II - 4 - , t ley will be of a value eomnieustrate with • t tetr cost. That production increases more 4apidly than the means , of transportation in ~. ; our country, has been demonstrated by past experience. That the'unprecedente'd growth - • n ,population and! products of the whole country wilt regniee additional faeilitiec+ and cheaper ones fcm the more bulky articles of •Commerce to reach tide water and a markets, will li - e demanded in ill,' near future, is 'imnally tieniirstrtibie. I .I.tiOulti therefilre .suggest either a committee or connnission to ' , be . authorized to consider this whole quest low' and to report to Congress at some ;ham , : day, for its better guidance. in le:!is „tatins:on titi , important sailjeci.'• •Th ,l eptitrinals tlw coomry lore been raiddik el,xtetiLll4l daring tino laq few years to r meet. the growing demands of producers, 'rind reflect (finch credit upon the capitalists /and inanager3 engaged in their (..oAstruction: - addition to these a project to facilitate by.tho building of a ship: canal v.rotuid Niagara FLAK oh the United Statics • -...411,r,ir-trich agitaiiil tor ,111: - Loy •t•• - elits - •:. till, tai darht, toe eallt..(l t.. yotu. st•- •Setill.in at thic tre,:z3lon. ‘•t. ' EL - ioldt he great tot- t,ll. of tit .;4 Lilollin - A. In the great tittitre gtoyth'ok .It. :IdUlltry tall 'lilt- inetetbitig delimit& of ‘lnininerce. it might be well, %dale ..at This flitiNeet,: WA tirily.to ItilVe e.7qttnitivil nod le -7i uurted 41toit OP r allow practicable unites .. tit ,enniierting, the Nfizoilippi \With title —water-oh the .ithititic, but the few:Utility of in•itlittost contintlotts land locked naVigar lititafoin : - .Waitti. to tit: Ottlf of Mexien Ahipti il ruble it-Iting nor iqtagt would be of Et= f%Yli HP:ht /4i: , e of foreign . w:tr. - Nam' e ha.: q.4r willotl:the'giearer part o of, .11 - .ia route, and lift tihzitaeles'to hr overcome mil en , :ily will!. It ttie shill of the l ingineer, - .1:-'; :hair:nor alfncled to . the anhject with the atiekbViir luivirig ally further expenditure-of ikatliri in6liq nt`this time than may he no-. Ite.sliAry'n'i protlttreitytd piat'e all thr,lierv,,l - Ifefori.-0011 . greF1 in ~,, :111 _ Itieirtle folnu, to Enablt.itlicrr, , aftel, if der. in. el Pra-etieable and wor .y. thy, t.. 1.1 . 1-5J4t4 • - .11 the 64b)ect Avltltont dela'. - ; ,' , - . : •-‘,. - ' • :.4. \-- -;• DEPARIA.W.NT_ ' /I'hp report of the Seeretitry of ttee -.);, - :y) ; ikerewith aevompanying• k: - ...q.rain', - ..fiiff - ; 11,:- 'condition of tliA hi - 11610f the 'i.at..lj.. Cl: •iCe, 43 svatft:i Ikl derielcii."Litf:l, till' 4,ApOli ii 14;346.0rrpil din' ngStlie past yedr i and the . sliniropriation , f 4 the ' - ..i.s:me. " It alc..) girez., a . m ~, , , 'f'opletc• twitot3 or the EfiNlee,; ., Ca the navy (,Tor the - pact yt.an in addition to in tegul:ir 'ltrvir..iz . It 1•:: evident ifiat - onle:h :Irv. , oar. .ttren j . .i pre.ierVe our navy in a rl4 - few - ,..,cars inc.-T:IIAM States gill tie the Averti . e...t 4 0ion upon the earth or all the great p..-0 .. ftt.l.. I ,,Yltir an energ,etic aria p l ogris , v iN , 1 1,, 1 , iiness people iike ours, penetrating into anti tyrining.bp.ines , J relations with every part the known liorld, :,. navy strong enough ~ 1 mumand the respect 4 our fia , _ 0.r.),141 ;14 tiece.s,l:ry for the full protection or ti.i.•l/ •tiglit;, . I rer,ohithend •a caret ol considel a wn,. hy - ConL7rze: i ,:t the revouurnenatui,in r.ir,de. tly the i' , ePti;lary 01 the NOSry INY3r orErci: DF'PARTMEN'Is , . . • , '.' •Cias accompanying report of the Postmas - r General furnishes a full and satisfactory .titbit of the operations of the Post Office ' liepartment during the year The ordinary , i • :,:venues of the Department . for the fiscal l i'ear ending June 80, 1572, amounted to ,P 1,915,420 37, had the- expenditures to • 426,658,192 .81.. Compared a - i9i the previ .austiscal year, the increase of revenue was 4,878,880, or 037 per cent., and the in ;;-fease of expenditures $2,268088 23, or 9 - 29 - per cent. Adding to the ordinary reve 'aues the annual appropriation of iic,130,000 , , aor free Inattu aniVhe amounts paid to the subsidizing of mail steamships, the amount • paid out of the general treasury was ‘i . a,- ill/0'435 94, an excess of *389,7 - 07 23 over :he deficiency for the year 1371, • Other interesting - statistical information B.i, , ;elating to our rapidly extending iostal ser laces is furnished in this report. he total ;length of the railroad mail routs on the 80th of June, 1872 ; was 57,911 mi es, 8,077 'Additional miles of such service h vine been Put into operation during the ye r. - Eight new lines of railway post offices have been ,Established, with an 'average length of 2,1 a -at 1 4ailea, 'I he number of letters evehanged is the mails with foreign countries was 2-1,- - 362,500, an increase of •1,006,502,' or 20 per cont., -- over the number in 1871, and the postage thereon amounted to $1,871,257 25. 'tie total weight of the mails exchanged si - ttli the nropeau countries - exceeded 520 tons. - i The cog of the Vaited Litates trans-At -i - *antic mail steamship rervice was :1220,- ;101 70 The total cost or the Unite,' fatatea -iicean steamship service, including, the sums ;,-isaid to tile subsidized mail steaners, was 1,027,02,0 97 The following are the only st•minshiti lines now receiving subsidies for mail service under special acts of Congress: The Pacific' Mail Steamship Company re •,:eive • $500,000 per annum for carrying a .paonthly mail between San Francisco, Japan Lind China, which will he increased to -: . 1,- .000,000 per annum fora semi-monthly mail -;n4 and after October 1, 1073. The United • • Btates and Brazil Mail Steamship Company i • leceire $150;000 per annum for eatrying, a monthly mail between NeW , l.`ork and Rio . - -ieJanelro, Brazil; e.nd the California, Ore ton and Mexico Steamship Company re• •:•eive f 575,000 per titlntilik for carrying a monthly mail between San Francisco and Honolulu, in'the Hawaiian Irlands making the totalamoUnt of mail steamship sulisi ...hes at present $725,000 per annum. ,: Our postal communications with atiparia ad the civilized world have been placed up „Sri a most advantageous footing by the im proved-postal connections andarrangements iecently concluded with the leading corn inercial countries of Europe and Arfierica; dud the gratifying statement is made that ) - Vith the conclusion of a satisfactory con ention with France, the details of whiCh .have been definitely agreed t:t by the head . At the French postal department, subject to the approval of the Minister el Finance, , little iiemaina to be accomphshed by treaty :or some time to come, with respect either itii re3acti , m of rates or improved facilities e:e portai inwryourse. - 7 r: our taws - thie consideration respect• - folly invited iv the rEcommendationA made by 'fix:Postmaster General for an increase of ttie service froth monthly - •to semi-monthly trips on the mail steamship route to Brazil; ter a Subsidy, in aid of the establishment of American line of mail steamer:: between San Francisdo and 7.cew Zealand and Aus• xialia;•for the • es..tablishment of post office ttavins-,s banks, and for the increase of the alaries of the lieads of the bureaus. I have heretofore recommended the tliJO lition of the /ranting - privilege, and see no reason for changing my views on tilt.. sub- It not having been favorably legard ed by Congress, however, I now suggest anoditication of that privilege, to correct its .::laring and costly abuses I wouia ieconi mend, also, the appointment of a committee or commission to take into conskieratiou alai best method, equitable to private corpo rations which have invested their time and capital in the establishment of telegraph lines,'of acquiring the title to all telegraph new in operation, and of connecting .:ervwe e.alt the postal service .of the d.Ltlint it is oat pr.)biitiir that this subject 4.Pviiha 10 'elyt:' 111".)11el . 31•ter:Iii ,1 11 ' the limit:: ,it a ..hart hut jut it rosy he initiated {dither - tiou ivay I.e feir itl the f4'..k et nut int mil pal it.: t OficeihoJ There are hitt three Iltt.. ..t ~.l e sic 1.1:1 ... I s, namely, the Pneill'e fait -Itedne , i.lotrme, ween Pram Japan, a ith \ lit-.lviNiiiri lint hit a d,i•Oil ni!,ifithly :diets (tott.lh.t 1, I`t7z.'• the Cnifed thaws land litatil line, ititanlily, and die California, New Zealand and Au aralian tine monthly, plying Between the United ~.`.- " itates and foreign ports, and iiwneil and up .crated under our line I earnestly reeone inend.that such liberid ennteifets Carry• to the mails he authorised with these line= will insure their continiiate. ff tlw ex• - vedieney of emending the aid of the Gov eitment to lines of steatite's which hitherto have not received it, he deemed a - rwl tliy of the considertition ot,Congress, pout teal and commercial objeets\ make it advisa ble to bestow such aid on a (line 'hider our hag betweenTintarua and the western South American ports. fly this means, much trade now diverted to other countries might ,be brought to the Vented States, to the tpu (4l advantage of this country and those ly iug in that quarter of the continent of Anter . The report of the secretary of the Treas. • - ary will show an alarming falling off in our carrying trade for the last ter. or twelve jean, and even for the past year. Ido nut .believe that the public treasure cart he bet •tei expended in the Interest of the whole i pebplethatt in trying to recover this trade. Aii•expendituo ofveive inillions per annum lop' the next five years, if it would restore .to'the United States .oltr proportion of the -et.frying trade of the wOr,id, would be prof ntably expended.' The 'mice of labor in tEttrope NO been so much enhanced within the last few year that the cost ,of building and operating ocean steamers in the Tinitell 'States is not lunch greater than in ./..'niope, and I believe that the - time has arrived for , Cohgress, to take this subject into Serious ‘uoitsideration. DEPARTUENT Detailed statententa ot the CUSIMIAI.33P44 throughotiOhe Department of .Instice vitt be fished by the report cif the Attorne); General;' and though these have been some what; increased by the went nets Id con gress to enforce the rights-ot citizens of the United States to vote in the several States Of the-Union, and.to enforce Ihe - provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con. Stittition' of the 'United States and the amendments thereto, I cannot -(plestimi the necessity and salutary Wert of these enact n (infs. Reckless and lawless men, 1 regret to 511 y, have associated themselves toetliet' in some localities. to tlenrive - other 'citizens of the rights ontranteed to them 1w the Conoitti tion of the 'United States, and to Wag end have eminnitted deeds ot hio soil ant'cii i lenCe; but the prosecution and punist neat of many of llte,:e persons hat e great l 3 mid ed to the reptessioit ouc fsh dismile s. I do not doubt that a great majority ( f the people in - all parts of the country favor the full enjoyment by all classes of per,zoos of those rights to which they are minted cutler the Constitution and laws, and I invoke the aid and influence of nil good citizen , ' . to pre vent organizations Willitzt` ililiPM, are, by un lawful menus, to Weil:at , with those rights. , I lank with vorkticie.tice.to tilt: time, not far ditakpt, when I Ike otkviotii allclkillikge of good crrrlFr.and fkilit•t. will ihatice \libanklork ment oi all' combination:4 prkkilihit:-:41 13) - the bets l'eferrNl to, hull whelk it %%ill 1111m— cessitry to carry on ikrkk , el t llition, kw it - itl4g prit&imwrits to proteet ettize!k,i trouu the iftWit' , s' doings; of sikelk etinthitkatiokl... Applications have heel) huule to 'ie pardon pitons or it , viiitation it Said aetti, il l tl,il the .rrottnii dial clemency in such eases would tynil to tramptili7e the public mind, and tiAtent the virtue of that policy Tanidistaised, :et far ae, my ut justice will permit, to give to there appliea• Lions II favorable einitideratimi; tint filly ;ie. - turn thereon iu ma to he cOmArneil ie; indi cating tiny ehange in my determination fu enforce \s al' vigor 'awl, it et.4‘ , :o long lel the eonviraelesanif eombi hat kial , therein named disturb the peace of the. coontry It ninth to be regretted, and regretted by,n6 ore more than myself, that the neeti,-rais bal.: ever ext tet.l to e!Yente the enforceintiht, net; and no one earl de - dre mitre tli'm I that the:neceasity of applyinz`it may never s:Taiii he demanded. DEPARTME.M.' INTEL:IOR The Secrettiry of the Interior reports s•it i:rfactory impfovement progre23 in each of the severalibureaUs under the control of the Interior bepartment hie an in excellent counition. The xvoril t., army of them for som e. year , 11.1 t an ear. has I.on brought t.lown date, and in ,alt the current t been pro:nit:ly disputched INDIANS. .11,, poise!, ti Lich xviis adopted ..t th.. he ginning hr this .:Ldniinistraunn . "'ill , je !rad to the management ot the Indians, has been as successful as Its ino:n ardent friends anti cipated within ' , I snort a tune. It has re duced the expens e ot thmt management, decreased their forages up,,rt the white set tlements, tended to L'iVi' tit, largest oppor tunity to Illt` emen - lhat of the , _neat i ailways through the public domain and the push ing of Si2tili'll - lintS into im,re remote dis: tricts of the count! v, and at ( the sante time improved the ennclition in the Indians.-- The policy .will he maintained - without any change, excepting ,21.1,11 as further e.xpen ence may show to he necessary to render it more efficient The" subject r,f converting the so-called Indian Territory soatit of 'E.:arta - is into a hotne for the Incliat,s_ ant eiectiwt the - rum a ten itotial f61.1n - t of ,g , ..^tt .i amen:, i- , ne. of great importailea a.; a oomph:mem of till: existing Indian poll:T. The question if re moval to the Tertitnry ha: within the pat year been repres'ente.d to many i - n the tribe:; resident on other and less desirable portions of ,the public domain, and has generallly 1 beets received by them With favor AL a preliminary step to the organization of .such a ten itory, it will be necessary to c »i -fine the Indians now residing th'ercon to farms of piper size, which should' 1 ) 6 t - o• cured to them in fee, the res:itine t,-, - ; be used for the settlement of other friendly Indi ans. Efforts will be made in the inunetibue future to induce the removal of as many peaceably disposed Indians only to the Indi an Territory as can be settled properl, - with nut disturbinw the harmony of those already there. These is no other locatioh now available where a people who are endeavoring, to ac quire a huowledge of pastoral and agricul tural pursuits can be as well accommodated as upon the unoccupied lanais in the Indian Territory. A territorial government zhould however protecf the Indians from tie in roads of the whites for a term of yearA, un til they become sufficiently advanced in arts and civilization is guard their own rights, and from the disposal of binds held by them for the same period. PUBLIC lAN lit' During the last fiscal year their ti, rte ,iI3- po,'3ed of out of the public lands 11,864,975 a quantity greater by 1,099,270 acres thi'm was disposed of during the prqvious year.— Of this amount, 1,370;3'20 acres were sold for cash. 389,450 acres located with military warrants, 4,671,33 acres granted for home steads, 593,613 acres lccated with college scrip, 3.554,887 acres aranted to railroads, 265,1147 acres granted to wagon roads, 714,- 255 acres given to the States as bounty lands, and 5,700 acres located by Indian scrip. The rash receipts from all sourcks in the laud office amount to S)3,218,1001 During the same period, 2,201,603 acres of the pub lic lands were surveyed, leaving 1,257,633,- 1328 acres of the public lands still unsur veved. - - The reports from the subordinates of the land office contain interesting-. information in regard to' their respective (hailers. They uniformly mention the fruitfulne. - -s of the soil duifimr the past season, and the increased yield of aII T hinds of produce. Even in those-States and Territories wher9 mining is t e, principal business, the agricultural prod eta have exceeded the local dernan3, and iberal shipments have .been maie (lista it points I rATEITT..i D ring the year ending - i3epteml4 1,572, there were issued from. the Patent Of fice 3,620 patents, 233 extensions, and 55G certificates and registers Of trade raiirk:%-=- During the same time 19,537 applicationS for patents, including re-issues and derigns, have been received, and 3 : 100 caveats tiled., The fees nceited during the same period atac,unt to $70,095,450. and the total expen di:az (stc. i 2 Cc.).,C55,390, rnakincr the net re rAipit: over the expenditures7,l4o,o9B. t. 4 iii..e (two hundred thousand applica tions roe i.Awatz bave, been lila], and about one huudre,t thirt:, - -four thousand pat cuts issued. The office is hem:: lin„ler the same laws and aeucr..i orzanization adopted at the original inauguration, when only from 100 tolsoo applications were made per annum: Tlitcrommis.--ioner shows that the office has outgrown the original plan, and that a new iorganizafion It is become necessary. This subject Was presented to Congress in a spenial communication in Feb ruary last, with my approval and:llle appro val of the Secretary of the Interior, and the suzgestions contained in said communica tion were embraced in the bill that was. re ported to the House by the Committee on Vo ents at the last session. The subjeqt of . tttt re-organiYation of the Patent Office as ctmtemplated by the hill referred to, is one importanve to the industrial inter ,,f the country that I commend it tn the ifiention of Congtess. •I'h' Commissioner also treats- the subject Ott the reparation of the Patent Office from Ow I ;epartment of the Interior. This sub la also embraced in the bill he r etof ore referred to. Commissioner complains of the want of room fo: a model gallery and for the working force A na iitpeS' , llTy rile , of the office. It is impossible' to tran sact tile business of the office properly with out more room in which to arrange the filer, and drawings that must be consulted hourly in the transaction of busines4. The whole of the. Patent Office building will scion be needed, if it is not already, for the, accom modation of the.business Of the Patent Of flee. Y£~:wiOtifi Tile amount paid for pensions in the last weal year was *530,169,340, an amount larg er by 0,708,434 than was paid during the prEeeding year. Of, this amount t2,313,- 40 , .) were paid under-tip act of Congress of rebruary.l7, 1871, to the suryiyors, of the war of 1812. The annual inereaie of PePsiono :by legislation of Congress has more than kept pace with"the natural yearly losses front the Tolls. The act of Congress of Jane 3, 1872, bus added an estimated arnoun,t of 4 2 750,00 'per annum to the rolls without intreasing t } he number of pensioners, We cannot tberefore look for any substantial decrease in the expenditures of this department for some time to come, or so long as Congress continues to so change the rates of pensions. - ,Tite whole number of soldiers enlisted in thenar of the rebellion was 2,0.53,523. The total number , of . claims for invalid pensions i 4,170,000; being bat six per cent. of the whole number of enlisted Men. Thy total number of claims on hand 'at the be,gix.minz PI the year was 90,089. The nUmberle- , eeived timing the :tieat , was 211 ‘ ,5Z4, L 'ifik number disposed of Ni a, :)9,17:i. making tv net gain - of 12,001.. The. littinher liim t!it tile is 78,0,95. . ,0,, I h t ,' 201 K of June, itii2, there were on the roll, the names of 0,405 invalid mili tary pensioners, and 113,51 S tOdOWS, Or phans and dependent ielatives, ipaking an aggregate of 208,023 nril'yy nmsiAmerg. - At. the. same time there weron thr i k roUs .the namestif 1.449 navy pensioners !and J,7!',1), willow,:, orphans _and thpendenl relatives, making the whole 111140 r of naval pen sioners-3,179. ''' 'Neve bad been level% yl snit•t the pass age of the eel toilprovide petisn lis lie' the ctirvivor•-; of the Al ;It• of 1812, :;e 4 5.)1 applt colimis !dim - in June :;0, 1470. of 1 1,,, F ,,,, there - were allowed during the last tip,eal year 20,1211 claims, 1111,1 4,Skri there 'ejected during the year, leaving 11,1ih'it liaittis pend ing at 'that date. The number of pensions of all I.la--0, .o.thted tho 'ow the la , ' fessal seat Wil.- .33,5, .11nring I hat petil.l thele W(',l ;- dripped Inain Un- tidi i I'M vat ions ' Calli+,(-1 9:I111 name , , it.:lVitfj it emend total of '.2u2 ?2!) pen , ,:ioner- -WI Ow toih on I tit , : a I 4.lav of June, li.c. - -' '` 'o; themglit t int111:1 Itit• pvtic,ittlts Oil ,1,.:0011 t of lice %),91 all tie ift isy the 1-A lit . May, It1;:l. It is z;e•t:(),-1[S0,000 t,e required frir the I,erisitla .errire 11-3- cal ,r. lu niutli et:mmti nh9tit -completed 11 ; , vaily completion •1110ec( (4 e(ll.t , 4ritt 1)1,t11(111, iflit.'fistlcit H.l the Il i to li Isiode of the ..•tati.;tie-: ther.-in r.mtamed 1 , glumly on 'he promptitude of tTir • - li•cretztry of the In. crior rec ommend-, that ti vet/tat:3 he tat (41 itt t;•375, which recommendation rkely,e the early attention of Congte-1:; The lid - :t1 at lire-tent I.Ftablished bet wren f•sederal een sm,e,4 19 so long that the information ohtain- NI at lit(• deeelltilill period-. Ihi• MAIO -11:11 wants al rt.;:ourt es i ii tlic nation idiot lit tle pun-tie:ll value cite) cio• expiration of the, first half of that period. ti would prob ably ohviate the cotmlithtional j_r,trditw u lif!C(..llllini a ei , n,ol, ia . I:en in 1 ve. ed ot ill iuiliticz,l character, alit fit' le illop4,llli.melefpl ~1 gie!,%,14 - 4lEtl Illne::entdij;...ll hr n,.tt 511ider it. - ...1.11 . 11 it ceri:it , , 04'4;1. , 't :tI,. tii•l in the tart year of the to -s L. ad• jtationitl e:Aiitence, 1.4 out.i to; m-h monument ut the Proit' , .- 4 : , I the t Lute.) :'tnieJiduritus that century rapidlOot insert 1-(ltWit linn I- « i 1) )•>t eiii ositaginv. t h e cut Lent iiiscory ot the. eourdry, awl it I-1 tio siue %bat 3ae iiS a greM .meas me the etYOtb of the Bureau of Educa ti,,n. 'nail office is continually recerina evhlem C which abundantly proves its efli ciencr, y l tican the :mous of ITOM educators of .all; kinds throughout the country.- The report of- the Coint - nisioner contaimg va'J amount of educational clemils of great interest: - The bill now pending before Congress providing for the i.ippropriation of the net proceeds of the sales of the public hinds for educational purposes, to aid the States in the general ed ucation of the rising generation, is a mea 'sure,of such great importance to our real pro:ilress, and is so unanimously approved by flu: leading friends of education,. that I commend it to the favorable attention of Congress ~,t Altaic , in the Territories are generally sat i,;faclory. ener43 stud business capaci-. ttif the pioneers wh.l are settling up the a 1 111,1/1 4:1 14 orporated int o f - :_tates are iteepit pa, to internal int pro% ements and civil trovernment With the Old.-r communities in but one of them, Utah, is the condition at atiitira misatiefac tnry;.e.;cept so far as the quiet o the • eiti• :Fen 1w hy real or imaginary dangerlol, Indian houilities It has seemed tc, be the ficlicy of the Legislature of Utah to evan all responsibility to the Govern rrient of the United .'litates, and even to hold a position in hostility to it I recommend a Careful revh•:_ .. _is - rt the piesent laws of that Territory by',,tontzress, anti the enact ment of such a law-az-The one proposed in Congress at the last session, for instance, or 'something similar to it, as will secure peace, the equality of all citizens before the law, and the ultimate extimpris s lunent of polyg.. ;Any P f.t.A a blislittwp ,t territorial ow - eminent - tor the Distcict\ at Columbia, the e • . implovement of the c oirtlition of the city of AVashington and its surroundings, and the increased prosperity of the citizens, ate c.bservape to the mast casual visitor.— The nation being a large owner of property in this hear with the ettin of the District a jmt shale of the expense of these improvements. I recommend, there fore, an appropriation to reimburse the citi zens for the - work done by them along and in front of the public grounds dining the past year, anti a liberal appropriation in or der that the improvement and embellish ment of the public buildings and grounds may beep pace with the unprnvercent made by the Territorial authorities Th..; report of the Commissioner of Agri culture gives a very full and interesting ac count of the several divisions of that De partment—the horticultural, agriculturtd, statistical4entomological and chemical—and the benefits conferred by each upon the ag ricultural interests of the country. The whole report is a complete histbry in detail of the workings ot the Delor meat in all its branches, showing the man er in which the farmer, merchant and mine is informed, and the extent to which he is aided in his pursuits. The Commissioner makes one recommendation—that measu es be taken by Congress to protectand induce the plant ing of forests; and suggests that no part of the public lands should'be disposed of with out the condition that one-tenth of it be r.- served in timber where it ezists, and where it does not exist inducements should he ni ferecr for planting if : Tim CEI.TTE:.'"ZNIAS, CE,4:i1P.A470:: in accordance with the terms 7.)f the act Cl t..:ongress appioved Match 1371, pro viding, for the celebration of the one hun dretlai anniveisary- of American Inclepen denc,:, ‘i Commission has been organized consisting of two inembeis from each of the States and Territories. This Commis sion ha-, held two sessions, and has made satisfactory progress in the organisation and in the th jeftjntory steps necessary for carry ing ant thp proyisions of the act, and for executing also the Kir:is:ions of the act of June Ist, 1:'71 creating a Cen;:ern4a). Board of Finance preliminary ieport of pro gress has 'been received from tile President of the, Commission, and is herc with trans mitted': It v - ill be the duty of tilt,' CommLisabn, at yout ,c6ming session,,lto transmit a full re port ot..tlie progress naarle, and to- lay be. fore'pat the details rebating to the exhibt. Lion at ...wcrican and foreign arts, products and nhamfaciures; and btt'the terms of the net the exhibitionis ti; ite - :held. under the auspice; of the Government of lit;:, United StateA. itt the city of Philadelphia, 'in tar yeas This celebration iii be looked forw,nd a oy American eiti:zens with great interest as marking a' century of greater r•rogrt's anq prosperity than is recorded in the history of any other nation, and prove anothor good parpot:c in bringing togethet on our coil the people or al/ the commercial nations of the earth in a manner calculated to secure international good feeling. • An vainest desire has been felt to correct the abuces which have grown up in the civil service of the country through the defect ivrt method of making appointment= to of fla. Heretofore Federal offices have heed regarded too much as the reward for politi nt see vii - 0. 4 1 - nder the authority of Con -4414 I nl. 11/4VO heed estahlished to regulate the tettw the mode of „it , „1,10,t he expected that "t ni, ;111 he entirely effective anj I.;ioVr A pei IV/ t I ot, ,, ty for the existing 0t; b: , , t!:;i; t',• lb.rfoughly tested b;1,1.0 fs.t , tothern. the A)tiying pay term of hi. , c it =hullphy hea 'e l l' d, e tiv.Or to ' tIO tin o rules as to +Venn' the greqlest'pos sild reform in the civil of the Goy blit it \t dl letpthe the direct ac tion 4.1 4 lels.Wl runt. roement 4,t d..- 11illti1/01 111 , 41 Wt and 1 hioltv, lil4a OT the past year, tojetin o.llh zippoTihite by Cungre::-..., nei) - if I.—rs. :,,du tion of this and 111 0 to 114 i pub lic service for all 1;.ou pt it.:th.;,l of obtaining - faithful eitticet And erap,l9vee.i 2 - I ch. cpc,ll; week, .)I.r. - (13 the tutioiNit„, untalimonsi:, .41,14 !...) sent to . 041 - RI:Pie:F.:OAL' - . 1 - I in 111 ILI , of fitlfa.- 1J•1i 11. au .0 Lk, Itto. electi : ot no •o 2 tt.o-k CtlZ , .t 1441 Pi 4 • ~tO,l ti 1...; Et, il.- 0/1 the j<illi j 4 401' cr: tit)fi 44 Ult. titill:l2l:t •e 1 • it_ purity 1113‘.1 %North r.cl 11 ,, C1:;,t , ea, the f.ria impressiuli malcd by his death iul lowing. a keen family bereavement." ' 'l Ufl I.l , L'eful LI IN TT:nr,ITQRIEe 4GRICULTURE I= ME 1= etic_ - -,,At i i - tool.:_ - 1,,', =252M1 THESDA.t DEO:Minh 10 1872. , • '..` • . lovernor .Merrinitin was 'last :week: elec10(1 ile(l States Senatori)),' the'.Legislatttre of uli Carolina. Loorithiv Fo:ttetiolki of the Trvatiry • • ' l i)nrimont •glioy.'s :aleprrnt,pof rl darini 2 ,- , Norriobet, of ;,1,198,929 69, I ldo; a lota trcl n rtiuo :411 ! et, p res id en t tot N% Its imingtir.lo , 4l i'',:.l6-1,895,2'..1) he House of Representatives passed two tortilla hilts last Thutmlay; .one rawbaek of duller:: on 'ail material' Ira ted and laced in reimildiii the burned ktriet of Boston, and one to build six ;011.3 of \var of not more than tin. guns 'The notorious women, Woodbuq and the, were last week released. from:pris: bail having been given in both the mint- I and civil proceedings instituted against m It is reported that so far as the libel t'ollenlleti, ()IP' N6ll fiftellipt to i tify by poivintt the truth their :41i1 T - , I•JD,I6E Simmer. signalized the first day the se Sion of Congress by introdueinj'a l to blot out part of the history of the nary. lie proooped to strike from the lanai flay and the A-rmy Register all .ord of the battles of the Rebellion. This, suppose, is :11r. Sunmerts latest hobby, d it is apiece of silly sentimentality. n, adtre Nelson, of the State of NewYork,u Ito been fifty years on the bench—twenty (olyear; as a judicial officer of his natise ste, and twenty-eight years in the Supreme inn of the United . States—has jtist re [ned. • Such an experience is probably 'thOut parallel in the history of any na n. The President Las appointed Ward I . nt, of the same State, tO fill the vacancy s occasioned. s, , 0 arnwi L On., of South Carolina, has .en app.:4mM by the Preident Minhuel at 1? Court of St. Petershnn! in the place of Governor Curtin Although an original 12e7.zionizt, Mr. Orr V; qq among the tirz,t to inept the situation, alter the elose,of the ir, and he has for years acted with the P üblieau party He ir a' man of ability rd much• official experience, and his ap ; . intment is no doubt a judidioue one. We are glad to see that a bill hag been in troduced in the House of Representatives to' reduce the postal taws. It would seem I • t ere is no good reason why the postage on si gle lettera should not be cut down to two c nts, provided the franking,privilege is ut• to •ly abolished in accordance with the Pies ,( ent's rcommendation made last year,— T ese measures are each deSirable irrespec ti e of the other, and both together would w o rk a most beneficent reform of the poltal MBE On the first day of the session of Congress nator Cameron introduced a bill to grant pension of ri!2,000 to the widow of Gen. eade This is all right, and we hope the • nsion will be not ; but we cannot see shy , tne widow of the late President Lin ! In, Confinander•in•Chief of the army and v! - „ is not entitled .to equal consideration. 'n•-nln died in the service in as strict a nse as any soldier ever did. Let a pen km he granted to his widow, and iin act of Irdy justice will he done. I The House of Representatives seems iiis• sea to lose no time in pressing forward le public business Last Friday the bill Irepared by the Commissioner of Internal evcnue : abolishing the offices of Assessor d Assistant Assessor and turning over eir duties to the Collector, was introduced y Mr. Dawes, of the Committee of Ways , :dMeans, and - passed after a short debate tWo hours. It was mainly discussed by e Democrats. some of them attaching it iery , severely, .and others defending it a. , 3 rarrnly PROMOTED OUP OF corr . I.ci: Congrc-s•-• 'n,:-1 last weer Monday, told Gen: pol tcr. who has long been Chief of peaker Blaine, lotl 1 lime in moving an Division in the President's Mansion, has vestigation hifo the charges ;made against been ()tiered so much higher compensation for, duties connected with the business of in, dnrintr fhe late eanvass. L,v the " Lihe - - - private life, that the President 11:1.3 been con t.' ' Pref-':! He cAled -ME Co'":, a Detrio - strained to accept his resignation with many !vale inen - ilier from .:STetv Yorli - , to the chair, expressions of high regard. Thus is ,the d moved the 'appointment of"' a committee labor of `one after another of tlice ina c i -- quatelv paid in the civil service called awav five to investigate the s charg - ea in relation from public positions by the more lucrativl the Credit .I . obilier. -k , ts, the same time posts of private business. e informed the Honse that lle had request- COMITLEDYN EDUCATION. i air. (2, 32 ,- .. w „ rgin i nt u . iiial,:i t ty Of Deut,',- ' PIA: tabject is likely to - be discussed be fore on the committee 'Tiit: request wits - • -. t once compliedwith, and the investlgatin n fore the present Congress, though no action will Tq l obablY be reached this v.-inter, The bill appropEating the proceeds of the sales :L.: already I.ech commenced b:, the mein- of public lands, by tin equitable division, erg of the committee. a majority of Ahem among, the States and Territories for educa zip, the , :p t „3 :ol , „ l p o l i ti ca l opporicritz :‘, f t , tional purposes, is recommended iti - the President's Message just issued, and it is . e may hope to have this infamous slander - eery likely to become a law at an early day. romptly and thoroughly probed. ',„ If .any of the Southern States persist in _____.„______. • maintaining their masses in ignorance after - ‘ - ', - e. print this week j f)yery inducement to instruct them is offer od, it trill qu'ionim.:,llv he the ;duty of the National l- o; ,to insiit upon the [Tread of chid- light in ...,11 our larders upon whiolilrocessarily rests the suety and per manence oi ,ell-zoverned peoph, if UM: .'..T IRE C.:TILL:. Inc Pre-.1.1,1.1 Mesa.: , .' ,:, a' , k -, 0 - Cid vvith general :•ati.-ra, ti. :, iii: in 0,,, : , pies itiont'A nguall, ,t.n..1, list„,l and terse style, coveling . maaterou. , itr.n.th: , ,l VieW,3 of a va riety of important national th e asules. It is thou:tht that, ihroagh dissensions in tic Conzpr,vt4.iv, rant . s of the .•; - ortit Caro lina lictislattno: t;en'atoi Pot - lc., Republican, will he re-elected for si., - . yell ...: ipoc. • C. M. in tail President rant's annual message. _:l.lthough it is Anzer than 1.1311ai, our readers will find on :s perusal that there are no superfluous :orris in it It is in filet a condensed re iew of the different Depaitments of the 'overnmcnt. Ws: nave. little :lpacefoi com- I' lent. this week.: but there is one fact in re ard i': it worrny of ponce th,r President ' - r rnalies no I,pecial referenci: IQ the condition of the Eouthern states resulting from the ate \vat The omission is sienificant and visible It meane that in, the President's pinion tile time is past when special lezis ation is needed for that section—that here after " the South" is to be regarded as a .ee- To.phical and not a political division of be country. 1,. - , - , cry voter should re ;,l the icsaaTze carefully, and form hi: own coin -on of its various recommendations. i A fey, - days after Mr. Greeley's death :33ine A the newspapers prope3rd that a filed he •aisecl bv the journal:; of the country for Ilic b meth of liis suryivini, ih t righters „ The 'ri.!,ll7ii of last Fri,lay referred to the sub ject in a leading article, and in the name of i Ihe Hisses Oreeley most. respeptfully de- I lined the proffered azs4F-_ltance. This is only Ivhat I,va3 to be naturally expected froth the hildren . of Horace Greeley. The, proposb . inn tend its prompt nail graceful declination [i re alike honorable to all partieQ.. It is grab tying to learn that at such pecuniary aid s entirely unneeded. Although the great 'ditor was not ranked among the mcii of veal*, as 3,:: - P.F,' Yoihers cpuut weaffli, it H )elieved that his estate will autc.urq:tpaiail :100,000;' and as it is' all left to liis rwo laughters, it is evident they are in no din •er of immediate want. • If the fact v: t; therwise, there is no doubt the Press of the' hole country would respond gladly to the, ppeal fur aid, The 4udden kletitit` of Mr. GredLy i he questiou,for -xlicon the Elzctors of EMI Likral-Dc.mocratic States should 7,4, "c - 1) 1 ,4 ley vote for iiltii.t ctnyl•,7\l:r. It}irmari f tt i e 141,9 . 51 zsationi:i • 4 cepthiea tiut ctt Nfr k5,1,1 - apl ailda I tze , lot to bt-.; the. Detnocrati welt! hvt occa:iion, !rim 'Elector,: rut t ,t 1. ~dnes,lay,.und voted without t:onC'ert or various men, most of them, howeret, tuning, Mr. Hendricks, ',ol' Indiana, for Presitleat;; vhile some (if -limn too ft :forl3. pralz brown fur Pre,iitlettiatal 4 i ) ( t 1;. ;011 for Alpo IVe tlu not t.Ct , 1100 kir, hit t.r 2aratigt.titunt eall be justified, -.l3rtm - n Itt-int4 snurtlh clititleil,,tO „filli.vot i e44: Itt ris t;taips :l'o( the minor of= ticc. _'Phis t' , ..xliet knee has pi,iioticskily :dem: oilsirnted the,(lghttei ; this mocip-'.Cif:eleel::! "- • • - rhict Slagist Elect - oral' College has always fire? ;t useless.'pief : t• of state,macltinery, anti it -is ,nosr.ste.4,)oAY -4,11 valamitotts tme,: ffe abolished - 118 . . :The-finieral 11, ill I eeley tOol: place last Wolin-414 ,froin chin Ott in 'Sew York„ All day Tuesday the mortal I-8)11,M,-; tit ilie treat journalist were lying in state at lite City Hall, where-many thou sands of all clas:As of people eroWded to take a last look :it that well,known The obsequies were attended by ' many of the most distinguished men of *the Country in public awl private life, the President and several meni)ers of the CtlJAnet heir pre et& Henry- Ward Beadier delivered the opening - sad Dr Chapin .paid. affectionate tribute to his 'LW3tinguished par: ie.lhiont-r. The :servieeli wet e trtUrkintpres. 4 lye anti <lol, , mt), Lush were tltorotigli:ly in cult :i_otttlioe with the eharader of Mr : Greeley, being - t7oikhiCnO(i liir the. übseKee of all. pomp or dhplay, Probably'no'maire fitting requiem could be lourid.for t the plain citi zen who has thus passed away than that he wrote I hurt v yawl ago On the death of liizt coyly friend, the great lawyer IVirt: Rmik- not the muffled dram, 'Wake nut, the iTutiti , et'a in4iirtiful sound, For hint %those tint ilts voice iu death is dumb, Who, iu the vetuth,of his highreudwu. It, the grave went down. . Invid:e. no suuuori'.l breath To swell the requieur, , ashes poured; Silently bear hint to Illy' house Of death; aching newts liylyht - du ‘d uord Hr );on not by so! let tale:hull's tt.ir • Be the sole tribute td his 3nethory pa:1; Earth has no mouuraent eo L justly dear To souls like his In purity arri.p.,i, Never to fade, • • , 4 Then take thy lone tepo9 Beneath the shelter of the deep great 9(41 Death but a brighter halo 'round the: throws: Thy lame, 11w soul, alike have spurned the clod itist thee in God." ' • 01111 WASHINGTON LETTER. Wvzninni)N, Dec., 3, 1871 Ma. DEEELI'i AND )11:1 ELECTORAL TOTE. The death of mi. Grpelpy is mourned here hy hi_ tiitHt energ,etic opponents-in the late campaign fArtnore than it is bv 'Demo crats who voted for him, Many of the lat ter state their abhorrence of the great jour nalist without - stint in their .expressiOns.---: They say they Voted not ,for the man, -but because they were obliged to do so or meet ,defeat as a stilt greater certainty.' On the Other hand, the editor of the Sunday, (lope tal, whose black-mail sheet slanders friend and foe alike, makes the impudent assertion that the death of Mr. Greeley was mainly caused by the severity of abuse beeped up on him by Republicans during his ill-advised and unfortunate campaign for the Preui one who is unpiejudiced will ail en ey .N. - ) i. to accord to „this prince of journalists the position -of one of our most distinguished American citizens, Republicans, 'so far as your correspondent lies observed, never de nied, this while in the thickest of the fight. Now that his dust returns to dust, he will leave many long yeara s of brilliant record to which Republicans with all other good citi zens will proudly point, >and they will not fail to hold him up as a leading mind•of the nineteenth century, than whom few if any greater and better can be found 'upon the globe. , The Electors of Greeley and 'Brown will have some trouble-to find their duty to-mor row in casting the 'electoral votes of the Greeley and Browr t States. The 'absurdity of the present Electoral - system could not have been better illustrated than it is in this case without danger to the peace of the na tion. If it had been the successful candi date who had died just prior to the time re quired by the Constitution for the Electoral votes to be cast, so that the vote must be cast before it would be possible to assemble the, representatives of the successful party, and the Electors should choose imprudent ly, there would be no end to compliCations that might arise. The entire national policy for four years might hang upon 'the life of one man. In the language of Hamlet to the players—" Oh, reform it altogether!" The New York Tribune counsels casting the Greeley ballot for President Grant, but, so far as any of the States have been heard from, the 'Democrats incline not to take counsel with the Liberals, but to vote for some straight-out Democrat, who will be henefitted by the complimentary vote A and thus materially . strengthen their party for the next campaign. alcl7lizzist - Pator's "‘A'ot4ce. ETTLIIS iarit Art:tier, lac Pa L::•en gJaute.l tbi4.2l - signed b./ riot iter:i-fter ,:ount:,, oz: tr.: ;aiC eqt.lte thc3c the Fame t.: me: Al:dillebury, Xibidicbttry. 1b73.-fit:. \VEST L>elvlbg Ilhel.•iut..4 o.thltl6:l tt A the eelebt Sept 17. 72-11 .+;:c ji ! ' Lat.ll I j•F, cf either actx, A..,11: fur us tv . 1 11 th mut au} cLiu4 1 4 2.01 , :fileic LA , U5411 C Portlarat, Arai " •;. j 4. 172-1 v Tglei. A. 1.f..40.F1EV,L1i OULD rev-ti“lty 'IL II ounce to the public that a , ho icat nor; ::'.I I OC3R OP giiiihelA and ii.ianey Guodsi ..z every deaczipnon, fvr Me ladle - , COLE4tiLe 01 Flats, 13onnets, Cap 9, Gloves, Hosiery, ITtlisias, Shawls, nte, sierino and Jiuslin Underwear, Germantown „'.,;la, Zephyrs and Furs. Thankful tbr the gener a; patronage of the past-, she hopes to merit a con• titl'aiaTlZe of the same. - Juu 1, 1172. riiSTRAY TAKEN UP.—& dark red Co - came to 11.4 my premises on the 3d of Nov. 11372; he owner ti: pleaie prove property, pay charges, an take her ABIUHAS ,HART. ehaileaton, Pa. 73,1373-3 w ;;; ERE i 9 zny wife Jat,e Richmond ha :left my bed arm boLrd without jolt CaUqe or provocation, I , i. , 2rLby give notice to all persons not to har-, • hex on my account, as I v,ill pa' - no dehtal 41:: -.re alter this date. 1,).:72. SVER.E.:: RIC . / )lOND • • 1 - O;:iNT.TEPAT , J.II9 . NOIICF -Letter.3 oI ndndi.le• 21. Put.loll t e s t ate ef Frank' Parker, late of 1 . 1 Re: 'deceased; having. been z ;ha izned by the Register of Tioga viaibted to said estate are reques- E,l t and those having (Athos against the.same to the nr-deraigr.ed in I'a. Dxv9ldteld, Dec 3,1872—C .I.:MOK - .'OUTTI , Juet arrived with an lIIIMEMEB t3TOCE. (01 I\l • J LLRTRITMAN, LIM (a - 1 --- t ) 4:2 IR, 1 k..4 -1 9 rr A_ A .1" intend to more ICIK. one of the elegant New Stores: in Willcox St Kress's new Brick Block. I prOpose to sell, my emir:: stock at reduce) rate's for the nest sixts .lays, di 11V uotwialtto mc,ve. so many goods raid it to their interest to g,-.7e me a call before dealing elserdiere Oct. 29, 1872—tf. L. ii.T.PX.5.11.:!: • We have Shed the Shanty II IJAHAINS DVSIRABLE 600.08 MEE • A J. D. Tivy Icor, . ~ : , i.TRE. WISES, 1/117:-.4: , -3 ZlVaTiOttk; ta Wholeattle and Retal!. N0 4 .11.(2a Er li*.tif , d Ewell - , Wellsboro,,Pa. . ,Dec, Dec ••,, li" „ - .'.l - ' . . HEit ukS y 9n31 Junet A. 11119 VOII.III. L14;019:14Me home without y just cause, I herclby ,lorbid ant" per9On or' pert 4O trusting him on my-account.as I Shall pay no deblii of his contracting alter this date. Dated et Enortille, Pa.; Dec. 2.18 2. JAMES G. PLAISTED. Dec. 10, 102.40 GEORGE A. HOLT, lIULDAII PARKER, Adm'ra. VC) it. ' 41\1, 41 1 1 ; §llll YOA 1 Ccz.eist{t g t Mt V GOOD,s4, ' BOOTS & SHOEB v.ffitatie it:thing I A' IP (I 0 P 11 circa ‘ ig 7 v :1 1 L f 4 43 ETC., ETC iTi tiat Gala thz ever tr:. - AlgLt tnp i7eiisiorJ If4AIDICES? ,TirVIIV. and Gents' iiiu• Ouliars, PeOlilC Butter any Grain to aISPO£IO of will J i LNINgG. • " TIc.`,CO, PA. EMI tanz t.9 - ..7 t., cur friends cr.:l =stet:fora that we htrri good . IJE IHEA It.Ae64o,llyeiii" !..irtore II I 3 'Ailed cl e.t ic.we:; fr. 3. ce.il zra pot ill iitcw tivw it. is Tizreaago ei) a. -11 ccd tti . t 4,4 IMIIMIIIIN The Largest Establishment in Northern Pa Vid' i T L c LL Wfli 4CO the ixamiB money ti you' Conaltg, Col e ; ! A'5,,,„:„,„ . • 2-46. , - 14l ikT .. .. k , .., - - ',', - • : - i,..... ~.:. . v -,:-,,,,,,, ' 4 \ I .7 , F... • (' ilisl;l4 `` Min . '~ ~ ;." ~, i ~ a~~ 1 1 - ("yag.l [l5 I ' ~, J DitITO-0-.I.S'T ! HAVilie faciliti-si fur Laythg az.dhand.h.c....i.i.tirev.• quantitits (d.cic.c..1 . 4 ealablea then 1,1 Gter tLtu, et lvwtst Jobliide . pr) - ., In mar retail deparrt i r.caut G.7. , ;3:5• r..t, scli, a; E. 51:13al G3NW:.4 c4e-r1 v,t,,,1e . , pile A.3s. 'are° steel: of . t 1 , t ... i . STONE, .1111011 E ISLAND AND WITIth HLI.SS, ALL SIZLS :HAILE AND DOUBLY: THICH, S-UNIS KVDS 1 3- ND 001,Ulto VAFOSISHE...q A2ID VARNISH LI:I:SkIES, .a. rum. STOOL s', Transfer and Brushes for Carriage and fal' /lag of all olasaea of goa anertaluit; te, vox 14t tL Siv.:k 'l - ii."lo San. 1,, 1872, H T FALL AND WI TEll IMI _DM( TOTIT_Te...tiB or tAiii cvAlacit. GROCERIES IN ABUNDANCE, CROCKERY NOT SMASH cfc tEiXEC.S)XOO3 LIGUIL'ONtit 3 A TA, 3 f, ; ; A , with prices not to be brut:a:. LQ rostir. V Wok 1t.1,22, ri!!! , • ,11t :' I ‘,„ „‘.., , , . , •; '• ' • \'''., ..< r - ' , : , " .. - ‘:`‘" -i''-,1,-,.,:drt:;:-.':••„:-:,\.• ~..,., ~ •, ..,....,,.., ... N .I i • ,• , • . :•..-‘-: , '.:-,-3 ..- ,--- . . ... . • , . . i • f. -- . -- -- - 1) ' -- . , ...... • . . \ • iN i v r - f . W/ICLLS SETA.= Orliti i iment63, Striping, Cutter (WU:kill takig, A:r PILE kl , -+; I , - buy T:ur 001)S trar,..r:lts to tr—sr.tl,3r. 1 i II in goorepi4rfiaa3 stneo, • - a - d ~w,,01 1 1:0 a , ; SEE CZ) , • , v \ ...1T.3.fi ,. .i10J - 0.- MI 01/ 1 / 1 ) , OEM S NM UM • I VI come Pe.?pry OuYins• fordd 4 ,E,‘ 11 VII ' A IN H 0 IV ti 1= a II CI [1 N IMO 141 4 001 s, ~.~ I=3 Pelt ci !tats 11, II
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