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;andS consti'i,. ~" ~. - .r"rSu ~; i,u'.i.
~rcvenuH. an :: 49," ]ciii"G, "a paid ii itn;
script, /. VII. t91:i ;.. dat" 81 IL Is$L. t.
IN great .N;c1t. e. a from tie Irca>Ir,
tn" anna. i: u" :. =! t..e s.!" 81 public
AN Is: b:oalS.. 'a:::":!:|t,r tie land sid y
the GD:crIac.I: mIy - c<r"ctt,l IL be
made in s"rip; uaI! il is oil redeemed. II
those ciai!nS BE- i!':tt.y uu5'it 20 BE paid il
money. AMI npt,i:,, less valuable. rin
Bill provides tat ti"S s':aiI be ra!ri II Ian:
SC ;ip. whrr"r they are in effect TO be- Z
mortgage u,pn tic pablo lands in the NV
States; i III ri ,lse, too. held III great part
If not w!.o'., BY nori- residents Ct the Sta'c,
IN which TIC lands lie, w:.o may srcIr,
these lands /, the amount If sc:eral mi.,.ni.,
If acres, and then demand for them ">.r,
aitant prices FROM citizens CT other Sl&t,,
wi.O i.ay desire to purchase them !Jr SGT
,~.cElcnt, or they may keep them out c! Ii,
! market and tiius rttard the prosperity AND
growth ofthe States in which t:.ey are >i.-
rated. WHY this unusual mode of salts
flying ciaimants upon the Treasury has been
rcsortcl TO, does MT appear. 1t it cons.i-
I 1t with asound public policy. II it be done
in this case it may be don. i'll all others.
It will form a precedent for The satisfaction
Of all other stale and questionable claims.
ana would undoubtedly he restored to by
Ill claimants, who. after Successive trials.
shall fail 20 haze their claims recognized
and paid III m2ncy BY Congress.
The Bill prorro>.; to pay five millions Of
dollars, TO be paid i'll land script and pro-
tides ''t'iat no claim or memorial Snail be
received by the commissioner authorized
ov tic act, s'unlc>s accompanied by a re-
tease or discharge otthe l. 5. from all 9TH
rr and further compensation then the claim
ant my be entitled % receive under the
provision of the act" These claims are
estimated to the amount toa mach larger
Su,4 Than Ave millions o!holIarS, and yet the
claimant is require! to release to tie Gov
errmrnr al other compensation, and TO &C
.,p: i.s STARE Of a fund known to be mad
eq'atC.
Ii The claims he we'll founded, it woald
he unjust to the claimants /" r"nidate any
portion, q! them, and the remaining sum
cJu~:il.r.At,"r b. resisted. lac bill pro-
s:,'rs t. pay these Claims not i'll tn" curr'n-
:, knnwu 10 Tie Constitution. and not to
tIc!r luli alnnGat.
Passed. - tbs bill has been, near TIE
Close Of tie session. and VIXEN many meas
.ir,< "f Importance necessarily demand the
attention of Congress, and possibly wi;i'o"t
ti.t fuil aud deliberate consideration Which
large sun ii ap2r"priates, and tie eNiS-
ting site oi the rrasury and Of Tie coun-
try demand. | deem it t. be my duty 10
withhold NY approval, t;:at ii may hereafter
undergo the revision Of Congress. | have
TO this conclusion with regret. In.
.in.rrros:.:g NY objection TO its becoming "a
am ;rnrr sensible that it should be!
an extreme a." WHICH could make il t!e
Gut: r.: e.. Executive to withhold his aP-
Il .rv ill passed by Congress np"i
tie ,:o"".. c:i:r r~xp~di"ncy alone. Sue:
a c.st / ,Cnsid. this to be.
JAMES X. POLK.
Washington, Aug. s, 1916.
LI'.A young minister in a country parish.
who prided himsc.f on speaking the pucrcst
tod his scr, ant to erkinsnish tho
candle.
what your will, sir" said Jenny.
"Put out the CANDLE" said TIE minister
\ fcw da?'s altrI, VIXEN he was enter
some friends at dinner, Jenny ASKED
Liza if she should crt;ngni:A tue cat.
THE MDTIERLESS.-lIox interest
ing he appears to every feeling miad. A
child robbed of his mother ~excites universal
cummiserationand affection frsln every bo-
som. We look forward with anxiety -
every future period Of lis life, 0ni prayers
and hopes attend every step OF his journey.
We mingle our tears wit, his on the grave
Of he whose maternal heart has ceased t.
beat, for We feel that nc is bcrra,ci "f tlc
rienI and gaiic of his youth. Hi Eu'r'r
would, but cannot supply his loss. Ia al"
the whole circle of his friends bl"mt their e.
forts to alleviate his sorrows, 10 fill the
place occupied by departed wortt'' a moth
er must be missed evry moment by d child
who has ever known and rightly valued one
when she sleeps in the grave. No hands
feel so soft "a herS-no voice sounds so