The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-04

tribes These objects, as we'll the material interests
and tho moral and intellectual improvement tho To-
dlns, be most eectuay secured by concentrating
them upon portions OF country set apar for Their exou.
usc and located at points remote from our highways
and encrOachng white settlements.
since tic commencement of the second session Of the
Thrly-Nnih Congress, five hundred and ten miles OF
road have been constructed the main limo and
branches If the Pacific Railway The line from On iha
rapidly approaching the eastern base OF the Rocky
Mountains, whilst tho minus OF ho last section OF con-
struccd oad In California accepted by the Gov rnment
tho 2ih day Oc ober last was but even miles dis
tant from tho summit OF the Sierra Nevada. 4 he
markable energy cvinced by the companies oilers the
strong t. at the completion OF the road from
Sacramento to Omaha Will not be long deferred
During the last fiscal year seven mll!lon iory.ono
thousan ono hundred and iourteea OF public land
were disposed or and the cash receipts from sales and
leo, exceeded b. one.half million dollars the rea!z
cd from those during the preceding year. The
amount paid to pensoner including expenses Of dis
bursemonts, $50, and thrtysix thousand
four hundred and elgh UT" names were added TO the
ros The entire mum OF pen nioners on tho 30th OF
June last was one Hundred and y-Gye thousand four
hundred and seventy-our. EleyeI thousand Six hun
dred and ftynve patents and designs issued dur
ing the year ending September 3O l5G ana 81 hl Date
the balance in the Treasury to the credit OF the Patent
Fund was S2856OT
Tho report of The Secretary the Navy states that
have squadrons actively and udiciousy employed
uudcc eilc ent and abe commanders, III proeclI the
persons ard property OF American cit Zers maintaining
the dignity and power of the Government and rromo
ing and business interests OF our county,
len IN every part OF tho word. OF the two h1ndreu
and thrtyeght vessels composing the present navy OF
tae United states, ltys3, carrying nye hundred aDd
seveu guns, IN squadron service. During the year
the number OF vesses in commission has been reduced
twelve a. there thirteen loss squadron duty han
there were the dato OF the last report. largo num-
Der OF vessels commenced and in the of con-
struction when the war terminated and although Con-
gress had made the necessary appropriations Tor tneir
comple The Department has either suspended work
upon them limited the slow completion OF the steam
sels to meet the contra Is ior mac Dery made
with private estab isaments The os expenditures OF
the Navy Department the fiscal year ending June go
1867, >3I I034.0l1. No appropriations have been
required the close OF the war 10 the con-
-tructon au1 repair Of vessels, for ste mach nery
ordnance, proySlons and clio hing fuel hemp. &C., the
balanc Idcr these several hyads bayiug more
lha sufficient for current expenditures. 1t should also
be stated credit Of the department that bes des
asking 40 approprau for tho above objects for tho
.ast two years, the Secretary OF tho Navy, on the
JOth OF sc asst In accordance with the act or
Muy 18lJ requested ls Secretry OF the Trcasury to
carry the surplus fund the sum OF sixty five millions
OF doars being the c.lount received the sales Of
vessels and otler war property and the remnants OF for
mer appropriations.
The rport OF the Postmaster-Generll shows the bui
ness Of the PostoHice Department and the condition of
postal service in very favorable Light aud the atten
ton OF Congress cal ed TO its pracca recommends
dons 1he receipts OF the Department for the year
ending June ~. 1887 including q special ap-
preparations for aud land service, and for free
MaI matter were Sls.978,G93. The expenditures
ior all purposes $40 4s3, leaving an
unexpeuded balance in favor OF the Department OF
SAB 2l0 which be applied towards the expenses OF
osal revenue independent OF specific appropriations,
iOr the year 1857 that of 1866 sS50O4O. The
Increase from the sale OF stamps and stamped
envelopes S78340I Tho increase OF expenditures
for 1867 thos U the previous owing chiefly
TO the extension OF the land and ocean m; c service,
During the pat year new postal conventions nave
been ra;iled and exchanged with the United King
dom Great Britain aud Ireland Belgium, the Neither
.ands Switzerland, the North German Union and the
ol Jnial Government at Hons-Kong, reducing very
largely the rates OF ocean aud Land posaes toand rom
ana within those countries.
he report OF the Acting Commissioner OF Agriculture
orcisey presents the condition, wants. and progress OF
III Interest eminently worthy the fostering care OF
congress, and exhibits large measure OF useful results
achieved during the year to which 1t refers
The re-establishment oil peace at home and the re-
sumption of travel and commerce abroad,
uave served to increase he number aud variety OF que'
tons the department for foreign at irs. None OF
questions however have seriously diHturbed our
relations with other States.
lie Republic OF Mexico. having been relieved from
Tor igu intervention, earnestly engaged in efforts to
eetstIbish her con tltuiona system OF government.
4 good understanding continues to exist between our
Government and the Republics OF Hayti aud San Do
nn9o, and cordial relations with the Central and
south american states remain Unchanged The tender
made in conformity with resolution or Congress- Of the
ool offices OF the Government, with view to an ami
cable adjustment OF peace between Br1z1 and her aits
n one side and Paraguay on tho other. aud
between Chilli and her allies, on tho one side.
md Spain on the other thorgh kindly re-
,hc belhgerens The in the Valley Of the parana Is
sill vigorously maintained On the other hand actual nos
ntes between the Pacific st ties and Spain have be
than year suspended shall cn ans proper occa-
81 that may cur the conciiatory recommends
ions which already made Drazil with enSEt-
,ncd sagacity and comprehensive siaesn'rshil. las
opened great channels OF tie Amazon and its ribna-
.ies to universal commerce. One thing more seems
aeedl to rapid and cheering progress in South
Aneri;; 1 refer peaceful habit, without which
aud nations cannot in this age VOL expect mate
ial prosperity or soc al advancement.
Tue Exposition Of tniversal Industry at Paris
passed. End seems to have fully realized
Of afrr 1snf
II due allowance be m de for lhe recent political
OF industry here the part which the United
states has III this exhibition Of inyeniioD and art
may be regarded with very high Satisfaction. DuIlng
ne Exposition ference held OF delegates from
several uons, tie United States beng one, In which
he inconTeuenccs CT commerce and Social int rcour5e
resu ting IRON the diverse standards Of money value were
.uly discus plans developed for Establish
ug by universal at, common Lrncipi TOR the
olao OF go d. These conterences ere expected to oe
epewed with tho att rdlnce Of many foreign states Lot
l.hcrt represented. report OF these iuteresa pro-
cedings will bo submitted to Congress, which v,li 10
loubs justly aprecate the eat object and te eldy to
dopt any which may tend 10 fIctntate Its t
mate accom- shment
Un t4e z5tn OF Februazy. 1862 Congress declare by
aw that T easury notes without ineret, authorized by
nat act should be legal tender in payment of debts
public and private. within tho United States. AL en-
iual remittance $500 U. less stpulu cd expenses nc
crues to claimants under the convention made with
ID in IN 1884. These remittances aimee the passage
ct, have pid in sucI aoes Tho claimants H. ist
hat the Government ought to require payment IN COIN
No has as yet been reached Tor the settle
nent of our claims Bri ISL depreuatons upon he
commerce OF the Cnited Sta have fell IL my duty
% decline the proposition OF arbitration maae by Her
Lajcstys Gov -rnmen because l. las hitherto BEN ac
;ompaued By reserv-t aud limitations Incompatible
With the rights, interest and honor OF our country
no to be apprehended that Great Britain viii persist
II her refusal sly these just and reasonable CLAIMS,
which involve the arred principle OF nonpeivention
principle h. ncefo tn important to the United
states than 10 al other commercial nations.
The West India sand5 were settled and colonized by
European states simultaneously with the settlement and
colonization OF the Amocan continent. Most O. the CO.
lonics planted here bec-e independent nations IN the
oss the last and tie beginning OF the sent centu
~ Our country embraces .mpnunttes which,
porod, colonies OF Great britain, Franco,
,pan Holland Sweden, anl Rusail The people in the
Indies with the exception OF chose Of the Island OF
dayd, have n.ner attained nor Hspiroi to independ-
nee, have they bc:ome prepared for sclf-ae:ouce.
Although possessing considerable commercial value,
have been held by the several European states hch
colonized O. at some time conquered then chiefly ior
urooses of military and nava! 5rGteey IL carrying out
policy aud eigns In regard to this conineGt
~ our Revolutionary War; ports and ha bors III the
Nest India Ilanis We're used BY our enemy to the great
injury and embarrassment OF The Unicd States Wchnd
t.e slrno experience IN our second var With Great
ri.an. The came European ,licy Tor long dno e1-
cludad US even from trado with tie West Indies, whi
o were at pelce with all nations. In our re.
cent evil tbs rebels, and their pirat.cal and
Notwithstanding allies, found t2cliies IN tie
same por.s the work, which they too successfully
eopished, Of njuring and devastating the commerce
which are now engagel In rebuilding. We Iabored
especially under this dlsadvarJage-that European
jtea vessels employed by epemies. found friendly
shelter protection and supplies in West Indian ports,
while naval operations necessarily carried
on from distant shor.s There was then uni
versa feeling or the want OF an advanced naval oup st
between tie Atlantic coast end Europe The duty OBJ
taininS such an outpost aceiuly and lawfully. While
ei,her doing menacllg injury to other states, r.
nesty engaged the attention vi the Executive Depart
ent beior the of the and has not en lost
si.h o. since time. not entirely dissimar naval
want revealed Itself during the same period on the
Pacific coast Tho required foothod there was fortu.
nltev secured by lac treaty with the Emperor OF
Russia and it imperative that the obvi
necessities OF the Allan cois should not be less
cLreul!Y provided for good and convenient port and
larbor, capable easy defence, will supply that want
With the possession Of such q station by the
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