-: ~-~
: ..." r.:...-...r.`t a." . ':! ... . .. .1:.•-.7.-.VE.7---21-"n- !........,---.. -.---- - -
...
' 'at of the obligations or the) go'vernment, In the same section of the law it is fur-
_nn./lewd in Coniequerite ofthele atquie-lther provided "that no more than untilm I
ltion, the sum of $9,50,101 .11' •• :''',:,• . !lions of said stock shall be issued the;
If the.
i n of the Seeretnry of : thei creditors of the Statdolding borids.:und
TreasurY in. ref
to the , expenditurcs , other certificates of stock of 'foxes, for
required for these Territories shall be met' which duties on imports wore apepially
by eorrespetiding'action en the'part erCo . n-'!pleditcd, shall first file at tho, treasury, of<
gress, nod appropriatiehs tie made 'im'ac-; : tho„United States;keleases or all elnimsa-i
cordiinee the rewith,,ihore will - be' he' an esti-I! gni nst:the United jStfites, Tor or edi ace:omit i
mated unappropriated balitnee in die trea-i' of said bonds or eettificates, in such form,
sury on the 00th•Jane,0f5:20,366,4 4 :i• 90 . ; as shall be p rescribed by the Secret:try Ofi
wherewith tom eet that portion of the pub-„the the--Trertsurvi-.and.approvedby the ilresi- •
lie debt •tlue on the ~ first Julytollovirig,:, dent of the United States 2! .
. .. 1
amounting., to $3,237,931.,•,,ns well it,i,' The forM of release - the:4. provided for.;!
any nppropriations- %illicit 'rnaY be made:the Seeretary ofi
has been preSeribee by
• beyond the estimates. .',, , ' •tlie Treasury,;and approved. It has been:
in thus referring to•the estimated expon-' published in nil the leading, newspapers in '
ditureS''-on 'account of our newly acquired I thi edrrirrierein Len ies of, the U nited .S tit tes,
Territories, I may expresa Poi ,hope. that 'and all. perso.is holding claim; of the kind
Congress will concorAith inc. in the de T I specified in the foregoing proviso were re
sire that a liberal course or poliey.may be I (pared ,to file their releases (in the form
pursued towards them, and that errry oh- , thoi. prescribed) 'in: the tren , 3 7 . y r the
ligation, ex:nress or• implied, oti4mxiti ipto United Stouts , on'or' before IM) first ofay ofi
in consequent:cif - if their.,aNtitsiion; shall 9e.tober, 1t45i...--=Althott;OhiB publication'
Lc' follillo by ,the,,ttn.?st ltheral • appropria- has been continued front' the 2,5 th day of!
}ions for that. purpose. , .„;
~.. . March, /2831; Y l et• yote the lst/of Oetobor
...:.Tho values or. opr aotwsiju exports for last comparativelyi . few'releases had been
i
the last•fiscalyc.tr, :1, gompurod with :hose
. ,
filed by the creditors of TeXds.
§if th: ! , previo:ts , vuar, exhiait,m increase Th e antherities.of the State of Texas
.0f ?t43,ti1ii,42:!. ) . - .• At first view this con. tii :1110 , request of the Secretary of the
dilioo,or our ~vrAtio with, lorcifin H ation* Trenetirv, have •fUrnished n schedule of!
.would seem to preseuttlie anise flattering the public debt of that State•ereated prior
hop of its'lutoro pro3perity, ,An exam-to her `admission into the Union; with a
\. ination of the details of our exports, how- i copy of the laws under which each class!
i killer; 'fill show that the increased value of was contracted. ' 1
I 'exports for the last fiscal year is to be I have, from the documents furnished
•totwd in the high price of cotton which by the State of Texas,determined the
prevailed during the first halfof that year, . classes of claims • Which, in my . jutltment '
.. . ,i
which price has since deenned about one fill. within the provisions of the act of Con
,
half. . . gress of rho oth of September, 1850.
The value of ourxxports of breadstuff's On being officially informed of the ac- I
and provisions; which it was supposed the ceptance by Texas of the propositions;
incentive of, It./ow tariff' and large impor- contained in. the act referred to, I caused
tationg from abroad . would- have greatly the stock to be prepared ; and the five mit
re atnented,.bas fallen from $68,701,921, lions which rare to be issued uncondition
'e uncondition
in
1847, to $26,051,37 3 in 1830, and to !ally, bearing an iuterest of five per cent.'
821,0-1V33 in 1851, with a strong pro- I from the Ist day of January, 1851, have
bauility, amounting almost to a certainty,' been for some time ready to be delivered
of rt.staLfarther, reduction in the current Ito the State of Texas. The authorities of,
year..,. , ... ;.• 7 - • • Texas, up to the present time, have 'not
•
The aggregate values of rice exported authorized any one to receive this stock,'
during' the lust fiscal year, as compared and it remains in the Treasury Depart-'
with, the •previous year, 0160 exhibit a de- I mein, subject to the order or Texas.
crease amounting t 08160,917, which, with ; The releases required by law to be de
n glecline• in,; the values ,of the exports of !posited in the treasury not having been
tobacco fort he same period, make an ag- ! filed there, the remaining' five millions
giregateAecrease ,in these two articles of, have not been issued. This last amount
$1,156,751. . •:_. tof the stock will be Withheld from Texas
rliti -‘s upon which it is to be
-The-policv, which, dictated a low rate o 'until t e condition on 550,.... __
.
- titles on foreign; merchandise, it was the'tideiivered shall be complied with by the! and 4und Kiley, therelbre, alike require
sythese wholpromoted ittal i eStablished it', ! creditors of that State, unless Congress! tly.xttilt.: government should use all the
would tend to. benefit die farming poptila- 'shall otherwise direct by a modification of mea is authorint iz
erOd by
and the
weconstitution
h to
flan df 4 this country by increasing the de- I the law. promote the ests e tat
,
.
mind rind raising the price of agristulturall In my last annual message, to which Ilimportant cla6s rf our fellow citizens.—
products in foreign markets. And vet it .
J respectfully refer, 1 stated briefly the rea- I 1 solar filet that, whilst
- The foregoing filets, however, seem torid Comftirreial inter
j sons which induced me to recommend a i the minutiae
show incontestably that no such result hase attention of Con
! modification of the present tariff, by con- ests have en
fidlOwedahe adoption of this policy. On portion of every ses
j verting the ad valorem into a specific du- gress during
the contrary, notwithstanding the repeal ty, wherever
abound in nrovis
wherever th e article imported was of stem, and on
ofthe restrictive corn laws in Bngland, the !such a character as to permit it, and that ions for their protection and encourage
foreign demand for the products of thelsuch a discrimination should be made in mcnt, little- has yet been done for the ad
,Amorican., farmer has . steadily declined, favor of the industrial pursuits of our own vancement of agriculture. It is time that
since the short crops und consequent faro-countrythis reproach to our legislation, should be
as to encourage home production
instant portion of - Europe have . beet' hal)! , without excluding foreign competition. removed ; and I sincerely hope tiro the
pity replaced by full Icrops and compare- resent Congress' will not close their-labors
II `rho numerous frauds which continue P
five abundance. of food. false i without adopting efficient means to supply
J to be practised upon the revenue, by
• It will be .Seen, by recurring to the corn. the omissions of those who have preceded
invoices and undervaluations, constitute an i
martial statistics. for the past yea r s ttsat the j unanswerable reason for adopting specific; them
.valuo•of-ourkkimestic exporeshas been in- i
instead of advalorem duties in. all cases! An Agricultural Bureau, charged with
stressed, in the single item osraw cotton, j where the nature of the commodity does'the duty of collecting and disseininatin ,,
by 040,000,000 over the value of that ex.! not forbid•it.. . A strikins illustration of correct inlbrination as to the hest modes t‘,l .
port Tor the year • preceding. This is not these frauds will be exhibited in the report cultivation, and the most effectual means
duo to any increased general demand for of the Secretary of the '1 reasury, showing of preserving and restoring the fertility of
that arricld; but to the short crop of the the custom-house value . ..ions of articles the soil, and ofprocurirst and distributing
preceding Year, which created an increas
' imported under a former law subject to • seeds and plants and other vegetable pro
cd demand and . an augmented price for :specific duties, when there was no induce. ! ductions, Gruff instructions in regard to the
the crop•of last year. Should the cotton, ment to undervaluation, and the custom-! soil, climate, and treatment licit adapted
crop now going forward to marketsbe on.
house valuations of the same articles, un- to their growth, could not fiiil to be, in the
$
ly equal in quantity to that or the preceding der the present system of .ad valorem du-! language of Washington, in his last multi
year, and be sold at the present prices, ties, so greatly reduced as to leave no al message to Congress, a "very cheap
then there would be, a falling off in the'
doubt o f the
existence of the most flagrant i instrument of immense national benefit."
value of our exports for the present fiscal abuses under the existing laws. This Ilegardingsthe act of Congress, upprov.
year taint least $40,000,000, compared practical evasion of the - present law, corn- cat 2tath September, 1830, granting bounty
- with the amount exported . for the year en- bined with the lansuishina condition of lands to persons who had been engaged in
ts
ding 30th June, 'B5l. 'some of the great interests of the countryd the military service of the country, as a
The production of goldiin California for ',caused by over-importations and eons°. j great measure of national justice and mu
the past year seems to promise a large q ueer d e p r essed prices, and with the f a il. cence, an anxious desire has been felt,
supply of that metal from that quarter fltr tire in obtaining a foreign market for ourlby the officers intrusted with its immediate
some time to Conie. This large annual , increasing' surplus of bretidstuffs and pro., execution, to give prompt effect to its pro.
increase of the currency of the world must' visions, has induced me gleam to reemis.ivisions. All the means within their con
be attended with its usual results. These! mend a modigeation of the existing tariff. I trol were, therefbre, brought into requisi
have been already pnrttplly .diselosedin The report of the Secretary of the Inte.ltion to expedite t
ehe
to adju e
abldicat e ion f claims,
,
the! enhancement 'of prices and it usingrior, Which accompanies this communion- and lam gratifid bto state th
spirit of speculation and adventure, tendr-Ition, will present a condensed statement near one hundred thousand applications
ing to overtrading; . us well at home as a-, of the operations of that important depart- have been considered, and about seventy
braid. Unless seme . salutary check shall i meat of the government. thousand warrants issued in the short space
he given to these tAdencies, it is to be i It will bc seen that the cash sales of the of nine months. If adequate pruvision bc
feared' , that importations •of foreign goods j p u bl ic l a nds exceed those of the preceding made by law to carry into effect the re.
• beyond a healthy demand in this' country year, and that there is reason to anticipatejcommendations of the department, it is
will lead to tt sudden drain of the precious, a still further increases notwithstanding the I confidently expected that, before the close
metals from us, 'bringing with it, as it has large donations which have been made-104001w next,fiseal year, all who are entitled
done in former stirries, the most disastrous! many of the States, ;and the liberal grants ; to the benefits of the act will have receiv
consecniences to ths's s busiiiess2and capitallto individuals as a reward for military ser.!ed their warrants.
of the American people. ' - ' ;- ; ' vices. This fact furnishes
d yers gratify-1 The Secretary of the Interior has sug.
The , exports of specie to liquidate our !ing evidence of- the 'growing wealth and gested in his report various amendmentii
foreign' debt during the past fiscal year p . resperity. of our country. .; .• s j of the laws relating to pensiens and boUnty
have been' • $24,263,979 over the amount i Suitable measures have been' adopted lands, for the purpose of mere effectually
of specie impel-tech ITha ' expertT cif spe-for commencing the survey of the public guarding against abuses and frauds on the
cie during the first quarter of the present' lands in Californinand Oregon.. Survey..governmeot, to all. of which I invite your
• fisuat year have, been. $14,651,8 2 1.--; ing parties have been organized,,and some particular attention.:
,Shcitild-jspecie Continuo to be exported at progrees has boon made it - . estnblishing .. The large accessions to oulllnditinpop
this,rate fbr.thereiriaining • three quarters i the principal base and meridian lines.— ulatien consequent upon the acquisition of
of this year, itwill (train. frorn'ollf inetalic ' But further legislation and additional appro. 'New Mexico and . California, and the ex
, ,
:leurrettcY; duritig• the year ending 30th priations wilt be necessary .before the .pro. tension of our . settlements into` Until and
Junes ItSs2; : the eitnrinous ninount of 855,..' per subdivisions 'edit' be made, and the Oregon, have giyen increased interest end
' 007,3052:"'" • ' . • ; general land system extended 'over those importance .to. our, relations With the abor
; 'ln the present : prosperous Fcondition of; remote parts of the country. .: : iginal race.
the national finances, it will become your I On the 3d of March lust an act was pas. ` v Norm. terial ;change
theseha taken . place
duty ,to' Consider the 'best mode of payinesed providing Ibr the appointment of three ii e, last year in ondition and
' off the pablic debt. If the present and an -I commissioners to sunk) private land claims pros eats of the Indian tribes' who' reside
• i : r i I: t
ticipated surplus in the trisisury should not: in - ,uaidnrtna. Three 'persons were-im. in th Northwestern Territory and west
•he abSorbed by, iipliropriations'of an extra- I media t(.ly a Psuitited, all of Whom, howev. of ill. IllississiPpi-riyer. W,eare at peace
(ii'diriary chariteter,:thitfsOrpitts9heald be ; eri declined accepting the office; in cense- with lof thorn ; . and it Will ben source
iS-n;;loyed in 'allistsWit'y's and under such I-gu s once:of the 'inadequacy of the comport- of plea urefo, v yeti -tc . le rari that they are
kis•lrt,..fhons, a lecormgr4,4rs o r roierreare ex.: a atien, '. Others' were ' promptly- selected, , gradua y' advancing in. civilization and
ttngutabing . thconlstanding debt of•tho nap G -
I Who ! ' tiir the same •icason,:ilso declined ; the put nits, of, socird lite... . . ,
... ' larallt was' not urgillate;in:the•seasonlthat ' i., Alen theNexicao frontier, and it Cal
'. By referent:o tti the Of Centiretis i `ap- - the services of suitable' persons could be :ifornia a d
. oregeris: there have been oc
preisedriasli 'Septeiliii?or,-1850i':it' %vitt be • Secured:- s A Majority of- the,commission. easional anifestatiorts of unfriendly feel-
Seen' thrtf,'iii - 'cdriSidrir!itinh r ereertain•• con -pens Convened .in'-this City 'bn the; -10th of ,ing,. and s e depredations committed.—l;
4sis44ll;4tbYlltsi'Stede-itr'-14itxtist,'itty'ittJpro-!Sepietnbe-r !ast; whensletailedinstruetiOns I.arn.satisft, ,however, that they resulted
7 Alia; itinleUrtiti4Btateilalitilr pay to were giVenteS thorn in' Jegardsto their du- more frorri th destitpte itnd staryingcen
f...l4'E/' ''''''t Tliiiii I hii : sti'n't .01 1 ten'ithIlittlIS I ties.' . 1-j 'Ffieir:-first Meeting 'for rho transae- . dition Of. thejndians Ihuu from tiny settled
ifolliii4 "4 7 ' tonicfarin a,' ..
. , 1,
, I . 7 ''' , .,` -five pet . 'cent; • non of bunitidss , vlll' be , held in Strtr - Vran:l hostility toWnrOs thg.:w.,tt e , ~ ..set
. 'l I s AS! the' -
11 ,1 4 Yeta!'s' '-',Pu '!,•`Skeri t itible ' tit the ':•end -- ef r elk° 'On the Sth daY- of the resentwiblith:L,tiements of„ our eitiF,ens ! frogross.teWards
.
.0,100. L i n i ..ve,n)V -thb ::;!'!"' AD' ..4o t f(! fiti . Yable - half! ' , ol:lliaire thouglitit . propor to , rti in I:AG:thee:ol thiinr.;the game - upon ; Iyivpki they rriairi9
''"itflYikt ANS' c 't retitOty—t! !' -!- {
4c. ,,
~.
•••, . • •..." tias -United , trieKstioS only -to 'egplat 0 the cadges-of tha t rely for-aubsistenets is- ,drioon, off- tai. 4e4-
:: : 717. 1: 2' , : : -: . ' ' ' -' • ,- . ' '' .'7.. . ,'. '''. '' .."'*'-*'...„. '. . 1 delay in•filling the commission,... but to call 1, troyed,. and the .only nlternative left Co
Prips,
,
1121
, .
~.. '•
BEM
your attention to the propriety of increas
ling the compensation of the commission
ers, The office is one of great labor and
responsibility,and the compensation sluTld
be Stich as to command men of it high 01'7
;dereet talents and the lnosk ,unquestioned
:
The proper dispdsa) Of the mineral lands
California is, a ',subject stirrounded , by'
I -
great difficulties. In, my last nnnttnl mes
'safi b e I recommended the survey and sale
!ofthem in small parcels, under such res
trienons as would effectually guard against
thenopoly.inid,Speculation.,— But upon fur
ther information, and in deference to the 6-
' pinions' of persons familiar with the subject,
1 sm inclined to change. That rccommen•
dation and to advise that they be permit
ted to remain, ns at present, n common'
field, open to the enterprise nnd. industry
of all our citizens, until further, experience
shall have deVeloped the best policy to be
ult;mately adopted in regard to them. It
is safer to suffer the inconveniences that
!'now exist -for a short' period than, by pre
mature legislation, to fasten on the coun
try a system founded in error, which may
place the whole subject beyond the future
:control of Congress.
The agricultural lands should, howev-1
!or, be surveyed nnd brought into market
'
with ns little delay as possible that the
ti
tles, may become settled, and the inhabit
ants stimulated to make permanent
im
provements and enter on the ordinary par-,
suits of life. To effect these objects it is
desirable that the necessary provision be
made by law for the establishment of land
offices in Calibutain and Oregon, and for
the efficient .prosecution of the surveys at
an early day.
Some difficulties have occurred in or
ganizing the territorial governments of
New , Mexico and Utah ; and, when more
accurate information shall be obtained of
the causes, a further communication will
be made on that subject.
In my last annual communication to,
Congress I recommonded the establishment
of an Agricultural Bureau, and I take this!
occasion again to invoke your fitvorable,
consideration of the subject.
Agridulture may justly be regnrded as
the 'great interest or our people. Four
fifths of our active population nro employed
in the cultivation of the soil, and the rapid
expansam or our settlements over 'hew
lerritory N daily adding to the number of
those ( -engaged in that vocation. Justice
them is starvation or plunder. It becomes are now in course of preparation, and will lowances Of eXtraspay fen& emblifmerits be
lus to consider, in view of this condition of shortly be laid before you. • i extended ecetherns that, wercs,made, to the
'things, whether justice and humanity, as The protection of our south-western; efficine and men alike rating in the fate
, well as an enlightened economy, dos not frontier, and of theadjacent Mexican states, exploring exped recommend itiem te the South,yourS ateas.
.require that e instoti'd Of - seeking to'Spunish ; against the Indian tribes Within Mit:herder, !arne
• I earnestly to ten.
them for offences whiedi arc the result, Of:has claimed my earnest find coristanttioti the necessity of reorganizing the Na.
our own policy towards them, we should •• telitiorr l -Congress haying i railetleat, the vet establishment, apportioning, and king
'Provide for their'' iminediate :mantis, and .lasesessien, to adopt my recomrrandrition: the number of officers in encit'grade, pro
' ,
.encourage themnri
to enge in' agriculturei that, an additional: regiment of inounted ,!viding some mode of promotion le_ the
lend to rely on their labor instead of the men specially ndapted•te that servic,eshbuld , higher grades of the; naty, hes ing ren
t
chase, for the means of su pef ,be raised, all abet remained to be 4one was !once to merit and capacity, rather than so.,
I Various important tree s have been to make, the best use of the means at my, fierily or date of entry into the service,
negotiated with different tribes during the 'disposal. Accordingly, all the troops ad• !and for-retiring from the effective list-upon
year, by which their title to, 'ergo and val.:opted to that
.service that could properly I reduced pay .those who may he incompe-
Liable tracts of country has been extin- be spared from other quarters hate been ; tent to the performance of active duty.—
guished, all of which will, at the , proper concentrated on that frontier, and Officers !As a measure of economy as well as of
Itime,be submitted to the Senate tbr resift- of high reutation selected to command :efficieney in this arm of 'the service; the
cations " % them. Anew arrangement of the 'Aritlan-lproVision , last mentioned -is eminently
The joint commission under the treaty Ty posts has also been made, wherey . the i worthy cif your consideration.
.. es._
;of Guadalupe Hidalgo, has been actively i troops arc brought nearer the Mexican' The determiriation of the, questions of
engaged in, running, and meriting the frontier nnd to the tribes they are intended
civ rela il ti officersve rankof the nav hetWeeri
y h a ts ti a s d
between refliis
ea"offieera nnd
boundary lino between the United States . to overawe., .
and Mexico. It was stated in the last ne e ! Sufficient ttme has not yet elapsed to' of the army and navy, in the various
nual report of the Secretary of the Interior , realize all the benefits that ale expected to grades of each, will also merit, your ellen
deft the initial point on the Pacific and the , result from these arrangements, but I have Lion. The failure to provide any substo
point of junction of Gila with the Colorado every reason to hope that they will effect- tote, when corporal pimishment was abet-'
river, had been determined, and the inter-lustily cheek their marauding expeditions., isbed for offimees in the navy; hes (Scene
vening line—about one hundred and fifty The nature of the country, which furnish-Visioned the convening of nummons eourtle '
miles in length—run and marked by tem. ,es little for the support of an army end' martial upon the' arrival of vessels in, ports
porary monuments. Since that time a ' abounds in places of refuge and conceabland is believed to here an injurious effect
monument of -marble has been erected at ment, is remarkably well adapted to this ' upon the eficiency dike service. To mode
the initialpoint, and permanent landmarkS predatory warfare; and we can scarcely crate' punishment' from one grade to nte ,
of iron have been placed at suitable dis- , hope that any military force,. combfitsd other, is among the humane reforms or
emcee along the line. with the greatest vigilance, can entirely the age ; but to abolish one of severity,
The initial point on the, Rio Grande , suPPress it, which applied so geneirdly to offences err
has also been fixed by the commissioners'By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo we ship•board, and provide no'hing in its
at latitude 32 deg. `,2`.2 min., and at the are bound to'protect the territory °Mexico steud, is trt'suppose a progress of improve
date of the last -communication thesurvey I against the incursions of the savage tribes nient in-cver individual rilnango seamen
of the line had been made then& west•lwithin our border "with equal diligence and which is not assumed by thegislature in
ward about one hundred and fifty miles to I energy" as if the same were made.within
I I regard to any other class of men. It is
the neighborhood of the copper mines. ,our territory or against our citizens. I' hoped that Congress, in the ample oppme
The commision on our part was at first, have endeavored to comply, as eSras - pes. utility afforded by the present eession, will
organized on a scale 'which experience sible, trial this provision of the treaty.— thoroughly investigate this important sub
proved to be unwieldy and a ttended with Orders have been given to the officers jeci, and establish such modes ofdetermin
unnecessary expense. Orders have,there- commanding on the fruitier to consider in uilt, and such gradations of • punish
fore, been issued for the reduction of the the Mexican territory rind its inhabitants le gas are consistent with huinanity and
number of persons employed within the, as equally with our own entitled to their Ith personal rights of individuals, and 'at
smallest limits, consistent with the safety protection; and to make all their plans andlthe - time time shall ensure the most ener
of those engaged in the service, and the ' arrangements with a view to t h e atta i n geti and 'efficient performance of duty
prompt aneefficient execution of their im- , ascot of this °bite. Instructions have al. and the su%%lir. session of crime in our ships
passant duties. Iso been given to the Indian commissioners of
Returns have been received from all the, and agents among these tribes, in all trea. Th'e stone dock in the navy yard nt N.
rtfficers engaged in taking the census in ties, to make the clauses designed for the York illt was ten years in process of
the States and Territories, except Califbr•protection of our own citizens apply also construction, has been so far finished ns to
nia. The superintendent employed to to those of Mexico. I have no reason toj be surrendered up to the authorinesof the
make the enumeration in that Stare has' doubt that these instructions have been fully yard. Vie dry dock at Philadelphia is re
not yet made his full report, from causes, ! carried into effect. Nevertheless, it is pro. ported as completed, and is expectenoon
es ho alleges, beyond his control. This ,
gable that in spite of all our efforts, some to be tested and delivered over to the a
failure is much to be regretted, us it has !of the neighboring States of Mexico may gents of tl Government. That at Ports ,
prevented the Secretary of the Interior have suffered, as our own have, from de- mouth, N w Hampshire, is 'Mee nearly
from making the decennial apportionment' predations by the Indians. ready for deli% cry ;unit a contrect has
or representatives among the States, as'
i To the difficulties of defending our own been conclUded, agreeably to the net of
required by the act approved May 23d,, territory, as above mentioned, are super- Congress at \its last session, for a floating
1850. It is hoped, however, that the re- I added, in defending that of Mexicosthose sectional deck on the Bay of San Frencis
turns will soon be received, had no timelthat arise from its remoteness, from' the co. I invite dour attention to the recom
will then be lost in making the necessary, , fact that we have no right to station our mendations ot 'the Department touching
apportionment, end in transmitting the I troops within tier limits, and that there is the establishmetit of n navy yard in con
cirtificates required bylaw. I
,no efficient military lyric on the Mexican junction with fhb dock en the Pacific--
The Superintendent of the Seventh Can- side to co-operatewith our own. So long Such a station isi highly necessary to the
sus is diligently employed, under the di- as this shall coStinue to be the case, the convenience and 'effectiveness of our fleet •
'Talon of the Secretary of the Interior, in , number and activity of our troops will on that ocean, which mast he expected to
classifying and erranging, in tabular form I rather increase/than diminish the evil, as increase with the growth ofcommerce and
all the statistical information derived from:l the Indians will naturally turn towards rapid extension of our whale fisheries over
its waters.
the returns of the marshals, and it is be.ithat country where they encounter the , .
A
Hever] that when the work shall be com. least resistance. Yet these troops are ne. The Navalcaden'iy at Annapelitounder
pleted it will exhibit a more perfect view cessary to subdue them, and compel them a revised and improved•systeui or regula.
of the population, wealth, occupations, and Ito make and observe trerities. Until this tions, now nffords opPortunities of educe
social condition of a great country, thaw shall have : been done, neither country lion and instruction to the pupils quite e
lms ever been presented to the world.— I will enjoy any security from their attacks, qual, it is believed, for professional inn-
The value of such a work, as the basis of; The Indians in California, who had pre• provement, to,those enjoyed by the cadets
enlightened legislation, can hardly be over! viously appeared of a peaceable character, in the Military Academy . . A large class
estimated ; and I eareestly hope that Con. i and disposed to cultivate the friendship ofT of active midshipmen wits received et the
,tress will lose no time in making the ap. the whites, have recently committed sever- commencement of the lest academic term,
proprintions necessary to cotnplete the ;al acts of hostility. As a large portion of and a practice ship has Lech attached es
clessification, and to publish the results in I the re inforcements sent to the y Mexican the institution, to ram' the amplest means
a style worthy of the subject and of our ' frontier were drawn from the Pacific, t h e I lor regular instruction in seamanship, as
national character. military force now stationed there is con- ! well as liar cruises during the vacation of
The want of a uniform feebill, prescri. I sidered entirely Macke - lento to its eletieice.! three or four months in each year.
bin the compensation to be allowed dis. llt cannot be increased, however, without' The advantages of
e science in 'vortical
driet attorneys, clerks, marshals and corn- lan increase of the army ; and I again re. I atlitirs have rarely been more strikingly
Illustrated
missioners in civil and criminal cases, is , commend that measure as indispensable' lustrated than in the fact stated in the re
the cause of much vexation, injustice and I to the peotectlon of the frontier. 1 port of the Navy Departmentehat by means d
complaint. 1 would recommend a thoro' 1 invite your attention to the suggestions
'of the wind and current charts, project e d
revision attic laws on the whole subject on this subject, and on others connected 'and prepared by Lieutenant' Maury, the
and the adoption of a tariff of fees which, with his Department, in the report of the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory,
as far as practicable, should be uniforSecretary of %Var. the passage frcen the Atlantic to the Pacific
and prescribe a specific compensation ibel The appropriations for the support of ports of our country lino boosp• I.lwrteeed
every service which the officer may be re= , the army during the current fiscal year by about forty days.
quired to perfOrm. This subject will be' ending 30th June next, were reduced far The estimates for the support of the Na
fully represented in the report of the Sec.' below the estimate submitted by the De- vy and Marine Corps for the erring year
retnry of the Interior. partment. The consequence of this re- will be found to be $5,856,472 19, the
In my last annual message I gave briefly duction is a considerable defficiencv, to estimates fur the current year being $5,-
my reasons for believing that you pd i isess. which I iuvi:e your early attention.
900,621. ';
i
ed the constitutional power to i,npreve the The expenditures of that ' department; The estimates for special objedt.s under
'harbors of our great lakes and seacoasts, for the year ending 30th June last, were, the control of this Department edeilint to
and the navigation of our principal rivers, $9,060,368 50. The estimates for the, $;,,,684,220 89, mgainst 82,216,90 for
,and recommended that appropriations year commencing Ist July next and end- the present year, the increase beiniocCa:
si. duld be made fer'coriVeting slich works . ing June 30, 1852, are $7,808,775 83; sioned by the additional mairserviee on
as lied already been commenced, and for showings reduction Of $1,161,492 75. the Pacific coast and the constructionof the
comniencirig such ethers as might seem to - The Board of Commissioners, to. whom dock in California, authorized by the last
the wisdom occongress to be df public and i the•management of the affairs of the Mili- Congress, and some slight additions tinder
general importance. Without repeating i tart/ Asylum crettted by the act of 3d March the head of improvements an repairs in
l i
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I the reasons then urged, I deem it my duty! last was entrusted, have selected a site for navylvards, building and mac inery: .
; again t o c all your attention tnthis impor.; the estublishreent of an Asylum in the vi-I deem it or much importanpe to a lust
Ja ' • •of this •
taint subject. The workson'tnany of the, cunty city, which has been approv- economy, and a correct undeqtnnding of
labors were left in nn unfinished state, ed by me, subject to the production of a naval expendituresehat there should bon
and. consequently exposed to the action of sntisthctory title. entire separation of the appropiiations for
the element, which is feet destroying them. The report ofthe th Secretary of navy will the support of the naval service prop
Great numbers of lives and vast amounts exhibit the condition of the public services from those for permanent impiovemen\s
or prapprty aro annually lost for want of under the supervision of that department. at navy yards and stations, anti from *-
Safe and convenient harbors on the lakee. I Our naval force afloat during the present cean steam mail 'service, and ther sp
None bUt thOSO who have Ken eximsed year has been active:y and-usefully em- cial objects assigned to the supervision 0
to that enniTerciva navigation can fully ap.!ployed - in giving protection to our widely- this Department, e , i
I • • "'.• .
piera uto the importance of this subject.-=l extended and increasing commerce and in. ; .•The report ofthe Post Master •Generf;l, \
The ti hole northwest appeals to you fort terests in the' Various quarters 'of the globe. herewith submitted, presents an interesting
relief, ; and I trust their appeal will receive and our flag has everywhere afforded the view off
the progress, operations and con
dun.
a eonsideration at your hands. " ' security and received the respect:inspired dition of his Department.tt , •
The same is hi' measure true in re- by the -justice and liberality of our inter- At thel last fiscal . • Year,"the
•
gird to some of the harbors and inlets on: cow. o f
,the,
course, and the !dignity and power of the length of men remesewithin . the. United
the seacoast. ; , • nation. ' . - - • ' , States ,was 196,295 .miles; the , atinuer
' The unobstructed navigation ofour large 'The- expedition . commanded by Lieut. transportation 2 thereon 53 27 2.52 . .q ii •
, , ~. ilex s
rivers is of equal importance. Our settle., Do Haven, despatched An- search of the And
..the mutual ectst.of elicit transperbs`flon
! ments are now,' extended to the' source of,British commander; Sir. :John Franklin $3,421a54. • . : - - ,
the 'great rivers which empty into, and ! and his companions in the Arctic seas, Fe l - Th 1 I `f theforeign ' -1 . '' C‘7
o, engt i o
torm a port of. the • Mississippi, and the; turned to New York in the month . Of oe4 esnmeted. at 18,349 • • ' -'''"
miles ; and theannu
value of the public . lands in these regicins; tober, after having undergone• great peri It
a .transportation thereon at 6 Vs,2o l :rmiros,
I
, would be greatly
j enhariced..by freeing the!Und suffering from an unknOwn. and dan Thoitinnual.cost of : this serVide issl 470 -
InavioatiOn or those ivater, l from obstrue-!gorous navigation and , the rigors f:ifa 'nor 187; of winch 0 . '•
is paid' ' 3'
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08,037
. ' by - the
•' - In '' - thereof,
tions; i ibw, of' this great' in- I them Clirnate, - without , any 'eatiiifacto y; in Post
Office .Departineptian4 .01,028 2,50
tereSt, I d brit my. duty . again to Urge, formation of •"the , objects of. their s arch
i . .is
paid. through the Navy,Departindni i ,
'matte such' a ro ; in.! butWith'
upon Co ress . to - pp 1 r - news contributions to•sciene, an i . The nirt e nialirtinsportation NVITI4' .?‘'
tions for, CO A improvements as they may' navigation' from "the tinfreqUented ; ole United States' ' ' ''
' ' * N ' th e
.(excluding the service in
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deem neessark: '-' - '' ' "-; ''' '. • ITCgionS' TheoffiersHandimen ; oft 0 ex' s C tir • .• '-
a orrualintl,! Oregon,' which is naw, fo r
t rho .. urvey of the Delta of the, Missid- pertinent'. having •Istery 'aft 'esolunteers :le
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prevention of !this• • , ;. a ; i ;
sippi, with a -view to the the ..eiiidtf, nd-hav ng so-conducted; a the tabalar ntatemonts of the D - paritia 't)
ciVerflews that have proved so ;digagtious! as to meet the entire approbation of' th exe •dth . • e C erl j
en ft at or the preceding year 6462
1 e
fa:that 'l'gi r epri . of the 'Conntrir;'htive ! ! been ''Giit'eririrrierit;itis - 'inggested; as an, net 655fangs, ' ... '
0; at an creased cost of . 0 . -
'' 'l''''donifitated and' the''reliorts' tl ' "r' , ' .• - -• -• ' . •
n6r ); ,;deo. grace and ‘ generosity, that 'thei;;siime;;tit, lit) •
, ii t ': -s ! '!:'' :, ; ::: I!, , "- • - ' 2 '