The Sun has a two column abstract of the President's Message, to be delivered to-day. Phe Sun says:—The Message will be short, and will not make many recommendations for new legislation.
Hayes strongly advises Congress to make no change in the Currency lowa, leaving Luntonched even the coinage of silver, and trying a year of rest on financial legislation, 'e unites with Sherman in. recommending the issue of a 365 bond of as low a denomination as $10, On the Southern question, he admits that what is called his policy' is a failure, and takes extreme radical grounds. Tt may be said upon authority that this point of the Message will provoke s formal reply from the Democrats of the House.
He quotes with approval McCrary's eri-ticism of the posse comitatus clause of the Amy Bill, Without committing himself to either the War or Interfor Departments, in their dispute over the care of the Indians, he recommends a new Department, to which this and other like administrative interests shall be confided.
He treats of the yellow fever plague, and discusses the question of the prevention or modification of the deadly effects of the fever, suggesting a National Quarantine law.
fe dwells particularly on dishonest elections held in South Carolina and Louisiana, He speaks of the outrageous frauds practiced in South Carolina, where there was no serious intimidation, but what there was lacking in this was amply made vp in fraud and ballot-box stuffing. In Louisiana there was less actual fraud, and numerous cases of intimidation, He' does not specially ask for authority that is not at present given him under the laws, although in other parts of the Message he' endorses fully the sug gestions of McCrary and Devons, and snys these suggestions, if adopted by' Congress, will materially aid the Executive in ensforeing the lane throughout the entire country.
jo then reviews the reports of the Cab-mot Secretaries, commencing with the State Department. He makes no suggestion for now treaty on the fishery question, He reviews the Texas boundary troubles, and calls attention to the improved condition of affairs on the Mexican border.
He takes the most cheerful possible view of resumption, and expresses himself upon the subject as he has in his reported speeches onthe questionduringtheFall. He endorses Sherman's report in everything.
The Post Office Department' receives passing mention. The principal figures and gross facts of the Post Office report are quoted in the Message, and the few recommendations of Key are approved.
the work of the Interior Department is briefly reviewed, without any special suggestions, The Message heartily endorses Schurz's suggestions relating to the preservation of Government timber lands.
The only suggestion concerning the Department of Justice is the approval of Devons' request that Congress appropriate $250,000 for extra expenses of the United States Courts, such as for the payment of Deputy Marshials and witness fees. While this is asked for the United States Courts of the entire country, it is understood that the money is for the special purpose of enforcing the lays in the South.
He has a good word for Ledue, Commissioner of Agriculture. He thinks he is doing very valuable work for the agricultural interests of the country by his experiments. He has boldly gone outside of the rules, and is doing no end of good, Hayes thinks, by his enthusiasm, originality and special knowledge of agricultural matters.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.