Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-04

q. Ou TIE CONTINUANCE VI luC A<aiiOHdi hOdu
from Cumberland to the tide waters within
the District Of Columbia.
3. On the continuation OF the National
Road from Canton 10 GAINESVILLE.
g. On the location Of the National Road
from GAINESVILLE 10 Columbus.
S. On abe continuation of the same Road
to the Seat OF Government in Missouri.
s. On Post Road from Baltimore 10
Philadelphia.
z. Ola survey Of Kennebec River Gin pari.)
s. Ona National Road from Washington
10 Buffalo.
9. On the survey OF Saugatuck Harbor aud
River.
10. On Canal from Lake PoM,chartrain
10 the Mississippi River
II. On surveys at Edgartown, Newbury-
port, and Hyannis Harbor.
IL On survey OF La Plaisance Bay, in the
Territory of Michigan.
And reports are now prepared, aud viii be
submitted TO Congress
On SURVEYS of the Peninsula Of Florida TO
ascertain the practicability of a canal to CON
meet the waters Of the Atlantic with the Gull Of
Mexico, across that Peninsula, and also OF the
country between The Bays OF Mobile aud OF
Pensacola with The view Of connecting Them
together by Canal.
On surveys Of route for Canal 10 connect
the waters Of James and Great Kenhawa riv-
ers;
On the survey of the Swash in Pamico
Sound, aud that of Cape Fear below the town
of Wilmington, in North Carolina.
On the survey OF the Muscle Shoals In the
Tennessee river, and for route for contem-
plated communication between the Hiwasses
aud Coosa rivers, in the State OF Alabama.
Other reports Of surveys upon objects
pointed out BY the several acts Of Congress OF
the last and preceding sessions, are IN the
progress Of preparation, and most OF them
may be completed before the close o. THIS
session. An the officers OF both Corps OF
Engineers, with several other persons duly
qualified, have heen constantly employed upon.
these services, from he passage OF the act oil
Soih April, 1924, 10 this time. Were no other
advantage 10 accrue to the counry from their
labors than the fund Of Typographical know
ledge which they have collected and coInmun'-
Gated, .hai alone would have been profit 10
the Union more than adequate to all the
Expenditures which have been devoted to the
object; but the appropriations for the repair
and continuation Of the Cumberland Road, ior
the construction Of various other Roads, for the
removal Of distractions from the Rivers and
Harbors, for, the erection OF Light Houses,
Beacons, Piers and Broys, and Tor the compile
ton OF Canals undertaken by individual associ-
a,ivns, but needing the assistance OF means and
resources more comprehensive than individual
enterprise can command, may be considered
rather as treasures laid up from the contribu-
tions Of the present age, for the benefit OF
posterity, than as unrcquted applications OF
the accruing revenues of The nation. 10 such
objects Of permanent improvement % the coz
diiion OF the country, OF real addition TO Inc
II ,Lar 10, eff A. he npnn
by whose authority and resources they have
been effected. from three to four millions Of the
annual income Of the nation have BY laws
enacted al the three most recent sessions OF
Congress been applied, notwithstanding on
the necessities Of the Treasury; without adding
a dollar 70 the taxes or debts OF the comme-
pity; without suspending even the steady and
regular discharge Of the deb's contracted IN
former DAYS, which, within the same three
wears. have been diminished by the amount
Of nearly sixteen millions of dollars.
The same observations are, in great degree,
anplicab,e to the appropriations made for forlI'
6catlons upon the coasts and harbors Of the y
States, for the maintenance oil the Military a.
cademy at West Point, and tor the various
objects under the superin oil the De-
par,mtnt OF the Navy. The Report oil the
Secretary of the Navy, aud those from the sub
ordinate
men,s, exhibit 20 Congress, in minute detail, the
pressn, conditioned the public establishments
dependent upon ,hemi the execution OF the
acts of Congress, relating to them, and the views
OF the officers engaged i'll the several orane he's
of the service, concerning the improvements
which NAV tend TO their perfection. The Tor
,ihca,ion Of the Coasts, and the gradual increase
aud improvement Of the Navy, are parts OF
great system of national defence, which has
Seen upwards Of Ten years in progress, and
which, for series of years to come, will con-
,inue 70 claim the constant aud perseyerms
protection and superintendent Of the leslsla-
tive authority. Among the measures which
have emanated from these principles, the Act
of The las, Session Of Congress for the gradual
Imnrovement OF the Navy holds conspicuous
nI,re. The collection Of timber for the future
cons,ru, ton Of vessels Of war; the preserya-
ton and reproduction Of the species OF tim
Der peculiarly adapted TO tina, purpose; the
construction Of Dry Docks for the use OF the
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