Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-09


! The next of these cardinal measures of nol;, ::
the preliminary to great and lasting works of nubc
| improvement, in the surveys of roads eyam;not;o
for the course ofcanas and abours for the removal
OF the Instructions of rivers and harbours first com
menced by the Act of Congress of 3Oth Anr;l 1904
Inc report exhibits In one table the funds annro
priated at the last and preceding Sessions of Con.
gress, for all these Notifications surveys, and WORKS
OF publlck Improvement; the manner in which
these funds have been applied the amount evnnnd,
ed upon the several works under construction and
the further sums which may be necessary 10 com
piete them. In second, the works projected bv
the Board OF engineers, which have not been com.
menced, and the estimate of their cost
In third, the Report of the annual BOARD Of Viz
tiers at the Military Academy at West Point, For
thirteen fortfcatons erected on various noints Of
our Atlantick coast, from Rhode Island to Louisiana
the aggregate expenditure of the year has fallen
little short of one million of dollars
For the preparation of five additional renorts of
reconnoisances and surveys since the last Session
OF Congress- for the civil constructions upon thirv
seven different publick works commenced e;abt
others Tor which specifck appropriations have been
made by Acts of Congress, and twenty other incn;
ent surveys under the authority given by the Act Of
SOth April, 1924, about one million more of dollars
have been drawn from the Treasury.
10 these two millions Of dollars are to be added
the appropriations of 100000 dollars. to commence
| the erection OF breakwater near the mouth of the
Delaware River; the subscriptions to the Delaware
and Chesapeake, the Louisville and Portland the
Dismal swamp, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nails the large donations Of lands to the States Of
Ono, Indiana, Illinois and Alabama for objects of
| improvements within those States and the SIMS
appropriated for Light Houses, Buoys. and piers
on the coast, and full view will be taken Of the
munifcence OF the nation in the application of its
resources 10 the Improvement ofits own condition
vi these great national undertakings. the Acade
my at west Point is among the most important in
Itself, and the most comprehensive in its conse
qeehces In that institution, part of the Revenue
OF the,naton is applied to defray the expense of ed
ucating competent portion of her youth chiefly 70
the knowledge and duties of military life If is the
living armory eft the nation While the other works
/ OF improvement enumerated in the reports now pre-
senfed to the attention of Congress- are destined to
amenorate the face OF nature; to multiply the ia
cllltes OF communication between the different
parts OF the Union to assist the labours increase
the comforts, and enhance the enioyments of indi
vlduas-the instruction acquired at West Point
enlarges the dominion and expands the capacities
OF the mind. Its beneficial results are already ex.
perlenced in the composition of the army and their
influence is felt in the intellectual progress of soci
ETY.. The institution is susceptible still of great
Improvement from benefactions proposed by seye-
raj successive Boards of Visters, to whose earnest
and repeated recommendations cheerfully add INV
own.
with the usual annual reports from the Secretary
OF the Navy and the board of Commissioners will
be exhibited to the view of Congress the execution
Oh ,ne laws relating to that department of the pub
|
Indian, and in the Grecian Seas has been effectu
! ally maintained, with scarcely any execution Dur
ing the war between the Governments of Buenos
Ayres and of Brazil, frequent collisions between
oeIligerehI acts OF power and the rights of neutral
commerce occurred Licentious blockades. irreo
ularly enlisted or impressed seamen, and the nro
perry OF honest commerce seized with violence
and even plundered under legal pretences. are dis
orders never separable from the conflict of wars
upon the ocean, With portion of them the cor
! feSpOndenCe OF ndprc h.
pect OF the South American Coast and among the
Islands of Greece, discover how far we have been
involved. In these, the honour of our country and
the rights OF our citizens have been asserted and
Vlndlcated. The appearance of new souadrons in
the indifference, a>A tbs
neles indicate the danger of other obstacles to the
freedom of commerce, and the necessity of keeping
our naval force in those seas.
| To the suggestions repeated in the report of the
Secretary OF the Navy, and tending to the perma-
nent improvement of this institution, invite the
favourable consideration of Congress-
resolution of the House of Representatives re-
questng that one of our small publck vessels should
be sent to the Paciick Ocean and South Sea to
examine the coasts, islands, harbours shoals. and
reefs In those seas and to ascertain their true stu
alton and description, has been put in train of ex-
ecutlon The vessel is nearly ready to depart; the
successful accomplishment of the expedition may
be greatly facilitated by suitable Legislative proyi-
sions and particularly by appropriation to defray
its necessary expense. The addition of a second
and perhaps third vessel with slight aggravation
of the cost would contribute much to the safety of
the citizens embarked on this undertaking. the re-
suits of which may be of the deepest interest to our
country.
With the report of the Secretary of the Navy will
be submitted, in conformity to the act of Congress
OF % March, 1877 for the gradual improvement of
the Navy of the United States, statements of the
expenditures under. that act, and of the measures
taken for carrying the into effect Every Sec
ton OF that statute contains a distinct provision
looking to the great object Of the whole the gradual
| improvement of the Navy. Under its salutary
sanction, stores of ship-timber have been procured
and are in process of seasoning and preservation for
| the future uses of the Navy. Arrangements have
been made for the preservation of the live oak tim
Der growing on the lands of the u. States and for
its reproduction, to supply, at future and distant
days, the waste of that most valuable material for
ship-bulding, by the great consumption of it yearly
for the commercial, well as for the military ma
rine of our country. The construction of the two
Dry Docks at Charlestown and Norfolk is making
satisfactory progress towards durable establish
ment. The examinations and inquiries to ascertain
the practicabilty and expediency of Marine Rail-
way at Pensacola, though not yet accomplished,
have been postponed, but to be the more etfectual
ly made. The Navy Yards of the United States
have been examined, and plans for their improve
ment and the preservation of the publick property
therein, at Portsmouth, Charlestown, Philadelphia,
Washington, and Gosport, and to which two others
are to be added have been prepared and received
my sanction and no other portion of my publick
duties has been performed with more intimate
conviction of its importance to the future welfare
and security of the Union.
l With the report of the Postmaster General Is ex-
mblted comparative view of the gradual increase
of that establishment, from five to FIVE years since
1892, till this time, in the number of Post Offices,
which has grown from less than two hundred to
nearly eight thousand in the revenue yielded by
them, which, from sixty seven thousand dollars, has
swollen to upwards of million and half and in the
number of miles of Post Roads, which, from five
thousand six hundred and forty-two have multiplied
to one hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred