`...~.« ~cX.^.at:r~We-; aui~^'-....v..,...,.4a~:1155r.~. SSic American, Volunteer. pUBIiisnEB EVERY 1 THURSDAY MORNING BY * BBATION fc BKNNK|T. .FFICE-SOBTH IUKKET SQUARE. ■ 'ptvo Dollars oer year irpald strictly Two DollurKaHn Kitty Cents If paid l “ :ul ta threi moStllH; it| y tlr wh |„ h TbroeDollUrs s}cofeßolo«iai c P. HUWKIUH' •■! ■■ WM. U. PARKER rj.tJMMJCH, * Parker, Li Arroxyi'.ys A7‘ LA W. Offlfe -on Wftlu Btxeet. In Marlon Hall. Car ‘.^BeTafc'jiWUrl' ■'■■" ' . ■■ ' MAULAUOHLIN, ATTOK r I wir AtiLaw. omuo in Building formerly 'by Volunteer, a few doors South of W .•IvBotel; V,.i.ih^ v ~ r -i^ T'l JSIITKJJ,,-STATES CLAIM " and 1 real >ESa\A TJS: :A&ENCYI M; B. BUTIJE ? B, •. ATTOKNHTJLTIaAWj ■; ' am™ In 2d Story of .inhofTs Building, No. S South J®7iv?r, Street; Carlmie,' Combetrund county Pay, So.; promptly * aShcsUom by, matt,' .will! receive Immediate lug nf Beat Estate, )n town or country. In all let- |n ( j*d^y^^ eaao -®9 c \ oa ®.P 0 | i ' ta K. UKIMIiOOJtB. : * 'ATTORNEY-a T-LAW, OARLIsLE.Pa, . sa>OIBM < on. South Hanover Street; opposite Benis’sdry.Boodsbiore. m • 1iee.1.1866. ‘ MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law, , Office In Rheem’a Hall Building, In lhe of the court House, next door to the. “Her iar office, Carlisle, Penna..' Be,i-V 1865. ■ TSTM J.'SHEARER, Attorney and ■ W ComraKLloß AT ' Law; lias removed his nlSco to thoihltherto unoccupied room in the North Kbfit corner of the Court Houbq. Jan. 26, ’IM-Jv;.... ■ ■■ - TUT KENNEDY, Attorney at Law W Carlisle, Penna,. Offloesame as that of tbs “American Volunteer.'’ Tier. 1 1866 ~ 1 Jv L. BHRYOCK; Justice of the peace.' • Offlio No'S. Irvin’s Row, Carlisle. , Mil aa.'1669-i-iy.! ■ 1 . / •' rVR. GEORGE 8. SEAKIGHT.Den >|J Tisf 'From the. Baltimtrre College of Utmtl Euaeru . Office at tbe renlclenoe of 'bis moilwr jSJl[Luther Street-, three doors below Bedlord Carlisle,Penna. • ~ v Dec;.l 1885. . zJ,. ‘‘ ’> < » T\n. J. 8. BENDER, Homcoopathfc II Hbyalolani Office No. 0, South Hanover aU, formerly occupied by John Lee, Esq,. jupe^MW-ly. 1 .. . TXjrks: B. HIRONB, Attorney and COUNSELOR AT r.AW. FIFTH STREET, BBLOWT CHESTNUT, Cor. Library, • Philadelphia. octif, is-S-ly ' : ■ ■' , ' - ' - TJOBERT OWENS, ,; SLATE ROOFER, AND DBA L lilt ’ IN ' SEA' TE, LANCASTER, PA. * AH Work Guaranteed. ’ Orders Left at thin Office will receive prompt attention. October 14, JMs&—ly. , sjai!S ant fflavs Jjl RESH SUM MICB ABBIVAL OF ALL THB U.fir-A MW.' STYLE* OF HATS ; A N : D ;C AI? S , The subscriber has just opened at No. 16JVcr forms money. W© hope all will avail themselves of ; their egßjn 4 Jj^^; April 8,15D9-IT I ' - lOHN DOBNER, ..'■.* ” MERCHANT; TAILOR, ' ol^^'^^«AlS^UTMENTO^^ a TAJI AND WINTER GOODS, < consisting of CLOTHS, ; 1 1 i Me' (jAS9IUEUEa^ ■ ents’ Furnishing Goods, ao. ever brought , Carlisle, HlaclQtbi comprise . BNOLWH, "' ■ " _ 1 - - ■ ~ *r- ofthe finest texture and urall abttdes. Mr. Corner being himself a prdetlcnl cuUer of ' to warrant perfect t flU.,andproinpt.AlUng«l order®. 1 l‘iecr TOBACCO. ~ PISH t OILS. HALTERS, ■ - ■ ' • hKGAKS, ' - ■ - ■. s p a o%toes. DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT, COUJTMEAL, BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR, FEED, and a fnll asaortmeut of artloloa OHually Eept In a lirat-olasaGtocery store. Give him a call, and satisfaction will bo guaranteed. Oct. 10,1RP9. ■ JOHN HECKMAN. fIIHE I.ADY’S FRIEND. -*■ TWO MONTHS QR A TIS ! ! * The Ladv’r Friend announces the -follow Dig Novelets.for 1R70: •■Did HeParvel Herl" by Chandler Moulton: " The Cateamons’ Aunt BJ Elizabeth Preavott,auOlorof ACm “ Silver: or. (sHsle Dfane s Bridal (Jilts, by Amanda Mo Douglas, anihor ofTAe fbrlune,” &c., wltu namerouH:jftor'er stories by a brilliant galaxy of lady writers. Un „ Aenrnt > A finely executed Hteol Kngravlng.n handsome .doubie-nage finely coloretl Kashlon-I late, rmd a large assorimentof Wood-Cut , Illustratibg the Fashions, Fancy Work, &o„ are given in every 11 Jtw*Ul*glve a popular ple6oof Music In every “fVKTRAITSOF DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS —The January naiiiberwlirconta*n Portraits (engraved on Steel) of Mrs. M en r> WoiHl, Flor ence Feicy, Louise Chunuler Moulton, Llh Prescott, amanda M. Loaglas, Mrs. Margaiot a {i H Ew r BEKS who fiend In th elr nnmes foi JH7obeforotheflmt of November, Bbpllrecelvq. the NovcmbH'r and’December numners of Uus year In addition, making fourteen months in. all I And- new 1 subscribers sending, in their names by.theflrst of December shall receive the magnlllcentDeceinher Holiday number, making thirteen months In'nil I _ - , „ _ Mt . TERMS.—B 2 60 a year; .Two copies, 81 00, Four copies, 80 00: Five copies (and one gratis), &J. <*)• One copy of I’iie Laj>y B Fbibnd and one of Tub l of tlie large and beautiful Premium Steel Kngravlng— ** ’Joking the Measure of the Wed • di»wid(nff’’-e.ngraved In England at a cost o f Sfll bo sunt every tuH iri SOfsabacrlberf and to every,person sending a club, This En graving la u gem ot »g rBlt soN. 819 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. V **■ BpeeMneneopie.-«,i } tlor|en e Mntß. 4iißro< TOO HUMBCGI NO HUMBUG 1! • Gbrlstlan Inhoff, of Carlisle,) bos the solo right as Agent for Cumberland Jaunty, Pa., for the aule, wholesale, of a new Burnjng Fluid culled King’s Non-Explosive Bbllliant iLi.yuiNA tino Ftuin, wliloh is superior u» anything ever Introduced, and can supply-the trad© through, ■‘thO'Couuiy wholesale.. This Huid 1 la -cheaper than Kerosene or any other ol or compound In use,-emits no bud o«u>r dr smell, ond Is perfectly CHRISTIAN INHOFF; ~ 1 A AAA Acenta wanteil fur the Priest IUiUUU -nd Nun. ■ This most exoltlug and ■ InterevUtiK book. by » l populiw aqlbgraw; tj'noW reu.lv, uud, I bore wlia" wHh lo CUI.VMJ foj .l t Bbould upply Immediately for circular, Jwlth lump enoloBedl) Stating territory desired, ozpb- ; rlenoe, 40. Agents tvanted everywhiro for Ibis and'cipher . flrst*cl ,88 bonks and engravings, by, ORITTE.vDEN 4 MoKINNEY, 11)08Chealuut Bt,, PhlladelphlU.'Pia.' Cot. 31, IgUO-3m I » UMOVAL. —E- SHOWER, aenlblr IV In nil kinds of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LISUoHS, has removed, his store to tna spaolqus rooin In' the “ Volunteer Building," 1 dlieotly South of the Market House, Carlisle. His ua- Bortmout el liquors Is very complete, and muon larger than heretofore. His old icuutomers und the public Ingeneral, are Invited to give him a cull at his new stand. , h ./i- Out. 7, 1869. , • ; 1 ' :k MEKICAN ALE:—The. Anu'rlvun Ale Ure'wety, formerly Oobliort'e, baa been, reopened by V, 0. Tuber, who la now ready to uupplV this Justly celebrated brand ol Ale tetfVwl *i» etiua Private Families, ui low rules. •Alo delivered m all purut.'o/ Cumberland, Ad amaor Perry cuHties,,. ; C, O.r Ail Mt. Hoy.w.ueww.*, . FIRST A.VNDIL MESSAGE ULYSSES S.' GRANT, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. To the Senate.and Mouse of Bepreserita iiveta :] ’ : ,' ' : i , 1 ; . i , ■ ’ In burning before you for (lie first time ns Chief Manistiaie of tills great nation. Ills wlih gratitude to ttie Giver of all good.ior.the many beneffts we • njoy. 1 \Ve are'b eased with peace ai Itolne, and are without entangling alliances abroad to forbode trouble; with a Terri tory. uiisu Hashed in fertility,‘of,an'urea equal to the abundant support of five hundred millions of people, and abound ing in every variety of useful mineral, in quantity sufficient to supply the world lof generations; with exuberant crops; with a variety ot climate adapted to the production ■ f every species of earth’s riches, and suited to the habits; tastes and Vequtrements of every living tiling; with a population of 40,000,000 of free people, all speaking one language; with lacllitles lor every moral to acquire an education ; with institutions closing to none the avenues to fame, or any bless ing of lortune that may. be coveted; witli freedom of the pulptl, the'press and the scliobi; with a revenue .flowing into the National Treasury beyond tbe require ments of the Governments- Happily harmony is being rapidly- restored within our own borders; manufactures, hither to unknown in our country, are^spring ing up in all sect,ions, producing a de gree of national importance uueqUaled by that of any other power. The-e blessings and countless others are entrusted to your care and mine, for safe keeping for the brief period.of our tenure of odlce. In a short time wo must each of us return to the ranks ot the, people who have conferred upon us our honors, and account to them fo: out stewardship. I earues ly eslre that neither you nor I may be-condemned by a free and emlglitouecj constituency, nor by ourowu consciences. Emerging from a rebellion of gigantic magnitude; aided as it washy the sympathies aud assist ance of nations, with which we were at peace, eleven stales of the Union were tour years ago left without a legal State government. ' A national, debt has been contracted. American commerce was almost driven from ihe seas ;. the indus try of one-half of tbe country had been lakeu from the c ut,rbl of, the' capitalists and- placed where ail labor rightfully belongs, in the keepi-'g of the laborer.— Tbe work of re-luring Htate Governments loyal to-the Unloo, of protecting apd fostering ireedabor, aud providing means for paying the -interest on- the public debt, has received ample attention fr-m (Jungreas. Although, your efforts have nut met with the Success in all particu lars, that.might have.been desired, yet on the whole they have been more success ful than could have been reasonably an ticipated. Seven Stales which passed or dinances of secession, have' been fully, restored to tiieir places in the Union.- The eighth, Georgia, held un election at which she rati lied her Constitution, Re publican" in fo m, elected a Governor, members ol CohgiesS,# State Legislature, and all other officers required. TlieGov ernbr was duly installed, and the legisla ture met and pei lormed ad tue acts thou required ul them by the if e construe Lion ueb. of Congress. Subsequently, how v er * in violation of the Constitution. „ Idch they had just ratified (us since de cided by tile Supreme Court ot the State,) ■tlibyt uu'seu ed Dip colored members ol tile Legislature','and admitted hi seals some members who are disqualified byf 'tnc liili'l -'i-.i---.- "f e*u -. Amendmentto the Constitution-run arti cle which they themselves had contribu ted to'fat fy. Under these circumstances, q wbtild submit to'you wlietler it would not be wise, without delay, to euaut a law authorizing the Governor of Georgia to convene the members originally elected to the Legislature; requiring each mem ber to take the' oufli prescribed by the Reconstruction acta, aud none to bo ad mitted wbo are mellgible unner the third, clause of Hie Fourteenth Amendment. The freedmeu, under the protection which they have received, are making r mid.progress m leuruiug, aqd no com plaints are heard of luck ol industry on their part where they-receive lair re muneration for their labor. , . The means provided for paying the in terest on the public debt, with all other expenses of the Government, are more Ibun ample. . The loss of our commerce is-liie only result of the late rebellion. Which has hot received sufficient atten tion from you. To this subject 1 call vour earliest attention. • X will not now suggest plans by ,wh eh this object may be effected, but will, if necessary, mane It theeubjeot of ai special message duiiug tbe session ol Congress. . At tbe March term Congress,, by a loint,resolution, authorized the Execu tive to order elections 'in tbe States oL Virginia, Ml-aisaippl and Texas, to mit to' them the Constitution which each hud ummiiUou-dy m convention's framed, aiid submit the eohaiitulious. either entire or In separate pans to be voted upon, at the discretion of the Executive.. Under this authority elec tions were called. lu Virginia the elec tion took place on. Ihe 6th ol July, 'IB6O. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor 'elected'have been installed. -Tbe Legis lature met and did all required by this resolution and by ail the reconstruction acts ot Congress,-and abstained from all douhtiul authority. I recommend that her Senators and Representatives be piomptly aum tied to seats, and that'the Slate he fully restored to its place lul the family of Stales. ' . ■ Elections weie ealied in Mississippi, and Texas to-commence on tbeSOtb ol November, 1860, last two days in Mississippi and four days in Texas. The elections have taken place, but the resuit Is not known, it is to be hoped that the acts of, the Legislature of these Slates when they meet, will ho'such as to re ceive year appioval , ,aud thus close .the work of Reconstruction. . ~ Among the evils growing out of the Rebellion, and not yet leterred to, is that of an irredeemable currency. It is all. evr«/lilci.fiffiupe will receive yuur must eai uestatteiiliou. Xtlsa duly, and one ot the highest duties of ihe Government, to • secure to the citlzeu a medium ot ex change offlxed and unvarying value.— 'Thisimplies a return to a specie - basis,, aiid'iio subsiiiuto lof it can ho devised.— Xl should be commenced uow-aud reach ed at. the earliest practicable moment consistent wlih'a Iglr legard (o the in teresla.or. Ihe 'debllir class, fapliedjate resimiptlohl if pructlcable, wiiffid-uot bo desirable. It woulil eouipol tbe debtor elusa to pay beyoud tboir contracts the premium on gold at thb duleof purouaae, and'wodid bring bankruptcy aud ruin to 'li.iiusuiitjs..- Fluetuiitibuk, however In tbe paper -value of the measure -foi all luiu.-s, gold, is dutrlmdntul to the InteT eBta of trade. It makes the man of husl -utssan.i.uYoluiitaty,gamnier, for in all sales-where future p-.yipout ,'ls to be; made; both'parties speculate os to what Will bo the, y^,iu§ - jjj(,.theippf'teaoy to he Vpatd - dr received.--in i. . ni - 1 earnestly reaulmwend to.'you, then, ■ H peli:il)^laiatljdmjWJti 'iiimv a gradual; iteiui‘u to specie aud pgtau 1 immediate Btop to: the ly'&nv of curtieb,by f ; *' , luyJ u •; ’1 } ‘ .l 1 ; ' ■Tuij methods to securai. tbe .fdrpfcr thebe re-'Ulta areto halUtirdua i& are! the To weeuce l atib.butouo way, uuii • that ia t*v auUuinzo tUe to re T deem ltd ' owu juipoti ata Uxed price whenever presented, and to withhold' Irom circulation ail currency ao redeem ed, until Bold;agaih for gold, Tliei 'vast 'reaoiircea Mold developed uud undeveloped, .ought to muUe opr credit the beat ou eanh. With a' lesa burden of taxpUmi tbiih the citizen has eudmed for six, years post, the entire. puUlu debt could be* paid t iu ten years, but it la hot dvairah.W that tho peupie hj&diiid he taxed to pay li in lliul inue^ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1869. Year by year the ability to it increas es in u rapid ratio, but,,lhe,hurden.of. In* 'terest ought,to be' reduced as rapidly aa can be done without the violation of con tract. The public debt is represented in great part.by bonds having from five to twenty and Irmn ten to forty years to t un, bearing Interest at the rate ol 6 per ceut* respectively. It is /optional with the Government lo pay* these bonds at any period’ after the 1 expiration of the time mentioned upon their face.— The time has already . expired when a a great part of them maybe taken up, and la rapidly approaching when all may he It is believed that all which are now due-may bo replaced by bonds hearing a rate of interest not exceeding four and one-lmlf per cent, and as rapidly as the remainder become due that they may replaced in the same way to accomplish this it may be necessary to authorize the interest to be paid at either of' three or four of the money centres of Europe, or by an Assistant Treasurer of ;tbe united States, at the opinion, of the holders of the bonds. I suggest this subject for the consideration i»f Congress; also, simulta neously with this the propriety ot re deeming our currency, as before.suggest ed, at its market value at the time, the law goes into effect, increasing the rate at which currency will be bought and,sold from day- to day, or week to .week, at the same rate of interest as the Gbvernment pays upon its bonds. . The subjects of tariff and int-rnai taxa tion will necessarily receive your.atten tion. The revenues of the country are greater than the requirements, and may with, safely-be reduced ; but as the fund ing of the debt In a four or a four apd a half per .cent, loan would reduce the an nlial current expenses largely, thus, after funding, justifying a greater reduction, of taxation than would be now expedient I suggest the’postponement of this ques tion until the next meeting of -.Congress*, i It may b. advisable to modify taxation and ; tariff iu instances where unjust or burdensome discriminations are made by th« present law regulating this sub ject. I recommend the postponement of It for the present.- X also »suggeBt the renewal of the tax on incomes, but, at a reduce i rate, say of.three per ceut. and this tax to expire in three years. ...... , With the funding of the National debt, as here suggested j I feel sale in saying that taxes and the revenue from imports may be reduced safely Iroui sixty loeighty millions per annum at once, and muy .be still further, induced, from year to year aa the resources'of ;the'c6untry are de veloped. The report of the Secretary of the Tieaaury shows the receipts of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1809, to be $370,943,747, and the expenditures, including Interest, boun ties, eic., to be $321,400,697. The esti mates for the ensuing year are more fa vorable to the Government, and will, no/ . doubt, show a much larder decrease pt the public debt. The receipts .in the Treasury, beyond expenditures, have ex ceeded the amount necessary to place to the credit of the sinking fund, as.proyid eo hy law. • ■ _ , To lock lip thesurplus in the Treasury, and withhold it from c.rcu ution, would lead to suon a contraction of the curren cy as to oiippie trade-and seriously af [ lect the pro perity ot theqouuty. Under I these circumstances, the Secretary of the Treasury, and myself heartily con i curretMu the propriety of using, all the I surplus currency in the Treasury iu‘ the I purchase of Government bonds, thus re ducing the Interest-bearing indebtedness of the country, and of submitting toCou gress the question of the disposition to be I made of tue bonds so purchased. The ! bonds now held by tbe ; Ttea-*ury amount 1 to auout $76,000 000, Inomdiug those be to the sinking fund- I recomru mend that the whole oe. plucmi to the credit of the sinking fund. , * Your attention' is respectfully invited to the recommendations of the {Secretary of theTreisury for the creation of the office of Commissioner of Customs Reve nue, for the increase of salary -to certain classes of officials, and the substitution of increased Nut.iouai bank *lirculuiiou lo replace tiie outstaadiug three per cent, certificates, and most especially to bis rec ommendation for the repeal of laws al lowing shares of fines; penalties, forfeit ures, etc., to officers of the (Government and to informers. ; Tin- office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue is one of the most ardous’and] responsible Under Government. It mils but little if any short of a, Cabinet posi tion In its importance and responsibilities. 1 wpuld ask lor it. tborefme, such legis lation as in your judgment , will place the office upou u looting of dignity commen surate with its' importance, aud. with a character and qualifications of the class of meu required to fill it properly: As the United States is the freest of all nations, bo, too, Us people - sympathize with ail peoples struggling for liberty and self-government. But w ile so sympa thizing, it is due to our honor that we should aba ain from eiiloioiwg bur views Upon' unwilling nations, and from taking, an Int rested part, without invitation, iu the quarrels between different nations, or between Governments and their subjects. Our course should always be iu conform ity with strict justice and .law interna tional and local. Euoh has been the poli cy of the Administration in dealing with tnese questions. For .more than-a year a valuable province «1 Spain, and-a-near uoighbor.ot ours, iu whom all our peo ple cannot but feel a deep interest, has been struggling for ii.depepdeu 0 and free: The people and Government of the United Stales entertain the same warm feellings and sympathies for the people of Cuba in their pending struggle that they manifested tlirouhout the pievioua smug gles between tipiun and her former colo nies, in behalf ot the latter; but the cm-, test nus never assumed a condition which amount-* to a’ war iu the sense of interna tional law, or w dcii would ahow the ex istence ot a dc facto political organization of the insurgents, sufficient lo jUßtffy a recognition, ol belligerency,, princi ple is maintained, however, that this na tion is its o.Wu judge when to accord the rights of belligerency either to a people struggling to free themselves trom a gov eminent they believe to be oppressive or to independent nations at war with each other. The United States have no dis position to interfere with the existing re lations of Spain to her colonial possessions on this comment. They believe that in due lime Spain aud other European pow ers will find their Interest iu terminating these relations aud establishing theii preuentdvpeudeiioies as independent pow-j 'era, members of the family ol nations. These dependencies are no longer re garded us subject to trausfer trom one. European power to another, when the present relation of the colonies ceases, they are to become.lndependent powers, exercising the right of unolce and ol sell uojjirbl iu the determination ot their lu ture conditions, aud relation with other powers. The United Elates, iu order to mu a stop to bloodshed in Cuoa, aud iu the of a neighboring people, pro posed their good,offices to bring the ex idling contest to a termination. The offer not being accepted by Epaiu, on u basis which'we believed could be received by Cuba, whs withdrawn. It la hoped that the good offices ol the United States may yet prove advantageous for the settlement of this unhappy strife. Meanwhile a number of Illegal expeditious against ’Cuba have been broken up, It has been ipb * Miickver/pf'. lhe AduiinlsttailoM execute the neutrality; laws in good faith,; no mutter how unpleasant the tusk, made, so by the suffering we have endured Irom luck of like good lakh toward us by older u. lions. On the 20ih of March lost United Elates Ecoouer Lizzie AJaj° r was atTcbied on the high seas by a dlianibh, frigate, aud tvvp passengers taken lrom.it and carried as prisoners to Cuba. Ropr©v beptutiohor these facts’was made to too Spanish Government us soon a»° moiai infon* atlou of them reabi.ed VVashlug touin Tlie two pusseiigera were set at llbt-riy. and lire Epaul h- Goveinmeut Saahred the United Elates that the captain of the frigate in making tiie capture hud acted swltlioiu, law; . that lie had beeu reprimanded for the irregularity of his conduct, and that the Spanish authorities In Cuba would uot sanction any act that could violate the rights or treat with dia respect the sovereignty of this nation* . The question of the seizure, of the brig Mary Lowell at one of the Bahama Is lands, by the Spanish authorities, is now the subject of correspondence between this Government and those of Spain and Great Britain. The Captain General of May last, issued aproclamation authori zing search to be made of vessels on the high seas. Immediate remonstrance was made against this, whereupon the Cap tain General issued a new proclamation, limiting the right of search to vessels of the. United States, so fur as authorized under the treaty of 1795. This proclama tion, however, was immediately with drawn. " X have always felt that the most, inti mate relations should bo cultivated be tween the Republic of the United States and all independent nations on this con tinent. It maybe well worth duusidering whether new treaties between the United States and them may uot be profitably entered into, to secure more Intimate re lations, friendly, commercial, or other wise. sdpject of an inier-oceunlc canal, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, through the Isthmus of Darien, is one ib which commerce is greatly in terested. . Instructions, have been given to our Minister to the*Rep(iblio of the Übited States of Columbia to eudeavor to obtain authority for a survey by this Govern ment, in order to determine the practica bility of such an undertaking, and a char ter for the right of way to build by private euteiprise such a work, if a survey prove it to be practicable. Xu order to comply with the agreement of the. United Stales as to a mixed com mission at Lima, for the adjustment of Claims it became necessary to send a com : missiduer and secretary to Lima in Au gust lust. No appropriation having beeu , ih'ide uy Congress for ibis purpose, it lb now asKed that one be made covering the past and future expenses of the commis sion. The good offices of the United Slates to bring about a peace between Spain and the South American Republics with which she is at war, having been accepted by • Spain, Peru and Chill, a Congress has beeu invited to be held in Washington during tlie present' winter. A grant has been given to Europeans of an exclusive right oi transit over the ter ritory of Nicaragua, to which Cos u Rica has given it* assent,’ whicu it is alleged couplets with the vested rights of citizens oi the United Stales. The Department of Stale has now this subject under con sideration. - Tne Minister of Peru having made rep resentation that tnere was a uiuie of war bet veeu Peru uud bpuiu, aud that tipaiu was count uctlug iu or near York thirty guti boulß, which might be used by tSuuiu.iu such.a way as to relievo the naval forces at Cuba, so us to opeiato against Petfu, orders, \vere given to pie veut their departure. No further steps having been taken by the representative ol the Peruvian Government to prevent tin? departure of the vessels, and 1, not leeliug authorized to detain the property ofaualiou with which we were at peace, on a there Executive order, the matter has been reterred to the courts to decide. Tue conduct dl war between the allies aud the Kepuulic of Paraguay has made the intercourse with that country so dif ficult that it has.been deemed advisable to .withdraw our. representatives from there. Towards the close ol the last AumlnistrUiou, a convention was signed bst.Loudou for the settlement of all out- Blandiu- claims between Great Britain and tue United btutes, which failed, to the auvice aud couseut of the euule i,o;uo ri»viuoauon. xuc —-w «uu circumstances attending the negotiation ot that treaty were uulavorablo to Us ac ceptance by tbe people ol‘ the United stales, ami its provisions are.wholly in adequate lor the settlement of the grave wrouga that bail been abstained by -this Goveru'meut-us well as by -its citizens, Tbe Injuries resulting to tbe Uuited estates by reason of tbe course adopted by Great Brilaiu during our lute civn war, lu tbe iucreaaed rales ol iusurauee, iu tbedlml uuliuu of exports and Imports, aud oiber obstructlous to domestic industry uud production—lu Its effect upou tbe foreign eoinluereeoflbe country, m the decrease aud transfer to Great Britain of our Com mercial marine, iu tne prolongation of me war, ami iu tbe Increased coat, both lu treasure aud in lives, 11 its suppression, could not be adjusted uud solioOed aa or diuilry commercial- claims wUieb con tluually arise bet-i ecu commercial ca llous. and yet tbe convention treated them simply as such claims, from wbion they differ in tbe giavlty of tbeir cbarpeler than lu die magnitude of tbeir amount. Great us is that diffoteuee uol a word was found m tbe-treaty, uud not an iuiereuce could be druwu Irom It to remove tbe sense of tbe unfriendliness of the course ol'Great Bri tain in our struggle lor existence, wbicb bud so deeply and universally impressed itself upou me people of tnis country. Believing that a convention thus miscon ceived iu its scope uud inadequate iu Its provisions would uol have produced tbe nearly corulal settlement ol me pending questions which alone is consistent with me relations which X deshe to have es tablished between the United Slates and Great Britain- 1 regarded the action of tile donate in rejt c mg the treaty to have been -wisely taaen, .in tne interest of peace, and as a necessary step in the di rection of a perfect and cordial irlomlabip between the two countries. A sensitive people, conscious ol tbeirpower, oremore at ease under a great wrong wholly una toued, than under the restraint ot u set tlement which ealisties neither tbeir iueas of justice uor tbeir grave souse ot the grievance they have sustained. Ibe rejection of tbe treaty was allowed by a state of public feeling on both sides which I lliuug.-t was lavorable to an Immediate attempt at renewal ot negotiations. I, acccruinglv so Instruoled tne Minister of ■tbe United States to Great Britain, ami loiitid that my views in tills regard were shared by Her Majesty’s Minister. I hope that tbe lime may soon arrive when the two governments cuu approach the solu tion of this momentous question with an appreciation of wliat !►. due to the rights, dignity and honor of each, aud with tbe determination not only to remove the causes of complaint iu the past, but lo lay the foundation of a, broad principle of public law which will prevent further differences, aud tend to aflrm and coii f Itlnued peace uhiXfriemlsblp. This is now the only grave question which tbe United. States have with any foreign nation. Tne question of renewing a treaty for reciprocal trade between the United States and tbe British provinces on ibis continent, has not been favorably con sidered by the Administration. The ad vantages of snob a treaty would be whol ly in favor ol the British producer, ex cept,possibly, a few engaged lu tbe trade between the two sections. No cl Izen of the United States would be benelilted by reciprocity. Our luteins! taxation would prove a protection to the British producer almost equal,to tbe protection which our manufacturers now receive from the tar iff Somo, arrangements, howoy r, lor the regulation of commercial intercourse between the United States and the 1)6- mitiiou of Canada may ho desirable. Tbe commission foradjustlng the claims Of tbe "Hudson Bay and Puget Bound Agricultural Company” upon theUiiited ' Slates, lias terminated Us labors. The - award of $050,006 bus beeu made, and all the rights uud titles of the company on the territory of the United H ales have 1 beau extinguished. Deeds for the. prop -1 eny of the company have been delivered. Au appropriation. by Congress to meet ' this sum Is asked. The for determining 1 the Northwestern laud boundary between tbe United States aud tbe British posses sions, under tbe tieaty of 1050,. have - comp eted tlielr lubors and tbe cuinmisa ■ lou bod been dissolved. > In conformity with the resolution of I Congress, a proposition was early made to the British Government to abolish the mixed courts created under the treaty of April 7. 1802, for the suppression of the African slave trade. The subject l« stlii under negotiation. It having come to my knowledge that a corporate company,.organized under British law, proposed to laud upon the shores of the United States, ami to oper ate ther* a submarine cable, under a con cession from His Majesty the Emperor of the French of an exclusive right for twenty years of telegraphic communica tion between the shores of France and the United States, with the very objec tionable feature of subjecting all mess* ges conveyed thereby to the scrutiny and control of the French Government, I caused (he French and British Legations at Washington to be made adquuinted with the probable policy of Congress on the subject, ns foreshadowed by tho hill which passed the Senate in March lost. This drew from the representatives of the company an agreement to accept as tho basis of their operations tho provisions of that bill or of snob other enactment on the subject as might be passed during the approaching session of Congress ; also to use tneir. influence to secure from the French Government a modification of their concession, so os to permit the laud ing upon French ,soil of any cable belong ing to any company incorporated by the authorities Of the United States, pr of uyy State In the Uuiou, and on their part hot to oppose the establishmentofany such cable in consideration of this agreement. 1 directed the withdrawal of tue opposi tion by the Uuitedßtutea authorities to the lauding of the cable, aud to the work ing of it uutil the meeting of Congress. 1 regret to e y that there haa been no moditicatlou made iu tlie company soou eeaaion, nor eo far as I can learn hare they attempted to secure one. Their con ceaaluu excludes the capital and citizens of the United Stales irpm competition upon Hie shores of Fiance. I recommend legislation to protect she rights of citizens of the United States, as well us the digni ty and sovereignty of the uaiiou against suchau assumption. I shall also endea vor to secure by negotiation an abandon ment of the principle of monop dies in ocean telegraphic cables. Copies of this correspondence are herewith furnished. Thu unsettled political condition of other countries less fortunate lllun our own' sometime's induces their citizens to come to the United States for the sole purpose of becoming naturalized. Having secured this, they return to their native country, and reside without disclosing their change of allegiance. They accept official posi tions or trust or honor, which can only be held by citizens of their native * land. They journey under passports describing tuem as such citizens; and it is only when civil discord, alter perhaps years of quiet, threatens their persons 01 their property, or when their native State dralts them into us military service, that the fact of their change of allegiance is made known.. They reside permanently away from the United Slates; they con tribute nothing to its revenues; they avoid the duties of its citizenship, and they only make themselves known by a claim of protection. I have directed the diplomatic and consular officers ot the United Stales to scrutinize carefully all such claims of proteei ion. The citizen of the United States, whether native or adopted, who dischar ges his duty to his country, is entitled to its complete protection- While I have a voice in the direction of allairs I shall not consent to imperil this sacred right by conferring it upon fictitious or fraud ulent claimants. Oil the accession of the present administration it was found that the Minister for North Germany had made propositions for the negotiation of a convention for the protection of emi grant passengers, to which ho response mtu mSiiifiiTZu...-. - to be effectual, all the marhime pow ers engaged iu the trade, should bejuiued iu such a measure." Invitations have been extended to the Cabinets of London, Paris, Florence,'Berlin, Brussels, the Hairue, Copenhagen and Stockholm, to empower their representatives at Wash ington to simultaneously enter into ne gotiations, and to conclude with the Uni ted States conveiltioqs identical in forni, making uullorm regulations as to the parts of vessels to be devoted to the use ol emigrant passengers, us to the quality of food, as to the medical treatment of the sick, and as to the rules to beobserv ed during the voyage, iu order to secure ventilation, to promote health, to pievent intrusion, to pro.ect the females, and prodding for the establishment of tribu nals iu the several countries for enforcing such regulations by Summary process.— Your attention is re-pectfully called to the law regulating the tariff on Buasian hemp, and to the question whether to lix the charges upon Uusslan hemp higher than they are fixed up n Manilla is not a violation of our lieaty with Russia, placing her products upm the same loot lug with those, of the most favored na tions.' ' . . Our manufuoturers aro increasing with wonderful rapidity, under the encourage ment which they now receive. With the improvement In machinery already affected, and stiff increasing, causing machinery to take the place of skilled la bor to a large extent, our imports of many articles uiust fail off large.y with in a verv few years. Fortunately, too; manufacturers are not cuntined to a few localities, as form erly and it is to be hoped will become more and more diff used, making the in terest iu them equal in all sections. They give employment and support to hund reds of thousands ot people at home, and retain with ns the me ns which other wise would be shipped abroad. The extension ol railroads in Europe and the East is bringing into competi tion with uur agricultural products like products of other countries. Hell-interest, if not self-preservation, therefore,' dic tates caution against dlstuibiug any m dustiial interest oft he c- uutry. It teach es us also the necessity of looking to other markets far 'the sale of our surplus. Our neighbors south Of us and Chlnaaud Japan should receive our special atten- It will be the endeavor of the Admin istration to cultivate such relations with ail these nations as to entitle us to their contldeu-e, and make it their interest, us well as ours, to establish better commer cial relatione. . ■ Through the agency of a more enlight ened policy than that heretofore pursued towards China,largely due to the saguci tv and efforts of one of our own distin guished citizens, the world is about to commence largely increased relations with that populous and hitherto exclusive nation. As the United States have helm the initiators in this-now policy; so they should be the most earnest in allowing their good faith in making it a success. In this connection, I advise such legisla tion aa will lorever preclude the enslave ment of the Chinese upon our soil under the name of coolies, and also prevent Ameiieau vessels from engaging in trans portation of coolies to any country toler ating the system. I also recommend that the mission to China be raised to one of tue first class. On my assuming the responsible duties of Chief Magistrate of the United States, it. was with tlie conviction that three things were essential .to its peace, pros perity, and fhdest development. Ilret among these Is a strict integrity in. fui- Ulliug all our obligations. Secondly; to insure protection to the person and pro perty of the citizens of the United Stales iu each and every portion of our com mon country, wherever he may . choose to move, without reference to original nationality, religion, color or I" 1111 ;-*, demanding qf him only obedience to the laws and proper respect for the rights of others. Third; Union Of all the States, with equal rights, Indestructible by any but constitutional means. To secure the flret ot these; Congress has taken two cB.-eutlul steps—First, in declaring by joint resolution that the public debt should he paid, principal and interest, in coin ; and second, by pro viding the means for paying. Providing ho means, however, could not secure ♦ VOL. 56.—N0. ‘27. tli < object desired, without a proper ad ministration of the laws for , the collec tion ol the revenue, and an economical disbursement of them* To this subject the Administration has most earnestly addressed itself, with results I hope satis laotory to the country. There has been no hesitation in changing officials in or derto'secure efficient execution ol the laws; sometimes, too, where in a mere party view, undeserved political results were likely to follow, nor any hesitation in sustaining efficient officials against res monstrances wholly .political. It may bo well to mention here the embarrass ment possible to arise from leaving on the statute books the so-called Tenure of Office Acts, aud to earnestly recommend their total repeal,. It could not, have been the intention of the framers of the Constitution when providing that ap-. pointmeuls made by the President should receive the consent of the Senate, that the latter should have the power to re tain In office persons placed there by Federal appointment against the will of the Presid-uit. The law is inconsistent with a faithlul aud efficient administra tion of the Government. What faith cau the Executive put in officials forced upon him, and those, too, whom he has suspended for reasons ? How will such officials be likely to serve an administra tion which they know does not trust them? For the second requisite to our growth and prosperity, time aud a firm but humane Administration of existing laws, amended irom time to time os they may prove ineffective or prove harsh aud unnecessary, are probably ail tuat are re quired. ... , . Tue third cannot be attained by special •legislation, but must be regarded as fixed by the Constitution itself, and gradually acquiesced lu by force of public opluiou. From the foundation Of the Govern-: mont to the present, the management of the orlgiqal inhabitants of this couth eut —the Indians—has been a subject of em barrassment afid expense, aud has been aitended with continuous robberies, m.ur dersand wars. From my own experieuce upon the frontiers, aud iu ludiau coun tries, I do not hold either legislation or the conduct ofThe whites who come most iu contact with the Indian blameless for these hostilities; *lhe past, however, can not be undone, and the question ihust be met as we uow find it. 1 have attempted a new policy towards these wards ol the nation (they cannot be regarded iu any other light than as wards,) with fair results, so far as tried; and which I hope will be attended ulti mately with gi eut success. The Society of Friends is. well known as having suca ceeded iu lining in peace with the Indi ans iu the early settlement of Pennsyl vania, while their white neighbors of other sects, in other sections, wore con stantly embroiled, They are also known for their .opposition to all strife, violence, and war; aud are generally noted lor their strict integrity and lair dealing.— These considerations.induced me to give the management of a few reservations of Indians to them and to throw the burden of selection of agents upon the Society itself. The result has proved most satis factor#. It will be found more lully set lortb.ln the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for superintendents and Indian ageuts.not ill the reservation, officers of the army were selected. The reasons for this are numerous. Where ludiau agents are sent, there; or near there, troops must be sent also. Iho agent aud the commander of troops are independent of each other, aud are sub ject to orders from different departments of the Government. The.army officer holds a position for life, the agent one at the will (if the President. The former is personally interested iu liviuts u harmo ny with the Indians aud iu establishing a permanent peace, to the end that some ter has no such personal interest.— Another reason is an economic one, and still another, the hold which the Gov ernment has upon a life officer to secure afaitSrull discharge of hifldutie.it. car rying out a given policy—the building of rallrra Is, aiid the access thereby given to all the agricultural and mineral reg tins of the country, is rapidly bringing c| vi J lz “ ed settlements into contact with all tne tribes of Indians, No matter what ought to be the relations between such settle ments and the aboriglnies, the factis they do not harmonize well, and, one or the other has lo give way in t|ie end. . A system which looks td tue extinction of a race is too horrible fora nation ui adopt without entailing upon itself the wrath of all Christendom, snd engender ing in the citizen a disregard for human . lifi and tne rights of others, dangerous pi •society. I see up substitute lor such a system, except in placing all the Indi ans on large reservations as rapidly as can" be floue, and giving them absolute protection there ap soon as they are fitted lor it. They should be induced- to take tbelr lauds severally, aud to set up ter ritorial governments for their own pro-, tectiop. For full details on this" subject I call your attention to the reports of the Secretary of the Interior aud the Com missioner of Indian, Affairs. The report of the Secretary of War shows the ex penditures of the War Department for the veareuding tile 20th of June, 1850, to be $80,044,012, of which $23,882,310 was disbursed lu the payment of debts con tracted during the. war, aud is not chargeable to current army expenses His estimate of $34,631,031 for the ex-, nenses of the army for the • next fiscal year, la as low as it is believed can be relied on. The eatimates of Bureau oflicers have been carelnlly scrutinized and reduced wherever it has been deemed practicable ; if however, the condition of the country should be such by the beginning of the next fiscal year as to admit of a greater ooiiceiitratiou of troops, the appropriation asked for will not bo expended. The appropriations estimated for river and harbor improvements and fur fortifi cations, are submitted separately. What ever amount Congress may deem proper to appropriate lor tbe-e purposes will be expended. The recommendation of the General of the army, that appropriations be made for the forts at Best .n, Portland, New York, Philadelphia, Now Orleans aud San Francisco, if lor no others, is con curred in. I also ask your special atten tion to the recommendation of the Gene ral commanding the Military Division of the Pacific for the sale of the Beal islands of 81. George aud Bt. Paul, Alaska Terr itory, and suggest that It either bo com piled with, or that legislation be had for. the protection of the seal fisheries, from Which a revenue suould be derived, was $2 527,570 leas thau the increased expen deudiiures In.lßuS, showing by compari son this gratifying feature of improve ment, that while the increase of expen ditures over the increase of reeeiptsln 1808 was $2,439,535, the Increase of re ceipts over the increase of expenditures lu 1809 was $1,084,371. The report of the Postmaster General furnishes a clear and comprehensive ex hibit of tho operations of the postal ser vice and of the flimudlal condition of the Post Office Department. The ordinary posts! revenues for the year ending the SOlhof Juue, 1809, amounted to $18.344.- 510, aud tho expenditures to $23,098,131, showing uu excess of expenditures over receipts of $6,353,620. Tho excess of ex penditures over receipts fur the previous vJar amounted to $0,437,002. The in crease of revenues for 1800 over those of 1808 was $2,051,009, and the increase of expenditures was $007,538. The increased revenue in 1809 exceeded the increased revenue in 1808 by $998,336, and the in creased expenditures iu 1809 was $2,527,570 less than than the increased expenditure in 1808, showing by oomparisuu this grati fy In feature of improvement; that while tho increase of expenditure over the Increase of. receipts of 1868 was $2,- 439,535. the increase of receipts over the Increase of expenditures in 1809 was $1,084,874. Thu tuelbod by which postage should be paid upon public matter is set forth fully lu the report of the Postmaster General. Your attention Is respectfully called to Hates foe SUmetfisinQ. Abvkbtiskmknts will t>6 mMrted at Tea ccm per line tor tbe Ural insertion, end five cents perllne for each subsequent insertion, q,uar erly Half-yearly, and yearly aUverUflomeuL* In serted at a liberal redaction on tbe-aboT* rates Advertisements aboaid be accompanied by the Casb. When sent without any length ef lima specified for publication, they will be continued •nntUordered out and onargedaccordingly. JOB PRINTING. CAHD9, Handbills, Ciboulabs, and everyslh* er description ol Job and Cabo Printing. « the reoetmneDdationt) made by the Post* master Gtmeial for authority to change the rate of couipensation to" the main trunk railroad lines for their services in conveying the mails, for having post route amps executed', for reorganizing tbe efficiency of the special agency service, for the increase of tbe mall sorvlce on the Pacific, and for establishing mail ser> vice under the flag of the Union on the Atlantic; and most especially do I call your attention to his recommendation fur the total abolition of the. franking privilege This is an abuse from which no one receives a commensurate advan tage* It reduces the receipts for postal service from 25 io3o percent,, ami largely increases the service to be performed. The reporter the Secretary of War con tains a synopses of the reports of the heaus ol bureaus, of the commanders of military divisions and of the districts of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and the report of the General of the Army in full. The recommendations therein contained have been w 11 considered, aiid are sub-, muted for your action, I however call special attention to the recommendations of the Cbiei of Ordnance for the sale of u'beuala and lanes no longer of use to the Government. Also to'the recommenda tion ol me Secretary of War that the act Of March 3d, 1869, prohibiting promotions and appointments on the staff corps ol the army, be repealed. The extent ol country to be i-airh-; • >J and the number of military posts to occupied, is the same with a reduced army as with a large one, and a large number of staff officers required is more dependent upon the iat teiulxuu the former condition The report of the becreiary of the Na vy accompanying this shows the condi tion of the navy when this Ad-Ministra tion came into office and th< enauges made since. . Strenuous efforts have been made to place us muny vessels iu commission, or render them fit.for service it required, us soou as possible, and to substitute the sail for steam whilst cruising, thus.mute liuliy reducing the expenses of the navy and adding greatly lo its efficiency.— Looking to our future, 1 recommend a liberal though, not»extmvagaut policy towards tnia brunch of the public service. The report of tne Secretary of the lute- . rior shows that (he quantity of public lands disposed of during the year eudiug the 80th of June, 1869, was 7,000,162 acres, exceeding that of the preceding year by 1,010,409 acres; Of lhis.amouut, 2,899,544 acres were s *id tor cash, ami 2,737f105 acres entered under the Home stead law. The remainder was granted to aid in the construction of work of in ternal improvement, apportioned- to these Slates as swamp lauds, and located ’With warrants and scrip. The cash rece'pts from all sources were $4,472,280 exceeding those of me preced ieur $2 840,140. During the lust fUcal year, 23,190 names were added to the pension rolls and 4,876 dropped therefrom, leaving at its close 187,903. The amount paid to pensioners Including tbe compensation of disbursing agents was $28,422,884,.an Increase of $4,- 411,902 on that ot the previous year. The munihceDoe of Congress has been con spicuously manifested in its legislation for the soldiers and sailors who suffered in the rebeut struggle to maintain that unity of Government which makes us one people. The additions to the pension rolls of each successive year since the conclusion of hostilities result in a great degree from the repeated amendments of the act of the 14th of July, 1862, which extended its provisions to cases not fail ing within its original scope; The large outlay which is thus occasioned Is further iucreased -by the mure liberal allowance bestowed since that date upon those who in the Hue of duty were wholly or per manently disabled. Public opinion has ceded that no part of- our public burden is mbre cheerfully borue than that which is iuipa-ed by tlna branch of the service. It necesaitatea for the next fiscal year, iu addition to the amount justly chargeable to the naval pension fund, an appropria tion of thirty million dollars. During the year ending the 30th of September, 1860, the Patent Office Issued 13,762 pa tents, and its receipts were $688,389, being $218,926 more than the expenditures, , • 1 would respectfully calf your atteution to the recommendation of the Secretary of the.lnterior for uniting the duties of supervising tbe education of freedmen with the other duties devolving upon the Commissioner of education, if it is the de sire of Congress to make ther census, which must be taken during the year 1870, mure complete and perfect than, heretofore, I would suggest early action upon any plan that may be agreed upon. As Congress at its last session appointed u committee-to take into consideration such measures as might be deemed prop er in.relei.uce to the census, and to re port a plan, I desist from saying more- 1 recommeud lo your favorable considera tion claims of the Agricultural Bureau for liberal appropriations in a country so di versified iu climate and soil as ours, and with a population so largely dependent upon agriculture. The benefits that can be conferred by properly fostering this bureau are incalculable. I desire respect fully to call tbe atteution of Cougress t<> the inadequate salaries of a number of the most important officers of the Gov ernment, in this .message I will not enumerate them, butj Wlll specify only the Justices of the Supreme Court. No change has been made in their salaries for fifteen years, and within that time tbe labors of the Court have largely .in creased, and the expenses of living have at least doubled during the same time.— Congress has twice fouud.lt necessary to Increase largelytlie compensation of its own members, and tbe duly which it owes to another Department of the Gov ernment deserves, and will .undoubtedly receive,its due consiileratiou. There are many subjects not alluded to iu this message, which might with propriety be introduced, but I ab-tain, belleviug thatyourpatrlotism ami states manship will suggest the topics and the legislation most conducive to the inter ests of the whole people. On my part I promise a rigid adherence to the laws and their strict enforcement. S&~ An Ohio stumper while making a speech paused in tho midst of it, and exclaimed: “Now, gentlemen, what do You think?” Instantly a man rose in the assembly, and with one eyo partly closed, modestly replied; “I think, sir, If you and I were to stump thoStato to gether, we would tell more lies than any other two men in tho country, and I’d not say a word myself.” Brigham young, the chief prophet of the Mormons, recently delivered an addre-s of great length to the female portion of tho congregation assembled in the new tabernacle at Salt Bake City, urging them to abandon the foolish habits and customs of Babylon and to stop sending to New York for the latest patterns and fashion plates. , JB@~I say .fellow,’’remarked an Idler to several of his companions “let’s see who can tell the biggest lie.” “All right,” said one? "I’m the biggest fool Hying.” “Oh, pshaw 1” exclaimed the first, con temtuously, “we agreed to tell nothing but lies, and you commenced by telling the truth.” go~Young lady (to Fred with thin legs) ,‘Pred I always admired your courage ; X know when I first laid my eyes on you that you were bravo to rashness.’ Fred (coming up smilin ') >Oh, don’t my dear. Why do you say that ?’ Young kndy— ‘ Why any man has courage who can trust himself long at a time on such legs us yours. jgy Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have great ness thrust upon them Vil . __ U. S. Grant