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^^lw^njiLsuf^one! How i
iiilMtWjpeart whs witli fftrgnivh, was never
Alone fft rulod his nation luauv veara ere
I ^^ul.l lat?4> 1?I. 1.*.^^ i|
mv vvwiu vy nw imrk 1 w? '
\v?s never filled with Another imago; but kc '
placed upon hid throne n h?ttighty, cobl wo ;
man. 1 tie)- lived without love for ? short I
tim*wrhen his grnv^, wept and
lamented by hi* subject.-. ?<> whom lie had
provtrtl since affliction, a wise and gvaxl king.
dMipioMsn.?The brother* James nndi
V?rH*^ recently tried in York
CTb&N* for 'bo munler of llonsns, wore sen
fenced to be hung on the 2Mb instant.?
We learn th'nt one of the parties, who was
H&oinmended 4* a tit snhjeet for Executive
interfercncit^b|? been pardoned by His Excellency
UovItMannino, and in lieu of being
hung will remain in confinement until No*
vemlntr next. The other will he executed in
accordance w ith the sentence of the court.
Acconntso to a statement in the Haitimore
American, one hundred and thirty-ser?U>
Irt^inluMV r\f r!/?n<rraaa 1? oro KAAII .iK/oinn
sixteen Stat*;*, with two districts in Illinois
and one in Wisconsin, yet to bo heard from. I
Ninety-nine of these, it is said, arc avowed
opponents of the Administration and thirty-1
eight, only, ennuriittod' to its support. In ,
the same States tlie Administration party j
two roars ago elected a majority of fifty j
members.
fior; Footk.^Ra-Govs"yvt Foote, of
Mississippi, is reported to have I?een very
anoeeasfni in the practice of law in Oalafor-'
nia, where he has recently erected a ningnfi-!
eelit man lion, a short distance from San i
KrfHiwseo. 1 lis wife, two daughters, and a
sob, left Mississippi al>out two weeks ago,
widi the intention of joining him. The re-;
mnining members of his family, four in j
trnmber,expect to join their father sometime ;
next year.
Capt. Lrcr., of tho ill-fated steamship I
-Jre/fe, has resolved to embark in business
-en shore. If the statements we have scon ,
in print from some of the pnssengerson thai,
ve-sel t?e eorreet. falul thev have not been
controverted, we believe,) Cnpt. I.uco ought j
to be tried for hi* life as a murderer, the oon- j
sequence of n neglect of hi* duty, ns the first j
officer, inasmuch na he did not cause the (
usual notice to be given by the ringing of the
bell or the discharge, of cannon, while running
at, full ?jwcd through a dense fog, which,
if don's, would have prevented a collision and
the sncritlec of lives.
Tfc.X AS and tiik FaCIMO KaII.HOAO. It;
seems that the Goveruor of Texas lias made ;
up his mind that lite responsibilitv of accept-i
ing the deposit? made hv It. J. Walker and1;
his associates under their contract for the j
construction of tho Facific Kailmnd rested |
with the treasurer of the state and not with i
hiui and the treasurer had accepted *24,000:
shares of the stock of the Sussex Iron Company
of New Jersey at par #12 50 n share,1
as a guarantee"lhiii fifty miles of the road ;
will be construct' I and in coui]ilcte order for ;
business within the term of eighteen months
from the date of said contract." The Texas?
New ( >rlcaus press do not seem to IxJ iiriani-'
inous as to the sufficiency of the security.? i
If this is t|?c Sussex Iron Company of which '
Mr. Kdwiu I'ost is 1'resident, it is a profita ;
Me company and its stock is with par. 'Hie!
i ajutal of, that company, we aro told, twiwev- (
er. is oniv IH80.000. So sura the New >
r- - -jr y -tt ~ * i ' ~ ~tf " * "" i
York Evening Poxt.
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*1 >OKSTIOltfcfW OX ItnoDK 1^1.AN1).?l>OCS- '
ti? k? of the ftetroil Daily driver fixer, thus
describe* a brief excursion which he made
into the Providence Plantations:?**C?ot tired
of New York, although it in .1 town of
considerable consequence. Wanted to sec
the world : so started for the *evcii-bv-nii?e 1
State of Rhode Inland, where they shingle \
t.he In>tts?s all over, outside and in, and put |
the winJows ia the roof. whore they make (
their rail fences out of cobblestones ; where
the lucks roost on the fences, and hatch their
voting ones in tlto tops^pf elicrry trees; and 1
w here the men look so much alike, their wi- J
ves often kisstlie wrong individual, (my friend <
sivs it's a way women have the world over.)
Went to the city of providence, where all the
men make jewolrv, and all the Women believe '
in spirit rnppinga; where they've got a, I
|?. idge wider than it is long, and Mncadami-, 1
.... I An I.. .? I. ftil.tc u-lirtrA *i 11 (I.A i.t.i.1,.. I.....*.
r.r+\ uu t'viH 11 y "iiviv ?*?s iiiv |Muniei uuw ^
of great menliAvc gray wigs on ; where they i
light the gas it> the middle of the Afternoon; *
where they dove live. hoisos tandem; where
tho applet* grow as big as wash-tubs, nnd tlie
ovsters ohteii# the enormous size of three-cent'
pieces. Wandered into the woods after chest-!
nuts; could'nt find auv, hut discovered a '
magnificent tree in tho distance?rejoiced j
exceedingly there at?started for it over ,
stones, ditches, fences, snakes, briers and,'
stone walla, until at last I reached it, and : j
found it was an olin, bo chestnuts on it?got '
very ma<l; walked round the State a couple J
of times, and took the first train for borne/* j
Monkeys nvi*6 or m* Ciiolkba.?The (
1'orto Spain Gazette, of September 20 re- I
ports the following singular fact froin Trini- s
tlnd $?Several hunters and other person* *(
whA have passed through tho woods recently,
report that they find tho monkeys deed
under the trees )n all direction*. They ap- '
j*pr lo harsgd/0ppe?l from the tree over- i
Iiciuft <^the;*^ad, or in the agonies of death.
! hiring tho small poi epidemic this same
thing was observed, and there can bo Fttle ,
doubt in the present case, they are attacked by
the prevailing qiedemie. Surely this is
. motiter proof of tlie very do-to resemblance ;
between the physicid const i tuition of tlie nnm-1 <
key tiibe and Use protid fiW'fe f,'? >
Friday Morning, Doc. 8JM4.'*]
?* WfcAMUtl If. 7. *or. of V?lnl and Third-aX,
At NkWtHSYt^ FoinrU'w Ol, Gtvcuville I>Ut
WM? C. BAlltYfJ^Mont.OroTr, OreenvHle. . ;<
W. W. SMITH, M*rriUvfrl?v GreoavUle THarfrt.
0. P. AA'KINKR, SluLtovn, 1'. O. Ai.?h-r>??n Wri.
Wdim/A'? AOXXT.? Avmucw M. Coo*.
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Wk hare only space for a fow extract* |
from thi* able document. Such a* we ?upfoMdof
the greatest interest we have insert i
ext. All concur in prai?tng it aa being con!
cine and exjdu it, free from much of that gen(crnl
elaborateness and useless profundity
' which lias characterised the messages of
; some of hi* predecessors, at the sains time
I affording a full synopsis of all the iaitct
! both of foreign and domestic consideration.
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COLO WEATHER.
i The w inter thus far has been exceedingly
I cold, so much so that a number of our ini
dustrious mechanics have been compelled to
suspend operations, especially the masons1
engaged upon the new court-house and oth- j
er buildings, the mortar freezing upon tlieir i
trowels. If the present eold weather is an
index of what we are to experience, lorers!
of slcating may anticipate an abundance of
fun, , ,, , ,, i. j |
SURVEYING.
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r> r wouki can me attention oi onr read- j
era to the card of our friend and fellow-citizen,
G. T. Mason, and bespeak for hint a
liberal patronage, and doubt not that he ie
fully competent to give general satisfaction,
lie in worthy of your encouragement?he
is needy, give him employment.
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DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND.
"Oh ! what a shadow o'er the heart is flung.
When peals the rwquieni of ths h>v'd and vouag." j
Death has once mora entered the world's!
bright parterre and nip|>ed n fair and bloom-1
ing flower. Like an untimely front, too soon j
his raven wing is spread, and the beautiful
is made to ]>erish. When the aged sink to ;
rest, man's allotment, it seems, has l?eeu ful-.
tilled?his mission ended, but when the:
young, the beautiful :ind gay, are thus called
so soon to pass through the dark valley and
shadow, we arc made to heiiers that the career
of happiness thus closed on earth will
be resinned in heaven. Death is inexorable!
lie stoops not alone to snatch the great, the (
mighty and the broken-hearted, but the |
small, the youthful and hopeful, nliko fall I
victims ai Ids foew IVntli is insatiate ! his j
l?o\v is ever beut?his arrows ever ily. Could '
a fond mother's prayer, a father's entreaty, 1
or sisters' tears havo spam! the ruthless shaft
they would not thus 1*? made to mourn, and
we to record his exit fnan our midst.
The subject of this short notice is Jams*!
E. Wark, the only son of our fellow citizen,'
Col. T. KL Wake. Ilediod at the residence |
of his father on the 1st inst.. in the 17th '
year of his age. We knew him well and
loved him much. As a chwnniate wo had
opportunities of knowing his many virtues'
and appreciating his manly ?ptalities. A '
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wuuirncM* ?>( iioari?a mgii-iuuideil senso of
justice and riglrt were trails peculiar in the
character of our deceased friend, l.ike tlie i
beauties of tlio night-blooming Cereus, i
which spread* it* folds when other flowers
ilisnpj>ear nt eve, his virtues shown brighter
in the. generous heart, tire ardent friendship, I
the strong attachment, and in the solitude of j
study.
At the time of hi* death, and for n year'
L?r two previous he had been a student ofj
Kuniian University. He was not only lorxl
hy his faithful teachers, but we might add I
hat he j>osses*ed the good esteem of all his j
lassniate* nnd fellow-students. But lately i
ie met them in the school-room, or walked .
villi them the road of learning and kuowh l
dge; but lately bid each ono adieu, how i
K>>n to die!
"All! it i? ? <] when one thus link'd departs.
When death, tlint mighty severer of hearts, (
Swfcj* through the halls so lately loud in mirth, j
iinu ie?vn|)me c>orroir weeping uy the lienrlh."
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Hie Y-ttWIH#
Mkchrs. Walker <V Moork having div
[K*ed of the Remedy to Mesar*. Sties k
hk'ci.Es, it will hereafter be published by the j [
atter gentlemen, ami to be styled the York- 1
-ille Citizen. We notice that it line mato- 1
billy improved since the change. Mr. Kc-j'
m.em is an oh) hand at the bellow*, and Mr. ]
lice give* evidence in hi* Msalutatory w of;1
in aptness at the pen equalled only by his
ixperieuce in the mechanical- execution of;
im paper. lie i* a Si/non pnre Georgian, i'
ir.d we extend to him a brother's RW and ,
i friendly greeting.
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TIikrk i* a ancrolite? in tear*. They\\
ire not Uw mark of weakness, but of power I <
I hey speak more eloquently than ten litem- ?
ind tongue*. They are the messenger* of I
ivorwhelming gnefj of de?p coulrhioti, and I"
inspcakablo love.
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T jPfGoxxutii^Vtc. 4tlif 1W4. J
JLJjJUk two* or Tint R?rrE*r*?K; '
~JPBt Annual Cdrtimenctment of tftir&ttll)
Offfiblina Collfjje Uk?? place in the Kcw j
Chnpel thw morning. In addition to tlio t
interesting exiHbes of Uuit occasion, the '
Semi-Contennlal Ann!vorsary <?f our time- 1
honored "institution of learning" will bo '
celebrated- Many of the' ATumui ate lien
and hop? to hare n joyful re-union. It will '
be n day memorable hereafter in the l?i*tor\
of South Carolina. Much to the regret of
tlie^Alumui and public generally, Ex-(Jov.
Fu?rt> will not be able, owing to bad health
to deliver an Address on the occasion ; but
the disappointment will not be so great:
when we know that J amks L. Prrttmc, the
, distinguished lawyer, will be the orator of ,
I tho day. A rich intellectual troat may be
anticipated.
The **f!overuor's Review" comes off on
, Wednesday next, when both battalions of
the 23d Regiment S. C. M. parade. The
| evolutions to be performed on that day
j are n?4 difficult and afford a good bpportui
nity to tho various Volunteer Companies of
|' &h ?wing off." Apropo* to this, the A?*|
nal Cadets paraded on Friday evening ami
marched with the precision and correctness
of veteran soldiers.
The Ladies of St. Peter's (Roman Catholie)
congregation give a A'oiref every evening
this week, for the purpose, we belicvo, of
repairing that Church. 1
Coi. Jons S. Prf.stok, our worthy Senatot,
has signified his intention of giving, in
t 1 *?? A _ I f _ tit ^ t t - ? - -1
auuuion 10 ms nucrai suuscnptron, 10 me !
Columbia Female College when established, '
five thousand dollars for the endowment of a
scholarship in that Institution. Young
ladies of Richland district all things considered
will be preferred?-but every one edti
catod by said scholarship must teach achool I
for at least two years, after her graduation. 1
Ilisobject is to provide teachers?capable of 1
properly instructing the thousand* of ignor- j
nut, poori "sand hi Hers" of South Carolina.
Who will follow his noble example? 1
It is generally thought that Gen. J amis <
II. Amu of this district will lie elected sue- j
cossor to Governor Maxmxo. J. WorroRo j,
Tvf kick of Spartanburg is n prominent can- f
didate for l.ieutennnt Governor. Editors t
are rising ? ' j r
The Annual Meeting of the S. (5. "Press *
Association*1 will l>e held in this city on j
Wednesday December 6th. A full nttcn- i
dencc.is requester I. c
Hon. F. W. Pickf.58?a member of the S
Clariosopliic Society?delivers an address *
la-fore the Euphradian and Clariosopliic So- r
cieties on to-morrow evening: Tlie Valedic- f
tory Addresses before each Society were delivered
last week by CiiahlksI'. Towtmhbxd, ; f
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Eupl?radia?i, and J. It. IIilky, Clariosopliic. ! f
Yours, dre., L
jjayard. :
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For th? Southern Enterprtao. p
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
At a called meeting of Mouutaiu Lodge, ^
No. 16, I. O. O. F., held on the 26th of No- j*
vcinber, the following preamble and resolu- 0
tion* were unanimously adopter!: r
Wiikukss, Death has again entered our 9
Lodge and nnother link is broken in the chain '
which binds us in the sacred online of Friend- ! e
ship, Ii?ve and Truth. In the deeenne of our j i
beloved brother, L. M. MoBkk, it becomes , *
ie?, whilst wo lament Iiitt death in tho j?rime !'
of manhood and usefulness, to bow with j ^
bumble submission to this dispensation of (
the provideiico of n wise and po wet fill C'rcn- 1 ?
tor. Be it, therefore, I c
Retolred, That in the death of Bro. L. M. 1'
McBek this I?dgfi has lost a worthy and
DOf.mtQftt uieiulier. "J
Resotcrd, Hint whilst we will not presume t
to enter the sacred circle of his family, we *
Joeply sympathise with them in this their j1
o?d bereavement. c
Resolved, Tliat in respect to him, this r
Lodge Room be hung in mottrniug, and the c
members wear the usual badge for thirty c
Jays. j
Rctolved, That a copy of these resolu- ^
Lious be sent to bis family, and published in |j
the papers of the town. ti
J. B. SIIKltMAX, Secretary. V
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A . F . M . 1
Whereas, It liAth pleased the Great Mas- "
ter and Maker of the Universe, whose I*rov- A
deuce is alike watchful of individuals and of n
nations, to call from our midst our beloved a
brother, Li tiikk M. MoBke, and Recovery ll
Lodge, A. F. M_ feeling profoundly tlie loss j!
it has thus sustained, desires to express its 0
sensibility on the occasion. Therefore, d
Rewired, That we record with painful g
emotions the death of our brother, and be- bold
with deep and unaffected grief his place Hl
in this earth ly Lodge, no* mode forever va-: ^
tant. we bow with natient submission to the .>
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inrill of our irwwtor, humbly hoping, as w?* , ?
lo, once more to behold our brother, when, Cl
it the coil of the Supreme Architect of t ho I
L'nivowe, the Masons of all agen and nations i w
hall assemble in tli? (Irani} Lodge above. J p
Sftcolre<f, JJfy*1, though we hare buried t g
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i n* m i _ . " i
>ur dead", w? have this ^dilional oo^latioD^
sitiglenew of henfljj
* hi* truth, V Ms eafoestnc* and siinpfc!
jenevolence, (remembering, ahto, that he was
t>ul n nmn la iv<* ar* with !>?
- T-jnfTitjr&-r;r'>
?nd imperfections of humanity upon biin,)
may cjukkeu us to imitate tbo tiuiny virtue*
which adorned his character nnd illustrated
hi* life..
Resolved, That while wo would not fwliIv
enter that circle which death ha* made
doubly ejKjied, nor vniulv offer them Ahe
j'-rir Cuu^quun ot words, Inn afflicted fwlM
ly have our dcepoct nnd mor-t earnest nympathie*.
Resolved, That a copy of those reeolutions
l?c presented to the family of the deceased.
jfrsofocrf,Tit at those resolutions be recorded
in the minute* of Ixxlge, on a page to be
set apart for that purjiosc.
Resolved, Tlint those resolutions be published
in the papers of the Town.
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Extract* from the
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
Fellow-citizen* of the Senate
and of the House of Re/rrcseniatives:
Title past has been an cvsntful year, and
will Ik- hereafter re fired to as a marked epoch
in the history of tlio world. While we
have been happily preserved from the calamities
of war. our domestic prosperity has not
l>eeu entirely nnintejrupted. The crops, in
{tortious of tbo country, liave been nearly
cut off. I >isease has prevailed to a greater
extent than usual, ami the sacrifice of human
life, through causu.'Utie* by sea and land, is
without a jtarallel. Hut the pestilence ha*
swept by, and restored salubrity invite* the
nlupnf fit tlioir Iwuitm onrl fho rutum Kit?
iness to its ordinary channel* If tbe earth
has rewarded the labor of the husbandman
loss bountifully tbnn in proceeding seasons,
it ban loft him with abundance for domestic
wants, and a large surplus for exportation.
In the present, therefore, as in the past, we
find nmpie grounds for reverent thankfulness
to the *?od of Grace and Providence, for His
protecting rare and merciful dealings with
is as a pe<?plc.
Although our attention has been arrested
jy painful interest in passing events vet our
MUntrv feels no more thnn the alight vibrations
of the convulsions which have shaken
Kuropo. As individuals, we cannot repress
lyinpnthy with hnmaii suffering, nor regret
or the causes which produce it. As a uaion,
we are reminded, that whatever jnterupta
the peace, or checks tlie prosperity, of]
my part of Christendom, tend* more or less
o involve our own. The condition of state*
s not unlike that of individuals. They are
uutuallv (b'jK'inliint upon each other. Amiable
relations between them, and reciprocal
rood will, are essential for tho promotion of
rhatever is desirable in tlicir moral, social ;
md political condition. Hence it has been
ny earnest endeavor to maintain peace and
riendly intercourse with all nations.
The wise theory of this goverment, so
nrlv adopted and steadily pursued, of avoiding
ail eiitangling alliances, has hitherto ex-.
nipted it from many complications, iu which 1
t would otherwise have become involved.?
Sotwiihstruding this, our clearly defined and
rell-sustaiiicd course of action, Attd our geo- j
graphical |>ositii?ii so remote from Europe,!
ucreasing disposition has been manifested
?y some of its governments to supervise,'
.lid, in certain respects, to direct our foreign j
olioy. In plans for adjusting the balance ,
f power among themselves, they have a*sunod
to take us into account, and would contrain
us to conform our conduct to their j
iews. One or another of the power* of Eu-!
o]>e has, from time -to time, undertaken to !
nforce arbitrary regulations, contrary in;
nany respect* to established principles of in- j
eraationnl law. That law, tlio United States,
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in* c, in iiich i'?ngu iuiciwiin*u 11 iiiioririii v
eapected and observed, and they cannot re'ognise
any such interpolations therein, n?'
he temporary interests of others may suggest.
They do not admit thnt the sovereigns j
>f one continent, or of a particular comtnuni-.
y of States, can legislate for all others.
Leaving the transatlantic nntions to adust
their political system in tho way they 1
nay think lx>st for their common welfare,:
he independent powers of this continent I
nay well assort the right to be exempt from !
ill annoying interference on their part. Sysematic
alwtinence from intimate political
onnexion with distant foreign nations, does
tot conflict with giving the widest range to:
>ur foreign commerce This distinction, so
learly marked in history, seems to have t
ieen overlooked or disregarded by some i
fadir.g foreign States. Our refusal to be
ironght witlnn, and subjected to their pecuiar
system, has, I fear, created a jealous dinrust
of our conduct, and induced, on their
art, occasional acts of disturbing effect upu
our foreign relations.' Our present atti-1
ude and past course give assurances, which ;
liould not be questioned, that our purposes
re not nenrressive. nor thrstfMninsr >to the
afety and welfare of other nation*. Our;
uilitnry establishment, in time of peace, i*
dupted to maintain exterior defences, ami,
0 preserve ordor ninong the Aboriginal tribes*
fit bin the limits of the Union. Our naval
irce is intended only for the protection of;
ur citizens abroad, and of our commerce,
iflused, as it is, over alt the seas of the
iobe. The government of the United
trite*, being essentially pacific In nolict,!
lands prepared to repel invasion by the vol- j
nUry service of a patriotic people, and
rovides no pertnnnent means ot foreign ag-1
mwion, Thc^tconsiderations should allay
II apprehension, that we are disposed to en- j
roach on tire rights or endanger the securiY
of other States. Some
European powers Lave regarded, |
it!? dbipiictiiig concern, the territorial cx-:
amden <>f the United States. This' rapidf
1 uwtlt has i .-lilted from the legitimate ev
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3HE
??. nVqprv?? 7* Kingdpuis,
^tlanw} diet* strnWai^a ?n..<wfcry continent,
jmd now possess, or ehumTOle control
of, ,tne isfftnds of every ocean am their
?VFw?rtuttfrfdirt?l?irwotvW M Wit!, unfriendly
eetitHbcnts upon tike acquisitions of
this country, in evwta- iustnuc* honofflbly
obtained, or would fee! themselves justified
in imputing owr advancement to n spirit of1
aggression or to n passion for political pre- ;
dominance. * ?JL<
OtV? coM>fta|j^.
f)ut foioi^n *?tiiWrc<r h.w&ichvd a magnitude
and extent nearly equal to that of the j
' first maritime power'of the jwth, ami ox-,
ceoding that of any othtfi ^tjver this great i
iutere^L in which .not only; our; liierchniit*, '
J but alrV-lfoatoof citizens, at hSist'Indirectly,
are concerned, it i* tho duty of the e*o?*utive
and legislative brandies of the govern- j
nient to exercise a careful hOpcrvWioii, ami i
' adopt projver tnoastifcs for it* protcetion.? !
The policy which I liave had in view'in regard
to this interest embraces its future nr !
i well as present security.
T1IK KISIIKRIKS.
; Since tho adjournment of Congress, the j
ratifications of the treaty l?etween the United j
i States and Great Britain, relative to coast*
1 fisheries, and to reciprocal trade with tho
British North American provinces, have
been exchanged, and some of its anticipated
advantages are already enjoyed bv us, although
its full execution was to ahide certain
acts of legislation not yet fully pciformed.
So soon as it was ratified. Great Britain
opened to our commerce the free navigation
of the ri\;cr St. Laurence, and to our
i fishermen unmolested access to the shores
j auil bays, from which they had been previously
excluded, oil the coasts of her North
American provinces; in return for which,'
she asked for the introduction, free of duty, i
into the }>orts of tlw United States, of the
tisii caugiiton the saute coast by British tish
ermen. This being the compensation, sttpu
' luted in the treaty, for privileges -of the
; highest importance and value U> the United
; States, which were thus voluntarily yielded
j before it became effective, the request seemed
to me to be a. reasonable one i out it could .
not be acceded to, from want of authority to t
suspend our laws imposing duties u|>on all j
foreign fish. In the meantime, the Treasury
department issued a regulation, for ascer- [
tabling tho dutioa paid or secured by bonds ,
on fish caught on tlie coasts of the British I
firovince, and brought to our markets by
Iritish subjects, after, the fishing-grounds
had been made fully accessible to the city
cons of tho United States. I recommend to
your favorahlo consideration a proposition,
w hich will be submitted to von, for authority
to refund tho duties Mid cancel the bonds
dins received. The provinces of GnnadH
and New Brunswick bare also anticipated
full rkluirnIiais fl?a ?? !> * I/..-I-1- 1
..... %/p vi IIIU iivoivj i?J irgnin- i
tive arrangements, respectively. lo admit, free !
of duty, the products of the It hitcd States i
mentioned in the free list of the treaty; and ;
an arrangement, similar to that regarding j
British fish, has been made for duties new
chargeable on the product* of thoao provin- I
w# enumerated in the same free list, and in
troduecd therefrom into the United States;.
n projM?sition for refunding which will, in !
iny judgement, Ire in like manner entitled to '
your favorable consideration.
WASHINGTON TF.nniTOKr. . ]
There is difference of opinion betwoen the
United States and Crcat Britain, as to the
boundary line of the Territory of Washington
adjoining the British possessions on the
Pacific, which has already led to diflicul ie?
on the part of the citizens and local authorities
of the two governments. I recommend
that provisions be made for a commission, to I
l?e joined by one on the part of her Britnnic !
Majesty, for the purpose of tunning and es- J
tablisliing the. lino in controversy, Certain ;
stipulations of the third and fourth articles of
the treaty concluded by the United States
and Great Britain in 1840, regarding possessory
rights of the Hudson's Bay Company,
and property of the Puget'a Sound Agricul-1
tural Company, have givon rise to serious
disputes, and it is important to All concerned, |i
that summary means of settling them arnica-1
bly should be dovised. I have reason to be-i
lieve, that an arrangement can be made on 1
just terms, for the extinguishment of the ,
rights in question, embracing, also, the right
of the IIudson's Bay Company to the navi
gation of tho river Columbia ; and I there- '
fore suggest to your'consideration, the expediency
of making a contingent appropriation 1
for the purpose. ?
SPAIN.
The position of onr affairs with Spain remains
as at the close of your hut session.?
Internal agitation, assuming very nearly the
character of political revolution, has recently
convulsed that country. Hie late ministers
were violent!v expelled from power, and
men, of very different views in relation to it*
internal aiiairs, iiave succeeded. Since this
rlmnrro fliorn l>a. Ikum. .? - ?
...vv ??VII |>IU|>IIIUU3 VCJTtunity
to rwumc, and press on, negotiation*
for tho adjustment of serious question* of
difficulty between tin* Spanish government
and the United Suites. There is reason to
believe that our minister will find the present
government more favorably inclined than the
preceding to comply with our just demands,
and to make suitable arrangements for res- :
torihg harmony, and preserving peace between
the two countries. our
CRNTRAL AMKRtCA, l .
j 1
In relation to Central America, perplexing i
questions existed between the United States <
and (/rent Britain at the lime of the oesaion I
of California. The?y*M well as questions j
which subsequently aroee concern im; infer- t
oceanic eomwunicetfoo across the biUmus, |
were, aa it was supposed, adjusted by the 1
treaty of April 19, 1 R30 ; but, unfortunately, ,
they have beenjfropened by serious misnn- ,
derstAuding awwtbe import of some of Its
provision*, a re a.lju-?tni?0 of which H nbw '
Wdcr conoid oration. Our minister Hi Lort- I
* * '' - ty-'-'-'- w
A* ii2llci?t^ to tWe quwfrfojM, I deem it
proper tynotie* rtt>#ecurreb<*" which bi%pW^iitral
A'lrtdWen. Tnp.'tf t!i? cIom <i>"
lite last session of Congress5. Sosoon aft the
*** perceived ofestablishing Inloroceanic
corrtTmwicntfona across Uie ntbmus,
N company was organized, under authority
of ilie'8ll*t^<^ Nicaragua, but 6?r'
the moat part, citizen* of lite United States,
for the pin pr*"* of opening such a Transit way,
by the river Snn Juan and Lr.ke "k-arngu?,
which won tieemHO an eligible and much
used r?tiite in the tiaiiftjiortaiii.n of unr citizen*
and their pmportv the Atlantic
and 1 'nettle. Meatiw liile, mid in anticipation ^
of die completion and iinportaucft vot tM?
transit way, a number of adventurer*. fc?4
taken u ? f the old ."jmf i.-li port at
tlar mouth of the river San Jimu, in op? t?
defiance of the State or-Statw of Central
Ante icn, which, upon their becoming indo]>cndent,
had rightfully *ucceed?tl to the local
sovereignty. Mftl juindietioii of Spain,
There adventurer* undertook to change ther
name of the p'ac-e ft< in San . U n del Nolle
to t trey tow u, and though at fiiat pretending
to act as the subject* of the liotitioiift aoroicign
of tlie MoMpiilo Indians, they subsequently
repudiated the conliol of any power
whatever, ammiied to adopt a distinct jioliiicnl
organization, mid declared themselves an
independent sovereign state. If, at two
time, a faint hope was entertained that JMej
might l>eci?ntc a stable and respectable coinuuinity,
that hone soon vanished. They
proceeded to nxaoit unfounded claims to civil
jurisdiction over Vuntn Arenas, a petition
ua llic opposite side or the river Knit Juan,
which ill possession, under p title* wholly independent
of litem, of citizens of ihe United
States, interested in the. Nicaragua Transit
Company, and which was indojx.usably pecn^iiurv
In tli/? nr/icVvAiiAnii a?.?-* ' *1
j W ?V Ul TUMUmtd lliftl
route across tlje Isthmus. 1 he company re*
*i*tcd tlieii* groundless claims; whereupon
they procmiwl to destroy some of iu build- iiig*,and
attempted violently to disposs m it.
At a later period tiny organized a strong
force for the purpose of demolishing the establishment
at l'uuta Arenas, but this mischievous
design w as defeated by tiro interposition
of one of our shim of war, at that
time in tl?e harbor of Situ Juno.' Subsequently
to this, in May lust, a body of lucn from
Grey town crossed over to l'unta Arenas, arrogating
authority .to arrest, on the ohargs of
murder, a captain of one of the steamboat*
of the TrHn.-itiCoinpai?T. lleing well aware
that the claim to exercise jurisdiction there
would be resisted then, as it had been on
previous occasion*, they went pn pared to
assert it f?y force of Arms. * Our minister to
Central.Auipricn happened to l?o j?rwnt ??n
that occnsioh. HMtevitig that the <-np'niti of
the steamboat was innocent, for he witnessed
tlic tmnsnetioq on which the charge was
founded, and believing, also, that the intruding
party, having no jurt-diciioii mer the
place where they proposed to make the arrest,
would encounter, do-pcrnte r? instance if
they jversisted in their {impose, heiiitcr|*o*ed,
effectually, to prevent violence mid bloodshed.
Tho American minister, afterwards \isited
Groytown, and whilst he was there a mob,
including certain of tlio so-called {U|l>!ic func
tiouarieHof the {ilacc, surroui\rling the house
in which he was, avowing that they had
come to arrest him by order of some person
exercising tho chief authority. While parleying
with thein, lie was won in !?1&I v a mis- i
silo from tlic crowd. A hout, despatched
froin the American steamer "Northern
bight" to release him from the perilous situation
in which he was understood to bo*
was fired into by tlie town guard and coin*pelled
to return. These incidents, together
with the know n character of the population
of Grey town, and their excited state, induced
just apprehensions that the Jives and property
of our citizens at Punta Arenas would bo
in imminent dnnmr after tl?e
o- ? ICHUIIV Vt
the steamer with her passenger* for Ne\w
Vurk, nnioM a guard vrrw left for their protection.
For flit* purpose, and in order t?*
insure the safety of passenger* and property
passing ove^ the route, n temporary force wan
organized,' at considerable expense to tho
U nited Suites, for which provision was inndo
at the hut session of Congress.
Tim pretohded community?a bot-rogeneons
assemblage, gathered from various
countries, and composed for the most of
blacks nrtd person* of mixes I blood;?had previous!
v given other indication* of mischievous
and dangerous propensities. Early in
die wnne month, property was clandestinely
abstracted from theds ]>ot of the Transit Com- ,
pany and taken to CJreytown. Tlie plunderers
obtained shelter there, and their pursuer*
were driven hack by it* people, who not Only
protected the wrongdoers and shared tho
plunder, hut fronted with rudeness and violence
those who sought to recover their properly.
Such, in aulwtancc, are the fact* submitted
to jny conaideration, and proved by trustworthy
evidence. I could not ?--?
.-r- -r* WW?r llltim
iiiu case demanded tlio interposition of thin
(iovemtnent. Juatice required that reparation
should bo mmle for so many anil Midi grosswrongs,
and tliat ft course of insolence nut >
plunder, tending directly to (lie insecurity
of the litre? of numerous travellers, and of
the rich tron*urc? belonging to our citizen*,;
passing over this transit way, should l?e per*
emptorily arrested. Whatever it migfc heiii
other respects, thocommunity in question, ^
in power to do mischief, was not dctpioabie.^fa ,
It was well provided with onjj^|fnee, smsl^R
arms and nimnunition, and might easily Jf
seize on the unarmed boats, freighted with
millions of proper, which passed almost
lull}' within its N?oh. Udid not profess to
bekmg to?py regular government, and 1bB?.. J
in tact, no recomputed dependence on or conaaxion
with any one to whip^ the United.