The Arkansas banner., 1845-12-24

that provision be male for the payment ol ht these troops, as wel us a small number of et T exan volunteers, whom the commanding pi general thought necessary to receive UT mus- D, ter into our service. "
 During the last sumner the first regiment VI of dragoons made extensive excursions I through the Indian country on our borders, a ii, part ol them advancing nearl to the posses m soHs of the Iiudson's Bay Company in the N N north, and part as far as the South Pass oi V the Rocky Mountains, and the head waters I of the tributary steams of the Colorado ol o the West The exhibition oi this military II force among the Indian tribes in those distant 2 regions, and tine councils helds with them o by the commanders of the expeditions, It IS 1t believed, will have salutary influence III rest aiming them from hoshlities among d themselves, and maintaining friendly rela- Q tions between them and the United States i An interesting account of one of these a late excursions accompanies the report of s the Secretary of War. Under the directions :, of the War Department, Brevet Captain Ere |, mont of the crops of Typographical Engi- U neers has been employed since l642 ln eN- plorng the country west of the MissIssippi, | and beyond the Rocky Mountains Two |
 
 close. and the report ol that scientific and | enterpfising officer have furnished much m ' leresling aud valuable information. He is ( now engaged ill thid expeditions; but Is nol l expected that this arduous service will be I completed Ill season to enable me 10 com munlcate the result to Congress at the pre- SeGt session. I
 Our relations with the Indian tribes are of ia h H.. Hup pli,.V n to country designed for their permanent residence, west oi the Mississippi and without the limits ol : the organized States and Territores, IS batter ap
 preciied by them than t was few years ago, wile education IS attended to- and the habits of civilized lie are gaining ground among them. Serious difficulties oi lohS standing continue 10 distract the several parties into which the Chefo- kees are unhappV divided. The euorts oi tile
 government 10 just difficulties between them have heretofore proved unsuccessful; and there remains no probabllty that this desirable object can be ae- complshed without the ad oi further Legislation by Congress-. l wl at an early pefied ol your ses- ,ieh, present the subject for 5ouf consideration, l accompanied with au tXposIllOh oi t1, conptdlhtS
 aud cllIs oi these several parties into which the nation IS divided, with View to the adoption oi
 such measures by Congress as may enable the EX- 4eutive tO do justice to them respectively, and to
 out an end. il possible, 10 the ulSstntlOns winch nave long prevailed, and still prevail, among them. reter you to the report oi the aecrutafy oi the
 Navy ior the pT sent condition o tlat branch oi the
 hdtiondf defence and of grave suggestions nay
 h5 tnelr object the Increase oi It's eIEcIeney,
 aud greater economy IF Ills managehen During
 lne past year the officers and men nave performed
 their duty in satisfactory manner. ne orders
 NhicA have been gwen, have been executed Nlth | pfoiupthess and idey A larger torce than has l pitch formed squadron under our flag, Was
 rladly concentrated in the Gull ol MeXic;', and,
 apparently, without unusual e.iort. II Is especially
 to ooserved that, hofnIt ItistahdIng the nnlon Oi
 so considerable l0ice, no act Was committed tiiat even the jediousy ol all lildted power conid con-
 stfue an act ag1ession and that the conlnldi-
 der oI the sqadro, ant hls otflcers n stnei eon-
 Iof.liy with ther insIrueaons, holding teiIseI es
 eger ready for the most active duty, have achieved
 tie stlii pufef glory ol contributing o le pfesefYi-
 ton peace. It believed thai al all our foreign
 stations tue honor el IlAg has been gaInaIIad d.
 and that. gcuerd!sg, oarsls war taNt been dis
 .nfguIsti@u Iof tIeff good disetrhhe and efder F aa ndupy to add, tt5at the display ei q hafailme E iofca Wtaen required by te events oi the sub-
 ,ner, has been made wholly within the usual dp- |
 appropriations for the ser'ce oi tie year, So that no
 additional appropriations are required
 The eo.nntlce oI uIe United otates, and with Il
 the udY gdul5 Interest, have steadily anu rdpdIy in creased since the organization o our government,
 untl it is believed, We are now second to but enc
 Power in the world, and at no distant day, shall ! probabIY be inferior to none Exposed as they must
 De, 1t hds beeh Wise pency 10 a.Uid To these In-
 portant interests protection with our ships Of War,
 distributed III the 3rcdt highways o tfddc ttfeH5n
 out the world. ur iiofc udn tnlfiy eafo dpi TO- pratlohs have beeh made, aiR dnaaiy eNtehded, for the gradual increase OI onf ndtaI loc,s. ih l
 peace our navy pefiorIls the aPortdn duty oi pro-
 tecun5 our co..l4defce ahd l.. tic eVeHt oi War,
 De, as Il ds oteu U liost efficient hcaEs oi dc-
 irhce. 1ne successful use of steam navigation on the ocean has been followed D tie ln,ioGucuoH war
 steamers great and Incfeasiag auinbtts he
 ulVIes ol tha principal rOWeis Oi tHe world. du. rcgald 10 otI onh sdlety and tU Icent pIo,ctiuu ID our large and lhcI~asins eo.h- d4elce demands d corresponding Increase on our part No coultry hds 5flteI iaciliIes ior the con siructlon of Vessels 0, this dtscnption than ours; prontse tstll greater advantages noI tiIen employ nleni. Ihry ate ddAiidbI4 audpted to thc prot ei our commerce, to lhe raPd raHsiHis
 sIon oi intelllgo uce aud To th4 Coast deiehce lu
 pursuance oi the wise policy o 5rdduai increase
 o our navy, large supplies oi live oak tnOer, and other hiaterlats or stlp budding, haye been coiec ted, and under shelter and n a state oi good
 FresorYatioH While ron steamers can h. bait with
 great Hcii!ty ln various parts o the Unlon. he oi lfoh aS m1erdi, especially Ill the coastruc tlOa ol steamers, winch cdn eHer AltI safety u,anY
 0f the harboiS along our coast, now 3ssible to
 vessels oi greater dlau5ht, and the practcaby oi
 constructing them ill the interior, strongly Ieeom- lnends that iiberdi appropriations sboud bf made
 thls important ct. tiateVer may have been our policy the carrier stag o tie government,
 when the ndtion Was h lis lIancy, our shipping in- terssis and con4nefce comparatively snaii, our ie
 sources Ihltod our population sparse dhd scarcely eXehd 2 beA 0nd the lIiAls oi the original lrtceH States Una; policy us De essentially Giaerent now
 that we have grown from three 10 more than tWen- ty millions o ptopie--tita our commerce, carried ] in ships, Is found in every sea, and that our territorial boundaries and settlements have been 50 greatly expanded Neither our comnerce, nor
 our long line oi coast on the ocean aud the lakes,
 can b successfully deleHdad against ioren agsres- sion by means oi notifications aton%. These are essential at lmporl3nt commercial and military points, but reliance for this object must be on weil-or5aized, oiliSlent navy. the bcns-
 fits resulting lron such navy confined to
 the Atlantic States. The productions of the lntc rior which seek market sdbroad, directly de-
 pendent o the saiaty aud freedom oi our commerce. The occupation of the Baiile, below New UrIeans,
 by hostile force would blrrass, if moi stasnate, the whole cxpot lIade oi the Mississippi, and al-
 feet the vaIne of the agricultural products of the entire valley o that mighty river and its tributa rles,
 Ii has never been our policy to main , tain large standing armies in time of peace. They are contrary 10 the genius of our free institutions, would impose heavy bur dens on the people, and dangerous to pub , lie iibery. Our reliance for protection