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Coe.. of the Square,. main St FUE PRESIDENT , MESSAGE • -.remote and unsettled territory of Mexico, to The Presiderif commences his Message by be held in pledge until our demands are satis 'ekpressing gratitude that the sectional strife lied, Even as minters sire now: the President Which signaled the UIIIOII but nne short year can conceive of no way in which out :Multi age has, in great measure, subsided. lie thee western frontier can be 'protected from meth, proceeds to usfsert the opinion of Supreme tory bands of Indians and lawless Mexicans, Court, pronounced in the' Dred-Scott tme, that. who seek shelter on Mexican territory:, save till . Auterican . citizens have an equal right to by the United States assuming a . temporary I redo the -territories whtslever is held as protectorate over 111 C northern portion of Chi- JiaLerti; under the law's of anyffif the Staten, ' ludina and Sonora, and establishing' military 'and to- racra such Fiiiii - i lly — fffertf7tirtitT - - - Hieftiritrtherattunrmnsl - fltitthei - ecouterends , Liz/ t ufa/odd] , of lite:fildenil ponstitution, Milo to , Copgress'.• In the ialittliiliffilaion. he asks as' the territorial condition shall remain. • ThiS, a territorial government for Arixona, how con it will be perceived, is the extilnie pro-slavery' !tenting a , populat ion a twelve thousand soils, position. It brings_theresident 11i1 . 0011S . 111111 practically without a government and opposition to the modified views . 8 - enator 'hums •• • Douglas. The'Opinion of Mr. Douglas is; that the right! in slavwproperly exists in the terri tories under the federal constitution; and by. the 811111 Q authority continues to;exi,st while the territorial .condition centind'es. But he adds that, aylave property can only-be pre served. by special legislation providing for its security, a territorial legislafure, by simply - neglecting to enact thurequisite laws, may subs! sibt hilly prevent the existence of slavery ill. their territory. Thus, witilst,a . chive under the t onstitution is property. the territorial le _giinaturnanst_y_deprtvejts.ownerffif_possegsion _ 'a hint bYnegleeting to enoct: ode/OWe lows - . The President _then goes! at length into the dis.cessioma the Kansas question. We need not follow him. Our readers have been ad vised of the steps of the eontroversy ash Int &qiet'. The President Into 1101Idog new 'to, say on the subject, and his Kansas policy has already been severely condemned - by the, free States. The people of lianssisare - now, lie says, sti. liberty to form another constitution,. but nu t until their number. as ascertained by ' IL cutouts shall equal or exceed the ratio re quired le elecfn membeaal'the.lluuse-ofßep resent at ifes. It is not•prolieble.he thi ults,•t at another constitution' ean be lawfully framed and presented to Congt•ess..befto•e the popula tion of Kansas 011011 nave reached the desig iffi !Mintier. The . excellent provision rela tive to pollination which Congregs have applied to Kanths ought, he urges, to be extended and rinidered applicable to all the territotiesithich !nay hereafter seek admissioninto the Union. The condition ttt' affairs i 0 Utah is then con sidered. They tot in a subject for congratula thm. Wisdom and economy or seeding ,. snch a'force to Utah an would render all re: sistance on the part of the Mormons hopeless, has - Lein Justified ity Off — , trivppi 1 esult. ---- ht- - A pill last, Messrs Powell and McCullitch wero dispatched to Malt fort he purpose a offering a full pardon Mr their past se,tilions and ova- SOU'S; 10 allhose . Wllo should submit. .These gentlemen have satisfactorily performed their duty, as has Gov. Cumming. --- The services of Col. Kane are also mentioned. The Governor flul other civil officers are now_ performing their appropriate functions in the territory. without opposition, and the authority a the constitution and laws is re-establiShed. The President recommends that ilse. pre-emption" system end land laws be extended to Utah. The new t reaties with China and' japan are then aninnuiced, and - the - Message expresses - satisfaCtion with them; mid is - highly laudatory r. Reed. It then proceeds to consider our relations with Great: litiCitin. find. set tlement of the right of search question is ad. vented to.. The President expressesan earnest desire that every misunderstanding with the government of Great Britain should be ami cably adjusted. The complications arising under the Clay-, ton-Bulwer treaty, have not been settled, al though the President has not abandoned the hope that they may be speedily, On this point he says: • ‘• In my last annual message I stated that • overtures'had been made by the British got ernMent for this purpose, in ti friendly spirit, which I cordially reciprocated. Their propo sal was to withdraw the.-lb questions from di rect negotiation between the two govern:ileitis; but to accomplish the same object by a nego tiation between the British government and each or the Central American republics whose, territorial interests are immediatelylnvelved: The settlement was to be made in accordance with the general tenor of the interpretation' placed upon the Claylonlind Bulwer treaty by the United States, with certain modifica tions. As negotiations are still pending upon this basis, it •would not be proper liar me now to communicate their present condition. A ' final settlement of-these questions is greatly to be desired, and this would wipe out the last remaining subject of dispute between the two countries." We presume the treaty lately concluded by Sir W. Gore Ouseley, is one of the results of the direct negotiations between Great Britain and the Central American States. to which the President alludes. With-Spain our relations remain in . an un satisfactory condition. Spanish officials, un der the direct control of the Captain-General of Cuba, have repeatedly insulted our national flag, and inflicted injuries on our citizens.— From these numerous claims against Spain have arisen A reply to the •ibunands for ye paratiwi'that have been made, is from lime to time post potted, sometimeslby a eliange -- ortho - Spanicti ministry, sometimes by the repeated reference of the Spanish government to the Captain-General of Cuba for inforniation.—' Even the Cuban claims, iu which more than a hundred of our citizens are intereatedotre ne glected. The President proposes that when A litliculties - aristrbetticen .the Cuban officials . and American citizens, resource shall lie had to the Captain-General, instead of to the cab inet at Madrir The President discusses the purchase of Cu , be. in. its preset colonial condition it ig a constant source of injury and annoyance to. the American. people nom its position, it command, the mouth of the lississippi,'ltud, while the possession of the island would be of vast 'importance to the United States, its value • to Spain is comparatively small. A recoil'• mentlation is, made in favor of MI 11111/rOprill• lion to be distributed among the claimants -in the Antistad case. The state of affairs in Mexico is greatly complicated. Thu successive governments of that republic have afforded no tOequate ply= section to foreign residents Itgainst lawless violence. Amidst the civil war raging the most reprehensible ineusuo•es have been resort ed to by both' parties to extort moffey from foreigners as well as residents. Yet it would be in vain for our government to attempt to enforce payment in money of the claims of American citizens, now amounting to mare than ten millions of dollars against , Mexico. because she is destitute of all pecuniary re- • sources to satisfy these demtinds. Mr. For syth was turnished with ample powers for the adjustment of all trending questions . , But all remonstrances addressed by hint to the Mexi can goverilmentS were unheeded. Ile termi nated his relations with -that gOvernment be causeA•Citixen of the United• States who,.under his instructions, had refused -to pay to contri, bution Unposed, was banished from the coon- .try,i,afterthe.foreible seixtore,pfhis:property,_ The American govermtient'does not, however, regard the contribution alluded to, which was imposed by the decree ofthe 16th of May last, ns " a forced loan," which is prohibited under • a treaty with Mexico. Abundant causes now uudoubtedly exist for .11 reSort to liMtilities againSt the gel/mm[lMM, still holding posses shoo of the Should they succeed in • • subduing the constitutional iorces, all reason- - able hope will lonic expired of a peaceful set tlement of our difficulties. tihould the emir . slit nitwit party prevail, the' chances tot peace' • will-be better, ' This part of :the Messagm is • significant, and espeil illy so in veiw, of the threatened intorpmit ion in belialf of the church party 'by Spain. 'tint for the.ei pectal ion that the ,eonstitutionalists will prevail, the l'resi- , dem declargs that he would ill once recommend , _ •t'ungrms to grout, him the necessary powevto • _'. ~ x 4.. _ P..'.' P s fl_li . • _I7C) 34... . ... 0.. .X.'3E ~. i'F.*:?4,-1.1 -T... . GERGY-51%. take possession ora.snflielent portion of the The President then possesto the cbosiderd• lima of our routines with the States of Central, America. Tire transit, route, eantrolled by Costa Rica and Nicaragua, tie declares to be of too great importance do the commerce of the world' to be interrupted by the civil Wars and revolution:try outbreaks which have so frequently occurred in° that region, and it is 'the duty of other nations. while reApeeting the sovereignity of these Slates. , to require that the interruption shall not take place. The stakels too important, also, to be len. at the auerey_of_rival_domp !Ides, elainting_to_ hold I - conflicting- —%lll h- Nicaragua. The government of the Coiled-States will not he satisfied with leas than thiS.. They would not. it' they could derive any advantage front - Nicaragua transit, not colonial to the rest; of the world Its neutrality. an-I protection for the common use of .all nations is their only ohject. They have no objectintailuit Ni,Clllll. Shall demand and receivii a lair compen• salon frotp companies and individuals who may traverse the rotate but 'they insist" that it shall never be close-I tigaitr'by an arbitrary • deeree,ms itayat by the Walker-Rivas govern anent: .• :file President, refers to the' Cass-Yrissayi ZcicariVota 'has ha et - to ra I y, because of. the. provisi in authorizing the U. States to empLoyTorce to keep the route open, in ease Nicaragua should' tail to perform her slay in this• respect. lie coneludes this por tion or his Message. by asking - fot authority from Congress to eniploy the land and naval fore's or the United States iii-preventing the ransit from being obst I•ncied 111 . closed by law- Hs violenco. and in protecting the lives of A1 . 11e1.:k11.11 i,ltiZellS traveling thereupon. We 'need -say - limiting or the importatied , of Oda litanstal—lt-tqamks--14-4-t-sel4', A F'niihn• no , coshity exists for the passage of . such an act, Mr the Protection the Panama mid Tehu anteec itinites. The President - discusses' at some length the elaiins theFM . l(l'A States has against Nicaragua, Costa Rica and New Orrin nitil 'also adudes to the Paraguay cape . (lit Ile (hen comes to the consideratioh• of the depressed condition of the. industry' of the caintry. —lle adds but little to what 'he s:tid subject in his last` annual message.— Our Manufactures have everywhere - suffered in the late revulsion; but this WIIS iltit 11l !,:1111:+13 Utile of 1857. The same.ruitiotH Con sequences would have followed in the _United Stales, under the. tariff of 1846.. 'They were the inevitable result'of our unsalted and.ax travagant system of bank crediis aunt inflated currency, and the periodical yerulsions to which we have been subjected must continue to return at intervals, so long as our present unbounded system of bank credits shall pre vail. The President. therefore, renews the recammendation in Myer of the passage of a uniform bankrupt law, applicableto'banking institutions. This is. all the power over the subject which he belieyes the Federal govern- [neat possesses. The Messttge then refers to the financial condition of the gavernment The President duell not believe it adtois - sable for the govern ment in time of peace to accumulate a debt fur its ordinary expendit ore. As Ihe revenue now falls short of the wants of the 'government, ttil President, therefore, recommends such a change in the tatlitras will afford the nedes,ary revenue And the incident al pilau:lion afford ed by a revenue tariff, he Wrgties,'WOuld;it. the present moment, increase the confident': of the numufacturing interests and give fresh impulse,tu our reviving business. In regard to the tootle of assessing duties under a strict (ly revenue tariff, the President declares that he has long iteld.t he opinion that stmnd.policy requires that. this should be done by apiTifie duties. in cases to which these can be properly applied—such for example as articles of iron of different classes, raw sugar; and foreign wines and spirits. In his deliberate judgment, specific duties are the best, if not the only means of securing the revenue against fraud. All we can say is that it is a pity. that the Pre sident did not 'ileac this declaration a year since, and also recommend: the,augmentation of duties. it was as 'apParent then as it is now, that the revenue from customs would I'ol far short. of the requirements of the goV ertiment. The President concludes his Message with some remarks on the state of—the Treasury and Post Mice Depart mews, and asks of Con= gress aO appropriation to carry out the con. - tract -entered- into,--by-him—wit the Colonize-. - lion Sudety, for the disposition of the ma.iroes captured on board the Echo Reference is also made to the Pacific Railroad and the new, overlamL mail and passenger route We must wrier our readers-is the Treasury and Post °Mee reports, Whickwe_publish to day,_ for details' respecting the condition of those Departments. The parts of this message which We conceive to be most, worthy of pot e, are those relating to Mexico and Central America, and the re coimnendation with regard to an alteration in the tariff _A return to specific duties is cer tainly a step in the right:direction. The whole document is smoothly writ ten. nErottv OF TtIF SIEIatETARY -0.10 liJ ,The Secretary opens with a stiitement of the balance in the treasury oil ,the first of July, 1857, which was :817,710,114. The receipts front all ordin.ry sources in the ing the fiscal year then beginning, and ending June 30th, I B.iB. very hugely in the successive quarter's, as follows: First (warier, - - -$4.0,929,810 Second - - - ,7 892,685 1 hird Fourth " But from extraordinary sources, loans and treasury notes, t here was added to the receipts of the last two quarters the sum of $23,716,- 8011; nicking the aggregate means of the ser vice of the year ending June. Bo. 1858, $B7, 683,084 Thu expenditures for the same year were nearly uniform for the differenequarters amounting in the aggregate to . $81,583,687; leaving a balancu in the treasu , y on July let, of $8,3118,817. , Fey the current year,A 858-9, the receipts the quarter ending September 20th, 'were. $14,§ . 44,p70, front ordinary sources,:and slo,' 405,20 d front the loan and treasury notes. The Secretary's estitpa43 of receipts for the re• =Wing three quarters-is $88,5t)0,000, which, with the slims above nested, makes an ap gregaie of means for the current, year of $7O, 120 195. , ; Tho expenditures for the hitt quarter of the current year were $41,7014,198, and the Secrets ry's estimate for the remaining three quarters is ss2,3s7,tittii ; making a total for the year of 4474.936,-101 To inset, this dolicit there are oitraordinarf resources in' the Lan already authorized ort en mlilions of dollars, Mid one ytillien'in treasury. not es' : •If theso mere used there will., it is estimated, be a Whine° in the treasury; Judy igt,• 1839; Of $7;O - 9,2 9 8: 'llle . Scoretary‘then estitentes for , thd next fiscal year, ondieg Jay ! I, 1100. ; The customs are expected io yield liftysix "millions' d'ARLISI4 PA:, WEWSIESDAY,. DEQEMBEM 15; 1-858. 8,002,528 10,4332,506 ERNI $16,657,568 . that. year, an .ther sources, - with the balance above atoned, to Make up tin aggregate ofso9. 0115, 298. The expenditures are. placed at 'twelve and a half millions. nearly; for •,.bal ancp of existing appropritu ions,' , eight and a half millions, 11C3113 , , for, "permanent and in definite appropriation's, "alai for regular' Set.- viCe, 1t52. 1112.5 15 ; total, *73,130,147. •lle- dupting the °slim aced receipts, theta lherewill be a deficit of * 1.075 818 i to which should be added,.53,848,728 for deficiency in postal see : 44oer.tiot4ftokolt4+1,4110.-aboAca+Ataa474le/icitg-- *7,914,p76. ' . The ;secretary rcniaidts that the estimate's or last year wore made under circumstances un favorable to coerce!. judgmept, the' new. tarktl -act-not.dirving-beetrtried T araLa:monetary -re, vulsion existing. but the present estimates are based on the opittioiLt that a' reaction in the business of the country has begun, and they are put forth with greater confidence. Ito .ferring to -the heavy decline of, out' imports, and to the smaller falling off of ex torts, it is thought. that (July exhibit a conaid table pay ' meat or our . foreign debt. and . low a' large 1 margin for increased importation when the. comity.) , shall have recovere.l. The increased receipts from oolto w or the last two tint ItS, as comp trot. with the same months of last .year, are liel,Flo suitain this poii!jpe, The ex peel ed -deficiency- in -Anne, .1840_the. Secrettti , y think's slitialthomit be' lilt by a loan.. A revision of the tariff of 18i7 is tht only re tett, tinle.‘s Congress shall essenti.dly ch 'age the financial system. The leading principle or a alt original net. should be ye ,venue simply, and in the preshat revision this principle'should Ilirect and control the uction of Congress. , It is obvious tli t it or; is mo.,a effectually thine by taxing% in preference to others, such .aromas as are . inW reduced in this country ; and. ttmong articles pro Mee.' here, those in a hich the-home product beat's the least proportion to the tj:Mtitityliiiiperted. ore the fittest for taxation!' 'The reason of liiirprinciple - K hit in- one ense - the- tax-on, importpl articles alone is paid, while onr the other, the price of the like articles made here_ is also enhanced. Nd - anch tariff has yet been (aid. The earliest purpose for levying duties was to render us independent in time of war,. but.in the process or out g rowin g Hilo neees ,sity; large interesis have been fostered which demand protection, and it is not expected that tatill will now be framed on rigid revenue principles. -• A ssion n g't hat - the principlestif that Cxt'tin -tariff. will however, in tlie revys inn. it. is regretted that the tariff of 1857-has ,not bi)int: l- rtirly tried. It. went into.operatinn •ht - an - nnfavm'able tinte and-the-revulsion-is net attributable Iti it, as: Hate existence - or - a revulsion in Europe shows A comparison of the prices, end quantities imported of iron -and -sleet;Nustnin,this-vitrw,-iit , t he-opinion of the Beeretary,_sincea great erdecline occurred at' Liverpool than at New York. It is claimed that the Jariff of 1816 was also not the rutse of any decline in mantilactutes - ,7t - iid - the ex ports of 1817 and 1857 are compared, showing Jorgea increase from the former date. Agri cultural exports were exeeptional in ,1847,'in consequence of famine abroad.. As to the best mode of revising the . pregent tariff, it is-thought. preferable nit to revise the higher rates of the tariff of 1816 The proposed home valuation-principleL ()Nmed at length, and elainnal to baborn*..nleable:for many !seasons. •Tlie precise form of revision preferred, - is to increase the rates in schedule 'C. from 24 to`2s per cent ; schedule N: from 19 to 20 per cent. ; schedule V. from 19 to 15 per cent.; schedule G. from 8 to' 10 per cent., and schedule I). from 4to fi per cent. It is estimated that this change will add *1.800:- 0.10 to the receipts from Customs. • Bchedales C. and D. are large and important,' embracing most texible With iron 1111 , 1 manufac tures of fr.!. F. is a small list, in which raw, silk, steel, tin and zinc are the 11111Stprominent 110116 G. and -11. arc mainly 'made' up of drugs, metals in use in the arts, watches, furs. &c •To obiiiin the requisite additional reve nue. it is proposed to select certain 111-tidies to be transferred from lower to higher schedules,. 'mole:fable giving a list of articles, with the quantity'impurted, and the revenue derived, is submitted to assist 11l 1118 selection of these, no preference being expressed, except fdr the nmintainauce of the revenue principle as far us nay be done. In regard to the public debt, the Secretary wishes provision for keeping the treasnt'y notes still outstanding, by extending the pro visions of the Oct of December 23, 1858, for one year, which act authorizes. the re issue. if no money is in hand to redeem them. Them 'were $18,754,800 of treasury notes outstand ing on the first of July last. 'the permanent : public debt, tipart from these, is now $35,- 155,977 ; and the Secretory opposes the fund ing of the treasury !totes. to add them to Was sum. 13y reissuing such as it may not be practicable to redeem during the next year. it lit expected that this HUM may be carried forward withbut difficulty, and with no un necessary increase of taxes. The sub-treasury system. is commended; but an set or Match 8, 1857, requiring pay• went of all disbOrsements by drafts on seine depoSitory . , Mts. fOUIId j_llllll . llClieltble of execution. The Secretary. opposes a , recommendation of the Direc , or of . the Mint for authority. to Mint - certificates for satins as low as fifty doll art;', , payahle to bearer; and O' tv.rccom meeadation from the same source, to make silver Il legal tender in larger sums than at: present. No public 141 dings have been begun within the year,. little has - been expended on works ita progress, beatise of the low state of the treasury. It strongly recommended that no new-public buildings, for custom henoe and post-office purposes, be anthorized. - A revisionbof the revenue laws 'is recant mended, as proposed as year since: The pre ventfve-service, in matters of revenue, is ex plained to often rentfire the, establishment of a port and officers where few or no goods will come in except by smuggling. TIC° Secretory s financial statement, we are compelled to stay, is tar fiona clear, as given in his report.. items. belongingto one account being often plaoed'in another. and the whole extremely difficult to disentangle We ' have made I.lolllq reeomputation of the HUMS in sev eral cases, iu the effort to make the matter in telligibly clear. Report of the COmmlesloner of the Gen er a I Land Ofdua This report.covere a period of five quarters, eliding September 80, 1858. During that pm- Hod, there werisurvpred of the „public hinds 15.909,376 acres, which with former surveys, Make a quantity of 61,951,046 autos of the public land' urveied and toady for markqt. en the 80(11 eptember, 1858; whielrlitid never been (Ahmed at public solo. During the same period, there were sold for cash 1,801,019 acres. from which *2,234.192 wort) . real Mind with the mititaryland,warrants 0,083 • 110. and, reportg4., under .swamp land grants 1,402,565, making an aggregate of cash sans, land warrants, locations and swamp senotions of 18,168;494. ' . . The cash Tealized scents dieproportionrile to the quantity of land sold, but this L is accoun ted for- by the very large sales. t rodufted pri, cos. Older the graduation law of Atigget. 4th 1854: Under the alit s• of 1840 and -1850, grant ing Gib -4rwanip and •tiiertlowed•lands to -the counties in which they aro situated, there have been seloefed and reported to iho General Larid (Aloe 55,129:192, aerCti, upon whichwarrants. having the ellacts - of patents. itaito -issued:for- I 80,090,828 acres, . ' • I ThoCoatintissiononronotninonOpanontimonis Lu tho - pro,otnittion lairs; tO . fortuity in (Ito syAtont, niul to initlnctlimpitted .riglits,.ontl to terminate controyoray in litiga ted oases. . . ".. . . . . . Post mester. General's' Report. • -I i Cut to obtain titres to their homes. Ile I here • •! ire submits whether it would not ho an act &justice : tic the people of Utah to establish in The fact is'protniiientlyset forth that from . otat territory 'a land office,and at. the 5t1.1113 and after 'the let of Jul' next. the Mails- are .' to .he conveyed between Now Orleans and Washington in 4 . ,i days. . hue. oil expras4 'terms, to extend the preetnp; _ The conveyance of the letter mails overland t ...Hiding within its limits. ton laws so /10 to embi.rice all the inhabitants - •': betwee'n the MississiPpi and San Fhtncisco,' 1 . , the department reports the conclusive and tri- :. The graduation law will coatinucto prove, umphant'sucCess ,of the route,, Tho' 'Fellatio-. frithful source of fraud and annoyance, Ro 'tepee route service ha* been coin nienced under . 38i 1301110 Cil,lllp is ma le in it it, terms Con_ suchauspices as,'it is.believed. promise Coln-' . ;tese shoubl require proof of .setticutent And 1 . 40 ,,,,.. e . i „ vr „,„ 4 , 4 , e ,,,„„ 14 . 4 „ 44 ., t0 ,4 4 . L. ,, , ,b 00 „:.„ 0 „, k0tt .,„mkiy4Lippr0E. , ..0..the-atlmilsiorrouttt - Fifficy - ,." improved that tripe through, betlYell . St. .fo- .11 skald reloll,lo the R41'0,1118 or front the eon: seph and Placerville, are performed .onto it • I ditions nowt. imposed. - • ... • • : The Secretary recommends a portion of our . week in 83 days_ Routes have been put in post policy ivitb, regard tai the IndhinS ; says operation from Neosho, Mb ; to Albuquerque; -And-to Steeton, California-both monthly, ~ the rein tval ‘oftlibes should be avbided. Seim -0 rate lands should be -- Assignel - to - individonls The Postmaster General says that the expen . without the power 10 alien tie or encumber ses.of the Department,.over 'toil above its re-- sources, have regularly increased ever since them,. and.money , annuities s 'mild be expen tile reduction of p ,, , ,, ,, , g ., . i i would h „,,. 0 ,,,, , ,io,i for the co u:non good, 418.0 lli of being di be obviously erroneous to suppose that the vithd per capita. charge Upon the 'Pre usury is. to progress, in a. The whole number of :Only pensitriees nut ter the various acts of - Catigrais is 10,732, I'lllio proportionate to what it has beee for the re last four years. Oar po=dal system is now ex- ,piiring fOr their p tyment the itontial sum of :3902 7110 The whole 4nother of navy pen t ended over the whole country, from one ocean sionehl is 802, and the aggregate minotunt of to the other. There can be but little further expense resulting front • overland connexion their ptytnents is $110,501. with California and the other Pacific Stales It 'tt.ppars that the total disbursement for' 11.111 Territories. ExcePt ono other route, peasious up' to this date is about *OO W 10,601): co.notonly - linnesota, to Seattle. in Washington mitled-theSmsliiiim route...from .St. - ._ . It to 'lds-stint-be-added the bounties in lands Raul, in ) 0 - 0 - 2,730 - ,Aftriicres) estini dell a *l - 25 . per acre Territory tie other is now thought'of its being ,t i c 'total am nett grouted for pensions and likely to beco nit n ace:is tey. 'Vile coitim tte for homilies will be *168,42 f,'..:02. the transport action of the 111 ills for the next ._ .0" the subject or the next census, the See n:mid y o , ir , isap_ti 0, when completed/over Mary reouniMonds au adheraCce to the law and above the anticipated revenue, nuiS' there- if 23d NI ty,- 1810. in the belief that a' census , fore, his rog trde I. 113 the 111Valllalll Wlliall will ohm' in accordance With its provisions, will' .probably be required for'suma lima to' come. dfor.l the greatest' amount of accillotte info.; ..'leaPostai toter Cent:rid proposes in lieu of nation. and .prove roast satisfactory to the the banking privilege now alio wad.. by law to ' '""" t ry : ... members. of C 'ogres 3. , It'll! Ile 81!..,l'etary or 'rho inconteoftliel'atent office for't he three. I ers ending Sept. 30,,1858,, was $100,084. the Senate tint! Clet.k_gthe !loose of•Represen- 9.Atiy;ko.l.l )111011 otter - officer as may be-des------t i s- l ixOn' iih r d.oring tile ; s'lMt , • Period Ii ignited for the purpose,- furnish the members ' nounted to *141,438, sh.) , wing a stirplit4 . or with - 107.0 age stnnip - AM - be - used - on letters, .CW"'" or -60"40-tug- an - Pxd'g'of . oxPiiitdi public documents tint' packets transmitted by arc over the receipts tq $2.52 1 1 tor the corres them in the mails, and keep an hccount of the 0011 lillg quarters of 1857. . Front this Ist Jou st:tows fitrnished to moth member, Iti be'pse. aid tory to the: filth Sept.. 1858, 4091 applications for out of the " contingent fund ol' the !lou ',.ir patents were retteived and la) caveats tiled, • It. is further proposed that all letters awl pack_ tgainst 4095 applications and , 14' . i0 .!.tve.tts for .The correspmnling quarter of la year. .11a els, except new , papers addressed to members of - Oengres.4, shall lie prepaid at the 'mailing 'leg Ole 'm oo period 2818 peat is were issued office In tri . k way the delifirtmlottl- would be 15-extensions granted. ltel.l 1'205 applications compensated for the cervices rendered. with- rejected. The Secretary recommends the cc ow. w.resok to the inconvenience of keeping, Ll,tblislimete presen t force in office. l. or a hoard•or appeal in whin hullo lifillyilliiiilfrirenlifirrnfilfepostage-cliargea-- tn _ • . the on such - mail matter . -..........--- To avoid dissatisfaction and the practice inconvenenctiV havinvlitlerent rates.of pOB - regulated by tUitinces, it Is'respectfully soltiuitted whither one unifiirm rate of five emits for all distances would not enlarge ilia usefulnestit,f deparment, and diminish, if it did not entirely prevent. such heavy drafts fin. the treasury, find best promote the interests ail I.,livenience of the pimple. whae . number aposl. o ffi ces on thelOth of :h tu rf ast , wits 27. 977, of which 400,:are of the class denominated PresiAntial ; whole number established duling the last fiscal year 2121; number discontinued 780; increase 1391 . ; number of postmasters appointed 8281. Of these.4s9s were to. fill vacancies occasioned by resignation ; 998 by ieinovitts, 278 by deaths, ,292 by change of navies and sites and 2121 on establishment. of new - offices. Whole num ber of offices,- Ifoei, 1,. 1858 28,572. On the 30th of June last, there Were in operation 82911 mail routes, The number of conteacters 7014.. The length of these routs is estimated at 200,003 Miles, total ameba of transperta lion 78,765,191 miles, and coot *7.7115,418. Compared with the setwitam reported 30th of Jtine,lBs7, there is an addition of 18.002-19 the length or rontith, and $1,173,372 to the cost: . The twat est iorttes-for the ettrrent year are *10,015,917. The tot at expenditurewmf the department hi the fiscal year ending June ;10th,1858 . , ammtided to *12,022,470. The es tittnite of receipts and.expendilures in 1859 ex pendit ores• 14,770,520;: . meams 11,11.11 393, dalciehey *3.082,127: tan the subject of ocean and foreign mail service„thefostmaster_Generol,amottg:Mher... things says by theliiite the contract for the lealifornitt hue, via pittiamtt and Tehuantepec , expire, on October lot, 1859, it iit probable that the coati by Lake , Nicaragint will' have been re-opened and in successful operation. This presents the question whether one two or three of these route.' shall thereafter be ctn ployed for mail purposes. The 'Tehuantepec route is the shortest and most readily protec"- , led agaiast the int eruptions, but it will lie coat i parativelY too new, and the line of stages too long, to furnish with certainty adequate and satisfactory communication between our At lantic and Pacific possessions. While it' is destined no doubt to become a trabsit tifthe first importance, and will deserve the higheSt tiatronage and encoitragement,sbill it cannot supercedc the necessity of one or ,more routes through. Central America. It is of the highest importance that the route by Nicaritgua should be reopened, and its,undis turbed use for the transportationof the ntaik r laistiengers, troops and munitions of war HO-• cured by the solemn gmtrantee of a public treaty. , Without thiS, in view of the unstable _condition of tho local governmente of central America, the safety and security of Transpor- . 'Union can hardly be relied on.. As calculated to furnish the requisite facilities of communi cation between Europe and the southern and southwest ern , St acre, the projected lines be fweeo'Norfolk and England, and between New Orleatmand BOrdeaux, are among' thw most impoitant to be established: -Au regards :tithe from sonar suitable port in the United States to Brazil, and the extension of the .California line 11 . 0111 Peasant to the south Ilacific coast, which, for 0011111101lial.lth well as for mail par -poses, it 'is so desirable should be established, and the line from New. to Vera Cruz, it is apparent that. the postages.to derivel therefrom would defray but a trifling portion ofthe expenses of the same. The Postmaster General regards it as highly, important that the line to Vera Cruz should be continued. [tepeeCOl the Seeretair of the Int crier, The Secretary says that under (he various acts of Congress of 1597,'50, '52 and '56 there— luive been issued 516,755 bounty . .land war rants, requiring 55,731.890 acres of the public— domain to satisfy th . em.. Onlhese, 416,632 had been located on the 30th' September last, on 44,238,050 acres of laud, leaving outstanding 100,139 warrants, calling for 11,493,860 acres of land. • It is confidently expected that during the next calendar year, the receipts front the sales of the.public lands, and the quantities sold and located, will be greatly increased. ' :It is esti matedyethia. hoot Mlle ' detrimental change in war system, the' blottede front' this source will result at; least Tai,00. 0 00.. lc is now • satisfactorily' ascertained that mines of the precious metals are to-be found in the territories of Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Kansas; and -rho time has arrifed for the government (Attie United States to adopt some definite policy as to its mineral lands. TLo Sgoretiiry;llibroforii,` it would not be it wise and sound policy at this limo to pass a general law, reserving all'auri ferotiti silver and cinnabar 'mines from sale for the use and occupancy of the'people of -the United States, under such regulations' as Con gress may prescribe, and leaving those lands coutititting copper, iron, lead and coal subject to the.ordlitary laws of set thimentieutt sale for their, development. The extent of these defies estimate - , and gives ...assurance to our people, in the Nauru of uniatuaded,tieelth.• • 1101311 , rystpActl to Utah and siiiite additional legislation wiflbo requir.. 01.1 0 Olive, its inhabitants-ou tin equality with tat oof the-other • territorieto.4ll-that. tent- tort. there aro already inure than two millions' tif twos returned so survej qd and 'ready for iiiiirket - Ocoupants are u liu 41.ctt let • Report. of (he War 'Delhariment.' As public attention-lots nesesslrilly been much nano:talk, :the operations elouvgal bolt little army,' during the past year: the re• port or Governor Floyd will he read with tom -staid interest, and it gives its gloat. pleasure to 8 Ly, with a satisfaction corresporliting to all 'the intereSt which has been eyeit ed. Thistlocu- Mallt 10.9.801103 in IL coninatit and complete ram /1101 With a Ilel:V019.1autl graphic diction, It pity feet narative of the force and cuitilitieli of the army ; its service, t lie difficulties encountered and conquered; the reitults'of practical experi enee, as applicable to future policy, with - a clear idea of what tuts been doneotiorby, whom 1 'and what is needed to increase the efficiency -- of this net of the public defence. In awitrd- - ' tug a just measure of praise to Gen. Clark, for his gallant conduct and extraordinary success lift Ito pacific, the Secretary' has responded generously to public sentiment, as he has also in paying a deserveittribute to the self-sacri ficing and perilous aeltievments •of Captain Marcy, in bringing relief to General .lohnsitn, wheirencamped before Salt Lake. Until we came to analyze in detail the ex, tent awl formidable character of file difficulties encountered by the thirteen regiments en ac tive duty, and to measure the Met of their •operations, extending over fifteen hundred_ miles, and between sixteen par:dells' of lati• tune, and to know that. all the supplies for man and beast, and all the amunition, had to be triensported thrinigh the untamed wijder- Ilesfl; a very imperfect appreciatidn can be formed of the pails, privations and sacrifices coast:tot :y -required 'at. the- hands-of t his - force. - These facts arc too much disregarded in Con gross and throngliout the country, and it 'is due to the army and to the department that they should be properly undersood. %Ye are gratified to lint! that the fitiancinl exhibit, eAthe war office is relieved trout much ofthe apprehended encumbrances. The ten mil lions of expenditure required for the Mormon campaign have beim paid and settled, so that 110 heavy M1911:111194 fl.Olll that quarter are to be dreaded As compared with the appropri ations last year. the Se - cretary shows that the expenditures will be reducer! to the extent of $9,170,488,32, and by Um sum of $2,737,408, 55, Tempered with former estintat es. Consideeing the Indian hostilities in Wash ingtoll.lllla Oregon territorries, in New Mex ico, and on the frontiar.ot,Texas, and the nu cessity for what may be called a standing army in Utah, this condition of things surprises us agreeably in all,respect s, untl wo 'think the public owe much to the vigor, • sagacity and skill with The military' affairs of the govern ment have been conducted under the manage ment of Gov. Floyd The authorized strength of the amity as post - (lir is 18,105, the actual strength oh-Ally -Ist, was 17,298' TheSe 'troops compose the whole numerical force of our army, distributed through the States and Tttrritories of the en tire confederacy, manning all thejortifications ocenided by troops, holding all the posts now garrisoned, defending tilt onr extended trim tiers,- and -protecting...as far_ as. possible _the.. different routes extending sgross the continent Trom the Mississippi valley to our possessions on the Pacific. The absolute dentands.for men in the vat-ions, posts; stations, Sc., as well its for what might be termed the police operations of the army, left only thirteen regiments fo.t actuhl set-vice in the field.. And upon this smhil force, numbering little over 11,1100 men devolved the ordnons duty of proseenting•all the Indian wars, which have extended this year . front the Brit•ish possessions 011 the Paul tie to. the border settlements of _Mexitttl, us well as of crushing the - reloillion in Utah, which from.. its vindictive spirit and large numbers,.threatened at its outset to. beciune, and indeed' Was, very famidable. It may safe ly be asserted that no army of the same-size - ever before pertained in so short, a space of time marches nod movement s'of such extent, surmounting in their progress such formidable obstacles. Nodisaster bus befitllen the army throughout its immense ramifications awhile privations, hardships, 'toils and dangers to which it has been continually subjected, have been borne without a murmur. In speaking the war with Abe Indistis 911' the Pacific, the Secretary says that a permanent peace has been established by treaties enterrd Into with:diem, and the army has' beentilroady distributeidto points were the presence of a face Wits greatly needed. • : o ln alluding to the Navajos. • lie. says they. probably numbered three thousand' mounted warriors, an tuttrumely thrmitittble force. but there shalt be 110 relaxation in prosecuting'the war, nntil - themavages are brought nbsolutely under the yoke. The war in Texas may be looked upon as just begun, and the probabili ties areLt.will be one of fiercenesti, and play be of considerable duration Nlueli apprelien slop fur the hostile manifettations of the Coy 'ages beyond the confutes of lowa_ and Mime-. sofa lots been felt, by the frontier settlements of those States. This Secretary regret's to say our force is net -suflioient to spare troops• in such numbers as will quiet altegetper :these alarms. The operation§ of the army in Ufahlutvethaitulians,-and calls-Atutent•ion-totherurgint„- -raLthetaselves—beetr — importaucrffirtriChught. neee-sity fur a complete . andthorotiglt momentous omentous results. • The people of that of' the laws relating to fmlian affairs. howevel 7 ..ntill 'evince a t-pirit of, in- Gov. Denver though not having sithordi net ion - . and moody . disimmteniLz,:.The the.rcsuinptiim - Of his dal ies; - to examine .e Ogleff . necoM•ity .which indled for'the presence of the I ly the facts staied.in tlie'report.:coneuriieOff , ., tromps in . Ut;tll,will requitm a' st.onit force mil orally ,the roommendationb of Air( 11114 k w-; to be kopt, 'there: ''Mush praise' is 'bestOwtitl his temporary prodeeestior.-.. $1 50 per annum In adianee. Ik2=oo-117-iwt=paldrtiu-adwanee tkpon Goit: Johnston and tho officers and troops under his command. • -The disbursements now amount to nearly $lO,O 0,000 in the Qaartermaster's Depart ment. Nvory voucher has been tilled. with the exceptiotrof $200.00. Nothing will be lost. Asi to the .Artillery„ School of Practice, at Fort Mouroe.•so long an °Wee:desired among the military men-of tin; country. this, the See rotary says. has twig established, and bids . Altl9,„nealimkonliAltes-benetitatqlr—tire , tierritter which its friends anticipated. flu calls attention. to the necessity of pho riding for the payment . af...elaims brought against_ the' government by different States 'and territories fin` servieus.hereloffnm rendered by volunteer forces in the suppression of In diatr The Secretary ,nays that he has attempted, he far as possible, to meet the just. wishes—of Congrem,in reducing the 'expenses, andL.,the estim ass of the next fiscal year amount, in the agzregate. to /fI8,000,000; and he enter tains a strong hope that the expeuditare may ' be still further reduced in the course of anoth er year. It. afforlihim pleasure to, say that, ' notwithstanding the Indian wars in Washings' ton; New Mexico and 'Pep's. all of which were unforeseen and unexpected, still,:'unless there shall be further and .larger !It:Mathis for Mc penditures in . sttppressing other Indian hosta:ls., addiihnial to those already—incurred. in Washington, New Mexico and Texas, there will be no necessity for asking appropriations. in the shape of n deficiency bill. , !Report at' the. Seeretat:y of the 'Nevy The . Bgerefitry says that since his last an nual report dim naval' forces have been re-• (pared in• resisting unlawful expeditions against Nitaragua. resisting the exercise of - the right oh search by British cruisers in' the neighborhood of Cuba, and enforcing demands - tbr redress and insults to our lbw, and for in-' juriesAo-our-eit izensHv-the-governinent-of Paraguay. After examining the Subject, the Secretary says it became necessary to charter a number of vessels: As these vessels• would 'be userid, lie recommend 4 their purchase. The sum reiMired for six of these Steamers would- - lie $240,000, of which - $94,300 must lie paid for the use of them for a period of six numths, . Mid a - propurtiouate BUM fora longer time, if ne purchase be inae7 The sum required for the three side-wheel steamers would be 00, of which, if they be not Purchased, ' .stn.ar $60,00 . 0 will be required fur the same period The recant - addition' of a considerable number of steam'vessels to the navy will nec essarily require an increased, demand for the .flO rviooK-of"olliaerm- sea, - while - the - grertteli . '• activity which Min , prevails in it, and is likely .hereafter to prevail, will still further increase that demand. To meet the. immediate wants' of the service, an addition of twenty to the pr_esent number of surgeons, and as many Miami assistant surgeons; will sidfice. Ho solo recommends thenppointmentof fifteen or twenty additional pursers,_ an an increase of , the Marine Corps, (of privates)'to two thou sand with the usual number of oflicera.„ The five steam sloops-of war Buthorized by the act of 1857 will 'soon be completed. The . seven 'tenet screw sloops-of-War, under the act of 1858, are in, it 'Mate of great forwartl• ness. Five of Ahem are to be launched • dur ing the pregent month, and be ready for sea in play next, and the other two screw steam• ors will be launched early in the . spring, and be ready fin trial by June. The side-wheel steamer bej.K; built in California will be launched in the spring, and ready for sea in August. All past experience evidences a. necessity for an increase of the navy. Twenty effective vessels of smaller class eon be built and kept at sea for what it would cost to build and keep at sea four or five vessels of a larger class. Let Congress increase the number of heavy arced vessels, of light draught, until we can frequently display our Hag at every point where American interests shall need its pro tection, and the work will be already done. The addition.of at least ten more vessels of thatdescription t is.not only a•necessary mess-, ure, but will be found to be as efficient as any that can be devised, requiring so small an ex penditure of the public money.' For the sujiport•of the Navy and Marine Alps, and all other objects under the control of the Navy Department, for the fiscal year ending the 30th .of Juae, 1858, the estimates were $13,803,212 ; appropriations, $14,240,- 247; expenditures, $13,870,084; there having lawn some curtailment of expenses by Nasoit of a falling oaf in the revenue. For the fiscal year ending Jute 30, 1850, the estimates leers $l4 616,208 ; appropriations", $14,508,354 ;. these having been largely retrenched, in con sequence of a diminution of the revenue, and again increased by appropriating $1,200 000 fot , eight light draught war steamers, which wore not endiraced in the estimates. For the I fiscal year ending June 30th, 1860, the eoti• I mates were $13,500,870, including $674,000 for completing the eight light draught steam ers; authorized at the last session of C9ngress, an-Inot including the usual compensation. of 8,;01 . 0 . 50-f at °mash i p and mail service.' Report of Comanbortoner or Indian •. — 7lit — Commlbtioyer -- ttates• - that:tlozwliolo - number of Indians-within tn• limits is estima ted at about 350,000 With 44 orwhich we have • treaty engagements: The mull ber •or ratified Indian treaties ' since the adoption of the con stitution is ;103, nearly all or which contain provisions still in forge. The quantity (Aland aequired..hy these treaties . ie shout 831,103 1 344. From a part of these lands, the govern ment received no primary advantages, because they were ceeded tonne resimet ive States with in whose limits they were situated. From those sold, the federal treasury received not only the whole of the expense incurred for their acquisition survey and sale,' but a ear plus of at least $1011,000.000 • The amount applicable for the fulfilment of the treaties. and ether objects connected with Ilie Indian policy fur the present fiscal year was $4 852;407-_,:of which sum $201,062 was dent ed from investnients of:Artist funds. The whole amount of — trust funds - held on - Indian account is tii10,c.90,1140, of which $3,502,241 has been invested in stocks of rations States` and the 'United States the redtainder, - viz: $7.088,407, is 'entitled in the treasnry, and the interest thereon annually appropriated by Congress The Commissioner thinks it worthy of con sideration whether it will not be advisable, when the national treasuryshall be in condi- 7 (inn to admit or it also to invest the abOve a mount: of $7,088.407 iii like manner with the other Indian trust funds. The Co m missioner points out three fatal errors which have mark ed our policy towards the Indians, from the . ''very beginning, viz: 1. Their , removal from place to place, as*our population advances; 2. rho, assignment, of too great an extent of territory tube held by them in common; and ' allowance o(large sums of money as annuities. Ho I ecommends that the tribes should be permanently located Upon reeerva thins embracing_dot snore than is necessary__ . Mr actual occupancy; to divide thilind - iiitiong - them in severalty, to require that they should' settle upon and cultivate the land Huts assign.: ed to them, in lien of money annuities, stock, an i m als, agricultural implements, mechanic; shops. manual labor schools, Ste. . Ile recommends the ratification of treaties made in 1855 . with•t he Indians of, Washingt on and Oregon territories, as a means of prevent'- lug the recurtence of Indian hostilities •He gives a general statement of the•Condition'of . NO. 14.. 121111
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