19. MILITARY POSTS. List of Military Posts and Arsenals, and the Place Fort Brady Posts. Fort Mackinac . Fort Howard, Green Bay Fort Dearborn . Fort Gratiot Fort Niagara Fort Constitution Fort Delaware Fort Johnson Fort Crawford. Fort Winnebago Cantonment Leavenworth Jefferson Barracks Cantonment Gibson Cantonment Jesup Cantonment Towson Baton Rouge Fort Wood Situate. There are seven Navy Yards in the United States, as follows. No. 1. The Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is situated on an island, on the east side of Piscataqua river, within the jurisdiction of Maine, contains fifty-eight acres, and cost 5,500 dollars. No. 2. The Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, is situated on the north side of Charles river, on a point of land east of the town of Charlestown, contains thirty-four acres, exclusive of extensive flats, and cost 39,214 dollars, including commissions and charges. No. 3. The Navy Yard at New York is situated on Long Island opposite to the city of New York, on the Wallabout Bay, contains forty acres, including the Mill Pond, and cost 40,000 dollars. No. 4. The Navy Yard at Philadelphia is situated on the west side of the river Delaware, within the District of Southwark, adjoining the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, contains eleven acres, to low water mark, and cost 37,000 dollars. No. 5. The Navy Yard at Washington, in the District of Columbia, is situated on the eastern branch of the river Potomac, contains thirty-seven acres, and cost 4,000 dollars. No. 6. The Navy Yard at Gosport is situated on the south branch of Elizabeth river, adjoining the town of Portsmouth, in the state of Virginia, contains sixteen acres, and cost 12,000 dollars. No. 7. The Navy Yard at Pensacola, in Florida. 22. MILITIA. Table showing the aggregate Number of the Militia of the United States in the Years 23. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. 1. CANALS. The following list, which was drawn up for the "Yeoman's Gazette," gives a summary view of the principal canals, now finished, in progress, or in immediate contemplation in the United States. 1. Middlesex Canal.-This has been finished and in operation for several years; its length is 29 miles; it has 136 feet lockage. It runs from Boston harbour to Chelmsford, in Massachusetts. 2. Blackstone Canal.-This has been in operation between one and two years. Its length is 45 miles, from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island. 3. Farmington Canal.-This is unfinished. Length 37 miles, from Northampton, Mass., to New Haven, Connecticut. 4. Hudson and Erie Canal.-This is in operation. Length 360 miles, from Albany to Buffalo, N. York. 5. Champlain Canal.-Completed; length 63 miles, from Albany to White Hall. 6. Oswego Canal-Completed; length 38 miles, from Salina to Oswego, connecting the Hudson and Erie canal with Lake Ontario. 7. Seneca Canal.-Completed; its length 20 miles, connecting the Seneca and Cayuga lakes with Hudson and Erie canal. 8. Delaware and Hudson Canal.-Length 65 miles, from Delaware, in Orange county, to the Hudson, near Kingston. 9. Morris Canal.-This is in progress; its length 86 miles, from Easton to Newark, N. Jersey. 10. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.-Completed; length 14 miles, from Delaware river to Chesapeake bay. 11. Port Deposite Canal.-Completed; length 10 miles, from Port Deposite, on the Susquehannah, to the Maryland line. 12. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.-This was begun on the 4th of July, 1828, when ground was broken by the President of the United States. Length 360 miles, from Georgetown, District of Columbia, to near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. 13. Ohio State Canal.-Unfinished; length 306 miles, from Cleveland, on Lake Erie, to the Ohio, at the mouth of the Sciota. 14. Miami Canal.-Unfinished; length 265 miles, from Cincinnati to the Maumee, near the head of Lake Erie. 15. Lehigh Canal.-Unfinished; length 46 miles, from Stoddartsville, on the Lehigh, to Easton, on the Delaware. 16. Little Schuylkill Canal.-Its length 25 miles from the mouth of Little Schuylkill river fo the coal mines. 17. Conestogo Canal.-Length 18 miles, from Lancaster to the mouth of Conestogo creek. 18. Schuylkill Canal.-Finished; length 108 miles, from Philadelphia to Mount Carbon. 19. Union Canal.-Finished; length 79 miles, from Reading to Middletown. 20. Pennsylvania Canal.-In progress, it having been commenced at both extremities; length 296 miles, from Middletown to Pittsburg. The three last mentioned canals form a line from Philadelphia to the Ohio, at Pittsburg, and may be considered parts of the same great enterprise. 21. Ohio and Erie Canal.-Its length 213 n Erie, on Lake Erie. 22. Delaware Canal.-This will run from Philad aware and Hudson Canal. It has already been beg 2. AMOUNT of MONEY expended in each STATE a UNITED STATES, upon WORKS of INTERNAL IN ADOPTION of the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION to t Road from Cumberland to the Ohio Road from Nashville to Natchez Road from Wheeling to the Mississippi river Road from Mississippi to the State of Ohio Road from Georgia to New Orleans Roads in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia Surveys of Roads and Canals Surveys of Maps and Charts of the Ohio and Miss Improving the Navigation of the Ohio and Mississ Military Roads Surveys of the water courses of the Mississippi riv Road through the Creek Nation Opening the old Natchez road Breakwater at the mouth of Delaware Bay Grand Total |