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BY JAS. CLARK.
sramurris SALES.
BY virtue of Sundry writs of Lev. Fa.
and VenJ. Ex. now in my hands,
will sell at the Court House, in the bor-
ough of Huntingdon, on Mondaythe 14th
day of January next, atlo o'clock, P.M.,
in Public Vendife or outcry, the follow.
flag described Real Estate, viz :
All of the defendant's right, title, and interest
in and to a certain tract of land, situate in Jack
bon township, Huntingdon county, adjoining
lands of Henry Lee, Thomas %liner, -
Henley, and others, known as the Blacklick
tract, containing about 331 acres, having there
on erected a two story lug house, two out-bou
bes, cabin barn, about 70 acres cleared.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the pro
perty of Joseph Vance.
ALSO,
- • - •
All the right, title and interest of defendant
ip and to all that certain tract of land, situate in
Tod township, Huntingdon county, containing
*boat 135 acres, more or less, adjoining lands
61 .tarries Steel, Esq., Adam Houck, Benjamin
Baker, having thereon erected a two story log
dwelling house add log barn, about 80 acres
cleared, a large apple Orchard; and in good con
dition. . .
Taken in execution and to be sold as the pro
perty of John Ake
.aLso,
All that certain tract of land, and all the de
fendant's right, title and interest in and to said
land, situate inTell township, Huntingdon coun
ty, containing about 80 acres, more or less, ad
joining lands of George Gooshorn, Esq., Sam
uel Book, and others, having thereon erected at
two story log house and cabin barn, about 00
acres cleared, with a good limestone spring
hereon.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the pro
perty of Nicholas Gooshorn.
.RLSO,
A certain lot of ground situate in Jackson
township, Huntingdon county, containing about
2 acres and 142 perches, adjoining lands of John
Campbell and Samuel Stewart, having thereon
erected a two and a half story frame house,
frame stable, and a milk house, with a well of
water and some fruit trees, all cleared and in
grass.
Taken in execution and to sold as the proper
ly of David Mitchell.
✓iLSO,
A certain piece or parcel of ground containing
two lots in the town of Watersville, in the
township of Blair, in Blair county, having there
'on erected a two story frame house, belonging
to the defendant.
Taken in execution and to be sold as the pro.
perty of John R. Martin.
XLSO,
A certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situ
in the township of Jackson, Huntingdon
v, (being part of a tract surveyed on war
subje, Thomas Edwards, dated 9th June, A.
Iron bounded and described as follows
'ming at a white oak, thence south forty-five
'sgrees sixteen and two-tenth perches to a post,
thence South twenty-one degrees cast thirty-six
and a half perches to a gum, thence south two
and a half degrees east one hundred and one and
one-tenth perches to a post, thencesouth eleven
and a half degrees east one hundred and one and
one-tenth perches to a post, thence north fifty
eight and one-quarter degrees east forty-six per
ches to stones, thence north forty-six degrees
east sixty-six perches to a white oak, thence
north forty-seven and a half degrees west one
hundred and sixty perches to the place of be
ginning, containing fifty-eight acres and twenty
six perches and allowance, together with all and
singular the buildings, rights and liberties there
to belonging.
Taken in executionand to be sold as the pro
perty3oaiSamuel W.
William i
i u n r s c t h o fi n e l a d a , d J rt e n o l r r g v e l
j G e o r ge olin
Von, partners now or lately trading under the
firm of Birchfield, Irvin & Co.
M. CROWNOVER, Eheriff.
Bissau?' Om.,
Huntingdon, Dec. 18, 1849.
lOrcs , ...,n'1:11 - .ruzsa 2 2
NEFF & MILLER
HAVE this morning received, at the old
stand of 'H. K. Neer & 800., an entire
new stock of
Clocks and Watches,
Jewelry, Cutlery, Stationary,
Perfumery Soaps,
which is positively the largest, best
and most fashionable, and cheapest
assortment ever offered for sale in the place.
Having in their employ one of the best work
men in the State, they can most confidently en
gage to repair Clocks and Watchesas cheap and
as well as it can be done in any of the Eastern
cities.
he public are politely requested to call and
test the truth of our declarations. The proof
is in trying.
N. B. The highest prices given for old gold
and silver.
Remember No. 1001 Market Square, Hun•
tingdon, Pa.
October 30, 1819.
Register's Notice.
TOTIOE is hereby given to all per
sons concerned, that the following
named persons have settled their ac
counts in the Register's Office at Hunt
ingdon, and that the said accounts will
be presented for confirmation - and al
lowance, at the Orphans' Court, to be
held at Huntingdon, in and for the coun
ty of Huntingdon, 9n Wednesday, the
16th day of January next, to wit :
1. Solomon Taylor and Samuel C. Charlton,
A dminlst-ators of George Taylor, late of Spring
field township, deceased.
2. Samnel Drake,Executor of the last Willi
and Testament of amuel Drake, late of Hen
derson township,dec'd.
3. Nancy Ball, administratrix of Josiah Ball,
late of Jackson township, dec'd.
4. Jacob Longenecker and Thomas F. Stew
art, Administrator. of Jacob Longenecker, late
of Nest township, dec'd.
6. Moses Swoope Administrator of Cassan
dra Leech, late of Union township, dec'd.
M. F. CAMPBELL, Regimr.
Irlegieter's Office,
Huntingdon, Dec. 14, lti•tA
PRIM 14 A 11 AlllOll.
WHEREAS. by precept to me directed, do
ted at Huntingdon, the 24th day of Nov.
1849, under the hands and seals of the Hon.
George Taylor, President of the Court of
CoMmen Pleas, Oyer and Terminer and general
jail delivery of the ZOth judicial district ol Penn
sylvania, Composed of the counties of Hunting
don, Mifflin and Union, and the Hons. James
Gwin and Jolin Stewart, his aesociates, judges'of
thecounty of Huntingdon, justice. assigned, ap
pointed to hear, try, and determine all and every
indictments and presentments, made or taken for
or concerning all crimes,which by the lows of the
Cominonwealth are made capital or felonies of
death and other oflences,crimes and mis,lemmotir,
which have been, or shall be committed or perpe
trated withia said county, or all persons who are
ore hall hereafter be committed or perpet rated, for
crimes aforesaid, I am commanded to make pro
lamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a
Court of Oyer and 'Terminer, Quarter Sessions
and Common Pleas, will be held at the Court
Howie, in the borough of Huntingdon,. the 2d
Monday (and 14th day) of Jan. 1850, and
those who will prosecute the said prisoners, he
then and there to prosecute them as it shall be
just, and that all justices of the peace, coroner,
, and constables within the said county, be then
and there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock
A. M. of said day, with their records,inquiaitions,
examinations and remembrances, to do those
thingswhich to their office respectively appertain.
MAT7'IIEW CROWNOVER, Sheriff.
Sit ERIFF'S OFFCE, t
Dec. 18 1849,
PROCL4.3I..TPION.
WHERE AS,by precept to me directed by the
Judges of the Common Pleas of the coun
ty of Huntingdon. hearing Ira the 24th day of
Nov, A. D. 1819.1 am commanded to make
public proclamation throughout my whole baili
wick that a Court of Common Pleas, will be held
at the Court House in the borough of Huntingdon,
in the county of Huntingdon, on the 3d Monday
(and 21st day) of Jan, A. D. 1833, for the
trial of all issues in said court, which remain un
determined before the said judges, when and
where all jurors,• witnesses and suitors, in the
rial of said iI , PUPS are requited.
ItIaiTTHEW C'R 0 WNO TT R,Sheriff.
Suentrv's OFFICE,
Huntingdon. Dec. 18 1549.
VERY IMPORTANT. ,
THE BRIDGE TOLL REDUCED,
And another and the Latest Arrived of :
NEW GOODS
.47' DORSEY Ir .41./IGUIRE'S
CHEAP STORM,
TIORSEY & MAGUIRE, thankful for past
1J favors, most respectfully inform their old
customers and the public in general, that they
have just received another large assortment of
FALL and WINTER Goons, consisting of every
variety of
Ladies & Gentlemen's Dress Goods,
and goods of all kinds usually kept in the most
ex tensive slot es.
Groceries, Hardw.tre, Queeusware, 4.c.
BOOTS, SHOES.
It ti . lll
lIATS & CAPS. .--- \
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
&c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c.
•Call and examine our Goods.
Huntingdon Dec. 4, 1849.
The Snglo•Sa,xons have Come Scraiv !
GRAND EXHIBIT! .N!
rUIHE Public are respectfully informed
that
Sz W. Aart Olt
have just received the largest and beet assort
ment of
Fall and Winter Goods
ever brought to this place, comprising all the
various articles generally kept at other stores,
with the addition of a great many article. nev.
or offered for sale in this place. Their stock can
asta of
CLOTHS, cass 'XERES,
Sattinette, VeAmige, Tweed cloth. Kentucky
Jean, Canton Flannel, Flannels of ell colors,
Table Diaper;Muslina, Calicoes, Ginghams,
Mouslin de •aines. Cashineres,Merinoes,
A Ipaccaa, Silks, Mull Jacconet and
Cambric Muslins, Linen Cambric,
Silk ar.d cotton handkerchiefs, Fur
niture check & ca icoes, gloves,
Shawls and Trimmings.
LADIES' SHOES,
Men's and Boy,' Boots and Shoes,
. .
Cloth and Glazed cape, Cravats and Suspenders,
Looking Glasses, bed Blankets Carpets, &c.—
they have also an extensive assortineot of
Groceries, Hardware, and Queensware,
They have a lot of Bonnets of the very latest
style. They have also a great variety of Cedar
Ware, such as Tuba, Buckets. Baskets of all
kinds. SALT, FISH, and PLASTER. All
of these articles will be sold as low as they can
be bought at any other establishment east of the
Alleghenies.
They are determined to sell off their old stock
of Goods at and under cost. Look out for bar•
gains
Huntingdon, October 30, 1849.
J. & J. BC ROWE,
Broom & Wooden-ware Store,
• No. 63 North Third Street,
ONE DOOR ABOVE ARCH, EAST SIDE,
PHILADELPHIA.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEAL
ERS in all kinds of Brooms, Brushes,
Cedar-ware, willow and French bas
kets, shoe and wall Brushes, Dus
ters, Scrubs, Mats, Blacking
Eastern-made Wooden-ware
of every description, &c.
at the lowest market paces.
Cash paid for Broom-corn at the factory.
Sept. 11th 1849.
HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1850.
The Bloom of Age.
A good woman never grows old.
Years may pass over her head, but if
benevolence and virtue dwells in her
heart, she is as cheerful as when the
spring of life first opened to her view.
When we look upon a good Woman we
never think of her age; she looks as
charming as when the rose of youth
bloomed on her cheek. That rose has
not faded yet ; it will never fade.—ln
her family she is the life and delight.
In her neighborhood she is the friend
and benefactor. In the church, the de
vout worshipper and exemplary chris
tian. Who does not respect and love
the woman who has passed her days in
lacts of kindness and mercy ; who has
been the friend of man and God ;
whose
whole life has been a scene of kindness
arid love, a devotion to truth and reli
gion I We repeat, such a woman can
not grow old. She will always be fresh
and buoyant in spirits, and active.in
humble deeds of mercy and bentvo•
lence. if the young lady desires ter re
tain the bloom and beauty of youth, let
her love truth and virtue; and to the
close of life she may retain those feel
ings which now make life appear a gar
den of sweets, ever fresh and ever new.
A STUBORN FACT.—The Brooklyn Ad-
vertiser says :—" Dip the Atlantic ocean
dry with a teaspoon—step this Journal
from going ahead—twist your heel into
the toe of your boot—make postmasters
perform their promises, and subscribers
pay the printer—send up fishing hooks
with balloons end fish for stars—get
astridwisamer and chase a comet—
whenix—i* storm is coming down like
the cataract of Niagara remember where
you left your umbrella—choke a mos
pet° with u brickbat—in short, prove
all things hitherto considered impossi
ble, to be possible, but never attempt to
coax a woman to say she will, when
she has made up her mind to say she
won't.
Pious FIGHTING.-At the battle of
Gainsborough, Cromwell told his men
in general order--" Trust in the Lord
and keep your powder dry." On the
eve of the battle of Naseby, he isaued
another order to his infantry saying,
" Call upon the Lord and trust in your
pikes." Before the battle of Dunbar,
he said, "Seek the Lord and look to
your flints."
. . . _
Before the battle of Worcester, he
said, "The prayers of the godly to scat
ter the wicked are heard by the Lord.
Then trust in the Lord, take good aim,
and strike hard."
Matrimonial Speculation.
Some years ago, when all the world
were mad upon lotteries, the cook of a
middle aged gentleman drew (*tom his
hands the savings of some years. Her
master, curious to know the cause, learn
ed that she had repeatedly dream3d that
a certain number was a great prize, and
had bought it. He called her a fool for
her pains, and never omitted an occa
sion to tease her upon the subject. One
day, however, the master saw in the
newspaper that the number was actual
ly a prize of 13100,000. Cook was call
ed up—a palaver ensued—had known
each other many years--loth to part,
&c., in short, he proposes marriage, and
is accepted. They were married the
next morning, and as the carriage tool:
them from the church, the following di
alog•,e took place:
Well, Molly, two happy events in
one day. You have married, 1 trust, a
good husband. You have something
else.—But first let me ask you where
your lottery ticket is'!"
Molly, who thought he was begining
a banter on the old subject, replied—
" Don't ye say any more about that—
I thought how it would be—l never
should hear the end on't—so I sold it to
the baker for five dollars profit! You
needn't makiany more fuss about that."
" I CANNOT READ. " -WO sometimes
hear men make this most humiliating
confession. Unfortunate creatural what
a fruitful source of delight, of varied
pleasures, of information, is forever
debarred from them. Their minds are
jailed up, imprison'd, "cabin'd, cribb'd,
confined," and thousands of the most
exquisite sources of enjoyment in life
never pour their genial beams into the
dim and dark recesses of their hearts.
We pity the blind man who cannot sec,
the deaf who cannot hear, but the man
who, living in a civilized land like this,
cannot read, is worthy of as much com
miseration as either of them.—. Monroe
Democrat.
HEN-PECKED-" Are you not alarmed
at the approach of the King of Terrors 1"
said the Minister, to a sick man.
"Oh, no 1 I have been living six and
thirty years with the queen of terrors--
the king cannot be much worse !" was
the reply.
What I Have Noticed.
I have noticed that all men speak
well of all men's virtues when they are
dead; and that all tomb stones are mark
ed with epitaphs of " good and virtu
ous." Is there any particular cemetery
where the bad are buried 1
I have noticed that the prayer of ev
ery selfish man is, "forgive us our
debts," but makes every body pay who
owes him to the uttermost farthing.
I have noticed that death is a merci
ful judge, though not impartial. Every
man owes a debt—Death summons the
debtor, and he lays dawn in the curren
cy of mortality.
I have noticed that he who thinks ev
ery man a rogue,
is certain to see one
when he shaves himself, and he ought,
in mercy to his neighbors, surrender
the rascal to justice.
I have noticed that whatever is, is
right, with a few exceptions—the left
eye, the left leg, and the left side of a
plum pudding.
I have noticed that merit is always
meatiured in the world by its success.
I have noticed that in order to be a
reasonable creature, it is necessary at
times to be downright mad.
I have noticed that as we are always
wishing instead of working for fortunes,
we are disappointed, and call Dame For
tune "blind, but it is the very best evi
dence that the old lady has most capital
eyesight, and is no "granny" with spec
tacles.
I have noticed that purses will hold
pennies as well as pounds.
I have noticed that tombstones say,
" Here he lies," which no doubt often the
truth, and if men could see the epitaphs
their friends sometimes write,they would
think they had got into the wrong grave.
--.Ar. Y. Spirit of the Times.
TROUBLE AMONG THE METHODISTS IN
AND.—There was trouble in Eng
land,
at the lust accounts, among the
Wesleyan Methodists, who, next to the
established church, are the wealthiest
andlnost influential sect in the kingdom.
It S'tiginated in some articles in a news
paper, describing certain leading and
influential members of the boby as inch) ,
lent, selfish, artful, ambitions and tyran
nical." Steps were taken to trace the
authors, and one of them having been
discovered lie forthwith made his admis
sion, and was sentenced by the confer
ence to a solemn admonition, and to be
disqualified from the superintendence of
a circuit. It having been found impossi
ble to detect the others, the question was
put generally to each minister, whether
he was or not theanthor. This prcceeding
supposing it tobe intended with a view to
subsequent punishment, was wholly op
posed to all ordinary notions of right,
and four of the ministers refused to an
swer. Upon this one of them was ad
monished and four expelled, and the
consequence has been that meetings in
their behalf have taken place through
out the country, and the matter has as
sumed all the appearance of a pretty con
test.
WOOLLEN FACTORIES IN MICHIGAN.-
The Detroit Tribune has an article which
embodies interesting statistics respect.
ing the production of wool, and the
manufacture of woollen fabrics in the
State of Michigan. It says Michigan
has gone into the growing of wool at a
rapid rote, and is destined to keep on
increasing. Last year the surplus that
was exported was over 1,200,000 pounds;
and the small manufacturing establish
ments scattered throughout the State are
estimated to have consumed 600,000
pounds more. This season the amount
exported will not fall short of 1,600,000
pounds ; and, nt the same ratio another
year, it will reach 2,000,000. At a fair
estimate, says the Tribune, there are a
million sheep within the State. In 1840
there were but 89,984. The Tribune
urges upon the people of Michigan the
importance of establishing large woollen
factories, and of working up their own
woo! instead of exporting it.
aj.-A poor shoemaker having plunged
into the water to save the life of a mis
er's child, the latter was profuse in
thanks.
" What do I not owe you 1" said he,
"I owe you everything."
" Very well, you may just pay me ten
dollars of it now," said the other' "and
I will wait till you get ready to discharge
the remainder of the debt." The miser
sloped.
1 . A Wife as is a Wife" has been found
in one Kitty Malone, who was brought
before the Police Court, Boston, for
breaking a chair all to pieces upon her
husband, while he was in bed.
POLITE HINT.-" 1 do not wish to say
anything against the individual in ques
tion," said a very polite gentleman, "but
I would merely remark that to him truth
is strange, "stranger than fiction."
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Message of the President of the Uni
ted States to both Houses of the
Thirty-first Congress, December
1549.
Fellow citizens of the Senate and House of
nepresentatiree :—Sixty years fume elapsed
since the establishment of this Government, and
the Congress of the United States again assem
bles to legislate for an empire of freemen. The
predictions of evil prophets, who formerly pre
tended to foretell the downfall of our institu
tions, are now remembered only to be derided,
and the United States of America, at this mo
ment, presents to the world the most stable and
permanent Government on earth.
Such is the result of the labors of those who
have gone before us. Upon Congress will em
inently depend the future maintenance of our
system of tree Government, and the transmis
sion of it unimpaired to posterity.
We are at peace with all the world, and seek
to maintain our cherished relations of amity
with the rest of mankind. During the past
year, we have been blessed, by a kind provi
dence, with an abundance of the fruits of the
earth ; and, although the destroying angel for a
time visited extensive portions of our territory
with the ravages of a dreadful pestilence, yet
the Almighty has at length deigned to stay his
hand, and to restore the inestimable blessing of
general health to a people who have acknowl
edged his power, deprecated his wrath, and im
plored his merciful protection.
While enjoying the benefits of amicable in
tercourse with foreign nations, we have not
been insensible to the distractions and wars which
have prevailed in other quarters of the world.
It is a proper theme of thanksgiving to Him
who rules the destinies of nations, that we have
been able to maintain, amidst all these contests
an independent and neutral position towards all
beligerent powers.
Our relations with Great Britain are of the
most friendly character. In consequence of the
recent alteration of the British navigation acts,
British vessels, from British and other foreign
ports, will, (under our existing laws,) after the
first day of January next, be permitted to enter
into our ports, with cargoes of the growth,
manufacture or production of any part of the
world, on the same terms, as to duties, imposts
and charges, as vessels of the United States
with their cargoes; and our vessels will be ad
mitted to the same advantages in British ports,
entering therein on the same terms as British
vessels. Should no order in council disturb
this legislative arrangement, the late act of the
British Parliament, by which Great Britain is
brought within the terms proposed by the act
of Congress of the Ist of March 1817, it is hoped
will be productive of benefit to both countries.
A slight interruption of diplomatic intercourse
which occurred between this Government and
France, I am happy to say, has been terminated,
and our Minister there has been received. It if/
therefore unnecessary to refer, now, to the cir
cumstances which led to that inetrruption. I
need not express to you the sincere satisfaction
with which we shall welcome the arrival of
another envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary front a sister Republic, to
which we have so long been, and still remain,
bound by the strongest ties of amity.
Shortly after I had entered upon the discharge
of the Executive duties, I was apprised that a
war steamer, belonging to the German Empire,
was being fitted out in the harbor of New York,
with the aid of some of our Naval officers, ren
dered under the permission of the late Secreta
ry of the ltavy. This permission was granted
during an armistice between that Empire and
the Kingdom of Denmark, which had been en
gaged in the Schleswig-Holstein war. Appre
hensive that this act of intervention, on our
part, might be viewed as a violation of our neu
tral obligations, incurred by the treaty with
Denmark, and of the provisions of the act of
Congress of the 20th April 1818, I directed that
no further aid should be rendered by any agent
or officer of the Navy; and I instructed the
Secretary of State to apprize the Minister of
the German Empire accredited to this Govern
ment, of my determination to execute the law
of the United States, and to maintain the faith
of treaties with all nations. The correspond
ence, which ensued between the Department of
State and the Minister of the G,inan Empire,
is herewith laid betere you. The execution of
the law and the observance of the treaty were
deemed by me to be due to the honor of the
country, as well as to the sacred obligations of
the Constitution. I shall not fail to pursue the
same course, should a similar cass arise with
any other nation. Having avowed the opinion,
on taking the oath of office, that, in disputes
between conflicting foreign governments, it is
our interest, not less than our duty, to remain
strictly neutral, I shall not abandon it. You
will perceive from the correspondence submitt
ed to you, in connexion with this subject, that
the course adopted in this case has been prop
erly regarded by the belligerent powers inter
ested in the matter.
Although a Minister of the United States to
the German Empire was appointed by my pre
decessor in August, 1818, and has, for a long
time, been in attendance, at Frankfort-on-the-
Ma . ne ; and although a minister, appointed to
represent that Empire, was received and RC ,
credited here, yet no such Government as that
of the German Empire has been definitely con
stituted. M. Douelson, our representative at
Frankfort, remained there several months, in
the expectation that a union of the German
States, under one constitution or form of gov.
ernment, might, at length, be organized. It is
believed, by those well acquainted with the ex
isting relations between Prussia and the States
of Germany, that no such Union can be perma
nently established without her co-operation. In
the event of a formation of such a Union, and
the organization of a central power in Germany
of which she should form a part, it would be
come necessary to withdraw our Minister at
Berlin; but while Prussia exists as an indepen
dent kingdom, and diplomatic relations are
maintained with her, there can be no necessity
for the continuance of the mission to Frankfort.
I have, therefore, recalled Mr. Donelson, and
directed the archives of the legation, at Frank
, fort, to be transferred to the American legation
at Berlin.
Having been apprised that a considerable num
ber of adventurers were engaged in fitting out
a military expedition, within the United States,
against a foreign country; and believing, from
the best information I could obtain, that it was
destined to invade the island of Cuba, I deemed
it due to the friendly relations existing between
the United States and Spain ; to the treaty be
tween the two nations ; to the laws of the Uni-
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ted States, and, above all, to the American hon
or, to exert the lawful authority or this Govern
ment in suppressing the expedition and prevent
ing the invasion.
To this end, I issued a proclamation, enjoining
it upon.the officers of the United States, civil
and military, to use all lawful means within
their power. A copy of that proclamation is
herewith animated. The expedition has been
suppressed. So long as the act of Congress, of
the 20th of A pril,lBlB, which owes its existence
to the law of Nations, and to the policy of Wash
ington himself, shall remain on our statute book,
I hold it to be the duty of the Executive faith- ,
fully to obey its injunctions.
While this expedition was in progress, I Was
informed that a foreigner, who claimed our pro
tion, had been clandestinely, and, as was sup
posed, forcibly, carried elf in a vessel from New
Orleans to the island of Cuba. I immediately
caused such steps to be taken as I thought ne
cessary, in case the information I had received
should prove correct, to vindicate the honor of
the country, and the right of every person seek
ing an asylum on our soil to the protection of
our laws. The person alleged to have been
abducted was promptly restored, and the cir
cumstances of the case are now about to under
go investigation before a judicial tribunal. I
would respectfully suggest, that although the
crime charged to have been committed in this
case is held odious as being in conflict with our
opinions on the subject of national soy , -reignty
and personal freedom, there is no prohibition of
it, or punishment for it, provided in any act of
Congress. The expediency of supplying this
defect in our criminal code is, Crerefore, re
commended to your consideration.
I have scrupulously avoidedany interference
in the wars and contentions which have recent
ly distracted Europe.
During the late conflict between Austria and
Hungary, there seemed to be a prospect that
the hitter might become an Independent nation.
However faint that prospect at the timeappear
ed, I thought it my duty, in accordance with the
general sentiment of the American people, who
deeply sympathised with the Magyar patriots,
to stand piepared, upon the contingency of the
establishment by her of a permanent govern
ment, to be the first to welcome independent
Hungary into the family of nations. For this
purpose I invested an agent, then in Europe,
with power to declare our willingness prompt
ly to recognize her independence in the event of
her ability to sustain it. The powerful inter
vention of Russia, in the contest, extinguished
the hopes of the struggling Magyars. The
United States did not, at any time, interfere in
the contest • but the feelings of the nation were
strongly enlisted in the cause, and by the suffer
ings of a brave people, who had made a gallant
though unsuccessful to be free.
Otir claims upon Portugal have been, during
the past year, prosecuted with renewed vigor,
and it has been my object to employ every el
fort of honorable diplomacy to procure their ad
justment. Oar late Charged' Affairs at Lisbon,
the Hon. George W. Hopkins, made able and
energetic, but unsuccessful efforts to nettle these
Unpleasant matters of controversy, and to obtain
indemnity for the wrongs which were the sub
jects of complaint. Out present Charge d' Af
fairs at that court will, also, bring to the pros
ecution of these claims ability and zeal. The
revolutionary and distracted condition of Por
tugal, in past times, has been represented as one
of the leading causes of her delay in indemnify
ing our suffering citizens. But I must now say
it is matter of profound regret that these claims
have not yet been settled. The omission of
Portugal to do justice to the American claim
ants has now assumed a character so grave and
serious, that I shall shortly make it the subject
of a special message to Congress, with a view
to such ultimate action as its wisdom and patri
otism may suggest.
With Russia, Austria, Prussia, Sweden, Den
mark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Italian
States, we still maintain our accustomed amica
ble relations.
During the recent revolutions in the Papal
States, our Charge d' Affairs at Rome has been
unable to present his letter of credence, which,
indeed, he was directed by my pt edecessor to
withhold until he should receive further orders.
Such was the unsettled condition of things in
those States, that it WAS not deemed expedient
to give him any instructions on the subject of
presenting his credential letter different from
those with which he had been furnished by the
late administration, until the 25th of June last ;
when, in consequence of the want of accurate
information of the exact state of things, at that
distance from us, he was instructed to use his
own discretion in presenting himself to the then
existing government, if, in his judgment, suffi
ciently stable ; or, if not, to await farther
events. Since that period, Rome has undergone
another revolution, and he abides the establish
merit of a government sufficiently permanent to
I I justify him in opening diplomatic intercourse
with it.
With the Republic of Mexico, it is our true
policy to cultivate the most friendly relations.
Since the ratification of Ihe treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, nothing has occurred of a serious char
acter to disturb them. A faithful observance
of the treaty, and a sincere respect for her rights,
' cannot fail to secure the lasting confidence and
friendship of that Republic. The message of
my predecessor to the House of Representatives,
of the B'h of February I.st, communicating, in
compliance with a resolution of that body, a
copy of a paper called a protocol, signed at Quer
etaro on the 30th of May, 1818, by the commis
sioners of the United States, and the Minister
of Foreign affairs of the Mexican government,
having been a subject of correspondence between
the Department of State and the Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of that
republic accredited to this government, a tran
script of that correspondence is herewith sub
mitted.
The commissioner on the part of the United
States for marking the boundary between the
two Republics, though delayed in reaching San
Diego by unforseen obstacles, arrived at that
place within a short period after the time re
quired by the treaty, and was there joined by
thecommissioner on the part of Mexico. They
entered upon their duties ; and, at the date of
the latest intelligence from that quarter, some
progress had been mode in the survey. The
expenses incident to an organization of the com
mission, and to its conveyance to the print
where its operations were to begin, have no
much reduced the fund appropriated by Con
gress, that a turther sum, to cover the charges
that must be incurred during the present fiscal
year, will be necessary. The great length of
frontier along which the boundary extends, the
nature of the adjacent territory, and the difficul
ty of obtaining supplies, except at or near the