Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1878, Page 9

THE CHICAGO ‘LRIBUNIS: TUKSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1878—TWELVE PAGER. 9 . THE GOVERNMENT. Reassembling of the Forty= fifth Congress in Final Session. pirited Debate in the House on the President’s Message, The Change in the Bouthern Policy Criticised by Mr. Wood, of New York, And Warmly Defended by Gen, Garfleld, of Ohio, Text of the Second Annual Message of Prosident Hayes. The Subject of Suffrage-Suppres- sion at the SBouth Brought Forward. Generally Satisfactory Con- dition of Our Foreign Relations. Disapproval of Radical Changes in Existing Financial Legislation. Annunl Report of Secretary Sher- man on the National Finances, Extended Disoussion of the Question | of Resumption of Bpecie- Payments. Greenhacks After Jan. 1 to Be Rocelved by Al Treasury-Oficors the Same ns Coln. Becommended Limitation of Silver-Dollar Ooinage to nn Amonnt Not Ex- eeding 60,000,000, CONGRESS. RENATE, Wasumeatox, D, C., Dec. 3.—Menssrs. An- {bony and Bayard wero appolnted a Committee to fuin the House Committec and notify the President that Cougress had sssewmnbled, Bills 1aid on the tablo pending the appoint- ment of committecs: - By Mr. Beck—To provide for reliring the trade dollar, and for its colnaze into standard sliver dollars; also to suthorlze the purchase of foreiqu-bullt ships by citizens of the.United Blates. : By Mr. Vorhees—A resolution Iustructing the Committeo on Finance to fnguire into tho ex- pedicocy of making the trade dollar a legal- tender for all debts, public and private, and of providing for its recolnage into standard silver dallars of 4133¢ yrains. By Mr. Blafne—A resolution {ustructing the Judiclary Committce to report to the Senato whether, at the recent elections, the constitu- tlonal rights of any citlzens wera violated in any Btate, and what further ledislation Is necessary fo protect citizens In their constitutional rights, e, % Resolutions providing for johnt committes to foquire Into the cause and spread of the yellow fuver, what legislation s necessary to prevent its lutroductlon iuto the country, ete. Recess, Upon reassembling the Mesasge of the Presl- dent was recelved and read, The Vice-President laid before the Senate tho ¢redentlals of the Hon. Justin 8, Morrill, re« elected United Btates Senator from Vermont for vix years from March 4, 1870, Read and placed on file. The ouly Senators absent to-dsy ware Measrs, Barnum, Cockrell, Conkling, Gordon, Hoar, Kernan, Merrimon, Patterson, Jones (Nev.), K Plamb, Bargeut, Bharon, Bpencer, and White, ITOUSE, The Mlouse of Represoutatives gallerics to-day tantalged the customiary crowd at the opening of the seasion of Congress, i At noon Speaker Randall rapped the House to order. when the Chaplain made & prayer aud the toll was called. The rall-call showed 220 mombers present, Two uew members, Baliey (N. Y.) and Majors (Nev.), then took the fron-clad oath, Mensrs, Atkins, Cox, and Garfleld were ap- poloted to fuform the President that Congress Y44 (o seasion. Alter tue recess, the President’s message was xn:'"d from Private-fccretary Hogers and ead, A CESSPOOL UNCOVEEXD, When the reading of the wesaage was read ¥r. Wood (N. Y.)rose aund moved that It be Ielerrad to the Committee of the Whole af the Uouse and ordered priuted. But first he de- ured tomake some comments upon it. Although, U awhole, the docutnent was highly sattafactory, T8t there were some refercnces In It which shaold be et at the earliest practicable mo- ment. Mo referred to that part relating to the Boathern Statcs. He (Wood) fatled to see haw the Prestdent saw any disposition n the South 134v0ld or sunul fn any degree the constitution- Lamendments. He falled to ny ndication ta the Bouth at any election, at any tine, under ‘fl matauces, for & series of years, of anun- Mllibguessto tve tu entire amity with thy whole aflnm In regard Lo the laws or to obey the Ternment. Ho rogreited that the President, who had Shwenced pbis Adwinisteation with such a Bublo and patriotic position as agafust the miti- WY depotlsm exercised by Lis predecessor, 9uld now fudicate cliaugs of policy. He bad “lkhbd With interest the course of the Adwlu- wirstion, i order to see whether the President u:uld Le forced from thie uuuliy a0d ouble post- “u taken by him. He kuew tbat there was a 0 of the Reoublican party dissatistied with b * bosltion, and it bud been a matter of Inter- {410 the wholo country to kuow whether the "Eddeng would continuously maintain his attl- e While the President expressed hls views hq'"’ tlld sud very decorous lauguagy, yet ho mkflled quite clearly that the condition of Ih:.h In the Bouth was not sstistactory to 1o Prestdont bad referred es ly to the fl?\lunlhflu\llh Carolins and Louisisus. e e able to stugle out two Btates, and WO is0late suly ¢ tive, and it was ooly because dluus-h au fudication that he (Wood) felt it 1ty to duclarc that this was 1o fouudation lfu: sllegaiion of wrong by the Bouth. It was cre TeuTelled that, while the President’s eyes ore uoeu to the Congressional elections in :lhluoluu aud Loulstsua, they were clusod slhloen_med lu the City of New York on o b of Novewber, when' 4,000 legal voters P 'mdn- kzed to prison by a Government turg 1, Y 8¢re buudreds of them were plunged “: the vilcat dens ae cowmon prisoncrs, aud ku{'h' beasldcs those whu bud been arrested, gy o 24ud ottier votera bad been fottmidated, aldug & difference of at least 15,000 hug lor ¥otes fn tho City of New York in the last elce- ton, The Preatgent had not seen that. The Republican press of New -York hsd not told that to tha Prestdent, but it had pofnted him to the Bonth, He (Wood) ragretted that the President had thought praner to lend his high porition to the refteratfon of mlsrepresentation organized for him by the Hepublican press, e hiad the high- estregard for the Presldent, belieyiug hin to be an hooest and patriotic man, It was a m tex of profound regret thatthe President should permit himself to bo an fnstrument In the hands of an ultra wing of the Republican party. GARFIELD RRPLIES. Mr. Garfeld replied to Mr. Wood. He char- acterized it as very unusual to interrupt the or- dinary form of proceeding, swhich wak simply to refer” the President’s message and order ita nr(nunz. by debating any of Ita suggestlons, and e thought the kind of suzgestlons mada by the gentleman from New York as suill more ‘unu- susl. The cxact language of that part of the message with which the gentieman found fault was not, In his (Garflald’s) mind, out the enticman's language was very plain, Ile Wood) criticised certain references tn tho Presi- dent’s message os to some disturbances in the course of the Federnl election in several States, contrasted that with what ho clise to eall the noble beginning of the Administration In favor of self-government, and sald that the President bas shown vaclilntion, because he had scen fit to refer to the disturbances tn the Federal elec- tlon. If the richt of a Btate to attend to its own local concerns undisturbed was in any wa: inconslstent with the rizht of tho Natfona Government to attend to Natfous! clectlons, and f that was what the gentleman called vacillation, he hoped thiey should all * vaclllate ™ in that way. He (Uarfleld) had never made himself m particular advocate or defender of any Administration for its vaciilation or want of " vacillation, but, . the gentleman (Wood) could make no better case agalnst the Adminlstration thao he had made, he had not very well * opened the ball ' this winter, That gentleman could not reo that there had been any disturbance in matters of election, alter a pause, except in his owu State, He (Waod) had scen eome_signs, If not of dls- turbance, at least of vacillation, in the eity of bis adoption and in his State, but they were not such instances of vacillation as the gentleman would have brought up in discussion, Itdid not signiy that the gentieman had not seen any dls- turbances clsewhere, If the Presldent hnd scen them it was the Presldent’s duty to say ao, and the President liad sald 60 I his message. 1f the President had scen them aod had not sald 80, ho would not only have been guilty of negll- gencee, but of positive fault. The President had 1eferred to it inodestly, Ho had invited the at- tontion of Congress 'toit. DId the gentleman object to having attention polnted to it in that way? Iad heorany gentleman on theotherside any reason why he did not wish the atteation of Congress_pointed to elections in Southern Btates? For his own part, be welcomed such calling of attention. ‘The President ought to be thankéd for It by the gentleman from New York, as It afforded on opportunity to him to have this * vaclilation examined into closcly, He (Garfield) hind had the impression made on his mind from a some- what carcful reading of the ouvtic Journals that very considerable illegal disturbauce bad taken place in some of the Southern Statcs. He had even licard {t stated that bold, opon, acknowi- edeed intimidation had been eimployed, notably in Bouth Carnling, and:{n districts where there had been anoverwhelming majority of one fiomlul party no sign of any such majority 1A id appesred at wll. Tils might be exaggeration, but, I so, it was onc that was broadcmst tlrough the public 'press, and ons which Coungress, so notable na he present one for Investigatiug all charges of wrongdoing, should investigate. e sup- poscd hils fricuds on the otherside would wel- come the President’s suggestion as exuctly in tho linc of thelr conduct hitherto, He hoped they would not stifle investigation. A WORD MONE PROM WOOD, MMr. Wood defended the positlon he had taken, and repeated his expresson of regret that tho President had plcked out two cases and deemed them of sufficicnt Importance to present thein to the'world in his annual message. It was an indlcation that the ultra wihg of the Hepub- lican party was forcing the Executive toald it in displaylng the bloudy sbirt, so that party could hold on to its fll-goticn power, and tou- tinue that power by the plunder of the Treas- ury. MR, MALR'S REMARKS, Mr. Hale said i was alleged by tho gentleman from New York that the President nad been dragooned by the radieal wing of the Ropublic- an party into tho course Indicated by bis mcs- sage, and that wiug of the party was likely to control tho Administration. ~ e would tell “the entleman that on the groat and fundamental 5oclr1nn of the protection of"the cltizen iu all Lils rights there was wo ‘radical nor conscrvatlve wing in tho Republican party, but thero was one party i the Jand united to 8 man Qu the provo- sition that the American cltizen, North, South, and everywhere, should be protected fu the exer- ciso of his constitutional rights. Mr, Cox (N, Y.) asked if the geotlemen from Oblo sud Maino failed to remember how the " tape-worm ticket"” of Cullfornia bad been ran by tho Navy-Yard, Had they denounced the tape-worm policlea? Not much, He (Cux) shruuk from no fovestigatiou of the elecilun North or Bouth, OTHER REMARKS, Mr, Townseud (N. Y.) made some remark which was not heard by Mr., Cox or the report- 1el-a, Il;us at which svne members arousd him auirhed, Mr. Cox notlced It, and #aid he dld not know what they wery laughing as, but it was possi- bly for the want of thoarht. Mr, Townscod sald o had been making a ro- mark about ** cipher velegramas,’® Mr. Cox retorted that that was another of the vacillations of tho other side, that there were * yacillations ™ all over the country, but that with all thesa “vicillations " the vld Demo- cratle party would have the next Benate und House also, The discussion, which was animated, here cloged, and Wood's motlon to, refer avd print the message was arrced to, DILLS HEPORTED. The Mllitary Acadewmy and Fortifleation Ap- wropriation Uills were reported, and notice was action on them, djourned. THE NATION, Measage of the President of the United Statos. Fellow-Citisens of the Senate and Ifouss of Rep- resentatives : Our heartfelt gratitude fo due to the Divine Beiog who holds in His hands tho destinles of aatlons, fur tho vontinual bestowal, auring tho last yeur, of countless blessings up- 0D our couptry. Wo arc at peace with all other nations. Our public crodit has greatly improved, and is, per- baps, now stronger thau ever before. Abund- ant harveats bave rewarded the Jubors of those who i1l the soll, our manufacturing fndustries are reviving, and it is belioved that gencral pros- perity, which bas Leen so-long anxiousty looked for, s at lust within our reach, THE YELLOW-FEVER, The enjoyment of health Ly our people gener- ally hss, however, been interrupted, during the past season, by the provalence of & fatal pesii- lence, the yellow-fuver, jn sume portions of the Boutlicrn Btates, creating au emergeucy which called for prompt und extraordivary measures of rellef. ‘Tho discass appeared us an epidemic at Now Orleaus, sud at uther places on the Lower Missfaslppl, soou after midsummer, It was rapidly spresd by fugitives from the Infected clties and towns, and did not disappear ustil early fu November. ‘The Btates of Louisiana, Misslssippl, aud Tennessce bave suffered se- verely, Abous 100,000 casca are be- Noved to have occurred, of which about 0,000, according to iotelligent catimates, proved fatal, It s impossible to estimate with sny spproach to sccuracy the loss to the coun- try occasioned by tbis epldemic. It ia to be reckoned by the hundred miilions of dollars. ‘The sufferiug and destitution that resulted ex. clted tho decpest symoathy in all parts of the Unfon. Physicians snd nurses hastened from from every quarter (o the assistaucc of the atllicted communities. Voluntary coutributions of money aud supplles, in every necded form, were specdily snd generously furnfsbed. Tho Government was able to respond fa some meas~ ure to the call for help, by providiug tents, med- lvines, and food for tha aick and destitute,~the requisite directlous for the purpose being given in the confident expectation that this action of tho Exccutive would receive the sauction of Congress. About 1,800 tents, and rations of the valuo of about §25,(80, were scat to the cit- {es and towns which apolied for them,—full do- tails uf which will be furolahed to Congress by the proper Depastment. ‘The tearful spread of this pestilenco hasawak- ened a very geveral public sentimaut in favor of nstioual sanitery adwinlstration, which sball not only coutrol quarantine, but have the sani- tary supervision of luternal commerce fo tmes of epldemics,'and hold an advisory relation to D _————— topcars to have | means which bave been employed to this end, by an_fnsullicience of food [ nono have been attended with greater. sticeens reacrvations, snd tafs insufi- | ghan the establishment of Bosrds composed of tho State and Municipal health authorities, with pawer to deal with whatever endangers the pub. He health, and which the Munlcipal snd State the Unfted B:atcs: and tho money so recelved conld be avplied to the redemption ol 6 per cent bOllldfl. 5 ‘Fne and securing fixity of relative value between those metals. A Invitations wera dddresscd Lo the varfous (loy- ernments which hind expressed a_ wililngncss to and finally to the outbreak, been caused on the mlm'ne of gold during the Jast fiscal year ted, will show fts results. No common ratio between gold and siiver could be nagreed upon by the Conference. The general conclusion was reached, that it is necessary to malntain in the world the monetary functions of siiver as well 8 gold,~—leaving the selection of the nse of one or the other of there two metais, or of buth, to be made by cach State, Congress having which amount the balance, $14, of the Governm With views nuchangea In regard to the act goder which the coinage of silver procceds. ft has been the paryose of the Sccretary faithfully to execute the iaw, aud to afford = falr trinl to the mea.ure, In the present financial condition of the coun- Congress'to provide the means for carrying it Into practical operation during the past scason, isastepin the direction here Indlcated. In view of the nccossity for the most cffective measures, by quarantine and otherwise, for the protection of our seaports, and the countrs gen- erally, from this and other. cpldemics, 1t fs 047 1s In _circulation, ficency by hunting. _After an arduous pursuit , 15 still In the posse: by the troops of the United States, and reveral engagements, the hostile Indians were reduced to subjection, and the larger part of them snr. renderud themselves ng prisoners. In this con- nection, 1 desire to eall attention to the reco mendation made bv the Becretary of the In- tetlor, that s sufficfent fund be placed at the nuthoritics are unable to regulate. Tho Na- | farrfeinate fn it dellhorations. The Conlerencs | won to T Aoprnriations. owin o the Inadequscy of | proper characters, charged with collecting and ations, 3 £52.599.030, ‘e cofnage of sitver dollars, | the on s tunal Quarantine act wporoved April 20, 1875, | held fta mectings in Pars, In August Jast. The : under the act passed Feb, 58, 1673, amonnted, | wanty we i ons, made ey fhe e Aiflating nformatio il crabled; hy remimy which was passed too Iate fn the last seasion of | report of the Cummissfoncrs, herewith submit- | on the 210 of November, 1878, to lffl,&u,fll‘fl.n! dians were pnvenud from gupplsing the de- | gise lhelapmtc:? u',Zmr‘v and |mn’m‘vuevsunl?: i A lon thln species of establishment contributing doubly to the increase of tmprovement, Ly stimulating toenierprise and experiment, anil by drawing to a common centre the results everywhers ol $ndividual skill and observation, and soreading them thence over the whole nation. Expert: ence accordingiy hatli shown that they are very cheno instrumentsof linmensa natlonal benefit. " appropriated at its last ses- dispogal of the Executive,ta be used, with recommended that Conaress give to the whol | ston the s of &WHML000 10 pay ihe award of | try. T parmerentiry rcil the welfare of - | proper accountabinits, at dis fud ho aveat preponlereiice of the agricaltural subject early and carafal consideration. e Jofut. Cominluglon at Halifax, If, fer cor- | matc buainces and fndustey of ovory descrioiian | Saipenties ot s Foans, Sucretion; fa. sadden | over any other intorcet In tho United Biates sn: titles 110 all the cunsideration clafmed for it by Washington, Abant nue-haif of the population of the United Staten Is éneaged in Agricultare, The value of the agricultural products of tha Unlted States for the year 128 'Is estimated at £3,000,000,000, The exuorts of agricultural products for the year 1577, as aypenrs from the report of the Rurcau of Statistles, were $524,- 000. Tho great exteot of country, with. its diveraity of soil and climate, enables us 10 pro- duce withio our own border: nd by vur own Iabor, not only the nccessarles, but most of the luxurics, that acc consumed In civilized conn- trics, Yot, notwithatandine our advantages ot sofl, cllmate. and [ntercommanication, it ap- pears, from the statistical statements in the re- port of the Commissioner of Aericulture, that we fmport anuually from foreign lands many miltfons of dollars' worth of agricultural prod- ucts which could be ratsed fn our own country, Numeraus queatlons arfse fn the practice of advanced Agriculture which can only be au- awered by exceriments, often costly and some- times frufticss, which are beyond the means of private individuals, and are o Just and proper charge on the whole Natlon for tho bennilt of the Natfon. It 1s good policy, especially In times of depression and uncertalnty fn other business pursults, with & vast area of un:ulti- vated and henco ungmuucuvu territory, wisely opened to homestead ecttlement, to encourage, by cvery proper and legitlinate means, the occu- pation and tillage of tho soll. The efforts of the Department of Agriculture to stimu- SUFFRAGE AT TIIF. SOUTH, Tho permanent pacification of the country by the complete protection of all citizens in every clvitand politieal right, contfnues to be of par- amount fnterest with tho great budy of our people. Everysten in this direction is wel- comed with public aoproval, and every interrup- tion of steady and uniform progress to the de- sired consummation awakens gencral uneasiness and wide-spread condempation. The recent Congressional elections havo furnished a direct and trustworthy test of the advance thus far mado in the practical establisiment of the right of suffrage sccured by the Constitution to the Mberated race fn the Southern States, Al dis- turbiog influences, real or imaginary, had been removed from all of thesc States. The three Constitational Amendments, which conferred (reedom and equality of clyil and po- titleal rights upon tho colored people of the Bouth, were adupted by the concursent action of the great body of zood citizens who mafn- tained the outhority of the Natfonal Govern- ment and the {ntoerity and perpetulty of the Unlon at such a cost of treasura snd life, as o wise and uccessary embodiment In the oryanic 1aw of the Just resalts of the War, The people reapondence with the British (Government on the subject of the conformity of the award to the requircinents of the Treaty and to the terms | O the question therehy submitted to the Com- misslon, the President shall deem it his duty to make the payment, communications upon these polnts were addredsed to the British Govern- ment through the legation of the United States at London, fling tu obtain the concurrence of the British Government in the views of this Government resnecting the award, 1 have deern- ol (t my duty to tender the sum nomed within the year fixed by the treaty, accompanied by & notice of the grounds of the payment, and a prutest agalnst any other coustritction of the same. The correspondones upon this subject will be lald before vou. The Bpanish Governmens bas officially an- nounced the termination of the Insurrection tn Cuba, and the restoration of peace throushouy that itland, Confdent exnectations are expressed of a revival of trade and prosperity, which It Is earnestly inped may prove well founded, Mu- merous claims of American citizens for relief for Injurles or restoration of property bave been among the Incidents of the long-continucd hos- Ulitics. Some of these clalms are in process of adjustinent by Spain. and the others are prom- tacd carly and careful consideration, Thetreaty made with Italy, in regard to re- clprocal Coisular privileges, bas been duly rati- fied and proclafmed. - No nuesttons of grave importance have arfsen will be hest promoted by abstoining from all attempts to inake radical changes in’ the cxist- ini flnancial femalation. Led It be unacrstood thit during the coming year the business of the country will be undisturbed by Governmental Interference with the laws affecting it, and wo tnay confllently expect ftat the resumption of -payiments, vl will take place “at the appointed tunc, will' be successtully and easity inaintained, and that it will bo followed by a healthtuf and enduring revival of bustuess- prosperity. ' Let the healing Influence of thne, the (nherent eaergies of our peonle, the boundless re. sources of our cuuutry, have a falr opportunity, ;ulv} rellef from prescat ditficulties will surely ollow, ‘The other case of disturbance was that of a band of Northern Cheyennes who suddenly left their rescrvation in the (ndian Territory, and marched rapldly through the States of Kansas and Nebraska in the direction of thelr old huntinz-grounds, committing murders and other ' erimes on thelr way, From documentsa accompanying the report of the Secretary of the Interior, it appears that this disorderly band was as fullv supplled with the necessarics of life as the 4,700 other ludians who remained quictly on the rescrvation, and that the disturbance was caused by men of rest- Yess and mischicvous disposition samong the fn- dians themselves, Almost the whole of this baml have aurrenilered to the military suthori- tles: and It is @ gratifying fact that, when some of them had taken refuzs in the camp of the Ked-Cloud Sioux, with whom they had been In Iriendly relatlons, the Sloux held” them as pris- oners, and readily gave them up to the officers of tho United States,—thus riving new proor of the loyal spirit which, starming rumors to the cuntrary notwithstandlig, they have uniformly shown cver since the wishes they expressed At ulxerdt:nulu‘ngu of Beptember, 1877, fiave been com- phed with, Both the Becretary of the Interior and the Becretary of War unite In the recommendation that provision be made by Cougress for the or- fimlnmm of & corps of niounted * Indian Aux- faries,” to be under the control of the army, and tn be used for the purpose of keeping the - THE ALLMY. The report of the Hecrotary of War shows that the army has been well and economically supplied: that our small force has been actively employed, and has falthfully performed all the service required of It. ‘The moraie of the army has improved, and the number of desertions bas materfally decreased during the year, The Secretary recommends: 1. That a pension be granted 1o the widow of tle late Licut. Henry 11, Benner, Elghteentn Infautry, who lost his life by yellow fever while in command of the steamer J. M. Chambers, with any other of the Euroncan Powers, sent with les for the rellef of sufl Indlans on thelr resesvations, and preventing or . of tho former Blaycholding Statesaccepted these | The Japancse Government has been desirous | thie s.mm'f':?.gu that discase, n el repressing disturbance on thelr part, { earncstiy {:rlfl i’é‘.iu..:;é‘l tfi:""fr‘x’;gfiu "?'r:u 'zrmfl'zl; results, and gave, fn every practlcable form, as- | Of & revision of such parts of its treatles with coneur in this recommendation, It is believed e and incrense the quantity of our products, to determine the value of old or establish the impartance of new methods of culture, are sworthy of your carefal and favorable considera- tion, and asalstance by auch nrnwvrlntlom of money and enlargement of facilities na mav secin to be denanied by the present favorable conditions for the growth and rapld develop ment of this Important Interest, ‘The abuse of animals in transit {s widely at- tracting public aitention. A Natfonal Conven. tion of Bcicties specially Interested In the sube Ject has rccently met at Baltimore, and the 1acta developed. both In regard to crucltles to anlinals and the effect of such crucliles npon the public health, would scen to demand the carctul consideration of Congress, and the en. actment of more efficlent laws for the preven- tiou of these cruglties. 2 The cetablishment of the unnulfi' scheme for the benellt of the heirs of deceased officers, s suzeested by the Paymaster General, 3. The ldnpdun by Cougress of a {ulnn for the &uhln-aufln of the records of the W that the organization of such s body of Indian cavalry, recetving a moderate pay from the Gov- ernment, would considerably weaken the rest. less elcnient among the Indians, by witndraw- ing trom it a sumber of young men and giving them vongenlal employmeént uuder the Govern- tuent,—[t being & matier of esxpericnce that In- diaus {n our service almost without exception are faithiul in the performance of the duties as- signed to them. Buch an urganization would materially ald the army in the sccomplishment of a task Tor which ité numerical strengih is sometimes found insuffictent. But, while the employment of force for the prevention or repressiun of lndian troubles is ot occasional necessity, and wise preparation should be made to that end, greater reliance must be pluced on humane and civlilzing agen- cles for the ultimate solution of what is called the Indlan problem. It may be very diflicult, and require much patlent effort, to curb the unruly spirit of the ssvare Indian to the re- straiuts of civilized life, but experienco shows that 1t Is not impossible. Many of the tribes which are now quiet, and orderly, and self-sup- porting, were once as suvagu as any that at pres- #nt ruan over the plafus or In the mouutains of the Far West, and were then considered jnac- cessible to civliizing foflueoces, It may be im- possible to ri them fully up to the jevel of the white population of the United States; but foreign Powers ns relate to commerce, and, ft s understood, has addressed to cach of the Treaty Powers a request to oncn negotiations with that vlew, The United States Government bas heen inclined to regard the matter favorably, Wiate cver restrictions upon trade with Japan sro found injurione to that people cannot but al- feet Injuriously nations holding commercial In- tercourse with them. Japan, after a long period ol scclusfon, hias within the past few years made rapid strides in the path ol enlightehment and vrogress, and, not unrcusonably, is looking for- ward to the time when her relations with the nations of Europe and Americs shall be assitnl- Jated to thouse which they hold with each other, A treaty looking to this” end has Leen made, which will be subinitted for the cunsideration of the Senate. After an interval of several years, the Chinese Government has sgain sent Euvoys to the United States. They bave been reccived, and a permanent Legation Is now gstablished here b, that Government. It 18 ot doubted that thl step will be of advantage to both nations in promoting friendly reintions snd removing causes of difference. The treaty with the S8amoan Islands, having been duly ratiflea and accepied on the pert of hoth Gavernments, is now in operation; and a survey ond soundings of the harbor of Pago- Pago have been made by a naval vessel of tho surancesthat the Thirteenth, Fourteeutl, and Fittcenth Amendnicnts, and laws passed In pur- suance thercof, should, in good faith, be en- furced, rigidly and tmpartlally, In letter and spirie, tothe end that tho humblest cltizen, without distinction of race or color, shiould, un- der them, recelve full snd equal protection in person and property and fn jpolltical rights and privileges. By these Const'tutivnsl Amend- meots, the Southern section of the Union obtalned a large Increaso of political power In Congress and I the Electorai Colleze; and the country justly expected that elections would vroceed, as to the enfranchised race, upon the same circumstances of legal and constitutional freedom and protection which obtamed (n all the other Btates of the Unlon. The fricads of law and order louked forward to the conduct of these elections as oftering to the goncral judg- meat of the country an important opportunity to measurc tho degree In which the right of suilrago could be exercised by the colored peo- ple, and would bo reepected by their fellow- cltizens; but n more general enjoyment of frecdom of suffrage by the colored people, and War of the ebelifon. now elug prepared for that purpose, 4. The increaso of the extra per-diew of sot- divr-tenchers emwployed in post-schicols, and 1ib- eral approvriations for the erectiun of buildings for schools aud ilurarice st differeat posts. 5. The repeal oramendinent of the act of June 18, 1878, forbldding the **use of the army as o posse cowltatus, or ocherwise, for the purposs of exceuting th except in such cases and under such circumi s 48 may be cxuressly nnthuy'md by the Constitatfon or by act of Con- gress. C. The passage of a joint resolution of Con- gress legaltzing the {asues of ratioos, tents, and mediclues which were made for the relief of suflerers from yellow fever, 7. That provision be made for the erection of a fire-proof bullding for the preservation of cer- tain valusble records, now constantly exposed to destruction by fire, ‘These recummendationsara all commended to your lavorable consideration, EDUCATION. ‘The report of the Commissloner of the Burcan of Fducatfon shows very gratllying progress througliout the country In all the interests com- wnitted to the care of this Important otfice. Tho report {8 especlally cocouraging with respect to the extension of the ndvantages of the common- #chool system o sectlons of the country where the gencral enjoyment of the privilege of free LI NAVY, The report of the Becretary of the Navy shows that the navy hos Imoproved during the last fscal H - g hools ts not vet attalned. dmore just and geucrous protection of that | United States, with a view of occupstior as o | year. Work lias been done on scventy-five ves- | We should ‘not forget that they are tho | * freeuom by the communities of which theg form | uayal station, it fortud deslrable to the nervice. | 2eis.ten of whien have been lharm‘:ubly re- | sborigies of the couutry, aud called | T education more than to sny other azency el Since the resumiption of diplomatic relations 4 the soll thelr own on which our | weare to look as the resourve for the advances a part, were genoraily antivipated than the rece with Mexico, correspondencesiias. bean opened, valred and made ready for sea. Two otliers are people have grown rich, powerful, xnd | ment of tho people fn tha requlsite koowledgs ord of the electlons discloses. Insomo of these | ud'siill continues, between the two Govern- | 10 rapld progress toward completion, The total | happy. e owe it to them as'a moral duty to | and uppreciation of thelr rights and respousi- Btates [n which the colored people have been un- able to make their opinlons felt in the clectious, the result Is matnly dug to lofiuences not enslly measurcd or remedied by leral protoction; but, In the States of Loutsiana aud Bouth Carolina at large, aud {n some parieutar Conaresstonal dls- mente, upon the various questions which at one tine seemed to endanger their relations, While no formal agreement has been reached as to thic troubles on the border, much has been done tu repress and dimuinish them. The effective force of the United Statestroops on the Rio tirande, by astrict and falthful compliance with {nstrue- vxpendltures of the year, inclitding the amount aporuyriated for the deficiencles of the previous vear, were 817,403,392 The actusl expenses chargeabls to the vear, inclusive of these de- fclencies, were 813.300,014.00, or $767,199.15 less than those of tho previous year, and $4,028,- hiclp them {n attalning at least that degree of civlilzation which thoy may be able to reach. 1t is not only vur dutv,—Iit Is our futervst to do sv. Iudians who have boconie agriculturists or herdsmen, and feel an intercst {n property, will henceforth cease to be u warlike and disturbing element. Itls also a well-authenticated fact ilities ns citizens; oud { desire to repeat tna suggeetion contatued in my former message in beaalf of the coactiient of appropriate tneas. ures by Congress for the purpost of supple- menting, with national aid, the local systens of cducation in the several States, a3 — Adeguate accormmodations for ¢l LA tricts outside of thase Btates, tho records of the :illunl.‘l:u dr‘l,n‘u miuch toremove n\‘u Zources of o éi;l:uz loas ll:lll)zllll,‘lll‘ic"lhE Fiheises, In- :}m,!r":g;‘ll';: AT AL fo heaceabit and r;l“:z""a:’g"_a brary, witieh a vergrowing lmrmt‘:dg;c;: :'n‘u electlons seem to compol the concluslon that the | dltpute, and it Is now understoud that a Hike | £ MI0R thg teflcend ending June 50, | to knom. romoites sctivol s oo i | roms now vecupled at the Caplto), thould be rights of the volored voters baya been over- | 1076 of Mexican troops on -the other stde of to know, from thc expressions of [ud'ans them. “Tnis invalun- 1830, arc 14,502,381, 45, —cxceediog the appro- riations of the present year only 834,049.75; which excess is occasioned by the demands of the Vaval Academy und Marlne Corps, as ex- Kmvlded without further delsy. tu collection of buoks, nanuscripts, and §ilus- trative art, has zrowu to such proportions, in connection with the copyright sysiem of thy sclvee, and from many concurring reports, that there is a steadlly-increasiog desire, even among indlans velonzing to wmnurnmel{ wild tribes, to bave thoir chitdren educated. 1 invite attens the river {s aleo making an energetic movoment suzaingt the inarauding Indian tribes. This Gov- crmnent looks with “the greatest eatisfaction nupon every evidenco of strength in the natlonal ridden, and thelr participation In the eolections not perm'tted to beeither general or free. It will bo for the Conurcss for which thess Scere & country, as to demand the prompt and cereful authority of Mexico, and upon cvery eifort pug | Plainca fu the Sceretary's report. The ap tion to the reporta of the Kccretary of ttention of Conore: o futo thelr conduct as ey be appropriate to de- termiue tha validity of thy claims of members to their seats, In the meanwhile, it becotnes tho duty of the Exceutive andJudicisl Departments of the Government, each in its province, to in- quire into sud punish violations of the laws of the United Biates which have occnrred, I can but repeat what I soid in this conncction in my Iast message, that whatever authority rests with me to this end I shall not hesitate to put forth; and 1 sm uuwlllivg to fore- go o reuewed appeal to the Legls- 481,30, which, in the opinton of the Becrotary, will be ample for all the current expenses of the Department durlug the year., The amount drawn from the Treasury from July 1 to Nov. 1, 1674, {8 §4.740.543.14, of which $70,050.75 hns been refu L —leuving as tie expenditure for that period $4,600,564.59, or 520,500.24 less than the mrn:lpanfilnx period of the last flacal year, Aflalrs Indian touching the experiment recently fuaugurated, o takiog ey Io- diso children, boys and girls, from diffee- ent tribes, to the Hampton Normal Agricultural Tustitute, in Virginia, where they are to recelye au cletentary Eoglish education and tralning in agricuiture and otocr useful work, to be return- td to their tribes, alter the completed course, ns inturproters, lustructors, and examples. 1t 1s re- ported that the officer cnaryed with the aelertion of those children mivht have had thousands of youne Indians went with him had it been possi- le to make provision for them, I agree with the Becrotary of the Iulerior jn saymg that ¢+ The result of this interesting experiment, 1f our territory. Reluctant to assume any action n the control of these ncurelona, Ty movements acrosa tho border, not tively demanded for the protectiun of the lives and property of our own citizens, I shall take the earllcst” opportunity, consistent with the proper discharze of this olain duty, to ree- ognize the ability of«the Maxican -Uovernment to reatrain effectively violationsof our territory. 1t s propused tohold next yenr an Internacional Exhibition tn Mexico, and It is belleved taat the dispiay of the agricultural snd manufacturing prodats of the two uations will tend to better understauding and fncreased commercial {nter- couzse between their people. As this Library 1s nutivnal fu its charae and inust, from the vature of the case, itcrease cyen more rupidly fn the future than in thy vust, it cannot be doubted that the neople will sanction any wiso expendiiure to preserve it aud to culsrge its usefulness, ‘The nppesl ot the Jlezents of the Jinithsonlun Institution for the means to organize, exhibit, aud wake available for the pubtic benefit the articles now stored away belonging to the Bae tivnal Muscum. [ Leartily reconunend to your favorable consideration. TAE POST<OFFICE, The report of the Postinaster-Gieneral em- braces a detalled statement of the operations of the Post-Oftice Department. The expendliures of thst Department for the flscal year anded DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Iaturcs; tho Courts, the Exceutive. sthorties; ) wera §34,105,08440. The | favorable, may bo destined to become an impor- | The attentlon of Congress I8 sgain in- and the people of the Btates whera theso som'fi",\‘r’n':flm ".‘L:‘x'x': ’:fl;‘f-h"rflvf ‘L"‘éi’%‘.:‘:fl .r':ti?p(lx'm' Jm‘dlm.- u'lf:' us',” wmmp: tont faetor tu the advancement of clvilization | vited to the condition of the river-front rongs v boen perpalrated, Lo glve thelr as- | (oward the development of cluser commercial { ool ™ acr™™ " Dusiness, — and ool | Sone the Iodians’® of the City of Washington, It fa a fnatter sistance toward bringing to justico tue offond- | intercourse. Dinlomatic relations have been re- stamps, were 820,277, 'sfmn The siith bt 1ue question, whether a chango In the cotrol of vital Importance to the health of the ers and preventing arepetition of the crimes, | sumed with Colombla and with Bolivia. A 16, 20,277, of the Indian service should be made, was, at residents of the National Uspital, both tempo- rary and perinanent, that the low lands in front of the city, now subject totidal overtlow, should be reclalined, In thelr present condition, these fiats obstruct the drainage of tho city, aod aro 2 dangerous source of malarial polson. Tne reclamation will fimprove tho navigation of the river by restricting and conscquently deepeniog Its channel; and s alto of Importance wheg considered In cunnection with the extenston ot the public ground, and the enlargement of the park, west and south of the Washlugton monu. ment. ‘The repory of the rd of Burvey heretofore ordered by act of Conaress, on the Improvement of the harbor of Washington and Georgetowu, Is reapectfully commended to constderation, ‘Tbe_report of the Comnissloners of the Dis- trict of Columbia prosents a detalled statement of the atfates of the District, The relative expenditures by the United States and the District fur local vurposee §s coutrasted, showlng thot the expenditures by the peopie.of thu District greatly cxcoed those of the Uencral Goverument, ‘Lhe exhiblt Is made fu connee tlou with estimstes for the roquisite repair of the defoctive pavemcuts aud sewers of the clty, which is o work of fmmediate u““‘“‘!m aud, in $20,436.30, lucluded in the foregoing statement of expenditures, s chargeable to preceding yenrs, so that the actual expenditures for the tiscal vear ended June 80, 1573, arc 833,574,047.50, The amount drawn_from the Treasury on ap- ropriations, in uddition to the revenuesof the Depnrtuient, was $5.307,00882, The expendi- tures tor the fiseal year ending June 89, 1880, are csthinated et $34,571,000, and th from all sources at 50,664,230, defleiency to be sppropriated out of TEAs. ury of 85,007,876.10. The report calls atteution to'the fact that the compensation of J'ostmas- ters, and of railruads for carrying the matl, {s regulated by laws and that tho fallure of Con- uress to wppropriate the amounts required for thiese purposes does Bot relteve the Government of responmbliicy, but necevsarlly incresses the deticicuey vills which Congress will be callea upun (o Dass. In providing for the postal service, the follow- lowlug questions are vresented s Bhould Con- fress snuusily’approprate & sum for it cx- bunses Jurzely in excess of its revcuucs, or should such rates of postage be established s will make the Department self-sustainingt Siould the postal service be reduced by exclud- iniz (rom the mails matter which does not pay its mn(.l Bhouldl the nunber of post-routes be the lnst seaslon of Cougress, referred to 8 Com- aittee Tor inquiry and report. Without desliring toanticipate that report, I venturs to express the uope that, in the decislon of so im- portant a question, the views ecxpresscd above may mnot b lost eight of, and that thic decislon, whatever it may be, will arrest turther uritation of this subject,—such ugitation belng apt Lo produce a disturbing uf- fect upon the acrvice as well us on tae Indians themaclves. TIIE HOT SPRINGS. To the enroliment of the bill makiog appro- pristions for sundry ¢ivil expenses, at the lsst scasfon of Congress, that portion whicn pro- vided for the continuatiou of the Hot Spriogs Commissiou was omitted. As the Comimlasion hiad completea the work of taking testimouy on the many covflictine clairas, the suspension of thelr Iabors hefore determining the rights of clatmants turestened fur s time to embarrass the Interests, nut ouly of the Government, but ulso of & large number of the citizens of Mot Borings, who were walting for final action on their claims befure beginning contamplated fm- proveinents. In order to provent serious Qull- culties, which were xpprebcoded, aud ar the boundary guestion between the Argentine Re- publle and Paraguay has been submitted b those Governments for arbitration to the Pre.i- dent of the United Btates, and 1 have, afier careful examination, given a declsion upon it, A nnval expedition up the Anazon and Ma- deira Rivers bas brought back informstion valu- able both for scientitic and commercial pur- poses, A lke expedition (s about viaiting the const of Africa aud tbe Indlan Ocesu. The re- ports of Diplomatic and Cousular officers in re- lation to the den-loumem of our furclgn com- merce: have furnished many facts that have proved of public interest, and have stimulated nl- umcucur exertion the enterprise of our peo- ple. Nou means witbin my power will be spured to ubtaln & full and falrfovestigution of the alleged crimea, and to sceure the conviction and punlsh- ment of the guiliy. It 1s to be observed that the principal appro- priation made for the Department of Justice at tho lust session contatved the following clause: “And for defraylug the cxpenscs which may bo Incurred in the enforcemnent ot the act approved Feb. 28, 1871, entitled *An uet to umend an act approved May 80, 1870, entltled An act to en- forco the rights uf cltizens of the United Niates to voty In the several States of tho Union, and for other purpcses,’ or uny ucts ameudatory thereof or lufulunmntury thereto"! t 18 the oplulon of the Attoracy-General that euses of these :nmed!n?m will largely excoed the amouut which was thus provided, and 1 rely eonfldently upou Cougress to mako adequate appropriatons to euablethe Exccutiyve Department to eolorce Lo laws, 1 respectfully urge upon your attention that tho Congressional elections In overy distriet, in o very linportaut sense, are justly o matier of votltleal interest and concern throughout the whole country, Kach Btate, cvery volitical party, Is entitled to the share of powér which 1s TIIE TREARURY, The report of the Beeretary of the Treasury furuishes a detalled statemuent of the operatious of that Department of the Government, and of the condition of the public finacces. The ordinary revenues from all sources for the fiscal year ended June B0, 1878, were 8257, T03,878,70; the ordinary expenditures for the same period were $280,004,0020.80,—)eaving o surolus revenue for the year of $20,799,551.90, conferrod by tho leral uwud constitutional s The recelpts for the vresent fscal vear, end- | gy, bed! Bhould other methuds be adopted sl the same connection, a plan i3 presen Xu:: iy frage. It 3 tac right of every citksen umess | 1og Juns, 1879, actual and eatimated, aro as fal- | wiich will wicrcaso the rovonuo or dinitalal, the | $ichatiun ~of inany ' leadiug - cilizens it peruuent funding of the outatauding eecuri- ;‘:;l e::l: 33:"“‘-’1"-:‘:::’::::lJfffimfinuu' lows: Actusl reelgts for the first quaster, c"Ffi:.fl:lggr}:‘fii:::lul’]ufi:‘iI{.“:r‘meu which met lh;:' Woltars "‘,'h:‘ ‘"1‘"" tbo H“’":‘"-'l"‘ "'é""' l;l'lxa beuevolent, reformato: d penal fnati- to have his bailot bonestly counted, | commenciug July 1, 1878, Ot.z.g‘s&;lli:‘;w;l har-et at Paris May 1, 1878, und continued ' }:h:’l'o:;r“w;'k:gu‘y;g ".”|.'." r‘\, s (b | tatlona of the District ure all un;lgbnl]u«}‘mzrlm mated recelpts for the quarters of the year, 8101,110,236.57; total reccipta for the current flscal Jyear, actual and eetimatcd, $334,500,000, * The expenditures for tho sume perfod witl e, actual and estinated, as follows: For the quarter com- mencving_July 1, 1578, aciual expenditures, 873,444,073.27 and, for the remiaining threo- quariers of tho vear, the expendltures are esti- mated at $160,755 420, 73, —waking the total ex- penditures 00,000, and leaviug un esti- mated lur;;l 8 1evenu for the year ending June 80, 1870, of $34,4 The total receipts during the next flscal year, endiug June 80, 1850, eatimated aevording to ex- futing laws, will bo $211,500,600; sud Lue esth- wated ordibary expenditures for the same perts od will by §230,820,412.68,~leaviog & surplus of $23,170,687.i13 for thie 3 In the foreaoing statements of expenditures, actual and esthnuted, no amount i allowed for the Bluking Fund provided for by the act ap- proved Feb, 25, 1802, which requives that 1 per cent of the eotire debt of the United States shall Le purchased or paid within each tiscal uar, to be set spart s & Bluking Fund. 'here has been, however, a _substan- tinl compliauce with the couditions of the law, By its terms, the public debt should have been reduced between 1503 and the close of the Just tiscal year $518,851,500.%; the actual reduction favorable atientlon of Coniress. Behool needs uddittonal builtings and teachers. Approprlations which will place all of these In- stitutlons in u condition to become models of wsefultiess und benellcence will bo regurded by the country as liberality wiscly bestowed, ‘The Conmissloners, with cvideut Justice, re- [uest attentivo to the discrimiuation made by Cungress agatust the District fu tue donitiun of Jund 1 u suuport of the publie schools, and usk that the same lberallty that has been shown to the lohabitants of the varjous States und Territorics of the United Stutes may be extend- ed Lo the District ot Columbia, The Commissioners ofso invite attcutlon to the damage inicted upon pubtic sua private Interests by the present location of the deputs und switchiug-tracks of the several rallroads cu- tering the city, and ask for leglulation louking to their removal, The recomtendations aud sugzestionss contalned iu the report will, [ trust, recelve the caretul cousfucration of Conuress. Huilicient time bas, perhaps, not clapsed sluce thy reurguinzation of the Government of tha Dustrict uuder the rocent legislation of Conggess for the exprussion of 8 contident opinion us to its successful operation; but tue practical results already mitalued are so satlsfactory that the fricuds of tho new Government may well urge upun Congress the wisduwn of §ts conthuuance, without esseuttal moditicution, until, by actuy 8o lung os the uxereise of this power aud the enjuyment of this risht are comumon and equal, practically as well us formally, submission to the resulis of the suffraze will be accorded loy- aity and cheerfully, aud all the departinunts of Government will' feel the true vigor of the popular will thus exvressed, No teimporary or adiniolitrative Interesta of Qoverament, how- ever urgent or welghty, will ever displace tho zeal of our people In defense of the primary rights of cltizeustip. They understand that the rotectiou of liberty requircs the maintenance, fi. full vieor, of the nianly methods of free speech, free press, and free suffrave, and will - sustain the full sutliority of Guvermuent to en- furce the laws which ave frumed to preserve thuse Incstimable rights. ‘The niaterlal progress aud wellare of the States depond on the protec: tivn afforded to thelr cluzens, ‘I'bers can by peace without such protection, no pr without peace, and the whole couniry I interested in the growth and prosperity of parts. ¥ While the country has not vet reached com- lete unlty uf feeling and reciprocal coutldence Lweeu the comiunitive so letely sud so seri- ously estrauged, I feel an absvlute sssurance that the tendeucies are in that direction, and with focreasing force, The power of public oplulon will override all political prejudices aud all sectfonal or Biate attacoments fu demandiog the namo and until Juue 4 of the same year, was composedd of delegates from nearlv all tho clvilized countries of the world, It adopted a new Convention,—to take tho place of the Treaty concluded at Berne, Oct. 0, 1874, —which gues fnto effect on the st of April, 18570, hetween tho countries have slizned it. Tt was ratiiied y and with ths vonsent of the 3, 1878, A synopats uf this I Convention will be found fu the report of the Fostmaster-(ieneral, aud the sull text in the upper:dix therero. o its origin the Postal Union comprised twenty-three countries, having a population of 830,000,000 of peaple, On the 1st of April next It will com- prise forty-three covntries snd colonfes, with u population of more than 650,000,000 ol people; and will soou, by the secession of the few wajnlug countrics and coloules which matitatn organized postsl services, constitute, fu fact as wc‘il o4 [0 nowe, us ity new title judicates, a Universal Union, regulating, upon a unifurm basts ul cheap postugu-tates, tho postal intere courso between all civillzed natlons, Bome ecmvarrassment bas arisen out of the coufllit between the cuse toms laws of tbis country and the provisions of the Postal Conveution, 1is regard Lo the trans- misston of fureign books and newspapers to this conutry h( mall. 1t s hopea that Congress will be uble 1o devise some teans of reconclling proceediugs, and to perform such work as could properly be dono by them under such circsm- stances, to facilitato the future sdjudication of tho clalme st an carly day, and to preservo the status of the claimants untll thelr rignts should be tiually detcrmived, The laty Commissioners complicd with that request, and report that the tostlimuny in all 1he casce Lias been written out, examined, bricfed, aud s0 arranged as to fuchi- tate an ecarly scttlement when authorized by law, 1b1s recommended that the requisite su- thority bo iven at s early o day In ths sesslon 48 possible, aud that a fair compensation be al- low the late Commissioners for the expense M- curred and the labor performed by thew siuce the 25th of June last. THE PPURLIC TIMBER, 1 invite the attention of Convgress to the rec- ommendations made Ly the Secretury of the Interior with regard tu Lhe proservation of the timber on the public lauds of the ['nited Statcs. ‘The protectivn of the public property is one of the first dules of the Government, The De- vartiueut of the lotarior slould, therefore, be enabled Ly sulliclent appiopriations to enforce the Iaws In that respect, But this tmatter ap- rcur- wtill more lmportaot as & queation of pub- lc economy. Thu rapid destruction of our for- thias &1l overoieide taeiot the duicultles which uave thus becn created, 30 | vyt lsan evil frauzht wiih the gravest conse 6 antages and defec ba clisracter of citisen of the Unlted States shall | of the ascortatued debt tn that period bas been ustice to all parties fnvolved. AN BV ol # experience, llf u.lv.n.uu;u and defucts mey uiten o680 the. sains thiug, snd carry with | $720,644,750.01,—baing fn exces of the reduc | ©¢ 401 ookt =y queuces, cepecially 1o the mountainous districts, | 1ore fully nscortalued. R, B Haxzs. where the rocky slopes, once denuded of thelr trecs, will reinafu so furever. There the tjury, once done, canuot bo repaired. fully concar with the Becretary of the loterior i the ovlufon that, for thiv reason, legislativn touch h public tlwber in the wountalious Torritories of the West should be especlaliy well ]mun(dfl"ed. n’m}‘ m{nlexmll:m hn“"x's’l’ ‘wul‘nih L destruction of the for: not sufticlen - ceailyinodilied: A them uuchallenged security and respuct, FORFEIGN RELATIONS, Our relations with other countrics coutinus peaceful. Our neutrality In coutests between forelgn Powers has been malotaiued aod re- spected. The Universal Exhibition held at Paris during Exzcurive Hn.uux. Nec. 2, 1878, THE TREASURY. Report of Secretary Sherman, Tasastky Deranrurnt, WasmiNoton, D. C.y Doc, 2, 1878.~3im: | have the bonor to sub- THE JUDICIARY, The busiucss of the Suprewe Court, sndof the Courts in many of the Circults, bas fu- creased to such an extent during tho past years that sdditionat legislation is imperative to re- Meve and provent tho delay of justive, aud pos- sible oppression to sultors, which are thus o tlon required by the dinking-Fund act $203,252,- 3,83, ‘e amount_of the public debt, less casti in toe Treasury, Nov. 1, 1573, was §:3,024,200,083, 18, —a reduction sfnco the samy date last year of $23,150,017.89, ‘The progress made during the last year tn ro- fundin © public debt at lower rates of inter- est s very gratilylng, The amount uf 4 per 3 11 ual ruport: : s sold duriue the preseut year, prior | casioned. ‘Yhe fncumbered coudition of these | Kuarded agaiust, should be it the followlng auui the past summer has becn attended by lirc ‘gfi'}fi?fi“sa. 1675, 1s. ;ft'n,mfm AB00 per veut, | dockets - 1s prescnted auew du the peporg | Eeucrst law mm‘:;aing “t‘l‘r o urru::nluu ic i " " pumber of our citizens, The brief perlod | Lunds, commouly knows 2s 530, to an equal | of the Attoruey-General, and the remedy ApvEn Lo mesala s sy geut pl RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. allowed for the preparation sud arraugement of | amount, bave beeu or will bo redeeincd as calls | sug: ‘i‘m is 1 hfunffillly nr‘::l % l:t’ Coi- | Decessity. th.“:i:c n:dlnury rgcm:'u. ";'Jml." nnr:el. for the contributions of our citizens to this great | mature. gresslul actlon. e crestion: adut- AGRICULTURE. e tiscal year vnding June 30, 1673, were: . fonal Cireult Judges, vroposed, would vees B130, 170, 052 20 Expoution was well employed n energotic and | _ 1t hias been the policy of the Department to | t! From the organization of tho Government, L e Judicious efforts to overcome this disadvantage, | P'ECC the 4 per ceut bouds within casy reach of | afford & complets remedy, aud !o.l:lmil;; ok 'fimun‘; every citizen who desires to invest bis saviogs, | au expense—at the prescat rate of the Importance of eaoiuraging, by all possible ‘Theso effurts, led and directed by the Commis- | whothee sinall or great, fn these securities. Dot more thau $60, car. muans, the lucrvase of our sgricultursl produce )P . 6,863,002.00 sloner-Geureal, were remarkably succesaful, and | Secretary of the Treasury recomwends that the —— tivus, has been acknowledeed and urzed upon rm ‘::.p;(_g;:.n: n{ “llmu-"l by Pacifio A the cxbibition of the products of American in- | 1aw be so maditled thst -Ln-‘l; '“Pm J‘n)- bu fo- THE INDIANS, the attentton uf Congress and the peopls as the | From custos mnfl'filr e, 104K Bud g austry wes creditable and gratifying fu scope c‘:)d" ll;?t‘- u-"‘fid“fcr..m.'n.,fl- (n.-u:n?: The snnual report of the Becsetary of the To- | [ o0e"and readicst means of Incressing our | From fece—Contilir, letierv-patanty 00 50 snd character. ‘The roports of the United Btates | yoriunity may be given (o all’ parte of the | terior sud of the Commisstoner of Indlan Af- | oy hoiia) and enduring prosperity. Frugi pruced Bbh Commissioners, giviog its results 1o detail, will | couutry for suth inyesticents. fairs prescot an elaborute account of the pres- The words of Washington are as applicable e e I Tl 7, lieno be duly lald before you. Our participation fu ‘The beat mode suggested is, that the Depart- | eut conditlon of the Indian tribes, and of that to-day as when, In his cighth aonual wmessage, | Fros :..mmkuw i‘a‘d’l‘%# this foteruational competition for the favor and | meut be suthorlzed o isaue cortiticates of de- | branch of the public service which ministers to | 1o M M G0 0 KR D o Lhiat with ref, | o e w AWl wr ; Doalt of the deaomipation of $10, bearlug inter- | thoir (ugerests. Waille the conduct of the lndi- ¢ Total ordlaary roceipis s 165010 the trade of the world may be expected to pro- [ UG LTI ES er cent per sunuim, any | Lheir loterests. o the con of the erenco elther to individual or pational wel- o aliiey S bty o e 0 duce useful sud fmportant results, do pro- | convertivle at sy time withis ope year after | 309 generally, s been orderly, and thelr rela- | fure, agriculture fs of primary fwportance. Hoary expe 3 motlug fotercourss, fricudsbip, wod commerce | their lasue fnto the 4 per ceot bouds | tious with their oeiglbors friendly and peace- | In proportion as batious sdvavce io | riod wers: et with otber oations. autborized by the Refunding act, aud to be | ful, two local disturbances bave uocurred, which | populstion aud otber clrcumsiauces of o <ivll expenses.... <8730 808, 25110 In scordance with the provisionsof the act of | issued only iu exchange for Usited wero deplorable In their character, but remaln- | tuaturity, this truth bocumes wore spparcat, '“;,:‘dm 44 o wud renders the cultivation of the soil nare an LI W kR TATET ATy fhrce Commitsloners wers ap- Tore sn object of public patronage. lustity- " Btates notes sent to tbe Treasury by wail poluted to sn Internatioval Coufcroucs on the or utheewise, Huch a provisiou of law, suoport- | % bapplly, couflued to a comparatively smail sue wilitary establizhinent br e wuitary Tk b n io between by sui latis uld enavle any | Dunber of Indians. The dlscuntent awmong the | {iyng fur prowotivg It grow up, supported by ver au v i ol ’33‘.11"‘}":?1&'.&?&“""" uln::a(:nblluxliez. finu’n .rtmfix;) Withiout cudt or sk, l’:&fnv'g.{ Baouocks, which led firet to some acts of vio- | sho pubiic purse; and w what object cau it e | o875, MeRR i, ts B ternationally, the usd of Limetilic mioney, | bis loney 106 2 Luterest-beariog sceurtsy of leace on Lo vart of some wembers of ths tribe. | dodicated with greater propriciy] Amoog tho | Fyeescls Bachiaers sbg Lsrovstiass