^fessS^lp

•.li.-rarly ftr^af
»' I" be a
,
: ' {'Pytfy'm
-• •
I 1 -* i :. , at # 2 >
paid w-ifiiin ific yaar-*>r $2 i£g
ltf the expiration of the yeurv-i
.> ADVERTISEMENTS-B-ili bc inserted it
^atcof SI Pifi>r aapecififed rimT
,.;il be iaserteu -jntif forbid. -»nd CHABCJED Tc-
id u-ithin me ycar--or 32 tffcot paid until
. the expiration of theycatr.~|
AHDJ
O? EVERY D OS:
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CAR1&;
TflECKS, HASflBILLS. LAMgLg.
Tirnr jnri'rabis ASD OMPATCH. AT THX
OFFICE OP"SPf&IT OF JEFFERS03C
*>• Arupplyof MA«iST«ATS'e« 8»imii»*» '~j3T
STABt.K'sliLAXKS—.DSjCDSOrBABOALX
and Dceo* OP Tacar—>"«COTIABL» and
«o»* NOTES; 4c., &c.. always o* "
CHARLESTOWN, HI
fcfj
^L MTUEDAY. DECEMBER 6,1856.
. . L^'~'. ••'--•' • . - - - - • -! -. . . '. • '-•- •? • - -',._•
I pa; conducted
It
partfzan.
i— ^ j-.' < . —w.,.* f «u iwirujjan
an;JN t.. Joii.vsTON",
\V. I). 7'AVLOi:, Js..-
} ComraiUe of
£ the J.ff,r*on
^Cojm.iiile^,/ fa
J Society.
1 Committee of the
) Society.
C/«_*.-
'!: \ I LiiiNfJ ; li- cEnqwr--,
J.J it'.-.viil ;v 'i-L-h a \Vi:EKLV AIOV PA>EB, io.
"•:."! p ri V r 'P^' r '" ii' 1 -"-' b^iyt-een ilie :
papi-r'it «crvict:ft!jlc r.:-'
f?4 tbose \vbopro-
ili fii'ii-.'i\ "r Io Jn t.ke t'
•il-.rv o! l"_n t- ;i!iri JiriruijiL'iil
- : - like j.:ti t i'i (']••
:••('•:!..'inji.-.!; Lviiii-cujimi and iln-
benefit (
CfotU3SOfU:i
Rcady-3fa'ir.viin" Oae
11, 1S5C.
TH|E SCIEXTIF 1C AMEU-I!
TWKLVTII YE\ ! ; :
TJjoosaiid Dollar Cash! prizes.
niiil VMin- ff
ii-ci on tlie 13tb
pts ful
.\ .
KST AIJ M.SJ • 51 EXT.
-.-iitifjo Auii-riran" is an
'itcd clik'fly tu (he pfuiu
. Inventions, Enti'i'nccring-, > "i
me,)
lli-v. U
I.' 1 T
i',LI
iV, ia ilio CV'i ulics o' Clarke,
id ConlroiRsiQijcrin Oianchry.,
LT''l:!'-i:t tifD.'i'ds. l).-pu.ii.liiill.~.
.i.iiTv^nl ('i.'rl
I..V«\*KOV BOTTS.
WHITE fc BOTTS,
J...M.. .OJ4 tlic 1st 'of
! li.jt in" S!i l >-;iri : ib)-r.-*i-!
:*}'$ to fli-.;:;:.nl: .gis>G
:li : Slnt to^
purchase, or to remember the Jitlle debt! you
owe. What if you do meet Bill Pride dvlcke'I
out in a much better suit than yours, theprice
of which he has not yet learned frern liis tailor,
and he laughs at your faded dress ajid i old-
fashioned natitns of honestv and ri^!;t? Your
day will come. Kr,aukiJDi \vim from a j-eiiny-
saving boV, vraiking tSiBalreeU with a Iu4f of
un:|l
"You run
breatb]ess,taiJtl seems to say;
if you dare!" ]fso, iheu.yoii
idea of tlie'siluatioti of a poorlSHow who
•1- •'}•*'"»•'< ii i • : ~ .>> vgi«
[Alle.gels a hit.hei'if, :\vhicli
into a teajparly ; then, \v{ij;u-k,
which sends b'ihi c!tr that he wouKl
«iTual«!t! clerk" and a useful tuan.
13ejust, fljen generous. UtnevoScnco is a
:y, by v.-bich you not only benefit tlo
Jt fael a fcnsation;of joy in your own
ffth more than-gain. l?ut r,'L-ne:''*Hy
can n&Tre/rbe raeasurediiy thcafcount vou lay-
'• cira fiiw dress, or that you spetu: to grati-
iry and foHy. L-^iha'irirfe sav voa "'
•^•••' - '— '-t Pii- „ • • us
the Cathedral in Mtsico, where ccrtaioserrioe*
were held appertarnicg to tbe nuns at tha w«H
ern part-of San Fr'ancjsco. * . - ;
. The cathedral was filled, as usual, with «
large crowd of the faijLful; and at the con-
clusion of tL» ceremoines, when they were di*.
the two ofUctrs ling-ired in the church
*t tha expensive c: nr.ir.cr.U • as tha^-
.were also in the act of retiring,, o nan who «*•.
n.iined behind the rest of the sisterhood
s sij;:i to one of th'a. t>Scere,"^ho' «ai
loHovviug the fix.tstepa of his comrade, that
wisle.1 .'o spejik to him. Ketusning to
nah, a dialogue castK-d, in substance aa ;
lows :
'-You are an A tbc-
tiey were tidt loo smart now for us, poor vic-
•tilinze.cl, deluded.'creatures. One of ithem
-wont so far a? to say that they ought to be bet-
U-.r vorsed iii\a,nthropofo(fy. Ue, ibotig.b, .was
sin inexperienced youth. But.the, following,
from the penj of .-an- bid bachelor, that we wat
know
of us
1 convince ; liimji^pk they
t antkrojwlorjy than most
TPWJiadQjdoy^iignr tbe -old
OF
j-'
July 31,
si C.'onii. ntfifcf, niulient or jtiveni!S?^'ho
I.iiii-l oh Lis Heart and
his first long-ailJL-d coajt, the :vvhotS;:
whole ; niFair is managed In- ths .l;idv to suit
lierstlf; h|nd yet, she bus the address to make
iiim bclievje that .he is the author. And he
strtuds Ijke a:c.alfti;bout to he Mil tp the sla'tigb.-
t|?r, while. : his enctniys are gutting'} ready the
gripping pan and ,bastihg spqpD to j roast- him,
aiw be is iit that-r'npnieni bc-ing ''Jone brown."
We see occasionally in tho hov
couats of niarriagcs \viiiijh i;
] cotirt:iili|y,.nnd tver\
•spajiors tLe ac-
think of the great- waste of t
_ i t , i
wouid LaVe brought tiie wooer
ping point i mined atoly, if no
'
one
ico aftc-r
shocked
up to
iae:\vhich baa
flie
sooner. The
six hill's of the
fnatter is vjcry.siinple. Fii> or
'superior aUrautto.ns.of Mr. S'.nitli, or Mr. I!cown,
widi an otjcasipnal going tu oh.m'ch; with one
ojr the: other,, and J hen, .a softness of voice, and
a; sort; of I V Don't-speak-t^mf
bring' feffiiirs
r«
•but-pi
vene.ss," in his
to a crisis.—
liavi no rival,
the "help".-in liis mdtler'slithtn
UoiM
;.si'?so£ the [troju'i'ii
rccuuniieiuitd in
/.I at) pno it isj
acsaugc-i
llJMHS. , M ,
Twuty-fivc or 'Wiirtf drcifesjinay be g-h.ch -tbrre j
r.r ! ;jr times a (lay in all iirHiilary uffct:irons. Iu.i
t'oSir. Cooler
every -fiiuvu; mi s the
:it iiR'jL'ting atfd -IVom "t
Ion the
;on, at
itm tip to iW&
o, have not be'Sh a
fiendin;? oul-and-
r
^. B.— Tlif Junior partner mny '«t al
'» foand «t tin: O.VICE o^posjlf tbe Coart-IIc
fiiHrlo.-:tuwn, July 31, ijii.
HE-VKY HUIVTKTi,
ATTCBSEY AT LAW,
COUNTY,
m
. ., rofiaied t&e.i-ont
U/Sv ISJnil b^w'cei;
Tfrhic-li i'ouirrict cont:i
r«,'i fi.ivc airs.) ia U'
•*, roo 'n for laaiiy years occnpieu at- an offi'cc I '7
£uirani^(exrcpf on Court flays) at the east door
July 11S51 tf
rlit*
ie WSt* iSfiSON BOO*
Samuel Uuicmmr, UK
zolisaf Char,lc.ftown am
scontijuie thqubovb busi!us:£s in all
will oonstanfly keep on |,E>cd ihe
stock, aad/cniploy none Vut coin-
All orsjtcrs will bc at-cned !>r th&
Bun.
i "You au* truly a man of courage and hon»
6r, and entitled to fnr warmest gratitude."
! After conducting him to her cell where a
more than on atcount of Iiis
nEWILLlVEVER BE PORGOTTE^i.
The telegraph informs us^,(>ay« tbe-'McmpLw
Appeal) that the legislature of Michigan tloct
is republican, aud that General Cass will |ba
defx-atcJfor tbe Seaate. Such news is ca'cula-
ted;-to cast a chill over every good- man and
true patriot in the counti|to A man who, in
his endeavors to save the uiiion.'frotn thu var-
OIK isms that have sprung up. within the i5ast
few-years, u leaten, anci the sectionalists" |of
the North r-jolce over -their victory !-—sui.-hj a
victory would h.a\ e boVn rt-joii-Ld over Iv tie
'tOriestof th'j revolutisin had t ; ie nfsws l^i'u ite-
ceivnd that ihat • the 'American filmy, l.-j hy
Washingrwii, at the Itattk-II. K! of Yoikto^ypi
was defe.'ttejd: yi'liLti such j;!o!tiiii' r t.-ikis
place over the d.-T^at ut'H «c!l-triod "
who has dc-vottdmore u--.fi than are
allotted to man, in. the scivbe of his countrV,
and .who, through th-it; v.-ist period of lime,
h.is tc,o i tru;j|tu t :c wlol Union, it i.-. I'me fcr
Americt>n!;-±-Ui
_ . ..._-_. .4^ law, bo)
to thatprfessjon ; pursue the business-you'
^chosen," ']>^rsistent{yj:^ndtji5nonsly, Slid
jllv.jjnd if there
.1»d turn to a
of '.you, it
' •
•4 1 "J .•..'..
unt;in 4 hat asV»ellrsii&e (pat line of life pst
ible, for tbe Jdngerf cu*U^to
will Vstick? WB^r-ililir*
-Mtrchdr.
'!-'
at to SSm
" ' '-•-
&4
to
happy life.—j
ing on their way
husband' and
pfredJ
rldnd:
wctnt
thefipj|ift
t6e ^jjjfiraily it 13
uumarricd
at 25J wfiich ia
io nearly all thb Stales of Europe/?,
is clearJy the land forthe ladies. . There
that up to wbat ia here copsidarei the
ga of ,t weBty-fi ve, a^irl is "suppescd
or nonage-jj ia short, "as ws
F, we apjirebend, hie;
llimp was burning, she politely invited him
tl>sit"r!c vn, and pfodut ing two I o ties, reqae*!
rjd hinijtake a glass . of wine witb her—a
request which a maci and a soldier is not apt
tp treat with indifference;
'- filling "P .T class out of one bottle, she tooK
a; little to herself out of the other, and after he
hkd finiahed his, she told him to go to the PJV
pi3site side, of the bod 'from berself. The offl-
ctr, still innocent, obeyed, when the nun thus
addressed bim :
'• AYell, we a r e nuite alone. Is mv door
bolted? Look?"
And al jbe'SKEie ir.stant^to his utter horror -
and amnzemeiit, she d!scovi-rd to him tba dead
body of a monk, whose clothes were stiff aud
matted with blood, \vh-tl«-she continued :;
'•The'fiivor I require is that you .take thin
body oa ycnr jboul^ers, and convoy it beyond
the gates of the convctt. I will light }ou to
the gates of the' first ic£'"'t. Obey instantly,-
or youVIt'e w^l be in-peri!,' fijr if you attempt
to escape, t will shoot you through the headl" •
And suiting the oction^tp the word, drew a
pistol from her bosom and presented it at bifO
"I know," she added,''that my-own life will
be the foifeit, for after despatching you I have
a.poinard for mystlf—the same wUa wbich I
stabbed that misernble,nionk.
Seeing no other means of escape-, the of3-'
certook up the body and by the uun, vrho
ried n dark larrterTi, proceeded to ihe gaU
which he entered an r upon issuing from it,
threw down his horrible burdi-n at the feet of .
lii* comrade, who waiting to enjd'y'a l.utfgh at
what they both .imagined would terminate io.
in a pious lovo intrigue. [-••"'. ',
Af'tJr nicotintin-r to his friend the almost in*
.credible ndventure in vJ.icb- bu had.been en-
gaged, they .r'esohvd to communicate the cir
curustanco. to General "Worth, in person bn(
they hat! only proceeJud a snort* distance
from ihe convent, when the officef who had
brought out tho body began to complain pf
the most voik-nt and exi:iutiatjng_paiiis. IIji
.'oon kll upon tbe paveaientand expired Ha
had been j okonad.
now siv
Tiie sentence of the
read to him with "due si
a-j he would have Jistene
T DIED.
;ary commission wa«
Sty. slle listened to it
•ihe cannon of another
pg loiiki '
ran* away
ercie
N^y.{aatn.oi.rl|
•a Toang tBi^;' «rd
Ee prime of life." '
tie formula
e.taafcgLty ; at
? be a irttlfrfos«,THra at
Ifeft cer:aia,,age.
^strongest
er, c.El-
! JIcv; Dr. Tycg t./
amstown last August, at'
Tbe Examiner, a re-
tbat as he was ajjfaesaiDg A
bout two 'tlocsaciSpeople. he
.the aadi-
&od Lis
fter, wbea
it man T,
battle daring h?3 military life without ernotaon or
bravado. He neither asked "for pardon, for d.e\&yt
nor appeal. He.bad advanced of iu's own accord to.
ward the JourrMLif to accelerate the catastrophe. —
Tbe door op tceScn a narrow esplanade lying 6e^
twcen the towers of tbe castle and the outer, -walls.
* ^
Twelve soldiers with loaded muskets, awaU«d hiiri
theie. The narrow space, did not permit him to
stand at a sufficient distance to deprive his death of
a part of its UgFror. Mnrat in -steppiir^ over the
threshold of the^arrbsr found himself face to faos
with them, f^mosed to have h!s eyea bandaged
and looked at ^he soldiers with a 6rm and benero-
.fcnt smile, said i l: ily friends, d-y not ir.ako me suf-
fer by3tak : .ag bad aim. The narrow space compels
.you almost. !>:^fei iLe rausls cf yOG,r nicsheu on
my breast, do cot tre»b!e— The ^Rbrated Dean Swifl, ia preaching -an
lizs svrajon,t?as sererc against. the lawyers for
'pleading against their conjcicsces. After disoer" s
yciing coQHfiellor said =om? severe things against tlie
clergy, acd added that Ue did cot doubr, were the
devil to'die, a parson njtght-ie-foncd to-preacfr !.ig
faneralsertuoa. "Ves,"**!^Swift, "I would, aud
would give tbe devil L : s due, its I did. Lis children
'
Lerccsarei
Itt^i'jt'arisb.yer,
i ttc Old
and
f become e EnJaU by '

teeiii of the Srnalc
eiia df tin Haute of Rtprescnlalites .-
Tlie CoasiitutjuH requires that the Presidipt
jfl, frou lime tu.U:utipon -ddibeia ibo,
thrink with unaffected I'orrdr frcjm any cI slaughtered populations, and all there is
'most terrible in-foreign, c mpli^UpS with civil* 1
and servile war; ari«J that the first step in the
^attempt is the forcible disruption df a-country
embracing in its broad bosom a degree of lib-
qrly, and an amount of iudividuiJ^nd public
P'osperity, to which-there is no'pPallel in his-
tory, and substituting in ijs place host'le gov-
erniflents, driven at once and inevitably into-
mutual devastation and fraticidal
transforming the now peaceful airl fulicitpus j It rcmainaten tli
.brotherhood into a vast permanent camp of i rem;:ins?tliere"-?fB
armed men like the rival. monarchies of
1 rope and Asia. Well knowing that such,
the States may, in their diijcretion,
"Si to it, solemn compact though it.
^i States pf ihe Unir
political enactmeBt,
ppwer or anthorirj
[•The position assumed
;ht tp. eiiact snch-re-
ingularly so m view
e from those who
listing laws of the
lar designation and
iay, more, "nneqnivo-
roudcmnecl tbe most positive
ictions pf the Constitution itself,
tner.ns within their reach, to
a porjion of their fellow-citizens pf the equal
. jrlgni?and:'privileges guarantied
alike to all by ^fffandataental compaotof on? Uni-
on.
The rep-aliin terms of a statute, which was al-
ready''obsolete, and alsonnll for unconstitutionally,
could have no influence to olslruft of, to promote
.the propagation'of conflicting views ofpblitcaj or so"
cinl institution. .When the act organizing the Ter-
ritories of Kansas and XtbrasUaj was passed, the in-
herent effect'upon that portion pf-the public domain
thus opened to legal settlement;: was to admit set-
tlers frpm.all the BtaUs of the. Union alike, each
witb bis cjanvit-tiona of public policy.and private in-
terest, there to found in itheir discretion, subject tp
suc!i limitations as t! e Constitntion and acts of
Congress might prescribe, new States, hereafter to
be ndHiitted:in tbe.Unioa.' It was a free field, open
to all, wjhe tber the statute line of assumed re-
flclipn were repealed or not. That r-peal did not
pjoii4b free competition of tbe diveree opinions and
domestic institutions a field, which, without suchl
, would; have been closed against them: it
that field of competition already opeffed, in
fact an din. law. A '1 the repeal did was to relieve
tbe statute-book of an objectionable enactment, un-
in effect, and injurious yi'terms to a
of the States,'-_
Soargument against the repeal of the sUtntt3
lia^injguestion, was accompanied by 'another o^
;iCOOigfenTali.cbaracter, and equally v.ilh tlie former
a "*• ' ^'oundation^in reason-and truth. It was
t'tHe measnre originated in the concep-
.lon'Oflertefffling-th'e'-'limits of slave labor beyond
those previously assignwFfq it, and that suclr was its
natural as wtll as intended effect; and these baseless.
r..-?!H^|B^!s were jnade. in the northern States,
(rround of unceasing'assault !i upon constitutional
right. . • • • i -
Is it tlie fact that, in all tbe unsettled regions, of'
theUnited Stajes, if emigratie-n be left free to-act in'
thisTespect for] itself.'-withont legal prohibitions on'
eitl'er side, slaye-.abor will spontaneously po every-
vbere, in preference to free:labor ? Is, it Jthe fact,
tlint the peculiar domestic'institntions'.-of the South-
ern States possess 'relatively so much of vigor, that
t'heresoever aa avenue is freely open to all
world, they-will pen-.'irate to tbe exclusion
of Che nortbern| States? Is U the fa^ that the for-
ger rnjoy, compare^; with the. .iatter, such irresisti-
bly, superior vitality,, independent of climate, soil,
an^. a'n other accidental circumstances, as to be able
to produce, the supposed result, in spite of the as-
suiaed mo'al and natural obstacles to its accomplish-
ment, and of tb'c more numerous population of the
northern States? X !
* The argument of "those^-vvbo advocate the enact-
mcjif of new laws.of restriction, and condemn tbe
rcneal of old ones, in effect avers-that their particu-
lari views of government have no self-extending or
Ec'f-sustainingWwcr.of their own, and will go -no - ^
•nhern Hnl««- ? TW&ed, by acfof Gongres?. And if
Congress do-put pause fora moment in the policy
o/ stern coercion; if it venture to -try the ex-
judge for themselves
titutions will best suit them, if it be not
up to pepetuallegislative «.xerlion ons this
; if Congress pro eed thus to act in the Very
spirit of lU^^^Uis atjp-ice charged with aiming
teridjfi HBBbito-all tbe'ncw Territories of
tion of the Executive. Bat-itfcliratsfdf actna
lence or ofbrga'airE'J dba traction of ^Ia«r,i)ert
Ibnsljr renewed from time to liniej have beenniet
jtbeje occnrrtd, by sa^ii meaEs. as were available and
las the circnmslaiiccg required; and notbing of this
itjiafacter i^ remains to affect the general peace of
tt* U'l'ipn. The attempt of a part pf theinhabiiants
;°rthe Territorj to erect & rerolnlionary gorernment
though sedulously encouraged aad supplied with
pecuniary aid froai active agents of disorder ia some
of the States, baa completely failed.. Bodies
men. foreign to the Territory, hira been
front entering pr compelled tifcleave it. Peredatory
bands, engaged in acts of ra|B|jnnder cover of tho
esisting political disturbance^ Hava been arrested
or dispersed.' And every *^ disposed ; person is
now enabled once more to devote himself in peace to
thepursuits of prosperous indust y, for the prosecu-
:; it being essential to industrial "enterprise
blic prosperity, aa well as Ibe dictate of ob-
, that the harden of taxation, be made
ally as po-eible upon all classes, and
srests of thQ.coualry..
Dmmecded to your conside-
ration the revlll^Pf, the revenue 1-j.wSf prepared,
under tbe direction of the Secretary of the Tr
ry, and also 1-glslation upon soa^special qa<
affecting the business of that department, moi
pec'.ally the enactment of a law lo punish the ab?
stractiots of official books or papers from the files of
the government, and requiring all such books anc
papers and till other public property to be
o vet by the outgoing officer to his successor.;
law requiring disbursing officers to deposite all
lie money ia the vaults of the treasury, or in
•••,.•.-.•-;__£,. '..- * • ' "" '.»•-, f -
thin of which he undertook to partici pate in the set-
tlement "of the Territory. *
It aff,ird3 me nnminglei sati3fi,ction thus,to an.-
nounceth^peaceful condition of th ng3 in Kansas,.
esptciallyicpiisJdering the means to which it i»._ Pe-
ccssary to have recourse for the attainment pf.the
end, namely, the emplpyment pf a part of the mili-
tary force of the Un'rted Stat«^.'•; Tae' wi hdrawal of
that force from its proper duty of.'defending the
country against foreign foes or tjhe. savages of the |
frontier,-to employ it for the suppression of domes-
tic insurrection, is,iwheJPtho exigienoy occurs, a mar
ter of thejgfgt earM^oJititaie.i Oa; this occasi in
of impen^PneqH 8fc|VtbesD done with the
best results, and'mj^if-.l'BS^Jn the attainment
pfsach results by*lJH'i(liiM- s •pjj.greatly enhanced
by the consiJeratib'Sj B|b the wisdom aad
energy of the preseMF;ie. Ttmt Kansas, and the
prudence, firm ness ^K|!i^^i« pf the military of-
ficers on duty there, tranqaifijy has been restored
without one drop.o/blood hattBg been sbei in its
accomplishment Bjlitha fwesSf tho .United Slates.
! The restoration of comparaM'feitranquility hi that
Territory furnishes the means of observing- calmly i
and appreciating at;j
have occurred there^' and^lb.e.-d.Scaaslqiu : .'of which
tbe government of &e|fe|Sffi^g|a^'-.b%isn Sabjec't.
\Ve perceive that ' '
ture domestic
humau prudence,
on the.patt of Congress, c/Juld^hafe prevented fthis.
j : It is idle to sappos^ tfiat the.pajrticular provisions
of their organic law werethe. cause of agitation.—
Those pro visionjtfcere but Sis occasion, or pretest
of an agiiatiod||^ftcbi waj inherent; in the nature of
things. Cbngrefef: legislate!!' upon 'iha sabject in
such terms' as were most consonant with the princi-
ple of popular sovereignty which underlies our gov-
ernment. -It could' not .bave legislated otherwise
without doing violence to'anothr, great principle of j
our institntions, the inprescriptitjle right of equali- j
ity-pf the severali^ites. We perceive, also, "that
sectional interests aad p:irty pa-sions, have been the
great impediment to the salutary! operation of the
.'•"'f. •.-' L - - .2»* ' ! 1— ' •
fl
periment of leaving men to
princLples^^p>ted, anil " : the chief cause e
tbe successive df^Wroinces in Kansas. ,
i; The assumption tiiat. because in the organization
of'tiie territories of Kaiisss and -Ifi;l)'asku, Congress
trained firoto i:nposiu^ rejjirainls upou : thcm to
•which certain other territorits JhaJ : been -subject,
therefore, aisorJers occurred in the fornicr lerrttory
is emphatically co'at^^cted wy .be fact that none
occurred in the IaV:cr|Hpf. j
j Those disorders wpre not tbe c^geqnc-nce?, in
Kansas, of the fi'vedom. of self-gavei unseat conceded
1^0 that territory by Congivsa, bht of unjrtst inter-
fererico on i.'uc.part of persons not- fouabitfuits of
the Territory.. Such interfereuqe, wherever it has
exhibited itself, by.acts of iusurrcctionary character,
or of obsiructiou to Iproces^ea of law, i-has been re-
pelled or .suppressed, 1 b\Mneans which the Constitu-
tion and the laws-place in the" lands of the Exec-
'utive.
; In those • parts of the 'United 'States where, by
reason of the inflamed, state df the^publicj mind,
false rumors and misrepresentations bave thegreat-
»est currency, it hasbeen assumed that it was the du-
ty of the Executive not only to suppress insurrec-
tioriary movements in Kansas buit also to see to tbe
regularity of local elections. It needs little argu-
ment Co show that the President has no such powe
!' •• I ' • ' '" i y.tjh« inttiiision
lawful votesj.or the exclusi n c
improper influences, by Tiolence,
• l'.'o ^Ar>-T- ««• tt,~ TT-i.-J Pt-i--'
legal; depositories, ffhe'rp the same we conveniently
accessible; and a law to extend existing penal pro-
visions to all persons «rho may become possessed of
public money by deposite, aad who shall refuse or
neglect, on due demand to jay, the same into the
^treasury. I invite your|atteationane.v la each of
these objects.
.The army during-the pas" t year baa been so'-con-
s-anjlly employed against hostile Indians in various
quarters,.that it can scarcely be said with propriety
pf lapgnage tp bave been a peace establishment.—
i-i Its duties have been satisfactorily performed, and,
; we have reasan to expect, as a result pf the year's
opera ions, greater security to- the^fcoatier iahabi-
! , tants; than baa been hitherto enjoS
: Extensive combinat : ons among-M. B^ Indians
of the territories of i Washington a9 / IJL at one
1 time threatened the devastation of tlB e Hbr me d
Isettleineata of that por'tion > %f- the couOT^^From
receat infurmation we are permitted to hope that
the energetic and successful operations conducted
there will prevent such combinations in future, and
secure to those territories an opportunity to make
lily progress in the developmsa t of their agricul-
(1 and mineral'res cwrces. .; '
: .legislatioa fias been recon»mended by me on pre-
fviOua occasions .to Cure defects in.the existing organ
ization, and toJncrease |the efficiency pf.the army
and further observation, has but served to confirm
•me ihi the views then expressed, and to enforce on.
.; my- mitd tbe conviction jthat such measures are not
only projper-'but necessary.
I bave, in addition, to invite the attention of Con-
gress !to a- change of "policy in tbe -distribution pf
troops, and to. the necessity of providing a more ra
pid increase of. the-military armament. For de-
tails of these "and pther subjects •• relating to the ar*
.my, I refer tp the report pf tbe Secretary of Wa
; The condition of the ndyy is not merely sntisfac'
• ey., but exhibits the mOst gratif ing evidences
;>igor. As it is comparatively small, it
of controversy on this point hasbesn removed by
an additional treaty, whiclt Our mfnister at London
has concluded, and which will be Irame^ately sub-
mitted to the Senate for its consideration. Should
the proposed supplemental arrangement be concur-
red in by aH tlre.-partiei to be affected by it, the
objects cpolemplated by the original cpavention
Irave been fully attained. ".
,e treaty between the United States arid Great
i, of tbe 5tB* of June, 1854, which wecl into
fre opejaMpn in 1355, i nt an end to causts of
irritation beW|Kn the two countries, by securing to
United States the right offishery on the cou§t
the British North American prov^scos, with
advantageous -equal to those 'enjoyed by iSritish-
subjects. Besides the signal bencSis ofthij treaty
to a Iarsff;pras3 afoar tiiizens engaged ia apursui
connected to no iaconsiderable degree with-our na
national protperity and strength, it has bad a fa?
orable effect upon other interest in the provision it
made for reciprocal freedom of trade betweea tbe
United Stales and the British provinces in [Ameri-
ca- •.:,'.:•- . ,'_ :
The fetportiof domestic articles.lo those provin"
cerduring 1 : the-hut year ,cm)niLttd to more than
t?ren|y;two millipna of dollar*,' exceeding those of |
•:ttief*prieceding' year by nearly seven million j of dol- !
lars ; and.tbe imports therefrom, ^djring .i6es.Sma i
pe'riod, amounted to more than twenty-rone Uiilliuna •
an increase of six millions
vious year^ ;
.The improved condition of this jirjiuch ofoa
commerce is mainly attributable to tbe.abavj man-
tioned treaty.
' Provision was, made, in the .firsfarticle ofib.it i
treaty, foe a commission lo designate the mouths o 1 1
rivers to whicb tbe common right of ^hsry,-'pa the |
coast of tbe United States and British Proyinie'j-'
was not io extend. This coma.isaion has beer, j
employed a. part of two seasons, b%t \viihout much '
"progress in-accomplishing the object for which it was
instituted, iu constquenee of a. serious dif&rencV P 1
opinion between ibe coniuissioners, not only 03-10
the precise ppint where the rivers terminate,i|but in
many instances 'as to what ecustitales a river_
These iTifScuUies, however, may be overcome by re-
sort to ampirage provi'ded for by treaty. .. i
The effort pers^veringly prosecnted since tli i com-
casiondly our
wrongj which our ci
whi,-h they «e*fow to
La fonunately h fc
"
V re *»o of
hilads ' "»
underetanding, that, such
ami although
the wrongs of onr
dispensable to the
the two republics.
The peculiar condilion'of"affai-s
gtti in the earlvp:irt ul-the ph^a,
dcrcd it important Uiat this ,r.
he
i
of
t.v
_ across
ting North and Swuth A&._„,.„
v:ist amount of propf-rty xv;(s tra,,:
to which our citizens resorttd in o-roal
in passing hetween the "AiL-mtuf an,
coasrs of the United Stale*. The pr
both required that the exWin-r po\v>r Jn.
state should U .regarded as a i^ricahJWe «£•
ermi:tnt; aad.its mini-t,r «as a^prolnclfrt
ccivtd! But he reinaiiuJ i iv Oi.!\- / J l
ot
time. Soon thereutW the i'o! t\:il '- tf ;,
onoa those of the ore- : Xicaragaa underwent tnif(,voral^ ehanl
; becain^ involved in much uaeertafemtv udcou-
fnsiou. Diplomatic n-praer.tattves i CQ two
contending parties h;iva be-'U recentlv a-m '
bu', with ih.y
fonnniion possessed, it was not pVsih!>; :"<
i-i :'«? which was the government de. fach • anJ
further devdoptu^tit, 1
e eithtr.
a.i\e.
•-niencemntpf my adtniuistrfttion,'to relieve o\i itrujie
to the Baltic from the exaction' of sound dues by
: Denmark,, have not yet l.een attended with ^access.
Other govermuenis have also sought to oCtaiu ti
lawful ones, by
or bv frau'd-.-' But
representatives from the northern Stales^ who
regardless of 4he statute jine, insisted ilpbn npj-
plving restriction'to the new lorri oiy jgenetj
ally., wfifether lying norjji or spulhor il^tlij
by repealing it as a !^^jjy-' ve paanon atid secf
tiooil prejudice, by indoctrinating its people
.-•ima reciprocal -hatred, and-educating them
to stand face to face »s enemies, rather: than
(a friends."
of such un
shoulder to shoulder
It is hy the agency
interference, foreign nnd -domes:i^Kat the,
minds of ninny, othcrjwise good c,iMros, h.tri
1 —'T so inflainwl into'the passionate cor|dern-5
••n of the domestic instiiutions of ihe^outh-
rem;unsTthere?
nnd a beacon of TvarbtS!
the statesman.
oioa
NJ
erf
iilsCtpr i
tbe intentions, of
iir-tbis"rcsp v ect, conceived as they were in
', and-disseminated in passion .are ; utterly
destitute of any, justification in the nature of things,
,ry to all the fundararntal doctrines.ani
pf-civil liberty and self-governmeiffii,
:refp/c,4n general, w^opjeof tbejifir--
i haVe never, at any .timpj
al government toe; power to
Ttbe domestic condition
bern States^ but on the conj;
all:such intentions, and have s
ous!fifBlu*fon with those feWiWhof
al placet
In3 pf re vjpldj
_ac
land
BU
i'bes
brnpatibje
stence
ome xif. t
Ify the exis 1
Congress th
airy was yivited
»tions for its'repeal ;^
ed by reason of the imp?
3, when thegBlata4-:jeitnc
S"tai&? b
" 3^i
, the
Rn,. and .that
at wjih its: birtt^T^a'_foHowed^i^Cry
from theiNorth against impjjfeJ Southern eg|-,
aehmcnts; which erf sprang in wality from j^jJ State
ipirit nl revGl-!|i:i:.r*.5^Ck on^the domestic instX IUef«
tu tions of-the Soathj«na) after a trotfbled
^f a few months, baa ra* «buke4 ty |!»%TP»?e
.tiie pipple of the United Stales are themselves the
ar-sufl» : ent guardians of their okvn righss, and to
suppose that they \yiil not remedy, in;:due season',
any such -incidents'of civil freedom, is to- suppose J
them to baye ceased to be capable of sOlf-govern-
ment. The President of'the Unijedi.-t.States baa not
power !o itoterposc in elections,-^ seeito .their free-
dom, tp canvass their vo.
legality in the
United JStafflj
merit inigh
onarcby 5
e it in tlie C
ly Enbjec^te ; the cha|ge 6
r sflaPKf '•••'• f>- •
viplaiioa
,U^"ted State!
have been
"fe-
usurpation, /and oif
fights of jtlib people of the
• • . ' «5 - • -
Jually with irregularities' at elec-
Hods !of great excijjBfcit, .the oeca-
fints of even tto freestjaWrbest political
s. -But alfiexpmence demonstrates that
» -' • • - -r-i - : - ' • } : •
r i|tke onrSj.^bere tbe| right oC self-cqn-
fists ieicoin'pletest-form. the attempt
by resort tb revolution,
apt an
• trust Ihit how, . whei
ansas affords opportunit
rnorejim^ortant that it should be as complete
possible in all tbe elements ^pf strength-^ that it j
iho.uld be efficient in the'Character o f its officers, in
: 'the ; zeal and.discipline of'its men,, inihe reliability:,
' ^ it^ ordinance, and ini the capacity of its ships '
|p all these various, qualities the navy has made
great!progress within .tbe last few years; The ex-
ecution pf the law of Congress,of February 23,1855,
''la promote the efficiency of tbe.navy,' : has been at"
tendejd by =tbe most advantageous results. ; ^^""
•j Tbp law for .promoting! discipline among tbe men
K found convenient and. salutary. The System of
granting an honorable dischnr^u to faithful seamen
.:-on t5e expiratjoh of -the period of their enlistment
permitting them. 16. re-enlist- -after a leave ofab-
feence of a few months, without cessation of pay is
high)/ beneficial in its influence." the apprentice
system recently adopted ils evidently destined to in-
' corporate into the seivice a large number of our
countryman hitherto so diffi ml t to procure.'' Several
hundred American boys'Are now on a throe years
-.cruise' in the national vessels, and will return .welj
frainojd seamen. I
:f In tbe ordinance department ther,e is a-decided
and gratifying indication of progress creditable to
it and! to the country.; Tli e suggestion of tbe Secre"
tary of the Navy, in regard to further improvemcn
in thtjt.branch of the service, I commend : to j-pur
favorable cction. • . • ; " > /
1 The ne\v frigates Ordered by Congress are now
afloatj and two oftbe)|» inj active service. They are
Superibt models.of naval architcctaje, aad with their
t rmiaable battery add largely to; pub lie strength
id security. . .
' I concur in the views expressed by tbe secretary
of the department hi fayorsof a still further increaa.
of our naval force. j^gL"
The report of the^Bretary of-the - Inter^rf
ents facts ani views in relation to ialerc
over whicKthestipervisiooi o^Bffi
of much infta-est and irapar.tanc*.
public ian«,-during
ainouat.to nine ^million-.two Imn-
"vep thousand eight hundred and
Tor wWch has been recehe"d : 'the
rillion eightpunrired andjtwenty-one
'lundrcd and fourteen dollars,
i.same period there bave «been located
'njiijitary scrip an-i land-wan^n'ts, and for otl.-
er purposes , thirty millidjpjne huudred "'thousand
twobundred and thirty acres thus mak^ag^a toli'I
aggregate of thirty-nine million three hundred and
twenty eight thousand pne hundred and «eigb',
^rn I • ' .^ L -' "'
been
'-.I'- ,
On die 30th of September last, -survey^ hi
made ojf sixteen million eig[ht hundred and s
three thousand sixjBjuoa
large 'portion of wjiich is
• Thef uggestionsr in this
complication and progress
•«d ninety-nine ; acres, a
ready for market. '•
report in regard tp tbe
ve expansion ofthebns-
incss jw tfic different bureaux of the department; to;
the pension system ; to tbe colonization ofrfndian
tribes, pnd the recommendation in relation to
tnewone,
3 to
ita-J
establis
to assure toiits
rtheTerritor^ior^
jemain op ilajjat
fps of
objects for^wbich tfi
.; and
ad its i rest
United Stal
'allinf
atitntioni
i of thte
aic law-
events
r.in
ons improvements 'in the:District of Columbia agt
.especially commended lo your consideration.. H
'he]rflport of the Postmaster General 'presenfll
condition of that department of the govern.
expenditures for the
ur hundred and s'e
dollars
million six hundred
t hundred and pne
excess jof expenditures over receipts
.seven'hundred and eigbty-seven, tb.
ty-six {dollars. Tbe defic iency
seven hundred and forty-
lan forrlbeyear endiu
three Imndrcd and
ttributed to tbe additional
osl-niesters by ihe act of Congress
'ilike relietTo*their commerce, and Denmark was
thus induced to propose an arrangemeut to all the
Europpun Powers interested io the subject; and
the.munner in which her proposition was rtteive
warranting her. to bcliev^&ai a satisfactory ,»i[raDE
could scijfebe conefuded, sb'-- maJ
nmeut for temporary
n^its part, in
hi usuit
tate H
States.
ridiiionth:
^ sums coUS^BJ (|^# {be lijih of Jan.; List,
rand from tho ^srxi^PPP^' Jane next •! fro
vessels and axr^oes belonging to otir mert-hants, are
lo be considered as paid under protest, and subject to,
: fnture adjustment.
, There i3 reason to believe that, an arrangement
between Denmark-and tbe maritime powers of
Europe on the :subjcct ivillbe soou conclude.^ and
that the pending negotiation with the United ^States
may then be resumed and terminnttU in a a:\ti3'ac-
tory'manner. .•• -.
With Spain no new difficulties bnve arisen, r.or
LaS much progress been iuad« iu the.adjuitaaeut of
pending oac-s.
Negotiations entered' into for the puTposeof reli y
ing our commercial intercourse jvith the Jfiuod of
Cuba of some of its burdens, and providing the;moie
speedy settlement of local disputes growing out of
that intercourse, have not yet bwn attcuTlcd with
any results.
' Soon at>er the cii.nimeacempnt of.the hitc war in
Europe, this goverurafnttub«itted gto the consider-
ation of all n aritime fuwers, two principles iur the
security of neutral commerce: one tha.t .1 he neiitr.. 1
flag should cover enemies' goods except ar'titJ*-i con-
trsiband of war nnd the other that neutral pi jperty
on board merchants vessels 'of belligerent jjhould
•be exempt from conJemn:ition, with the exeejf '-tin of
contraband artirli-s.- '"Theje-were not prestr'-'d us
ne\v rules of"international law having been pentr;il-
ly cjaimed by neutrals, though not always ud riilteU
by buligerents. One of :he ]>;irtie# to tho ffa-r—•
Russia—as vvell as several neutril powers pnynjitly
acceded to those propositions aud the two other
principal belligerents; Great LJrituin And Frani-p,
having consented to objc-rve them . for ; the prtsmt
occasion, a'le opportunity scc'infl to fi« |'te-
seated for obtaining a. fiiniriil rcrbguition ot them
both, in Europe ;ind A-iaerica.
r But Great Britain iinil France, in rommpiV.with '
most of the States ofKuro:;e. while.furl-en:iu$T to re-
ject, did nqt aiEruiauvjly Uct upon the overtt » ; es of
the United 'States..
into consideration th
put forth a. dec arat
gC«6t( : f mariii.ne rig'its,j a ,d
' ning the two (»rini:i;tiis
which this goverunieatjhzid fiib.niued, ne.triy f.- 0
years before, tor r lhe con'sidoniticiij uf^mr.iii;ut'ii.jv,-
ers, and adding 'hereto th*i following pro|)«si;'ii>ns :
•Privateering- is and remaias al
ades, in
is tosayi'lfiaintained by'a force, sufficient re.n^y, to
prevent-access to^tbe coast of tha enemy ; : 'and io
the declaration thus composed of lour |>oiiit.*, two
of which had already been |||BJpj5etl l-y the Ucittd
Stale?, tbia gSvernment hasb^S 5 !^. i':d'toa*.-ede l->-
all the powers
B:i:ain and
d.tional
there uia
tae defi'nitt
"(Ml v
for which
aed, • j;l
iLad-S
est'ntect
To -tl/e 1'isr -.'if tUo
—that iu ie'aupa to
.be no , -m^^^m
bat s!iixiruonsliiute tlit c-!!'cJ-
biook idter- pfffi-, a rltfi tition
government b.is ul'.vay?" ctaiteu-
^^^ indemnity for loisejf \\here
a practicarfBlation of the rule thus ilffined j h:-.s
Keen injurious to onr commerce.
As to the; remaining article of the declaration of
the conferencCSof Piris, -'that privaietring- is .and
remains abolished,''—I certainly ifinnot ascribe to
the powersiispreje.ated in the cotife ence.of. 'Paris,
any b¥tlil^e;al and philanthropic views' iu tli't at-
temp^tp tbange tte uquestionable rule of maritime
law m^egard to pjjvaieei iuiir-H)--e
lia^ been recently revived, on t!,e part o* Ne-.v Urcn-
ad;i, by t e enactment of a la\v 1^1 suhject vrsscis vis-
iting her pnrts to the tonnuj;e duty . cif tortv CCTJ
per toti: nuJ, although tht- law h.u not hoi :i ;.»[ j,,
force, yet the right to enJor.es it is sittl ittsvriril. Antl
may at any lime, ;be acted o • by th.; iovfram-ni uf
tfuit republic.
wThe Congress-of Sew Gramnl.i li-is a!.-n fr. i.-:,-\ ,\.
jgjSi-, during the hist vear, which !evii-'< atax ur ro ti.o I-t!>r.i s. Tin- .-;;.:
to be puitl on l.'u- ni^ils . f tin-
lie u'e
ilionglb the lari smn pavuMe !>v.;• >I,.TI. t 1,1
ia;na Riiilri.ail t'oaiuanv. if'rhc DH!-, niiifc-
to this exaction werp the exorli': - :.nrv i.: i:/ ,.
punt.it could not-be submitted to l>>- ilic t'ii.:-.!
ates. X
The imposition of it, however] would o^vi,-,::-'-.-
contravene our trt-a'y wi?bS».;\\
was. l>y its terms, to tnke eiFecfon tf.i- Ut uf St-iM.-ii,
iier liist, t'Ut the local authorities uu the is limia
Have been induced to-anspcnd its exi t-iitiun". -ainl i ,\
await further inslructi-ins oa the sti)j't:t cum i!.f
govt-rnment of the republic. I am ut \i-r ,nh i.-'eif if-.
the t'ettriniivation of that goveruir.t-n!. l|a iiiva.-iir«
so extraordinary iu its riiarac er, an^ [icr-iisttij in. i: \\-.-\ '
bt: the Uafy-of the CiiitciJ Jstates to resist i:j exi-i.-n-'
ttdn.
I re^r t exceedingly, tfiatpccasfoncsfsts io insije
your attentiyn to a subject of still ^r.ver iinjiart in"
j)iir rt-Latioiis with il,e HeiMiblic ot N^\v- Urt-ii.i ii, --
On the T5tb day of .\jiril last, a. rioti>:;.i-n'-i-nit'n..f •
of llie iuhaliitaurs ot l\i aina rijni'iiliti .1 .\ vi,j!i-;,(
'au:l outrageous attack on thp prStuisrs'o! i!,f rajlr a ! .
company, unJ ll;e p:i3sei!grrs ai.tl other |.c!.-.ini< in" ]
or near the same, in 1 - olvinpr the ^loath of ji-vrtil rit- '
i^.-ns of the L'tiittd Slates, tlie pilla^t- ufnAuif ivt.rr-, ;
and tlie n of :x tarueaniyuni ct |'ii.;i-r r .-
belonj;irij. r to tin 1 r;si!ru;n! coits: aay^.
• I i"lll3Cll fliULInTwii^attwmrt thai cvrnt tnl I-HCK!",
un'l tlif rc?iilt shows satlfll'Mrturilr-that ri)iii[ii>-:i' n-
Sjn'iisil ility fiir'wb:it'acciirrt-il ;tt::u l:< s to rt!ie. pnv--
eminent of N.i - w Greiiuila. ,1 lui^r. t!ur.-!ur". .!•-
• Uiandi-il"o! that j;ovt 4 rniDfiit th.u jhl- jifEjH'mtiirs' Ste n't^auci *-'".;
securiljr antf prutectipu of |.fj3• .-i:-
l7.etia of tfie Un'tcil rit- te? iii rtiose'jMsrt-t. rtn «itii'Jr»«
the navrtl force, now in tlu>:-«! p'irt.-.. nnti'. hy t!.--
spoiitaneans action of the re|:iiblic L>:'•'-^.•*
my tonjrarutaiiona iu vi-.-.v i,t :lu' JI«H:«. pm* : ".-•:•
•ity tvliith the Uniteii States no.w possessa:.-l
T^ point vou to ihe stati- uf the var:"i,s •]•-
ftn-nits of the tovernmint, i^rijl of ;ill i!-e g:f-«'
ie public si-rvji-i-, civil :in-l i;i.-l:t.ir;.- ;'i
or'U-r tasjjealv ot'tue mie! ! i«;( > .iivy that.the.-nation ii-
;l,.,t
u-:i
ihc
.N»|
f mails to the Panama
Railrc ay-'Company , anonmend- to their early
cp nsideratio'n the suggest*
ri officer ; i n. relation to trAnsporta tionpon
.- -• --. • ^ T '" I_
sivre, so inadequate to tpe
the proposed ol-ji.>cl, and' so nin.-ijiml ii;
erjition, would receive ibe assent of all
time powers. Private" property would le
left tjhe depretf'alious of the public" armed
Consti
tulion. Ardontly attached to liberty ^tU>e
abstract, they d not stop to consider |Rr*R|$:
'caliy bow the oi'jec^s they would attain can
be nocnmpHshed, nor to reflect that, ev^n if
the evil were as great as they dt-cm if, jtltcy
liarejin remedy to nppty,' and thut it cap be
only »ffgro rat ^' hy their violence and uiicojK
point, ish
encc
]?ut i-nf wj
enactment;
petuitr ai
comunct ?
No
oulitediy bindiii
j i ' •• - ••
(-good jcUJisen
tise ean'it to
uestlonjjvas it
h^mostrepf
eat
Ofe-t
: conntenance from
' payment]
twill i;
unJ statesrnansJrip, thcv ireat
with unreawninjj intemperanca of thought and;
* -.:-_»• -:*-*ata«f . l .-...i—-!-
flictiiig Opinions
Congress But if it
-
finds itfs inevi
wtlj-of
ie : jpsop'le'l»f
jpFoe numlier nn3" ;
Bwltbeea magnified
ot;
e teen"
,
'of f
-
aboni
economical
/when" the
en,;greater
lands l
inting
_. upon the TVhuantepec
> ' !.
•Ontjnues in the;r: enjoy ment of'
a|t foreign-powers,
my last message was ' trans,mitre<
i subjects pf cpattorersy
t men t of soldiers in this cbuptry-ifo
thaJjctbertoCentrari '
r ed to distarb-gpod understanding-
ted States and (Great Britain. Of
termination of the-'formerjqnesfion
ed:^l; tb^ time-—and the ojher is
isfactory. Adjustment.
• ...- "••- : ; ;• --• •-,'-•- •'.
"' ; |#§pe con^tioJpbjStireea '|he TTmted
Sre^t Britain p#^e Wth ii»f a^ril, 1850
re for tlie/^efit -of »U rpajtlohi^ the ntn!
the. cpmm6n,:'dSfcflt;Bn> transit way Cr
wtbraus of
, . . vo,limits of
.... •
byiQreat,
& r o :
coan
I have expressed a readinesr on tLe rarf of this
government, to at-cede to all the prin«iplescont&ni-
ed in tbe declaration of the cpn r rrenceof Paris,
provided that relating to '.heul-aailonmentof prira-
teerinjj can be*so amended as to effect jievpbject for
which, as is presumed, it svns iiitr-ndeS,3tSe nnmn-
nity Of private property un the ocean from" hu ''
capture. To effect this object it'is proposed to
to the declaration thaf "privateering island
•Abolished," the following ameitianient. "And flwt
the private property of subject^wjil citizen
bell^ercnt on tbt-high seas; shall be exei
seizure by the public armed vessels oft!
ligerent, except it be.contraband. 1 ''
The amendment has bten presented
Jherpptlera whicM have asked onr
"eclaratipn. to abojisfi privateering, t
-"'•-ie states. Thua far it has not
"and iiJTarnrably en:ertai
mcic-atioo in
iromenta, regar- ___
e Uni ted States, hav*
it/only-fortbe purpose of
j parlies to the cpnference of
Parb^FlKi''e : fiifr satisfaction pf staling;" bowei^f,
the emperor of RtflKn baa entirely and esplia-
oved of that modification, and will, co-op-
--voring to obtain the assfnt of otfter
that • assurances of similar pnrp ar t
•ceiveil-in relation to the dispositior of
e pf thePrericli.
•nt aspect of this important subiectVl-
us to cherish the hope that a principal so bu-
maJieib"i|8!cbaracteTusp just and eqnal in its opo-i
ration, so essential to toe prosperity of comtaercjal
nations, and so consonant the, aentimenta of tbis
enlighteneil period pf^heivoridi will comma.id tbe
approbation of all maratiiue powers, and thus be in-
corporated'into the code c f interaatioaal law-. •;-i
My Tie^oitthesd^ect are'^aoml-'filfy set fjbr^h
a the if^Iy"^ thai S«?rBtary .pf State,.» copirof
whlg^jbiieiKrfjfcb bajanJitted^ to the eotomuni^ir
iiPfls en"
eW
,.- -. --T-—^-i to thfefe gorernment, ^
:icorajndnt?at5pnHJf-France.
it Qf tbe.Ufifted Slates, has at
I: wi!bbjaaiQ f;intemt tbabth«r ?-.
" i country,
tnuJjaiffilfenf of "
•sd^conai
. e»t r«
awfnrm
at pe-.ice at horae aa '\ f
.bloodless .cocquest of the '.nnlinen! : flia: ci'i-n: :in-l
populoyj States are spriu^iaij ii;', aji' • -y •" •''""
mcnt, fretn tbe b'osjm of «.iiV wt-n-rn' n i. is. ••".•! • lt
tlic cqn-hgeong energy of qiw- jicople is i:j,^ "••••: un!ry
entirely from tiie influences of conflicting tra
larttic partialities or antipathirs, which :iH>'^ r
cnr coli-.nini aad revolutionary history, = anJ s
ganize the practicaLopenttjoD of the ''
' *
7
'' '
u o: ~
- '"
•Delves in tbe ea!i:u
_ .t by:
wealibteat of tbe empires of Eurij
tic relations, we have to,;piard(
the ambit io' s,
therefore, soim
or opinion, or of action,
present political
the restlwsjpirii of »nf
peopiBWfte United Stfl
•I.shall prepare to anfNtadcr tbe
te^roy sorcessor, and retire toj
tiinents of profound gratity *
d^nce whic*!. durjajj the pL ^__.
tion, bas voucasMp to.rarrjl ' MBmaoy di
ties, domesjic airaforeijm, an ^P c n>e l ^. ? 0a
teu)|.Lite tbespectarl • of arairtWpBd rcspectwi re-
lations batweeu onrvand all olfier govcmments, ana
the ^ablUhmcnt of coaftitmiotwl order and traa
quiliwibroughout the Union.
FBA5KLIN PIERCE.
, December 2,1S5S.
FRIOBTJ-UL ACCJDKNT—FAU.INS or TUB Itur.*-*
BCIMK OTS« THB SaVtASDOtB RlVSS—To'«I«
- D?e.,.l.-A frighifuf acctdenji c
curred 0:1 the M«rnawa» G»p Railroad o*.Sat*
day Dighj, «t River Ssatioh, in Warren
Va. Th< bridge OTet tne Sh . M?doah Rl
waj, precipiMHiag ihe engine *nd fi»« caw, a , u
pf fprif.Sve feet into the river. The
firzdwo aa* cootfaeior were ki!
Buck, iwss-nScr, of Warrs a counijr, '

on the .l.i-!n of
1 en wl-- 1 a
Tiie "Know-Nothing press, ever., ready to
i i'- i • i
.,. n'H'n the 6lignt«ait pretext for abosinjj j
-. Faulkner, .ar« making llieiiiiulves merrv <
* j
L.r .t!io fact, timt tliia gcoUeman Las been !
t3ir.i-.~i in connection with the V.'ar Depart- :
.pH.U'f Mr. Duciianau's C;ibiiu.-!. ?iieiraf-j
rowsfal.l-arraless 'at his feet. The Berkeley i
.t.-j-,, rii-.ii), lii'Wfcvcr, is an-excepljoli to
sl?. In a rtwnl issue, il Favs :
'••A- i'.Js- i lie" representative of ibis «li-»trict. j\Ve
• -..- tli:it bis iiuliiniijable encr;",-, and-:ua-
.-.: _r jii-rsi-veranqe aluiie, SiiWtl tlnj •lir.triitt to
• ;t ;>•:;.! )>-ra.:y l-.\o yc:ir a^.i, atnj tii.it slu-j--
.- - - •: ireJ t!i. field of its usefulness and go numerous ihe
or
NS.AR \SERRYVILLE, VA.
i cures, that almost r.very aectiiii . ,_^
country, abounds in persons publicly known, who. i
iav«- -.jeen-restored from alarnjinjjaml eve*-dtwpir-^- !
ate ,!; sease/! ofjlic luuss by iu use. When cace tried. :
• ta'susjrenortty l %'v«!revery oihi-r medicine vi its kind-- '
18 _ too ftp"par«Btio escape obscrra'tion, and &hrre it= '
virtu-s are known, tiie public no longer IIPsitate'-'-',
whaJ ejntu'ote to,employ f.>r ti distrrsn^i- j*nd«J;ih- '[
aflectfon.iof the pulmo! aryorgari-J^inrh arc' '•
imt t'j our cliiiiBie. • "--*• *••
nay almost all ottiefcti of discaje^upin th.- tunas or
ihroHtL arearrcKted a.*«d tlius are'saircd msitv thou-
Mjadifevery year' ffoi'ua cremature 'grave. , !%o fam-
ily lhauld be without ;',arj'J thiose who do :iV»lfct to
proricJe thcmsclvpg witti a r ^I'ripdy which wari's off
this il-increroju Vlass of tilieaf.."! wiil ha\c rausn to,
dcplyrje it when it is too latcJ f'.foof^oft.h^ ai'rp'ricJug..
e/licaty of the Cherry PectoVaiueci.' uotb^ .jfivcit to
the Ajneriqajn people,— they biive iiviaS proofs in.
every beightterhopd. Uut th«;i?i: who \\-ith
^tah:tMea|a ojf those whi^e >L-lio{..-'beukli l-a
ston-^anH wliws livi-rt ha\]c DSen save.! by iis
find thela in my Ain-::ricari Almanac whii-li
t below named has toifuroiri) "-ratis f,
-a :ic
''-'' re-'
f..;a -J
Mr.
«[ieu
s!i.»ui 1
yij : ,u:o to
r^lns.jt, but
.tif every
Prrrlaf.-d by Dr. J. C. Airiia, Practical Oioini^t,
, rLoweU, MaJ and s.ild by all.Drug..ji»tfl and Doal.-rs
j ui M'-diruiL-ilimu^b this aeciiwn. "•'
AlcujXor fla^e by *" ,
HUTCHISON & BURNETT,
AXU BELLEIl t COOKR.
CAN WO>r : AX DO ! "
ectcd hook by T. S. ARTHUil, is
for Agentp aiiil Canvas -r,. It is
lac-sal'-.aud i^CfinHitd-p.-d i'itieuf I-is
Iu it will befduuij ?.Ir. Arthur
\VO.-,IAN'S
ft 'HE undersigned offers at private sale his Talua-
JL b'c and very desirable FARM, containing-
; 265 ACRES, *
more or less, (40 acres be.ivily TIMBERED,) situa-
Uji! one and a half miles, from Bcrryville, tile county
sent of Clarke, jand impediately on the B-jrry villc
an.i\ije.!of
I -'i-ui-e.
in. it
-'.'{ arj.J wi-
that .~ilch
shall
iri". lii
y-.i::r
in: n^Iiv.
cra
t.ingiii.stie me are
anr! settle the same iminediiitelv, as n<
dulgeticc wUlbe'^ivcn.- 1SAIAI1 GEiO
::Harpcr»-Ferry, Sept^IS, »S5fr—2ih
•SERVANT. WQMIA'N FOR SA
K sale a likely and capable?iEi
twenty .years old—wtllj trained
i]iiiin;r-rooni servant—a|.*£f jto wash,
i«ouii of attention, mtasagta
if argreot, arerecutsted
j^ far as practicable.
ins j. tr. STRAITIL
jto confine nij bu?taes» toi-«-
_. dJQgr Machines, I \r?ll offer ft r ! «leferirVhiin:-i, as"thoy Invcborii ci>ut*wlud a:
tin- iui -i, ,ii;.; tu tin: i|. 11 inifiit I. iiii- compHnv.
ol'ahfeDir^tors, •• FKANCIS YATKS,
lX-i:''l-l!>4 r C. . Prr.s't
the l>t o! J.-viiUarV
In- -l-i.^i-.n.^
I IIJT;I..I-
|i". .,• |.«-:l- C >
l.-ll"
|IK. - !..'? 1' «•
• .v II.. -
,.,;.... l-y
I*
I/. •« i>f tl:e
•i, u::r Al-
ildt-3
«re-
• •;-:ili|u- ml-
K " ovl '""
v.. :i ?i\i':! nit
UjiinWaH, in
n.i -i-V :!ti- >-il-
t. :ll!-.l Io ill-
It . iiy iio
(1 ;va4a,
it yh.sl! hitvu
lit n! n li"«
tniit at llilS
l.ut to" I'H,
• beeu
t A U. "Rude, GEO11GE \V. MU Ili'JHY , K-liWr
'-' 'In .S:iirit ••!" Dcnioj-raov,'' ami Mi.w FANNIE,
«tt*bttr«naaj. J. S.CVlvert,— all of tliit pliu-e. j
SALE NOTtlS.
T IIE Xotqs given at my sale -A-ill e due on
I III! of beccuiber tu-xt.
liiuturc. thuj interest will be rcl
wi'ii bu n-quirc.l. •l'HOS-:.S.j|3ilNSO^)
I - By WU'ITE &. Boi'ts,' lu's artorii'i-y
•NVcmbciS), 1^56— tUD— r r!.
the
. I
e -A-ill pe
If paid the DA lj' they
clAittWU othri -vise-it
ys.
RELIG1OU5 NOTICE.
•Tlic Rrv. Mr. Jones, will prcnr.li nt Z'iwr Churdh
*« Bret Sahbath in IXecciaUr, (thoTill) i|t 3 oVk.ck,
CALL EARLY.
rr^O ar.-ornjmodateoiir customer?, andall v Iw may
JL wisij to ! ppcscnt those, little Tokens of aiS.-ctioi^
nt thu.a.1
H:3rk*of various
ofeSchoonJookft.^Hauy of thwu illpiri
-«.
A. Gnn^uui'ir', F."ol. o! •Gcrinun Lanifuart at tkc
lilaryfant) lusiituto ayd ?>u Farnily~Medicii|es;
crpan '"
Rose's. Cough'
; Oo. :Gr
Rad*-a§
Dav-jj
Ta
M OLLO W-WARE.—I have received a larg-e as-.
sortmcnt of Perrgco.,P«af: ' •. '..
DtycAjrwos,January,ll,186S. i
n—Dear Sir—"I wa-i for five
' afflicted with Chronic Bilious DJTSCB-
£ 1 was attended bv several ofjthe best
liic country, but all of no aviil, I al-
"i,remedies, but could find nothing 1 to
ta in&tfced to try Uoofland's
taking 1 four bottlee of whidi,
lam now .enjoyingthe pest
meeting of the
rday,the6tH-
incuts—)g2JOOtW ami $10 Hi, to be

teal. *
A FIRESIDE iBUSLVG.
I'm sitttog-br tb« fireside,
Janet,
And rousin.g fond Ij, sad "jr ;
I. forget I'm alone —
That a vacant chair's
[. And hon'rt gone.
In (hr sMHcof ? of ibe r^h', ,
; From the bail
Comw the teslins of the clock,
And ite wall Jfi scarcely whil«
In tlie r a ' e an ' 1 '"jii'gem'wcrs
FJickering lig'i'.
1 ]af TTir Jiand abstractedly
Fi>on thv ckair ;
Bol when lurcing only pr«t
'. Tlie emj'tr f.ir ; nlas! ray r:«:on
jja