Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-04

""""uS ~ StNleeD niiltnnS one hundred thou
sand dollars, and tie expenditures 10 .irv.u
millions fnur hundred Thousand dollars. Du-
ring the fourth qaarter of the year, il is esti-
mattel, that III, receipts will, at least. equal the
expenditures, aad that there will remain IN the
Treasury an the first day of January next q
surplus "t nearly n.ne millions of dollars.
VA me hrst al january, eighteen hundred
and twenty-five, a large amount of the war
debt, and I port of tue Revolutionary debt.
become rrdeemablr. Additional portions ol
the tnfmer viii continue To become redeems
ole, annually, until the year eighteen hundred
and ihiriy-fv-. II is belle, ed, however. thai.
II The United States remain AT peace, the whole
"i that debt may he redeemed, by the ordina
~ fevenue of those years during that period
nnder HE provision of The act of March third
s'shipcu hundred and seventeen, creating IN.
SINKING fund, aud, in that case. the only part oI
'hs debt 'hai will rr,nain. after the year eigh.
teen hundred and thirty-ivc. will be the seven
mhhnns oih'e prr cent. stock subscribed Ia
the Bank at the United States, and The three
per cent. Revolutionary debt, amounting IA
thirteen millions two hundred and ninefy-siy
'honsaad andniuefy dollars and six cents
both of which are redeemable at the peasur,
of the government.
tn" state of The army in its organization
and discipline, has been gradually improving
tor several years, and has nov attained A hirl,
degre" "f perfection. The Military disburse
mems have been regularly mad., and the ac-
counts regularly md promptly rendered for
settlement The supplies, nf various dcscrip-
tons. have hren ofgood gualiiy, and regularly
Issued ~ all Of the posts. system of econ
"my and accountability has been introduced
INTO every branch of TN, service, which admits
o' little additional Improvement This desi.
rahlc state has been attained by the act reor-
gan'z'ng the staff Of the arm, passed on the
fourteenth! of April eighteen hundred and eieh
teen.
The moneys appropriated for Notifications
hn.e hrrn regularly and economically applied
ana all the works advanced as rapidly as the
amount appropriated would admit. Three
Important works will be- completed in the
course this year tina, is. Fart Washington
Fort Delaware, and the Fort at the Rgolets
in Louisiana
The Board of Engineers, and the Topogra-
phcai Corps, have bernin cons ant and active
service, IN surveying the Coast, and projecting
the works necessary for its defence.
The Military Academy has attained degree
OF periecii"n in its discipline and instruction
equal as is believed, 10 any institution of lis
kind in any country
IN" money appropriated for the use of the
Ordnancr Department. has been regularly and
economically applied. The fabrication oil
arms at the national armOries, an! by coptrac,
win the Department, has been gradually i'm.
proving IN quality and cheapaess. Ii is be-
levrd thai their quality is now such as 10 adj
mt of bui little improvement
The complexion of the Fortfcations rem
ders 1t necessary that there should be sGita-
oie appropriation for the purpose OF fahrica-
ting the cannon and carriages necessary for
those works
Under the appropriation of five thnu. and
dollars for exploring the western waters for
the location of "A site for Wrstrrn Armary. n
commission WAS constituted consisting OF
co'onei h'tEE, colonel LEE, and capiain
lALcorr, who have been engaged in explor-
ing the country. They have not vet reported
the result OF their labours, but it's believed
that they will be prepared 10 do il, at AT ear
iy part ofthe' Session of Congress
Inring the month of June last, General
Ashley and his party who were trading un.
Her license from The government, were al.
lacked by the ticarees while peacpahly ira.
diog with the Indians, at their request. Sc
'era' 81 Inc party were killed AID wounded
ana their properly taken or DESTROYED
COLONEL Ltatenworth, who command d Forl
Atkinson, At the Council Bluff. The mos,
western post, experimenting that the hostile
splr'' of ihc RicaTees world extend To othpl
tribes ~ that quarter, and that thereby ths
hVes Ut The traders on the Missouri and the
peace OF the frontier, would be endangered
took immediate measures to check fbp evil.
Nth adrtachn1ent Of the regiment, station.
ed al tho Bluffs, he successfully attacked fin,
hicaFfe village. and it is hoped that such ar
impression has been made on them, A. well a,
on Inc other tribes on the Missouri as will pre-.
vent recurrence of future hostility.
The report of the Secretary nf War. which
Is herewith transmitted, x III exhibit. in great
or detail, the condition of the Depa tnent in
us 'ar'dlis branches, and the progress which
has been nIade in it, administration, during the
Three iirsi quarters nf the year.
transmit return of the militia Of the so.
Verai states, according 10 the last reports
winch nave been made, by fbc proper officers
~ each, Ia The Department OF War. Byrefer.
encc 10 this return il will be- seen that il is
not complete, although great exertions have
been made 80 make it So. As the defence
and even the liberties of the country mmsf de.
pend, in times ofimmuent danger. on the mi
MA, - al The bghsS - importance, that il be
vel "rganiz"d, armed, 81 disciplined through
oui ne ORION. The report Of the Secretary
~ war shews the progress made during the
three brsi quarters OF the present year. by the
application Ofthe fund appropriated for arm
ing the militia. Much difficulty is found in
distributing the arms according 10 the act of
Congress providing for il, from the failure Of
the proper Departments in many Of the states
to make regular returns. The act Of MAY the
twelfth, ooe thousand eight hundred and TWEEN
fy, provides that the system of tactics and re
5tl'tions Of the various corps of the regular
army shallhe extended to the militia This
act has been very inperfecily executed, from
Inc want Of uniformity in the organization of
The militia, proceeding frem the defects Of the
'ysiem itself, and especially in lis application
10 That main arm ofthe public defence. It's
honght that this important subject, in all its