BEM VOLUME .VII. TINA COUNTY AGITATOR j 3 pjjI3II,BED IMMIX IEDNESDAYIIOICMG BY IN GELDEE & MITCHELL: p. C. Vao 601dCr. I - . _ dna. oiS OP SUBSCRIPTION INVARIABLY -IN ADVANCE. ;, rciption; (per yoar) _ $2,00: RATES OE ADVERTISINO." - IE% 1.1xE9 or MraioN OS 118 , mar, inar.,E4l:4ll.E 1:111UOLL111 os Wel I $l,OO I $2.00 I $2,50 J $5,00 j $7,00 I $12.00 .:siaaresr. 1 2,00 . 1 2,00 1 4,00 1 8,03 1 12,00 ( 18,00 ...... 115,00117,00 ff 2,00 pigiblico t oo _ . :it-o-1,00 I 45,001 00,00 100,00 swim iotiees'l6 cents per lipe; Editorial or ••• 115) cents per - : • ' TraELOCLIt edvestising Lon bo paid for In adrimiCi. ricinitico Planks, Constable Blanks, Deeds, Judg• ..:ent Net s, Marriage Certificates, &c., on hand. hook, lain and Fanny Job PrII promptly and neatly executed, William Al Stone. Attorney and Gannet)lo,r at Law, first door above Converse Oagood'e store, on Main street. '0: Welleboro, Juno 22, 1870 y Smith i. Merrick, Attorneys Sc Counselors at Law. Intiurance, flaunty and Pensioo Agency, Mee on Main Street, Wellsboro Pa, opposite Union Block. Jan. 1. 1870. • • W. K. Saud. " • . c . 0 r.O. W. MISEIRIOIi.' . 1.. Seele) Coates & Co. ,BANKERS, Knoa illo, Tioget, County'„, Pa.— Mali° money on depOsit, discount notes, and sell drafts on New York City. Collect ions promptly mado.-\-Deo. 15, 1869-lye ' Juo. W. Adam . Attorney ancl_Countselor at Law,Mansfield,Tioge. county, Pa. Collections promptly attended .f an. 1,,1870. inc. I. Mitchell, Attorney au4 Counselor at Law, Claim, and In !oracle° Agent. Office overlCreee' , Drug Store, adjoining- Agitator'Office, 1 1 1ellsboro, Pa. S3.11:1, 1870. IV Ilson & Niles, Attorneyb and Counselors at Law. Will attend promptly to business entrifsted to their care iu the counties of Tioga nod Potter. Office on the Avenue. Tan. 1, 1870. F. Wasorr.] [J. B. Nitts. John W. Guokioley, ) Attorney and Counselor, at Law. Al! business 1 entru4ted to him will be promptly attended td. io . tlin 2d door south of liaalett's Hotel, Tioga, Tioga County, Pa.—Jan. 1, 1870. i Win. B. *Smith, ken: non, Bounty and 'lnsurance Agent. Com 1111.mb:winos sent to the above address will re f , C.eiVO prompt attention. Terms. moderato, -1 Knoxville,ta.—Jan. 1, IS7O. • — -- ryinottr & Horton, Attorneys tin Counselors at law, `flop P.L. Ail business entrusted to their care will receive i prompt attention. C. 11. Sr,vltoutt. J. C: HORTON. W. 1). Terbell & Co., Wholooalo Druggists, acid dealers in Wall Paper, Kerosene, Lamps,. Witidow Nee, Perfumery, i'aints, Oils, Scv., &o.—Corning, N.Y. Jun. 1 '7O. D. Bacon", M. P., Physician and Surgeon. Will attend protnptly to all calls. Office on Grafton Street, in rear 01 _the Meat Mrsltet, Wellsh, , ,ro.—Jan. I, 1810. - • A. ZI. Inglittut, 111. D., 11-}inoaupathiA, (.)ffieo at his Residence on the Avenuo.—Jan. 1, 1870. George IVagner, Lt lur. Shop tirdylour north.ol Roberts & Bail ey's hardware Store. Cutting, Fitting aud Re Pairing dono promptly and troll.—Jan. 1, 1370 R. E. Wiley, Jaaler in Clocks and Jewelry, Silver and! Plited Ware, Spectacles, Violin strings, &c. )Watch es and Jewelry neatly repaired. Engraving done in plain English and tiertnan.—Mansficld, l'a.,•Jau. 1 2 870. P troletuu - House, ti'e+tticld, ;nO. CLose.; Propriewr. A new Hotel conducted on the principle of Ilya and iJt live, for the accommodation of the public. Jan, 1, 1870. Hotv,l, ; County, Pt. a - Good stal?ling attach and an attentive homier . altrity‘o in Litton.] quekt. Uoo. W. Hazlett, Prop'r.—Jan. 1, 1970 11111's Hotel, Wc.ittield Borough, Tioga Co., Pa. E. 0. ilin, Proprietor. A new and commodious building etth all the modern improvements. Within easy drive of ,the best hunting arid Grounds in Northern PaneO. Conveyances turcriihed.• Terms modernte.—Jan. 1, 1870. Hotel ► tioga, E. M. Smith, Proprietor. Howe - 1D gaud condition to accommodate the traveling pchlic in a superior tuauner.—Jan. 1, 1870, Fanners' flute!. NION ROE, Proprietor'. 'this hews, furnserly ", , :upied by E. Fellows, is conducted on Wear per • two principles. Every iccornmoptiori tur tutu and boast. %argon reasonable. March 30, 1870.-41. Union Hotel. m. 13 'Van bra; Proprietor, Wellsboro, Pa. This house is pleasantly located, 'and has all the conveniences for than and boast. Charges model - sta b —May 4, 1870—/y. • To the Citizens of Mansfted ANA) I TAKE pleasuto io announci \ up,lo tho public that I have on hand a largo and splendid as°. r•ctment of PARLOR AND COOK ST 0 - V 1 4.4 4 S 5 LA uleful and Ornamental, Ihieh 1 am ..firing to the public cheaper than over sold before. 'I Rill ?ell a good No. 8 Cook Stove with Foititpre r , .? na. I keep in stoelrP. P. Paekham's pop ular Clek. This is said to behe best - Stoye tunic in the United States. \ also keep tti° R . Lightning X • Cut Saw - 7 • the fastest cutting Saw in the world. • The unto utieturers of this Saw challenge the world under a forfeit of $5OO, that that this is the fattest cut ting Barr made. • my friends for their patronage in the pit..t, and hot Ira atilt to merit their favor, I Rtn as ever, grateful, s —I 'elmllengo uno and all tit ti,e Stow dctleti inthis• souoty to 5.611 nx cheap al I do W. Jatvii4h, ntA ttxoepto.l. 11. K. Nlnnsbeld, Nor. 2, IS7O —3m. • C. F...k.• 0. rilooke, LEVERY AND EXCIIANGE STABLES Wel Isbore, Pa. Office and Stables on tauter Street, in rear of Court House. They will fur nish horsed, single or double, with Buggies, Carriages, at abort notice. Long experience iu the business enables the proprietors to announce with °Drill:lance they can meet any reasonable de mands in their line. Drivers furnished, if desired I- and paisenge re carried to any part of thecountry. Thankful for past favors, they Invite continuance of Custom. Terms reasonable. • ' N0v.24,1869.4y. =lt-rt 4 , , s ; o. All work Jan. 1, 1870. G. fl. KIFE . ' . • . , . a. . -.- ' .. ' . . ,-,-".. lean - ana=" ,1 / 4 .,;..:1 -- ,;,..r!• - 4,,s -,.,.. ,•,.."-.4. , ..- , ...• - ,...- Z , -. • - 4111111111k . - * 4.,` , .< -.,.:-... ' •.. : - . • •', ..', • ~-,. ,-;-...:,;:......-.,.....;, I ~..,..',.- .',.. ~'-' .1.:, , , .; . - J • , , - 1111 = New Tobacco. Store I ' THE, subscriber has fitted up the Store first doer oast Thomas liardon'adty goods store, for the manufacture ant:reale of • CIGARS, (all grades), Fancy anfWm: 8.0.101? TOBAGO o,ldichigan Fine Cu is MEWING, and all kinds of PLUG: 2 4 .011ACC 0, PIPES, and the choi r hest Brand of CIGARS. ?,c'', Call and soo for yourselves. - JOHN . ; W. PURSEL. WeUshore, Jan. 1, 1870—tf. Nei° Tannery. IrtHE undersigned has fitted up the old Faun. dry building, near the Brewery, Welisboro, and is now prepared to turn out fine calf, kip, cowhido, and harness leather in the : hest man ner. Iles tanned on. Ones. h paid-or hides. M'ABNIAR DUItIF .11 7 '01 pore, Jan. I, Ig4tr =1 TIOEA DRUG STORE I , _____ • ; I . . . BORDEN keeps constantly on • s band: Pure Drugs and Medicines, • , ~..- • , Chemicals, Paints and Oils, Lanlps, ' 0 i Stationery, Yankee Notions Ace. PREMOTIONS CAREFULLY COll POpNDED U. H, BORDEN. 1,1870.-1 y FOR BALE. 0 -r 7O BY ME NM T, B. STONE, (forixaerly B. C. Wiekham's Nursery) T' lIIS NURSERY OF FRUIT AND OR NAMENTAL TREES, IN TIOGA :- 60,000 Apple Trees, 10,000 'l'etit~`'Tre'e: } `' A4o6disupply of PLUM, PEACH, OfIERRY and\ORNOMENTAL TREES k SHRUBBERY The"Frnit trees are composed of the choicest varifities,lgood;hea t akr; icomeAt therge anA, in bearin . %Any on'Oxilabk:fg4o ger , 4Aupit wi t will do II to call and-ilecOris,l4lLock 'Dire pa :-: ohasing.e soWhere. pit' Delivered at the depot, Wellaboro; Mansfield, Lawrenceville and Bless burg, freh of charge. All orders promptly filled. Address, T.. 8. STONE, ' . " I D Ttoga,i ec. 8, 1869-Iy* Tiuga, Pa, PAINTS, Olk AND ORUSHES, MI For the at March`lo, 1.970-11. House j. Lot for Me A (GOOD liaTn„ on o let in;o ,ttee t ee, within ten Ininntel , or the Court Ilquse, iVellaboro, is offered for sale. In quire of :fohn I. Mitchell, Esq., WellAoro. 'Snit. 3b, 1870-tf. 3 IVi A NSFIELD MINERAL PAINT, =I For ocileh.): A k . blare.l4 16, 1870—tf FIOVVA RD SANITARY AID .- - AS- SOCrATION, For it, }i,"14.1 and Coco of the Ertlng - nnit on PrintistlatLut ESSAYS ON VIE 1.,;111t.0R6 abd the 14I' nee of Ago, in rclailon to MArtniAdeafirt•Socant . F.i'tto t with Sanitary aid for the afflicted. Cent free, iu coaled envelopes. Address, (lOW ABB ASSOCIATICN, May 4,3370-1 y: t - Box Wholesale and Retail IWUG STORE! By W. C. KRESS. LOTS SPRING GOODS. fru 1 subscriber will Leo Olt nand et alftleios a full stuck 01 liS IND . OA INTS, OILS, Patent Medicines,- • Flavoring Extracts, Pei:Pinery, Kerosene; Lumps, .Wicks, Dye Colors, White 11 7 (44 - Lime and Brushes, Varnish' an'd Sash Brushes, Window Gla'ss all 'sizes, -Tariti rr lt kinds, Fancy Fancy Soaps, Hair SPECTACLES, Ha_ it and Tooth Brushes, a full stock of Yankee Notions; also a complete as of Homor,opathic Medicines., and a full ittAlCof Pate Wines and Liquors, Buyers ure requested u. Nall and examine pit= ems before purchasing else u e Apr. 20„ 1870. j *X"JEIMI 41,gi-MM M. M. SEARS.I.PRorrtirr ,, R. _ Wl4 ERE delicious Teo Cream; French Con , - 'lectionary, all kinds of fruits in their seasoni a nice dish of Tea, Coffee, or Chocolate, and Oysterl3 in their season—can he had at all houtsoserved in the best Atyle. Next door be loNv Roberts k Bailey's Hardware Store. Main Street. Wellsboro, Jan. 1,1870. E• 11 . HarriAQ 9 CCLEBIZATED BAKING POIW+DEIIB•i for vile; by Pci\. 2, 1870 1 ALL AND SEE that large F t e k t.t wall pa per; lolling off at c0.,.t, :ft P. It. WILLIAMS-, .4 CO'S. Well. , boto, Mny 25. Is7o For Sale., A I.IOIISII, AND, tOT-11 ,, eon'tains I acre— AL, on Nichole Si: A 1 t:o UtuniAn 901 t, 2 n3W bugliv=. ”ne y and hprne.ie.lL C. BA ILFY. Oetober 19, 1970.—tr " . - Fos l Sale or lent. A GOOD dn!ry farm in Tinga Gnvn.hip, Ti oga county; Pa., about 2.1 miles wpM of the' Borough of 'Nov:a. about 10» acres int. v,ed? and 46 unimproved. ElllO3 on it thrte barn';" three dwelling houses, an apple and peach orch aradother fruit trees. Terms easy. A (so ad joining on the west, a farm and timber lands from 40 to 200 acres as desired. with 80 acres improved, with a good barn, a good haute and apple orchard. Good fora dairying 4arm Nov. 17,1870—tf, 0.11. SEYMOUR, . Tloga, Pa, w. q. igt,Ess 1 1 1. C KRESS ME MEM KRTIS. r 4. • R. w LLIA 00 tr.ES w• - O,A - . ELtSB at 0 1)41 ,• A% •P: g • P.:;4,1' 3 1 [0 - BER2I x 1870 • a:. lit 'l'. '3l4 ' SAIIUE Liar. Armstrong & Lfnn, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Vl4 4,flidam gl. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, IatNN , A. ix sr t g , 1 Aug. 4,1869-Iy. ua ilL m ia _ EQl m i e },WA,I,_4b,SBORO, PA. ANDREW romat who ‘ br 101 an ea liehedn the jeelryl i u floss '4l Weiltoao, bat - ways on sale, various kinds and prices of ( . , ~. . t. i .,. /: ' , ..,.. 1 . :. :" .i . . t ir, ': 0 I 's° '. .. 1 4 titgpkN WATCHES, GOLD OR SILVER,` CLOCKS, JEWEL RY, GOLD CHAINS, KEYS, RINGS, PINS, PENCILS, CASES GOLD d. ST PENW;fI FI ESI4 B -1 , " 4 4,if 1 SPOONS, RAZORS, PLA- TED WARE, SEWING MACHINES, 4,l;•jiri 8:c„ With most other articles usually kept in such .establishment, whicb old to oz •V. 41 - - Ay v:PA .Y 1 C A S p ° Ho Repairing Bono neatly, and promptly, and on abort NOTICE. A. FOLEY. ItiwlFY 508,70-1Y.4 State Normal School, > FALL TERM begins Sept. 7, IS WINICER TERM begins D 00.12, 1870 SPRING TERM begins March 27,1871. Pyr ;l Cataloguo or admission apply to , . :1•- , t 1 •.; cyr I 4 , 4 CHAS. 11. VERRILL, K. M., Nl•tn2field, July 6, 1970 4. 4 THE OLD "PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE" ii - 1.711135 - Y known as the Townsend House ll; and for a time occupied by 1). D. lloli " day, has been thoroughly . refitted, repair et) and opened by DANIEL MONROE, d 'l s ti d f l b " an 11->d' Aug 24, IS7O. ,j• •Di NIEL, •:NION ROE. mat E , un4ersigiacci , AAAV.P..l,Pr-f.P.,Kr,10 to exe atite, all_orcturcKol" TAtateAt4,9 1 1!"1.t735 1 otiv. ~stootoht.of. dithet• ‘.lc. ,„,, • - . , B LE, of tbelatest;stylbt -anyksdppriyet - otintatmanship and with - disptitoh: 1:z it Fie keeps constantly onaland;bath kinds of Marble and will bo able to suit all who may fa vAir him with their orders, on as reasonable terms as can be obtained in the Country: - :FRANK ADAMS. Tioga.Jan.l,lBio-tf !f insurance : Insiarqnce HAND- IN-KAND. 7,: , , , ,44viimu.-uk I, LIFE, INSURANCE COMPANY • • I '" 'lB.'4th ISt-, , Philadelphia r• .tt:. gz Toeorllorated Fel.)',) , 23; 1867. Chart'd - Capital $500,000. Aeeets over • - - $1,000,000 00 Stock and Mutual, combining Security with Ptotite.,:.Suppose .yoru.are already insured molt. tirbt•elasseomponyr and.froimittly cause what ever, (say atter tun yearly payment) you do not tir ayn n 0 ti.),ay : .l9llgir 0 —your insurance is genie aticb:+-Yiintinctriest' r i , Wiisted. Not so in tho "Iland IN LI A NI)," all Policies are NON Port ristrAat.l-:• :This aouipa4Y7oo4 o .4,i:r4Rha; 3l .l49°V.4 ll e`iPili° , 3t. popular anti•,siocopifstll44o.l.iktirtincp.„o9pl ponies, grants policies on nil ilesirahlo plans ) both wi h and without profits. Traveling Privelegesunrestricted All policieg.are ineetitestdde after °nor yea from airy of the ordinary causes. Look to your Life Insurance. Plia - so examine the following Comparative Table. It is some times alleged by AgeOls of other Companies that the Company they represent is safer than others. While we. unhesitatingly assert our,liljef in the niaa'stability of. all companies, .vtl de: siKpto preseDt. tlia following fttf the inspectien OT CisilnisFro : l,l,l`! - -„ . - 1: Thu following emapanies, annual premiums' ehurgiid • hYea f eli for au insiiranee s en life ut the ago of 30-years; payable at death: 4, 11 1 preal)ll ,p'eu queuut for 11111. , Ptsnews: .orB4 $3g;21:., '- . : : :`2-1 4 3 ' 42,80 2422, 11 5 . 13 - L • Equitable, ' ;0 40 , Washington, —22;70 46,97 Hand-in-Hand, 16,50 32,60 If not already insured take a policy with the ,"11AND-IN-HAND." the best Mutual Company in the United States A. L. Al ON RUE, Agent, Wellshoro: Office with J no. I. Mitchell. Aug. 17'0870.-1y licirisel and , ;:ldet aria Nine Acres of 'tz '.o:•}:Liitnthf€llllSalc. CIII'iItt,VVILtIAMS offers for sale his I * ittuise airdel t. onfaktain street, Wellsboro, 1 1",OPL-aeffl.Pfifind ..netr ; the cemetery. En quire of :ksephWitt the Wellsboro foun -41.3.;,,-t fi.1;:l I[3 Nov. 9,1670 itf Farm for- Sale. IN Farmington, near the Limo Kiln, 3 4ilee from Nelson, containing 65 acres, 50 improv od,:for J. W. TUBBS, Sept, 23, 1370-3 m --" Lawrenceville. New Photograph - Gallery. b,...u,NA.atwo,..4lp,l4.ke,kip.ctsuny,Rpr non., t the people of Well'sbere,lata% it.temity4tho LtlieolAogfro3pAikTi, tko, gap! .Citryl 951 1 3 w•euPiEd I'YNRI4 Tcti.9B ,- .l 3 vd / g44tu191t,0: tal rooms, nod prepared to rditko `l' •; j5 IttligTYLE'S - 'OF PICTURES kurfera to , the art. Please call and examine ape oiMenz„ Nn 16,1870 tt . s •' l '2B.:pplitiatitin for Charter. 4 =VOTECEis:ihertby given that the following ..01r1.1ipplication fdr charter of incorporation 711e.sibeenlited in mymflice. and will be prezent cd twthe Courte,of Caonmon Pleas of Tioga coun ty, a Nov. Application of Samuel Baker, Inae Spencer Thos. Seiston and others, fur the "First Metho diet Episcopal Church, of Maple Ridge. J. F. DONALDSON, Prottey. Dec. 14, 1870.-3w.* 11E1 giet.tvil , iilly rill , t%. ': 1-li- i I fEIW'INT,IES. iiVe . did not fear them once,—the dull greYrnorn irtig nit 7 • - ; No eheettestbliurfiep on our spirits laid;, • Tho on night watches did nol bring ids -Warn ii g t:o1 That wd m4O tenants of,a,,house decayed. The early snow; like'dreame, to us descended,; The frost did fuiry work on pane 'end bough; Beauty, i an cl,poWeri l an d. wonder, bare not ended— How is t that we fear the winters noW ? The hot E 0 gin, i'l 9sbright on hearth and chain- The no t hcrn starlight shines as =coldly, clear; t The wo de stilllieeptheir t h,olly:l'or December; The wold has weleetielfet iiietlie New'Year:. !Ind, fa away in old remembered places, • • , The enow- - drop rises and the robin singe, The sari ancrin'Ottlockit - ,04 with'imilini fiies,--, Why biro our days forgot such goodly things? I I T. . f Is it th t now the nellh'l , ivind'firlds 1:10 shaken By tem est fiercer t thari its bitter blast? And fair heliefs.,4o 4 frienclehip:havoforsaken Lille s aiiii4r 4 , 0 eli4ty :a4 tiqi Yeiiik4( pitsg? ~. And lifo 'grows imitless in its pleasan't . ,valleys, The light of promipewaning from its 49, -,, .- Till mists inCet &ion id it 9 luttitrd palaea= ' ' Not, liliw the outer iniste,sto melt away? i--''' - `IU -' ". . - • It was pot thus, when dreams of love and laurels 45;7/ annhititie'tti the *inters of our youth, ' -, %Aro ).Cs:hoPeS,hag . falltin l in_fort tine's: quarrels, Or TiMpilad,hoWe'il them with his heavy truth; Bre ye 4 the twilight found *tut.strange and lonely; With shad,ope etttningwhen the fire hums low, ~ To telliof distant graves and losses only--„ The pait that\connot change, and-1011/not go. ~ Alas! ilefir'frliWs;'the Winter is within us, Hard 4 I . lo:',iciithat - ititheis round the ieart,' If petty Cares and vain regrets can,win us , . From lfe's true heritage, and better part. Seasons and skies.rejoiee,lyea, , worship rather : .. But nation.q•toil.and-tremblei even as we... . IlopinSToillitirvits;thliy" - will 7piivet' gathor,; ,- :": And dr t eildiiig 1 4 / ; inters 'they mai never ace: - , . , _ , torglianono g;tadino, !PRESIDENT'S NESSAGi: To th Senale cold' House of Rep'resen l . • tattvca':. - 2 , - . ~, • . . A. year Of peace and general pros-. perit ' to,this nation has ,passed since, the Ist assembling of Congress. We havethrough a kind Providencejheen I blessed with abundant cropS, and lieve been spared from ,`pomplicationcii and war Withloreignliations. ,- In our midst comparative harmony has been reatored.< It is to be regretted; however, - .and a free' exereise of :the eleettve franchise has, by• violence and intimidation, been denied tocitizens in exceptio mi 1 :cases,' n several of the States lately in rebellion, 'and the verdict of ' the people has thereby been 'reversed. The States of Viiginia i Missispippi and Texas have teen •yeiitored' to represen ta-1 tion'in'our -national cob ti ells. - Georgia, the only State<now with Out represen ta•-• tion,l may confidently; be .expected to take 'l place there,' also, at the begin: nink,of,the new year,.end : then, let us hope, syhl he ifempleted the work of re construction,- with anTrioquietteence, on the -part;Of the whole-people in the na tionel obligation; ioPay theubile debt created as the price of our Union, the pensions Jo AittrAisabled 'soldiers and sailors arid their'W.i.doWS and orphans, whidh have • been made necessary by a great rebellion— There • isplio. reason why we shoiilil, netadyan co it material -prosperity atiChatiijkLeas...eims, ~,,,iio, hub,,,-0,,-4bll,voci..er,so provaetect• and devastating a•Witi• - " •:1!--; - 1 Ilif Scion after the existing WerbrokeMit i in urope, the prptectionof the , United ' States Minister-WPariewasinfroked in 'favor of the-North 9 : ermii'ils domibileci, Ifi'llreneleterri,tbry: Instructions were issuld treekilitit piotteti - eti'to 'the - people of t i e.firhited iStates. This., has been followed by,the extension of American Protectieritoeitizens of Saxony, Hesse and ',Saxe Coburg Gotha, Colombia, .Por tugelr-Norway, Dom inkier' Repu bile,- Ecuack,r,,Chili,, Paraguay and Venezu 7 , ela,iinTaiig. q`he!eliarge Waaan oner ous one, requiring constant and severe label., as well as the exercise m patience, prudence and good judgment, It has been perfoi wed to the en tire satisfaction of this4sOv - iiiiiment;Und, as , I ant ofd- i eially,inforlued, equally so to' the, goy- ernmetitornirth Germany. - , ~ , ,„ti'clO6l3 lis l r• had 'learned that - a, re ' ptiblie"'lntil,teen kocialmed 'tit Paris; an dlthe people of Francs had acquiesced in the change, the Minister of the Uni tedfStates was directed by teiegrapit to reedgnize it, and tender my congratula- Hone and those of the American people. The establishuient in France of a - sys- tern : of government disconnected witli the 'dynastic .traditions ,q ; Europe, 'ap peared to be e proper Object for-jeliei tations of Ameneenk Should th,epreic ent-Struggle residt - in the ',atteching of the hearts of the French - to our simpler forch&of_representati Ye. government, it. will be a subject of still further satis faction to our people. • - s li'nriug the last se • ion of ,Ctougress a treaty for the mine ; Hon of repub- i lie 9f Ken Doming o the United States I o is falledAii reeeiire the requisite ti*O-thirds I vote of theSenate.?,-Ir was - thoroughly convinced ihen that ,beSr, interests of t le country; cormliercifill; ' and . ma- teritilly, demanded , its' , l'fitification. I 1 Time has only confirmed me in this view. I now firmly believe that the moment it is knoWn the - -United States have entirely abandoned the project of aceepting,, as a part of its territory, the island of,Sim,Doiningo,,a' free port will be negbileted• for,by -European:nations, and on the Bay of §atnana a large com mercial city will spring up,_.to which .we yvill be tel Without receiving •It _ `ny corresponding benefits. Then will be Seen the folly of neglecting so great a prize. The government of San Do mingo has,voluntarily sought, this ari negation. I .lf is 'a' wink peWer, num bering probably less than 120,000 souls, and yet. posSesSing; one of _the richest territories ander 'the Sun, capable' of supportlng'teri;•milliona 'of people in luxurY. The people of San Doniingo arelnot • capable - of maintaining them-1 sel/es in theirqTesent condition, - and mutt look' fair - ontside - sitppOrt: They yearn for the protection - of our free in- stitutions •and ,laws- 7 -our 'progress and civilization. Shall • we refuse them?-- The acquiSitiefi - Of San Domingo IS:.de-_; citable because 4'lo geograph ical' pbsi-' tion.. <lt,eenimatidecthe , entrauce.of the Catibbectur.Sea end thelstlirnus4reriSit ' of commerce. „Slt poSseSs,es -the richest. soil, the best and.-most-oapatious - har-' hoeothe:most -salubrious climate, and the, most-valuable products - of- The - for esti mine 'and !soil 'oc:any- or:the West IndiaiSlands. , . '''.' -' '-- - ''" '' ".' • •" ' Its possession -by., the United States will, in a few years, build up a eideSt• wise Cottihieree - of - immense magnitude, which will go favtoWard 'restoring to the United;Statei CU t',l9St Merchant ma rine. It, - : W,ll,l::giVe us:' those articles which we, entiemeelarkely and 'de 'not , pricluce e 'Aliu,9k-e'qualizing „out 'exports, an 01 imports;-; - To ease'o(•_,Toreign'wai:"it: wilt glysi - s ta!;=tha ,ponitnand .or all, the . islands -I ,re'ferFeditp', - and', - -:thuS iireVent-an' enemy;,frOm',ever agai o voss'essittt, hiai::' se lf pCjiii - Ondezvous upon ;our Yery . cot. : ',-...=',`•:,, ..„ ..< - At preSerkour enlist :trade between the Statea ,-- bortiering: on the Athena and those ,tioriering on the Gulf . 0( 111.-ek icq, is Cut In two by- the Bahamas and the Antillea. • z.T.wice We 'must., -as it were, puss thrOugh:foreign countries to get by sea frOm Georgia - to :the west 'cost of Florida,: '' San Domingo, with a stable government under- which her irrimense resources can be developed, will give remunerative wages to tens of thpusands of laborers 'not; no Iv on the , , Principal. V 4 ,41,; „- f.' , '' . C!' . t....;%14' 1 1 4. ' t,,,,, , , , --• 5,, w,, ,;_ q.. „,,,,.!' ' ! , . . ! '... , , l2_':'2 —' ', ... L ~ .' i ' ,s • '.• .- ...Ai.G'. . . \ • .14 - i ~.?. 7,7, g V, - - .",. ...Z ... 1 ,, ' '.."-. : • ' •. - ',•,'. ' '-;:''' ,' ...1 . ...•. : : . -,,. • ,-' : , .- • ;. A GITAT OR . . • A .. . . .. . _, •. . -, E :aii(Yi aßab lllt ,N~. %! is OMEN ME _ . advantage island 'T or will take 'oteNiery., Available - means of,transpor lation to tibantithi tlje , ndjacentisinniis 44d seek; tii4-A)loeing,':(if 'fieeilana and its sequendei ,oacti 10401444 h receiving, tire.; reward .o r his own labor. POrto Rico an - I ,13 mv.e to. l ab oI is 11.81a vork as a- 4neas..tift.pr,,e.ft ; to retain 411'044iorers: , San ;Domirige „win ).',come a - large Consumer-of the 'products of Northern farms and factories: - The'cheap rate at which her. eitizens nen be ; furnished with foOdr,too.ls .and machinery—the ,production of nur own supply of these' hundred cut oft' More than one hundred - Millions of our annual our ports, beside - largely increasing our ex ports. With - such a picture, it is easy to'see how our large debt abroad is ulti mately :to be extinguished. -With a 'balance of, trade against . us,, includin . g interest nu bonds held- by. foreigners and money spent ' by our citizens trav eling in foreign lands, equal to the 'en tire yield of precious 'metals' in this 'Country; it is' not eaSy te'see how this resultialo otheriViSe accomplished. The 'acquisition of San Domingo is adhjerence ,to Abe. 'Monroe doctrine. Itisra ineasure of nationarinotection.:. Is"asSorting our, just claims to a ,con trolling influence over,. the, greatnom inercial.traffic soon le, 110 W fcFICI O*St fo 'east, by the way of, the Isthmus of "Da-. rien. It is to, band up' our, merchant marine. ' It is to 'Thrtilsh' new markets` for thq products of. stir, Wins; shop' s and= Manuatctories.' It is' to make slavery insupportable in Cuba and 'Porto Rico ,at °poi. and ultimately so in Brazil.— In view, of the importance of this ques tion,'• I ',earnestly tiro upon Congress earlyaetion expressive 4600 view ea to the - best ;means Of acqUiring' San Do-- mingo. My Sugeestion is,'that , by joint resolution of=thellbuses bf Congress, the EXeetitive be authorized to appoint a cbintriission-to negotiate a treaty with the authorities of San Domingolor the acquisition of that island, and then - au appropriation be-MadeAo defray the ex 'perms of such cbrnmissitiM.,. ,The ques-, tied may then be detect:n/I*d, either by the action of the Senittelipon the trea-: ty, or by joint action of 'both Muses Of Congress upon d'resolntien 'of anneka tion. So convinced am that the ad vantages to -flow from the acquisition of San-Domingo, and of the , great (Hs adivantages, I might almost say .celatn ities, tollow , front, non-acquisition ~that I believe - the subject has only to be veStigated to beapPreved...i , Since the adjourrirdent: of Cimgreis -the ratifications of the ' treaty with G. Britain for abolishing the,rnixed courts for- the suppression, of the slave trade "haft Aleen . exchanged.- It is believed that the slave trade islnow confined to the eastern' Coast otAfrica, where the slaveS are taken torArabianmarkets. ME ,Tll4 rattfleatioiar* rtattraliza- Unit ConventiOn betWeeu great Britain and the United States have ,be:en ekL• changed duribg the recess'i and' thus a long standing dispute between the gov erutnents has been nettled in. accord ance with the principles always con ten ded for by the United States. , 'ln 'APril las t ,,whil r e;engaged in lees:: ting a military reservation near Pembi na; neorpa of engineerSdisetivered that the, commonly received - boundary. be: , tweendhe•llnited States and the Brit. ! . iSh nossessions,-at that place,' is about 4,-700feet south of =the" true-position of the'4thpartillel,nnd that-the linnwh en thri onwbat is now 4upoosect to be the true :position of that parallel, would leave the fort of the Hudson Bay Coin panyi at Pembina within . the ,territory of th'.o United Stales , This in forma l:ion. being communicated to the British goveiiment, I was requested to consent, - and did consent that the British occu pation of the fort ,of the Hudson , Bay Company•shimid continue-for the pres -Auf, 1- d tem ect:...i :, -- i in portank, h ) ~..eyer; tintt - r - mrs—payr, ~t .i., k.....,,,,,—...ii.....3... - 0 ,-- ..1.1...:., should be' definitely fixed by a joint i e commission of the two geveri merits,' and I submit herewith estimate of the expense of such a commission on the part of the United States, and recom mend that an appropriation he lade for that purpose. The land bound ry has already been fixed and marked from the summit of the Rocky Mountains to the Georgian Bay. ' It should now be in like manner marked from the Lake of -the Woods to 'the summit of the Rocky Mountains. 1 - I regret to say that no conclusion has been reached for the adjustment of tile claims against Great Britain, growing out Of the course adopted by that gov ernment during the rebellion. The Cabinet of London, so far as its views have been expressed, does not appear -to.he Willing to concede that Her Ma jesty's government was guilty of any negligence, ordid or permitted any act during that war by ~ which, the United States has a just cause of complaint.— Our firm and unalterable conviction, is, directly - the reverse. I therefore recomlY iiiendlo Congress to authorize "the 'ap pointment of a commission to take proof, of the. amounts' and the 'owner ship of these several claims,' on notice to the representative of Her Majesty at Washington, and that authority be giv en for the settlement of these clai - is by the United States, so- that the g vern ment shall have the ownership f the t ic) pri•Oleelaims, as well as the - res onsi ble control of all "he' ddinaudsiaainst Great Britain. It cannot ,be, neeessary, to add, that- , whenever' Her MajestY'A' government shall entertain it desire for a full . and -friendly, adjustment Of 'the, clams,-the United States will enter up on their conSideratiou, with-an earnest desire for weonoltision conSistent , with the honor - and'dignity of both nations. The course pursued by the -Canadian authorities toward,the fishermen of the United States 'during the nag season, has not been marked by a friendly feel ing., By the first article of theConven- Lion of 1818 between Great Britain'and the United States, - it'vas agreed that the inhabitants of - the ' United States shoultlinive forever, in common with British subject's, th'e right of "taking fish in'eerfain - Waters. therein defined., In the waters notineluded in the limits nanied-in the,Convention; within three mites of parts of the British coast. It has been the custom for many years to give to intruding fishermen of the Uni ted States a'reasonable warning - of the technical rights of Great Britain. ' , , Anticipating" that an ' attempt }nay posSibly be made -by the Canadian au thorities in the coming-season to repeat their unneighborly ago toward our fish ermen, I recommend you to confer up on the Executive the power to suspend , by proclamation -the operation-of the ws autheriling. the 4ransit. of 'goods; Wires and. merchandise, in , bond across th ' territory of the 'United. States to :-Ca ada.;: and: fOrther; slicaild 'stibh , an; extr. me measure become necessary, to suspe d the Operation of ' any. laws whero,)y- the vessels Of the Dominion Of - Canad , are permitted - to enter the wat ers; of he, United States. • .A like un friend y disposition has been nfanifeS•; tediti the-part of Canada, in the main term ce of a-claim of right- - to exclude the itiZenS°Orthe United. States from the' navigation of - the St, Lawrence. - T J iSyriver 'conStitutes, ifi' nab:liar ontlet t, the ocean for eight States, with an a,,qtygatq - poptil4tion of abOut 17,000;7 0 )o!mhabitatits, and with au aggregate t , ntgige . of (11.,367..tpn upon the waters which disciiiirgo into it. The foreign _corn nie •ee of - our, ports upon these writ- I ,:ers:iso ien to British- competition, and! the, nit jor part of it is done in British 'bottoms. 7 Iff turd. American seamen , be i excluded froth •this--natural , avenue to The ocean, the monopoly of the, direat commerce of the 'lake - ports with the Atlantic - would be in foreign ' handS, and their.vessels on trans-Atlantic voy ages would ,have an' accesNto our lake' port:), which would be denied to Amer -.leiiii vessels -on, - similar , voyages. To state such a'propesition is to refute _its injUstice. During the administration of Air. .1 - Ohn Quincy Adams, Mr. Clay unanswerably demonstrated the natu rairight of the citizens of the,ll. States =EI to the 'navigation of , this r iver,,claiml ng that,the stet of the;COngrese: orYlennti In 'Opening the Rhine and, 'other rivers to all nations, showed the. judgMent of European- jurists and • statesmen;. that 4/e l -inhabitants- of a , eonntry throug h _which a naVigahlei river Passes; 'have a' n; tural right to - enjoy the - navigation .of that river to tind:into the - kietli 'even 'though, passing - :through; territories of another power. ' • . , This right does dot exclude. thC 'coe ,qual right Of the sovereign possessing territory - thro' which the river tlebou-- cies into,the sea, to make such regula tions relative to the police or thenavi: gation as may be reasonably necessary, but those regulations should be framed Ina liberal spirit of comity, and should 'not impose needless, burdens upon the commerce which has the right of,tran sit. It-has been found in practice more advantageous to arrange these regult . !-- tiens by ,mutual agreement. • The United States is ready to Make any-reasonable arrangement as to the police of the•St.'Lawrence ' which ,may be suggested by. Great Britain. • - • In 1856 the Crimean war. was . Closed byia treaty which provided (Or 'the'free navigatkiii of the Danube. In 1858 Bolivia, -by treaty, declared tbat,it •re? , 'gerded:the rivers Amazon- and La Pia.- ta'; in aceordance°with fixed principles' Cf'natioifid law; highways or •chan 'he's opened by nature for-the commerce Of 'all , nations. In 1859 the Paraguay 'wea.made free by ,treaty;, and in De cember, 1866; the Emperor of - Brazil, .by Imperial decree, declared tbeAma zon to be open to the frontier of Brazil to the merchant ships of all nations.=,-- The greatest living British authority, on this subjec,t, white asserting the' ab stract;right of the British claim,' says " It EteetllB difficult to- deny that-Great -Britain may, ground her refuSal upon strictiaw. But it is equally difficult to deny, first, that in so doing she exerci ses harshly an. extreme and hard law. Second, that her conduct with respect to. the navigation of the St. Lawrence, IS in:glaring and discreditable inconsis .tency with her conduct in respect to the 'navigation of the:Mlssiesippl. On the 'ground that she possessed a small do main in which the Mississippi took its 'rise, she insisted on the right to navi gate the entire volume of its waters.— On the ground that she pothiesses both hanks of the St. LaWicifteeWloere it dis embouches itself into the sea, she de ifies to the United States Lhe right of navigation, though about, one-half -of the waters of lakes Ontario, Erie, Hu- , ron and Superior, and the'Whole of lake Michigan, through which the river flows, are. the property of - the U. States. The whole nation is - interested in secu- :rltig cheap transportation from the ag ricultural States of the West to the At- lan lac seabord. 'l\ the citizens of the United States it secures a greater re turn for their labor; to the inhabitants of the seaboard it atibrds cheaper food to the nation an increase in the annuali surplus of wealth. It IS hOped that the government of Great Britain -will :see the justice of abandoning the - narrow and inconsis tent claim to which the Canadian prov inces have urged her adherence. Our depressed commerce ig a subject to which I called your attention at the list session, and suggested that' in the future-we will have to look more to the countries south Of us, an 6 to China. and Japan, for its revival'. . • Our...own representatives to all these t. governments ha 'e exerted their influ ence to encour.g,e i trade between the - United States pd the countries to which they ar accredited. But the fact exists that tl e carrying is done al most entirely in foreign. ttoms, and while this state \ affairs exists; we can not,dontrol our due share of the coin- mirde of the world. 'Mat between the Pacific Statea.and Chtna.and-japan about_all the carry- stg crane HOW contur,tv,t-im ,n3nerwau vessels. I would recommend a liberal Policy towqrd that line' of American steamers--one that will insure, its suc cess and even increased usefulness. The cost of building iron vessels—the otily ones, that, can compete with foreign Ships in the carrying trade—is so much greater in the United States than in for eign countries, that without some assis tance from the government they can not be successfully; built here. There , will be' several propositions laid before Congress in the course of the present session, looking to a remedy. for . this evil. Ev' , 'n if it should be at some cost to• the na lona! treasury, I hope such encourag tent will begli - 7 - en as will se cure Ain rican shipping on the high seas, and American ship-building at home: , ' T recommend to your consideration the propriety of transferring to the De partm.,- t of the Interior, to which they seem if ,,, ssc appropriately to belong, all power_. and duties in ' relation to the lerritbri '.,with which the Department of State is I,:w charged by law or usage, and from the Interior Department to the War Department the Pension Bu reau, ••,) far as it, regulates the payment of sohlierq' pensions. ' I Wrai Id further recommend i,ha t the. pay Mel)t of naVa I pensions be - trans= ferred to oile , f.f the bureaus of the Navy Department., The estimates for the expenses of the Government for the next fiscal, year are 51,824,43 , 1,601' Jess ,than for the, current one,ut, exceed the appropriations for the pr sent. ' Revenue reform; if It melt' this, has 1, 4 my hearty support. If it imblies a col- - lectiOn of all the revenue foi' the, sup portof government for the, paymentpf principal and interest of the public debt, pensions, &c., by diree.ly taxig the people, then I am against reven e reform, and confidently believe tle ii i people are with me. If it means fail ure to provide the necessary means to defray all the expenses of the Govern ment, and thereby repudiation of the public debt and pensions, then I am still more opposed to such kind' of rev enue reform. -Revenue reform has not been defined by any of its advocates to my knowledge, but seems to-be accept ed':., _something which is to supply. every man's wants without any cost or effortion his part. 'A true revenue re form Cannot be made in a day, but we mtif•itl look to ,ft policy which would place.our currency at par with gold at no diStant day. The tax collected from the people has been reduced more than eighty millions of dollars per. annum. By , steadiness in our present course, there is no' reason why, in a few short years; the national tax-gatherer • may not disappear from the door of the, cit izen almost entirely. With the revenue stamp dispensed by postmasters in every -coMmunity, a tax upon liquors 'of all sorts, and tobacco hi, all forMs, by a ,wise adjustment of the tariff which will put a duty only upon those articles W li(eli we could dispense with, known as-luxuries; and on those which we use mere of than we produce—revenue, enetigh may be raised after a few years ofoeaee and consequent reduction of indebtedness to fulfill. all ' our obliga- Liens and a further reduction of expen sea in addition to a reduction of the in terest, account may be relied on to make thisivacticable. - 1 . , - Trhe army has gradually been re chieed so that on the Ist day ofJanuary, 18,71, the number of commissioned oftl cers and men will not exceed the num ber contemplated by that law. The ! War„Department building •is an old structure, not tire-proof, and entirely inadequate in dimensions to our present , w l ants., Many thowiands of dollars art) now paid annually for rent of private buildings to accomodate , the carious bureaus of the Department. I kecom mend an appropriation for a '-new War Department building suited to the pres ent and growing wants of the nation. The report of the . leer&ary of_ War shows a very satisfactory reductlen in the expenses of the -army Jor the last fiscal year. For details you are referred 'to his accompanying report. The ex penses of the navy for the whole of the last year, from Dee. Ist, 1.569, the date of the last report, are less than'slo,ooq,,l. 000, or about $1,000,000 less than they 'were the previous year. . The expenses. since the commencement of the fiscal, year; ), e. since July let, show for thia tive months a decrease of over $2,400fr. 'OOO for' those of the corresponding montlisoflastyear. The estimates for the current year were $28,305,571,27.7- Those for next year aro $20,683,317;00 with $955,100,00 additional for necessary permanent improvements, These esti mates 'are matte closely for the inaln 7 tainance 'of the naval establishment, as it now is, without the nature of per manent improvement.- The appropri ationd_for last and current . years were evidently intended by Congiess, and are sufficient only to keep the navy on its present footing by the repairing and refitting.of our old ships, ;This policy ) must, of nurse, gradually , but -surely destroyth navy, and it is in itself far from econ mica!, aS each year that it is pursued tie necessity, for mere repairs to ships aid navy-yards becomes more tmperativ and more costly,and our increased forcurrent e penses are annually ncreased for the tn re repairs of ships, many of which soon become unsafe, and useless. lope, during the present - session of Congress, to be able to „submit 'to it a plan by which naval. vessels' can be built' and repairs • made with 'great saving upon the present cost. , It <an hardly be wise statesmanship in a Government which represents a country with over five thousand miles 'of coast line "on both oceans, inclusive, of Alaska, and can taining 40,000,000 of progressive people,. with relations of every nature with almost every foreign country, to rest with shell an inadqgnate way of enforcing any foreign policy, either' of protection. or redress. Sepa rated by the oceans from the nations of the . Eastern Continent, our nitvy is our only means of direct protection to our citizens abroad or for the enforce -went of any foreign policy. The ac companying report of the Postmaster- General shows a most satisfactory working of that department. With the adoption of the recommendations con tained therein, particularly those re lating to wreform in the franking priv ilege, and the adoption of the corres pondence cards, a self-sustaining postal system may speedily be looked for, and at no distant day a further reduction of. the rate of postage be attained. I rec ommend authorization by Congress to the Postmaster-General and Attorney- General to issue all commissions to officials appointed through their re spective Departments. , • At present these commissions, where appointments are Presidential, are, is sued by the State Department. The law in , all the departments of Govern ment, except those of the Post office and of J ustice, authorizes each to issue its own commissions, always favoring prac tical reforms, I respectfully call your attention to one abuse of long standing which I would like to see, remedied by this Congress. It is a reform in the civil service of the country. I would have, it go beyond the mere fixiugtof the tenure of office of clerk and emir ployes who do not require the 11.9.Vieb and consent - of the ,Senate to make their appointments complete. I would have it 'govern 'not the tenure, but the manner of making all appointments.— There is no duty which so much em barrases the Executive, and heads of the Departments as that of appoint ments, nor is there any such arduous and thankle-,s labor imposed on Sena tors and representives as that of find ing place for eonstituentS. The pres ent system does not secure thebest men, and often not even tit men for public place. The elevation and purification of the civilservice of the government will be hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States. Ro -1 form in the management of Indian a.f - sanooio.l-ationLion. or the AdminiAration frog its inaugur ation to the present day. The eXperi went or intik ing it a tuiskdoriary work was tried, with a few agencies, given to the denomination of Friends, and . 11118 in!en 'Mind to WOrk most advanta geously. All agencies and superintend encieft not so disposed of were given to officers of the army. The act of Con gress reducing the army renders army officers ineligilde for civil positions.— Indian agencies being civil officers, I determined to ,;tive all' the agencieslo such religious denominations as - had heretoforii• established missionaries am' nt; ,ttn Indiant4, and perhaps to some (It her digiOnl dations who would Inivrt-tke to work on the same terms, i. e:, as aal issia k ary work. The Soul etie:4 elected are allowed their agents stibjeet to the approval of the Execu tive, awl are expected to watch 'over them and aid them as tuiSsionaries to Christia»ize and civilize the. Intlian, and to train him in the arts of peace, The government watches over thel offi cial acts Of these Agents, and iequires 3 .. ;1* them as strict , ' an account as it they were appointed in any other manner.— I ealt-Vtain the confident opinion that the ',odes,. now pursued will in a few yearA bring tat the Indians itvon res vasion+, Were they \Viii live itt 'bobs' have ' tinti Churches- d will he pursuing Peaceful and self-s tainitig t voeations, and where 11 tri:v he visited by the law-alrid' white ni in with the s:►►ne impun that he n vitlits the civilized wl settletuei tFt." I call •our special attention to - he report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs f r 'information on the sub eet. During the last fiscal year 8,095,413 acres of public .lands were disposed of. Of this. quantity 3,698,910,05 acres were taken under the 'homestead law, and A - - 129,515,61 acres: sold for cash. The re mainder was i located With military 1 ' Warrants, college or Indian scrip, or ap plied in satist;action of grants to rail roads, or for loafer public uses. The mitt les under 4.lie, homestead law dur ing the last yetr covered 961,555 acres m i ., ore than Ow :0 during the 'preceding year. ' Surveys have been vigorously prosecuted to the 'full !extent of the means applicable to the 'lurpose. The quantity of land in, the m trket'w ill sup i ply the present demand. The claim of the settler under the' homestead and pre-emption laws, is not however, limi ted to lands subject to sale at private entry. Any unappropriated surveyed' Yublic land may, to a limited amount be acquired under the former laws, if the party entitled to enter under them 011 comply with the requirements they prescribe in regard to -residence • and chltivation. The actual settler's pref erence right of purchase is eve broad er, Mid extends to lands , whi h were unsurveyed at .the time of h s settle- ' ment. This right was former! confin ed within much narrower limits, and at one period of our hisiory, was conferred only' by special statutes. They were from time to time to legalize what was' then regarded asap unauthorized intru sion upon the ',national domain, The opinion that' the public hinds should beregarded chiefly as a source of rev= enue is no longer mentioned.' The'rap i.l settlement and successful cultivation of. them is now justly considered of more Om portance , to our Well-being, than N the fund which the sale of them would produce. 'Jr h e 'remarkable growth au I prosperity of our nor • States and teri holies attest the wisdoi i of the legillation which invites the filler of the s it to secure a permanent homenn the terms within the reach of all. The piontter who incurs the dangers and priv ttions of frontier life and thus aids in - la , in g the foundation of new com monwealths, renders a signal service to his country and is entitled to its special favor and protection. These laws se cure that object, 'and largely promote the general welfare. They should, therefore, be cherished as .a permanent, feature of bur landlsystem. Good faith requires us to give-full effect to existing grants. . The time-honored and beneficent poi Hey of setting apart a certain section of , 1 ). i NUMBER 5L public lands for eduicatiOnalpurposei in ~ the new States, should' be. continnede- When ample provision shall havekheen, - made for these objects; 1,, submit;: da. a question worthy of serious considera tion, Whether the reside of our nation- - al domain' should not e wholly dis- ' 1 ) ) posed- of under the p ovisions of the homestead end pre-emption: laws, in. addition to the swamp and .overflowing. , lan 4.0 granted to the States in which theY' a re situated,' the lands taken under - the agricultural college acts, and for in ternal. irnprovement ' 'purposes ; -under the act of September, 1841., and the acts supplemental thereto, there had been ' conveyed up' to . the close of the hest fis cal year, by patent or other eqqvalent evidence of title, to States and erpora tions, 2'7,836,257.63 a c re s : for ra lways, , canals and wagon roads. It is stima-- ted that an additional quantity f. 1.74, , 1 73p,523 acres i% still due tinder gr nts for* like issues. The polidy of thus aiding the States in building works of inter nal improvement, wa a luau urated more than forty years since, a the' ' grant:3'lo Indiana and Illinois to aid .those States in opening canals to, con nect ;the waters of the Wabash with -. those Of Lake Erie, and the - waters of the Illinois with those of Lake Miehi- -, • gan.• It Was followed with some,modi tications in the grant to Illinois of al ternate sectionsiof public lands within certain 'knits,' of the Illinois - Central ' railway. Fourteen States and sundry corporations have received similar sub sidieS in connection with railways com pleted or in process of construction, as the reserved sections are rated at the double natal:um. , The sale of them at the, enhancement prices *has thus, in many , instances, indemnified, the Trea sury for the granted lands. The con struction of some of these, thorough fares has undoubtedly given vigorous impulse to the development of our re sources and the settlement of the more distant portions of the country: It may, however, be well insisted that much of our legislation in' this regard has been characterized by ,indiscrimi nate'and profound liberality. The' U. , States should 'not loan their 'credit in aid of any enterprise undertaken by a State or corporations, nor grant lands in any instance, unless the projected work is of acknowledged national im portance. I am jstrongly, inclined to the opinion that it is inexpedient and unnecessary to grant subsidies of either description, but should Congress deter mine otherwise,llearnestly recommend that the - rights of settlers and of the public be made effectually secured and „protected by appropriate legislation. ' During the year ending September 30, 1870, there were flied in the Patent oflice 19,411 applications for patents, 3,374 caveats, and 160 applications for the extensio 1 of patents. 13,622 pat -1 ents, , including re-issuee and designs, were issued, 110 extended; and 1,083 al lowed, but not issued, by reason of the nom-payment of, the final 'fees.. The receipts 'of the ofilee during the fiscal year were $136,304 T.') in excess of its expenditures. " , The Work of the Census Bureau has been energetically prosecuted. The preliminary report, containing much information of special value and inter , est, will be >ready for delivery during the, present session. The remaining volumes will be completed with all dis patch consistent:with perfect accuracy in arranging and classifying thereturns. We shall thus, at no distantday, be fur- !- nished with an authentic record of our condition and resources.' It will, I do not' doubt, attest the growing prosperity of our country, although \ during the de- , cade which has just closed it was so severely tried by the great war waged to maintain its integrity and to secure and perpetuate Our free institutions. During the tis't fiscal year the „sum paid -to pensioners, including the cost of disbursement, wa a $27,780,811 11, and 1.758 bounty land warrants were issued. At its Nose, 198,680 names were on the pension rolls. The labors of the pension office bade been directed tothe severe scrutiny of the evidence submit ted in favor of new claims, and to the discovery of fictitious claims which have been heretofore allowed. The ap propriation for the employment of spe cial agents for the' investigation of frauds, has been judiciously used, and the results obtained have been of . un questionable benefit to the service. Thesubjects' of education and- agli cultur i are of great interest to the suc cess of our republican institutions,. our happiness and grandeur as a nation.— In the Interest of one a bureau has been established in the Interior Department —the bureau of education ; and in the interest of the other, a separate depart ment, that of agriculture. t believe great,general good is to flow from the operations of both these bureaus, if properly fostered. . T cannot, colum en d to your considera tion too hiahly the reports of the Com -missioners of Education and Agrie,ul ture, nor urge too strongly such hherill legislation as to secure their efficiency. In conclusion, i would sum up the Policy of the tahoinit,tration—to be a thorough enforcement of every law ; a faithful etillect ion of every tax provi ded for ;—econouty in the d4sbursement of the same prompt payment of ev ery debt of the nation ; —a rednetion r of taxes as rapidly as the requirements of the country will tulip it ;—reductions of ey ng 'ty ite axation nod to be so arranged as to afford the greatest relief to the great estenumber ;—bonest and fair dealings with all other peoples—to the end that war vilith all, the blighting consequen ces wily be avoided, but Without sur rendering any right or obligation due ; to us ;—a reform in the treatment of the Indians, and in the whole civil _service of the country ;—and finally in securing a pure and nntrannneled ballot; where every man entitled . tO a vote may do so just once at each eiection, without fear of molestation or ,proscription on ac count of his political faith, nativity or color. U. S. C 4 8A NT: Washington, Dec: 5, 1870 A New Human Parasite t • The medical frrternity of Eliin, Mi . pole, are greatly perplexed by the ap pearance of h new species of parasite which has recently'eome totlleir . notice fin. the first time. , Mrs. C; W. Daniels Was the first victim. Her symptoms have been carefully examined, and the results given in detail. Attacked by what at first appeared to be a malignant 'form of typhoid ' fever, th e doctors prescribed the necessary remedies, but without effect. The patient complain ed of pains in her bones and. soreness in her flesh.i Mrs. Daniels was nursing a child, and the doctor, examining the milk from ,her breast, found it of a deep dark tinge; and through a microscope it seemed like the ‘vastings of an ink bottle, and was found to contain less than one.tenth as many milk glohules as t e healthy fluid presents ; and to-be fill d with countless living animalcii hc, i tiering in size and shape from any ha wu species of parasite inhabiting the human 3 hody, They are hexagonal iu ,rm, without nead, and varying iu size TroM the one 'hundred-thousandth I to the five-hundredth of an inch in di— ameter. The patient grew rapidly worse, and could get ho relief; Her agony Was' frightful; she could not inovil uor bear to have any part of her body touched. Death,relieved her from her mysterious agony, and the doctors confess them= selves puzzled to account for the mala dy. There was some reason, at first; t MO OM
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