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The I'a.vai..—At last, ifter an interval »f about tor* wetks, the minourtco'nent 1* exultantly IcmlJc.l forth, that thf Ottrtnl is in navigable ti condition, 1 vThe statom'f iit is suggestivo of aotiic inquiry as to wl*ther the extent of the damage to the work \\*itx comtnet#urate with the length lt;tft«(time occupied in its repair, and whether that of-! c . Gcisucy aud energy were displayed which were tnecessarily supposed to pertain to those who as- c sinned “peculiar fitness” for the management of j ( the work j t1 On the 9th of May, % breach occurred to tlw ‘ cribbing of Dam No. 4, which, by the statement j |of the opposition press, was about eightv-Bre t foot in length. Mr. Stone, it was asserted, was f | nt the scene of disastrr a day of two after; and ; • within a few da vs hail sufficient lumber and a: heavy force l*f hands on the j;found. '1'lrc work ® of repair w as then immediately commenced, anil not until now, the middle of July, is it finished. ! it is due to the coal companies, who have by the delav been unable to fill their contracts.t1trand thus boon subjected to heavy loss; duorlt;Ito the miner# ami boatmen who arc dependent\ •.«.Rji 1 r '' ::'-if-- ~v: !'Sy • i' *'•. '■ v ■ .r ''■! '■■■$£%• ••• • •upon the t^nal for the inruns of support; j { due to the merchant and mechanic, and indeed ; ttthose engaged in any of the butanes# pursuits, t along the line of tho canal, and mote especiallyin this locality, and who are cither directly or in- 1 I direct-y afficted by the suspension of navigation; ! ;W •due to the stockholders, who have entrusted I I! the Canal to these gentlemen, so peculiarly fit- tI ted (?) for its management ; it is due tu each and , t all these, we #av, that so me reason should be «.niven for the prolonged et*#sntioll ol trade.— , lt;ImI thini speak out! Was it that too water t (i was tlt;h high to adjust the cribs at ihua No. I \ Tu offer such a rtu m is a virtual acknoxs lodge- i mcnt of incompetence,for if in notorious that the I twater is now .and has been ff»rsome time pa^tjow-' c •r than w l.c:. the Ut • lib* were ] ut in l i t year-9 -Wl tl is the n t -it ‘ Wt* ! oftm ■ * hut UU-ttribute it to untdm ss 1 r !' I vot»~ 'ol tl.i wt ik re^uircd wo art at a K . -* for anvk * .Hut an t it -r; - Kan.r made by the * j p uti press to throw dust in tin* e\v of the cr» dtdot?* and create an err impression in tin? nr* 1*\! tin ko who arc n*4 familiar with fhe r !at*\Idifficulties of the pro, cti? are! last \ ear A CoO-trsst i^ instituted t dvxtvn the time o cvn*kd m! repairing t;u inyui'tt*scaus-.*d by the br oking up of the i.a* in 1 *li u.iry, 1‘ T, an t that emp! »ye * • in n pairing t!;*“d.irusg*ktlr-i )* u.but \ r;* WiocU: r.ctsce is jui #* r\ *d iV.- to the coir pat ative extent: of the injiirr^ The Kurt i » lUadf is a nt nativeadmisviou of t!». Lira1 of dereliction, and it »obvilt; i*: fhat t»clt; trse in Ti ai to tins tjUf^-tienablecXjKaiient mdo*J t court d the dviimpioi- iwS ofth.e pres ‘id offe’i.T.- We .* k. !; n- ♦, bur ever, from i. i* ..- Jo thi t • s ed ujH*n u. fesrli a -Mired that a m on .UatiifKat of huts v\i*1 ft *!-| detun the pr^.v*uf nuui.tt^in^nt of gross *nc;tiiOyand pna'r istimiic n. S*tmetimc in I ♦*’ruaryfI ljam N i \ - an ad off. i *• i • *fAHinib nature -nearlv xijr uau ire*t f€tt
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Democratic Alleganian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 17, 1858
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