The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-12-13

rendered necessary AN immediate display OF the deien
sye and protective force Of the Union in that quarter
II accordingly exhibited by the immediate and
concerted movements of the Governors of the State OF
Illinois and OF the Territory of Michigan aud CONNIE.
tent leves of militia under their authority with corps
of seven hundred United States troops, under the
command OF Gen Atkinson, who, at the call of Gov
Cass, immediately repaired to the scene of danger,
from their station at St. Louis. Their presence dis
PEELED the alarms of fellow citizens on those Dor
ders, and overawed the hostile purposes of the In
dians. The perpetrators of the murders surren-
dered to the authority anu operation Of of our laws
and every appearance of purpOsed hostility from those
Indian tribes has subsidized
Although the present organization of the Army and
the administration of its various branches of service
are, upon the whole, satisfactory, they yet suscep
tIbe OF improvement in particulars, of which
have heretofore been submitted 10 the consideration of
Congress, and others are now first presented in the
Report of the Secretary of War.
The eXpediency of providing for additional numbers
OF Officers in the two corps OF Engineers, WILL in some
degree, depend upon'the number and extent of the
Objects oil national Importance upon which Congress
may think proper that surveys should be made con-
formally the of the Both of April, 1924. Ofthe
surveys which, before the last session ofCongress had
been made under the authority of that actreports
made:
|. Ofthe Board of Internal Improvement, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
2. On the continuance of the National Road from
Cumberland to the tide waters within the District of
Columbia.
Canton to Evansville,
4. On the location of the National Road from Zanes-
vile to Columbus.
5. On the continuation of the same Road to the
seat of Government in Missouri.
+. On Post Road from Baltimore to Philadel-
phia.
Z. Ola survey ofKennebec River, lin part.)
8. Of National Road from Washington to Buff
falo.
9. On a survey of Saugatuck harbor and river
10. On Canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the
Mississippi river.
II. On surveys at EdgartOwp,s Newburyport and
10. On survey of La Plaisance Bay, in the Terri
tory of Michigan.
And reports now prepared, and will be submit
ted to Congress:
On surveys of the Peninsula OF Florida to ascertain
the practcability of canal to the of
the Atlantic with the Gulf Of Mexico, that Pen
nsu!a and also, of the country between the Bays of
Mobile and of Pensacola, with the view of connecting
them together by canal;
On surveys of route for canal TO connect the
tiers of James and Great kanhaway rivers;
On the survey of the Swash in Pamllco sound, and
that OF Cape Fear below the town of w iimington ill
North Carolina;
90 the survey of the Muscle Shoals, in the Tennes-
river, and for contemplated communication be-
tween the HWassee and Coosa rivers, in the state of
Alabama.
Other reports of surveys, upon objects pointed
by the several acts of Congress- of the last and prece
ding sessions, are IN the progress OF preparation, and
most of them may be completed before the close of this
session. All the Officers of both Corps of Engineers
with other persons duly qualified, have been constant
employed upon these services, from the passage of
the Act of Both April, 1924, to this time. Were no
other advantage to accrue to the country from their la
5ors than the fund of Typographical knowledge which
they have collected and communicated, that alone
would have been profit to the Union more than ade-
quate to all the expenditures which have devoted to
the oblect but the appropriations Tor the repair and
continuation OF the Cumberland Road, for the
of OtIer wal ri
sruCtIons from Rivers and Harbors, for the erection
of Lighthouses Beacons, PIERS and Buoys, and for
the completion of Canals. undertaken by individual as
socatOns but needing the assistance OF means and re-
sources more comprehensive than individual enter
prise command may be considered rather
laid up from the contributions of the present age
Tor the benefit OF poSterlty, than unrequed appro-
prIatiOns of the accruing revenues OF the nation. 10
such objects of permanent improvement to the condi-
ton of the country OF real addition OF wealth well
comfort of the People by whose authority and re-
sources they have been effected from three to four
millions of the annual income Of the nation have, by
laws enacted at the three most recent sessions OF Con-
gress, been applied, without lntrenchng upon the ne
cesstes of the Treasury; without adding dollar to
the taxes or debts OF community; without suspending
the steady and regular discharge Of the debts con-
traced in former days, which, within the same three
years. have been diminished by the amount of nearly
sixteen millions of dollars.
The same observations are, in great degree ,appi-
cable to the appropriations made for torcations up
the and habo-s of the United States, for the
maintenance Of the Military Academy at West Point,
and for the objects under the superindence of
the Department of the Navy. The Report fthe Sec
rotary of the Navy, and those from the subordinate
branches of both the Military Departments, exhibit to
Congress, in minute detail, the present condition ofthe
public establishments dependent upon them; the
cuon of the acts of Congress relating to them; and
the views of the officers engaged in the several bran
ches of the service, concerning the Improvements
which may tend to their perfection The tortlfcatlon
of the Coasts, and the gradual increase and improve
of the Navy, parts of great system of ma
tiona Defence which has been upwards of ten years
in progress, and which, for series of years to come
will continue to claim the constant and perseVering
protection and superintendent of the Legislative
thority. Among the measures which have emanated
from these principles the act ofthe last session of Con-
gress for the gradual Improvement OF the Navy, holds
a conspicuous place. The collection oftmber for the
future construction of vessels of the preservation
and reproduction of the species of timber peculiarly
adapted to that purpose; the construction OF Dry
Docks for the use OF the Navy the erection OF Ma
rine Railway for the repair of public ships, and the
Improvement of the Navy Yards for the preservation
of the public property deposited IN them have all re-
ceved from the Executive the attention required by
that Act, and will continue to receive IT, steadily pro-
ceedng towards the execution of all its purposes The
establishment of a Naval Academy, furnishing the
means of theoretc instruction to the youths who de-
vote their lives to the service Of their country upon
the ocean, still socits the sanction of the Legislature.
Practical seamanshp, and the art OF Navigation, may
be acquired upon the cruises, which, from time to time
are despatched to distant seas; but competent know
ledge, even of ship building, the higher mathematics
and astronomy; the literature which can place our
officers on level of polished education with abe Off
GERS of other maratme nations the knowledge otthe
laws, municipal and national, which, in their inter-
course with foreign States and Governments, con-
nualy called into oDeration and above all, that &C