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GEORGIA LEGIST,A TUG!
IN SENATE,
Saturday, November 1?.
On motion of Mr. j'htir, the Sen.:!
to the loss of the State, passed December 24’
1825. Mr. Safi old from the Committee, re
tinue sach correspondence with the Executive
of South CaVoIina, as is best calculated to pro-
ported the bill, without amendment. The re- mote the end of so desirable an object, and one
port jyus taken up by the ilouse, and on motion i so obviously prom', went in point of local and
;o a£riee thereto, the ayes wero 70, noes 43. ! coirnneivi.il character to both States, inorigina-
A bill was road the third time, and passed, j ting a mutual ratification and agreement of the
entitled an act, to alter and amend an act cn-'i- j stipulations of the articles necessary to bo con-
tlo<! an act, to incorporate tho Bank of Darien, | summed bv concurrent acts of the Legislatures
passed December 13, 1818. | of both States.
The committee on privileges and elections, . ^
reported on die petition of J, Manning, who ‘'^l OKI
claims his scat in tins House, as a llop.esenta- On Internal Improvcmrnts to the Board of
live from Wayne, county, tliaf thoro being a tic! Public Works, in tlic State of Georgia,
between him and James Robson, and the ev-I by Hamilton l vision, Chief Civil Engl-
\ idenee adduced by Petitioner, is im-ufiicent, ta.r.
that in tiio’opinion of the committee, James) G i:\tujmev,—Before entering on any of the
immediately connected witli the state
thoso who
informing
.to present
On motion of Mi. linker <f Liberty, a com- j -Resolerd, That in the case of Mr. J Man-! a concise statement of the progress of Internal
iniitee was appointed to prepare and report a i „-j|V an d J. Rob on, of the county of Wayne, Improvements and the beneficial effects which
bill to exempt physicians from military eu:y on ,, t ,j l0 P ] e -|j ol)| f or a Uepre-entuiive, his Ex- have resulted from them in Europe and other
certain condition/. ' rclloucy the Governor, ■ be requested to is tie ! quarters of the world.
Mr. II alkcr reported a bill to extend the . fj rl j SW: 'ih, a writ of elec don, authorizing the; In this introductory part of the Report, I
choice of one Representative from said county, have made extracts fioin the works of the la-
Ou motion io receive the substitute, were j test and best authors on the subject, which 1
ays (Si, m es53. ' have had an opportunity of perusing. Very
Up and agreed to the report of tho committee ot j R 0 j/ in j 0U is duty elected, hiving received a j subjects immediately connected with
the whole, on the bill to pardon Htieli Grib- j m .,j orH y of legal vo*c-«. W he i ft] .on, Mr.j of 'Georgia, it maybe of use to th
pher. The bril was read tho third time ami | Campbell offered she following resolution, as a have not had much opportunity of i
passed—\eas31, Navs 2 i. ^ I substitute, to w ; t : j themselves on this interesting matter, ti
J )n tmitinn nf \11. Ilsrlrr f.*hortv. n i . »* it ri»i • ,i r . t AT...- 1 ~ .!.« e.f
charter of the B .uk of Augusta, and to audio
tize an increase of the capita!.
Mr. Mathews presented the petition of ;i
number of citizens of the f ifth Distjict of
Houston, praying to ho added to tho county of
Hi lib—which was read and referred to a com
mittee,
Mr. Jones presented tlie petition of a num
ber of citizens of Newton, praying to be added
to the county of De Kalb.
A h. 11 was reported to pardon Thom is Brock
of Habersham county.
Sundry Brils for divorces were reported and
feral the first time.
Mr. Welihom introduced a bill to appoint
Trustees for tile Poor School Fund for the
comity of Houston, and vest die Fund of the
Houston County Academy in the same.
Mr. J lew!rick laid the following ou tiro ta
ble: Whereas, it is known, that tiic Treaty
made und concluded at tho Indian Springs be
tween the United Sates and tho Cheek’Nat on
of Indians, on the I2ih day tot February, 1825,
by which a largo portion of land lying within
the chattered limits of this State was acquired
for the use of Georgia, has been practically
abrogated and annulled by a treaty subsequent
ly mudo and concluded at the city of Washing
ton, between the United Siaies and the said
Creek Nation of Indians; And whereas, all
the laws of tins S ate, providing for the dispo
sition and distribution of the lands, were pre
dicated on the said treaty of the Indian Springs;
And whereas, doubis arc entertained us io tho
validity of those laws thus pred'ca'ed;' And
whereas, tiro unmolested enjoy men and in im
putable titles of 1»tided estates tire subjects of
the greatest importance to the people of this
Stale, and well deserve the most serious consi
deration of their Representative':
lie it therefore resolved by both branches of
the Legislature, That the Joint Judiciary
Committee be, and they arc hereby, instructed
to report to the Legislature, as early as practi
cabin, whether it is necessary to pass a lav a*
dopting the laws heretofore passed, and the
proceedings under them,'for the disposition
and distribution of said lands, or not, and that
they have power to report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Ray reported a bill to make permanent
the siic of the public buildings in Thomas
county, &r.
The hll to make permanent the site of Jack-
son in Butts county, and to incorporate the
same, was read the third time and passed.
Tho bill authorising a Lottery to raise a fund
for the erection of Monuments to the Memory
of Greene and Pulaski in Savannah, was read
the third time nud passed.
Ami the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion to agree to said substitute, were
ayes Cl, noes 51.
' Thursday Nor ember, 14.
On mil.ion of Mr. Holt of Richmond, to
reconsider so much of the journals of yester
day, as relates io tho agreement of tho House,
to the iC'olulian requesting the Governor to
i- lie a wit of election for Wayne county, the
yeas were <’> 1, and nays 53.
Mr. Holt of Richmond, moved for ap-
few persons have more attentively considered,
or better understood tho poL-ical and commer
cial interests of nations, than the late Dr. Ad
am Smith, and no one could ho a more zealous
advocate for the extension of Inland Navigation
as an effectual means of improving the country
in wh en it is encouraged; to this purpose lie
ebseivus, in his Wealth of Nations, That
good roads, canals, aud navigable rivers, by
diminishing the expense of carriage, put the re-
pointnient of a committee to prepare, and re- ! mote pans of a country more nearly upon a lev-
port a bill to amend tiie 1st section, of the 3d cl with those in the neighborhood of large
article, of the Constitution.
Mr. Campbell moved for the appointment
of a committee to prepare and report a bill
croat ng a Board of consolidation and rovisal,
consisting of tho Attorney General, sind two
of the Solicitors General, and to define their
duties.
Mr. Murray, reported a bill to raise a tax,
for the support of Government lor tile year
1827.' J
And also a bill to appropriate monies for the
support of Government during t(ie political year
1827.
Mr. Lewis, reported a bill to authorize cred
itors to collect debts on open accounts, under
the jurisdiction of magistrates, against debtors
moving out of the county, in which they wore
contracted.
M . Kenon, reported a bill to define the
further duties of Administrators and Guar
dians.
Mr. Poitit reported a bill to compensate pet
it Jurors.
Mr. Myers, reported a hill to amend an act,
town/, i.nd on that account they are ihc
greatest of all improvements. They en
courage he cultivation of the remote parts
which must always be the most extensive cir
cle of a country. They ato advantageous
to towns, by breaking down die monopoly of
tho coun.ry in their neighborhood, and they are
advantageous to all pans of die country; for
though they introduco some rival commodities
into the old m irke.s, they open many new mar
kets n) their produce. Dr. Sniidi likewise
states in 1776—It is no moie than filly years,
that some of the counties in die neighbot
hop! of London petitioned the Parliament a-
gainst the extension of the Turnpike Roads in
to the remoter parts of the coun.ry. The re-
rroter counties they pretended, from the cheap-
less of labour, would be able to r.cil their grass
tnd corn cheaper in the London markets than
themselves, and would thereby reduce their
rents aud rum their cultivation: their rents
however have risen, and tite r cultivation has
been improved ever since th.it time.
An iuifciUgent writer, Mr. Phillips, in Uu
entitled an act,' siiplciiieniary ,o an act entitled General II-story of Inland navigation, says—
• Saturday November, IX.
Mr. Watson of Baldwin, laid before tho
House, a letter addressed to tho Speaker and
members of the House, by James Bozeman
Treasurer, containing n statement of receipts
and expenditures of his office, from the 3d of
December last, to the 5di day of the present
month. Which was read, and referred to the
CommittQQ on finance. On motion of Mr.
„ Turner, 200 copies wore ordered to be print
ed.
Mr. Hazard, from the Committee on priv
ileges and elections, to whom was referred the
petition of J. B. Coleman, presented a report
on said case, which was read.
The president and members of the Senate,
attended in the Representatives H ill, for the
purpose of proceeding to the election of two
Solicitors General, a judge of the court of Oy
er and Terminer of the city of Savaunuh, aud
two Brigadier Generals.
On counting the ballots it appeared that Lott
Warren, esq. was duly elected Solicitor Gene
ral, of the Southern circuit, in the place of
Thomas D. Mitchell, deceased. Nathan C.
Sayre, esq. Solicitor General of tho Northern
circuit, in place of John B, S.ewart, deceased,
John C. Nicol, esq. ve-clected judge of tho
court of Oyer, and Terminer of the city of
Savannah. Col. Tltaddeus G. Holt* Brig
adier General of the 1st Brigade of the Gilt
. Division, and Col. Edward Featberstone, Brig
adier General of the 1st Brigade of the 7th
Division.
Monday November, 13.
Mr. Burnsides, moved for the appointment
of a committee, to prepare and report u bill,
■ to be entitled an Act, further to define tho du
ties’ of the executoiin the probate of Wills
—-committee was appointed.
Mr. Wofford, moved for the appointment of a
committee, to prepare and report a bill, to pre
vent the testimony of Indians from being re
ceived in courts of justice in this state—-com
ttiiUte was appointed.
Thp House went into committee of the whole,
Mr. Saffold in tho chair, on the bill to repeal
an act, entitled an act, to set apart, anti reserve
, for tbo use of the state, all valuable Ores, nines,
and minerals which have been, or may hereaf
ter bo discovered uponLands, which nowarc,or
may bo hereafter the property of tho St ate,and to
ako penal,and provide for the punishment of tho
an act, more effectually to enforce an act, enti
tied an act, prescribing the mode of mnmuini
ing Slaves in this - state,and also to prevent ilit
inveigling and illegal carrying out of the state,
persons of colour.
Mr. Burnside, reported a bill to be entitled
an art, further to define the duly of Executors
in the probate of wills.
Mr. Holt of Richmond, reported a hill to bo
entitled tin act, to amend the 1st section of the
3d article, of the Constitution.
Mr. Wofford, moved to take up the report
of the Committee on privileges an'd elections,
on tho petition of J. 15. Coleman, on tho sub
ject of tho contested election in Dooly county
Mr. Myers, moved that the consideration
thereof be deferred till Friday, next week ;
upon which motion, the yeas, and nays wore
culled, und are as follows, yeas 57,nays 48.
Wednesday, November 15.
Mr. Hull of Clark, from the committee on
finmce, to whom was rcfeicd the communica
tion of tho Governor on that subject, reported
bill to he entitled “an act to appropriate mo-
noy to reimburse C. It. Parker, for the taking
of the Portraits of Washington, Fmnklih,
Jefferson, Lafayette and Oglethorpe, which
was read the first time.
On motion of Mr. Myers, tho lionso took up
tho report, in relation to tho contested election
from Wayne county, and spent the day in de
bating thereon.
Saturday, November IS.
On motion—the Speaker having leave of ab
sence—the house proceeded to elect a Speaker
All Canals may be considered ns so m.ttty roads
of a certain kind, on which one horse will
draw us much sis 30 horses on ordinary turnpike
roads, or on which ouc man alone will transport
as many goods as 3 men aud 18 horses usually
do on common roads.
The public would bo groat gainers, were ihcv
to lay out upon the making of every mile of
Canal, twenty times us much as they expend
upon a mile of Turnpike Knud ; but a mile of
Canal is often made at less expense than a mile
of Turnpike: consequently, there is a great in
ducement to multiply the number of Canals.
The advantages resulting from Cantus, as
they open an easy and cheap communication be
tween distant parts of a country, will bo ulti
mately experienced by persons of various des
criptions, and more especially by the manufac
turer, the occupier or owner Of land, aud the
me chant.
Tho manufacturer will be thus enabled to col
lect hiymateriuls, bis fuel, his means of subsist
ence, from remote districts with loss labour and
expense, and to convey his goods to a profitable
market. /
As Canals multiply, old manufactures revive
and flourish, new ones are established, and the
adjoining country is rendered populous and
productive.
To the occupier of land, Canals are useful
in a variety of ways: in some cases they serve
the purposes of draining and irrigation; in oth
ers iney furnish manure at a cheap rate j and
they facilitate tho conveyance of produce ttf
places, where it may he disposed of to the great-
Canal 14 yards wide takes up little more than
five acres of land.
In all ages, and in all countries, very great
atienfion has been paid to Inland Navigation;
—We read of considerable works having been
completed in the Babylonish prosperity; the
Egyptians likewise completed very extensive
works—amongst many others, they opened a
communication through the Isthmus of Suez,
from tlte Red Sea io the Mediterranean; the
Romans executed very considerable works in
the i’omptiiio Marshes of Italy; they like
wise in dieir victorious career, were not inat
tentive to such improvements in other coun
tries ; in England they made many roads, rem
nants of which arc to ho - found to this day:
they finished an extensive Inland Navigation
from the Nen to the William, having been em
ployed to survey a Canal in the same direction,
I met with several vestiges of it, which shew
plainly it had been on a very, magnificent scale.
It is I believe, from llf.s navigation alone
that, that part of the country has to boast of the
finest churches and cathedrals which tire to he
found in England. It is supposed to have
been near Milan, in Italy, where the first Ca
nal lock was constructed.
Innumerable Canals havo been mado in
France, Spain, Russia, Holland, Denmark and
Sweden. In China it is supposed Inland Nav
igation commenced at a much earlier period
th tn any where else. It is said to have begun
200 yerrs before the Christian era. Although
tho jealousy of those people has prevented
strangers from exploring their country, yet
Lord Macartney and Sir George Staunton, on
their embassy, had an opportunity of seeing
some of their Inland Navigations, which arc
spoken of as being most extensive. The rais
ing of vewsels from one level to another by
lockage, remains still unknown in that country.
In China no pleasure grounds or gardens - , not
even those of the Empeior, ato allowed to in
terfere with the course of a Canal; when a nav : -
gation enters the pleasure ground or garden of
tho Emperor, he performs ihc ceremony of
digging the first spade of earth pronouncing in
an audible voice, “This is to let those in infe
rior stat ions know that no private pleasure shall
obstruct the public good.”
It has been reckoned by some that the Ca
nals arc so numerous,in China, that nearly one
half of its inhabitants live upon them. There,
some of tho canals are upon a prodigious scale,
tin; largest is said to be 1000 feet wide. It is
supposed tho Inland Navigation of the country
of Bengal gives employment to 30,000 boat
men, who ate employed in conveying by wa
ter, through tiic Ivngdom of Bengal and its de
pendencies, all die salt and food consumed by
ten millions of people. In Russia, the tiViti-
ral and artificial communications are very ex
tensive.
It i*. said to bo possible to convey goods
from the frontiers of China by writer io St. Pe
tersburg for a distance of 4472 miles, with an
interruption only of about (iO miles, and from
Astracan through a tract of 1434 miles.
In Sweden very considerable progress lias
been made in Inland Navigation. The large
pro. Um. The ballots.being received and ex- cst advantage. The land owner must of course
aminod, it appeared that Asbvry Hull, Esq.
was duly elected Speaker pro. tern.
Mr. lie a laid on the table a resolution to
set apart a day of thanksgiving and prayer
throughout tho State.
Notices for leave to report bills, viz.
By Mr. Pettit—io compel plaintiffs in ex
ecution, their agents or attorneys, to answer in- 1
teiTogatorios when claiming money raised by
virtuo of younger judgments 1 .
be benefited by the increased value and advan
ced rent of his estate, in consequence of the
improvement it receives fiom the industry of
tlm occupier, encouraged by immediate.recom
pense.
The wholesale trader and merchant are like
wise enabled to extend their commerce by-
means of Canals; as they can thus export
greater quantities and varieties of goods from
places remote from the Sea, and easily supply
By Mr. Campbell—Providing for the issuing ! a wider extent of nilund country with the com
and trial of writs of scire facias on fraudulent; modifies that are imported from foreign nations
draws in certain cases.
By Mr. Echols—further defining the duties
of tax collectors. >
On -motion of Mr. Murray, the following
resolution wjs read aud agreed to by the house,
to wit:
Whereas the navigation of the Savannah
and Tugalo rivers is highly essential for the pur
poses of commerce to the citizens of Georgia
and South Carolina, and whetcus the Stale of
Carolina, through their Governor has recently
corresponded with the Executive of Georgia,
and manifested a willingness to co-operate in
commencing Topographical examinations by
the selection of persons to tho discovering of a
knowledge of the nature and ascertainment of
the existence and character of the obstructions
to navigation, the probability of removal, and
the supposed accomplishment of such improve
ment in point of extent and expenditure:
lie it therefore resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
Georgia in General Assembly met, That his
Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby
requested to reciprocate with the State of
South Carolina in the proposed mutual co-op*.
eration to the improvement of tho navigation
^moving, carrying away, or accreting the same, of the Savannah and Tugalo rivers, and to Con
nor ai«» they merely tlm means of extending
and increasing ’foreign commerce, but they
serve also to create and augment an internal
trade, which, with all the advantages, attend
ant on foreign commerce, may probably far
exceed it in extent, value, aud importance.
It may also bo added, that an inland commu
nication between parts of a country at a great
distance from one another, contribute to the
security, as well as the extension of commerce,
in the boisterous months of winter, and in times
of war, when the navigation of the seas would
be dangerous.'' <
' If a comparison is made of two States, the
one having all its cities and towns upon navi
gable rivers, and Canals that have easy com
munication with each other, the other possess
ing tho common conveyance of land carriage;
and supposing them at the same time to be e-
qual as to soil, climate and industry ; commodi
ties and manufactures in the former Siute, might
be exported thirty per cent, cheaper than in
the latter: or in othor words, the first State
would be one third richer than the other.
Should it ho objected to, that Canals waste or
occupy too great a proportion of land in the
countries through which they pass, tho objection
may be obviated by the fuct that one mile of
akes in that country have been in part united
by Canals, and form very extensive Inland
Navigations. In the year 1810, I was cm
ployed to survey and lay out the route of a
Canal in that cotintiy fiom the INortti
the Baltic, for sea-going vessels; this Canal
us been completed for some years, and is now
n full operation: some superb lockage has
been executed; those built to overcome tbc
Fails of the Trollhatta are tho finest works of
the kind I have witnessed. A considerable
length of the Canal, and the whole of the lock
-its have been cut out of solid granite rock.—
The fall at this place is 100 feet, and it was not
until after several unsuccessful attempts that
they succeeded: the quantity of water and
the rugged ness of the precipice make those
fills tremendous, so much so, that the people
of the country call them “ihc gulph of Hell.”
In Denmark n Canal has been made from
the German Ocean to the Baltic, its length
upwards of 20 miles, and calculated to transport
vessels of 120 tons burthen
In Holland and Flanders, Canals arc al
most innumerable, and they serve the purpose
of public roads in conveying goods and passen
gers; the revenue derived from'these C-n -ls
almost \xceeds belief. It is said $ 1,000,000
Iwvo been levied for 40 miles of Navigation:
they are generally on a large scale, 60 feet
wide by 6 feet deep.
tn Spain, several Canals have been begun
and some completed, but like every thing else
in that ill-fated country, they have for the great
est part, been allowed to go to destruction.
In France, a great number of Canals have
been made; they are still in a good condition,
and found to be very useful for commercial
purposes. The most magnificent of these, is
the Cana] of Lauguedoc, which connects the
Atlantic Ocean with tho Mediterranean, its
length is about 180 miles, its breadth -including
towing paths is 140 feet, and 6 fort deep; it
cost about two millions and a half of dollars;
the trade upon it has never been so great as to
afford a sufficient revenue for the expenditure.
It is probable, it was seeing what had been done
on this superb work, that first gave the impulse
to Canal making in Great Britain.
Although a few attempts were t rude at Ca
nal work in England, at rather an e; i lier period,
yet it was not until tho year 17 9 when tho
Duke of Bridgewater .contmcnrijl his opera
tions, that any thing was done tin a magnifi
cent scale; so many difficulties/occurred on
has been very lately complotcd-Its Lockage ha*
been built and its channel excavated of
cicnt capacity to admit a 32 gun frigate with all
her appointmentson board. It extends through
a chain of Lakes from the Eastern to the West
ern shores of Scotland, and avoids the circuitous
and very dangerous passage of the Pent and
Firth. This herculean undertaking was begun
and completed under the direction of my ts-
teemed friend tint! patron, Thomas Telford.
Tho commercial Canals of Great Britain
arc uniformly made for boats of seven feet
beam, or those of fourteen feet beam; the rea
son they are thus arranged is that, the one
contains a cargo for the draught of one: horse,
and tho other for two horses; the common
load they carry is from ‘20 to 25 tons for one
horse, and from 40 to 50 tons of goods for two
horses, exclusively of the boat. It lias been
found that the small size is generally more
profitable for tho proprietors than the large.
Tunncllimr, which is one of the most ex
pensive operations in canal making, litis been
executed to a great extent; numbers of tunnels
are to be found, of from 1-2 mile to 4 miles in
length, and it is supposed that the tunnels in
the Duke of Bridgewater's Coal Mines, extend
to upwards of 18 miles in length.
The Huddersfield Tunnel is 3 miles iq
length; there are many ethers upwards of two
miles.
Aqueducts have been built of great magni
tude over ravines and rivers; the principal of
these is, one over tho Kelvin River on the
Clyde and Forth Ship Canal in Scotland; this
is 400 feet in length, and 70 feel from the sur
face of the riser below, to the top level of the
Cao - il. This aqueduct was considered for
some time as the greatest work of the kind in
Britain. Another over the Lovnc on the Lan- !
caster Canal, consisting of five arches of 70
foot span each, and 5l feet high. A third at
Chak on the Ell-mere ^Janal of 600 feet in
length, and 65 feci high'} on the same naviga
tion there is another over the river Dee at
P on:cy Sylly in the vale of Llangollen—this
is constructed partly of stone and partly of I
iron; the trough in wh.ch -he water for navi
gation is contained, is composed of plates of
iron suppoi ted on ribs of cast iron: it is 20
feet wide, G feet deep, and 320 feet long; the
trough is supported on 19 stone pillars 52 feet I
asunder, the middle piers arc 125 feet high—
ibis last is pet baps the lightest and most heauti-1
ful thing of tlte kind in the world ; these aque- |
ducts were built under the direction of Smea-
ton, Ki'tut'e, and Telford.
It is no uncommon, but a very pleasing sight I
to see two boats navigating, in traifverse direc-J
tinns on two CanaL, .lie one over the other. |
So many woiks of difficulty have been com
pleted m Great Britain, that hardly any tb.ng I
■ considered to be too arduous iov undertaking.
There has lately been completed by Mr. Tel
ford, a Chain Bridge over the Straits of Me-
which separates the Island of Anglcscal
fiom the main Jand; it is 560 feet from abut-1
mont to abutiSent, without any intermediate!
support, and 120 feet High from the at rfi.ee of I
die tideway, so hat a ship can pass under Withj
all her masts and ripgins standing. [
• A very extraordinary undertaking lias lately!
been commenced, for perforating a tunnel loti
carriiMiV of ail descriptions, tt> pass and repasj!
lUKfei' lilt: ho,I 0 f t l, e Thames. f
It is chiefly fconi the faeiliiies afforded by In-I
land Navigation, that the towns of Birniing-L
ham and Mi tic!'ester owe their prosperity and!
population—They are imitated in the interior!
of the couutry, but nevertheless enjoy all ih«l
advantages of sea-port towns. Of what use I
would the inexhaustible fields,of coal, iibn andl
limestone be to tho town ot Bermitiglmm, if I
site could not transport her manufactures tgl
market at a cheap rate. I
There is no doubt that tho town if Manchcs-1
ter was tuih where it now stands, frqu its pros-l
imity to coal; but tho advantages l* be dt-ri-l
ved from this useful mineral would l\ve bccnl
comparatively trifling, had they been u^er the!
necessity of importing their raw matetyl, urril
ovport ng their manufactured goods hy\ turn-1
pike or otiier common road.
(To be continued.)
_ The ito'chigrri Hcrah!, of the 16th hist. aimoui>ft|
that inidrnmtion had just been received from Uo'r
orCassjiud the two other Commissioners now Itf
ing a cqiricil with the Minmics and FotBwatamiysJ
Th6 trady ground is below the forks of the ’Wuhe'
in IndiHu, fifty mi.es from Fort Wayne. On the ?
Inst, the Indians declared their dissentto the prop
tioii tn so I their lunds and remove to the West of It
.Uidiii;Ht| but arc willing to sell a large tract tot!
West of.he Wabash, for which tliry will receive*
uuitics fgim.Government. Act. gcntit.
We liivc read, with attention and deep interest,!
“Nturatvc of tho Material facts in relation to i
buildingof tho two Greek Frigates ut Netv-Yoii
Altxtmb.r Conloslarlos, nn Agent of the Greek l»l
crnmeiij.” It forms a pamphlet of eighty-eight J*
in whicl charges of deception, cupidity, extortion,j
pressioi, prcvurication, collusion, arc preferred t ‘
prominent mercantile houses and individuals in i"
York, which, un|ers they should be conclusively*
ted, wq excite a general outcry of horror and l-
throughout tlm United Stales. The patties fit
must iui he prejudged—but so much may be said.'
out bariship to them, that they oive it to their cou
as wellds to their character, to do their utmost toy 1 !
a full vhdicatiou of their conduct; and that thnr l
misers have framed a very strong ease supportt'J
evidenc*, which it is difficult to resist, however
rous tiu reader may he of suspending ail dectsi®*!
avoiding nil bias, until both sides be heard. "’ *
peal ol jhc Greek is to the American People, <
crcd catse. Sorry wc arc tliat lie carries away <
narrative to Kuropc. Our public writers mun p>,"
their dtify on this subject. Act.
Calra’t Mamurript.—Fight volumes of Mans'*;
SermoSs of Calvin, the celebrated reformer, re
- ' ofll
this line of Canal, that, at the tin s, it was con- , . ■ . . ..
,itol impracticable. Wta, 1 — cample,. SS'fc'Stft’SiiRSSSSSftS
cd and put into operation, it callc. forth the cn “
crglesof monied men,who have pn burked in,and
finished Inland Navigations, unti the country is
intcrsc.ctcd nearly as muclt by C mils as it is by
Turnpiko Roads. There are uofe vorthan twen
ty-two navigations which cross th i summit ridge
of England and Scotland, thcripy affording as
many communications firoiu thcplastcrn to the
Western shores.
It would extend this Report Io an unneces
sary length, were I to attempt ft .enumeration
of tho Canals whicli havo bccnl made in Great
Britain within the last 60 years J I-cannot avoid
however, noticing the Culcdofau canal which
They Were by chance discovered in her hands i* _
and pulchased for the town Library, at re mac 1 !
pound.
A neiv nautical instrument has been Inven'l
England. By one operation it shows the diffetrt
latiludo and departure with more correetue**?']
one tenth of the lime, than can be doue by an} 11 '
ment of table yfetpublised,
The Caledonian Mercury of September l8t' 1 '|
tioninatlic Arrival at Leith, of the brig IMwT
Urontlcim say*, ‘‘this is the identical vessel
brought over King William, of glorious ineuiorai
Holland, 137 years ago. Tin - Betsey wnsat: tr-
mumble era, n royal yacht, sad is now, - *
oldtstvesstUaexi-uuM.”