The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-12-10

val aTCulttCtufe, anu Win tneIT lOTiuiut-
lie battery add largely to public strength
md security.
concur in the views expressed Ivy the
Secretary of the Department, in favor e.
l still further increase of our naval force.
The report of the Secretary of tn. iu-
erlOr presents facts and views in relation
} internal affairs over which the super j.
sion of his department extends, of muck ia
,erest a"d importance.
Tne aggregate sales OF the public lands
tnrlmg the las fiscal year, amount to n,n.
II Hon two huHd ei AMI twenty seven
n,usand eight hundred and Seventv.t.. hit
.'.re>; for winch hts been received the
am of eight IN ilinns eight hundred and
~emiy-Une thousand four hundred and
l"nrteen dollars. Daring the same l'erioh
here have been located, with military
scrip and lanl warrants, and for other
mrposes, thirty million one hundred
thousand two hundred ahl thirty acres, thus
making Il total aggregate of th;r.y-nine
nlliun ihrre hundred and twenty y-eiyh
thousand one hundred and eight acres
On the Both September last, surveys had
'een made Of sixteen million eight hum-
red aud Seseuiy-ihrer thousand six hun
lrrd and nimety-nine acres. large pro.
portion of which is ready for market.
The suggestion in this report in regard
o the com :ica,ion aud progressive ex-
,ansion of the business of different bu.
"au of the department; To the prn>io
system; 10 the colonization of Indian
.rihes and the recommendations in rela-
ion to varinns improvements in the Dis
trict of Columbia, are especially commend
ed to your consideration
The report of the Postmaster General
presents fully the condition of that de-
rartment of the government. rs txtar-
,lilures for the last fiscal year were ten
eight hundred and sxty-~iyht dollars; and
its gross rece p S seen IL Iii III six hundred
md tarnty Thousand eignt huh"rrd and
one dollars-making an excess OF expen
llure over receipts of two million seven
,antlred aud eighty->even thousand and
f,.ty-.ix dollars. The deficiency of this
department is thus seven hundred and for
iy-fouF thousand dollars greater than for
ne year enaing Jure 80, 1858. OF this
deficiency three hundred aud thirty thou
sand dollars is 10 he attributed to the AL
titional compensation allowed InstmaS
ters by the act Of co 'gress Of Jane p
,,,,I f,..iiitia, l.,
If the coun,ry have been very much it,
rrraSed in that period, and ;he larg, a",
litiun of railroad SERVICE, amunniing lu
seven rhnu>amd nine hundred and riph'
miles, has added largely to the cost o.
transportation
The iucuilSidrrabe augmentation of ih,
income of the Pos, Office Dci'ari mrms un.
der the reduced ra,rS OF postage, anl lis
increasing expenditures. mast. for The pres
ens, make il de ,endcnt to SOM extent Il! ,'
on The treasury for support Th, recon-
nendaIiuns of III, Postmaster e .neral, il
relation 10 the abolition of the franhinu
privilege, and his views in the estab ish'
mpii of IN ,il STEAMSHIP, tines IrSery: III"
80 Cpf'S ''"'' an h'
especial attention of Congress to h.
,iai.menl of The Postmaster Gueral re-
Surc.Iug the SunlS now paid for the tran>
l,ortaiinn of mails hy The Panaina Rait'
road Cn,D,,uny. aud commend 10 Ihtil
early and favorable consideration the sug
ges,iumS Of hat "fic.r i'll relation to new
rantractS uf mail ,rnnSi iiorraiion nliun thai
ronte, aud also upon the Tehuan epec and
Nicaragua routes.
Th.. Unise,l States continue in the ell.
ryment Of amicable relations with all for.
"igu powers
When my last annual mess age WA.
transmitted to Congress. two suij c,S %
controversy, one relating 10 the rnl,>lmenl
of soldiers in this country for foreign ser.
vice. aud The other tn Central America
tHreatened / TO disturb good un,lrrs: i"iiua
between the Unind S aies and G'ea
| Britain. Of the progress and Termination
of the former question you were Informed
at The time; anI the other is now in the
way of satisfactory adjustment.
The object of the convention hetweel
the United States aud Great Britain, %
| the 18Th ut a ,,rll lS5 }, WAS To secure, foI
the benefit of all nations, the neuirali' }
and the com non use of amy transit way oi
inteructauc communication across the
IslL mus of Panama, which mi ght he open
ell within the limits OF Central America
The pre,ension suhsrq rn,iy asserted Il,
Grea, Britain, to domain or control ovel
territories. in or near two of the routes
those of Nicaragua and Honduras. wer,
deemed 10y the United States, not merely
Incompatible with the main object of tht
treaty, but opposed even to It's express
slipuatiuns. Occasions of cnatruver>y
on this point has oeeu removed by an ad
dilional treaty, which onr minis er Il, Lon
don has concluded, AMI which will he in
medialely submitted to the Senate for IL:
consideration. Should ,he pro. os,'i Sui j
piemenlal arrangement be comrurr,d Ill b.
all the parties 10 he effected hy II 1he Stt
jects c0nlemi lated lay The original convea
tisn will have been fully attained.
Tue treaty between the Unitei 5 ait:
and Great Britain, of the 5>h U Jnhc