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the pending questions, which alone is
consistent with the relations which I
desire to have firmly established be
tween the United Slates and Great
Britain. I regard the action of the
Senate in rejecting the treaty to have
been wisely taken in the interest of
peace, and as a necessary step in the
direction of a proper and cordial friend
ship between two countries.
A sensitive people conscious of their
power, are more at ease under a great
wrong, wholly unatoned, than under
the restraint of a settlement which sat
isfies neither their ideas of justice nor
their grave sense of the grievance they
have sustained. The rejection of the
treaty was followed by a state of pub
lic feeling on both sides which T tho’t
not favorable to an attempt at renewed
negotiations. 1 accordingly so instruct
ed the Minister of the United States to
Great Britain,and found that my views
in this regard were shared by Her
Majesty’s Minister.
1 hope that the time may soon arrive
when the two governments can ap
proach the solution of th : s momentous
question with an appreciation of what
is due to the rights, dignity and honor
of each, and with the determination not
only to remove the causes ol complaint
in the past, but to lay the foundation
of a broad principle of public law,
which will prevent future difK rences
and tend to a firm and continued peace
and friendship. This is now the only
grave question which the United States
has with any foreign nation.
Tire question of renewing a treaty for
a reciprocal trade between the United
Stales and British Provinces on this
continent, was favorably considered in
confoimity with the recomendatiou of
Tax on Russian Hemp.
Your attention is respectfully culled
to the law regulating the tariff on Rus
sian hemp, and to the question whether
to fix the charges on Russian hemp
higher than they are fixed upon manil-
la is not a violation of our trealy with
Russia, placing her products upon the
same footing with those of the most fa
vored nations.
Manufactures.
Oar manufactures are increasing
with wonderful rapidity under the en
couragement which they now receive
with the improvements in machinery
already effected and still increasing,
causing machinery to take the place of
skilled labor to a large extent. Our
imports of many articles must Sail off
largely within a few years ; fortunate
ly too, maufacturers are not confined to
a few localities as formerly, and it is to
be hoped, will become more and more
diffused, making the interest in them
equal in all sections. They give em
ployment and support to hundreds of
thousands at home and retain with
us the means which otherwise would
be shipped abroad. The extension of
the railroads in Europe and the East is
bringing into competition with our agri
cultural products like products of oth
er countries. Sell-interest it not self-
preservation, therefore dictates caution
against disturbing any industrial inter
est of the country.
China and Japan.
U teaches us, also, the necessity of
looking to other markets for the sale of
our surplus. Our neighbors south of
us, and China and Japan, should re
ceive our special attention. It is to be
the endeavor of the administration to
Congress. An appropriation to abolish j cu li', V aie such relations with all these
mixed courts for the suppression of the |
slave trade is under negotiation.
The French Cable.
It having come to my knowledge
that a corporate company has organiz
ed under the British laws, proposed to
land upon the shores of the United
States, and to operate there, a subma
rine cable, under a concession from
the Emperor of the French of an ex
clusive right, for twenty years, of tel
egraphic communication between the
shores of Fiance and the United States,
with a very objectionable feature of
subjectingall messages conveyed there
by to scrutiny and control of the F rench
Government, caused the French and
and British legation at Washington to
be made acquainted with the probable
policy ot Congress on this subject, as
foreshadowed by a bill which passed
the Senate in March last.
This drew from the representatives
of the company an agreement to ac
cept as a basis of their operations the
provisions of the bill, or such ether en
actment on the subject as might be
passed during the approaching session
of Congress ; also, to use their influ
ence to secure from the French Gov
ernment a modification of their conces
sion to permit the landing of any cable
belonging to any Company incorporat
ed by th-3 authority of the United States
or anv Stale in the Union, and on their
part not to oppose the establishment of
any such cable. In consideration of
this agreement, I directed ihe with
drawal of all opposition by the United
Slates to the landing of the cable untii
the meeting of Congress. I regret to
say that there has been no modification
made in the company’s concession,nor,
so far as I can learn, have they at
tempted to secure one. Their conces
sion excludes the capital and citizens
ofthe United States, from competition
upon the shores of France. I recom
mend legislation to protect the rights
of citizens of the United States, and the
sovereignty of the nation, against such
an imposition.
Naturalization.
1 shall also endeaver to secure, by
negotiation, an adandonment ot the
princible of monopolies in ocean tele
graphic cables. The unsettled politi
cal condition of other countries less
fortunate than our own, sometimes in
duces their citizens to come to the
United Stales for the sole purpose of
becoming nalualized. Having secur
ed this, they return to their native
country and reside there without dis
closing their change of allegiance.
They accept official positions of trust
or honor Which can only be held by
citizens of their native lands; they
journey under passports describing
them as such citizens, and it is. only
when discovery, after, perhaps, years
of quiet, threatens their persons or their
property, or when their native fetate
draft them into its military service,
that their change of allegiance is known.
They reside permanently away from
the United States ; contribute nothing
to its revenues ; avoid deties of citizen
ship, and only make themselues known
by a claim of protection.
I have directed the diplomatic and
consular officers to scrutinize carefully
all such claims of protection. The
citizen ol the United States, whether
native or adopted, who discharges his
duty to his country, is entitled to. its
complete protection. While 1 have a
voice in the direction of affairs, I shall
not consent lo imperil this sacred right
by conferring it upon fictitious or frau
dulent claimants.
In vitations have been extended to
the Cabinets at London, Paris, Flor
ence. Berlin, Brussels, the Hague at
Copenhagen and Stockholm, to empow
er their representatives at Washington
to simultaneously enter into a negotia
tion and to conclude with the United
States conventions identical in form,
making uniform regulations as to the
construction of parts of vessels to be
devoted to the carrying of emigrant
passengers, as to quality and quantity
of food , as to the medical treatment
ofthe sick, and to the rules to be ob
served during the voyage, in order to.
secure ventilation to promote health, to
prevent instiusion and to protect the
females, and providing of the establish
ment of tribunals in the several coutv
tries for enforcing such regulations by
summary process.
nations as to entitle us to their confi
dence, and make it thffr interest as
well as ours to establish better com
mercial relations through tue agency ot
a more enlightened policy than that
heretofore pursued towards China.
Largely due to the sagacity and efforts
of one of our own distinguished citizens
the world is about to commence laige-
iy increased relations with that popu
lous and with that exclusive nation.
As the United States have been the
initiators of this new policy, so they
should be most earnest in showing
their good faith in making it a success
in this connection.
I advise such legislation as will for
ever preclude the enslavement ol the
Chinese upon our soil under the name
of Coolies, and also prevent America
vessels from engaging in the transpor
tation of Coolies to any country tolera
ting the system. 1 also recommend
that the mission to China he raised lo
one of the first class.
General Remarks.
On my assuming the responsible du
ties ol Chief Magistrate of the United
, Stales it was with the conviction that
! three things were essential toils peace,
! prosperity 3 and fullest development.
1st. Along with these is strict integri
ty in fulfilling all our obligations. 2d.
To secure protection to the person and
property of the citizen
of the United
States in each and every portion cf our
common country wherever he may
choose to move, without reference to
original nationality, religion, color or
politics, demanding of him only obedi
ence to the laws and proper respect
for the rights of others.
3d. Union of all the States with e-
qual rights unstructable by any consti
tutional means. To secure the first of
these, Congress has taken two e&sential
steps. 1st! In declaring, by joint res
olution, that the public debt shall be
paid, principal and interest in coin
2d,
for
troops must be sent
and the commander of the
by providing tlie means
paying. Providing the mean&j how-
ever,’could not succeed, the object de
sired about a proper administration ol
the laws for the collection ofthe revenue
and an economical disbuisement ol
them. To this subject the administra
tion has most earnestly addressed it
self, with results, I hope satis! etory to
the country. There has been no hesi
tation in changing officials in order to
secure an efficient execution ol the laws
sometimes loo, where, in mere parly
view, undesirable political results
were likely to follow ; nor any hesita
tion in sustaining efficient officets
against remonstrances wholly politi
cal.
The Tenure of Office Act.
It may be well to mention here the
embarrassment possible to arise from
leavin'* on the statute books the so-call
ed tenure ot office acts, and to earnest-
v recom mend their total repeal. It
could not have been the intention of
the framers of the Constitution, when
providing that appointments made by
the President should receive the con
sent of the Senate, that the latter should
have the power to retain in office per
sons placed there by Federal appooirit-
mer.ts against the will of the President.
The is inconsistent with a faithful and
efficient administration ofthe govern
ment. What faith can an Executive
put in officials forced upon him, and
those, too, whom he has suspended for
sufficient reason ? How will such offi
cials be likely to serve an administra
tion which they know does not trust
them ?
Frrr the second requisite to our
growth and prosperity, time and a firm
but humane administration of existing
laws, amended from time lo lime as
they may be ineffective or prove harsh
and unnecessary, are probably all that
are required. The third eannot be
attained by special legislation, but
must be regarded as fixed by the Con
stitution itself, and gradually acquiesc
ed in by force of public opinion. .
The Indians.
From the foundation of the govern
ment to the present time the manage
ment of the original inhabitants of this
continent, the Indians, has been a sub
ject of embarrassment and expense,
and has been attended with continuous
robberies, murders and wars. From
my own experience upon the frontiers
and in Indian countries, 1 do not hold
either legislation or the conduct of the penditures. I would respectfully call
whites who come most in contact j your attention to the recommendation
witffi the Indians, blameless tor the
hostilities. The past, however, can
not be undone, and the question musl
be met as we now find it. I have at
tempted a new policy towards these
wards of the nation—they cannot be
regarded in any other light than as
wards, with fair results so tar as tried,
and which I hope will be attended ulti- i I
mately with great success.
The Society of Friends is well known
as having succeeded in living in peace
with the Indians in the early settlement
of Pennsylvania, while their white
neighbors of other sects in other sec
tions wereconlinually embroiled. They
are also Known for their opposition to
all strife, violence and war, and are
generally noted for their strict entegri-
IV and fair dealings. These considera
tions induced me to give the manage
ment of a few resevations ot Indians to
them, and to throw the burden of the
selection ot agents upon the Society
itself. The result has proved most
satifactory It will be found more
fully set forth in the report ofthe Com
missioner of Indian Affairs.
Superintendents and Indian Agents
not on the Reservations and officers of
the army were selected. The reasons
for this are numerous. Where Indian
Agents are sent there, or near there,
also. The Agent
troops are
independent of each other, and are
subject to orders from different depart
ments of the Government. The army
officer holds a position for life—the
agent, one at the will ofthe President;
the former is personally interested in
living in harmony with the Indian and
in establishing a permanent peace, to
the end that some portions of his life
may be spent within the limits of civ
ilized society—the latter has not such
personal interest.
Another reason is an economic one,
and still another the hold which the
government has upon a life officer to j
secure a faithful discharge of duties in ;
carrying out a given policy,
building of railroads, and the access
thereby given to all the agricultural
and mineral regions ot the country, is
rapidly bringing civilization in contact
with all the tribes of Indians. No mat
ter what ought to be the relations be
tween such settlements and the Indians,
the fact is they do not harmonize well
and one or the other has to give way in
the end. A system which looks to the
extinction of a race, is too horrible for
a nation fo adopt, and cannot be pur
sued without entailing upon ilscdl the
wrath of all Christendom and engender
ing in the citizens a disregard for hu
man life and the rights of others, dan
gerous to society. I see no substitute
for such a system except in placing all
the Indains on large reservations as
rapidly as it can be done, and giving
them absolute protection there. As
soon as the}' are filled for it, they
should be induced to take their lands
in severally and to set up territorial
governments for their own protection.
For full details on this subject, I call
your special attention to reports ofthe
Secretary ofthe Interior arid the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs.
The Army, Forts, Arsenals, <!\c.
The recomendation of the General
of the Army, that appropriations be
made for the forts at Boston, Portland,
New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans
and San Francisco, if for no other, is
concurred in. I call special attention
io the recommendation of the Chief of
Ordnance for the sale of arsenals and
lands no longer of use to the gov
ernment. Also to the recommendation
of the Secretary of War, that the act
prohibiting promotions in the staff
corps of the army be repealed. The
extent of country to be garrisoned and
the number of military posts to be oc
cupied, is the same with a reduced ar
my as with a large one. The number
of staff officers requirdff is more
dependent upon the latter than the for
mer condition.
Navy.
The report of the Secretary of
Navy accompanying ibis, shows
condition of the Navy when this
ministration came into office, and
changes made since. Strenuous
forts have been made lo place as many
vessels in commission, or render them
fit for service if required, as possible,
and to substitute the sail for steam
whilst cruising; thus materially reduc
ing the expenses of the navy and add
ing greatly to its efficiency. Looking
to our future, 1 recommend a liberal,
though not extravagant, policy toward
this branch ot the public service.
Postmaster General.
; or the Secretary ofthe Interior, for
uniting the duties of supervising the
I education of freedmen, with the other
duties devolving upon the Commission-
I er ol Education.
Census.
If it is the desire of Congress to make
the census, which must be taken dur
ing the year 1870, more complete and
perfect than heretofore, I would sug
gest early action upon any plan that
may be agreed upon. As Congress,
at the last session, appointed a com
mittee to take into consideration such
measures as might be deemed proper
in reference to the census and to re
porta plan, I desist from saying more.
Agricultural Bureau.
I recommend to you favorable con
sideration the claims of the Agricultu
ral Bureau for liberaral appropriations.
In a country so diversified in climate
and soil as ours, and with a population
so largely dependent upon agriculture,
the benefits that can he conferred by
properly fostering this bureau are incal
culable.
Salaries.
I desire lespecttully to call the at
tention of Congress to the inadequate
salaries of a number of the most impor
tant officers of the government. In
this message I will not enumerate them
hut will specify only the Justices ofthe
Supreme Court. No change has been
made in their salaries for fifteen years.
Within that time the labors of the court
have largely increased, and the expen
ses of living have at least doubled.
During the same lime Congress has
twice found it necessary to increase
largely the compensation of its own
members, and the duty which it owes
to another department of the govern
ment deserves and will undoubtedly
receive due consideration.
Conclusion.
There are many subjects not allud
ed to in this message, which might,
qq’ e ! with propriety, be introduced; but I
abstain, believing that your patriotism
and statesmanship will suggest the
topics and the legislation most condu
cive to the interests of the whole peo
ple. On my part, I promise a rigid
adherence to the laws, and their strict
enforcement.
U. S. GRANT.
Washington, Dec. 6th, 1869.
[From the Charleston Courier.]
FROM WaSMflGTOH.
Washington, December 4.
The enthusiasm with which the pro
ject for an International Exhibition of
industries, to be held in this city, has
been taken up by the citizens of the
District, is a guarantee for its success.
A million arid a half of dollars will be
subscribed to the fund by the citizens
and corporate authorities of the District
of Columbia. Congress, will not be
called upon for any money in aid of
the object, before the actual opening of
the Exposition, and then probably only
for the amount of the premiums which
may be distributed.
This Fair, it is believed, will greatly
promote intercourse and harmony be
tween the Southern and Northern peo
ple. it will bring them together in
great numbers, and for agreeable ob
jects.
The. Presidennt and others in the
Administration think that the construc
tion of a ship canal across the Isthmus
will, through its .political and commer
cial influences, ultimately and at no
distant day give to the United States
complete possession of tlrtr West India
Islands-
Dominica, the territory of which
embraces the greater part ofthe island
of St. Domingo, will very soon come
under the Government of the United
Slates, and Hayli will follow. Cuba
and Porto Rico are, according to this
theory, lo come next, and finally the
British island of Jamaica.
It is thought that the appointment of
General Sickles to Spain will be con
firmed, though there will be some op
position to it. He has been so thor
oughly censured that the Senate feel a
sympathy for him.
The appointment of Mr- Russell
Jones as Minister lo Belgium, at the
instance of Mr. Washburne, will be re
sisted in the Senate on the ground that
he is incompetent, and that he super
seded a useful man, his predecessor,
Mr. Sanford. LEO.
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The report of the Postmaster Gen
eral furnishes clear and comprehensive
exhibit of the operations of the postal
service, and of the financial condition
of the postoffice department. The or
dinary postal revenues, for the year
ending the 30th of June, 1S69, amount
ed to $16,444,510, and the expendi
tures to $23,698,131.
Your attention is respectfully called
to the recommendation made by the
Postmaster General, for authority to
change the rate of compensation to the
main trunk railroad lines, lor their ser
vices, in carrying the mail*; for having
post route maps executed ; for reor
ganizing and increasing the efficiency
of the special agency service ; for the
increase of the mail service on the Pa
cific ; and for establishing mail service
under the flag of the Union on the At
lanlic ; and most especially do I call
your attention to his recommendation
for the total abolition of the franking
privilege. This is an abuse from
which no one receives a commensurate
advantage. It reduces the receipts for
postal service from 25 to 30 per cent,
and largely increases the service to be
performed.
Patent Office.
During the year ending 30th of Sep’t
1869, the Patent Office issued 13,762
patents, and its receipts were $636,-
388, being $213,986 more [than the ex-
Washington, Dec. 7, 1869.
It is generally observed of Congress
that the members come together in ap
parently good temper towards each
other, and with hopeful views as to the
affairs of the country. They have no
quarrel, as heretofore, with the Execu
tive, and are besides compelled to pre
serve a liberal course towards the late
ly seceded Slates.
If they must have a quarrel on their
hands, it will be with the Judiciary,
which, as Senator Wilson has pro
claimed, has been in antagonism with
the Radical party ever since the sec
tional controversy begun. Two or
thiee propositions have been already
made with a view to cripple the Su
preme Court and deprive it of all pow
er to correct the abuses of legislation.
The Georgia case is to be taken up
where it was left by Congress at the
last session. The Legislature, as con
stituted before its expurgation, is to be
called together, the members pul thro’
the iron clad test oath, and the Fif
teenth Amendment to be ratified be
fore Georgia will be represented in
Congress.
As to the currency and the taxes,
the President and the Secretary of the
Treasury proposes simply to let them
alone. The only substantial and pos
itive plan presented is to lund the
greater portion of the debt at a lower
rate of interest. As to the rest, the
measures referred lo looks to. contrac
tion of the currency, notwithstanding
the scarcity of it that is so much com
plained of in the West and South.
It will be seen however, that those
who expected and hoped for resump
tion of specie payments will not be
gratified It can hardly be reached in
a less time than four years, according
to the theories presented to us. “The
way to resumption is lo resume,” say
some. Mr. Boutwell replies that re
sumption will not be difficult at any
moment, hut the difficulty will he to
maintain it.
The President asks for the repeal of
the “tenure ot office” law. This is the
gravest matter of his message. Will
the Senate yield their usurped power
over Executive appointments. The
law was modified, hut still reserved to
the Senate the right to control the Pres
ident’s ren ovals. President Grant
ought, as many thought, to have vetoed
the modified Bill at the last session.
He seemed then to be in awe of the
Senate. He may find himself in a
quarrel with that body yet. LEO.
^tratjrcrn Jtorkr.
MILLEDGEVILLE:
Tuesday, December 14, 1869.
RESEATINGTHE NEGROES.
This question will be the great absorb
ing one when our State legislature sits in
January next. From the suggestions of
Gen. Grant, thrown out in bis message,
and from the bills already introduced in
Congress, relative to Georgia, we may ex
pect that an issue will be made with the
legislature, aud the alternative presented,
to either reseat the expelled negroes or
have the test oath administered Jo all the
members. Or, perhaps, Congress will.not
pursue such a round about way, but dev
clare that the negroes shall he reseated
aud thus end the matter, and if need be,
resolve the State iufb a provisional govern
ment with either Bullock or Gen. Terry
as the satrap.
We are satisfied that Congress will not
be influenced by any constitutional re
strictions, and having the power, with an
Executive bead without principles, poli
cies or brains, will enact whatever meas
ure they please to meet their ends and
purposes. Villainy recognises no moral
obligations, nor do we expect that Con
gress, controlled and influenced by prej
udice, hate, and party necessity, will scru
ple for one moment to degrade and dis
grace onr State as far as in its power lies.
We have but one word of advice to of
fer to our legislators, and that is : when
the negroes are seated against yonr will
or action, to take np yonr hats aud leave
the two Houses without a quorum. Don’t
resign, but simply go home, aud let Bul
lock call as loud and as ofteo as he pleas
es, hut heed it not. There is but one way
to avoid danger, and that is, to look it
right iu the face ; be not terrified, cajoled
or fatigued into disgraciug yourselves. Be
men, stand firm and only submit to that
which you cannot avoid. Do not parley
when a great principle is involved, nor
fret your brains about future consequeuces,
but let the future and the consequences
look out for themselves.
Now is the time to display true moral
courage, and to show of what sort of stuff
true Georgians are made. Let us call to
mind the days of Troup and Gilmer, and
act like our fathers did then. Threats bad
no terror for them ; they met the crisis
like men, and history has recorded the re
sult. Georgia preserved her name, honor
and character. Let us not prove recreant
to the blood from which we sprung.
Iu the language of the Junius of Ameri
ca—Thomas Paine, wo can hut feel—
“That these are the times that try men’s
(Georgians) souls—The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot, will, in this cri
sis, shrink from the service of his country ;
but he that stands it now, deserves the
love and thanks of mankind. Tyranny,
like hell, i3 not easily conquered ; yet we
have this consolation with ns, that the
harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we
esteem too lightly, for it is dearness only
that gives everything its value.”
We can expect but little from Congress,
and we feel iu the language of the same
author, “That it is folly to argue against
determined hardness ; eloquence may
strike the ear, and the language of sorrow
draw forth the tear of compassion, but
nothing can reach the heart that is steeled
with prejudice.”
THE 15TH AMENDMENT.
We are opposed to the 15th Amendment
from principle ; and as a great principle is
involved, one that strikes a direct blow at
the rights and liberties of the State, we
will not allow ourselves to listen for a mo
ment to the siren song of policy or expe
diency. If there ever was a time in the
history of our State, when men should
stand firm and show a love of a principle,
now is the day and the hour. Take no
thought of wbat will be the consequences,
but let ub do our duty and leave conse
quences to take care of themselves.
The following from the Columbus En
quirer, is so much to the point, we endorse
it as our own. Says the Enquirer :
A close calculation shows that if Geor
gia stands firm in her rejection of the 15th
Amendment, it will probably be defeated.
This gives additional importance to the
reports of coalitions here at homo to ob
tain her vote for the Amendment, and’of
measures by Congress to compel her to
adopt it. We hope that both the home co»
I alitions and tho pressure at Washington
I will utterly fail. Suppose that Congress
should resort to the arbitrary and nncon-
I stitutional means proposed to procure the
vote ofthe State for the Amendment;—
what would we lose by it ? We would be
denied representation in Congress. But
who cares for that ? Had we not better go
unrepresented than to be represented by
the present claimants of scats in the House
—men who were never elected to this Cun
gress, and two thirds of whom are not in
political sympathy witli the people ? And
suppose the present State Government—
once amended and then approved by Con
g ress —should be set aside ; would wo lose
much by that ? Could we possibly be much
worsted 1 Gov. Bullock might be retain
ed in his present position ; but it would be
as a “provisional” Governor, and his term
of office would be considerably shortened
by the upsetting. Wo are indeed cou
vinced that the quickest way to get rid of
the Radical rule unfairly imposed upon
the people of Georgia would he for Con
gress to declare the State organization in
complete, or inharmonious, or irregular, or
anti Republican, or by whatever disquali
fying term the party in power may choose
to use, and to set it aside as such. It cer
tainly is bogus and not iu harmony with
the people of the State, and under the
present organization, it is saddled upon us
for terms ranging lrom three to eleven
years. Military tyranny or “provisional”
usurpation can't last half as long as the
least of these terms, and when they die,
they “die all over.” We are therefore
clearly of the opinion that as a matter of
policy as well as of principle and duty, the
people of Georgia should firmly maintain
their integrity in the present crisis, aud
tak» the consequences.
NEW BOOKS.
We have received from that most ex
cellent publishing house, D. Appleton &
Co., New York, through the politeness of
J. M. Cooper & Co., Savannah, book
dealers, stationers &c., the following in
teresting publications.
“Arms aud Armour, in Antiquity and
the Middle Ages.” Also a descriptive
notice of Modern Weapons, by Charles
Boutell, M. A., author of English Herald
ry See. We find it a very interesting work
with many illustrations. A fi'rst rate book
for the library and for reference. Fath
ers should get it for their sonE by all
means, as it would give tho young mind a
proper idea of ancient warfare.
“Meteors, Aerolites, Storms and Atmos
pheric Phenomena,” from the French of
Znrcher aud Margolle, by William Lack-
land, illustrated with twenty-three fine
engravings. We find it also a very inter
esting and instinctive- work, beautifully
printed. The two above named works,
constitute a part of a series being publish
ed, aud known as the “Library of Won
ders.
“Jllemeuts of the Greek Language,”
taken from the Greek Grammar of James
Hadley, Professor iu Yale College. Ir has
been a long time since we laid aside our
Greek Grammar, and we cauuot say if it
is any better than the otie we learned eur
alphabet in. We would call the at
tention of teachers to it, however, and
should any of the teachers iu this neigh
borhood desire to examine it, they can
have it by calling upon us.
“Mademoiselle Fifty Millions or. The
Adventures of Hortense Mancini,” by the
Countess Dash. The table of contents or
chapters are quite inviting, and we should
take it to be an interesting story. Price
60 cents. It constitutes No. 9. of the Li
brary of Choice Reading.”
“Men’s Wives,” by Wm. M. Thackeray.
Price 50 cents.
“The Monthly parts of Appleton’s Jouri
nal embracing Nos. 6, 7, 8,” each bound
sepaiately. Price 50 cents per number.
The Journal is one of the best published
iu the United States, containing choice
reading matter, with many beautiful illus
trations. The Journal will be sent either
weekly or monthly as desired.
“New York Illustrated.” It contains
all of the Public Buildings and the history
of them. It is gotten up in handsome style,
and will give one a true idea how the
buildings look and the style of architec
ture. New York Park comes iu for illus
tration. Price 50 cents.
Also, “Appleton’s Almanac” for 1S70.
It is full of illustrations. Price 30 cents.
We do hope the young men of Milledge
ville and elsewhere, will organise Read
ing Rooms, and send on and get the stand
ard works published by Appleton & Co.
They are so cheap that it is a positive
inducement to buy standard works besides
works of every other decription. Let us
have a public Library in Milledgeville by
all moans. What say the young men of
the city t
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
We lay before our readers the Message
of President Grant. It is without policy
and merely suggestive, agreeing with the
oft declared intentions of the President,
to have no policy , "but to execute what
ever laws Congress may pass.
As regards Georgia, we see ho is in har
mony with the policy of Congress, which
is nothing but a policy of power, enunci
ated without mercy, and applied without
scruple, aud his suggestion will only con
firm Congress in further unconstitutional
legislation. The National Intelligencer
expresses our views so well, that we give
them. It says;
Its brevity, commendable as this fea
ture is of itself, neither removes or con
ceals the marks of selfish interests and lo
cal intrigues which had but too plainly in
fluenced the Executive mind in its com
position. In the announcements and rec
ommendations relative to the resumption
of specie payments, and funding of the
bouds, we perceive the effects of the Pres
ident’s sojourn iu New York ; in his cau
tion against disturbing any industrial in
terest of the country—which means that
we should not attempt to remove any of
the existing high protective duties on
manufactured goods, we have the impres
sions produced by the feasting and cice-
ronsbip to which he was subjected by the
iron-Masters and tariff-lobby of Pennsyl
vania ; while in his felicitations on the
rejection of the Johnson Clarendon treaty
stands revealed the Nova Scotia intrigue
of Robert J. Walker and the easfl^'TjJ"
trapped vanity of Charles Sumner, qn ’
message is the track of a ship that h 9
yielded to every passing wave and bowed
to every blast of wind. It is the messaJ»
of a man with literally no policy but i|° 9
which has beeu suggested by contact t"
for original thought, for consistency, c ! *
gruity, harmony, and of those character
istics of genius which the oecasiou so ltn '
peratively demands, we look iu vain
Thomas Paine’s Opinion of Washington
“Voltaire has remarked that King ^t r j]
liam never appeared to full advantage but
in difficulties aud in actios ; the same re
mark may be made on General Washing
ton, for the character fits him. There i 8a
natural firmness in some rciuds which can
not be unlocked by trifles, but which
when unlocked, discovers a cabinet 0 f f or !
titnde ; and I reckon it among those kin]
of public blessings which we do not i m ® e .
diately see. that God hath blessed hi®
with uninterrupted health, and given hi®
a mind that can even flourish upon care ’’
With such an organization one can easily
understand why Washington wasreallv 8u
great, aud accomplished so m Uc h for his
country. When others were ready to
yield, he was as firm as a rock, and when
misfortune surrounded him, he flourished
upon the care that harrassed his great soul
He was one of those “that could smile i n
trouble, that could gather strength from
distress and grow brave by reflection.”
GIVE US CREDIT.
It is always a source of pleasure and
j gratification to us when we see any of ou r
articles copied by our exchanges, but we
would be more pleased if our editorial
brethren would give us credit. We have
seen a number of our articles copied with-
out credit, perhaps our brethren thinking,
that as they were rather of a miscellane
ous character that we had copied them
ourselves.
Robert Clarke has been appointed As
sessor for the second Georgia District.
It is stated that Judge Grier has re
signed, to take effect on February 1st.
Popularity :—Endeavoring to be all
things to all men ; a floater with the pop
ular current; olo of easy virtue and loose
principles; a believer in expediency and
policy ; a dissimulator from necessity, and
a friend for a purpose. He who is popu
lar without an effort, has real merit, for aa
pure gold needs no refining, so a mau of
principle never courts popularity. The
demagogue, true to bis nature and instinct,
has never an opinion until he has first felt
the public pnlse, and is never so much at
home, as when he is appealing to the prej
udice, passious and ignorance of the un
thinking masses.
Precocious Children :—Like early rip
en fruit, is the harbinger of premature de
cay, or like early blossoms, are sure to ba
cut off by the frosts of spriug. Children that
display early ripe intellect, may fitly be
compared to the early ripe peach that bas
a worm within that only hastened its ma
turity. Or many times the brain has rip
ened at the expense of the body. Tbe
child book-worm,should excite in the mind
of the parent, alarm, rather than that of
pleasure or pride at its intellectual devel
opment ; for precocity, is nearly allied to
an early grave.
‘W'eeflsLl-y- Grleanings.
Showing the Age aud Body ofthe Times.
Senator Cole, of California, has written
a letter on Chinese immigration, in wbicb
he makes the following sensible remarks:
“When our waters vexed by Asiatic junks,
freighted with a people intended to over
throw and destroy our institutions, it will
be time enough to complaiu of their com-
ing. But while we bring, in our own ships,
a.people who build railroads, cultivate our
waste places and direct our machinery, we
ought neither to complain of the iudivi'
uals who bring them nor of the people
that are brought.”
Tho degrees of crime are thus defined:
He who steals a million is only r a financier:
who steals half a milliou is only a default
er ; who steals a hundred thousand is a
rogue; who steals fifty thousand is *
knave ; hut he who steals a pair of boots
or a loaf of bread is a scoundrel of tbe
deepest dye and deserves to be hanged.
Col. Leonidas Jordan of Macon, receiv
ed a letter last week from Texas, which
stated that a young Mr. Gordon, a son ot
tbe late Gen. John W. Gordon, and wen
known iu this community, was killed a
few days ago by negroes on his place > 3
Texas.
Miss Anna Dickinson concluded her re
cent lecture thus: “The man of to-day
was marrying tbe woman of a past age -
What men living in the latter part of the
nineteenth century needed for wives w®’
not weak, dependent, 'sweet,’ ‘clinging
partners, but strong, self-reliant women-
who were fitted to be help meets, counsel
lors, friends and equals.”
Senator Sumner has set about securing
equal political rights for the Chinese, no*
that the negro question appears to e
pretty well settled.
About a thousand Chinamen were fou>-|
near Crenago, Cuba, recently, enjoym=
all the blessings of an independent g?'
eminent, established by themselves. ;
Spaniards captured them and now
them as prisoners.
As an evidence that American ideasa-
getting foothold in Italy, a correspond®**
cites the fact that American rocking cb» =
are now iu high favor, though when
introduced by Americau families, 1 ’
were looked upon by the natives as ® o!,,c
thing ridicnlous.
The Americus Courier says: The la
thing in the way of cotton we saw eX ^ r
ited at the Fair was a stalk raised by •
C. R. Knowles, of Randolph county,
seed was from the ‘Hunt \ ariety, S 1 j,
by W. B. Hunt, of Hancock county-
contained 770 bolls.”
The amendment to tbe constitution
Wisconsin, raising the salary of t e .
ernor to $5,000 per annum, was adcp
at the recent election in that State, w
large majority.
Provision and fuel cars are to be r “ ^
the Pacific Railroad during the wmt ^
keep the passengers from freezu o
starving.