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VALTTABiS OtTT LOTS ]VW7ILL.be iwld at public sale, on.tbo pre’mi -8<!s ’* n,rs ' l! ’ nce an order of the Orpli- Culnberland county;.on Monday the 14th of; December next, the following described ceasdd QtS,,at0 * IGCBlatC ' Armstrong, dc «f Jim. M. Biddle, / street continued, and the . .Goll e ge lane,,containin s .One and Two Thirds Acres*--;---• norlh and west - Ndble»B'heirB<-on-iheeast by a lotoCtbobeira,of James Moore, deo’d., and on the south by lots’ , -of: James Armstrong and Mrs. -i—, Copper, containing TJirco Acres. ° *.? * , lands of Baughman's .. Jieire, Andrew. Blair, Patrick Phillips and others, berng part of ah additional out lot No. lS,,contain’ ; ipg Two and Forty Perches, all situate m . Borough of Carlisle. ; ' ' - ■ Vl , 'fnoterms of sale are: one half ofthe purchase • njoneyiW.hq pa|d bn thecbhfirm'atiohtofthesaU; jnd,*t!B;residne in one year thereafter .without ,in ■ aeciued by judgment ,bonds; ; Sale to ‘“e 0 clock t,,8 foWnoon of said be given ,*i % ,A < ?^ ; S ARMSTRONG, -■■ A boy to learn the Shoeriiahinff buBia Pß <i _ : HENRY WARNER * ; Carlisle, Nov. 13. 1840; . " SttiCTCiW; ■: fiilttttt® m - BY* GEO. SANDERSON.] 'Who 1 e No. 1377. legislative Keystone. DURING the ensuing session of thc.Legisla • lure, the Keystone will, ns usual, be pub lished twice a week.nnd contain full reports of .he proceedings'in'both Houses. The editors have employed competent Stenographers to re port at length the debates on- all important sujjV (ects. • Arrangements are'also made, through a ccirespondent atJKashingtoh, tdgive early and correct accounts orthe proceedings of Congress. The extraordinary political complexion of the Legislature, brought about through the unjust Senatorial and representative apportionment of the state, and the important subjects'which will necessarily come before it, will render the next session 'peculiarly interesting. All eyes' arc turned this.way for speedy reform in our pre sent defective currency. Desidcd action rela tive to t'ne Improvement system is ardentlv de sired in ninny quarters. These two matters nl theniselyt.v form subjects of intense interest to the people at large. ; . On the 4th of March, a democratic com entinn will assemble.here and linminate n candidate lor governor. . An acccunt of this, together with the preparatory movements of the party in all quar ters '.will.be faithfully detailed. From these cir cumstances; there never-has been a time when a paper trom the scat of government was of such indispensable value to all the citizens of the com- us it will'be for the exsuing six month. . . , . fhe tenhs of thc-Keystone are.the samc'as heretofore, - - During the session semi.wcekly $2 CO jFi.y the year - SOO Any. person forwarding us g 2,00 shall receive the Keystone from the time of subscribing to the close.of the session—or six copies will be scot to any one olilre for >2O 00. All I’nst Masters are invited to.net as agents for the Keystone, in receiving subscriber and remitting-.money to-us; and any one signifving his willingness,ip_nct.hs„such,.shalUeccivei list of our subscribers in his town and neighborhood, witli our terms of agenev. HAtIRETT & PARKE. Ilarrishujg, Nov; '26, 1840. ■ - - ' -Estate of Josiph M’Kec , deceased, IT ETTERSof administration with'tho will ah- MjJ Hexed,- of Joseph M’Kdc, Into of. Newton township,' dcc’d;,-have been issued to the subscri bers residing in said tpwnship: All persons in-’ debted to said estate are requested to pay o(V im mediately, and. those having claims to present llie* same properly authenticated for Settlement. - _ ■ . . ' DAVID J. M’KEE, • " JOSEPH ST. M’KEE, Administrators Novcmbfer 26, 1810., . ' • I.AST NOTICE. PERSONS 'indebted to the estate of David S. Forney Jidec’d., by book account or otherwise, are hereby requested to coipe and settle, the same, -on-or before die 23d day of December-next, .ns no -furlherJndulgcncD wjll-bo givcn Tlie books will tlieri bo placed-in the hands of a Justice of tho Peace for collection. ... - :G: w. shaeffrr; JACOB SHROM, Executors. November 26, 1810 v 3t 'FEMTBiESfS, PEMCMSiiS, &c. The subscribers- liave just returned from the West with a lot of FBA.TXIERS, and DRIED PEACHES, which they offer for sale at their store room corner of Hanover and Louther sheets. Also on hand, a large stock of Horses, suitable for Saddle, Harness, or Draught. - ' All of which will bo sold'reasonable. HAMILTON & GRIER. Carlisle, Dec. 3, 18-10. - : ’ 3t. • At a stated Orplians’ Courf began and held on Monday the 9th day of Novem ber, 1810, at Carlisle, in & for Cumberland, coun ty, before the Hon. Samuel Hepburn, President, and John Sfuhrt and John irefovre, Associate Judg es of the same, assigned, &c., the following pro ceedings were had) to wit: ' - ■ - Upon the petition of John K. Longnecker,- Ad ministrator of Henry Longnecker, dcc’d., respect fully representing that'your petitioner was appoint ed Administrator of tho estate of the said Henry Longnecker, dec’d.—that he has filed his admin istration account, and there is upon the settlement of said account a balance overpaid by accountant of $3118,91}.- There are no funds belonging to tho estate except the recognizance entered into’by John IC. Longnecker for farm taken by him at t the valuation—lie therefore prays the Court to grant a Rule on the Heirs, to shew cause why the amount overpaid.by.him should not he credited.on the said recognizance as of the 1st 1 April 18-10. ‘ 10th November 1810., Rule granted. Person al notice to be served on those'in tho 'county, and 'notice Ip he given' to those out of the county by publication in two newspapers in the county for six weeks, returnable at the January Court 1841. Cumberland count)/, ss; • ® T; W’illis Foillkidorli of the Orph ans’ Court ill and for said county, do : hereby certify the foregoing to bo a true copy of record. Witness my hand and seal of said Court, at Carlisle, the IGth day of November 1810. ' \ , : W. FOULK, Clk. O. C. FARM FOR RENT. WILL be rented for the term of one year, on the premises, on Saturday the 19th of De cember inst,, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, a val uable and well, improved farm, situate in Dickin son township, late the property of Anthony'Black, dcc’d. The farm, eon tains 06 acres in all, about 85 of which are cleared and. in, ajrood state of cul tivation; It is situatedabout 5 miles, west of Car lisle.' Theimprovemehts are an excellent Log House and Log 1 Barn, a well of water, and a first rate apple orchard. . WILLIAM CAROTIIERS, Executor of A; Black,. dec'd. December 3, 1810. St , SELLING OFF AT FIRST COST! TO, COUNTRYMEIIQmNTS JtXD OTHERS. . The. subscribers, intcmjing to leave fear lisle, offer tlieii* entire stock, comprising ah extensive variety of every description of ■; . drv goods, for sale ai FIRST COST! - Country Merchants, and the public gen erally, will find if decidedly to; their ailvnh tage # to cnl(, cxamine, atitl purcliase— as they cannot obtain goods cheaper in the city.: - - -jCall.and see—call and purchase. - L {Depend, upon; if, bargain s,a re now offered to every-one who desires tdpuAdinseV-^ , c ;; Arnold &co.v, / Carlisle, Nov. 12,1840.’_ VC ..' indebted ire requested' to ;call and settle before lbe .first of'januiiiny o'ext. : .' ‘' : ; ■'";■ Carlisle, Pa. Thursday December 17,1840. TIYE RESULT OF THE ELECTION. Mr. Hazewell—the intelligent and very able Editor of the Nantucket Islander—com ments upon the result of the General Elec tion as follows: : ' “Ihere are some events recorded in his tory, or to be so recorded, which.excite,in ; thoughtful minds, feelings, not so much of indignation as of regret—not so much of anger as of sorrow. The “Restoration” of the Stuarts to the English throne: —that great est act of ale-inspired folly to be found in the history of mankind—is one of these acts; and the election of General Harrison to the Presidency of these United States is another and if possible a worse one; worse, inasmuch as the American people are enlightened, arid have a better knowledge of human rights, a more thorough appreciation of human duties/ than had .the English people of 1660. Hut, bad as is the act;.a majority of our country men have.seen fit to perform if, and we trust that we have that respect for the popular voice that will enable us to bow toils decis ion; if nut with content, at least with an ap pearance of respect. Without pretending to be more learned than our neighbors, we can say,-that history lips taught us to be sur prised at nothing which the ’people may choose to perpetrate; when every exertion has been made, and successfully made lo.de ceive them, . We have compared the election of General Harrison to the Restoration, of Charles 11., to the English’ihrone,’amt we believe the parallel a good one; for it is our, -siiicereconviction,-fhatrns~tlie~Englisli'na tion soon became" sick of the Stuarts, whom in their mad folly they had re-called to rule over them, so will the American people soon become disgusted, with whigism, and return' to democracy. This'c'ohvictioii it is -which enables us to hear ou,r defeat with fortitude, or otherwise we should be completely crush ed in spirit. . .. - - ■», Wc heed scarcely say to our readers, that we deeply iegi;et the result of,the late con-, leaf, nvejy,.as_a.re;_ourjiopcs:.of a- great tri umph four years froin this time. , We regret it, because it proves that even in this enlight ened age, truth can, be. stricken down by falsehood. We regret if; because'it shows, that the people can he"{p'ossly deceived, and' this will tempt tfie ambitious to appeal toady thing but their judgment. Wc regret it, be cause it has clevatedyhe aristocratic spirit' rule \yi (Itout.let or ldiidrauce. Wc-rcgrct-i(,- because the country, instead'of being the scene of-peace during the next four years,, will be field of‘a more dreadful battle than has yet been fought between the two great antagonistical principles which are. now agitating, not merely .this’Union, but the whole Christian world. We regret it, be cause it will prevent the democracy from ac tively engaging in important works of reform demanded by the spirit of the age, but -Will compel them to abandon such works for the purpose o“f engaging in, one of scarce less importance, that, namely, of preventing'the principles of evil developing itself. We regret it, because it has added to the instan ces of popular ingratitude which are already on record, by the condemnation of a faithful public servant, and will thereby deter men of talenlsffrom being true'to the people.— 'Ye regret if,, more than all, because it-is the triumph of money over men, a victory of the. men over the poor, in which, the latter have been grossly abused, deceived, trampled upon. For these, and many other reasons, which.we might enumerate had we room, wo regret the defeat of Mr-Van Huron and the election of General Harrison each Of whopi is the great type of a great principle which is elevated or deprcsscd.according Us is its archetype.” SALARIES©? GOVERNORS. I’he Baltimore Sun contains a statement showing the salaries of the Governors'of the various States rcomposing our Union, of which tlie following is an abstract: Gov. Rhmgn,. . of' Louisiana,,—. $"500 : Grayson, Maryland,' • , 4200 Seward, • New York; ' .4000 Porter, , Pennsylvania, "4000 •McDonald, ‘Georgia, • 4000 ■ • Morton,'' Massachusetts, . 3666 . ■ Hannigan, ■ South Carolina, 3500 Gilmer, Virginia, SSSS McNutt, , Mississippi, , 3000 Letcher, ' Kentucky, 2500 lieid, 2500 •Dodge,, Wisconsin, -2500 Lucas, lowa, 2500 Pennington, New Jersey, . 2000 Moorehead, North, Carolina, 2000 Conway, , Arkansas, . 2000 Polk, Tennessee, A- ,2000 Woodbridgc,.. Michigan, 2000 . Reynolds, ■' Missouri,'- " - 2000 Fairfield, Maine, ' 1500 ~ Shannon, . 'Ohio, ; - 1500 Rigger, Indiana. 1500 Carlin,. - Illinois, . 1500 : ; Comcgys, , Delaware, JS3S , Page, • New Hampshire, 1200 • r '-Ellsworth, Connecticut, UOO Jenhison, Vermont, TSO Kipg, Rhode Island, 400 MURDER AIOST FOUL. The Mnlburo’Gnzetto gives the.following accpunt Of one of the most bloody,deeds we have cVcr been called upon to notice.. Not \vilhstHnding:; (hc heiripusnesS of thecrinidl wc fill'd (he old, plea pu t in behalf of tliecul pri t, of lespectab'dityof relatives, and he is aotunlly adinilied to bail.' ’The occurrence took place in the neighborhood-ofßliidcns burg opSaturday last. nrb' informed by. the Gazette, which; says’:— ‘‘ \Ve 1 earn that a misunderstanding'hud Tor Bpiho time cxistcd'between Cleiiient T.' Hilleary and -a a young. man named Albert M ngruder; a nil ,Oiat.,pn_ near Hilleary’s, house, .wherd;they resumed w«ere passed bctween Hilleary went “our ,'countrv— moiit oh wrono.” to,his.'house, got his gun, and. when within a few yards of Mngruuer -discharged - the gun at him—three of the shot.as we near, taking effect in the forehead, the remainder passing through the hat.\ QWe have no desire to prejudice, public opinion against Hilleary— we therefore state that at this stage of the affair there arc 'Contradictory 'statements in’ circulation;—hne isthatMagruder.apprdach ed Hilleary before lie shot; and another that, he advanced efter he was'shot. There were, V'C believe, two white witnesses of the whole' matter.] . v : . • . ' We have yet to record the most shocking fiart. After shooting the young man, we earn that Hilleary ordered one of nis negroes tp hold him, while he with the butt end of his gun, literally knocked out Ike man’s brains.'” Hilleary has heretofore stood fair in '{his County, and has many respectable relatives; There are, we suppose, some -extenuating circumstances, attending this bloody deed, as his honor Judge Stephen permitted bail in this case. - The amount of bail required was $6,000. —Baltimore Republican. ; No Newspaper.— The time is coming when a man who has the means, and does not take a newspaper, will bp looked on by ■his neighbors,as'a fish without a tin, a crow without a wing, a blind horse, a mole,.or whptyou please. Such an individual might do-.well enough to.live in the manneroT Rob inson Cruso, but he has no,excuse fur thrust ing (himself newspapersjind-ai‘6 belter informed.’to gath er whatever political or general intelligence they may choose to drop tor him. We-know piany.such men, and might name thejn; but we refrain;, but you gentle reader can point (hcm.uut yourself.—^ An. Union.- PISXUSi&JEJVT’S 'mJESJS.IGE. .message of the President, of the United Status to the two Houses of Congress, at the ciitomoncement- of the second. Session''of-the Twcntjr-Sixth Con* gross. Fellow-citizens of the Senate - ■ ami House of Representatives: ~ Our devou t gratitude is due to the Supreme Being for having graciously continued to our beloved country;-through - the vicissitudes of another year, the invaluable blessings of health, .plenty .and,peace.-, .Seldom has this JjivomUaud_beeiu>olgcnerally-exempted-l from the ravages of disease, or the labor of the husbandman more amply rewarded; and never before have our relations, with other countries been placed on,'.! a more --favorable basis than that.which lhry : ko happily occu py at this critical conjuncture of the alfalfa of the world, A rigid and persevering ab stinence from all interference with the.do mestic and political relations of other States, alike due to the genius and distinctive char acter of. our government and to the princi ples by which it is directed; a faithful ob servance, in the.management of our foreign relatioilS) ofthe. practice of speaking plainly,, dealing justly, arid requiring truth and jus tice in return, as the best conservative of the peace of nations; ..a.strict impartiality in our manifestations of friendship/in the commer cial privileges we concede, and those m e re quire from others; these accompanied by a disposition as prompt to maintain, emergency, o ur own rights, as we arc from principle averse to the ibvasi&n of those of others, having given, to pur country and gov ernment,a standing, in the great family of nations, of which we Iflive just cause to be proud, and the advantages .of which are ex perienced by our citizens throughout every, portion of the earth to which their enterpris ing arid adventurous spirit may carry them. Few, if any, remain insensible to tjie value of our friendship, or ignorant of the terms on which it cat) be acquired, and by_vvhich it can alone be preserved. A scries otqueslions of long standing, difficult in their adjustment, ahd ilnportant in their consequences, in, which,the fights of our citizens and thp -honor of'the country wore deeply involved.,have.iu thecourse of successful ad ministration of .my immediate predecessor,) been brought to a satisfactory conclusion; and the most important of those' remaining are, l am ■Say, in a'fail way of being speedily, and satisfactofilly ad justed. "■' ■ ~ VV itlinll the PoWcfs of thc worid,ourfc lations are ‘■'Since; your,adjournment, nothing stilus'lias cc-, cufred to interrupt op threaten this desirable harmony.' If clouds have, lowered above' the other hemisphere, they have not.'cast their, porteiriious;shadow qpon our ha'ppy shores. Bounded by ,no entangling alliances, yet linked by a common nature and interest with the other nations of mankind, our aspirations rare for the preservation of peace, in whose [ Solid and civilizing triumphs all may partici pate with a generous emulation. Yet it be hooves us to be prepared for any event, and tp’ bealw aySjrendy to main tain those just and enlightened.' principles of national inter courscf has corilentletli'K' ln the shock of contending em pires, it is Only by a.ssuin'ingaj^]Tii^bqaf-. armor that. neutral nations cim maintain their iiidcpe'ndcnt rights;. v '-; ... .The cxcitement which gipw out of tlu ferritonul controvcrsy betweeti the fJnitcd States and Great firitain -having in a great measure subsided; it.is h6ped that a favorable period, is approaching for its final settlement-. Both'Governments must! now be convinced; bf-ihe dangers' with which ;'t|ie;, r qubißdripri' fraugji 1;, pnil. it iiipst, be their Interest, that this .perpetual cause o! irritation fhriuld be remoyed na speedily at ;pfacticable.Jtri^ \ye re info rm edj that tfie’ pfoppsi t (oh for - missinnofcxploritibnaridjsuryeypromisei' unal adjustment | [AT TWO DOLLARS PEU ANNUM. New Series—Vol. 5, No, 27. oE the limits in dispute, was then before the British Government for its "consideration"." ■The answer of that Government, accom panied by additional propositions of its own, was .received'through its minister here since your separation. ‘ . These were promptly con sidered; such as were deemed correct ,in principle, and consistent with a due regard to the just rights of the United States, and of the state of Maine, concurred in; ami the reasons’for dissenting from the residue, with an additional suggestion bn our part, com municated by the Secretary of State to. Mr. hox. _ That not feeling himself sufficiently instructed upon some of the points raised in the discussion,-felt it fo. be his duty, to refer the matter to Ids own Goy , ermnqnt for its final decision- - Having now ' been for some time under tts advisement, a | speedy answer may be confidently expected. ] Prom the character of- the points still in difference, and the undoubted disposition of both parties to bring tlie matter to an early conclusion,:! look-witb-t}filire confidence to a prompt and satisfactory termination of the' negotiation. Three commissioners were ap • pointed, shortly after the adjournment of j Congress,'under the act of the last session,, providing for the exploration and; survey of the line which separates the statea of Maine and New Hampshire front the. British Pro vinces; they have been actively employed until their progress was" interrupted by : lhe incjemency of-the season, and will resume their labors as soon as practicable in the on- Ming_ye_ai:. —Itjs.umlerstood .that their re- 1 spcctivc examinations will throw new lights updn the subject in controversy, and serve ! to remove any erroneous, impressions which i may have been made elsewhere prejudicial I to the United Stales. It was, among other reasons, with a view, of'preventing the cm -1 barrassmcnls 1 which,:in our ’peculiar system of government,'impede and complicaterncgo tiations involving the territorial rights of a slate, fliat I thought it my duty, as you have been informed, ph a previous occasion, to propose to the British Government, through' its Minister at-Washington,: thati:arly steps should bo‘taken to" ailjust tlic points bf dift crence on the line of boundary from the en trance of Lake Superior to the most’ nortli wcstcriT point ol the Lake of the AVoods; by the arbitration of a friendly Power, in con-, formity with the seventh article of the treaty ol Ghent. .No answer has yet been returned,, by the British goyernmenf to this proposition. - With Austria, France, Prussia; Russia, -and-lhe-rcmaining-Powersof--Europei-l"am happy tp inform you,,dur relations continue to be of the most friendly character.. With Belgium, a treaty of commerce and naviga tion,based upon,liberal pfinciples'of recip rocity and equality, was concluded in March last, aiid, having been ratified by the Bel gian government, will be dul/f aid before (lie,Senate. It is a subject of congratulation that it provides for', the satisfactory adjust ment of a Jong stamling question of contro versy; thus removing the only obstacle which Could obstruct the friendly and mutually ad vanlagcuos intercourse between the two na tions. 1 ■ A messenger has been despatched with the Hanoverian treaty to Berlin, where, accor ding to stipulation, the ratifications are to be exchanged,. lam happy to announce to you that, after many delays and difficulties, a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and Portugal, was conclu ded arid signed at Lisbon, on the 26th of August.last, by tlie plenipotentiaries,of the two governments. Its stipulations are found ed upon thosc principlcs of mutual liberality ond advantage which the’United States have alwyas sought to make.tlie basis of their in tercourse with foreign Powers, and it’is Imped they will tend to foster and strength en the commercial intercourse' of the two countries. , . Under the appropriation of the last session .of.Gongress,an:ngcnt-hak.beeri sent 10-Gcr-- mahy, for the purpose of promoting thc,in terests of oiir, tobacco trader . ; . The commissioners appointed under the' convention for the adjbstment of claims of .citizens-of the United States upon Mexico haying 1 met and organized at, Washington, in Auguiblasl, the' papers in tlie possession of the Government, relating to those claims, were comniu nicated to the "board. The claims not embraced by JhaTconvcn lion are now (he subject of negotiation between the two:'Governments, - through" the ’ medium of ois,m ini ster; at M exi co. ", .ylisturL.'tlae -liai*7 mony of our relations with the different Gov ernments dl South America. ,T regbet.Ww-' ever,’ tu be obliged to inform you that tlie claim's of our citizens upon the late Republic of. Colombia have not yet been, satisfied by the separate Governments into which it has been resolved. The charge d'affaires of Brazil having ex pressed the intention of Ids Government not to prolong (hc. tronty of 182$, I cease to Up obligatory upon either party on (lie 12th day of December, 1841, when the extensive cnmniercial Intercourse between the United States prid that vast cmpirc will. no longer be regulated by express stipulations. , It affurds me pleaSureto communicate, to you that the'Governmcnt ofChili.has enter ed infoan agreement tp indemnify the claim ants in the case of’the Macedonian, for A inerican property sei?.ed in 1819 j and to add; dial information has also becil received which justifies the hppe. pf an early, adjustment ol the remainingclaimsupon that Government. - Thecuronussibhcraappointed in pursuance of the.convention between the. United. States ind' Tcxasr.for niarking the boundaryheft t»Vpen'tUem.''have,accprding port received from our cpihiniBsioncre > .'Bur yeyed and established the ivhule extent d 1 the boundary nor Ih along the. vvesterp bank •f the Sabine, river, from its entrance: into ihje Gulf of Mexico to the thirly-Becpnd;de.- (fee of north The comroisdon. ad journed on the. Ipth of. June-last,' ib rcras scmble on the lst of Npveinbcr. fpr tbe puij pose of establishing accurately theiiirtpi-scc iionbf lhe thirty;second degrpe/bf latitude . . AGENTS, John Moore, Esq. Ncwvill . Joseph M, Means, Esq. Hopewell township. John Wunderlich, Ean. Snippeiisburg. vYM. Mateer; Esq. I,ee’s>s Hoads, John Mehaffy, Dickinson township, >?^„ CLE 5 0 S NIN ' Jl '- Es g-Ho ß estowD. ■ f? E ° RGK *■ ■ pj' l N > Esq. Mechariicsburg FrederickWonderlich, do. James Elliott, Esq. Springfield. ' Daniel ICHysHER.-Esn. Churchtown. - Jacob Longneckkh, WorndeysburfN George Ernest, Cedar Spring, Allen tp. Martis.Gj Kur>, Esq> Slmenmnstown. with the western bank qfJhe rind the meridian line thence to Redriver. lt is presinned that the. work' will be concluded in the present sensohi • Fhe present sound condition of their fi nances, and the success with which embar rassments in. regard to them, at times' appa rently insurmountable, have been overcome, are matters upon which 1 the people and Go vernment of the United States may well con gratulate themselves.' An overflowing trea sury, however it may be regarded an as evi dence of public prosperity, is seldom condu cive to tile permanent welfare of any people; and experience lias demonstrated its incom patibility with the salutary action of politi cal institutions like those of the U. Strifes. Our safest reliance for. financial cfficiency and independence has on tlie contrary, been found to consist in ample resources unen cumbcred Vyith debt; arid, in7tliia respect the Federal Government occupies a singularly fortunate and truly enviable position. •When 1 entered Upon the discharge of my official duties in-March ISSf, (he act for the distribution of,the surplus revenue, was in a Upurse of rapid exccu tipn. Nearly twenty eighf millions of dollars of the public moneys were, in pursuance of itsprovisions, deposi ted with the States in the months of Janu ary; April, and July of that year. In May, there occurred a general suspension of spe-, cic, payments by the banks, including with" very few exceptions, those in which the pub lic money was deposited,apd upon whose fidelity the Government-had unfortunately made itself dependent furJhe revenues which hiul fieon collected'from (he people, and were indispensable to the public service. The suspension; & the excesses in-banking' and Cotrtmorcc. out of which it arose & which Were gi-eatly. aggravated byf its-occofiencc, made'to a great, degrceiiriav.iilable, fifepim cipril part of the public money then on hand; suspended the collection of many millions' accruing- oil. merchants’bonds, and greatly reduced (he- revenue arising fi;oih customs and the public lands. These effects 'have continued to operate' in various-.-degrees, to the 1 present'pcriud;~ad'd~in~ail<linbii (o’ (he dccrcasc.in the revenue thus-produced, two and a half millions of dutics.lmve bceii re iinqiiislied.by two biennial reductions under the act of 18S3, arid probably as much; more upon the importation-of iron- for railj-oads, by special legislation. ; : . J T ■ Whilst such has been our condition- for the last four years in relation.to revenue, we have duringthc same pciiirdV bccii snliiccted (orin uhavoidablc continuance oflargc & cx- , •li‘aordinary expenses necessarily, growing out of pasMransactions and which could hot he immediately arrested without great preju dice to the public interest,; Of (hose the charge upon, the Treasury, in consequence of the Ghcrokee treaty alone, without adver ting to others arising out of Indian treaties, has-already exceeded live millions of dollars; that for the prosecution of measures for (he removal of the Seminole Indians, which were found in progress, has been nearly fourteen millions; - and the public buildings . [have required the,-unusual-sum of nearly three,millions. It aflordtt me, however, great pleasure to ) be able to say.that, IVonVuie commencement . > of this period to the present dav" every do* , mand upon the government, athome or a i -broad, lias been promptly met. This has been done, not only without creating a'per r mancnt.debt, or a,resort to additional-taxa tion in any form, but in the midst of a stcadiljr progressive reductioii-of existing, burdens ■ upon the people, leaving stilla considerable i balanccof available funds wliich will remain in the Treasury at Hie end of the year. Thb i smalt amouritof Treasury" notes, not exceed-. ing four and a half millions of dollars, still outstanding, arid less by .'twenty-three mil .lions than the United States have in depofi - ite witlrtlie States,' is.composed of such only -as .are not ycl-duc, or haye-not yet been pre sehted for payment.- They :jnay' be redee med oiit of the accruing .revenue,if tlie.cx-. peuditurcs do not exceed (he amount within ' which they, may, ills thought, be kept wilh out prdudicc to the public interest, ami the revenue shall prove: to be as large as. inay justly be anticipated. . - ' .■ , ' ' A morig the reflections arising from (he contemplation of these, circuiristances. oriej.. not theieast gratifying, is the consciousness - .that' the Government had the,resolution,arid tlie ability to adhere,'in evcry-eniergency,'to the sacred obligations of law; to execute-all its contracts according to (he .requirements of the constitution; arid-thus to present when rnost needed a- ! rallying point by -which the business of the' whole country ■ might be - brought back to-.a safe;and. unvarying'slanJpT ~ ard-—a result vitally important as. well to to tile interests as to'the. morals of the nco ple. i There crib surely now be no difference of opinion in pegard to the incalculable evils that would have, arisen 1 if the government, at flmt cnticnl.moment, had sufleied ilsqlf y, to he deterred from upholding the.'only'sfji.ff-.tf ‘ ; - ilard of value, cither by tlie pressure of rid verse circumstances or (he violence of'un- . -.merited denunciation. , The manner iri which the people sustained (he performance, of t his duty was highly- honorableto, their-forfitude and patriotism. If cannot fail' to stimulate their agents-to adhere, underi.!| .circumslan ccs.- to the.line of'dutyf,;and : t<>:raiisfy them of the safety with - which « course' really right, and demanded!),/ a financial crisis; (payj in a coinmuidfy.iifee; ours, be pursued, . how-ever, apparently severe -Its■immediate ° operation. .. • '.’V-. ■' vThe-fpplicy;l,of tlie Federal;Gpyefrimprit> .in estinguisriing'as rapiilly ms - ria\irin9,l ; dribi, new,, of pUblic Hec»ritics';to conceti(ratcmltimat?v 'y in the coffers of foreign stockholder :H)e'ivliich i 3 cyci'y day ga}lier'rag: streiigth.. - ?V!. l '.9?4y. have tlie, i csources'of. inany of the' - (Continued onySecdnd'P&gc.f „5v --J:
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