ADVERTISING RATES. s
.810 T. 3 m05..50 mos. I,lth
Two Dwa+res, 9.00 3.50 6.30 9.00 20.00
Tbres a wastes, 1.00 1 11..r 0 11 : gi;
111 x Oquares. 17.00
. quarter Uolutriu. 13.50 22.00 40.00 .591.00
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. tits each subsequent insertion.
Tan Iln aaaaa teconalltnte a square.
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, • • ..krAszvrowN.rs.
OPENING I
NEW
BOOT & SHOE STORE,
NO. 706 HAMILTON STREET,
Two doors nwoe Kramer', Vont.. Mora
ALLENTOWN, PA
u ,l ; ll :2=Varant2ZaTargEg.T4: new
clock of
BOOTS & SHOES
or all styles and qualities. purchased at low figures, en
abling as to offer
EXTRA INDUCEMENTS
•
to buyer., 'meting that by fair dealing we may merit
Your (near.
•
Vary Reepeettuily,
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MEN DINO done In the neate±t munner end with prompt
Des.
Jos. M. HITTER
sap 7-d
COULTER & CO.,
Rocco:sore to W. A. Arnold.
YANUPAOTRRERB Or
Heaters, Ranges, Low Grates,
AND
MARBLEIZED SLATE MANTELS,
No. 1305 Chestnut St.,
l' 11 I LADELPH lA.
.Bead for cooricroo,
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KINDLING
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OFFICE AT THE MILL,
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WHITE AND BLACK OAK SAW LOOS wanted, Do
which the bleheet market price will be mild of m deltv.
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onteeenn I Family Paper in the Union."
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fret,, lit expense of ,
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watch to tat be pale at th.. at-1680,44er', pu,....1110 •
Add, e.n n
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PHILADELPHIA,
A few duor4 welt or tho Conticuut.l Hotel, .
JEWELIMS
=I
Fine Wal ohes, Bronzes & Fancy Goods
MOD ;RATE PRICES
FIRST-CLASS GOOD,
MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
;WITHOUT DEVIATION
Promptatteralon given to order. ap.l InquWee by mill
fed 7-17
REMOVAL! REMOVAL
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CI HNA STORE,
lIAB BEEN .REMOVEp TO
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via stand,)
ALLENTONVN, PA
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCE M ENT
FOR TILE
SPRING TRA DE.
I=l
TABLE WARE,
Vases, Cologne Sets, Figures, Smoking
Sets, Mantle Ornaments,
::1747:(4 . 1g 0 1fe.N. over offered In thle city, logeth
FINE CUT GLASS WARE.
march 2
HOLIDAY GOODS I
I bare added to my extensive vnilety LAMPS and
TABLE OLAnSWARB,
MOTTO nUPq AND SAUCERS, MOTTO
MUGS, and TOY 7 EA SETTS, in
great variety. Also, VASES and
:FANCY TOILET BETTS,
of the handsomest designs.
These good. I have imported directly from Europe, and
prices are as low as a.' importer cat, roil Ine same
goods 'neither this city or New York.
A. J. WEIDENER, .
P 05.38 Sonthiecond add 2J Strawberry Ste..
Phllidelpnia, Pa.
N.ll —My Mock of CHANDELIERS. especially adepted
to Chute! es, I. •co y large hooka of Drawings, Meowing
the design of each cbandeller and br..eket, wtu
Smoak nog 2.flmw
VOL. XXVL
631_
THE LARGEST AND BLST !
The nttentlon of the public lo tortted to tho Immotmo
etock of
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces. Grates,
TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE,
AI. G. RITTER'S,
831 HAMILTON STREET,
Tim store has been greatly enlarged to meet the demands
of nu leer...log trade. Our tales ore so heavy that we
offer •the great-et advent .goe to oor a-elond• re D..u't
poraba e elsewhere b-fore you have taken a look at an•
eto•k , when wo will explain the advantages of our nu
merous varlet!ee of etover. Among our
Parlor Stoves and Double. Heaters
SP NAB'S A NTI-CLINEER, MORNING OLOR I",
RADIANT HOME, PLAIN CYLINDERS.
COOK STOVEL,
SHEAR'S ANTI DUST. READING, PALACE
COOK, MONA 0011, E.VIELSIOR,
Rh COLA TOE.
C. Lima finnan
is e 11. W
Tho Regulator la something uow,aad has a rovolving
top. Very flue
RANGES AND FIRE PLACE
of different of Soporlor Yxeollouco. •
bolo moot for , ho cob-brat,' 1110 It NINO OLORY BABB
BURP INU S rovE, erectly Improved Also tho Morning
..lory Pltrior F 11 1 .0.0 or Doilbl.4 IT. , lttor. 'IL morning
Ulorp Portable Furnace mode to different 11 , zos to heat two
r threw .tors hou,os, and the Morainic Glory Pita Place
Floater.
Would call epeclal attoulluo
SPEAR'S ANTI-CLINKER
Hot-Base, Self-Feeding Revolving Light
Parlor Stove and Double Heater.
The theo-y of Harm Hurtling Storni; }a. been known to
the scion ii world for more Oa, forty years. Numerous
efholn hare Ewen not In by cloy,. menu. Return. and -.there
to produce pf.rha t 'lace th,ruing clove, but tinny have
clonally felled, b'coua• no adequate mewls were Inveuf.
ed for relooylng tin pdame and cm:corn without dump dg
the fire out. The object of the
SPEAR INVENTION
In to REMOVE THE ARMES mot CLINKERS FROM THE
FIRE POT WITHOUT DRHFPINO THE FIRE OUT.
skistot be done every morning with less trouble than It
rake the old kind of Stovrs, and a coutinnou• fire
the molt
going alwaya weak on the grate By Chic ans
the colt e surface of the Stove can alw ye bo relied en for
heal; but In oti or stoves, when the grate earfacobecomes
coyote with clinkers and .he cylnder ba.f fiord with
ashes red cllnkerr , only the upper terrace will afford
heat ,—thile very often recoiling In the overheating and
ruining of the Move. With the improve t Orate the ham
of the Mov. ix al
we
hit In this Stove ir given a Bot
tom as well ne a Top Item of the Fire. whereas HI 411
‘nlirr mover 'he c•u only ho soon Worn the top With
DID
li ne r ,lmproven we can always sso Ike •orttli the win.
doers in the a, and tell when the fire requioes raking.
The Stove I. also impelled with a Patent Damocr at the
arnoke•pipe. d the mica windows are placed in DAT
hNT It VOLVING CYLINDER The EIOWS can
that. ho carnal while th • fire Ir b• lug kindled, and after
the soot b. ignited tlo cylinder can he reversed, throwing
the windosys open —e• tiro! fren from motto —mt pro
senflog e
ven r . rrt ig bright hard r e! light, Which cannot
brroefri nail other More!
by there iproveinruts hove
nor
hero overcome the
great objoc tort to he found in all other illuminating
Moves.
(nor 7-6mda w
F D I O R ‘tI F i ' LVA E (2I, A 4 T iIi I ti ei3t3 u k ' Zero at kinds
0ct.30 w
N 9.
o w *.l.
cuitodolt
PHILADELPHIA,
Invite attention to their large and well Fainted sleek of
Watches, Clocks, Bronzes, Diamonds,
SILVER-WARE, PLATED-WARE,
FANCY GOODS IN GILT AND LEATHER
ORNAMENTS PROM PARIS, VIENNA AND RERUN,
French Flowers, Table Cutlery, English Umbrellas
Ordora by Mall will recolvo prompt attoolloa.
1124 Clithtnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA
no,Jim w
.....m long . uns.—.rated their
bones:llc not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
it) tire Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dini.
0r,.. Soar Eructations of the Stomach, had Taste in the
Aloud), ltilioas Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, to.
Hamm:ohm of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kid
neys, and a hundrerVother painful symptoms, are the oil.
springs of Dyspepsia. lit these complaints it Ilan no
equal. and me bottle will prove a Letter guarantee of its
merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Fe ..... le Complaints, in young or old, mar
iedd' single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn
life
these .IPottic Bitters display so decided an influence
that a marked improvement is soon Perccinibic-
For Inflammatory and Chronic Risen-.
nod Ism and Gout, Bilitins. Remittent and Intermit.
tent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
Diadder, those Bitters haveno. equal. Such Diseases
:ire caused by Vitiated Mood, which is generally produced
by ilmangetnent of the Digestive Organs.
They are n Gentle Purgative as well as
a Tonle, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as
a pow..t lot agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver and Visceral Organs,. in Bilious Diseases.
For Shin Insetwes, Eruptions. 'fetter, Salt
Ithetint, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring•wortm, Scald- I lead, Sine Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch, Scarfs, Di-colorations of the Skin, Humors .d Dis
eases of the Skin, of whatever mote or nature, are lit
erally dug tip and carripl out of the system in a short
time by the use of these Bitters.
The properties of DR. \VALIUM'S VINRGAR
DITTIMS arc Aperient, Diaphoretic and CartninatiVC,
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter•hri
tant, Sudorific, Alterative, .d
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINRGAR
Dtr-
Toss the most wonderful Ito:lgor:int that ever sustained
he sinking system.
51. WALKER, Prop r. R. 11. IIIeDONALD & CO.,
Diuggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, Cal.,
and corner of Washington and Charlton St., New York
SOLD BY ALL DRUGG4STS AND DEALERS.
marehZl.ly wdh
Walton, Lippincott Sz. Scott,
FURNITURE BEDDING,
262 SOUTH. SECOND sinunr.T,
AND
413 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
A large stock of Floe and Low•prlced Ganda.
now 504mw
I R ILL OPEN
ON MONDAY MORNING.
one of the handsomest stocks of
PINE DRESS GOODS
e•or offered to the Ladle..
ALL TILE LATEST NOVELTIES.
FRENCH MRIIINO CLOTH TINTS.
FRENCH • ASSIII. ERE C [MTH TINTS.
FRENCH SATI NET CLOTH TINTS- •
FILENCIIC t•SIIIIERK CLO II TINTS.
1111811 POPLIN CLOTH TINTS.
Black ilorluos Caqhmores cheap.
bp , e , al.-1. Urge •artaty of Sligo Color.. la Saline d
Cl•lneree.
ISESii====l
Ono em u of henna Brussel. Bilks only 150 C 1.., worth 75
. .
Black Alps.. and Efolialra. nor,. to •1.
WILL OPEN SONE SPECIAL BAIWAINS IN PURE
LYONS BLACK BILKS, 1401101 IT P. , It CAEN.
A ntIPERIOR BELLOW/381LN PORS2.
0001) BLAC BLACK FOR M
BAB 0 Al ES IN SILK I ,
61. e 6, 61.37.61 1 0. 61.1 6 .
162. to 63.
CuoICII LOT OP PLAIDS, ALL WOOL, AT 60
Cl WOKTII
0 76
F
A PULL LINE CIIOIcE DRESS GOODS AT LOW
PEICEIL
EXTRA.
1 VASE OF LONDON TLLED SILKS, CORTE 0
CENTS TO IMPORT, WILL US SOLD ATM °BETS.
POPULAR ONE PRICE BTORIL,,
N 0.7 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
uov o.3mir PHIL ADBLPUL
ALLENTOMM,PA
Wt HAVE
HEATERS,
GEO. D. WISHAM,
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NO CUR , NO PAY.
DR. 11. 1). LONGABER,
Graduate of tho University of Pennsylvania, at
Phis hoe been In act cement prettiest - or a nombet of years
In vortomarte of the United States{ will promptly sit.
p
tend to all branches of his profession at his rooms,
Hoot aid, of Bath strut. bd. Deposition mid! Walnut.
ALLENTOWN; PA
No Patent Medicines aroused or recommenderi the rem.
Mies administered srolb me which will not break down
tho conetitotion, but renovate the system from all Worts.
It has sustained from mineral medicines, and leave it Ina .
healthy and perfectly cured condition.
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, DYSPEPSIA.
and all dlseasei of the Langs. Throat, Stomach , and
which yearly carry thousands to untimely graves, on
undoubtedly be cured. ,
MELANCHOLY ABERRATION,
that Abate of alienation and aberration of mind which mo
dem partlolll Incapable of enjoying the pleuttres of per
forming the duties of life.
RHEUMATISM AND 'PARALYSIS,
In any firm or condition. chronic or acute, warranted cur
able. Epilepey. or fallen titaness, and chronic, or 'tub
born cases of FEMALE D I S EASES
SEASES apeedlly and radically
removed; Salt Moon% Skin Dines.. (of years' standing)
every description of Ulcerations, Piles and ticrofulorts Ma
lmsey, warranted cored.
Sir Particular atten tiorive n to private diseases of
everv i description of both
se l x . e a ccerVgi i rgigi r : e dTeto e r T lirtra l e a s i ga i n e ell e ry their
Cancer mired, and Tumor. ds re,novacc without
the knife or drawing blood. Dise a ses of the
EYE AND EAR
du cress fully and effectually removed.
de•Dr. Longaker will make visits any distance if de.
sired ; can be addressed by letter (confidentially) and med.
lcine sent with proper directions to any part of the county,
OrPice: Boatel do of Pixth street between Hamilton and
Walnut Allentown, Pa. may 2£F1,1
WATSON'S CELEBRATED FIRE
• AND BURGLAR PROOF
•
SAFES.
ESTABLISILND IN • 1845.
THE OLDEST SAFE HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA.
The only sate with /11111DID001111.
Guaranteed Free from Dampness.
eleo prices from If to 20 per cent. linear than other
=there. Please send for Circular and Price Liet. •
T. WATSON & EON.
Late Of Evans & Watson. Manufacturer.,
No. ME. Fourth 81. Philadelphia.
•
M. S. YOUNG & CO., Agents,
ang2o4mwl ALLENToWN.
SPECIAL NOTICETO LADIES !
MRS. JOHN BUCFIANAN, M.D., Professor of Eftnwtrn
no, devote. rpeelal attention to the treatment of
Instruct of WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
• . . . .
She ham b-en 00 year. lo active practice gad cured over
30,(0)ca-es of Disease. peculiar to Woman.
She .cliche d( cult chronic and generally conaldored
ineurab/e cases, and guarantees a safe and speedy
cure.
Ladle* afflicted, pleas JOHN pon, or &dame
MRS: BUCHAN AN, AI. D
OFPICE4 PRIVATE—MS PINE 61, Phila. Pa.
Hour,. from 0 A. M. to 0 P. M.
101 - Clip this out/or/Ware reference.
fryer's Cathartic Pills,
For the relief and
cure of all derange.
23C ments In the stunt.
ach, liver, and bow.
els. They are a mild
aperient, and an
excellent purgative.
&t Being purely vege
s."!,..,:ftable, they contain
en.. . nn mercury or mine.
nil whatever. .Much
• serlons sickness :mil
1, , suffering is prevent
ed by their timely
u-c; and every family should Imre them on hand
Inv their protection nod relief, when required.
Long experience lees proved them to be the saf•
est, burcht, and best of all tile Pills with which
tile market abounds. By their Occasional use,
the blood is purified, the corruptions of the nye.
teen expelled, obstructions removed and Clue
whole machinery of life restored to its healthy
activity. Internal organs which become clogged
and sluggish are cleansed by Ayer's Pills, and
~tiniulated into action. Thus incipient disease
is changed Into health, the value of which chap e,
whoa reckoned on the vast multitudes who enjoy
it, eon hardly be computed. Their sugar canting
makes them pleasant to take, and preserves their
virtues unimpaired for any length of time, so
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable.
Although searching; they are mild and operate
without disturbance to the constitution, or diet, or
occupation.
Fall directions are given on the wrapper to
each box, how to use them eon Family Physic,
and for he following complaints, which these
Pills rapidly cure:—
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Listless
ness, Languor and Loss of Appetite, they
should be token moderately to stimulate the stom•
ach, and restore Its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint And its various symp•
toms, 11111101211 headache Sick head.;
oche. Jaundice or Green ilficlkness,llll.
lons Colic and Bilious Feronsithey should
taken fhrrnt-tri nwirritsviirroot
action or remove the obstructions which
cause it.
For IDymentery or Metrehorst, but ono
11111 do,e is generally required.
, For Itheuratattsm, Gout, Gravel, Pal.
pita aaaaa of the Heart, Pain In the
nide, llarit still Loins, they should be contin•
tenthly taken, Ins eeOttleed, to change the diseased
nrtinu Of the system. R ith such change those
complaints disappear.
For 'Dropsy and Dropsical Swellings,
they should be taken in largo and frequent doses
to Produce 111,0 effect tan drastic purge.
hor Suppression, a large dose N110111(1 be
taken, as It produces the desired effect by sym.
patty.
As a Dinrier NI/. (As ono or two PILL to
promote Iligestiott null relieve the stomach.
An occasional 110-e StiMelideS the stomach and
bowels, restores the appetite, and invigorates the
ileum, it Is
, minus derangement exists. One who feels
rdei ;tidy well, often finds that a door of these
I'M, makes lam feel decidedly better, from their
lean-ing and renovating effect on the digestive
=9
r .11' RH CO., Prantica Chemists,
LOWELL, .IrAs9., V. X. A. •
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BOLD IN ALLENTOWN BY
W. E. BARNES & BON
Ayer's
Sarsaparilla
Is widely known
. as one of the most
eflectuul remedies
Ai', ever discovered for
A .\
cleansing the sys
l.f. .• , tem and purifying
.
the blood. It has
stood the test of
o fr with years,con-
. '
stoutly growing rep
utation, based on its
intrinsic cirUus, and sustained by its re
markable cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet so searching
as to effectually purge out the great cor
ruptions of the blood, such as the scrofidous
and syphilitic contamination. ImpuritieS,
or diseases that have lurked in the system
Mr years, soon yield to this powerful anti
dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderfid
cures, many of which are publicly known,
of Scrofula, and all. scrofulous diseases,
Ulcers, Eruptions, and eruptive dis
orders of the skin, Tumors, Blotches,
Boils, Pimples, Pustules, Sores, St.
Anti y's.lEire, Rose or Erysipe
las, 'fetter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Ringworm, and internal
Ul
cerations of the Uterus, Stomach,
and Liver. It also cures other com
plaints, to which it would not seem especi
ally adapted, such as Dropsy, Dyspep.
Sia. Fits. Neuralgia, Heart Diseas e,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
Lcucorrhma, when they are manifesta
tions of the scrofulous poisons.
It is an ovellent restorer of health and
• strength in the Spring. By renewing the
appetite and vig or of the digestive organs,
it dissipates the depressionand listless lan
guor of the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feabetter, and live longer,
for cleansing the blood. The system moves
on with renewed vigor and a now lease of
PREPARED a r
Dr. 1. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
PYactica/ and Anatytical Chemist*:
LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERXWITERIL
BOLD IN ALLENTOWN BY •
W. E. BARNES & SON.
J. B. REEME & CO.,
(500088801/8 TO 11011 D ' BM= t CO.,
Co mmi ssion Merchants ;
N. W. Gor, La Salle & Randolph Sta.,
CHICAGO, ILLS.
Orders for all kinds of (MAIN and PROVISIONS
promptly Oiled.
Special attention given •..aying and bolding grain.
and buying or menthe optlotik. for future dellversLon mar
gins for putter whiting to inoculate. UYII•esAW.
opss she PHILADELPHIA II II It.
GEONB' BANDAGE IZIEITITTITE, Xi?, 14
k r at t 3 0 11111 15
I jety a TIN= . 1 7 cliren all il h apTiftt Rl Ala tas ?I; Ilt= "4.
gilts, Shoulder Braces._ . abdomlnslanypetters. Btialmn•
soden, PIM Bandages , Spine Instruments. Crutches. an.
A lady folly competent In attendance.
lre air/tenxember, the ..coed Treu atom above Mukst
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY N
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
WASIIINOTON, Dec .2. —The folio wing is the
full text of the fourth annual message of Presi
dent Grant, as forwarded to both Houses of
Congress this afternoon :
To the Beinate and House of Representatives:
In transmitting to you this my fourth annual
message, It le with thankfulness to the Giver
of all good that as a nation we have been
blessed for the past year with peace at home,
peace abroad, and a general prosperity vouch
safed to but few people. With the exception
of the recent devastating fire which swept from
the earth with a breath, as it were, millions of
accummulated wealth in the city of Boston,
there bits been no overshadowing calamity
within the year to record. It is gratifying to
note how like their fellow citizens of the city
of Chicago, under similar circumstancetf,a year
earlier, the citizens of Boston are rallying tin
der their misfortunes, and the prospect that
their energy and perseverance will overcome
all obstacles, and show the same prosperity
soon that they would had no disaster beftlion
them. Otherwise we have been free from pes
tilence, war, and calamities which often over
take nations, and, as far as human judgment
can penetrate the future, no cause seems to ex
ist to threaten our present peace.
When Congress adjourned in June last a
question had been raised by Great Britain, and
was then pending, which for a time seriously
imperilled the settlement by friendly arbitra
tion of the grave differences between this Gov
ernment and that of Ler Britannic Majesty,
which, by the Treaty or Washington,bad been
referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration, which
had met in Geneva, in Switzerland.
The arbitrators, however, disposed of the
question which-had jeopardized the whole of
the treaty and threatened to involve the two
nations in most unhappy relations towards
each other in a manner entirety satisfactory to
the Government, and in accordance with the
views and the policy which it had maintained.
The tribunal,which had convened at Geneva
in December, concluded its laborious session
on the fourteenth day of September, on which
day, having availed itself of the discretionary
power given to it by the treaty to award a sum
in gross, it made its decision, whereby it
awarded the sum of fifteen millions five hun
dred thousand dollars in gold as the indemnity
to be paid by Great Britain to the United States
for the satisfaction of all the claims referred to
its consideration. This decHon happily die
poses of a long-standing difference between the
two governments, and, in concretion with an•
other award made by the German Emperor •
under a reference to him by the same treaty,
leaves these two governments without a shad
ow upon the friendly relations which It is my
sincere hope may forever remain equally un
clouded. The report of the agent of the United
States appointed to attend the Geneva Tribu•
nal, accompanied by the protocols of the pro•
ceedings of the arbitrators, the arguments of
the counsel of both governments, the award
of the tribunal, and the opinions given by the
several arbitrators is transmitted herewith. I
have caused to be communicated to the heads
of the three friendly powers who complied
with the requests made to them ander the
treaty the thanks of this government for the
appointment of arbitrators made by them re
spectively, and also my thanks to the eminent
personages named by them, and my approba
lion of the dignity, patriotic impartiality, and
great ability with which they discharged' their
arduous and,high functions. Her Majesty's
government has communicated to me its ap
predation by her Majesty of the ability and in
defatigable industry displayed by Mr. Adams,
the arbitrator named on the part of this Gov
ernment, during the protracted inquiries and
discussions of the tribunal. I cordially unite
with her Majesty in this appreciation. It is
due to the agent of the United States before
the tribunal to record my high appreciation of
the marked ability, unwearied patience, and
the prudence and discretion with which he has
conducted the very responsible and delicate
duties committed to him, as it is also due to
the learned and eminent counsel who attended
the tribunal on the part of thlti Government,
to express my sense of the talents and wisdom
which they brought to bear on the attainment
of the result so happily reached. It will be
the province of Congress to provide for the die
tribution among those who may be entitled to
it I title rettnentive aharo awarded money to he •
pai . 'though the sum is not pay
able until a year from the date of
time
award,
It is deemed advisable that no bo lost iu
making a proper examination of ties several
cases In which indemnification may be due. I
consequently recommend the creation of a
board of commissioners for the purpose.
By the 84th article of the Treaty of Wash
ington, the respective claims of the United
States and of Great Britain, in their construc
tion of the treaty of the 16th ofJune, 1846, do
fining the boundary line between their respec
tive teultories, were submitted to the arbitra
tion and award of hie Majesty the Emperor ..f
Germany. To decide which of these claims is
most in accordance with the true interpreta•
lion of the treaty of 1846, his Majesty the Em
peror of Germany having been pleased to un
dertake the arbitration, has the earnest thanks
of this Government and of the people 01 tire
United States for the labor, pains, and care
which he has devoted to the consideration of ,
this tong pending difference. I have caused
an expression of my thanks to be communi
cated to hie Majesty. Mr. Bancroft, the rep•
resentative of this Government at Berlin, con
ducted the case and prepared the statement, on
the part of the United States, with the ability
that hie past services justified the public in ex
pecting at his hands, as a member of the Cab
inet at the date of the treaty which has given
rise to the discussion between the two govern
ments. As the minister to Great Britain when
the construction pronounced unfounded was
first advanced, and as the agent and represen--'
tatty° of the Government to present the case
and to receive the award, he has been associ
ated with the question in all its phases, and in
every stage he manifested a patriotic zeal and
earnestness in maintenance of the claim ref the
'United States. He is entitled to much credit
for the success which has attended the submis
elon. After a patient investigation of Diocese
and of the statements of each party, his Ma.
jesty tho Emperor on the 21st day of October
last signed his award in writing, decreeing
that the claim of the Government of the United
States that the boundary line between the ter
ritories of her Britannic Dlajesty and the United
States should be drawn through the Hero
Channel, is moat in accordance with the true
Interpretation of the -treaty concluded on the
15th of June, 1846, between the governments
of her Britannic Majesty and of the United
States. Copies of the case presented on behalf
of each government, and of the statements in
reply of each, and a translation of the award
are transmitted herewith,. This award con
firms the United BMWS in their claim to the
important archipelago of islands lying between
the continent and Vancouver's Island, which
for more than twenty•six years, ever since the
ratification of the treaty,Great Britain has con
tested, and leaves us for the first time In the
history of the United States as a nation with.
our out a te
KM on this continent. It filmy grateful duty to
the disputed pou c. b i u n d o a f ry o r between eo
acknowledge the prompt spontaneous- action
question
n an o d f
of her Majesty's government in giving effect
t Brtt
.
to the tfWard in anticipatibn of any request
from this Government,•and before the recep
tion In the United States of the award signed
by the Emperor, her Majesty had given in
atrocious for the removal of her troops which
had been stationed there, and for the cession
of all exercise or claim of juriediction,..so
as to leave the United States in the exe•
cutive possession of the lately disputed terri
tory. lam gratified to be able to ;announce
that the orders for the removal of the troops
have been executed, anti that the military
'paint of occupation of San Juan has-ceased.
The islands are now in the executive posses•
Mon of the 'United States. It now becomes
necessary to complete the survey and deter•
minatton of that portion of the boundary line
through the Hero Channel upon which the
commission which determined the remaining
part of the line were unable to agree. I re
commend the appointment of a commission to
act jointly with one which may be named by
her Majesty for that purpose.
Experience of the difficulties attending the
determination of our admitted line of bound
ary after the occupation of the territory and
its settlement by those owing allegiance to the
respective governments, points to the impor
tance of establishing by 'natural objects or
other monuments the actual lino between the
territory acquiftd by purchase from Russia,
and the adjointhg possessions of her Britanic
Majesty. The region is now so sparceiy oc
cupied that no conflicting interests of individ
uals or of jurisdiction are likely to interfere to
the delay or embarrasment of actual location
of the line. If deferred till population shall
enter and occupy the territory, some trivial
contest of neighbors may again array : the two
governments in antagonism. I. therefore re
commend the appointment of a con3misaion to
act jointly with one that max b e appointed on
the part of Great Britain to oterMlne the line
between our territory or Alaska and- the. ea•
terminus possession of Great Brhain.. In My
l a st annua l m essage I recommended the louts.
RNING, u, 34131i1l 11, 16/2
!talon necessary on the part of the Untied
States to bring into operation the articles of
the Treaty of. Wnshington of May 8, 1871, re
lating to the fisheries and to other matters
touching the relations of the United States to
ward the British North American possessions.
to become operative so soon as the proper leg.
isialion should be had fll5l the part of Great
Britain and its possessions.
That legislation on the part of Great Brit
sin and its posessions had not then been h id,
and during the session of Congress a question
was raised which, for the time, raised a doubt
whether any action by Congre'ss in that dime
tion indicated would become Important This
question has skits been disposed of, and I
have received notice that the Imperial nulls.
ment and other legislatures of the provincial
government have passed laws to carry the pro.
visions of the treaty on the matters referred
to into operation. I, therefq4o, recommend
your early adoption of the legislation in the
same direction necessary on the part of this
governmen.
The Joint commission for determining the
boundary line between the United States and
British Possessions, between the Lake of the
--Woods and the Rocky mountains, has organ
- Ned and entered upon its work. It Is desire
hie that the force be Increase in order that
the completion of the survey and determine
of the line may be sooner attained. To this
end I reccommend that a sufflclentappropria-
Bon be made.
With France, our earliest ally; Russia the
iconstant and steady friend of the United
States ; Germany, with whose government
and people we have so many causes of friend•
ship, and so many common sympathies, and
the other powers of Europe, our relations are
maintained on the most friendly terms. Since
iny last annual message the exchange has been
made of the ratification of a treaty with the
Austro•Hungarian Empire,relat log to natural
ization ; also a treaty with the German Fan
ince, respecting consuls and trade marks;
also of a treaty with Sweden and Norway, re.
luting to naturalization ; all of which treaties
have been duly proclaimed.
Congress, at its last session, leaving made
an appropriation to defray the expenses of
commissioners on the part of the United States
to the International Statistical Congress at
St Petersburg, the persons appointed in that
character proceeded to their destination and
attended the sessions of the congress. Their
report shall in due season be laid before ycl.
This congress meets at intervals of about three
years, and has held its sessions in several of
the countries of Europe. I submit to consid
eration the propriety of extending an invite..
.tion to the congress to hold its next meeting
in the United states. flee Centennial Cele•
oration to be held in 1876 Would afford an ap
propriate occasion for such meeting. Prepeer
intone are making for the International Ex
position to be held, during the next year, in
Vienna, on a scale of very great magnitude.
Tile tendency of these expositions is in the di
rection of advanced civilization and of the el
evation of industry and of labor, and of the in
crease of human happiness. es well us of great
er intercourse and good will between nations.
As this exposition is to be the first which will
have been held in Eastern. Europe, it is be
lieved that American inventors and manufac
tures will be ready to avail themselves of the
opporteinity for the presentation of their pro.
ductions, if encouraged by proper aid and pro
tection. At the last session of Congress au
thority was given for the appointment of one
or more agents to visit this government at the
exposition. The authority thus given has
been exercised, but in the absence of any RP- I
propreation there is danger that the important
benefits which the occasion oTers will in a
large degree be lost to the citizens of the Unit I
ed States. I commend the subject strongly tee
your consideration, and recommend that an
adequate appropriation be made for the pur
pose. To further aid American exhibitors at
the Vienna Exposition I would recommend iti
addition to an appropriation of money that
the Secretary of the Navy be authorized to
fit up two naval vessels to transport between
our Atlantic cities end Trieste or the moss
convenient port to Vienna and back their ar
ticles for exhibition.
Since your last session the President of the
Mexican Republic, distinguished by his high
character and by his service to his country,
has died. His temporary successor has now
been elected with groat unanimity by the peti
ole. a proof of confldeneo on their part in his
patriotism and. w lsdom, which, it Is believed,
will be confirmed by the results of his admlnis
tration. It is particularly desirable that noth
ingxhould be left undone by the governmen.
of either Republic to strengthen their relations
as neighbors and friends.
It is much to be regretted that many lawless
acts continue to disturb the quiet of the settle
meats on the border between our territory an.'
that of Mexico, and that complaints of wrongs
to American, citizens in various pacts of tilt
country are made. The revolutionary comb
lion In which the ueiehboring Republic has
so long been involved lots in some degree con "'
tributed to this disturbance. It is to be hop
ed that, with a mote settled rule or ord. r
through the Republic which may be expected
front the present government, the acts of
which just complaint is made mill cease. The
proceedings of the commission tinder the con
vent ion. with Mexico, July 4, 1868, on the sub
J.-ct of claims, have unfortuntitek been chock
id by an obstacle for the removal of %%uich
measures have been token by the two govern
meets, which.it is believed will prove success
lot. The commissioners appointed pursuant
to the joint resolution of Congress of the 7111
of May last to inquire into depredations on the
l'exan frontier, have diligently made invest'
gallons in that quarter. Their report upon
the subject will be communicated to you.
Their researches were necessarily incomplete,
partly on account of the limited appropriation
uu te-by Congress. Mexico, on the part of
tat government, has appointed &similar com
mittee to investigate these outrages. It is not
announced officially, but the press of that
country states that the fullest investigation is
desired, and that the co operation of ail parties
concerned is invited to secure that end. I '
therefore recommend that a special appropria.
thin be made at the earliest day practicable to
enable the commissioners on the part 'of the
United States to return to their labors without
delay.
It is.with regret that 1 have again to an
nounce a continuance of Out disturbed condi•
Lion of the Island of Ouba. No advance to
wards the pacification of the discontented part
of the population has been made. While the
insurrection has gained noedvantages and ex
titbits no more of the elements 01 power or of
the prospects of ultimate success than were
exhibited a year ago, Spain, on the other hand
has not succeeded In its repression, and the
parties stand apparently in the same relative
attitude which they have occupied for a lung
time past. This contest • has lasted now for
more than four years. Were it seen at a dis
tance from our neighborhood we might be In
different to its resdlt,although humanity could
not he unmoved by many of Its incidents
wherever they might occur. It is, however,
at our dour.
I cannot doubt that the continued mainten
ance of slavery In Cuba Is among the strongest
inducements to the continuance of this strife.
A terribliawrong is the natural cause of a ter.
rible evil!' The abolition of slavery and the
introduction of other reforms in the adminis•
tration of the government in Cuba could not
fall to advance the restoration of peace and or
der. It is greatly to be hoped that the present
liberal government of Spain will voluntarily
adopt this view. The law of emancipation,
which was passed more than two years since,
has remained unexecuted, in the auseuce of
regulation for its enforcement. It was but a
feeble step toward emancipation, but it was
the recognition aright, and was balled as
such, and exhibited Spain in harmony with
sentiments of humanity and of justice, and in
sympathy with the other powers of the Chris
tald and civilized world. Within the first few
weeks the regulations for carrying out the law
of emancipation have been announced, giv
ing evidence of the sincerity of intention of
the present government to carry into effect the
law ot 1860. 1 have not failed to urge the
consideration of the wisdom, the policy and
the justice of a more effective system for the
abolition of the great evil which oppresses a
relic and continues a bloody, and distructive
contest, close to our border as well as the ox.
pediency and the justice of conceding reforms
of which the propriety is not questioned.
Deeply impressed with the conviction that the
continuance of slavery 'sone of the moat active
causes of the continuance of the unhappy con
dition of Cuba, I regret to believe that citizens
of the United States, or those clainiing to he
such, are large holders in Cuba of what is
property , t h h i er d e en ci tut aim d e d d en as o
for-
Uniten States. are thus in defiance of
They
th e the spirit of our own laws, - contributing to the
continuance of this distressing and sickening
lowest. In my last annual measagb I referred
to this subject and I again reccommend each
legislation as may be proper to denounce, and
if not prevent, at least to discourage American
citizens from holding or dealing in slaves,aud
it Is gratifying to announce that the ratlfca•
thins of the convention concluded under the
auspices of this government between dpain on
the one part and the allied Republica of the
Pacific on the other ' providing for an arn.ls
tce, have been exchanged. A copy of the in-
Aroment is herewith submitted. It Is hoped
that this may lie followed by a permanent
pellet, between the same parties.
The differences which at one tinukthreaten
mi the maintainance of peace between Brazil
and the Argentine Republic It Is hoped are in
the way of sitisfaceory adjustment. With
these Stat. M. as with the r. publics of Central
and South America. we continue to maintain
limit friendly relations. 'lt is with regret,
however ' I anl . lllllllCe that the Government of
Venezuela has made no further payments on
the awards under the emvention of the 25th
of April. 1866.
That It...public is understood to be now al
moat, if not quite; Iratiquil.z..d. It Is hoped,
therefore, that it will lose no time in provid•
log for the unpaid balance of its debt to the.
United States, which, having originated in in•
juries hi our citizens by Venezuelan authori•
ties, and having been acknowledged pursuant
to a treaty in the most solemn form known
among nations, would seem to deserve a pre
ference over debts of a different nature. The
Sllbjellt is again recommended to the attention
of Congress for such action as may he deemed
proper. 'Our treaty relations with Japan re
main unchanged. An imposing embassy from
that Interesting and progressive nation visited
this country during the year that is passing.
but being unprovided WWI powers for the
signing of a.coovention in this country, no
Conclusion In (lug direction was rennet! It
is hoped, however, that the iii. erchange of
opinions which took plant, during UlVir slay
u. this country has led t.. a nitou anon C:It•
111111 of the interests widen nifty h. n1 . .1111.1...0,
when the ruvi'Sion of the -xißting treaty shall
be undertaken in this connection.. I renew
my recommendation clone year ILLT,), that to
give duiportance and le add to the efficiency of
our diplomatic relations with 'Japan •and
China, and to lurther aid in retaining the
good opinion of those people, and to secure
to the United States its share of the commerce
destined to flow between those nations and
the balance of the commercial world, an ap•
propriation he made to amnion at least four
American youths in each of these countries to
serve as a part of the official family of our
ministers there. Our representatives would
not even then be placed upon an ecoality with
the representation of Great Britain or of some
other powers. As now situated our represen
tatives in Japan and China have to depend
for interpreters and tianslators, upon natives
of those countries who know our language
Imperfectly, or procure for the occasion the
service of employes in li.reign business houses,
or the interpreters to other f o reign ministers
I mean the recommendation made on a previ.
one occasion cif the transfer to the Depart
meat of the Interior, to which it seems more
appropriately to belong 01'101 the powers and
duties in relation to the Territories with which
the Department of State is now charged
by law air by custom, Congress, from the be
ginning of the goverument, has wisely made
provision tor the relief of distressed seamen in
foreign countries. No similar provision,how
ever, has hitherto been made for the relief of
citizens in distress abroad other than seamen.
It is understood to be customary with other
governments to authorize consuls to extend
such relief to their citizens or subjects in cer
lain cases a similar authority, and an approp
elation to cary it into effect are commended
n The case of citizens of the United States
destitute or sick. Under such circumstances.
it is well known that such citizens resort to
foreign countries in great numbers. Though
most of them are able to bear the expensv3
incident to locomotion, there are'some, who
through accident or otherwise, become penni
less, and have no,friends at home able to suc
cor them. Persons in this situation must
either perish, cast themselves upon the charity
of foreigners, or be relieved at the private
charge of our own officers, who usually even
with the most beneVelent distinsitions, have
matting to spare for such purpoies. Should
the authority and appropriation asked for be
granted, care will be taken to carry the bene
ficence of Congress into effect; that it shall
not be unnecessarily or unworthily bestowed.
IMEMIM
The moneys received and converted Into
the Treasury durjng the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1872, wdl . e :—From customs, $216,•
370,286 77 ; from sales of public lands, $2,575,
7 4.14; from internal revenue, $130,042,177.-
oz ; horn tax - On nattutiat bank oitculattoo,
&c., $65,238,908; from Pacific Railroad Com
panies, $799.801.87 ; from customs, fines, &c.
$1.130.432 34 •, tr un fees, consular, patents,
land, &c., $2.384.005.02 ; from miscellaneous
sources. $4,412,254.71 ; total ordinary receipts
$364 094,229 01 ; rum premium on sales of
coin. $94.412,037 05 ; total net receipts, $374.
106,867 56 ; balance in treasury June 10, 1871
$109,935,705.59, it. • unavailable ; tom
available cash, $464,042,5,. 1 .15.
The net erpenditut s 1) . !. warrants during
the same period were: For civil expemars,
$l6 189,059.20; for tor. ign int. rcourse, $l,
839 309 14; Indians, $8.061,728 . 89; pensions,
$28'533.402.70 ; military estab.isMnent,in•
eluding fortifications, river and harbor im-
Provemcnts and t rsenals, $35, 172, 557 20 ; fur
naval improvements, including vessels and
machinery, and improvements at navy yards,
$21,249,809 89 ; for misc. Ilaneons civil, in
eluding public buildings, lii lit houses and
collecting the rev, nue, $42 958 820 08 ; in
treat on the public debt, $117.357,839.72 ; to
al, exclusive of r-Melval and premium on
lie public debt, $270.549 (195.91 ; for premium
on bonds purchased, 86.958.2(16 76 ; for re
demption 01 the public debt, $90,900,253.54 ;
total, $lOO 918.520 30 ; total net disburse
merits, $377 478.210 21 ; balance in the 'Cress
ury June 3U, 1872, $506,564.856 94 ; total,
$484,042,573.15. From the toregoing state
ment it appears that the net reduction of the
principal of the debt during th , fiscal year
ending June 30, 1872, was $99,000,253.54.
By the monthly stat, molt 01 the public
debt, which adds together the principal, in
terest due and unpaid, and interest accrued to
date, not due, and deducts the cash in the
Treasury as asceria , ned on the day of publi
cation, tire reduction was $100,544.491'28.
The source of this redu,..tion is its follows ;
Reduction.in principal accouni, $00,960,003.
54 ; reduction in unpaid interest account,
$3,330,025.96 ; total, $lO3 290.959 60 ; twine.
1 1. n in cash on hand, $2,746.465.22 ; total.
$100,544,491.28. On the basis of the last tattle
he statements show a reduction of the public
debt from Ist of March, 1869, to the present
Little as follows :
Fr'poi March 1, 1869, to March 1,1870. $87,-
134.128.84; from "arch 1, 1870, to March 1.
1871, $117,610.630.23 ; from March 1, 1871,
to March 1, 1872, $94,895,348 94 ; from March
1, 1872, to November 1. 1872. (.'lcht months),
$04,047,237.84. Total. $3113,696,999.87. With
the great reduction of taxation by the acts of
Congress, at Its last session, the expenditure
of the government in collecting the revenue
will be much reduced Ihr the next Ascii! year.
It is very doubtful, however, whether so
vexatious a burthen upon any people will be
practicable for the present at all, event as
measure of justice to the holders of the na•
bon's certificates of indebtedness.
I would recommend that no more legisla
tion be had on this subject, unless It be to cor
rect errors of omission or commission in the
present law until sufficient time has elapsed
to prove that It can be done Ind still leave
sufficient revenue to meet current expenses of
government, pay interest on the public debt.
and provide for the sinking fund established
by law. The preservation of our national
credit is of the highest importance. Next in
Importance to this comes a solemn duty to
provide a note currency of fixed unvarying
value as compared with gold, and as soon as
practicable, having due regard for the interests
of the debtor class and the vicissitudes of Trade
and commerce, convertible into gold at par.
The report of the Secretary of War shows
the expenditures of the. War Department for
the fiscal year ending June 30.'1871, to be
$35,709.991.82, and for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1872, to be $35,372,157.20, showing
a reduction in favor of the last fiscal year of
$432,894.72. The estimates for military on
Troprlations for the next fiscal year, ending
June 30, 1874, are $33,80e,878.78. .e ra
The estimates of the Chief of Eng le
are
.
asubmittednd harboseparat elyr
improventen
. for
o for . t u u d iea f,
buildings and groun ds and the Washington
Aqueduct.
The affairs or the Freedmen's Bureau have
all been transferred to the War Department.
, io r u 'pu ri t l e ic
y , r
and regulations have been put into execution
for the speedy payment of the bounty, ,tc.,
due colored soldiers properly coming under
that bur au. ' All war accounts for money and
property prior to 1871 have been examined
and transmitted to the Treasury for final sett
lement.
During the fiscal year there have been paid
whichfor transportation
was
sn
over railroad sthei,,, c s l l a, 3 .6,ooo,
railroads.o f
For trans
portation by water, $020,873.52, and
by stage $413,075.84; and for the purchase of
t ransportation animals, wagons, hire of team
sters, &c., $924,650.64. 'About' $70,000 have
been collected from southern railroads during
the year, leaving about $4,000,000 still due.
Ehe Quartermaster has examined and trans.
milted to the accounting officers for settle.
ment $307,172.78 of claims by loyal citizens
OM
for quartermaster's stores during the war
Subsistence supplies to the amount of itBo,
048 12 have been Issued to Indians,
The annual average
.mean strength of the
army to date, 10,124 white and 2,494 colored
soldiers. The total lost for tho year reported
were 35 white and 54 colored.
The distribution of the Medical and Surgi
cal hlotory of the War is yet to be ordered by
Congress. There exists an absolute necessity
for medical corps of the full number established
by act of Congress of July 28, 1886. There
being. now filty•alne vacancies, and the num
ber of successful candidates rarely exceeds
eight or ten in any one year.
The river and harbor improvements have
been carried on with energy and economy;
though many are only partially completed,the
results have saved to commerce many times
the amount expended. The Increase of com•
m erne w I th;greater depths of channel o f greater
secerity In navigation, and the saving of time
adds millions to the wealth of the country and
increases the resources of the Government.
The bridge across the Mississippi river at
Rock Island has been completcd,and the prop
er site has been determined upon for the
bridge at Lacrosse. The able and exhaustive
report made by the commissioner, appointed
to in vestigate the Sutra tunnel, has been trans
milted to Congress.
The observations and reports of the Signal
(ace have been continued, and stations have
been maintained at each of the principal lake
seaport and river cities. Ten additional sta
tions have been established In the Culled
Slate,, and arrangements have been made for
an exchange of seaports with Canada, and a
similar exchange of observations is contem
plated with the West India Islands.
The :avorable attention of Congress is in.
cited to the following recommendations of the
Secretary 01 War. A. discontinuance of the
appointments of extra lieutenants to serve as
adjutants and quartermasters ; 'and the adop•
tion of a code providing specific penalties for
well didined offences, so tnat the inequality of
of s.•nteuces adjudged by courts martial may
be adjusted : the consolidation of accounts un
der which expenditures are made'he a meas
ure of economy ; a reappropriation of the
coney for the construction of a depot at San
Antonio, the title to the site now being per
fected. A special act placing the cemetery at
the City of Mexico on the same bait:leas other
national cemeteries. Authority to purchase
sites for military poetsin Texas. The appoint.
mint of commissary sergeants from non com•
missioned officers, as a measure for securing
the better care and protection of supplies.—
An appropriation for the publication of the
catalogue and table of the anatomical section
of the army medical museum. A reappropria
don of the amount for the manufacture of
breech loading arms, should the selection be
so delayed by the board of officers as to leave
the former appropriation unexpended at the
close of the fiscal year. The sale of such ar
senals emit of the Mississippi as can be spared,
and the proceeds applied to the establishment
of one large arsenal of construction and repair
on the Atlantic coast and purchase of a Suits.
ble site for a proving and experimental ground
for heavy ordnance. The abrogation of lawe
which deprive inventors in the United States
service from deriving any benefit from their
inventions ; the repeal of the law prohibiting
promotions in the Staff Corps; a continuance
of the work upon coast defenses; the repeal of
the seventh sr ction of the act of July 13,1866,
taking from engineer soldiers the per , diem
granted to other troops ; a limitation of time
tOr presentation of old war claims for subsist
ence supplies, under act of July 4, 1864, and
a modification in the mode of the selection of
cadent for the Military Academy, in order to
enhance the usefulness of the Academy, which
is impaired by reason of the large amount of
time necessarily expended in giving new ca
dets a thorough knowledge of the more ele
mentary branches of learning which they
should acquire before entering the Academy ;
also, an appropriation for philosophical appar
atus, and increase in numb:re and pay to the
Military Academy Band. The attention of
Congress will be called during the present
session to various enterprises for the more cer
Lain and cheaper transports of the con.
at increasing sue miff the tern and
sr the produetalo the Atlantic a aboard.
he subject is one that will force itself upon
e legislative branch of the government soon.
r or later ; and I suggest that immediate steps
, taken to gain all available information t in
sure equable and just legislation.
The route to connect the. Mississippi Valley
• MI the Atlantic Ocean at Charleston, 8. C.,
nd Savannah, Ga., by water, by way of the
Ohio and Tennessee rivers and canals and
sluckwater to the Savannah and Ocmulgee
rivers, has been surveyed, and a report made
by an accomplished engineer officer of the
army.
Second and third new routes will be pre
pared for the consideration of Congrer , name
ly, by an extension of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal. lam not prepared to recommend
government aid to these or other enterprises
until it is clearly shown they are not only of
national interest, but, when completed, they
will be of a value commensurate' with their
Cost.
That production increases more rapidly
than the means of transportation in our coun
try had been demonstrated by past experience;
that the unprecedented growth in population
and products of the whole country will re.
claire additional farilities and cheaper ones.
for the most bulgy articffis of commerce to
reach tide water, and a market will be de
mantled in the near future is equally demon
strable. I would therefore suggest either a
committee or commission to be authorized to
consider this whole question, and to report to
Congress at some future day, for its better
guidance In legislating on this impqrtant sub
j. et. The railroads of the countryhave been
rapidly ex ended during the last few years to r
meet the growing deinandatlf production, and .
r. fleet much credit upon the capitalists and
managers engaged.
In addition to these a project to facilitate .
commerce by the building of a ship canal
around Niagra Falls on the United States side
which has been agitated for many years, will,
no doubt, be called to your attention at Ablo
session. Looking to the great future growth
of the country and the increasing demands of
commerce, it might be well, while on this
subject to only to have examined and report
ed upon the various practicable routes for con
nectirg the Mississippi with tidewater on the
Atlantic, but the feasibility of an almost con
tinuous landlocked navigation from Maine to
the Gulf of Mexico. Such a route along our
c 'ast would be of great value at all times and
of inestimable value in case of foreignwar. Na
ture has provided the greater part of thiarmate
and the obstacles to be overcome are easily
within the skill of the engineer. I have not
alluded to this subject with the view of hav
ing any further expenditure of public money
at this time than may be necessary to procure
and place all the necessary to procure and
place all the necessary to procure and place
all the necessary information before Congress
in authentic form, to enable It hereafter, if
deemed practicable and worthy, to legislate
on the subject without delay.
rho report of the Secretary of the Navy
herewith accompanying, explains fully the
condition of that branch of the public service
its wants and deficiencies, expenses incurred
during the past year , and appropriations for
the same. It also gives a complete history of
the services of the navy for the past year in rid
dition to its regular service.
It is evident that, unless early steps are la•
ken to preserve our navy, that in a very few
years the United dtates will be thameakest na
tion upon the ocean of all great Powers. Witt
an energetic, progressive butinesa peor" n r
ours, penetrating and forming bu o "Vrld, a
tams with every part of the k ad w ale respect
navy strong enough to eery tor the full pro
of our flag abroad le o ` c .rrecommend careful
section of their O.
ri c b elfiress of .he recommen
considerailonobirthe Secretary of the Navy.
dation. made
Tao a eohnthanying report of the Postmaster
-0,4,,,r0.1 furnishes a full and satisfactory exhl.
edam of the operations of the Post Office De
partment during the yeg . r. The ordinary rev
enues of the Department for the fiscal year en
ding June 80, 1872,amounted to $21,815,428.-
87, and the expenditures to $27,658,102.131.
Compared with the previous fiscal year, the
increase of revenue wa54187,888,005, or 087
per cent., and the increase of expenditures,
$220,008828, or 020 per cent. ; adding to the
"rdmary revenue the annual appropriation of
$700,000 for free matter and the amounts paid
tor the aubsidied mail eteamehip lines tromp,-
cial appropriations ; the deficiency paid out of
the general treasury was $331,778,504, an ex
cess of $98.970,728 over tho deficiency for the
year 1871. Other interestirg statistical Infor
mation relating to our rapidly extending postai
service Is furnished in this report. The total
length of railroad mail routes on the 80th of
June, 1872, was 57,011 mlles-80'77 additional ,
miles of such service having been, pet into
operation. During the year eight isew Mien
of railway pos3 L oDlces have been establlslted,
with arva,ggregate 'earth of 2900 miles,
The number of letters exchanged in the malls
with foreign countries was 24,482,500,
crease of 4,088,502, or 20 per cent. over the
number in 1871, and the postage thereon
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of the malls exchanged with European coun
tries exceeded 820 tons. • The cost' . of the
United States transatlantic malt steamship Ser
vice was $220,801.70. The total cost of the .
United States ocean steamship service, Includ
ing the amount paid to the subsidized lines of,:
mzil steamers was $1,027,020.07.
The following are the only steamship
now receiving subsidies for mail service under'
special acts of Congress : The Pacific, Mail
Steamship Company receives $500,000 per an-.
nom for carrying smoothly mall between San
Francisco, Japan and China, which will be in-,
creased to $1,000,000 per annum for a Beall:.
monthly mail on and after October 1,1878; the
United States and Brazil Maul Steamship Com- •
pany receives $150,000 per annum for convey
ing a montbiy mail between Now York and
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; and the California,
Oregon and Mexican Steamship Company re.
coma $75,000 per annum for carrying a month
ly mail between San Francisco and Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands ; making the' total amounts
of mail steamabip aubaldies at presmt $725,000
per annum
Our postal communications with all parts of
the civilized world have been placed upon a
most advantageous footing by the improved
postal conventions and arrangements recently ,
concluded with the leading commercial coun
tries of Europe and America, and' the gratify:
ing statement is made that with the conclusion
of a satisfactory convention with France, the
details of which have been definitely agreed to
by the head of the French postal depart 1111 . 11 t,
subject to the approval of tho Minister of Fi
nance, little remains to be accomplished by
treaty for some time to come with respect °lilt.
er to a reduction of rates or improved facilities
of postal Intercourse. Your favorable coast d •
rationis respectfully invited to the 'Tem
mandations made by the Postmaster Grtieral
for an increase of service from monthly to
semi monthly trips on the mail steamship route
to Brazil ; for the subsidy in aid of the estab
lishment of an American line of mail steanli rs
between San Francisco, Now Zealand sod Au.
stralia ; for the establishment of poet offices,
saving banks, and for the Increase of the sala
ries of the heads of bureaus.
I have heretofore recommended the abolillor,
of the franking privilege, and see nn reason
now for changing my views on that subject.
It having not been favorably regarded by Con
gress, however, I now suggest a land ification
of that privilege, to correct its glaring and
costly abuses.
I would recommend also the appointment of
a committee or a commission to take into con
sideration the best method equitable to private
corporations who have invested their t:me and
capital in the establishment of telegraph fines,
of acquiring the title to all telegraph lines now
In operation, and of connecting this -ervice
with the postal service of the oat ion. It
probable that this subject coed i receive the
proper consideration during the lithits of. a
short session of Congress, but it may be Multi'.
ted, so that future action may be Mir to the
government and to private parties cpncerned.
There aro but three lines of Ocean st, meta,
namely, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
between San Francisco,China and Japan, with
provision made for semi-monthly servic after
October 1, 1873. The United States and Brazil
line, monthly, and the California,New . Zealand
and Australian line, monthly, plying between
the I tilted States and foreign ports,uud owned
and operated under our flag,
I earnestly recommend that such liberal con
tracts for carrying the mails be auttiorizd with
these lines as will insure their continuance if
tue expediency of extending the aid of govt.rn•
ment to lines of steamers which hitherto hare
not received it should be deemed worthy of the.
consideration of Congress. Political and com •
mercial objects make it advisible to bestow
such aid on a line under our flag between Pan
ama and the western South American ports.
By this means much trade now diverted to
other countries might be brought to us, to the
material advantage of this country and tiros.,
lying in that quarter of the Continent of
America.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury
will show an alarming falling off in our carry
tug trade for the last ten or twelve years and
even for the past year. Ido not believe that
public treasure can be better expended in tin.
interest of the whole people than in trying t,
recover this trade. An expenditure of fiv,.
millions of dollars per annum for the next five
years if It would restore to us our proportion
at me carrying trade of the world would be
profitably expended. The price of labor in
Europe has so much enhanced within the last
bur years that the cost of building and.operat
'rig ocean steamers in the United States is not
so much greater than In Europe, that I bulkyo
the time has arrived for Congress to. take this
subject into serious consideration.
Detailed statements of the disbursements
through the Department of Justice will be
furnished by4he report of the Attorney-Gen
eral, though these have been somewhat in
creased by the recent acts of Congress to en
force the rights of citizens of the United States
to vote in the several States of the Unlon,and
to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States and the amendments thereto. I cannot
question the necessity and statutory effect of
these enactments. Reckless and lawless men,
I regret to say, have associated themselves to
gether In some lodalities to deprive other eiti.
zone of the rights guaranteed to them by the
Constitution of the United States, and to that
end have committed deeds of blood and vio
lence, but :he prosecution and punishment of
many of these persons have tended greatly to
the repression of such disorders. I do not
doubt that a great majority of the people in
all parts of the country favor the full enjoy•
went, by all classes of persons, of those rights
to which they are entitled under the Coned-
tution and laws, and I invoke the aid and in
see of all good citizens to prevent organt-
A.,. ma whose objects are, by unlawful means,
onertere with these rights. I look with co.'.
lanes to a time not far distant when the oh-
Vious advantages ofgood order and peace will
induces') abandonment of all combinations
prohibited by the acts referred to, and when
It would be unnecessary to carry on presecu
lions or inflict punishments to protect citizens
from the lawless doings of such combinations.
Applications have been made to me to pardon
persons convicted of a violation of said' acts,
upon the ground that clemency in such cases
would ten to tranquilize the public mind, and .
to test the virtue of thrt policy, I am dispos
ed, as far as my sense of duty will permit, to .•
give to these applications a favorable consider
talon, but any action thereon is not to be con- •
strued as Indicating any change in my deter
ruination to enforce with rigor such acts en
long as the conspiracies and. combinatams ,
therein named disturb the peace of the court..
try. It is much to be regretted, and It is re
gretted
:‘
by no one more than myself, that a
necessity has ever existed to execute the En-'
forcement nct. No one can desire more than •
I that the necessity of applying it may never •
again be demanded.
The Secretary of the Interior reports stale.
factory Improvement and progress in eachOf
the several bureaux under the control of the •,,
Interior Department. They are all in excel
lent condition ; the work which In some of
them for some years has been brought ,down
to a recent date, and intall the current hue ,-
nala has been promptly despatched.
The policy which was adopted at th ° "gn
It to Ike
ning of this administration war/ r.g„
me 'r n a sue
management of the Indians.
friends a e a nti c ipate d
Cenral aa ita mos' rd
Is has reduced the
within so shr o i r • rensgement,decreased their ..1
expensee_,or n L e m white settlements, tended to
for_as i r e u c r sest opportunity for the extension
frj,,, great railway through the public do. ' -
mete, and the pushing settlements into more
remote districts of country, awl at the same
time Improved the condition of the Indians.
The policy will be maintained without - any
change, excepting such as further experience •
may show to be necessary to render it more
eftliclent. . .
The subject of converting the so-called le ;
(Han Territory south of Kansas Into home for
the Indian, and erecting therein a territorial
form of government, la-one of great Unpin. VI
ante as a commetement of the existing Indlenresl
policy. The question of removal to that ter
ritory has within the past year been presented' ,
to many of the tribes resident upon othnr; and
leas desirable portions of the public domain,
and has generally been received by thi,m with
favor. As a preUmlnary step to the organize
tion of such a territory It will be necessary kta;.
confine the Indians now' resident , •therelu. to ‘,.`
farms of proper size, which eliould,be secured
to them In fee, the residue to be used for tbi;
settlement of other friendly Indians. Eftrrts
will be made in the Immediate future 41).; hi- , •
duce the removal of as many peaceably, die..., ; ;;
plated Indians to the Indian Territory' tui can
be settled properly without disturbing'
harmony of those already there. There la no
other location now available where a people
wit() are endeavoring to acquire a Irnowiedge,
'id Vol./dud agelcoltoxel pgrettlta can be
we imfoininodated u upon' the tdocc9 4
lands in the Indian Territory..
A. Territorial Government sbo
ever, protect the Indians from it
whites for a term of of venni,
come sufficiently advanced 11 '
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