Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-12-10

tno O@SAetaAy VI W ar. Measures have been taken
to carry INTO effect the law of the last session ma
king provision for the Improvement of certain Ri
yers ana darbors, and it is believed that the ar
rangements made for that purpose will combine
enclency with. economy. Owing chiefly TO the
advanced season when the act was passed. little
has YET oeen done in regard to many of the works
beyond making the necessary appropriations
With respect to few of the improvements the
sums already appropriated will suffice TO comnlete
them, hut most of them will require additional an.
preparations l trust that these appronr;,t;ons
will be made, and that this wise and beneficial
policy so auspiciously resumed will be continued
Great care should be taken, however. to com.
mence no work which is not of sufficient impor.
lance to the commerce of the country to be view.
ed as national in its character. But works which
have been commenced should not be discontinued
until completed as otherwise the sums expended
will, in most cases, he lost.
The report from the Navy Department will in
form you of the prosperous condition of the branch
of the public service committed to its charge I
presents to your consideration many topics anC
suggestions of which | ask your approval tick
hibits an unusual degree of activity in the opera
tons of the Department during the past wear.
The preparations for the Japan expedition. &c
which have already alluded !; the arrangement.
made for the exploration and survey of the China
Seas, the Northern Pacific, and Bchring Straits
the ncpient measures taken towards reconnoi
eastward Lii
ria the preparation for an early examination o.
the tributaries of the river La Plata, which re
cent degree of the provisional chief of the Arpen
tine Confederation has opened TO navigation al
these enterprises, and the means by which the,
are proposed to be accomplished have command
ed my full appreciation, and | have no doubt will
+ be productive of most useful results
Two officers OF the navy were heretofore in
sructed to explore the whole extent of the Am.
azon river from the confines of Peru to its mouth
The return OF one Of them has placed in the nos.
session OF the Government an interesting and
valuable account of the character and resources
IF country Astounding in the materials of com.
merce, and which, if opened, to the industry OF
the world, will prove an inexhaustbe fund Of
w'alth. The report of this exploration will be
communicated to You as soon as il is completed
Among other subjects offered 10 your notice by
the Secretary of the Navy, select for special
Communications in view of its connexion with the
interests of the navy, the plan submitted by him
for the establishment Of permanent corps Of
cam n, and the suggestions he has presented
for tn reorganization of the Naval Academy.
! lnr ference to the first of these, take occa.
SIGN say that think it will greatly improve the
efficiency Of the service, and that regard it as
still more entitled to favor for the Sautary infiu.
encc II must exert uYon the naval discipline now
greatly disturbed bv the increasing spirit of in.
>ub rrdInation, resulting from onr present -y- en-
The plan proposed for the organization Of tbs
s'atnen furnishes a ludlciouS substitute for the
Law If Sept 1850 aboiishing corporal nnnish.
ment, and satisfactorily sustainS the policy d
that act under conditions we'll adapted to main
| tain the authority of command and the order anc
-ecurity of our ships 1t is believed that any
change which proposes permanently to dispense
with this mode Of punishment, should be prece
ded by system Of enlistment, which shall SIP.
| ply the navy with seamen of the most meritori
Gus class, whose good department and pride OF
character may preclude all occasion FOR resort
to penalties Of a harsh and degrading nature
The safety of n ship and her crew is often de-
pendent upon immediate obedience of com
mand, and the authority to enforce it must be
equally ready. The arrest of a refractory sea-
man. in such moments, not only deprives the
ship OF indispensable aid, but imposes necassi-
ty for double service on others whose fdelity to
their duties may be relied upon in such an eIncr-
gency.
The exposure to this increased and arduous
labor, since the passage Of the act OF 1850. has
already had to most observable and injurious
extent, the effect of preventing the enlistment OF
the best seamen in tie navy The plan now
suggested is designed to promote a condition of
service in which this objection will no longer ex-
ist The details Of this plan NAV be established
in great part. if not altogether by the Executive
under the authority Of existing laws; but have
thought It proper in accordance with the sug-
gestion OF the Secretary Of the Navy, to submit
it to your approval.
The establishment Of corps Of apprentice
for the navy, or boys to be- enlisted until they BE-
come of age, and TO be employed under such reg.
ulaions as the Navy Department may devise, a.
proposed in the report, cordially approve and
commend to your consideration and also con-
cur in the suggestion that this system for the ear
" training Of seamen may be most nsefully en-
grated upon the service of our merchant ma.
rine.
The other proposition of the report to which
lhave relerred--the reorganization OF tie Ma
val Academy recommend to your attention
as project worthy OF your encouragement and
support The valuable services already render
ed by this institution enitle it to the continuance
of your fostering care.
Your attention is respectfully called to the re-
port of the Postmaster General for the detailed
operation of his Department during the last ifs cal
year from which it will be seen that the receipts
from the postages for that time were less by 81
43l ,696 than for the preceding fiscal year. b.
ing decrease of about % per cent.
This diminution is attributable to the reduc
ton in the rates Of postage made by the &c; OF
March 2, 1851, which reduction took effect al
the commencement of thu last fiscal Year.
Although in its opcralic', trftug the last wear
the act referred to has NOT t.ifJiicd i.tr prcdc-
lions of its friends by ncreasin. the cOrrespon-
dence of the country in proportion la the reduc-
ton Of postage, | should nevertheless question
the policy of returning 10 hi her raes. Expert
ence warrants the expectation that the COM
munity becomes accustomed to cheap postage
correspondence will increase 1t is believed
that from this cause, and from tue rapid growth
of the country in population and business, the
receipts of the Department must ultimately ex-
coed its expenses, and that the country may safe
" rely upon the continuance of the present cheap
rate of postage.
In former messages have, among other things
respectfully recommended to the consideration of
congress the propriety and necessity of further le
gsatOn for the protection of foreign consulS resi-
ding in the United States; to revive with certain
notifications the act of 10th March 1893, to- re-
strain unlawful military expeditions against the
inhabitants of contentious states or territories :;
for the preservation and protection from mutiaton
or theft Of the papers, records and archives Of the
nation; for authorizing the surplus revenue to be
applied to the payment of the public debt in adj
vance of the time when If will become dine. for the