President’s Message. To the Senate and House of Representatives: In coming before you for toe first time, as Chief Magistrate of this great nation, it is with gratitude to the Gi verof ail good for the many benefits we enjoy. We are blessed with peace at homo, ana we are withouten tanelinsf alliances abroad to forebode trouble; with a territory unsurpassed in fertility; of an area equal to the abund ant support of five hundred millions of people; and abounding in every variety of hseful minerals, in quantity sufficient to supply the world for generations ; with exuberaut crops; with a variety of climate adapted to the production of every species of earth’s riches, andjsulted to the habits, tastes and requirements of every living thiDg: with a population of forty millions of free people, all spoaking one language; with facilities for every mortal to acquire ah education ; with institutions clos ing to none the avenues of fame, or any blessing of fortune that may be coveted; with freedom of the pulpit, the press, and the school; with a revenue fiow iog into the National Treasury beyond the requirements of government. Happily, or der is being rapidly restored wiihia our own borders. Manufactures hitherto un known within our country ure springing up io all directions, producing a degree ot national independence unequalled by that of any other power. These blessings and •countless others, aro entrusted toyour care and mine, for safe keeping, for the brief period of our tenure of-otlice. In a short time we must, each of us, return to the ranks of the people who buve conferred upon us our honors, mid account to them for our stewardship. I earnestly desire that noither you nor I may be condemned by a free mid enlightened constituency, nor by our own consciences. Emerging :fr,»m u rebellion of gigantic magnitude, :aided as it was, by the sympathies cuud assistance of nations with which we xnore at peace, eleven Slates of the Union were four years ago left without legal Slate governments; a national debt hud been contracted; American commerce was al most driven from the seas ; ihu industry ol one-halfof the country hud been taken from the control of the capitalist, and placed where all labor rightfully belongs, in the keeping of the laborer. The work of re storing Slate governments, loyal to the Union; of protecting andfokiU-ring free labor, aind providing means lor [laying the interest on the public debt, has received ample at tention from Congress. Although your ef y or t.s have not im-l with the success in all particulars that might have been desired, yet on the whole they have been more sat isfactory than could have been reasonably anticipated. ,Seven Staten which passed ordinan ce* of secession, have been fully re stored to their places m the Union. The eighth, Georgia, held un election, at which aho ratified her Constitution, Republican in form, elected u Governor, members of Congress, a State Legislature, and all othor officers required. The Governor was duly installed, and the Legislature met and .performed all the acts required of them by the reconstruction acts ot Congress; sub rjuuntly, however, in vi*’lutiou ot. the con rititulion they had ju-t ratified, as niuca decided ny the Supremo Court <>t the they unseated the colored mamhers of the Legislature and admitted to seats.iome members disqualified by the third clause of the fourteenth Amendment to the Con stitution —ouoi*rticto which ih«yjthemselves had contributed to ratify. Under these cir cumstances,! would submit to you,whether it would not lie wise, without delay, to eoact a law authorizing the Governor ot Georgia to convene the members originally elected to the Legislature,requiring each of them to take the oath prescribed by the reconstruc tion acts, and none to be admitted who are ineligible under the third clause of tbe Fourteenth Amendment. The freed men under tbe protection which they have re ceived are making rapid progress in learn ing, and no complaints are ln-ard ol lack of Industry on their part, when they re eeivo fair /v-umneraiion for their labor. The means provided for paying the interest, on ih- public debt, with all other expenses of she government are more than ami-V. 'lie* lu -s (,t ° Ul ‘. commerce is the *-nly result ol the late robe,turn winch has not re ceived sufficient uU.-iitum from you. To this subject 1 call your ui rnest attention. I will not now suggest plana by which ihi ohject may b“ ellectod, but will, if m-oes- Hurymako it ihes.ibjwi of a special mes sage during the session of Congress. At the March lerm. Congress, by a joint resolution, authorized ibo Executive to order elections in the Siutes of Virginia,Mis MiHslppi uud Texas; to submit to them the constitutions which each had previously in conventions formed, uml submit thoeonsti- I.Utions, uieuor entire or in separate parts,.to bo voted upon at the discretion ol the Exe cutive. Under this authority an eleenon wero called, in Virginia, the eleciinu took placo on the bib of July, JB6!. 1 . The Gover nor and Lieutauant Governor elected have been installed. The Legislature met and did all required by this resolution and by all the recunstrui.Mion m-.ts of Congress, uml abstained from all doubtful ■ 'o’niruy. 1 recommend that her S -u t:nanil Repre sentatives l> • ud.miled to their seats, and that lh- State be fully le-tored to her placj in the family of States. Elections wore called iu MisM-sippt and lexus, to commence ou the IWthoiNov., 1809, aud to last two days in Mississippi aud four days m Texas. The elections have taken place, but the result is not known. It is to bo hoped that tin* avis of the Legislatures of those Stales, when they meet, will be such as to receive your approval, and thus close the work of reconstruction. Among the evils growing out of ibo re bellion, uml not yet referred to, is that ul an irredeemable currency. It is nti evil which I hops will receive your most earn •est attention. li is a duty, anil one <:i the highest duties of government, to secure to the citizen a medium of exchange, of tixed, unvarying value. This implies a return to u specie basis, uud no substitute lor it can he dovisod. It should be commenced now, uud reached at the earliest pructical)lc mo men!, consistent with a fair regard to the interest of llio debt or class. lin mediate re sumption, if practicable, would not be de sirable. It would comrol the debtor class to pay, beyond their contracts, the premium on gold at the date of purchase, and would bring bankrupluro and ruin to •thousands. Fluctuation, however, iu the paper value of the measure of all values (gold) is detrimental to the interests ol trade It makes the mau of business an involuntury gambler; lor, in all sales where future payment is to be made, both parties speculate tvs to what will be the val ue of the currency to bo paid and received. I earnestly recommend to you, then, such legislation us will insure a gradual re turn tospecie payments, and put an Im mediate atop to iluctuation in the value ol currency. The methods to secure the for mer of those results aro as numerous us are Iho speculators on political economy. To secure the latter I m*u but one way, .and that is to authorize the Treasury tto redeem its own paper at a tixed whenever presented, and t" witlihold from circulation all currency so re uis-med, until sold again ior gold. Ihe vast re sources of the nation, bath developed ami undeveloped, ought to make our credit best on the tarlh With u less hurthui of Luxation than the citizen has eu dured for six years the emiro public debt could lm paid in ton year*; but it la not desirable that the people should be taxed to pay it in that lime. Year by year tbo ability to pay increases in a rapid rale, but the burden of interest ought lobe re duced au rapidly as can be doue without a violation of contract. The public debt is represented in groat part by bonds, hav ing from live to twonty, ami Irom ten to forty years to run, bearing inu-rc-t at tbo rate of six per cem. auii live percent, respectively. It is upliouui with the gov ernment lo pay tiiesu bonds at any period, after the expiration of the least lime men tioned upon thoir face. The time has already expiieJ when a great part ol them may bn taken up, ami is rapidly approaching when all may be. It is be lieved tint all, which are now due, may Le replaced by bonds bearing a rate ol iutored not exceeding f.'ur and one hall per cent., and an rapidly as the remainder become due, that they may lie replaced in the same way. To c.cc implish this, it may be uoo-s sary to authorize the interest to bo paid at either three or four of the money centres of Europe, or by any Assistant Treasurer of the United Stales, at the option ot the holder of the bund. I suggest this subject for the consideration ol Con gress, nud also, .simultaneously with this, the propriety of redeeming our cur rency, as before suggested, at its market value, at tho time the law goes into elfecl, Increasing the rate at which tho currency will bo bought and sold Iroin day It) duy, or week to week, at the same rate of interest jis tho Government pays upon its bonds The subject of the tarilf and internal tux ■atiou will necessarily receive your atten tion. Tho revenues of tho country are greater than the requirements, anl may with safety bo reduc-d ; but as ti-.e landing of the debt in a four or four ami a half per cent, loan would reduce Ibe annual cur rent exponses largely (thus, after funding, justifying a groub-r reduction of taxation than would bo now expediontjl suggest the postponement of this question until the next meeting of Congress. It may be ad visable to modify tho taxation and laritl, iu such instances, where unjust or burden some discriminations uro made by tho present laws regulating this subject. I re commend the postponement of it for tho present. I also suggest the renewal of the 4.ax on incomes, but at a reduced rate, — aay three per cent, ami this tax to expire in three years. With the funding of tho National Debt, as hero sugges ted, I feel safe m aayiug that the taxes aud the revenue from imports may be reduced safely from sixty to oigUty millions per annum at once,and may bestilifurlher reduced from year to year, as tbo resources of the country aro developed. The report of tho .Secretary of the Treasury shows tbo receipts of tho Govern ment for tho llscal year, ending Juno 30, 1809, to bo §370,913.717, uud the expendi tures including interest, bounties, Ac., to be $321,'*190,597. Thu estimates for iho onsuiug year are more favorablo to the Government, uud will no doubt •show a much lurger decrease of the public debt. Tho receipts iu Ilia Treasury, •beyond tbo expenditures, buvo exceeded tho amount nocessurv to place to the •credit of the Biuking i’uod, us provided bylaw. To lock up j,bo surplus in the Ixeasury and withhold it fro® circulation, would lead to such a contraction o/fche cur rency as to cripple trade, and seriously af ject the prosperity of tho eouutry. Under 'these circumstances, the Secretary ol .the Treasury and myself heartily con .curred in the propriety of using all the -surplus enrrenoy in the Tyeasuryjtln the THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1869. purchase of government bobds, thus re ducing the interest-bearing debt of the country, and of submitting to Congress the question of the disposition to be made of the bonds so purchased. The bonds now held by the treasury amount to about $75,000, • 000, including those belonging to the sink ing fund, and I recommend that the whole be placed to the credit of the sinking fand. Your attention is respectfully in vited to the recommendations of the Secre tary of the Treasury for the creation of tbe office of Commissioner of Customs Reve nue; for the increase of salary to certain classes of officials, and the substitution of increased National Bank circulation to re - place the outstanding three per cent cer tificates!; and most especially to bis recom mendation for the repeal of Jaws allowing shareaj of fines, penalties and forfeitures to officers of the government, or to in formers. The office of Commissioner of laternal Revenue is one of the most ar duous and responsible under the govern ment. It falls but little, if any, short of a Cabinet position in its importance and re sponsibilities. I would ask for it, there fore, such legislation as in your judgment will place the office on a footing of dignity commensurate with its importance, and with a character and qualifications ofthe class of men required to fill it properly. As the United States is the freestof all na tions ; so, 100, its people sympathize with all peoples struggling for liberty and.self government, but, while so sympathizing, it is due to ourfl honor 'that wo should ab stain from enforcing our views upon un willing nations and from taking an interest ed part without invitation in tne quarrels between different nations, or between Gov ernments and their subjects. Our course should always be in conformity with strict justice and law, international and local.— Such' has been tbe policy of the Ad ministration in dealing with these ques tions. For more than a year a valu able Province of Spain, and a near neigh bor of our’s, in whom all our people caunot but feel a deep interest, has been struggling for independence and freedom. The people and government of the United States entertain the same warm feelings and sympathies for tbe people of Cuba iu tbe ponding struggle that they manifest-, ed throughout ibo previous struggles betwoen Spain and her former eolo nio.s in behalf of the latter. But the contest has at no time assumed the con ditions which amount to a war iu tbe sense of international law, or which would show the existence of a de 'facto political organization ofthe insurgents, sufficient to justify a recognition of belligerency. The principle is maintained however that this nation is its own judge when to accord the rights of belligerency, either to a people struggling to free themselves from a government they believe to be oppres sive, or to independent nations at war with each other. The United States have no disposition to interfere with the existing relations of Spain to her colo nial po-Hes.-ionson this continent. They be lieve that in due lime Spain and,other Euro pean powers will find their interest in ter minating these relations, and establish ing their present • dependencies as indo peudentdent powers, members of the lamily of nations. Those dependencies are no longer regarded as subject to trunsfer from ent* European power to another; when the present relation ofthe Colonies ceases they aro to become independent powers, «-xerei-ing the right of choice and of sell control, in the determination of their future condition and relations with other power--. The United Stiles, in order to put a stop to bloodshed in Culm and in tho in terest of a neighboring people, proposed their good (.llices to bring the existing contest to a termination. The offer not being accepted by Spain, :i a no-re execu tive order, the matter has b--.-n i« d to the Courts to decide. The eonbuci of the war between thoallies and the Republic of Paraguay, has made the intercourse with that country so dillicuit that it has been deemed advisable to withdraw our repre sentative from her. Towards the close of tb n la-t Administration n convention was signe 1 at London for tbo settlement of all must. Hiding damn between Great Bri tain and the United .Stales, which failed to receive the advice and consent of the Senate to its ralitication. The time and the circumstances attending tbo negotiations of that treaty were unfavorable to its accept ance by the peoplo of the United Stales, and its provisions were wholly inadequate lor the .settlement of the grave wrongs that had been sustuiued by this Government, us well us by its citizens. The injuries result ing to tho United States by reason of the course adopted by Great Biitain during our late civil war; in the increased rates of in surance, in tho diminution of exports and imports, uud other obstructions to domestic mdu-try and production ; in its ell'ect upon the foreign commerce of the countrj'; in tho decrease and transfer to Great Britain of our commercial marine ; in the prolon gation of the war, and in the increased cost, both in treasure and in lives, if its sup pression could not be adjusted und sittislied as ordinary commercial claims which con tinually,urine between commercial nations; uud yet the convention treated these simply us such ordinary claims, from which they dtHer more widely in the gravity of their character than in the magnitude of their amount. Great even as is that diU'erence, not a word was found in tho treaty, and not an inference could be drawn from it, to re move the sense of th * unfriendliness of the course of Great Britain in our struggle for existence which had so deeply and univer sally impressed itself upon the people of this country. Believing that a convention thus misconceived in its scopo aud inade quate in ita provisions would not have pro duced tho hearty, cordial settlement of ponding questions which alonelsconsisleut with the relations which I desire to have established between the United Stales and Greut Brituin. I regarded tho action of the Senate in rejecting tbo treaty to have been wisely taken, in the interest of peuce, and as a necessary stop in tho direction of u per fect and cordial friendship between tho two countries. A sensitive people conscious of Lhtdr power are more at ease under u great wrong wholly unatonod, than under tho restraint ot a settlement which satisfies neither their ideas of justice nor their grave sense of the grievances thoy have sustained. Tho rejection oi the treaty was followed by a state of public feeling on both sides which I thought not favorable to au immediate attempt at renewed negotiations. I accord ingly so instructed tbe Minister uf the Uni ted Slotes to Great Britain, uud found that my views iu this regard were shared by her Majesty’s Minister. I hope that the time muy soon arrive when the two Gov ernments cau approach the solution of this momentous question with an appreciation of what is due to the rights, dignity and honor of each, and with the determination not oply to remove the canses of compiuint in tbe pa6t, but to lay the foundation of a broad principle of public law which will prevent fat ire difficulties and tend to a firm and continued peace add .friendship. This is now the only grave question which the United States have with any foreign nation. The question of renewing a treaty for reciprocal trade between tbe United States and the British provinces on this continent has not been favorably considered by the Administration. Tbe advantages of such a treaty would be wholly in favor of the Brit ish provinces except possibly a few engaged in the trade between the two sections. No citizen of the United States would be bene fltted by reciprocity. Oar internal taxation would prove a protection to the British pro ducer almost equal to the protection which our manufacturers now receive from the tariff. Some arrangement, however, for the regulation of commercial intercourse be tween the United States and the Dominion of Canada may be desirable. The commis sion for adjusting the claims ofthe Hudson Bay and Puget’s Sound Agricultural Com pany upon the United States has terminated its labors. The award of $650,000 has been made, and all the rights and titles of the Company in tho territory of the United States have been extinguished. Deeds for the property of tbe Company havo been delivered. An appropriation by Congress to meet this snm is asked. Tbo commissioners for determining the Northwestern land boundary between the United States and tbo British possessions, under the treaty of 1856, have completed their labor and tho commission has been dissolved. In conformity with tbe recommendation of Congress a proposition was early made to the British Government to abolish the mixed courts created under the treaty of April 1, ISO 2, for tho suppression of the slave trade. The subjects is still under ne gotiation. It having come to my knowledge that a corporate company organiz°d under the British law proposed to land upon the shores of the United States, and to operate there a sub marine cable under a conces sion from his Majesty, the Emperor of the French, of an exclusive right for twenty years ot communication betweeu the shores of France and the United States, with the very objectionable feature of subjecting all messages conveyed thereby to tho scrutiny and control of tho French government, 1 caused the French aud Briti.ffi*fa*gauons at Washington to be made acquainted with the probable policy of Congress on the sub ject, as foreshadowed by the bill which passed tbe Senate in March last. This drew from the representatives of the Coin pan} 7 au agreement to accept as the basis of their operations tho provisions of that bill, or of such other enactment on the subject as might be passed duriug tho approaching session of Congress; also, to use their in fluence to secure from the French Govern ment a modification of their concession so as to permit tbe landing upon French soil of aqy cable belonging to any company incor porated by the authorities of the United States, or of any State iu the Union, and ou their part not to oppose the establishment of any such cable. In consideration of this agreement, I directed the withdrawal ofali opposition by the United States authorities to tho landing of the cable and to tho work ing ot it until the meeting of Congress. I regret to say that there has been no modi fication made in tho company’s concession, nor so far as I can learn have they attempt ed to secure one. Their concession excludes the capital und tho citizens of the United States from competition upon tho shores of France. I recommend legislation to pro tect the rights of citizens of tbe United Staten, as well as the dignity and sover eignty of tho nation aguiust such an as sumption. I shull also endeavor to secure by negotiation an abandonment of the principle of monopolies in ocean telegra phic cables. Copies of this correspon dence are herewith furnished. The unsettled political condition of other countries less fortunate than our own, Houiutimes induces their citizens to come to the United States for the sole pur pose ofbecoming naturalized. Having se cured this, they return to their native country and reside, without disclosing their change of allegiance. They accept official positions of trust or honor which can only be held by citizens of their nativo land. They journey under passports describing them as such citizens, and it is only when civil discord, after, perhaps, years of quiet, threatens their persons or their property, or when their native State drafts them into its military service, that the fact of their change of allegiance is made known. They reside permanently away from the Uniled Stales, ami they contribute nothing to its revenues; they avoid the duties of its citizenship, aud they only make them* selves known by a claim of protection. I have directed the diplomatic and consular officers ot the United States to scrutinize carefully all such claims of protection The citizen of' the Uuited Slates, whether native or adopted, who discharges his duty to his country, is entitled to its complete protection. While I havo a voice in the di rection of affairs I shall nut consent to im peril this sacred right by conferring it upon fictitious or fraudulent claimants, Ou the accession of the present Administration it was found that the Minister for North Ger many had made propositions for tbe negotia tion of acouventiou.ibr the protection ofem grant pnssongere, to which no response had been given. It was concluded that to be effectual all tho maritime powers engaged iu tbo Irudo uhcnihi Join in wm-h si mejixiir. •• Invitations have been extended to tin* Cabi nets of London, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Brussels, The. Hague, Copenhagen amt Stockholm to empower their Representa tives at Washington to simultaneously en ter into negotiations, and to conclude- with the United States conventions identical in form, making uniform regulations as to the construction of the [tarts of vessels to be de voted to the use of emigrant passengers; as to the equantity of food ; as to the medical treatment of thesick.aud as to the rules to be observed during the voyage, in or ler to secure ventilation; to promoto health; to prevent intrusion, and to protect the luini lies, and providing for tho establishment of tribunals in tho several countries for en forcing such regulations by summary pro cess. And your attention is respectfully called to tho law regulating the laritf on Russian hemp, and to thequestion whether to fix the charges on the Russian hemp higher than they aro fixed upon manillu is not a violation of our treaty with Russia placing her products upon the same footing with those of the most favored nations. Uur manufactures are increasing with wonderful rapidity under tbo encourage ment which they now receive. With the improvement iu machinery already effected rtud still increasing, causing machinery to take the place of skilled labor to a large ex tent, our imports of many articles must fail oil largely within a very few years. Fortunately, manufactures are not con fined to a few localities as formerly, and it is to be hoped will become more and more diffused, making the interest in them equal in all sections. They give employment uni) support to hundreds of thousands of people at home, and retain with us the means which otherwise would bo shipped abroad. Tin* extension of railroads in Europe and the East is bringing into competition with our agricultural products like products of other countries. tSelf-interest, if not so!f preservation, therefore, dictates caution against disturbing any industrial interests of the country. It teaches us also the necessity of looking to other markets for the sale of our surplus. Our neighbors south of us, and China and Japan, should receive our special attention. ] t will be the endeavor of the Administra tion to cultivate such relations with all these nations as to entitle us to their con fidence, aud make it their interest as well ours to establish better commercial rela tions. Through the agency of a more enlighten ed policy than that heretofore pursued to wards China, largely duo to the sagacity and eHurts of one of our own disiinguished citizens, the world is about to commence largely increased rolutious with that popu lous and hitherto exclusive nation. As the United Stales have been the iuiliatora in this new policy, so they should bo the most earnest in showing ihoir good faith in mak ing it a success. I u this connection, I would advise such legislation as will forever pre clude the enslavement of the Chinese upon our soil under the name of Coolies,and also prevent American vessels from engaging m the transportation of Coolies to any country tolerating the system. I also re commend that the mission to China be raised to-.one of the llrst elasj. On my assuming the responsible dutb's of Chief Magistrate of the United States, it was with the conviction that three things were essential to its peace, perpetuity and fullest developments. First among these is strict inti grily iu fulfilling all our obligations. Second, to secure protection to the person and property of the citizen of the United States in each and every portion of our common country, wherever he may choose to move, without reference to original na tionality, religion color or politics, demand ing of him ouiy obedience to the laws and proper respect lor the rights of others. Third—Union of all the States with equal rights, indestructible by any constitutional means. To secure the first of these, Congress has taken two essential steps—first, in declar ing by joint resolution that the public debt should be paid, principal and interest, in coin; and second, by providing the means for {laying. Providing the menus, however, could not securo the object desired without a proper administration of the laws lor the collection of thereyenues and an economi cal disbursement of them. To this subject the Administration bus most earnestly ad dressed itself with results, I hope, satisfac tory to tho country. There has been no hesitation in changing officials in order to secure efficient execuiiou of tho laws; some times too, whore in a mere party view un deserved political results wore likely to follow j nor any hesitation iu sustaining efficient officials against re monstrances wholly political. It may be well to meution, here, the embarrassments possible to arise from leaving on the statute books tho so-called tenure of office acts, and to earnestly recommend their total repeal. It could not have been tbo intention ol the framers of the constitution, when providing that appointments made by the President should receive tbo consent of the Senate, that the latter should have the power to re tain in office persons, placed thore by Fed eral appointments, against the will of the President. The law Is inconsistent with a faithfnl and efficient administration of the government. What faith can the Execu live put In offioials forced upon him, aud those, too, whom he has suspended for rea sons? How will such officials be likely to servo an administration which they know doesnot trust them* For the second requi site to our growth und prosperity, time and a firm, but humane, administration of ex isting Jaws, amended from time to time as thoy may provo lneffectiye or prove harsh ana unnecessary are, probably all that are required. The third cannot be attained by special legislation but must be regarded as fixed by the Constitution itself, and grad ually acquiesced in by force of public opinion. From the foundation of the government to tbe present time, the management of the original inhabitants of this continent, tbe Indians,has been a subject ofjembarassment Knd expense, and has been attended with continuous robberies, morders and wars. From my own experience upon the frontiers in Indian countries, I do not bold either legislation, or the conduct of the whites who come most in contact with the Indian blameless for these hostilities. Tbe past, however, cannot be undone, and tbe question most be met as we now find it.— 1 have attempted a new policy towards these wards of the nation (they cannot be regarded in any other light than wards), with fair results, so far as tried, and which I hope will be attended ultimately with great success. The Society of Friends is well known as having succeeded in living in peace with the Indians in the early set tlement of Pennsylvania, while their whit 9 neighbors of other sects in other sections were constantly embrofied.vrhey were also known for their opposition to all strife, violence and war, and are generally noted for their strict integrity and fair dealings. These considerations induced me to give the management of a few reservations of Indians to them, and to throw the burden of the selection of agents upon the Society itself. The result has proven most satis factory. It will be found more fully set forth in tbo report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. For Superintendent and Indian Agents not in the reservations, officers of the army were selected. Tho reasons for this are numerous. Where Indian agents are sent, there or near there, troops must be sent also. The agent and the commander of the troop 3 are independent of each other, and ure subject to orders from different de partments of the Government. The army officer holds a position for life ; the. Agent, at tbe will of the President. The former is personally interested in living in harmony with the Indian, and in establishing u permanent peace to the end that some portion of his life may be spent with in the limits of civilized society; the latter has t uo such personal interest- 1 Another reason is an economic one, and , still another, tbe hold which the govern- ; ment has upon a life-officer to secure a j faithful discharge of his duties in carrying ! out a given policy. The building of rail roads, and the access thereby given to all the agricultural and mineral regions of the country is rapidly bringing civilized settle ments into contact with all the tribes ol Indians. No matter what ought to be the relations between such settlements and the , aborigines, tho fact is that they do not har monize well and one or the other has to give way in the end. A system which looks to the extinction of a race is too horrible for a nation to udopt without entailing upon itsell the wrath of all Christendom, and engendering in the citizen a disregard for human life and the rights of others dan gerous to society. I see no substitute for such a system, except in placing ail the ; Indians on large reservations as rapidly us can bo done, aud giving them absolute pro tection there. As soon as they are fitted ■ for it, they should be induced to stake their : lands in-severalty and to set up territorial ; governments for their own protection. For i full details on this subject, I call attention i tothe reportsoftheSecretaryof the Interior i and tho Commissioner of Indian Affaiis. The report of the Secretary of War shows the expenditures of tho War Department for the year ending tbe 30th of June, 18(30 lobe $80.(344,042, of which §23,882,310 was disbursed in the payment of debts con traded during the war, and is not charge able to current army expenses. His esti mate of §34,511,031 for the expenses of the army for the next fiscal year is as low as it is believed can be relied on. Tue estimates of bureau officers have been carofully scrutinized or reducedwhere ever it has been practicable. It, however, the condition of tbe country should be such, by tli© beginning of the next fiscal year, as to admit of a greater concentration ol troops, the appropriation asked for will not be expended. Tbe appropriations estimated for river and narbor improvements and for fortifica tions are submitted separately. Whatever amount Congress may deem proper to ap propriate for these purposes will be expend el. The recommendation of tbe General of the Army that appropriations be made f«r the forts at Boston, I’orthmd, New York, l’hiludel phia, New Orleans and San Frun cisio, if for no others, is concurred in. I also ask your special attention to his recom mendation of tne General commanding the military division of the Pacific, for tho sale of the Seal Islands, of St. George and St. Paul, Alaska Territory, and suggest that it either be complied with, or that legislation bo had for tbe protection of the Seal fisher ies, from which a revenue should be deriv ed. Tho report of tbe Secretary of War con tains n synopsisjJ - tho reports ot the heads of bureaux, of the commanders of military divisions, and of the districts of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and the report of the General of the Arm} in full. Tho re commendations therein contained have been well considered and are submitted for your action. I, however, call special attention to the recommendation of the Chief of Ordnance, for the sales of arsenals nml hinds no longer of use to the Govern ment ; also, to the recommendation of tbe Secretary of War that the act of March 3d, I*o9, prohibiting promotions and appoint ments on the staff'corps of the army be re pealed. Tbe extent of country to be garri soned and the number of military posts to be occupied is the same with a reducel army as with a large one and a large number of staff ntjiccrs required is more dependent upon the latter than the former conditioti. The report of tbo Secretary of tbe Navy accompanying this shows tbe condition of tho Navy when this administration came into office and the changes made since. Strenuous efforts have been made to placa as many vessels in commission or render them lit forservice, if required, as possible, and to substitute the sail for steam whilst cruising, thus materially reducing tho ex penses uf the navy and adding greatly to its efficiency. Looking to our future, I recom mend a liberal, though not extravagant policy, towards this branch of the public tor vice. The method by which postage should be paid upon public matter is set lorth fully in the report of the Postmaster General. The report of the Secretary of the Interior shows that the quantity of public lands disposed of during ihe year ending 30th of June, iB6O, was 7,066,152 acres, exceeding that of the preceding year by I,olo,4ooacres. Of this amount 2.809,544 acres were sold for cash, and 2,737,365 acres eutered under the homestead law. The remainder was granted to aid in the construction of works of internal improve ment, apportiocoi to these States as swamp lands aud located with warrants and scrip. Tho report of the Postmaster-General furnishes a clear and comprehensive ex hibit of tho operatious of the postal service aud of the financial condition of the Post Otlico Department. The ordinary postal revenues for the year ending the 30th of J une, 1569, amounted to $18,344,510, and the expenditures to $23,098,131, showing an ex cess of expenditures over receipts, $5,353,- 020. Tho excess of expenditures over re ceipts for the previous year amounted to $.B 437,192. The increase of revenues for 1809 over those of ISGB was $2,051,909. and the increase of expenditures was $907,538. The increased revenue in ISO 9 exceeded the increased revenue in 1868 by $930,330, and the increased expenditures in 1809 was $3,527,570 less than the increased expendi tures in 186 S, showing, by comparison, this gratifying feature of improvement, that while the increase of expenditures over the increase of leceipts in 1808, was $2,439,535, the iucrease of receipts over the increase of expenditures in 1869, was $1,084,437- Your attention is called to the recommen dations made by the Postmaster General for authority to change the rule of compensa- ! tiou to tbo maiu trunk railroud lines for their iv..ryiees in carrying the mails, for having postroute maps executed, for reor ganizing the efficiency of thespecial agency service, for the increase of the mail service on the Pacific, and for establishing mail service under the flag of the Union on the Atlantic; and most especially do I call your attention to his recommendation for the total abolition of the franking privilege. This is an abuse from which no one receives a commensurate advantage. It reduces the receipts lor postal service from twenty five to thirty per cent, and largely increases the service to be performed. The cash receipts from all sources were $1,472,886. exceeding those olthe preceding year, $2,849,140. During the lust fiscal yea: 23,196 names were udded to the peusion rolls, and 4,870 dropped therefrom, leaving at its close 107,- 963. The amount paid to pensioners, in cluding the compensation of disbursing agents, was $5,422,884,an increase of $4,411,- 902 on that of the previous year. The munificence of Congress has been con spiciously manifested in its legislation for the soldiers and sailors who suffered in the recent 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 actof the 14ih of J uly, 1862, which extended its provisions to cases uot falling within its original scope. The largo outlay which is thus occasioned is further increased by the more liberal al lowance bestowed since that date upon those who, in the line of duty, where wholly or permanently disabled. Public opinion has given an emphatic sanction to these measures of Congress, and it will be conced ed that, no purt of our public burden is more cheerfully borne than that which is imposed by this branch of the servlco. It necessitates further, next fiscal year in ad dition to the amount justly chargeable to the uaval pension fund, an appropriation of thirty millions of dollars. During the year ending tho 30lb of Sep tember, 1809, tho Patent Office issued 13,702 patonts, and Us receipts were $680,389-- being $213,926 more than the expenditures. I would respectfully call your attention to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, for uniting the duties of su pervising the education of freedmen with the other duties devolving upon the Com missioner of Education. If it is the desire of Congress to make the census which must be taken during tho year 1870 more com plete and perfect than hitherto, I would suggest early action upon any plan that may be agreed upon. As Congress at the lust session appointed a committee to take into consideration such measures as might be deemed proper in reference to the census, and to report a plan, I desist from saying more. I recomgjepd to your favorable consideration the claims of Jpifltural bureau for liberal appropriations in a coun try so diversified in climate and soil as ours, and with $ population so largely de pendent upon agriculture, The benefits that can be conferred by properly fostering this bnreau, are Invaluable. I desire, respectfully, to call the attention of Congress'to the inadequate salaries of a number ofthe most important officers of tbe government. In this message I will not enumerate them, but I will specify only the Justices of tbe Supreme Court. No change has keen mads in their salaries- for fifteen years, and within that timo tho la bors of the court have largely increased, and the expenses of living have at least doubled. Daring the same time, Congress has twice fonnd it necessary to increase largely the compensation of its members, and tbe duty which it owes to another de partment of the Government, deserves and will undoubtedly receive its due consider ation. There are many subjects cot alluded to in this message, which might with propri ety be introduced, abstain, believing that yonr patriotism *and statesmanship will suggest the topics and the legislation most condncive to the interests of the whole people. On my part, I promise a rigid ad herence to tbo laws and their strict enforce ment. u. S. Grant. MEETING OF CONGRESS. Washington, Dec. 6. Senate —The Senate met at noon, with filly-five members present. The resignation of Senator Grimes was received. Mr. Lot M. Morrill was sworn in as Sen ator from Maine. The credentials of the Virginia Senators Were presented and laid on the table. A committee was appointed to inform tbe House and tbe President of the Senate's readiness to proceed to business. Woman's Constancy Nowhere—A BJnu H Heels D is Salfering Wife from Water- town, N,¥ , to Gettysburg, Pa. The Newark Courier, remarking upon the arrival of a wheelbarrow In that city with a female passenger, after along jour ney, says: The true history of lhis*expedition, as gained by our reporter, is one which illus trates a very remarkable degree—one of the divinest attributes of human nature. The man’s name is Thomas Jackson, and his companions were his wife and children. 1 Mr. Jackson is an industrious, hard-work i iug man, who resides at Watertown, N. Y. i His sad story, told without a murmer of j complaint, is as follows: Though poor, he ! bad managed to live, while his wife's health was preserved to her, In very comforts • ble circumstances. Something more than twelve months ago she was seized with rheumatism, which eventua’ly deprived her of the use of her lower limbs and left her a helpless cripple. Everything i that medical assistance could do for her was done, tbe husband devoting every penny of bis oarnings*to that object, but to no purpose. At last tbe somewhat celebrat ed spring waters of Gettysburg were sug gested by the physician as a probable relief, if, indeed, they might not prove an effectu al cure. But How was she to get there ? Jackson’s means wero insufficient to meet the expense of travel ordinarily incurred, and it is surmised from subsequnt events that charity is not a characteristic of the Watertown people. Finally a plan suggest ed itself, which he immediately.proceeded to carry into execution. He fitted up his wheelbarrow—the only vehicle he pos sessed—and, at the commencement of the summer just paased, sot out on his long and tedious journey. By slow stages he reached Albany, where he secured deck passage on one of tho North river steam boats und came down to New York. At Jersey City tho wheelbarrow was again re sumed, and, after many weeks of travel, he arriyed at his destiDtaion—Gettysburg. There he was again doomed lo bitter dis appointment. The spring waters possessed no healing properties for the suffering woman, and, having satisfied himself and her of that fact, ho set cut once more on tho toiling homeward journey. Fer two long, weary months had the brave, heroic man trundled that wheelbarrow, when he arrived at Newark this morning—always selecting the smooth est pathways and attending to his wife’s wants with tho tenderness and edre of a woman. His two little children, apparent ly imbued with the father’s spirit, trudged along by his side uncomplainingly. He will return to his home in Watertown by tho same tedious process—loo poor to otn ploy any other method of conveyance ; too proud, perhaps, to ask public charity. Such is the history of one life struggle, which we boliove, has few counterparts anyvher * The love and constancy of womai his been the theme of poetic inspiration (..fall age?. Who is there among our poets who can properly immortalize in fitting verse the constant, self-sacrificing, unwavering devotion oftais humble hero? Iron Smelted by Sunlight. Bessemer’s high pressure furnaco id at tracting much attention among scientific manufactures. Mr. Bessemer, while med itating the construction of a large lens, twenty feet in diameter, to bo mounted equatorially, to collect tho rays of the sun from an immeQse.Burface for hours togealh er, was led to inquire why the solar heat was so intense ; and the solution was that the great intensity of the solar heat was due to the fact that the combustion of the solar gases Jook place under great pressure, the forceT’flhe gravity being at the sun’s sur face 27.6 limes as great as it is at tho surlace ofthe earth. Ho therefore constructed n small cupnlafuruace, in which the products ofcombustion could not freely escape, but were maintained under pressure of fifteen or eighteen pounds per square inch -above the atmosphere. With this moderate pres sure, steel and wrought iron may be mel ted more readily than cast iron in an ordi nary cupola ; 3 cwt, of wrought iron scrap, introduced cold into a furnace, was run off completely fluid in fifteen minutes. This process marks an epoch in the application of heat for metallurgical purposes. Sad Chapter ofConsresslonal Life. The Washington gossips are just now much excited oyer a story which, if true, reveals a sad chapter of Congressional life. A few years ago, a Northern Representa tive, some fifty years of age, brought there a young and beautiful woman, to whom he paid devoted attention. After years of dis honorable intimacy, tho Congressman be came tired of his victim, her child was sent to the foundling hospital, and she sought consolation in strong drink. Occasional fits of delirium leosued, and it is positively ascertained that a few weeks ago she cut her throat with the razor of her betrayer, who meanwhilehad been transferred to an im portant position in the Government. It is said that the death wound was sewed up, and that the remains were sent away clan destinely. A Negro .nirnclo. Since the hens laid eggs upon which was mystically etched the year of the approxi mating millennium, there has been no “miracle” so astounding as tho one which has just occured in Kentuckey. The coffin of a negro child was deposited by the side of a grave, but so heavy did it suddenly become, that into the grave nobody coulu lift it. It was opened, und the child not only found to be alive, but upon the bottom of one its feot was observed the astoundiug in scription : ' 1 There has been no preacher in Heaven for eleveu hundred years ” —which will be discouraging to extant preachers who tondly suppose that they are pointing to brighter worlds and leading the way. The comfortable resource for them is not to believe one word of the story. Wo don’ Important to Noldters-No more iddl' tlonal Bonnty, Act off Congress, July 20, ISO 6, provided for the payment of what is known as the “additional bounty.” The amendment of March 3. 1809, limited tho operation of the act to three years, four months and ten days. The timeexpires to-day, Allappli cations hereafter received will be returned to the sender with tjio following : “ Sir : By the terms of tho act of March 3. 1809, the lime for filliug claims for addi tional bounty under act of July 28, 1800, expired on the 30th day of November, ISO 9. The enclosed application is therefore re turned. “Respectfully, E. B. French, Auditor.” From Boston. Boston, Dec. 7. —Last night a hotel thief named John Bennett, was arrested at the Quincy House. He bad in his possession the requisite tools forgoing through all the rooms of the house. In a bundle were found some articles of contract between John Braham and Horace N. Ling hard, which had evidently been the proceeds of a former robbery. The offender is about twenty yeaiß of ago, and said that he was from Long Branch. N. J. While in tho cell he tried to hang himself with his bandkorcliief to a bar in the ceil door. A bold attempt wus made last night to revive the habit of burning churches which prevailed a year or two ago with suoh vigor in the northern suburbs of Boston. The Winthrop Congregational Church in Charlestown was set on fire and damuged to a considerable amount. Mr. Horace Kendall, a compositor in the office of the Reading Times, has invented quite an ingenious contrivance for holding copy, which promises, iflntroduced, to be come a useful article to the members of the craft in general. It consists of a cylinder of a length to suit the size of the manu script, and about an inch and a half iu diameter. On one side of this cylinder is an opening, within which is a nippers op erated by a spring, that holds firmly tho ends of the sheet, which, being fastened in this manner, is revolved as required by means of the knob at tho side, one, two or more lines being displayed at a time as regulated by a slide adjusted upon the cir cumference of the roller. A spring in the centre fastens the oylinder to the lower case, behind which the end of the copy hangs, tbns avoiding the inconvenience experienced by the manuscript covering either of the cases. The roller is made of tin and the mounting of brass. Tho instru ment was constructed by Mr. George Ray bold, machinist, of Reading. A patent for the invention has been applied for. The York |Tme Democrat says lhaQfor several weeks past a wild animal, resem bling a prairie wolf in appearance, has been seen, at .times in Manchester twp., York county. It was .seen in the Conewago Mountains, In Uonewago twp., about two months ago and was pursued but made Its escape. Afterwards it was seen near Fink’s Mill, in the same township, from which it crossed over to the Codorna Mills in Man cheater twp., near Liverpool. Mr. Jacob Good, who was ploughing in one of bis fields, had a tolerably fair view of the ani mal one day, but couid not determine, pos itively, what species it belonged to. ft made a strange, howling noise, resembling that of a smalt iwolf, to which family it no doubt is related. It was seen last week again, but up to this time has not been cap tured. gtaat Intelligence. Court ol Common fleas. Wednesday Morning. —The case of P. W. Gorreoht vs. H. W. Diffenbaugb, was con cluded this morning, ihe jury returning a verdict for plaintiff of $2,917.94 damages and costs. The case has been in litigation for some time, and grew out of the fact that Wm. Gorrecht, dec’d., the father of plain tiff, had built a brick house oh a lot of ground belonging to defendant, who had married Gorrecht’s daughter, Tho couple moved into the hpuse, bat did not live happily together, and were finally separa ted and divorced. The defendant, however, claimed that the house was his, having been built for him and bis wife by Gorrecht. The jury thought differently, and plaintiff recovers the value of the house, with in terest. Kline and Patterson for plaintiff; Eshleraan, Dickey and Smith for defen dant. The following cases wore disposed of by the Court within the last few days: Charles Bender vs. John S. Bear, sum mons in ejectment. Verdict for plaintiff. Musselman and Watts, vs. Harberger, McCully & Co. By agreement, judgment in open Court catered againit defondant for $374 40. Jacob E. Bijtgr vs. Abr. W. Schwartz, Verdict for plaintiff, to be released on pay ment by defendant of §1,644 06 on the Ist of April, IS7O, wiih;interest and costs. Henry Houseal vs. John Musser, execu tor of Geo. W. Terry. Yerdict for plaintiff $5OO. Groeaenger A Co. vs. Wm. Miller. By agreement, judgment in open Court eu tered against defendant for $92.-13 damages and costs. Henry S. Musser vs. F. Miller Trout. — By agreement in open Court, judgment for plaintiff of §132.50 damages and costs. This morning at lOo’clock Court adjourn ed over until monday morning, when the case of the Columbia Manufacturing Co. vs. tho Reading Railroad Co., will be taken up for trial. A Generous Act.—Mr. L C. Jungcrich, Grocer, of 1219 Waluut st., Philadelphia, and who formerly resided iu this city, has contributed to tho ‘‘Home for Friendless Children,” in this city, five hundred dollars worth of Groceries. Mr. Juugerich directs Mr. W. H. Mil ler, of this city, to deliver the groceries to tbe Home as they may bo required, and in his letter to Mr. Miller, says; “when in 1821, in my youth, I sought an American home, I found it among tho kind people of Lancaster. Therefore, to express iu a small degree my gratitude, 1 desire to contribute groceries to tho extent of §5OO lo ihe Children’s Home, which I am gratified to learn has been established at Lancaster, for the poor and friendless childreu.” This conduct ou the part of our former citizen, Mr. Jungerich.is very genorous and praiseworthy, uud he ought to be emulated by some of our resident wealthy citizens in hia act of noble charity. Cold Weather.—The weather incident to the Winter season appears to have fairly commenced ; the snow of yesterday was of auch a character as to denote the unmis takable presence ofthe season of frost and snow. But, after all, Winter is not such un unpleasant season us many at first view take it to be ; ; t is pre-eminently tbe time of year wheu social gatherings around the firesides of buppy homes are most in vogue, and it is in Winter that “ Metry Christ mas” with its annual festivities visits us. Each season of the year has its own sports and pleasures, and those of Winter yield to none in respect to attractiveness and genu ine, healthful delight. Even while we write the musical, merry tintinabulalion of ringing sleigh bells reaches our ears, and a pleasure-seeking world is enjoying a ride oyer a firm smooth road of snow Hakes. Badly Burned. —Mrs. Miller, aged about 75 years, widow of Mr. Christian Miller, deceased, living with her son John IC. Miller, near Rock Hill, in Conestoga township, was severely burned on Thurs day afternoou by her clothes catchiug tire. On that day Mr. Miller was butchering, aud the family were all iu the summer house, excepting the old lady, who, wheu discovered, waseomiDg from tho house to wards tbe summer-house enveloped in a sheet of llaine. The fire was extinguished as soon as possible, but nearly all tbe clothes ou the upper part of her body were already burned off. She was very severely burned about tbe bead, arms and upper part of her body, and she is in a very critical condi tion. It is supposed (she not being able to speak since) that her clothes were set on fire by a spark from tho stove. LfoT or Jurors.—Names of forty Petit Jurors to servo in the Court of Common Pleas, commencing on the 4lh Monday of January next. Drawn Nov. 26, 1869 : Jacob Aument, Washington ; Roland 11. Brubaker, city ; David, Bair, city ; Geo. W, Boon, Bart; Gilbert Bushong, Eden ; Hen ry Comad, Pequea ; John L. Frey, Lancas ter township; P. W. Housekeeper, Dru more; John Hager, Lancaster township; Joseph Hoover, city; Henry Houseal, Muytown ; Davis Hagnu, Martic; Sam uel J. Uendersou, Salisbury; John W. Jackson, city; P. A. Kimburg, Columbia; John B. Knox, Leacock ; Henry Kuhler, West Hempfietd; Ambroso McConomy, city; W. O. Marshall, city, Joseph Moi row, Warwick ; Henry Musselmun, Strua burg; J. B. Martin, Earl ; William 11. Miller, Strasbnrg; George Pownall, Sadsbury; Col. Jesse Reinbold, W. Cocalico; A. W. Russell, city; Wm. B. Strine, city ; John Sener, Pequeu ; George D. Sprecber. city; Daniel Swope, Upper Leacock; David Shultz, city; John B. Stehman, W. Hemptleld ; Heury Wolf, W. Hemptield • Milton Woods, Leacock ; J. M. Wilson, Drumore ; Welington Yundt, Ilinkietown; John Yundt, Brecknock; Albert M. Zahm, City. Register’s Office.—Letters of Admin istration have been granted by tbeßegister on tbo following estates since the 27th ult.: John Showaker, deceased, lato of Bart township. John W. Showaker, adminis trator. Margaret Vogt, deceased, late of Lancas ter city. George J. Vogt, Administrator. Michael Gable, deceased, late of West Hempfield township. John Gable, Ad ministrator. "William S. Ferguson, deceased, lalo of Colerain township. Hannah Ferguson, Administrator. Another Hail Road.—-The Chester County Republican says that, in a few days, engineers will be at work on a proposed railroad connecting with the Reading Columbia R. R. near Ephrata, Lancaster county, thence by way of Ne\v Holland, and Compassville, to Pomeroy, connecting there with the Penna. R. R. and the road to Dolaware City. This line is only 25 miles long, and will complete very impor tant connections. As the road from the Pine Grove Coal Fields, now nearly com pleted, connects with the Reading A Colum bia R. R., the building of the road from Epbrata to Pomeroy, will make a continu ous lino from Pine Grove to Delaware City. It will also give the eastern portion of Lan caster county a direct railroad communica tion with Philadelphia via the Penna. R. It. Tho active movers in this project are citi zens cf Lancaster county, who will in a short lime begin tho survey of tho route at Pomeroy. The Family Doom ;or Tun Sin of a Countess, is the name of a new novel by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, now in press and to be published in a few days by T. B. Peterson Brothers, Philadelphia. It yill command a very large sale, as it is luflv equal, ifnotsuperiorto “The Changed Brides,” “ Bride’s Fate,” “Fair PJny,” and “How Ho Won Her,” which have proved to be four of the best novels ever published, and which are having unpre cedented sales, for Mrs. Southworth, as a novelist, stands at the head of the sensa tional school. Her conceptions are marked by originality, and there is a purity and sweetness about her language which gives a peculiar charm to her writings. Many of her characters are powerfully and touch ingly drawn, and learn to love them because they are more natural than affected. “ The Family Doom ” will be issued in a large duodecimo volume, and sold at the low price of >1.75 in cloth; or, §1,50 in p • per cover; or copies will be sent by mail, to any place, post-paid, by the publishers, on re ceipt of the price of the work in a letter to them. Large Warehouse.—A correspondent of tho Colombia Spy writes that tho build ing of Messrs. Herr & Co., at Straaburg, is one of tho largest of the kind in this county outside of Lancaster city. Tho whole build ing is 215 feet long by 50 feet wide. It is divided into a warehouse 75 feet long, grist and merchant mill 50 feet long, engine house and machine shop 00 feet long. They five constant employment to eighteen ands; their sales of coal lu one year amounted to upwards of 10.000 tons. Their business last year was $86,101.20 Bridge Contract Awarded.--Proposals have been received by the County Commis sioners for straightening and repairing the bridge over the Chicquesalunga creek, at Barr’s mill, between Rapho and West Hempfield townships. The following bids were handed In: Jacob Kauffman, $750 ; Peter Heilman, $650 ; John Shaeffer, $-150 ; E. McMellen, $375. The work was award ed to Mr. McMellen, he being tho lowest bidder. Death of an Esteemed Citijen.— Yesterday morning A. Llghtner Hender son, Esq., died very suddenly at bis resi dence in Salisbury twp., this county, of disease of the heart. The deceased was a well known and estimable Christian gentle man, highly loved by ail who knew him. He was about fifty years of age, and leaves a large family to mourn his loss. Sudden Death of a Lancasterian.— We learn from private sources that Sam uel D. Fraim, Esq., formerly of this city, but for the last thirteen years a resident of Dayton, Ohio, died suddenly at that place about noon on the oth Inst. Mr. Fraim’s industry and energy, as a business man, and hia sterling worth as a Christian gen tleman, bad won for him a promioent po sition and many warm friends in the city of his adoption. Personal.—J. R. Sypber, EEq , Phila delphia Editor of the New York Tribune, who read law in this city, under the late Thaddeus Stevens, and was a member of the Lancaster bar, was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, on Baturday last, ou motion of Assistant District Attorney Val entine, Conestoga Township.— We are indebted to our correspondent at Conestoga Centre for the following interesting description of Conestoga township: Conestoga township has the Susquehanna River for its western, the Conestoga Creek for its northwestern, and the Pequea Creek for its southeastern boundary. It being nearly surrounded by large streams of water, its surface is quite roiling, and that Part of the township lying along the Sus quehanna River and Pequea Creek, or rather the triangular part known as the river corner,” comprising the southwest ern part and lying between these two streams, is rather hilly, but the soil is all rertile and productive. The northeastern part (about i of the township) isfirst qual ity limestone land, which is not surpassed any where in this county or State in produo tiveness. It is just rollingenough to afford good natural drainage, and is surer to pro duce every year large crops ofali kinds than those parts of this county that are more level and not so well drained. The remainder oi the township is only second quality land naturally , but has been so improved by the use of lime, and by j udlcious farming, that it is dow in a high state of cultivation and pro duces nearly, and some of it quite, as large crops as are raised in the limestone sections. The firet settlers of Conestoga township were of that highly industrious, energetic, and truly moral class of people, Swiss Men nonites, to whose indomitable energy and persevering industry is owing the present high state of cultivation of the land. Per haps nine-tenths of its present inhabitants are “ Pennsylvania Dutch ” so called, and that language is still spoken to a great ex tent among the older people outside of the villages, but it is fast dying out, as the ma jority of parents speak English to their children. Nearly all the children can speak the English t cell; oulside of tho villages nearly ail can speak the English and the “Pennsylvania Dutch” equally well, while in the villages many understand none but tbe English, whose parents can speak the “Dutch” better than the English. It may safely be predicted that one generation hence, no traces of the “ Pennsylvania Dutch ” language will remain among th« inhabitants of Conestoga township. This is owing in a great degree to tbe common schools; and although wo regard this pecu liar dialect as hichly as any one can, it hav ing been the language of our parents and ol ourselves in childhood, wo believe it to be better that it should becomo obsolete, as not only all legal business is transacted in Eng lish, but our education is in that language. While nearly every religious Christian denomination is represented among tho in habitants of Conestoga township, the Men nonites are the most numerous. The people are principally engaged in agricultural pur suits and manufactures. The principal articles manufactured are iron, paper and Hour. There aro several mines of iron ore in the township from which a very good quality of iron is made. It contains also 2 Iron Works, 3 Fiour Mills, 3 Saw Mills, 2 Paper Mills, 1 Tannery, 1 Distillery, 8 Tav erns, 11 Public School Houses, 9 Churches, and 4 Post Offices. Tbe villages are Cones toga Centre, Safe Harbor, Pelersville, Rock Hill, and Colemanville. Conestoga Centre may be called the capi tol of Conestoga township, as in it the elec tions are held, and all business relating to the affairs of the township, is transacted. It has derived its name from the fact of its be ing situated very nearly in the centre of the township. The principal street, which is about two miles long, winds along on the top of an elevated ridge, which overtops all other ridges in the vicinity, and from which a fine view of a large part of Lancaster county can be had. This view extends from the Murtic Hills on the south to the Welsh Mountains on the north and north east, including Lancaster city, Millersville, and Marticville. The village is not laid out with any regard to regularity, or upon any plan. The houses are in general from 20 to 50 yards apart, and each has from one to several acres of land belonging to it. It is decidedly a rural village, aud in many re spects one of the most desirable, as it is one of the most pleasant villages to reside in in Lancaster county. Houses are in great demand to buy as well as to rent, and they command good prices and high rents. Per sons having houses to rent ure always be sieged by parties desiring to rent, who would rather pay the comparatively high rents demanded than go to Safe Har bor, which is but two m+iiss distant, and where over ono hundred bouses, which could bo rented low are unoccupied. It would require quite a number of houses to accommodate all who would reside in Ibis village if the bouses could be obtained. The moral condition of its inhabitants will, on the whole, compare very favorably with that of the inhabitants of any other village in the county. Tho Rev. J. V. Eckert, who bad been pastor of the Conestoga Centre German Reformed Church for many years, and who could speak intelligently on the subject, spoke (in his farewell sermon about 2 years ago) very highly of the morals of the people of this village, and among other fa vorable remarks said, “ I know of no place that I would profer to Conestoga Centre, in which to raise a family.” It contains a population of about 500, of whom about 45 are “Americans of African descent.” They live in a street by them selves, and (although the village is strong ly Radical in politics) are not regarded very highly by their white "brethren,” who do not regard them «3 lit associates for their families, and who would violently oppose their moving out of “Tho Hollow” into one of the other streets among the whites, but not even the most extreme Radicals would regret their moving away from the neigh borhood. They are however but fuir speci mens of their race elsewhere. There is considerable business of various kinds transacted in the village, as it con tains 2 Dry Goods and Grocery Stores, I Shoe Store, 1 Cigar and Tobacco Store, 2 Flour and Feed Stores, 1 Confectionary, 1 Millinery, 2 Merchant Tailoring Establish ments and Clothing Stores, 2 Taverns, 2 Restaurants, a Post Office, 1 Tobacco Pack ing House, 3 Blacksmith Shops, 1 Wagon maker Shop, 1 Carriage Manufactory, 4 Shoemaker Shops, 1 Cigar Manufactory 2 Cabinet Making Establishments, 4 Slaugh ter Houses, 1 Bakery. 1 Tailor Shop, 1 Cooper Shop, 1 Domestic Wine Manufac tory, 2 Mantua Making Establishments, 1 Nursery, 5 Physicians, 5 Churches and 3 Schools (Graded). It is also the rosldenco of 7 Teachers, 1 Preacher, aud 1 Wholesale Peddler, besides a large number of House .Carpenters, Masons, Bricklayers and Plas terers, who do the work in tbeir respective l ines of business for a largo extent of coun try around. It contains a number of fine residences, also a Hall in which a tribe of Red Men hold regular meetings. Safe Harbor is situated at the mouth ofthe Conestoga Creek, and is principally in Con estoga township, though partly in Manor. It owes all its importance to the Iron Works located in it. When these works were in operation, it was one of the'most thriving villages or towns in the county. (We think its sizo and business almost en titled it to the name of town. ) These works consist of a Furnace, a Rolling Mill, a Foundry and everything belonging to a complete set of Iron Works, which works are all owned by the same Company, who own also a number of ore mines in the im mediate vicinity, several hundred houses, the dam in the Susquehanna at this place, the Conestoga Navigation, and other prop erty, the whole valued at nearly a million of dollars. These works are very advanta geously situated, having everything neces sary for the manufacture of irou in the immediate vicinity, excepting coal. This was brought on the Susquehanna and Tide Water Canal to Lockport, and from thence towed by a steamboat across tho Susque hanna. To have sufficient depth of water for this purpose, it was necessary to build a dam in the river at this point, which was done by the Company. A large break in this dam occurred several years ago, which cutoff the supply of coal, and in conse quence the works have been inactive since, i This break could have been repaired only at considerable expense, and as there was then a probability of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad beiogbuilt before the expiration of many years, it was decided to await the building of this or some other Railroad before starting the works up again. As soon as this road will be built, (aDd the probability is that it will .soon b»,) these works will no doubt resume operations.— j This would bring new life and vigor not | only to Safe Harbor, but to the eniire ; neighborhood. After tho works stopped a large part of the population moved away : and there are at present over 100 houses ! unoccupied. It contains at present 4 Dry , Goods and Grocery Stores, 1 Drug Store, 1 1 Flour and Feed Store, 1 Merchant Tailor ing Establishment, a Post Office, 3 Taverns, 1 Restaurant, 2 Shoemaker Shops, 1 Black smith Shop, I Tailor Shop, 1 Flour Mill, 1 Saw Mill and Lumber Yard, 2 Churches aud 3 Schools (2 being graded). It contains some fine residences, also a large Odd Fel lows Ilall, in which a lodge of Odd Follows, and a lodge of American Mochanics hold regular meetings. Petersville is situated on the Conestoga Creek about fl miles from its mouth. Its principal business is the manufacture of paper, at the two mills belonging to the estate of Emanuel Shober. These Mills turn out a large amount of paper and quite a number ol hands are engaged in its man ufacture. It contains also a Post Office, a Tavern, a Blacksmith Shop, and a Shoe maker Shop. Real Estate Market.—Mr. Ferdinand Sourbier bought the property of Mrs. John McDannel in Mount Joy consisting of a two-storied dwelling and lot of ground, at $700.00. Audrew Armstrong, Esq., bought the brick house of Dr, A. Gerber In Mount Joy now occupied by John M. Bear, at $3,250,- 00. Dr. Andrew Gerber bought the farm of Andrew Armstrong In East Donegal town ship, at $190.00 per acre. Christian U. Nlasley, Esq., bought the furm of John F. Stauffer in Mount Joy township at $182,26 per acre. Sad Accident.—A sad accident result ing in the death of a woman happened in Columbla'on Thursday morning. It ap pears that Homo of the employees on the Reading & Columbia Railroad wore shift ing cars bj hand ; a woinao, named Mrs. Fredericks, wife of John Fredericks, was gathering coal from beneath a car which was standing on the track. The cars in motion struck the car under which the wo man was crouching, and she was rolled along the track between the wheels for a considerable distance before the car could be stopped. When her body was rescued Bhe was Insensible, ana died in an hour after, leaving a family of five small chil dren to mourn her loss.— Spy. Harriet S. Duchman, daughter of the late Col. John H. Duchman, has been ap* pointed to a clerkship in the Register’s Office at Washington, Tho salary Is $OOO, Obituart.— Our obituary column con tains a notice of the death of Mr. O. F. Yonngman, one of the most widely known and highly respected among our citizens.— Mr. Youogman has been for more than thirty years the ticket agent at the Lancas ter office of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, and was therefore one of the old est employees ou the road. When he first assumed his office, the cars were drawn by horses—the locomotive being then un known. Even at au earlier day Mr. Youngman was engaged os agent for a line of passenger stages ruoniog between Phil adelphia and Pittsburg, so that almost his whole life has been passed in tho convey ance of passengers. Deceased was in his 79th year, aud has been uuable to attend to business for the last two months in con sequence of a very severo carbuncle on the back of his neck, which completely pros trated him and finally caused his death. He resided in East Orange street, with his wife and a grand-daughter, and will be bnried in Litiz, the place of his birth, to morrow. The following Is an extract from a private Letter written by the Proprietors of tho Plan tatlon Bitters: had no conception ofthe wide-spread hki 1 ° 8 which exists, or ofthe almost lnfal produced by the Plantation Bit ters, when we first commenced ollering thorn Tor sale. We now hud that every house has a weak child, an ailing parent, or debilitated aged member, who needs this Tonic, our La borstory has grown from u stogie room to nn immense building, and our sales from a few bottles to many hundred dozsutt per day, and we are glad to know that they have done you so much good. Magnolia Water.—Superior to tiro best Im ported German Cologue, and sold at half the price. #lifrial go tires Cf* Words of Cheer. On the Errors of Youth and the Follies *of Age, In relation to .MARRIAGE and SOCIAL EVILS, with a helping band for the errla; and unfortunate. Sent □ sealed tetter envelope*, free of charge. Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Ilox P, Philadelphia, Pa. BvKtmd.iw Kecret of. Eenul.y Lies lu the use (of .Y.agiiu'la P.alrn fi.r the Complexion. Rourhnesa, Rcdtiesi, ntotciuM, Sunburn. Freckles aud Tan disappear where It Is applied, an 1 a beuutl lul Complexion of pure, satin like texture Is obtuluod, Tho plainest features are made to glow with lUulth ful Bloom and Youthful Beauty. Remember Hagan's Magnolia Balm Is the thing that products these effects, and any Lady eau swum it for 73 cents at any of our stores. To preserve and dross the Ilalr use Lyon's Kntlml roD, nNMmeodAttw Avoid ',h inst., In this city John Eberhard Laiuparl-r, hi the (list year of 1 his age. The relatives and friouds of iho family are respectfully United to attend the funoral from his late i'6'iidenco, in Rockland street, on Thursday mcrniDg at lu o'clock, without fur ther notice. 2t Wolff,—On the 3d iont., in this city, at • ’clock P. M., Charlotte, wile of Kev. Dr. Ber* nard C. Woltf, In me 7/ili year of tier age. i'SHU vcu.—Fell asleep iu Christ, George ICer foot, only child of D. J. and E. R. Eshbach, in tho 7tn year of his a?o. Reigart—On the .1.1 Inst., at ‘J o’clock A. M. Henrietta, wlfo of Eraauuei C. Kolguri, Esq. of Lancaster, Pa. Wise.—ln this city, on tho 2d Inst., Anna Mary, daughter of Adam and Catharine Wise, aged 7 years, 7 months and 1* days. Uoda. —On the .Kb Inst., at the Home for Friendless Children, Barmiel Uoda, aged l* yeats. Bb< ck.—ln this city, on thelHhult.., Ella Grace, daughter of John and Mary C. Brock, aged 4 months. "ClaVau.—ln this oily, on the Tilth nit, An drew Clnvaa, in the (J-Rb year of his age. Hiienk. —In this city, on the Ist Inst., Chris- tlan Hheuk, in the tilth year of his age. McGinnis.—At Carlisle, on tho Ist lnsi., Andrew Claylou, son ol George W. and Sophia McGinnis. Ketch a si.—On the sth Inst, In rhllatlelpbla, Willie it., son of Holomon 8. and ."usuu F. Ketcham. aged 2 years. YotJNGJtAN.—On the sth lnsl.,Ch. F. Young man, In t h« 7l)th year of his age. Meisknuckckk.—On the 7th Inst., in this city, Charles, sou of Charles and Mary Melsen burger, aged 7 mouths and 7 days. PHilfiilelptita (drain flurset Philadelphia, Doc. 7 —The Flour market Is exceeding quiet, and In tho absence of any demand for shipment only 0.0 bids were taken In lots by the home trade at $4 KTU'uio for Hu perOne; 85.25®5 37 for Extras; 85 75<5(J25 for Northwestern Extra Family; 85 75® 0 for Penu’a do do; slirjG6o for Ohio do do, and $0.75®7.25 for Fancy Mrauds according to quali- ty. Itye Flour sells at 85.50 per bbl. There Is no vitality In tne Wheat market, and the recipts though light are lu excess of thedemaud; sales of 100!) bun Pcun'a, and Dela ware Ked at $1.30® I ill, and MO bus No. 2 Nprlug on private terms. Kye may be quoted at $l.lO lor Penu’a and 81 03 for Western. Corn is quiet but steady at former rales; soles of old Yellow at $1.U3®1.10, aud 5,000 bus new do at 86®91c the latter rote for prime dry. Oats are nuchunged ; sales of 2 0.0 bus Penn’a at Co@o2c. Nothing of lmflortanco lu Harley or Malt. 1 u the abfince c.l sab a we quote No. 1 oitrou Burk at $32.50 per ton Whiskey 20(1 bids wood and lron-bjund Westorn at $l.U5;n Philadelphia and Erie. Gold U. 8. 6a 1881. U. 8. -7-20 a 1862 -.. New 5-2081864 - - ~ Us^all^ U. 8. 5-203 of November 1865 112%® 114 o. b.s-aus or July ij»s iis%ains% do 18S7 -.115-%<5;11&% do 1868 -Us^®ll*»H iO-40a lt»% «109 Currency 6s -W7;£®IU7J4 Union Poclllo Bonds-..- - r1 ?« do Preferred 72 Fort Wayne Ohio and Mtwdsßlppl -25% Chicago and Alton ll'H do do Prelerrod Mi New Jersey Central Morris and Essex 87% Philadelphia cattle Market. Monday Dee. G—l\ M. Iu the market for beef cattle, antler the In* flaence or light receipts and an average do. mand, prices were a shade higher. We quote choice at»(g»9%c; ICo for a fancy lot; prime at S@Bl*c: lair to good at6!46c VKi, gross. Receipts, PJ-Sbead. Tho Pillowing sales were reported: 4 McClecse, Cr osier county, gross 8i P Mi Flllen, Western. cross. :r, pi,. Hathaway, Western, c, gross. 65 James 8. Kirk, Chester couniy, c, cross. 43 B. F. McFtllon, W esteru, 7&QXo, cross. 100 James McFlllen. Western. 7(a0o, groHS. 60 E. 8 McFill‘*n. Western, &§)iue. cross. 145 Utlman 4 Bachman, Western, 85 Martin, Fnller & Co., Western. U&Uc, gross. 19.5 Mooney 4 Kmltb, Western, 7<'q,oa, gross. 84 Thomas Mooney A Bro., Virginia, s'«;7c, gross. 101 H. Chain, Western Pennsylvania, C^H^c, gross 100 John Hmlth 4 Bro., Western, gross. . 97 J. «s U. Frank, Virginia. gross. 61 H. Frank, Vlrglula. CCA@~Ac, gross. 24 B. Baldwin, Chester county, gross. 48 Blum 4C0., Virginia, tks7%c, gross, tt) Mlenger. Virginia, gross. 40 Chandler 4 Alexander, cnester county, oi> 9c. crocs. 3G A. K.mblo, Chester county, G@SXo, gross. 30 H. Frnuk. Virginia. gross. 62 Thomas Dolly, Vlrgtu a, 8->i@U)e, gross. 17 Layton, Western Pennsylvania, 7@B>sc, gross. 44 Joan McArdle, Western, gross. 20 T.Tooman, Western, Qcg7o, gross. 2Q Wm. Vogdes, New York, G@7c, gross. Cows and calves aro In active request, and prices nave advanced. Bales of 150 head at StO riaiob Bprlußera we quote at 145(3)75, an advance. , hhbkp— I The market Is firmer, and price* aro higher. 6 000 head sold at the Avenue Drove ! Yard at s@b%c Ib for common and extra. I hogs—Tho dvance noted last week Is well ' BQBtalned, with a tendency lor a atlU higher I range of figures. Bales or 3,109 head at f 16® 15 25 per 100 pounds net for corn fed. '• Lancaster Bobmliom narbet. LANCASTXB, Saturday, Deo. 4. Batter, ft 0> 4.'0 Lard, $ 1b... 18@20o Eggs V dozen 40a Beef by the quarter, front, 10@llo Beef by tbe quarter, hind.-.-..... Pork by the quarter .. 15017 c 1 Chickens, (live,) ft pair 65@7l>c 4)0, pair ... 9001.00 Lamb,ftfi> Sausages, ft lb .. Beef cuts ft B> Veal Cutlets, ft Pi .. Pork Steak,ft lb .. Potatoes,ft bushel Do. ft peck . Sweet do ft % peck Turnips, ft p-eca Onions, ft U peck Apples, ft >2 peck J. Chestnuts, ft quart Winter Beans, ft quart Buckwheat Floi.r, ft quarter. Oabbago ft head Now corn ft bushel....—.. Oats ft bae Turkeys f> niece!.'*’."'!.’.’.’”!! Qreso do Ducks ft pair !!!!!!!!!!!! Apple butter, ft p1ut....._. Do. ft crock. Cider ft bairel Do. ft gallon Lancaster grain market, Monday, Dixi, 0, ISbb.—Flour and Gratu market steady: Firmly Hour, “fi bar.. Lxtra „dn do.. Suportme..do d 0.., Wheat 'pi bus Wh< At (rod) do Kye Corn n>ld) “ (new) Oats Whlakey... Uhl! gtHuertiscuKUtS A C4fi;tail, COH». «K M»KK IUKUAV lequlrca Immediate attention, au ncgltcL • often results In an incurable k Lung Disease. lunmn’s UroncblnU Trocbcs ISwlll most Invariably glvolnstant f relief for BRONCHITIS, ASTH MA, CATARRH, CONSUME TIVK aud THKUAT HJKKAS‘E-«, tUey tinvo a «it.hln Yak} To eur Ctuiamrrt and Corraspoiulentx : The surprising development nf our national resources and llio rapidity with which tho government Is now enabled to reduce llio na tional dob!, by weekly purchase:;,render 11 ap parent that the llrnu Is approuchlng whou tho Five-Twenty bonds may bo funded at not over four or four and a half per cont. lutercst. Meanwhile their high price, as compared with other classes of securities paying an equal rule of luterrst, Is leading lo general In quiry for more proliuudo forms of Investment In which money may bo safely Invested, During tho war tho necessities and peril or tho government, and the consequent cheap- ness ot its securities, rendered them so attrac tive that, from tills cause, combined with the patriotic faith of tho people In l heir solely, they absorbed almost tho entire rtoatlng capi tal of tho country, and diverted attention from other clasps of securities which had boforo >een deemed suniciuutly conservative and louud to meet the wants of the most cautious The government is uo longer a burrowor. It no longer needs the country's capital, but de sires gratefully and honorably to repay it. The rapid accumulation of capital for invest ment, and tho reduction oM.hu naG-meJ debt and Improvement of the untloaal credit— rendering It certain that hereafter but u com paratively low rato of luterost can bo derived from Investment In government bonds—is compelling tho searoh for other sa'e and well gaarded channels lino which eupllul 'not em ployed In business may wisely flow. Tho enterprises ofl’e ice, no less uoedful In their Lime and plaeo, for tho common welfare, than were the wasto and co.it of War, now call for the capital which Iho government no lonuor uceds, and offer for Its uso a remuneration which tho government noetl no’lnngcr pay.jand In some cuses, a security as atuhlo and endur ing as tho fallh of tho nation Itsolf. Tho deslro to capitalise tno premium which may now bo realized upon FWo-Twcnty bonds, and which a mutorlal decline In Gold toward par, and tho ability of the Government to fund them at a lower rate of latorcst, may at any lime extinguish, Is felt by many holders who desire some satisfactory assurance as to which of the many lower-priced securities In tho mar ket would afford l ho uecesa.nry safety to Justify an oxebaugo, Tho applications for Information and ndvlco which are addressed to us dally, show how an* Ivcrsnl is tho desire for this assurance, ns to what forms of Investment more profitable than GovernmentsccurllleH-atpresent market raten, are oulltled to the confidence of Investors. The pressure of this want has led us to feel the Importanceofdlrecllngour own attention os bankers, our largo experience, and our fa cilities for obtaining reliable Information—to tho work of supplying It In some measure, and to offer tho rosultß of our Inquiries to those who may bo disposed to conffdo In our good fallh and Judgment. Wo are unwilling to olfar to our frlonds aiul tho publlo anything which according to our bostjudiment is not as hpcuio mtho national obJlgatlonsthemselve'*, with which wo have hlthorto principally identified ourselves. Since closing the GREAT CENTRAL PA CIFIC RAILROAD LOAN, which meola all these requirements, wo have carefully exam ined many others, but havo found no other which would fully do so, until tho following was placed In our hands ; .118 @!18 l 4 FIRST MORTGAGE .115 <&nS% SIX PER CENT. GOLD BONDS WESTERN PACIFIC R. R. CO, CF CALIFORNIA. : r: nil .... 58 The Western Pacl-’lc •,Rail Road counocllng Sacramento with Han Francisoo, furnishes the final link in tho extraordinary fact of an un broken lino of rail from tho shore of tho Atlan tic to that of tho Pacific. It Is 150 miles In length, .Including a short it will bo tho Wjt.T KOPOSjITAN msh, OF THE PACIFIC COAfsT connecting Its chief cities, and traversing tho garden of the rich and growing ISdalo of Cali fornia, addition to an Immense and luorativo local traffic, tho through business over tho Unton and Central Paclilo Railroads —between the Eimtorn Stales and Bacramento. It Is completed, fully equipped, and In suc cessful operatlo;), and Its earnings Id October, the first full month, amounted to 8105.000 In coin. The net earnings will, by a moderate estimate, amount to s<>oo,ooo per imuum, coin, while the interest on Us Bonds will bo bat $168,000. Tho vaiuo of tho prop/rly land franchises is not less than TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,! and tho amount of tl.o mortgage Is $2,800,000. | {Tho bonds aro of $lOO-3 each, havo thirty year to run, and will he sold at Xlncty,"nnd Accrued Interest, In currency. They are made payablo, PRIN CLPAL AND irsTKREHr„IN GOLD COIN, in tho City of Now York. UoupomCdno Jauuary and July Ist. Tho near approach of tho time when tho United Slates can prububly fund; tho greater portion of Its blx-per-cont. debt, Is, naturally causing Inquiry for othor forms of Investment, which will afford satisfactory security with tho same rato of Interest, TIIE WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS must havo an Immoaso advantage overall other securities upon morcly ; ocal or uncompleted railroad, and may bo held with ■as much confidence as government i bonds, or as first-class mortgages on Now York j City property. I The loan Is small In amount. Its claims to I confidencenro apparent. It will bo rapidly taken. Bouds will bo delivered us tho ordors 1 are reeelvcd. Oovornmont bonds received at their full markol valao In oxchnngo. We buy and sell Government Bondsand re*, oelvo tho accounts of Banks, Bankers, Corpc* rations and othors, snbjoct to oheok at sight, hvji aiiow.interastjm dally balances, nit) r jSmdAw . 250 . 1430)0 . 17@18o . 20j . 60®7ftO JOo £® 8a . 18® 200 . 10®15o 170 ICO 1.0 @1 15 . 5® SO l, r )o®l.7f» .„..1.25'*2.7fl 75®1 td 1.00 20® 2So 1.25® 1.50 4.51*35 50 150 .$ 5 *h ... 4 75 .. 4 60 ... i ;>o .. 1 20 ... 1 Oh A. s. Hatch. ;Novcmber R, ISOJ. FISK 4 HATCH, Bankers*