ft
f . The Moose t.id 'eiy little holiness
y e - e Ufm, excepting t he Mission
; t 'mn. On Chit question Mes-
gri Wck itt'e of K.y;i and Cmi n of
ft poke against the resolution
as leoo'ted by the Committee of Fo
rego Affiles and by Mr. Wood, of
JXcw Y rk 10 it favor.
lr. live, of Virginia, then mo
ted ( uiend lr McLane'i ameuil
m 'v,t liy inserting ihe following after
h id aforesaid governments,'
Xfh ra tbtiie wordccur :
1 0 any compact or engageme nt
bv tvMcU the United State shall te
pledged to i lie Spanish American
hi e to maintain by force, the prin
ctpin that no part of the American
continent is henceforward subject to
Colonization by any European putter.
Mr. U. expressed un lutentma to
addi reii"i be committee in" support of
this amendment, hut, in tl.e mean
rVhile, mbve'd i hat the committee rise.
The oioliou prevail ayes U4.
U KEKNS KO R O IXJH :
Tliursday. J3pril 8.
After transacting ome business, of
alj(-al nature, ine uouse weni im
... caH iiiilee of i he Whole on the Pa -nxuiA
question. Mr. Utve, of Vitgi-
Dit wIm bd a right to the tlooi, - be-
irt:;wfKX;ieiediy nbaeot, Mr. tireni.
of i:uiiiaua. ttridrruaril the commit-
- - Altered bv lr. filcLaue of Del. -to the
'report of Ine committee of Foreign re-
Jauoill4, MfUWM, iuiio wed My Vi ,
B uek'ner of K-y " in op ps u ion to all
the 'Oaendmemsi utl in mpo t t the
; o r igi n a I re o lull on of the C m ni 1 1 1 e e .
t Mr., ' jiamijlou o.f iu,th Carolina ,
"til e o c i) o m e u c e d at i peecb . i n s u p p o i :
vof the amendineut of MrVMcLune, a
-niodifivd by ; Mr. llives'j having spo-
-r- keI tiil half pMfc.foJft!?!,,c l,e
, 4 g wewajrTfar, a ;4notioi'ihVi'; the eom-
mutee rise. ' ' -
M i ask j-w . w4v t. r w
tthiclr heihteiided ,to offe'r," ahould
the preient aineudmen- not pre v a 1.
t..T.
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A.
JH'ritiatff 'Jlpril 7.
Off motion of :Mr.-)V.liiariis oi i .
C. r'ne Coiutnntee ou Claims were
discharged from U lurlher cpuside
Ou motion of Mr. Iliues of N. C.
Ilrsnlved. That the committee on
; thf Jadicifiry be insti.ueted to enquire
iiiiD tiie expediency of altering "be
r tinie of holding the District Courts
fcr iu the state of North-Carolina.
Mr. ICfituiun, of New llainpshire
nffef id t h tf .ill o3v i ng joint res oiut ion 4
Tvbicn mih roMl tvice, aud referred
to ih C (mii nut tee of the Whoie on
the fta'o ol tl u Union, and ordered
to bj '-printed :
Resolved by the Senate and House of
" Representatives i$c Thai the follow
.iug.auiciidment t the Constitution of
-tberUnitcd States be proposed to the
JLeiitlatures of the several States';
and which, when ratified by the
cuTaiures of ihree-fouriha of the
4;K ' ttfdieii, mail uc f aim w an init-um
an-V purposes, as part of t be said Con-
In uahfrmg to the world anev pe
riodical paper, it becomes rpcenary
to avow the principle upon wlrch it
will he conducted to makeanpen
DECLARATION OFTEnET3 II TVIIg to
its patrons a touchitone tiiicb
at any time its eolumns may Us (eted.
We, therefore; declare our1 verna
tion for the principles of ilie'DEjLA
iiAriov of IndepekdeHce ;,'thot of
the Federal Con&titi'i ion, ;-jand
State Sovereignties; an i ourar
lui attachment to the Riohts of
Mas. '
Detesting tyranny in ever shiipe,
lirthpr-Toretirrorrfoji'lgirreTllltair
be our aim to roakrt iLU pacrftiN
tyrants foe the people's friend."
We ! all support the l)einocratic
cause, not as blind partiaris, but from
a sincere conviction that ithat ix
termed the Demucratic cause, it tl
cause of the people for lu speak
Mnpbatically, theius alonh is the
ciuse we mean lo support.
The aggrandizement of the few at
tbff..cxieuie and wbjugatioo o f the
MAsr m aristocracy ; and wherever
Ms p'inciple shall be lotind opera
ting upon the body politic, in the re.
iiiotcsi degree, it will be our duiv to
iay it naked before the people.
Our motto is principles -not men.'
t dis daiji all personal innuence
Ve ask no trammelling patronage ;
but unbiassed, and undismayed, ue
shall march straight forward iu the
"w "wtinnagjiruia erw nere praise
i due, aud usin" our best endeavors
to ferret ail quackeries, whelhtr po
litieal or moral, wliieb 1 ajendr-ni
cv (o undermine the general welfare.
Our columns will be at all times
open to the temperate eiauii nation
periins shall be avoided.
vVa solicit communications ou Sci.
encc, Literature, Agriculture, aud
Morality.
ferable. as a I ne of commun eatidi urjeans iroui iiiosummaBr ccwu-
from TCt-iv Urlenn fn WA.hintrti n HSSanCe 1 147 iDlleS. -k
I I'hIiaKIa IliolnMiu lAflmi MAl
n i, r.l v..:' .... , j M" at 2 am) :-utli, and 3 8
' In order tit f cilitafc the com j From this table, we dr w thofol
parisou between these tliiei i ootpi," tng conclusions with recprd fo the
we shall presi tit, under the form jf cnmparaiive merit of the tlrce routes
a table the general results that tlj under . onsidertioru
rfCfintiuisaiicc affords with rrspcffl , Materials. -The iVIiddtflpotitcnn4
In them. As to the Middle Rotiti,! Western route-are abojt eqinll
we adopt in this table its upper set ! provided with materials, n this rc
tioti. without piejudicing hv ntir-
pation any thing against its low'
-erf jon. Wo adopt, also, with tip
a oe mstiictioiijihe Western Rout
assmg thr uju II kfish Gap.
E ,S KU'N ROri E
Extent throus;hriiit v hirh mater -uU-r.ahtHeraHy--he'prnirtif-fit-j
r -xintav-ly-r-24? miles. !
Exieut throughout which thc"
will he a si arc ty d' materials, a)
proximativel) 890 miles. i
Qusitity f Hoils traversed by tie
route. (ienVrtl growth of Timhei
tltcji in the bottoms of thpyalleji .
but handy in the intertnediatr par.
The predominating growth is p:
Total length of bridges 6 mim.
Glfi yards
.Total .length of Causeway
t raif ck,- 58ft ynrdB-;
I.
"J 7
u neraon hresfter lo beannoin-
3 shall 1 Id AhW:ttrXuA:vi
' ' ni.y cobrt under the authority of tin
) A V ijl eil 8 1 at cS a(Ur h e sh a 1 1 li a Ve
atiaind the age of seventy) ears.'T
" JJonday;Jpril tOj"
of the Whole, on the sfae of the U-
Ji i o n 9 -iMrjjse ven isonofyirginia, in
the Cliatr. and resumed the cnauer-
(;rad(i:ttiou 735 miles of 2
292of 3 ; and lAOj.ol 1- . f
Popu utiotr Wtiite '10 Z i:JO ; o
lured 10,S4 Total 41,71 .
Distance from V ajdijgton tN
O leans, from tin summary of recj
nuissuiife 1169 mdt's.
Probahle Db;ani:e. 11 30 ITiK
oT which 5 8 at 2 and under, o t !
at 3 and abovi- 2 degrees.
MIDDLE ROUTE.
proximafively 752 milefj.
Extent Jhr.ughont whicli thlr
will he a scarcity ol materials, ip
proxjimtiv ly 35 miles.
Quality ol soils traversed by iie
route. (Jrne Igr wikjil limbiM
From Wasliiugton to the.CliatMirJi-
sp ct they have the advantage over
the Eastern route.
Sod. The soil along the Western
route is generally better thai that a
ong the mi ldle r,.,ite. Ouihe e
fern route it is interior to ihit of the
other two.
JnVM.Tlie Western rlute will
require less bridging than rlie E...
tern and Middle routesthvse twa
latter .ii ut the s vn-.
('(iuseways. The Western will
rju irs-s 'eeg'li of c ilsewa
than the othors ; the Easterl a less
length than the middle. .
Graduation It wiil he oitaimd
wih less expense for the. I astern
route than for the two others bit it
Will become more expensive lir the
Western than for t!ie other roi jfes.
'PlHlation--- The Eastrrn3Jn.ifJ;
ll "'resXaTeVlearly the sVne w
n unt "f pojuil irj n. for the,run.
fs, dis tiers, and paristieJwJiTrb"
Ihey traverse ; hut for the Fhstern
(Mite the win e pupulatlon In that
l color as one to. i.ne ; and rr tle
niddle rou e, the white jmmjlaiion ts
'o I ha of rolor as three to twb. $
t the total population of the coun
'ies. districts and parishes, on tho
Western onto, it is about tliree.
quarters wf tliat of the other roi)tes;
Distance.- The length of the road
w.ll be less in the direction of he
iwddle Hmii iothar either of the Eas-
ern .or, W.-ton rout s. y; h rft.
ik' t to time, and with the same grjj.
dua'ion we are inclined to give the
preference to the middle route. r
toome. The expense of ntltl
Having purchased the Printisg
materials of the late Carolina Ta
iriVt vve shall forward The Patriot
to the 8ubscriher( of that' paper
do not uotily u lo the coutran, pre
vious to the first of June next, ami
consider them us subscribers.
The Patriot will intuluro he prin
ted regularly on Wedneiiday.
The National Road The Uc
port of the Board of Engineers, of the
surveys with reference to the propo
sed National Road to New Orleans,
iilpfn? the
: Tl JJnn t the CoiiKressbf Panama
Mi. IlaniiHoUf of u!l afonna,
concluded a lcccl begun some days
klr;f6uclianai
gpeebhYlavor Mr. MeLaue's a
mettdoient to the resolution, repoVted
XlhyVihH:
on the Panama Mission. '
wasryenerdaraosiQitted'' to -'-le:
House d T I U p r e s e n t a t i v e s " r d n? "l b i?
AVar Department, says.the National
Intelligencer, of the '3th inst.) It n
minute aud precise in its details, and
comprehensive i n its ..genefaLviews t .
but does not come to any conclusion in.
favor of any one of the routes surveyed
grow
houehie to New Orleans, rich in lie
tallies, but sandy in the intermedi
ate parts. The grow Ji is pt incipsl
ly pine. I
Tola! h ngth of Bridges 5 milei,
t473Virds.
I length of Cause way 3
(iraouHtion 714 miles of 2
34 f 3 ; and 1G6 ef 4
1
growth is oak. Fiom the Chati- iUa m-XM. ., . ..J . .
the middle and Western rotitesL but
much greater for the Eastern;
! bridging, the expense will he
mueh less upon the Western than up
on t!ieo h r two r ires
In causeways, much less unoh the
western than upon the other two
routes, and less -noon the eastern
than upon the middle.
To obtain the same graduation in
both ro ttcs, the expense will he I -ss
Vipnlatton W tutis 2b2.33a; Cof lin,m thptkrn tn .nr.n n
lored tb4,dS2-Total 42G.967. ,,e am thc raic(1c
D.ntance Irom Washmglon to N r()Ilfp that) u WMf,rn polfjl
Orleans, from the summary of recoup r;C p, jro (if U w ,
oissancc--12.4 miles. y be lhc same a!on the mi(dc and
Probahle Distance-.! 106 milcs WMtcrn direction, though less Hir
of which ii.8 aV2 and under, 3-8 at 8orno sections along the latter; but
2 and above 2. 1 it will be higher along the eastcrn.',
WESTERN ROUTE.
Extent throughout which mater i
ls can generally be procured, ap
proximativcly--782 miles.
three routes, fer three reasons9 viz :
that it is not entirely within their
province to act upon the political
commercial, and other epnsideralions,
which, independent ol the physical
recornmendaiions or objectiois to each
rout may recommend a preference of
one over another. It appears, howe-
ter, from theptee
ascertained by the sttrve, that cithct
The Board then go on to submit
at large their views of thc commer
cial cojnsider
of the poiiiLr ion. political conside-,'
Extent throughout which there rations, military consideration and
will be a scarcity of materials, ap transportation or the mail, and sum
proximativcly 35S miles. up their views of these considera-
Quality o soils trs.v s d by thel ions, as "o'.Us :
routc-cncral growtbf timbWt '
From Washington to the CahawbaJwill enjoy the exclusive advant ago
rich in thc valleys, clayey and good o I facilitating the commercial cor-
quality in the intermediate partsjrespondencc between our inland im-
p, . Ill' ' Sr1 liaiHJ III mv miivi nn niuiv .. maw. vJVitij; U&IW.VM IMI'lllll I-
From Cahawba to New Orleans, the middle and western will contribute
valleys and, prairies productive : the
parts intermediary unproductive.
Pine and qak general growth.
Total, length of Bridges 3 miles,
953 yards.
more than thc eastern to the deve
lojicmcnt of internal cotnmcric and
industry.
4 Accommodation of population
Thc eastern and middle routes will
rm I it r i - .' 1 i I . I . . I
ioibi lengin oi vMuway ac oramouaie cnrer'iy moreti-es
miles 1211 yards. t than the wester n ; but, taking pb
Graduation 662 miles of 2P ; 339 VieW A and by anticipation, thef in
of 3? v-t 6 i of 4. A t rease- o f pophlaf ior i , i'rlia i J lip
A Populat n w lutes zrj 295 Uo- three rotites ought to be placed!' on
lored 107899 .A ota! 312,19' t the same footiii.
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