Indiana American, Volume 1, Number 52, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 December 1833 — Page 2

ITKEJC DOCtJEESTS.

N.WV I) V. PA U YM E NT,' Condensed from the report cf ike Sec. cf (he Vry By the report it appeai-s that the whole expenses the past year, for all persons situated at llc seat of Government, connected with the naval department, has been 18,000. There are connected with the naval establishment about one thousand officers, including those under warrants as well as commissions, the whole annual expense for their maintainancc is estimated at $85, 000, or an average of $850 00 for each officer. ! The number of sea men in the navy, including all the different grades, does not vary much from live thousand; and the annual expense of their pay, rations and enlistment, arc not far from $l",l30,000,or avarage of about $225 for each seaman. The whole expense of the marine corps, independent of the erction of barracks and officers quarters, arc yearlyubout $180,000. Respecting the employment and condition cf our public vessels, the secretary states: there arc in commisson one ship of the line, four frigates, eleven sloops and seven schooners, distributed on four foreign stations. All these squadrons have been actively cmplo-ed, and our commerce in all quarters of the globe was probably never known to be more free from menaces, dangers or actual violence. The present policy of the department is to launch no more vessels of the same size with those in ordinary, till the latter are worn out. But it is proposed to build, from time to time, and protect on the stoc ks till wanted, such new vessels as congress may authorize to be constructed; because in that condition, their timbers will im

prove, ralhd than decay, and the expense of

taking care of them will be trilling comprcd with that of vcssls in ordinary. The cost of repairs of all public vessels the past year lias been $580,030, dat ing the past ten years the repairs have been on aa average, about $500,000 annually. The whole estimate maJe the last year, for the general wants of what is echnically considered the navv, were only $3, 170,765. Those for the

year previous were $3,227,383. Those for the

present year are $3,292,224. But it is to be remembered that, under the head of naval ex

penditures, besi Jes what is paid from the amount

voted on the annual naval estimates, it is custo

mary to class what is paid from half a million

appropriated for a term of years to gradual im

provement; almost $200,000 for the marine corps: the payments from the navy pension hospital, and privateer pension funds, and several miscellaneous sums voted by Congress on motions

resolutions and petitions; and part of which sums, though charged under this head, have little or

no concern with our naval establishment. On the contrary .some of the expenses connected with the

administration of this department, at this place

are included in the general appropriation bills

for the support of government and are not usually classed under the head of naval expenditures.

In disbursing between three, and four millions tfie astyear, it is not known that a single in

stance of any loss has occurred.

The balances, on hand, unexpended are about $1,100,000; but most of them will probably be wanted to close the different accounts, on all the

diltcrent subjects when finally adjusted.

the removal of the Seminoles front Florida, the Chickasaws the Choctaw s ficin Alabama Ne

gotiations for the cmi'gralian of the Creeks from Alabama still continue. The Sacs and Foxes and Winnebagoes have quietly removed to the

regions assigned them. W un the exception oi a fiw tribes, romnosinsr less than five thousand in

dividuals, the whole country north of the Ohio and cast of the Mississippi, including the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and a part of

Michigan Territory, has been cleared oi cmoarmwmMl r.n account of Indian relations. The

Cherokeesoccupying portions of land in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and probably not exceeding eleven thousand, persons, arc the only Indians south cf the Ohio and cast of the Mississippi, with whom an arrangement has not been made either for emigra

tion or change ot their political relations. xThe commissioners west of the Mississippi are enpatred in the execution of the duties connect

ed with our Indian relations in that quarter.

Tbrf have been presented for allowance un

der the pension act of June 6th, 1832, thirty thouand six hundred claims. The w hole of these

have been examined, and either admitted, rejected or returned to the parties for supplementary action. Twenty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-eight certificates have been issued, oWm hundred and eleven claims have been re

jected, three hundred returned cases are in the

oflice awaiting or undergoing re-cxaminauon, thirteen hundred and fifty-one, which are incom-

pletc in their proofs, are. suspended tin tnese are furnished, and four thousand-four hundred and itrpntr.fiv( arc in the liands of the Darties for ad-

- ditional evidence or authentication, or in transitu

between them and Lie oiiice.

WAR DEPARTMENT. Condensed from the Report of Ihc Secretary of TTar,

The Secretary states that the general affairs

oi ihc army, under the present system, are in a condition equally creditable to the army and satisfactory to the government. The beneficial effects of the operation of the act passed at the last session cf Congress for improving the condition of the army are alread y felt, and still great

er advantages are anticipated. The act for the better defence of the fronticres by raising a re-

gimeiu ot dragoons is in process of execution.

.aoouc six nunared men Have been enlisted and organized, five companies of whom will be stationed at Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas, during the winter. The remainder of the regiment wiil be concentrated at Jefferson barracks during the winter; and it is intended in the Spring to order the w hole to proceed through the extensive In.

dian regions between the western boundaries of

the Missouri and Arkansas, and the RockyMountains. The Secretary remarks that the composition of this regiment is good, and he anticipates that it will render much service to the

country. The interposition of Congress for the improvment of the medical corps is asked. The act organizing the Subsistence Depart

ment expires by its own limitation on the '2d of

March next. 1 his department was established in 1818 as an cxpiremcnt. It has fullv answer

ed its des?gn,and the secretary recommends that

tne pscsent arragement should be rendered permanent. Favourable mention is made,pon the authority of the Board of Visiters, of the present condition of the Military Aradam at West Point. The proebject of a fund for the support of invalid officers, by taking a moderate and stated sums from the pay of each officer, has occupied the attention of the army. Legislative provision is deemed necessary to give effect to the measuro,and is recommended in this report. A similar recommendation is made in reference to the rank

and file of the army. Besides the deduction of

a small sum from the pay of each soldier for this purpose, the following auxiliary sources of revenue for this sum are designated, viz: 1. fines assessed by courts martial; 2. the pay due to soldiers dying without heirs; 3. a portion of the port fund, which is principally derived from a tax on settlers. The experience of every year, the Secretary states, adds to the conviction that the sooner the Indians now cast of the Mississippi migrate l ii Z lc&ion wcst of that river, the sooner "they will be placed in a condition where they mav phycically and morally improve. In accordance with this the settled policy of the government, measures are in successful operation for

. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Condensed from the report of the Post Master Gen When in 1829, the functions of this depart

ment devolved on tr,e present incumbent, the annual transportation of tae mail amounted to 13,

000,000 miles. There are a nominal surplus of

upwards of $230,000, but a real surplus of only

$106,500 31. The annual transportation of the mail was, on the 1st July, 1833, twenty-six millious eigh hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and eighty-four miles.

The annual amount of the transportation of

the mail in stages and steamboats: on the 1st ofj

July, 1829, was six milhon five hundred and -seventy thousand eight hundred and eighteen miles.

The annual amount of the transportation of the mail in stages, and steamboats, on the 1st of

July 1833, was eighteen million three hundred

and twenty-two thousand five hundred and se

venty six miles. The expense of transporting the mail for the year ending 30th June, 1820, was one million one hundred and fifty three thousand six hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty one cents. The expense of transporting the mail for the year ending 30th June 1833, was one million

vight hundred and ninety-four thousand six hun

dred and eighty-eight dollars eight centf.

The gross amount of postages, constituting the

revenues of the department, was for the year ending 30th June, '829, one million seven nun-

ercd and seven thousand four hundred' and eigh

teen dollars forty-two cents.

The gross amount of postages for the year

ending JOth June, 1S33, was two million six hundred and sixteen thousand live hundred and thirty eight dollars twenty-seven cents.

The incidental expenses of the department for the year ending 30th June. l833,amountd to eighty seven thousand seven hundred and one

dollars sixty-one cents.

The number of post offices in the United

Stales on the 1st of July, 182s), was, eight tliousaud and four. On the 1st July, 1S33, the number of post of

fices in the United States was ten thousand one

hundred and twenty seven.

The increase of the annual transportation of

the mail wi Hun the lour years ending the 30th

June I5JJ, is thirteen million one hundred and fifty four thousand four hundred and eighty five

miles, nearly equal to the whole amount of trans

portation in 1829.

The increase of the annual amount of postages within the same period, is nine hundred and nine

tuousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and

eighty-five cents, and the whole amount is more

than double ot what it was in 182a. ., . The average expense of transporting the mail in 1S29, was eight cents and four-tenths of a cent per mile.

The average expense of transporting the mail

in I JvJJ, is seven cents and hlly-sevcn-hundrodths of a cent per mile ; making a difference in the rate per mile, of eighty-three hundredths of a cent, equal for the w hole service, to two hundred and twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two cents per year less, in proportion to the service performed, than the expense of transportation in 1S29, besides a great increase in expedition between the principal commercial cities, and a much greater proportion of the whole pe formed in stages. .

The department was indebted on the first of

July, 1823, beyond the amount of available bal

ances due to it in the sum of one hundred and ninety-five thousand two hundred and eight dollars forty cents. . ' . The discovery of the excess of expenditures beyond its revenues at once showed the neces

sity of retrenchment.

The only practicable means of doing this was

the withdrawal of some of their improvements which had been made, and on such routs as would be least luxurious to the public, and least preju

dicial to the revenues of the department.

Reductions have been made, to take enect on

the 1st of January next, to the annual amount of i

two hundred and seventy-four thousand two hundred and sixty three dollars. After the reduction shall take effect the annual transportation of the mail will be twenty-five millions'five hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and tiftv-scven miles.

IN SENATE. Thursday, December 12. A Message from the President was received by the hands of Mr. Do:;elson, his Private Sccretarv, which was read as follows: Washington Dec. 12, 1833. To the Senate of the United Slates. . I have attentively considered the resolution of the Senate of the 1 1th instant, requesting the President of the United States to communicate to the Senate a copy of. the paper which has been published, and which purports to have, been read by him to the Heads of the Executive Departments, dated the 18th day of September last, relating to the removal of the deposites of the public money from the Bank of the United States and its offices." The Executive is a co-ordinate and indepen

dent branch of the Government, equally with the

Senates and I have yet to learn under what constitutional authority that branch of the Legisla

ture has a right to require of me an account of

any communication, either verbally or in writing, made to the Heads of Departments, acting as a Cabinet Council. As well might I be required to detail to the Senate the free and private con: vcrsation 1 have held with those officers on any subjects relating to their duties and my own. Feeling my responsibility to the American people, I am willing upon all occasions to explain to them the grounds of my couduct: and I am willing upon all proper occasions to give to either branch of the legislature any information in my

possession that can be 'useful in the execution of

the appropriate duties cennaca to tnem. Knowing the constitutional rights of the Senate, I shall be the last man, under any circum

stances, to interfere with them. Knowing those

of the Executive, I shall at all times endeavor to

maintain them agreeably to the provisions ol the Constitution, and the solemn oath I have taken to support and defend it.

I am constrained,therefore, hy a proper sense of my own self-respect, and of the rights secured

by the constitution to the Executive branch cf

of the Government, to decline a compliance with your request. ANDREW JACKSON. After the message had been read,

Mr. CLAY said, that a call had been made on

the President for a copy of a document which

had been published and extensively .circulated by the papers in this city a document intimately connected with the safety of the treasury of the country. The call for it was made under the full conviction that the Senate ought to have that document. It had been refused, under the pre

text that the rights of the Chief Magistrate were invaded by it. lie always would be disposed to

respect the rights of every public officer, but

the President could have no more confidence m his rights, than I feel in the rights of the Sen

ate. The rights of the Senate to call for this paper was founded on the ground that the whole world was. already in possession of it. It was

made because the document was sent forth to the

American people upou an all-important subject,

and because it was the right ot the aenate to have it. -Nor w as it made because the call was

in violation of precedent or an established usage But tho President has refused to give us this doc

ument, and it was not necessary to proceed fur

ther in the pursuit. One result happens trom it.

The President don't deny the genuineness of the

paper. It is before the world, and as we have endeavored to get it, and it has been refused, I

have a right to take the next best evidence of

the document, and that is as it has been published in the official paper. In every instance, there fore, where I have occasion to use it, I shall avail mvself of that publication of it, as genuine. Mr. 'GRUNDY said he thought when the proposition was made, that it was a very unnecessary procedure. Here the presiding officer interposed that the

debate was out of order unless some motion was

intended to be made. Mr. GRUNDY said he intended to move, be

fore he concluded, that the message be laid on

the table; and then resumed

That he thonght it unnecessary, because we only wanted evidence when facts had not come to our knowledge, or when they were denied.

Now, he believed that both friends and enemies

admitted this document to be genuine to be

what it purported to be. He therefore had thought that nothing beneficial could result from

this proposition, and this was what induced him

to vote against it. The President has given his

objection to comply with the call, and what is itf Why, that' the Senate has askedor a private

communication from the Chief Magistrate to his

Cabinet. He, Mr. G.J would never question the propriety of the motives of the Senator who wanted this informatiom. But the President has

said that it i a matter which you have no right to interrogate him about; and his opinion is, too, that to comply with the request would be setting a dangerous precident.- He Mr. G. was not

inclined to say any thing on the subject of the

removal of the deposites, when that matter

should come up for consideration. But if he did, he could not, even if he were so disposed,

speak of that paper as any other than a genuine one, or deny its authenticity. He therefore moved to lay the message on the table; which was

agreed to. Ixlobc.

A sprckof northern Nullification. We fined the

following in the Providence Gazette.

The Circuit Court oi the United States has been

engaged the last four days, on a subject of infi

nite importance, as it involves no less a qnes-

tion than the power of the Court to nullify and

render nugatory a deliberate act ot the Legislature of Rhode-Island. If the Circuit Court of the United States, can set aside the acts of the deliberative assemblies of the people, we would not give the value of a phantom, for the constitution of the Republic or the independence of the States. ' The decision of the Court, may give rise to a "state of excitement which we should be glad to avoid.

BANK Rkpcut '

We arc toa much pressed for room to bt- ,n ' er.ter into anv extendi- .c!, .i . ail'i

terly Report from the Bank. We wiil tW barely enumerate seme of the Wm ...i,:" i .icr

lablishes conclusively. r u,iail n. mi . ... r

rirst, mat the origin of the hospitality to A ban, of the present dvnastv. Aif . 18

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.uutwiuiauciiiui to possess t icniso voc r-

litical purposes, of its control. t1 n,i

dccotiti, 1 Hat the removal of tho iWJ-i. .

aa act of vengeance, arising from disappo

Tliird. That the rcmnv.il s n K.. i.

tract witn the Bank, and

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Fourth. That the President

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Fifth. TKa nnnliVofmn T-t.

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cnancr, instead oi be;njr.as is alleged bv tk n

ident, to embarrass him, was made at his rrn,

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VII III, lulUlll. Sixth, That the accusation neairwt 10b..i

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"i uici tuiseu us uiscounis lor the Dum

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Seventh, 1 hat the claim lcr damno a

rrcnen mil is lustmabie. and in str rt

ilj iui iiiu nit'Auiauic uratuce oi tne limn,

mcntin like circumstances tnwnivk inj;j.i

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not permitted, to collect this bill, by wliirli .

the possibility of claiming damages would hare been obviated. Eighth, That in the postponement of the par mentof the Three per Cents, the Bank actd with the full approbation of the covernmrm

for the general good, and not from any inability

to pay on Us part; and that the previous ncgotiation by the Bank, respecting the Three per Cents, held in Europe, actually resulted in at earlier and more complete extinguishment that debt, than could otherwise have been accomplished. And, Finally, That all the allegations respect the exclusion of government Directors from the

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O O - 0 - r . chasing or discounting Bills of Exchange, nnrl PTnpn.'!! turf nf Jnrrrr snme tn-r rrirn

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jjuiiusirs, tic njuuiij iaisc, au mi cis iiiuiiv c is 100ccmed; and misrepresented, so far as facts are disorted to give a colorable plea to the charges. n j- i t..m. ti?

viuuujtui iruuugtnar.

Smr wrecks. The heavy blow on Tuesiaj has caused much damage on the coast. The British barque Atlantic, Capt. Herald, from Lon

don for New York, with a cargo of iron and salt, was driven ashore at Rockway. and totally lost She had on board about eighty passenges, and when the last intelligence from the wrcch was

received, only about twenty had been landed; and, as the vessel had bilged, great fears were entertained for the safety of the remainder. Ev1.: i- l: ffii i..

were on board. -

The schooner Planter, Capt. Green, from Richmond for this port, with Roar and tobacco,

was driven ashore near the same place. JY. Y. Comm. Adv.

A colonel of militia meeting a negro fellow in a dram shop, thus addressed him: "Well CulT, I'm amazing glad to see you! how is your wife and children? won't you take a dram, Cuffr "Why, as to dat, colonel," said the black, "some niggers too proud to drink wid militia ossifers, but niggers should never be so particular; spe

cially, when they arc dry. Statistical accounts, presented loMr.Clajduring his recent visit to Lynn, MasF. state thkjn the year 1S31, the total of boots and shoes manufactured in that town, was $942,000; the materials used in the manufacture of which, the fc.

fiiq-cost $98,531; sole leather, $145,236; nlw, $31,236; morocco skins, $35,735, galloon 575; sheep-skins, $19,188 meats leathcr,$14!4; domestic sheeting, $8, 192; shoe-tkread, $7,401; R. sheeting and ticklcnburg; $21,936: sewingsilk, $6,500; and even the binding thread, $3,955; and the steel ornaments, $3, 938. The number of boots and shoes made was 1, 665,781, on which about seven-eighths of the working people of the town were employed. Since that year, the business has increased one fifth, which would make the value of the manufactures $1,130,000, an the labour $452,000. The Marshall for the Southren District of Alabama, has given notice that the settlers upon the Creek lands who have crops, may remain

until the 16th of January next; all who hare no crops, are ordered to leave the country forthwith.

Tlio tMIfrtf ihe. P.rwcfrm Trnvllr SaVS that

he has resolved never to repine, while bles-ca with hcalth,pcace,and the comforts of existence. What a pattern of resignation !

. - The President, bv Proclamation, has acknow-

leged Paul Pierre Thomassox de Lammasse to be Consul France for the State of Georgia, to

reside at Savannah.

John Forbes, the murder of Co!. Daniel IT

Brailsford, at Daricn, Georgia, has been tried, and sentenced to be hanged on the 27th of DC"

cember. JVat. Int.

Bv a convention betwen Russia and the Ger

many powers, all the Poles still in Germany are

to be sent out of the country to Lngianuu. United States.

Captain Dixey, who has just arrived at Ph''

delphia from Liverpool, states that the l'aJ Stars were seen at the distance cf 130 miles ii

A nnlirn Afliwr nfVow.Ynrk recently fo''

TWENTV-rouR families residing in one buildifo'