. ... _.. e.. ........
whin ]la ve • • •
i tho t . . under-cone:ride mideliiii:
dad fiieTotihtivitesiraera MIL
be converted into, 'Our own . coin ,- without the w--omn crated ,
.or -may hereafter Within al Na :.- n* . d . li i i , ,io ‘ ,
ursuancesif
expen se, •risk;and - i t giielay of tianaporting it to prescribed period emigrate, to Oregon, and ;pet
and the . amount re-' tle,,upOni,thein.i These-hardy and adventurousl law' ft ° 7:lthe.Pos'tinaater General, making an sl
the min
' t for that patrpose,
,
the dangers and . ditien lin the Whole, of .war
; citizens, who haye encounteredd 'lB
coined would be much larger. ,
e• . ,t,steame rs,
.inie journey, and ' 'eet torte taken for u r •
sub-
Experience has jved that foreign coin, and i privatnis
.of l a long and- toils. : i , i . p b ie . use. ,As further
espeeia
Ily fareign Old coin,. will not circulate hav#:at lengali.found an abiding place for them- crintratita for the transportation of the mail to
Ives and. Glfamilies:, upon the
icely,as a cutreney .amting the:4l(6°lde. sei heir :, utmost verge, foreleg,. countries may be authorized
: by Con-
Th e el tn im s portant , meainre of extending our specie . of our w e st ern li m its, s h o uld be . steer e d int thelgresa, p his number may be enlarged indefiaite
cir iulation. both of geld and silver, and of dif- homes which they have improyedby their-la ,or.; IV. t,
fusing i
t among the : Teeple, can only be effected I refer you to the accomlian,ving repo t of! ' Tlukohlightened: policy by - which a rapid
b ) ' co nverting sueh foreign coin into American the Secretary of War f"r a ictniled accoa I t(i emerni stiJn with the -ar•
en distan t parts;
coin,
I repeat the ecommen datien coneabled the Operations ortite vari"nae bran.cfnes o; the 1 ..I tlitegiebieis estaidished„hy means of Anuir
in my l as timinual caessige for the establish- public service .coneeeted with the deoartn mu icao-bnilt sea steamere. Wonld tied an am pl e
ment. of a branch of the mint o f th e u n i te d mi dd r hi, elmree. The duties dv! 1' big! en : rewal diie th e increase m'eur commerce, and in
States at the city of New York. this department have been unusually vicious ;maid/our countty and its resources more fa-
All the public lands which had been survey- and iresponsible during the past Year, and have -vorably known abroad; but the national ad
ed and were ready for market have been pro- beendiseharged with ability and success. i . vantage is still greaterof having our naval of--
claimed for sale &Ong the past. yea r . ' The Pacific relations continue to exist with I the 'fixers tbade familiar with navigation ; anti: of
quantity offered an to be offered :for sale, un- various Indian tribes, and most of them mani- '.haringlthe privilege of taking the ships alrea
der proclamations iesued sincethe : first of Jan- feat a strong friendship for the United Strites. tly equipped for immediate service at a mo
nary last., amounts do nine million one hundred some depredations were committed during l the Metit',iijnotice ; and will he cheaply purchased
and thirty-eight thousand five hundred and past year ripenliar trains transporting supplies by theinompensation to be paid for the trans
thirty-one acres. • The prosperity of the \Vest- for the army 'on the road between the western_ .portatlen of.the mail in them, over and above
ern States and territories in which these lands, border of M issouri and Santa Fe.. These dep- the •poStage received., '
lie will be advaucedlby their speedy sale. By ; relations, Whieli are supposed : to have been .. Ajutit national pride, no less than our come
w i t hh o ldi n g theta fiom market, their growth; committed by bands -front, the Legion of It l iew mercial interests, would seem to fav o r the pol
and increase itiTilation would be retarded, I Mexico, have been arrested by'Abe presene
o' of icy or augmenting the number of this descrip
while thousand 0 jir enterprising and merit°. a militarrforce, ordered out for that puro:me. tion oflVessels. They can be built in our
rims frontier popuration would, b deprived of Some outrages have been perpetrated by a p or- country cheaper and in greater numbers thin
the opportunity of sbeuring freeholds for them- tion urine aorthWestern hands upon the weaker in anybther in the world.
selves and their families. But in addition to and comparatively defenceless . neighbo ing I refer you to the accompanying report of the
the general oonsiletations which rendered the tribes. P r ompt measures were taken to re- -Postmaster General for a detailed and satisfac
early sale of these lairds proper, it was a lead , . vent-such oecurren-es in future. i tory account of the condition and operations of
Rag* - object at this t i to derive as large a man Between 'one and two thousand Indians,lbe- 'that dipartment during the past year. It is
as po s sible from th 4-source, and thus diminishd longing to several tribes, having been removed .gratifying to find that, within so short a period
by that amount, thri 'public loan -rendered ne- during the year from the cast of the Missisips! after the reduction in the rates of postage, and
cessary by the exist§nee o f a foreig n war . • Ipi to th e country allotted to them west of that _notwithstanding the great increase of mail ser
•lt is estimated that notless than] millions i river, as their ; permanent home ; and arratige- vii', tile revenue received for the year will be
of acres of the pubic lands will be surveyed ' went* have been made for others to follow { sufficient to defray all the expenses, and that
and be in a conditio(i to be pr oc l a im e d-t or sa l e : Since the treaty of 1846 with the Cherokees, no farther aid will be required from the treasu
daring the year 184 8. the feuds among them appear to have subsi- ry for that purpr sc. .
In my last annual message I presented the ded. and they have become more united 'and • • Thel-Ifirst of the American mail steamers au.
reasons which,. in ray jud g ment, rend e r e d it contented than they have been for many years •thorizO i l_by the act of the third of March, 1845,1
proper to graduate Old reduce the price of such I past.. The commissioners, appointed in p m i su _ was coinpleted and entered upon the service on I
of the public lands as have remained unsold for! ante of the act of June-twenty-seventli, 106. the fiiii, of June last, and is now on her third I
long periods after they had been offered for' to settle claims arising urder the treaty of voyagOito Bremen and oth( r intermediate ports.l
sale at public auctioti.
.. . 1835—'36 with that tribe, hare executed t ei r , The otilier vessels authorized under the provi-;
Many millions of mores of public l an d s lyi ng :siuties; nrel after a patient 'investigation, lid Isiorns Of that act are in course of construction, i
within the limits of -several of the western is full and fair .examination of all the easeslandwill be put upon the line as - soon as cum:
States have been offered in the Market, and ! 'Fought before them, clrs e d their labors blithe pleted4l Contracts have also been made fur the
been subject to sale at private entry for more i i month Of July lasi. This is theifourth hilard i transpiirtation of the mail in a steamer from ! I
than twenty years,". and .large quantities for' of coininissioners which has been Organized tun-Clarleitun to 'Havana.
more than thirty yer , at the lowest.price pre- !der th i is.treaty. • Ample opportunity has been 'A r4iprocal and satisfactory postal-arrange
scribed by the existing lawti, and it h as b een i afforded taint! those interested to bring for Ward i meat lids been made by tl:e Post Master G-en
found that they will; not command that price. j their claims, No
doubt is entertained that i nm I eral with the authorities of Brennen, and no I
They must remain u;bsold and unctiltiyated for', partial justice has be en done by the late lin rd, diffeulty is apprehended in making similar ar- 1
en i n d e finite period,. !runless the price demanded and that all valid claims embraced by t' et .. a- j raagenients with all other Powers with which i
Corr them by the govrnment....shall b e re d uce d, j ty hate been e..nsidemd :aid allowed. Thi.. r c - Iwe mail have c nmmunieations by mail steamers. j
No satisfactory reasein is per4tetl w hy el ie y, sult, and the final settlement to be made it h !..exeepOwith Great Britain.
should be longer held at rates above their rea l t!.is tribe, Mader the treaty of 1 'F'-iti. whi e h will I On -the arrival of the first of the American
value. At the preient period an additional Ire completed and laid befere pm (luring N twr ; stenmili's, bound to Bremen, at Sonitha,mPton, l
rea son exists. for ads uing tine measure reeorn. session, will adju-t all gm shorts: of cent rovi rsy ,in the !booth 'of .June last, the British post of
mended. When the errantry is engaged i n a. between tlcm ..d the United States. and I re. I flee diketed the celleetimn of di - ' 1. 1
serummating •
foreign war, and we'rrnust 'necessarily res .rt tut,duee a state of relations with Ahem sir de, 11)0:gages on all letters and other mailable mat
loans, it would seem Ito he the dictate of wis- men -defined, and satisfnetory. "iii
)tc , r, w eh s!.e belt out to Great Britain, or.
dim tart we should travail ourselves of nil our Under the diseretionany with •rity connfee'l • which *met into the B, itish p•et offi c e on tl am'
resonrees, and thus ilimit the amount of the `b' , the aft of the t! ird of March lest, the n - was t4,l"ranee aid other parts of Eurnpe.
publi.. iniebtednr•e•s• to the possible sum. ; unities due to • the various tribes have been , The eel et of the order of the ill it ish post office
I recommendt.hatitle existing lan-s on the paid daring the present year to the heedl: ofJ is to sitbjeet all letters and
other matter trans.-
subject of pre-emption rights be amended and j famtliun instead of to their ehic7a, or' such ler1 er- jportedj4ny A merical steamers tipdoublepostaee
ne ,
idified so as .to operate prospectively; aid to sons, they might designate, as require( by j. ne pAtacre having been , pre. mushy paid on
i l
enthraeie all who - mad settle upon the public the l aws previously existing. This model oil i j them t 4 th e. United States, while 'letters trans
lauds mid make impt,oveinents u po n th em bem . payment has given generil satisfaction. to ) thelporiedlin British steamers are subject to- pay'
fete they.are serreeyed, -as well as afterw ar d s , great body of the Indiana_ Justice baLsbee e i but single postage. This measure was adopt-
in all cases where Such settlements may be done to them, and they' are grateful to Ithel ed with. the avowed object of protecting the
trade a ft er the Indian l t.t
le shall have been ex- lg Jvernmeint for it. A fele- chiefs and interist-.' Britiallitie of mail steamers now running eb -
tiozaishod.
4 i . ed. persons may object t o this mode of payment, tween Boston and Liverpool, and, if permitted'
,
if the rigaeiof trretemption be thus extend.; but it is believed to be the only m• (le of pre- ;to continue, Must speedily put an end to the
ed. it will embrace a l larg e meritorious class of, Venk: freed and imposition f: urn being4l 4 •
ofall
p c- reeve station letters and ether matter by
our citizens. It will increase 'he number of. tised upon t:-ogre gr( at hod of common ln li j A. -'l
- ans, ~ merman steamers, and give to British steam
small
freeholdee e u p r l n oram.lierel.e.e . ....--- 1 ----;u-Le e menstitelitta . a Je miesitneefs4.4,lecetzilmm— t... •, ' . xi,..4. '
~‘; Jiaarek r ly of • the busieess. A just and;
enabled 1 Dere L I Li s eir,,,,,te
.0,,,ir
chi
„,„l, nr to gran y :igun tiereene I "," U mots]," 'f [ ''''''"'' - "t.4'' ''` 4.9, "iirWirifrai,---iivitartrif:sliallArttrrs
otherwise improve titeir -condition, while they -of the. tribes na ye reeentl,- r a if, st. d a. he.- Jwe l 11 ' , 4 . ; ,00 100- , 1 / 7 .....- lowa , no snch:diserim
will he found at all times, as they have ever: crea I 'i
se...Jeer-est ie the eetn'• i- me. I ..selet Is 1 inati eces marb• ;alai- se British steamers-ming,
-• I themselves tri; be i n t h e enr o .3 Jeer
preo v , h f 1
amer g lt em, and or,. Itis,:.: _ .r:. id ad , an ~.- 411:. ILI 0_ rs int , our perte, but all letters an-iv
to
'tl Chitt .
in agelliniture—eenne .f tin, in predeeing a . lir- ling ine., le ed States are subject to the j
ta their tountry, among our hardiest and best
volunteer soldiers. e4er ready to tender their; fieient quaetite of feed :or their suppert, erl i same ilt.te of postaqivhether brought in Brit
service- in eases of eiuergeney, and among the!
in some cases a. surplus to dispine of to tl eir.ish (ir Ameriean vessels. I refer to - the report
iast to ]ca g e the Belo} as long as an enemy re
, -
' neighbors. The comforts by which those ho lof ti n e '.Postmaster General for a full statement
mains to btu eneounfereil. :
have received even a very limited edueat on, l of tine ;filets of the Noe, and of the steps taken''
\,
such a pollee mil/ialso impress these patri- ' a h ave - hurt.. 'are ur- ;b - him to correct this '
an engaged in nermu ~ , y e inequality. He has e x .
enc. pioneer ennigran e fs with deeper feelings o f, rounded, tend gradually to draw - off their Jess lerted all the power conferred upon him by the,
vatitudc for the parental care of their govern- etiyilized brethren from th lire/tenet:a in us 1 existing laws.
ment. when they fifpi their dearest interests se- lof subsistence by the chas ,to habits of 1 or .Thei'lninister of the United States at London
tared to them by the permanent-laws of the land civilization.
,Inas brtinght the subject to the attention of the j
_ .
land. and that they tare no longer in danger of! The accompanying reps of the Setretjary !British , ! government, and is now engaged in no
losing their homes - and hard-eerned improve- ,
s of.theNavy presents a - sat i sfactory and grteti- igotiatMns for the purpose of adjusting recipro
in.mts by being breitight into competition with: fying account of the condaion and operations teal poStal arrangements, which shall be equally
a More wealthy class, of purchasers at the land of the'naval service daring the past yeari i .- ;just to i both countries. Should he fail in eon
sales,i ' • • • Our cOMmerce has been pursued with inerdas-jelnding such arrangements, and &maid Great
1
Theattention of Unneress was! invited, at •ed aetitity, and with safety and sticf•ess,' in ev-Ilkitait insist on entorein'g the unequalled tin- 1
I
their last and the preeedingsdeirat, to the im- j cry quarter (If the globe Tinder the protection , just measure she has adopted, it will become
pertani:e of establishiZg a - Territorial - govern- ;of ourfiag, which the navy has caused to be I necessary to confer additional 'powers on the'
merit over ourlinslmesions in Oreuria; au di t i s trespect.ed . in the most distant seas. • -Pest Master General, in order to enable him to
to be reneretted that here was ho legislation on i In tike gulf of Mexico,. and in the Pacific!, j meet the emergency, and to put our own steam-.
the subject. Oar4.iitizens 'who 'inhabit that • the officers and men of .our squadrons have iers on an equal footing with British steamers
distant region of cointry are still leff.without !displayed distinguis' ed gallantry, and pe or- !engaged in transporting the mail between the!
the protection of our : laws, or any regularly or,- I rued veluable - services, In the early stage •of two. countries ; and I recommend that such
.ganized gevernment.il• - e • i the war with Mexico, her, ports on both coasts i •power(lj he conferred. , 1
Before the questiOn of limits and beundariesOe
re blockaded, and mo e recently - many of (
~t , .!, . ..sletorthi e extoll i ng state of our country, I merit may not
of the territory of Oregon wagdefinitely settled, them beim been captifted and held by the i na- Ime. e. P „ P eiew a , ';a l .l t e wi ee n a g e ,th „en in f= l o u r i l e ereti re.7 a n u mit to iiiiil
front the necessity btheir uondition, the itibab- i vy. . When acting in' c operation with the i!trio n u . s , oriry pn...dria2sorg, In Msfarevrell address to Ms county
itarits had established a temporarylpiyerninent I land fn;rOes the naval fi ers_ and men - have That ' ttl'eatest and b•st of then, who Retool Ms country so'
.of their own. Besides the want of legal au- { lil i rfOrined'ollant and distinguished servi?es, i ! i i r e .i. ' 4l. lh io ved ou t r i p,Z n U t 4r e l j e' , "v t , :l i t ' p . :e f Leut y co g ue .w ern r ; I
- thority for continuing suc h a government; itislon 411 4-as well its on w.it,er, and dsei . ve ;the '
,'Noes] d ritniontions -Northem and itliern, Atla tic and '
' 1 PW• - oiem-arbence desitmina men may e eavor to excite abe
wholly inadequate t 0 pxotect them in their thigli co
mmendations of 'th country. ! 1 Wief that thew en a real difference of local barrens mind vim ,..„ 1
rights of person and property, gir to secure to : White other maritime powers are ad 4 in g t °i; an El d nli ed am i dt c leun i Tg"hair crtivi it
f the l •
importance of
them the enjoyment la the privileges of ether their navies " !erg' clambers of war stemper 4, it.
mite Unto atidafpnoerving harmony be.Aveen a hsdifferent parts,
citizens, to which they are entitletterader the was • a !raise olio on our part to make similar I 'l.,
l'ls h n 4 l: , hm..:ltifeilltn:fhTt l y ii :li c°Unt Wi ne ;rn i ;c t f i t l e t . ,4 lit d rtie til s e it ii i n e :r ti n i s n e
constitution of thdUnited States: , They should attlittionstirrinf avy. • The gut war stem=' '
1;; i llu i e l :f htnt i r h n a a t t v irtil li Vn . E
' ai inynor collective and 'lndividual
have the right of sugrage,. be represented in a 'ol'authorized by the act of the third of Ma eli,h ; -,,,, i , 1 ,,,,,4*..
'..nocomeo u 2 1
to it CI:
'aitsubstt.relent,liti;lllLart:eitilaell'lann;ilitinntil
Territorial .legislatuie, and by- a delegate ; in 113 7,wirele coiirs(of construction: 1 . I: ,:: io r i.d .. e; aro!, 0(1
e as n u rar ie
i l l i a alladiTu mi oto: r r i estoeil safety atui
C.neress; and possess all the rights.and'priii- ,
LlW,additiOn,to the four War steameril atl tie.
I- i?.4l94lancigar. wbalrvtl2ny snegest ::e t n hj a m e:olpUto l u l ;li v ai
leges whi c h citizens iof other portions of' •the 'crtzetl7 this act, !the Secretary of the n vy I,,,,,,n'itpnctt ll :,,,iLtuy:i.avvrenutintileosit,b,w,ldiTonardt,:maptidtr
adcitanttltnfrqwwnlionfi
'Territories of the Utitted * States have heretofore bP, its - . . 1 tirstathe of its provisions, entered ia- O L cy.o" . ; , ‘ 911;t:tr.! tont Ile re;, or to enfeeble tbegneZd ti y gg r "which
'enjoyed, or may nowienjoy. • ' j . th•contractS for •'construction of five te m- 74 „ 1,. ' 441;17,'er Le.7","a;"...,"
trot.l a ma my. low adrrooltlons . rif Waoh•
• Our judicial st - stetft, revenue laws, laws re g u.i ercs . ,:foitt a ,'Mployed in the transportation of the I:,:tit,Tiiiiii4lieuili,:e4,, L i s
ni w ei itt . a v l a l
i t u l e ie ni fii r rz r of
i tat i l u i.
i l i t ri to (Windt
gating trade and infprcontse 'with; the Indian thtoe . 4; , . tee : Mail "f rom New 'York. t!
e o .... ew ,ITelenateOlatcs. to,whirh We me so o l i t urL Intielstrod r ° e r r" ) eu ri r j '
tribes, and the protehtion-of oar leris - sgenerally, _Orley teaching .at. Charleston; Savkin ah, l i fr" stid
in,poeulinloo to.d wealth, and for all Out cottotltuos us
area . happy nattoo. flow unnopotiant emelt our differ.
,
should he extended 4ver them. . '", - 1 and Fr ragtag:, and, frote. Havanna toi . a- l'.eor. c s. 6f itpinion unmoor questionsof public po ley Compared
h addition to t,14, inhabitants in that Ferri -1,. gra)) ?: '
AX three steamers . 'to be emplciye in il,N th „ e ,‘`, ll , n ' e le w " p rm,,,,ni, k 7, 4 ,,,tb y w, en 'ic d nX i tonsis to si r a i i i it y ll ik. we avow
Worn wh o had previotislyl.emigrateff to it, largellikent rhi-froM j New. York .. to LiverPoo . lon y te t to .' ingr i
es tu r:Ted by goograp!dcal Ilnes..Srbe u ttlby it
numbers of our eitizeim have fo l iiili e d - thein du- ' i
These;
steamers will bp the property of the e n-l' im invosi ' the blett-ieg of the Almighty . Ruler of the Univalve
ring the present yeatll and 'it is net doubted traetu fe ,but e ire -to , be built- ".undet I the : u -l in en , e(( . ( i y.l .: : l otiera p, r t i o na co s, ewin be mv Maims duty, no Ina than
, erate with you th all 111Pasilltei *bleb
that during the next i lid subsequentyears their 1 i
per.n indent ...and direction . of a naval n- 'pay welt
e ta remote tbdi honor and endurino welfare' I our
• • JASIEet K. POI.K.
numbers will b e grea tl y i rter ' eas a. -,...
~ : , strue : ri p the -employ' of the Navy -Dopart- 7"°'"i'r e i wi . m rw• •
aanington, Deeember 7th, 1847.
• . Congress, at its la 4 session, eitablished pest- ment,t' Mli tn be. la- tithitrwited las to. .dr l' !...
routes leading to Oreknn, and between, different them; hnierthle,,,akthu least pdssible expense
Poi
nts within that teirirory, and itilthatiiealla . „
into wiar
j ayamerkof ths . first dais:” 1
establishment of pos6 offices at : " - Astoria 'and A-prescribed .-:aiiintier:'-or- nasal loffienrs, las
such other places 04,6 e coasts ofT . lie‘llPi t eific, well 0-4
, u post office agent, are to be out b° rd
within tine territory of the United States, as the 4:71 ', i ....t. and "*tilfititY is • reserved to ' the
Public interests ma' require:" Yost offices 'itiiiyi.. DOpdriiiietit,,sittall
.titeci., to "e x ercise;
hareairVeteithishipa ".• Ind to have,
accordingly beet established, deputy..peilti-•• ..T.-1-4.r.: i ;°* i ers--- i•--......,i- • ' / 3 •
masters appointed, end piovisioitt.Madeliette ttle:#. lit i• "to. matoititnem for the ..exytititvel
transportafieeef the; mails. 's! -. - ... .10 - :: 'oink; ' iiosidie'oboX*4-. - States-r- - uPmf'
The preservation if peace with 'li"" -' aki n ' proper ition !to the costrot
t e lndia n • . .. ;-com pensate • ; ;
tribes residing '
ofthe.Rocky - '
•' - "
wesc,. Mountains: t . refer." ...I _..... •i I
will renderit • - •
i. , ,PrePe4l that authority should 4o; • - iii
.. - t theseletteatitabipit :will be empliled
given ey raw tor. the appointment . of amide"- • hi 44' '''''itint. the inhilit of the St . res
( Pate number of Indian
agents to reside among' coast pek APO, .0 foreign l ofiuntnes, "oa f an
th en. -
-- , -ennui . r. tittipetiiiti a to -' be piidto the owners,
. .
I recommend thatit surveyor general' fl oe there': 0 41,,k1.1-• alw vs` ready, upon ' - any 1 er
jbe established in a 10 - '3° ir — Pn . " ' av''' e c- ...
-I.— i 'r tin ' be ' 6l ' tea itito' ar
in ism,/ ,' - 0 . nver
th tent ry, and that !the "le-e-- - .. , ' II ' --r j -
public lands be tutv ed and brought '' ..
• ',lee:int; . s reaili t he :right reierVed. - to 0101 din
market at an earl ` 13"Yed . • ' 446 for '' ''''' l i -'?..-;.".' iirltda greatlyiii 't,lie- l effiC 'ii
y fit•l'l ... •., 1 ;'... pu tk i tt‘‘ ,.. • :.. ~
I recommend, also§ that grants' ' ' - Q' I) ef ; this aes .ri tion or our a..
upon liberal' 11 , ,a1i : i„.1..4A.„.1-,i. .--,, -J, .1 3 , , .c., p ,
tisms, o ff- ited 'titles '
-public • • •
•;14 -- - 1'74 the steamers thus 'autboriw
nu qua of the_publin laoilifiva. - -•!- .- i.", -', r, t ; he ;
bt made to all ' ' ' ''' andei ' —^. ' ticialldC - air the 'fia0444171:0 1161
qt4tfoi of tiro, !hated Stagg 4' . . -,- - . - -
, -
1 [
Wno'l.l. wort To ylnoos.4Ts !—Read, be
ifore'y(ib answer, "T will." The Star of that '
Pity tells us upon " unquestioned" authority,
that rrancis. Kinney, now residing at the
earner of Bridge - And Johnson streets,' in that
City, married his wife Mary when she 'WAS 14
and Int 16 •yairs of age. When slier was 15
ith 9 bad_ber first child—at 17 she bad two ad
ditionat children—at 18 three ga l ore 20 she
bad •foar ; , at 21 she bad three, and at 22 years
She 1301' two, which' are now 'a feW weeks old—
inakinils children! in B.y eara. iTheii: extra
4irditutt• facts will probably arrest the atten
tion, of the .We should li k e, to know
bow minty of these children are ow living.
it
ALKER (pays a GTII - 111
IFillitsiiirtii) bias i~cen for tai`
krntirin#: sixteen linTars a day;
Iyadibatpasse'd tbei:a day said . ,
last ')/'O/IkY•
Mon
Del
TI,
pleb
Stam
wit :--
TaOMAS JOONSOt: 'AA 1. TunIRELL';
Wm. C. WARD, . AIOgSA Ca!ASE. '
B. J. NIVEN, . TITpS &Mira, jr.,`
Amos WlLLtAtda, ` ; ALFRED JONES,.
BENJ. GLIDDEN', • , lic m r. ;, J . Tun „,i,, ,
J. H. DIJIOCK,, - EDiilN TIpFANS.
There will he a tnecing of the abol;i3 - narned
Committee at D. D. Wniner's "-lintel, in Mon
trose, on Tuesday Elie t)4jl dap':, of December;
instant. A punctual al e danne of all; the 4en
tlemen named, is dnsir* , ' ' ' ,
THOS. JCR SOtl, Chairman.
Dee. 0, 1847.
ampli
.4901
The Aliago. ,
We lay before nurreaders toijOire second annual message
of President Pout, read befell 4
branches of Congress on
Tuesday w. ek.
.11 iccupy log gqi,do e ,„ siniost our entire space,
we are prevented, of course. fro, ring shy ana lysls of, dr re
marks on Its contents, n 137341.1, y aninot needed,as it wily
b. almost if not quite, tinlyersmy , a,* is t o plait,. explicit ti
and convincing that nobody ma 3 ' take Its import, or hesitate
to sanction its doctrines. litill,s,dai rant ',,,iimial,, an expression
cur approbation, and anearma6avictfon that It wilt be en
domed by a vast rbalrarlty-;-tegt au Islay big all per:limed' of the
~,
tg.ast spark o' patriotism and f the American people.
One thing is very certain; and Itd j th4resldent his studied
no cromealtnont. left nothing for I .4gress to ask defined. It, In
ra t, MM. ails the man. t 4 atinc , 4?fbariess and decisive, it
halts at no half way point, leAvriSeristiliject lu obsturity, but 1
probes the position and pailcy! of itiptiktn to the 'bottom:and
declares. in the most pox live inat,os. and with int)ncible firm
finis, what measures seldom! Witik#lll iitot, receive his sanc
tion. Werepeat, let It be: read'smrelly. It Is . a text book
for the Democracy of our country', litinhotrd be everywhere un
derstood. Read at, fellow-Deutearkond. , if. as iimost kyrob
able, the Whir paper of tl:e cr n t iinuld lack l' e honesty to
publish it, lest It might knock the 04* fafirta the eyes of some
its humbugged supportegs, , lenth:t yOur .% Mg neighbors
and urge TIMM to read it. ' ..',;
_ 1
Con 64 - • i
_
The first session of th4l4tieth Congress
assembled at the Gapitol t4he'fitlkinst, forty
three Senators and two b and twenty-one
members of the House Ili present. 1 The
Se.ntte was called to order its; the Vi !e•Presi
dent at noon, and the 1101 U the Clerk Mr.
.French, when the blcction prE.. C. Winthrop
(Whig) of Massachirsettst I , ieitker of the latter
branch, and Mr. Campbell, i*hig) Clerk, took
place, each being elected. by arnajority of one
The annual message from tlie President Was
•
then received and read by thWelerk. 1
Subsequently Mr Johnson, k the Post-master
of the last Congress ca Dew.) was re-elected
likewise by one majority.
Aside from the above Oki* of the organi
zation, the proceedings . yet - pOssess, but Ellie
interest, the whole time having been employed
in " clearing the decks" fbr the more.important
business of the session.
A
resolutuntrepialing:.that portion of the
jaw of. vc-rari
posed postage on newspapers:fireulating with
in 30 miles of the office ob pulgieatien, we ob
serve, has already been offered, and will, With
out any doubt, be speedily adopted.
Haaatsov BELL—the reputed mriiderer
of Mrs. Williams, in Wayne County, was last
week tried and found "guilty." An applica
tion for a new trial was made by tbe , prisoner's
counsel which has suspended his sentence un
til the next term, during which tithe the Applk
cation will be considered by Labe Court. Of
his having committed thedee4 alleged against
him there is said to be tiq. doubt ; the only
question being whether he is compos mentis
or not, sufficient to render hint. amenable.
fißr The mammoth Christmas Pictorial
Brother Jonathan, published by Wilson SC Co.
New York, has come to hand; It is printed
on an immense sheet of papet five and a 'half
feet long, by near four feet wide, and contains
just seventy Engratings÷sonite of them 'very
large and beautiful L--on subj6ets appropriate
for the Christmas and 'new Sir's Holidays.—
The price is 12 cents per l copy . , 4 or top for, one
dollar. t
MAGAZINES.—GO.Iey's Lady"sßook and the
Union Marazino for Ja.miarp r two rival] yet
unrivalled monthlies--have both been received.
We have no room for an. extended 'maids
s of
either, further than to say the' cannot be beat.
Godey's Book never possessed more attrac
tions, while the -"Union" i a gem .o ot the
'ghost order. Their merits entitle them-. to
our best wishes.
A Wen OP C021 4 411E5P.--1i the, President
disclaims a war forconquesti some of his Pi . -
fibers, it seems, do not, for they have not only
invaded the country, but, art carryiog‘lheir
conquests into the domestic circle of Ithit Mex
icans, and annexing the Senoras ' nd Sen4itas
without the consent of, theitimale
The following fact is ominous! of the, snbitigi-,
4 '
Lion of the country : • 4
Elopement in Mexico.-- ( nito an exciie
ment was produced at Monterey Teeentl,y, I by a
double elopement, at the at : time, of two
Mexican Senoritas isrith"two 'Eiders belongin . g
to the staff corps , Of our army. One I,the
ladies, more property sp?tik.ing, was aSe
being the wife of a Mexican:amoral comucler•
able rank; absent with 'th* ‘ atiny,'tind t4 9 104k•
era Senorit a of I'T et: nice
If they carry on this •Oue
,fery,strtatyely,
"young, Mexico!" will be el4def up . to: ~vorryAd
Mexico-.
, ,6, ~" ".
AllielvAL . 0/ WIN: "A11.0)1 ALT a.-mlll-
LEANB.-Tbe atenreerMaunitthitcafttl tow
Santiag4a arrived at New Orl4na 'Fie - Ai l Olii,
z i
Rd left on the 26th arid lirinOt no3iewai '..'
Gait Tailor wa4 0 keLrHlT . ed:lit' - !1: ',10..',.
leans b.v a splendid iiToetaisianhFii Tii4i,tAlit
nication ft tin
eight days,
IN=
- ,
gliCeyer. . ke
1,? 4 4,
In
ee.
Sus
wing
te, to
;
4 , • 1
' Owing to the g r ia . leiiit l li! of , he Message
of President Ptilk,:vri3.`rarelWai - ed I to con
dense, to a contiderabloSextetit, t .. retta of the
week.
Oar &dikes freni z lifixica : -ioseeis — b6t little
interest.
~By an krriValitniwbtlearils on the
29th, ult., , from Vera Cris, vie lia e a confirm-
V , I' 1. •-,t.r ! • - ; •
ation of the repart of arrevolniion in. ptiltda- .
htiara, with th`e'ob,iect of making domes Far
-
1 41 Piveidant. , The: reialutilmis is ,plnnridred
the churches, but were pits down y au infllik
ated - mob,' A bloody engage*en ensieti, in.
which Ampudia was slain. " .
Paredes:it is Mid, has pronounced -in favor
of the plan of Surat*. The same lilts been
done . by the garrison .or Moseptal; (Ineretara
stands out for Pena •y, Pena; GuadaleaMia for
Almo nte,' and Santa Anne:for hiMself. i'
Itl is said the governmentiwilll disband the
a!tmi
( l
and require the :national guard to per
f tra its service. , . .1
Akieeree has been ; issued prd ring the pri
maryi,olections to he held: on the lot ult., the
scomid on.the 6th December, and the last on
the Pth of the same month: i.
" The steamship Britannia arrive . at•ißoston
on Wednesday with tiverpoofdatto-the 19th
ult. ' Breadstuffs remain t em at t e pn'ees last
repotted, if any varietimi it is. slighi !,
ad
vance. A - slight but perceptilile a dgritifying
imprevement,in the tummy market lastl• taken
place„ nevertheless some additional Mures are
reported. The packet ship Stephen Whitney
was totally lost together-with nimity-two lives,
on the el cuing of the 18th u 1(.„ on tbd south
coast of Ireland, under eircuthstafices the most
appalling. §ne was un her voyage from New
York to Liverpool, when •mistakifig the light
on Rock Island, cape Clear, for i the old head
of - Klnsale; she continued' , her 'course inteeding
to reach Cork harbor; but in less l than, three]
quarters of an hour with a, suddenness which
defied all Inman' effort to avirter fate she
came broadside on a rock Call ed the West
Calf, about 4 miles inside the Cape, and in
less th an-10 minntesaftei strikin g, sbeidashed
to atoms, overwhelming no leris than 92 of her
helpless crow and passengers, ?18 idnly 'id' 110
sueecedecl'in clambering up the I face:of the
rock which .forms a wretched i Island, contain
ing .I,lzish huts. ... •
. .
. .
The British Parliament was Convened yes-
terday . No business was transacted , beyond
the mere ceremony of opening,which itaidone '
by Royal commission. - . .
Hostilities were at length edmmenced in
Switzerland .between- theifortiified eity of 'Mb
°try, occupied by the army! : ohe hitter.—
Some skirmishing bad taken pace
,iii which
the troops of the Souderbandiwere worsted.—
Count Bressori, French Arlibassador,at the
Two Sicilies, committed suicide en the : 2d inst
hod a short time previouslyi etrunt Mortier,
also French Ambassador at the genet of Tour
in, attempted`: to nuirder - botii hie . children and
to Cut his own throat while labdring 'under a
fit of insanit-y. Dr." Felix Illen4ellsohn Bar
tholdy, the eminent.-composer of Elijah, died
Auddenly at Leipsio- on the 4th, inst:, in the
39th year of his age. A convention has been
entered into between the Poll the' Grand
Duke of Tuscany .aruP. 'Luc - erns tid the King
of Sardinia, for the.formation of a tariff based
upon thii'..principle or the German Cooamercial
League : the measure has been hailed through
colt - Eetspe with; the test. -Oeseitile elate-
f...a,,... • The state' et lielaudis • truly fright=
ful. A system of acipareut resistance is every
where manifested; landlords ';daily falling- be
fore the Van
sexn ea of the people. The French
Mail steamer Vioi6n 1011 not lealve' Havre un
til the 24th: in conteqUenap,• oir the' injuries
which her machinery suffered tepoir:tbe last
voyage from N. York.' , i .
A Iman calling himself, N. teviis was arrest
ed in', NOshington on: Thursday , last :charged
with pa*ing counterfeit 'potfis to the; amount
-of $3600, on the Danbury 'Null of Connecti
cut; at Petersburg Va l Tliel information of
the fraud was tommumeated by . telegraph in
advance of the culprit'S arrival.
Hon. Robt. J. Walker,
_Secretary .of Abe_
Treasury, was taken seriously ill lon Thtirsa l y
at the Department. He is now reported c --
valescent.
•- • r
The Freemont Cou'rt 11lartial drags its slow
length along' at }Washington;: 1C0m.4 Stock
ton Was under examination- latest advices,
but had developed nothing new j Q
.•
Seine miserable scape-galldvis,.! on Tuesday
evening week, -turned the,switbli, on the track
of the N. Y. & Erie Railroad, aliout six miles
above Piermont which- caused {.14 -.Loc;oiniitive
'and tender to run off th::. Nci . oph in
Jured.„ - ! I_ - •
More Incidents Connected)ci,
of the Pluenii.—Tho cl&iveid
says: Mr. Horse 'found a St;
Which he tied to•hie fender. wit
kerchief. Upon this 'float he
self about two bours
thte!!ghout, froM, Ca;io
of mind, fi,rtftude and hardin63-;
.111eZ - .When he firit.got into. a
surrouriAt . za by . those who:
eking: out their. existence .
providentially - reach them: T
drui T iftei another, exhauSted
the t 'sleep of deat,l4
corn the -
she was bearing , down' .to t her
fortunate beings, and ineonn
those around hint, a ithe- ;sam
them to :hold out 'longer, : arid,
rescued front;. their perilourt sit .1
thie,.he 4141:1t6 Ilietti.*.ere in
. Oc t .11Q0,14,1),f-h4 poe, And ho
in is , fe;o.r mtmitei'afterira4s;
rermilibed_exc_eptibiitimen,who
lady, cabin panikepg*r,,dro* ,
him, and An itassnionttbift
kind. 4 , orroTs,: , "The Acs: •
givetito• thf
The omnillethi bed
out 014.,tkci, then
1 1 41 0 1 - Wegogl Aii4. - -tbe: ;
rushed niadlturun*till ii
IL-The almond"
e with itting 6441 . J:si t who
W:lthe4 l 4*l.4tVo
felita***lll,ol4 - .
liiithe 4 (o,llo 4 Varii% ) ; l o l
treat,
burned to -de4 o .4:eiArnincid.
NI Ott .o siwu.tracir.beivi
htreemani4: 40 11 /3i l 4'
afFfiunw, , :Tlitid - itilen-inridja44e
tbit
Vesti
statediat: "
•
_
iii74 - axi, e - )1e refines twin
.. p_
into the Wit& Witlf the thilk tad pine° *Mr
upon
;a door; ,, =Thiswitirtine, P eartedilevetik •
nesa Bilis "'refueled. ie.& MAW 114 hi:Aare/4a
' companied hei.',:iThey joined,aitn si
,m 4 I t i ng a
ing trite , Ale ..yielding fined,' sink t to
rise no ' ore in life. • Mr. , Long, oflitilira "e,
sge l / 4
saw his; wife and ehiid drawn almosh-irititto
reach, without the • power to sate= Be after.
Wards' grit hold of - the wheel, Under;theitt,
arid Was one Of the throe Who were 4,44111i#
1 from she' water, 'The body ,of young :t,tadalik
the cabin,lioy, was founditioating,upop,o4id,
der. Re was lying on his side, witkliii kW
resting upotaia hand. Ile. wasevidentirite t
drOwnad, but died cold. , Whiiri - rther '
' singeraimemne agars of the - iininkletlitlietr'
which' auribunded them, and that altiline7 ' '
7 1,
tarn deathliraited them , a scene waiireee' 14
widohli f iggap description. Bome toOk - gmilitie„ .
se l ves
,t 9
.qultet prayer, others howled:4o4olK
while rithers'atill howled in meek sabtrtiesioato '
the ruling Power. 1 As the tire pregressistforie.
[ after another of ' , the voices were hushed it . '
death, and a silence aivfel and profennesife
.cceded. . In regait teltb.eirnann er in which the
fire iris communicated; Ogre is. nothing ,*.411/..
1 than surmises: .The most reasonehle;:suPposa,
tion ii," that'it was eitherl•by the-falling doom
of a doarin the due, or by-tte 'breakingferi
lamp in the'ood.:hold, '• i -
~_ ''
''''''' 4l .'' 'a
There dauld not,haVe-been-leini than 200 ho-
man beingaswept into eternity by.:this dim*,
and' fnllyt three-fourths 0 that-nlitibili crap
strangerafrom a far-ofteatuittf 7j ' l,l :.'"' -- Z.
A yonnggirl of 17, now4it, Shelio:ltai;Wtio
sole survivor of a party 025,
who
;14`rtk
er, 18 : 0 06. -' An old niOr Oerlli '.
e e
childreniialeft,eo . meirn,the loisiet,an tho se;
for whose-Slakes hel:hadlefphisintitiVelind and .
emigrated' to •Amerfea. ' 11:ro h44:056 - eir - and
equally heart-rending cas - t. TiideefrthltA4 -
calamity WOO Mpstaillictilgi . ' fltiTeAtt:
-we' have ever been ;called eponjto-
; •
iut H izeattaitt o. ~ .1
tn - .l4iherfiY,:'4l,-the).3th Ast. Eid}*.k.
Nst, Mr, Rujslar.. B. SlimstaijfijEater
and DESS THERE
trier plac6: ,
,
By Rld.-B. Taylor, Nov.latb, at Mr..TruTell'is
Monirost, Mr. CHRISTOPHER -11A3ILItr, of
Great Bead, t 6 - PEL IN I" 'HEW** , of
Rash.
, -gto. .0:iber,t(5v11tki.!..07.f,;....1
THE EXAMIXNATIONi' `;:-tar
1 _ 4,,
Of Miss Wi ll ard's school Will be bel g ag e-
Court House in Montrosei owThurailiiN.Delri,
23d, to commence at 9 . o'clock Aj. -4 M.' . .lidrid
continue through the evening', TbOt,citi*tfp
and friends of Education are respectfU • ll'Or.`
tad to attniod. The Winter ''`'erns; will ,~etas.
mence o Monday; Januaty,l9tlilB4B:= ,- ial)
blontrosi, Dec:, 15, 1847. , oinik.
• -
- POCKET BOOK LOST! . .) 4 7:rt`l
-,..„..
LOST;
. 77 4 , ~.
in the vicinity :of the Fred:WWll.'"
Meeting House, in . Springville on , the. 7th pc
Bth ininant, a CALF SKIIN WALLET:- : e -
taming' 17 dollars in Blink notes.. , Ttra2Thels
dollar notes Uf the Bank of Susquehaaha COL,
one five deOttir note of thg Union ffilikrl44.
having " Trivetel wrltteh on' the - hide- 2 1*i
one two (lunar of the Brnbme Co. Baulrl - 47.
perion finding the said lallelshall . , - 1*
ly rewarded on the deli ery,of_ity 4 4 • -'
1 scriber la - Springville...lra-immix& 6. .iiidige
re
an... uaer -nror th ern emocratPlmi6vip,
MARTIN; L TRUES ELlit.
Springville, Dee. 16, 1847... - ? le. ,a.1.....t
sidininistratorlt- Sal 4
• ..- •
N purttence of an order from 0 404
6
410
o Court in end-for the county! of Singtiliio.*ite
o me directed, I shall capes, to PettiliOale
vendue or out-cry, oh Friday the'Bl474o 4 y
Decerpher.at one o'clok in the - afternoiskAn
the prenibiesr , liereinafter descriked. alt tbst
certain farpi,mescuage "or_ lot of land, simile
tying and beinginthe tciwnshio .- ot-itablu . it in
said .county and , bounded 'as follois ter'sritl4-
Beginning at beece tree the nortluituit cote&
of land surveyed; to AbrehatylAkitti;itilefille
partly by the calcined west 178 Per.ctiekta
beech, - - tree ; - thence Notth 10`per,ChOis tit
post ; theneetast partly by, landsfittilayictftr
George - Ila perches to a, post4::theil
by the same South; 50 Clegreet44llll
perches te a,post on the attic/ GeorgegaiesAt's
South-east. corner ;- thence- EaeL.l3 perches
and BAoihinorak perchlo -;a1:14.4.*1ine3
South'o7. percbes.to the iilacei .-hegiorallig
-cont amine; one hundred. acres-1.41mi s.thirtpnine
perches more or less AvithltheapPartenaiieskts
dwelling - Hauge, barn, orqbardtte:, *kb
70 or 80 acres unproved,' late I , the.tatEr; lid
heineateitcl'or grverly; of daidktbiiill~ip
decid. ' t' • •T ;}flout.
`Aii 4 o . ; -. afthe.iiiailitTlO'i.tiln i ti!.ordiriA z
af .oe' said Philip .
q is
death, in and, to.the South:he lrotlef t iliei_ i
upon,lhe dra ft of restirvei WNcile•
ssid , half lot containing . s(li me . t6otA l licrll•
The terniA.of salt - wilt ! be tnatie,,kne*e at
the time of sale, . - is
GEGROE''HAVERLYPAdministretor
,ef . PHILIPIHAVERLYjdieII.
Nev.29..;•1817. '• co;
AclicsiPsAA44-
day January 14th i 1847.1 •
, OEOHCIE HAVE • ArlrainistisUr.
1 . 111, the burning
nn4 Plaimgcaler
1-, ts‘rocm - Ido or,
Ir s ne4k Lib&
.L i p ported hitn
hall, 'evincing
rn, a . pt i esence
• allnoit ideredi-
I , eiwater he, was
i ; It . i
r n e r ont. t 4m T h n t
;o h'elSaw sink
la chilled, to
h flre k t tcqdis
;l e, preiiell9r, as
I t i l ilit of tfiose na
c the fact to
t me•Ohortuag
t 'ey -Would , le
~ 't, on. i :At , that
ay aliiv within,
Toiditlan that
t a single, one
were saved..A
, 7 wjthia reach of ,
[tic yield to the
gen, which he
ii ugYfiwrifie.
Ir . '
0 ' flame. ,Widoh,
e `Striiiuid tat
led .'4911, OIL
~ Hied' :ciirieiit
':, ealiat ta-_-the
II , Wilre'cOVer:
- lit 11110 y there
, I . - tirrilitiiikeil
!`.. 3!efaiiPlie
10' -, ll o l ilety ,
'...4 114 .-
1
Ow whydratich.
14 Ot..biwtselfi'
oplitjutlikiiettisis
Aklllithlikininy
ktwintf, witiiii.i
, ----,------,- -- -
'Rid:nth streiget 9 rt ''Sate'iz , 4 ,„
1 ~ , . F. . ~-, i„ 1.:..c.* >NI.
N mug is beret glien;lgat'hiittitl4r
Susqulb t a h lt e n 6 a ~ "'wh i frit c eZosed . " 13 - f ic * ille °: , ii .
4
,ict,enduit or out-eryolt ; the is Lai*
Shearman, deceaseti, in ;ti elawnthils of Am ,
ock, on Thursday -the 2,3 d, day of Dellienikkir
next, at one O'clock in the Itflernoint-40141kat
day, all those two certain lota. Pinceedraliat-
Ceis of lead': 'situate. lying nee..' it , '` ''' Ilea&
township of Dintock aforesaid, %latte r ' ' • et
of limes Shiarman, fateipf the jiii j lif iii - ift,
'decened,ind severally 0011144
_*,- 14 ,4*.A____, .
io t a
as follows' , to wit ; - - the ftr.in Jl l leq 4 b o /_,..., 4 4 1 '
thereof, being ' the farm Itornierit,Vlßl.l9;4o
occupied by Allen Upinn. ..ißountbo'
North, by;land of Richard. Galetanit4irtiler
. List, by lands of Gordon D.; Hempsted-end
Elisha , Tiffany—ensile -;Sank; Allquads 4tof
!Charles Greenwood, and ;Genigt*qategAtitAn
w West. by lands of .10cob S. Ills, and
Dudley 11; 8 raith--ContaininglotAht; red. and
sotty.tour acres, with at one.k , .
laientf.five,stres irnproved, e ilrid;hiiyihtg,
4
'nit,'"one dint ling iitittle, I
,witttiki*li7,t, „,...
l irdt4 in - di 'cider mill. 1 ; '''',,''''''s l . .' .4-- 1 . -
.ALISO.t the atone ,Plan idd l A'• , 4 y
otherpleee" - of parcel of 1 land lteth ,f,,.. ,
knobn itflite Henry Bal i VekAim - 4 ' tr
~,
beltigvoiiiided On the rierth,,l)3o4ooß;tir ~t
Bolles and Prune's Tingley ~_4 ' ist(llr: T , •
Jandlikitimiii Dennis; oWthit Batik iViedlande
of B. 'I% Wilber.; and ron''' the West' li 7isadd
0 116 4r4 1 4 1 birs- ab4,,inbit-NsTribd ' us
poottyrao, iggrok cit 0015 1 1 116 Utiv3Wit 0 1 40
4
Jo Aigtaiekatitove4.- rilavingthigitePailsta
dwelling ttousea.llDri* krtailsßritkornbatto
ii .
and other, appurtenant ' , 4 `latritz.v.e9/
4..Teiws *de konwenotha , a ....
'' .6 *, l L - 'loi t at i i
~
s r
bil l " *M -4 '
i" 1 i 7 -t' . ' 1
14- .1 ". 1 11 71 ill
=I
MEE
11