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wreBWoFsaw* immm 9 /nmilq to jiforatl nto |Mr ^alitita, iittrotan, Staraamals, Jfiarkrts, ▼. T. WOFFORD, Editor and Proprietor, BE JUST AND FEAR NOT.” <ke uMUifi government ot TwmIi has f rotation*,! invite too attention ef Congress •AmamMgti soase eltiai ef wKww of the I to tiw eaaditum af that itspsila—I of the (Jaitod States, which k«t for many jaanr 1 flwinawt te which tide branch of the ofjaaUM wiU actuate foe Ccugraas of that I grantfy ianrssssd, hath ia consequence of Republic in providing the -mas fcr thtir ear own growth and the inBoduetk* of ms- * w " ,,t ay new States into the family of nations. he a«r*aee Ayan. this way the Department of Suite has **°"J *■ Baeaos Ayree, become overburdened. It has, by the recent aad theeeafeaerated State. haviag opened establiahnwmt of the Departme^of the la- the ^re^eet of an improved state of thing* 'terioe, been relieved of setae portion of the inAhat quarter, foe governmsnto of Great dccalis bntiaem. If the residue of the «drr«ee detuned to a^ti.te Congtmmonal docnmente, the keeping, pub- with the chief of the new Confederacy, for lishiagaad distribution of the lawsofthe the free aooces of their eonuaerta to the ex- United States, the execution of the copyright tensive countries watered by the tribataries law, the subject of reprieves and pardons, of the La Plate; and they gave a friendly and some other subjects relating to interior notice of this purpose to the United States, administration, Should be transferred from that we aught, if we thought proper, pursue the Department of State, it would upqestion- !* “ 000r *-. * °°“ pli ‘ , * Ce with *“• «hly be for the benefit of tbe pubUc service, invitation, our minister at RioJanerio, and I would also suggest that the building *p- onrehaiged affaires at Buenos Ayres have propriated to the State Department is not been fully authorized to conclude treaties *re proof ; u,,t there is reason to think there witirtbe newty organised Confederation,!*. are defects in its construction, and that the *“*“ “ " ™ " * arohiyes of the Government m charge of foe Department, with the precious collections of the manuscript papers of Washington, Jef ferson, Hamilton, Madison and Monroe, are exposed to destruction by fire. A similar remark may be made, of the buildings ap propriated to the War and Navy Depart- THE STANDARD II VOlUtUD EVERT. THURSDAY, AT OAMnUE, • A. IY JOHN A, REYNOLDS. Xpf/tee.—S. W. Corner of the Pablic Square. Trout*.—Two dollars a-year, in advance, -or three dollars if delayed. • Mo paper discontinued, except-at the ep- ■ttonnf the editor, until all arrearages am •paid. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at $1 par square, for the first insertion, and 60 •cents fat each weekly continuance. Legal' advertisements published at the -usual rates. Advertisements not marked, will be pub lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business must be addressed, post paid, to the Publisher. goods at the port of shipment in a foreign i country. Mont rmsmetcisl uaHuhs have found it indispensable, for the (iifrpoas of preventing fraud and pefjary, to' make the duties specific whenever the sirtfde 6 of such a uniform value in Weight or measure as to justify such a duty. Legislation should uevar encourage dishonesty of Crime. It is impossible that tbe revenae officers' at the port where the goodb are entered And the duties paid should know with certainty what they cost in the foreign country. Yet * the law requires that they should leVy the ' duty accoediag to sueh ‘ coat. They are therelbre compelled to resort to very uasqt- i isfactory evidence to .ascertain wfiat that 1 cost was. They take the invoice of the- W' porter, attested by bis oath: ds the best bvi- i dencc of which the nature of the case' ad- 1 mite. Bat every one mast see that the in- ] voice may be fabricated, and the oath by ; which It is supported folse, by reason of i which tbe dishoneStimporter pays Apart on- j ly cf the duties which are paid by the hon- i est one, and thus indirectly receives from I the treasury of the United States a reward 1 for his fraud and perjury. T|>e reports of the Secretory of the Treasury heretofore 1 made on this sntyect show conclusively that these frauds have been practiced to a great' J extent. The tendency is'to destroy'the high 1 » mm Iu additMn there were— Reported under swamp land ... grfoe ^ Yor internal improvements, rail- Wds, ' ~ 3.025,920 Malting sn aggregate at 13.115,174 .. Being an increase u/ tbe amount af lauds sold and located under land warranto of 56^,230 acres over the previous year. Tbe whole amount thus sold, located un der land warrants, reported under swamp land grants, and selected for internal im provements, exceeds that of (he previous year by 3,342,372 acres: and the sales BUSINESS DIRECTORY. CHASTAIN & YOUNG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ELLLJAY, GA., . Will practice in tbe counties of the Cher okee circuit. April 24. 12—ly. ROBERT H. TATUM, , ATTORNEY AT LAW, TRENTON, GEO. Business entrusted to his cure in any of' the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will meet with prompt attention. Nov.tt. 43-tf It is but justice to the Captain General to new government have as yet, pn add, that his conduct toward the steamers execution of those instructions; 1 employed to carry the mails of the United every reason to hope that these States to Havana, has, with the exceptions tries will be eventually opened to above alluded to, been marked with kindness merse. and liberality, and indicates no-general pur- URAuuat. pose of interfering with the commercial cor- A treaty of oommcrce has been respondence and intercourse between the j^tween the United States and tl island and this country. Republic of Uraguay, which w Early in the present year, official notes before the Senate. Should this were received from the Mini tiers of France go i a to operation, it will open t and England, inviting the Government ofj n^al enterprise of our citizen, the United States to become » pcr.y with „ g^at extent, and unsurpassed’ Great Britain and France to a iripartate J resources, but from which i'orei Convention, in virtue of which the three have hitherto bem wholly powers should severally and collectively dis- the lobos islands. claim, now and for the future, all intention The correspondence cf the late to obtain possession of the island of Cuba, 0 f State with the Peruvian charg, and should bind, themselves to disconnte- relative to the Loboe Isisnds, was nance all attempts to that effect on the part l0 toward the close of any power or individual whatever. This eetmiou. Since that time, on fart invitation has been respectfully declined, tigationef the subject, the doubts for reasons which it would occupy too mneh fee,, entertained of the title of £<r s t «ice in this communication to state in de- glands bare been'removed ; as tail, but which led me tothiuk that thepro- deemed it just that the temper posed measure would be of doubtful consti- which had been unintentionally tutionality, impolitic and unavailing. 1 froit want qf information, should have, however, in common with several of «l by an unreserved acknowledge my predecessors, directed the Ministers of sovereignty. France and England to he assured that the j have the to iaforn United States entertain no deaigiis agSanat th e coarse panned by Peru has ht Cuba; but that on the contrary, I should abie to the UberaUty of her go regard its ineorporation into the Union at Before it was known by her tha the present time, as fraught with serious wouM ^ Mk nowledged at Washiu P eri1 - Minister of Foreign Affairs bad i Were this island comparatively destitute our charge d’affaires at t.im» to of inhabitants, or occupied by a kindred to tbe American vessels which hi race, I should regard it, if voluntarily ceded ^ g UWU)j ^ ^ Pen by Spain, as a moat desirable acquisition. « raaHm t WM w a ling to freig ht tin But, under existing circumstances, 1 should 0WB ucco%nt tul, intention has look Upon its incorporation into our Union rfedinto effect by the Peruvian as n very hasardons measore. It wonhl here, by an arrangement which is bring into the Confederacy a population of to be advantageous to tbe parties ii a different national stock, speaking • difier- comhebce or the pacw eat language, and net likely to harmonise Qnr settlements on the shores c with the efmnr msmkcrs. It went#- probably dfe have already given a great i affect, in a prejudicial sunaer. the iadastri- and in some respecta a new directi al interests of the Sonth; and itmight revive fT — |rTr[| A direct those conflicts of epiamn between the differ- ^ly increasing intercourse hsa . cat sections of the emtatry, which lately wit h Eastern Asia. The water "b&M. For the quarter ending 30tl(. Sep ten 1852. thefee here sold 248,2551 Located with bounty land warrants 1,387,116 Located with other certificates 15,649 Reported wader swamp land grants ' ‘ 2,485^3* the trsasurv AND finances. * The condition of the Treasury is exhibited | I in the annual report from that Department, i j The cash receipts into the Treasury for lire fiscal year ending the 30th June last, - exclusive of trust funds, were $49,728,386.- I 89. and the expenditures for the Same peri- i od likewise exclusive of trust funds, were $46,007,806.20; of which $9,455,815.83 was on account iff the principal and interest of the public debt, including the kst instal- i ment of the indemnity to Mexico, under the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, leaving a balance of $14,632,136.37 in the Treasury on tiie first day of July last. Since this lat- ter period, farther purchases of the princi pal of the public debt have ^feen made to the extent of $2,426,547.49, and the surplus hi the Treasury will continue to be applied to that object, whenever the stock can be pro cured within the limits, as to price, author ised by law. Tb* value of foreign merchandise import ed during the last fiscal year was $207,240,- 101; and the value of domestic productions exported was $149,8614111; besides $17,- 204,026 of foreign merchandise exported'; making the aggregate of the entire exports $167,066,037; exclusive of the above, there were exported $424507,286 -in specie; and imported from foreign ports, $2,262,643. THE TARIFF. < In my first annual message to Congress I called your attention to what seemed to me seme defects in the present tariff; and re commended each modifications as in My judgment were best adapted to remedy ita evils and promote the prosperity of the coun try. Nothing since has occurred to change my views on this important question. Without repeating the arguments contained in my former message, in favor of discrimi nating protective duties, I deem it my daty to call your attention to one or two other omtiderntioas affecting this subject. The first is the (feet of large importations of foreign goods upon our currency Most of! the gold ef California, as fast as it isco ned,! finds Ms way directly to Europe in pay neat for goods purchased. laths second place, ssourmanafoetaringesteblisbaMntsarebro- JAKES MILXBR. JOHN E. GLENN MXI.SBTEB. & GILESrar, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, CASSVILLE, GA. March, 4, 1352. 4—tf. Malting an aggregate for the qunlV ter of ^ _ 4,131,253 .« THE CENSUS. Much tbe larger portion of the labor ef arranging and classifying the returns of the last census has been finished, sad it will *nr devolve upon Congress to makf the neeeass- ry provision for the publication cf the. n- - suits in saeh form as shall be droeisd best. Tbe appointment of Tsprnooatetica, on the basis crthTirew .census, >» b*n m*s b| the Secretary of tbe Interior in ecnfiMuufy with the provisions of law relating .to Shat subject, and the reeent elections have been MARCUS A. HIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. CASSVILLE, GA. Will attend promptly to all business con fided to his care. May *», 1852. 17—tf. 3 AT LAW, W. T. Wofford, Cassville. A D. Oman*, Cedar Town. Sept. 2. 0AWSON A. WALKER, AltOUIT AMD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Spring Place, Gee. Refers, to Keans k Hope, Augusta, Gs., Wiley, Banks, ft co., Charleston, 8. C. A. Wells ft co., Savannah, Ga. April 24. 12-1 y. JUNES £ URAWF0RD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW CALHOUN, GA. April 24. 12-ly. JOHN A. CEAWPOBD. P. C. SHROPSHIRE. CRAWFORD ft. SHROPSHIRE, ATTUmNSYB AT LAW, CASSVILLE, geo. Boarintsa entrusted to their care in any of tha counties of the Cherokee circuit, will ■Met with fiuthful attention. April 8. was abandoned-, in consequence of the oppo sition of the Colonise. Mat withstanding this, the United States have, since' the Bay ef Funday was re-opfened to our fishermen ia 1845, punned the meet liberal course toward the colonial fishing interests. By tbe reve nue law of 1846, the duties on colonial fish enteriag our porta ware very greatly reduc ed, end by the wsrahunsiag act it is allowed, tirhe entered in bond without payment of duty, lu this way colonial fish has acquiF- A. R. PARROTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW C&KTO&SyilLlLB, ©A. March 11. 5—tv. If it be the-deeire ef Coagreae to remove them from the ceuatry altogether, *r to as sign to them partiealsr districts more re mote from the settlement* ef the white*, it • .will be proper to aet. apart By law tin {p- ritory which tiny arc to occupy, and to pro- vide the means necessary for removing them to it. Justice alike to ear own citizen*- and to the Indians requires the prompt action of Congress on this subject. The amendments proposed by the Senate, to the treaties which were negotiated with the .sou Indian vf Minnesota, have been submitted to the tribes who. were parties to them, and have received their assent A large tract Of valuable territory has thus been opened for settlement and cultivation, and sill danger of collision with th&e pow erful and warlike bands has been- happily removed. Thp removal of the remnant of the tribe of Seminole Ite baas frbm Florida has long been a cherished object of the (joverament, and it is one to whieh my attention has been steadily directed. Admonished by past experisase of the diSeslty and cost of tbe attempt to Veasove thehs jhy nilttaiy force, [May 6, 1852. auMeiicimasi, DR. ROBERT 0. WORD <%•:—K. East 1-oC the Court Haase, so -iy. to. MAUTUIE. . s. If. HVISSSK HALTBIX A DAVISSON, ■^ - -v—•'; n« sixes ur RTAflE AND FANCY DRY ROODS, 4 GBOCRRIBS,HARDWARE, Srtfi, VtOieifiM, rAUIR, OILS, WINDOW GLASS, ftc. fee. ►Nsfc GARDINER, prevented tbe stances, snyjMurt jf the approprintioq^OHli be lawfully used or expended foV tbe fnrfher prosecutHfo of the work. After s careful consideration of foe sityset, i.enme 1ft foe conclusion font it could not,' and so inform ed the head cf foailfcqfortaMnt.. Ostlers were immediately issued to him ly the essn^ mLsdoner and surveyor to mfoe no fu£th< r 'requ-eltitos on foe Department, si ihsy seuj^ mH be paid; and to discontinue nil o{« a- tions es the /southern line of New Mexica Bat as the Department hod no exact infor-i matieaasto the oasouat of pro visions aad tission ilkuf)aut5, htsti St., .fsgwts, Ga. ssrtinwethe Worohnpse and Oom- jnu Rusts sss in their Fire Proof cm YKtosh Stsnet, in alt ita ■HLnpnhy etatet pisepnsl sOuh- intorssits ef alkwhe ptone hwstns ss •dfe toaserit pubbe hnr.