Litchfield enquirer., 1836-01-07

Claims ON account OF this road, while eo@pe-
tent PFnEisiOn has been made for les preserVR-
ton. One OF the most important works Of
internal improvement referred In In the Re-
port, Is the removal Oft raft over Red riV-
er. An immense body Of timber, extending
one hundred and eleven miles along that
stream, had covered large portion Of It's sur
face and interrupted all communication. This
had probably been collecting for ages, not 3D.
~ Ohstructing . great naturai highway, but
inundating fertile and extensive region along
the river, and snbiecting the whole country in
its vicinity to local diseases. The work Of
removing this raft has been in progress lit
tie more than two years, and the whole ex-
penditure, including som of twenty three
thousand dollars. which was applied in previ-
Gus experiments that failed, has been about
one hundred and thirty Ave Thousand dollars.
The river has been cleared lightweight miles;
twenty-three miles of distractions remain to
be removed; this is expected to be accom-
plished next season, and the whole expense
is estimated at one hundred and eighay-fve
thousand seven hundred and thirteen dollars.
1t Is estimated that upW ard of millioH0f a.
ores Of land will be reclaimed and rendered
one of the most productive districts in the
Union, by this improvement. A number Of
our most important harbOrs and inlets are yet
either wholly undefended, or SO partially pro-
teeted, as to render their situation altogether
insecure in the event Of exposure TO hostile
attempts gradual prosecution Of the gem
eral system Of defence is recommended. as IT,
a.so the employment Of floating steam batte-
ries IN sOme Of our most extensive rOadsreds
especially the chesapeake and Delaware,
Bays, and the Harbor of New York. The
Military Academy, at West Point, is noticed
in favorable terms about twO-thirds Of the
Officers Of the Army have been educated at
this Institution. The establishment OF Ma.
tionat Foundry, for the manufacture Of can
non, ia the District of Columbia, is strongly
recommended. The supplies wanted for the
Army and Militia, as Web as the armament
Of the Notifications, are at present procured
from private foundries. The defective or
ganization ofthe Militia is dweit upon at some.
length. But little practical utility results from,
the present system, and the hope is express.
sed that the present state of public affairs
may lead to a REORGANIZATION Of it, and to.
such changes as may render it permanently
useftsl. The Indians East Of the Mississippi,
river are said 10 be yielding to the conviction
that their removal 10 the territory assigned.
to them in the West is essential to their i'm -
provement and prosperity. The causes Of
their depression, while 10 contact with the
whites, are pointed out, and among them the.
traffic in ardent spirit by the whites is the
most prominent. Congress has now provided
by law that all ardent spirits found 10 the In
dian country may be destroyed. The Report
anticipates a happier destiny for the Indians
as soon as the remaining Tribes shall have
been established at the West. The arrange
ments for their comfortable establishment
have been projected upon scale suited to,
their wants and condition and the duties Of
the United States. An extensive territory
has been reserved for them and divided into.
districts for the sc, eral Trbes--lhcv
moved at the expense Of the United States
they are presided With the necessary subsis.
tence for one year after reachng their new re-
sidence-annuities, in specie. tn q greater or
less amount. are payable to each Tribe-agri-
cultural instruments. domestic animals. seed
corn, salt. tootns, cards, spinning wheels, iron.
STEEL cloths, blankets, rifles, ammunition, and
other articles, are distributed among them
Mills are erected and kept 10 operation, Coun-
cil-houses, churches, and dwelling houses for
Chiefs, are built. Mechanics are engaged
and supported, schools established and main.
tanned. and the Missionary Institutions among
them are aided from the Treasury Of the u.
Siates.-Hartford Couront.
TREASURY REPoRr.-T,he Report Of the Secretary
OF the Treasury 10 long and tedious documea occu-
ry'"g about eight solid coIumns in the New-York pa
Prrs. brief abstract Of the finances is all thar
can find room for. and is as m,ach, we presume, a.
will be desired by our readers. ~
The receipts into the Treasury, from all sources,
the last three years, we're az follOws:-
1885, N. ~ S33 GAG. 426 o.
1884. 2l.79l 935 SIS
1885 tascer,ained q sslimaied,) 28.4s0.ssi OF
The expenditures for the saDs years, Including the
payments Of the public debtpwere AZ foiIows:--
1883. s24.257 .2es 49,
1888; ta.cer,anea and estimated, is,pSs III %
Adding to the receipts of 1885, the balance 10 the
Treasury at the comencemenl of the year t$8 892,.
858 42) and deducIng the expenditures Of the year,
i'"se' 'aancs on the first January 1890 !, ." Zoo 40
From which is to be deducted Of una
valab.e funde, SLIGO, 600 90
Leaving the computed available bal
aFce OF & $1,000, 500 20
OF the present year, consisting Of approximations not
ye! expended. &C. are estimated a. 81, $685. N4 which
will leave balance TO be hereafter applied by Com
gress 10 new and other purposes Of $40, 45O. 024.
s0ng year for objects spec flied in the Report will
coed the recepts in that year about four millions Of
doiiars-hus reducing the present surplus, and eav-
ng tprov'ded no further appropriations are made ihaR
those already recommended,Ca balance the. close
ofthe year 1886 Of between six aud seven millions OF
dollars. f.@ s Al sE Err -
In the above estimates the stock owned by the Gov
ernment in ihe United States Bank has not been ia
cuded, because The Secretary had not received such
information in regard the division OF its capital
Stock would enable him anticipate the addiionA
70 revenue ffoqnthat source in lSS6.-R.
"DovER, Dec. %. 1885,
Dear Sir-I hasten to inform you Of the awful death.
Of midshipman John r. B. Adams who shot
the night Of the 25ih met about o'clock by Jamea
II. N. Ciayton, when catering Clayion' Office. The
mu2se Of the pistol about sx inches from The left
side Of Adams' head, near tla temple. Ahout seven.
eiehihs ofthe bah was buried in the scuil which
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