Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 51, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 December 1869 — Page 1

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TERMS OF SUSSCRIPTlONt t2,50 PERYEAR.ik abvaxcx. $300 " " WOVFAlD IS ATjVASClt. No postage on papers delivered within this Coanty. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE?" 0nc7?f? fi-otn, JVjsi Jfwfc. INTERNATIONAL QTJESriOXS. The question of the seizor of the brig Mary Lowell at one of the Bahama Islands, L. the Spanish authorities, is now the

subject of correspondence between this Government and those of Spain and Great ""Britain. The Captain General of Cuba, bcut May 4St ssael proclamation jinthoriiirc search to be made of vessels en the high seas. Immediate rtmoiFtrsnce was made against this, whereupon nhc Captain General issued a new proclaTBtioo. limiting right of search of vessels of ths United States, so far as authorized under the treaty of 1795. This proclamation, however, was immediately withdrawn, I have always felt that the most intimate relations should be cultivated between the Republic of the United States and all independent nations on tbis cont. v. -li . v : 3 . tine Dt, it may eu riu ivutiuvrin" whether new treaties between the Voited States and them may not be profitably entered into to secure fcaoro intimate relations, friendly, commercial and otherwise. DARIEN CANAL. The sul ject of an interoceanic canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans thronth the Isthmus of Darien is one in which commerce is greatly interested, and instructions have been civen to our Minister to the Republic t the United States ! of Columbia to endeavor to obtain author- j

ity for a survey by this Government in Canada may be desirable. The ccmraiscrder to deferiiiine the practibility of tueh ; bion for adjusting the claims of the Iludatt undertaking, and a charter foe the I son Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural riphf f wy to build by private enterprise j Con.pany upon the United States, has Filch wc-tk if ibe suivey proves it to be J terminated its labor. The award cfsix jractical'e. j hundred and fifty thousand dollars has SOUTH AMERICAN RELATIONS. (been made, and all rijibts and titles of the t- i :.v. .v . ...!con)rnv in the territorv of the United

,ri.. r;t,l . ia . n.WA v-m. ,' BK.'i..ibim.. for th adiastment c.t claims, it became necessary to send a tYiinmissioner and Secretarv to Lima in August last. No appropriation having! been made by Congress for this parposc, i it is now a.-k-jd that one be made covering j the rust and future expense of the Com-j mission, ltie r'oa ome ot ir.e tfiiitea Suies to biing about a peace between Ipin at. d the South American Republics with ichioh she is at war, having been jtoccrted by bpain, Peru and Chili, a Congros has hcei; invited to be held in Washington daring the present winter. A ;rr,t has l een Trade to Kurorcans of an exclusive rijiht of transit over the Territ.rv ef Nicaragua, to which Costa Rica la- siven its assent, mhieh it is allesicd ! vi cts wnh the vested rights of citizens j J .e Tiaied States. fl the State has now eoti.i.;eraii.'n. The The IV k i-i- isriii rniinf this sul ject under!, Minister of Peru i l.s in; wi;:de reriresentatiitns that there a .'a'e ot wr tieiween rem and pain, Hid (hx Spain was constructing, in and ! nesr ew loik, thirty uunboats, which gunboats, Uiiht be used by. Spain i.i such a wsv as ! Spain to reiteve the naval torce at L uba s as to ord o.i!;i-u:t that it has been Ux u.cj advisibic t withdraw cur rt prestntatixe fiviu tlicie. ALABAMA CLAIMS. Toaar.1 the close of the last admir.-s- I tracien. .,ver..ion was si-ned at I.ou6 c

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prevent iDCir departure. o lurmer steps 0,Kv-0d the French and Hi t sli locations nave taken me in maiory in tne new pou- ( T 7 , bavin been taken by the representative, i " Vtv Wt n to be m.de acquai..tcd with ! cy, vo they should be the most correct in j Christendom, and engender of the Peruvian Government to prevent j "e rn bfcble VoKev of Con-ress on the j Zoning their good faith in making it a ' eeiMzons a disregard for human the d, part. of these vessels, and 1 no, ! K 'Lrf by the bill which access' 1 n thU connection I must advise "J w t o-iher. i i.-j. roes feelin- authorized to detain the property I le snate i March l,st. This Unch legislation as will forever preclude j xery. I see no substitute : for auch a t-f a nation with which we are at peace, ' jr,.c . om tr,e rer-re-entatives ,f ihc cm - i enslavement of the Chinese upon our system except m piacing all the Indians .n a mere executive order, the matter has I L Lreen.et to accer t , he ba-s 1 under the name of coolies, and also ! " larPe reservation as r.p.dly as can be Wen retemd to the Courts to decide. SS.Uora.ion. the prions of the ! prevent Amercan vessels from engaging in i Zlt VtSTX The i-oi.dcet of the war between the ! blli cr cf -uch other enactn-cnt cn the ! tbe transportation of coolies to any country j uLiere'. f, v .i- i j ... ...! .v.- i..,i.i,.. ,,f i,.. i t,,.Cr ot UC V . - tr,,,.; ih T .U vmd : ould be induced to take their lands

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. vuit. tut Hi v a t vut.'ifli.uii'i: 1 . - e;ir.s between I n.tel States, wbicb tailed to receive the ; a-lvl,e at.d cv.nsetit tf tte Senate to its j rt;vaiion. "lhe time and the circura- ; st-eos attending the negotiation of the j tn-aty were f'avorab!e to its ac--vptar.ee by , the 1 ,'0 !e i the United States, and its; iroviions were wholly inadeqiiate for the '. settlement ot the grave wro ois that had Ittn sustained by this (ovei n n.e;t, as, vc.l as l y iis citizens. The it-juries re . ss'tirj to the United States by reason of j the Ct ur:-e -tio ted by Great Britain dn-i T;! o ;r late civil war, in increased rates f tpsarar.ee, in ibe diminution of exports : r.a 1 rt and other obstruetiocs to do-; "frcsiie industry and prodnetion, in its t'-cct v.j on the foreign commerce of the tturrv ln ilC oeeiease and transfer to 1 : i : s i 11 of oar cxtmmercial marine:ia ;! c ft ITS r.d eiaia.. j ti. litigation of like war, and the e i e sr, both in treasa.e and in lives nifjression, could not be adjusted s;fi f.vd as ordinary commercial whicn continually arise between Vttiereial nations, and vet the eonven- ' "n eri-cied them simrly as such ordinary -ais, from which they differ more wide;S ti.e gravity of their character than 13 tic magnitude of their amount. '.est inn as is that difference not s word ''' 1 in. i ia the treaty and not an inferw e.-sld be drawn for it and 'e sense 1 f unAiendliness of the - -irci Britain in our stmegle ''m-cc which had so deeply and lemove course for ex-univcr- - -' v. 1 I . v .4 VI II . .11 j V V V - -.'- 0 -or try. I't-iirvir.fr that a convention ' u tn'.secnceived in its scope and made j e pro-j H esn us provisions would not have rro uu4 tie hearty, cordial settlement of i pCBd;-. oestioas, which alone is conie-' t aith'the relations which I desire to j "t estabiished between tbe United j " " nd Creat l?rit"n I regarded the ! I regarded the ! lct'on f tviG v;enle ;n rcitetinc the treaty ! 0 b.ve been wiseK- taken in i ha interest !

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- v , A ujj & nevCSMary tU i U V --. i . ,,r... . . .1 , . 1 V.1- i - -ii t trv 1 aqu W msi 4 1 m. v. . . f rctxeen the two onisntries. Sensitive ! Fi!', ccrise-ous of their rawer, are more - i.r a treat wrons. wnorv una''n under the restraint of a settleTr . "rt w f-ich satisfies neither their ideas of "Ce, 0r ,"eir gfae sense of the grievtev have sustained. The reiection tte t treaty was followed by a state of fWJC f, ceimr.

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tnought not favorable to an immediate attempt at renewed negotiations. I, accordingly, bo instructed the Minister of he United States to Great Britain, and found that my views in this regard were shared by ber Majesty's Ministers. I hope that the time may soon arrive when the two Governments caa approach the solu tion of this momentous question, with an assurance of what is due to the rights, dignity and honor of each, and with the determination not only to remove the causes of complaint in the past, but to lay the foundation of a broad principle of public law which will prevent future differences and tend to firm and continued peace and friendship. This is now the only grave question which the United States Lave with any foreign nation. DELATION 'WITH CANADA. The question of a treaty for reciprocity between the United States and the British Provinces on this continent has not been favorably considered by the administration; the advantage of sucb a treaty would be wholly in favor of the British producer except possibly a few engaged in the trade between the two sections. No citizen of v c... 1 j v. i c... i ii reciprocity. Our internal taxation would prove a protection to the British producer almost equal to the protection which our manufacturers now receive from the tariff. Some arrangement, however, for the regulation of commercial intercourse between I the United States and the Dominion of ' States hav been extinguished. for iYc property of the company company have 1 V i An appropriation by Con grots to meet this sum is asked . The Commk-Moners for determining the Northwestern land boundary between the United States and lhe British possessions, under the treaty of 1S56, have completed nwi?, im vnunuu-civu io I dissolved. In conloranty wih the recommendation t.f Congress, a pronosiiion j was early made to the British Government ' to abolish the mixed courts, created un- ! tier the treaty of April 7, 1S02, for the (suppression of the slave trade. The sub- ! ject is still under negotiation. THE FRENCH CABLE. It having come to my knowledge that a corporate company, organized under Britiaws t,ror.oseJ to land upon the shores a " ,i, i ,, , S,r.. and to Oierate here - i sulruarir.e cable, under a concession V,; Xtr.iistv th Emreror ot" the vn. . viiwU. ri.ri.r fYr trntr years (Wtn of teiegrai-hic ci'm i!aiiic;!tton be i the shores ot t rance the very

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i ted States, with oljcetioi:ab!e ! r.,,,,.., At.ikrfriin all r.oa..e convev I ed thetti y lo ice sovereignly nu . . . . - . j the j control tt the rrenca Vtoveriiuienr, and S pri-acfttii ession of Congress. Also to use their influence 1'rcr.ch Owernment to vcoure .re in ti e j a ratification of their ' cottct ssion as to permit tt.e laaoirg up- j wn v rencR vi " w , ,'-"'7 l" ; n ";r"" l j tate i 1 1 " , " . i II .ns nil.;.!., ivimo s.ui.a uv., . ", excludes the capital and the citizens ol the United States, from competition upon the shores ef France. I lecomaiend legisla-

",.v; K.,.t rtf.- R.i, - ;Pty and lutiest development ot tne coun- i pj,rtrocnt, for the year ending the 30ib of hie In consiaeration vl this sgrtcn.cnt. . .ulniUng aU oar oMigationsi second, to .3 Sl0 was disbursed in tbe payment LJ;i7,Ciw?or-ld W f rreC'i0n t0 ,bCr6n "d of Contracted during the w. Ind is by the oa" r,f the citizens of our common country no, cborgeable to eurrentT.rmv expenses. Undtisth?c.M N ar.d b k,P wWrthcy.t.y choose to move, with lfce iate of $34.531 031 for the ex'V. VKa. ha be n n?m li ! "fcrence o" nationality, . re- pen5;cs oT the army for the next fiscal year regret to say that there ha been no modi-; -o co,or or Jiti demaodin of f . c j

t,on to protect the rights of citizens ol the, .B dedliring by joint resolution that I nited States as well as the dignity and j th ubiic dcbt thoafdJ be frincv sovereignty ot the nation agsinst lndlimciwt in coin; 2d, by providing assumption. I sbalf also endeavor to se- , fW . rtoviding the weans,

cure ov nesroiianon an avanuoauteuv vi 1 thp nrmcir. ol monopolies m ocean teie s . 1 ! rrapi-.ic canes. vopiv vi v.ws ; otidcnce are herewith furnished. v- T v n x: 1 i-n-i vT ; The unsett.ed political condition of conntries less fortunate than vur own ' sometimes induces their citizens to come: I to the United btatcs for the sole pnip.se of becoming naturaliied. Having secured this, they return to their native country and reside there without disclosing their

change of allegiance. They occupy ofli-lanv

iciai positions r positions of trust or hon- ; ticials against remonstrances wholly politor, which can only be held by citizens t.f , icai. It may be well to mention bere the . their native land; they journey under embarrassment passible to arise from leavpassports describing them as such citizens, j ifg on the statute books the so-called ten- ' and it is only when civil discord, after, jure cf vffiee acts and to earnestly recom- ' pprhapR, years of quiet, threatens their j mend their total repeal. It could not rcrsons or their nrorertv, or when their i have been the intention of tbe framers of

native State drafts tiiera into its military j service that the fact of their change of j allegiance is made known, lfcey reside ; permanently out of the United Slates, j They contribute nothing to its revenues, j they avoid the duties cf ttscitisenship, and thev onlv make themselves known by a thev onlv make themselves known claim of rroteetion, I have directed di-i rlomatic and Consular otacers of the Uni-1 U 4 iHimi,i vmvimij u evv" t .1.; f rrot-tinn. Th oitirnn nt! the . . . ... - - - t United States whether native or adopted, who discharges his duty to bis country, '

is entulea 10 us complete proieeiion. ( aoes noi trust meuif r or tne secuut reWhile I bave a voice in the direction of uisitc to our growth and prosperity, time affair, I shall not consent to injute tbe 'and a firm but humane administration of sacred right by conferring it upon fietiti- existing laws amended from time to time us or fraudulent claimants. On the ae-jasthey may prove ineffective, or prove cession of the present administration, it 'harsh and unnecessary are p-tobablv al was found, the Minister for JSorth vbat arc required,.

Germany bad made preparations for negotiation of a convention for the protection of emigrant passengers to which no response had been given. It waa concluded that to be effectual all the maritime powers engaged in the trade should join in such a measure. Invitations have been extended to the Cabinets of London, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Brussels, the llague, Copenhagen and Stockholm, to empower their representatives at Washington to simultaneously enterjnto negotiation, and to conclude with the United States con. ventions identical in form, making uni. form regulations as to the construction of

the parts of vessels to be devoted to the m r : . .i i Urr . ' tt . r ..I . , A , . i , , . ' , . . i vuscitcu uunog tue voyage in oraer to secure ventilation, to promote neaitn, to prevent intrusion, and to protect the females, and providing for the establishment of tribunals in the several countries for enforcing such regulatians by a Bummiiii i Liwca. - , ... Your attention is respectfully called to the law regulating the tariff on Prussian nemp, and to the question whether to fix the charges on Russian hemp higher than they are fixed upon Manilla is not a violalion of our treaty with Russia, placing her products upon the same footing with those J- lavorao nations, vur manu - la.'t.ures "creasing with wonderful ra,r.t,- . r j . - I'mny, uuuer mc encouragement wmcn they now receive. With the improvements in uiacninery already cuected and still mcreasing, causing machinery to take the piace cr ssi.iea laoor to a large extent, our imports of many articles must fall off i ( I'll i a . a - largely within a very few years. Fertu nately, too many manufactures are not - I J

U.UUS,., ,...s 1C niiCMi i uciui0i troops are luaepenuent ot eacn other, equal in all sections. They give employ- and are subject to orders from different

n:ent and support to hundreds of thousands ot peeple at home and retain with us the means which otherwise would be shipped abroad. The xteasion of railroads in Europe and the East is bringing into competition with onr agricultural products like products of other countries. Self-interest if not self-preservation, therefore, dictates caution against disturbiag any industrial interests of the country. It teaches us also the necessity of looking to other markets for the sale of our surplus. Our neighbors south of the United States, and China and Japan, should receive our spec ial attention. It will be the endeavor of I the administration to cultivate such re! a- ' tions with all these nations as to entitle us j to their confidence, and make it thair in- j ' terest as well as ours to establish better commercial relations. Through theagencv i a more eoiigntened policy man mar I'ereiore pursued toward inina, ut largely to l!,c sagacity and efforts of one of our wn distinguished citizens, the world s about to commence largely increased ! relations with that populous and hitherto exclusive nation. As the United States that the mission to China be raised to one of the first class. RETROsrECTIVK. On mv assuming the responsibilities of j ,he Chief Magistracy cf the United States u wilh ,he conTic,i0n that three thiccs were essential to the peace, pros A. .ua kA ... - A '"' uij urawiim i v " 1 er resrect for theriirhtsof others, lhtrd the union t all the States, with equ j rights, indestructible by any nnconstitu- '; tionai means. To secure the first of these, 1 .......... V a i.Lah t. a AKiintiftl Ktnc I however, could not secure tbe object de- , . -.. . . sirea wnnout a proper luminisirnmm vi : lhc ia t;r the collwiion of wvennea and i ....i ,vA v. 1 I an iiw hi it a i vi i. i ui . tiuviii v imiu. v ( l.i - . t . . i 5-" :. !tBwr """l earnestly addressed itself, with results, as V TJ- - , J-" Ibcrc bK? been no hesitation in changing ctVeuls in order to ecure the efecentj

. a - a laar-v cAti.ariniAG rnA I wi.cre. in a mere rariy view, unuesiraoie political results were iiVely to follow from hesitation in sustaining efficient ofthe Constitution when providing p untmenu mde by the Presided mat apnt should ' receive ths consent ot the Senate triat the latter should have tbe power to retain in ofiice persons placed there by Federal a p pointments against the will of the Prcsiiient. The law is iecensistent with a faithful and S&ent administration of tbe tilovernmeqt. What faith can the hxecu ti-A im'I i n rfi(l fori.l nnAa rtn tail J - ' , - v - - J - 1 theso too whom he baa Suspended for res. t sons? How will suU official, to likely to serve an admini.tration which they knew

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The third can not be attained by special legislation,but must be regarded as fixed by the Constitution itself and gradually acquiesced in by the force of public opiaion from the foundation of the Government to the present. INDIAN AFFAIRS. The management of the original inhabitants of this continent, the Indians, has teen a subject of embarrassment and expense, and has been attended with continuous robberies, murders and wars. From my own experience upon the frontiers and in Indian countries, I do not hold the conduct of the whites who come

i must, i most in contact with Indian'- blameless ! for those bosliliti28 The"; u t, however. ' cannot be undone, and the question mast oe met as we now una it. 1 1 have attempti j new policy toward the wards of the nation. They cannot be regarded in any other light than as wards. With fair results so far as tried, and which I hope will be attended ultimately with great sue cess, lhe Society of friends is well it ...... Known as navmg succeeded in living m peace with the Indians in the early eetUiement of Pennsylvania, while their hite neighbors of other sections were constantly embroiled. They are also J known for their opposition to all strife, j violence and war, and are generally noted j for their strict integrity and fair dealings. ' These considerations induced me tm riv . . o , ,iie management of a few reservations of , Indians to them, and to throw the burden ct selection ot agents upon the society it. elf The mnlt h nrnvon mrt .ti factory. It ill be found more fullv set forth in the report of the Commissioner i i ef Iadisn Affairs. For superintendents 1 and agents not on reservations, officers of the army were elected. The reasons for this are numerous. When Indian agents are sent there, or near there, troops must be sent also: the agent and the commander departments of the Uovernment. The army officer holds a position for life, the agent one at the will of the President, the jformer is personally interested in living in harmony with Indians, and in tbe establishment of a permanent place, to the end that some portion of bis life may be spent within the limits of a civilized section. The latter has no such personal interest. Another reason is' an economic one; and still another, the bold which the I Oovei nment has upon a life officer to sej cure a faithful discharge of his duties in j carrying out a given policy. ibe building ot railroads and the access thereby given to all agricultural and mineral regions of their country is rapidly bringing civilized settlements into contact with all the tribes of Indians. No matter what ought to be the relations between such settlements and ibe Aborigines, the tact is they do not harmonize well and one or the other has to give way in the end. A system which looks to the extermination of a race is toe horrible for a nation Hy, crnments for tbeir own protection. For full details on this subject, I call your Special attention to the reports of the Seeretary of the Interior and the Commissioncr of Indian Affairs. Th renort f the The report ef tbe Secretary of War shows the expenditures of the War Dei. - ne estimates 01 oureau omcers nave oeen ; carefully scrutinized, and reduced where ever it has been deemed practicable. . II, however, the condition of the country should be such by the beginning of the next fiscal year, as to admit of a greater concentration of troops, tbe appropriation asked tor will not be expended. The appropriation estimated for river and bailor improvement and fortification are submitted separately. Whatever amount Congress may deem proper te appropriate for these purposes will be exPe Out d. 1 he recommendation ot tbe General of the Army that appropriations f.s lWon IWtlan.l New York, Philadelphia, .New Orleans gaft VranciiC0 if tr nd olber is feoa. d , , k rcial atten- . . - to the recommendation of the Oeni eral couiojaading the military division of th Pacific for the sale of the seal Islands of JSt. Paul and St. Oeorge, Alaska Territory, and suggest that it either be complied with, or that legislation be bad for the protection of the seal fisheries, from which a revenue should be oetived. REPORTS. The rtport of the Secretary of War contains asyaows of the heads of buresus of the commandera of military divisions and of the dutriets of irginia, Mississippi and Texas, and the report of the General of the Army in full. The rceora. mendations therein contained have been well considered, and are submitted for your action, I, however, call speeial attention to tbe recommendation of the Chief of Ordnance for the sale of arsenals and lands, no longer of use to the Gov ernment: alto, to the roooumeadatien of the Secretary of War, that the act of the 3d of March, 1S03, prohibiting promo-. tions and appointments in staff corps of tha army be repealed. The extent of country to be garrisoned, and the number of military posts to. he occupied, is the same with a reduced army as with a large one. Tbe number of staff cheers re

quired is more dependent upon the latter than the former condition. The report of the Secretary of the Navy accompaning tbis, shows the condition of the Jfavy when this administration came into office, and the changes made since. Strenuous efforts have been made to place as many vessels in commission as render them fit for service, if required, as Boon as possible, and to substitute the sail for steam while cruising, thus materially reducing the expenses of the navy and ,

aaoing greatly to its emciency. booking te our future, I recommend a liberal though not extravagant, policy toward this branch of the public service. The report of the Postmaster General furnishes a clear and comprehensive exhibit of the postal service and of the fi nancial condition of this part of the Postoffice Department. The ordinary postal revenues for the year ending the 30th of June, 1869, amounts to $18,314,510, and the expenditures to $23,639,131, showing ! an excess of expenditures over receipts of ooj.bO. Ibe excess of expenditures over receipts for the previous year amounted to (6,437,992; the increase of revenues for 1&69 over thove of 1863 was $2,051,909, and the increase of expenditures was $9G7,53S; the Increased revenue in 1869 exceed the increased revenue in 186S by $996,336, and the increased expenditures in 1869 was (2,527,570 less than the increased expenditures in 1867, showing, by comparison, this gratifying feature of improvement, that while the increase of expenditures over the increase of receipts in 1S6S was $2,439,535 the increase of receipts over the incresse of expenditures . .v. fc in lebU, was fl,0$4,3ii. lour attention respectfully called to the recommenda- ! Uons made oy the 1'estmaster General tor ! authority change the rate of compensation 'to be main trunk railroad lines for their i services in carrying the nails, for having post route maps executed, for reorganix . Jf a ing the emciency ot tne special agency service, lor the increase ot the mail ser vice on tbe Pacific, and for establishing s mail service under the flag of the Union on the Atlantio; and more especially do I call your attention to bis recommendation for the total abolition of the franking privilege. This is an abuse from which no one receives a commensurate advantage; it reduces the receipts for postal service from twenty-five to thirty per cent, and largely increases tbe service to be performed. But tbe metbod by wbicb postage should be paid upon public matter is set forth fully in the report of tbe Postmaster General. The report of tbe Secretary of the Interor shows that the quantity of public lands disposed of during tbe year ending June 30, 1869, was 7,666,152 acres, exceeding that of tbe previous year by 1,010,409 acres. Of this amount 2,890.644 acres were sold for cash, and 2,737,365 seres entered under the Homestead laws. The remainder was granted to aid in the construction of tbe work of internal improvement, apportioned to the Slates as swamp land, and located warrants and scrip. Tbe cash receipts from all sources were $4,472,886 exceeding those of the preceding year, $2 840,140. During the last fiscal year 23,196 names were added to the pension rolls, and 4.S76 dropped therefrom; leaving at its close, 1S7,063. Tbe amount paid to pensioners, including tbe compensation of disbursing agents, was $28,422,884, an increase of $441,192 on that of tbe previous year. The munificence of Congress bas been conspicuously manifested in its legislation for the soldiers and sailors who suffered in the recent struggle to maintain that unity of the Government which makes us one people. Tbe additions to the pension rolls of each successive yearamce the conclusion of hostilities result in a great degree from tbe repeated amendments of tbe set of the 14th f July, 1862, wbicb extended its provisions to cases not falling within its original scope. The large outlay which is, thus occasioned is further increased by the more liberal allowances bestowed since that date upon those who in lhe line of duty were wholly or permanently disabled. Public opinion bas given -an emphatic sanction te these measures ot Congress, and it will be conceded that no part vf our public burden is more cheerfully borne than that which is impesed by this branch of the service. It necessitates for the next fiscal year, in addition to the amount 'justly chargeable to the naval pension fund an appropriation of $50,000,000. During tbe year ending the 30th of September, 1S69, tbe Patent Office issued 12,6'i patents, and its receipts were $CSG, 389, being $213,92G more than the expenditures. I would respectfully call your attention to the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior for uuiting the duties of supervising the education of freed men with the other duties devolving upon the Commission of Education. If it is the desire of Congress to make the census which must be taken during tbe year 1870 mare complete and perfect than heretofore, I would suggest early action upon any plan that may be agreed upon. As Congress at the last session appointed a committee to take into consideration such measures as might be deemed' prvper in reference to the census and report a plan, I desist from saying more. 1 rccommetd to yoor favorable consideration the claims of the Agricultural Bureau for liberal appropriation. In a country so diversified in climate and soil as ours, and with a population so largely dependent upon agriculture, the benefits that can be conferred by properly fostering this bureau are iacalcalabte. I desire respectfully to eall the attention of Congress to the inadequate salaries of a number of the most Important officers of the Government. In this message I will not enumerate them, but will specify only the Justices of the Supreme Court. No change has bee asade in their salaries for fifteen years. Within that time tbe labors of the Court have largely increased, and the ex pensta of living have at least doubled.burtn the. . tine, Congress has twice

fonnd it necessary to increase largely the compensation of its own members, and the

duties which it owes te another depart ment of the Government deserves and. will undoubtedly receive its due consider ation. There are many subjects not alluded to in this message, which might, with propriety, be introduced, but I abstain, believing your patriotism and statesmanship will suggest the topics and legislation most conducive to the interests of the whole people, and on any part I promise a rigid adherence to the laws and their strict enforcement. U.S. Grant. The Cherry Wood Clock. by caKLs cnai.rs ja. With a cfcny-w4i wia. Ana a jolly roaad fa. Standing jnit ia tha atefe ia tb wall, Ticking all night R.d day, Ia tha steadiest way, Ia aa old-fasbioaad clock ia tb hall. There's a pfot en the far, And there's many a trace Of a scratch and a near en the weed; And the hands aoadeef brass, With aa edd shadow pass O'er a dial that for area have (tod. Yet the old clock is tiakiag. The second-hand picking Its way roand to '60" sare; And it strikes with a ring. Like aa animate thing. All the while looking old and drutare . Abl that cherry-wood clock, Steading firm as a rock, Looking down on the folks of to-day, Could tell tales of its own. In its owa solemn tone, Of the part ia its eld r&skionsd way. It has ticked lU and itreng, la its monotone song, "When the howse was nil qaiet and still; It has spoken so load, Almost joyons ttd frvail, When the blast withoat whistled so shrill. It has ticked with the bell, That a wedding weald tell, It has ticked, keeping time with the song; It has ticked at the birth Of a soal broaght to earth. To battle and grow with the tlroag. It has ticked th roach the aight, When the small shaded tight Saw tha weary fond watchers above. With the breath dying Test, Ere the life-lease was past. Of a parent or child whom they lore. It has ticked to the tread, As they carried the dead Thro' the old-fashioned haliway and doer, And it ticked right aloag, Javt as steady and strong. When the funeral service was o'er, 'Tie an honett old hand. With a dingy brass band. Tracing round the old dial each day. But U teems to fortcll, With a mystical spell, How swiftly onr lives pass away, "Tis nheirlooaa at best. Looking odd, with the rest Of the modern apparel and wear; With Its wandering gate, At the present odd ways Of the new geaeratioa and fare. There's a problem to solre, As the hands slow rerolre, Whether snodera folks, manners and all, Ars as trve and as good As old folks so rade, Whose hands placed the clock ia tha hall. Gateways to the Polo. A writer in the November number of Putuam's Magasine gives a very in telligent review of Captain Silas Bent's address on "Tbe Therraometrio Gateways to the Pole, a synopsis of which we presented in our editorial columns some months aeo. We are satisfied that Captain Bent's theory bas sufficient evidence in its support to justify a careful test of its soundness, and now that nearly all the maritime nations are cither preparing or actually engaged in fresh Polar explorations, we hope it will be thoroughly considered. Captain Bent believes that the Open Polar Sea, whose existence was established by Dr. Kane, is kapt free from ice by tbe influence of the two great ocean currents, tbe Gulf Stream of the Atlantic aud the Kuro Siwo of the Pacific, which carry tn the Polar regions the heated wsters of tba tropics; and that the only way cither to reach the Polo or to pass sround the northern extremity of America, is to fellow one or the other of those streams. They both now towsrd tbe northeast; tbe Kuro Siwo passes through Behring's Strait; the Gulf Stream has been traced fa the share. of J tova Zesvbla. "No expedition has yet 1

followed either current, aud so far as we!.,,, ,Ht .j.-ers aton.M Whoehar reArda

know none of those now fitting out propo scs to. let the experiment is a very eay one, and certainly ought to be tried. It woald be strung indeed if, after 30 yearn 1 of search, a practiceble water passage, open all the year round, should be louad through tbe Arctic regions, not by the pet a vera nee of discovery ships, but by the intelligence of a man of science, who sits down in his study and from the known phenomena of the ocean reasons out those which are an known. N. Y. Tribune. What is the difference between n twenty-fire cent stamp and a ride ia m Broad way atage ? Fifteen cents. What is lbs difference between an accepted and a rejected lover? One kisses his miss, and the other misses his kiss. Muther," eaid iiul four-ye.r-old Car. rie when she came home, "l have heard j such s smart miniater. He stamped and , rt.,-l.t n.J ....Ta . A ih he got o mad he shook his hats st tbe t folks, aad there wasn't any go up and fight him." body daied

An Arkansas landlord thus advertises j fg atuang the most favored by fortune, his htel in the local papers: -And J.'rt.b and beauty, to rat th further n-

senh wept aloud, and he ssid unto hi i brethren: 'I am Joseph, doth my father

yet live? And his brethren answered catuiwa nave aireauy uceu urewtn api him; 'Vou bet, the old maw is JingjO:o ot" the.s relates la th luaaa f bnll , ' bully, for h boards at th Cosmopolitaul i dreea and Urenna of arnta. The hail - v I dress which ia spoken of as a fuiar moWt A poetioally disposed country news-! shiws owly th upper part of tbo shwujhlra, paper remarked that "it is comforting to and covers ih amiss fat as th elbv know that one eye watches fondly fur our ! The lower part of the a rut left hate ui coming, and looks brighter when wecome. "j he very riwhly oroiueuted with braeclets. Tbe other local paper condoled ia its next KogliahwomaVa Magatn '

mf l5su thus: It grieve us to learn matur contemporary's wife has lost an eye.' The piece festival A cjttilUn$ partj.

..rv-Mnn ml a Oaa-tiaXr of eotoa OM-oartr f a mIiu Oa-tfkk, f m what Tranatwat a4rrtia BirrU4Ta, kWatMOttneM Catcat a Mrtietat Mai ta t 4 im, adrrUatMta wttt-M paUWWi naiil Aerd .at aa aarW etaly. , t r-!W? aaflBJfaji TAX SALESImportant Opinion of Attorney Gener.! wttiiams on, Attorxky Gekkial; Orrtcs,! December 2. 1S9. Juk D Ecars, Kq Am iilox f Stte; Dear Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 2Qth wUiwa, with that of Mr. Gray, Auditor of Howard cowwty, submitting for my coavaideratiuo and opinion the following nucstious; First Is tbe sale of land for taxes "tllca gal, when the owner of the land ia also tbo owner of personal property held within the count? Second la it neccssars. wader such state of facta to publish the lands as 4e ae A unguent? 1 he statato proves that the lien for all taxes of State, county, chool,red r town, ship purposes, shall attach on nil real tate held by the taxpayer, on the first 4mj of January, annually, and such lien shall be perpetual. The statute does not fix the time at which the lien on personal property attaches, but the courts have decided thai as between the State and the owner as the time of the assessment it commences ns soon aa' the duplicate is issued to the Treasurer. it ia the policy of the statute to usett to the land itself, uly when attaches rente dies fail to enforce a satisfaction of the tax The personal property of m taxpayer ia the primary fund out of which all the taxaa assessed aginst him upon poll, personal and real estate are to collected an tang aa he-may be found in the county. And it may under certain statutory restrietiens, be followed into other couatiee of tbe State, Bat when the Treasurer has exhausted hie remedies against the personal effect of the, taxpayer by the levy and sale of the aneao; or by demand and careful aearch far aneh. property, and rrturn of "no property fennsP whereou to make satisfaction of the tax, theo in snch ease the land of the taxpayer, as a drrttirr rrsrf, may he adrrtia4 aa kold for the saiiefaouoo of the eScer ia limited to the remedies proscribed by tha statute. Tbe remedies prescribed, and tho order in which they are directed te bo need, or enforced, are prerequisites, and moot bas strictly complied with aa any art ber tquircmenta of the law; and thia order nod; technical regard for the statute sanst be observed from the bigiuning to the end of the proceeding. Any chance or ewbtitution ia the order thus prescribed will ren der the sale illegal and void. ' -. The officer entrusted with the collection) of taieis and the power of sale, exercise a noZW 7Jry rjtrcial authority, de pending npou the letter of the law tor its support and he must act in strict conformity with tbe law from whence hfs pwsror is derived, and the purchaser ia bonnd inquire whether be has so acted The disposition of tho persona) of the taxpayer being a prcraqusiie to the Bale of the real estate, it num ko shown it has been disposed of in strict confortsitv with the law, or the sale of the real estate ia illegil. , But still the tax remains a lien on tha real estate, and is a perpetual incumbrance until paid by some mode known to the 1wV It therefore follows that natil the per-, sonal property is disposed ef th cficer need not advertise the land as deliaqueat, for the law does not require a useless and. foolish set, ' 1 I am, very respectfully, D. K. Wili.iamso.v, - , i Attorney General Selah. This word, being left by th translator of the Bible precisely aa they fonnd iv very many readers are puttied to know itn meaning. The best commentator dn not sgree concerning it. According tn fVj Bihiiotbea Sacra, the Tarum and tnoet , of lhe Jewish commentators give to tha word the meaning of "eternal forever. Kinchi regards it as n sign to el vat thn voice. The authors of th Sepvnngtal translation regarded it as nsnaiawl neso. Herder views it as iadicating chang f ton. Natheson, ss a caasical tone, equivalent to the word "repeat.' According to Luther it means "Mleuce. Uenesitss en- , ,.; it tit m.s "l.t th initramsat alt it aa equivalant to "Up. my soul lienv' mer, after examining all tbe cvnty-fwj passages in which th wihIJ wceura, reeog. msos in every esse '-aa actual appeal tn Jehovah." I hey are calls for aid and pray ers to be heard, if ni in the inoperative, aa "Hear.Jehovahr'or "Awak, Jehovah' yet earnest addresses to God that lie wenld remember and hear. How to Dree Well. For a lady to attain the full limits of complete elegance in her style of dress, shn ouuht to have her hair arraaged and her dresses made by the ssn:c person, ad ovv as is generally the case, by three or fenr so sue times even five different person. He r she who drcaaes an elegrant vrosnem should also arrange her hair; vr rather, thn Isdy herself should decide apan hot "lT coia-re, aevm tae i.amn or nr " . B' lB V T n.loyea to wrk out and real. a heridena. cannot tell whether the a m -"- r ! nv o: our ,,r rler4. w Know taat i the Faubuerg St. Germain league ia tlviining among the ojot favored hv fst erout nments of cocentneity aad exggera !"" dreaa. Several isapwrtant odifr . . . . m m . it nen t'atrica urn inn pni)r, nrssia he liked the fUvur, hut th seed lay turd u Uu stoatavla.

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