Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1881, Page 1

- THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Peunsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, Shon tous coeceee GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres't. from ten to fifteen mill Under the law, would beesianied Sees ‘Tre Evextxe StAn is served to subscribers tn the Jaw, would be enititied to sncceed to their own account 10 te Pension, leavi; $25,000,000 as the Seek, or at conte per months. Copies at the counter 3 amount to be paid. cents cach. By mail—postage p cents a mouth, Tn these estimates, no account has ‘one year, $6; six months, $3. Z A 33 ing, and d the 38,500 cases Mled since June and now {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as BERGE, which must receive sthenason as cae seccnd-class mail matter. | Sines, Hut which do not involve the Payment oF ‘Tre Weexiy Stan—published on Friday—$2 3005 id. 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Rates of advertising made known on application. ars beyond the date of filing the claim Of TWO CENTS allowed et tS estimated that 86 per cent will be As has been stated, with the present force of the Pension Burean, 675 Clerks, tt ts estimated that tt — SIX Years to dispose of the claims ROW THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. with one of the es, it 18 important that the | pared by the board and approved by my predeces- | ‘The six per centum bondsof the loan of Febru- But if we heed the teachings of history we shall | from which they have again been dislodged when- ra Ve 58—N®: 8,945, Itts stated by the Commissioner of Pensions that v ri 5 of epi- 1861, and of the m war debt, amounting | not forget that in the life of every nation emet ever their new-found homes have been desired by ¥ th ke its views known to the | service to the nation. e Secreta * n vg Baad ¥ = = To the Senate and House af Representatives of | Vovites td'tne agtecment, ue well as to intiaaee | Tree Santtary Conterence, towhich | his intention to redeem the same, “and such as| "No danger from abroad now thfeatens Mis | puch they have often been preceded, have led. to | thee tuege suas outs peat ‘pon within wire the United States: them to the Belgian and Spanish Governments. | T have ncn fdopted a form of a DilLof health | have been presented have Deen pald from the sur-| people, nor have we any cause to distrust the | frequent and aisastrous conflicts, between the peony An appalling calamity has befallen the Ameri-| | The questions growing out of the proposed inter- | to be used by all vessels seeking to enter the ports | plus reventes. There have algo been redeemed at | friendly professions of other vernments. races, ES appalling calamity oceanic water-way across the Isthmus of Panama | of the countries whose representatives partici- | par $16,179,100 of the three: ahd one-half per cen-| But for avolding as well as for repelliug dangers | It is profitiess to discuss here which of them has erations of justice which ee te tae Gale Where Sou Een cee anvennion |SrSO8 grave ational tmportanca. . This gevern-|| pack 10 tee Genk ete Te ees | en “continued” bonds, ms a total of bonds | that may threaten usin the future, we must be | been chiefly responsible for the disturbances | May be urged for a spends setelment of the clatees Met in the halls where you are now assembled. | Tone nas not been unmindful of the aolermn Obit. | been premise by the National Board of Health | redeemed, or which nave ceased to bear interest | prepared to enforee any policy which we think | whose recital occupies 80 large a space Upoll the Bow on the files of the Pension Omiice, ts no less We misht else recall with unalloyed content the | gations imposed upon it by Its compact of 1846 with | and incorporated with its rules and regulations, | during the year, of 723,000,680, Wige to adopt, rs of our history. Hapertant cn the score of cconomy, inasmuch ae Tare prosperity with which throughout the year | Colombia, as the independent and sovereign mis- | which have been approved by me in pursuance 0} Wore led Pd — on se ee Pe abahaned [eels fend oe pees ical Speed ane Soe Lo — Buty dh appalling f tack that en ft nched <4 oo wimetheo i! i 4 ce te ee ree ee ae | mrvghe ta vente Cee cmeetine ba tree cree | ean health of the people 1s of supreme import-| By reduction of interest to three and ce | SHIPS of war over the highways of commerce, the | and hundreds of millions of dollars exreuied te | Tespondence with the thousands of claimants been plenteous; its varied industries have thrive; | Tatts with the Colombian, Republic looking vo | ance’ ih rere eine ye protection | one-half per cent. $10,473,952 25 | varied interests of our foreign trade, and’ the | the attempt to solve the Tndian probieu, thas | Whose cases have been on the Mies for the past the health of its people has been preserved; it has | their practical execution. The negotiations to this against the spread of contagious diseases, and to | By redemption of persons and property of our citizens abroad, to until within the Past few years seemed scarcely | a a 3 vt ee i ae ta nena d enormous intained with foreign governments the undis- | end, after they h@d reached what appeared to bea | the Increase of our sanitary knowledge for such | maintain everywhere the honor of our fla nearer a solution than it Was halt acen go. pe expended by sovermment to mort dee farted peac mutually satisfactory solution here, were met in | purposes, deserve attention of Congress. Total. ae $16,826,292 95 | distinguished’ position which we may But the government has of Jate been cautiously | ands for arrears of peffions, 1s ab admonition to bspetncosestyy hep dcoatl prone Reta eed ope eect powers which its | The report of the Secretary of the Treasury pre-| _ ‘The three and one-halt per centuza bonds, being | claim among the nations of the world. but steadily feeling its way to the adoption of a | Congress and the Executive to give cautious pola aations of Bis favor, we owe to him who | envoy had assumed, and by a proposal. for te- Sih detail a bighiy satistactory exnivit ofthe | payable gt the pleasure of the government, are | _ ‘The report of the Postmaster. General ts a gratt- | pole witch wee already produced gratifying re | Sideration to allir project In the future. holds our destiny in His hands the tribute of our pewed negotiation on a modified basis. Sate oe ho finauate and tne comaibon ‘of the vari- | available for the Savon ve Surplus revenue re Ne rye of the growth and efficiency of the = Tonal Repo in =e nw mie y a likely, os Peed pi nowy : gl Neytge sen ry And a 4 en je thls gover earned tha - | 6 of the ce administel without the psyment of premiums. postal service. ‘01 Executive accord I Its sup; € S$ afford ve Tact ths erage ore poi peasant exercise of His will, which | bla had pronosed (0 Gie Raropent power join in that deperanane ns Poe neice administered by | Wiican these bonds can be. tanded. ht gmnch | |The Teceipts from postage and other ontinary fo relies usere long from the dintculties which | obtained tpn each application, ts $1,800, lead me % jaar ee , g oe “a i painare lower rate of interest than they now bear, I agree | sources during the past fiscal year were | have hitherto us. 0 propriety of making some has taken from us the loved and illustrious citizen | 3. Suqrantee of the neutrality of the pro) Fane | pthe ordinary revenues from all sources for the f special a Cunal—a guarantee which wou in direct | nscal year ending Juce 30, 1881, Wel {pile the Secretary of the Treasury that no legisia- | $36.189,816.58. ‘The receipts from the money-order | For the success of the efforts now making to | appropriation tor the prevention af free who was but lately the head of the nation, We | contravention of our obligation as the sale guar- | Prom customs s $198,159,676 02 | tion respecting them ts desirable. Business Were, $205,581.99, making total of | introduce among the indians the customs and | 1 advise appropri ations for such Internal tie zi e integ y tory 6 264 Itis a matter for congratulation that the bust- | $36,7 97. ‘The expenditure for the fiscal year | pursuits ofc fe, and gradually to absort as the wisdom of Congress may tow in sorrow and submission. ig | Of the neteraltie-or the canst tiene ier ees Bion cutee ut ates ve ab1'e6s 1 | mess of the counsry has been so prosperous during | was $54 731798-46, The detictt supplied out, of the Thema into the mass of ‘our cittamn hariae eee | Lobe of pubile imrortanee Recessity of ime The memory of his exalted character, of his predecessor felt tt his duty to place before the Eu- | From tax on circulation ‘and deposits i the past year as to yield by taxation a large | general Treasury was $2,481,129 35, or 6 3-10 per | rights and holden to their responstbllities, there 4s | proving. the tion Of the Mississippt noble achievements, and of his patriotic life will n powers the reasongwhich make the prior} — of national banks S,116,115 78 | Poyenue awe emai UNChAReOd, ales wepies | SEEN Ee ee en, Te receipts ware only wigceniee nee ae a be niefly pe as) vel Ssession Oo! antee 0 if spensi ‘Tepayment of interest b ee revenue laws remain unchanged this surplus | $3,469,918.63 in excess of those of the previous year, y suggestions hat regai a " a oe pion Which the interjection of say tock tas ONO Rare Cote ee einiaes en | tnusts year by yean: Incroube ents BTaOE eae | and a Rea ern e Drevicns yeah, such as have been already called to the attention | h now impede the navigation = might be regarded as a superfluous and unfriendly | prom sinking turd for Pacific Haile ¥ Feduction of the public debt and its burden of in-| two years ago, before the present period of busi. | of Congress, and have rerslved to horse, ee eae | OF That een how impede t ‘The announcement of his beaches a for | act way Compantes 805,180 54 | terest, and a of yes oo of Gs ness prosperity had fairly begun. peter ant a ag Gott a = In a accepting the nomination for the elgn governments and peoples tributes of spmpa- reset of eae “ population. In 1860, just prior e institution} The whole number of letters mafled in this rst. T recommend the passage of an act making | Vice Presidency, I stated that in my judgment “ne thy ana sorrow which history will record as signal goverment ow Ge rere tke ington Bul, Ue Ce ee SO OR eee OO ee bein eeuaition | country in the last fiscal year exceeded one thous- | the laws of the various States and. Territories | man should te the keawatesy ay a office the tokens of the kinship of nations and the federa- | wer treaty of 1850, as affording room for a share in m is but slightly exceeded 30,000,000; by the census of | and millions. applicable to the Indian reservations within their | duties of which he y cause unfit to ti ankind. the guarantees which the United ‘States cove- 2214008 08 | tt tetd took cond fo, Exceed 50,000,(00. It IS] | ‘The registry system 1s reported to be tn excel- | borders, and extending the laws ot the State of | form cwho is laccine we at fuenty or t prob fecereti nanted with Colombia four years before, I have i estimated that even if the aynual receipts and ex- | lent condition, having been remodeled during the | Arkansas to the portion of the Indtan Territory which a proper 2dministr, The fecliuc of good-will between our OWN gOvern- | not hesitated lo supplement the action ofmy pre- ees 262,174 00 penditures should continue as at present the en-| past four years, with food Tesults. ‘The amount | BOC occupied by the five civilized tribes. nis Se ment and that of Great Britain was never more | decessor by proposing wo. Her Majesty's Gorern- | Pere oe eine 8,468,485 61 | Ure debt could be paid in ten years. of registration fees collected during the last fiscal | |The Indian should receive the protection of the | 1 Marked than at pr ro iecesuition of this | ment the modification of that instrument and the | prog Bromts on cs the District of Go- In view, however, of the heavy load of taxation | year was $712,882.20, an Incrense over the fiscal | 18W. He should be allowed to maintain In court | Widely atvided upon the wisdom and practicability Picasing tact 1 air Sion of the | abrogation of such clauses thereof as donot com- | yomny 2,016,199 23 | Which out people have already borne, we may well rktown, that | port with the obligations ot the United States to- From miscellaneous sources. ear ending June 30, 187, of $345,443.40. his rights of person and property. He has repeat- | of th mus Teformatory schemes Which have 4 hdence 40 which I shan | 27d Colombia, or with the vital needs of the two consider whether it 18 not the part of wisdom to | ” ‘The entire number ol letters and packages rezis- | €dly begwed for this privilege. its exerctee shoud | ain proposed 6,206,880 18 | Teduce the revenues, even if we delay litte the | tered during the year was 8538 919,/01 WHICR, caiy be very valuable to ih his progress toward endl tes mn pa $360, Payment of the de! 2,061 were lost or destroyed in transit. ation. refer hereafter in relation to the proposed canal | "mnis4Peatnment mee eine great concern the| TotLordinary receipts. #300,782,202 57 | P't'seems to me that the time has arrived when | “21. operations of the money-order system are | _ Second. Gf even ereater importance ts a measure | North ee Eehmus of Panama, little has occurred | continuance of the hostile relations beawoee Chill, | The ordinary expenditures for the same period | the People may justly demand some relief from | multiplying yearly under the linpulse of lusmigra, | Which has been trequentiy, wecotmimended by my Alistract tests above gene the Oxo countries: 2 {He diplomatic relations of | Yottvia, and Peru. An early peace between. tess | wot! caer pacsent Onerous burden, and that by due | tion, of the rapid development of the newer states | Predecessors in office, and In furtherance of Which | etal busines camaatti nnd special fitness for Gig tro countries. Tepublics 1s much to be desired, not only that they | For civil expenses. #17,941,177 19 | Cronemy in the various braniches of the pubile | and’ territories, and the consequent demand for | SeVeral bills have heen trom. tme to. time intro. | the particular work th hand. Te seems to me that Early in the year the Fortune Bay claims were | my themselves be spared further misery and | For forcl TA Tatereourca 1/093°954 92 | 8¢ TYIce, this may readily be afforded. Additional means of intercommunication and ex- | duced in both Houses of Congress. The enactment | the Fules Which sliould be applied te the teen Satisfactorliy s¢ttled by the British Government | hioodshed, but because their continued antagonism } For Tanieng se 6,514,161 09 | _ 1 therefore concur with the Secretary in recom- | change. of a general law permitting the allotment in sev- | ment of the public service, nay properly conform. 2 eee ome: Most O€ which | threatens’ consequences which. aree ik Tae Judge | FOF Mdlans woosjz7a 62 | mending the abolition of all internat-revenue |" During the past year, 838 additional mone eralty, to ste Indians, at least, as, desir i, of a in fhe math to set as regulate the Conduct of side ady distributed. "As the terms of the sis Sette 2 taxes, except those upon tobacco in its various | order 0 ve bee establis aking asonable quantity of land secured to them by | cesstul private baste Settlement included compensation for tnjuries | @°2* dangerous to the interests of republican gov- | For the military establi: es, except ose Ci au order offices have been established, making a total f yj\e al 0 i hment, in- forms, and upon distilled spirits and fermented | oft ; etiate atent, and for their own protection made Inallen- | “Original appointments should be Based Suffered by our fishermen at Aspee Bay, there has | Stroy the ‘west clown oe price lp eluding river and harbor improve- en One P! Of 5,499 In operation at the date of this report. P p igimal avy upon Salute be given to the Save for the corres have seemed to ex= liquors; and except also the special tax upon the| During the year the dotnestic money orders ag- | 2ble for twenty or twenty-five years, is demanded | ascertained fitness. Deen retained fsom the gross award acum which | SIfO¥ the De Fores ant areca 40,466,460 55 ) manufacturers of, and dealers tn, such articles | grmaiing the vear the domestic money °S* | for thetr present welfare and Uicir permanent ade | “=the tenure of ofice should be stable. 48 deemed adequate for those claims, Asin the present excited condition of popular GEOR” af The retention of the latter tax is desirable as |” A modification of the’ system 1s suggested, re- | Vancement. “Positions of responsibility 5 , 80 far as dhe Parvcipation of Americans in the exbibi- | reeting in these Countries then vos ne, PCTS ae ea pane: Hil aon ort es | ailoniing the Oflicers of tae. goveruinente propee ducing the fees for money orders not exceeding $5 | | Jn return for such considerate action on the part | practicable, be filled by the promMouen of worthy tions at Metbourne and Sydney will be approvingly misapprehension of the position of the United | yo ba set at navy-yards.. 15,686,671 66 supervision of these articles for the prevention of | from ten cents to five cents, and making the maxi- | Of the government, there is reason to believe that ; nt officers, mentioned in the Exports of the two exhibitions, | States, and as separate diplomatic intercourse with | Eo, URS Ee Pe Fraud. I agree with the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, | mum limit $100 in place of $50. the Indians in large numbers would be persuaded | “The investigation of all complaints and the Soon to be presented to Congress. ‘They will dis | cach through fnlenendert ministers is sometines pees He gee that the law imposing a stamp tax upon match Legislation for the disposition of unclaimed mo- | sever their tribal relations and to engage at | punishment of all offical misconduct, should be Close the readiness of our countrymen to make | subject, owing to the want or rompt reciprocal houses, and collecting’ the reve- 41,897,280 57 | Proprietary articles, playing cards, checks, and | ney orders in the possession of the Post Office de. | O8ce In agricultural pursuits, Many of them real- | prompt and thorough.” prise Competition 12 distant elds of enter- | communication, to temporary talsunderstendine 1 NGHIAME GEG ene rats, may with propriety be repealed, and the | partment is recommended, in view of the fact that | 17° the fact that thelr hunting days are over, and |. The rr in the foregoing letter are pris have deemed it judicious, at the present time, to District of Columb: A 8,543,912 03 | law also by which banks and bankers are assessed ther total value now exceeds one million dollars. | that it ts now for their best interests to conform | those ero my administration of the Kegotiations for an International Copyright | send a special envoy, accredited 10 wit oed eh For intereat on the pubic dev 508,741 18 | UPon thelr capital and deposits. There seems to| ‘The attention of Congress 18 again invited to | their manner of life to the new order oF things, : They are 4 Convention are in hopeful progress. them, and furnished with general instructions, | For Hurston the public Miased..., “Pomeoig 28 | be a general sentiment in favor of this course. the subject of establishing a system of savings | BY No greater inducement than the assurance of | al Int lligent and. patroth the Canadian Trouter, hes aiiiud, ls forces upon | which, ‘will, J tush, enable ulm to bring these | POF Premium on bonds purchaséd..:: 1,061,248 78 | be ® gen present condition of our revenues the tax | depositories in connection with the Post-Omee | Permanent ace a the poll ean they beled to en. | divengeut fp their opinio mee 4 the | PoWers into friendly relations. ‘Total ordi 260, 59 | Upon deposits is especially un!ust. It was never | Department. i = Of putting them into jp although bodies of British Indians still cross the | P9NCTS! ordinary expensess...... 260,712,887 Border in quest of sustenance. Upon this subject | muoerrament of Venezuela maintains tts at- imposed in this country until it was demanded by he statistics of mail transportation show that he well attested reports of their increasing in-| For example, the Utude of warm friendship, and continues with + 100,069,404 98 | the necessities of war, and was never exacted, I | during the past year raflroad routes have been tn- | terest, In husbandry Justify the hope and belief | polutments should, be Waseca upon ascertalned pecebenca which promises | great regularity its payment of the monty quota | AUN es eae setae a correspondence ba erst believe, in any other country, even in its greatest | creased in length 6,24 9 miles, and in cost $1,114, that the enactment of such a statute as I recom. | fitacss” is not open to dispute. Gant wee moo oPs,, Bave | Of the diplomatic debt. Without. siggesting the ‘To the redemption of exigencies, Banks are required to secure their | while steamboat routes, have heen aeceeea wk | mend would be at once mete with gratifying | ut the question how in practice such fitness bes avold meanwhile all collisions with alien | qirection in which Congress should act, I ask its | Bonds for the sinking fund. = $74,871,200 00 | circulation by pledging with the Treasurer of the | length 2,182 miles, and in cost $134,054. The so- | results. A resort to the allotment System would | can be most effectually ascertained, 18 one which he secure t the Yorkt see attention to the pending questions affecting the | Fractional currency for the sinking inte: Ualted States bonds of the general government. | called stur routes have been decreased in length | have a direct and werful influence in dissolving | has for years excited interest and discussion: ‘The Cat vea oe hae worktown celebration of rep- | distribution of the suis thus far received, fund ...... 109,001 05 | The interest upon these bonds, which at the time | 8,949 miles, and in cost $364,144. ihe tribal bond, whichis se prominent a feature of | measure, which, with siizut. variaMone i ite de Dts Of Lehn tes French Republic and descend- |" ‘The relations between, Venerucks ned France, | Loan of February, 1861 ants of Lafayette and of his gallant compatriots 4 who were our ailies in the revolution, has served | SraW/2S Out of the same debt, have been for some | Ten-forties of 1861". tatls, has lately been unced upon the attention of fostrengthen the spirit_of good-will’ Which hee | UMePast in an unsatistactory state, and this gov- | Pres Cecetiey Le kas when the tax was imposed was 6 per cent., 1s now, | Ne . ave | Savage Ife, and which tends so strongly to perpet- 7,418,000 00 ‘ ne ean. alt ot the nore orpenaire Toutes have Congress and the Executive, has as {ts principal in most instances, 3% percent. “Besides, the en-| peen superseded by Fallroad service. ‘The cost | Uate it. Ire 2 St | ‘Third. Tadvise a Itberal appropriation for thé pthescheme of ocompetiin v 18,300 00 | tire circulation was Originally limited by law and | of the star service must therefore rapidly decrease hé | feature the scheme Of comprtitive examination, siwage exited tet Coes erhnent, as the neighbor and one of the Largest | Fivectwenties OF toer < 31400 00 | nO increase was allowable. “When the existing | in the Western States and Territories TANCUAt Eee Gone ae a Patent | Save for certain exceptions, Which need Not here ‘You will be furnished with the proceedings of | ‘Te!tors of Venezuela, has interposed its Influence | Fiye-twenties of 1865. a 37,300 00 | banks had practically a monopoly of the business, | The Postinaster-General however, calls attention | wisest economy. | be specified, this plan would allow admission to the Bi-metaliic Conierence held during the sum. | With the French government with the view of pro- | Consols of 1865 S 143,150 00 | there was force in the suggestion, that for thé | to the constantly increasing cost of the railway Even among the most uncultivated Indian tribes | the Service only in its lowest grade, and would wo~ ir gt the city of Paris Xo accord was reach, Trait teat tice nonorable adjustment, "| Gonsols of 1907 2+ $3740 0 | might very. property exace a tax ‘on cireubmons | Mall service as a serious diniculty in the way of | entre iyamons the most uncultivated Indian tribes | Song Slot be aha but a valuable tnterchange of views was bad, and | the Calica States and Brazil, from which Consols of 1868 = * 887,400 00 open ‘ e nd the | Making the department self-sustaining. on the part of the chiefs and older members for | HOES Should ecient ane ee conference will next year enewed. terion esol which great | Texan Indemnity stoc m 1,000 0g | but for years the system has been free, and thé | Our tal Intercourse with foreign countri “ ser nay these particulars It 1s. In conformity with the ex= is the Biosariest Exuidition In Coneveas apo foe chee thdrawe of tay, ‘Kmertean ines ot | OH Se oe ee reir Smount of circulation regulated by the public de-| nas'vebt nace with the growth of ie ee ee ortnts fact, that, aig tas payer oe coe oe oe held at Paris, this country was creditably repre- att : ¢ and other notes... ° 830 2 sected by eminent specialists who, In the absence | Gummunication between the Brazilian ports and | and'to the Increase of casti Ii the Bs 4 \ eves Which tended that ‘The retention of this tax has been suggested as| S¢rvice. Within the past year several countries | means which have been at the command of the | Mmdced the Success Which has attended that sys— S < tem in the country of its birth Is the stron our own. : and colontes have declared their adhesion to the | Interior Deparunent for the. purpose of Indian | gy eune te oe ange «mod id stance he Stat epartment Ps Inite t nist : i aled it we oy a al service, exces ivia, | 1 uccess Of the schools which are tn operatic While our exhibitors in this almoct dictinetively eee Sores an the Caeoi sites Lahn oly 100,069,404 98 | ting notes. If the tax should be repealed it would , Ni ‘The fact should not, however, be overlooked that al | Costa Rica, New Zealand, and the British colonies | at Hampton, Carlisle, and Forest Grove should not | yt “id of + The requires Kt certainly seem proper to require the national ° 4 PI a Pariah Held of achievement have won several | Arzentine Republic and Chit disposing or the e requirements of the sinking fund for the Pron there are certula featu of the § lisa system a . in Australta. only encourage a more generous provision for the " ~ oie y able awards ~ . Bd 2 $90,786, ich si - | banks to pay the amountvf such expense to the = = 3 tds he | Which have not generally been received with favor Vide {oF the repays ne that Congress pro- | iong-pendtug Patagonian BOUndare Gestion. te Gluded n balance ofS ara nee soya ite] Comptroier of the currency. ave TEcenEIy. Deer Made ba te Teese egtOns | Support of those Institution, Dut should prompt the | jyiyan Mave Hot Seuerally boon recelved with favor Vide for the repayment of the personal expenses | {5 a irattr ot congratulation that our government | Guiine “the ng vaecal youre: Phe a ‘or| _4tis perhaps doubtiul whether the immediate | have recently becn made ln the expense of tie | establishment of others of a shuilar character, cates of elvil-service reform. Reurred, in the public interest, by the honorary | has been afforded ime onporuniee et Successfully | $74 480,201.05 was applied to this fund, wile ert. | reduction of the rate of taxation Utes Nevers ana | Str-route service. ‘The inve ations OF the De- | They are doubtless much more potent for good | Ces of clhil-servi One see ques ‘ing the status of our | SXTUME Its cood Ree ee ee prwention Of | deficit ot s16.H05R7247. "The increase of the reve. | cobacco Is advisable, especially tn view oF the Pont HAY oRO IAT See pulsars algetnr spare Tron the arene | 1. A tenure of office which ts substantially a life < ye status sagreements between these republics of the S 881 over those : drain upon the Treasury which must attend the Race Gis elesae ae a vith | = nt eparated trot esurround- | tenure. haturalized clitzens in Germany have arisen dur- C2 ues for 1881 over those of the previous year was s . a ments against persons formerly connected with | ings of savage life, and ought into constant con- 0 ” axim and. the causes of complaint care: | American continent. youthat the treaties tntety | $2252001.10. It fapestimated' that the receipts | Pa¥Ment of arrears or pensions. A comparison, 2 A limitation of the maximum age at which an that service, accusing them of offenses against the | tact witht cinlilention r Wever, Of the amount of taxes collected under | gt a rants applicant can enter the service, whereby ill, mem ceased through the heey mney have practically the varr}ing rates of taxation, whieh have at gic. | UDited St arged with the conduct of he cases Om | warerorste Mn other Bhanrs of this subject | Aintaate Wiror oldutarcewilh some eee Government in accepting our often-expressed | Poesia tenons eng! Made) at svistons | BS 8 Surplus of $130,000.00 BOP to te Ae | Te ome tedeel On Cay eee io adutmation | the part of the government and upon the eminent | Gece Or eTeae becoming iiits of this com- | HR Cine th owance upon golng out of office Beaty iit RE, The application of the | into effect. ‘The prompe and. ielemlly soe cane | Ing fund and the redemption of the public debt. Ihaterial diminution Of the revemien WOU") counsel who, berore my accession. to. the Pres. Munieation; they are discussed ably in the re-| ‘Turse umes clemeuts anton tee meen ee Sreaty oF 1st to the lately acquired Rhenish prove | Late ettect Chinese Government, at the request of | -<J APProve the recommendation of the Secretary ‘The tariff laws also need revision; but, that a | GeBCy, were called to their assi-tance, the duty of | ports of the Secretary of the Interior aud the Com: the problem as anyor the s. ‘To eliminate - Gefinite amt ineting Te earnest attention, and a | the United States, conceded. the modiictton of | of the Treasury, that. provision be. made for the ue regard may be patd to the coubicting inves: | Prosecuting with the utmost vigor of ‘the law all | Pacaaomatne Secretary of the : “ during the resent fis ear will re; th China have been duly ratified on | $400,000,000, an the expenditures $270,000,000, ae cially in Alsace and Lorraine, have practically | negotiated them from the English system would effect a most @efinite and lasting agreement on this potnt is | existine treation hould secure careful regard for | Cty retirement of stiver certificates, and that the 3 of our citizen: jortant changes shouid be | Persons who may be found chargeable with frauds | For many years the Executive, in his annual onze in its theory and practic Seatiiently expected. ‘The participation of the | the intercats and susceptitilitvee ne that govern. | act Fequiring their tssue ‘be repealed. They were fanas with caution, ie eee Tevision. cannot | UPOD the postal service. Message to Congress, has urged the necessity of nd purpose of thut system is to induce eS ee [scitheroty Sows York | ment in the enactment of any laws relating to Feo ponies poley or ae rorern: | be made at this session, a commission such as was phe Acting Attorney General calls attention to oe wort = ron ewreenytl ge pducated Young men of the country to devote m = le f sequent reception by | C3 “ eI ainta er at or near the stand- el o 0 f ie necessity of modifying the present system of | am: ies, and espectally in ‘er- M HM their American Kinsunen, ates hese eee on by immigration, ‘ordingly made Tecelvable for a | Jately approved by the Senate and is now recom. y P a thetr lives to public employment by clauses of the treaties which forbid the | 8%, and were . the courts of the United States—a necessity due to | ritory of Utah. ‘The existing statute for the pun- Ues of good-will which unite the German people mended by the Secretary of the Treasury would iz nd public dues. About sixty- that having once entered upon it they need never ion of citizens or vessels of the United | CUStoms, taxes, . 'y-six | qoubtless lighten the labors of Congress when- | the large increase of business, especially in the | ishment of this odious crime, 80. revolting to the | joave it, and that after voluntary retirement ey Cpa on nh a States in the opium trade wilt doubtless receive | Millions of then are now outstanding. ‘They form | ever this subject shall be Drought tone cash ioe Supreme Court, | Litigation in our Federal tribu- | moral_and religious sense of Christendom, has | shail p= the recipients of in antual pension, ‘That intercourse with Spain has been friendly. | your approval. They will ater tine eke | an unnecessary addition to the Paper currency, a | ton, nals became greatly expanded after the close of | been persistently and contemptuousiy violated | $i . Soa Catv aee frm Yor the taionciuded, In February last tixes a | Interest whieh our people and government fet ie, | SuMicient amount. of yanks TAY be Teadlly sup-) ‘The accompanying report: of the Secretary of |.the Inte war. ‘So long as that. expansion might be Set funce Itsenactment. Indeed, in spite of com- | cescful In Great Brittin woems to be generally come ce Conan tabors of the Spanish and American | the commendabie cffonts of the Chinees Gon ern- | Piled by the national banks. War will make known to you the operations of | atributuble to the abnormal condition in which | mendable efforts on the part of the authorities who | Cofetill In ¢ by those who once opposed its adop- Hee anton. | ihe Spanish Government | ment to put a stop to this demoraliing qin, | _ 1m accordance with the act of February 28, 1878, that department for the past year, : the community found itself immediately after the | represent the United States in that territory, the | (7d has been requested to pay the late awards of that | mene to Put 2 s the Treasury Department has, montlily, caused at s 4 ! ot ce i rs has in very rare instances been entorve1, and, » tthe He suggests measures for promoting the effici- | return of peace, prudence required that no change | law rn m To a statute which should incorporate all its es commission, and will, it is believed, accede to the e] least two millions in value of’ silver bullion to be . Ww! Q , er | bemade in the constitution of our judicial tribu- | fora cause to which reference will presently be Fequest as promptly dnd courteously as on former | changer ane doce ee nee (and, Japan, some | eid Into Sta ae ower bul hundred | PCY Of the Army without adding to the number j a MEL SR eee | sential features I should fee! bound to give my ap “Sy fentatleplsiation onerots fines nave neen | “mat uTEMctON. T bone ab eee seine Already conn, whale only abote tists svar Rak | ReGeSSaNY 0 hicrease the number of eniseat men | "Butt as now ecome apparent that, an tm. | Tne fact that adherents of the Mormon church, | Errests of the public toe UE. ane eeeaeak Be BY recen station onerous fines have been | (elas bene . u. a ed, four mill- > | mense increase o' ation has directly resul ich rests upon polygamy as {ts corner-stone, wee hye Beg Bardon ~ iposed upon American shipping in Spanish and = ple a secheme tor its improvement in fons are in circulation. to thirty thousand, the maximum allowed by law. ga ip immediate and ext-n=ive application, which em- neat Es 1 eRSay a from the wonderful growth and development, of | have recently been peopling in large numbers ee aiegulsrities inmant-| ‘The Intimacy between our own country and| ,,For the reason which he specifies, I concur in Sie er ee eee eau | the eountvy. There tarne ground ioe Hear Idaho, Arizona, and other of our Weewern Terr! feats | Obe case of hardship ts spectally worthy of | Japan, the most advinced of the eastern nations, | the Secretary's recommendation that the provi. | hay ppress disorder and marauding in new set- | the business of the United States courts will ever | tories, 1s well calculated to excite the liveliest In- may be seriously doubted, even by those who are attention. The bark ie tnud for Japan, | continues to be cordial. Tam advised that the | S100 for colnage of a fixed amount each month be tlements; to protect. settlers and thelr property | be less in volume than at present. Indced, that it | terest’and apprehension. It imposes upon Con- | iinpressed, as 1am Mmysell, with U grave importe qutered Manila in, distress, and is there sought to | Emperer cont. Mplates the establishment of full meee, and that hereafter only so much be against Indians, and Indiansagainst the encroach- | 18 likely to be much greater is generally recognized | gress and the Executive the duty. of arraying | ance of cofrecting the evils which inbere ik Uw Piacuiscated under Spanish revenue laws for an | constitutional goverumen ann Gee ee already | Cooma, 1s Sal be necessary to supply the.de- | Tents of intruders; and to ehable peaceable tm | DY the benen and bar against this barbarous system. all the power | Dresent methods of appolnuncnt. berg Wans<hipped cargo. | summoned a parliamentary congress for the pur- | mand. migrants to establish homes in the most remote | In view of the fact that Congress has already | which, under the Constitution and the law! they If, for example, the English rule which shuts Thowgh efforts tor her relief have thus far proved pose of effecting the change. Such a remarkable | ,,7e Secretary advises that the issue of gold cer- parts of our country. given much consideration to this subject, I make | can wield, for its destruction. out'persons above the age of Gwentytive peaks pp a Lis eee ae {he whole matter | step toward complete assimilation with the west, | tlfcates should not for the present. be Fesumed, | “The Army 18 now necessarily scattered over | nO suggestion as to detail, but express the hope Reference has been already made to the ob from a large number of public employracats 15 nob re kee : ser | aid suggests that the national banks may prop- Bt oxtes 3 f neve that your deliberations may result in such legisit- | stacles which the United States officers have np ‘The Senate resolutions of condolence on the as- | and he ore beneficial Telit) wilt onmelvi cs erly be forbidden by law to retire their Curreney outbreak occurs, relmforcements unter be burrion iy question braces certain features of ti lish system bub excludes or ignores others of ¢qnal importy ential Partof our own system, 1% u & Pome! ed | tion ‘as will give early relief to our overburdened | encountered in thelr efforts to punish violations of sctionable whether the attainment or tp tion of the Czar Alexander TL. were appro- | the chict Pactile cawee except upon reasonable notice of their intention | fram same conttere ee ee ee eee | comes Wile law. Prominent among these obstacies is the | Nest number of wares at a coments Cea orn aa ead to the Russian government, | “A question has’ arisen in relation to the exercise | 5012 do,. Such legislation would seem to be Juste Ways at heavy cost for transportation of men, | ‘The Acting Attorney General also calls atten- | difficulty of procuring legal evidence sufficihnt to | Mzhest number of tars at a oy aie ohh es Tate aarp, Has expressed its syiap thy Inout | m that country of the Judicial tweens eee | fled by the recent action of eorecis Gane on aes horses, wagons and supplies. Hon to the disturbance of, the public tranquility | Warrant a convicton even in the case of the most | Cations for appelutnnt, soul Ine pt to ee late national bereavement. It Is desirable that our upon our ministers and consuls. The indictment, | 0C¢asion referred to in the Secretary’s report. I concur in the recommendations of the Secre- | during the past year in the Territory of Arizona. | notorious offenders. = And under similar condittons, it may also be ques. contial relations with Russla should be strengthen- | a OT Ras, Consular court at | (Of the fifteen millions of tractional currency | tary for increasing the Army. to the seengt of {band of armed desperadoes, known as “Cow | | Your attention 1s called to a recent opinton of | Nodal wir ther lini cis ete el ed by proper engagements, assuring to peaceable Tams or Join Ross, a merchant-seaman on | still outstanding, only about elghty thousand has | thirty thousand enilsted mon oye probably numbering from iifty to one hun- | the Supreme Court of the United States, explain- | Sirictly limited to Its lowest abies, oe tupire the con: board an American vessel, have made It necessary | been redeemed ‘the past year. ‘The suggestion It 's report that in the | dred men, have been engaged for months in com- | ing its judgment of reversal in the case of Miles, ‘There are very insny characteristics which goto Which is due luns of a friendly state. | for the government to institute a careful examina, | that this amount tay properly be dropped from @ OF nces on the frontier the troops | Mitting acta of lawiesshess and brutality which | who had been convicted of bigamy in Utah. ‘The | Tere are very snans This is eSpectally needful with respect to Amert- | tion into the hature and: Meekoas oe ‘his Jurisdic- | future statements of the public debt seems worthy | have beon actively employed in collecting the In-| the local authorities have been unable to. Fepress. | Court refers to the fact that tee mecry attending | them are. provit ¢an Israchites, whose elasification with the native | Hon. of approval. dians hitherto hostile, und locating them on thelr | The depredations of thes», “Cow Boys” have also | the celebration of marriages in that ‘Territory | ‘wer are probity. | Tie cores Cvoked energetic remonstrances from |" Itappeared that Ross was regularly Shipped | Se arepy aces the suggestion of the Secretary as | proper reservations; that Sitting Bull and lis ad- | eXtended into Mexico, which the marauders reach | makes the Be ee er ne kine | Kank, ell rellamons miakiy sencronne to empeie this government. under the fag of the United Stites, but was by | to the advisability of relieving the calendar of the | hereuts are au prisoners at Fort Randall; that | from the Arizona frontier. With every disposition | the propriety is su ONE ENG Sie a OE | ee and mani tion for interiors. The as bepbleuentary consular agreement with Italy | birth a British subject. My predeceseor felt it oy | Ulted States colts Ta wale ee naar OF of | the Utes have been moved to thelr new reserva- | tomeet the exigencies of the case, I am embur- | evidence which now makes a wife incompetent to Shomach ok Gene iccite ts cat eee tt Re Be rest cont sed and Proclaimed, which puts | pe his duty to maintain the position: that: dune | New York, by the tearater wo eer tribunal of | tion in Utah; that during the recent outbreak of | Tassed by lack of authority to deal with them | testity against her husband. Erewtaeber bea or ny on Pellet oo oh eicts of jurisdiction in the case of crimes | his service asa regularly shinped seemen Greed | the numerods sues ee Pending against col- | the Apaches it was necessary to reinforce the gar- | effectually. The punishment of crimes committed | ‘This suggestion 18 approved. T recommend also ing questions, or likely to be @n shipboard. an American merchant vessel, Ross was subject to | lectors. Tisons in Arizona by troops withdrawn from New | Within Arizona should ordinarily, of course, be | the passage of an act providing that In the Terr. peat oe IaL ee cre been rafertant International conferences | the laws of that service and to the Jurisdicene ce | <The revenue from customs for the ast fiscal | Mexico; and that Some of the Apaches are now | left to the Territorial authorities. But it 1s worthy | tories of the United Sajes the fact that a woman ie have been held tn Itvly during the year. At the | the United States consultn nue to Byer that of the pee i increase of $11.037,611.42 | held prisoners for trial, while sone have eseaped, | Consideration whether acts whiich necessarily tend | has been insrried to a prroom chanced wikis Moen 0 u Congreen eh, Constess of Venice, the Beneticence | renew the recommendation which has been | aver that of the joes preceding. | $138,088,508.a9 of | and the majority of the tbo are new on thas nee | to embroll the United. states wit neighboring | shall not disqualify her as a witness upon his trial | indispensible conc! nD Turin, this coast nd the Hyxienlc Congress of | heretofore urged by the Executive upon the ater. | this amount wae colbrtot oe the: port of New | ervation, governments should not be declared crimes against | for that offense. i further recommend legislation | would very likely 1 he practical exctasio Teer patls country Was represented by delegates | tion of Congress, that after the Foduntow of ‘such apr’, Teaving $50,251,113.63 a8 the amount col-| ‘There is need of legislation to prevent intrusion | the United States, Some of the incursions atiuded by which any person solemnizing a marriage in nts, even though they unig! nom ranch ‘8 of the public service, or by private | amount ay be found due to American citizens, ected at all the ‘other ports of the country. Of upon the lands set apart for the f € ns duly credited in an honorary capacity. It the balance of the indemnity tunds heretofore ob- | this sum, $47,977,137.63 was collected on sugar, indians A large | t may perhaps be within the scope of the law | any of the ‘Territories shall be Fequired, under | possess quatit aP Superior Wo cir Younger 1s hoped that Congress will give such promienas | military force, at great expense, is now required | (Revi ‘usal, to file a | and more brilli romp “titors, a Statutes, section 5286) forbidding “mill- | stringent. penalties for neglect or tained from China afd Japan, and which are now | melado and molasses os = “ 3 be regarded as $27,285,624.78 00 wool an atrol the boundary line bet Kansas and | tary expeditions or enterprises” against friendly | certificate of such marriage in the supreme court 1s must not i: & the results of their participation as they may | in the handgot the Stste department, be returned | its manufactures: $21,462,234.34 on ron and steel, Re Indian reraony ane only | punterunent that | states; but. in view of the speedy assembling of | Gt tne ‘Territory. Pay Ge fgeee dead onl — rve. to the governments of those countries. and manufactures thereof: $19,038,665.81 on manu can at present be inflicted is the forcible removal | your body, I have preferred to await such legi=la- Doubtless Congress may devise other practicable - re dy, and which ‘may beret ppd mane ra rnb Gutles against ane hing of Hawall, in the course of his home- fnctures of silk; $10,58%)115.21 on manufactures of | of the intruder and the imposition of a Pecuniary | Hon as in your wistom the occasion’ may esem to measures for obviating the Gificultics, — hake | fully cenployed alre=dy, and which ma Bie i eh East les | ward return after a journey around the d, has } cotton; x on wines rits; +, Whicl cases, POSS! i- % > been - he Fe Sy ne | i ili eee aL rote es | FAR GA py pint | Cpe et pre nae | ea. Tn fo tr |r a tac _ ist at the | wi hat lom are friendly, this 7 "> eget “4 ZEEE cary ofl en pee | pane Sine en Mee ok | ging ates cation tou Dopet yar wore | Astin rpniation of tue gal, Sri | STsesnngn tod aod meio ato "Aitnog cur speien or government, cor nt | SSE SL ant cake” naa ek Ey ‘The insecurity of life and property i many | P ment of the diminishing population of the | $64! #0, an Increase over the preceding year | 1s urged by the Secretary of War, and a full state- | a6! ait ph our m ment toes not ids from outward sources, to a degree which | of $387,410.04. ee anne: the increase in | ment of the advantages of such permanent organi- En Gatced a8 an offense against the nited | contemplate that the nation should provide or | €Xalt mere intellectual proficiency above o'her pars of Turkey =e the partioalerne ee epondence | may impair the native sovereignty and indepen- | the revenue from customs over ne preceding year, arts lites of equal or gre d-r importance. zation is presented in the report of the Chief Si support a system for the education of our people, | (al rticularly to the better | dence, in which the United States was among the | the gross value of 1m including free ork | 1 will add that in the eventof a request from the | no measures calculated to ote that Another feature of the proposed system 1s the rotection of Ainefean missionaries in the empire. | first to testify a lively interest. ng the | aecreased over twenty Wve. maillions of abies’ partormed vy ‘the ‘Signal ¢ Corps and the; Weather Territorial government for protection by the United intelligence and virtue upon which the —— selection by promotion of ali officers of the Fie condemned murderer of the eminent mission-} Relations of unim| amity have been main. | The most marked decrease was Im the value of | Bureau, is also given th that report, States against “domestic violence, govern- | of our institutions 80 greatly depends, have ever | ernment. abore the lowest -crade, except such aw srrenT yuntin W. Parsons has not yet been exe- | tained throuzhout the year with the respective | unmanufactured wool, $14,023,082, and in that of || I ask’ attention to the statements of the Secre- | ment would be powerless to render assistance. been regarded with indifference by or | would fairly be regarded as exponents of the pole cuted, a ht Ty Jaane bas Tepeatedly | Governments of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Den- | scrap and plg tron, $12810,67, ‘The value Of toe tary of War regarding the requisitions juently | The act of 1795, chapter 36, passed at a time | the Exec: justice be cua ted the! maie by the Indian Buss the > portion domain Gominant party, na Me Principles of FY justice be done. mark, Hayti, Paraguay and Uruguay, Portugal, | ported sugar, on the other hand showed an ine | waye hanes rence | when Territorial governments’ received little at- | A of the public has bee ni 4 cod OMe Gwernment has again soltcited the | and Sweden and Norway. This ioe. alse te ad | prcase of Sr werden eet Tals, $4,846,021; Of bar- | Department of the Army for the casual suppor of | tention from Congeoos: enforced ais dite oe Si | eda \e to time, to the promotion of | “To afford en-ouregement to falthral public sere — Lomices of our diplomatic and consular agents | of Greece and Ecuador, although our relations ree $2,154,204; ‘land of steel in bars, ingots, &c., | bands and tribes of Indians whose appropriations | United States oy ag to the State governments | education. vants by exciting in their minds the hope Kis not ftselt represented, This waricey Me | Witt those stat ral of appropriations for dipio | *Contrasted with the imports during the last | M\cxat Teason of Inadequate provision, OF the | Higrics. ists nw seetoe to wae seni ets part i provost Pories anos ot Pubs ands, | beadrsifed ? we (ound €® merit Hh Isanuch tw “9 as, the withdrawal ot ropri: ms for \o- let ion for e les. We In force | a] yul within proper limits, been granted, matle representatives at Athens and Quitae re | fcal year, the exports were ee tone refried tea Ne ttn cot te Indian Bureau, to contrib ie maintenance the revision of the statut when the pro- | by some r course, the government should aid | But would it be wise to adopta rule so rigid ap ‘ame agents In Switzerland have been instructed Seems exyedient to restore those missions, even on | Domestic merchandise. $883,925, 947] of Indiana. ) sepianeyeit eae vision for the Territories was pases Tam not the work of education. Many who pow exercise = nO other mode of supplying the inte —- st agulnst the conduct of the authorities of | a reduced scale, and I decidedly recommend such | Foreign merchandise. 16,451,899 | | ‘The report of the Chief of Engineers furnishes a | advised whether this alteration wae intentional or the right of suffrage are unable to read the bullot late walks of the service? this country of cnn etting the emigration to | a course with respect to Ecuador, which Is likele ~Qo.s77.aie | *etalled account of the operations for the improve- | accidental, but, as it seems to me that the Terri | which they cast’ U; who had just| There are many persons who fill subordinasp " PORE. Several eae and other Within the near future, to play an important| Total... i 902,377,346 | ment of rivers and harbors tories should bé offered the oR nich is ac | emerged from a, condition of slavery, were énd- | positions with nvat credit, But 14ck Gow quale pei neaneal cae Such persons, through the co- part among the nations of the Southern Pacific. | Imports of merchant 642,664,698 | I commend to your attention the suggestions | corded to the states by the Constitution, I suggest | denly devolved the responaibilities of ci Pnshij which are requisite for higher posts of a few York, Tee en ssioners of Atits last extra session the Senate called for contained in this report in regawd to the condition | legislation to that en in that portion of the country most impoverished and, besides, the modes of thought and action Which brought theme fant pack. by the steamers | the text of the Geneva Convention for the reliet_| Excess of exports over imports of mer- of our fortifications, especially our coast defences, tt seems to me, that whatever views may | by war. I have been leased to learn from one whose service in a governmental bureau has one ee qecghtinuance of this course | of the wounded in war. I trust that this action | chandise. the 259,712,718 | and recommend an increase of the strength of thé | prevail as to the y of recent legislation by | report of the Commissioner of Education that | been long continued are often so cramped by roue po Agate dl Mental edy than diplo- } foreshadows such interest in the subject as will | Aggregate of exports and iimporta.... 1,5451041'974 | Enginese Battalion, by whioh the cmciency of our| Which the Anny Uae ceased tens Seater the | there has lately been a commendable increase of Une procedure as almost to disqualify, him trom ‘Treaties of commerce result in the adhesion of the United States to that —___ | torpedo system would be improved. posse comitatus,an exception mizht well be made | interest and effort for their instruction; but all hanges required by malic = the regulation of consmlay ag aysation, and for | humane and commendable engagement. Compared with the previous year there wds an| J also call your attention tothe remarks upon | for permitting the militacy to assist. the civil Ter. | that can be done py local legislation and private | ests. An Infuton of Low olood, trom Ume to eonchuted with Rose ee have been | [invite your attention to the propriety of ado) increase Of $66,738,688 Inthe value of exports of | the improvement of the South Pass of the AMissis- | ritorial authorities in enforcing the laws of the | generosity should be supplemented by such aid as | into the middle ranas vi the service might be prow anti elr opgp scm _ repeat, Since their | ing the new Code of Internitional Rules for the merchandise, and a decrease of $25,290,118 in the | sippi River, the proposed free bridge over the Po-} United States. This use of the Army would not | can be constitutionally afforded by the “national | beneficist in tis resu'ts. | ‘As is naturad oie pone Se mere pean states, Prevention oi Collisions on the high seas,and of con- | value of imports. ‘The annual average of the ex-| tomac River at’ Georgetown, the importance of | seem to be within the all evil against which | government. The subject under discussion 1s one of grave tMstiCuLons and Uke atts Of ada eavinE lke | forming the domestic legislation of United States | cess of Imports Of merchandise: seer Se was | Wa ere aan early day thé north wing of the | that legislation was almed. From sparseness of | © I would suggest th at if any fund be dedicated to | importance, ‘The evils Which sire complained. Of development. the frietaeiy oe Advancement and | thereto, co that no confasion may arise from the | thereof for ten years previous to June 80, 1873, was | War Department building, and other recommenda. Population and other circumstances it 1s often | this purpose it may be wisely distributed in the | cannot be eradicated at once; Uke work must be tae Nexis leo ber coe Maintain: | {eplcation of conflicting rules in the case of ves. | $104,706 922; but for the last six years there has | tions § of the Secretary of War which appear in his vil . tantly ined. juite impracticable to summon a ct in | different States according to the railo of illiteracy, | gradual. This government has lost no wee sels of different nationalities meeting in tidal| been af excess of exports over Imports of mer- Wisces where oie nc reraee uire assistance, as by thismeans those localities which are most | “The present English syne te 0 grein ae F Mexican Governmeny wou, of encour. | waters. ‘These international rules. differ but} chandis? amounting to $1,180,668,105, an annual 2 actual expenditures of that department for | und where a military force is wituin easy reach. ’ | in need of such assistance will reap tgs special | years, and was not created by a single stroke, {can Government to a beneficial | s'ightly trom our own. They have been adopted | average of $196,776,017. Th _ the specie value of the | the fiscal year ending June 1881, were $42,122. repo! Secretary of the Interior, with | benefits. executive or legi-tats action, " sie Che Mutual advantages which will | by the Navy Department ice Ter governance of | exports of domestic merchandise Was $376,616,473 | 201.29. ‘The appropriations oF the year ieeivers Speer: Gocumenta, Presents an elaborate | | The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture | Its beginnings are found in an order — UNSC, ind from: the openite OF The eee ier | te War ships of the United States on the high | Int 1870 ANd. $83,905 047 In, 18G1, "an Seetee oe $14,889,795.42. Mind estimates tor ges are t44,bi1,- | atcoune of the business OF that department, « exhibits the results of the experiments in which | promulzated in 1855, and It was after patient a Fates, Tm the opening of the rich interior | ses and tn foreign waters; and, through the | $507,309,474, or 135 per cent. The Value of imports | 27691. summary of it would be too extended for this | that department has been engaged during the past | cautious serut ay of tts workings that titteen Ftant that means be eG B, deem it im- | setion of the State Department i’ dee ties | ee '$435,958,408 in 1870 und _$642,664,628 in 1881,an| The report of the Secretary of the Navy ex-| place, i ask your careful attention to the report | year and makes tmportant suggestions in refer- | years later it took its prvsent ge aren wlessness. tinfortunatey or conan the | the rules, and in acquainting shipmasters with | Inererce Of $206,706,220, or 47 per cent. hibits the condition of that branch of the service, | ftseif. ence to the agricultural developiuent of tue coun- | | Five years wfter the issuan the frontier and tocunanately 0 common on the | the ovtion of contolming rs Geaaters with During each year from 1862 to 1879, inclustve, the resents Valuable jous for its improve-| Prominent among the matters which challe: Uy, PORN, And ata Gise Vation ” Indians “on either aay eens FORT: | Jurisdictional waters ‘of the United States ther exports of, specie exceeded the linports. ‘The Teall your especial attention also to the | the attention of Congress at {ts present session is, e steady Increase of our population, and the 3 ms on either side of the Rio | are now very generally known and obeyed. largest excess of such exports over imports was | appended report of the Advisory Board, which he | the management of our Indian affairs. While eat ging addition to the number of those en- ‘The neighboring stat The State Department still continues to publish | reached durin, when It amounted to | convened to devise suitable measures f6r increas- | this question has been a cause of trouble and em- | gaged'in the pursuit of husbandry, are giving to eur eo ck aR | ce eg eae |B Yall eat | et ot ue beta ayaa ty | vaaena e &eeren | he Papert wg ly nl intern ace, a e' cers abroed. e ‘ tious towards us have ‘been those of intimate | cess of this course Warrants tts continuanes, sea rs bY eoA01,991, and. during’ the inst ses ey o Hts polutiom at “once serious, determined, consist. its capacity for greater usesulness deserves atten- friendship. There are encouraging signs of their | such appropriation as may be required to meet the ot im ent, and success, tion, as it more and more commends {itself to the disposition to Subordinase thelr local rapaly ne pee loco! bong jee publications. 68, It has been easier interests which it was created to comme them vith special reference to the Atlanta = Secretary raphical relations, 7 | Dosition. the October mumaber or ane Topo Ex | pitt the last annual report of the eg ; the attention of was call econ: “thie {ween Guatemala and | devoted to a valuable collection of ‘papers on ‘tne the tact uhat $460,651 ,050 in ve per contns bones thorough rehabilitation ‘Ss government an oppor- | cotton goods trade of the world. and $208,578,790 in six per centum bonds would be-| With a full app! alee 8 sxereiae Dae cent oen fOr prevent bg & Ae oe oe Sanitary conference, for | come redeemable during the year, ance with the rupture those state: P a | which, in 1879, Congress made prov! ‘assem- peaceable solution of the question. Tora bled in this city early in January last, and‘its ses. | bonds at a ‘ower tats, of intereee hope that in view of our relations of amity | sions were prolonged until March. Although it | such ref having fa! with countries our friendly counsels may aetna oe a the fu- of ‘Treasui prevail. ture action Participant powers, tle inter A special envoy of Guatemala has brought te | change of Sanwa peeved oe be most valuable. ‘The bon then ciated me the condolences of his iment and people | full protocols of the sessions have been already ; ‘@@ the death of President id. presented to the Senate, ‘The Costa Government framed an Ss percent to this tothe by arbi- sven tee, operations of the ational Board