vicinity, to the cutting away of the hanging timber from the banks, and to the removal of logs, &c. from the sand bars.

41. Road from Memphis, on the Mississippi, to William Strong's house, on the St. Francis.-An examination and survey, have been made of the country between the two points above named, with the view to the location of this road; but the reports and drawings thereon not having been received, nothing has been done by this department.

42. Cumberland road in Ohio-The affairs of this part of the national road have been man aged in a manner highly satisfactory. The operations on it, though much influenced by the prevalence of the cholera in the section of country through which it passes, have been prosecuted with a zeal and ability highly creditable to the officer charged with their direc tion. 43. Cumberland road in Indiana.-The western division, beginning at Indianapo lis, will soon be in a traveling condition for a distance of 33 miles west. The contracts for 1833, embraces the entire distance from the 34th to the 71st mile, inclusive; and the works provided for by them have progressed in a manner altogether satisfactory to the su perintendent. When these contracts shall be completed, carriages will be able to travel, with but trifling interruption, from Indianapolis to the eastern boundary of Illinois. 44. Cumberland road in Illinois.-A belief was induced in the early part of 1833, that the af fairs of this part of the road were conducted in a manner not likely to be productive of results desired by the Government; and, upon investigation, it was ascertained that a state of things existed which rendered any progress in the way of extension, during the year, totally inconsistent with a proper regard for the public interest. 45. Cumberland road east of the Ohio.-The repairs of this part of the national avenue have progressed well. In Maryland, three thousand two hundred and thirty-seven rods have received the entire cov ering of stone, and are completed; two thousand eight hundred and thirty-four rods have received a covering of nine, sixteen hundred and ninety-seven of six, and twenty-seven of three inches of metal. Three thousand nine hundred and eleven rods have been graded and are ready to receive the covering; and for which there are, on the line of the road, six thousand one hundred and thirty-eight perches of broken or prepared, and upwards of seven thousand perches of rough stone. In Pennsylvania, six thousand nine hundred and ninety-three rods of the road have been completed; ten thousand and ten rods have receiv ed a covering of nine inches, six hundred and ninety-two of six, and three thousand five hundred and ninety-five of four and a half inches of metal. Four hundred and ninety-four rods of the road are graded and ready to receive its cover; and there are near the road side 7,611 perches of prepared, and 2,236 perches of rough stone. In Virginia, eight hundred and twelve rods have been covered with four and a half inches of metal, and one hundred and seventy six with three inches. Eighteen hundred and fifty-five rods of the road have been graded, and are ready for receiving the metal; and for which, there are, on the line of the road eight thousand three hundred and fifty perches of prepared, and twelve thousand six hundred and forty-five perches of rough stone. Besides this, there is a considerable quantity of stone out at the different quarries, which will be hauled to the road and prepared dur ing the winter. Five thousand four hundred and fifty-three cubic yards of masonry have been constructed on different parts of the entire road. The new location to turn Wills's mountain has been opened, and considerable progress made in the bridge to cross Wills's creek.

46. Road from Columbus, Georgia, to Line creek, Alabama.-This road has been located after a careful examination of the country through which it passes; and its construction will be prosecuted with as much despatch as circumstances will permit. The greater part of the road is in a district of country entirely uninhabited. 47. Road from Detroit to Chicago, Michigan.-The contracts in 1832, for the construction of this road, extended as far as the 132d mile west from Detroit. Upon examination, it was found that between the 150th and 157th mile the country is extremely broken, and the traveling not only difficult but dangerous: it was, therefore, deemed advisable to contract for this part of the road in 1833, and to postpone, until 1834 the portion between the 132d and the 150th mile. 48. Road from Detroit to Saganaw.-No doubts are entertained of the contractors being able to comply with their engagements on this and the Chicago road. 49. Road from La Plai sance bay to meet the Chicago road from Detroit.-Twenty-seven miles of this road have been put under contract; and hopes are entertained that all will be done by the 31st January, 1834. 50. Road from Detroit to the mouth of Grand river.-On ten miles of this road, the first class of operations consisting of clearing and grubbing, excepting on one mile, will be completed by the close of the season. 51. Road from Detroit to Fort Gratiot.This road was put under contract last season to its termination. and would have been completed before the close of this, had not some sections of it been under water for a grea portion of the time..

51. Northern boundary of Ohio.-The officer charged with collecting data preperatory to the adjustment of this line, has been engaged with an assistant in a reconnoissance to determine the stations and points where the more important instruments are to be used, and to ascertain more accurately the extent and nature of the duty required by the law creating this service. This was deemed necessary before ordering all the instruments; and, accordingly, complete sets of observations were made for the determination of the latitude and longitude at and near the four principal points, viz. on Gull or Ship island, in Lake Erie; at the north point of Maumee bay or Bay point; the south bend of Lake Michigan; and near the same parrallel on the Mississippi.

*Officers and Agents, Civil and Military, not named in the Army Registe employed under the Engineer Department.

J.G Swift, Improvements at Big Sodus Bay, and Gennesse River, New York, 86 per day and 24 pr ct. on disbursements, not to exceed $2 pr da Ezra Cowell, Hyannis Harbor, Mass $2 per day and 24 per cent on dis bursements, not to exce d $2 per day.

T. M Clark, Merrimack River, Massachusetts, 5 per cent on disbursements Thomas Buntin, do $250 per day for superintending.

B. W. Hall,

do do

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Joseph Bradford, Plymouth Beach, 5 per cent on disbursements.

A. S. Bowley, Provincetown,

E Young,

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S. Dickerson, jr. do

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T_B. Smith, Preservation of St George's and Deer Islands, $4 per day and

23 per cent on disbursements, not to exceed $2 per day.

Gurdon Trumbull, Stonington Harbor, 5 per cent on disbursements.

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Ashbel Dart, Conneaut Creek, 23 per cent on disbursements.

Peter Grant, Kennebeck River,

B. Palmer, Kennebank River

J Wright, Huron River, $2 per day.

H. M. Shreve, Ohio, Miss., Red and Arkansas Rivers, $6 per day and 23 per cent on disbursements, not to exceed $2 per day.

John Milroy, Cumberland Road east of Indianopolis, $1200 per annum.

Homer Johnson, do

Wm. C. Greenup, do

west of

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in the state of Illinois, $1250 per annum.

Wm. McKnight, Cumberland River, Tenn., $1200 per annum and 23 per cent on disbursements, not to exceed $2 per day.

John Martin, Sup, Road from Line Creek, Alabama, to Chatahoochie river Georgia, $1000 per annum.

J. D. Selden, Gen. Sup, works in N. Y. Pa, and Ohio, $6 per day and 23 per cent on disbursements, not to exceed $2 per day.

Civil Engineers, employed under the Topographical Bureau, with the amount of Compensation, pay and emoluments allowed to each. Wm. Howard, Civil Engineer, Surveys in Penn and Ark. Territory, $6 per day and 12 cents per mile while traveling under orders. De Witt Clinton, do Surveys in Vermont,

G. W. Hughes, Assistant Civil Engineer, Washington City, $3 50 per day and $3 while on office duty, and 10 cents per mile while traveling, &c. H Stansbury, Civil Engineer, Sur's in Ohio, $110 p mon, and 10 cts pr mile. W. B. Guyon, Surveys in Mississippi, $3 50 cents per day, and $3 while on office duty, and 10 cents per mile while traveling under orders. C. V. Hagner, Assistant to Dr. Howard, V. Van Antwerp, Assistant to H. Stansbury, do

Operations of the Ordnance Department, during the past year. During the year between the 1st of October, 1832, and the 30th September, 1833, among other articles of ordnance and ordnance stores, which have been fabricated or procured at the several Arsenals and Ar mories, are the following, viz.

Of artillery, 212 32-pounder cannon; 1 42-pounder casemate carriage; 1 32-pounder casemate carriage; 9 24-pounder casemate carri ages; 17 24-pounder barbette carriages; 5 10-inch seacoast mortar beds 77 field artillery carriages, complete.

Of small arms manufactured at the national armories, 25,291 muskets, complete; 3,290 Hall's rifles.

Of accoutrements for small arms, about 4,550 sets for infantry, 2,031 sets for riflemen, and 1,260 sets for cavalry.

The operations at the national armories, and at the various arsenals of construction and deposite, during the past year, have been conducted with improved ability and economy, and have been followed by the most satisfactory results. This may be also said with regard to the business of collecting the materials and erecting the necessary workshops, storehouses and magazines on the sites adopted for the arsenal in Florida, on the Appalachicola, and for the arsenals in the Territory of Michigan, near the city of Detroit, which were authorized by the acts of the 5th of April and the 28th June, 1832.

The former of these arsenals will occupy a healthful eminence on the left bank of the Appalachicola, near the junction of the Flint and Chattahoochie, and at the distance of about sixty-five miles from the mouth of the Appalachicola.

The new arsenal in the Territory of Michigan will be situated upon a high sandy ridge, on the right bank of the river Rouge, and on the great road from the city of Detroit to Chicago, at the distance of ten miles from Detroit. These two arsenals are principally intended as places of deposite and repair; but they will be constructed in such a manner as to enable their operations to be so extended (whenever any emergency shall require it) as to make them also places of construction.

The arsenal on the river Rouge will be a source for supplying muni tions of war to the militia and military posts of the Northwest and Michigan Territories, and to the militia of the northern parts of the States of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. It is intended to replace the old depot of munitions of war, hitherto inconveniently situated in the city of Detroit, and which will be abandoned so soon as the new arsenal buildings are sufficiently advanced to receive the munitions now in depot

The arms, &c., procured under the act for arming and equipping the militia, are

Muskets, complete, 11,180; Rifles, (Hall's) do., 1,500; Sets of Iufantry accoutrements, 4,549; sets of rifle accoutrements, 1,901; rifle flasks, copper, 6,251; belt plates, 3,611; Artillery swords, 1,100; Artillery sword belts, 3,016; sabre belts, 1,720; cavalry cartridge boxes, 1,307; holsters, pairs, 1,085; hides of buff leather, 800; six pounder iron cannon, 1; six pounder cannon balls, 6,435; six pounder field carriages, with equipments, complete. 63; Twelve pounder, do, 4; six pounder field carriages, timber, sets. 47.

Apportionment of Arms to the Militia, for the year 1832, under the Act of 1808.

STATES AND TER-Date of the Number of No.ofarms

Militia. apport'nd. Ordnance and Ordnance

Stores, distributed to the

Militia, under the act of April, 1908, from the 1st of October, 1832, to the 30th September, 1833. 5 six pounder iron cannon and carriages with equipments, &c. complete. 100 rifles.

143 Hall's do.

544 muskets, complete.

1,220 pistols.

610 sabres.

400 artillery swords 1,047 sets rifle accoutre

ments.

60 sabre belts.

60 pair holsters. 100 sets accoutrements

for Hall rifles.

50 sets infantry ac

coutrements.

100 artillery sword belts 60 cavalry cartridge boxes.

Quantity of Lead made at U. S. Lead Mines, annually, from 1821 to 1833.

Operations of the United States' Lead Mines in the vicinity of Fever River, from the 30th

September, 1832, to the 30th September, 1833.

Pounds of lead made

Pounds of lead which have accrued as rent

Rent lead remaining due 30th September, 1832

otal of rents due in the year ending 30th September, 1833, Pounds of lead received as rent in the year ending Sept 1833, Rents remaining due 30th September, 1833,

:

7,941.792

472,64

132,183

604,828

393,734

lbs. 211.394

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Operations under Indian Departmen', during the year.

In accordance with the policy of the Government, measures have been taken for the due execution of the treaties concluded with the Shawuers and Delawares, late of Cape Girardeau, with the Kaskaskias and Peorias, the Kickapoos, the Piankeshaws, and Weas, and with the Winne bagoes; all of which were ratified at the last session of Congress; and those tribes, excepting a portion of the Winnebagoes, are now located on the lands set apart for their permanent résidence.

The treaty concluded with the Chickasaw nation, also ratified at the last session of Congress, has been put in the course of execution, and an exploring party, conducted by their agent, Col. Reynolds, has gone to the West for the purpose of procuring land for the future accommodation of thei, tribe

Measures have also been set on foot for the execution of the several treaties made with the Pottawatamies, with the Ottawas of the Maumee, with the confederated tribes of the Sac and Fox Indians, and with the united nation of the Senecas and Shawnees Indians, which were ratified at the last session of Congress.

Suitable steps have likewise been taken to carry into effect the treaty concluded with the Menomonees, to which the New York Indians were also parties, and ratified at the last session of Congress. A delegation has been despatched to examine the country designated for the residence of the latter, and on their report a final decision may be expected, to remove either to Green Bay, or west of the Mississippi. Their emigration to the West may possibly be induced by the cordial invitation of those of their nation, already settled in that region, to join them, and by their} favorable representation of the fertility of the soil and delightfulness of the climate.

Not

The Cherokees continue, in the midst of increasing embarrassments, to evince the same pertinaciousness on the subject of removal, that has hitherto marked their counsels, and warred with their best interests. An unfavorable influence on this question is exercised by some of the chiefs,] with no very laudable motives, maintained by the rigorous discipline which their despotic structure of internal government authorizes. withstanding this, it is understood that the spirit of emigration is active among the great body of the nation, under the proffers made to them for exchange of residence; and the belief is entertained that at least fifteen hundred will emigrate in the ensuing spring, to seek better fortunes in more fertile domains, and under auspices favorable to their prosperity! and increase.

Recent communications from the agent of the remaining band of Wyandots in Ohio furnish good reason to conclude that their emigration will soon take place. They have lately been invited in most cordial terms by their brothers in the West to join them, with such a description of the climate and country, as to bave produced a great change of sentiment, and a strong inclination to be re-united to their tribe.

Col. James Gadsden has succeeded in making treaties with the two remaining bands of the Appalachicola Indians, and, upon their removal, Florida will cease to possess an Indian population.