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Show PRESIDEHT'S IBSUE To the Fifty-Second Congress of the United States. A lOJiT.tKllr.NSi. B STATE ll()linii:NT. A Roltir or all the Important Imica or tlio Tlmpi. no rncc coinage or silvcr The MorM.oii" umliH llchllr Touched aienalrr Heeeeie neiadalleus. To (! Scnulo and lluvm of rtptt-HTitattm rtptt-HTitattm The if ports of the heads of Ihn several sever-al exttutlvo ileailmeiita rctiulred ly law lo be submitted lo tile, which mio herewith transmitted, and thu rejiort of iho stiretary of Ihti treasury mil sHorney-gcneral, male direct l-i Con gre-s, furnish a uom rebel elve review of Ihu administrative work of Ilii last fiscal )car, relating (o internal allalra. It wouldtieof greatadvatilage If the refiorli could have an attentive rusal by every member of Con c,reis, anl I all whu Uku an In terest In public nintlr. Huch n pctusal coull lot fall to excite, a higher a) reclallnn of thn vast labor anil conscientious elicit vrlilrh areglvnitothecotidurt of our elvll nJnilulstratlnli. 1 tin reports will, I Mleve, show (hat every tuattIou lias In l II ajroched, couel lured aultle-elded aultle-elded from thu stanJpolut or fill Ho duly iti tl unr u consideration aUtcllng thullic lii1riliaIolic. Alain I In Tlli I. on) braurli of thu atrvlco Iho alttii' on and scrutiny of Cnngresu. M.C01IATIOSS ANU MIUU1ATIO iiw Ln. Tho work o! I hu statu department du i g iliul.ii )ear has been cluruc t rlMj I nu untisiull) large numlMl of inij rtant negotiatl ii a mi 1 1 ill lo luatio h i ult of a uotably anil a highly beneficial it aractcr. Among theae nro rtrl r ital trele arrangement! which halo beau concluded. In tl o nvr le of Iho 111 worn conferred bytei lion 1 of thu I iriiri iw, wllh the re, uli llo rilmill, wlili H aln for in Wmi Iiuia j"israaloii nud with Han Domingo Domin-go 1 ike negotiations etlthitbercouu ttira hnr, Urn biucliuuvaiiced anil It le h iid thalf Irfjro lha clow of tl v rar, uriln r il'ilnlto train niranu uhlU of Krt at ralne Hill la conrluiid llll'i-AI, ridlKilllK. Invhwof thn riiwta which Ihtr lif vn ri rtvrtl aa to tho diminution or thurtnlhirilaln Iho llihrlnt; ma, I dcwm 111 ulfutotrotoi,o toller Majui ty'jK"Vumiei!t In libruary lat that an fgtrvmfnt ftr a rlctid rtawn rhMlM In lilldr, ioikIIiii; thn lie-itrllilUtii lie-itrllilUtii for nriiltintlm which then Mrnml to lio api roachlnir. a favoialili ronilutlon. A ur mil, h mrrriotidiiitaiidiUla)a, for whltii thtaK viinimnt uaa int rtkionaitl-, au airrcemt-lit wat rncl ml on IholMli cf June, ty wlildi (luut llriialn un. do t k from that day an I until !! l.lku-., lo nihil It Iho killlim ly lur auljoinof xala In Iho Itctirli nit, mil lha lljwrnmpiit of Ilia Unllel rititia ilurlnic thu vanio wrld lo nnfirrn lt ikIUiik rohl billon auallltt lI clo ftedlli, an I lo limit tho citch by tho Kur Krnl Coniati, Unui tho Mai d to 73 IKK) aklui If tills cnr intntioullliaTa litn rrirhn,! tarikr, InrtrfriitiM to thu iimjuoiiainJruvor of thla k iti rnment, It would I av In en mors ein rilrr, but runilng an lil at It dl 1 It un u.loi al ly niille, In itrratlyJiniliiUhlincthu il,'lrutUon tf ttnla I V lha (!jna llan acalrra. I lit tuy laat annual imi airu I atalvil thatlhalaila of arbltratl n ,niil by llirMaJu-ly'aUoreriimrut fur Iho a )Ju4tnu nt of tho Ion pending, oontro-verovirthu oontro-verovirthu eial ninrrli wu not accri table. I am iiUd n w to tw al In to ami inure that term aatiefactory to ttiU KOTernmetit haw ten arool UH)ii, and that agreiuieut to thu ailltratlon la nil that In lien. r-ary to thu oonil letlon of tho convention. conven-tion. Ill view of the advanced pmlllon thU ivermurnt hai taken on the tub. ect of lulernallmul arbitration, till reneweil ixtonlon of our adht ranee t tlila mi thill fur tho titlleruent of dNirtitea, audi a have arlaen in the llcnrltu; ' a, will, u doul t, meet Willi the coucurrenco uf Conun . IKltlNIIAHV I IMM. rrovgntIioiild he madoforajolut urinsreatloii uf thn frontier lino U-twren U-twren t'iada anil tho Unllo-I HUlea wherever required by the In "'"J IhuuiIi ot nolthri, nud n dally for thn ixart lorailon nf thu watir liouuilarUa lu thu tlralla and riven 1 ahoull liavulrt-ttiRtad to announce rcme fivorullu illtpoiltlon of the liundary nWiulo Utwem gnat llrlUIn an 1 Veuetuela touehliiK tlie wi.tun froulhr of Urlllth (liilaii., Iillttliefilenlly iltiirt. of Iho United Hbtliilnthatdlitcllon have thu far Uen uuavallliiK Ihla irovernment mil continue to o rthi Ita oonrern at the a ; i iiranco of rorelgrn encroach-meuU encroach-meuU oil lelrltorlri lollK Under the a Imliiltirativo control of Amvrloaii lain. Tim f irpiatlon of a diiruted boundary lauatll) Kttalnallo by amlcible arbitration, arbi-tration, when the rivuli ot th i rune t Ive lurtlra rmt at herein on hlitorla fait rrtidlly ajicerlalnahlu. mm uiAi txiiiiiT. The law of tho latt Conjirn provld-InisnaytteiiKif provld-InisnaytteiiKif InniHicllonfnrourruiali Intended I rurl, and clulliino; the rnalltnt wllh lower to exclude for-elMi for-elMi 1 rmlucla from our market lu cak tho country eendluie the m xhuuld er lalrati luJiietKtt III dltollinlnatliik aijalli t uny roduot uf the United Btattp, Ucil thlt Kuverumuiit In a litlllon to ellectlvely urso thu removal of au Ji dUerlnillmtlona ai(alnit uur inealt. UtiKraiifjIiK lo l allowwi ti luli, that (Irrunu), Druinnik, ltaly,Autrlaand IraLct, lu thootder named. Iiavcoieiinlthtlr irt lo In lcled Araeilran t ik product". Tlieramivaloftlino retlrlctlont In every lntaun,waaaiiknl I rand nlvon lely um the Krjiinl that we lial now ( ruvlJed a meal lmictloii, Ihtt ehnuld lenccerted aa adequate to tho eumplele removal of the iltimer., rutl or fancied, which ha I been revloutly uried. The State Detriment, our ralnlitera al road, and the recti Imy of aqrlc ulture have co-o erateil wllh un II nrclna: and Intelligent real for the nr-"11111 nr-"11111 llthmotit ofthla great reault. Thir outlllif of an airietnieDt have Uen reachel with (Jermauy, loiklng In iiiullalle trade fxinnttloiialncoiiM ! r allun of the continue,! free IniportAllon uf her Minim, Wit thn tliAe not)et arrived when Ihla cornu-deuce cornu-deuce can be ubnittted lo Cnnnref a Tiir iiiaTnHiiANcms iiiiAni. The recent political dltlurhincea In thaltei utile of llraiil have exilted our aohtude. The Information wu l c wat loo meagre to enable lit lo form a tallelaclory Judgment of the raukcilcadlcg i the ienorary aa-rumftlon aa-rumftlon of the ruireme (Kiwer by I'rualdent Koneeca but thla govern tnentdld not fall to ixnreti to hi in Ita anxlout aollcltudo for the peace of Ilrazil, anl for the malntrnanreof tho fnu ,llllal inalllulloua which I a I len lecri tly )alahllhedlli r to offer of-fer advlco that great moderation hould la, oleurved In Iho clanhlug of lortl, a arid the content for lea ler hip. Thete counaelt were renlvtdln thamottfrlondly i Irlt and the lateat Informallon la that cinatllutloualrnv-irmuinthaa cinatllutloualrnv-irmuinthaa beau reeatablirhed without with-out bloodthej. Tilt MW01IL1.AM l.CIIIU. The lynching in Kuw Oil, una In Match lant, uf i leven men of Huliaii nativity by a mob of clllrena waa n moat deploratlo and dNtnouftil Incl dent, it did tut, howuver, have Itt nrielii In any general nnlmwlty lo the Italian loe, nor In anydltr,(ct to tho govt rmiieut i f Halt, with which our rilatlont were of the moat friendly character, Tim fury of the mob waa directed agalnttlhete men aa theauppotedi artlclia itaoracccuorlea In Urn inurler'of acltj nnioir. I il nctalluJotoiblaaa mlllsatlng In any ileglee thla offeliae agnlnat law an 1 hu manlty, lutouly na nflt ting International Interna-tional i mtt iiih which grew out of It It wa rei reset ted I y the Italian min liter thtlaevell of fho.e wtuaa livnt havelweutikinhrtliuuiobwerettdhn auljccla, nid a druianl waa inude fur the iiul-liment of the p irtlclpanu an 1 nnludeTOtiliy to the fumlllea of Iboan who wire killed, It lain lai regretted that the manner In wi Irh tlietu clalma were pn kente I waa not a icli na lo pro mote a calm dlaoitralon of the iiueatfuha Involve I, lait thlt may well uo ntrl billed toll e exiiteineut and lndlgnu tlon which tllucrlnlellatllrallyuokMl. riu vlcwa of thla government aato Ita ohlljutloiia tifirrlgneradonilillol heru wern fully stated lu thn cortui ain tenet,, aa well aa Ita 1 urpn-n to tnakeliiv fetlkOtlonof thoafNIr with a view to determine vjiettierthe ret-nit ret-nit i IrctirnM nice roul I, undir audi mliaof duty aa ne hai Indicated, lai an oblUathn on tho Dulled "lalta. The teniarary ahaence of thu inlnlaier p ei hate Hilary from IhU cajlUil haa rttarihd further concacnili tee, lutlt la not doul trial that n friendly cmclu. alon la attnloable rt tn Btlirgetlvna gruwlngoulof thla unhiipiy Incl lent are worthy the attention if Couiirew. It wulil I, I believe, lie onliri ly coulpo-It coulpo-It 1 1 fur (Joiigrea to make; uir, naea agalnat treat; rlahta of forelgnen di mlcllrd In the Ulllled Htate-a oug Ir. ntilo In thn federal murta rhla lm not. however, I een done, and tho r-t. eralonlceraand tniurlaliave llo Jamer In aiioh ci,a to Intervene, either for thu troieetloii n( a foreign clllxru or fir the p'lul.limeiit if hlailicra. ltaeemalomut,i fulluw,lu thla alaleuflait, that thu oninra or the atate barge,! wllh thu ullce ami Ju II. olal iiowera In audi cntee, mutt, lu the eonal leratlon of international ipiektluna growlngiutor atiiti Inclleiita, lie re. girded lu audi aenae, aa federal agente, aa to make Ihla govt rillllelit anawerable firlhelr acta. In eau-a where It would la anawerarle If thu Unilod Htatei had urged Ita oonitltutliiial kiwi r lo tlellne anl uulth Crimea aalutt tievjtyrlghla. Tlir V.A11 IX CHILU The civil war lu Chile, which la-gau In January laat, waa continued, Imt forlunatily with lufreriuent an I not lniNirtant aimed colililona, tiutll AuguatSth, when the C'ougreaetona. forces Jan lad near Valralao audrter a bloody engagement, ca tore1! that ell), rrealdent llahnaceda at once lecognliwl that hit cauae waa loit, and a rovlalonal guvuriimeut w aa apeedlly eatat Halted ly the vlctorlout jwirty. Our mlnlatur wat rom) tly directed to recognize and put lilmelf In com. inuulcatlou with thla government, a i soon aa It ahoul I have ealabllahcHl a le fio'o character, whtcli waa done During tbutamduuey of thla civil con (eel, frequent Indirect apalt wero male to thlt government to extend liulligerent right to tlielitatirgenta and to glveaudlcnco to tholr representative riils w s declined anl that ailloy wat lairtut-d throughout which this govern mint, when wrenched by civil war, a trenuouil Imlattal uiiou tho patt of i.uroi eau uatioua. 1IIK "ITATA " riie"Itata,"an armel veatel commanded com-manded ly a naval iflicei of the Insurgent In-surgent fleet, manned by Its sailors and with soldiers on board, was seize I under promts nf the Uulled Htatea court at Hail Diego, (Jal , for a vloli. llouof our ueutrahtv laws When In the cuatodyof an ofllrer of the court, tl o vta-el waa forcibly wrested from hit control anl put to lei It woult have u en luconalttent with Ihedlgnlly and solf-ieaet of this govern inel.t not to liavo 1ml. ted that thu "It ita" should be returneil In Hsu Die go to nblde thu Ju Igment of the tiutt. Thla wat eo char lo thu Junta nf Die C'ongretilonal pirty na tatillihed at Iquliiue, that licforo the arrival of tin" llau"t Ihatimt Hie aecrttaty of foreign telatlons cf tho liovlplonalgoveiiimontudJiearedrtiar Adinlrul llrown, co nmsndlng thu United Htatea naval f uvea, a conimunt-cntlon, conimunt-cntlon, from which thu following la an extracti 'Ihu irovlslonal government lias huiined by tie cableKrims (f thu AfkonlaUd I'nai that thu transport ' llata" waa iletalneel lu Hail l)(eho by order 1 1 thu UnlledHtates, for taking on leiarl muhlllotaof war, and whllu lu jtoaaeaalon of Hit, niarthal, lift the lorl cnrrtlng on board thlt ofll tui, who wilt lauJed al a polut utur the coaal, an I then continued her v ge. If this news lie eorrect,thl" given mint wnull deplore the cull lurt of the "Ilala," aides an evlleun, that It la Hit dlapoaedloaupdrtoragreetil tho IntrRctlwi of tho lawa ol the United Htttea, thn uhtlelalguod taktu bdvan tage of lha .roual relitlons jou havti beengioil em ugh to maintain with him, alnceourarrlvalnl(hla tart, to declaru to you that aa toon she la with la reach of niirorlera, hlsKOVerninent will put thu "I lata" with thu anna an I munlll ins alio took In at Htu Diego, nt thedlanoaltlon of tlu United Htatea " A trial In Ihu ilitlrtrt court of th Unite I Htatea lor if io a utlurndlatrlct ofCal firnlaliatteev tly teaulte I In a decision liol ling, am lata; other tllluga. that luaaniilch aa the Congreeelnitai party has not been recognized a lei Ilgertnt, the acta done, lu lialnltreal euulJ not be a violation of our neutral. Ity Itws From thla Jjlgmuit the Unltivl ntatea have riptalel,not that therondeninati hi of the vessels la a matter of huieirlance, hut that wu mty know what la thu repent stite of our latr,ror,lf Ihla cot atrucllonnftheta.iuto la roTTvrt, there laaunbvlius necetlty rorrevialon all I amend llent Duiiug the pnwreea of the war In Chile this government tendered Ita good oirieea to bring 'about n jaiaeefil a IJiiatiiienl, and II waa at one time ho,ed that a good remit might bo reathenl, but III thia we wete dlsap linliilcd Ihiiliiatruolloiittuuur nival olllceraanlnur minister at Hautlagu, from the flratto the lat ! thlaatrugg t , c iijiilni d ii n them th i mitt lni srtlal tre-itmeut anl a ia ,lute n ii lute rfer. ence . I am satlafleil these liiatructlons wem olaerveilt aud our lepreeeuuuillvea ttiru alwa)a watchful to lint, their Inlliience Impartially In tin, lull real of humanity an 1 on morn lhaii one oiu-lun did so cllectlvelj. Wu could not forget, however, thai thla government waa In alt pi imitlc ro-lalloua ro-lalloua wllh the then latabllahed gov. etnmetit of hllu, aa It la now In audi goven.mi nt. I am (i ilto t tru tint I'reaMenl Monti, whoiiia,un tr c Ir cmiatancesof romlaufi r the Mncenf (hlle,beeii luilalled aa I'letldcntor thlt utile, will l it tie alio thai In tbu unfortunate event of any rovoll again! lilt au thorlty, tliepolic) of this government slit ul I bo oilier than that which wu have recently obtervoJ, No oil Idcimiilaltilnfthi mndunt ofnur inlulateroroftur uivel onicers during the Mreigglu has lcn priruntcd In this government, and It la a matter of rtjrettlialaomany of ouriirfniaii. 1 to iti uld havu Rtvuu ettr In un oftlclal chargia anl cMiurlilnt', thai manlftatly bad their origin In rivalry mil Inn with to lervertthu friendly relatlona of thu Unite I H ales with ( title.. Illh 0 I ItTIIROU Or IULMACI IIA. The collne of thu governiiif nt of Ilalmaieda brought about n condition drilling- which Ii, uurirtuuately, to, familiar lu the lilitorj ol the Ceil tral and Bouth Amitlctn atates With the overlbrow uf tho Hal-iiiau-Ja goveriiment lie and many of Ida cotinaelin, anl olio r bu-ciiiiufugitlvutfor bu-ciiiiufugitlvutfor Ihelr llvnr, and n; leileil to the, commanding Mltert of Ibef relgll naval Veaaela In the harbor of Valtrilai, and to thu real lent fir e Ign ministers at Hanllago, f ir n-yluui. This Is aa yel Ireely given, accurd lug to my lulormall ni, by thu naval eaeuls of sevvrsl forelg-i t3wers and ly several nf the Im-a. th na at Hintltgo Iho American lillnlatrra aa well aa lila cvill a,,iiea, acting under the linjulae of hiiinanll), txtenlnl niyhimtolbe polltt il refu (.eea, whose Uvea were lu lll. I have not I een willing to dlmt thu aiirrcuderofsiJch of tlicat, arr ua at aiu still m thu Ainellcaii legation, without .liable lllidtrlailllni.a Ilia lelle td that the tr ivermusiit i f Chllo la not lu a iatl ,n, lu vieworttiu I remit nts In which II haa been con nectol, tobraally deny Hie right of asylum, anl the com spun lencu haa not thus fir re, nled ail) sucli denial, Thu Iriaimeit or our inliil.terf ira lime waa suchaa to call fir u dicllul iruteat, anllt waa very grstlli lug to oliaervu that unfrlt udly measures, which were uudoul tmlly the read It of tho retailing excitement, were at onco rescinded or suitably relaxed. Till) VAIIAHAIIO ISllUrNT. On the 10th ofOaloucr an event oc curnl In Valparaiso, to sellout and lraglolnltaflrcuniataucta auj reaulla, at to very Jifttly exclle the InUlgnatloti of our oo le and to call ft r r mil t and decide I action on the aitof Ihla goveriiment. gov-eriiment. A conaldi rablo number of thosallonof Hie Unlit d hlatoa sleam ehln "lliltlmore," then In the Imtbor of Val;aralio, latng ujoi shore, on leave and unvmrl, wero aaaulle, by armeil menjueuly tlmultaiieoiti I) lu dltlereut localities lu the city. One, petty ollleer waa killed outrlitht and a, ve n or eight teem, a were seriously seri-ously wounded, ono cf whom has since die I, Bo savage and brutal wits the aisiult that several nf ,mr sailors received re-ceived more than twnaLd ouu as rnauy as eight stab wounds Au InveatUatloo of the nflalr waa pronitly iwidety a tonrd of oOUara of thu "llalllmore," and their rert shows that these asaaulta wero uniro-voked, uniro-voked, that our men ere re txinlucllng theuiselvea In n jwaceal le an 1 1 rderly maiiuer, an I that somu of the kMo of thu city took part In thu aaaaull and used their weapons wllh fatal ellecl, while a few others Willi somu well dlaposudcltlfensell leavoml to noted our nun rinrly rlx of our sailors weru arrested nud somu of them whllu lailug tnreu to j rlaoir wen, cruelly Uatiu and maltreated. Thu fact that they were all illicit irgod, no criminal charge bring locl.iil n;alnat any cnu of them, shows ery clearly that they weru Innocunt of nuy 1 leacb of the i ace so far ai I havo yet been alio In learn. ISo other explanation ot this bloole work baa been tug retted lhaii that It bail Its origin In its h itlllly to llitwe ineu,ai aallort of thu United Htalen wearing the uniform or their government, and not In nuy Individual act or leraotitil conduct or antnio.lty. The aitentlon or tho Chilean go e rn metil wai at onto called to Ihla allilr, and a statement of thu facta ol mined by the llivttlfjatlou we b td con ductal was tubitilllo,!, accompanied by a rcuiiest to be a Ivlaed of auy other, or uiullfylng facts, In the )" seeslou ot thu (.'lilhiin rovernment Hint iiilclit relieve llilaallnlr of the hi caraiic, of au Intuit tn thlt f vernmrut. Hie ( bllran goveruniunt was also ad viae I that If ruch tuallflug facts II I lint uxllt, thlt e,overuuient woul I confidently tXa,ct full aud prompt re nritlni It la ti l regretted thai tie r ly of the er luy fir r r gn nfrt rt nf thu put eloti.l governimiilwaapeuil iJlnnn 1't nlvo tine Ti thla no ieon,e haalmii tuade Dill rnvcmuieiit Is now awaiting the I em It uf an liiTcillgntiou which has Uei cobduited by the criminal court Hi Valiaralan. It la ro polled unoillclalii'thal Ihu Invrstlga tlolllaBliittonlleteil, anl that the ri'ult will xhjii lai ruininunlcated to tlilsgoverumeiit, loitether with soma a le.tiale an 1 sttbfaolory rriinac 1 1 tbenole ly whli.li Hie attention cf ( hllu was called to thla Incl lent. If theaejuattxpe-t'illont fhiilll India a inlnled, or further nniittaa delay Inltrve e, I will, by Sieilal nealge, bring this lualter again tn Iheatlenll in i f Congress for such acll i as may lm neceaaary, The ufttlro-corrptpitidonee wllh the gjvernmenl of (Jill, will at aa early day be submitted to Congress. osAul ntrki. I renew the reo miienlatlon of my leclal meaau date I January Id.lS 1 1, lorlhe nJivllin of necessity legislation legisla-tion lu enable this governmert in apply ap-ply In Htu caeia ol 8 aredi n a id S orway the time rule In reijiect In the levying ol tontlAt;e duet aa waa clalmu I aud so. cured In tun ahlpplng uf the Unllel rttalca In 18.1, unlir article a of Ilia treaty of H.7 TIII.BI VMl Tin Dt in AriltOA The aljourument cf the Heoato without a tlouon the en ling aeta for IholuiprcMlinof thualavu tranlo la Africa, ni I fir the nfiroi or the ruvon i untr of the II iieilaut Htatei ftliu Congo left thla g ivem mint tillable lo txohanto tin acti on the data fUel, July . I- I, A miilua vlvindl has been cent tidel by whl Ji tin iOWer ofthoiioiu Hiate to leV)duthaou luieirtt Is I t iinlm I aired, an 1 by nreetueut of all tho slgnaUirlsa to tliogunemt alive trade uct, the time for lite Ir! -in-o of ratlllcatioiiaon the art or Hi Unite,) Htiilea bat beou exteuiod to Tebruary !, 1S0J. mm luNKtii in cum, rile lite out) rink a'llni foreigners Invatlout aria of the Chlnciagov. trn iieul has l-ou a"rn'i,o of ,ep uancirn, Ju view ofalbe uuniuroia eilalillahmiiita or ourjHUtiii lu lUu Interior of that country. Thla gjvernuient can do uuleii than InalatuiHina eiintlnusncn of th t ro-tectlvu ro-tectlvu an f iiinluir ideaiuna wlil, h thu Chlneto givelnment hna heretofore applltnl. Neirortwllllw ouilltv! to i euteel our citizens i-eictnblj J i iru In,- lu China lait recent unonitlal Infornallin lullcalni tjiat what waa at first regarded aa au outbreak of mob vlolcmn against f relgnoraiaaaatuniel' the firm of au luturrectl n gilnat public rdi r. The Chinese K iter, ineiit haa declined In retelte Mr. Hlalr na themlnlsloroftbu UnlUil Htale. on the ground that ai u fartlclt.ii t aa a senator lu thu eua'tnmnt of existing lie,Ulatlilliigalnallbu IalriJuclloii of Ctllneu latere", hu bta ueeome un frleiillyaud otludlouairia lo Chl'n, ami 1 havu felt iouatralned lu tmlntunt lotbut lillieaegoveruineQl thu unteu ablt neat of lllle aalllon, wlltcll seen a tn ii at a inui b ujviu thu ai-ceptibttlty ol our leglalatlon as on that of ihu p r son choten, ami u licit, If admitted, w utl radically demr the selection nf any re reaentatlve na long aa thu ex latlnglawaremlltiln force. i xmuiTkiv ur Liinitih iMiuaritiui. Von wlilbeicille lupin to coualler thuexptrilluncy at m thing a ajMct&l I rnvitl in b aw fir the temjiorary a Imtalon of somu Chinese artlaam an J laborers lu t inii-cti m wllh the e xhlblt of l hlnte lu I Jktrlea at the ai ro ech IngC hiihlu.il In Mil in. t regarl It aa desirable that tne Chinee exnll It be fa, llitated III every proper wa. HIIIIITH 1)1' AllKlltl AN CITIXKNU. A q itpllon has arieeti with thn c,ov erunienluf Hpaln t niching Ihu rights if Ainerle en ciilz ua lu thu Carulluo Islands Ojriluztna there I nig Mar totiiecoiillrinatlmiif H, tin's claim to thu Islands, bad been fomirel by e, tile. iuentanllheaircha u of certain rights, to tbu recognition and inalntenaucuof which the f lllll ol Halu Wat phnlged. I have bid retwu wllblli II, e Ait yetr very stfoiijly to protest nKolnst tho failute to tarry out this pledge on the part i f Ills Majitly't minister, which hai resulted lu great It Justice and Injury to the American residents Tin i)ixn rnv oi AsirmoA. Tho government oud 0le of Hpaln puriie to celebrate the four bun drndlhannlvcrtatyof the discover- of America, by holllngau expoiltlou ut MalriJ, which will open on the l.lh ofHeptember, nud routlnut until thu rilstot December, ISO., A cordial In vltatlon lua been extended to thu Unite it Htatei to tike part In thlt com merclal rotation, an I ui Hpalu wai nno ut the first uatlons to exi rets thu In tentlon to partlol ttu In the World's Uolumblau J.iioslllon, II would be verj api roprlale for this government to give this Invitation lu friendly roinotloti. Till INTFIlQ.mtirlrALnAII.WA. Huivoya for the connecting llnls of the l rejected Inter continental railway are lu rogrea, notoulyln Mexico but at various jiolnta along ttiec lurto mt hi I out riirtntsurvtylng parties are now In thn Held, un lr thu direction uf the commlaeloti .Nearly one thouainl miles of the prjwoi railway have been s irveyed, llleluJIllg tho moil dinliiilt part, that through I'.cua dnr an 1 thn soulht rn art nf Colum. bla. rhe report! of the engineers ore. very aattafactory and ibow that nu Iniurmaiutaolu obalacles have becu met with. Tllil TIUAT WITH ill XIOU On Xiivenibur IS 1891, n treaty was concluded wllh M xlco realllnuluj thu botiDtlary betaeen the two ceiintrlea aadiicrlled In Die trentlta of I eibruarySnd, lbSI, and December fWlb, 16.51 On March 1st, 1810, n further treaty waa utgollatid to (ac Hutu thu carryln: cut of thu trlnciplea if thu treaty otWi, mil to a vol I tho dinioulllei occstloned ly reason of tliti ebnmtia anl ullcrnlloua that tike place from natural cauaea In thu Itu Qrundo and Colorado rivers. In tho iroportlont thereof couatilullug the boundary lino litwetu thutworupubll i. Thu Inter national boundary cumulation provide pro-vide I fur I y thu treaty of lWi to hnvu excluilvu Jutlsdlctlinol any etuettlon that may at be, hat been iiauiedtby thu Mexican government. An a t rotirl utlou Is uecestary to enable tho Unite J Hlateaito fulfil Ha tieaty obligations lu this resa-ct. Itllu KAI AKAUA'8 IICA1II. The death of King Kalakaua In the Unllel rttitciuHemiueoaalonlo Itsllf) oiirfrlendahlp fir Hawaii byconveylng the king'i liotl) to bis own land In n tin valviaael with all duo honors The government of bit successor, Queen Iillloukalama, la seeking to promote closer cunnierclal relatione with the United Htatea atlllMAIIINII LAIII I. Tel ItolliLl'l IT. Hirveya for tho much n? leI sub marine cable from our Pacific: coast tn lloiioluli arelu irngnsa, Bill tlllail, lerirlau tltoull havu llinaiilttblo ro-lliotlooof ro-lliotlooof Hie uvn giveruuieuts, I I -Ml I IltVKII IIAHUOK. I strongly recommend that rovlilon be made for Improving the harimr of IVarl river mil equlpi Ingltaan naval nation. rXOIIAtUH 01 I.ATinUlTIONS, The atl llrallon committee formula led by the International AQierlctn conference lapsed by reason or tbu failure to ctichango ratlllcalloni fully within thu limit of tlmo rnvldeal, but tevcral of theiovernmenta concerned have exi rested rt dealru to save this tuiiortaut result of the conference by au extension uf the period. II Is, lu iny Judgment, Incumbent upon thu Dulled Hlalea lociusorve the lulluen Hal Inlilallve In Ihla ni earn re, by rati, rylng thelnatrnment nnl by nlvocil Ing tbu r sgk tl e xtenslon of the lime rirexchanW Tln-e views have Iwm male known to tho other sljiiatotlei. I UtCaiAN OIIKhltluV. rhligoveinmeiit hat round occasion ti oijriet In a friendly tolilt, but with much tarueetuiai to the I ivornnient of fiu Czar Its aerloui conttrii liecauseof thn harah measures nowlallig enforced axalnal the Hu bn wt of Ituula Ity the revival of the null aumlllo hai long lu abeyaun, great uuinltrs cr those, uuf tiunato ieo le havo bivti contialuvd In al an don their homca mid leavu the empire, I y riaanii of the lnt-rnll lllty of flu I lug nilel. unco within ibt i alu to which It Is sought lo ci ullno them The Immigration f the ro lo to the United BtVt, many other cnnntrlia lining closed, Is largelj Increasing, au I It Is likely to rnieli roportlout u hlch may make It difficult to Ilnlhomn and emphyment for lho o here, nu I lo aerlvuily aflectlbe lalur market, II Is rallmated that over one million will I o firnfl from Iti.ala wllhluaruiv)iara. Thollolruw Isn v.r a bt,gar, be baa nlaya ke t tho law anl lled a lift, by HI tifleu tialerieveruntiil oppreeilrii civil rmtrlcll mi Ills Bleu Iran that no race, sect or clsia baa in ro fully cared for Ha own Ihau thu Hot row lace. Hut tho sudden tranifer or mill ii multllude.uudir c in lltlom, Ihat tend bi atrln theiii nf their small uccumiila II lis an I to dt in tail elrenerclea ami cojrage, la neither good for tiiem nor f rut. The liaiilahnicnt, whether by decreeorby not lest certain Indlnit methiNl, or so large a number t f me n aud womou Is not n lic.el uurrtlou. A ducreetoleavanue lounlr) lu the nature of Ihlnca Ii au order to outer rnifle other. Thlt consideration aawellasthesuggeetlunsofhuniinlt), furnishes ample ground fur thuremon-slrabctia thuremon-slrabctia wt IcU havu been i r,eult-J lo llualla, whllu our blatirlo frlelllahlp r Ihat government cinuot fill to give Iheasatitrtnte that our re i r, eolations are llio-e of sincere well wishes. MAIItTlUi: OANAI COMI'AS. The annual report of thu Marlllmu Canal Coiupmv of Mearagut shuwa Hi it m icli e. i ly nu I necessary re praior) wi rli ba l-een ilonn il'inng theje tr Inthu c n.iru tlau of ship, railr alirsiks, nu I harbor len aud I re-ek a alera, mil that the wotk of esiul coi irurlloii hat madti somu iucciss, 1 deem 11 to la a matter of t u highest ,om rn to tin- United Huelea thai tlilt eiual connecting thu w.'en of tbu Atlautlo and Taenia oceans, aud giving us a ahorl water eommunballou between our iortsui-on iortsui-on those two great sets, thoill I be tteelllv conitructeil. and at the tmsll. eit racllcabtu limit uf tout. Tbu gain In freights In tho pvoi'e, anl the direct saving to the U ivi rnnientof tbu Unltetl Hlalel, lu Iho liau of naval Vesaels, woula ay thu coat of Ihla woik wltiilu a short series ol 3 ears The report ot Iho Hecretary of the Ivavy alnwe the great saving In our 1 aval expenditure a which woul I result. T hu Heuator from Alalama( Mr. Morgan) In till argument ou this tulject befire the Hennte at tho last tesilun, did tilt overestimate the Imixirtnnce of this stork when he said that "thu catial It the most Important fttiljtetuow connected con-nected with the oommerclal growth and proitrcai of tbu United Htatea " Ir thla work Is to I e romoted by Ihu usual financial metbmla, and without the al I of thlt gove rnment, (he ex u dlture Inlla Interest la arlngsecuntlea aud stocks, will robablr be twice thu actual cost. Ihla will becessluta higher toll and coitstllute a heavy and altngither neeslltss burden upon our toniniertuand that or thu worll. l.vtry dollar of tbn lionds an I stock of Hu, company should re resent a dollar expendedlu thu ieglllmute anleco nomlcal irpseculton urthencrk. This la onlyslhle ly giving totlielonds thu guaranty of the Uulled Htatea (lov erniuout. Bucli u Luarun'y wiuld tc. euro lha ready sale at par of u three I4.r cent bond, from tlmo to time, ua tto money was needed. I do not doubt that, built upon builness inethols, Ibu canal woul I, irhtu fully Inaugurated, tarn Its fixed chatpca anl o rating exvuats. Hut If Its bonds are lo lo marketed at benvy ilia ounta and oery Kind sold latobe, accompanied by n gift of stock, aa Imi come lo bo expected by tiivittnralu rucli tnleri rises, the tralllu will lu serously burleuuilto my Interest mid dill lends I am nulla willing tore, commend government 1 rouiotloii lu Ihu j roiecullon of a work, If other m -ana UtVrod for tecurlng Ha cotiii It Hon it of Mich trauicendent In. turettthal thogovernmeut should, tn my 11nlon, secured!) direct aro- riatlons from Us treotury, A guar auteeoftliu bonda of Hiu canal com panytoun nmount nectaiinr) to thu completion or tbu tan il could, 1 think, bo ho given as not lu Invnlviian) aerl oils rllkortlllliuateloas. Thu thlu;a tile carefully guarded nn tbo completion ofltiuwotk wlthl! thu llmlti or the Minranly, the ml rogation or tbu Unite IHtalialoIhe) rights of tho llr,t iiiorit,JBe bon lboldert,fnr nnynmouuta It may havu to pay, nnl lu Ihu mean, llnioainutrolof ttiu stock of the com ittttiiBiMiTsfi'i'1 '' '''""aaaaglAT" I any am security ngalnstmhinanagt mint mail Imi. I rroet slnnerely hotm Ihiiliiellhir party, not on Motional lines, will I drawn upon this great Aim I lea u J reject, so full or Interest ti, tin, people of all HUlea,, anil eo Influential In HseOeclaou Hie prestige pres-tige nnd i) Irlls cf 0111 common conn. try. TIII-tSLAMllOl tAVAfWA. Tbo lilanlof Narassa,Iu the West Indian group, has.undi r the lovlslona of lllle TJlf the Jlevis(riHlalutts,litieil lecognltedty thu I'nsllent tiiii.r. talnllglo Hie United Hlalee It ami Islna guano deposits, la owned by the Navsna riiieihaiu eoni an), n I oc. CU le-1 aolely I y lis employes. 1 11 He. teinbur, 13S'J, a revolt took 1 laiv am ug these laborers, resulting In the kill Ing of die amenta 1 f the company, causa d, aa the laborers claimed, Ii) cruel trealnient. These men were nrietted and tried lu he United Htaieai ronrts at llaltlmore, uuiier see Hon Cull or tbestalute Nferrod lu, aa If IheoirelBsaaltad leeen cuintnllleil on laiard a inerchnnt vessel of the Uulled Hlalea on tbu high seas. There api tare, on Ihn trial, and olhsrwlie came tome sicli evidences of the ha 1 tlestineiit ortbameii.tlistlnieonsllerallonofthla, and of Ihu ract that the men bad no accaw 1 1 any public, ofllcer or trll unal lor pntiwiloii or the redress of their wrongs I contmiileil the death sentences Ihat tins l,cen patted by tho court u, on Hire ut Ilium. Iti prll last my attention was failed to thlt lalalil, and to the Ulllcgulaled cnndl Hon of things there, by n letter from iicul reJlabircr.whoaiumplalned that lie wat wrungfully aleialnetl Uin the Island by Ihn l'ht,iliulo contiany, after tbu ex)rntlonuf bis contract of service. A nival viasel was aent to examine Into th case uMlils nan and generally Into tin condition 0! things oil lha Island. It wat found Ihat tbu laborer referred 1 1 had teen detained be) ou I Ibu contract limit, and tli.l n condition of revolt waa auln elited nnionglbulaliorers. Aboard of naval ifllcersiciorlial, among oilier Ihluge, thai following "WeiHoulddealri loslaloftillbir.lhal thodisellluumalnUine Ion the Island seems lo lie that if a convict establishment, establish-ment, without Hi comfntli and cleaull-nets, cleaull-nets, and that until rnuru attention Is ld ti Ihu shipping of labonri by plaelii.. It under givtrnmint suirvi. ibu in prevent luliiin lenUndlug au I reilire, rerentatlon,ond until aomuame. Ilorntlii; Imlueute It shown Hi the treatment of the laborers, these alitor dera will Im of constant incurrence, I reromuieu I legislation that shall 1 lace labor contracts upon this and oilier Islands having Hie relation tint -No-vasia haa to tho United Hlalee, under thai mm vlslonaif no lit cunmUwIoii. er,nnd ihat shall irovi, le.nl the ex. fnao ort wiieis.au 1 nicer to reside UontlMialanda, w!t!ip,er to Judge audaijust Ulsutnni to enforce n Juat and humane treatment of Iho em-plijen em-plijen HU iuuxcuabluthat Amerl can laborers shout I be le't wlthlu our ownjurlaallrtlnii wlthaiut accesa lo any K ivi rameut olllceror trliieinal for tlielr I mtecllou and the loJreii of fielr wrongv IITritVATIUSAI. CMI'iniUIIT. An Internsllonsl cop)rlirhthsi Uen secured, In accordance with thu eon dill ma of the act 0 March 3rd, 1801, wllh Ilelgliira, hrance, Urual llrltuln nn 1 the Hrltlsh Hsavtaloiii and Hwlt Zetland, the laws of those couulrlea la-rinlltlngto our cltlzeiia thu la 111 it ofcoiyilghtontubstanllall) the same lasliaathelrowucltlzeul or fuljecll aallhOiriuaiiy spccUl contention haa la-en negotiated Umn thlt sultect wlitcli ti 111 bring that country within thu reciprocal benellt r f uur I, glalation, ' CONKI 1011 Nil 1 HI IlIOriUNS." Thn general Interest In Ihu opera, tlout uf the treasury department haa been much auguieiitel Uurlmr Hie, tail year, ly reason of the c nlllctlng predictions which uccuuit anted a il followed Ihu tarltl' nulotlierl, glslellon ol Hie last Con. greitaUecHnzIhe n venues. As to Ihn results of tills legislation liion (he, treasur) and Usin thu country, on thu one band It wat tontended that lmiottt w ould ro far fall oirat 1 1 leavu thu tiea-ury bnnkriit, aul that thu Prtiea ni articles enuring Into tbu living liv-ing of the mio le woul 1 lie so enhance-d aa todlsuilroualy ailed their coufort aud lupplueii, while, on the ither, II wat argued Ihat the lots to Iho ruv. uuue.largi ly tho result of ( lacing sugar on thu tree list, would be n direct Rain lo the piojlc, thai Iho irlctsof tho liecet.atliaof life, Including those mist highly iroleclud, would not bo enhanced, that labor would have a lari,irm.rkt tan I the rroducttof the rarmalvanca I prices, while thelreas. ury aurplui aul recelfti would Imi adetiuste tomacttbeanniprlatloo, Including In-cluding the large exceptional eiiid. turuaferthurifuntlug lo UieHtutiacf Hie direct lex, and the redemllon ol thu four and u half r cent bonda. It la not my iuijosu to enteral any length Ihto a dlliusslon cf the eCiCtl of thlaleiMitioii to which I havo to ferred. but 11 I rlef examination uf thu ttatlitlctorthe Heasury, anl n gene, ral glance at Ihu state of business throughout Hie country, will, I ihlnk, sallsfyauy Imrartlal lniulrer lliatlta reaulto havu Ula jiolnted Hie evil 1 ropbecletof Ita o iwiienla, and lua larc.e meuutu teallred (he hoieful 1 rcdlclli 11s of Ua friends. Jtarely, If ever lefore, lu thai history of thecoun. tr), lias theru Uen a time wheu tbo I roceuds or one elay't latior, or the pro duel of onu farmud crop, coul 1 1 ur chase such a largo amount of thiuga that cuter Into Ibu living of tho inissea or thu olo, I bilMu that II rill lest Will develop the, f ict that the tsrllt act of thu I Ifty. Ilrrt Cougre.a la or) favnrablu In Its avenge, tllVcta upon tilts rliot of ntll clet entiling Into common uau. 1 VlMllTJ. Diirlngthotwiltainonthtfrom Oct 1, Ib'-M, lo Htt. S3, IbOl, the total valuu of our foretgu commerce, (Im. I.irta aul export! comblnud) waa l,TI7,8tld l, which wat the largest , f any yeir lu the hlitory or tbo United Hlates. Thu largest In any irovl(iis)iar was lu 1900, wluniiir iimiuicriei iiuijuului to SI, '1 17,1111,(111 1, thu laatyer exoeedt thlt enormous ng. i,rigate ly uvur $IU,uiHUK) It lain, teretllng, anl to somu will lu aurprls Ing, to know that al trtng thu year ond IngHeitemberlio, ItOI, our linporli or iiierchan Use amoutitud lu f S.I 7lo,.70, which wai an luoreaau or mute Ihau etovuu mllllou dollara ove r tliu value of the Imports of Hie currni udh g months ur the 1 ruvluut year, w liun tbu Imi oil! of meiUiaudUo wt.ru large lu antlcltloit cf the tariff legislation f ., I iH tlienjaiiidlng. I1 IH XIVIItB. ; () H The average annual value of Hie 1 tl niporua of merchaii llo for tbo ! M ten years, from ISM lo HttM, . 1 , M wat flJ,lso,o.I and during the f )H year enJIig Heptember 9, thai. I !,,. this anniijl average waa exceeded ' aaaaH t-.fflU.SSM " The value of rreelui iM imria Jurlng thu twelvu montha etii. 1 !.. lntHeteniUr BO, IS9I u UlS.nflJ,. I II IH 3S7 mora lb, n ol free Ituiurte during ' '. H Hie oorresiondlng nionlba of the 1 re ,1 M oollnp)iar,uiidihere waa, during ihe il H sarreerlod, ailecr,iM,ol $iri nia,sij ' I H In tin, value of impi rtt 01 dutial lo tH merohaiidlae. The ercents8e of mer iH rbaiiJI.eadmlttaslfiieof duly aluilng , JM the year lo which I I avo iefarence " rB the first under the new Urltr 1 iH -was It is; while alurlni; the i UalLH raceallng twelve monihs, unlar 1 I alvH the old tarlir Ita rcenlage wat MfzH ai.7, au Increase of 11 lit cent. ' ftoilH If we lake Ihu six months ending I all He) (ember CM last, which covers the f7aH tline'iluring whlib tugars have besn iuH admllleil flee of duly, the per cent, of I U , (be vnlue of merchandise! lman!eJ free ) KH of duly l! found to bu 65 37, wblcll la a ' nBtB larger rceuU of freu Imporlelhan I MM during any trior flical year In the PlM lilslnry of thu goveri meni. . L JH OBJICMS 01 Til! M-lV TAItltr. ! jLiI II we turn lo Ibu tii-ctU I MM or inerchnndlse tho statistics aro isaliiiH full of gratification. Iho whole , nVtaH ef such export, or merchandlio tklaH rortbetwelvo niontl s en ling Het lent SatB ber tn, lklll, waa $WS,irOI,I.TO, while i,lH for thu corrrsru ling irerloua i,JbbH twelve months It waa '$sao,i;7,llo. Ill nn Increase of $42,014 0.1, which Ii ljiiiiiH nearly lliret, time- the ava rage annual ilH Increaauof the ei.irta of inercbandlaa I iH during any year lu tbo history of the I H goyerument. Thu Increase In Ibu I 9H yluu of nrls of Bgilculiursl iro 81111111H u-uitaduilngtba )ear re'ened In, oyer l tin. cnriiaioiidliig twelvu months of BH thoitlor year, was (3,8i) ,107, while M thu Ii crcA'o In thai valuu of exiarts of UH manufacture-! prndu Ii waJ10,8M,:tD. tttH IhereliceiUluly nc thing In the nun aittttiiiH dllluii of trade, foreign or Jouiestlo IH there Is cerlaloly nothing lu tbu condl I H Hon uf our ism leof any clniuj lotug tH Rett that the cA.allltg (alllt and I M tvvcBUe legislation bears iitieHhely H upon thu awrli,ur retards thu com- M menial deeliment of ihu nation. ! tH It mat be argue,! that our coudltlou jH w ould Ira Letter If ojr tatlir legislation 1 H were upon a free trade basli, but It '' jl cannot Im denied Ihat all the condl. iH Horn of 1 rutperlly and of general 1111. ,H lenlmant am ireseut In a larger degree B tlian eivrr beloiu In our history, und M that, too, Just when It wat 1 ro healed ' 1 tlioy woutd la In the worst state, aud ..... agitation for ra Ileal changes In the ' 1 Urlirand thla flnaucliit legislation can- pH not help, tut may acrloust) lml,le, iaH business to Ihu (rusperlty of which a H degneiofilabllllyor leglalatlon la ea- H lentlal, I think there are conclnalve H evldencrt that the near 'arllT hta crtaled several great led litrlea which alaittttttH will wlthlu a few years glvu employ H nicnt lo rsveral hundred thousand H American workmen and women. In t view of the overcrowded coalition if I zH thn lalior market, Ihe United Htatea 1 H cltizeiitiliouldrejotcuatauch atetult. ' ' H HUM.I1VICT 1II.CU1T8. ' Tho lepoit of thoHecrelary of Ihe ! eH Treasury shows that the total recelita ' H uf the i,'U, rnment from all sources fur r : atttiiiiiiiH the fiscal year ending June aoih, 1691, ' were Jlis SI l,VS3 113, while the ua H lnJlturaa for Ibu tamuiierlod were iH f 4.1,-Vlt 47IMI, leavlug 11 sun lua of 1I1111111H H7,.ll,70J U7. The recelita of the I H llllal year ending June ,l(ib, I6J' H actual and climated, arc $m,7lKl,uW, 1 nud the 011 .11 Jlturra (4 M,u,ai,UiKi. F01 H Ihe llac.il vear en line, June Tilth, ltjiu, H the ewllmated ruteli ts ftre$43,aiii, inn. H aud thu expenditures fill), 43.1,00.1. H Under tlio law of July llth.lSO), the gH Hccietary of Ibu rreaauryliati urchated I B jlnro August 13th during thu fiscal I H )ear, 4!,33T,II1 ounces of silver but. I a'aB lion ut an average cost of $1.0 IS lie r H n nice, riiulilgluxt rloeld during . H theyearwaa II. -Uli and the lowest ' H hlVm, lu exchange lot thlssllaer M I iilllon there have been Isaiitd fJ,M7,. IH 4B0of thu treaaury notes aulliorUe,! by , H the net. Ihu low eat rice of silver !ii B reached during the fltial year wat f M fooofj, ou April 2A1S1, but on , f ventUr 1st the market 1 rlcu waa only t $0 01, which would glvn to tho silver f M dollar a 1 ulllon valuu of 74J ceutt He j SB toro the lulluence of the rostioctlvti I .-Bfll fllvir legislation was fellln ihemsr.tt I1 silver wat worth In New Vork about I $'107 1 er 011 nee. Thuablcat advocate! J M or freea coinage lu Ibu last Congress e (VJh were mest confident In their prediction ., aeVJ Ihat the purchattt by the govern 1 M merit raiufred by Hie law would al i( H nnni I rlog tho nrlco of tllver to 1 2023 t H ter ounce, which woul I make Ihu 1 H bullion value of a dollar 103 cents and 1 aVJol bold It the re. The pro) hertet of the I H BtitUllvermen of clltiutera to result it iaH from tho coinage of two millions per 1 month were not wider of Iho mark. I tVJH Tho fileuda of freu illvtt are not ;aB agrral, I Ihlnk, as to tbu came that 1 ''JB brought Ihelr Iioiaful 1 relictions to tH nought. Hemo facta aru kuuwu The H rioitaoftlherrrom iAndonto India 1 B during the Unt ulnu months of the. ( calendar )e.ar fell oir over Ail percent, or $171,202,7311, compared with thusame months of tho precaallng ll Jim. Tho export! of domettlo sliver lBjai bullion fr m thU couulry, which have nveraged for thu last ten years over f H fn.OUI.OOO, fellln the last year to $1.,. j . aHH 707,S01, Mlille, for Ihe It ret tlmo In , fljB recent years, thu linjortaor silver Int. I this countr) exceeded tho export I) zWJxa llio sum of f. ',7l5,loo lu ttioj rorloui BH )ear the netexjiorta of tllver froai the f Bl Uultcd Ktatcs amounted to M.3I3 550, MtflH Iheroductlou or the United Htatea !,LVBH lliereaned rrom filLfsk) Oi)U oline, a In itTeTilaTI iSs9to31,SiOoainl40l rhe govern. AH mint la now lu) Ing nnd putting aildu t ) H annually 54 000,001) ouniue, whlcb al. JH lowing 7,Hii,00il ou-icet of uew bullion ffH uied lu thu arts, Is 0 ( 1 1,000 1110 re Ihau ' I M H nur dooiestio product avallabto ror IfaJKSaVJ coinage, t hopei tlludepresilou In the I P-MaBH I rlcu ot silver fa temporary, nnd that a I A flH fiiilbcr trial of Hilt Iiglslatlori will ' W .1 raoru forcibly aired II, That Iheelu. " abBaVJ creaied value or currency thus nipt lied j, for Ihu llleuf the 1 ftple, was needed, alVH and Hist beueflilal results upon Iradu zTiSxl nud prices have followed thu leglili. m H Hon, I thlnlt mint bu vtr) clear to W iSH evur)one, norshcjll It be firgottcn A ! that for every dollar of theme uotet U. I Hi IsBH euel.afiillifollarswortlioftllver bul Hk tVaVJ lloiila st thu tlmo tltislled In the I HaWaVJ treaiury aa a securlt) for Hm redtmp BV BBB (Ui'ifl'iue-d 0,1 Viirj BH 1 H JfJ'S Oinltnuftl rem Jag I I iiUSIiilArS JlrSS(lK. lion Upon thla subject, aa upon the tariff, my reronimanlatlon It that the existing lawa be given a fair trial, and that our business lute ri sta lie si areil the dlitreetlng Inllusnco which threats of ra Ileal changeanlwat Imiiart. Under the exlstli g legislation It la In the wer of tho Ire wiry, department depart-ment to maintain that essentia1! rundl lion of national finance, as well at of commercial j rotperlty, the ptrlty In iio of the coin dollars and their proper representatives The assurance lint these wcrt would bo freely and unlietllatlngl) used tin done muoh to reduce aul sustain the present favorable buslneie conditions iiFai'iTsofrnrr coiiAorur (tivni, I am allll of the opinion that the free coinage of silver undir exletlng condition woull illsas. trously vllict our buslnena In-terettt In-terettt at home aud abroad. We etiuld not 1i0ij to maintain an equality In the urch-eslng power of the gold and allver dollar In our own markets, and lu tho foreign trade the stamp give a tin ad led value to the bullion contained In coins. The producers produc-ers of tho country on 1 lit fsrmurs an I laborcra have the hlaiieat Interest that every dollar In later or coin Issued by the government shall lm as gool as any other. If there It one less valuable valu-able than another, Its sure and constant con-stant erran I at 111 Ui to ay the m Jrea fur their lolls and their crop The money lender wlllirotect himself ly atlu. lallngfor payment; lu gull, lut the laborura liave notir been ablo to do that, To place business upon a tllver bat, would mean a sudden and a severe contraction of the currency ty llio withdrawal of gold ani goll uotet, and tuch an unsettling of all value! aa would produce a commercial panic. I cannot believe thai a peoi le an lining and prosiiemus aa ourt will roniote tuch a lollcy. Iheroducinol tllver aro entitled to a Just con. I ration, but they should not forget that the government If now I "fluffi nntl putting out of the market, What It the enul talent of the entire roduct ol nur silver minis This Is more than they, IheuiHlvcs, thought ot asking a few years ago. Illleveltls the earnest desire of the great majority of the people, peo-ple, as It Is mine, that a full coin uie shall be male ol sliver ust as soon aa the owl ration of other natlona cin be secured and a ratio fixed that will give circulation equally to gold and silver. Tho luilnwa of the world divides the use of both metals, but I do not reu any i respect of gain, 1 ut much of loss by giving up the resent ejalem, in which a full usol made if gold ani a large usoof siher, for one lu which sliver alone wllUlrculate. Hucli an event woull l at once fata) tu the further J rogress of the silver movement. Bl sit.TAl.iau. Ill mttallsm la the dilred en I, ami the true friends of silver will bucarc-lul bucarc-lul nottooverrun the gold and bring In silver nionoiuelallsin with Ita nece-t-snry attendant The lot of our gold, to the gain of l.urope, the relief of the ressure therefore It a large currency. 1UI1I.I0 Bl-dDILNT is lUltUlk. I have endeavored by the use of bfllclalaild uoofllclal agencies tu keep a ilosu observation of tho state of ihicIIo tcntlmiut In Luropo uj un thl (luvtllon, and hatu uot found It lo lie such astojutlfy me In i rofcsli g an International conference. The re Is, howeter, I am aure, a growing grow-ing sentiment In l.uropeln fatoroftbo larger us of tllver, and I know of no moreetfrctual way of promoting this swntlment than by accumulating gol 1 here. A scarcity of (.old In the l.uropean reserves will bu the most liertutilve argument fir tho uto of silver. Till. UOIJl exi-oht. The exrtt uf gold to l.urue which began lu I'ebrutry last and contluueil until Hie close of July aggregated oter setvuty mlllem ul dollars. The ntt lost of gold during tho flscil year waa netrly $)3,UOU,IOU. That no aerious monetary dlsturbanie resultetl wat most grstlf) Ing, and gate tu l.uro)e fresh etldeuce of the strength and slat lilt) of our financial Institution.. With the movement of crops tho outflow of gold wat speedily stoiieHl and a return set lu. Up lo December 1st we ha 1 rcoove rod if our goll loss, attheiurt uf .New York, $:7.AH,uW, and It la confidently believed that during dur-ing the winter and t rln, this aggregate aggre-gate will bo ttuadlt) aud largely lu-croased lu-croased tiik aunt I ts. Tho present e of a large cash turf lut lu the treasury hat for many yiara Ueuthoauljtetof luucli unfavorable erlttclsm, and hat furnlshel an argument argu-ment to those who Jirvu deslreil to ilacottielarlirupoii a purely revenue lasts. It waa agreed by all that the withdrawal from limitation of so lart.0 an amount of money was an em-harassment em-harassment to the luiinesa of the country and male nenamry the Inter-vintlou Inter-vintlou of ttie d artment at Intervals to relieve the threatened monetary paulcs The a ir'ilus on March 1, 1SSJ, was fS1 s27,lt .9 The llc of ai 1 1) lugthls surplut to thoredemitlonof theliitcrist bearing securities of the United Htate waa thought to be ireferatlu to that of ilu positing It wild jut Interest In telectetl national bauks. m.cunimiJi itkiinuKti. There have tieen redeeuunl since the dstoloituienthnol, nf lute ri st bearing securities .'9),u;n1-i30l resulting In a niliictloii of the annual Interest cliaredoftll,Ci,tl73. rnomoney which had been deposited In the banka without Interest la I slug gmdiully withdrawn ani used lu the rulemrtionnf bonds. Tho result of tills polky of the tllver legislation and of reuniting Hie I) er cont bowls has been a large Increase of the money lu ilrculatl n JIONKV IN CIIICVLATIOS. Atthodttelartnamisl the circulation circula-tion waa tl,l4 jU.sim or fjlin iir ral Ita, Mhllo mi the tint Jay of Deo, Hill, It ha I Increased to $1 o;7,91.',i7u, orf.'ITSperceiltu. The oiler of the secretory of the treasury to the holders uf lliell percent, bonds locit"nl tlio time or re"li mi tlon at the o tiou of the govt rome nt at on li ten tt of . e run', was nLCej ted by the holler ol atul oue half the amount, and the unex leu lei lunds are Irflug redeemed on I resentatlon. itnimT of tin: tmtiTAm tv mii rhoriiortof the HeoreUry of Wor eihlbllsihu re 111111 of mi Intelllgi m r'retsvoaulhui.lii s like nduiiuis tratlon of au adept wuieh has be ut ti muehriftrd dasoiu ' men r Hie tesuiirat!i unf riecrrtnr 1 from tliu del aitment by reawn ol his polnlnient at a Htnator from the Htate of ermont Is asoureo of great regrit to me, ami tu his colleagues, and I am turo It will 1 V all those ttho hate ha I any liuslucta with Ihu depart ment while under hlichirge. In the ndmlultlralluu of the army aflalrttomnesieclally good work ha Uen occomi llshed. The eflortsoflhe secretary to rrduco the Kre-e itage of desertions ty remotlng lua causes that romotud II, hove leeu to succesilul, at to enable him to report for the last year a lower percentage of desertion thau lias been before reached In the lilslor) of tl e army. The resulting money-saving It cotisldrralle, but the Improvement In the morale of the in listed men Is the most valual le Incident Inci-dent of the re forma which have brought about tfilt result. I1IUHK liATTKima AMU tilts. The work of securing sites for si ore tatleilti for tho harbor dc fensrt, nnd tho manufacture of guns, etc, of high ower, lo equip them, havn ma i" good I rogrrsa during the year. Die rrllmlnary work of testa nnd of plans, whlih were so long delayed I n the start, la now out of the way. Home guna have Uen com Mod an 1 with au enlarged shop an I a more coin) Me equipment at Water Mlet, the army will loon he abreast of the navy In gun construction construc-tion Whatever unavol table causes of delay de-lay may arise, there shoul 1 be nono from delayed or Insufficient npproj nations. na-tions. Hi shall be greatly embarrassed, embar-rassed, If tlio proper distribution and uo of the naval vessels It delayed until adequate ttioro difunses are - rovlded for our harbors. I concur In the recommendation of the secretary that the three batttllon nrranltatlont bonloited for the Infantry. Infan-try. I he adotlon of n tmokeleii powder and of a modern rllle equal In range-, precision and lapldltj ol lire to the Ittt known In use, will, I hope, Hot be longer delated. tillirtlMi INDIANS. The roei t of enlisting I mllani nnd organizing them Into iciaratocoma-uleiujioii iciaratocoma-uleiujioii tho same basis ai other eo! tiers, was made thesuljecl of a vry careful study ty Hits secretary aul received rayaprroval. Hevcn conqa-nlct conqa-nlct have been completely organized aud seven more are In proosaof or-jianlzatlou. or-jianlzatlou. The results of six mouths' tr lining have more than realize I the highest anticipation! The men aro readily brought uuler disci) line, acquire ac-quire the drill with facility an 1 show greai;prl le In the right discharge of their duties an I perfect loyalty to their illlcert, whodeclire that they would take them Into action with confidence. The ellsclrllue, order aud chnnllue-t of the military nti will havo a wholesome whole-some and elevating tolluence iqou the me n enlisted, au 1 through the ni upon their Irltet, while the nioret friendly feeling for the whites and a gnaler respect for the koverument will cer-lalnly cer-lalnly loirom-ted. TIM: lh-xstol MMSIIIV. Thegreat workdone In theiecord and Knsiondlvlslqu of the war de( nrtmout Maor A lutwoitli, the medical cor aud the elerka under him. It entitled lo honoral lu instill in. Takl ng up the work with nearly 41,r0 cases Uhlnd, he clited the last flcul year without a liugle cose left over, though the new casei had luereased t2 r cent, lu number otcr tho previous j e ar, by reason rea-son of the eniluu legislation of Ihu lost Cobgnss. HUH CAS1S 1 concur lu the recommendation of the Attorney Ocueral that the right In felony cases to a review IntheKupretuo Court be limited. It woul 1 seem that ptrtnntl llttrty would have a rafo guaranty, If tho right of review In casta Involving only lino and linrls-onment linrls-onment trot limited to the circuit court ofu als. unleii a constitutional question ques-tion should lu any way te Involved CUUIIT US' 1IIIVATU LAM) CI A DID. The judges of thu court of private land clalma rovlded for by the act f f March 1, ItOI, havo been appointed, nnd the court organized. It Is now loatlble to glte early relief to com-niuiiltlta com-niuiiltlta long del ressitl In their de-Velopme de-Velopme nt liy unseltled land titles, aud t? establish tho iictsesslon an 1 right of a settler whose lands have been rendered ren-dered .valueless by adverse and unfounded un-founded claims. Ill I JIIM fvCMUUL POIl UIIIU. The act of July 9, 1S'9, rovldel for tho Incorporation and management of a reform school for girls In the District of Columbia, but It hat remained Inoperatlto for the reason that no appro) rlatlon liaa been male for thu construction or maintenance thereof. The need of tuih au Institution It very urgent. Many glrlt coull lu saved from deprave de-prave 1 Uvea by the wholesome Inllu. encea nnd restraint! of such atchool. I recommend that thu necessary api ro-prlallonbemade ro-prlallonbemade for n alio and for the construct! in 1 CIlrIIIIN OK ClllNUl. Theenfurcemiut ly Ihu treasuryde-ptrtmentof treasuryde-ptrtmentof the Jaw irohlbitlng the coming of Chinese to the UnltenlHIatea hasUelilirectlvoaa to tuch as si ek to laud from tea-olt tuterlug our ports The result hat Uen, to divert the travel to vessels entering the porta of llrltlsh f oliimbla, whence laasage Into the United Htatea at oti.uru points along the Oominleii Isou ndary It etj. A vtrycontlderalle number of Chlueso laborers have, during tho jiast j ear, entered the United Htatea from Can-nil Can-nil e aud Mexico. Thu olllcert of the Treasury le partment, and of the Department De-partment of Justice havu use I every meana at tlitlr comuuud to Intercej t thla Immigration, hut tho tmjiossl till lly or icrfcclly guarding our ex. ten lii! frontier! la apparent. Th o I ). minion governments collects a head tax f Ml from every Chinamen ente r-Ing r-Ing Cauada, and thui de rivet a con-tide con-tide rable revenue from those who only uiolttortitore-ch a pislilou of advantage ad-vantage In evade our excluslou lawa There seems to be satisfactory evidence that the business of uslng ( hlnumeii through ( anaia lo the Uultol HtaUs, I orgHiilz-il aud quiet, lyilonc AJuttlrahki oonslrued the lawa ti requite tlio return of any Lhluauiali found to t e unlawfully lu thli country lo Chin i, at thucouiitr) from which he came, lintwllbttaud-lug lintwllbttaud-lug the fact he came by way of Canada, but the district court-, hnvo In several cite trought lfnru them, overruled this view ol llio law, and de-el de-el led that tuch persons must te returned to Canada. This cnuttrue lion rott tho lawa of all ellectlvt netv, oven If the decrees coultl be executed, f rlheiueii rilumed eau tho next day reerosa eurlKrdeis licit Ilu inly iiiproirlellou mtdo la for sen hid tlieni uucl. tu t hi mi, and tho Can dneu ill la'a refuse toallow them lu r e t r I .mtilu without tlio j ay rut-nt I i hz i tur head I r com -l n 1 sin h li ir atlt it at will itiued e th su deficit lu llio law. I JUMSDtlTHIN Of U, SJ, col lire I lu I reel ut message t, I have called the attention nf Cor (-rust ts the oeiea-sltynf oeiea-sltynf soixltndiiiglbo lurlsdlcUm of tho United Htatea courts, at tomtke triable therein any felony committed com-mitted while In the act of violating vio-lating a law of the United H lulus These courts cannot have that Independence and effective nest which (lie CousUtntlon contemplates, no long as the felonious killing of high court ofllcera, Jurors and wltnea-et In the discharge of their dutlee, or by reason of their acltaa inch are only rccognl xablo lu mo Htate courts. The work done I) the Attorney-Uuneral and the ofllcera ef hit department, even undrr the; resent Inadequate legislation, hat l reduced some nut elite results In the Interests of law and order. LAWS AUAIVST til IBrltY. Tho Attorney General and alto Iho Commissioner of the District of Cilumtli call attention Pi the defectiveness and Inouqutcy of the lava relating tu i rlmia against chastity lu the Dlitrlct of Columbia. A tttlugent code upon this tulject has la en (rovlded by Congress fur Utah, and It It a miller ofsurrrlse that the iieida of this district should have been so long ot erlooked. Till. ltXmiAHll It elLM IIAI '8 ItEfonT. Ill the rtport of tho Postmaster-General Postmaster-General tome very gratifying re-aullt re-aullt are txhltlteil and many betterments better-ments of tho tin Ire tuggetlcd. A lurusalof the report gives abundant evl lence that ihcsuptrilslon and direction direc-tion of the postal system have teen characterized by an Intelllgi ut and conscientious detlro to lint rove tho ervlee. The revenues of llio depart-me depart-me nt show nu Increase of nver JJ.lKio,. IH), whllo the estimate for the vtsr ISW shows iuilut of rtctlta over tiiatofexnillturrs Ocean mall postonicei have been establishiHlupon the ateamera nf tlio ortuUcrruan I.lod and llamlairg lines, saving, ly the illslrllullon on ihlptnard, from Iwo In foiiitien hours' lime In the delivery of mail at the port of entry, ant often much more tliau thli In tlioelcllvcry at Interior placet Bo thoroughly hat thli system, Initialed In-itialed by Germany and the United Htilles, evidenced lit usefulness that It canmt be long before It It Installed upon the great ocean mall carrying tteamihlit l.lghtlhoustnlmllei of ntw poital servlto haa been established upon rail-roada. rail-roada. Iho par dhtrlbutloii lo sub-ttatlona sub-ttatlona lu the great cities haa bctn Increase.! In-crease.! about twilte ir cont. While Hie percentage of i rrora lu distribution lins.durlng the pail j tar, been reduced (i7c r one-hilf. An a pro rlatlon wat given by the last Congress for the purpoeof making Kimo ixiierlments lu free delivery la the smaller cltlet and towns The results re-sults of these experlmonta have been so lallafjctory that tho 1'ntmaster-(leueral 1'ntmaster-(leueral recomnivuds, and I concur con-cur lu the recommendation, that the freo di It very system !e at once ix-tended ix-tended to towns of 6U0d o Illation. Hla dlscutHou nf the lnadequat facilities exlcu lid under our resent system to rural communities, and lilt suggestions, with a view tu give I liens coiumunltlet n fuller aiticlatlonlu the brueflli of the ostal servlic, aro worthy of your careful cutishlerallon. It la not Just that the farmer, who le-celvta le-celvta lilt mall at the nelghliorlnc; town, should not only lie compelled tu ae nd to the postuiTice lor It, but to xiy n considerable rent for a box In which to placu It, or wait hla time at a general delivery window while the city resident resi-dent haa his mall I rought to hla door. It It stated that over S 1,000 m lull, burhnoda are under tho I resent ayttem receiving mall at pottofllces where money orders and postal notes are n it Issued, The ixtenslon of this system tl tlltlucommunltlet !sispeclall do-alrnbic, do-alrnbic, at the jitront of such offices are not iiostessed of the other facilities nfleml lu more populotii communities for the tratismlislon of tmnlliumitf money, 1 have', In a message to the receding Cuugrets, expressed my views at to a modified uie of thu tele gragti In connection con-nection w Ith tho mall mill lut iai l Kent ice In view and lu pursuance of the mill law of March 31, 1991, an I after a most careful study of the whole suUe ct and frequent couferencu with ship ufllcers, advertisements were Issued ty the (nstmaater fur fifly-lhria vim-elt to Great llrlUIn and the continent, twenty-suven toBouth America, three to Chlnt and Japau, fcur to Australia and thu l'aclflo lllands, seven lo the Wett Indies ani two to Mexico It wat not eof course, exected that llda for all these llnea should bu recelted or that servlcti upon all should bu con traded fur. It Is Intended lu Hull er-ance er-ance of Hie act to secure na man new lints asp itlble, while Including lu the llsttmoro or all of the foreign lines now ocoui led byAinerlcon thli Itwaiho(wl that a llnu to l.nglaud aud liorhajti oue to the Coiitineut woul I be secured, but tho outlay re. q lire I lo equip such lines whollj with liowshllie of Hie first clsss.and thedini-culty thedini-culty of establishing new Hut in ci in-potlllou in-potlllou with thosetstabllshed.deterri'd the bidders whose Interest had been enlisted. It Is hoped Hist a way may )ct bo found of overcoming theeo dlllicultles. rile llrazlllan steamship iomany I y reason of miscalculation at to the l eed of lit v case's wat notal le lo bid under tho terms of thu odvertlfeiuent The ioj!oy of the defiartmsnt was to secure from the established Hues an lint rovtd sen Ico at a coudltlon of glvlug glv-lug lo them Iho benefits of the law. litis lu all Instant ea hat been attain, eil. The I'ostniruiter-Uoneral estimates that an expenditure lu American ship yards or about JIO.UOO.TO will Lu nci etsury to enal le tho bidders to oou-ttruct oou-ttruct the alilj-a called for by the tervlco which they hatu accepted. I di not Ihliiklhere lean) leatonfor dlscouragomuiit c r for any lurntng back Horn Iho (mllcy of thla legislation. Indeed, a good beginning haa Uen male and nt the mlject It further considered aud understood by cat lul-Islt lul-Islt nnd shl ping poo le, new llnea will be ready lo nie 1 1 fuluru rce sisala aud we may elate from the tussaco of this law thorevlv al of the American shlpilng interestaanl the recovery uf a fair share or thu carrying tralo ol the world. Wo were milling tot firelgn osl-age osl-age nearly Iwn inllllont of dollars iinlerthoold system, and thu outlay for tho ocean mall service did not ex-i ex-i eed MX) Oou per annum It It estl-uuted estl-uuted by thu I'oal-Master Genual Gen-ual Ihat If all the coutracta prniiowil arocomi leted, It will rtqulre i.tl.M I for this year In addition to the uiru rlatlon firsca and Inland poet, nge already In Ihu estimates, and th tt fur the next fiscal )enr en ling June ail, Ib'Jl, them woull i robably 1st needed about 1-300, UOU in pom OK Willi rAit I1K mi NAVV, riiureporluftlirHictctaryuftlieNuvy howiagrallfylnglncreiteofnewnav al ten-els In commission. The "New ark ' "Concord," "I'eunlugtuu" and ".Mlantonomth," have been addel luring the jiar, with an nggregate of tometlilug more than ll.issj tons Twenly-four war thliaof alUlasset are now under construction In tho navy yards and i rlvate shoiti, I ut while tho work upon them It going forward antla-factorlly, antla-factorlly, the completion or thu more Important vessels will yet require about a year's time. Home of the vt. telt now un ler construction, It Is lie. Hated, will be triumph! of naval engineering. en-gineering. When It Is recollected that thu work of lull ling a modern navy wat only Initiated In the year 1SS3, that our naval constructors and shipbuilder! ship-builder! were radically without ox-Ivtlence ox-Ivtlence In Ihu construction of Urge Iron or itrcl ships, that our en glim shops were unfamiliar Willi great marine enilnes, nnl that the manufacture ut ateel forglnce for guns and I latea wat almost wholly a foreign Industry, the progress that has been mi le It not only highly satisfactory, satis-factory, but furnishes the assurance) that the United Htalet will, leforo long, In tho conitriicllou of such vet. selt with those engines and armaments, arma-ments, have the same pre-eminence whlrh It claimed w lieu Ihe beat Intlni. nients of ocean commerce was the cllppcrshli, an 1 the most Impretalve xhll It of naval power tho ol 1 wooden three-decker man-of war. oun ui t HIUI'S. The ofllcera of the navy an I the pro-trleton pro-trleton and engineers of our treat pirate ebo have responded with wonderful Intelligence and roretslonal zeal ti the confidence oxirtssed by .Congress lu lis liberal legislation. Wo have now at Washington a gun thop orgaolztd and conducted by naval olllcers, thai In lbs system, economy and roduct Is unexcelled. I.xirlmeuts with armor latea have Ut u conducted during tin i ear, with most Important results. It It now believed that n i latu of higher rtllauco owerthau any one In use, lies bee u round, aud that tie testa have dcmoiistratitl that iheatier methods of manufacture than thosu ueritoforu thought necessary, can lie usid. I com mend to jour favorable cousl J-oration J-oration Ihe recommendation of the Hecrctar), who has, I am sure, given t'tlhemthe most lousclentlout itud). Theru thould be nu hceltaltoii In irouitly completing a navy of tho heal modern tyi, large i uough to en able thla country lo dlslty lu Hag In all sea, for the protection of Ita clllzei t and of ltiexteudlng commerce. The world ne eds no assurance of thu ieaco-fill ieaco-fill lupous of the United Htatea, but vteshall probably U,ln theruture,more large ly conlrlbuton tu the commtuo of the worll. and It li essential tu the dignity of thl nation and to that eace-ful eace-ful li itueuie which It should txerclse on this hemisphere, that Ita navy should be a leiiuate tslth Upon the shorn of the Atlanllo and the l'aclflc. IICIVIIT UT Till! SI CIUTAIIY Ol THU ItTMllUlt. Tho rrjiort of the Bccretary of the Interior shows that a very gratlfrlng irogresa lisi teen made tu all of the I lire tu which mtkuup that ionilex and dlfllcult department. Till! INDIAN (jUiaTlOV. The woikluthellurrau of Indian Aflaln wat perhapt never to larc,o as now,l y reason of the numerous negotiation! negoti-ation! which have I ecu iroceedlug wllhthelrlbeifora rediiillon of the reservation with the Incident labir of making allotments, and waa never more care fully condueted. The provlslou of adequate chool faolllllit of Indian chllircn aud Iho loiatlng of adult Indians upon farms Involve the solution of thu "Indian question." I.verylhlug else rations, annultlia aud tribal negotiations with thu aginla. Inspectors ami commissioners commission-ers who distribute and conduct them mustiauaway, when tueludlauhaa become a citizen tecjred lu the Individual Indi-vidual ownership of a farm, from whlihhe derlvta hit eubslsleuce by hla own labor, rotectetl by aud subordinate sub-ordinate to the lawa which govern the white man, and rovlded by the general gene-ral government or by the local com-uiuiilllea com-uiuiilllea In whkliliollvca with the means of ejucatlug tils children. When an luJIati beoomcaa cltlxsn In an organized Htateor territory, lilt nlatlon lo tho general government cotsei In agriat measure to be that of award, but the Miitral government ought uot at onru lu j ut ujan the HUto or Territory the burden of the tducatlouof hit children It haaUtn my thought that thu golem-ment golem-ment scboota aud tchool bull j-lugt j-lugt U"-'ii the ntervatlunt would lie atMKsrbed by the te hool tystem of tlu Htatei and Terrltorlet, but atlt list lieeti found necessary tu protect the Indian against thd oouij ulslou of alienation of hit land, ly uiemitlou from ttxatlou for a period of Ji Jean, It woul I seem to t o rljlit that the Gen-era! Gen-era! lloterument, out of the funis In Its pussissloii, should i iy to the school fund of tho Htatu what woul J tecqulv-alent tecqulv-alent to thu local school tax upon thu iropertyoftheludlao. Itwlll be noticed from the report of tho Commissioner of Indian AITalrs that already some contracts hive be en made vvllh the district schoola for the education of lliulnjlmichllilrt'ii there, togreatadvatitagc, I think, hy bringing Ihu Indian children lulu mixed tchoolt. Thla rocesa will bu gradual, aud In the meantime the i resent educational revisions and arrangemeult, the result re-sult of the best expcrleuce or those who have been charged Willi this work, should lm contluueil. Thli will enable those religious bo Ilea that have undtrtakun tl e work or Indian rlucallon with so much zeal au I with remits to restraining and Unellcent, to lace thelrlntlliutlon In new ami useful relations to the Imllaurind till white neighbor. Till OctllllgAI, AUONU Till HlOL'Z. The outbreak nuiongtheHloux, which occurred In Decemtiur last, at to Its cauiea and liullents, It fully rejorled upon by Hie War Diiarluunt, an I the Duinrtmeiit of Hie Intel lor. That II eau 1 nutans had some lust com hints, is-icclall3 is-icclall3 lu tho malterof II tt itductiou of the a) irqrlntlon for rations, ani lu thu delays attending the enactment of the lawa to una! lo Hie dt' ailment to lierfcrni thoengagemeutt tutirel Into with them, la probibly true; but the Hloux Irllaaare naturally warlike an I turliiilenl, ani other warriors were ezclted by their uiedlcluu men aul chiefs who I reached Ihe coming of the Indian Messiah who wat to gtvu Hutu lower lu destroy tin Ir cue inlus In view ol the alarm that prevailed anuiig the white settlers near the rcieriatlnus and or the ratal const quencta that woul I have resulted from an In llnu Incursion, I placed at the dlsosalof (lineral Miles, commanf-Ing commanf-Ing thu division, all the arms that were thought liy Mm to lii require! He It entitle 1 to the irn lit of Having ro-IcUodtheieltlersatid ro-IcUodtheieltlersatid of bringing the) liostllea Into luljecllon Willi th, Its.i possible lossollife. ' tub ciicx-rAwtiAinciiiciaiiAWs The ai ro rlalloriollS.tMUrtfcrlba lhMC,V.?'"1 Uni'" eonliiiiHa In the I ndlan general ai ) roprlatlon 7! cf March 3, 1 101, ha net been ,,"." ed, fir the riason that I hatu not ti approved a release lo the government ol the Indian claim to theland. Thd. matter will I hi main Ihe siiijectofa pedal nu state, i lacing lieforo toil, (.retiall the facta which have com t Li my knowledge. v AN AtllllAt.V. Tho relations of the five clrlllted IrtUa now occupying Ihe InlltiiTri rltory to lhetluiie. Htatet, I Ulltt, are those Ust lalculated to i roniote ih. highest advancemeiil of these Indlsnt That tin rt'tlioul I lm within ouiborderi live lndelidelit Hlatei having . relations exeeiitlng those growing t,u. United Htate. having i, reirtssnti Hon In the iialljn't leglthruit, ofii, pleor tlllieiis, Is a startling anom aly. It seems tu me to bo InstltabU thatlhireahall le, heforo long, soma rrganlo change! lu the relition tl Ih people lo the United Htitet What firm theao changes should taka I tlo not think It desirable to lugseti! even irtheyweio well denneil lu m ownmlnd. They should Involve theao ce lance of citizenship by ihe In llsns and rc resenlatlon In rongrwu. This. Indiana should havuiu oiioitunltv lo prtsent their claims and grievances upon the floor rather thau aa now In tho lobby. If acommlsslon could boappolntet to visit these trIUi to confer witli tlieru Un thu whole tulject, even II ut agin ment were presently reache I, His ftellhgof the tribes upon this quiition would be dovelojfd and the ill.cusslon would treporotlie way lor the changes which mutt conit swuor or later, 1 AND 111 E.NI II loll BITTLl Utvr. I he good work ul reducing the Itreer Indian roservatlon by allotments In severally lo the lndhns, aul Hi. ce. slon ot the rmiialnlug lauds lo Hie United Htatet Icr dltpoelllon unltrtls homcitead law, has I ten iromulel during the year w llli euergy and success, suc-cess, lu HeiltuiUr last, I was ti nliled lout tn to Ihesittlimiiitlntlt Territory ulOklihoraa bfjn.uuu tuistf land, all c( which wn I. ken up Ir settlers In oslntludsj Tlu rush ot Iheiu lauds was accouijanlsd by a great deal of excitement, lul wiufnt from Incidents of violence. II w un sou rcu of ghat tegtet (hat I was uot able lo o en, al the same time, thoeuri lua Ian 1 1 1 tho Cheyenne and ArajAtoe rtttrvallon amuuotlcg tt about fl,ti)0,OOJacrit, by riosonollle Iniulllcleiio) ofthoaiproirlatlunniik. Ing thu allotment. Deservlug nut lnialleut sell. Irra aru waiting to oecury these lauls, aul I reoomioeul that a it clal delliloncy a i ro rlatlon be iroiiill) mado 6f itie aniqimt nteded, so that the allotmeitla may U complettHl aud Ilia turi, luilsudtoiieuel lu time tu rmll thu sttlltrs to gel litul Ihelr homes tails In the early ij ring During the astaummer, Hie thrri-keo thrri-keo Commlstloli have compleleil ar-rangtments ar-rangtments with the W lehlla, Ktskf an and lo ktatrlUi, wheteby II Hit ariangemt uta are mulled by ( omtrrts, over too,')'") aldltloual acres will te opened to settlemsnt lu Okliboma. The negotiation for the rslctm ly the Cherokee! if their claim lo tba Cherokee Htrlp hat made no substantial substan-tial rogress, so far aa Ihe dcrtmet!t It oniclally advised,! ut It U still hod Ihat the cession of tills large and talu-abtu talu-abtu tract may Ut assured. The rice which the commission ttst authorized (oilier fl i per sen Is, lu my Judgment, when all ilrcum-stances ilrcum-stances as to tl e title au I Ihe character of the lands are considered, a fair snl adtquatu rice and should have leva accei ted 1 y the In Hans. Hlnco March 4, ttpili, aloulMOOOM) acre! have Uen seiaied Horn lodlaa reeervatlona and id led to the )Ut I lo domain for the mu of these win de-lire de-lire to secure free homes under eur Untflclent laws. It Udinicult tu estimate the Incroit of wealth which will result fiou tht conversion of these vast lauds lut j farms, but It It more dlfllcult to II-mate II-mate the Uttetraeut which will risuit to thu families who have found ir newed hoiennd courage lu the ownership owner-ship of a home aud the assurance ol a comfortable subsistence uuder free and healthful conditions. Hit also (.ratifying to boatle la feel, as wu may, (list this well' list proceeded upon Unci oljoitlceloaar t ihu Indlsiiaiidlliathemty new, If le wlll,iccurelo himself the good Influences Influ-ences of alttllrd habitation, Hie fruits of luduslry aud the seiurlly of cltlzeu-ship. cltlzeu-ship. MOUKOl lilt (IKSI'HALI AXIlOHICr. I arly In the admliiltlrullon a ipecltl elTort wat Ut,un to I ilng up the work of the general laud ofllce, and by faille ful work thu arrearages liave Uiu raj I lly reduced. At the ehd of Hie la t final j tar only n 1,17.' final agiliMlturil eutrlea rimalutd undlsimsed of, aul thu Commissioner ri porta that with Hit present rone Ihu worn cin U lull iiruught up byjlho tnJ ol Hits it it fiscal tear. Vour attention lualltxl to tho dltll-culty dltll-culty exicrleucud by the secretary of thuluterlor hi the administration, of thu law ul .March 9, 1691, estatllsl Isg a court ofirlvalu land claims. Tin imall holdings Inlemlutl to bu roUclfl by thu law are estimated lo lm more than flilecn thousand In number, Hit clalmantt are a most deserving clas and their title aro tu polled fylls ttroui,fst iqulllea riiesirougest ai I (11 -cully grows out of Ihu laud I trgelr-having trgelr-having Uen auiveed atuordlug to our methods, while Ihe hohlluiis which havu ieen In the sane family fam-ily for Rcutrallons, are Iad t ul lit nar-ruw nar-ruw itrlps a few rotlt wide, upuo a stream aul running back tottiulillls for iiuitiirageand timtur, Provisions should Ut ina le fur num Urlng these tracts as lilt aul for I", luting Ihem ty ti.li nuniUis aed without refiiiiirnlurecllou lines Till, nvsius ULlll-Ai'. The administration r I the uslou tureau has Urn characterlzml during the year by gnat illl!c,e!ice, Ibetilal iiumUrul lenslouttaupoii thenll to the sntli day of June, litl, wasTO W Die row ere allowed during Ihe lie" year ending al that tltne, .118.5 cases Of this liuraler, liC f weroulluwod under thu law oi June 17111, 1M) Thels4lng uf eirtlflralet hot Uen iroceedlng at the ra e ci aliiull,ui)l er mouth, aliout 3 ' cent, nt tlieto being cash under II" new law Thu uwimbnontrexprtsMi Ihu di Inlon thai he will bo sble m csn fully a iju llialoan I allow M (sxi rlaim during Ihu irtstnl llarul it ir in oiiorluiiltyfir Ihu luymenl of f n Hunt for Hie fl.cal year 1830 1)1 wu JU7,(H5,701I0 mil the niliounl ez liendcd, till) 63t),(HJ IH having an uuextudtd tnrplus of 9,I65,1U0I IhocnmuilMlonvr U 'jultf conflJcnt ttiatlliore wlllNi a call thin jr for n dfflclvfiCT tf Hie appropriation not wlthiUn-Jlnii tho rapltJlly with which I In- wpric I" telnK uil.H, The tnUUke which ha U-rn mvJe by many In their fsllmateiof the cot of nlon tu In not taking an account of the ,llinlti lihrd TAlueof flrtt iajfmuta under the recent Joglriitloii. TIicmt payment', under the lawn, liave lmi for many very lirge, a th petition, when albwijj, date from the lime of the filing of tho claim, and ruowt it theehHd hron iendlU)C for yearn The flrnt (aymetiU undir thnlaw or June, 1S3J, arertUtlTilyamfill,anl tu the r cent, of three cars 1 icrtajor, nnil that of tho.dcund.nitnU!.rlUie annual affgrt'ftato of Drat (ayrat-nU I larsely reduced. The OommMouer, under date of Nov, 11, furnlheme with the itat tnrnt that Uurlnjc the 11 four month, lIM75cettincatri were fiwurd .7,903 under the genrcal law ant S3, IW 11 it-der it-der the aefof June 7, 1600, The aT-erago aT-erago flrt ttymvut during the four niouLhWM$11t M, while the average flrlpayniekti upon caK- allowed dur-Intr dur-Intr the ear endltnj Juno 80th, HOI, wai Si-lO.TVl, hclug a reduction )u the ATerojte first ptyment during thtru four month of 1107.49. Thee. tltntde for l eiiflon t xt-enJlturti for the flral year iiidtog June .10, 1802, la 9141,054,000, which hy a careful examination ex-amination of the ulJrct, the commit plotter la of the opinion, will to aunt- clenU While thoe dlMiurvemenU to the illiaMt-d noMleranf tho wont clrll war are large, Ihey do not rrallte tho exaggerated tnthnatt-a of thorn who opiTtvd thlabrniflLeut leghlatlon, IheHetretary of Utw Interior ahowa with unit fullntm the ctro that lttukfcn to ixclud fraudulent claim and alw the gratifying fact that the pertona to whoiu tUtMm pulon ant Kolng, are ram who rendrroi not flight but sub atantlnl H.grerv.ci. Ktl-UUT Of OlMMtH-IOMlt Ot HAIL- Tho n'port of the CommliwIouT of l(ii1troaUhoaalhat the total iMt of thit ubMU(dr.lrjil hi the Unite I Htatea uou Ilecunbar 31, IbOl.tllS, fi.2,8.iUJ A UrgH pjirt nf tbudeit I now fi apirnMiIng maturity with to n.luiiBta ruvMnn for lla pnj luant, tiomv u)Jcy for dealing with thladeht with a vJW to lla ultimate collet tlou ahiiul 1 iw at otuv a o Ud Itlavtry dlfllcult, will nigh Im-poamhlc, Im-poamhlc, for aj Iir u body aa tho t,migrt to conduct the livtvnary lirgotlationa and luvillga-tlon luvillga-tlon 1 Iheref ri rtc inniiud tbt a roTlilon tu iiudu tut tho a poltittm ut 4 f AomtimlMlon to agrru U)ii and ru-1-ortapiaufordiallug with Ihl dtbt. TIlKChMJlA tlUHRAtr. The work of tho criiu buraau la far a Wat iced and the grt-At bulk of the etifrmoui labor Involved, complttwl. It will be more trlctl a atalUttca) ex-lilbltand ex-lilbltand le wiiuiiiltf-ri-d bj iui)i than t(a Immediate jreiettM i. The iiutlictf unued havo Ueu flr, P artful art-ful ftiid liiUlllitrtit no I have Mftind the at 1 MVal i f thu HMIilleUtu who havit (ol lowed tlum with a tcuntlfla and iicn-iartlwn lulertrt. The AH roptladona nettMary to the early comi Irllon and nb)lc4tloii of tho autborlztHl vol mm a ahouJd le gin n lu tltuM to atcuro aaltifct delaya, which liicrea the cM and at thn racne tlnte OlmluUh the value of the work. Tiir TKKitiruitirs. Thu report cf tho aecntarycxhlblti, wlthlnttrfthigfuliita, thucondltlon of the 1 rrrlLorlc. They I a. tharrd with the Htatta the gfat Increase In farm jrouuHaand aru bringing mrly large aria Into cultivation 1 v extend ing their Irrigation canAla. This work labtrfngdoue by ludlvMuaU or ImaI i-o rpo rat Ion a. and without that tyrUm wlilcli a full prrllii)lnry survey of the wattr ni ply and of thelrrlgited taints would euablu tbtru to adopt, th future of thn territories terri-tories ot ?iew Mexico, Arlxona and Utih will lo retaidwd lu tltlr mulerlal growth. The lucrr&M-, Indrptndenco and hailmi of thJr jwopels wrj largely tlvoudeut Unn wholevome and timely hgliUtlou either hy,oiigriMor thrcwn hglnla-tuna, hglnla-tuna, ngulAtlng the wAtcr mi.ily fur tilihedt thclrstrtam. If this matter mat-ter la much longer utglfited, private norporatlout will hnv unrt'trlctitl control of one of thoiIrmiDtnf Jiff, nud the tfHtrea of the arid lauds will 1 tenants at will of the water com-1 com-1 antes Tho ITnUed Btatet should put with Itaouiurkhlpof the water am j roes and tho fiksfor rLMrvoIrs, whether to thn Ktatta and Ttrrltorlre, or to individual individ-ual or corirttttoos, only ujon equal ant reaponabln tvrma. In th tirrl-torlea tirrl-torlea this wliolocuthct Is under the full control ot CongriM and In the Ktates It Is practhally ao, as long as tbejrnvitrntmnthollii tho title to thn reservoir sites nud wattr touries and can grant them upon such r-jodltloim nslt chooaea to huofu The grunting grunt-ing of fmncblie of tmormous value without rtcomieohu to the Ktatooriuuiilclralclty to which they roceed and without projwr rotectlon bf the lubllo Interrata, la the most iiotlitatlti and crying evil of the irttcntleiMatlou. This fault fchoull leiorrtcted Indt-Allng with a tutject that will UTore many jmra tlTect to ltal)y thousnnda ofourteople. millhKhlONUV I-UMUA11V. Thu legislation of Concern for ro-resslon ro-resslon tf lgamy has aftir jears tf resistance on the art of tho Mor-inous, Mor-inous, at last brought them to thn (oncluslou tl at reliUnco Is linprontablH and uuavalllm;. The lmwtr of Congress oer this ut feet fhould not t-e nur-rendrnd, nur-rendrnd, until wo have aatUfao-tury aatUfao-tury evidence that the pcoplu of thu Ktatebibecreited would exirelre the exclusive werof the Htuto over this MjHectln tlutatnuwuy, Thu question la not whither tlute jople tiowbbej the laws pf Congress ngMuht iKdygani), lut rather, would thry make, eitfoneAiid maintain Miih lawn thrmielvta If abanlutely frie to nguhtn the hulJeclT Wo i-antmtar. ford ft exptrlment with this sublet t, for, wheu a r)Uto Is onOu lnstltiiltni.the net Is Una) and any mUfuVu Irrttrluta Me. opompact lu the enabling at t (ould, lu my oplulon, le bludlugir tin elite. 10WH noHtMll NT IN AIAflKA, I refomnitiid tliatj rovlilon he made or (he organization of a slmplu form of town government In Alaikfi with lower to rtgubteiuLli matters na aro usually In the statulea, undir muntcl-)al muntcl-)al contrcl. Iho local orginUalloiw wlllgtvtbttter rotectlon limuch mat teu than w prereut skUotou Turrl torlalorgunlxitlnn, l'rotr restrktlons ra to the power to levy taxes au I to trrato ddta shculd leimpoitd. 1)1 1 AUT.MI NT OV A(JIUCtTJ TUItlX If tin osUuIkhmiut nf thu depurt-lueut depurt-lueut of ugrlculture Is n nrdvd by uuy one as mere coucesion to tho uneu llghtennl demand of a worthy cUm of teople, that lmirtsloii liu Uenmost cirivtiially removed ty the ureatre-eulli ureatre-eulli ahead attained. The In lluence has been very grewl In dhapmlimMng agricultural and horticultural Informailou, in atlmu latino an I directing a further diversification of cropi; In denoting and eradicating dlaesoea of domestic animals an I, more thin all. In dls eloping Information an I In tho format contAtt which It baa established and maintained with thn farmera and stack raltra of the whole country. l.viry requust for Informailou has hid prompt attention, an I awry tug getfoiit merltnl consideration. Thowlefitlftccoriaofthodiparlment Is of a high order and Is puthlng Us Investigation with method and en-lhuihvin en-lhuihvin The Inspection, liy thla dettment. of cattle, of i-ork, product Inti nded for hlmeni ahroat, has been thu bast of the surma which ha attended our elforta to aeeure the removal cd the restrhtlona maintained by Iho Kuro pea u governments. AS KSIAHHU 1VKFIUN MAItUPr. J'orten )enra petitions upon this subject sub-ject from tho parkin and stock racers of tho United male hi to been directed against thtsa rutrkttons, which so serlotndy lhnltel our market and cur-Ulletl cur-Ulletl ttieprortts of the firm. It Is a sotinu of general congrAtuliiIon that such hua at latt l-ecn been attained, for thn elTecU of an enlarged foreign tuarki t for tho meats will be felt, nut only by the farmer, but lu our jiutdlc lluancea and In every branch of trade, ft la particularly fortunate that the lurrcaMd demand for food jroducts resulting re-sulting from the removal of the rtstrlc-tlonsupon rtstrlc-tlonsupon our nieabi anl from the reciprocal re-ciprocal trnde nrrantrementa to which 1 have referred should hnve corneal a time vrlieu thn agricultural urlua la so large. Without the help lhu derived, de-rived, lower prices would havu pru-Yallel. pru-Yallel. Thn Kecretary of Agriculture esth mattithat tho rwtrlitlons upon thn Imiiortatlsn of our pork irnJuits Into I urouloflt us a market for f !, O0J,000of these product Annually, Tin.UltAlNCKUl, Thugraln ctupof thU )oaruaatho largest In our hIMory fllty er rent. griattrlhanthAtof latyear. and yet tho msiUt that has oeued and thn Urgcr demand rtrtiltlng from short crops lu LurojM have tutalned the prlcis to such an extent that thu enormous enor-mous sur his of meats and I readstutTs will be market ml at gooj flgiire,bnng Ing relief and proaj erlty toau Industry that waa much depriSM d, rhevaluo pf thu grain crop of the United HlAtia Is istlmited b the Herri Her-ri tary to bn this ear J j00,00O,0O) more, than last year, ol meats. l.V1O.Xl'X) more, ant of all jroJucta of the firm, 7(W,(W0,OuO moro. It Is not Inappropriate, t think, himever, to suggest hero that our sit-lafitctlon sit-lafitctlon lu thn contemplation of this marviloua Addlttou to thn national wealth Is unclouded by any suspicion of thncurrtney by which It U mtas-tired mtas-tired and In which the farmer Is paid for the rod u "l of his form. nib n n -our vv int: en j i, eiitwcr t 1M1MIUN should rotutve the careful attentton of the o lonents a well aa the lilimja vt this reform, ThucommUalou Invites a Irsonal lusectl0ii by the tfmatora and llcpresentallvti of Its reconl and methods, and i itry fair critic will feel thatsuch an examination should recede re-cede a JuJgUJciil of coudtmuatlon ellherof its system or Its admlnlftra-tlon. admlnlftra-tlon. It Is not claimed that either 1 lerlert, tut It Is Uli.ved the law Is being executed with lmattiall-ty, lmattiall-ty, and thu sjstem Is lncomarably belter and fairer than thatof appointments appoint-ments iion favor, I havu during the year extended the clatslfled service to Imluduthe sierlutendent, Uaihers, matrons and phyilclans In thu Indian service. This branch of thu rervlculs Israel) related to educational and nhllanthrolc work, and will obviously be the belter for the Chan, Thu heads of thn several execullvu deartments havubetn dlnttei to thn tstablhh nient at oncn of an tfllilency riconf asn haalflof the coiuaratlvn rating of clnka within a clarified service, with a vlev to jromotlng methods therein. t am confident iuch a record, fairly planted, aud ou n to thu ln(HTllon of thorn Interested w 111 powerfully stimulate the work of thu diiartmonla aud will la accepted byall ai placing tho truublcsomu matter of romotlous upon a Juit basis, I recommend that thea proprlatlou for thu civil strvhu coinmfdon b made adifpiatu to thu IucreaeU work of the next fiscal yer, I havu twlmbeforeialledthentUn llouuf CougrtM to tho ueccaitty of htiMatloii for IHOIIXTION Oi'tiIB IIVM OV KAItV KUAll MIIIAJVU, but nothing has yet Urn done, Dur-Inglhe Dur-Inglhe jrareudlug Juuu Si I, IBOO, 30) brukiimn wemklllttland 7641 malniud whllu tngsgid Intpuj Hug cars. Thu total numter of railroad employes killed during the ymr wna 24U and thu number Injured 23,09 J. Ihlalau cruel, and largely a uetdles tarrlrliT, The govtrument la seiidlng nearly iiuu million dollars auuually to rivu thu llvia of ship wrecked aeauieu. l.very steam Yi-vel la rigidly luspectol and required to adojt thu uiut unproved un-proved sahty aipllaucis. Ml this Is L'oott, tut how shall we escusethn lack nf Interest and eflurt In behalf or this army of brave young men who lu our laud rf cuinmercaarotelng sacrificed sacri-ficed nveryyeur by thu continued imu of antiquated aud dangerous api lionet. li-onet. A law requiring of oer) railroad rail-road e ngaged In luler Htatu commerio the itjuljment each jiar of a given er cent, of Its fnlght cars, with automatic toura and air I rakes ami rouj lers to tx usetf woulU ytny soon and wry gnally reduce the n nt fearful death ratu among railroad rail-road eiuj li)W. Tliolneth(xtofappolntiuiut by thu Htbtea bf lUJJiDiih ruit uirHtniJT anij ili: has nctutly attracted renewed Interest b rtainnofadeiarture, by thu Htatu ot Michigan, from thu methods which hud Ultimo uniform lu all thu Slates. Prior td IS U, vuHmh mothods hud bteiiuudt IhfdlllVrrTit Htates ium) even y thu snrau Ktatc, In aoniu tho choUuwtu m a iJa by thu legislature, in othua ehttora veru chostn ly dls trlcta, lut lorto gcuerull), by tliu vote cf tho wholu HUte, upon a general ticket. Thu move mint toward thu Adojtlou of the Iat.t named method had an early beginning and went steadily for ward among the. Sulci, until In ifiu there renulned but a single State, fcoutli Carolun, tint had not adopted It 1 lint Sun , until the Civil War, continued to choose. Its elector b vote if the legislature, but altir thu war chanted iu method and conforinc I to tho practice nf the other State?. Tor nearly xt yean all ihe St at 6, save one, nave appolntCi their1 electors by a popular vote uport a general ticket ami for nearly thirty car this method wo unlurn.il After a full test of other metluda. without Important division or distent In any State, and wltlnut tiny purpoie of party adtantAge, na we muat bclicf, but solely upon the conehlen lions that uniformity was deilrahlc, and lint a general election In territorial divMnns not subiect M change wnt most consistent wlthpoe popular char octer of our Institution leat preserved the equitity of the voters, andefTectual ly removed the chotcn of president from the baneful Influence of the "gcrry minder " ihe practice of all lltcntates was brought Into harmony That this concurrence should now be broken N, 1 think an unfortunate and ccn a threatening episode, and one that miy well suggest whether the states tint still give their approval to the old and prevailing method ought not tn secure, by constitutional amendment a practke which has had the approval of all The recent Michigan legiintiotiprtAlde for choosing what arc popuhrly know n as the congressional electors fur president by congressional districts, and the Uo senatorial electors by districts created for the purpojc The legislation a as, of course, accompanied by a new con grcsslonal appointment, and the two statutes being ihe clectorlal'voto of the State under the InHuencc of 'Gerrymander. 'Gerry-mander. TlirsR nilMRlMANtlRRA for congressional purpotcsare In most caics buttressed by a gcrrmanJcr of the legislative districts, thus making It Impossible fur a majority of the legal voters of the Mate to correct the appor llonmcnt and equalize the congressional districts A minority rule is established that only a political convulsion can overthrow. I have recently twen advised ad-vised tint In one county of a certain State three ihstilcts for the election of members of the legislature nre constituted constitut-ed as follows One has Gt, population, popu-lation, on 15joo, and one mooi, while In another county detached non conliguoui sections have been united to makr a legislative district Those mctlods havo already found erertUn application to the choice of senators and representatives In congress, and now, an evil start has been made In the direction di-rection of appl) ing them to the choice by the States of electors of president and vicc-prcsidmt If this is accomplished accom-plished wo shall thcnlme three great departments of tho government In the grasp of the gerrymander, the lexjsla live and executive directly, aud the judichr) Indirectly, through the power of appointment An election Implies an) body of electors having prescribed qualifications, each one, of which his an equal value and influence in e! termln-Ing termln-Ing the result. So when the Constitution Constitu-tion provides that 'each State shall appoint' (elect) In such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a num ber of electors, tic , ud unrestricted un-restricted power w is nut Uvcn to thu legislatures in the selection of the methods tu be used A republican form of government Is Kuatauiced b) the Constitution to caili State, an 1 thu poer given by the sainn Instrument to the legislatures of the Slates to prescribe methods for the choice, by tho State, of electors, must bu rxmlted tincW ihit limit ilton. The essential features of such government arc the right of the people to chouse their own ottners, nnd the nearest practicable iqualtt) of value in the sufTrigcs kUcu In determlring that choice. It will not be claimed that the power given to the legislature would support them, providing that the per sous receiving the smallest tote should be the electoral of a law hat all electors should be chosen by the voters of a single congressional dutilcl Tha v oters are to choose, and under the pretense of regulating methods, the legislature can neither vest the ritjit of choice cite-where cite-where nor adopt mcthodi not conformable conform-able to republican institutions. It Is not tn) purpose, however, to discuss the question whether choice by the legislature legisla-ture or by the voters of equal single districts Is a choice by the state, but only to recommend such regulation of this matter by Constitutional bmend- mtiit as will secure uniformity and prevent pre-vent that disgraceful partisan jugglery to such a liberty of choice, II it exists, ai oilers a temptation. Koilrfng just now Is more Important than to provldo every guaranty lor tho absolutely fair and frco choke by mi equal suffrage with the respective Stales ol all the othrers to the national government, govern-ment, whether lint sulI7ij,o U applied directly as lu tha choice of in cm lers of the House of Representatives, or Indirectly, In-directly, ns In Die choice of members of the Senate, and electors of the president. presi-dent. Krspcct for public officers nnd obedience obedi-ence lo law will not Cease to be the CMAHACTRKtSTlCS UP OLR TLOPLK until our elections cease to declare the will of the majorities fairly asccr talnd, without fraud, suppression or 'Keroniander' If I were called upon to declare wherein UUK CIIIKP NATIONAL DANCIKK lies, 1 should say without hesitation In the overthrow of the majority coutrul by the suppression puvLMion of the H)puiarjulIri.e. That there Is a real danger here all must agree, but the energies of those who see it have been cruelly expended iu trying try-ing to lix responsibility upon thooosltoarly rather than In in forts tu malututu practIirImtosiblu h either party. It Is not lwsslblu liowto adjourn that luteimluabluand Innoncluslvu debute, until we taluby consent, one slvp In the direction of rufurm by eliminating thu gerrymander which has been de-nouueed de-nouueed by all parties as an Influence lu thu e lection of elector of thu I'm si-dent si-dent and members of Cougriss. All thn rjutes have been acting irestly and enratel), determined that thu eholco of electors by n ireu-era! ireu-era! Ilekct Is tho vfott ," aaest tnetlwd and It wuuM seem thattLt.ru could bo no ohjectlou i n confinutloualumeiidmcut maklugthat method nrmauent. If a hglsrature choseu lu onu enr UKn urely lorat quettlonr, should, landing residual uieit it man of ctiolte uimu a geu trill ticket, hiiI irovldufor thu eholru ofehclors by ihe legislature, anl his trkk should ditvrmlnu thu result; Its peacu might l uridangered. t have alluded tu gcrrymumUr n It has ef fiCtiJ thu method uf sulectlng elector of thu President by congrffslonal ill trlttr. Lut thu nlmary Intent and ellee I of this form of political robbery havu to atfon to tho so Ire t Ion of nivmUn nf thn House of Iteinsenlatlvts, Hi lower of Congrets 1m amplu to deal with this threutinlDg mi J Intolerable abuse, rlrCTluN JVIIJ1, riiuuufalllug test of Insincerity lu eN e tlon reform will bo foun I lu a will lugnea tJ CJiiferas to lemudlea anJ rut In forcn mich miafture as wlh most efTi dually trenrvu thn right o lhu(uplutottfHuttud equal rupresoii , latlou. AtiAttemit was nude lu last ComrreM lo bring to bear the cnnftltu tloiml toweis ot the gemral government gov-ernment for the larrictlou or fraud against the auflraRe, It la Important to know whether tn ppiosI-tlotitosuch ppiosI-tlotitosuch meaaurea bj really vested lua (Articular feature suiposAl to be oljictlonable, or Include an) (rijosl-Hon (rijosl-Hon to gtvetotheelecLIju lawtufthu Unite 1 HtateflAdeqtucy to the i orrec lion of grave and acknowledged cvlh. 1 rumtjitcntertAinthehnpnlhat H Is I'Mltlt to secure a citm, jalrlotlo cou side ration of such constitutional or statutory changes as may U neronary lo spcum) t he choice of thn r ftlcers of the (Ijverrioaent tJ the (itop'n by fair aiportloninent and trtuedectloni AN vii-eTiofCUMkmaluv, I lellvu It wont I Lu possible to Institutu a commission, nun part Inn In lla membership aud enioed of patrlollc,wlsaud Imj-artlal mui, lo whom a cousiderallou of ttiuiuistlon of thuuvllaronnceleil with our ehctlon system And methoda might 1m committed com-mitted wllh agood tropjtctof seeming unanimity In some tlan forreltsvlug or mltlsatlng tboso evils. Ihu Constitution would ermlt the setncllonof thu commission lo bo vi tied ti-ed In theSupreme Court, If that im thod i-ould glvu Ihe Il guaranty of lm atllallty. 1 his rommllori nould I o eharsed with the duty ot Inquiring Into thu sulject of elections as rvlitlnc totbuchdenof o file era of the national government with a view of securing to avery elector thu f re and unmoleal-e unmoleal-e J txe rclsn of the sutlragu, and aa near an aitriach lo equality of value In each ballot cat as Is athalnaUr. Whllu Ihu jollcles of the general govarni enl un the tarlfl, upon up-on thn restoration of our merchant mer-chant marine, um tho river and liar-Uir liar-Uir luq rovetne ula and i the r such matter mat-ter of graiu and general concern aro llablu to I e turned this wu) or that, by thn result of e.ong regional tlectloD, and while ajmliilatrsthus uf poll-rle poll-rle some time Involving luc (hat teul to jteate or waraiullablu lo 0 tun ml this way or that, by Iho results of a PreiiJtntlal election, elec-tion, there Is a rightful Interest tu all thu Ktatea aud every congressional district that will cot he declved or sltmcud b the audacli us iteteuius that a queallonrf right cf any body of legal voter In auy titatuorlu auy con gre-slonal dlitrlet, to give their hi tirade freely upon thesu t.tuiral queitloos,liiA matter only of loeslcou-cctuoreintrul. loeslcou-cctuoreintrul. I IMITATIONS Ula SliritAUK. Thu demand that the limitations of suflragu shall bu found lulbn law aud only there Is a Juit demand, and no Ju man should reent or resist It. My tqi-al Is aud must continue to U for a coiniiHatlon that shall "Proceiil with candur.cahnueM aud itleiKuUriiu tho line nfjuatlcn and huuaiilt)tiiot by prejuulce aud cruelly." cru-elly." CONCLUSION. ThetconsKleratlon of the very grave questions Invite tut only the attention of Congress, but that tf all patriotic citizen. We must not untsrtaln the delusion thatour r-notleluve ceaml to ngard a free I allot aud tqusl representation asthuprlcuof their alleglaticu lo thu law an I to civil msglbtratrs, I havubwn greatly rejolcid to notice rnani evl krxYnof the tnorfard unl-tl unl-tl cation of ourpeoi lu anl of a revised national spirit Thu vista that now oento Us la wider au 1 more glorious than ever before. Mratlrlcstlon aud amaxotueut struggle for aujreinaiy, as we coutemplate the poj ulailou, wealth and moral stmngth of our country , A trust momentous lu IU Influence upon ourownpeoiluaai upon the world Is, for a brief time, committed to in, and we must not be faithless to Its condition condi-tion the derncu of the freu and the fquil Influence of thn ieoIu Iu the cholca uf i ut llo olll cers and lu thu control con-trol of 1 utile altalr. 1HNJAUIN F, llAKlUWN. Kxixutim: Makcion, December 0, HBI, |