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la atitmjiiins t r jraia 'r lost
"laiiiirrce aJ carrying traJo, I Lave
lirrcttf ire calM a'.trnliun to tlie
Stab outb of us, and ofirring
lirlJ wl,err tuuch tu'ght I acroin-llibc-d.
To further this ol-ject, I
hup.t that a small appropriation lc
inai, aroiiHaiji)'I with amboiitr
lor tho ecrctarr oi Ujc .aTv to
. .
out a natal Tessel to ascenatne Atna
7"n rivar to the mouth
ria, thence to ex
it tributaries into
jiirt to Coofress, at tu next aesmon
or as aoon as practicable, toe accem
Jjility of the country br water, its re
sources and the population 0 reac hed.
Such an exploration will cost but lit
tle, and can do no barm, ana may re.
vjlt in establish!'.-!
a trade of value
to both nation'.
In further connection with the
Treasury JVpartmeat I would reoni
inend that a revision and codification
of the tariff laws, and the opcaiuj of
more mints for coining money, and
nuthoritv to coin for fuch nations as
may njdy.
WAlt IitfARTMENT. j
The attention of Conjres is iuvit-1
od to the recommendations contained I
in the report of the Secretary of War,
herewith accompanying. The appa
rent ?rcat cost of suppori'.ugthe army
is fully explained by this report, and
I hope will receive your attention.
While inv iting your general attention
to all the recommendations made by
the Secretary of War, there arc two
which I would especially invite you
to con.-idcr.
Tirst. The importance of prepar
ing fur war in time of peace, by pro
viding a proper armament for our sea
coast dvfencc. A proper armament
is of vaf-liy more importance than
f irtiGcations. The latter can be sup
plied very fpcedily for temporary
purposes when needed. The former
cannot.
The second is the necessity of re
opening promotion in the staff corps
of the army. Particularly is this ne
cessity felt in the Medical, Pay and
Ordinance departments at this time.
It is necessary to employ contract
surgeons to supply the necessary
medical attendance required by the
army. With the present force of the
Pay Department it is now difficult to
make the payments to troops provid
ed for by law. Long delays on pay
ments are productive of desertion and
other demoralization, and the law
prohibits the payment of troops by
other tbanregular army paymasters.
There arc now sixteen vacancies in
the Ordinance Department, thus leav
ing that branch of the service with
out sufficient officers to conduct the
business of the different arsenals on
u large scale, if ever required.
NAVY I'EIMRTMENT.
During the pa?t year our navy has
been depleted by the sale of some
vessels no longer lit for naval service,
Mai by the condemnation of others
not yet disposed of. This, however,
has been more than compensated for
by the repair of six of the old wooden
ships, and by the building of eight
iii'W sKps of war authorized bv the
last Conro.. TIip building of tlicse
latter has oei-urrcd at a doublv fortu
uatc time. Tiioy are being complet
ed at a time when the- may josib!e
Ij'j inuth needed, and the work upon
them has not only given direct ein-jtlox-iueut
to thousands of men, but,
La-;, no d jubt, been the means of
keeping open ttablishnieiits for oth
er work at a time of great financial
distress. Since tlie commencement
of the last month, however, the dis
tressing occurrences which have tak
en place in the waters of the Carri
bean Sea, almost 011 our vorv sea
board, while they illustrate ni'st
cihiv the necessity nlwavs esis
fur-
that a iisiion situated like ours should
maintain in a state of possible efticicn-j - v
a navv adequate to its rospons:- 1
bilit v, has lit the same time demand-'
dthat all the effective forces we iv
a'iy Lave shall be jr.it in immediate
readiness fir warlike service. This
ha been and is being done jiromptly
ami effectually, and I am assured
that all the available ships and every
authorized man of the American
iiavy will be ready fop whatever ac
tion is rfuired for the safety of our
olti.cTis -r the maintenance of our
honor. This, of course, rill require
the expenditure i:i a .tbort time of
sruiie of the apririations which
were calculated to extend throuirh
1 lie fiscal year; but Congress will,
1 doubt not, understand and appreci
ate the emcrireucv, and will provide
ndcquatcly not only for the jirescnt !
preparation, but for the future main-J
tenanec of our navy, firthe Secreta
ry of the Navy has, during thc pist
year, been quietly putting some of
our most effective monitors iu a con
dition for service, and thus the exi
gency fin is us in a much better con
dition for work than we could possi
bly have been without his action.
rosTorncE ir.r.nTMET.
A complete exhibit is jiresented
the accompanying report of the Post
master General of the oiiera'jons of
the Postofliee Department during the
year. The ordinary postal revenues
for the fiscal year ended June o0,
1873. amounted to $22,99G,751.f)7,
and thc expenditures of all kinds to
f2'.t,0.)4,U.').C7. Thc increase of rev
enues over 187:! was $1,0?I,315.20,
and thc increase of expenditnres $2,
42(!, j3.3f,. Independent of the pay
ments made from sjHeial apjropria
tions for mail steamship lines, the
amount drawn from the general
i reasurv to meet ueticiencies was
f.),20j,475. The constant and rapid
extension of cur ostal service, par
ticularly ujon the railways, and the
improved facilities for the collection,
transmission, distribution and deliv
ery of the mails, which are constant
ly bring provided, account for the in
creased exjienditures of this popular
branch of the public service. The to
tal number of postoffices in operation
on the 30th of June, 1873, was 33,
244, a net increase of 1,381 over the
number reported the preceding year.
Thc number of Presidential officers
was 1,3C3 an increase of 1C3 during
year. Thc total length of railroad
mail routes at the close of thc year
was (.3,457 miles, an increase of 5,
54C miles oer the year 1372. Fifty
nine railway postofuce lines were in
ojeration on t. c 30th of June 1873,
extending over l.SCf, miles of rail
road routes, and performing an ag
gregate service of 34.923 miles daily.
The number of letters exchanged
with foreign countries was 27,459,
185, an increase of $3,09G,G85 over
the previous year, and the pottage
there on amounted to $2,021,310,86.
The total weight of correspondence
exchanged in the mails with Euro
pean countries exceeded 912 tons, au
increase of 92 tons oyer the previous
year. The total cost of the United
"States ocean mail Btcamship service, :
including $725,000 paid from special j
appropriations to subsidized lines of,
mail steamers, was tl.047.27I.35.
New or additional postal conventions
bare been concluded with Sweden,
Norway, Eelgium, Germany, Can
ada, Newfoundland and Japan, re
ducing the postal rates on corres
pondence exchanged with those count
ries, and further efforts hare been
piore luai riTcr nuu i : .. 7 ... . 1 . . , TV-
l-i'l Vi lli
1 inrite tho farora
-.: .iilfra
tion of Congress to tho f-tes tinu
and recommendation f the Post
master (Jencral f r an f.lrn- on of
)L.frN..l..!irirrn:enii.. all riti.
miuawuif rr - -
!..,.. r .. l.o nronl VIBH'lI r.I nflif e r
Lavinir a population or 11
-n than
- iv,vw. i-i-.-. - i ;
compensation of all postmasters nut
appointed by the President by the
old method of commissions ou the
HllUUt irUllj'in VI VII' UIIHV, IIIU ilU
of the present mode of paving byf
: salary in advance upon special re- ,
turns, and especially do 1 urge ia or-1
able action by L'ongre.-s c.u im. im-
poilant recommendation oi me 1 om
master General for the establishment
of United States postal savings de
positories. Your attention is also
again called to a consideration of the
question of postal telegraphs and the
arguments in support thereof, in the
hope that you may take such action
in connection therewith as in your
judgment will most contribute to thu
best interests of thc country.
1EPARTMENT or JUSTICE.
Affairs in Utah require your early
and special attention. The Supreme
Court of the United States, in the
case of Stanton vs. Englebrccht, de
cided thattlio United States Marshal
of that territory should not lawfully
summou jurors for district courts, and
those courts held that the Territorial
Marshal cannot lawfully perform that
duty, because he is elected by the
Legislative Assembly, and not ap
pointed as provided for in the act
organizing thc Territory. All pro
ceedings at law arc practically abol
ished by these decisions, anil there
have been but few or no jury trials
I in the Districts courts of that Terri
torv since the last session of Con-
gress. 1 ropeny is leu wunoui pro
tection by the courts, and crimes go
unpunished. To prevent anarchy
there, it is absolutely neceasary that
Congress provide the Courts with
some mode of obtaining jurors, and I
recommend leeislation to that end.
and also that thc Probate Courts of
thc Territory, now assuming to issue
writs of injunction and habeas cor
pus, and to try crimiuel cases and
questions as to land titles, be denied all
'jurisdiction not possessed ordinarily
j by Courts of that description.
I h? ve become impressed with the
belief that the act approved March 2,
1SGT, entitled "An act to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy through
out the United States," is productive
of more evil than good at this time.
Many considerations might be urged
for its repeal, but if this is not con
sidered advisable, I think it will not
be seriously questioned that those
portions of said act providing for
what is called involuntary bankrupt
operate to increase the financial em
barrassments of the country. Care
ful and prudent men very often be
came involved in debt in the trans-
action of tlieir business, ami tUou-Ii
they may possess ample property, if
it could be made available for that
purpose, to meet all their liabilities,
yet on account of the extraordinary
sc-rcity of money 111.13- be unable to
meet all their obligations as the- be
come due, in consequence of what
they are liable in their business, by
proceedings in bankruptcy at tlie in
stance of unrelenting creditors. The
people arc uow so easily alarmed as
to monetary matters that tlie mere
filing of a petition iu bankruptcy by an
unfriendly creditor will necessarily
embarrass and after a time accom-
ta! couvt'iilion with Kran.f
tHt HlfOW.
nf Maflf- on ncn Miaiicr u "rt jm niivti ui.i- 1 yjr vuiivviru tutrix-.
i 1 1 1- t-.f f n t.pcina r im. lur b uu iurai ler mis rflntiinuiu
... ... . , r .1 r
luima, muu "-(''---"- r..,.; .1,. .. T.. ",Vi-
IT - mtUl I I1 1. 1 1 1 1 Ul WK.lM.Ub VU t . II I 1.1.1 K 1111''
mtrlpiish the financial ruin or a respontu
ble business man there, who other-
wise might make lawful and just ar -
rangemeuts to relieve themselves from
difficulties produced by tlie present
stringency in money, and arc prevent
ed by their constant exposure to at
tack and disappointment by jiroceed
ings against them in kankruj t y ; and
besides, the law is made in many
eases by obdurate creditors, to fright
en or force debtors into any compli
ance with their wishes, and into acts
of injustice to other creditors and to
themselves. I recommend that so
much of said act as provides for in-
o...m.rjr uu.nrupn-j ou aecoutit I
1 . . 1 1 . r .
me suspension 01 payment oe repeal
ed. Vour careful attention is invit
ed to the subject of claims against
the Government, and the facilities af
forded byexistin? laws for theirnrose-
cution. Each of the departments
ff the State, Treasury, and War have
demands or many millions or doilcrs
ujon their files, and they arc rajtid
ly accumulating. To these may be
added those jiendiug before Congress,
the Court of Claims and the South
ern Claims Commission, making in
thc aggregate nn immense sum.
Most of these grew out of the rebel
lion, and are intended to indemnify
jiersons on both sides for their losses
during thc war, and not a few of them
are fabricated and supported by false
testimony.
Projects are on foot, it is believed,
to induce Congress to provide for new
classes of claims and to revive old
ones through the rejieal andmodifica
tion of the statute of limitations by
w hich they arc now barred. I jre
sume these schemes, if jroposed, will
be received with littic favor by Con
gress, and I reccommend that jiersons
having claims against the United
States cognizable by any tribunal or
department thereof, ba required to
jirescnt them at an early day, and
that legislatio j be directed as far as
practicable to the defect of unfound
ed and unjust demands upon the IJov
ernment, and I would suggest, as a
means of jireventing fraud that wit
nesses be called upon to ajper in per
son to testify before the tribunal hav
ing said claims before them before
adjudicating. Probably thc largest
isavinjr to the national treasury can
Iks made by timely legislation on
these subjects of any of the economic
features that will be proposed.
You will be advised of the ojiera
tions of the I)ejartment of Justice by
the report of the Attorney General,
and I invite your attention to the
amendments ot existing laws suggest
ed by Lim, with the view of reducing
the exjenses of that department.
OEPARTMENT OS THE INTERIOR.
The joliey in regard towards thc
Indians at the beginning of thc last
AdininisUation has been steadily
pushed, and I believe with beneficial
results. It will be continued, with
only such modification as time and
experience demonstrate as necessary.
With the encroachments of civiliza
tion upon the Indian reservations and
bunting grounds, disturbances have
taken place between the Indians and
whites during the past vear, and
probably will continue to do so until
each race appreciates that the other
has rights which must ic respected.
TLe policy lias been to collect the
Indians as rnjidly as possible on
rc?rrvations, and as far as practicable
within what is known as tho Indian
Territory, and to teach them the arts
ofcirilization and self-support. Where
found off their reservation and en
dangering the peace and safety of
iiiiitlied.
r like of -
- i and w i-1 e;:iiiiiie t- e f
fv:isr. The Indian Tcrriurv, south
t 1- . - - .1 . ,
- , i'J rvarisas un'i ivci 01 .irk an
sa, is uZkieni in area and ag
ricultural resources to support all the
Itdians cast of the Kooky Mountains.
In tine, no dor.lt, all of them, except
, - ; - ,
Ml O IMC 111 iir f t liii ! i : t i.ntiltv "III
a letr w tio t-iav feiect to mako ti-r.
i - --7 , ?, " . - c " f
.Vsapcl'aratory
tion, 1 am now
al formofGoT-
given them which
wi'i .;ir. tha trtatr rijrbts of the
original .h-Ti, and protect their
home from alienations for a period
offwenlv-five rcar. .
PATENTS.
" The operations of the
Patent Of -
lite are growin? to such a magnitude
and thc accumuIat;on of materials
1 dllll L IIU ell L.UI1J UlMLl'll Ul 1H I S.H
becoming so great that thc necessity
for more room is becoming more ob
vious day by dav. I respectfully in-
vile your attention to tha reports of
the Secretary of the Interior and
Commiteioners of Patents on this
subject.
The business of tLe General Lnnd
Office exhibits a material increase in
all its branches during the last fiscal
year. During that term there verc
disposed of out of the public lands
13,030,005 acres, being an amount
greater by 1,165,031 acres than was
disposed of thc preceding year. Of
the amount disposed of, 1,G2(S,2CG
acres were sold for cash, 214,940
acres were located with military land
warrants, 3,793,GI2 acres were taken
for homesteads. C04.43G acres were
located with agricultural college scrip,
G, 083,530 acres were certified by
railroads, 7G,57G acres were granted
to wagon roads, 235,548 acres were
approved to States as swamp lands,
133,081 acres were certified for agri
cultural colleges, common schools and
seminaries, 1!0,775 acres were ap
pro ed States for internal improve
ments and 14,332 acres were located
with Indian scrip, The cash receipts
during the same time were $3,403,
515.50, being $190,415.50 in execss of
the receipts cf the previous rear.!
During the year G0,48S,132 acres, of
public laud were surveyed, an in
crease over the amount surveyed the
pretious year of 1,037,193 ncrcs, and
added to the area previously survey
ed, aggregates (.10,554,895 acres
which have been surveyed, leaving
1,21S,443,705 acres ot the public land
still unsurveyed. Thc increased and
steadily increasing facilities for reach
ing our unoccupied public domain j
and (or the transportation of surplus
products enlarges the available field
for desirable homestead locations,
thus stimulating settlement, and ex
tendine reir bv vear, in a graduallv
increasing ratio, the area of occupa-J
tion and cultivation.
TLe expressed de.ire of the repre
sentatives of a large colony of citizens
of Russia to emigrate to this country,
as it is understood with t:ie consent
of their governments, if certain con
cessions can be made to enable them
to settle in a compact colony, is of
great interest, ns going to show the
iight in which institutions are regard
ed by an industrious, intelligent and
wealthy people, desirous of enjoying
civil and religious liberty, and the ac
quisition of so large an immigration
of citizens of a superior class would,
without doubt, be of substantial ben
efit tothe country. I invite attention
to tiie sug-ostion of the Secretary of
the Interior in this behalf.
l'KNSlil.NS.
Tliei'e '.mis paid during the last fis
cal year for jiensions, including the
expense of disbursements, $2'j,135,
2S9.G2, being nn amount less by $984,
050.93 than was expended for the
same purjiose the jireceeding year.
Although this statement ofexjiendi-
tures would indicate a material re
duction in the amount compared with
the oreceedinir vear, it is believed
that the changes in the pension law
at the last session of Congress will
absorb that amount the current year.
At the close of the last fiscal year
there were on the pension rolls 99,804
invalid military pensioners and 112,
OSS widows, orphans ahd dependent
relatives of deceased soldiers, making
a total of that class of 21 1,982; 18,
- '
2C1 survivors of the war of 1812, and
d,",3 widows of Soldiers of that
war
jiensioncd under thc act of Congress
of February 14th, IS71. making a
totul of tha't class of 23,319; 71,930
invalid navy jiensioners and 1,770
widows, orjdians and dependent rel
atives of deceased officers, sailors
and marines of thc navy, making a
total of navy jiensioners of 3,200, and
a grand total of pensioners of all
clu.-scs of 233,411, showing a net in
crease during the last year of 0,132.
Ihiring the last year the names o
Ki.4o5 pensioners were added to thc
rolls, and 10,223 names were drop
led therefrom for various causes.
The system adopted for the detection
of frauds against the government in
thc matter of pensions has been jro
ductive of satisfactory results, but
legislation is needed to jirovide, if
possible, against tho perpetration of
such frauds in thc future.
EM 'CATION.
The evidently increasing iuterest
in the cause of education is a most
encouraging feature in tlie general
progress and jirospcrity of the coun
try, and thc llureau of Education is
in earnest in its efforts to give prop
er direction to the new appliances and
the increased facilities which are e-
ing offered to aid the educators of the
country in their great work.
NINTH CF.NSl'S.
The ninth census has Jjcen comple
ted, and the reports thereof publish
ed and distributed, and the working
force of thc bureau disbanded. The
Secretary of the Interior renews his
recommendation for a census to be
taken in 1875, to which subject the
attention of Congress is invited.
The original suggestion in that be
half has met with the general ap
proval of the country, and even if it
lie that it is deemed advisable at
present to jirovide tor a regular quin
quennial census, a census taken in
1875, the report of which could lc
comjiletcd before the one hundredth
anniversary of our independence,
would be esjiccially interesting and
valuable, as showing the progress of
the country through the first century
of our natioual existence. It is be
lieved, however, that a regular cen
sus every five years would Iks of sub
stantial benefit to the couutry, inas
much asour growth hitherto has been
so rapid, that the results of the de
cennial census are necessarily unreli
able as a basis of estimate for the lat
ter years of the decennial jeriods.
MSTRICT or COLUMBIA.
Under tho very efficient manage
ment of the Governor and thc Board
of Public Works of this ditrict, the
city of Washington is rapidly a-
sumin;r the apjcaranco of a capital
of which the nation may well be
jiroud. From being a moat unsight
ly place threo years ago, disagree
able to pass through in summer, in
consequence of tlie dust arising from
unpaved streets, and almost impassi-
lie in the winter from mud. no
ioncoftl.eiuoMi.iifhtlr " .,a lLei
countrr. and can U 01 ;DS "
. a-fb 1 I
done svsten.;&I1J.tl,er1,ns. Kdcs,
location.''' wwew, w-ter and gas
mai ,,elDo aetcrmined upon before
,ms work was commenced, thus se
curing permancnev when completed.
I question whether so much has erer
been accomplished before in any
American city for the same expendi
ture. The Government havinj large
reservations in thc city, and the na
tives at large having an interest in
their capital, I reccommend a liberal
policy towards the District of Colum
bia, and that the Government thould
bear its just ahare of the expense 0'
!1
these improvements, kverr citizen
1!,u,.n lu,e lluiai KV. 1 ' -
:. erowinar ueautv. ami mat ne, 100. is
Hlu u - '
part owner in the investments made
here. I would suggest thc propriety
of promoting the establishment in
this district of an institution of learn
ing, or university, of the highest
class, by the donation of lands.
There is uo place better suited for
such an institutioa than the national
capital. There is no other place in
which everr citizen is so directly in
terested.
CIVII- SERVICE REFORM.
In successive messages to Congress
I have called attention to the subject
of civil service reform. Action has
been taken so far as to authorize thc
appointment of a board to devise
rules governing the methods of ma
king appointments and promotions,
but there never has been any action
making these rules or any rules bind
ing, or even entitled to observance,
where persons desire the appoint
ment of a friend or the removal of an
officer who may be disagreeable to
them. To have any rules effective,
they must have the aequieseucc of
Congress as well as of the Executive.
I recommend, therefore, thc subject tt
vour attention, and suggest that a
special committee of Congress might
confer with thc Service Board during
the prcssent session, for the purpose
of devising such rules as can be
maintained, and which will secure
the services of honest and capable
officials, and which will also protect
them in a detrce of independence
while in office. Proper rules will
protect Congress as well as the Ex
ecutive from much needless persecu
tions, and will prove of great value
to the public at large.
ADMISSION Cr 6TATIS.
I would recommend for your favor
able consideration thc passage of an
enabling act for thc admittance of
Colorado as a State in the Union.
It possesses all the elements of a
prosperous State, agricultural and
financial, and I believe has a popula-J
tion now to justify such admisiion.
1RRIOATINO CANAL.
In connection with that, I won'd
also recommend thc encouragement
of a canal for purposes of navigation
from the eastern slope of the Ilocky
Mountains to the Missouri river.
Asa rule I am opposed to the further
donation of public lands for internal
improvements and controlled by pri
vate corjiorations, but in this instance
I would make an exeejttion. 15e
tween thc Missouri river and tLe
Rocky Mountains there is an arid
belt of public lands, from 100 to 105
miles, jierfectly valuiess for the oecu
yation for man for the want of suffi
cient rain to secure the growth
I of any products. An irirgating
! canal would make jiroductive a
t .10 tviil.t ft... cininTf .T
water could be made to spread over
across the entire couutry, and would
secure a cordon of settlements con
necting tho present population of the
mountain regions with that of the ol
der States. All thc reclaimed would
be a clear gain. If alternate sections
are retained by the Government, I
would suggest that thc retained re
giona be thrown ojen to enter under
thc homestead laws, or sold to actual
settlers at a very low jirice.
SEN EUAL AMNESTY.
I renew my previous recommenda
tion for general amnesty. The num
ber engaged in the late rebellion yet
laboring under disabilities is very
small, but enough to keej up a con
stant circulation. No jossib!e dan
ger can accrue to the Government by
restoring them to eligibility to hold
office.
CIVIL RKillTS.
I suggest for your consideration
the enactment of a law to better se
cure the civil rights which freedom
should secure, but has not effectually
secured to the enfranchised.
(Signed) IT. S. GRANT.
Executive Mansion.
Iteanlt Of Unp Exploaiono.
The ill-effects of the c.j)lusii)ns of
kerosene lamps, which have been
so common, have been enlarged upon
l y the newspaper. Thc following in
cident, which the Lawrence Mass.
American of Monday relate!, is jicr
bap3 to be put down on the other side
of the account : ''About five months
ago we published an account ot the
sudden and remarkable loss of voice
to a highly-esteemed and well known
young lady of this city Miss Maggie
Unmack. At that time she was sciz
witb a fainting sensation, finding up
on recovery that her voice had gone.
We are now most happy to announce
in a still more remarkable manner she
has as suddeuly regained her power
of speech. On Sunday evening,
while reading a letter from a friend,
tLe contents alluded to her the loss of
voice, the kerosene lamp near at hand
exjdoded. Immediately ou recover
ing from the thock caused by thc ex
plosion, the young lady found she
had regained her voice in its full
pa city, and at once hastened to
friends to make known the fact.'
ca
hrr Duty of AKrlraltaral Iper.
The Turf, Field and Farm forci
bly say 8 :
"None of thc agricultural discov
eries and improvments of modern
times, whether at home or abroad,
escape the vigilance of the numerous
and ably-edited jeriodicals devoted to
that interest, and these make then
known to the remotest limits of our
empire. This is certainly a service
of incalculable value ; but there are
steps beyond this which they should
nut hesitate to take ; and these are to
teach the farmers thc politics of agri
culture as distinguished from part'
politics teach them that the same
co-operation which enables a politi
cal party to sweep all opjositiun be
fore it would enable the agricultural
interest to assume its natural posi
tion as the leading, and not the sub
ordinate interest to all others, as it is
now.
Some wag at Fort Wayne mailed
letters to a score of business men tel
ling them to look ont for a man who
would visit their houses that evening,
to see their wives, and twenty busi
ness men surprised their wives by
coming borne two hours ahead of
time.
JtitTi-Hani'ouf.
JINKKAL POINT
PLANING MILL
A. Growall & Son.
W are new ire;iiuvd t Io all kim'.i fcT I'lanir
and Alunmui'turliig of Imil tr.tttcrUil.
FLOOHIXO,
wr.ATisr.it HOAIIM.VI
S S'.l AX D Jr . HIS
WJNXt WA Sl JtOOI: t RAXES,
In hTt aoytiiin iremriUv n?i-.l In h"nfliiiiM
ing. Ail onicn ininitly Dlici. umr-tf
S
OL UIIL.
WITH
A. H. Franciscus & Co.,
1KPOUTKKS AM IIKM KI'.S IX
COTTOX VA UXS, 15ATTS, VI CX,
Twine and Ropes,
LOOKING Or.ASSF.S, CT.OI KS, FAXI T 1!AKKTS
YYocrJcn and Willow Ware, &c,
MA51F.".) TVCUU) AJJD JO.ltf.rt Of
OIL CLOTHS, MATTING, UI GS, Ac,
813 Market Street anil SiO CVtnnurrc Street
Iliiladolpliiu.
June 10 tf.
FIFTH AVENUE
CLOTHING HALL,
Cor. Fifth An: and Market SI.,
PITT(SI5UK(ilI, PA.
1873. FALL STOCK M3
I odrrc
l!nn
I Ii'ircr than ;inv oilier Iioi;o In lu- fi'.v.
Study Your Own Iutorc-cis,
Ami examine the ftink nf J. II A XXAI'lI. I.ff.jre
ptirelia5in rlwwlHTC.
Tlie f!m k e..nipriws 11i'. liuyf. Ynut'iu' anvl
'hil.irt'n's I'lutliliiir. al wlmlfiwl" nn'l rrtnii prise;!.
1'arLi n! ir ntti niion irivvu lofnoom Wmk.
J. HANNACH.
Ilii'ist!:!-' iiivilailinurtili yen. t
JOHN P. DEAN,
-t.'V.-!r-:i
v . 1 -
Oarix-ntcr' anil EUitcln.ri Wlui Tool
Khovcls, Spntlew, Scythes, Nii!tltc,
Hop. l orliKRiiil Itnkro, together itU
a larc and varied Mork nt llnrdnnrc
and Cutlery, unliable for Ihe irnile, nt
crratly redwrrt rr.Sev.
uK9
TO TU K CITIZENS I V I'KN'NS YLV AN I A.
Your utteiiticin if Fpecially iuvi:?l in the (.u-t
that thc NRtioivtl ltitukn an' now iirrjisn! to r
ei'lve ulifM-rlplliiiiit u lli t'11) itnl Stuck of the
Centennial Hoard uf finance. The funiln re;i!iz'-t
fnrni thi source are In lie employed in Ihe erection
uf the liuillin?8 fur the lnli'rnatijnal Kxl.ilil;in.
nil the exiwii!oii ennneetiil with the fame. It i
wmftilentljr liellcvcil that tho Keynmne Slate will
be reire!-nte;l l.y the name of every citizen rilive
to 4triotieei.nitnirmitratiuii of tlie one hundredth
hirili-davof the nation. The Pliaren of :ook nri)
offered Inrf 10 eah, nti'l pulrilier? will receive
hanuVimely steel enraveil t.VrUGcate of Stork.
suitaMe for framing au J iirts-.TiMtina an a tiali n:i
meni'irial.
Interest at the rate of fix jier rent riiniiara
will he paid on all payment. ol t'"n,li uninl Stoek
from date of payment to January 1. Is7d.
SubscrHKrii who are not near a National llank
can remit a check or josioIiee order to the under
pinned. FRKIV Fit ALKY. Trnwarer.
M VrahiTM HtriiiladelphHi.
ieto$2o,
per itay. Aireiitswuntcd evcr-
vwnere. I'articu mr Hve. ,.
. Dlair h. Uo., St. locks Io
inayH
aGAS'S
;." I t-- --
A FEW JTPLTCATIOXS MAKE A
Pt.c Blooming Complexion.
11 ;-. l-j'-Sy V;- tiMe. and its operation U toea
v il t-it tt oirr. It rioea wy with tlie Flunhed
Afip. iiT-ir; ciustil by Hct. alirae. and Excite
n.eiit. lieals aiidrniiOTeaaUBlotetaeaao Pimples,
dirpeUxifiaik and unsightly spota. DriTesawmy
'Iui. Irti'llij. end buohurn. and by lta gentle but
pow. rtul ii.f!,iezice mauttea the laded cheek with
toctettl bloom ahd beauty.
old by all iTuciata and Finer Etorea. Depot.
S3 Fark Place, New Vork.
H.-w iv.-n ;.. . . A'jscrioan public
OVER Till H . i vca-. 11 t.m never yet
tailed to (rive ierfc.-t i.ltifaction, and bag
. ioKtly bflen gtylcd t'.io uncca for all ex
" fernal Wounds, CuU, Bums, Swellings,
'Sprains, Praises, &c, &c, for Man and
tcaet Ko family should be a single day.
OIIN BEXTOX.
BZEjlSTTOlSr
C At Ml 1
Magnolia Balm
(Suctffsors to UEXTOX
IIEALEI1S I.V
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Iron, Xallt", (Jlns.s, Putty, Horse Shue., Leather, SJio Firrl'n.r. Ciiiiilrcns'
Carriage, Wash i'acliincs and Wringers,
AGI.UCULTURAL IriElNlKv : TS,
WAGON HUBS, SPOKES, AND FELLOWS,
nun uoxixo axd spoicn texoixg machines,
IVos. '08 and 210 Main St., Jolmstown, Pa.
Sert l ORDLRH BY MAIL KOMPTLY FtLLEI.
bot, unJ S7io(V.
Boots
Slioes,
HATS AND CAPS,
Leather nJ Shoo Findings.
Tnk'i .nur In cn'.ai- t:, ulienUon of th ett
Itrntvl Sumenat tni Ti'lnOT to Ik fact that k j
lift! o-enfd core 1-0 the Xorili-Eual rbrrr of lti j
iMnmra'1, rlirro tlitr will alnajl b ko;it nn j
Inn'! a coinpli artmeat of
Boots and Shoes,
Of Kaitern zrA hfiri? mamifceinre, al (iin!
w!l n?txrtod avk A
IT5 J.JTJD CJ -S,
AaJ t urcet rurl..,tjr cf
liCntfcrr and fihoe I'intlit:;?
or n kin '.r.
ThfraJi!i!n!'aclifJ tu the ft ..-:
CUSTOM-MAPK KOOT SHOE
DEPARTMENT,
Wlih AXPHEVV ZOI iKanutteraiiii flt'.cr. w1.Ip!i !
klmie is a fullit'lcnt ;uri':e tr.nt ell irnrk mixlv j
up in the r'.n'p kTI ii.it iily tit the fut nf run. m- j
cm liut tliut wii !b bfl m.-.ierinl nill t? n il
ami tlie
V." ill ho eni'iloM. Tli ) ut.iic nre m-pc-l fully
IiitKM to M 511 J em::iine F'.-iCk.
p. 6, ;!.
JQ J. HO UN EE,
Buggy, Carriage
A X D
LIGHT WAGON
LIAIiUFACTUREI?,
SOMERSia1 PA
I n"w f.r.'pire 1 tu ri.'tiu:
cl
PAKKI M.KS.
uruvurs.
SIKi
In nri!i r ( V ry ue-1
N'O 7ACi)SS.
11 AI'KS.
.sltlOlIS.
t-.. Xi-.,
In :ht !!! an I m-wl -; r.roJ ';!-. r.a I at th :
Lowest I'css.irjlc- Prlcfw.
AM. l V ANT :l
U1
Or :IV
zri'i? w5CBKnsr
Arc 1 nipioyri In Ms e-;at:isha;etit. .irue ..I h-.rn
liav.i h.vl an ircperiiiu-eof over tv.i my jear? iailie
I'usinei..'. lio iK, tlterefore, tiat4ed to turn out a
f.ri"t-elaf v.lii.le, both In point of material and
vtorkMianhip. AH work warranted to to nr.-pre- - ntvil
Uru leaving the pin p, r.r. 1 s.'.ii" iaL-tir.n
KUar.i'ileiM. All kin o!
IM'.I'AIUKW; AND I'AIN'I ISO ,
I. .tie iii a lu st an ! at-'ak:;.tl m.ii.io r, an l a? the
!:or:en po!l-e. lie i d. ten:iin-,il to .to all hi.
Hork iM t u !i a l.i.i;:iii r. nn.4 at 5t1. l1 tiriees an to
n.nfc
l.!:p.
It to the Interest of vcrytMnly to patronize ;
I "til nn I examine Lis w. rk I elore inirriia'
elsev l
it-ie.
i. j. Kti:Ni:n.
w Ai:rr.T.s.
1
1 A very large Stock!
!?. PORTED. AND GOrESTfC '
LOW PRICED
f'f every kin !,
Wtolesalo and detail,
Kenry McCallum,
til Vifih Avvviir,
PlTTSIlUliGH, PA.
apr3
AGEKT WANTED!;
To 511 an arlU.'e tl.nt i i-ry ',
nrelare. un I extra iii iiicet'u.iti
v. iio are n'illiiii; to work. A
ci:!.ir and ti rtui to
nilv ll.ira. l'Tei;-
i ol'ere.l to iteotA
!y i r ftinl i.r rir-
i:mvAi:is broth s's:.
Ariz, ta Fi.intonJ Sn.re,
27 r;:.x;h St., l'ir.A urit'', 1'a. j
- - j
872 00 Each Week. j
Aireiitg wanted ererywhM. Iti!?ir.e s:r:.-t!v le. '
.jriiHate. 1'arUnilars lr, t: A J(ire4 J. WOUTH j
V CO., SL Lwii.", Mr.
riayU I
without . . . . iinjcn:. T"u,; locney rc
funrJetl t $ tLe Liniment i as renrc
jentel. imre and pet tho rWiinc
MEXICAN MUSTANG UOTMENt! SoM
by ull Uruggistg and Country Storog at
2oc., 60c. and $1.00 per Cottle. Notice
5 le, siza of bottle.
IUU.VS. i ii I LK.
'JL'IT'J-'HjIE,
A WAYXK),
Jlartlwarr
'Ihh space is reserved lor J. j
F. Blymyer, who lias removed j
his stock into the most magni-j
ficent liardware room in this
place. He can be found in;
Koom !So. 3, IJaer's Block. I
i:staci.ihf.i a vE.tn.
FRANK W.HAY,
WHOL1-SALK AND HETAIL
SHEET-IRON WARE
KT A "I Ti.' 'TOT' V
- ?
'
. .t ooa ttt -. ,1, ; 4. i.
O, 2SO W aSlim JtOII Dl,reet, -
'
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
I AM rKr.l'AKLIiTOOFFLH ALL
S T O Y E S
ANI
Mouse Furiiisiiinic Goods
IN CKNKIiAL. AT
less tban anyofber Hghsb)
WKSTHItN PKNNA. I
IN
'.VIIJ.SIXL
; No. iXliT KLT Y t -I.O Til c'ic! V. I;iNi I Il
' N". vi!iN(jj:i:s t h.
j KM V KS au.t FUil KS trim 76 cent? per fot to !
; STKH I. liDKRS. SL.V'.Y (XTrKU, I'.IUSS
! LAJII'S, Willi liuruers im.l Wi-lt. iicculu, 3i
een: 5: U rt lllf
GLASS LA MI'S, eoiiipletv. witii
t'tiiiiMiev, Ir-ni 40 eeiiui te j.
( 'OK1XU STMVLS, all klnoi".
J lamer and
SOLE AtlENT FOit
noi;i,i: cook, joiinson cook,
spkaits anti-dust cook,
r.NAMEr.r.i) wai;k ok all kinds.
, Spin TINii. K'K)KINi anl
promptly am a ! i to at low piii . j.
' ST-UAR KICTTLlvS, SfOAtt
I Ll.TSi.lS.
II Joh Work
FANS, TOI-
i t" .FFl.i: el 1 LIS ti.ia 4o cel.'.!. to .1 50.
j fASTOHSfrmSSeenisto 6.
I"LTi:i TEA AND TAliLK Sit WIN'S, !
j K.N i tLS AND FUUKS, warrante 1 if. ml. j
! IHUTANNT (HtKFKE a:i1 TEAPOTS. TA- '
liDEanl TEASI'IMiNS.
I'le iecail. examine oo is. nn I set prieeti lierorc
piirelmsia ciewliere. a. I am aii.-:ied I ean pell 1
.1 tetter ar;i. l f..r Iifs moneT than any utlier par- j
... it. w. -.nii i ini- ivania.
Parties -l!in"; Tinware, rte.. tire reiinersd
s.-ml .lirt Htalomieand Price Lint. Adiirers
FRANK W.HAY,
Johnstown, Cambria Co.!
JllipCU.
no iii i: FAISMERS..
Tieihkftll
forever.
for pa; tavorn. we oiler for 1x73. and
THE SUPERIOR
lEeaper
& Mower.
Motive Power,
i Simple, n H"lef. powenul. linral.Ie. noeo( (tear, i
! inir. itittu metal woiiii wi-.ecl. nl ea Iron iK-rew-1
i 'i'-peio-itiwtthenif K.-arnnd ail tmnernrr trnps, j
blOTlYE SCll EW POWER,
' I
! WarMnled tlie moat perr.-,-t, i:iip!e, eompaet and j
! (iuraSle Kiwer iu use: eauiW Uan..ied and tighUMt
i dralu lur irearius will lie in r kh! condition when
j n:- i.ii-iiiiic is worn f ai: nn in.mey ienu nnu- j
; (w-.iri... rAirrI' c.iianr' n ami aeiayi. annorftneeit,
: ... nfd iii lir..k'n au-i worn out coi.; if vou Luy
THE "STJPEEIOR."
I Every leadline fully warranted (odo It work riht
, or no f lie.
es.Uotit imv
t.e Snii-rlor.''
llarrester nntil you have necn
Porsulo by IKKiEIt k POUX EY,
rir'.ln,Pi
I P.S
I or if I
If y. n h.tje z'-oil horfc!" or utock to trade,
if more e nviiivnt tor oa. call un
t.'. A. KHt)AIS.
nsyl N.iuerm't, Pa. (
ryiu: 1JKST PUMP
m THE WORLD!
THE AMEKICAX sritMEKOED
iKml.lo- Acting, Nun-Freetiujf
The Simple!. M. Jt Powerfnl. Eir.tiTe. Uurm
!de, keliui 1c, and I'lieanent Pump in ue.
It l made nil uf Iron, and uf a lew simple part.
I II will not Frrtze. as no water remain In the
pl; wheal not In action.
! It hi nc I.-athi-ror irum farting, a ths urker
' mid tulrefl are all of lr.m.
! It e.!om, ir ever, (rets ont of on'T.
i It w IH Smi water rnnn 40 to 60 feh lo the air. hy
I attaehinir a fow feet of hoiso.
I It I irood for wnhiii3c Ruggl.
j Injr (.Jard.-iu, tie.
, WiiitlowK, water-
It fitrniflies the pur'iit nndeoloeft water. became
i id pl.u-ed in the (xttoin oi the well.
Tuims: f ; ln.-h Pump, i; Nv. f,,t
I " " 1: " ac.
Larirr lie In pr.trtlsi.
WLYANII Jt PLATT,
S.ile AironH for .Somerset County.
Soircrfd. I n.. J:a Ut, l7i
(J-rvcerk and Cuiftictionriet
; Th!ii;iie ia fi'irrc l fur1. F. KIiw's Jc Ur-.,
'. wlm hae moveil lutii th.) muiit maxnitu'irit criciTV
rini Id thlt iilvr)1. They can Ik fnati.i in Unc i
uew huiliitnK. en'l ii.KT Tr tlie c-'fur.
JUST
o
W !
e-l :
o
IlECEIVEDs:
.O
AT
o
o
o
U2
1'
l ,
if.OEPPER'SI
C3
Ol
O
O i
iTEW
CfOODS,!
PJOTIOWS,
Q
O
ft
ft,
"GROCERIES
t . ,
O :
C3
C5 '
'
Pi
FLOUliAo
He sure to ea'.l and c.'. an ! l.o cuvUe.
J. a ihere are nianj arii. !. k.-p: r.-r
eituineration.
:
i"i
PL,.
U I
r-l i
OPPUSiTK
.so3ii:rsi:t iioim:,
Sovi.Ttsrr, pa.
July 17 A. W. KVEPI'ER.
O
a
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it
i
T W. DAVIS A- TiKO'S
CHSAP
j Grocery ani' Confectionery,
SOMERSET, PA.
We desire to inl.irin the ne. !.!. of tlii. e. i.
nity that we live pun-iiat..,! the Oneerv mi l l'i n
friiioiiery ol H. V. Km-pp.r. K-.. oppeite Hie
huruet llou.v, and liave nm.le alu iliie a.l.nii. ns
to the alr.-M.lT tas atockof tl.n!. V.'e all the
bet brand e-
ruiiK.
AXD JIEAL,
tDFFEE,
TE.,
SVCIAKS,
RICE, SYTvi rS,
MOLASSES,
FISH, SALT,
sncis.
APPLES,
FLAVUKIN'( EXTRACTS,
DKIIU AXIK'AN'XED FLU ITS.
ALSO,
COALU1L, TtlBACUd, I'UIARS,
SNUFF. KP.OOMS,
BUCKETS. TUPS, Ac.
All klB.li French and comuion
e.VNDIKS, NUTS, CRACKERS.
FANC? CAKIS, PERFUMERY,
AXD TOILET ARTICLES,
COMRS, I!iriSIIP.S,SOAP, fce.
Al) an artuent of Toy. Ji
for Ihn little
M.'IIIB.
II Ton want ar.trthlnir
fectionery lino call at
In t'l Oroeery and Con
Davis' Cheap .Jroccry,
OPPOSITE THE hARSET HOUSE.
no. -ly.
Dr., (J
Holster
'A Large
)'il:ji!,
I Fall and Winter
Th'jr lia OHnjili-i.
"jL:
All
hi:
And Felt Over!
MKS AND
''V.
: v.
,t? Is
ana
HATi
AND
OA
glcvi:
ii(:
II A
y
1.
QUI
1 br-. I id O U -J -
Oil (!!:.
ITiCCC
(-
r .
c
Fall and Win
ITa-.
WolV..:
:ty 01
HUE REM-
Fui
;ir.' i
1 !;
; 1 I
or aojz C,' .iii
:' iis::
i !!
NO DElViAl.
iii
TJELING,
F0LLAKSBEE
?- !
I2i Wod-J St.. Cor. Fifl
Cook & Eeonis
FAMILY GE0C32
Flour ant! Fee;
STOES
Yi'e
f. H n-! ami the i n) 1 i.
vL'iatrv ot S ir:u
i i-1 st. . .1
vax rnoss sn:!-t-
j And .it a i.ii.ijr. ti :t;-i - ' 1 - u
jC'onfce.ioitcrios. i.n
i Tott er.-, i-;ir.
We w iii .n'!i
tenter wi:li t!.
ir, at ;
P. E S T i) V A I. I
FAMILY F.
cohx.h;:al.
oa Vv ;..:.'
OA rs c 'tn
!.v. .v
And i
meat. t i: 1:.II. IT.it .
laTPSfil
r
it )ii
CASH OXD
Al, r. w.
vT'.ir. .
at kiw:
, and
Wl.i. h
: v. til
i ..a., IhL-rI
i'.I
xan:in 'r -",
fie .ul.-ned Ifin yiur ua J"'
IWt for-ii t where we flay-
On M AIN CROSS Street.'
Oel. 2. 1.-J