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THK WKEKT.Y (MfiMHM IHtM. I* published ever* THURSDAY MORNING: In Carters sill*,(Bartow 0 U»„ Sj (Samuel H. Smitli, EDITOR and PROPRIETOR. Hates or Subscription : On# copy three month*, ll.Ov On? copy *l* month*, S.»-0 One.copy on# year ».l>« {lnvariably in advance.) f*f~ Parties advertldnirwill he restricted in their contracts to ttuir it„. .o»te b twine*. ; taat t* to nay, #ll advrrtiseme >l- list <l« not refer to their regular busin. M will b* ei.-./eW for extra. tS?" A river iseinen'a Inse-teJ at Interval* to be charred as ne r each in*r rtlon. fW“ The a >o»e ruler will be strictly adhererljto. PROFESSIONAL cards.’ JO H N VV. WOyORD, Attorney at Law, C IFTEttSriLLE. GEOR( I. OFFICE OVER CURRY’S STORE, Oct. 17, 1868. R. W. MURPHEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Cnrtersve. Ga. %\f ILL practice in the the Courts of Cherokee Cir tt cnit. Particular attention riven to the c 'Unction of claim*. Office With Col. Abda Johnson. Oct. 1 fff. F. M. JOHNSON, Dentist, r <6Pr.CTFULLY offer* hi* Profeasl-mai . it services to the citizen* «>( Cartersrtlle jg and vicinity. Hell prepared to do work CUTf Iff eat'ielatett and most improved style. T< eth evtrect" * without pain, hy mean* of narcotic pray.] Work all warranted. Office over Stokfley’a t tot e. CA RTKKSVILI.E Oa. Feb. 29 1808.—w Sin JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. CaRTERSVILLE, ga. JOHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, Cartcrsville, C*a., WILL attend promptly to *ll business en trusted to his cure. Will practice in the Court* ot Law, and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Special attention given to the collec tion of claims. Jan. 1,1366. lv JOHN J. JONES, BEAL ESTATE AGE.\T, CARTERSVILLE. GA. Ia u authorised to sell, an.l have on hand several Souse* and Lots, and also imuiereus buiiiiln* bit* in the town ,f Cartersville. Also several plantations of varl vms site* In Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or sail wLI do well to «.v# me a call. Ail eomrpiinications premj tly answered. July 17, 1806. BLANCE So DODD, ATTORNEYS A T L A W, CKDARTOWN, POLK COUNTY, OA. tflll practice law in the several Go.trtu comprising the Tallapoosa Circuit; aim*, barton and Floyd Counties. Partic ular attention given to the collection ot claim*. jan 12, ly no. COIF, J. H. WIKLE. C(txe <Se WiUle, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND NOTARIES PUBLIC- Ca rtcinvillc, Georgia. J3 \ ( OX, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR. SOUTH CAROLINA. He 9th 1860 lyr, « vV . K. M«r.\TCASTLE, v * J wellcr und Watch ant) * Clock. Repairer, tn th* F i .nt of A. A. Skinner Oc Co’* store Cat *r ville, Jan. 25 JAMES MILNER, Attorney at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. flffILT- practice In the Courts of the Cherokee and ad ™ joint.<k Circuits, also the Supreme aud Diatrict Ceurls. Piompt attention given to business entrusted *i.m, e.i e. August 21 8816.—wly J. C. C. Blackburn, ATTORNEY AT LAW EUHATLEE, BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA* Re eirace*: Industry, promp'itnde and at leutiea march 22. w't T W M iner, O H Milner. MILNER So MILNER, Attorneys at Law, fARTERSViLLE GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to business entrusted U th.dr c ire. jan. 15. ly s. H. PATILLO, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, T III atten 1 promptly to the Cuttb'K, Hepalr-,** »f in* and Waking Boys’ and Me i’s Clo’hinp. I*4 Office on the Second FI-or of Stokely * Wil- Vt.A Hntnb’ New Brick Building. liintratics from -JU— )CaIB Street in rear of the tuilaiug. Feb 17. WARREN AKIN, Attorney at Law, CARTIRSVILIE, GEORGIA Will practice in all the Courts ol the State Commercial Hotel, Cartcrsville, Ca., RENOVATED AND REARRANGED AND REMODDLEO. T. J. T-YON & 60. Two-story brick building, corner *t veuot Square and Market Street. East Sid* cfßailroad. Rooms pood and comfortable, Rurnit.nre and Reddin* n«**r. «ood office and spa-ion* Dtnlnfc Room Tables well supplied with the best that the market t*rda, and charges moderate. The Proprietor* hope, by good attention to business, to reeetvaa Überal share of patronage. Oct. 1,1865. JAM! 1 S P. MASON, Bookbl * er and Paper Ruler, lAWSHE’S BUILD'G, Q HIKD SfOBV,) Whitehall Street, ATLANTA GEORGIA. Mjty 1, 1869 S- O’SKCI-EHLiiDS, M'ashionabe Taior , CARTERSVILIE. BARTOW COUNTY. GEORGIA. Having j *t received Charts of the latest styles of Gt ntlemens’ and Boys’ Clothing, European an 1 American, announces that lu IS prepared to execute all kinds .jyi Ir ot woi it in the Fashionable Tail -U- oring ine. with neatness and in - durable style. Over J. Elsas 6l Go’s store, Cartersvillo mch 'ijc C. THOMPKINS, favorably known as a good Workman on aud watebe* and jJgra&jiowtelry, has removed bis place Work to his Residence on the wHv of the Railroad, near Mr. A. ilhams. Itork done on short notioe.— said sea. VOL. 8. Kennesaw House. (Located at railroad depot ) fIIHE undersigned having bought the entire | interest of Dix Fletcher. Trustee for Lou isa W. Fletcher, in the Kvnoosaw House, and the business will be conducted, in the fu ture. under the name and firm of Augustine A. Fletcher A Freyer. Thankful for past fa vors and patronage, they will strive to five the Utmost satisfaction to all patrons of the Ken r.esaw House. AUGUSTINE A. FLETCHER. MARIETTA. Jan. 12,’69. F ' L ‘ FREYER ' K. T. White, j. m. Lyke*. American Hotel, ALABAMA STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. White & L yke s , Proprietors. BAGGAGE carried to and from Depot free of Charge. May 11. 18(d) F, It. Fassren, It, J Wilson, J. L. Caldwell, Oa. Fa. Ala. TIIE OLD TENN. AND GEORGIA m Q’gm&t ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SASSEKN, WILSON A CALDWELL, Proprietor*. J. W. F. BRYSON, Clerk. JOHN T. OWEN, Wafcfii and Clock Repairer, and Jeweler, CARTERSVILLE, GA. rTTILL keep constant- /gx w* W ly on hand, for sale well selected stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS. Gold, Silver and Steel SPECTACLES. j-c., &c. Can furnish any kind of Silver Plate, extra fine Gold Matches or Jewelry, at short notice, as cheap as they can be bought in any other market. Goods cheap. Work warranted. Terms cash, aug 12, 186'J.wly LIVERY STABLE. JR,. ID. im: O O IN’ . CARTERSVILLE, GA., IS prepared, at all hours, to furnish con veyances into the country—saddle-horse, buggy, back, rockaway, or wagon. Also, to board stoek, &c. nov. 3. R, W.SATTERF IELD, G. W. S ATTER F{EL L. R. W SATTERFIELD So BRO. AT The Hew Brick Store Firm Door East of Railroad.! CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. Have just received and opened an ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, READY MADE CLOTH ING, HATS, ROOTS, SHOES, CROCKERY HARDWARE, AND CUTLERY, FAMI LY GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC. To which they invite the attention of I lie public generally, being satisfied that hey can and will sell goods as cheap, if not a lit tle Chf,aper, tha l any other house in town. The attention of the ladies is especially invited to our Stock of Summer Dress ct it Gentlemen can also be fitted up with whatever they may Want. Country produce taken in exchange for goods, at the highest market price. Having withdrawn from the late Firm of J. H. Satterfield & Cos, I would respectfully solicit the patronage of my old friends aud customers. R. W. SATTERFIELD. June 24th,—w ly. R. F. MADDOX. J. L. WINTER E. F. Maddox & Co* TOBACCO COMMISSION MERCHANTS AGENTS FOR TIIE SALE OF Virginia and A'orth arolina TOBACCO. NO. IS, ALABAMA STREET A TLAF T A Consignments solicited. Will make liber al advances when dcsieed. aug 1,’69 BAKERY! Rest anr ant! CONFECTIONERY! Fruit aud Toy Store. J. T. GUTHRIE, Proprietor, No. 10, Stocks Build’s, Main Street, CAR TERSVILE, GA. 3*pt. 15—d CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., DECEMBER IG, 1809. NO. 20. DR. JOHN BOLL'S Grr eat Remedies SMITH'S TUNIC SIRUP! FOR THE CURE OF AGUE AND FEVER OR CHILLS AND FEVER. The proprietor of thl* celebrated med’clne justly claim* for it a superiorly over all remedies ever offer ed to the pu lie lor the *.«/«, certain speedy andper nuinent eure of Agu* and Fever .or Chill* and Fever whether of short or lons standing. He refers to the en'lre Western and Southwestern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion, that- ill no case whatever will It fail to cure if the direction* are strict ly followed and ca rieti out. In a great many cases a ■dnsdi* dose has seen sufficient for a cure, and whole families bavr. i-eeo cured by a single bottle, » ilh a per fect restoration of the general health. It is, hotv-ver. prudent, anil in every ca-e more certtln to cure, (fits use la continued in smaller doses for a week or two af ter the disease has t>een checked, more especially in difficult and long star ii ; ng case*. Usually, this medi cine will not require a*>y aid to keep the bowels ir. good order; Should the pa'lent, however, require a cathartic m-dieine, after h-'v'ng t -ken three or four tnses of the Tonic, a sintrle dose of BULL’ 1 } VE iET A BLR KAM’LY PIM.B wilt be sufficient. DR. JOHN BILL’D Principal Office No. 40 Firtli, i'rflsm street, Louisville, Ky, BulTs Worm Destroyer. To my United States and World-wide Read ers: I HAVE received many testimor inis from proses » onal and medical men, as my almanac* and vari ous public itions have shown, all of which are genuine. The following from a hignlt educated and popular pup ician in Georgia, is certainly one of the must sen sible coininuuicatiotif I have ever received. Dr. cbm ent knows exactly what he speaks «f, aud his testimo ny d*serve* to be written in le tets of gold. Hear what ihu Doctor says ol Bull's Worm yer Villanow. Walker co., Ga. ) June 29tli, J 666 DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir:—l have recently giv en your “Worm Destroyer” several trial., and find it wonderfully efficacious. 1. has not failed in a single Instance, to have the wlshed-for effect. lam doing a pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article ol the kind. lam free to c nfess that I know of no remedy recommended by.the ablest author* that is so certain and apeeuy in its tffects. in thecon trary they are uncertain in the extreme. My object in w riting you is to find out upon what terras 1 can get the medicine directly from you. If I can get it upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it. lam aware i.iiai the use of such articles is contrary to (he teachings and practice of a great majority of the f «y --uhir 1 ne of M. D.’s, but I see no just cause nr good sense in discarding a remedy wh ! ch w e know to be el ficient.simply t ecause we may be ignorant of i’s com binalion. For my part. I shall make it a rule to use all and any trems to alleviate suffering hum .pity which I may be able to oinmand—not li-sitating because someone more ingenious than myself utay have let ro il its effects first, und secure I the sole right U secure hat knonltdge. However. lamhy no tin ana an ad vocate or supporter of the thousand* of worthless nos trums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which hum in flesh is heir.— Plesae r* ply soon, and inform me of your best terms. I am,sir, most retpertfu lv. JULIUS P. CLEMENT, 11. D. Bull’s Sarsaparilla. A GODD REASON F n R THE CAPTAIN'S FAITH, READ TUB CAPTAIN’S LETTER AND THE LET TER FROM UIS MOTHER. Benton Barracks, Mo., April 30, 1566. Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir; Knowing the efficiency of your Snreni ariila, and the healing ami beneficial qualities it possesses. I send you the fellowing state ment of mj case: I was wounded shout two year* ago—was taken prisoner and confined for sixteen months. Being moved so often, my wounds have not healed yet. I have not sat up a moment since 1 was wounded! 1 am shot through the hips. My general health is ini naired, and I need something to assist, nature. ] have more faith in vour 8 irsapariiln than In snv thing else. I wish that that is genuine. Please express me half a dozen bottles, and oblige Capt. (>. P. JOHXfSON. St. Louis, Mo. P. B.—The following was written April 89. 1865, by Mrs. Jenrde Johnson, mother of Oapt Johnson. UK. BULL—Dear Sir ; My husband. Dr. C. 8. John son, was a skillful surgeon and pht sician in Central New York, where he died, leaving the above c. P. J -hnson to my care. At thirteen yeais of age he had a chronic diar-hrea and scrofula, for which I gave him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED HIM. I have for ten v-ars recommended it to many in New York. Ohio, and lows, for scrofula, fever s >res, and gener -I deh'll ty. Perfect sucres, has attended it, Pte cures effect ed in some coses of scrofula and fever tores were almost miracnl ais lam very anxious for mi son to again have tecourse to your Sarsaparilla. He is fear fu'of geiting a spurious article, h»nee his writing to you for it. His wound* were terrih'e, but I believe he will recover. Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON. BULL’S CEDRQN BITTERS. authentic documents. ARKANSAS HEARD FROM, Testimony of Medical Men Stony Point, White Cos., Ark., May 23,’66. DR. JOHN BULL—Dear Sir; Last February I was In Louisville purchasing Drug., »nd I got *ome of your Saisappartlla and Celrori Bitters. Mv son-in-law, who was with me in 'ho store, has been down with rheumatism for some time, commen ced on the Bitters, and soon found his general health '"di- 0 Gist, who has been In bad health, tried them, and he also Improved. , Dr o"ifee. who has been in bad health for several vears stomach and liver affected—be improved very much by the use ot your Bitters. Indeed the Cedrnn Hitters iias given y»u great Popularity in this settle ment I think I could sell a great quantity of your medicines this fall—especially of J"ur Cedron Bitters and .Sarsaparilla. Ship me via Memphis, care ol Kickett A Neely, Respectfully. All the above remedlea for sale by L. H. BRADFIELD, Druggist, WAITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA feb 30,18«®w;ljf The Secretary of the N-tvy, in his re ! ft) be 1 tid before Congress next j vveek, recnni uends the establishment j of a Navy Yard at Port,Royal. Two Western members of Congress have prepared bills for the icaioval of tue Capital to St. Louis, which they will introduce on Monday. The VV ash ing ton Corporation Attor ney has decided that permission of a School Trustee is sufficient to admit a colored child into a public school. Brigham Young does the divorces in his dominions at ten dollars a case. A bill has been introduced in the Al j abaina Legislature, an and referred J making grand jurymen swear they uev • er belonged to the Ku-Klux-Klan. M a.siiington, Dec. 4.—Senator Lewis’ of Virginia, visited the President to day. The effective strenth of the Federal army is 34,000, although the paper force shows 52,000. Gen. Sherman has submitted a plan for curtailing to 42,000, two-thirds of whom will be re quired for actual service. A greater reduction, he thinks, would be unsafe. The ram Atlanta, intended for Sal nave’s use against the insurgents, left Philadelphia for Port au Prince on Thursday. Tremendous Reduction of the Tar iff.—A special Dispatch to the A'rprm, from Washington, says the Ways and Means Committee has agreed to re duce the tariff $10,000,000. Coffee will be cut down to four cents, and tea to twenty cents per pound. The com mittee is also enlarging the free list. It is somewhat remarkable that our “distinguished Northern guests,” whom we took so much trouble to bring to Georgia, and who expressed themselves delighted with everything and every body, no sooner reach their home than a simultaneous tire commences along the whole Radical line against our State with peremptory demands that a mili tary despotism be again erected over her! Our leaders will learn some sense after a while, it is hoped.— Sav. Republican. Georgia grows the tallest men in the United States; New York averages the shortest. W. H. Stiles, Bartow County. Ga. Fastest pair of pacing horses to har ness, SSO. Wheat has been sold as low as thirty ceuts per bushel, this fall in lowa The average price is lifty edits. It is said tnat. Gen. WTn. N. Br vwn is lo be the editor of the Georgia Jour nal, the new daily p; per about to be established in Macon. The name of Scott’s Monthly lias been changed to the Cosmopolitan. Special to the Constitution, Atlanta Mins Ogi«l*iorpe I A t itorj (.aim’d for Education Tallahassee, Fla , Nov 27, 18G9. Col. Avery, Atlanta, Ga : Oglethorpe College comes to Atlanta. Prepare to welcome it home Tuesday. J. S. Wilson. The Rome Daily of the 2d, says:— The Survey of the Railroad from Rome to Decatur, Ala., is completed. The grade is about 00 feet. We learn from the Charleston Cou- RiEr», that the Charleston and Liver pool Steamship Line is bringing immi grants from Liverpool to Charleston direct for six pounds sterling, or about S3O of our currency. —Ex-Sen al or Iverson, of Georgia, keeps a wood-yard at Macon. 'The Conyers Gazette says that Mrs. Abbit, cf that town, gave birth to five offsprings the other night, aud all are doing well. Congress met on Monday the Gth inst. Alabama Legislatup.e. —The House, after, four ballotings, elected a negn named Clark Engrossing Clerk, He beut six w lute Republicans. Gentlemen interested in the full res toration of the Southern States, report the feeling of Congress quite favorable. They say the South need fear no far ther proscriptive legislation. There are now six hundred convicts in the Tennessee Penitentiary, and the cry is “still they come.” Twenty-six were sent on from Shelby county lust ■ week. The names of common drunkards | are posted up in Galesburg, Mich., and | saloons forbidden to furnish them liq- i uor. Seven million Dollars of Northern | capital is being invested in Georgia this year. And yet the nigger papers j North keep up the howl about its be ing uusal’o for a Northern man to show his face down there. —N. Y. Dem. Apple*. Dyspepsia should be a rare disease in Paris; for we are assured that over 100,(100,000 of apples are on an aver age sold in that city eveiy season.— There is nothing that will keep the stomach so healthy, and its depend ent organs so well toned, as the free j use of apples for food. Important Declsion. —The Supreme Court of New York has decided that an arrest by telegraphic order is ille i gal. It ordered the release of a priso ner arrested in accordance w ith a tele gram from the Chief of Police of Charleston promising a requisition from the Governor. The prisoner was ac cused of obtaining SIO,OOO by fraudu lent drafts. New York Neoroes. —Every decent j J negro in New York who has a vote, , votes the Democratic ticket—Consttu tionoßsL A Great Age. —We received yester day for publication, an obitnurv notice of Mrs. M arv Clemens, of Telfair coun ty, who died on the 15th nit.. 104 years old, and wus the last Revolutionary Pensioner in Georgia. .Macon Tcle gn iph and Messenger. The farm in Yorktcwn, Va., upon which Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces and signtd the articles of capitulation was recently sold for $3,- 000. Wheat in Minnesota and nen’t more than pay for threshing, and in Missou ri the farmeas are feeding it to their stock, because it don’t pay to haul it to market. Miss Colfax, sister of the Vice Presi dent, is about to marry Captain J enckes. Three nations will escort the body of George Peabody to this country. There are one hundred millions in gold in the United States Treasury. Durant positively declines the Cir cuit Judgeship. The contest is now between Judge Erskiue of Georgia, aud Judge Wood, of Alabama. The chances favor Erskine. Nashville, Dec. 4.—A bill reducing taxes from four to two millions, with no exemptions, passed. A bill remov ing disfranchisements of the Four teenth Amendment, passed to the third reading. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company proposes to build a railroad on the North side of Tennes see River, and cross that stream at Chattannooga, instead of at Bridge port, where the Nashville & Chattan nooga road crosses. A census of South Carolina has just been made. Ollicial returns from nine counties show an increase of twenty two whites and a decrease of 1,941 blacks since 1800. The grand jury of Lee county, Flor ida, having had the charges against Governor Reed and others, of bribery and corruption iu matters connected with the Florida Railroad, under in vestigation, state that, having caused all the witnesses within their reach to be brought before them, they have not felt authorized in finding true bills a gaiust the accused persons. Manufacture of Agricultural Imi>l mentk.— We learn that Messrs. As Lynch, John B. Dozier, J. R. Banks and Cooper have formed a com pany for the manufacture of plows and other agricultural implements suited to the cultivation of Southern soil.— Their works are to be located at No. ] £ South Western Railroad. The'Com pany purpose to begin operations with a working capital of $15,000, ai.d as much more to be added as can be pro fitably employed.— Columbus Enquirer. Mules and Horse*. Alex. McClint-x’k has bought Tlios. ; McClintock’s brag lot of forty’ head of mules. They are, evidently, the finest stock in Kentucky—the largest and ; best framed. They were selected by Mr. Thomas McClintock, at weaning time, from several counties, and were intended to be the brag lot of the Uni ted States. They have been fed and eared for in accordance w ith this am bition. They ara all mares, and of i dark color. The price paid for them, S2OO per head, would indicate their I status. We understand they are de signed for the Georgia market in Jan i uary. —Parris Kentuckian. Rencounter—Shooting.- On last Sat urday night, Bill Arp, the veritable, snd Andrew W. liieks had a difficulty at Graves Bi lliard Rooms. It result ed iu Arp’s shooting Hicks in the left arm, producing a very severe llesh wound. Hicks, after he was shot, snapped his pistol three times, and then knocked his adversary down— others then interfered and stopped the and ifficul ty . —Rome Cos u i * it’?’. Dent has received his indenture of defeat from the Mississippiaus. Al corn has a handsome majority. Dent is not the first mian that corn has flung. Hamilton has l>eeu elected by a large majority in Texas. Haynes goes to Congress. The Journal says several Northern gentlemen have purchased lands near Marietta, and others are luuking a round. Washington, December 3,"P. M.—- Thomas J. D rant will be appointed Circuit Judge of Louisiana, Texas, Al abama, Mississippi, Georgia and Flor ida. West Virginia has some tall sons in , the neighborhood of Lewisburg, living j within half mile of each other, whose respective heights will exccgL,that of any other section. The first, twenty years old, is 6 feet 2 inches high; the second, nineteen years old, is 0 feet 5 inches, and the third, between fourteen and fifteen years old, is 0 feet inch es high. More Colored Dei.egates.--Li Brooks I Superior Court, last week, George! Hicks, convicted of forgery, and Ruff ’ Thompson, convicted of beastiality, both colored, -were sent to the peniten tiary, the former for four years and the latter for life. Both branches of the South Caroli- i na Legislature have passed resolutions favoring the recognition of Cuba —a- bout the only sensible or decent thing they have done since their organiza tion. Mormonism in Georgia. —We have been informed by a friend who has had an opportunity recently to inquire \ into and ascertain tuc facts, that about j one hundred Georgians, principally j from the Northern part of the State, Lu\e been converted to Mormonism and removed to the land of promote since last spring.—Tel. &, Mess. PRESIDENT’S M ESSAGF. ! To the Senate and llouss <>f lit presen ta* j lives: In coming before you for the first , time as Chief Magistrate of this great ! nation, it is with gratitude to the giv : er of all good for the many benefits we ! enjoy. We are blessed with peace at j home and without entangling alliances ! j abroad to forebode trouble. With ft I territory unsurpassed in fertility, aud I of an area, equal to the abuudaut sup i port of five hundred millions of people; | abounding in every variety of useful mineral ii quality sufficient to supply the world for generations, exuberant i crops, variety of climate adapted to i j the production of every spt ci’S of i I earth’s riches, suited to the habits, | tastes, and requirements of every liv j ing thing; a population of 40.000,000 j of free people speaking one language, facilities for every mortal to acquire education , institutions closing to no one the avenues to fame or any blessing of fortune that may L e coveted, free dom of the pulpit, press und fcliool, revenue flowing into the National Treasury beyond the requirements of the Government. Happily, harmony is rapidly restored within our own borders, manufactures hitherto un known in our country are springing up in ail sections, producing a degree of natural independence unequalled by any other power. These blessings and countless others are entrusted to your care and mine for safe keeping, for the brief period of our term of office. Iu a short time we must each of us re turn to the ranks of the people who have conferred our honors, aud ac count to them for our stewardship.— j I earnestly desire that neither you nor I may be condemned by a free aud enlightened constituency, nor by our own consciences. Emerging from a rebellion of gigantic magnitude, aided, as it was, by the sympathies and as sistance of a nation with which wc were at peace, eleven States of the Union were, four years ago, left with | out legal State Governments. Ana ! tional debt had been contracted, Amer- I ican commerce was almost driven from ; the seas, the industry of one-half of | the country had been taken from the ! control cf the capitalist and placed where all labor rightfully belongs, in the keeping of the laborer. The work of restoring State Government loyal j to the Union, of protecting and foster j ing free labor, providing means for paying the interest on the public debl has received ample attention from | Congress. Although your efforts have : not met with this success in all partic j niurs that might have been desired, yet on the whole they have been more successful than could have been rea- I sonably anticipated. Seven States I which passed ordinances of secession have been fully restored to their pla ces iu the Union, and the eighth, Geor gia, held an election at which she rati fied her constitution, republican in form, elected a Governor, members of Congress, a State Legislature, and oth ier officers required. The Governor i was installed, and the Lcgisleture met 1 arid performed all acts then required of them by the reconstruction acts of I Congress. Subsequently, however, in ' violation of the constitution which they had just ratified—as since decided by the Supremo C urt of the State —they | unseated the colored members of the legislature, and admitted to seats some members who are disqualified by the third clause of the XIV Amendment, ; an article which they themselves had contributed to ratify. Under these I circumstances, I would submit to you 'vhtther it would not be wise without ■ delay to enact a law authorizing the Governor of Georgia to convene the : members originally elected to the , Legislatin’?, requiring each lo take the oath provided by the reconstruction acts, and none to be admitted who are ineligible under the third clause of the XIV Amendment. The freedmen, under the protection I which they have i’v ceived, are making rapid progress in learning, and no com i plaints are heard of a lack of industry |on their part where they recievo fair ; remuneration for their labor. I The means provided for pay ing the interest on the public debt, with all i oi her expenses of the Government, are ; more than ainp'e. The loss of our commerce is only result of the late ! rebellion which has not received suffi • eient. attention from you. To this sub ject I call your earnest attention. I I will not now suggest plans by which this object may be effected, but will, ;if necessary, make it the subject of a i special message during the session of 1 Congress. At the March term, Congress, by joint resolution, authorized the Execu tive to order elections in the States of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, to sub ; mit to them the constitutions which each had previously framed, aud sub mit the constitutions either entire or in : separate parts, to Le voted upon at the ; discretion of the Executive, and under ! his authority. The elections were call | ed. In Virginia, the election took ! place on the oth of July. A Governor j and Lieutenant Governor were elected j ; and have been in stalled. The Legis -1 lature met and did .ill required by this ! resolution and by all tiie reconstruction | acts of Congress, and abstained from j all doubtful authority. I recommend i that her Senators and Representatives i ; be promptly admitted to their seats, j ; sind that the State be fully restored to i its place in the family ( f Slates. Eiec- j i (ions were called in Mississippi and ! Texas to commence ou the 30th of No- j vtunber —two days iu Mississippi and i i four days iu Tcaos. The elections have I taken place, but the result is not ! kuovvn. It is hoped that the acts of ] the Legislatures of those States, when they meet, will be such as to receive your approval, und thus close the work of reconstruction. Among the evils growing ont of the rebellion, and not yet referred to, i < that of au irredeemable currency. I<‘ i.s an evil which I hope will receive your most earnest attention It is a duty, and one of the highest duties of the Government, to secure to the citizens a medium of exchange of a fixed and unvarying value. This implies a re turn of a specie basis, and no substi tute for it can be devised. It should be commenced now, and reached at the earliest practicable moment consistent with a fail regard to the interests of the debtor class. Immediate resumption, if practicable, would not be desired. It would coin pel the debtor class to pay, beyond their contracts, a premium on gold at the date of their purchase, and would bring bankruptcy and ruin to thous ands. The fluctuations, however, in paper va!::edsF the meusurfT oT all val ues, gold, is detrimental to the trade. It makes the man of business an invol untary gambler, for in all sales where J future payment is to be made, both ! parties speculate as to what will be the i value of the currency to be paid nml received. I earnestly recommend to you, then, such legislation as will iu sure a gradual return to specie pay ments, and put an immediate stop to the fluctuation in the value of curren- j cy. The methods to secure the former J of these results are as numerous as speculators on political economy. To secure the latter there is but one way, and that is to authorize the Treasury to redeem its paper at a fixed price whenever presented, and *o withhold fiom circulation all currency so redeem ed until gold sold again for gold. The vast resources of the nation, bith de veloped and undeveloped, ought to make our credit the best on earth, with j less burden of taxation than the citi zen hns endured for six years past.— The entire public debt could be paid in ten years, bnt it is not desirable tLat the people should be taxed to pay it in that time. Year by year our ü bility to pay increases in rapid ratio, j but the burden ought to be reduced us rapidly as can be without a violation of the contract. The public debt is represented in a g.ieat party by bonds having from five to twenty, and lrom ten to forty years to run, bearing in terest at the rote of six and live per cent, respectively. It is optional with the Government to pay these bonds at any period after expiration, the least time mentioned upon their face. The time has air. ady expired when the great pari may be taken up, and is rap idly approaching when all may be.— It is believed that all which are now due may 0e replaced by bonds bearing a rate of interest not exceeding four and a half per cent, and as rapidly as the remainder becomes due, that they may be replaced in the same way. To accomplish this, it may be necessary to authorize interest to be paid at either of the three or four of the money cen tres of Europe, or by any assistant Treasurer of the United (States at the option of the holder of the bonds. I suggest this subject for the considera tion of Congress, aud also, simultane ously with this, the propriety of redu- j cing our currency, as before suggested, 1 at its market value at the time the law ! goes into effect, increasing the rate at I which the currency will be bought and | sold from day to day or week to week at the same rate of interest as the gov- j eminent pays its bonds. The subject of a tariff and renewal of taxation will necessarily receive you*’ attention. The revenues of the coun try are greater than its requirements and may with safety be reduced, but j as the funding of the debt in a four and a half per cent loan would reduce the annual current expenses largely, thei ?- after funding, justifying a greater re duction of taxation than would be now expedient. I suggest a postponement of this question until the next meeting «>f Congress. It may be advisable to modify taxation and the tariff in in stances where unjust or burdensome ; discriminations are made by the pres- j i ent law, but a general revision of the laws regulating this subject recommend a postjKMimient of them for the pres ent. I also suggest a renewal of the tax on incomes, but at a reduced rate, say three per cent, an l this tax to ex- j pile iu three years. With the funding ! of the National debt ns here suggested, I feel safe in saying that the taxes and revenue from imports may be reduced safely from sixty to eighty millions per annum at once, und may be still fur ther reduced from year to year as the resources of the eouutry are developed. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows the receipts of the government for the fiscal yen’ ending June 30th, to be $370,943,747; expend itures, including iuterest, bounties, etc-, ; to be $321,490,597. The estimates for ! the ensuing year are more favorable to the Government, and will no doubt • show a much larger decrease of the i public debt. The receipts in the Treas ury beyond the expenditures have ex ceeded the amount necessary to place i to the credit of the Sinking Fund as! provided by law. To lock up the sur- j plus in the Treasury aDd withhold it! from circulation, would lead to such a contraction of currency as to cripple j trade and seriously affect the prosper-1 ity of the country. Under these cir- 1 cumstuncea the Secretary of the ; lYeasuiy and myself heartily concur-; red in the propriety of using ail the i surplus currency iu the Treasury in j the purchase of Government bonds, thus reducing the interest bearing iu-1 debteduess of the country, ami of sub- i mitting to Congress the question of the disjK silion to be made of the bonds so purchased. The bonds now held by the Treasury amount to $75,090,000.; iuclud.ng those belonging to the sink- 1 ing fund. I recommend that the i whole be placed to the credit of tne j sinking fund. Your attention is re-; sped fully invited to tint iccon.mcnda- lions of the oecw-tmj of th* Treasury for the creation of the office oi eom mi.ssior.cr of custom# and reww uc, for the increase of tho salary of certain classes of officials, and th< eubetitntiou j of the increased national bat k eurcuia |ti U to repine* tho outstanding thn e per cent eertficate*, and mo t especial j «y to his recommendation for the r»> ' new! of the laws allowing shores of j tints, penalties, forfeitures, &c., tp rs« • fioers of tlm Govcrunu ui. or to iuforiu j era. The otlice of (VmmiaMoufi* of 1 Internal Kevemm is one cl the .most arduous and icsposihlo under the j Govern incut, 1* falls little short of a , Cabinet position m tla aud : respouaioUittea. I Would a'Wor it, 1 theicfoio, such h gishdiun ys in your j judgment will place the office upon* j footing of dignity couimuisuratu with i its importance and with the character j and qualifications of the class of uieu , required to till it properly. As the United ,Slates is the freest of j all nations, so too its people sympa j ibizo with nil people tfluigglii g lor iib ! city and self government, Uul while | so sympathizing, it is due to our bon ! or that we should abstain from enforc | ing our views upon unwilling nations, and from taking an interested part without invitation. hi qiiarr. Is he tweeu different nations, or between Governments and their subjects, our course should ahvuys be iu conformity with stiict justice and law, both inter i national and local. Such has berm the policy of the administration iu dealing with these questions. For more than a year a valuable province of t puiu and a near neighbor of ours, in w hom all our people cannot but feel a deep interest, has b< en straggling for inde pendence and freedom. Tho people and Government of the U nited Stales entertain the same warm feelings and sympathies for the people of Cuba iu their pending struggle that they mani fested throughout previous ntiuggles between bptun aud her former colonies in behalf of the hitter, lint the con test lias at no time us-mmed conditions which amount to war in the .ease of the international law, or which v.ouid show tho eiis ence ol a de jurlo politi cal organization of the insurgents suf ficient to justify a m\ gnition of bel ligerency. The principle is maintained, however, that this nation is its owu judge when to accord lights of bellig erency, either to a people struggling to free themselves fr* m a Government they believe to be oppressive, or two independent nations at war with each other. The United States have no dis position to interfere with existing rela tions of Spain to her colonial posses sions cn this coutiuent. They believe that in due time Spain and other Eu ropean powers will find their interest in terminating those relations and es tablishing thoir present dependencies as independent pow ers. These depend encies are no longer regarded as sub ject to transfer from one European power to another. When the present relation of these colonies ceases, they are to become independent powers, ex ercis’ng the right of choice and of self control in det< running their future condition and relations with other pow er . The United Stater, iu order to put a stop to bloodshed iu Cuba, and m the interest of a neighboring people, proposed her good offices to bring tho existing contest to u termination. Tho otter not lieing accepted by Spain on a basis which vve behoved could bo re ceived by Cuba, was withdrawn. It is hoped the good offices of the United States may yet prove advantageous for a settlement of this unhappy atnfe.— Menh while, a number of illegal expe ditions against (Juba have been broken up. It has been the endeavor of thu administration to execute the neutrali ty laws, no matter how uupi usuut the task, made s j by tho batterings wo have endured from lack of good faith towards ns by other uutious. On tho 2Gth of March last, the United State* schooner, Lizzie Mnyar, was arrested on the high seas by a Spanish frigate and two passengers, taken ami carried pi homers to Cuba. llcproseutationa of these facts were mado to tho Span* ish Government as soon as officiu in- ■ formation reached Washington. The j two passengers were set at liberty and | the Spanish Government assured the j United States that the captain of the frigate, in making the capture, lmd act ed without law; that he had been rep rimanded, and that the Spanish au thorities in Cuba would not sanction j any act that would violate the rights, I or treat with disrespect, the sovereign ty of this nation. The question of the seizure of the brig, Mary Sowell, at Ba hama, by the Spanish authorities, ia uovv a subject of correspondence be i tween this Government, Spain aud : Great Britain. The Captain General j of Cuba, about May last, issued a pro ' clamatiou authorizing search of vessel* jon the high seas. luma in.te rtmon- J strance was made against this, where ; upon the Captain General issued anew j proclamation limiting search to vessels | of the United Slates authorized undi r the treaty of 1795. This proclamation, j however, was immediately withdrawn, i I have always felt that the most intimate j relations should be cultivated between : the States and inch pendent nations ou ' this continent. It may be well worth ; considering whether treaties be ! tween us and tb« m muy not bo profit ! ably entered into to seeme more inti mate relations—friendly, commercial ; and otherwise. The inter-oceanic canal, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific, oceans through the Isthsmus of of Duribu is one in ■ which commerce is greatly interested. Instructions were given our Minister to the United States of Columbia to en deav r to obtain authority for a survey to determine the prueucabnhy of the undertaking.* In order to comply with the agreement of the United Slates as to a mixed cum mission at Lima for the adjustment of the claims, it became necessary to send i Conan ismoutr and Secretary to Lima. The good oiiices of the United States to bring about peace between Spain and the South American Republics Lav ing been accepted by Spam, Bt.ru and Chili, a Congress h,.e i t.-e.u invited to be hell! 111 "v\ uaumgion vluilllg ihc jiit.*- eut winter. -'A. giant has been giu.n to tne Cu ropeans of an exclusive right of transit over the teritory of Nicaragua to which Cosiu Rica has given its assent, win eh (Concluded lu ... end pa^e.j