Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1870, Page 1

one WER enw ee FHE EVENING STAR. PLBLISHED DAILY, Sunday exeepted, At The Star Bulldings, } THE STAR by carriers to thetr eub- acrivers in the City and District at TEN CENTs FER WreK or Forty FoUR Cexts PER MONTH. Copies at the counter, Two Cevts Pack rox Martine :—Three Months, $1.50; Six Months, $3.00: One Year, $9 00. No papers are pent from Bee longer than paid for. THE WEEKLY STAK—pubiished on Friday Boring 50 a year EVENING STAR. EdD PRESIDENTS MESS4GB. To the Serste and House <f R Aye This ta or Congres dence be with hare Pr ‘ops, etl < and © nparatiy the pensiows to our dieabled soldiers 20 and their w and orphans; ‘aud changes te the Constitution which have been made necessary by @ qreat rebellion, there is no reason wt y we shoe!d not advane: in material, prosperit,, and happiness a+ no ether patiou ver did, after so fr otracted and Cevastating a * ar. Soon after the existing war brose ont in I-u- rope the protection of the United States Mir .s- ter mm Pa’ nyoked in fever of North Germans domictied in French territory. In- ons Were irsued to grant the protection ‘This bas been followed by extension of American protection to the citizens of Sax- ony, Hesse umd Saxe Cobusy, Gotha, Colow- Dia, Portugal, Uroquay, che Dominican Republic, Fonador, Chit, Paraguay aad Venezuela, in Paris. The’ charge was an @nerous one, reyuiring constent ond severe ta- Dor, as well as the =< of rc, PET dence and geod ju t has been per formed to the entire satisfaction of this govern- ment, and, as | am official.y informed, eqeal- ly to the satisfaction of No-th Germany. As soonas I learned that a Republic tad Deen prociaimed at Paris; and that the peerie ot France had acyutesced in the change, the Seat oe United tes was directed by tele, Tecogpize “tt, and to tender my congratulations ani those of the people of the United States. The re-establishment in France of a system of mnected with the dynastic of Europe appeared te be roper subject for the felicitatiovs of Amer-cans. Should the pres- ent struggle result in attaching the heartse? the French te our simpler forms of representative government it will be a subject of still further Satisfaction to our apie. While we make no @fiort to impose our fuetications upon the inhab- itants of otber countries, and while we adhere te our traditional neutrality in civil contests elsewhere, we cannot be indifferent to the as in @ great e France. ere asked by the new government to 11s¢ good offices, jointly with those of European i wof peace. Answer was made that the established policy and the trae interests of the United States forbade them to interfere im European questions juintly with uropean Powers. I ascertained infermally and unofficially that the government of North Germany was not then disposed to listen to such representations from any powers, and though earnestly wishing to see the blessings ef peace restored to the belligerents, with ail et whom the I ptted States are on terms of friendship, I declined, on the part of this government, to spread of American political i and highly cfvilized country | take a step which could only result’ in injury to our true interests, without ad- vancing the object for which our interven tion was invoked. Should the time come when the action of the lnited States can basten the return of peace. by a single hour, that ac- ben will be heartily taken. deemed it pru- det, im view o the number of persons of Ger- man and Frev¢ h birth living in the United Sta: tes, to iseue, seun after official rotice of a state of war had been received trom both belliger- ent... proclamation detining the duties of the United States as a neutral, and the obligations ‘Of persons residing within their territory, to ob- serve their laws and the !awsof nations. This prociamation was followed by others, as citcum- stances seemed to cali tor them. e people, thus acquainted, in advance, of ther duties and obligations. have assiste in preventing violations of the neutrality of United States it ie not understood that the condition of the insurrection in Cuba has materially changed wince the close of the last session of Congress. In an early stage of the contest, the anthor ties of Spain inaugurated a system of arbitrar arresi=, of close confinement and of military trisl ard execution of persons suspected of icity with the insurgents, and embarg or their tration of thi i Cuba; and we wer: aba; andwe were obliged to make our com. In the negotiations thus o ened. and pending there. the United Stat claime r the future, the right secu to their cit should be respecte im Cuba, and j tribunal should be States with urisdietion Before such an ‘mpartial ant wouki be required to the other hand, Spa prove his cas in would be at libe al fact, and th: whi ready been dis; The Of the owners of the “Col. 1 lovd Aspinwa the illegal seizure and detention of that vee! was referred t» arbitration by mutual consent and has resulted in an award to the United States for the owners of the sum of nineteen thousand seven hundred and two dollars and fifty cents ingolé. Another, and long pending claim of like nature, that of the whaleship Can- ada, has been disposed of by friendly atbitra- ment during the presert vear. It was referred by the joint consent of Brazil and the Uni- ted States, to the decisionof Sir Edward ‘Thornton, Her Brittanic Maj Minister, at Washington, who in undertook the laborious tatk of examining the voluminous mass oi correspondence and testi- mony submitted by the two awarded to the United States the hundred {thousand seven bundrea dollars and nine cents. in gold, which has since been paid by the imperial government. These recent examples ‘show that the mode which the United States have proposed to S for adjusting the pending claims ts just an sible, and that it may be agreed to ton *itbout disbonor. this moderate demand may be to by Spaim without further delay. Should the pend- tug negotiations unfortunately and unexpected- Wy without result, it will then become my duty to communicate that tact to Congress and invite its action on the eubject. The long-deferred peace conterence between Spain and the allied South American republics bas been Inaugurated in Washington, under the for fea- w either na- It is to be hoped that acceded auspices of the Uaited States. Parsvast tothe | recommendation contained in the resolntion o! the House of Kepresentatives of the i-th ot De- cember, inté, the executive department of the government offered its friendly offices for the promotion of peace and harmony between Spain and the allied republics. Hesitations and obstacles occurred to t acceptance of the offer. Ultimately, however, a conference was arranged, and was opened in this city on the 29th of October last, at which I anthorized the Secretary of State to preside. as ate tended by the Ministers of Spain, Pera, and Ecuador. In consequence of the absence of @ representative from Bolivia, the confer- ence war until the attendance of a tiary from that repubtic could be s oF other measures could be adopted to- wards compascing its objects. The allied ‘and other Republics of Spant-h origin on this continent may see in this fa new proof of our sincere interest in their | > hilt, | Che Fo Vv, 36—N®2. 5,531. a order, and | en WASHINGTON. D. C.. MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. ny Yernzaents capable of maintatn! consent, and did consent that, the British ocou- | throughout its whole extent, was made free for 1 recommend anthorization by Comgres-. to the oe Tresetving their respective terri integ- | pationofthe Fort of the Hudsons Bay Com- the subjects ok Rote crowns.” Im’ 1808 the Ar. | Pestmestes Genaral and Attorney General. to Seue tity. amd of our sincere wish to extend out pany should continue for the present. I deem | gentine Confederation by treaty US Ge ye ee Fe own commercial and social relations with them. i it, e free navigation of Parana, and the irae hese cemmentrere iesdanatian ‘The time is not probably far distant, when, in Fdlaay iine Uruguay to the merchant vessels of ali nations. | snea by the S ate Departmen:. The Is’ the natural order of events, the European po- | joint commission of the two governments, and I tT the;Crimean war was clossd treaty | depariments ot tne Goverpm: nt. except litiest connection with this continent will eease. | submit herewith estimates of the expense of | which provided for the free Peet Office an? of Justice. suthorizes each to issue Our policy sbould be shaped, in view ef this | such a commission on the of the United | river Danube. In 1858, Bolivia by it own commissions. A ie Drovability. so as to ally the commercial —_ Staten, a and recommend {nat an appropriation | clsred thet tt regarded = rivers a , sal Tek ee cr en tat ae tan ests of the Spanish Amercan States more close mi for that purpose. e lan yundas in accordonce rinciples of C1 ould 4 is Co . te our own, and thus give the United States | bas already been xed and snarked fon cane | national ine sce Riohoase eee ne ples Of | ich would like to mereiediel by thie Contes al’ the pre-eminence and at! the mivantage which Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams, an@ Mr. C' a they proposed to join in the Congress of Panama. ‘Daring the last session of Congress, a treaty for the annexation of the Republic of San summitof the Rocky Mountains to the Georg- ian - It should now be, in Ifke manuer, marked from the Lake of the Woods to the summit of the Rocky Mountains. 1 regret to ray that no conclusion hasbeen ‘In 180, the Pi Brazil, by imperial dveree, zon te be open to the fionth tative of Her Majesty at Washington, and that euthority be given for the setttement of these claims by the United States,#> that the Gov- ‘srament shall have the ownership of the private claims, as well as the respo le control of all ‘the demands against Great in. it cannot be necessary to add that, whenever ‘Her Majesty's Government shall entertain a desire fore full and friendly adjustment of these ‘The go gxtion, though «bout one halfof t rie. 8 th ower, numbering prot enty Uhonsa are th liens of people an Bomingo are not by nature for the commerce ot juron and Superior, an »throagh which the river flows, ibe Broperts of the United States. The ratifications fof the Naturalization Con- vention between Great Britain and the United States have also been exchanged during the recess; and thus @ long stand all nations. 'y was made free by treaty, and in December, 1868, the Emperot lared the of Brazil, RU ‘8, she denies to the United Stes the right of aay os he waters of L: a the w of ing dispute be- It ie'a reform in the civil service of the country. 1 would hay of the 1 rat manner re is no duty which so mech e Teached for the adjustment of the claimagsin.t | merchant ships of all natious. The greatest | 8} reery c rime Domingo to the Untted States igfed to receive | Great Britamn, growing out of the coarse adopt: | living British authority on tis subject wine | “2 tytrrusses the f xecuttveand beads of departments the requisite two-thirds vote of the Senate. 1 by that “government during the rebe'lion. | asserting the abstract right of the Bric~b od thankless labor imposed on Sena. was throughly comvinced then that the best | The cabinet of Lomdon, se far asite \iew eee ms difficult to deny that nd Representatives ar that of finding places for interest of this country, commercially aad | have been expressed, doca not appear te be will- a! Brtain may ground her refusal upon | cometituente. The or etet tran ie materially demanded its raiitication. Tima has | ing to comcede that her Majesties governs nent t Jew, bat it is equally dificult | eae na ee a nan ered eee only condirmed me im this view. I no was guilty of any negligence, or did, ot parait | te deny, first, that u doing she exercives harshly tervice of the government wt! be hailed with ap believe that the moment itis known th ted sae ect during the war by whick Tae United | 4u extreme and hard law; secondly, that ber con- | Dyoval by the whole people of the United States. United States ave entirely abandoned the pro” | States tad just caure of complaint. (ur firm | uct sith respect tothe ravicauon of thest-Lew- | Pefonn inthe vueegement of Lodiat affairs has ee ‘copting, as part of its territory. the | and umaiterable convictions are dircstly the r.- | Tence,# 10 glaring ; tency | received the speci! attention of the Administration, Island ot Sen Domingo, tree port will te | veree. the Mississipge Oa the eeeend: thee tae ation of | trom ite inauguration to the present dey. The es negotiated gor, by European uations, in the | 1, therefore, recommend to Congress to aa | auall domsin in which the Misciseippl tour its | Beriment ct sane, chien a tae ioenloasion ot Bay of Samarva. A ilar commercial | thorize the ntment of a cemmisston ‘@ | rise, she insisted on the right to navigate the enti Friends. and us been found to work advantageans 4 a ~w which wee _ take proof of the amoznts and the ownership of bie wa bad Se ten thas Gis whence both benks of the | {3 All agencies and superintenaencies not so gis ne corcepaenise several claims en notice te the represen- Lawrence, where it disemboguce itself into the | Porta of, were given to officers of the army. The Act of Congress reducing the army renders army efi cers ineligible for civil ne. Indian agencies \veung civil offices, I determined to give all the agen: cee to Jouch fous denominations as bad Leretefore establifhed missionaries among the jan to seme other denom undertake ork ©. a8 a missionty w Iéeted are allowed to make t secu. per Bations. “to wenld be same terme; The societies own agents, #1 yect to the approval of t' y m thei My com " 4 ‘ive, and are expected to watch over th: and nid vseves in their present con- @ claims, the United States wll enter upon thei tween the two governiients has been settled, | '): 7. —_— = es cag notions nfFanst look. for outside support. ‘Thee ] consideration with an earnest desire for'a con- | iD accordance with the principles a Stale cake ce hint Eecenets ete otection of our tree institutions | clusion consistent with the honor and dignity | tended for by the United States. c ‘The government wee the ciictel acts of progress aud civilization. Shai! | of both nations ‘The whole nation is interested in securing chasp | these uecne them ak strict a0 ar ee ‘The course pursued by the Canadian authori- | {*"*portation from the agricultnral Statosof the | conniat lity pointed in any other tisition of San Domingo is le | ties towards the fishermen of the A States | Wert tothe Atlantic seaboard: To the citizens uf | manner. 1 entertain the coufdent hope that, the its geegraphical position. 1: cot. | during the past season lms not been marked by | labor. tothe inkmalitante of tin mabouen, 10 ah Policy new pareued will in atew years bring all the man the entrance to the Carribean Sea amd a friendly feeling. By the first article of the | cheaper food, to thenation, a increase inthe au. | ,uaieRs SPou resersations, where they will live im the Isthmus trast of comme It possesses | convention of 1518, between Great Britain and | 0us! surplus of wealth. It is hoped that the cov chest soil, best and most capacious kur- st salubrious climate, and the most vul- of the forest. mine and soil. of ‘West India islands. Its possession the United States, it was agreed that inhabi- | (/DMent of Great B tants of the United States should have forever in common with British subjects, the right of taking tish in certain waters therein defined. berence. Our depressed commerce isa ritain will see the jnstice of Jening the narrow and iuconsiatest claim, to which her Canadian provinces have urged her ad ubject to wl be pursuing peaceful ond seli-snstaining a: ocations, cod where they be 4 by the Jaw abiding tite man with the ¢ame impnnity that he now vis its the civilized white settiements. I call your spe- attention to the report of the Commissioner of indian Afieirs for full info matien on this mabject afew years build wp acoast-wise | In the waters not included in the | called your apecial attention at the last. sewel : = nae Cennutrce of inmeuse aaaguitule, which will | Kiite'mamed tn the convention reienin ents | Sauseated ing waneiieneiuiee bet otosees | | Dare the la face! year RC perce of pic tar toward restoring to us our lost merchant | miles of partsof the British coast,) it has been | £© the countries south of as, and fo Uhinaand J; acres were taken under the homestead | on It will give t us these articles whieh | the custom, for years, to give tointrading | {oF it# revival. Our representatives to all these go 159.015.S] acree gold for cash. ‘The remainder was lot and do not produce, thus | fishermen of the United States a reasonable | ‘Tmments have exerted their influence to an fed with military warratts, college cr indi ._Incive ot | warning of their violation of the technical | (euress, 2180 between the United Xtates ant oF applied in satisfaction of gramts to railroads give us commanl of all | righ:s of Great Britain. The imperial govern- | But ‘the fact ‘exime that the carrying te pod ty Pigs grey Ber rae and thns prevent an | ment is understood to have ated the | ¢one, simost entirely, in foreign 5 ose lurtog to DY ft ae MN possessing laim~ : whole or a share of its jarisdiction | While thix state fot offirs exists we cannet con- © been vigorously of rendezvous upon our vi ery coast. At presen| trol our due abe our coast trade between the States bordering on the Atlantic and those bordering on the Gulf of MeXico is eut in two by the Bahamas and the Antilles. Twice we must, as it were, = — foreign countries to sets by sea, from San Domingo, with a stable government, or control of these in-shore fishing-grounds to the Colonial authority known as the Domin of Canada, aud this semi-independent but i sponsible agent bas exercised its delegated pow- ers in an unfriendly way. Vonsle have boon seized without notice or warning, in violation of the custom previously prevailing. and have becn taken inte the Colonial ports, __ their oh | Japan is about all the carry! in American vessela. policy in!ness. Georgia to the west coast of Flo 1 cost of building fron ver ™ vith foreign shi 6 ing trade.t® +0 much greater inthe United & ot the commerce of the world. That between the Pecific States a that Will insure its success and even increased nive- Obina sod js the only ones i carry veye at extent of the means appl. je to the purpose. The P| quantity, in market will amply supply the present demand. ‘Tre claim of the wetter. wind The homestead or the pre-emption law ever. limited to landssutject to. sale try Any wnappropriated surveyed mited amount, be acquired the former lows, if 'y entitled to enter under them. will comply with the requirements they te wil under which her immepse resources can be de- | wovayes broken up, and the ' veswls | then in foreigne irs, that, wi ‘sole ase prescribe. in re 9 the residence and cultiva- Yeloped, will give retunerative wages to tens | condemued. ‘There’ is reason to believe | tance from the getargucht ney ey cence | fon The a Grwcaer ned erieein he tenke hes of thousands of laborers not now upon the | that this unfriendly and vexatious | fully built h-re. There will be several propositions | were unsurveved at the time of hia tettlement” His island. This labor take advantage | treatment was designed to bear harsh yupon | !854 before Congrese, in the cous if th o of every available means of | transpor. | the hardy fishermen of the United States, with | etsen, locking ees het ee te tation to abandon the adjacent islan's, | a view to political efiect upon this government. | ,2ou! Suh anmarnonemcatiine ceed eentee and seek the blessings of freedom and its se | The statutes of the Dominion of Canada assume | ctike Americas ehigns oe : ~ Bem are ‘an shipping on the high seas.and Ameri | 4y unauthorized intrusion ipon the un domain quence—each inhabitant receiving the re- | a still broader and more untenable jurisdiction | can sbip Vulkling et bowe, The opinion that tue public paid ee cognate ward of hisewnlabor, Porto Rico and Cubs | over the vessels of the United States. They ‘Lhe condition of the archives st the Departmen chiefly as a source of revenue is no ‘onger mamtai: will have to abolish slavery, as a measure of | thorize officers or persons to bring vessel ‘of State calls for the early action of Congress. The | °4. Therapid settlement and enccossfuleuitiea:ioa of self preservation, to retain their laborers. ing within three marine milesof any of buiiding now rented by that departwent isa froil | the San Domingo will become e large consumer in inconvenient di of the products of Northern farms and manu- bays, creeks, or harbors of Canada, into port, to search the cargo, to examine the master on factories. The cheap rate at which her citi- | oath, touching the cargo and vorage, and to zens can be furnished with food, tools, and | inflict upon hima heavy pecuniary penalty if machinery wil! make it m that con- nd if eneh a ves- tiguous islands should have the same advan- taxes, in order to compete in the product‘on of sugar, coffee, tobacco, tropical fruits, ac. This will open to usa still wider market for our 8, creeks, or harbors, without a license, or after the expiration of the period named in Its desirnetion would invetve th entaining the original acts products. The production of our own supply | the last license granted to it, they provide that he historie records of these articles will cut off more than | the vessel. with her tackle, etc., etc., shall be ation one hundred millions of _our | forfeited. 1t is not known that any condemna- rach: aupual imports, besides largely tncreasing our exports. With such @ picture it is easy to see how our large debt abroad is u!iimately to beextingu'shed. With a balance of trade against us, (including interest and bonds held by foreigners, and money spent by our citi zens travelling in foreign lands,) equal to the ire yield of the precious metais in this conntry, it is pot.so easy to see how this re- sultis to be otherwise accomplished. The | acquisition of pan Domingo an ad. herence to the “Monroe doctrin Iisa measure of national protection; it is ascerting | cur just claim to a contro'ling Influence over the great commercial traffic soon to flow from We tto East, by wayof the Isthmus of Da- tien; it isto baild up our merchant marine; it nd of the m with thi Leipal depository Trccommenr an appt tions have been made under this statute. Should the authorities of Canada attempt to entorce it, it will become my duty to take auch steps as may be necessary to protect the rights Of the citizens of the United States. It bas been ciaimed by Her Majesty's oficers that the tishing vesselsof the United States have no right to enter the open ports of the British possessions in North America, except for the PUTposes Of shelter and repairing damages, ot purchasing wood and obtaining water, that they have no right to enter at the British cns- tom houses, or to trade there excent in the pur- chase of wood and water, and that they must depart Within twenty-four hours after notice to jeave. It is not hnown that any seizure of a fishing. Was th archive stroetion of abuilding for the De; L recommend to yo sferril th onsideratio appropria: Laluties in relatic Department A : 4 : “4 » " sterred to one of Leparument to \urnish new markets for the products of | vessel. carrying the flag ot the United Stat ‘ sims, shops and manufatories; it isto | been made claim. So far | make slavery msupportable in Cuba and Por- xd on an ed constrn | to Kico at once, and ultimately so in Bravil; | the convention of 1518, iteannot be a | it is to settle the unhappy com in by the United States. [tis hoy will Not be inse ment. During the conferences which preceded the negotiations of the convention of 1818, the Brit- and end an exterminating conflict; | Vide bonest means wi r ying our honest debts, without overtaxing the It Is to fur: nish our citizens with the necessaries of every ed on by Her Majes currency, for the » 5 e at chesper rates than ever befor ish Commissioners proposed to expressly ex- | de denied that the instability of the waluect out | it is im fine, a rapi owards that g ey = os or =~ Usited — from corremee is pre yosicisl fo ont Pip whine sige od ch the Intebigene: dustry, and | “' the privilege ot carrying on trade with ary of | to keep up_ prices, to etriment of trade. ness which the pntehinenees tadeniry, sna | Ssitannle Majesty's subjects. residing with- | ovil= of @ depreciated and Mucttating cuiremey ‘are bis country to assume among nations. | !n the limite assigned for their use; and also | 3¢)¢te8t:tPat now, when the premimm on gold has In view of the importance of this question 1 | that it should not be ‘lawful for the vessels of | ‘Hep so much | ‘ : vd when. by wise and pradent Jegi-Iat: | earnestly urge upon Congress early action. | the United States, engaged in said fishery, to | crees sh ld look to 0 policy winch won.d place our | expressive of its views as to the best means cf | have on board any goods, wares,or merchandise | currency at par with gold ar no distant day My suggestion is, | Whatever,except such as maybe necessaryfor the The tax collecied fren the peopl been re | aequiring San Domingo. | ~ prcsecution of their v s to and from the that by joint resolution of the two houses of | Pcs Gshing reuse by aury vessel of the | United States which shall contravene this regu- | lation may be seized, condemned, and contis- dneed more than eighty wm. By steadiness in o ress, the Executive be authorized to ap pe nt a commission to negotiate a treaty with the authorities of San Dc mingo for the acqul- abandoned by the British Plenipotentiaries, and Article 1, as it ctands es of Congress upo! rexation, a= In the case of the acquisition of yn @ resolution of an- im the convention, Texas. So convinced am I of the advantages | ¥%< Substituted. A to tow from the acquisition of San Doming! If, however, it be said that this claim is | andof the wreat disedvantages, 1 might al. | funded on provincial or colonial statutes, and most Fay mities to flow from non-acquisi. | Ot upon the convention, this Government can- not but regard them as unfriendly, and in con- n, that! travention of the svirtt, if not of the letter of his the subjeet has only to be investigated to be approved, irtt, if not of | It is to be seguetiog that our representations faced Giger for the fa tht a exeeation | ot in regard to the injurious effects, especially be ad sil imperial government is alone ou the revenue of the United States, of the Mexican government, in exempt- g trom impost duties large tract of its Terri yon our borders, have not only been s. but that it iseven proposed, in tnat y. to exterd the limits within which the ege adverted to has hitherto been enjoy ‘The expediency of taking into your serious L, proper measures tor countervail- Y Feierted to, will, it is presumed, | evgmge your earnest attention. Anticipating that an attempt may possibly be made by the Canadian authorities, in the com- ing -eason, to repeat their unneighborly acts towards our fishermen, | recommerd you to confer upon the Executive the power to suspend by proclamation the operation of the laws a! thorizing che transit of g , Wares, and mer- chandise. in bond, across the territory of the United States to Canada. and further, should such an extreme measure become necessary, to suspend the operation of any laws whereby the to etray all theex 1) Fepudiath Be publ Revenve reform hi time. all ¥ should De removed other articles of universal It is the ob vions f especially of neigh- Janadi “ s. The necessities of the cv it Loring nations, to 5 ‘againat innmunity to | Poqer ons omuen of Canads are pecmit- | eclisci nvvepne ces Ons tapos | these whe may t ite Iigh crimes | A like unfriendly disposition has been mani- nee | Sithin their borders, aud who may have sought | gested on the part of Canada, in the mainten- } refuge For thin purpose extradicon | gnee of a claim of right to exclude the citizens | treaties have been concluded with several ot the | of the United States from the navigation of the | ishor xt 1 Central Amercon Kepubtics, and others are in | St. Lawrence. This river constitutes a natura] | °1 the | pest outletto the ocean for eight States, with an | ts resources | chine the wc tof Ce - the a bu theme oar as IT, aggregate population of about 17,600,000 inhabi tants, and with an aggregate tonnage ot (#136 tons upon the waters which discharge . ‘The foreign Commerce of our ports on aditally » tie Comminsion communicated ar cers and men wil in plated By chat law. ‘and artment building isan old structure, the major part af is one in Brita bottose | Bt See Rrout and ately inedeaate gi ions If the American seamen be excluded from the DOW pelt mnswally for reat of privase. buildings putural avenue to the ocean, the monopoly ot | fo uccommodate the vatious bureadx of the desart, | the direct commerce of the Lake ports with the | ment. 1 recommend tion for @ new | of French and Russian resi- | ailantie would be in foroign hands; their ves- | War Department betiding to the present and 2 under circumstances of | sels on transatlantic voyages having an access | Stuwing wants of the nation. w | great barvarity, were supposed by some to uave | to onr Lake porta, which would be denied to | Thereport aie Roqrececy at War shoves very en. premeditated and to indicate a purpose | American vessels on similar voyages. ‘To state | #0" ‘Year. Wot deteile pou are retere- among the populace to exterminate foreigners | such a proposition is to refute its justice. ed to his nccompanying report. | im the Chinese Empire. The evidence. taila to the admit ‘Of Mr. John | “‘Theexpenses of the Msvy {oF the whole of the last lish such a supposition, but shows a com- | Quin , oe Mr. Clay unanswerably demon- ar from December Ist. 1880, the date of the | plicity between the local authorities and the | strated the natural right of citizens of the pears. less than OF it mo. The Govermment at Pekin, however, | United States to the nav! of this river, | $100,000 less than they were the trap en Bad stems to have been disposed to fulfillits treaty | ¢] that the act o! ogress of Vienns penses since the Of this year obligations, so as ae able to do so. Us. fe the thine us : Juy os “for the ive months « de- | tertunate); e ween 4 2 German States “salt France teathed Chine soon Seriete sad. statte: yA the ‘or ine carreot ere Fagen After the massacre. It would appear that the | Cguntre, throu bch a navigable river pase jet your xen, 2580 with vopular win natural ri i ‘Decessar: Lae pe ened een that this contest. extending to Body Reber and into the are ‘closely for Chinese | waters, neutralize through the territories of Tyo nape pened the Cbristian power. ; | * ‘This right does not exclude the co-equal right of the sovercij peeeemene ree territory through iting ot eStasaue met enero ais such rej relative to navigation as may be reaso! ; but y but surety j where they were tempo- | these regulations should be framed in a 1 ie by act of the commanders. and | spirit or comity, and should not impose neediess tightor transit. Tt has been found. in penction r ran: DB 5 ice, more advant: to these ualjournment of Congress the rati- the ueaty with Great Britain tor hing the mixed conrts for the suppression trade. have been e: It is to by mutual a ready to make any reasonable Scemuepeeces a8 tothe police ot the St. Lawrence, w! ougecsied by Great Britain, the claim a by Mr. of | whence the siaves n to Arabian markets, In April last, while ‘tm locating a military reservaiion near Pembina, a corps of | engineera that the ved bo: line between the United ind the Brit en pa is about seven position of ihe doen parsilen and tees the haa when run on what is now to be the trae yn of | that 4 the of the ‘udson’s rembina, within the territory of the tates. information being. to the British government, | was requested to priatio would seem that the time of the st! ance from the He Inse of the rol and pesolut iota of the hole vernmeat for the part nt tel payout of e bareans ¢ he average valne of @olil,as compared with Nn hole of the yeargl69 wos about 184, an@ tor eleven inonths of is70, the has ar: Cm eb alinost entirely. tam pa Soe . cated, with her cargo. by postmasters, in every community: top re made to deltuy the expenses af suctes |. This proposition, whieh is identical withthe | sor upon Al \incorsret "all sve? Soma: comission. The question may then be de- | CoDtruction now put the language of the con- a oo “ sorme. ne A pee Bet termined, either by the action of the Senate =. re emphatically mr ge by the J Shon thoes antlclee stick we Seta ‘Gtpenae oan, upon the treaty, or the joint action of thetwo Mmerican Commissioners. an reupon was | j, Das luxuries, and ou those whic! z “ peuple are wit l itlt'menns failure to provide the neccessary means of Government, and there lic debt and pensions, then till more oppesed to such kind of revemite Fe 3 but must be the work of mational legislation and of As soon as the revenue can be dis to home production. affords employment to iving wags sin contrast to the pauper labor Vid World, and also in the development of of th sume ch te with h day of July, been reducea, a0 that day of Junuary, 187]. tee number ‘of com IL mot exceed the num- eHow vetly c of more importance well-heing than is tLe tund which the sale of would proguce. The remarkabie growth aud tates and Territories attest the ich invites the tiller of ‘a perm! ‘nthe reach of all. ‘The pioneer who incurs thedan- zers and privations of a frontier lite, and thus aids fn laying the foundation of new cor monwealths, service to his uatry, * | favor and protection These laws *. and ing grante 3 cy of <eltipg apart certnin see for ednestion sl purposes in the new States should be ccntinned. When ample piovision shali have been or these ole of eerious considers ne vational demain sould not be wholly disposed under the pr_visions of the homestesd and pre-emy tion law : Y vist ghfares has undoubted! \ gor us impulse to the develc (@>, and the settiement of the wchionn ¥ giv ment of our re aT J. may. however, be well in mnch of our legislation in this reg: acterized by indiscriminste and profuse i States should not ban their sour Uove of the country. aeteu' thas ot PO jess the projected work is of ackne alimpertance, Iam strongly iacii that it is inexpedient and unnectsss subsidies of either description; tut should Cong determine otherwise, | exrnestly recommend tha rights of settlers and of the public be more eftectust- {y secured and protected by appropriate legislation Puring th “r 3 re. re © filed i ite: 3 Tess th: reason of the 1 pis of the fiscal sear were $134.29 in excess tires The we rk of the Census Bure: cally prosecuted The prelimins om payin e during the xpendi has been energeti- report, contain ing much informatiot alne and’ inte wall be soeey ter del ring the nt ae: he remaining v be completrd with the patch consistent with periect economy in ar and ifying the returns. We shall thus. 8 Turnished with au avthentic r condition and resources. tt will, I teat the growing prosperity of the he decade which has) ust tried by the rent war arity. to secure and our free institution: he last fiseal vear the stan paid to pension cust of disbursement. wa Lounty lend warracts were is: Fits clone, 128.689 names were onthe pension rolls ‘The lshors of the Pyasion Ufties have been directed to the severe scrutiny of the evidence submitted {svor of Lew and to the discovery of fict ough, during t! it wan 00" severely woged tomaintain its inte, perpetuate During th results benefit to the service. Dyects of education and agriculture ave of to the bLraa iagts- = Buresn of uy a, separate depart: bs fAgricalture, Deiferelereat general ad to Sf Aericulture, wor trge Tiberal legislation as to secure would ine oti he 0. bea Thorough. enforcement. of ‘2 taithful eol Of every tax provic in the disbursement of the same, a ompt payment of of the ); areduc- fon on account of U. 3. GRANT. sion. Dec, 5, is70. #7 Buckwheat sociables are a Detroit idea. M. prie der ton M the pri deni mit ans us 7 lise 7T the ofa this Mr. mint veto’ iso eral FORTY FIRST CONG the T: nation: Specie py r. Sherman desired to take up House bill | relative to the voting of the soldiers in the Day- | to the The Senate then t utes. HOUSE —The Clerk, Mr. McPherson, calleg | CREMES the roll of members by States, and 100 members Rives, Mr. Duke's competitor, bad The House Th Star. TWO CENTS CONGRESSIONAL, ES —_e——_. Mowpar, December 5. ir. ir. Trumbull ty of the States. The resolution then went over. Mr. Sumner offered resolution to terminate | the fabrication of us. notes and fractional Praag re currency, to stren; reserves: | ewe i banks, aa to = a Soba ae of the principalities by Austria, Prussia oc ments. (Ohio) Asylum. r. Edmunds said the bill was pature of a snap judgment. y of taking up the bill,and the V t decided tha: a ted discusmon. soldiers were «lisfranchised. or wered to their names. ees. bn and Potter such co: credentials of R. T. W. Duke, tative elect from the 5th Virginia place of Robert Ridgway, deceased, presented, when Mr. Platt Committee on Elections, as Mr. A) contest. motion, anda Duke be sworn utes of two o'clock. French, portant Position. FIGHT AT AUT. Retreating. The losses sustained number of French prisoners yout 3,000, Versarertes, Dec. 4, (evening.)—The French re Vincennes have been re imforced. In the fight of Friday, General Preskow’s di- vision took from the French seven uns, and two ether officers. PRUSSIAN RETREAT. Lixtg, Dec. 4, Evening.—The Prassian army 9 a in the north of France is retreating tow HARD FIGHTIN ‘ND PARIS ON OUT RATCuDAt. Tours, Dec. 4—On Friday the Prussians re. captured from the French the follewing places. Ferminiere Newville aud Ville- — ‘yesterday. The a (quarters of their Ge on Thursday, but on the contrary, his ar) — an importani threatening positinn on the east nk of the Marne. rptnred 1,800 prisoners, including one gen- SENATE.—Mr. Drake offered -esolution that im no case shall a page to the Senate be ap- | pointed under 12 years of age or remain in office over 16 years of age. Laid over. Mr. Cole introduced bill to abolish phe income | Or sod to amend the Internal Revenue act of Sumner offered a resolution calling upon rustees of Pablic Schools in the District of Columbia fora statement of the con: of said schools. dition expressed doobt as to the pro- | resolution, as these sohools were | = the control of the Secretary of the In- : | Mr. Saulsbury thought it would be better to | offer a resolution of inquiry as to the white | man’s party, and what had become of the Lich | ember 2th. amendment and the bill to enforce it in the bor- in some sort in | onlin Mr. Lhurman objected to considering the bill now. Considerable discussion ensued as to the pro- Presi- {it was not inorder, but per- Mr. Shermaninsisted upon action, and spoke on ly Of the Ubio soldiers being denied vote. On motion of Mr. Schenck, the Clerk was di- rected to inform the Senate that the House is organized and ready to to basiness. Un motion of Mr. Schenck a committee was appointed to inform the President that the Seeames eopunisee Gen Teady to proceed to Speaker appeinted Messrs. Schenck, Al- moved to refer the whole matter to lexander given notice | After some debate, the House refused to sec- ond the demand for the previous question on > gma was agreed (o that ? imprisoumen then took a recess until fifteen | Tbe counsel TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. This Afternoon’s Dispatches. Associated Press Reports. THE WAR IN EUROPE. IMPORTANT NEWS. BATTLES ON SATURDAY! NEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE LINE. Prince Frederick Charles Defeats the Orleans in Possession of the Prussians CONTESTS AROUND PARIS The Parisians Hold an Im- GARIBALDI DEFEATS THE PRUSSIANS. The German Army in the North of France LOSSES IN THE RECENT BATTLES AKOUND PARIS. by the Saxons in un oumd! Paris from Novem- ber 2oth to December 2d°are estimated at about 1,e00 men. Four regiments ot Saxon forces, the W4th, loth, lth, and 18th, lost 15 officers kille nd 10 wounded taken Advices from Paris have been received ap to ‘late hour Sunday night There had been no further attempt to force the Prussian tines. THE FRENCH BEFORE VINCENNES RE- INFORCED. They has their Mr, Thurman said he would discuss the mer- its Of the question at the proper time, nied that t Mr. Anthony offered a resolution in reference order 5 which was laid over. ‘ook a recess of twenty m - | Torgs, Dee. pounce that General LY Aurelies.on the nigh the 3d of December, advised the g the necessity of evacuating Or ing te the left bank of the 1 ment, however as of the be better to hold firm at rane DAurelies reiterated his views of ty sity for retreat. The government ~ to act accordingly, but noon on the 4th December Genera! De Paladives seleg’ the government that he had changed and would hold Orieans. Thereupon started to go to Orleans, but when near La \ Pelli his train was tired upon by Prussian oa » and Gi returned through to Tours, where he found a dispatch from General F tp a that indines. to comply with the demanJ. A cordingly S30 marine batteries were spiked, the powder de: dand at midnight the Pras- stans ted Orleans, dines. SHARP FIGHTING YESTERDAY—Gax DALDI WINS A Vicrory. Lyons, Dec. 4.—Therewas sharp fighting a1) day yesterday between Autun and Arnay-le Due. between a portion of Garibaldl’s command | and the Prussians. The Garibaldians were suc cesstul, and are following up their advantage With activity and spirit. GRANVIDLE REPLIES TO GORTCHA KOFF. Lownos, Dec. 5, 1870. Earl Granville’s reply to Prince Gortecha- kof’s last note is published. It is dated Nov- The British Minister says there is nothing for him te add to his previous appeal to internatioanal law. , He w aware that Ihe ions for a Congress | settie this and other qaestion~, but not adopted. He ix also the contingency of the on uestion the provisions of the treaty of | ie is, however, ignorant of such @ pur pose. Therefore that question could not be | introduced. He trusts that ali obstacles to the uance of peaceful relations wil! be re i i = gre | — o ce - to ber rights, but at | without Consulting the other powers, the controversy is al y partially closed. Earl Granville concludes by accepting Kae. < invitation to a conference, but without adm.( ting @ foregone conciusion as to the result. FRENCH RE\ERSFS. VFRsAILies, Dec, 4.—The French have been driven trom Chevilly, and have abandoned and de- | Champigny. They are now massing near Ore teil. The cold is intense, and the troops suf severely. Manteuffel is in Rone’ pial ce D CASUALITIES IN THE WES Three Thieves Committee Exclusively te The Evening Star. Omoaae, Dec. 5.—The city of —- NL, ts =< by the The physicians ve they have dis covered the on ——_ which caused the ves. ‘Thre stock thieves, captured at Round H lorado, on Tuesday la they and i made a were on Thursday. Their cated a num- *¢ ane 1a and bis son, ontria! Ottawa, lil, for the murder of Robinson, thre t. His son was found not guilty for defense moved tor a new trial —+200- EPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF — THE TREASURY. TREASUEY Derarrwenrt, Dec. 5, 1670. Sim: The financial condition of the country bas improved during the past year. The ar- erage rate of gold for the year 186%, as shown by weekly sales, was 329 per centum, and for the firet eleven months of the year 1570, 15.2 per centum, indicating an improvement in the value of the paper currency of about 17 per centum. Fiom the 1st day of July, 1809, to the th June, 1570, inclusive, the public debt, as show: by the warrant account, was redaced in the om of £101,001,916.55. From the Ist day of [be- umber, 180%, to the 30th day of Novembe 1-70, melamve, the reduction was $119,251 299.5 as chown by the monthly statementsof the pub- he debt, and the total reduction, from the first ‘hb |, to the first of December, 1570, in the interest account is than ten millions of dollars ‘The receipts for the fi Jo, 1-70, were as follows From Customs........- Internal revenue... Sale of public lands. Miscellaneous sources. annum. year ending June -s S194 DR ST4 ae + 185,125,899 37 3,350,481 ‘The expenditures for the same period were: For civil and miscellaneous put 309 553, This statement exbibitea jus the paymert of the public debt, ancunt pledged to the sin! fund by the act ot Fel 25, 1862, Of S10IWNT 916,88, The ta’ for the first quarter of the pres ent fiscal year were: From Customs... Internal reven ae. Sales of public lands. Miscellaneous sources. riod, ex: cluding payments on account of the sinking fund, were: For civil and miscellaneous pur- _ 000 18,207 242 i The expenditures for the same 86,582.920 % The estimated receipts for the em J three-quarters of the present year are as fo! lows name...