The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-12-09

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viii enable the department 70 continue ~ 0p-
erati0ns without AID from the Treasury, unless
tte expenditure shall be increased W the e.
Enlistment ~ new mail routes
"A rryisi0n of some parts NJ the p0st ci1ce
law may be necessaFyi sod 4 = Submitted.
whether u would not IA proper 10 provide i0r
the appointment Of post masters, where the
compensation exceeds q certain amount, NV
nomination 70 the Senate, a. otter officers 81
the gensrai government are appointed.
Having communicated uBy views 10 Con-
gress AZ the commencement 0i the laxt session.
respecting the encouragement which ought ~
be gwen 20 our manufactures. aud the princi-
PIE On which IL should be founded. have only
to add. that those views remain unchanged,
and that tha present state % lhsse countries
with which We hays the most immediate POI
litical relations, and greatest commercial in-
tercourse, tends 10 confirm them. Under this
impression, | reosmmend review Of the ta-
riff, for the pnrpoSe Of afording such addi-
tional protection Of those articles which We
are prepared 10 manufacture. or which are
more immediately connected with the defcnce
and Independence Of the country.
The actual state Of public accounts furnish
es additional evidence Of the efficiency of the
present system Of accountability, Ia relation
to the public expenditure. OF the monies
drawn from the Treasury since The fourth u
March, one thousand eight hundred and sew
enteen, the sum remaining nnaccounted ior,
on the thirteenth Of September last i more
than million and halfof dollars less than IA
the 30th Of September preceding and during
the same period reduction of nearly mil.
lion Of dollars Las been made in the amount N
the unsettled account for monies advanced
previously to the fourth ofMarch, one Ihous-
and eight hundred and seventeen. Ii will be
obvious, that in proportion a. the mass Of ac-
counts Of the latter description Is diminished
BY settlement, the difficulty of settling the res
idue is increased from the consideration, that
in many instances, ii can be obtained only 5y
legal process For more precise details Oh
this subject, refer TO a report from the First
Comptroller Of the Treasury.
The sum which was appropriated at the last
session for the repair Of the Cumberland Road
has been applied with good effect to that OBJ
ject A final report has not been received
from the agent who was appointed 10 superin.
tend il. As soon as il is received, it shall be
communicated to Congress.
Many patriotic and enlightened citizens,
who have made the subject an object of partic-
ular investigation, have suggested an improve.
ment Of still greater Importance. They are
of opinion that the waters Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio may be connected together, by one
Continued canal, and al an expense far short
of the value and importance OF the object ID bc
obtained. II this could be accomplished, Il Y
impossible to calculate the beneficial conse
qaences which would result from H. "A great
portion of the produce of the very fertile
country through which il would pass, would
ind market through that channel. Troops
might be moved with great facility in war.
with cannon, and every kind Of ammunition,
and in either direction. Connecting the Al
lantc with the western country, in line pas
sing through the seat of the national govern
ment, it would contribute essentially Ia
strengthen the bond of Union itself Beiiey-
lag, a. do, that Congress possesses lie right
to appropriate money for such national OBJ
Ject, 1.-THE jurisdiction remaining to tie states
through which the canal would pass sab.
init ID TO your consideration whether ia NAV
not be advisable to authorize, by an adequate
appropriation, the employment of a suitable
number of the officers Of the corps Of engi-
neers, to examine the unexplored ground dur
ing the next season, and to report their opin-
ion thereon. II will likewise be proper 10 ex
tend their examination TO the several routes
through which the waters Of the Ohio NAV BE-
connected, by canals, with those ofLake Ere.
As the Cumberland road will require annu-
al repairs, and Congress have not thought A
expedient to recommend to the states an
amendment 70 the constitution, for the pur-
pose OF Vesting in the United States 4 power
TO adopt and execute a system Of internal i'm
provement, il is also submitted to your consid-
Grafton, whether il may uot be expedient 70
authorize the Executive to enter into an ar
rangement with the several states through
which the road passes, to establish tolls, each
within its limits, for the purpose OF defraying
the expense offuture repairs, and of providing
also, by suitable penalties, Tor its protection
against future injuries.
The act Of Congress Of the seventh Or Nav
one thousand eight hundred and twenty two
appropriated the sum Of twenty-five thousand
seven hundred dollars for the purpose Of erect.
ing two piers a. a shelter for vessels from ~
near Cape henlopen, Delaware Bay. To ef
feet tie object Of the act, the officers Of the
board Of Engineers, with Commodore Rain.
bridge, were directed to prepare plans and
estimates OF piers sufficient 10 answer The mar
pose intended BY the act Ii appears by their
report, which accompanies the document.
from tire War Department, that the appruDri-
altos is not adequate to the purpose intended
and, as the piers would be Of great service
both TO the navigation Of the Delaware Bay.
and the protection or vessels on the adgare1,
parts Of the coast, submit for the Consider.
ton Of Cosgress whether additional and sufsi-
cient appropriations should not be made.
The board OF Engineers were also directed
10 examine and survey the entrance of tbs
harbor the port Of PresquiIse, Ia PennsyIva-
mia, IN order TO make an estimate OF the ex.
Pense Of removing the distractions 10 tbr en.
trance, with plan Of the best mode ~ effect.
ing the same under the appropriation tor TIA,
purpose, BY act Of Congress, passed 81 March
last. The report Of the board, sccompanie.
the papers from the War Den.r,,r.-s