Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-12-15

| the mail, board has been instituted consist
ing OF two distinguished officers of the Corp
| OF Engineers and distinguished Civil Engi
neer, with assistants, who have been activel
employed m carrying into effect the objects q
the act They have carefully examined be
tween the Potomac and the Ohio rivers be
tween the latter and Lake Erie between tn,
Allegheny and the Susquehanna and thu
routes between the Delaware and the Rari
tan; Rarnstable and Buzzard's Bay; and be
tween Boston harbour and Narraganset Bay
Such portion of the Corps of Typographical
Engineers as could be spared from the survey
OF the coast, has been employed in surveying
the very important route between the Poto
mac and the Ohio. Considerable progress
has been made in it, but the survey cannot be
completed until the next season. 1t is graft
Tying to add, from the view already taken
that there is good cause TO believe that thi:
great national object may be fully accom-
plished.
tits contemplated to commence early in the
next season the execution of the other branch
Of the act, that which relates to roads, and
with the survey of route from this city,
through the southern States, to 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, have been employed in exploring and
surveying the routes for canals. To digest a
plan tor both objects for the great purposes spe-
clhed, will require a thorough 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 Government. For such di-
geSt, 1t will be necessary that the information
be iull, minute, and precise. With view to
these important objects, submit to the con-
slderatIon OF Congress the propriety Of enlarg-
ing both the Corps of Engineers, the Military
and Typographical. 1t need scarcely be re-
marked, that the more extensively these Corps
are engaged IN the improv ement of their coun-
Try, IN The execution of the powers Of Con-
gress, and in aid of the States, in such improve
ments as lie beyond that limit, when such aid
Is desired, the happier the effect will be. in
many views of which the subject is suscep!i.
bic. BY proitiag Of their science, the works
will always he well executed and by giving
to the officers such employment, our union
Will derive all the advantage, in peace as well
as war, from their talents and services, which
they can afford. In this mode. also, the Mill
tary will be incorporated with the Civil. and
untounded and injurious distinctions and pre-
JUDGES OF every kind be done away. TO the
Corps themselves, this service cannot fail to
be equally useful-since, by the KNOWLEDGE
they would thus acquire, they would be emf
nently better qualified, in the event of war,
for the great purposes for which they were in
stituted.
Our relations with the Indian tribes, within
our limits, have not been materially changed
during the year. The hostile disposition evinc-
ed by certain tribes on the Missouri during
the last year still continues, and has extended.
in some degree, to those on the upper Missis-
sippi and the upper Lakes. Several parties
OF our citizens have been plundered and mnr.
dered by those tribes. In order to establish
relations of friendship with them, Congress at
the last session made an appropriation Tor
treaties with them, and for the employment
OF a suitable military escort to accompany and
attend the Commissioners at the places ap-
pointed Tor the negotiations. This object has
not been effected. The season was too far
advanced when the appropriation was made,
and the distance too great to permit; but
measures have been taken, and all the prepa-
rations will be completed 10 accomplish it at
an early period IN the next season.
Believing that the hostility of the tribes,
particularly on the upper Mississippi and the
lakes is, in no small degree, owing to the wars
which is carried on between the tribes Iesid-
ing in that quarter, measures have been taken
to bring about general peace among them,
which, ii successful, will not only tend to the
security of our citizens, but be of great adyan-
tage to the Indians themselves. With the ex-
ceptlon OF the tribes referred to, our relations
with all the others are on the most friendly
footing; and 1t affords me great satisfaction to
add, that they are making steady advances in
civilization and the improvement of their con-
dition. Many of the tribes have already made
great progress in the arts of civilized life
This desirable result has been brought about
by the humane and perscvering policy of the
government, and particularly by means of the
appropriation for the civilization of the In
dians. There has been established, under the
provisions of this act, thirty-two schools, con-
tanning nine hundred and sixteen scholars,
who are well instructed in several branches OF
literature, and likewise in agriculture and the
ordinary arts of life.
Under the appropriation to authorize trea-
ties with the Creek and Quapaw Indians,
Commissioners have been appointed and ne
SoCi"'Oii9 "ie ho" PeAuLhS, OuL the result Is
not yet known.
For more full information respecting the
principle which has been adopted for carrying
into effect the act OF Congress authorizing sur
veys, with plans and estimates for canals and
roads, and on every other branch of duty Incl
dent to the Department of War, refer you to
the Report OF the Secretary.
The squadron in the Mediterranean has
been maintained in the extent wach was pro-
posed in the report of the Secretary of the
Navy OF the last year, and he's afforded to our
commerce the necessary protection in that
sea. Apprehending, however, that the un,
friendly relations which have existed between
Algiers and some of the powers of Europe,
might be extended to us, it has been thought
expedient TO augment the force there, and, in
consequence, the 4" North Carolina ship Of
the line, has been prepared, and will sail in a
few days to join it.
The force employed in the Gulf of Mexico,
and in the neighbourng seas, for the suppress
sion Of piracy, has likewise been preserved
| essentially in the state in which it was during