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if tee, erret isifl At (lit fff iKfbWi4 HNMiiiWc. kuala! Caa.U. iUi iL. U. .bt,
JU irrta eflWa Wnr.es faJe or, f
rdtMrfiMof4r Katy. Tlare li
r-aps m ji6f ie enrtUe ef a4
rM-lii'o4ial Ptrwtrt of Ia4 fecial
of tkui, ofih uausJ appropriation of hag Wom k'-'.,ii mi MiCtrirf, mmm; ike bo--ik.M!tt.n
M rr' ... 3. (ea4 M Uht tMieo
ih i miliUos, M'H were absorbed (a
a4 Uf aindi4 miiinmtif UcaM
a4 CMlaiaie a rW.iof Kit.Uaar.
tf ike H-w) Mia H mvf f1, "
, oJriMu iJU bwme a
( ptiaftsftt of tirttA4 rV
tky m4 Mvr aWMl li taaf U
olV of yor UfUlK-Uj4lok.
mct it tilt Dm t ryMrt!j. M iaa
a . .i.
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14 4 uUtni te (M earl o4
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J ptaenl iJj. Ta erMtredlo flnr tlrwwoJf Uirw4Mf a4
Br port of taw Hoard of .Wtf, U ire- UUro-w..U, W oVr!r1a4
A3 latter B
OIKtbl tfff II, Hl upward W
14 of ill fi tJmwut mtritfr-
from Uil riWTt! coeiaMol
anj otlj be.fgnabk M4 Uejfr aUadniad. -,U a,.aauUC U
l. - Tffl f llriKO te
caiod ot i4 UrtarUa of XTCH4 lf
fW-------WM1fcM(i IftrvrHa fvflht rra!at locrtata of 114
' ,'
'VY .'fill , " 'r ; ,
eaeerneni ,i ia fitiiwi. Tee return
iK lM( of lh tucrttdiif rrplf n
Uit4 iltt fniMle coffer, bntll ibt f uttf
Urtlint. To rtx1uf i Km tUtt$tU of
Nlnrt 4 ibftloa, tK rlil oft
cr(ket of btin4at or of itifruiiful
. ! rrritkiAi of foftlito Corrrti
poli(Wl rttoluiibtm ibt pro
prKHof dccainn CondilKMi of rnngf
lufMt cootmetcUl pcaUUoa. ol mi
Imhi of pr coftcernt, nJ o
prMtt of vtif Iireau, iht lfi
remil ii c!!i uur tiifnt'Ko, It,
i&it ihtr Un lubmatly pro
KroOl tnaa ihry wrrt ( iKt corrri
pooJUrtxiioJof iht Utl yrir. Thf
Mrrc ihock wo txtoiclr tuitiinrd
bjr iSe tommcrciit J ronuciuriog
ta'rritt of Grrti Uriuin, h But
Ufa itlout rxfcrpu'Jf recoil up
Mmlfn, A reduced iporU(i
from hr7t(J U ocetitrily uccecdd
U redact J r el urn to the IrcMurf
it home. The ott retetut of the
irtitut year will MX equil thil of the
ait. AoJ the receipt! tt tht which
li to come w III fall atari or ihoie is
th pirrrat jrar. T (fisiiautioo.
bowtrrr, it io ptrt attributed to the
f ournhifia; condition of aontc of our
domniic mOufjCtQrei,anil to fjr i
CorapcBiated by an equivalent mure
rcRikble to the oatioo. It it alio
. Lihly grauffiog.UlCiet thai the
dcBcirncjr is ihc revenue, whiU it
Kircrly eiceedt the anncipationa tj
the bit year'a cttimaiet from (he frra
aury, hat not ifl'trruptc j the applies
lion of more tha.tlen million du
ring the preterit year. In the discharge
of the principal and inttreit of the
debt, nor the reduction of upw --di of
aeven million! of the capital debt it
elf, Tne balance in the Treasury on
(he first of Janurry lait, wai fire roil.
lion two hundred and one th uiaod
tit hiiodred and fiftr dollar! and for
ty-three ceoti. The rereipti from
that time to the 30th of September
Iatt, were nineteen million! five, huod
a a
rru lOd eighty. hve inniiai.tn nine
hundred and thiny-two dollar and
fifty cent. I he receipt of the cur
rem cprarter, eittmatcd at an millt. jem,ble from ami after the explrtibn
i ouuan, yiciu, wim me auma airca.ioi h pretent mntru and nine other
dy received, a revenue of ab-.ut tweo. million from and after the cloie of the
ty.fivc million! and a half for the year. rniuinR rear. They coniiltute 4 mt of
The expenditure! for the three fint'h'rtT one milltoni of dollar, alt bearing
iajiM t4 W o4 aV io4a44t im Uoa. vUl t dittofc! a
an ftuurcintrf tvtv, wMi tlfn 'fljpa CMMiiiiua aod p-1m'lt4m of
itti'Mil ItKidani io ike rtfttr! com o-ir JlJilar tiUfcmei on tti Un4
Nrc of lb world, li U on bin jr ft I tnd o I a aea. TM orrHa4koti ta
Ik-Hlkftk etttarror War to fc.w M. ,6 W'fWf
la ika aX.4 m a mj aul atktA a kol aLu,I f
4 a iaattilM
KlUl of thf L n.
d !!, io U r
"- ' 1 ' Tf'-rv rlJ7;:;:.rv:; ,7'
iK uma lal if n yaart, the receipt of ita rtduction lolke petai rc Caiab . . , ' Tll.u.i I V
ik. Tr...uff .7o fenu.,. i (Ukmenl In nil. H r.m.l.i or,lf io 06 "X l Jl m
..pendetof ,h. , ,K. U Mr...,!.,,, lay., fcjM ,0 'IZ Pl S
iwMlcc...l.fyeof.kiee Und n.. .he purpow. fe wk k a jh Ha. oen, wf f
i.rt revirt 10 I'wn lo mail ike o armed Mce In lime ff 4 w. r, ..i.u- .k. . nl'
nrrdtd, or eaafuJ It mT to prr 10
'M, thai, from a diffore of ronton
Ulorto Ike Ute Pf i'leM (1 to t'nitrd
Si.le and lk ena'o, lh rrad' he
rtmttrorti'jti of Ike oft of Confr 4 of 3 I
M.rck, 11)1, to reduce and Al iht Mm
. . . .t
tare Ptat LilooUtimcni 01 thr ".ird
Har, it remain hlhario o fy oitkowi
f irrutlwOt ikal nc Colonel ba been ap
p4ntd 14 conialand on of iNr RcrI
at at a a
aneo' of AilBer. i hmh mentarf ,
varioutlr tum'Jnt. V have f'jrJ the
alttrtate clU an! diminution tm
bratln periola'of from too to three
ftar. 1 ht perwtof deprfttion 10
u vm irom te 19 to ie2. 1 he corret
pondinK ftufl ,ov lura 1121 to tha
rnnmrKemrni 01 tne orewni er.
e hae no eauta Io apprehend 1
drprrvion rnmparable Io lhal of Ihe for
me r period, or ereo to aolkipale d6
ctency which wjll irTrertik upon the ehir
ity Io apple Ike annual (en million in
Ihe reduction of Iho debt, li ia til
for at, hooerer, 10 be admonihed of Ihe
noceaait? of aldmg by the nwiimt of
Ihe moil ifilnt etonomf , mj of re
oning '.0 ill honorable and uteful eipe
dientt, lor purauini; nh tread and in
flriiUe peractctatice Ibe total dichrg
of ihe debt.
De-tide the terrn millions of the loan
of 1113, which hae been diKhargcd
ia Ihe coure of ike present rear, iherr
r nioe million, wkieh, by the terra of
t:e contract, nuld hare been, and are
now, redeemable. Thirteen million
more of the loan ofllU'wtll herofhc r re-
an interett of i per cent, more ihn
teniT million of which will be Imme-
diatelv redeemable, an J the ret: within
little more lhan a rear. Leaving ofihii
amount, biteen million to continue at
the interett oltii per cent, but to be, at
far .i ihalt be found practicable, paid of
quarter of the. year have, amounted
to eighteen million levcn hundred
and fourteen thouiand ttfO hunJfnl
tad lerenty-i' dollar! and liity-iu
eenta. The expenditure of the cur
rent qu.irter-arf expevted, including
ft. a rf t rtr Iha Artnlnul l.k I -1 in,
.,.v.twL,1,,v 1,1 V-T--iiiJ:-i:rl" ,WCUM in ine year 1044 anu iiwg. I nere l
to be paid, 10 balance the receipt, jacarcely a doubt, that the remTThTng sTi
. in:. . 7 . .
i ecu miiiiuna, mini, wunin lew
tnontbSi.be diichargcd ! bv a loan at not
exceeding Cre per cent. rrdermble in
the yean 1829 and 1830, Dy thil opera
mihii iuiii ui . iicai it tun a minion o
collar mar be ved to the nation ; and
the discharged of Ihe whole thirty one
million within ihe -lour, ycatt, mav be
KreatU facilitated, if nut wholly accom
plished.
By an let of ConjreM of 3d March
!82i, a loan, for the purpose now refer
red to, or a tuhscription to stock, was au
thorixed at an inte'rett not exceeding four
and a hall percent, nut, at (hat ime
S"that the expense xf the year,
amounting to upward -of a million
lei than in income, w ill leave a pro
portionally tncrcuied balance in the
Treaiuryon the 1st of January, 1827,
over that f the firt of January last.
Inatcad of five ra llions two hundred
thouiand, there will be ix millions
four hundred thousand dollara.
The amount of dutiea r cured on
merchandise imported from the com
mencement of the year until the 30tlt
CScptcmbcr, is eitimatcl dt twenty
one millions two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, and the amount tlut large a portion of the flojting capital
will probably accrue during the present .' ,ne country wa absorbed in commer
(itfi ()c.ui juuiisi auu 911 nine wis icii ior
investment in the stocks, tha; the mea
sure was but partially successful At the
last Session of Congress, the condhion of
the funds was still unpropiiious to the
measure; but the change so soon after
wards occurred, (hat, had the authority
existed to redeem the nine millions now
quarter, is estimated at four millions
two hundred and hay thousand, ma
king for the whole year twenty-five
millions and a half, from which the
draw-backs bring deducted, will leave;
l clear revenue from the customs, re
ceivable in the year 1827, of about
loan at nve per cent, it is morally cer
tain that it might have been enected,
and with it a yearly saving of ninety
thousand dollars.
With regard to (he collection of
Revenue of Impost, certain occurrence!
have, within the last year, been disclosed
in one or two of our principal ports,
which engaged the attention of Congress
Iwenty millions" four hundred thousand f redeemable bran exchange of rock,- or a
dolhrs, which, with the sums to be
received from the proceed of Public
Lands, the Bank Dividends, and oth
er incidental receipts, will form an ag
eregate of about twenty-three mil
fidni, a aurn falling ihort of the whole
expense of the present vear, little
more than the portion of those expen
. ditures applied to the discharge of the at their last Session, and mav hereafter
PuMiedebt4ey)nd the-annuI.appro- .requ&ft,Iurlh'
" ' priao within a very' few fiiaVlV ilie exetution of
3d March. 1817. At the nassaee of ,ho ' fr raising, the revenue, like
h.mdrM amltwi.nrv.thr,. m'.ir.nn. artd"mw by the moral sense of the
- u,lf On ,.. T community than by the rigors of a ieal
... . . t r 1 009 piecautton, or by penal -sanctions,
nexc, u w.u uc ...or, ... scvcn.y-tour ConfilJinR lt ,he exemplary punctuality
millions. In .thr lapse of these ten and unM1iaed integrity of our importing
years, fifty millions of public debt, merchants, a gradual relaxation from the
with the annual charge ot upwards l
three mUliona of interest upon them,
Of woof caoet, out sloay to bo irared.lor t aptanatory actofth LnrlWt'a'e, tp
pear 10. be Ik4 ooly ap ini praeik
ble for 'errvwrng the dtffttiliy of ihlt
tppolntmanl
In a period of prof ov or peace, I ho
conduct of ihe mere nvliiry (ttablUb
me oi form M av.yefi.iaoeMdfra&tf
ponion of Ihe dutie devon upon the
administration of iho Deanmcni of
War It will be teen b the rytum
from the ubordiiato depftavo of Iko
Army, that every brancb of ike aervke
it marked with order? fotuUriu and
rliociplmo). 1 hat from Ibe Cum. Binding
ficneral throueh all (he etdationt of
tuperinteftdencc, ihe office n (eel them
arltea o hare been ciiiacni before they
were soldier, and that the rlory of a
Republican Army mutt ecmitt in the
pi at of freedom try which It it animated.
and of patriotitm by which I i impelled
It may be confidently taed, that the
moral character ol ike Armr uma atate
of continual improvement, and thai all
the arrangements for iko daposal of it
;iar have a constant reftreOt (0 that end
But to the VVar Department are tiri
buted other duties, bavin: indeed relation
to a future possible condition of war, but
heincr purely defenttM and in Ibelr ton
dency contributing rather 10 the security
nd permanency 01 peace. 1 he tare
lion of the fortification provided for by
t.onrrett and adapted to secure eur
shore Irons hostile. Invasion i I he as
ribution of (he fund of public gratitude
and justice 10 (he pensioner of Iho Rv
olutiorury War; The maintenance of
our relations of peace and of protection
with Ihe Indian Tribe tj And Ihe fnterfest
Improvements and turrcva for the loea
rrorr -of-RostU and Conaliwtuch tlgria g
the fust thrfj !eion! of W-origfes nave
engaged so much of their attention, and
may engrois so large a share of ibei
future benefactions to our country.
Or the acl of thr 30th of April, 1124,
suggested and approved by ray predeces
sor, the sum of thirty thousand dollar
was appropriated, for the purpose of
causing Io be made (be ueoisary mr
veyti plans, and estimates, 01 the mutes
of such roads and canal a the Presi
dent of (he United State might deem
of national importance, in a commercial
or military point of view, or necessary
lor (he transportation ol the public mail
the surveys, plans, and eitimatea, frr
each, when completed, to be laid before
Congress.
In execution of this act, a board t
Engineers was immediately institute!
and have been since most assiduouik
and constantly occupied,, in carrying i
into effect. The Gist object to wbici
their labors were directed, by order tf
the late President, waa the examine
tion-of-the-cauntrybtweenJbe-iJds
waters of the Potomac, the Ohio, and
Lake Erie, to ascertain tbe practicability
of a communication between them, to
designate tbe most suitable route for the
same, and to form plans and eitimatea in
detail of tbe expense of execution.
On the 3d of February; 1I2S, they
made their first report, which a imme
diately communicated to- Congress, and
in which they declared that having ma
turely coni4dercd-the.ciraimslinc! ob
served by tnent . personal) y, eof care rat
ly studied the result! of such of the
preliminary -urey-asr
Dieted, they were oeciacoiy . opinion
that the communication was practicable
At the last Session of Congress, before
the board of Engineers were enabled to
make up their second report, containing
a general plan, and preparatory estimate
for the work, and Committee of the
House of Representative! upon Itoadi
a aa.- a. m
oy me rrtuitt 01 a rorrttpondrrwe with
ih (inttrnort of iht tattral .: and
Tcrri'oritt. and exker cliiaam of in 111
erwe anlraperien, upoi ik fkrvool
edtffd dcfecie oo-liii-n of eur Mili'l
t4m, and upn th Improvcmenis of
which rt It toscepri'ala. Th report of
ik Piafd upon (his tubjetl ii alao ub
"lined foe your consideraiion
Io Ihe iiro(c of aporortWaflooi for
ik ensuing y tar, opwrla of A mi)IUnt
of dollar will be tummed for ike tifwn
diiuret to be paid from (he Department
of War. Lett than too Gflln J (hit oHl
he applicable Io lb minenance and sup
port of lb Army. A milium and a hJf.
In the forwtcf pcotiont. goes a! a scarce
fy fdeqwitttrrtnneto tnf- terviret nd ia
rriKret of a former ae ; ad a more than
rUl sum. lntcd io foninca'ions. or
for (be preparation.! of imenial improve
meol, provide! for tbe quiet, the com
fort, and the happier existent e of the
agei io rome The - tpproprittloff to
ndrmn.fy those unfor.unate rcmnanti
f anotlr raea ooW altko o- snoro im
the enjovmrnit, and to ciitt in the pre
trnre o( 1 xiliration. though toelling in
recent teart to a magnitude burdensome
to the Treasury, are generally not with
out thrir equivalent, in profitable value,
or serve to discharge the Untoo from ere
gagr.ments more burdensome than debt
In like manner, the etimate of appro
priattor.s lor the .Navy Urpanmrnl will
P4nl ao ager" sum of upward) of
three millions of dollars- Abou! one ball
of these, however, cover tbe current ex
pendhnrti of tbe Nayy in actual servlie.
anyone half constitutes a fund of nation
al property, tbe pledge of our future glo
ry and defcute. It wa acarcely one
short year after (be close of (he l(e war.
and when tbe burthen ot hi expenses and
charges wai weighing heaviest upon the
Country, that Congresi, by tbe act ol 20ih
April. 1116. appropriated one million of
dollar! annually, for eight year, (o the
(Jraduui incrtaie 0 the Any. Ala sub
sequent period, this annual appropriation
was reduced to half a million for sis years,
of which ihe pretent yeati tbe iait A
yet rno' t recent appropriation ihe last two
years for building ten Sloop! of War, hat
naarls-restored ihc oriciDal appropriation
of 1 8 16. of a million for every year. The
you fJffm tf ad v rarae to roonkwoa -4a
f orlf pmeprtaioi of half a mUlioo tej
ik tame ott els, Ii rosy U prolublf
efpended, in proviJlg u(,ply of lim
ber lobe Masoned, ed ofkir raatrriala
fwf futur oe U Ike ronfflKiloA of
dks, or bs Istrftc the fotirvdationf of
a keo! foe Naval at to lb
wUdom of Ce res tltker of ibose
tur may appear 19 Claim the p(er-
rrK
Of ihe mH portion of Iki Katy n
fagtd In K leal tertk during Ike pK
Miudrceis kt (orttimied to be maioirn-
rd m ik IVtflc Ocean, in (be Wist In
dia , and in Ike Madlttrraaea to
bicb k been added a arstaJI armtmenta
10 cruise on k Eaaiero loetl A Vta
Americi In aDlbey have for dd prw
tectkm m our comrneree, kve cunmoai
ted 10 make our country edveniaf outf
known 10 foreign Ballon, ke borvoraorf
employed mul'nudei of our sema hi
the service of ikeir country, and kav lo
ured number of touih of ihe risina
generaijon io live! of mhly hrdho4
and of nautical esperterxe and skill
The pirKic with which Ihe West Indie,
ea were for several years Infested, hi)
b-cn totally suppressed Hot. in the McdU
If rranisn, Ibey bate increased In a rsinuer
afllirtive lo ceher Vaiiont, and bl firr ibe)
COM fi,rjat pre lenre of our iqaadron, oould
prottaldy have been dittrening to ouf
6Wft. -The wr wTJctl bat flrfTortunitrfe " ' '
broken out betweeo tbe R, public ol Uu-
enos .Ivres and the I'r.nllan Govern
ment, lui given rise to very great irrrru
larittci among the Naval officers of th)
latter, by whom principle in relation l
blockade! tnd (ontulral navigation. hiv
been brought forward, to ohitbwo cannot
subKrie, and whitk our oen comman
ders hav found it nccetsary la resist.
r rum the liiendly ditpositioo toward iho
Uuited State constantly manifested by
ih Emperor o(Ur,(j, rxlihejrv use
ful end friendly commercial intercourse)
beioten ibe United Stole and hi domin
ions, we have reason to believe that the)
just re par ion demandedfor injuries sus
tained by several of our chinos from;
some of his officersi Iwifl not be wltl.Held.
Abstracts from (he recent deapaiches of
the commanders of our several squad
rons, ire communicated with thr R'nort
of the Secretary of the Navy to Con-
A Report from the foeteuHer fieneral ft
likrwiar cnninMliuritril. prrarniirtr in a hi.hly
satiafactoTV oaaaer--tbe reaott f -4-aiaoruas ; .
rgtaenu.si4 at worajcn axLmumiraliun of. tbit.
prpartoxal. lite rewiMto of the cbc. rteij
of the ffar inchuling the latter hart of IKf.
and (ha 6rrt half of tl?5, had exceeded iti rt.
I rt . I . I .. L . . . , , , .1 ...
W. I'l M ' - ' wwt uibii rurrviTiv
e nave iweive , .i.jilr. , c ,..
.... wk.i. t- : : . -
line 01 oaiue oiiijn, 1WC1117 1 1 ijis, auu t;i, bc(p nM)rf prtiauctivr.
rrsult is before us all.
I tie incrraae
of the receipta, in the year preceding. tbe first
of July l"t. over iiiat i thr )t brurr, e.
Crrda one hundred and tliirt) jii thouaaad dot
lara, and the etre of tbe rect iptt over the ex
penditures of the year has saolltn fmm f rty.
nve thouaand Io naaily eighty tknuMrnl dolKra.
provisions of the Collection Laws, a close
adherence to which would have caused
Sloops of War in proportion; which, with
a few months of preparation, may present
a line oi floating fortification along the
whole range of our coast, ready (0 meet
any invader who might attempt to set fool
upon our shores. ( ombining with a syi
tern of fortification! upon the shores them
selves, commenced about the same ume
under the auspice of my immediate pre
decetsor, and hitherto systematically par-
sued, it has placed in our possession the
most effective sinews of war, and has left
ut at once an example and a lesson, from
which our own duties may be inferred.
The gradual increase of the Navy was (he
principle of which Ihe act of 29th April,
1816, was the first development. It was
the introduction of a aystem to act npon
tbe character and histoy of our country
for an indefinite series of ages, it was a
declaration f that Congress lolJieutXOrjLf owntrv-baaoufclrippedifl tbeir inereaia
stituent and to posterity, that.it was the
destiny and the duty of these Confedera
ted States, to become, in regular proceas
of time, and by no petty advances, a great
Naval Power. That, which they propos
ed to accomplish In eight yeara, la rather
to be considered as the tneairjre of tbeir
means, than the limitation of tbeir design. I
They looked forward for a term ol years,
sufficient for the accomplishment of a de-
finite portioa ofahetr purpose t jnd they
to tbeir successors to oil up the canvass
of which they had reeeo be.UlT.tta
prophetic ouuine Jh
and frigates which they had in conicm
nlation. will be shortly completed. The
time which ther-had allotted for the ac
complishment of the work has more than
elapsed. It remaihi for your considera
tion, how their successors may contribute
their portion of toil and of treasure for
tbe benefit ef tbe succeeding aget in the
During the tame period, contrsets for addition
al iran-pnrtation of the mail, in stages, for
about two hundred and sixty thousand Rules,
have been made, and Tor seventy. rhouamJ
miles, annually, on horseback. Seven humlroj
and fourteen new Post Offices have been e'a
lirhed within the year; and 'lie increaar of
revenue within the last three yearn, as well sa
the augmentation of the traniiMirtation by mail,
ia more than equal to the whole amount of re
ceipt?, and of mail conveyance, at the com
mencement of the present century, when tho
seat of (he General Government waa remove J
to thia place. When we reflect that the ob.
jVc'l effected by the transportation of the mail
are among the choicer! romtorti and enjoy,
ments of social file, it ia pleasing to observe.
that the diaaeminstion of litem t every corner
even the rapid march of our population.
By the Irestier with Prance and Spain, re
spectively ceding l.ouiian and the Floridas to
the United State.', provkw waa made for die
necnrity of land titles derived from tbe Govern,
nicnta of those nations. Some progress haa
been made, under the authority at various Act
of Congress in the ascertainment and eaiabliih
ment 0? those titles: but claims to a very largo
extent remain, unadjusted, t he public faith,
no leaa than th rtift rigbta of individual,, and
the interest of the comronuity itself, appears to
reourre further provision for the speedi aettle-
ment of these claims. S-htcht therefor recom.'
oiiaVBu4tk.i ?mm&MJH, set
of SOtb'May last,- to provide for erecting o
Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and
for other purposes, three Commissioners were,
appointed to select s tr for the erection of a
Pen'tentiary for the Wstiiet, and also a site In
th rnnntv nf Alexandria for counts Jail 1
both of which objects have been effected. "Wio
building of (U Peniteiriay ha le -n com
mencod, and is in auch a degree of forn ardDeta
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