The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-12-10

II me nui'ic dfbt vii. 10 TIC tsree years. have
been ef;.rird to tisc smount oinrarly sixteen mn
hons and the charge of annual interest," WI
iayr been reduced upsafds of one million. bif'
ar,ape ti.eua zims Of political economy WHICH
lbe stewards ofthe public moneys should nt'er
suffer without urgent nree sslty 10 be transcfha-
ell. is Nat of keeping the expenditure OF me
wear within the limits Of ats receipts Inc Ap-
propriatigns ofthc two last years, inclndihR 'he
yearly ten millions of the slnking tuna, nave
each edualrd the promised revenue oi 'hr ehs"-
jpg wear While sc i0resee with confluence
,batthe public Golfers will b. repienshed if''
the receipts. rs fast as they viii be drained ny
The expenditures, eout IN amount to a"s' OF
The currant wear, II should not he forgotten That
they could Ill suffer the exhaustion at larger dis
bursemCnts.
The condition oftlie Army, aud of all the
branches ofthe public service underline super1n
lendence OF the Secretary Of War, WILDE seen ny
the report from thai officer, and the documents
with which it IS accompanied.
During thc course Of the last Summer, Il de-
fachmeni ofthe army has hern usetnlly and sue
cesefnlly called to perform their appropriate d"-
t,.s At the moment when the Commissioners
appointed for carrying into execution &c iaia
provisions Of the Treaty of August ~, lS2J,
with various tribps OF Northeastern indians,
were about 10 arrive at the appointed pace OF
meeting. the unprovokcd murder OF several CIT
zrns aud other acts OF uneqnsocdl h"stIiiY'
committed hy party of the Hmncbago tiiDe,
ono oCthose associated IN the Treaty, followed
by indications Of menaclng character, among
other tribes of the same r"glun, rendered ne
cessarv an immediate display OF the defensive
and protective force otthe Union IN TINT quarter.
TWAS accordingly exhibited by the immediate
and concerted movements Of the Governors VI
The State OF Illinois aud ofthe Territory OF Nj
chiqan. and competent leyies OF militia under
their authority. with a corps OF seven hundred
men Of United States troops, under tie com
mand of Geo. Atkinson, who, 1t tue call OF Go
vernon Cas-, Immediately repaired to the scene Of
danger from their station Al 81. Louis. Their
preSencp dispelrd the alarms oiour tclle"-cit,-
zpns on those borders & over awed the no ,Ie Pur-
poses of the indians The perpetrators Of the
murders were surrendered 10 the authority and
operation of our laws and every appearance OF
purposed hostility from those Indian tribes has
subsidized
Although tie present organization Of the Ar
my, aud the administration of is various bran
ches of service are. upon the whole, satisiacto.
nv, they are vet susceptible Of much improve
inent in particulars. some Of Which have cen
heretofore submitted 10 the consideration OF
Congress and others are now st presented ia
the Report of the Secretary OF War.
The expedrncy of providing tor additional
nunlhrrs OF officers IN ths crps OF Engi-
neers WI in some degree, depend upon The
number and eNtent OF the objects OF national
importance unon which Congress may think II
proper that surveys should be ma4", conforma-
blv 10 the act fIhe Both al aprl, 1874. Ofthe
-. L. 81 IN,
gress, had been made under the authority Of
that art reports were made:
| OF the Board of internal Improvement, on
the CheSaneake aud Ohio Canal
,. Ontho continuance OF the National Ros
from Cumberland To the tide waters wihln III
District OF Columbia.
,. On tho continuation Of the National Road
from Canton 10 InucNylll".
On the Location of the National Road
from Lancsvllet TO Columbus.
). On the continuation 81 the same Road to
the seat of Government in Missouri,
s. On a Post Road from Baltimore 10 Phia-
delphia
7. ora survey of kennehec river Tin part)
e On a National Road from Washington TO
Buffalo
9. On the survey of Saugatucle harbor AID
river.
10. Qua Canal from Lake Pontchartrain o
the Mississippi River.
II. On surveys at Edfaltown, Nav buryporf,
and Ilvannis harhor.
y. On survey OF La Pitisance Bay, inthc
Territory Of Michigan.
And reports arr now prepared, and VIII be
submitted to Cougress;
On surveys ofihe Peninsula of Florida, 10 as
certain the practicabIity ola canal 10 connect
the waters ofthe Atlantic with thc 6ulfot NJ
ico. across that Peninsula; aud also, ofthr coun
try between the Bay Of Mobile and of Peusaco-
Ia, with the view oil connecting them togeti e. by
canal
On surveys ola route for a canal to connec' the
waters OF Jalnc- and gleat hmhawa liyers.
On the survey ofthr Swash in Pdmtco Sound
and that Of Cape Fear below the town OF II IL
mmgton, in North Carolina
On a survey OF the Muscle Shoals, in the Ten.
ncSsce river. aud fof a route tor contemplated
common cation b-twceu the Hiwa Sc and Coosa
rivers in the State of Alabama.
. he, reports of Surveys. upon objects point
ed out by the several acts OF Congress OF the
Iast and preceding sessions, az ia the progress
Of preparation. aud most OF them may be con,
pietcd before the Clasc oil ttls session. All the
officers Of both corps Of Englnters, with several
other persons duly qualified. have been constant
" employ ed upon these services, from the pas.
sage of the act Of 3Dth Ape5. ISL, 20 Has iInc
Were no other advantage to acciur 10 the culu-
try from ther labors dian the iu1d ftupogdpn.
ical knowledge which they have collected and
communicated, thai alone would hgYc h,eA d
nroit to the EniDu more than ad qulIe to all fh1
expenditures which have bcen drsoted to IL,
subject; but the appropriations ioi the repair
mud continuation otihe Cumberland Road, fol
10 .truCtipp ri CArtati at a.. A. I,,u.t- "a,