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•was rci I^ J f e e t , w j o u i r •was recency discovered, at the <fopfo of t®a feet, whictt weighed four pounds and efoven ces. At Concord, nea^ the vtqsteqfi of the gold country, graitts of gold are in the streets and gullies niter every ra*The terms m which the owners of the soil permit itfo he worked, of cpwr^ fvffY with the supposed productiveness tff-the earth, T h ifoghe^ rent given is one h al f o f thegoldfoundf and (he lowest m about one fourth, ft is a fa,ct well worthy Of notice, and one. that s u fednlty ahows the delusi ve S . r p of the employment, that the average pro^ifce f e v ^ \situations does Sot expeed »*iy cent9 a P s edch ,a ^°T h e grams, o f gold when collated, are bought up by the country mereliants at 90 o r 91 cents apennyweight, and constitute now the common currency of, the country-*^ V Almost everyman” OffHlnr mining dis trict?,) says professor OiidsteadF“ c aboiit with to«h a gopse qqtll or two o f it, and a small pur of scales nth box like a specta- clecase* Thevfotue, As m patriarchal times, i* ascertained bywmght, fchufo from the dexterity jtequtifid by practice, is i less troublesome mode o f qounlitig money than Nine would imagine* 1 saw a pint of whtSkev^ paid for by weighing oiTthreejand * draff grama of gptd.3t \ .. „ “ \ It is not easy to ascertain,, foe precise amount which, halt hitherto hoen collected A large portioah\S been used by jewellers -m-NeWJfoxlLftndJhe ^Southerg cities(, a considerable quantity lids on tWs Southern Banks as bulhop, and a portion, js m cir culation as the medium o f exchange Prior to the year iSfcOja-qu-mtity amounting to $43,689 had been coined at the mlntrof the United States ■* W E D N fSM Y ,A P R lL f 7V 1825. tote tost ip fofisuq.toto Of nativejndufetry and ilrtfo ^mTwhompetitiohwltlf foreign pro- ducir, 'ntay t^#r4ii^atiffcnldpn fohfojestaiii- ioiifc*eV«^«fkfcliiten*cffoe ahpve article, this village, Many toffoesehata areof the Jfoteft ^toit^end'the fooslfoeautiful finish; and m yenfo^e tosaj^wifoont miy dMpqr- ' a^sa^ffnfhe.wpfapel ore fit ted to adofnthefieads'of thfe-foirOstofour fair coputrywomen* 'fw* cfo tfothpW tofoe that« beau ty tthenuntoprn’d, Is adorn’d foci foost norafe We inch; tdcistiye patriots as'.to r e - ccsnmetid to ady of-our fomaie. friends foe '■yreamforbfA ’ heeatise it j* o f A- .jteBm'lfoAiMkfew- Rut jwte hold that m~ - five *f Imatity deeds, *»dt |tie\aid o t foreign drnamept;^ adM whedwe pdssess a yaltra* hie yet eWtdahb ^ t ^ i a l , whichyin^f. he wrought byfoittirfelmnd* intotbSniost beau tiful and cfoflty wfofoes of fototfft’apparel^-- .When this branch tffittthiifafefofe Mane may ...J'-*' ,., *, J< • • •, »V .i*.v.;r..v i.J,. T \ ;> — -y . The Cayuga <$d SmecaCmftl bill passed, with an upprapmttofl pf $150,080, The Public hot, in Ulysses, was finally disposed of, b y granting one half thereof to foe Ovid, and f(mother to the Ithaca Acade my. The several applicants may consple themselves with the maxim, that “ Half a lodf is better than no bread ” Tfie Ithaca tfank application, was pot act-* qd upon. Indeed, we learn that only three bills granting hank charters, finally passed- the Senate. , - The bill for- establishing a Board of In ternal Improvements, was rejected in the Senate. ’ 1 The nanie of Henry Wheaton was substi tuted for that of Erttstus Ro.iti, in the bill for revising the state laws and Gen, Root was allowed 10 DQ dollars for the services he ha 5 already rendered. '• We shall publisih a general list of the acts, as tooa as obtained, State ' M^dBCdfd^fCtioiihVsi The follow ing gentle!neu,werc;appointed by foe3.enate, .on tlie rsGPpjipendiifion. o f tlie gowerndr, commissioners for' surveying the route of the state.roa*3 frojb Uftjison fo imkeErie, viz.—N^AsmL(,p«rci|pk%of Washington Qounty ; Jabez 'D. Hasimonb, of Albany ; and Otsego, . Accident. — On Saturday. the tGth inst. David'Jearls, an adopted son o f Mr. Seth Hill, o f Danby, aged betwen 4 and 5 years, was killed by. n pile of boards, under which he w is at play, falling on him. about to fie applied for foe pui pose qf can- veyipg merchindize over very extended lines of couptry, and thusthsy are becom ing an object of great n itiqhalioteu^t*- Rdil road^f, as hitherto worh«d by horses, possess very little, if any, advantage, over Canals, but rail roads, worked by the loco motive steam engine, have so decided a ?u perionty, both as regards time and expense, that there can be no question but they will be generally adopted wherever anew line oi copveymce b^s become necessary, either, fiom an increased trade, or from the exoybi taut demand of scanal proprietors. „ By the loqo motive engine fifty tops of goods may be conveyed by a ten horse pow er Engine; on a level road, atthe rate of six, miles an hour, and lighter weights at a pro portioned inci ease of speed. Carriages for conveyance of passengers, atthe rite of 12 or 14 miles per hour Tor Capals it is ne cessary to have a dead level, buf not so for rail ,i oids, an engine will wOrk goqds over an elevation of one eighth of an inch to the yard; Where the a Scent or decent is r ipidf, and cannot be counteracted by cutting far' embarkments, recourse must be fold to per- mane nt engines and inclined planes, just as recourse is had to locks for cdnals, but here again thefad road system has the advantage; the inclined plane mouses no delay, while; ' ............ a natiOn-'-it thould bA the bbj’ect Of men, add the pride aoA thefidhicn of woinOn* to give it their efojoUi^meiBf,’ Thdse priftcipjeb atre bocbming more prevalent. An increase of pnblic petremgeproducOaa spirit o f com- petiikm. whiCb increesea both foe Quantity amf qnifoty\$£'efif mahifa^turesf and interest and Fashion, two very , powerful auxiliaries, wilt unite with' ^airiotisfo,' in safoiieb& ii£ oqi* e e a ii^ ' « p h d e n f of \ M A proof of foe ditent to Whichffoe foatMr^Ayers fempVoyijin ftiakfoAfo** hisbwn vales,'.about fbftypefoonS. ^Oitofth^e^efolmveiare ooierve ihitcb praise for those beautiful samples ofjndustry and bkill—which no one can witness Wrttieut uniting sincerely in the wish, thaftthey may bfe emulated and re vrafilcd THE LEGISLATURE' Of this state adjourned on Thursday —» FronTtheir last proceedings, We extract the following items, as o f most interest to oar -readera* - State Road T h e bill providing for the survey and cpmmencethent o f this road, was .so amended by foe Sebat<* as to strike out the appropriation o f $50,Ot)O, and provide only for the s a r iey ol foe route and an es 'bmaUoo o f tbe expense. 1 ] For the amenditient — Me^sra Bowman, Brayfon<Jpurf,Colden,lE&rl!,Leffert«,Lyode, Mallory. STMicftaei, Morgan, Nelson, Redfjeld, Bpencer, Thorn, Wilkeson, Wright —18. - _ ' Jlgfnntt it—Afess'ra Burfows, Ctaik, Ci a mer, Crary, Dudley, Ellsworth, Gardmer, Greaidy. Ildight, Aeyes, Lake, M’Call, M’- Intyre, Ogden, Ward, Wooster^-16, And the heut governor gave hi? casting vote in the aifirmative 1 A* amended, the bill finally passed both houses. Canal Bill. Tbe bilk providing for the surveyor foe several canal, routes, was pus jserl it will be seen, however, th it the route from Ithaca through Spencer tq the Susqiie- hanna, was omitted m foe bit). * T|us»ttfc£ wait the on ly route applied for, the survey *>f which Was not authorised—a proceeding* ■ to say the leafet of it, very unjust and dis respectful to the petitioners—and of which they Will fokhfiess require a future investi > gahon* f;.. -i.r. RAIL ROADS, We continue our extracts from the .assays on this subject, furnished us by 6ur Obliging correspondent. Having given as foil a de scription ae could !find of the construc tion andfcrni of a jail foad,. we shall next present,' from thfe Baltimore American, s short detail uf th.eWde iu #hich fhe wag onsfire drawn upnndts ?urJEace,pnd foemaU' neyin xyhicIx.tlie,lOad.to be coftveypd js cjis- poked o f., We are liuahie to procure an en graving of the diagram aUuded to; but it may be. riaoiined sit pur office.. r 1 “ During a grerdnumber of years, horses were qldne vised *h Erigldnd, and, indeed, In many jsnfo of that cnqrftrysfdl cohtifiue to be, for foe purpose of draught upon rail tvays. Bbt swce foe invention fifmPVeable steam engipesj they have been pifeferred tp horses bofot onAcOottntof.the greate# pow er whichthey possess’and foe savingof ex peqse. It was formerly customary tfi jplace, foe whofo lqad iu one wrgpb, thu| causing an fmmfoi?* wei^t tbJest pnony one foinf of theirsi! rofuji, conseqUetttly it was o<?ces- spry to -mske tlie rails of great thickness' to snpjmrf tiw kurfihen.. To, remedy fois it was thought advisable to,divide thaload and place it; oil several smaller wagons instead of one larger, for Jnstanc^ a wagon: carrying fop tons Would Bi n dead.Weight 16' thdt a- mounton any given ppint^ot by dividing the blittheni arad puttjag itip fire smaller Wag* oni chained ibgefoer, foe Weight on any point o f foe rail would only bb two tons. • r fhp ;’^miaeiw6'Ti;q^Be'‘'ef r power atfoadto|^theuse- of ^ rail Uofr, f W|Ji copy ian kxffocf fiprn. a^fotement made by the manbgerof thfoPcforbyn Slatq walks in CarnaryqnsLffo^Jn^n* communication ad dressed to the Society of Arts and Sciences. Aftef stafoig foe length o f foe roffd to be a- bo.ut 6 l-2 nlilba and that it was divided info five sfe^ealas lie fcttns them, he proceeds to reihafo: “Gn this railway two horses draw tvtfoty-feur wbg6ns?dhe stage sixtiihe* a dfty, end burly . twenty-four tons ea<fo journey, which is 144 tons pei day.- This of the foii Way do the work pf 400. tnanbthefmjtatiee itvvaaascertaiaed that aft ordinal si^Pd liorse o f the value of a- bout ^2osi^,nr^8 ddllarsi couidina de- sceUt.of one foot iB tRb hundied, draw with ease dpwnrSs of 30 tons and , WUh gfejit ex- ertion 43 tons The~ asu;i! fcalcaiaticin/r be- lievo, is that in a little descent or level a hdreer can ''draw 12 or 14 tods, andia an us- cent in eqaai ttegree with the descent,, Cdn \■ ■;» ........ Believing font a foagram of a rail ivay, to gether with tlie steam and othel'Wagons up on it, wonkl fond to rentier foe,Suhjdet more easily understood, f have caused. onP to be epgr ivefo Itwill bd observed in referring to this diagram iaserfodvfihcfVe*, .that foe steam engine has six_tv}ieels, four of which, the two foremost and twd hmdmOst, have grooves tq fit the m l like those of the Wag* ons intended to carfy the merchandize and rest upon tire abooth rail, apd that the two middle which are cog Wheels, play into the cogs o f the r i|l, which a£e sOtnewhat hear- cr to the surface of the earth than the1 smooth edge The four wheels wbidirrntr upon the smooth sui'foce support the whole weight oi1 the steam engine, of course the: middle Or cogg wheels are not pressed upon, qnd being put into motion by the machinery of the engine serve to propel foe wagons m the same tnjinner as the wheels o f steam boats act. It may be askbd whether the power of the tnoveable engine will be suffi cient to work-tbe load over hills; to this f ariswer.that il ls amply sufficient tor ordina ry iscenfs.'^but that when a hill 6t great height and steepness Is to be surmounted, it Will be necessary to have a stationary *»n- jgine at foe tl)p' o f the etnniehde, whirh by means of chutm can draw the loadectiv igons upthe acclivity. * The following ektracts m further illustra tion o f this ;ijterPEtmg topic, are from an article copied into ihe Amm man from the London Courier. < Hitherto, rail toads have been Used for every limited purposes, and Whenever they are spoken of it is in boonectidn with Coal Pits md Stone Qjuumes, but they ate now. From the Gazette o f .this Morning . * Froth Calcutta.~0n a: reperusal pf the Calcutta papere , loaned to the editors pf the Gazette hy Captain ^hitney, we find that on the first-seven days df December last, there was a most r bloody battle fought .a ; Rhiigoon.' ■ . ’ ’ *' ; It appears from the> official account o. this battle, that the whole military force o; tbe Burmhad Empire was engaged-, amount ing to*about 80,000 men well armed, with a numerous artillery, &e. Tfidp chiefs seem ed confident of success, and boasted o f 8pon having it itt'their power to foad the British arnOy paptivesin chains togracfifoe triumph of the Golden Monarch. The result prov ed the reverse, for the British gained a Sig nal ticfojry, after an actfon o f seven sdcces* sivP dayd, fijr land aqd water. - T h e‘natives wdre disperifed, leav|ftg^most oi- theiir arfiL lery, stores,-fee. behind them in their flight. From the natfori of the .marshy groond an« thick hrnshilt was hotpossihle toekcertSin the !q8> Pf foe flHtiyesifintkt least 5000 are supposed to have been killgd. , Q f. 300 ;piece8pf ordnSheb o f theik fomfy,,240 were left % possession of the British,; Tito loss of foe British wa& lncdnsideral)le, c6mpared to the importahce Of foe service .perform ed. , Among foekilled Wps^», Walkerl ot thd infiiritry , Captj and Lieut. O’Shea, of do; and i t officera frotmded, ' ; v- At foe laqt accopnts, foe whole Btitfoese Coast frOid Rangoonto foe wWtwftrd i Was subject to foe British.rfrms- .» A treaty,' o f friendship ^.and ffiliance had been concluded* hetweoh foetmfoh goVOrn- foeotin India, and ,Snltan' firluhpmed fSfidh of Johone pCid^ Datfo^^ jTimmbngohg^^^and Chief o f Singapore and its depdUdriMtieS, Wbfch R e t n m f o iVhile fofi Bf itfsh tfeij&Wn are heaping: calumnies upon foe United States’ ftodfeh mal-treatmen^^of foe/ahori-* gines of this country, the public would be gratified,;if Mr* Giffoid, or some o f his co adjutors, wdiild. give ,qn article on the origin phd| pfogrdss o f foe Bufonfihniese # a r.. For ouraelyeS,.'W.e afdVi^,dfoflt' 0 f :?ffiiy fofofes- sioris <m th,e, part Of these fft .foe east, removed frdfo tlie ddllirifois Other pation|(, ph mvasioft o f their ,donnfoy;hdi the slaughter of its jpfaaer k h # e reforJ- efo. Fiver0yu§aM^it .seeffis,-worel^edin one fi|ttie? Whiph, prp^fofy; Wepfe® the whp)e ftdinher .ofcPnyerfofo Ghristlanityj effected by all the mtpifofoJrbmrRreat’M t- ain, eastern witlfo Burham Empire, and - the ‘’Dbriatopoijter, like foe cent bloodl ' 1V 1 *r 1n Hidtesmtik. A chymical process folk' co vOredhy-whjchkogi*^^lard canhp cdnverieti into so akifldfor dippfog and !fofoldirig Can dies, superior to Russian- taifcowl ; Wheh preparOa accorfong tefoi? ffian, If is white l;ke Wax o f spbfimacefiT vThe^calndles niade of it Ifopn with superior light,1Wesedifoiftg . a flame;ofthe pdfelt gas^i 'Th 9 .fnrebftogfefoer void oftbe o^ensive sm6tf add gfohky fodcli of other candles, and when bufnirig\ in the closeIC apartment, fiaveftd snielfatid' eiriit nO smqke.f^RcteighMhgikefi ' ' ; 1 ' • Prod a late English paper. The following aflhctmg details have been communicdted by Copb Du Bardieu, of the lloyal .Hanoverian Engineers, himself a wit ness of -tlie calamity be describes - : Sthde on the Elbe, Hanover , Feb. 5.—-The. horrors of the night, from the 5d to the 4th of February* can never be effaced from my memory, were 1 to live to -the age of a Pa * inarch. About 1 o’clock after midnight, the warning guns from the fortress o f Stade, were, fired, to denote to the low lauds that foe tide was unusually high. I was then standing on. an elevated spot, whence, at intervals, as the moon peeped through thefiark andTowermg clouds, I could see Villages and houses ta a conslderiblb distanie, and the ground cover ed vjricb suow At about half after one the Wind became tempestuous, and the water in; stantly gained four feet and continued to rise:; amidst the howling of the wind, the firing of thealarmguns, the rolling of tile thunder, and flashes of lightning, till, at Once, a rushing of mighty Waters announced the demolition of the dykes. The scene ivac now terirfi cally grand Along the whole line, as ffira; tbeeye could reafh, the destructive pi ogress: of the, mighty mass of water was easily to bd distingbishel by the melting of the snow , fv « ~n i, « k ^ j i while, tofielghtea thfthorrors, foe pear ftnd distant shrinks of ifte inhabitants, mingled with themdanfoal/^w1^ ? Qf the drowning cattle, were heard fo the'' intervals of the storm At leijgth, the morning' dawned— but, alas} o f the most tortile province of Hanover, nothing was te be seen but the tops of fob houses and trees 1 T bfe garrison boats were immediately manned with soldieis, and we proceeded, assisted by the Burghers’ boats, to save the peasants Rom the roof* of the W e st hpuses, and to convey provisions to those who’had saved themsElvs in foe hay lofts*; .jTks work of mercy still coUtmneslo the utraostof our strength ; bu|t, it is only ip our power to alleviate foe present misery. The numhor of lives that have been lost, as far as is jet known, does not, thank God. much exceed one hundred ; but what have we ta expect ? Sickness and death 1 The wretch ed inhabitants hove losttheir all, their cattle, their furniture, their orchards, in gi eat mea sure, and, fpr several years, their crops, Ma - ny aret now wanderers on the face of the earth, without homes, who were, at least, in competency only a few hours since. LEG lSLATtjm OF NEW -YORK • fft SI knate —F riday, April 8. Message from the Governor, transmitting^ - the--report pf-JLXL Hammond, Esq.^qn_ the unsettie1d demands o f this Stqtc against the United States. 1 To the Honourable the Legislature. Gentlemen—The uadjftsted demands of this state against foe United States, growthg ;out of foe late War,,. aw 6 UB| fo upwards of and foigf hay'd eithfo’: been sus- e& for foapt' pf ;snfliei|bt proof, ot te- in some instances, on untenable grohndk, by foe accb'unlShg officers of 'the treasury of foe •nhHonat government; find the overture o f This state for the sale u f the fortificatioiis oft Stateh Iflapdji has not been: 'yet iaccepted, •,Gn ^fiotlfog font thesi con- jperns fiad not been alfendbd to for a long time, aftd that there, was no agent authorized to bring them to p cpftcfosioft, I appointed Jabez D. Hamifiond,; Esq. for that purpose - i nojr submit to j o a , for your information, his report ’Oft tliiS subject, to the end that you 'may give such directions, and make such arrabgeraebts in relation to his agency, as you may conceive most conducive to the public interests* ' ..... ' - BE WITT'CLINTGN* AtBAtlv, April 6,1825. fifoie o f ^fefo-Yofk, npj|biftted in conformity tp an act fenfoted ^'f Ati act for the settlement of fob demands bf thisr' state againkt the United Statdsi’? p^sfid.febfoary iOth/1818, requiring him to repfirt fiie1 progress be should make totvards the* final Settlement pf thesfiide'mands, I iiayie the honouf“tQ state, that' on the 2ftfo. ^ y of February last, 1 received from'thfe late agent o f the fitate foe vouchers had other documents relating to the agency. The diveraity in foe haturfr of the claims o f the stafe,and their great num ber, as‘well as the variety and number of vouchers which the ( comptroller of New- York had reeetfed,-imd^pon,wJbich h e had made foe advnnces^eceirBari^ required me to devote considerable' labour and, time an T cofitff fiscertairi what had been doae, atid;what remained to mtely actcifqpdn it before I left Wdsbu fon, 1 shall ui ft lew days be advised of| reSnlt of his examination, but I can flatter myself that any considerable awe Slf&hese charges will be allowed J t not received any moiiey frdm the IJn Siatqs ' ■* ' A Urge proportion of the cparge? monies p ad l»y the state for the transpn; tion oi arms and .ammunition during foe j war, has’'been disallowed- In nllics ^ where the <>i tides transported haye be? temoved from any giyen place, and on fo passdge to the aipay, were depouted, e | for the shortest time, m a stajte arse| between the'place frbm which such art; were removed and their final deshha* the charges for foe expenses of ^removal! the arsenal have been disallowed. T whole of foe money pud by the styte; guarding the arsenals during tlfojate I which |t will be perdeived is above stafo amount to $13,476 14, his also been rei ed as an improper charge agdmst tbe D* States / There cin be no doubt that neiyly ali i rftmoy ds oi arms ^nd^mmunitiouirotn < arserffi-to another^during jthe^ex|steiid| the 1 ite wir, were^aqqW hy the war^ ihe exposed siiuatiprtKiffhe frontier pu, of this state If an attack of Buffalo or i Saekett’8 Harhour-by-foe-euemy-was heiided,>ind the JSewiYofk militia w? required to march to those points, muiiit qf war were forwarded in foe qfte case the arsen ils *6f Canandaigua and Batav jind it; the other to the arsenal at Watertoi to be ready for delivery when the mil should arrive at those places respective \e t foe charge for removing arms iaall i cases bas been disallowed, upOnrthe; ous sitppositioft that such rehiovdls were j clusively for the cobvdmeuce and bene the-state The rejection of the charge^ mdnies paid to the arsenal guards, ap| 1 ter me equally unjust. Probably him twentieths o ffois expehsfe would mot been incurred by foe state, hdd it hot „ for the stajte of war in which the natron ’ involved, These cases I intend* with] least possible delay, lo present to the * tary of War, For ultimate deciSldn ; I c hut cherish^ foe! eXpedatioft foaf admit thpJhofi^Q Qf, thfe cfoifo of -fie W^he qfhe cb|irgeKjr fepfiiriftl and fe! jog arihs Was ptoaefttfedUL'wfW.edmiitod.l the 3ecretqfy of,War;, that foe expfto which* Bad iaccrued fift* ifepairs to atom ihjufiesr vvhicfo hapttoufed? w hiletheyi used in the,;ser.vide idf tbe'ftation;. oti * be paid.% foe .JUmtoed but; COttftting officers required prfifeft tlqAl injuipy Ih'foe-repairdf.which an fllo* “ was demanded?, did actually - happeU the arftn Were used in the service oi t States, To. furnish this proof oti the j the state, Wfife ifi inoat casea impossiblO*. lute agent, for thevefote; foerfeforiti great. forces and 'propriety, yempwii against,the adoption o f a rule so ri^lA j which ip practice Waffid;produceireafilfe> i just and iujfiriotfsHo the state. • With a view to comptoiblse fois; the claims of the state, foe Secretary of \ by his letter to Jthc.late agGnt^datecl Dcl 23d, 1822, proposed, that in lieu of ciaim? for ' Thej cidtml of the state of* Neiv-Yorlf ' ’ ’• '. . I - -rtU', * '“.‘-..'..I J.V i.V j-, KMn.Mn* Altn .1 InUKH fv%n mAninn /tvnAnn^ lowfoce matte by thfe Stofotoffihlate^YidCj ing charges i ' - . Fdr:^yjsnbsistence,&c. of foe ‘ ' Unlitia.of fhe state,of Nqw- , . York^whtte in the service; of. . . foeUpited §fote4 ffbTiog foa * late wmv- j , ; : ^ $93,682 93 Fnynrautt omficcoUnt ofaffi^tocq -pay* foftfoogeufoss, p ay and .. - .; , subsistence o f afiorps of'sea ^ ‘ fe^btoa. fob 'dW ! fence of foe city and port of New-York, ; Expenses o f milUlaift marching tO places of rendezvous. Transportation, storage, Aq* . ExpenseSapprebfiqding desert ers and other contingencies, Munitions o f war lost, destroy-. ‘ ’ ’ v .• •• Medical'and hospital, expepses, Tay o f arsenal; guards,,&e,,, Repairing and deansiiig arms, Additioom pay of Gen. P. B . : Miscetlaneous expenses, 99,409 26 29,808 8,3 ' 2,562^ 87 18,943, 42 » . - * ». ' 9,892 02 . 947 0-7 - g56, i7 i 3,4.76 14 28,08 i 27 use\ be paid forty-five cents- for-erwylb arnfi issitedliythd ifoto foy the qsfe oft in ths fieriice o f foe ll- • • Making - $313,699 79 Of fois s.ulftj'ihe a’ccOuftfihg officers o f the U. States’ treiisury have hllowed and paid $132,509, to'' my predecessor, 'leaving a balance ciaimed by foe sjitp of $181,190 17, ekqlq^.y'p.qf made tb the late Vico-prfesideii^,'^ nttd’ bf the claim fot .tftterasj for mpntes fiaVacced by the state for the United; grates, j. The whole of foe aUofe mentioned claims, except foe Chai'ge fofr%phiringaad cleansing arm?-, havje beeh exaaiined by the 3d audi tor o f the 0 ; States’ treasury; (and’his de cisions with respect fo disallowances and sus pensions of the different itemfev have been generally confirmed by the Secretary of W ir r ’ After making niyself in some degree ac- quunted withthe fitate*of the'’’accounts, I selected from among the suspended nhcl dis allowed charges those items which, upon examination, appeat’ed'tome least ohj ectibtV able, and ft* support of which further testi mony had beeii procufed since their disal- loWinfte or suspension, and presented an abstract of these items to the 3d auditor for his exaftiinatiou ; fout he had not defj! (ted Sit Istly u nal hd tto iillp |ab5 | lent^ incited fhctb? aaltM kfoeJ atecq joceSJ fftited] oft i>nsulff|‘ tosluj |ien p^| itfoSf ie pu| fmf* i ide^f mefil jjeitnf pr tN pwetll las pf pnivc be affo' |om ressiS *e ojf, to sob) iclafc aeio ton cents per mpftth should tip allowed e^er j/ uaonf b sftcRSfatnd dfatifts shorid f“ ;been used ihThti s ^ e ' forvicfe ; that the compensation tb bfe made' t» * priQciple fofiuld; nct exceed flie actbsd' penditfoell - o f ' foetotite for rfoauripf ' cleansing armf ,during ffie Jate war; / ptoyicted rthe agfot !fo.ri ' giyq % thq state and thfiUftifodBtottoi ofhriai,i munition,-caaip.equipjge,>and-Ctlieto'**‘ stores,-Ehotffd be uettlfed, md foe I, found due either putty ofitSfttkSetfte should- be, as far as practicable, pa kind This propertied jwax, by the; ageftt, siibftntted to your Eicellteridy;] on the 20fo day of NoyCmbfer, l822,ywy rectcd lilm to accede to the proposition.^ was, howfev efe, informed by the 3d au? ** that\ffii4 tisSent ot'fthe agent had n o t' filed itt the department o f war, but ti advance o f $6000, ou iccoont of repa arms,- had been made to my predecessor! t.h& 22d of December, 1822 I, theref# exequted a stipal ition, a«scqting on tljo j of;the sj_qte to the prmejple of adjusts oFfoederoaud for repairsnf arms, prop by foe Secretary o f W ir, and I am assu that tbe 3d auditor will immediately pros to the examination nnd adjustment of i part o f the- claun of the state, on the pr pie- thus adopted T be balance cl* »me the part of the state ar cordmg to this re adjustment, after deducting the $6000 at dy received, is abont $12,000. 1 With regard to the settlement of $ accounts, for arnm, nmmuftition^ add ot military store?,, t^q;s|iperintendenfoFl«i ordnance depart ment has agreed to1 luftU rize the officer commanding at the Uiuifj StatesLarsep.il at GibbonsViile,. to act si behalf of fae United Sfotes., It is, therefodf to be hopyj that this s'eftleirient cafi he effe^T ed with very little, expense or trouble I ■* The ^cconnting officers of the U S tr^i ury depaxtruont utterly refose to admit^IW any p a il o f t,he surar allowed by this stated the late vie e-president, is, under tlie ing. laws of the United States4, prop^1 charges! jle to. that gfivernmbnt. In fofois sum, it is pPobjiblethata very..b8 prop^i fion of the suspended and disallO'j iteu jS, vvldcli make in the -ggfegiito. ah' dvementioned sum of $ 164,190 TS D jough actually undtogoofo^/iith OJiPy 1 ay the st ite, fai foe benqfu^pf tLft UP StnteSydqr, the want of proper MQOC w id *w>fc/,aiic) -j ^dqsiijerahle part p| ou0hv i # , nndetthe%x|sting jaw^^lj foned/lptliO jM uftffng pffiOKs ° r •I1J O R IGIN AL STAINED
