Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-12-09
SD Congress list Session.



In Senate, - Of the G2 Senators took
their seats, and the new Members present
were sworn in.
In the House, 2l7 of the 239 Members
and Delegates answered to their names
when Lynn Boyd, of Ky, was ro-elected
Speaker, he having liS votes to II for all
others. john W. Forney Of Pa. had III
votes for Clerk 90 for all others and was
reelected and the remaining Officers OF
the last House (all Democratic were then
reelected BY resolution.
TUESDAY, Dee 6.-The President :
Message was transmitted to both Houses.
Synopsis of President Pierce sNesssee'
Our diplomatic relations with foreign
powers have undergone % essential Change,
The Fishery question is under neg5tia
tion, with fair prospect CT = favorable
result.
Great Britain has proposed TO settle oar
embarrassing questions in regard to Central
America, by amicabc arrangement, aud
Mr. Buchanan is instructed 10 negotiate
The boundaries between the Cuited
States and the Northwest possessions of
Great Britain need settlement, and the at
tention of Congress is called to tn" subject.
With France our relations coutinc most
friendly, and some progress has been made
in negotiating treaty which will release
both countries, to mutual advantage, from
unnecessary restrictions.
All unauthorized expeditions against
Cuba and Porto Rico will be vigorously
repressed.
A proposition has been made for direct
appeal to the Captain General Of Cuta by
our Consul, on behalf of our citizens who
suffer vexation and annoyance, owing to
the suspicious vigilance with which foreign
intercourse is there guarded. Without
some such arrangement our good unler-
standing must be exposed 10 occasional
interruption.
The Armistad claim of Spain is again
nrged for prompt adjustment, as good faith
requires. /
Martin kczta, at the time of his seizure
by Austria at Smyrna, was clothed with !
American nationality; Capt. Ingrahams
course is fully approved, and the demand .
Of Austria for koszta's surrender, a dis /
voxal of Capt. Is acts, and satisfaction for /
the alleged outrage, have been declined.
The Commissioner to China is instruct !
ed to avail himself of all occasions to open +,
and extend our commercial relations with !
that and contiguous Asiatic nations.
1t is not yet ascertaincd how far the
Emperor Of Japan is disposed to abandon
his restrictive policy, and open his country
to our commerce.
Disputes have arisen with Mexico as to
the rc-survey of the boundary between
New Mexico and Chihauahua, and other
questions of magnitude are pending be-
tween the two Republics. Oar minister
is amply instructed to ADJUST them, and it
is reasonably expected that they may be
satisfactorily concluded.
Treaties have teen made with Paraguay
and the Argentine Confederation, for the
frcer navigation of tLeir rivers, and our
Minister to Brazil is instructed to obtain
= relaxation Of the restrictive policy in re-
gard to the free navigation OF the Amazon.
Measures have been taken to remove the
difficulties experienced in Obtaining sup
plies of gIano from Peru, and there is
reason to believe that country is disposed
70 offer adequate indemnity to eur citizens,
aggrieved by the collision with its author
ities a. the CLiacL, Islands
Our domestic relations are exempt from
cause of serious disquict.
The principles of public policy, affirmed
By our fathers in 1898, are alone capable
Of maintaining AID perpetuating this Re
public.
There is no change 10 suggest in cur e.
nancial policy, and there is general ac-
quiescence in the wisdom of the present
system as to the sources Of keeping and
managing the public treasure.
The public revenue increases beyond
the interests of the prospective wants of
the Government; the surplus makes the
path Of duty obvious and clear to the ad-
ministraticn, first to discharge the public .
debt, and second, to gradually reduce the .
revenue to the standard of the public ex-
igencies. Since March 1855, Sl2, 105,322
Of the public debt have been cancelled,
tleayins unpaid SOD, ,ie6.1tS. !