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in Irfs than fix months from itfc firft inftitution the congrefs finding it impcrft&in its organization and is-’ adequate to it* end difihlved i:—in is iu ad they fubftituted three prin t ipft tecretarics fit lffted from the whole country and diftinguilhed for their military ability—the fftft named was their pr<-fident and they had he Tides a Jeeretary and as many clerks as they plea!e,d t*i appoint.— As the bufinefs of the department snereaftd congreli went cn making addition* to toe Board from their own body, & as well as I recoiled! it was this Board, fo CGr.ftkuted, which carried us through the revolution. Let it be remembered that they had on aii average of feven years more than jo, ooo men in the field ; that their duties were appropriately thole of a Buard cf war only—that they had no invalid penfion, no Indian, no military land bufinr fs to rr.an.ngr, and above ail thy quarter maticr general, commifiary-general and ordnance departments were chitinft ly organized and admirably con duced. Whether the organization of this board was the belt pofiible organization be would not pretend to f; —certain it was the war had been brought to n fuccelsful termi nation. He would fay nothing in relation to the mfiitary eft <bli foment prior to the year ißco—m that year however the military peace cf- . tablifoment confined of one regi ment of artillery and two regiments of infantry, the quarter-matter's of fice was dlablifiitd—The fecretary of war then had to perform, befidcs the duties appropriately belonging to the war department, the duties of quarter- mafter-general, (ommifu ry-general and rrnlter of ordnance, the bufinefs ot the Indian depart ment, military lands and invalid penfinns. F rrifi atiors, arfenals, armories, magazines and military pulls advances to contractors, and all die correfpondence growing out efthefe various branches mull-have made no trill eg addition *o them. Small as was the eflablilliment of that period there mull have been an accumulation & preilbre of bufi icfs far exceeding the ability of any one man to difeharge with ft ielity ro the public. How, it mav be afked, vas he able to get along ? The an- Twer is, at bed, badly. The Fate of the country was a flare of peace —the inattention, the negleft, the ©vti fight infeparable from fuch a furchargr, injurious as they mud have been to the public let vice, ru inous ;s they would have been in a ftate of war, were not felt—if felt, were not TcvereJy felt—if lcverely felt, were not complained of.— With all this accumulation and pirffure upon the department wc went on to increafe the dti <es. In the year iSoS, *<• added 6000 men to the eftaui foment, m >rt than doubling the dunes at adafh—We gave no additional aid or aflillance to the department. It was in the year 1809 that General D arborn, n man of vigorous mind, cf ex ten five knowledge of detail, of inde fatigable induftry, going out of of fice, declared that the bi fr-els of the department had increaled be yond what the capacity of anv one man could perform, and thar fome aid and alfiftanee were indifpenfable to the public lervicc, whoever his fuectfibr night be. H s iucoeflbr (the prefent mcuir.bcß ) according ly addrefif and a letter to the chairman of the military com mi tee of the fenate, reprefenting the necefiityof additional aid, and particuiarlv advi fi -g the eilabhfhment of a q a r :er* mailer's dt panm nr—the luojeft was con fide red, ], believe,, bvuao bill pafifed. No w, in th* year 181 i, we add 25.000 men to the eftab lifoment, are about to enter into a ftare of war, and gentlemen cannot yet fee the expediency of new or ganizing the department. Suppofe we were thus to multiply tenfold tnr bufi els of anv other department, without increafipff the offi.ers or u f'darics of that department, do gen tlemen think they ■* -uld not be cal ed upon for rffilHnce ? It is true we are alleviating :hc burthen by the organization or the Quarter Milder, CommifiTiry and Oicmance Departments; but It” gt ntlemtn a(k thctrdelver in a (pint ■ f candor, if the direction of a f one of 25,000 roe , the general orders and tht ’ge neral correjpondence , are not enough for any one mao, Laded, asheir.uft be, with the entire relpor.fi 1 .11 t> of the department ? L* them afk themfi-lvcs if th* details cf fuc h an r fii c, divided b;; -vrtn the two -üb orbinate fecretaries, would leave much lei fore ro men who, befi les the ordinary duties, will have the re-examination f all route fled ac counts, the afi errasrment of bal ance, and the mak ng advance s to contractors, [he bufi e 5 of courts irarnal, and rhr rn :-re trouble fume bufi; els of numbers of congrch, who croud the < fir es th em morning to nig hr. and v o ?an never be turned IF unfair (ho ? Sir, the (ur prife is nut that every thing has pot been done, but tr a } loaded and c.p prrffid as he is, any thing has been done with advantage to the public fervice; that it has been well done nobody can esprit—A feerrta; v St eight bock-keep rs arc not tqual to one half the duties. The re a lor. urged b.’ f he gentleman from Vir ginia (Mr. N< iloi ) to and the gentle man fr< m Kentu k (Mr. Johnfon) cannot be too much infill* and ot —tht prefident has recommended it.— Will we refulc him the meant of ei ther o carrying it on ? If gen lemen rj- dt he bill, and arc in earned for the war, they rnuft fubftitute fomeT.ii g-—aid mult be given to the department; not the aid of clcrkfh p, but the aid of ref peclable chatrdter, of competent knowledge of moi'ary de ail-—To command ii the f ffice rrsufi be ref pedablc, the lalarv intft be relpec tabic. One dm gsto me abf lute ly certain; the department mull be new < rgan zrd, or the war prepa ratio* s muft fi -p—N > mm in the country is rqv.al to or.e half the du ties which devolve on the prefetit fecretary. When the following extraft of a letter firft appeared, we intended to have re-publiihfd xt —hut thro’ neglect it was omitted until wc deemed it too late. The Editor of rhr AuguTta Herald h s open ed his battery on Mr. Hall, in conFq mice of the publication cf rh s letter, and dealt out his abule as librraliv as he does on every virtuous Republican whom his 7Lvi\ in the cauie of cf the bfft of kings,” prompts him to at tack. The publication the letter, at this time, is not inten ded altogether to retu e the ca lumnies of this little “Agent"— bur, chat the people ot Jackfon county mav have an opportunity of perufi - gthe letter, which feme other gentlemen took upon them feives ro ridicule and aiilreprefeat during the fitting of the Superi or Court, in that countv, the paft week. We know that the pe rufal of it is fuffirient to cement, more clofely, the friendfhip of every honeft Republican # or the writer. Ed. Express, Fxfi*a(T of a letter from the Ho*. B. Hail, to a gentleman in this cif-. tfajhington , jd Jpril, ISI2. “ Tne o. fefpondeoce between Elenry & Craig eftabhlhes twofa.Ts b- ond the ppffib lity ®f duuot:— F rfi, thar E nas endeavored ‘o fow the if-ed* cf d'fcord am eng us; todtlmember the Union and dc ilroy gui independence. Secondly, tint there is a party wno have cued the views of the BritHh miniilry in their diabolical plans. Wnen this view is taken of our fituaticn, the tardy proceedings of Congrefi, and what by feme has been confidercd a’ a war.: of er.crgv, is at once ac counted for. The din ultiesvvhicn we have to encounter from thir'd pa ry men, apoficate republicans, rT deralift.*, tories & Britiih hirelings, cauie Ub to drag heavxiy along,— This being our fi nation, nukes ic abfoiurciy necefTary to proceed with the tumult cannon. If war had been declared previous to Henry‘s dilclofure, there was a party ready organized to join the enemy and di vide the Union. If ree did not de late war, the outrages and in fiilts which we had received were fo great, hat the citizens were locf ing afi Confidence in the government —Wni'ft the federal party were foreman in tht cry of a want cf t nergy, they were the foie cauie, and ufed every exertion in their power to parable the government, and no drlubt were fecrerly rejoicing at the fair profpedt vvhich by their viilany uad been brought about, for the purpofe of d-’ft roving our happy inimitable government. May I ot in the language of Cato afk if'there “ the*e ts not fi.me chulen curie, f me hidden thunder in the (lores of Heaven, red with uncommon wrath to blAit the man who owes hVs greatnefs to his country’s run ?" Ycs, they have fallen into their pit; rheir infernal plans arc exhibited to the* public, md their defigns, even without the lhadow of a veil to co ver their deformity, arc expofed to the derifion of every honeft man, of every nation or party. The po litical bafenefi of the federal party is fo great, that the people, aware of their utfigns, wiil not cruft them ia t ffi-’c; and it Teems they would prefer c© re : gn in hell, radier than enjoy the plealures of heaven, where they could not rule. Let thrm employ the fame time and talents in the lervicc ©f their c untry, as they have devoted to the deftrudh on of our conftitution and liberty for years oaft, and a grateful people will rot fuff r their fcrvices to go unrewarded. I ft the patriot and not the rraitor “ whom the citizens of the United States delight to ho nor.” The (land which the lead i g feds, have f aken fince Henry's difclofure, gives juft caufe to ap prehend, that their deftrutftion is iealec, or that they will trample down the hbercy of the U States; that they are indelibly ftampt with that carle of curies—“ he that is fi;:hv him be filthy ftill.” I would by no means have it under flood than thofe obftrvations are in tended to be applied inoiferimtnate ly to the federal party; no, I have charity to believe, that there are individuals among them, friendly to the independence of our country, who wiil feel ind gnant at the trea fonable defigns of their kadcis, and will no v jcn heartily to avenge their country’s wrongs. I lament that they fh uld 10 long have been deceived; but on the ther hand, 1 rejoice that thr mi ft which biinded them is difpdled, and that the hcl l ih defigns of England, aided by the leaders of the federal party, are left without a cover!.,g—that party diftinftions will no iorger divide the friends of liberty. The mT adtive preparations are got g on to raife and organize the a r rny contemplated by the feverJ[ laws pafied this frffion of congrcfs. TANARUS place the United States \n an attitude demanded by the crifis, is not the work of a day; from a ft ate of peate, it requires time to prepare for war; however* we are drawing to z, ciofe—we have been in fee ret ftflion two days—l ran only ted you that we neither lac k number nor fir in nets —-War wii t 05 C c clarcd loon as we arc ready to carry it,on with fucccfs. An active co.-opera tion with the govenunent is expec ted from every friend to our coun try—lt is not a time in which we may remain idle ipeevutors cf pair ing events—Our aft is at (lake. If the imprefikient of 6257 American Earner), and the plunder of cur pro perty, together wth the nft.fi.3 we have received from E. gland, were not fu(Relent to create a Spirit of re ft, ha nee, when the circumftance cf endeavoring to overturn our gov ernment, nd involving u* in the greateft calamity which can befal 2. narion, a civil war, is taken into the acccunt, where is the indi vidual v/ho values property, life, liberty, honor or country, that is not roufed with indignation ? Is there an individual whole iuke warm ou* will not burn within him, when he is told that two of the nephews cf George W.dlung on, “ the father of his country,*’ have been impr*fif ed, and are nowin llavery on b ad the Britilh navy r .Such is the fadK If the dead can feel any interzft in the tranlatft na of the living, the ghoft of Wafiiingron miift frown indignant at tne pufillanimity of his co u n t r y me n for fu ffr ring fu ch wrongs to go unrevenged. Let cs be true to curfeives, and the fame valor which caused Eng ! and to a know ledge our independence, wfil com pel her to reipeft cur rights Lam accounts inform us that fince the fitting of congrefs, more than two millions of dollars have been plun dered from us by E gland “ Augujla Ckrsnide. SHERIFF'* SALE. On the Fir ft Tuefiay in JUTS next, at the Ceurt Houje in Madifm CsuntVy between the ttfttal bears, will bejVld the following property: VIZ. TWO Horfes, the property of Charles Clements, viz. a grey and a forrel; upwards of five feet high; taken by rxr< ution at the inftancc of John Cumm’-'g. also, 229 acres of land, lying on Fork creek, Madlfoa counrv, tne pro perty of B. Hainev, adjoining lands ©f the Widow Colley, and others, granted to Francis Power, well im proved; taken to fatisfy two exe u~ tions, one in favor of Sami. Strong and Herbert, vs. B. Harney, the other in favor of Moab Hail, vs. B. Hainey—returned 10 me by Da* vid Graham, confbble. ALSO, 120 acres cf h and, on the waters of Blue Stone creek, Madifon coun ty, granted to Lewis Sewail; taken as the property of Milder Childers, occupied at prefent by Wm.Cieg liOra, E q well improved, to fafis fv two cxecuiTons in favor of Tho mas Cargill, and returned to me by Same l.Whii.wonh, - onftable. N. WILLIFORD, 3hfF. May 28.