Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 14, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 December 1823 — Page 2

branch of the service?, which admits ' ccau, and alone; the Atlantic Coat, and

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cf irhi nd'luivMul improvement. I his d sinlilc sii'c IusIk-c:i utaincd by the act reorganizing the staff of the army, parsed on the Uth of April. 1318. he moneys appropiiatcd tor loTlifica-

tio-is have been i

ha . afforded the necessary protection to

our commerce in those seas In the West Indies and the Gull of Mexico, our naval force has been aug

mented, by the addition of several small vessels, provided for by the 4act author-

. i ..i ..U ilw ivurl- rwlv mrrrl' i?inir i r nrhlinnnnl iivnl fnrrt tn the

c a I ' v ap''iieo,aiw ""it . . . . ibiu u i v . . . . . . . - . . - - - as rimdlv as the amount appropriated suppicssion of piracy," parsed by Convould admit. Three important works grcss at tin. ir last session. That armav.ill be completed in lc course of this ment has been eminently successful in

vear ; that is, fort Washington, tort Dela-

ware, and the tort at the Kigaiels, in lou- i isiana. The bsard of engineers, and the topographic corps, have been in constant and active s-vvicc, in surveying the coast, and projecting the works necessary tor its defence. . The military academy has attained a decree of perfection in us discipline and instruction, erpal, as is believed, to any in-notion of its kind in any country. The monc appropriated tor the use ot he ordinance depaitment, has been legui u ty and economically applied. 1 he lab ication of aims at the n tional armories and contract with the department, has b giadualiv improving in quality and c k a.inVs. It is bedewd that their quali v ino-.v sue as to admit ot but little im'.r ov cment

The completion of the fortifications ren-

de-3 it necessarv that there should be a

suitable appropriation for the purpose of

fab-icalmg the cannon and carnages nc rt'ss.ivv for those works.

Under the appropriation of gaOOO, for

cx;v,o'ing the western waters tor ihe lo

cation of a site lor a western armory, a c.)!n nisM'm was constituted, consisting ot

co' M .Ree, cot. Lee. and capt. lalcott,

wi hive been eruraged in exploring the

c oo itrv. I'hcv have not vet reported the

result of their labours, but it is believed that thev will be prepared to do it, at an

c.uiv pvt of the session ot congress.

respects, be effected. It s supposed that higher grades, than r.ow exist by law. would be useful '1 hey would afToid w ell merited rewards to those v o have Ion;; and faithfully served their eountiy; present the best incentives to "cod c nducl, and the best means of ensuring a p:oper discipline; destroy the inequality in that ; respect between the military and naval ! services; and relieve our ofiueis fiom ! many inconveniences and moi tif:catioi:.s which occur when our vessels meet those j

ot other nations ours being the on;y j

the accomplishment of itsobject. The pi

racies bv which our commerce in the

neighborhood of the Island of Cuba had I service in which such grades do not exist.

been afilicled, have been repressed, and A report ot the Postmaster General,

the confidence of our merchants, in a; which accompanies this communicalhn,

great measure, restored. wilt show the present state of the Post The patriotic zeal and cnterprizc of Office Department, and its general opeCommodore Porter, to whom the com- rations for some years past, mand of the expedition was confided, has 1 here is established by law eightybeen fully seconded by the officers and eight thousand' six hundred miles ot post men under his command. And, in re- roads, on which tte mail is now transporficctim with high satisfaction, on the ted eighty-five thousand seven hundred honorable manner in which they have miles; and contracts have been made for sustained the reputation of their country its transportation on all the established and its navy, the scntimcn. is alloyed on- routes with otic or two exceptions, ly by a concern, that, in the fulfilment there ate five thousa d two hundred and of that ardous service, the diseases inci- lory post offices in the Union, and as dent to the season, and to the climate in 1 many postmasters The gross amount which it was discharged, have deprived of postage which accrued bom the fust the nation of many useful lives, and a- ot Juiy, one thousand eight bundled and mong them of several officers of great twenty-two, to the first oi July, one thoupromise. sand eight hunched and twenty-three, In the month of August, a very malig- was one million one hundied and fomnant fever made its appearance at Thomp teen thousand three hundred and fortyson's Island, which threatened the des- five rioilais and twelve cents. During miction ot our station there. Many per- ; the same period, the expenditures of the ished, and the commanding officer was Post Office Depaitment amounted to one severely attacked. Uncertain as to his million one hundred and sixtv-nine thou tatc, and knowing that most of the medi- sand eight hundred and iiu;hty five do!cal officers had been rendered incapable lars and liby-one cents; and consisted of of discharging their duties, it was thought the following items: compensation to expedient to send to that post an officer postmasters, ihtcc bun 'ledund fifty three of rank and experience, with several thousamU nine hundied and ninety five skilful surgeons, to ascertain the origin ; dollars and . ninety-eight cents; inciden-

of the fever, and the probability of its re- tal expenses, thirty thousand ight bun currence there in future seasons; to fur- died and nxiv-ix dollars nd thirty scv-

Ourinir the month of June last general nish every assistance to those who were en c. nts, transpoi latum ot the mail, sev-

A'itey and his party, who were trading ; suffering, and, if practicable, to avoid the en hui.dieu and eighty tour thousand six under a license from the government, necessity of abandoning so important a hundied doiims and light tents; pay were attark-d by the Ricarees while pea- station. Commodore Uodgers, with a merits into the tredsiny tour hundied ce hlv trading with tin Indians, at their j promptitude which did him honor, cheer- and twenty-three dollars and eight cents, re piest Several of the party were kill- fully accepted that trust, and has "dischar- On the fu st ot Jmy last, there was due ed and wounded, and their property tak- j ed it in the manner anticipated from his to the Depaitmem, fiom postmasters, cn rdci royed skid and patriotism. Before his arrival, one hundred and this tj -five thousand tvo Co leav mvorth, who commanded fort j ( ommodore Porter, with the greater hundt eo a..d io.ty-fi;e dollars and twenty

A ki. '-on, at the Council bluffs, the most ' part of the squadron, had removed from eight cents; from late postmasters and

the Island, and returned to the United contractors, two hunuied and fifty-six States, in consequence of the prevailing thousand se en bundled and torty nine sickness. Much useful information has dollars and ihitty one cuit; making a however been obtained, as to the state of ; total amount ot balances due to the l)c

The actual slate cf the publir nctci::.5' furnishes additional evide: ce ct the efficacy of the present svstcm tf accountability, in relation to the ub.ic expenditure. Ot the iv.enev s d: a v. n ium the trear.U! y since the 'Vthol March, 1 o 1 7, tl.c stnn iemaii.ing lii.LCCountt ti !cr en the t September last, is :r.( ie thai a mii:i-n U a half of dollars lc-as tr-i: on the TCtb t September preceding; : :;d dutii.g tl.-j same period u lcductn.n ntai a mill:on of dollars has been made in the nrr.c.uM of the unsettled acccur.s Uj; inr-i.t. s ad

vanced pie. louslv !o ti:e itb it Match. 1817. It wili he t!;vii us l!:at, in :iop.rlion as the mass ci aiCi nrls c! ti e la te; description is dirniu-ihul, by fctih ir.enr, the difficulty oi settii:.g the icsiduc is increased, tiom the con:-iteration, that, in many instances, it can he t blamed only by legal process Tot n ote piecise details on this subject. 1 itfcr lo a icpcit iiciu ihe first comptroller of the treasury. '1 he sum which vras appiopiiated at the last session, for the icpair of tl.s Cumbc rland read, has been r.j. piled with ;-(od effect lo that object. A final i ejun t Iras i oc vet been received f.om the ccrent vh was appointed to superintei d it. As sooa as it is teceived, it shall be communicated lo congicss. Mai.v patriotic ar.d cidiq-litcncd citizcrs who I.ave made tlie subject an ebjtct of particular investigation, Iiavc tugges'td an improvement of tiiil greater imp' rtance. Thev are of opinion that the r atcrs of the hesapeake and Ohio n av bo

r, '; v ore continued cr-

vve.teni post, ap treht nding hat the hos

ti c spirit of th; Hicarees vv mid extend to oth' r tribes in ti.at quarter, & that thereby the lives of the trad, rs on the Missouri, and the peace of the frontier would be cn ! ngcred, took immediate measU' e to che- k the evil VVii'i a d achment of the regt. statio ted at the BmtT, he successfully attacked lu- Hicaree village, an 1 it is hoped tha uc i n impression has been made on tlu-m is well as on the othe- tribes on the Missouri, as will prevent a recurrence of fuiu hostility. The report of tho secretary of war, which is herewith ti ansmittcd will exhibit in greater detail, the condition of the department in i's vrir'n us branches, Sc the p ogn ss which h s been made in its adminis' ration, during the three first quarters of the yen. I ttansmit a return of the militia of the

several states, according to the last re

the Island, and great relief afforded to those who had been necessarily left there. Although our expedition, co-operating with an invigorated administration of the government of the Island of Cuba, and with the corresponding active exertions ot a British naval force in the same seas, have almost entirely destroyed the unlicensed piracies from that island, the success of our exertions has not been cqu ally effectual to suppress the same crime, under ottier pretences and colors, in the neighboring island of Porto Rico. They have been committed there under the abusivc issue ot Spanish commissions. At an eaily period of the present year, remonstrances were made to the govern

or of that island, by an agent, who was

po ts whb h have been made by the pro- sem ror lhe purpose, against those out rt- i- . .i.l .... . ..4' 1 o

per offi cs in each, to the department of

war Bv iclcrence to this return, it will be seen that it is not romplete, although gr-.at exertions have been made to make it s As the defence, and even liberties o tin country must depend in times of imminent danger, on the militia, it is ot the highest importance, that it be well organized armed, and disciplined, through out the Union. fnc report of the secretary f war shews the progress made dutin ; he three first quarters of the present vear, bv the application of the fund

app-Mprnted for arming the militia.

rages on the peaceful commerce of the

United States, which had occurred. That officer, professing his own want of authotitv to make satisfaction for our m just complaints, answered only by a reference of them to the government of Spain. The minister of the United States to that court was specially insttuctcd to urge the necessity of the immediate and effectual interposition of that govern ment, directing restitution and indemnity

for the wrongs already committed, and !

interdicting the repetition of them. 'Ihe

Minister, as has been seen, was debar-

mu. ,i uim u.iv is luuuu m i rcd access to the Spanish Government, t!i ar ns according to the act ot congress anJ jn lhc mean limt scvcral neVf cascs

p ov uiifv tor it, trom the lauu' C oi tnc proper departments in many of the states, to nuke ic;uiar leturns. I he act oi May

partment, ot tnree tiunc'hed ai d ninetyone thousand nine huudreu and ninetvfour dollars and titty-nine cent.-.. Tliese balances embmce all delinquencies of postmasters anu contractu! s, wliich have taken place si. ce ihe organization of the Department lheie was due by the Department to eontiactois, on the first day ol Jmy last, twenty-six tnousand five hundred aiul iorty-eigui dollaii and sixt) four cents. I he transportation ot the mail, within five years past, lias been gieatiy ex tended, and toe cxper.uuui es ot the department piopoitionab.y increased. Although the postage, wnitn has accrued within the last iiuee years, has taben short of tlie expel. dnuies 26,82 i dollars and 46 cents, n appears tnai collections have been made liom the outstanding balances, to meet the principal pait of the demands. L is estimated that not more than two hundied ami fitly tnousand dollars ot the above balances can b. eonccted, and that a considerable paiiot mis sum can only he teuiiseU by a tesort lo legal process. Some improvement in he itceipts tor postage is ex p. cted. A piompt attention to tiic collection ot nn,nes received by jiostmastei s, u is believed, wi.l enable the Depaitment to continue its opeiaii-.ns without aid from the 1 icasu-y u..:ess the expenonuie si:ali be incieused by tlie eslabiishment ot new mail ruutes.

A revision ot some parts of me post

connected

nal, and at an e;;pv;!-t far shoitof the value and impnrtar.ee of the object to be t.blaincd. It this could be cccomplNhcii, it is impossible to calculate the bcmhVial consequences wh.ich would result from it. A gteai poition of the produce oS t! c very tortile country througliAvhich it would pass, would find a maikct thioub that channel. Ttoojs might be moved with gteai facility in war, with cannon, iz every kind ot munition, and in cither direction Connecting the Atlantic with ihe western couniy, in a line passing thro the seat ot the national government, it wouid contribute essentially to strengthen ihe bond .. Union itself.' Believing, as I do, that congress possess the right to appropriate money for such a national object, (tlie jurisdiction remaining to the stales thrcui;h which the canal would ps ) 1 submit it to jour consideration whether it may not be advisable to authorize, by an adequate appi opriation, the employment of a suitable number of the officers of ihe Corns ni rnoinrrrc. tt rv

amine the unexplored ground during tho next season, and to report their opinion ther eon. It will likew ise be proper to extend their examination to the scvcral routes through which the waters of tho Ohm may be connected, by canals, with those ot lak Erie. As the Cumbeiland road will require annually repairs, and congress have net thought it expedient to recommend to the?

i statv s an amendment to the constitution, for lhc purpose of vesting in the United States a power to adopt and cxecu ca system of internal improvement, it is also submitted to your considei a' ion, whether it may n.it be expedient to aui.hoi izc the executive to enter into an ai rangemer.t ; with ihe several states through v.-hi,:!: thy j road passes, to establish tolls, each j its limits, lor tl.c pui pose of clcfr)in;j the expense of figure- 1 epaiis, and of p:oi viding, aUo, tiy suitable penalties, for it prot-.ction against future injuries, ( T'j be concluded in our next.)

the t'Jt;, IS:0, provides that the system of tactics and regulations ot the various corps in the regular army, shall be extended to the militia This act has been vcrv moerfectly executed, from the want of un-for oitv in the organization of the

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of flagrant outrage have occurred, and ofince law may be necessary; am; it is citizens of the United States in the Is- submitted, whethei it woum no Le propland of Poito Rico have suffered, and ! er topiovide h;r th. -i.-.i.imcni ot pustothcrs been tlneatencd with asassina- niasters, ui.eie t c-..pensation extion, for asserting their unquestionable ceeds a eei tain . : y li'-minauon to rights, even before the lawful tribunals the Senate, as oi .ei . i'i,. .,.- ot ti.,. general of the country. . goveinmeni aie appointed. The usual orders have been given to i Having communicated my itWb to

c .. if- f . :in inn iiiiniM s s. 111 sc 7f a iiifi-ir?t ' ron.rii :it f i mi.tm iw......t ..i .1...

tin 1 11 umr"C( iiuMromt 10 ckleetsolthe , - vw-..,.,w.v..iiivm ui ine

svs:em i:self,and, speciallvinitsapplica-',"5015, QnZd in the Slave trade, and last session, re, peeling .he encouu.getinn t-i -hat main arm of 'the public jc. ; onng them in lor aujudication, and I have ment w hich ought to be given t-on. mu-

f me It is thought that this important su cr in all its brandies, merits the atten'i 1 oi enngtess The repor t ol the sect clary ot the navy tvVi'V i now cotimuinicated, furnishes an a Mint of the ad umist ration ol that dc p.V'uent, l(jr the three first quarters of the Mresent vear, with tlie progress made in ui nenting th navv. and the manner in whif h the vessels in commission have been emolnved. I'!ie tisu foict h - been maintained in !ie Mtditerianean oea, the Pacific O-

the gratification to state, that not one so nnfactutes, and t he pimeiple on which i

emjiloyed has been discovered, and there should be founded, I have onlv to add, is goou reason to believe that our fbg is that those views leniuin unchanged, and now seldom, if at all, disgraced by that that the present state ot those commits traflic. with which we have the most immediate It is a source of great satisfaction, that political relations, and gieatest cummerwe are always enabled to recur to'thc cial intercourse, tt nds lo confirm them conduct of our Navy with pride and com- Under this impression, I recommend a mendation. As a means of national de-: review ot ihe tat iH, tor the pin pi.se oi afience.it enjoys the public confidence, ' fording such ad .itional protection to tl.o'se and is steadiiv pssuming addilion.il im-- articles which weaie piepaud to n-Ji.ti-portancc. It is submitted, whether a facturc, or which ai e riu. re in. mem. e tpoie itVicient and equally economical 'connected w ith He defence and hieiepeiiorganization of it might not, in several dencc ol the eountiy.

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at iUrs Jones s. H inserts fiom a single to a full set. Evens, separates, polishes,

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ting, and as free from pain as sound teeth.

He extracts deranged teeth, rr.os, a stumps, with as great care and ca' anv oj)erator.

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