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Miscellaneous.
MARK THESE FACTS !
The Testimony of the Whole World.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.
BAD LEGS, BAD BREASTS, SORES AND ULCERS.
All descriptions of sores are remediable by the proper
and diligent use of this Inestimable preparation. To at
tempt to cure bad legs by plastering the edges of the
wound together is a fully ; for should the akin unite, a bog
gy diseased condition remains underneath to break out
with tenfold fury in a few days. The only rational and
successful treatment, as indicated by nature, is to reduce
the inflammation in and about the wound and to soothe
the neighboring parts by rubbing in plenty of the Oint
ment as salt is forced into meat. This will cause the
malignant humors to be drained eff from the hard, swol
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ulcer, and when thee humors are removed, the wounds
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has been well robbed in, will soothe and soften the same,
and greatly assist the cure. There is a description of
ulcer, sore and swelling, which need not be named here,
attendant upon the follies of youth, and for which this
Ointment is urgently recommended as a sovereigt reme
dy. In curingsuch poisonous sores it never fails to restore
the system to a healthy state if the Pills be taken accord
ins to the printed instructions.
DIPTHERIA, ULCERATED SORE THROAT, AND
SCARLET AND OTHER FEVERS
Any of the above diseases may be cured by well rub
Ling the Ointment three timesa day into the chest, throat,
and neck of the patient, it will soon penetrate, and give
immediate relief. Medicine taken by the mouth must
operate upon the whole system ere its influence can be
felt in any local part, whereas the Ointment will do its
work at once . Whoever tries the unguent in the above
manner fur the diseases named, or any similar disorders
affecting the chest and throat, will find themselves re
lieved as by a charm. All sufferers from these complaints
should envelop the throat at bedtime in a large bread and
water poultice, after the Ointment has been well rubbed
in ; it will greatly assist the cure of the throat and chest.
To allay the fever and lessen the inflammation, eight or
ton Pills should be taken night and morning. The Oint
ment will produce perspiration, the grard essential in all
cases of fevers, sore throat, or where there might be an
oppression of the chest, either from asthma or other
causes.
PILES, FISTULAS, STRICTURES.
The above class of complaints will be removed by nigkrt
u fermenting the parts with warm water, !L i :l s t:Ay, n y
most effectually rubbing in the Ointment. Pe . 6uffer
ing from these direful complaints should 10 not a mo
ment in arresting their progress. It sho ld# ,- de understood
that it is not sufficient merely to sue -ne Ointment on
the affected parts, but it must be we_l .- robbed in fora con
siderable time two or three times."' 'day, that it may be
taken into the system, whence it wi .1 remove any hidden
sore or wound as effectually as -j hongh palpable to the
eye. There again bread an
~,,, poultices, after the
rubbing in of the Ointment, • il do great service. This is
the only sure treatment .. , r females, cases of cancer
iu the stomach, or where r re may be a general bearing
down.
INDISCRETIONS OF 3 HUTH ;—SORES AND ULCERS
Blotches, as also sr o,lings, can, with certainty, be radi
cally cured if th'''.)intment be used freely, and the Pills
taken night a!od morning, as recommended in the printed
Ins trucl. :s. When treated in any other way they only
dry
IJIS one place to break out in another; whereas
" Ointm ent will remove the humor from the system,
and-leave the patient a vigorous and healthy being.—
It will require time with the use of the Pills to insure a
lasting cure.
DROPSICAL SWELLINGS, PARALYSIS, AND STIFF
JOINTS.
Although the above complaints differ widely in their
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Bat Breasts. Contracted di Stiff Sore throats,
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Bite of Moschetoes Fistulas, Sore Heads,
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Coco bay, Glandular Swell- Ulcers,
Chiego-foot, Lumbago, Wounds,
Chilblains, Piles, Yaws.
Chapped Hands, Rheumatism,
Corns (Soft) Scalds,
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PRESIDENT'S rYIESACF
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.-.lbroi:tir!:: end last
an
nual 111 , •-•,:ze to e/g01ye;:.• , .. it =(.l.m+ proper
thDt ref%::: to and ; in on:c degree,
reeniaulate the ernnts anti official acts of
the r:Ft years.
ETROSPECI ON
It was my i:,ifirrie or misfortune to he
ealled to the office of Chief Executive
wif hour an previous political training.—
Fr the nge of seventeen, I hail never
e-7en wit:Jesse , : the excitement attending a
Presideri till campaign but twie;t antederjt
to my t,v;t3 candidacy, and at but one of
them was I eligible as a voter. Under
such circumstances, it i but reasonable to
suppose that errors of judgment rn iist have
oeeurred ; even had there not, differences
of opinion between the Executive, bound
by an oath to thr: strict performance of his
duties, and writers and debators must have
ad-en. It is not necessarily an evidence
of a blunder on the part of the Executive,
because there are these differences of view.
3listakes have been made, as all can see,
and I admit; but it l!cetus to tne oftener
in the selections wade of the assistants
appointed to :IMO drrying out the various
duties of administering the Government,
in nearly every case . selected without a
personal acquaintance with the appointee,
but upvn recommendations of Represinta
tives chosen directly by tae people. . - t is
impossible, where so many trusts are to be
allotted, that the right parties should be
chosen in every instance. History shows
that no Administration, from the time of
Washington to the present, has been free
from these mistakes; but I leave compari
sons to history, claiming only that I have
acted in every instance from a conscientious
desire to do what was right, constitutional
within the law and for the very best in.
(crests of the whole people. Failures have
been errors of judgment, not of intent.
THE "FIRE IN THE REAR,
My civil career commenced, too, at a
most critical and difficult time. Less than
four years befire, the country had emerged
from a conflict such as no other nation had
ever survived. Nearly one-half of the
States had revolted against the Govern
went, and of those remaining faithful to
the Union a large percentage of the pop
ulation sympathized with the rebellion and
madean enemy in the rearalmostas danger
ous as the more honorable enemy iu the
front. The latter committed errors of
judgment, but they maintained them openly
and courageously. The former received
the protection of the Government they
would see destroyed, and reaped all the
pecuniary advantage to be gained out of
the then existing state of affairs, may of
them by obtaining contracts and by swind
ling the .Government in the delivery of
their goods. Immediately on the ce,sa.
tion of hostilities, the then noble Presi
dent, who had carried the country so far
through its perils, fell a martyr to his
patriotism at the hands of an assassin.—
The intervening time to my first inaugura
tion was filled up with wranglings between
Congress and the new Executive as to the
best mode of reconstruction, or, to speak
plainly, as to whether the control of the
Government should be thrown immediately
into the hands of those who had so recently
and persistently tried to destroy it, or
whether the victors should continue to
have an equal voice with them in this
control. Reconstruction, as finally agreed
upon, means this and only this, except
that the late slave was enfranchised, giving
an increase, as was supposed, to the Union
loving and Union-supporting vote. If
free in the full sense of the word, they
would not disappoint this expectation ;
hence, at the beginning of my first admin
istration, the work of reconstruction, much
embarrassed by the long delay, virtually
commenced. It was the work of the legis
lative branch of the Government; my
province was wholly in approving their
acts, which I did most heartily, urging the
Legislatures of the States that bad not yet
done so to ratify the Fifteenth amendment
to the Constitution. The country was
laboring under an onerous debt, contracted
in the suppression of the rebellion, and to
the nation was so oppressive as to dis
courage production. Another danger also
threatened us—a foreign war... This last
difficulty had to be adjusted, and was ad
justed without a war, - and in a manner
highly honorable to all parties concerned.
REDUCTION OP TAXATION
Taxes have been reduced within the
last seven years nearly three hundred
millions of dollars, and the national debt
has been reduced in the same time over
fbur hundred and thirty-five millions of
dollars. By refunding the six per cent.
bonded debt for bonds bearing five and
four and one-half per cent. interest re
spectively, the annual interest has been
reduced from over one hundred and thirty
millions of dollars in 1869 to but little
over one hundred millions of dollars in
1876. The balance of trade has been
changed from over one hundred and thirty
millions against the United States in 1569
to more than one hundred and twenty
millions of dollars in our favor in 1876.
It is confidently believed that the balance
of trade in favor of the United States will
increase, not diminish, and that the pledge
of Congress to resume specie payment in
1879 will be easily accomplished, even in
the absence of much desired further legis
lation on the subject.
THE INDIAN POLICY
A policy has been adopted toward the
Indian tribes inhabiting a large portion of
the territory of the United States which
has been humane, and has substantially
ended Indian hostilities in the whole land,
except in a portion of Nebraska and Da
kota, Wyoming and Montana Territories,
the Black Hills region and the approaches
thereto. The hostilities there have grown
out of the avarice of the white man, who
has violated our treaty stipulations in his
search for gold. The question might be
asked, Why has not the Government en
forced obedience to the terms of the treaty
prohibiting the occupation of the Black
Hills region by the whites ? The answer
is simple; the first immigrants to the Black
Hills were removed by troops, but rumors
of rich discoveries of gold took into that
region increased numbers. Gold has
actually been found in paying quantity,
and an effort to remove the miners would
only result in the desertion of the bulk of
the troops that might be sent there to re
move them. All difficulty in this matter
has, however been removed, subject to the
approval of Congress, by a treaty ceding
the Black Hills and approaches to settle
ment by citizens. The subject of our
Indian policy and treatment is so fully set
forth by the Secretary of the Interior and
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and
my views so fully expressed therein, that
I refer to their reports and recommenda
tions as my own.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The relations of the United States with
HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1:), I
:' , r• powers e ntintir on a friendly fo.,t
hare frcm tifbe t 4,
:ii:;r: ifi tii fcreizn relationi ofthe Govern-
Lut tlv! I7niterl Staten Lye Lean
happily fr , !'; during the past )e,r fron; the
coutp!ications and eir,bartasswents which
have f.O surrounded ,'M , : of the foreign
`file diplomatic COI rf,:,portll,2nce
ill,lnitted herewith contains inl'ortnation
as to certain of the matters which have
occupied the Government. The cordiality
which attends our relations with the powers
of the earth have been plainly shown by
the general participation of foreign nations
in the Exhibition which has jest closed,
and by the exertions made by distant
powers toshow their interest in and friendly
feelings toward the United States in the
commemoration of the centennial of the
ty:tion. The Government and people of
the United States have riot only fully ap
preciated this exhibition of kindly feeling,
but it may be justly and fairly expected
that no small benefits will result both to
ourselves an 1 other nations from a better
acquaintance and a better appreciation of
our mutual advantages and mutual wants.
Congress, at its last session, saw fit to
reduce the amount usually appropriated
for foreign intercourse, by withholding
appropriations for representatives of the
United States in certain foreign countries,
and for certain consular officers, and by
reducing the amounts usually appropriated
for = certain► other diplomatic posts, and
thin, ueccssiating a change in the grade of
the representatives. For these reasons,
immediately upon the passage of the bill
making appropriations for the diplomatic
and consular service for the present fiscal
year, instructions were issued to the rep
resentatives of the United States at Boli
via, Ecuador and Columbia, and to the
consular officers for whom no appropriation
had been made, to close their respective
legislations and consulators and close from
the performance of their duties; and in
like manner steps were immediately taken
to substitute charges d'affaires for ministers
resident in Portugal, ; Denmark, Greece,
Switzerland and Paraguay. While
thoroughly unpressed with the wisdom of
sound economy in the foreign service, as
in other blanches of the Government, I
cannot escape the conclusion that in some
instances the withholding of' appropriations
will prove an expensive economy, and that
the small retrenchwentsecured by a change
of grade in certain diplomatic posts is not
an adequate consideration for tl►e loss of
influence and importance which will at
tend our foreign representatives under this
reduction. lam of the opinion that a re
examination of the subject will cause a
change in some instances in the con•slu-
sions reached on these subjects at the last
session of Congress.
TILE ALABAMA CLAIMS,
The Court of Commissioners of Ala
bama Claims, whose functions were con
tinned by an act of the !Ist session of Con
greys until the Ist day of January, 1877,
has carried on its labors with diligence
and general satisfaction. By a report from
the clerk of the court, transmitted here
with, bearing date November 14th, 1876,
it appears that within the time now allotted
by law the Court will have disposed of all
the claims presented for adjudication.—
This report also contains a statement of the
general results of the labors of the court
to the date thereof. It is a cause of sat
isfaction that the method adopted for the
satisfaction of the classes of claims sub
mitted to the court, which are of long
standing and justly entitled to early con
sideration, should have proved successful
and acceptable.
OUR NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY
It is with satisfaction that I am enabled
to state that the work of the Joint Com
mission for determining the boundary be
tween the United States and the British
Possessions from the northwest angle of
the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky
Mountains, commenced in 1872, has been
completed. The final agreements of the
commissioners, with the maps, have been
duly signed, and the work of the commis
sion is complete. The fixing of the bound
ary upon the Pacific Coast by the proton'
of March 10, 1873, pursuant to the award
of the Emperor of Germany, by Article
XXXIII of the treaty of Washington,
with the termination of the work of this
commission adjusts and fixes the entire
boundary between the United States and
the British Possessions, except as to the
portion of territory ceded by Russia to the
United States under the treaty 0f1867.
The work entrusted to the commission and
the officers of the army attached to the
commission has been well and satisfactorily
performed. The original of the final
agreement of the commissioners, signed
upon the 29th of May, 1870, with the
original list of astronomical stations observ
ed, the original official list of monuments
marking the international boundary line,
and the maps, records and general reports
relating to the commission, have been de
posited in the Department of State. The
official report of the commission on the
part of the United States, with the report
of the chief astronotner of the United
States, will be submitted to Congress within
a short time.
EXTRADITION
I reserve for a separate communication
to Congress a statement of the condition
of the questions which lately arose with
Great Britain respecting the surrender of
fugitive criminals under the treaty of 1842.
NEW TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH TURKEY
The Ottaman Government gave notice,
under date of January 15, 1874, of its
desire to terminate the treaty of 1862,
concerning commerce and navigation, pur
suant to the provisions of the twenty-second
article thereof. Under this notice the
treaty terminated upon the sth day of
June, 1876. That Government has invited
negotiations towards the conclusion of a
new treaty. By the act of Congress of
March 23, 1874, the President was author
ized when he should receive satisfactory
information that the Ottoman Government
or that of Egypt had organized new tribu
nals likely to secure to citizens of the
United States the same impartial justice
enjoyed under the exercise of judicial
functions by the diplomatic and consular
officers of the United States, to suspend
the operation of the act of June 22, 1860,
and to accept for citizens of the United
States the jurisdiction of the new tribu
nals. Satisfactory information having
been received of the organization of such
new tribunals in Egypt, I caused a procla
mation to be issued upon the 27th of March
last, suspending the operation of the act of
June 22, 1360, in Egypt, according to the
provisions of the act. A copy of the
proclamation accompanies this message.—
The United States have united with the
other powers in the organization of these
courts. It is hoped that the jurisdiction
questions which have arisen may be readily
adjusted, and that this advance in judicial
reform may be hindered by no obstacles.
THE c,o;VENTION WITH ILIWAIf
beee, , ary , arry
effect the convention respecting . Co
cial reciprocity concluded with the Haw::
iian 1-land: in 1875 having. been Irv!, ti 4,
proclamation to carry into effect the e.,n
vention as provided by the act approved
August L, 187 t;, was duly issue(' upon the
ninth day of September Lot. A c'py there
of accompanies this message.
Otia CLAIM?; AGA:NST coLymnrA PET
SETTLE',
The Government of the United States
of Columbia has paid the award in the case
of the steamer Montrjo. seized by the au
thorities of that. Government home year,.
since, and the amount haA been tran-ferred
to the claimants.
It is with satisfaction that I am able to
announce that the joint commission f;)r the
adjustment of claims between the United
States and Mexico, under the convention
of 1868, the duration of which has been
several times extended, has brought its la
bors to a close. From the report of the
agent of the United States, which accom.
panies the papers transmitted herewith, it
will be seen that within the time limited
by the Commission, one thousand and sev
enteen claims on the part of citizens of i the
United States against Mexico were reta
rd to the Commission. Of these claims,
eight hundred and thirty-one were dismiss
ed or disallowed, and in one hundred and
eighty-six cases awards were made in k.vor
of the claimants against the Mexican Re
public, amounting in the aggregate to Emir
million one hundred and twenty-two dol
lars and twenty cents. Within the same
period nine hundred and ninety-eight
claims on the part of citizens of the Mexi
can Republic ac i ainst the United States
were referred to the commission. Of these
claims eight hundred and thirty-one were
dismissed or disallowed, and in one hun
dred and sixty-seven cases awards were
made in favor of the claimants against the
United States, amounting in the aggregate
to one hundred and fifiy thousand tese
hundred and ninety eight dollars and forty
one cents. By the terms of the conven
tion the aniount of tliesb awards is to be
deducted from the amount awarded in fa
vor of our citizens against Mexico, and the
balance only to be paid by Mexico to the
United States, leaving the United States
to make provisions for their proportion of
the awards in favor of its own citizens. I
invite your attention to the legislation
which will be necessary to provide for their
payment. In this connection, I am pleased
to be able to express the acknowledgements
due to Sir Edward Thornton, the umpire
of the commission ; who has given to the
consideration of the large number of claims
submitted to him much time, unwearied
patience and that fairness and intelligence
which arc well known to belong to the ac
complished representative of Great Brit
ain, and are likewise recognized by
the representative in this country of the
republic of Mexico.
YEN EZUELA N PAYMENTS
Moi.thly payments of a very small part
of the amount due by the Government of
Veneuzela to citizens of the United States
on account of claims of the latter against
that Government continue to be made with
reasonable punctuality. That Government
has proposed to change the system
which it has heretofore pursued in this re
spect, by issuing bonds for part of the
amount of the several claims. The pro
position, however, could not, it is supposed,
properly be accepted, at least without the
consent of the holders of certificates of the
indebtedness of Venezuela. These are do
much dispersed that it would be difficult
if not impossible to ascertain their disposi
tion ou the subject.
FRAUDULENT NATURALIZATION.
In former messages I have called the at
tention of Congress to the necessity of leg
islation with regard to fraudulent legisla
tion, and to the subject of expatriation and
the election of nationality. The number
of persons of foreign birth seeking a home
in the United States, the case and facility
with which the honest emigrant may, after
the lapse of a reasonable time, become pos
sessed of all the privileges of citizenship of
the United States, and the frequent occa
sions which induce such adopted citizens to
the country of their birth, render the sub
ject of naturalization and the safeguards
which experience has proved necessary fir
the protection of the honest naturalized
citizen of paramount importance. The
very simplicity in the requirements of the
law on this question afford opportunity fir
fraud, and the want of uniformity in the
proceedings and records of the various
courts and in the forms of' the certificates
of naturalization issued afford a constant
source of difficulty. I suggest no addition
al requirements to the acquisition of citi
zenship beyond those now existing; but I
invite the earnest attention of Congress to
the necessity and wisdom of some provis
ions in regard to uniformity in the records
and certificates, and providing against the
frauds which frequently take place, and
for the vacating of a record, of naturaliza.
tion obtained in fraud. These provisions
are needed in aid and for the protection
of the honest citizen of foreign birth, and
for the want of which he is made to suffer
not infrequently. The United States has
insisted upon the right of expatriation, and
has obtained, after a long struggle, an ad
mission of the principle contended for by
the acquiescence therein on the part of
many foreign powers, and by the conclusion
of treaties on that subject. It is, howev
er, but justice to the Government to which
such naturalized citizens have tiirmerly ow
ed allegiance, as well as to the United
States, that certain fixed and definite rules
should be adopted governing such cases,
and providing how expatriation may be ac
complished. While emigrants in large
numbers become citizens of the United
States, it is also time that persons, both
nativeborn and naturalized, once citizens
of the United States, either by formal acts
or as the effect of a series of facts and cir
cumstances, abandon their citizenship and
cease to be entitled to the protection of the
United States, but continue on convenient
occasions to assert a claim to protection.
In the absence of provisions on these
questions, and in this conviction, I again
invite your attention to the necessity of
legislation concerning the marriages of
American citizens contracted abroad, and
concerning the status of American women
who may marry foreigners, and of' children
born of American parents in a toreign
country. The delicate and complicated
questions continually arising with refer
ence to naturalization, expatriation and
the status of such persons as I have above
referred to, induce me to earnestly direct
your attention again to these subjects.
CLAIMS OF ALIENS.
In like manner I repeat my recommen
dation that some means be provided for
the hearing and determination of the first
and subsisting claims of aliens upon the
Government of the United States within a
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I A f.trv,
Corigre44. in a'.: appravci th , , 1 day
of March. 1-47:t. authorized the inhatier4
of the Territory of Colorado to form a State
government, with the name of the state of
Colorado, and therein r.rovigled for the ad
mission of 'ail State. when formed. into
the l'nion upon ail eval footing with :he
original `States. 1 Constitnrion having
been adopted and ratified by tic ropie of
that State, and the aeting Governor hiving
certified to me the fact 4. as provi4.l4-1 by
said act. together with a copy of sysch Con
3titntion and ordinances proviard for in
the said act. and the provisions of the said
act of Congress !Ening been disly complied
with, I issued a pruelamation upon the lit
of A 1 4 71;. 3 crpy or which I.: h.-re!.,
annex , . 1.
1111. sEavif:;,:
The report of the Secretary uf War
shows that the army has been actively em
ployed during the year in subduing. at the
request of t h e Indian Bureau. e.!rtaiii
bamh of the Sioux Indian riari.,n. and in
preserving the peace at the S.,nth qinrinz
the election. The emnmission con4t;: rite'
under the act of July 21. 1 , 476. to eonsiil
er aril report on the whole subj-et ~ f re
form and reorganization of the army. met
in Atrust last. and has eoileeted iarg ,
mass of stati-tics ~pinion:; bearing rat
the subject before it Th., Tin
der consideration. and tle:ir pr-.
gressing. lam advi , e.i. though. by ti-
President of the Commission. that it will
be impracticable to e nply with the clause
of the act regniring the report to he pre•
rented throu,.;h II)C t.) COn:zr. , on the first
day of this session. as there has yet
been time liir that mature deliberation
which the iiiiredanee of the subject de
mands; therefore I ask that the time for
making the report be extended to the .9th
day of January, 1877. In accordance with
the resolution of August 15. 1S ii. the ar
my regulations prepared under the net of
March 1, 1875. have tn - 1 been pronita
ted, but are held until after the la RAI
the above.ment inned commission shall have
been read and acted on.
By the act of August 15, 1s71;. Ow riv
alry force of the army
2,500 men, with the proviso, That tht,y
should be diseharge.l on the expira:i ,u of
he tilitiej. Und,r thi4 atrhoriti ear
airy re^im nt have stryngthened.
and a portion of then, ai , r
pursuing the remnant:, the Indian; h
whom they have been engaged fluting Ow
summer.
Th e e stim a tes of the War Depirtment
are made up on the basis of the Lumber of
men authorized by law, and their require
ments as shown by years of experience, and
also with the purpose, on the part of the
bureau officers to provide for all contingen
cies that may arise during the time for
which the estimates arc made. Exclusive
of engineer estimates presented in aceor)l
ance with acts of Congress calling fir sur
veys and estimates for improvements at
various localities, the estimates now pre
sented are about six millions in excess of
the appropriations far the years 1s71; 77.
and 1575-76. This increase is asked in
order to provide for the increase cavalry
force, should their services be necessary ;
to prosecute economically work upon im
portant public buildings ; to provide t;)!.
the armament of tirtifications and small
arms, and to replenish the working stock
in the supply departments. The appro
priations for these last named have for the
past few years been so limited that the ac
cumulation in store will be entirely ex
hausted during the present year, and it
will he necessary to at once begin to re
plenish them.
I invite your special attention to the
following recerumendations of the S..cret-a
ry of War : First, that the claims under
the act of July 4, suppiies taken
by the army during the war be removed
from the offices of the Quartesmaster and
Commissary General and transferred to
the Southern Claims Coualissim. These
claims are of precisely similar nature to
those now before the Southern Claim Com
mission, and the War Department bureaus
have not the clerical tires for their exam
ination nor the proper machinery for in
vestigating the loyalty of the claimants.
Second, that Congress sanction the scheme
of an annuity fund for the benefit of the
families of deceased officers, and that it al
so provide R)r the permanent organization
of the signal service, both of which were
recommended in my last annual message
Third that the manuflieturing operations
of the Ordinance Department be concen
trated at three arsenals anel an armory,
and that the remaining arsenals be son
and the proceeds be applied to this object
by the Ordinance Department.
RIVER AND HARBOR IMPRibV EMENT,4.
The appropriations for river and harbor
improvements for the current year were
$5,015,000. With my approval, the See
retary of War directed that of this amount
$:',000,000 should be expended, and no
new works should be begun and none
prosecuted which were not of national im
portance. Subsequently this amount was
increased to $2,237,600, and the works
are now progressing on this basis. The
improvement of the South Pass of the
Mississippi river, under James B. Eada
and his associates. is progressing favorably.
At the present time there is a channel of
twenty and three tenths feet in depth be
tween the jetties at the mouth of the pass.
and eighteen and one-half feet at the head
of the Pass. Neither channel. however.
has the width required before payments
can be made by the United States. A
commission of engineer officers is now ex
amining these works, and their reports will
be presented as soon as weived.
TILE NAVY,
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
shows that branch of the service to be in
a condition as effective as it is possible to
keep it with the means and authority given
the department. It is. of course. not
possible to rival the costly and progressive
establishments of the great European powers
with the old material of our navy, to which
no increase has been authorized since the
war, except the eight small cruisers built
to supply the place of others which had
gone to decay ; yet the most his been done
that was possible with the means at com
mand, and by substantially rebuilding some
of our old ships with durable material,
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leaving his work to be performed by
substitute. The Postmaster Generil !tonsil*
this ease suffiviently suggestive to Ossify
him in recommending that a more levers
punishment should be provided for the
offense flaAsanltin; any person in chars"
of the mid, or of retarding or otherwise
obstructing the service by threats of per
sonal injury.
A very gratifying remilt in prmsente I in
the fact that the deficiency is thin 4,pm:t
own t dnri yt the last fiscal year was redieed
to It-1,081 790 1 as against
the preceding year. The tlifferenee ems
he traecti to the !arz” increase is its or
dinary rreeiprs, which greatly .11:retied
the est im ites therefor. and a slight &cream
in its exp , hitliturel The ~plina r y r rr e i r e,
of the I'lstotfice IP Tar:me:it Far the pint
seven years hare ioert-....1 it an
average ef over toght per eent. per 3 nnure.
whits the inerea,e ef expend . ..tares for the
same pert , t 1 his been but alto*, lIT.e fifty
per cent. per annum, anal the tieerease
the nrfiri , n , y in the revenues bre been it
the rare of nearly two per cent. per 11Ileni.
uUR ADVANcE it AGRIrt ILTURF.
The report of the t'ootnaissioner of
'nature, ace impanying this alesi ige. w.. 11
be funnel one of interest. rink inf. as it
the great rece_;re.s of the last century in
the varivty of pr,duet.. of thenia. increased
know:cage and skill in the labor of pro
ducing...aria.: .and manipuLting the mate
to prep ire them for the rise man. in
ituprovemen:4 in mlehinery Co mot the
agrieulturi-t in his labors. an.l in know:-
edge of th .se seientifie subjects rte , -eseary
to a thorough system of ,vonotny in azri
cultural production.. : chemistry
botany. entontol.iry. ete. study ~ )f thin
report I.y those intere.fc.l in azvicaltare
and deriving their stipport from it nal tivni
it of value in pointinc ont rho.. article.
which are rai.e.l in greater i t tsantity than
the Decay of the world retinitv. and mane
sell, therefore. fur lcs-i th a n the cat of
prmlttmion, and thus.' which efi l nnilmt 3
pro& over the cost et* prelneti 'it I tail
special attention to the necl ',raw ,hep a rt_
ment a new gallery fur the reception
of the txhil.its ret'orned front the l'ineten
nil! Exhibition, incin.lin", the e‘ h i bi ta
donated by very m m y fire'zn natiorrs. and
to the ryommeniintiorre of the ramm t s
sinner of Agri.ntitnre generally.
r rorts f ,hr District I ',lam j,44‘,.ft..
Cri aria the IM. -ir,l ssF Ith 2rs j , rst
ceiveii. to, Lir, ro ricl,l itirrn an-I t 4, rrrilto
r:, ••••
stibriiitfr. I
T EI*F.ICS el E IF N. r:Fr'•
held in 11....1ad.-Iphia del*, in "ws
mem:ration ••f :he one hort.lreih alniTer
vary _%nieriean Independence. has privet,
a treat :oiecc,‘,... awl w:il no ,Itesht .f
enduring advantago to the roqintry. It
has ,thown the 2, , reat pr,-zreis in the arts,
-icience- , and mechanical 4bill ata-1- in a
single century. an.! drmcngrate I that we
are but little bellied older nations in any
one branch. while is some we teseerly
have a rival. it has serve-11, to.. not only
to bring the peoples and priwirwit of Atli
and labor front all parts of th e wee k{
hn
gether. hnt in bringing together people
from all the States of one own enestry
which mug prove a treat bervellt in the
information imparted, and in the pri4let
country en:Tendered.
It has been 4negesiteil by teirntista is
tereste.l in and cooneeteil with the
jatith
snoiao Institution. in a tapesseententine
herewith. that the i;,, aeniales a ei bio,,, b e
removed to the Capital and s visitable hyoid
ing be erected or purchased for ita seem.•
nwidation as a permanent -,shihit. I earn
estly recowimend this ; and believinic that
Con;rress vronl4l seened this view. I dime
ted that ell the *inversion. ribihit. as
the Cent/meek! Eihibitioe should ramie
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3 ix-1 kilos by bomy
approves: i akwald gm smite die apply
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r.. Atsin emeisratisitinit. Wiry
tab.. . int
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noweimastion sod In km* bow tratly
enerAtivoul. but 1 below tie Wrier pre
will 'l' se thervethi die iminiteiorreenst.
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the owed epposetise 4 libel pw
ty to the iteete. sed lei* sateen ew.
mete frees the ether smilt—die
rne the andlellaleiell 4 Swap Aim
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safer. ssiaibleing a lea EMS
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s wire potersew ausibilo
sea day. bnab awl Ibumbilly.
;lest.. Onsifisigl. sr sod vas or
mil may I» crows ma thaw morbid pew
aorta 4 win.* flit raikia Aliosm egad as
wraith, ssd .%irip sr- pridiamid ffr poipar
e4 ing ..rtes an• by time Mow al
rot nu/mil anarriy. oaapar. fratise, 41,
wnwia. anbig.gmay. tai truism. abbosme.
firremity-fim p, amt. 4 Ow
!inns 4 t aim 1111? mamma is do 6imi
te4 *or.: s law proitomps 4 111 al
pnrta 4 Bram! aim God tbia amp imbies.
Their art paid its aboant ~rsei~tis+.iy is
portinsharly as robs. bar
eittranrabi, in s avesset .eels! 4
e!to iityliser. 4 mod, earentry. Mar di*
fr,as ass 111...amigvi Maur tw Illimismo
ewe pawn by thy T.?v ea mbas b• lbw gem
..a :r. .ay an s port no Apia. shoo pp a
fluty bad 'pm ,helm to bb, roi-esibafamil.
tria.f..rr•ri tro s : 4 1asaialk bseiglk
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what mairrnel by fivian
Ail 'bat pirminumid at Cobs mail in rob
doted le Ammo Driamings. Maw spoof
the ...jowl :atom enemessee betosie tie
Le!awl aid the seem lewd emabl le dm:
ipiol.l be e• report ameies se her
Aquiver nor meets *wise es dew SOW
in h.?* 11b.re enehl be se inspire
Intim upon tit , oppiire et ummaisem
Ong fr , ss Amine. The seas Ida
isnsir. toss. biens mitered epee Caine
rammer , . nab thew sieneetem es s time
is Agerrah4te se s sismse. 'The emits
einem n 7 wombi berg bees MIMI kisqi tie
l a fair. re .4 free ri ; beeritedter Assers
ese emote ensile ess. be allysiwarmilly
erred n trsnerrying dap ?nitwit& erode
awl rgher Fr...Norte !h. eel -f ivied
to a eueriet. are in rairryner suppliee zed
etercreeee rw it. ahmeri ee bessgmeroy
settled elnie tt bee as errs iebliembefil
the pr4tabie espinysese iefeeei ea.
I'M, rnpie The led weld beer ewe
fa kis ilea the Med. Of raised Ibiape
Aspiteligee. The prederep ere ge enigma&
in rewseavree thee eIMORTI I 4.O
hew. bees .feeeetreepi_
r - v-e 4 the :iseeeb amid here teem" Awe
s (-inmates' betel. when their riga *ass
ivrief.l isereesi. Pylerre dleer
lather erasi4 be .1 , mob enefht slim thee
the parent smote; them snehl hoe theed
the wen* to go. Thew is steer elf rue
;Tr... ram te4 weelt s Imp IN=
pri-D..4 -ire elms :e einey itiesse suss
Ist resin ads& reuse
tronl.4 re/see m fame lbw
infer. ido ern -spree do elude inns
medal balm pee. ow it it 4froiallitt Ott
'bey should its. new debars 11•11111111..
ismispessillie shwa Mew di, ere ter ;
bet she reeessarme doss terrisery wtmM
beet ha that en gin sinew ofd semeime_
ty eisalbfasqg his to lemma bit riches ss
hose se pole of fieslaser *ln itarabote
1 ant roma thew Orme sow se
MenONlNPledillibee far s IMPOrePei 4 the si
pet ef semesseine. bet I diks mile se 4 se
vinallaet my rre*sm. anise le awed IMP g.
With she present r•sesgrese sT Ate'
!if. arrieseasse. It st rivet rrwLi tr she.
alleire will sew teseiee et
...sties from se. feribiet fires a peieset
if the terehrer. sloop elbow a 4iteep Jew
tem* me the mar ari pmeerriey
the war ;awl.
r • 41ILANT
Is orrTrylbaries, Illbembor S 1,74
NO. 19.
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