Who hold them. T are giunerterely as a trues fur the publicnefit i awned:nee fur a filed period, sometime dune good beha vior, bat generally they are liable to be ter minated at the pleasure of the appointing Fhwer, which represents the collective ma sty and speaks the will of the people,— e forted retention in of ee of a toogle dis honest person may work great injury to the public interests , . l'he danger to the publie eorrice conies not. from the perverts) reifieve,. but from the power to eppoire Theme ire it was that the teeetere of the Constitution haft the power of removal unrestricted, while they Barr the seol.lo a right to reject all ap pointments which. in its opinion, were not lilt to he made. A little reileetivri on the, subject will probably saiiefy all veal hive the geed of the country at heart, that our best course ie ye take the Corisete(ion for our quilt, walk in the path marked out by the teen tors of the Republic, and obey the rulesauele sacred by the observaace of our /MO prieleces.sors. TN: presort corelitios dour finances and cirri:lame medium in ono te which your tarty consideration is invited. The proportion which the eurreney airily ; country should bear to the whole value of the annual produce circulated by its moans is a question upon which political mono- mists heve not steyiel. Nor eau it be con trolled by lecisletion, but mu ,t be lett to I the irreveeahle laws which everywhere reg ttate co mmerce amp trade. Thu circulating medium will ever irresietildy flow to those Yawwhere it is in preetest denimel. The i law of demand and emptily is as Interring ii that which rectslatee the tides of the wean: and indeed temente-, like the tides, Las its 1 ebbs and flows throughout the commercial world. At the begiening of the rebellion the. bank note circulation of the country anoun- I tea to not much more than two hundred mallows of dollars; now the circulation of i Nitional Bank notoa and those known ii., i "kcal tenders" is mealy ' seven hundred j millions. While ie is urgeil Ity :erne that this amount should he men:ascii, others contend that a deeidefl reduction is aheo I hit* ee.cntial to the best intereete of the country. In view of theft di: vest- opinions 1 it may he well to aseermie the real value of our paper Lanes, when compared with a metallic or convertible currency. Fur tide I purpose let us inquire how much gold ant !, silvereottld he ifurehtufed by the eel - cutoff- 1 drel millions of paper money now in eirett- laden ? Prol,ahly not tunic than hall* she i amount of the letter—showing that ellen i our paper currency is compared with will l i and silver, its eemeriereial value is efinferee led into three hundred and fifty minter's. 1 This striking feet maples it the obvious they 1 of the Govermeent, as early as may be coil l sistent with the erineil I:e of a emit polithe I ' et:enemy, to take sneh lueesuree AS Will I . ii • I We the holder of its netee and dime of the ; National Banks to convert them, without loss, into specie or its elit'velent. A r„- ductien or our (raper fireulating medium I nee] not neeeennly lollow. This, hewer, er, I would depend upon the law of demand m i d ! supply, though it should be borne in mind that by reeking legal-tender and bank metes convertible into eoin or its equiv.sient, their I present specie value in the hands of their bottlers would he enhaueel one bierlael per cent. • Legislation for the acerimplirlinu.nt or a result so tie,irabla ileinamled by the high est public eunsiileration4. The Constitution contemplates that the eh-cohabit; medium o r the country shall be old:brill in quality, and valoo. At the time of ihz formath•it et' t h a t instruineut, the country 114,1 from the war or the /let oboloo, and na, Flattering fruw the effeots o' a awl worthless paper currency. The or that period were motion.t., pnio•et ti w i r 'maturity Stoma the cm M %sliieh they them- ACIVC4 had extwrioneed. Hence, hi PriviJ• ing a tirculutins medium. thy e Atfurre,l upon l'otigros the pima coih money and r e gul a te the value thereof, at the same time p r ohibiting th e States from making anytilitig hot gold and silver a tender in payment ci debt,. The anomalous condition of our currency is in sti ikine contrast with that which Arc. -4 originally fesignol. Our eireulatim now embraces, first, notes of the National Banks, which arc made, remivable tar all dues to the ilovernment, excluding imposts, and by all its creditors, execining in, payment of inter est upon its bonds solia tlfe seeorifies &m -otives: stsemel, legal-tender notes, issued by the United States, and which the low re quires shall be received as well in pay meta of all debts i'ttweeu citiaens as of all Gov• clement dues, excepting imposts; and. third, gold awl silver coin. By the operation of our present system of finance, however, the metallic currency, when e sleeted, is reserved only thr one ele-s of Government evlhors, who, holding its bonds, interest semi-annnally re ceive their in coin front the Nation al Treasury. 'they are thus made to (wee py an invidious position, which may he used to strengthen the arguments of these who 'out I brine. into disrepute the obligations of the nation. In the psyment of all its debts, the plighted litith'of the Government should be inviolably maintained. lint while it acts with fidelity toward the bondholder who loaned his money that the integrity of the Union might be preserved, it. bison!'" at the same titne ob-ierve good faith with the great 111:04.4 of the people, who, having res cued the Union from the perils of re lwliimi. now bear the burdens of emotion. thst the Government way be able to Mill its en gsgenicnts. There is no reason which will be accepted as satisfautery by the people why thtke who do end us on the land and ' , Toted us on the sea; the pensioner nom) the gratitude of the nation, bearing the scars awl wounds received while in its sery ice ; the pithlie servants in the various De partments of the ette:ernowilt: this Elmer who supplies the soldiers of the army and this sailers' of the navy ; the artisan who to;is in the nation's workshops, or the me chanics and laborers who build its etlific,es and construct its torts and VPAS3I:4 of war— should, in payment of their just and bard earned dues, receive depreciated paper. while another clam of fli;:ir colincrytuen, no mire deserving, are paid in coin avid and Equal and met Instire requires that all the creditors of the Governmeut should be paid in a currency poneat ß ing a enithrin value. This can only be accomplished by the restoration of the currency to the stand ard established by the Constitution, and by this means we would remove a discrimmt nation which may. if it has not already done so, create a prejudice that may beeemedeep rooted and wide-spread, and imperil the no• tional credit. The feasibility of making our currency correspond with the constitutional standard owy be scan-by reference to a tiny fads de rived from our commereial statistics. The pr o duction of precioui metals in the United States Irma 1849 to 1557, smiunutti to $579.000,000; fmm 185 i to 180), itilllasiye. to *137,800,015); and front 1861 to len, inclusive, to 09,QtNt;— tt*pekingeking the grand aggregate of products slow 1849, 81,174,000,000. •The amount of specie coined from 1849 to 1857, inclusive, was $439,1/30,000 ; front 1858 to 1860, inclu sive 125,u09,000; and from .1861 to 1867 inclusive, s3lo,ooo,ooo—making the total coinage since 1849, 8874,000,000. From 1819 to 1847, inclusive. the net exports of specie amounted to $271,000,000; from 1858 to 1860, inolusire, 8148,00000; end front 1861 to 1867, inclusive, 8322,000m0 making the aggregate of' net export s since 1810, 47 000.001. These amp show to wow of product over net snorts of $483,- 000.000. There groin the Ties 11111,- 000,000 hi coin, something more than ILO,- 000,000 in circulation on the Nellie Coast, and a few millions in the National and oth er Banks—in all about 150,000,000. This however, taking into account the spode in the country prior to 1F49, leaves morn than three hundred millions of dollars which have not been accounted for by exportation, and therethre may yet remain in the noun- These are important filets, and she* haw completely the inferior currency will super sede tho better, forcing it from circulation among the masses, awl causing it to he es ported OA a mere article of trade, to add to the money capital of foreign Linda. They show the necessity of retiring our paper money, that the return of gold and silver to the avenues of trade may be invited, and a demand created which will CMISO the retention at home of at least so much of the productions of our rich find inexhausti ble gold-bearitiF 'Hai as may be sntricient Cit. purposes of circulation. It. is unreason able to expect a return to a sound currency PI long us the Goven»nent, by continuing to issue irretleetneble notes, fills the chain nols of circulation' with depreciated paper. Notwithstanding a coinage by our mints. since Pitt, of eight hundred, seventy-liter millions of dollars, the people are now stran gers to the currency which was designed for their use and benefit, and specimens of the precious metals hearing the national device are seldom seen, except when produced to gratify the interest excited be .their novelty. If depreciated paper is to he continued as the permanent currency of the country, and till our coin is to become a mere article of tratfie and speculation, to the enhancement in price of all that is indispensable to the comfort Attic people, it would be wine economy aboltidi oar mints. thus saving the Damn the cure and ex peni,e incident to such establishments, and let our precious metals ho exported in bullion. 'I time has tome, however. when the Government and National fl mks should be required to take the most efficient steps rind make all necessary armaments rter a region:aim, of speeie payments ut the earliest practica ble psriod. peeie payment having been once resume d by the Onvernment and Lanks all notes nr bilis of paper &seed by either of a hers denomination than twenty dollars should by law be excluded from circulatio n , so that the people may have th ee b ene fit and vonecuienee of n gold and silver corm. c 3. which in all their business transactions will be uniform in %einem Inane m u d abroad. ..E cev y coon of properly and indus try , every man who desires to preserve what ho honestly pos.SOSSea, or tii obtain what he can honestly van, hits a direct interest io main tai 'ling a Adel ( Ikeda tog medium--sue; sitediein as shall be real and substantial, not liable to 'brute with opiiiion4, not subject. to Lis biewn up or down by the breath of soccu:altat but to be made stable and se cure. A disordered currency is one of dm greatest political evils. It undermines the virtues neves:fiery rir the support of the so cial system, and encourages propensities de tevoctive or it ; happiness; it wars against industry. fingality. and economy, a nd it fluters the spirits of extnivitganee and . ; ,),ecitlation." It has iateit asserted by one our prolimmi 3341 most gifted statesmen, tint 'of al the could vanees for cheating the bilioriog slaws of niatikini!, none has h wn more eilisAttal than that which deludes 6e:it with i.aper money. This is the most clime s ! of invetitonis to fertilize the rich taunt's fields by the sweat of the poor Ilu d n . ri Inow• Ordinary tyranny, oppression, OA* cessivis taxation—these bear lightly on the ietopmes: of the mass of the community ir,l ll ;psred with a liar dulcet currency, awl !'i beries einewitted by depreciated pa. ker. Oor own history hae recitaki for one citettgl., pod inert time turmoil of the demoraliziog towleisey. the itijustice and the intolerable oppression on the: virtu ous mid ts...llolisposini of a &waded paper currency, authorized by law or in any way c o onten noe vd by Government . " It is one of the most suecvs•tal devices, in times of peace or war, expansions or revulsions, to accomplish the traustiw of all the precious metals trout the er.at mass of the people into the howls of the I'm, where they are hoarded in secret places or deposited in strong boxes under bolts and has, while the reople are loft to mitee till the ineon venience, snerif e. and demoralization re- Piddle , front the use of a depreciated and went/Joss paper money. The condition of our finances and the op eration of our revenue system are sst forth awl fully explained in the able awl instruc tive report of' the Secretary of the Treasury. Oo the of June, the public debt amomited tP.47s3eltll's,B7(); on the 30th of Suns last, it was (4...2,m2,14.4y2.15, showin g a le ducti o n doting the listal year of CJ1,224.- 60. During the fiscal year ending June 30. Ng, the receipts were it4'.0.1,6:14,010. and the expenditures $3411,720, IV, leaving an available ear plus of $143,9(4.880. It is estimated thud the receipts of the fiscal year ending June 34, INS, will bo $417,101.9 . " and that. the expenditures will reach the sum of $3:13,2,w,226. leaviog its the Tr ess .. ur,v a surplus of t 123,592,702. Eor the fis cal year ending June 3u. 180, it is estima ted that the receipts will mooing to S3SI,- tino.UoO, and that the expenditures will be $372.009,(4), showing au excess of 0,00:4- U:it) in favor of the flovernment. The attention of ConereA is earnestly inyilei to the necessity Or a thorough revis ion of our revenms system. Our interel revenue laws and impost system should be so adjusted as to bear most heavily on arti cles of luxury, leaving the neeesearies 441 . lifit as free from taxation to may be censi s t eh t with the real want of the G e e e r eim i li t, economically administered. Taxation would not then Pill unduly on the um of moder ate means; unit wink none would be entirely exempt front agiessment. all, in proportion to their poeuniary abilitiee, would contribute towards the support of the Saute. A mod ification of the internal revenue system, hy a large reduction in the number of 'articles now subject to, tax, would be followed by results equally advantageous to the citizen and the tiovernment. It would render the eaemiution of the law less expensive and more certain, remove c . rtstructionm irides. try, lessen the tom : tenons to evade the law, diminish the violations and frauds perpetra ted upon its provismus, make its otromtions less inquisitorial, and greatly reduce in nimm bore time army of tux-gatherers created by the system, who "take from the month of hone-t labor the bread it has earned." Re trenchment, relisrm and econemy should be carried into every branch of the public ser vice. that the expeedituree of tho Goverm meet may be reduced and the people reliev ed from oppressive taxation; a sound tem- Tneyohould be restored, and the public, taith in regard to the twined debt sacredly sAserveil. Thu accomplishment of these important results, together with the rester: taken of the Union of the States upon the principles of the Constitution, would inspire confidence sit home end abroad i n the s m. Way of our institutions, and bring to the nation prosperity, peace, and good will. The report of the Secretary of' War, a d interim exhibits the operations of the a r my and of the several Bureaus or the War Dc. put The aggregate strength of our military force, on the 30th of September last. was 59,315. The total emanate for military appropriation is 977,124,107, inclu ding a deficiency in last year's appropriation or $13,600,000. The payments at the Treas. ury on aoeount of the service of the War Departameut flem January Ist to October 29. lailt —a voided of ten menthe—amoun ted to 11109,807,000. The expenses of the military mteblishment, es well as the num• ben of the army are now three times as great as they have ever boon in time of peaoo' while the discretionary power le vested is the Fateautive to add millions to this expeediture by au increase of the army to the maximum strength allowed by the law. Thu menacing attitude of some of the warlike Lands of Indiana inhabiting the distriet of country between the Arkansas and Platte rivers, and portions of Dakota Territory, required the presciwo or a large military foram in that region. Instigated by real or imaginary grievances, the Indians occasionally committed acts of hi rbarims violence upon emigrants and our frontier settlements ; but a geleral Indian war has been providentially averted. The Commis sioners under the net of 2(lth July. 1867, were invested with full power to adjust ex isting diftellithlB, Itegot late tmaties with the disaffected bands, and select for them reser rations remote from the traveled mutes be tween the Mississippi and the Pacific. 'They I entered without delay upon the execution of their trust, hit have not yet, made a ny official report of their proceedings. It is of vital importanee that our distant territories should be exempt from Indian outbreaks. and that the constriction of the Pacific Hailrewl, an olticet of national importance, Should pot be interrupted by hostile tribes. These objects, as well as the material inter ests and the moral and intellectual improve ment of the Indians, con be mosteffeetually secured by waist:liming them upon poi• !ions or country set apart for their exclusive use. and located at points remote from our highways and encroaching white settle ments. During the !sit fiscal year seven million forty-one thous:mil one 'hundred and four teen stems of publits land were disposed of, and the cash temipts from sales and Nes exceeded by one•intlf million dollars the sum realized from those *purees during the re. ceding year. The amount paid to pension ers, ineluding ex pelves oftlisborsements. we' 6 4 . ) , t156, and thirty-six thousand f,mr hundred and eighty-two names were added t o r o lls. The entire number of pension ers on the: 30th of Juno last was one bun nod tiny-five thoti.tatid six bustdriol and s e t e:Hy-Tour. Eleven thousand six hundred and liity.tive patents and dttdetss wilkt issu ed daring the year ending September 30, 11457,1111 d at that date the balance in the Treasury to the credit the Patent fund wa- s2Bn, (Sq. The report of the Senetary of the Navy states that we have seven squadrons aetively anti httlitionsly employed, inelor efli e ien" and able commanders, in protecting the per- NOW furl property of American citizen, maintaining the dignity and power of the Government, and promoting the commerce and business hatereids of ottreountrymen in every putt or lint tro:m. or the tw o i nm . dred and thirty-eight ye. sets composing the present navy of the United States, fifty earrying five hundred and seven gnus, are in squadron service. During the year the number of vessels in h i m been reduced twelve, sad there are thirteen Ice on squadron duty than there wera at the date of the last report. A Into number of vessels were ewnmenced anti in the waie of entritruetion when the. war terminated. awl alth o ugh Congress hail made do. lov- CFROty appropriations for their emnplseion, the Department has either suspended w o rk upon them or limited the slow completion of the sat a‘n wise's, $3 as to nis et the eon., tracts fir machinery made with privote es tublishments. The tetra expenditures of the Nave Department for the fiscal year ending June :in, 1$1;7, were 830,034,011. No altrqtrestions have been made or re quite] the Ow of the war for the con tarmaiisn and repair ofvessielssfersasiamesm— ehinery, eidnanee. provisions and clothin,:. feel, hemp. Ste.. the balances under these ?evertsl heads having been mere than sufli• tient for current expenditures. It sh o uld also l e seated, to the credit of the Departs Went. that, besides asking no appropria tions for tore above ohjects for the last two years, the Secretary of the Navy, on the :loth of September last, in accordance with the act of Pray I, requested the See wary of the Tniasury to e.trry to the stir phis fund the sum of sixty-five minions of dollars, being the amount received from the sale 3 of vessels and other war property, and the remnants of former appropriations. The serest of the Postmaster-General shows the !nosiness of the Pt StAlfliee pertinent and the condition of the postal service in a very favorable light, and the attention of Coneress ealli•11 to its pincri eahle recommendations. The rweipts for die Department for the year outline Julie 1857 i tad u ne all special approuriat ions for tea sin! land service and fie tree mail matter, were $l9, 978,693, The expendi tures for all tatroseit, were $19,235, 483, leaving an unexpended balance in laver of the Department of $743, 2 iu, which can b e applied towards dot expenseS the Depart • most for the earrent year. The itterOalso of pion' revenue, independent of specific ar propriatioas, for the year 1897, over that of route, was :?Q 50,1!A The increase of reve nue from the side of stamps and stamped cliVelolit'S was $783,401. The increase of expenditures for Ml', over those of the previous rear, was owing chiefly to the ex temien of the hind and mem mail service. Dining the past year new postal conventions have been ratified and exelhanFed with the I'nitt•ti Kingdom of Brent Britain and Ire land, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzer land. the North German Union, Italy. and the Oilman' Government at !long Kong, reducing voty largely the rates of ocean anti y' postuve to and from and fithin these minutes. Th, report of the -Acting Conimihutioner of Agriculture ceneisely pre/Anon the eon• anion, tvanto and progress of an intere4 eminently worthy the fostering care of Can grow, and exhibitA a large metontre or well results achieved during the year to which it refers. The re-cOriblishment of pew. at home, and the resumption of extended trade. travel and corn nierec abroad, have served to increase the number and variety ofgoestions the lepar t went for Foreign Affairs. None of these questions, however, have seriously dignrbed our relations with , other States. The itepublie of Mexico, having boon re lieved from foreign intervention, is earnest ly engaged in efforts to re-establish her con stitutional system of government. A good under-sanding continues to exist between our Goveniment and the Republiesorllayti an d S an Domingo, and our cordial relations with the Central and South American States remain unchanged. The tender. made in conformity aitha resolution ofVon gress, of the good offices of the Government with a view to an =Waldo adjustment of peace between Brazil awl her allies, on one side, and Paraguay on tho other, and be tween Chile and her allies. on the one side, and Spain on the other, though kindly re. caked, has in neither ease been filly ac cepted by the be ligerents. The war in the Valley of the Parma is still vigorously maintained. On the other hand, actual hostilities hetween the Pacific States and Spain have been more than a year suspend ed. I shall, on any pyoper ovviation that may wear, renew the conciliatory recom mendations which have been already. Bra zil, with enlightened sagacity and comps hensive statesmanship, has opened the great theehannels of the Amazon and its tribute taries to wavered commerce• One thing more seems needful to assure a rapid and cheering prolmine in South America I refer to those peaceful habits without which States and Nations cannot, in this age, wall expect material prosperity or toile' advent.). meat The Exposition of Universal Industry at Paris has palmed, and enema to have fully T.*kW the high expectations of the French Ouvernment. If due allowance be made for the reeent political derangement of industry here, the part which tho United States has borne in this exhibition of invention and art may be:mord:A with very high satisfaction. During the Expoeition a eonference was held of delegates form several nations, the United States being one, in which the itreote verriences of eon:mere° and social intercourse moulting liven the diverse etandardsof mon ey value were fully dicussed, mod plans were developed fur establishrug, by unit erred con- Pent, a overmen principle for the coinage of gold. Thee:: itonfereneee are expected to be mewed, with the attendance of many threign State* not hitherto represented. I% report of these interesting proceedings will be submitted to emigres, which will no doubt justly appreciate the great objere, and be ready to ruble any measure which may tend to fireilitato its ultimate avow plishment. • On the :LA of February, IRO, Congress declared by law that Treasury notes with out interest, authorised by that act, should be legal tender in payment of all debts, publicand private, within the halted States. An annual remittance of 113e.000, less stip nbeed expensca, accrues to claimants under the Convention made with Spain in I stet These remittances. since the poem of that net, have been paid in such notes The claimants insist that the tiovernment ought to require payment in vein. The oubjeet may be deemed worthy of your ;mention. The West India Islands were settled and colonized by European States sininhantems ly with the settlement and colonization of the .Itnericarreontinent. Moat of the colo nies planted here beeame independent na- Crns id the dose of the last and the begin ning of the present century. Our own country embraces communit ies which. at one period, were colonies of rent [Wain, rr e n t re, Spain. Holland, Sweden and Bar.- The people in the West- Indies, with the except Me of those of the Isletel of Hayti. have neither attained nor aspired to independence. nor have thee heemne tin:- pared for selfelelimee. Although possess ing considerable comm.:rein' value, they have [seen held by the several European States which colonized or at some time core grieved them, chiefly fur purposes or mili tary and nova) strategy in carrying nut Eu ropean police and designs in regard to this continent. 'ln our Revolutionary War, lons and !whore in the West India Islands were used by our enemy, to the great iujury and embarrassment of the United States. We bud the same experience, in our second war with 4 ireat Britain. The same }lune ran 'policy firr a lung time eseludell us even from trunk with the West Indies, while we were at peace with all nations. In our recent civil war, the re' e's, arid their pirati cal and Lleehade-breaking allies, found fa eilities in the faille ports for the work, a hick they too successfully treconiplished, of rejeriog and devastating the commerce s bleb vve are now ere:aired in We labored especially under this disadvan tage—that Europeun meant vessels, employ ed by our egolibir found friendly shelter, pretectiondWid supplies in Went Indian ports, while our own Hav e l openeie n s w e r e neeerear ily carried on from our own distant shores. was then a universal feeling of the want of an advanced tiara) outpost between the Atlantic coast acid Europe.— The duty or obtainingsuch an outpost peace fully and lewlidly, while neither doing nor mconeing injury to other States, eanrestly eterege , ) the attention of the Executive De pertinent belbre the close of the war, and it h a s n e t been lost sight of since that time. A net entirety - diveimitar • ed during the same pertisl on the Pa cific r•ore t. Tiro required foothold th.oe wa4 thrtunately secured by our late treaty with the Emperor of Russia. and it DOW aeema insperati‘e that the More otwious 'memo & tie, or the Atlantic coaA should not be less earcfully provided for. A good and conven. jinn port and harbor, capableof easy defence will supply that waist. %Vali the p o p: N i s i ° , of such a station by the Other' States+, neither we nor JOY Oilier American nation mod l o ngcr apprein.nd ittittry or OfttliCO from any Trans-Atlantic enemy. I agree with om early sloe:mien that the West Indians tun orally gravitate to, and may be expected ultimately to be absorbed by the Continen tal Stau..s, in:Audi/it; rm. own. I a;,-ree with theta also that it is wise to leave the goes tion a such absorption to this proms, of Immoral rAiliesnl gravitation. The .land 4 of St. Thomas and St. John's, which eon stittst- a pat of the group called the Virgin bdands, .scrinerl so offer us advantages HIP desiralile, while requisition could be secured in harginmy with the prin ciples to which I have alluded. A treaty has, therefore, Levu concluded with the King of I.)entitarlt for the cession of those Wessels, and will be submitted to the Serrate for eonsideration. In connection with this subject, the at tention of Congress ht reipectfully called to a singular and clubarmsing conflict of laws. The Executive Department of this bieveristuent has hitherto unithrmly held, us it now holds, that naturalization. in con- Ibrmity with tlso Constitution and laws of the United States, absolves the recipient from hii native allegience. Tee courts of tireut Britain held that allegiance. The courtier (twat Britain hold that ulleziance to the British Crown is indefeasible, and is not absolved by our laws of naturalization. British intiges tire clown:and lawauthorities of the United States in support of that the ory against the position Lehi by the Exec tive authority of the United States. This conflict perplexes the pulslie mind essnectit tug the tights 11 r naturaliaed citizens. and impairs the tuitional authority abroad. I called attention to this subject in my last annual message, awl new again tespeettnliy appeal to Congress to deelare the national will unmistakably upon this important ques tion. The abuse of our laws by the clandestine prosecution of the African slave-trade from Ameritain ports by American ci t izens has altogether ceased, and. wider existing cir cumstances, no apprehensions of its renewal in this part of the world ure entertained.— tinder these circumstance it becomes a ques tion whether we shall not propose to her Nbijvay's Government a suspension or dis continuance of the FtiptilationA for main taining a Una force for the suppression of that trade. ANDREW JOHNSON WASIII,I UTON, December 3, 1857. 0371- Tut: Lung CORPORAL tor Decem ber is a capital number. it opens "On the Hearth Rug." "The (heat Panjandrmn Himself:" "Jennie's Memory Siring, " now "Rhyme of' Little red Riding Hood," the conclusion or "Camp Bruce," besides a number of sparkling poems, among which is a perfect gem, by the Associate Editor, Mrr. Emily Hundington Miller, entitled "The Baby's .Stocking;" rnusio by Geo. F. Root, a letter 11. om Theodore Tilton, and an Editorial dust:gibing the beautiful process by which Cbrom oa are made. A new volume of the Little Corporal begins with the next number. Thepublish er hus determined to continue his offer of the November and December numbers free to all now subscribers received during Deveni her. Terms 11.(10 a year. Sample copy free if sent for before January Ist. Addr At.ruLD L. SENCLLI., Publisher of Tus Luna ConrosAt., Chicago, 11l Oomologg litmocrat ....,,,.:,. .i..., *lc iii*CORY; 11411 Nor. y, Dec, U, mit rr, M. PoTtoooll.l.. 1e CO. r Park Rota Yew York N duly oolkoriltad arrilnit and rm.olva aubierin. 'lona and advartltlaa jot DeN•fral pub. I bad al toolmaker.. vithsubsa rowdy, pp, Tux PiurslDENVe MISSAGE.—To tho elusion of muuh other matter, we give place to the alb, dismilicd and Patriotic 3lcssege of President Johnson. We him neither time nor room for comment, but ask for it a careful perusal by ail our readers. It in by far the ablest document which has yet issued from the poi of the present Execu ti lIMECEI GnAN r Avn CuirriN.--Altnnott every Re publican paper we pick up has the names or somebody Onusd at the hood of their col umns ns its choice for President and Vice President. We observe that the Freeburg Couricr hoists the !MOM Of Grant and Cur tain for those high oflice.s. This fact will doubtless be of great aid in securing their nominations! =lll ittir Weston, the pedestrian, arrived at Chicago at 10 o'clock A. M. on Thanks giving day. lie has accomplished his tusk of walking 1214 miles in legs than 2.4', walking days. and gets tit lu.tam. less 15.1,ti0n ti‘rmit for Miling to walk one hundred miles in one hundred consecutive hours. Such a task would probably have killed the most power ful horse ; but the Inn has thrived under it, lie ha , aver:m.ol fifty miles a day for a s t retch of one month at a time. TIIE!WREN'S iittrit-tr .Ilayminefur the. Ville Oots—olitA by T. S. Arthur, and published by T. S. Arthur & Son, No. fititt &q I Chestnut Street, Phila. In two volumes n year, beginning in January and June. Price,l. 5 a year, in advance. rive copies, $5.00. It is the best publica tion or the kind we have ever poritsed for for the little children, and we heartily emu. mead it to the reading public. Every taunt; should stiteeribe for it. St ponds of the Court Proceed ings. The December Term or Quarter S e ,, , ,,j orr , I -.67, BUIL 'WILLIAM ELWELL, Prrs barn Derr, Peter K. lierb.iin, .I,soelates. on the [knell. corn, v.:, Chas. A. Shuman—indiettnent. A—toilt awl Battery. Not a true hill. hos• ventor, Ifenry Laatzer, levy the Nods. Com Henry. vs. timitor—lndietinent. As sault and Battery. Not a true bill. County pay the costs. Com. vs. Parvin Eves —indictment. Re jecting the Vote of a qualified elector. True bill. Bail renewed to appear next t e rm, c ool , v ..„ I ; c o, W. NJ:wen—lndictment, llejeetiog the Vote of a mutinied elector.— True bill. Bail renewed to appear nest term. Com. vs. Win. Stephens. Ezra Stephens, MaticionMiT ebief. Continued to next term. (*um. oh Henry} Knapp,—assnit ;ail Battery. True bill. Vordiet, guilt; . Sot). Tntugh and Clark for Cow., Knorr fir Deft. Com. vs, Allen Mattn—ltuliettnent. Adul try and Bastardy. Not a true bill. Prose cutor pay Com. vs. Christian Shuman—lndictment, Keeping Bawdy House. Not a true bill— Proveutor to pay the costs. Corn. vs. Joanna Sluminn'indictment, Fornivation and Bastardy. Not a true hill. pro-etiat, ir pay costs. Cont. vs. ',Latin Hummel— indictment , Selling Liquor to minors. Bill ignored. County pay the costs. Cont. v 4, Mnwrer— Recognizance, Desertion of with and eltild. Defendant fou n d :quite, Sentence of the Court. that the Vetinufant pay the sum of ten dollars per ottni) for the support of his wife ; five &dials pet month liar the support of the child ; counting the time front the first day of,&pteutberlast, and that he give securit y in the sum of one thousand dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the Court. for the performance of the same. Coat. vs. Adam Diettitick—lndietment, Adultry. True bill. Defendant entered bail in the sum of five hundred dollart for his appearance at next term. Tratigh anddaek son for Co m., and Clark for Dell, ('ow. v 4. John Moran,—Dneognitemee, Surety of the Peace• Seutettee of the Court that the parties pay casts equally. Traugh and I; Vac for Con., Freeze and Mary for Defendant. Cow. vs. William Koder--recognisance, Surety of the Peneo. Proven to be II lima• tie, utis remanded to jail by order of the Court. Com. v'. Cecilia MeDowell—lndictment, Fornication. True bill. Cause continued. Trunele and Jackson for Cow., Clark for Defendant. Cent. vs. Allen 11nel:31°w—indictment, Assault ats.l Num. True bill. Verdiet, pike, Sentence of the Court, that Deft. pay a fine of $40.00 and the cogs. Ttangh and daeLesi for Cow., Freeze and Clark for Defendant. Com. r Charles C. Green,—lndictment, Lareeny. True bill. Jury called. Vet: "not guilty." Clerk and Traugh Com., Buldy and Freeze for Belt. ()mt. vs. Amoeba Heyhert,— Indictment. Stealing horse. True bill. Trial continued to next Term. Traugh and Little for Cont.. lkeler and !Nell°, (appointed by the Court,) for lien. Cem. vs. Cecile Leib,— Indictment, For nication and Bastardy. True hill. Verdict, "guilty." Trungla and Freeze fur Com., J. Velle for Deft. Coe, vs. Lawrence Carey,—lndictment. not opening a Road in Conynahatn Town. ship. Thin bill. Traugh and Clark for Coni, Little for Deft. Cone. vs. JAwrenco Cara,—lndictment, not trpairing public road in Conynghsto Township.. ',Cron bill. Indictment, quah ed. The following is the Report of tilt) Grand Jury: P, the Iffmnrahle Me judges op he ('cart ,y° C ommme pl ros• pow enniprimig a (hurt of (bonder Nroims tif the l'eace in and for the County fif Calinelna rri,,! (, road Inquest of the t'oni onwos I th of Pennsylvania, inquiring in and for the Comity of Columbia, it:spectrally report— Thut we have examined the public build ings of said County, and find the same in reasonable repairs, except the front part of the roof of this Sheriffs dwelling andjail, which is in a leaky condition and should be repaired. We heartily repeat and endorse the remumendstions of former Grand Jur ies as to the enlargement of the Court House, thus securing suitable Jury Booing rind Offices, and to the procuring of suitable Desks, Tables, &c., for the Prothonotary's office; all of which we respectfully submit. kin. K. thurrst, Portman.. Grant's Testimony.' The teatintony of Gen. Grant, before tine impeachment committee, is published. Wat regret we have not rnou► for it, merely In show our Radical friends, who are d►t nouneing President Janson for his restora tion policy, that the man whom many of thew prefbr ihr th►► presidential nomination, not only approves the action of the Presi. dent, but testifies that it iv the identical programme laid down by Mr. Lincoln him self, and which would have boon carried out by him bad his life been spared. Ninny counts in the indictment against President Johnson are for nets done which General Grant endorses, and if the Eadical editors. who have his name at their editorial mast head, coin see in him tt candidate after their own hearts, would it not look a little more consistent for them to cease their howling against the President? flow they can com mend the one and denounce the other, while the two are working in concert, per fectly agreeing as to what should be done to restore the Pnion and establish civil go e. erument in the States lately in rebellion, ire more than n►uat honest men will be able to com prebend. 411,. THE DUAL or JunnsoN DAvrst.—After a great flourish or Radical trumpets in re gard to the trial olJefferson Davis. nt whieh Judge Chase was to reside. it appears that the affair will not come ofT until May next. Now, this is simply a pitiful cva ,, ien of a solemn duty on the part 4,Na:re Chase. Ever since a trial of Davis has been spoken or, the Chief Ju.dice has. by one &Op and 11001h,r, made it convenient to arrange' his affairs ati to render hia attendance appa rent ly impossible. The reasons are ohyiow ; Judge ChatAt is the Radical candidate for the Presidency. and it. is tie.triti*ti to Inc o"(• fleeted that he will thee himself in a l o tion where he will be compelled to give an opinion that will have a bearing upon his political prospect 4. It May, thevefere, be e „ n fid elit t y 11.1,:erted that Jefferson Dark will never be tried---at Vast not until Judge Chase's chances ra the Presideney are fully determined. The great hope:it:bumf fizzle is over ; the vote taken anginst this hydra-headed monster was nearly two to one I It stood to 103. What a feeble attempt after so long and loud a roaring in and out of Com gross. Thus ended the most infamous a tvi ridiculous f a rc e the country ever saw. The Member from this District, Mr. Mercer, voted irPli t& impale/0:A I how insignifi cantly small they must feel after receiving such a terrible rebuke ! The names of these patriots should net le forgotten ! They should be written with black peneil upon every wail' W will publish the mums of these miserable creatures in our nest. IIII!•07,%.„ At thi..ya•-on of the roar. when to ninny of our people ar sniferbor from eoltb., uo call att.:mina t ,, Ayer' 4 Cher ry 84 a sure eure not only for eaugki anti efdtb., but all affertioni of the lungs anal throat.— Having tt4eil it in our family f o r many we can speak from pertmal VIMtI:4; of it_ effifieney, Thor , m y is other remctihs that are good. but in ail our experience thiti be. riNved to be by far the Le-t. It. rpo ities are uniform nail wholly reliable. It is pleasant to take, and shoal be kept a' com mand, by ercry family. as a prettalie against a class of complaints which se-cm harmless in the bQinninK, but bcour ee afflicting and dangerous if turgloototl. 4V:7 Oar re , cier: retivse,t,,l d the original tale etantneneed on the ilf , t page of the IiFMOITAT and finished on the t:gettild. It is front the pen of en eminent anther and 4tateonin of high ebrnetor.— Forney says JraltY BLACK wrote the piece. If thet k 3e, the Pre,ident and hia Cabieet h are their good tests; in pr uting so able anti learned a scholar to write the Met sage. It i a fine piece of iitt r tare coin par= eti with the !ate tantenteti Lineoh a )1e..14. mpg. ste. Whene'er I take my walks abroad, how n►any poor. miserable dyspeptic people. I age, who would be healthy, and rosy. and happy, if they took Plantation Bitters, that patugon of preparations g►r giving tone to the stomach, energy to the torpid liver, a joy to the nervous system, and streNpli in the nmelgi k It is an admiral:le regenera for of nature's wasted or neglected functional powers iu either unn or 'cumin. It gently mites and pleasantly toalies. With a bottle thereof; every nom may be his own physician. N All N 4 , 1.1 A WmEtt.-1 deligtful toilet article—rmperior to Cologne and at. halt* the rtioe. 40. PUBLIC SALE •• OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. Will be espexed to ante by htilidic vendor., on the Sronillica. 1 . 111.34 DAV. PFVOiIiER TUG 1901. ta.T. at 11l o'clock a. L. two certain lets or around aliseate In the town of Illoono.borc Colombia Coon. ty, rn ,nn Mato Mart 11..3r the Public &mare Ili .h, n or la .mated eitlP 01W , •11ii nt )O.OIIW. SOW w w , •11141 Hpall the other it 41104 1 4 31114 shard , . the frmat Of ' , aid la t 111 , 0101).1.1 lot bobby a vary armva6l.• camel t.r building 11U.1,01.1.11. Alto. on day. our olio I boner 1104 101 of monad aitonte on (toot ateeel. in rho rood town rtf monio•hoig. to tire 1441111 y isfiiieueld, whereon I, erected it good frame 11Wfiil Olt button and other MO, buildinar. Alio on Proloy. the troth 4ay of Deeendier. /. 4 47, at In o'c :orb A. • Will be spored to male by polder vrrohle. on Irma preintrea In Hemlock towitahin.6l, thr residerter nl 'l'll..iliaa J, Varhleralire. a certain Ittrut Of Inlet of land containing sixty live one. mum .r Ivo,. to ta) sold in turn pareell of ah.ott thirty lour Stns.. each, the pivot , road Wadi II from I natl. itillcreek bride.: in Illackhitrn. and 'worths throdds : bp m old tario to be tar divolitig line. the whet' , trart briny very rlrh an.l excellent NMI for forgoing par -I,..aiare there loins Urt,l, the our tract a di ;i dr d by raid road large anJ convenient bialldlna of Ere!) , d. Se/ epli"D ; alrr,. a large end very ably eblr Iso.o.totie quarry, open itod It, good 'ironies "Ha Vva) Ine other I.act divided afore/old, throe is afto a v.ry ‘aloahir Him •111111" .iiinrry• one good law lime holm.. two good how Woe. one of which it it lull blur at the pr. Hoe. Al.'', no on alone day nod on the profit:lee near liitclihrtis, will be add at !attain ornery. a certain lot of yround ritual. in Ileralliek towarhip. prlocipsil lair 14(VA:rate land:. of John Appian'', In. cob fla a rri. nd other, eontriolor about lomat, .11va Mart .4 leo,. all late ant ertaie of (tobacco Vander/IWO. IiNTSIVII. taa.nrtuas or Oats.--Tea per cent. of one.fourth of It's purrimi.e mono. to be paid on the day of vile, on.. Werth leas the tun par rent. Ott the .1 day of April linot, thy retoatnina three•lohrilia in Mt, cluld 111.11 14. Ohl! not Ora It,rl d. 17 of April IWO, the nl he r rot the. And day of April, Oc7ll. c ith interest nil Or amount remaining mastoid from the Out day of roped 11 110 a•ail tloella In bc rLecated sad &livered In the porebneer pump ' , era Inert of nit the pay. mom lii the one hwl' icor the ten iwr lent. on ill., tint nay or April, Poi!, *twit itie Whiner, of 11111 porchare twine% 0101 he ii.eored by friellonent Or hoothaar, at the option of the prearnt owner.. pit too Oren OH 1118 fleet day of April. lore. Purchaler or prirrh•i,r• 10 pay for deeds still al.icripa • JOHN H. VANDLittII , II.4% Jar tar litter. November bl 7, 11147. - NOTICE. The 'vetoed sortsnment of the lest sulltertlttinn In the illtomsll,4ll Litutary Institute wee duo on the first of . (Metter. retweellwre will please per Uttar retPectlse erat , tilito, end °Mlle all rstlol , 1, D. lIIIPS.III'. Get 9,1047 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Posit ively Cue Day Only. AT SNYDER'S► HALL. leoineburg, Friday Dee. 20, )27. Two LEVEES AS 3 AND 7 Return from Europe, (after as absence of twee years) where they have appall be lore pally all the Kings, (Nee" 'mpg roil,* and Nobility of the Old World. toe OfltiVredT WONDEVA Or 11 Aat Km beautiful awl Pyinuictrivalft formed LADIES AND OCNTLUMEN IN MINIATURE, 111 E ORIOINAL AND RENOWNED GEN. TOM T 111,73113 AND wrrE, COMMODORE NUTT AND MISS MINNIE WARREN uniquo and esquisiticely eudianiing I'arfinn►unc©a and Eimildriuqui terror Nil to charm and delight ertly Leboider, They appear in soN( : 4 , It U I)ANCII9, COMIC IWM NEM loNS, MUSINi Tit irks, BUR 14FISQUIN, AND coN11.1)11s IN A 4.11;1{18TIC COSIUML9. Thu It ICH awl ELEGANT DRESSER and dna brilliant cognation of .P 1 AMONDS wai' before the entiotut Potentates, of Eaa rope, all of are introduced is those popular Levee% met over Twenty Thousand llollfrrs (iu( d. Ladies and ehiltlren are cortaideratoly aul ykod to attend the Day Exhibition. and d iti3; ,y;,ht the err rd and conintion of the Evening Perform:lmm. To the Day Levees —admission 2 cents ; rhildron under ten, 1, cents. Beano] Seat 4 (pro.; Children under ten 25 cet.4. v formance —Admimion to all law+ or thin 25 emit& Children moler ten, 1 5 e4ml4, TY, it 11 J 112 70 u mean Dentist, ilfrtct.o teeth ~,, Wont pain Iry a new one l / 1 0. It nol,cr&•rtiy harml• , ia and ii 11.1 W a•td IcA ‘g „ r i ll s . t ' f 4t l , ' ll7}:„ * lt ' il A l l „i it 's :n i l:tali ono •truss a pprovrd otpr. 11n , r4..nr0 43.1 ~1 31,..:. "tt.. thttir ~ , ,t.t. or Eir4rt.. Cl4l hius Ktot 4. Illtrattoittog, Nov. $3, tWi. thrAt riks.. PLO MM.* Afig CATAillta trnoto4 r it inn won ion* nni lry 3. 11 4 4.101. M. P.. Oculist and t to , t t a (Auden, itutlnn mu. nns %rrhl' t.i n. , !1 , 1; i #t I non jg from Me im,,t wino ..nt.tt #ra eft y amt country ran 11.0 seen nt hip othr,.. Tha Medorai family ara iiillll,4 40 44. enntpun} tiwir ainnt , .nn ttr nnn iw onttrla In I . o# puvlire. AnTtr tow. wer.s wilhot pain Nu hatitt fur n alien Nov. rt, Inn:.—!y. Dv. E. fl %VELLA', SUCCL , 4 O, I * . To PR. C. iTARRisn.v. ill*llll o lllosl at Iti” fir 011601) An or evr4 felt Lbcre wilt Ise t.romptly 4toAdmitfl, hlotutOmni, (Jet. an, W.C.. N U'it:Tl:it SALOON, ih V:" haretneht of the .• • , ADEtl3:l 4 i:Wil IfbrVg)'l ) • • ••-i,.• . - . 4 ' • .• . BALTZEK 1.13(0(K, SEPT, I'r h oroery rrrvr4 , )p in Cr'va style nnl nE all with to) the other * . in.a**Joneg in em ,xx Yffid. twthlr with OPiee ,01411 A 14aud. Ltvryil.itiv, fn tsq tip altar? 61,40 tRi• 01.1.1 Vi Atnt fitoi %Nun in N•an n•ni or ler . 1.140-”10.4h3rg, Noy, 13. ZEZI Ain g I P I rANcv G . OODe. AT* MIS* W. Z. SZINZIO, Lim sTnixT, coUMBIA 10011% evvut,l req,•,ll*.,lty ilrortil the rill:9le or strnat:m4 vs,,,wity. thnt shr 034 •‘%. , l r. e,trneti fmet, tee ,ity ith of ran hntl winter N 1( i.I • I %i , 14,4" 1:103.ti 600,t/S, writ tat6thitt4 tJ ottt Wl* tr imetiLro •••,!; t n rr , Trr, Ln4 mp*iri Tit done WWI neat •ith.} "IN'Ord in tyre !it Nit tr+uy 110 it ifttllnltlibif tEilfigt r.,,OPLInr "'nitro is pa ,, s l •4 Att‘ri , making, PIUP pATT;Avis j. , eoptiorl pc rtasuiNg to tiic• trade, awl oq nt=n pay attention to ealorlng. !,:, ploy to 15.4 rn Ilia art in an tts f•atithi. rit In atnlrlf satlarlittlear. Worekia'.> Vwl‘thins. "ivvenitrer O. CHRISTMAS I CURISTMABI I MVO. EANCY TOYS! • PLAIN AND FAN' WINES ! bti k 44.010 in #l4l C. 4 C IZISTMAS TR .3.1)1.: ITEM cV: 4 ll.lO+ BY TUF CAN 41. Arr ott, mm, I=l 10,1 TEO 4. JACOBI', atasufatetere of CONFECTIONARIES, kc., I.IEALT:II3 IN FOREIGN FRIITS AND NUM rielnilt 1404. Iltinogriourf. pa ortAscga. Le.mux9, RAisisp, put•Exe, ROCK CANDY, ortDi., , rwai.. LiV La I CCU, .CLIILLINTI6 • cITRON. MP, nous. ac., DREAD AND CAYES, OP ALL KINDS. runs 'Amer. riIED S. W1031Y1112 N:onmaistg. Nov. QO. ma. 1011E4 4 11 ARRIVAL OF FAMILY w GROCERIES, AT JON K. GIRTON'S STORA, 11100111111SURIlle PUNA. Tice setutrupor U•e jest niems4ll firma t►e elltlPrn eitfri with • dn• sod choke •fort oCtirgt clam• Croceriea and Dry-Goode, kittich kit ORren to Ike ti , l2ens of flinontobing and irtelmty 0. low a. can Le liuJ ol any dealer la au. OM lion Of the County, eon.l6.ta of its; boil enflOilee of 4..fIFE $131: rldH (of fine ynnlity.l dPICEd, OKI AIFATii. (to tkelr .wneen. lither(ll. AND tvIIIIIICILACKLIArt i & 411,11. L LIYBRkb oil t,S. 640 a nice nesortuamt Ihy Good. and iii,nipq. and n (.111 vatiety of the inner elame. and of oilier 1114.1 d. In addition En *Neil le has meat,' added In hie alma a One ainarineseee ut CEDAR T ARE AND WILLOW WARE; In 'a hicli veririr of goad. he has aw.ral new °Melee of noulotn Invention, eatearlvvely eat I whein known, and which tonsil late awl bete Lit oleo Lao a 0110 111:111) or French Moroccoen and alto of Morooto Lining' AM lilifylMilkffil work ; sad a go,ii anAorttnent of Quernewarc r t - 7 - Call and namaine. JOHN K. a s A. R. rnrner of Melo mail 1,011 pino*P•borl. Nov. SO. IMt GO TO BROWER'S TO UUY YOU 3") CD (-C.640,,,