Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-12-04

FOR the preparation OF five additional reports OF
rcconhoisances and surveys since the last session III
Congress, for the civil upon thirty
Inherent public works commenced eight others for
winch specific appropriations have been made by
Acts OF Congress-, and twenty other incipent SURVEYS
under the authority given by the Act oil 10th April
1874 about one million more of dollars have been
drawn from the Treasury. :"
To these two millions of dollars are 70 be added r..
approp ioton of 100000 dollars TO commence the a.,
rccton Of Breakwuter near the mouth Of ~. Doia
ware River the subscriptions to the Delaware anil
chesapeake, the Louisville and Portland the Dismal
swamp, and the ChesSteake and Ohio Canals. tb,.
iaise donations of lands To The States of Ohio India
ma Limos, and Alabama, for objects of improvements
within those Stutes aud the sums appropriatej for
light Houses, Buoys, and Piers, OH the coast md
iuI view will be taken o the munifcence of the Ma.
ton IN the application Of its resources 10 the
Bcnt oil ITS own condition.
vi these grea, national undertakings the Academy
Ut ncst roht Is among the most important in ITSELF
ana the most comprehensive in its consequences I'm
that institution apart of the Revenue OF the Ea.u
Is applied to defray the cxn.i,se OF el,,rat;n- 60
petent portion of her youth chiefly to the knowledge
and duties Of military life Il is the living arnorv Of
the Nation; While the other works of Improvement
enumerated IN the reports presented To- the attor
ton of Congress- destined TO amelioratc the face
OF nature; to multiply the facilities of communication
between the different parts OF the Union; to assist
the labors, increase the comforts, and enhance tb,
cnIoymcnts of individual-he instruction nco,,;r,d NJ
Vest Point eniarges the dominion and expands tho
capacities OF the mind Its beneficial results arc NJ
ready experienced IN the composition of the army and
their influence is felt in the intellectual propress o
society The institution is susceptible still of ront
Improvement from bencfactions proposed bv seyc
raj successive Boards of Visitors, TO whose earnest
ana repeated recommendations cIeeriuly add nv
J own.
w ith the usual annual reports from the secretary
OF inc Navy and the Board of Commissioners viii
oc eAhoitcd tn the view of congress, the execution
vi t'e laws relating To tiat Department of the public
service. The repression OF piracy in the Wcst In
dian, and in the Grecian seas, has been effcctpaIly
maintained with scarcely any exception. During tho
war between the Governments OF Buenos Ayres and
Brazil, frequent collisions between bcliperent arts
of power and the rights vi neutral commerce occur
red. Lccntious bockades, irrcgularly enlisted ~
Impressed seancn, and the property of honest COM
ncrcc sciZed with violence and even Numbered npdc-
legal pretences are disorders never separable from
the conflict OF wars upon the ocean. With a Dor
| non VI them' the correspondence of orr conrnan-
uefs on inc Eastern aspect of W South American
coast, una among the Islands of Greece discover
how far we have been involved. In these tho hone
OF our country and the rights of our citizens have
been asserted and vndicGtcd. The uppearnncc :,
ne" squ"ur0hS III the mediterranean, and the block
! adc OF the Dardanccs indicate The danUer of otbn-
Obstacles to the freedom of commerce. and tho ne
cesslty OF keeping naval force in those seas To
the suggestions repeated in the report Of the Secr
tary OF the Navy, and tending 10 the permanent
Improvement of this institution, invite the favorable
consideration of Congress-.
resolution of the House of Representatives.
! requesting THAT one of our small public vessels
IN
Sea, TO cXanlnc the coasts, islands harbors sboo.
and reefs, III those seas and ascertain their tru
situation and descriptions has been nut in trn,n of
execution. The vessel isneorly ready depart; the
successful accomplishment of the expedition NAV be
greatly facilitated by suitable Legislative provisions
and particularly by appropriation to dcfray its ne
ccssary expense. The addition of q second and per-
laps, third vessel, with sioht appravotion az ,I
cost, would contribute much to the safety of tbe ,
Zcns embarked on this undertaking. the results ~,
which may be of the deepest interest to our country
| with the report of the Secretary of the Nuyy
VIII Dc submitted, III conformity to the Act of Con-
grcsS OF third March, 1877 for the gradual improyc
me Mt of the Navy of the United States statements
OF the expenditures under that net and of the
sures taken for carrying the same into effect Ever
section OF that statute contains distinct provision
LOOKING TO the great object of the whole the rr.
dual Improvement of the Navy. Under IT'S seIuf1ry
sanction stores of slip-timber have been procured
anu are IN process of seasoning and preservation for
the future OF te Navy Arrangements have bcc,, naJ
for the observation ofihe live timber growing ON the InJ
OF the United States aud FOR its reproduction, supply at f.
re and distant days, the that valuable raol
.a up g1opg, g me great consumption Of yearly tie
nc construction Of the Two Try Docks Chaesown and -,
0Iiok IS making satisfactory progress towards durable g.
pracucabty and eNpcd ency Of u Marine Railway an en
% "oo no. ys. aeon pshed have been postponed, to la
states have bcen examined and plans for their iu,nroyen
Pu6e property therein forsou
which two others TO be added been PREPARED am,
@ NY S'co ena no other portion of my public duties
mas oeeh performed with intimate Convection of ;s ~
poItance to the future welfare and security ofthe Union "
WIN ue report from the Postmaster General is cxibicd
comparative view OF the gradual increase Of that caI;eo
nfn I'VE to I'e years. 1892, ill this time in the nncT ~
o Oiuecs which has grown hom less Than two hundred 90
ncdy eight thousand; IN the yielded by them ,rbici
from sixty seven thousond dollars has swollen To ,uars o
mutton and hail. aud IN tc number ofmlcs ofpos Road
Wch IRON hve thouand six hundred fprty-ttvo ha, M
tpied 10 ono hundred and fourteen thousand FIVE hundred arl
lhy * While IN the period oftmc the population a.,
tho Unon has about thrice doubled the rate of ~
occs nearly forty and ofthc revenue and travelled
Rom twenty 10 twenty-five for The increase of recn
revenue of the Department in 1872 Wv "''
&c expenditure Of the Department during Die ycnr vi
'cd ON The f OF July last, have exceeded the REGENTS by
sum oi ahouttwony-ye thousand dollars, The oxcc- las ,
chocd by the increase Of mail cOnvcyanCes and facilities Go
me cy'ct incar eghtshundcd thousand nlrs 4, bas &
uGd 10y collections rom the osaefs the arreaTaocs f
preceding years While the correct principle seems 10 b d.,
wv OcicVed ny me Department should dcirny all its extu
se u mas never been the policy Of ts Government e,
Ia RON is establishment any be- applied 10 any
c purposes he suggestion of the osmas tc General thar
lnc insurance OF o safe transmission Of money! by e mail
nsn, De assumed by tic Department. fo moderate and con-