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scrne than debt. In like manner, the cs- j timate of appropriations for the navy tie- ! rjartmenL will nrcsent an arTrcp-ate sum

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ot upvvarus 01 mree millions ot dollars. About one half of these, however, cover the current expenditures of the navy in actual service, and one half constitutes a fund of national property, the pledge of our future elory ard defence. It was

scarcely one short year afier the close of!

the late war, and when the burden of its j expense and charges was weighing heaviest upon the country, that congre .s, by the ' act ot 29th April, 1816, appropriated one ! million of dollars annually, lor eight years ; to the gradual incieasc of the navy. At a subsequent period, this annual appropria- ; tion was reduced to half a million for six j years, of which the present year is the 1 rlast. A yet more recent arp-.-opriation j the last two years for building ten sloops of war, has nearly restored me o iginal appropriation of 1316, of a million for cv- i ery year. The result is before us all. ! We have 12 line of battle ships, 20 fri-j gates, and sloops of war in proportion ; ! which, with a fev months of preparation, may present a line of fl nting fortificati- ' ons along the whole range of our coast, ! ready to meet any invader who might at- ! tempt to set foot upon our shores ; combi- : ' nim' with a svstem of fortifications upon the shores themselves, commenced .moot the same time under the auspices of my immediate predecessor, and hitherto sys- ; tcmatically pursued, it has placed in our possession the most effective sinews of war, and has left us at once an example Sc , a lesson, from w hich our own duties maybe inferred. The gradual increase of the ( navy was the principle oi which the act ofthe29t!i April, 18i6, was the first developemcnt. It was the introduction of a ' system to act upon the character and history of our country for an indefinite set k s of ages. It was a declaration of that congress to their constituents and o posterity, that it was the destiny and the duty of these confederated states,, to become, in regular process of time, and by no petty advances, a great n ival p )v.xr. That which they p:oposed to accomplish in eight years, is rather to be considered as the measure of their means, than the lim- ' ilation of their design. They looked lorwatd for a term of years suilicicnt for the accomplishment of a definite portion of their pm pose ; and, they left to their suecensors to fill up the canvas on which they ! had traced the large and piophctic line. The ships of the line, and frigates which : they had in contemplation, will beshoitiy ! completed. The time which they had allotted for the accomplishment of the ! work has more than elapsed. It remains j for your consideration how their succesaors may contribute their portion of toil

and of Measure lor the benefit of tne succeeding age, in the gradual incieasc of outnavy. There is, perhaps, no pan of the exercise of the constitutions powers f

the Federal government, which lia- given j

more general satisfaction to tne people ot the Union than this. The sys' em has not been thus vigorously introduced, and hi

therto sustained, to be now departed Irum j or abandoned. In continuing o provide; for the gradual increase ol the navy, it j may not be necessay or expedient to add ; for 'the present any nunc to the number j of our ship; but should you deem it ad- j isablc to continue the ycaily appropria tions of half a million to the same objects, it may bo profitably expended, in piovid- I ing a supply of timbers to be seasoned, ! and other m Uerials for iuture use ; in the j construction of clocks, or in laying the j foundations of a school for the naval ed- j ucation. as to the wisdem ot confess, ei j

ther ofthes.- mea ires may appear to claim the ptererence. Of the smill portion of this Navy en gaged in actual service during the peace, squadrons have continued to be numiai:icd in the Pacific Ocean, in the West In

dia Seas, and in the Mediterranean; to j which has been ad Ud a small armament, ; to cruise on the Eastern Coast of Souih , America. In ail they hac alio: ded pio- i tection to our commerce, have contiibu- ; ted to make our counliy advantageously j known to foreign nations, have honoiabiy ' employed multitudes of our seamen in j the service, ol their couritiy, have united ; nnmbets of youths of the lising rcnera- ; tion to lives of manly hardihov'd and of nautical experience and skill. The piracies v.i'h which the Wt t India Seas were for scieral vi ars infected, have been total- j ly suppressed Irit, in the Medi ci in ; near., they have increased in a manner af- j fiictive to other nations, ami but. for the j continual presence ol out squadron, would j

prcbab'.v have Ik en disliessmg r our own. The war which has unh i tunately biokcn out kuvctn the Republic of Buenos Avi es and the Biuziliaii (ioveuiinent.hai given tiseto vciy great irrcgu lantics among the Naval Officers of the latter, by u b un principles in relation to blockades, and to ncc.tial nav icaiicn, hae been brought iorw.n !. te whicii we cannot

subscribe, and which our own Commander have found it necessary toiesist From the friendly disposition towards the United States manifested by the Emperor of Brazil, and the very useful and friendly commercial intercourse between the United States and his dominions, we have reason to believe that the just reparation demanded for the injuries sustained by several of our citizens from some of his officers, will not be withheld Abstracts from the recent despatches of Commanders of our several squadrons aie communicated with the Report of the Secretary of the Navy to Congress. A Report from the postmaster General is likewise communicated, presenting in a highly satisfactory manner the result of vigorous, efficient, an economical administration of that Department. The

revenue of the office, even ot the year j including the latter half of 1024, and the .; first half of 1 825, had exceeded its ex- ;

penditures by a sum of more than foriyfive thousand dollars. I hat of the succeeding year has been stili more pioductive. The increase ot the receipts, in

the year preceding Use first of Julv last, ! over that of the year before, exceeds one ; hundred and thirty-six thousand uoilars, J

and the excess of the i cceipts over the expenditures of the year has swollen from toity-fiw thousand to nearly cig.uy thousand dollars. Dm ing 'he same period, contracts hjv nddL'mnal ttansportati-

bright example. If we turn ourthcughts to the condition of their country, how re splendent and sublime is the transition from gloom to gloiy ! Then, glancing through the same lapse of timct in the condition of the individuals, we see the fit st day marked with the fulness and vigor of youth, in the pledge of their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, to the cause of freedom and of mankind And on the last, extended on the bed of death, with but sense and sensibility left to breathe a last aspiration to Heaven of blessings upon their country ; may we not humbly hope that to tnem, too, it was a pledge of transition from gloom to g'ory ; and that while their mortal vestments were sinking into the clod of the valley, thei;' emancipated spirits were ascending to the boaom of their God ! JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Washington, Dtc 5, 1826.

T.HK. 'rcsTKUX SUN

V1JVCK yVJYH S, DECEMBER 23, 1826

on of the mail, in stages, lor about two

hu .dred and sixty ihous md miles, have been made, and for sevi my thousand

miles, annually, on hoi seh.-.ck. Seven 1

hundied and fourteen new Post Offices havo been established within the year ; and the incieasc of the revenue within the last three vta s.t.s well as the aug-

w.t tiia'i .'i of ilea ti an ;,-..) tatioo by mail, j i

h more than equal to -e whuie. amount of receipts, and o.' mail conveyance, at the commencement, of the prewnt century, when the seal ol tin Gent-sat Government was removed to this place When wc reflect that the objects effected by tire t; ansjri taiicn ol tht. mail aie a-

mong the choicest comforts ;.t;d enjoy- ; mc.nts o social life, it i ph as'mg i o oh- j servo, that the dissemination of them to every corner of our coivitrv has out stti; - . )td their increase etn the iaj;id march ! of our popuiatiiMi. By the Treaties v.ifu France and Spam, j respecthely cedii.g la.ui iarra and ti e . Fioridas to the Uni'ed States, prois"n n was made for the sccnri'.y of land lilies derived fiom the Govti nments oi ih. v nations. Sosne in ogress has been made. ; under the aulhoiity of ai'!oi.rs Acts ,f , Congress, in the ascertainment and e-jtab i lishmcnt of those titles : but claims te a !

very large extent remain unadjusted. The public faith, no less than she just tighis of individuals, and the interest of the community ilseif, appeat s to -equ're lip ther provision for the speedy s-tt!c me.it of these claitns, wh.ich I th v re fori: rccommttii! to the cat c and atlciuioti of the Legislaiure. In c:nfornii'.y tti'h the pr visions of the ;ict of 2oih May last, to -provide foi o uciing a Peniu nii iry in ilie Dis iictof Columbia, and for other purposus, three Commissioners weie appointed to se:ect a she for the election of a Penitentiary for the District, and also a site in the county of A'examiria for a com ly Jai! : both of which have been t ff-cted The building of the Penitentiaiy has b en commenced, and is in such a degree of forwaidness rs to piomiae that it will be completed before the m; eting of the next Congress. This consideration points to the expediency of uiaiuiing, at the present session, a system for the reguhjion and government of the penitential y. and of defining the classed effenccs u hich shall he punishable by confinement in this edifice. In closing lids communication, I trust that it v. ill not be deemed inupprepi iate to the o ccasion and pm poses upon which we are assembled, to indulge a momentary retrospect, combining, in a sb.gle glance, the period ol our ot igin as a National Confederation with that of our present existence, at the precise interval of half a century fiom each other. Since your last meeting at this place, the Fiftieth Annivcrsaiy of the day when our Independence was declared, lias been celebrated throughout our land ; and on that day, when eveiy heart vv.,s hounding with joy, and every voice was tuned to gt animation, amid the blessings of Freedom and Independence, w hich the siiesol u form er age had handed down to their childicn, twoof the principal actoi s in that solemn scene, the hand that penned the evermemorable Declaration, and the voice that sustained it in debate, weie, by one summons, at the distance of seven bundled miles lrom each other, called be

fore the Judge of all, to account for their 1

deeds done upon the earth. Thcydepar- i

ted cheered by the benedictions ol their country, to whom thev left the inheritance

of their fame, and the memory of their j

I have in to day's paper given the message of the president at the opening of the congress its great length has excluded almost every thing else ; however, no apulogy is neccssa:y for so doing, as nothing couid have been furnished possessing equal inipoitar.ee. 1 have received governor Ray's message to the legislature at the opening of the session, and shall commence its publication next week. I have seen letters from G. W. Johnston, and 13. V. lie ekes, esip s. they slate that there is a prospect of a ! ng session that it is probable the state tax will be reduced one fourth that there is a surplus of money in the treasui y, after paying all expenses of the gm e: nme-iit U.r the past year that James Nobic, Fsq. hns been i e elected to the Senate oi ihe United States

Important to Kurmets.

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I'OU SIMNNINO If 001. A NO COT OS FUOM Tin-; noLL, (i'cii and for family, iO.d f;tlUM USl S.

su: sci du r takes this method to

)!) te pubjicthat he owns the

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cxciiisi'. e i ic

Vertical Spinner,

As M-cuv-i! Letters Pa'ent, !er '.lie states o! .M -,zuriy (.-os, at id hid c;a except tvi.:i:) toui comities, which he has disposed ot ;,im ,-. ;,!;! ug in t fit. state ; and now oilers for sah , cointy or state iiifiHT-i, fin advantageous te ins to pur-ei-.. ;is. This ma- huie is simple c durable in its constt net ion and a machine of six sp'mehes viil pioducc mere yain lrom the rod, than four common w-hceis. with less lahon , ;:,'i ol a s..p: tiorquali'y The su'.scriher wishes not to recommtnd these iubou: saving machine-- higher than they wiil lS'omriiend themselves but tlivit pea sons desirous of seeing the machine in operation won hi call at Mr. John C.Claik's lloiei. and examioc iis merits for themselves. CHARLES POMEROY. Vincei.nes. Dec. 2, 1826. 43-tf ilLCOMMEND ATIONS-3 X l'AOLi, Nov, ail, 1826. llaving at diffeient times witntssed Mr Brown's Vertical Siinner in operation, and at the request of Mr. Pomeroy, stale without any hesitation, that it will in my opinion, be found a conuenient and labour saving machine in spinning wool, tocveiy family who find domestic household manufactme advantageous. JONATHAN JENNINGS. Lebanon (O ) July 22, !825. Having seen the Vertical iinner in operation, I take much pu..suic, incompliance with the icquest ol .ir. Coffecn, who has

acquiicd an interest in the patent right, to state my opinion of it. Lt appears tome, that it is well adapted to the saving of much labour, and that it recommends itself to the public patronage, by that consideration, as well as by its great cheapness and utility. HENRY CLAY. July 8, 1826 I have ccn a spinning machine, called a Vertical i'nifr, exhibited duting the last session of the Legislature of New York, at Albany, by Mr. West, and I then concurred in the general opinion then entertained in favor of its great utility, and I have seen no reason since to change thai opinion. ' DEW ITT CLINTON. o :;oTiCK. thoc indebted to the estate of jOul. Jzctb Meek, (late of Pike county, Indiana,) deceased, aie requested to call and settle their lespeclive accounts also those having claims against vaid estate ate requested 10 present them properly authenticated for settlement The estate is believed to be solvent. LEWIS BECK, and 4dmini l-UEDEIU K BECK, stratars. December 12, 1826. 45-3t

State of Indiana, PIKE COUNTY, Pike Circuit court. Auuitit ttrm. 1826.

James IUcdy, pltff 1 ,

J III loill , m

vs.

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tachment.

Henry Mc Kitrick.

Thomas C Hie wart. Garnishee.

AT this lime came the plaintiff, by his attorney, and the attachment heiein issued having been returned by the Shcliff vv heieupen, on motion. It U order' cd by the ccur. That the Clerk of this court give n otice of the pendency of said attachment according to law, and thai this cause be continued unlilthe next tcrmcf ibis courf. A copy test, JOHN M. INTIRE, Clk p c c Decerr.bei 2 1826 4-6t

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Public Notice "TfS hereby given, that, nine weeks after date, application will be made to the Register of the land cfiice at Vincennes, for the renewal of a certificate in the name of George W L. Jones deceased, for the south east quaiter of section No. four, in Township No. two south, of rai. go No ten west, in the District of lands of

fered for sale at Vincennes And also 1 for the renewal of a certificate for the south east quarter of section No. five, in Township No. two south, of range No. ten west, in said Districtwhich was entered in the name of said Jores and one Basil Brown ; and by said Brown, transferee! to the undersigned, as administratrix of scid J'mes the original certificates having been los ordestioved. Given under mv hand at Piinceton. Irduna, this 16th day of November, A D. 1826. SALLY JONKS,rfwrx. 0 42-9 Gcr.rge W L. Jove, d'ed Fulling Dying & Dressing jlMIE subset iber tcspectlully inh.rms S tin public that he has the abo.e busincps in full operation superintended bv a mofessed workman he will be able

to give satisiaction to iiwnouav can H. D. WHEFLER. IS . l. . T n cy r a a .

571 vvKhto piircl;ase a quantity of SKET COTTON, the Barren Cotton will be pteferred II . D W. Female School vf Vincennes. 1 he .Sisters of Lhaiity EG icav lespe-ctludy to mlo- m their i jcnds, Sc the public, that they have

1 ecommtnci d their schf.ol. The teachcie are ihe s.ime as formerly, ab well as tho iu!es and terms ot tuition Aithough we have sustained a gieat ioss by the death of ' u; beloved and much regretted sister Harriet, in domestic affasis ; although our sex has been deprived of one of its biightest and most accomplished members; yet we hope the school will not suffer ; ny thir g by it since teaching no longer appei t?in' d to hct department. W e call to om former pupils, their parents or guardians, to attest whether we arc deserving of libcrai patronage, ar.d qualified for tutcting young females, as wel! superintending their education We piedg' ourselves that no trouble shall be spa-d to fill the expectations ol every inunidual 45-tf Det-cmbfr 13. f::6. V aluable Pioperty forS. U.

PVJHE urdciiL'n f! .as for s; a UL able scite for WATER WORKS, wheteon is new ererud ; Saic and Grist Mill. This situation is adjoi: i- g Lawiencevi'Ie, the county seat of Lavvunre cour.'y, Illinois, ten miles west of Vincennes on the river Embaras, and on '.he road leading from said place to St. I ouis, 3nd to Var.dalia. The river at this place has a very excellent Limestone bottom, and is navigable for laigc brats, at the usual time of exporting pioducc ; th cuntry around this mill, is very fertile, n; well settled 'fhe scarcity of Mill ?frs in this country makes this placr a vcy desirable object toar.y person who n av wish to embark in that line of business and will be sold low. in vo or three months at public sale, if nt sooner disputed of. For particulars, apply to the subscriber living in Lawrenre c untv. Ill SOLOMON SHUf ER. December 4. 8?6. 45-tf SIAMMKUIiVa josepTu)0 TilBtE. vts (or HINDOSTAN. 1SD ) ITNFORMS the citizens ol the western 3 country, that he has procured the art ol curing persons troubled with that complaint he can at any time be consulted at his house in Hindostan. 44-5t December I, 1826. The Editor ol the I crrc-IIoute pa pervvill please insert the above adve rtise: rnent five wecek. J.D.C.