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jjem -n- llllTirri" Jii'inii nun.) l,. mtiftaafc"ii,itnr ijiUssjiX-u-i-.:eMi xliX ' ' .Piijjj JTjJjWiiIjm jiuujTiikXr?Mi'iAK
THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING IIONESf. 1EFFERS0N.
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VOL. 13.
STJIOUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, I)ECMBER! 1G, 1852.
Rd a.
Published ly TIi;o(1orc Sclioch. thought that-whatever arrangements may
TERMS Two dollars per annmimin advance Two je made On these two Subjects, it 13 ex
tlollars and a quarter, linlf yearly and if not paid be-. ,. , , i.i, ' ,11 1. V j-
tore the end of the year, TwodoiWs and a imir. .Those pcdient that they snould be embraced in
SSEffirSS-l seperato conventions. The illness and
cents, per year, extra. death or thc late secretary of State pre-
tvnwm paid' ; vented the commencement of the contem
TW Advertisements ini exceeding one square (six- nlafcd nGfrotifltian. Pnins liavp. hnnn taken
teen lines) u ill be inserted three weeks fcr one dollar. p , . .
and twenty-fire cents Tor erery stiWnuent inscrtiou. to collect the information required for
111c .iinrgc- iui uiic aim utruc insertions inc.-suuiv. HrtfoJlc nF cm oh
regard to their boundaries, was consider
ed indisDensable to the commencement
of the ship canal between the two o-
ceans, which was the subject of the Con
vention between the United States and
Great Britain of the 19th of April, 1850.
Accordingly a proposition for the same
purposes addressed to the two govern
an arrangement. The ments in that quarter, and to the Mosqui-
siibififtt. is affpndnrl will, r.nniWnbln dJf-'to Indians, was agreed to in April lastoy
' ficnltv. Tf it is fnnnd nrjintinnhln to nnmn -the Secretary of State and the Minister of
JOB PRINTING. ; to an agreement mutually acceptable to , heT Britamc. Majesty. Besides the wish
Havins a general assortment of large, elegant, plain the two parties, conventions uiav be con-; to aia in reconciling the differences of the
nMSSSS ! eluded in the course of the present winter. ' two republics, I engaged, in the negotra-
3? &3-3"E SSITWIW ' Thc control of Congress, over all the.pro-1 uuu ",u a lu P1" ""' SLKb
justices, Legal and other uinks. Pamphlets, vc. t,e rGVGrme. w;n 0f course be reserved. undcr one junsttiction, and to
A liberal discount made to vearlv adxertisers.
ID All letters addressed to the Editor must be post
paid.
terms,
AT THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Fellow Citizens op the Senate
and House of Representatives:
The brief space which has elapsed since
the close of your last session has been
marked by no extraordinary political e
vent. The quadrennial election of Chief
Magistrate has passed off with less than
the usual excitement. However individ
uals and parties may have been disap
pointed in the result, it is nevertheless a
subject of national congratulation that the
choice has boon effected by thc indepen
oceans
establish
Vhn nffnirs nf fnrm a nrnmin. , c important port oi oan ouan ae IMOttr-
ent topic in my last annual message. They , aSua undrenr tbe government of a civilized
remain in an uneasy condition, and a feel- Pwer. , -The proposition m question was
ing of alarm and irritation on the part of assented to by Costa Bica and the Mos
thc Cuban authorities appears to exist. quito Indians. It has not proved equal
. This feeling has interfered with the regu-! acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to T)e
:lar commercial intercourse between the hoped that the further negotiations on the
.' United States and thc island, and has led t subject which are in tram will be carried
to some acts of which wc have a right to . on in tbat sPint of conciliation and coin
complaiu. But the Captain General of promise which ought always to prevail
Cuba is clothed with no power to treat on such occasions, and that they will lead
with foreign governments, nor is he in to a satisfactory result,
any degree under the control of the Span- i 1 Lave the satisfaction to inform you
ish Minister at Washington. Any com- thafc the executive government of Yene
muuication which he mav hold, an ao-ent zucla has acknowledged some claims of
of a foreign power is informal and a mat- 'citizens or tue united states, wuicii nave
ter of courtesy.
to the existing incon
r is lnlormal and a mat- ui tuu uunuu uwiw, nuivu uavu
Anxious to put an end ' for many years Past been urSed bJ oUr
anviences, Cwhich seem-, charge d'AffairS at Caraccas. It is hoped
dent suffrages of a free people, undbtur- cd to rest on a misconception,) 1 dircpted umuiuuwrnu
bed by thole influences which in other the newly-appointed Minister to Mexico the Congress of that Republic in provi-
r, o-...i : to visit Ha.vana. on his wav to Vera Crnz. the means for their payment.
luuuuilj iiatu luu u&wii timruLuu liiu iiuii- i - i
ty of popular elections.
Our greateful thanks are due to an
All-merciful Providence, nptonly for stay
ing the pestilence which in different forms
has desolated some of our cities, but for
crowning the labors of thc husbandman
with an abundant harvest, and the nation
generally with the blessings of peace and
prospentv.
Within a few weeks thcpublic mind
has been dqeph-affected, by the dealh of
Daniel Webster, filling at his
uecea.se
His as-
jiovernment
thc office of Secretary.of State
sociates in the1 iixecutivc
have sincerelv svmnathizd with his fam-
i!y and the public generally on this
mournful occasion. Ilis e'ommanding tal
ents, his great poiitital and profesoioual
eminence, his well-tried patriotism, and
his long and faithful services, iu'tiie. inon
important-puDJic trusts, nave caused ms
be laid before the Senate. Should this
Convention go into operation, it will open
to the Commercial enterprise of our citi
zens a country of great extent and unsur
The correspondence of the late Secre
tary of State with the Peruvian charge
d' Affairs relative to the Lobos Islands,
was communicated to Congress toward
the close of the last session. Since that
time, on further investigation of the sub
ject, the doubts which had been enter
tained of the title of Peru to those islands
have been removed : and I have deemed
lie was respectfully received by the Cap- lne recent revolution in tfucnes Ayres
tain General, who conferred with him and the confederated States having open
freely on the recent occurances; but no ed the prospect of an improved state of
permanent arrangement was affected. thinSs in t,,at quarter, the governments
In thc mean time, the refusal of the of Great Britain and France determined
Captain General to allow passengers and to negotiate with the chief of the new
the mail to be landed in certain cases, for Confederacy for the free access of their
a reason which does not furnish in the- commerce to the extensive countries wa-
pinion of this Government even a presum- tereti tue tributaries ot the La Plata ;
tive ground for such a prohibition, has anu tucJ gave a irienaiy notice ot tuis
been made thc subject of a serious remon- purpose to the United btates, tbat we
strance at Madrid: and I have no reason miSuc 11 we mougut proper pursue tne
to doubt that due respect will be paid bv 'saine course. In compliance with this
the government of Her Catholic Majesty invitation, our minister at mo Janeiro and
to the representations which our Miuister our charge d Affairs at Buenos Ayres have
has been instructed to make on thc sub- ueen IU113 autuonzeu to conclude treaties
ject. ItisbutjusticetothcCaptaiu-Gen- itQ tIie newly organized Confederation,
oral to add, that his conduct toward the or the States composing it. The delays
steamers employed to carry the mails of which have taken place in the formation
the United States to Havana has, with of the new government have a9 yet pre-
fAV;nHlUll3 aUU U a lUUUU W. UCUU Illill- vuov. luovi. uv-uuiu,
death to be lamented throughout the coun- ked with kindness and liberality, and in-' there is every reason to hope that
try, and have earned for him a lasting uicau-b no general purpose or nitenering wullklloo u ovcuiuau u-
plac in our history with thc commercial correspondence and pened to our commerce.
In the course of the last summer con- rntercoare between the island and this A treaty of commerce has been conclu-
aderable anxiety was caused for a short countrJ'. bf n thle1. States and, th,e
time bv an official intimat on from the :arJv m the nresent vear official notes -"i"""' j w.ufiu-j, m-u
- - w x
government of Great Britain that orders were received from theMinisters of France
had been given for the protection of the and England, inviting the Government
fisheries upon the coasts of the Britih of the United States to become a party
alleged encroachments of the fishing ves- partite Convention, iu virtue of which . u,, uulhu mtu
sels of the United States and France. the three powers should severally and col- fo,re,.f n nations have hitherto been almost
The shortness of this notice and the sea- lectively disclaim, now and for thc future tAl-luul-u
son of the year seemed to make it a mat- allintention 'to obtain possession of the Isl-
ter of urgent importance. It was at first and of Cuba, and should bind themselves
apprehended that an increased naval force to discountenance all attempts to that ef-
had been ordered to" the fishing grounds to feet on the part of any power or individual
carry into effect flic British interpreta- whatever. Thisinvitation has been respect-
tion of those provisions in the convention fully declined, for reasons which it would
of 1818, in reference to the true intent of occupy too much space in this communi-
wliicn the two governments differ. It cation to state in detail, but which led me
was soon discovered that such was not to think that thc proposed measure would
the design of Great Britain, and satisfac- he of doubtful constitutionality, impolitic,
tory explanations of the real objects of and unavailing. I have, however, in
i 1 1 - 1 I? 1
tne measure nave neen given Dotii uere common wiui several oi my preuccessors,
nnrl in "Lnnrlnn. directed the Ministers of France and
i- ..-I v Frxrlnnd tn ho wirof rlmf. iho TTnit! sovereignty.
j.ne unaajustea amerence, nowever,oe- TV. -I" IZL .Lai: 1 I have the satisfaction
but that on the contrary, Ishould regard its that the course pursued by Peru has been
incorporation into the Union at the pres. creditable to the liberality of her govern
ed time as fraught with serious peril. '.menV . before it was known by her that
-n- m - - 7 i i i uer title weuld be acknowledged at Wash
m;ii; iiua iaiu.uu uuui uui ii.ii vui y ugh
titute of
treaty. In 1845 thiscr- tary ceued py ipam, a most desirable ac-, to L . - p nnnnn ... Pn
elusion was i relaxed so far as concerns qnition. But under existing circum- ruvi Government was willing o freight
the Bay of Fundy, but the just and liber- stances I should look upon its incorpora- thsm Qa Jts Qwn accounfc Tk
al intention of the Home government, m tton into our Umon as a very hazardous i)as been carried-into effect by the Peru
compliance with what we thmli the true measure. It would bring into the Confed- vian Minister h b an Jar ement
constructionofthe convention to open all eracv a population of a different national wWch is believed to be advantageous to
the other outer liays to our fishermep, wa3 stock, speaking a different language, and fcue partjes initerest
abandoned, in consequence of the opposi- not likely to harmonize with the other Qm settlements on tUe shores of fte
tion oi tne colonies. isotwitnstancung "ujuei. xu wumu piuuuuiy uukuj iu a Pacific have already given
fcliJO, lUU J - Uiai.ua llilVU, OlllUU lliC JJJ UL jjh.juvhvii u.v.uti,i, . i..uuotnu.i
Fundy was re-opened to our fishermen in ests of thc South ; and it might revive
1845, pursued thc most liberal course to- those conflicts of opinion between the dif-
ward th.e colonial fishing interests. By fere n't sections, of the country, which late-
the revenue law of 1846, the duties on hT shook the Union to its centre, which
colonial fish entering our ports were very have been so happily compromised.
greatly reduced, and by the warehousing ; The rejection by the Mexican Congress frequented bv our whalemen
act it is auoweu to uc euturuu iu uuuu ox mc convention wmen nau Deen, con
without payment of duty. In this way eluded between that Bepublic and the U
'colonial fish has acquired the monopoly nited States, for the protection of a tran
of thc export trade jn.our market, and is sit way across the Isthmus of Tehaunte
entering to some extent into the home con- pec and of. the interests of those citizens
fiumption. These facts were among those of thc United States who had become pro--which
increased the sensibility of our fish- prietor's of the rights which Mexico laid
jng interest, at the movement in question, conferred on one of her own citizens in re
i . i i i . i .1 -
The circumstances and the incidents gard to tuat transit, ua thrown a serious tern Seas are entitled to protection. Be
above alluded to have led me to think the. obstacle in thq .way of the, attainment ofa.sidC3 these specific objects, the general
'moment favorable for a reconsideration ,vqry desirable national object. I am still prosperity of our States, on the Pacific
of the entire subject of the fisheries on willing to hope .that the differences on thc requires thafc an attempt should be made
'the coasts of the British provinces, With subject which exist, or may hereafter arie 0 open the opposite regions of Asia to a
view to plaoe them upon a mo're literal between the governments,, will be ..am- mutaliy beneficial intercourse. It is ob
" footing of reciprocal privilege. A wil- icajbly adjusted. This, however, has. al- vious that this attempt cpuld be lnade by
Jingness, tp me,cjfcdus in some arxangemcntircAdy engaged the attention of the Senate no power to so great advantage as by the
of this kind is understood to. exist, on the United ,Stales, .nd requires no fur- United States whose .constitutional sys-
part,of jGreat-Britain, with a Uesire on ther jcomnient in this communication. j teixr excludes every idea of distant colohi
ner par.t to include in one comprehensive . 'TjiejsettJem.entp the question respect- aLdepepdencies. I have accordingly been
vviuiciHj ua YCli vll
eotmaeroTal inter bourse .
pdVoTnZ T iT - r "etlsinscruc- remedy its evils and promote the pros
?Cfn? of the country. Nothing haslmce
So -Jl n'f nUnti VClT XtWli Qf! 0CCUrred t0 Change my views on this in,
tho inhospitable and anti-soctal system !p0rtant question. '
Which it has pursued for auout two ccn-! Wirimnf. rnr,n.; fi '
ly to remo,
against the
shipwrecked
uaa uuuii uirucwiu Darticuiar- : t..;,ifi m mv v. - r
atratc m the strongest lanrruasr'c 1 i1i4nrimtnntinn npntnn(:... A..r. a :t
cruel treatment to winch our ' Autir n nU
The Senate not having thought proper
to ratify -the treaties which had been ue
goiated with the tribes of Indains in Cal
ifornia and Oregon, our relations with
them have been left iu a very unsatisfac
tory condition.
In other parts of our territory particu
lar districts of country have been set a-
part for the exclusive occupation of the
IllV dUtV tO Call VOUr fltronMrm n nnn'nr-
mariners have often b
f rZ, u w St -t7 ? . , i subJccfc' The fir?fcf i3 thc cffet of large 1 1ndians, and their right to the lands with
treated with humanity. He is instructed . importations of foreign goods upon ourjin tho.4 "limits has been acknowledged
however at the same time to give that currency. Most- of the -old of California, ! and respected. But in California and Ore
Government the amp est assurances that as fast as it is coined, finds its way di' ' gon there has been no recognition by the
the objects of the Lusted States aro suea , rectly to Europe in payment for goods Government of the exclave right of the
only as I have indicated, and that the ex-; purchased. In the second place, at our . Indians to any part of the country. They
pedition is friendly and peaceful Not- manufacturing establishments are- broken ! are therefore mere tenant, at sufferance,
withstanding the jealousy with which the down by competition with foreigner, the j and liable to be driven from place to place,
Governments ot Eastern Asia regard all I capital invested in 'them ia'lost, fhousands I at thc pleasure of thc whites,
overtures xrom foreigners, lam. nofc:with-!0f honest and industrious ' citizens are! The treaties which have been rejected
out ; hopes of a beneficial result of the. ex-' thrown out of employment, and the far-! proposed to remedy this evil by alloting
pedition. bhould it be crowned with sue- mer to that extent is derived .of a homo j to the different tribes districts of country
cess the advantages will not be confined ; market for the sale of his surplus produce. ! suitable to their habits of life, and stfffi
to the United States but as m the case of; In the third place, the destruction of ourlcient for their support. This provision,
China, win be equally enjoyed by all the j manufactures leaves the foreigner without 1 more than any other, it is believed, led to
other maritime powers. I have much competition in our market, and he eoiise-! their rejection; and as no substitute for
satisfaction m stating that m all the steps quently raises the price.of thc article sent ; it has been adopted bv Congress, it has
preparatory to this expedition the Gov-, here for sale, asis nqwseen in thc.iudoras- not been deemed ad viable to attempt to
eminent ot thc united States has been lCd cost oF irnn inmnrtorl frnm Uninnri mnr ;t.fn nn.fMtm,nT',.nrm,,Anf
materially aided by the good officers of , The prosperity and wealth of every na-i character, although no effort has been
I. n A'nl .n XI I It' - t '
tut; Avmii ui
arrancements
spared, by tempcrarv
preserve friendly relations with them
If it be thc desire of Congress to
to
re-
I surplus products and benefitted by. being ) move them from the country altogether,
( auie to exchange tliem, without ios of or to assign to them "particular districts
tween the two governments as to the in
terpretation of the' first article of the con
vention of 1818 is still a matter of import
ance. American fishing vessels within
nine or ten years have been excluded
from waters, to W;hich they had free ac
cess for twenty-five years after the nego
tiation of the
it just that the temporary wrong which
had been unintentionally done her, from
want of information, should be repaired
thc Jlinisters of France and D an .unreserved acknowledgment ot Her
"land to be assured thafc thn TTnifrul
3 r I I il i! f . , f
tes etertain no designs asainst Cuba; A "ave lue sansiaction to imorm you
: this island comparative y des- to ber mnhtQt of Porei J Affairs had
inhabitants or occupied by a aphorized our charge d'Affairs at Lima to
race, Ishould regard it, if volun- i , ,
a great exten
sion, and m some respects a new direction,
to our commerce in that ocean. A direct
and rapidly increasing intercourse has
sprung up with Eastern Asia., Thc wa
ters of the Northern Pacific, even into
the Arctic sea, have of late years been
The appli
cation or steam to the general purposes
of navigation 13 daily becoming more
commou, and makes it desirable to obtain
fuel and other necessary supplies at con
venient points on the route between Asia
and our Pacific shores. Our unfortu-
. nate countrymen who from time to time
suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the Eas-
ided by the good officers of , The prosperity and wealth of every ua
Netherlauds, thc only Euro-' tion must denend nnnn if.? nm.WMvnSr,.
pean power having any commercial rela-, dustry. The former is- stimulated to ex-
tions with Japan. (ertion by finding a ready market ; for. his
xu uusiuti iiuui tlllO Cllivuv U,l uui iui;-
eign relations, I invite the attention of
congress to tne condition ot that depart-. time and exnense of transnoit.i!on. for nmrn rmnntft from thn whitM. it will bo
mentpf Government to which this branch the manufactures which his comfort or -: proper to set apart by lavr the territory
of the public business is entrusted.,. Our convenience requires. This is aliyays which they are to occupy, and to provide
intercourse with foreign powers hasof.late "done to the best advantage where a por-1 the means necessary for 'removing them
years greatly increased, Doth in conse- tion of the community in which he ' lives I to it. Justice aiike to our own citizens
quence of our own growth and the intro-' is encased iu other nursuits. Bnt most " and to the Indians renuires the Bromnt
duction of many new States into the fam- i manufactures require an amount of- capi-! action of- Gongress on this subject,
ily of nations. In this way the Depart- tal and a practical skill .which cannot bc '! The amendments proposed by the Sen
ment of State has become .overburdened, commanded, unless they be protected for' ate, to thc treaties which were negotiated
It has, by the recent establishment of the fi time from ruinous 'competition from vi t Li thc Sioux Indians of Minnesota, have
Department of the interior, been relieved abroad. Hence the necessity of laying been submitted to the tribes who were par
of some portion of the domestic business, those duties upon imported goods which ties to them, aud have received their as
If the residue of the business of that kind, the Constitution authorizes for revenue, sent. -'A large tract of valuable territory
such as the distribution of Congressional . in such a manner as to protect and cn- has thus been opened for settlement and
documents, thc keeping, publishing, and 1 courage thc labor of our own citizens. ' cultivation, and all danger of collision
distribution of the laws of the United Duties however should not be fixed at a with these powerful and' warlike bands
States, the execution of the copyright law, irate so high as to exclude the foreign ar-: has been happily removed,
the subject of reprieves and pardons, aud ; ticlc, but should be so" graduated as toj The removal of the remnant of the tribe
some Qther subjects relating to interior enable the domestic manufacturer fairly' of Seminole Indians from Florid ha.s long
administration, should bo transferred. from to-compete with the foreigner in. our own been a cherished object of the. Govern
the Department of State, it would unques-, markets, and. by this competition to re- ment, and it ia one to which my attention
tionably be for the benefit of the public duce the price of the manufactured arti- has been steadily directed. AdmoiiMied,
service. I would also surest that the , cle to the consumer to the lowest rata at by past experience of the diScu'tv am
i ... 1 W X
building appropriated to thc State De- which it can be produced. This Dolicy co"t of the attempt to remove them by
partment is not fireproof; that there is , would place the mechanic by the side of military force, resort has been had to
reason to think there are defects in it3 con- the farmer, create a mutual interchange ' conciliatory measures. By the invitation
struction, and thafc the archieves of the of their respective commodities, and thus , of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs scv
Governmcntin charge of the Departriient, stimulate thc industry of the whole coun- i eral of thc principal Chiefs recently visi
with the precious collections of the man-! try, and render us independent of forcgn ted Washington, and whilst here acknowl
uscript papers of Washington, Jefferson, nations for the .supplies required by the , edged in writing the obligation of their
Hamilton, Madison and Monroe, arc ex- habits or necessities of thc people. ,' tribe to remove with the least possible de
posed to destruction by fire. A similar! Another question, wholly independent lay. Late advices from the special agent
remark may be made of the buildingsap-! of i)rotection, presents itself, and that is, of the Government represent that they
propriated to the War and Navy Depart-j. whether, the duties levied should.be. upon adhere to their promise and that a coun
ments. i the value of the. article at the place of cil of their people has been called to
The condition of the-Treasury is exhib- , Shipment, of, where it is practicable, a make their preliminary arrangements.
ited in the annual report from that Depart-'specific duty, graduated according to A general emigration may therefore be
ment. j quantity, as ascertained by weight or confidently expected at an early day.
The cash, receipts into the Treasury for ! usure. All " our duties are at present i The report from the General Land Of
the fiscal year ending ihc 30th June last, odvdorcm. A certain per centagc is fice shows increased activity in its opera
exclusive of trust funds, were forty-nine . levied oh tne price of the goods at thc tions. The survey ot the northern boun
millions seven hundred and twenty-eight Pfc of shipment in foreign country. dary of Iowa has been completed with
thousand three hundred and eighty-lix ?loJt commercial nations have lound it unexampled tpatch i hm the last
dollars and eighty nine cents, 8(49,7 28,- dispensable, for the purpose of prevent- year 9,222,903 acres of public lands have
386 89,) and the expenditures for the ing lraud and perjbry, to make the duties been surveyed, & 8,032,463 acres brought
same period, likewise exclusive of trust Wfi whenever the article is of such a into market,
funds, were forty-six millions scven thou- valuG n ov. measure as to In the last fiscal year there were
Located with b tv land
warrants
,i rf thc port where the coods arc entered and Located with other ccr-
U UI- , . . , . , .,,
l,,n,l nA ;t,r.c;.- fiAi. 'jusuiy sucn a uuiy.
lars and twenty cents, (840,007,800 20;) ' ?epr encourage dishonesty or crime. It
of which nine millions Jour hundred and possible that the revenue oflicers at
utty-hve thousand cisrht hundred aiu
3,201,314
115,632
4,S70j0G7
.5,3.19,183
u .t .-..i n !tha duties naid should know with cer-' tincates
455,815 83) was oS account of Iho p . . 1 ,
cipal and interest of the public debt in-, ict the law requires UiAtyahould Mabng a;tota of -eluding
the last instalment of the indem-' W thc "cording to sucTi cost. , ,Iu aodition there were
nity to Mexico, under the tty of Gau-1 xu ai oumpu
ii rr-i i i t r very unsatisfactory evidence to assertain land grants
daloupo nidalso, leavmir aTbalanco ot u""1"'1! . , ., . - x& , t
814,032,130 37 in Ihtf Treasury on the: wb;nF: that. cost was. iney taKe tne i y ior interna! xmprove-
first day' of July last. Since this latter IJf 9 Wicfimporter? attested by his oath mcnts, railroads, &c., 3,025,020
neriod further nurehases of the nvincinal - a3 llG bcst evidence ot which the nature . :
IZ?J ' bf thc case'admits: But every one must Making an aggregate of 13,115,175
-4. i. t, mi- r i iii sec that the invoice may be fabricated. Being an increase m thc amount of
extent of two millions four hundred and. v. , , , - ,J-a. i i i u a i i i i
,.r. . i n , , v . i and the oath- by which it is supported lands sold and located undcr land war-
fifty -six thousand five huhurcd and for ty a ' J M f 5J 2,Q acrcs h oa3
Rftvfin dollars and lortv-nme cents. (82.- til!l - ' x
r.fi i K-y An ,7 A, ....i. :.. .t. 'inLJ importer pays a part only ot the duties year
ZCXZrZ"? Z Z. wiW nii by the .;onoSt ono, , zi , i?h. whole amount thus soW,
obi'ect, whenever
it
to he applied .to that
.
the stocJc can he pro
located
reported under
cured within the limits,
thonzed by law.
The value of foreign merchandise impor
ted during the last fiscal 3'car was two hun
dred and seven millions two hundred and
it .1 ' il .. T i .-. i 1 r. .tT 1M1 fl fi Unfl Tiirrifa
u mus inuireeiiy receives iium iuu j-njiisu- uuui. iaim nuituni,
u: uiu- n ., ,T r. n. . - .--I C-.. 1.. 1.1 -1 li.l r-
, ry or the United otates a rewaru ior 111s sttamu inuu grauts, &uiu uuu seiueieu iur
as to nrice. au- v . A , , - -i
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fraudr and perjury. The Reports :of the internal improvements, exceeds that of
Snrrctarvof the Treasury heretofore made the previous year by 3,3 12,372 acres: and
oh this subject, show conclusively that the sales would, withoutdoubt, have been
these frauds have been practiced to a much larger but for thevcxtensive . reser
ureat extent. The tendency is to destroy va tions. for railroads in Missouri, Missis-
forty thousand one hundred and one dollars that high ; moral character for which our sippi and Alabama.
(8207,240,1D1) and thc value of domestic merchants have long been distinguished; For the quarter end iiig 30th '' "
productions exported was one hundred and to defraud the Government of it.i revenue; ; September, 1S52, there' - '
forty-nine millions eight hundred and six- t0 break down the honest importer by wcre.sold, 543,255. acres.
ty-one thousand nine hundred and eleven a dishonest competition; and, finally, to Located with bountyiand , jj- , . -dollars,
(81.49,861,911 ;) besides seven- transfer the business of importation to warrants, j J ljSSll,
teen millions-two hundred and four thous- foreign and irresponsible agents, to the Located with other certi- k . t
And and twenty-six dollars,. 81T7M;20.'1,02G) great detriment ,bf :our own citizens. I ficatcs, '". . 15649
of foreign merchandise exported;, making therefore airain, most earnestly recommend Beported under swamp
iuu aggregate 01 miu uiuuu vA.juta uuu tne adoption. 01 speciuu uuuus, wnerevur ,iuau giuuw,
nuuureu anu smiy-wwii uwiuuuo ciauj- h s praciicaine,
or a home valuation,
2.485,233
f -
(i
(i
five thousand nine hundred and thjrty- to prevent these frauds.
seven dollars, C81G7,005,937 ;) exclusive I would nlso-sain call your attention;
of the aboye there was exported forty-two to the fact., that the present tariff, in some
Making a'n asreregate for , '
thc quarter of 4,131.253
iMurh liit- I t'r'gor portion ol ihti labor nf
millipnSjfive hundpd apd sqvep thousarid cases imposes a higher duty ;upqn thejaw' arjrnngitig and classifying ihereiurr.s of the
two hundred and eighty-five dollars, '"material imported than upon the' article lint cTnVsuslins boeiint)ishtjd,and it uiilnow
'tntn SA'nor f . .. .1 !...nn(iirl n . 1 ?i il . r I .. .- fi.
f j'i,OV ,agu i in speeiu
from foreign ports five
dred and sixty-two thousitti
--. t' r... ti
, auu f"'v' hm . manuiactureu iromiv, .vim consequence oi aevoivtr uiun ouniwi nmivu hip m-i r
millions two hun- wbich is that the duty operates to the on-' sfiry pioviM .n kr the pub'hvttio.i I the re
d tux -hundred coiiraementof the foreigner arid the dis- stills' in sm h funn ns shall b. ilwni d bust.
i I lit? itpportiouineut nl r firi-aenlariun, i.it
arid-fo'rty-three; dollars, (r5)2G2,643f) -y. coitrfee'mcntof oui' "dwnTcttizens.
J: or full and detailed information n. re
t ! . e ,1 i.-t sts of l ii e 'ni v cp 1 1 .u
.s !ih n
In mv. first annual measacQ toOonffress;
T noiiai ir,' oHontinn frt ivliafc sfiemfid. to 1 trard to thhjcerieral eonditioh of our Inr! b
mo" some defects. n . the present JJayg ff, dun affairs e I rqspecfully refe.aXgfi. lV0 m
and4 'Hoohiniended !subti nifiCTSns tUe r
as.'in:jud'rmV (Conclusion cv fourth pagf.) I
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Stetes and. tbe,Brife'
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