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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
. lnven twns and discoveries, with such descrip- 
ions and 1 .lustrations as may be necessary to 
>resent an intelligible view of their natuie and 
perations. The cost of such publication could 
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, tention to obtair possession of the Island of I He is instructed to endeavor tn kt • e ,1 I , ~~ ■ - - : ~ 
“ s d -£sEHSsF^r 1 rr 
The^S^S^^cethe suppW^ed b y the S^S X^XSSS *'" 
close of your las- session ha’ been marked by thisc™unicl£ tSJin°te^l bnf^-'K st ™. D g eet ^ngnage against the cruel treatment to Another question wholly independent of nro £r ^f omme " d . to Y?^ favorable regard the sug- 
no extraordinary political e-ent. The quadren- Jed meZ Ek^that H ' C whichour shipwrecked mariners have often been tection, presents itself and thati P swhether P ft°' ^^““"b-unedm the report of the Secretary 
nial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off would ^beof dS'nl . me T- e sub J ec l ted - and to >nsist that they shall be treated duties levied should be upon the value of the VJ In ! e , nor . that Provision be made by law 
with less thaa the usual excitement. However 3^nnavaiw'ILl^'^‘onahty, mipoht.c with humanity. He is instructed however at tide at the placrof8hir m Vnt 7 the publication and distribution, periodically, 
individuals and parti* 3 may have been disap- with several cff nv nredereX^'V? Td^k 3 tbe 8arne tlme to R ive '^qt government the am- practicable, a^specific duty graduated according fl mV" 3 ytical dl F est cf aJI the patents which 
pointed in the result it is nevertheless a subject Ministers of vLZl ft' t dl ^ ected tha P Iest assurances that the objects of the United to quantity as ascertained 1^ f a , Ve bee “> or ma Y hereafter be, granted for use- 
ol national conflation that the choice has that the lTnimd 'U.t ^ En . gla . n ^ t0 be assured states are such and such only as I have indica- All our dates are at nresent a a - Jr ? inventions and discoveries, with such descnp- 
been effected by^ie independent suffrages of a 1 pertains no designs ted, and that the expedition is friendly and tain per centate 1 leS ontlfn^ f ri ' tl0DS ? ud Rations as may be necessary to 
free people, u-disturbed by those influences rSJrd iLs ircomor- inn °i’nS 6 Z tt" 7 ’ 1 S ?°S d P l aC t f " ’ Notw ithstanding the jealous/ with goods at the port of s^ment Vaforefo? conn 6 P^ e8eat aa intelligible view of their nature and 
which in othe countries have too often affected nrfspnf rim^o the Union at the which the governments of Eastern Asia regard try Most commercial Li ni: » w f ^ C -re operations. I he cost of such publication could 
the purity o popular elections. pre8Cnt t, “ e “ fra ’S ht 8er ' 01 ’ 8 penl. all overtures from foreigners, I am not without dispensablefTthe DurD?S ™ T i tin : easlI Y be defrayed out of the pLtent fund, and I 
Our gra^ful thanks are due to an All-merciful , ^. er0 , this ,sland comparatively destitute of in- hopes of a beneficial result of the expedition.— and P perjury’ to make the dutie S P ? ra persuaded that it could be applied to no ob- 
Providerue. not only for staying the pestilence habitants, or occupied by a kindred race, I should Should it be crowned with success, the advanta- ever the article is of such a uniform J ect more [acceptable to inventors and beneficial 
which -n different forms has desolated some of re ^ ard £ voluntarily ceded by Spain, as a Res wdl not be confined to the United States weight or measure as to iusHfv 1D t0 tbe publlc at Iar S e - 
our cues, but for crowning the labors of the hus- n ? 08t desnable acquisition. _ But, under existing hut, as in the case of China, will be equally en- Legislation should never enonnrJJfo u 7 ’T A , n a PP, ro Priation of $100,000 having been 
banAnan with an abundant harvest, and the na- mrcumstances I shculd look upon its incorpora- joyed by all the other maritime powers. I have or crime It is impossible that the^rev^ 0 ^^ 7 mad e at the last session for the purchase of a 
tied generally with the blessings of peace and f‘° p n "l 0 our Union as a very hazardous meas- much satisfaction in stating that in all the steps cers at the poit where the goodsa?eentered «Si SltG ' ^ foi \ th ? erection, furnishing, 
pospenty. me It would bring into the Confederacy a pop- preparatory to this expedition the Government the duties paid should know with f w . nd fitting up of an Asylum for the Insane of 
Within a few weeks the public mind has been J at ' on 0 a different national stock, speaking a of the United States has been materially aided they cost in the foreign country YeUhe^law Nav^fTi? 0 /r 9« la “ bia - and of the Army and 
deeply affected by the death of Daniel Webster, d^rent language, and not likely to harmonize by the good offices of the King of the Nether- requires that they should lew the dutv^rord ? 7 u° f the , Unlt0d States, the proper measures 
filling, at his decease, the office of Secretary of ^ith the other members. It would probally af- lands, the only European power having any ing to such cost 7 * * 7 the duty accoid- have been adopted to carry this beneficent pur- 
State. His associates in the Executive govern- ledt in a prejudicial nanner the industrial inter- commercial relations with Japan. ° ‘ Thev are there fore r»omr,pn 0 ,l fr, * pose into effect. 
ment have sincerely sympathized with his fami- f 1the . So . ut . h and it might revive those In passing from this survey of our foreign re- unsatisfactory evidence fo ascertain what* Th^- the at68t advices from the Mexican Bounda¬ 
ry and the public generally on this mournful oc- 0On ^ cta °P ,moia between the different sec- Iacions, I invite the attention of Congress to the cost was. They take the invoice of the import HvST“ ,s f on ^ a PP ears tb at the survey of the 
casion. His commanding talents, his great po- J'°" s of the couri trr, which lately shook the condition of that department of the Government er attested bv his oath L thi L/f P Glla - fr «m its confluence with the Colorado 
litical and professional eminence.’his well-tHed to its centre, and which have been so hap- to which this branch of the public business is wh$?^tfe nafu^e o? tt eas adm ts BufeTerv of N with the westSe 
patriotism, and his long and faithful services, in P d £, compromised. . entrusted. Our intercourse with foreign powers one must see that thp inW- iL fk • 17 N W , Mt ^ 1C0 > has been completed. The sur- 
the most important public trusts, have caused p t he rejection by the Mexican Congress of the has of late years greatly increased, both in con- and the oath by which it is supported Vis? 1 hv SV ’ 6 ® l ? Grande h as also been finished 
his death to be lamented throughout the country, G ™ ve " tl0n " hlch . had been concluded between sequence of our own growth and the introduc- reason of which the dishonestTmuorter pa’vsa S“ t , he P 01 . nt a gmed on by the Commissioners 
and have earned for him a lasting place in our p bat opP epubbc and the United States, for the tion of many new States into the family of na- part only of the duties which ai/mid HR bLni P Vv wbe r re , jt strik es the southern 
history. protection of a transit way across the Isthmus tions. In this way the Department of State has honest one and thus Ilf , by S' 6 bnu P d ary of N ew Mexico »»to a point one Lun¬ 
in the course of the last summer considerable If peC rT ai ! d J °l lhe interest of those beconoe overburdened. It has, by the recent es- treasury of the United StaS arewprrffnf Li! irty-five miles below Eagle Pass, 
anxiety was caused for a short lime by 
intimation from the Government of ( 
ain that orders had been given for the 
of the fisheries upon the coasts of t 
provinces in North America against t 
encroachments of the fishing vessels oi 
they cost in the foreign country. Yet the l‘w ° f ^ and 
BVsi-r *-27 5hould leTy the doty aco “ j - xl“ c r d to ^ 
They are therefore compelled to resort to very By the latesTodv.Ves from tko tw„ • n 
unsatisfactory evidence to ascertain what that rv (PnmmS f , Ican Bounda_ 
cost was. They take the invoice of the import- rfveTciWr f appears tba t the survey of the 
er attested by his oath, as the best evidence of to its^uppLd iite^tS^wl^tha w® ( J° 1 ° r 1 ado 
which the nature of the case admits. But everv of ! I f tJ the western line 
one must see that the invoice may be fabricated vey ot the Rio GranH^k complet0d - The sur- 
and the oatb by which it is snppited f,l,“ b, ha petal a^'reed „n‘bv U« Je"” S " iShed 
reason of which the dishonest importer pays! as “the point where it T™ 881 ?? 6 ™ 
part only of the duties which are paid by the boundary of New Mexico ’’ tn fno l 80utbcrn 
srsi^sf 
xaueucH upon me coasts ot the British 7*7 ’serous oostaciein me sucu as me cnsirioution of Congressional been practiced to a great extent Th* I • tae continuation of the 
provinces in North America against the alleged f 3 f h ; f the aGainm f" t of a ver Y desirable nation- documents the keeping, publishing, and distri- is to destroy that high moral charade? for whfoh 7o 7 18 SUb ’ eCt t0 th ® folIowir 'R proviso : 
encroachments of the fishing vessels of the Unit- * a .™ stli l ml ing to hope that the bution of the laws of the United States, the ex- our merchants have fong been dSfnguishS u ?[ 0Vlded ' That no part of this appropriation 
ed States atfo France The shortness of this no- lifter on-« 4 1® . sub ’ ect t , which exist, or may ecution of the copyright law, the subject of re- defraud the Government of its revenue-to break 8ha - 11 , be U8ed or expended until it shad be made 
tee and the season of the year seemed to make b ! ar !f/„ h ,v^5e between the governments, will pnevesandpardons, and some other subjects re- down the honest importer by a dishonest co^ ^ ll . sfa f torily to appear to the President of the 
it a matter of urgent importance. It was at first J® a ™*''Y 3(1,1l,s ^J This subject, however, ating to interior administration,should be trans- petition; and, finally, to tratfsfer the budness^f GniGd States that the southern boundary of 
apprehended that an mnrpaaoH newel ud “as already engaged the attention of the fionoto lerred from the Dprarfmont ..u _ r business ot New IVleYinn ia _i i Y 01 
it a matter of urgent importance. It was at first ad,t,sG d; This subject, however, ating to interior administration,should be trans- petition; and, finally, to transfer tbe business of S Dlte , d States that the southern boundary of 
apprehended that an increased naval force had of t hi UnDeH^f? tte a “ entl0p of the Senate } erred from the Department of State, it would importation to foreign and irresponsible agents NeW Mex j CO is Dot established by the commia- 
been ordered to the fishing ground to carry in- J' e J (land reqmres no further unquestionably be for the benefit of the public to the great detriment of our own citizSs ] SI °ner and surveyor of the United States farther 
to effect the British interpretation of those pro- co “ m ent in this communication. service. * therefore again most earnestlv fk north of the town called ‘Paso’ than the 
visions in the convention of 1818, in reference Th e settlement of the question respecting the } Wf ? uld als <j’suggest that the building appro- adoption of specific duties, wherever it is prac G [ aid di-wn in Disturneli’s map, which is added 
to the true intent of which the two governments P° r t of San Juan de Nicaragua, and of the con- P riated to the State Department is not fire proof ticable, or a home valuation to prevent Fheap to tbe treaty.” 
differ. It was soon discovered that such was not troversy between the republics of Costa Rica j tn a t there is reason to think there are defects frauds. ’ p My attention was drawn to this subject bv a 
tlie design of Great Britain, and satisfactory ex- and Nicaragua in regard to their boundaries, was '« As construction, and that the archives of the I would also again call your attention to the fact that re P. 0 ? from tbe Department of the Interior 
pianations ot the real objects of the measure considered indispensable to the commencement Government in charge of the Department, with the P r e^ nt Griff in some cases imposes a higher duty wlllc n reviewed all the facts of the case and’ 
have been given both here and in London. of th e ship canal between the two oceans, which tbe pre01ous collections of the manuscript papers nnnufectOT^d' th “ n Up <? n ® rticle submitted for my decision the question whether 
Tlta _ , , . was Re Rnhttat il,„ of AVash nertnn it_ manutactured trora it, the consequence of which is that nndpr ovidln™ J-*_ 4 col,ou woemer, 
sels within nine or ten vears have been excluded ln diat quarter, and to the Mosquito Indians, i he condition of the Treasury is exhibited in 
from waters to which they had free access for ^ as agreed to in April last by the Secretary of th ® annu al report from that Department, 
twenty-five years after the negotiation of the ^ tat .c an ^[the Minister of her Britannic Majesty. - Ihecash receipts into the Treasury for the 
treaty. In 1845 this exclusion wa3 relaxed so Desides the wish to aid iu reconciling the differ- hacal year ending the 20th June last, exclusive 
far as concerns the Bay of Euudy, but the just enc cs of the two republics, I engaged in the ne- *'j U8 *'i bin ds, were forty-nine millions seven 
and liberal intention of the home government in S° tia tion from a desire to place" the great work hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hun- 
compliance with What we think the true con- ot a . sh }P cat . ,a l between the two oceans under dr ed and eighty-six dollars and eighty-nine 
struction of the convention, to open all the outer one jurisdiction, and to establish the important cents,($49.728,386 89,) and the expenditures for 
bays to our fishermen, was abandoned, in con- P ort °‘ ^ an Juan de Nicaragua under the gov- die same period,likewise exclusive of trust funds, 
sequence of the oposition of the colonies Not- ? rnraen t °f a civilized power. The proposition , wtr j , rt Y‘ s ’ x millions seven thousand eight 
withstanding this, the United States have, since I? q ” eStIoa wa8 rented to by Costa Rica and ^ r ,f n fl L and 1 ninety-six dollars and twenty cents, 
the Bay of Fundy was re-opened to our fisher- th e Mosquito Indians. It has not proved equal- ($41)' GO/ ,89G 20.) of which nine millions four 
men in 1845, pursued the most liberal course to- f acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to be hoped bU j dr ® d and fifty-five thousand eight hundred 
wards the colonial fishing interests. By the rev- 1 • tlie , . urtb ^ r negotiations on thesubject which aad hfteen dollars and eighty-threc cents ($9,- 
enue law of 1840, the duties on colonial fish en- are latrain Wl11 b c carried on in that spirit of d:j o,81.) 83) was on account of the principal and 
luluC ii: i ,ur l oicue secretary ot tne Interior and the the ronrlnsirm tk Q f ' IT i 1 L ’ • a uu 
accompanying documonts. , e conclusion that it could not, and so informed 
The Senate not having thought proper to ratify the “ le n ea( l of that Department. 
had been negotiated wiih the tribes of In- Orders were immediately issued bv him to 
dians in California and Oregon, our relations wirh thpm i u y niTQ to 
have been left in a v ery unsatifactory condition**' thcm M', 10 comm i s ?i°ner and surveyer to make no fur- 
In other parts of our territory particular districts of lner requsitions on tne department,as they could 
country have been set apart for the exclusive occupation D , ot be paid; and to discontinue all operations on 
' j, I " d “' and , the the lands within tuose the southern line of New Mexico 
limits has been acknowledged and respected But in rlonovfmmn u 1 v iweXiCO. ±>ut 38 the 
California and Oregon there has been no recognition bv department had no exact information as to the 
the Government of the exclusive right of the Indians th a “ oun t ol provisions and money which remain- 
UU3 oi tne commission- 
left discretionary with 
survey down the Rio 
x ue treaties wnicn Have been rejected propose to re- n , ! LIj e suivey down the Rio 
medy tliis evil by allotting to the different tribes districts Grande as far as the means at their disrnsnl 
ofcountrysmtable to their habits of life, and sufficient would enable them, or at once to HisLnnrt tho 
tor their support This provision, more than any other. A- ’ i oric e to disband the 
ly of the export trade in our market, and is en- executive government of Venezuela has ac- C u' V du ! y !,st- ^' nce (bis latter period, fur- 
tenng to some extent iuto the home cousumn- knowleffgcd some claims of citizens of the Uni- ^“er purchases of the principal of the pubiic 
tion. These lacts were among those which in- te d Stales, which have for many years past been r ht ' iave , bee n made to the extent of two mil- 
creased the sensibility of our fishing interest, at n r g ed by our charge d’affaires at Carraccas. It llon * { °n r hundred and fifty-six thousand five 
the movement in question. is hoped that the same sense of justice will actu- llu,Kl ™ ^nj fnrly-srven dollars and forty-nine 
These circumstances and the incidents alluded ate the Congress of that Republic iu providing ^ nts > G-''- d 5G 547 49.) and the surplus in the 
to have led me to think the rnomet favorable for fche means for thcir payment. & tp?f '. 7 W ‘ H C0nt,aue 1 to be applied to that ob- 
I a reconsideration of the entire subject of the fish- T1 ‘c rec ent revolution in Buenos Ayres and the the limits as to mil . ?k • pr0CU , red Wlthln 
enes on the coasts of the British Provinces, with confederated States having opened the prospect L * I 1 p " ce ’ ai,thorized by law. 
a view to place them on a more liberal footing of of an improved state of things in that quarter j • e , e of c fore 'g n merchandise imported 
reciprocal privilege. A willingness to meet us in the governments of Great Britain and France durin " fis<, al year was two hundred and 
some arrangent of this kind is understood to exist determined to negotiate with the chief of the seve “ miUions two hundred and forty thousand 
on the part of Great Britain, with a desire on her new Confederacy for the free access of their on ® hundred and one dollars, ($207,240,101;) 
part to include iu one comprehensive settlement, commerce to the extensive countries watered by aUCl 1 ie T , a M , 0 domestic productions exported 
»« as well this subject as the commercial intercourse the tributaries of the La Plata, and they gave a ^ as , on e hundred and forty-nine millions eight 
| between the United States and British Provinces. ,r >endly notice of this purpose to the United hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred 
i J b have thought that whatever arrangements may States, that we might if we thought proper pur- ? nd ele ^?. n bo.lars ($149 861,911;) besides seven- 
1 ko <-1 _ i i. . .. J _ _ r r r. > teen mi irms t-mn —i c __ , 
,- •—ucui, niuuumg we iasi in- J • \.r F ® es ’ naa not Been deemed , . iu uuarge oi uie survey on 
stalment of the indemnity to Mexico, under the advlsa “' e ‘° attempt to enter into new treaties of h per the river, with information that the funds «nh 
* «»nc, «», 
ot ^i4,bJ2,I3b 37 m the 1 reasury on the first with them. J officers and others employed m the service were 
day of July last. Since this latter period, fur- D it be the desire of Congress to remove them destitute alike of the means of prosecuting the 
ther p urchases of the principal of the public from the country altogether^or to assign to them worli and of returning to their homos 
debt have been made to the extent of two mil- particular districts more remote from the settle- The object of the proviso was doubtless t„ nr 
I ons four hundred and fifty-six thousand five ments of the whites, it will be proper to set rest the survey of the ^utherr^d wcstern L": 
c.mtsTiQjt/rS 4 Q V > en d , jll f S and , forfc y- nine apart by law . the ‘erntory which they are to oc- of New Mexico, in regard to which different 
Treis C ’"'° 4 ' -49>) and the surplus in the c nPY. and the means necessary for removing opinions have been expressed- for it is hardlv to 
S! ^ y „ W i n _ C ° nt,nue , t0 be applied to that oh- them to rt. Justice alike to our own citizen! be supposed that there could be any objSdon to 
5 muiueu iavoraoie ior - > j . . w u. n „ v ._ . , , ” . T ..- -mcie umnu oe any omection *o 
ire subject of the fish- The recent revolution in Buenos Ayres and the the limits as to pr0Cu . red Wltbl n and to the Indians requires the prompt action of that part of tbe line which extends along the 
ritish Provinces, with confederated States having opened the prospect Uiabmit s fi s to puce, authorized by law. Regress on this subject. R,o Grande But the terms of the law are so 
vetary of State prevented the commencemenTof JY authorized to conclude treaties with the" new- ^e enUre exports one hundred and sixty%even p , ‘ p r ! 8h ^[ ol ’J ect °f the . Government, and it is Kwin al ?0 be proper to make further provision by law 
the contemplated negotiation. Pains have been 'y-organized Confederation, or the States com- sixty-five thousand nine hundred and one ^ whlch my attention has been steadily di- fulWmentof our treaty with Mexico for ruiminj? 
taken to collect the information required for the P° sin g A. The delays which have taken place J birt Y* seve n dollars,($167,065 937;) exclusive of ', e ^ ed ‘ Admonished by past experience of the the twcTeountric* residue of the boun( Gry line between 
details of such an arrangement. The subject is the formation of the new government have as « i 0V ? , e T 38 ex P 0, ' t od forty-two millions ^“culty and cost of theattempt to remove them Permit me to incite your particular attention to th« in 
attended with considerable difficulty. If it is Y et prevented the execution of those instructions- hundred and seven thousand two hundred b J m,lltar y force, resort has been had to concili- forests of the District of Columbia, which arecoufided bv 
found practicable to come to an agreement mutu- but there is ever Y reason' to hope that these vast ar j ? , g ht Y' fi 1 v ® dollars ($42 507 285) in specie; at0r Y “ensures. By the invitation of the Com- h ^ 0 ”^°“ t0 your P c . caliar care, 
ally acceptible to tlie two parties, conventfons co "'* tries will be eventually opened to our com- P- tsfive million! two « Affairs, several of the prin- 
may be concluded in the course of the present me A rce ' hundred and s fty-two thousand six hundred and X . 1 recent y visited Washington, and piou S S u Pr , ly of water into the^'^Washinctonand 
TtrinfrjT' T’krx rt , A froofrr „ I_i_ _ ■, , fortv-tlirce dollars. (\ Whilst her© acknowlpfii-rpH lnwnlmff the constrnoHnn nf onifoklo „_ ,, ‘K, •. and 
received their assent. A large tract of valuable } earnestly invite your prompt attention to 
territory has thus been opened for settlement this subject, and recommend a modification of 
and cultivation, and all danger of collision with the terms of the proviso so as to enable the D°- 
these powerful and warlike bands has been hap- partment to use as much of the appropriation as 
p.ly removed will be necessary to discharge thfexSgTblfo 
lhe removal of the remnant of the tribe of gations of the Government, and to complete the 
k_ emmole Indians from Florida has long been a survey of tne Rio Grande to its mouth. 1 
cherished object of the Government, and it is It will aho be proper to make further provision bv law 
one to which my attention has been steadily di- fnrth e fulfilment of our treaty with Mexico for ruifnin<>- 
winter. The control of Congress over all the A treat Y of commerce has been concluded be- fort Y‘ three dollars, ($5,262,643.) 
provisions of such an arrangement, affectino-the tween the United States and the Oriental Re- ^ n . n “ ual message to Congress I called your atten- 
revere, will of course be reserved. ° P»Wie of Urunuay which will be laid before lhe ■»»,»■««* 
The affairs of Cuba formed a prominent topic ? •?' .f.“ ou] d lhls convention go into opera- judgment were best adapted to remedy its evils andpro- 
in my last annual message. They remain in an of°our cit'z 'i^ 6 " ° the commercial enterprise burred to • Noth ! n{f . h -* s s i n ce 
and sixty-two thousand six hundred and “PjJ , cbiefs recently visited Washington, and pious supply of nLVrTnto The dtyofWashtegto^a^d 
Pfi flAllnro GblOfiOC.II I Whilst here actnnwlerlirorl .n ttiv.i ui:_ Ihn eniivivneitao «{ ua. J ana 
public of Uruguay, which will be laid before the s n eemed " ie defects in the present «We delay. Late advices from the special agent A TT P ? f the . preseat year ' 
Senate. Should ?his convention go into opera- W™* that tbe Y adhere to an appropria- 
whilst here acknowledged in writing the obliga- J he construction of suitable bridges across the R Fotomac 
tion of their tribe to remove with the least pos- lZ r<>p , e t!l " Sf e W u hich were destroyed by high water in 
sible delay. Late advices from the special agent xTll *7 ^ 
prosperity of the country. Nothing h^s since u , 1 j, . ! , co , uncu ot 11 
to Change my Views on this important question. na s been called to make their preli 
their promise, and that a council of their people tion Was made to defray the^ cost of the surveys 
has been called to make their preliminary ar- aec , e . ssar Y for determining the best means of af- 
ted States and the island, and led to some art's The correspondence of the late Secretary of onr carrenc/ ' arSe ituporta bous of foreign goods upon increased activity in its operations. The survey 
nL^ h r„ b T!^ h L t0 : G °™ P ' ain ; Batthe ^fged’Affairsrela- Most of the gold of California, asfastasitis pletS Ith 
fording an unfailing supply of good and whole¬ 
some water. Some progress has been made in 
the survey, and as soon as it is completed the 
result will be laid before you. 
of the northern boundary of Iowa has been'com^ for^^P f appr . 0pna . tl0ns also be necessary 
pleted with unexampled dispatch. Within the , gradl ^ g . and P a ^ 1D g th( J streets and avenues, 
f 1 ? v ei i ac " ashington. Any communica- “f a P 0, i 018 which had been entertaiued down by competition with foreigners the capital 
;| tion which he may hold with an agent of a for- tbe tl . t 3 e of Pem to ^.ose Islands have been invested in them is lost, thousands of’honcst and 
>1 cign power is informal and matter of courtesy, removed; and I have deemed it just that the industrious citizens are thrown out of emnlov- 
)S Anxious to put an end to the existing inconveu- _ Gmp . orar y, wrong which bad been unintention- ment, and the farmer to that extent is deprived 
5] jencies, (which seemed to rest on a misconcep- al: Y done lu-jr, from want of information, should of a home market for the sale of his surnlus 
tion) I directed the newly-appointed Minister j b e repaired by au unreserved acknowledgment produce. In the third place, the destruction of 
>3 tn Slpvibn In TTIOlI kro„n..n U ' _. -KT Of hnf SnVUl-OlOTltTT - .1 * v vc.ll UVUim Ul 
been surveyed, and 8,032,463 acres brought into 
market. Acres. 
rounds within the city of Washington, 
I commend • 11 these ohj^cts, together with the 
Iu the last fiscal year there were sold, <1 553071 vo r I bfe'^ ^^4 11U11 ° r ' S of lhe District, to yourfa- 
Locatcd with hmmiv oom oi , 'oreoie regard. 
to Mexico to visit Havana/ on’ his way to YeVa her sovereignty. & our forever wrtToirt 
Ota T aS J‘ e8pect / ali Y J received by the Cap- I have the satisfaction to inform you that the competition in our market, and he consequently 
tam General, who conferred with him freely on course pursued by Peru has been creditable to ra!8es th e price of the article sent here tor sale 
uie recent occurrences ; but no permanent ar- the liberality of her government. Before it was as is now seen in the increased cost of iron ira- 
ian B ement was effected. known by her that her title would be acknowl- ported from England. The prosperity and 
In the mean time the refusal of the Captain e /% ed at Washington, her Minister of Foreign wealth of every nation must depend upon its 
General to allow passengers and the mail to be /-“‘drs had authorized our charge d’affairs at productive industry. The farmer is stimulated 
landed in certain ca-es, for a reason which does Gir ! ia announce to the American vessels 10 exe rtion by finding a ready market for his 
not furnish m the opinion of this Government winch had gone to the Lobos for guano, that the surplus products, and benefitted by being able 
even a good presumptive ground for such a pro- Peruvian Government was willing to freight to exchange them, without loss of time or ex¬ 
hibition, has been made the subject of a serious them on its own account. This intention has P ense °. f transportation, for the manufactures 
remonstrance at Madrid ; and I have no reason been carried iuto effect by the Peruvian Minister which his comfort or convenience requires 
to doubt that due respect will be paid by the bere - by an arrangement which is believed to This is always done to the best advance 
Z77ntir ent ° i H f r Catnohc Majesty to the rep- be advantageous to the parties in interest. where a portion of the community iu which be 
■ en ations which our Minister has been in- Our settlements on the shores of the Pacific have al- lives is engaged in other pursuits U n i mnc t 
Located with bounty land warrants 3 201314 w aU Ti , 
Located with other certificates, ’l 15 682 tiW ^ ’7 h P 8 been ™ ad ? to protect our fron- 
, xio.ooxi tier, aud that of the adjorning Mexican States 
Making a total of 4 8 70 U67 5?“ < . < , h , e ,v!o CUrsi ° n P 8 °f tbe , Indiai > tribes. Of 
In addition there were_ J * about 11 0 JO men of wmch the army is compos- 
Reported under swamp land grants 5 219 188 ?i Dea , y • U . ar f enj pl"yed in the defence of 
For internal improvements,railroads,<fec 3 (fo5 920 newly-iicquireci territory, (including Texas,) 
, and of emigrants proceeding therpin T ofo 
Making an aggregate of 
and . ot emigrants proceeding thereto. I am 
to tie; i7- Ratified to say that these efforts have been un- 
10 110 i /o usually si cccssful. With the exception of some 
inib is always done to the best advantage 
where a portion of the community iu which he 
lives is engaged in other pursuits. But most 
Structed to make on the subject. ready given a gnat extension, and in some respects a new manufactures reouire an -mmmt , f ^f.i l a S fij t j. I as H.v the terms ot Urn compact hy which that State 
It is but iusiicp tn the n/i • n ,x * r ?epon, to our commerce in that ocean A direct md u amount of capital and For the quarter ending 30‘h September 185^l'T asa ‘i m: ,“‘“ dlutotl,cUnio u,sheha sr etainedtheowncr- 
« is out justice to the Captam General to add, rapidly increasing intercourse has sprung up with F.a»- a Poetical skill which cannot be commanded ' ‘ l .-.- ,J t m.,er, 100 -, | shlD of ftlI fhn voiMiiit . fci „ 
^ nat !iis conduct toward the steamers employed . t f ra . Asia - The waters of the Northern Pacific, even into unless they be protected for a time from ruinous 
to carry the mails of the United S ates to Ha- whahmJn b 7I° °/ ,a * t - e ye . rs been Aequented by our competition from abroad. Hence the necessity 
CL’ A or laytax lh.,e d„, ie » i„p„Z e “S 
Being an increase in the amount of lands sold partial outbreaks in California aud^Oregon ^"an'd 
over the^revi'ouYyear warrants of 569,220 acres .Lclvnally 
mu t i Sy a , Rio Grande, owing, it is believed to the dfo- 
and the sales Would, without doubt, have been occur * To prevent these collisions the Unit* d State 3 
rauch larger but for the extensive reservations f‘\ ve gener - a ' ly set apa r fc Prions of their territory for 
[or ra ilroad3 in Missouri, Mississippi, and Ala- Xitt 
Ol me united mierc-ourse. it notmous that this attempt could be ' Y I - ™« g i,vuu outown 
plates to become a party with Great Britain and “ ade by , no p0 ' vpr t0 *° (treat advxntafte as by the United m “ rkets > an d by tins competition to reduce the 
France to a tripartiie Convention, iu virtue of T ^°,' 1s , t!tuti ?' lal system exclude* every idea price of the manufactured article to the consum- 
Wnt, t ^J h 7'5 P ™ er8,h0 ," ld86W »' l y»”< l “'- 
lectivelj disclaim, now and lor the future, all in- the command of a discreet and intelligent officer of the ^ This^pobcy would place the mechanic by 
highest rank known to our service. ^be side of the farmer, create a mutual inter- 
there were sold 243,255 acres'. 
Located with bounty land wai- 
_ ranls : 1,387 116 “ 
Located with other certificates, 15,949 “ 
Reported under swamp land 
grants, 2 485,233 “ 
Making an aggregate for the 
quarter of 4.131 253 “ 
Much the larger portion of the labor of ar- 
ship of all the vacant lands within her limits The gov¬ 
ernment of that State, it is understood, has assigned no 
portion* of her territory to the Indians; but as fast us h. r 
settlements advance lays it off into counties, and pro¬ 
ceeds to survey and sell it. This policy manifestly tends 
not only to alarm and irritate the Indians, butto compel 
tnem to resort to plunder for their subsistence. It also 
deprivesthis Uevernment of that influence and control 
over them without which no durable peace can ever ex¬ 
ist between them and the whites. 
I trust, therefore, that a due regard for her 
own interests, apart from consid era ..ions of hu- 
ratging and classifying the r*h,rn «77 ma,lity and J U8tice > wlH induce that State to as- 
CtalAi Ln S lh i t' P«ion of h.r va-t dotaaio for ,he 
census has been finished,and it will now devolve nmvitinn?! P 1 ° “ e , r , vast df)main for the 
upon Congress to make the necessary Provisional occupancy of the small remnants of 
