The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 1, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 December 1823 — Page 2

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return, wHl 6#%een that it is not

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although greftt exertions have made, to make it so. Aa the deftnee, and even the liberties, of the «©untry, raast depend,nn times of im* Mediate danger, on the militia, it it of wgheat importance, that it be well ^anized, armed, and disciplined, tughoutthe Union The report of the cretary of War shews the progress lade during the three fir#t quarters of •m present year, by the application of fund appropriated for arming the

Uitia. Much difficulty it found in distributing the arms according to the of Congrese providing for it, from ^ie failure of the proper Departments many of the states, to make regu lactams The act of May the twelfth j®ne thousand eight hundred and iwet. provides that the system of tacticis 88"* regulations of the variuus corps in regular army, sffall be extended to nuiitia. this it| has been ver\ rfectly exectited, trotn tiie want oi [fortuity in the organization of thr mliti*, proceeding from the defects of *y ",e® itaeif, and e»p«zuiiiy its ^ppatation to that main arm ol the one defence. Itn thought that this r««*l asbfeel, istili its brm^chss. an* the atfceation ot Congress.

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In* report of the Secretary of the a*y» w»ca is now aomtnunseated, fur«n account of the idmimstraof that Departnent, tor the three ~rit^ttartera ot the present year, with "W»e pi*tgrem made in augmenting tne jf^aud the manner in which the veain commission have'beea employed. wauai force has been maintained the Mediterranean »ea, the Pacific i-^ttean, and ateng the Atlantic Coast, toar aibfded the necessary protec^•®on to our commerce in those aeaama

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4fn^taM, at their reqoeit. ^vm! of ttrgeent, to ascertain the origin of Ik* party were killed am? wounded and fever, and the probability of its re ^lr Pr°Pert/ *a^cn «ttroir«U. jrHfe reaee there in future seasons} io fur^ivolonel Leavenworth, who com- oiih every assistance to those who

Vfanded Fort Atkhreon, at the council were suffering, and, if practicable, to fluffs, ibe most waiters post, appre- avoid the necessity of abandoning so Bending 1hat the hostii^pirit of the important a station. Commodore RoBicarees would extend tether tribes gers, with a promptitude which did him VI that quarter^ and that thereby the honor, cheerfully accepted that trust, the traders on the Missouri, and discharged it in the manner antici*nd the peace of the Frontier would be, pated from Lis skill and patriotism.— Endangered, took immediate measures Before his arrival, Commodore Porter,

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Vith a detachment of the regiment had removed from the Island, and reItetiOned at the^ BluSi, he successfully turned to the United States, inconseAttacked tbe Ricaree village, and it is quence oif the prevailing sickness.— sloped that such an impression has beeu Much useful information has however in&de on them, as well as on the other been obtained, as to the state of the Isltribes on the Missouri, as wifl prevent and, and great relief afforded to those 4 recurrence of fiiture hostility. who had been necessarily left there.

Ihe.report of the Secretary of War, Although our expedition, co-opera-?k

iRoriziAg aa Motttonaf navat force tor It is supposed that higher jrrad** than piracj," bj now by Ui«, Congreaa at their fast session. That They would afford well merited

5rfaa!!°t ^*^0 eminently success- wards to those who have

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^^P'whment ot its object, faithfully served their country present 2

«vl. ^P^^111011 confided, vessels meet those of other nation* ^Us been fulty secooded by the officers ours being the only service^\* 212 SifcS« rmroa(nd-An'1' »ach -is,

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the greater part of the squadron,

fransmittea, will ex- ting with an invigorated administration

^^t, in greater detail,condition of ot the government of the Island of Calk' *he Department in its various branches, ba, aud with the corresponding active 1 which has been made exertions of a British naval force in the jo 1© administration, during the three same seas, have almost entirely tiesquarters of the year.. troyed the unlicensed piracies from

I transmit a return oftfte militia of that island, the success of our exerseveral states, according to the last tions has not been equally effectual to ¥®porfc» which have been made by the 'suppress the same crime, under other proper officers io fa#h, to the Depart- pretences and colors, in the ueighbotintr ipeat ofWac. Bji^eference to this litliand of Porto Rico. They have beeu 'committed there under the abusive issue ot Spanish commissions. At an early period of the present year, remonstrances were made to the* governor of that island, by an agent, who was sent for the purp se, against thos^ outrages on the peaceful commerce of the (Jotted States, of which many had occurred. That officer, professing his uwn want of authority to make satisfaction for out just complaiuts, answered only by a reference of them to the rernment ot Spaiu. The minister of the United States to that court was pecially instructed to urge the necessity of ttie immediate and effectual interpolation of that government* directing restitution aud indeWhity for wrongs already committed, apd interdicting the repetition of them. The

Minister, as has been seen, debarred access to the Spanish tiovernment,, and, in.the mean time, several cases of flagrant outrage have occurred, anif citizens of the United States in the island of Porto Rico Ifeve suffered, and others beeu threatened with assassination, for asserting their unquestionable rights,even before $|e JawM tribunals of the country,

The usual orders have hnto^vea to ail our public ship#, to siexe American vessels e*g*8eJ the Slave trade, and bnag Uiem in adjudication^ ami I have Me gratification 10 state, that not one so employed has been discovered, andth^re is good reason to believe that our flag is now seldom, if at all, disgracedi by that traffic

It is a source of great satisfaction, that we are always enabled to recur to the. conduct ol our .Navy with pride and commendation. As a means of national defence, it enjoys the public conbdence, and is steadily assuming importance. It is uubrnit-

fnd tlieGutf of additional ..

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tted, whether a more efficient and e«uai

or«*»i»tion

of it m.-ht

he be in iv to go on

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vuja htd been affi.cted, have been re- er discipline destroy the inemfifi?*. ^pressed,, and tne confidence ot our in that respect 4»etween the n?«litai Siardiants, in a great measure, restored, and nayal services and relieve our otrnm *eal

enectingwitb high satisfaction, on A report of the Postmaster G.n«.r»t

the honorable to,. ...u.™,! .b. repuuuoo-uT S w.iuh^TeT^^'^u'TT^p0'',' Country ajid its navv. the sentimont Pre»eni state ol the Post pMtSe°e,a'°" pnmlment of that ardous service th. rh«M ^, past. diseases incident to the season, and to eight thousand '?w

•lie climate in which it was disihwaed oost rolri. humlred miles of have deprived the nation of many use^ transDorted'^ KJ

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of ensuring a prop-

«htcrP"» officers from many inconveniences ana

the com- mortifications, wh.ch occui whet,

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In the month of August,* vtrj ma- the wtifciu^'TOtST^ul^n^iw'tw1 lignant fever made its appearance at exceptions. The» Siojipson's Island, whieh threateued two hundred and forty post offices"!! tfie destruction-of our .Ution there.- ''e «ud as nuny pinaster, perished, and the^ commanding i'ne gross amount Ji postage which officer was severely attacked. Uacer° accrued from ^.'Vf »o^kno«inS that l&M to the first of July lsL. JL' most of the irredical ofitcers had beeu «ne million one

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411^ eifei-tcace^ with teveral ikilfu^ turea of the Post 0^cc Oe^-unem

twelve cents—

the same period, the expench

amoOnte(! 0 one million one hundred |Cumberland RoRa, 1ia§

and sixty-nine tho,U8|nd.eight liuudred with good effect to that obiect and eighty five dollars and fifty-one nul reporj has not yet heel cents and consisted of the following from the agent who was anDOinf.3 itemn: compensation to postmisters. superintend it. As soon as it

ment, of three hundred and ninety-one thousand uine hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-nine cents. %he*e balances embrace all diiinquehces ol postmasters and contractors, which have taken place since the organisation of the department. There was due by the department to contractors, on the first day of July last, twenty-six thousand five heudred aud forty eight dollars and sixty-four cents.

The transportation of the mail, within five years past, has been greatly extended, afid thfe expenditures of the Department proportion ably increased. Although the postage, which has accrued within the last three years, has fallen short of the expenditures two iiuudred and siity-twothousand eight hundred and twenty one dollars aud fortysix cents, it appears that collections have been made, from the outstanding balances, to meet the principal part ot the cuerent demands.

It is estimated, that not more than fwo*hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the above balances can be collected, a fid that a considerable part of this sum can only be realized by a resort to legal process. Some improvement in the receipts for postege, is expected. A prompt attention to the collection of moneys received by postmasters, it i' believed, will enable the department to continue its operations without aid lrom the treasury, unless the expenditures shall be increased by the establishment of wowail rootes.

A revision $f some parts of the post ofSeelaw ma|t toe neeessa^y and. it ,s submitted, whether it wouid not be pro-

per to provide tor the "appointment of

expenditure Of the moneys drawn

seventeen, the sum rtmainTnrunac

three Iwndred and fifty-three thousand jed it shall be communicated t„ nine hundred and ninety-five dollars 'gress. Wf011* and ninety-eight cents incidental ex-1 Many patriotic and enli«rhteniid cU penses, tlurty thousand eight hundred zens, who have made the sSbiect J1* and sixty-six dollars and thirty-seven ject of particular investigation h°/cents transportation of the mail, seven suggested an improvement'°of still arelf hundred and eighty-four thousand six eHmportance. They are of the onL hundred dol ars and eight cents pay- ion that the waters of the ChesanS ments luto the treasury, four hundred* and Ohio may be connected towt£? and twenty-three dollars and eight^"by one continued canal, and at fn V*' cents On the^rst of Jnly last, there pense far short of the value and import was due to the Department, from post-

lialf of dollars leas than on the thirtieth ^P°

lialf of dollars leas than on the thirtieth of September preceding and during the same period, a reduction of nearly a million of dollars has been made in the amount of the unsettled accounts for moneys advanced previously to the fourth of March, one thousand feight hundred and seventeen. It will be obvious that, in proportion as the mass of accounts of the latter description is diminished, by .settlement, the ditficulty of settling the resiuue is increased, from consideration, that, in many instanC#*G if Ann .Li.!. 1 1

ces, it can be obtained only by leeai

process. For more precise details on

this subject, I refer to a report from Uie "1™

hrst comptroller of the treasury. 2,t

The sum which was appropriated at

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masters, one hundred and thirtj-five thiscouldbeaccoroplished.it is

thousand two hundred and forty-live sible to calculate the beneficial XT. dollars and twenty-eight cents from quences, which would result fromT ate postmasters and contractors, two A great portion of the produee of the hundred *nd fifty-six thousand seven very fertile country through which hitrwlrpil and fortv^ninn nnrl U1CQ it hundred and forty-nine dollars and woGld pass, would find a nwr^t'throuffh that channel. Troops might be moved

thirty-one cents making a totftl a- that mount of balances due to th« depart- with great facility in ww.wUh"™™'*

postmasters, where the compensation °ne

exceeds a certain amount, by

ly to add, that those views remain un-

changed, and that the present state of I"®,

those countries with which we have the most immediate political relations, and greatest commercial intercourse, tends to confirm them. Under this impression, I recommend a review of the tariff, for the purpose o» affording such additional protection to those articles which we are prepared to manufacture, or which are more immediately connected with the defence and independence of the country. *1 he actual state of public "accounts furnishes additional evidence of the el'ficiency of the piesent system of accountability, in relation to "the public ^re8q,ne

those countries with which we ha we

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n„m.na- tw«nty-two,

tion to the Senate, as other officers of thousand «cven half the general government are aptSed ff^cd

Haying communicated my vie & to Piepsasa shelter for vessels fro® Congress, at the commencement of the last session, respecting the encouragement which ought to be given to our manufactories, and the principle on which it should be founded, 1 have on-

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and every kind of munition, and in e£ ther direction. Connecting the Atlan* tic with the Western country, in a lino passing through the seat of the national government it would contribute essen* tially to strengthen the bond of unioii itself. Believing, as I do, that Con* gress possess the right to appropriate money lor such a national object, (thf. jurisdiction remaining to the state* through which the canal would tss,) I submit it to your consideration whethef it may not be advisable to authorise bjf an adequate appropriation, the employment of a suitable number of o£acerfr of the corps of engineers, to examine the unexplored ground, |uring the next season, and to report their opinion thereon. It will likewise be proper to extend their examination to the several' routes thrdugh which the waters of th# Ohio may be connected, by canals^ with those of Lake Efie As ihe Cumberland road will require annual repair^ and Congress have not thought it expe* dient to recommend to the states an a* mendment to the Constitution, for the purpose of vesting in the United State* a power to adopt and execute a system of internal improvement, it is also sub* mitt to your consideration, wh' ther it may not be expedient to authorise tb» Executive to enter into an arrangement with the several states through whiei* the road passes, to .establish tolls, eacb within its limits, for the purpose of fraying the expense of future repair^ and of providing, jdso, by suitable penal* tie's, for its protection against future ia| juries

Congres^of t^e sevenA

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dollars for

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appropriated till

purpose of erecting

ice, near Cape Herilopen, Ddawaiil Bay. 0 effect the object of the acfy the officers of the Board of Engineer with Commodore Bainbridge, were

Prefar® plans and estimates of

t0 answer tbe

b?.t^eaet

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^appears by their

which accompanies the docq*

ments from tbe War Department, thai the appropriation is not adequate to tbe purpose intended and, as the pin would be of great service, both to the navigation of the Delaware Bay, andthff protection of vessels on the adjacent parts of of the coast, I submit for th® consideration of Congress whether ai* ditional and sufficient appropriation! should not be made.

The Board of Engineers wefe al«# directed to examine and survey the cd* trance of the harbour of the port of

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'.n Pennsylvania, in ord»

an est,mate

from the Treasury, since tho fourth of obstructions to the March, one thousand eight hundred and r*

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counted for, on the thirtieth of ieptem- ,pu.rP°.sei.by

KaM Iraki A 1 II..

ber last, is more than "a "million'TncTa P^?s®d

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k^u

ilii'iast sessiQa, for the ren^ir kr\\ calculations of interest. «paif of the. qumtion, with a View to

the expensrot

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P!ano^tlie best mode of

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act of

purpose,

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March last. W*

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accompanies th«

papers from the War Department, is submitted for the consideratioB Congress.

A strong hope has been long tamed, founded on the heroic strugg'J of the Greeks, that they would

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in their contest, and resume their eju** station among the nations of the

earth.

It is believed that the whole civilize® world takes a deep interest in their welfare. Although no power has declare® in their favour, yet none according our information, has taken part

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