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lift (TTTfll u3?e ihc io Got io ijoqr otij, fo ijo -Duty." VOLXJIHEI Q. HOLTON b WILLI A SI SON, EDITORS AND PROl-BUTOka. TKIIM8: The North-Carolina Whig will be afforded to .ilneribcr it TWO IHll.I.AIlS in adv..nce, or J WO DOI.LAK.S AXI) nn yi KNTSii'. mi ni Iwdehycd fur three months, tmd 'I'll li M: IlllLI.AItS at the mil l' the ycr. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearagea .re paid, ci' eept at the option of thu Editor. A il t rt ii ui'-n ti inserted at One Dollar per squire 1 6 line cirlrn, tint sired type) lor the first inter, tiiiti, anil 'J.i cent fur eauh r.nntinu.irice. t'-ourt ad. vi-rtieuiciiU And rshcrifl' ' Slfn eh..rgcd i!5 per cent. Iii(lii'r ; and a deilm turn of' per cent, will be in nit from thi) rriil; r prices, for ..dverttaera by the year. AJvcrliaeim nta inserted monthly nr qu irlcrty, at $1 per sqin.rc foretell time. Semi, munllily 7a cents per Mju.irv liir each time. I r All k-tter on busiueaa in u it be directed to the Kditnra. l.elli r. mu.t be post-paid or they will not lie attended lo. , T' Pa jtnenla e.in be made lo either. J J" Puatinaateri are authorized to act aa agents. ' CJAItOI IA INN. BY J KN NIX (IS 11 KERK, inn iiit i, ,y.v Frhnmy Ifi 3 If iMor in iinrottttoiiy A 4"M All Open. It hnz lm rftofid In Ofia aiianl in tha iirrtru-x tj fi'Hi tlit itte aiM.Vf et'niih Dp it ( rlo tl. (iimI no u ii 'u fy tiMiia daiiiiiif cltarirtt-r ) ttlf tilrrit r liifrr'tr lkra Him iiinUi oJ of tiilurmtnr onuiuiiii y at -rK lh pf gt nl lid i' c ri i U an. 'I'liaukHil tlirra ura fal lavou'a if. - i(H.rito at .wiri.iri yrsf in irm tm n 9 To ait a it a vnaia r ..lrona llifl-g l-ilrly -ill..J kl.d Mnf.-vcl nsd .iiHPiii f. r-t t-mred th tl h a gut-ata lt.il not leaf - li-ati. ied Hagler's Hotel. 1 t,(1 ... .it. .ti i. p h ' iMififin I f tfta Iri n- 1 ih'i '-f -tin'iitnn itm 'It- iafif Hnrii 11 n dmf ix. M i' ifatut" o tr-et. in lr ! w . ..t h -if, ftiifd hv I V mi im'M, ol ll.r iMry. I In- .!' tt-r h (w y tn a''dil 'i i. j (million I" dune, i i f M.'rr tit; nmJili n all I tt h o,i ifh tii'it r..m!"o' t i and ahl-. ; j.ii IfaT'hfi In ilif in Mini una, and witliM f 0 d a r 0V. Wrt-1 )' n..tth( tn I lt M a-aflt t:Mge ot f tft.'ir, tii biui li hue a piaaiul A E HAflLKR. 14 i W 4 I" J AJIEIIICiniHTEL. cit.wu:sTo, s. c. ft " r J I. .nn li- r fri-Md- awd (iur!ir grn n :! fi "'. ' Im na-i of lit a ff." ft. " r t" 'f "fc 1 win- h ih i I pai or the rffiiMm i f H -'It nd irlfra t-iiii lha a.i'h ma'm and ! i-nitif. I in lotf lab ia-d and wll ano Mwiao. ha u. dat f n a it.r.Hij'i irfi(in ll.rnjghii', and tmii'hm wrh n- and laaitiffta'da lurnHU'f, and hnj aitua d in I hi igt.irf of h'iaiii-a. iid in 1 fu-hion a m tri of ih rif aoMfi'a a raU tfM h tuniia ro t- r.i da a d t.f-n-f p trcn f 'H M.hi , "H iM af in rD'M In ion. huilim wt-l im ivii und'nf an hr part to link tiirin cuiiilnrlahln wliile in laa tiutiaa. MRS. A. J. KKNNKDY. Removal. rave M. mo' Rra ii li ol lha iia Hank Inl fcn re lnnf-d ?rom ,lm.' II iililn.( lo lb iiffi eon th eorn.r of lr aiory'. :il. 1-in .ueet THUS. W. DKWKY, Cothier. A,n-t 16 Uttf mm.m m m xim, B IC 'a.iorocij Jlnb, Mfl.l. p'riKa in ifai'k UMhiif ( and tha and I e fli Miitejr i-itiiilir amt fr..airtta H nn. 'f i.nd a d l n mn tuiita. (T- J iIim'oii" fcf - k Imji!'1!' f luiwr-i!! ivHrr'a lltraiid lh t'uvl t 'tfi ', up i tira J iiuary 19 I- 3. I'J - I Y Dissolution. AH HI. rin i,. - i.,, ut &. j drll ta Ihi- vi cl4 rtit!i d v " U'mbI ifirnt. AU lr. ti ind' hi- d t" I tt- lai 6 tu a c rt tpa'trd to n -Hit tor' I iir wr'tSHtii i.l wrh 'hi tihurilMr, who a una a'llhoru. d to utle the mmi- C. J. FOX. Heiitemher 1. If.'l 31.1 I lib it-i-i iillil I UT-i tlll'.WINti luhneo nf the lnt lupirinr j hr.ind in the Xute. t'i(;.ira umur. p .hind. Kor .!'lr t.v l'ltlTCIIAUn A CALDWKLL, I'kjtirunt If Ortiggyf. Oeial.tt IH, I5..3. 37 tl" S4VI-N II-W( ruil I ' ill L SK t htin x iff, IjiMl-'-h rv.-, V t. Hi raar. Iifia , Ihe iifjjeni diid fi"1' ' k i'i ' IRWIN, IICGGINS i CO. JOIL STOVS HOTEL Mm II iiiiilnti'. V.'u-liil- riinliire. 1 K 'K VKi'l.Y e lahr.inl lf it- ..nH. 'fii 9 . rt I . in li. e i u e nf Se-nf In i. rti'i aa 4inJ II I 'i.iiMitiea nl 'he Hi. Kid jit i a eived an- inr I. hv I'lll l IIAbl) t t Al.l'4 t- i.i.. ut 14 ST.' I iitvitii'. v.'ii lll l.llliroiilrlli4'. ' I 'II K gr,iB t ill .1 ci. e . I tne iti i'iii t; a el a an.t o hrr d a a- a i f ihe urinary nrir in . I1; it, m.d jiiu ill n inr h it i it Kor -alo nil rtiiMii) .v t-Ai.D ki.i.. Oc. 1H 37 f I All. IHM.I'KS' l.ivi rw. rt, Tjr A f'haurhnli. P ii, fur the run nf rimnillli'hnn, ilrnlirhi hi, ( "ouifli-, i 'iiI.Ip, e., A i'.. l.ir a ilr by riUrOUARh iwCALI'VVKLL, IMiyrtici.iiii tV llrtii;iatH. t higher 18. lh.rS. 3 . tt' ALMWACS PlSi MUfey T. J. IIOLTOX. I) 0.1 9 UWO IT TO VUC It rUIGIIUOH, IKTewrv on knv. tlm Fl Li IMJ8 V O A avil'havaa li-t 8 r It K w'.rft r li y gn , d'tti not onlv Hint, t'fv Kl I, , I rv I.OW and f-vrry nut, in ph'1 tied lt Itno j M . - an i ii"- kuiii r tdiT, an eVf hud ('' bow I hnlt I'M qti( an jfn to mult, fir lha git iu alu, be en u r huvK i eiMi mo in a. iii'ii uur N 12 W STOHl, rx J Mir I" 8rf'e'a New Ittt'al, where r have fina latgf f"n,, fin ii a if GOODS, conipriiMj( vtai yining I at i l bu t tu- d in a Oenlemen'i Furnlshir.j House, io which wa wnuM invite "mir lUnulMi befert would be l-t'itg you iki iiHf lhn vrnry one know. But wa wilt ay wi hxvo Urg t Sn. k l i iv rfr hd. at rira mn low Ih I Ha ra. utt fail la p at fifty anil ii CtMn Iu-mfi we will my to fun una airf ntl l il Ili4ih ou fnr your pilntfiag (.fato'ttr twaioa. upon tia v,itrp wa i' a vc it n iih y'M ; -t d if liiir tid ten. "' dfailn' 'n tfn-a mil j".d gottd, antt in ir? etniiu oi iin il ifiill Imj dijtia t Hm Haiiiiiitili agn o FULLLMiS CO. Aufiat, 16. 63 iM-t Cabinet Warehouse. IIOKAII V l l-KltlS NKl 'K M tle inhi!c tt.it raM , lal itu.7 ait' catrvinf h he Cabinet Husiness, af tl it rd i-'ar.fl. cic ''. N! t "I ih- w r I rule ah n-dt re Hi li- ir line 'rifv hic tn (lati'Ta at lha r h .rtti " flawa OKlrDOOrUN 1U 11 SIllS, O0lt!!t t I I 1 . I . LV f ... rxrlr CjJljfc (! 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I Ii v t r niltniTiilia Iriiriit. f"f Ol"ir pal tilieral palronvg, ai'it lO'iifn-. t ieii' lint ihi y t 1 1 . rmitioui I tha tm.ineii. a. li.rrtoit.ro an.i hold irirmp. ti r. a Illy lo irtva ttieir Iririd. llH ail wlio tttjr l.vdr ihem Willi euii.if nineiii. or l.u.i ea lo I'.a o . -.i ilhrir .ailla.id lnluy and that no ell .it mi iheir , part, will i" i t" ( io r"" .''lino. CIIAMHKKS, JKFI K.r.S fc CO. I'harl-eioM. .. .. J-iy fj3 U"n RANKIN, PULLIAI1 k CO., IMPOiirlllS A -il) WlltI.E!Al. IKAl tllS I.N Foeltn B. Dcmtiiic, ife k Farcy mn (iooi)s, .Vo. 131, ,1lvttiug street, I II tkl.lTo.N. -. f. W I). PuilN nf A.hetllla. ('. K W I t-LI UK Ut of I V .hjM laie of ;.ii( a II M IT H Ijle nl AhrtiH. N . .ltll IC ) 4 1, AT l.ll.'II.K'M DKI U kTOHI:, VrXl A1 UlI-I .M. I.IM MfM'. I- l.-li V lnVI'4 VMS Kl' I r,!!. IK t.l V-mHT.- I X Htl'l F VKI.IOW lux K M liS K I'll. I. , i ri.i.'s inAKsrAHiM.A. W yvr y h DtlKI ll.t HFNt. V. Inl l.KVS 1 (il Al. I AIN IXTlUi lllll, UK. Ii t I. A M'' liKK MAN I.I I I I IIS I lanhvare. . ii. a i k ,!', . f I JfTSfi J n .t b . q .li. f II u.ll.V KT. cai d in 'i.!1 T . -v it. mna i i at nnvi.v, llLGCIN.S .V CO., N. . I, ( UIIHt! lt'"W. MAIM II ifc HliACK; a ikT-uiMi iii:iu II tM' AND auction r.r.us. COLVMIilA, S. C. WTf.f. f ia Ihrtr p rwtiMt alien lu tha a t uf 4 ut inn, Ba3n. lour and 'urn, and r a imitrnd fn huy ins anv dt acripi tin oi M etch and s ll rri.armar.ir trnitu, ai'd an tint a hare of pairui. mgn Ir-'i" harlu la and the ut ri'iinritiip mun'r v- T. II MARTI!. J. A. IlLAt K JR. W.ii. J hni'i.n. J hi. nrk W. W. Klma rfnuwrl CMtv un'tl luriiH. MKI-'ft la'i- S'vIb llllla nnn a ll. fisria '...... Si a a d uihe- 4b"" lla' "i" I' i". unviN, in:r.;ixs co. anlt il, III'll -I.S nf new and well elenned f f V Ilr A I , t inr Mill' l' h'1" t naiM.iie. urii.ni! not I " thai, .uiv ' ia i. I... I .mliel 'll.e While the Maylndlliw W lull '., rd. d W hem prelerr.d For w huh the t'AMI will 14 pa d WILLIAM JOHNSTON. Anriiai 30. (0 Notice. fBillK Null., ami Arci.iiiii.dll.. Ihn lale firm o nan. Ilinl V t o., haya been plaeed in in hai.ila Inr eollei iion, and thinM- iiuU-h.e.i lo end lir..- MI'S I' not erpecl longer indulgi'iiee. a it i A Nl,TbBglre. j.p.sMITH. July IP. IHS3 $3iNotice. I.I. thoae ihai do nut piy ihnr I'owo Tae. b j the Jllth in.tant, will have lo pay coat with out repet of penon. 8. A. IIAURIS, Tur elector. PASS THIS OVER J-jrcsibnits gffessajt. The following is a copy of the Annual Menage of the President of the United Stntes, which was on Tueaduy laid before Loth Houses of Congress : l-!low-C'ilizeiS nj the Semite ami of the. House of Urpresetitntiret : The iutiTuft with which the people of tho Republic mitieipHte the a.tnil.iin of Con prean, and the lulliliuent on that occa-ion of the dut imposed on anew President,! one of thu best evidence of ihi.ir capauily to realize the hopes of the foiitnlers ol a political sys tem at onco complex and ayiiiuietrical I While thu different branches of the Govern i uiuut are, to a certain rxtent, independent of eaci olhrr, Jhe Hiitica til' ui alike have direct reference to the source of power. i Fortunately, under this syeteni no ui.in is ao bipU, and none no humble, in the scalu of public r-talion, as to e.-cipu from the n;ruti Siy, or to be exempt from the responsibility, which all official lunctions imply. L'pou the ju-ticc and intnlitnoc of tho niasaes, in a Government thus organized, is the sole reliance of the Confe.lern-y, and the only security (or hotn-t and cirm-.'t de votion to iti iiib-resis, aiiint the u-urpa-tions and encroaehmetits ot poweron tin-one hand and the assaults of personal ambii! ;n on the other. '1 he interest of which I Lave spfken is in separable from an imjuii in, srlt-j.inerniiii' community, but stimulated, doultle-s, at the present time, by the unsettled, condition ot our relations itli several tureen 'oners; by the uew obligations resulting troit a sud den riliMi-ion of the held of enterprise ; by the spirit with which thr . held has been en tired, and tiie amazin. nery with which it resources for nifc'.i nr ti.u demands of bunuihiiv hae been developtJ. Although disea-ie. assuming at One lime the characteristics of a widespread and de vastating pestilence, has It-It its had traces upon some parts of ou? country, we have still the uio.-t abundant t;iu-t lur reverent thankfulness to God for an sii.cutiiiiUtioii of signal mercies, showered upon us as a na tion. It is wll that a coiisciousif-n.. of rp id advancvmiiit and inercasing sft.'ii..-th be habitually associated with an abiding sm-e of dept nience upon 1 1 1 la w bo ho! 1- in Lis hands the de-tiny of iih-ii and of nation. Recognizing tne misloiu of the broad principle of absolute religious toleration pro claimed iu our fundament.)! Ian, ami n juic ing in tho benign t n tl u nee which it ha ex erted upon oursocial and pnlitieal coieiitiou, 1 should shrink from a cli ar .lutv, did 1 fail to express my deepest cotnietiuu that we can place no secuie nliaiicu upou any ap parent progress, if it be not sustained by national integrity, resting upon tiiu creat truths aftinne.l and i.lu-tratrd by Iivme revelation. In the inid-t uf our sorrow for the afiliclcJ and sutit ring, it has b-eti eon soling to see lioiv pr.iiiiptly di-a-t-r iiiade true neighbors uf district- and eitii-s sepa rated widely from each other, and elireriu to wau h the strength of that rouiinon bond of brotherhood which unites all heail-. iu all parts of thi" .'tiiun, when Hanger threatens troin abroad or calamity impends o . . r us at home. Our diploinatio relations with Foreign Powers hate undergone tio essential change nice the adjournment of the la-t Congress. N i'.h some of iheui ipn-slious of a tlisiurbiu character are still pending, but there are good reasons to behove that these may all be amicably adjusted. For fome years past Great Rrit.tiu has so construed the first article of the convention of the 'i th of April, 1 1 in regard to the Fisheries on the northeastern coast, as to exclude our citizens from sonic of the fi-h-ing ground.-, to w hieh tin y lively resorted for marly a q.iarli-r of a century subsi ii;eiit to the date of that treaty. 1 he I'. States have never a .iiiicsred iu this con ..miction, but have alw ays claiuied tor their fishermen all the rights which they had so long en joyed without molestation. With a view to remove all difficulties on the subject, to ex tend the rights of our tishet -men beyond the limit, tiled by the convention of l'l"', and to regulate trade between the I niled Mates and the liriiish North American provinces, a negotiation has been opened, with a fair prospect of a taviirable re-lilt. To protect our fishermen iu the enjoyment ol tluir right-, and prevent collisions between tin m and lliili-h u-heim-n, I deemed it expedi ent to station a naval lotce there uuriiie- the tisliiie' sea-ou. Kiubai ras-ing questions have also nrisoti between the two liovernuients iu regard to Central America. G real JSritnin has t ro- posed to settle them by an amicable arrange ment, and our .Minister to London is instruc ted to enter into negotiations on that subject. ' A commission lor adjusting the claims of our citizens against Great Britain, mid those oi Jiritish subjects against the I'tiiletl Slat 's, organized under the convention of the wtli of Februa-y la-t, is now sitting iu London for the transaction of business. Il is in many re-peets desirable that the boundary line between the I'nited States and ; thu rn iiish provinces iu the inn thwe-t ns de signated in the convention of tho ."th of June, l-.jli, and especially that part which, separates the territory of W ashington limn the liiilish possessions on the north should be traced and marked. I therefore present the subject to your notice. j With France our relations continue on the most frieu.lly footing. The ei tensive commerce between the I'nited States and , that country inieht, it is couciived, be re- j leased from some unnecessary restrictions' to the mutual advantage of both parties With a view to this object, some progress! has been made ill negotiating a treaty ot commerce and navigation. Independently of our valuable trade with Spain, we line important political relations with her, growing out of our neighborhood to the Islands of Cuba and Potto Rico. 1 am happy to announce that siuee the last Congress no attempts have been made, by unauthorized expeditions within the I'nited States, against either of those colonies. Should any movement be manifested within our limits, all the means at my command will be vigorously exerted to repress it. Several auuoyiuj eoourreuoe-: have takca pluce at Havana, or in the vicinity of the Island of Cuba, between our citizens and the Spanish aulhoitiiia. Considering tho proximity of thut I jand to our nhores ly ing as it does in the track of trade between Mime of our principal cities and the auspi cious vigilance wit) which foreign inter course riw.rticu.larl jr United States, is there gaurded, a repetition of auch occur rences may well be aiprchended. As no diplomatic intercourse i-i allowed between our Consul at Havans aid the Captain Gen eral of Cuba, ready txjlanations cannot be made. All complaint on the part of our citizens, under tlm (present arrangement, must be, in the Cr.-tUaee, presented to this Government and thii referred to Spain. Spain again refers i'to her local authorities iu Guba for invest l.!j and postpoucs an ansvr till 4h ba 'sSitrifuZ ifiofs aiit!:tir ities. To avoid these it r'.-iing sii'l relations I delays a proposition !sJeeu made to pro vide for a direct appeil -J'nr redress to the Captain General, by ur 'onsul, iu behalf of our injured fellow citi'.ns. Hitherto the Government of Spain I-1 declined to enter into any such arrangme;it. This course on her part is deeply regretted ; for, without some arrangement -f 'his kind, the good understanding bitc':i the two countries may be exposed to oci a-ional interruption. Cur Minister at Madrid has been instructed to renew the proposition, and to pre-s it again under the coiisid ration of her Catho lic .Majesty Governmi nt. For several years Sjain has Leon calling the attention of this Gi vernment to a claim lor losses by some of hi r subjects in the case of the schooner Artui tad. This claim is believed to rest ou the obligations imposed by our existing treaty -villi that country. Its ju-tice was admitud in our diplomatic coriespotidciice with tie Spanish Govern ment, as early as March, 117, and one of my pi i drcessors in hi, annual message of that year, recommended, that provision should be made for its payment. In Janu ary la-t it was again s iiunitted to Congress by the Hxecutive, It has received a favor able cou-ideraliou by committees of both branches, but as yet the'e has been no final nciion upon it. 1 con cive that good lai'h rei lires its prompt adjustment, and I pre sent it toyoureai ly and prompt consi-.lera;ion. Martin Koszta, a liutigaiiau by birth, came to this country in 1-."H, u':J declared his intention, iu due form of law', to become a citizen of tho U. Stat .m. Alter remaining here tor ieariy two years, lie visited Turkey. W hile at Smyrna he w - forcibly seized, ta ken on board of an Aii-trian brig of war, tin n lying i.i the hutb. r of that place, and there cciitine l in irons, til the avowed de sign to take him into the doi.'n jus of Aus tria. Our CousmI at Smyrna and Lection al Constantinople interposed fjr his release, but their efforts f:, ;n.i'..'a,t W'iiilr. thus imprisoiied, Couuiainler Ingraham, with the I'. S. -hip ot wirSt. Loui-, arrived at Smyrna, and, alter iin lii ing into the cir eiiinat uiees of the ease, came t) the conclu sion that Koszta wa entitled to she protec tion ol this Government and took energetic measures for his release. I inler an arrange ment, between the agent- of the I". States and of Austria, he was. transferred to the cu-to.iy of the French Consul Genera! at Smyrna, there to remain until lie .should be di-posed nf by the mutual agreement of the Consul, of the respective governments at that pl. ee. Pursuant so that agreement, he has been released, and is now on his bonds to the I'nited 'states, 7he liuiperor of Aus tria has made the conduit of our officers, who took part iu this tiaiisietiou, a subject ol grave complaint. Regarding Ko-zta as still his subject, ami claiming the rieht to seize him within the li-ji Its of the Turkish Kuipile, he has dem.mJcd of this Govern ment its consent tj thj surrender of the prisoner, a i'iavovval cf the acts of its a geiits, and satisfaction 'or the alleged out rage After a careful consideration of the case, 1 came to the contlusion that Koszta was seized without legal authority at Smyr na; that he wa w rotifjiiily detained on board of the Austrian 1 rig of war; that, at the time of Lis seizure, he was clothed with the nationality of the I nlted States; and that the acts of out officers, under the cireuiii-tances of tho cae, w ere justifiable ; and their conduct has Ken fully approved by me, and a compliance with the several demands of the liuiperor of Austria has bi en declined. For a more full account of this transac tion, an.l my views in regard to it, I refer to the correspondence between the Charge d Altai res of Au-tlia and the Seeritaty of State, which is herewith Iraii-mitte.i . The principles and policy therein maintain" I on I lie part of the l ulled States will, wi.t . ' a proper occasion occur-, be applied ...i enlorccd. Tho condition of China, at this time, ren ders it probable that some important chang es will occur in that vast Umpire which will lead to a more unrestricted intercourse with it. The Commissioner to that country, who has been recently appointed, is instructed to avail himself of all occasions to open and extend our commercial relations, not only with the Kinpiie uf Cuiua, but with other Asiatic nations. In 1."i J an expedition was sent to .lapan, under the command of Commodore Perry, for the purpose of opening commercial in tercourse Willi that Island. Intelligence has been received of his arrival there, and cf his having made known to the F.mperor of Japan the obji ct of bis vi-it; but it is not yet a-certaiued how far the liuiperor will in) di-posed to abandon his restrictive poli cy, and open that populous country to a commercial intercourse with the I' State. It has been our earnest desire to maintain friendly intercourse with the Governments upon this Continent, and to aid them iu pic serving good understanding among them selves, W ith Mexico a dispute ha arisen as to the true boundary line betweru our territory of New Mexico and the Mexican State of Chihuahua. A former Commission er of the l'. States, employed iu ruuniug that line, pursuant to the treaty of Gauda lupe Hidalgo, made a serious mistake in tie terminitig the iuitial point on the Rio Grande; but, inasmuch as his decision was clearly a departure from the directions for tracing tho boundary contained in that treaty, slid wm not cot;eurrJ ia tile iijrvoyor ap pointed on the part of U. .States, whose con currence waa necessary lo give validity to that decision, this Government is not con cluded thereby; but that of Mexico takes a different view of the subject. there are also other questions of consid erable magnitude pending between the two Republics Our Minister in Mexico has am-' pie instructions to adjust them. Negotia tions have been opened, but auflieiciit mo. gresa lias not been made therein to enable me to speak cf the probable result. Im pressed with the importance of maintaining : amicable relation-, with that republic, and of yielding with liberality to her just claims, it is reasonable to expect that tin ar j raiigcnii nt inulally satisfactorily to both . couutricj may be concluded, and a lasting friendship between tW- - r- j -se1 it a ml. " I Congrea having provided for a full mis- , sion to the States of Central America, a Minister was sent thither in July last. As yet lie h-.s bad time to visit only one of iheae States, (Nicaragua,) where he was re ceived iu the most friendly relations between them re-pectively, and between each of them an 1 tho Cuitcd States. Consideri.ig the vast legione of t!ii cn tiueiit, and the number ol States which would be made accessible by t he flee navigation of the river Amazon, particular attention has b-.-cii given to this subject, linizil, through whose territories into the ocean, has hither to persisted in a poli.'V so restrictive in it. gard to the use of this river as to obstruct, and nearly exclude, foreign commercial in tercourse with the States, which lie ur-oti its tributaries and upper branches. Our Min ister to that country is instructed to obtain a relaxation of that policy, and to u.-u bis efforts to iuduce the lirazilian Government to open to common use, under proper .safe guards, this great na'.urul highway for in ternational trade. Several cf the South American States are deeply interested in this attempt to secure the free navigation of the Amazon, and it is reasonable to ex pect their co-operation in the measure. As tho advantages of free commercial inter course among nutions are better understood, uime libcial views are generally entertained .vs to t'l.-' "on. linn rights cf all to the free u-e of 'hose mentis which nature has provi ded for international communication. To the-e more liberal and enlightened views it is hoped that lirazil will conform her policy, and remove till unnecessary restrictions up on the free use cf r. river which traverses eo many States and fo large a portion of the continent. 1 am happy to inform you that the Republic of Paraguay ami the Ar gentine Coiil'i-deration have yvildcd to the liberal policy still resisted by Rrazil, in re gard to the iiavigiVie rivers wiihin their respective territories. Treaties embracing this aulijeet amoe-r others hav 'i".-ii vrgti. ated with those Governments, which will be submitted to the Senate at the present ses sion. A new branch of commerce, impoi tatit to the agricultural interests of the I". States, has, within a few years past, been opened with Peru. Notwithstanding the iuexhaus tilie deposits of guano upon the islands of t'i - -out.try, considerable difficulty is expe lieneed iu obtaining the requisite sup. ply. Measures have been taken to remove thc.-e difficulties, and to i-eeure a more abundant importation of the article, l ufortunately, there has been a serious colli-ion between our citizens who have reported to the Chin clia islands for it and the Peruvian authori ties stationed there. Redress for the out rages committed by the latter was prompt ly demanded by our Minister ut Lima. 'J his subject is now under a consideration, and there is reason to believe that Peru is disposed to offer adequate indemnity to thu agclieved parties. We are thus not only at peace with all for eign countries, but in regard to political af fairs, arc exempt from any cause of serious disquietude iu our domestic relations. '1 he controversies which have agitated the country heretofore are pa-sing away with the cause- which produced them and the passions which they had a wake tied ; or if any traces uf their lemains, it may be rea sonably hoped that it will only be perceived in the zealous rivalry of all good citizens to testify their re-peet for the rights of the States, their devotion to the 1'iiion, an 1 their common determination that c.-ich one of the States, its institutions, its welfare, ami its domestic peace, sluil be held alike secure under the sacred n'.is of the constitution. 'This new ieaeiie of utility and of mutual confidence and support, into which the peo ple of the Republic have entered, happily affords inducement ami opportunity for the adoption of a more coiut.rebeii-ive and un embarrassed line of policy and action as to the great material interests of the country, whether regarded in themselves or in con lieclioti with the powers of the civilized world. The I'nited States have continued gradu ally and steadily to expand, through acqui sitions of territory, which, how much soever some uf them may have been que.-tioned, are now universally seen and admitted to have been wi-e iu policy, just in character, and a . great clement in the advancement of our country, ant, with it, of the human race, iu freedom, in pro-perity, and in happiness. I'he thirteen States have grown to be thirty one, with relations reaching to F.urope on the one eide, and on the other to the distant real ins of Asia. 1 am tie. ply sensible of trie immense re sponsibility which the present magnitude of the Republic, and the diversity and multi plicity of its interests, devolves upon me; : the alleviation of which, so far as relates to the immediate conduct of the public busi I ness, is, first, in my reliance on the wisdom ' aud patriotism of the two Houses uf I'on ' gre-s ; and, secondly, in the directions af forded me by the priuciplct of public policy ' affirmed by our father- of tho epoch ot 1 J sanctioned by long experience, and coiise l crated anew by the overw helming voice of ' the people of the I'nited States. Ileeurrmg to these principles, wlneli con stitute the organic basis of union, we per ceive that, vast as are the functions and the duties of the Federal Government, vested I in or entrusted to iu three great depart j merits, the legislative, executive, and judi cial, yet She subrtecli-d p.'-eer, j f -pular ; force, and the large capacities for social aud material development exists in the re spective State", which, nil being of them selves well constituted Republics, a- they proceeded, so they alone hre eatable of maintaining and perpetuating the American Union. . The Pederal Government has its appropriate line of action m the specific ami limited powers conferred on it by the cmi ttitution, chii lly as those things" in which the States have a common interest in their relations to one another and to foreign Government-. ; while the great mn.ss of inli i e.-ta which belong to the cultivated men, the or dinary busine s of life, the sprii gs of indus try, all the diversified personal unit domes tic affairs of society, rest seeuivlv unon the gencial reserved powers of the people of the mocf -v.f the nnti' n. aud ihere the vital easenec of its being 2nd its greatness. Of the practical consequence:; which flow' from thenatuifi of tiie Federal GoverMiieut, tho primary one is the tiuty of administer ing; with integiity nd fidelity the high trust reposed in it by tho Constitution, especially iu the application of the public funds, as drawn by taxation from the people, aud ap propriated to specific objects by Congress, i Happily I have no ocva.-ii-n to suggest any radi'-al changes iuthe linaneinl policy of the ietiiiemeti. I 'urs i- altno-t, if not absolute ly, the solitary Power of Christendom hav ing a surplus revenue, drawn immediately from imposts on commr-ree, and then.loie measured by thj spontaneous enterprise and national j.ro-periiy of the eounti v , with -ueii indirect relation to agriculture, manufac tures, and the products of the earth and sea, and to violate no constitutional doe trine, and vi t vigorou-ly promote the gene ral Wek 'ire. Neither a.- to the source- of the public trea-ure, nor us the manner of keeping and managing it, ib. any grave controversy now prevail, then in itio u ,,e. ral acquiescence iu the wisdom of the pres ent .sy.-tein. The report of the- Seen tary nf the Treasu ry will exhibit ill detail the state of the pub lic finance-, and the condition of the various brunches of the public service nuiniui-tcrcd by that department of tl e Gnu-rumen. 'The revenue ol the country levied :iln,o t insensibly to the lax payer, goes on from year to year incrcasinir beyond either the iutere.-ts or the prospective wants of the Govcrnmei.t. At the close of the fiscal year ending June Ij i, 1 "."i .', there rem ai tied in the Treasu ry a balance of SI I. li.'J'J.l Hi. '1 he public revenue for the fiscal year ending Juiie 30, 1 "'!, amounted to ?"". loll Oo, from cus- ! t iu-, and to ? .'. 1. i)" from public lands and other miscellaneous s lurees, amounting together to f;iil,:tli:t7..-7 1 ; while the tniblie expenditures lor the .-aiuo period, exclusive of payment. v, re-,.. unit -!' t'".c vi.'i'tic 'ebt, amounted to II H,.V .."i4, -li- ; leaving a bal ance if I'-o.i IT of receipts above ex poT.;!hir"s. Tii1.. fact ' f im rr asingsui p'u- i;i a Treasu ry became the subject of anxious considera tion at a very (any period of my Adminis tration, and the path of duty in regard to it teemed to me obvious and clear, namely ; first, so apply the surplus revenue to tiie di.-charge of the public del t, so far as it could jiidiriou-ly be done ; and secondly, to devi-e means for the gradual reduction of the revenue to the standard of the pu! lie exigences. Of these objects the first ha been iu the curse of aeeouip'iulimoiit. in a manner and to a degree highly satisfactory . 1 he amount of the public delt, nf all ciis-es, was on the fourth of March, I -."iM. c !l!l,o:!T ; pay ments on acco i.it of which have been made, since that period, to the amount of C-l'.',". V'l,-il'-'ll ; leaving unpaid, and in the e-vtin'i-otis course of liquidation, the sum of --I -li,'! lis. These payment-, alth i:ih tnai.'o at the ii'trktt price of tha rc-pcetivc class es of siocks, hv.c been i ffeeted readily, and to the general advantage of the Treasury, and have at the same time proved of sig nal utility in the relief they have incidental ly a Horded to the money maiket and to the industrial and commercial pursuits uf the count i y. The second of the above mentioned ob jects, that of the reduction of the tarrilf. i of great importance, hud the plan suggested by the Seeritary of the Treasury, which is to reduce the duties on certain ai tides, and to add to the free li-t many aitie'es now taxed, rind especially such a' enter into manufactures, and are in t largeiy, or at all, produced iu the country, 's coininiinlcd to vour candid and cart ful e jti-ideratioii. Yon will find iu the n p : t of the Secre tary of the Tr.-a-ury a!- abiin la-.t proof of the entire adequacy i f the pre-eul ti-eal sv-tdii to met I u 1 1 the reiiuirciiictit- ot t'.e public service, aud that, wniie piop. riy ad ministered, it operate- to the advantage of the community in ordinary busine-- relations, i I rc-pectluily ask your attei.th.ii to sun ry mi:: -ti m- of impiuvi m. nt- in the set tlement ot accounts, e-t-.'i-iativ the large ,-uni- e! 0'.n-t:iii.. am to tiie Govi-rii'ueiit. and of other reform-, in the administrative aelion ot his dc a 1 1 -men!, which are indicated by the Secret i ry ; a- also (o tin: pr ogro-s inai.e in the e-'n- str.ietie.ii nt iii.tnuc hospital-, u-t-Mii-ti Ht-e-, 1 a new I. out in 1 :ioi il ia nn.l office iu thoeiiv ol New l .!., hci'etoioi h.-n t' ided tor t'V l oi.gn-s; auu a;o t-.' the tenth- succcs-ful l.r.i -re'ss of the Coast 'Survey and of the Lighthouse Hoard. ' Among the objects i. -i i :v vo.ir :. ve tl ui w'nl be imp.'itaiit i .-.j.tin-c i: 1 -it; i.- v I the Secretaries of War and Navy it the .States i- not iu a e -n i iti--il of stceli.tti and eiheictiey c. iiiineuoui ate with the liiag- uitude of our eoimuvreial and other inter i ests, and commend to your c-peei.il attention the sugge-tions on thi' sii' ject made by the j Secretary of the Navy. 1 iv-p. ctl'u.'.y sub uiit that the army, w hieh, under our system, must always be regarded w ifh the h;ghc-t interest, as a nucleus around whi.-hthe voi ' uuteer forces of the nation gather in the hour of danger, requires augment itton, or I modification to adapt it to the p.'e-elit ext. n I ded limits and frontier relations of the coun try, an.l the condition of tin- In iian tribes in the interior of the continent ; the neces sity of which will appear in the communi cation, of thw Secretaries jf Wtr -itjd .) It Kris.-. In the administration of the Post Office. Department lor the li-cal year ending Juua ).., 1 so;), the gro.-s expeuuiture was i ,! '.', ;'o ; and the gross receipts, duting the fame period S"j,u I'i,, y I ; showing that tho current revenue sailed to meet the currei.t expenses of the Department by the sn.u of ! :i ''-', '1 he eauts w hieh, under the pre sent postal sy-ti-m and laws, led inevitably to this re-ult and fully explained by the re port of the Po-tiuastcr deiieial; one great cau.-e being the enormous rates the Depart ment has b-ieu compelled to pay for mail service rendered by railroad companies. '1 hi, exhibit iu tiie repot tot the Pu-tma-ter Gciicin! of the income and expenditures ly mail steamers will be louud peculiarly iiitye.-tinir, and of a character to demand Numerous aud flagrant lrau'ls npon the' Pension liureail having been brought to light within the la.-t vear, and, ill some in stances, indited pui.i-hmchts inflicted ; bat, uti'.oi t uuatelv . iu i -ilnT.-. guilty parties have e-caped, not throti..h the want of sufficient I'Wtieiice to warrant a conviction, but in con- sequence of the provisions ot limitation in the existing law -. From the nature of thc.-e claims, the re moteness ol the tribunal to pass upon them, and the mo'1" in which the proof is, of ne cessity, fin nished, ti mptati. ns to crime have been greatly stimulated by the obvious dif ficulties of detection. 'J he dulec'.s in tho law up. in this subject are so apparent, and so l:ital to the -mts uf justice, that your ear ly action relating to it i- uio-t desirable. Puling the last li-eal year !,l"ylll acics of the public lands bine been survey ed, and I o,:iii;t,- lil acre-brou-ht into mar ket. Within tiie same pet iod the sales- by public pui elia-L- and private entry amounted to ,e -o, 1 :.! Hens ; located under military bounty land warrant-, 0,1 lj,;'tiit acres; lo cated under other eertilicate-. M.l'-T acres ; Ceded to the States :is swamp lends, 10, ti l.'.'iU r.civs ; selected tor railroad nnd other ohjt i-t-. under acts of Congress.. 1 , l'JT. l.)7 aeies. Total amount of lands dht-po.-i u i.-f within the li-cal year, vi",3 i'i, 50 seie- ; v hieh i- an increase in qu.uility sold and bicaud under land warrant- mid grants of 1 V! ,"J:5 1 ,-1 - aeies over the tiseal yeanim mcdiately proceeding. 'J he qeautity of laud sold iltiriiig the second and third quar t, rs of 1 '."'.' wa .''M,b"l lieu-. 'The amount n-ei ivo-1 thereof whs ;:ii-o.o7. 'ihe ipiunlity sold the second raid third quirter- of the year 1 .j."I was 1 ,l, H.M ! acres; and the amount received thercot e-,-a20,..0 dollars. 'J he whole number of land warrants is sued under existing laws, pri.ir to the It th September la.-t. wa- '.'(hi,!! 1 J ; of which there were o'lt.-tamiii.-g at that date liti,li47. ihe quantity of iaiol required to sati-ly thesa Ol't t:.:i.i'i!.g V .tree's in 4,7 7 , 1 -; ,ie.--.--. Wairants have been issued to . . t ti cf September l.i-t, tiHib r the aes of the 1 1 1 La February. 1-17, -..lling 1- r l.',-7o.-'l acres; iinlir !-- ,, Scpu-mlnr 1 -.in, ami Ma;cii I -.V.', railing fu- lv..Mi.-.,:i'ivi acre-; making a t.it.il of .,,;t lii urn -. K is hi lie veil that speriet.'-e has verified tho wi-ili.-ui and justice of tin- prccnt sys tem v it h r. vo the vnblic id in tuo-t c--eiiti,il pai tieulars. You will pcii-civs; f." tin- report of the Secntary of the Interior, that opinion which have often been expressed ill ivlat'on to the operation of the LhhI system as in t being a sourre of revenue to the federal Treasury, were erroiico!!-. The nt pr-.lits from the sales of tl. j.ul He bin Is to Juno ;i th, I -o-'t, ninouuted to the sum oi 8-7:1. -j-;,-ili-'i. 1 reconinietifl the es.cn-iori cf the l.itjd system over the Territories of I'tah and New Mexico, with such moditicatioM as their peculiarities may require. Iicgaruing our public domain as chiefly valuable to pro.i'ic hoines tor the iudutri oti and cnleipri-itig, I ai n-.t prapared to reeoninieud any e-ni.tial change in the land sy-tein, except by inodilication- in favor of the actual settler, and an ex ten.-tun of the pre-emption p. itn iple in cer'aln ca-es f r reasons and on grounds which will be fully developed in the report- lo be laid before you. Congress representing the proprietors of the territorial domain, and ehieged e-t cej. ally with power to !i-po-e of territory be longing to the 1'. States, ha-, for a lone e eir-,. of years, beginl.itig with the admin-i-tlati ti of Mr Jelb-r.-oti, exerei-ed the pow er to c.-ii-truct roads within the Tetrifi ie- ; autl there are -o many and obvious lii-tlnc-tlou- betivecn thi.- cM-i.-ise of power am! that of mwng toads within the States, that the form has in-ver been e'!;si'ered -uljeitt) stodi oi-ji ctt .tis as apply to the latte r, att-l se.-h I;:;.v Is-vv be r.iii-i-lcti'.l the sel'ded C 'ti-1 r UCtlotl of the i.o-.v.-v of ti.e l--.!vr.il iiove; lino, i.t upon the sutject. I e nnmetid to your l .' .-rihie con-. dera tion the men of genu:- cf'- .-.r ei tintry. who, by their in .el.tioiis a n 1 u i -e v I'tn s :u s.-i-e:ice and art. h.ive v lit; ii 'i'. d larg ly t1' tl:e inii-rov i no i ts ol I .. many instai.ee-, s-cinug l-.r fli-'insclv-.s anything iil.c aa ah quale reward. For lii.iiiV intercst tig ditaii- upon tlu subject, 1 ret" r y ;t t i ti.e appropri ire reports, and c tu'i i.iiiv ii r -o no. n vourinh att-iiti oi. ft . v - i : ti, n i ; .y titi oria ;.t ii- -f i .o ring bi v. - thvr'-'.u ug- 1:1 Mir.. g-slcd. ihe liberal spirit w hieh ha so 1-sng mark ed the attention of t'o.igivs' in relation t the I -i r . I, : I (' ' old ; t v-il!. I i don1 t. Co, .tome tile mai.tfi.-n-d. 'I'I, i-t. i ion an a-yliit'i f-rtl.- ii'-.ne , f the I'.i.-trict of C.iluni't.ia. -n l ol toe army and navy e.f the '. Mate-, ha- inn - mt what retarded by the grest d-iii.ii.d tor ina t.iiiils and labor .luting the oi- smnincr; but lull .I-. 1 aratl- a t 'i" 'he r. uprion of iitieins, 1 i I-'..- the i- on ! il oi. 1- win ter, i- anticipated : ai-l there isC,e let r.-as oi to U Ik v - ' 'i'' l,;:,:1 !"' ' '-"'' '" plated Hii.in.euients winch ha.e been de-vi-cd, witii tne large exp-. rienee fuiiii.-hed wtthi.'i the la-t lew yi nr- in r.-Utiou to the ,, ueii''! t-c .li:n l.t 't the iii -es-e, that it w lii i - 'Ve an -i iM indeed to tuls mo-t lu-lpie-s ami at: it-U-d ela-s of Mifft-rirs, and -t.ti.d a- n.'ble monument of wisdom and, mercv. I'll-.r ts avis oi'C n.;rei.-. of A in t ?I,