4 El Friday, Doe. SO. 1E169 Advertisers aattlittliers interested will 'bear mind that the reiptlar eaten. `istiosi abbe afITAlt ANDSlCWrinfill." is emelt larger that theta( easy ether paper published la the Clowesty, betsa 1PV441 ireskly by not lens than 11.•00 ierseas. MESS**, We surrender a large portion of our space to-day to President Grant's Mei.. sage. It la a plain,frank, business doc ument, tersely written, and will be read with interest and command gen eral apprisval. As the message is not very long, and will be generally read, we omit any detailed synopsis of its contents. The President opens with congratulating Congress upon the im proved condition of the country, the harmonious condition of our foreign relations, the reviving industrial ener gies of the nation, and the rapid re -Organization and restoration of the re bellious States. In the case of Georgia, where the Constitution end Reoon struction acts were violated by expel ling colored members of the Legisla ture and admitting others disqualified by the 14th amendment, the President recommends the plussage of a Bill au ,thorizing the Governor of Georgia to convene the Legislature as originally elected, to proceed with the work of re-construction in accordance with law. • The evils of an irredeemable paper currency are deplored, and the earnest efforts of Congress should be directed to such legislation as will insure a grad ual, not immediate, return tb specie PaPuente. The President thinks our bonded debt now due can be 'replaced by bonds bearing but 41 per cent. in terest, and the whole debt finally fund ed at the same low rate. With this change and the rapidly increasing re venues, and continued economy in the administration of the various Depart ments, a reduction of from sixty to eighty millions in taxation could be safely made. . The President, while sympathizing with the struggling patriots ,of Cuba, thinks the rebellion has not made such progress as would justify their recogni tion as belligerents. In regard to the Alabama claims, he expresses his un qualified approval of the rejection of the Johnson-Clarendon treaty, as mis conceived in its scope and unsatisfac tory in its provisions. Therrenewai of negotiations with Great Britain on this subject is left for a better appreciation On both aides of the issues involved in it. • ' The message concludes with a num ber of important recommendations in relation to domestic matters, which Will be found under appropriate heads. ALBERT D. RicltArtnsort, who was shot by DANIEL McFARLAND, died of his wounds on the 2d inst. A day or two beforehis death he was married to the divorced wife of McFs_RLAND by Rev. Mr.FRoTimmix,WARDBEECH ER assisting. Mr. RICHARDSON was only 36 years old, but had already ac quired a high reputation as 'a newspa per and magazine writer. He was the secret correspondent of the New York TribUne in 1860 and 1861, traveling through the South and managing to get his letters through to the Tribune, despite the shin) police regulations un der which the Secession movement was inaugurated. He subsequently became one of the noted Tribune Army corres pondents—was taken prisoner opposite Vicksburg, and spent 20 months in the Rebel prison-pens, finally making hie escape, by a long and tediousness foot march of 400 miles through canebreak and wilderness, to Knoxville, Tenn., whence be sent to the Tribune the A mong telegram : "Out of the jaws"of Death—out of the mouth of Hell." He subsequently published "Camp, Field and Dungeon," and "West of the Mis signippi,"both of which works have had a heavy sale. His murder by McFsa- LAND, under the idea of fancied do mestic wrong, has drawn from the Press a good deal of indignant dentm elation. His friends claim for him great purity of life and kindness at disposition, and say that his only fault, if fault there be, was an imprudent championing of Mrs. MCFARLAND (a lady of refined and cultivated intellect) against the wrongs of a Lirutal, drunk en husband. McFsitutarn will be tried for murder, and the true facts will be developed. Tme great (Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church , was to meet in Rome on Wednesday last. It will be largely attended by the Bishops and leading Prelates of the Church from all parts of the world, and its deliber ations and decisions will command a great deal of attention. There - have been eighteen of these General Coun cils—the first in the year 325, known as the Council of Nice, called to refute rhiarlan hersey and declare the now generally recognized doctrine of the Trinity—and the last in 1545, known as the Council of Trent, called to re fute the alledged heresies Of Luther, Calvin and Zuinglun. The CoUnell of 1889, besides dealing with the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope, will discuss the relation of the Church to us.. • • society, in regard to both of orb!" there exists a wide variance of opinion among Catholics. There has been for centuries a growing divergence between the theocratic theory which the Popes, ever since Gregory VII, have held as to the relations between church and state, and the actual . state of things in Catholic countries. T,he Gallic= and Austrian Prelates will probably insist upon an abandonment or material modification of the dogma of Papafinfidlibility, and endeavor to bring the Church in accord with the political systems of the age by ignoring the claims of the Pope as a temporal prince. The sessions of the Council will doubtless be protracted, probably extending over the year 1870. The Council of Trent lasted eighteen years, adjouriang, over from time to time. Tin Republicans have made a clear sweep of Mississippi ; carrying nearly every county in the State, electing Alcorn Governor by about 50,000, with a Republican ,Legialature. which will ratify the 15th Amendment. From Texas the returns oome in slowly. The contest is close between Hamilton (Conservative) and Hayes, (Republican) but the latest despatches clam the election of Hayes. The new Constitution is adopted by an almost unanimous vote, and the Legislature will endorse the 15th Amendment. Corromeminetou Idonday,a quorum In aeon Shwa answering to roll aa/I. Rhe Prelklent's message was at aoco Aleut In, beaus read In the House by AIL /140 1 .11nnson and In the Senate by -Mt. Goa z- The cewanielake haw dug been empleted at tbilr Menlo see. Wow, Mopes will at woe inter an theeleepetah of business. MIDM'S - MEMA *mfinel. To the Senate and Howie* Represen tatives: In coming before you for the t time as Chief Magistrate of this prat: , . it is with gratitude to the giverottili or the many benefits we enjoy. We ed with peace at home and are entangling alliances. abroad to fd*bode troubles. With a tertitory nnsurtkoted in" ferthityoof an ,area equal to the abundant support,of five hundred millions of people, and ab4ndlng in every variety of useful mineral, in quantity sufficient to supply the world for generations; with exuberant crops; with a variety of climate-adapted to the production-4 ovary swim ot, • riches, and suited to the tigel Ail requirements-of every living thing ; with a population of 40,000,000 of free people, all speaking one language; with facilities for every mortal to . acquire an edneatiou ; with institutions clos ing to none the avenues to fame or any blessing of fortune that may be coveted ; 'with freedom of the pulpit, the press and the school, with a revenue , fiow mg into the National Treasury beyolid the requirements of the Government. Happily harmony is being rapidly restored within our own borders, manubuAneres hitherto unknown in our country are springing up in all 'sections, producing a degree of na tional independence unequalled by that of any other power. These blessings, and countless others, are entruated to your care and mine for safe keeping for the brief _pe riod of our tenure of office. In a shim time we must each of us retort' to the ranks of the people who have conferred upon us our honors and account to them for our stewardship. I earnestly desire that neith er you nor I may be condemned tly, a free and enlightenea constituency, nor by our own consciences. Emerging from a rebellion of gigantic magnitude, aided, as it was, by the sympa thies and assistance of nations with which we were at peace, eleven States of the Union were tour years ago left without legal State governments. A national debt had been contracted. American Commerce was almost driven from the seas. The industry of the one-half of the country bad been taken from the control of the capitAllsts and placed where all labor rightfully belongs— in the keeping of the laborer. The work of restoring of State governments loyal t 4. the Union, of protecting and fostering free labor, and providing means for paying the interest on the public debt, has received ample attention from Congress. Although your efforts have not met with the success in all particulars that might have been de sired, yet, on the whole, they have been more successful than could have reasonably been anticipated. Seven States which pass ed ordinances of secession have been folly restored to their places in the Union. The eighth (Georgia) held an election at whieb she ratified her Constitution, republican in form, elected a Governor, members orCon gress, a State Legislature and all other of cers required. The Governor was duly in stalled and the Legisla ure met and per formed all the acts of Congress. Stie quently, however, in violation of the Con stitntion which they had just ratified, (as decided by the Supreme Ct-urt of the State,) they unseated the colored members of the Legislature and admitted to seats some members who are disqualified by the third -clause of the Fourteenth Amendmentto the Constitution, an article whist they them selves had contributed to ratify. Under these circumstances I would submit to you whether it would not be wise, without de lay, to enact a law authorizing the Govern or of Georgia to convene the members originally elected to the Legislature, re quiring each member to take the oath pre scribed by the Reconstruction acts, and none ro be admitted who were ineligible under the this d clause of the Fourteenth Amendment: The freedmen,under the protection which they have received, are making rapid pro gress in- learning, and no complaints are heard of lack of industry nn their part where they receive fair compensation fur their labor. The means provided for paying the. in terest on the public debt, with all other ex penses of Government, are more than am ple. The loss of our commerce is the only result of the late rebellion which has not received sufficient attention from you. To this subjoct I call your earnest attention.— I will not now suggest plans by which this object may be effected, tint will, if neces sary, make it the subject of a special mes sage during the session of Gongrem. . At the March term, Congress by joint resolution authorized the - Executive to order elections in the States of 'Virginia, Missis sippi and Texas, to submit to them the Constitution which each had previously in Convention framed, and submit the Ooesti tutions, either entire or in separate parts, to be voted upon, at the discretion of the Ex ecutive. Under Ibis authority elections were called. In Virginia the election took place on the 6th of July, 1869. The Gov ernor and Lieutenant Goveruor elected have been installed ; the Legislature met and did all required by this resolution and by all the Reconstruction acts of Congress, and abstained' from all doubtful authority. I recommend that her Senators and Represen tatives be promptly admitted to their seats, and the State be fully restored to its place in the 'family of States. Elections were called in Missisappi ana Texa 4 to commence en the 30th of November, 1869, and were to last two days in Misshitoppi and four slays • n Texas. The elections have taken pbme, but the result is not known. It is to be hoped that the acts of the Legislature of these States, when they meet, will be such as to receive your approval, and thus close the work of reconstruction.. Among the evils growing out of the re bellion, and not yet referred to, is theist of an. irredeemable: currency:. It is an evil which I hope will receive your most e rn est attention. It is a duty, and one of the highest duties of Government, to secure to the citizen a medium of exchange of Aged, unvarying value. This implies a return to specie basis, and no substitute for it can be devised. It should be commenced now and reached at the earliest practical mamma consistent with tt fair regard to the Interests of the debtor class. Immediate resumption, if paacticable, would not be desirable. It would compel the debtor class to pay, be yond their contracts, the premium in gold at the date of their purchase, and would bring bankruptcy and ruin to thousands.— Fluctuations however, in! the paper value of the measu r e o f all value—gold—is detri mental to the interests of trade. It makes the man of business an ingoluntaq gamb ler, for in all sales, where future payment is to be made, both Parties speculate as to what will be the value of the currency to be paid and received. GRADUAL EZTIIMM TO SPICES PATXINIII. I earnestly recommend to you, then, such legislation as will insure a gradual r e tu rn to specie payment, and put an immediate stop to fluctuation in the value of currency. The methods to secure the former of tune results are as numerous as are the specula tors on political economy. To secure the latter I see but one way, and that Is to au 'florin the Treasury to redeem its own pa per at a fixed price, whenever presented, and to withhold from circulation all curren u so redeenled until sold again for gold.— The vast resources of the nadnn both de veloPed and undeveloped, oughl to make oar credit the best on earth. With a less burthen of taxation than the citizen has endured for six years past, the entire public debt could be *d within ten years. But it is not desirable that the people should be taxed to pay II in that time. Year by year the ability to pay increases in a rapid ratio. But the burden of interest ought to be reduced as rapidly la can be done with out the violation of amtroct. The public debt is reanimated in great part 4oy bonds having from five to twenty, aad from ten to forty, years to run, bearing interest at the rite of 6 per cent. and 5 per ant. re spectively. It is optional with the Govern menu to pay these bonds at hey petted after the ezpirattoa of the least time intedooed upon their fees. lhe time has already , ex pired wiom a groat en art of them may be Is i taken up, and y approaching what tall may be. It is erred that Mr wide% are now dna may be replaced . bonds g bearin Irate of lemma ace ' four and ono-half per amt., sod as • y as the remainder become doe that they may be =din the sa *ay. To imanapihth may be SICS/Saly me to eataerine the interest to be paid at either of three or bar of the money centres of Europe, or by an Amine= Tremover of the tioltedthetes, at the option of the bolder at 'Me band. I mesas& this subject los the otteklianation of Congress, and aleo, situelisinuisly with this, the propriety Of maseming - our cur rency, al berme segginind, 4 4l Its tsarina vat= Si dill Mlle the taw emu hut elect, increasing *spin at whisk currency will be bought and mild .92/dh day to day, or week to week,' at the nate rate et lutenist as the Gevertuneht pry. 10101 beads. The lifted of Wised ilussol sin racidirayouramaaniiim I nks WORM CaeOqiitry ess paler deal the nosadramata, ma, may milk laTelly reduced. Augikag 44 do chi*, is saparsilist SillsAmit'prat Wes, . . THE WOBX OF RECONSTRUCTION THY IPIEDICEN THS YINANCIf.S. VIRGINIA, MIEISIfiEIIPPI AND TY.TJJA THE CUNBENCY ♦ND 1128IINPI1IN Tax want. =II ikotatindilbe hi 'iiiiinual curfenti aiilimies largely; thin, after funding, justifying a greater reduction of taxation than would now exTedie4o 4 l l : t the postponement of this quest e next meeting of Coupes'. It ma ' visable to modify ' ' titAf.' ilk -.. wh un • tc, t ...ba . disc - ale . A t t law - - ' I 1.. t _ws restdalin is ect, I .. . -nd !the paNgtonecatin t.t r the ama .THE INCOME TAX. I also suggest the renewal of the tax on incomes, but at a reduced rate,.say of three percent., and this tax to expire in three years. Whit the funding of the National debt as her suggested, I feel safe in saying that taxes and the revenue from int. its $8u,000,000 per annum at once, and may be still further •educed froth year to year, as the resource , of the count., are devel• cps& PURCHASE oF GOVEREMSNT The repent r the Sedretary or the Treas ury shoes the receipts of the Government of the fiscal year aiding June 30th, 1869, to be 070,943,747, sod the expet.dirures, in cluding interest, bounties, &c.. to be $321,- 490,887. The estimates for the ensuing year are more favorable to lb.- Government, and wilt, no doubt, show a nt• ch larger de crease of the public debt. Ti.i. ret eipts in the Treasury beyond expendaures have ex ceeded the amount necessary to place to the credit of the Sinking Fund as provided by law. To loCk up the surplus in the Tress ury, and withhold it from circu I dim], would lead to such a contraction of the curteucy as to cripple trade and se:lonely effect the prosperity of the country. Under these circumstances the Secretary of the Treas ury and myself hetu Lily concurred in the propriety of using all the surplus curt• ucy in the Treasury in the purchase of Govern mein bonds, thus reducing the interest-bear ing indebtedness or the country, and of submitting to Congress the question of the disposition to be made of the bonds so pur chased. The bonds now held by the Treas ury amount to about $75,000,000, including those belonging to the Sinking Fund. 1 recommend that the whole be placed to the credit of the Sinking Fund. THE REOoMMERDATIONEI 07 THE BgeIpITART OF THY TREV3ORY Your attention is respectfully hr. •• • ' the reenmmendarions of the Seen • . of the Treasury for the creation of the Office of Commiahioner of Customs Revenue, for the increase of salary to certain cla...es of officials, the substitution of Increase I na tional bank'circulation to replace the out standing 8 per cent. certificates ; and most especially to his recommendation for the repeal of laws allowing shares of ones, penalties, forfeiture., 4c., to officers of the Government or to informers. THZ LVTZENAL RZTINVZ DZPAIITHEIST. The office of Commissioner of Inu-rnal Revenue is one of the most arduoas and responsible under the Government. It falls but little, if any, short of a Cabinet posh ion in its importance and responsibilities. I would ask for it, therefore, such legislation as in your judgment will place the office upon a footing of dignity commensurate with its Importance,and with the character and qualifications o the class of men re quired to fill it properly. OVR RELATIONS WITH crw, As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all peoples struggling for liberty and self eovernmeot, but while so sympathizing, it is due to our honor that we should at stain from eutorciug our views upon unwilling nations, and from taking an interested part, without invitation, in the quarrels between 'different na ions, or between Gnvernmeuts and their subjects. Our course should always be in ( deformity with strict justice and law, international and local. Such has been the policy of the Administration in dealing with these quesuons. Fur more than a year a valuable Province of Spain, and a near neighbor of ours, In whom all our people cannot but feel a deep interest, has been struggling for independence and freedom. The people and Government of the United States entertain the same warm feeling and sympathies for the people of Cuba in their pending struggle that they manifested throughout the previous strug files between Spun and her tome( colonies in behalf of the latter; but the contest has at no time assumed the conuitious winch slava to a war in the sense of tuternatiou al law, or which would show the existence of a dejacto wittiest uzgontra,ton ol the insufgents to justify a recognition of bellige , ency. • The principle is maintained, however, that this nation is its , own judge woen Lu accord the righiaof belligerency, either to a people suoggling to free themselves from a Goveinnieut ditty believe tobe oppi (dairy, or to indepenuent nations at war with each other. The United Slates have no disposition to interfere with the existing relations of bpitn to her Colonial possessions on this. Ca.,ritt' vent. They believe that in due time Spain and other Pompom powers will find their interest iu terminating those relations, and establishing their precent dependencies as independent powers, and members of the fami of - nations. These dependencies are no longer as subject to transfer from one European Power to another. When the present re lation of colony ceases they are to become independent powers, exercising the right of choice and self-control in the determination of their future condition and Tel/aloes wilt/ bther powers. The United States, in order to put a step to blood-shed in Cube, and in the interests of • neighboring people, proposed their good offices to bring the existing contest to a termination. The offer not being accept ed by Spain on a basis which we believe could be received by Cuba, was withdrawn. It is hoped that the good offices of the United titan's may yet prove advantageous for the settlement of this unhappy strife. Itleanwhile a number of illegal expeditions against Cuba hove been broken up. It has been the endeavor of the Administration to execute the Illeetralig laws in Rood faith, no matter bow rinpleasaut the task, made so by the suffering which we have endured from lack of like good faith towards us by other nations. TRI 4 trzzia . MAJOR" CUE. On the 26th of Pti , rch last the Unit( d States schooner ”Linsie Major" was arrested on the high seas by a Spanish frigate, and two passengers taken from it and carried as prisoners to Cuba. Representatt me of those facts were made to the Spanish Gov ernment as soon as official inemmition of them reached Washington. The two pan. Bangers were set at literty, and the Spanish Government assured the United States the Captain of the frigate in making the cap tare had acted without law, that be had been reprimanded for the irre gularity of his conduct, and that the Spanish authorities to Cuba would not sanction any act that could violate the rights or treat with disrespect the sovereignty. of this nation. THY salmi or ras "MARY LOWILL." The question of the seizure of the brig M.ry Lowell at one of the Bahama Isknds, by the Spanish authorities, Is n o w the sub. Jett of correspondence 1 etween this Gov ernment , and those of Spain and Great Britain. The Captain General of Cubs, about May last, issued $ proclamation authorizing sereb to be made of vowels on the high seas. Immediate remonstrance was. ai de agniol4 this, whereupon tee Cap tain General kaned a new proclamation limiting the right of search ui vessels of the United States, so far as authorized under the treaty of 1795. This proclamation was, however immediately withdrawn. TeX DARIEN CANAL. I have always felt that the most intimate Fabulous should le cultivated between the Republic of the United States and all in dependent nations on this Continent. It may be well worth considering whether new treaties between as and them may not he profitably entered into to secure more inti mate relations, friendly, commercial and otherwise. The subject of an inter-oceanic canal, to %MOO the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans throw& the Isthmus of Darien, is one in which COMMITS is g reatly In terested. sMucligns have been given' to oar Miniater to the Republie of 'the Milted &awl of lhAssittda lii endeavor to obtain authority far ey by. this Ouveranseut in order to practicability of such an un "dertakina,•lnd s charter ibr the right of way, to build by private etterprise such a work e. if the my" rams it to be palatal hi OLUXI3 AGLOW PHIL In order to comply oiatihe agreement of the Milted Staten ea tea mixed commies'/xi at Lints for the sOistmeet or claims, it be. came nattimgy tumad a Oununiesuattr and bectetary tu Lima in August Jam. No ep, p rup d ig s„ ii baying Awe ma de by Popitrella for Ibis par it la Atm 144 that one be made u the pot and hun sup scal of um ex 11100111kilL Tbs good tame It the United *NMI to thug stem pseee Intwase *win sod the botch Aliusican Stisputeics with which she is at wet; mous haw ;ix: vied by Ate seal Vhiu, r Uotignshi has btjuk hotted laths Mid us Wieniegsest dosing thw pasta 4 1 44441tt ' 4 .04400 t p pia rota OASAL. - A , ligAiteram la likuopelas it ,ast •rnigii,. o. wagr op iki ,5440- 141 7 . . .... „ El Ohm its assent, which, it 16t e ktitd, con flicts with vested rights of c itizens of the United Stet* -The 'Departthent of State has now ehlilittbject under consideration. Till BANISH GOOrBOATS AT NYW FMK. The Minister of Pern having made repre.. sentatioes that there was a state of war be tesenfent and Spain, and that Spain Vas '.'etelaktlcting in and near New York thirty saga% which might b•• used by Spain in -each ii way as is telieve the naval force at t ba smote operate against Peru, ordets - were given to prevent their devirture. No further steps having been taken by the re presentative of the Peruvian Government to prevent the departure of these vessels, and I, not feeling authorized to detain. the property of it nation with which we are st peace on a mere Executive order, the mat . beets referred to the Courts to decide. TEL PARAGUAYAN WAR. The conduct of the war between the Allies and the Republic of Paraguay has made We, ititeicoome with that country so difficult that it has been deemed advisable to withdraw our representative from there. I= Towards the close of the last Adminia 'ration a convention was signed- at Imealon thr the settlement of all out.tanding claims between Greta Britain and die United States, which failed to receive the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification. The time and the circumstances attending the negotiations of that treaty were unfa vorable to its acceptance by the people of the United States, and its provisions were wholly inadequate thr the settlement of the grave wronas that had been sustained by this Government, as well as by its citizens. The injuries resulting to the United States by reason of the course adopted by Great Britain during our late civil war, in the in creased rates of insurance, in the diminu tion of exports and imports, and other ob structious to domestic industry and produc tion, in its effect upon the foreign com merce of the country ; in the decrease and transfer to Great B. itain of our commer cial marine; in the prilonvation of the war and the increased cost, both in treasure and In lives, for its suppression, could not'be adjusted or satisfied us ordinary commer cial claims which continually arise between Commercial nations ; and yet the conven tion treated them simply as such ordinary claims, from which they differ more widely in the gravity of their character than in the magnitude of the amount. Great even as is that diff erence , not a word was found in the trolly, and not an inference could be ,i„ w n .from it to remove the sense of tin friendliness of the course of Great Britain in our strtilkele for existence, which had so deeply and universally impressed itself upon the people of this country. Believing that a convention thus inisct,n_ ceived in its scope, and inadequate in its provisions, would not -have produced the hearty, cordial settlement of pending ques tion,, which alone is consistent with the relation's which I desire to have firmly es tablished between the United States and Great Britaia, I regarded the action of the Senate in rejecting the treaty to have been wisely taken in the interest of peace, an d as a necessary step in the direction of a perfect :rod cordial t . riendshiP be tween the countries. A sensitive people conscious of their power, are more at ease tinder a great wrong woolly unatoned that under the restraint of a settlement which satisfies neither their ideas of justice nor their grave sense of the grievance they have sustained. The rejection of the treat ty was followed by a state of public feeling on both sides which I thought not favorable to an immediate attempt of reneged nego nation. I accoidinJy so instrucied the Minister of the United States to Great Britain, and found that my views in this regard were shared by Her Majesty's Min ister. I hope that the time may soon ar rive when the two governments can up proach the solution of this momentous question with an appieelac...ri of what k due to the riAtilit, dignity and honor of cacti, and with the determination nut only to re move the cause of complaint in we past, but IA" lay the foundation of a broad prin ciple of public law, which will prevent fu Lure differences and tend to firm and con- tinued peace and liiendsliip. Tuis is uow the (July grave question winch tue UnIWO SlAtieB wive who any foreign nation. RECIPROCITY TREATY WITH CANADA The question of renewing a treaty for . reciprocal trade between the Uni ted States and British Provinces on this Continent has not been favorably considered by the Administration. The advantages of such a treaty would be wholly to favor of the British pro ducer. Except, possibly, a few en gaged in the trade between the two sections, no citizen of the United States would be benefited by reclprocl ty. Our internal taxation would prove a protection to the British producer •i -most equal to the protection which our manufacturers now receive from the tariff. Some arrangements, however, for the regulation of commercial in tereourse between the United Staten add the Dominion of Canada may be desirable. THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS The Co&mission for adjusting the claims of theliudson Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Company upon the United States,has terminated Its labors. The award of,six hundred and fifty thousand dollars has teen made, and all rights and titles of.be Compa ny on the territory of the Uiiited States have been extinguished. Deeds' for the property of the Company liave-heen delivered. An ppropriatiou by Cbn gress to meet this sum is asked. THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY The Commissioners for determining the N(,rth western land boundary be tween the United States and the'Brit• ish possessions, under the treaty of 1858, have completed their labors and the commission has been dissolved. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVETRA DE. In conformity with the recommen dation of Congress a proposition was early made to the British Government to abolish the mixed courts created un• der the treaty of April 7, 1862, for the suppression of the slave trade. The subject is still under negotiation. THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE. It having come to my knowledge that a corporate company, organized under British laws, propose to land upon the shores of the United States, and to operate there a submarine cable, under a concession fron his Majesty the Emperor of the French, of an ex clusive right for twenty years of tele graphic communication betweeeu the shores of France and the United States, with the very objectionable fea ture of subjecting all messages convey ed thereby to the scrutiny and control of the French Government, I caused the French and British Legations at Washington to be made acquainted with the probable policy of Congress on the subject, as foreshadowed by the bill whim passed the Senate in March last. This drew from the representa tives of the Company an .agreement to accept as the bite's of their operations the provisions of that bill, or of such other ,enactments on the subject as might be passed during the approach ing session of Congress; also, to use their influence to secure from the French Government a modification of their concession, so as to permit the landing upon French soil of any cable belonging to any company incorpora ted by authority of the United States, or of any State in the. Union, and on their part not to oppose the establish ment of any such cable. In consider ation of this agreement, I directed the withdrawel of all opposition by the Uialted States authorities to the land int'of the cable and the working of it. u4til the meeting of Congress. I re gret to say that there has been no modification made in the Company's oonceettion, por so far as I can.learn have they attempted to secure any. Their concession excludes the capital and the *citizens of the Milted States from' competition upon the shores of France. I recommend legislation to plotect the rights of clawing of the United States as well as the dignity and sovereignty of the nation, against Seek an assumption. I shall also en; deavor to secure by negotiation an abandonment of the, principle of mon opolies in ocean telegraphic cables. Copies of this correspondence are here with fUruished. vaunt manta OFCITIZENITEUP. Tbeluniettled political condition of other anuatries lees fortunate than our own somedmas induces their citizetm $O. 00P4 Vulted States for the nole fibrPom cor boin& tgrObled• EilVii* secured thisthey return to their native country and reside there wltbontr disclosing their change of AIT, They sonePt eta obit posi tions tryst or knuor whic h can only be be by etitinensolgiej; pettve land. They Pkonle/ tillibtlf pfomporta. d@!ol4- Meg wanits snob *Assam and )p w o, whoa 4.14/11,41aftord. att ar perbe.pa years of quiet, tilteSteinet i t perlPbs or their property, or when It Autio Stow drafts them into the military narsiee, that the fact of their change of allegiance is made known.Ther_rit. , Aide pernaltuenuy sway irom the Uni- Wit woo; 094tributo uogdoi to its revettursi they avoid 'the citizen. ship, and they only make thediselves known by a claim of protection. I have directed the Diplomatic and Consular officers of. the United States to scrutinize carefully all such claims of protection. The citizen of the United States, Whether native or adopted, who dischatges his duty to his country, is entitled to its complete protection. While I have a voice in the direction of affairs, I shall not consent to imperil this sacred right by conferring it upon fictitious or fraudulent claimants. On the ac cession of the present Administration it was found that the Minister for North Germany had made proposi tions for the negotiation of a Conven tion for the protection of emigrant passengers, to which no response had beengiven. It was concluded that to be effectual all the maritime Powers engaged in the trade should join in such a measure. Invitations have been extended to the Cabinets of Loll don, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Brussels, the Hague, Copenhagen and Stock holm, to empower, their representa tives at Washington to simultaneously enter into negotiations and to con clude with the United states Conven tions idetitical in form, making uni form regulations as to the construction of parts of vessels to be devoted to the use of emigrant passengers, as to qual ity and quantity of food, 'as to the medical treatment of the sick, and as to the rules to be observed during the voyage, in order to Secure ventilation, to promote health, to prevent Intru sion, and to protect the females, and providing for the establishment of tri bunals in the several countries for en forcing such regulations by summary process. TREATIES WITH RUSSIA Your attention is respectfully called to the law regulating the tariff on Russian hemp, and to the Question whether to fix the charges on Russian hemp higher than they are fixed upbn Manilla, is not a violation of our treaty with Russia, placing her products on the same footing with those of the most favored nations.. ItIANUFACTURTZ , ZO AND INDUSTRIAL IN TERESTS Our manufactures are increasing with wonderful rapidity under the en couragement which they now receive. Witb the improvements In machinery already effected and still increasing, causing machinery to take the place of skilled labor to a large extent, our imports of many articles must fall off largely within a very few years. Fortunately, too, manufactures are not confined to a few localities as for merly, and it is to be hoped will be come more and inure diffused, making the interest in theni equal In all sec tions. They give employment and support to hundreds of thou-ands of people at home, and retain with us the means which otherwise would be shipped abroad. The extension of railroads In Europe and the East is bringing into competition with our agricultural products like products of other countries. Self interest, if not self preservation, therefore, dictates caution against disturbing the indus trial interest of he country. It teach es us also the necessity of looking to other markets for the sale 01 our sot plus. FE= Our neighbors South of, us, and China and Japan, should receive our special attention. It will be the en deavor of the Administration to culti vate such relations with all these na tions as to entitle us to their confi dence and make it their Interest, as well as OLIN, to establish better com mercial relations. Through the agen• cy of a more enlightened policy than that heretofore pursued towards China, largely due to the sagacity and efforts of one of our own distinguished citi zens, the world Is about to commence largely increased relations with that populous and hitherto exclusive na tion. As the United States have been the initiators In this new policy, so they should be the most earnest in showing their good faith, in making it a success. In this connection I advise such legislation as will forever pre clude the enslavement of the Chinese upon our soil under the name of Cool ies, and also prevent American vessels from engaging in the transportation of coolies to any country tolerating the system. I also recommend that the mission to• China be raised to one of the first class. MEANS NECESSARY FOR PEACE, PROS- PERITY AND DEVELOPMENT On my assuming the responsible du ties of Chief Magistrate of the United States, itfwas with the conviction that three things were essential to its peace, prosperity and fullest development. First among these is strict integrity in fulfilling all our obligations. Second, To secure protection to the person and property of the citizen of the United States in each and every portion of our common country wherever be bay chose to move, without reference to original nationality, religion, color or polities, demanding of him only obedience to the laws and proper re spect for the rights of others. Third— Union of all the States with equal rights, Indestructible by any constitu tional means. -To secure the first of these, Congress has taken two essential steps : First in dechiriug by Joint resolution that the public debt should be paid, principal and interest, in coin ; and Second —dy providing the means for paying. Pro viding the means, however, could not secure the object desired without a proper administration of the laws for the collection of the revenues, and an economical disbursement of them. To this subject the Administration has most earnestly addressed itself, with results, I hope, satisfactory to the country. There has been no‘hesi tation in changing officials in order ,to secure an efficient execution of the laws, sometimes too, where in a mere party view undesirable political re sults were likely to follow, nor any hesitation in sustaining efficient offi cials against remonstrances wholly po litical. THE TENUEE-OF-OFFICE AC'T It may be well to mention here the embarrassment possible to arise from leaving ou the statute book the so called " Tenure of Office acts," and to earnestly recommend their total re peal. It could not have been the in tention of the framers of the Constitu tion, when providing that appoint ments made by the President should receive the consent of the Senate. that the latter should have the power to .4)c; rain in office persons placed thereby Federal appointment against the will of the President. The law is inconsist ent with a faithful and efficient admin istration of the Government. What faith can,an Executive put in officials foredd upon him and thaw, too, whom he has suspended for reason. How will such officials be likely to serve an Administration which they know does not trust them? For , the second reqti site to our growth and prosperity time and a firm but humane administration of existing laws, amended from time to time as they nay be ineffective or prove harsh and unnecessary, are pro bably all that are required. The third cannot be obtained by special legisla tion, but must be regarded as Axed by the Constitution Itself, and gradually acquiesced in by force of public opin ion. INDIAN AFFAIRS From the foundation of the Govern ment to the present time the manage ment of the original inhabitants of this continent, the Indian, has been a subject of em horsewomen t and expense, and has been attended with cos:Mb:nem* robberies, murders and wars. From my own experience upou the frontier* and in the Indian country, I do riot hold either legislation or the conduct of the whites who come most in con- . tact with the Indian blameless for these hostilities. The past, however, cannot be undone and the question must be met as we now fled It. I have attempted a new policy towards these wards of the na tion, they cannot be regarded In any other light than as wards, with fair re suits so far as tried, and which 1 hOpe whl be attended ultimately withgreat success. Toe Society of Friends is well known as having auooeeded to living in moo with the Indians in the early veitilisnent of Peßbfirlrelilbv While their white nelghbOlll of quiet beefs in other wallops were ootudalitly ble„ 4410. They are itlso knOW4 ter Per; Opposition to all wile, violence be 4 Vex, 4 . eraliy *gal rut t,1,1441aP anti dviiing• e O P PP Iptili_PlP4 1110 t;°' V i i= ine gt iloirorn=l be. 10 elk ID V e burdenr of the Salerbion of was Upon the &misty itself; The result hie proven mosi satisfactory. /6 -will be :blind awl fully ,sso forth In the ref liOll, of the Commissiciner of intilan Affairs. For Superintendents and 'lndian Agents not ou the reservations—offi cers of the army were selected.. The reasons for this are numerous. 'When Indian Agents are sent time, or are there, troops must be sent also. The agent and the commander of troops are independent of each other, and are suttlect to orders from different depart ments of the Governmnet. The army officer holds a position for life; the agent one at the will of the President. The former is personally interested in living in harmony with the Indians, in es,ablishing a permanent peace, to the end that some portions of his life may be spent within the limits of civ- Iliad society. The latter horn° such personal interest. Another reason is an economic one, and still another, the hold which the Government has upon a life °filter toseoure taithfu I discharge of duties in carrying out a given balky. The building of railroads and the ac cess thereby given to ail the agricul tural and mineral regions of the coun try is rapidly bringing civilized settle ments into contact with all the tribes of Indians. No matter what ought to be the relations between such settle• merits and aborigines, the fact is, they do not harmonize well, and one or the other has to give way in the end. A system which looks to the extinction of a race is too horrible fora nation to adopt without entailing upon itself the wrath of all Christendom, and engen• dering in the citizen a disregard for human life and the rights of others dangerous to society. I see no substi tute for such a system except in plac ing all the Indians on large reservations as rapidly as can be done, and giving them absolute protection there. As soon as they are fitted for it they should be induced to take their lands in sev eralty, and to set up territorial gov ernments for their own protection. For full details on this subject I call your special attention to the reports of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. THE ARMY The report of the Secretary of War shows the expenditures of the War De partment for the year ending the thir tieth of June, 1869, to be $80,644.042, of which $23,883,319 was disbursed in the payment of debts contracted during the war, and is not chargeable to current army expenses. His estimate of 834,- 531,031 for the expenses of the army f.,r the next fiscal year is as low as it is believed can he relied on. The esti mates of bureau officers have been care fully scrutinized and reduced wher ever it has been deemed practicable. If, however, the condition of the coun try should be such by the beginning of the next fiscal year as to admit of a greater copcentration of troops, the ap propriation asked for will not be ex pected. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. The appropriations estimated for riv er and harbor improvements, and for fortifications, are submitted separately. Whatever amount Congress may deem proper to appropriate for these purpo ses will be expended. The recommen dation of the General of the Artily that appropriations be made for time forts at Boston, Portland, New York, Philadel phia, New Orleant• and San Francisco, if for no other, is concurred in. SEAL FISHERIES I also ask y..ur special attention to the recommendation of the General Commanding the Military Division of the Pacific for the sale of the Seal Islands of St. Paul and St. George, Al aska Territory, and suggest that it eith er be coiriplied with, or that legislation be had for the protection of the seal fisheries, from which trrevenue should be derived. SALE OF ARSENALS The report of the Secretary of War contains a synopsis of the reports of the heads of Bureaus, of the Command ers of Military Divisions, and of the Distriots of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and the report of the General of the Army in ful,. STAFF OFFICERS The recommendations therein con tained have been well considered and are submitted for your action. I, bow ever, call special attention to the rec ommendation of the Chief of Ordnance for the sale of Arsenals and lands no longer of use to the Government. Also, to the recommendation of the secretary or War, that the act of March 3d, 1869, prohibiting promotions and appointments in the Staff Corps of the Army, be repealed. The extent of country to be garrisoned and the num ber of military posts to be occupied is the same with a reduced army as wan a large one. The number of Staff offi cers required is more dependent upon the latter than the former condition. THE NAVY The report of the Secretary of the Navy shows The condition of tho navy when this #dministratton came into office and changes made si nee. titres - ous efforts have been made to place its many vessels in commission, or reader them fit for service, if required; as possible, and to substitute sail for steam whilst cruising, thus materially reducing the expenses of the navy, and adding greatly to its efficiency. Looking to our future, I recommend a liberal, though not extravagant policy towards this branch of the public ser vice. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The report of the Postmaster Gener al furnishes a clear and comprehensive exhibit of the operations of the Postal service and of the financial condition of the Postoffice Department.. The ordinary postal revenues for the year ending June 30th, 1869, amounted to $18,344,510. and the 'expenditure $23,- 698,131 ; showing an excess of expen ditures over receipts of $5,353,520. The excess of expenditures over receipts for the previous year amounted to $6,- 437.992. The increase of revenues for 1869 over those of 1868 was $2,051,909, and the increase of expenditures was $967.539. The increased revenue in 1889 exceeded the increased revenue in 1668 by $996,366, and the increased expenditure in 1889 was 82.527,570 less than the increased expenditures in 1868, showing by comparison this grati fying feature of, improvement, that while the increase of receipts in 1868 was $2,438,535. the increase of expendi tures over the increase of receipts in 1889 was $1,084,371. , Your attention is respectfully called to the recommendations made by the Postmaster General for authority to change the rate of compensation to the main trunk railr..ad Ilpes for their ser vices In carrying the mails; ifol. hating pmt route maps executed ; for reorgan izing and increasing the efficiency of the special agency service ; for increase of the mail service in the Pacific and for establishing malls under the flag of the Union on the Atlantic, and most especially do I call your attention to his recommendation for the total abo liiion of - the franking_ privilege. This ie an abuse from which no one receives &commensurate advantage. It reduces the receipts for postal service frow 25 to 30 percent. and largely increases the service to be performed. The method by which postage should be paid upon public matters is set forth fully is the report of the Postmaster General: PUBLIC LANDS The report of the Secretary of the Interior snows that-the quantity of the public lands disposed of during the year ending the 30th of June,lBB9, was 7,666,152, acres exceeding that of the preceding year by 1,010,409 acres. Of this amount 2,899,544 acres were sold for cash, 'arid 2,737.885 'acres entered tinier the Homestead Uwe. The re mainder was granted to aid in the con struction of.works of internal improve ments Uppropriated , to the Bates as SWlimp lands and located with war• rants and scrip. The cash receipts from all source, were $4,477,888, ex seeding those of the preceding year $2,840,140. PENI3IONS. Daring the hot fiscal year 23,196 names were added to the pension rolls, and 4,876 dropped therefrom, leaving at the close, i 187968. The amount paid ;to pensioners, including the compen sation of disbursing agents, was $116,- 4t2,884, an.increase of $ 4 . 411 . 9 02. RP that of the previous year. The Muni licence of Congress has bees corres pondingly Mau!rested in its legislation for the soldier/I,llnd sailors who suffer -04:1 lit 60 recent struggle to maintain that unity , of Goveroment,, which Mates us one peopie. The ' a d ditions to th e pensktu roE of each successive year 81 4 9 0,t4m oopolusion of hostilities ipeglt:Ai ;typo degree irate the re. atial a rwoniente of the act of July ;, which extended its provis ions 4o oases not , felling within ite original scope. The largeOatlay which Was occasioned is further increased by the?ese liberal atlawartee beeterreti since that date nilbn those who in the line of duty were wholly or perma riently disabled. Public opinion has given an emptuitic sanction to these measures of Congress, and it will be conceded that no part of our public burden is more cheerfully borne than that which is imjposed by this; branch of the service. It necessitates for the next fiscal year, in addition to the amount justly chargeable to the Naval Pension Fund,an appropriation of $BO,- 000,000. PATENTS During the year ending September 30, 1889, the Patent Office issued 13.782 patents, and its receipts were $686,389, being $213,926 more than the expendi tures. EDUCATION I would respectfully call attention to the reconimeudation of the Secretary of the Interior fer uniting the du ties of superintending the education of freedmen with the other duties de volving upon the Commissioner of Education. CENSUS. It is the design of Congress to make the census which must be taken dur ing the year 1870 mote complete and perfect than heretofore, and would sug gest early action upon any plan that may be agreed upon. As Congress at the last session appointed a committee to take into consideration such meas ure as might. be deemed proper in ref erence to the census and report a plan. I desist from saying more. AGRICULTURE. I recommend to your favorable con sideration the claims of the Agricul tural Bureau for liberal appropriati.ins. In a country diversified in climate and soil as ours, and with a population so largely dependent upon agriculture, the benefits that .an be conferred by properly fostering this bureau are in- SALARIES OF OOVERIOIENT OFFICERS I desire respectfully to call the atten tion of Congress to the inadequate sal aries of a number of the most import ant officers of the Government. In this message I will not enumerate them, but will specify only the Just,ces of the supreme Court. No change has been made in their salaries for fifteen years. Within that time the labors of the Court have increased, and the expenses of living have at least doubled. During the same time Con gress has. twice found it necessary to increase largely the compensation of its own members, and the duty which it owes to another department of the Government deserves and will un don btedly receive its due consideration. ENFORCEMENT OF TEE LA WS There are many subjects not alluded to In this message which might be with propriety introduced, but I ab stain, believing your patriotism and statesmanship will suggest the topics and the legislation most, conducive to the interests of the whole people. On my part, I promise rigid adher ence to the laws and their strict en forcement, T. S. GRANT, President. Washington, Dec. 6, 1889. NEWS OF Nrataneoluxiitiouvrirs CUMBERLAND.-00 Teursday lan a 501 dier at the Carlisle barracks attempted to shoot Gen. Hatch, the commanding officer, at his residence; the carbine failed to ex• plode and on the arrest of the soldier he was found 10 be out of his mind. FRAM:U.N.—On the night of the 30th ult., a valuable bort.e was stolen from the premi ses of David Eberly, Southampton town sbip.—The wife of John Walker, Hamilton township, 'lied suddenly one night last week of neutaigia of the brain; she had gone to bed complaining of a slight headache.— The steam saw-mill of Daniel Long, a near Fayetteville, was destroyed by fire 411 3 n the 2d; loss $5,000, no insurance.—Miss Cooper and 314 s Nead, members of the family of B. F. Nead, Chambersburg, had a narrow escape from death one night last week. A new stove had been put up in the room, and the dampers being defec tively arranged the chamber during the night became filled with coal gas. The at tention of a lady in an adjoining room was attracted by a heavy fall and singular nice. The family was aroused, and on forcing the door open, Miss Cooper was found lying on her face on the floor and Miss Nead on the bed with her head hanging over the aide—life nearly extinct. By prompt med ical assistance both were restored to con sciousness.—The new Methodist church at Chamberaburg was dedicated last Sunday, Rev. Dr. Dashiell, of Dickinson College, and the Presiding Elder, Rev. I. Curns, of ficisting. WASIIINGTON. —W. H. Wise, of Hagers town, for 10 years employed as Express Messenger, committed suicide on the train near Wheeling, last week, by shooting him self in the head. Tun Wymniug Legislature has, by the vote of both Houses, granted to women the right to vote. IN' Connecticut, by a new school law, they require ,all children under 14 to attend school at lesiat three months in every year. A lux is now in Detroit with his scalp in his pocket. The Indians took it off for him. New York has a girl aged sixteen who, knowing her rights, maintains them by shining boots In the City Hall Park. A Wayne oounty, (Indiana,) farmer re cently had a core husking, and charged his guests 25 cents each for their suppers. "Aim those bells ringing for fire ?" in quired Simon of Tiberius. "No indeed," ihswered Tibe. "They have plenty of fire, the bells are ringing for water." A CIIILD named Corinna Lewis has been kidnapped from the St. James Hotel, Bos ton. A reward of $lOOO is offered for her recovery. A Br. Louis woman asks to be diforCed frem her husband because he gets "tearing mad whenever his stockings are starched Staff," A nasomrioN asking Congress to remove all disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment has passed both branches of the Tennessee Legislature. Warr Is :the difference between a bill `end a pill? One is hard to get up, and the other is hard to get down. And yet both are 'exactly alike when you take off their beads. sThey then become M. Tax editor of "Flake's Galveston Bul letin" announces that he has been shot at twenty-one times in three years, and is still unharmed. They must be bad shots in that part of Texas. THE Legislature of Vermont has enacted a law which makes liquor dealers responsible for any damage ac cruing to either persons or property through the conduct of those to whom they sell liquor. "Caw you tell me," asked a blooming Ims of a suitor, "what ship curies more pas 'engem than the Great Eastern f" "Well, Maria, I really don't think I can." "Why, it la courtship," replied the maiden, with a conscious blush. A onu,, named Delia McLaughlin, 16 years old, was arrested on Saturday, in Portland, Maine, for drugging her mistress, kre: Stevens, and Stalin some valuable articles. She afterwards attempted suicide by swallowing laudanum, bat did not inc 'Deed. Straims vs RArs.—A farmer In Putnam county, Indiana, has kept a pair of black snakes in his barn wrenl years, and all kinds of Terrain have since entirely disap peared. His cribs and bins are no more disturbed by rats and mice. They are bet tor protection that a dozen cats, and are entirely harmless., towards chickens and domestic animals. Tai Kansas City Journal says :—"A considerable number of Manama from 1411 Lake have come to Jackson county, and settled near Independence, nacre they formerly resided. They have recovered soma of their old pieparty, including the. Temple pound, on rhich site they propoes to met lumber place of worship. Then, MOTOWN repodista polygamy.' RARE INDUCEMENTS I . Tie- New York Independent and filar a Sentluel as sally low realm. We have made special arrangements with the publishers by which we are enabled to furnish the New York In depenadent and the STAR ac SENTINEL to New subscribers at the low rate of $4, together with a copy of Ritchie's splendid Steel Engravings of GRANT and COLFAX as premiums. The INDE PSNDEBT li oue.,ef the hest religious papers in the country, and Its regular subscription $2.50. The Engravings of Grant and Colfax alone sell for s 4.— Specimen copies can be seen at this of ace. Here hi a chance to get the hide % pendent and the Star & Sentinel FOR NOTHING. Send us $4, and both papers, with the two Engravings, will be sent to any address. De Soto, when lie v inked tbe shores of America sought long and arduously for the "Spring of perpetual vou t It," that those who bathed therein might never grow old in appearan,e. People of our day have in part ilisisivi-ir.o a s 1 1 .-litute for thin no fon , stub., in Itit•g's Vega. : t:thlS Attihroshe, a h..v sppliestions of which gives to %%lule hair that (lark, strong mid Appearance In en 11a to youthful "panty. If ant of our reader,. doubt this, let them try a bottle, and be winvilwed of Um truth 01 our as sertion. PIANOS:--We direct attention to the advertisement of Mr. PETER. BKNTz, of York, dealer in Pianos, Cabinet Organs, &e. Mr. B. is a gentleman of enlarged experience itt musical instruments, and enjoys a high reputation for integrity and fair business doaling. He deals in none but first class Instruments, and guaran tees all sold by him. Any of our readers wanting. a Piano or Cabinet Organ, will do well to address :llr. Bentz, and can rely on gettingjust what they want. W HAT COMES NEXT TO A lAN . 7 His undershirt. And we are very mileli dependent, in this cold weather, on our under-clothing for onr comfort. W di] good heavy woolen shirt and drawers imin the Furnishing Department of Oak Hall, we can defy any amount of cold. The next time you are at Wanamaker Lt. Brown's look through their stock of Lin en, Under-wear, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, ctc., dtc. it think because snuffs and strong or poisonous solutions will not cure Catarrh, that you cannot be cured. The proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catatrh Remedy offers $5OO reward for a case of Catarrh which be cannot cure. 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Letters from any part of the country, asking advice, will be promptly and patnitousty responded to.— Where convention, remittances should take the shape of DROSS OR PDBT-0111CS ORDERS Price of Wlshart's American Dyspepsia Pills, $1 e box. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Price of Wishart's Pine 'Free Ter Cordial, $1.50 a bottle, or $ll per drama Sent by expels. All communicatiotte should be addressed L. Q. C. WItIILART, AL D., N 0.233 North Second Street, PHILADEL.PHIA. Cit. 22,1509.-3 m NABORS 07 YOUTH -A gentleman who suffered kr years from nervous Delrdtty, Premature Decay, and all the effects of yonthitil indiscrctllon, will, kr the mthe of suffering buinenity, seed free to all who need It, the receip and abrecttom Ibr mlking the simple remedy by whkh he wag cured Elafferiirawbstilng to profit by the adver tiser's experience, can Alo so by addressing, In perfect confidence. ' JOHN B. ODOM, N 0.42 Oadsr !iron, New York. May 14,1360.—1 y HOUDIi Puaen PM Au,—can be foundni Parker WI and 100 Shimmer et., Boston, Mass. 'iroan able every person to provide themselves with hand= some and mad Holiday Promote, from now until the 20th of January, 1870, them gentlemen will lane large eight-paged Oatalopes of all the newest and bet novelties in such goods Y Buoy Boxes, Desks, Gkeve Boum, Albums in Marsoeo, Gilt and Velvet Bindings. roil Yoram Shopping Begs, lunilsbed Reticules, Silver Plated Ware and Oultery of all de scriptions.** latest styles of Jewelry in Gold, Cora alielpitruimmi, Caravan% atd Heir, Dry Goods, go., de, In., and hundreds of the latest and bog published Boas. Tbsp are giving On HUNDRED T1=211143 nem out whbr will become their Agent, without charging them 10 as. each sa beretolbra— Read the change in their Advertisement la another column, and send fbr Oaialogue. Mee 3-1y:10 A WATCH. Daft of Made, Quilt or Maori for One Jol. Dollar appears almost impossible. but inch may Os bad and hundreds of other stand articles by pr. Droning PARSER t CO'S, "OND DOLLAR BALI.. Their system of doing business has been examined by the authorities and • MUNSON rendered from he Internal Revenue department at Washington dated Nor. 4, I Pr, daelaring their, business perflutly A& sad legitimate and entirely Wierent from the numerous gift enterprises. Of course all do not pt watches; blankets, hr., for One Dollar, but In teen, lops Obit ens of Uwe art ctrl are meld fir Oar Doi. or, as an extra inducement, and some member of the club has the chance of obtaining It. J. New feature introduced by the enterprising aria, is to per their spate fa either teak or morchandleo and to pre-pay Uee =prat. sharps. No better opportunity can be offend to either Ladies or Oestlinnon, haring leisure time s than to 'Wm clubs tbr this Arm. Read their softeribmsent in another aoluma, sad send for catalogue. (Oct. 23—tyal To thrrnadas Car,..llluit shall I buy lbr Holiday Preastar am be aura rd hat by ;um CO. 4 100 thisater et., Boston, who have sa lamense rr OW of Holiday and metal ar tales, such as all kinds of Piney H 0:.., Writiag Desks, Glove licwits, Albums In Morocco and GUS and Velvet bladingareal Morocco Napping Bags, Punished letkales, Um Plated Ware, and Outlay of all descriptions, Jewelry Imita tion. of the Men styles of solid gold, which moot be dlatlagulatiall Ilya flame, ha, &a, and hundreds df Witt Books. Melt stock oontaias amidst everything Residuary to supply the mole sad vitt* too tMOs. of eimbody, and they ataha tire their wtpeeher Scentless ler Wylie( these darn to se at von aiseli wader the nctiorpeisis *a Jodi idiot... They west flipalweverrlyben, to whim dm oar most- Mame 1114.0 11 00 1 0 1 waoil Maiden to Ode wfvortleo. omits another adeows. (lftw First Xetitts. LAMP S AND OLABSWARIt Again away down In prints. Ws would cell the at tentfou 01 Ws trade to tin large reduction In prices of LAMPS AND OLASNWARII, Also to the large stook of twee goods tbat we are now offering. .Ciwl OH of Arrest quality only, and to sowed barrios. OM-r -id at lowest prices. gtill abothor redaction In price of salt. Phlladelphis mow eats of Ou.ensware or A 4 places, packed tip frws,awill dancers,' at our store at same price. W.H. BLAIR /1 EON, Cerllll., I'4. Doe. 3- . . ALLCOCKS POROUS PLASTERS atm to passers the quality of Accumulating Electricity and Imputing it to the body, whereby the eirculetion of the blood esensees equalised upon the parts where &belled, emulate polo wed morbid action to res... The Porous Fluters are des lb: e, sad foe ad of a greet help to those who have weak back", or Psis In the ehle- kaPeclellY are they valuable to those who hare neglected colds. They are often preventives of Coto' sumption ; nay, they are believed to hare loosen ed the grasp this terrible •tillctiots, end been mainly Instrumental tn'effecting aeon. In variable ell ut tie' they should be worn on the breast or •botaeeu the shoulders, or , ver the kidneys, by those who arc auto Ject to rake void eiuily. Oho. a—l TO OWNERS OF HORSES. frIIOUBANDS OF HORSES DIE YEARLY YRO.II 11 Colic This need out be. Dr. Tobias' Venetian Horse Liniment will positively cure every case, it given when that lake,. The cost ia only One dol:ar. Every owner or a bone should have a bottle In his 'table. ready tar us. It Is warranted superior to any• thing else fur the core cat Outs, Wind Galls,Bwellings, Sure Tbnat,:prains, Bruised, Old Bores, ac. The Liniment la bo new remedy. It has been used and approved of to- 22 years by the first horsemen in the reun try. Given to en overdriven horse, it acts like magic. Orders are constantly received from the racing liab 1 es of England fur it. The celebrated II Train Woodruff, of trotting Lae. ueeit It fur years. COI. Phiio P. Bash of the Jerome Race Course, b oo given a Certificate whliih can be seen at the depot, stating that after years of trial, it is the beat In the world Ilia ailrlreas is Purdham, N. Y. No one once using it will ever be without it. It is put up in Pint Bottle. Buhl by the Druggists and Saddlers, th rung h • ont the United States. Depot, 10 Park Place, Now York. BOTTLED PARALYSIS. This is the proper title of the horrible metal lk hair dyes. Worse than the fate or Absalom may he the fate of thos, who use them. ONE TV UOLESOME IY.Ek'AICATION ti.rr cildrigiu 4 Ow It hir to on:de.ir t',:o 1114 I, 1 - I 'll brow,: black L 21.3 ho procured every w 14.4.41, v _CRISTADORAYS EXCELSIOR HAIR Erin After carafnl atialysiA, Pror,ssor Chilton, the di.. tingoisbet Ore is t, has ant hor.red the proprietor to declare, on bin behalf, that It contains nothing dele te:Jou. to health. No other hair dye ;ir the world hos the like guarantee. gir-CRISTADOELO'S ?RESER VAT' It• /1 n reusing, acts like a charm on the tlair•lter D. eing. Try It. (Dec. 3—lui ITB EFFECT 16 M-I R A CULOUS. HALL'S' VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER. It is n perfect and wonderful article. Cori" held neat. Makes hair grow. A hitter iiressin; Gott; aoy -oil" or - ponolturn." Soften. broil], dry nod wiry heir into Beentifni Silken Trftere But, above 411, th• great wonder is the rani Ilty with which it re. stores GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORR; [NAL COLOR. The whitest and worst looking heir resumes its youthful beauty by Its use. It Joe. out dye the heir. but strike. et the root and fills it With new life soil coloring matter. the first application will dog out! ; yen will see the. NATU It AL et.I.AR trtornlnz every day , and . ItEFORE YOU KNOW IT. the old, grac . discolored appearance of the hair n-ill be gon., giving place to lustrous, shining and beauti ful lurks. Ask for Hall'. Sicilian flair Renewer; tin other er title id at all like it In eff.-et. See that each bottle has our prima. Government Stamp over the t.,, of the bottle. All other. Ore Imitations. R. P. [TALL a Co., .711 , Lsbn.a. S. H., Propri et,,rs For sale by all Dr Iggisti. Dec. 3-11 a MARSHALL'S ELIXIR Dyspepsia and constipation ere the hourly foes of the restless, excitable American, and with them come inexorable headache, heartburn. and a train of smell &lessee. Marshall's Elixir he. been prepared with special reference to them. constitutional [rota, le of so many of our countrymen, arid so far the prepare. tion has proved a decided *access. The prop:leo,. feel that, in recommending It now after the trio] ex. perferuceof years, they are but fainliing a hamaae duty towards the general community.— F411211re.9 P111:111 Price One Dollir per Dot tle 11. MARSHALL k CO., Druggists, Proprietors, 1301 Market it., Philadelphia 1111.8o1d by all Druggists. July 16 JUST OUT. "Cherry Pectoral Troches, For Cords Coatt6., Sore Throats, and Bronchitis . NONE 80 0001, NONE 80 PLEASANT, NONE OURS AS QUICK. RUSHTON t CO.. 10 Astor Hons., New York. Oct.= 1860-3 m TO CONSUMPTIVES. The Advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks, by a very eitopt• remedy, after having suf fered several' ears with a severe lung affection, and that dread dbesse, Consumption—is anxious to make known to his fellowetufferera the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the pre- scription used (free of charge), with the direction• for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sere Cure for Consumption, Asthma, timochitia. etc. Theeenses atlas admwtieer In sending the Preocrip. tine is to benefit the silllcted, and spread Information which he csmomirisa to be Invaluable; sad he hopes ev ery sufferer will try his remedy, KA it will cost them nothing, and may prove • blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please address RSV EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Hinge county, New York. Nay 14, 1869.—1 y 411- DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS AND CATARRH treated with the almost anemia, h) J. Twos, M. D., aad Professor of DilkaitS of the e and Ear (hit sprciatty) Lie Atedirat College o Pemuyhntnia. 12 years'experience. (formerly of 'Leyden, Holland,) No. 806 Arch street., Phila. Testimonials can be seen at his ogles. The Medical faculty are iliVi led to accom pany their patient,, as he tuts no secrets la his prat. tice. Artificial oyes inserted without pain. No charge for examination. [Jan. 28.-1 y WIRE RAILING, WIRE GUARDS, For Store fronts, Asylums. to.; Iron Bedsteads, Wire Webbing for 13b eep and Poultry Yards; Bra/sand Iron Wiwi Cloth, Sieves, Fenders, Screens for Coal, Ores, Sand, Reavy Crimped Cloth for Spark Arresters; Landscape Wire. kir Windows, go.; Paper makers' Wireo,Ornain ental WireWork,tc. Every in. lb:motion by addresaing the manufacturers. Si, WALKER* SONS , No.ll North Sixth et., Phila.. dolphio. [leb.l3, 1869.-ly SPECIAL NOTICE 8t RINCB ' B PULMONIC SYRUP, savored Tonic and Mandrake Pills, will cure Cow— ainstiption, Liver Gcoplalnt, and Dyspepcds, If taloa according to directions. They are all three to be ts ken at the same time, They cleanse the stomach, re lax the llear, and put It to work; then the appetite becomes good; the food digest' and makes good blood ; the patient begin, to grow In Sash ; the diseased mat ter ripens in the lung., and the patient outgrows the diseue and gets well. This Is the only way to curs consumption. To thee. three medicine, Dr. J. H. Schenck, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success Nibs treat ment of pulmonary coneumption. The PIIIVIOD iC Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs. nature• throws it off by an easy expectoration, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe, a slight cough will throw It off,and the patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal. To do this, the Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills • tut be freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver, so • t the Pulmonic Syrup and th • food will make good blood. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act upon the lives, re moving all obstructions relax the ducts of the gall bladder, the bile starts &eel'', and the liver is soon relieved ; the stools will AIM what the Pills can do ; nothing has ever been Invented except cakenel (a deadly poison which is very dangerous to usarunlsa• with great care), that will unlock the gall-bladder and start the mentions of the liver Ilk* Schenck's Mandrake Pills. Limn Complaint la ono of the moot vomit) camas of Conoamption. licheor.k's Seaward Tank le a gentle sthaulant sad alterative. and the alkali In the Seaweed, which this preparatica is made oc assists the ssontash to throw out the piano:l.)Wes to dissolve the hod with the pulmonlo Syrup, and it is made Into good blood with out fermentation or souring in the stomach. Theism% route why physicians do not cure con sumption to, they try to dk, too much; they gis me dicine to map the eassfe, to stop chills, to stop • ght sweats, hectic hoar, and by so doing they derange the whole digestive powers, looting up the secretions, and *radially the patient sinks and dia. Dr. Schenck, in ha treatment, doss not try to atop a °cash, niglasweata, *hills, or fuer. Rump the canoe, and they will all stop of their own accord-- No one can be oared of Consumption, Liver Com- DPlMPidavOitarrh, puha., Liberated Throat salsa the Dyer and stomach are suds he Views= his ossinenaptlea, of mem the lung in emu are Alsooaog, either taborolio. • alloosoioo.. brritation, plasm adledese,or the asp at a mum of iniaminatioe and bas Mewing, end. oases what must be done? It is mot este the laags that are waiting, but it is the whole body. Thu stomach and lam hare lost their power tomak•Illood out of food. Now the only chance tato lakellalsenek's u p " m ow s's ., which will bring op a tau Ise the imu th,, the galas* Will begin teatime fend, X will digest easily and make good blood, then the patient bogies to pin tanslimb and aa sec se %shod to grow, She g commence to heal up. and thew dia& rw NM) Ist well. This la thu oily way to sari Mom there le so lus disease, eat only LirerCom- Islet and D7 l P•Pallk bolornck's Seaweed Tapia and e Pills are sufficient without the Pulmoalo Ilyraw dowllbadndoo M= all bilious ecisplaints, sur are wheals Dd. Ildbowdl, Meet lop* latiatas health' tes IMO ram Past, aid biewelsha US ,wens wasted away to armee skeleton, in the vary Wastage Of Pulmonary Oonanntptkon, his physicians haring his use hopeless and abandoned him to Cri m Me l . wee mud by the elbreseld and sines his teener, Mal Aoudad" 114.412 af- Slated bare need Dr. Schenck's perpetuities' ad the same remarkable coccus. poll diteellisa klipbseu r p his each, make It not absolutely necessary Is ally eta Dr. Schenck. anise. the psalm, Owl; leap examined, and for this herlaprellinsicia oily at his Principal ONes, rnueaiiptiy , every day. where all awn tor adrkimun be oddness& Be hi also prolhosionally at No.ktiSond strortalow York, ovary other Winlawnkop„ ,Re glue ad Ikea. but hi' a thorough lamlleit with name the p.m aka. 01100 Imre attack pt fro*, 9 A.X.twilr.;lll. Prins of the rantaila p and /salad Inaba eaolillid per h i m. Xtt r i l hon4onyok, Pilladlowitanimin. For aalirby all April / 111 , 110 . 0 "47 • L Der 3—i tit [Jan.29.-17 Temple," by 45 Intent echo bute of Praise," by 18 Gir Senior department. Then e evidently been prepared with and commanded the close sue. audience. The staging had bee accommodate the Schools, an. somelY decorated whit festoons "Faith, Hope, Charity," " Jesus," "Onward and Upward, no Crown," &c. The crowded, the School res/haing above all expenses. On last Sabbath the Ann of the Schools was held In Church, addresses being dell► E. Bneldanbangb, Pastor, the workers in the Schools. report wu read, covering the the Schools during the year 1868, to Nov. 8, 1869. This the membership of the Senior to be 132 Scholars, with 341 Tenebers—lnflant • i 54, Teachers 4—toldl Bobo sides 28 Officers and Teecrtent age attendance In the Senior has been 93 Scholars and 11 the Want Department, 90 Teachers of the latter being ways In attendee's, merit from town. The contd meted to $143.09, $91.24 boied by the Senior, and 11181.' feet 9egartateata. WENT= COMING.—W in!, arid Ocessuix & Come wade arnmseasetits to meet -tits publisby me • kinds of iteswiy-amerde Clo and , Whiter , was; ger Jug also, Cies, Boots, Iffiese,, ' very kni: ihe *ay mut' ■rlle) G3l'A rich vein of frame erred on the firm of COI. 0. Oxford township—workedi. Iron Company. SNOW STORM.—On . were visited by an old f easter," the rain dozing the to snow. All day itlondayill ly, and then cleared with s wind. Snow fell to the inches, but the prevlo. In bad condition, maititits rough. SHERIFFS' SALES,_ Court of Pentho lvaula has hillitr-wo4didl vet ing . Use o mortagee, or a purehawer qt• is not bound to look.beyood docket •to ascertain wbeth thereon are properly made and that where there is or a Judgment, or an 11111111 of satirfaction, the Protholi. tor damages to any Injured - REORGANIZED.—The • Reading Assoeiattou" lute for the "wiuter's meeting came otr at the Spr the evening of the 2d jatek, allied by a handsome en ten up by Mr. llopPlla. l " proprietor of the Hotel, in Few, it any Hotel manes to (to up these things in Mr. 11. We predict for the under him •nrnagementy ty and mueeette next ENLA.RGENIENT.— ' e • ly called attention to the Times, edited by John S LI ton Baker, and p.A111'114,4 b goes Co., 1108 Arch strait, as one of the best Sunday: Lions issued from the preas. January it will be enlarged f pages, without any In.:resist i a year. The paper will he and stitched, so as to °pee f other periodical. We cord the Timm to Teachers an 4 S. workers generally, man Inv ![cation. No Teacher shoal it. SALES.—H.J. Myers, Eaq, sold at public stale, on the ' mansion property of Henry deceased,in New Cheater—J. purchaser, at $1,604. Also land, in Tyrone township;-J. [ma:lrises, at $26 per acre. .kll,ert H. Parr has sold hi 310tintpleasant township, to saddle, at 411,175. Mrs. Christian Musseltnan of Daniel King a house and at $l,lOO, and four acres of 1 town at *750 Samuel Linn has put of Stephen Reilly, in Freedo ri4 I, 104). NlORtils' READIN Morris, of Baaiinore, who ering a course or Lectures. a 4 leal Seminary on Pulpit related topics, consented, at the atuoente, to give a publi. Agricultural Hall on I'. the 2lith ult. The announce , Dr. would read Brow out a Ito is a popular lecturer. were varied, iu good taste,. ren erect. The elraiing• piece • •Darius Green and his Fly liriaiglit down the house. rare capacity as a public • ificiously int r errpenoel Ullll necatilonlil willies of wit, wit feet to keep Ilia audience* to II is readings aretreatlinps--. natai rat. is tpreaa , va, ' profitable—which Is UlO bald of inauy pmfaaalonal ACCI DEN T.S.—A few tia David Ernlet and Vilieent engaged in putting up the new huuee of Albert H. P. Hall, the m.iitiold gave way them twelve or fifteen feet Mr. Lawrence sprained hie as not to be able to du any days. Mr. Emit' also had of his foot severely cracked. On the 27th ult., a mall two and three years - old, Ephraim Wilt, of Mountp ship, met with a strange accident. IMlhibt Undo across the rod driving a chine, in motion, his sprit' and in the twinkling of an fellow was being carried • with great rapidity, his h. corning In contact at eve with the hard earth and a the barn-bridge was corn a' observed, he was extr perilous position, more dead it was feared. He was ter and his right arm broken.— On the Mb tilt., as Mr. M of Franklin township,was a of his stock, one of them , side of his left foot, and rn him threw him, disk:instil:4f the leg. outward, at the ankle ly spraining the tot. On the 30th ult.. as the 1114.1. Mr. John Toot, of New Sa her way from reboot, she falling on her right arm isa lion of the elbow-Joint. S. S. ENTERTAINMENT tainment of the Sabbath James Church, in Acricul Friday night, was a marked an &boob have a well establish for getting up interesting programme oa this occasion w ly arranged. Besides several Quartettes and excellent Schools, there were five s "Children's Home," represen fans department ; "The Busy Infant scholars ; "Christian • scholars of the Senior de