Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1824-12-10

'N""'N '..N ."tsS 'i' it'''iSSt th tNNi. Icfc
thereof. The high state OF ,l,e pubic
credit, ard the great abnn6ance of money,
are AT this time very ;ayorah,c 10 such a
result. II must be very gratifying IN our
Ifellow-ciiiZens, to witness this tluu;ishpr
state OF the public finances, When it is re-
collected that no basiaon whatever has
been imposed upon them. A.
The Military Establi. hmcnt, in all0,
branches, in the performance of Ike var,-
Gus duties assigned to each, justiiics the
favourable view which was presented of
the efficiency of its organization, at the
last session. All the appropriations have
been regularly applied to The objects in
tended by Congress aud, so far as the
disbursements have been made, the ac-
counts have been rendered and settled.
without loss to the public. The condi-
ton of the army, itself, as relates to the
officers and men, in science and discipline.
is highly respectable. The Military
ACADEMY, on which the Army essentially
rests, and to which it is much indebted
for this state of impro> ement, has attained
in comparison with any other institution,
of like kind, high degree of perfection.
Experience, however, has shown that the
dispersed condition of the corps of Ar.
tillery, is uufavorable to the discipline of
that important branch of the military Es-
tabltshment To remedy this inconven-
fence, eleven companies have been assem-
bled at the Fortilication erected at Old
Point Comfort, as a school for Artillery
instruction, with intention, as they shall
be perfected in the various duties of that
service, to order them to other posts, and
to supply their places with other compa-
MES, for instruction i'm like manner. In
this mode, a complete knowledge of the SCI
ence and duties of this arm, will be ex-
tended throughout the whole corps of ar
tillery. But, to carry this object fully in
to effect, will require the aid OF Congress,
to obtain which, the subject is now SUBJ
mitted to your consideration.
Of the progress which has been made
IN the construction of Fertilization, for the
permanent defence OF our maritime fion-
tier, according to the plan decided on and
to the extent Of the existing appropriations,
the Report of the Secretary of War,
which is herewith communicated, will give
a detailed account. Their final compile
ton cannot fail to give great additional Sc
curlty to that frontier, and To diminish,
proportionably, the expense of defending
II III the event of war.
The provisions in the several acts of
Congress, of the last session, for the i'm
provement Of the navigation of the Mis-
sippi and the Ohio, OF the harbor of
Presqu'isle, on Lake Erie and the repair
OF the Plymouth Beach, are in q course OF
regular execution and there is reason to
believe, that the appropriation, in each in
stance, will be adequate to the object. To
carry these Improvements fully into effect,
the superintendence OF them has been as
signed to officers of the Corps of kngi-
neers.
Under the act of SOth April last, autlo-
rizing the President to cause survey to
be made, with the necessary plans & esti-
mates, OF such roads and canals. as he
might deem of national importance, in
commercial or military point OF view, or
ior the transportation of the mail, Board
has been Instituted, CONSISTING OF two dis
tinguished officers OF the Corps of Engi-
''~i@3 "iu q StiiISuiSiitU CIVIL EESiUeCI,
| with assistants, who have been actively
employed, in carry into eject the object
of the act. They have carefully examined
the route between the Potomac and the
| Ohio rivers; between the latter and Lake
Erie; between the Allegheny and the Sus-
qeuhannah; anG the routs betu cen the Del
aware and the Rariton, Barnstable and
Buzzard's Bay, and between Boston Har-
oour and Narraganset Bay.
Such portion of tn, corps Of Topogra-
phical Engineers, as could be spared from
the survey Of the coast, has been employ
cd in surveying the very important route
between the Potomac and the Ohio. Con-
siderable progress has been made in il, but
the survey cannot be completed until the
next season. 1t is gratifying to add, from
the view already taken, that there is good
cause TO believe, that this great national
object may be fully accomplished.
II is contemplated to commence early in tho
next season, the execution OF the other branch OF
the Act, that which relates TO roads, aud with
the survey of route from this City through the
}Southern Statesto New Orleans, the importance
OF which cannot be too highly estimated. All
the officers of both the corps of Engineers, who
could be spared from other services, bsve been
employed in exploring and Surveying the routes
Tor canals To digest plan foi both objects, for
The great purposes specified, will require tho
rough knowledge of every part OF our Union,
and OF the relation OF each part TO the others
and OF all to The seat of the General Gover)e
nient. For such digest it will be necessary