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IDEN1 MESSAGE PRBIDEfrS MBSAGE. Full TkJ of Document as resented. VERY JMJRTANT MATTERS, Ho isVerjtrong on theMioh igarXerrymander. PLAIN TAjf ON CHILIAN AFFAIRS. Reelproottfi a FvorlU Suao. With Him-CU Beaulie Glow. Igly Desorlbtd. iUrrlMn't mMe It ad senate and house of ret mil in m follow: a of the heads of the sev department required by mined to tw, which are smitted, grid th report o( t the treasury and attnr aude direct to rongre, nprehensive review of the i work of the last llei-al to Internal affair. It real advantage If thee re ave mi attentive perusal beeot congress and bv all ntcrest In public stftlr. I could not fn.it to xclt t inn ol the vt latwr tlone efforta which are induct of our civil admin ie nport will, I believe, rv question ha Iwn sp sldered and decided from t of pnltlic duty, and npon i affecting th public in Again I Itnlta to every ittentlon and scrutiny of a work of the state depart ( the last year it hat Wn by an unusually Urge iportant negotiations and result of a notably ami leial character. Among eciprocal trail arrang have been concluded la ' tlta pownra conferred by the tariff law, with tha nuil, with tfpaln far it loiaesalons, and with Pan te negotiations with other a been much advanced. I that before tha clone of r definitive tral arrange value will be concluded, irlng Troubles, the reports which hare is to the diminution of tit lie Retiring sea. I deemed nee to her majesty's gov bruary taut that an agree skI season should be made, igotiation for arbitration, emed to be approaching a elusion. Alter much cor ind delays, (or which thia vas not" responsible, an i reached the 15th of June it Britain undertook, from an til May 1, I8li2, to pro tg ol seals by her citixens, d State, during the mine rceitaexiatinit prohibition ; sealing, and to limit the tir Heal Company upon the I aklni. II thin agreement n reached earlier, in re itrenuous endeavor of thia i would have been more com in ai late aa it did, it y resulted in greatly di ie destruction ol leal by sealers, annnat message I itated of arbi ration proposed by govern mi nt for the adjust ong-pendiiig controversy Isheriea waa not aceepta id now to le able to an tenna satisfactory to thia iva been agreed upon, and incut aa to the arbitrators seeBsary to the completion ition. In view of the ad n thia government ha abject of international ar reneweil expression of onr his method for the settle lea, anch aa have arisen In a, will, I doubt not, meet irrence of congress, arr Line Disputes, ion Id be made for a Joint if the frontier line between he United States, wben by the Increased border nd eapecially for the ex the water boundaries in d rivers. I ahould have tnnonnce aome favorable the boundary dispute be Uritah and Venezuela, reaiern frontier of British he (riendly efforta of the i in that direction have unavailing. Thia govern tinue to express Ita con ppearance of foreign en m territorlea long under illve control of the Amer The determination of a idary it eaally attainable rbitration where the right ve partica rent, aa here, ta, readily ascertainable, at Inspection tifi he last congreaa providing ispneiion of our meats in iort, and clothing the pre, ver to excluda foreigo pro narket', In est the eouo tfj lending tbro iioi)d yttptiW ! just ilU'riiuinatlon ag vliut anv pro'liic; of the Uuiied fiat, platW Uila novo n went In a poaitlon to ail'wtlvely urae the removal of anch diucriiuinalumt tfiiut our nieattx It l (ratltyitig to be allowed to atate that tlermany, IVnuiark, Italy, A nutria and France, In tha order named, have opvned their porta to lnected Amerloan pork pnvlttcti. The rwiiatval of theea nmtrletlona In every hitait!, waa aked for and given aolely uimih the rntnnd that we had now provided a meat InepeeUou that should 1 accepted aa ftdmjitata to the compMa removal of the dangers real or fancied which had been previously urged. The state department, our nitnlaters abroad and tha secretary of aiiHcaiture bare cr itieraied a 1th nullagiitnR and Inta'ligent seal for the a fnmplishment of this great reeult. The outline of an agrvemfiit have bean reachenl with Germany looking ttenlV able trade eonccMtons, In eonalderatton of the continued free Importation of ber sugars, hut the time ha not yet arrived when thia corn soomlenua eaa b lab milled to eopgretts. Th Nw Ort Lrwcltlnf. The lynching at New Orleans in March but of eleven men of Italian nativitv by mob of ctliten, was a newt deplora ble an. I discreditable incident. It did not, however, have 11 origin In any general animosity to tha Iliitian people, nor in any direpect to the government of Italy, with wh'di onr relation were of the nioet friendly character, The fury of the mob was dirvc ed against tlie men a the suppoied partlclpanta, or aocveaories, of the murder of a city oflWr. I do not allude to tills aa mit igating In any degree tlilmlVn',e (rtliit law and humanity, but oulv aa alftK'tlng the ititernatlonal ipteetlon which grew out of it. It was represented hy the Italian minister that several of these, whom, livii had Wn taken by the mob, were I'aiian subjects, and a demand waa mad for the punUliment ol the pattlcipanta and an indemnity to tha lamllieaof those who were killed. It Is to be regretted that the manner in which these claim were presented was not such to promote a calm diaru!on of the questions Involved, but this mav well be attributed to the excitement and Indignation wblvh the crime nattir allv evoked. . The views of this government, a to ita obligations with foreigner dnmlel'ed here, were fully akd in correniwiid ence. aa well a Its purpoaea to make an Investigation of the aflair, with a view of determining whether there were pres ent any rircumatanae that could, under such rule of duty as w had I ml irate I, create an obligation npon the t'ntml Httea. The temiiorery alee-nee of a inlnl-ter nlenipitenllnry at this rapiioi ha retarded the Itirtliereorrespi'ndeni'e, but It la not doubted that a friendly conclusion i attainable, Borne ugvi tlona groerlng out of thia unhappy inci dent are worth the attention of cun.'re.s. It would, 1 believe, be entirely corn Detent for eongresa to make off-use against the tnwtty right of foreigner doiidciled in the UnlteilMtatesiHignis title In the feleral courts. This, however, baa not been done, and the federal oltl -era and court have no power in such ense to Intervene, either for the protection of a foreign citixen, or for the punish. mnt of hleaUver. It seem to me to follow in (hi state of law. Hint the ollt cere of the "tale, clrnged with the police and Judicial powers in Ii i a-ci niM.t in ttie r ns'derallon of International qitextlons gr.iwing out ol such ine dents ' rerarle in such aenso as fcleral igt as to make this government an swi rable for tlielr arts in cae where it w n!d be answer tbla if the Uuited "itatei had nrgeil Itscoiiet tutional power to ilellne and punlxh Crimea against treaty rights. C hill's Civil War. The civil war in Chill, which began In January lat, was continued, bnt, fortunately, with Infrequent and not Im portant armed collisions until August 8, when the congressional forces landed npar Valparaiso, and after a bloody en gagement captured that city. l'rel dent Italiuaceda at once recognlxful that hi rnuve waa lost, and a provisional government wns sfieedily established by itie victorb ui party, (lur minister was promptly directed to recognise and put himself in communication with this government no soon hs It ahould have established a de facto character, which wa done. During the pendency of this civil contest frequent indirect appeals were nmde to this government to extend belligerent rights to the insurgents, and to give audience to their respective rep resentatives. This was declined, and that policy wns pursued througlpitit which this government, when wremlhed by civil war, ro strennotisle Insisted upon the parto! Kuropean nation. , The Ilata, an armed vessel com mandeil by a navel officer o( tha insurgent fleet, manned by it railors, and with soldiers on hoard, wss seized under process of the United Htatei court at Han Dingo, California, for a violation of our neutrality laws, While In the cutolv of an olllcer of the court, the vessel was forcibly wretod from his control and put to ea. It would have been iticon sintent with the dignltv and self-respect, of this government not t- have Innisted thtit the Ilata should lie relumed to Han Diego to abide the Jiidgmentoi the court, This wa so clear Ui the junta of thecon grealinal party, established et I'ltiiiiuc, that before the arrival of the Itataat that port, the secretary of foreign rela tion of the provisional government ad dressed H"ar-Ailmlral llrown, command ing the United Mates naval forces, a communication, from which tha follow ing la an extract: "The provisional government had learnpd bv the cablerntns of the Asso ciated Press that the transport Itnla was detained In tSan Diego by order of the United States for taking on Iwtrd munitions of war, and while in posses, sion of the marshal left port, carrying on b .nrd thl ofHi'al,-who was landed at a point near the const, and then con tinued her voyage. If this new i cor rect, tbi government would deplore tba conduct of tha Itata, and a an evl doner tljut it it not 4i8po4 ! suppoft or agree to tha Infraction ol tha lea a of the United Stales, theunderaigiied lakes advantage of the personal relattom you have lieen good enough to maintain with him since your arrival in thia port, ta declare to you (hat o soon aa eh la within reach of our order, hi govern ment wltl put the Data, with the arms and munition she look In Kan Diego, at the disposition of the United Htates.'1 A trial In tha disirlet court of the state for the southern district ol Calif ir nia haa recently resulteil In a derision holding, among other thlmra, that inas much aa tha congressional party had not been reeogtiisMi as Iwtligereiit. Ihs act done In it Interest could in it W a violation of our neutrality laws. From Ibis judgment the United M'aie has av pealed, not that the condemnation of the vessel I a mailer of importuuee, but that wt may know what the present state of our law la; for If tht construe tlotl of ton slalu s 1 correct, there 1 obvious necessity fur revision and amen Iment, During tba pro re ol lit war In Chili this government ten dered it good otilce to bring alstut a twaceful a.ljiKimi'iH, nd It wa at one time hoped that a ( result might Ie ruached, but In till We were disap pointed, The Instruction! to our naval cfflwn and to our minister at ffnutlego troui th first to the taut of this atrrg.le en joined Upon them the most Impartial treatment and alwolnte non-Interference. I am (alluded that these instruction were ob-erv ami that our representa tives were aiway walctriil to u-e their nlltience lmparti illy In the Interest o! tiuutsnltv and on more than one oeealoii did so effectively, Wecoold not forget, utwever, that ibis government was In d plotnatic relation w tb the then e-lale ;l' e 1 government of Chill, as it I now in such relation with the surres or of thai government, I am quite sure thai President Moult, who ha under the rlrrtlintnee of promise of pei-e In Chill Uen installed a president ol that republic, will not desire that In the un fortunate event of any revo't against his authority the policy of ibis government should I other than that whk-h we have receiilly olmerved. No olficial cotiiilaiut of the position of our minis ter or of our naval oltlrere during the struggle haa been pretenlod to this gov ernment, aed it Is a wait, r of regret that so many of our own peoole should have given ear to timnVIl charge and complain) that manifestly ha I thd? ongln In rival countries and wlh to pervert the relations of the CuIihI Hl-Ue with ChlH. The enll!ie of the government of Italmaced brought aNml condition which U, niiforttinatelv, to faml'Ur In the history of the H-ulh Amer'ran state. With th uverthro of lh ftalma ceda government he and nianv ( I his counselor and ulfli-ers became lugtllve for their lives, and aptiealed to tbecom nianding olllcer of the foreign naval vessels in the harbor of Valparaiso and to the realiesot foreign minister st Han tiago for an asylum. Tin savlum waa treelv given, according to niy iuforiua tlon.'by the naval vessels of several for eign mwers, and by several of the i-t -tlons at Kantingo. The American mm isler, as well s hi colleagues, ac Ing under the Impulse of humanity, ex tended the asylum to the political refugee whose' lives were In poril, I have not been willing to direct the stir render ol such of these person a are still In the American legation without suitable understanding. H I believed that the government of Chili I not In a po'llion, in view of the precedent In which it was connected, to broadly de nv th right of asylum; and the corre spondence ha not tbn far presented any such denial. The treatment of our ini'iiixier f r a lime was such as to call for a decided protest, and It waa very gmtifvlng to observe that the nn friendly measure., which were nndouht edly the rwtltof the prevailing excite-iie-iit, were at once rescinded or suitably relaxed. , Tha Valparaiso Hints. The 10th of October an event occurred In Valparaiso, so serious and tragic In its circumstances and results, as to vry Justly excite the Indignation of our peo ple, and to call for prompt and decided action on the part of thl government, A considerable number of the sailors of the United States steamship Baltimore, then in the harlior of Valparaiso, being npon shore on leave and unarmed, were asi tilted by a'med men nearly almul tmeonily In till -rent localities in the city. One petty olllcer was killed out right and seven' or eight soitmon were S'-rlnualv wounded, one of whom ha since died.' Ho savage and brutal wa tha assault that several of - our sailor received more than two, and one a , ninny a eight stab sounds. An investigation of the alTalr was promptly made hy a biard of olll-cci-sof the Baltimore, and their report shows that these assault were unpro voked) that our men were conducting ttiemselve In a peacebla and orderly manner, and that some of the police of the city took part In the assault, antl ned tlielr weapons with fatal ell'oct, while a few others, with aome well-dls poiN'rt uitiieens, endeavored to protect our men, Thirty-six of our sailors wete nrres ed and some ol them, while being taken to prison, were cruelly beaten and maltreated. The fact that they were all (llsclwrged, no criminal charge being lodirud against anv one of them, show very clearly that they were innocont of a hreach ot ine peace, ho tar as i nave yet been abe to learn no other explana tion of thia bloody work has been, sug gested than that it bad it origin In its h"stilliy to these men as attllor of the United Htites, wearing the uniform of their government, ami nov trom any in dividual act or personal animosity, The attention of the Chilian govern ment wai at once called to thi affair and as a statement of the facta obtained by the Investigation we hud conducted wa 'siibttilltwl. accompanied by A re quest to he advised by other or r-nalifv In acts In tba possession of the Chilian gov0.rnment. that might relieve this ftll'iilr of tlis appegp-gnee of an Insult to tbil govewmont, Xhe CWIj,a awywnmi-tf wa at once advised that if ueh qualify ing 101 did not exist thl gover uiient would confidently expect full and prompt reparation. It is to s regretted that the replv of the secretary for foreign affair of th provl l uial g vern meat wa couched iu an oir-ii"iv bine. To thl- no reHne has lawn male, Thia government n now awaiting th remit o! an luveetigntion wiiii-n ha been conducted by the criminal court at Valparaiso, It la reported nnoillelally that the Investigation is ahotit io:ti nleted and tint tha result will vw b eommiinlcated to thi g vrrnment .e gutlier with some adequate ami sattsiiwv tory response. If these just extcta tlon bould ls disapieilnted or further needles delay Intervene, 1 will, by a MMil message, bring this in titer agtin to tha attention of congress for such action a may lie necessary. The entire correspondence with the government ol Chill will at an early data be submitted to congress, Th Mrealllaa He.ilul... The recent political diturln" In the republic ol Prasil have excib d onr aolicltitde. The information we pea eased waa tm meager to enable n to form a aatltfaetory fudgmeiit ot the cause leading to the temporary esmmp- tlon ta eilpreme 3wer y lrei(ient Konseca, but I lit gnvrniMnt did n-rt fall to express to bun ita aolicltudii lor the peace of Itrtxil ami for the mainte nance of t a tree political Instltmions which hsd been reiwntly eatablisbed, nor offer our adv ce that great mo (era llonshoud lie ob-rve. in ibevlwh of partiee and the t mteat fur leadership These compel were receivtxl in th Host friendly spirit, and the latest In formation la that a constitutions! gov ernment has lawn r-etahlislied with out bloodshed. ffcs l-hlaese Hints. The late outbreak agalnit foreigner In various partaot tha Chinese empire has been a cause of deep concern. In View of the numer u esaHiislpunta of mir citizens in :h liiteclur of that coun try, thi government can do no lex than limlst upon a continuance of the em tcctive and punitory mea-urea, which the Chinese government haa heretofore applied. No elfin wll b omit'cl to nMieet our eitlsen pea.ab!y iourn Ing in China, but recent unoiHi-lal In (urination Indicates that what waa a Bret regarded a an outbreak of m ih violence against foreigners hit astuuied the form ot an linurrwtpMi against pin lie order. The Chinese government has declined loreei'lve Mr. Hlair, aa the iuinliero' the t'nlt. d Mtairs on the ground thai a- a participant as a senator. In the enict nienl ol exisung n-gisiatinN a.-atnst im Intrialnctlon ol t'titniw labwvr. he bad Ivcmiio un'rlendly and objertionabla t China. I have fell Ciiistratned to potnl out tit the (Jh nese govern o.oit the nu tens'il"ne.s if this posit ne, which -em- to re' tun h upon the accepts, biliifoi oil" reg str-t on as on thai of fie p rson o lose, nd ' I -h, if admit td. would practically bar the Heriion of any representative so long a the ex Isting laws remain in lore. Yon wl'l Ixi calleil utvin to consider the ego I m vof ma'.lug spec'al pne Vision hv law lor the teoiiorarv adipis Ion of Chinese artisans and lahrein conneeilon with the exhibtof Chinese Industries al the approaching Coinnibian Kxpo tlon. 1 n-giri It adolrabletbat the Chinese ex itbll be facllitsted In every proper way. Itelatlens With llswall. Thed nth of King Kabkana In the United Wales afforded an occasion to teitHy onr friendship lor Iltwail by con eving the king notv to in ianu in an avalable vessel with all due honor. The government of his successor. Queen Uliuokalanl, I seeking to promote c'oser commerc'al relation with th Un ted States. Htlrvey for the much ee led siiliina'lne cable from our 1'a Itle coast 1 1 Honolulu are In progress, and thl anterprlae should have the suitable prom itlon of the two govern ment t strongly recommend that pro vision lie made for Improving the harbor of Pearl river and equipping It as a inv.il station. Th International American tNinferenr. The arbitration committee formulated bv the International American confer enee lapsed bv return of the failure to exc'ianve ratlllcatlona fully within the limit ol time provided, hut several of the governments crin. cerneil have cxpresied a desire to ave this Important result ol the conference, by an extension of the period, It Is, in ttiv judgment, Incum bent upon the United Htates to conserve the inlluental Initiative In this ineiisure bv ratifying the Instrument and by advo cating the nropris'd extension of time for exchanging. These views have been made known to the other elgnatoiiea. Jewish rerseeiitluii In Kuasla, This government has found occasion toexnress. In a friendly Blilrit, but with much earnestness, to the government of the ratr, Its serious concern because of the harsh measure now oelng enforced against tha Hebrew of Jlussia hy the revival of anti-Semitic laws, long In abeyance. II rent immtwrs of these un fortunate neonle have been constrained to abandon their home and leave the empire by reison of the Impossibility of tliiding subsistence within the pale to which it Is said to confine them. The emigration of thae people to the United Htates.manv other countries being closed, Is largelv Increasing, Biul is likely to fur ther increase, to proportion which may imika it iliillioilt to find homes and em ployment for those people here and to seriously alf.-ot the labor market. It is estimated that over l.nuu.ww win or forced from Itiissla within a lew years. The Hebrew Is never a beggar. Ho boa always kept tha law, and, living ty toil, oflen under severe and oppressive civil restrictions. It In also true that no race, sect nor class has more folly cared for it own than the Hebrew race ; httt tha sudden transfer of such a multitude. under onndlrioiu that tend to strip them of their smaU accumulations and to de- pr-Bi iiii'IF enurKiL'n hum '"u'-rt neither good lw thum for for us. The bni(ihmit, ffhatbw pr Mivw fw oy not lee certain Indirect methods, of ao arge a number of men and women i not a local question, A decree to leave Hie country In the nature of thing I an order to enter some other, Tbi on sldcra lon, a well aa the auggvatloii of huitianlly, furnishes ample ground for the remonstrance, which wa have pre sented to Itossi, while our historic friendship fur that government cannot but giv the aasurauea tha representa tions are tliosaol well-wisher. The Nlesrssus t'snal. The annual report of tha Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua show that mm h nutiy and necessary prepar atory work baa been done during the year in tha construction of shop, rail road track and hirlsir pier and break waters, and that the work of canal con struction lias made mine progrea, 1 deem It to be a mailer df the highest concern to tha Umt,d Plate that thin canal, connecting the waters ol tha At lantic and Pacific oceans, and giving tp a abort water communication between onr Mirt npon then two great sees, should be speedily constructed and at the mot prai'licahle limit of coat. The gain of freights to the people and th direct saving to the government of the United Htate In th use of naval vessel would pay the cost of this work within a short series of year. The report of the ieerelary of th navy show the sav ing in our naval expenditure which would result. The senator from Ala bama (Mr, Morgan) In hi argument on tbi subject la-lure the senate at the last session, did not overestimate, the Im jxiriBiief ol Ibl work when he said that ' The canal la the most Important sub ject now connected with the commercial growth and progress of tba Lulled UtaU-." If tbi work Is to lie pmrnolcl by the u-mal financial mehols and without the aid of this government the expenditure in ll Interest-bearing eecuritica and slia-ks w ill probably be twice the actus) cost. This will necessitate higher tollt end constitute a heavy and allogethet needless burden tijmn onr commerce and that of th wo-ld. Every dt!larol the Istnds and the stock of th company should represent a dollar expended in the legitimate and economical prosecu tion of the work. This I only poeaibli liy gMqg In tlie bond th guaranty ol I he United Htalea government. Hucli a guaranty would secure the ready -le at par of a 3 per cent, isind from time t time a the money waa needed. I d not doubt that, built llvm bnetneas im lln ds, the canal would when fu Iv In siiKUiate,! earn Ita fixed charge and operating exjienses: but II it bond are to be msrkeUal at beavt disi-ount and every bond gold 1 to b accompanied by a gift of trk, aa ha Come to 1 ex"tected by invasion In ucli ent.'rprlse. the traffic will be serf ouslv burdened to pay the interest am) dividend. ' 1 am quite willing to recommend gov ernment promotion in the proecntlon of a woik, if the other mean for secur ing It completion are of ucb trans cendent Interest that the government ahould, In my opinion, swore it by direct appropriations from Ita treasury, A guaranty of tba bonds of tht canal company to an amount necessary to the completing of th canal could, I think, Is- ao given a not to involve any serious risk of ultimate loss. The things to be carefully guarded are the completion o' tbn work, within the limit of the m anty, tha anbrogatlon of tha United States to the right ol ma nrst-morigag bondholders, for any amount! It may have to pay, and in th meantlma a control of the stork of the company, aa a security against mismanagement. I sincerely bop that no seciionat line will lie drawn uon thl great American project, ao full of Interest to the people of all state, and ao influential in ita effect on the prestige and spirit of our common country. Th Tariff Law. The treneral Interest in the operations of the treiiMiry department haa been iisuoh augmented during the last yar, by reason of the conflicting predlctioi s, which accompanied and followed the lar.lfand other legislation of the last congress affecting the revennes, aa to the results ol this legislation upon the treasuiv and upon the country. On the one haii I it. wts e intended that import! would so fall offtts to leave the treasury bankrupt, and that tha price of article entering Into the living af the people would he o enhanced as to disastrously affect their comfort and happiness, while on the other It was argued that the loss to the revenue, largely the result of plac ing sugar on the free list, would lie a di rect gain lo the people j that the prices of the nnceaaarlea of life, Including those most highly protected, would not be en hanced ; Hint labor would have a larger market, and the product! of the farm advanced mice, while the treasury tmr- uinta would tie adeuthlta to meet the appropriation, including the large exceptional expenditures tor me refund to the states of the direct tax and the redumption of the i per ceut bond. - , It is not mv purpose to enter at any length Into a discussion of the effects of this legislation to which I have referred, bnt a brief examination of the statistics of the treasury and a general glance at the state of business throughout the country will, I think, satisfy every one that it result have disappointed the evil prophecies of its opponents and In a large measure realised the hopeful pre dictions of its friends. Rarely, II ever before in the history of the country,-has there Wen a time when the proceeds of one day's lalsir or the product of one (arm crop could purchase such a large amount of things that enter into the liv ing of the masses ,of the people. I be lieve that a full tost will develop the fact that the tariff act. of the Fifty-drst congress is very favorable in it! average effect upon the price! of artiolea flowlug into common use, . . nnrlnrr the twelve wonthi from Oc tober 1, IBM. to September 30, 1801, the total value ot our loreign commerce urn Tv,rts am 1 exnorts combined) waal,T47,' 80t).4i, which waa th largest of any ver In th hiry oi me unuea e !, iMgw to m jwyJowi jm wm to 180 i, whan our commerce amounted to II .647.1 IU I, and th last year exceed thia euortnoot egg- -ate by over $100, UOO.WX). It is interesting, and to soma will be surprising, to kaow that during the year ended Hepteniber SKI, lttttl.mir imports of merchandise amounted to H.'(,7IS,i!7d. which wa an Increase of more than fU,K,(iOO over tba value of Inipor: of tha corresponding month of the prevlon year, when tba import of aieri bandlse were large In anticipation of tba tariff legislation then pending. The average annual value of tha Import of merchandise for the ten year trom DM1 to IM ft) was aUMU 80.622, during tha year ended Keptcmher 30, lhVI, thia annual average was exceeded by tl'U b2H.4tH. Tb value of free Import dur ing the twelve month ended Kcptember !10, lMul, wa tiI8,02,SH7, more than tba value of tree Import! during th corres ponding months of the preceding year, and there waa, during the same period, a decrea of Hi,HiW, In tha value ot importa of dutiable merchandise. Tha percentage of merchandise ad mitted free of duty during the year to which 1 have made reference, tb drat under tb tariff, was 14.18. while during; the preceding twelve month!, under the old tariff, it percentage waa 34 i7, an Increase of 13.111 per cent. If we take the ix month ended September 30 last, which cover the time during which sug ars bava been admitted free of duty, tha per cent, of value of merchandise im ported free ot duty ia found to I !A.S7, which ia a larger percentage of free im porta than during any prior tlcal year In the history of the government. If we torn to the export ot merchandise the statistic are full of gratification. The whole of such export of merchan dise for the twelve months ended Hep- teuiber SO, 1MM, was i,2ll,M, while for the corresponding previoti! twelve month! It was ,, 17 7.1 If. an increase of t,(M4,0yi, which la fully three time the average annual increase of ex porta of merchandise during any year in the his tory of tha government. The inc.rcaae In the value of export ot agricultural breadstuff during the year referred to. over the correondin twelve month ot tha prior year, waa H5,4U7, while tba increemi In the value ol ntauuiao lured product waa tltt,8iH,24d, Thera I wmtalnlv nothine in the con. dition of trade, foreign or domestic, there i certainly nothing In the condt. Hon ot our people of any class to suggest that the existing tariff and revenue leg islation bear oppressively , uon the people, or retards the commercial de velopment of the nation. It insy I argued that our condition would be bet ter If our tariff legislation were upon free trade lat-ds, tail it cannot he denied that ail the conditions of prosperity anil of general contentment are present in a larger degree than ever before- in onr history, and that, too, jttet when it wa prophesied they would be In the worst state. Agitation for radical change lit k. ..ir mA i.i. a,,..,,.;. i ti,..;,,. cannot help, but may seriously impede business, to the p'roeterity of which aome degree of (lability in legislation ie essential. I think there are conclusive evidence! that the new tariff has created several great Industries, which will within a tew years give' employment to several hundred thousand American worklngmen and women. In view of the ever crowded condition of the Inhor market, the United Htatea rltixena mould rejoice at such a result, The report of the secretary of the treasury ahow that the total receipt! of the government from all source for the fiscnl year ended June 80, 181U. were 4M,644,233 03, while the expenditure for the same period were ist,oo.iu , t..in. .ornlnsnl:i7.2:l.7tl2 hi. The receipt for the fiscal year ended June .10, W2, actual and estimated, are $Uy 700,000, and the expenditure 400.tHW, 000. for the fiscal year ended June SO, IKI, the eatlmated receipt r t' m,m, and the expenditures 430,46V 0U3. Silver Legislation. tt.I. .V,. r.1 Tnlv U IKOn. the lUtX." V X7 V WM-y - -i w -- secretary ot tha treasury ha purchased since August 13, oiinng mo nm-ai -, 48,891,113 ouncee of silver bullion at an average cost of 11.04ft per ounce. The highest price paia annua m jw 1.20fi and the lowest 0.(HI3 In ex fr tills silver hnllion there were issued t5,(i67,4',Ht of the treasury notea authorixed ov tins act. aoo wwet yniw illver reached during the fiscal year waa 0.90!W on April 22, 1801, but on No vember 1 the market price wa only 0.P6, which would give to the silver dollar a bullion value of 74 cent!. Be fore the influence of the prospective sil ver legielaUn was felt in the market silver waa worth in New York about 10.075 per ounce. The ablest advocate! of free coinage in the last congress were most confident In their prediction that the purchase! by the government required liy the law would at once bring the price of silver to 1.2i20 per ounce, which would make the bullion value of . JnU- IOA mania and hold it. there. R uuium iw wi. ' - - Tl, nnntiittitai n( tbn antUailver men of disasters to result from the coinage of 2,000,0t)0 per montn were not. wmer oi 41. Tha frinnda of free ailvAr are not agreed, I think, a to the causes that brought their nopeiui pmuciion to naught. Some facts are known. The exports of silver from London to India, during the first nine months of v. nota,lni vain- fell nfT K0 ner cent, or $171,202,730, compared with the same months oi ine preceoing year, nm e ... I ,1 , bIIvu. KtilMnn friiln fsirwa i uuii...i,v --. bis country, which has averaged for the last 10 veers over 117,000,1".', in ine tas. fell to iiM.7U7.7Hl. while, for the first time in recent yeare, the Im port! OI Silver into HUB cumnrjr e .ul flia nnnrU hv til A Slim of 12.. irv-,,". t 7 - 746,1(16. In the previous year the net export ot euver irom me uuiwu pinio amounted to $8,545,655. The production of iha United State Increased from 50,000,000 ounces in IStiO to 5,600,000. The government is now buying and putting aside annually 54, 000,000 ounoes, which, allowing 7.140, 000 ouncoi of new bullion, to ha used In tba art, ii 6,400,000.moir than oar do pjastlo prodijnt av)abl of ft, I