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THE REPUBLIC.
Krport of the Heitrd of Visiter* of the MilItu-jr
Aradriu). W?< Pol?t, 184V.
To th<- Hon. Uso. W. C'BAwroan,
Secretary ot War.
Wbst Point, June 18, 1849.
Sib: The undersigned, the Board of Visiter* invited
lo attend the examination of the cadet* of the
Military Academy, commencing1 on the first Monday
of the present month, aud to take into consideration
the varioua matters suggested in your letter
of invitation, met at this place at the time appointed,
and, Itaviug performed the duties devolving
on them, make the following report:
The object of the institution being the education
of young men, with a view to their becoming officers
in the different arms of the military service
of the country, the effort of the Board has been to
ascertain, whether this was accomplished in the
luauner designed bv Government; whether the system
pursued for tns purpose wus a proper one;
and if so, whether auy thing was wanting to make
it more efficient and available.
The education of the Cadets is of two kinds?scientific
and military. In some arms of the service
both of these are directly brought into requisition.
In all arms the union of the two may become
valuable and iuiDortunt. The same course of stud v.
therefore, in pursued by all the pupiU of the institution
: and those who cannot, from want of capacity,
or will not, from negligence, attain the excellence
in their respective studies which lias been
fixed upon as the standard, are dismissed from tjje
Academy, as their deficiency is from time to time
ascertained. But, as the degrees of excellence
must be as various as there are individuals who
accomplish the course prescribed, the opportunity
j is always afforded, in the distribution of a graduating
class among the different arms of the service,
of giving to each of the individuals wh<we acquirements
are particularly adapted to it. A system of
rewards is thus created, under whose strong influences
the pupil finds himself from the time he enters
the Academy until he receives his promotion.
A better system could not well be devised, or one
more likely to produce constant exertion, either to
attain an honorable position, or to avoid a dismissal,
which, however mild may be its form, must be,
at all events, an unpleasant memory, if not an obstacle
to success in after life.
This possibility of dismissal scarcely seems to be
sufficiently considered by those upon whom the
appointment of Cadets depends; and young men
are too often sent to the Academy, who are so totally
unfit, as to make it a cruelty to subject them
to the course of study necessary to qualify them to
enter any one corps in the army. Sometimes they
are dismissed at once. Sometimes they struggle
on, year after year, only to be dismissed at last,
and after they have acquired habits inconsistent
with the pursuit of civil life. Sometimes, after
dismissal, they arc returned to the Academy by
superior authority, only to be dismissed again.
Sometimes this occurs more than once in the case
of the same individual; and, at last, the army may
receive an officer whose ignorance or insubordination,
as a Cadet, has furnished ample proof of his
want of ability to command with intelligence or
success.
These considerations have suggested to the Board
to recommend thus prominently, in their report,
greater care in the bAtowal of appointments than
nas heretofore in all cases been unserved, as well
to save the Cadet from mortification and injury as
the Government from discredit and loss; and espe
i lally to urge, as vital to the well-being' of the institution,
that the sentences of dismissal pronounced
at the Academy should be considered as
final and conclusive, unless upon the clearest and
most satisfactory evidence that gross wrong has
been done to the individual. Unless this last recommendation
should be acted upon uniformly, there
is much reason to fear that all the salutary influences
of a rigid discipline will be lost to the institution,
and the authority of the Academic Board
grow into a matter of contempt.
The Board have attended regularly the examination
of the Cadets, in their respective studies,
from day to day, and have compared the impres,
sion made by tneir several performances with the
record showing their standing from week to week,
during the term. They have also, as far as
they deemed it necessary, by a change of propositions
and the suggestion of incidental questions,
tested the character of the examination, and have
come unhesitatingly to the conclusion that the
.method of instruction is admirable, and the instruction
itself most thorough and hill. To pass
the examination at West Point the Cadet must understand
what has been taught him. No exercise
here can be committed to memory and glibly parroted
as a string of words. The commendations of
Lbr Board, thus cheerfully expressed, are not due
merely to the smooth recitations of the Cadets, or
any of them, who were examined before them. On
the contrary, it more frequently happened that the
most satisfactory examination was one where the
individual hesitated at first, and perhaps throughout,
bat who. Anally and slowly, came to the correct
conclusion, ss be stood before the Board, by
the stroii* and concentrated mental effort which
he was must evidently making, not to remember
words, but to collate ideas who* comparison and
ftjfnsrtoaent would bring hun to the right results
Tbe Board are quite aware that a single examination
can afford but imperfect means for ascertaining
the proficiency of any one individual examined,
and that the determination of this must
iim'i'Mr lly be left to the judgment of the Academic
Hoard But no such difficulty exists in forming a
judgment of the merit of the Professor, whose examination
of his pupils rontinues from day to day
in the presence of the Board, who are thus enabled
to see the extent of his knowledge. Ins facility in
imparting it, and bis manner and his temper in
performing the duties of an instructor. And when
the Board have observed that the dull have caused
no impatience, that the inaccurate have not been
permitted to slur their ignorance, and that the
intelligent and quick, while they have been tested
| hy vsrying queauoatng*. im?r u. .. ,, ..vr., _ ,
no inorr consideration than the heaviest scholar*
in the r lass. they would be withholding the ineed |
of a just praise if they did not, on this occasion,
commend in the highest terma the Professors
whose classes have been examined before the
Hoard.
There la one matter, however, which, in the
I opinion of tin H-wrd, ia not aa it should be, and
which might be considered as almost a characteristic
of the examination. They refer to the indtsi
tin< t utterance of the Cadets They stood with the
erertneaa, firmness, and respect ol soldiers; with
what indeed might generally be called a gallant
ix aring; while in too many instances they spoke,
even when they were most familiar with the sub- <
jret, in a manner alinoat inarticulate; so that it
was nereamry for th> u in?tru< t/.r to tell those to
I "apeak out" who were shortly tube called to coinI
inand men in situations where the tone of the
I voire would be one of the most potent means of
I inspiring confidence. To these remarks the Board
I are glad to aay there were many exceptions, win. h
I of itself induces the Board to believe, that, if a
I clear and diatinct utterance is made a part of the
I liistriK tir.n w hi< h s Cadet receives, along with his
I mathematics or philosophy, these exceptions will
I become in a little while the general rule of the inI
o notion.
I The Board aee no reason to recommend any
I other change in the course of study than that of
I oi(sotutmg Physiology for Logic, as recommeadad
I in the report of the Committer on Instruction, and
I for the reasons there given at length That the
I iM have been able to pass the examins
I tion which they did in pure logic, was most credit
I able to them and their instructors. But useless, or
I < 'imperatively useless, knowledge may he ably j
I taught and thoroughly acquired; and the Board |
I cannot help tliinking that logic falls into this cate- '
I pirjr, aa regards young men whose powers of close
I reasoning would we? tc have been improved to
? ik.fr utmost by other gafiss, taught as Msuxum
ttcaaad Phi|.*ophy are ta ugbl at the Military
Aradtmy.
Among other mature which hare bc< n "uggeau-ct
to the hard fcr conaideratioo, haa been the expediency
of incre.aainy the lenfth of the term of inatruction
at W eat Point to five reara, which would
be adding a year to the time which ta now required
to complete the rourae. The rrcat argument in
faror of such an addition would exiat in the fact,
that ao many of the Cadeta come to the Academy
wholly unprepared to commence the preaent courae
f of etu'diea To auch. the additional year would afford
an opportunity of properly qualifying themaclvee
for admiaaion into the p'reaent fourth claaa
But, then, to thoae who are nualifted before their
appointment, 'hia year would be a total haw, per
ha na worae than a mere loaa of time, in the idle
habita which it might eatabliah If it were attempted
to obviate thia difficulty by leaving' it to
the Acndemir Board, upon an examination of the
new Cadet, to determine whether he abould enter
the fourth or the fifth < laaa. then the number of the
fifth clana. the extent of loom rood a t iona required
for them, the teacher* neceaaary Ui inetruct them
would be ao uncertain, aa to make prnvKrion for the
claaa. in tbeae particulara. a matter of difficulty,
involving an expenae greater . prlmpe. than the
object in view might juotify. Th? Hoard are alao
aware, that the additional year haa (men lookad
J J:? f/i iti?- nr. j. i,i , f?IPB<1
upon an prrmiuinf wu.vrn,.^ _ (
rather than an fiuliiUCinr th# pre Miration of Cadet#
to rnmmrwc* it. Still, in neither view of the
oaee, do the Board farl quite prepared to re. .,in.
mectd it. And while they are rearly to admit that
mur b may be aaid in lie favor, and while they ri
preaa their view# on the aubjert with dMBdenre
tbey, nevertheleaa, would prefer, that, for the pr<a
ent at leaat. ther- nhould be no rhanre in thi? re
pert The^ a-ould rather rely upon the atru trow
of the r semination, and rape* mlly the January on<
of the first year, ae recommended by the Commit
toe on Administration, to obviate, both an regwrdi
the individual and the < ountry, the difficulty grow
ing out of an Imperfr* t preparation for the rourw
pursued here. The reromrnendation of the Commit
tee on Administration, that the Arademir Boarr
houid diemiea. whenever, in their judgment, i
\
be nccMnary, w well at ih" Juniuiry tut the
June examination of nil the classea, ill fully upproved
by the undersigned. Ths practice now,
except iu the cur of the fourth class, in to dismiss
at the June examination only, which leads too often,
an explained by the Committee, to rareleasnos
on the part of the Cadet, for the first nix rnonthn of
bin neeoud, third, and fourth yearn' courses, in the
expectation that, by dint of extra exertion, he will
be able to retrieve himself in (lie second nix inoutlin.
In other wordn. the prcparationn, in the opinion of
the Board, for the January, an well an for the June
examinations, should tie made under the salutary
apprehension of dismissal, in the event of failure.
Again, and in conclusion of this part of their report,
the Board cordially adopt the recommendation
of the Committee on Instruction, tliat the duties
at present performed by the Chaplain, and
which include not only ethics, whichare peculiarly
appropriate to his sphere and calling, but also constitutional
and international law, should be divided,
and the two latter given to a separate professor,
whose previous studies and other qualifications
might fit him for the place. Under such a person,
the course of law might be extended, so as to embrace
the rules of evidence, ami matters relating
to courts martial, without materially trenching
upon the time now given toother studies.
The military education of the Cadet* appeared
to the Board to have been well attended to; and they
derived great gratification from their drill aa infantry,
cavalry, light artillery, and heavy artillery.
Their instruction in all matters peculiarly
connected with their future calling seemed in every
respect satisfactory; and it gave the Hoard great
pleasure to observe that all this proficiency had
been obtained while the Cadets were at the same
time acquiring, in an admirable manner, the best
scientific education that our country can afford.
Indeed, the bodily exercises of the one seemed to
accord well with the mental labors of the other,
counteracting the evil consequences to health which
the sedentary life of a mere student generally gives
rise to; the result being an appearance of strength
and activity surpassing, or at least equalling, the
must favorable anticipations of the Board.
It ha* been suggested to the Board, that more
attention should he paid to particualar arms of the
service in the military education \>( the Cadets.
But the Board see difficulties in the way of recommeudingany
change in the cxistingstate of tilings
in this respect. They would recommend, however,
that all the material required for their instruction,
as they are now taught, should be put upon the best
footing, so that every weapon and muniment of
war should be of the best kind, and kept up with
the very latest improvements. The combination of
scientific with military studies and exercises, in
such just proportions tbat neither would interfere
with the other, and that the result should be the
well educated soldier which West Point now produces,
has, doubtless, been a matter of difficult adjustment,
and the Board would be uuwilling to
recommend, even by way of experiment, any thing
that might, by possibility, interfere witn what
seem* already so well ordered.
There is, nevertheless, a deficiency in the means
of military instruction which was most apparent to
the Board. The number of horses is auite insufficient,
and their character is far from what it should
be. Of the forty horses, with which the Cavalry
and Light Artillery exercises were performed, thirty
had, at the time, been condemned; and although
their places were to be supplied by'others, as the
nuaru uuaervioou, yet 11 w&s evident mat me more I
judicious course would have been to supply the
place of a defective horse by a good one, whenever
it was necessary, instead of waiting until such
numbers of them became disabled. Involving as
this matter does, and as the Board themselves saw
that it did, the lives of the Cadets, they would be
remiss in their duty if they did not press it upon
vour consideration. The number of horses should
be so increased, that it should be unnecessary to
use, at any time, a weak or inefficient animal in
the Cavalry or Artillery exercise of the Cadets. For
this purpose it has been suggested that eighty or
one hundred horses would be necessary.
In connexion with the scientific and military
education of the Cadets, the Board have considered
their discipline. The report of the committee on
discipline is so full that it is unnecessary to do more
in this place than to refer to it for all the details
connected with the subject. As there stated, the
Cadets arc divided into four companies of infhntry,
forming a battalion with the proper officers?each
company having its captain, subalterns, and noncommissioned
officers, and the whole being under
the charge of an officer of the army, whose title is
the Commandant of Cadets, with four assistants,
! taken from the line. The government is of course
a military one. Minor offences are punished by
the superintendent by confinement to quarters, extra
guard duty, reprimand, Jtc. Graver ones are
tried by courts martial, the highest punishment
being (nal of dismissal from the Academy. There
is also a system of punishment which consists in
wliat are termed demerit marks, varying in number
according to the nature of the offence ; the sum
of >* hi- ii is taken into consideration on determining
the situation, at the annual examination, which a
Cadet shall occupy in his c lass?so that, to hold the
highest place, the individual must combine subordin.i
i .--n .-nd good conduct with taleoi and industry
The Board have rvery reason to believe tiiat the
government of the Cadets, so tar as u depends upon
the officers of tlx- institution, is kin-1 and just;
ami that the necessary sv\erity of military dim:
pline is properly tempered in tne hands which are
here entrusted with its administration. The system,
in this respect, presents nothing which the
B-sird would desire to see changed. On the rontTMrv,
they would take thin ? rasimi to reiterst
what Uiry have already said in regard to the necessity
of maintaining' the authority of the Academic
Board at West Point, by respecting, except for
very weighty consideration*, toe sentence* of dismissal
wfiicn are pronounced here.
The general administration of affair* at VVe*t
Point ha* been examined by the Board with particular
attention; and for all matter* of detail connected
with it, *uch a* the organization of the
Academic Board, the number of Professor* and
Assistants, as well a* fur miggi i< m* in re gard to
certain alteration*, the Board refer to the report of
the Committee on Administration, which will fxfound
in the appendix. In what they have already
aaid, tie B>.aril have testified their sense of th<
kindness, justice, arid ability with which the affair*
of the .Military Academy are administered,
and it is only necessary to add, on this point, that
they fully accord with what the Committee ha*
aid upon the subject.
There are, however, *ome matter* to which the
Board liave thought it proper to rwll your particular
attention. These relate to the manner in which
the Cadet* are supplied with board and ncceaaariea.
Under the present system, there is a purveyor
who receive* a regular salary, and whose
business it is to buy whatever may br required for
the Meas-house, see to its proper preparation, control
the waiters, laundresses, he., and, in fact, attend
to all matter* connected with this part of the
establishment. The amount expended by him is
ascertained every two months, credit is given for
whalrvw may have been sold, sueh as offal, he.,
and the balance is charged to the Cadets, win ate
board accordingly varies with the markets froui
time to time?the a\cragc being about nine doliar*
per month. From the very minute investigations
that have been made into this subject by a Committee
of the Board, there is some reason to believe
that this average may be auflc iently reduced
to jtwtify the experiment of a change in the prea
ent system; not that Ok- Hoard would or under toon
to doubt tbr propriety of thr purveyor*# conduct
in the responsible position which he holds;
but the present system is itself an improvement,
and a very great one, too, on that which preceded
it, and the Board see no reason to think that the
minimum cost of supplying the Cadets with a fare
equal in all reaper ts to that which they now have,
has been attained. The change which they would
recommend would be the employment here of a
Commissary, an oArrr of the army. who should have
the whole matter in < barge, with such aasiatanre as
might be necessary for the proper management of
the Mess house The Board believe that, in this
way, the expenaes of the Mess-house may be
brought more nearly on a par with similar expenses
in many of our colleges. The Board are
aware that there ia a difference of opinion on thia
subject. They bold, however, that the experiment
which tbey now recommend ia worth the making.
In like manner the Board would recommend a
change in the mode adopted for supplying the Cadets
with sueh necessaries as they from time to
time require. At present, there is a single store on
the Point, the prieea at which are regulated by the
Council of Administration, who, upon the productinti
nf thr *1/?rp fcr ? # rw-r ' invnir# n/iH tn thoin aiu*K
profit ?? they deem rrmrmtblf, and be makes hi*
rharjrea accordingly. Thia seems per fee t ly fair,
and in accordance with the General Army regulation
on U?r subject. But there in no reason why
the Cadet* abould pay thin profit. They now obtain
Ihnr clothing at the coat of makingr it. The
materials are purrha*?d by the quantity of the
beat sort. The cxpenae of tnr manufacture ia added,
and the Cadet ia clothed, as he abotild he, at
prime coat of the article, There ia no reaaon why
the warn* system should not be pursued in regard
to the few articles (comparatively speaking) other
than clothing, whk h the Cadet now pim haaea
from the atore, and for whirh he muat have the
previotia order of the Superintendent The preaent
atore keeper haa been here many yeara, and,
from all the Board ran learn, ia a worthy and eatimable
man, in whom all reliance can I* placed.
But the reaaon* for the- preaent recommendation
are independent wholly of the individual.
In connexion somewhat' with thia part of the
, subject, and aa materially ?ffe< ted by what haa just
been apoken of, the Board, with a single exception,
would recommend an inr.reaw of tne pay of the
Cadets. They believe that with the atrtcteat econt
nmy, tlie preaent pay ia not sufficient for their sup.
port. Thoae who have friends at home who ran
i aaaiat them do not feel thia aa th<we do who have
. nothing but their pay to faad and clothe them,
r That ail may be on an equality, the pay ahrnild be
increased. If not, West Poinl will remain an inI
atitution of a republican government, maintained
II at the public expense for the publk good, where
lite boundaries of wealth are clearly and painfully
drawn, ajid where tin' poor Bum's aon. whatever
I nay be hi* talent, whatever may be hie future usefulness
to hia country, ia subjected to constant inortificutioii,
and is daily made to leel that, in coairadietiin
lion of the theory of hi* Government, its
pnu tii e ia to permit distinctions, for the -uki of an
unwise parsimony. between the different classes of
its citizens and their children.
The pay of the Cadets amounted formerly to
1128 20 per month. A few years since it was reueed
to The Board recommended that it be
raiaed to wfiat it waa formerly. They have examined
the expenditures of the Cadeta, it l>eing easy
to do ao under the admirable system which exists
in regard to them; and they find that, ufter they
have paid the two dollars pier month which ia required
as a contribution to a fund for their equipment
after graduation?a sound and wise provision?there
does not remain sufficient for their decent
support. True, matters would be better with
them if the boarding were reduced and their purchases
at the store cost leas; but no probable reduction
would suffice to make their present pay equal
to their necessary wants.
In connexion with this part of their report, the
H.?,r.l it' Visiters would reiterate. the recoinmt-udu
turn iniidt* by their predecessors, in their report ol
June, ltUM, that tike pay of the Superintendent be
made tliat of a colonel of engineers. At this time
it is the pay clue to the rank of the officer in command.
The present incumbent being1 a captain
only, hia pay is lean than that of hid xuliordinatcs,
the professors and Commandant of Cade In. His
position, aa the head of the institution, subjects him
to charges from which, upon other duty, he would
be exempt, and which, in the opinion of the Board,
the pay of a captain is inadequate to meet.
Tnc Board have carefully exumined the old and
the new barracks for the Cadets. The first are
utterly unfit for occupation, and but one-half of the
new barracks has been completed. It is unnecessary
for the Board to dwell upon the necessity of
finishing the latter at the earliest day, for every
thing is being done, and well done, to this ena.
But tney cannot refrain from expressing their satisfaction
at the present escape of a part, and the prospective
escape of the entire corps, from quarters
which have for years been evidently in no condition
for use.
The new barracks, the Board are glad to say, are
every thing that could be desired, the arrangements
being in all respects perfect, and the execution
of the work itself being such as was to have
been expected from the intelligence that has directed
and superintended it.
Immediately in front of the new barracks
stands the old Mess-house, an unsightly edifice,
very ill adapted to the purposes to which it is applied.
This, however, is to be removed, and a
new Mess-house, in a more eligible situation,
erected in its stead. When this shall be done, and
the present building torn down, along with the old
north and south barracks, and a new riding and
drill house erected, for all which appropriations
i have been made, in whole or in part, the accom
uionauons 01 mc Academy may De considered as
completed, for the first time, in a proper manner.
For a more detailed account of the new barracks
and the objections to the old ones, the Board refer
to the report of the Committee on Police which
will be found in the appendix.
As already mentioned in a previous part of this
report, the Board have been struck with the healthy
appearance generally of the Cadets. In connexion
with this, they have carefully examined into the
Hospital department of the institution. They
found every thing here in excellent order, and apparently
in very efficient hands. The change of
the road in front of the Hospital buildings suggested
in the report of the Committee on Police,
will, when made, give a privacy to the hospital
which it at present wants. There should also be a
better supply of water, and hot and cold and
shower baths should be added to the establishment,
if for no other reason than in reference to their
character as curative agents. In the opinion of
the Board, a change in the mode of ventilating
the building might also be made with advantage.
The alterations and additions here suggested
have reference to the improvement of the present
hospital; but the Board are of opinion, that a new
building, on a better general plan, with better ventilation,
in a mc-e quiet place, and with all proper
conveniences connected with it, should be erected ;
and they recommend the expediency of doing this
to your consideration.
In what the Board have said of the health of the
Cadets, they have spoken from their personal intercourse
with them, and from their appearance
during the examinations before them. Trie subject
of health was one of such importance, however,
that the Board deemed it proper to make special
inquiries of the surgeon in regard thereto; and
they annex to their report the letter addressed by
him to the Chairman of the Committee on Police,
to which they particularly invite your attention,
and the suggestions of which have the full concurrence
of the Board.
They confide in the medical suggestions which are
made Dy the surgeon, not only because they proceed
from high medical authority, but because they have,
on their face, the e\ idem e of their coreetness.
A suggestion, however, which tiie surgeon makes,
and which is unconnected with mere medical npen.
n. . ha* st uck the Hoard as wall dtwn mg
of notice. It is, that the causes of the complaints
of the Cadets should not be considered as communications
protected as professional confidences, in
those cast's which show theui to liave been violations
of the txprtu rr^illation* of the Academy.
The Board refer particularly to the use of ardent
spirits and tobacco. If it is the duty of an officer,
other than the surgeon, to report the Cadet whom
111 ft f? , i J lit itilriiiiv i ir siiii.L nur * here i n. . fi.aa, >.??
why the aurgeon* duty ahouTd not be the aamc.
They can appreciate the high and honorable feeling
which controla the aurgeon; but there are
case* where it uiay work great evil, and thia in one
of them.
I ' The B<?rd could aay much more on thia aubjoct,
but they content themaclvea with again commending
the communication of the aurgeon to your
iu<i?t favorable conaideration. It atrike* the Board
u> being replete with valuable auggeation.It
only remain* for the Board to call jrour attention
to tin- banal aftaira of the inatitution. These
are included under the heada of, firat, the Engineer
Department; ond, the t^uartermaater's; and,
third, the Trcaeurer'a.
lat. The Engineer Department has charge of
the ere. turn of the new barracka, for which the appropriation
by C/onjrrcH*, up to the lat
July, 1850, amounted to $147,500 00
And the expenditure# up to June 1,1H49. . M>2,3H4t 'J8
Leaving an unexpended halanre at the
laat date of $45,119 74
There ta yet reouired for the completion of these
barracka, together with the necenaary out-building*,
according to the eathnate of the engineer,
u>e tnriner auin 01 pae.mai lo or aupplw <1 by an
appropriation by Congrra* Partial appropriation*
hnve, in like manner, been made for the rorntMBrrmrnt
of (he Riding'-hoiiw.thr Meat-hall, the
barrack* for the aapper* and minrra, and a lx?pita)
for the aoldicr* atationed at the poat, all of them
building* which xhotild be commenced and completed
at the earlieat day.
id. The account* of the Quartermaater'n Depart ment
exhibit the appropriation* for the Academy,
other than the pay of the Cadet*, and the diaburaerncnt*
therefrom. Three appropriation*, with an
unexpended halance in hanri, amounted, fur the fucal
year ending June 30th, 1*49, to 934,029 62; of
which there reiuaina oo hand, at thia time, the auin
at ?9,132 78. The Board have examined the expenditure*
under thia head, and believe them to
nave been wiaely and pruriently made, and eaaential
to the intereataand pruapr rity of the Academy.
3d. The accounta of the Treaaurer exhibit the
diaburaeinent of pay to the Cadet*, and here the
ayMem arema to have hren marie eminently aimple
and efficient. The hook of a cadet ahowa, at a
glance, the condition of hi* account, and the object*
uf hi* expenditure, dunag hia entire term;
and the examination a4 a number of ttieae hooka,
taken at random, aatiafied the Hoard that the money
of the Cadet wa* moat carefully huahatided, and
none of it allowed to be apent in idle extravagance,
or indeed for any thing not abaolutely neceaaary.
The Hoard make particular reference to the report
of the Committer on Pineal Affair*, and the document*
ar? ornpanying it, which will ire found in the
appendix.
In concluding tht* report, the Hoard of Viaiter*
would reiterate the expreaaion of their Mtiafar lion
with the condition of the institution. It ha# ao happened
that live of the attending member# of tnr
Board, now and for many year* engaged in the
buainea* of civil life, have, at different timea, been
pupil* of the Military Academy; ao that the Board
ha* had within itaelf an experience of affair* here,
< "IIIIII' NI mg iipwnrnt 01 uuriy years since, ano
continuing. at different periods in thr interval,
down to the present time. Thia has not horn without
its valor in thr investigations in which thr Hoard
havr hr< n rng-.?ir' 'I Mrnns of instituting a care
ful comparison were always at hand; and with this,
and a thorough examination of affairs, facilitate d,
in every particular, hy thr officers having charj^r
of thrm, thr Hoard arr able to tx-ar testimony to
thr fart, that the progress of thr institution, through
nirrsanvr years, lias lirrn onr of constant improvement,
keeping pai i with the times, often ahead of
thrm, taking the lead in whatever was liberal and
enligbtem-d, and fulfilling, in all particulars, the
Eat and important national purposes for which
Military A'adeiny was originally founded It
has, in its practical operations, sown broadcast
over the lan<1 an amount of knowledge of military
affairs, which has stood in the place of a standing
army when the exigencies of the Republic required
more men than the regular garrisons of its posts
cotiId furnish. It has established relations among
its pupils from the remotest districts, which may
lie ranked among the conservative influences affecting
our union as one people; and situated, as It
is, among scenes consecrated bjr the cherished memories
of our revolutionary day, and on the spot
hallowed by the presence of WaswiWWTOW, it has,
it is believed, created and maintained, in the ho
soma of all those who have been educated within its
wails, a sacred love of country; and the great pro
THE REPUBLIC.
portion of iu pupil* feci that it ha* also created a
I love of all that U truly good uod great, and an ah*
horrenceof all that isjsuau and vile.
All of which i* M rtDOcUully submitted.
JOHN HTb LATROBE, of Md.,
Prcaideut of the Board.
JOHN J. ABBOTT, of Afeine.
HORACE MANN, of MaaaachusetU.
DANIEL TYLEC of Connecticut.
JEROME FULLEK, of New York.
JOHN L. UOW, of Pennsylvania.
PATRICK M. HENRY, of N. p.
J. McCALKB WILEY, of Alabama.
R. W. BURNET, of Ohio.
H. A. Bl'Ll.ARD, of Louiaiaua.
W. T. STOCKTON, of Florida.
H. HOUGHTON, of Iowa.
A. H. KENAN, of Georgia.
Rum* Kino, of Wisconsin, Secretary.
THE ItE I'll It L1C.
w tsm KirriiN
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 28. 1849
We are led to suppose that we made
an error in our article yesterday, in supposing
the Mr. Brown, from whose letter
we published an extract, was formerly
Assistant Postmaster General. He held a
different office under the last administration,
as we now believe. As illustrative
of the feeling of the office-holders towards
the Administration, it mattered little which
of two offices the writer held.
STILL ANOTHER DEFALCATION.
Our history of the old-line peculators of
1834 and 183# is interrupted by the chronicling
of later cases. We published yesterday
a statement of the defalcation of
Patrick Collins, the late Surveyor of the
i ~c n: : *: i l.. n :
puri Ul Lfliitiuudii) iciuuvcu uy ricai*
dent Taylor. It is now our painful duty
to record the defalcation of Nathaniel
Denby, late temporary navy agent of the
United States at Marseilles, in France.
He is a defaulter to the tune of $155,508
48, and suit has been commenced against
him for the amount.
There are some delicate points about
this case. We are apprehensive that we
cannot do it justice without giving offence
to a gentleman whom it always grieves us
to annoy. Mr. Denby was a Virginian.
He was "known" at Richmond, in the
circles frequented by the resolutionists of
'98. We cannot mention his case without
involving some individuals who have gone
into private life. Mr. Denby is in private
life himself. It may be regarded as a violation
of the quiet and retirement which
that gentleman solicits, if we allude to his
official delinquencies. The late Secretary
of the Navy has gone into private life. It
may be considered an invasion of its sanctity,
if we speak censoriously of an individual
who managed to rob the Government
to the amount of $155,508 48,
during Judge Mason's administration of
the Navy Department.
In amount and magnitude, this defalcation
is worthy the golden days of the Locofoco
leaders, when they did things on a
large scale. It would have done honor to
a protigi of Mr. Secretary Woodbury.
It is $55,000 Itrger than that of LiYtle
bury Haw mns, of Helena. It is $45,0001
larger than that of Wilry P. Harris, of]
Columbus. It almost approaches the magnificence
of Swartwout's case.
Here we have already developed, before
the new Administration has got a fair
look at the books, the cases of Moork,
Collins, and Denby, to add to the long
lists of their illustrious predecessors in the
plunder of the treasury. 44 Try us again,,"
said the Locofoco leaders in 1839 ; 44 these
defalcations have all happened because
the Government has been employing
banks, and because there are no stronger
penal laws. Pass good, strong, wholesome
laws ; take the money from the
banks, and give us a sub-treasury; and
you'll find that Locofoco office-holders will
be honest enough."
Well, the penal laws were passed.
During the administration of John Tyler,
there were no defalcations that were made
public, or that occurred to our knowledge.
In 1844, the Locofoco leaders of the old
fashion came into power, and passed the
Sub-Treasury law. This was to be a sovereign
panacea. There was to be no more
plunder of the treasury. Only four years
have passed, and here we have a new
crop of defalcations, springing up right and
left, with a rar kness that promises to overtop
the luxuriance of 1837 and 1839.
What does this new experience of Loroforoism
detionM .,:# < |! show* that no
laws ran protect the public money, if you
put it in the hands of di honest men. It
shows that "the change of men," which
General Tatu>r declared to be necessary
to arrest the downward tendency of our
affairs, has route not a day too soon. It
shows that the. outory of the Loeofoco
presses against -<m ovals arises from the
consciousness of guilt and the fear of detection.
Every step the Administration
takes in the reform of the public offices,
results in the exhibition of some new corruption.
The caiea detected are but the
indicia of the raw* that remain behind.
What is seen and known furnishes a clue
and guide to that teltich is not yet investigated,
and which niver can be fully and
thoroughly investigated by men who have
a party, if not a per*nal interest, to serve
by the suppression <4 inquiry.
Is it possible, the*, in view of these defalcations,
for the Administration to satisfy
the people of this country?the honest
people who desire nothing but honest ad
ministration?without giving grievous offence
to the office-holders f We apprehend
not. We imagine that Mr. Henry
A. Wise took about the right ground on
this subject in 1839. As Mr, Wise is
known at Richmond, and is in high feather
with the friends of the late Administration,
we suppose hat he will be received
as good authority ig?n the proper mode of
proceeding in the present "crisis." We
copy from the Jlpfeiuhx to the Lon%re**irmal
Globe for 1818-9, page 84, the following
pregnant extract from a speech of
Mr. Wise, which we commend to H*e
especial notice and attention of his political
friends:
"My 1 rieud from South Carolina my*, and any*
" truly, ! hut the dvlakntiwui arc not to be attri
" buted to this system or to that. No, uir, it if
" neither to a Bank of the United States, nor to the
" State bank*, nor to the Sub-Treuuury, that you
" are to attribute thcae euormouu corruptions. No.
" Have what system you may, if you put its ad"
ministration into the hands of wicked and in"
competent rulers, the plan must fail of doing any
" good. That has been proved by the course of
" this Administration. The defalcation of Swart*
wout comment ed under the United States Bank
" system; it went on under the system of pet banks;
uitu 11 rcuciieu iu cuimuiiiiiiuviuu uiuicr uic rauu"
Treasury system, which is now in full operation
" ' notwithstanding'any lamentations, here or else"
where.' Is there then no remedy? Yes, there is
"one and only one; the remedy is a uenkual
" tubn-out: that, and that alone, is our only hope
" of salvation."
TRUMAN SMITH.
It is neither with a view to defend the
honorable Truman Smith, nor to retort the
foul aspersions of the Union upon members
of its party, that we propose to submit
some facts and observations suggested by
recent articles in that paper. It is to expose
the motive and policy of the Union
in pitching its opposition to so low a key
that it is driven to Billingsgate for a vocabulary
suited to its denunciations of distinguished
members of the Whig party. The
ground of its late attack upon Mr. Smith
is, that he, a Senator of the United States,
has written circulars to the Whigs in several
States in which elections are to take
place, urging upon them the importance of
having a Whig majority in the House of
Representatives in Congress, and the necessity
of prompt and vigorous action to
accomplish that object. We apprehend
that there are few Whigs in the United
States, who do not agree with Mr. Smith
in this particular, and that there are nobe
who have not written the same thing if
ll 1 ?Ai ... lL' A I 1
mey nave wnuen any ming upon me sudject.
The Union then asserts that Mr.
Smith is paid for his services; that he is
the confidential agent of the Cabinet; and
that his labors in the Whig cause are conducted
under the supervision and advice of
the Cabinet, &c. For all of which important
news it is indebted to its own invention?a
laboratory from which any sort of
facts are turned out to suit all kinds of
customers.
Upon these grounds the Union vents its
rage in assailing the character of Mr.
Smith, in a number of articles which have
scarcely had their equals in slang and
vituperation. It is certainly in the memory
of every one who took a part in the
politics of the last year, that a Democratic
Executive Committee was appointed for
this city, " to aid, as the committee in
circulars stated, by such means as may be
within their reach, the efforts of their
friends in other parts of the Union in the
pending Presidential canvass." We have
a circular of this celebrated committee before
ue; it urges the party to be ** well
organised, active, vigilant, aad*nergetic."
ft promised to ?* send valuable compilations"
to their friends, which would " be
forwarded, and franked, and directed to any
part of the Union." It was recommended
that clubs should be formed, and money
sent, postpaid, to B. B. French. The circular
is signed by the honorable H. S.
Foote, (a Senator in Congress from Mis
sissippi,) Edmund Burke, (then Commissioner
of Patents,) and W. J. Brown,
(Second Assistant Postmaster at the time.)
It is for doing some of the things this
committee did, that Mr. Smith is now as
sailed. Mr. Foote was, and is, a Senator
of the United States, as Mr. Smith is now;
and if there was any thing incompatible
between the dignity of a Senator and the
duties of such a committee, why was it
not then discovered ? Mr. Foote had a
perfect right to serve upon such a committee,
and Mr. Smith has an equal right
to address his fellow Whigs throughout the
Union?unless a Locofoco Convention can
invest American citizens with rights and
privileges which the Constitution does not
confer upon him.
The case of Mr. Burke is different.
He was an officer under the Government,
drawing a salary of $3,000 per annum, as
Commissioner of Patents. If it is abominable
in Mr. Smith to send a circular to
the Whigs, what shall we say of an Executive
officer who made it his business to
enter into the political arena, in defiance
of the Jeffersonian rule, and bring the pa
tronage of office in conflict with the freedom
of elections f No one was more
conspicuous or busy than Mr. Burke during
the last elections; and whatever the
Union now says of Mr. Smith, applies
with double force to the ex-Commissioner
of Patents. The difference between the
two is, that the Union invents facts to help
out its accusations, whilst those we state
are recorded and notorious.
Mr. Burke is now one of the editors of
the Union; and if that journal had, in its
philippics against Mr. Smith, inserted the
name of Mr. Burke, it would have but paid
its proprietor a fitting and merited compliment.
It is allowable in a newspaper to
accuse its editor of behaving shabbily, for
it may be readily supposed to speak " from
authority'' in that particular matter.
?
THE riiORiDA mm Ann.
We understand that prompt measures
have been taken, by the Secretary of War, ,
to hold several companies in readiness to ' I
proceed at a moment's warning to rein- '
force the troopa now in Florida, should it '
appear that the conduct of the four Indians
who murdered Mr. Barker, in the 1
settlement on Indian river, be at all coun- 1
tenanced by the small party of the Semi- \
noles who still remain in Florida. There ,
is no reason to suppose, however, that
this recent outrage of the few indicates
either the feeling or the purpose of th? J'
tribej but of this we can have no as- h
sunuce till father reports, which have
biin called for, can be received from the
commanding officers in Florida. The perpftrators
are required to be delivered up
at once.
The intelligent officers on the spot are
on the alert, and they no doubt will soon
he able to report fuiiy on the present state
of our Indian affairs in Florida.
The Savannah Republican, a reliable
print, intimates that there was a previous
misunderstanding between Mr. Russell
and the four (not five) Indians who
i fired on him : and the previous friendly
' intercourse which had taken place between
the friends of the families of the
murdered man, Barker, aud Mr. Russell, is
some proof that the Indians were probably
prompted by only personal feelings. It
is, however, believed that the four families
of the settlement, numbering in the
aggregate some forty-five persons, were
under the impression that there would be
a general onslaught bv the whole tribe, or
rather remnant of tribes now remaining
in Florida.
Since giving our remarks a few days
ago on the subject, we have taken occasion
to refer to the report of the late General
Worth, in relation to the number of
warriors left in the assigned strip of land
in the peninsula. He states the number
to be 95, in November, 1843.
The number is reported at a later date,
(1848,) by Capt. J. T. Sprague, of the
army, who until recently had in charge
the superintendency of the Indians in
Florida. His work on the Florida war
was published during the last year. He
says:
" Very recent intercourse with the Indians remaining
within the limits of the State has enabled
those upon whom the duty devolved to ascertain
correctly the number and the disposition manifested
in regard to peace and future emigration, as
well as their present condition. There are now
one hundred and twenty men capable ol* taking
the field, consisting of fractious of various bonds,
vis : Seminole*, 70 ; Mickusuckies, 30 ; Creeks, 12 ;
Uchees, 4; Choctaws, 4. Of this number, 70 have
grown from boyhood to manhood since the coin
meneemcnt of the contest. The remainder do not
exceed forty years of age, excepting Arpci ka (Sam
Jones) and Aasiniwar. The former is ninety-two
years of age, the latter sixty. The women and
children average two to a man?making 340. Of
this number, 140 are children. The total number
of Indians, of both sexes, is 360. Holattcr Micco,
or Billy Bowlegs, is thirty-three years of age. He
speaks English fluently, and exercises supreme
control."
The Alleged Violation of oar Nentvality.
The New Orleans papers of the 20th
continue to teem with accounts of the abduction
of the Cuban llavero Rey, and express
the loudest indignation in relation
to it. The examination of the Spanish
consul and his reputed confederates was
set down for yesterday, but in consequence
of a derangement of the telegraphic wires,
some days must elapse before full accounts
can be received. The excitement is by
no means confined to New Orleans, but
occupies a large portion of the attention of
the whole South and West Wa shall
place before the public ail the facta as we
receive them.
Gen. Bedeao. who, immediately before the surrender
of the city of Rome was announced, received
the appointment of general-in-chief in Italy,
ta one of the moat distinguished of the French officers
who made their reputation in Algiers. He ia
now forty-five years of age, and first aaw service
at the aiege of Antwerp in 1833. In 183 be became
lieutenant colonel of the Foreign Legion, and
in 1839 became full colonel of a light infantry regiment.
For his services in the expedition* against
Stetif, he became major general and governor of
Conatantine Subsequently he became a lieutenant
general, and waa living in Pana without command,
when the February revolution broke out. He
waa one of (he first to abandon Louie Philippe,
and placed himself at the head of the first regiment
which aided with the popular movement
It is stated that when the Ducheaa d'Orleans and
the Count of Paris took refuge in the hall of the
Legislature, General Bede.au, then in command of
the guard of the Deputies, ordered the gates to be
o(?ned and let in the avowed mob, thus precipitating
matters, and making inevitable the (light of the
whole royal family, and the pmclamati'n of arepublic
certain.
In the insurrection of June, Gen Be.deau supported
the government, and received a dangerous
wound In spite of these antecedents. General
Redenu la considered a devoted friend of the eldar
branch of the Bourbons, and is esteemed anxious
to precipitate the country into a series of troubles,
from which he fancies it can only find refuge in a
second restoration. General Bedeau is a man of
much influence, and now is one of the representatives
of the city of Paris.
Champlata anal M. lawrvSM Ship festal.
A large meeting waa held at Troy, New York,
on the at)ih instant, ovsr which Major General
Wool, United States army, presided, to take into
consideration the propriety of connecting, by a shift
canal, the waters of the St. Lawrence and Lake
Champlain. The proposed termini of the work to
he St. John's on the lake, and the village of Caugh*
av*fn rm lbs river. The meeting waa attended
by gentlemen from Montreal, Burlington, Saratoga,
and New York, and important information waa obtained
by the mutual comparison of statistical and
other information. A survey of the route, made
some years since by order of the Canadian authorities,
was communicated by Hon. J. Young, of
Montreal, by which it appears that the length of
the new canal will be twenty-three and ft half miles, if
advantage be taken of nine miles of the old Chamblv
canal, which mn? ha wilt.nal .nil ?
proved; and ihnt Nit two loeka will be nereeaary
and the coat leas than $1,500,000 A liberal charter
has been granted by the Canadian Parliament,
and the advantage of tha completion of the en torpnee
would lie, that reeeel* of the capacity of 3,000 1
tone, from any port of the Weat, could dtarhargr on
Lake Champlain without breaking bulk.
Akuit or thb Fromvaa.?Information wna
received in Charleston, on the 24th, of (he arreat of
the three remaining fugitives from the Workhouae, 1
and their confinement in Kmgatree jail. They were 1
making their way to North Carolina; and Edward '
belonging to Mr. Farrar, endeavored to paaa him- '
elf oft aa a white man, and rlaimed the other two '
la hia property. ^
Naval Coenr-MAaTiAL.?'A roon-martial con- I
rened mi Monday Uat at Penaarola for the tnal of |
he four paaaed midahtpmen attached to the U 8 h
ihip Albany, who refuaed to ..bay the order of the
-aptain to light the candlea of tha lieutenants on
ailing the relief wagrh. *
' c
CAi iroaniA Ooi.n ik Eaoi.Aaa?Th? Weat In- 11
Jia aienmer Tay arrived at SmithMinpinri 4th mat., 1
with over fl.000,000 in ape?ie,nf whicli $300,000 u
was in California gold * *
OFFICIAL.
Treasury Defari went,
Second Auditor'! Office, July 25, 1849
Owing to (lie numerous applications and complaints
of i-laiinaiita thai agents and attorney* have
failed to pay over their dues when collected, thin
o Ace has established a rule that no money will be
paid upon a power of attorney to any agent or attorney
who has been charged, under circumstances
to warrant belief, with withholding money due to
a claimant. P. CLAYTON,
July 28?3l Second Auditor ^
The New York Tribune slates, that Mr. Kei.lt,
President of the Columbus nnd Cleveland road,
has effected a sale of $466,000 of the bonds of the
company, for the pur|toae of puying for railroad
iron now daily being received. The bonds b< ar
interest at 7 per cent, per annum, redeemable in
New York. The interest is payable half-yearly,
June and December 1st. The payment of the bonds i
is secured by first and only mortgage, or deed of
trust* to J. J. Palmer and John A. Stevena, of New
York, on the whole road, when completed?depdts,
cars,&c., costing the company 12,500.000 This
work is rapidly progressing to completion; between
3,000 and 4>000 hands are now at work on the
line. Thirty-five miles, extending from Cleveland
to Wellington, will be completed by the 1st December
next; the entire line to Columbus, 135 miles,
by the 1st November, 1650. It will be graded,
bridged, and prepared for the iron by means exclusively
raised from stock subscriptions, its only
debt being the Itonda sold to pay for ths iron ?
This road being the shortest and most direct route
from Buffalo to Cincinnati, with the harbor at
Cleveland, and running through the valley of the
8ciota, and the seat of government of the State of
Ohio, would seem to promise large dividends to the
stockholders, and increased facilities to the public.
In addition to the above $400,000, $100,000 have
been taken by eapitalists in Ohio, residing on and
near the line of the work.
The revenue to bo expected from the canal may
be estimated as follows: ?
130,860 tons now transported on Lake Champlain,
principally from Canada, at 50 cents
per ton..... $65,430
100,000 tons timber boards, 50 cents per
ton 50,000
301 <505 ions uhmnint- nLnn>ar.nt Miininv
in, and going; out at St. John's, a5.... 15,06]
91,000 tona flour and wheat, likely to take
the new route, a 50 45,000
32,000 tons other produce, a 50-. 16,000
42,000 tons upward merchandise, a 50.... 21,000
100,000 passenger*, a 15 15,000
|227,5I1
Difference in tolls on flour, from Cleveland and
Montreal, 7 cents in favor of the proposed route;
from Cleveland to Bomioii, via Montreal, 19 cents;
Cleveland to New York, 10 cents.
A committee was appointed to collect informs- ,
tion on the subject of the proposed canal, to report
at an adjourned meeting to be held in Saratoga on
the 21st of August.
Languages Spoken in New Yokk.?The following
languages are daily spoken in New York:
English, Irish, (Otitic,) Gaelic, Welsh, Dutch,
'i. e. Hollanduck,) German, (i. e. Deulsck,) Danish,
Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Polish,
Wendish, (the Northern branch,) FVench, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, Magyaral, Turkish, Greek,
(modem,) Hebrew, (modern,) Arabic, (Mogitbin
or Tunisian diaUei,) Kroo, Bengalee, Chinese, Hawaiian.
And it is probable that during a large portion
of every year persons meet who speak and use
in the daily exigencies of life, Eroqua, Cherokee,
Choctaw, Ojibwa, Mohekanew, Tahilian, Flemish,
Frisian, Basque, Siovack, Lettish, Finnish, Armeninn
r.iiinlpt* M?l?u -l-?
Persian, Malagttsse, Koaso, Susu, Jaloff, Mandin- t
go, Congo, Maroon, and twenty others.
It is probable that perhapa, with lh? exception of
I Rome and London, a greater variety of tonguea are
i beard in the streets of Sow York than m any ether
1 city of the world. The variety of ita journals certainly
surpasses that of aay oOMr easy. Thai* are
printed in New York papers in English, French,
Spanish, Italian, German, Hollandish, Norwegian,
and Welsh, and several large establishments are
daily engaged in the publication of several works
id some eight or ten of the Oriental and North
American dialects
The Osleaks Family ?Most of the members
of the Orleans family are now at St. Leonard. The
Duchesa of Orleans and the Count of Paris recently
arrived in England, accompanied by the .Duke dr
Nemours. The Queen of the Belgians received the
Princess in London. The Duke and the young
Count proceeded the same day to St. Leonnrd.
The ex-Kuig, the ex-Queen, the Duchess de Nemours
and the Duchesa d'Auaale had gone to meet
them at Lewes. The Prince and Princess de Joinville
are at Munich, and Uie Duke and Duchess de
Montpensier in Spain.
The Liberie newapaper says: "The visit ol the
Duchesa of Orleans to England confirms all we said
the other day concerning the family comfiact which
ia forming at Clarcmonl, under the auspices and by
the atwoluie orders of the Emperor of Russia. We
repeat the assertion, that it is thus influence which
carries the Duchess of Orleans and her two sons to
England."?(Paris Correspondence of the Courrirr
dra F.lult-1 nu
Election" in Auocit?Nine elections take
place in this month, including that on the 90th to
supply a vacancy in Rhode Island, where the candidates
are 8. (J. Shearman (Whig) and B. B.
Thuhstos (Locofo o ) The Texas election takes
place August 6 In Missouri, on the seme dsy, a
Legislature will be elected, which must choose s
United Stales Senator In lown the election of the
Legislature, and of otic or two State officers, takeplace
on the 6th. Durtng the month, election# for
nieinbers of Congreea will alao b* held in Indiana,
Kentucky, Alabaam, Tennessee, ami North
Carolina.
Railroad Iron.
The Chamliersburg Whig states, the coat of the
mils about to be laid on the Cumberland VaNey
road will be |350.U00, for which a preferred lien
is to tie given on the earnings of the road The
Harrisburg Intrl!xgfturr, in relation to this, saya
(hat all is well, except that, in the abaenoe of the
tariff of 1842, this quarter ol a million will be cxporied,
Mislead of remaining in ihe country to invigorate
our own commerce
New Yoaa State Bomdi to bs paid err.?The
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company having
given notice to the Comptroller of their wish to
pay, on the 1st of January next, the >300,000 of
stnte certificates of stock, loaned them on the 9d
May, 1829, the Comptroller has given public notice
to the holders of said stock, that it will he paid
at the office of said company, in the city of New
York, on the 1st day of January next. The stock
is made payable at the pleasure of the State, any
lime after the year 1849
Farm Poet ad Pmincb.?Captain Smith, of the
chooner Star, which left the almve port on the 7th
*nd arrived in New York on the Sftth, rcporta that ]
>n hia arrival at Port nil Prince, from New York,
>e had a quantity of beef and abmii j9 boxen of tea.
He | in id in New York fft per Imrrel for the heef,
ind waa required by the authorities to sell at f.1.
Hie tea he muat aetl at a? treat a nacrifice, or leave
with at the OMtnm-hnuee until he aeiled, which
it did. Upon examining hia beef and tea, he found
inth had been stolen to a large amount.
I
We perceive by the Charleston Courier, that the
barge of defalcation againet Mr. N N. Wilkinson,
aahier of the Canal Bank, New Orleana, ia entirelymfotinded
Mr W. arrived ai Richmond on the5th,
and ha* exhibited to aeveral gentlemen a iae
factory aintemeiit of the aetttement of fna *<*-ount*
vtih the Canal Bank on the 14th mat