The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-12-15

s the other Powers In the organiZa
ton of these courts, it is hope
that the jurisdiction of question
t which have arisen may be readi
4 ly adjusted, and that thus ev
idence injudicial cases there ma,
? be hindered by no obstacle.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
The necessary legislation t,
!. carry into effect the condition re
specting the commercial recipro
J city concluded with the Hiwaiiar
Islands in 1875 having been had
the proclamation to carry into eff
feet the convention, as provided
by the act approved August Is
| 1876, was duly issued upon the
T last Tuesday of September last
A copy thereof accompanies this
message.
MEXICO.
The connections which have
been prevalent ip Mexico for
some time past, and which, un-
1 happily, seem to be not yet Who'll
1ly quieted, have led TO complaints
of citizens of the United States of
Injuries by persons in authority.
1t is hoped, however, these will
ultimately be adjusted to the sat
isfaction of both governments.
The frontier.of the United States
in that qarter has not been ex-.
empt from acts of violence by
citizens of one republic ON those
of the other. The frequency of
these is supposed to be increased
and their adjustment made more
difficult by the considerable
changes in the course af the low
er part of the Rio Grand river,
which river is part of the boun-
dary between the two countries.
These changes have placed on Ell
ther side Of that river portions of
land which, by existing conven-
tions, belong to the jurisdiction
of the Governments on the oppo-
site side of the river. The sub
.ject of the adjustment of this
cause of difficulty is under con
sidcIation between the two re-
publics.
TIE cLAIA AGAINST COLUMBIA.
The Government of the UniteH
States of Columbia has paid the
award in the case of the steamer
Montijo, seized by the authori-
ties of that government some
years since, and the amount has
been transferred to the claimants.
THE CLAIMS AGAINST VENEZUELA.
The monthly payments Of
small part of the annual amount /
due by the Government of Vene-
zuela to citizens of the United
States on account of the claims
against that Government contin-
ue to be made with reasonable
punctuality. That Government
has proposed to change the sys-
tenn which it has hitherto pursu-
ed in this respect, by issuing
bonds far a part Of the amount Of
The several claims. The PROPOSE
ion, however, could not, it is
properly be accepted,
1t least with the consent of the
holders of the certificates of in :
lebtedness of Venezuela. These
lreI so much depressed that it !,
would be difficult, if not impossi- !
Die to acertain their disposition
IN the subject.
COLORADO.
Congress, by an act approved t
he Sd of March, 1875, authorized /
he inhabitants of the Territory $
If Colorado to form a State Gov +
,rnment with the name of the r
;tate Of Colorado, and therein +
provided for the admission of the e
aid State, when formed, into the O
Union on an equal footing with I,
he original States. A. constitu. a
ion having been adopted and n !,
atifed by the people of that +
tate, and the acting Governor v
aving certified tome the facts \
s provided by the saidN act, to- 4
ether with a copy Of such Con o
titution and ordinance as provi- II
ed for in the said act; and the n
rovisionsdTthe said act of Con- N
ress having been duly complied q
18th, Issued my proclamation e.
n the 18th Of August, 1876, a Il
Dpy Of which is heretofore an d
exed. "a ~
THE WAR DEPARTMENT. tl
The report of the Secretary of u
Ear shows that the army have Z
cen actively employed during "
le year in subduing at the re- g
uest of the Indian Bureau certain 9
lid bands Of The Sioux in the In "
ian nation and preserving the %
eace of the South during the
ection. The commission con
ituted under an act of July "A,
ykS to consider the report on G
ogs,hole subject Of the reform pc
ome Organization Of the whole tn
as collected a large mass Q,
jstics Of points bearing on in
hject before it. They are IS
4nder consideration and tn
n a p%sNrt is progressing. ! am j
1att d PDonaiNgh by the President ~
avs souihdhission that it will be ri'
, at- 1cable to comply with the es
are of the act requiring the re- to
,lt TO be presented through me Of
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