Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-12-27


ceeded, soon alter ms appointment, for
CadlZ, The residence oil The sovereign TO
whom he was accredltcd. In APP
preaching that port, The trigate which
conveyed him was warned off by the
commander OF the French squadron, by
which II was blockaded, and mol permit
ted TO enter, although apprized, by The
captain OF the irigale, OF the public cha
iarler o the person whom he had on
board, the landing OF whom was the sole
ebJctt oi ms prop sed entry. This act
beng considered an hiring emenl oil The
rights OF ambassadors and oil nations,
will form a lusi Cause OF complaint TO
the ga, eminent oil France, against the
officer by wnom II was committed.
The. actual CONDITION OF the public
finances more than realizes The favorable
anllcipalions thar were enter aimed OF IL
the opening Of the last session o Con-
gress.-Oh the LIST OF January there was
balance IN The Treasury, oil four nll-
lion, TWO hundred and thiriy -seyen thou
sand our hundred and'twcnly seven dol
lars an Fl wa .e cents. - From that time
TO the thirtie b oi September. the re.
Celpts amounted 10 upwards OF sixteen
millions one hundred thousand dollars,
and the expenditures 10 eleven millions
/ four hundred thousand dollars. During
the fourtb quarter OF the year, II Is esu-
mated, that the receipts will al least
equai he expenditures, aud that there
WI, +, moin IN the Treasury, on The Isl
/ das oi January next, ulp,us oil II, ariy
nm millions 81 d liars.
On The frs JAnoa'y, ei5htesn nun
drt' and twen five, large amount OF
war debt, and Il part OF the Revolutionary
deb, become redeemablv Addnlonal
portions Of the iOrmer viii continue h.
become rcdceinable, annually, Unit! The
year eighteen IN dred aud thiriy five.
IS b. !ieved, however, thai II the UNlted
y alcs r. LIN al peace, The whole OF the
debt may br redeemed by the ordinary
re, enu> OF thoseyear during that period,
under The pr VISION Of the act OF March
thru, eighteen hundred and seventeen,
creating the sinking fund, and in that
case, The Only pacl OF the debt that will
re,nain al er tie year eighteen hundred
and ihIr yiive, will be HE seven millions
Of five per cent stock subscribed to the
Bank ot h. United States, ana The three
per cent Revolutionary debt, am uniting
To lhir cen millions two hund, d aud
niUe y-six Thousand and nine y-nine dol
lars and six cen s, both oil which are re-
deemaDle al the pleasure oil the govern
nIent
Ehe state of the army in its orsaniza
ton and dis, line, has been gradually
improving lor severai years, and has now
! al ainrd high dttree of perfection.
Inc mililar, disbursements have been
regularly made, and The accounts resu-
larly and promptly rendered Tor settle
ment. The supplies OF variaus descrlp-
ions nave BEEN oil good quan y, aud re-
g1iariy issued al all OF tbs posts. A sys-
e'n OF econom, and accoun,aeii y has
been Introduced mo every branch Oi tie
service, which adDIs oil little addili'.nal
Improvement. This desirable state Has
been attained by he ACT reorg a,azing the
aif OF the army, passed Oh the four
eentn OF April, eighteen hundred and
eighteen.
The moneys approprla cd TOR loreifca
TONS have been Regularly aud ecunomi-
oaiiy applied, apd an The work advanctu
as rapidly as the amount appropriateu
would admit. Three important works
will be completed III ,hc course OF This
ear; these are, For Washing On, Fora
d Iaware, and the For, at the Rigole.s
l. Louisiana.
Inc board oil engineers and the lopo-
GrapAIcal corps, nave been III constant
and active service, IN surveying the Coast,
and projecting the works necessary Tor
ITS defence.
The military academy has attained
degree OF perfection IL lis discipline ana
lns ruction, equal, as Is DcsIe, Cd, 20 any
institution OF us KIN" IN any country.
Tne money appropria'td lor nc use
81 The Ordinance deparmcn has been re-
suIar y and economically appiled. In.
fabric allpn ul arms al the national armo-
RES, and by contract VAN the department,
has been gradually improving, IN quah'y
and cheapness. |. is behaved tna, Their
onaii,y is now sucn as 10 admit OF but
nule improvement.
The complexion OF the for,liicallons
renders il necessary that there should be
a suitable appropriation tor the purpose
of tabricatins the cannon and Carriages
nee essary Tor those works.
Under the appropriation OF five thou
sand dollar, for exploring ,he western
waters, Tor The location oil site ior wes-