUSE AT NoRFoLK.-The Norfo
y Beacon states that money has been received Their
to pay for the ground selected for the site of t1
new Custom House and Post Office by the Gener.
Government 1t supposes that contracts will 500
entered into for the building for which Congress
has appropriated 100000
10 not Richmond to have Custom House too9-
ltwouid be economy in the Government to buils
one.
FUNERAL OBsEQUIEs IN LYNcHBuRG-The flu
neral obsequies In honor of Mr.. Clay took place il
Lynchburg Thursday. Places of Guinness were
generally closed, and mourning drapery and en-
blems We're exhibited from almost every house -
Mr.. Mcdonald, the Editor of the Lynchburg Vir-
g'nian' delivered the eulogium upon the life and
character OF the lamented Statesman.
IMr J. J. SPEED, one of those lost in the
burning OF the Henry Clay, was gentleman of
very considerable ability as lawyer and states.
man. He resided In RaItimore v,har -