""gym 4s§mg,;,
• loelioso-iitizens of the &wail, "• 0 '
and the House of Iteperitidotires :
tinder the benignant PraMlittl."4
mighty God, the representadtea Of they
fhates , and of the people are Vtlitt lbrollght
weedier' to deliberate for thalititaller geed.
The gretimile of the nation tothale&ereign
Arbiter .of all human events,Ahould be
Commeneurate with the huendless bles
sings whirl' ive enjoy.
Peaerk .plenty ;and contentment-•reign
thetitigliout our borders, and Our beloved
country' presents a sublime moral specta
el he the world.
irvinbleil and unsettled 'rendition
of retie of the principal European powl
ere' had A necessark tendency to check
sad eimbarraes trade, ahibte demist prices
-eutronglisiut all eommereinl nations; Intri
-elewithetateling - these causes, the Milted
, 'heist i with their abundant Products, have
`fbli u thelr effects less severely, than auy
';othercountry and all our great interests
are still prosperous and successful.
In reviewing the great events of the past
• 'year, and contrasting the agitated and dig
litrhisii state of other countries with our
tratiettil end happy condition, we may con
: f ramlaie ourselves that we are the moat
•
avas - ed people on the face of the earth.—
".:44tila, the people of other countries are
-',struggling to establish free institutions, ea
der whish man may govern himself, we
- .itt die actual enjoyment of them—sal
etch inheritance front our fathers. While!
eidiglitened nations of Europe are eotivul-;
b red mad
,distracted by civil war or inters- I
we. settle all our political eon-1
tencesies by the peaceful exercise of ,the
--rights of freemen at the ballot-hox. The
rerinblican maxim so deeply estgni
:' etitinllte hearts of our people, that the
• l ow df the majority. constitutionally ex
pressed, shall prevail, is our sure safe
•..gtetial • against force and violence. It is
,iu.selqect of just pride, that our fame
awl - character as a nation continue rit
yitlltto advance in the estimation of the
' World. To our wise and tree
in.steltions it is to be attributed, that while
;Sane' : Critique have achieved glory at the:
price of the suffering, distress, and impels-I
• erialtment of their people, we have won
aserhonorable position in the midst of an
''ititritterrupted prosperity, and of an increas•
ipdieidual coinfert and happiness. I
„.fin.,ll/Ippy .to inform you that our relations
•• yjth ell Lotions are friendly end paei4e.
Advantageous treaties of commerce have.
been concluded within the last lour with'
Mar Grenade, Peru, the Two picilies.
Belgium Hanover , Oldenburg. and Meek
lenburg-Schwerin. Pursuing our exempla,
the restrictive system of Great Britain,
ntjr . principal foreign customer, has been
a more littera! commercial Pelicy
birS' been iulopted by other enlightened
„siiitione, and our trade greatly enlarged and
,Our country stands' higWr in
the: reepeet of the world than at any for-.
sees period o continue to - occupy this
prcied prisitioe, it is only necessary to pee
scare peace, and faithfully adhere
...to the
great and, fundamental principle ofoUr. far
eigri pelicy, of noninterference in the do
merino asseeerns of other nations. We re
eagnisein all nations the rights which We
enjoy ourselves, to change and reform their
iinlitical institutions, according to their own
will and pleasure. Hence we do not look
behind existing governments, eaptible•of
maintaining their own authority. We re
eoginae all such actual giavernmenti; hot
only, front
: the dictates Of true policy, but
, from kiliereilregard (or the ietlepentlanes
• . ,
While this is our settled poliey,.it Anis
het fellowi i thae we can ever be intliflhrent
apedals:la of the progreasef libl'ta~ grin
[deg. ,Ilfe . goveriituent and peoide of the
Unitetl§ietee hailed 'with etithastasm mid
tieliiht the establiefirneet of the Fiends”
reps ltc, aseitie nowliail the efforts in pro
,greeta to unite 'the Stites of Geirnany in a
conWerrition, similar iu tinny respects to
enr.ewit federal Union. If . the great and
:eid4litenc:ll German States, occupying, as
:they, do, a central and commanding posi
_penfu Europe, shall succeed in establish
•tngsetsch a confederated govenlmen,t, seen
.env at the same time to the citizens of
,44,Sote, local governments adapted, to
pectiliac condition of each, with tome
r etecteff - teade and intercourse with each
slier; i will an important era in the his
,rory Of hernee events. Whilst it will eon
; sulidate acid Strengthen the power of Ger
. many, it must essentially promote thecae/a
of peace, commerce, civilization, and con
libe;ty throughout the world.
' Withal! die governmen is on this continent
per reJaiions, it is believed, are now on a
mbie friendly and satisfactory footing than
they hive ever been at any former period.
Sitie the - exchange of ratifications of*
treaty of peaeit with Mexico, our inter
etturee with die governmant of that repett
/lie ha s been of the most friendly character.
„The' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
rlenipoteetiary of the United States to
I'ditkico has been received and accredited ;
.
and a diplomatic representative from Max
ieo of aelmilar rank kas been received and
ameredlled - by this government. The a
micable relations between the two wen
trist:iihich had been suspended have been
happily restored, and are destined, I trust,
to Milong preserved. The two republics,
both situated on this continent, and with ea
trriniuntst territories, have every motive of
sympathy and of interest to bind limit to
gether in perpetual amity.
.
This gratifying condition of our foreign
'relatione renders it unnecssary for me to call
your anerition more speci fi cally to them.
ii hams
been my constant aim and desire
.Itteitltivate peace and commerce with all
ttatioas,i ' 1 ranquillity at home and peace
irel relations abroad, constitute the true per
,
iusinetit policy of our country. War, the
scourge of nations, sometimes becomes
inevitable, but is always to be avoided
when it can be done consistently with the
rights and honor of the nation.
One of the mist important results of the
'hear into which we were recently forced
neighboring nation, is the demon-,
'oration tt has afforded of the military
strettglkist our country. Before the late
wive' Witk - Mexico, European and other
iteivreri entertained imperfect and errun
rtintr:viiirWs-of our physical strength us al
natiorr u iund of our ability to prosecute a
*lit, 'and' especially - a war waged out of
eter own Votintry . „ They saw that our
!trill/Atari on
suite the peace establishmeutl
'OW tfirtaistetted ten thousand into. Ac-1
rusionsil themselees to maintaisb peace
Isere steadies armies for the proteetion of
,sie ks e t es vilest their own ;spittle. as well
as tieptisest foreign enemies, they hod not
ronesived that it was possible for a nation
iseilltestillereh an army, welt dir4linedatul
of Lew Orrice. to wage war sueermsfully.
31)sty. *id in low re ter our militia, and
'We tar from regarding thetn-sa eliettive
gmar, wakes It aught lie for temporary
dr
ve 1114111110101111 when Invaded aotaiur
;Wlt*'.lt i, Theorems of the Late was with
t Mexico have not only undeceived them,
l but have removed erroneous impressions
i l wltie preyailed to some : extent even m
I mong a portion offbur own eouelryman.
,Thatt war ',tap tremOnstryeti, Ault lupon
tht breakink out of bostifitidst noYantlei
pate/ and for* hieh no. pteviims pisipara
min Itadbeien made, ?n volunteer` army of
citizen solte i, trs equal to! , veytran tteus,'
iftrifiirtilm ra equal' To any emergency,
I can in a short period be brought into the
kid. Unlike what would have occurred
1 in any other country, we were under no
necessity of resorting to draughts- or cau
-1
1 scriptions. On the contrary, such was
ithe number of volunteers who patriotical
ly tendered their services, that t h e chief
difficulty wns in making selections and de
ie.-I%IMM( who should be disappointed and
compelled lo.reinain at home. Onr cid.
eon-soldiers. see 'alike those drawn from
.the population of may-other country.—
They are composed indiscriminately °fall
Orarshrfil9ted Penults t orheritiers, hiw
'Ml, Phjrucl!iiiatittereltants. mititifitelue - ;
era,mechanics aid 'taborets : and this, tot
only among the Girt:kora, but the private
aulthein in the ranks. Our eitioan-soldiers
are unlike those of , any other country in
other respect.. They're armed, slid have
been necustonted Itkini **loath up to
handle'and use fire-ermat';ntid a largeehr=
portion of theta, eaqmOally.o the roster*
and more, newlyiunt4 l 4.olates , imexPert.
marksmen. They are men who hove a
reputation. to nuatptein -at *nee bytheir
good conduct in the :Bell ' They stein.
telligent,end there is an individuality of
character which. I. faunal 14., ito 'nuke of
no other army:' In tseilie;*acli . Mivlite
man, as well pi iiiiitry : officer. . fights nut
only for his country, but Air glory , and dis
tinction among his fellowmitiseas when he
shall' tetuen to civil lilit4 - ' '
The' war Wl* Mexico list demonstrated
not only the 4 . 0 4 , selectmen% to
organize.* numerous liciny upon a sudden
ea, but also to provide it with all the mu
nitions and necessary -supplies with dee
rich; enniestieneu. end ease, and to direct
• tur tiporstienn witheffieleney. Thestrengtfr
ef our inetitirtions has pet bnly been dia.i
playrkin -alp valor . and skill' of our Weeps
engaged in active service in the held, but
,in the organisation of those executive
branches which were-charged .with the
general direction and conduct of the war.
W hike tee great prilseremnot bestowed op
en ihe officers and :Men Who fought' our
baffice. It wouffi ,be unjust to withhold
_ftent,these offidentnecesssrily.smitioned at
home, who were charged with the duty of
furtvishies the army, in proper time. and at
.proper places; with all the munitions of
'wareml tethers- supplies so necessary to
make, It; efficient, the commendation to
Which
_they arc milled. The credit duo
to this clasa.of-nur,. offinem. it the gmtei,
when it is considered that no army in an
cient ter modem times was ever better up=
point:titer provided lhaiteler irmy in Mex
ico. °kraal . * ' in. Mt' enemy's country,
removed -two deoutand Miles from theseat
of the' fed9ral government., its different
emcee spread over alerritory, hundreds and
even ithousands of miles apart from each
other, nothing short of the untiring vigi
lamui and extraordinaryenergy of these of
fleets could have enabled them to provide
the army at all points, and in prope r sea
son,.
with all that was required for t he most
efficient service.
It is but an act of justice to declare, that
the officers in charge of the several excels
tire bureaus, all ender the immediate eye
eniraupervision of the Secretary of War,
performed their respective duties with a
•bilisyoniergyorodollleieney. - They have
reaped laurel' the: glory of the war. not
having been personally exposed to its per
ilr battle, than-their companions in arms;
bat without their forecast, efficient lid, and
co-operation, those in the field would not
have been provided with the ample means
they possessed of ach loving for themselves
and their country the unfading honors
which - they have won for both.
hen all these facts are seonsidered, it
may cease to, be a matter of so much a
mazement *bowl how it happened that
oor noble army i ,egulars and
.Volunteers, were victorious upon every
battle-RiAd,, however fearful the odds a
ffaia9l theta.
The war, with *mien has thus fully de
vekipedtbet capacity of republican govern
ments In proleetile successfully a just and
nee every feerign war with ell the vigor
tawdry 'attrilinted to more arbitrary forms
'of 84/Y4184 10 0- It htW been usual for wri
ter' on ItuNic.law to , impute to republics a
want ofthat concentration of pur
pose, sod vigor of execution., which are
generally Winkled to belong to the moose.
chiral artriresuiennie forms ; sml this
feature of populate government has been
supposed I 4 iltriPtar itself mere particular
ly in the euriduel of a war carried on in
an enemy * " territory. The war with Great
Britain. 'in 1812, was to a great extent
**Anal , within-our own limits, and shed
but 606011 . 0 i on the subject. But the
War whieli Wet hitt* just Clewed by an hen-
erabift Peace, evinces beyinid all doubt that
a Platiar raiiretrOatlya government is e
qual to any emevgency which 11 likely to
arise in the affairs of a nation.
• The wir Malice has developed
most strikingly and 'conspicuously anoth
[ er:featitret 'in our. institmioni. It is, that
withont,iost to The goVernment or danger
'to our liberties, we have. in the besont of
our society of freemen, arailable in a just
and , necessary war. virtually a standing ar
my of two millions of armed citizens.sol.
diers, such as fought the battles of Mexico.
But our military strength does not con
sist alone in our capacity for extended and
successful operations on land.. The navy
is an important arm of the national defence.
If the services of the navy were not 'so
brilliant as those of the army in the late
war with Mexico, it was because they had
no enemy to meet on their own element.
While the army had opportunity of per
forming more conspicuous service, the
navy largely participated in the conduct of
the war. Both branches of the service
performed their whole duty to the country.
For the able and gallant services of the
officers and men of the navy—acting inde
pendently as well as in co-operation with
our troops—in the conquest of the Cali
fornias, the capture of Vera Cruz, and the
seizure and occupation of other important
positions on the Gulf and Paciffe roasts, the
highest praise is due. Their vigilance,
energy, and skill rendered the most effec
tive service in excluding munitions of war
and other supplies front the enemy, while
they secured a safe entrance for abundant
supplies for our own army, Our extend
ed commerce was no where interrupted ;
and for this immunity from the evils of
war. the country is indebted to the navy.
High praise is due to the officers of the
see eralexecutive bureaus, navy yards, and
ktations connected with the service, all un
der the immediate direction of tha Secrif=
tary of the Navy, for the industry, forsight.
'ail energy with which everything was di-'
reeled and furnished to give efficiency to
that branch of Up service. The same vik
aii lie
lance existed ' 'tur the operatinite,ot
die IlarT,
~ e t artily. Theis was
Ooneert of a of purpose between
the heeds o ft 'I . Arms of the nervier.
fßy the ore ' talk were from lima to
1
60,11000 d, or teas of war on the Pit
.ctfic an
,the gut of exico were million,.
ed in proper time a in proper positions
to co-operate efficiently with the army.—
By Mir Means their combined power was
brooght to tear successfully on the enemy.
1 egreat results which have been de
-1 veloped and brought to light by this war.
will be of immeasurable importance in the
future progress of our country. They i
will tend powerfully to preserve us from
Foreign eoliltione, and to en ihie us to porsue
'uninterruptedly nor tillerished policy of
"pollee: with all netiins, entangling alli
ineeSlithltone4 0: •
Occuliiiihti airvre do, a more command
ing position inktug nations than,at any fop,
ober purled; bur duties and our respouti
biliiiet iti ourselves and posterity are cot ,
reepondingly increased.: , , This will be the
more obvious when we consider the vast
addititini which hate been recently made
to' 6ur territorial possessions, and their
great ietponalee'aull value.
Within less than four years the annex
ation bf Texas to the Union has been con
summated t. all'eonflicting title to the Or
egon Territory south of the forty-ninth
. - of north latitude, being all that was
insisted on by any of my predecessors.
hu been adjusted ; and Ndw Mexico and
Upper. California hate been acquired by
treaty. The area of these several territo
ries. 'milling to a report carefully prepa
red by the Commissioner of the General
Land office from the most authentic infor
mation in his possession, and which is
herewith transmitted, contains one mil
lion one hundred and ninety-three thou
sand and sixty-one square miles, or seven
hundred and sixty-three million five hun
dred and fifty-nine thousuand and forty
acres; while the area of the remaining
twenty-nine Stases, and the territory not
yet organized into States east of the Rocky
mountains, contains two million fifty-nine
thousand five hundred and thirteen square
miles, or thirteen hundred and eighteen
million one hundred and twenty-six thou- .
sand and fifty-eight acres.
These estimates show that the territo
ries recently acquired, and over which our
exclusive jurisdie4n and dominion have
been extended, - constittne it country more
thaq half as largo as all that which was
held by the United States before their ac
quisition. If Oregon be excluded from the
estimate, there will still remain within the
limits of Texas, New Mexico, and Cali
fornia, eight hundred and fifty-one thou
rand five hundred and•ninetreight square
miles, or five hundred and forty-five ntil
lion twelve thousand seven hundred and
twenty acres ; being an addition equal to
more than one-third of all the territory
owned by the United States before their
acquisition ; and, including Oregon, near
ly as great an extent of territory as the
whole of Europe, Russia only excepted.
The Mississippi, so lately the frontier of
our country, is now only its centre.—
W ith the addition of the late acquisitions,
the United States are now estimated to be
nearly as large as the whole of Europe.—
It is estimated by the superintendent of the
coast survey, in the accompanying report,
that the extent of the seacoast of Texas,
on the Gulf of Mexico is upwartls of four
hundred miles ; of the coast of Upper Cal
ifornia. on the Pacific, of nine hundred and
seventy miles ; and of Oregon, ineltutieg
the Straits of Fuca, of six hundred and fif
ty miles ; making the whole extent of sea
coast on the Pacific one thousand six hun
dred and twenty mites, and the whole ex
tent on both the Pacific and the Gulf of
Mexico two thousand and twenty miles.
The length of the coast Atlantic tram the
northern limits of the United States, a
round the Capes of Florida to the Sabine,
on the eastern boundary of Texas, is es
timated to be three thousand one hundred
miles : so that the addition of seacoast, in
chiding Oregon, is very nearly two-thirds
'as great as all we possessed before; and
excluding Oregon, is an addition of one
thousand three hundred and seventy miles ;
being nearly equal' to 'One-half of the ex
tent of coast which we possessed before
these acquisitions. We have now three
great maritime fronts—on the Atlantic, the
Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific--making
in the whole extent of seacoast five thou-
Sand miles. This is the extent of seacoast
of the United States, hot including bays.,
sounds, and small irregularities of the AIM
shore, and of the sea islands. If these be
included, the length of the shore line of
rnast, as estimated by the superintendent
of the coast survey, in his report, would
be - thirty-three thousand and sixty-three
It would , be difficult to calculate the vales of
theme Myrna, additions to our territorial pores.
slaw - Texas, lying contiguous to the Western
bauadasyrof Lonisiana,enthracing within its
its a pert of the navigable tributary eaten tithe
Mississippi„ and an extensive +Seacoast. could not
long have remained in the hands de foreign pow.
er without endangering. the peace of oar south
western frontier. Her products in the vicinity of
the tributaries of the Mississippi MIS have Nought
a market through thee streams. running into and
through our territory ; and the danger of irritation •
and collision of interests between Texas as a far
riga /hate end ourselves would have been • inanvi-
Dent; while the emberramments in the commercial
intercourse between them meat have been constant '
- lend unavoidable. 'Had - Texas fatten into the •
hands, or under the influence and control . of a
strong maritime' ror foreign power, as she
might have done, these dangers would have been
greater. They have been avowal by her robin—
tary and .peaceful annexation to the United Matra.
Texas, from) her position, was a natural and al
most indispensable Pert of Our territories. Ports-
nately, she has been restored to bur country, and
now constitutes one of the States door confide.
racy, "upon an equal footing with the original
States."' The salubrity of climate, the feta** of
soil, pectilitirly adapted to the production of menu
dour most Vans* staple commodities, and her
commercial advantages, must soon make her one
of on , moot, populates - •
New Mexico. though situated in the• interior,
and without a sea coast, u kqpwit to contain meth ,
fertile land, to abound in rich mines of precious
meta le, and to be capable of mustathing a large Ov
ulation. From its position, it is the intermediate
•nd connecting territory between our settlements
and our possessions in Texas, and those on the
Pacific coast.
tipper California, irrespective of the volt min
eral wealth recently developed there, holds at this
day, in point of value and importance to the rest
of the Union. the same relation that Louisiana did
when that fine territory was acquired from France
fortydive years ago. Extending nearly ten de
grees of latitude along the Pacific, and embracing
the only safe and conitnodious harbors ou that
coast for many hundred miles, with a temperate
climate, and an extensive interior of fertile binds,
it is scarcely possible to estimate its wealth until it
shall be brought under the government ()four laws,
and its resources fully developed. Front its yogi-
thin, it must command the rich commerce of ,
China, of Asia, of the islunihr of the Pacific, of
Western Mexico, of Central America. the South i
American States, and of the Russian possessions
bordering on that ocean. A great emporium will
doubtless speedily arise on the Californian coast,
which may he destined to rival in importance New
Orleans itself. The depot of 'the vast commerce
which sea* oitm iihr Polar wapiti& lest
Roam eat am Orr NT et lrimmriimidlw in
occupy lbw smo WWl= war wilar mares
imir daaless..wainaalbemelowoolhe vs&
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ilia OAR ferwej, saip, mat. smil Alas rip
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kill lip RAW, Abigail lowa um %mow Or
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capacious fir abl dor asst "soda OP the sesniss
of that vosel4 sod esessaiont r. sillhottliather
j Gyr ship Sidling, ~Ng sup lir Tidied Mimes r ;
111134 berms our isms misses sonsil Sirs
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min ted to a areuridsralliir mons tildliissia se
the time otitis amptisitios Ifieremeassossam mew
. der it probable that dims miss one moor einem- I
sive and slushier this mos orilirliwilba- lithe a.. '
coma at tie ahnshosr tdfgpl6 str dint Menuins
ant of such. as mesosarlisumm eihematin sus
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fed by the sulliondie selsons olloilises 'lbw
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alert illnivad lielhets shish inn Asia its
persosni, shuseursiss. Ilidistent is mak dr as- ,1
ports is tonne sinsdiniss EsapdloripoiliN ilf
tad the safest sannsursilosall r foss. its INS
luernis vishird the minendf donna is' s ilahr hot,
the pispirer alialinierisper seer iinienuthas an
the sobport l ass et des fir War pmt
air the nuedt of his arussimeduni. ash Ms Ler
tainod on der spot. is hiessitib ISM beim ire.
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shout brat thounand possussopish
gold Them is avant ssesso tsdiribins dist die
sosher olpsosoussormspilswillielenen uns
senbed Thar Implboations seshrellillienit
dm WWI ISt sir suispialt its map how. nod dos
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hitt ateaaiep. •
beheassiss eaawuradlhosn ow saws obi dhe
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asedime it _teas ali dot ssonumslinr
of sor miltioup liner ilk it aggsana,
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am blind is the vim* al it gniiiimons. ene' ,
allies is nos hoist esseindi.sodisstiedilmd ns
arson the was pnithuoise WS de timid
The Aids psoilivent hp the rilmoos." addlievr
rich seinurall dessisee. sad diersissessdith has
attentrodAttie how "lithos who hers sal in
them, Uwe powlisese sospiiinc ahansp 7s dhir
state of sails is Cahroncia- LANs semsnottio a I
most siorhisse Orr. aM 11111 adorn-,..stir !host
that orsuseelling. thr prusiints. swift see dhow
dosed NaMti iwwMltratthei gesplittiso
of di* enneley hems pets to One gun iffastiet
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crews. asd e t nam ' neresstirodiedlebsrmatiteliourli
otL Ots oltesedissmosettams err'
prehension.' test silhens resseuhr liest
maniac without a Minn messordi post.
fists in his resessusde haws %sins theurnent soh
he strottnesendis that dhow odanitellhidibessil die '
strong tunspesies . asiE turodiS de6QtM shmehh liar i
rewarded_
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pursuit et it, how silliseht astiont ien Irsilifoni6 an
unprseedesist - is ihir roar ettikeimisomins
of Me.
That we maw the MOM Tea& sat Bahl :
onnadvas et iha ushiseimpst mmithi air aim
mines, it is Janne& etyma iintsimmear dam
branch at the mine atdhi Irni sasfinir
ixed to be maibibilhah.att ewe miasma mes a / a in
California Ameliorable antra! . albenninnatedkat . b 1
would reed ft thaw am% awkweihihianstratatouilil it
that, of neasiate the 10.14 te , ilia par liana im 'Awl!
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at the woe conansereitthdiandt ow die emu wawa.
would CVlTlralt nate owe awns mita nun mite tie
gold Arrival from our .aim right miunar, laat aim •
the Whoa alai aurae wait& ear oneentwerse arm ;
bring fiont the whole mac alma or Canna
South America he wean aomatoal Amman Ash
end the adjacent interior waltrace ratehau and
best anse* of Xemieu. New Creme& trentroil
merino, Chili. and Mom- Mir Benham MIX
Drown finm theme anunleisma..eitsE earrateina brim
thowe of Westeni. Amin:amok! Innen. ne annennnnn
in new of many anr now aro
neatly Jiwertra and ...erne& 11 .1. , ihraitpa 414- Crregi I
Britain to Yter unit mono. tn , Hu- rnmaiinvtii amilmobea
to austair . t her National" mhniLarattitnammtarilane
. .
to inc r ease her ability toy enntutmrso 111. aineth .01
of the amunrow of thor wtht T r llowsttb mans' t
be established at tin- seat wormwernall mime upeo
that coast, no cant amount oglintilium mad wowir
woad door thither or her rorninoilawlioww tamale
to New Orfennia New Tort, Era either Mitrofir
Wires. The smormeolisonernmetiwthousitnamoorw
at harm would he inenemidi.iishille ats
abroad would he promoted L iisessill howl in
our mierrhentio Rodin= n. nits enta tar ere(
coast of .t.w rim. that wrpai end
loss are espericaeof tiont •Iki- Set dtua mar amine
are, not current* at Moir pa sadaelatthieressaa
trios
The primes of fir sminwieS Snub hie
west Casa oellewrice bar the
intrrennew mi. by • swat's, siodi ilintsww• ntwf
otitis anion& the mantas age oldie sariiitent
of Anteriesows newer weestedithig •••••••• want
the Meted Stotts im them& awn othwaiwe am
coerce whirit venni? home •• 11111111•11 ems
by the onglimitiom oG rahhinsist.
The wort inwitantir and ahne•••
gap cot Cidifieni• Wow itsswedbor anioweaa t
vamped by die Iseennwista witurint wf
of which it coma mint a gm& Niwinheuhuis
paniant i• • pont gel ameasennwalli the ilosis ei
the Meow maw now iniondithey atail awe&
then ahem we immessral in die voile
oh watilitt asmirwee So
a~c
:thoh ewe manly name iiinseinh. mita
be wow bat &1 thew die litumitit, umming•-
ting. red motatisturing ihneweis die ettnet•
Stabs. Our painting are :limas a
every putt of die wins %ix
ed by it. Ai* oar inentnerse asi imegiehift
enlarged muireopoitelfiniiinehong
pradattase.lof nowininom ew7Brers nit;
and is the new tomilig• dinwwww•
to esinwoodl testan awl raditaille:
prices.
The acmusitimiallesillhatin realisie
the settlement et OM Owns linsmismmail dos
anarsatims • Teseminthealkig Odle
ass results whisk imshimil. awe ellpsnmer mem
queneg. mad wilt maser tir , saw* and
wealth se the msliam dims mow niiiib esser pew
corded darns lima tdr orispdatallihemmilieta.
Bat as 'that them gams nandlm sma miljy Cara-
Ownia, bat New Birsia + a itpe4nmadYt imam
the canals( aposeassatt.--
The Wain imalkiug. air Ciili— .sal eitart
pact eillferos Illieskeshencemstelfithellbiscamths,
and without the Ihnitla of lrocm, invenimalls
amid that Umpires slimaith,ea i pusid
siva. arnsiat inalialisilipmanmematamedbast.
Upon the esehentpreintiffeetimmerille neenti
of peace with, 111 knew es My Whitinghelresny Baal, ;
the temponey ereneneeneo volliihib Ones s I
taltrwhed over Seer 3irsiao ai Cheihuni•lls,nur
military ewe esout saussowellimbir view ainthe
rights °twee, rearall eadlniaanewielleproFelme
fecal that eeuraralle; aue leeliag Imes
ceded to the traiicalletram.ade iroemeema era
contra aniar sena railer lea. asallmegrallifeeime
hod aoredtaesat
of negotiatng. eenerrisll mseetemiallaamawdesse,!,
dr m 8006.00 ivy 111014.
of Mows in imp mummy meraria.
endue tiewefid ape. me sir gir
July hit.suil arisr main
Kara* adlasmre Pm- ' J
lion 16r Misir gesomment. Tie idhairisep Sy
the ew.bedair yi slfiY.. '
the beseliMetauw Ilbweenlmsedliesifew.emi pet
went left without ewe ntisieile mopersee .
meat tram that time, the wise' Rwmitr .
paused Sr the Eminstirellmslhow 'sand its'
preemie era protean lihnw litessillwiimeitillik sem
eequenas ogre Ate a6amedlet- IThereellefipm- i
erument whir& muninedl mew slid[ esttillisliwil
the military eutlestst- argenfitai
this to be a de fade gpem=eutt. sod, than We' dhe
presumed ernesellil or the in sew in Nei**. no
anztieued hempourrilp, they weer miMstal tut wash
form and submit us lathe-Me dime iirelmseniing gtet
rind before Congnere. would] =Ore neminntkiir atel ,
could legislate an the 4ultiert. VNr viiineseniter- I
tained by the }executive am tliir.. plaint unedurer
tained in a communication. ad Mir .riennurra- elf '
Wate, dated the seventh of 40trtulle;rr'leort,
was for vanled for publication+ to. Callihmiet :mud '
New, Mexico, a copy of whim& es hernias Uh ttrunr.-
m Wed.
The small military tiara nil the. M=Liii/T
which was serving- with.... lint linaisis eti Mae I...qui
re.] territories at the close. at the, man. weec rowlauwed
in them, and additional tilmas. lunar !Wm ...Winged
there for the protuetitur of the. inliutlimaim.. Mulf lo
preserve and secure the right's and: murrnsati mt tthe
United Stat.ea.
No revenue hes been or entatil Be oalli-Med Ist
the ports in CellGaitia, hemmer Camer . dialled uo
authorize the entehhatimene afl euenummoutera, .nr
the appointment of otficere or thee puree-
•• The thicathey of the Treasury, by a circular
letheradthemed to esthetes of emendate, on the
neseith othgr of Oaths. leak • =prof Which la
lisenthiikelemenintokezethised all thil power with
mei& he ere theiseepals) la*.
lingthethinse et /is seep( the footsie* of Au.
# laltig the bloat of of* pee ante
theathe deg remilleof Calitherile, the' Patinas&
Barred hes appthesof egus have peis.
Itelath. the owe to Palifornige lied thresher to Or.
Wirth with amitheaty to make the necessary at.
Ellilleileinthee far carrying its provisions into effect.
The theseedy &se detail steamers from Pena
lise, Aerie has been required to ° stop and de
finer
out take mails at San Diego, Monterey, and
own FamMiac c ." These mail steamers, connected
ivy The isthmus of Panama with the line of mail
diefiftefin am the Affautic between New York And
CUMIN. will eetablid a regular mail communi
cation with California.
his the otheien dote , . to provide with the least
psweicathe delay , for New Mexico, and California,
aeuierly eeeksthelf*thethl pethidine, The
thalweg( this flare inn this at !bailie anion
of Cogger' are well knotithsend deeply, be lc
gpsidnit With &curetting iiikillitp,eta of Meted
glempee* and national greateessithich the se mi.
then althea tick and extensive terriliStial posse*
eases adforile. to* irrational it would he tb forego
armg4tthese adenines, by the agitation of a
thenesic semolina which is coeval with the socia
liser afoot missemoreent itself, and to endanger by
Woutuolgtritetoesemophical divisions, cud heated
'rehears fat polities' power, or for any other cause,
dhe iumessey of the glorious Union of our confect •
ended Stereo; that Union which hinds us together
" oar Sege& and erblelt foe 60 years his been
esersilielld mod the preteetioss against every &n
-ew• in the iewee of the wadi and posterity, how
onward mid imaiwisilligant will be all our internal di
stiller aei strogples compered with the preaserva
, stew elflike Unite of the Steen in all he vise
ad se ma its uousithee bletel*ga ! No patriot
thank" feast and excite geographical and meas.
el theism& No loser et hiss country wattirlfell
famegithy etheathee the valued the Union. Fu
aUle Welleellthele would look in amazement upon
the isaly dare& a verse. Other nations at the
peothe eke wield look upon it with astooish.
thee; aid neck of them as desire to mat
es& and peepotnee themes end monarchical Of
thisteenethel principles, will view it with emba
ttle mat &VOL teethe in it they will lee the el
ements of isthes. which they hope must ultimate
hc our cetera. Ours is the greet exam
pled(' a prespermea nod free self governed repub.
Ilic.commanding the admiration and imitation of
ad the looms of berries:a throughout the world.—
thew thieve. theorem, is the duty, h ow iMrWW
ilifwitherall upon us and and upon all pees of our
onsmene. to eathreate a patriotic spirit of harmony,
of Rand fellowship, of compromise and mutual
oweinneesi, ie the administration of the incompar
able 'thaneprieenswet farmed by our fathers
an the mast of almost insoperable difficulties, and
traimmitand se to, with the injunction that we
Abend enjoy its blessings and hand it down unim
peded so these who may came after us !
In Wes at the high and responsible duties which
we awe to ounsehes and to mankind, I trust you
may he aide, at your present session, to approach
She alipmenseat of the only domestic question
whit& orritrusty threatens, or probably ever can
threemees to disturb the harmony and successful
operation of out system.
The immensely valuable p01.0 11 40n0 of Now
themes and California are already inhabited by a
.thimisiderelde population. Attracted by the great
diwellee. thee auroral wealth, their commercial
advantages and the salubrity of the climate, emi
grants fens the eider States. its great numbers, are
dowdy piercing to seek new homes in these in
omen epee.
Shan the dissimilarity of the domestic instite
eons as the different Matra prevent us (Min pro
*elegiac them suitable governments! These
auditutiems existed at the adoption of the
'constitution, but the obstacles which they inter
posed were overcome by that spirit eel com
grimier which is wow invoked. In a conflict of
vipsusonsver °fantasy/irk real or imaginary, between
differsun sections of our country, neither can justly
dimmed ail that at might desire to obtain. Each,
in the true sprit of our institutions, should con
cede minething to the other.
Our gallant farces in the Mexican war, by
whew pirrustiman led unparalleled ,Ise is ot arms
110 e attained these poserasions as an indemnity for
our jog demands against Mexico, were composed
of citizens who belonged to no one State or section
01 our Union, They were men from slaveholding
aid wsn-siaocissiding States, from the North and
dertiontit, from the - East and the West. They
ovine all companions-in-arms and fellow-citizens
of she flansecolitlfiffel country, engaged in the mine
commie Cattle- When prosecuting that war,
dim weer brethren and friends, and shared alike
with each other common toils, dangers, and suf.
thence Now, when their work is ended, when
prom is restored, and they return again to their
*none, put off the habiliments of we, take their
galanea in eackity, end resume their pursuits in civ
dl
ilk. thee a spirit of harmony and concession.
and of equal iteperd for the rights of all and of all
remises of the Caen ought to prevail in providing
lowerse l eseder the acquired territories—the fruits
of their Osilleinell service. The whole people of
the raked States and of every State contributed
ow Atha, the awakes of that war; and it would
amt he just fee soy the section to exclude another
them all persidessitho in the acquired territory.—
This -would set he in consonance with the just aye.
tem ofemseasant which the framers of the con
diment asked.
Ithe fineries is believed to be rather abstract
l tkaa saauficad. whether slavery ever can or would
desist thin region of the acquired territory, even
Araiwma arik is the optiob of the slavehokling
*Mee thennethen. ream the nature of the cll.
methessarl peedertions, ie moth the larger potion
efia, iftiacertain it never could exist; and in the
eenusielet the prallobiiities are it would not. Hut
lisowener this may he. the question, invoking, as it
dos, a peinoipie of equality of rights of the «ma
zer anftweend Sneak es oral copartners in the
esenthithrew,theold net be duireganled.
Ithesemnizing governments over thew Territo.
Wes, so dirty imposed on Congress by the constitu.
thee empires that they should legislateon the sub•
joss at leery. whae their pewee to do so is not
away othiseefygoesetiowed, but denied by many of
the owneinst wepoosiders of that instrument.—
Ilithether Conger shall legislate or not, the pee
olleeff Ile eepleed Territories, when assembled in
eamention so fine State canatitutions, will pewee
Aroma nod esekeive power to determine teethes.
this ethethersisvery shall or dell not axial
hessith If Congress shall abstain from bl
indness; willstirequeation. the people of these Ter
ritories will the Id free to adjust it se they may
Oast proper when they apply for admission as
thee isms the Union. No enactment of Con.
seentesehl moose the people of any of the soy.
one* Steles of the Union, old et new, north or
wee& thendleskfinit err non.elathholiing, from de
esonithie character of their own domestic in
entnaftwas as they they deism wise and proper.—
Saw via ail the Seem pothers this right, and Con.
goes usessetiepthe them of it. The people of
011111111 eight, if they chose, an alter their math
emirs seen alhellith revery within its Omits; and
ilkopeplinot Itennent might so alter their conga
althea el le abet thaery within its limits. Both
Seas asseild pothes the right ; though, as all
issone, ais list prebable that ether, would exert it
lit is theleothe for the peoce and harmony of the
nee that Skis gustier ii in its nature tempera
esitexeseilyeantiome &the thief period which
Ira immense hefeseCalifonia and .New Maxie)
°awl
he ashaosell as ahem inthtlgit Union. From
die node ffeepseletien now doubtg Into them, it is
he* prolhaide that this will soon occur. •
Consislothg theatewired ithitesend the Oaths
If thee se oelemkeaid,iselitha le equal rights
endlor she thethiketion,. if this were an *nal
qpinetion, it sightedllthe there. on that the 'n.
with! of issweinetethotioi it the bee doctrine, in
tlht Orlissi amid Wit& the thence of any ex.
los wag of pewee, *edam with their relative
u rn s a• egmegreeir, howerer, and under
swonacistrissigers to the Union, the Mitisouri
watarasstse lime in respect to slam Was atlop T
sea. The NNW lisiewas eakedid earths r iitost
!reale aormisisiow of Texas. After en ovaries
imagine afloat:ly thirty years in the principle of
'compromise recognizetl , and established by
twine inns, and to avoid the danger to the Urn
,on which might fellow if it were now disre
garded., I bave heretofore expmssed the opinion
that shat line of compromise should be extend
ed on the parallel of thirty-six degrees thirty
attirnrice from the western boundary of Texas,
where it now terminates, to the Pacific ocean.
Inns is the ruidd le ground of com promise, upon
Isitich the different sections of the Union may
as they have heretofore met. If this ho
.43une, it isicoufidently believed a large majority
of she people of every section of the country,
:however A% idely their abstract opinions on tho
subject of slavery may differ, would cheerfully,
and patriotically acqeiesee in it, sad peace, and
harmony would againfiU.sier borders.
restriction north of ithe line was only
yielded' to in the case of Missouri apd Telles
'Trani principle of comiromise, made necessa
..ry for the sake of presertifftik the hansiblrkkid
possibly the existence of tier Unit*. `f, '
- It was upon these ; oonsideratio* that at the
elese of your last seitsion../-gareisijr sancdon
to the principle of the Miarouri compromise
line, by approving and signing the bill to es
tablish “the Territorial government of 0 regon-'!
From a sincere desire to promote the harenone
of the Union, and in deference to deli acts °filmy'
predecessors, I felt constrained to yield my ace
quiescence to the extent to which they had
gone in compromising this delicate and danger
ous question. But if Congress *hall now re
verse the decision by which the Missouri cern
promise was effected, and shall propose to ex
tend the restriction over the whele territory,
south as well ao north of the parallel of thirty- .
six degrees thirty minutes, it will cease to be
a compromise, And must be regarded as an ori
ginal
. If Congress, instead of observing the ;mine
of non-interference, leaving the adoption of their
own domestic institutions to theple who
may inhabit these Territories; or if, instead of
extending the Missouri compromise line to the
Pacific, shall prefer to submit the legal and
constitutional questions which may arise to the
decision of the judicial tribunals, as was propo
sod in a bill which passed the Senate at your
last session, an adjustment may be effected in
this mode. If the whole subject be referred to
the judiciary, ill parts of the Union should
cheerfully acquiesce in the final decision of the
tribunal created by the constitution for the see ,
tkienent of all questions which may arise un
der the constitution, treaties, and laws of the
United States.
ongrese is earnestly invoked, for the sake
oft • Union, its harmony, and our continued
prosperity as a nation, to adjust at its present
session this, the only dangerous question which
lies in our path—if not in some one of the
modes suggested, in some other Which may be
satisfactory.'
In anticipation of the establishment of regu
lar governments over the acquired territories,
a joint commission of officers of the army and
navy has been ordered to proceed to the coast
of California and Oregon, for the purpose of
making reconnoissances and a report as to the
proper sites for the erection of fortifications or
other defensive works on land, and of suitable
situations for naval stations. The information
which may be expected from a scientific and
akilfut examination of the whole face of the
coast will be eminently useful to Congress,
when they come to consider the propriety of
making appropriations for these great national
objects. Proper defences on laud will he ne
cessary for the security and protection of our
possessions; and the establishment of navy
yards, and a dock for the repair and construe
tion of vessels, will be important to our navy
anti CO(1111110FCial marine. Without such estab
lishments, every vessel, whether of the navy or
of the Merchant service, requiring repair, must,
at great expense, come round Cape nom to one
of our Atlantic yards for that purpose. With
such establishments, vessels, 'it is believed,
may be built or repaired as cheaply in Califor
nia as upon time Atlantio rumen !hey would !
give employment to many cif our enterprising I
ship-buildere and mechanics, and greatly Ilia
tette and enlarge our commerce on the Pacific.
As it is ascertained that mines ofgold,
copper, and quicksilver, exist in New Mexico
and California, and that nearly all the lands'
where they are found belong the 1 7 nited States, ;
it is deemed important to the public interests
that rovisi en lie made for a geological 1111t1
min
eralogiaml examination of these regions. Mea
Sere. , :410111il bu 111101ileil to preserve the mineral
lands, (*specially such as contain the precious
metals, for the Ilse of the United Stites ; or if
brom!lit into market, to separate then, from the
farming lands, and dispose of them in such
manner as to secure a largo return of money to
the treasury, and rat the saw time lead to the
development of their wealth by individual pro
prietors and purchasers. To do this, it will be ;
necessary to pnivole for an immediate. survey
and location of the lots. If Congress should
deem it proper to dispose or time mineral lands,
they should be mold in small quantities, and at
a fixed minimum price.
I recommend that surveyor generals' offices'
be authorized to be established in New Mexico
and California, and provision made for survey
ing and bringing the public lands into market
at the earliest practicable period. In disposing
of these lands, 1 recommend that the right of
pre-emption be secures!. and liberal grunts made
to the early emigrants who have settled or may
settle upon them.
It will be important to extend our revenue
laws over these territories, and especially over
California, et an early period. There is already
a considerable commerce with California, and
until ports of entry shall be established and
collectors appointed, no revenue can be col
lected.
If these and other necessary and proper mea
sures be adopted for the development of the
wealth and resources of New Mexico and Cal
ifornia. and regular Territorial governments he
established over them, such will probably be
the ropid enlargement of our commerce nod
navigation, and such the addition to the national
wealth, that the present generation may live to
witness the eontroling commercial and mone
tary power of the world transferred from Lon
don and other European emporiums to the city
of New York.
The apprehensions which were entertained
by some of uur statesmen, in the earlier periods
of the goverment, that our system was Incapable
of operating with sufficient energy and success
over largely extended territorial limits, and that
if this were attempted, it would fall to pieces
by its own weakness, have been dissipated by
our experience. By the division of power be
tween the States and federal government, the
latter is found to oprate with as much energy
in the extremes as in the centre. It is as effi
cient in the remotest of the thirty States wh ch
now compose the Union, as it was in the thir
teen States which formed our constitution--
Indeed, it may well be doubted, whether, if our
present population had been confined within
the limits of the original thirteen States, the
tendencies to centralization and consolidation
would not have been such as to have encroach
ed upon the essential reserved rights of the
States, and thus to have made the federal gov
ernment a widely different one, practically,
from what it is in theory, and was intended to
be by its framers. So far from entertaining ap
prehensions of the safety of our system by the
extension of our territory, the belief is confident
ly entertained that each new State gives strength
and en additional quitrent) , for the preservation
of the Union itself. • • •
In pursuance of the provisions of the thir- 1
toenth article of the treaty of peace, friend/MP,
limits, and settlement, with the republic of
Mexico, and of- the act of July the twenty
ninth, 1848, claims of our citizens which bad
been "already liquidated and decided against
the Meiietan republic,'' amounting with thiim
terest thereon, to two million twonty-three
thousand. eight hundred and thirty-two dollars
and fifty-one cents, have been liquidated and
paid. There remain to be psid theseclaima,
seventy four thousand one 'hundred and ninety
two dollars and twenty seven cents.
Congress at its last seashin having Made no
. vision for executing the fifteenth sitiole of
the treaty, by whieW.the United Seams assume
to make , satisfaction for the - "unliquidated
claims" of our citizens against Mexico. toonn
amount not exceeding three and a quarter mil
lions of dollars," the subject is again 'ream
mended to your, f a vorable oonsideratkm.
The eotelisagn of talifiestlnes of "lilt treaty
with Metio6 took place on thithiitleth of May,
1848. Within ono year after that time, the
commissicifiernnd surveyor which government
stipulates to appoint, ate required to meet "at
the port of San Dingo, and proceed to run and.
mark the - said boundary in Its whole course to
the mouth of the Rio limn) del Norte." it
will he soon from this provision, that the period '
within which a commissioner and surveyor of
the respective governments are to meet at San
Diego, will expire on the thirtieth of May, I
Dil9, Congress, at the close of its last session. I
made an appropriation for "the expenses of
running and marking the boundary line" be
tween the two countries, but did not fix the
amount of salary which should be paid to the
commissioner end surveyor to be appointed on
the part M . tbe,United States. It ii desirable
that. 0,1 , inward of emnpensation which dotty
shall cerise should be prescribed by law, and
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not I es at present, to Executive, discretion.
114 res were adopted at the earliest pme
ticati,, period to organise the "Territorial goy
lim Oregon," as authorised by the act of
the folddenth of August last. The governor
and al of the territory. accompanied by a
entail military escort, left the frontier of Mitt
souriin September last, and took the southern
route, by' the way of Santa Yer end the river
.Gile. io Califurme, with the isatentiop ofro
eitedi'ng thence in'otre Ci l iate venal@ of war to
their destination. The govotiar was folly ad
sited of the great importance of his earlarrival
in the country, a it is popdtdentlyy ieved '
Illi
be may reach OtWn . in that linter' Pit f t of the
present mon i tihitr erlyjn.tbpnett,,3oher
°Moen for t e Territory have Proceed "w y sea.
In decmonth of „May Wets4efuegumerafl ,
icifarpulitiOn to Congress ghat eeileollilm
broken out In Oregon. and recommended I
authority, be given to raise an fdeTuatt: numilr
of volunteers to *lived Witheitildelur roars
assistatre of Oaf lellowwitisene , in thee:Perri
tory. The Rutin:Why to raise iucli . a foree not
having been granted by Congress. as eon se
their service* could . be diepeneed with lit'.*ii
ico, orders were issued to the regiment of awe n
ttal riflemen to. prooreri to Jeftensin Barracks,
in Missouri, and to prepare to march to Ormolu
as soon as the neettestry provislue and& be
made. Shortly befern it was ready to march,
it was arrested by the proihrion of the act pas
sed- by Congress on thelest ay of the lase wee.
Mon, which directed that all the enre.complip.
Moped officers, musiciatts and prime:
64W(
regiment, who had been in servie,
t i n _ 1 0 4,
should, upon t heir application, be' eml tribe
discharged. 'llse elfece of this
_provhdon was
to disband the rank and file of the regiment:
and before their places eould be filled by m
onths, the season had so Cu . advanced thwart
was impracticable for it to proceed until t h e
opening of the next wiring.
In the month of October last, the accompany
ing communication was received from the gee.
ernnr of the temporary government of Oregon,
giving information of the continuance of the
Indian disturbances, and of the destitution and
defenceless condition of the inhabitants. Or
ders were immediately transmitted to the cost
mender of our squadron in the Paeifie.. to de
spatch to their assistance a part of the naval
forcer on that station. to furnish them with
arms and ammunition, and to continue to glee
them such aid and protection as the navy mild
afford, until the army could reach the country.
h is the policy of humanity, and one which
has al ways been pursued by the United Suttee,
to cultivate the good will of the aboriginal
tribes of this continent, and to testmin thena
from making war, and indulging In excesses,
by mild means, rather then by fort*.. That
this could have been done with the tribes In
Oregon. had that Territory been brought ander "
the government of our laws at en anchor period.
and had suitati'io measures been adopted by
Congrees. such as now exist in our intercuarte
with the other Indian tribes within our limits.
cannot be doubted. Indeed, the iintnediMe and
only cause of the existing !motility .01' the In
dians of Oregon, is represented to hare been.
the long delay of the United States in making
to them soma trifling compensation.-in seek ear
tick. as they wanted. 10r the country now er•
cupied by our emigrants, which the Indians
claimed, and over which they formerly newest.
This compenention had been promised to them
by the temporary goy( risnient established its
Oregon, but its fulfilment had been poesipinwel
front time to dine, for nearly two years,,whilst
deem who made it had been 'anxiously waiting
for Congress to establish a tetrii trial goveret•
Input over Um reentry. The !isthmus hecsa
at length distressful of thi ir !plod faith, and
sought redress by plunder a n d 10:INIMCIV, wheel
finally led to the present difficulties. A few
thousand dollars in suitable presents, am mins
pensation fen the country which had been taken
possession of by our citizens, would have *sa
tisfied the Indians. and halm preveeted the
war. A small amount, properly distributed, it
is confidently believed, would soon eminent
quiet. In this Indian war our fellow-citiuens
of Oregon have lean compelled to take the field
in their own defence, have performed valuable
military services, and been' subjected to expen
ses which have fallen heavily upon them. Ju
stice demands that provision should be made by
Congress to compensate theta for their servi
ces, and to refund to them the necessary ex
penses which they have incurred.
I repent the rerountnenilntion heretofore made.
to Congress, that provision he nutile for the
appointment of a suitable number of Indian a
gents to reside among the tribes of ()mime. sod
that a small sum be appropriated to enable these
agents to cultivate free:idly Minions with them.
II this he done, the presence of a small milita
ry force will be all that is necessary to keep
them in eheck, and pwserve peace.
made
asrecommend that similar provision be made
as tegards the tribes inhabiting northern Texas.
New Mexico. California. end the extensive re
gion lying between our settlements in Missouri
and these possessions, as the most effective
means of preserving peace upon cmr-borderss
and within the recently acquired territories.
The Secretary of the Treasury will present
in his animal report it highly satisfactory sate
ment of the conditioner the finance*.
The imports fur the fiscal year ending on the
thirtieth of June last were of the vales of Dee
hundred and fifty-four million nine handset%
end seventy-seven thousand right Imadwatiod
seventy-six dollerm of which the amounteepoe
ted was twenty-one million oust hundred and
twenty-sight thousand and ten (101108% lowing'
one hundred and thirty-throe million eighthun
dred and forty-nine thousand eight hundredarel
sixty-six donate in the country for domestic.
use. . , .
The value of the exports fur the same pariah
was one hundred and fifty-four million thirty
two thousand one hundred and thirtpoondod
consisting of domestic productioni a
mounting to one hundred and thirtptim
lion nine hundred end four thousand one 'hied
red and twenty-one dollars, and twmitposin
million one hundred and twenty-el& doeseandll
and ten dollars of foreign artiolmf. .
The receipts into thn treasury,, or the Mme.
period; exclusive of loans, amounted loblor..
five million four hundred and thirty-eis thong
and 'seven hundred and fifty dollire ind fifty,
nine cents ; of which there was derived 'from.
custom. thirty-one Million sevenlfandred curt
fifty-seven thousand and seventy dollars and
ninety-six cents; from sales of pniflie lands.
three million three bemired' aid tateitiptelgltt
thousand six hundred and fortj4wodolleriand
fifty-six oenut ; and from miscellaneous and in
cidental sources, throe hundred and ftftpunn•
thousand and thirty-ieven dollars end "met
cents.
It will be pemeived that the'Vewthue Are
condoms for'the hust , flecal year exceeded i 2' et
von huddled and fillyssevein.thitheini I INN ,
enty dollars and nirletrinf nenrst, 1 / 4 01 1401 11 1 °
of the'Secretary efthe Treasury in his la. an
nual report; and that the , aggregate receipt*
during the same period from castana t iaode.
and miscellaneous source.; also 914
e red
the sum ofilie hundred an thlity-eti
seven hurdeed''lthd fifty
centat-alndicatihg,. howevery a , very "Mee.
pronch in the estimate to the actual!mselt:' , ''t•l
• Th• eirpmatiltules during. the .finadlelltf
ingon the shit-1)0th of June lasi, including these
for the wariand exclusive of pa ramdoCerinal-.
pie and . interest ,for the midi 411 forty-,
two million eight bundled in &Vertthousand
nine
i hundred sad ,seventy dopers aid! three
It s eiftinytted that :the receipts %a the trek,
'try 'for the 'fiend year Ceding MOW thlitledi Of
June, 1819, lnelading the balaftorrhilhe Welles
ry'od the finit ofJuly last, wilt amount , to the
sum of tillyseeen million - forty-eight fitemond
nine hundredfold sixty-nine dulls% and Weer
cents ; ofwhieh thirty-two ndtlione of dollant %
it'is estimated, will be defified frIAIR PufFq11111;
three millions of dollars front the aalea or 'Me
public land.; and one million two hundred
thousand dollar* from misoelttlfloo4ll awl 'logo
dental aourooe, includingihn premium' 'irk%
the .101 n, and the a mount paid and to be Ovid
intrt thin troatntry on eel:wont of military emetales
buttons in Nlexteo, and the Bales of atom sod
vessels told other public property rendered 11.1
neermiinry for the 111.41 , of the government by lb*
termination of the NN.ir ; and twenty amillloot
six 1141111 rout and mot ty-fivu thousand four hums
itefia4l64 4 ll4 doffirri'
tom49c sltrady neeir t isted,,imijoding yeas
nbTek 4,tithel wit bifilloe
in the treaeury cit Jul y mat, imike
the sailatatliiiki.g. .
dirtTheillFFFlditYnri f,qr,t,4,lllMe,Pco4,ill,l*l-
t Ise seeeessry'peyrnerit 'oo apooliat ot die
pridb la akalnterlnterest ofthe pablia debi, ‘ 2lB4
the:pliifikitial sod Entete'st the first
. 7 1 moo Mexico on the 30th , of May h t,
'
, Oat expenditures growing out of the sot,
to, l k l l o 4 4 :dPkiui. the POselft Year. willeati4iint,
including the intiummete of, ;meaty aoies,
• /4 ' tke Stlfo 1344'
and
and
ninety-five , fond tvri khedive , . and seventy
litts.4ollers se Alt etuidai lexviag in
olYa
~ barouvr lathe tfiselttlir tit° fin' °t .
.1849, of two mile ma oat hued* and fifty
three thouurid six . :handed end ninety-four
dolhirs anti sightyrfoar &Mts.
The,Seeretary of the Treasury will present,
esregailed by law the estimate of the receipts
~end:exptmdituree far the fiscal year. The
expenditures as estimated for the year are 33,-
413,154 73, inc1uding.3.7 99 . 109 18 for the in
on tbepuhlie debt, clad 3,540,000 dollars
for the principal and interest due to Mexico on
the 30th kley. 1850; leaving the sum of
1.25.1474,060 ,45; +which, it is believed, will 'be
ample for the ordinary peace expenditures.
• The operations of the tariff het of 1846 have
• hen sueh•during the past years, folly to meet
the puMle expectation, and to confirm the opin
• foe heretofore expressed of the wisdom of the
chewy% our revenue system which was ef
fected by it. The receipts under it into the
treasury for the &at fiscal year after its enact-
Mont exceeded by the shin of five million forty-
Tout thousand four hundred and three dollars
end nine cents the amount collected during
"the taw Ikon! year under the twigact of 1842,
ending the 30th of June, 1816. The total rev
enue realised from the commencement of its
•openttioi, on the first of December, 1916, un•
the close of the let quarter, on the 30th of
"September last, being twenty-two mont ha, was
fifty•six million six hundred . and filly-four
thotiaand five hundred and sixty three dollars
and seventy-nine cents—being a much larger
sum than was ever before received from ditties
during equal period under the tariffacts of 1841,
1846, 11:132, and MU. Whilst by the re
ral of highly protective and prohibitory du
ties the revenue has been increased, the taxes
on the people have been dimin iehed. They
have been relieved from die heavy amounts
with which they were burthened under fanner
lawi in the form of increased prices or bounties
paid to fsvored classes and pursuits.
Phe predictions which were made, that the
tariff set of 1846 would reduce the amount of
revenue below that collected under the act of
Mg, and would prostrate the business and
-deettmy the prosperity of the country, have_nol
been verified. With an increased and incroas•
ing revenue, the finances are in a highly flour.
lithingeondition. Agriculture, commerce, and
navigation, are prosperous ; the prices of man.
tifnetiined fabrics, and of other products. are
mitch less injuriously effected than was to have
been anticipated. from the unprecedented re v I •
sionc'which, during the last and the present
year, have overwhelmed the industry and par
alyzed the credit and commerce of so many
great and enlightened nations of Europe.
Severe commercial revulsions abroad have
altfa s heretofore operatedjodhpresa,and often
to affect disastrously, almost every branch of
American industry. The temporary depres
sion of a portion of our manufacturing interests
is the effect of foreign causes, and is far loss
peyote than has prevailed on all former similar
qcoilf.ions.
It is believed that, looking to the great alum
gate of all our interests, the !chide country was
never more prosperous than at the present peri
od and never morn rapidly advancing in wealth
awl population. Neither the foreign war in
hich we have been involved, nor the Boras
which have absorbiol so large a portion of our
copied. nor the commercial revulsion in Great
Britain in 1847, nor the poralysis of credit And
commerre throughout Europe in 1818, have af
fented injuriously to any considerable extent,
tiny of the ggreat interests of the country, or nr
rested our tritWard march to greainess, wealth
and power.
Had the disturbances in Europe not occur
red. our commerce would undoubtedly have
been still.more extended, and would have ad
ded still more to the national wealth and pub.
lie prosperity. But notwithstang these dis
tiobaniea, the operations of the revenue sys
tem established by the tarittact of 1946, have
been so generally beneficial to the government
and hitaineso of the country, that no change in
its provisions is demanded by a wise public
policy, and none is recominentled.
The operations of the constitutional treasury
estaKlishrstity the act of the sixth of August,
18 PO, in the receipt, custody, and disbursement
orate public Money, have continued to be suc
cessful. Under this oysteut the public finances
have been carried through a foreign war, in
volvingthe necessity of loans and extraortlina
ry expenditures, and noluiring distant transfers
until 'disbursements, tthout embarrassment,
. .
Hurl o loss has occurred of any of the public
(not - • under its provisions. Whilst
it has proved to be safe and useful to the gov
ernment, its effects have been most beneficial
.upon the business of the country.
dt halt tended powerfully to secure an exemp
dion front that inthition and fluctuation of the Pa
;ter Currency, so injurious to domestic industry,
.and rendering so uncertain the rewards of labor,
And It is believed bar largely contributed to
prenitre the whole country from a serious corn -
muftis' retialmion, such as ellen occurred tinder
the Mink deposit° spstem. in the year 1817
ahem was • revulsion in the business of Great
'Britain of great extent and intensity. which
was followed by failures in the kingdom nn
proaedented In number and amount of losses.
Titian' believed to be the first Instance when
ascii , diustroas bankruptcies, occnring in a
country With Which we have such eitensive
iesnintelve. produced little or no injurious effect
upon our trade or currency. 'We remained but
'Mule of In oar money market, and our bu
nions ihd industry were still prosperous and
pleessive..
hringllie present year, nearly the whole
continent of Europe has been convulsed by ci
vil *Arend 'revolutions. attended by numerous
itaskiujiteies, by'an unprecedented fall in their
public securities, and an almost universal par
alysis of Commerce and industry; and yet. al
though our trade and the prices of our products
must have been somewhat unfavorably affected
Wei tidied causes, we have escaped a revulsion ;
our money market is comparatively easy, and
public end private credit. have advanced and
sinprthied:
It is confidently believed that we have been
caved from their effect by the salutary operation
of the constitutional treasury. It is certain
shallf thistwenty•four millions of specieimper
ittlo/140,Ata,etalatry donng the fiscal year ead
tt all i fit4,lll4l)Blb of .4tne, 1847. had gone in
! dp banks as to a mot extent it must bay,
tide ;It'arlicit. in the - absence of this system,
have been made the basis of augmented bank
paps, blades, ' probably to an amount not less
Iliss* Isay , or aeventY million** of dollars. pre:
rwan inevitable consinplenee of an in
. 4 MUM, SPltfavapatc proms for a du*
d ill
*l,l it iPer i laqPily Pirlite * b MINA , have bees
*mow l 'ort th”saux to itroPee the succeed*
Aire *try "lif ab !lurch '6l . 'that spec ie, , iv.'Pto
frostiplihnefOriebtiiideil of the countl, tho
suspension of the banks. and Mosf extensive
thpleititri Occurl, as this would hive
sotApellori whin th e . country wai-engai
la i ldtPl i gil Yvan wasos aonsidetable;losaa
.ti were tenni fpr di st ant diebinsei
,And'itheotlit anks. the fiscal tuut
eft '
and depositories ';of its mor
irlio * n
mnisibiepifiiilad; the' ,While's' credii.mitat
have funk , and many millions of dollpiwitilt
r, r0 . 4 Aid ithjswai 'c(lBlt,' o ,uat
, .4n d iscounts upootiosas,,
depfesisded . ;wow .ourreasy
..a ? I*, ' Ogliellt 1 1 : 0 . 1 Ad illiO, beef) sato.
.r.
' ' 4 k-'.l a tii4ratlOrni . of the 'earnititational
tranni ,nota dollar has been lost by the de.
p the aurnoki. The Ivens reipiired
Ant sae Isar with Mexico wore negol
Wake the Semidry of the Treasury above
par, tea isiag a handsome premium to the goy
arnmebi. The resimlning effect of the eye.
tam upon the tendencies to excessive paper
issues by banks has saved the government
tiorm heavy losses, and thcepo!da, 10 oar
buena*. *en from bankruptcy and ruin. The
'Or ' bribe . eyelet& hal been tatted, by the
Witpiefierme'of tits loot two years; • and it is the
edfri 'eta laid policy that 'it 'Aided remain
lindliffuthed. • The inedifieettionsid some of the
aside, of ibis nreasitrui heralvinf Mahe Ohs
seakial principles.. beretofore , recormeended,
ire`igain presented for your favorable conside
*don. • •
In my meessge' of the 'aitth 'uf July last,
transmitting to Congress the ratified , treaty of
pestle' with Mexico, I reemarteeeded the IdeF
tion of measures for the speedy payment of the
public debt. In reiterating that recommends.'
tion, I refer you 'to the conSlderation presented
in that message lit its' Support. The public
debt, including that AU thorixed tette negoctated
in permutes of existing laws, and including
treasury notes, amounted at that time to sixty
five million seven hundred and seventy-eight
thousand four hundred and fifty dollars and for
ty-one cents.
Funded stock of the United St stet amounting
to about half a million of dollars, has been pur
chased, as authorized by law, since that period,
and the public dale has thus been reduced ; the
detailsof which will be presented in the annu
al repo' t of tho Secretary of the Treasury.
The estimates of the expenditures for the
next fiscal year, submitted by the Secretary of
the Treasury, it is believed will be ample for
all necessary purposes. If the appropriatilms
made by Congress shall not exceed the amount
estimated, the means in the treasury will be
sufficient to defray all the expenses of the gov
ernment; to pay Off the next instalment of three
millions of dollars to Mexico, which will fall
due on the 30th of May nelu and still a consid
erable surplus will remain, which should be
applied to the further purchase of stock and re.
ductkon of the debt. Should enlarged appro
priations be made, the necessary consequence
will be to postpone the payment of the debt.—
Though our debt, as compared with most other
nations, is small, it is our true policy, and in
harmony with the genius of our institutions,
that we should present to the world the rare
spectacle of a great mpublic, possessing vast
resources and wealth, wholly exempt from
public indebtedness. This would add etil I
more to our strength, and give us a still more
commanding position among the nations of the
' earth.
The public expenditures should be economi
cal, and bo confined to such necessary objects
as are clearly within the powers of Congress.
All such as are not absolutely demanded should
be postponed, and the payment of the public
! cebt at the earliest practicable period, should
bo a cardinal principle of public policy.
$ For the'renson assigned in my last annual
message, I repeat the recommendation that a
branch mint of the United States be establish-
Led at the city of New York. The importance
o - r - this measure is greatly increased by the ac
quisition of the rich gold 'nines of the precious
metals in New Mexico and California, and es
pecially the latter.
I repeat the recommendation, heretofore
made, in favor of the graduation and reduction
of the price of the public lands as have been
long offered in the market, and have remained
unsold. and in favor of extending the rights of
pre-emption to actual settlers on tho unsurvey-
Ed as well as the surveyed lands.
The condition and operations of the army,
and the suite of the other branches of the pub
, lie service under the supeivitiion of the War
Department, are satisfactorily presented in the
, accompanying report of the Secretary of War.
On the return of peace, our forces were with
drawn from Mexico, and the volunteers and
that portion of the regular army engaged for
the war were disbanded. Driers have been
issued for stationing the forces of our peruia
neat establishment at various positions an our
extended country, where troops may be requi
red. Owing to the remoteness of sum', of
these positions, the detachments have not yet
reached their destination. N otwithst.trltng
the extension of the limits of our country and
the Imees required in the new territories, it is
confidently believed that our present military
establishment is !sufficient for all exigencies,no
long as our peaceful relations remain undistur
' bed.
Of the amount of military contributions col
lected in Mexico, the sum of seven hundred
and sixty-niue thousand six hundred and fifty
dollars was, applied towards. the payment of_
the first instalment duo under the treaty with
Mexico. The further MR of three hundred
and forty-six thousand three hundred and sixty
nine dollars and thirty cents has been paid in
to ;he treasury, and unexpended balances still
remain in the hands of disbursing- officers and
those who were engaged in the collection of
the moneys. After the proclamation of peace,
no further disburse:nents were made of any
unexpended maneys arising front this source.
The balances on hand were directed to be paid
into the treasury, and individual claims on the
fund will remain unadjusted until Congress
Shall authorize their settlement and payment.
These claims are not considerable in number
or amount.
I recommend to your favorable consideration
the suggestion of the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy, in regard to legislation
on this subject.
I Our Indian relations are ( )resented in a most
favorable view in the report - from the War De
; pertinent. The wisdom of our policy in re
gard to the tribes within our limits, is clearly
manifested by their improved and rapidly im
proving condition.
A moat important treaty with the Menomemies
has been recently negociated by the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs in person, by which
all their land* in the State of Wisconsin—be
ing abont fonr millions of aeres, has been ce
ded to the United States. This treaty will be
submitted to the Senate for ratification at an
early period of your prevent session.
Within the last four years, eight important
treaties have been negotiated with different In
dian tribes, and at it cost of ono million eight
hundred and forty-two ihousaad dollars; Indian
lands to the amount of more than fifteen mil
lion five hundred thousand acres, have beau
ceded to the United States ; and provision has
been made for settling in the country west of
the Mississippi the tribes which occupied this
large extent of the public domain. The title to
all the Indian lands within the several States
of our Union, with the exception of a few
small reservations,
is now extinguished, and a
vast region opened for settlement and cultiva
tion.
The accompanying report oldie Secretary of
the Navy gives a satisfactory exhibit of the
operations and condition of that branch of the
public service.
A number for small vessels suitable for enter
ing the mouths of rivers were judiciously 'pur
' chased during the war, and gave groat efficiency
'to the squadron in the Gulf of hleticif: On re
turn of peace, when no longer valuable for na
val purposes end liable to constant deterioration,
they were sold, and the money placed in the
treasury.
The number of men in the naval service with
wined by law during the war, has been reduced
by discharges below the maximum fixed for, the
peace establishment. Adequatb squadrons are
maintained in the several quarters of the globe
where eXperienee has 'shown their rehices may
be most usefillly employed; and the naval Ser
vice was never in a condition of higher descip
line or greater efficiency.
I invite extension tot. the reeommendadewof
the Secretary of the. Nniffon the subject of the
marine corps. The, reduction of She corps at
the end Of the thit four officers of
eflett4 the three !ewer grades should bed -
st 4 the fella: 7s Tumid of offioniilm*
the se ettion; and those designated were De
°dewily dismissed, WI without any' alleged
I street lit cpinical with tate Secrettry,
1 al lbe service would biomproved by rodea
int the number of landsmen, and , Inc realm the
marines. 'Such a measure would justify an
*tense of the number of officers to the extent
ofthe reduction by dismissal, and still the corps
would 'have fewer officers then a corresponding
number of men in the army.
arm. contracts for the transportation of the
l in steamships convertible into warstesmers
promise to realise all the benefits to, our com
merce and to the navy which were anticipated.
'Mellott steamer thus secured to the government
was launched in January, 1817. There are
Atow seven; and in 11114011 Cf year them will,
bo not loss then seventeen afloat.
halo this great. uelimiiel 4'4 va ['Lego is such red,
oar sebiki an eonimerehil interebtiree is
lireao,llllsrVieed and promoted with Ger
merry', aren't Britaid, Wild other paiti of gurope,
wit* ell ski count , * on the West o,oess t 4f our
F oßtl ago, especially with Orepn and VOlortl
m„atml,bstween'thd nortitern slid soothe& 'mo
tions itf the United Statitit.
OMMlfleirable revenue' may bit expeetedlrom
postiges; but the otelDeeted' ihtertios NeW
York to Chargres and thence amuse the isthmus
to Oregon, mina tail to exert A &mammal in
fluence, not now to be estimatedy on lite manu
factures, to commerce, navigation, and currency
of the UMted States. Att au thapAtteut pert of
lira eyetion, rretornmen4 to your thvorabie eon
sidesatiob the establishment of die iiropotted '
line °linemen between New Orli/anti enu. Vera
Cruz: It priomldeir the most happy mutts in
cementing' friendship bet Ween the twd repub.
lies, and to attending reciprocal benefits to the
trade and manufactures of both. ,
The. report of the ,kostineetea General will ,
make knowttio.you the ,iiperatioas or tom dee
partrup,paefthe patina*.
t i te gralifying teXiiid the revenues of the dee
perUneut, undeohn rates of postage now innate.
oohed by hoe; so rapidly increasing. The
greet amount of postage outing the last fiscal
year amounted to four million three hundred
and seventy-ono thousand and seventy-seven
dollars, exceeding the annual average received
for the nine years immediately preceding the
passage of tee act of 3d of Mama, le 145, by
the sum of $9,443, and exceeding the amount
received tOr the year ending 30th June, 1d47,
the sum $.125,1t54.
l'he expenditures, for the year excludirig the
sum of ninety-four thousand si x hundreu and
seventy-two dollars, allowed by congress at its
last session to individual claim ant ., and litchi&
p o a f id on f e or hu th n e dred aery th ainceolir
No n i... d thy l e re olrir h , u o rt- ay
d iii r g ed di d e ol s la u rs in
steamers between Bremen
mounted to four million one bunamdefidiline
treight thousand eight hundred and 1.(117-five
dollars; whieh is less than the annual average
for the n in e years previous to the act of 184° ' u Y
t h ree hu nd red thousand seven hundred and forty
eight dollars.
The mail routes, on the thirteenth day of
June last, were one hundred and sixty-three
thousand two hundred and eight miles in ex
tent—being an increase during the last year of
nine thousand three hundred and ninety miles.
The mails were transported over them, during
the same time, forty-one million twelve thou
sand five hundred and seventy-nine miles;
malking increase - of tumsportion for - the year
of two million one hundred and twenty-four
thousand sit hundred and eightly miles, whilst
the expense was less than that of the previous
year by four thousand two hundred and thirty
five dollars.
The increace in the mail transportation with
in the tart three years has been five million three
hundred and seventy-elk - fit thousand three hun
dred and ten miles, whilat the expenses were
reduced four hundred and fifty-six thousand
seven hu wired and thirty-eightdollsre—making
an increase of service at the rate of fifteen per
cent., and a reduction in the expenses of more
than fifteen per cent.
D tiring the past year there have been em ploy
ml, under contract with the Post Mire Depart
ment, two ocean steamers in conveying the
mails monthly between N. York and Brgnen,
and one, since October last, performing semi
monthly service between Charleston and Hava
na ; and a contract has been made for the trans
portation of the Pacific mails across the isthmus
from Chagres to Panama.
Under the authority given to the Secretary
of the Navy, three ocean steamers have been con
structed and sent to the Pacific, and nre expec
ted to enter upon the mail service between
Panama and Oregon, and the intermediate
ports, on the lust of January next, and a fourth
has been engaged by him for the service be
tween Havana and Chagres; so that a regular
monthly mail lino will be kept up after that
time between the United States and our terri
tories on the Pacific.
Notwithstanding this great increase in the
mail service, should the revenue continue to in
crease the present year as it did in the last, there
will be received near four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars more than the expenditures.
These considerations have satisfied the Post
master General that, with certain modifications
of,the act of 18 16,. revenue may be still, further
increased, and a reduction of postages made to
it uniform rate of five cents, without en inter
ference with the principle, which has been con
stantly and properly enforced, of making that
department sustain itself.
A well-digested cheap postage system is the
best means for diffusing intelligence among the
people, and is of so much importance ins coun
try so extensive as that of the United States,
that I recommend to yonr favorable considera
tion the suggestions of the Postmaster General
for its improvement.
(Concluded next week.)
TAR STkit 4 Itittrielp,
GETTYSBURG.
Friday Evening, December 8, 1848
CITY AGENCIES.—Y. B. Y , Esq.
corner of Chesnut & Third streets, and E. W.
Case, Esq. Sun Building, N. E. Corner Third &
Dock streets. Philadelphia : and Was. raosurson,
Esq. South-east corner of Baltimore & South ste.
llositineare—are our authorised Agents for receiv
ing Advertisements and Subscriptions for "The
Star and Banner," and collecting and rereipting
for the same.
bo..The Annual Message of the Presi
dent was transmitted to Congress on Tues
day. We had hoped to present it to our
readers in full to-day ; but its extra ordina-.
ry length renders this impracticable. And
as most of our readers no doubt will prefer
the Message entire to a mere abstract, we
give them the benefit of the greater part of
it in to-day's paper. The remainder, con
sisting of an elaborate discussion of the
Bank and 't'ariff questions, and a vindica
tion of the Veto power, will be given next
week..
There is nothing of striking importance
in the message—it being mainly, devoted
to a defence of the policy of the Adminie
tration. The President argues the benefi
cial results of the Mexican War—alludes
to the discovery of the large Gold mines in
California, and recommends the establish
ment of a Mint on the spot—recommends
the establishment of Territorial Govern
ments for the conquered territories, and
thinks that the Slavery question should be
settled by the adoption of the principles of
the Missouri compromise. In discussing
the financial condition of the country. the
workings .otthe Subtreasury and thn Tar
iff of '46 are wiritqlauded—the message
w ind ing.up
,withs Woes defence of the
Veto power. `
la' Anton our frost IC ole in bus, ' (Oh iet „)
to Dec. 5, state .thetlhe Legieleture had
thus far failed to organize. - thiSenete
parties are a tie; six, ballots for Speaker
had beets' tried without effeethig`a -ehoiee.
In the House the Whigs have real,bona
fide nitijiirhy 4 NW ihb Lobotomies elaim
the seats for Hamilton county under au
thority: at fraudulent certificates. 'lit
tempt to organize. the 'Home on the 4th
failed and reitultdd mush ionfeSiowit All
attempts it'compromitte bad troilitl whol
ly unavailing. ' • • •
P. 9.-:-1 he two branches-of the Ohio
Legislature have been organized. •Whig
officers have been chosen in ono house,
Democratic in the other.
OtrThe Electoral College met At Har
risburg on Wednesday. lion, T. M. T.
ftl'Keiman was chosen President, and the
vote of the Collego east for Taylor and
Fillmore. Gen. Joseph Markle was
se
lec to convey the vote to the President
of the ellatc.
::TViT,7TV
PißiggisfilPll4)
•' .l "Cletielres ? D. 1848.
'At 'l* ecldeki‘ a i4uoitim appearij o i ) n
both , Houseetif Cortirreli, the ffieiris k
their. / kali. • Nbthfng lof imports , :be
yond the iiiittiffititiat'iriotionafScide* to
organization titterilred. '
lo the Senate. Mr. i?Ctighiss gave no
lice of his intention to introduce bills at
an early day. to_organize the territories oX
'Minesota and N'tibrasks;• for the admistioit
of thilifbritta into the Union as it 'State . ;
and to provide a territorial goveminctif
Nevr Mexico.
Mr; Cameron gave notice of his mien- '
lion,to introduce a Bill to provide for the
totting of the moms of the United flutes
in 1850.
In the Ileum, • most of the dal? was tiro
earned 'in Choosing seats, Ilterace Greely
made his appeiiinee as a repreSeinisiive
frorit New Y ork , City. elected to All the
vacancy growing out of a contested scat
last winter.
PI:10DM Dees 5;
The' Minna' Message of the President
was, transmitted td both Houses at ig o'-
clock. Its reading occupied bettor than
two hours. Id the Senate f,OOO extracop
les were ordered to be printed, and in the
HOOBB 15,000.
In the House Mr. Goggin gave notice
of a motion for leave to introduce a bill jo
“rettoee the rates •of postage on nevit
pent and lettere, to establish unikortn post
age charges, and to correct abuses of thd
franking privilege."
Mr. McClelland gave notice Of intention
to introduce bills rot certain improvements
in the western lake harbors, &c.
'The &nate adjourned after the reading
of the Message.
IVRONMIDAT,. DBE• 8.
Nothing of importance trawled in Con-,
gross—both Houses having adjourned at
•
early hour.
Rev. Mr. Gentev was re-elected Chap
lain of the Houtte--having received ,156
out of 183 votes.
r[7"The CHOLERA has already reach
ed our shores. The disease was brought
over by the packet ship “New York,"
which reached the New York Quarantine
on Friday last, with 228 steerage and 11
cabin passengers, front Havre. On the,
14th day out a ease of cholera appeared a
mong the steerage passengers, and at the
time of the vessel's arrival there had been
19 cases, , 6 of which proved fatal. Seve
ral have also since died at the Quarantine
hospital. The New York papers say that
the cases under treatment at the hospital
have thus far been of a mild form. There
was no Cholera at Havre when the vessel
OtrFour new cases of cholera have Oc
curred among the inhabitants of the public
stores on Staten Island, and three deaths
are recorded, making nineteen cases, since
the arrival-of-The vessel; and ten deaths.
A WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
Blurtling Intelligence.
OCT'The steamer Britania arrived at Dos
, ton on Wednesday, having sailed from
Liverpool on the 18th . ultimo. The
news she brings is of a startling character.
his to be hoped that a portion of it at least
may prove to be greatly exaggerated. It is
stated that the Emperor of Austria
sig
nalized his success in Vienna by the most
atrocious murders and other crimes, in
shootingdefenceless citizens in the streets,
rifling their houses, and massacreing wo
men and children. The students ot- the
University were hunted down like brutes,
and executed when captured. This cruel
conduct was raising a flame throughout his
dominions which, it is said, cannot be sub
tined. Gen. Wintlischgrata was marching
against the Hungarians, who defeated Gen.
Simonick at Turnay, and compelled him
to retreat. The Emperor was still resi
ding at Prague. The Poet Kaisir is to he
hung. Robert !Heim, deputy to Frank
fort, was secretly tried and shot. Intense
gloom prevailed.
From Berlin we learn that the king and
Assembly are still quarreling. On the Bth
ult., Brandenburg arrived at the Assembly
with the decree, tranferring the sessions of 1
the Assembly from Berlin to . Bmitdetiburg. '
The Assembly declared that it would not
remove, and declared itself en permanence.
Litre detechmenii of burgher git - uds oc
cupied, the building to protect the members.
The resident of the Ministry informed
the Assembly that such proceedings were
illegal, end the police ordered the burgher
guards to prevent the 'sittings of the Assem
bly. by allowing no one to pass "crept out
oldie hall.. This the guard refbsed; da n
gerotts to the people's liberty . Finally
fifteen thousand infantry and Germans,
under Wrangel, were posted , near the As
sembly, and required the hall to becldsed.
The. Assembly then complied under pro
test, but reassembled in a private house...—
The King issued a proclamation dissolv
ing the burgher guardse and allowing until
the lath {0 disarm them. , Tho burghers
having refused coruplianee, the gates were
closed, sod the streets occupied by Wran
gel, but there had been no collielon at the
latest accounts.
A Foolish Move.
We °teems that washer of twokensdown
politicians in Philadelphia, who for the WO ten
yesre have been floating around the outskirts of
almost every party that has it tuns succeeded to
power, are endeavoring to avail Quimsehree of the
late 'political victory schigirod_ by the friends' f
Gen:Taylor, by Propositig in abandon — Merit of the
present Whig and reboil political orgimitstimis,
and a merging of. thern all into one to he finer•
id' the "Tiylor Roptiblican Party: are rr•
r Y,!? rf". s h iPt o r firf,l6ooll., Whigs in
the chi', are diapered
,eo.conntenanmr, the move•
ment---a movement which, we feel assured, will
meet with !ut little favor in
.the interior.—
The "Whik platilinn is broad enough for us, end
we think we can speak, e lbcAltslf higs of Adams
—we want no ethek,ttitanidsh those who are
.tixed:lttthe . tinte nalite.bY
is now known—one around which cluster the glo.
rious esboriatiemself the Ponied iblOishetiefour Re
public into existence, and uodernrhich we have a
gain and again gone tebettle end to vicory—,
t6ire 14j who are now tired or ashamed
thiSciterhilted name, or who think the' Whig plat
foineinni sufficisnily timed, why let them leave
, ,
and "imam go with them,"—there will be plen
ty of others to take ; their places, But it won't
do to talk to the Whig messes about disbanding
their organization, in this, tlie hour of their most
derisive' triumph, to enable a few demagogues to
pave their way to power !
The County Offic-oro.
On Friday lest, Means. ?lotion, HA issaito,
and Ditnwi nom, the Prothonotary ' Register and
Clerk of the Courts, elect, enterers upon the du
ties of their respoctive office*. The retiring offi
cers. Wears. KVIITZ, l.uaaAx, & If slit wrom,
having discharge) their official duties to the entire
satisfaction of the public, will hear with then the
kind recolloctions of all who hare had occasion to
'tensed business with than. • '
• ,
crf IGiNY 4 — We
rue indebted to Immatalathera for a copy of ► new
Arithmetic beattiCiAtt above title, lhaligned for
the am of titFimaleitif 4
er
, i ; Stater,
4 if row,.
4104 i 4 , i4
which we notice the ikeflowiinrfeana Air. Bea Rows,
Anna* amifiriaitshatiatZiof ailkimiA School, ita
this itstati t: /.;
1 flak plosion:10 ttaptt.mitag tba *Mott that
:006 (:olus a 5046140440 by Lllm srleksit„ is
a moat eel tot tae School Book .Tkoodlaittoatoo to
6 0 . Own, l!oottlAft .01 i tirtot.-.17 0 41 11
• I
of
tahnej., 004'014 ea
h r
of Pouil&a,' hod' PAW; form tom
of he •thiat 411114iNireo-fitaiiiitaihik Ailthinititti. I
441'40.4 &Skied sad tailusblellapierremestC It
ohms mow to,oaq ISalkste. Vaal etserFkipm; '
ale be g inhe !. " AP•thllVtic:oo
other money than otir owns 1 0,01. are 200 ‘w
ide'uuatoidaMoin
~
ciently toOmeronsined It to task all his ya
tiefPb•llini !bapsvg • a m id
beefy escittl'ltilf stisatin 1 it lusty;
Alter be ha beeomaAtvill 'fibuisitHilttss prior:4W
o.tktialp*. and ,ampploSpordwasinwskacu,
lattoua in our own, COlll r 0,0040 4, to
414 0 e' him a ktrairliate ot i thogis, Sl naj but,
'lt se ill' be found practicable id ad
ithe titres vegetate for auk puriSostoltiatiiitlier
period: ‘.lii Arpetta.aletu Csamistaau
Calculator is • superior work, mall therathisecon
disay
,reeontmetul it.. . , . •
' • ttio.it'outittoNVPx
• •
Isom*, Not. Nt r 1147.
V. S. BENATOR.-- . 10 Wayßeatiarg
Democrat ntarilidita Oat uplll4 of the Mon.
T. M. Meilonnan, in connection
the post Pr:V. • 1 3 .: , 84iiiiik0 1 40.,4016 ••ff
our coiemporenes ,have an ilder firbieuer I
roan' to tiyeSetit 'tOi this most reeporklible
station; we knock undOr t. pr:eptnet, 71m
'lkntiiciat hi alluding doopei'; says
he ..ja ,st mak'or fine hilentorik thorough
Whig--dreal• travelled, had' Weltitirsed in
home affairs. 'tie dederves the station,
and would make a good Elenatof."' ' •
11Crtir. Nee. the representatkve °Obis
pistriet, was in MO neftt‘ at WsittinguNa on
the first dey , of the mission. ;;
porr.The N. Orleans ilmlytme (semi.
ofireislY says that Taylor *ill select
all his Cabinet from' the Whig rod's—,
moderate but decided
in the Sallie faith," but "avnidi lig (mastics
of all treads." This aerie. he .ly
leave "the business of making, laws, and
shaping the doineistib policy of the noun,
try,' principally to Contrasts. •
Taylor has seat on his ,reenv
nation, as Maior'Oetteral, commanding the
Western Division of our Army, to take ef
fect aAer the let of Fetypary.
dreadful complaint ie
generally preoeded by pain in the head,
giddiness, especially on turning
,rnund.
dimiteiii of sight, •itupoi. Ives Of roo4ory.
and other unpleasant aymtoms, which in
dicate a loaded and corrupt stela of the
blood.
r . eieTittle — Pfitli an; a
certain preventative of apoplexy, because
they expel from the.body those stagnant
and corrupt humors, which are , the cantle
or thin and every malady incident to omits.
Wright's Indian Vegetabk Pilli also
aid and improve digestion, as well as pur
ify the blood,ind therefore drive diaeaseaf
every name from the body.
"Beware of counterfeits Pnrchere from the
agents only, one or more of whom. will he found
in each village and town in the United States,
The genuine is for sale by J. :M.ErrEtEN
SON, Sole agent for Gettysburg; and Wholesale
at Dr. Wright'', Principal Oilice, Pig Raegfiltreet.
,
Philadelphia.
Ema BqeToN. May 2,91, 1847.
Ma. S. W. Fowls.--Sir. I hs veene' n
so much of the virtue of "Winter's Baleen'
of Wild Cherry" that I feel it my duty to
add my testimony in its praise. My son
about 14 years of ego, has for the last ten
months been afflicted with a severe cough,
pains in the aide and body, and a gradual
wasting, until he was hut a. mere. living
skeleton. I bad the advice,of three Phy•
niciana, but none of them could give him
any relief, and gradually yet surely 'be
seemed to be sinking into the tomb. Hip.
petting accidenudly to see, some of your,
"Free Almanacs" we; felt air though the
Dalaim would help , him, as there were some
eases that had been eared whea They were
as bad as he was. I therefore proomed
a bottle of Dr. Kidder...the Agent;in this
place, and before he had: used all of it he
began to, grow better, and by ening three
bottles his rough was aN gone; and,liale
now, enjoying gooll heakh,, , lot whie4 he
is solely indebted, through the blessing of
God, to Mister's Balsam of Wikt Merry.
DIXON. •
~Dr.lder Rays ; the article has given
universal satisfaction to hie eustomeri.
None genuine, unless signed . I. BUTTS
on t,ho wrappe.i. ,
.o:rror sal by SAMUEL 11. DUEII.
LER , only agent for Ge ttysburg.
• • Ext.acrr.' -1' • ;
One of the moat instances dif' the
success which at each well applied energy owl
penntverancit, is exhibited in the cue of Di. Ps.
►fin of Philadelphia, with
. whose adver
tisementathd ieadentof the Regatta; ire
The doctor, after spending tnany yhare of his Ijk
in. practice. and , a careful twanaigatitin of the °A
gin and character of diseases, applied• himself to
the preparation of temediet, and fibs IsaceUence
of his compound, is attestnl by . the &Fateful
thanks of thousands, who have proved the,Opne
fit of his skill and fa . cvitic knowledge,. fan
not mere quack ihttritins, but preparations result
ing from long and eatelnl study, and as they
serve, in an eminent degree, the , good , purp o ses
for which they rtereintended, inertias has'follow
ed me prop/inner enterprise Ind tabors. ' His
estahliabmemt is now ond of the largest in ttk
Muted States, and besides lurnietting every city,
town and township in the
,cauntry wilitithia 'OP
valuable medicines, he shipe, annually, immense
quantities to fareion Taal
•
In the p r osecution oilh-.plits*lAD ringing his
specifics to hhe yhole peep!! ! Pc -,Jayne Ike it
sued a Family Almanac, containing ,certiOcir
and teittimntiltils'ef the 'higheit character. e
is.stated in' the Oer that
last.ear eat unillieW of the! tAithanstri went-pa&
lialtdd fat and ellniliatribated.i This itster,
;hp demand for fildSl ittigireetiitittit . met'
Orestes, driven by steam, sue -,rtgtq li d.fY • and
With' a' dititifile sat et hand., a 'Viable to
meet the deinaddi of` the fitiOle 'e Alma
nu*. Indeed INtedirs.'Svavut ilittatts,‘ who
do the men work, have foetid it nereisary. to
"pet the want, of the putilipie{, In obtain a third
pofrirphosi'f' 'two suUv,ae arida half copies will
be required for 1859 - ennsuming from twelve to
fifteen quititii - 011 It** of paper, and incurring an
expirte to the 'cry smell•ra eof twp rants each
co , and wedo not see how they can be turnii•h•
ea at so low price--oftifiy thousand doftars !
This it wonder hl, exhibiting, as it does, one 01
the most lemarkable instances of enterprise on
retard,
But it must Be remembered that this large
fun, which is a fortune of MeV, is entirely given
away—the whole two millions and a half of Al
manact are gratuitously given to merchants,
atorekeeperts,familtes and individuals, with a view
to their general gratuitous distill:onion through-
out the United States.
The position of Dr..livlE is an enviable one
—achieved by his o•rn unaided energy, industry
en d enterprise--ilinwing largely from an extern
sive knowledge ot medical jurisprudence—and he
now stands at the bead of discoverers of medicines
for " the million," which have not only be e n
pronounced to be unequalled as remedies, for the
diseases severally net apart by the proprietor.
he.. but destined to conier upon the human fami
ly incalculable benefits, in the form of restated
health and proloNiedexistence.—Norrugoiris Reg
;Ate,
BALTIMOUE mAknuir.r.
, 'BEEF 'CATTI.E—Thern were offered at tbet
*sass on Mondiliy. 1000 head of Beeves, 140 of,
wbidt were sokl to city butchers at prices winging
from *2 25 to $3 per 100 lbw. on the hoof,e4und to
f 4, 6Y and $6 76 per 100 lbw net.
LOUR.—The flour market in less ; sales
'of illowMlL Howard at brands at $5 00. City
Mills is held at the same. Bales of Com meal at
$3 00. ILre flour $5 95.
Gir,(lll%—lupply of all kind. of (;rain fair,
Meer unchanged.; ludo good to prime red wheat
2141113 to $1 08 ; and white of $1 10 to $1 ;
whiteAtmily , flour, $1 IS asl 20. White Corn'
.51rOtth I yell,w M. Oar. 26 a 80. 'lye 58 a 00.
Hwy ISONO.—.Nless Pork $1226,00(1 Prime
$B . tt7 a $lll Boron—Sides 4i a SI cents; Its tn,
7a 10 elute. Lard Eli in lobls., and 2,5 aOZ in
MAitit I E D.
'436thilith i# the EC*. John Wallace. Mr.
Litirea' itiersturrat' of 'London Grose. Ches.
nit sisinty.: nerd' !Mims' Maar E. Cows sr, of Salle-
Uri', Lancaster county.
Ii .9L 1 04 1 .4 11 : 1 0 1 Lie {bt PT: J. Pohl, Mr. Pa
rra ryloA r ir e s,,, spa Mira Fascists Ja Nita, all of
On the sth ult., by Ales. C. A. Hny, Mr. Ws.
NilitytwAea tCattit at sit'Hut.t.clatian
-- 110 911 1 1:* ljtyrupttipe Atlitma county.
,On lac tb ult., by the same, Mr. We. Una ea,
. Jnd Milit Wi atter. both of (ferrous) , town
thi 90th utt., by the . iter J. Sechler, Mr.
Aiaisi. Drwwr . so d Miss M CA A.
a Apom—lxo of Adams county.
.Onthe 30th ult., id Conowauo Chapel, by the
"gee: Itte: Ettifera Mr.t*TLiiiSTia Pi N ' l, ilia Mime
9ltawi2rx a MI!, =both of I.ittlestevre.
Ob dle 13th ult. by the Res. J. Ulrich, Mt. Jo-
IllerlationtondlOis &sal SI ISL &V il• cash both
of this county.
gio . hOth hy ertikhtr., level U
W r-
ANT ha d Miss to kr, UIPIIILT 01 . ' lurk
• Oil ibe si 4 nl
JACOII EICIIOIII Rhea both d
Nesteltett "
„ "•(/
Topetitr r
A ‘ • 4 1
• // . t)'
LIAN 5ai11e**41 10 *,....19 1 4 1,0 Xo o o ol * $1 0,4
Liz, Allifo of "K.' Wiste4loo. "Da
isp, 9 1 , 4, 4, 54*
'‘
Ori the ittltSfeliefi aiteektift'd r.
Jacob Btaith. mew" dilittelletteertidgp; aged
year% • 1 •1•,••'• ,+7.14.4 •17 • t
.:•20101120111 . 6
rip AKE .thati hate applied M the
Juthtee •tiLthe. Could of Cliestmen
Plus of Adams , .4'outuyifotk.the, benefit' of
the Inaolvenk,lawoorthia Conmeneareakh
ndthat duty haviappeinted. Meader, doe
14111 day , ,ofi Jommqy oext•tut ,the'itoort
Hence in Gettysburg.stAllehlock 4 A.M.;
for the hearimg-ot end Jay Avedhors
—when and where you may auendifymt
see fi41,T,01.1 1:f
„
ozo nan ARNOLD
AB, aft 4 1 eluinftidl *bat :Philadelphia
.n with a largo stook' or froth goodies
-11"g ° t i c k •
•
0 9 1 18 Piaisa. JQltpsit
and 'plain Alpaccaa, Cagtrieree,
M. ! ifs 44es. scurf**
hh Cr• (414 1
•'• • •.`
EngfilkandPirnek/%4(silt,
to , 44 - :! -1 4 - I
Lots 7 of CALICOES; at' lintfifriMS o
the , heel re.otremd.forgw,,pridei;•
A large lot =of 'DOMO3TIO.IIOO 9
and; tCA RPFAING; very i ' 111 , 1.1 1
'large stook of " , •''
Fit Esit'ontotritiks; - •
all of whniti . 64 ) ,
can be °Wilted et any olhermatebliltroent:
•Wf dp not thrglY put ll,ttlY.lMltt4glkr. -
'floes it,U.S. imh, etu4ftt
up no atimethineelso, i4,dao!pripae,ore
tuoiform, pod we !polio tiA,,tiagyresgota
tioni AIIOW4Y., In the find
or the 'own - ten; }Tease
'calf; examine; andjodge fo Yameatitii. "
• P. B.4LA for SIVVES lienualollig on
hand- i~ry chesri. ' '. •
' Clattiablot, Dobl . 8; 11448.4.4 '"
it
jIN eoneeipienre,of tWmetiemteined by
recent Fire. in connection with other
dementle'mien dipOwi ll t~peed frUtthi cow,
for. • All pe o ,
knowing themselves-tote indebted to me
by note or firithe expected
to call and Millitieihd cot delav't
otherivise they will be pissed' irdel hike
of a proper trifles, for etillisetiatod• $
ocrThosit who have elngaged• to Vuit
eish , • WOOD mi iteemittere-desited* de
so inenedlitely. $ ant deliweeid"rettiq
the. Cash. wilt*. required. ••• ' • • ' 1 : •
THOM /111 WADREPC• •
Pritt4ll34 .(I ^l 1
Atm Ake:B 1 "
tietiou t.kltte atruitety4rett l rity in
thin Uri that he ahnisillipublithes
aor gnashed/pi illittibiltioh; by Itiirattli and
his Algenta‘aarAlttauuir, rafted • - 444 ;4 •
,
AISD. ;GUIDE TO HEALTH.
The calculation* , for ;this laminae :era Wade
withe great care and accuracy, sad Saralee diner.
ant Lattlteiles am/ .I.odßilatdis,_ in louf fill make
them 'actually itseild'as a Mender' lit eirtely part
of the United States. and British North America.
lihrty are printed os genii paper, with iatulseme
'new type, and are DreiJy boundi and Insitelosise-
Ing the negest and maat,scr mate caknder print
, ThiltetlittateC' they contain a large a
inbunts.itif Waluable inffinitatinn,•snited' tb the
wink ot all, and of that kind too, which cannot
be olatai•eil in books
Hist CAT.: I.OGbE OF DISEASES, with
remarks and slitections (or their removal, is teal
ly invaluable, and make them welcome visitors.
in every house they enter, Every family should
possess at least one of these annuals, Ilia Alma.
uses for 1840 are now ready fut distribution. of
which he designs to publish at least TWO MIL
LIONS, and in order that every family in the
United States and British America, may be fur
linked with a copy, he hereby invites MER
CHANTS AND STOREKEEPERS to forveanl
their orders to him as early as yossible, and they
shall he sup plied Gil ATUITOUSLY with sit ma
ny copies us they deem necessary to supply their
varisiis customers. They are invited at thesame
time, to send a ropy cif their "BITSTNESS CA RD,,”
which will be printed and placed on the cover ul
the Almanacs sent them, also without charge.:
They are also requested to give all necessary
directions how the almanacs should be forwent.
ed to them. Cy law they cannot be sent by mail
unless the postage is filet paid on them here.
Order. , (pest paid) directed to DR. D. JAYNE,
Philadelphia, wilt ripen with prompt attention.
hj-FAMILIES can obtain these Almanacs
t9gtis of SAMUEL' [WEIMER. Agent An
the sale of 14. Jayne's Family feletheiats.
Dee. 8, I A4B.—at
irAcoNET s, nod' CA MD RIC Intl
of MULL MUSLINS. Of the Tip-Tep
kinds, for Bale by J. L. 'SCHICK.
iCotolobiao Se'tles •f Arith
rsigND AND TM
COMPORT.
CAI.CULKItIIt
;--This work is already iutrodstintlin
; to some.pf,tlie best Academies and a lake
number. of;Behools, where its .ose .
ven decided and universal , sati sfaction.
both to teacher and pupil. It it purely
Aineticati in its charac er, based, epos ur
own beautiful decimal veleta V 0107110167.
: It contains more, the arrangements sir het
, ter, and it is the easiest and cheapest work
of the kind now in use; and it is stolen
sidered by littodreds of the most.competaint
teachers and men of science la *IW Union,
who have recommended it. It lathe honk.
and the only book, partientsrly and int.•
pressly prepared for our Americans Nalhisf
i are :—lfy Mayon 7lckner.
TIIE You'rirsCOLUMBIAN'CAL
CULATOIt.—This voltime contains '9l
pages, with about 900 examples 'for seintion
on the slate. It embraces the . Fisndanetin
tal Roles, Compound Itylei.Sitopla 'Sad
Cornpound Reduction, Single Role of
Three, Pro Portion.
'FICK NOR,'S A urrtiNtEiricii, TA
111,ES, is destined for the use of younger
classes in the Schools of the U. litotes.
A beautiful little book and pleasing*
children, and the only one of the kitid of
any value.
There arc keys to both Arithmitles.
hound single or drrubhr, for the cenvenlenee
Of teachers, in which the solutions otthe
questions are given and much extra old..
teerof the 'black board. 'These Keyes»
the Teat complete works of the.kind ever
pfUld shed: and contain, in addition. about
two hundred examples in Mensuration.*c.
for the ,use of the 'reacher. Alt that is
*mite& iti . te have the above books'ilam
'lited.itlid,ho teacher who acquainted 'With
the science of Arithmetic, will hesitate to
'pronthince them thebett 'works thit•havo
ever been published in this or any - Other
country.
,
Although homed but a few months; they
have I already 'been introduced into the
Nigh 4 Public Schools of New York City
-in` all the Shoots, public and priva,e,
'except two, in the City of Reading. Al
so, in about twenty Academies in the
State 'of Pennsylvania—in a large portion
of the Schools in the City of Wilmingtent.
in the City of Lancaster, and in the Bo
roughs of Harrisburg, York, Lebanon,
IDoylestovh, Pottsville, Orwigsburg. Ace.,
&c,
.1.4 -4 or Sale tot S. 11. BUERGER,
'A tit for Adams County.
Cat!prism. Take Mogilev.
HE Collectors of Taxes in the diem-
TT
mit townships of Adana county. Me
hereby notified that they will he required
to settle up their duplicates on or before
Saturday Me 30th day of I.keenther eat,
on which day the I;ommissimpers will
meet at their office to give the neeimiaary
eamvemtions.
funds , are required to meet the
immediate demands" against the county.
the Collentore Will be' expected to use all
poseible dilhience towards , an immedicur
collection or their assessments. and to par
the amount realized into the l'reatury. ors
op , lociOrt tite..Norember Court.
A. HEINTZELMAN,
"4.61(X)13 'KING.
J. G. MORNINGS'CAR,
?I Commissioners.
AVOIIIINBAIIGH, Clerk.
)Art: 17E18480-4d
A meetin g of the Ifehl
tillaboili Total Abstinence Society will hr
'lnitlilttllfte 'Union Seminar, Tyrone tp..
'On 13'iddY Evening the 15th of December
4te..tf, .at fl o'clock, which the friends of
Tithlieranee' are invited to attend. An
Addreee''Will be delivered by Rev. L. J.
ElreAlwi•
OZATAS FERREE, Sec'y.
itittrer
ligthalgili Fite.? of P OPLAR PLANK
: . ` 1.1. 7 117 , su et' s willanswertorOlvr
'BMitit',for which the highest price will be
iit4M.hir dm subscriber. Ile has also on
luipd; al
h is old stand in West Chambers
tincg infect, a very large assortment of
1. Common and Fancy
CHAIRS,
a full assortment of CAOI
- whicit 1 am selling at mi
st*, pr . tcgnfor Cash and Produce. Or.
dere for work will he attended to on the
shortest notice. All orders for COFFINS
will be strictly 'attended to as usual.
DAVID lIEAGY.
80r014:J0113418.—tf
, , WANTED.
Veto t x per P• 11110.1.
IVILL he said for WALNUT KEW ,
NE1.13,11t C. %MYER'S COSA".
Gettysburg, Pa., if delivered
dry.ond in good order. Pentane disposed
to Rtutlld to the matter, can realise geed
pay for their trouble, by securing thelliVal•
nutchuntedistely, before the season has
passed.
Gettysburg, Oct. 20, 1848.—tf
SE• subscriber hos jest received a
.larga supply of HARRISON'S
Columbian Jnks,
to which ho invites tho attention of par.
chasers. They. are pot up in 1 nonn*.ll
ounce. 4 ox.. 8 oz., and 1 pint bottlesoarli
remaining the full quantity indicated M
the label. They are warranted -nos< isi
mould under any circumstances in say
climate.
BLACK INK
This Ink flows freely', and has a fine 'Ws.
'BLUE ; INK.
This iuk possesses the pmpertieg 411firV
brilliancy .t besot y. coksr
aind, unlike other blue inkso iensilieblB4o
deposit its volor. •
RED. INK. •
This ink has a brilliant CriIMINII Red. seal
improves id brightness on the perm'
For permanence of eclat. these libido
ly equal i( net surpass all edam ; for win p
the color is vet es die paper, is will
remain unchanged fur ogee. Foe oak,
wholesale and netsil, by
.KELIIR KEPI%
Also II Jacob Martin, Olford.
Abbottgoloo; pr. Kaufman, Petorams& l 7. l r4
kerbolf, litthemanah,.Benry Sihricer,Utidoovoia,
John Bodaikohiar, Irruchnoi
We, 1:1848. • , ,is
04
t are reque st 4
that, at the reque4 lot* two
once Sociekr eflietl74lOrp somme,
he preeehed loy'Ket. Dr. INAVII*42. WWI .4
Pregbyurriett"Chtireh, urn Seitollitfleablio
uezt, the lOth hut.