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’ Prom the New York Spec tat >r.’
Impo/ tan Report —Wo have the
sure to p eie V* to our readers tjie Re
port of ! c jo rtt Committee of the ‘ two
Kotu e of our S att Legislature; on t
s.dyet tof ‘ lie Qiast \Yptern Canal —•
1 l’/f’ re com mends Hie* Adoption of
r» • sto carry the plan into effect,
;• * . in part, the rpode of
:n TTrig'tiv it’ cfe»sq.Ty means. t
GHti.K c:\N-\L.-
£The foil wit g iif.poitaot Report, on
the svi'liu.c! of (li?*a Can-tl,.we
ti, ‘ ‘ .and, was drawn by Col Jacob’
R. Van a member of \s
st nihly from Columbia. We have no
douiL it will be read with great inte*
re * tli,oi! ; .hout the State-]
“/i'he joint committee on that part
of olfc Lxc« llency the Governor’s Speech*
•which relates to canals and reads, re
po :
T <‘t they have taken into considera
tio;. the numerous memorials, from the
cities and counties, villages, and towns,
in this site, which evince on the part
of the petitioners, and memoralists, (a
--m minting to several thousands iu num
ber J great aukiety, that the improve
ment of the internal navigation oi this
■State, should engage the early aiUntipp.
‘ot tr,e Legislature; and that vigoibus
measures should be adopted for its com
pletion. \
f he committe have tnvesti gated the
the mbject with patience, care and at
tention ; and have examined the piun
and surveys of the rout, fi om the Hud
son Rivet to Lake En<» which were
madw under the direction 6! the Com
tmsMoners heretofore appointed for thatv
purpose ; they have hud the benefit of
explanations, from gentlemen of prose& ,
atonal skill and ability, .vho performed
the urveys : from all which they do not
hesitate to express a decided opinion,,
not only, twat the navigation by nutans
of canals and Jocks, can be improved and
con pVted between the Hudson and
Lake £>ie; but that tne expense wilfbe
so moderate, as*tin»t funds can be provi
ded, without imposing severe or.unrea
conablc*biirthens on the
The beneficial result* to arise from the
compretion of this navigations carl scarce
ly he calculated by the most sanguine
of its advocates ; a country capable of
sustaining as dense a proportion, as any
‘section of the globe, embracing many
‘millions ol acres will pour its produc
tions and itsj wealth, into the heart of
commercial emporium; diffusing.,
blessings of re very description, to every
part of this great and important sla t ;
connecting the interest of this, and the
states to the i north-western section oi
the Union, intimately, as to v promise-
ja stability, to that system
of government established by us; ami
on which all| must rely, for the po itical
prosperity ai}jd happiness of the United “
States > f l s \
The comnyittee view the improvement
tto the navigation between ; the tide wa -
ters of the Hudson and Lake Champlain
as an object ‘of great public importance
and although they have not been able
to rOltect afiy information, on which
they can- rtfy with perfect confidence,
as to the aidount of expense to be incur
red, yet the* are persuaded, that the
improvement] is entirely pfacticabiejand
ought to clairit the early attention of
the government or its agents.
• The mums now at the disposal of the
Legislature, afid which the committee,
proper to appropriate for those objects
arc Mftici cnuo ccmfnence, andsucccss-i
‘ATHENS
Altt£N>% 2llUßanAr, APRIL 25, 1816
fully prosecute* for several years, those
important improvements ,* and they
entertain a full and perfect conviction-
wisdom and p+triotiSnfl of future
Legislatures will foster and cherish the
undertaking, and furnish such addition
al sources of revenue as may be suffi
cient to complete the said works—
Tliese sources of re venue; as the bene
fits to result from the navigation gradu
ally unfold will be found
in the opinion of the co nmittee, in the
increased value of the real estate within
the .t. A commercial cities* the, (towns
an>:.'villages, and, generally that p ot bf
tne.country in the vicinity of which the
and Canals shall .pass* The • propor
tions in which each section f the coun
try ou/jiu to contribute to the com pie
tion ol .the objects committed to the
con ideration of ybur co nmtr.ee de
pend on various considerations ,w uqh
cannot ai inis period be so. <li oncMy
pejrceived .as to enable the committee
t> do equal justice to each ; part, >
. .which they • p*vrsaade -'themselves wtil
m tune, be disclosed so; fully to ; the
Comhusstoners to be appointed to su
perintend and complete uie work, a . to
eiiabia,.on their . ecommenckuibrufuture
Legis'atin e l -. to raise the. r* qaisi *;e, addi
tional funds, on principles of strict jus
and impartiality.
fne revenue proposed ppw to be ap
propriated, Consists of dfoCe so i suit to
be manufactured within th
District of this state —a tax of w \ nilL
on the dollar oh bank .toek^in l eu of
having tne,same a.seCed a re net -w
al property of indiv duals—a cer.a.M
sum out of the proceeds of au ~.-m n»,
ties within this m > ier uc • u
on official sea.s and those issuing > n
the comts of record ‘wuhm this, siatt — ’
a tax on steain-boat passengers, to tie
I Vial with tiie consent of the propri -
tors—tiie proceeds to arise, from the
sale of centr a tracts of land in tne wes
tern part of nb state—certain sun, to
be raised by lottery—and tae proceeds
o moderate did reasonable tolls, art. the
work pro.res e.->, all which-to be pledg.d
■it appropriated fir t r: n iai redemption
and extinguishment of uie principal and
i.meres; of money to be borrowed oil die
cycdii there*-!- -s; ys--- :■•■>/> • y
he committee regret ;tut they ,huv.*
not setn able to procure the report
heretofore prepared by toe surveyors
a ,and returned by them to the Codunis
s.iouers heretofore app tiled,, as t.*e'y
are nfoi mud they wbuid have afforded
your committee and the legislature tut
ter%ncaiis of forming a correct o. 1 non
ot this important subject, than tno&k
presented. They, however beg lea e
to present statements made by tne gen
tleman thus employed, which sufficient
ly support those made to, and opinions
farmed by the committee, from which
it is rendered pt oba ,ie* that the Expense
df completing me s»aid navigation, for
nearly 2 thirds of tne whole distance
from tiie Hudson to Lake Lrle, wll
not exceed # 5U0,000- dpiiars ; ire tide rut $
it highly piobubiC, ui.u as no greater -
ob tractions tfX> w, in any other parts of
the route, respecting which ho est.mates
have been funds ied, than those for
which a distinct view is presented—who
expence will not to? completing
the whole n vigation on both routs ex
ceed six null ons of dollars. Tnty navV
prepared a BtH, which they have and recir
ed their Chairman to ask leave to pre
sent. v ‘
1 he following is an extract of a letter
trom ah officer on board our squadron
m the Mediterranean to his friend in
this city
United, States*frigate United States-
Malaga Roads , January l, 1816.
We sailed frond Gibraltar a few days
after the date of my last, and ai rived
here on the 26th December. We shall
leave this place in a lew days for Car
thagena, ior the put pose of receiving In
answer from the bpanisiT r governmcnt re
lative to the detention of the Algerine
brig* which I believe we stipulated to
restore to the dey of Algiers- if . c he is not
given up, I hope our govern mem will
act spiritedly on the occasion and chas
tise them for their presumption.—
From wfiat 1 have seen of the sh
character, I hold it in the utmost con
tempt. Vye -find it difficult,
to obtain a place of deposit for our stoiesj
jjpp
; anef the only plausible reason they could
giVfe firfrhot iiiiinr»edij|tely :■>!’ UtfAi'g jis
‘rif'.'SV- u l an;i ‘■ c sal a r of
su ® p saifctioiied
«b>’ t«<?’Kr;gi!Sh*’ The Spaniards are a
bigotted priest-ri3clen and pusillanimous
set- Their/coops are little better t,hah
a gang of robbers Sc assassins Many of
them would steal the life of their fellow
man lor a paltry dollar or a decent coat.
It is extremely dangerous to traverse the
: streets of a Spanlsu town after sunset—
a man ? s life is in continual jeopardy.
From the neglected‘state of the forti
fications at all the bpabish towns I am
induced to believe that their government
:ts in a deep decline. Our force would
be sufficient to lay nearly all their towns
ion the Mediterranean coast under
contribution. It is rumored here fbut
c on v/hat authority 1 know not J
t; at a war with the United States is
expected •
I heard it rumored at the American
consul’s table a few days ago that the
king of Spain was to be shortly allied to
one oj the Portuguese royal family and
to receive for his condeccnsion FORTY
millions of dollars GeneaH Ballasreros
Castaiios are sentenced to serve as com*
sn*- n soldiers in the Spanish army, many
other distinguished characters are equal
ly persecuted by the royal authority
they are to be sent to Ceuta, a Spanish
iortiiicd town on the Barbary shore ,
near the, entrance of the Straits!
I have not found a second America yet.
1 have seen some handsome Spanish
ladies, and an innumerable quantity of
ugly ones,; hut none tike the fair ot Co
s inb.a. Eutopean manners are very
and» tieiem from our’s ; and modesty ‘has
long since been banished from society
here jj deggaxs are as thick as hail stoAes
< v.d poverty, stares you in the face at
c\cr) corner*— Nat, Int.
From the Charleston Southern Patriot)
• April 4 iS!S.
FROM FRANCE.
By the arrival of the brig Commerce,
am iViesservey, in fifty days from’
Bordeaux, we have lecfejved*ouv files of
French papers—Paris dates are to the ‘
“t;., , v u ty the iQih of Febua
»y. W e discover no NEWS in these
legitimate prints. Private advices fur
id h u. with the only informauon of any
.liic l tsl. V: i ,* •
y Vd.understandthat two Fretich offi
cer s w ho ;ought under Bonaparte in the
battle oi VV a ter 100, have come passen
gers m the Comemerc.
The following is an extrac’ofa letter
irqm an American gentinian to lus
coffespondent in this city, dated.
bordeaui, Ztti : Fcbuary . 1816.
“Public opinion has undergone a great
Ac i.ge here. Ihe English‘are now
execiat and ‘hroughout all France* I can
not wi; it you all that is passing here.
Ihe pubnc mind is highly agitated,
uiiests .are going on every day the pri
sons aie fuif of victims. How all this is
to end every ond asks —and no one can
foieiel. II it is to finish in ‘smother
revolution, we pray it may pass off vvith
< m any more bjood shed. Our
u iiow citizens in America do ndt know
how happy they are under a free tons i
tution. 1 hey> as well as tneiy insttutions
nave become the admiration of Eu
rope. /I he partisans of the Bourbons
are our enemies, but the great majority
of the natiort'are partial to America 1 *
*. % %
General Mounier, one of the peers,
was found dead in his bed, on the Ist
February. A grand dinner was
given on the sth Febuary in the gallery
° the I.ouvre—the table was orna
mented with the names of Rtnand, Du
questiin, Roland, Bayard, Henry lVih.
Si Louss, Francis the Ist Louis XlVth
t urrenue, Sully and Comie. Even in
the gallery oi the Louver ! The scene
above ail others that exhibits the degra*
nations of Erance 1 • i h& scene of her i
spol aied arts, .her violated pride i— J
I nese people have had the audacity toj
u dinner— while the whole French
nation are groaniug under comnbutiQm,.
In Naptz the Canine Ivladnes l prevails
to a great degree* The mayor of that
city has issued an ordnance command
ing ail have killed vround-
•’ * ‘ - - ‘■-■"y-s- * *. ‘” ■* 1
f\‘ - J ■ -f . ■ V •’ ...
GAZETTE.
ed “ suspecting dogs** to pass their wea-
I pons through burning cinders* to rub
them with sand and oil them*
- . The “Constitutional** ofthe 3d Feb.
j contradicts the accounts of the disturb
ances at Lyonsf but admits that some
half dozen individuals who attempted
“to seduce the military*’ were arrested
and imprisoned* This, of course, was no
, disturbance*
j The Frankfort Journal states that the
j duke of Otranto, minister plenipotenti
j ary & envoy extraordinary from France,
’ has received his letters of departure
[ from Dresden. :
I Ahe archduchess Maria Louisa, has
discharged several French persons* em
; ployed in her household—on account of
improper conduct.
Cambacei’es left Paris 3d Febuary, at
.5 o clock in the morning with a secretary
and two servants*
English uniforms are no longer seen
in Paris* All the fficers ofthe aimy
oi the duke ol Wellington, who still
remain iu the capital have put on the
garb ot citizens, and are now confound*
td with the lest of its population Ail
the soldiers have been sent to their des*
tin alien
. Markets at Bordeauz —Cotton, Geor
gia siren staple, 1/0 a 205 f } Louisiahtl,’
180 a 215, Georgia long staple 325 a
360, and declining.- Rice, Carolina 24
a2B t dull tobacco, Richmond 115 a
150. t very scarce Sugar, white clayed,
140 165 f ; Biown do 100 a 130 ; Mus
covados, 85 a 120. Eixpor4s— Brandy,
j 4ih proof on boards 595 a 616 f, per 50
veils. Claret good cargo, do 480 a 550.
s Exchange on London, 24 f pe* 1 sterl.
~the United States no variations#
Spanish dollars worth 5 f 24 c.
, rhe dethronement of Loufs XVlfitfi. JThis
report is very plainly contradicted by
the very source trom winch .it was said
to have originated— {See the New Tork
head) . k .; , „
IS french gentleman recently front
rranee attached lo Louis the lgrh, on
hearing this report, obseyed, “There is
more reason, to fear than to hope ; but l
.never rejo.ee at an event while ignorant
o'i the cvnsiquencel”. New Turk Gazett.
v;v ■ I
A Swiss paper of the 12th of jan*
uary gives the-following notices of some
well known Frenchman.
“M. De La Fayette has retired to
his estates > ■
.‘-General Andreo S3 y lives in the
vtcmity of Paris. He i s said to be oc
cupied in revising his Memoirs oh*
Ggypt, which acquired hi™ considerable
celebrity as a writer. )
Ahe Ex Director Barras has retired
to the south otWanCe. He re- appeared
in tlie capital after the re-accession of
Bonaparte; but almost immediately
quitted it, without having obtained any
th mg from him. ,
Nothitig certain is knmv n as to mar-
SiialJVUssena, It is believed (hath®
means to take a voyage across th»
■ v 1 * , v
“ Marshal Soult is at Amand, \ n n *
department of the 1 arn. His b»*s*Jv €rw
has received the floss of
bt ; Louis, and is one of the bmveri*
o&rcers in the army. Vejt
;‘yVt* rs> Aial Suchet lives in the country
without any command. 79
a “ Lefeb > re P e *nouettesi tfrid Marshal
Oroucby have been able to escape all
the researches that have been made for
them. *
Marshal Grouchy is at present in
Philadelphia, and, it is said, recti’ ‘
the hospitality df tftany distingu /**
families- —[Editor Charleston P js , h * <S
patriot .] m J jouthern.
List of the tfiembers «
vention, now living, who olt ? e i . ,n
--death of Louis 16:’ ‘ J' oted ** the
bon, Cambaderes, P ‘” ~ . t - an >-
Lecapentier. Po- , e n OUC ’ “•-f-aveigDac,
rere, Richard Carn ° t I1 Bar ’
Albitte, O rh ‘„ / ‘ ( l u,re ’ ,a H‘en,
Gaios,’ / h C t ’ A " dre D “ mont ’ I Barras,
Mer-’in ,|„ n b ud au ’ Vernon,
.111 de Douay, qumette.jean de Bry,
anion, Gamier, Lakanal* Granet
£“ b . 0 ‘ a Dubus> Milhaud Foucher,
ItSSSI ‘ Me2L ‘ nt: ’ del*
ed’m V^ e y ?aaid gHave lately arriv.
ed ta New-rork— ATcw T»rk Gazette .
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