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THE PEOPLE’S JOURNAL. “ G R E E N W I C H , B . Y . “ ¿ECj t s . .wSg« * TCc*jus o r c h i s p a p e r . To Village, Mail_ and Office subscribers pe.rannum, in adHtaBce. Bates o f Apvekti s»o.— One square, 2 week, 75 cents; each subsequent insertion, 15 cents: JTearly a'lvertisements'at liberal rates, uv contract* Legal advertisements at statute prices. . The President’s B&ssage tho House yésterday prcoiaoly nt 12:30o_’- •clock by Col, Robert Johnson, thè Prosi* dcnt’a Private Socrotary. Nearly. all thè members weroin their sesta at the .Urne.— After some” fitiarp discussion. in- rogard to thè fbàfetb'*,<n«Ì9ttgè’ tiii? alrpàiiy bssn pabBlihed, tifi Glerk .tìegin thè teadipg, wh^s pBCimed ftbp«|i 'MW: 16 appetwed te baie ver/HìW« «faci; eithor on' tWmomieraor on thè speVtator*in tbe galleries. Tiferò «ere no dteionstrations eitber of.apprpval or of disapprovai, ned tho wbole' tning fell fiat and stalo. Thè ònly ripplo of excitement was at thè point whero tho. President alluded to tho Demo- cratìo triumplis in thè recont eleetions, whon tbe Républicans lang;hed at tho Demoorats, and tho Dèinóarats roturned tlio complimeut in long, lùudand repedtecl guffaws. Shortly respecta « i ij^ o T e m p n t upon many of the State paffers which have eman ated from the Executive Department since the acceasionof tho présefit in- cumbent to t ie Presidential office— In style it ja on able paper—and in tone and temper, itis> in the m a p , a decided improvement upon the last year: Lik e its pre decessors, it is chiefly devoted to a diBonssionofthe Reconstruction poli cy, in which the President reiterates his former views. He Bies nothing: lovely or good i l l. the Policy adopted by Congress for bringing the Eebél States hack to their normal and trtte relations to the Government-—but .-centrawise, everything ia Agoing to the bad” under that plan—In his judgment, it is evil and nothing but evil, and no good thing can come of it j while' on the other hand he extols ‘»My Policy’’ as the only beneficent plan for restoring the Union—as it mas,—vre suppose hé xneans*$md fringing about the restoration of that friendly era with which the country was blessed before the slaveholders .rebelled and attempted to destroy the Government.and in which the conn ’ try always prospered, and everybody (except the negroes who, according tó Judge Taney, it W ill be remem bered, had no rights which a white ma« was bound to respect), was bo ¿refttly blessed ! But it is idle to ban dy words with the President on th is . subject-^-“ Ephraim is joined tö hîé idols, le t him alóne.” H is viows~on negro suffrage a t the South are ex tremely narrow and bigoted, and only worthy Of the man who has played o of the demagogue on tbi¿ go sm artly and successfully aYtho President, ft is- not true, as the President states, that the meas urewaa urged and adopted by the Congre« of the United States as a •vindictive and revengeful One against the whites, as a \measure of punish ment for, their bad conduct in-many respects. It was simply adopted!» a menaurfr’of protection for the loyal psöL —and to give* the blacks a right of ,/ïhioh they had long been wrongfully and unjustly deprive'd by the man- ■^Btealers, There is'no t a schoól-boy in the JUrnd of average intelligence who does not Imow this to be the foot, and it i3 etrange that tho Presi dent should seek to distort the facta in tho ease and pervert 'them from theii tritem eaning and apply them to such base Uses. On ih e subject of the Finances tho Preeident takes a common sense view of “ tho situation”,’ and expresses views moro in accordance\ with soubd statesmanship and the necessities Of the country. H e là opposed to all the pet schemes of the expansionists íte farther diluting and inflating the cnfr«ncy-by 1a new issue of green* backs—opposed to repudiating the national obligations contracted dtu> îng th^wœF, and without which the country could not hate been saved,- and in favor o f taking measures fra a return to specie payments at the earliest ^practicable day, which he leaves to Congress in its wisdom to determine, both as to the time and manner. He suggests this course as tlio only true way to «void the evih of repudiation, and to a lla y any dis* ‘ content in the popular m ind which has arisen or may arise in regard to the quesfion-of the payment Of th6 national debt which effects the Gov ernment at home and abroad. Ön thô question, of the exemption of the bonds of the Government from taxation, ho says the Government must keep faith with its publié cred itors, but recommends the adoption of some plan which w ill be alike hoxi . orpbleto Government and creditor, for allaying all present anH future discontent in regard to the without subjecting the Government to the odium of resorting to the dis graceful expedient of repudiation in any form, Gen.'Butler, Thaddeus Stevens and the Democrats wiU not derive much comfort from thiB part of theJMessage. B u t w e m u s t d e s ist from f a r t h e r retftttfft ñ p ó n t h e su b ject f o r t h e p r e s ent- A Washington correspondent of the disé«ssio|! the dboqment. The Uepubl-cans enteftain but one .opmion respecting it, ’ ?hioh is,thot it is a bold, inaolent defianop of Gongresa. Th$y sny it shows a determina* tion oq the part of Mr, Johnson to' continuo ra las present conree, and, should imipoaph- mont be attamp.ted, to roaist Congresa by every means tttliis coramand. ; They^all ad- mit its ability, and the quoatiun asked by __ .I-.-.:* il ___ i - i - ÏJ. «in almost every one », “ Who wroto it?” for; (folates' tbe uodprstanamg it will soon os tho majority of people fanoy they see traces’ ‘unable, from top very effejjt of its own of some “ fino Rema? hand” in its.pagea - it is Johnson only in its spirit of morinee, hostility and recklessness. The Democrats on the other band, regard it as one of tho greatest rebuko3 ever administered to Goa-» gtess, andsay that, as a state paper, it hni novef beeil equalled for ability, strength and vigor, and that if Mr. Johnson will only stand on it as firraly as ho does ott the Con* atitution, it will totally annihilate thfl Re- mblioan party, horse, foot and artillery — iot they fear that ho will not have soiBoicnt nerve to hold out against tho^ippeaobers, and that ho will be induced to make a com* iromiss with them «öd retreat a little, from i ! b present position. Tho Senators appeared more pleased with the fioanoiai tb.an with; ^people who famiabed money? D id any . ............. . Af member qf the Housa or' Senate prior to 1864, ia—the exhaustive discosaieus ef tbe'aa bill^ ever intimate th'St the bonds to be issued tb sqoordaneo with their provl sions might be paid when redeemblq. in a fmy other portion Of tbe missage, and os- prpojfiil Hiamsfllve3 gratified that thero were at leryt a fow paragraphsin it which were not of tlio stump-speeoh style, and .which showed somo glimpio of returning reason in Mr. Johnson. In the Senate the Message was also sharply criticised, as follows : Mr. Drake submitted a oonourrent reso lution censuring tho President for declaring in his message that tho roconstrnotion acts (jjipongtess were udoonntitutionaf as -tran- ecfindiflg the litnita of his. profegativo, as- sorting that suoh languago is oaloulated to derogate from tbs rightful authority'of tho law-making power of tho nation,- and to in cite subordination if not violent resistance to tho laws which it is his duty, as Presi dent, to taka care shall be faithfully execu ted j that as, between^ Congress and the Prcsiijpnt, tho former \i tho exclusive and final judge in tho {¡rat inatnnco 0f tho con* formity of iti aots to’ tl )0 constitution, and that where any nefhtra Been passed by two thirds of both Wtitisea over the President’s objections, any subsequent official denuncia tion of it by him os unconstitutional, in the absence 6f any adjudication to that effdet by the supremo judiciary of tho nation, is a departure from official propriety, and a bieacb of official obligation, justifying nnd Oalling for distinct roprohension on the part if tho Senate and Houso of Representatives, .aid on tGo tablo and ordered to be printed.' -A resolution was offored by Mr. Anthony to print tho President's messaga and Becom ing reports. Mr. Howard hoped tho resolution would lie over. The'message'was a wanton libel oo CongreM and an InicUous invitation to the rebol states to.uso violcnco in opposing tho execution of the; law. 1& I&nguage was unconstitutional and -revolu tionary. A tharp'debate ensued, in'which Messrs; Sumner, Anthony, Wileen» Bucfca- law »oi Dixon participated, ' “ ■ Those who are anxious or willing to lcard the Secretary’s views and -be in structed by his wise and timely sugges tions in . regard to the pot of the repiidiators for payïn|: and interest, in greenbacks instead of ooin, as also bia. plan for funding the publie debt, will md them vigorously stated in- the following extracts from his Report-;' Publie fcith doesuot depend alone Upon adequate reyenno laws, nor upon economy in tho administration of this goverriment ; it rests also upon the oBservancp of con- tracts in spirit as well as in letter- In. sigt, without this there will be neither an efficient, administration of tho revenue laws nor economy in expenditures. Noth ing but absolute insolvency will save from the infamy of .repudiation a nation .that does not pay its debts according to the understanding at! the time they were con* tractedj.;.'and when a nation vo’nntarily .violates the aoderstanding it will soon be B a tter let f o s terity bear ,?„?h.aro o f ’ the bnrden p f j a y i p | our im m ense war debt a o j i t t ò ^ à i ^ i é s e r v i n g thè sotmtl^. nnd' i ^ ’iM ^ u t i ^ S i : fwtn destruo|ion th a n a t i ^ p |i f » i ^ i i p é l the p r e s e n t |a n ^ t i o n offfien whole bill. J< y , heavy,and asking too m u ch. T h è People should dem andjof Congress an extension of th e time and a corresponding reduotion of th e taxes imposed' for the paym ent there of. . ' On th e . q u estion of Jlesi^oji.tlop, the Seoretary r e g rets that* h is anticipations' of; a resumption o f specie p a y m e n ts as early to enforce its revenue lawsf and’ by its inability toeojleefc. • ww,,to ;wl)9t is tË <3 ílnlted States pledge! jn regard to the public debt Ì Is it pot that it shall be paid according to the ^ji^erstandiog be tween tbe governmont and the suhsqribers to its loans at tbe tima subscriptions were solicited and. obtained ? And ¡can there be any question in regard to the nature of this understanding Ï Was it not that while interest bearing notes should be converted into bonds or paid in lawful money, the bonds should be paid, princi pal as well as interest in coin ? Was not this the nnderstandio# of the Congress which passed the loan bills, and of the a' depreciated '«firrency ? Was there a single subscriber to the five twenty bends or to the seven and three-tenth notes, which by their terms were convertible in to bonds, who did not believe, and who was not given to .understand by-agents of this government* that both ihe principal and interest of these bonds were payabli in coin ? Does any one soppose. that the ly to be realized, bat hé thinks' it ; sliouljl not be delayed, beyood the -first of J.uly, 1869. To ancb a condition of national 3,ros^efity as;.w|ll iasttte oi permanent' res toration of' tW%eoii 3 «tnndiir^ the fçil^w’ ing measures are, in the opinion of 'the Secretarji:, împorîant if not îadfsipeDàble : Fîm'î—The funding or paying\ of the Innna of the ~jnteretfli héariti^ notes arid the ¿pa'tihuef ^ o û W # ^ ' j&jftr' oorjrepçj.. a m $ 4 m ef lie ftith’in regard ïô’the ïnhded^aabt.\ T/^Vfi-^Eestetatfen \'ôf 'the 'Sohtlierii Stated to their ptttfvi rçlàtîons.in the-Fed- er?l Government. ; 1 . On the proposition to de.strpy ouï .jî»' tjonW Banking System, tfee Secretary ar g“es: - . * ' >. J ^ That the naitional ranki|ig ^ys^ni should te sustaijjed. ' The banks are so interwo ven with all branches of business, and are ¿o direotly connected with, the credit çf the government that they could not he de stroyed without preoipitating_upon .the inancial troubles which it is nnw _ _ ..udition to meet. At some’ more propitious pc.riod, when - tbe- Union shall have been folly restored, atîd all the states shall have attained tTw substantial pros perity Which their great resources o,nd the energy of tjieir people must sooner or later secure,for thim,.;ît ' may perhaps he wise, for Congress fo consider whether tbe national hanking system may not ,he dip pénsed with -The present ia net a favor able time to consider this question.^ The condition of onr pojitieal and finanejaT af- λ* L » AS%Vt XI»o T r e a b a r y R e p e r i i Tho Annual Report of tbe Se^pta- ly o f the Treasuary is a document o f unusual interest and value,‘both from tho facto and statistica it contain d,and the wise views in regard to th© finan ces of the countxy embodied in it by tho Secretary., I t is safe to ^ay no document over emanated from the Treasury Department which h as been looked forward to by the People with more interest and expectation .than the present R eport of Secretary Sïc- Caflcmgh—and nono have given more general satisfaction to that portion of the public interested in placing ihe finances of the country upon a aoniid hams, than the one jnet nibm itied to Congress. Ifc is sound to th e core, giving no “ aid ot comfort\ to the ad vocates of an inflated currency or the project o f repudiation, (one and the same tjijng), a s proposed by the Dém ocrate, and seconded by Gen. Butler and Tbaddeus Stevens on tho Bspnb- Uc^n side. According t o the statement made by tho Secrotary, thé National Einan CG3 are in a more Baiisfnctory condi tion than they were when h is last Re- port to-Congress was made i Since the 1st day of November, 1866, 8493,999,2)03 of interest bearing notes, certificates of indebtedness and temporary loans, have been paid or Converted into bonds, -and the publia debt, deducting therefrom cash in tho treasury, which' is to bn applied to its payment, has been reduced $50,305,555. Daring the same period _n decided improvèment has olsq been witnessed in the generai econotnicsl condition of tbe country. Tho policy of contracting the currenoy,.althengb not en forced to that estent authorized by law, has prevented an expansion of credits to which-i redundanf' ¿ndJ-cspeoially a de- -preeiate'd currency is aiwoya an ineentivo and has had ¿^little influence in stimula ting labor’ and increasing production,— Since the 1st day of September, 1865, the temporary loans, certificates of indebted ness and five par cent, notes have all been paid, with the exception of small .amounts. The compound interest notes have been reduced from S217,024,i69 to $71,878,- 0|0, 811,560,000 having been taken up with three per cent certificates i seven and thrco-tentb notes: from 3880.000,000 to' $83î,0i?8,8OÔ i United States notes, including fractional currency, from §459,- 104,311 to 8337,874,4T7;while tho cash in ing as they were ip snpporfof tiie govern ment, would have sold their stocks, their lands, the products^ofthÿr farms, pf tbeir fcotories and their slmp-j, an? inyestec tbeir proceeds in five-twooty .bonds 9njo «eVen and three tenth notes, convertible info such bonds, if they had understood that these bonds wolfe tp be redeemed, afu.r five years from thoir respeotlve dates, iii a eurrunoy of the value ojf whiclj they c.Mild fprm no reliable estimate? Would iho Secretary of the Treasury or wonld Gonsress, when the fate of the nation was trembling in the balance, nnd when a fail sre to raise money for the support Pf the federal army; would have been a success to the rebellion and ruin to the Union cause, h»ve dared to attempt the, experi ment of raisitig*%ionpy on bonds redeema ble at tho pleasure of the government after Gvo years, in a^enrrenoy convertiblo, but tlie value of whiob might not depend upon the solvency^ of goveronsep», hat npon the amount in .circulation. „ . 1 J S o j a o u - UiiOurijtAudîng \Citsttd ¡m i fortunately n6 such experiment was tried The bond's were negotiated with the, dp- tioito understandiog that they were pay* able in coin, and the seven and three- tenths Hotel With an equally ^finite understanding that they were convertible, at the option of the holder,, into bends of a similtar character, pr payable in lawfpl money. Contracts were made ia good faith On both'sides—a part, of them when tbe government was in imminent peril and needed money to preserve its existence the balance when iW necessities were scarcely less argent for payment fcf its just obligations to contractors and to- thp. gallant men by whom tho nation had been «avt^. Good faith and public honor, ate with certain limitations, but - the last will certainly fail. people of the United Stntev^f-saorificjfairs 5 b top critieil to' justify any action rnT ftfiS would compel the uattonal baqks, ,or any considerable num ber o f them, to’ call in their loans,-and put th e ir bonds upon the market f o r thd 'purpose o r p roviding means of- r e tirin g their ciiqulation. Cpn- servative jegisiation is now ¡edisponsablo T h e publio'tnirid ia 'too sensitive, business is too unsteady, a n d ‘the political future is too uncortain t o warrant any financial ex ' periments ' Fortusafely none are re quired. 'T h e national bankiPg System^ bos furnished a oirculatiou, deprjoiated, it. is true, like U n ited States,notes, hut solvent beyond (juestronV‘Snd~eurtejitTbfougbput the. Union* I t his aided in regulating domestic exchanges, a n d furnished gov crnraeht with valliable financial agents.— H a d it not becn adopted tho sta(o b ih k s would have contnSuiid tts long as they Were tolerated, to farniah th o country with bank notes. • -* . ’ 'Tho Secrotary-oomea ouS fcir- 'aud; Bqteure against aU sucih dishonest ways of drnlinr/ thrt tliffitm lties of •fht financial question—always an impor tant raid diffignlt one-and plants himself firm ly upou the masjm that * honesty ia thmbest policy,” not only forindividuala but fo r Goyemments —that the latter can n o more evade its obligations to s-the pablic with safety than the former—in short, that the Government must live tip to its engagements with the People, sad •jay its ju st deh,ts. according to ihe ■understanding between borrower and lender a t tho tiaiQ tile obilgation was confeahted. r »pa it may be wise to suspend contraction for a season, hut rSSS should keep resumption p . and fix on as # ? ly,.a Qay as possible for a return to specie pay ments. ■’ M j e n a l R e p u b lic»!! Convcn* ... tion. E. -D. Curtis, the Washington Cor- respqndent o f,the Troy, fjmes eajji a strong eflfort is noiv%i&g m¿de, t^a* nnmber’of politicians td influence the ational itepnblican committee, wbo xaeet at the Capitol oa the 12th'inst., to call the Rational Convention in. February. .. convejitio^w® nom inate *tf»e'repflbfipan candidates fo* President and^'Vice President. It is a mistaken policy,'and would length en out the .campaign several months too long. A better time would be the middle of Mayr“ Gen. Grant \hag the' lead for President, arid no c^nd^ate is looked\ upon wi% .80 mutit favor for the second ,place , as Goyemor Fenton of our S t ,a ^ P e hf^s.the confidenceoi the.pepple everywhere, and hosts of warn supporters here. T h e B e m c o r a c y aiia ,tliie P icsl d e u c y . The Democracy are considerably taken back in vie# of the strong pop* ular current setting in favor of Gen Grant, and the almost absolute cer tainty of his nomination by. the Re publicans. Great is the perturbation of the Democracy. The Tribune’s special says; , John B. Hasfon otNow York, John Hickman of Pennsylvania, and John F. Reynolds, all prominent Demo- cra-uj,. have recently arrived: at tbe OapitoL Mr. Haskin has been sound ing Mr. Johnson on the Presidential question, and the meeting\ at Mr Blair's was for the purpose of com paring notes on a candidate , The chances of Johnson, Seymour, . Pen dleton and others were severally dis cussed, but none of them Were ac cepted. A new man was .agreed Up on, and hia name is Gen Ws S. Han cock, Messrs. Haskin, Reynolds and others, who had just been with the President, stated that Mr. Jowison told thern that Gtn Hancock was doing admirably'and had only begun the programme that had been laid out by them some two monfejia ago They allow it to be understood that Hancock was Johnson’s choice, and was the only man who could make a show against Grant Consequently this clique of politicians at their to-night privately 1 ' 18615. PRO SPECTUS . •• OP THE \ • sS_JOUFtNAL, Sewitoiumeji.Sfew iyper J ¡kp Features Having pucobased Hie Washington County PEOPLE'S -JOUIINAL Kewspaper and Job Printing establishment, on the first week in January, 1868, we shall, eommenoe the pub^ lication of the 2€th Volume with new type, and various otfier impiovemeats. The Jonra- SAb will continue its present size (28 col- TOnna), bnt the reading matter will be con- siasrablr extended, and various, departments and impioTempntB inaugurated that we be- lieve will reeeiTe the jiojmlar commendation and Buppoifc, Tlie first duty of the JovwiXt wfll be toadvooate the intereBtsj and promote the succlsspf-th^Peo^e.of Northern New- York in geueral, and of tho Tpwn of Greon- wioh and County pi Washington in particu lar. While it will be eondncted in on inde pendent manner, it will, sustain the princi ples of the men and' the party -who. have carried the 'conntry sttcceaainliy through a great war, and aie struggling for a recon- strnction of -the Qoyemment on. the basis of” ’ liberty ^djuStie^: _ |t.wi^.^»inestly advo cate BtjictiMfencl^'8nt-in--’tl4 aSministra- tiojn ¿tgti\(5iaj)iB|id; Qotentoratsitjb, and in State, County'and ¿opal affairs. Upon the financial and other questions that may come before the country for consideration,' it will speak for nnd in'behalf of the interests of the People. It wpl be & fact, aa it is in name, truly Tan ¡People's Jqtjenal. Aa the press Bhould be the conservator oi public morals, the exponent of popular ideas, the ¡vehicle yhich conVej^&om and'to' the Peo ple the elements of discussion upon various topics; tbe expositor of'vice, and the con- Semnator ot ail tilings tliat-tend to destroy meeting to-night privately nominated Hancock aa- the Democratic candidate fo r the next Presidency, and pledged; themselves <0 his support. * No one canid ha Vice PresiSnt. HosMn and Hoff man were spoken of, but Hancock being a Pennsylvania1, tiie_\Veat jfij was suggested would claim* the Vici Presidency. Haskifi was promised the,next gubernatorial nomination in Nerf York, should Hoffinan be the candidate for Vice President, and ei- thcr ßanford E Church, Uorutio Sey mour or Bam Tilden is to succeed Gov, Morgan in tho Senate. d Which cam: thóy which to a Wtion a re of require that thesa contractas’ plied with i n tb* spirit id were made. '' . There Is* a general sentiment among taxpayers that the exemption of govern- niont bonds from loèal taxation te not exactly right, and itpiight to Is in somè way avoided in foturo issues. The Secre tary bas no hesitètion in Saying that he isiu sympithy with this sottliment '* Thd diffioalty in tho way, however, asf las'beea suggested, arises from' the fact that if tho bonds hereafter to be Issued Were tb hé subjetAfo local taxation, very ' few Would ba bsM whats it>xe'a are high, and there would he a Consiani tendency to a con* centratmn in tlie States and , coüntîc3 and aitifia where taxes are low; Pr in foreign countries, whfcro they Would escape taxa tion altogether , It is a matter of great importance that government boridi should bô à desirable investment in ' all parts of the Country, and_ it is obvious that the state» should be in some manner compen sated for thé right now denied, of^taxing them as other kinds pf property are t&jf-- ed. After giving the auhjcQt carefut cfln- sldeïation, the Secrotsry oon 'suggest no fitter way'of doing it than by an issue of bonds, to be known as the Consolidated Debt of the United States, bearing six per cent, interest, 'and having ïweftty years to run, into which all other obligations Pf the government shall os rapidly as possible be converted one-sixth part of the interest at eaoh semi-annual payment to ba 're served by the government, sad paid ovér to the States, according to their propor tion. By ibis means all bands, wherever held would bo taxed alike; tinda gCrteral distribution of them, be secured. ' State taxes, including levies for county and municipal purposes, now, as 4 general thing, exceed One per cent, bit 'when debts incurred for payment1 of ' bounties are paid, and ia mPstPf the States they are already In proeeés of rapid extinction, and eeoiiomy Is agaiù practiced ip The administration of state affairs, this indirect ascessment will ha qoite likely to eijua the tax assesdd upon other property.’ ' If Worth,, ¡jt-Tbe P eople wffl thank the Secreti* ry for h is honesty and ipgtegrilgr in endeavoring to sustain the public credit at homo and abroad, and for the firmnesa and wisdom he has* man; ifegted in expresBing.his .view sin the face o f a formidable opposition to the .right Way. t k and space forbid that we Id follow the Secretary through Répo'rt, afad attempt to give oven an epitome o f tliè same,— h u t so important do we regard -hid views and -statements on these points ■banking and tho public' dtbt—ttìó we cannot refraip from making a fow extracte therefrom that a ll Ottr readers may have an oppörtunity of sesing just what the Secretary do^3 say On thèse quQstioná, ¡ . ,J ¡ ‘' ., ______¡ed upòó other property. thè debt to be funded shall amount §2,000,000,000, the amount to ba re served and paid to th^jr states anBually would be §20,000,000. __ ,T . . tbe treasury has been.iboreased from S88,- New-York press thus dilates upon the j o i 8,055 to«13S.998,308; and tbs funded manner in which the Message was re- debt has been increased .8686 504.800 — eeived in the House of Repreasnta- jWbile tbis has bean accomplished there tives, and of the impressions of lead- 1 “?s heen do commercial crisis, and outside t Secretary in tho main as wise and oppor- ^ . .. , of tbe Southern states, whiob aro still • ,, . - « mg member, concerning it : Saffenns from tbe of Aa war, Ihore I ^ ns • B3T0 lbat wo w0«W tim0 BRcEprioN ofthe HESBS.GE >N coNGnT.SK. ,b>ss bnen do considerable finnneial cmbar- !Tor the payment of the Consolidated debt Wo regard these suggestions of the Prom Waofttîigton. On Satur day last tile House resolved to cuil short debate on tío subjget and come to à vote o n the.main question, which being dono thè EÓnEe of the Hou$i - was fotíntf to bû largeîy averié to the project mi follows : .‘¿ea3,._57;1 NayS. 108 Th is effec^taally puts an ead to the scheme, and the country w ill xo- ;jç|içe!o w iü ie G é rait. _ , ’ ,. . Tho fíouse also voted to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend the monthly cancelling of Sá¡OoS,00( of legal tóhder notés - a s directed by thè ììtót ® 0tise, u n ílí ’ te 0 $ é s àôôcèi, thé.vóí¿:|iÍSQoá Í27 jéás, to 24'óà.ys, The measure has y e t to be acted «pon by the Senate. The- Times flpèoial The President's Meseago was brought to! rassoient. J'rOm ' > , twenty to fifty years.- , The vote b y . w hich the ways ,an( means an ti contraction, b ill passe the Houso is sißnificant of the feeling in the Honee on tho toWset p î, thé currency. Thera Ip little douM.tha' the next thing piissa(| by the Hopei w ill he a b ill for the rsi^aue öf green- baoks to the original* amount baforc confraotum begwi, ^ Ä o lp c ^ o measures may gat through, the Sen IA W OFFICE. will attend to all Jjegal BvtfraesSi-wMoh may be en* trusted to hiai, careftxlly nnd promptly. Office. •n i tho ljmdlff?\Bifildmg opposite tbe Blakely House. Qroeiiwioh, Nov. 0, 1867. 45 1867 m 1868. F a ll & W inter Stock; Just Bèceived ot ' W., L. R O B INSO N'S, G rea t R e d u c tio n in P r ic e . , 25 P e r Cent in One Week. Cali and See My New v •' •'*' • ” ’ Prints^' '8, lOandIS cts. peryaid Good Wool Oassimeres at $1 00 41 Yard wide Sheetings and Shir tings, 10 to 12o Knit Coats, Shirts,^Drawers and Socks, very cheap. fl1 H a ts &C aps, Boots & ÌShòes, Ready-Made CltM af, Y A N K E E .N O T I O N S , atpricea to suit the times. 1 ex* no » óar»í3i'ía4o ioa? and diS nice society', human life and- iru% ( manhood ; the ‘mirror’ in which bad men 'with bad heart*,may see tbeir de&dsUn the true light, and in which goof'men cim see reflected the:, cemmendftble results of their good worlis—so the JoomiAi, will freely and fearlessly speak’ out as occasion may require •and muB respeotswe shall spare no efforts that energy and, industry may command to1 make it a VALUABLE FAMILY NEWSPA- j PEB, a welcome guest to every fireside. In its ISTERABT DEPARTMENT, In its LO CAL PEPAETMEKT, and in the AGBI- OtlLl'URAL and Other Departments; -great pains will be taken to make its qolumna cs- peoially interesting. Our object is fo make tbe Jotnmii, useful in every, respect—to the Fa-mer, the Mechanic, -tho Merchant, the Professional man, nnd to all classes. So far- a* possible-, its eoatents wilj bo original—and among other things wo have tho pleasure to announce a now Story entitled, “ THE IN DIAN GIRL j A LEGEND Ol? DIONON- DEHOWA^by Miss Nzmje 51 j Soteus, graphically and beautifully written, nndro /plcte with local intorMt ; ESSAIfc> by Prof. E. a Groson; NOTES FROM A UNION OFiTOER’S DIAEY,\ \y M*tob A.^ T. KU- * 0 », in which, tho valor and patriotism of tho soldiers of Northern New York, will \be duly recorded; and other contributiQns fjom ,tKe< pens of local anthers and writers, who have been engaged for our columns. Balioving tho . A large assortment 'ef Gents., L adies and Children’s R u b b e r B o o t s &. O v e r shoes ^ r o c T r i e s , Crockery, Hardware, F L O U R , FISH , PORK &. PROVISION, all of which will be sold ot the lowost cash prices. 83 ?- Don’t forgot the Store, -¿33 W . 1u. R o b in s o n , K0. i, PARK BOW, GaLESVOUi, N. J. October 20,18G7. NEW STORE. Ñ ow b Ite m s . -Th o Union Pacific«]Railroad .ia now finished five hundred and twenf.y- fivC m iles W est irom ' Omaha, to thé jEnstcrn hase of the Bocky Mountains, and it is expected that tho track w ill bo laid to Evans* Pasa, th irty miles further, th® highestpoint between thé Atlantic and Paciflc oceans, by Jan uary 1 The maximun grade from* the footi of the mountains to tho somit is but eight* feet to the m ile, while that of many Eastern roads is over One hundred. W ork pn therock cuttings on the Wèstern, slope w ill continue during the winter, so track-laying may be resumed early in tike Spring. Northampton, M ass.,'has increased itsvaluationttireçfold sincethe Ibnild- îàg Of the Conhectictit rivMr railroad in 18i5, and looka for lnore ^ftpid in crease; by the proposed ÌÌSSham pton and North Adams road, ffie a tep®è jitò é of the la tte ris sisty •three' feet to th o taile. ' tino mission _of the local, prra to bo the pnbliestion of- local news.' particular effort terent transpiring in tais and tho adjoining towns and counties, and to this ond wo invite porreapondenco and contribution^ Irom all quarters, on all topics. 13i0jlomiH*i.wiHalsa tfontám a weekly epitome of theiate'st fOR- EIGJJ AND DOXIES HO NEWS, tbo stato t of the Mariots, eta. , etc. Now is the TIME TO SUBSCRIBE, and begin the new volume with tho new year. Terms.«-To VUlago subscribers, deliv ered by carrier, S3 00 per annum, payable quarterly; io single bubscribero, S2 00per onnnm ; to cluba of twenty and over, each St 75 per annum ¡ ti clnb3 of fifty and óvw, eàch t i 60 per annum—payable in ädrance-. l*rem iu m s ! P r c jh iu m s JI To the person sending us the largest dub of subSeribera by mail, wo will present an Ipinplrc sewing ülnclilnc worth $GO ; for tho reccmdlargestclub, a W feil SeWlns M aciiiuo worth Î30 ; for tbe; nexf, a Revolving Bifle, worth ¿25 ; imd for oiory club of fißy subscribers Bent ns, a new Fowling Piece (shotgun), valued at 812.— All clnbs to bo accompanied by the cash, nnd ÍÚ bfl ßflnt in art nTÎlp.fnyATttIv . Jnh IP^.51 AHVEBTI3EMESI8 and S teoui , N otices will be.iasferted and nicely displayed, at fain, rates. We beliovo that the J otonal , a3 on advertising medium, will bo very aeátabfe. PS- JOB PRINTING, of ali kinds, will be executednicely and promptìy by the aid of job typaof .tbo latesi designs, and upon effi- •—Bossel Jones of Charlton, Mass-, was k illed in bis eaw-mtll in the early parfe of ,tbi3 week., W h ile engaged ander the miH, some eno »bove set the SüW in f-motion, by w hich M r. Jones was caught, and h iahead néar* ly ßevered 'from his body. 'Jfhs, de- ceaeed was an ^iitarprising and re* spected, citizen, and about aisty-five yeareold. ; -^Green, the wife pojgoner, is be- oommg jnpre and more desperate as the time arrives for tho exeoutiori oi his sentence. , A short tim e ßince. he attempted: to bump hfa- brmns -out againsfi the ,wall,bufcjnore receutly he has attejnptcd suicide by swaUowmg $ bandanna handkerchiel Ho was d|?covered.in fchneto prevent thö Con-» ^tjmmp,Möii of h is deaigli, apd the handkerchief was reseued from ita unfcimelygrave. t ; :,-T i.d á B Í,.h ¿ s ju st been built &t ilataeühäs, iß», ontiiö -llhnoiB Biver* w h ichis^ inehuñdw á s a d jdhirty.tíix foet jn lengjä|. T.Ifc contains ,218;000 fo# of planking and, eleven e»4-s qúartér tóns of bolts and epikes. - ■ü-GoV;‘ámith ^ ^ Ib litto S j'iti lhis messsge to the Legislatdre jm t: as- stobled, recomménds' the ímediáte adöptibn of greenbacks as cpirfency ih piace of'göld dtmt. ' Hö statdr ttíe T ^ tó ria ld o ó tis-o v tf ^OOO; ; . ípneaofO lyide, .Wayhe com ty, wulx!omi<ieta on the. Ist day of Januasry npxt h is fortiöth,.conEsou- teo yefv.fts J ubüco ' o f.tho \Peaco.— Shó qmtóit.óld DPx ßfovf j flt ®squirs' Jono'a offico hari beenin hja possession aú c e Í8 l9 . mentanrbrajadtfiawer Presses. - , É. C, ¿AGE, Editqb i s a PpBT.iBnKä. G msebwích , N. Y., D eo . 2, 18(57. Complete Pictorial th e '*”’'-\s> H istory of ** The best, cheapest, and most successful Pamily Paper in the Union.\ S A E P E E ’ r W E E K 1 1 * v ; SPLEND1DL,Y . JLLC5-CR ATEO. Z.; - . Critical Notices o f i/ic‘Prejf;. — 1 The model Newspaper of our conntfy— complete in'all the departments of an Amer ican Family Paptr—Harper's Weebly has earned ior itself a right to ita titlo, '? a jour nal ofdvilization.”—AW York Ève. Posi. 3 will enrich thein selves after writers, and printers, and publishers ate turned to dust .—New Fori &vmgclist, The best of its class in America.— Boston Traveller... • Horper a WeeMy,may be nnreseryecàÿ de- ië articles upon publie questiona which appear in Haider's V/ eetìy from week to Week form a . remarkable Series of brief po litical essaya. They, are distinguished^by elear imd pomted statements, \by gdod com- e. by indeppndenco tmd breadth of C A E P E N T E E B R O T H E R S , Having leased tho Store formerlv occupied by Androws S Smltb, would annonncoto tho public that they haVo just rsceived a laiga assortment of , B E I - § O O B I , • . V GROCERIES» » C r o c k e r y & G l a s s w a r e , X4X&JSJS. XQ T IO X S , STOWE WARE , »■ S a lt , Fi»b, JLai’d,. •* _ ■ -.‘.I V 'J 1. , '.f. * ^ Together iritb'other OoodS, which 'will be sold at a very . SMALL ADVANCE FflOM eOST; Ail Mnàs óf CoMtry Producé Taken in exchange for Goodsat the highest , PnTket Prices. Q 0 ÍÓ Ñ caepen ' t e b *^. REUBEN CARPENTER. ôreenmch, Juno 17,18Ö7. 25 ' ican . bp timo.- best yorViJtmcr- PTIONS. ‘ STJBSC ;■ .., -jj'iL, ..Thè Ptiblishetóhave^décteâ oziné, ^Ve^lSy, oiiiïfzsr^ who prefer to receive I réotìy &òm tìiè' Office of 1 lor Sale. snbsérltíei offers for sato TWO . HOUSES on.tbeEastsideof theBatten- W E yctom<3|; ho 'ifcg* tosa aro inßKt-raiio eondition. . _ , nnd -Said imild- mœtorsand others ' dsiîîroua of 7Gx200ft on Collins Rtreet, Fold lot ion tains Also], ncai tbl __ , _ .... ------ np ] d,. vntif-ty of ,FTUit Tree.“, &■, He. no snppjied witii a Show-Biu on 1 Tlie above urepGriy will be sold low, and application. - * onissaicpnabTo Hfle m%n. For forthi?r par- The postage on Hhrper’a WocHy is 2ft ticulartf enatiire of SBia attbseriber on the denta a year, wbieb tonst be pad at thd sub« premises. ' BOBERT WIL30N. - i seribefs office. . , . ! Oreenwicb, Sfipt. U, 1887, r / '*0 bnslnefis wit dene by any ing tbo firtt ing this time In additif learn the Co in tío inptrrt by pledge of policy holdci ed By the G( National oi •<leni!rol Age at tho Blake
