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Fetary Teports a decreas? of Of this reduction $5,690,000 was tures for rivers and hi atures for the Qu le of that. depart of all the Army bureaus proper the Ordnance Bureau) are sr charges, which canuot be ‘without a change in t) ight ost of isn and cretion, in reducing the number of peek animals in the annual caring imals ‘The reports of military commaniers siow that the last year has been uotsbvie lor its entire free- dom from Indian outbreaks. Ts SOUS Gements ih the Indian Terrivo Promptly rem by a detachment of tr @BMY MEDICAL MUSEUM AND SURGEON GENZRAL'S oFFicE. During the past session of Congress a bill to pro- Vide @ suitable fire-proof building for the Arm Medical Museum and the library of the Surgeon General’s Office received the approval of the Sen- A similar bill, reported fevorabiy to the of Representatives by ove of its commit still pending before that body. It is hoped the coming session the ieusure may ‘Decome a law, and that thereafter liamelixte steps ay be taken to secure a pince of safe deposit for these valuable collections, now In a state of inse- curity. 5 RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATION. ‘The funds with which the works for the Improve- (ent of rivers and harbors were prosecuted during the past year were derived from the appropriations @f the act of August 2%, 1882, together few balances as were on hand trom pre tions. The balance in the Treasury to requisition July 1, 1983, was $10,021.64 amount appropriated during the iisc ‘Was $1,319,634.62, and the amount dra the Treastity during the ‘tscal year vas fsa @ balance of $2,112.590.63 in’ the to requisition duly 1, iss. ‘4, leavii ‘sul FORTIFICATIONS. ‘The Secretary of War submits the report of the Chief of Engineers as to ihe practicability of pro- Yecting our important cities on the seaboara by fortifications and other defenses able to repel mod- €mM methods of attack. ‘fhe tme has now come When such defenses can be prepared with conti- dence that they will not prove abortive: and, when ‘the possible resuit of delay in making Sue prep: is seriously considered, delay seems ine cusable. For the most important cities ‘whose destruction or capture would be a natio1 humiliation—adequate defenses, inclusive of 1 may be made by the gradual expenditure 000,000, a sum much less than a Victorious ¢ could levy asa contribution. An appre about one-tenth of that amount that it be granted. The War Departiscnt Is proceeding with the con- version of 10-inch smooth-bore guns into S-inch by Lining the former with tubes of forged i ans. Will year. This, how- ever, does not obviate the necessity of providing for the construction of guns of the high +, both for the purposes of coast defense and For tne armament of war vessels ‘The report of the Gun Founders Board, appointed April 2, 1883, tn pursuance of the act of March 3, was Gonee is we ane in ju) To Sage of February 18, 1 in iy message of *, Prag Corr attention to the recommendation that the Government should encour- ‘age the production at private steel works of th Tequired material for heavy cannon, and that wo | Seema factories, one for the Army and one for Navy,Should be estabiished for the fabricatio:: of | guns fromsuch material. No action having been | taken, the Board was subsequently reconvened to Getermine more fully the plans and estimates neces- Sary for carrying out its recommendation. 1t has Féceived information witch indicates that there are reaponsibie steel manufacturers in this country who, although not provided at present with the necessary piant, are willing to construct the same and to make bids for contracts ‘with the govern Inent for the supply of the requisite material for the heaviest guns adapted to modern wa ifa teed order Of suiliclent magnitude, aecom- Panted by a positive appropriation extending over @ series of years, shall be made by Congress. All Goudtes a8 to the feasibility of the plan being thus removed, I renew my recommendation that such | action be taken by Congress as will enable the | Government to construct its own ordnance uy on its owsrteritory, and so to provide the armuments demanded homor. by considerations of national safety and | ‘WOuK ON THE STREL CRUISERS AND THE MONITORS ‘The report of the Secretary of the Navy exhiblis the progress which has been mad» on the new Steel cruisers authorized by the acts of August 5, 1882, and March 8, 1883. Of the four vessels unde! contract, one, the Chicago, of 4,500 tons, is mor: ‘than halt Dnished; the Auanta, 5¢ 3,000 tons. ai ‘Deen successfully laun and her machinery 15 Row fitting; the Boston, also of 3,000 tons, is ready tor. iphin, a dispatch steamer ready for deitvery. adverse criticisms upon the designs of ‘hese cruisers are discussed by the Secretary, who tmsists that the meat has been demonstrated by recent develop- ments in ship-building abroad. machinery of the double-turreted monitors, ‘Terror and Amphitrite, contracted for un- @er the act of March 3, 1883, 13'in process of con- struction. No work has been done during the past | eepom their armor for lack of the necessary ap- | tions. A fourth monitor, the Monadnoc Temains unfinished at the navy-yard in Ca fornia. It is recommended that early steps be taken to ete these vessels and to provide also @n armament for the monitor Miantonomon. recommendations of the Naval Advisory Board, fed. by the Department, comprise the crulger of 3,000 | t eruising if of one steel cruiser of 4,500 tons, one two heavily-armed cunboats,one gunboat, one dispatch-vessel armed iss cannon, one armored ram, and | Gree torpedo boats. The genersi designs, all ot Which are calcuiated to meet the exisdig wants ef the Cae are now well advanced, the Construction of the vessels can be undertaken as @0oon as you shall grant the necessary authority. TAR JEANNETTE BXPEDITION. ‘The act of Congress approved August 7, 18%, an- Worked the removal tothe United States of the Dodies of Lieutenant-Commander George W. De Jeannettee Expe- Cal Long and his companions of th: dition. This removal has bee y accom= pitshed by Licutenants Harber and ze, The Femains were taken froin their grave in the Lena Delta in March, 1883, and were retained at Yakutsk Until the following winter, the season being too far advanced to admit of their immediate ‘porta- ion. They arrived at New York February 20, 1864, where they were received with suitabie hon: | ors. TUE GREELY PARTY BFLIEF EXPEDITION. ID pursuance of the joint resolution of Con: approved February 13, 1884, a nav. Qtted gut for the reltet of 1 expedition was mit. A. W. Gi nd, the British Government. Pediuion were promptly made by the Secretary of Navy, with the active co-operation of the Sec- retary of War. Commander Georze W. Coftin was im command of the Alert, and Lieut. William & Emory in command of the’ Bear. ‘Ihe Theus Was intrusted to Commander Winfield S. Schley, to ‘whom also wes assigned the superintendence of ihe ‘expedition. entire Immediately upon {ts arrival at Tpernavik, the the dsngerous navigation of Melville and in spite of every obstacle reached Littie- om Jupe 22, a iortnight earlier than any had Defore attained that point. On the same Crogsed over to Cape Sabine, where Lieu- it Greely and the other survivors of his party discovered. After taking on board the living the bodies of the dead, the relief ships sailed St. John’s, where they arrived on July 17. Sppropriately received at Portsmouth, August 1, and at New York on August 8. bodies Was landed at the former place. were put on shore at Governor's Is- the exception of one which was ih the National Cemetery, were forwarded to the destinations indicated by friends. ana conduct of this Relief Expe- FeGects great credit upon all wlio contributed success. IMPORTANCE OF REHABILITATING THE NAYY. In this, the last of the stated messages that I ‘hall have the honor to transmit to the Congress of ‘the United States, I cannot too strongly urge upon Ns attention the duty of restoring our navy as ‘a8 possible to the high state of efficiency formerly characterized it. As the long peace Us into a sense of fancied security May at any time be disturbed, it ts plain that the ot strengthening this afm of the service 1s by considerations of wise economy, of just for our future tranquillity, and of true ap- Of the dignity and honér of the Repub- THE POSTAL SERVICE. ‘The report of the Postmaster General acquaints you with the present condition and needs of the postal service. Tt discloses the gratifying fact that the loss of revenue from the reduction in the rate of letter Fecommended in my message of December > hoofs by the act of March 3, bt ed in Was generally anticipate Yecommendation of this Feduction was based upon the belief that the actual failing off in re from letter postages ior the year tamediately suc- ‘the change of rate would be $3,000,000. It ‘Bas proved to be only $2.275,000. ‘This ts a trustworthy indication that the revenue 00m be restored to its former volume by the Batural increase of sealed correspondence. REDUCTION OF FOSTAGE RECOMMENDID. I confidently repeat, therefore, the recommenda- don of my last annual message that the singie-rate SS be reduced to one cent the payment of two cents is now re- re E+ | BagEve: rapes oy H local letters defrays the cost not only of id delivery, Dut of the coilec- all other mall matter. This is ought no longer to exist. recommendation of the Postmaster General that the unit of welcht in the rating of Watter should be one ounce instead of now is. in view of the statis: Department 1: may weil a would result in any revenue; that it wouid greatly promote beyond dispute, bas been iately applied Cooma of offices In ene hundred and correctness of the concitstons | Washed by the Advisory Board and by the Depart- gress | fitty-nine. Exnerience shows that {ts adoption, ler proper conditions, 1s equally an accommoda: ‘9 Une public and an advantage to the postal It Is more than self-sustaining, and for ‘he reasons ured by the Postmaster General may | properly be extended. | that officer it 8 important to Tiezas whereby exceptional dispatea in ith Letters in iree-delivery oftices may be y payment Of extraordinary postage. scheme taigit be mude effective by employ- | of a special stamp Whose cost should be com- with the ot the eXtra Service, me of the cities private express com- shave undertukea to outstrip tke Govern- hiul-carniers by affording, for the prompt mission Of letters, better iicliities than have rio bes at the cominand of the Post OMce. ys been the policy of the Government to discourage such enterprises, and In no better | mod? can that poiley be maintained than in sup- | i ae public with the most eMflelent: malt cer- 2 réand to ts own best interests, ed for 1c3 accomodation. THE ATTORNEY G2NERAL’s SUGGESTIONS. The Attorney General renews the recommenda- ton contained tn bis report of last year touching H the fees of witnesses and jurors. He favors radical changes in the fee Dill,the ado; In the opinion ov tion of a system by wulch attorneys and’ marshals of the United Stat Al be compensated <oiely ~ | by salaries, and the erection by the Government ot | Apenitentiary for the confinement of offenders | against its Laws, INDIAN AFFAIRS. Of the varied governinental concerns in charge of xe Interior Departineat, the report of its S2cre- tary pres resting summary. Among the topics deserving particular attention I refer you to his observations respecting our Indian affatrs, the pre-emption and umber-clilture acts, the fallure of Tatlroad companies to toke tive to lands granted by the Government, and the operations of the Pen- sion OMice, the Patent Office, the Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Education: Allusion has been made already to the circum- stance that, both as between the different Indian tribes and a8 between the Indians and the whites, the past year has been one ot unbroken peace. In tiils circumstance the President 1s giad to find Justification for the policy of the Government in its dealing with the Indian question, and confirma- tion of the views which were fully expressed in his first communication to the Forty-Seventh Con- gress, OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. The Secretary urges anew the enactment of a Statute for the punishment of crimes committed on the Indlan reservations, and recommends the Ponce of the bill now pending in the House of epresentatives for the purchase of a tract ‘ot 18,000 square miles from the Sioux reservation. Both these measures are worthy of approval. concur with him alsoin advising the ot the enactment of statutes the pre-emption law, reso! ving the present legat complications touchin; lipsed grants fo railroad compantes, and the fu | ing of the deht of the several Pacific railroads | under such guaranty as shail effectually secure its nny | ultimate payment. ‘The report of the Utah Commission will be read | With interest. It discloses the results of recent legislation 1ook- ing to the prevention and puntshment of poly; 1 that ‘Territory. I still belteve that If that abomi- nable practice can be suppressed by law it can only be by the most radical legislation consistent with the restraints of the Constitution. Tagain recommend, therefore, that Congress as- sume absolute political control of the Territory of Utah, and provide for the appointment of commis- sioners, with such governmental powers as tn its juagment may justly and wisely be put into their han OUR COMMERCIAL PoLicy. In the course of this communication reference | has more than once been made to the policy of this government as regards the extension of our foreign raile, It seems proper to declare the general prin- ciples that should, in my opinion, underlie our national efforts in this direction. eee main conditions of the problem may be thus stated: We are a people apt In mechanical pursuits and fertile in fuvention; we cover a vast extent of terri- tory rich in agricultural products and in nearly all the raw ‘materials necessary for successful manufacture; we have @ system ot productive establishments more than sufficient to supply our own demands; the wages of labor are nowhere else sogreat; the scaie of living of our artisan classes is such as tends to secure their personal comfort and the development of those higher moral and intellectual qualities that go to the ot 1 citizens. Our system of tax and tariff legis- lation 13 yielding a revenue which is in excess of he present needs of the government, ‘These are the elements from which it 1s t to devise a scheme by which, without unfavorably hanging the condition of ‘the workingman, our merchant marine shall be raised from its enfeebled condition and new markets provided for the sale, beyond our borders, Of the mantfold fruits of our industrial enterprises, The problem ts complex, and can be solved by no single measure of innovation or reform. The countries of the American continent and the | adjacent telands are for the United States the nat- ural marts of supply and demand. It is from them ‘hat we should obtain what we do not produce or do not produce in sufficiency, and it is to them that the surplus productions of our Nelds, our mills and our workshops should flow, under conditions that ‘will equalize or favor them in comparison with for- eign competition. ‘our paths of policy seem to point to this end. First, a series of reciprocal commercial treaties with the countries of america which shall foster between us «nd them an unhampered movement of trade. The cougitions of these treaties should be the free admissioh of such merchandise as this country does not produce, in return for the admts- sion free or under a favored scheme of duties, of our own products—the benefits of such exchange to apply only to goods carried under the flag of the arties to the contract; the removal, on sides, m the vessels so privileged of ali tonnage dues and national tmposts so that those vessels may ply | unbindered between uur ports and those of the | other contracting parties, though without infring- ing on Ue reserved home coasting trade; the re- moval or reduction of burdens on the ex} pro- | ducts of those countries coming within the benefits | Of the treaties; and the avoidance of the technical restrictions and penalties by which our intercourse with those countries 1s at present hampered. Secondly, the establishment of the congular ser- vice of the United States on a salaried footing, thus permitting the relinguishment of consular fees not only as respects vessels under the national flag, | but also as respects vessels of the treaty nations | carrsing goods entitled to the benefits of the treaites. Thirdly, the enactment of measures to favor the construction and maintenance of a steam cairying marine under the flag of the United States, Fourthly, the establishment of an uniform cur- rency basis for the countries of America, so that ‘the coined products of our mines may circulate on | equal terms throughout the whole system of com- monwealths, This would require a monetary union of America, whereby the output of the bullion-pro- ducing countries and the circulation of those which yield neither gold nor silver coula be adjusted in conformity with the population, wealth, and commercial needs of each. As many | of the countries turnish no bulilon to the comion | stock, the surplus ction of our mines and | Mints might thus be utilized and # step taken toward the general remonetization of silver. To the accomplishment of these ends, so far as } , | they can be attained by separate treaties, the ne- otiations already concluded and now in progress fave been directed, and the favor which this en: larzed policy has thus far received warrants the | Dellet that its operations will ere long embrace all, or nearly all, the countries of this hemisphere. It 1s by no means desirable, however, that the policy under consideration should be applied to | these countries alone. The healthful nt | of our trade with Europe, Asta and Africa should be sought by reducing tariff burdens on such of | thelr wares as neither we nor the other American | States are fitted to produce, and thus enabling our- | selves to obtain In return a better market for our suppiles of food, of raw materials, and of the man- ufactures in which we excel. It seems to me that many of the em| elements in the great nauonal conflict between protection and free trademay thus be turned to | good accour:t—that the revenue may be reduced so | a8 no longer to overtax the ie that protect- | ive “duties may be retalnen without becoming | burdensome, that our shipping interests may be | iclously encouraged, the currency fixed on firm | tates and above all Such an unity of interests | established mong the States of the American system as Ww! ever advantage to them al. —— All treaties in the line of this which have Deen negotiated or are in Regotlation | contain & provision deemed to be requisite, under | House of Representatives the autnority 40 arkee use of ives the ai nate Lilis for raising revenge, CIVIL SERVICE. On the 29th of February last I transmitted to the Congres the first annual report of the Civil Service Commission,together with communications from the heads of the several Executive Depart- ments of the Government, ‘ting the practical Workings of the law under which Commission had been acting. ‘The good results therein fore- ‘shadowed have been more than realized. ‘The system has fully answered the expectations of its friends ta securing competent and faithful } public servants and in the appointing officers of the Government from the pressure of penal importunity and from the labor of exam- ining the claims and pretensions of rival candi- dates for public Gore The law has had the unqualified support of the President and of the heads of the several bagi ments, and the members of the Commission have performed their duties with zeal and fidelity. Their Feport will shortly be submitted, and ‘de ac- companied by such recommendations for enl: : ation—especially commendin, such as relate to a revision of code, the performance of labe toumprisonment in the Oeoupation of wharve the erection Of a suitevle ontices. PENSION TO GE I recommend that, in recozn services of Ulysses §. Graz Ammies of the United Sta’ of this nation, the Congress confer upon nim a suitable pension. GSNFRAL RECOM Certain of the measures sary and expedient I hare now, in obedience to the ended for your adopt Of no less importance, I sha GRANT, @ General of the © me neces- ons al 2 Ing the grounds upon Wiicd such recommendations were based. The preservation of forests on the pubite domatn, the granting nt aid for popular educa: Uea, the amendment of the Federal C: titution so as t6 make s dent of part z enactment of statutes in reg: cancies in the Presidential ning of vexed questions res} inability are measures whic may justly recei your serious consideration. As the tline draws nigh when I am to retire from the pubilc service, I cannot retrain to the members Of the National Lez whom I have been brought into personal and offi- cial intercourse my Sincere appreciation of their unfailing courtesy and of their harmontons co- operation with the Executive In so many measures caiculated to promote the best interests of the Nation. And tomy fellow-citizens generally L acknowledge adeep sense of obligation for the support which they have accorded ine in iny administration of the Executive Department of tis Government. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Washington, December 1, 1834. retire Pe occa THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Annual Report of the Postmaster Gen- eral—A Larger Building Needed. Postmaster General Hatton in his annual report states that the total expenditures for the service for the year were $45,404,950.65. The revenues for the year were $43,333,127.08, and the excess of ex- bg etd over receipts was $3.066,833.57. Adding this the amount of outstanding Mabiltttes an the amonnt credited to the Pacific ratiroad compa. nies gives an estinated cost of service over the rev- enues for the year of $5,201.481.12. The revenues Were $2,170,565.53 (or 4.7 per cent) less than those of the previous year, the decrease vetng attributable to the reduction of letter postage froin 3 to2 can Which took effect October 1, 1833. The estimate receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886, are $51,272,590.24, and the estimated expenaitures $56,099,169.60, leaving a deficiency of $1,836,349.26 to be supplied out of the Treasury. This ‘estimate ot receipts 1s based on an assumed annual increase of 9 per cent, which the Postmaster General does not ard as extravagant. fhe Postmaster General recommends that where towns within short distances or each other have an aggregate population of 20,000 and $20,000 postal Tevenue, the tree delivery service should be extend- ed to them by law. ‘The Postmaster Genera! urges the reduc fon of postage on local letters to one cent, and the adop- ion of*@ special postage stamp of ten cenis io addition to the proper postage for letters intended for prompt delivery, the distribution of wich could be effected by messenger boys. He also re- commends that the unit of weight in rating letters and sealed packages be changed trom half an ounce to an ounce, and that the laws be 50 amended as to recognize the sufficiency of the gurety of a properly organized and approved com- Pany on the bonds of postmasters, letter carriers and other officers of the department. ‘The bill pre- pared by the Second Assistant Postmaster General to break up What Is kuown as speculative bidding In the star service, which now secures over three- fourths of the routes annually advertised, 1s strongly commended to the attention of Congress. ‘The average annual cost of the star service for five years preceding 1884 was $6,124,802, or a little over eight cents per mile. For the last fiscal year the cost was 25,089,941, or_a cost of about 64 cents 4 mile, with a ralleage of 81,109,052 miles. ‘The re- rt approves the suggestion that the law anthor- ing the Issue of postal notes be so amended ‘83 to permit such notes to be drawn payable, like money orders, toa designated sndivitual or’ his indorsee, and concurs In the recommendation that the fee tor money orders not exceeding $5 be re- duced from eight cents to five cents. ENLARGING THE POST OFFICE BUILDING. ‘The attention of Congress fs invited to the neces- sity of providing additional accommodations for the department by the extension of the present Duilding. A bill was introduced in tne Senate May 15, 1882, and reported, with amendments, from the cominittee on public buildings and grounds June 15, 1838 (Senate bill 2e79, Forty-Seventh Congress, first session), to provide for the purchase of a site upon which to erect an extension of the Post Office department building. The bill gave authority to urchase or take for the public use that. portion of h street, between E and F streets northwest, and also the square numbered 406, bounded by E and F and 8th and 9th streets northwest. He urgently recoramends that the relief sought by this Dill be granted by Congress. The present Dufiding is now, and has been for a considerable period, totally inadequate to the needs of the service. The plan Geetha cet by the bill referred to ‘was the extension of the pies building over the ‘Whole of the square mentioned, and an addition to the height of the structure. . Provision could thereby be made for the use of a part of the build- ing for the post office of the city of Washington, giving a central and otherwise conventent loca- Uon, ample room, with excellent. facilities for dis- tribution and other clerical work, and equal factl- dues for the receipt and dispatch of matis by ‘wagons, ——_—_——_o-____ SECRETARY LINCOLD REPORT. Recommendations—A Severe Comment apon Gen, Hazen’s Observations Con- cerning the Greely Expedition—The New Department Building, &c. In his annual report the Secretary of War recommends the retirement of enlisted men after thirty-five years’ service; that a hundred clerke be appointed in the adjutant general’s Office for the restoration of regimental rolls; the erection of a suitable fire-proof building for the army medical museum; adequate appropriations to carry out the ideas of the chiet of engineers In regard to coast defenses, and an immediate and permanent appropriation for providing artillery of modern types. He does not approve the recommendation of the chief signal officer that the appropriations tor the support of the signal service be incorporated with those for the support of the army. ‘THE GREELEY EXPEDITION. The Secretary ‘‘ observes with regret that the chief signal officer has chosen to make, in his annual report, a formal expression of opin- jon that, after the arrival of the wrecked Proteus party on September 13, 1883, at St. John’s, there was still time, ‘as known from revious experience and shown by suvsequent ts, to send efficient relief," stating that ‘Capt. Melville and others volunteered to go, giving their full plans for the relief." The Secretary then quotes the arctic authorities who were of the opinion that such an expedition would have been of no avail, upon which the action of the Secretary of the Navy and himself was based, and adda: “The expression ot opinion of the chief officer, above referred to, is an intrusion of an official opinion as to the propriety of the course of the Secretaries of War and of the Navy in not hazarding more lives in 1883 in a nearly hopeless adventure, upon his telegraphic re- quests. This excursion into an official jurisdic- tion beyond his own and his dictum upon the exercise of a superior responsibility which he was not invited to share are extraordinary in their time and place, and are hardly excnsable even under whatever of irritation may have been caused by the findings of the Proteus court of inguit ‘aiving. however, that considera there had at the time been given more weight to the views of that branch of the public service, under whose management there had been one fatile and one disastrous expedition in the northern seas in two successive years, than to the views of men having experience in such matters, it is now hardly to be doubted that we would have had last summer the news of two arctic calamities instead of one.” THE NEW DEPARTMENT BUILDING. In relation to the State, War and Navy de- partment building the Secretary says that it is believed that during the present year all the foundations, and tne masonry of the coal- vaults, court-yards, area walls, sub-basement story of the unfinished wings and a part of the basement story throughout, will be completed; and that by the end of the present fiscal year the masonry of these wings will have been erec- ted up to the level of the second story floor. The need of the War department for the security of many valuable records, now dispersed in un- safe buildings in the city of Washington, re- F capes that the appropriation of $500,000 asked. of this building for continuing the construction the scope of the existing statute a3 shall themse:ves to the Execugive and the ers charged with its administration. BANERUPT LAW. In view of the general and persistent demand throughout the commercial community fora na- Uonal banxrurt law, I hope that the differences of sentiment which have hitherto prevented ment may not cutlast the preseat season. nN CHOLERA ‘The pestilence which for the past two years has ‘been raging ig the countries of the east recently made its a) in European ports with which we are in constant communication. restricting, ‘ime ected quarter, without strict Warrant commendation of the present Congress take action in the commend the immediate ures as Will be ilkely demic, and to unhappily extend DISTRICT ‘The annual report or District of Columbia several departments of ask your careful i ql BE: H i g Bes 957 E rg BY i I H Fa | | be granted by Congress. [ADE IN: AUDITOR OF VIRGINTA. ‘The committee of the Virginia legislature, whieh had been investigating tor some time of county courts on law amount Ei 80 far is @1,! 3 Hi and twice President | THE NATIO: u FINANCES, Annual Report of the Secretary of the “Treasury. FOREIGN TRADR—AE PROPOSES A MODIFICATION OP THE TARIFF LAWS 43 A REMEDY FOR THR D: TRESS TN OUR MANUFACTURING INDTSTRY—HE THINKS TRE UNITED S18 CERTAIN TO RIVAL FNOLIND IN HER PORESIGN COMMER LVER—OTHER T DISCUSSED BY THE SECKETARY. 4 ‘The annual report of Hon. Hugh MeCurk ry of the Treasury, op the state of the 23, Which aceon z | sage to Congress, con is unusually interesting, as 10 di erabis length variow | portance. The onit | Ment from all sources for the 1 Sune 29, 1881, amount to $343; items were $195,007 483.76 from customs, 536,072.51 from internal revenue, the re- alnder being derived frota various miscellaneous sources, Inciuding $1,970,726.13 from the District of Columbia. The total ordinary expendity $290,916,473.53, leaving a surplus of $57,603,296.09. | Of this surpius $3,456,541.09 Was added to the cash jim the Treasury, tae remainder being applied to the redemption of bonds, certificates and notes, $52,260,650 alone being: iu redeeming bonds of the loan of July 12, 12. It is estimated that tae requirement of the ig Tund for the present fiscal year will be $47,020,201.16, of witch there has been applied during’ the irs’ four months of the year the sum of $27,067,05v. Compared with the previous fiscal year there was a net decrease in the ecelpts from all sources of $4 12.03, and 2 net decrease in expenditures of $21,981,$03.21. For the present fiscal year the estimated revenues, based upon the receipts for the first quarter, amount to $830,000,000, including $185,000,000 from customs, $115, 00. from Internal revenue, and $1,800,000 from the District of Columbia. ‘The expenuitures for the same period are estimated at $299.620,201.16, leaving an estimated surplus of $39,379,798.81. THE ESTIMATED SURPLUS IN 1836. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1836, the esti- mated receipts are $339,000,000, and the estimated expenditures, received trom the several depart- ments, $523.911,594.95, leaving an estimated surplus of only 26,038,065.75. " Thy estimates submitted by the several executive departments for the fgcal Year 1886 exceed the estimates received from these departments for the fiscal year 1885 by more than $10,000,000, Referring to the fact uhat appropria- Uons usuaily fall short of tie estimates, Une Secre- tary thinks 1U may be fairly assumed that the ex- penditures for 1686 will not exceed the actual expenditures for the present year, which would leave a surplus for 1836 of more tan thirty-nine miilion. ‘the estimate of receipts trom customs 1886 1S placed at $185,000,000. the saine as for the preceding year, Which is $10,000,000 less than the Actual receipts from customs for 1884. The value Of dutiable imports for the years 18$4 and 1885 has been much reduced by the ‘unusual depression of business, which, we may fairly hope, will not long continue. Tiuts reduction tn 1834, a8 compared with 1833, Was nearly $36,000,000, the average duty on Which would amount to’ more than $16,000,000. It seems Safe to assume, therefore, the Secretary says, Uhat the surplus revenues for 1886 will be more thin $59,000,000. During the year ended October 81, 1834, United States vonds were -edvemed or canceled to the amount of $97,774,800, and tue net reduction in the annual interest charge Was $3,203,868. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN THE KEPORT. After giving a summary of the financial opera- tions of the government, of which the foregoing 1s 8 synopsig, the Secretary says: ‘As Tam to occup; for a very drief period only the offic recently inade Vacant by ihe lamented deat of one distinguisved gentiemnan and the: veceptance by another ly jess distinguished of a place more congenial io is taste, 1t might be becoming in me to contiae ray report to tae foregoing exintb- and a presentation of the reports of te licads Of the various bureaus, which abound in. valuabie information in regard to the condition of tho de- partment, and to other matters of interest to Con- gress and’the pu! ‘There are, however, some subjects of so great iroportance'that Ido’ not feel at ilberty to with- hold an expression of my views upon them, short &is has been the time for their consideration, ‘These subjects are: 1st. Our forelyn trade and taxation. 24. Our merchant marine. 8d. The public debt and the condition of the Treasury. 4th. Our na- onal banking system.” FOREIGN TRADE AND TAXATION. After referring to the condition of western farm- ers in early days, when there were no means of transportation and no market for the crops, the Secretary Says that the condition of the manufac- turing interest of tle United States 1s siiniiar in some respects to the condition of the agricultural interest of the west at tbat ume. What the farmers then needed was a market for their crops; What manufacturers now need is a market for theit surplus manufactures. After tracing the growth of our manufacturing industry, the foundation of which, the report asserts, was did in New England under the first tariff of a protective character, and which wes stimulated during the civil war by the demands of tue government and the bigh tari, and after the war by extravagant expenditures In duced by superabundant currency, the report as- gerts that the time has now come when the manu- facturing industry of the United States is in dire distress from plethora of manufactured goods. So large and widespread has this industry become, so interwoven 1s it with other industries, so essential 4s it to the welfare of the whole country, that it cannot be seriously d&pressed without injuriously affecting business throughout the Union, “The all-important question, therefore, that presses itself upon the public attention,” the Sec- retary says, “is, how shall the country be relieved trom the plethora of manufactured goods, and how ‘shall plethora hereafter be prevented? It isobvious: that our power to produce is much In excess of the present or any provable future demand for home consumption. "The existing tron, cotton, and woolen mills, it exployed at their full capacity, could meet in Six months—perhaps in a shorter tme—the home Aemand fora year. It 1s certain, therefore, that uniess markets now practically closed against us are opened, unless we can share in the trade which is monopolized by European nations, the depression now £o severely felt will continue, and may become more disastrous. The question how shall our foreign trade be in- creased is: the question which now comes to the front and demands prompt and careful considera- tion. Manuiucturers are primarily interested, but the whole country has a stake in its solution, In its investigntion the tariff will necessa-ily be in- voived, inasmuch as the relations between tt and our foreign trade are so close that they cannot be considered separately, but {t need not be Involved except so far as it stands in the way of interna- Uonal trade, If the duties upon raw materials are an obstruction, thase duties should be removed. It the dultes upon other articles are an obstruction, they shonid be modified. Whatever may be re: quired to increase our foreign trade, whether it be @ repeal or modification of existing’ duties, snould, be demanded by the manufacturers themselves. How, then, snail the information required for @ full understanding of what stands in the way of an in- creased exportation of our manufactured goods be obtained? It may not be proper for me to offer ad- vice on this point, but I cannot forbeer to say that I can see no better means than by THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSTOX, composed of men not wedded to the doctrines of free trade or protection—fair-minded men, who Would prosecute the inquiry thoroughly, compre- hensibly and impartlally. If such a commission should be created, it should ba done without unnecessary delay, Itis true that previous commissions have not accomplished all that was expected of them. The cause Of this partial failure it 1s not necessary to Inquire Into, but this fallure should not prevent the appointment of such a commission as has been suggested. unless something better can be devised. It ls very clear that What is needed cannot be accomplished through the agency of the com- Inittee on ways and means, So vast in its com- prehensive reach 1s the question to be investi gated, and so complicated is it by the eunering rage other nations, that this committee woul i the time required for its thorough investiga- tion. Besides, the committee on ways and means is usually prpointed to sustain measures to which the party control in the House is Pieded, rather than to give to subjects referred to it impartial consideration which 1s needed for correct conclusions, Nor is the fact to be overlooked that even constituted as this committee has been, and able a8 have been its mem! ‘there has rarely, public im- govora- eaded yen carry it changes the bills which it. pre] tis, therefore, obvious that sume other agency than the committee on ways and means must be resorted to in order that the House may have the information absolutely needed for correct conclu- to the nature of the obstructions in the way of an extension of our {¢ trade, and a Son a0 wor very great. pis, time. Treretore, “should be allowed for their performance, ‘The business of the whole world has been revolu- tionized by steam poe and the substitution of machinery for hand work. Ifnot the inventor of the steam-engine, Great Britain took the lead in ‘utilizing it in manufacturing, and she thus became the great ‘workabop of the world. For ve rears, she @ monopoly of manufacturing. raw materials trom nearly all pations were taken in her own shine to ber and 5) ¥ THE TARIFF CONSIDERED IN COXNECTION with ovr | whieh | res were | | wttn our productions. For a short ume probably it would give astimulus to if trade, Dut in the | tong raa the effect of it wos can productions, and tw in of America with us in otner shouid have t Meet that Mind the Americans very | We showmd have in ie any of the bonds whlen now fetter our inaustry.* CONDITION OF OCH F TRADE, ‘The present coniiition of de is not a cally understood by the p pught to be, or there would be gr Th regard to what may be ti instance, esold to amouat of » Which create the s' ihavenables us to carry en th with Brazil. Now, {€ by the fatiu: £ ONE CRON, OF, | lantic, cr, wnat ts more probable, Our exports of these articles shoul cline, what then Would be the condition or our Bra. zilian trade? Instoad of depending upon tn | vorts to Europe for the mean: in favor of Brazil, ought j equalize that trade by cur manufactured goods? | Ougat we not to endeavor to verify the prediction | Of Cobden by becoming a competitor with Great | Britain in the Brazilian Markets? Gught nov ints | 10 be attempted in the taterest of cur own manu- | foctu |, Reference 1s made to cur trade with Brazil bo | ceuse it ts much larger than that with other Sou: i American States, but our trade with all of them 1s of ne same one-sited snd unsatisfactory euaracter. | Ought it so to continue? The South American | states are our neighbors With the exception of | Brazil, thelr Institutions are moulded upon ours, ‘They would be giad to catabilsh close trade rela- Uons With us, which could not fall to be of mutual advantage; aad yet so litte intercourse have we with them that supplies for our ships-of-war in South American ports must be paid for 1n sterling exchange. Drafts on Japan could be as easily ne- gotiated in their ports as drafts on the Treasurer of the United Scares, trade and When the rea! condition of our the character of the competition in which we must sooner or later engage are fully understood, 1t will be found tiat our inability to make that trade as free as our best interests require, lies in the neces- sity which exists for heavy Import duties, which, although they may be levied for reveude only, must be in a lange degree protectiv It is upon suck taxes, therefore, that our govern. ment must mainly rely for 1ts large current expen— ditures and the reduction of the national debt. Large revenues will be derived frota the taxes upon Brnisky and tobacco, it the tax on the Latter article should be retained, but our chief revenue must be derived from {import duties. ‘fo show how these duties may be iinposad and distrtvuwd ag to neltaer imperil our manufactures nor obstruct our foreign le, While Une ‘Treasury 1s kept in an eusy condi- tion, Will be the tazk of the commission. That the task will bea very difficuit one is certain; that it ted be successfully performed ought to be certain also. In competition with Great Britain in the South American markets, Great Britain Will have the vantage by being already 1a but this advantage will doubuess be couuterval: anced by the abundance aud comparative hess of our agricultural productions. ‘Thut we are to be a competitor with Great Britain in foreign markets, especially in the markets of the South American states, 15 a3 certain a5 anytulng ta the future can be. make this competition successful {t will be tor Con- ress ) determine after the commission has per cannot properly be done before. A nation with Ix mntilion of people, dchiiing every twenty- years, a peopie distinguished {or enterprise and inventive po vast resvurces, oucht not much 1 of International trade. cement of its work the coramts- id, I taink, regard the following points as ‘That the public revenues are not to be in excess uf what may be required for the support of the government, and the gradual reduction of the public debt. Second. That our manufactures, which underthe fostering care of tue government have attained sich gigantle proportions and whos? prosperity 1s essential to the welfare of all other interests, are ot to be put in Jeopardy by radical and sweeping changes in the tariff; and that ail reductions of import duties should bs made with a view to their ultimate advantage by opening to them markets from which they are now in a large degree ex~ clude Something has been done, and more might be done, to increase oup foreigh trade by reciprocal treaties, but the advantage to be derived from such ‘treaties would be restricted and partial; and there are Very serious objections to treaties Which affect the public revenues, on tbe ground that they are an encroachment upon the rights of the House of Rep- Tesentatives, in which, under the Constitution, all revenue bilis must originate. AS to the persons who should constitute the com- mission there will be various opinions. It might be composed of persons who have no connection with tae government, or of Senators and Members of the House, but I strongly incline to the opinion that 1t should be com} Of Members of the House only, because, in the investigation of the subject of our foreign trade, questions affecting the public revenues wil ly. be involved; and that members should be selected from those’ who have been re-elected to the Forty-ninth Congress, in order that its work may be explained and de- fended by those who have performed it. It would be advisable, also, that the Secretary of the Treas- ury should exogicio be a member of the commission, in order that the views or the eer depart- jee and those of the commission may be in ac- 01 THE TARIFF. ‘In the preceding remarks the tariff has been only indirectiy referred to. From this it must not be in- ferred that I am not in favor of a reform of the tariff, but rather that the subjects of the tariff and foreign trade are so intimately connected that they must, in my opinion, be consi ther. Have ‘We not reached the stage should be when & po ‘adopted which will embrace harmonize the Great interests of the country? If such a commission as hag been suggested had been Sane, and its work could be performed at an early date, I should not be dis} to say any- ‘Ubing bearing directly upon the tariff; but as relier from the present burden of taxation is urgently and justly dezoanded, J deem it my duty to su; that something in this direction should be done ‘without aelay.” Owing to the shortness of the time allowed to me for the cousideration of the subject, Lam not prepared to name the articles upon Ww: are be removed Spee pa snould re- ret this if Cony ‘were not a possession i the facts which should govern its action This miuch, however, 1. may be proper for me to recom- mend: First. That the existing duties raw ma- terials which are to be used in mant Lure ahouid ‘be removed. He TTS ‘Ube interest of our trad ‘Second. That the duties upon the articles used or consumed by those Who are the least able to bear the burden of taxation should be reduced. ‘This also can be effected without prejudice to our export trade.” THB INTERNAL REVENUE. ‘Tho Secretary sees no good reason for the con- tinuanceot any of the internal revenue taxes, with the excepiton of the tax upon whisky. Tobacco is the only agricultural product taxed. An articie which is go generally used, and which adds so much to the comfort of the largé numbera of our tion who earn their Ii by manual labor, can— not properly be considered a et and as tie collection of the tax is expensive and troublesome to the government, and is and irritative to small manutact ‘the tax upon tobacco should, the Secretary tuinks, be removed. ‘The tax upon whisky could not be repealed with- out disregard of public sentiment, nor without @ necessity for duties'upon import- Sagonts but, While this is true, the tax upon the alcohol in manufactur! might be removed with decided benefit to home Indusiry and foreign trade. It 1s suggested that provision be made for the use free of tax, as in Great Britain, of domestic bus lated spirits, or spirits mixed With wood ‘hus rendered unit for use as a {njured for manufacturing Such ameas- ure, it is thought, would tend to encourage manu factures, both for home use and for ion, ‘The total vaiue of the imports and exports of merchandise di the $1,408, 211,302, reas agi $1, te ae the of $1 4 The « ot from the United States di the Dscal $29,707,121. The total exports of reign Merchandise amouniad to yee and of which was OREN pot aS OUR SHIFPING INTEREST. “In direct connection with the condition of our foreign trade,” says the report, “is the condition of our merchant service. The causes of the deciine of our are 80 well understood that any re- marks on this point are quite unnecessary. humiliating stares us in the ys 8 f # i £ F ] E i 7 a H I BE i i 4 8 is BE 8 oF Y i ‘§ t i i 8 = 5 Hi g ; if | i ! i 8 3 E : Bila way of revival of our fully inves. tigate the co of Diudlog eps in, tao’ Unied i i cif very favorable seagoas on Ube oiiter side of che At: | ion of the trade, | 1 Steps Which may be needful to | forined its duty. Tome it seems certain that It | Trom having a full share in | ] ‘States an the hands complete tal invested mur Lore “present y hus be bh our ship ay ertain!nc these views, 1 Go not hesitate to ex- the rk iid Be patd u ective duties ce investment and what 0) somewhat placed, as regi Apore On a touting with other antiquated commerce night we In ts connection, vessels engaged in comme training-scuool for sallor jfor war by tbe! cruisers or tran: orelgh cou our ma ne Of peace 3 A preparation on tuto arined ssels BLOUld NOL ve oVer- asa! Great Britain, with her two hundred thow Merchant seamen and her unmense th in the transportation of merchandise gersin ail paris or the world, may ser coun- | Ury In uhis view, bot as a Waraing and as an ex: ample, | THE CONDITION OF THE TREASURY. | Figures are given to show the rapid reduct! jon of | the Public debt, from. $2,814.659,626.56 in August, | | 1865, to $1,812.49 2 . 1884, With a Teduction tn the annual interest c during tbe | Same period amounting to $193, While, however, tue pubite de! | factory condition,” (he report s | Some Aanclal daagers ahead which cau < | avoided by chunges in our Muanctal leg | The most Imminent ct these dangers, and Ut | One to whiea I pow the attenuon’ of Congress, 1s in this satis- ys, “there are janses from the continued colnage of silver and the increasiag or it by | sliver certificates. "1 that the world j ts not in a condition, and never will be, for the demonetization cod ihird of its metallic money; Uist both gold and silver ure ob. solutely necessary tor a clreulatung tedium: and that neither can be disused without aly in creasing the burden of det, degraded by 2 | effects upon also believe that void a [tO mutntan their comparetuve v Jolnt action of commercial nations. aciion taken by th Fon an equailty with cold, ac- andards, but it has Been’ by | EE received trota Eur Uons greatly iessened ln commercia! a ‘The Treasury now holds $147,573,221.89 iu | and sdditional vaults must <o0n be cousin the coinage ts to be continued. But tnt: | Ot small usporcance compared with the dunger to Wich the haUonal credit and the business oi the country are expose? by in the Treasury, which must be Increased by tur- ther colnage and especially by tie issue of stiver rd is & 6 bf matter | certificates. A large part of our paper currency | based on coin is worth oniy about #5 cents on the Collar. ‘The certificates, being receivable for due | tes, prevent gold trom ‘coming into the ‘Treasu |. A pante or dn adverse cur; compel the use in ordinary ury Of the gold held for the redempuion of i United States notes, or the use of sliver or silver gertificates in the payment of Its gold obligations. ‘There is no surplus gold im the Treasury aud ine Teserve has geen trenched npon. \ “after gr the subject carctul consideration says the Secrecary, “1 have been forced to tbe c clusion thet uaiess both the ver dol- Jars and the issue of silver certificates are sus | pended, there 1s danger that silver, and not guid, may become our metillic standard. This dancer may not be imminent, but it is of so serious achar- | acter that there ought not (o be delay in providing | against It. Not only would the nationai credit. b> seriousiy impsired if tie government should be under the 1 of using silver dollars or Uticates in payment of gold ovligations, bat bus bess of ali kinds would be greatiy disturbed: not Only 50, but gold would at ouce cease To ve a ciren lating medium, and severe contraction Would be the result.” ‘The Treasury would be relieved in a measure | from the burden of we silver now held in it by a | ‘withdrawal from circulation of the one and two dollar notes. He thinks tae country would be ben- efitted if ali five dollar notes should be gradually Telired and the colnuge of half and quarter eagies | ‘Tue decreased intrinsic value of the subsidiary | aver colns renders it faivisable o increase, their | Weight so that they will correspond to fractional | subdivisions of the silver dollar. Nearly $30,000.00 | Of fractional silver coins are held in the ‘Treasury, and are practically unavailable as an asset, A lange | portion of them ts in @ badly abraded condition, | wing been in circulation for a long period ot | ears, To increase their bullion value so as to being them up to the same weight proportionately as the silver dollar would require about four mil- Mon (4,000,000) ounces of silver. mathe, aay of all nations is vo improve and wutity the destcns on their colns, and especially | to make them uniform in weight'as far as prac- tcable. There ts nov only a marked diversity in weight among our coins of the sane nomina! vaine, but they are characterized by a great variety and j exceeding Inelegance of design anda tack ot ar- Ustic merit. Should Congress authorize their re- coi & much-needed Opportunity would be rur- nished ior rendering them more creditable as well ‘45 more useful Lo the country. ‘The Secretary suggests that the existence of the anomalous trade doliar should be uo longer tok erated. If it be considered unfair or impracticable toaccomplisi their surrender at their bullion value | merely, a small advance on that Value micht be of- nt of exchange mizht ments by the Tres fered for them. ‘The appropriation for the current year for the bureau of engraving aud printing being but $4,000 greater than that of last $0 Uon of one and two dollar 3 from January untii July, ts believed to bi cient to matntain a full circulacion of sina NATIONAL BANKS. ‘The number Of national banks !n operation No- vember 1, 1854, was 2,672. Since the ¢stablishment of the national banking Fystem, on February 2%, 1863, there have been or- ganized 8,261 national bunks. Of these, 489 have gone Into voluntary liquidation by vote of share- holders OWning two-thirds of tbelr respective capi- tal, and 100 have been placed in the hands of re | celvers for the purpose of closing up their affairs. ‘The aggregate capital of the national banks of the United States on October 1.1884, Was 8524,266,045, and the circulation was $239,775. The corporate existence of 721 nationa! banks, with an aggrezate cupital of $189,071,475. will expire duriug 1855. ‘ihat the market ‘price ot the 4 and 4 per cent bonds is still (oo igh to eu- | | | abie banks to base circulation upon them at a rofit Is plain, the Sec’ ks, from the fact the is; the payaenc, of witch ts gusramecd one payment ch ts 7 The Tinftod Slater anda Tepeal ot the tax on clreulas propositions to the wisaoin. of Congress eueving H om. that, if adopted, they will enable banks which now | cont = Fearer Bhiediiae mg etn juence calling ir 3 per cent Is to maintain ton the Jong time bonds with a small Profit, or at least withutit loss, or banks le based upon out 3 per Cent bonds wack | Wy per cent bonds, whic! are now redeemable and being rapidiy redeemed, | remedial action cannot be postponed beyond tne Present session if a rapid reducuon of our bank- note circulation 1s to be avolded. ‘The subject is a ‘very important one, and should receive immediate something Turthi ve done, he this er must e, he t! wo establish tne system on a nt basis. ea “That the national banking system,” the report says, “has been of greet service to the government im the collection of revenues; that ft has furnished & bank-note circulation of uniform vaiue, and safe ES, is admitied even by its oppo- Open to ‘all who desire to in bauk- ing, free from anything which savors of moncpi it is eminently adapted to our republican insiit Banks of issue have been found necessary hutions, and it can be safely a3- So far as circulating notes are re- | proved August 8, 1682, seems to Justify, the Secre- tary thinks, a renewal of the recommendation of j that was f | shot. Logan was dangerously, if not a Central Pacific rafiroad hat Congtess May devise cious invest of thas recommended Ly Secre- mMUAicAtOn to Congress 1m, in th June, 1980, that ine rst mortgage bonds Ot be CODSiivzaiton of Con. for the Union Pacite tor fiscal year 16%, wore ‘The Tevenues depostted 1m the Treas. Tor the same period were e has been retina sinking fend, $254,700 indeutedness of the District, t annuslly required for interest # duties oF the cammissk Uhe District of Coiumbh: Tnited States by the act ba » ISS, there has Deen retired A utfactors In ery MOLD OPigtnaliy retaty s, and one halt by t oF Fk DatoRTE: dispatch from London says: Society n siivantage of the political nll to dis- cuss wiih even greater eagerness than asual the troubled househoid of the Qneen and of th ere. distinguished personages who have beea draszed into the jaw cou The recent visit | of the Dnixe of Argyll to the Queen ts aniversal- ly associated with the strained relations be- tween the Margu's of Lorne and the Princess Loutse. jal of the ostentatious keep- ing » two young people has crown to i Louise is in Londoa the Marquis is in the Highlands, and when he re- 0 the metropolis Louise tes to Germany. Tims there there was always a minimum of @ couple of hunired miles between them. The Queen has ordered the Princess tu report te If of Wink and some arrangement ts contemplated wnder whieh the Hl-asated pair Will Iake some concession to appearances by oC- castonaily stopping under the same roof. The Queen is meautione unmereifully lashed by Theansof the savage pen of Labouchere. Karoline Bauer's memoirs coutiaue to supply terrible materials by the description they aifurd of the | fanny Queen's sainted busbar d Lat out weekly extracts. each worse | than the other, trom the unedifying pictures of brutal royalties. MINE OF THE DAT IN Paris. Public sympathy for Madame Hugues. who | shot her tradacer in Paris inst week, 1s intensi- fied by the fact that both M. rlugu and his wie the large atsount of stiver | M- a ‘lovers’ breaktast™ betore going to the court. She was im excellent spirits during the meal ger home she prepared a bundle ruse during her stay in prison. Shi asked the prison anthorities that she mas provided with material tor modelingineclay. She has a daily reception et St. Lazaire prison. Hi reds of cards ftom member of all political yns in Paris and alarge number of floral zs have been sent to her. Her two young s alse been permitted to visit her. that his wife kept him in ig- use of the tragedy, as ehe was uome, telling him that she was aring a busi for the salon. Mr. Hugues bas asked that his wife be allowed to give ball, but the authoriti y with his request, rin!'s condition Is hopeless; nothing short of a m can save him. A Wealthy W SHE MARRIES A POOR YOUNG MAN OF HALF HER AGE. C.C. Gaines, of Danville, Va., entered the Eastinan business college, in Poughkeepsie, as & poor buy, and after graduating became ao as- sistant teacher in the coliege. He was in favor with Mr. Eastman, and eontinued to reside at his home ufter his death. On Wednesday he was married to Mrs. Eastman, the widow, who is very wealthy. She is fifty-two years old and he is twenty-four. The arrangements for the vedding were conducted quietly, and reiativer were not made aware of the widow's intentions ntil a few hours before the ceremony was per- formed. President White, who succeeded Mr. Eastman, has resigned. The majority of the faculty of the college have withdrawn, anc will start an opposition school. This will’ place Mr. Gaines at tie head of the Eastman busines: college. aspen Grave Charges Agninst Canadian Cabt- net Miniyters. Adispatch from Ottawa says: A great sen- sation has been caused in Qrebec over the an orial bas been presented asson, ia Quebec, making mnalversation of office for per- ‘ainst two prominent aninisters ol et, i tendering proof to sus- tain the cts it is understood that the pre- sentation memorial was purposely de- laved ui Gov. Rovit: weut out of office and Mas-on came iu, in order that @ thor- ough investigation might be made. ni SOE a Colcridge Scandal Mints, A London dispatch says: The tndignation at Manisty’s action in the Lord Coleridge case is intense, and in general all the sympathy it during the past week for the brother has been overthrown by the judce’s nmsy display of partisanship. Mr. Adame that tie worst side ot the cusa ‘been guessed at by the public, and explains that their was method Teason in the justice's refusal to let him of Lord Coleridze, and in the anxiety of defense to keep Miss Coleridge off the stand. He says her real reasons for leaving her father’s house were iy discreditable to Lord Coleridge, and he even goes so far as to say that these reasons were based on @ scandal of which the pgblic is as yet heard nothing. U. S. Troops Pursve Inpiay Munpenrns Into Me: .—Liert. Eggleston has crossed into Mexico in pursnit of the band of Indians who recently scalped the Petty family, he hay- inz been notified Berra authorities at Washing- ton of the revival of the reciprocal agreement roviding for the crossing of the international oundsry line by troops ot the United States na of the republic of Mextco in pursuit of hos- tile Indians. Heune Him to a TeLecrarn PoLr Ustu, He Coxressen.—A vigilance committee seized notorious thief named Reddy near North Bend Saturday and strung him up to a telegraph pole until he contessed to a number of crimes, among which was acriminal assault on a little girl in North Bend. His statement was reduced to writing, and he was then turned over to the sheriff. a Two Sirrers Snoct Turm Sepvucens.—Geor- giana and Josephine Conwuy, sisters, aged 20 and 22 years, respectively, nieces of ex-Mayor Conaway, shot two roung men on Canal street, New Orleans, Saturday right. Georgiana shot Join D. Logan, son of ex-Alderman M. D. Logan, and Josephine shot Joseph A. Devon- shire, a U. 8. depaty marshal. The young ladies im that they were seduced by the men they wounded. Devonshire was but wounded. The ladies and their brotner were arrested. to's modification of tie existing law. leat a the RZ iis arrived in re] Ps Raf Do It aS