Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-29
Improvement OF the ONO RIVer-Th,
LouiSvilIe Convention

the n ayigation ofthe Ohio ,rivetIcan be i'm
proved met in that city 90 Wednesday last
and adjourned on Thursday. The proceed
ings, as published iu the ,IoarRGl. are not
very full. We gather fromsthem that the
convention Wasnot satisfactorily attended.
The report of the second andlast; day COM
mences thus: = ~ SIS IA
Several additional delegations were
present this morning, but there has not
been that interest exhibited which we an.
ticipated. -
Pittsburgh we notice had only one repre-.
Sentative on The ground ~
The following persons composed the
convention:
Kentucky Legislature Senators Mallory
and Granger, and Representatives DELPHI,
Marshall and tWier. - 5
Louisville Board of Trade Edgar Need.
ham, o. s. Leavitt, Capt. Benedict.
Cincinnati Chamber of Commsrce-
Thomas Sherlock, j. O. Butler, Capt. Hen.
Ey' A. Jones. 81
Jetersonyille-=Leyi Sparks, James How
ard, W. a.. Fogg.
Par4srsburg, (W.sV. ~. T.. Deyal. j. a.
Blaekford, Jas. b wharton. ~
Pittsburgh, Pa George b. Thurstou,
Camel on, 1nd.--Hamilton Smith ir!
General Council Of LonisYille-Ma Mayor
VIM. Kaye, George Stealey aud q. Scow:9
dem Engineers; Aiessrs. y. G.. Baxter. VIM
2. Barrett aud Vim. !Cromey, Goubsilmen;
and Nm. Terry, and VIM. L. Murphy, al.
dermen.
The most of the talking 10 the couven.
ton seems to have been done by Mr..
Thurston from Pittsburgh, and Mr.. Whar.
ton from PatkeFsburg. The former gem c,s
tleman submitted the following preamble
and resolutions: .'.'',',s - = (. ~
WHEREAS, The Ohio river, having its
source IN the interior OF the State Of Penn
sylyania, aud'passing Units course through
and along the territory Of the States OF.
Pennsylvania West Virginia, Ohio. Indi,
ana Kentucky and Illinois for distance
of one thousand miles, Is great natural
channel forthe distribution, In resnonsp m.
the daily demands of life and the intar-
change of commerce, of the products of
nearly every State of the Union.
And whereas, the fteuuent interruntioni
to the navigation of the Ohio from 40 In.
suheient depth of Waterlor the transporla.
ton OF its commerce, is crest aud aunual.
loss to the population of the Ohio basin
directly, and the nation indirectly. 4 ms
to be avoided by the waters of the Ohio
being made sufficient to convey At all sea-.
sons the commerce of that river, an achieve.
ment within the powers Of the mechanical
facilities and engineering ability Of the
present day;
And whereas. the census of the United
states for 1850 shows that the population
OF the Mississippi basin Is i5,3e2.543.
while that of the Atlantic slope Is but IL, :.
csc, l4O, and that the population ofithe ba !
sin of the Ohio is ii, 067 1876. or seven an,
tenlhs OF that of the Mississippi basin. of
which 1t is a component part, and over
htteen-tWentieths of that Of the Atlantic
slope, IL lis apparent that the seven. tsntbs
of the population of the Mississippi basic.
which is 10 majority 70 that Of the Atlantic
slope, being, from interruptions 10 the
navigation of the Ohio river, DELAYED In
their commercial pursuits, deprived of az.
senttals to lite impeded In their social IA.
tercourse, and deranRed in their fortunes.
simply invoke to their protection and a..
sistapce constitutional right in request.
Ing the Government of the United States
to direct such an expenditure Of money as
shall relieve them of the evils herein com.
plained of, by rendering the Ohio river
naVtgable at all seasons when unobstruct.
ed by ice: -
= Therefore Be IL resolUea, That the i'm.
provement Of the Ohio river, in being ne.
cessary to the commercial aud social wants
of seven tenths of:tha entire population Of
the Mississippi basin, aud demanded nv
the interests of every section of the UnioS.
from the manufacturers ofNeW England to
the sugar and cotton plantations of the
lower Mississippi, is one Of the great aud
plain duties of the Government. slI y
And 6eta also iresolUed, That as the value
OF me interior RELATIONS of the country; as
States for 1860 are i've times the amount
Of the exterior relations, that we declare II
to be also the duty of the government 10
devote to the improvement of the fnterioT
relations of.the nation as large sums. "a
Il great energies, and as cheerful 4 spirit a.
u mas 70 the wants of it's exterior relations
IN the construction of lighthouses and haT.
Dor Improvements and other facilities 10
ocean commerce upon the Atlantic coastl
And De u also SeSoLUs6, That at no point
IN thelWhole territory of this eo2ernment
90 the interior relations SO comminple. ao
Interchange, and so concentrate az MON
aIu along iheSWatefs Of that great national
channel-the Ohio river. ! ~
ana ecu SssOtusd, That the eleven mil.
mons OF population, occupying the Obio
basin, in asking Congress 10 appropriste ga a
SUN otgmoney TO the imprnYement on Sfhs
navigation of a stream SO vital 10 eiithStI
lawful dues, as proportio6ate contribntoTs
to that common treasury from which the
money is askedi the more especially AZ
rom 1924 70 the present time Srnauyi mil |
lions OF dollars have been approptistedI IA
Improvements for the Atlantic coast. wins
the appropriation for the Western water
not including the lakes, is but little over
4aefstors 6s',tt Gkios resolptd, That the
government Of the United States are Hsres
y, rec uested 70 approp riate the Snm 81 .ten
m ollars tor the improvementaof
~ s nsylgatlon q The Ohio river and