American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-12-06

'u'aey pso,eh out between Tie Republic OF Bueno
ny'es anu Inc brazilian government, has given is,
- 'e'y great Irregularities among The Naval off
GERS OF tue latter, by whom princpffs in relation !,
n'oc9aues, aud 10 neutral navigation, have beer
brought forward, to which we canno, subscribe anl
Wh'cn our own commanders have found it necessa
~ 10 resist. From the friendly disposition towards
'"e onlteu States constantly manifested by the Em
pe'o' OF Brazil and the very useful and friendly
commercial intercourse between the United STATES
gu" MS ootn'nions, we have to believe that
me Just reparslion demanded for the injuries sus
'alned oy several OF our citizens from some or hi,
ohicerS, WI not be withheld. Abstracts from the
recent dispatches oil the Commanders of our seye
raj squadrons are communicated with the Renort ri
the Secretary of tie Navy to Congress
report from the Postmaster General is likewise
communicated presenting, in a highly satisfactory
manner Inc result oil vigorous, efficient, and eco
nomlcai administration of that Department. The
revenue OF the Office, even of the year including the
alter hall OF 1894 and The first half of s25 had ex
ceeded Its expenditures by sum Of more than for
" hve thousand dollars That of the sue ceeding
year has been still more productive. The increase
ol we receipts 10 the year preceding the FIRST of July
iast over that Of the year before exceeds one hun
dred and tbrty-sx thousand dollars and the excess
Oh me receipts over the expenditures Of the year has
swollen from forty-fve thousand TO nearly eighty
Thousand dollars. During the same period, con
tracts Tor additional transportation of the mail in
stages Tor about TWO hundred and sixty thousand
ih'.es' nave been made, and for seventy Thousand
miles, annually, on horseback. Seven hundred and
'ourteen new Post Offices have been established
within the year; and the increase of revenue within
the last three years, we'll as the augmentation of
inc transportation by mail is than equal to the
whole amount OF receipts, and of mail conveyance
al Inc commencement oil the present century, when
rpDP ant
TINS place. When reflect that the objects effect
eH by the transportation OF the mail are among the
cnoictst comforts and enloyments OF social life it is
pleasing TO observe, that the dissemination of them
20 every corner OF our country has outstripped in
their increase even the rapid march OF our popua-
ton
BY the Ircstes with France and Spain. respectively
cede Louis ara and the Flodas to the United States p
VISION was made for the security OF land titles derived from
the governments pi those nations Some progress has
een made under The authority of various Acts Of Congress-
IN the sceialnnept and establishment of those titles but
claims to very a,ge extent remain unadusted The
public faith, no less than The just rights Of individuals anc
he interest OF the community itself, appears to ire
,lther provision or the speedy settlement Of these CAMS
which therefore recommend to the and attention Of
the Legislature.
In conformity with The provisions Of the act of Goth May
last, provide for erecting Pcncntary in the Dstrc,
Of Columbia and for other purposes three Commissioners
were appointed 10 select Bite for the erection of Peni
Tertiary for the District and also site in the county of
GAahella LOT county jan: ooth OF which objects have
been eff ccl The building Of the Penentiary has been
commenced, and s such degree Of orwardness to
promise that It will be completed before the meeting Of The
neat COngNss This consde alton points the expedl-
ency ut maturing, ut the present session. system for the
regulation and government of the penitenary and Of de-
hning The class OF offences which shall he punishable oy
in this edifCe.
III closing this communication, trust that it will not be
deemed appropriate 70 the occasion and purposes upon
shch are here assembled to indulge anomentary
ros ec con bnng IN single glance, the period Of our
gin National Confederation with that of present
existence, The precise interval Of half century from
each other. Since your last meeting this place, the Ff
ieih AnnveHaiy OF the day when independence
declared, has been celebrated throughout our land and
Oh tina, day, when every heart bounding with Joy
md every voice tuned 10 grauiaton, amid the bles
Sings Of Freedom aud Independence, which the sires of
former age had handed down 10 their children, two Of
the principal actors IN that solemn scene, the hand that
penned the memorable Declaration and the voice that
sustained 1t III debate, were, by summons at the dis
oil hundred miles from each other called be
lore the Judge of a to for their deeds done upon
Garth They departed cheered by the henedcon If their
country, to whom they left the inheritance of their fame,
and the memory of their bright example. Ii turn our
thoughts to the condition of their country in the contrast
IL The first and last day of that half century, how resplen
cn and sublime is the transition from gloom TO glory =
Them glacng through The lapse of time, in the
tion Of the individuals, the first day marked with
The funess and ygor OF youth, in the pledge OF their lives
heir Fortunes and their sacred honor to the Of free
ION and Of mankind. And the last, extended on the
bed of DEATH with but and sensb,y left to breathe
last aspiration to Heaven OF blessing upon their country
may MOI humby hope that TO them, too, pledge
Of transition from gloom TO glory and that while their
mortal vcsments sinking ito the cod of the valley,
heir emancpated spirits ascending TO the bosom OF
her God!
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington December S. 1926.