Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-12-10

ihlrtieth OF September preceding; and during
the same period reduction of nearly mil
lion of dollars has been made in the amount
OF the unsettled accounts for monies advanced
previously to the fourth of March. one tbou.
sand eight hundred and seventeen. 1t will be
| obvious that, in proportion as the mass of ac-
counts OF the latter description is diminished.
by settlement, the difficulty of settling the
residue is increased from the consideration.
that, IN many instances, it can be obtained
only by legal process. For more precise de-
tails on this subject, refer to a report from
the First Comptroller of the Treasury.
1he sum which was appropriated at the,
last session, for the repair of the Cumberland
road, has been applied with good effect to that
OBJECT. A final report has not yet been re-
ceIved from the agent who was appointed to
superlntend it. As soon as it is received, it
shall be communicated to Congress.
Many patriotic and enlightened citizens,
who have made the subject an object of par.
ticular investigation, have suggested an im-
proVement of still greater importance. Thew,
are OF opinion that the waters of the Chesa~
peake and Ohio may be connected together.
by one continued canal, and at an expense
far short of the value and Importance of the
object to be obtained. If this could be ac-
complished, il is impossible to calculate the
beneficial consequences which would result
from 1t. A great portion of the produce of the
very fertile country through which it would
pass, would find a market through that cham
mel. Troops might be moved with great ia
cllity in war, with cannon, and every kind Of
munition, and in either direction. Connect
ing the Atlantic with the western country, in
a ,oL,& h. Al
government, it would contribute essentially
to strengthen the bond of Union itself. Be-
hevlng as | do, that Congress possesses the
right to appropriate money for such national
object, (the jurisdiction remaining to the states
through which the canal would pass, I sub
mit 1t to your consideration whether it NAV
not be advisable to authorize, by an ADEQUATE
appropriation, the employment of a suitable
number of the officers of the CORDS of ene;neerv
to examine the unexplored ground during the
next season, and to report their opinion there.
on. 1t will likewise be proper to extend their
examination to the several routes throuoh
which the waters of the Ohio may be connec Ct
ed, by canals, with those of Lake Erie.
As the Cumberland road willrequire annual
repairs, and Congress have not thought it ex-
pedlent to recommend to the states an amend
ment 10 the constitution, for the purpose Of
Vestlng In the United States power to adopt
ana execute system of internal improve
ment, II is also submitted to your considera-
tlon, whether 1t may not be expedient to au-
thorize the Executive to enter into an arrange
ment with the several states through which
the road passes, to establish tolls, each within
Its limits, for the purpose of defraying the OK
pense OF future repairs, and Of providing, al
SO, by suitable penalties, Tor it, protection a.
gainst future injuries.
The act of Congress of the seventh Nav.
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five,
appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand
seven hundred dollars for the purpose of erect,
ing two piers as shelter for vessels from ice,
near Cape Henlopen, Delaware Bay. To eff
feet the object OF the act, the officers of the
board OF engineers, with Commodore Bain-
bridge, were directed to prepare plans and
estimates OF piers sufficient to answer the pur.
pose intended by the act 1t appears by their
report, which accompanies the documents
from the war department, that the appropria-
ton is not adequate to the purpose intended:
and, as the piers would be of great service.
both TO the navigation of the Delaware Bay.
aud the protection Of vessels on the adjacent
parts OF the coast, submit for the consldera-
ton OF Congress whether additional and suffi-
clent appropriations should not be made.
The board of Engineers were also directed
to examine and survey the entrance of the
harbour ofthe portpresque isle in Pennsylvania,
IN order to make an estimate of the expense
OF removing the distractions to the entrance,
with plan of the best mode of effecting the
sam" under the appropriation for that purpose,
by ali OF Congress Passed third of March last.
The report of the board accompanies the pa
pers from the War Department and is submit
ted for the confederation OF Congress.
strong hops has been long entertained,
founded on the heroic struggle of the Greeks,
that they would succeed in their contest,
and resume their equal station among the ma
tons of the earth. 1t is believed that the
whole civilized world takes deep interest in
their welfare. Although no power has declar-
ed in their favor, yet none, according to our
information, has taken part against them.
Their cause and their name have protected
them from dangers, which might ere this have
overwhelmed any other people. The ordina.
ry calculations Of interest, and of acquisition,
with view to aggrandzement, which mingle
so much in the transactions Of nations seem
TO have had no effect in regard to them. From
the facts which have come to our knowledge
there IS good cause to believe that their enc
;iy has lost forever all dominion over them;
that Greece will again become an independent
nation. That she may obtain that rank, is
the object Of our most ardent wishes.
1t was stated at the convenience of the
last session, that great effort was then making
IN Spain and Portugal to improve the condition
of the people OF those countries, and that it
appeared to be conducted with extraordinary
moderation. 1t need scarcely be remarked,
that the result has been, 30 far, very different
from what was then anticipated. OF events
in that quarter of the globe, with which we
have so much intercourse, and from which we
derive our origin, we have always been anx-
ious and interested spectators. The citizens
Of tho IInitnd Statns char;sh snrtinan,a4s TIA