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1- v. a . ;rnt - I i ttr.rt the bias of

i. r v legislation.' that the , t-r- i ! 'erain rrrt-t s-i'miit to this ev

cii-i fV-..:i the f.-eigu mnUols of t'-;r pro I t. -: th r. the hipprr3 m iif .!:! i i:-,r ship-, thetral; of the N .lh viiit.: it tV- w I, u vr and the

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of ancient ti n -"j existed more than five ' crtions for iUt gradual increase and im centuries without a law for the punish- provement of ths Navy, prepares foi ment of parricide. Lur extensive cou ilry a condition of

More than once, however, in the pro-: defends adapted to any critical cmcr jress of our history, h vo Uie I'.mplej gency which the varying coarse o! Htid th' Lr)'i!aturt-3 of one or mjreuvciits may hriir forth. Ovir advan State?, in tnotnr-tits of CA:tlfMt:it, t:','t u ; c in thrsc concerted systetrs havi instituted to this rotiilirt; and t! ' '(or t!ie la?t ten years heen steady and

m:at.s ol ali.-ctMii; thti impnljr tiave , proi;re?3ivc ; and ia a few years mort

.tpieted in to leave no

ai'j: -iicnsion toat our sen

oim St ite:cots will ver ajjain cill-r a tht itre ot

ii ivf ever dflc,: 1 1 J to iheir I j 'iI j ho?!i!? ifjv i.n. (K" the poster of prononr.rinj: ati iv t j The next cf these cardinal measures of C-)ti:reM uru-0!t:iti!tioi:.il; htit tlwy of policy, is tin; prelirmtiarj to great h'lve delegated to thrm, powers, by the ; and Listing work of public improve-

cX'-rcisf ol which tli execution of tlie ; men, in the surrevs of roads, cxamina

it.'fS f'.irve it thuir Ijomj.,1, ! i -vs of Co!;res within t!,-c Statf miy'lson for the course of canals, and Ii

w.t.lo w.i i! poplo s!i ill piV lri-1 b.r ioisted. Ifwtj hMpp)-i t!e c t: -c ! hour Jjr the rernor 1 of the obitruction'b i"c i. i.t.-i'. in bj-tiy tu h cl i 1 'v J of i'.icli colliding Lii uiun surtrainrdj in rivers and Jnrbors, first commenced f r irb; th t the ('jiirfss oil by t!ie corropondini; Iac ulive aid bv the act of Congress of 30th April, L uo,i ,rf iu,; tt r.'-t ro the' Judititl authorities I'.trtotism n J ' 1 fl 2 1 .

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The report rxbihits in 1 table the furds appropiiated at the last and preceding Ses-ions of Congress, for all those forti tiratioTij, f urve s and works of public

i tt limn t i h'-cr- tary of , miprovt -ment ; the manru r in which i i . o ' i i j v i i tj i -ibordiinteltht'se funds have hern applied, the a-

n'i 1 1 Oi inoi i-p irtmem,: mount expends! uroa the s veral work-

son ol to' jui'ilic itl- under con-tiuc'.ion, atid the foitlno

?;:m whiih tniv be n'c f? uv t' compK te thn. I i a ' rood, the wi U projoc c 1 by t!i Iitrd of I' iiiaer whicti h ive iio' h"Mi o:nm n ed, and V.te jtim ite f their t In a third. t,,c rcoort of o a'oi:a!

he honor cfour ccunlry and the iigltS:thc Public Ruilditg3 inthis City exbib. of our citircn9 have been asserted aud'its the expenditures upon tbem in tlie

vindicated. 1 ho appearance oi r.ew j course cf the current year. It will b -qtndrons in the Mediterranean and the ecen that the humane nnd bep.eToleL blockade of tiie Dardanelles, indicate; intentions of Congress in prcriding. ,j he danger of other obstacles to the j the Act of 20li May, 1 C26, for the ercC. Veedom of commerce, and the ncccs-J tion of u Peuiter.tiary in this DUtric

i t y ol i;eepmg our Saval lorce in those; have deen accomplished. aut!r'.

Seas. To the suggestion repeated in: ity of further legislation i3 now requ:-.

UK! reporiot me oecretary ol the iVivy;eu lor me removal to mis tenement o? ii.d tending to the permanent im- the offenders against the laws, gen tea. provement of this institution, I invite ced to atone by personal confinement for the favorable consideration cf Con- their crimes, and to provide a code fJf gress. their employment and governraet: A resolution of the hou?e of Repre- while thus cuntined.

sentatives, requesting that one of ouri The Commissioners appointed consmall public vessels t-hould be sent to formibly to the Act of 2d M.irch.l S27

tlie r.icijic Uceari and booth bea, to examine the coasts, islands, harbors, shoals and reefs, in those f as, and to iscertatn their true situation and de scription, hs been put in a train of execution. Tlie vessel is nearly ready to depart; tlie successful accomplishment

if the expedition may be greatly facil

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iovi'ooe- li ii tet t oo a to pro I) riaje, with io:i!i lonre. If-at lW ire diet! o w ? frr ia:oiH Tfte ob?'ro tion o o:e av Si ic (d tr i 'o u d u:iir: o j"i'tly opens a . i--o t -n'o-llier Th ron!'(ij.nce of the tanir will ! toi iT'.'V? to? ex 'i irt x' ion. and to di

tated by suitable L"gi?laivo proviloii? ; ai d p irticulai ly by an appronri-

ttion to d. fray its i.ecessary expense I'f.e addition ( a second, and perhaps, i third vessel, with a slight aggravation f the eo!i, wf.uld contribute much to ' c -a'e'y of t!ie citizens mbaiked on

iM- U 'dcrJaking, the refults of which : y bt of the deepest interest to our . o i-.try. With the report of the Secretary cf

I'mpI if VitiT at t ,! ;. i ry c.i'i-, !ie N ivy, will lie submitted, in conformy at iV s. I'-u;.'. t'ot t i rt -n for iiitv to the Act ef Conr.s3 of third

v r ; fur co i o: the yrar, an I the dncip j :i!;.a!iriii ( 'cd oo v irt o, poi-.ts otjklatch, 1 07. for the grailii al improve- . ii-! of the i rmv. l i,'0-o not cat; eh : , ir Atlantic r-.at !o:;i Kb o ir l-iaa'! i mot of the .N'-iv x of the U-dted States - , i . . . i '

-f atcaiei;ts of the expenditures under tbat act, and of the measures taken fr carrying the same into ttTc(t. Kve-

i) s ction ol that statute contains a distinct provision, looking to the great object of the wln.de, tlie gradual improvement of tlie Navy . Under its salutary

-auction, btores of ehip-timbrr have been procured, and are in p:.;crs, of -eao:ing and preservation (or the future u-es of the Navy. Arrangementhave b en made for the preservation of the l:ve o ik timber growing on the lands of the United Slates, and for its

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a -.i'" ini!iifu -( I if a" e; t'oo oi t . j:'r s is p irlicr m . it itie pra ' ul iri V itivi'ed I tt.at p I of t.'iC Uep )i t . o- 'v bv tti- rj of t..e Scietii ef W ar vhiJi o .:iccr;.o -r j fi. "Kir f r; -xitiug y.Mn of o or relri'ii'o oft'i " r'o i-tito , wrfi i!i Irdi la tribes. At t!ie e-tab-

t i;ts f 7 Fiii".H todi- nnent ol tlie Te h ral G verprn nt. ivii. :( f r :ig' li-.v-' laJer th" pri sent Constitution cf the 1 I ry of tbi; L. !: I'nilc- i S ite-j. tbr ptmciple was adop-

J '; V'nlij lie: tin:f of toe lis p.-io:i of. ted of collide, i.ig them as foreign and

y n m i o'j at of be;iI olive de it: Jependui powers ; and also as pro

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ticrotioo. it was forJlId by some of ; prii tors of lands. They were, moieo

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ver, toiiij'1 re J as savages, whom l' is our policy and our duty to use our

'iuilo.-nc in ceoiverling to chrisli irnly , and in Imaging wi.hin iho pale of civi ii , .t: n. t , A in 1 'prnd oit Powers, we negotiated with tlo-oi 'y treities; as proprie1 1 r. w e p o cb i-i d of thm all the 1 in Is ; .vhich we ccul 1 prevail upon them to ;-ill; as bia tlueii of the homau race,

f l r ii ! -i an 1 igo'.r tut, wc endeavored to of , 'n..g theiii to the knowledge of reli-

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u.oo ar;; "i w:ii ne I aiio'VPii nv ir.i in i e, jii an.i oi iei; -r-. i ue uium iic uuCica.e 1 : up art a'ion of o'hers tbo .!ot i -Un wa to incorporate in oar own inupoownich will s ipnlv the dib tea -tituli mi- th l pirtion of them which eie. wbicli th" ili.ni' i-he 1 i r p a t ation j c o il 1 ie couveiled to the state of civili u ill ot't.-T Jvio o: o-ivi. Til" otf-ct ' z ti on. la the practice of Kucpein of tixitioo npio ro-n'i1:, can sel !a n , S.'at-s, be fire our devolution, they had

m. foreseen with certainty. It mu-t a

Vide th- trst of i xp-riencc. As et htlb ad litieii of cost Ins been experience J u i th" articles bu len" 1 with h . viT 1 o i-s ''V th I it t ritf Tfi!' i r I . ! . .

UO'O'.'-I n in i 10" i r 1 1 1 r e r f inpie s v s un ' or a kind re 1 a r'i( I ' it a I-'" price l id th- eo e"l ner p i) s the tna ite to the I il ir it his own co ritrvnu. w hich he tti i it otacrwi-e hive p lid to frei "i i:; 1 a-try and toil. T:;-: tu ilfof the hit session w n iti :t5 d :! .,'., Il )t arc-pt iblr; to the gr"ot idt-'i't of any parti ei of the I; n u, n t I". n t the in!ent which it w jp.on .! i'.lerel :d t -ubservc. It-ob ject vas t d il mce to? bordens upm "a itive in lo-try nie. d ty the o; tit. , of L; in I i .r-; but ti"t to ar i

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fi it :, o ". tboe upn win, o the ( ' i ' ; L. n it ie f iv ;i ',irm d. I 'tape - j , ..t ' ;. j atl'h -irit'o of the Union v;! n 1 m -. I) H if air. of the du t, ;. i n;. I : v to a t onlv r Kv" the mio o.'ict r r bv agirav.t.'.n tin? bur

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wooh i;n ii f pcotf cti i t nitive to d 1-lr . , ia 1 i ui v or apply th : pi ice of t i !o a o ily al!' va. He or.e gre.il ii iti ;. i! ; .ti-reit by the dcpiesjioa c! aao i'T. T .o United St'.tf i of n?rica, an 1 the Peop'o of ev. ry S' ite of whk.b t'r v ar romp j.e, !, are o.ich of them

ijjver ogo Pi'ver. The leuUtivc an tinri'.y, of the whole is rijici1'! by org uo I'T autb-uity grunted them i.itii-j c'linmi.! Con-ititutiou. Ti !

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ueen consnicreu as ( oiijien to he gov erto'd ; as tena: ts at discretion, to be dispossessed a, occasion might require ; as hut. lets to be indemnified by trilling conce-io:i fur temotal fioui tin grounds upon wbii h th'.ir game w i-i.-x'ira i eJ. Iri clianging the svstem it w u!d nei-m as if a full contemplation ot the eon-eq jcnces of the cnge had not been taluoi. Vc have been far

oiore successful in the acooi.-ition of

tneirlinds than in im:artin; to them

the principles, or iuspirint: thorn with the -pirit if civili ition. B it in appropriating to our-olvos t'oeir hunting ground-, we brought upon ourselves the oblig ition of providing thern with ! ib-isteuce ; and w hen we have had the rare good fortu e of teaching t'lem

t ie arts of ctvihz itiou, nod the doc trines of Christianity, wc h ive unexpectedly f u. id th in farming, in the T.idst of ourselves, i om Tin iti j cl dm ing to be independent ofours, and riv ih of sovereignty witnin the terr.t r.-s f the nvmoers of our Union. This e of thi.igi requires that u rem-dv

ill be provi led. A remedy waich.

.! ie it slnll do jujti'-c t i tiiose Uofor

t on tie ciii! lreo of nature, may eccurp lo the mvnbcrs of our c !" !er ition

im-ir ri 'irs oi 8overe:goi ::o ".

As the ou'iiiie of a pro) c t to th i tl ct, the iews presenNnl in the re i-oit.ftlie ecretary of War are re

ronrnuded to the co.isidcra'.iou of

I 'o ,gress . Ttie II po. t fioui tho Hngineer Dopirtmerit presents a comprehensive View of the pr igress which has !' n mtJu in tlie great system promotive nf the public intereet, commenced

and oran.z il in.der the authority ol

Congress, and th clFer t of w hich have ilr a Iv contributed to the security, as

i;.oa, t.e. ;i:"'t!?" ite ex'iendi

lore of t;i" year has fallen a little short o! .: miihoa c f d ll usV .r the preparation of five raldstiona! report of reco:.noisanc s and eurvys

sii.ee the lit ses-i on of Congress, fr the civil constr ictions upon trir'y ev en diU'-rem cuhlie work cooimenccd,

eiglit otheta for vhich specific appropriatiens have been made by Acts o! Congress, and twenty other incipiei t surveys under the .authority given b tie -n t of 30:h April, 1G J1, about one million mor.of dollars have been drawn from the Treasury. To these two millions cf dollar are

to be added the appropriation of 2o0,-

0 )) dollars, to commence the erection of a Breakw ater near th mouth of the Deliware B.vtr: the subsriiptioin to the Delaware and Cbosupeakp, the

Liuisvillc and Portlmd, the Dismai

Swamp, nu I the Chesapeake and Ohio

i an.als; the large donations of lands to

tlie States of Ohio, Ind. Illinois, and

Ala. for object, of improvement? within those States, and the turn appropriated for Light II ue, Buoyn. and Piers, on the coast, and a fud view will be taken of the munificence of the Nation in the application of its resou:ce to the Improvement of its own cou dition.

Of thes.' great national undertaking the Academy at West Point is among the most important in itself, and the most comprehensive in its consequences. In th it institution a part of the Kevenue of the Nation is applied to defray the fxpenre of educating a portion ot her youth, chiefly to the knowledge and duties of military life. It is the living arm ay of the Nation

While the oth-T works of improvement enumerated in the reports now presented to the attention of Congtes arc des lined to ameliorate the face of N..ture; to multiply the facilities of communication between the d liferent par's ol the Union; to assist the labors, iucr ase the comfort-, and enhance the enjoyments of in fividu ds the iustructto; acquired at West Point enl irge- tin dominion and expand the cap.acitieof the mind. Its henefici.nl results are

provide for the adjustment of cLims cf

persous entitled lo indemnification ur.. der the 1st arlicleof the treaty of Ghent, and for the distribution among fuc!i claimants of the sum paid by the Gdvernmsnt of Great Britnin under thConvention of 13th November, 1326 closed their labors on the 30th of A j. gu-t last, by awarding the claiminti the sum of one million one hundred and ninety-seven thousand four lej:,dred and twenty two d liars ai d eighteen cents; leaving a bal.arre of teveu thousand five hundred and thirty s cn

dollars and eighty-two cents, lx was distributed rateably amongst the claimants to whom awards had beer, made, aocording to the direction cf tU act. The exhibits nppended to the report frv tnthe Commissioner of the General Land Ofiice, present the actual conation of that common property of the LTnion. The amount paid into the Treasury from the proceeds of lands, daring the) ear 1827, and 1st half of 1 328, f.do

httle short of two millions of dollars The propriety of further extending the tune for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United Sutes, by the urchasars of public lands, limited by tl.r .net of 21st .March last, to the fourth cf July next, will chimthe consideratio:. of Congress, to whose vigilance and carclul intention, the regulation, dbpu-.d, and preservation, cf

tbisgieat national inheritance has by

re -production, to supplv, at luturc and the people of the United Slates beer.

distant days, the waste .f that most val et.tru-ted. uable material f . r chip building, by ti e Among the important subjects tj

reai cotsumpiion ( r it yeaiiy lor u.e w hich the attention cf the present CcaV - - I. . . 1 1 . . r . t : i : . . I i i . . "

oiiiii erci.il, an well ;is lor toe military

marine of our country. The on -traction of the two Dry 1) a k at Chailestown and at Norfolk, in making -atisfai tory progress towards a durable . establishment. The examinations 'it.d; mquii les to ascertain the practicability md xp. di ncy of a Marine Railway at i'rti' ic. bi, though not yet nceoinpli'shed, h.ivr bf-en postponed, but to be the liore elf.'ctually made. The Navy ardsofthe U'dled States have been t xnmined, and plans for their improvement, and the preservation of the pub

lic pri perty therein, nt Portsmouth, Charleston n, Philadelphia, Washington u.d Cm upon , and to which two others are to be ad Jed, h ive been prepared, and recc:ia! my sanction; ar.d uo other oortion i f my public duties has been performed w ith a moie intimate con viction of it? importance to the future welfare and security of the Ut ion. With the report from the Postmaster

wencral, is exhibited a comparative

u're-s has alicady been invited, anJ

which may occupy their farther and deliberate di.ciission, will be thu provit ion to be made fur taking the fifth census or enumeration of the inhabitants ct the United State-. The Constitute:, of the United States requires that this enumeration should be made within every term of ten year?, nu t the due froiii which the last enumeration cou; menced was the first .Monday of Augjs: of the year The Uws under which the farmer enumerations were taken, weic enacted at the Session cf Congiess immediately precreding t!.s operation. B it censi lerabl '. incoavenie.'Cfs were experienced from the delay of legislation to &o late a period. That 1 iw, like these of the preceding enumerations, directed th it ti te census should be taken by the Marshal? efitv: seven! Districts and IV. ntorics, u i der instructions from the Secrarv oCs .iX. The prrpiraiion .and trmisinis-un U' the Mar-'hals of those n:-tru' tions re

view ol the gradual increase of that es-jquired more time than uaj tiien altablislim'Mit, from live to five years, j lowed between t!ie passage of the lair since 1')2, till thi time, in the number i a id the day w!iei; the n im oatio i was of Post Odiccs, which has grown from j to c nnn .-nee. Tlie t- im uf-ix ,n a . to bss than two hundred to nearly eight j limited for the returns ol ihe M irsh ib.

hou-aiid; in the revenue yielded by

hem, wldi h, from sixty-seven thousand

w;:h alio f und even thes , too short ; aui

must be more so now, when an atlJ.-

loil ars, ha? swollen to upwards f a mil i tional population of at least three mill-

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rie 1 !y a-i"n'.lie deriving their au j ttwy will hereafter lirg-ly contribute thori'y iVomi thu Constitution cf thejtu tiie honor aud dignity of the naSlate. J'h is Sovereign witt.in it-ition. uvn province Tho d'-tribution of j T! ti -t of thse ureat systems is I...I.V.W-II fh.m ureiinnoses thai ; tint of foil lica'ioni, commenced imme

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sc an; nritir I wnl move in iiarmo.iy i iiiateiy ;m:r niet io-e in oui i m w n,

uml"r tlie salutary experience winch theeventsofti.it war had impressed upon our countrycifii of its ncce--ity. Infroduccnl under the auspices of my

ifTinvdiate nreileces.vr. it has nern

contihuml with the preserving and hb

eral encouracemetit of W? Leyi-datine.

and ccinbincd v illi cone-pvjiding cx

rith each other. The m- niber M the Slat ! an I is moral Gov-rntn?its are all nrol' i- oVJi to mpport both, and alh'giii j i d:i! to th" one and to the other, i !.e i ae of a cutlet between these

t.vn n v r h isimt bcensuppns'd; nor

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already experier.ee 1 in the compo-ntioi of the armv, and fieir intlu 'iic: is felt i i the intdieciual progress of society. The in-tit'itiju is susct -p'.ible still id gre ! i;r.;.iovi me: t from berelaction-pio-'OM.d by f-veral Siicoe--;ve Boardof Vi-itai-, t whose earnest and repeate 1 r 'coui.nendationi I cheerfully add my own. With th usual annual reports from the. Secretary of the Navy and the Board of Cnmmi.ioners, will be oxhi bited to the view of C mtrress the cx" rutionoflhe taw? relating to that De partment, of the public service. The

repre8ion of I iracy in tlie West lndi un, and in the Grecian Sea, has been effectually maintained, with scarcr-ly

my exception. l 'unm; the war be

tween the (tovernmei.ts of Bumio-

yres;uid of Bntzil, fiequent collission

between billigerent acts of iwiver and

the right of neutral commerce occ tit-

red. Licentious blot kadee, irregularl)

enlisted or impressed seamen, and th

property of honest commerce siczed

with violence, and even plundered un der legal pretences, are disorders nev

er separable from the conllict of waic

uoonthe ocean. With a portion ol

thetn, the correspondence cfour commanders on the Ivittcrn .aspect of the South Amoiican Co.nst, aud .among the I-lands of (Jrcece, discover l.otv

ar we Lave b?cn inYeV'.d. In these

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nan ;:al a halt, avd in the numtier ol miles ol Po-t Rom!, which, from five thousand six hue.dred and forty-two, have multiplied lo one hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and thirty six. While, in the same period of time, the population of the Unic n has about thrice doubled, the rate of increase of these otlicei is nearly forty, md of the revenue, and of travelled miles, from twenty to twenty. five for one. The increase of revenue, within the last five years, ha- beeu nearly equal to the whole revenue of the Department in 1G12. The expenditures of the Department during the year which ended on the fir-t of.Iulylast, have exceeded the re

ceipts by a furn of about twenty-five

thousand dollars. J he rxcrpg has been

icc.i-ini c l! by the increase cf mail con

veyances ami acihties, to the extent ol

near eight hundred thousand miles. It

has been supplied by collections from the P..stm;i-i rs, of the arreaiages of preceding yeais. While the coirect principle scvm to be, that the income

levied by the Department should defray all its expenses, it has never been the policy ol this Government to raise from thi establishment any rcvu.ue to be applied to any other purposes. The

ugnestton oi the l oitmaster licneral,: to the utmost boundaries cd human L" that thu insurance of the safe transmis-J Tim labor ol taking them won! I 1 sion of moneys by the mail might le Hilling addition to tbr.t llrcady prc-d. itsumed by the Dep;tiiniciit, for a mod- bed, and th- iusnlt would exhibit cer.nle and competent remuneration, will parative talies c t beigevitv highly ideserye the cousidcralioii of Congress, (eresting to the coanhv. I deem if f'!.r A repcrt '.Vo.ni the Commissioner ot .Jutv furi!i--r to observe, that rr.st:b

.ons must be presenteu upon the returns. A - they are made at the slnrt sesion of Congress, it ivonld, as well as fromotiwr considerations, be mare convenient to commence the enumeration from an earlier period of the vear,t!ua the first of August. The most favorable season would be the spring. O.i a raview of the former enumerations d f will be found that the plan lbr taki f every census hag cont;iined imprnc merits upon that of its predecessor. Ti last is still susceptible of much improve ment. The third census was the first : at which any account was taken of the manufactures cf the countrv. It f repealed at the last cnumcratior, l''Ji : the icturr.sin both crises were neei rily very imperfect. They must ahi.nJ be eo, resting of cenrse only cn the comuiunication vc !ont;sri!y made by iu f dividuals interested in some ofthetmn- .

ufacturin' establishmunt?. Vet

contained much valuable ir Lo-inti "N ' and may, by ome supplementary pJ' vision of the lasv, be rendered uuue th , feet ive. Tho columns of age conirr.e: s cing from infancy, have hitherto hce: confined to few periods, all no hi" t;' number ol-io years, hnpoiiant knovd j edge would hi? ohtataed by t xtel):h"3 ;

those columns, in intei vals of 10 ve.i'-.