Litchfield enquirer., 1836-12-09

 commercial transactions, and give rise toa enlarged intercourse among the people Oi oll 1erent nations, which cannot but have nap ,py effect. Through the city of New Tor most of the correspondence between the Cana sdas and Eupope Is now carried on, ana urSeLn U repreSniations have been recetVed iFoW sn' head of the Provincial post office, aSklng In' interpositon of the United States 10 guate it from the accidents and losses to wnlcn " .' new subjected. Some Legislation appears U, .be called for. as well by our own interest, al 6v comity 10 the adjoining British Provinces
 The expediency of providing fire proof build inc for the important books and papers ot tho Post Pffice Department, is worthy of consldera t;on Tn the present condition of our Treasury it is neither necessary nor wise to leave essenla public interest exposed to so much danger, when hey can so readily be made secure. There are ,<eighty considerations in the location ol new building for the Department, in favor ot placing it near the other Executive buildings
 The important subjects of a sarvey ot the coast, and the manufacture of standard oi weights and measures for the different custom houses, have been in progress for years, unhel the general direction of the Executive, and the immediate superintendence ot gentleman pos -sessing high scientific attainments. At the last session of Congress, the marking ot set ol weights and measures foreach State Tn the onlon was added to the others by joint resolution;
 The care and correspondence as 10 all theSe subjects have been devolved on the treasury Department during the last year. A special re. port from the Secretary of the Treasury Will soon be communicated to Congress, which will show what has been accomplished as to the whole, the number and compensation ot the per sons now employed in these duties, and the pro gress expected to be made during the ensuing wear, with copy of the various correspondence deemed necessary 10 throw light on the sub]ec which seem to require additional Legislation
 Claims have been made for retrospective al lowances in behalf of the superintendent and some of his assistants, which dld not teel JuS1l fled in granting other claims have been made for large increases in compensation, which, un: der all the circumstances of the several cases, l declined making without the express sanction ol Congress. In order to obtain that sanction, the subject was at the last session, on my suggestion and my request of the immediate superintendent submitted by the Treasury Department to the Committee of Commerce of the House ot Rep- resentatives. But no legislative action having taken place, the early attention of Congress Is now invited to the enactment of some express and detailed provisions in relation to the varlou: claims made for the past, and to the compensa- tion and allowances deemed proper for the fu, ture.
 It is further respectfully recommended thai such being the inconvenience of attention to thse duties by the Chief Magestrate, and such the great pressure of business on the Treasury De ;partment, the general supervision of the coaS survey, and the completion of the Awelghts ant meaures, if the works are kept united, should be devolved on a board of officers, organized spe cially for that purpose, or on the Navy Board at tatched to the Navy Department
 All my experience ard reflection conhrm th' conviction have so often expressed to Congress in favor of an amendment of the constitution which will prevent, in any event, the election 0 the President and Vice President of the U. State devolving on the House of Representatives an' the Senate and therefore beg leave again t solicit your attention to the subject. There Wer various other suggestions in my last annual mes Sage not acted upon, particularly that relating t the want of uniformity in the laws of the Distrlc of Columbia, that are deemed worthy of your ia vorable consideration.
 Before concluding this paper, l think it due the various Executive Departments to bear test mony to their prosperous condition, and 10 tn ability and integrity with which they have bee conducted. It has been my aim to enforce in a of them vigilant and faithful discharge of tn public business, and it is gratifying to me to bt lieve that there is no just cause of complain from any quarter, at the manner in which the have fulfilled the objects of their creation.
 Having now nnlSneu tue oDSerVallonS aeemc proper on this, the last occasion shall have communicating with the two Houses of Congre> at their meeting, cannot omit an expression the gratitude which is due to the great body my fellow-cilizens, in whose partiality and indu gence have found encouragement and supper in the many difficult and trying scenes throue which it has been my lot to pass during my pu lie career.
 Though deeply sensible that my exerions has not been crowned with a success correspondln to the degree of favor bestowed upon me, l al sure that they will be considered as having bee directed by an earnest desire to promote the goo of my country; and I am consoled by the pel suasion that whatever errors have been commi ted will find a corrective in the intell luence an