Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-02

mutual iihefatily and advantage which the Tui,t
!, States have always sought 10 make tho bas
Of their intercourse with Foreign Powers, af
it Ia hoped they will tend In foster aud ~sttanasl
Z en- tho commercial intercourse Of the two eour
tries.
tndar tho appropriate of the lat session :
Congress ~ aeent has been sent to Germany, f.
thu purpose nj promoting the interests Of our 10
!, barco trade.
The commissioner. appointed nndor tho con
4 sent!eo for the Adjustment Of Chains {
Citizens of The United Statra upon Mt&ic,
having mps md orptnized at Washington in Al
gust last, the papers in posssssipG ofthe Govern
ntnnt relating to slanHo claims, were communicate
b the board. The claims mol embraced by tbs
convention are now tho subject Of negotiation he
tween f'o two Governments, through aho nsodia4
Of oar minister at Mexico.
Nosl,ing has occurred TO disturb the harmsny y
ons t-'utioa eisti the different Government, OF :
Amerioa' regret however, 10 he Obliged 10 in
faftn you that the eIaims OF cur ~et,izan* upot, hi
late Republic Of Colombia have not 4ei been sal
i=fed iy the separate Government into which i
has bean resolved.
The Charge d affaires Of Brazil having cx;rcssct
the intention of his Government hot To prelona
the treaty Of isas. II will eense to he obligatory
upon either Party on The 18th day oil Dee. le3t
when The extensive commercial intercourse he
tseen the Z nitsd statos mud that vast empire viii
no longer be regulated by express stipuIationr.
II affords inc PLEASURE 10 eornmutiicste TO you
I that the Government Of Chill has entered into an
agreement 10 indemnity the claimants in the Gaze
Of tho Macedonian. for American properly seized
in tsl9,and to adj, that inflammation has also i1eon
received which insriios The Iops Of m sdjuss
u,ent Of the remaining claims upon that Coy.
erpr1ent,
The commissioners appointed In pursuance Of
the convection between tho United States and
Texas, for marking the boundary line between
| t'Icr. hare, according 10 the last report received
ffnn our commissioner, surveyed and established
tie whole extent If sho boundary NORTH along the
western bank Of The fabine river from Its enttsnet
into The Gulf Of Mexico to tho 23d degree Of north
latitude, The commission adjourned on the 10th
Of June last 10 reasonable on the LIST of November
for tho purpose Of establishing accurately the in
tetrectton of the ed degree OF latitude With the.
western bank Of the Sabine, ard The rlefiiian
line thrncs to the Red river. II is presumed that
the work will ba concluded IN the present ses.
enh.
The present sound condition Of tho finances.
and he success with which emtarrHssiuenis in
regard TO thoin, ri times apparently Inauftnounia.
bic, have been overcome, are nrr matters upon
which the people aud Government, Of this United
States may well congratulate themselves. An
oSsrh1ving treasury, however ii may DO regarded
as an evidence Of public prosperity, " seldom COLI
ducive 10 the permanent welfare Of any peeple;and
experience has demonstrated its ineonPatiaiiiiy
with the ~safutaty action Of political Institutions
like thoxs If the United siates. Our safest re-
iiancB for financial efficiency has. on the con.
stfary, teen fotnd to censiss in aaipse resources,
un. encountered with deb. and, in this rerreel
the Federal G%a~arnmet. occupies a singalarly
Fortunate and truly ensiable position.
Wben entered upon the disc|,arge Of my off.
cial duties, in March, 1887, tho act for dis'ribn-
ton Of tho surplus revenue was in a course Of
rapid execution. Nearly % million Of dolars Of
the public moneys wcfe, in pursuance of'its pro-
visions deposited with the States in the months Of
January, April, and July Of that year, In May
there occurred a general suspension ofspecie pay
ments by the banks, including, with very few
exemptions, those in which the public moneys
were deposited, and upon whose fidelity the Gov
crnnen had unfortunately made inseif dependant
for The revenue which had beea collected from
tho people, and YVES Indispensable to the pub'it
se.yice. This suspension, and the exeess il
banking and commerce out of which it rofs, and
which were greatly exaggerated by its occurrence
made to a great extent una%aiisble The ~pIincipal
part Of the public money then on hand, suspend
ed the collection OF many millions sccraing 90
merchants honds, and greatly reduced the reven.
NC arising from customs and the public lands
These effects have continued 10 opefate In vs.
sious degrees to the presen, period, snd in add
ton TO ihe decrease OF the revenue thus produced
two and half millions have been reiinquished
by two biennial reductions undef tlsc act Of 1889
and probably as much more upon the importation
ofifon for railroads, by special legislation.
While such has been our condition for 'he
last four years in relation to the revenue, we have
during the same time. been subjected to 40 una
voidable continuance of large and extraordinary
expenses growing out of past transactions, and
which could not be Immediately arrested With
cut Igreat prejudice to the public interest. o.
these, The chage upon The treasury, in cohse-
quence ofths Cherokee treaty alone, without adj
verting 20 others arising out Of fn9ian %tresties,
has already exceeded five millions Of dollars that
for the removal of the Seminole Indians, which
were found in progress, has been nearly fourteen
million. and the public building. have required
the unusual sum of nearly three millions.
I, affords me, however, great pleasure to be
able to say, that, from the commencement OF lbts
period to the present day, every demand upon
the Government, at home or abroad, has beer
promptly met. This has been done, not only
without creating q permanent debt, or a resort to
additional taxation in any form, bot in The midst
Of a steadily progressive reduction of existing
burdens upon the people, leaving still a consider
able balance of available funds which will remain
in the treasury at the end Of the year. The
small amount of treasury notes. not exceeding
four and a half millions o. doIlats. st5ii ousstand-
ing, and less by twenty three millions than the
United States have in deposite with the States
is composed Of such only as are not yet due, on
have not been presented fos payment. They
may be redeemed cut of the accruins revenue
if the expenditures do NOT exceed the amount
within which they may, it i. thought, be kept
without prejudice TO the revenue shall prove to he
a. large as may Justly be anticipated.
Among the reflections arising from the %conte1a-
plaiion Of these circumstances, one, not the least
gratifying. is the consciousness that the Govern
ment had the resolution and the ability to adhere,