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VOL.L 111I..N'~ ~ " .WNNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1868. (NQ'77
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PO'ki,aN R.t,
ESPORTES, W1LLM*AS.Vo
-tV.4,1 1rH A ~ ~ lsub~d VcelS.
ly,In tiha'T n of-Wnlbdra, nt93.00 in.
r 411 tN:Q L aA r s ae'nis to be
t ist'hiO4d -
tQbityxry,NqL1ts : And Tribuigs $1.00 per
u.\A.
-p )nyxO1a[,COongreosr'. Do,
b.*4, . 1 1 it wa .,igesq 4 th,at
apoicy qho,uld be deyised .-biei
w ,1('h d at b6 ig y tr fb '646 'to t.6
1eop1 would at .ouce bogidAto' hffolt a
red uct,uifthe debt, andliif-peruisted
in,- diph argo. , i.tfully,,w jR bith ad,qtisitg
nuiibec qf ypars The .ertayy _of
t'he 'Tr'iasury "foreth'fy -reco) impids
legislMf ian4of tihls 6ha'radttega,~tul'jd
ly-urgoA thattho lotgek-it is. dofeikd
the l oro . di iu lt0m1 uot.beoo m11o, adi -
contplisynent41. Wg ghgIul,d follow.th,e
wiSo precident.3 estabh in 7
and 1816, and without further 'iefdf
make provisions for tlj p,yy.jt .
outr oliH.gd1ops at as ur aeriods
ma epiectieU'd.
Thd''fruits of thtf f bib'rd.Aoqld' bV
enjoyed by our.vitizdn/r'ather otiat ita-;
od to build up.n nta n ,i1stIiiei1qQy9TklcAG
e9 lt otAr qvi? t4ot ber sAgds ug
etyndob)i areatiy1 ,eointptt.d b>y . ihp
8dreth~v hYf heei Trasi-t'850,000,- -
000. Citizens of fort4 countriog
pooivolnttiou
payer-s i:r aodo to contributo"I'lWigo
trms for theiv iu'pad14.Ahaidkiw tAat
stiohf,i debtis :to,. beenooo.1pormariet
sh df, Rat aliie# .,disgro.1
inv.olynug.axa,tjon 1 lo gaNy to' ibal
borne, a payont once i ' x
teen yeaf, ktthi p4ild te 'of in
terest,'ot an finlouti dd1 utlto * the
or'iginabsam,.hias ,'ast de.hbi W. peFn
mitted to becoipq,pernyV prigig
creasing, must ev-ntupallybe gtlhorud
into the haqOs , a
thoin to cCOrt a tlnds and c' h
so i r wp thenii'shi the (4v
e:-nment.- -Tho:bor"owe would bioomu
s,rvnstnY eeIdyp, 1,ho0 .leiglem ,.t4Q
ourtlve's oniavig.,given reei o t o
hin m3'poill 3-b'Lhdir cdtdd 1a.Lu"rtio
AIi hn'bfan611r-Aiiho 'i'hit fA)MnV
ldofpoep -herdntlrin
of' usnr p; tI11ip niJ.prqfligapy.ipytsw( rt.'
ed then)se-1ves to bee4ne enslavied,' atn-J
morely eV rXe d I M, wiler,s (or new
ta f1 bo14 h)
lia ca gad cr.-ra; besid. pennjailelt
dAbci pofiv,)'iniahik mt' yJ!Wdinad
and'1endingq.J 'h.aitonopit.pdrptutis
!d.anr.stiypthey
ed ). " n ouba y ,tey
urt h6ttiAbrit,baurd bredt, upoi ies rfu.~sI t
di itM iberty l
were beq,waled io ni by i6'dtTde! Wf
t e Reifibl iid-liv Inpe ten
those o, tI &Z-10'an Wll
A tallA nigr hloethia et -nfree
ab'd independen,pele. &riIusepIaut
I ;hegefoprop's hem ,grle;n.n1a4-of
the piI1li i . ?>f1tr l *g . ty
igie,vrid; as to ther tiWde n knoe
1W .P:lH shFal@8f',,ny," .r~~le seem
ten bea miorelinditmbe r:t'iag the
hanii dsafl i , iag ealuf k(m'ti
by.nofof t.ld:f.q1J. S d .(.h4,P
$~l alet 'Weh ihlkOil f
butidedipre ahobfg
II ro
whebeja t h ta pa.e o b s
O1b'! 'Onit,ntionl credit' thould be ita
?ljfr obsdvpd biti ~n"n1nking provii
i~iiib iolir'o'ditors We shouil not for
jot whotvia dfl'4 to 41he'ai4sis,sof tho Poo
pIe. It my he a,aned tsit the hold
n-tWoir-seciuritie-i have already receiv
. d.upontheir tbonis i. larger ninoiiii
th. n their orIginal investments, nastr
ed by .a gold standard. Upon. ibi
sh;ientoIfacti it, would Seem but jus
and equleiii thaL Aie sig por ce'li
iotkrci. lly, pail by lilp Governmrif-1
ob b.ppplied to t.ho.edpetion of 1l1
pri.cjpat4 8cns i lna,* l . jnstAlplj,,enlt
whl.h.ip1 si,xteQn yenr,s ard eight noiti
w4o1d liqidato,the entir nationmil debt
p1r,pqit, in g4d wo'l ,at the pree
e!nt. rlies, be eqItal to imno per cent. it
ctirrey and enafont t vnthe pyen
or'ie deIt Ole aid 1 ?1l'f tIl S in
oaciitil Tlhin"eemmedf'vers This
ail 6hnia6d1itith all the other advall
LOt(' sde4V ro'm' thelt iieestmients
("mld fford u th'e piblia 'creditor,~
fitir and libersil otiitisation for the usi
Df Ahibi' 'thpillill,um1'i Witli, this thle1
41i6ild;"stitiske d.' - V1hle0sos-of 0h
PAdtAIdh the lender-that it is not
Well- to be over knxions. iuetacting from
the borrowe.r rigid complianee with the
lettr ofthw bood.: .If provision be made
for;thep ynlt of the indebtedness o
wte iGoverment in.the; mauner suggest
q,.Ot, oaitop wla rapidly recover it
wultd ,propperity, Its, interests re
gjire kh.ak so)qq. nptasiro: de taken i
relase,.thialrp~t.mount c capital in
veAted in-he medtiritins of, the: Govern
mitt: 1. ik hot -iw 1erely unproduc
iiillt ia . filiton annitilly co.Iumie:
, rmilions of dolhirt
wich it1ouid, otherwise be-t-sed by . Qnl
ent.erprising people in adding to ithi
w!ahh"ofthl .tlndon ? Our . commerce
Wvhich aton'hbng meitsinlly ivallt<
kn.lf1r51o rtim powers, hit
ulihed and our industria
intlereitasatrwin a depressed and languisha
iig condition, the developinqti., of ou
ii6xIhunii6 le'reowres is!b-ikel,
,hiG.r.q.id tids. fjie ioutli tre. :i coni
tg. wAste for. WT of ptes t.o tillthem
\Vith.therelease- of - capit,al new lilt
would ibh iifisted into ,he paralh ed en
et ,it'ofor e, 'ah- activity Ait I
Q:ig t'eh e#rgbrinch cf indut
ty.. .p,ople nel eneptaravermen
in t weir-ef.r to re'j fro n he effect
of the robellicn ald-O injudici611 'legia
hat ion. And it shitli be Ih6' nint
the1 r .g1t io pti tqat d.i,em h;
'he prospect of an ear"y ielease from th
btrdi v'%ich 'imnede their pro-perity
Vr w6'6mdt, take the burdeiis froti
th6:r shmoldtrg, we phould at least mani
ftst'aWillinils io help to bear them
In' -rferi-i6gM to the c nuthl ion of the cir
culatingntidit Im, siall merely reiter
ate'n1bstantially, that - portion Of mi
last annnal messago which relates U
thiat-ubjoc.. The proportion which th
atirrency of anvcountry hoild bear t
the whoo,Vil lie, of. the aunnual iprodc
,ircuioted 4 it.s eav.s si a questior
1IpoI Whiph pohitioal ecolpmtisla have no
ug.rep o nit>ie,. qonj rolled by leg
. q butijmpsC. lg.ft.io the: irrevo
e $y l'i, )v).iphA ~erywhere; *regula
IOttp er n . trd4 T'he 9jrcnlatinq
mittumitlgver ,witttiby, now .
those p6jO. hrera it' s g est .,de
M1n,1."le w of piand atd .pppl;
is i's m mgpn~ as iat. wIn reiY'Ilue
iia Idves ofr theloan -li a n meed
I eitj v -" 10r .. h 1th le.1- I',,etpl
tvorbi1.
b ItR the obl'oi
l' kj clie ;o If t,he co n
tWafatd''EdailliEsof dollors. Noi
tih, ol-dithW f ational bansi, n.dt'
and thd a1' al ;) *d)s I
a heinOrOeasdyk.otheOts reontet
th'atiasdqoided'redh&tirtn is'absolutoli
osapttdlte"theibet interests of thE
y;-adts;Inl rw " I -f the 6, n0ve.'la
b%hafIned rihb' i\etta~~t"e 'o Vrf
inqfuire how mnuich gold and ail'e
solit'kl b& d'peatMd'by itla'scek el Un
d'edtilitis offp 'tioWef hoW ift
lnr~iIadoo 's ocn66 vstsdi6'o thrM
hudt % rdafiI ea4Un~~Ib
strikln' fuac fhbkv g~~ viiu
dut 'a'~WW
may;be ~ ~ le
of sound j) (ki
roe so p e
the It b~ . ~ato 9
knd waa antointg fraom the atfin o
roundant and worthless paper cur.!
r. renoy. The sages Qf that period weie
anxious to protdot their posterity from I
tho evils which they themselve had
experienced ; hehoo in providjing a
- circulating muedium they conferred I
t, upon Congress the power to coin mon
-y and rigulh t) the value thereof, at
a the sante timo prohibiting 'the States
,forn making ar.ythIng but gold and
. silver a tenjer in payments of debts I
t .'Tile a1non1alosIR condition of o'ir ctir- i
3 rainjcy Isa in ptriking cottrust with that i
,vwih was originaly designed. Our ,
circulation now embraces-first, notes I
of the national'banks, whioh are made I
receivable for all dues to the Govern
mant, excluding impoats, and by all,
its roditors, taking in payment of a
ilteret upon its bouds and the secouri- I
tios'themselves; second, legal tender j
notes, isuod by the United States, I
and which the law requires shall be ,I
received. as well Ii payment of all 4
debts between the citizens as of all
GOvetiinent duas excepting Imposts ;
and, third, gold and silver coin. By ;a
the'operation of our present system of I
finance, however, the metallic ourron
cy, when colleoted, is reiorved only
for one class of Government creditors, .
Whlo, holding its bonds, senI-annually
re'dolve their interest in coin from the
national Treasury. There is no rea
son which will . be accepted as natis- I
factgry.by the people why those who I
defend ui on the land and protect us
on the sea ; the pensioner upon the <
gr6titude of the.nation, bearing the
ioars and wounds reeived while in Itsl
service; the public servants in the
various department of the Govern-'
ment; the farmer who supplies the I
soldiers of the army and the sailors of
I the navy; the artisan who toils in. the
i nation's workshops, or the mechanies I
I and laborers who build its edifices and
construci its fuits and vessels of war, I
- should i paynuentof their just and I
liard-earned-dues receive depreciated 1
paper while another class of their
ootintrymon, no more deserving,are i
puid ini coiii of gold and silver. Equal
and exact justice requires that all the
I orditors of the Government should be
. paid in a currency possessing, a uni-''
t form valte, This can only be nocom. 1
plished by ,the restoration of currency
to the standard established by the f
' Constitution ; and by this means we '
r would remove a discrimination which I
s may, ift it has not already done so,
.oreate a prejudice that nay become ,
deep-rooted and wide-spread, and i
imperil the national credit. The 1
folsibility' of makifig our currency <
correspond with the constitutional
.standard nay be.seen by.referene to
a facts derived from our commer
'ial statistics.
The aggregato product of problous i
metals inl thie United States' froin 1849 ]
to 1867 amounted to $1,174,000000,
while for the aamo pQriod the not ek'
portsof specie were $141,000,000.1
thip shows an aceOss of products ever I
tAi te xpor'! ot$43,000,000.' There 1
au're 1fi-thd" Treasury' $13,407,995 in I
oin'; iii ciiculation' in the States on
the Pacifo dotat about forty million
dollars 4 d a few million in. the 4
nationai and .ther banlis in all, less I
WdV1* $160,000,000. Taking in o 1
,onsidoetion tliespecie'in the couit'r I
4 prior to- 1849, and- that produced since I
1 1807, and -we ave more -than three i
hundrod .million dollars not acoounted
for b>y exportation or by the returnsi
'of the "Treneury. and' there fore niosti
rbhlbly remaining In the country.]
T,.Lhese are. important facts, and show<
bow completely the-inferior' currency 1
* will supersede thoe. be'tter, forcing Iti
r "eirculatibn .among the masses, <
patid eausing it 'to1 h bxpqorted as a nuieoe
at tioe ' of tre de to 'ad d to-the '4locey
capital'.of foteign lands. They show
4the ,eessity of g.etir.ing our pappr (
monley, that tihe .return of: gola a $
sfl'Nd to shi avenues of trrna ma o
16itld,ahd- a' dehmand Meated "'hich '
will- danseo.thesretentinviat"home of:at I
,least'noiauch of tihe productions of ouri
1i irbtltibrn ' i' iinrea'sonoble tp
plo rkt 'ta totihid OurdiVd3r
soIong'as th&G0otthmhntithdiba Its,
by continuing.to i60sptIrr4eWeni
p 1849 tfiight? liOn dd td '.o hty
sfon inilIMossofeollarda; t popln6I
C sie to
,j~AI4 at b rra1 t thije
i noelt,y.' If 'd to ate is 'dTto,
4*kbeeo(t% erfNo?eAhtdP
s epou aA #WhIIifffoubi
I
paper circulation would direatly ap
proximate a specie standard. 8pecie
phyments having been resumed by the
)overnnent andi banks, all notes or
bills of paper issued by either of a
11,s denomination than twouty dollars
Mould by la'w be eaoluded frord oir.
%ul.ation, so that the people may have
1ho benefit and convenience of a gold
knd silver currency, which in all their
jusiness tranentions will be uniform
n value ut home and abroad. Every
uan of property or industry, every
unn who desires to preserve what he
ionestly possesses, or to obtain what
te can honestly earn, has a direct
nterest in maintaining a safe otrou
ating medium-such a inedium as
ihall be real and substantial, not la
>Ae to vibrate with opinions, not sub
et to be blown up or blown down by
he breath of apeoulation, but to be
naode stable and souro. A disorder.
id currency is one of the greatest
>olitioal evils. It undermines the
rirtues noo.sary for the support of the
ocial systes and encourages propen.
lities destructive of Its bappiness. It
rare against industry, frugality, atid
conomy, and it fosters the evil s Ir
ts of extravagance and speculation.
t has been asserted by one of our pro.
ound and most gifted -Matesmon that
'of all the contri vanoo% for cheating
he laboring class of inankind none
ins boon more sifoot ' I thaln that
rhiol deludes them wt paper mon
iys 'This is the nost effectual of
nterventions to fortilixo the rich
nah's fields by the sweat of the poor
nan's brow. Ordinary tyranny, op.
wression, Cxeesive talation, these
>ar lightly on the happiness of the
na38 of the aommunity 4oipared with
fraudulent currency and the rob.
)ericscomnmitted by depreciated pa
)cr. Our own history has recorded
or our instruction enough, and more
han enough, of the demoralizing ten
leney, the injustice and-the intolera.
>le oppression on the ivirtuous and
Noll-disposed of a degraded paper
iurrenoy. authorized by law, or iii any
vay countenanced by Government.-.
[t, is one of the most successful do.
,ices in tines of penee or war, of ex.
)anslons or revulsions, to accomplish
be transfer of all the preoious metals
rom the great mass of the people into
,he hands of a few, where they are
koarded.in-secret plices, or deposited
inder bolts and bars, while tie peo
>le are left to endure all the inoon
renionce, sacrifice, and demoraliza
Ion resulting from the use of depre
iinted and worthless paper.
The Secretary of the Interior in his
oport gives valuable informaition In
oferonce to the Interests confided to
he supervision of his departmentj
ind reviews the operations of the
[jand Office, Patent Office, and the In
lion Hareau. During the fiscal year
lding June 40, 1868, aix million 4i1
lundred and fifty-five thousand, deven
undied arei of public land -vore dis
)osed of. The entire onash reclpts of
:he Qeneral.Land Office for t'ho iamo
oriod qro one million, six hundred
tnd thirpy-two thousand, seven bun
Ired and forty-five dollars, being
rentai by $284,883 than the amount
-oaaized from the same sources duIng
ho brevious year, The entriosunder
he'hqen"toad law. cover 2,828,923
wores, nearly one fourth of whiell taken
SndAr th tofune 21, 1868, which
ipplies only to the8States of Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Florida. On the- 30th of Juns,;1868,
mne hundlred and sixty-nine thousand
lx hundred and -forty-three names
yore borne on the pension rolls, and
luring 4llesyear ending on that day
he.tota latmunt pald for pensions,
notudinig the expentsex of disburse'
nent,- was $24,010,982, being $.891,.
~25 geasrta that expended for
ike purpos during the preoeding
rer. Dur ing the .year ending the
lJth'of'September -last the expensesof
he Patenst Offe nxoeeded ' the re
eiptE by one.hundred and seventy.one
QoUar,,gnd, ineluding re-issues and
iesigns, foqrteen thousand .one hun
Ired etid fifty-three patents were is
Tratiet with varlens Indian tribes
havi been oonolded, and will be mul'
nujttedtothe8oseate for st . onstitti
alona :aetion. t ooi'dially snotiob
the stipulaion wlhio provide,sfor re
iervin lands for tbig yarlows tribies
iwher te .Ansy 'be eneotaragMd to
Isl4n'dos thri nomnairlie babit. and en'
pugetIi *grieultural and in4u.trli
pgit hip poAky,,o lnu rted
fI#dd wtoobSgli
aese y tiso p at* se
lpgnst' a sdlt aIb#
iloE 64d&6. ip woka it.kll
ed that the line will be completed be.
fore the expiration of the next 6sal
year. The six per cent. bords issued
to those companies amounted on the
5th Instant to $44,837,000, and addi
tional work had been performed to the
extent of $3, 200,000. The 8ecreta
ry of the Interior in August last Invi
tod my attention to the report of a
Government dii eotor of the Union Pa.
elfo Railroad Company who had been
speially Instructed to ex-ouine the
location, construotion, and equipment
of their road. I submitted for the
opinion of tie Attorney General cer
tain questions in regard to the au
thority of the Executive which arose
upon this report and those whioh bd
from time to time beon presented by
the comnissioners appointed to Inspect
each sucoessive sootion of the work.
After carefully considering the law of
the case ho affirmed the right of the
.Executive to order, if necessary, a
thorough revision of the entire road.
Commissioners were thereupon ap.
pointed to examine this and other
lines, and have recently submitted
the statement of their investigations,
of which the report of the Secretary
of the Interior furnishes specific infer
tition,
The report of the Secretary of War
contains information of interest and
importance respecting the several bu
reaus of the War Department and the
operations of the army. The strength
of our military foreo on the B0th of
September last was forty-eight thous
and men, and it is computed that by
the lst of June next this number will
be decreased to 43,000. It is the
opinion of the Secretary of War that
within the next year a considerable
diminution of the infantry force may
be made without detriment to the in
terests of the country ; and in view of
the great expense attending the mili.
tary peace establishment, and.tiq ab.
volate necessity of retrenchment
wherever it can be applied, it is hoped
that Congress will sanction the reduo
tion which his report recommends.
While in 1860, 1600 men cost the na
tion $16,472,000, the sum of $65,982,.
000 is estimated as necessary for the
support of the army during tho fiscal
year ending Jnne 80, 1870. Tho esti
mates of the War Department for the
last two fiscal years were : For 1867,
$33,814,401, and for 1868, $25,2Q5,
000. The actual expendituros quriig
the periods were respeotively, $95,.
224,415 and $123,246,648. The es.
timato submitted in December last
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1869, $77,124,707. The expaudi
tures for the Brat quarter ending the
30th of Se ptotber Iast were $27,219,
11.7, and the Secretary of tihe Treasu
ry gives $66,000,000 as the amount
which will probably be required
during the realul.ng thrqe quartors if
there should be no redudtion of the
aimy, tmaking its aggregate cost for
the year considerably in excess of
ninety-three millions, Tho d;ifforevce
betwoon the estimates and eXpen,d!f
turea for'the three fiscal yours whioli
have been naned Is thu shiowh to tIe
$175,545,848 for this single branch of
the public service.
The report of the Secretary of the
Navy exhibita the operations. of thq
Department and of tle Nav7 4nring
the year. A considerable reduption
of the force has been effected. There
ar-o forty-two vessels, carrying four
hundred end eleven gunns, in. the ei
sqguadrons which are estblishmed ini
different parts of the world. Three of
timise vessels, are ,retuening to the
United States,andi four 'are. used ni
storeships, learimg the notmaal orfis~'ng
force of thirtr'fiv v.e als,. carrying
three hutadre.d end fify-sg gyns.
'The total numaber of ,vessels. in .. the
navy is two, hnndred ind saix, wbhnt.
ing seventeen hundred and fort) -three
guns. Elghty.owe vessele of 'every
despripptis n pre in.dsp, stwm4wathiI
hundred and ninetg.six Suns, The
nuinber of enflstqd me~n (n tlie se ie
lncluading apprialtiods, has been re
doced to eight th9ustnd flve hdadred.
An increast of- *avy-yard faellioiee,is
recommended as &eseasuare which ,wtlI,
ho the event of wa, a pro4vpof
eoonay anad 4eu'r nor sor
eag'adr i 'MetvWt n)eg othr
NorthbPaoIl oeeanala aidd
view of our recent acqluisitions, oura
ex andling cmmefet .*nd tin :mo pas
'wbIek eonsIst. of a bietfra
of ~prises. es.ptnrsd 4tmflog -the wal',
,aWunt s~ to onteen PullJIm5 4Apl
-byh$eet t##096 'aMro;t'ri three
perett .*td bf 4W' per ffn64
whIob wasovlgidall stilgpated ee
the invtt~A % dt Aeme4.
*irlIe*as 4dr
www..mw Tr w1?
distise haef 4.esassa a lai*!.
amoanted to $22,180,592, sho%ing an
excess of expenditures of $6,437,991.
Deducting frotu the expenditures the
sum of $1,896,625, the amount of ap.
propriatiouns for ocean steamship and
other speclal service, the excess of ox.
penditures *as $4,41466. By us
In g an unexpended blnei h
Treasury of $3,800,000, the actual
sum for which a speoial appropriation
in required to meet thd 'defloloncy is
$741,466. The causes which pro.
duced this la,ge excoss of expendi
ture over revenue were the restoration
of service In the late' insurgent
States and the putting into op6rafon'
of now service established by . aot of
Congress which amounted within the
last two years and a half to about
48,700 miles, equal to more than one
third of the whole attiount of the ser
vice at the close of 'the war. 'Now
postal conventions with Great Britoin,
North Germany, Belgium, the Neth.
orlandal Switzerland, and Italy, ro- I
spectlvdly, have boon carried into of
feet. tnder their provsiotts inpot.
tant improvements have resulted in o
reduced rates of International postage
and enlarged mail facilities with
European couttrids, The cost of the
United Statea transeAtlantio ooan
Mail sarvloe sidtoe JTanuary 1, 1868,
hae been largely lessened . under the
operations of these new conventions, a
reduction of over ono.half having l In
of'cted under the now arrangenit its
for ocean mail steamship servie
which wrnt Into efAect on that date.
The attention of Congress is invited
to th prnoioal suggestions and re
cominendations thade In his report by
the PostmaRter G0neral.
No impuran. question has ocourryd i
diteing the last year in our imntercourse
with Costa ltca, Gtnatnmal, ionduras,
San Salvadur, Vrance AnlotrI lum,
Swierlanl, Portugti, th1 therland-,,
D. nnarls. S elii ai 1 Nirwav. Holt,
Greece, Turkey, Peria, igypi, Liberia,
Morooco. Tripoli. Muscat, lorieng, andI
Madagascar., Cordial .aitions. liav'"
also b.-en m-tintained with the Argen
tine and tho Oriental Rtpablios. The
expreasnd wiah of Congress [hat oir
national good offes might be tindered
to tho ltepublica, nndl idso to l3raizil
0it Paraguay for bringing to an end the4
valamitous war whibli has so longbeen i
rRging in the Valley ut the La Plaitn
halipeen assiduoiaulv complied vith mid I
kiadlvneknowledged by-All thi belbigier.
enltA. That im portlant negotiion ho,wa
ever, has thit'. far ben withotntt resulL.
Ch i. A. Walhbirne, late United Staten
Miniister to ParneUamy, having resignedt 4
and being -desirous to reirn to tile
United States, the hear Admiral com6 I
manding the Suoihi Allante viiadron i
was early directed to send a ship-o-war
to Aainniol. the capital of Paragilay, to 4
receive I r. Vatlii. no and fimilv and
to remove them froit a sft'atidit 4hiith a
was represented to be endangered by
fact ion and foreign war. The IrasiHlan
commander -of the tallied invading forces
refused pernlisjion to the "Wasp'" t1
pass through its acenstoned anchornge.
IHomonnsranuee Was nde i%ihnst this
refinalt: It, was pronpily. overruled, i
and the "Wosp" therefore resikmed ,hey
eran.,. received Mr.Waslbune, -an'd
hlia familly, anid conveyqd thegtl to a safil
hn convenient seAport. In"the mean
tl'mSn oxoiteI contraveroy h.d arisen
between. the Prasideit of'Paragony and
the lat,e United States Miniser, which
it is understood grew out of his proceed,
hngs in giving asylum in tiue Vnited
States lewntion to alieged e(,nies of
that rapilhe. The quest ion of tl telght
to give asylum, is . oneo LwayS difliol;l
Iand often productive of great emn.irrasp
ment mnStat eswell,orgemsia ; ant 'a
iabl ishued forsign Poiverq r'efuserheimr to
concede or exercise thattright ea~nt
persoos actially~ bel,itgung to thme diplo0
itmtic service.; On the other . hsng, aqll
sneh Powe rp.inist no erci.in ,e
fright fo asylism in Staes. wlure o
oef ations is tratuul 'AckoWe t4d
feapecteid'n obieydd. T'lha Presi ot
.6 ?aragitays is,inderttood to; have., op
Iposedetct Mr.Wahburne'st pree ig~
the ltIuruipug apd !#r;;nprobeble ~I~gg
of pteenal comolictty i 'ih,ppreg i;
and treason. Thte correspondeuteW 'l~.
ever,' has nt yet reached- 'he Wtted
Stat0# .'fr WAshburn.in connooLi6n.
hi e hedeaving the oes ,i Pe
faIsf te nifitet n 4 tn
subjl d * ote o s
h~vng~ionqo i~ i
tj the itdista~~tr4 l
1Mb!!.61si he plceo
BoNea ndPEcuadof are exprese
heir willingness to accept-the mediatiot
>I the United States for termin4ting-the
ar upon the Sdiith Paci,lo conl . ChiII
eas not formally dechred upontthe qfes.
ion. In the Mpan tine.the conflict has
practically exhauted iwelf, sinbe-,no
blerent e,r, hostile io*Pvroh't hd
been modb'Uy 'ethrpArty" d')ing th
last two yes, a pdhere areno indik
ion , p4 p ueii; pUrpose,toresumr)ov 8os
tilities on either aldv. Groat B aill
rind 1'rance hids cordiallysecon'ded 'ouf
propoiitin of rnedia '' and I,- do 4o
lurego.te hoe' 1a tPav. so be ac,
Cepted by alltb ttbelligrents. '4nd -ad
to a at-cure Uste blishment. of peace and
friendly relations bitween%he M'panish
Americas Republiks of the 'Pa'diflo 6ua
Spain--a resn t which.vNould be atte-id
ed with great benefits to. the bejligereias
and much advanitag to all c)mmercihl
nations. I dommimleate foe theUdonsid.
ratlion of Congress a - oorrvs?bndvn6P
Nhi0h shows. that the bfjjl)n"rik' .
ics have establiqhed Ihe letremely 116.
al principles of receivinlg4 into its citizen.
hip any ciieno of the Umted States o'
>f any of the A ntetit republi6i, uP'6(
e r4mple con-lii.41i 6 VodVf a1rr
ry. The corrusporine,ierowitI ?
n ited will b found painfally reple 0
with accounts-of the ruin and- wretched,
les produced by recent earthquoksi, -Of
in paralleled severity in' Pru , u
tnd Bollvia, The 4iplouptic -gkis aIII
iaval officers of the UnitVd StRtes witi
mere present in thoae contries at -the
imne of theso disasters, furtishod uil (ho
elief in their pei to 'the AnffWer
Vere iromptly rewaided"v %ith i
ilnd touchilug ncknowledgmn!nJ by, ti
Julnress of Peru. An AppeFAsL13 othe
:barity of our fioiowicioeps" is .beei
iniWered by mc hiiA-My' : IW'Iltli
!onne6tiot t s6bnilt 0pPAl Vh01W
>cen made by, the iwsa rephilig 4J
lovernment and institutions are kindred
o our owt, in bth.ll oUt t;eenhabI'hattt
Yho are stufNering ittithe"?dmt4itfi6fti
iroduved by recent t:vysAting :nn.X
tonls. .
Our relations with Me.ico turing .ti
wear have been ruirked hy'an -increased
trowth of niatuoo coilfidened, ;T1
6efien GoV;erw.qPi?tjts no.dNe' .
ipan the thiree treaiies coleibrao 'i rf
ast summer I,r ustnblhliling the- rjig4
if naturalised 'tlitens apmn a liberal
nd J1st bat."9 ' fot teelAthl$ t'Onklthy
lowerd rid 10 the adjIsme t ) A
rie-nds of repiblinah instittionvi have
cealnt1 to regret the freqoiAt, ldeal"dls
1ril 104 Whrfh,oenr in' 'sbii :rtIfe
lig hts odeurrel,ewever, to:affect $bs
iarnoty of cordial 111andship which h4s
or sovetal year eiisled het'eW n "tli't
outhful and v,igop r Rilia%fd' '
>wn. Ni-getts tis0e,p'Wding h
riew to the survoy otd; c4tasroattni f(
sip eaugl, acrods,tho fathms of Darid*
lider 1.h10 ansples o1' thk VI1itedA Slhtp,c'
I hop td , le Rb tti 4bobiVile lp-i
hbat trgoth~ oton (pthe $vnntelt,
ervseflt sessil. 'i'hb veoryv 1oruutreaty
ehich.was entere.d inoatvetbah
Juiuted Stated anduiNicaAh~ fruthbeth
Costa 1'4'e, 41 h t,
lincerely fri.ndly n,0i0t lo, qo A
-aciproeitv. of trade, whilh Vcumn4itty
he eonideratilonof Ot4ugre4"
The Oonv-inion createod h - 41:144
a ini July, ISCl (or Itl sgl a
nunt ofoclaimna. ihs eetAIIh ille arid te
ecoislons have beens rotervedit~ tlWD64
larinment of Bcate. * O . tMt~*.
acen subverzedq; A provisional .g.,terttu
miet havitigibuenIsstit eted ' nde.u'
udtag hchrhWe ttabi
~ti h#eco 6rrtetets' igd'Iutanf
Lieh f Qi t 6,
Pomingq 9i,hfl
except ha psnIm . )fI~.pq
Pottd Riorhmnebetfollo*ed )~a
QWtefpr wtete 1#ous
Lhard *nq$UI1Iter .nft,eb ' h
La wh W iit ue $
thi
i&ndad e Rust $tad .