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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.
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sin racidirayouramaaniiim I nks
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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
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.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
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OLUXI3 AGLOW PHIL
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the Milted Staten ea tea mixed commies'/xi
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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. It costs but fifty
cents for a package which prepares one
full pint. Sold by druggists, or send sixty
cents to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.,
and get it through the mail. It
THE OLDEST YOUTH'S PUBLICA
TION.—Mr. Nathaniel Willis, father f
N. P. W illis, started a Youth's paper in
Boston in 18!7, called the Youth's Com
panion. It has been published weekly
from that year until the present time (43
years), and is to-day one of the most vig
orous and enterprising sheets in the coun
try. - It
'Prof. Addison P. Wyman, the pop•
ular composer, has charge of the depart
ment of music in the H ollidaysburgSem-
Marv. it
T
fa- inent New York and Philadelphia
Physi ans claim that Dubois' Mis&aquoi
Powde actually cures Cancer. It is ad
vertised in this issue. lem
GOVERNOR GEARY is said to have now un
der consideration seventy-five applications
for the pardon of convicted murderers.
j)prtial latices.
THE ONLY RELIABLE CURB POE DYSPEPSIA
IN TIM KNOWN WORLD.
Dr. Wishart's Gnat Romania Dyspepsia Pills and
Moe Tree Tar Cordial area psi Reseed i eel ibis care
for dyspepsia in its most aggravated form, and no
matter of bow loot standing,
They peaetrate the
seems abode of this terrible
dis
mse, and exterminate it. root and branch. forever.
They alleviate mme agony and silent safering than
tongue can MIL
They are noted kw eating the most desperate and
hopeless , maes, when every known means fall to afford
rape.
DR W BKA Rra
PINE lEEE TAR CORDIAL
It is the vital principle of the Plan Tied obtained
by • peculiar process in the distillation of the tar, by
which its highest 'medical properties are retained. It
Invigorates the ve organs and radars the op.
petite. It st ens the **thinned system. It
purifies and earkbes the blood, and expels from the
cynic, the oorruptioti which scrofula breeds on the
lunge It dissolved the MUCUS or phlegm which stups
the air passages of the longs. Its healing principle
acts upon the irritated euriaite of lb. hums and throat,
i.eneirsting to each diseased part, relieving pain and
subduing infleamation. It la the result of yearn of
■tndf and experiment, and it is offered to the afflicted
with positive amen ranee of its power to cure the fol
lowing dismaira ii the patient has not too long delay
ed a resort to the means of curs:—
Chnturaption of Ale Lungs. tough, Bore Throat and
Breast, Bronchitis, Lives Corapiaint, Mind
and Bleeding Ptks. A :Masa, Whoop
ing cbng4, LAptheria, sfc.
A medical expert, holding hunorable collegiate dip
loma, derma his entire dm* to the examination of
patients at the office parlors. Associated with him
are three oonsulting physicians of acknowledged
eminence, whose INCTICOP are gives to the public tree
of charge.
Thu opportunity is offered by no other Institution
In the country.
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
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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