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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO. ATLANTA. GA*. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1878. VOL. XI., NO. 25 ijfht ^oii.stitnliDii. ATLANTA, OA. DECEMBER 10. D78 ('???oaptraller-Gener*! (ialdinllh, Through pure inadvertence, we failed cm last Sunday morning to comment the flattering report of the committee that had been investigating the adminis tration of the comptrrdlergenfjmr* office, There la no officer in Georgia nwmj d??- ???erring of the public gratitude than Colonel Goldsmith. The sagacity ami devotion that he has brought to theexer Hae of hia duties has not been excelled anywhere. He has instituted changes, established reforms and added new features to hia work until hia office is a* near perfect aa governmental machimry can be made to run. Through successive years Colonel Goldsmith has devoted lus whole life to improving the work of the eomptrollemhip and making the system efficient. Honest, capable and conscien tious, the state is fortunate in having secured his services. One of the commit tee remarked that he did not believe the tax-books of any stats in the union were bo admirably arranged and handled as are Georgia's. The committee found literally nothing but what demanded commenda tion. The compliment they pay Coloncd Gold smith, as unusual as it is, is thoroughly deserved, and the people will indorse it from one end of the state to the other. is time that this matter of electoral In creased force on the Rio Grande, com frauds should be settled, and we aj-pre- parative exemption from incursions from bend that it will be settled in such a way j Mexicans daring the past year as ann as to astound Mr. Hayes and his man pared with previous years baa been ex- John Sherman. The fraud i*??ue will have j perienced. to be settled sooner or later, and | The subject of printing the war records are disposed to feel grateful of the union and confederate armies is to Mr. Hayes for calling the at-j thus presented: tention of the people to the fact and for TbereconLof t be war of the rebellion, both A . . i. -???? I onion and confederate, are under the eliarge giving the cue for a campaign which will I ant-general of thearmy. The work undoubtedly result in sweeping the cor- I of jireporing these for publication is under rupt republican partv out of existence. I otCokmai Rol??ert S. Seat. U. H. A. . . . * , . . | The confederate records, obtamed in Rich- As to the recommendation of Mr. I Jli<lfM j w tf* Ume of its capture, were Ilayes that the fund provided by law to I brought here in 1865 arid have l??een ettre- 1 fully arranged. The agent recently ap- . , pointed by me. General Marcus J. \V right, the provisions of the enforcement act, it I has been assiduously and successfully t*n- would, perhaps, be well for congress to I Wged for the past five months in procuring ioqui* . muc clowly into the needs o ( ??SS??fg& tha country io this particular respect. I ing w ith the Suit hern historical The money is undoubtedly intended to I ** ^ . ???* . witl * ??? ev f J* 1 . ,. J . J I other puMeshors of such papers, this be used in perfecting the nystem of poll I ,lt,*nnreut i> duly sddiws u. Its materisl espionage devised by one of the moat un- I for a history of the war. The detriment is mwtA ..... . ril nrn-nrwtr???? I now ready to transmit to congre?** a consid- ???crapulous and corrupt congresses that I amount of matter syatematically ever assembled in Washington. The 1 arranged as soon as specific action of con- number of "federal spies to be placed at I ***"??? enable it to do *o The appropri- ^ * * . * A ^ I ationa heretofore made have been forprepar- Itolling places will be increased, and they I f w publication, not for publishing. Aa a will lie used, aa Mr. Devena has already | commencement to the miter direction I strongly intimated, critic voters of both colors, it win, mere-1 tary THE MESSAGE OP PRESIDENT OP UNITED STATES. Bis Vtovi un tha ASiura of the Eepublic???The KoaeyQaeetieB???His Southern Policy end A fain im tha fca*.h???Foreign Bela* tioae???The Yeax???e Becord. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives??? Our heartfelt gratitude b due to the Divine Being, who liolds in Hb hands the destinies of nations, for the con tinued bestowal, during the last year, of countless blessings uj*on our country. We are at peace with all other nation**. Oar public credit has greatly Improved, and is. perhai*, uoir stronger than??? ever before. Abundant harvests have rewarded the la bors of those who till the* soil, our manu facturing industries are reviving, and it is believed that general prosperity, which lias been so long anxiously l????>k??-d tor. bat last within our reach. mi', rxvr.u Krtor-Mic. The enjoyment of health by our people generally has. however, 1-een Interrupted during the past season by the prevalence of . to in.imid.U-, d.mro j ??o>^U ??h.t lb. Mlo,in ; ; |.f^ would i^o- . fsul pestilent*. the yellow fever. In k N i AN r* 11..M1.1 ??? am r r b * thought the t??t. that the ??ecre-| portions of the southern states, creating an h colors. It will, there-1 tary of war be authorized and directed to . The President Mr. Hnycn given u*t smoother, better constructed sentence* than General Grant wan in the habit of doing, but bin message* lack the vigor and business-like tone that characterized those of bin pred- eccHHor. The one liefore ua in dull. Were it not for the paragraphs relating to the south it would lie cxivedingly dull. He begins with the subject of yellow fever visitations in general, and the late plague in jmrticular. He aronses a little interest when he puts the number of yel low fever deaths at 2U,000, or *1,000 in ex cess of the highest unofficial estimates. Rut his figures are 'not ns astonishing as the statement that the |s*stilence has awakened ???a very general public senti ment in favor of national sanitary admin istration, which shall not only control quarantine, but have the sanitary super vision of internal commerce in times of epidemics, hud hold an advisory relation to the state and munici pal authorities, with |*ower to deal with whatever* endangers the public health, and which the munieii??al and state authori ties are unable to regulate.??? No such public sentiment is general in these parts. We are in favor of a national quarantine act for the purpose of keeping the genus of the disease out of the country, but be yond that the states should exercise supreme control. And then we come to the part that dis cusses the situation in the south. This part of the messageiselsewhere discussal. The presentation of our foreign relations discloses nothing new or interesting. We are at peace with all Uie world and the rest of mankind. There is nothing of interest until we pass tl????# tl^uruu takan from the report of the secretary of the treasury, when we come to three brief paragraphs -on the currency question. These three brief paragraphs are a marvel of caution and inexpressive- nn??. Hu is strong negatively.He docs not demand, like Secretary Sherman, a change of the ratio between gold and sil ver or a limitation of the silver coinage. He does not de mand any affirmative ac tion. He declares that his views on sil ver coinage an* unchanged, but still he hopes congress will not change ???existing financial legislation.??? There isevidently a split between him and Mr. Sherman on he silver question. The latter align; himself substantially with the nullifiers, while Mr. Hayes hesitates. The balance of the message is a re- hash???a tame one at that???of the depart- ment nqsuls. He thinks Lieutenant Renner???s widow should have a pension he discusses the Hot Springs, and towards the end he takes up the bureau reports. His study of prize pumpkins doubtless led him to devote over a page to agriculture. A page on the national bureau of edtioa- tion, and a page on the sewers and side walks of the District of Colombia, bring us to the close of the tamest message that has been given to the public since the fore, become necessary for congress, I submit to congress, at bis early conveni- shonld any attention be paid to this por- tion of the message, to make specific pro-1 ot the compiler as approval by the*ecrriary visions as to the disposition of the fund. I war * .That $-???be appropriated to print i I copies for distribution to libraries, etc.. The Army and I (a Affairs. I by members of congress, and copie* for The annua] report of the secretary of 8t * ,e9 a,id . tl .' c . , * I executive departments of the government, to is a pamphlet of twenty-eight pages; I be distributed l*y the secretary of war, and and although the country is in a condi-1 copies to be sold by the public printer 1 at a small advance on cost price, at private . sale, the proceeds of such sale to be avail- facts and recommendations of interest. | able for the prosecution of the work ofool- ;r records for pub- the following forces: cavalry, 7,829 men; I amtinue tIre"work ot col!^ ???KSd p^l????? artillery,2,,630men; infantry, 11,206men; I ??ng the material for further publications, engineer battalion, 190; pennanent and he iT c J i ?? n "J th<! "? OTt "y ??f ??'????? . . 1 . . I That the secretary of war be requested to recruiting parties, music boys and re- I submit to congress plana for future publira- cmits in depots, 1,121; enlisted men de-I V ons ??* ??>o???? *?? prepared. The engineer mnd on <N*m*rul yflrri.* *>-.??. I department has published a series of toito- gineral service, ordnance I grapliical ma|6 from actual surveys of the de|wrtment, 3M; West Point detach- I various battle-fields, and upon which are ments, 190; prison guard. 71; hospital I ??? , 1 nrk,d **???? 1-wiUons of the two armies. I, . ... | These are by themselves a history of the war stewards, 188; ordnance sergeants, 114; I of no ordinary value and interest. Coupled ???mmissary sergeants, 148; Indian scouts, I wi, h tl??e battle re|??>rta, now ready for pub- :m Total, 24,791 ??,en. The number of I lescrtions during the past year liave lxvn I ately satisfy the ardent desire of the public, than for any previous year since 1872. I * or " hh'b it ha* been impatiently waiting The fignn, ??,?? followa:??? Itoaertion. in *??.*??& the year ending June SO, 1873, 7,271; I The balance of the report is taken with 1874,4,??i0ff; 1875,2,521; 1870,1,844; 1877,1 information from tl??e reports of the 1,678. Then* are now 3731 bureau officers, without the addition of convicts in the military prison at lort I imiiortant suggestions or recommenda- Is*aven worth, Kansas. These are cf??n- I |j ODS# The entire report is full of matters atantly employed, and liave made ull the I 0 f interest, our running summary em- shm*s worn by the trooi??s during the I Mist I bracing chieffy subjects that will encoun- jear. As sof??n as the a<lditionul shops I ter'uiore or U^ks opposition, now in process of crectiouare completed 1 many other articles now pundiosal from I citizens can, it is bclieval, la* manufnet-1 ured to Ix-tter advantage at the prison. Secretary M???Crary wants more money. I That is, in fact, the burden of his report. I This year???s appropriation is $25,936,117, The Gooch Ciur. Tliat a liuly with such an unfortunate name as that of ivooch should have at tempted to take a hint from Charles Keado???s coarse and uncouth novel of ???A Terrible Temptation??? alumst surpasses and the secretary asks congress to give I understanding, but the papers inform him for use during the coining fiscal year u * lh * 1 **?? attempt has been made in $29,335,727. The request is based on an England. The husband of the woman, it increase in the number of enlisted men. I *e??ns, is named Sir Francis Gooch, and It is certainly creditable to congress and I ^ wife insanely attempted to palm off the secretary of war that between them a I u P??n him a child that she had procured saving of seven millions has been effected I from some *????*P??tal or infirmary.lt seems in two years without impairing the effi- that.under the will of his father Sir Fran- ciency of the army. A continuance of this I c * 8 inherited an estate of ??25,000 on the kind of economy would not be hurtful to I d ??***a?? of hia elder brother. He had a the army or obuoxiorm Uf the tnx-payrra. I younger brother, after whom tlie widow Considerable s|uice is of course devoted I elder brother would succeed. At to the recent limitation proposed by con- the W oi 2i Sir Francis met bis present grass upon the use of the army. We give wife and shortly afterward married her. the secretary the benefit of his own Frora the evidence it appears that there words: ???In my judgment it isim|K>rtant I waa * design on the part of Lady Gooch either that this provision be repealed or I to prevent the brother of Sir Francis, that the number of cases in which the I or Lady Eleanor Gooch, from inheriting of the array shall be ???expressly au-1 property by means of the child which thorixed* ??*e very much enlarged. In I ??he desiral to palin ??*tT on her husband, many jHjrtions of our western territories, I After the marriage of the parties and dur- and even in s**me portions of the newer I the absence of Sir Francis from lon- states, a resolute desperado, with a few I don ?? * child was bom, which dial seven followers, can defy, the officers of tlie law I months afterward. Shortly thereafter and any local pos^e that can Unorganized. Udv Gooch made represenutions to her In the new and aparaely populated husband that excited his suspicions and regions of the west to say to robbers and I the suspicions were verified by the ex thieves that they shall not U* taken on I amination of the family physician. The any writ unless the sheriff and his load I woman persisted, however, that her posse is able to capture them without aid I statements were correct. She was watched, from the soldiers is almost to grant them I and when the time came a hireling smug- immunity from arrest." The provision I pled a month-old haby in the hotel, and that Secretary M???Ctary dislikes reads: I Lady Gooch pretended that it was hers. From and after the passage of this act it I It is a very sorrowful affair all the way shall not be lawful to employ any part of I through, and the onlv responsible solu- "assL;L'ShJSbS sra ?????????????-.??*???>?* ^>- scenting the laws, except in such case*and I Gooch is a victim of emotional insanity, tinier such circumstance.- as such employ-1 | n our own gi^at and glorious country ment of said forces mav be expressly author-1 . ized hv the constitution or by act of con- emotional insanity is the excuse for many gre^s. * " * I and various crimes, and we see no reason In other words, lie does not want the I why such crimes cannot be condoned in army that ho controls hampered by the I England. It is true we have rarely had constitution or by an act of congress. He 1 an exhibition???of such depraved criminal- emergency which called for prompt and ex traordinary measure* of relief. The di.-ease appeared as an epidemic at New Orleans and at other places on the lower Miaaisnippi after midsummer. It was rapidly spread by fugitives from the infected cities and towns, and did not disappear until early in November. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have suffered se verely. About one hundred thousand cases believed to have occurred, of which about twenty thousand, according tointelli* gent estimate*, proved fatal. It i* impossi ble to estimate with any approach to accu racy the lfM to the country ocrationed by * this epidemic. It is to be reckoned by tha hundred millions of dollar*. The suffer ing and destitution that resulted excited the deepest sympathy in all part* of the union. Physicians and nurs&s hastened from every quarter to the assistance of the afflicted communities. Voluntary contri butions of money and supplies, in every needed form, were speedily and generously furnished. The government was aide to re spond in some measure to the call for help, by providing tents, medicines, and food for the sick and destitute, the requisite direc tion* for the purjKJse being given, in the confident expectation that this action of the executive would receive the sanction of congress. About eiglite n hundred tents, and rations of the value of about twenty- five thousand dollars, were sent to cities and towns which applied for them, full de tails of which will be furnished to congress by the proper de]??artmeut. The fearful spread of this pestilence has awakened a very general public sentiment in favor of national sanitary administration, which shall not only control quarantine, but have the sanitary supervision of inter nal commerce in time of epidemics, and hold nil advisory relation to the state and nicijtal health authorities, with power to Mr. Vimjen and Die Southern SI (nation. Mr. Hayes???s remarks as to the condition of affairs in the south are extremely vague, hut they are plain enough to give the public to understand that he is also impressed with the absurd idea that every colored voter is a republican. Mr. Ilayes ought to repeat his southern tour and confer with his colored friends upon this important point. He would gather some rather surprising information. He would discover that the most intelligent colored men in every community in the south, whether they are technically dem ocrats or not, vote with their white friends and neighbors. The people of the south might with as much propriety claim that they were outrages at the north because the state of New York gave republican majoritii the late congressional elections. This portion of Mr. Hayes???s message is weak ami uncalled for. The outrages to which he alludes exist only in the imagin ation of the editors ot such sheets as the New York Tribune and the Chicago Inter-Ocean. They are without founda tion in fact. Tlie dem< ???crat* of tlie south.* expecting to use and utilize the negro vote for the purpose of really reconstructing Uiis section, cannot afford to intimidate the colored people, and while it may be attempted in remote quarters by imbecile bullies, the negro knows precisely what hia remedy is is not slow to take advantage of it. He knows that lie has the sympathy and the support of evety intelligent and influen tial citizen, and Mr. Hayes might become possessed of the same information if he would only give deliberate and serious thought to the importance of the negro vote to the south. It is plain enough that this portion of Mr. Hayes???s message has been dictated by the atalwart leaders with a view to in augurating the campaign of 1880 upon the basis of the bloody shirt, and this for the reason that they have no other Issue upon which to go before the coun try. It is, perhaps, as well tliat Mr. Hayes has sounded the key-note. If election outrages are to be made an issue, it is not likely that the people will forget the important fart that in the last presi dential election a clear majority of the American people were defrauded of their rights by methods compared with which the bulldocing of which the republicans so clamorously complain is fair, and just, and hooect. pxsessxng ths qualifies .ions prescribed by leaving a surplus revenue for the year of Should other methods be law, to cast one uniuUiuidated 'ballot, and $20,799,551.90. *** ' to have hi* ballot honestly counted. lon??' a*, the exercise of thi* ppyreraad the enjoyment of this rigut are common and equal, practically a> wrll as formally, sub mission to the results of the suffrage will be accorded loyally and cheerfully, and all the departments of government will leel the true vigor of the popular will thus ex pressed. No temporary or kdmifristrative interests of government, however urgent or weighty, will ever displace tlie zeal of our people in defense of the pri mary rights of citizenship. They un derstand tliat the protection of liberty re quire* the maintenance, in full vigor, of the manly methods of free speech, free J ??raw, and free suffrage, and will sustain the ull authority of government to enforce the laws which are framed to preserve these in estimable rights. The material progress and welfare of the state* depend 0 u the protec tion afforded to their citizens. .Therecan be .no peace without such protection, no pros perity without i>eftoe. and the wholecouutry is deeply interested in tlie growth and prus- prity of all its i*arts. s' While the country haj not yet reached complete unity of feel mg and reciprocal confidence between the communities so lately aryl so seriously estranged, [ feel an absolute assurance that the . ???ondencies are in that direction, and with creasing force. The jxfvcr of public opinion will override all }M-atical prejudices, and all sectional or sia^JfartaHimewta, in ???ItiinmliligLU??t allover tw^lnr, .Iwr^ BEH jthe name and diameter of citizen of the hare been reduced be United States shall mean one and the nmeV thing, and carry with them unchallenged security and respect. ??? OCR FOREIOX RELATIONS. Our relations with oilier countries con tinue peaceful; Our neutrality in contests health, and which the municipal and state authorities are unable to regulate. The na tional quarantine act approved April 29, 1878, which was passed too late in the last session of congress to provide the rn??*ans for carrying it Into practical operation, during the past season, i* a step in the direction here indicated. In view of the necessity for the most effective measures, by quaran tine and otherwise, for the protect ion of our seaports, and the country gene rally, from this and other epidemics, it is recommended that congress give the whole ibject early and careful consideration. ???loody sHiKT material. The permanent pacification of the coun try by the complete protection of all citi zens in every civil and political right con tinues to be of paramount iutoresi With the great laxly ????f our people. Every step in this direction i* welcomed with public approval, and every interruption of steady and uniform progress to the desired con summation awakens general uneasiness and wide spread condemnation. The recent con gressional elections have furnished a direct and trustworthy test of tlie advance thus far made in the practical establishment of the right of suffrage secured by the constitu tion to the liberated race in the southern states. All disturbing influences, real imaginary, had been removed from all of these states. The three constitutional amendments which conferred freedom and (???quality of civH and political rights upon the colored |ieople of the south were adopted bv the concurrent action of the great bo^y of good citizens who maintained the authority of the national government and the integrity and per)>etuity of the union atsncli a cost of treasure and life as a wise and necessary embodiment in the organic law of the just results of the war. The people of the form er slave-holding states accepted these results, and gave, in every practicable form, assu rances that the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, and laws i??assed pursuance thereof, should, in good faith, be enforced, rigidly and iin{>artially. in let ter and spirit, to the end that the humblest citizen, without distinction of race or color, should, under them, receive full and equal protection in person and property and in (???olitical rights and privileges. By these constitutional amendments, the south ern section of the tained a large increase of political (tower in congress and in the electoral college, and the country justlv expected that elections would proceed*, as to the enfranchised race. between foreign powers has been maintained and respected. The universal ex(tusition held at Paris during the past summer has been attended by large numbers of our citizens. The brief period allowed for the preparation and arrange ment of the contributions of our citizens u> this great exposition was well employed in energetic ana judicious efforts to overcome this disadvantage. These efforts, led and Jirected by the commissioner-general, were remarkably successful, and the exhibition of the products of American industry was creditable and gratifying in scope ami char acter. The report* of the United .State* com missioners, giving its results in detail, will duly laid liefore you. Our partici)union this international couqietition for the or and the trade of the world may be ex- pected to produce useful and itnjMirtant re sult* iu promoting intercourse, friendship, and commerce with other nations. In accordance with the provisions of the act of February 28, 1878. three commis sioners were ap|>ointcd to an international nference on the subject of adopting a inmon ratio between gold ??nd silver for the purpose of establishing, internationally, the use of bimetallic money, and securing fixity of relative value bet ween those metals. Invitations were addressed to the various governments which had expressed a willing ness to participate in its deliberations. The conference held its meetings in Paris in August lasL The report of the commis sioners, herewith submitted, will show its results. No common ratio between gold and silver could be agreed upon by the confer ence. The general conclusion was reached that it is necessary to maintain in the world the monetary function* of silver as well as ' gold, leaving the selection of the use of e or the other of these two metals, or of both, to be made by each state; Congress having*appropriated at its last session tlie sum of $o.5u0,000 to pay the award of the joint commission at Halifax, if, after corresjMindence with the British government, on the subject of the conform ity of the award to the requirements of the treaty and to the terms of the question there- submitted to the commission, the presi dent shall deem it his duty to make the payment, communications upon these points were addressed to the British govern ment through the legation of the United States at I??udon. Failing to obtain the concurrence of the British government in the view* of this government respecting the award, I have deemed it my duty to tender the sum named within the year fixed by the treaty, accompanied by a notice of the grounds of the payment, and a protest against any other construction of the same. The correspondence npo'n fhtj- subject will be laid before you. The Spanish government has offi cially announced the termination of the insurrection in Cuba, and the restor ation of peace throughout that island. Confident expectations are express ed of a revival of trade and prosperity, which it is earnestly hoped may prove well- founded. Numerous claims of American citizens for relief for injuries or restoration 'properly have been atuotgthe incidents r the long-continued hostilities. Some of I that the army has been - these claims are in processor adjustment by I eallv supplied, that our small force has been Spain, ami the others are promised early | actively employed, and has faithfully per- and careful consideration. j formed all the service required of it. The ;y made with Italy, in regard to | morale of the army has unproved, and tlie wants the right to slosh around without I ity in this country, but the more fla- liniitation???to take charge of elections, to I grant the crime, the more certain that in- _ oust governors and to return, if it so I sanity has instigated it. In npon tAe same??? circumstances of "legal and please* him, to all the methods of Grant's I York. Ladv Gooch would have been crib* 'constitutional freedom and protection , . /, ... _ . ??? . , A 1 . . , # ???. ??? t ^aich obtained m all the other states of tlie first term. Congress will not be apt to milted to an asylum for the insane for a \j?? ion The friends of law and order looked gratify onr war minister in this respect. I period of months, but in London she has forward to the conduct of these election* a* It will doubtless decide to keep supreme I been committed to jail for trial. offering to the general judgment of the the constitution and tlie laws. Referring to the yellow fever in the south and the issuance of rations, medi Grant nn a King. It is stated upon the highest authority ?? i that General Grant has been offered the cine*, tents, etc., by the war .U ].artment throne Q , Bulgaria _ \ Ve trU3t this is without line authority of law. tlie secret.- tTue . ve ^ it is relia ,,i e . Nothing ry recommends to congrew tlie carefnl wouH ^e ua more pleasure than to consideration of the question whether breezy position had such emergencies in the future may not ^ otfomJ to what Boas shepherd call* be provided for by law by confemng ??u- ??? onr , ivin); Am ericen.??? He rich- thoritv to act npon the president. I deserves the honor. His motto, in- suggest* that a law should 1?? so framed Qne u( hia privat<> ?? never to leave an executive officer nn- of bv Qne q{ whM Colone , Joh Cock . owswty Ofwctinc ontrideofthe j rTin - o( the Mtimore GawKle. would call ever statutes. He enlogizes lieutenant Ben-1 ^ ner, commanding the relief expedition 1 down the Mississippi river, who died at Vicksburg, October 17, and earnestly country an important omiortunity t measure the decree in which the right ti suffrage could be exercised by the colored people, and would be respected by their fellow-citizens; but a more general enjoy ment of freedom of suffrage by the colored peeople, and a more just ami generous protec tion of that freedom by tlie communities of which they form o^>art*, were generally anti cipated than the record of the elections dis closes. In some of those states in which the colored people have been unable to ??? ake their opinions felt in the elections, the re sult is mainly due to influences not easily measured or remedied by legal protection: but in the states of Louisiana and South Carolina at large, and in some particular congressional districts outside of 'those states, the records of the elections seem to D. Kong. is ???I*et compel the conclusion that tlie rights of the .-j :/ colored voter* have been overridden, and hwve pwn-e ami if e\er ??? rticipation in the . a distracted country needed peace it is mitted to be either general or free. Bulgaria. It is suggested by the paper .It will be _ for the congress for which ??? . - i presiaeu over u> .ur. uihuhhj! sinning hi* widow. We give M. Betmelf. reallv tslente.1 suboniinste*, on this p??>int: ???Lieutenant Benner was I .. . 7 . . v m officer of tmeofennion merit. He leaves a widow and two infant children; and it is of the executive and judicial departments of tlie position, but such a contingencv is of the government, each in its province, to rwpvctfnllv Urn, ??-??-*?** ? *T???* TTt ''^ J???h??^ nwpertiuilj mM e*i uiax ci ngrws i abROrd thrust tjie idea m the faces of curred. I can but repeat what I said in this should, without delay, take such action I Americans. Was our great gen- connection in mv lost message, that what ???s will recognize and give proper expres-1 . trt evrr authority rests with me to this end ' .. . I ... | eral ever known to refuse anything ex- ,hall not hesitate to put forth, and I ant cept something which, by aivident, he willing to forego a renewed appeal to the ??? * legistaturess. the courts, the executive an- _ . . 4 . .. tltorities. and the t*v>ple of the states where Perish the thought that such a noble these wrongs have been perpetrated, to _ statesman and commander could go con- their assistance toward* bringing to justice ??ryto the behest* of hi, tiwining ??nd ,h??*'"lfmir V 5o _ , .. .. .. . .... . , hia confidence. Trie Herald (conducted within my pxwer will be spareti On the subject of Imhui hostilities, the I bT y r Gordong Bennvtt???s renliv ??? '' arrreury thv opinion ??h???? per- ^ , ubori ; Mtw , while formerlv op . manvnt pe.ee in the n.lun connlry .wn ^ to , M rd term u looting in the only be m,mt,.ne.i by an exhibittcn of K^, ion a , C ???ri??n, i, now apporentlv fonw entBccnt to overawe keep in {aTor of tc5tin(! ^ rooo . qaatioB M suhjvetKin the more warlike ami .tan w r-1 v> wt>ethrT the Galena galoot i* really in the effort* to improve the condiUon of the | t-Wy^ghth-eighteen knndred andsef ... . , . ~ . , . I protests most admirably in the ex- enty-onc, entitled An act ??*?? amend an Indians by the influences of education I ce jj ent Enghah for which it ?? act approved May thirtieth, eighteen hun- sion to the nation???s gratMwie for the self- I savrifl. ing heroism which ohanalerjed ^^Y^T^kld to" |??v" his conduct and led to the sacrifice of his | life. I earnestly rveomnicud the i of an act granting a pension to his | widow.??? make such examinations into their conduct as may be appropri that our great American hero would hdhy 9? *h* claims of member* to their Tlie receipts for the present fiscal y??ir, ending June 90,1879, actual and estimated, are as follows; Actual receipts for the first quarter commencing Jnly 1, 1878, $73,389,- 743.43; estimated receipts* for the remain ing three-quarters of the year, $191,110,- 256.57; total receipts for the current fiscal I year, actual and estimated, $261,500,000. The expenditures for the same period will be, actual and estimated, as follows: For the quarter commencing July 1, 1878, actual expenditures. $73,344.573.27; and for the re maining three-quarters of the year, the ex- pendituras are estimated at $166.755,42673??? making the total expenditures, $240,100,000;! and leaving an estimated surplus revenue, for the year ending June 30, 1879, of $24aJ 400,000. Tlie total receipts during the next fiscal year, ending Jane 30, 1880, estimated ac cording to existing laws, will be $264.500.f 000; and the estimated ordinary expendil I tures, for the same i??eriod. will be $236,320,-1 412.68, leaving a surplus of $23,179,587.32 for that year. p | In the foregoing statements of expend! Itures, actual and estimated, no amonnt is] allowed for the sinking-fund provided for by the act approved February 25, 1862,1 which requires that one per cent, of the en tire debt of tlie United states shall be pur chased or paid within each fiscal year, to be set apart as a sinking- fund. There has been, however, a substan tial compliance with the conditions of the >l>if IwBd been reduced between 18G2 and the close of the last fiscal year, $518,361,806.28; the actual reduction of tlie ascertained debt, in that period, has been $720,644,730.61; be ing in excess of the redaction required by the sinking-fund act???$202,282,933.33. The amount of tlie public debt, less cash in the treasiuy, November 1, 1878, was $2,- 024,200,083.18-^-a reduction, since the same date last year, of $23,150,617.39. The progress made during the last year, in refunding the public debt at lower rates of interest, is very gratifying. The amount of four per cent, bonds sold during the present year prior to November 23.1878, is $100,270,- 900, and six per cent, bonds, commonly known as five-twenties, to an equal amount, have been or will be redeemed as calls ma ture. It has been the policy of tlie department to place the four per cent, bonds within easy reach of every citizen wiio desire* to invest his savings,* whether small or great, in these securities. The secretary of the treasury recommends that the law be so modified that small sums may Ik?? invested, and that through the ]M??st-office*, or other agents of tlie p??vernment, the freest oppor tunity may he given in all parts of the couytrv foraucli investments. The heat mode suggested is that the de- partnient be authorised to issue certificates of denosit, of the denomination of ten dol lar*. Waring interest at the rate of 3.65 per cent, per anti tun and convertible at any time within one year after their issue into the four per cent, bonds authorized by tlie refunding act, and to lie issuetl only in exchange for United States notes sent to the treasury by mail otherwise. Such a provision of law. supported by suitable regulations, would enable any |ierson readily, without c<??st or risk, to couvert It in money into the interest- bearing security of the United States, and the money so received could be applied to the redemption of six (*er cent, bonds. The coinage of gold during the last fiscal year was $52,798,980. The coinage of silver dollars, under the act passed February 28. 18*.8. amounted on the 23d of Novemlier, 1878, to $19,814,550, of which amount $4,- 984.947 are in circulation, and tlie balance, $14,829,003 is still in the possession of the government. With views unchanged with regard the act under which the coin age of silver proceeds, it has been the pur pose of tlie secretary faithfully to execute the law, and to afford a fair trial to the measure. In the present financial condition of the country, I am persuaded that the welfare of legitimate business and industry of every ion until June 4 of tlie same year, was iposed of delegates from nearly all the civilized countries of the world. It adopted a new convention, to take the place of the treaty concluded at Berne, October 9. 1874, which goes into effect on the 1st of April, 1879, between the countries whose delegates have signed iL It was ratified and approved, by and with the sent of the president, August 13, 1878. __ synopsis of this universal postal convention will be found in the report of the postmas ter-general and the full text in the appen dix thereto. In its origin the postal union comprised twenty-three countries, haring a population of three hundred and fifty millions of people. On the 1st of April next it will comprise forty-three countries and colonies, with a population of more than six hundred and fifty millions of people, and will soon, by the accession of the few remaining countries and colonies which maintain organized postal service*!* constitute, in fact as well as in name, as it, new title indicates, a universal union, regu lating, upon a uniform basis of cheap po*t- 3 *e rates, the postal intercourse between all vilized nations. Some embarrassment ha* arisen out the conflict between the cus toms laws of this country and the pro vi rions of tlie postal cotiTcntftm in regard to the transmission of foreign books anunews- paper* to this country by mail. It Is ho|??ed that congress will be able to devise some means of reconciling the difficulties which have thus been created, so as to do justice to all parties involved. THK SUPREME COURT. The business of the supreme court, and of the courts in many of tlie circuits, has in creased to such an extent during the (west years tliat additional legislation is inqtera- tive to relieve and prevent the delay of justice and possible oppression to suitors which is thus occasioned. The encumbrance condition of these dockets is presented anew in the report of the attorney-general, and the remedy suggested is earnestly urged for congressional action. The creation of ad ditional circuit judges, as proposed, would afford a complete remedy, and would in volve an expense???at the present rate of salaries???of not more than $60,000 a TUB INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. The annual reports of the secretary of the description will be best promoted by ab staining from all attempts to make radical changes in the existing financial legislation. Let it be understood that duriug the com ing year the business of the country will be undisturbed by governmental interfer ence with the laws affecting it, and we may confidently expect that the resumption of specie payments, which will take place at the appointed time, will be successfully and easily maintained, and that it will be fol lowed by a healthful and enduring revival of business prosperity. Let the healing influence of time, the in herent energies of our people, and tlie boundless resources of country, have a fair ufties wi WAR DEPARTMENT. The t reciprocal consular privileges, has been duly I numlicr of desertions has materially de- ratiiied and proclaimed. I creased during the year. No questions of grave importance have I The secretary recommends: arisen with any other of the European I 1. That ??? pension be granted to the widow powers. I of the late Lieutenant Henry H. Benner, The Jaiancse government has been de-1 18th infantry, who lost his life by yellow sin ms oft* revision of such parts of its I fever while m command ot the steamer ???J. treaties with foreign powers a* relate to I M. Chambers,??? sent with supplies for the commerce, and, it is understood, has ad-1 relief of sufferers in the soutn from that dressed to each of the treaty powers a re-1 disease. quest to open negotiations with that view. I 2. The establishment of the annuity The United States government has been in-1 scheme fbr the benefit of the heirs of tbe de clined to reganl the matter favorably. I ceased officers as suggested by the paymas- Wliateverrestriction*upontradewithJaimn I ter-general. are found injuri ms to that people cannot but I 3. The adoption bv congress of a plan for affect injuriously nations bolding couiuier-1 the publication of the records of the war of rial intercourse with them. Japan, after a I the rebellion now being prepared for tliat long period of secLudon. has,'Within the I purpose. past few years, made rapid strides in tbe I 4. The increase of the extra per diem of path of enlightenment and progress, and, I soldier-teachers employed in post-schools, not unreasonably, is hxikiftg forward to tlie I and liberal appropriations for the erection time when herj-elations with the nations of I of buildings for schools and libraries at tlie Europe and America shall be assimilated to I different posts. those which they hold with each other. A I 5. The repeal or amendment treatv looking to this end has been made, I the act of June 18, 1878, forbidding which will be submitted for the confident-1 the ???use of the army as a posse tion of the senate. # I comitatus, or otherwise for the purpose A fur an interval of several years, the Chi-1 of executing the laws, except in such cases nese government has again sent envoys to I and under such circumstances as may be the United States. They have been received, 1 * * * ** ???* . ??? and a permanent legation is now established here by that government. It is not doubted I *6. The iiassa^ of a joint resolution of con- that this step will be of advantage to both I press legalizing the issues of rations, tents, nationsj in promoting friendly relations and I and medicines which were made for the removing causes of difference. The treaty | lief of sufferers from yellow fever, with the Satuoati Islands, having been duly I 7. That provision lie made for the erect ion ratified and accepted on the part of both gov- I of a fire-proof building for the preservation eminent.*, is now in operation, and a I of certain valuable records now constantly survey and sounding* of the harbor of Pago-1 exposed to destruction by fire. Paco have been made by a naval vessel of | These recommendations are all commen- the United State* with a view of itsoccupa* I ded to your favorable consideration, tion a* a naval station if found desirable to THE SATAl pcp.tttTMitNT. tne service. .... I The report of the secretary of the navy Since the resumption of diplomatic re- >how , tlmt the navy ha. improved during jations with Me*,co. correspondence has the ]ast fecai * W ork lias been don! been opened and still continues between I v .??ve vessel, ten ??f which have the two governments upon the variousques- bwn Srou^Sy repaired mid* made rady tions which at one time seemed to endanger I r nr . their relations. While no fora.M agreement awards ?? m pi ction . The lias been reached as to the troubles on the | fi, 0 j* .. . border, much has beendone ro repress and amount appropriated fo???r the deficiencies of f- l : 1 . at L h r 1 f...._ Tl e the Rte .-tix l'.???b ??'*???= previous year, were$17,??8,392^5. The L nite.l . tates troops oni the Rio Grande, bjr I aPtual expenses chargeable to the year, ex- d??ficiencies. were $13.,306.- rei l T ^rre* d of dUnnre I 0H.??9, or $767, 19 0.18 less than those of the __ I the ao^rees of dispute, I previous year, and$4,928,677.74 less than the ? nd U f A n V w V" d ^ rst< ^K ^ I exiiense*, including the deficiencies. The '????????* ?? f -fa*- tor the vear ending June Th^ 3 government looks with the greatest Khic h ei^ is^^rasion^by thldc- sat.sfaet.on n,sin every ey.denceof strength mands of tlte tmvM ^emy and in the national authority of Mexico, and I t i,_ ,l_ upon every effort pat fortl. to prevent or to ^ re S!y " repUt. The ??? Impropriations ??? nrv ' ir the present fiscal year are $14,528,431.70, . hich. in the opinion of the' secretary, will incur-1 ample for all the current excises of tlie Jj I department during the year. The amount nuiiish incursions U(H>n i to obtain a full and fair investigation of the alleged crimes, and to secure the conviction and jus punishment of the guilty. It w to be oWrved fiat the principal ap- i iropriation made % for the depart ment of ostice at tlie last session contained the fol- owing clau'e: "And for defraying the nense* which may be incurred in the loreexnent of th??* act approved February force the tjghts of citizens of tbe United vote in the several states of the any acts ementary . ???. adopted solicitation of , many leading citizens rhiclv will increase the revenue* or of Hot Springs, and others interested in diminish the expenses of the postal ser-1.the welfare of the town, the secretary of the ???tee? - interior was authorized to request tlie late The international postal congress, which commissioners to take eliarge of the records met at Paris May I, 1878, and continued in of their proceedings, and to perform .such work as could properly be done by theta under such circumstance*, to facilitate tha the country as liberality wisely bestowed. interior and of the commissioner of'liuiian affair* present an elaborate account of the present condition of the Indian tribe*, and that branch of the public service which ministers to their interests. While the con duct of the Italian* generally lia* been or derly, and their relation* with their neighbor* triendly and peaceful, two local disturbances have occurred, which were deplorable in their character, but re mained, happily, confined to a compara tively small number of Indians. The dis content among the Bannocks, which lisi first to some acts of violence on the part of shine member* of the tribe, and finally to the outbreak. ap|??car* to have been caused by an insutficiency of food on the reserva tion, and this insutficiency to have been owing to the inadequacy of the ujh propriations made by congress to the wants of the Indians at a time when tlie Indians were prevented from supplying the deficiency by hunting. After an arduous pursuit by the troops of the United States, and several engagements, tlie hostile Indians reduced to subjection, atul the larger part of them surrendered them*clves os prisoners. In this connection, I desire to call attention to the reconituetulation made by the. secretary of the interior, that a sufficient fund lie placed at the disposal of the executive, to be used, with pro|??er accountability, at discretion, in sud den emergencies of the Indian service. The other case of disturbance was that of hand of Northern Cheyennes wliosudden- ,J left their reservation in the Indian ter ritory and marched rapidly through the states of Kau.sas and Nebraska in the direc tion of their old hunting-grounds, commit ting murders and other crimes on their way. From documents accompanying the re]Kirt of the secretary of the interior, it appears that this disorderly hand was as fully sup plied with the necessaries of life as tlie four thousand seven hundred other Indians who remained quietly on the reservation, and that the disturbance was caused by men of restleas and .mischievous d???bposdtisn among the Indians thetuaelvea Almost the whole of this band have surrendered to the military authorities, and it is a gratifying fact that, whensomeof them had future adjudication of tlie claims at aw> early day. and to |ireserve the status of the claimants until their rights should be finally determined. The late ???com- missioners complied with that request and report that the testimony, in all the case*, lias been written out, examined, briefed, and so arranged a* to facilitate an early settlement when authorized by law. It ia recommended that the requisite tliority be given at as early a day in the session as possible, and that a fair compen sation be allowed tlie late commissioners for the expense incurred and the labor jierfomied by them since the 25th of June I invite the attention of congress *" **??? recommendations made by the secretary of the interior with regard to the preservation of the timber on the pub lic lands of the United States. The protec tion of the public property is one of the first duties of the government. The depart ment of the interior should, therefore, be enabled by sufficient appropriations to en force the laws in that respect. But this mat ter appears still more important as a ques tion of public economy. The rapid de struction ot OUT . forcsta _is hu evil ir.uioi *Uh the gravest consequences, especially? the mountainous district*, where the rockv slopes, once denuded of their trees, will re gain so forever. There the iniurv, once me, cannot be repaired. I fully ???concur with tlie secretary of the interior in the opinion that, for this reason, legislation touching the public timber in the moun tainous states and territories of the west should be especially well considered, and that existing laws, in which the destruction of the forests is not sufficiently guarded against, should lie sjiecdily modified. A ???eneral law concerning this important aub- ect appears to roe to be a matter of urgent public necessity. OUR AORICl'I.TT*R VL INTERESTS. Front the organization of the government, the importance of encouraging, bv ail pos sible means, the increase of our agricultural production* ha* been acknowledged and urged n|*on the attention of congress and the (teople as the surest and readiest means of increasing onr substantial and enduring prosjierity. The word* of Washington are as applica ble to-day as when, iq his eighth annual message, he said: "It is not to lie doubted that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture i* of primary importance. In projiortionasnatioiisadvance in population and other circnuitances of ma turity, this truth becomes more apparent, and render* the cultivation of thcsoil more and more an object of public |>atronage. Institutions for promoting it grow up, sup ported by the public purse; and to w hat ob ject can it be dedicated with greater pro priety? Among the means which liave been employed to this end. none have been attended with greater success tha i tlie es tablishment of boards conqtuscd of proper characters, charged with col lecting and diffusing information, and enabled, by premiums and small |iecuniurv aids, to encourage and assist the -spirit of discovery and improvement, this species of establishment contributing doubly to the increase of improvement by stimulating to enterprise andex|icriment. and by drawing to a common center the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole na tion. Exjieriencc accordingly hath shown that they are very cheap instruments of im mense national benefit.??? The great preponderance of the agricul tural over any other interest in the United States entitles it to all the consideration cUumetkfor it by Washington. About one- half of the population of the United .States is engaged in agriculture. The value of the, agricultural products of the United States for the year IH78 is estimated at three thon-and millions of dollars. The exports of agricultural products for the year 18i7, as appears from the report of the bureau of sta tistics. were five hundred and twenty- four millions of dollars. The great extent of our country, with its diversi ty of soil and climate, enables us to produce within our own borders, and by our own labor, not only the necessaries but most of the luxuries tliat are consumed in civilized The Method of Advertising Local and , Special Bills. After a long difference the two houses of the legislature have finally agreed on the following as the bill to prescribe the method of advertising local and special bills. It is of interest and importance to the people of all parts of the state and we give it entire as follows : Iks it cnactefl by the general assembly of the state of GeorgU,That the notice of au Intcn- aon to apply for the passage of a local or special 1411 shall be given in the following manner, to- wit: The title of the bill shall be published ??? nee In the newspaper in which the sheriffs sales are advertised and shall U* posted at the I door of the court house in the county or counties of the residence of the person or persons, natural maartiflcial, tol*e effected thereby, or in which | countries. Yet, notwithstanding our -ad-?????????Lc sea to find ourselves Sioux, with whom they had been in friendly relations, the Sioux held them as prisoners, and readily gave them up to the officers of the United States, thus giving new proof of the loyal spirit which, alarming rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, they have uniformity shown eversince the wisiies they expressed at the.council of September, 187f, hod been complied with. Both the secretary and the secretary vantages of soil, climate and intercommuni cation, it appears from the statistical state ments in the report of the commissioner of agriculture, that we import annually from foreign lands many millions of dollars??? worth of agricultural products which could be raised in our own country. Numerous questions arise in the practice of advanced agriculture which can only be answered by experiments, often costly and sometimes fruitless, which are beyond the means of private individuals, and are a just and proper charge oil the whole nation for the interior tIie of the nation. It is g??*od policy, war unite in especially in times of depression the recommendation that provision be made and uncertainty in other business by congress for the organization of a corps pursuits, with a vast area of uncul- of mounted ??? Indian auxiliaries," to be riyated, and hence unproductive territory, under the control of the army, and to be wisely opened to homestead settlement, to used for the purpose of keeping the Indians encourage, by every proper and legitimate on their reservations and preventing or re- means, the occupation and tillage of the pressing disturbance on their part. I earn- so 'l- The efforts of the department of agri- estly concur in this recommendation.. It is culture to stimulate old and introduce new believed tliat the organization of such a body agricultural industries, to improve thcquali- r from the government, would consider- THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. The report of the |*>*ttna*ter-general etu braces a detailed statement of the operations ???f the pmt-offiee department. Tlie expend- Sherman that provwK* ahonldIbe ??n*le thron . of Bulgaria. Onr armpathies j States by congroa* to provent a lark of food , hr othw ??? v We m H ??? imng | union and for other ..urro-e*.' or ament Indian* ??n reaervattona. He ad-1 tlm hf . t<at EotoI< . Jn j " r ra Pf-' rotated ??? policy of, drat, juat treatment i ^ ^ preserving peace, to that, in rsy of i I 1 to rite opinion of the attorney-general and ^faithful pertormaro* of printer, to-1 ^^J^beam^&rrothem ^ wh enI * nJ ' P p0 ???J* I he is re-elected to the presidency by the ??? provided, and I rely confidenUv upon con- and effectual punishment of all warlike I udof the eminent carpet-baggers who *??????* tojnehe adequate appropriations to acts on their part and tlie employment of ^ N>w York J t b*; deportment ??? a sufficient military force to prevent the I jj General Grant haa reallv j I respectfully urge npon yonr attention possibility of defeat or massacre. Hero- offered the Bulgarian throne he' -* h *, ooosrowional elections, in every l.rt???>r I _ _ ooigarran utrone, ne distnet. inavery important sense, sreinstlr tude in the control of these sions by luilitarv movements ac: border, not impefs.ively demanded for the I d^Trom t???h7???^,uA??? rom???JnlV'7 protection of the im and property of onr Kovember 1.1S78, is ??,740.5H. 14, of which own citizens, 1 shaU take the earlirot oppor- j ?0 .98o.75 lias been rcfunde.1, leaving as the tiinltv. consistent aithtlie proper discharge exiw ???di??? lre for that period ??,e99.S&.39. or of tins plain du-y, torecogi.izeihesbili.yof (diff880.^less than the corresponding pe- the Mextcan government to restrain effect- riod of tlle !ut ve ???. 4 ^ ively violartons of <>nr territory. It is pro- 1 to hold next year an international ex hibit ion in Mexico, and it is believed that I the display of the agricultural and matiu-1 factoring products of the two nations will I ... ten.1 to better ondemtanding and inereroed 1 it???ures S???ihat^depailntent far the"flsiifv commervial intercourse between their peo-I ended June 30. Ifi7s. were $34.l&t.ns F*te- I Tlte receipt*, including sales of stamps. With Brazil, and the republics of Central I money-oraer business, and official and South America, some steps have been I stamps, were $29,277,516.95. The sum of taken toward the development o f closer I $290,436.90, included in the foregoing state- commercial intercour.-e. Diplomatic rela-1 mem of exj>enditures. is chargeable to pre- tionj liave been resumed with Colombia and I ceding years, so that the actual ??xr*enditares with Bolivia. A b-mudary question be-I for tbe fiscal year ended Jane 30. 1878, are tween the Argentine Republic and Paraguay I $33,874,647.50. The amount drawn from the has been submitted by those governments I treasury on appropriations, in addition to for arbitration to the president of the United I the revenues of the department, was $5,307.- Stales, and I have, after careful examine- I 652.82. The expenditures for the fiscal year tion, given a decision upon it I ending June 30,1880. are estimated at $36,- A naval expedition up the Amazon I 571,900. and the receipts from all son roes and Madeira rivers has brought I at $30,664.02390, leaving a deficiency back information valuable hoti. for acienti-I to be appropriated out of the treas- fic and commercial purposes. A like expe-1 urv of $5,907,876.10. The report calls dition is about visiting the coast of Africa I attention to the fact that the compensation and the Indian ocean. The report* of diplo-1 of postmasters and of railroads for carrying matic and consular officers in relation to the I the mails is regulated by law, and that the development of oui??foreign commerce, have I failure of congress to appropriate the furnished many facts that have proved of I amounts required for these purposes does public interest, and have stimulated to prao- J not relieve the government of responsibility, tical exertion the enterprise of our people. I but necessarily increases the deficiency bills rxrr mm**???* I which congress will be called upon to pass. th* oanmos or thi tiuicit. In provWlI1 g {oT tbe postal rerrice the Tbe report of the secretory of the treosu-1 following questions ore presented: Should ry furnishes a detailed statement of the op-1 congress annually appropriate a sum for Its erations of that department of the govern- I expense* largely in exeero of its rerennes. insufficient. But while the employment force tor the prevention or repression of Indian troubles is of occasional necessity, and wise preparation should be made to that end, greater reliance must be placed on humane and civilizing agencies for the ultimate solution of what is called the In dian problem. It may be very difficult, and require much patient effort, to curb the un ruly spirit of the savage Indian to the restraints of civilized iife, but experience shows that it is not impossible. Many of the tribes which are now quiet and- orderly and self-supporting were once as savage as any that at present roam over the plains or in the mountains of the far west, and were then considered inacces sible to civilizing influences. It may be imsaible to raise them fully up to the level of the white population of the United States, but we should not forget that they are the aborigines of the country, and called the soil their own on which our people have grown rich, powerful, and happy. We owe it to them as a moral duty to nelp them in attaining at least that de gree of civilization which they may be able to reach. It is not only our auty???it is also our interest to do so. Indians who have become agriculturists or herdsmen, and feel an interest in property, will thenceforth cease to be a warlike and disturbing ele ment. It is also a well that Indians are apt to peaceable and quiet when their children are at school, and I ain gratified to know, from the ex presstona of Indians themselves, and from many concurring reports, that there is a steadily increasing desire, even among In diana belonging to comparatively wild tribes, to have their children educated. I invite attention to the reports of tlie secre tary of the interior and the commissioner of 1: dian affairs, touching the experiment recently inaugurated, in taking fifty Indian children, boys and girls, front different tribes, to the Hampton nor mal agricultural institute, in Virginia, where they are to receive an elementary English education and training in agricul ture and other useful work, to be returned to their tribes, after the completed cour*e, as interpreters, instructors, and examples. It is reported ihat the officer charged penal institutions of the district are all entitled to the favorable attention of congress The reform school needs ad ditional buildings and teachers. Appropria tions which will place all of these institu tions in a condition to become models of use fulness and beneficence will be regarded by The commissioners, with evident discrimination made by congress against the district in the donation of land for the sup port of the public schools, and ask that the same liberality that lias been shown to the inhabitants of the various states and terri tories of the United States may be ex tended to tlie District of Columbia. The commissioners also invite attention to the damage inflicted upon public and private interests by the present location of the depots and switching-tracks of the sev eral railroads entering tlie city, and ask for legislation looking to their removal. The recommendations and suggestions contained in the report will, I trust, receive the care ful consideration of congress. Sufficient time lias, perhaps, not elapsed since the reorganization of the government of the district, under the recent legislation of congress, for tlie expression of a confident opinion as to its successful operation; but the practical results already attained are so sat isfactory that the friends of the new gov ernment may well urge upon congress the wisdom of its continuance, without essen tial modification, until, by actual experi- iU -adranuiges and defects may be more fully ascertained. R. B. Hates. Execntfle Mansion, December 2,1878. AN IMPORTANT BILL. the locality or municipality in situated, thirty days liefore the introduction of such bill in the houno of representative*,provided that when there is no newsiNipcr published in the county where the local legislation is asked,that notice of *aid Mikhail be published in the paper where shcrift ?? sales are published, and in all notices to be published under this act It shall not be lawful for any news- paper to charge more than one dollar per square for said notice, and in case of refusal to pnblish at said rates, then a publication in any other news paper having a circulation in the county where the local legislation is desired shall lie sufficient. Sec. i lie it further enacted by the authority afore-said. That the production of the newspaper dated thirty days prioi to the introduction ot such bill into the general assembly containing the no tice required by this act,with the certificate of the ??? tlie notice has been posted, shall be Re fuse. Lester, ordinary that t Secretary of the senate. The Viceregal Party. Ottawa, December 2.???The viceregal train arrived at 4.30 p. m. The corpora tion presented an address and the illumi nation and torch light procession were i??ost- 1 toned until Wednesday evening. THE MARQUIS???S HEART FULL. Ottawa, December 3.???The marquis of Lome, in accepting t ie address of the mayor and corporation, }taid high tribute to Duf- ferin. Alluding to his own reception the marquis said: ???It is with a peculiar feeling of pride itt the grandeur of this dominion that I accept, on the part of the queen, the wel come given us at Ottawa, the capital of the greatest of the colonies of tlie crown. It is here that we shall take our abode among you, and tlie cordiality of your words makes tne feel that which I have known since we landed, that it is to be no foreign country that we come,but tliat we have only crossed The Kaiser's Return. Berlin December 2.???Preparations on a grand scale are making for the reception of Emperor William on liis return to Ber lin on Thursday next Flagstads, triumphal arches and garlanded trees will line the route front the Potsdam railroad-station to the palace, and all houses will be covered with flags and decorations. Tlie illuntlnar tion of the city on Thursday night promises to be one of tlie most brilliant tliat was ever witnessed in Berlin. Bismarck will not return from the country, liis physicians ad vising perfect rest. Prince Gortschakoff has tinted his return to Russia so as to be in Berlin Thursday, so as to be present at the reception of the emperor. * methods of culture, the Indians by withdrawing from it a n,e worthy of your careful and favorable number of young men and giving consideration and assistance by such appro* them congenial employment under the priations of money and enlargement of fa- goveruinent. it being a matter of experience cilities as may seem to be demanded by the that Indians in onr service almost without P rttenl favorable condition* for the growth exception are faithful in tlie performance ? nd rapid development of this iuq>ortant of the duties assigned to them. Such an interest. organization would materially aid the armv The abuse of animals in transit is widely in the accomplishment of a task for which attracting public attention. A national con its numerical strength is sometimes found Mrs. Tate's Death. London, Decentlicr 2.???Mrs. Tate, wife of the archbishop of Canterbury, and daughte of Archdeacon Sj*ooner, is dead. BREAD. vention of societies specially interested in the subject ha* recently met at Baltimore, and the facts develo{>ed. both in regard to cruelties to animals and tlie effect of such cruelties upon tlie public health, would seem to demand the careful cansideration of congress, and the enactment of more effi cient laws for the prevention of these abuses. educational. The report of the coninissioner of the bureau of education shows very gratify- ing progress throughout the country in all the interests committed to the care of this important office. The rejiort is especially encouraging with reM??eet to the extention of the advantage* of the common school system in sections of the country where the general enjoyment of the privilege of free schools iy not yet attained. To education more than to any other agency we are to look, as the resource (or the advancement of the ]*eoplc, quisite knowledge and appreciation of their rights and resjton.sibilitie* ms citizens, and I desire to rei>eat the suggestion contained in tuy former message in behalf of the enact ment of appropriate measures by congress for the purpose of supplementing, with national aid, the local systems of educa tion in the several state*. Adequate accommodations for tlte great library, which is overgrowing the capacity of the rooms now occupied at the cat.itol, should be provided without further aelay. This invaluable collection of books, tnanu- script*.and illustrative art,has grown to such proportions, in connection with the copy right system of the country, as to demand the prompt and careful attention of con gress to save it from injury in its present crowded and insufficient quarters. As this library is national in its character, and must, from the nature of the case, increase even more rapidly in the future than in the past, it cannot be doubted that the people will sanction any wise expenditure to pre serve it and to enlarge its usefelness. The appeal of the regents of the Smith sonian institution for the means to organ ize. exhibit, and make available for the pub lic benefit the articles now stored away be- ! longing to the national museum. I heartily recommend to yonr favorable ??on*ideration. district matter*. The attention of congr- s is again Poisonous Baking Powders Analzycd and Exposed. Brooklyn, (N. Y.,) Eagle, November 15. An article under this heading, which ap peared in the Eagle of Saturday evening last, was sent to u?? atid published as an ad vertisement. We are personally unac quainted with the facts and do not hold ourselves responsible for tlie opinions con tained therein. Below is tlie answer of the manufacturers of Dooley???s yeast jiowdcr, who claim that thev have been injured by its publication: To the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle: An article appeared in tlie Eagle of Sat urday last, commending the Royal Baking Powder, and condemning tliat so long known to the public as Dooley???s Yeast Pow der. With your admission to us that the article in question was published ns an ad vertisement, we might let the matter rest, a* tarrying only the weight of a rival in business, leaving a discriminating public to judge, and demanding adequate repara tion from tlie Royal Baking Powder Com pany at the hands of a proper tribunal. In order, however, to show' exactly what kind of goods we do put upon the market, whether we vend to a confiding public harm ful and injurious articles, "having no high er motive than dollars and cents,??? we ap pend the following certificate from the emi nent Professor Dorcmus: I Copy.] Bellevue Hoaktal Medical College, New York, November 15,1878. This is to certify that I purchased of Mr. 8. H. Williamson, 26 Broadway, a can of Dooley???s Baking Powder; that l had bis cuits made therewith; that I, have analyzed the same, and that they do not contain alum or any other deleterious substance. R. Ogden Dorkmus, M. D., LL. D., . Professor Chemistry and Toxicology in the Bellevne Hospital Medical College. It only remains for us to add that the jiowder purchased from Mr. Williamson was not a sample preq^red by us for the occa sion, but was our regular powder sold him over three months ago. Dooley <t Brother, , Manufacturers of Dooley???s Standard Yeast or Baking Powder, 145 Duane street, New York. ??? tlie <H->;.ui???m of congr- iltcllon of thote children re-.ght hare invi ???J the condition ot had thoutend* of yonry Indians aer.t witii river . fn ,??? t ,| le riIy of Washington him had it been poKdh???e make provision a mI >| v ???f v ; tn | importance to tlie health for them. I arree with the secretary of the of the roaidentaof the national capital, both interior in saving that "the result of tld* interesting experiment, if favorable, may be destined to become an important factor in the advancement of civilization among the Indians." The question whether a change in the temjiorary and permanent, that tlie low lands in fronl of the citv, now subject to tidal overflow, should be reclaimed. In their present condition, these flats obstruct the drainage of the city, and are a dan gerous sonree of malarial poison. The control ot the Indian service should be clam at ion will improve the navigation made was, at the last session of congress, ??? of the river by restricting and consequently referred to a committee fbr inquiry and re- deepening its channel; and is also of im port. Without desiring to anticipate that j portance, when considered in connection Atla In and a New Capitol. Savannah Recorder. If Atlanta gives to the state her court-house square as a site for a new capital, relinquishes all culms whatsoever to the opera house, then we will advocate the proposition to free her from all the promises made and written, if she will not do that, then we .-.re for another vote by the peo ple, and a failure of consideration be en tered against Atlanta. Then open the vote to every place, and give every city and town a fair chance for a hid. .since the question has been opened, let the pres* and the people xpeak out on the subject. If a new capital Is to be built aoon, it U one of taxation; for a capital building once begun, will run into a million or two dollars be fore it is finished. If tbe state undertakes to build new capital, the people will be lucky if it costa ???* ??? ??? '*???.000. less than >1,500.0 Death or Blaliop Wllmer. Special dispatch to The Constitution. New Orleans, December S.???The Right Rev. J. P. Wllmer, bishop of Louisiana, a native .??? ^ w i *- of Virginia, aged about sixty-fire years, died sud- report, I venture to express the hope that! with the expansion of the public ground denly at the 8L Charles hotel this morning of in the decision of so important a question, and the enlargement of tl??e t*ark, west and i apoplexy. the views expressed above may notbelost south of the Washington monument. The, A skiff containing five boys was upset by the sight of, and that the decision, whatever report of Hie board of survey, heretofore' hI T C hSSfS n S.r U il.Iw < 5fn it, m??r h??. will ??mMt >yi?lrer xsfeuUm ordered by of com?re=,, on the >>???>- ^n<lre* fectiSd jiiSJ M^irteSl. of this subject, such agitation being apt to provement of the harbor of Washington ! were drowned. Promt and Independent. Madison Home Journal. We are for relieving Atlanta from building the state bouse. True, she promised to do it. but then ians themselves. i to consideration. In tbe enrolment of the bill making ap- i The report of the commissioners of the propriations for sundry civil expenses, at District of Columbia presents a detailed the last session of congress, that portion statement of the affairs of the district. . which provided for the continuation of the * The relative expenditures by the United the promise was made impulsively during thecan- Hot Springs commission was omitted. As States and the district for local purposes are SSt<'iS the commission had completed the work of contrasted, showing that the expenditures 5nd??5SS3S??n!toSy SracutarpeoSta SmSb taking testimony on tne many conflicting by the people of the district greatly same. Let Atlanta contribute the site, and then claims, the suspension of their labors, before exceed those of the general government, let the state build such a state house as will be an determining the rights of claimants, threat- The exhibit is made in connection with e??- ornament to thestate. er.ed for a time to embarrass the interests,not ti mates for the requisite repair of the defec- only of the government, but also of a large tive pavements and sewers of the city, number of tbe citizens of Hot Springs, who which is a work of immediate necessity. commend* the enlistment of m TiU *ccent- The entire renort hi orotablr . ??r??aon?? of Oi??t department of the govern-1 expense* largely m exec ^ i. nn. .n-1 . U t v ^ proOUMT pohtiml mtetest sndcoocero , ment. and of th. condition ot the public or should .Sch retea of postsge be ettsb- , , I inspired by John Russell Young. throughout the whole country. Each; finance*. | jiahed as will make the department self- ^refere???? i, tnxde to the Mext~n! 3L????JttJ3jS!??1 1 would be welcomed by tho demoerxt*. It border trouble. Chring. he to th. of th. mu . reputed * ??? ??? * ft i, tbe%. of erery ciumn, ??? dfS^d? Sfit Jhich sad *"" W * Only the Nonth to Grumble at. Columbus Enquirer. tbe Idea that