Defiance Democrat (Newspaper) - December 8, 1881, Defiance, Ohio EVERY i. WHITE a tut Pi TERMS PER IN ri n J K j i 5 he K tli i a He t tn fifty Ih fatuity 1SINO i i r II r i N MI It I ESTABLISHED 1844. THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 1881. VOL. 3H. NO. 20. ii 'M SO 00 8 DO 4 n Ml 10 Ml It 01! i i irv h ir i mi mil iH from irt i i -i 5i> nwi ii 11 si nit 11 ov i isoo ID 71 I 1 71 40 OH mi W 7'. in INI t IS UO 3MJOIMOO 81100 i s ten per t line be dentil rt r Nit mill lie tbe The t boUl All V. i of 4001! ti till I In the imme turn for tiul 111 ll Host Oilier i i i i i vv I I Ul L. ili i n i N t of nl t I Hi .in t rn J Ul III 1.1I.-4 1 1 o. ii i in r in i u Ml W V t t K in n m 1 IW i l in II l t r. outt in t 111! Ol Mill IH 11 K. lin II r. I. mill r n ii l' III ut Inm i i i r I i in Mills Li 1( j i Departs s ut II III i 1 1 1.1.1) II I i i I 1 ml it i H al ili in i 11> m H r M I I 1 N 1 I M VI 1' Of 1'leas___ I tsOI Jl II i. 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Hnv i No 67, ftn anil Tan or D. flu Small and tf An calamity befallen the American people since chosen last met in the where you are now We might else recall with unalloyed content tbe prosperity with throughout the the nation baa been harvests have been its va ried industries bave the health of its people baa been It has maintained with the undisturbed of and For thete of M. we owe to Him who our destiny to His hands the tribute of onr grateful devo To that mysterious exercise of will which has taken Iron us the loved and il- citizen who was but lately the head of the we bow In sorrow and Tne memory of his exalted of noble achievements and of his patriotic will be for ever a sacred possession of tbe whole Tbe tt death drew ftom pen tributes of sympathy and which history will record as signal tokens of the Unship of nations and the tion of Tbe feeling of good will between unr own Government and that of Great Brit- ain was never more narked than at ent. ID recognition of this I directed on the occasion of the late tennial celebration at n TO lute be given to the Hag. In relation to the proposed canal tne isthmus of little has occurred worthy of mention in the diplomatie tions of the Early in. year the Fortune Bay were ly settled by tbe British Government ing in full the sum of most of which has already been Aa the of the settlement included com- for injuries by onr ermen at Aspee there has been from tbe gross award a sum which ii deemed adequate for these TBB AUSTRALIAN The participation of Americans in the expositions at Melbourne and Sidney will be approvingly mentioned in the reports of the two soon to be ed to They will disclose tbe readiness of onr countrymen to make competition is distant fields of en- Negotiations tor an International copy right convention are in hopeful The surrender of Sitting Bull and bis upon the Canadian has layed all although bodies of Indians still the border in quest of Upon this sub- ject a correspondence baa been opened which promises an adequate Our troops have to all with alien In- dians The presence at the Yorktown celebra tlon of the of tbe ants of Lafayette and of com- who were onr allies fa the has served to strengthen the it of which has always existed between the two You will be famished with the ings of the Bimetallic held during the at the city of No accord was but a valuable in- of views was had and the con- ference will next year be At the Electrical Exhibition and Con- also held at this country waa creditably represented by eminent in the absence of an lent their efficient aid at the instance of the State While our exhibitions in this almost dis- American field of achievement have won several I recommend that Congress provide for the repayment of the personal expenses incurred in the public interest by the and Nn new question respecting the status of IK have arisen during the and causes of especially in Alsace and have practically ceased through the liberal action of the Imperial ment in accepting often expressed on the The application of nt to the lately acquired has received very earnest A definite end lasting agreement nn thin point is confidentially The participation of the de- nf Damn Von Stenben in the festivities and their quent reception by their American evinced the ties of good Mill German people and own Onr WITH has lieen An agreement con- m February last fixes a term for tlir for the Spanish and American The Spanish lieen requested to pay the the commission and it is to the request as ami an on former recent legislation onerous lined have been imposed upon American in and colonial ports for In One nf m of bound for Manilla in nnd ia in Iw confiscated under the laws for an alleged in her Though ts for her i elief have thus far proved it ia expected that the whole in a friendly mi Tlie of condolence an the Czar Alexander II communicated to the Russian which In Inm expressed sympathy in oar late It desirable i nit our i with he by em- to peaceable ins who isit considern winch line in them a Stale HUH ia especially needful American with the native He i u lias HIH I with Italy hat n and which il conflicts of jurisdiction in the ci lines on Several conferences in iltning the At of the i uf and tbe Nice In. tins country was from the public sci vice oi by private to it in an honorary II is that Congress nil to the results o then they may seem I- Tlie of till tics colonial o Dutch aa are has been already i liy 1 trust that a the present the matter may lie The insecurity of life and property In many parts of Turkey has given rise I with the to the better protection c American missionaries in the Empire The condemned the Dr. Justin W. nol lieen although Govern inent 11 demanded that ex justice be done The Swits the good offices of our diplomatie and Far for the protection of citizen In where it Is not Itself 1 hh request has prope bwn Our agents I been to test the conduct of the mama awl since into the of European IH with contiguous States having like and like aims of nnd the nf the United States and Mexico has been constantly Tbe Government has lost no occasion nf encouraging the Mexican Government to a beneficial realization of the mutual ad- vantages which result from more Intimate commercial and fiorn the opening of the rich interior nf Mexico tn railway I deem it that means be provided to restrain the lawlessness sn common on the nnd the vation Indians on either side of the The neighboring of Central Anici i- ca have preserved nnd their outward toward us have been those of intimate There encouraging signs of their growing disposition to their local in- to those which an- common to them by reason of their re- The boundary dispute Guatemala and Mexico has Government an opportunity tn exercise its good for a those and for procuring n solution of the 1 a strong hope that in view of our of amity with both nr friendly counsels Tbe Rica lately engagement with for by the between those ng that ths part of the should HI successively to the King of the the King of Spain and tho itent of tbe Argentine The ling of tbe Belgians declined lo nit I am not as yet of thu action f the King of As we hav e certain in tbe disputed ten itoi y which an protected by our treaty 1th one of the it iat the should not onr consent affect 0111- and this has to make its views known tn I IIP to the agreement and to intimate hem to the Belgian TBB r The questions growing out nf the rased water waj the of Panama arc of grave national This government has not leen unmindful of the solemn obligations upon It bj its compact of 1840 willi Colombia as the independent anil mistress of the territory ci ly the and bos sought to render hem effective by fresh engagements n itOi lie Colombian to their The negotiations to his after they had to be a mutually y were met in Colombia by n of the powers which its envoy md assumed and by a proposal for negotiations on a modified basis government learned that Colombia had proposed to tbe European to join in a guarantee of the neutrality of the Panama 11, a guarantee which would be in direct of our obligations as the sole guarantee of the integrity of nan Territory and neutrality of be canal My lamented or felt It his duty to place the powers the reasons which make he prior guarantee of tho United States and for which the inter- action of any foreign lie as a superfluous und act Foreseeing the probable reliance of tho government on the provisions of be Clayton Bulwer treaty of 1830, as at- ording room for share which the United States with Colombia for years I tot hesitated to supplement the notion nl ny predecessor by proposing to her Mu government tha modification of hat and the abrogation ol nch clauses thereof as do not comport obligations of the United States ward or with the vital of he two friendly parties to the CHILI AKD This government sees with great con- ern the continuance of the hostile ion between Bolivia and An arly peace between these republics is much to be not only that they may themselves be spared further misery bnt because their con- antagonism threatens ces which are in my Judgment dangerous o the interests of republican government on this and calculated to o destroy the best elements of our fi ee md peaceful As in the excited condition of popular ng in those countries them has been misapprehension of the lon of the United and separate intercourse with each through ministers is sometimes sub- owing to the want of prompt cal to temporary I have deemed it judicious at the present time to tend a special envoy accredited to all and each of with general I enable him to bring hese powers into friendly TBB At iti latt session the Senate called for the text of the Geneva con- for tbe relief oi the wounded in I trust this action foreshadows in the subject as will result n the adhesion of the United States to hat humane and commendable I regret tbat the commercial interests between IBB 8TATBS AHD from which great advantages were hoped a year nave suffered from the of American line of cation between Brazilian ports and our Through the of onr Minister resident at Buenos Ayres and the United Minister at a treaty has been concluded between TIB ASP disposing of tbe Patagonian It is a matter of con- that our Government has Men the opportunity of fully exerting good influence for the between the ot American ASSOCIATION MI of each it 3 f at the M. K ties of certain in the emigration to country pe eral such the of at New have bten tent back which brought A remedy than diplomatie The treaties of and tlon sod for tbe regulation of I lias been concluded with me ana con- viction In tbe Consular Court of nf John a merchant seaman on board an American bave made it necessary for tbe Government to institute a careful examination and the nature ami methods of this It appears that Roan was regularly shipped under tho flag of the United but was by a British My predecessor felt it his duty to maintain the position that his service as a shipped seaman on Tward an merchant Ross subject to ilif laws of tbe and to jurisdiction of the United Consul anil I I renew tlie recommendation which has heretofore been arged by the Executive upon the attention of that after the reduction of such amount aa mav he found due to American the of THB heretofore obtained from China and and which is now In Hie hands of the State he to of those The Government of Venezuela ill attitude of warm and continues with great regularity ment oi the monthly quota of the diplo- matic Without suggesting the direction In which Congress should 1 ask attention to the pending questions affecting the of the turns that tar The between growing out ol tbe same have been for some time past In an unsatisfactory and this the neighbor of one of tne largest of interposed itself with the French ment with the view of producing a friendly and honorable I am glad to inform yon that TJW WITH CHUfA have been duly ratified on both and the mode necessary to carry Iti provisions into The prompt and friendly spirit with which the Chinese at the request of the United conceded the of existing should secure careful regard lor the interests and susceptibilities of that Government in the re-enactment of any relating to Chinese These classes of treaties which forbid the participation of citizen or vessels of the United States in tbe opium will doubtless receive your and they will attest the sincere interest which our people ami Government have in the com efforts of the Chinese ment to put a stop to this demoralising and In relation both to China some changes are desirable in i ir present system of con- sular i I hope at some future time to lay you a scheme for its improvement In the entire East. The intimacy between our country and the most advanced of the Eastern continues to be I am advised that Emperor the of constitutional and tbat he has already summoned a dtp toward complete cannot fail to A arisen in relation to the in tbat country of the conferred onr and Con- in tbe course of his homeward i fin in after a journey around tha has lately visited this While onr re- lations with that Kingdom are this Government has viewed with concern the efforts lo seek replenishment of the diminishing population of the from outward sources to a degree which may Impair the native sovereignty and independence in which the United Staten among the first testify a Relations of unimpaired been maintained throughout the with the respective Governments of Haj ti. Paraguay and Portugal and Sweden and and this may also be laid of Greece and Although our relations with those States have been severed by ths withdrawal of tions for diplomatic representatives at Athene and It seems expedient to restore those missions even on a reduced and I decidedly recommend such a course with regard to which ia in the near to play an im- portant part among the nations of the Southern THB HIGH I invite your attention to the of adopting the new code of international prevention of collisions on the high and of conforming the legislation of the United States so that no confusion may arise from tbe application of conflicting rules in the cue of vessels of different ties meeting in tidal Theae in- rules differ but slightly from our They have been adopted by the Navy Department for the of the of the United States on the high and in foreign and through the action of the State De- in disseminating the and in acquainting the with the option of conforming to them without the of the They are now very generally known and The State Department atill to publish to the country the ADD its officers The success of this course warrants its uance and such appropriation as may be required to meet the rapidly increasing demand for those With reference tbe Atlanta Cotton Exposition tbe October number of the re- ports was devoted to a valuable collection of papers on the trade of the INTERNATIONAL for which in 1879 Congress made assembled in this oily eaily in January and the sessions were longed until Although it reached no specific conclusion affecting the future action of the participant the in- of views proved to be moat The full protocols of the sions bave been already presented to the As pertinent to this general I attention to the of the BOARD OT established by act of approved March D. 1879. Its e of duty was enlarged by the act of June 2, in the same By the last-named act tbe board was required to institute euch measures as might he deemed necessary for preventing the introduction of con- or infectious diseases from for- eign countries into the United or from one State into The tion of the rules and regulations pre- pared by the board and approved by my bos done much to arrest the progress of epidemic and has thus rendered substantial service to the INTERNATIONAL to which I have adopted a foim of a of health to be used by all vessels peeking to enter the ports of tha countries whose representatives participated in its Tbe form has been pre- served by tho National Board of and incorporated with its rales and which have been approved by me in pursuance of the The health oi tbe people is of supreme All measures looking preservation against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of onr sanitary edge for snch deserved the at- tention of OF TUB Of THB TREASURY in a highly satisfactory of the state of the finances and the condition of the various branches of the public service administered by that de- The ordinary revenues from nil sources for the fiscal year 10, 1881, were from 67609; from internal 385.51; from public from tax on circulation and deposits ot tional repayment of interest by Pacina Railway 80; from sinking fund for ic Railway from 81486; from consular patents and from proceeds of sales of Government 40; from profits on from revenues of the District of from miscellaneous total The ordinary expenditures for the some period For civil for foreign 9M.92; for i for the military including river and harbor improvements and j for the naval including and at navy for including public lighthouses and collecting tbe for expenditures on account of the District of for Intel est on tbe public far premium on Total dinal y inga surplus of revenue of which was applied aa To the re- demption of bonds for the sinking fractional currency for the sinking loan of Febra 1861. of 1864, of 1862, of 1864, 550'eofl8fl6, Con sols of 1869, consols of 1807, consols of 1868, loan indemnity old de- compound interest ami other and to tbe increase of cash in the total TUB or THB for the year amounted to which sum included a balance of 128.78 not provided for during the previ ens fiscal The sum of waa to this which left a de- licit of The increase of the revenues for 1881 over those of the previous year was It is estimated that the re during the present fiscal year wil reach and the leaving a surplus of applicable to the sinking f the ef the public recommendation of silver certificates and that the act requiring their be They were issued In of the policy of tbe ment to maintain stiver at near the gold and were accordingly made re- for all and public About them are now Secretary of the Treasury that made for tbe early retirement of sil i nev an ry tothe paper amount of may be readily 1 by the national In the act of February 38, 1S7B, the Treasury Department hat monthly caused at least two millions ia value of silver bullion to be coined into silver of dollars have teen while only i bin it are in for the n which he I concur m the Secretary's ation that the provision for coinage of a fixed amount each month he and that hereafter only so much be coined as shall be necessary to supply the de- OOLD The Secretary advises that the issue of gold certificates should not for tha prea mt be and suggests that tbe national banks may properly be forbidden ry law to retire their currency except on reasonable notice of their intention so o Snch legislation would seem to be by the i action of certain lanks on the occasion referred to in the Secretary's Of the fifteen millions of fractional rency still only about eighty thousand been redeemed tba past Ths suggestion that the amount nay properly oe chopped from future of the public worthy of does tha suggestion of the Secretary aa to tha ad- of relieving the calendar of the United States in the Southern rict of New York by the transfer to an- other tribunal of numerous suits pending there against na man for the past fiscal year was an increase of over that of tbe preceding 89 of this amount collected at the port of New leaving the amount collected at all the other of the Of this sum wat collected on and on wool and on iron and steel and manufactures on manufactures of on manufactures of cotton and on wines and making the total revenue from these of The of collection for the past year were an increase iver the preceding year of Notwithstanding the in revenue customs over the preceding gross value of the Including Tree decreased over The marked decrease was In the value of unmanufactured and In Shot of and pig The value of on the er showed an increase of of steel of barley and of steel in 046. Contrasted with the they were u follows t Domestic foreign of Excess of ex- ports over imports of Aggregate of and Im- Compared with the previous there was an increase of ia the value of exports of and t decrease of in the value of The annual of of Imports of merchandise over thereof for ten previous to 30, 1878, was but for the last six years there has been an excess of exports over Imports of merchandise amounting to an annual average of The specie value of the ports of domestic was in 1870, and in 1371, an increase of or 13.5 The value was in 1870, and In 1881- an increase of 220, or 47 per during each year from 1863 to 1879, in- the exports of specie exceeded tho The largest excess of sucu exports imports was during the year 1864. when it amounted to but during the year June 30, 1880, the imports of coin and bullion exceeded the exports by und during tha last fiscal year tbo excess of last annual report of tha tary of the the attention gress was called to tha fact that 490 in 5 per centum bonds and in 6 per centum would become re- during tba year and congress was ashed to authorize tha of these bonds at a lower of The for euch refunding having failed to become a the Secretary of the Treasury in April last notified the of the t per centum bonds then outstanding that tne would be paid at par on the 1st day of July or that they might be at the pleasure of the to bear interest at the rate of SJ per centum per Under this notice ol the 6 per centum bonds were continued at the lower and were re- In the month of May a like notice was given respecting the tion or continuance of the uf 0 per centum bonds then and of these were continued at 8t per centum per and 336.450 The 6 per centum bonds of the loan of February and of the Oregon war amounting gether lo having matured dating the tbe Secretary of the Treasury gave notice of Intention to redeem the and such aa been presented have been paid from the plus There have also been re- deemed at par of the 8} per centum making a total of tends or which have ceased to bear during the year of THIS DEDUCTION OV TBB on the public debt through these trans- actions is as By reduction of in- terest lo Si per cent. by redemption of The 8} per centum being payable at the pleasure of the are available for the investment of surplus revenue without the payment of bonds can bt funded at a much lower rate oi than thex now 1 agree with the Secretary of the Treasury that no legislation ing them is ft is a matter for congratulation that the business of tht country has been to during the past year at to yield by taxation a large surplus of Income to the the revenue lawt remain un- this surplus muit year by year increase on account of the reduction of tbe public debt and Iti burden of and because of the rapid increase of our In 1860, jast prior to the in- of our internal revenue onr population bnt slightly exceeded By tbe census of 1880 it now found to exceed It ti estimated even if the annual and ex- should continue as at present the entire debt could he paid in ten In oft he heavy load of taxation which our people have we may well consider whether it is not of wisdom to reduce the even if we delay a little the payment ot the It seems to me that the tune ar- rived when the people may justly de- mand lame relief from their present mous and that by one economy in tha various branches of the public service this may readily be I therefore concur with the in THH 1KTSHNAL except those upon tobacco in its various and upon distilled spirits and and except also tht special tnx upon the manufacturers of ami of such The tion of tho latter tut ia desirable w affording the officers of the Government a proper of these for the prevention of 1 agree with tbe Secretary of the Treasury that the law imposing a stamp tax on proprietary play ing cheeks Mid with nt re- and the law also by which and bankers are assessed upon their capital and There to bt a general in fever of In present condition of onr revenues tbe tax upon the deposits is especially It WM never in this country U wu demanded by the necessities of tad wai never I in any ether even In Its greatest Bankers are required to by pledging with the Treasurer of the ef tie general Tbe si ex ilj per alul the in originally I liy ami tin waa When tiie banks hod practically a of 11m there wat force in the tbat for the t tie f the very properly exact tax on but for years the lieen frea and amount of circulation i emulated by the public de- The cif tax has been a means of reimbursing the lov I he expense ot fin the circulating If the tax Simula be i it would tainly tn the national banks tu the amount of such expense to tbe Comptroller of It is pei haps doubtful whether the immediate of the rate of TAXATION 1.10.10113 AND TOBACCO Is in view of the drain upon the Treasury which must attend the payment of arrears of a ot the amount nf collected under tbe varying rates of taxation which bave at different times prevailed suggests the intimation that some reduction may soon be mada without diminution of the THB LAWS need but that a due may be paid to the conflicting interests of our important changes should be mode with If a careful re- vision cannot In made at this a such as was lately approved by the Senate and is now recommended by the Secretary ot the would doubtless lighten the labors of Congress whenever this subject shall be brought to its or Tbe accompanying report of the of war will make known the operations of that for tbe past He measures for the of the army by adding to tha of its nnd recommends the necessary to Increase nf enlisted men to tbe maximum allowed by This he deems to maintain quietness on our frontier to preserve peace and suppress disorder and marauding in the new to protect settlers and thair property against and Indians against the en- of and to enable peaceable immigrants to establish In most remote parts of our The army is now necessarily scattered over such a vast extent of that whenever an outbreak must bo from many ters over great and always at heavy cost for transportation of wagons and I concur m the recommendation of the Secretary for increasing the army to tbe of enlisted It appears by the Sect report that m the absence of disturbances on thu the troops Save been actively employed in collecting hitherto hostile and locating on proper tbat Silting Bull and bix adherents are nnw prisoners at Fort that the Utea bave been moved lo their new in that during recent outbreak of the it was necessary to reinforce the garrison In Arizona by troops withdrawn from New and that some Apaches are now held prisoners for while some have escaped and the majority of the tribe are now on their There Is need of lation to prevent upon the lands set apart for tho A large military at it re- quired to patrol the boundary lint between Kansas and the Indian The only punishment that at present can be is the fomble removal of the and the imposition of a pecuniary fine inmost His impossible to Thorn should be a penally by Imprisonment In snch The separate organization of the Signal is used the Secretary of and a full statement of the advantages of such permanent 01 ia presented in the report of the Chief Signal A detailed account of tbe useful work performed by the Signal Corps and the Weather Bureau are also given in that report TUB I ask your attention to the statement of the Secretary of War regarding the re- frequently made by the Indian Bureau upon the Subsistence Department of the army for the casual support of bands of tribes of Indiana for which are The War Department should not be by reason of inadequate provision for the Indian to contribute for the maintenance of the COAST The report of the Chief of furnishes a detailed account of the for the improvement of riven and I commend to your attention tha suggestions contained m report in regard to tho condition of our especially onr coast and recommend an increase of tbe strength of the engineer by which the of our torpedo system would be I also call your attention to the remarks upon the improvement of the south past of the Mississippi 11 the proposed free bridge over the Potomac river at the importance of completing at W early day the north wing of the ment and other tions of the Secretary of War pear In his t. The tures of this department for the fiscal year ending June were 201.39. The appropriations for the year 1889 were The for 1888 Tna Tha report of the Secretary oi tbe Navy exhibits the condition of the with valuable suggestions for its I coll von r especial attention USD to tbe appended t ol the Advisory Board which be convened to devise suitable measures for increasing the efficiency of the and particularly lo the report to tha character and number of necessary to It upon a footing com- mensurate with the necessities of the I cannot too strongly urge upon you my conviction that every of national economy and honor imperatively a thorough rehabilitation of our with a Just preciation of the fact that willi the suggestion of the head of that department and nf tbe advisory must involve H large expenditure of the public I earnestly recommend luch appropriation will accomplish tn end which to be to Nothing can Iw Inconsistent with true economy than tbe withholding of th e means to accomplish the ob- intrusted by the constitution National One of thete ob- anil one which Is ef paramount im- Is declared by onr fundamental law to be the provision for the Surety nothing is tial to the defense of the Untied and of alt than the efficiency erf or foi Wa have for many years maintained with foreign of honorable and that snch may be pei Is desired by every patriotic citizen of the Bat it we lead the of history we shall not that in tho life of tvery nation emergencies may arise when a resort ta arms can alona savo it from No danger from abroad now this nor have WA any cause to dis- trust I lie of other But for avowing M well as for repelling dangers that may en In we muit to any policy which think to We must be ready to defend onr against to protect by the dis- of our of war ever tht of varied maintain and tbe of our to the honoF of oar and petition we maf claim among the the Tbe report of the Postmaster a gratifying of the growth of the postal The re- front postage and other ordinary during the put jftr were The from fore present ot had fairly Tho whole number of mailed in Country in the last fiscal year ex- registry system is reported to be in excellent having been modeled during the peat years with good The of tion collected the hut fiscal year Increase over the fiscal year ending June of The number of letters and registered daring tbe year was of which only were destroyed xw lost in The of money-order system are yearly under the impulse of im- of the rapid development ef the newer and and the consequent demand for additional of and exchange during tbe past 888 additional have been a total of in operation at the date of this During the year the jo money orders in value A modification of the is suggested reducing the fees for money not exceeding from 10 to B and making tho of Unclaimed money in possession of the Post Department it In view fact that their total Tbe attention of Congress ia pointed to the subject of establish inn a system of savings depositories in tion with the Poet Office THB STATISTICS OF KAIL ahow that during the past year railroad routes have been Increased in length 249 and in cost while steamboat routes have been decreased in length and In cost The so-called star routes have been creased in length 349 miles and m coat Nearly alt of the more routes have been by road The cost of tho star rapidly decrease m Western States and The Postmaster to tht ing Railway Hail Service as a serious Difficulty in the way of making the department Our intercourse with foreign kept pace the growth of tha domestic Wilbin the past countries and colonies bave declared their adhesion to tbe Postal U now includes alt those which have an organised postal except Boll Costa New Zealand and the British colonies in been already groat re- have recently beon made in the expense of THB The investigation of the Department of Justice and the have resulted in the presentation ol in- against persons formerly con- with that accusing them of United I bave enjoined upon tbe who are charged with the conduct of the cases on the part of the Government and upon tbe before my sion to the were to the duty of prosecuting with the utmost vigor of the all who may be found chargeable with upon tha Postal The acting Attorney General calls at- tention to the necessity of modifying the present system of IBB or TBS necessity to the largo of especially in the 8unreme Litigation In our Federal greatly expanded after the clone ot the late So long as that might be attributable to tbo which the community found itself immediately after thn return of prudence required that no change be made in the constitution of our judicial But it has now become ent that an immense of has directly resulted from growth of development of the There is. no ground for belief the business of the United Com ts will ever be in volume than at it likely to lie much er is recognized by the bench and In view of the fact that Con- gress has already given much tion to this I make no suggestion as to detail bnt express the that our deliberations may result in such as will give early relief to our TBB REPORT THB Or TUB with accompanying an elaborate account of the of that A summary of it would be too extended for this I your careful attention to the report Prominent among the matter which tbe attention of Congress at its present session Is TBB OF IK WAX While this question been a cause of trouble uid embarrassment from tbe in- fancy of the It Is but ly thai effort hat been made for Iti solution at once con- sistent and promising It has been easier to resort to make shifts for tiding over ry than to grapple with the great prominent and ly the easier course has almost invariably been It waa natural at a time when the national territory seemed most and contained many of acres south of the of tbat a policy have been Initiated which more than aught hat been the fruitful source of our Indian I of to the policy of dealing with tbe various Indian at separate nationalities t of them by treaty stipulations to the of Immense reservations in tbe of encouraging them to live by any earnest and well-directed and to bring them under the Influences of The unsatisfactory results which bave sprung from this policy are becoming apparent to As the white have crowded the borders of the the contentedly and sometimes against their been transferred to other from which they have been again dis- lodged whenever their homes have been by tbe adventurous These and tbe tier by which they bave been have led to frequent and bet ween the it to ben which of them been responsible for the dis- whote recital occupies so large a upon tbe of our We have to deal with the appalling fact that though thousands of lives bave been sacrificed and of millions of dollars expended in the attempt to solve the Indian it until the part few seemed nearer a tlon it wat half a century But the Government bat of late been but steadily feeling way to the Adoption of a policy which baa already produced gratifying and in my ia likely if Congress and tbe Executive record In to relieve nt erelong from the difficulties which have hitherto For the of tht efforts now making to Introduce among the the and of civilised and to absorb them into the nuts at oar their righte to their Inert Imperative need for My in tha? respect will bt have already called to the attention of and have re- to I the passage of tn act making the lawt of the variant and applicable to tbe Indian within their and em- of State of to the portion of tha Indien Territory not the The Indian OF TU Ho Wallowed to maintain in court of person and Be very valuable to of which teveral bills time to time introduced of The there to in targe bera would be pei lo their tribal i ami at once in uial and that it in now for their to conform their of life to the new order of Uy nn greater inducement tbe in- surance of permanent title to the soil can they Iw led lo m tbe occupation of tilling it. The reports of their increasing interest in husbandry Justify the hope anil lx that the ment of a I recommend lie at uncc attended with gratifying A to he allotment tem would u ami powerful influence dissolving the tribal bond which M a prominent feature fif savage and which o strongly to it I adi IM a liberal for Ibo port of Indian of my belief that a course with the economy eten tbe most tured Indian is reported to be a and urgent o on the part of Ibo and tbe members for tbo tion of their U In In low of IMS that tho put year tbe meant which hmo been command of the Interior for Indian proved to uc utterly The of iho which an In operation at and Forest should not a more provides for the support uf these should prompt ton of others of a are doubtless more potent for than ike day schools upon the an are altogether separated life and brought Into with There arc mum other es of this subject which are of interest but which cannot be the be- limits of this They are discussed ably In thi reports of tho tanr of the Interior tbo Commissioner of Indian For many rears tho In hU mesuira to hux the for nn or In tbe especially in The statute for the of odious so ta tho moral nnd re- senso of ently and evc Itc ihe who represent the United In Hint tho law In very en- and for a to which refon will presently bo a I Tha fact that d' the Mormon which rests upon have recently been peopling In and oilier oC MUT rn Is calculated to cxi THB tMI It imposes upon and the r ui ft e all which undi r the It nn I ence has been already mudo to which tho United States have i ered tn their the of the Prominent the m Is warrant a ev n the notorious Tour attention Is to the opinion the Slat bw its judgment ot In the nt who had been convicted or ll In The court refers the fact tint the the in In that Territory makes tbe i y an I the of I iw of to testify against ber hu is I lie age of an act own ot of Uteso States fact n ban been married to n K Iiii bigamy shall not disqualify her upon bis trial tor that I r re- commend legislation I y which a marriage In any ot tl o l under n ttes for neglect or to a 1 1 incute of snob In tba Supreme or or Iso other lor the which bara the to 1 you of my to in n of polygamy is suggested of evidence wElch now n with yon in any lawful ml discreet which may bo lo that our system of government late that tbo nation Khun Id provide or our No measures calculated lo provide that Intelligence and virtue upon which tho our m 1 with nco by Congress or tbo A largo portion ot the public domain from to to the promotion of the t of There Is now u by Belting span tho of the ot public or by other the should aid the work ot Many who now thn riant of are unable to reud tbe which they Upon many who had from a con- dition of slavery weru the of in portion of the country mmit by I have been pleased to leu m I mm the report of the Commissioner or been of and for their be done by local Ion pi be supplemented by an can be constitutionally I bv tbe al I waul 1 if nny fund be to thu It may bo wisely distributed to tbe ratio of II ta liy this means those aro In of such assistance will rej p Uic Or TBE It Of results of the experiments In that department IKK 11 tbe past and important In reference to tho development ot the The steady of our population and tha consequent addition to tha number of those In tho pursuit of are In department a growing dignity and Tho suggestions Its capacity for greater usefulness as ft lo the tuti f or creater usefulness to est which tt was to It appears from TUB Or COMMISSION Of since ot pension were been allowed Inscribed on tbo have bcon rejected and 13 per of too number uf claims are now for settlement original pension Bled prior to July 1880. when will Involve too payment arrears from the date of the In tbo case of an from death or ot a prior In all From all the Jala It IH cm limited that 16 per or tbe number of now will be or would snow tba oases and the probable of about of arrears of with tho present force the number of remaining the nn new In- r of could bo acted upon In A or srx Jan. as a near period trim to In each case an of Ills found that one allowed would require for tbo first payment upon 1C the sum of mis by tho whole number of probable ad- gives u tbe sum required ThH tbe SUBS mint Iw paid upon claims which were July and are now and entitled to the benefits of tbe arrears From amount mar be ed from ten tn fifteen millions for oases tbe c Is no person who i lif would be entitled lo succeed to the leaving probable amount to be In estimates no cams aM 1880, and now which must receive is current but do not Involve payment of ream tbo date of the Of this number It Is now estimated tbat trill Iw as has been With Ibo force of the pension bureau It Is estimated inat It will take six rears to dispose of the claims now It by the Commissioner of Pensions that tf an addition of clerks the force than the double the amount of work could be I hat casts could be acted la three Aside from of which mar be speedy settlement of the on tbe flies of tho pension It Ii no less 1st- portent on the of as fully one-third of tao clerical fores of the now wholly occupied In giving at- tention to with of whose cases been OB the for the pist eighteen The fact that a sum so enormous mar be by the government lo meet the demands for arrears of Is an admonition to and the executive to give emulous to any similar project In The great temptation to tho presentation of afforded bv the fact that the sum obtained each application to me to the propriety of making special for the prevention of I adt Isc such internal Im- HS In tbe wisdom of Congress seem to lie of public sity of improving the navigation of Hw special allusion to that I suggest tho adoption of snow measure for removal of which now Impede navigation of that great TBB CIVIL letter the I that In my man should be Incumbent of aa of which he Is far any or who Is lacking In the abl which a stub This would most general but opinion has been of which have been and of proposed public has bean distrusted mainly because they have to mere educational tut abstract above n bus. The ot all bo prompt and Teest with the asil SW the that est which adoption bo MM tht ly been a Mai of the am at which an eater ttM all isn In with some a miring of These an aa f adorn nf tho problem as any at tha Tu eliminate would a matt radical hi ry and The avowed purpose ot that system Is to the educated SM of tho country to employment by aa they used never stem and that after voluntary this as an fees ta as an has Britain to by who onoe opposed in To a which should all Its essential I bound to giro war but whether It would be for the best public to Ox upon in ate and certain but ex- etudes or Ignores others ol may seriously doubted even by those who as I an with the arm correcting the evils In- here In tae present methods of for the English above dw age of It yean from a large number of not It tf whether the of number of at a competitive ex- amination should be criterion by all should be to ta Than an very many them ire good to superior end for The absence of these traiM l- not supplied by a wide nf or by promptitude In answering or by any other likely by competitive To cess condition of public very likely result m the or the older even they possess far tn theh younger and more brilliant These misst not be regarded tothe may ol It- arnest but it to tie bo ow seriously of tho same educational of mature as to young nwn fresk from school would not be likely lo alt mere Intellectual abon other qualities ot equal or An- othar the by of all ot the lowest except suck of dominant party to menl to faithful by In their minds tbe hope of If are found to merit la much To but would It not be farcical to toot a rukno rigid to permit no othar mode of tte wanta of the toef are many persons who flU tions with great but lank those ties which are requisite for the posts or besides the of action of one whose service In bureau has been long an by routine procedure tu disqualify him from re- quired by the public of new Mood from time to Unse Into dle ranks of the service Bight bn very Its Tne under 1s OBO of grave Tho which m complained of cannot The work must be system a growth of was not created by a sinew stroke of or legislative scrutiny of Itl ditsen yean It took Us present Five rears after tho of the and at a time when resort had bwn had u as an than kaa In Oils aselect committee of tke Houta of Commons made a report to that declaring Its ot the tive any precipitancy tn Itt u likely to Its ultimate tentative period tke mulla of tha two oils of clam examination and ex- amination wu watched It may be that before wo upon this Important within Hi stringent hounds of wo may await the result In- and Tha uf a portion of tha nominations to a central of selected solely for testing the nf without renoit to the competitive put an end to tho mischief which the of and It nwr be to Invest In such a board a wide tu the characteristics end In those I referred to as no Important intellectual If Con- should deem It for ad- mission to the no snob aa hare shall deter me from tho my earnest And I urgently should to R failure to any other act upon sub- that an appropriation of year mav bo made for the enforcement of I'M of revised With tho aid forded I shall strive to em me the ot that law to Its totter ami lam In Justice to the civil ot tho tu subject frum the and almost Indiscriminate with which they havo been recently and Is a statement which been of ten made and widely but when the delicacy aod of their are Ibo ot the employes of tho am. In my desen log of high TUB The continuing decline of the rine of the United to bo greatly In view ot the fact that we so large a proportion ot of the and that our are steadily and rapidly it is n of surprise that not only to our In- but It to when our exports ind Imports were not half su large as either In bulk or There must be some peculiar hindrance to tho de- velopment of this or the prise and energy of American and capitalists would have kept country at least abreast of our rivals id the friendly con- test for ocean The of Iron for wood and of steam for rail have wrought great revolutions In the carrying the tat not have been adverse to tin aM and i to our a of M wisely bestowed upon that ro tlon of or upon our commend the whote subject with the tothe thatro 3 Importance can engage their owners or a tras In lien In UTS the Supreme Court at the States declared the nf certain States which Imposed upon a tax of tor each trass a bond the Stale and local ex- pense for the future relief or support of each Since decision the attending tbo can and of fallen on States at potts they hare Asa lane such upon their ar- proceed to the la land States and Ike Territories to seek permanent It at manifestly unjust to Impose upon Ike whoM they Unit reach the which it now and I to at tbe parti UVH mtmm Mm tho national Importance of tke commend Ion to transitory care of I regret to state that the of Alai have reason to complain that tky are M ret unprovided with any which life or property can While Ihe at Its not Justify tbe application ot machinery of Territorial there to ate for Nch a form at will the people and secure the Tbo session nu von roa ra sharply called to the attention of tbe pje more four yean to bj that ed before another will reader of a upon concern the very ot and the What Is the Intention o In Its ot dUckam and a the which President to the Is tha la tts tura to or has It broader I sn I bin sn 1 Ii j ii sal Ii should to be temporary In Its Pi wM not Impressed asst which bin so a will be with you In aach try you In JEWS PA PER I
