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VOL. 27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUISTY, PA., DECEMBER 17, 1868.
NO. 38.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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