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BS —— www -T-7-T ■ >U; ' Â *< *• ■•■ ♦ v N® sjûSC Sg A Af<fc A MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1868. YOL. I, NO. 51. \ (Original JJocfrg. TO IILIK EYES. Written/or the Middlctovn Tnmecript BY GXHMSL. TO LÜARA. me thy rosy lips, my child, Let look me in thine eye I ts this blue orb as coy, ns mild, Serene ns Hungary's sky. And with thee face to face so near Thine eye, though dark, seems blue and clear. Reach When Neptttnc sweeps the ocean's planes, Awakes its billows' ire. And Jove sends down his lightning-rains, Tempestuous arrow-fire; When fire with water is intermixed And day-light dusky dark betwixt : Bow great is nature thus displayed I Rut thinking of that tear Which first to me thy lore betrayed When heart to heart near; Then I have fur more to admire, Thine eye's clear water mixed with fire. Reach me, therefore, thy lips, my child, To kiss their rosy hue, To Hud iu them, pure, mtdufiled, ents ever thee face to face So near, Knjoym And with Thine eye, though dark, sedius blue and clear ; Cincinnati, Dec. 1868. popular Stairs. WILD MADGE. "Cousin, where did you pick up that homely little elf that was scrubbing the stoop when I came in ?" " Hush, Paul, she will hear you. came here one night almost frozen and in a starving condition, so mama took her in, aad lets her work for her board. We call her wild Madge." "A good name upon my word. Why it's as good as a dose of salts to look at her. " I nin seriously inclined to fall in love with her beautiful phiz. What would you advise mo to do, coz ?" "I would advise you to stop making fun ofthat child. So we will change the sub ject, if you please." Paul Reynor was a young man of por liaps twenty-two or three years, who, hav ing an abundant share of this world's goods, was inclined to ignore those less favored by fortune, and consequently his prond and overbearing manner rendered him dis agreeable to those whom he termed his in feriors. That he was handsome we will admit— at least so thought Madge, as she watched him come up the walk, his curly looks Mowing in the wind. Very grand he looked to her unsophisticated eyes, and she stepped aside with a feeling of awe as he passed, stopping to listen to his voice as.it sounded through the open window of the room above. But when she heard the ,fir»t sentence that passed his lips she stood spell bouud, drinking in every word > uttered : and very pale was that pale little face as she turned again to Iter work, won dering if she really was such an ugly little elf as he called her. When work was done Bhe quietly slipped away to her little garret bed-room and ta king a piece of glass that she had found, from her pocket, eagerly scanned the fea tures before her, aud truly they were not very pretty. Rhe was, perhaps, fourteen years of age, and though at first glance we would term her decidedly homely, after a moment's study there was something peculiarly in teresting in that little face. Certainly the eyes were too large and wild looking, and as the wild orbs rolled hither and thither they had a strange weird expression. 'The features were small and pinched, and the complexion what might be called muddy, while very black, straight hair, cropped close around her head, comprised the pic ture that Madge was gazing at so earnest ly, and it did not please her apparently, for with a long drawn sigh she laid the glen aside, and sitting by the window, muttered : " No, I don't hate him for saying so, for he don't know how it hurt me : anri besides I am just as homely as he sç;d and worse, too. But -' uat of Rt i'àni only a we- servant! rising, "f wish f might be ( 9 .«y, wjd have people fo.ye me—and M H, fqql- she said, brqjigjqg her little und down on the window-sul. She ' ' O dear !" she V* If I am jhomely, I can be better than a mere drudge !" and in her childish faoe there C w a look of high womanly resolve, in itive of a high and noble intellect. During'his visit Paul seemed to take spe cial pains to worry and provoke poor 'Madge : and many y joke did he thought lessly crack at her egpeuse, never think ing it worth his while to speak q civil, or .pleasant word to life poor waif, till she .'grew to shun him as she would à serpent ; 'and, tq cap the eliipax.. the day before he yres to return hope, as he wqj riding to ward the house, bn horseback, seeing Madge in the yard and thinking it a good tunc to show his authority, he ordered her to open the gate. »»Why dont you run, yon ugly whelp?" Take that, for not obeying a gentleman's orders with better grace !" so saying he gave her a cut across the neck whiclt made lier start and turn pale, but in a secornl the hot blood mounted to her face, and her large eyes flashed defiance us she watched Hi tfififi ; of sight, his mocking laugh still 'ringing or cars when with n wail, she sank into the grass, her little form convulsed with ebbs. ' Nine years passed away , and the scene opens •before «I -in one of t^c most stylish yiqKccf of our metropolis. Tbe drawing-rooms are filled with wealth and beauty, iu houor of the return of the hostess' adopted daughter after a lengthy sojourn in foreign parts. "Zounds! Will, who is that splendid girl surrounded by the group of gen tlemen yonder ? Decidedly the handsom est woman I ever saw. She fairly takes one's breath away and What an eye she has ! Superb ! magnificent ? But tell me who she is, I am dying to know." " Upon my word, Paul, you are rather fidgetty. I nad an idea you were impreg nable to the charms of womankind in gen eral." " Stop your nonsense, Will, and answer "Why, that is our hostess' daughter, MiBS Raleigh ! and I don't wouder at your admiration, for she is decidedly the hand somest woman of my acquaintance." " Can it be possiblo ? Why, I under stood she was a mere foundling whom Mrs. llaleigh had taken out of ohurity." "You are right; she was; but it was found she possessed talents of a very high order, so Mrs. Raleigh educated her, and adopted her as her own. I would advise you not to devour her with your eyes, for you perceive she has other admircrB be sides yourself." The first opportunity that offered, Paul Raynor, for he it was, sought and obtain ed an introduction. When his name was announced a slight smile played over her features for a moment, but quickly passed, and she greeted him with' her accustomed grace. If he was charmed at a distance, he was completely enthralled when listening to her witty and animated conversation. Nev er had he seen a woman wh o had so com pletely captivated him. A careless glance, from her eye would send the blood surging through his veins like wildfire, and he would listen to her lightest word with rap ture. Weeks and months passed. Miss Ral eigh was the acknowledged belle of socie ty,— was ever surrounded by admirers, ever ready to do her bidding, brainless fops, but noble und gifted aud women who appreciated her for her beautiful and richly cultivated mind. Rut among them all none worshipped with more fervor than Paul, perior to the women of li;s aequaiutauee ; aud from her he caught a glimpse of a higher and nobler life of which he hud not dreamed before. To wiu her for his owu, at the earliest possible moment, he fully determined ; but though she had al ways welcomed him us a friend, she had never given him reason to think ho occu pied a place in her heart. One evening he determined to call and offer himself. "Of course she will accept liloquized. "There is not a lady of my acquaintance but would jump at the chance. Yet somehow I feel rather tim id ; I never can look straight in that eye of hers without wiqciug, But, pshaw! how foolish ! Of course she will be de lighted." Miss Raleigh was at home, and it happened she was alone. After a few mo ment's conversation he made known the object of his call offering her his heart,' hand and fortune. While he spoke her eyes were east down but when he finished she raised them to his face aud replied. "I am sorry this has happened for your sake. I would not willingly wound your feelings, sir, but I am obliged to decline your offer." You refuse me. May I ask your reasons ? "Allow me to relate a little anecdote, sir. Once there was a poor and friendless child whom Providence cast among stran gers, where she became the family servant. Shortly after a young man, a relative of the family, arrived, and during bis stay delighted to worry the child on account of her uncouth appearance. That shecould for give ; but pne day he ordered her to open the gate for him, and as she did not obey with sufficient alacrity he raised his whip and struck her." She paused, and looking him in the face, ' ul[u if he recognized the "Yes, I remember that, but I don't sec—" "Wejl, I yjll sbojr yo»j. That friend less child whom they cajled wild Madge and Madeline Raleigh are one apd the same persog. 'J'tyat, sir, is one reason for my refusal. A m"<? who would willing ly injure the feelings of a child for his sel fish pleasure I could not trust my future am al ready engaged. I wijlj you good even : ~g, sir." Paul Raynor left the house in a dream. He could not recognize in the beautiful creature the ignorant child whom he had spurned, and who had made him a wiser, if not a better map Madeline soon after married a pure and noble man; one whom she loved and respected with her whole heart. mo. Not mere She was su me, he so scene. f iness with. Besides which At a recent meeting of the French Academy of Sciences, there was exhibited a mass of ice, eight incites thick, and twenty feet Jong and broad, frozen artifi cially, in a few moments, by a new pro cess, and one capable of supplying blocks three feet in thickness eqqajly yell. The refrigerative salt was tlfo qitr^te of am monia, and the method consisted ip freez ing the water into the shape or hollow cylinders, with walls about four-tenths of an inch thick, and of varying diameter, so that one could he slipjied inside the other up to almost any desired extent. When thus brought into opposition they readily freeze together, especially with the addition of some water, and produce a solid mass. ■ jpoctrg. HOME. There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot, than all the rest. Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While in his softened looks benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend; Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life I Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. From the Neto York Ledger. Rag-Tag and Boll-Tall Fashions. When I say that the street-dress of the majority of respectable women of New York to-day is disgusting, I but feebly express my emotions. I say the r espectaUe wo men, and yet, save to those who know them to be such, their appearance leaves a wide mark for doubt. The olown at a circus wears not a more stunning or parti colored costume ; in fact, his has the ad vantage of being sufficiently "taut,"—to use a nutical phrase—not to interfere with locomotion ; while their's—what With dis gusting humps upon their backs, and big rosettes upon their sides and shoulders, and loops, and folds, and buttons, and tas sels, and clasps, and bows upon their skirts, and striped satin petticoats, all too short to hide oftcu clumsy ankles,—aud more colors and shades of colors heaped upon one poor little fashion-ridden body than ever were gathered in oue rainbow— and all this worn without regard to tem Tuture, time, or place—I say this pre sents a spectacle which is too dishearten ing even to be comical. One cannot smile at the young girls who are, one day,—Heaven help them !— to be wives and mothers. Hues and mothers ! I say to ntyself, as I see the throat and neck with only the protection of a gold locket between itself and the cold autum nal winds. Wives and mothers ! I say, as I see them ruining their feet and throw ing their unkles out of shape, in the vain endeavor to walk on heels like corks, fas tened far into the middle of the sole of their boots ; aud those boots so high upon tho calf of the leg, and so tightly buttoued across it, that circulation is stopped, aud violent headaches follow. Wives and mothers ! 1 say, as 1 sec the heating and burdensome pauier tackled on the most delicate portion of a woman's frame, to make still surer confirmed iuvalidisms. What fathers, husbands, brothers, lover can be thinking about, to be willing that the wotueti they respect and love should appear in publio, looking like women whom they despise, is a marvel to me. Why they do not say this to them, and shame them into a decent appearance—if their glasses cannot effect it—I do not know. Oh, the relief it is to meet a lady, instead of a ballet-girl ! Oh, the relief it is to see a healthy, firm stopping, rosy, broad chested, bright-eyed woman, elad simply with a dress all of one color, and free from bunches and tags ! I turn to look at such an one with true respect, that site has the good sense and courage and good taste to beuofitiug to those poor wretched women whose business it is to advertise their per sons a free field without competition. If I seem to speak harshly, it is because I feel earnestly on the subject. I had hoped that the women of 1868 would have been worthy of the day iu which they live. I had hoped that aU their time would not have been spent in keeping up with the chameleon changes of fashions too ugly, too absurd for toleration. It is because I wunt them to be something, to do some thing higher and nobler than a peacock might aim at, that I turn heart-siok away from these infinitessimal fripperies thut narrow the soul und purse, and leave noth ing in their wake but einptyness. it necessary, in avoiding all woman should look "strong-minded," as tho bugbear-phrase goes. It is not ne cessary she should dress like her grand mother, in order to look like a decent wo man. It is not necessary she should for swear orpaq;eptetiöp , because it were bet ter and more paspeofoble to liuvo it con fined to festal and home occasions and less to the en to t an omnibus driver in January, or catch ing consumption with her throat protected only by a gold locket ! Ob, how I wish that a bevy of young, handsome girls, of good social position, would inaugurate a plain lady-like cos tume for street and church wear, I say young and handsome, because if an old woman does this, the little chits toss their heads and say, "Oh she has had her day, and don't care noy—apd we want Ours." Now fbat's perfectly natural, and right, too, tbftt you should have your youth ; that yoq should, as girls say, "make the most of yourselves ;" but in doing so don't you think it would be well not to lessen or cheapen yourselves ? and I submit, with all deference to your dressmakers and mammas, that every one of you who ap pear in publie in the manner I have des cribed, are doing this very tfiipg —are de filing womanhood, apd fire bringing it in to derision and contempt, whether you iieve it or not. Fanny Feus. ear un the street iij a dress Nor is this, that a publie promenade. She is notdriv ho alternative of muffing herself like of a !.. ; To Cnn* JToarsenkjs. —Tako the white of two eggs and beat them ; two spoon fuls of white sugar; grate in a liftle nut meg, then add a pint of lukewarm water. Repeat the prescription, if necessary, and it will cure the most obstinate case of hoarseness in & s|>ort tim«. Tbe Firm Sabbath School. The York True Democrat stateB that it may not be generally known that Lancas ter county is entitled to the credit of hav ing established the first Sabbath School ever known to the civilised world ; "Ludwig Hacker, one of the leaders of the Seventh day Baptists, at Ephrata, in this county, was the father of this now sa cred and wide-spread Institution. The school was started by this learned' Divine in 1740, in the old monasteries belonging to the society of which he was a member, and continued to be held, uninteruptedly, until the year 1777, when the progress of the Revolution occasioned its suspension for about five years, when it was again resumed. The battle of Brandywine had been fought, and at the request of General Wahington, the monasteries were conver ted into a hospital for tho reoeptlon of the alok and the wounded of our army. During the time the soldiers were there the school was not held; the state of things being such as to render it Impracticable. We are proud, however, to recognize it aliistorlo faot and thus oonfote a prevail ing error, that this school, established by Ludwig Hacker, was the first known in this country or Europe, Afterwards, in the year 1782, Robert Ralkes established a Sunday seliool at Gloucester, England, and since that time they have spread fhr and wide, bringing the young and inno cent to the feet of the Saviour and exert ing their auxiliary influence iu evangeliz ing the world. The remains of Ludwig Hacker have long since slept under a weep ing willow tree, in the quiet grave-yard near the ruins of the old monasteries where lie spent his life in the worship of God, and in doing good among the young and old of his fellew men. A plain marble slab, bearing his name and his age, marks the piaoe of his sepulture. He needs prouder monument. As long as the sweet voiccB of the dear little treasures that have been confided to our keeping, continue to awaken the stillness of churches and altars at each returning Sab bath day, the name of this good man will be remembered and revered. He was the first on this green earth to take little chil dren by the hand, and.learn them to lisp the name of their Saviour, and hy his plain, simple, but parental instruction, di rect them on their way to heaven.— Lan. Intel. our A Story from Paris. —A Paris letter tells the following story of a Twelve Night Fete in that city: " A wealthy family in the aristocratic boulevard MaleBherbes, were amusing themselves seeking the king's portion, or the ring in the festival cake, when a lady of the company says to the hostess: " I wish my portion to be given to the poorest little boy you can find in the street." The servant was dis patched on this freezing night, and not far from the house he found a ragged urchin, trembling with eold and hunger. He brought him up, and ordered him into the gay saloon, where a thousand lights glit tered, and a sparkling fire gladdened the eyes of the poor little fellow. Dumb founded and surprised, he drew the portion which the benevolent lady had promised, and as luck would have it, the little fellow found the " ring," (heaps they use in Paris instead,) and of oourse he was "king." They all shouted out that being a king he must choose a queen. He was asked so to do, and looking around the company he chose the very lady who had proposed to cede her portion of the cake. He was asked why he chose her. He said, "I don't know ! she looks the most like mother!" "Mother! whose mother?" " My mother !" "I never knew her, hut was stolen away from her, and here is her portrait ?" With this he drew from out his ragged coat a likeness which proved to be that of the very lady herself, who, in It aly, had her children stolen from her, and now he turns up a poor little ragged Sa voyard, dragging along a miserable exist ence in Paris, while the mother, by an in tuition, perhaps, felt that in the air near to where she was, was oue so dear to her. TfiK E C 4W*TU*-— Offris remarkable Aus tralian tree, attaining a height of nearly five frundred feet, exceeds in this respect, the far-famed ''big trees" of California. Attention has lately been directed to the great economic value of the tree, its ex treme rapidity of its filtfc, adaptation to Arid and waterless regions of the warmer portions of the globe ; and the Italian Government is at present engaged in introducing it into that kingdom, hoping thereby to restore a for est vegetation to the denuded aUmmits and ridges of the mountain chains. It has al ready been tried in Algiers, where a tree fifteen years old shows the volume and all the qualities of an oak of one hundred, and a seed planted three years ago has now furnished a tree four feet in oircumfercnoo at the base. The leaves exhale a delight ful fragrance, and are said to exercise a The of growth, the compactness decidedly anti-miasmatic effect, bark of the tree is hard and very rich in tannin. The fountain of true politeness is a good and generous heart. It consists less ip exterior manners, than the spirit developed in conduct in the intercom se of sooiety. -r Let every ministe», while he is preach ing, remember tbaf God is ope pf hfo hearers. The divoroes in Vermont far five years have numbered one to every five njarria — . I gcs. Ät and lumor. it of in of in in No Such Men Now. —"Danel Web ster," remarkod old Colonel Gnmper, as he trimmed a quid of nlggerhead and fas tened it securely between two decayed teeth In the left side of his mouth, "Dan el Webster was a great man. There warn't nothin mean about him, I've bern him talk, but twa'nt his talk so much as his ginerosity that tuck me. He bad a kinder careless way like, that kept him from getting riob. He never seemed to think what things cost. I was a coming up the Hudson river along with him opoe, in the morning Danel Webster and me was washing our feces and slicking our hair in the cabin, and ho took out his tooth brush and brushed his teeth. I didn't see no other tooth brush around, so I borrowed his'n, And after I used It I handed It back to him, and what do you think? Why Danel Webster just slung that tooth brush right into the river. And I s'poso next day he went and hought a new one. That's all ho eared about mon ey. Thore ain't no suoh men ns Danel Webster living now," concluded the Colo nel meditatively, as he spirted a stream of tobacco juice iuto the fire-place at the eth er end of the room. Ole Bull was once seeing the sights at Donnybrook Fair, when he was attraoted by the sound of a very loud violin in a tent. He entered and said to the player ; "My good friend, do you play by note?" "The divil a note, sir." "Do you play by ear, then?" "Never an car, your honor!" "How do you play, then?" "By main strength, be jabors !" A Blunder. —In an old English print, the following ridiculous blunder was caused in tho whole edition, by the ointuission of the letter c at the beginning of a word in the third lino, which was printed as fol lows ; "When the Inst trumpet soumleth, We sluiU not all die ; But we shall he hanged in the twinkling of up eye." Accjdknt vs. Misfortune.— Pomp— "Cuff, can you tell me the difference be-, tween an accident und misfortune ?" Cuff— " Give it up, Pomp, Can you?" Pomp— "If you should fall into the river, that would be an accident ; if somebody should puli you out, that would be a misfortune." in to be in to ''Hiram, my hoy," said a tender father to his son "you must be more careful of yourself, yoq have not the constitution of "Don't you believe it; I've got the constitution of a horse. Dang it, if I don't believe I've got the constitution of the United States." When Sir William Hamilton annauqeed in the Royal Irish Academy his discovery of the central sun—the star in which our orb of day and planetary attendants revolved, a waggish member exclaimed : "What our sun's sun ? Why, that must be a grand sun !" "Mike," said a bricklayer to his hod man, <'if you meet Patrick tell him to make haste as we are waiting for him," "Sure and J will," replied Mike; "but what will I tejl him if I don't mate him ?" A country magistrate being called upon to marry a cnqpfo, and not being familiar with the usual cereutopy, said ; " I pro nounce you man and Wife, and may God bave mercy on your souis. Amen." " My dear doctor," said a lady, "I suf fer a great deal with my eyes," "Be patient, madame," he replied, "you would probably suffer a great deal more without them." The fact that a cat has three tails is thus logically proven : "No cat has two tails; a cat has one more tail than no cat ; therefore a cat has throe tails." at al all a Singular and Plural. —If a pair of stockings are a hose, is a single stocking a hoe ? If a pair of glasses are spectacles, is one a spectacle ? And if so, is it not a bad show for a sight ? "Women were born, so fate declares, To smooth our linen and our cares ; And 'tis but just, for by my troth, They're very apt to ruffle both." A conscript being told that it was sweet to die for his oountry, excused himself on tbe ground, that he never did like sweet things. Why is wheat like a baby ? Because it is first oradled, then threshed, and thou becomes the flour of the family. in A Connecticut " merchant placed the follow in to be a about T time." ip g notice over hjs door when about sbsent one afternoon: "B back What is the difference between a oat and g document. Ono has olaws at the end of its paws, and the other has pauses at tfie epd of its clauses. hfo Some descendant of Solomon has wisely remarked that those who go to law for I damages are sqre to get them. Abstract of tbs President*« Message. The last of tho messages of President Johnson, is like all the other communica tions to Congress from tho same source—a vigorous, luminous, and comprehensive er. At the very threshold the President calls the attention of Congress to the disorganized condition of the country under the various laws which have heen passed upon the subject of reconstruction, which, he declares, after a fair trial, have failed, and there seems to be no good rea son why they should remain longer on the statute book. The views of the President upon this subject are in tho main those which he has stated on former occasions, and arc expressed in a tone of great em phasis and earnestness. The consistency and steadfastness with which President Johnson, from the beginning to the end of his administration, has adhered to his views upon the constitutional question in volved in reconstruction, challenge admi ration from all whose judgement is not clouded hy party and will be remem tinguishing and honorable characteristics of tho man and his administration. Al though he oan have no hope of influencing Congress to a change, yet thq utter failure so fhr to realize the happy results which were to flow from its legislation naturally confirms the President in his original con victions on the subject, In regard to the tenure-of-office hill, the President urges that its repeal is demanded by the best interests of the country. He also regards the army appropriation act of March 2, 1867, as containing provisions which interfere with his constitutional functions as commander in chief. The condition of the finances is next considered, and it is stated that' compared with the growth of our population, thq publio expenditures have reached an mount unprecedented iu our history. The facts which go ta show this arc of great interest, and worthy the special at tention of the reader. These considera tions are employed to illustrate the neces sity of retrenchment ip ajl branches; of the publio service. The receipts of internal revenue and customs are said, during the past three years, to have gradually di minished, and the continuance of extrava gant ezpeuditures will involve ps ip na tional bankruptcy, or else make au in crease of taxation inevitable. jioforcnco is made to the report of the Secretary of thé Treasury, which 8 h°W» th»i tbe re ceipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, wore $405,638,083, and that the expenditures for tho same period were $377,840,284, leaving ip (fie treasury a surplus of $28,297,798, jt ip estima ted that the reoeipts during the present fiscal year ending Jupe, 30, I86'd, will be 341,392,868, apd the expenditures 336,182,470, showing a small balance of 5,240,398 in favor of the gqyerpm.eut. or the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870, it is estimated that the receipts will amount to $327,000,000, and tho expenditures to $303,000,000, leaving an estimated sur plus of $24,000,000. In this connection the President refers to our public indebtedness, which ha? ac cumulated with such alarming rapidity, and which, from a debt of sixty-four mil lions just prior to the out-break of the late war, had risen at its couelusiop tq $2, 873,992,009. The Secretary of the Treasury shows that on the first day of November, 1867, this amount had been reduced to $2,491, 504,450 ; but at the same time his report exhibits an iucrease during the past year of $35,655,102; for the debt on the 1st day of November last is stated to have been $2,527,129,552. It is estimated by the Secretary that the returns for the past month will add to our liabilities the fur ther sum of eleven millions—making a to tal increase during thirteen months of for ty-six and a half millions. The President renews his recommenda tion in his message of December 4, 1865, to devise a polioy to begin to effect a re duction of the publio debt, and make pro vision for tho payment of our obligations as early as may be practicable. He states that various plans have been pre payment of the publiu debt, und that, however, they may have varied as to the time and mode in which itvhould be reduoed, there is a general concurrence as to the propriety of a reduction in the present rate of interest. The exorbitancy of the existing rate has led to an inquiry respecting the consideration which the gov ernment actually received for its bonds, and the coucluBion is becoming prevalent that the amount it obtained in real money was three or four hundred per cent, less than the obligations which it issued in re turn itate prejudice and passion, bered hereafter as dis posed for the Whilst the national credit should be sa credly observed, the President says we should not forget what is due to the mass es of the sumed that the holders of our securities have already r^ocived upon their bonds a larger amount than their original invest ment, measured by a gold standard. Up on this statement of facts, he says, it would seem but just and equitable that the six per cent, interest now paid by the govern ment should be applied to the reduction of the principal in semi-annual instalments which, in sixteen years and eight months, would liquidate the entire national debt. Six per cent, in gold would at the present rate be equal to nine per cent, in curren cy, and equivalent to the payment of the debt one and a half time in a fraction less than seventeen yoars, dent thinks, would afford the public cred itors a fair and liberal compensation for the use of their capital. In reference to the condition of the cir le. He-thinks it may be as ThU, the Presi culating medium, the President merely re iterates, substantially, that portion pf his, lust annual message wjlich relates to that subject. The anomalous condition of out. currency is held to, be in striking contrast with that which was originally designed, Equal and exact justico requires that ulf the creditors of the government should be paid in a currency possessing a uniform, value, which can only be accomplished by the restoration of the ourrency to the stan dard established by tl;e constitution. Facta, derived from our commercial statistics are next deduced to show the feasibility of 1 making our currency correspond with the, constitutional standard. It is urged that the time has come when the government and the national banks should be required to. take the most efficient steps and make all necessary arrangements for a resumption of specie paymeuts. The President adds ; " Specie payments haying been resumed by the government and bank., ull notes or. bills of paper issued by either of a less denomination than twenty dollars should be excluded from circulation, so that the people may have the benefit aud conveni ence of a gold and silver currency wliich^ in all their business transactions, will be uniform in value ut home or abroad." The president next makes reference tq the report of the Secretary of the Interior, including the operations of the land office, pension office, patent office and the Indian bureau. In regard to the Indian tribes, the President says that the treaties witl^ various of them have been concluded, and that he cordially sanctions the stipulations, which provide for necessary lands for them, whore they may he encouraged to settled habits and industrial pursuits. The President next makes reference tq the reports of the Secretaries of War, Navy. and the Postmaster General. Our foreign relations are said to ba friendly, exoept that in regard to Para-, guay, the controversy between the Presi dent of that country and Mr. Wash burg has led to instructions to our newly ap pointed minister to Paraguay, Mr. McMa hon, to proceed In Asonqsian and investi gate (he whole matter, and the rear admiral of our squadron oq that station Iras beep di rected to attend the peyv minister with pro-, per naval force to sustain such just de-, mauds as the occasion may require. Our relations with Mexico during the past year are said to have been marked by au increasing growth of mutual confidence. Negotiations are said to be pending with a, view to the survey aud construction pf a. siiip canal across the under the auspices qf The President'has been reluctantly obliged to ask explanation and satisfaction for na tional injuries eoyuuitUxi by the President of Hayti. Reference is made to the acquisition of Alaska, which it is said was made with thq view of extending national jurisdiction and republican principles in the American hemisphere, and as a step in the same di rection a treaty was jnade for the purchase of St. Thomas, wh\ch remains under con sideration ip the $ejn\te, The President holds that comprehensive national policy would sanction the acquit sitiou and incorporation into our federal Union of the adjacent continental and insu lar communities as speedily as it can be done peacefully and lawfully, an idea which will take upon the popular mind. Iu this connection tbe President says: ' ' Jt capnot be long before it will become necessary for this government tq jepd some effective aid to the solution of tire polit cal aud social problem» which arc continu, ally kept before the world hy the two res publics of tbe island of St. Domingo, and which are now disclosing themselves more distinctly than heretofore ip the island of Cuba. The subject is commended to your consideration with all the more earnestness because I am sutisfied that the time bps arrived when even so direct a proceeding as a proposition for the annexation of the two republics of the island qf St. Uquùllgfl would not oply receive the consent of thq people interested, but would also give sat-; isfaction to all other foreign nations." With the increased facilities for intop 5 communication, the President thinks that political system nan bn successfully ap plied ta au area mete extended than our coutiueut, Reference is next made to treaties with the Hawaiian kingdom, with Germauy and Bavaria, regarding the rights of natural ized citizens, and to the important ques tions romaiuing open hetween the United States and England for adjustment. Iq reference to these last, the President ex-, presses the hope that he shall be able tq lay before the Senate during the present session protocols calculated to bring these controversies to an end. Tbe President renews the recommenda tion of his last message iq relation tq amending the constitution for the election of President and Vice-President for a sin gle term, and by a direct vote of the pei - pie, &c. and oloses with the expression of a hope, that the counoels of Congress will be so guided as to preserve the Union and restore prosperity and happiness tq ffie people. " The weakest living creature by oopcen trating his powers on a single object, pap accomplish something ; the strongest, by dispersing bis oyer many, may fail to no, oomplish anything. The drop by oontin ; ual falling, bore« its passage through thq hardest rock. A Maine editor says a pumpkin i State grew so large that eight men could stand around it ; which statement was on ly equaled by that old Hoosier who saw a flock of pigeons fly so low that he could shake a stick at them. istfipivis Parieq the United States. our t id that