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torrent year. The diminution, however, is in part attributable to the flourishing condition of some of our domestic manufactures, and so far is compensated by an equivalent more profitable to the nation. It is also highly glatifying to perceive, that the deficiency in the revenue, while it scarcely exceeds the anti- ' cipations of the last year's estimates from the Treasury, has not interrupted the

application of more than eleven millions during the present year, to the discharge of the principal and interest of the debt,

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in the Years 1327 ana 1S23, there is-roads nr.I canals as the President of the own duties may be interred. he srrad-jtry ras ouiitrippw m.ine.r merges ero we

United States miaht deem cf national ual increase oi the navy was tne princi- j"u .i..vu o. K....

Dor the reduction of upwards of seven millions of the capitaUdebt itself. The

balance in the Treasury on the first of four and a half per cent. But, at that 'Potomac, the Ohio, and Lake Erie, to asJanuary last, was five millions two hun- time, so large a portion of the floatinglcertain the practicability of a cornmuni-

capital ol tho country was absorbed in calion between them, to designate, the commercial speculations, and so little (most suitable route for the same, and to was left for investment in the stocks, iform plans and estimates in detail of the

dred and one thousand six hundred and

fifty dollars and forty three cents. The receiptsfrom that time to the SOlhof September last, were nineteen millions five hundred and eighty-five thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents. The receipts of the current quarter, estimated at six millions of dollcrs yield, with the sum already received, a revenue of about twenty-five millions and a half for the year. The ex

penditures for the three first quarter of

the year have amounted to eighteen millions seven hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and tweiitv-six dollars and sixty six cents. The expenditures of the current quarter are expected, including the two millions of the principal debt to be paid, to balance the receipts. So that the expenses of the year, amounting to upwards of a million less than its income, will leave a proportionally increased balance in the treasury on the first of January, 1827, over that of the first of January last. Instead offive millions two hundred thousand, there will be six millions four hundred thousand dollars.

Tbe amount of duties secured on merchan-

scarcely a doubt, that the remaining six

teen millions might, within a few months be discharged by a loan at not exceeding five per cent, redeemable in the year 1829 and 1830. By this operation, a sum of nearly half a million of dollars may be saved to the nation; and the discharge of the whole thirty-one millions within the four years may be greatly fa

cilitated, if notwhohy accomplished

importance in a commercial or military point of view, or necessary for the transportation of the public mail the surveys, plans, and estimates, for each, vhen completed, to be laid before Congress.

In execution of this act, a board oi en-1

pie of which the act of the 29th April,) liy the 1 reaties with Fr&Dce and Spain, re

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,10,wasthchrtdeveiopemcnt. It was ceding Louisiana and tba F.orwh. 1 ' ' . r 1 , . t to the United Mates, provision was made fur o the .o roduoon of n svsUm to ct J oflMd Ml,U,le from ,b, G.

Pon e ennntcer anu n;or, ... u. : tCjeulcf !bo!e oatl0,. boose rri,gre(, country for an indefinite scrips ol ngrs.1 , . an,horltI . ,anoua

lit was a declaration ol that Congress to: f r f . . nd es(a.

gineers, was immediately instituted, and i their constituents and to posterity, that .hJishment of those tales: but claims to a vrry

have been since most assiduously ar.rl

constantly occupied, in carrying it into

By an act of Congress of 3rd March, 'effect. The first object to which their

1825, a loan, for the purpose now refer-j labors were directed, by order of the late red to, or a subscription to stock, wasj President, va the examination of the authorized, at an interest not excecdinerlcountrv between the tide waters of the

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that the measure was but partially

successful. At the last session of Con

gress, the condition of the funds were

diz imported from the commencement of the gradual relaxation from the provisions oi

expense of execution

On the 3rd of February, 1825, the made their first report, which was imme-

till unpropitious to the measure: but the diatelv communicated to Conrress. and

change so soon after wards occurred, that;in which thev declared that, having nia-

had the authority existed to redeem the turely considered the circumstances obnine millions now redeemable by an ex- served by them personally, and carefulh

cnange oi stocks, or a loan at rive per cent, it is morally certain that it might have been effected, and with it a yearly

saving of ninety thousand dollars.

With regard to the collection of revenue Impost, certain occurrences have, within the last year been disclosed in one or two of our principal ports, which engaged the attention of congress at their last session, and may hereafter require further consideration. Until within a a very few years, the execution of the laws for raising the revenue, like that of all our other laws, has been ensured more by the moral sense of the commu-j niry, than by the rigors ofajealous pre

caution, or by penal sanctions. Confiding the exemplary punctuality and unsullied integrity of our importing merchants, a

the collection laws, a close adherence to

which would have caused inconvenience and expense to them, had long become habitual: and indulgences had been extended' universally, because they had never been abused. It may be worthy of your serious consideration, whether some further legislative provision may not be necessary to come in aid of this

year until tht SOtb of September is estimated at twenty-one millions two hundred and fifty thonsad dollars, and the amount that will probably accrue during he present qiarter, is estimated at four millions two hundred and fifty thousand, making fjr the whole year tivmtv-fiv.-millions and a hnlf, from which the draw hicks b inn deducted, ivi! leave a clear reven-u-from the customs, receivable in the year

t. i i 'i i u u .i . u state ol unguarded security.

TPc-ued from the. proceeds of Public Lands, the B, nk Oividt-hds and other incidental receipts, will f jrra an agr- gate of about twentythrpft miiiions, a sum I dling sborf of the whole ex nsts of the present year, little mors than the portion of those xp'-nditues applied to the discharge of the Public Debt, beyond the anDiirtl approprmron often mHliuas by die act of

Sd March, 1817. At tne passage. of that act,

the public debt amounted to one hundred and twenty three nvllionnd a bdf On the. first of January n" t, it vv ill bv short of sv"-nty four Cjjllio'.s In the laose of these ten yars fiOy Ittillious of publtc dbt wdh the annual ch ange of upwards of three millions of interest upon them have been extinguished. At the pssige ftla ct, of the annual appropriation of the ten millions, seven 'were absorbed in the payD):nr of int rest, nnd not more than three millions went to reduce the capital of the debt. Of the same ten millions at this time scarcely four are wpplicahle to th" interest, and up trsrds of s x ar effective in mltiiic down the

From the reports herewith communicated of the secretaries of war and of the navy, with the subsidiary documents annexed to them, will be discovered the present condition and administration of our Military establishment on the land and on the sea. The organization ot the army -having undergone no change

t since its reduction to the present peace

establishment in 1821 it remains only to observe, that it is yet found adequate to all the purpo'ses for which a permanent armed force in time of peace can be needed, or useful. It may be proper to add . that fr om a diffe rence of opinion between the late president of the United States and the senate, with regard to the construction of the act of Congress of 2nd March, 1821, to reduce and rix the Military Peace Establishment of the Ui sited

States, it remains hitherto so far without

execution, that no Colonel has been an

studied the results of such of the preli

minary surveys as were then cotnpU-;cd, they were decidedly of opinion that the communication was practicable. At the last session of Congress, before the board of Engineers w ere enabled to make up their second report, containing a genera! plan, and preparatory estimate for the work, the committee of the hou-e of representatives upon roads and canals closed the session with a report, expressing the hope that the plan and estimate of the board of engineers might at this time be prepared, and that the subject be referred to the early and favorable consideration of Congress, at their present session. That expected report ol the board of engineers is prepared, and will forthwith be laid before ou. mf Under the resolution of Congress authorizing the secretary of war to have prepared a complete system of cavalry tactics, and a system of exercise and instruction of field artillery for the use of the militia of the United States, to he reported to Congress at the present ses

sion a board of distinguished officers of

it was the destiny and the duty ol these iarir(, ,xjent remain un-ejusted. 1 he public

confederated states, to become, in regu-'fth m less ttn the j- si rights of ii.divniular process cftime, and hv no pett ad- als nd ?he mterfst of the con-muoity itself, vances, a great naval power. That, 'appears to n quire further provision for tho which they proposed to accomplish in 'speedy Rettleir.eDt ot these, citants, which I eight years, is rather tt bs consitien d as ; therefore ri commend to the care and attention the measure of (heir means, than the Jim- legislature. itation of their design. Thev looked ,n ronfmit) itb the provisions of the act forward for a term of ears sufficient to, i0 h N'J last, to provide lor erecting a tho accomplishment of a definite portion i1"? m ,he of Colon.a. and ... 1 ... , ' v 'lor othtr purposes, thne CoUimissioners were ol tl.nr purpose ; ai d they left to their, . , . , . , r . ,i,tt , . 1 1 .... , J , - i arpomttd to srlt-cl a site fur the erection ol a successors to til up the canvass oi winch p enl for the 1)&tnctj ttfld 8,?0 a 6lte in they had traced the la. ge and prophetic (ht. coun,y of xand for b countt Jail; both outline. The ships ot the line, and trig- of wncb objPCls bave betn effected. The ates which had beep in contemplation, buildmg ofthr Penitentiary has bren coromenwill he shortly completed. The time Crtl ad )9 m such d grre of tcrwardne ss as whicli they had allotted for the accom-:t0 promise that it will be cooiphud before tho plishment of the work has more than meeting of the n xt (.or.gress. This ccosidt lapsed. It remairis fervour considera- ert.non pom's to the xp-dienc cf maturing, tion, how theirsiuces-ors may contribire t the pn sent session, a sys'rai for tht regulatheir portion of toil ar-d of titasuse for and government of the Penitentiary, ana of the boneiit. of the succeeding asjr, in the :d"fining the class of off nets which shall bo "radunl increase of mi. navy. There j.s;pun'Uble b coj.fiivment in thiseoifice. .,erl.ni.i.n nnrr. of th rxercie of the! n tios.ng tins communication, I trust that it

consfiiutional powers of the lederaK.v-' WiU n0 be dermed inPProp"le to the occa-

eminent, which has giwn more general , 1 . r , i aeu-bltd. to indulge a oiomentry retrospect satisfaction to the people ol the t oion conibsni Q a c g)dnce thJc J, uf than tin. Tho system has not beer, cur r,gin a9 a ation, Confederation n.th thus vigorously introduced, ami hitherto tU t f our present rxlMl,nfe at tbe preri?J, in. sustained, to be now departed Irom or tenlcf half a cenurj from each other. Sine abandoned. In contii.uirg to provide cur iit8t meeting t this Uce tbe Fiftieth Anfor the gradual irscrcase of the navy, it nTersan of the day when our IndepemU oca may not be necessary or expedient to was dclmd, has b. en celebrated throughout add for the present any more to the mini- cur land; and on that day, when every heart her of ( ur ships; but should you dtem hounding with joy, and every voice was tuned it advisable to enrtirue the yearly np- to gritultion. amid tbe blessings of Frerdom proprialion of half a million to the'same antl ledeprnderce, "hich tbe sires of a furmer objects, it may be profitably expended, aSe M nded don to their children ttvoo in' providing a supplv of timber to be he principal actors in that solenn scene, tho seasoned, aid other materials for future band th.t penned the eve. memory i eclara-

use; in the construction of decks, or in

tion, and the voice tbat sustained it in debate,

a! R the ioui.datioi s el a school for hundred n.des from each other called bef.ro naval education, as to the wisdom of the Judgp of a)) t0aCCOUnt fol !heir riepiis dono Congress either of these measures may upon farth ihevd.narted cheered bv th

(appear to claim ihe preference. benedictions of their coumrv, to whom they

, . """'"""Ufluadror.s hav e ( ,,ntinued to ht maintain- our tnouSht9 to the condition of

rr.,- . , J , , , eu in the i ac iln Oeean, tu the H esi hi- ,n l" cuoT"sr or u.e ursr anu

lavoraiue tor- , . . tn half century, how resplendent

consulting the same hoard, aided by thel . - . , , ,, ' the transition from eloam lo , ' .. , !v Inch has been added a small armament. ird"M"u" ,ruu' P1031" o

resunsoi a correspondence v tli tne gov- t. , Klannnp through tbe ame lapse

. . . , Oi the small eortn ns oi this navv en- tl the inheritance of their faoie, and th

rue .5m, ,au oi ine mt .ua, ius in en , u nrtun v . he of tbeir bright example I' we turn

their country,

last day of that

and sublime is

glory! then,

of time, in tho

ernors ol the several states and territo- . . , , , . eondition of the individuals we see tbe first dav . .. A ... Auienca. In all they have ahorded pro-, , , . . . rI cr.ur uni.i t ies, and other eitiz(-.iis ol intelltcei.ee,. t- . . !, narked wiih the fulness and vicror of outh in i .it i j , , tection to our commt ice, have contnbu- t. , . r , 'J u' " and experience, upon t he acKnou lodged , , . , , he ph of their lives, tbeir fortunes, and r t. - ... . ' ; ted to make our counti adv antaeoush 'th .. rr . . detective condition ol our mihtia s stem, !, . . i i ,. ; then sacred bonor. to tbe cause of fre-dom ant! and of the improvements of which it IsV' to lilVf ! tl0"s;. h honorably of roaniinJ Anii on the last r,lt nded on tha susceptible. The report of the honvAC a,"d l)r b. d of death wuh but sense and senility left upon this subject i3 also submitted forithf vu, of thetr country, and havello hreathe a last aipiraticn to i leaven of We..' your consideration jenured numbers of youths to the rising s,ng upon their country; may we not humbly generation to lives of manly hardihood ho that to them too it was a pledge of transiIn the estimates of appropriations for d 0f n:lUficuJ experience ai d skill, t.on from gloom to grory; and tbat while their the ensuing year, upwards of five mU-;'pju; pir:u:it.s with which the West India portal vestments er sinking into the clod of lions of dollars Will be submitted for the'Sras were for several v ears infested have',he valley, their emancipated spirits were as-

expenditures to be paid Irom the de- totally suonreed But in the pending to the bosom of tiuir (iod!

partment of war. Less than two fifths Mediterranean they have increased in a

oi mis win oe applicable to the mam- mannrr adliaive to other nations. at dJ

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tainance and support of the army. A put ffir tlt, continued presence of our million and a hall, in the torm of pen-!S(nadr0, would nrobabh haw been dis-

siunsuti, asii buiiceiy auec uaie inuunv tr(.s nir lo our t).vn, ' yho wnr hirh

Jto the services and sacrifices of a former n.rh.nr.iph h, v, ,,r k-h.-...,

capital 't our esppr;encft has proved thatjpointed to command one ot the regi- age; ana a more man equal sum, invest-; republic of fruenos Avres and the Bra-

a .revenue rottsisKng m largely ot imnost9 and meats ot artillery. A supplementa touutfe, ebf3 and fl ivs to ao itraordmary ear- j explanatory act of the legislature

ieui vsuj 4ii nit; ii iciuauuus inciueni 10 me npars to hf thp nn Iv evupi hmi m

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ul; icr - -.-i i ? repuuiic ii Duenos iWivs anu me trantary or (,J fortifications or for the prepara- z;jaa government has "given rise to very ture'ap- tjons of internal improvement, provides .ecui " ii i cihM ities among the naval practica- r quiet, the comfort, and the hap-; (,rlieers of the latter, by whom principles

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S n i. c.MU,u... t u ;vu m. n .a wuum D!ei tor removing the diliicuity ol this ap-; exisience oi tne ages to come, i heji?1 rt.a(ion to blockades, and to neutral ourncol appropriations to indemnify those unfoi- navialion hnve hceu hrou,ht forward s. a i ust ten ye..i, tne rceiptii ol the irea-; J(, a period 0f profound peace, the con- ':t remnants of another race, unable to v.hit h we cannot subscribe, and which sur., uere not adqu te to the expenditures of , . I 4i r 1 . , t ..lii.. f(1 j,.ir(1 in tho nnmvmnr,i ,j tl, , , v , ,k . . 1 . . duct ol the mere military establishment allKe to s'are in the enjoyment-, and to our ow commander have tound it ne-

necessary

the naeraent of the nation.

The retijrnmg

ti.' .-s uf the succeed n years replenished tne

of the duties d

istration of the

evolvir.ee upon the admin- though swelling in recent years to a mag-j position towards the United Stat department of war. Itjnitude burdensome to the treasury, areSatjy manifested by the emne . . . . ' 11.. l ...M i il. I I

tales con

JOHN QULNC'Y ADAMS. Washington, Dicember 5,

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pontic coff-is until thv have a ain he-un to;win De seen "7 ne returns irom me sun- w -i.i 'v,iu.u u.n. equivalent, ura;::j a(lf! tie very ll5t.fi and Iriendly

feel the v.cissiiude of a decline. To pro.luce ordinate departments ol the army, that;1" l'iuuium. v.i,ue,oi o uiuaii;ejromuK.rcla mtenourse between the U. Ih:s.. lt.-rnatiins of fulness and exbaustion tbe j every branch of the survice is marked ; tnc union irom engagements more bur- St;ites and his dominions we have reason refdive operation of abund.mt or of unfruitful with order, regularity, and discipline. jdensomc than debt. to believe that the just reparation deseasons, tne regulations of foriegn Govern that from the commanding general! In like manner, the estimate of appro" minded for the injuries sustained by sevn.en s, politicial revolutions the prosperous or through all the gradations of superinten-' priations for the Navy Department will oral of our citizens from some of his ollidecfving situuioo of manuficturef comnvr- :dence, the officers feel themselves to have1 present an agregate'sum of upwards ofcers, will not be withheld. Abstracts

Indiana Legislature. Selected from Indianapolis papers House of Representatives, Dee. 6. IIr. Ferris presented a joint resolution on the subject of Salt Springs; read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Friday, On motion of iIr. Hays, a committee was appointed to inquire what alteration is necessary in the act to regulate the mode of doing county business. Dec. 7. Mr. Bassett presented the

ror of petition of Mary Ferrand, praying for a

ciaispecunTi.iiiM, ana many oiner causes, noi been citizens betore they were soldiers,! three millions of dollars. About onealnys i b- traced, variously combine We ((lat the eiory Gfa republican army must! half of these, however, cover the current bavef.Mjnd the iilltniafe swells and diminutions con?ist in-tbo spirit of freedom by which 1 expenditures of the navy in actual seremhriciriK period, of from two to three years . it u animated, and of patriotism by 'vice, and one-half constitutes a fund of J h last period of depression to us was from ' u;u ;4 ; n i tA J i t r .

ISlft mi S2H. I ho corr snondinc reviral wah .. . . r. . J. J . '.'.'' I

from the recent despatches of the commanders of our several squadrons are commit, licated with the report of the secretary of the navy to Congress.

A report from the Pos'nnster General is

divorce. Reterred to Messrs. Bassett.

Elliott and Lomax. Dec. 8., Mr. Richardson introduced a resolution dircting the judiciary committee to inquire into the expediency of authorising clerks in cei tain cases to take bonds of sherhTs, &x.; which was adopted. On motion of Mr. Little, a committee was appointed to take into consideration the law for the relief of the poor.

On motion oi Mr. Heed, a committee

rla-lllr C t n t O I !- if Mn m nnl r.l.r...r.l, n ( rvl ....i r.iwl rl, l.,..rr, I ...I.. . . . Ji ! 1 1 il

fro.i. '823 to tbe commencement of the present Diu'ni'c uiuini umiauci ii iwij ..nu ncimt. .1 sutuci) unr .fikomse communic Uea, pretention in a highly -was appoiuieu 10 inquire inio me rxpe year Mill we have no cu? to apprehend a e army is in a state of continual irn-! short year after the close of the late w.ir,'satificiory manner the result of a vigorous. diency of allowing a premium for killing deer ss:on comparable to th.t of the former De-' Provement' an tn?i' a tne ar rangements; and when the burden of its expenses and i foient, and economical adoafiistration ot that' wTolves.

riod, or even to anticipate a deficiency which Kor the disposal of its parts have a con-'charges was weighing heaviest upon the e partment. The r venue of the tfice even On motion of Mr. Beckes, thejudicia-

nili mfrene.h iinon the abi ifv toannlv th ann.i- StanT reiereUCC 10 mat end.

al tn millions to the reduetmn of the debt It) But to the

is wtll for uai bnwer 10 be admonished of uted other dut

thou-and dollars.

the necessity of abiding by the maxims of the, tion to a future possible condition of war,

most riiUnt economy, and of re.s trtin g to all but being purely defensive, and in their honorabl? and useful exj-dients fir pursuinjr tendencv eoidribulinff rather to thp Ke.

:e to that end. jcountry, that Congress, by the act ofjf the year including th. latter h:dl of 18J4, ry committee were instructed to report a war department are attrib-; 29th April, 1S2C, appropriated one mi!-anJ tlie f'1 bn!f of iS25, had txcrrded it . bill raising the jurisdiction of justices ol luties, havit g indeed rela-jlion of dollars annually, for ei"ht years,: PendinH3 h' a sum of "'f tt,in fo,,)-five:the peace in civil cases to s 100.

j uouai. . n, oi nr sui ceeomft je.r Mr John5t0n presented a bill amend,st.l more productive. I he .nerease' . the act rcgu,ati the fees f er ip's, in the year preceding the first ot o , 0 a

with feaiv and infl x'bl perseverance the to

tal discharge of the debt. B ides the seven millions of the loans of 1813, which will have been discharged in the course of the present year, there are nine millions which, by the terms of the contracts, would have been, and are now redeemable. Thirteen millions more oftheloanof 1314 will become redeemable from and after the expiration of the present month; and nine o' her millions from and after the ensuing yar. They constitute a mass of thirtyo . milli ...s of dollars, all bearing an interest of six per cent, more than twenty

millions or which will he immediately re

deemable, and the rest within a little m ne than a year. Leaving of this amount, fifteen millions to continue at

the interests of six per cent, but to ben

faraa shall be found practicable, paid off ulans and estimates, of the routes of such

curity and permanancy of peace: The erection of the fortifications provided for

by Congress, and adapted to secure our

shores from hostile invasion: The dis

tribution of the fund of public gratitude

to the gradual increase. 01 tho navv. A I

i ,,:..,) k: 1 ' (has b en

il MJUSL'tJUUIIl JICIIOU, IU1S. iUlllU.ll iippillpriation was reduced to half a million for six vears, of which the present is the last. A yet more recent appropriation the last two years for building ten Sloops of war, has nearly restored the original

appropriation of 181 S, of a million for!

and justice to the pensioners of tbe rev-jevery year. The result is before us all.

ohitionary war. The maintainaneo of our relations of peace and of protection

with the Indian tribes: And the internal improvements and surveys for the location of roads and canals which during the last three sessions of Congress engaged so much of their attention, and may engross so large a share of their future benefactions to our country. By the act of the 30th of April, 1 SC4, suggested and approved by my predecessor, the sum of thirty thousaud dollars

was appropriated for the purpose of causing to he made the necessary surveys.

We have twelve line of battle shir

twenty frigates and sloops of war in proportion; which with a few months of preparation, may present a line of floating fortifications along the whole range ot our coast, ready to meet any invader who might attemptto set foot upon our shores: Combining with a system of fortifications upon the shores themselves, commenced

about the same time, under the aspires of my immediate predecessor, and hitherto systematically pursued ithr.s placed in our possession the most effective sinews of war, and has left us at once an example and a lesson, from Avhich our

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one hundred and thir'y six thousand dollars j n moi,Jn f Mr; Beckes,the Commit .ml the. tsuiss of the receipts over the tspen- ee.on ro?ds WP.re instructed to report a ditures of thr y-ar has swoib-n from forty five revised bill of all the laws on the subject, thousand o nearly eighty thousand doling. &ec & Resolutions were offered by

Dunns: ihesame period contracts for addition-; -ir oeckes to instruct the committee of

al traosportation of the mail in stages for ways and means to reduce all subjects of

about two hundred and sixty-thousand miles, hive tven made, and for seventy thousand O'd '9, annually on bora-back. Seven hundred and fourteen new Posi Offices have been established with;n the year; and the increase of revenue within tba last three years, as well as the augmentation of the transportation by mail, is more than equal to the whole amount cf receipt!?, and of mail conveyance, at the enirj-

mencen-tTit nf the present century, wh?n tho seat of the General Government was removed to this fdac. When we reflect that the objects

ifiVcted by the transportation of the mail are a

men the choicest comforts and enjnyment ofDy dedimus in any county in the state.

social lif, it is pleasing to observe tbat the dia

senjinstioa of tbc) tc cyery corner of our cocr,-

taxation one fourth; by Mr. Reed to in

struct the judiciary committee to report a bill to reduce the fees of all state and county officers; and by Mr. Bullock to instruct the committee of ways o means

to report a bill repealing the poll tax; which was read and ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Boon, the judiciary committee were requested to inquire into the expediency of a law authorising

justices of the peace to obtain evidence

On motion of Mr. Hays, the commit

ter on military affairs were iustructecltc