Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-12-11


80. 1855 oftkb aeseisuey, three hundred
and fhirJ lhoussad dollars is attributed 10 The
addi6Ota eOm7sbsaGon allowed pOslnaslsrs
by DE- acl Of Cengrss, Of June R2. 1854. The
wsl f.srsisSia sssfy par. Of the country
have been very much increased in that period,
and the large addition Of railroad service. a.
mounting 10 seven Thousand, nins haa3Fsd aad
eight niles, has added largely 10 the cost Of
transportation. The eousiderAbls augmsataT
ton Of the income the Post easss Depart
nssG addsr thslrsducsd resss et RoptagsN I'D
ill inefsasipg txpendiIusesI muss har heApasss
aAi, aAkA II kdspendsptiO soma extent upon
tbs trsssury Cor appO5t lFR FeonpFndI-
aisn Of he Post Nas.et Sthsssle IN Tllklipu to
lths ubOhidsH Of de frAnLing Psiylsses andihis
EieSs on the ensbhsbneBt'ef qnallH gseamshP
lines, deserve Gke cOnsidsrstiOniOf 'eOngress.-Go
n. I.alsO CAlhhs especial apspioRof Congress
to ths stalsmsnt- -Of -ths -R0slmaater- -GsnsraI
rSspectug ths spms nOw paid for tbs lrans-
porialiOn Of mails to the Panama aRAiItOadf
Company, Apd commend to their earlE apd ia.
vOrabe consider stiOnths suggestions Of t6stsf-.
6cer in relation tOnsS contrasts for maaaTsps-
portation upon that route, and als0 upOus thsa
Tab uantspsc and Nicaragua routes. aiat uis4
! The United SsalesleOntDues i1 The epioy,r
@a,t Of amisablel relations with saliF fgFsigaI
powers.
When ny last annual message "a! atrans.i
mitted to Congress-, two subjects of contfoset-.
", one rslatirg % the enlistment Of spaisrs ig
this country for lore;Rn service, and lhs oGhtr
Ito Central Amercs, threstshsd % distufbs shS
good understanding between ;be United States
and Great Britain, OF the progress andtertI
ninstiOn Of the former question you FsTsl inTI
Formed at the time; and the other is noR iR Ihel
yay of satisfactory adjustment. .saaHa ysbih
\ The object OF the, CONVENTION Bet setbi 'ifsF
\ United States and Great Britain, Of the 18Th
Of April. lS50lwsS to secure. for the sbsas6tH
Of all nations, the neutrality and thsaeommOn
use Of any transit way or interOcsAnie sommuni-
cation across tbe Isihwus of Pspsmp, vhch
nigh tbelSpentd within the limits OF Central
America. The pretensious subsequently, as,I
serted b, Great Britain. to domain 0faieOntrol
! over territories, in OF near two Of tho ronles,
fthpss Of Nicaragua pnda Honduras, we're desms2
4 ed by the United stAles. not merely insonpati+N
lble with the main obi ct oIths treaty, but op.
posed even to its express slipulAtiohs. GsOec.-
iSiOns Of OfcOnuOversy On the POi9t has been IFs;5
fnoVsd by an additional treaty. which, OW lNnrA
lister at LOndonhas ooncluded and swhichy SitH
be Immediately submitted to the assnAte for i.s4
consideration. Should shs proposed supple
mental arrangemsntlhe concurred ip by AL lhsy
4 pariesto be affected b. it. the objects con-
ltemplssd 10 The orIginalTc ,nVention will hare
been fully attained. 0i atL 3,.dl.oI4
The treaty bstween the, United States, and
Great Britain, of the 9th Of June, 1854, which
went into effective operation in 1884, put an
end to causes Of irritation between the two,
couatrieS. by securing to The Uaaed States the
Vi yht Of fishery on the coast OF the British
North American pro 'incss, with advantages e.
quail to those enioSed by British subjects. Bs,,
sides the signal benefits Ofthis treaty lOsa larnAg
class Of our citizens engaged in q purssit cOr-
nected in no incohsiderAble degree with Odtri-A y
tlOnal prosperity andsirength, it has bad sfgD
VorsbIe effect upon other interests in the pr
vision it made for reciprocal freedom ofotra eli
between the United States and the British
provinees 10 America, = I-.Ss 3s.fSs
y The exports Of domestic articles to thosespr.
viuces during the lastiy ear amounted tQ moro
than TWENTY-FIVE millions Of d. liars. exceeding
those Of the preceding year by nearly seven
million Of dollars and the imports lhsTef.om.,
during the same perioL amounted tOtamOrs
than twenty one mlliOn,-an increase sof ak
miloa upon those Of lbe previous year. toebniL
i, The belmprovel condition ofthis branch of our
commerce is mainly attBbutAble to hs above
mentioned treaty. a. sass
! Provisions WAS made 10 the 6nt aEliClsbaOf
4 that treaty. for commission to designate the
mouths Of rivers to which the common right Of
fishery, on the coast of the United States and
the British ProvinceS,Was not TO exleAd.--
This commisson-has been employed asPar Of
tso seasons, bat without much progFessiihi acF
comBlishing the object for which it was pstiy,
tutea. in consequences of a serious difference Of
opinion betWeendhe commissioners. .znos snly cAsb
! TO the precise point where the rivers terminate,
butin many Instances As to what copsihdtfEs
Tivegp These difficulties, however, may be IN
VereOme by resort to the umPFassJ PE0Kidsa
foF by the treaty Z os0 TbsnsH
ThsetfOds perseveringly prosecuted since The
comuepcemept of my administration &. relieve
our trade to the BaIis from the exaelipn Of
sound dues by Denmark, have not yetb at.
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