Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-05


~. District OF Co'umoia. -. National
J.. s.nr, Canton to GAINESVILLE
Roao ~ the location ofsthe Sationai Noao
1,nssyifle TO Columbus
from L,"~ rs continuation Of the same Road
5: y" ~ Government in Missouri
10 INT On Post Road from Baltimore 10
Philadelphia. .yo,., River lin mart
= GA National Road from Washington
70 D'I %" the survey Of Saugatuck Harbor and
River n, = Canal from Lake Pontchartrain
he Mississippi River
70 .n' On surscys' at Edgarsown, Newbury-
and Hyannis Harbor.
Poi, On survey Of La Plaisance Bay, IN the
territory of Mich igsn.
ls, IN ,.por,s arc now prepared, an6 VIII be
knitted 10 Congress .,.
'S ~" .rrveys of the Peninsula OF Florida to
y" IN the practicability Of a cana! TO con-
't., Ne waters Of the Atlantic with the Gull oil
hs''. cross that PeS.insula, and also OF the
MeN '-r bp,secn the BAYS OF Mobile and oil
o,nsaroIa with the view OF connecting 'hem
...1ber by Canal.
~, surveys of a route Tor Canal 10 connect
.rs IL lanes and Great kenhawa iiy-
IN Inc survey of The Swash in ParnIico
- and thai Of Cape Fear below the town
-sWiImjnr,on, in North Carolina.
~. ,bc survey OF the Muscle Shoals-in the
r,.nss,re river, and for route Tor a con'em-
-r,,I commune alton between The Hiwassee
- Coosa rivers, in the State OF Alabama.
OH reparts OF surveys upon objects
ii M, Ly the several acts Of Congress oil
iEs Is, aud preceding sessions, are in the
,,o,,r,ss Of preparation, and most OF them
.,,y be completed before ths close o! this
,ss;,n All The officers OF both Corps OF
ro,i,eers. With several other persons duly
-n,TGed. have been constantly employed upon
,se,e services, from he passage oil The act oil
Oh April, s24, 10 this time- Were no otacF
J,,r,aue 10 accrue to the country from their
hbors than the tund OF Typographical Know
rrdge which they have collected and colnmuni-
.,,rd hat alone would have been proht 10
,be Union more than adequate to all the
.vrsnd,,ures which have been devoted TO the
Meet, but the appropriations Tor the repair
md coVtinua,iuf~o the Cumberland Road, Tor
,ls construction of various other Roads, Tor the
r.no,al OF distractions from the Rivers ana
uirbor,, for the erection of Lish, Houses,
B,,cons, Piers and Bpoys, and Tor the compile
non OF Canals undertaken by individual aas"o'>
a,iuns, but needing The assistance oil means ana
resources more comprehensive than 'ndlsidual
sn,erorise can command, may be considered
rather as treasures lad up from thew ontriou.
lions Of the present sge, Tor lhe dement, o.
nos,eri,y, than as unreQuited Applications oil
the accruing revenues Of The nation. 10 such
objects Of pcrmarcnI improvement % the COR
dltion of the country, Of real addition to the
wealth, as well as 10 the comlo' oil the people
by whose authority and resources they have
been eff Ted, f,cm three To funr nilions oil ne
annual ipcont Of the nation have by laws
enacted al the three most recent sessions oil
Congress teen applied, without intrenching on
the necessities Of The Treasury; without adding
dollar 10 the taxes or debts OF the commu,
nifty; without suspending even the steady ana
regular discharge of The debs contracted III
former days. which, within the same three
Years, have been diminished by the amount
ot nearly sixteen millions Of dollars.
The ,ane observations are, in great degree,
,Dnlicabe to the appropriations made Tor foru-
S,suoo, upon the coasts and harhors oil the =
States. for the maintenance OF the Military a.
c,d,uy AT West Point, and Tor The various
Objects under the soperin,endence OF the De-
par,m,nt of the Navy. The Report OF the
Secretary Of the Navy, and those from the sub
ordinate branc hes Of both the Military Depart
ments, exhibit 20 Congress, in minute detail, The
presrn, condition:of the public establishments
dspsndeut upon them; the execution o. the
acts of Congress relating to them, and The views
Of the officers engaged iu the several branf hes
ii the service, concerning the improvements
which may ,end to their perfection. The Tor
,i6calion Of the Coasts land the gradual increase
and improvement, of the Navy, are parts OF a
great system Of national defence, which has
6een upwards Of Ten years in progress, ana
which, Cor series Of years to come, VIII con-
iinuc 10 claim the constant aud perseVerins
protection and superintendence OF the iegisia-
tive authority. Among the measures when
have emaiated from these principles, the Ac.
Ci,he last Session Of Congress Tor the graduai
Improvement, Of the Navy holds conspicu
place. The collection Of timber for the future
construction OF vessels Of war; the Pieserva-
Tor and reproduction Of HE species OF UNI
Der peculiarly adapted to- tina, purpose, the
construction Of Dry Docks for the use OF me
Navy, the erection Of a Marine Railway Tor the
'spair OF The public ships, and the improve