Spain. Don Francisco Tacon, Minister Re Frederick Wm. Schmidt, Consul, N. Bremen. Frankfort. sident. Don Miguel Tacon, attached to the Eleazer Crabtree, Consul,Savannah Legation. Don Juan Bautiste Bernabeu, Con- A. Halbach, Consul, Philadelphia. sul General, Philadelphia. Denmark. Don Francisco Hernandez de No- Mr. Stein Bille, Chargé d'Affaires. Portugal. Wirtemburg. Saxony. Philip Marrett, Esq. V Cans Boston Christian Mayer, C. Gen. Baltimore Hesse Castle. J. P Calhorda, Esq. do. Wilming-Conard W. Faber, Consul. to N. G. Sweden and Norway. René Goddard, Esq. Vice Consul, Chevalier Ankarloo, Charge d'AfCharleston. Ebas Reed, Esq. do. Savannah. Austria. faires. Chevalier S. Lorich, Consul Gene- John Vaughan, Consul, Philadel'a. Baron De Lederer, Consul General. S. Lawson, do. Baltimore. L. Neiderstetter, Chargé d'Affaires. Joseph Winthrop, do. Charleston. T. Searle, Consul, Boston. J W Schmidt, do. New York. Hamburg. Francis H Wiln.an, do. Savannah. Mr. Roger Huygens, Count de Luv- J. C. Zimmerman, Cousul, N. York. C. N. Buck, Con. General, Phil'a. J. J. Hagewerft, do. Baltimore. J. W. Schmidt, V. Consul, N. York. A. C. Cazenove, do. Alexandria. F. Chust. Grat V. Con. Baltimore. Bohl Bohlen, do. Philadelphia. AL azenove, do. Alexandria. Jacob Wiff, do. Charleston. Charles J Cazenove, do Boston. G. Barnsley, C. ad inter. Savannah, George F. Ward, Consul, Florida. Thomas Taxter, V Consul, Salem. Alden A. M. Jackson, Vice Consul, L'eter Ludlow, do. New Orleans Pensacola. Henry Dagget, Consul, Mobile. M. Domingo Acosta, Charge d Affaires and Con. Gen. N. York. James Audrews, V. Consul, Boston. Antonio C. Rossure, Vice Consul, P. Gillineau, do. Conn. & R. Island.) Providence. John Clisbe, Consul, N. Haven. harles Picot, do. Philadelphia. A. Laribaldi, Cou. Gen Philadel'a. Y. Auze, do Savannah. Javier de Madina, do. New York. De Araujo Ribeiro, Charge d'Af faires. De Pavia, attached to Legation. Antoine Michaud, V. C. N. Orleans. J. Vaughan, V. Consul, Philadelphia Rome. Peter Amedee Hargons, ad int sul, General, Trenton. G. H Newman, do. Baltimore. T. J. Bixouard, V. Cons. Baltimore. John P. Calhorde, do. Wilmington. Tuscany Samuel Chadwick, do. Charleston JW. Anderson, V. C. Savannah. Joseph A. Gordon, V Con. N. York James W. Zacharie, do N Orleans. Hanseatic Towns. Switzerland. Theodore Nicolet, Consul, New Or-Lewis Trapman. Consul, Charleston leans. Mexico. Don Jose Montoya, Charge d'Af faires. Augustine Yturbide, Sec. of Legation Casper Meyer, do. New York. Otto Heinrich Miessegaes, Consul, Hanover. Theodore Myer, Consul, N. York Ports at which British Consular Agents, are empio ed, with the Rank, and} amount of their Salaries respectively, per annum; together with the number o Bish Vessels entered at each Port, in one year. [C. G. Consular General; C. Consul; V. C. Vice Consul.] Russia. Vessels St. Petersburg, C.G1000/ 749 Odessa, C G.800/ Sweden. Stockholm, C. 600l Christiana, C. 600/ Denmark. Vessels 184 120 49 Bahia, C. 120C/ 40 Para, V. C. No retu's Maceio, V. C. 77 Mexico. 600 600/ No retu's 162 44 Colombia. 83 Memel, C. 500/ 482 Palermo, C. G. 8001 81 Dantzic, C. 500/ Carthagena, C. 1500l 31 Germany, viz. Hanseatic Gallipoli, V. C. No retur's Maracaibo, C. 1250/ 5 Towns. Otranto, V. C. do. La Guayra, C. 1250/ 21 Venice, C. G. 1000/ 8 Panama, C. 1250/ 7 Bremen, V. C. 64 Trieste, C. 500l 126 Guayaquil, C.1000/ 17 Lubeck, V. C. 16 Number of British vessels which passed the Sound, and touched at Elsinore. +No return of salary; the estimate of the expense for the Consular service in the Levant was 11,000/ Cuxhaven, V. C. No retur's Amsterdam, C. 600/ Turkey.t ConstantinopleČ. G. No re's Bucharest, C Scanderoon, Agent do. Puerto Cabello, C. 8001 Chili. 78 Valparaiso, C. C. 2500169 oncepcion, C. 1000/ No re's Lima, C.G.2500/? Do. V. C. 700l Pt au Prince, Č.G. 1200/ Do, Morocco. do. do. do. do. do. do. 88 do. do. do. Egypt.t No retu's 18 16 V. C. 5001 8 136 Nil. THE ARMY. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. DEPARTMENT OF WAR, November 25, 1832. To the President of the United States. SIR: In conformity with your instructions, I proceed to lay before you a brief statement of the various operations of this department for the past year, and such suggestions for the improvement of the several branches of the public service, committed to its care, as experience has dictated; and, in executing this task, it is due to the services, exertions and fidelity, of the officers at the head of the respective bnreaus of the department, that I should acknowledge their able assistance, and the important benefits I have derived from their counsel and co-operation in the administration of the concerns of this highly responsible office. During the past season, the hostile aggressions of the Sac and Fox Indians, upon the borders of Illinois and Michigan, required and received the prompt attention of the Government. The executive of the States of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, and of the Territory of Michigan, co-operated zealously and efficiently in the measures of protection. The regular troops in the vicinity of the theatre of hostilities were concentrated under Brigadier General Atkinson, and brought into the field; and the militia of Illinois and of that part of the Territory of Michigan exposed to danger, promptly repaired to the defence of the frontier. Such was the nature of the warfare and of the country, that it was difficult immediately to protect the long line of scattered settlements, and to bring the enemy to action. As a precautionary measure, and to place the result of the campaign as far beyond the reach of accident as possible, the garrisons at some of the posts upon the sea-board, and upon the lakes, were ordered to Chicago, under the command of Major General Scott, to co-operate with the force already employed under Brigadier General Atkinson. The celerity, with which these troops moved, is creditable to their character and discip ine. One of the companies reached Chicago in eighteen days from Old Point Comfort, a distance by the route necessarily travelled, of more than eighteen hundred miles; and the movement of the whole was marked by the greatest despatch. Unfortunately, their hopes of being useful to their country were suddenly arrested, when highest, by the appearance of the cholera; and probably few military expeditions have presented scenes more appalling in themselves or demanding the exertion of great moral courage. The occasion was met by Major General Scott in a manner worthy of his high character, and the example he gave to the American army in that period of trying responsibility, is not less important, than was his gallant bearing in the presence of the enemy during the late war. His efforts were well seconded by the officers, and no practicable method seems to have been omitted to stay, or to cure, the pestilence. Of about fifteen hundred officers and men of the regular troops ordered to the northwestern frontier; not less than two hundred died by the cholera. General Atkinson, with the regular troops and militia under his command pursued the Indians through a country very difficult to be penetrated, of which little was known, and where much exertion was required to procure supplies. These circumstances necessarily delayed the operations, and were productive of great responsibility to the commanding officer, and of great suffering and privations to all employed in this harassing warfare. The Indians, however, were driven from their fastnesses, and fled toward the Mississippi, with the intention of seeking refuge in the country west of tha river. They were immediately followed by General Atkinson with a moun Jed force, over taken and completely vanquished. The arrangements of the i he commanding general, as well in the pursuit as in the action, were prompt and judicious, and the conduct of the officers and men was exemplary campaign terminated in the unqualified submission of the hostile party, and in the adoption of measures for the permanent security of the frontier, and the result has produced upon the Indians of that region a salutary impres Sion, which, it is to be hoped, will prevent the recurrence of similar scenes. The extensive operations rendered necessary by these veuts, have demonstrated the able organization and efficiency of the various stafi departments of the army, and their capacity to meet any exigency, which may require their exertions. They have also shown that the morale and discipline of the troops are well preserved, and that, whenever, or wherever their services may be wanted, the expectations of their country will not be disappointed. An act of the last session of Congress authorized the raising of six companies of mounted rangers for the defence of the frontiers. Five of these were organized without delay, immediately after the passage of the law; but, owing to the absence of the person selected for the command of the sixth with the troops employed under General Atkinson, that company was not brought into service during the active portion of the season. It is now however filled, and under orders. I have caused a comparative view to be appended to this report, showing the difference of cost between this corps of rangers, and of a regiment of dragoons. It will be perceived that the former exceeds the latter by one hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty two dollars. The rangers costing annually two hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred and thirty dollars, and the dragoons one hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred and ninety-eight dollars; an excess of expenditure well worthy of consideration, unless there are circumstances connected with the nature of the duties of these corps, which give to the rangers, as at present organized, a decided preference over the dragoons. It is my conviction that there are no such circumstances, and that a regiment of dragoons would be more efficient, as well as more economical. From the constitution of the corps of rangers, and from the short periods of their service, their organization is but little superior to that of the ordinary militia. Every year there must be a great loss of time in the reconstruction of the corps, and in the ac quisition of the necessary experience and knowledge. And its constitution is so dissimilar from that of any other branch of the army, that a perfect union of sentiment and action between them can scarcely be expected. The want of these must frequently be injurious to the public service. Regular cavalry are fully competent to the discharge of all the duties required of mounted rangers. In celerity of movement, they will of course be equal, and tf, (which however is doubtful,) the rifle is considered the most efficient arm for mounted troops, operating against the Indians, this weapon can be placed in the hands of such cavalry, and they can easily be trained to its use. Besides other important objects, it is desirable to preserve in our military ystem the elements of cavalry tactics, and to keep pace with the improveents made in them by other nations. The establishment of a regiment of dragoons would complete the personnel of our army, and would introduce a force which would harmonize with, and participate in, the esprit de corps, so essential to military efficiency, and so easily and certainly created by miitary principles. It seems to be now conceded, and it surely may well be, that mounted troops are absolutely necessary for the defence of that part of the inland frontier in contact with the Indian tribes. Our permanent military posts, garrisoned by infantry, exer a moral influence over the Indians, and protect important and exposed positions. But to overtake and chastise marauding parties, and in fact to carry on any serious operations against an Indian foe in the level regions of the west, horsemen are indispensably necessary. Presuming, therefore, that some force of this description will be retained, |