Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

arrearages of pay to officers, and
$45, zl9 So for the support of the ma
rine corps.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
There will also be needed an APP
preparation of $262, $50 D to defray
the unsettled expenses of the United
States courts for the fiscal year end
ing June 80 last, now due to attor-
neys, clerks, commissioners and
marshals, and for rent of court
rooms, the support of prisoners and
other definciencies.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BUILDING.
A part of the building of the In
terror Department was destroyed by
fire on the 24th of last month. Some
immediate repairs and temporary
structures have in consequence be-
come necessary, estimates Of which
will be transmitted to Congress inn
mediately. An appropriation ofthe
requisite funds is respectfully re-
commended.
OTHER DEFICIENCIES.
The Secretary of the Treasury will
communicate to Congress, in con-
nectiOn with the estimates for the
appropriations for the support ofthe
army for the current fiscal year, eS-
Inmates for such other deficiencies in
the different branches of the public
service as require immediate action,
and can not without inconvenience
be delayed until the regular session.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
take this opportunity to invite
your attention to the propriety of
adopting at your present session the
necessary legislation to enable the
people of the United States to par
ticipate in the advantages of the In
ternational Exhibition of the agri-
cultural industry and fine arts, which
is to be held at Paris in 1878, and in
which this Government has been in
Vited by the Government of France
to take part. This invitation was
communicated to this government
in May, 1876, by the Minister of
France at the capital, and a copy
thereof was submitted to the proper
committee of Congress at its last ses-
sion, but no action was taken on the
subject. The Department of State
has received many letters from va
rious parts Of the country, express
ing desire to participate in the ex-
hibitiOn, and numerous applications
of a similar nature have also been
made at the United States legation
at Paris. The Department of State
has also received official advices of
the strong desire on the part of the
French Government that the United
States should participate in the en-
/ terprise, and space has hitherto been
and is still reserved in the exhibition
building for the use of exhibitors
from the United States.
In order that our industries NAV
be properly represented at the eX-
hibitiOn, an appropriation will be
needed for the payment of salaries
and expenses Of commissioners, for
the transportation of goods, and for
| other purposes in connection with
the object in view; and as May next
is the time fixed for the opening
of the exhibition, if our citizens are
to have the advantages of the inter-
national competition for the trade of
the other nations, the necessity of
immediate action is apparent. To
enable the United States to cooper
ate in the International Exhibition
which was held at Viena in 1878,
Congress then passed joint reSOlu-
ton making an appropriation of
$500, eco, and authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint a certain number of
practical artisans and scientific men,
who should attend the exhibition
and report their proceedings and OBJ
ServatiOns to him. Provision was
also made for the appointment of a
number Of honorary commissioners.
/ have felt that prompt action by
Congress in accepting the invitation
of the Government of France is of
so much interest to the people of this
country, and so suitable to the cor
dial relations between the Govern
ments of the two countries, that the
subject might properly be presented
for attention at your present session.
THE INTERNATIONAL PRISON CON-
GREsS.
The Government of Sweden and
Norway has addressed an official in
vitatiOn to the Government to take
part in the International Prison Con-
gresS to be held at Stockholm next
year. The problem which the con-
gress is proposed to study, how to
diminish crime, is one in which all
nations have an interest in common,
and the Congress of Stockholm
seems likely to prove sthe most i'm
pOrtant convention ever held for the
study of this grave question. I'm
der authority of a joint resolution of
Congress, approved Feb. IS, 1875,
commissioner was appointed by my
predecessor to represent the United
States upon that occasion, and the
present Congress having been at the
earnest desire of the Swedish Gov
eminent postponed to 1873, his COM
mission was renewed by me. An
appropriation of S., 900 was made on
the sundry civil service act of 1875
to meet the expenses of the Commits
siOner. | recommend the apprOpri-
alton Of that sum for the same pur-
pose, the former appropriation haV-
ing been covered into the Treasury,
and being nOlonger available for the
purpose without further action by
Congress. The subject is brought to
your attention at this time, in view
OF circumstances which render it
highly desirable that the Comission-
er should proceed Othe discharge of
his important duties Immediately.
AS the several acts of Congress pro-
Viding for detailed reports from the
different departments of the Govern
ment require their submission at the
beginning of the regular annual ses-
sion, | defer until that time any fur
ther reference to subjects of public in
tereSt. r. 3. HAYES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 1877.
Meeting of the Grange Warehouse
Reorganization.
OFFICE OF THE GRANGE WAREHOUSE0
ASSOCIATION, CLARKSVILLE,