American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-12-05

Jiot l-hlhe uOiidr5 anu thirty-0nc cents; making
total amount of balances due to the Department, o
three hundred aud ninety-one thousand nine hun
bred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-nine cents
These balances embrace all delnquencies of post
masters and contractors, which have taken plac,
since the organization of the Department. Their
was due by the Department, to contractors, on thu
hrst day OF July last, twenty six thousand fiv
hundred and forty-eight dollars and sxty-fou
cents.
The transportation of the mail, within five YEAR
|past, has been greatly extended, and the expendi
lures of the Department proportionaby increased
Although the postage, which has accrued within tn
last three years, has fallen short of the expendi
lures two hundred and sixty-two thousand eigh
hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty
cents, it appears that collections have been mad
from the outstanding balances to meet the prlncipa
part OF the current demands.
| 1T IS estimated that not more than two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars of the above balances Cal
be collected, and that n considerable part OF thi
sum can only be realized by resort to legal pro
cess. Some improvement in the receipts for pos
tage is expected. A prompt attention to the col
lection OF moneys received by postmasters, it
believed, will enable the Department to continu
its operations without aid from the Treasury, un
less the expenditure shall be increased by the es
adjustment of new mail routes.
revision of some parts of the post office la,
may be necessary and it is submitted, whether
would not be proper to provide for the appointment
of postmasters, where the compensation exceeds
certain amount, by nomination to the Senate, a
other officers of the General Government are ap
pointed.
i Having communicated my views to Congress, a
the commencement of the last session, RESPECTING
the encouragement which ought to be given to gu
manufactures, and the principle on which it shout
be founded, have only to add, that those views re
main unchanged, & that the present state of thos
countries with which we have the most immediat
political relations, and greatest commercial inter
course, tends to confirm them. Under this i'm
preston, recommend review of the tariff, for tn
purpose of affording such additional protection
those articles which we are prepared to manufac
| ture, or which are more Immediately connecte
with the defence and independence OF the country
i The actual state of the public accounts furnshe
additional evidence of the efficiency OF the preser
system of accountability, in relation to the publ
Expenditure. of tine monys drawn from the Urea
sury since the fourth of March, eighteen hundre
and seventeen, the sum remaining unaccounted fC
ION the thirtieth of September last, is more than
million and half of dollars less than on the thirt
eth of September preceding; and, during the sam
Iperiud, reduction Of nearly million of dollar
counts for moneys advanced previously to Il,
:. fourth of March, eighteen hundred and sever
teen. 1t will be obvious that, ill proportio
as the mass of accounts of the latter description
diminished, by settlement, the difficulty OF scttin
the residue is increased, from the considerable
THAT, in many instances it can be obtained only
legal process. For more precise details on tn
subject, refer to report from the First Conn
troller Of the Treasury.
i The sum which was appropriated at the last Sc!
sion, for the repair of the Cumberland road, ha
been applied with good effect to that object. .
final report has not vet been received from tn
agent who was appointed to superintend it. 4
lsoon as it is received, it shall be communicated
Congress.
j Many patriotic and enlightened citizens, wi
Ihave made the subject an object of particular IL
vestigation, have suggested an improvement of stl
:, greater Importance. They are Of opinion that I'll
waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio may be col
nected together by one continued canal, and at q
S expense far short of the value and Importance
: the object to be obtained. If this could be accon
plished it is impossible to calculate the benetci
ri consequences which would result from it. A gre
Y portion of the produce of the very fertile count
e through which it would pass, would find mark
e through that channel. Troops might be move
with great facility in war, with cannon, and ever
: kind of munition, and in either direction. Co
y meeting the Atlantic with the Western country,
S a line passing through the seat of the nation
it would contribute essentially
II strengthen the bond of union itself. Believing
do, that Congress possess the right to appropria
money for such national object, 1.-THE jurisdicti'
: remaining to the states through which the can
E would pass) submit it to your consideration VIII
IS Their it may not be advisable to authorize, by
ADEQUATE appropriation, the employment OF q suit
d b!e number of the officers of the corps of engineer
il to examine the unexplored ground, during the ne
l. season, and to report their opinion thereon.
is will likewise be proper to extend their examnati
lie to the several routes through which the waters
70 the Ohio may be connected, by canals, with tho
III of Lake Erie.
4 As the Cumberland road will require annI