Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1876, Page 1

NING STAR. PUBLISHED DA...~* =¢ept Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILD msylvania A corner Lith street, The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. = Tur EVENING STAR is served by carriers to ten k, or Forty- subscribers at Ten Cents per week, oF Forty. postage THE EVEN Tue WEEKLY STAR S24 year, SF Ali subscriptions invariably in advance. 87° Rates of advertising furnisied on application. SS Ver, 48=N°. 7,391. Che Aa ve! vu $ UL tien sufficieat to such express charges is pended Concerning the national banks the Seere- tary If the market value of United States should remain unchanged, i is Sslar, not probable thai the amount of ad litional ——— WAS'INGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1876. SPECIAL NOTICES. S* MADISON BUILDING ASSOCIATION TS enti hat plan. $1 per a! rt term about five years: firet merting for payment of dues RIDAY NIGHT, December Sth. at Davin reRS Semel Miller, No. 633 Pen JAS JOHN BE TROMPSO! ; , COLUMBITA will be held at th a TUESDAY. the Sth of Decom tion of «Miecrs dees 20° DR NEWMA Wil be received by CC Purcell, 9th street; Brad 1 ass Pennsylvania avenne NHOFF ¥ Pret arial Business promptly attended to. Office No. 148 Beall street, Georgetown. D.C. nowst-2w* r= TEA. COFF COLD SODAS E. AND CHOCOLATE. MINERAL WATERS all the Year 1429 Pewneyivanta Avene Near Willard s He CLOAKS Rov2t tr ey LAD largest and most attractive assortment in Mate- lasee. KP bed and Plain Cloth Delmas in Plain Cloth. Silk and Matelasse. Also, Chaks for M care, sat ot AELIAN wort superior atyle and at Tea. E. WASHINGTON, up stairs pt sonable prices by MM nov ls tr {(S~ SAMUEL G. rouNs, i NOTARY PUBLIC. ceti7-tf AMUSEMENTS. ATIONAL THEATRE. DE MAD THE GRAND DUCH IROFLE GIROFLA tof Mme. Alice Oates—LA ARCH I- AD. ANGOT. bie Bl—-TRIAL BY JURY ND ART EXHIBITION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, IN LINCOLN HALL, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1876, AT 734 P. M. Ticket» Adults, 2 cents; Children, 15 cents; to t had at Whitaker *, Ballantyne #, Association Rooms, and of members dech-tr A GRAND CONCERT IN AID OF ST. ALOYSIUS SCHOOL BUILDING, WILL BE Gt WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, AT MARINI'S HALL, BY THE CHOIR OF ST. ALOYSIUS CHURCE Assisted by Sig. ETTORE BARILI and ot tinguished talent. Admission, 1 cent: n R COMIQUE, Ele) Nees = Yo her dis ecl-St* Street, ae. OPEN THE YEAR ROUND. Performa: AT. Matines fer La dies and Children WEDNESDAY sad SATURDAY AFPTEK #IRST- CLASS iN EVERY RESP ECT. urlesque and Comedy. nov2-1y On Exhibition (New No. and sale 439 AT ara Sr. KRITER’S, ¢. beeween D ai E streets, eight Odd Fellows’ Hall, Ls ey Chromos, &e. of Pay angings. Window Frames. Pictare Cords and Tas tiers . sber Name and Number. jyl-1 EMEMBER JUSTH'S OLD STAND. He pays Boots, ate at MA No. 439 7h door Choice OP: Ino. FESTIVALS. F A ' K ST. PATRICK'S NEW CHURCH, a TALMADGE HALL, F street, between 9th and loth streets, + mmencing TUESDAY. December 3. and ‘THURSD AY. December 1 dec 7 9.12. HE LADIES OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, 51m ‘Street, will open a FAIR IN ST. JOSEPHS HALL, SP Be Hh of December, for the benefit of the Schools ling 13,14-6t of that h. ‘The Fair will be continued for ome week, under the directs committee. consisting of the following Ftemen, George Bergling. Francis Prott, Bernard ver. Rudolph Eichhorn, Hermann Schelteis, an be Pastor. Kev. Mathias Alig. dec] 6t* LADIES OF CALVARY BArTis? CHUA Corner of 8th and H streets northwest, will hold a BAZAAR. commencing MONDAY, Dec. 4th, con finning three evenings.” A. large collection of useful and fancy articles will be offered for sale at very rea- evpable ; also, Fruit, Flower, Supper and Ise Cream Tables. Fine Vocal and Instrumental Music may be ex |. Citizens and a cordially in eg i 5 “re = BS Admittance. W cents. novas-lw* PTLCILAaAN First premi: awarded to by the Great World's Fair. in Philadelphia. cn my invented end patented EYEGLASS. manufac- fered Geld, Silver, and. ith geouine Brazilian Pebbles. Also op hand ¥ SPECTACLES. OPERA GLASSES, MICKO- SCOPES and SHADES for the Eyes. kc 1. ALEXAN ecté tristp 1229 Pennsylvania FRASELIN & co. OPTICIANS. No. 1227 Perxnsrivaxia AvENTE. ‘puinBrazilian Pebble Spectacles BARLOW ART GALLERY. dec?-hy isp wait Stock of SST RECEIVED. a Stock of Werarest ater Color Drawings, &c.. and te baat tf of iam anes celebs Soares, oer at Ever brow ings 8 greck variety Diathes Foreeinie Paimting ‘rames to mateh. ps tn Gold and Silver Leaf, German Gilt, ‘alnat, Span- ish and F; Picture Nails, and Copper Wire and Fraines made to rand regilt. Paintings € 5 and —_ k of Inst year's — @ clock . octé 2m BRONZEs. - CLOCKS, BRONZES, MANTEL ORNAMENTS, BRASS GOODS, &e. A large sesortment.a.) new styles. IMPORTED DIRECT. M. W. GALT, BRO. & CO. Bove tr REAT PRICE G CLOTHING st tN TH shEDy sO 13141916 Peon. ave., bet. 19h and 2th sin. & Suite now eoTic Arrive daily at oy Baltumore $23, B street Der yneett Senet, NORWOLE OTSTERS. fail tr Hotels, Restaurants, and private families. ‘Bova? lm 5 L. NTH Men : = : Sieular EXCELSIOR“ MPO Co. EVENING STAR. _ THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. To the Sena’e and House of Represen'atives: In submitting my eighth and last annaad message to Congress, it seeras proper that [ should refer to and in some degree recapita- late the events and official acts of the past eight years. It was fortune, or m'sfortune, to be ce of Chief Exetutive with- jous political taining. From age of seventeen, Ihad never even wit nessed the excitement attending a Presi dential campaign but twice antecedent to my own idary, ami at but one o ch was I eligible as a voter. Under such cireumstanees it is but reasonable to Suppose that errors of judgment must have ocowrral. Even had they not, differences of hetwren the Exeentive, bound by an ach to the strict performance of his ducics debaters must have arisen ot necessarily evidence of Blunder on of the Executive becan » are f views. Mistakes have can see, and T admit, bat, oftener in the seleetions made assistants appointed to ald in rrying out the various duties of ad- vicisterng the government—in nearly very «ase selected without a personal yiaintance with the appointee, but, upon ommendations of the representatives rectly by the people. — it is impos- s.ble where so many trusis are to be allotted that the right parties shocld be chosen in every instance. History shows that no ad- ministration, from the ‘time of Washington to the present, has been free from these mis- takes. But I iea.e comparisons to hstory, «lavming only that Ihave acted in every in stance from a conscientious desire to do What right, constitutional within the law and y best interests of the whole people. have been errors of judgment, not of intent My civil career commenced too at a most critieal and dificult time. than four vived. volted against the government, remaining faithful to the Union, a large rentage of the population sympathized with the rebellion and made an “enemy in the rear” almost as dangerous as the more honoc- able enemy in the front. The latter commii- ted errors of judgment, but, they maintained them openly and courageously. The former reevived the protection of the government they would see destroyed and reaped all the pecuniary advantage to be gainel out of the existing state of affairs, many of them by obtaining contracts and by swindling the goverment in the delivery of their goods. Immediately on the cessation of hostilities the then noble president, who had carried the country so far through ils perils, fell a mar- (yr to his patriotism at the hands of an assas- sin. The intervening time to my first inau- guration was filled up with wranglings be- ‘ween Cor gress and the new Executive as to the best mode of “reconstruc "OF, to speak plainly, as to whether the control of she government should be thrown immedi- ately into the hands of those w had so re- e nily and persistently tried to destroy it, or should continue to have ith therm in this control. Re- this, and only this, except that the lale slave Was enfranchised, giving an increase, as was supposed, to the Union-loving and Union- supporting votes. If frec, in the full sense of the word, they would not disappoint this ex- pectation. Hence at the beginning of my first administration, the work of reconstruction— embarrassed by the long delay—virta- commenced. It was the work of the legisiative branch of the government. My province was wholly in approving their acts, which I did most heartily, arging the lezisla- tures of states thathad not yet done so to ratify the fifteenth amendment to the consti- tation. The country was laboring under an enormons debt contracted in the suppression of rebellion, and taxation was so oppressive us to dscourage product on. — Another danger also threatened us—a foreign war. The last difficulty had to adjusted, and was adjusted withoat a war and in a manner highly honorable io all parties concerned. Taxes have been reduced within the last seven years nearly three hundred millions of dollars, and the national debt has been re- duced in the same time over four hundred and thirty-five millio s of dollars. By re- surding the six per cent. bonded deb: for bonds bearing five, and four and one half per cent. interest, respectively, the annual inter- est has been reduced from over one hundred and thirty millions of dollars in 1869 to but little over ome hi millions of dollars in i ‘The balance of trade has been changed from over one hundred and thirty millions against the United States in 1869 to more than ove bundred and twenty millions of dollars in our favor in 1876. It is confidently believed that the balance of trade in favor of the United States will in- crease, not diminish,and that the pledge of Congress to resume specie payments in 1879 will be easily accomplished, even in the ab- =e rd much desired farther legislation on the subject. A policy has been adoj toward the In- dian tribes inhabiting a large portion of the territory of the Uni States, which has been bumane and bas substantially ended Indian hostilities in the whole land, except in 4 portion of Nebraska and Dakota, Wyoming and Montana Territoryies, the Black hills re- gion and approaches thereto. Hostilities there bave grown out of the averice of the white man,who has violated our treaty stipulations in his search for gold. The question might be asked: why the Government has not enforeed obedience to the terms of the treaty probibit- ng the occupation of the Black Hills region by whites? answer is simple. The first immigrants to the Black Hills were removed by troops, but rumors of rich discoveries of old took into that region increased num- rs. Gold has actually been found in pay- ing quantity, and an effort to remove the miners would only result in the desertion of the bulk of the troops that might be sent there to remove them. Hl difficulty in this mat- ter has however been removed—subject to the approval of Congress—by a treaty ceding ad a — Hills and Spproaches to settlemeat y citizens. The subject of Indian policy and treatment is so fully set forth by the Secretary of the In- terior and Commissioner ‘of Indian Affairs and my views so fully expressed un rein that I refer to their reports and recom- mendations as my own. The relations of the United States with for- eign powers continue on a friendly footing. Questions have arisen from time to time in the foreign relations of the government, but the United States have been happily free dur- ing the past year from the complications and embarrassments which have surrounded some of the foreign powers. The diplomatic correspondence submitted herewith contains information as to certain of the matters which |have occupied the gov- “"The cordiality hich attends our relatl cor wi al r relations with the powers of Se Soe ae bees Bisley shown by the general et for- eign nations in the Exhibition which has just closed, and by the e: i seq nce, and a better appreciation of our mutual advantages and mu:ual wants. at its last session saw fit to reduce ing tain foreign and for sular cificers, and bs fotneing the amounts usual for other diplo- . and thus necessitating a change in the grade of the these Po gge bregeen be hao ane »atic and consular service for the present teen) year ii issued to the instructions were Re tatives of the United = ee sul officers whom had teen made, to close thelr respective legations se conaulntas, snd conse from the perform- were Immediate ly taken tosubstitate Charges "A fiaires for resident in Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, : While thoroughly impressed with the wis- dom of sound eeonoms vice as in ether branches of un Genesee, 352 cireulation to be issued from November 1, 1876, to January 1, 1479, (two years and two months,) woul) execed $18,000,000. If. how- ever, Id Oe a material decline in the value of bonds, it is to be presumel that @ considerable amount theteo! would be rale- TWO CENTS. T cannot ese?_ce the conclusion Wat in some become possessed of all the privileges of eiti- powers with the old mate- ‘ited by the banks which have withdrawn Probation fixed Fond ed of great aropean ao aie po napa at ae | een 5 omaenting t© $65,102,500 since June instances 'p¢"withholding of appropriations hip of the United States, and the frequent | rial of our navy, to which no increase ha; | upon. coming country to | 20, 14. ¢ profit on circulation ¢ will proge peli asiye onunty, nad that | whieh induce such alopted citizens | been authorized’ since the war, except the | become citizens who are educated in their | upon the price paid for th» bonds, and the .mo1] retren nt secured by a change | country of their birth, render | eight small cruisers built to supply the own would acquire the requisite | upon the rate of interest. If the basiness of Gi gree in certain diplomatic posis is not an naturalization and the safe- | of others which had fone to deeay. Yet the | knowledge of ours during the necessary resi- | the country should revive, or the value of ate ‘consideration fer the loss of in- | experience has proved neces- | most has been done was possible with | dence to obtain naturalization. If they did | bonds decline, the amount of cireulation must fuence and importance which will attend | sary ior the protection of the honest natural- | the means at command, and by substantial- | not take interest in our language to | be largely increased Theproficon circulation our foreign ntatives under this reduc- | lzed cith: ¢ paramount importan The | ly rebuilding some of our ships with | acquire sufficient know! of it to enable | ts estimated at about two and a quarter per tion. I am of the opinicn that a re-examina- | in the requir-ments of law | durable material, and completely repairing | them to study institutions and laws of | cent. In local ties where the rate of interest tion of the subject will cause a change in | ion. acord opportunity for frand | and refitting our mon! ior feet, the navy has | the country intelligently, I would not confer | is seven per the value of circulation 1s some instances in the conclusions reache ton ithe want ef uniformity in the proceed. | been gradually so brought up that though it where the Tale these subjects at the kast session of Con: court of commissioners of Alabama claims, whose functions were continued by i records of the various courts, and in the forme of the certificates of naturaliza- tion issued, afford a constaut source of diffi- dces not maintain its relative position among the progressive navies of the world, it is now in a condition more powerful and’ effective about two and a hull per cont is ten per half per cent bonds. upon them the right to make such laws nor to select those who do. I append to this message for convenient reference.a synopsis of administrative events the profit ix aboat oneand a present valuation of the an act of the last session of Congress, until | culty. than itever has in time of peace. The J and of all recommendation to Congress made - ° - the Ist day of January, 1877, has carried on T ebagest no additional requirements to the | complete repairs of our five heavy iron-clads ‘| by me during the last seven years. Time | REPORT OF THRE SECRETA ¥ or its labors with @iligence and general satis- | acquisition of citizenship beyond those now | are only delayed on account of the inade- | may show some of these recommendations THE NAVY. faction. By @ report from the clerk of th» | existing, but I invite the earnest attention of | guacy of the appropriations made last year | not tohaye been wisely conceived. but I be urt. transmitted herewith, bearing dat vember 14. 1876, it appears that within the now allowed by law the court will have disposed of all the claims presented for adjedication. This report also cor statement of the general results of t of the court to the date thereof. sa cause of satisfaction that the method adopted for the sati-faction of the classes of claims sub- mitted to the court, which are of long ing and jus tion, should have proved suc Congress to the necessity and wisdom of some provisions regarding uniformity in the nd eertifieates,and providing against the fraud which frequently take place and for the vacating of a record of naturalization obtained in fraud. These provisions are needed in aid_and for the on of the honest citizen of foreign birth, and for the wantof which he is made to suffer not infrequently. The United States has insisted upon the right of expatriation and has obtained after a long struggle an mission of the principle contended for by quiescence therein on the partof many idera- and ac- = with satisfaction that I am enabled for the working bureaus of the department, which were actually less in amount than those made before the war, notwithstanding the greatly enhanced price of labor and ma- terials and the inerease in the cost of the naval service growing out of the universal rise and great expense of steam machinery. The money-necessary for these repairs should be provided at once, that they may be com pleted without further unnecessary delay When ths ts done all the strength d- | that there Is in our nay - | and useful to its full eap | powerful for purposes of det The annual mpor. of the Navy has been transm It shows that thers are in the service 123 steam vessels, carrying 1) game: 2) nal vessels, carrying 29 ¢ Seerstary of the Heve the larger part will do no discredit to eee Ay the administration. One of these recommendations met with the united opposition of one political party in the Senate and witha strong opposition from the other, namely: The treaty for the annexation of Santo Domingo w the States, to which I will specially refer, main- taining asIdo, that if my views had been concurred in the country would be in a more Prosperous Condition to-day both politically and financially. Santo Domingo is fertile and upon its soil may be grown just thos. tropical products of which United dare preparing and a are under repairs and &% are laid upat the various navy yards The Seeretary e dorses the proposition of the chief of the bureau of eqatpment and re- cruiting urging the establishment of a bank- havy similar to that now and y will be developed ity, and it will be and also for ; ing *ysim for the to siete that th ign powers and by the conclusion of trea’ offensive action should the necessity for that | States use so much and which a: in force in the army. The army lew author sion fox on that snbj-ct. It is. however, bat justice arise within a reasonable distance from oar | or prepared for m izes the payment of interest at 4 per cent. tween th rn to the government to whieh such natu shores, almost exclusively ¥. vpon all sums of §30 and upwanl deposited sions, from the northwe citizens have formerly owed allegia | e fact that our navy is not more modern | dye woods, mahogany by any enlisted man with the paymasters, of the Woods to the well as to the United ates, that certain | and powerful th ale acause | co, &e. About subject to certain conditions and restrictions. menced in nd and definite rules should be adopted ry of the | Cuba are If thisxyxtem should be adopted forthe nas, firal agreen erning such ea providing how ex- | me time. erit- pereent & careful estimate of the sum that w: the maps. Patriation 1: pplished. ndeavers to bring | find the,same n Fequired for the paymem of the work of the commiiss emigrants umbers — bece t | almost exclusively ii par- | places it at but $4,000 per annum. The fixing of the bou: upon the Pacific | citizens of s ® | Hicularly in Cuba, being unfavorable to a | PIN Terring to the Nat coast by the protocol of ch 10, 1873. pur- | true tha e | mutual exchange of the products of each | me Secretary cave suant to the award of ti or of Ger- | naturaliz } t this | country. Flour shipped from the | eratity with the best many by article <I treaty St by formal acts or as the | command. | Mississippi river to Havana can ashington with Ub ion of the ts and circu meralshows | pass by the very entrance to work of this commiss Ss and fixes sof expenditure ding expen- | the city on its way to a port In Spain; then the entire boundary between the United ditures on account of previous years) over | pays a duty fixed upon articles to be re-ex- ates and the British possessions, exc ent occasions to as- | receipts. for the fiscal year ended June forted, transferred to a Spanish vessel, and to the portion of the sded by Russia | serta claim to protection in the absence of | bo be $34.15 pronght back almo-t to the point of starting, to the United Sta > t provisions on these questions. And in this | Estimated e: fiseal paying a second duty SUI lea r : The work entrusted to the com ending June sioner and the officers of the army att tothe commission has been welland s factorily performed. The original of the final agrecment of the commissioners signed upon the 2ith of May, 16, with the origi « List of astronomical stations observed ~ | connection I again invite your attention to the necessity of legislation concerning the marriages of American citizens contracted abroad and concerning the status of Ameri can women who may marry foreigners, and of children born of Amerié¢an parents in a ted asa d approy foreign eountry. a original official “List of monuments mark- | The delicaté acd complicated questions | of the fonrth class is ing the international boundary line,” and the | continually occurring, with referevce to | of the service, as well as maps, records and general reports relating to | ratortization, expatiation and the status of | the governme the cemmission, have been deposited in the | such persons as I have above referred to in- Department of State. The official report of | duce me to earnestly direct your attentios the commissioner on the part of the United | again to these subjects. bu States, with the report of the chiet astrono- In }i repeat my recommenda- mer of the United States. will be submitied | tion that some means be provided for the within a short time. hearing and determination of the just and ate communi: m the govern- of the condition of the pason- questions which lately arose with Great Brit- y hereafter ain, respecting the surrender of fugitive provisions of law criminals under the treaty of 1842. Ps The Ottoman govern iness of th pps cancelled. jon to with ourt of Claims ma resorted to by an alie pre} lest it should res ditures for the : x mated revenue for same pe leaving estimated ex ficiency of $6.03, The Postmaster Genera cessor. is convinced that a change basis of adjusting the \OCESSATY nd urgently that the compensation of the class of post- masters above mentioned be based upon the Tr respective offices as ascer ta ned from the sworn returns, to the a postmasters in the Soathern States expressed great apy safety on accout t postal ally requested that their reports of ap- uded danger should not be made pablic, It in the loss of their live e a profit over what would be received by direct = ment. All that is produced in Cuba could be produced in Santo Domingo. Being a part of the United States, commerce between the Islard and mainiand would be free. There would be no export duties on her shipments nor = duties on those coming here. There would be ne import duties upon the supplies, machinery, ete., going from the states. The efiect that would have been produced upon Cuban commerce with these advantages a rival is observable at a glance. The Ca ban question would have been settled long ago in favor of “Free Cuba.” Handreds of American vessels would now be advanta- geously used in transporting the valuable woods and other products the sofl of the island, to a marke and in carrying supplies and igrants to it. The is- land is but sparsely settled, while it has an ea sufficient for the profitable employment of several millions of people. 36.73.4524. iod is SW 615.165.00, s of expenditure to be vy-armored and unwieldy iron-clads of European nations, and also with the monster cannon necessary to penetrate them. Any vessel which can safely cross the seas to enter our harbors om to lie upon our shores will be found vulner- able to cannon of moderate weight and cal- iber, while the heaviest armor will not pro- tect @ ship from the atiacks of torpedo™s man- aged.by brave and well-instracted officers.” Secretary asks an a ation of $750,000 for the Bureau of Construction and Repair,to be made available at once, to complete the repairs of five double-turreted at clads, cok - ont Spc@king of the reduced pay of the nat “4 Scer-tary says: “You are fally : inucreeable this duty was to the department, but you un it had no alternative Burdensome as its effect h rede a the ries of postmasters for the good for the interests of omamen aditor, nsion of their of thelr connec- Service, and have vi rt io be ie under date of January ; eneral provis But no, positive testimony of | inter. | The soil would have soon fallen into th» | Havel service, I ameratified t» b -acanaee i terminate the treaty of 1862, ec rf tof a tribunal skilled in | ierence has been submitted ept in | hands of United States capitalists. The pro- | Qar\t as beep Receive commge Tumetns commerce and navigation. pursuant to the disposition ch cases upon recogni a matl messenger at Spar- | duets are so valuable in commerce that emi- been some fault-finding and some foolish provisions of the 22d article thereof. Under | cd abanition « ciples, eithe soath Carol na, who re- | gration there would have been encouraged, this notice the treaty terminated upon the 5th day of June, 1876. That government has in. vited negotiations towards the conclusion of a bew treat By the act of Congress of March 23, 1874, the President was authorized, when 1b should ; the Or- s by Co nts of the tive departn super nte vernments are ved that other g States upon this of the United question. and that the practice now adopted r is entirely unsatisfactory. ganized new tribunals likely to secure to cit- Congress_by an act approved the 34 day of izens of the United States the same impar- | March, 1875, authorized the inhabitants of Wal justice enjoyed under the exercise of | the territory of Colorado to form a state g judicial functions by diplomatic and consu- | ernment, with the name of the state of Co- ar the United States, to suspend | lorado, and therein provided for the admis- the operation of the act of June 22, 180, and | sion of said state, when formed into the to pt for citizens of the United States the | Union, upon an equal footing with the origi- jurisdiction of the new tribunals. Satisfac- | nal states. tory information having been received of the | A constitution having been adopted and organization of such new tribunals in Exypt, | ratified by the people of that state, and the Icaused a proclamation to be issued upon | acting governor having certified to me the the “th of March last, suspending the opera- | facts as provided by sald act, together with tion of the act of June 22, 1860, in ptac- | copy of such constitution and ordinances cording to the provisions of the act. A copy provided for in the said act, and the provi of the proclamation accompanies this mes. | lone ol the said act of Congress baviig been sage. The United States has united with the | duly complied with, I issued a proclamation other powers in the organization of these | upon the Ist of August, ix76, a copy of which courts. It is hoped that the jurisdictional | is hereto annexed. questions which have arisen may be readily | The report of the Secretary of War shows adjusted, and that this advance in judicial | that the army has been actively employed messe stitute. The Postm “A very ceding year. partir per annum; while had been violently driv: arge of the mails on account cal affiliation: nLof the ra‘lwa, investigated this case and rv enger had disappeared leaving his work to be performed by a sab- ster General thinks this case is sufficiently suggesti in recommending that a more severe - | ment should be provided for the o! assaulting any person in charge of the mails. or of retarding, or otherwise them by threats of personal injury. gratifying result is presented in the fact that the deficienc during the last fiscal year was reduced to $4,081,190.18 as against The difference can be traced to the large increase in its ordinary receipts, (which greatly exceeded the estimates there- for, and a slight decrease in its expenditares.” The ordinary receipts of the Post Office de- nt for the last seven fiscal years hays ucreased atan average of over ei; the snerease of expendi- cures for the same period has been but about five fifty per cent. per annum, and the de- n | the emancipated race of the south would have found there a congenial home, where their civil rights would not be disputed, axd where theirlabor would be so much sought after that the poorest among them could have found the means to go. Thus, in cases of E> oppression and cruelty, such as n practiced upon them many places within the last eleven years, munitiees would have sought refug: Santo Domingo. I do not suppose the whol race would have nor ts it desirable that they should go. ie! r is desirable— indispensable almost — where they now are. But the possession of this territory would have left the ni “master of the situation” by enabling him to demand his rights at home, on pain of finding them elesewhere. do not present these views now asa rec- ommendation for a renewal of the subject of nexation; but I do refer to it to vindicate my previous action in regard to it. With the present Congress my official life termin- ates. Itis no’ th will e ve attention from me further than as a citizen of the republic, al- ways taking a deep interest in the honor, in- legrity and prosperity of the whole land ms; but the faultfinding,as far as lam xi,’ has been confined have been st affected, and in the present, us in the past, have the least cause to complain of the favor of the Goverament or the action of the Department. Those who are charged with the burdens of official duty must expect always to meet the criticism of that class, who, without consideration or re- sponsibility themselves, are ever ready to question the motives and actions of “After careful consideration of this #sub- ject, being convinced that Congress, when they fully understand it, will have no real desire to withhold from any of the service the pay which would acerue to it under the ordinary operations of the laws and customs governing the action of the de- partment, and will not wish to deprive well- leserving officers, whose lives are crated to their country’s service, and to whom no personal fault is imputed, of the means for the proper support aud edacation of their families, I have. besides the ordi estimates. an additional estimate to submit for the sum of $1,550,000 to Supply the inevit- able deficiency in the “pay” appropriation, and to enable the department to rescind its officers An assistant matl service orted that the trom his post, e to justify him panisi:- mse of obstructing y of this department 109,938.88 of the pre- it per cent. a. n . rder placing all unemployed on “far- Teiorm may be hindered by no obstacles. during the year in subduing, at the request of | crease of deficiency in the revenues has been U. 8S. Grant. = oy : ‘The neces ary legislation to carry into ef- | the Indian bureau, certain wild bands of the | at the rate of nearly two percent. per annum. | Executive Mansion, December sie tak. Hane az ond to make mp so geoee who fect the convention respecting commercial | Sioux Indian nation and in preserving the The report of the Commissioner of Agricul- —->-— feulton their - he nod juced, without Fe‘pioeity concluded with the Hawaiian | pence at the south during the election. The | ture. actompanying. this mossage,” will be AL REPORT OF THE SECRE | {hey woul) clerics heen ee pas, Which Islands in 1575 having been had, the procla- ission constituted under the act of July | found one of great interest, marking, as {t TARY OF THE TREASURY. pene will be aarncetly presed on neko Ge mation to carry Into effect the eonvention as , fo consider and report on the ‘'whote | does, the rf Of the last couttry in The report shows that the net revenues fo | frov. Ayre $ yy SY provided by the act approved August 15, ject of the reform and reorganization of | the Variety of the soil; increased | the fiscal year were $287 482,030.16. and tha | PTVision, ; war duly issued upon the Sth any of Keycem: | the army” met in August lasteand has cot. | Knowledge ani ekill ie, ie tata ereases | the fis expenditures were $358400-101'53, lay | Mil! have’ great gratification in carrying It ber last. A copy thereof accompanies this lected a large mass of statistics and opinions message. bearing on the subject before it. These a: The commotions which have been prev: now under consideration and their re} is lent in Mexico for some time past, ani progressing. I am advised, though, the which unhappily seem to be not yet wholly | president of the commission, that it’ will be quieted. have led to complaints ‘of citizens | impracticable to comply with the clause of of the United States of injuries by perso ss in | the act requiring the report to ee authority. It is hoped, however, that these | through me, to Songress on the first day of willultimately be this session, hed oe ee ee ee interested rs adjusted to the satisfac- i tion of both governments. The frontier of | that mature deliberation which the import- demands. Therefore I ask the United States in that quarter has not | ance of the oe been exempt from acts of violence by citi- | that thetimeof making the report be extended zens of one republic on those of the other. | to the 2th day of January, 187. In accordance with the resolution of Au- The jeney of these is supposed to be ireres and their adjustment made more | gust 15, 1876, the army regulations prepared under the act of March 1, 1875, have been difficult by the considerable changes in the promulgated, but are held unt'] after the r- course of the lower of the Rio Grande river, which river is @ part of the boundary | port of the ‘above-mentioned commission shall have been received and acted upon. cul in agricul rum tween the two countries. These changes ee have placed on either side of that river por- tions of land which by existing conventions belong to the jurisdiction of the government on the opposite side of the river. The sub- ject of adjustment of this cause of difficulty _—— consideration between the two re- publics. The government of the United States of Colombia has paid the award in the case of the steamer Montijo, seized by authorities of that government some years since, and the ee been transferred to the claim- an It is with satisfaction that I am able to an. nounce that the joint commission for the ad- Justment of claims between the United States and Mexico, under the convention of 1868, the duration of which has been several times extended, bas brought its labors to a close. force of the army was increased by 2,500 meii with the proviso that they should be dis p aag enl on the expiration of hostilities. Un- der this authority, the cavalry regiments have been strengthened and a portion of them are now in the field pursuing the ren nants of the Indians with whom they have been engaged during the Summer. estimates of the War Department ar made up on the basis of the number of men authorized by law and their requirements as shown by years experience; and also with the purpose, on the part of the bureau officers, to fete for all contingencies that may arise luring the time for which the estimates are made. Exclusive of engineer estimates (pre- sented in accordance with acts of Congre: calling for surveys and estimates for im- recommendations of A re generall; e and the rel of Hi adel; one hundred in a single century ducing, saving, and manipulating the same to prepare them for the use of man; in the improvements in machinery to aid the agri- ist in his labors and kno’ tho € scientific subjects necessary to ough system of economy in agricultural pro- duction, namely: chemistry, poser. ento- mology, &c. A ay of this rey y those ure and vi upport from it, will find itof value; in point- ing out those articles which raised require and must sell therefore for less than the cost of production, and those which com- and a profit over <a because I gall oy attention to the need of the de- ent for a new gallery for the reception Of the exhibits returned from the Centennial By the act of Avgust 15. 1876, the cavalry | Exhibition, including the exhibits donated by very =, foreign nations; and to the cy tobe of the istrict Commissioners lealth are just received— too late to read them and make recommen- dations thereon—and are herewith submitted. The International Exhibition held in Phil- ia this year in commemoration of the anniversary of American in- dependence has proven a wi no doute, beotendaring advantage to the country. Ithas shown the great rogrens in the are, Sciences and mechattleal sic il made are but little behind older nations in any one branch, while in some we scarcely have a out; otherwise the service and the ment will have no alternative but to sul ing a surplus revenue, exclusive of provis 3. to the deficiency and the reduction whica tails.” 2 ions for the sin! fund, of $29,022,241 The revenues yie! rg ped jess than na know of] t estimate, net expense | a eS cipated, exhibiting a surplus revenue of €29,- cue ree i 241.83, Or $13,640.45 in excess of the amount contemplated. From the rtatement ofactual receipts and tures for the first quarter, that ending 30, and of the estimates of the same for the remaining three quarters, based upon existing laws, it is expected that the revenues for the current fiscal year will yield the sum of $264,292,449.59, that the ex- penditures will’amount’ to $237,628,753.35, which will leave a surplus revenue of 663, be The amount which should be applied to the sinking fund is estimated at $33,705,800.07. The = ae war = below that amount, in ion o! rument, by not less than $f az 11045. — It is estimated that the recet cal year ending June 30, 1878, w: 050,000. For the same Sertok ce totet : mated expenditures, exclusive of the sinking fund account and ‘principal of the public debt, is $243,350,704. U the basis of these estimates, there will be a surplus revenue for the fiscal year 1878, @pplicable to the sinking fund, of $26 99, The estimated amount required oo. to be set ood for that fund is $35,391,- f, therefore, these estimates shail _ to be approximately correct, there will = deficiency in this account of §8,691,- Hon. Z. Chandler, of the De- ing their partment of the Interior, in bis report first considers. — THE INDIANS. Progress and »\cady provement isshown among them. The Secriary ex the belief that the tanly passage of the appropriations by Congress had the e: materially strengthen Sitting Bull's He recommends the concentration of Indians upon a few reservations, by them of lands in severalty, and the exten- sion over them of the Unit States law and and Eu Jurisdiction ot Tnited States o consequent dissolution organiza- thon, and believes this plan would save the government a large sum = . He recom-~ mends the enactment of the Commissioner of Great success, and sioner recommends the favorable considera- tion of this claim. PUBLIC LANDS. onstrated that we . rival. Ithas served, too, not only to bring | 00.60. = From the re) the t of the United | provements at various localities) the esti- | people and products of skill and labor from | ‘The reduction in the public debt is $29,249,- cree polit na _ oy =r = a, sagan pel agen = —_ Fg geen all —- the —_— eae. but, in bring- 1.33. see! within | in excess of the appropriations for the years | ing together rom all sections of our The terms of the law of February 25, 1862, The total bonded ‘inion the time limited by the commission, one | Ist4r5 and Imso-Th, This increase is deked | en country, which must prove a great ben- | required by the tad Pacifie now he is $79,072,312, regi hs thousand and seventeen claims on the part | in order to provide for the increased cavalry | efit in the information imparted and pride of | account, that the publie debt should ‘be re- | 236,572 is due the United Sintce The indebi- of citizens of the United States against Mex- | force (should their services be necessary) to | country engendered. duced in the sum of $433,848,215.37 between | edness of the Central Pacifie at the clon of ico, were referred to the commission. Of | prosecute economically work upon impor Tt has beens: ted by scientists interested | July 1, 18€2, and the close ‘of the last fiscal | the fecal 308.43, of whiot these fiaims eight hundred and thirty-one | tant Public butidings, to provide for arina- | in und connected with the Smithsonian Inati- | year. “A reduction has been e: ring 4 = ere or disallowed, and in one | ment of fortifications, and manufacture of | tution in a communication rewith, that that period of £656,902,296.44, x Central 7 hundred and ‘cighty-six eases awards were | sinall arms, and to replenish the working | governmentexbibit be removelto thecapital | marethes was absolutely reyuised. no bw Sranch of the Caton mants against the stock in the supply departments. The ap- Propriations for these last named have, for the past few years, been so limited thal the accumulations in store will be entirely ex- hausted during the present year. and it will be necessary to at once begin to replenish nem. Linvite your special attention to the fol- lowing recommendation of the Secretary of ‘ar: Mexican Republic, amounting in the aggre- gate to four million one hundred and twea- ty-five thousand, six hundred and ehige two dollars and’ twenty cents. Within the same period nine hundred and ninety-eight claims on the part of citizens of the Mexican Republic against the United ferred to the commission. Of these claims eight hundred and thirty-one were dismissed and eta J this view, I di and a suitable building be erected chased for iis accomm: hibits at the centennial exhibition should re- main where they are, except such as might be injured by remaining in a building not in- tended as a protection in inclement weather, or such as may be wanted by the department. Said, asa matter of or pur- fact, that all of the pledges and obligations of It can therefore be ion as a perma- nent exhibit. ag paras cow A igen pe this, ene wd make Wwision for the A ~4 yongress wou! sin’ and the cancellation of the pub- rected that all government ex- | licdebt have been fully met and cartiotont, | TBS Work of the Patent ry Considerable space is given in the report to the question of the resumption of specie pay- . From October 30, 1876, the total re- 1 sources were $787 586.75, an in- 1, 186, Was §367,535,716. The amount of said | Crease previous or disallowed, and in one hundred and six- | First—Thatthe claims under the act of | furnish , until ° leposi retiring | Tine exponditns ous te ty-seven cases awards were made in favor | July 4, tst4, for supplies taken by Bie army | aucnt exhibition texte eae on OF Perm: | Hotes on de was 20,9098. ite Sener 356-20 loss than thoee for the pievioes pease of the claimants against the United States, | during the war, be removed from the offices | "Although the money national bank notes in circulation on that —_——— ; amounting in the te to one bundred of Sas quartermaster ond commissary gener- | gress to enable the partic! day was $20,143,464 less, and of legal tender and fifty thousand, four hundred and ninety- | als and transferred to the southern ims | eral executive di $14,464,284 less, than on Jani M, 1875—a — dollars and forty-one cents. commission. These claims are of precisely | tional Exhibition of 1876 were not sufficient total in circulation, ier the oper- the terms of the convention the amount | similar nature to those now before the | to earry-out ation of the act, $43,007,748, of awards is to be deducted from the | southern claims commi: the War | tent at first contemplated, it gives me pleas. From these facts, as well as from the large amount awarded in favor of our citizens ent bureaus have not the clerical | ure to refer to the very effi accumulations of money at the money cen- inst Mexico, and the balance only to be | force for their examination nor proper ma- | able manner in which ters and the lack of demand for it, it Es by Mexico to the United States, leaving | chinery for investigating the loyalty of the these to rent that the volume of currency is iy United States to make provision for this | claimants. exhibition on the the excess of the real demands Of legitimase e oo aegis ae ‘of an annuity fund for the benefit of | Hans echarE med Without s Gere might be grades sirewa'e I invite your attention to the legislation | the families of , and that it Bent to guide then in em! a tothe which will be necessary to for the so provide for the permanent @ display, the success ir In interest of omens. 1n this connection I am pleased | of the signal service; both of which were re- ——- atiested by the sustained and as a means of ma: able to the acknow! mended in my lastannual wi [ch the contents of tne Government Build. is ee pees paged iton, the umpire of pe aS ey operations = the pensable, vi - ‘arsenals be sold and the oa eS pe Senet di ma; ireet, applied to this object by ordnance de- = of the same asa ts ‘The appropriations for river and harbor im- By, he eetaaicel —- , 1879, shall Bis,000. ‘With my af the we Mmechanteal ‘arte and end, as the fractional 4 |, as ‘War directed that DP this amount ) | plied science in the itis deemed should be |, and no new id} affairs of government. cuum caused be prosecuted which were Many nations have should be made not importance. Sul a uted exhibits to change, the volume this amount was increased to $2,237, increase the interest in creased to the the rca! xo tage do this basis. | bition Congress lions of dollars, The im; of South Pass of the | act of Betteronity "they der to the. Mossissippi river, under James B. Eads and | thanks tee people, the the ne ‘anne! of twenty: | fet eat its Shite the present time ‘sa of twenty be adopted. ‘On the and three-tenths (20 3-10ths) feet in depth be- The attention of ‘cbtigations tween the jetties at tho mouth of the Pass, | earne tly called to coin and — and ener: 18%) feet at the | some saferuard the nation oF Gerteee canoes te noe examin’ng these | in; tine election! | Soubtfal good, as received. bute a “ int <4 ete soon 5 enlightenment. snotty at rande She ur deats Bey | Suporte, ee eet felipe ft with the 1 and at pguinage as rival the cost by law. sy $e sk