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-JB 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