Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-05
NEW YORK.
The President's Messa ge-An Alleged Sy-
 nopsis of its Contents.

l The President's NIessage-An Alleged Sy-
 nopsis of its Contents.
 | NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-A Sunday morning paper prints special from Washington pur- porting to give synopsis of the Presi- dents message to be sent to Congress to- Il morrow, viz The first message of the
 President to the new Congress has been
 looked for with some anxiety as indicating
 the policy of the new administration It
 turns out to be a most digniied and highly
 conservative document. Following is sy- nopsis of the message:
 The President opens with graceful and sympathetic tribute to the late President Garfield and expresses the hope that the sams generous leniency of criticism and cordial cooperation that he received will be extend | ed to himself. He regards the spontaneous outburst of sympathy from all sections for the murdered chief magistrate as one of the most convincing evidences of the complete restoration of good feeling throughout the country. Passing from this theme the Pres 1 ident congratulates the people on the peace full attitude of all foreign nations to the American republic. The recent centennial celebration at Yorktown not only cemented the ties that bind us to the mother country, but was the occasion of international courte- sies from Germany and France and gave op- those lands with gratifying exhibition of cordiali- ty. The appointment of a commission to take action in regard to our relations with Chii and Peru will, it is hoped, result in the complete restoration of peaceful relations between those countries. The President calls attention to the necessity for an increase Tn our navy. While there is at present no danger of war with any foreign power, it must not be forgotten that the great commer- cial cities of the Atlantic and Pacific coast are largely at the mercy of an invad- ing foreign fleet. We have the materials and labor requisite for building ships, and it is maxim of pru- dence to prepare for war in time of peace The expense will be so extended through 8 series of years as not to make itself burden some to the people. The rapid reduction of the public debt is a gratifying exhibition of the financial prosperity of the country. The revenue now raised is ample for the needs of the government, and the question arises whether it may not afford opportunity for reduction on some branches of internal revenue taxation. Under wise system of protection to our native industries we have steadily advanced in all the industrial arts
 and have been enabled not only to supply our own wants at home, but to send our manufactures abroad and create a constantly
 increasing demand for them. The policy
 pursued in reference to the aborigines is
 bearing good fruit in an increased interest
 manifested by them in regard to agriculture,
 education aod the acquisition of permanent
 homes It will be the aim of the admins
 tration to strengthen this policy and see the
 red men protected in their rights. Suits in
 stltuted by the government for the punish
 ment of persons accused of attempting to de-
 fraud in the matter of the postal Star routes
 will be pushed with all proper dispatch. While there will be no virdictive pursuit of
 inadequates, it will be the aim of the gov
 ernment to see that the revenues shall be
 amply protected from fraud or rob-
 bery in the future The President con-
 graduates Congress that under the restoration
 of free and impartial ballot at the
 South, the industries of that section are
 rapidly building up and good feeling is every
 where prevalent. The administration will
 do all in it's power to strengthen the feeling
 of amity and bring the whole country in ac-. cord. On the topic of Civil Service Reform
 President Arthur delivers himself of some
 promising generalities and announces his
 purpose to deal out official patronage in such
 a manner as to secure the best qualified men
 for the public service The message closes
 with recommendation to Congress to ob- serve judicious economy in making appro-
 priations, and expresses the hope that the
 opening session will draw more closely to-
 gether the bonds that unite our whole people
 in common divinity.
 Little Corinne Again i'm Custody.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Early this morning a writ of habeas corpus was served upon
 Warden Finn at the Tombs court for the production of Mrs. Jennie Flaherty (Mrs.
 Jennie KimbalD to be produced immediately
 before Judge Donohue at his residence. A couple of hours previous to the service of the writ Agent Lundberg of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had arrest ed ''Little Corinne,'' the child operatic artist,
 whose disappearance caused Mrs. Flaherty's arrest. It had been arranged that Corinne should return to this city from Boston and that Counsellor Hummell should place her in the custody of the society. Officer Lund-
 berg was at the pier early this morning and as soon as he saw the child took her into
 custody. At noon Warden Finn made return
 to the writ, when Keeper Foy escorted Mrs
 Flaherty to coach that awaited her and
 drove to the judge's house. tLittle Co.,
 rinnes" pet dog was carried by Mrs. Flaherty
 and as soon as it reached the open street set up wild and ecstatic barking. Judge Dono- hue discharged Mrs. Flaherty and the child remains in the custody of the society.