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PRESIORNT'S' MESTOR
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pa,, Cittterts of the Resale t
mid of ilift igoluie of firprtt fides
The brief Piglet' which 11101 eIR . eil since
tlio dose of your halt session 11 boot tultr.
10,1 by no e.xtrnortNnary politic of ventl---
The quadrennial election tiff ( for Mat(l4...'
trate has passed off with lost , than the usual
excitement. However indiMuals awl par-
t:,.. may live been disappointed in the re
kilt., it is neveftheiess a subtect of national
em,gratulatinn that the choice has been of.
?retell by the independent suffrages of
free people, undisturbed ty those influences
which in other countries have too often af
fected the purity of popular elections.
Our grateful thanks are due to an, All
31eroiftif Protidenee, not ettlY flit steying
the pestilence which in differtmttforms has
desolated some of ourcities, but foetrown.
tug the linbora of the . hnsbandnunr with wa
abundant harvest, and thoontion generally
with the bleogings of peace and prm.perity.
Within it few weeks the 'Oldie mind baa
been deeply affected by the death of Daniel
IVebster, offing at his ticeettne , the office of
Striatum , of State. , Ills -astateittteti in the
Executive government have sincerely sym.:
patltined with' his family and= , the public'
generally on this mournful:meadow. ffis
commanding talents, his iscat petifsatf and
professional eminence, his well 'tried petit%
otittrel'aud'his long ana faithfil services, At
the thostimpornnit public t,nms, have end.:
red Ids &Marto he lamented thrnaghaut the
enuntryi Mid barb edited for hitna huailig
pine* itt‘ollr Klatoiy.
1a'41,6101141* of the last eumnier
erahle uetiety vis'emisiod for a ehort time
Itt , Offtehtl fathismation front the 'govern
ment Of greet Britain that orders had been
liven iiirhe'proteetion of the fisherhonpen
thelbaseit of tine lititish petvincei in North
Ameriea against the &Illegal encroachments
of theffieddOg velveds of the United States
and Mhos. The eleittaaei of thlinotiok
andihe atiatein et the year Mooted to make
it itlikitautt "lead intpartanee. It was
at viiippodgendathatan increased naval
final* bidet ordered/bb the fialliMg,grotmdi
to Mil ittiiiiffilettlie Ilnlish inteeptetation
of those 'fikoviiiimis its the convention of
181 k Wrifiretioe to the true intent of which
the IMO gOrernmente differ.lt was soon
dise.Y.Tioid that shah vial not the design of
G ma k Beittdit, and satisfactory explanations
of the red objeits otilii measure have been
give* both bath and iti-Lbedon. 1
TfiliAttildjasted'dilferefice, however, be- 1
tween` AO two goretwitients alto the i n terpre
tatiai ' 4'44 firsearticle of the convention
of I Slit ,itektal a ender' of importance.
A tnetrltan hihiag'weelide,vithia nine or ten
yeihi;:bleit' been Oxidated from waters to
wl(ffiti thei thid•frio access for twenty-five
veatiillthi'elegiitiatitiltif the treaty.—
1n4841 Olt exalt lion arid relaxed so far
as'alicorna the Baly, of frundy, but, the just
and'libelled iniention'of the Ilmtie Govern
ment. 'iii ' ainplianeir with what we think
the true constriction of the convention, to
°phis all {the outer hays tii our fishermen,
was ateddoned,in onneeqbence of the oppo
salon 'il the' aokirriee. Notwithstanding
thiti 161.111116 d totei have, since the Bay
of ilitt-h te at lre:eiteriefte:oit fishermen,
iu i'd4 ' eiraiesilthe 'mad liberal course
toeniid e,osliontril Mang interests.
-0) it, retch e s laW of 18413, the duties
on adoniallidL e utering our ports were very
grray' didneed,' eild by the warebouseing
malt iarilfeietfohe entered in, bond with
out Pa i jinetifof duty: In this' way colonial
i
tislilebiasiquired the monopoly of the eeport
ire "lii our market; and is entering to some
ea. ,Iki*t)"ho home consumption. These
fact ,
were diot% those which increased the
lepAlitikOf
_oar fishis interest at the
meveineriflii,qieWii.
Thate elietimatimees mid the incidents
abresilWed:to have led me to think the
int4ietif,l44e for; reserigideration of
tlip nth" eith'o . 'of ' the fisheries oa the
coact of * Brit ish piceinces, with 'a view
to, phase ilitint!ipisp &Are liberal footing of
reaprawl. privilege. Kirillingdais to meet
usAl !I" arranwasenaof this kisd i's un
deeetolill to /Wilt ; on the part of-Great Brit
zip. India desire on her part to istobade in
one eompreliensive settlement, as well this
subjectos, the commercial intercourse be
twee" th, !. A . ,_ited ' States and the British
ProMtVem ~ J hare ;Wined that whatever
lurNe olll4 mu be made, on these two,
eniedestal . t,ti is mtpedient that they should
be,entioraawl in idiriate conventions. The 1
ilow,aoli deb of Ai
. late Secretary of
fihete pow_ *ed the anaineneetnent of the 1
acatieVlaßeltetiation. Pains have bee/ 1
teitimtp collect the, information required ,
for the Aetaile of finch n Arrangement —1
VEMANIAIatfi ia ettp i na4 with oonsiderablel
difierdtf. If it,,,e found ,praetieahle to
eltP, ti an agreement initially acceptable
to,theltrn parties, conventione may be coo
elWed,in the mem of dr.proseot winter.
The
,enrol of 6Mgrero over all the provi
ainal Wittah au Arrearageinti afeedog the
?Awoke, will of watrae r he;reaeFveci
.The.alfears of, Ote formal a prominent
toileip,pir leatoputial,memage, They re
ma*, in an Mundy eeedition,,aad a fueling
of alarm and irFitetion on the part of the
%hp authorittee„ appears to exist. This
foollig bsviotorforoci #ith the, regolar-,cont
mercieidiattetoMmei between the U. States i
and the Oda° , and lakto, some acts of which
we *Ave a I ttrieemplaisi. But the Cap
-104 , 44 Cuba is clothed with no
power to treat with foreign governments,
node he in any ; degree under the coetrol of
ebaliPanish Minister et Washington. . Any 1
twinothunietitien which he may ,hold with all I
agent:of a:foreign pewee. is infermal and a
Matter of courtesy. .Anxiima to put au end
entitle exigting ieconveniences, which seemed
to owl too oniationoption, I directed the
• sesltoppoinUel fdisistee to Mexico, to visit
Mimosa, ea his way to Vera Crus.. Ile
twat festimotfaliet received by the Captain
laminil.who conferred with him freely on
tisweeisent tmearreoliee - i but no permanent
irwingtotteat was effect ed.
Alin the meantime, the refusal of the Cap
tain (Nowa to allow passenger and the
wake to loaded in certain oases, for a
team, whist - does not furnish' iti the opinions
of tisk llinteroineet even a good presump
tive ground 4or such a prohibition, has been
made she salaset of a serious remonstrance
as Madrid i and I have uo reason to doubt
that due respect will lei paid by the govern
ment of her Catholic Majesty to the repre
emdeshitui which our Minister has been is
diseted to wake on the subject. 1
:It Is tat justice to the Captain Genembl
Witold, that big isielluet toward the steam•
Ade' titstiloyed to carry the mails of the'
zst'Stotts to Baran* hes, with the ex-1
' above alluded to, been marked 1
lOW laselbese and liberality, and indicates
re) Oberst purpose of interfering with the,
vounatesial ocirroipoodeuee and totercourse
ilmaireen the island and this country.
Katy ia the present year official notes
Matted hum the Ministers of Fran as
p o k lia,isyiting the dowirtimeut of the
a , Velio4 *mule se 6.1001110 a party with Great'
— 7o lifissut sad Tress: k , a copertite Cusses-
midM=loll:MiZßiEZiii
lion, in virtue of which the tree - Powete
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I
sliould scvdraly) and nett' 4it iiiii i
I,iiwasinj feed vto 11 i* ' ohtait! ) i
ossess +n bf pt /it 4 ,k% a alti n
bind‘thent lees 4 4 11 n ,j at' lb
totript;?* hat. rept It ', t tiq n a4y it
l'olter ir i d6idtta} wh ele ibis i li t .' l
Itm has beent h r!epcotru 7 tletlinsid, fo reit •
son4Vint wb7d ( - wimp/Wilmot' spa in,
this communication In state in detail, but
which led me to think that the p roposed
tuctuutre wouh be of doubtful constitution-
alit,, irgp: ritie, and unavailing. I have,
however in common with several of my .
pred.,:ccslors, directed the 'Ministers of
F. AllOO and England to be assared thact the
Gaited States ascertain tre desire against
Cubit; but that, on the contrary, f should
regard itsinctorpuraties - into the Union at
the ,proacst time .as fraught. with 'serious
peril.
Were this Island comparatively destitute
of inhabitants,
,or occupied by a kindred
race, I should regard it, if vnltintnrily ceded
by Spain, as ernirgit desirable acquisition.
But, under existing circumstances, 1 should
look upon itsincorporatiou into our Union as
a eery hazardous measure. It would bring
into the Confederacy a population of a dif
ferent national stock, speaking a different
languagh,*and not likely to harmonise with
other members. It would probably af
fect in a prejudicial maaucc the industrial
interests °folio South; mil it might revive
those conflicts of opinion between. the diffe
rent secti(dei of die country, which lately
shook the Union to its centre, and which
have loviii.se happily conspratuised.
The rejection by the Mexican Congress
of the Convention which bad been concha-
ded.betweeti that Republic and the United
States, for, the protection of a tomtit way
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepee and of
the interests elf those , citizens of the United
Statgs who had bee 90 3.0 Proprietors of the
rights which Mexico had conferred on one of
her own citizens in regard to that transit, has
thrown a serious obstacle in the way of the
attainment of a very desirable national ob
ject. I am still willing to hope that the
differences on the subject which exist, or
may hereafter striae, between, the govern
ments, will be amicably adjusted. This
subject, however, has already engaged the
attention of the Senate of the United States,
and requires no further comment, in this
communication.
The settlement of the question respeding
the port et a San Juan de Nicaragua, and of
the controversy between the republics of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua is regard to their
boundaries, was considered indispensable to
the conunewseincnt of the ship canal be
tween the two oceans, which was . the sub
ject
of the Convention between the United
States and Great Britain of the 19th of 1
April, 1550. Accordingly, a proposition
for the same purposes addressed to the two
Governments in that quarter, and to the•
Mosquito Indians, was agreed to in April
last by the Secretary of State and the Min.
ister of her Britannic Majesty. Besides the
wish Co aid in reconciling the differences of
the two republics, I engaged in the negoti
ation from a desire to plum the great work
of a ship canal between the two oceans un
der ooe jurisdiction, Rod to establish the
`important port of San Juan de Nicaragua
under the government of a civilized power.
The proposition in question was assented to
by Coon Rica and the Mosquito Indians,—
It has not proYed equally acceptable to
Nicaragua, bat it is to be hoped that the
Anthem' negotiations on the subject which
are in train will be carried on in that spirit
of conciliation and compromise which ought
always to prevail on molt atrocious, and
that they will lead to a satisfactory result.
I have the satisfaction to inform you
, thabbhogleoutive gevernmane-of-Voseisuola
has acknowledged some claims of citizens
of the United States whichhave for many
years past been urged ley our Charge d'Af
faires at Ceram's. It is hoped that the
same NOW of jig/stir:le will actuate the ()en
gross of that ILepnblie in providing the
means for their payment.
The recent revolution in Buenos Ayres and the
Cemederated States having opened the prospect of
an improved state of things nil that quarter, the
Cover/meals of Great Britain and. France deter
mined t• negotiate with the chief of the new Con.
tederaey for the free access of their commerce to
the extensive countries watered by the tributaries
of the La Plata ; sad they gave a friendly notice
of this•peepoirei to the U.Statee, that we might if
we thought proper pursue the gams course. in
compliance with this invitation, our :donator at
Rio Janeiro and our Charge d'Atrtites at Buenos
Ayres have been lolly authorized to conclude
beanies with the newly organised Confederation,
or the Mates composing it. 'f he delays which
have taken place is the formation of the Dew
Government bare aa yer presented the execution
et Mom insuructious; but owns is every reason to
,hope that these vast egentries will be eventually
opened to our cerement*.
A treaty of commerce has bee* cosicluded be
tween the United states and the Oriental Regeblic
of Uruguay, which Will be laid before the Senate.
Should this Conveatiest go into operation, it will
open to the commercial enterprise of our citizens
a country of great extent and unsurpassed in net
ural resources, hut from which foreign nations
have hitherto been almost wholly excluded.
The correspondence of the late Secretary of
Stale with the Peruvian Charge d'Ailfa nes relative
to the Lobos Islands, was communicated to Con
gress towards the close oi the last aesvion. Since
that time, oil further investigation of the sublect,
the doubts which had been entertained of the title
of,Peru to those lalsails have been removed; sod
I have deemed it just that the temporary wrong
which had been uniatentionally dune her, teem
wait of 'information, -sbould be repaired by an
unreserved acknowledgment of her sovereignty.
I have •the satisfaction to inform you that the
course pursued by Peru lies been cieditable to
1 the liberality of bet Govereinent, Refine It was
i knowo by het that her title would be acinowl•
edged at Washington, her Minister of Foreign
Affairs had authorized war tharge d'Affaires at
Lima to announce to the American vessels which
had gorse to the Lobos fur guano, that the Peru.
vise Government was willing to Ireight them on
its own account. This intention has been car
tied' into effect by the Peruvian :Minister here,
by au arrangement which is believed to be ad
vantageous to the patties in interest. .. .'
Our settlentsots on the chores of the Pacific
have already give° a great ex tendert, and in some
respects _ a . new direction, to our commerce in
thit mese. A direct lad 'rapidly increasing in
tercourse has sprung up with gastein Asia.—
The' sthiterg of the Northern Pacibt.evan into the
Arctic sea; base of late years beat frequeated by
our whalemen.-
The application of steam to the general purpo
ses of navigation is becoming daily more cent area.
anti makes it desirable to obtain feel and other
uecessary supplies at soneenient point* 00 the
route between Asia and our Pacific shores. Our
unfortunate Countrymes orko from time to time
surfer shipwreck on the touts of the Eastern
seas aro eotitted to protectinit, Besides these ape.
cite soNects, the mend promedtpofpur States
car the Pacific requires that ea attempt should be
made to epee the opposite regime of Asia to a
mutually berrefreial intercourse. !Lis obvious
that Um ettempt could be moult by ao poorer to
ao great adwantage as by the United States, who.,
cm:ablutionsl aysteni excludes every idea of dis
tant colonial dependencies. • I have accordingly
been led to coder en appropriate naval torte to
Japati, under the command at a discreet and in
tellogeot officer of the highest rank known to our
service. He is instructed to endeavor to obtain
(rum the government of that country some relax.
lion of the inhospitable and anti social system
which it has pureatti for about two centimes.—
He has hew instructed particularly th remonstrate
in the strongest language against Om enwi treat.
meet to which out shipwrecked 1011116C111 have
erten been !objected, and to insist. Dist they shall
be en with hernanhy. - Ile is iestrueted,
bo ver,lst the 111111110 'them to give thst govern.
t t implies! asetwanCes that the objects bf
I US Id.SIRIOI are such and such only all I
ve Med. and that the expedition is friendly
4
pea 'elk Notwithstanding the jei stoney with
hick ebe goveimments of F.4sltitn Asia regard
to
.all overtuies Wins foreigrairs. I ant not without
anises of a beteetleill iseseelt of the expedition.—'
: Should it be crowned With success, the advanta•
see will not be confined to the United States, but,
as in the case of China s will be as. pinny enjoyed
by all the other Maritime powers. I have much
, satisfaction in stating that in all tl.e steps prepa-
I rotary to this expedition the Government el the
United Stales has been materiallr aided by the
good Milne* of the King 01 the rt.:het:MOE the
' dale Earopean power having sot commercial re-',
lateens with Japan.
In passing from this s U
urvey of OUT foreiga rei ,
a•
tions, I invite the attentiou of Congrees to the
condition of that department of the Government I
to which this branch of ibe public liminess is l
entrusted. Oar intercourse with foreign Powers
has of late yearn greatly increased, both is cones-
I queries of our own growth and the introdection of '
' many new States into tar: family of nations. Isi i
' this way the Deruirtaieo t of Stith has become
overburdened. It bee, by the recent establish.
ment of the Deportmert of the Interior, been re
hewed of some portion of the domestic business.
: If the residue of the business of that Idea, each es I
; the distribution of Oangressional decemeats. the!
keeping. publishine,fand d' leftism of the laws
'of the U. States, the execution of the copyright!
I
i liev, the subject of reprieves and pardons, and
f some other subjects relating to leafier admials- .
, (oiliest should be trinsferred from the Department I
'of State, it would oinquestionabfy be tee the bee•
;air of the public *ethic*. I would also suggest
i thet the building: appeopriateil to the State De- i
penmen( is not f reproof ; that there is reason to i
thiak thane are defects in its construction, and
'That the archive. of the Government in charge of,
the Department, with the precious collections of I
the marmacript papers of Washington, Jefferson, I
Hamilton, Madison and Monroe, are emoted to
destruction by foe. A similar remark may be I
made adders buildings appropriated to the War',
and Navy AN airtmente.
The condition of the Treasury is exhibited in ,
the annual a port from that Department. i
' The cash receipts into the Treasury far the fie- '
cal year ending the 30th Jane last, exclusive ol
; past fends„were $49,798 386 89, sod the expert.
thumps for the same period, likewise exclusive of
tram fends, were $46,007,8146 :t0; of which $9,-
455,8/.3 83 was on account of the principal and
:
linterest of 'the I
he public debt, including the last in•
stalment of the indemnity to Merles), under the I
; treaty of 6 uadaltips Hidalgo,teaving a balance of
, $14,832,136 37 in the Treasury on the first day of I
July last. Since this latter period, further par- I
' chases of the principal of the public debt have
I bees made to the extent of $2,450,347 49, and the
'surplus io the Treasury will continue to be are
limed to that object, whenever the stork can be
procured within the limits, as to price, authorized
by law.
'dile value of foreign merchandise imported du
sing die last fiscal year, was $207,240,/l1 ; and
the value of domestic pcqductions exported was
$149.861,911 , besides $17,204,026 of foreign
merchandise exported : making the aggregate of
the entire exports $167,065,937 ; exclusive of the
above there wasexported $42,507,285 in sperm;
and imported from foreign ports $5,2t12,643
In toy first annual message to Congress I cal- I
led your attention to whet seemed tome some
defects in the present tariff, and recommended ,
such modifications as in my judgment were'
best adapted to remedy its evils mid promote
the prosperity of the country. Nothing has
since occulted to change my views on this lie- i
portant qeestion.
Without repeating the arguments contained'
in my former message, in favor ol diecrituniat.: I
leg, protective duties, I deem it my duty to call ! Making. an aggregate r 13 . 115 , 175
your aaession to one or two other considerations I
Brine:
' affecting this subject. The first is, the effect ; „id a nd 'an increase in the amount of lands
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located under land warrants of 569 c
lof large importations of foreign goods upon our
: 2 20 acres over the previous year.
!currency. Most ot the gold of California, as . •
1 The whole amount thus sold, located under
Met as it is coined, finds its way directly
Entrees in payment for goods purchased. in I
I ": land warrants, reported ut.der swamp land
grants and selected for internal improvements,
the second place, as our manufacturing estah- exceeds that nt the Previous year by 3,342,372
lishinents are broken down hy competition with ! ,cres ; and the sales would, without doubt;
!foreigners, the capital invested in them is lust, have been mach larger but for the extensive
thousands of honest and industrious citizens reservations for railroads in Missouri, slisisis
are thrown out of employment, and the farmer siiipi, and Alabama.,
to that extent is deprived of a hottio market for : For the quarter ending 30th September, 1852,
'theh sale of his surplus produce. In the third ; there ‘,„.„.„ Ra m 443,255 acres.
place,tho destruction of oor manufacteres leaves Located with bounty land war-
Ate tqreigner without competition in our 11./ Ar.
~..,",„.,
._._ 1,381,115
1 get, and he consequently raises ail' pric e - ' 4 ' Located with other with 15,619 '
the article sent here lot sale, as is auw seen in lteported under swamp land
'the increased cost of iron imported from line,- . „, f4; „ 2,4185.233
hand. The prosperity and wealth of every nor- I
thee must depend upon its productive industry. i
The farmer is stimulated to exertion by finding!
I a ready market far his ready surplus products,
and brnefitted by being able to exchange sharp,
without toes of time or expense of transom ki
tion, for the easaufactutes which his comfort or !
I convenience require. This is always done to •
'the best advantage where a portion of the coin- '
'nullity in which he lives is engaged in other I
pursuits. But most manufactures require an I
amount of capital and a practical skill which
cannot be commanded, unless they be protect
ed
for a time from ruinous competition front ii
bread. Hence the necessity df laying those
duties upon Imported goods which the Consti-!
billion authorizes for revenue, in such a inan-
uer as to protect sad encourage the labor of our
I own citizens. Denies however should not be
I fixed at a rate so high as to exclude the foreign I i
article, bet should Ire so graduated as to enable
1 the domestic manufacturer fairly to compete'
; se ith the foreigner in our own merkeus, and by I
this competition to reduce the price of the man-
jialactureal article to the consumer to the lowest
Irate at which it can be produced. This policy I
would place the mechanic by the side of the;
I farmer, create a m uteri Interchange of their tea -
i pective cemeacidiOes, and thus stimulate the in-
I duetry of the whoie country, and render VS in-
I deperwent of foreign Rations for the supplies
I required by the habits or necessities of the pee.
f'''. 1
Another question, wholly independent of pro- I
tectisa, presents itself, and that is, whether the
I duties levied should be upon the value of the
article at the piece of shipment, or, where it is i
practicable, a specific icy, graduated accord
ing to quantity, as ascertained by weight or
measure. All our duties are at meant ad yak-
rem. A certain per ventage is levied on the
price of the goods at the port of shipment in al
foreign country. Most commercial nations
have found it indispensable, for the purpose of
preventing fraud sail perjury, to,make the du•
ties specific whenever the article is of such a
uniform value in weight or measure as to jos-
Lily such a duty. Logislation should never en
, courage dishonesty or crime. It is impossible
that the revenue officers at the port where the
!goods are entered and the duties paid should
I know with certainty what they cost in the fur
vigil country. Yet the law requires that they
should levy the duty according to such cost.
They are therefore compelled to resort to very
unsatisfactory evidence to ascertain what that
cost was. They take the invoice of the impor
ter, attested by his esti, as the best evidence
of which the nature of the ease admits. But
every one meet see that theiavoiee may be fats.
anted, and the oath by which it is supported
false, by on of which the dishonest Impor
ter pay' l pad only of the duties whir* are
paid by e honest see, and dies indirectly re
naives from the treasury ache United States a
reward for his fraud and perjury. l'he reports
.f ills Secretary capita Treasury heretofore made
on this subject show conclusively that these
frauds have been practiced to a great extent.—
The tendency le to destroy that high moral,
character for which our ruerettsuts have long
bees distingnished ' • to defraud the Government
of its revenue ; to break down the' honest im
porter by a dishonest competition; and, finally,
to transfer the baldness of importation tO for
eign and .irrespoesible agents, to the great dot
amour, of nog own citizens. 1 therefore again
most earnestly recommend the adoption °flip..
cilia diides, wherever it is practicable, or a home
valuation; . to pterent these frauds.
,
I would alio again call your attention to the
fact that the present tariff in some cases impos
es a higher duty upon the raw material irnpor
' tad than upon the article manufactured from it,
the cionsequanii of which is that the duty oper
ates to the encouragement of the foreigner and ,
the discouragement of our own citizens. • '
For full and detailed information In regard to
the general condition of our Indian affairs, I res
pectfully refer you to the report of the demote-
ry et 114 Interior and the accompanying doter I
maven 4
The Samna hot itabing . thunght proper to rat-'
ify the truilles Weil had been negotiated' with
the Wibiela of leldistis is Celifontia end Oregon,
our eiladono with them have been left in a very
unsalisfectory eoneition.'
In other parts of out territory particular die.'
Hiatt of cottony have been set apart for the ex
aluel'io occupation of the Indians. and_ their
right to the lands within those limits has been
acknowledged and respected. But in Califor.
nia and Oregon there has been no recognition
by the Government of the estimates right of
the Indians to any part of thin country. l'hey
are therefore :nere tenants at sufferance, and ll
aille to be driven from place to place, at the
pleasure of the whites.
Thu treaties which have been rejected pro- I
posed to remedy this evil by allotting to the
different tribes districts of country suitable to
their habits of life, and sufficient for their sup- '
port. This provision, more than any other, it
to believed, led to their rejection; and as no ;
substitute for it has been adopted by Congress,
it has not been deemed advisable to attempt to
enter into new wades of a permanent charac
ter, although no effort has been spared by tem
porary arrangements to preserve friendly refs-
toms with them.
If it he the desire of Congress to remove ,
them from the coustry altogether, or to assign
to them particular districts more remote from
the settlements of the whimaJt will lie proper to
set apart by law the territory which they urn I
to occupy. and to provide the means necessary
for removing them to it. Justice alike to our
citizens and to the Indians requires the prompt
action of Congress on this subject.
The amendments proposed by the Senate, to 1 1
the treaties which were negotiated with the
Sioux Indians of Minnesota, have been sub-
tniued to the tribes who were parties to them,
and have received their assail:. A large tract
of valuable territory hat thus been opened for I
settlement and cultivation. and all danger of
collision with these powerful and warlike bands
has been happily removed.
The removal of the remnant of the tribe of
Seminole, Indians from Florida has long been
a cherished object of the Government, and it
is canto which my attentiun has been steadily
directed. Admonished by past experience of
the difficulty and cost of the attempt to remove
them by military force, resort has been had to
conciliatory measures. Ily the invitation of
the Commtesiocer of Indian Affairs several of
: the incipal chiefs recently visited Washing
: ton, s od whilst here acknowledged in writing
the obligation of their tribe to remove with the
least possible delay. Late advices from the
special agent of this Government represent that
they adhere to their promise, and teat a coun
cil of their people has been called to make their
preliminary arrangements. A general etnigra
: !ion may therefore be confidently expected at
as early day.
The report from the General Land Office
shows Increased activity to its operations. The
survey of the northern boundary of lowa hos
been completed with unexampled despatch.
Withio the last year 9,5112,953 acres of public
land have been surveyed, and 8,03d,463 acres
c brought into market.
in the last fiscal year there
were sold 1,553,071 acres.
Located with bounty land war
t runts 3,101.315 .•
Located with other certificates 115,682
Makin% a total of
IN advlition. there were
Reported ender swamp land
grants
Fur internal improvements,
railroads, &a. 3,0:25,9.20
Making' an aggregate fur the
quarter Of 4,131,253 "
M uch the larger portion or the labor of a rrang
ing and classifying the returns of the last cen
sus has been finished, and it will now devolve
upon Congress to make the necessary previs
ion for the publication of the results in such
form as tibial be deemed best. 'Cite apportion
ment of representation, on the basis of the new
census, has been made by the Secretary of the
Interior in conformity with the provisions of
law relating to bat subject, and the recent
elections have been made in accordance with it.
I commend to your favorable regard the aug.
pinion contained in the raped of the Secretary
of the Interior that provision be made by law
for the publican°, and distribution, periodical-1
ly, of an analytical digest of all the patents
which have been, or may hereafter be, granted
for useful inventions and discoveries, with such
descriptions and ilustratione as may be neces
sary to present an intelligible - view of their fac
ture and operatics. The cost of such publica
tion could easily he defrayed out of the patent
fund, and I am persuaded that it could be ap
plied to no object more acceptable to inventors
and beneficial to the public at. large.
An appropriatbn of $lOO,OOO having been
made at the last session for the purchase of a
imitable site, and for the erection, furnishing,
and fitting up of an Asylum for the Insane of
the District of Ctlumuia, and of the Army and
Navy of the Uniud States, the proper measures
1 have been adopted to carry this beneficent pur
posel into effect.
By the latest advice, from the Mexican
Boundary Commission it appears that the sur
vey of the river Gila, from its confluence with
I she Colorado to is suppotted intersection with
jibe western lined New Mexico, has been com
pleted. The surrey of the Rio Grande has ,
also been finished from the point agreed on by
I the Commissioners as "the point where it
strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico"
1 to a point one husdred and thirty-five miles be-
I low Eagle Pass, which is about two-thirds of
the distance along the course of the river co its
I mouth.
The appropriation which was made at the
1
lastsession of Cangress for the continuation of
the survey is subject to the followi,no proviso:
"Provided, Thd no part of this appropriation
shall be used or expended untifit shall be made
satisfactorily to appear to the President of the
United States that the southern boundary of
New Mexico is Dot established by the com
missioner and surveyor of the United States
farther north of tits town called "Peso" than the
same is laid down in Disturnell's map, which
is added to the treaty."
My attention Was drawn • to this subject by
1 report from the Department of the Interior,
i l i
which resieWed 1 the facts of the ease, and
submitted for m , tension the question whether,
under emitting outshines., any part of the
appropriation pre be lawfully used or expend
ed for the fort prosecution of the work.
After a careful e sideration of the subject, I
tame to the co co nclusion that it could tood r uld
so informed thel head of that Department.
Orders were imaiediately issued by him to the
commissioner sad surveyor to make no further
requisitions on the Department, as they polld
not be paid • end to discontinue all operations
on the southern floe of New Mexico. But as
the Department had no exact Information as to
the amount of provision' , and money which re
mained unexpended in the hands of the com
missioner and surVeyer, it was left dileonftiOnarS
-with them to continue the survey 'down the
RiaGrande as far as the means at their disposal
would enable them, or at once to disband the
Commistrion; A special messenger has since
arrived float the officer in charge of the survey
on the river, with information that the funds
subject to his control were exhsusted, and that
the officers and others employed in the service
were destitute alike of the means of proseeut
• Mg the work and of returning to their homes.
The object of the previa," was doubtless to
arrest the survey of the southern and western
lines of New Mexico. in regard to which diff
erent opinions have been expressed ; for it is I
hardly to be supposed that theta could be any
objeenon to that part of the line which extend*
along the channel of the Rio lama,. Hut the
terms dike law are en broad es to forbid the
use of any pert of the money or the prosecution
of the wheat even for the payment, to the
officers and agents, of the arrearages of pay;
which are justly due to them.
I esreestly invite your prompt nttention to ,
this subject, and recimmend a modification of
the terms of the pro•iso so as to enable the Ele
pertinent to use as meet, of the appropriation
as will be necessary to discharge the existing
obligations of the Govenusent, awl to complete
the survey of the Rio Glenda to its mouth.
It will also be proper to make further reel
! sloe by law for the fulfilment of our treat? with
Mexico for running and marking the residue of
'the boundary line between the two countries.
Permit me to invite your particular attention
to the interests of the District of Columbia,
which are confided by the Constitution to your
peculiar care.
I Among the measeres which seem to me of 1
I the greatest Importance to Its prosperity are the j
i introduction of a copious supply of water into
the city of Washington, and the construction
of suitable bridges across the Potomac to re
place
those which were destroyed by high wa
ter in die early part of the present year.
I At the Met sassiest of Congress an appropri
ation was made to defray the cost of the cur-
veto; necessary for determining the best means ,
of affording an entailing supply of good and
wholesome water. Some progress has been
made in the survey, and as soon as it is men-
pleted the result will be laid before you.
Further appropriatiens will also be necessary
Ifor grading aqd paving the streets and avenues,
and enclosing and embellishing the public
I grounds within the city of Washington.
1 commend all these objects, together with
the charitable institutions of the District, to
your favorable regard.
Every effort has been made to protect our
frontier, and dint of the adjoining Mexican
States. from the incursions of the Indian tribes.
Of about 11,000 men of which the army is cons
pose.l, nearly 8,000 are employed in the defence
of the newly-acquired territory,(including Tex
' as,) and of emigrants preceeding thereto. lam
gratified to say that these efforts have been un
usually successful. With the exception of
some partial outbreaks in California and Ore
, gun, and occasional depredations on a portion
oldie Rio Grande. owing. it is believed, to the
disturbed state of that border region, the inroads
of the Indians have been effectually restrained.
Experience Imo shown, however. that when•
• ever the two races are brought into contact, col
' listens will inevitably occur. To prevent these
• collision. , the United States have generally set
apart portions of their territory for the exclusive
• occupation of the Indian tribes. A difficulty
• occurs, however, in the application of tide pol
icy to Texas. Dy the terms of the compact by
which that State was admitted into the Union,
• she retained the ownership of all the vacant
• lands within her limits. The government of
that State, it is understood, has assigded no
portion o f her territory to the Indiana; but as
fast as her settlements advance lays it off into
counties, and proceeds to survey and sell it.
This policy manifeatly tends, rot only to alarm
and irritate the Indians, but to cumpell them to
resort to plunder for subsistence. It also de-
prives this Government of that influence and
control over them without which no durable
peace can ever exist between them and the
willies. [ trust, therefore, that a due regard for
4,870,067
5,219,188 "
her own interests, apart from conniderations of
humanity and justice, will induce that State to
ensign a small portion of her rant domain for
the provisional occupancy of the small tern•
nants of tribes within her borders, subject of
course to her ownership and eventual jurisdic
tion. If she should fail to do this, the fulfil
ment of our treaty stipulations with Mexico,
and our ditty to the Indians themselves, will,
it is feared, hecome a subject a - serious eatbar
rasnment to the Government. It is hoped, how
ever, that a timely and just provision try Texas
may avers this evil.
No appropriations for fortifications were
made at the two last sessions of Congress. The
cause of this omission is, probably, to be (mind
in a growing belief that the system of fortifica
tions adopted in 1816, and heretofore acted on,
rev i tee rents tun.. .
The subject certainly deserves full and care
ful investigation ; but it should not be delayed
longer than can be avoided. In the meantime
there are certain works which have been cont.
menced—some of them nearly completed—de
signed to protect our principal seaports from
Boston to New Orleans, and a few other im
portant points. In regard to the necessity for
these works, it is believed that little difference
of opinion exists among military men. I there
fore recommend that the appropriations neces
sary to prosecute them he made.
I invite your attention to the remarks on this
subject, and on others connected with this De
partment, contained in the accompanying report
of the Secretary of War.
Measures have been taken to carry into
effect the law of the last session making
provision for the improvement of certain
rivers and harbor., and it is believed that
the arrangements made for that purpose
will combine efficiency with economy.
--
Owing chiefly to the advanced season
when the act was passed, little has yet
been dune in regard to many of the works
beyond making the necessary prepara
tions. With respect to a lew of the im
provements, the sums already appropria
ted will suffice to complete them, but most
of them will require additional appropria
tions. 1 trust that these appropriations
will be made. and that this wise and beneli
eent policy, so auspiciously resumed, will
be continued. Great care should belNken,
however, to commence no work which is
not of sufficient importance to the com
merce of the country to be viewed as na
tional in its character. But works which
have been commenced should not be dis
continued until completed, as otherwise
the sums expended will, in moat cases, be
lost.
The report from the Navy Department
will inform you of the prosperous condi
tion of that branch of die public service
committed to its charge. It presents to
your consideration many topics and sug
gestions of which I ask your approval.—
It exhibits an unusual degree of activity in
the operations of the Department during
the last year. The preparations for the
Japan expedition. to which I have already
alluded ; the arrangements made for the
exploration and survey of the China seas,
the Northern Pacific and Behring's Straits ;
she incipient measures taken towards a re
connoisance of the continent of Afriea
eastward of Liberia ; the preparation fur
an early examination of the tributaries of
the river La Plata, which a recent decree
of the provisional chief of the Argentine
Confederation has opened to navigation;
all these enterprises, and the means by
which they are proposed to be accom
plished, have commanded my full appro.
bation, and I have no doubt will be pro-
ductive of most useful results.
Two officers of the navy were hereto.
fore instructed to explore the whole ex
tent of the Amazon river from the confines
of Peru to its-Mouth. The Muhl Of one
of them has placed in the possession of the
Government an interesting and valuable
account of the character and resources of
a country abounding in the materials of
commerce. and which, if opened to the in
dustry of the world, will prove an inex•
lmustible fund of wealth. 'rise report of
this exploration will be communicated t•
you as soon is it is completed.
Among other subjects offered to your
I notice by the Secretary of Ilse Navy, I se•
lect for. . special coututeadatiou, in view of
its connexion with the intereseief thieve
ry, the plan submitted by him for the ea
tablialiment el a permanent corps of sea
men, and the stiegestions lie has presented
for the re-organisation of the Nam) A
cademy.
In reference to the Brat of these, I tithe
occasion to say that I think it will greatly
improve the efficiency of the service, and
that I regard it as still more entitled to fer
vor for the salutary influence it must exert
upon the naval discipline, now greatly itie
turbed by the increasing spirit of insubor
dination. resulting from our present sys
tem. The plan proposed for ine again
:mien of the seamen furnitilien a judicious
substitute fur the law of September. 1850,
abo'.ishing corporal punishment, and sat
isfactondly sustains the policy of that act,
under conditions ivell adapted to maintain
' the authority of command and the order
and security of our chips. It in believed
that any change which proposes perma
nently us dispense with this mode of pun.
ishmeut should be preceded by a system
of enlistment which shall .supply the navy
with seamen of the most meritorious clam
whose good deportment and pride of char
; timer may preclude all occasion for a re-
II sort to penalties of a harsh or degrading
nature. The safety of a ship and her crew
!is often dependant upon immediate obedi
ence to a command, and the authority to
enforce it must be equally ready. The
arrest of a refractory seaman, in such mo
meets, not only deprives the ship of in
j dispensable aid, but imposes a necessity
for double service on others whose fidelit
to their duties may be relied upon in such
an emergency. The exposure to this in.
creased and arduous labor, since the pas
' sage of the act of 1850, has already had,
, to
a m oat observable and injurious extent,
Ithe effect of preventing the enlistment of
the best seamen in the navy. The plan
now suggested is designed to promote a
a condition of service in which this objec
don will no longer exist. The details of
this plan may be established in great part,
if not altogether, by the Executive, under
the authority of existing laws ; but I have
thought it proper, in accordance with the
suggestion of the Secretary of the Navy,
to submit it to your approval.
The establishment of a corps of ap
prentices for the navy, or boys to be en
listed until they become of age, and to be
!employed under such regulations as the
Navy Department may devise, as propos
ed in the report, I cordially approve turd
commend to your consideration ; and I
I also concur in t h e suggestion that this sys
tem for the early training of seamen may
be most usefully engrafted upon the ser
vice of our merchant marine.
The other proposition of the report to
which 1 have referred—the re-organiza
tion of the Naval Academy—l recommend
to your attention as a project worthy of
your encouragement and support. The
valuable services already rendered by this
institution entitle it to the continuance of
your fostering care.
Your attention is respectfully called to
the report of the Postmaster Grimm! for
the detailed operation of his Department
during the last fiscal year, from which it
will be seen that the receipts from posta
gee Iron that time were less by 81,431,690
than for the preceding fiscal year, being a
decrease of about twenty-three per cent.
This diminution is attributable to the
reduction in the rates of postage made by
the act of March 3, 1951, which reduction
took effect at the commencement of the
last fiscal year.
Although in its operation during the last
year the act referred to has not fulfilled the
predictions of its friends by increasing the
correspondence of the country in propor
lion to the reduction of postage,' should
nevertheless question the policy of return
ing to higher rates. Experience warrants
the expectation that as the community be
comes accustomed to cheap postage, cor
respondence will increase. It is believed
that Irma this cause, and from the rapid
growth of the country in population and
business, the receipts of the Department
must ultimately exceed its expenses, and
that the country may safely rely upon the
continuance of the present cheap rate of
postage.
In former messages I have, among oth
er things, respec:fully recommended to
the consideration of Congress the propriety
and necessity of further legislation for the
protection and punishment of foreign con
suls residing in the United States ; to re
vive with certain modifications the act of
of 10th March, 1838, to restrain unlawful
military expeditions against the inhabitants
of conterminous States or Territories ; for
the preservation and protection from mutila
tion or theft of the papers, records, and
archives of the nation ; !or authorizing the
surplus revenue to be applied to the pay
ment of the public debt in advance of the
time whets it will become due ; for the es
tablishment of land offices for the sale of
the public lands in California and the Ter
ritory of Oregon ; for the construction of a
road from the Mississippi valley to the
Pacific ocean ; for the establishment of a
bureau of agriculture for the promotion of
that interest, perhaps the most important
in the country ; for the prevention of
frauds upon the Government in applications
for pensions and bounty lands ; for the es-
tablishinent of a uniform fee bill, prescrib
ing a specific componsatirm for every ser
vice required of clerks, district attorneys, ' ,
and marshals ; for authorizing an addition
al regiment of mounted men, for the defence
of our frontiers against the Indians, and
for fulfilling our treaty stipulations with
Mexico to nefend her citizens against the
Indians "with equal diligence and energy
as our own ;" (or determining the relative
rank between the naval had civil officers of ,
our public ships, and between the offi cern
of the Army and Navy in the various
grades of each ; for reorganizing the Na
val establishment by fixing the number of
officers in each grade, and providing for a
retired list upon reduced pay of those unfit,
for active duty ; for prescribing and regu- I
lilting punishments in the navy ; for the ap
pointment of a commission to revise the
public statutes of the United States, by ar
ranging them in order, supplying deficien
cies, correcting incongruities, simplifying
their language. and reporting them to
Congress for its final action ; and for the
establishment of a commission to adjudicate
and settle private claims against the United
States. I am not ensue, however, that
an y of th ese subjects 'Shia been finally act
ed upon by Congress. Without repeating
the reasons for legislation on these subjects
which have been assigned in former mes
sages, I respectfully recommend them a
gain to your favorable consideration.
I think it due to the several Executive
Departments of Ibis Government to bear
testimony to the efficiency and integrity
with which they are conducted. With all
din careful superintendence which it is
be possible for the Heads of those Depart.
minis to exercise, still the due administra
tion mad panhanship of the public money
I tainti very mush depend on the vigilance,
inteligenee, and fidelity of the eithordinate'
officers and clerks, and caret:tally on dumb
entrusted with the settlement and adjust-.
leant of Maims and , aceuiitst - lam grad'
tied to believe that they have generally"
performed their duties faithfully and well.
They are appointed to goarilthe approach- .
es to the public Trensiory, anal they occupy
positions that exposethein tir all the tempta
tions and seduction* which the cupidity
of speculators and fraudulent claimants can
prompt them to employ. k will be but A
wise precaution to protect , the(4overittnent
against Ora t source of miseltiel and corrup
tion, as far as it can be done-, by the "uiet
!pent of all proper legal penalties/. The
laws, in this respect, are supposed to be
defective, and I therfore deem it my duty
to call your attention to the subject, and
to to recommend that provision be made
by law fur the punishment not only or
those who shall accept bribes, but also ol
those who shall either promise, give, or
offer to give any of thine officers or clerke
a bribe or reward touching or rehiring to airy
matter of their official action or duty.
It has been the uniform policy of this
Government, trots its foundation to the
present day, to attend!) from all interference
in the domestic:stair" of other nationi,—
The consequenee has been that, while the
national of Europe have been engaged in
desolating wars, one country has pursued
its peaceful course to unexampled pros
perity and happines e. The ware in Which
we were compelled to engage 4/ defence of
the rights and honor of the country have
been Avrtunetely of short duration. Dar
ing the terrific comsat of nation against
nation which succeeded the }arena revo
lotion, we were enabled, by the wisdom
and liminess of President Washington, ea
maintain our neutrality. While other na
tions were drawn into this witle-sweeping
whirlpool, we sat quiet and unmoved opens
our own ./shoree. While the flower of
their numerous armies was Wasted by dis
ease, or perished by hundreds of thousands
upon the battle-field, the youth of this fa
vored laud were permitted to enjoy the.
blessings of peace beneath the paternal
roof. While the States of Europe incurred
enormous debts, under the burden or
which their subjects will groan, and which
must absorb no small part of the product or
the honest industry of those commies for
generations to come, the U. States have
mole been enabled to exhibit the proud,
spectacle of a nation Tree from public debt ;
and, if permitted to pursue our prosperous
way for a few years longer in peace, win
may do the same again.
But it is now said that the policy most
be changed. Europe is no longer separ,
ated from us by a voyage of month*, bite
steam navigation has brought her within 111
few days' sail of our shores. We see inoro
of her movements, and take a deeper in
termit in her controversies. Although no
one proposes that we should join the fra
ternity of potentates who have for ages
lavished the blood and treasure of their
subjects in inaint4 ruing ..the balance of
power," yet it is said that we ought to in
terfere between contending, sovereigns awl
their subjects for lie purpose of overthrow
, log the naintarehies of Earope and estab
lishing in their place republican institu
tions. It is alleged that we have hereto
fore pun/tied adilferent course front a ',elite
of mar weakness, but that now our con
scious strength dictates lb change of policy,
and that it is conaequenily our duty to
mingle iti these contests anti aid those who
are struggling fur liberty.
l'his is a most swam-tire Ind dangerous tripes
to the generous sylllllnillteN of IrOCIDOD.IjOy
as ue do the blessings of a tree tinvernmers,
there is no mail oho has an American heart Ittst
would not rejoice to we these blessings extended
to all-other ustioos. We eettres wife... the etre:—
gle between the oppressed rind his oppreorer miy
where without the deepest sympathy for the to
mer, and the roost anxious desire for his triumph.
Nevertheless, is it prudent or is it wise to invoke
ourselves in these foreign wars I Is it indeed trim
that we have heretotore refrained from doing so
inertly from the degrading motive of conscious
weakness I For the honor of the patriots who
have gone before us I cannot admit it. Men of
the Revolt' who drew the sword against tho
mother country, ■nd pledged to Heaven "their
lives, their fortunes ■nd their sacred honor"
maintain their freedom, could never have hero ac
tuated by so unworthy a motive. They knew no
weakness or fear where right or duty pointed the
way, and it is • libel upon their fair fame for us,
while we enjoy the blessings for which they
bly fought and bird, to insinuate it. The truth is
that the course which they pursued was dictated
by • stern sense of international justice, by •
statesmanlike prudence and a farseeing wisdom,
looking not merely to the present necessities but
to the permanent safety and interest of the coun
try. l'hey knew that the world is governed lass
by sympathy than by reason ■nd force; that it
was not possible for this nation to become a "pro
pagandist" of free principles without arraying a
gainst it the combined Powers of Europe ; and
that the result wee more likely to be the over
throw of republican liberty here than its establish
ment there. History has been written is vain for
those who can doubt this. France bad no sooner
established a republican form of Government than
she manifested a desire to force its blessings upon
all the world. Her own hiaterian informs us that,
hearing of some petty acts of tyranny in • neigh
boring principality, "The National Convention
declared that she would afford succor and fratto
nity to all nations who wished to recover their
liberty ; and she gave it in charge to the execu
tive power to give orders to the generals of the
French stinks to aid all citizens who might have
been or should be oppressed in the cause of liber
ty." Here was the false step which led to her
subsequent misfortunes. She soon found herself
involved in war with all the rest of Europe. In
less than ten years her Government was changed
from a. Republic to an Empire ; and, finally, at=
ter shedding rivers of blood, foreign Powers res
tored her exiled dynasty, and exhausted Europe
sought peace and quiet in the unquestioned as
cendency of monarchical principles. Let us learn
wisdom from her example. Let us remember
that revolutions do not always establish freedom.
Our own free institutions were not the offspring
of out Revolution. They existed before. They
were planted in the free charters of self-govern.
meat under which the English colonies grew up,
and our Revolution only freed us from the domin
ion of • foreign Power, whose government was
at variance with those institutions. Hut Europe
an nations have had no such training for self-gov
ernment, and every effort - to establish it by bloody
revolutions has been, and must, without that pro-
Pviation, continue to be a failure. Liberty, un
regulated by law, degenerates into anarchy, which
soon becomes the most horrid opal! despotisms.
Our policy ir rirely to govenn ourselves, and
thereby to set such an example of national justice,
prosperity, and tree glory, as shall teach to all.
nations the blessings seltiovoroment, and the
unpansilaisil enterprise- asni suocess of a free peo
ple.
We live in en age 'of progress, and our L em
phatically s country of progress. Within the last
half annuity the number of &etas in this Union.
has neatly doubled, the population has almost,
quadruple', and our bon odarinshaewbeemex tend
ed from the Mississippi to.tbe Pacific- Our terri
tory M chequered over i& mil-roeds, and fur-.
rowed with canals. The Inventive talent of our
country is excited to the higibeet pitch, and the
numerous applications for potent& fer:valitillill
improvements distingtikitthis age end , Oda pea,
pie from all ethane. The gaulos °fate American
hes enabled our smilers, to ntosiieviast. wind/
and tide, end dust of another bee imoihilated disk
tenet In the bsinnMeion M The.
'whole ciottntty fa hal of enteeprim- 00a sonsmon
whoole treMining intelligent* 'yapsqr lire peo
ple, end our industry la fast eemsmaittliqg tha
conform and hicutiee of MIL This it in pan ow
ing tower pinks position, town hut* pii, and
ins pintivebr spew pwonhaMio t but Mich ef it
is she Owing le the popular • lannewer mime
Which we live, to the freedom which ovary Min
feels to near in any mods' pundit, ..cording to
-his taste or incllnatime, sod to ale entire confi
dence that his person end property will be pro.
tens' by the laws- Hut whatever may be the
muse of this unpanilkiled growth's popelitkre, in
(ethernet, and wealth, one thing deicer, that the
Government rued keep pace
in with the progress of
the people. It must participatetheir spirit of
enterprise, and while ft exacts obedience to the
laws, and reentries all edauthorized Invasions of
the rights of . eteighbolisnit titatea, it s h o ok! l uster
end protect Memo riederriery, and lead its powerful
strength ea the improvement of such Means of in.
tercommenktalen as ors necessary to promote oar
internal commerce, end strengthen the tine which
bind us toritherts a people.
It is nut adentee, however much 4t seas he It ,
gretted. that each as exuberance of enterprise
should cause time individuals to mistake change
.for progress, mod (helmsman of the eights of oth
.iirs for national prowess and eery. 'Fite former
rare constantly agitatieg for came change in the
organic law, or urging new and untried theories
tot human rights. 'the hetet ors aver ready to'
-engage in any wild crude against a neighbor- 1 .
, ing people regardless of She !erotica of the enter- I
'prise, and without luokieg at the Anal cents
r immures to ourselves and the come of popular go.-
• eminent. Such expeditions. knot:rest, are often
stimulated by mercenary individuals, who expect
to share the planar* dr guilt of the enterprise
without exposing thewisetires le danger, and are ,
dal un by some irrespertektki 'foreigner, who abuses
the hospitelk of °Groom government by ',diming
the "roans and ignorant to int 4n hie scheme of
personal ambition or revenge, under the false and
fielesise pretence of extending 'he ems of frodlom.
These reetteinersible aggressions bat 'retard the true
!migrant df oar nation end tarnish be fair tame.—..
They should therefore receive the Indigmmt frowns
°revery good citizen who sincerely loves his coon
.try and takes a pride in its prosperity and honor.
Our Constitution, though not perfect, is
doubt
flees the beat that ever was formed. Therefore
'let every proposition to change it be well weighed,
and, if found beneficial, cautiously adopted. Ev
ery patriot will rejoin to see its authority so ex
• food es to sulvanoe the prosperity aid honor of
the notion, whilst he will watch nth jealeneywe
ery attempt to mutilate this chafer of our "indite,
• or pervert ha powers to acts of aggreeden or M
int/cc. Thus shall conservatism and progress
blend their hecatomb:rue action is preserving the
lorm and spirit lithe constitution, and at the-same
time carry forward the refit improvements of the
•country with a nphlky aid energy which flee
nen only can display.
In closing this my (sat menial menntuoication,
permit me, fellow-milieus, to congratelate you ou
•the prosperous conditioe of oar beloved country.
Abroad its relation* with MI foreign Powers are
. friendly ; its rights am respected, boil its high
place in the family of nations theerkilly norderi
zed. At -home we enjoy an anew of happiness,
public and denude, which has probably never fal
len to the let of any other people. besides afford , -
/ingto•our own dement • degree of prosperity, of
which •on so "ern a scale I know of no etheren
stance, our country is annually affording a re
fuge and a hornet° isaltitudes, altogether with
-out example, from the Old World.
e owe these lbleseinne. under ilesomt,to The
'happy Constitution auslddovernment which were
'bequeathed to us by our fathers, and which ft is
- 'sue sacred duly to tranemit in all their integrity
'to our children. We must all consider it a greet
•illetinetimi end /privilege te have been chosen by
the peoplenotbear a part in the .administration of
'such a Government Called , Ity an unexpected
...lopensatinntonts highest 'trust et a season of etir
.trarrasement and sill/1111. I entered upon its arduous
,luttes with mamma diffidence. f -claim only to
hate discharged nem to the net of an humble
ebility, with a single-eye to the public good ; and
irienithddennotgrethede. in retinae .from office,
that I leave the conanu yin a mate of peace end
rprosperite. 11011ft_ELARR FILLMORE.
W sentenvesnr,lllec. e, H 462.
Ilarever Ralß'ea4.
The Passenger eers en the Hanover
"Railroad now Tell 4 as .foliews,lliere being
. .three trains timely.:
Frst 'Frain lieirves Hanover noB A. M.
nvith paseengers few Baltimore, arriving
nhere at -Ai A. M. •Iteturning 'train jiinc
wion with Vassengers from York, waives at
Hanover at ;# A. M.
Second '('rain leaves Hanover at 83 A.
Dl. with Passengers for kark, arriving
I nlieva at In k. M. It etortiing to 14anover
with rummagers from Baltimore at II P 4.
Third Trans leaves Ilmover at 2 P. M.
with rasseKers (.11 Baltimore and York.;
-arriving at ILtlstotore at Si. and at York at
P. N. This Trans returns to Nano
n•er with Passengers kern York and Pt alti
-at 7i P. M.
A Ritr PAla.—Tweyoung wen in rink
'delphia agreed before the election that if
Pierce was elected ?resident one was to
saw a coed of steed on Arch sweet, in
that city, and carry der to the upper part of
elm house, and that if Scott was elected.
aho other was to perform the saute task.—
The young man who let as Scott lost /*is
bet. O■ Wednesday last, he paid the
Amt, having sawed and carried the wood up
stairs in the pretence of a large aumlsor of
spectators. After 'he had finished the
work, the crowd gave kiwi three hearty
cheers. He is a clerk in a mercantile
Jioure in that city, and is a warut•hearted
Whig.
•'pang ale, if l don't %shave the weelts
t wheelbarrow," said a jolly inebriate, as
die rolled along the pavement, "and I'm the
wheel rewsiwong on a liaxis. Now in
the mud," said he, as he fefl headlong into
the gutter, wand now l'in en dry land." as
lie fetched up OR the carb stone. His con
cluding remark, as his boots followed his
head down an open cellarway. was. "now
the wheel is broken and the 'random out
olrepair."
prrizirskity is profusion, clocks and
watches most truly excellent, silver ware
clexquisite beauty. and in fact every
thing in their particular line. stencil') rates,
may be always found at daily & Sons,
No. 218 Market street, below Seventh
street. Their excellent facilities for im
portations, and the almost daily receipt
of fresh goods from Europe enables them
to sell cheaper thaw almost any ether deal
ers in theeity.
BALTIMORE MARKET.
TIROS" T11111111111.11 . 11 , 10111 6 01/1 Of TZSTIIIIDAT.]
FISH.--Slales of No.l. /Nadkarni at 13a 6la ;
No. do. 950 • $lO per bbl.
?LOUR. AND MEAL —Tb. Flier Market is
•11shily tending downward. bales to-day of 1.-
100 bbla.• Nowanl .treat bonds at V, and 203
bbra 410.. at $95 per bbl. Sales min 000
City MiW. at $5 per bbl. Nye Floor 440 and
4 92.'anl Cern Meal OS lb per bbl.
DRAW AND 65111136.—. The aopply of Grain
le fair; we note a slight iodine in pewee. Wes
to-day of and wheat at i 011 a $4.011; white, i of
a $1 17, and My alnico at $1 15 per bushel.--
White COP 53 a 55 cents, and yellow 63 a 6$
cents per Umbel. Dye-60 eta per bushel. Oats
ZS a 4$ matte per lboahel. Seeds quiet ; prices
tinchanysi.
MARRIED,
On the 30th uk., et Ye*, by Rev. Mr. Oetting
Mr. OEOROE F. NORIJECK,of 'William, and,
MIN; DITHER HEAPS, of York county. '
On theßeth ult., by the Rev. D. P. Recommit
'let, MI. JOHN RENNIN°, of Adana wonky,
mod Mist. HARRIETT SELL, of Mutates'''.
Dq 13 D.
le itlisstreth idwesblp. Etna meaty, Ohio.
Nov.. U. Mr. JOSIAH Femme, ism of
?dr:Peter rem" of this ectusty,) asektit yore
mad 7 days.
, lit Litdretowit. on the td last., Mrs. AMILIA,
Wit of Mr. Hem J. hitUer, ofld oboes la years.
Tlig STIR AND BANNER.
CUTTS BURL
Friday Evening, Dec. 9, 1852.
WE WANT WOOD!
O7l 4 liose of our subscribers who ill
tend sending us wood in payment of sub
scription, eri4l do us a favor by forwirrilisig
it at onco. We need it NOW !
President's -Message.
IC?'The President's Message, which oc
curies eur edemas m-ilay to the exclusion
of one usual variety, is wonky of an taloa'
tive'perusal. Ito dignified tune, freedom
from perdu" characteristics, sound Bug.;
gesvions, and general ability, class it among
oar ablest State papers, and cannot but
eornstatni the approval even of the Oppo
sition. Thus far we have noticed no vary
ing expression of opinion on the part of
the Press.. Presuming that our readers
generally will read the Message, we refrain
from comment upon it. The President
iliscumen the Cuban and other Foreign
of vitiations with snuck ability., and /fives a
mass or interestingiudersamion bzuring up
on our foreign relations. Ile repeats his
former views as to defects in the present
tariff, and in favor of discriminating ipra
teetive duties. As a result of these defects
ho asserts that most of the gold of Califor
nia, as fast as coined, finds Its way to Eu
rope in payment for goods pundiased there ;
that our inanufactunng establishments aro
broken down by competitirm with foreign
ers 4 own intizonsare thrown out or employ
monty the farmer deprived of a home mar
ket ; and that the destruction of our man
ufactures haves the foreigner without
competition II oar market, sad lie conae
quently raises the price 4 the article sent
here fRr saki.
()tad'-of the most intportasit items in the
message is the announcement that over
tures hare been made by Fraucc and Eng
land, fora tripartite (cement/ion, of which
the United States was to be the third par
ty, is virtue of which the three powers
were to disclaim all intention to obtain
possession of the island of Cuba. The
proposal was very properly declined. At
the same time an intimation was given that
our Govensinent woald regard its incor
poration with our Union, at the present
time, as fraught with peril.
The Presideatolooes with some allusions
, to the peace asst prosperity which pervade
the eisentry, in all its domestic and foreign
relations.. ' chiming only to have discharg
ed his ar duous ditties to the best of an
humble ability, with a single eye to the
public good. And we venture to my that
tke pnUtoc will award him at least that Wed
of praise.
ir.3"We antikipate our Banal day of pub
lication to put the reader itt posec.uien of
the PrcaLkut's Message.
grp.. Tiro National Intelligerrcer states
that advice's from llavana to the :30th ulti
mo inform us of the final adjustment of the
difficulties between the authorities Of Cuba
and the steamer "Crescent City," and the
fatuous "Puner Smith." The affidavit of
Mr. Smith, denying the charges against
him, appears to have proved entirely sat
isfactory to the Captain-General of Cuba,
and tihat functionary has accordingly with
drawn his interdiction against the admis
sion of Mr. Smith into Havana,.
Rowdyisut seems to reign supreme
in illiltionore oi t F.very - fa per that readi
es as front shore, contains uccoants of riots
and other outrages, almost too appalling
Ito believe. Gentlemen and ladies are at
tacked on the public streets in broad day
light. Such outrages have become so
prevalent, that we seettotne of the Churches
have discontinued their usual services in
the evening, by request of the members.—
The matter is engaging the attention of
the nuthorinies, who seem to be at a loss
how to meet the growing spirit of lawless
ness and outrage.
the tragedian, died last week
on his way from New Orleans to Cincin
nati, of consumption of the bawds.
ScrFour yonng inenyeinivieted of mur
der in the first degree, were sentenced, in
New York city, last Saturday, ite be Lung
on tie 213th of Jannary next.
o:7Mexico continues to be trenWlei by
interim! difficultioe. Thera dins been a re
cent pronuaciatneats in favor of Santa An
ts, and the impression is gaining ground
that ke may ire recalled to the Lead of
Government.
gcrThe advocates of tie Maine Liquor
Law sro already counting noses preparato
ry to another effort to obtain the passage
of &similar act in this State. The Lan
caster Express, a temperance paper, esti
mates the majority in the nett Legislature
in favor of the law at four in the Senate
and two in the house. Hope the Express
may be correct in its opinion, bat fear it
over-estimates the strength of the friends
of the law.
if:7.nm Mobile Tribune states diet the
celebrated trottiag borne Murdock boa
been sold, by Mr. Cottrell, lc a party is
New York, for $25,000.
isiwThe United States Mint returns for
November show the enormous deposits of
87,260,000- The coinage was as follows
84,990,543 of gold pieces ; 690,404 silver
pieces; 242,28 2 cents.
iscrThe Washington correspondent of
too Philadelphia Inquirer saya the general
impression there is that Mr. "Buchanan will
be the new Secretary of State.
prlt is now said that Gen. Outs would
aooept a Cabinet office, if tendered to him.
etrThe Vermont Legislature has passed
the Maine Liquor Law—to be submitted
to the people. Our Legislature are afraid
even to do that. Why are democrats a•
fraid to trust the people ?
la. Rev. C. 411, Butler (Episcopalian)
has been elected Chaplain to the U. Wan*
Senate, and Rev. Mr. Oalinker (Presbyte.
elan) Chaplain to the House.
Krill the House of Reprasentatives,
on Tuesday, as ineffectual effort was made
to get the Tariff question before the Hausa
IlLiqiisa Pennell, niece of the lion.
Howe Mann of Massachusetts, has been
appointed Pr ofoseor of the Latin Lan
and Literature in Antioch College,
Ohio of winch Mr. Mann is elected Presi
dent:
ferGou h is lecturing on Temperance
in BIWA= M. aohwtta.
gettattatofti,
teftSIIINOTON, Dec. ci, 1852.
SEA/Mi.—At half-past l 2 o'clock the
United States, pursuant to the Conasitesion,
assembled is their chamber in the city of
Washington, and were called to order by
the president pro ternpore. the /tut. W. R.
King, of Alabama.
Forty lire Senators answered to their
names. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee pte
sented the credentials of the Hoe. Archi
bald Dixon, senator elected, by the legiskt
tit re of Kentucky, to fill the vacancy naus
ed by the resignation of the Hon. Henry
which were read.
Mr. (4 win objected to the getstleman
being sworn, on the ground that the Hoy
ernor of Kentucky had filled the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Clay, by the
appointment of Mr. Meriwether ;
appointment, by the Constita don, was good
CPI the next meeting of the legislature of
Kentucky.
A diseursion ensued, in which Messrs.
Jones, Mangum, twin, Cooper, Weller,
Bayard, Toucey,Chase, Brooke and Sew
ard, participated.
Mr. Cooper contended that the legisla
ture having the power to It the vacancy
at the time it did, their act was valid, and
the Governor's appointment was limited
and controlled by that of the legislature.
~ Mr. Mangum cited the case of Mr. Clay's
resignation in '42. when in January he
resigned to take effect its April following.
The legislature being then in session elects
ed Mr. Crittenden, who appeared and took
his seat the very day Mr. Clay left. Ile
said he would be sorry to see the scenes of
the New Jersey cane enacted in the Senate
the action of the House in that case had
been universally condemned.
lust we were in strange times. After site
recent political revolution nothing should
be surprising. We see at this day men
from ail quarters with principles of every
hue and Shape, joining in harmonious ac.
tion. This, doubtless, was gratifying to
philosophers. Its equal could not be found
except, perhaps, in the case mentioned by
Stansbury in his report of the Sa
region, where he states the prairie dog,
the owl and the rattle snake lived in per
fect harmony together. lie undertook,
however, to predict that in less time twenty
months the rattle snake of the South will
strike his fangs into the prairie dogs of the
North, while the owl of the West will also
come in for a blow.
Mr. Weller said he was an actor in the
New Jersey case in the lionse, and never
before heard it had been universally de
nounced.
Mr. Mangum said the eketion of 14340
followed that oase. It was one of tlm
many enoriniiies charges] upon Mr. Van
Boren, who was now one of the fainily of
prairie (logs, owls and rattlesnakes.
The eubjeet was postponed, and the
.massage of the President received aed
read.
The usual number of wines wer ()griev
ed to be printed, eo Ikea the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE OP REPREgENTATIVV.B.—Prerise-
Iy et 12 o'clock the Speaker took the chair,
when the clerk proceeded to call the roll,
and one hundred and eighty-three meut•
hers lowing answered to their names, the
seats were, as usual, distributed by lot a
mong the members..
A joint resolution to sleet a chaplain Cot
the House and mother ler die Senate, was
adopted.
On motion of Mr. I.3ne, the roles were
suspended to enable him to move Mr the
appointment of a committee to report a hill
dividing the Tcrritory of Oregon tow ttvu
terri 101'4'8.
The anneal Message of the President
was then real auk the lious . e adjotsrtted,
WAstiroiros, 7, 1852
BIEN ATE -- Five more Senators made
their appearance to-day. .Nlr. Clemens, of
Alabaman, gave notiee of a joint resolution
cvniferring ou 31a,ior Clettertd Winfield
Scott, the rank of Lieutenant General by
13revet.
The Senate then proceeded to the elev
tion of Chaplain, and the Rev. V. M. But.
ler (Episcopal) receiving 27 votes out of
40 given, was &claret/ duty elected chap
lain.
The contested Kentucky seat was taken
up and diaeussed to dee hour of inkjouru
meat.
Iluusa.—Mr. Brooks, of N. Y., moved
that the portion of the message which al
luded to the Tariff, shook, be referred to
a select. committee. Ito stated that his
olect was to have the suhject taken up at
an early period of the session, for the purr
peso of having a corresponding action, and
with a view to prevent the farther accumu
/atienrief the surplus revenue, whirl) he ei.-
timated on the first of January, at twenty'
mailkians
Mr. Dom, of New York, opposed the a
mendment, mid moved the previons tots
timr---under which the yeas and nays were
takes, whoa it was negacived—ayes 73,
nays 92.
A notion to adjourn having been lost,
the House prooeedcd to the election of a
Maplain j when tke Rev. Mr. Gallaher,
Presbyterian, having received the number
of votes necessary lo 4L, choice, was de
clared duly elected. The House then ad
journed.
irrGreen, the reformed Gambler, is
lecturing in Vermont.
CAUTION ITS. CAUTION.
arrhornas' Chemical Soap.
THE public are hereby informed that
the card of J. Tuostss, in the last
York Republican, is entirely destitute of
truth. The undersigned Nut a full and le•
gal patent for the making, vending and
using said Soap within the Counties of
Dauphin, Pranklih, York, Adams, Lan
caster, Harks, Cumberland, mid Lebanon,
signed, sealed find delivered by said 1.
Thomas in the presence of witnesses.
10:7`The subscriber is prepared to sell
and make le;s1 titles for family, township,
or county Rights, within said district.
HENRY G. CARR.
rrYork Republic* copy is times and send
bill to ibis office.
Beautiful Fall Styles
eV Goods for Ladies' Wear, embracing
every variety, just opened and for
sale at astonishing lo* prices, at
Oct. MB. SCHICKS.
TO dialtte, TO ARUM&
Ageneral assortment of Revolvers.
Double and Single Barreled Pistols.
can be had at the one price store of SAM—
SONS.
COUNTERPANES—white tw died—
for male very low it KURTZ'S.
MORE NEW GOODS.
The riohast and but assortment of
FALL I WINTER 0000 S
FOR GENTLEMEN S 'WEAR, EVEII
OPENBD IN GETTYSBURG.
lIKELLY & HOLLEBAUGII
4111AliE pleasure in calling the attention
J . - of their fiienths and the public to their
extensive stock of Fashionabki Goods for
gentlemen's wear, just received Iron the
city, which, for variety of style, beauty
and tinish,and superior q uali ty, challenge,
comparison with any other stock in the
place. Our assortment of
Cloths; plain and fancy Tweeds and CaB
- Veinings,
Satinets, Overcoatiattpl i
CAN'T RH BEAT! (live us a call and
examine for yotirselifes. We hare p.n.
chimed our stock easefully and with a da
mes' to please the tames of all, from Mc
most practical to the most fastidious.
icaTAILOKING, in all its branches,
Attended to as heretofore, with the assis
tance of geed workmen.
'{
FASHIONS fur FALL anal
WIN'IrEI have been received.
ftleityeburg, Dec. 40,1862.
WANTED,
A
quantity of WHEAT, RYE&
Yellow CORN. for which Hanover
prices will be paid, to be delivered at sly
Milts at limas( Grove.
GEO. ARNOLD.
ats..rmtmlts wanting a barrel of Ss -
perfine Flour made of 240 POUNDS , 01 .
wheat, by llamas new proemis oh flout
ing, will please tan at Locust Grove, va
Germany township.
JOHN CHABLIS, Miller.
Gettyslnirg, Dee. 10, 1852.-2ns.
OV E it-COATs.
A LARGE lot of - Ready-oisde Orel ,
11l- Coats, of all sorts, sizes and colors,
are offered by
SKELLY & ROLLEIRAUCI IL
DAILY LINE BETWEEN
GETTYSBURG & HANOVER.
THE ninletsigned has matte arrange
talents h run a DAILY LINE of
(42 1 :4; Comfortable Coaches.
het IA ern (.:ettyslnirg aml n•
over--leaving enyshurg to tire morning
in tin ill councit with the rats, for a
ilnleltia, Baltimore, Ilarriblmcg, ritshurg,
and iniermAiate suit returning
the some day Mier the arrivni of the Hain
mute and l'hilmtelviiiit trains.
Ira - For weal 711411 V at fhllot's 13,,ie1,
Hanover ; or Hr Utt untlerN . ginAl, iu (gut
tysburg.
JOHN I. TATE
GeLlyshing, Ort. 8, 1852.-4
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
PUBLIC SALE,
11. 1 111: sehseei'vf, T.:xi...mot WAI.Trt:
SMIIIII. I rca.cd, a iN nff'r at
5.11 c., nit 11 . riltirxdo?, and Tlmmirty the
22,/ um/ 23 , 1 ii/fl., the following valuable
Itrul listate
- 04 IreilneNdesr the 2.2 d
On the premises, the following lens :
No. 1. Lot of Ground, 7 acres
in Cumberland township. near
the Borough Line, adjoining
lots of Jas. P. McConauglay,
and others.
No. 2. Lot of Ground, 6 acres,
in Borough, having a short al
(ex to High street, and ad
joining lots of George Little,
and others.
No. 3. Lot of Ground, 71 acres,
on Lonf Lane, and adjoining
Lots of George Codori and
Robert Smith.
No. 4. Lot of Ground, l 2 acres,
and 129 perches, on lane lead
ing to Middle street, and ad
joining lands of David Mr-
Milton and others.
ALSO—On / u relay 4Ae 23.1 inst.
at t o'clock, P. M., en the premises,
aEL tt'/Haittle Liftal.l,ol.b9
situate in Hamiltonhan township, Adams
County, adjoining lands of John and Win,
Orr, Heirs of (Samuel Knox, deceased, Jo
seph Kerr, Win. White and others, lying
(tin a public road,) etc mile west of Mc
ilhenny's mil‘ containing
200 211LIIIC IHILIII3I NW s
morn or km, on whielt are erected a
TWO STORY
; •;
'DWELLING DOUSE,
a Leg Bare, sheds anti ether ottt•buiWioge.
On this tract there ate shoat
70 ACIES
of choice Tim HER LAN D, and 20 Acres
of good' Meadow. There is a well of wa
ter near the door, and i never failing stream
of running water on the earn', There is
Limestone within t*o miles. Also, at
the same time, a Tract of
MOUNTAIN LAND.
situate In Ham'ltotibin township, adjoin•
ing lands of Maria Furnace and David
Sheets, and lying on a public road, and
containing
35 ea.C1P.3113,
more or ides.
Aitendanoe will to even and terms
made known on ilayteeie by
11. BERT SMITH,
Eater W erAnidi, dee'd.
Dee. a, '
MUFFS I ataDlFill -
Asupply of M U F F B. of a superior
quality, just received et
BCIIICK'B.
WRENCH WORKED COLLARS &
A: SLEEVES, in great variety, end
cheap too, can be had at
MIDDLECOFF'S.
1111 i AVMS. neoheta, ltibbone, and Dream
is• Goods, a select assortment. just open
ed, and cheaper than ever, at
MIDDLECOFF'S.
sr Blanks of all kinds for
Bale at this otfice.
NEW KIM,*
AND PLENTY OF THEM,
At the Store of
- f
ar.• 116.
-m•E TWO EXNig/WES, at the Old
Siena, two doors belt)* the Post Of
fice m Cliasnbersburg street. If you wish
to sava your money, come and buy your
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES. at
W. W. PAXTON'S Establishment. He
buys hie Clouds with great care,. and is
prepared to neer bargains. Call and judge
for vuetvelves.i
Ile hits for Gentlemen,
'Calf; Krp, end Heavy Boots, of thit best
qualitv—iprices . from 115 to $3 76.
Calf, Kip nod Coarse Mom's, from $1 00
to $2 00. Slippers. Ganges, &c.,
For Ladles,
irhee Lasting Gaiters, Half Gaiters. Mo.
Tocno Shows... Jenny Lind style, Jefferson
Slippers, &c., Morocco Gaiters, Miseries
Boots soil Shoes.
Also, &rye' and C'hildrerts' Boots and
'Shoes, of every variety, a very large as
sortment, inset t all persons. Also 'Franks
and Tratrefliag Bap.
Also, 'Russia and &aver Hats, of all
kinds ; a very fine ark* of new style
moleskin Hat; Rosso& and Non-loter
cotillion Hats, and a great 'variety of Fur
andl Wool Slouch Hats, Ilrom 50 els. to
112 Ott.
Come one—come all.
W. W. PAXTON.
'clot. 8, 1852.
DISTILLERS & VENDERS
Of Patent Medicines.
IYtiilL'i'ellowing lipt of biatitlers &
ilers of Patent Medicines within the
couroty of Adatns, as returned to the Trea
surer lir said County by the Mercantile
Appraiser., is putilisherl in accordance with
law, designating those who have take,'
root Lietiorse, and Mose who have not until
the Ist tif April next Tlurse marked with
all aStOrll4. ( e ) have twit taken out license,
LIST OF DISTILL/XS
Cumbertand toternikin.
10. (eorge L. Sehriver,* 8 00
10. 'Livid Rhodes., 6 00
()lord.
10, W. S. Jenkins,'
//a4aviltott
10. Wary Wolf,'
Cotrowegu.
10. John Kindig,' -
Liberty
10. !ranee 111r.flivtit, 5 00
ENDERS (W PATENT MEDICiN ES.
G4://scsburg..
4. ;.11. 13treltlei,*
4. Samuel S. Honey.`
ihmeihon
Mita: LPG N
usfilf•Ll qv.
8. A M. Staub,
/p
tlavith
I;4' I hrt
S. John Lotu
a2.Y . AM the t (Km y •I'mo•ottrir is tri t on,'
to tnsawte soot agamen atll tiefonorents in
the 111113‘1:11 of Ilerembur, iinuse tlestring to
sate rusts soil tine :iro requested lo lift
!bent lieettetes on or before the De
cember oral, or not will Ix brought accor
(Meg to law.
MAS WARREN,
er of A.ta,m, CVUU/y
imitnarc
4.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
Nolicc is hereby give‘l to all hog*,
tees and other iwrsoits esneerneil t
that the Administration .greonnts of the
deceased itersetvg herrilialter
won be presented at the ()Tinian's' 13 , 1111 fl of
Adamsrrntuty, forconlirotation and allow
:love, lug Tatiftitty the fl at day of De.
cenilper farsrl, viz
1.37. The first and final seeonnt of Jesse
Unit!, vsoo of the Elevators 01 John Choy,
tlereased.
88. the first and final abconnt of (Mrs's,
Mau Sltriver and I.ewis Waiver. Adminis
trators of Meorge 1.. Norivet, dece.ord.
who was Guards:ln of the persons art, e 4•
tat• of Isaac •I'lonoa.Siirivve,(4porre W.
Siirvive, and .11:tuinirm4larinv Slirivor, nif
tier children of the bald (isorge
deceased.
DANIEL I'LANK.
Register's Office,lGrettyruurg, e Register
Nur. 20, 1652.
NOTICE.
'VIEW undersigned has received front
Harrisburg the Dockets provided for
by die I.awit requiring the registration of
Marriages, Births and Deaths, and is pre
pared to receive and record certificates, as
required by law. .w:relergynien. Phy
sicians, end others, desiring blank certiA
clues, can be supplied at reasonable rates,
on application to the undersigned.
DANIEL. PLANK, Register.
Rug istet's Office, Gettysburg,
November 26, 1862. S St
DISSOLUTION.
THE Partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under the
runes of ABRAHAM and ISAAC FISH
ER, is this day dissolved by mutual con
sent. Therefore all persona knowing
themselves to be indebted to the late Firm
are requested to call on the undersigned
and make payment on or before the first
day of March next, and those persons hav
ing claims against the Isle Firm are re.
quested to present them for payment.
ABRAHAM FISHER, Jr.,
ISAAC
Fisher's Mill, Butler Ip, Nes. 10, tOB2 -3t'
Swiss and Muslin Edgings
AND INSERTIONS, Mincing, Chew
minima, French Work e d and Thread
Collars, and Fine Embroidered Linen
Cambric Handkerchiefs. cheap
FA lINESTOCR'S,
Ladies' Dress floods.
fitil,Ktil and Bak is, Merinoes, M. de
" Laines, Alpacas. CaIicoes.SHAWLIS,
Collars, Gloves, Stockings, ke., &c., are
to be had at . .
6062)420
&CHICK'S Stock or Dies
Dte
K 7 Goods, ean't be • beat ! It embraces
Bilks and illatincllombsaines, Cashmeres.
De tattles De Heise. Alpacia, °bighorns §
Calicoes. L. (Give bittl a' telt.
Oct. 29 ' 11152.
VENDERS OF MERCHANDISE.
TRE wentersigned4 Treasurer of the
Connty of Adams, in accordance• with
the several Acts of Assembly, publishes
the following lister Wholesale 13ealers end
Retailers of Merchandise within the said
County, as elusified and reterned to hint
by the Merettantile Appraiser of the
ty---11ellgutitrg those who hare taker' out
license, and those who have not, for one
year from the Ist of May 4 1852. Those
InerkM with en aetcriek ( 4 '; have not taken
oat Meanie,
9 S. Felines/rick and Sons. •25 00
12 George Arnold. 12 50
12 Abraham Arnold, 12 50
13 David Middlecoff, 10 00
13 Danner & Zeigler, 10 00
13 A. 11. Kuria, /0 00
14 John M. Stevenson, sr.,* 7 00
14 George I.inle, 7 00
14 Marcus Samson. - 7 00
14 S. H. Buehler, 7 40
14 Keller Kurt', 700
14 J. 1.. Schick, 7 00
14 Win. W. liamerely,* 7 00
14 %V. %V. Panion,* 7 00
14 tlsorge W. Blessing,* 7. 00
14 IPhillOWinters, 7 00
14 Samuel S. Forney, net. '7 00
14 Alemander Frasier,* 7' 00
14 thigh M'lllienny, 7 047
14 Samuel Little, 7 00
14 Wni. Gillespie, 700
14 J. J. Brinkerhoff, 7 00
14 Jerome Walter, 7 00
14 Emanuel heigler, hiquor. 10 50
14 Skelly & Hollebaugh,' 7 00
14 Elias Sheada, 7 00
14 Robert Slitaits.* 7 00
14 Ephraim ilanaway, l 7 001 '
14 F. E. Van Dendorn. 4 '7 00
14 David McCreary; '7 001
Cumberland Township.
14 John Welker/, 7 00
14 Robert Cobeion, '1 00
14 George Thistle, mill," '7 00
14 Henry Myers, m 111 , 1" 7 00
Strabeis 7beseiship.
14 Jamb King, 7 00
14 David SIMI,* 7 00
14 i'leilip St'f.3. W. Myers. liq. • 10 50
Mewllea Zuwnship.
14 Jelin Burkholder, • 7 00
John - MoKilight,," '7 00
14 Abell'. Wright, 7 00
1.4 Ueorge dlianigh. 7 00
14 Maria 1.. Wright.* 7 00
Butler 7'etonship,
14 Jesse Bolick, lig., 10 110'
14 Peter Hulick. 7 00
14 Samuel Faber, jr., • 700
14 Creglow Severs, 700
Terenship.
1.1 Jetitie Ukl%u. 7 00
14 Sehrivet & Stmnbatigli, 10 50
/ 1 A. 41.Aillmniiser, 7 00
Aim rearttship,
14 .I:irob S. Itthhootarlii,
11 Chwthis Si, ukler,
14 Witham 14%011,
li Chaties Finny. fig.,*
14 Samuel Netherger,
14 Udthatilie
Libovy Townships
14 John Nuilenuther,
14 Samuel Nuimmaker, mill,*
AlotinUog Township
14 Eptsraint Harmer,
14 Wni.
14 Lawrence Mom. lig.,
Ilenry Mom,
14 Sy lvveter Fink, lig.,
14 Mary plitir ti,
14 A [ma'am :iron,
14 Thomas J. I.loliptr,*
14 Philip Maun, lin..
14 Stick
14 Hi...mime &
14 Jerub V. bower, •
14 J. 14. Wrightson,
14 John Wes•tr..
14 Martin 1,.
14 liugli Al'lllinitliy,
lionsiltentban township
14 11. W. Riley, liquor,*
13 Jacob Brinkerh,4l.*
14 Paxton & Illythe,•
14 lienrge Riffle, mill.*
Ihnitingtoti township
12 J. A. Useilner.llßoor,
11 William keitle*r 11,
It Win. kettlenell & Co.,*
14 Jacob A. 114010
13 11. F. Gunner.
14 J. Brinkerhoff,*
hatimore tosrtiship.
14 Heorge Deardorff. mill.*
14 Hatay 8. Smith, liquor,
Orford township.
13 Jacob Martin, liquor,
13 G. 8. Hones, liquor,*
14 Mary Heagy,
Berwick township.
14 William Hittinger, liquor%
14 M. gichelberger, " •
14 D. E. Hollinger, "
14 Jutieplt R. Henry,*
Mourdpieetrame Tbsonthip,
13 John Miller,
14 Antos suck, Bq.,
14 Peter O'Neil, IN.,
Redding township, .
14 D. M.U. White,
14 Jacob Aulebaugh, Jr.,
14 Jacob George,*
14 Adam 8. Myers, lig.,
14 John Busby, sr.. IT 00
14 E. J. Owings, 10 80
14 Reiley & Sneeringer, liq., 10 80
Germany township.
14 Henry &hriser.• 7 06
18 Sneeringer & Renshaw. 11q.," 15 00
18 George Myers ar. Son. liq.. 15 00
14 Edward C. Bishop s * 7 00
14 Samuel Herllm* 7 00
14 Nurbeck is Spalding,* 7 011
Union imones(o.
14 Peter Lung, liq.,* to
NEW OTOREIB.
14 John Hesgi, liquor, NO 39
14 Peter Mickley, 7 90
14 J. A. H. Hediet* 1 614 • 10 50
14 Jacob H. Fairer, 7 00
14 Jacob H. 'Frostily., liquor,* • 19 39
14 George Kenn,* •. 10 60
14 A.B. Myers, •• 10. 50
14• Henry Mayer, lO 50
14 J. Boseringer, •• 10 410
14 Win. Myers, " 10 50
14 Bishop & Brother. •• 10 50
14 Cornelius Chronister, tb) 8 81
14 P. W. Kamm, (lhatontlosi) 3 11 50
14 Hugh Ming, ' - ' 00
SWAB the Poutity Treasurer Ls regional
to sell *lost alt 'dellugUents id
SCHICK'S.
Aln'T LICENSE
Borough of Gelloburg.
Conowago tofOnslo.
the moods of December, thoso desiring to
save costs and tine ere requested to 1111
their license* on, et 14ofte thc 15th of lk
hember next, eni snit 4111'be titrOoght actor
ding to Isis. •
l'iromks IVAIIItIII4.
'Trvisierer of .Idurni Comas!, „
Tres•urer's 051ce,tlettysiturg.
Nov. IC 11362,
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR SailLS.
rallll3i rohseribersoffer for feta on reel
-m• advantageous terms.
A Lot and a half of Grind,
in Faitillehl. Atterm'elmillt 4 0 0 * 40 4 ant
ereetett a Frame ' ,
awsz,Luvo
ia ,
a toegb•tatit., and 'lO ?glum woof
TAN YAM); 1
with 20 tate. ft
! weeks; 2 : Limes,' end 4
Daintier* I also, a 104115D0P 1 lit Which
is a Rolling Aliparattia..itel !lark tttill:-
For Was, apply w the anbseti•
bent.
11 not sold before Merida, - the irth of
December next, it will he 'UMW.
JOHN MIGICIM,Y,
MAXWELL
Noe,
NW EONS! NEW COODS.!
eltreiulitretiber hos just returned from
I
• Philadelphia *hit a iiiignideerit as
*Minim of
NEW GOODS,
imbruing ever): thing, staple and desire.
We, which he is prepared iu 011 al unu
sually Irj 4 /oist rates, and respeetfilly
bites the patronage oinld and iteliiiisswnt•
era
b. MIODIACtieIk.
Id. 1852.
Books 1 nooks ":1 1
3. R. BREHILIER.
TraNDERB lila *Hake to hie fiends
for the Metal patiottege too hong and
nnifoirinly 'extended * hint emi . itirurlnd
them tirade has terently tec:eiviel athie old
establishment in illoties*st,nrg streef,- itf
addition in fornierlargestoch or
new assottment to which 'lse Itibiiina al.
tendon, as been ilia largest, tulleat'Mul
best semotltWetll nr
Classical, t rheotorextl) - $6114x01
Miscelltmecius t f ." BOOKS
ever °lamed is gent's. ' *W 4 I 4 0 1 0° 1 1
as usual. 4isepsnul MFspil-st, lb*
11.7PVERY , ./.01P,0T
tieivsbsig t Pt.,Juno 4, IWiik, -
tyrcuzimukt .
rglilE wainreriber. hoeing Istely coin.
AL nienced in
the Borough of Clettymbiorg t ntspeutfully
infortits fiis (deeds that 1* is et.litir Imes
ready . to se prly the with frelifilhAt, of
the meal varietie, seat asillEt.:l 4 %.V;4AL.
MorroN, LAMB. &a. sliaigl4l:-
Imam 1s alma the co m*' Witehingtnn
anti Itallreall streets. Thankfelltii the
liberal useuuragetuest Ititlitsrto tettelvell,
he respertfelly solicits a othstlaustli kit Oat
peblie patronage.
ut,Tersons having 71ve• Mork In
pose of will please Call epos Ate itjelerl
sittnetl, trho will pay the ltigliest thbritiit
prim for the satire.
• It()IIKRT 111AMERSLY:
Aug. I'3, 18112—,t1'.
10 50
7 00
7 00
10 50
7 00
7 00
19 50
7 00
10 50
7 00
10.50
COLLECTOR% TAKE NOTICE,
T IRE ulna ollectots of die
-ANL tooloottip4 of *gams cointy,
hetby untitled that thil will bfe
to seliki tip their till plie4lieit 'llll or befuro
7 [ht 28/1. fityly' Drift/fret. .
on wench day tint Vointitimiitinewi will
meet at their elk° ttt Oti Sievilissury
exotierattotin..
JACOB 1.40:181%
AIWA HAM ItlittillaH,
JOHN MICK IsH Y, Jr.,
Cvnitraiss inners'.
Aural—J. A utilitribiatiott, Clrrk.
Nov. 10, 1852 xi.
10 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
18 75
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
AVITICE.
I ETTERS Testamentary on the mi
n_A tate of tom eltaitst.v. see, loin
of Mounijoy township., Adams comity;
dec'd. having been granted to the staltseri•
her, residing to Cite same toansiltlii, pork e
is hereby given to such as are indebted to
said estate to make paymeht trithout de•
lay, and those having claims are requested
to present the same, properly suthentica•
ted, for settleitieut.
SAMUEL btIitI3ORAW • Et'r.
Nov. 5, f 832.-1111.
10 60
10 50
10 80
700
A word to the Wise is sufficient.
LADIES -:f you want ;in boy the pi
coot. beet ehtl cheapest railog AletWis
in town, mime to KURTZ'S Cheap Cur
ner,es yen will dud there the lervesinssort.
teem in the county. Lod. 8.
kg HA W LB. Sacking Plentiels, torhipes
" and Dress T riturbingv ib gtisettie
ty, and cheap at
Oct. 8. FAUN 581 . 0 WV'S,
7 00
700
7 00
10 80
Sir UM- OIL PLOVISION
OF the Wel 411ality--iilVtgys nit Mimi
and (or wk iu tiegyebwog,' Mt thu
Foundry of
'l'. WARREN:4 , 99/0 4
Blake's Patent Pircana . Water
Proof Paint,
A!SUPERIOR ARTIOIhtIe for , salo
at rahneatook's 4 stop 'or dhe
IMO FRONT.
Nov, It •
Goniietaraths Wear.
rI T
LOHIS; Calosimetes4 Comitilikelat
ILJ lucky Jeans, VENTINGI4I( 'lf kitida.
StspoaderiN Hantikert;hoefig.CßA VATS.
Stookinpo&o., way to Iblual• goo:
and thoapi at '
For Gentletrien's VVear,
NuctucK "has etVenett a splendid assort.
pens ol Cassimetes. Cassi•
eels. Tweeds, Jeans. ate. Call ♦nd
see for yourselves. and you will, conies.
that cheaper goods you never saw.
11110 0 I. AIN'S celebraied premium
A lr ia TOOTH-PANTE, Vgirtibto HAIR ,
oNs, pad FA NC Y FICAPIOI i *fah sup•
plk just °pope, at
sittiDutptorr*
SCHICK'S.