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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
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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, <n a basis
which wo believed could be re
ceived by Cuba, was withdrawn. It
is hoped that the good offices of the United
States may yet prove advantageous to tho
settlement of this unhappy strife. Mean
while a number of illegal expeditions
aguinst Cuba Law b *t-n broken up. It
has been the endeavor ofthe administra
tion to execute* the neutrality laws in good
faith, no matter how unpleasant tho task
made so by tho suffering wo havo endured
from lack of like good laitli towards us by
othor nations.
Ou tiio 2(3 Lh of March luff the U. H.
schooner, Lizzie Major was arrested on the
high seas by a Spanish frigate and two
passengers wore taken from it and
carried as prisoners to Cuba. Representa
tions ol llio-o facts wore made to the Span
ish government ast soon as official infor
mation of them reached Washington. The
two passengers wero set at liberty, and
the Spauish government assured tho U.S.,
thut tbo captain of tho frigate in making
the capture* hud acted without orders, that
he had been reprimanded tor the irregular
ity of his conduct, and that the Spanish au
thorities iu Cuba would not sanction any
act that could violate the rightsortreut with
disrespect tin* sovereignty of this nation.
Tho question of tho seizure of the brig
Mary Lowell at one of the Bahama Islands
by Spanish authorities is now the subject
ot correspondence between this government
and those of Spain and Great Britain. The
Captain General of Cuba about May last
issued a proclamation authorizing search
to be made of vessels on tho high soas. Itn
rnoditlto roilionglronno Who o^uii.ul
this; whereupon the Captain General issued
a new proclamation limiting the right of
search to vessels of the Uuited States, so
fr as authorized under the treaty of 1795.
This proclamation, however, was immedi
ately withdrawn. I havo always felt that
tho most intimate relations should bo cul
tivated between the Republic of the United
.States and all independent nations on this
continent.
It may bo well worth considering whether
new treaties between the V. S. uud them
may not be profitably entered into to se
curejmoro intimate relations,friendly, com
morcial and olhorwiae. The subject of an
oceanic canal to connect the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans through Iho Isthmus of Dari
cu is one in which com mercy is greatly inter
ested. Instructions have been given to our
Minister to the Republic of tiio United
Sta'es of Colombia, to endeavor to obtain
authority fur a survey by this government,
in order to determine the practicability
of such an undertaking and a charter for
the right of way, to; build, by private en
terprise, such a work, it the survey proves
it to be practicable.
In order to c imply with the agree
ment of the U S , as to a mixed Com
mission at Lima for the adjustment of
claims it became necessary to send a Com
missioner and Secretary to Lima in Au
gust last. No appropriation having
been mado by Congress for this pur
pose it is now asked that one bo made
covering the past and future expenses of
the commission. The goal otlices of the
United States to bring about a peace be
tween Spain and the South American Re
publics with which she is at war having
been accepted by Spain, Peru and Chili,
a Congress lias been invited to tie held In
Washington during the present winter. A
grant lias been given to Europeans of
mi exclusive right of transit over the terri
tory of Nicaragua, to which Costa Rica has
given its assent, which it is alleged conflicts
with the vested rights of citizens of the Uni
ted Stales. The Department of State has
now this subject under consideration.
The Minister of Peru having made re
presentations that there was a state of war 1
between Peru and Spam, and that Spain
was constructing in and near New York
thirty gunboats which might bo used by
Spain in such a way as to relieve the naval
force in Culm, and also to operate against
Peru, orders were given to prevent their
departure. No further steps having been
taken by the representative of the Peruvi
an Government to prevent the departure
of these vessels, and I not feeling author
izrnl to detain the property of a nation with
which we were at peace <>: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 <lunckM.
A victim of early In discretion, c nislng nervous de
bility, premature decay, «fco„ having tried In vaiu
every advertised remedy, bus discovered a simple
means of self-cure, which ho win «-ml freo to his
fellow sufferers. Address J. 11. REEVES. 7S Nuasau
SU, New York.
Snircrlng
With Rupture or other Physical Weakness, 'are'ln
vlted to visile Philadelphia, and call at C. H.N KIDD
LES' OQlco. No. 134 Twelfth St., below lluco, to on
tain proper Trusses. Bruces, Supporters, Ac. A lady
attendant conducts this department with professional
ability. Examinations made und suitable Instru
ments fbr Prolapsus applied.
C. 11. NEEDLES gives personal attention to male
pa' tents at his Ofllce, Corner ldtn und Race Streets.
Philadelphia. Extensive practice in this special
branch or Mechanical Remeob-slnsnresinle'.lleent and
correct treatment. (BANNING'S Bruces udjnsted.)
Jnatio l.mw
pamages,
Mussulman—Huber.—on tho 2d lust., by
the Rev. J. J. Strtue, at Ills residence, John M.
Musselman to Miss Susau 11. Huber, both of
East Hempfleld,
Bkicker—McMilt.in.— At the reside n*o of
Mr. ( harhs McMUlln. Miolby, Ohio, uu the
evening ol November LSI h, by the Kcv, J. 8.
Long air P. K. Brickcr, formerly of this city,
to Mips CArrie McMIUlu. of Shelby.
Denison— Kou.-Uu the'AS h Nov., by Rev.
P. Raby. Mr. Levi Donlaouto Mbs 1,1,'./, e Kob,
both ot Conoy twp., Lancaster county.
Nissly—Bkubacher.—On the noth of Nov.,
at Coopei's Hotel, by the Rev. W,T. Gerhard,
Mr. Henry It. Nissly. of West HeinjTh.ld, to
Miss Rebecca II Brtiom hcr, ot Knph ».
Mussku—siktz —Un tho same dnv, at the
same place, by tbusamc, Air. Martin m. Mux-er
to Annie M. i-jifctz, both ol Kupho.
SUMMEits— Donki.ly.— Nov. noth, at the Ex
change Hotel, by the Kev. J J. strlm-, George
P. Hummers, of Hndsbury, to Miss Ainut Maria
Donolly, of Bart twp.
leatlss
Lami'AKteh—On the t>',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;<Sl.l'O por gallon.
HtouH nnrEei.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.
Penn'a Railroad.- 54 l 4
Koadlug. 4 'Y>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-..- -
r<CV YOSX, Pec. 7,
Gold - 122%
Canton Co
Cumberland Coal
Weatorn Union Telegraph
Quicksilver.,
Mariposa -
do Preferred
Boston Water Power
Adams Kxureas....-
Wells Fargo Express
American Express
D. H. Express
Pacllie MHll
Hnrtnon Kiver
BcrlD - -
Erie
Erin Prefarrol
Harlem ...
Hooding
Michigan Central - - 120%
Michigan Hoathorn - 85%
Illinois Central IH%
Cleveland and Pittsburg - B.U
Northwo3tern - 74%
do Preferred
Hock Island l''7%
St. Paul 70%
do Preferred
Wabash r>1 ?«
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!4<s7%c; and common
at s(g>6c 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. CC<sBc, gross.
11)0 Ilona 4 Co.. Virginia, gro.s.
38 M. llryfoos 4 Co., Western i'ennvyivanla,
b'AWAP- Rross.
ICO Gui. Bhamocrg 4 Co., Western, d&Dc,
gross.
63 Enron 4 Co., Virginia, t>A@~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
«i<jc>t.hln<s cfleet.
HINQEKA and PITULI-J SPEAKHIW HKO
tlrom to clear and strengthen the voice.
Owing to tho goodropulatlon amt popularity
of tbe Trocbos.many worthiest and cheap imita.
lions arc offered, which arc tjood tor j nothii <j, lie
fluro to outain tin true.
Bltoivs’s BBOXHII.Ui TROCUKS.
SOLD HVKtIYWUKItK
FASUKRK’ RItrCAL IVSIIUAN'I f; €<K—
Aii election for Olhoera of iiiuna.Ul Cornpn
nv for tlio omulng year will be held ut tho
public house orrtolotnou Spreohcr, In tho city
of Lancaster (Exchange lintel), on SATUR
DAY, ’the 'J'th day of DKCEM UKK next, be
ween tho hours ol lOnmi J o’clock.
JOHN STKOHM, Beorcttt r y.
:il\v
j&uilmfl gauds.
Haryey Fihk.
QFFICE OF
FISK & HATCH,
BANKEItS AND DEALERS
CiJO V 15 H N M K N T S K C U It I T I.K S
2 Vo. 5 .Ytmrrn Street, Xeu> 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*