The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-02
From Che .Northampton Gasette.

Ado RACI OF fOBLlC DOCU MEEIS'
ARMY. The army of the United Sites
in October last was composed of 1922 men,
including 81 surgeons, Is paymasters 30
engineers, and 444 commissioned differs.
The number sick was COB, and the number
in arrest or confinement 232. The trops
are distributed in 80 different posts, ohthe
sea board, western frontier, &c. Deer
tons from the army are frequent. The
number of recruits enlisted from Jan.i, to
Oct. l, 1897, was 953.
NAVY. The Navy of the United Safes,
built and building, consists of twelve hips
, of the line, fourteen 44's, three 36's two
corvettes, a steam frigate, about twenty
sloops of war and schooners. In addition
| to these, live oak timber has been purhas-
ed for ships of the line, 5 frigats, and 5
sloops of war. The number of vessels in
commission is 10. OF these or ire In
| the Mediterranean, about as many in the
Pacific, and the others in the WeS Indies,
on the coast of Brazil, &c. The annual
expense of the Navy and Navy. Yrds, not
including the sums appropriated for the
gradual improvement of the Navyls about
three millions of dollars. The lay and
subsistence of officers, and pay ofseamen
| amount to 100000 dollars ppvisions
505,000; repairs of vessels 47500l.
LEAD MINES. The lead made ut the
public lead mines during the last year
amounted to 6,092, $50 pounds, onetenth OF
which belongs to the United States for
rent. The products of the mines near
Fever River was upwards of FIVE millions,
and that of the Missouri MINIS less than
one million. tits supposed tint the annual
product of the mines will son reach ten
millions of pounds.
ARMoRIEs, &c. During The year end
ing September Both, 25,30C muskets and
their appendages were made at the nation
al armories at Springfield and Harper's
Ferry. In the year 1926, the amount Of
money expended at Springfield was $l63,-
ESQ; and at Harper's Ferry Sl67 BAL
The expense of the U. States for cannon
artillery carriages, small arms, ammunl-
ton, &c. has averaged about 100000 dol
lars per annum, For the last fourteen years
These large sums have been expended fol
permanent objects, and for articles Of {
durable character; and the value of this
description of military property now in the
charge Of the. Ordnance Department i:
AA1SAN bAACAl IOA Lll1llOno VI AN
value of the small arms alone exceeds si2
millions.
| National RoAD. Twenty-eight mile:
of this road, west of the Ohio river, are
completed, on the McAdam principle, hay
ing received three coverings of stone, re
4 duced to peices of not more than fou
ounces in weight, making a total thickness
Of nine inches. The cost of these q
miles of road, including bridges, cnlverts
&c. has been about 1000 dollars per mile
About As miles more of the road, extend
ing to Evansville in Ohio, are in an active
state of progress.
The old national road on the east o.
Ohio, has nearly gone to destruction fol
want of care and attention. By long neg
lect it "a become too bad to be nended
and must in great degree be renewed
! The appropriation of $4,000 granted by
Compress, for its renair has dene- h,,t -Ettlr
( good. This road, extending from Cumber
land to the Ohio, has cost the United States
about two millions of dollars.
PUBLIC LANDS. The United States
have paid to France, Spain, Georgia, and
the Indians, for public lands, 29,60OOOC
dollars, and the expenses of surveying and
FSClllilS Have d1lOuuIeu 10 O,O%U;UUU collars.
The total amount paid by purchasers is
less than 100000.
The quantity of land purchased by the
United States is 258, 81, 667 acres. OF
this, about 20 millions of acres have been
sold, and near 90 millions of acres have
been appropriated for military bounties,
support of schools, colleges, &c. The
quantity of land within the present limits
of the states and territories, not yet coded
by the Indians, is So millions of acres !;
and the quantity of unceded lands lying
north and west of the states and terrific
ries, within the limits of the United States,
is 750,000000 acres.
OWENS COMMUNITY five may be-
lieve the statements of individuals who
have recently been at New Harmony, mat
tiers have sadly changed since Mr. Ovens
departure from that place. It would, per-
haps, be as difficult to find bis ten co-ope-
ratiVe communities, as to discover the evil
dences of success attending those which
really have an existence.