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given quantity of iron into steel 1 1
The degree of heat the material
form which the iron absorbs the car
bon, how prepared 1
. 13th, What proportion of the En
glish bar iron is made at present by
rolling, and what by hammering ?
What is the opinion of enlightened
practical men as to the comparative
merits of each ?
11th. Has the English iron been
so far improved, as to admit of it
being used in the manufacture of cast
steel in competition with the Swed
ish ? If so, from what ere is it ob
tained, and by what process ? Is the
coke of bituminous coal used in this
process ?
We submit for vour prudent con
sideration, some suggestions on the
subject of these inquiries, assuming
the fact that they cannot be prose
cuted by you to the full extent. We
arc willing, on the part of the Socie
ty, to authorize you to expend, in ob-
Ifliningall the information which they
seek for, the sum of one hundred
pounds sterling. This sum might in
duce some individual to prosecute in
detail the investigations, and collect
the information so much desired.
This will not ha an unprofitable ex
penditure by the society. 13ut one
gentleman interested in the manu
facture of iron is a member of the
Society, and we shall take care to
reimburse the society from among
those who manufacture this great
staple of the state, before we com
municate what you shall transmit to ns.
You are aware of the importance
which is here attached to the use ot
anthracite coal in the smelting ofiron.
To the eastern portion of our state
full and accurate know ledge of this
art, if it exists in Ireland or England,
would be productive of the richest
results. Should you find that an
thracite coal is in use in making iron
from the ore, and anyone, with por
ted skill in the art, and of good char
acter, will come to this country for
the purpose of obtaining employment
in the making ofiron with the anthr
acite coal; you may agree that hi
passage to Philadelphia shall be paid
by the Society, and you may give
him every assurance of further pa
tronage
■Rollers of Cast Iron —-I low* are they
cast and hardened !
Rollers of Brass or Copper for < 'ali
en Printing. —There is a patent for
making those. Endeavour to get at
it, and acquire «dl the information
which will enable one billed in the
art, to cast them here. This is to lie
the subject of a special report,accom
panied with a model, if you can pio
cure one.
C’-.rt.l
all kinds will command your atten*!
{ion Those which can be employed
in connection with canals and roads
will be of the highest importance.
The letter of Professor Keating, sug
gests inquiries on the subject ofsteam
boats used for canals. These may
become very important here, and
steam boats with small draughts of
water will he required for some of
our rivers, if they shall be make navi
gable by dams.
The letter of Thomas Ihitler, Esq
suggests for inquiry, the mode for
diffusing heat in vessels. That of Mr.
Sellers, to the best machine for pre
paring and dressing flax. We beg
your attention to these subjects.
As you have the aid of Mr. Kneass,
your pupil, we have less hesitation
in claiming from you frequent com
munications of your progress andsuc-
Thcse, if favorable to the
purposes of your agency, will give
confidence to the members of the
society, and they will also justify our
claims on the citizens of Pennsylva
nia, to aid us by pecuniary contribu
tions You may rely on the exercise
of a carefull and guarded discretion
in making public, by means of the
press, the contents of your corres
pondence. To the members of the
the society your communications will
always be open, but their publication
in any other form, will be the result
of proper deliberation.
fluting your absence we shall have
frequent occasions to communicate
with you. We shall forward all our
letters to Messrs. Corwin and Ilagnr
ty of Liverpool, and wc would sug
gest that you at all times, place with
them your address, and through them
by our Philadelphia packets, commu
nicate with us, directed to the Cor
responding Secretary.
By the resolution of the Society,
passed on the 3d of February last,
you wore appointed the agent of the
society, to proceed to Europe, for
the purpose of prosecuting the in
quiries stated in your instructions.
Your compensation for an absence
of twelve months on the duties as
signed to you, is to he of
which 400/. sterling shall be placed
to your credit in England, at par,
and the residue of this sum to he
paid to you or your order here.
In your instructions you are au
thorized to expend one hundred
pounds sterling for obtaining correct
information relative to smelting iron
ore. and the improved manufactory
of iron.
The society by a resolution adopt
i and at the meeting held on the 17th
March, instant, have authorized you
>o expend one hundred pounds ster
ling, for memoirs, publications, mo
dels, drawings of useful machines,
and authentic information on all sub
jects which are important in this
'tmntrv.
You will take due notice of these
appropriations, and we beg leave to
recommend a judicious economy m
the expenditure of this money, anil
that you keep an accurate account of
the same, which you will render to
jthe Treasurer <>f the Society.
The arrangements in relation to
the funds to be placed at your dis
posal in England, and the payments
to be made here, are left with the
Treasurer, Mr. \\ bite, who will at
tend to th ■ same.
We desire an acknowledgement of
the receipt of these instructions, and
vour assent to the same. With every
wish for your success in the perform
ance of the important dutiss assigned
to you, and of a happy and safe re
turn to your family and friends, we
are with esteem and respect,
Your obedient servants,
Mathew Carey, "j Members
Richard Peters, Jun. ( of the Ac-
Joseph Hemphill, { ting com-
Steplten Duncan, J mittee.
Attest,
Uerrard Ralston,
Corresponding Secretary.
CvnctudeJ in cur is t.
From the Savannah Georgian,
GREECE.
The greatest evil under which
the Greeks have labored is a total
want of union among the leaders.
The feelings of jealou.-ly between
Roumeliots and Moreots in the winter
of 1821, broke out into an actual re
bellion, which was headed ly Col.
Octroniand his sons, who even went
so far as to march against Napoli
di Romani, hut were finally defeated
and the leaders banished to tlie is
land of Hydra. This chief was af
terwards recalled, i.i consequence of
the state of affairs and the murmur
of the people, who believed that he
only possessed the energy to ret rive
them. He is thus described in his
banishment, by Mr. Emerson in the
work from which we made a few ex
tracts a day or two since, “ Greece
in 1825.’’
“ Before starting I obtained per
mission from the government of
Hydra to visit the rebel chiefs con
fined on the Island. They have
lately heei) brought down from their
residence in the lofty monastery to
a house in the town, where they are
confined under tiie care of a guard
of Roumeliots.
" The generality of them exhib
ited nothing peculiar in their appear
ance, being like the rest of their
countrymen, wild, savage looking
soldiers, clad in tarnished embroi
dered vests and dirty juctanellas.
Coloctrcni, was however easily dis-
‘ rnsl ! iv_ his UHT
licularl;, savage and uncultivated air,
his person is low, but built like a
Hercules, and his short bull neck
was surmounted by a head rather
larger than proportion warranted ;
which with its shaggy eye brows
dark mustachios, unshaven beard
(as a mark of grief or unslaked re
venge) and raven hair falling in carls
over his shoulders, formed a complete
study for a painter.”
Coloctroni had formerly been in
the service of England and was ac
quainted with several British officers.
Os Sir Hudson Lowe he took oc
casion to speak not in the most flat
tering terms of eulogy, lie totally
discountenanced the idea of regular
troops believing that “ tactics wonld
make his countrymen Frank soldiers,
but would not retain them Greeks.”
After the prospect of Lis liberation
he spoke ol his enemies in govern
ment with moderation, “ but on the
name of Mavrocordato or Coletta
being mentioned, he gathered his
brow, compressed his lips, and baring
his huge arm to the shoulder, he flung
it from him with an expression of deep
and desperate determination.”
The following description of the
lleronio Bobolina, and her untime
ly fate, will be read with interest: —
“ Before leaving Spczzia, we wait
ed on its most celebrated inhabitant
Signora Bobolina ; her house is one
of the best on the Island ; and its in
mates, her five' brothers and her
daughter arc by far the finest look
ing family I have seen in Greece! -
Though her person, rather Embon
point, contains little of the Amazon
in its air ; ;hc is still a comely woman
and retains traces of early beauty.
Her manners savour something of
her character, and display rather too
much of the virago ; her reception,
however was extremely kind and
hospitable. Wc were treated with
coffee, chibouques, and sweet meats ;
and, on finding that wc could not
prolong our stay for a few days, she
tvas extremely disappointed that our
limited time did not even allow us to
partake ol a dinner which she had
ordered to be prepared for us. As
a kinswoman of Coloctroni’ her
daughter being married to one of liis
sons, she expressed great satisfac
tion at the prospect of his release ;
and said; that if he were again placed
at the head of the Moreot'afUly, sh<
would herself join his standard with
her five brothers.*
* This extraordinary woman limited but
a very fetv days, being shot through the head
in a fray on the 2d of June following. It ap
peared that one of her brothers hail seduced
a girl of the Island ; her friends surrounded
the house of Bobolina, for the purpose of for
cing the young man to marry her. The Am
azon, who harangued them from a widow,
had, it seems, been rather too profuse of her
abusive terms, when a shot from the brother
of the injured girl put an e«1 at once lo her
tile am! her eloquence.
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 182 G.
The Board of Directors at Savan
nah. of the Ban| of th Slate ol
Georgia, r*n Monday the lath inst.
elected the following gentlemen Di
rectors, for the several Branches of
that Bank:
BRANCH AT AUGUST\.
Samuel Hale, Hays Bowdre,
Tcter Bennorfi, R. It. Musgrove,
Asap Waterman, W:n. Smith, jr.
Aug. Slaughter, I'. C. Heard,
Fielding Bradford, Robt. A. Reid,*
L. C Cantelon, A! x. Graham,*
R. B. Duncan.*
BRANCH AT MiLLEbGEVH.U'-.
Geo. R. Clayton, Wm. Sanford,
Zach. Lamar, L. Q. C. Lamar,
Seaton Grantland, H W. Malone,
William B. Rogers.
BRANCH AT WASHINGTON.
Wm. G. Gilbert, And. G. Semines,
Alex. Pope, Osborn Stone,
I). G. Campbell, Mark A Lane,
William Hearing.
BRANCH AT EATONTON.
Thomas Hoxey, Wiley Abercrombie
John C. Mason, ilenrv Branham,
frhy Hudson, Wm Flournoy,
Josiah Flournoy.
BRANCH AT CRET.VSBOROBOH.
Charles A. Redd, John Bet hem ',
Nich. Lewis, George Heard,
YeJ. I*. King, Goo. G. Mathews,
Wm. C. Dawson.
* New Director’.
On Friday the 19th inst. the new
Board for the Branch at Augusta,
convened, and proceeded to the el _c
tion of a President for the ensuing
year, when Samuel Hale, Esq was
unanimously re-elected. —Constitu
Ghent Treaty. —Wc are informed
through a channel, that we believe
entitled to credit, that Mr. King, our
minister in London, has failed in his
fforts to induce the British Govern
ment, to instruct their Commissioner
at Washington to •.■How interest upon
the claims under this Treaty, or to
submit the point to arbitration —the
American Commissioner not being
disposed to abandon the ground he
has taken, all proceedings arc of
course suspended.
We further understand that the
subject is under discussion between
the Secretary of State, and the British
M inistor at Washington; but with
what prospecis we are not informed.
Norfolk Herald.
CUBA.
Letters from this island represent
it to be in a good state of defence.
A ship of the line and five or six large
frigates, withs veral smaller vessels,
are on the station, and it is stated
that the troops now amount to 25,
> l — z 1 1 - -.
The public agents and the people,
however, seem to derive the chief
part oft heir tranquility, from the stand
taken by the president of the United
States, in his late message to the
House of Represent at ives, concerning
the proposed mission to Panama.—
This fact is asserted in many letters.
From Mexico we also have a repo! - !
that “the chamber of deputies has
determined not to deliberate, at pre
sent, upon the expedition to the is
land of Cuba, and to Ibis end, has
adopted a proposition to suspend a
decision on the subject. ”
These things will be very accepta
ble to onr brethren in the south, who
may have been alarmed at the fears
expressed by certain senators in re
lation to Cuba and Porto Rico. How
ever, that which is apprehended
should be calculated upon, though
it may not happen just now; and we
should all unite to keep it off as long
aswc can—so far as we rightfully
may.
Wc learn from the Ncw-York
Daily Advertiser, that the governor
of Havana published a proclamation,
on' the Bth of April, prohibiting the
importation of “all books which op
pose the catholic religion, the royalty,
rights and prerogatives of the sov
reign, or which, in other manner,
defend the rebellion of vessals or na
tion.” The masters and owners of
vessels, as well as the proprietors of
such property, and of immoral books,
&c. are rendered responsible, anil
will be required to pay triplo the
value, ifit docs not exceed two hun
dred dollars. Ib.
Gallatin has been appointed,
by the President and Senate, Minister
to England, in the place of Mr. King,
resigned, because of bad health. This
appointment, we think, will afford,
almost universal satisfaction. No
men in the United States arc more
capable of arranging, and managing,
the important and delicate matters
that exist for r.egotiatian between
the British and ourselves, as Mr.
King was, and Mr. Gallatin is. Tb< y
are veterans in diplomacy, a id well
versed in every branch or depart
ment of the business about whii
negotiations are expected to to take
place— ties’ Register.
The Session of Congress now
draws towards a close one week only
remaining for thr despatch of the
mass of business lying on the table
of both Houses. Luring tlie last
tvei k, both Houses have been labor
iously and successfully employed ;
many bills, of great importance to
individuals, having parsed one or the
other House, and some of them botli
Houses. The present Congress will
have deserved great credit, inouro-j
[•inion if it may oe said offer the ter-1
minntionofthe session, that every bill
of a private nature(by which is meant
bills for the relief ol individuals) has
been acted upon The number of
these bills w inch have passed the
House of Representatives within a
few days is so great, however, and
the remaining space of the Session so
brief, some apprehension is expressed
that they cannot be all acted upon
by the Senate. This will be to be
regretted, but perhaps inevitable.
The subject, which has, at this
session, occupied most of the time of
the House of Representatives in
Debate, it seems to be thought, will
not he reproduced by the committee
of four-and-twenty members, to
which it is committed. The Consti
tution, therefore, will remain intact
for this year. The bill for the relief
of the surviving officers, &c. ot the
Revolutionary Army, will lie over,
by the consent of its friends, till the
next session; when, however, we
understand, they confidently expect
to succeed. The Massachusetts
Claims is one of the subjects which,
for want of time, will also lie over to
the next session. The bill of the
Senate respecting discriminating du
ties on imports, was, on Saturday,
ordered to lie on the table ; such a
vote, in that body, taken by Yeas and
Nays, is equivalent to a vote ol re
jection.
The Judiciary Bill vet hangs in
suspense in the House of Represen
tatives. The occasion is apt for
publishing the report of the Judiciary
Committee on the subject, which ap
pears on the preceding page. If the
bill is lost, it will be by a difference
among its friends—a large majority
of the House being known to be in
favor of passing some bill on the
subject.
There are many bills of considera
ble consequence yet on the table of
both Houses; but much may be
done within the six business days be
fore them, with the disposition which
now appears to pervade both bodies.
Nat. Int
From the National Journal.
Brown’s Hotel, May 11, 1826.
Mr. Editor: As one of the Georgia
Delegation, Mr. Tatnall, wishes to
prevent any misapprehension to
which the public may be led, from
his observations in the House of
Representatives, when the appro
priation bill to carry into effect the
Creek treaty was pending, as regard
ed himself and colleague. Wc owe
it to ourselves, also to counteract any
misrepresentation, or false impres
sions, that may also, as regards the
Indians, be implied from any remarks
of any Georgian in Consrress. Mr.
Forsyth, in ms declamation, staled,
. that the CheroUees said, “they occu
pied their country by the consent of
the Government.” This is a mis
take. The Cherokees have too much
foresight to admit any principle by
which their destiny is supported,
other than their own choice and the
fundamental principle of justice.
Y> e say nothing more of the reference
made to the rum and champaign
drank by our delegation, thanthat the
gentleman’s resources for argument
must have been scanty indeed, as to
mention in his speech tire stimulants,
used sometimes,nodoubt,, by Limself.
Col. Tattnal speaks of the horrors
of a civil war, and the collision of
Georgia and the United States, as
being prevented by the last treaty.
He, perhaps, ought to have thanked
the President and Secretary of War,
for suppressing the difficulties in a
milder way than bloodshed. The
iudians, that is, the Mclntosh party,
were prevented by himself from go
ing home to assert their rights by force
of arms. Here he admits the favor
ite, friendly Indians of Georgia, as
“hosliles,” which was once the pecu
liar epjthet applied by Georgia to the
Creek nation. Col. Tatnall is kind
in restraining the Mclntosh parly
from committing hostilities, but they
know and w ill avoid the same power
that sunk the head of the traitor
Mclntosh in the earth, can sink all
those of his followers in guilt, if they,
like their leader, transgress the laws.
By order of Gen. Gaines, these mis
guided Indians were pardoned, and
suffered to return, in council at Bro
ken Arrow, when they were vaga
bonds in Georgia, from their injured
country. The Creek nation will still
treat them kindly, so long as they
conduct well and obey the laws.
So much is due to the good people of
the United States, who, by their sym
pathy for us in our late trials, evin
ced their love of virtue, and allegi
ance to the great spirit of justice.
JOHN RIDGE,
Secretary Creek Delegation.
New OiiLK.txs, April 1 1.
The Mayor’s office yesterday was
thronged Ly the curious to witness
the examination of a Frenchman,
named who had been arrested at
the Bay of St. John,on Sunday night.
Affidavits were filed against the pris
oner two cr three days before. One
ot them declared that he had vowed
to take aw ay the life of M. Guillernin
the I renclt Consul, and even enga
ged others to assi t in so doing.
Another affidavit disclosed a project
for defrauding the Insurance Com
panies of this city, by destroying at
- vessels leaving Wra Cruz, for
Ne 1 w Orleans, with imaginary treas
ure [/it board.
I pen the strength of these affida
vits, the Mayor in [arson, and the I
captain of the guard, were at great
pains in tracing up the culprit, until
they took hiqr and his effects. The
latter consisted of a trunk writing
desk and box. Their contents were
not a little curious. First and fore
most, was an air gun, in the guise
of a walking cane, by means of which
a person might be destroyed in si
lence and without exciting suspic on.
Next was found a rifle of singular
con-truction, so as to fire twelve shots
in quick succession, w ithout any in
termediate delay for loading. Be
sides these two articles there were
various things. Several kinds of
powder—fulminating etc. also a
quantity of drugs, and poisonous
ones among the number There was
a bag of dollars—one fifty and five
twenty dollar notes of the Newark
Bank, which a good judge declared
to be counterfeit. Over and above
these were found about a dozen of
superb girdles, covered with gold
and attached to buckles set with
precious stones. Also, a variety of
tine pearls, and-other articles for la
dies ornaments. The whole, it may
be, worth $ 2000.
The French Consul being sent for
by the Mayor, declared that’ he be
lieved that the prisoner was the
same individual who robbed a jewel
ler in Paris, to the amount of 150-
000 francs, about five years since.
That this knowledge had already been
acted on, so far as to obtain the sei
zure of the prisoDsr’s property at
Havana for the amount of $ 5000,
which, with what had now been
found about him, was probably all
that remained of the $ SO’ooo stolen
from the Parisian. The Consul,
nior over, declared that the prison
er was a most accomplished knave
that at the early age of 16, he had
been condemned to the galleys in
France, from which, however, he
contrived to escape ; nor had four
subsequent arrestat ions and condem
nations been more successful in pun
ishing him for his crimes. He now
stands condemned, in France, to the
galleys for life.
Notwithstanding all this, the pris
oner had contrived to pass four years
at Havana, enjoying every pleas
ure and indulgence which wealth
could procure him.
The concern he had in the intro
duction of slaves last summer’ in the
schooner Fell's Point, from Havana,
induced him to visit Louisiana.
Here he turned State’s evidence
against his partners, as soon as he
found his neck in danger. Whil iri
prison, he formed acquaintance with
other criminals, to w hom he made
overtures for carrying into execution
those plans which led to his detec
tion.
He is about 5 feet 9 inches high,
and thirty five years of age His
physiognomy is heavy, but has noth
ing atrocious about it. He has re
markably large black whiskers ; has
a big nose an eyes ; and a form nei
ther lean nor corpulent.
Attempts were made to bail him
for a small sum; but the Mayor
would take no bail under $ 5000,
and sent him to prison.
From the National Intelligencer.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
The following correspondence with
the War Department, on the subject
of different routes for a road between
this City and certain points iu the
State of New-York, have been po
litely handed to us for publication :
House of Representatives, •)
April nth, 1826. jj
.Sin: The undersigned, members
of Congress, respectfully request,
that a competent Engineer, or Engi
neers, may he directed to explore
and report, by the next meeting of
Congress, the survey and estimate
of a route for a Public Road, from
the City of Washington, by way of
Westminster, (Maryland) Carlisle,
Williamsport, (Pennsylvania) Paint
ed Post, to Buffalo, or Sackett’s Har
bor, in the State of N. York
On examining the map of the U.
States, it will be found that the con
templated route will lessen the trans
portation of the mail, from Washing
ton to Buffalo, passing through Ma
ryland, the heart of Pennsylvania,
and a part of New-York, tw-o or three
hundred miles.
Vv’t have no other apology to of
fer for troubling you on the present
occasion, except, that, in common
with our constituents, wc feel a deep
interest in the internal improvemgl#
of our country.
Wc have the honor to be, very
respectfully, yours, &c.
Fspy Van Horne, Jas. Buchanan,
Saui’l M’Kean, Rob’t. Orr, Jr.
John Findlay, James Wilson,
Sam’l D. Ingham, A. Stewart,
Geo. Keener, Jas. Stevenson,
Ji s. Lawrence, John Wurts,
liiu. Iddams, D. G. Garnsey,
Jos. Hemphill, P Adams,
P. >S Alarkely. Cha's Humphrey.
• Ilex. Thomson, A. B. Hasbroitck,
Henry Wilson, Get. Peter,
Geo. Plainer, Geo. Mitchell.
lion. James Barbour,
Sstretary of War.
Department of War, )
May 6th, 1826. j
Sir I have the honor to acknowl-
Ige the receipt of your letter of th.
>th ult., in which you requested an
nswer to the communication of the
I .th ol tlie same month, signed h\
several members of Congre-s ri .\
No. 24.
quest ng that a comj ctont Engineer,
or Engineers, may be directed to ex
plore, and report, by the next meet
ing of Congress, the survey and es
timate of a route lor a Public Road,
from the City of Washington, by way
of Westminster, (Maryland) Carlisle,
and Williamsport, (Pennsylvania,)
Painted Post, to Buffalo or Sackett’s
Harbor, in the State of N. York.
To the request just referred to,
respectful attention will be duly giv
en; but no certain, assurance in re
lation to it can be hazarded before
the approaching close of the session
of Congress, when the means of the
Department will he known, and such
distribution he made of them, to the
many urgent objects demanding its
attention, as shall best accord with
the national interests.
May I ask the favor of you to
communicate this answer to the mem
bers of Congress interested in the
proposed project, and be considered,
Very respectfully, sir, your obed’t
humble servant,
JAMES BARBOUR
lion. F.spi Van Horne,
of the House of Representatives.
Washington, April 29th, 1826.
Sir . I have the honor to transmit
to you a paper, with the signatures
of forty-one members of Congress
affixed, requesting the survey of a
route for a road, from Buffalo, (the
emporium of the Lakes) to the City
of Washington. I hope, sir, you will
see lit to give it your approbation,
sanction, and support. The con
struction of such a road would facili
tate the intercourse between the
Western Lakes, the Capitol, and the
navigable waters of the Ocean.
The communication, in a military,
commercial, business, and political
point of view, would more than com
pensate the nation for the expendi
ture. It would, also, operate a? a
powerful lever to remove Northern
and Southern prejudices, and have a
tendency to amalgamate the inter
ests of this rising empire. The ad
vantages arising from it, would be
sensibly felt, and the benefits of such
a medium of intercourse would be cal
culated to bind, in still closer union,
our confederacy, and increase the
wealth, prosperity, and happiness, of
lire people of the United States.
i am, sir, with great respect, your
humble servant.
I). G. GARNSEY
Hon. James Barbour,
Secretary cf War.
To the Hon. James Barbour, Secretory of War:
Wc, the undersigned members of
Congress, respectfully request, that
a competent Er gineer, or Engineers,
may be directed to explore, and re
port, by the next meeting of Con
gress, the survey and estimate of a
route for a Public Road, from the
village of Buffalo, in the State of N.
York, to the City of Washington, by
the way of Bollefont and Carlisle, in
Pennsylvania, and Westminster, in
the State of Maryland. By the pro
posed communication, from Buffalo
to the City of Washington, the dis
tance, from the present mail route,
would be lessened one hundred and
fifty miles.
The advantage arising from it, wo
should think, is clearly manifest,
D. G. Garnsey, John Barney,
P. Adams, ‘ J. Leeds Kerr,
Charles Kellogg, John C. Weems,
Henry R. Ross, C. Dorsey,
W. Al’Alanus, J. Lawrence ,
A. War and, Tho’s. H. Hill,
N. Fosdick, J. S. Stevenson,
J: Strong, J. Mitchell,
Rob’t S. Rose, A. Stewart.
A. B. Ilusbrouck, A. Thomson,
William licit 7, John Findlay,
T. 11. Porter, Jas. S. Mitchell,
11. C. Alartindale, Jos. Hemphill,
FJias Whitt e-more, Urn Addam s,
Jeromus Johnson, John Wurts,
Bartow White, James Buchanan.
Dudley Marvin, P. S. Alarklcy.
D. Hvgunin, Jr. S. Edwards,
G C. Vcrplanck, Charles Miner,
Henry R. Storrs, Robert Orr, Jr
Geo Peter,
April 2oth, 18S6.
Department of War, (
May Bth, 1826. )
>Bir.: Your communication of the
'9ih ultimo, transmiting a lctt< r ad
dressed to me on the 26th of the
same month, by forty-one members
ol Congress, in which they request,
that a competent Engineer, or Engi
neers may be directed to explore,
mix', report by the next meeting of
Congress, the survey and estimate of
a route tor a Public Uoa«l from the
village ot Buffalo, in the State of N.
York, to the City of Washington, by
the nay of Beilefont and Carlisle, in
Pennsylvania, and Westminster in the
State of Maryland.
The request of these gentlemen
will be respectfully considered ; but
a positive answer upon the subject of
it, cannot be given befofc the close
ol' the present session of Congress,
when the extent of the means at the
disposal of the Department, will be
ascertained, anrl a proper application
made ol them to the various objects
claiming its attention, in the order ol
their relative national importance.
I beg you to do mo the favor to
communicate this letter to the gen
tlemen interested in the proposed
measure.
And to believe me, very respect
tully, sir your obedient servant.
JAMES BARBOUR
Hon. P. fj. (iarnsf.y,
of th' nos R. y Waihinztcn.