r J, ! h i' ' ? t r 1 ?! a Scuotcb to politics, Xitcratuvc, Agriculture, Science, iiTovnlitij, aub eneral Jntclligcucc. VOL. 27. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUISTY, PA., DECEMBER 17, 1868. NO. 38. V" t HE i y i 1 jl Published by Theodore ScLoc!:. THUMS Two doll irs a year in advanc r and if ntl p.iiJ bf fote the end of the year, two dollars and fifty rnts vkiil t,f rhiii ped. N paprr iksrontimied until .ill arrearages are paid, 'except at the upturn ol tlir- E i:tor. IIS AJvprlif ments of one square of (right liney) or '1ps. mie iir throe inoitioiis $1 5(1. Eac h additional niki-rti'iii, 50 rent. Lonyrr ones in proiKirtiun. JOI5 EUIBSTI.Vg, OF ALL KINDS, Kx.iuted in the liiuhtva Myle of the Art, and on the inor-t ip:iMiiub'e terms. 5!5. Ij. D. M.TlfiYiB, j S rirgooii D eixtist, 1 Office Miiti Street, oppo- te Judge; Stokes' ri .-ii' tTc, STRfrnsntRo. I'a. ; (cT T,r,'!i f x'r c'r.l without pain. ; August 1, W7. j Drs. JACXSON & BIDLACK, ; PiITK IA.S AM M!Ka:)33. i DU. JACKSON & IJIDLACK, are ( prepared t atien i prmnpny to all calls j of a Profession.! character. OJict Op-! polite l in? Stroudshurg Bank. j April 'Jo, ltG7.-tf. 1 C. W. SHiP, Fffl. D., Physician and Surgeon, j sTKorusnrJiu, pa. OfHco at his rc-idence, on Main Street, j nearly opposite Marsh's Hotel. All ells promplly attended to. Charges! reasonable. StrouJelury, April 11. 15G7.-tf. A. Card. Dr. A. UEEVES JK'KSOX, Physician and Surgeon, OEGi TO ANNOUNCE Til AT IIAV t3 ing returned from Europe, he is now prep red to rriime the active duties of Lis profession. In order to prevent disappoint ment to persons living at a distance who wav wish to consult him, he will be found at his ..fficc every THURSDAY and SAT URDAY lor consultation and the perform ance of Surgical operations. Dec. 12. 1-G7.-1 vr. WM. VT. TAIL. J. D. HOAR CHAELE8 T7. DEAN, YM. W. PAUL &, CO. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in EOOT8 & SHOS33. WARLIIOUSIJ, 623 Slarket St., & C14 Commerce St. alove Sixth, North side, PHILADELPHIA. March 10, 1,569. tf. "tfciiriTi!"rtc SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! USE ECLLNSKEID'S ITCH k SALT Eli EDI CIMMEM. No Family should be without th'i3 valua ble medicine for on the fir?t appearance of the disorder on the wrists, betvveeu the fin pers, ic, a slight application of the Oint ment will cure it, and prevent its being ta ken by others. Warranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. Prepared and eold. wholesale and retail, by W. IIOLLINSHCAD, ntrcuJsburp, Oct. 31, 'G7.j Druggist. Sip and Ornamental Fainter, SHOP ON MAIN STREET, Opposite Woohn Mills, STHOCJOSISliItG, IM;, Respectfully announces to the citizens of KtroVieburg ond vicinity that he is prepared to attend tu till who may fav r hitn with their pitromge, in a prompt end workman like m n'ter. CHAlRr, FURNITURE, S:c, painted ml rni el. IMf-'TUE FflMES r,f all kinds ccn- iantly un iati ir supplied t-j order. Juae II, l-GS. ly. BSSF, IKCli tXO i "-UftE BRANDY, JJY llt. IIAKT.MAN, Regular Graduate "f the University of Fer.n tyl van a. fXrll w ill p-'siiivtl cure C iistin ption, Coughs and Co'.d.-. and ai diseat.es t.f the Lungs or Hronchial Tubes. It has b'eu the me.n t.f RESTORING THOUSANDS to health w ho ha ve been giv en up beyond the reach of medical assist ance. It does ir.ore to relieve the Consnmp tive than anything ever known. Unequal led sf.rengthcner for delicate Ladies and Children. Each b'-ttle contai.ns the m- TRITIOIS rOKTlOX OI TWOPOIMS OF CHOICE Jirtr. Tha 'ure of Consumption was fir.-t cfl'-ct-d by the use of RAW BEEF and BRANDY Uiisia, altcrwards i:i France, in which ouLUitt j hiive travelled for veers. ' I have uctd it with per'ect success in my own ia'mijy. In vr&.'Uing this preparation 'to the public I c&i.fidcnt that every af flicted oiic .vhe cad. lias (even the most tkeptical) way Leccuic .coyiice(f4 by a sin gle trial! hat it Is truly t Kott vaiaLic med icine. Circulars and uoitti;ira teat La niiy stj ress. l'rice 1 per bottle-s.x for Laboratory 512 S ath. Fifteenth Etrset, FiilLADELIMIlA. WhrIeaio AgenU. French, Richards tCo., Tenth and Market slreetji; Johnson, Holloway c Cosulcn, 02 Arch street; it. ShoemaLer & Co., Fcurih and Race streets, Fhiladclpliia. ' (jy Sp!d by Druggists Everywhere Cheap Feed, GRAIN AT 25 CENTS PER BUSHEL. Apply at the BREWERY, July 30, 160?.-tf.J Ea6t Stroudsburg. For the Jtflersonian. The Old Year." UY A. 15. BCRRFI.L. The year is growing old again And trembles with decay, And with the centuries of the past, Ere long, must pass away, Whilst Winter grasps with firmer hold At? the frail year grows weak and old. With cheerful heart and merry voice We Fun his advent here, And tncr ily the wish went round To slupc a happy car, Bat now his term is nlmost o'er And he can bless us little more. With bus-y h:nd, when Spring-time carnc, We scattered precious seeds; Then Summer came and quick they grew To meet our tempor.il n.edd; Autumn returned its fruit and grain For Winter's pressing wants again. As years grow old our lives grow leas, Our ceaso.i how thy flaw ! Chiliih od ami youth and manhood p,.:-s To age and Wiutt r's s:iow ! We ci-unt the day.- and Wondering eee The end of time mortality. Bo this the lesson, then. Old Year, When thy quick race is run, That we are o much nearer death Than when thy days begun; And may it stir us up anew The way of v. i'.om to pur.-ue. Del. Water Gay. Dec. 15, IS'oi. Pur the Jejp'rsoninn. Universal Suffrage. To Mrs. C N. Divine Intelligence, 30 far as it is manifested in human knowledge, indicates, that ali men are created equal. By His provision the w orld is one vast city ; every bcinj designed to act a part intention ally his own; and however a people, or class of the human species, abrogate, or an nul the same, the organizing Power intended that it should coon, even if it were but men tally. We hold these truths to be self-evident," says Jefferson. that all men were crpated emal, and endowed bv their Creator with certain Inalienable rights, such as Jife.Iiber ty and the pursuit of happiness." Agamst these there can be no constitutional Jaw. ColIoqHially, every one possesses them. TLry are undeniable in their assumption, and marked in their proficiency ; but if our the ory of the matter is looked into, we shall find, that while liberty and republicanism are universal, there is an impressive limit to the suffrage of both, from which the few, in stead of thj many, are exempt. Congresses, whether limited or absolute, regulate the tone and qualifications of en franchisement. They exercise a right un unlawfuily theirs, If a p?op!c, or class of human beings, such as inhabit the United States, desire to expo' a citizen of the world from enjoying a lil crty vh:ch he came a tnong them to obtain, they are, by such an act repudiating the genius ot their Creator, and perverting a law which is manifested in their own power. A man has a right, unlim ited and unimpeachable, to demand suffrage in every country he may pass through a natural, inalienable righi, which he inheri ted Ly birth, but which is ever denied, For this reason, monarchies, of whatever form, are usurpations without exception. No one has any right to govern, without being duly authorised ly the joint suffrage of the gov erened male and female. Don't sneer. Woman should have every privilege that man hao. They are Iters by creation. God gave them to her; and yet man pre-cnts himself before Ilirnand calls it a lie. God provided liberty tor all liberty everywhere. It is oniy by usurpation Ilis provision i3 pervert ed. Men in t-ecuring tliMr own rights, ima gine that w oiii" ii partake tf the si me through them Joe Smith, or Navoi not'-rietv, ad vanced a similar notion in one of the artich s ofh:- creed of the In rein. Such an ai-sump-tion is a satire on the moral and iutfeliectu A cap hilitie- of w-man. To-day. thousands of illiterate and unqual ified men cast tneir votes to inaui unite a n ;w government, without any thought or de sire t!nt their wives are satisfied wish it The Fottieth Cong res?, d tiring its preent S'?smoii. will care very littie about ti..c polit ical relationship between man and wite. Since women are only acco inted as personal property, they are l.kely to endure much longer ihis humiliating srvitue. The slaveho'ders voted f.r iheir tlaves, on the same principle that i. or hern Citizens now vote for tf:eir wives. It is a Mormon theo ry. Women lay taxes on the r earnings, are subject to imprio anient, re amenal le to every la w, are members of the Chnrch ; but why not members ot the government ! Whit disqualifies them for suffrage, oflice hoiding, r other natioinl privileges? Doibtlct?, there ure many who come for ward to answer; there are many who sneer and ridicule the 6 inject ; tut to such we we w ould say : You have no right to tpeak or vote for your wife; you ar.j not qualified tocioeiiher. Every rational being is con stitutionally a citizen without regard to sex. This theory holds good in every country. Wherever it is denied, the course of Chris tian Vreciom is maltreated by usurpation and fraud, and the denial is a f ml slander on the great commonwealth of civilization and intelligence. Let us go the whole A mericau. Agitate the question: commence a tea rolling canvass, and appeal to the Lai Jot. ItememlitT, gentlemen, it is an appeal to your honor, your gallantry and your pride. Be fully Air.ericauizoJ. Give women their rights; rights which are theira by nature and intelligence; righ's which you have Ion.-" withheld. Our bett authors are wom en, and ep are pur leet actors, teachers and reformers, wiiboqt noticing science and me dicine, which are daily becoming were in telligible under the auspices ot eminent la dici. Look back upon the battlefields of our country, and search lor Jccords of daring among those who never fainted in the dili gent duty of curing for the wounded stran gers We adverted to the slaves having s uf frage through their owners. These slaves have suffrage now by virtue of a mere stroke of the pe n, and the signature of the magis trate. If there was ever any importance, or utility, in amendment?, they ought to be re considered now. Without nanitnity, or even a regard to the signification of American citizenship, the slave was at once invested with the privilege of representation, tuffiagc, right f office and with power, while such women as Elizabeth' Cady Stanton, Mrs. Smith Miller, Harriet Beecher Siowe, and thousands of others of" equal reputation and sterling character, are denied even the name of any one of them. Rt-ader, this i-. an age of might' revolu tion. Stetui and electricity an the least important features on the bmad field of hu man operation. Wc are getting in advance of time an I tide. Every calling is a work of effort. Few pretend to wait on opportu nities, be th-y ever so possible. It is an nge of strong determination and purpose, firm will and untiring vigilcnce. If we pause the great world of events are realized, and the world itself jerks along t in re daring and impudent cvolut.on.-. The word woman has now a stalling signification in the po litical vocabulary; and woman's primi'ive legacy u before a tribunal ot.post d to its ad ministration. Whit t-hall we siy of its ul timate decision 1 Nothing. It is easy to follow wln.ro there is one to lead ; but to lead n quires a bold, uncompromising fear lessness, which impels it-elf onward, and becks to the Wf.r'd to follow. A leader in the cause of fern tie suffrage has gone forth, it is woman herself, NETTIE. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. FtlfoiC' Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives. RECONSTRUCTION. Upon the reassembling of Congress it agaiu becomes my duty to call your at tention to the state of the Union, and to the disorganized condition under the various laws which have been passed upon the subject of Reconstruction. It may Le safely assnmed as an axiom in the governuieut of States, that the greatest wrongs iuflicted upon a people arc caused by unjust and arbitrary legis latiou, or by the unrelenting decree of despotic rulers, and that the timely re vocation cf injurious and oppressive measures is the greatest good that can be conferred upon a nation. The legis lator or ruler who has the wisdom and magnanimtly to retrace his steps when cocviuced of error, will sooner or later be rewarded with the respect and grati tude of au intelligent aud patriotic peo ple. Our own history, although em bracing a period less than a century, affords abundant proof that most if not all of our domestic troubles, are directly traceable to violations of the organic law and excessive legislation. The most striking illustrations of this fact are furnished by the enactments of the past three years upon the question of Recon struction. After a fair trial they have substantially failed and proved perni cious in their results, and there scerus to be no good reason why they should long ger remain upon the statue book. States which the Constitution guarantees a Re publican form of government have been reduced to Military Dependencies, in each of which the people have been made subject to the arbitrary will of the Com manding General. Although the Con stitution requires that each State shall be represented in Congress, Virginia, Mis sissippi, aud Texas ure yet excluded from the two Houses, and contrary to the ex press provisions of that instruineut were denied participation in the recent elec tion for a President and Vice Presideut of the Uuited States. The attempt to place the white population under the domination of persuus of color in the South, has impraiel if not destroyed the kindly rel itions that had pteviou.ly ex isted between them, aud uiutal distrust has engendered a feeling of animosity which, leading in some instances to col lision and bloodshed, has preveuted that cooperation between the two races so es sential to the success of industrial enter prises in the Southern States. Nor have the inhabitants of those States aloue suf fered f rom the disturbed condition of af fairs growing out of these Congressional eiiaetments. The entire Union has been agitated by grave apprehensious of trou bles which might again involve the peace d' the Nation. Its iuteresta have been injuriouly affected by the derangement of business uud labor, and the consequent want of pro-perity throughout that por tion of the country. The Federal Con Ktituticri, the Mayna Chart a of Ameri can rights, under whose wise and salutary provisions we have successfully conduct ed all our domestic and foreign affairs, sustained oui.-elves in peace and in war, and become a great uation among the Powers ol the Earth, must assuredly be now adequate to the settlement of ques tions growing out of the civil war waged alone lor its vindication. This great fact is made most mauifest by the condition of the country when Congress assembled in the month of December, 18G5. Civil strife hud ceased. The spirit of rebellion had spent its entire force. In the South ern States the people had warmed into National life, aud throughout the whole country a healthy reactiou in public sen timent had taken place. By the applica tion of the simple yet effective provisions of the Constitution the. Kxccutivo De partment, with the voluntary aid of the States, had brought the work of restora tiou as near completion as was withiu tb,o scope of its authority, hu J the Nats rns encouraged by the prospect of an early and satisfactory adjustment of all its dif ficulties. Congress, however, interven ed, aud refusing to perfect the work 60 nearly consummated, declined to admit members from the unrepresented States, adapted a series of measures which ar rested the progress of restoration, frustra ted all that had been so successfully ac complished, and after three years of agita tion and strife has left the country, far ther from the attainment cfuuiou and fraternal feeling than at the inception ot the Congrcssioual plan of Reconstruction. It needs uo argument to show that legis tion which has produced such baueful consequences should be abrogated or ebc made to conform to the genuine princi ples of Republican government. TF.NI RE OF OFFICE BILL. Under the influence of party passion aud sectioual prejudice other acts have been passed not waruted Constitution. Congress has already been made familiar with ray views respecting the '-Tenure of Office bill." Experience has proved that its repeal is demanded by the best interests of the country, and that while it remains in force the President cannot enjoin that rigid accountability of public officers so essential to an houest and efficient excutioti of the laws. Its revocation would enable the Executive Department to exercise the power of ap pointment and lemoval in accordance with the original desigu of the Federal Constitution. The act of March 2d, 1807, making appropriations for the support of the army the year ending Juue oOth, 18G8, aud for other purposes, contains provisions which interfere with the President's Con stitutional functions as Cemmaiider-in-Chief of the Army, and deny to the States of the Union the right to protect themselves by means of their owu mi litia. THE TREASURY REPORT. The message reviews Secretary Mc Culloch's report, and speaks at length on finances and substantially in the same vein as the Secretary's report. lie pic tures the evils of a depreciated currency, the necessity for a return to specie pay ments, aud indorses the main proposi tions of the finance report. This is the concluding paragraph : It is one of the most successful devices in times of peace or war, of expansions or revolutions, to accomplished the transfer of all the precious metals from the great mass of the people into the hands of the few, where they are hoarded in secret places, or deposited under bolts and bars, while the people are left to endure all the inconvenience, sacrifice, and demora lization resulting from the use of depre ciated and worthless paper. The President then takes up the other Departmental reports in their order, as follows : REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Of THE IN TERIOR. The Secretary of the Interior in his re port gives valuable information ia refer ence to the supervision of his Depart ment, and reviews the operations of the Land Office, Pension Office, Patent of Gee, and the Indian Bureau, During the Cscal year ending Juue 30th, 1808, six million six hundred and fifty five thous and seven hundred acres cf public land were disposed of. The entire cash re ceipts of the General Land OSiee for the same period were $1, 032,745, Icing greater by $284,883 than the amount re alized from the same sources during the previous year. The entries under the Homestead Law cover two million three hundred and twenty eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-three acres, nearly one fourth of which was taken under the act of June 21st, 1800, which applies on ly to the States of Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Arkansas, aud Florida. On the 39th of June, 18G8, one hundred and sixty-nine thousand six huudred and forty-three names were borne on the pension rolls, aud during the year ending on that day the amount of pensions paid, including- the expenses of disbursement, wa 821,010.982, being $5,31)1,025 greater than that expended for like purposes dur ing the preceding year. Duriug the year ending the 30th of September last, the expense of the Patent Office exceeded the receipts by one huudred aud seventy-one dollars, aud including reissues and designs, fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty three pateuts were issued. Trea ties with various tribes of Indians have been concluded and will bo submitted to the Senate for its Constitutional action. 1 cordially sanction the stipulations which provide for reserving lands for the var ious tribes, where they may be encourag ed to abaudon their nomad io habits aud engage in agricultural and industrial pursuits. This policy, inaugurated many years siuce, has met with signal success wherever it has been pursued iu good faith aud with becoming liberality by the Uuited States. The necessity for ex teudiug it as far as practicable in our rela tions with the aboriginal population is greater uow than at any preceding period. Whilst we furnish subsistence aud in struction to the Indians and guarantee the undisturbed enjoyment of their treaty rights, we should habitually insist upon the faithful observance of their agree ment to remain withiu their respective reservations. TIt3 is the only mode by which collision with other tribes and with the wjhitca can be avoided and the safety qf our frontier settlements secured. The ooinpauica coustructiug the railway from Omaha to Sacmu.cuto hive boon niot energetically engaged in prosecuting the ' Our relations during the past jeir work and it is believed that the line will with Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Chili, etc,, be completed before the cxpiratiou of the j have Lacome especially friendly and cor next fiscal year. The six per cent, bonds -dial. Spain and the republics of Peru, issued ot these Companies amounted, on : uolivia, and Ecuador have expressed tlmr .t F.i . a i i no- AAil 1 - J!:..:tl! a - . . 1 the 5th inst. to 44,337,000, and addi tional work had been formed to the ex Stent of $3,200,000. The Secretary of the Interior in August last invited my .attention to tue report ot a uovernineDi.uruiu uniam ana r ranee nave coruiallT I Director of the Ui Jnited Pacific Railroad j Company, who had been specially in-J structeu to examine the location, con-j be accepted by all ot the belhzcrenU. struction, and equipment of their road jOur relations with Mexico have been I submitted, for the opinion of the At-' marked duriug the year by increasing torney General, certain question in regard I growth aud natural confidence. TheMexi to the authority of the Executive which can Government has not yet acted on th arose upon this report and those which ! three treaties for adjustment of claims", j had from time to time been presented by ; jthe Commissioner appointed to examine ! this and other lines, and have recently ! i submitted a statement of their investiga jtion, of which the report of the Secre jtary of the Interior furnishes specific in I formation. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR ', . r . . . j for national injuries committed by the ; contains information of interest and lm-!,, . . t . ,,J , . , .J Z i .1 I i President of llayti, and in speaking or 1 portance respecting the several Bureaus . . . . J ' t..m6 of the War Department and the opera-; u 'S3)S i.- r .i 'vi . .u It cannot be Ions before it will ba tiotisof the Army. 1 he strength ot our ; c " k i ,. '. , y , . i necessary lor the government to lend, military force on the 30th of September! -i t "4"cu-fc KV , t. J . . . , mimo p!lef't!Vr :ll.I in llm er.liilinn eF U I lw rnnnrt tt 1 1 n Sonrehirn nl W hp1 ! last was forty-eight thousand men, aud 'it is computed that by the 1st of January i i j T.. t !the Secretary of War that within; p ti . . :.!! t Yt A nnv l ' .1 n Auncijinp.iKl1 ill ry I n 11 linn i .i - -,i ; ness ot Congress because I am satisfied.' 'of the mfautry force may te made with ! , , . . , , "---. j . . . .i . . c .i jthat the time has arrived when even so iout detriment to the interests of the! V. " " t . i r . j direct a proceeuiug as a proposition for an country, and in view of the great ex r .1 . 1 F , " , , annexation of the two republics of the pense attending the military peace cstab , , , .. 1 , j f- i . i il. . i ! Island ot Domingo would not only receive ! i i i i i it is hoped that Congress will sanction ..rl ..r-, jthe reduction which his report recom j mends. While in I860 sixteen thousand j three hundsed men cost the uation 1G, 1472,000, the sum of $05,082,000 is esti I mated as necessary for the support of the jArmy during the fiscal year ending June 1 30, 1870. The estimates of the War Department for the last two fiscal years were, for 1807, S33,S14,4G1, and for 18GS $25,205,009. The actual expenditures duritig the same periods were respectively $1)5.214,415 and $123,24G.G4S. The estimate submitted in December last for the fiscal year endiug June 30th, 1SG0, was S77, 124,707. The expenditures for the first quarter ending the 30th of Sep ternber last, were $27,319,117, and the Sec retary of the Treasury gives $50,000,000 as the amount which will probably be re required during the remaining three quar ters if there should be no reduction as the Army, making its aggregase ccst for the year considerably in excess of ninety three millions. The difference between the (estimates and expenditures fur the three j fiscal years which have been named is thus shown to be fcl 4,040,313 lor this J single branch of the public service. REPCRT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. The report of the Secretary of the Xavy exhibits the operations of that De partment and of the Navy duriog the year. A considerable reduction of the forces has been effected. There are forty-two vessels, carrying four hundred and eleven guns, in the six squadrcus which are established in different parts of the world. Three of these vessels are returning to the United States and four are used as store ships, leaving the actual; cruising force thirty-five vessels, carry ing three hundred and fifty-six guns. The total number of vessels in the Navy is two hundred and six, mounting seven teen huudred and forty-three guus. Eighty-one vessels of every description are iu use, armed with six huudred and ninety six gun. The number of enlisted meu in the service, including apprentices, has been reduced to eight thousand five hundred. An increase of Navy yard facilities is recommended as a measure ! which will iu the event of war both promote economy and security. A more through and systematic survey of the North Pacific ocean is advised in view ; of our recent acquisitions, our cxpaudiug! comuieuce, and the increasing intercourse between the Pacifio States and Asia. The Naval Pension fund, which consists of a moiety of the avails or prizes cap tured duriug the war, amounts to $14, 000.000. The rest of the message is not impor tant In sneaking of our foreign affairs the President is remarkable more for ! what he omits than what ho says. He ; makes but s ight reference to the nego tiations for the settlement of the Alabama claims. south AND central AMERICA. In speaking of the Paraguaj' difHculty thc President details the late outrage on Americans there and Mr. Washburn's course, aud says that the official corres-! j pondence between Lopez aud Washburn I has not been received, aud then adds as follows: 'Mr. McMahon, our new Minister, ' having reached La Plata, has beeu in-! structed to proceed without delay to Asuncion, thcro to investigate tho whole j subject. The Rear Admiral command-; ing the United Statos squadron in the South Atlantio has becu dire cted to nU teud the new miuister with a proper nav val force to sustaiu such just demands, as the occasion may require, and to viudi- cate the rights of the United States cili- j fens referred to, and any others who uiajr bo exposed to danger at tha theatre pf war- The Frcoidcut goes ou to gay : williDgness to accept the mediation of th United States for terminating the wr upon the South Pacific coast, although Chili has not declared on the subject. n t. !:..: j -i.v. H i.D:i.- in . .... seconded our proposition of medtationv and I do not forego the hope that it will regulating consular powers, and establish ing the rights of naturalized citizens.- Negotiations are pending- under the an- pices of the Uuited States for the cod-- struction of a ship caual across the Isth mus ol Danen, and I hope to be able to submit the result to the Senate:" The President says he has been com- " political and soei il problems which are kept before the world in the Island of rioan isoiitino. ztni w c u are now ulf closing themselves in the Island of Cuba. The subject is commended to the earnests. the consent ot the people interested, bus would also give satisfaction to all foreisa nations. ALABAMA CLAIMS, &C. Regarding Great Britain and the Ala bama claims the message uses the fol lowing language : No practical regulation concerning Colonial Trade and Fisheries can be ac complished by treaty between the United States and Geat Britain until Congress Uhall have expressed their judgment con- ceruing the principles involved. Three other questions, however, between the Luited States and Great Britain remain open for adjustment, these are the mutual rights of naturalized citizens, the bondarj question involving the title to the Island of Sau Juan on the Pacific coast, and mutual claims arisiug since the year 1853, of the citizens and subjects of the two countries for injuries aud depredations committed under the authority of their respective iriii-or n iiidn fa Negotiations ui.on these subiccts are rending and I am not without hone of beioz able to lav before the senate for its consideration, during the present session protocols cal- culated to bring to an end these justly exciting and long existing controversies... THE TREATY WITH CHINA. We are not advised of the action of tha Chinese Government upon the liberal and auspicious treaty which was recently celebrated with its plenipotentiaries at this Capital. Japau remains a theatre of civil war, marked by religious incidents and political severities peculiar to that ioslated empire. The Executive has hit hereto maintained strict neutrality among the belligerents, and acknowledges with pleasure that it has been frankly and ful ly sustained in that course by the cnligh teued concurrence and cooperation of tUo . other treaty powers, namely, G roat Britain. France, the Netherlands, North Germany and Italy. CLAIMS A (JAIN ST THE OOYERXMENTr,. Examination of the claims against the. Uuited States by the Ilndsou's Bay Com pany and the Pugct's Sound Agricultural . Company, on accouut of certain posses- sory rights in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washingtou, alleged by the Companies in virtue of the provisions of the treaty between the t utted States and Great Britian. of Juue the 15th. 1846' has been diligently prosecuted under the?. direction of the joiut international com,-, mission to which they were admitted for adjudication, by treaty between the two Governments of July 1st, 1803, and will, it is expected, be coududed at an eaalj uay Regarding other foreign matters, the message relates to consular aud commer- cial matters, and is not importaut, indeed. hardly worth priutiug. CONSTITUTIONAL AME N DMENT3. To concluding his message, the VrcsN. dent recommends the following ataend- Iments to the Constitution of the Uuited ; ; States : First. For the election of Presi- dent and Vice Presideut by the direct vote of the people, and making them ineligible to reelection. Second, r or a , designation for the office of President ia.' jcase of the death of the Presideut and ice Presideut. Ihird. tor election of Senators by the people. Fourth. For . limitation ol the term ot years of office pjfc Federal judges. The President hopes that wV&a hi, term of service expires with those whom be uow uddrcsses, that the. Uuioo will ba blessed and prosperous, The message is dated, Washington, Deeembej 0, 18GS, aud ii w&P, Audrey Johuson. - , , Philadelphia hsa tu &kPto impark thousand EogV spas; which will 5o let I oo,d io. the publjc square purV ucit iiriu at i. i .. l: : i v I r i . j". .- i -l r"1 ii !
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