Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1841-01-02


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Seminole. tbo afo happily sa..IeI we5i
of iNt Mississippi. cod ere now nuS'gu7
u plfllIe their couH'rYmfn ll Ipln
them there, hopes we're Tor some limo
entertained that Tive Indians might Boz 10.
dutod lp leave the territory without lut.
thef difficulty Those hopos have pro-
we'd mIlaa Ioug, and hos.IIties have been
renewed throughout the whole Territory.
That This contest has endured 50 Iang.is
10 be attributed 10 causes beyond iho con.
I troll of the Government Experiences
Generals have had commani OF lie
troops; officers and soldiers have alike
distinguished themselves for their actIfi.
. ~, patience, and enduring courage; the
army has been constantly furnished wlth
supplies Of every description, and we
must look for the casses which have so
long procrastnated the issue Of the con-
test, in the vast extent Of the theatre of
hostlities the almost nsurmountable OBJ
slaces presented by the nature Of the
country, the climate, and the willy char
acter Of the sayages.
The sites for marine hospitals, on the
rivers and lakes, which was authorized
to select and cause to be purchased, have
all been designated; but the appropria-
ton not proving sufficient, conditional
arrangements only have been made lor
their acquisition. 1t is for Congress tc
decide whether those conditional purcha.
SEES shall be sanctioned, and the humane
intentions Of the law carried into full
effect
The navy, as will appear from the &C
companying report Of the Secretary, ha,
been useiuly aud honoraby employed
in the protection Of our commerce anc
citizens on the Mediterranean, the Paci
, fc, on the coast Of Brazil, and in thu
Gulf Of Mexico A small squadron, con
slsting Of the frigate Constellation, ant
the sloop-of-war Boston, under Commo
, dore kearney, is now on its way to Chi
ma and Indian seas, for the purpose o
, attending to our interests in that quarter
and Commander Aullck, in the sloop-of
: war Yorktown, has been instructed t.
J visit the Sandwich and Society Islands
) the coast Of New Iceland and Japan, to
gether wifh ports and Islands frequentet
b. by our whale ships, for the purpose o
4 giving them countenanco and protection
), should they BE- required Other simiIa
# vessels have been, and sill are, employ
+ ed in prosecuting the surveys of IN
t coast of the United States, directed b
/. various acts Of Congress; and thos
: which have been completed win shor,l
d be laid before you.
J.. The exploring expedition, at the lates
= date, was preparing to leave the Bay c
II Islands, New Iceland, in further prosecl
Il lion of objects which have, thus far, bee
successfully accomplished The disco,
cry of a new continent, which was fir,
!, seen in latitude Sc deg. 20 min souti
g longitude l54 deg 40 min, cast, and a
. forwards in latitude 66 deg. 81 mil
g south, longitude 1853 deg. 40 min. cas-
v by Lieutenats Wilkes and Hudson, fo
: an extent Of eighteen hundred miles, bu
,. on which they were prevented from lane
Il ing by vast bodies Of ice which encon
# passed it, is one the honorable results {
n the enterprise. Lieutenant Wilkes bear
o testimony to the zeal and good conduct
4 his officers and men; and it is but iu
n tlce to that officer to state that he al
n. pears to have performed the duties a
or signed him with an ardor, ability, an
oil perseverance, which give every ass
ar rance OF an honorable issue to the unde
a. taking.
&c The report of the Pos, Master Gene
" al, herewith transmitted, will exhibit Il
n service of that department the past yea
cd and its present condition The tran
al portaIlon has been maintained durir
e. the year to the full extent authorized |
re the existing laws; some improvement
nd have been effected, which the public i
Ike terest seemed urgently 10 demand, b
lie not involving any material additional
es pendlure: the contractors have geners
nd ~ performed their engagements with
in deity; the Post Masters, with few e
he cepllons, have rendered their accoun
IN. and paid their quarterly balances wi
prompttude, and the whole service
p the department has maintained the eff
n cheney for which it has for several yea
oy been distinguished.
N. The acts of Congress establishing ne
IN mail routes and requiring more expe
lg siye service on others, and the increa
RS ing wants of the country, have, for tire
IN years past, carried the expenditur,
s. something bayond the eccruing revenue
ne the excess having been met. until III