Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, December 04, 1879, Image 2

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X. 0. GOODRICH, RDITOIL
Towanda, Pa - ., Thinslay, Deo. 4, 1879
Tan Chairman of the late 'Republican
County Convention has appointed. BENJ.
M. Psca, Esq....stof this place, at Chair.
-rinit of the County Committee , for the
coming year.i-The next political cam ,
-,paign will be One of untusuatimportancey
and the Republieant of the °County map
-be congratulat : ed upon the fortunate.
selection virki* has been made. It en
sures a vigoroo and effective marshalling
of-the Republican forces.
The present Chairman, HARRY &TREE
- TER, Esq., who bqifoitwo years so well
and ably filled the place, has displayed
groat efficiency and ability, and has ren
dered valuable services to the party. He
is, entitled tO commendation and; the
thanks of the Republican voters.
Tun great length of the President's
lilessve excludes our usual editorial and
. -
news items.
TUE programme for the reception of
General GI ANT in Philadelphia includes'
a grand parade and numerous public and
private receptiOns,
Tai t,. Erie Railway Depot at Hornells
ville,
Y., was entirely destroyed by
lire on Sunday morning.. The contents;
wore mostly saved. Rename' dining'
saloon connected 'with the depot, was
also destriiyed.
AT Saturday's morning session of the
Court at Harrisburg several of the patties
indicted for corrupt
,solicitation in con
nection with the ri,t losses bill appeared
and renewed the sail for their appear
ance at the Janua term of Court.
SOME rascal stoke a copy of the Presi
denrs Messag9, and' sold it to the news
papers, who consider such transactions
an.evideace of enterprise. It w:9.s 'pub
lished in full, in New -York and Chicago
papers, Sunday, a day in advance of its
delivery to Congress.
tnr. Reading Daily Eagle is responsible
for the statement that after the first of
next January,l, it is rumored, Mr. Mc-
Will leave the editorial chair of
the Philadelphia TOnes and study to be
an Episcopal minater. It is said that
latterly Mr. McCLURE's mind has been
iiiinch impressed with theological topics,
;and now be thinks he can do more good
as clergyman than-in any other field.
THE suggestion of the President that
-the anti on tea and coffee, which was re
moved some years ago, be again imposed,
will probahly be adopted by Congress. It
is a somewhat singular fact, that the re
moval of the duty did not reduce the
price to the consumer, while it decreased
the revenue several millions of dollars
Such, also, was the experience in the case
of quinine which is now admitted free,
while the price has not been reduchd.
PROBABLY the. largest single financial
transaction ever made in this country, is
the-recent sale by W. H. VANDEBBILT to
a syndicate composed of New York and
London bankers, and managers of the
Wabash system of railroads, of $25,000,-
0M of New York Central Stock, which is
one-half of the stock's in that road
owned by Mr. V. It& effect will be the
union of two great railroad interests
which heretofore have been hostile.
THE Democracy. in the the last session
of Congress subordinated :„evcrything to
the removal of all obstacles in the way of
fraudulent voting in New York City,
hopin), by dishonesty there' to make the
State certain for the Democratic candi
d.tte in 1880. 'Happily the Go'vrnor and
Legislature:will be Republican' and pro
visions against election fraudk4an be en
acted and eUforced by the Stait
au hori
ties. • !
EVE pliCe before ourpaders this week
in full the Annual Me Age of President
fAvEs. is MC of th clearest and most
,concise messages which we have ever, pub-,
The Presideu -nieets the absorb
ing public questions of the'day with frank
ness, and treats them with great abil)ty,
clearness and decision. His statements
and suggestions cannot fail 'to meet the
approval of every unprejudiced reader.
We commend the message to the careful
consideration of our readers, who would
be informed as to the present -condition,
political and otherwise, of, the country.
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED
. The conspiracy of Dein°erotic
officials to defeat. the will of the
, people of Maine, is, unfortunately
for • the record of that party, not 'a
new departure. But we see that the
revet Democratic papers have seized
upon the fact to read the Republi
' cans a homily on fair dealing. These
remarkably wise. journals mention
the conspiracy as an illustration of
" curses, like chickens, come home to
,rpost." The particular chickensial
luded to are .alleged to have been
-.hatched in Florida and • LouiSiana,
under Republican auspices Were it
to be ; admitted that the Republicans
ever ilefeated 'Abe will - of the people
in those States, the cases wetild in
no respect be •parallel. The cnnvas - s
in Maine was conducted regularly.
There was no bulldozing on either
side, and no class of citizens entitled
to vote were hindered from votinV
Charges of irregularities were made
subsequent to the election, and those
charges were investigated and found
not Well . fohnded., There is no evi
deneetot! show, that frauds nylon the
ballot were !perpetrated, and such as
were alleged did not alter the general
- result. -*
The conspiracy in Maine has no
parallel in the record of the
liean party. Its parallel, if sought,
can be found only in the record of
the Democratic party. The Plaque
mine frauds constitute the first extra
ordinary departure of that party
froni \reasonably, fair defiling.' Do
t
scentling to the era of the Kansas
troubles, similar eonspiracies to nul
lify the will of the people were con
ccietea and carried out bybemocrati
in high places. Coming down still
further we come to the systematized
defeat of the will of the people
under the joint conduct of TILDEN
and Twm. Still more recent are
the open and avowed attempts to de-
feat a fair expression of the popular
will in many, if not, inde., in all
the Southern States. And 'when the
action of a Democratic RoUO
E4l - dered, in its unseating of ?Republi
cans and seating Democrats who
were never elected, according
Democratic testimony, the parallel
ism is rendered complete.
The - chickens have gone home - to
roost, indeed, in all the ages Of con-
spiracy. But they have gone home
to roost with the Democratic party.
When its leaders lost - all confidence
in the masses and went into whole
' sale cheating in elections they check
ed the growth of the party and every
year crowded it ftirther and further
from its position as the party of the
people. After the Plaquemine frauds
upon which were built the futures of
several' noted Louisiana politicians,
disasters began to dog the heelis of
Democracy. After the bold icon
spiracy against liberty in th'West'
the hold.of the party upon public
sentiment in the free North and West
was loosed, and finally loit forever.
For it is not probable that the party
will ever again dominate the North
and West., Its leaders sinned be
yond popular forgiveness. The party
has gained power in a State, now
here and now there, in the North and
- West, but only for the hour, , and
never with any show of an actual
majority. Its hopes are based on
adventitious aids, and hopes so based
are ever illusory.
As to the late Conspiracies of Demo
crats they need not be recounted here.
But from their grand conspiracy
against universal suffrage in the South
to their attempt to revolutionize
the Government last winter was but
a step. That they would conspire to
defeat the voice of the people in .
Maine is not in the least to be dotibt,-
ed or wondered at. The voice of the
people is the voice of the Almighty,
and they have tried to stifle the
voice of God in human affairs for a
quarter of a century.
TILE Elmira Advertiser takes the Will
iamsport Bulletin to task for saying that
When WILMOT and Gnow cat loose from
the Democratic party, they took with
them the voters of certain of the North
ern counties of this State, and comments
upon the political action of the past, tic)
far as the people of this county is con:
.cerned, in a way that evinces gross ignor
ance or a„I factious disposition to detract
from the praise should be awarded the
pioneers in the Free Soil movement. Not- .
withstanding the assertion of the Adver
tiser, there are those still living, and who
weie competent to judge, who believe
that to DAVID WILMOT in a great meas
ure. is due the credit of indoctrinating the
people of this county, at least, with anti
slavery sentiments and exposing the' plans
of the slavery-propagandists, and of
arousing public opposition to the attempt
ed spread of slavery., There was no more
reliable Democratic county than Bradford
until WILMOT cut loose from the Demo
cratic party. The work was not 'accom
plished in a single year, but by his earnest
eloquence, by his emphatic warnings, by
his bold oppo ition, he had sown the seed,
and when he refused to bow to the dicta
tation of the slave Aigarchy, the people ,
were prepared to stand by sand sustain
him. For once, the leader was in ad
vance
(if the people, but his consistency
and his courage bore good fruit, and an
intelligent and honest constituency stood
by him faithfully.
It required an unusual amount of moral
courage to take the course pursued by
Mr. WILMOT. It run counter to all the
discipline and force of the dominant and/
powerful Democratic organization. Ile
had to encounter not only the stern and
proscriptive opposition of those who ruled
the party and the nation, but submit to
the prejudice which was generally felt
against the abolitionists. There was eve
rything in his case to attach him to the
Democratic party, so far/ as self-interest
_
was concerned, but intlexibleri his devo
tion to the right, he 'persevered in the
course • his, conscience pointkd out as the
Right. He was not a leade in the sense
in which the Advertiser wotild have it;
but he was a ,born leader, itilthat he *as
always in advance of public sentiment.
The 4,675 majority for FREMONT in
Bradford county, in the memorable cam=
,paign of .1856, 'was due to. DAVID WIT;
ROT'S teachings more than to any other
cause, and the vote was cast on principle,
and not to gratify resentments caused by
party squabbles.,
Mr. Gnow was a young man when the
people of Northern Pennsylvania left tho
old parties and organized the Republican
party. Be had no great part in creating
the feeling which has made such great R.
publican majorities. But the people p t i
the cause in his itands, and he has faitll, l
fully and efficiently guarded it since he
was called to take - Mr. WILMQT'S place in
Congress.
While we are alluding to the past, and
acknowledging the services of those who
fought the battles of Freedom, it is put
just to say that next to Mr. WlLmar, no
man In this section of the State, has done
the cause more efficient service, nor de
serves more credit for big zeal and con
sistency than QEOn6 . E LANDOIq. Hip
labors were invaluable, and were freely
and unselfishly given. In the
in prayer, and upon the rostrum, his
brilliant utterances for Freedom and his
burning and indignant denunciation of
the great crime of human bondage told
most effectually, and those who sat under
'his teachings were and will continue to
be, the,.,moi3t reliable and unswerving
Idlers •in the ranks. He was an elo
quent, sincere, and efficient co-worker
with Mr. WILMOT, and in his sphere,
whichby no means a narrow one, no one
. bas ever done a cause more signal service,
than has been rendered by him.
In re (as the lawyers would say) or the
matter of the bribery cases at Harris
burg, Judge PEAESOI: quashed the indict
ment against SALTER, on the ground that
that the presence 'of the twenty-fourth
grand juror was illegal—as he was held
to b - ri an unworn and unauthorized
stranger, who the Judge said should
have been "thrown out of the window."
The counsel for the defendants then lik
ed that the decision should rule. all the
cases, but the Commonwealth claimed to
have discovered new evidence, and the
case of LETSERRING was taken np, and de
bated by the lawyers for AT days. Judge
PRAnsert reserved his decision until Dec.
Stli. The cases ,cannot be tried until
January term,. as the jury has been dis
charged. Should the indicts ients be
quashed new bills will be laid before the
grand jury at that term.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Fe&no-citizensyf the Senate and House of Rep-
. The members of thtf Indials Congress
havaasiembled in their finit regular merdou
under eiininiudances Ceiling kir mutual a it
patnlations and grateful achnowledgment to
the Gird of all good for tiai ri l4e and taut •
-
mai measure of. national i p rosper ity which
we now enjoy:- The most inter ing events
which have occurred in our public effete'
-since my last annual. Message' to Congreis
are connected with the financial oper.ttions
of .the. ,Govetturrent, directly r afecaniz the
business intmsts of - the country.. I -Con
gratulate Congress on. the successful execu
tion of the Resumption art. - At the time
fixed. and in the Manner contemplated. b)
law. United States'notes began to be redeem
ell in coin. Since the:let of Jatunry List
they have been proniptly redeemd on pre
sentation, and in all brisiness transactions.
public and private, in all parts of theicoun
try, they are reMvecl and paid m ut as the
equivalent of coin. The demand upon the
Treasury for gold and silver iu exchange for
United Staten notes has been comparatively
small, and the voluntary dePosit et coin. and
bullion in exchange for notes bis been very
large, The excetra of the precious metals
deposited or exchanged . for United States
notes, over the amount. of United States
notes redeenied, is about $40:000,000.
. The resumption' oi specie wments has
been followed by a very great revival of
business. With a currency equivalent in
value-to the money of the commeicial world,
we are enabled to enter upon Su equarcom
petition with other nations in trade and
production. The increasing foreign demand
for du' manufactures and agriciiitural pro
ducts has caused a large balance of trate in
our favor, which fias been paid in gold Irons
the Ist of July hist to Nov. 15, to the amount
of about Since The resumption
of. specie- payments there has alio- been 'a
marked'and gratifying improvt trent of the
public credit. .The bonds of the Govern
ment, bearing only 4 per cent. interest, have
been sold at or above par, sufficient in
amount to pay off all of tke national debt
which was redeemable under present laws.
The amount of interest saved - annually by
the process of refunding the sdebt since
March 1, 1877,, is $14,297,177. : The bonds
Sold were largely iu small sums. said the
number of our • citizens now holding the
public securities is Much greater thin ever
before. ,
The amount of the national debt whirl
matures within less than two, years is $791,-
121;700, of which $500,000,000 bear interest
at the rate of 5 per cent., and the balance is
in bonds bearing 6 per cent. interest. It is
believed that this part of the public debt
can be refunded by •the issue of 4 per cent.
bonds, and by the reduction of interest
which will thus be effected, about $11,000,-
000 can be annually saved to the Treasury.
To secure this important reduction of inter
est to be paid by the United tates, further
legislation is required, whitlb, it is hoped,
will be provided by Congiess during its
present session.
The coinage of gold by the -ilints.of the
United States during the last fiscal year was
$40,986,912. Tho coinage of silver dollars
since the passage of the act for that purpose,
up to Nov. 1, 1879, was $45,000,850, Of which
$12,700,344 have. been issued from the
Treasury 4nd are now in circulation, and
$32,300,5 are still in the possession of the
Goverment. The pendency of the_propo
&Won for unity of action between the United
States and the principal commercial nations
of Europe. to effect a permanent system for
the equality ot .gold aild silver in the recog
nized money of the world, leads me to re
commend that Congress refrain from new
legislation ou the general subject. The'
great revival of trade, internal and foreign,
will supply, during the coming year, its own
instructions, which may well he awaited be
fore attempting further experimental meas
ures with 'the coinage. I would, however,
strongly urge upon Congress the importance
of authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to suspend the coinage of silver dollars upon
the present legal ratio. The market value
of the silver dollar being uniformly and
largely less than the market value of the
gold dollar, it is 'obviously impracticable to
maintain Steal at par with each other if both
are coined without limit. If the •cheaper
coin is forced into circulation it will, if
coined without limit; soon become the sole
standard or value, and thus defeat the de
sired, object, which is a currency of both
gold and eilver, which shall be of equiva
lent value, dollar for dollar, with the uni
versally recognized money of 'the world.
The retirement from circulation' of United
States notes, with - the capacity of, legal ten
der in- private contracts, is astep to be taken
in our progress toward a safe and stable
currency, Which should be accepted as the
policy and 'duty of the Goveinment, And thb
interest and security of the people. It is my
firm conviction that the issue of legal tender
paper money, based wholly upon the au
thority and credit of the Government, ex
cept in extreme emergency, is without war
rant in the Constitution, and• a violation of
sound finaucial principles: The issue of
United Slates notes during the late civil war,
with the capacity of legal tender between
private individuals, was not authorized ex
cept as a means of rescuing the country
from imminent peril The circulation of
these notes ae,paper money for any protract
ed period of time after the accomplishment
of
,this purpose was not contemplated by the
fiamers of the-law under which they were
_issued. They !anticipated the redemption
and withdrawal of these notes at the earliest
practicable period, consistent with the at
tainment of the object foe; Which they were
provided. The policy of the United States.
steadily adhered to from the adoption of the
Constitution, has been to avoid the creation
of a national debt, and when, from necessity,
in the time-of war, debts have been created,
they have been- paid off 'on the return of
peace as rapidly as possible. With this
view, and for this purpose, it is recommend
ed that the iexisting laws for the accumnLi
tion of a sinking fund sufficient to extin
guish the public debt; within a limited
period be thaintainek If any change of the
objects or -rates of taxation is deemed neces
sary by Congress, it isimggested that experi
ence has shown that aduty can be placed on
tea and coffee,' which will not enhance the
price . of those articles to the consumer, and
which will add several millions of dollars
annually to the Treasury.
THE SUPPRESSION OF POLTGAMT.
The continued_ deliberate violation by a.
large number of the prominent and influen
tial citizens of the Territory of Utah of the
laws of the United States for the prosecn
tiou and punishment of polygamy; demands
the attention oft every department of the
Government. This Territory has a popula
tion sufficient to entitle it Lb admission as a
State, and the general interests of the na
tion, as well as the welfare of the citizens of
the Territory, require its advance from the
territorial form of government to the re
sponsibilities and privileges of a State. This
important change will not, however, be ap
proved by the country while the citizens of
Utah, in very considerable number, uphold
a practice which- is Condemned as a crime by
the laws of all civilized communities
throughout the world. The law for the sup
pression of this offense was' enacted with
great unanimity by Congress more than 17
years ago,- but has remained until recently a
dead letterin the Territory of Utah, because
of the peculiar difficultia attending its-en
forcement. The opinion widely prevailed
acting the citizens of Utah that the law way
in contravention of the constitutional guar
antefi of religions freedoni. This objection
is now removed. The Supreme Court of the
United States has decided the law to 'be
within the legislative power of Congrees,
'and binding, as, a rule of action, for all who
resided within the Territoriete There is no
longer any reason for delay or hesitation in
its enforcement. It. should 6e , firmly and
effectively executed. If not sufficiently
stringent in its provisions, it should be
amended, and, in aid of the purpose in view,
I recommend that more comprehensive and
more searching
.methods for preventing, as
well as punishing,-this crime be, provided.
If necessary to secure obedience to the laW,
thp enjoyment and eiercise of the rights and
privileges of citizenship in he Territories
of the United States mayj he withheld or
withdrawn from those wholviolate or oppfte
the enforcement of the law'an this subject.
The elections of the past year, though oo
pied only with State offices, have not failed
to elicit, in, the political discussions which
attended them all over the country, new and
decisive evidence of the deep interest which
the great body of • citizens take in the pro
gress of the country toward a more general
and complete establishment, at whatever
oast, of i universal security and freedom in
the exercise of the elective franchise. While,
many 'topics of politital concern demand'
great attention from our people, both in the
sphere bf national and State authority,
find no reason to qualify the opinion I ex
pressed in my last annual Message, that no
temporary or administrative interests of,
government, however ;urgent or weighty.
Will ever display the zeal of oar people in
defense of the primary rights of citizenship.
and that the power'of public opinion , will
override all -political prejudices and all sec
tional and State attachments, iirdenuending
that all over our wide territory the nameand
character of cittzen of the United States
shall wan one and 'the same thing; and
carry with them' unchallenged security and
respect. .I earnestly appeal to the intelli.
genre and patriotism of all good citizens, of
every pail of the; country, however much
they may,ba divided in opinions on other
politiciV subjects, to unite in compelling
obedience to existing laws Aimed at the pro
tection of the right of sang& I respect- .
fully orgi upon. Congress to supply soy
defects in them lairs which . , experience has
shown, and Ithfcli it- Is within its power to
'remedy.. I again Invoke the ca-qporation of
the Zucative and I,egialatitre arithorities of ,
the States in this great purpose. ' am fully
convinced that if ttie public mind .can be set
at rest an this paramount question at popu
lar viy,htis, no sericite Objecbi will thwart or
sdelay,the tobtplete paciandlon of the coun
try, or retard .the . gentral diffusion. of pros
•perity
autinamoTaz CIVIL SERVICE.
/n.a former. Altartaiga. I invited the , Mien
i ion - of Congress to the subject of ,thri refor
mation of the civil service of the Government
and t :pressed the intention of transmitting
to CAbilgiV" as OOrly as. practilable. a report
"upon this "abject by the Chairman nu the
Civil Service Conniaissiou. In view of. the
Cacti; that Awing a considerable period the
Government of Grsid Britain has been deal
ing v. ith • administrative problems and
Miriam, in various particulars analogous to
those presented in this country, and that, in
recent years, the , mensures adopted were
understood to have been e ff ective and in
every respect hid fly satilstactory, I thought
it desirable to have fuller information upon
subject, and accordingl y requested the
Chairman of the Civil lierloce Commission
to make a thorough investigation for this
purpose. The result has been an elaborate
and comprehensive report. The report sets,
forth the history of the partisan spoils sys
tem in t reat Britain and of the rise and fall
of the 'Parliamentary patronage, and
,of
official interference with the freedom of
elections. It shows that, after long trial; of
various kinds of examinations, those which
are competitive and open on equal terms to
all, and which are carried ou under the
superintendence of a - single commission,
have with greet advantage been estahlisha
as conditions of admission to almoit every
official place in the subordinate administra
tion of that country and of British India.
The completion of the_ report, owing to the
extent of the labor involved in its prepara
tion, and the omission of Congress to, make
any provision either for the compensation
or the expenses of the commission, has been
postponed until the present time. It is
herewith transiiitted_to Congress. While
the reform measures of another Givernmeut
are of no authority for us, they are entitled
to influence to the extent to which their iu
triton,: wisdom and-their adaptation to our
institutions end 'social . life may commend
them to oar consideration.
- The views I have-heretofore exprevled con.
ceruing the detects and abuses in our - civil
adruinistnition remain unchanged except in
so fares an enlarged experience has opened
my seuso of the duty, both of oftleors anti of
the people theniselvce, to co.operato tor'Qa Lir
removal. The grave evils anti perils of a
partisan spoils systetn of appointment to
office and of office tenure are now paierally
recognized. In the resolutions of the great
parties, in the, reports of departments, in
the debates and proceedings of Congress, in
the Mesisages of Executives, the, gravity of
these evils has been pointed net and the
need of their reform has been adrbitted. To
command the necessarysupport,' every
measure of reform must be bused on common
right and justice, and must be compatible
with the healthy existence of great parties,
which are inevitable and essential in a free
State. IVhen the people have approved a
policy at a national election, confidence on
the part of .the officers they have selected
and of the ndvisers who, in accordance with
our political institutions, should be consult
ed in the policy which it is their duty to
carry into effect is iudispensible. It is emi
nently proper that they should explain it
before the people as well as ;illustrate its
spirit in the performance of their, official
duties.
It hardly need be pointed out that very
different considerations apply to the greater
number of those who fill the subordinate
places in the civil service. Their responsi
bility is to their superiors in official position.
It is their duty to obey the legal instructions
of those upon whom that authority' is de
volved, and their best public, service con
sists in the discharge of . their functions
respective of partisan politics. Their duties
are t' same whatever party is in power, and
whatever policy prevails. As a consequence,
it follows that their tenure of office should
not depend upon the prevalence of any poli
cy, or the 'supremacy of any party, but
should be determined by _ their capacity to
serve the peeple most usefully, quite irre
spective of , ' partisan interests. The same
consideratiothirthat should govern the tenure
should Also pfevail in the appointaient; die
cipline, and removal of these subordinates.
The authority of appOintment add removal
is not ft perquisite which may be used to aid
a friend or reward a partisan, but is a trust
to be exercised in the public' interest under
all the sanctions which attend the obligation
to apply the public funds only for public
purposes. Every citizen has an equal right
to the honor and profit of entering the pub
lic service 'of his country. The only just
ground of discrimination is the measure of
character and capacity he has to make that
service most useful to the people. Except
in - eases where, upon just and recognized
principles, as upon' the theory of pensions,
offices -and promotions are bestowed as re
wards for past services, their bestowal upon
any theory which dittreg 'Ms personal merit
is an act of injustice to the citizen, as well
as a bleach of that trust subject to which the
appointing power is held.
•
PEOPER METHODS OF ICIAMINATION.
.Itithe light of these principle, it becomes
of great importance to provide just and
adequate means, especially for every depart
ment and large administrative office where
personal discrimination on the part of its
head Is net practicable,for ascei_taining those
qualifications to which appointments and re
movals should have reference. To tail to pro
vide such: means is not only to deny the op
portunity of , ascertaining the facts upon
which the most righteous claim
.to office
depends, - but of occes.-ity to discourage wor
thy aspirants by handing over appointments
end removals to more influence attdlavorit i‘m
If it is the right of the viorthiest claimant
to gain the appointmerit, and the interest of
the people to bestow it upon him, it would
seem clear that a wise and just method of
ascertaining personal fitness for office must
need be nn important and permanent lune;
tion of `every just and wise Government. It
has long since become impossible, in the
great offices, for those having,:the duty of
nomination and appointment 'to personally
examine into the individual qualifications of
more than a small proportion of those seek
ing office, and with the enlargement - of civil
service that proportion must continue to
become less. In the earlier years of the
Government, the subordinate offices were so
few in number that it was easy for those
making appointments and promotions to
personally ascertain the merits of the condi
dam Party managers and methodi had
'not then become powerful agencies of coer
cion, hostile to the free and just-exercise of
the appointing power.
A large and responsible part itf the duty of
restoring the civil service to the desired
purity and efficiency rests upon the Proli
dent, end it has been my 'purpose to do what
is within my power to advance such prudent
and gradual measures of reform as will mo-t
surely and rapidly bring about that radical
change of system essential to make our ad
ministration methods satis'actory 'to a free
and intelligent people. By a proper exercise
of authority it is in the power of the Execu.
Hata° do much to promote such a reform.
But it cannot be too clearly understood that
nothing adequate can be accomplished with
out co-operation on the part of Congress,
and considerate and intelligent support
among the people.. Reforms which chal
lenge the generally accepted theories of,,par
ties, and demand changes in the methods of
departments, are- not the work of a day.
Their permanent foundations must be laid
in sound principles, and in -an experience
which demonstrates their wisdom and ex.
poses the errors of their adversaries. Every
worthy officer desires to maker his official
action a gain and an boiler to his country,
but the people themselves, far •morts than
their officers in public station, are interested
in a pure, economical, and vigorous adminis
tration. •
By laws enacted in' 1853 and 1855, and
now in substance incorporated in the . Re
vised Statutes, the practice of arbitrary ap.
pointments to the several subordinate grades
in the , great departments was condemned ;
ant examinations as to capacity, to be con
do ted by departmental boards of examin
ers, were provided for and made conditions
of admission to the public' service.- These
statutes are a decision by Congress that ex
aminations of some sort as to attainments
and capacity are essential to the well-being
of the public service: 1 1 The important ques
tions since the. enactment of these laws eve
been as to the character of these examine,
tiona and whether official favor and partisan
influence or common right and merit were'to
control the access to the examinations. In
puttee, these examinations have not always,
been open to worthy persons generally who
might wish to be examined ; official favorite-
ism and partisan influence, as a rule, appear
to hays designatedthose who alone Were per
mitted to go before the examining boards,
subjecting even the examiners to a pressure
from the triends of the candidates.very diffi
cult to resist. As a consequence, the stan
dard of admission fell below that which the
public interest demanded. It was almost in
evitable that a system which proiided for va
rious separate boards of examiners, with no
common supervision or uniform method of.
procedure, should - result in confusion, in
consistency, and inadequate tests of capaci
ty, highly detrimental to the.publio interest,
A further and more radical change was ob.
'lonely required. In the *will tileccwq
Decienther. 1870. my P ; Metal* , -Ita 4
that "there is no duty whlehliso_iimaa
dammed the Eascutitsand'aidtof depart.
mints se that of appointudiate, nor it Mite
any suchuanous andthaithlem labor luiptie.
ad on &mann and - Itepreeentatives as tlist
of finding pleas foroonstithenta The priar
eat mien doss not metre the bat Sia,P l o-
lottiinnot evenAt men. (Or the PAW° Palm
IThe elevation and purification of the civil
service of the Government willl - tie hailed
with approval by the wholeipeople of the
United States." Congress accordingly pees.
ed the act; approved March 3. 111171. "to Ph
gulate the civil service of the United States
and promote the efaclency thereof." giving
the necessary authority to the Executive to
institute a civil service reform._ . 1 • .
ROIL or nut coinosnox.
Acting under this statute, which was in
terpreted as intended to secure a system of
just and effectual examinations. under uni
form supervision. a number of eminent com
petent persona were selected for the purpose,
who entered with seal upon the discharge of
their dutieti, prepared with an intelligent ap
preciationief the r quire/meats of the orrice
the regubitiens contemplated. and took
cbirge of the examinations. and who, - in
their capacity as 5 board, have been known
SS the . "Civil Elervice;Commiasion." Con
gress fur two years appropriated the money
needed for the compensation and for the ex
pense of carrying on the work of the com
mission. It appears from the report of the
commission, submitted to the President in
• April, 1874, that 'examinations had been held
In various sections of the country. and that
an appropriation of about s2s.ooo!wonld be
required to meet the annual expenaes, facie=
ding salaries, involved in 'discharging the
duties of the commission.
The report was transmitted to Congress by
special Message of April - 18. 1874; Isith the
following favorable comment upon, the la
bors of the commission : If sustained by
Congress, I hive no doubt the rules can, af
ter the experience gained, be so improved
and enforced as to still more materially ben
eat the public service and relieve the,Execn
tive, members of Congress, and the beads of
departments from influences prejudicial to
good administration. The 'rules, as they
have hitherto been enforced, hero resulted
beneficially, as is shown by the opinions of
the 'Members of the Cabinet and their subor.
dinates in tho departments, and in that opin.
iou I concur." And in the annual Message
of December of the same year, - sin:kik? views
aro expresesi, and an appropriation for con.
tinning the work of the commission again
advised.
The appropriation was not made, and,
as a consequence, the active work of the
commission was suspended, leaving the
commission itself still in existence, with
out the means, therefore, of causing qual
ifications to be tested in tiny systematic
manner, or of securing for the public ser
vice the advantages of competition upon
any extensive plan. I recommended in
my annual Mesaage of December, 1877,
the making of an appropriation for the
resumption of the work of the commission.
In the meantime, however, competitive
examinations, under many embarrass
ments, have been - conducted, within lim
ited-spheres, in the executive departments
in Washington, and in a number of the
Custom-houses and Post Offices of the
principal cities of the country, with a
view to further test their effects, and in
every instance they have been found to be
as salutary as they are stated to have
been under the administration of my
predecessor. I think the economy, purity,
and efficiency of the public service would
be greatly promoted by their systematic
introduction, wherever practicable,
throughout the entire civil service of the
Government, together with' ample provi
sion for their general supervision, in order
to secure consistency and uniform justice.
Reports from the Secretary of the Interior,
from the Postmaster-General, ' from- the
Postmaster in the City of New York,
where such examinations have been some
time on trial, and also from the Collector
of the Port, the Naval Officer and the Sur.
voyor in that City, and from the Post=
masters and Collectors in several of the
other large cities, show that the competi
tive system, where applied, has in various
ways contributed to improve the public
service. The reports show that the results
have bedn salutary in a marked degree,
and that the general application of similar
rules cannot fail to be of decided benefit:
to the service. The reports of the Gov- .
ornment officers in the City of New-York,
especially, bear decided testimony to the
utility.of open competitive examinations
in their
_respective offices, showing that
"these examinations and the excellent
qualifiCations of those admitted to the
service through them, have had a marked
incidental effect upon the persons previ
ously iii the service, and particularly upon
those aspiring to promotion. There has
been, on the 'pelt of these latter, an in
creased interest in tho work, and a desire
to extend acquaintance with it beyond a
particular desk, and thus the morale of
the entire farce has been raised. The
examinations have been attended by many
citizens, who bevelled an opportunity to
thoroughly investigate the scope and
character of the teats and the method of
determining the results, and those visitors
have, without exception, approved the
means employed, and several of them
have. - publicly attested their favorable
opinion upon such considerations." I
deem it my duty to renew the recommen
dation contained in my annual Message of
December, 1877, requesting' Congress to
make the, necessary appropriation for the
resumptioncf the work of the Civil Ser
vice Commission. Econotily will be pro
moted by authorizing a moderate Com
pensation to personsin the public ite&ice
who may perform I extra labor upon or,
under the commission, as the Executive
may direct.. '
I am convinced that if a just and defi
nite test of merit , is enforced for adinission
to the public service and in making pro
motions, such abuses as removal without
_good cause and partisan end official inter
ference with the proper exercise of the
appointing power k will, in a large meas.
ureMisappear. There are other admin
istrative abuses to which the attention of
Congress should be asked in this connec
tion. Mere partisan appointmenkand the
constant peril of removal without cause
very naturally lead to an absorbing and
mischievous political activity on the part
of those thus appointed,; l which not only
interferes with the due'discharge of offi
cial duty, but is incompatible with the ,
freedom of elections. Not without war
rant, in the view of several of " my predet
censors 'in the Presidential office, and
directly in accordance with the law of
1871, already cited, I endeavOred, by reg.
ulation made onahe 22d of June, 1877;to
put some reasonable limits to such abuses.
It may not IA easy, and it may never,
perhaps, be necessary, to define with pre
cision the proper limit of political action
on the part of Federal officers. But while
their right to hold and freely express their
opinions cannot, be questioned, it is very
plain that they should neither be allowed
to devote to other subjects the time need
ed for the proper discharge of their official
duties, nor to use the authority of their'
offi c e to enforce their own opinions, or to
coerce ' the political action of those who
hold different opinions. Reasons of justice
and public policyquite analogous to those
which forbid the use of official power for
the oppression of the private citizen, im
pose upon the Government the duty of
protecting its officers and agents from
arbitrary exactions. In whatever aspect
considered, the practice of making levies
for party purposeii upon the salaries of
officers is highly demoralizing to the pub-.
lie service and discieditable to the cone
try: Though an officer should be as free
as any other citizen to give his money in
aid of,his opinions or his paity, he should
also be as - free as. any other citizen to re-
Inge to make each gifts. If salaries are
but a fair coniPensation for the time and
labor of the officers, it is gross injustice
to levy a tilt upon them. if they are
made excessive in order that they may
bear the tax, the excess is an indirect
robberj of the public funds. I recom
mend, therefore, such a revision and ex
tension of present statutes as shall secure
to those in every grade of official' life or
public employment the protection with
which a great and enlightened nation
should guard those who are faithful in its
service.
HELATIOIIB WITH FOREIGN CTAIRTRIES.
Our relations"- with foreign countries
have continued peaceful. - With Great
Britain there are still unsettled questions,
growing out of the local laws of the marl,
time Provinces and the action of polio ,
vial authorities, deemed to be in deroga
tion of rights secured by treaty to Amer
ican fishermen. 'lle United States Min
ister' in London has been instructed to
present a demand f0r4105,803 02,, in view
of the damages received by American cit
izens at Fortune Bay on the 6th day of
January, • 1878. The subject hail been
taken into 'Consideration by tee British
Government and an early reply is antici
pated. - Upon the completion of the zoo
comfy preliridnary elimination, the sub
ject of Our participation in the provincial
nahwilw, as,. bitrestfo will st ,
once be brought es tbefettneMon Of the
Mlle)* Government,' el* I view to
laxly and imminent lettinkait of the
who). tleVddelt I : wie
redly Med ibill i tedgrof Wishing
orti have bests *On to' obtain ,
gin Isancival ofaintrietion (Whale / Laden
n'theeePortiitien fettle to the .United
..;EiMpieM Serie oorrespoidenee - has also
occurred with 'regard tolhe, rescue and ,
saving of life and protimiarupw.the lakes,
Which has resulted in impo rtan t modifica
tion of the previous iegulations 'of the
Dominion Government on the sub eat in
the interest of humanity and commerce.
In aceordanoe with the joint resolution of
the last session of Congress, Commission
.ers were appointed - -to represent Um
United States at the two international
inhibitions in Atustralia, one of which is
now init, Sydney, and the other
to be nen yearn Melbourne. , A
-desire has been. expressed by our mer-•
chants and , maunfactureis - interested in
the Important and growing track with
Australia, that an increased provision
should be made by Congress for the rep
resentition of -our industries at the Mel
bourne Exhibition of next year. and the
subject is respectfolly submitted to your
favorable consideration. ' •
The anent of the Government has been
given to the landing•on the coast of Mas
sachusetts of a new and independent
transatlantic cable between France, by
way of the French Island of St. Pierre,
and this country, subject to any future
lj_igislation of Congress on the subject.
The conditions imposed, before &dewing
this connection with our shores to be
established, are such as to secure its com
petition with any existing or future lines
of marine cable, and preclude amalgams.
Lion. therewith. To provide for entire
equality of rights to our Government and
people with those of France in the use of
the cable, and prevent any exclusive pos
session of the privilege as accorded by
France to the disadvantage of any future
cable communication between France and
the United States 'whin may be project
ed and amomplished by our citizens, an
important reduction of the present rates
of cable communication with Europe, felt
to be too burdensome to the interests_of
our commerce, Must necessarily flow
from the establishment of this competing
line. The attention of Congress • was
drawn to the propriety of some general
regulation by Congress of the whole sub.'
ject of transmarme cables by my prede
cessor in his Menem of Dec._ 7,1875 and
I respectfully submit to your considera
tion the importance of Congressional ac
tion in this matter. . • . ,
Thcrquestions of grave importance with
Spain; growing out of the incidents of
the Cuban insurrection, have been, for
the most part, happily and honorably
settled. It may reasonably be anticipated
that the commission, now sitting in
Washington, for the decision of private
cases- in this connection, will soon be able
to bring its labore to a conclusicn. The
long-standing question of East Florida
claims has lately been renewed as a sub
ject of correspondence, and may possibly
require CongressiOnal action for its final
disposition.
A treaty with the Netherlands, with re
spect to consular rights and privileges,
similar to those with other powers, has
been signed and ratified, and the ratifica
tions were exchanged on the Slim of July
last. Negotiations for extradition treaties
with the,Netherlands and with Denmark
are now in progress.
Some questions with Switzerland in re
gard to pauper and convict - emigrants
have arisen, but it is not doubted that
they will be arranged, upon a just and
satisfactory basis. A question has also
occurred with respect to an asserted claim
by Swiss municipal authorities;to exercise
tutelage over persona and property of
Swiss citizens naturalized in this country.
It is possible this may require adjustment
by treaty.
the German Empire frequent
qu 'ens arise in connection with the
jecta of naturalization and expatria
tion, but the - Imperial Government has
constantly, manifested sa desire to strictly
maintain and comply with all treaty stip
ulations in regard to them.
In consequence of the omission of
Congress to provide for a diplomatic rep
resenative at Athens, the legation to
Greece has been withdrawn. There is
now no channel of diplomatic communi
cation between the two countries, and the
expediency of providing for onein some
form is submitted to Congress. .
Relations with Austria, Russia, Italy,
Portugal, Turkey, and Belgium-continue
amicable, and marked by no incident of,
especial importance. A change' of the: .
oersonal head of the Government of
Egypt has taken place. No change, how
ever, has occurred in the relations be
tween Egypt and the United States. The
action of the Egyptian Government in
presenting to the City of New York one
of the ancient obelisks which possess
such historical interest is highly appre
ciated as a generous mark of internation
al regard._ If prosperity should attend
the enterprise of its transportation across
the Atlantic, its erection in a conspicuous
position in the chief pommercial city of
the nation will be soon accomplished..
The treaty recently made between
Japan and the United States, in regard to
the revision of fernier treaties, it is now
believed will be followed by similar action
on the part of other-treaty powers. The
attention of Congress is again invited to
the subject of the indemnity funds re
ceived some years since from Japan and
Chins, which, with their accumulated
interest, now amount to considerable
sums. If any part of these funds is just.
ly due to American citizens they should
receive it promptly,, and whatever Sinai ,
have been received by thieGovernment in
excess of strictly just demands should, in
some form, be returned to the nations to
whom it equitably belongs. The Govern
ment, of China has signified its willing
ness to consider the question of the emi
gration of its subjects to the United States
with a dispassionate fairness, and to l eo.
operate in such measures as may tend to
prevent injurious consequences to the .
United States. The negotiations are still
proceeding and will be pressed with dili
gence. A question having arisen between
'China and Japan about the- Loocboo
Islands, / the United States Government
has. taken, measures to inform those
powers of its readiness to extend - its good
offices 'for the maintenance of peace, if
they shall mutually deem it desirable and
find it practicable to avail themselves of
the proffer.
STOPPING TUE BORDER RAIDS
It is gratification to be able to an
nounce that, through the judicious and
energetic action of the military command
ers of the two hations on each side of the
Rio Grande, under the instructions of
their respective Governments, raids and
depredations have greatly decreased, and
in the localitiel where formerly most de
structive, have now almost wholly ceased.
In view ; of this result, I entertain a con
fident expectation that the continuance of
the prevalence of quiet on the border will
soon become so assured as to justify a
modification of the present orders to oar
military commanders, as, to crossing the
border, without encouraging such dis
turbancesl as would endanger the peace 'of
the two countries. The third installment
of the award against Mexico under the
Claims Commbsion of July 4 1868,, waa
duly paid and haS been put in course of
distribution'in pursuance of the act of
Congress providing for the same. This
satisfactory situation between - the,. two
countries leads me to anticipate anexpan
sion of our trade with Mexico, and an in-
Oreased contribution of capital and in
dustry by, our people to the development
of the great resources of that country. I
earnestly commend to the wisdom . of
Congress the provision of irritable legisla
tion looking to thil result.
- Diplomatic intercourse with Colombia
is again fully restored by thearrival of a
Minister from that country to the United,
States. This is especially fortunate, in
view of the fact that the question of an
interoceanic canal has recently assumed a
new and important aspect and is now
under discussion with the Central Ameri
can countries, through whose territory
the canal by the Niceragua route would
have to pass. It is trusted that enlighten
ed statesmanship on their partwrill see
that the early prosecution of such a work
will largely inure to the benefit, not :only
of their own citizens and those of the
United States, but of the commerce of
the civilized world. It is not doubted
that, should the work 'be undertaken
under the protective auspices .of the
United States, and upon satisfactory con
cessions for the right of way and its
security by the Central American Govern
ments, the capital for, its completion
would readily he furnished from this
country and Europe - which might, failing
such guarantees, prove inaccessible.
' Diplomatic relations with Chili have
also been strengthened ; by the reception
of a Minister from that country. The
war between Peru. Bolivis a ih4Chill still
continues. The United : 'bevel*
deemed it.proper to Intatpase them* .
ter further_ to :ta - en.<
Govenuneltetoncirreleg AtIC tlsenrrdoq
that the &delft' ofilowiPt" tbCGOverti•
ment of the tholtedilltatis for the
tion of • pesoU•npos _Aar 1101k4010
will be esteuded, fia - pale the belligerents
exhibltsy reackleisstrto soespt them.
-Cordial sedation. condone- withßrazil
and, the' Argentine Republie, and trade
with those countries is improving. S A
provision for regular and more frequent
comtunticattOrkin Par 'Alper;
between the ports of,thiamtrylinsitte
nations of South Atierica, seems to. me to
deserve the attention of Congress as an
effential precentor of , an enlargement of
our commerce with them and anwsten
slowof onrcarrying trade. A tecentrevo:
'talon in Venezuela has beeti followed by
the establishment of a provisional Gov
ernment. This Government has not yet
been formally recognized, and. it ia deem
ed desirable to await the proposed action
of the people which is epected to give it
the sanction of . constitt tional forms. A
naval vessel.has been sett to the Samoan
Islands, to,make surveys and take . pos
whiten of the privileges ceded to the
United States by Samos, in the harbor of
Pago4)ap. A waling station is to be
established there, 'which will be conven
ient and useful to 'the United States ves
sels.
The subject of opening diplomatic; re
lotion; with Roumania' and Servia, now
become independent sovereignties, is at
present wader consideration, and is the ,
subject of diplomatic compondence.
There is a gratifying increase of .tradii
with nearly all European and American
countries, and it is believed that, with 1
judicious action in regard to its develop;„
meat, it can and will be still more en: :
chanced, and that American products and'
manufactures will find new and expand
ing markets. The reports of diplomatic
and consular officers upon this subject,
under the system' now adopted, have re
sulted in obtaining much valuable infor
mation which has been and will continue
to be laid before Congress and the public
tram time to time.
TIIE,CONDITION OP ALASKA.
The third article of the treaty With Bessie of
March ED, 1667, by Which Alaska was ceded to the
United States, provides that the Inhabitants of the ,
ieded te rritory, with the exception of 'the model-
Med native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoy
ment of all the rights of enlaces of the United
States, and shall .be maintained and protected in
the free enjoyment of their liberty of property and
religion. The uncivilized tribesmen subject to such
laws and regulations as the United ,. States. may
from time to time adopt In regard to the atioriglnal
of that country. Both the obligations of this
treaty and the necessities of .the people require
that some organized form of
.griveniment over the
Territory of Alaska' be adopted. There appears to
be no law for the arrest of persons charged with
common law offenses, such as assault, robbery, and
murder, and no magistrate authorized to Issue or
execute process In such cases. Serious difficulties
have already arisen from offenties of this character,'
not only among the original Inhabitants, but among
citizens of the Untied States' and other countries
who have engaged in mining,. fishing, and other
business operations within the Territory. A bill
authorizing the appointment of Justices of the
Peace and constables, and the arrest and detention
of persons charged with, criminal offenses, and
providing for an appeal to United States courts for
the District of Oregon, In suitable eases, - will, tit a
proper time, be submitted to Congress.
TUB PUBLIC TINA:Nuts
'The attention of Congress Is called to the annual
report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the con
dition-of the public finances. The ordinary reve
puss from all sources for the fiscal year ended June
30. 1879, were 1'273.877,181 46. The ordinary ex
penditures for the lame period were $208,947,08353;
leaving 'a surplus revenue for thlyear of 68,879,-
300 93. The receipts for the present fiscal - year,
ending June 30, 1880, actual and estimated, are as
follows : Actual receipts for the first quarter,Com
encing July I,' 1879, 179,843,683 61 ; estimated
receipts for the remaining three-quarters of the
year, 41204,156.336 39; total receipts for the current
fiscal year, actual and estimated, r,88,000,000, The
expenditures for the same *period_ will be, actual
and estimated, as follows : For the quarter com
mencing Jay 1, 1879, acrual expenditures, 591,631,-
2113 10; and for the remaining three-quarters at
the year, the'expenditnres are estimated at $172,-
316,614 90: making the total expenditures ve3,006,-
000, and leaving an estimated surplus revenue for
the year ending June 30, 1880, of $21,998.000„.
The total receipts during, the next fiscal year,
ending June 30, 1881, estimated according to exist
ing laws, will be 1288,000.000, - and the estimated
ordinary expenditures for the same period.will be
11278.097,866 39, leaving a surplus .9[59,907,633 61 for
that year. The large amount expended for arrears
of pensions during the last and the present Anal
year, amounting to $21,747.249 60, has prevented
the application of the full amount required-by law
to the sinking fund for the current year, but-these
arrears having 'been substantially paid. it is be
lieved that the sinking fund'. can hereafter be
maintained without any change of .exiitieg
Tug ARMY AND NAVY
The Secretary of War reports that the War Dee.
partment estimates for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1881, are #10480,428 93, the same being fors less
sum of money than any annual estimate' rendered
to Congress from tact department during a period
of at least 12 years. Ile concurs with the General
of the Army In recommending such Meditation as
will authorise the enlistment of the full number of
:5,001/men for the line of the Army, exclusive of
the 3,460 men required for detathedr duty, and
therefore not available for service in the field: He
also recommends that Congress be asked to provide
by law for the disposition of a large number of
abandoned' military posts and reservations, which,
though very valuable in themselves, huge been ren
dered useless for military purposes by the advance
of civilisation and settlement. He unites with the
Quartermaster-General in recommending that an
appropriation be made for the construction of a
cheap and perfectly Ore-proof building for the safe
storage of avast Antonin of money. accotints, vouch
ers,-cialms, and other valuable record,, now in the
Quartermaster-General's office, and exposed to
great risk of. total destruction by fire. II& also
recommends, In conformity with the views of the
Judge Advocate-General, some declaratory legisia-
lion in reference to the military Statute of Limi
tations, as applied to the crime of desertion.. In
these several recommendations I concur. - he
Secretary.of War further reports that the worirfor
the Improvement of the South Pass of the Slissis
alppl River, under contract with Mr.-James B.
Eads, made in pursuance of an act of Congress,
has been prosecuted 'during the past year, with a
greater measure of success In the attainment of
results than during any previous year. The chart
-mil through the South Pass which, at the begin
ning of June, 1876, had a depth of only 7,4 feet of
water, bad, on the Bth of July. 1879, a minimum ;
depth of '2B feet, having a width of not less than;
200 feet and a central depth of 30 feet. Payments
have been made In accordance with the statute
the work progressed, amounting In the aggregate;
to 54,280,000, and further, payments wit) become
due, as provided 'by the statute, In the event-of
• success In maltitaining the channel now secured.
The reports of the General of the Annyand of his.
subordinates present a full and detailed account of
the military operations for the repression of hos
tilities among sbe Indians of the UM and Apache
tribes, and praise is Justly awarded to the concers
and troops engaged, for promptness. skill and
.courage displayed. The past year has been one of
almost unbroken peace and quiet bra the Mexican ,
"frontier, and there is . reason , to believe that the
efforts of this Government and of Mexico to main
tain order in that region will prove permanently
successful. ' This department was unabled,illiting
the. past year, to find temporary though crowded
accommodations and a safe depository for a portion
of Its records in the completed east wing of the
building designed . for the State, War, and 'Navy
Departments. The construction of the north wing
of the building, a part of the structure intended
for the use of the War Department, is being car
ried forwent with all possible dispatch% and the
work shocild 'receive from .Congress such liberal
appropriations as will secure Its speedy completion.
The report of the. Secretary of the Navy shows
'continued improvement -in that branch of the ser
vice during the last fiscal year. Extensive repairs
have been made upon vessels, and two new ships
have been completed and made ready fortes. The
tete! expenditure at the year ended June 30, 1879,
Including speciflci appropriat ions net estimated for
by the department, were 513,555,710 09. The ex
penses chargeable, to the year, after deducting-jitte
amount of theses pecific appiopriations, were eta,.
3431317 79, but this is subject to a reduction of
5283,725 99, that amount having been drawn upon
warrants, hut not paid out during the year.
The amount of apprepriitions applicable to the Mat
fiscal year was 514,438.616 17. There was, therefore,
a balance of 51,479,054 37 remaining , unexpended and
to the ireelt of the department on June 30.1879. The
estimates for the lineal year ending June ae, 1881, are
1114,8a11,147 9.5,' which exceeds the appropriations for
the present demi year 8361,897 28. The reason fur
this increase is explained in' the Secretary's report.
The appropriations available for the present fiscal year
are 1141,502:2410 67, which will, in the opinion of the
Secretary, answer all the ordinary demands of the see
vice. The amount drawn- from the Treasury from
July 1 to Nev. 1, 1879, was 86.769,401 12, of which
111.095.440 3a has been' refunded. , leaving eve the ex-
Panditu re for that period 51. 8 74.883 78. If the expen
diture, of the remaining two-thirds of the year do not
exceed the proportion fi,r. theme four months, there
will remain unexeend-d arthe end of the year 5177,-
359 30 of the current appropeiations. The report of
the Secretary shows the gratifying fact that among all
the disbursing oMcers of the pay corps of the Navy
there ie not one who is a detail ter to the extent of a
single &liar. I unite with him in recommending the
removal of the observatory to a more healthful loca
tion. Tbst institution reflects credit upon the nation;
and has obtained the approbation of scientific min In
all parts of the world.' In removal from its i 'preaera
locality would not only be ambient, to the health of
its officer, end Professors, but weal•l greatly increase
itseusefulnese • -
Theaperoprietion for judicial expeMem ' which hail
•keretofore been made for the Department of Justice in
gross, was subdivided at the last session of Omer's.,
and no appropriation whatever was made for the pay
ment of the fees of Marshals and their depeties, either
to the service of process or for the discharge of other
dulles,and since June 90 these officers have continued
the performance, of their dative without compensation
from tbeG
overemejtik taking upon themselves the
trocemary'incidentaeoutlays as well as rendering their
reitif service*. „In only a few unavoidable instance.
has the proper execution of the process of the United
States filled by reason of the nemisita appropriation.
This thane of °Medal %conduct on the part of these
officers, highly creditable to theft fidelity, was advised
by the Attorney-General, who informed them, how
ever, that they would neemearfly hive to' rely for
thee compeneatiou'ution the prospect of future legis
lation by Congeals. I therefore especially recommend
that immediate appropriation be mode by Coegress
for this purpose.. The act making the petncipti ap
propriattop for the Department of Janice at previous
leaden has uniformly contained the following Maine,
"And for defraying MI, expenses which may be in
curred in the enforcement of !heart appoint reb. 28,
1870. entitled An act to amend ai act approved May
30.1870. entitled An act to enforce the right of citizens
of the United elates to vote In the several Stoma of the
United Stites, and for other
,purpoeee, Or any ams
amendatory thereof, or supplementary thereto." No
appropriallon was made for' this purpose for the cur
rent year As do general election of members of Con
•greas occurred, 'the omission , was a matter of little
practical imp Mance. Stith electiun will s - however, '
tate place during the ensuing year, and the appro.
pristion made fur the pay of Marshalsand Deputies
should be sufficient to embraes compensation fur the
sondem they may be required to perform at such el
ection-. •
- = mat suntans or rue and • . -
Dee baldness of the Supreme Court Is at present
largely In arrests. It cannot be expect:of that more,
ceases can be decided than are now alleged din Its
annual serdon. or that by any -assiduity the Mean
.
magillindell who oomposethcourt
cart ikon.
plidtmons than is now done. in the courts of anipr
of the decal* also, the bootees. ha Increased $. :each
110 saten t *lst delay of justice will call - the inset.
Mon of to an appropriate remedy. it Is be.
'Moved that I isdotte in etch Circuit which can fairly
be expected from Its Nadel force. The evils arising
frost a delarimetlese heavily • felt be the United Mateo
than by ptits, suitors, as its causes are advanced by
the Courts when It is seen that they - involve the die,
cession olf gestate= of a public character. The; rem.
tidy suggededlby the Attorney•Oettend is the appoint
meat of additiOnal Clear.' Judges, and the erection of
an Intermediate Colin of ' ltrrore end Appeal., which
shell relieve the Supreme Court of a pert of its Jude.
diction, whiles' bigger force is also obtained far the
performance of Circuit duties. I commend :we ills.
geotion to the constditation of Commas. :It would
Magattuaffecdrataady. sad. wea' Involve.
leadditional Circuit dodges are appointed, an ea,
cailnevret Mnspreeentteetst wf .is hitMe,ef not mere
so
pfM i yrian which'wolfid flettliety • te sm e ll in
oempart.en with the object. le be attained. •
The report of. the Poitmaster•Geneyai bytes teatte
mouy to the genegafrevivizraCrniiineest throughout
the coubtrv. Tliserecelpte mf-tlie , -Priell °Mee Depart.
.ineutfor tha Jest enditmluna3o..l329. were 149,911,-,
981 86, being' $708,465.01 more than the revenues of
the Precftding Year. „ The amount realized-from the
solo of Pt/WM Mentol;Miterapiet envelopes, and piste{
cards was 11764,463 Ul more than In the preceeding
year. and 112,387.860 T 1 more than in 1877. The ex.'
penditurrs of the departanest-,wire tf1.4411,8 1 10 t'e, of
-which the sum' Of 1146,4 M 63 was paid onMaidlitire
Incurred in the preceding year. The eipenditures
aafbitther.Tese.:efere.llo,l,269 11 thtus in the
preceding year. This reduction Is to be attributed
mainly to this - operation: of the taw pasted June 17,
1878; abstains the compensation of Postmaaters from
a comenswien on the value .of stamps - mid,' to a coin.
Weskits on - stamps cancelled. The -amount drawn
from the Treasury on appropriatiou.„ in addition to
the 000 mines of the deportment, was $1,1111,444 34,
be1nt82,276,197, 86 less than In the preceding year.
The expenditures for the fiscal year ending June :PS,
1881, are estimated At 1 i:10,920,89),mnd the receipts from
all sources at 534410,00 0 , leaving a deficiency In be
appropriated for ant of - the ?reentry of 8 7 :7/ 0 . 900 .
The relations of the department with railroad cumpan.
les have been harmonised. notwithstanding the gen
*eel reduction by Congress of their compeesation, by
the apprepriattoli fur special facilities, The 'railway
Post arcs lines have been greatly extended t cpecially
in the Southern States. The interest* of Railway
Mall Service and of the public rout I be gristly pr.x.
motet,. sad the eipeimiltures could be mere, readily
omtrolled, by the charineetton of the employes of the
railway mdi service as recommended by the Post
umaterAlleuend, the oppoitalation for *Maths, with
respect to which the tuatimunt limit le already diet
.by law, to be made in moss. The Postmaster•Geneml
.recommends in amendment of the law regulating' the
Increase of compensatiou fur Increased serviim end in
creased speed In mar routes, so as to enable him to
advertise for proposals for such increased service and
speed. lie also suggests the advantages to accrue to
the commerce of the country from the enactment of
peersl law, authorizing contracts with American
!built steamers, carrying the American flag, for trans.
porting the mane between ports of the.,United States
ports of the t Weit Indies and South Amami!, at a
fixed maximum price per mile ; the amount to be ex.
pended being regulated by 'annual! appropriations, in
manner with the amount paid for the domestic
stet service. The; arranceinent MAW* by the root
master-General and the Secretary of - the Treasury for
the collection of duty upon books received in the mail
from foreign countries has proved al sati.fact,ry In its
practkal openitton that the recOnimemlatlon is now.
made that Congress shall extend the provisions of the
act of March 3, 1879, under which this arrangement
was made, ao us to apply to all other datable articles
received in the mails from foreign Countries.
I=
'The riporte of the Secretary of the Interior and of
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, setting forth the'
prevent state of our relations with the Indhin tribes on
our territory, the measures taken to advance their
clviliiatfon and prospeilty; and the probes ulrea4
achieved by them. wiltbe found of more than ordinary
interest. The general conduct of our Indian popula
tion Las been ell satisfactory that the occurrence of two
distorbances,which resulted in bhest-died rind destruc
tion of property, is all the more to be lamented. The
history of the outbreak on the White Rives Vte Reser
vation. in Western Colorado, has become so familisr
by elaborate reports in.' the public pre-5 that its re—
mutable incidents need not be stated, here in detail.
It la expected that the settlement of this difficulty will
lead to such nioveluents as prevent.., further
hostile contact between the Indians and Aire border
!settlements in Wgstern Colorado. Trio other disturb-
Race occurred at the Meecaleru Agency, in Now •II exr- -
co, where Victorie, the heed of a small band of ma ,
random, alter oommitling many atroMtlis, being Jig-.
orously chased bye military force, made his way across
the Mexican border, - aud is uow on foreign soil
While these occurrences, le .which a comparatively
small number of Indians were 'engaire'd, are most de:
plonsble,a vast m tiority of eur Indian population
have fully Jibdified, the expectat.ons of tho4e who be
-tiered that, by humane and peaceful influences, the
ludian can be led to almndoti the habits of savage RP
and to develop a capacity fur useful and nivilival ix
enpationa W hat they have already accomplished in
the pursuit of agricUltural and mechanical work. the
remarkable success which has attended the experi
ment of employing as freighters a rims of Indiana
hitherto count•-d among the _wildest-and most intrac
table, and the general and urgent desire 'expressed
!by them for the education of their children, may be
:I,sken an suflicient pls.( that they will be fond oafs - able.
tof accomplishing Much more if they. couti 11110 to he
•wisely and fairly gnid. d. The Indian policy sketched
in the report of the Secretary of the Interior, the ote
Jeri of which In to make liberal provision for the edu
cation of Indian youth, to settle the Indians :open
farms-lots In severalty, to gire them title in fee to
dielrfarms, Inalienable fur a certain number of years,
and when their wants are thus provided fur, to ilispise
by male ',Attie lands on their reservations net ocictipird
and used by them, a fond to be formed out of the pro
ceeds for the hintfit of the Indiat e, which will grad
ually feller. the Government of the 'expenses now
provided for by annual appropriations, must commend
itself as Just and beneficial to the' Indolue. and an also
calculated to remove threw obstructions which the ex
istence of large reservations prearnte to the settlement
and development of the country. I thereforevarnestly li
recommend the enactment of a law enabling the Gov
raiment to giro Indians a title in • fee, inaliedible for
25 years, to the farm lands assigned to theta bY,Sillot
tuent. I-also repeat the recommendation made In my
first annual Message that a law be passed' adulating
Indidda who can give satisfactory proof of having by
their own labor supported their families for a number
of yeah, and who are willing to sdetacti• theno,eives
froaineir tribal relations, to the benefit of the Home
slued actoand to grant them patents contaiuing the
same provide,. of inalienability for certain period.
Th-e experiment of sending a number of Indian child
ren of both sews to the ilatuptirn Normal and A griFule
turat histanto irrTirginia to receive - an elementary
English education and practical insiruetion in farming.
and :other usefill industries, has) l'ed to results so
proniPing that it was thought expeiliOt • to turn over
the cavalry barracks at Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, to*
the tiltrotor Department, for the establishment - of an
Indian school on o -larger scale. This school heir now
1705 pupils. Selected from various tries, and is in full
operationT Arrangements are also made for the edu
cation of a number of Indian boys and girls, belonging
to tribe§ on the Pacific slopes, in a Alai i.Ar manner, at I
Forest Grilse in Oregon. These institutions.% ill".eume
mend trieSisolveir to the liberality of Congress and td
the philanthropic munificence of theAmerioan people.
Last Siding iuforma.iou was revived of the orgent-
Litton of extensive movement In' the Wetern
States, the iiPjert of which was the occupation, by un
antliorizisl persons, of certain lands lu - the Indian
Territory, ceded by the Cherokees to the Government
for the purpose of settlement by . other Do llen tribes.
On the liflth of April. I Poued a proclamation atoning
all persons against participation In' such an attempt,
and, by the co-operation of a military force, the inva
sion wan promptly checked, It Ii my purpose. PI pro—
tett the rights of the Indian inhabitants of that Terri
tory to sh e foil extent of Executive-power; but it
would be nowise to ignore the- firSt that a Territov co
large and so ' f Jail.. with a a population so span se and
an great a ma alai of unused reeoinces, will be.fouild
• more exposed to the repetiti 'of rural attenipts as
happened this year when the minting States are
more densely settled-and the; es ward worement of
out population looks still more eagerly for fresh lands
to occupy. Under such circumstances, thii difficulty a
- Maintaining the Indian Territory*. its present slate
will greatly, increase, and tit.. 1111i412 tribes
It would do' well to prepare for MO a contingency. I
therefore fully approve oft he advice given to them by
the Secretary of the Interior, iirs a recent occasion, -to
divide among themselves in severalty as large a ipiatt•
lily pf their lands an they can cultivate, to eolithe ins
thvidual titles in •fee. instead Of their present tribal
ois runlet:lip in common.and to consider in "What num
ber the balance of their hinae may be disposed of by
the Government for their benefit. By -adopting sect.
a policy they w o ol.; more ceramly aecurc for tlone
selves the value of their possession... and at tire same
time promote their prorreis in civilization and proa
perity. thaii endeavoring to perpetuate the present
state of things in de Terriniry. The question V. toiler
a chafige it the control • of the IT - Oben 13Crl ice Should
be toads was to the Forty•fifili Congress,, referiiiel to
ajoint committeii of both houses for inquiry and Tel
port. In my last swami_ Message, I expreseell the
helms that the decision of that question. then in lip”.
pert, - .would arrest further air:alarm of this sulaect;'
such agitation tieing alit to produce a disturbing effect
upon the service, Is well as the Indiana thoniseliea."
nee then, the committee having revirted. the
lien has been decided in tt.e negative t y u vote in the
House ail Itepresentativ. a for the reasons here:dated.
and In view of the fact that further uncertainty en
this point will he calculated to 01-Striot other noir
needed legielation.to weaken the discipline et the ser
vice -,and to unsettle salutary measures now in pro
gri4s for the goveropient and improvement of die
Indians, I respectfully. recommend that the decision
arrived at by Congress at its last Session be permitted
to stand.
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. .
Efforts made by the Depattment of the interior to
arrest the depredations 'on the timber lands of the
United States have been continued, and have met with'
conelderable eurcess. A large number of cases .of
trespass have, been prcisecuted in the courts of the
rutted. States. Others Live - . keen aetttlec,the tres
passers offering to make payment-to the Govenimea .
for the value of the timber taken by them. The pro;
coeds of these prosecutions end settleniente, turned in
to the Treasury, far exceeds in amount the sums nitro
plated by Congress for this porpoise, A more impor
tant result, how/ e'er, Cs:instils in the fact that the de-•
'traction cf our public toheds kV depr,gdatiOes,eit hough.
Ruch canes still beetle, has been greatly educed its ex ! ,
tent, and it is prebeble that if the 'present, policy Is
vigorously eursued and sufficient provision to that end
is made by Congress, such trespassers, at least those on
a large orate can be entirely orippreesed, except in the
Territories where timber for the daily requirements of
the pepulatiotecennot under the present
: state of the.
law, be otherwise obtained. I therefore earnestly in
vite the Atte/stint% of . Congress to, the recommendation
made by the Secretary of ibe interior, that a law be.
enacted enabling the Government to sell timber from
the public lands, without nonveying the fee,. eher 0
such land. are principally valuable kw - the timer
thereon, such sake to beim regulated as to cent,n7,
to
domestic wenteand. business reioremente, whil at
the same. time guarding againet* IS W eeplugdestruction
of the foreshi. The enactments of such s& law appears
td become a more pressing necessity every day.
- My recOmmendation. In former Meseolge. -are re
ratted, in fiver of enlarging the hicilitire of the De
partment of Agriculture.. %sericulture ii the leading
Interest and thepermatient industry of, our people. It
Is to the abundance of agricultnral product.ots„ 1101 cone.
pared with our home consumption, and the-largely In!
creased and highly profitable market abroad which
we have enjoyed in recent yearn, that we are mainly
Indebted for our present prosperity as a people, We
moot look for its continned inaintenanceto the same
substantial resource. There is no branch or industry
in which labor, "directed by neientific knowledge,
yields inch increased preelection in comrairisAu with
unskilled labor, and no branch of the publicaetvice to
which the encouragement of liberal aaelOPtlailana can
-be more appropriately extended. The omission to
render such aid is not a wise economy, but, on the
contrary, undoubtedly results in losses of Immense
stuns annually that might be saved through well
directed effort& ley the Government to promote this
vital Interest. The results already accomplished with
the very limited
. mesins heretofore placed' at the com
mand of the Department of A ericulture is an earnest
-of what may be expected, with increased appropria-
Gobs for the /several purposes ludic ted In the report
of the, ikunmhationer, with a view to placing the de.'
partment anon a footing which will. suable It to prose
cute more effectively the of for which it is ,esteb--
tidied. Appropriations are needed for a Hove! com
plete I/Oratory, fer.the establishment of a veterinary
division and a division of forestry, and for' an increase
• , 1 . force. The requirements for three and other pur
views indicated in the report of the Conimiesioner, nut.
der the head of the immediate .necessities of 'the de-:
pertinent will nut involve any expenditure of money
that the country cannot with propriety new undertake
in the interest of agriculture.
It is gratifying to learn from the Berea of Educa
tion the extent to • which. educationa privileges
throughout the United States bare been ail, Anted dur
ing the year. No enure fatelatuentid. responsibility
rests Upon Congress than that of devising appropriate
me/seines of fineneial aid to celui eitiOn. suppletneotal to
local action in the States and Tertitoties and in the
District of Columbia. Theorise forethought of the
founders, of our Government; has 134 only furnished
..-- I
•ths belle kr- !be capperi of the etteatiitetebilottyrw
boa ofthe sewn ,hut. lahLibe foneffailobe for
the inatelenstece eif,thete salemillierated College* of
tagektltsteandthe. therbahle aria: kedgeree in itc-,
cordance with this tnelnianal. pulley-Jar the farthety .
.bsuellt et idi these interred*, and the eaten:lots of the
WM*, odeantsges to seam purliett..4 'the country,.
it le hoped will receive. your favorable conelderatioty.
To preserve and perpetuate the national 'literature
should be anions the roomed cares of the' National
Legialattite. - The Übrsry whetted at the °IOW& NMI
lettwiet nuprovistod,with any - acconlincidailone for its
tepidly increasing storm -Tile tosirnitade „end int-
pomace of titifiwilectiori, increased as le by the de.
,pealle amide ander the law of capyrisht, by dngneetic
and foreign exchanger, and by the scientific/ linter?
ofthe Institution, call for building' sc.
countiodatlone.widcle shall be at once renal and lire
proof. The location of *nth s. poplin building, trit.rh
should provide for the. pouring hectseitirs of the
.and tor the vast Increase of the natlon'A
boots i tit future nearer which addressee He.: f
ileadlscr:tlou of tunitnese; It le earinettlY rt,enn,-
amended el • MeilaUlrelWhich Aosta seawall euffniges,
lead which' *meld no longer be delayed..
tut wimmisivos agoisratrir.
. „
The joint comttiteefoi.. trotted by the act of Coogrets
of August 2,1876, for the purpose of superilaing and
.
directing the tionipletion of the . Westilngton National _
. . . tom:lmmo, of which commistiott - the Presideat iv ti
member, leas attrusi careful attention to Mtn subject,
end already the strengthening of Mai faun dation has eo
„ st. .
far progressed ale b lear,, the entire succ, IA of lii,L, •
- part of the work km:Liaise layer or maeunry hit . •
'been introduce,' below the original foundation, widen-.
log the base, teeretioing the etattllity of the structure,
MO rendering it.poseibte to carry the abaft to coultd..
lion, It is earnestly recommended that aucliferthee ,
appropriations be made for- the continued prosecu t ten
of
-the work as may be necessary for the 'compintion of.
this national monument at en early den
In former Memtagee, iniproieett with t he impotar,ce
of the subject, I have taken occasion to tone-n.l
to Congress- the adopiiiin of a Rebmann polky
toward - the District of Columbia. The report of the
Commitisionert of the District, herearth trenAnntted,
contains anggestioni and recotumentiationo, to all of
which 1 earnesily invite your careful attention. ; I ark
your early and fayorable consideration of the views
, • which they express as to the urgent need of leg - Isla- -
tlon for the reclamation of the marshes of the Potomac
and its existent branch, witlint the . limits of the City,
and for the repair of the streets of the capital, hereto
fore laid with wooden Meeks, atd stew by diary ten
dered almost israpssestble, and a sionists of imminent -
danger to the health of itk citizens.. The means at th e
disposal of the Commissionetra are Wholly inadequate
for the accomplishment of these important "sot ks, and
should be supplemented by timelyaptirtiptiattonsfr n ,
the Federal Treasury. The !iilq of the flats In fr-ill
of the city. will ,add to the adjacent lands and casks,
now owned by ,fro United States, a lease afiti ealuatle
domain, sufficient, It in thought, to reimburse its en
tire cost, and a ill aloe ; WI au incidents! rase it, ~,,,,,,,„ .
the'permaitent f - roprsedentent of the riser- for th e per. •
percent' nartgation. The constitution basing inst.'', il
Cunt:teas with sovietise and exclunivejitilinfictlon o'er
the District of Belumbia, its citizens must of nec.,,ity,
looked to Coogreas alone . for all ocedfut • legisistinu
affiratng their interests, and as the territory it thin
, District la the common p ota - rty of 'the prove of tl e
Uts,till States. who,--equeily with its resident oit.a.eno,
are intertided in the prosperity of their capital, 1 eau .
nor doubt tliat . yon will he amply sustained by, the
general voice of the contary in sly zneasureis yi.intresy .
adopt for thisipurpotie. I also invite- the favorif P ,
consideration of Congress to the -w - ati - its of the .pubte
school* of thin District as exhibited in the report of
the covornidoners. While the number of pupds in
rapidly inerearing, no adequate presinitin exists fur a
cerresporoling hit:Tease - a sch• •ol accommodation, and
the commissioners I. r • st atoll ti•e means Is meet 0 1 ,,
urgent need.- A number of the buildings now nied for
school I:llrfaat.a are rent- d and are, in tilijK. , ll , lot par
i icU lure .4 nal; ite I. for the purpose. The s. 411ar of ts.to••
lar eduen-ition its the !nitric& of Columbia is sorery en
titled to the lame connigeration at the bands of it,
National Government as - in the tessera: Staten and 'I es
riteries, to which munificent grata+ of Ilse pubic,
binds lucre 'been made fu the rndo• [Bent of ad. ow 1
and 11111 Vprei Hill.
- Burn rerenn B. Batts.
EXECi'TIVE MANSION, Dec. 1,1879.
, -
PBESIDET HATE.S - spent Thanksgiving
day in a truly orthodox manner. He at
tended church in Fraukford in the fore-
noon;
,dined ,:siimptuously with Bishop
SI3IPSON, after the seri - lees were conclud
ed; visited the Methodlit Orphanage fair
in the • aftcrnoon . ;.was serenaded by the
band,pf the Soldiers' Orphan's Institute,
and took the
. 11.30 train for Washington.
This President was probably o¢er san
guine when he expressed some hope that
complications. Which exist in the
Virginia LegisOure a Republic= could
be elected to th'e Cuited States Senate.
ONE. EXPERIENCE FRC& MANY:—."
had been sick and miserable-So long and
had caused my husband so mach trouble
and expense, no one seemed to know
what-ailed - Me, that I was. completely dis
heartened and discouraged. In this frank
of Mind, I got. a bottle of Hop Bitters
and used them ynknown to myfamily. I
soon began to,improve and gained so-fa.,5:-
that my husband and family thought F.
strange and unnatural, but when I tolit
them what had helped - me; they saia - .
14 HUrrah for Hop Bitters ! long may thdy
prosper, for they-have made Another. well
-and us happy."—The Mother.—llan'
Journal. •
Reporter Clubbing List for 14860:
We have made arrangements with the publishers
of the foliewing,periodicais by`which we c.iu wry' .
anyone of thorn I.t connection with the Irs.ronrca
at greatly reduced rates: We will send the ItE
PORTER with any of the papers named belew, f• r
oit year, at the frgures Indicated: ' •
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7etv AbveTtOements.
,EDWARD WILLI,AMS,
PIWITICAL PLUMBERt GAS FITTS]:
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Place of business - 1n 'Storm. Block, nett tbior to
• Journal Office, oppobite:Public squasrr.
:.,.Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Repairing Pumps of 311
thuh, and all kinds of Gearing promp i lly atteinlett
ri. All- wanting 'work iii Ids line trkt , giNti
"4, all. . "Dee. 4. IS:V.
T.fcCORPOitATION NOTICE.—
- Notice Is hereby given, that application will he
made to the Coact fit t dConinion pleas of Itra , th,r.i
eciunty, or the Pre4hlcnt Judge thereof, for -Ow
Incorporation of, the Eirbtliaptist Church Society
of Ithighttry,lnltidginiry township. The ollect.l
of said ivisindatinn are. the maintenance Of the - pia!,
lie worship Of Goti lit accordance with,ths rules
and discipline of the Baptist Church.
. - LAnisevx.
• ..IiMN 11. AIcKEE,
BIIBERT CLARKE.
- ' WM. O:GONZALES.
E. M. TUTON•
Bidghury, Nov. 27, 1879• w t. '
A :SSIGNEE,S 'NOTICE.--In the
District Court of the United States, for the
Western District of Pennsylvania. In the Matter
of JOhit .7. Grigithh bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
Western District of Pennsylvania. -
The creditors will take notice that a second gen
eral meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt will
be held at Towanda, on the Gmfylay of IMCF.M=
DEB: A.. D. IMO, at 10 o'clock, A, M. at the otn,
of It. A. Mercer, Esq... one of the iftegisteri In
Bankruptcy in said District, for the purpose named
In the 27th section of the Bankrupt Act of March
tid, IW, to wit r a final dlstsibtifion of said bank
rnprs estate; and at that meeting I shall apply to
a discharge froM all liability as Assignee of said
;estatelr In accordance with the. provisions of( the
26th section of said Bankrupt.Acr. '
= ' JOHN. W. CORDING, Assignee.
Towanda, Nov. 20,1879-w2:
LIST OF,LEGAL 'BLANKS
Printed and kept on sale at the Remit'Tin Orr E
at wholesale or rttaW
1714. ed.• . • -
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Mortgage. ..
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Bond. , . . .
Tremotrer's-Bond. . - .
. C.Mlector's Bond. . - .
Lease. . . - •
Complaint. . .
Commitments. • - '
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Warrant. .
Constable's Return.
Articles of Agreement, 2 fermi
Bond on Attachment:
Constable's Sales,.
Collector's Sales.
Execution._
Subpiena. - •
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Petition for License.
Bond for,Licetise - .
.i..Zote Judgement.
Note Judgement Seal,
" " Note Jugement 5 per cent. added.
- Town order Book.,
iSchool order Book. , •
Summons. . . •
8300 A 'MONTH guaranteed. - Eft a day at
home made by the industrlous. Cal! -
hal not required ; we will start you. Men,women.
boys and girls mato money taster at work for us
than at - anything else. The work Is light and
pleasant, and ouch as anyone can go right at. Tine...
who are wise who see this notice will send-us their
addresSes at once and see for themselves.' Costly
Outfit and terms tree. Now is -the time. Tl.Obe
already,at work are laying up large sinus of money.
Address TIME & Co.', Augusta, Maine.
TUE CENTAAL'HOTEL,
ULSTER, PA..
-A t he. undersigned having ' taken . rwssession
of .the above hotel. respectfully solicits the patron
age. of his old friends and the public generally.
iiug 1641. M. A. 'IOIIIIEnT.
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