Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-12-06

During the course OF the last Summer deisch
ment of the Army has been usefully and success
fully called 10 per- form their appropriate duties.
At The moment when the Comm sione,s apr ojr,ed
r carrying into execution certain ptoysions Of The
Treaty of August 10Th, 1928, with various I, ines
pfthe Northwestern Indians, were about to arrive
a, the appointed place of meeting the unproyol<
ed murder OF several citizens, and other acts oc
nnsquivocal hostility committed by party of the
Winnebago tribe, one OF those associated in the
Treaty, followed by indications of a menacipy
character. among over tribes Of the same region
rendered necessary immediate display OF III.
defensive and protective force of the Union in tina,
quarter. Il accordingly exhibited by the i'm
mediate and concerted movements of the Cover
nors Of The State OF Illinois and of the Territory
OF Michigan, and competent leves of militia under
their authority, with corps of seven bundr ed
men of United States troops under the command
OF General Atkinson, who, at the call of Gov
ernor Csss, Immediately repaired TO the scene of
danger, from their station at S.. Louis Their
presence dispeled the alarms of onr felIo,y citi.
zsns on those borders, and ovsrawed the hostile
purposes ofthe Indians. The perpetrators of the
murders were surrendered TO the authority and o.
perstion of our laws; and every appearance OF
rurposej hostility fiom those Indian tribes has
subsided.
Although the present Organization of The Army.
and the administration OF its various branches OF
heTvice, aie, upon the whole, ti.!aelory they
are yet susceptible of much Improvement in par
ticaiars, come of which have been heretofore sub
United to The consideration of Congress, and o.
thers are nov FIRST Presented in the Report of the
SecTctsry of WAR
Ihe expectancy ofprovit.ins for additional num-
ters OF Officers in the corps Engineers will, in
some degree, depend upon the number ard extent
OF the objects of national importance upon which
Congress may think il proper that s,iryevs should
ire made conformsby to the Act of The 3Olh of
April, 1924. or the surveys which, before the
last session Of Congress, had been made under the
authority oil that act, reports were made
OF the Board of Internal Improvement, on
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
On the continuance ofihe. National Road
from Cumberland to the tide walters within the
District Of Columbia.
On The continuation OF The National Road
fom Canton to Zanesyiie.
On the location of the National Road from
Evansville to Columbus
On the continuation OF the same Road to the
Seat oil Government in Missouri.
3 On Post Road from Baltimore 10 Philan
delphia. =
OF survey of Kennebec river, Gin party
8 Ga National Road from Washington to
Buffalo.
On the survey of S.ugatuck harbor and ri.
yer.
10 On canal from Lake poncbarrain 10
the Mississippi river.
III Or surveys at Eigartown, Newburyport,
and Hyannis harbor.
AZ On survey OF LA SIalS2nCe lay, the Ter
Iitory of Michigan.
And reports now prepared, and will be sub
mitted TO Congress:
On surveys of the Peninsula of Florida, 10 as.
certain the praceabty OF canal to connect the
waters of the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico.
across that PENINSULA and also, of the country be-
tween 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 waters OF james and Great Kenhayva rivers;
On the survey of the Swash in PamIico Sound
and that Of Cape Fear, below The town of VIII
mingion, in North Carolina;
On the survey Of the Muscle Shoals, in the
Tennessee river. and for route for a contenpIa-
ted communication between the Hiyyassee and
Coosa rivers, in the STATE Of Alabama.
Other reports of surveys, upon objects pointed
on, by the several acts Of Congress, of the last
and preceding sessions, in the progress of rre-
paraton, and mos, of them may be completed
before the close of this session. All the officers
of boih Corps Of Engineers, with several other
persons duly qualified have been constantly en-
ployed upon these services, from the passage of
the Act Of Both April, 1924. to this time Were
no other advantage 10 accrue TO The country from
their labors than the fund OF Typographical know
ledge which they have collected and communicat.
ed, That alone would have been profit TO the
Union more than adequate 10 all the expenditures
which have been devoted 10 the object; but the
appropriations for the repair and Continuation nj
a.
rious other roads, for the removal of obstruction
from the Rivers and Harbors, for the erection of
JIight-houses, Btacons, Piers, and Buoys and for
the completion OF Canal-, undertaken by indiyilu-
al associations, but needing the assistance of means
and resources more cowpr extensive than Individual
enterprise can command may be considered rather
as treasures laid up from the contributions of the
present age, for the benefit of posterity than az
unrequited applications of the accruine revenues
OF the nation. To such objects of permanent i'm
provement TO the condition of the country, of real
addition 10 the wealtb as well as to Tie comfort of
tbe people. by whose authority and re ources
they have been effected, from three to four mill
lions OF the annu' income Of the nation have by
laws enacted at ihs three most recent sessions of
Congress, been sp. lied without intren ching upon
the necessities of the Treasury; without adding
dollar 10 the taxes debts Of the community:
without suspending the steady and regular
discharge OF the debts contracted in former DAYS,
which, within the same three years have been
diminished by the amount CT nearly sixteen mil
lions OF dollars
Inc came observations are, in a great degree
applicable TO The appropriations made Tor fortifca-
lions upon the coasts and hafbors of the United
Ststes, Tor The maintenance ofth Military Acade>
my at West Point. and for the various objects un-
der The superiniendence Of the Department of The
afavy. The Report OF the SecretsSy ofthe Navy,
and those from the subordinate branches oil both
thel MILITARY Departments, exhibit to Congress-
in minute detail, the present condition Of the pub
lie establishments dependent upon them; the execu-
ton OF the acisiof Congress relating to them and
tne views OF the officers engaged in the several
branches OF The service, concerning the improve
msnts which may tend TO their perfection.
The forhcalion OF the Coasts; & the gradual in-
crease and Improvement Of the Navy, are parts
OF q great system of nafionsl ,fefanr, ,,h..L L..