i :' Oil UrjlloM t l-dhn nf 1 !' hi te ii rff !ltif. I f 1it mile of i r. r U, on which the mail 1 r trsiisprtrj 8 J.7 n.iTci aid con luUt b.c: beCt mt'lf fc.rN lfi:i',fU lion on all i ewUihed i outes, hh cut or wo excrptio't. The 'e are 1,1 10 post office In the Union, in I a ftunf post mlri. The iru amount cf pnvajc which srcru'dfroni h 1st July 1133, to ' th l.tcf July 111, I.UU4I dollar . and 13 tents, Daring the umt period, th expenditure tj ths For OfTcs De partment amounted lo I,l6f 111 dollar and SI cents anJ consisted of the follow- ' , int iirmti comrnMuWl9 lh potlmas- l.3J3 ?9J dollar snd PS,i. I Jncjden-j nd I cents i payments into the treasury, 4 IS dollar and I cent. Cjn the tit of Jul? lait, there was due-the department, , from postmasters, 135.21 J dollars and 21 cent from late postmaster and con tractors, 336 749 dollar and 31 cent making total am unt of balance due the Department, 391.994 dollai and 39 ccM. Thee bUnce embrace all de linquencies of postmaster and contract or, on the lit dr of Jul last, 25 34' dollar and 64 centt. ft tt eulmated not more than 350.000 dollar of the above balance can U col lerlcd, and that a considerable part of this sum can only be realized by a retort to legal process. Some improvement! in the rerrlpu for pottage, la expected. A prompter attention to the collection of mo- Bey received by postmaster. II is belicv cd, will enable the Department to contin tie ita operation without aid from the Treasury, unles ibe expenditure shall be Increased by the etblihinent of new mail route. A revirion of some pirt of the post office law may be necessary and it is lubmitted, w;e her U would not be proper to provide for the appointment I postm tstcrs, where the compen ation exceeds certain amount, by nomination to the Senatt , other of fleer of the general government arc 8ppintecf. Having communicated my views to JongTf, at the commencement of the Lit session, respecting the encourage ment which ought to be given to our manufactures, anJ the principle on which it should be founded, I have on ly to add, that those views remain un changed, and that the present state of those countries with. which we have the most immediate political relations, and greatest commerci.il intercoorset tends tiTcifKrm thenC ".'"Under this impression, .recommend a- review -of the tariff for the purp ise of affording urh additional protection of those ar. tides which we arc prepared to manu facture, or which are more immediate- r connected with the defence and ID- dependence of the country. The actual state of the public ac counts furnishes additional evidence of the efficiency of the present system of accountability, in relation to the pubticexpendTturrT Or-themtnev drawn from the treasury bince the 4th of March, 1817, and the sum remain ing unaccounted for,- on the 30ih of Sept. last, Hjnore than a million and a halfof dollars less than brFlhf "30th Srptembtr .priced ing -and during the same period a reduction of nearly "a million of dollars has been made in the amount of unsettled accounts for moneys advanced previously to the 4th March, 1817, It will be obvious that, in proportion as the mass of accounts of the latter description is diminished, by settlement, the difficulty of settling the residue is increased from the con sideration, that, in many instances, it can be obtained only by legal process. I'or more precise details on this sub ject, I refer to a report from the First ..ojniMtUea3tv .... . j - -r -...,1;t..-..-". -ai....x.j.L... tn-4ast aessionioiioerKpir5-cii we. Cufnberlandm road, has been applied with . good effect to that object. A final report ha not yet been received from the agent who was appointed to supertntena.it. ai soon as it " re ceived, it shall be communicated to Congress. , Many patriotic and enlightened cit izeni, who have made the subject an Object of particular investigation, have suggested an improvemnnt of still " greater importances They tire of opio . ion that the waters of the Chesapeake ' and Ohio may, be connected together 'ty one continued eatwl, and at an e "perise rr short of ths"vlue andimpcr tanre of the object to.be obtained. If this tould be accomplished, ii is impo sible to calculate the beneficial conse. quences which would result from it. A great portion of the produce of a very fertile country through which it would "jiass, would find a market through that channel, -Troops might be inoved, nI.1i rfas f.i:.! i.t s ur, cannon, ndUverv k't. I i f mu.Uiot an I I otVr direction. C )nnr(tif. the At. Untie with the western country, in a tini' paiidf tnrouih the. teat of the i.,ti',nt govrrment, h Wihi! 1 Con. trirntJ mentally to Strengthen th fwi l of Union ititlf, Dclicringa I da, that Congre pMeis the riht to appropriate money f ir such a na tional object, (the jurisdiction remaii. ing to the itatei through whiih th c t4. woutl pat,) ! sub, lit it to your consideration w hether it may not f c adviuble to authonz, by an a !t. q'late appropnition, th emwhvmcnt of a suitaMe number of the'oflicers of the crrpi -f r ri;incci,l.Vcxauijiic une t phnl 7 p buT5J,"dar1flg; ihc nc tt season, and to report their opinion thereon. It will likewise he proper t i extend their examination-1 the veral routes through which the wat-r of the Ohio may be connected, by ca. naU, with those of Lake Ktie. As the Cumberland road will re quire annual repairs, a nd Congress have not thought it expedient to re commend to the states an amendment to the constitution, for the purpose of vesting in the United States a power to adopt and execute a system of in ternal improvements, it is alio submit ted to your consideration, whether it may not be expedient to authorise th? K xecuti ve to enter into an arrangement with the several states through whick the road pisses, to establish tolls, eath within its limit, fur the purpose of defraying the expenie of future re p.irt, and of providing, also, by suit ible penalties, for it protection ag4int future injuries. The act of Congress of the 7th of May, 1822, appropriated the sum of 22,700 d liars for the purpose of erect ing iwo piers as a shelter for vessels from ice, mar C ie llculoprn, Dela ware Hay. To tUVct the object of the act, the ofli rs of the board of Kngi- ner, with Commodore liainbridge, were directed tq'prepare plans and es timates of piers sufficient to answer the purpose intended by the act. It ap pears by their rcporr, which accompa nies the documents from the War De partment, that the appropriation is n u adequate to the purpose intended ; and, as the piers would be of no service both to the navigation of the Delaware Bry and the protection of 'vessels oh' I the adj scet) prts of the coasts, l.sub- mit for the consideration of Congress whether, additional and sufficient ap-' proprl ttions should not he made. The board of Engineers were also directed to examine and survey the entr.mce into the harbor of the port of Prcquisle in Pennsylvania, in order to m ike an" estimate of the expenses of removing the obstructions to the en trance, with a plati of the best mode of effecting the same under the appro, priatiou for that purpose, by act of Congress patsed 3d March Iatt, The report of the bord ticcompanies the papers' from the War Department, and is submitted for the consideration of Congress. A strong hope has been long enter tained, founded on the heroic struggle of the Greeks, that they would succeed in their contest, and resume their equal station as among the nations of the earth. It is believed that the whole civilized world takes a deep inter est in their welfare. Although no pow er has declared in their favour, yet none, ac cording to our information, has taken part against them. Their cause and their name have protected them from dangers, which might ere this have overwhelmed any other people. The" ordinary calculation of interest, and'facqtiM8i4 JgtMdizctrti .which min intht tjran&acti have had no effect in regard to them. From the facts which have come to our knowedge, there is good cause to belie ve that their enemy has lost forev er all dominion over them s that Greece will become again an independent na tion. That she may obtain that rank is the object of our most ardent wish es. It was stated at the commencment of the last session, thata great ffort was then making iq Spain and P.ai tu gal to improve the condition of the pecple of those countries, and that it appeared to b'e conducted wlt!f ex traordinary moderation. It need scarcely be remarked,, that the result has been, so far, very different from what was then anticipated. Of events in that quarter of the globe with which! we' have so much intercourse, arid from which we derive t?ur. 'origin, we have always been -anxious and interested spectators. The citizens of the Uni- a I If lrt , irt favor M le neny ami f .... I njj'j a tin if fellow in tii on that iidc due Atlantic, in 'e l he i Loean power, in matten reU- linfj tiirmle, nvtr I km 4 pan, nor does it comp itt with our jjity to do. It is only when our rlits ire invaded, or seriously men, J, that we rcunt injuries, or make repiratiofi for our defence, With ie movtmenfs in this htmi pherekve rr. of oecctssitv, more im- medi ly c nnected, and by cause h c'J itii.it be obvious to all en- lighteid J iaipartiai pVtrvtrs,, The p ktic4 systrm of the allied po. tffimJ$XWMwj)n hii fr. 4 A ' W 1 ' 1 t ffrence prvec from that which tx ... . ... i-t in their rpective government. And to tie defl te of oir awn, whim ha bee aihilvrJ by the los of s much bl'od aM treure, and matured bv the wisdoirof their most enlight ened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed lo much unexpected ft litity, ihi wblc nation i devoted. We owe it trrreforr to candor, and to the amicable 'elation existing brtween the U. S. aid those powers, to d--citre that vv should consider any at tempt on thjr part to extend their sys tem to any Jortion of this hemisphere as dangerou) to our peace and safetv. With the easting colonies or depend encies of my European power, we have not irtt rfcrt (I, and shall not in terfere. Jut, with the government who hve declared their independence, ind tiuitinrd it, a d whose indeper dente we have on great consideration, and on jut principles, acknowledged, we could lot view anv intcrposi ion for thtr p i p .se of oppressing them, or conmlingj in any other manner, thrir destin, iy aay European power, in any otter light than as the manifesta tion ol an unfriendly disposition t' wards ihe U. S. In the wr between these n'w governments and Spa n, we dcclarejl our neutrality at the time of their recognition, ant) to this we h ve adhere,and shall continue to adhere, providid no change shall occur, whub, in the judgment of the competent au thoritits of this government, shall make j corresponding change, on the partofthc U. S indispensable to thir securitj. Thelare events in Spain tnd Portu gal, shjw that Europe is still unsct- ! tied. Of thrs important fact, no suouijci prnuf can be adduced, than that the allied powers should have thought it proper, on any principle sa tisfjetory to themselves, to have inter-; nosed, bv force, in the internal con- cerns of Spin. To what extent such interpositions may be carried, on the same princ .p,e, .s a question in .... n rill iniLtVund. fit rs..ftiua aft-irtuu fr. 1 I .... 4- . "M'"""r . fc"" crumcDis u.ucr irum cncirs, a:c nut-rested, even those most remote, ai d &nrdyjumtitvoie80.ihan the U, S Our policy, in regard to hurope, which was adopted at an early st:ige of the wars which has long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless re- m.in the same, which is, not to inur- fere in the internal concerns of anv ol( ... ; ment de facto as the legitimate gov ernment for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, fum, ;nd manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power, sulmir.ir.g to injuries from none. But, in regard j to these .continents, circumstances are eminently and conspicuously dif - ferent. It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political ivsm toanv nortion nf either con-1 t uu: ntr w ithou t .endangering-ur . peac V and rJbpM tncuv 0,0,1,4 -Utuf4lwt Au-;5eMterar.i-rtthrei-jf left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impos sible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference. If we look at the com parative strength and resources of Spain and those new overnmcnts, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. It is still the true pol icy of the U. S, to leave the parties to themselves la the hope,, that ..other powers will pursue the same course. If -we compare-the present condi tion" of our Union with its actual starter at thcclose-of our ltevolutioh, the his tory of the world furnishes no example of a progress, in improvement in all the important circumstances which constitute the happiness of a nation, which bears any resemblance to it. At the first epoch, oiir population dTJ not exceed three millions. By the last census it amounted to about ten mil It J !Wi chemh Hmnnr.H the mot lions, and, whit it more txiriorjinirj-, it ii aim t altogether native U the emigration front other Countries ha been iticoniiJerable. At the first epoch, half the territory within our ac. knowl dged limit wat uninhabited and a ,wilJrnri, Since then, new ter riiory has been friuirc I, o( vast ex tent, comprising within Umany rivers, particularly the Mitmiippi, the nsvi. ration of which to the ocean was of the Sigheit Importance to the original states. Over this territory our popula. tioa hat expanded in every direction, and nesr states are established, almost eq ial irrnumber,to those which farmed the bat bond of mr UnUft--Xlii rxntnsioft of T rr t.ilwWf"ird -ac- . I I .L. I. : 11 nn all lla have had the happiest effect fori all Its highest interest. That it ha eminent, ly .lUgmemed our resources, and added to our trcngth and repect ability as a power, i admitted by ill. Hut, it is not in these important circumstance onl , th it thi happy effect is felt. It is man ifest that, by enlarging the basis ol our ssstem and increasing the number of States, the vsttm itselfha been gnat Iv strengthened in both its branches. Cono!idation and disunion hae there by t een rendered equally impracticable. Each government, conhoing in its own strength, has less to apprehend from the other, rd in consequence, each cn j iving a greater freedom of action, is rendered more tfhVtenl lor nil the pur poses for which it was institu cd. Tt is unnecessary to trc tt, herr-, oftlyr vast improvement made in the system itself, by the ad iptionof this constitu tion, and of its happy efT ct in eleva ting the character, and in protrc lint the rights of the nation, as w ell a ol individuals. To what then do we owe these blessings? It is known to all, that wr derive them from the excellence f our institutions. Ou;;ht c n t tlit n to adopt every measure, which in y be necessary to perpetuate them ? JAMKS MDMiOK. I'ORKKIN ITKMS. fy.ain Nothing can he more nhwrnv or more distressing to the philjnthropist, thin the present tate of thiiiL's in Spain I'irninand, since the restoration of his absolute soverr intv, seems to think only of venf anee fur the past ; and the most dc- potic mul sanguinary means me resor ted to fur its cidUfic.tion. But let Feidi nitid beware of the moment of re action ; it must comc.sooncror laicr ;. and when it dacs, the head of the titt will par the forfeit nf his crimes. Minn still maimins himself lflCarlonn j tris fiiHe band--of Guriillas will serve as a neecm, around which the disaffected, the persecuted, and lhc proscribed, will gradually gather themsclves; timil the whole strength of Ihe people shall neVnit into one adaman iiiic uuvij . , iiui iiieii aiiati icami ii ; k i.. vi.... .i. m .... :.. :. Wi e o( he Me q vengeance of a united firofilr ? National Journal A.private account from Gibraltar men tions, that when the Trench were "shout to enter Cadiz, an order was sent by Kinp I'erdindnd to arrest ll the Constitutional ,nlte" both Spanish and English ; and ! Pu! ,he ."''' nd the latter ,n1,",1on: b,n ,hc !rrf"rh ""1" relused toarrest any of thtin, and iuffered them to escape to Gibraltar. The Spanish Ilepency has published a congratulatory address to the nation, dated at Madrid, Oct. 5. It 'concludes in the following words: the weak, encoura ged by the example of the strong, throw themselves at the feet of their king, Fer jdinand, the pious, the mild, (the Regency ( wel1 kno tbis) readily forget all his sufferings, if in return, he can see all his n reconciled, and saluting him W1,h "numentsof unaltered fidelity, with ithi nam nf I' ,ilhir and Itii1jr tS tk ' " u miivj itmvi V IIIV gi-cafi "Spafiish'Fa heart wtliwnswerytmr Oa$njQoa his ; dear children."" Then will -commence a new awrhappy era for restored Spain." Indeed ! France Greet preparations were ma- king in France for public rejoicings on the arrival of the Duke d'Angouleme. . A grand Te Deum has been perform ed in Paris, in honor of the French suc cesses in Spain. All the Royal Family went in procession on Sunday. to the Church of Notre Dame. The wife of the Duke d'Angouleme received much honi or from the Tnuhitude ;- hercomtenance beamed with rapturous joy. .' ...... . -iretonrf. l tie loin ot Cictober was a distinguished day in Ireland, as the duty on Whiskev was reduced nn iHut iav. nnrl she ten per cent, duty on importation of cngusn goous rcpeaicu. jaf. Jour. The existing trora are those between the TuJks and Greeks, thcispaniards and hSouth Americans, and the Portuguese and Brazilians. ib. U.I UOM.S LLS -JZ?l ,""""i. HT."Hu, iiu.r.niit.iris, j-; i " MWM-M-Otart . w - satisfaction f informing the tltUf, cf Salisbury, and ttsj vicinity, (hit Mr. t. Lean, the new 1W Master General, b sccommodated u with a tttn4 miil fro, Salem, and has thus done an act c7 justly to this section it the Union, which Mr. Meigs (the old Post-Matter Cner.)0ft! reasonably rtfuwd ti, sfier rrptatcd m. morlal nd representations had bets made tojdm 'oiMhe sulject. W ih,q now secelft fttteiilgehte' from Kalclgh, nd tht north, twkff i week 1 Xnd s'hanu enable d to" participate In tKBduntagti of semS wctkly newspaper, and of a fre quent Intercourse with the general inj late governments. The Congres of the United States mtt in Washington City on the 1st Inst. There was a full attendance the" first dati and as non as the Clerk had Called over the name of the members, Mr. Tsilor. f New York, (former Speaker) rose mj informed the house that, although a gen eral opinion prevailed among the me. bers that l.e would be a candidtt for Speaker, he should not wlih Ms namala he held up for that purpose. Th house then proceeded to elect a Speaker: ind on counting the ballot, it appeared that Mr. Cluy,o( Kentucky, had 139 tote Mr. UarUiur, of Virginia, bad 43 U. Mr. Clay was, therrfote, declired to be duty elected ; and wa conducted to the speaker's chair, from whence lie mads vriv h.nids',mc acknowledgments to the II' l!',f At our Litest cjtes from Washington, t!:e tn h'-uses of Congres had cline n more I'un organize. AI! the former of. fi-cr of both houses were re -appointed with the exception or Speaker, as "aUti" noticed. a - We are o'jliged to omit, this week,! journal of the proceeding of the l-egt. latere, in order to give room for the Pre ident' message, which is uiiuu.nf lengthy ; but we hope the length of this document will not prevent iu being car, fully perused by every reader cf our paper, for all that empales from ilc ,!ilr, tit-' perienced and faithful servant of the pes pie, Jumf -AUttror, i worth trensurwe up in the mind of every American free mm, w ho values the blessings of a Re publican government. State Printer On Tuesday, the 3J inst. Messrs. Joseph Gates & Son were elected by the Legislature printers to toil State. The votes were, Fur. Gales k-Son...-- - - 1 1 a Btll Jc Lawrence. 70 Majority, - - - - - 48 It is well known that Messrs. Gales St Son have, for eight or ten month past, labored zealously in their paper to advance the pretensions of Wm. II. Crawford to the Presidency, and that Bell 8c Lawrent. have as earnestly supported the clunnsof Mr. Calhoun to that high and honorable station; and lest,' from hence, this elec tion should be viewed as a test of the sen timent of the Legislature on the Presiden tial question) we will assure the public, which we are enabled to do from good authority, that the subject of the Presi dency had no influence with the mem-beivto.dc-cfaib of whom were friends of Cajhounand ; some of Adams, voted for the Register; while some of the warmest advocates of Crawford voted for the Star. There was, indeed, at the opening of the session, be- fore the partizans of Crawford discovered they ere in so lean a minority, some talk of endeavoring to make the electio'n of Printer turn on the Presidential subject ! but, in justice to Mr. Gales, it ought to be mentioned that he was, from the firsb. averse to its being decided on so selfish piinciple. The fact is, Mr. Gales b been such atr oldfaithful and undeviatinf advocate of the Republican party, that f9 ' could not be. forgotten, though his senti ments are now at variance 'with' those of his former Republican friends " Caufwes. We have the satisfaction this week of publishing the preamble and resolutions offered in the Legislature