the Secredir,y , cf the Navy.
TII 009 OITICE nErtaturst.
The accimpanying report Of the Post
masterttisderil fnriuslies a.fttli aial satis
fadtory elinbitrokiafAhe °pot:Albans of
the Pestothce deipartincat &tiring the
year. The,Orilinary rev:lilies of ;the de
partm.ent fOttl.he 1,1;cal
,year ending June
30, I,B72;aniontifed to 821,015,496.37 and
the ekyiehditure s s td126,0.58,192:31: Com
pared with the previous fiscal yea- the
norease.44*.von ne-55a511.8.73,38.0.05, or
D. 37 tier ..ect9tot,'Arvil-,the increast-of such
extiendithres42,26B,oBB.23lor 4.29' per
cente.:N4tllling - ter the.o4l,inarr. - sevenues
rho 4 121 441al aßProPligion'of 8700,000,- for
free matter, and; the amounts paid to..qutt
sidizetllnail steamship lines Pent ; special
appropriations K thedegeieney.pauf put.of
gib _ g eneral treasury - !vas 83,317176;5.93e
exoess of 8.380,701.2130Ver the:dot:idea !
cy for, thi)year -
Qtlier tutereAting statistical informa
tion .relating to our rapidly ektending pos
tal service ts,faraislied in , this 'report.--
The total length of :railroad. mail :routes
en the 30th .of. "June, was 57,911
miles o B.hrr_additional nines of such sen
a-toe hav,ing bee.n•routinto operation dtir
ing t Tie_year: Eight new line of. railway
post oflices have. beezu .established, with
au aggregatelength 0f.2,909 miles. The
number of letters exchanged in the mails
with. foreign countries was 24,402,500; an
inotease Of 4,olidor .20 percent. over the
number of 1871, and the postage thereon 1
amtanited. to ek;f371,257.23. The total 1
'weight ot ; the mails exchanged with. Eu
ropean countries exceeded.B2o tons. The
cost of the United States trans-Atlantic
steatnaltip service, was 13220,30L70.. The
total Cost:.of • the United States ocean.'
eteloiship servic•, including the amount
_paid io the subsidized lines of mail steam
visl was .84027,020.97.
The followingaye - the. only steamship
lines now,rweiving, subsidies for mail ser
yiee. uaderapecialucts of .Congress:
The_Pacitio mail steamship company
recaives 8300,000 per anuutn for carrying
a monthly: ..mail between San Francisco
aud , thina and Japan, - which will be . - iii
creased.to 81;000,000 per annum on-and
after-Detober let, 1873. The United.
Stales and -Brazil mail steamship,compa
ny ‘yegeives 8150,000 for condeying a
trimithly.mail between New York : and
Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The California,
Orogina . atid:Meximin steamship company
rent:eves 875,000 per annum -for carrying
a Monthly mail between San Francisco
and lionoinlM -Hawaiian Islands, making
the total amount of mail steamship sub
..sidiesut present 8723,000 per annum.—
+Oar postal communications with all parts
oi:-. the civilize,n world have been placed
upon a most allvantageaus fobting by the
improved postal convent ions; and erring
in.lits recctitly concluded with the lead
ing.commercialcountries of Europe and
America, and the-gratifying statement is
male-that with the conclusion of a satis
factory conventiNs with France, the de
tails of whichliave been definitely agreed
to by the head of th i French postiil -de
partment, gnbject to ate approval of the
minister of finance, little . remains to rbe
. aczom pl:sh .:.(1 by the treaty for some tme
taleeme -with , . pest eitherio a reduction
I
of rates or ' prayed facilities of postal n tx. s
int-rcoarse. . .
Your favorable consideration is respect
uly• invited -to the ree unimendations
by the Pottmaster General for an
crease of service from monthly to semi
inouthly trips on the mail steamship route
-to Brazil, and for a subsidy in aid of the
establishment of an, American line of
mail steatneri betarei , a San Francisco and
New Zealand and Australia; also for the
esptblisb,nivut, of poz.= offices, saving.banks
,and tho increase of salaries of the
\Leads or lmireaus.
I have heretofore recommended the
abGlition a the franking privitege.and,
sc-e no reason now to change my views on
that subject.. It not,lnivinm been favont-
Mz.N.garLa by Congress, however I now
suggest "modification of that privil
ege, to correct its glaring and costly abu
ses.
TOSTAI, TT.L'EGRAPII T
• I will-recommend also the appointment
of a committee or commission W take
into consideration the best method .equit
able to private corporations „who have in
vested their. time and capital in -the es
tablishment of telegraph lines, of acquir
ing the title to all telegraph 'lines in op
eration, and: of connecting this service
with the postal service of the nation. It
is not- probable that this subject could re
ceive the proper:consideration during the
limits of-u short session of Congress, but
it mai be initiated so that future action
may b.-fair to the governmentand to pri
tate parties concerned.
There are hut three lin^s of ocean
steamer's, 'namely, the Pacific: mail steam
ship comp:My, between San Francisco
an d China -and- Japan, with pruvision
made fueserni-monthly.service after Oc
tt•ber 1, ; 1873,, the Unitea States and... Br
azil thly,) and the Calitbraia .and
Now Zealand and Australia line (mouth
y:)
-
plyiag between the United States and
foreign ports, and .owned and operated
under age flag.
I earnestly rttcommentl -that each lit
eral oontracts , for carrying the Mails be
authorized: with these Ibacs as will insure'
their continuance.: If the expediency of
tex tending- the fa. of: the c government- to
lines steamers which bithetto have not
received it should. e deemed .worthy of
the' consideration of 'Congress, political
and comn.ercial objectS make it advisable
to bestow finch aid on_ a line -under our
flag between Xitiama and the Western
South-American ports. - By, this means
much trade now thvertet3 tti other cone
tries„might-be brought to us to the ma
te:ialadvantage of this country, and those
lying in that quarter of the continent of
America.. -
The report of the Secretary' of the trea- . PATCNTS.
sury will show au alarming falling off in During the year ending September 30,
our--etraying trade . for -the last • ten or 1882, there' were issued from the patent
twelve years, and even fin the past year. at:6613,62e patents, 233_ extensions, and
I.do.not believe -the public treasury can 556 certificates and registers cif trade,
be better expended in' the in terfst of. the , marks; - daring the same time, 19,587 ap
*hole people_than in trying • to-. recover I.plicafionsfor pante, including 10 issues
Oils 'trade, An expenditure of 85000,- s tand design's, bare been -received, and 3,-
tOO per annum for' the hext fire years, if ;100 caveats fled. The fees receivestdur
. jt ',would - restore to its our- propertlon ,of I ing.the 'same . period amounted to - 8100,-
43;e' '„d'i,rning'trade:'ot the - - world; • would - 954.86 . , - .'ands- the Cott& expenditures to.
" Aie - itrbiltdbir:cspended.. The'price of .9623,553.80,xnaking the net - receipts over.
tkr..l3/ uropo ...bas so- Much-enhanced the gxpenclitureq, 877,400.26. Since . 1836
withi-n -the past font-. years that the ';cOst, 200,000 applications"for' - patents: bare
of ltuilding and aTerating ocean steamers beerilled, and' about 133,000 - Patents is--
thetnited - S‘ates is not so 'much mat- sued;- - ,The oinee'is-being conducted Da
cr,than Etirope, -that believe the' time -der the samelatta and genera orgdnize
has:arriv-4d Tor Corgress to take this sub- - tior.; at' weft adoptectat iteoriginar, mem
jeet hao:geriouseopsideratioo. ' "' only from' 100 01500 zip.
Detailed . , statements' bf the disburse- - plications-were•thade per arinutti. - The
tMen te : through _the departmert t. - of . jiistice mmis'sioner 'shows that: the , office las
_ "be furnished by the 'report or the -wholly o nst oiwri /h e ' oli3O-nal:_phin;,, and
Attarnek'Genesat,- , though • thes6 - have that amew organization become : CA-.
b een ,i on ie*f i lit indredta by
,the - recent cemtry.
ads OCCiiiiireis:krenforce -0 rights
theTh= ; congress
amilifesenielio
citizens6r 114 United States tit .- rette' Tyra • ecninicidnicatien; zielebruat4
sOverittitittej•stif thi - 4/nipti:alia- - fre I Istd,with JAY,prprorarisid• •
- tht - atipyosist
otircieelbr rof thi4eibetgl - Wtriiiiibeikirrimet 'the
amendment to the Constitut
United States and the utnendtni
to. I cinnot question the m
statutory ,effect of slletas cue
ttectless and,lnwless rej
aye, usaociated theMselveA v
some localities-to deprive other
the rights , guaranteed to 1.11,
Constittitionof_..thelTnited=l3i
that end haie'conunitted detk
and violence, bat the proseci
pnoirl
-have tended greatly to the repressio..
such diianlers. Ido not doubt that a
greatmajoritjvatil - - - partir
of, the cunntry 'Oyer, the fult , ,,enjoyment
, hrall.olass.es of • pe*Pe, of;those rights
to Ishieh lheynre_entitled, tinder,the Don
' stitntiort nu 4 law y; and I invso ttie:nid
andrinAgenca of. fttl,gooa , citizen* to pre..
yentorgaujeations i ..whose ,objects are, by
.unlawfril riteatisacr : interfero• with these
rights. I lookifith
_confidence to a time
,potfarlistant, when the obvious advisMi,
tage.s,of good order And peace will induce_
an aba.ndop men t of nil,combinations,pib
°Whited by theaZtraeferred-to, and when
it
.would be unneoessary to, carrtettiier-
Wntienstor,inflict punishments .tst -pro
teat citizebs from,the lawless .doings of
such combinations, ApplicatiOnt,have
' been made tome to pardon...persons cow
victed of a violation of • Said actiton,,the
ground that clemency in: cases wo'd
tend to tranquilize the public mind, sad
to teat the virtue of that policy—A , am
disposed,-so far as my sense:of dntyl '
perinit to give to these appliattions a fa
vorable ,consitierarion, but _any action
thereon is not to be construed as indicat- 1
iag any change in my determination to
enforce with rigor such acts so long: as
the conspiracies and cornbitiationd there
in minted disturb.,the peace of the
It-is much to be - regretted, and' is
regretted by no ,one more than myself,
that. a necessity has ever esisted to exe
cute the enforcement act. :Isla one can
desire more than I that the uee.qsity of ,
Applying it may-nover again bo demand-
. _ .
• The - ecrerary of the Interior reports
satisfactory improvement and progress in
each of the several borealis .under the
inotrol of the interior department. They
are alt in excellent ..condition3 : the work
e which in some of them for some:years
has been brou t „ , *tit down to ,a-Very recent
date, and in all the current business has
.been promptly dispatched. .
The policy which wasadopted lat. the
beginnii.g of this, administration_ with
regard to the management of the Indians
haS been as successful as its most ardent
friends anticipated within so shorts time.
It has reduced the expenses of. their man
aoement, decreased their forages npon
the white settlements, feuded to give the
largest opportunity. for the extension! of
the great railwayathrough the public do
main and the pushing of settlements !in
to the more remote districts of. the coun
try, and at the same : time improved the
condition of the Indians. The _policy
will be maintained without any change,
excepting such as further experience may
show to be necessary to render it more
efficient. .
The subject of conceriang the so-called
Indian territoty south of Kansas into a
home for the Indian, and erecting there
in a territorial- form of government, is
one of great importance as a complement
of the existing Indian policy_ The ques
twn of removal to that territory has with
in the past year been presentekto many
of tho tribes resident upon other and less
desirable portions of the public domain,
and has generally been received by them
with favor..
As a preliminary step to tbe organiza
tion of such , a territory, it will be neces
sary to confine the Inilians now resident
therein to farms of proper size, Which
shnnld be secured to them in fee, the 'Tee-
Lille to be used for the settlement on:lth
er friendly ladle% Efforts will be made
in the ituntedititilfittute to induce the re
moral of as many peaceably disposed,ln
diens to the Indian territory as can be
settled properl-y without. disturbing, the'
harmony of those alreadj , there.. There
is no other location nose available where
a people who are enitnyoring to acquire
a knowledge of pastoral and agricultural
pursidts.mu be as well, aconamodated as
upon the unoccupied land in the Trillion
territory. . „
• . .
A territorial government should.
.how
ever, protect the Indians from the inroad
of whites for it term of years, until they
become suffithently advanced in the - arts
of civilization - to guard : their-own rights.,
-and from the dispodal-of the lands held
by them for the same period.
During.thelast.fiseal year there were
dithnosel'of out of the public .lands .i 1
864,975 acres, a -quantity greater by 1.-
039.270 acres than was disposed 01 the
previous year. Of this amount. 1,370,-
320 acres were sold for cash; 289,160 _a,c
res located with military.warrants; 4,671.
332 acres taken for. homesteads; 693.613
acres located with college scrip; .3,654,-
1 887 acres granted to railroads; 465.347
I acres granted to wagon roads-'714,255
lacres - given toatates as swamp laud ;' 5,-
. 760 acres located'by Indian scrip'. - The
cash receipts Slam all sources-in the Laud
oftice amounted - to $3;218,100. During
the same period 22,016,608 acres of the
tatblic, land were - surveyed. which added
to the quantity, before surveyed, amounts
to 583,1364,280 acres, leasing' 1,257633,628
acres of the public land Still _tins/In-eyed;
The teporti from thesubofdinates of the
land officicontain interestinginformatiot
in regard to their respective districts.—
They uniformly-imintion the frnitfnlness
of the soil during the past 'season, and
the increased yield of all 'kinds of. pro
duce, even in those states where' mining
is, the principal -business, agricultural
products have exceeded the local- demand
and liberal shipments have been made to
'distant points. - -' ' .
istieniiMithinedlit said communi
i !rereltibraoolin the bill that was
to d to the lint:tie . . by the committee
itentsoLthe lost session. The snb
tf
oo:reorganization of the patent'
,as ctinifileted by the bill referrfd to,
3of such importance to the indus
interests orthapOnntry that. I wiih
nend ittetbe-attention of congress.
commissioner also treats the subject
to separation-of the patent office from
departmeab-tf-the-interior.---This
abject,is also embraced intthe;bill
Wore referred to.' • 'The Odniaiiiiitiner
-Tor` . tfie
.model gallery. and for the Working 'force;
tkild the necessarY: filesof. the ace. Is is
impossible to transact the business Of .the
offieP.-PrVerlY.rlvithont. snore -room in
Which to:arrange 4les and drawings, that.
JnOit.:bo Obn:filtecl daily in the transaction
Oir brines!: Tint! whole of the patent of
fide will. sohn be ne t ded, if . not. already,
for the scdcimmodation of the business of
- the 'patent" office
r and . pensioris. ,The
amount paid ,for pensions in the last - fis
cal:tear was 830,169,34.11,. amount larger.
,bY.837,084,34 . t1iati was paid during the
_preceding year.,'„Of :this amount ,82,313.-
409:Wre paid Mader ilia act of congress
of'Febraary 17, 1861, to stirvivors of the
War of 1812. The annual ir,oreasee of
pensions by the,legishitiop .of congress
has Mete than kept pace witbabe tintn
rdlyearly losses from the rolls. The act
of congress of June 8, 1872, has added
an estimated amount of 8450,000 per an
num. to the rolls without increasing the
number of pensioners. We eannot,t here
fere, look for any substantial decrease in
the' expenditures of this department for
some time to , come, or so long as congress
continues to so change the rates. of pen
sion. • The whole number of soldiers en
listain the war of the rebellion was .2,-
688,523.. The total number of claims
for invalid pensions is 1,76,000 -being but
six per cent. of the whole number of en
listed men; the total number of claims ,
on band at the beginning of the year was
90,689 ; the number received _during the
year vans 26,574; the number disposed of',
was 39;178, making a net gain cif-12,-1
694; the number of claims now on file is
79,085. On the 30th of June,lB72, there !
were. on .the rolls:the names of 55,405 it,. i
valid 'Military tierisioners ; 113;518 widows
orphansond dependent relatives making
rut aggregate of 203,923 army pensioners,
at,the same time then were on the rolls
'the names 1,449 nary pensioners, and 1,-
730 widows; orphans and dependent re
lations, making the whole, number of na
val pensioners 3,189. There have been
•reeetred since the passage of the act .to
I provide pensions for the survivors
of the war of 1812, 36,551 geplications
„prior to June 30, 1872. Of These there
wire allowed during tare past fiscal rear
129026- claims, and 4,845 were rejected
during the year, leaving 11,580 claims
pending at that date. The number of
petisicmsOf all classes granted during the',
last•fiscal year was 33,838.. During that
period there were dropped from the trolls 1
for 'various causes 9,104 names 'earl ..g
grand total of 232, 229 penioners on the 1
roils on the 30th of June, r 872. It 141
thought that the claims for pensions on
mount of the war jof 1812 will all be'
disposed of by the Ist of May, 1873. It
is estimated that $30,480,000 will be re
qnired for the pension service during the
nett fiscal year.
The_ninth census is about to be com
pleted. Its early compietion is a matter
of 'congratulation. insritn - oefi as the use to
be made of tho statistic therein contained
depends eery greatly on the promptitude'
of publication. The secretary of the in
terior recommends that is census be taken
in 1875, which recommendation should
receiYO the early attention of coegresi.
The interval as present , established
,be
tween the federal census is so long, that
the information obtained at the decimal
periods as to the material resources of the
nation is of- little value after the expira
tion of the first half of that period. ft!
'would probably obviate the Constitntional
provision regarding the decimal' census if
3 &nails taken'in 1873 should be diVested
of nll political character and no reappor
tionment of congressiotial representation
be made under it. Such census, com
ing as it would in the last' year of . the
first:century of our national existence,
'Weitld furnish a noble monument of the
iitaigres.4 of the United States during that
eetifury. The rapidly increasing iuterest
in education is 'a most. encouraging fee
turein-the current litstory of the ; conn
trY, bud it is no doubt
: true that 'this is
dtiOn a great measure to the efforts of
the heanrean of education. That office
ielfentinually receiving evidences which
abtindintly prove its efficiency from the
viirioini institutions of learning and edu
cators of all kinds throughout the coon
trsl: The report of the commissioner
contains a vast amount of educational
details'of great interest. The bill now
pending before congress providing for the
appropriation of the net Koeceeds of the
sales of public lands for edncatjonal pur
pntes, to aid the states in the general ed
ucation of their .rising generation ; is, a
measure of such Vital importance to our
reit pregress,tind 4'86 - unanimously ap
prOved 11' the leading friends of edcea
tion, Ghat I recommend it to the favorable
attention of congress
iktraira in-the territories- fire- generally
satisfactory— The energy and business
capacity of the pioneers who are setting
tap the vast domains not-yet incorporated
into states are keeping.- pace in internal
mprovements and civil government with
hO older.commnnities. In but one of
then!, Utah, is the condition of affairs
unsatisfactory, except so, far as the. quiet
ofi the citizen may be disturbed by real or
imaginary danger of Indian hostilities. It
has seemed to be the policy of the legis
lutnre of Utah to evade all responsibility
to ;the government of the - United States,
mul.even to hold a position in hostility to
itd. I recommend a . carefnirevision of the
presentlaws'of the territory by congress,
and the enactment of such a law as the
one proposedin congress at its last ses
sion; fur instance; or something .similar
toit, as wilt secure peace and the equality
of isdl citizens before the law, and the. ul
tithateeltinguishmentaf,,polygamy:.
- Since the establishment*f a tern tonal
'gorrernrnent for the District of Columbia.
the-improvement of the condition of .the
city, of Washington (Intl-surroundings, -
the increased pospenty of the citizens
itobservable to. the most mislaid
-The nation being a large owner of ;the
property in that city, it should hear - with
the ititizene 7of the- district; a-.just.share
-of tbe expense of, these - itaprovetuente.J
licoranierid, therefore, , an..appropriation
•tci reiinburse. the 'citizens for 'the,
,work.
'slfrna by that along :tail its 'front 'cif 'the
yhib graffnilidannethq - rinatyear,..aad
liberaTig**Oriattoutt:kciirder - That ;the.
imiremerit 40:41:ftabeliahateut of As
I atalotralthill
EMEM!
pace %vitt the improvements made by tbe
territorial autheritioi.
•GA ntcurtußE.
-The - Oporl of .the coin onssiotter of rig
riculture giy.es'a very fah and interesting
ecconnt'ortine several :divisions of that
departintint"; the horticulture,agrieultural
entotnologiciir and chemical, antftlie bens-,
etts . cOnferriallifeach mettle agrictiiturill
interestsof,,the country. The whole re
port is a &Inge histp7 of tho work
iii;lol:ltilirarielrees
4 1 10 . 1'0M thit 'manner in which:the farmer
.merchant,uroi Intner.is , inforsued.und the.
extent to whinti he is aided in - his pur
suits. Th'e corn tit issione? niikeif one rec
ommendation--that'lmeasnre be taken'. by
congress to protect and induce ti:-6 plan
ting of forests; 'and Suggests that nci-part
of the public lauds should be dispose - II of '
without - the condition that one.tenth'of it
be reserred in timber where it ovists; and
where it does - not exist inancementi
-should be offered ftir nlaithig it.
CENTEX-VI/a, cEI.BUATION.
~‘Nith „the terms , of the,
act of :nongress„upproiretl March 3, 1871,
iirOvidiifg - for , theselebration of the one
hundredth. an niverSary . ,of American in,
dependence, a commission has Wen or
ganized, consisting of two,rnembers from
each of the states and.. territories. This
commission has held
two sessions, and
hasmade satisfactory.progress in the or
ganization and in the initiatory steps nec
essary far carryaig, out the ,provisions - of
the act and fur executing also-the provis•
ions of the act of Jnne 1,.1872, creating
a eentennialboard. of finance.. A pre- .
lica.nary report of progress has been -re
ceived from the president. of the commis
sion, and is here witlifiransmitted. It will
ho the duty of the commission at your
coming session to transmit - a fell report
of the progress made, and lay Wire. von
details relative to the exhibition . 44 our
own and foreign artists, products and
manufactures, which, by the term of the
act, is to be held under the auspices of the
government of the United States, in. the
city of Philadelphia. in the scar -Md. •
'his celebration will be looked forward
to by American citizens with great inter
est, as making a century of:greater pro
gress and prosperity than is recorded in
the history of any. other nation, nod is
serving a further gond purpose in bring
ing together on our soil people of all the
commercial nations of the world in a
manner calculated to evince international
good feeling.
. .
An earnest desire has been felt to cor
rect abases which have grown up . in the
civil service of .the country through the
defective method of making appoth talents
to edict!. Heretofore federal offices have
been regarded too much as the reward of
political services:, Tinder authority - of
congrm rules have been established to
rgillate the Mimeo of office and the mode
of appointments. It cannot be expected
that any system of rules can be entirely
effective, and prove p perfect remedy for
the existing evils until they have heel)
thoroughly: tried by actual practice and
amend, d according to the requirement of
the service: During my term of office it
shall be my ear Lest dlidearor to so apply
the rules as to secure the greatest possible
reform in the civiTservice of the , govern
ment. but it will require the direct action
of Congress to.render the-enforcement of
the SVS cm binding upon my successors,
and I hope that the experience of tire past
year, together with appropriate legislation
by congress, may reach a Satisfactory vi).
hat on of this question, and secure to the
public sorviee for all time a practical
method of obtaining failhlo l and efficient
oflie-rs and einployees. U. S. rat NT.
EX Ia.CUTIS E MANSION, Dee. 2, 1872
COS RENTS
WEAL= gAitied by ,the loss of diame
ter, self-respect and virtue, is dearly pur
chased.
AN ancient and exciting epic' la thus
parodied to lit the time :
- Ping Wing, the fireman's Eon.
Was the very ‘vone boy in alr Canton,
11e stole his mother's pickled mice,
And he threw. the cat in the -boiling
rice,
And he ate her
.up; and then says
be,
"!to wonder, where the, mew cat be!'
girt patriot grinotrat.
E. B. u.twLr,y, EDITOR.
XIONTIIOSE. ''PE524..1
WICD;WESDA DiCrlltitli 11, 1972.
AN effort will be .made to pass several
of the Appropriation bills by the House
this week. . •
Tr Is SAID (hat the huiest indictment
ever fotind in the. yorTd is that against
" Bosa'•Tweed: It'contains one thousand
and fifty pages.
Mon or graueeliapnlarity is , shown
by the
,returns from Illinois. Notw•ith
standing he received she aegro vote at
the recent election, his vote ig 9,588 less
than it vids'in 1868.
Tkiis . gires rtlie nest : largest :Demo
mute majr,tity, Missouri being first on
the list ; besides she elects an unbroken
Demoeratledi;leption to Congress : -and
has a heavy plajniiii in the legislature.
,Tntcry murderers are now Confined in
tie_ Tombs at New , York, and the proba
bility is that Ole number will be increas
ed before - it is diminishol Hanging is
"played out!' in tAg I:netropoll.s,
Tug returns,Eo far .receired from all
the States, Am* Grant's poriular'majnri
"ty,to be ',07,195' there are 800,000
fiegrois voted . lor . b it is easily de
monstrated thrall° is a.minority Piesi
debt:sp far'aithe whiter. Tote of the coma
'try is cobeerned." - - -- • •
Tat tpaeof the admioiaiation nrgao,
headod by the lien , ..Yorlt* Tants, indieute
that they are quite uneasy, and fear that
General Orantio - dtkotit - to'returd to his
first love Or iinod Democratic prin:iplcs,
51 ,5 99 4 14 w". 411 14 Atie Democracy.
are AKIO to capital; the Vreiidiii/C.-:Thel
lailtaltabsppirtio:c
The Civil Service. \
z , osts very interesting examplea can 'he,
"i!eetihil 11 - I?oking t over the questtonaltil ,
!wend by ictip)icants before the civil sey4',
vice boarct of, the treastiry departinat
doting ` the recent examination. It 'ie.
.wonderfully strange witata battdr,lply
amination some persons who are really
smart will pass, *bile others, generally
- e
amined,'enseret. neatly every qiiestion cor
Teetirtitid almost instantly. Thertgleeents
'to be nu doubt that by the present Meth
od of competative examinations the best
clerks are se9reil. Often some sredietc
ousailenier are made to the questions, for
he it knowa that all questions are given
end answered - in writing.
Thus inb recent examination the fob
lowfrig 4nestioris. were asked: ,"Under
what-circumstances may the writ of lies
beasvorpus•be clanstitutionally: suspend
ed?"- One maderMiswer, "Dishonorable
action," simply; while another, to be
more explicit, wrote. " When the per
son charged with misdemenor is a mem
ber of congress." • :This was beaten by
another applicant, who answered; When
the person .for whom the writ is issued is
a member of congress.or of the house of
representatives." The best. of the lot,
however, was made by a young man who
for several years held thepasition as law
clerk in One Of the departments, a': fol
lows: "In case of deatb.or if the person
is tinder sentence of death."
well known young man answered
the question—"lnto what co-ordirate
branches is the government of the Unit
id States divided:" "Army, navy and
civil service," l itnd complained Oat he
'had uo facilitia for refrrshing his mein
ory at all.'
Questions in false syntax gives many of
the applicants much trouble. "Rebecca
took godly raiment and put them on Ja
cop," is one of the sentences to be cor
rected. It was corrected is many ways,
and among others the : "Rebec
ca goodly took raiment and put them
upon Jacob," and "Rebecca took suffici
ent raiment and put them on Jacob."
History also furnishes much amnse
meat to the looker-on of the answers
The question, !• hat two noted Polish
generals fought for this country during
the revolntionary war ?" brought f,rth
the following answer: "Do Kalb, Cocci
co, CrOmwell and La:get.," and Sigel
and Ihnutzelmati. The oil examining
hoards of the treasury department (which
examin.itions were not competitrve) had
-a way of rainy amusing, , Inesti
such as "Where is the neWly 'dizcovered
heaven, Arcadia ?" long would it
take n pound of .snow to melt on the 18th
of July?" jut for the por,zse of procur
ing amassing, answers. The preheat civil
service hoard give every applicant a plain
and fair examination, all of the'onestions
asked being necessary.—Baitimurc Sun.
A SUNDAY viper suggests that the re
fonni party is the Democratic party in
disguise. When we consider that the
tree test for otlice is the old Democratic'
rule, laid down by a Donocnylie President
Thomas Jefferson.—" Is be hottest, is he I
capable.is he faithful to the Constitution?"
When we consider that thi.i rule has been
"edininuously applied in all nominations
for the great offices of the City, the Stute,
and the Union, to illustrate which we
need 02 iy mention the names of Chief-
Justice
Thompson, Judge Cud walader, '
Judge Findlay, Judge Ludlow, Judge
Sharswood, Fox, James S. Bid
dle, Furman Sheppard, William . 13igler,
George W. Woodward, Charles R. •Bucka
mew, William Hartley, George B. McClel
lan; Horatio Seymour, Horace Greeley,
with a long list of others who, under the
rule of 4he Democratic party, have been
its nominees furitical or Federal office.
when we consider this, we may safety af
firm that the Democratic party is a true
reform party without any disguise. Tha
reform needed iu our day lies in a nut
shell: it may be expressed in a word—
" Put honest men in office ;" apply the
Democratic test laid down by the Demo
cratic President, Thomas Jefferson, and
continuously adhered to in all Democrat
ic nominations for great public trusts.—
Fur who ever saw• the Democratic party
and the Democratic press foisting nuto
riotisly. corrupt and incapable men into
high oflipes.to plunder the people?
•
A CONTEMPORARY has dived into the
statistics of pauperisat and crime as ex
hibited by the census report of 1870, and
finds "That the native white criminals
number 16,177, or one in 1,744, while the
negro criminals number 8,056, or one iu
606, shoving - that there are proportionate
ly three times us many criminal IdaeksitS.
.whites, In the South one Aide in every
2,109 is a criminal, and one negro in ev
ery 860 is criminal, and while the negroes
in that section furnish in viand - numbers
three,times as many criminals as dO the
whites, they also number four times as
ninny paupers as the whites. thongh- the
whold`Colored population of the South' in
a million 'less Alien the Nltite, If, jt
erked,_that tars nufitrvirable showing is
dusty the fad that the negro, has just
, a i „ ,
emerged fromssve'ryi and s ,stin• denied
a fair Show in theifernor slate States, we
turn In Of North injd find thin" cohired
man still woraptrin•that
.-seet
the old free States there are - 394,001 i ne
green, anti Om 1,740 nre 'Criminals,
and 2,02 f paupers, Or one Orin - gnat tti"
ery 140; or four times as inuitYTerArrtinxls
and five times as mary.:.paurerz: in ~ p ro,r,
portoin among Northern. as , . thein ;.nre
unvingSenthern negroekr
A,laV halt- no mire righ'totoy bu
right.ta.eaya*te.giLut cpianother.
4tAtikaeasamitse.:-,,....;
Minority Representation.
-ittcoiptlio to figures prepared by Mr
.cliicago, the trial of theminter-,
ityieiireSealtation system in Illinoishus
pioted a 'decided improvement upon
old majority plan. As the li‘iisse of .134-1 i
reseutatlres of that State was 610:Cie& pi
the cumulative system, and the Senate in'
the usual way, a comparison can readily
he drawn.--Tliicris done•hr Mr..liledill in.
the following manner: The ltypublicaas
elected 86 members of the liottse,:ithd . the.
'Democrats alid - Libeitlii:67:*' - Tließeitittbi - '
licanv,ole_of :Illinois • .we5‘2.10,837, and
thb Deinoerat aiid Lib:6111187,250. The
whole numbers of I,lepretentutiyes is In,.
which would, give 2,707 to each. repres.'n
tires.. The average vote for radii; Repub.-
heap Representative ivas" 2,800, and fur
eaclDeraocratio'ineMber 2,705, hUd the
Representatiyes been., aPpointe,d,-, by the
ruleof.; three, tbearsult would hate - : been
exactly :the- 'tame. The trestilt' is that
whfle the majority have control of the
Rouse, the 'minority have • just flue rep
resentation that their numerical .strength
entitles them to. It will be recollected
that the Stale is divided nito4l districts,.
each of which elects one Senator and three
Representatives. had Ate old plan been
followed, Mr. Medi, says that the Repub
licans would have elected 99. me'nibers,
13 snore than they wereintitled to, and
the Deniocrats bud Liberals 13 - less, One
Senator is elected .in each of the 51 4is
tricts.-: The Republicans carried 33 of
these districts and the opposition 18
Ditide thcovhole nifniber of totes cast by
the whole number of Senators, and the
resultls 8,383. Tbis ninriber of votes'
ought' to elect a. Senator. Rut. the Re
publicans elcct.al a Senator for each 7,-
304 votes cast, while the opposition east
10400' votes to each Senator elected.
That is to 'Say, it required 3,103 more
otos.to elect a Democrat ocLiheral then
to elect a Republican. On the whole.
Mr. Medill claims that the now "system of
voting in Illinois if a vast impeofe'torni
upon the old.
Iv .INSWEn to ad ollicial-in;ury from' ,
the Postntaster:G.mCral of the .United
States, Attotney-Gencral Williams has
given an opiniOn that postmasters !Cave
lio right to open or detain letter's or other
matter trcinunitted - thrungh,thepoStuaicv
thoagli they May know that they c,ntain
obscene matter. The Attorney-General
adds that fostmasters have no Mee au
thoriti to open letters, other than ,those
addressed to theinselvii,s, than any lother
citiacn of the United . . States. If-;objec
tionable matter is enocealeil tinder an en
velope; - postmasters have no means of as
certaining thOlkia. If thi4 - cannot op, n'
!etterJ the natter mast be transmit tied to
its destination. let there is a law it,gain:t
the transtaission , of obscene literrOirc
through the United States mails, an I"the
Attorney-General's decision, of course, is
not intended to set that aside. Itoolygots
to the point, what means are postmasters
al owed to use in order to discover the ex
istence of objectionable mail-mattet!'t—
The Attorney-General declares they shall
not break open letters.. The seal of let
ters shall remain viubate- But they mar
use other means to detect unlawful !nail
Matter. That is certain.
Tar. Democratic press throughout the
country withodt exception; gives General
Grant credit for the" snubbing he
.gave
Cameron & Co., in regard to the appoint
ment of the Post-mastir at Plikt
The Missouri .Repub/kon eutus up •tle
whole tnatter in aunt-shell, when it says
" In his strnggle with the corruptionists,
President Grant lies the syMpathy of
.all
good citizens, and if. he persevere until a
final and complete triumph is gained, be
will receive the applause and gratitude of
ail true patriots, regardless of, party ile
tinctions." .
ON next.Thtirsdity tlfe llonse Conimit•
tee to investliatit the Ot'elltt bldbilit will
commence its, sessions,
.There is ..great
aoateiy to see the lid liftedirom this pot
which is supposed to contain queer mate
rials. We trust•the esti:ruination .will be
full, fiir, and exhaustive.
Iris rumored that ad' internal taxes
save those on tViiit*O and
_tobacco, will
be abolished during the present session of
Cangress. Such reports hare been com
mon fur the last three grafi; but- they
8111 remain reports. The party are not
in favor Of reducing taxation.
A RESTA tatiNT-KEEPERID Washington
lately refused to eell a negro liquor. Ho
MIS prosecuted under -Alio Chit Rights
lull; but Judge McArthur- .dismissed the
ease on the grounds-that a. hotel-keeper
was the judge of whom ho' would entel.
tams'.
C ONGRESSIONAL SUNDUtRY.
. SENATE—Dec. 2.--. The senate mat itt
noon. A number of bills uud resolutions,
were introduced and laid over to await the
organization of .the conimittei•ei 3fr:
bum ',yr moved the present considenition
of his Civil Rights hill. Objected to as
not, in order, uld the ohigetion MiztA sus•
tained.. The Mouse-colon rrcnt resolution
In regard, -to 'the .deathqif Mr. ; . Cooley,
was unaninsonav agreed tn. ::.fii , Presi•
dents Ineamge -.nos -• reeeive.l, .rentl,.. and
ordered.to be printed, mid: ut 2;40
therienate.adjonnied. : ;•
HOZ9S-111 the Blouse, Mr. Dawes, of ,
Trered u Concurrent resolution that in iiow
of the death of Horneelheeley record be
made un 'tliejournalri of:- the two flousysi
Showing.their :dppri•ciation or the emi-.
vent serv,iees,:.pority • worth of the
ileteased statesatito. l .thianitrintisly udopS•,
Banks asked to be nzeused-from
serving -longer on the Committee on For .
oiguAtrains, , liegativetiAiy. a- rote of 44
Speaker Blaine Waving.olled )t
44? t!ie cbair, voved thatit compaittee , be
ted, to - ins:4oo4e ;Ibodsl I eptiops
titst,lleltne4lilir,mgmberihiVeongr.e.4"
Etlftaitth•Veditliclalla
in
. tbo - iiatum9f'-iftirilie, , to influence leg.
•Alfr,gettto. At 1:40 p. m., the
President's message was received and read.
, The', Pension; and Legislative
Appropriation hi Id were reported. Sev
el-Otitis were introdaced, among- them
rine:for the relief .of ;Boston sutTerers.—
At 8;05 j. tn„ .. the Hoinseudjounied. -
, -...,.D
SktraTgire: 3. l —lmmediately after
the reading of - th4 journal. on motion of
Mr, - Cameron, the Semite adjourned.
Ilous&—In the House,-utter some
ar,rerplution f ofirere . d by Mr. Ran
dirliTias-adopted, raquesting the Secreta
.ry-of-IttarTreatattrtirinfurmlibt- "Houser
as to w,hat Jaw authorizes i him to make
an inereasedissrai notes
as was done in October lust: A =number
Of bilis were iiitiOdiketrund
„referred.—
Mr. Beck asked to be' - alai: wee - excused
front serving on the Credit Mobilier com
mittee, and Mr. 31e.rrick,.sva.s. 'appointed
in his place. Mr. Scofield, from the Con
mitteerrivNiver e Affairs; • iepetied a bill to
.atithorize.tlfe constrnct ion of. ten Blimps
iif war, aird'aPPrirOriating 83,000,000 for
purpose. The bill was discussed by
Messrs. Scofield,-Randall, Cox, Shellabar
ger, and' others, - -anti several amendmenta
offered. At the.expiration of tbe morn
i oi c t lionfiraletit'over. ..On. motion to.
print a voluminans document put - in by
the Secretary. of. the Treasury, Mr. Brooks
made rennirka us to the reckless extrava
gance iii public printing. He said that
his liouh Was Junabered with public doc
uments, which were of no nseotil gave
nutiee.thattle would sell them at public
auction nod: turn aver.the 4:1 rocev s to
the contingent fund of the House. House
adjourapti at 2 o'clock „ '
SE'SATE. Dec. -Pl.—Mr.: Anthony was
elected' Presideirt of the Senate pt;o tem.
The Senate then adjourned.
Hau6l77 of Represtmtatives.--Several
bills were introduced and referred. The
then resumed conSideratioilof the bill to
authorize the construction of ten - sloops
or war.: -The clia:us.sion chiefly centered
yn Mr . Hall's km:nth - ilea that five of the
vessels be built at private shipyards. At
the exviration of the morning hour it
went over: 'fife I.liinse - then went into
Committee of the Whole, and distributed
the l'residelit's message among the com
mittees. The itnestion-inE ieferring the
'Postal Telegraph paragraph excited some
disnission. It was at fast referred to the
Coiniiiittce.mi.ApprOpriatians. '.rhe Cen
tennial paragraph was referred to .a select
committee or nine.- At - three o'clock the
I ,Committee rose and the "rouse adjourn
_
SEIVAT6•••4Y4Yr.:S.:--Seicrisl petitions
for a rroliihitory Liquer, Law .were pre
sented. Mr. Rice attempted to call up
his resolution asking for information why
troops are to he - sent ,to . -Arkansas; the
motion was lost. Mr. Sumner asked to
he-exert - sett tram
.seiving:.'on any' of the
committees on aegonlit of ill-health. Mr.
iiiit,tlillectifp his bill in
reg4d to 'the 'endowment 'nf
Colleces, mad addressed: the Si.iate on it.
51r. Morton offered a V5 O lOOOl -caning
bpon the PlTS:den t, fur inforinationfin re
-gard to the-Alirie trade on the east' coast
of Africa adopter - I:r' Mr. Climeron gave
no:Pe:that lie would at an early trate.call
up the bill in l'elation to the French spoi
lation elation:' -The Senate then adjutan
t'' • •
does'—Several hills were introduced
and re ferredei: Dawes. from the-Com
mittee nn ;W ays and ,31earil; - reported a
hill far the relief of the Sufferers_ by the
fire in llitston;' allowing, a. drasykack on
niaterialslised in rebuilding; after dis
cussion the bill was passed unanimously.
The 11,ntse then' . resume t, discussion or
the hill to authurixe the; constniction of
ten ,sloops orivar.H Mr. Tittle's amend
ment requiring
. half the nonther of ves
sels be' built in inivafeshiplards, was
agn-ed to-HyeaslT; ittly4 55; and the nniu
ber. of Vessels to. be .built ,Was redue@d
from ten to SIX. A 3 amended the ill
was pieced, The ll4t.sc at 3.50 p. m., (1,
- SENATE, •Dec. tho. Senate the
committees.vfere announced; and various
hiita intinducid 'and' referred: Ainong
the bills.vaf onc,:by.Mr:-.Morton for - tho
Aistribntion of: the,:Alabama ndernuity.
Aresolntion‘ivas adopted instructing the
Committee eh - Finance' tel inquire What
legislation is necessary to relieve the pres
ent strinee'iiccf of tlie. - tnolley market.
After debate; )Ir. - Iticest solution calling
nPon..the , Tresitlent for.inforMation in
regard to .the application far sending
troops to
. / . I.l:katittas, WA3 referred to the
Committee'on',Militarf Affairit.' At 1:20
P. M. thC Senate iient into Executive see
sion, and aftemtirdsnajourned until Mon
day.
.1 - 1001X,Or . ,Repi . esentatives.-;,7in'the
Rouse,-Mr.Dawes,.from the Cominittee
of Ways and Means, reported a bill abol
ishing the oflieers'- of :Assessors • and As
sist AsseiSot"of Internal Revenue, and
transfening their duties to the ditties of
the collectorsand 04nty 611ectors. Koss
xs.• Da*es: Qnd rlleck .eirplained and advo
cated the bill.- - Mr: L. Myers opposed it.
Several amendments' %Fere proposed and
agreed to, mid' the: bill "paw& It goes
'nth eireef dol 1: .At half-past
two the tromp adjourned- until Non-
ONTROSE GRADED SCIIOO.L.
c#Jf - w r-c.
FALL Tuns . Sept, 24,1872.
WurrEa Timm Itegut.i. • Jan, 24, IS7A.
13Pnew Tstur
TUlTlON—lligher Deparlment, $6 0%
Seamdary Dcparypent, 5 00,
. .
The mascot Ins, o
tructioit.inglOce the nto-
LISII B4ANCIIES, 00, LAAlluzs, 3fernr:NAT
ics,hpil the',NATun - Ai. Scitkcrm
.STUDENTS 1417:TED FOR
CORIGES„TillitIST11111011$
-41 V: LEARNING,
And SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN Id tho
,Preparation of Teachers.
The Building . Is ConnitThous, Pleas
ant, and well-itrrunk,ed for- • - •
IMPARTING. - 'I4ST6UCTIV.
Students t i ''Otiff4: nt 'at any time, and
Vuition will be
Cho;:ge4, T"rppoitiOally..
;43' PworAs caii be'.Fo.urvit lbr thiitio
desintry lu 11614 tbeirrelYes•
•. . •
Fns r9ttlle4 P4rtießrars . (01,1rfp A. S.
BERLIN, ryinii.ipal, th - Stortai:y of
the-Dolt - O. - • -- •
•• - • 41%41- H. 4 1 3 6 W4Prei•
,'::4•IITATCIIO44Togy: