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commenced, should
completed, a«
will, insMtt tone
ftAvr
The report from
inform yon of
Ute branch of the
i control were exhausted, end that
the offiecra and others employed in life ser
vice wore destitute alike'of the means of
prosecuting the work and of returning to
their homes.
The object of the proviso Was doubtless to
arrest the survey of the southern and wes
tern line of New Mexico, in regard to which
different opinions have Jbsen expressed ; fer
it is hardly to bo supposed that there ceuld to its charge^ ;lt
lw any objection to that part of the line
which extends along the channel of the IDo
Grande. Bat.'(be terms of the law are so
brood as to forbid J)%uae of any part of Urn
money for the prifacution of the work, or
even for the payment, to thewfioerasail a-
gents, of the arrearages of pej which are
justly doe to them; ' . » ,
~ I caiWrotly invite yoair"prompt attention
! proviso so air to ena
ble the Department to ase as ranch of the
ap^ipp: iatioa Sjft will be necessary to dis-
C a gc lhi«|#S obligations of the Gov
ernment. amt tor complete the survey of the
Kh> Grande to Ha mstk
It will alrn^m proper to make farther
provision, by la wy for the fulfilment of our
trusty with Mexico, far raawiag .apd mark
the country to be viewed as national in its
character. But works which hare been ad ranee of the
applied to the payment of t^jmhl
*° th aaiyjft fegg 1 ■My
tion oftW terns of tlie mdtuo to ai
stion many t^ki and suggestions of which
I ask yoer approval. It exhibits an unusu
al degree of activHy in the operations of the
Department during the past yfor. The pre
parations for the Japan expedition, to which
'I have alresdp'jrl.ndeC tbe arrangements
made far the exploratrao and survey of the
wlmTIt will, became mad
; for freedom
t, rj JbrWwr* tbe great improvements of ,iie
’ cougfry with a rapidityand energy which
"■ ‘display. >
conclusion.
this, mjty|ast ann
t mtf fellbw-citi
theproeperous com
country. Abroad its re
ignpowers arc friendl,
__ > and its high placi
a stern sense of international justice, bj" a ily'of nations cheerful.y recoj
fleuares, nt !B«U Times has published of the mambsre and rift*
experience, we cicncy of this association, evidently partaW
onr course of * tone of charlatan extravagance, yet if
other men, *® undeniable that the order will prove #
erences, but we powerful engine in carrying owt those flpn#
men infii.snce of territorial extension favored by a majsri^
In sup- of the Democratic party, and which ms-'
t-elect, we brace not only Cuba, but the wfcele el the
^amfidcratioas. (for West Indies, and Independent
was our first *hc Main.
deice,) but from a/desire to current and ^ Washington letter in the NeW Twk
tiona for pensions and bounty lands ;• for tbs j statesmanlike prudence and farseeing wis- home we enjoy qn amount of happiness r pub-'J t ^, 0 ij g j 1 the political creed of the 0 wren- , Journal of Commerce, says—
establishment of a nniform fee bill, preecrib- dom, looking not merely to the present ne- ! lie and private, which has probably neverTtlon that nominated kim. All that wt have' , The Treasury will make a great shew iw
ing a specific compensatum for-every service eessities bnt to the permanent-safety andin-ffuGon to the lot of any-other people. Be- aright to demand of Gcn_ Pierce in ft o se- B*e Report of the state of the Finances If
required of clerks,, district attorneys, and Lterestpf the country. * The^Jcnewj that th£ i aMes a^rding toour own eitizeps a/degree i faction of.his Cytupei*!* thajfie wttfc*p\oan it shoujd represent as the surplus risinfag
. man<lialk;for authorizing ah additional xeg>! wocjiis governed less by sympathyi'ilian.fey [<ff.prea|iistty,iff wMfchinio laege a alenlnT] then'whoso views coincide with thepSrty ke on the 1st of January, all the
^faent of mounted men, for the defenee of j reason and force; that it was not possible know of no other instance, our country is represents. We bate our choice in who balances of appropriating as the
Uhiqa Seas, tbeNsrtbsrn. Bari fie and tife j'oar frontiers against the Indiana, and for j forthis natiomto beeomen ^-propagandist*- annnally^lfcading-wrefugrand w-Hmine-to-iqg,
,Britj»h8trait*| tbeiprijfient measures ta* fulfilling our treatyetipulatioas wi|b>M*XDjj of free principles-without.arraying against multitudes, altogether without example,
hrurowuiytothn uraffji is»ni i of the copti- co to defend her citizens against the Indiana j it'the combined powers of Europe ; and that j from the Old World. j subeeSfand
nent of Africa eastward of Liberia; the pre
paration for an early examination of .the
tite twites*
piiTafijT or COLUMBIA.
TefntHme to t invite yone particular at
tention to the intorestoof the District of Co
lumbia, Which ary confided, by the Constitu
tion, to your^ocnUhr care
Amogg the mea suras which somatome of
the greatest importaacetoits prosperity, ary
the introduction of a copious supply of water
into the city of Washington, and the' con
struction of suitable bridges across ‘the IV-
tomac to replace thieee. which were destroyed
by the high water in the early part of thc-
the present year. ^
At ths last session ofCragress an appro-
cent decree of the provisional chief of the
Argentine Confederation has opened to nav
igation all these enterprises, awl the means
by which they are proposed to he accom
plished. have commanded my full approba
tion, and I hare no doubt will be.productire
>f uiaet n-efel rasulfo. • ■. .
Two pfisors of the navy were heretofore
instructed to explore the whole extent of the
Amazon river, from the oeufiaes of Peru.to
its mouth. The retain of one of them has
H* need i thepoaaeesian of the .Gererament
aa intuottinj and valuable account of the
character and resownas of a country aboun
ding in the materials ef ouauaerce, and
whie|i s if opened to (he indnstry of the world,
will ptyvo suinexhaustiblo Uuid of wealth.
The report of this exploration will be com
municated to you a&soou gait is completed.
Among other suljects ofiered to your no
tice, by the Secretary of the Nary, I select
for special commendation, in vjsw of its cop-
fulfilling our treaty etipulatioas with Mexi--: of free principlcs tvitbout.srr^yiDg against • multitudes, altogether without example,: tli^p tlm hllit iriUx ft f*jrj 4‘lai^Mortaon eC
co to defend her citizens against the Indians it'the combined powers of Europe; "and that j from the Old World. subfeSrand rfa Mraa^NpilateoM made a#th« man of that
with equal diligence and energy aa our ; the- result was more likely to be the over-1 We owe these blessings, under Heaven, to : faithfully carries out the principles upon late seseion bas not been, aadeamst yet be,-
Constitotiqp awl« (Severnnmiip i which he w „ elected, he will not ..alienate” j expended—perhaps, not, inde^. vnajp the
queatoed toiisf byfOUT,Mth^is, iu S; tbe complexion of bis Cabinet will in no . present fiscal year. / f t • \ ; /
is onr sacred duty to tra imit j way influence our support of his administra- [. 11 is stated somewhefe, baft* hot an any
in all their integrity to our children. 'Wej ^, n "‘dur attachments to'the Democratic authority; that the exploring raped!tfow^to'
arlf a^fcat disTSfietloi?'ifad ’ ifshth
privilege to Have Men ‘ShoSen bjr the peo
pie'to bear a part in'the "‘ad&imsirft-'Tn' of
awnfor determining.the relative rank Jbe- throw ql" republiran liberty here than ttsssr i
tributaries of tbe River La Pin, which n ro- 'tween the naval and ciril oftcerl inter : tablisliimjhi there. JJhSary iias l>o*n Vnjti S'whicl were 1
public Shine, and between 'the'officers of the ten in vain for those who can doubt this.— add wfiicb it
public Ships, and between 'the'officers of the • ten in vain for those who can doubt this.
Aruly and Navy in the various grades of ■ France had no sooner cstablished a repubU-
dh/lll * rwinvaiit JtOW nawol onboKiff II 1 A.k fnMin, .if .... — . M —I n,. 1 tl. Am n 1 _ n * — I ^,1
each; for reoigahujhg the travel establish- icafffofm of government thin she manifested frifcsf *ll consider if a Vf ea t distltSctioi:'' and j jhkiaw#pfetfbrifi-aVt netua H»tfi F&$& r wrij& njfbitgolih kntjriA 6 — 1
**»-.n* Ko *1 j V > -vv ’Sir nwtwifiMva fn ItawW f^ni. * jli7iS«t» ittf Min ihin .«* . i» . * -i ’ ' » -at ' ; tb'gO (Wt tills wictd 1 . iT jfe| ft wITImW IWT
meat by filing (lie namfier of officers in encfiHn desire to force ifcr blessings on ail tbe
grade, and providing for a retired list upon i worldf "Tier own historian inarms" us that.
priaftou'ltas'' made to defray the coot of the j noction with the interests of the Navy, the
(a .1.1 .1. ' . -..I ” i - 1 l_:_ r.._ .1 .
surveys necessary for determining tbe best
means of affording an unfailing supply of
’ good and wholesome water. Some progress
has been nfade in the survey, and as seou.as
it is completed the result will be laid before
you.
, Furiher appropriatioas Will also be neces
sary for grading and paving the streets and
avenues, andenckmiig and embellishing the
public grounds within the City of Washing
ton.
I commend' all these objects, together with
the charitable institutions of the District, to
your favorable regard.
MEXICAN FRONTIER—INDIAN*.
EVery effort bas been made to protect our
frontier, and that of the adjoining "Mexican
Stutfis, from the incursions of the Indian
tribes." Of about 11,000 men, of which the
army is Composed, nearly 8,000 are en’ipfoy-
cd in the defence of the newly acquired ter
ritory, /including Texas,) and of emigrants
proceeding thereto. 1 am gratified to say
that these efforts have Men unusually suc-
oeasfal, with the exception of some partial
untbrci ks in California and Oregon, and oc
casionally depredations ou a portion of the
Rto Tfraude, owing, it ia believed, to the dis
turbed ktate of that border, region, the in
roads 6f the Indians have been effectually
rcstralhod".
Experience bus shown, however, that
'whenever tbe two races are brought into
contact, collisions Will inevitably occur.—
To^prevcnt these collisions, the United States
have generally set apart portions of their
territory for the exclusive occupation of the
Indian tribes. A difficulty occurs, however,
In the application of this policy to Texas.—
By the terms of ' the compact hy which that
State was adnaitted into the Union, she re
tained the ownership of all the vacant lands
within her limits? The Government of that
State, it is understood, lias assigned no por-
. tionibf hef- territory to the Indians’; "but as
■ fait at her settlements advance, lays it off
tttlii itAll nkina ‘ nn.1 ViIwuiaaiIm t/i onwwAiT' a*i/l
into counties, and proceeds* to survey and
Bell it. This policy manifestly tends, not
only to alarm and irritate the Indians, but
to compel them to resort to plunder for sub
sistence. It also deprives this Government
of that influence and control over them with
out which no durable peace can ever exist'
between them and the whites. I trust,
therefore, that a due regard for her own in
terests, apari fajui considerations of human-
ity and justice, will induce that State to as
sign i smalt portion of her vast domain, for
the provisional occupancy of die small rem
nants of tjfibes Within her borders, subject,
of course, to Her'ownership and eventful ju
risdiction. If 6be should foil to do this, the
Tfttliieat of bur treaty stipulations with
Mexico, and bur duty to tlin Indians them-
selves, will! » foared, become a subject of
serious'eWnrrassilMUit to the Government
It bli^w^liwtwi that a timely and just
iriV.stm b^r Texas may avert this evit
- .► j» * rbn-riricATioira.
No appipprlatioos for foi tifications were^
■aide at the two last sessions of Congress.
Tbe cause of this omission is,, probably, to
ke iound in a growing belief that the ays-,
tom of fortificattona adopted ia 1818, and
horetoiare acted on, regmrea rensieo.
This sdhject certainly deserves fall and
careful investigation; but it should not be
fc&tye&fehgerTJbian can be avoided, la the
meuptiiw. there are certun works which
jSvC branforaratoi seme of theasnoarly
1 ta.pralrat ■itps.of enr
| b»' New .Op-
"|n
[tw the neerasity for these works, it is
tthatBtlledlffereaoeor opinion ex
ists amoUg asTBury mien. I therefore re-
-ecramewd that the appropriations accessary
to prosecute them be made.
. llnvite your attentiem to the remarks on
fibliltjeet, and others connected with his
Department, contained in the accompanying
Hannons.
Measures have been tuken to carry into
effect tbe law of the last seesaw making pro-.
Vision for tW improvement of certain nrera
uad karbors, and it is believed that the ar
Miis iHWenqr with'eeranmy-' 'Owing ekief-
to thji advanoed seasen when the act
J A little kas yet bran done ia regnrdj»
j'"nf thin Weeks, beyend meh
'preperatiens.^Vith nnpset to a few
, the suara already ap-
i of them will require additional appre-
i no work which is not
plan submitted by him for the establishment
of a permanent core of: seamen, and the sug
gestions he has presented for the reorgani
zation of ibc-Naval Academy.
lu reference to the first- pf these, I take
occasion tossy that I, think, it will greatly
improve the service, and that I regard it as
still more entitled fa favor for the salutary
influence it must exert upon the naval dis
cipline, now greatly disturbed by the in
creasing spirit of subordination; resulting
from our present system- The plan pro
posed tbr^hc organization of the seamen,
furnishes a judicious substitute for the law
of September, 1850, abolishing corjor-il pun-
isUueat, and satisfactorily sustains the pol
icy of that act, under conditions well adapt
ed to maintain the authority of command
and the order and security of our ships. It
is bclibvcd that any change which, proposes
permanently to dispense with this mode of
punishment, should be precqded by a system
of eulistuteut which shall supply the navy
kith seamen of the most meritorious class,
whose good deportment and pride df charac
ter airy preclude all occasion for a resort to
penalties of a harsh aa urr. The safety of
a ship au«l her crew is often dependent upon
immediate obedience to a command, and the
authority to enforce it must be equally
ready. The arrest of a refractory seamau,
in such moments, not only deprives the ship
of "indispensable aid, but .imposes a necessity
for double service on others whose fidelity to
their duties may be relied upon in such an
emergency. The exposure to this increased
and arduous labor, since the-passoge of the
act of 1850, has already had to a. most ob
servable and injurious extent, the effect of
preventing the enlistment of tbe best seamen
in the uavy. The plan uow suggested is de
signed to promote a condition pi, service in
Which this objection will no longer exist.
The details of tills pkin may be established
in greht part, if not altogether, by the Ex
ecutive," under the authority of existing
O * — — r -J.— - wwaxw. AAA-A vnu UiCiUl ACXAS lUIUiUiB UB l l>Utj j A — x _
reduced pay of those unfit -fori'activettMtly; ’ benrihg of s’ouie'petty acta of tyranny In » jsfich a GoverinStne: Called by In dhexpcc-
s Beighborihg pnncipaRty. * <• The*NiUional'j ^ ^spel&trfon to't^spgMsi ttruSt'arjf'sea-
CehrentSon declared that she would ’afford^ s&t"’®*'' tfftmrnSiment mid" alanA; t entered
snccSr In^Trafernilf ld all natiocs" who' [upon i& ardubuff (fiiffts with extreme dif-
wislieJ to recover their liberty'; and she ’ fid<fec « : Tclaim only to have isfehaTged
"'them to the beSt ef In hnmble'aistlify, with
a siiigle'eye to fbe public good; and it is
with devout gratitude, in retiring’ from of
fice, that fleavc the Country in a State of
peace and proeperity ' ^
’ * Millard fiiIlMore.
Washington^ Decemberfl, 1855.
for prescribing and reguiating punish men ts
in the navy; for the appointment Ufa com
mission to revfte the public statutes Of the
United States, by arranging them ia order,
supplying duficicnces, correcting incongrui
ties, simplifying their language, andxeport-
laws ; but' I have thought it proper in ac-
cordahcc with, the suggestion of. the Secreta
ry of the Navy, to submit, it to your ap
proval.
The astablishuicnt of a corps, of apprenti
ces for the navy, or boys to be enlisted un
til they become of age, and to he employed
under such regulations as the Navy Depart
ment may .devise, as proposed in the report,
I cordially approve and commend to your
consideration*; and 1 abb concur in the sug
gestion that the system for the early train
ing of seamen may be most usefully engraft
ed upon tbe, service of our merchant marine.
"The other proposition of the report.to
whiih I have referred—the reorganization of
the Naval Aoadcuiy—I recommend to your
attcufion as a project worthy of your en
couragement and support. The valuable
services abfoady rendered by this institution
enfitle it to the cont'Buauee of your foster
ing care. " _ "' .
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. .. ”
Your attention is ruepeclfully called to
the report ofJthc.Pustataster General for the
defalted operation of kis'Department during
the l^st fiseal year, from which it wili. be
swu that tbe neo^pts 6ota poctagea forlhat
time were less by than for the
preceding year, bung* a. decrease of about
23 per ceut. ^ -
Tbia diminution is wttributable to the re
duction in the ratoa of postage made by tite
act of March 3,1851, which reduction took
nlnea" at the aamrasfeat of the i«u fiscal
Although wits opera! ion during the last
’year, the act nfenud to has not 'fnlfilled
the predietiona of its friendc by increasing
fhe correspondence of the country4n propor
tion to Jhe reduction of paotoge, 1 should
nevertheless question the policy of returning
to higher rites. Experience. warrants the
expectation that as the community "becomes
accustomed to rfeup pmtoie, rori i spoiiilrnrr
will increase. It is h^uvmlxhat from this
cause, and firora the rapid growth of the
Mttiij ia i^pjititi ud (mrumH) the re-
ceipts of the Department must ultimately
exceed its exnmwm, and that the country
may safely faty span tkt continuance of tite
fa**-
.ram uxsweb.,
r, hav% among other
the con
gave it in charge to the executive, power to
givS orders to the generals of fheEren^h
ing them, to Congress for its final action ; and nfies to aid all citizens Who might have been
for the establishment of a commisken to ad- —* ' " ' *“ de4 -’* a ■' - ^ -
judicate and aettld private elaima against
the United States. lam not aware however,
that any of these subjects have been'finally
acted upon by Congress. Without: repeating
the reasons for legislation on these subjects
which have been assigned in former messa
ges, 1 respectfully recommend- them again
to your favorable considerations.
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC MONET.
1 think it due-to the several Executive De
partments of this Government to bear testi
mony to the efficiency and Integrity with'
which they are conducted. With all the 1
careful superintendence which it is' possible
lbr the heada of those Departments to exer
cise, still the due administration and guar
dianship of the public- money mast Very
aiuch depend on the vigilance, intelligence,
and fidelity of the subordinate officers and
clerks, and especially on those 'entrusted
with ihe settlement and adjustment of claims
and accounts. I am gratified to believe that
they have generally performed their duties
faithfully and welL They are appointed to
guard the approaches to the public Treasury,
and they occupy positions that expose them
to all the temptations and seductions which
the cupidity of speculators and fraudulent
claimants can prompt them to employ. It
will-bc but-a wise precaution to protect the
Government against that source of mischief
and.corruption, as far ns it can be done, by
the enactment of all proper legal penalties.
The laws, in this respect, are supposed to be
defective, and I therefore deem it my duty
to call your attention to the subject, and to
recommend that -provision be made by law
for tlio punishment, -not .only' of those Who
shall accept bribes, but also of- those who
shall either promise, give, or offfer to giro ^Mississippi to-the Pacific: Our territory'is
should "be oppressed in the cause of lib
erty— 'Hire was the false $tep which led
to'Bfcri subsequent misfortunes." She soon
found herisetf Involved in; war with all .the
rest of Europe, In letls than teiT years her
gOVcfnment was changed frorn a republic to
an empire ;’ find finally, after slieding riv
ers of blood, foreign powers restored her cx-
iled dynasty, and exhausted Europe sought
peace and repose in the unquestioned as
cendancy of monarchical principles. Let us
learn wisdom Iron! her example. Let qs re
member that revolutions do not ’always es
tablish freedom. Our own free institutions
were not the offspring of our Hevojutrqn..—
’They'" existed before. They ’ were planted
In the free characters of seif government un
der' which the English colonics grew up, and
our revolution only fried ns from the domin
ion ofa foreign power, whose government
was at variance with those institutions. But
European nations have had no such training
for self goverement, arid every effort to es
tablish if by blohdy" revolutions has 'been,
and must without that preparation, continue
to be ar failure. Liberty, unregulated by
law,-degenerates into anarchy," which soon
becomes tbe most kcrrhl of all despotisms.’—
Our policy ia wisely to govern ourselves", and
thereby to set such 'an example of national
justice, prosperity; and true glory, as" Shill
teach to all nations the blessings of self gov
ernment,and the unparalleled enterprise and
success of a free people. J ~
We live in an age-Of progress, 3rtd ourS'is
emphatically a country of progress. "With
in the last half-century'the fiurrfber -of States
m this Uuion has nearly doubled, the pop
ulations has almost quadrupled, and our
boundaries have been extended from the
any one of those officers or clerks a bribe or
reward touching or relating to-any matter
of their official action or duty.
FOREIGN POLICY.
It has been the uniform policy of this Go
vernment. from its’foundation to the present
day to abstain from aid interference in the
domestic affairs of other nations. The con
sequence lias been-tliafr- while the nations of
Europe have been engaged in desolating
course ^'.unexampled prosperity and happi
ness. The wars in which we have been com^
polled-to engage, in defenee of the-rights
and honor of the country, have been fortu-
rific.contest of nation- against nation,- which
succeeded the French revolution, we were
enabled by the wisdom and firmness of Pres
ident Washington, to maintain onr neutrali
ty. While other nations were -drawn into
this wide, sweeping whirlpool, we sat quiet
and unmoved npon onr own shores. While
the flower of their numerous armies was
wasted by disease or perished by hundreds
of thousands upon thp battle field; the youth
of this favored land were permitted to enjoy
the blessings of peace beneath -.the paternal
roof. While the States-of Europe incurred
enormous debts, under the burden of which
their subjects still groan, and which mast
absorb no small part ef the product of the
honest industry of those countries for gene
rations to come,-the United^Stater have once
been enabled to exhibit tha- prand spectacle
ofa nation free from publicr debt; and, if
permitted to pursue our prosperous way -for
a few years logger ia peace, we msy tlo the
same again. ' _ ■
. But it ia now gaitf by somethlt this pol
icy.most be changed. Edtopeis no longtir
separated from ns tyr a voyage of months,
bnt steam navigation has bronghUher with
in a few days* rail of onr shores-. We' see
mere of her movements- and taka a deeper
interest ia her controversies. Although no
one proposes that we sheedd jeia the fra
ternity of potentates who have for ages lav
ished the blood aid treaaww iff their enh-
jeets in maintaining'** the balsam of pow
er,” ye* it ia said that, we ought to inter
fere between contending araenigan and their
subjects, for the purpose of overthrowing the
monarchies of Europe and rateMieliing in
their place republican institutions. It is
alledged that we'have heretofore pursued a
different course from a sense of our weak
ness, now our eousaans strength dic
tates a change of policy, and that it ia con
sequently our duty, to mh^le in these con
tests and itidjpege who are atr^ggliBg for
liberty. » .
This m a most sednetive butdanfcnus ap
peal to the generoas sympathies ef freemen.
Enjoying ss we<lo the hlrurngi -of- or-froe
goTenuaeut, there fans man who has aa A-
mericen heart that wouid nnt rrjmra to- 1st
these hi iraingn intend to all other
W*
dandbieefp
out the deepest eye^etey for tiro
chequered over-with railroads, and"furrowed
-with-canals. The inventive talent of our
country iaVexeited to the highest pitch-,’ and
the numerous applications for patents Tor
valuable improvements distinguish this age
and this people irom all others. The gen
ius of one Amerid&u-has enabled our'com
merce to move against Wind and tide, and
that of another lias annihilated distance in
the transmission of intelligent!. ' The - whole
wars, par country has pursued its peaceful rcozmtry is’full of enterprise. -Our common
schools are diffusing intelligence-among the
people and our industry is fast accumula
ting the comforts and luxuries ofillfc. This
is in part,oaring to our peculiar piJsitrofi, to
nutcly of short duration. Daring the tor- nur fertile Boil,'and- comparatively spars?
population; bat-iunch of it is «lSo owing to
tha popular institutions under which We live;
to the freedom which everywwn feels to en
gage in -any nsUut-pursuit, according to his
taste-or incination, and to. the entire confi
dence that his person and’property will- be
protected by the laws: Bht-wButever> may
be the cause «f this wnpuralfed growth in
-population^ intelligence, -and-wealthy one
thing is clear, that the government must
keep pace with the progress of the people.—
it must participate in their spirit ef 'enter
prise, and while it exacts obedience to the
Laws and rcstiains-all autborizud'-invasions
of the Tights of neighboring Sthtes,* ft should
foster and-protect home industry, - and lend
its powerful strength-to the improvement of
such means - of intercommunication via wre
for tha preservation
theft of the
papers, records, and archives of the nation
and strengthen'the ties- which-bind- us 'ft>
gether as a^MNple. ..
It is not dtrang^ howevef much It-maybe
regretted,'that such an oxubemneerif enter
prise should carisc sotfic individuals to mis-
takc change for progres, and-the invasion-of
the rightsvrf' others for natkma! prffweaB and
glory. Thn-former are ecntfiiritly agita
ting for some change in-the-brgatftu laW, br
urging raw rad untried theories -of human
rigbtkfe The lattor-are 'ever ready to engage
in any wild erusadfi against -a -neighboring
people, regardless of the joSticc’ofthe enter-
prira, and without forking at the fatal con*.
NcvratWlrac. it Mprndentor k It wise to
soqi
popular goverameut; Sneh expedftionri liow-
ewLtmffra stimulated by m reywry indi
viduals, who expoet torshaiy tBe plunder' or
profit of the enterprise withou
be
« alienated” because of the selection of a
certain manu^class of men aa Cabinet offi
cers, whose dives* have, been in strict accord
ance with* the principles laid down in that
political creed, merely because these men
are personally objectioual, , And Vjrihro ut
terly astonished to know that intelligent
JUpa pubfoily assert that they will be influ
enced by lheix.pa8aions.aiMl not their judg
ments* - Surely, self ^respect should preventmeompetent to such a teak. It IMMt he
an avowal of such detenuinationa. ; done by an enlightened and uaprqjndieed
Board of Navy officers and eiviliana, trad It
WM. T. WOFFORD, EOtTOR.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS, PUBySHER.
CASSVILLE. GEORGIA: .
Thursday, December 16,1852.
the lhriR of the officer sefeetcd for Ms i
maud of'the rapM&tion; hut it vdll be owing
to tits same manifest iarffisienty sf rati Na
vy establishment, which has delayed, tf ast
defeated, the Japan Expedition. The sub
ject of a Reform of the Nary has bewe Often
mentioned in Congrees, and bra been dbenra-
ed inapeeehes and in reports; bntCengrera
project lyt them propoeed, should be anhrnit-
ted by the Secretary of the NHj Mhn
-greas,—not for talk, and m>t for the purpose
^option and execution. But no i eform «
be proposed that will , not be objected, to hy
Navy officers, who have influential rilatinae
and friends ij; Congrete^.
A MosmoviTcuoa.—-I tumor,
mg 112 pounds was taken, after death, from
the body of Hannah ^Wlfite, of OBI, on the
22d ufj. ; Tbe sack Of turner weighed 17 1-2
pounds, the bufanob beufeethter, which, era
being emptied out, filled n common eieed
wash-tub. It bad been in exiatenev for elev
en years.—Springfield (Mom.) Rtpdklie.
GLEAM\(iS FROM OIJR EK1ASGEL
-te gathered hy the Sat. Charier.
AGENTS FOR THE STANDARD,
Who will forward Suhscripfions, Adverti
sing and Jo6-Work.
' j. tl. "Wiklc. Cartersville.
E. W. Cm.'.}. .7...'..'.Philadelphia,
Iligli Prlre of Hegroes.
.On last sale day in this place, some thirty
Negroes"were’sold at enormous prices, rang
ing from five hundred dollars for children,
to one thousand and fifty dollars for nien.
.TToodlanil Feiau jc Seniinar/.
We have been politely furnished with a
catalogue of the above Institution by the
Rev» J. M. Wood, Urincipah which, sliqws
that it is in quite a flourishing condition. - In
iopkjng oyer the list of pupils, we are pfeas-
ed to find that a number of the goixl citizens
of bur own and Gordon .counties arc gatraps;.
Number of pupils 58.
The Empire City, is published, in N.
York. It is a fine, neat- sheet, .well. filled
with interesting matter.. , ,
Ladies' Book —The January
uuipbcr of this, valuable periodical has just
been received, and. contains an unusual
number of hue eugrayinfis.. We will furnish
Godey and the Standard-for £4.
Pmulml’t XamgCr -
To the exclusioiref our usual variety-,- Wo
give to-day the Message of freajdeut Fill- ... . . A , .
more, which our reader, will find contains ° i fo P elun « ■“ »g«es «ga*nst the meraura^r
an explicit statement of the vwious-inter- ‘he parties whom reform would rum. but fer
ests of the country. 11 is opinions in opposi
tion to the annexatwritof Cuba- wb object to,
and think his • reasoning void of any real
weight. 8o far as atifccting injuriously the
industrial interests of the South* w«sare
well assured that the very reverse would be
the result. And as to renewing the excite
ment upon the slavery question, we can have
no fears if- the late Compromise is faithfully
carried out, which covenants that new States
may be-formed (Out of the territory we now
oyrn) either yith or without slavery, as the
people thereof may desire. The proposition:
of England and France to-enter into'an a- 1
greement with the United States to abstain
from all efforts to acquire Cuba, the Preei-
-dent might well reject, as entirely beyond
his constitutional-power. The public Treas
ury is in a happy condition—there being a
large surplus up to the first day of July last,
and is constantly increasing. •- -The President
recommends a change in the -present Tariff,
so as to allow greater protection to onr own
manufactures, and that the. specific system
he adopted in lieu of the ad valorem* which
wc think -will have hut little weight with the
present Congress, as.the law of 184t> has be
come alqiostthe settled policy of the country
in relation to the collection of Revenues by
impost ou importations. The receipts of the
Geu. l'ost Office* under *the present cheap'
iuw bus not been as groat as the expendi
tures ; nevertheless, the President thinks it
advisable for the present law to remaiu. -sto
the receipts wilt no doubt rapidly increase.
Uis views in- relation to the new doctrine of
nou-intervention, we highly approve; and
although we-are much stronger than wc were
at the time our aid to foreign relations was
discountenanced by Washington, still we are
uqt able- now to comuieuce a crusade against
the balance of the world ia favor of Repub
lican principles. • v -i
Htnis fruffi Wasliiiigum,
A Washington letter iu the New-York'
Express says: . .«
The Cabinet bus been iu session through a.
forge part of -the day upon, tlie president's
Message. I think thisdocument will, be one
The Free Suffrage bill was lest it the
Senate of North Carolina on Friday last.
The first fire that ever occurred in Green
ville, Ohio, took place rathe 1st inst.
The cost Of raising corn in Illinois, is only
from four to six eente a bushel.
Ole Bull's four concerts in Pim ieratf font
week, yielded f4,000.
The Panama railroad, it is said, will pay
10 per cent dividend.
Hon. George Ashma^ pf Springfield, ia'
spoken of by the Whigs as'soceedCrto John
Davis, ia the United States Bfliate.' -
TkeTj^JStfttos sloop-of-f
rjrbTtas'arrivbtl at"
year's absence on the coesteC Afrira.
Eleven thousand persons vimted tka patent
office and gallery at Washington during the
mouth of November. .
The town of Rutland, in Ye
t«> have turned out k miHiOn <
of marble tbe past year.m 7
Every State iff the Union has new seat a
block of Stone or marble for the.. Mnpihint
to the memory of Washington.
The cotton manufacturers .of .Manchester,
England, are turning their attention to ev
ery quarter-oF the world for rattan^ so that
they may no fc^er depend npon America
for a supply. ’
A-lot qf.ground, in New York, being 119
feet ou Fi.f'hh. Avenue,.155 Jesten^fltiietreet,
218 on jlrciiulway . ai
. .. .. , . - ... | ot the most practical and able >hat has ever
Graham,-too, jfi.wVl its heanty- and rich- , , ,, . ' _
, , , . . i been delivered.by any Executive officer. The
ness, »mily a sample-of what the uc^t vol- t, : ..
, , ,, . . , ; heads ot the Departments-will generally
ufim wdl bo.-Dat hold on—uxtr dermum first, 1- , . , , ' ,
^.' e | have long roporXs. lhaf-of the Secretary of
. , ... , .. , „ , , . . htiie Interiotv referring to so many-domettic, . A Parliamentary paper, just published,
uwish thenrhotha bountrfuUiarvest on their - - ° , . ,
questions, will necessarily be the. longest.
books,-.and may they atH> many a tittle com-
fart. Rttri-thja-period.eaL it: txuly } -*in'our
estimation, No-1. -Graham can’t -be beat,
and we dont believe he lias a uratemporary
the- number for January... The .-Standard
audit will.g»together for-£4-.
- The official statement, upon the. finances
will demonstrate the great financial prospur-
iiy of the country,, and will show tha t-the
equalling him.-. Come-in-and take a look” sit *<*?+*** so rick .rant rfliil before it to provide for
1 present.. There will be a surplus of about
^20,000, increased and increasing imports,
a general advance, in prices, and a ready de
mand tor. labor, wiUi. goad .wages for work
it will be shown that in the foot year a-great
Tte Popalar Tdfc MfrfresMrtitl , JP
x Wc hSvc tlie Sfficiai and^unofficial vote in ; deal of Government Stock has been-redeem*
'‘■every ■Stat?ofYhe"UnTdii, wiT'iThe exception ed. with the surplus revenue, much mere
necessary to promote our internal commerce' of'five, and estimating tlie huyorUies In these,' ho* Wn nntir-.inafod. nut »ll tliat tL*
—«• -i -I-—*- oiuxijia—the aggreg.-tfe UrC as'follows':
“ '• ’ lets' 7
tierce,*** 1,335,359 fCasT ' l'^^o
Stott, fMM ffajlof"’ 1,2^212.
‘fialeV ^ 117,769' \ fanBureu", 271,578
"“Tierce’ trver Scott, l99,853 J ; over Scott and
>.v:
thought, will have reached nearly- three
millions in six or eight months.
Another letter in the New Y’ork Gourier
b' ■ - ' ■*--
Col. Benton has heretofore announced his
“ TSjlor over Cass^iTSS,-417 ; .Cass ami Tan. pugpeee oflueging an inercara.-ef •dhro on
Enfen-ovtT Ta^lor,152,831. iron,, by changing the ad talereip in. aperific
i " Fromthis ifappcirstTiut tbe vo'tc of Hale, duties, rad it was nnderstepdfohat he ht-
ffleaboBtion candidate 'is’ near' 50,000 less tended tetpass-the.winter at Washington for
than the vote for Mr. Van Durea in 1848. the. purpose of urging that measure,' «u one ;
This ihbws'lBat tile' abolition party are ^ of lqpal advantage to Missouri, awl'other : in|^»n «*Jjaainess concerning fad Chfeokne
. greatly otFtbe decrease, "'antf Uiaralf ffearo schemes of a sectional or private eharacter. j Nafifia.'f -f ... • * si 1 ■ -k--
rcccntiy sold for $110,000.
states That the,surplus of income aiur expen
ditures-, during-the year te 101k fehra*
£1,904,341 9s 7d,
The Le^islatnie wf 8dhtlr Carolina has a
Ota eteetWof
Presidential electors by the penile, as in the
other States. • , .
Thcechuqdred an^eighty mcnaccat werh
u^n,^ie’U. Stat^sl^of thhin^r^f|t,
at thfijCjiailestown Navy. Yard, awl eke ia
rapidly 'apfrroariting COrtpliitioW: 1
, , . -. lt The Iron Library : SalootriB the admiration
tndn. has been anticipated, and n» that the ^ vMto „ ^ Tbe rob#,cei-
^creforyof AheTTeiwnry hml ;I mw« 4. rail ^ s^rW.js, are Ml eflra,^
^.uqder existing laws. This .mount,-,* is-) - - to ^ n 'e architeetural onmmentwith
as toriombine architectural
safety and strength. *
The Hon. Will. H. Battle has been
to ourselves anff to the cease of of the growth tff thAtdangerohj element are
gfUnndifaS.'
themselves to danger, and are -led
some-irresponsible foreigner, *whh abuses
hospitality iff our own government by few
ing-tte young and ignorant to j<rn m his
scheme ^-personal*ambition -or revenge, un-
der.thc false delumve prefence of extending
the area of freedom. These reprehensible
aggressions but retard the true' progress-’of
nation sad tarnish its-- fair fame. They
receive the indignant
who sincerely
r $rifc
Onr Constitution though net, perfect, is
doubt lira the best that ever was formed —
Therefore let every proposition to change it
he well weighed, and if found beneficial,
cautiously adopted. Every patriot Will re-
by the General Assembly, a Judge off tha
Supremo Court of N: Carolina, to fill the va>
cancy chuted’ by the reaigUation off Chief
Justice Ruffin. “
The Cherokee National Cransfl has ap-
pointea Robert D; Ross, Thooros Ttffg and
John Adair a delegation to proceed to Wash-
Mr. Benton with his great energy rad per- ( On the Baltimore and Philadelphia Bail*
severance, and, liis unrivalled parliaments- j ratot. »M<m leather apron M hntiSofo Mom
^ ry experience, would make a very-infinectial! the plstftearoC one car to
'Oaf *’ ^Wmberot^tfoe lobby. - Hiaprojecte are vast j to jwwe||taocnl«p%l|gin
Alatopna; s6me ten'miles below Car- e^pugU to warrant, the employment of all from one car to anolbor., . i m. z
'ttersviHc, iS. the fik 'l%t "on the Stefa. the agents who might bo required to cany j [Ow own roada mighMutept this with
* Soa’d’frwn y ^ * ‘11 county, ^fhis - them through. Jlut great a*lus interests in considerable propricly.—Eo. tic.} - - vIav
place i^ted fyrlts "old" mines, j such cnt< rpnzes may he his personal reseat- j j n Canada, they are building a
wfiffiVcre extensively worked' in the first • meats deupind his first care, and I Imrnthat • Quebec to Sannia, a data
scttltithent of The country, but for the .lost ; he has determined to attend the session ot j jfo • They are also-’•Mat to
foti yfiars "fSe/hira been ahnosfabandoned the Mjmouri Legfolature, which begins *u Une of wirra faora fijneboe to Do-
Tfi&eiwa good store,'a*! ah excellent hotel; the 10th of December, in order to complete | troit capiul ateek off ffiQfifiW fa all
artfe piara, luZ althougL tfie"country is ; the dtseomfitnre.of his adveraario* and to l^iraiaraL ... IA-
generally firokeiir there aro . some superior ;paye the way .for hfo return tiMltetienate. j
lands iii the heigh borhood. ^ r The advice of some of the Iforispnpro 8 to ^ exhibit'Military'tai
EuiYarleeviLle, iswiit'tle village for- {Spain to end ihpcontrorawy-with tbe Muted *n apwiintmeil as
Bhrge's. miiis, in the 17th ; States by sc-lbug Culm at once for a round % f :^ x trnl. awl ra additira off
half million dollaro
joiewtoara its authority so exerted as to-ad- ! mer, no
DistrietTndaF *here {Re stream called Ea- j sum, deserves attention. The FresaipFranee
haAm raters tfie Etqwid^river; it has one iis now the creature of the Geveniaeafoand , ■ „ z
or two good stores, a neat church and a good , docs not venture to express, opinions on im- j ™ ~7
ntunber of industrious and enterprising cit- i>ortant questions of State without authority. We * t ^ eT
izens. The 17th district is noted as the fi- it is possible that the Emperor Louis has
nest cotton land in the county, as every far- suggested to Spain the very course which his
matter how small his higans, raises journals publicly recommend.
it indued tine that w* have
fraiaad fan datag a»
gliding psrimwffa ■
before aa. I cannot admit it Manoftiwfoev
Is j vanes the prosperity and boner Of the na-
tieu, whilst be Will watch with jealousy ray
attempt to matilats this charter of onr
Jihsstiefo or pervert its powers to acta of ag-
[tsnss iffinjnstirr Thus shall eonversa-
tiam and progress blend their harmonious
it for sale. 'Population of this district is . I ougi^not to -nut to mention, as one of
very large and respectable, and lands arc th^signs of the times, that on Tuesday eve-
bfau transportatiqns ra Unfit T llNro*
Several boats have been laid apt and fame
that are still in motion si* 1
larly. - ix ' W-
A SanFram^ r.rr-rainti-ht fan *-
rit imjwrtance to the commerce of', for authorising the surplus r.-recue to be- pressions of the mother country, and fdalg- the C-institution. an * at the
ready sale at good prices. This District was urag last, a special meeting of the District York Journal of
fortunately laid off in forty acre lois. fifCalumhia Division of the Lone Star Order list off all thufirapranCi
- ^ woshqhi at the NiUiuaalilotel, for the pur- erecting in tbe fsvamr M|jr.
lie who neglects advertising^iof only robs pose of initiating several distingnrohnl per- tlsdvsvftte Unfift is
olubonwho drew the swendn^tiast the dp- actira in preserving the form and spirit of himself of Sis fair advantages, but bestows sonages of the Democratic party as members. halfmiiBons
.-•'r :•» ^ — » saini time car- • the sj»iis on fils wiser rivals. Although
the accounts which the London