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master General, Mr. GriMigcr iias rliscovcrofi thosd cir 

 larked views, that liherality of sentiment, and that devo- 

 tion to the public interest, that will secure to him the ap- 

 probation of every man, whose good will is worth pos'- 

 sesbing. X. 



§Mr Grans"r entered upnn tV.c tliifies of Pojt mastrr General in Derember, 180 1 , 

 § Since llie 3d of March, 18J1, the post ruads lave increased 44 3-4 p*r cent. The eslah'lsh- 

 Ift.'ivt of mail coadies U:>k increased 69 1-2 per cent, which are of incalculable utility to the citiieifs 

 peoer.illy, independent of the great additional securrty to the mails. The daily transportatiUn by 

 9ta.re has Increased 2427 miles, and the whole daily transportation baa increased 3950 miles. 

 § Oi wUicUit is carried in stagej 2,280,252 iu sulkies iud on horseback 2,682.2i;4. 



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milP CH.\NNEL TO GEORGETOWN. 



The CorporatioT^ of Georgetown have adopted m'-asures for restoring their Ship Channel, which 

 ttad tecoine ohstruetcd by flats and shoals, a short distaiiee be'ow tbe Town. Thomas IMoors 

 and David Newlin have contracted lo put certain Wings and other works into the Bivor, so as to 

 Connne fhc chrrent, and cause ft to sweep along the shore of the City of Vasliinglon, where the 

 t<3ttom is soft, and eatilv utoveable by an encreased motion of the watkr. They are to complete 

 the works Oiis season and to support them for two years, for SOOO Dollars. If at tbe end of that 

 tiuio there shall be fifteen feet water, from the Eastern Branch up to Georgetown, they ate to re"- 

 ceive 2000 Dollars more ; if there shall not be fifteen feet water throughout, tliey are to ex- 

 pend, from their own funds, a sum not exceeding 3000 Dollars, in additional works and labour to 

 •ttain tJiat object Tbe Corporation of the City of Wasbinsjton have eoncurred in the measure, and 

 tanctioned it by a pubic .Act. Its success can hardly be doubted, and it is confidently expected 

 that very fio;iortial advantages will r«tult' therefrom, both t» tiia City of Washington, sud to George- 



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