Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-12-07


TALLY accomplished, il will be for the
consideration of Congress, whether the
power with which it clothed the Exc.
cutive should not be renewed at an ear.
| ~ day of the present Session, and un'
der what notifications.
THE Act of Congress of the Sd Of
| March last, directing the Secretary oil
the Treasury to subscribe, in the name
and for the use of the United States
for one thousand FIVE hundred shares
| of the capital stock Of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal Company, has
been executed by the actual subscrip-
ton for the amount specified, and such
other measures have been adopted by
that officer, under the Act, as the full
filment of its intentions requires. The
latest accounts received Of this impor.
tant undertaking authorizes the belief
that it is in successfuEprogress
Tie payments into the Treasury
from proceeds of the sales OF the Pub.
lie Lands, during the present year, were
estimated al one million of dollars
The actual receipts Of the first two
quarters have fallen very little short OF
that sum; tits not expected that the Sc,
cond half of the year will be equally
productive; but the income OF the year
from that source may now be safely
estimated at a million and half The
.Ac, of Congress Of 18th May, 1924, 10
provide for the extingui: hment OF the
debt due to the United States by the
purchasers of public lands, was limi-
,ed, in its operation Of relief to the .our-
chaser, 10 the tenth Of April last. Its
effect at the end Of the quarter during
which it expired, was to reduce that
debt from ten 20 seven millions. By
the operation of similar prior laws OF
relief from and since that Of second
March, 1921, the debt had been redu-
ced, from upwards of twenty two mil
lions, to ten tits exceedingly desira-
BILE that i, should be extinguished alto
ge,her; and to facilitate that consum-
nation, l recommend TO Congress the
revival, for one year more, Of the Act
of 9th May, 1924, with such Provi-
sional modification as may be neces-
sary to guard the public interests a.
gainst fraudulent practices in the re-
sale Of the rcliuquished land. The
purchasers of public lands are among
The most useful Of our feilow.eiti-
zens, and, since the system OF sales
for cash alone has been introduced,
great indulgence has been Justly extern
ded to those who had previously pur-
chased upon credit. The debt which
had been contracted under the credit
sales had become unwieldy, and its ex-
tinction was alike advantageous to the
purchaser and the public Under the
system Of sales, matured, as ithas been,
by experience, and adapted TO the ext
gencies of the times, the lands will con-
tinue, as they have become, an album
dant source of revenue; ard when the
pledge Of them TO the public creditor
shall have been redeemed by the entire
discharge of the national debt, the
swelling tide Of wealth with which
they replenish the common Treasury
may be made to reflow in unfailing
streams of improvement from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean.
The condition ofthe various branch
es Of The public service resorting from
the Department Of War, and their adj
ministration during the current year,
will be exhibited in the Report from
the Secretary of War, and the accom-
panying documents herewith commu-
nicated. The organization and discl-
pine of the army are effective and sa-
iisfactory To counterfeit the preva-
fence Of desertion among the troops, 1t
has been suggested to withhold from
the men small portion Of their month
" pay. until the period Of their as
charge; and some expedient appears to
be necessary, to preserve and MAINTAIN
among the officers SO much OF the art
Of horsemanship as could scarcely fail
to be found wanting, on the possible
sudden eruption Of ia war, which should
overtake us unprovided with single
corps Of cavalry. The Military Aca-
DENY at Wes,-Point, under the restrlc-
tons of severe but paternal superln-
tendence, recommends itself more and
more TO the patronage Of the Nation;
and the number of meritorious officers
which it forms and introduces to the
public service, furnishes the means oil
multiplying the undertaking of public
Improvements, to which their acquire
ments at that institution are peculiarly
adapted. The school Of Artillery prac-
tice, established at Fortress Monroe, Is
we'll suited to the same purpose, and
may need the aid of further legislative
provision to the same end. The Re-
ports from the various officers at the
head of the administrative branches Of
the military service, connected with
the quartering, clothing, subsistence,
health, and pay, of the Army, exhibit
the assiduous vigilance Of those Off
GERS IN the performance of their respec-