J- SV- ---(fpHIS'lf S- -S - HATES OF ADVERTISING. One inunre. Hen linen orlrs egtrl VaftrntrnKflB IS rtIIltiI8HED EVKIIY FBI DAY MORNING write Colombia- builm-io XKAntnn count house, nr HENRY L. DIEFFENBACH, KDiTon and ruorniKTon. rorcll tjpe) one or two kjoorttoas, ltOS thusl insorttons.tJ.W, SPAM. IX. 3. Sx. OH. "1 tt.oo fum 9,00 ill 13,00 1M 17,00 aoM" . tCfid tOM 60,00 1 One sqn.re.....t..60 Two squares........ 3,60 Tbreo square...... .5,00 (3,00 5,00 14,00 7,00 9,00 7,00 Four squares 7.00 9,00 11,00 Quarter column,, 10,00 12,00 11,00 Terms-Two Dollars a Tear jajraMo In ttdvaneo. OIBOULATION QGOO. Half columu...... -1S,00 18,00 3000 40,00 Ono column. ..TO,00 Executor's or Administrator's HoUre, Auditor's orAMtrnco's Notice, IJ.00. Locl notices, twenty cents r line; by tho y- ten cents. Cards lntlio"BulncsDlrectory" column; per year or tho flrst two lines, and 1.00 for ei additional line. JOD MINTING Ol nil descriptions executed with nentness and dispatch nt roa-ounblo rules. V0LUME.IV--N0.i9. BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1870. COL. DEM. - VOL. XXXIV NO. 42, fflf it ill ttt it t tit Columbia County Official Direotory. I'm trim t Jtn!ne I T.T.1 A M E I.w K r.T Atsoctatc uutyci lnAM Deiik, Isaac B. Most 1'nthtmolnry, Ae. Wf.i.mnoton It. Ent. Jleatiter .t ?ceorfr Williamson 11. JacoDV. JHttrlet Attorney K. It. lKF.LF.lt. Kherlff MnrtDROAt MiLi.AitD. fittneyor IHAAC DKWITT. 7Vctwrer PAVin LowKNiiKnn. CommliKmier- Wn.LtAM O. QUIcit, Cvnus unnniNs, iiinAM j. hkkdku. Dmmlj(ontr' Clerk Wn.r.iAM KmcRnAUH. ,tlKl(or-U. J. UAU-'llELL, A. J. ALUIIITSON, 1JAI.1K1. Coroner John T). Hooctc, JnnCVmm(M(oricr Isaac SIcIlniOK, Jons Mc Anai.l. County Superintendent ClIAllI.ra U. Hauki.et. Bloomsburg Official Directory, 7Vr( National Jlrinfc CllAH. It. lAXTotf,rres't., J. 1. Tustin. Cashier. Jttoonnhurg JlulUllny and Saitnq Jmd Asxoeia Ion. John Thomas, rrcs't., J, II, Uohihon, Hec. JlloQiiuburg Mutual Saving lind Anociatton President, M. WlUT.MOYKit, Scc'y. BlOOIllSbUrC DireCtOfV. TAMES il.HAHMAN.Cablnet Make: and Un iuiuiu6 wiioniuijf. j dortaker. Main St., below Pine. vl-n47 STOVES AND TINWARE. AM. IIUPKUT, dealer lu stoves A tinware. Itu . pert block, Main si. west of Market vl-nl.S JACOI1 MHT7,, denier In stoves nnd tinware Main street, above court house. vl-n41 CLOTHING, AO. DAVID LOWENHEKG, Merchant Tailor, Main St., 'M door nbovo American llouso, vl-n!3 w M. MOItniS, Mcrchnnt Tailor corner of Cen- tro and Main St., over Miner's store, vi-ljo DUUQS, CHEMICALS, &C. 11 P. LUTZ.DrugglstandApothecary.Malnst. !. below the Post Olllco, fc vl-ntl UJOYEH 1IHOS.. Drueitlsts ali Anothccarlcs. ill jirowcr s uiocu .nam si, V1-U4J CLOCKS, WATCHES, AC. Hn,lVL i,Ul 1 li.UblV, nnituin. oi'Lklutlcn .t Jewelry Ac, Main Street near west at, v3-u!5 11 r 13. SAVAGE, dealer In Clocks, Watches and J Jewelry, Main si, lust below tho American vl-43 r mils UEUNH AltD. Watch and Clock maker. Li near southeast corner Main and Iron sts.vl4.1 ? I) CATIICAHT, Watch nud Clock Maker.Mar- XV. kel street, ueiow iMam. vj.-i BOOTS AND SHOES. p M. DROWN, Hoot and Shoemaker, Main V. street, uuuer uruwii H jiotei. viiit !) below llHrttnan'Kktorc.wcstorMnrkct. vl-il HENRY KLEIM.Mnnufactnrcr nnd dealer In Hoots nnd Shoes, Groceries, etc., .Main street, hibt Bloomsburg. PROFESSIONAL. abovo the Court House. vlu4j Dtt. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and Physician, Exchange Block over Webb's book store V3-U2S 1R. 11, F. KINNEY, Hurgeon Del, 1st. Teeth .lyexirucicu wiioouipinii; iuuiu Bt,,ucariy up- posito episcopal uiuucu, v Ti 11. IKELEIt. Attorney-at-Law, Olllco, 2d Pi lloor luExehnngelllock, near the "Exchange Hotel." v3-ul Cu, MKKLM , Atlorney-at-Law, Oillce, Zd I . floor In Exchange Block, near the "Exchange r B. McKELVY.M. D..Bnrcenn and rhvslclnn, I . north side Miiln St., below Murket, vln!3 t R. EVANS. M. 1)., (J . south sldeMalnstrett.belowMnrkel. niiiKv.ui llllll 1 11 J Biy.l.Il, 1 T C. BUTTER, M. D. Surgeon and Physician O . iuurKei street, nuove iiiaiu, vi 1 II. ltOIHSON, Altorney-nt-Law, Olllco Hart- tj. man's uuuuing, iuaiu street. Yifiu MILLINERY & EANCY GOODS. E. 1 I'.lJntUAii, i'lltllllllj ruin,; U.'V'lin. ofpo.slte lOplfecoiml Ctmrcli, Alain &t, vl-uld I M IHS LIZZIE BAHKLEY, Milliner, ltamst-y uutiuiug iunui btreei, Vl-n MlbS A. D. WEI1I1, Fancy Goods, Notions, Books, nud Stallone, y, Exchaugo Block, Main street. vl-n 13 MISS M. DERRICKbO.V, Millinery and Fancy Goods.Muinst., beluw Market. vl-nll 1 1 im. 1:. KI.1NI Xt1lllni.rv nml Kniw.v floods. M Main slrett below Market, Vi-ll nils. .IIILIA A. A SADE BARKLEV. Ladles' IH cinnku mill Dress Patterns, southeast corner Main uud West sts. vl-nM riaiE MISSES HAItMAN Millinery nud Fancy 1 Hoods, Main St., below American House, vlull HOTELS AND SALOONS. PORKS HOTEL, by T, Bent, Tnylor, east eud X' of Mnln street. vl-43 WinMYKIl A JACOllY, Confectionery, Bakery 11 and Oyster Saloon, wholesale and retail, tx- cuange iiiocu, iniu street, urn MERCHANTS AND GROCERS. OC. MARH, Dry aoods and Notions, south west comer Mnln nud Iron sts, vl-u43 CB. SEESHOLTZ, dealer In Lry Goods, Gro- eerles. Boots. Shoes. Ac., corner Main and iron streets. V3-U30 TV A. nEnKT.F.Y- Ttnnt nod Rhoo store, hooks V, A stationery. Main St., below Market. vl-n43 E, JACORfl. Ponfecttonerv. Groceries etc.. Main St., below Iron vM6 T MENDKNHALL.OeneralPtockofMerchan- I U, (Use and Lumber, corner of Main street and i Berwlclc road. OX a 'WEBD, Confectionery nnd Bakery, wholesale and retail, Kxchango Block, vl-n H. I;. JIU i iit, illllM eilll V UpH, DUUL. UUUOIIUIB, Mnln St., above Court House, vl-n!3 T J. nnowEIt.Drv Goods. Groceries, etc.. cor V . nor Main st. aud Court House alley. vl-n43 nOBniNH a EYER. dealer In Drv Goods. Gro IV cerlcs, etc., cor.Maln and Centre sts. vl-nt3 J1C. OfRTON, Groceries A Provisions, Main . Street below Market. vl-n44 T ir. F.YEH. Grneerles and General Merchan d.dlse. Main st abovo West. VMS 1 'KELVY, NEAI. A CO., dealers In Dry Goods, iiL 1. nu'enes, r itiur, r eeu. rwu, r 1.11. iiuu, mm, ttc.N. V.. cor. Main and Market sts, vl-nU Q H. MILLER A fiON, dealer lu Dry Goods, fcj, urmeiira, .ucvuawiiii, .-..mi, nan, win... Notions, etc. Exchange Block, Main st. vl-n43 MISCELLANEOUS. 1 WITMAN, Marble Works, one door below , Post oillce, Mulu Street. V1-U43 nr.rinMKRiiItn LUMSEft m.. manufacturers D and dealers In Lumber of nil kinds; Planing Mill near tho railroad. vlultt 0 FOSTER, Glue Maker, and White nud Fancy . Tanner, Scottowu, Vlul7 0, M. CHItlSTMAN. Saddle. Trunk A Harness, maker. Shlve's Block Main Street. vHull) D W. ROItniNS.lt nunr dealer second door from northwest comer Main and Iron sts, vl-utJ Ell. BIDLEMAN, Agent for Muuson'a Copper Tubular Lightning Rod. V2nl9 Ti J. THORNTON, Wall Paper. Window Shades .u. auu niuirea, impert, uiocic, mam St. GW.CORELL, Furniture Rooms, throe story ' brick, Malu Street, wet of Market st. vln43 TI ROHENUTOCK.Photographer, over ltobblns x i w r.jer s store, iaiu T 8. KTT1IN. ilpntprln Meat. Tallnw. etc.. Client. l'berlln'salley.renrofAmerUan House. vlu4J "JOHN A. FUNSTON A CO., mutual nnd cash " rates lire Insurance compaulis.Brower's Build ing. Main Street. vl-u43 TACOB DIEFFENBACH. llronm Factory. Or. () dcrsleftat his residence or at Miller A Sou's store promptly lilted. Best green Western brush used. VM1I8, TAMES CAIlMAN. Cabinetmaker and Chair tl maker; rooms Main street bel. Iron. vS-n'.l T W.SAMPLK A Co.,Machlnlsts, East Blooms- 1 wurg.uear iacu. it. it. L.akiujg iii notice. Machinery mode and repaired, n II. ItlN'OI.FIt. dealer In nlanos. IV melodeons, at G, W, Corell's furniture rooms SAMUEL JACOBY, Maibla and Brown Bton7 Works, East Blooinsburg.UcrwIck road. vl-n4e W , PEACOCK .Notary Public, northeast corner ... urn, wni.tnh Vl-U WM, ItAllu, dealer In furniture, trunks, cedei willow ware, near tho Forks Hotel. v4-nlS Orangeville Directory, A E. W. COLEMAN, Merchant Tallorsond dent's furnlshlni enoils. Main H'-.n:t ilnnr to tho Ilrlck Hotel. vl-n47 All. llEnniNlI 4 HROTItF.R,Carrcntersnml , Ilullders, Main st below l'lne. vl-n(7 1JOWER A IIERItINO, dealer In Dry Goods, I) Groceries, Lumber nnd general Merchandise, Main at. - vl-n47 BRICK IIOTEIi anil refreshment Bnloon, by ItohrM'lIenry cor.ofMaln andl'lnost.,vl-nJ7 DR. O.A.MEaAROEIi.riiysIclanandBurRCon, Main St., noxt door to Quod's Hotel, il-nl7 DAVID HKRR1NO. Flour and Grist Mill, and Dealer In grain, Mill Btreet. vln47 HII.AO. KEI,CHNER,BlacksmItVis,on Mill . Street, near 1'lno. V1-U17 T I..EDWAIIDH. Physician and Hurgeon, 1' st.,tlrst donrabovoM'IIeury's lintel, , Main V4-H23 T M.1IAHMAN, O Aiainst. oppslto Frame Church, virnll , nutiuiu hiiu jinriu'ss muKer. Cf.t.f.- t , SCHUYI.EH 4 CO., Iron founncrs.MachlulsIs, und ManufactuierH of plows, Mill St. vl-ul SAMUELSIIAIlPI,rJiS,MakcroriheHayhurst Uraln Cradle. Main St. vi'ns. WILLIAM DEI.ONO Slioemnkornt.a manurnc turerof Urlck.MlllHU.westofl'iue vluJU Catawissa. F. DALLMAN, Merchant Tailor, Second St. llobblns' Building. v2-ul! rvit. J. k. RonniNs. U second St, below Main. v:'-nia pILBEHT A KLINE, dry goods, groceries, and U general merchandise, Main Street vS-ni: D. KISTLEll, "Cattawlssa House," , Corner Main and Second Streets, North v2nl8 KCII.GR, lilllard Saloon, Oysters, nnd Icn , Cream In season Main St, v2nl2 M. BUOBST. dealer In GeneralMerchandlso Dry Goods, Groceries Ac, V2-U1S QUHQUEIIANNA or llrlck Hotel, S. Koslen O bauder Pronrietor.south-east corner Main nnd Second Street, v2ul2 s. I), IlINARD, dealer In Stoves and Tlu-wnre, Main Street, v2nli WM. II. ADDOTT, Attorney at law, Main St. V2nl2 Light Street. H. F. OMAN A Co., Wheelwrights, first door nbovo School House, vlufo iu;i A. OMAN, Manufacturer and dealer lu 'Boots and Shoos, vln4(l T J. LE1SER, M. I)., 8urgoon nnd Physician. Olllco nt Keller's Hotel. v2n27 PETER ENT, dealer In Dry Goods Groceries, Flour. Feed. Salt. Fish. Iron. Nails. etc.. Main street. vln45 RS. ENT, denier in Stoves and Tin ware In all Its branches. vlnlU Espy. BP. REIGI1ARD.A BRO..dcaler In Dry Goods. ' Groceries, and general Merchandise. v2ull nsPY STEAM FLomttKO mit.t q p h v K Proprietor. MILLS, c.s.l 'owler. v2n46 D. WERKHEISER, Boot and Shoe Store and ninnufaclorv. Hhon im Afnln street on. poslle the Steam Mill. YSai m W. EDOAR.Susquehanna Planing Mill nnd 1 Box Manulactory, v2nll Buck Horn. M.1 O. A W.H, BIIOEMAKER, dealers In ilry Koods, groceries nnd gtueral roerchamliee. lrHt fitore In south end ol town, vxni Hotels. T 1IE ESPY HOTEL. ESPY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA, Tho undersigned woflM Inform the t ravel Unc fni b He that he 1irh taken the above named estab lshmentnnd thoroughly refitted the same Tor the perfect ronventeuce of hlHRucsU. Ills larder will he Blocked with the heist the mnrket allonla. The choicest llfiuors, wines and cigars always to be found lu hln bar. WILLIAM VKrllT. Apr.23,C9-tf Kspy, la. gRICK HOTEL, OHANQEVILI.K, COLUM1UA COUK'J Y, PA. ROIIR M'UENRY, Proprietor. This well known House, havlnc been nut In thorough repair. Is now open to the travelling Imonu. j 110 itur ib siwiicu wuu nit iiruitfv ltjuorn nndclarR.andthe table wltl be, at all times. fiunnlled with tho dellciicles of the reason. No pains will be bpared to insure tho comlort of Kuesis, nranrrnllllta .1 on IllTO-tf MONTOUR HOUSE IIUPKUT, PA, WILLIAM BUlLEIt, Proprietor, TIiIr Ilousfihiivlnc been tint In thoronch reialr Is now open ft r the reception of Kue&tH. No pains will be spared to ensure the rerfect com fort of tho travelers. Toe Pioi-rletor boliclts I share of publlo patronage. The bar will be btocKeu ai au iimt-s wuu uno liquors auu cigars. mariiwoix. JENTON HOTEL. W. F. PIATT, Proprietor, BENTON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. This well known House havlnir been nut In thorough repair Is now open for the reception of visitors. 10 pains jiuvenetn spureu to eusiire the perfect comfort of guests, The proprietor also runs a stage irom tne jiotei to i:ioomsDurg antt intermediate pomis ou ittisuay, inursuuj and Saturday of each week. iun0'7Utf Stoves and Tinwaro. NE EW STOVE AND TIN SHOP. ISAIAH llAOENBUCir, Main Street one door above E. Mendeuhall's Store. . . . . . A ItirgO US.UI UUCU, W nw.ro, It.llILl, muu Ranges constuutly on band, and for sale at the luwest rates. Tinning In all Its branches carefully attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed. rill WOrK 01 an Kinus wuuicsaiu auu retail. A 'tai is requesieu, pr.U,(llf gTOVES AND TINWARE. A. JU, 11UI .X.A announces to his friends and customers that he continues tho abovo business at bis old place on MAIN STREET,'!! LOOM3BURG, Customers can be accomodated with FANCY STOVES of all kinds, Stovepipes, Tinware and every va riety of article found In a Stove and Tinware Es tablishment In the cities, and on the most reason able terms, Repairing done at the shortest notice, 23 DOZEN MILK-PANS on hand for sale. gOOTS AND SHOES. liYlllt. U.lllVUWfl, MAIB STBBKV, TJNDBK lUOWfl'H HOIIL. A lull and completo assortment of ready made uoots anu suoes lor iueu, women iinu cuiiureu I ust received and for sale at reasonable rates. Varieties to suit ali classes of customers. The best of work done at short notice, as neretoiore, uive win a can, tupro iwu. JADIES' FANCY FURS I j uuii r Ai11.11.A1 71 ARCH STltEKT, Middle of the Block, between 7th and ftli Sts. soutu Blue, PJULADHLPJIIA, Importer, Manufacturer and Dealer lu all kinds aud quality or FANCY FURS FOR LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, Having enlarged, remodeled and Improved my -IT. inl...rulv Jiinwii IMIHEMI'OltlUM.nud iinvinir ininiirti'dn very lar.o and sideudld as sortment of all the dlUerent kinds 01 Furs from first hands In Kurope.nnd had Iheiuinade up by ine moslSKUIIui Humuirji, . nuum ninMi..,, ties tocullaud examine iny very largoand beau ,u, a.o"unent of rancy Furs, for ladles and Clinureli. 1 am uetcrmineu u; kii i 1, rices as any olherrespeclablellouse lutheclt All Furs warrantod. No misrepreseniauoii- 1 eirectsales. JOHN tAUKlRA; , 718 AUtH HIltElT. I'lllUAUtl-l JllA. NOT, 4, J67C-8n.. I'KKSHHINT'S MI.S3ACK. 5Tb the Scnalc. ami Jloute of llcprcscnU alivcstiS. yenr of penco ntul Bonernl prosperity to this nation has passed sinco tho Inst nsscmbllnB of Coiirtcss. Wo havo, throuch r klntl Providence, been blessed with nbtindnnt crops nnu havo been spnrctl from complications nnil wnr with forolgn nations. In our midst comparatlvo harmony has been restored. It h to ho regrotted, howov er, that rt frco cxerclso of tho olcctlvo frnnchlso has, by vlolonco nnd Intimi dation, been denied to citizens In ox ceptlonnl cases In sovoral of tho Stotcs lately In rebellion, nud tho verdict of tho pcoplo has thereby been roversed. Tho Stntes of Vlrginlo, Mississippi nnil Texas havo been restored to our national councils. Georgia, tho only Stnto now without representation, may confidently bo expected to take her placo thcro also at tho beginning of tho new year, nnd then, let us hope, will bo completed the work of reconstruction. With nn ncrpuieseenco on tho partof tho whole pcoplo in tho nntlonnl obligation to pay tlio public debt created as tho prico of our Union, tho pensions to our diMiblcd soldiers and sailors nnd their willows nnd orphans, nnd In tho chan ges of tho Constitution which havo been niiulo necessary by n, grout rebel lion, there is 110 reason why wo should not ndvnnco In material prosperity and happiness as 110 other nation over did after so protracted aud devastating t war. Soon after tho existing wnr brofeo out in Europo tho protection of tho United States Minister In Paris was invoked in favor of tho North Germans domi ciled lu French territory. Instructions wore issued to grnnt tho protection. Tliis lias been followed by nn extension of American protection to our citizens of Saxony, Ilesso and Saxo Coburg Go thn, Columbia, Portugal, Uruguay, tho Dominium Republic, Ecuador, Chili, Paraguay and Venezuela in Paris. iCho charge was an onerous one, nnd requi ring constant snvero labor ns well ns tho exerciso of patience, prudenco nnd good judgment. It lias been performed to 1110 cntlro satisfaction of this govern ment, ntul. ns I am olilelnllv infnrmoil equally so to tho satisfaction of tho gov ernment of North Germany. As soon as I learned that a republic had been proclaimed nt i-aris, anil that tho peo ple 01 iTanco nnti acquiesced In tlio cliange, tlie minister of tho United States was directed by telegraph to rcc ognizo it and to offer niv eoncr.itiiln. tions anil tlioso or tho peoplo of tho United States. Tho ro-establishment 11 1' ran co 01 a system of government, iiscuiiiiLuiud wuu 1110 ovnastv train. tions of Europe, appeared to bo a tiron- er subject for the felicliiation of Aracri cans. Should tho present struggle result in niiacnnig 1110 nenrts 01 tlio .French to our simpler forms of reprosontativo government, it will bo a subject of still further satisfaction to our peoplo. While wo mako no effort to Imposo our institutions upon tho Inhabitants of other countries, and whllo wo adhero to our traditional neutrality in civil contests clsawhore, wo can not bo indif ferent to tlio spread of American politi cal ideas in a great and highly civilized country llko Franco. Wo wero asked by tlio now government to tiso our good offices jointly with tlioso of European powers 111 inu interests 01 peace. An swer was made thnt tho established policy nnd tlio truo interests of United States forbado them to interfere in Eu ropan questions Jointly with European powers. I ascertained informnllv and unolll- cinlly that tlio government of North Germany was then disposed to listen to such representation from any power, and though earnestly wishing to seo tuo Piossiiigs 01 peaco restored to tho belligerents, with whom tho Unitied States aro on terms of friendship, I de clined, on tlio part of tlio government, 10 taiso a step which couiu only result in injury to our truo interest, without advancing the object for which our In tercession was invoked. Should tho timo como when tho action of tho Uni ted States can hasten tho return of peaco by a slnglo hour, that actiou will bo Heartily taken. I deemed It prudent in vlow of tho number of persons of German and French birth living in tho United States toissuo, soon nfjer official notico of a stato of war had been received from both belligerents, a, proclamation defining tlio duties or tho United States as a neutral power and tho obligations of persons residing within tho samo to observe their laws and tho laws or other nations. This proclamation was fol lowed by others as circumstances called for them. Tho'pcoplo thus acquainted In advance of their duties and obliga tions havo nssisted in preventing viola tions of tho neutrality of tlio United States. It is not understood that tho condi tion of tlio insurrection in Cuba has materially changed sinco tlio close of the last session of Congress. In nn early stngo of tho contest tlio authorities of Spain inaugurated a system 01 aruitra- ry arrests, 01 cioso conlltiemcnt and military trial nnd execution of persons suspected of complicity with tho insur gents, nud of summnry embargo 011 them nnd their properties, nud tlioso iiuestratlon of their resources by execu tive warrant. Such proceeding, so far as they alfectcd tlio person or property of a citizen of tlio United States, wore violations of tho provisions of tho treaty 01 liuo, uetween 1110 united states ana Spain. Representations of injuries re sulting to tevcral persons claiming to bo citizens of tho United States, by rea son of such violations, wero made to tno Kpanisn government, irom April is, 1SC9, to Juno last. Tho Spanish minis ter, at Washington, had been clothed with n limited power to aid In redrew sing such wrongs. That power was iouiid 10 uo wiiiiurnwu in view, ns it was said, of tho favorablo situation In which Cubit then wns, which, however, did not lead to n rovocation or suspen sion of tlio oxtraordlnnry and arbitrary lunctions oxorciseii by tlio oxecuttvo power in Cuba, and wo wero obliged to mako our complaints nt Madrid. In tho negotiations thus onuncd and still ponding, tho United States only claimed that for the ftiluro tho rights secured to their citizens by treaty should do respected uy uuna, and mat as to tno past ajoint in mi mil siiouiii no es tablished in tho United States with full Jurisdiction over all such claims. l!o- ioro sucii an impartial triuuuai cacu claimant would bo reoulrcd to nrovo his case. On tho other hand, Spain would bo at liberty to traverso ovcry national lact. anu tnus eomnicio enuitv would bo done. A citso which at ono timo threatened seriously to affect tho relations botween tho United States and Spain has already been disposed of in tins wny. Tho claims of tho owners of tho As- plnwnll for tho illegal scizum und do tcntlou of tho vessol wns rolcrred to nr. titration by mutual consent, nnd has resulted In nn award to tho United States for tho owners of tlio sum of $19,, 70i!. 50 in L-old. Another and long nend ing claim of n llko naturo that or tno wlutlo ship Camtda. has been disposed of by friendly arbitration during tho iretent year. It was referred by the olnt consent ot Ilrn7.Il and tho United states 10 tho decision or Mr. Edward Thornton, Her tlrltunlo Mnjestys Min ister at Wnshlnsrton. who kindly under took tho laborious" task of examining tho voluminous mass of correspondence and oviilenco submitted by tho two povernments. and awarded to tho Uni ted States tho sum of 10l),740,00 in gold which has elnco been paid by tuo jmpo rial government. Those recent exam ples show that tho terms which tho United States has proposed to Spain for adjusting tho pending claims nro just and fcaslblo, and that they may bo agreed to ny citner witnout uisnonor. It is to bo hoped thnt this moderate de mand may bo acceded to by Spain with out further delay. Should tho pending negotiations uniortunatciy nnd unex pectedly pass by without result it will then become- my duty to communicate that fact to Congress nnd invito its at tention on tho subject. Tho long deferrod peaco confcrcncO bctweon Spain nnd tho allied South American republics has beou inaugura ted in Washington under tho auspices of tlio United States. Pursuant to tho recommendation contained in tho reso lution of tho Houso of Representatives of tho 17th of Dccembor, 1SC0, tho ex ccutlvo part of tho government offered its friendly offices for tho promotion of peaco nnd harmony bctweon Spain and tho allied republics, but hesitations and obstacles occurred to tho acceptanco or tho offer. Ultimately, howevor, n con Terence wns nrranged, and wns opened In this city on tho 20th or October last. at which I authorized tlio Secrotnryot btnto to preside It was attonded by tho Ministers or Spain, Peru, Chill and n,quauor. in consequence ot tno ab sence or rt representative from Rollvia tho conferenco adjourned until tho nt tendnnco of plenipotentiaries from that republic could bo secured or other mea sures could bo adopted toward compas sing its objects. Tho nllicd and other republics of Spanish origin on this con tinent may seo In this fact a new proof of our slncero Interest in their welfaro nnd or our desiro to see them blessed with good governments, cnpablo ot maintaining order nnd preserving their territorial integrity, and or our slncero wish to extend our own commercial and social relations with them. Tho timo is probably not Air distant when in tho natural eourso or events, tlio Euro pean political connection with this con tinent will cease. Our policy should bo shaped in vlow or this probability so as to ally tho commercial interests or tho Spanish American States moro closely to our own and thus givo tho United States all tho promlneneo and ri'l tho advantage which Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay contemplated when they proposed to Join in tho Con grois or Panama. During tho last session or Congress a treaty for tho annexation of tho repub lic of San Domingo to tho United States failed torecoivo tho requisite two-thirds votoortho Scnato. I was thoroughly convinced then that tho best interests of this country, commercially and ma terially, demanded its ratification. Timo has only confirmed mo in this view. I now firmlv beliovo that thn moment It is known that tho United States has entirely nbandnnprl tlin nrn. Ject of accepting as a part of its territory mo laiauu 01 can iJOiningo a Irco port will bo negotiated for by European na tions, and on tho Bay or Samana a large commercial city will spring up.to which wo will bo tributary without receiving corresponding benefits. Thon will bo seen tho folly of neglecting so great a prize. Tho government ol San Domin go has voluntarily sought this annexa tion, it is a weaK power, numbering probably less than 120,000 souls, nnd yet possessing ono of tho richest territories under tho sun, capablo of supporting a population often millions of people in luxury. Tho neonlo of San Domintrn aro not capablo of maintaining them selves in their presont condition, and must looic lor outsido support They yearn for the protection of our frco in stitutions and laws, our progress and civilization. Shall we refuso them ? Tho acnu sltion or San Dnm! nem is iln. sirable, becauso or its geographical posl- 111111. 1 commands 1110 entrauco to tno Carribenn sea, and tho isthmus transit orcomtnerco. It possesses tho richest soil, be6t and capacious harbors, most Balubrious climate, and tlio most -alua-bio products of tho forest, initio andsoil or any other West India Islands. Its possession by us will, in a row years, build up a coastwise commerco or im mense magnitude, which will tro far toward restoring to us our lost mer chant marine. It will glvo to us tho articles which wo consumo so largely aud do not produce, thus equallzlngour exports nnd imports. In casoorroroign war it win givo us command or all tho is'nnds referred to, nnd thus prevent nn enemy from overntrain possessinir hiin- solf of rendezvous upon our very co.ist. At present, our coast trado Dotween tlio States, bordering on tho Atlantic and those bordering on tho GulTor Mexico is cut into by tho ISahama's and Antil les twice. Wo must, as it were, pass through foreign countries to got bv sea from Georgia to tho west coast of 'Flor ida. San Domingo, with a stable gov ernment undor which her Immense re sources can bo developed, will givo ro- munerativo wages to tens 01 tnousands of laborers not now upon tho island. This labor will tnko advantage of every avallablo means of transportation to abandon tlio adjacent islands and seek tho blessings of freedom nnd its no quenco, each inhabitant receiving tho reward of his own labor. Porto Rico and Cuba will havo to abolish slavery a? n measuro of self preservation to re tain their laborers. San Domingo will becomoalargoconstimerof tho products of northern farms and manufactories. Tho cheap rnto ot which her citizens can bo furnished with food, tools and mnnltlnA-i, ...111 !l , lllUV.ll.il,. Jf , ITIII IlllllVU II, IliTV.UaSill' llllll contiguous Islands should havo tho same advantages in order to compcto in the production 01 sugar, eniieoniid touacco, tropical fruits, etc. This will open to us a still wider market for our products. Tho production of our own supply of inu articles win cut on moro man one hundred millions of our annual imports nesiiies largely increasing our oxports. With such a plcturo it is easy to seo how our largo uobt abroad Is 11 minute ly to bo extinguished. With a balance of trado against us, including Interest on bonds held by foreigners and money snont bv our citizens traveling In for. oign lands, equal to tho entiro yield of too precious menus in tins country, it is not so easy to seo how this result is to bo othcrwlso accomplished. Tho ac quisition or San Domingo Is an adher ence to tho Monroo doctrine. It is n measuro or nntlonnl protection. It is asserting our just claim to a controlling lmiucncu over tno great commercial traffic soon to flow from west to east by way of tho Isthmus of Darion. It is to build up our merchant marine. It Is to furnish now markets for tho products of ouriarms, suops nnu manuiactorics, it Is to mako slavery Insupportablo in Cuba nud Porto Itico nt ouco nnd ultl mately so in Brazil. It Is to scttlo tho unhannv condition of Cuba and end an exterminating conflict. Itlstoprovldo honest means of paying our honest (icuts wituout overtaxing tno peopio. It Is to fiirnUlt our citizens with tho necessaries of every day liro nt cheaper rates than over beforo, and it is to 11 ml a rapid strldo toward thnt greatness which tho Intelligence, Industry aud enterprise of tho citizens of tho United States entitle this country to hold nmong nations. In vlow of tho im portnuco of this question I earnestly urgo upon Congress early action ex presslvo of its views ns to tho best means of acquiring Sun Domingo. My suirtrestlon is that by Joint resolu tion of tho two houses of Conuress tho Executlvo bo authorized to appoint a commission to negotlnto 11 treaty with tho authorities of San Domingo for the acquisition of that Islaml, and that an appropriation bo mado to defray tho 1 UAIivllova U, BHIU WUlUU-WWll. A1IU I rvnnasw. rf ttiinli MAtnmlBulnii ' I ' I , n question mnython bodctcrmlncd cither by action of tho two houses of Congress uponn resolution of annexation, ns In tho caso of tho acquisition of Toxns. So convinced am 1 of tho advantages to lliiw from tho acquisition of San Do in ltigo, unit 01 tne great disadvantages, I mljrlit also say calamities, to flow from nomncqulsltlon, that I beliovo tho subject has only to bo Investigated to bo approved. It Is to bo regretted that our repre sentations, in regard to tho injurious effects, especially upon tho rovenuo of tho United Stales, of tho policy of tho Mexican government In exempting from import duties a iargo tract of its territory on our borders, havo not only been fruitless but that It is oven pro posed In thnt country to extend tho limits within which tho prlvllego ad verted to has been enjoyed. Tho ex pediency of taking Into your ecrlous consideration proper measures for coun tervailing tho policy referred to will, It Is presumed, engage your earnest at tention. It Is tlio obvious Interest, es pecially or neighboring nations, to pro vide ngainst impunity to tlioso who may havo committed highway crimes within theso borders and who may havo sougnt relugo anroad. For tills pur poso extradition treaties havo been con cluded with several of tlio Central American lcpubtlcs nud others aro in progrtss. Tlio sonso of Congress Is desired as early as may bo convenient upon tho proceedings of tho commission of claims against Venezuela as communicated in my messaires of March 10. ISO!). March 1, 1S70, and March 31, 1870. It bus not beenileeined advls.tblo to (llstributoany ot the money which lias been received rrom that government until Congress shall havo ncted upon tho subject. Tho mnssacro or French and Russian residents at Tien-Tsin, under circum stances of ureat barb.irit v. wero suppos ed by some to havo been premeditated and to iudlcato a purpose among tho populace to exterminate nil foreigners in tho Chlneso empire. Tho evidenco fails to esttibll'sli such a supposition, but shows a complicity between tho local authorities and tho mob. Tho govern ment at Pokin, however, seems to havo neon disposed to luliil ills treaty obliga tions so far as it was ablo to do so. Un fortunately tho news of tho war between tlio German states and Franco reached China soon nfter tho tna-sacre. It would nppear that the popular mind becamo ...1,1. I..,. ..In.. .I.-, ir.i.t.. ...... iu-i.'.--uu iiu inu lueu unit, 11 nil'- uuii- tost extended to Chineno waters It would neutralize tho Christian influence nnd power, and that tho time was coming when tuo superstitious masses might expel all foreigners and rcstoro manda rin inilucnce. Anticipating trotiolo from this cause. I invited Franco and Northern Germany to mako nn author izcd suspension or hostilities in the East, whero they wero temporarily sus penned py act 01 tne concordant, and thov airreod to act together for tho fu ture protection in Chfiia of tho lives and properties or Americans and Jiuropo ans. Since tho adjournment of Congress tho ratification of tlio treaty witli Great Britain for abolishing tho mixed courts and for thesuppresslon of thoslave trado nas ocen oxcntingcii. it is poueveu that tho slavo trado is now confined to the eastern coast of Africa, whence the slaves aro taken to Arabian markets, Tho ratification or the naturalization convention bctweon Great Britain and tho United States lias nlso been ex changed during the recess, and thus a long standing dispute between tho two governments has been settled in accord ance with the principles always con tended for by tho United Slates. 111 April last, whllo engaged in locat ing a military reservation near Pem bina, a corps of engineers discovered tnai tno commonly receis'ou oounuary line between the United States and the British possessions nt that placo, is nbout forty-seven hundred feet south or tlio truo position or tlio forty-ninth par allel. That tho Uno when run on what is now supposed to bo the truo position nrthat parallel, would lcavo part of the Hudson Bay company at Pembina, within tlio territory of theUiiited States. This information being communicated to tho British government, I was re quested to consent and did consent that tho British o?cupttlnn of the fort or tho iiutison uay company siiouiii contlnuo for tho present. I deem it important. however, that this part or tho boun dary lino .should lio definitely fixed by a Joint coinmis-,lon or tho two govern ments, ami I submit herewith estimates of expense or such a commission on tlio part of tho United States and rec ommend that an appropriation be made for that purpose. Tlio land boundary has already been fixed and marked from the stimm it of tlio Rocky moun tains to the Georgian base. It should now bo in like manner marked from tho Lake of tho Woods to tho summit ot tlie Rocky mountains. i regret to say mat no conclusion nas been reached for tho adjustment of tlio claims nauliist Great Btitniu growing out of tho eourso adopted by that gov eminent during tho rebellion. Tho cab inet nt London, ns its views havo been expressed, does not nppear to bo willing to concede mat tier majesty's govern ment was guilty of any negligence or did or permitted any net during tho war by which tho United Stntes has just complaint. Our firm and unalterable convictions nro directly thoroverse. I therefore recommend to Congress to nil- thorlzo the iipnolutmeiit or ti commis sion to tnko proof of tho amounts nnd mo ownership 01 tneso several claims on notico to tho representative or hor majesty nt Washington, and that au thority no given lor mu settlement 01 theso claims by tho United States so that tho government bhall havo tho ownership of tho private claims ns well ns tho responsible control of all tho de mands ugniust ureat isriiain, it can not bo necessary to add that whenever her majesty's government shall enter tain a desfro for a full und friendly ad justment of tlioso claims tho United States will onter upon tnoir considera tion with an earnest desiro lor a con clusion consistent with tho honor and dignity of both nations. Tho eourso pursuod by tho Canadian authorities toward the fishermen or tho United States during tho past season has not been marked by n friendly feeling. By tho first nrtlclo of tho convention or 1818,between Great Britain nnd tho United States, it was agreed that tho Inhabitants of United States should havo forever. In common with their subjects, tho right of taking fish In cer tain wntois therein designated, 111 tno waters not included in tho limits nam ed in tho convention, within threo miles of parts of tho British coast, it lias been tho custom for many years to glvo to Intruding fishermen or tho United States a reasonable warning or their violation or tho technical rights or Great Britain, Tho imperial govern ment is understood to havo delegated tho whole as a slinrooflls Jurisdiction or control or theso inshore fishing grounds to tho colonial autliority known ns tho Dominion of Canada, mid this samo Independent but Irresponsible ngent has oxerclsed his delegated pow ers In nn unfriendly way. Vossols havo been seized, without notico or warning, In violation of tho custom previously prevailing nud havo been taken into tho colonial ports, their voyages broken up nud tho vessels condemned. Thero is reason to liollovo that this unfriendly nnd vexatious treatment was designed to bear harshly upon tho hardy Ushor men or tho United States with a view to political effect upon this goyorninont. Tho statutes of tho Dominion of Canada nsstimo n still broader nnd moro untcn ablojttrlsdlctloii over tho vessels or tho United States. They nuthorlzo officers or persons to bring vessels voyaging within threo mnrlno miles of nny of tho coasts, bays, crooks or harbors of Cana da into port, to search, tho cargo, to ox amino master on oath touching tho car go and voyage, nnd to inflict upon him it heavy pecuniary penalty If truo nn swers aro not given ; nnd If such u ves sel Is found preparing to fish within tnrco marine miles or any sucn coasts, bays, creeks or harbors without n li cense, or after tho expiration of the period named in tno last iicouso granted to it, they provido that tho vessel with her tackle, etc., shall bo forfeited. It is not known that nny condemnation! havo boon mado under this statute. Should tho authorities of Canada at tempt to onforco it, It will then becomo my duty to tako such steps ns mny bo necessary to protect tho rlchts or tho citizens or tho United States. It has boon claimed by her majesty's officers that tho 11811111-: vessels or the United States havo 110 right to enter tho open ports 01 1110 linns 1 possessions in Aortn America, oxcept for tho purposes of sneuor anil repairing uamages, 01 pur chasing 10011 nnd ontaininc water: mat inoy navo no rignt to enter at tno British custom houses, or to trado thero except in tho purchase of wood and water, nnd that they must depart with in twenty-four hours after notico to leave. It Is not known that any seiz ure or a fishing vessel carrying tho flag or tlio United States has been mado tin der this claim. So fiir as tho claim Is founded on nn alleged construction or mu 1,1111 vujiiiuil Ul 101a, 11 i;iiiiuub uu acquiesced in by tho United States. It is hoped that it will not be insisted up on by her male.stv'.s-irovernment. Dur ing tno conierences which preceded tlio negotiations ot tho convention or 1818, the British commissioners proposed to expressly excltulo tho fishermen or tho United States rrom tlio privilege or car rying on trado with any of his Britanlc majesty's subjects residing within tlio limits assigned lor tneir use, and also, that it should not bo lawful for tho ves sels of tho United States engaged lu said fishing, to havo on board any good', wares or merchandise wliatovor, except such as mny bo necessary for tho pro.-iccutlon or their voyages to nnd from said fishing grounds, und that nny vessel of tho United States which shall contravene this regulation may bo seiz ed. condemned and confiscated with her cargo. This proposition, which is identical with tho construction now put upon me language 01 tuo convention, was emphatically rejected by the Amer ican commissioners, and thereupon was abandoned by tho British plenipotenti aries, and article 1 as it stands in tlio convention was substituted. If, how ever, it bo snid that this claim Is found ed on provincial or colonial statutes, and not upon mo convention, mis gov ernment cannot but renard them as uu Triendly and in contravention or tho snirit. if not of tlio letter of tho treaty for tho faithful execution of which tlio Imperial government is nlono respon slblc. Anticipating that an nttcmpt may nosslbly bo made by tho Canadian au thorities in tho coming season to repeat their unneichborly acts towardpour fishermen, I recommend you to Vonfer unon tho executlvo tho power to sus pend by proclamation tho oporatlon ot tho laws authorizing tho transit or goods, wares and merchandise in uonu across tho territory or tho United States to Canada, and, further, should such an extremo measure becomo necessary, to suspend tho operation of nny laws whereby tho vessels or the dominion or Canada aro permitted to cuter mo wa ters of tho United States. A llko un friendly disposition has been manifest ed on the part or Canada in tho main tcnanco or a claim or right to oxcludo tho citizens or tho United States from the St. Lawrence. This river consti tutes a natural outlet to tho ocean for eiti it States, with an atrgrenato popula tlon of 17,000,000 inhabitants, and with an aggregato tonnago 'of 031,307 tons upon tho waters which disehargo into it. The foreign commerce of our ports on these waters is open to British com petition, nnd tlio major part of it is done 111 iiritts.11 uottoms. 11 tuo Amer ican seamen bo excluded from this na tional iivenuo to tiie ocean, tho monop oly ot tho direct commerce of tho lal:o ports with tho Atlantic .would bo in foreign hands, trans atlantic voyagers having nn access to our lake ports would bo denied to American vessels on simi lar voyages. To stalo such a pronosl tion Is to refute Its justice. During tlio administration ot John Quincy Adams Mr. Clay unanswerably demonstrated tho natural right of tho citizens or tlio united States to tho navigation ot this river, claiming that tho act of tho Con gress of Vienna in opening tho Rhino and oilier rivers snowed tno judgment of European Jurists and statesmen, nnd that tho inhabitants or n country through which a navigable river passes havo a natural right to enjoy tho navi gation ot thnt river to and into tlio sea, even motigii passing through tno terri tories of another powor. This right does not oxcludo the coequal right of tlio sovereign possessing tlio territory through which tho river debouches into tho sea to mako such regulations rela tlvo to tho polico or the navigation as mny bo reasonably necessary ; but theso regulations should bo framed in n liber al Hpirit of comity, and should not lm poso needless burdens upon tho com merce which has tho right of transit. It has been found in practico moro ad vantageous to nrrango theso regulations by mutual agreement. Tho United States nro ready to mako any reasounblo arrangement as to tho polico of tlio St. Lawieneo which may bo suggested by Great Britain. If tho claim made by Mr. Clay wasjust, when tho population of the States bordering on tho lakes was only 3, 100,000, It now derives great er forco and equity from tlio increased population, wealth, production and tonnage ot the States on tho Canadian frontier. Sinco Mr. Clay advanced his argument In behalf of our right, tho priuciplo for which ho contended, has been frequently nnd by various nations recognized by law or by treaty and has been extended to several other great rivers. By tho tieaty concluded nt Mayenca in 1631 tho river was declared freo from the point whero it Is first nav igable into the sea. By tho convention between Spain and Portugnl, concluded in 1833, tho navigation of tho Douro throughout Its wholo extent was made freo for tho subjects of both crowns. In 1853 tho Argcntlno Confederation by treaty threw open tho freo navigation of the Parana aud Uruguay to merchant vessels of nil nations. In 1850 tho Crimean war was closed by a treaty, which provided for tho freo navigation of tlio Danube. In 133S Bolivia, by treaty, dcclarod that it regarded tho rivers Amazon and LaPlatto, In accord aucu with tho fixed principles of tho national law, ns highways or channels open by naturo for tho commerco of nil tuitions. In 1609 tho Paraguay was mudo freo by treaty, nnd In December, 1800, tho Emperor of Brazil, by imper ial decree, declared tho Amazon to bo open to tlio frontier or Brazil to tho merchant ships of nil nations. The greatest living British authority on this subject while asserting tho abstract right ot tho British claim, says It seems difficult to deny that Great Britain mny ground her refusal upon strict law, but it Is equally difficult to deny, first, that lu bo doing sho exercises harshly an extremo and hard law; secondly, that her conduct with respect to tho I navigation of tho St. Lawrence is In glaring and discreditable Inconsistency with her conduct with respect to tho navigation of tho Mississippi. On tho ground that sho possessed n small do main In which tho Mississippi took Its rise, she Insisted on tho right to navi gate the enttro volunio of Its waters. On the ground that sho possessed both banks of tho St. Lawrenco whero It dls embargoes Into tho sen, sho denies to 1110 united mates inorigntoi naviga tion, though auoutono'lmil 01 1110 wa tors of Lakes Ontario. Eric. Hudson and Superior nnd tho wholo of Lake Michigan, tnrougn wnion tuo river flows, aro tho property of tho United Stales' Tho natUn Is interested iu so curing cheap transportation from tho agricultural States of tho west to tho Atlantic scaijoarti. to tno citizens 01 tho States it seems n greater return for their labor. To tho Inhabitants of tho seaboard, it nfTords cheaper food, and to tho nation nn Incrcaso In tho annual surplus of wealth. It Is to bo hoped mat tno government or ureat untain will seo tho Justleo of abandoning tho narrow and inconsistent claim to which her Canadian nrovinces.havo urged her adherents. Our depressed commerco Is a subject to which I called your special attention at tuo last session nnu suggested mat wo will in tho future havo to look morn to tlio countries south of us nnd to China and Japan for Its revival. Our repre sentatives to nil those governments havo exerted their Influence to encour ngo trndo between tlio United States and tho countries to which they aro ac credited ; but tho fact exists that the carrying Is dono almost entirely In for eign bottoms, and whllo this stato or affairs oxists, wo cannot control our duo sharo or tho commerce or tho world. That between tho Pacific States and China and Japan is about all tho carry lug trado now conducted In American vessels. I would recommend a liberal policy towards that lino ol American steamers, one that will insure its suc cess, and even Increased uscrulness. Tho cost or building iron vessels, tho only ones mat cancompeto with loreign ships In tho carrying or trade, is so much greater In tho United States than in foreign countries, that without some assistance irom tho government, tney cannot bo successfully built hero. Thcro will bo sovoral propositions laid before Congress In tho eourso of tho present session looking to a remedy for this evil, even ir It should ba at some cost to the national treasury. I hope such encour agement will bo given as will secure American shipping on tho high seas and American ship building at home. Tho condition or tho archives at tho Department ot State call for tho early action of Congress. Tlio building now rented by that department is a frail Htructuro, at an inconvenient distance from tho executive mansion und from tho other departments. It h ill adapt ed to tlio purposes for which It Is used, and has not capacity to accommodate the archives, and is not Qre-proof. Its remote situation, its Blender construc tion, and its nbsenco of a supply of water in tho iidiiiboriiood, leaves Put iittio hope or aarety ror eitnor tuo duhu Inc or its contents in caso or tho accident or a ffre. Its destruction would involve tho loss or the rolls containing the ori ginal acts and resolutions of Congress, of tho historic records ot tho Revolu tion, and ot tho confederation, or tho wholo scries or diplomatic and consular archives sinco tno nuoption 01 tno uon stltution. and or tho many other valua bio records and papers left with tho department when it was the principal depository of the governmental arch ives. I recommend an appropriation for the construction of a building for the Department of Stato. I recommend to your consideration tho propriety of transferring to tho De partment of tho Interior, to which they seem moro appropriately to bolong, all powers and duties In relation to tho ter ritories with which tho Department or Stato is now charged by law or usage, and rrom tho Interior Department ti tho War Department tho Pension Bu reau, so far as It regulates tho payment of sold lero' pensions. I would further recommend that tlie payment of naval pensions bo transferred to ono of tlio bureaus or tho Navy Dopartnient. The estimate or the expenses or tho government for the next fiscal year aro $18,211,310 01 less than for the current ono i but exceed tho appropriations for tho present year for the same items $S, 071,127 60. In this estimate, however, is included $22,318,278 37 for public works heretofore begun under Congres sional provisions, and of which only so much is asked as Congress may choose to give. Tho appropriation for tho samo works for tho present fiscal year wasll,ysi,0l8 0S. Tho uverago valtio of gold, as com pared with national currency for tho wholo year of 1600, wns about $1 31, nnd for eleven mouths of 1870 tho same re lative value has been f 1 15. Tho ap proach to a speclo basis is very gratify ing, but tho fact cannot bo denied that the Instability ot tlio valuo or our cur rency Is prejudicial to our prosperity an d tends to keep up prices to tho de triment or trado. The evils of a denro- elated and fluctuating currency nro so great, thnt now, wnen tno premium 011 gold has fallen so much, it would seem that tho timo has arrived when by wise and prudent legislation Congressshould look to a policy which must placo our currency nt par with gold nt 110 distant day. Tho tax collected from tho peo plo has been reduced moro than jSO, 000,000 per annum. By steadiness In our present course, thero Is no reason why, in a few bhort years, tho national tnxgatherer may not disappear from tho door of tho citizen almost entirely. With tho revenue stamps disbursed by postmasters in every community, a tax upon liquors or nil sorts, and tobacco in all forms, nnd by n wise adjustment of 1110 tariii wnicn win put n uuty omy upon tlioso articles which we could dls penso with, known as luxuries, nud on ihoso which wo uso more of than pro duce, a further reduction of expenso, In addition to a reduction of interest ac count, may bo relied on to make this practicable. If revenuo reform means this, it lias my hearty support. If it Implies a collection of all the Income for tho support of tho government, for tho payment of tho principal and Inter est of the public debt, pensions, etc., by directly taxing tho people, then I nm against rovenuo reform, and confident ly beliovo tho peoplo aro with mo. If It means n failure to provido tho nccos sary means to defray all the expenses of the government and thereby repudi ation of tho public debt und pensions, then I am still moro opposed to such kind of revenuo reform. Revenue re form has not been defined by any of its advocates, to my knowledge, but sooms to bo necopted na something which Is to supply ovcry man's wants without nny cost or effort on his part. A truo reven ue reform cannot bo mado In 11 day, but must bo tho work of national legisla tion nnd of timo. As soon as tho rev enuo can bo dispensed with, nil duty should ho romoved from coffeo, ten and other articles of universal uso not pro duced by ourselves. Tho necessities of tno country compel us to collect roven uo from our imports. An nrmy of as Bossors and collectors Is not a pleasant sight to tho citizen, but a tariff for rov enuo Is necessary. Such tariff so far as It acts as un encouragement to homo productlon.aflbrds employment to labor 111 uving wages iu contrast to mo pau per labor of the old world and also in the devolopmont of homo resources un dor tho act of Congress of tho 15th day of July, 1870. Tho army has gradually boon reduc ed so that on the first day of January, 1870, tho number of commissioned' of. nccrs nnu men wiiinotcxceoii 1110 num bcr contemplated by tho law. 1 -1-llU lYUl Xl(,'iurillli;ill. uuuiiliJl, nn old structure, not flro proof, and" om liiuiy mnuuiiuuiu 111 uiiiictisiuii iu uus present wants. Many thousands of doN" lars aro now paid unnually for rent fjf private building to accommodate vkrl ous bureaus of tho department. I rec ommend an appropriation for a now War Department building suited to th present growing wants of tho nation!.' Tho report of tho Secretary of War shows a very satisfactory reduction"' In', tho oxpenscs of tho army for tho lost fiscal year. For details you aro referred to his accompanying report. Tho oxpenses of the navy for tho wholo of last year, from December 1$ 180'J, tho data of tho last report, urd lest man iu,uuu,uuu, or auouv i,uuu,wi m than they wero tho provlous year. The n..ne,i-... oinnn tlin nrttiimnnnp-mpnt of tho fiscal year sluco July 1 show for the uvo months n uecrcaso 01 uvcr j, 100,000 from those of tho corresponding mn.iii.jer u,n imt veir. Thn pstlmatol ' for tho current year wero $28,205,075 37. Tlioso for tho next year aro $20,083,317, with $1)55,1(10 additional ior ih'otij and permttnent Improvements. These estimates aro mado closely for tho mere mnlnlonnnco ofl ho naval establishment as it now Is without much lu tho na ture of permanent Improvement. Tho i...t,..,.-, ..,(.. fVi fhi hiir ntul tiiMiiuiiii.iitwiia ni.nivi .w. ...w current years wero evidently Intended. ny congress and nro buiucivh. ij i, r.,. iij tiMwnnt fiinllntr bv tv,;fl IIIU lillVJ, Vl ...-..-- n tho repairing and refitting of our old ships. This policy must of eourso grad ually UUt sureiy uestruy mu iiaYj.iiui u 1 in Honir r.i- frnm rvnnnmlciil. AS lb IT 111 IIOVI. . - . - - eacli year that It is pursued tho necessi ty lor now repairs 111 snips mm j yards becomes moro imperatlvo nml : 11.. . , , 1 nnrraiir. fr. uiuru uuiuy, mm win ----- penses aro annually Increased for tho mero repair 01 snips, many ui wmwi must soon becomo unsafe and useless. I hopo during tho present session of Congress to bo ablo to submit to it a plan by which naval ves-els can bo built and repairs mado with great saving up on tlie present cost, it can hardly be wlso statesmanship In a government which represents a country n Hvo thousand miles of coast lines on i.n.i. 1C, nvninalirn nf Alaska, ana UUlll lILUi-U, '-'--"-' " " ' containing forty millions of.progrcs- .1 1!. ...111. -nll!ina nfnuitrv rift. sivu people, wiin iwn" - turo WUU almost uvery ... . . ....i i. t....i,.r.iintn mi!inn nf 10 rest wiin Butu iiium.-!"."- . -enforcing any foreign policy, either ol protection or ruuresa. tho ocean from tho nations of tho Ea torn continent, our navy is our only means or direct protection to our citi zens abroad, or ior tno raiuiniiacui. u any foreign policy. Tho accompanying report of the Post master Goneral shows a most saUsfacU). ry working of that department. With tho adoption or tho recommendation contained therein, particularly those re lating to n reform in the franking prlv llego and tho adoption of the corres- pouueuct) carua, u ouii--jv. -jr. . 7 , system may speedily bo looked for.aml at no distant day a further reductionof tno ratos 01 postago uu uiiu. - ommend the authorization by CongreBi to tho Postmaster General and tho At torney General to issue all tho commis sions to officials appointed through ....I ,lnn.,tinanlg At Tre& muir rusufcuvu ui.jiaiii-..."'- , cnt these commissions, where appolut- ments aro presidential, aro ssuwl DT the Ktato Departr-icnt. j.uu i" ,1.. .1 (.f lli.. ffAi-nrinnpur. nx. wie iiLMiiiriiueuia ui vnw. ,-.....-.--, cept those or tho post olllco aud or Jus- commissions, always mvoniiK i.i...-- forms. I respectfully call your ntten. tion to ono nbuso of long standing, which I would llko to seo remedied y . . . nrnrtf Inal this Congress, it is a rciorm 111 1 n v 11 servico of tho country. I would havo 1. 1 .1 ...ni llvlne. nf tnoton- lb j;u uuyuuu inu mi.iu - ---- uro or olllco or clarks and employe s, who do not requlo tho advico and con sent or the Senate. To mako their ap pointments completo I would have it govern not tno leiiuru uut --- . -of making appointments. Thero Is no duty which so embarrasses tho execu tive and heads of departments, nor H . 1. i..n..r. HmnLrlf s.Q incro any buca aruuuua sentallves ns that or finding place for constituents, ine prtnuui not seeuro the best men and often not even fit men for public places. I no -el evation nnu puriiiaiuim , ", vlco of the government will bo imiicd with approval by the wholo people or m. TT..M...1 c-..., iinr,.m In thn man -uu uillteii omit-, -ivwi..... , , ngemcut of Indian affairs has received the special attention or tlio administra tion from its inauguration to tho pres ent ilav. Tho experiment of making it n missionary work wn3 tr ei wiin n few agencies, given to tho doitomlmi tion of Friend-, nnd has been found to work most ndvantagojusly. All ngeii- t,., 1 n....r,.li,lnnilnnld lint RM (llSl)OS Ull-Sl llllll Dlll'Viiinvi. - - ed or wero given to officers or the army. The act 01 (jongrcss nuu1.11 ..." renders nrmy officers ineligible forciytl servico. Some or tho Indian nccncli-s bolng civil otucos I deem It my duty to glvo nil tho agencies to such religious denominations as had heretofore ostab. ii.... i .tn..n.in3 .hinnn t hn Indians. lisueil iiii-v-tiuniiiii;-""I-. , and perhaps to somo other denomliiv .. .. .., 1.1 ..n.l,.i-lnt-n thn wnrlr lions wno wuuiu ui""-'"""- , ; - on tho samo terms, I. 0., as a mission ry work. Thn societies selected aro nl- 1UWCU III lllllliu liii- '., Ject to tho approval (r tho executive. anu aro expecieu iu .nv.i ... . .1 ...fl..n-.l3 in nlir-Ullonizn ntul iiicui itsi iiiift-Muiitii 11-3 v... , :, - -to elvillzo tholndlans and to train them in tho arts 01 peaco. inu watches over tho official nets of thft-o ..... . .....1 ,ij nf theni ns strict nil nuiui- nun 11.111111..- - . accountability as if they syero appointed in nny other manner. """" confident hope that tho policy now- pur sued will in a few years bring all tho Indians upon reservations where they will llvo In houses, nml hnyo school houses and churches, und will bo pur -..1 mi r.Hiistnlnlnir avo euint; ncucuiui iinu , - ,,. . cations nnd whero they may ba visited by tho lawaDiuing wiiuu nun. " same Impunity that ho now vis s t i ..1 1 r ...l.llT.ontllements. I Call VOUr U1V1H-.C14 111 IVJ - . . special attention to tho report of tho Commissioner of Indian alfar-s for full iniormatiou on ini -""j"" , . i, ... n..,t ,.n,i-o. oos.-ll lacresofnub 11IU Ul-b li.-l.lll JV... . " lie Innd wero disposed of. Ot this quan- thn iinmmtpsil law. and 2,100,515.81 acres sold for cash. Tho remainder was located with military .wnrrants col lego or Indian scrip, orui'iniei. ... faction of r-rauts to railroads, or for other purposes. The entries under tno homestead law during the- last sear covered 901,015 acres muru uu... during tho preceding year. hursjyB havo been vigorously l'wcul.-A?lnu?1 full oxtent of.tho m cans n-ipHcablo to tho purpose. The quantity of land In market will nmply supply tlio present . 1 mi,, ninim r thn settler tin llUlllllllU. UlUllMl." . ..,.. der tho homestead or tho pre-emption law Is not, however, itmiu-u iu subject tojsalo at private entry. A y unappropriated Htirvoyod public land may to n limited amount be acqulr--undor the former laws, the party -"' titled to enter under them will comply with tho requirements they present In regard to residence and cultivation. Thouctual K-ttlers preferenco right of purchase Is even broader nnd extends to lands which wero uiieurvryed nt the timo of his settlement. His right wi s formerly confined within much narrow er limits, and nt ono period or our hlF tory, was conferred only by spcdul statute, therefore) enabling him, from timo to time, to legalize what was then regarded as un unauthorized Intrusion 1 't ; 1 1
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