Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-12-04

10 upwards Of sixteen millions one hun.
dred thousand d0lials. aud the expend'
lures TO elevn million tour hundred thou
sand dollars. During The fourth quarter
OF the year, II is estimated. that the re-
ceipts will, al least. equal The expendi-
lures, T. that tberewiil remain in the rea.
sury, on the first day OF January nex',
surplus o. nearly nine millions OF dollars.
On the frsl OF January, | 25, large
amount of the war debt, and a part OF the
Revolutionary debt become redeemab.e.
Additional portions OF The former will
continue 10 become redeemable, annually,
until the year 1885 i is believed, how.
ever. thai it the U S. remain at peace,
the wnoie oil that debt may be redeemed
by the ordinary revenue of those years
during that .eriod, under the provision of
the scl OF March third, 1917, creating he
sinking fund, ami in that case the onl y part
of the debt, that will remain alter the
yearl835 wall be the seven millions Ut
1--WE per cent stock subscribed 10 the Bank
Of the United States, and the three per
cent revolutionary debt, amounting to
'hirteen millions two hundred and ninety
six thousand nd niney nine dollars and
SIX cents; both { which are redeemabls
at the pleasure Of the government,
The state OF he army in its organ'za
ton and discipin me, has been gradually I'm.
proving for Sc raj years, and ha, attain
ed high deg of perfection The mi
litary dlsbursru enls have b-en regularly
made, and g., accounts regularly and
promptly rem ered Tor settlement The
supplies OF rious descriptions have been
OF good quality aud regularly issued al all
OF The poals. \ system OF economy and
accountable mas been introduced INTO
every branc It the service, which al
mits of little additional improvement
This desirable state has been attained by
the act re org zlng the staff OF The army
passed on the i,ur'eeDth April, eighteen
hundred and eighteen.
The money> appropriated for fortified
tons have been regularly and economical
ly applied, aud all the works advanced a:
rapidly as the amount appropriated would
admit Three important works will oe
completed in the course OF this year; tina
is, Fort Washington, Fort Delaware, an,
the For, at the Rigolets, ~ Louisiana
The Board OF Engineers, and The Topn
graphical Corps, have been in constant an
active service, in surveying the coast, an
projecting the works necessary tor its de
fence
The Military Academy has attained a
degree OF perfection IN ITS discipline and
instruction, equal, as is believed, 10 any
institutn of its hind in any country.
The money appropriated tor the use o
the Ordnance Department, has been regu
larry and economically applied. be Ia
IRRIGATION OF arms at the national armo
ries, and by contract with the Depart
ment, has been gradually. improving il
quality and cheapness 1t Is believed
that Their quality is now suchs as 10 a1ml
of but little improvement
The complexion OF the FOrtI6c ation
renders 1, necessary that there should b.
a suitable appropriation for the purpose O.
fabricatiDg the cannon and carriages ne
cessary for those works,
Under the appropriation Of Ave thous
and dollars, for exploring The Western
waters Tor The location Of site for IVES
tern Armory, a commission was constiIut
ed, consisting of colonel McRee, colone
Lee, and captain falcol', VINO have beef
engaged in exploring The country. The,
! have not yet reported the result OF tEei
sbors, bu II 10 believed thai they will b;
prepared to do it at an early part OF TIT
Session OF Congress.
During the month Of June last, genera
Ashley ami bus party, who were tradID!
under license from III. government, wer'
attacked oy the RIcsrees while peaceahIy
trading with The lntians at their rques'
Several OF the party were killed ant
wounded and their prof. erIy taken or de-
stroyed
Col. Leavenworb, who commando,
Fort Atkinson, a. the Council Bluffs, To,
most western post, apprehendIng that tb'
hostile spirit OF the Ricarees would ex
tend 10 other tribes 10 that quarter, am
that thereby the lives OF the traders or
the Missouri and the peace OF the From
tier would be endangered. took immediate
measures to check the evil
| " nh a detachment OF The regiment sla
toned at The Bluffs he successfully al
lacked the Ricaree village, and it is hop
ed that such an impression has been mad.
on hen, as we'll as on the other tribes OF
the Missouri, as will prevent recurrence
of future hostility.
The report of the Secretary of War
which IS here itG transmitted, will exhi'
bit, in greater detail, the condition OF The
Department M its various branches, AM
The progress which has been made in IT,
administration, during the three first guar
tiers OF the year
transmit return OF the militia OF The
several states, according to the last re-
ports which have been made by the PR
per officers in each, to The Department o
War, By reference 10 this return,'i will be
seen that it is not complete, although
gre at exerliun, have been made TO MIKE
il so As The defence aid Z en- the hber'
ties OF The country u,usl depend, IN lime
OF imminent danger, on The militia, ii is Of