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ATTORNEYS.
a hkwktt a newman.
iTTORNKVf A- Cnr'EMHtS AT. TiAW,
uiln-e. No. .0, NcPheinon block, op atairs.
..nvrv rBENCTT.
W. T. BOUERS.
KOOERS,
ATTORNEY A- or.SE!.ORS AT LAW.
n OiIk In Court House Building.
yii; plve dillRfiit mtentiou to any legal business
imtriHifd to their care. avtfj
JOB A. DILLON.
Attorney and Counselor at Law, and
General Land Agent,
Teeamseh, Johnson County, Jiebnwka.
J. N. REYNOLDS.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
oftk'K No. fJOi Keynolds Hotel.
- it'rat Law Solicitors In dhaneerr,
THOMAS
j numitv
T WM. If. McLlNAN.'
Attorney- and Counselor at Law,
Xeirw.Ua City, Nebrnka.
k IORTU A KHOWN.
Attaraey at Law and Land Agents,
OjHrr: So.M, MainStrert, Up Stair a.
" " S. M. RICH,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent.
()ffl"? ',,urt' Hwkc. II rut dwr, wenttiMe,
n. F. PERKINS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Twuiuwli, Johnson Co., Neb.
NYE HVMrilKEY,
ATTOUNEYf AT LAW,
Pawnee City, 1'a.wivr Co., Neb.
N. K. GRIGGS.
Attorney at Law 4s, Ural Katate Agent,
)t.-:tirly. t:uf vty, Nc-brwKktt.
PHYSICIANS.
S. (XUVLKS, M. D.,
Homeopathic Phyalelan, Surgeon and
Obatetrlelan.
A cr1t' of tlcvcluiid tilU'Be. Omce at Hank
4 Armiure'iihlore room. Kp-t iul aUenliou iven
U diva of Women tuidCiiildren.
7 V. IT. KIM BERLIN, M. D.
PHYSIC 1AX ANUSIUUEOS TO NEB.
KTK A.U EAll 1AK1KMAIIY.
tK'lCfc OVr t'osl Oliict.
wmc IIh ..totr
H. V. TIU'KMAX,
1MIYSK IAN AMI SI ltGEOX,
orW-No. Sl Zla.ui Stivt-t. onetioor wertof Ieu-
. Tm Mum. uuice nouni ift.hu i m . -
ju,p. m.
13-U-y
H. L MATHEWS,
PIIYSICIAK ASH SIKGEOS.
Cllifo No.1 Main Street.
C. K. STEWART, M. 1.
PHYSICIAN ASU SflttiEON,
Ojff-No. 1 Main Streft.
-n ilowr 7 fo -J. jV., and 1 fo 2 and GX to
. v; j: if.
LAND AGENTS.
R, V. HUGHES,
Real Katate Agent al Juatlce of Peaee,
' BARRET LETT,
Land AgentaAi Laud Warrant Broltera.
Nil. 41 MiUJi Ktrt.-t.
Will attrn'l to )xting 2're.fr Xon-rrilrnts.
J'tXMunal altrtUi'iH give, to uuxkwj iAtcalutnM.
Land, imjn-wcd " nnttnprmd, or mU en
rrasonalUc tcrmx. '.
T vlTl hoover.
Real Eatate and Tax; Paying Agent.
OUliii in litrirJ Court Room.
, Will gixf yrtitnjtl attrnlivn to the file Rral
Jifalr ait IHtjimrttt mf Taxet throughout the
.TON AS HACKER,
LXSD'ASD III PAY1SU AGENT.
Wtll aUrtut ( thr itjmrnt of lairt or Aoa
Jtnittent ljtni IHrnrrt in .VrmaJi ttmnty.
ibrrrrjHjn'trHrt SiUirUnt. m
MERCHANDISE.
. WL T. DEN,
Whvlmalratut Hei.nl I traler i
General Merehandiae, and Conanttaaton
atd Forwarding MercUant,
No. 56 Mam Street.
Own IHanlrrM, I'lmcn, tiun et, J- urnilure, dec,
mlwajt oh hand. UUihent umrktt trwe paid for
Hide, 2VB. Pun uiuHuntru trmlucr.
. joilXSON & CX).
Dealer a In General Mercnandlae,
Vi lit Mrl'liernoirK Hlork. Maiil St.
HOTELS.
EYNOLIS HOrsE.
NATHAN N. tat KEN. rUOPKlETOB,
jtu a- u) Muin sin-i-I liroM livill-.
Bent anroniruoUalions in the city. New Honxe,
nlr luniiitheU. In the heart ot busmen irt ol
;ltv. Liverv Makle coJiveineiit-
PHELPS HOUSE.
M. ST K YENS, ruoraitcToa.
Tim iw ib.. Ik-imiL. l'lii-lim City. MisruHirL
As xwod aiCKJiiiiixUatioim nud good stabling are
oDereU an din be hud in the rxu l-i J
AMERICAN HOUSE.
K D. ltoBIsoN, Hropriefor.
wi I w ..-..n M:i in n ml Water.
A pood e3 and Lirrry Stable in. contortion
riXA trv ilim
DRUGSTORES.
1. H. LEWIS A CO.,
r . - 'CtX'KMOillUt TO IIOLLAMT CO.
- Wholesale and Hrtnxl Dealer in
finx. Medicine. Paint a, Olle,
7 No. 41 MainStrceU
ete-t
McCKEEKY A NICK ELL,
u k nnd Retail J)evlert in
ton, Iloolia, Wallpaper . Stationery
No. 3 Miiin Mrw-I,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
rtuRt.fS H ELMER.
BOOT AND SHOE MAIMER,
No. 1 Main Stre-U
Tlat on hand a superior stock of Boot and
fha, Custotn Work done uttA neatnett and
4.ipmtch. .
A. ROBINSON.
BOOT ANI SHOE MAKER,
yo. Malnstn-ct.
, Ila on hand a pood artment of yjntl
Wir-i, Miuet- and Children' BooUand Shoe.
Cio) M art donv u ilh nealnex and dwpaleh.
Jiepmriuq done on thurt W'rfij--MJM
HARDWARE.
SIIEI.LENBERGER BIUVK.
Mannf.rtnrera & lealer In Tinware.
N j. 7 Main St., Vcl'leron'JtlKk.
fitotct, JInrdMtirr, turpenter t 7ot. Black
tmith i Furnishing; fr"., constantly on lurnO.
JOHN C DEUSER,
Dealer In Stowea, Tinware, Pm
No. 7 .Main streft.
i pa, Ate -
SADDLERY.
JOHN W. MIDDLVntlN,
HARNESS, MRIOLKS, COLLARS, Ete.
No. Miu StreeU
MT hips and Lashes of every desrriittton and
t-Uuterina Hair, kept m hand. CXuh paid for
j.e.
j. n. BAUER,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
U1UNESS, UR1DLKS, COLLARS, Etc.
No. U, Main Street.
if ending dnne to order. SU ufuHurgjiarajiteea.
SALOONS.
JOSEI'H HUDDARD & CO
SALOON, No. 47 Main Street.
The bet Winps and Liquor k pt on hand.
R. C. BKRGER,
ALIIAMBRA BILL1AKU SALOON,
The best Wine and Llqnorn ennntantly on hand.
Co. 4. Whitner'n KUwk.
GRAIN DEALERS.
geo. g. start bro..
dealers in graix,proicce,.c
AsfinuKiil, SebrivkfU
Tlie hiebeKt market price nuid foranythlnK
fhe Kartner tain rait. We will bay and soil
' verj-thlng known to the inarkeU
WORTHING A WIUXDX,
Storage, Forwarding and Commisalon
Merchanta,
And Dealers in mU kinds of Grain, for which
tin, the I1i(het Zfarket 1'riinJM1
STATIONERY.
A. D. MARSH,
PIONEER BOOK. AND NEWS DEALER,
CVy Book Store.,
1 No. BO Main strwt.
ATJCTIONEERS.
RLISS & HUGHES
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
. V'iU attend to the sale of Ural ind Personal
Prvirrltt in the Xemaha Land District. Terms
BRIDGE BUILDING.
C. W. WHEELER.
BRIDGE UVILUER,
saIc agent for R. W. Stnlth'B I'attit Truss
Bridire. The atronKeBt and best wooden
yK now In n.
BLACKSSIITHS.
J. W. A J. C. GIBSON,
BLCK.S5IITHS,
onop on Fi, between Main and Atlantic
v, u wort ttone to order, ana sal wf act ton guar
rantced
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ESTABLISHED 1856.
rnraiDEXT's message.
. " .. 9
To the Senate and House of Jicpre
scntatitcs . In coming before you for
me ursi time us tue Uhief Mairisirate
of this great nation, it "is with great
gratitude to the Giverof all good for the
many benents we enjoy. :
We are blessed with peace nt home.
and are without entangling alliances
abroad to forebode trouble; with a ter-
ntory unsurpassed in fertility of an
area equal to the abundant support of
uve nunuretl millions of people, and
abounding in every variety of useful
minerals, in quantity sufficient to sup-
ply -the world for generations, witn
exuberant crops ; with a variety of cli
mate, adapted to the production of
every epecies of earth's riches, suited
to tlie habits, tastes and requirements
of every living thing ; with a popula
tion of forty millions of -free people
all speaking one language, with facili
ties for every mortal to acquire an ed
ucation ; with institutions closing to
none, the avenues to fame, or any
blessing of fortune that may be covet
ed, with freedom of pulpit, the press
and the school, with a revenue flow
ing into the National Treasury, be
yond the requirements of the Govern
ment supply ; harmony is being
rapidly restored within our own bor
ders, manufactures, hitherto un
known in our country are springing
up inalldirections, producinga degree
of National Independence unequalled
by that of any other power.
Ihese blessings and countless others
are entrusted to your care, and more,
for safe keeping, for the brief i
periort or our tenure ot oince. in a
short time we must each of us return
to the ranks of the people who have
tonferred upon us our honors,-and
account to them for our Stewardship.
earnestly desire that neither you
nor 1 may be comiemnea by a ireeanu
enlightened constituency, nor by our
own consciences.
Emerging from a rebellion of gi
gantic magnitude, aided as it was by
the sympathy and assistance or na
tions with whicli we were at peace,
eleven States of the Union were four
years ago left without legal State gov
ernment, a debt had been contracted,
American Commerce was almost driv
en trom the sea, the industry oi one
half the country had been taken from
the control of the capitalist and placed
where all labor rightfully belonged,
u tlie keeping of the laborer. The
work of restoring State government
loyal to the Union, of protecting and
fostering free labor, and providing
means for paying the interest on the
public debt, has received ample atten
tion from Congress, although your
lalwrs have not met with the suc
cess in all particulars that might have
been deserved ; yet on the whole they
have been reasonably anticipated.
Seven States, which passed ordinan
ces of secession", have been fully re
stored to their places in the Union.
The eighth, Georgia, held an election,
at which she ratified her Constitution,
republican in form, elected a Gover
nor, Members of Congress, a tate
Legislature, and all other officers re
quired. The Governor was duly in
stalled and the Legislature met and
performed all the acts then required
of them by the reconstruction-acts of
Congress. bubsequently, however.
in violation of the Constitution which
they had just ratified, as since decided
by the Supreme Court of the State,
thev unseated the colored members of
the Legislature and admitted to seats
some members who are disqualified
bv the third clause of the fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, an
article which they themselves had
contributed to ratify. Under these
circumstances I would submit to you
whether it would not be wise, without
delay, to enact a law authorizing the
Governor of Georgia to convene the
memlKTs originally elected to the
Leirftdature. requiring each member
to take the oath prescribed by the re
construction act, and none to be ad
mitted who are ineligible- under the
third clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
At the March term Congres by joint
resolution authonzad tlie Executive
to order elections in the States of Vir
ginia, Mississippi and Texas to sub
mit to them the Constitution which
each had previously in Convention
framed, and submit the Constitution,
either entire or in separate parts, to be
voted on at the discretion of the Exe
cutive. Under this authority elec
tions were called. In Virginia the
election took place on the Gtli of July,
1S(. I he Governor and Lieut. Gov
ernor have been installed. The Leg
islature met and did all required by
this resolution, and bv all the llecon
struction acts of Congress, and ab
stained from all doubtful authority.
I recommend the admission of Sena
tors and Representatives, and the
State be fullv restored to its place in
the family of States. Elections were
eulled in Mississippi and Texas to
commence on the 30th of November,
180!). and to last two days in Missis
sinni. and four days in Texas. The
elections have taken place, but the re
suit is not known. It is to le hoped
that, thp nets of the Legislature of
these States, when they meet, will be
snch tu to receive your approbation,
nnd thus cease the work or recon
struction.
Among the evils growing out of the
rebellion and not yet referred to, is
that of an irredeemable currency; it
is.an evil which I hope will receive
vour most earnest attention. It is
dutv. and one of the highest duties
of the Government to secure to the
rlf.izpiiH a medium of exchange of
fixed, un nrying value. 1 his implies
a return to a sjK'Cie oasis, ami nu buo-
stitute for It can be devised, llsnouit
be commenced now and reached at the
earliest practical moment consistent
with a fair resrard to the interests of
the debtor class, immediate resumjs
tion. if practicable: it would compe
the debtor class to pay beyond their
contracts the premium on gold at the
date oi their purchase, ana woui
bring bankruptcy and ruiu to thou
sands. Fluctuations, however, in the
paper value of the measure of gold, is
detrimental to the interest ot traue
It makes the man of business an in
voluntary gambler, for in all sales
when future payment is to be made
both parties speculate. As to what
will be the value of the currency to
be paid and received, I earnestly rec
ommend to you such legislation as
will insure a gradual return to specie
payment, ond put an immediate stop
to fluctuation in the valu of currency
The methods to secure the results are
as numerous as are the speculators in
political economy.- lo secure the lat
ter, I see but one way, and that is
to authorize the Treasury to redeem its
own paper at a hxed price when
ever presented, to withhold from
circulatiou all such currency redeemed
until sold again ror gold.
The vast resources of the nation
both developed and undeveloped
ought to mate our credit the best on
earth, with less burden of taxation
than the citizens have endured for
six years past. The entire public debt
could be paid in ten years, but It Is
not desirable that the people should
be taxed to pay it in that time. Year
by year the ability to pay increases in
a rapid rati , but the burden of inter
est ought to be reduced as rapidly as
can be done without the Violation of
contract. The public debt is repre
sented in great part by bonds having
irom nve to twenty ana ten to forty
years to run, bearing interest at the
rate of six per. cent and Ave per cent
respectively. It Is optional with the
government to pay their bonds at any
period after the expiration of the. last
ume tuenuoneu upon meir race, rne
time has already expired when a great
portion of them may bo taken up,
and the time is rapidly approaching
when all may be; it is believed that
all which are now due may be re
placed by bonds bearing a rate of in
terest not exceeding four and one-half
per cent., arid, as rapidly as the re
mainder becomes due, that they may
be replaced in the same way. To ac
complish this it may be necessary to
authorize the interest to be paid at
either of the three or four money cen
tres of Europe, or by an Assistant
Treasurer of the United States, at the
option of the holder of the bond. I
suggest this subject for the considera
tion of Congress; also, simultaneous
ly with this, the propriety of redeem
ing our currency, as befoie suggested,
at its market value at the time the
law goes into effect, increasing the
rate at which currency will be bought
and sold from day to day or week to
week at the same rate of interest as
the Government pays upon its bonds.
The subject of tax and internal taxa
tion will necessarily receive your at
tention. The revenues of the country
are greater that the requirements, and
may with safety be reduced; b.tas
the funding of the debt in a four or a
four and one-half percent, would r-
duce the annual currant expenses
greatly, thus after funding justifying
a greater reduction of taxation, these
would be now expedient. I suggest a
:xstponement of the question until
the next meeting of Congress. It
may be advisable to modify taxation
and the tarin in instanc s where un-
ust or burdensome discriminations
are made by the present laws, but a
general revision ot the laws regulat-
ug this subject, I recommend the
postponement of for the present. I
also suggest the renewal of the tax on
n comes, but at a reduced rate, say of
three per cent., and this tax to expire
n three years, with the funding of
the national debt as here suggested.
feel safe in saying that the taxes
and revenue from imports may be re
duced safely from sixty to eighty
millions per annum at once, and still
further reduced from year to year.
The Freedmen, under the protec
tion which they have received, are
making rapid progress in learning,
and no complaints are heard of the
ack of industry on their part when
they receive fair remuneration for
their labor.
The report of the-Secretary of th-
Treasury shows the receipts of the
Government for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1869, to be $370,943,747, and
the expenditures, including interest,
bounties. &c. to be S32l.4UU.597. The
estimates for the ensuing year are
more favorable to the Government,
and will no doubt show a large de
crease of the public debt. The re
ceipts in the Treasury beyond expen
ditures have exceeded the amount
necessary to place to the credit of the
sinking fund, as provided by law. To
lock up the surplus in the Treasury
and withhold it from circulation.
would lead to such contraction of cur
rency as to cripple trade and seriously
afreet the prosperity of the country.
Under these circumstances the Secre
tary of the Treasury and myself
heartily concurred in the propriety of
using all the surplus currency in'the
Treasury in the purchase of govern
ment bonds, thus reducing the inter
est bearing debt of the country, and
of submitting to Congress thequestion
of the disposition to be made of the
bonds so purchased. The bonds now
held by the Treasury amount toabout
seventy-five millions, including those
belonging to the sinking fund. I
recommend that the whole be placed
to the credit of the sinking fund.
lour attention is respectfully invit
ed to the recommendations of the
Secretary of the Treasury for the
creation of the office of Commission of
Customs and Revenue: for the in
crease of salary to certain classes of
officials, and tlie substitution of the
increased national bank circulation to
replace the outstanding three percent
certificate; and most especially to his
recommendation for the repeal of all
laws allowing shares of fines, penal
ties, forfeitures, &c, to officers of the
Government or informers. The office
of Commissioner of Internal Revenue
is one of the most arduous and
resjM)nsible under the Government.
If falls little, if any, short of a Cabi
net position in its importance and re
Fionsibilities. I would ask for it,
therefore, such legislation as in your
judgment will, place the office on a
footing of dignity commensurate with
its importance, and with the character
and qualifications of the class of men
required to fill it properly.
As the United States is the freest of
all nations, so, too, its people SN'mpa
thize with all people struggling for
liberty and self-government; but,
while sympathizing, it is due to our
honor that we should abstain from en
forcing our views upon unwilling na
tions, and from taking an interested
part, without invitation, in the quar
rels between different nations or be-
tween governments and their sub
jects; Our course should always be in
conformity with strict justice and
law. international and local. Such
has been the io!icy of the ndminis
tration in dealing with thes-e ques
tions for more than a year. A valua
ble Province of Spain, and a near
neighbor of ours in whom all our peo-
le cannot but feel a deep interest,
las been struggling for independence
and freedom. The people and the
Government of the United States eu
ter tain the same warm feelings and
sympathies for the eople of Cuba in
their pending struggle that they man
ifaatoti t roll (rhm 1 1. tho Itrpvinnil slrnrr
. IVVVU ...VW..wi k. i -' "
gle between Spain and her former col
onies in behalf of the latter, but the
cantest at no time assumed the condi
tions which amount to a war in the
sense of international law or which
would show the exestence of a de-
facto political organization of the in
surgents sufficient to justify a recog
nition of beligerency. The principle
is maintained, however, that this na
tion is its own judge when to accord
the rights of billigerency, either to
people struggling to free them
selves from a government they
believe to be oppressive or to inde
pendent nations at war with each
other. The United States have no dla
position to Interfere with the existing
relations of Spain to her colonial pos
sessions on this continent. Ihey be.
lieve that in due time Spain and oth
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
er European powers will find their in
terests in terminating these relations,
and establishing the present depen
cies as independent powers and mem
bers of the family nations, the depen
dencies are no longer regarded as sub
ject to transfer from European power
to another. When the present rela
tions of the Colonies cease they are to
be Independent powers, exercising the
right of choice and self control of their
future condition and relations with
other powers. The United States, in
order to put a stop to blood shed in
Cuba, and in the interest tfa neigh
boring people, proposed their good
offices to bring the exist ing contest to
a termination. The ofTer not being
accepted by Spain on a basis which
we believe could be received by .Cuba,
was withdrawn.
In is hoped that the good offices of
the United States may yet prove ed-
advantageous for the settlement of
this unhappy strife. Meanwhile a
number of illegal expeditions against
Cuba have been broken up. It has
been the endeavor of the administra
tion to execute the neutrality law in
good faith, no matter how unpleas
ant the task, made so by the suffrings
we have endured from lack or like
good faith towards us by other nations,
The U. S. schooner Lizzie Major was
arrested on the high seas, by a Span
ish frigate, and two passengers taken
from it and carried as prisoners to Cu
ba. Representations of these facts were
made to the Spanish Government as
soon as oinciai information or tnem
reached Washington. The two pas
sengers were set at liberty, and the
Spanish Government assured the
united btates that the captain of the
frigate in making the capture had ac
ted without law ; that he had been
reprimanded for the irregularity of his
conduct, and that the Spanish author
ities in Cuba, would not sanction any
act that could violate or treat with
disrespect the sovereignty of this na
tion. The question of the seizure of the
brig Mary Lowell, atone the Bahama
Islands, by the Spanish authorities, is
also the subject of correspondence be
tween this Government and those of
Spain and Great 'Britain. The Cap
tain General of Cuba, about May last,
issued a proclamation authorizing
search to be made of vessels on the
seas. Immediate remonstrance was
made against this, whereupon the
Captain General issued a new procla
mation, limiting the right of search
vessels of the United States, so far as
authorized under the treaty of 1795.
This proclamation, however, was im
mediately withdrawn. I have always
felt that the most intimate relations
should be cultivated between the
Republic of tlie United States, and
all independent nations on this conti
nent. It may be well worth consider
ing whether new treaties between
United States and them may not be
profitably entered into to secure more
intimate relations friendly, commer
cial and otherwise. The subjectof an
interoceanic canal, to connect the At
lantic and Pacific oceans througn the
Isthmus of Darien, is one which com-
. a . jl -a-
merce is greatly interested in. in
structions have been given to our
Minister to the Republic of the Unit
ed States of Columbia, to endeavor to
obtain authority for a survey by this
Government, in order to determine
the practicability of such an under
taking, and the charter of the right of
way to build, by private enterprise,
such a work, if the survey proves to be
practicable. In order to comply with
the agreement of the United States,
as mixed commission in Lima, for the
adjustment, of claims, it became nec
essary to send a commissioner and
say to Lima, in August last, that no
appropriation having been made by
Congress tor this purpose, it is now
aduised that one be made covering the
past and future expenses of the Com
mission. The good omce or the unit
ed States to bring about a peace be
tween Spain and the South American
republics with which she is at war,
having been accepted by Spain, Peru
and Chili, a Congress has been invited
to be held in Washington during the
present winter. A grant has been
given to the Europeans of an exclusive
right of transit over the territory of
Nicaraugua to which Costa Rica has
given its assent which it is alleged con
flicts with vested rights of citizens of
the United States. The Department of
State has now this subject under con
sideration.The Minister of Peru having
made representations that there was a
state of war between Peru and Spain,
and that Spain was constructing in
and near New York, thirty gunboats,
which might be used by Spain in such
a way as to relieve the naval force at
Cuba so as to operate against Peru, or
ders were given to prevent their depar
ture, no further steps having been ta
ken by the representative of the Pe
ruvian Government to prevent the
departure of their vessels, nnd I not
feeling authorized to detain the prop
erty of a nation with which we are at
peace on a mere executive order, the
matter has been referred to the courts
to decide. The conduct of the war
between the allies and the republic of
Paraguay has made the intercourse
with that country so difficult that it
has leen deemed advisable to with
draw our Representative from there.
Toward the close of the last adminis
tration, a convention was signed at
London for the settlement of all out
standing claims between Great Brit
ain and the United States, which
failed to receive the adviceand consent
of the Senate to its ratification. The
time and the negotiation of the treaty
were unfavorable to its acceptance by
the people of ti e United States, and
its provisions were wholly inadequate
for settlement of the grave wrongs
that had been sustainined by this
Government, as well as by its citizens;
the injuries resulting to the United
States by Great Britain during our
late civil war increased the rates of
insurance in the dimunition of ex
ports and imports, and other obstruc
tions to domestic industry and pro
duction of its effect upon the foreign
commerce of the country, in the de
crease and transfer to Great Britain of
our commercial marine, in the pro
longation of war and increased co9t,
both in treasure and in lives, of its
suppression, could not be adjusted and
satisfied as ordinary commercial
claims, which continually arise be
tween commercial nations, and yet
the convention erected them simplv
as such ordinary claims, from which
they differ more widely in the charac
ter than in the magnitude of their
amouut. Great even as is that differ
ence not a word was found in the
treaty, and not an inference could be
drawn from it to remove the sense of
unfriendliness of the course of Great
Britain in our struggle for existence,
which had so deeply and universally
impressed itself on the people of this
country, relieving that a convention
thus misconceived in its scope, and
made quite so in its provisions, would
not have produced the hearty aud
cordial settlement of pending ques-
THURSDAY, DECEIilBER ! I8G9.
tions, which alone is consistent with
th6 relations which I desire to have
established between. the United States
and Great Britain, I regard the action
of the Senate in its rejection of the
treaty to have been wisely taken in
the interests of peace, and as a neces
sary step in the direction of a perfect
and cordial friendship between the
two countries.
-, Sensitive people conscious of their
power, are more at case under a great
wrong wholly unatoned than the re
straint of settlement which- satisfies
neither their ideas of justice nor their
grave senses of the grieviences they
have sustained. The rejection of the
treaty was followed by a state of pub
lic feeling on both sides which I
thought not favorable to an Immedi
ate attempt at. renewed negotiations.
I, accordingly, so instructed the Min
ister of the United States to Great
Britain, and found that my views in
this regard was shared by her Majesty's
Minister. I hope that the time may
soon arrive when the two Govern
ments can approach the solution of
this moment us question with an as
surance of what, is due to the rights,
dignity and honor of each, and with
the determination not onlv to remove'
the causes of complaintin the past, but
lay the foundation of a broad princi
pal of public law, which will prevent
tuture dirO'ences and tend to firm
and continued peace and friendship.
This is now the onlv crave question
which the . United States have with
any foreign nation. The question of
a treaty for reciprocity the between U.
8. and the British Provinces, on
this continent has not been favorably
considered by the administration.
The advantage of such a treaty would
be wholly in favor of the British pro
ducer ; except, possibly, a few engag
ed in the trade, between the two sec
tions, no citizens of the United States
would be benefitted by reciprocity ;
our internal taxation would prove a
protection to the British producer.
almost equal to the protec ion which
our manufacturers now receive from
the tariff. The same arrangement,
however, for the regulation of com
mercial intercourse between the
United Spates and the Dominion of
Canada may be desirable. The com
mission for adjusting the claims of the
Hudson Bay and Puget's Sound Ag
ricultural . Com nan v unon tee United
States has terminated Its labors. The
award of six hundred and fifty thous
and dollars has been made, and all
rights and titles of the company on
the Territory of the United States
have been extinguished. Deeds for
the property of the Company have
been received, ' An appropriation by
Congress to.meet this sum is asked.
The Commissioners for determining
the Northwestern land boundary be
tween the United States and the Brit
ish Possessions, under the treaty 18-56,
have completed their labors, and the
Commission has been dissolved.
In conformity with the recommen
dation of Congress a proposition- was
early made to the British Govern
ment, to abolish the mixed courts
created ui der the treaty of April 7th,
1862,-for the suppression of the slave
trade. The subject is still under ne
goiiation. It having come to my knowledge
that a corporate company organized
under British laws proposed to land
upon the shores of the United States,
and to operate here a submarine cable,
under a concession from his Majesty,
the Emperor of the French, of an ex
clusive right for 20 years of telegraph
ic communication between the shores
of France and the United States, with
the very objectional feature of sub
jecting all the messages conveyed
thereby to the sovereignty and tne
control of the French Government, I
caused the French and the British
Legations at Washington to be made
acquainted with the probable policy
of Congress on the subject as foreshad
owed by the bill which passed the
Senate in March last. This drew
from the representatives of the Com-
Eany an agreement to accept, as the
asis of their operations, "the provis
ions of the bill, or of such other en
actment on the subject as might be
passed during the approaching session
of Congress ; also, to use their influ
ence to secure from the French Gov
ernment a modification of their con
cession, so as to permit the landing
upon French soil of any cable belong
ing to any company incorporated by
the authority of the United States or
of any State in the Union, and on their
coast not to oppose the establishment
of any such cable. In consideration
of this agreement I directed the with
drawal of all opposition by the Uni
ted States authorities to the landing
of the cable and to the working of it
until the meeting of Congress. I
regret to say that there has been no
modification made in the company's,
concession, nor, so far as I can learn,
have they attempted to secure one.
Their concession excludes the capital
and the citizens of the United States
from competition upon the shores of
France.
I recommend legislation to protect
the rights of the citizens of the Uni
ted States, as well as the dignity and
soverignty of the nation against such
an assumption. I shall also endeavor
to secure by negotiation an abandon
ment of the principle of monopolies
in ocean telegraphic cables ; copies of
this correspondence i3 herewith fur
nished. The unsettled political con
dition of other countries, leas fortu
nate than our own, sometimes in
duces their citizens to come to the
United States for the sole purpose of
becoming . naturalized. Having se
cured this they return to their native
country, and reside there without dis
closing their change of allegiance
They occupy official positions or posi
tions of trust or honor, which can
only be held by citizens of their na
tive land; they journey under pass
ports describing them as such citizens,
and it is only when civil discord,
after perhaps years of quiet, threatens
them or threatens their person or their
property, or when their native State
draft into its military service, that the
fact of thei change of allegiance is
made known. They reside perma
nently from the United States ; they
contribute nothing to its revenues;
they claim the duties of its citizenship,
and they only make themselves
known by an action of protection.
I have directed diplomatic and con
sular officers of the United States to
scrutinize carefully all such claims of
protection from the United States.
Only a citizen, native or adopted who
discharges his duty to his country, is
entitled to its complete protection.
While I have a voice in the direction
of affairs I shall not consent to in
fringe the sacred right by conferring
it upon the ficticous or fraudulent
claimants." On the accession of the
present administration it was found
that the Minister for North Germany
Iiad made a proposition for negotia
tion for a convention for the protec
tion of eminent passengers to which
had been given. It was concluded
that to be effectual, all the maritime
powers engaged in the trade, should
ioin in such a measure. Invitations
have been extended to the Cabinets
of London, Paris, Florence, Berlin,
Brussels thto Hague, Copenhagen and
Stockholm, tc empower their repre
sentatives at Washington to simultan
eously enter the negotiations, and to
conclude with the United States con
ventions identical in form, making
regulations as to the construction of
the parts of vessels to be devoted to
the use of emigrant passengers, as to
the quality and quantity of food, as to
medical treatment of the sick, and as
to the rules to be observed during the
voyage, and in order to secure venti
lation, to promote health, to prevent
intrusion, to protect the females, and
poviding for the 'establishment of
tribunals in the several countries, for
enforcing such regulations by summa
ry process. .
Your attention is respectfully called
to the law regulating the tariff on
Russian hemp, and: the question
whether to fix the charges on Russian
hemp higher than they are fixed upon
manilla is not a violation of our trea
ty with Russia, placing her products
upon the same footing with those of
the most favored nations.
Our manufactures are increasing
with wounderful rapidity under the
encouragement which they now re
ceive with the improvements in ma
chinery already effected and still in
creasing, causing machinery to take
the place of skilled labor to a large
extent. Our imports of many articles
must fall off largely within a very
few years. Fortunately, too many
manufactures are hot confined to a
few localities, as formerly, and is to be
hoped will become more diffused, ma
king the interest in them equal in all
sections. They give employment and
support to hundreds of thousands Of
people at home, afld retain with us
the means which otherwise would be
shipped abroad. The extensions of
railroads in Europe and the East is
bringing into competition with our
agricultural products like products of
other countries ; self-interest, If not
self-preservation, therefore dictates
caution against disturbing any indus
trial interest of the country. It
teaches us, also, the necessity of look
ing to other markets for the sale of
our surplus. Our neighbors south of
the United States and China and Ja
pan should receive our special atten
tion. It will be the endeavor of the
administration to cultivate such ref
lations with all these nations as to en
title us to their confidence and make
it to their interest as well as ours to
establish better commercial relations
through the agency of a more en
lightened policy than that heretofore
pursued toward' China. Largely due
to the sagacity and efforts of one of
our own distinguished citizens, the
world is about to commence largely
increased relations with that populous
and hitherto exclusive nation. As
the United States have been the ini
tiatory in the new policy, so they
should be the most earnest in showing
their good faith in making it a sue
cess. In this connection I advise
such legislatiou as will forever pre
elude the enslavement or the Chinese
upon our soil under the name of Cool
ies, and also prevent American vessels
from engaging in the transportation
of Coolies to any country tolerating
the system. I also recommend that
the mission to China be raised to one
of the first clat-s.
On my assuming the responsibilities
of the Chief Magistrate ot the United
States it was with the conviction that
three things were essential to our
peace, prosperity and the fullest de
velopment. First among these is
strict integrity in fulfilling all our ob
ligations. Second, To secure protec
tion to the person and property of the
citizen of our common country, wher
ever he may choose to move, without
reference to original nationality, re
ligion, color Or politics, demanding of
him only obedience to the laws, aud
proper respect, for the rights of others.
Third, Union of all the States with
equal rights, indestructible by any
unconstitutional means. To secure
the first of these, Congress has taken
two essential steps ; first, in declaring
by joint resolution, tha the public
debt should be paid, principle and in
terest, in coin ; and second, the means,
however, could not secure the object
desired with proper administration of
the laws for the collection of the reve
nues and economical disbursement of
them. To this subject the adminis
tration has most earnestly addressed
itself with results I believe satisfacto
ry to the country. There ha been
no hesitation in changing officials in
order to secure efficient execution of
the laws. Sometimes, too, wherein a
mere party view, undesirable political
results were likely to follow. For any
hesitation in sustaining efficient offi
cials against remonstrances, wholly
political, it may be well to mention
here the embarrassment possibly to
arise from leaving on the statue books
the so-called tenure of office act, and
earnestly recommend its total repeal.
It could have not been the intention
of the framers of the Constitution,
when providing that appointments
made by the President should receive
the consent of the Senate, that the
latter should have the power to retain
in office persons placed there by Fed
eral appointment against the will of
the President. The law is inconsis
tent with a faithful and efficient ad
ministration of the Government.
Wh.-.t faith can the Executive put in
officials forced upon him; and those,
too, whom he has suspended for rea
sons? How will such officials be
likely to. serve an administration
which they know does not trust them?
For the seco..d requisite to our growth
and prosperity time and a firm but
humane administration of existing
laws, amended from time to time as
they may prove ineffective r prove
harsh and unnecessary, are probably
all that are required. The third can
not be attained by special legislation,
but must be regarded as fixed by the
Constitution itself, and gradually ac
quiesced in by force of public opinion
from the foundation of the Govern
ment to the present. The manage
ment of the original Inhabitants of
this continent, the Indians, has been
a subject of embarrassment and ex
pense, and has been attended with
continuous experience up on the fron
tiers and the Indian countries. I do
not hold either legislation or the con
duct of the whites, who come most in
contact with the Indians, blameless
for those hostilities. The past, how
ever; cannot be undone, and the ques
tion must be met a3 we now find it.
I have attempted a new policy towards
these wards of the nation ; they can
not be regarded in any other light
than as wards, with fair results so far
as tried, and which I hope will be at
tained ultimately with great success.
The Society of friends is well known
as having succeeded in living in peace
with the Indians in the early' settle
ments of Pennsylvania, while their
white neighbors of other sections were
constantly embroiled, they are also
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known for theiropposition to all strife,
violence and war, and are generally
noted for their strict integrity and
fair dealing. These considerations in
duce me to give the management of a
few Reservations of Indians to them,
and to throw the burthen of selection
of agents apon the society itself. The
result has proven most satisfactory.
It will be found more fully set forth
in the report of the Commissioner of
Indian anairs. For Superintendents,
and Indian agents, not on the Reser
vations, officers of the army weTe
elected. The reasons for this are nu
merous. ' When Indian agents are
sent there, or near there, troops must
bo sent also. The agent and the
commander of troops are independent
of each other, and are subject to orders
from different departments of the
Government. The army officer holds
a position for life, the agent one at the
will of the President. The former is
personally interested In living in har
mony with the Indians and in the es
tablishment of a permanent peace, to
the end that some portion of his life
may be spent within the limits of a
civilized section. The latter has no
such personal interests. Another rea
son is an economical one, and still
another hold which the -Government
has upon a life officer to secure a
faithful discharge of duties in carry
ing out a given policy. The building
of railroads, and the access thereby
given to all agricultural and mineral
regions of this country, is rapidly
bringing civilized settlements into
contact with all tribes of Indians. No
matter what ought to be the relations
between such settlements and the abo
riginees, they do not harmonize well.
arid one or the other has to irive wav
in the end. A system which looks to
the extermination of the race is too
horrible for a nation to adopt without
entailing upon itself the wrath of all
Christendom, and engendering in the
citizens a disregard for human life
and the rights of others dangerous to
society. I see no substitute for such a
system except in placing all the In
dians on a large reservation as rapidly
as can be done, and giving them ab
solute protection there. As soon as
they are fitted for it they should be
induced to take their lands severally
and to set up Territorial Governments
for their own protection. For full de
tails on this subject I call yeur especial
attention to the reports of the Secre
tary of the Interior and the Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs.
The report of the Secretary of War
shows the expenditures of,the-War
Department, for the vear ending the
30th of June, 1869, to be $80,644,042, of
1 V i"Vi- rirt -a j-v iaa . m
wnicn ?zL,saz,oiu was disbursed in the
payment of debts contracted during
the war, and it is not chargeable to
the current army expenses. The esti
mate of $34,531,031 for the expenses of
tne army lor the next fiscal year is as
low as it is believed can be relied up
on. The estimates of Beureau officers
have been carefully scrutenized and
reduced whenever it has been deemed
practicable ; If, however, the condition
of the country should be such by the
beginning of the next fiscal vear. as
to admit of a greater concentration of
troops, the appropriation asked for
will not be expended. The anoronri
ation estimated for river and harbor
improvement and fortifications are
submitted separately. Whatever
amount Congress may deem proper to
appropriate lor these purposes, will
be expended. The recommends of
the General of the Army that appro
pnatlons be made for the forts of
Boston, Portland, New York, Phila
delphia, New Orleans and San Fran
cisco, if for no other, is concurred in.
I also ask your special attention to
the recommendation of the General
Commanding the Military Division of
the Pacific for the sale of the Heal
Islands of St. Paul and St. George,
Alaska Territory, and suggest that it
either be complied with, or that legis
lation be had for the protection of the
seal fisheries, from which a revenue
should be derived. The report of the
Secretary of War contains a synopsis
of the reports of the heads of Bureaus,
of the commanders of military divis
ions and of the districts of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texai, and the report
of the General of the Army in full.
The recommendations therein con
tained have been well considered, and
are submitted for your action. I,
however, call special attention to the
recommendation of the Chief of Ord
nance for the sales of arsenals and
lands no longer of use to the Gov
ernment; also, to the recommenda
tions of the Secretary of War that the
act of the 3d of March, 1869, prohib
iting promotions and appointments in
the staff corps of the army be repealed.
The extentof country to be garrisoned
and the number of military posts to
be occupied is the same with a re
duced army as with a large one. The
number of staff officers required 13
more dependent upon the latter than
the former condition. The report of
the Secretary of the Navy accompa
nying this shows the condition of the
Navy when this administration came
into office, and the changes made
since. Strenuous efforts have teen
made to place as many vessels in com
mission or render them fit for service,
if required, as soon as possible, and to
substitute the sail for tlie steam, while
cruising, thus materially reducing the
expensesoftheNavy andaddinggreat
ly to its efficiency. Looking to our fu
ture I recommend a liberal though not
extravagant policy towards this branch
of the public service.
The report of the Postmaster Gt-neral fur
nishes a c!oar anil comprehensive exhibit of
the operations of the p0Kt.1l service and of
tlie financial condition of this part of the
l'ostoffiee Department. The ordinary postal
revenues for tho year ending the ;jhtbor June
LSffit, amonf toSl.S,31 J,.jlOaJid the expenditure
to ii,W9,l;n, showing an eeeeM of the expen
ditures over the receipts of ?',iYl,ti-jf). The
acce? of expenditures over the receipts for
the previous yenramnunterf toS6Vfc.7,!,Jl. The
increase of revenues for l-ww, over those of
lstiS was 2,5I,!ti'!. and the increase of expen
ditures was S'.7)2S. The Increased revenue
in 1WJ exceeded tho increased revenue in
169 by SWVVW. and the increased expendi
tures in Jo;y win Si.'i.TTO less than tlie in
creased expenditures In lSf,7. showing bv
comparlson this gratifying feature of ini
provment that while the Increase of expendi
tures over the increase of receipts In l.si was
$AW 15, the increase of receipts in 1.S68.
was $1,(171.
Ysur Attention is respectfully railed to the
recommendations made bv the Postmaster
General for authority to change the rate of
compensation to the main trunk railroad
lines for their services In carrying the ninlls.
for having post route maps executed; for
reorganizing and Increasing the efllelcncy of
the special agency service; for Increasing the
mail snrviee on the Pncirir and for establish
ing mail service under the Hag of Union and
Atlantic More especially I call yous atten
tion to his recommendation for the total
abolition of thftfranStln privilege. This is
an abuse from which no one receives a cim
meusurate advantage, It reduces the receipt
for postal service from twentv-tlve to thirl v
per cent., and largely increases the service to
be performed. The method bv which post
age should be raid unon nubile matter Is set
forth fully In the report of the Postmaster
teneri.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior
shows that a nuantitv of tee nubile l.nd dis
posed of during the year ending :Wh of June
ivs',was 7,ow.i.; seres exceeding that of the
preceeuine year by 1,010,41X3 acres. Of this
amount AMr.i,.ii acres wero sold for cash and
2,7:J7,3(5 acres were entered under the hr.mo.
stead laws. Tlie remainder was granted to
aid in the construction of the work of Inter
nal improvements appraised to the, United
riaies as swamp land, and located, warrants
nu.im.ui. xiie casn receipts irum all sour-
Ces were !i,i72,S:n, exceeds? u S .
proceeding year. J.,? 10, 1 10. arfn? tne I.t
fiscal year, names were add to the
pension roil nnd i.XQ drorpc-d iae-t'-'f'.ia.
leaving at the close l-T.&Cl. Ihe in,n f -;;iid
t pensioners including the ci?inrcnsatl-n of
disbursing agents, was gjsj J2,V H. An inert e
of those who in the line of duty, were wh4;y
or permanently disabled, pia. iic opinion baa
given an emphatlo sanction to these meas
ures of Congress and It will be conci,-.j thai
no part of our public burden is more cheer
fully borne than that which is imposed by
this branch of the public service. It necessi
tates lor next ns-al year, in addition to the
amount Just chargeable to the naval penaioa
fund, an opproprltlon ot" ; ..'.nxtjei). ivijrlng
the-year ending :xt!i Sept.. l-o-", the Patent
Office Issued 13,71 patent, and Us reeclpu
were $'isii,rSiSi), being S.'l.l, more than the
expenditures. I would renpectfully call j"r
attention to the recommendation 0 the .f
retary of the Interior for uniting the duilefl
of supervising the education of Freedmen
with the other duties devolving upon the
Commissioner of Education. If it is the de
desire of Congress to make the censoa which
must be taken during the year of 1X7U, mor
complete than heretofore, I would asi --t
early action upon any plan thnt may k -
agreed upon. As Congress at the last se
appointed a commit tee tc take Into consider
tion such measures as might be deemed
proper in reference to t lit) census and to report
a plan, I desist from saying more. I recom
mend to your favorable consideration the
claims of the Agricultural ilureau f.r liberal
appropriation In a country so dlversbled
In climate and in soli as ours, and with
population so largely dependent Opon- agr
culture. Thebeneilis that .can be conferred
by properly fosterlns this I;
culable.
I desire respectfully to call the attention of
Congress to the inadequate salaries for
number of the most Important ottloes of the
Government. In this message I will noe
enumerate them, but will nwi?r or.i tr,
Justices of tho isupreme- Court. "No change
has been made in their salaries for flfteoa
years. Within that-time th Hborn of the
Court nave greatly lncTenseii. The expn
of living have at leat doubled during the
same time. Congres has twice found U ec
essary to increase largely the compensation1
of its own members, and tlmdutles whion it
owes to another department ot the Govern--
meni, Geserves and will undoubtedly receive .
its due consideration. .'
There are many snbfects not alluded to in
this message which might with propriety be
introduced, but I abstain . ielievintF vr.n pa
triotism and statesmanship will suggest the"
topics and legislation most conducive to the
interests of tho people. On my part, I prom
ise a rigid adheraneo to the law &n,t thie
6trict enforcement.
. .U. S. GRASTV .
From ths Qui ncy Orald.
Qulncy, Missouri and TaclSc
liallroati.
At a meetinsr ofth offlfpra of (Via
Quincy, Missouri aud Pacific railroad.
uiu ai toe company 's omce yesterday,,
it was deemed advisable fin mil mc r
Insr of the directors nnrl ritinj nf
Uiuncy in the evening to take Into
immediate consideration mntfora nr
pressing and vital interest tn thl
enterprise. The result was the as
sembling last night of the officers and
principal business men and mnitnlifa.
of the city to hear reports from tho-
secretary and others who have been In
Missouri for the n.ist tu- n ninntln on
gaged in soliciting subscriptions and"
uviiauuuj; wie luieresis or tne com pa-
"j , nam me ieeni,t;oiiuiuorj
and prospects of the imnortpnt wnrV
Statements were made by Presiden
Savage, Geo. S. King, secretary. Be
to the effect that the people of Missou
ri were doing their duty and manifest-
juga inorougu interest in the enter
prise County and townshlnsnWrtrw
tions, aggregating $1,600,000 had al
ready been secured, and could be pos-.
itively depended upon and it was be
lieved that the amount could and
would be increased to $2, 000,000. In
every county and township wherw
propositions have been made In behalf
of the road, the people have responded
iuvuruuiy, even in sections where IR0
feelincr at first was adverse tn thmnt.
The people all along the line are en
thusiastic In the iuterest of the compa
ny, and are anxious, and demand that
the work shall be comenced at one.
Two townships in Knox county vot
to-day on a subscription of$110,CW,
and the result can not be questioned.
The conditions of all town subscrip
tions are payment of one-third when
the line is located, and another third
when the contract for grading the road
through the township i3 let giving
the company two-thirds of t ie sub
scription before they have to expend
a dollar. Mr. King stated that whto
once work was commenced, the property-holders
and ca itali.sts along the
line were ready and anxious to mak
liberallndividual subscriptions. There
is also a fair prospect of the company
receiving state aid from Missouri to
the amount of $5,000 per mile. Ther
matter had engaged the serious- atten
tion of the officers and prominent
citizens of Missouri, and it was believed!
that this valuable assistance, amount
ing to more than $1,000 000 would ha
obtained. This, together with the
amount which would be raised by
subscriptions, would be more than
sufficient to grade and tie the entire
line or road. It was the opinion ofall
who had been into Mi.-sonH. that
when work was commenced and tha
neoDle had an assurance that the com
pany were in earnest.the subscription
,1 A. 1 k a a a a a
airt-juiy voieu cou ia easily be doubled.
Itwas the opinion of both Mr. Klntr
and Mr. Prentiss that if active opera
tions were postponed or delayed that
the success of the road now within the
Crasn WOllhl he embmiroroil Tho rum.
rj L - .'-...'v. . . A 1 . V w
pie in Missouri have been waiting and
a i - i .. .
wa icmng, anu continually asK wnen
work ia to be mmmmml. unil when
Quincy intends to move in the matter.
1 1 11 m , . ..
jy a ueiay oi six or twelve montns
the friends of the road would lose their
interest and would move In some other
direction. The only ditllculy that
presented itself against an early com
mencement of work was the want of
money to build the first eight miles
of the road from West Quincy to Fa-
uius river, until they reached that
point no assistance eoiihl be rihf.ihiei!
from township subcriptions, as the line
runs tnrougn a country from which
no assistance could be asked or exnert-
ed. Could asufficient amount be raised
to grade the road to that boint a suffi
cient amount could then be obtained
from the townshim anil erjuntiea fcr
carry the work on to the end of tho
line. If the amount could be secured
the Contract could lie let nnd wnrlr
commenced inside of ten days. The
subscription or !nu,ooo by the city
of Quincy could not be made available,
in fact could not used for any purpose
uniu auer tne meeting or the legisla
ture next winter, aud their issue legal
ized bv that bodv. For nnrnnsM rf.
building the road to Fabius river this
subscription was not available and If
work was postponed until next winter
the road would be lost. Tho officers
and d vectors proposed that the busi
ness men and canifnlist nfth?aeitv
advance the sum of '$5o.0tiO. tab I nr thn
obligations of the company forsecur-
uy, aim wun inis sum the work could
be immediately let and work com
menced at West Quincy. It wa pro-
posea mat the citizen subscribe the
amouut and take the bonds to be Is
sued by Quincy at a discount of twenty-five
per cent, therefor. At the
suggestion of a prominent citizen the
oiiiecrs submitted the plan or receiv
ing subscriptions as a loan, giving the
obligations of the company to pay tho
same with ten percent, whenever the,
bonds of the city are legalized and can
be disposed of. Books were opened ai
the meeting-last night and the sub-k
scription started with a reftneotahl.
showing. A committee w&i arisU
ed to visit the business men of Quincy
and lay the matter before thern and;
solicit assistance. ThvS9imittee will
commence th.-ir M-or today and it i.
to be hoped the reisite amount wil$
be raised immediately so that work
can be commenced within the next
thirty days. The importance of tho
road to thU city, Ira business and it
future can not be over estimated, and
when the prajqect3iireso encouraging
for uccess it i time to make a deter
mined move that will result in the
early construction and completion of
the entire road.
t m
When may younsr ladies te said to
lie economical? When they rtvurt to
tight lacing to prevent wai.st piilncx. '