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About The McIntosh County herald, and Darien commercial register. (Darien, Ga.) 1839-1840 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1840)
jT JE ‘’ ■:■ : or ills or the u. jit^tke niw in \ Bum HOUSES QF CONOBCtH, UKrifiK 1 H, I®TU(. the Sc .nlr. and Ifoutt of /?; / ei'Atmift* : I rofret that f car.-..,', i thin occasion, con-. gratulau you that the >t y*.ir bn* been one of waallofed proipeei.Y. I'im ravage* of foe nni dir.'-iae here pa’ fViy aflfeted otherwis# flourishing portion* of our cofrnfry : nwl serf ou* tui l ;.irras.iniii* yet derange the trade f tinny of mtr euie*. lint ‘lotwithstanding these jtdvarze circumt*ucoa, that general pramd ty which has been her ‘.afore no lxnMitr>nlly be ,towed upon ue by ‘ Author of nil'good slid continue* to enli ! or our wormrdx grati tude.— Bjpeet ally hove *ve reason \4 rejoice in t!e exubcunt harvunt which have lavishly r eompeitceJ well diruotc 1 miiastry, end given toit that sure reward whieft is vainly sought m vi no tory aptculati •••*. I cannot indeed vi w without pccuJfar wtiifteiiiMi, the **vi d ‘nee# affordcl bj the pa*t*e*on f the beri e'itf that spring front the steady devotion of the hu/jattaaii tto hi* honorable pursuit. No • mean of niiividc and comfort I* more certain, u:t<l \w aotirce of tmtf • *§ prosperity is so sure. >'.,rf.i:r*j can eompeni* a People for e Pepin ifv.ice upon othar* f-r |ne bread they e. ; mid th it c eerful atiindanre on which the hrtppi nets of every one much depend*, is to lie looked for nowhere With anrh an re reliance n in the industry of tne agriculturalist and the (rnumins of tne earth. With foreign coU't'. -.s our relation* exhibit the same favorable a ‘-;; tl which was presen ted in my last annua! ‘ueMnjje, and afford con ned proof ofthe wi !( < uftfie pacific, just and f rehearing policy adopted by the first Admin i itr.itioo of the Fedora Government, and pur ausdliy it* successor*.- Tin: cxtraordiary pow er* vest-d in me by an act of Congrei s, for the defence of the country in an emergency con atdfre Iso for probald as to require that the Executive should posse s ample mentis to meet it, have not nee:) even “1. They have, there fore, been attended with no other re mit than to increase, by tha confidence thus reposed in m- my obligations to maintain, with religion* exactness the eardioal principles that govern our intercourse with i ■ her nation*. Happily, in our pending quo:-.; n with (treat Brittain, out of which tills unusual grant of authority arose,nothing haaoccurred to required* exer tion; amt as It !• about to - ■■■turn to the Legis lature, I trust that no future uecc ity may call for its exercise by then, ..r its delegation to another department of the ifoverumrnl. For the settlement ot \orihwc*toru boun dary, the propositi i.) pi Mllhc.d hy (treat 111 ll tian for a commission ol exploration and sur vey hai been received au Ia counter project, including also a provi hi for the certain and floral adjustment of tho lit tin dispute, is now before the Briiish Government for r ednsidc ratlotl. A just regard loth’ dellcuto state of tills question, ami a propor i meet for the nat ural in.; .lienee of the Htule ol Maine, not less than a conviction that the negotiation Inn* been already protruded longer than is prudent on the part of either Government, have led me to believe that the proton’ favorable iiuyiwnst should on no cccmiiil he - i.Ttiol to pass with out netting (he queatiow torovirwt rest. I feel ocmndeul that tit” Oov#t it maul of her llritnn ino M'tjciiy will take the hiiuio view of this Mih|coMh,. i am persii (led it. is governed by fifty atronifnd sine're for thoanit cnble termination o. v.e controversy. To the inlrmic difficulties of questions of • boundary lines, Ospc ntlly those described in regions unoccupied ami hut partially known, is to tic added in our country the emharras inenl necessarily urt. tng out our Constitution, by wHtuli the General Govermnont is made the or, nil of negotlmm* and deciding upon the particular interests of ilip Slams on whose frontier* tlieso lines arc to he lraced. To avoid Hiiovhcr controversy in which a .Statu Govern ment might rightfully claim to have her wishes consulted, previou yto the conclusion of con ventional arrangement* concerning her rights Jurisdiction or territory, I have thought it ne cessary to call tho attention of the Govornmr.nl of Grout Ill'llt ito another portion of our com tertuinou* and intuition, of which the division Mttil remains t.> ito adjusted. I refer to the line from the .trance of Lake Superior to the most North'” ‘• ru point of the Lake of the A’ nods, stipulation* fur the settlement of which hi u to he Ibuit “and in the seventh article of the treaty ol Ghee The eoiuinissiouern appoin ted under thut match’ by the tvv o Government*, haiutg dtflerotl in their opinions, made sepa rate repotts, ace. dug to its stipulations, up on the point* of (L i cement and thesediflbr tnccs are how to 1 a submitted to the arbitra tion of somefruii. lit v- vereign or State. —The disputed points siuj. . oa settled and the line dktdgnated before I flu ’ . ritortal Gov eminent, ol which taos t- i .i 4atie*, take* its place in the t mol) a* i ■ . and J rely upon tlm cordial ivoperu! “ f the llritlish Govern incut lo cllect thrt ct. There is every in to believe tlint distur bance!* like those ,ncli lately ngitated the ncighUorlhg Brim i Province will not again prove thesourcet aordrr contention*, nr m terposc oh*i!teiCl tiiw\l’ contimmuev) of that good tIWnWT-landing . hicli it is ihc iwwttiai in ler.'lTof Great Britt : and the l aitcd States tofireserve ami nta tain. fjm ithin the Provr ;-e* thcmsclvu* tmntjuili ftfy is restored ; ami, on our frontier, lhai mis guided sympathy in avor til w hat was presu med lo a general f ill ill U lialf ol’ popular rights, and which in some insiances misled a few of (.or more it:.’ ‘ pencured citizens, tuts subsided ilia ratioiul conviciion strongly op p > ed n dl intern) “tiding with the iniermil allair* of our neigh mrs. The people of the l olted Slate* feel, is it is hoped they always. Mill, a warm solicitude for the success ol all who are sincerely endeavoring to improve the political condition : mankind. This generous feeling tney cheiisf towards the most distant naiion : and it was natural, therefore, that it should be awakened with more common warmth in behalf ot their immediate neigh bars. Hut it does not belong to their charuc-1 tor. as a community, to seek the gratification oftnose feelings in ;.ols which violate theirdn tv as citiicnsi en tiger the peace of their enquiry, and tend t ■ bring upon it the stain of a ti dated faith towards foreign nations. If, zealous to confer b< nettle on others, 4hey ap pear fora momenrdj lose sight of the permit- 1 neut obligations imposed upon them us citi sens, they are seldom long misled. From all the information Ii jeivc, eonfirmed to some i extent by personal dservation, iam satisfied j that no one can no v hope to engage in such enterprises without encountering public indig- i nation, in addition to the severest penalties of the law. Secant informal m also leads nut to hope that the emigrants Irom her Majesty's Provin- : ces, .who ivtye song refuge within our botin-j darics. are dispose, • i become, peaccalde resi- | dents and to abstain from all attempt# to en danger the peace of that country which has I afforded thru) asylum 03 a review of the occurrence on both sj.fo., the. lie .it is satis- ] factory to reflect tluA, in almost every com plaint against our country, the offence Inav be traced to emigrants from he Provinces who | have sought refuge here, in the few instances in which they were Jed by cituons of the United States, the a. ,f these misguided men were not only tad ; contravention of the ! bs v a and wall fcnjvr, v shesof their own Gov-1 I enwnuit, tint met VilV the decided disappfo bauoti of ‘he Peoplkofkha Umiod H*te. I re net to state tka nppqararw* of a <JifT;r • e'spirit Killing hfcr Majesty* itbjKli In the j Canada*. The ssntiraenia and h<>‘t<luy *o our I people and institute nix, which have been : rrc()ueiitly cxprewicd UNr, nod the disregard 1 of our right* wliich huve V<n mamf’ -led on omr occasion*, have, I am sorry to *ay, been applauded and enruArngcd hy the people, and J I'vrti by of th r'lbordmati: V<’4 author- , ! iit<n of ib*- Provi<4*. The churl ok;er *“ ’Canada oirtmintcly have not cntcihainivl**® I aaiHKfueling, and have pcolmlily prevAittdl *'X ! cfuses that moat have been fiitul to timpclre of 1 the two countries. I look forward anxiotialy to a period then j nil the Iraii-artiotM which have grown ut of thin condition of onr nffuirs, nod whirl huve i been made the riibjrrtH of cowpluint t and re- I monstrance hy the two Government* t qiec ! lively, shall be fully examined, and the prop ■ or satisfaction given where it is due fri uei p ther side. Nothing hna occurred todidtirb the I rrno ity of onr Intercourse with Austria. ium, Denmark, Prance, Naples, I'orfitgal. •’ “via, i Russia,nr Hwedeit. Tin:tntrrnalutatetd pain i j has hi naihly improved, and a weil-grn ided * exi-ti t’ al the return of p .o ■ i r> ••• Uni! to the l*< oplo of that eoumry their irm i cr prosperity, and cnahie the Governin’ it to I fulfil all it* obligation* ut homo and fit nid. The Government of I’ortilgal, I have th snt i ufa<'lion to uiatii, line paid In full the etc ‘frill , and lu-l iiihUliiO'iit din- to our citizen* so the ! ciuintH einlirilrcdin the settlement inane vth it , on the third of Mart'll, 1827. I lay before you of commerce &go tiated with th". Kins,’- of Sit rJ in a mid the Netherlands, ’ the ratification of which have been exchanged sitin'the adjournment c Con gress. The liberal principle* of these li a l ieu will recommend them to your appro iliou. That’ with Sardinia t* the find treaty o emu mi ree firrmed hy Unit kingdom, and it ill. I 1 1 list, answer the expectation* of the | i-cut Sovereign, hy aiding the developeinent and the resource* of lu* country, and idimulatu ; the enterprise of hit people. Tuat with the Xeih erlnntU happily teriiiiuatei a long exislu ‘null ject of dispute, and removes from our utnre commercial inteteoursc ull iipj rehens m of emhurra ■ tu The Kitigof the Nctlnfi ultda ha* a I no, iu further illustration of Ins cha teter for juste i oitl of Ills desire to remove very cause of ilis-atisfuclion, made eotoperu ition for an AiAerican vessel captured in IRK hy a French privateer, mid carried into Curnmca, | where the. proceeds were approprialed i the I use of the. colony, then, mid for a altor time alier, under the dominion of Holland. J The dentil of the laic Sultan Ini* pro need no alteration in our relations with Tfkey. I Our newly appointed Minister It’ sirlelt has reached Constantinople, and I have rcr-ived assurance from the present Ruler that tl a oh ligations of our treaty, noil those of fri>*u ship, will he fulfilled by himself in the name spirit that actuated his illustrious father. I regret to he obliged to inform yqutlill no convention for the setUoinonl of ins'c> >1 u* of our citizen* upon Mexico ha* yet been r lified hy tlm Government f‘hnt country. Tin first eorTV'entioii formed fur tluit purpose wl not . presented by tlte PlKiffimt of Mexico J< r the upprohation of its Congress,from a befit f that the King of I’nitutin, the arbitrator incise of disagregigeiit in the joint commission to he appointed hy the United States mid VI xico, would not consent to tnkc upon lumsel ihm friendly office. Although not entirely i iti-.fi od with the course pursued hy Mexico, 11 It no . hesitation in receiving, in the most coilt liltto ry spirit, the explanation offered, am also cheerfully eonaonted to h new coventi n, in linin’ to arrimge the paymenu proposer to lie made to our citizens, in a manner which,|u hilt: equally just tolhcin, was doomed les* nacrous and im'inivenliTit to the. Mexican Govergiuont. Relying confidently upon theinlenlionsjifthat liovcriMnent, Mr. i'lllis, was directed tnjrepair to Mexico,and diplomatic intommrsuh lioen resumed lictwceii the two countries. Tin new convention bus, ho informs us, been rieeiilly submitted hy the I‘retulcnt of that litpublie to its Congress, under ctrcumslnnecsJ which promise a speedy lalificulion ; a result which I cannot allow myself to doubt. Instructions have been given lo tig’ Com missioner of the United Stales under dur Con vention with Texas, for Ihe demarcntjnn ofthc line which separates us from that Republic. The t oumiissionera of liolli (eiveriildi iIUIUcI in Now Oilcans in August lasi. The joint commission vuts orguiiUed, and ailjdurued to convene at the same place on the Iw glflli el'Oc toher. Ii is presumed to be now ioitho perfor mance of its duties. The new tiovernmeiit of Texas has shown its desirotoculin ale I'rieudly relations with lis, by a prompt reparation for injuries complain- j ed of in the caw of two vessels of Ihe I’m tod Slates. .j . With Central America a con edition has been eoneluded for the renewal ofS'is former treaty with the United States. Tils Win not ratified before ihotlcparture ofour litof Chnrgc d'Artairs from that country, and uittropy of it brougiit by him wasnoi reeeivrdWfore the adjeurnmi nt of the Suttiue at the Inst session, fu the meanwhile, the period frlm the ex change of ratifications having expired. I deemed il expedient, m consequence of the death of the Charge d’AtVnires, to lend a spe cial agent to Central America torjoso the af fairs of our mission there, ami to arrange with the liovorntneut an extension of t|u time for the exchange of ratifications. The commission created by the Senate which formerly composed the Republic of Co -1 Itimbia, for adjusting the claim* Against that ’ Government, has, by a very uufjtpeeted cott | strnclionol the treaty under wlilclt it nets, de cided that no provision was made for those claftus of citizens of tlu F nited Stalls which * arose from captures by Columbian privateers, |. and where adjudged against life el Mutants in the judicial tribunals. This decision will com 1 |ud the I’nited Stales to apply to the several ! Governments formerly iinfied for redress. \\ ill* all these—New Grenada. Vede/tila. and hxnador-s-n perfectly good un lorsi.inding ex ists. Our treaty with Vcnezula is faithfully i carried info execution, and Unit country, in the enjoyment of tranquility, is gradually advan ! eiug in prosperity under the guidance of its present distinguished President. General Paez. W ith Ecuador. a liberal commcrfinl conven tion has lately been concluded, will be transmitted to the Senate at an e.jrly day. ” ith the great American Kinp rc of Brazil ■ wr relations com intie unchanged as does our , friendly intercourse with the ot ler Govern mentsot South America—the Aigcntinc lle j public, and republics of Urtiguny Chili, Peru, and Bolivia. The dissolution of he Peru 110- Ifv i,nr ( onfederation may oceasuli some tem porary inconvenience lo our citizens in that i quarter, hut the obligations on thi new Gov ernments which have arisen out of that Con : federal to observe its treaty stipulations | wiH no dit ba soon imdcn-tiisd. and it is I presm, that no indisposition vi(l exist to luliill. <se which it contracted with the Uni ted States. The fiuanrj] operations of the bovcmmCJll . during the present year have, i ait happy lo i STiv - been very successful. The difficulties j under which the Treasury Department has 1 labored from known defects in (he existing law s rclalivcto the safe keeper ofj the public | monies, aggravated by the suspension of spe j cie payments by several of the banks bolding j public deposit*, or jadcbied to public officers [ l0 '’ “<s received in pay ment of public dues. 71113 SYIOXIVTOSH COUNTY IIBRALD,, • have beeg summoned to a very gratifying ex tent. Tbelaig* current expenditure* have lu en punctii illy met, and the Faith of the Gov- j rrumeiit in all ft* pecuniary eoiiccrnshasbccn 1 •crupuioudy niaintutned. j The nineteen million* of Treasury ‘ otea authorized hy the act of Goug"* l * IRd>, and the iTi'sJdicatioiis ih*w.of, with a view to the indulgence of merchatlt* on their duly bonds, and of ,fl * deposUe bauka iiifbe puytuoal of, ( >*|i(’ inoticy* held by them, have been so j puacliially radeeiucd as to leave less than the | original ten miMlons outstanding at any one ; ljme, and the whole amount unredeemed now fills short of three million*. Os these the chief portion I* nut due till next year, and the whole would have been already extinguished could the. Tro.i-ury have, realized the payments due lo it fr-tn tile bank*.—lf those due from them during the next year shall be punctually made, and if Gougre-a ahull keep the appropriations within the estimate, there is every rea-on to be lieve that all the outstanding Treasury notes can he redeemed, and the ordinary expenses defrayed, without imposing on the people any i additional harden, either of loans or increased i taxes. To avoid this, nnd to keep the, expenditures with hi ruasiaioble bounds, is a duty, seeoud only in importaaceto the preservation of our iiatiotiiil enracier and the protection of our cil- [ citizen* in their civil and political rights. The creation, in time of peace of a debt likely to become |ieriuancnl, Is an evt! for w hich there is no fuuivoienl. The rapidity with which many of the Htate* are apparently spproeliing to tin* condition, admonishes it* of our own | ‘luitea, in a manner 100 impressive to be disre garded. One, not the ie.i*t important, i* to keep # tlic Federal Government always in actin |(l iliou to discharge, With ease and vigor, Its higticst functions, should there exercise l>e requircd hy any *tidden eorijummrt •/f public affairs a condition to which we are always • xposts!, and which may itri ur w hen it is least expected. To tliineud, it is indispensable that its finances should lie untrammelled, and us resource*, as far as practicable,umucumbered. No circumstance could present greater ohstu ; eles lo the aecomplishmei of these vitally important object* than the creation of.iuoner ! ous national debt. Our own experience, and also that of other tuitions, have demonstrated the unavoidable and fearful rapidity with which a public debt is increased, when the Government has once surrendered itselflo tin ruinous practice of supplying it* supposed ue cessiticaby new luaus. The struggle, there fore, on onr part, tube suece-skii, must be the threshold.—To inuke’ our clfiirt* effective, se vere economy is lieces-.iry. This is the su rest provision for the national welfare ; and it is, ut the suing time, the best preservative of the principle* on which onr institutions i*st. .Simplicity ami ccbuomy in the nflairs of Slate have never failed to chasten and invigorate re- I publican principles while tlwwe have l*:en as surely subverted by national prodigality, un ! her w hatever *p CCtoft* pretexts it may have i been Introduced Or fostered. These consideration* cannot lie lost Opon a people who have never been inattentive lo j the erttet of their policy upon the institution they Imvenreated for tneinmdves ; hut nt the present moment their force is augmented by the necessity which a decreasing revenue must impose. The check lately given in importa tions of articles subject to duties,(the derange ments til the operations of internal trade, and j especially the reduction gradually taken place ill our tariff of duties, ali lend materially to lessen our receipts ; indeed, It is probable that j the diminution resulting front the last cause alone, w ill hot fall short of five millions of dol lars in the year 1812, ns the final reduction of ull duties of twenty per cant, then takes effect. The whole revenue then accruing from the customs and front the Males of public lands, if nulmore, will undoubtedly be wanted to defray tbo necessary expenses of the Government ■ under the moil prudent administration of its I affair*. These are rircumctanee* that impose the necessity of rigid economy, and require its prompt and constant cxcrctie. Vit It the legislature rest tip; power and duly of so dijusting the public cx'pendilgjo as to pro mote this end. Hy the provision of the Con j stitlition, it is only in consequence of appro priations made by law -tli.it money can be drawn from the Treasury ; no instance has occurred, since the establishment of the Gov ernment, in which the Kxecittive, though a component part of the legislative power, has interposed an object to an appropriation hill on the sole ground of its e.vtrnvigancc. Ilts duty in tins respect hus been considered ful , tilled by requc*rtiqgj.ueh appropriations only as tlic public service may lie reasonably ex pected lo require. In the present earnest di reetioujif the public mind towards this sub ject, both the Kvecutlve and the Legislature have evidence of the strict responsibility to which they wilt be hold <, and while I nut Ton <‘iou of my >vt ii anxious effort* in f>e tfotmt with fidelity this port Mm of my public ftmf -1 lions. |t is ft fiitifTficiion to mo* to Ik; able to count on n cordial co-operation from you. AMhp time I entered upon ray present du ties, Our ordinary disbursements—without including those on account of the public debt, the post office, and the trust funds in charge of the Government—had been Inrge lv increased by appropriations for the re moval of the. Indians for repelling Indian , hostilities and for other less urgent ex pen ses which grew out of mi overflowing Tica surv. Independent of the redemption‘of the public debt ami trusts the gross expen ditures of seventeen and eighteen millions in 1634 and 1635 had by these causes swel led to twenty-nine millions in 1836, anti the appropriations for 1837 made previously to the fourth of March, caused the expend iture to rise to the very large amount of thirty-three millions. \\'e were enable during the year 1636 notwithstanding o\q continuance of our Indian euifiarrassiiients, somewhat to reduce this amount ; and that for the present year, 1839 will not in all probability exceed twenty six millions less than it was last year. \\ ith a determina tion so far ns depends on me to continue this reduction. I have directed the esti mates tor 1610 to he Subjected to the sever est serai tiny and to he limited to the abso lute requirements of the public service. They will he found less than the expendi turs of 1639 by over five millions of dol lars. The precautionary measures which will be recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury, to protect faithfully the public credit under the fluctuations and contingen cies to which our receipts and expenditures are exposed and especially in a commercial crisis like the present are commended to your early attention. On a former occasion your attention was invited to various considerationsiu support of a preemption law in behalfaGihv settlers on the public lands ; and also of a law gradualing the prices tor such lands as had long been in the market unsold, in conse quence of their inferior qualitv. The cve cution of the act which was passed on the first subject has been attended with the happiest consequences in quieting titles, and securing improvements to the industri ous ; and it has also to a verv gratifving ex tent been exempt from the frauds which were practised under previous pre-emption . law*. It ha* at the aamt lime a* was antic- I ipated contributed liberally during iheprca- . ent year to ah* racelpl* of the Treasury. I The passage of a graduation law with tin-guards before recommended, would also j lam persuaded and considerably to the revenue.for acveral year* and prove in other respects just and beneficial. Your early consideration of the subject j is, therefore, once more earnestly re quested. The present condition of the defences of Swr pritjfijtal seaport* and navy yards a* I represented by the accompanying reports of the Hecrctary of War, calls for the early and serious attention of Uongresa ; and, a* connecting itself intimately with this sub ject. licannot recommend too strongly to votir consideration the plan submitted bv that officer for the organization of the mill; tia of the United Htate*. In conformity with the expressed wishes of Congress an attempt was made in the spring to terminate the Floridy war by negotiation. It is to be regretted that these humane intentions should have been frus trated, and that the effort to bring these unhappy difficulties to a satisfactory conclu sion should have failed. Hut after entering into solemn engagement* with the Com manding General the Indians without any ; provocation recommended their acts of treachery and murder. The renewal ol hostilities in that Territory renders it nec essary that I should recommend to your favorable consideration the plan w hich will be submitted to you by the Hecrctary of War, in order to enable that department to conduct them to successful issue. Hiving had an opportunity of personally in jecting a portion of the troops during the last summer it gives me pleasure to bear testimony lo the success of the effort to improve their discipline by keeping them together in as large bodies ns the nature of our service will permit. I recommend therefore that commodious and permament barracks be constructed at the several posts designated by the Secretary of war. Not withstanding the high state their discipline and excellent police the evils resulting to the service from their deficiency of com pany officers were very apparent and I re- I coiuntcnd that the staff officers he perman ently separated from the.line. The navy has been usefully and honorably ! employed til protecting the rights ami pro pony of ottr citizens w herever the. condition ‘of affairs seemed to require its presence. \A ith the exception of one instance, where an oulrgac accompanied hy murder was j committed on a vessel of the United States wliilo engaged iu a lawful commerce, noth ing is known to have oeetired to impede or molest the enterprise of our citizens on that element where it is so signally displayed. On learning this daring art of piracy. Commodore Reed proceeded immediately to the post and receiving •no satisfaction, 1 either iu the surrender of the murderer* or the restoration af their plundered property inflicted severe and merited chastisement on the barbarians. It will be seen by the report of the Hecre , tary of the navy respecting the disposition of our ships of war, that it lias heen deemed necessary to station a competent force or , the coast of Africa to prevent a fraudulent , use of our flag hy foreigners. Kccent experience has shown that the provisions iu our existing laws, which relate to the sale and transfer of American vessels while abroad are extremely defectiv e. Ad ventage has been taken of these delects to give to vessels heUuing to foreigners, ami navigating the ocean, an apparent American ownership. This character ha* been so well simulated as to afford them contpari | live security in prosecuting'lhc slave trade, a traffic emphatically denounced in out sta tutei regarded with abhorrence by our cit izens and of which the effectual suppres sion is now here more sincerely desired than in the United State*. These circum stances msAe it proper to recommend to : your early attention a careful revision of ; these laws, so that, without impeding the i freedom and facilities of our navigation, no impairing an important branch of our in dustry connected with it the integrity artff i honor of our flag nwv be carefully prescr fTor” Informanou derived fronNttir Consul at Havana, showing the necessity of this, was communicated to a committee of the Heimte near thq close of the last session, but too late as it appeared to be acted*upon. It will be hrouglit to your notice by the pro per department, with additional communi cations from other sources. ** The latest accounts from the Exploring Expedition represent it as proceeding suc cessfully in ils objects, and promising re sults on less useful to trade and navigation than to science. The extent of post roads covered by mail service on the first of July last, was about 133,999 milesand the rate of annual trans portation upon them 34,496,878mi1e5. The number of post offices on that day was twelve thousand seven hundred and eighty, and on the thirthicth ultimo, thirteen thou sand and twenty eight. The revenue of the s'osl Office Department for the year ending with the 30th of June last, ] was four million lour hundred and seventy six thousand six hundred and thirty-eight dol lars —exhibiting an increase over the proceed ing year of two hundred and forty-one thou sand and five hundred and sixty dollars.— The engagements and liabilities of the De partment for the same periodate four million six hundred and twenty four thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars. The excess of liabilities over the revenue 1 for the laat two years has been met out of the surplus which had previously accumulated. The cash on hand on the thirtieth ultimo, was i about 6*406.791.59, and the current income of the Department varies very little from the rate of current expenditures. Most of the ser vice. suspended lust year has been restored, . and most of the new routes established by the act of 7th July, 1838, has been set in opera tion at an anuual cost of §136.963. Notwith standing the pecuniary difficulties oftjie coun try. the revinue of the department appears to be increasing ; and unless it shall be seriously cheeked by the recent suspension of payment! by so niun#v<H'the banks, it will be able not on ly to maintain the present mail service, but in a short time lo extend it. It is gratifying to witness the promptitude and fidelity with which the agents of this Department in gener al perform their public dutie^ Some difficulties have arisen in relation to contracts for the transportation of the mails by rail road nd steam bout companies. It ap pears that the maximum of compensation pro vided by Congress for the transportation of the mails upon rail-roads, is not sufficient to induce some of the companies to convey them at such hours as arc rcauirod for the accom modation of the public. It Gone of the moat important duties of the General Government to provide and maintain for the use of the peo ple of the Htate* the best practicable mail es- I tablislnnent. To arrive at timt end it is indit i pensablc that the Post Olliee Department shall ire enabled to control the hours at which the ! mails shall be carried over rail-roads, a* it now j doe# over all other roads. Hhould seriou* in i convenience* arise from the inadequacy of the compensation now provided by law, or 1 from unreasonable demands by any of the rail road companies, the subject is of such gen eral importance as to require the prompt at tention of Congress. In relation lo steam boat lines, the most ef ficient remedy is obvious, and has been sug gested by the Postmaster General. The AA ur and Navy Departments already employ steam j boats iu their service, and although it is by no mean# desirable that the Government should undertake the transportation of passenger* or | freight a* a business, there can be no reason* I ble objection to running boats, temporarily, ! whenever it may be necessary to put down ! attempt* at extortion, to be discontinued as j soon as reasonable contracts can be obtained. My own exertions for the furtherance of these desirable objects have been bestowed throughout my official career with a zeal that is nourished by ardent wishes or the welfare of my country, and by an unlimited reliance on the wisdom that marks its ultimate decision oil alf great and controverted question*. In pressed with the solemn obligations imposed upon me by the Constitution, desirous also of laying before my fellow-citizens, with whose cortfidenee and support I have been so highly honored, such measures as appear lo me con ducive to their prosperily—and anxious to submit tothetr fullest consideration the grounds upon which my opinions are formed. I have on this, as on preceding oerason*, freely offer ed my views on ihiwe points of domestic poli cy that seem, at the present time most promi nently to require the action of the Govern ment. I know that they will receive from [ Congress that full and able consideration which the importance of the subjects merit, and 1 can repeat the assurance heretofore made, that I shall cheerfully and readily co-operate with you in every measure that will tend to pro mote the welfare of the Union. M VAN BUR BN. Washington, Dec, 2. 1829. A horiubi.e Case OK Poisoning. —On Saturday evening, two girls ofgood appear ance hut of evidently the most base nnd abandoned characters and morals, went to the Catharine market to the Stall N 21, owned and occupied by Mr. John K. Floor, batcher, of No |h| Orhartl street and in an i apparently pleasant and polite manner, gave ’ to young Mr. Floor, who is a voting tnan of 23 or 21 years of age, a large and hand some cake as a present, in testimony of their kind feelings towards him. Mr. Flooi suspecting nothing wrong commen ced eating the rake, which tasted very pleasantly, and also gave some to two other victuallers who were near him, who also eat of it. The women after giving the present retired anti were seen no more. Soon after eating the cake Mr. Floor was taken violently sick with nausea, and com menced vomiting profusely and became so had that he had to lie conveyed home where notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the physician ho died at six o’clock yesterday mornili gos the effects of the poison. One of the other persons who partook of the cake but whose name we could not ascer tain is reported to us as still dangerously ill. and his recovery considered doubtful. The nan es of the infamous females w ho perpetrated this horrible outrage oil ’hu manity we have not been able to ascertain and they as yet remain undiscovered. New York Paper. A Game Transaction. —lt may not be known to our citizens generally, that the lower part of the Bowery, in the vicinity of Bayard street, is the grand mart at which the surplus produce of Westchester county, in the way of poultry and pigs, and rabbets, and wild fowl, and sueli other etables, is disposed of. One day last week there were displayed in the basket of one of the dealers four grey squii rels, the very sight of w hich gladdened the eyes of all beholders,—They were so large so plum, and looked so tempting, each one slrelt-n ---edom tvKft tin acorn lieteen its teeth, that the lot was soon purchased hy a French gentleman at a large price, lie had scarcely been ab sent an Wmr when back lie crime in a terri ble rage. He had handed the squirrels over to his cook, who upon proceeding to strip them found they were mere effiges, nothing more than skins stuffed with tow. straw and other rubbish, but so skilfully manufactured that they had deceived all who had seen them. We have heard of a hurbacne catamount stuf fed with tenpenuv nails, and squa fonts for gravy—but a squirrel pie of tow and chopped straw would be a novelty.—N. Y. Com, Adv. PARENTS, READ THIS. TheChocp.— We copy the following from the last PottsviUe Emporium, and it may per haps*, be useful to many of our readers. The remedy is very simple, and no harm can be done by trying the experiment! “To those who may have children subject to this dangerous disease, we would suggests simple remedy whichwe have on sevral oc casions successfully used in our own family. It is the essence of an onion roasted in brown paper and mixed with a double portitjn of ho ney. It affords instant relief, and in twohours time effects a perfect removal of the disease. To those who, like onrself, have anxiously watched for days and nights the struggle of “a fa vorite child while gasping for the breath of life, this simple prescription will certainly be acceptable.” Thanksc.ivinc. in Virginia.—Yester day, says the /Richmond Enquirer of the 13th inst. “was a day of General Thanks giving through the States, for the numerous blessing which a gracious Providence has showered down upon us. The stores were ! shut. All the Churches were thrown open in this City ; and vve understand, that sev eral sermons of great powder and beauty were delivered from the pulpits.” This is the first time, wc believe, that Old Virginia ev.er kept Thanksgiving, in concurrence with the practice so long prevalent in New England. iVore/ Reason foe Discontinuing a Pa per.—The Picayune tells us that an edi tor of a newspaper in A irginia, recently re ceived a note from a distant subscriber, run ning nearly as follows : “Sir : You will please discontinue my paper at the expira tion of the year, as I do not find in it th at species of information I was anxious to obtain when I subscribed. I have looked over it carefully -for six months for the death of some individual I was aepuainted with, but as yet not a single soul I caic any thing for has dropped off. You will there fore please have my name erased.” Ilvn airjy rchh, but not Hurried. —The Knoxville Times state* that a fellow front New Orleans run away with the daughter of a weulthy planter in Dlount counlv, with intent to marry her, but was closely pursued aud overtaken by the girl’s broth er, and another young tnau. Tbe fellow’* name is Gant or Grant, id he it a person of fine appearance and preposaesaing man ner*. The young lady did not feel dispo sed to relinquish the match, until her brother proposed her return, and if her in tended husband could disprove certain char ges of being a blackleg and a common swindler, the family would consent to the marriage. -Grant refused to return on these terms, and making some impertinent re marks, the brother had him tied to a post, beared his back, aud gave him fifty lashes with a negro whip, and then sent about his business. He was also promised a regular lynching unless lie took himself to part* unknown instnnvr, which he was very ; glad to be permitted to do. The younglady is of highly respectable connections, is un der 17 years of.age, and has had a narrow escape.’ Wo suppress the name of the fami ly from feelings which the public vvill ap preciate. The Co/umbiad. —The big gun, rceertt}y east at Mr. Alger's Foundry, at South Bos ton, was tried yesterday at Honth Boston point, near Blake's lumber wharf. It threw a ball, or rather shell, weighing 150 pounds nearly across tlie water to the llonchester shore. Home of the ball ricorhettcd on tbe water very beautifully throw ing up columns of spray, presenting quite a pirtuicsque appearance. Some of the shots were fired with the muzzle of the gun elevated, au 1 made a tremendous whizzing while passing through the air. These experiments w ith the big gun, cost something, however for, ‘•Every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder” weighing 10 pounds—and the whole ex pense of each charge was sls. — Bottun Lvsr or Tim wouicans. V large company of this tribe of Indians arrived fast evening in the steamer Illinois, from Green Bav, and formerly from the ; state of New York. Many of them are iu- I tflligeut, and speak our language wiiji j gieat llueoce. We learn from them that they are seeking a home in the Far West, though they are yet undetermined as to what particular course liter will lake. In the crowd we observe some two or three squaws, who appeared to be the ton on of the company—they were really very pretty, ami a little facetious withal. One of them asked, with a quizzical smile, “ if the white men would kill them if they went up town ?” AA'c assured her that our / citizens admired and respected beaut) and intelligence, and that she, at h nst, would he safe among them, “Oh,” she replied*,,! find that all white men catl flatter, but the Indian girls understand their flim-flanr,” AA e need hardly add that we defended our sex our best inninicr, and bade the interes ting creature adieu hut we must not for get to state Bid she gave us a very neat watchf'urd, which we shall certainly wear through ali time to come.— St. I*mi* Pen nant. \ Tilr Ghost in Spectacle*. — I once saw what nobody, except always the. audience of that particular night could have seen— tlie Ghost of Hamlet's father acted at Co vent Garden Theatre in speclccles. Ar mour, of course, was tlie costume, and chalk tlie complexion : the performer was the late .Mr. Chapman, who was remarka bly nearsighted. Having acted the Ghost so frequently as to have entirely forgotten tin part, (lor who can expect people to re member things for ever I) hr hh“d put on his spectacle* on the outside of the easqnrt which covered his “auncient” head, Bnd being suddenly rrflled to the stage, on ;he went —helmet, glasses, and nil. AA'iieu i once on.Afn remove the glasses, would have bccri impossible: u ghost without specula tion in his ayes, inking off a pair of specta cles, would have hern fatal: and according ly. the ghost performed his duty, eren to the time l eock-crow ing, framed and gla zed as ghost was never seen before.—New Monthly Magazine. ( vn aoa.—Our Albany Correspondent, the other day spoke of rutnors disturban ces about to take place in Canada : ami the rumor to have some fotee, judg ing from a remark in I)r. Thelier’s news paper, published at Detioit, that a blow will be struck at tlie Royalist iu Canada, during the ensuing winter, “and in a quarter little suspected.”—AYtr York Express. Ihe New A ork Express savs—“AA’ith in the last three vveebs over a million and a halt of Woolen goods have been reship ped back to England.—These shipment* have been made for two reasons, First, the* would not pay a profit, and the next’ the parties were fearful that the Collector would seize them as he had seized a large portion of W oolens that have been before imported. The difference to the revenue will be very great. The Balloon. —On Wednesday Mr. Green made his ascent from the gas works, under one of the most serene and cloudless atmospheres that ever shone. R. Crawsnay. Esq. was his companion ; indeed, it appears that the voyage was undertaken to gratify that gentleman, rrom this union there is likcdy to result a ve ry important measure; namely, the construc tion of a balloon of experiment capable of al most any purpose to which it can be capable of almost any purpose to which it can be ap plied. Aerostation is certainly yet in its in fancy. and true philosophy never doubts the possibility of useful improvement. W e understand that Mr. Green has, at the solicitation of a few of his staunch aeronauti cal and scientific friends, gratuiliously consen ted to construct a powerful a splendid balloon, to be used solely for the purpose of scientific experiment and recreative amusement ; and we have his authority to state that he would willingly, with such a machine, , undertake a voyage front new York lo Europe , thus at once putting to the test the duration of the power of a balloon when properly constructed, and furnished with every necessary appen dage. We think with Mr. Monk Mason, who accompanied Mr. Green and Mr. Holland on the ever memorable voyage from London to W lelburg, in Germany, that earth's who'e sur face may at some not very distant day be tra versed by a balloon. —New A’ork paper. There was an earthquake at Tuscumbia, Ala ou the 14th ult.
