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Ij - 1 'HiM ''' I' ' 'H -''f -l:!-' !y'f it - : " S I i- '.i: - 1 I', I- 1; ri I l?V' r:;;;!.i C itciDiijr. payable in LiMf flllii.rt ywte..Two Dollars "iWcf it If for the tint, ana cis. mgtmm .fn)ina,rtion. Courtorders -JiW :&,inl insertion, tourtoraers rPH tlM these rates. A Jib II V f V . -: wli!iff?AGE- TTT V I : If , 3 -M .-i.lf. he marked by CMWg,,r!lle W Pa88e d UWSuiiirexeitement. How. i$TjMwti-9m$y hare bcen df- iutt? t .VittuUi&fil loat the choice riftw j !hose ,nfluen -PIS-i' lare too often af. ,i,'nbf nrR uus loan a inerci- l;1hltld!y;Wr istaying the r it' n ir ii i w sj. ! . e a ' ) f u-jjs.aii1d--byt lor c'rownins the with an abundant pes- deso. it Mt .'i;' 'i "J SI U'l .. Uonarallu !tk ll flu ASl -f-ilir! 'ff !nati ' V V i c mind has i 5L"'vfiJlwfiWBI dacearse me omce of f3sIUai,6ciates in the Ex- i online; ff,4ed j)fioiiri,anE his long and faith ca8rtil :Hia cjpmmandmg Ulentg, proiessionai eminence, LrfM'if'10 PubHc trust. rL.d hiitlvto beamenied through- 4i "-.inf ibna nave earueu ior mni a tasu I II th ttu r 5f h last summer considera Uiidi VJJio4'ort timely an 'jSiiiiife i!oiP the government of Great given for the pro. imefefiSrKorth America against the Mcro'awHjis( life-' fishing vessels of nT ranee. 1 140 snonness ar seem portance. It JStlWrfT ,n?l'an "'creasea na U4,;;yayirfjrleredilthe fihinfl; grounds jnfo.l.! Britb interpretation of trotifidnHIHoleririon of 1818, in Cirfce WtheitlBeilnientlbt which the two tWnls dilfjr.; fIti!wai soon discovered i 'ifcet'-'t BQtphe design of: Great Britain, "ii(Ufi((tftr Ijuairtation oflhe real objects mtuurel&e eQp given both here and i: i -V-:, rt-:!1 'i ill- ' ' fiwspiirncbo'werer, between !ogordnietfiras;to the interpretation of JWMlHjCJeoj uoitc?Hciiyn Ul 1010 I 9 SI 1 1 1 8errnfWlDiraP. Arfterican fishing ves 'kliAili Vit;ln ftf have been exclu ipiieji,jie?.hajd free access ' rSe(Vja;Aff: aeiiljlhe ' negotiation of Liia:r, In IBiij'this exclusion was relaxed ila ts cnc f sj I thfei .Uayipt rundy, but the i'Wjfjrtfij of.fh Home govern A'ilimapiti kVID at' . we. ' tb i tik ' . the hfbifiqc to open all .outjf.ajsUr ifilrmeii, was aban 4ia.l'ljtl. !( tp ;Opposiiion of the pttfi'njinjlhi, ,the U, States i'eainciHe IMf 1urdr was reopened to MHeiineW liber- BWse)owardiKcif)nal fishing interests. rJf!e. jSjiejjie doiies on coloni. f !f jfiiijj4jwil4 -wSee very greatly re c1?nSPy JttiM rbbuf iVig ct it is allowed jnif jred noi ivithpt payroent.of duty. (ofiiJji hjasi acquired the mo $efiiie eior0rftle)' our market, and ini lo lamellxtentlinto the home con- among those Tf-'aWi'r'-o our - fishing im ;iae inovemen In question. ttWCumftaieg aiid the IncidentA ahovA JteM S'l'jif hjnk' 'be moment la TW? i'w omideafiojt of the eniire sub- ffion the coasts of-the British MJT.;vr.,vw.s,w--t;Jjace inein upon a mfmliooMf reciprocal privilege. A procai priviiec t to jn;:rine arfangemert of ..jTSuwupiqoa to jeilst, on the part or prilamh desi part to fn- h! ni vfe f et tie me nt. as well W!crorib intercourse be IIN'i?' the British pro m ?3bt h w hale ve r arrange. l!1 hese two subjects, it is dt!iT illness and death of tlrrV eStitefrtrevented the: com- HJM lernnUted negot iat ion. fo jllect the informa- rfforaKl m ailsUf .n ftrr9n- fLift?ul?i aliQtJed with consider. hpf! Iff ! Mud practicable to JSWnff mutually acceptable to h&kpMil may be conclud r? PiMent winter. The kSWOvtvall.ihe n i nrnui,n. ,f fW?W:n, afleciiin the revenue, V U'P1 prominent to- n"?4le6isaKe- They remain HVPeCuban.author. N lillfe lrcW intercourse fe Mlc,fTe ba . right to SW&HPH"1 General-' of Cuba N immm ln an? degree under the ItomlW M iister4t 'Washington. NklPP he may ho,d with iW&L$M& Vft informal and feUZ ,,'iiPMo put an end to ihe lI'lh l.ich seemed to rest WSif,yted i newly ap lli'n tlo .vi Havana, on l'dlLiL'fliru4 1Hb was resoectmllv ith k jTT Meneral. who confer. . T : Willi IPa Mi.' Jr. V 1 " iifetijfWlnf nl wa effected. Tmf refusal of the Cantain ?Wwilf81 arid he mail to a reason which 1 iiotiMP'Pe ground for tucbJ hfeiifi S'l the subject of a loiSiW' aa I have ':HKU:' r' Jieifl fperxi ...mi 1 ?j llaM t.Qalbolic Majesv to 1 1 (..!, ' r, niiicr uas on the sultlof lH; aptftin general to 3 fv 'f'ine 8tfflmra awn. aih of khl" IT!, o.-.. , i - - ; : 1 ;. j j : ' j J. J. BRUNERjj )r 4 PropriiU -t ( ! ' ' ! : f I A caccx VFOV ALL VOtTa &VLZRS. Dp THIS, AKD LlBERTVl Harrison. S SATX. NEW SERIES. VOLUME 1X-NUMCER 32. ciitin orle'tiid lorfeturnio? ti t! . "J11 object of tbe proviso was doiilt : resirthe survey f the southcra and w ofKMexicoiiagard to ivIuchaUf r ions have been expressed ; lor it is lur : supposed that there, could be W c! that part of the line which, extends', r.! channel of the Rio Grande. Ulut the t tnq law are so broad as to furllJ th part of the money for the prosecution Vt AITAtl At. . " A ' M ' lit i iw- tuu , pajmcni, 10 r uio c: on; Havkna ham niiiki i w i mm avMAmiak- m Med ,; beeh mM era it v . ,t1...M.. anu no- .orcour.. belween ,foUi- J; I- ; rectrrl 1 f pr?8e?i J$ffi cftl notes were received from the Mini t. d c . pi i . . . , -";" ! wi -ranee ana ea otate to heonma a rv.; -i . ' i b wiia vireat Brit tle :SCr ?1ention,io vir. "" tuc luren nn b..u 1 1 Ik . ill '7 . n 1 ob,aiP4eionof the Island of Cuba-and hn..trt kLh discountenance all attemots to ihafT-,.. .u- part of power or individual Whatever. Tk. invitation has been rP.nifciiL i .-i: . .... -yvMWHi uccuueu, lor reasons which i ij.L .4 .... . ... n ; "upv io( mucn space tnis communication m sii i:.f. :i ru... which Ud me to think that the proposed measure Would beofdoubtfu Con.titn iLltii. .ir.tJ I ... . . 7-j... j, IIIIIMJIIIIC. and unava,l,ng. I have, however in common witn several of my predecessor's, Erected the Ministers of France and England to l,...... bat the United States entertain Inn1 Hmc!. . J gainst Cuba; but that, on tha contrkry, Uhould regard its incorporation into! the? llnion at the prcaeni ime as iraught with serious peril. MD'o iuis isiana camoarai r maao ianis, or occupied by a k ndred race, I ebould regard it, if voluntarily cedd by Spain, as a rnost desirable acquisition, j But, Hinder existing circumstances, I shouldl look upon its incorporation into our Union a a fery hazard, ous measure. It would bring lnjohe Confed. eracy a population of a different baVional stock, speaking a diflerenHanguage, Hdfnot likely to harmonize with the other members. It would probably affect in a prejudicial! roahner the in. dustnal-inlerests of tbe South; Uhd it might re. vive those conflicts of opinion heWeen the dif. ferent sections of the countryi which lately shook the Union to its centre, and which have been so happily compromised. ' . : The rejection by the Mexican; Congress of the Convention which had been concluded be tween that Republic and the Uhijejd States, for the protection of a transit way across the hth mus of ; Tehuantepec and of tbr interests of thoso citizens of the United? States who had become proprietors of the rights which Mexico had conferied on one of her owa citizens in regard to that transit, has thrown !a serious ob. stacle in the way pi the attainment ol a very desirable national object. I am sill willing to hope (hit the differences on the; subject which exist, or bay hereafter arise between the gov ernments, will be amicably idtUted. This subject, however, has already enfifaged the at tention of the Senate of the United States, and requires no further comment in itijs communi cation. ; HI W " ' The settlement of the quesfioni respecting the port of j$an Juan de Nicaragua; jfand of the controversy between the repubck of Costa Rica and Nicaragua in regard -tolftne bounda ries, was considered indispensably to the com. inencement of the ship canal bet.w3en the two oceinstjjvbicb was the subject 6j Wie Obnven tion between the United States and Great Bri tain of the 19lh of April, 1850.1 lA ccorduijilv a proposition for tbe same purpos i addressed to the two governments in that quarter, and to the: Mosquito Indians, was agreed to in April last by the Secretary of Slate and he Minister of her Britanic Majesty. Besideshe wish to aid in reconciling tbe differences lof the two republics, I engaged in the negotiation from a desire to place the great work of a ship canal between tbe two oceans under one jurisdiction, and, to establish the important pop lof Sah Juan de Nicaragua under government o( a civilized power. ; The proposition in question was as sented id by Costa Rica and the Mosqiito In dians. It has not proved equally acceptable to Nicaragua, but it is to be hoped (hat the fur ther negotiations on the subject vvhich are in train will be carried on in that spirit! of concil iation and compromise which oughjt': always to prevail On such occasions, Jahd tb they will lead to a satisfactory result. ; ' j I, have the satisfaction to inform4u that the eieutijr'i government of Vnzuelij has a:c knowledged some claims of citizenpof the Uni ted States, which have for many jealspast been urzed hY our charge de'affaires ab Caraccas. It is hoped that the same sense, oflfjustice will actuate the Congress of that .Republican pro yiding the means for their payments y The recent revolution in BuenbsAyres and the confederated States having opened the pros pect of an improved state of things that quar ler, this? governments of Great ; Britain and France determined to neg'otjate wilh the chief of, the new Confederacy for the free; access of their commerce to the extensive countries wa tered by the tributaries of tbe LajlRlata ; and they gave a friendly notice of this Ijpurpose to the United Statesthat we might if fe thought proper pursue the same course, jln Jcbmpliance with this invitation, our minister at Rio Janeiro and our charge d'affaires it Buedos$yres have been fully authorized to conclude treaties with the hawly organized Confederation, or the States composing it. The delays yhich have taken place in the formation of the; new gov. ernmeni have as yet prevented the! efecution of those instructions; but there is every, reason to hope that these vast countries will jbe eventu ally opetied to our commerce. . I ; ;s . A treaty of commerce1 has benpncluded between the United States and the Oriental Re. public of Uruguay, which will be laid before ihe Senate. Should this Convention go into operation, it will open to the commercial en terpiise of our citizens a country of great extent and unsurpassed in natural yesourc; N from which foreign nations have Juth-rfyj been .1- cmntof State With the Peruvian charge dfrela. to the Lobos Island. SALISBURY N. C, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 185J2. Mc w aatistacllon to inform vb ih.i it,. course porsueH)y Peru has been creditable to tbe liberality ol her government. Before it was known by ber that her title would be ac- p ""'TL. V"Wugton, ber Minister of rr'u A;es bad authorized our charge de affaires; at Lima to announce to (be Ameri. can vessels, which had gone to the Lobos for guano, tljaithe Peruvian Government was will, ing to freight them on its own account. This intention ha been carried into effect by the lVruv,anjMini,ter here, by an arrangement which is believed iio the advantageous to the parties in intefe&t. ; Our settlements on the shores of ibe Pacific nave already given a great extension, and in some respects a new direction, to our com merce in that ocean. A direct and rapidly in. creasing intercourse has sprung up viih Eas tern Asia. The , - - "ui luti u t act" P CTe lnt:the Arctic sea, have of lale years been frnutent.i k.. l i J - - -.-w.lu uv ill r ivnniiim.il plication of steam to ihe general purposes of -..6a. uu. is oecoming daily more common, uu makes it desirable to obtain fuej and other necessary supplies at convenient points on the .-uio ueiwoen Asia and our Pacific shores. Uur unfortunate countrymen who Irom lime to "raB uner shipwreck onthe coasts of ihe eastern seas are entitled to protection. Besides these live rtn rrreftC to Wa I oiiA itifti time, on further investi bieet The doubt, which had been jtert.ined ilihm I e ol Peru to those Islands have been aid I have deemed; it: fhat.the emno arj wrong which had been; ntent.orr alSer. IrSd want Kff beared by an unreserved acknp dgment igiaitldn of tbe ned specific objects, ihe general prosperity of our k m u " c,uc Temj,res tnat an atiempt should be made to open ihe opposite regions of 8ia to a niutuallv beneficial inirW.ra u is obvious that this attempt could be made by it j " g n advantage as by the United States, whose constimtinnAl .v.i.m ciuues every idea of colonial dependencies. have nri;nin tx.. ij . i yccii icq io oraer an appro priate naval force to Japan, under the com- uianu oi a discreet and intelligent officer of tbe uignesi rank known to our seivice. ! He is in structed to endeavor to obtain from ihe govern. '"cm,ul nai country some relaxation of the in hospitable and anti social system which it ha: pursued tor about two centuriea. II da ,.- - irected narticularlv In rpmnnslrufa i tk.. strongest language against the cruel treatment tO Wnirh i-ir U ; . ...... -1 I . : i . - wM, ...iiiwutftcu mariners nave oiten been subjected, and to insist that they shall be " tiuiiiauiij, iie is instructed now fltor of iIia .2 . j. -T., . uo miiic ume io gire mat government the amplest assurances that the objects of the United States are such and such only as I have indicated and that the expedition friendly r"1"1' xoiwiinsianaing me jealousy wiiu wincn ine governments ol liaslern Asia regard ail overtures from foreigners I am not wnnoui nope, ol a beneficial resulUof the ex peauion. ohould it be crowned with success, the advantages will not be confined to tbe Uni ted Stales, but, as in the case of China, will be eqaily enjoyed by all the other maritime pow. erS. 1 have much satisfaction in elnliner Jkaf t II., r i in aiimes eps preparatory to this exDed tion the; government of the United States has been materially aiaed by the irodd offices of ihe Kn of the Netherlands, the only European power naving any commercial relations with Lnm In passing Irom this survey of our foreign re lations, I invite the attention of Congress to the condition of that department of the Government to which this branch of the public business is entrusted. Our intercourse wilh foreign pow. ers nas ol late years greatly increased, both in consequence ot. our own growth and the intro duct ion of many new States into the; family of nations. In this way. the Department of State 9 ' . . - has become overburdened. It has, by the re. cent establishment of the Department of the Interior, been relieved ol some portion of the domestic business. If the residue of the busi. ness ol thai kind, such as the distribution of Congressional documents, the keeping, publish ing and distribution of the laws: of the United States, the execution of the copyright law, the subject of reprieves and pardons and some oth er subjects Relating to interior administration, should: be transferred from the Department of State, it would unquestionably be for ihe benefit of tbe; public service.! I would also suggest that the building appropriated to the State De. partment is not fireproof; that there; is reason to think there are defects in its construction, and that the archives: of the Government in charge of the Department, with the; precious collections of the manscript papers of Washing, ton, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Monroe, l' ' ' t ' I a are exposed to destruction oy nre. a similar remark may be made: of the buildings appro, priated to the War and' Navy Departments. The; condition of the Treasury is exhibited in the annual report from that Department. The cash receipts into the Treasury for the fiscal year ending the 30th June last, exclusive of trust funds, were $49,728,386 89 and the expenditures of tbe same period, likewise exclu. sive of trust funds, were $46,007,896 20 ; of which $9,455,815 83 was on account of the principal and interest of ibe public debt, inclu ding the last instalmentof the indemnity to Mex ico, under the treaty ot Gaudalupe Hidalgo : leaving a ballance ol $14,623. 136 37 in tbe Treasury on tbe 1st day of July last. Since this latter period, further purchases of the prin cipal of the public debt have been made to the extent lof 2,456,547 49, and the surplus in the Treasury will continue to be applied to that ob ject whenever tbe stock can be procured with in tbe limit, as to price, authorized by law. Thef value of foreign merchandise imported during the, last fiscal year was $207,240, 101; and the value of domestic productions exported was $149,801,911, besides 817,204,026 ol foreign; merchandise exported ; making the ag gregate of f he entire exports $167,065,937, Exclusive of the above there was exported $42,. 507,285 in specie ; and imported from foreign ports $5,2ebt643. j In my first annual message to Congress I called your attention to what seemed tome some defects in the present tariff and recommend such modifications as in my judgment were best adapted to: remedy its! evils aod promoie tbe prosperity of the country. Nothing has since occurred to change my; view, oo Ibis important question. . fi - t Without repeating the arguments contained in my former message, in favor of discrimina ling, protective duties, I deem it my duly to call your attention to one or t wo other considerations affecting this subject, The first is, the effect of - our rgB importations of foreisn coods uoon currenc;. Most of the gold of California, as tat as it is coined, finds its way directly to Eu rope, in payment in gqods purchased. In the second place, as our manufacturing establish ments are broken down by competition with for. eigners,,tbe capital invested in them is lost ; thousands of hoinest and industrious citizens are brown out of Employment, and the! farmer to tnat extent is deprived of a home market for the ale of bis surplus produce. In the third place the destruction of pur manufactures leaves the TP- wilhut competition in our market, and be consequently raises the price of the ar ttcle sent here:for sale, as is now seen in the increased cost of iron imported from England, l oe prosperity and wealth of every nation must depend upon its; productive industry The far mer is stimulated to exertion by finding a ready "- uis surplus products ; and benefiited by being able to exchange them, without loss of time or expense of transportation, for Ihe manufactures which his comfort or convenience requires. This is always done to ihe best ad vantage where a portion of the communiiy in which be lives is engaged in other pursuits. Hut most manufactures require an amount? of capital and a practical; skill which cannot be commitnded, unless they be protected for a time from ruinous competition from abroad. Hence the necessity of laying those duiies! upon im puncu gooas which the constitution authorizes for revenue, in such a manner as to protect and encourage the labor of our own citizens. Du Ues however should not be fixed at a rate so h,S as to exclude the foreign article, but should be so graduated as to enable the domes tic manufacturer fairly to compele with the for eigner in our own markets, and by this compe tition lo teduce tbe price of the manufactured article to the consumer to the lowest rate at which it can be produced! This' policy; would place the mechanic by the side of the farmer, create a mutual interchange of their resDective commodities, and thus stimulate the industry of mo wnoie country, and render us independent of foreign nations for the supplies required by the habits or necessities of the people. Another question, wholly independent of pro. tection, presents itself, and that is, whether the duties levied should be upon the value of the ar ticle at ihe place of shipment, or, where it is -practicable, a specific duty, graduajed accord ing lo quantity, as ascertained by? weight or measure. All our duties are at present ad va lorem. Ascertain per centage is levied on the price of the goods at the port of shipment in a foreign country. Most; commercial nations have found it indispensable, for the purpose oi preventing fraud and perjury, to make the duties specific whenever the article is of such a uni form value in weight Or measure as to justify such a duty. Legislation should never encour age dishonesty or crime, r It is impossible that the revenue officers at Jhe port where the goods are entered and the duties paid should know with certainty what they; cost in the foreign country. ? Yet the law requires that they should le vy .the duty according to such cost. They are therefore compelled to resort to very unsat isfactory evidence to ascertain what that cost was. They take the invoice of the importer, attested by his oath, as the best evidence of which ihe nature of the. case admits. But ev. ery one musfsee that the iinvoice may be fabri cated, and the path by which it is supported false, by reason of whichlhe dishonest import er pays a part only of Ihe duties which are paid by the hb6est one, and thus indirectly receives from the treasury of ihe ;Uuiied States a re ward for his fraud aTTd perjury. The reports of the Secretary of the Treasury heretofore made on'this subject show conclusively that these frauds have been practiced to a great extent. The tendency is to destroy that high; moral char acter for which bur merchants have long been distinguished; to defraud the government of its revenue ; to break down the honest importer by a dishonest competition; and, finally to trans fer the business of importation lo foreign and irresponsible agents, to the great detriment of our own citizens. I. therefore again most ear nestly recommepd the adoption of specific du ties, wherever it is practicable, or a home val uation, to prevent those frauds. . I would also again call your attention lo ihe fact that the present tariffin some cases impos es a higher duty upon the raw material import ed than upon the article manufactured from it, ihe consequence of which is that the duty ope rates to-the encouragement of our own citizens. For full and detailed information in regard to the general condition of our Indian affairs, 1 re. speclfully refer you lo (be report of the Secre. tary of the Interior and the accompanying doc uments. ! The Senate not having thought proper to rat ify the treaties which had been negotiated with the tribes of Indians in California and Oregon, our relations with them have been left in a very unsatisfactory condition; j: In otber.parts of our territory particular dis tricts of country have been set apart for ibe ex elusive occupation of the Indians, and their right to ibe lands within those limits has been ac knowledged and! respected. But in California. aod Oregon there bis been no recognition by the Government of tbe exclusive rieht of the Indians Jo any part of the country. They are I therefore mere tenants at sufferance, and liable to be driven from place to place, at the pleasure of the whites. The treaties which hare been rejected pro posed to remedy: this evil by allotting lo the dif ferent tribes districts of country suitable to their habits of life, and sufficient for their support. This provision, more than 'any other, it is be lieved, led to their rejection ; and as no sub. stitute for it has been adopted by Congress, it has not been deemed advisable to attempt to en. ter into new treaties of a permanent character ; although no effort has been spared by Tempo rary arrangements to preserve friendly relations with them!! i i ; 1 ! v If it be the desire of Congress to remove them from the country altogether, or to assign to them particular districts; more emote from the settlement, of tbe whites,? it will be proper to set apart by law the territory which they are to occupy, and to provide the means' necessary or removing mem io u. i justice aiiae to our ior nurn iti. t . .1 . . V....C,,, mo 10 me Indians requires the prompt action of Congress on this subject. The amendments rivnvUA.t 1W v,a e- the treaties whieh were negotiated with the Sioux l,uiaus oi xvinnesota. havhAn ntim; tnoes who were parties to tbim nnA - ... ?iTea their assent A larcse tract of vahilr. :a i . . " w oiory nas thus been oronwl f- .ttlam a cultivation, and all danger bf collision with these powerful and warlike bands has been happily re moved. .. 11 "i The removal of the rpmnnnt care. J: e -r ... . I A .1. . . " . . i ' ' " ; " ; kJ-m'"u xuuians irom t rind a h irnr '"",r uie measures wincii soem to . 11 rt W p - "iJ uiiieci oi me tfovernmpnt nn. i u Ani kiv-mi, iiuitonance.io lis prosperity ar .1 -1 " . I . , r. . WU1C my attention has been steadily directed lVoaucuon ot a copious suppiy of wutcr i Admonished by past experience of the difficulty wty. .Wasnmgton, and thecpitructio:; rep agents of the arrearages of payi which : uue u mem. , , : f. ! - I earnestly invite your prompt attcii i i subject and recommend a woditicatiw; terms of the proviso so as tojcnatlcr (!. ment to use a much of the approprir.t i be necjessary to discharge the eptistin oil" the Government and to comr.lfto 7 Ti.; v the Rio Grande tn it tnntl, r :. It will also be proner to maVo furtl ion byj law for tho fulfilment hf lour tr Mexico for running and marking tbi n 1 the bojundary line between tho wo count; Permit me to invito vour paiicul;tr r - to the interests of the District bf Col inn H are confided by the Coustitutjoiito your 5 and cost of the attempt to i-emove them by mil- abl? across to Potomac yie iuary iorce, resort has been had tn MnoUi were aestroyea by biW aUr iu t measures. By the invitation of tbA rmmUJ. h' I'M of the present year. Kl - er of Indian Affairs several of the nrinrin.il rifat At last session, of Ccnrefis an recenuy visited W ashington, and whilst here: ac knowledged in writing the obligation of their tribe to remove with the least possible delay. avmcta, irom me special agent of Uie Gov ernment represent that they adhere to their pro mise, and that a council of their people has been called to make their preliminary arrangement A creneral ly expected at au early day. I be report from the General Land Office shows increased activity in its operations. The survey of the northern boundary of Iowa has been com pleted with unexampled' despatch. AVithin the last year 9,522,953 acres of public land rmve been surveyed, and 8,032,463 acres brought into market In the lat fl;al year there were sotd Located with bounty lan.l warrants Located with .other certificates Making a otal of In addition, there were Reports under iwamp land grants Jor interual improvemenU, rail roads 1,553,071 acres. 8,'2i1.9U 4,570,067 5.219.1SS 8,025,920 Making an aggredate of 13,115 175 Being an increase in the amount of lands sold and located under land warrants of 509,220 acres over me previous year. Ibe whole amount thus sold, located under land warrants, reported under swamp land grants, and selected for internal improvements, exceeds maL oi me previous year by 3,342,372 acres and tbe sales would, without d5ubt, have, been milfb lnrnri- Knf fri. : i' raUroadstn MWouri MU V "PT occupation of the Indian tribe rauroaos in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. 1.1 .. ) :mber. 1S52. thori It in 1 K . 1 For the quarter ending 30th September, 1352, there were sold tion was made to defray the codt of tl. necessary tor Uetermminfr the; Rst i; affording an unfailing supply of jgood an 1 some water. Some progress has U n i the survey, and as soon as it is com i k t 1 suit will bo laid before you. ill -a'uiuiur appropriations will niso bo i; for grading and paving the strkiets an d ; aud; enclosing and .. embeHLsIuiitr tli grouuds within the city of Vnihiiigtoii. 1 commend all tho objects JgethtT ' charitable institutions of tho JjUtrict, t fiivorable regard. ; , ,;. ; , , tA ery effort has been made.; to I-r. ' frontier, and tliat of ,tho - adKiiniiii : States from the incursions of tlie Indian t; Ofaboiit 11,000 men of whiehhe aifnu loosed, inearly 8,000 are employed inltli' . of the newly acquired territorKintlua; as,) ?uid of emigrants proceeding thvk-t-.. ally successful. Witli the exemption u' . tial outbreaks inCafiforniaand pivguii, sional idepredations on a iortion lf t' Grande, owing, it 4s believed, to the d'. state of that border region, the :icoa ls c i dians liave been effectually rcstriane-t. Experience has shown, however, tfiat er tho two races arc brought into cofita ions will inevitably occur. To pp v : ; cillisioiis tbe United States liave ir-u r apart portions of their territory for the a ai::: of tJtis i 243,255 acres. Located with bountv land Located with other certificate! 15 649 Located under swamp laud grants 2,4s5,233 Making an aggregate for the quarter f 4.131.253 Much the larger portion; of the labor of arrah- frinrr an1 1 & 0 uU vicwoiij uig mo returns oi ine iast cen sus has been finished, and it will now devolve upon Congress to make the necessary provision -v.. .vruU,1v.UUuui tue resuiis in sucn iorm as shall be deemed best The appointment of repre sentation, on the basis of the new census has been made by tho Secretary of the Iuterior in con- tormity with the provisions of law relating to tnat subject, and the recent elections have been made in accordance with it. I commend to your favorable regard tho snir. v - - gestion contained in the report of the Secretary of the Interior that provision be made bv law . J ' ' : - . IWIU-1, .11. me publication and distribution, periodically, of course to her ownership and eventual jur an analytical digest of all the patents which have If she should fail to do this tlj jfulfilm, r. t Tnvno ! 1... !. . At ! 1 ' . I . u me u.rm-. vi uio compact tv that State was .admitted into mo Union. tained the ownership of all the jilacaiit lai. m ner uniits. Ihe government of Uiat .v is understood, has assigned no jK)rtioti of ritory tb the Indians y but as fiikt h-1 ments advance lays it off into I'tbuuti'. : : ceeds t6 survey and sell iL?v Tin i ,.",!:. - fostly tends, not only to alarm! jand Hrrit Indiansl but to coiftpelthem toksutt t. i for suljs stence. It also deprives this Uu of that influence and contispl over th- in ' wnicn po durable peace can exi.t KHu . , and the whites. 1 trust, therefore, th;.: regard ir her own interests, apart from eratbnsi of humanity and justice, will in State toj assisrh a snnll rwjrtion nf Iipt v t , i p i ' ..v. ... for the provisional occupancy of-tho bh iiauw vi irujes wiiuin ner borders, m ft........ :.t. ti.!.. i . , ijr Bjjipuirtuuus Willi ueXJCO,:OUr Ulll V Indians themselves, will, it is feared, 1 sublet of serious embarrassmtnt to tli j ( ment It ls hoped, however, that a tins jast provision by lexas may avert tliH ! No appropriations for fortirications w, t growing belief that - the- ay&tebi j of '.'fort i f adopted m 1810,anddieretoforeiack'do:i, i revision.; 'tt'- U l - i The subject certainly deserves! full an -1 invest titration : but it should not be hl iw ger thanican be avoided.! In ibelmi-mtiu; are certain works which have !been com? some of them nearly corapleited-4-d i -protect dur principal. seaports fjroin'lo-t.: .l, J 'i .; i . . vrieans, auu a lew ouier imporiaut point i - . I oeen, or may hereatter, be granted for useful in ventions and .discoveries, with such descrintinns and illustrations as may be necessary to present mi lDieingiuie view ot their nature and operation. The cost of such publication could easily be de frayed out of the patent fund, and I am persua- 4 4l-J Z A 111 1 - 1 i . . - I l . . " . ueu luai, it couia oe applied to no object more J" me two last sessions of Conn-ressj 'Jl accepUble to inventors and beneficial to the pub- of this amission isprobably, ! tu. bo! f j An appropriation of 100,000 having been at the last session for the purchase of a suitable site, and for the erection, furnishing, and fitting up of an Asylum for the Insane of the District of Columbia, and of the Army and Navy of the U. States, the proper measures have been adopted to carry this beneficent purpose into effect. i By the latest advices from the Mexican bound ary Commission it appears that thesurvefof the Ml'OII fiilo flin I-. , . . d : !.l .1 I i.l t i . . ' ! f . '"V "VUi 1La wiumejuce wim me Colorado gara to ine necessity tor mese work, it 2 to its supposed intersectionwith the western line -d that little difference of opiooion exit ; wi new iuexrco, nas Deen completed, lho sur- military men. 1 therefore recommend t! j "l awu umuue uas aiso Deen nnistied appropnauons necessary to prosecute t'. trom the point agreed on jby the Commissioner made. v ; - I 1 as the point where it i strikes the southern I invited your attention to trie 'remarks boundary of iNew Mexico" to a point one hun- subject and on others connected with Lis J ureAi tuu minj-nve miles below liagle ras, ment, contained in the accompany nig r wiuuii is auoub two-miras or me distance alon" the course of the river to its mouth. The appropriation which was made at the last session of Congress for the continuation of the survey is subject to the following proviso : "Provided That no part oT this appropriation shall be used or expended u?ntil it shall be made satisfactorily to appear to' the President of the United States that the southern boundary of New Mexico is not established by the commissioner and surveyor of the United States farther north of the Town called 'Paso than the same is laid down in Disturnell's map, which is added to the treaty." ...:' My attention Was drawn to this subject by a report rrom tne Lepartmeut of the Interior. the Secretary of War. Measures have been taken to carry i;.t the law of the last session making pro; " the improvement of certain rivers, and. 1 and it is believed that the arrangem- nt for that purpose will combine 1 tc-tHcit-i-s economy.; Uwing cnieny to tbe adraui 1. ; il . i un wueu tue acu ym uoiMeu, little u.Vi v done in regard to many of tho works b? .. king the necessary preparations. With r to a few of the improvements, ihe sum ; appropriated will suffice to cojnpleto tl; most of them will requiro additional nj ; tions. I trust that these apprOpnation s 1 1 1 1 ...'.j . . . lliaiiB, I.U41, UiH v 1959 oUvt! UvIieiiC lit. so auspiciously resumed, will becontiuued. which reviewed all the fa?ts of the case, and sub- care should be taken, howeverjto toinrr. mitted for my decision the question whether. un der existing circumstances, any part of the ap- ,. ij 11 11 - , . . propnauon couia oe lawiuuy used or expended for the further prosecution of the work. After a careful consideration of tlie subject, I came to the conclusion that it could not, and so informed the head of that Department Orders were immedi ately issued by him to the commissioner and sur veyor to make no further requisitions on the De partment, as they could not be paid ; and to dis continue all operations on the southern line of New Mexico. But as the Department had no exact information as to the amount of provisions and money which remained unexpended in the hands of the commissioner and surveyor it was left discretionary: with tbem to continue the sur vey down the Uio Grande as far as the means at their disposal would enable tbem, or at once to disband the Commission. A special messenrrer has since arrived from th officer in charge of "the surrey on the river, with information that the funds subject to his control were exhausted, and that the officers and others employed in the ser vice were destitute alike pf the means of prose- worn wuicn is not 01 sumaeni importance commercej of the country to bo jviewed ;r- x al in its tharacter. But fcrbrks which La commenced should not be discoiitinu I completodi, as otlierwise, the sujiis expend in most cases, be lost f 1 The report from the Iavy jDepartixi-;:. inform you of the prosperous ;condition branch of the public service oiniitt. I charge. It presen to your cohsid-.rJ.k:. topic and suggestions of which I -ak y . proval. It exhibits an unusual j degree t f ty in the operations of the Departm ,-i.t the past year. The preparations for. t!: : J expedition!, to which I have already allu J arrangements made for the exploration ..: vey of die: China Seas, the Northern l'c;c!: ueuniig a ou aiu , uic iiieipieiic. lutu-uii 1 towards a Teconnoisance of the yontinont ( f ca eastward of Liberia; the-ppeparatloii . parlr pxamifiationTi'r'YliA tributririeW of i!. La Plata, which a recent decreejof the j i chief of th? Argentine Confederation Las to navigation ; all tneso . eutefprite.-, Till ,'!; I . VUIIOU-Uiai6l of ber sovereignly. t il'.jl i ? n if r Mil! II':. I'" W
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Dec. 16, 1852, edition 1
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