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The President Signifies His ApprovalOf the Bill Excluding the Chinese— Regulation of Immigration.The Negotiations with China Resulting in the Rejection of the Treaty.Washington, (Jet. 1.—Trie President lias tfjfheil the Chinese bill and lias transmitted it to Congress, accompanied by the following message.1 have this day, approved House bill. No. 11,330, supplementary to an act mtitled An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating loChinese,’ approved the . thproperly accoui; hill, its object saccompany my ap roval of this ‘ effectually accom-; of blending the s cial habits. and -in.e the Burlingame treaty, of1808, to he in every sense unw sc, impolitic and injurious to i oth nations. With the lapse of time, ihe lie-essity for its abandonment has grown in force, until those having in charge the government of the vespt cthe countries have resolved to modify ami sufficiently abrogate all those featun s of prior conventional arrangements which permitted the coming of Chinese laborers to the I nited States.In modifl ation of prior con entions the treaty of Nov. 17. 1880, wa- concluded, whereby, in t e first a tide thereof, it was agreed that the . nited Stat s shou.d at will regulate, limit or-suspend tli coming of Chinese laborers to the t nited States, hut not absolutely prohibit and under this article an act of Congress, approved on May o. 1882 seo volume 22, page /.«, statutes at large), and amended July fi, ik8l (volume 23. page j 1 b. Statutes at lage, suspended for 10 years, the com ng of Chinese laborers to the t nited states, and regulated the go ng and coming of such Chinese aborors as were at that time in the United States. It was, however, soon made e\ ident that the mercenary greed of the i arties who were tr ding in the labor lt;f this class of tho Chinese population was proving too strong for the iust e tecu'tlouof the law, and that the virtual defeat of the object of I os i law and treaty was being fraudulently accomplished by false pretence and per-uiry, contrary to the exp essed will of both governments. To such an extent has the successful violation o! tho treaty and the ...... . ol Chi-o-o .erswhoare charged with hating entered our ports under fraudulent certificates of return, or seek to establish by pcr.urv tlie claim of prior residence.Sueli domonstra ion of the inoperative and inefficient condition of the treaty and law has producedlieop Seated and Increasing Dls-among the people of the United States, and especially with those resident on the Pacific coast. This has induced me to omit no effort to find an effectual remedy for tho evils couip amed lt;f, and to answer the earnest popular demand for the absolute exclusiontble and intelligent diplomatic and consu-ar officers of the Chinese g vermm-iit and ilie representations inatle from lime o time by our minister in China, inder the instructions of the department of state, the actual condition of public sentiment end the status of affairs in the united States has been fully ki own to the go.eminent o, China. The uece sity for remedy lias been fudy appr ciated by that government, ami In August, I8.su. our minister at Pekin re-ceued troni the Chinese lorcign office a communication itr.no being that China, c-f her own accoid, proposed to e tablish asvs-temof str ct and absolu e prohibition ot her laborers, under lieavy penalties. from coming to the Un ted states, ami likewise to piohihit the return to the I nited States of any Chinese laborer who had anytime come ha k to China “in order (the words of the commuu cation), mat the Ch.ne.se laborers may gradually be reduced in number. and causes of danger averted and lives presort ed.The deliberations, frequent oral discussions. and correspondence on the general questions that ensued have been lully communicated by me to the senate at the present session, and. as contained in Senate executive document, par s 1 and 2, and in benate executive document No. 372. may be properly referred to as containing a complete history of the transaction. It is thus easy to learn how the joint desires and mutual understanding of the two governments were Irouc h! into articu ated form in the treaty, which, after a mutual exhibition of plenary powers from the respective governments, was signed and concluded by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Canada at this capital, on March 12 last. Being submitted for the advice and consent of the Henate. its confirmation. on the i tli day of May last, was aec uipauied by iwo amendments, which that bodv engrafted upon it.('n the twel th day of the same month the Chinese minister, who was the plenipotentiary of his government in the negotiation and the conclusion of the treaty, in a note to the secretary of state, gave h s Approval to These Amendments,as they did not alter the terms of tho treaty. and tho amendments were at once telegraphed to China, whither the original treaty had previously been sent immediately after its signature, on March 12.On the 1 nth day of last month 1 unproved Senate bill No. 33(H. “to prohibit the coining of Chinese laborers to the United States.* This bill was intended to supplement the treaty and was approved in the confident anticipation of an early exchange of ratifications of the treaty and its amendments and the proclamation of the sumo, npou which event the legislation so approve i was by its terms to take effect. No information of any definite action upon the tieaty by the Chinese government was received until ilia 21st ultimo, the day the bill which 1 have :ust approved was presented to me. when a te.egram from our minister at Peking to the secretary of state announce 1 the reiusal of the Chinese government to exchange ratifications of the treaty unless further discussion should bo had with a view to shorten the period stipulated in the treaty for the exc usion of i liinese laborers an to change the conditions agreed on whichShoufd eutU‘ *“*might go b; __the United States.By a note from the charge d’aflairs ad interim of China to the secretary of state,ruler \vh ch any depart ngChinese laborer, alleging the posses! of property in the United States, w aid bo enabled to return to this country, should be granted by the ChineseAUNT SALLY RESIGNS.IIa4 Lived In Wateh Hill Lighthousefor Twenty Years an t is Tlrert.Norwich, Oct. 1.—The little old storm-beaten Watch Hill lighthouse todav loses its keeper, Mrs. Sally A.Crandall. She has resigned her office and today leaves her old haunts. Aunt Sally Crandall has dwelt in the lighthouse dur ng the past 20 years, since her husband, Captain Jared Crandall, took Charge of the 1 ght. The captain died 10 years ago, and since his death his widow, with her little family, has been the proprietress ol tho hollow, white-painted shaft. For i^.yeara_____ a hillock onNegatree Point I egirt with a flinty wail ot U.w'.k, s. against wl ,n h the «c an ceaselessly drives its thunderous hr lo ws. A neat whit-painted i ale encloses the Hill, an acre of land, on which Mrs. C;alidad's cow crops the short grass m summer. and a dozen geeso and -to fowlsstrut and cackle to the accompaniment of the ring ng shore. M“ r, ‘17 %,nA agoodti ‘, J Crandall has had anil alone. Her circular home t within as wax. her clu 1«yen aiebri ht-eyed . nd well dressed, and m the summer months the fashionable world that D ttuiO-i tsolf in the great summer hotels nml ro tagcs not 00 rods away never t ms of stalling n w, and then to Widow Ci■midaH’s abi de: and most of (he visitors leave a ten cent piec^ cr a uuarter with herght set tire to the lighthouse’ *■■■•*“ I *tilitly.the roost popularwhen tho -un is shining hri ilitiy. Mr- r.nid.tll has blight ke per on the co......_____ - —the apprehensh n. when the Demiif ici, lest she might be ..... ie nton the shore.from .New London to Newport, put his name to a paper that, asked Mr Cleveland to tee to it that Mrs, Crandall was kept at Watch Hill to trim the light. Tin- paper was sent to washn i n. and tho powers sail I that Mrs. Cranuall must not g •. But the lighthouse k enerhas become tired of her lonelv vigil, so far from other human life, and of the mournful music of dashing sea wa es. She will return to her old home tn W* sterly.In the vast 20 years Mrs. Crandall has seen nearl, a score or vessels bur eu upon the iron coast and ground to pieces upon the agged rocks. Tho most icr-ritde disaster in her time was the reck of the steamer Met s. which wm driven on the coast on a cold winter n ght. and torn to p eces in tho surf, the following morniue the shore was tered w th trngmmU fr. m the wreck doite with ci rpse- In the storm the — broke clear across Negatree Point and made an island of the lighthouse knoll.
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