those of the last, vet Ihoy will undoubtedly ex- I ceed the amount of expenditures by at least tit teen millions of dollars. I shall, therefore, con tinue to direct that th- surplus revenue he ap plied, so far as it can be judiciously and eco- j nomicaliy done, to the reduction of the public j debt, the ampunt of which, at the commence- \ merit of the last fiscal year, was 67,340,828 dollars; of which there, had been pakJ>ou the 20th day of November, 1804, the stun ot 22,- 365,172 dollars j leaving a balance of outstand ing debt of only 44,975,456 dollars, redeema ble at different periods within fourteen years. There are also remnants of other government stocks, most of which are already due, and on which the interest has ceased, but whtch have not yet been presented tor payment, amount ing to 238,170 dollars. This statement exhibits the fart, that the an nual income of the government greatly exceeds the amount of its public debt, which latter re mains unpaid, only because the time of pay ment has nut yet matured, and it cannot I e dis charged at once, except at the option ol public creditors, who prefer to retain the securities o; the United States: and the other fact, net less striking, Hint the annual revenue from all sour- res-exceeds, bv many millions of dollars, the amount needed for a prudent and economical administration of the government. Tin* estimates presented to Congress from the different executive departments, at tie- last ses sion, amounted to S3S,UM>,:>BI ; and t.c>* ap propriations made, to the Mini of $58,1 Hi,358. Of this excess of appropriat ions over estimates, however, more than $'20,000,00'.) was applica ble to extraordinary objects, having no refer ence to the usual expenditures. Among ttsese objects was embraced $10,000,000 to meet the third article of the treaty between the United States and Mexico : so that, in fact, for objects of ordinary expenditure, the appropriations were limited to considerably less than $ P\o U), X) 0. J therefore renew mv recommendation for re duction of the duties on imporls. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury presents a series of tables, showing the opera tion of the revenue system for severai succes sive years, and as the geiur ii principle of re duction of duties with a view to revenue and not protection, may now he regarded as the set tled policy of the country, I trust that little dif ficult v will be encountered in settling tue de fails of a measure to that effect. In connection with this subject, i commend a change in the laws, which i**cent experience lias shown to be essential to the protection oi the government. There i.- *no express provi sion of law, requiring the records and papeis of a public character, ot the several oflicers of the government, hi be left in their offices foi the use of their successors, nor any provision de claring it felony on their part to make false en tries in the books, or return false accounts. Jn the absence of sucfi express provision by law, the outgoing ollicers, in many instances, have claimed and ever r-ed the right to take into theif own possession important books and pa pers, on the ground that these were their pri vate property : and have placed them beyond the reach of the government. Conduct of this character, brought in several instances to the notice of the present secretarythe treasury, naturally awakened his suspicion and resulted in the disclosure that at four jwrts, namely Os wego, Toledo, Sandusky, a -d Milwaukee, the treasury had, by false entries, been delrauded withia'the four year:, next preceding March, 1833, of the sum of o.;ie hundred and ninety eight thousand dollars. The great difficulty with which the detection of these frauds has been attended, in consequence of the abstrac tion of books and papers by the retiring officers, and the ficilitv with which similar frauds in the public service may be perpetrated, render the nt C"s>;ty of new legal enactments, in the respects above refered to, quite obvious. For other material modifications of the reve nue 1 aws which seem to me desirable, Ir* f ,j r yoti to the report of the secretary of the trea sury. That rep it, and the tables which ac company it, furnish ample proofs of the solid foundation on which the financial security oi the country rests, and of the salutary influence of the independent treasury system upon com merce and a!! monetary operations. The experience of the last year furnishes ad ditional reasons, 1 regret to say, of a painful character, for the recommendation heretofore made, to provide for increasing the military force employed in the territory inhabited h\ tiie Indians. The settlers on the frontier have suffered much from th incursions of predatory bands, and large parties of emigrants to our Pa cific possessions have been massacred with :m --punitVj The recurrence of such seems can onlv be prevented hv teaching these wild tribes the power of, and their resjxinsibility to, the United Slates. From the garrisons of our frontier posts, it is only possible"to detach troops in small bodies: and though these have on all occasions display ed a gallantry and a stern devotion to duty, which on a larger fi> id would have commanded universal admiration, they have usually suffer ed severely in these conflicts with superior num bers, and have sometimes been entirely sacri ficed. All the disposable force of tb.p army is already employed on this service, and is known to be wholly inadequate to the protection which should be afforded. The public mind of the country has been re centlv shocked bv savage atrocities committed upon defenceless emigrants and border settle ments:, and hardly less by the unnecessary de struction of valuable lives, where inadequate detachments of troops have undertaken to fur nish the needed aid. Without increase < f the military force, these scenes will b" repeated, it :s to be feared, on a larger scalp, and with more disastrmis conse quences. Congress, I am surf, will perceive that the plainest duties and responsibilities of government are involved in this question, and J doubt not that prompt action may be confi dently anticipated when delay must be attended by such fearful hazards. "The bill of the last session, providing for an increase ol the pay of the rank and file of the army has had beneficial results, not only in fa cilitating enlistments, but in obvious improve ment of the class of men who enter the service. I regret that corresponding consideration was not bestowed on the officers, .who, in view of their character and services, ami the expenses to which they are necessarily subject, receive at present what is, in my judgment, inadequate compensation. The valuable services constantly rendered by the arinv, and its inestimable importance as the nucleus around which the volunteer forces of the Nation can promptly gather in the hour of danger, sufficiently attest the wisdom of main taining a military peace establishment ; but the theory of system ant! the wise practice under it, require that anv proposed augmentation, in time of p> are, only commensurate with our ex- t*n(!td limits and frontier relations While scrupulously adhering to this princi ple, I find, in existing circumstances, a necessi ty for increase of our military force, and it is believed that lour new regiments, two of infan try ami two of mounted men, will be sufficient to meet the present exigency. If it were ne cessary carefully to weigh the cost in a case of such urgency, it would be shown that the addi tional expense would he comparatively light. With the increase of the numerical force of the army should, 1 think, be combined certain measures of reform in its organic arrangement and administra tion. The present organization is the result ot par tial legislation often directed to special objects and interests; and the laws regulating rank and com mand, having been adopted many yeats a C° ' ronl me British code, are not always applicable to our service. It is not surprising, therefore, that the system should he deficient in the symmetry and simplicity essenti al to the harmonious working ot its several parts, and require a curelul revision. The present organization, by maintaining lage stall corps or departments, separates many officers from that close connection with troops, and those active duties in the field, which are deemed requisite to tmulify them for the vaned responsibilities ot high command. Were the duties of the army staff main ly discharged by officers detached from their regi ments, it is believed that the rpecial service would be equally well performed, and the discipline and in struction of the army be improved. While due re gard to the security of the rights of officers, and to ihe sense of honor which should be cultivated among them, would seem to exact compliance with the es tablished rule of promotion in ordinary cases, still it can hardly lie doubted that the range of promotion by selection, which is now practically confined to the grade of general officers, might be somewhat extenu eii with benefit to ihe public service. Observance of the rule o! seiiinnt y sometimes leans, especially in time of peace, to the promotion of offi cers who, after meritorious and even distinguished service, may have rendered by age or infirmity in capable of perlorming active duty, anil whose ad vancement. therefore, would tend to impair the ficiency ol the army. Suitable provision for this class of officers, by ihe creation of a retireil list, would remedy the evil, without wounding the ju-t pride of the men who, by past services, have estab lished a claim to high consideration. In again com mending this measure to the favorable consideration of Congress, 1 would suggest that the power of plac ing officers on the retired list be limited to one year. The practical operation of the measure would thu be tested, and if, after the lapse of years, there should be occasion to renew the provision, it can be repro duced with any improvements which experience may indicate. The present organization of the artil lery into regiments is liable to obvious objections The service of artillery is that of batteries, and an organization of batteries into a corps ol artillery would be more consistent with the nature of their duties. A large part of the troops now called artil lery are, and have been, on duty as infantry ; the di-tincrion between the two arms being nearly nomi nal. This nominal artillery in our service is entire ly disproportionate to the whole force, anu gie...-! ;pan the country demand. ! therefore commend the discontinuance of a distinction, which has no founda tion in either the arms ti-ed or the character ol the ,-ervire to bt* ptM !omt)'(1. In connection with the proposition lor increa-e ol the army, ! have presented these suggestion with regard to ceriain measures of reform, as the comple ment of a system, which would produce the happiest re-ults from a given expenditure, and which 1 hope may attract the attention, and be deemed worthy of the approval, of congress. The recommendation of the secretary of the navy, having tcferer.ee to more ample provisions for the discipline and general improvement in the character of seamen, and for the re-organization ami gradual increa-e of the navy. 1 deem eminently worthy ot your favorable consideration, 'l ire principles, which have controlled our policy in relation to the perman ent military force, by sea and land, are found, con sistent with the theory of our sy.-tem, and should by no means be disregarded. But limiting the force to the objects particularly set forth in the preceding part of this message, we should not overlook the present magnitude and pros pective extension ot our commercial marine, nor tail to give due weight to the fact that, besides the two thousand mites ot Atlantic seaboard, we have now a Pacific coast, stretching from Mexico to the British possessions in the north, teenring with wealth and enterprise, and demanding the constant presence ol ships-of-war. The augmentation of the navy has not kept pace with the duties properly and profitably assigned to it in time of peace, and it is inadequate for the large field of its operations, not merely in the present but still more in thp progressively increasing exigenceies of the wealth anil commerce of the Tinted State-. I cordially approve of the proposed apprentice system I for our national vessels, recommended by the secre i tary of the navy. The occurrence, during the last few months, oi marine disasters of the most tragic nature, involv ing great 10-s of human life, has produced intense emotion-of -vmpalriv anil sorrow throughout the country. It may well be doubted whether all these calamitous events are wholly attributable to the necessary and inevitable dangers ot the sea. Ihe merchants, mariners, and ship-builders of the Tinted States are, it is true, unsurpassed in tar-reaching en terprise, skill, intelligence ami courage, by any oth ers in the world. But, with the increasing amount of our commercial tonnage in trie aggregate, arid the larger size and improved equipment ot the ships now constructed, a deficiency in the supply ol reliable seamen begins to be very seriou-ly telt. The inconvenience may, perhaps, be mM, in part, by due regulation for ihe introduction, into our mer chant ships, of indentured apprentices; which while it would afford useful and eligible occupation to nrnii erous young men, would have a tendency To raise the i rharacier ol seamen as a class. And it is deserving of serious reflection, whether it may not he desirable to revise the existing laws lor the maintenance of I discipline at sea, upon which the security of lite and \ , property on the ocean ir:n-t to so great an extent de pend. Although much attention has already been ; given by Congress to the proper consti uction and ar rangement ot steam vessels and all pa-smger ship-, still it i- believed that the achievements of science : and mechanical -kill in this direction have not been I exhausted. No good reason exits for the marked : distinction, which appears upon our statutes between | Ihe laws for protecting life and propeity at sea, and those for protecting them on land. 11l most o! the ' States severe penalties provided to puni-h conductors ■ of trains, engineer-, and others employed in the trail i portation of persons by railway, or by steamboats on ! rivers. Why should not the same principle be applied to acts of insubordination, cowardice, or other miscon duct on the part of master and mariners, producing injury or death to passengers on the high sea-, be yond the jurisdiction of any of the States, anil where Mich delinquencies can be reached only by the power ot Coitgess .' The whole subject is earnestly recom mended lo your consideration. The report of the Postmaster General, to which you are reierred for many interesting details in re lation to this important and rapidly extending branch ot the public service, shows that the expenditure of the year ending June 30, 18-31, including $]J.3.48-5 ol balance due to foreign offices amounted to §8,710,- f>o7. The gross receipts during the same period a monnted to $0,900,380: exhibiting an expenditure pver income ol $1,73*>,3'3 1, and a diminution of de ficiency, a-compared with the last year, ol $3Ol-, 730. The increase of the revenue of ttie department, for the year ending June 30, IS3J, over the preceding year, was nine hundred and seventy thousand and three hundred and ninety-nine dollars. No propor tionate increase, however, van he anticipated lor the current year, in consequence of the act of Congress of June 2.3, IS-54, providing for increased compensa tion to all postmasters. From these statements it is apparent that the post office department, instead ol defraying its expenses, according to the design at the time of its creation, is now, and under existing laws must continue to be, to no small extent, a charge upon the treasury. The cost of mad transportation, during the year ending .lime 30, ISSJ. exceeds the cost ot the preced ing year by four hundred and ninety-five thousand and seventy-four dollars. 1 again call your attention to the subject of mail transportation by ocean stea mer-, and commend the suggestion ot the postmaster general to \our early attention. During the last fiscal year eleven million seventy thousand nine hundred and thirty-five aeres ot the pubhe lands have been surveyed, and eight million OIK- hundred and ninety thousand and seventeen aeres brought into market. The number of acres sold is seven million th'aty-live thousand seven hundred and thirty-five, and the amount received therefor nini million two hundred ami eighty-five thousand fivi hundred and thirty-three dollars. The aggregate a n:onnt of lands sold, located under military scrip and land warAints, selected as -wanip lands bj States, and by locating under grants to s roads, is up wards ot twenty-three millions ol acres. The increase ot lands sold, over the previous year is about six millions of arres ; and the sales duruu the two first quarters ol' the current year present tin extraordinary re-ult office and n half million sold, ex ceeding by nearly four millions of acres the sales ol the corresponding quarters of the lust year, thus in creasing to an extent 'unparalleled during any like period in our past history Ihe amount ol" revenue pro vided from this source for the federal treasury. The commendable policy of the government, ir relation to setting apart public domain for those whi have served their country MI time ot war, is illus trated by the fact, that -ince 1790, no less than thir ty millions of acres have been applied to this object. The suggestions, which 1 submitted in my annual message ol last year, in reference to grants of lane in aid ol the construction of lailways, were less tul! an- per arid desirable. Of the soundness of the principle tliPii asserted with regard to the limitation of the power of Congress, I entertain no doubt; but in its application it is not enough that the value ot lands ir a particular locality may be enhanced ; that, in tact a larger amount ol money may probably be received in a given time, for alternate sections, tban conic have been realized for all the sections, without ttu impulse and influence ol the proposed improvements. A prudent proprietor looks beyond limited sec tions of his domain, beyond present results, to tin ultimate effect which a particular line ot policy i: likely lo produce upon all hi, possessions and inter ests. The government, which is trustee in thU matter for the people ol Ihe Slates, is bound to takt the same wise and comprehensive view. Prior tc and during the last session of Congress, upwards o thirty millions of acres ol land were withdrawn trotr ; public sale with a view to applications for grants o ! this character pending belore Congre-s. A careful review of the whole subject led tne tc | diiect that all such orders be abrogated, and the ' lands restored to market ; and instructions were im i rnediatelv given to that effort. Ihe application! at the ia-t session contemplaled the con-truction o j more than five thou-and miles ot road, and giants tc i the amount of nearly twenty millions ot acres ot the public domain. J Even admitting the right on the part of Congress to be unquestionable; is it quite clear that the pro , po-ed giants would be productive o! good, and not eviCf The different piojects aie confined, foi the ' present, to eleven Slates of this Union, and one Ter ritory. The reasons assigned tor the grants, show that it is pioposed to put the works -peedily in pro cess ol crmstiuetion. When we reflect, that since Ihe commencement of the construction of railways in the United States, stimulated as they have been by i the large dividends realized I'ioni the earlier works j over the great thoroughfares, and between the most irr.poifaiit points of commerce and population, en couraged by State legislation, and pressed forward by The amazing enprgy of private enterprise, onl\ seventeen thousand nnles have been completed in all the States in a quarter ola century : —when we see theciippled condition of many works commenced and prosecuted upon what were deemed to be sound 1 principles, and safe calculations when we contem plate the enormous absorption ol capital withdrawn Irom the ordinary channel- of business, the extrava gant rates of intere-t at this moment paid to contin ue opeiations, the bankruptcies not merely in money, hut in character, and the inevitable oliect upon fi nances generally ; —fan it be doubted that the ten dency i- to run to excess in this matter f Is it wi-e to augment this excess hv encouraging hope- of sud den wealth expected to flow !rom magnificent schemes dependent upon the action ol t crtigress i lines the spirit, which has produced such result-, need to he stimulated or cheeked ? Is it not the bet. ter rule to leave all these works to private enter; prise, regulated, and, when expedient, aided, by the co-operation ol Slates/ it constructed by prii vate capital, tiie stimulant ar.d the check go together and furnish a salutary restraint against speculative schemes and extravagance. lint it is manifest tha| with the mo-t effective guards, there is danger oi gd nig too last and too far. We may well pause before a proposition contf plating a simultaneous movement lor the con-lr tion of railroads, which, in extcr.t, will equal, exr sive of the great Pacific road and all its branch nearly one-third ol the entire length of -uch wor no'.v completed, in the United Stales, and which c not co-t, with equipments, les- than one hundred i fifty millions of dollars. The dangers likely To suit from combinations of interests ol this charac can hardly be over-estimated. But independently ol these considerations, wI is the accurate knowledge, ihe comprehensive telligenee, which shall discriminate between the lative claim- of the-e twenty-eight proposed ioai eleven States and one Territory I Where will begin, and where end I It to enable these coi mes to execute their proposed works, it i- neces that the aid of the general government be prittu given, the policy will pre-ent a problem so con hen-ive in its hearings, and important to our pi cal and social well-being, as to claim, in anti t;on, the severest analysis. Entertaining tbe.-e vi I recur with satisfaction to Ihe experience and tion of the la-t session of congress, as furnishing siirance that the subject w ill not tail to elicit a ful re-exaoiinatiou and rigid scrutiny. It wa- my intention to present, on this occa some suggestions regarding internal improveu by the general government, which want ol Tin the clo-e of the last s.-ssi, prevented my submi : on the return to the House of Representatives, I i objections, of the lull entitled, "An act making? propriiitions for the repair, preservation and com 'ion of certain works heretofore commenced i| ; authority of law* ; " hut the space in this cat-on already occupied with other matter of itf diate public exigency, constrains me to reserve, ; subject for a special message, which will hi* t| rnitted to the two houses of Congress at an ear!\| The judteial establishment of the Coifed fj i requires modification, and certain reforms id manner of conducting the legal business "I th| verntnent are also much needed ; but as I have dressed you upon both of these subjects at leiigg fore, 1 have only to call your attention to the! gestions then made. My former recommendations, in relation to jt j ble provision for various objects of deep interf the inhabitants of the District of Columbia, at newed. Many of these objects partake largely I national character, and are important indepenl of their relation to the prosperity of the only iK i eialile organized community ii; the Union, eiy j unrepresented in Congress. 1 have thus presented suggestions on such sil as appear to me to be of particular interest 0 ! portance, and, therefore, mo-t worthy of cori| 1 tion during the short remaining period allot!- i the labors of the present congre.-s. Our forefathers of the thirteen United ( <*, j in acquiring their independence, and in loundiy ' Repuldic of the United States of America, 1 volved upon us, their descendants, the greatef! | the most noble tiust ever committed to ihe tiai man, imposing upon all, and especially such V ' public will may l.ave invested, for the times, i with political functions, the most sacred oblif- We have to maintain inviolate the great , 1 render cheerful obedience to laws of tfs, I to unite in enforcing their execution, and tra • | indignantly upon all combinations to re-ist tp" ; i harmonize a smeere and ardent devotion to 4- I | stitution* of religious laith with the mo-t f • ! sal religious toleration ; to preserve the rightfl ' j by causing each to re-pcrt those ol the othcri ry forward eveiy social improvement to thß - | most limit of perfectibility, by the free a£>l • mind iqton mind, not by the obtrusive intern l | of misapplied force ; to uphold the integftl t guard the limitations of onr organic law ;tof! ■ : sacred from all touch of usiirpa'.ion, as the vß i ladium nf our political salvation, the reserv^- ers ol the several Slates and of the people; Jj-- r ih, with loyal fealty and devoted affection,g nion, as the only sure foundation on which tijs t of eivil liberty rest; to administer governmfh i vigilant integrity and rigid economy ; to lie - | peace and l'riend.-hip with foreign nations, aß*- r n anil and exact equal justice from ail, l>|lo wrong to none ; to eschew intermeddling We r national ptdicy and the domestic repose of §>- c vernmeiitsfaiid to repel it from our own ; to i shrink from war when the rights and the Bf s the country call its to arms, but to cultivatß"- s j ference Ihe arts of peace, -eek enlargemeate I 1 rights of neutrality, and elevate and lsbee intercourse of nations ; and'by surli just and honora ble means, and such only, whilst exalting the condi tion of the Hepnblic, to as-nre to it the legitimate influence and the benign authority of u ureal exam ple amongst all the powers of Christendom. Under the solemnity of these convictions, the bless ing Almighty God is earnestly invoked to al tend upon your delibeiations, and ujnin all the counsels and acts of the government, to the end that, with common zeal and common efforts, we may, in hum ble submission to the Divine will, co-opeiate lor the nmuiotiou of the supreme good ot these United States. P [■ RAN KLIN riEKCK. Washington, Dec. 4th, IS.<4. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE. Bedford, Dec. !* 1854. a, W. Bowman, Editor and Proprietor- We invite the especial attention of our readers t: the following ''Card" from the Ladies connected • ith the Lutheran Church of lied ford, and would 4 Ivise all who can do so, to give them a call and Mnder them all the encouragement in their power. ' hat this Fair will be conducted in a becoming and ■editable manner, the well known taste of the La be s concerned in its management, gives full assur uce. We wish them a profitable return for the ex rtnse and trouble to which they have subjected tfcmselves. ffjASiIKSS FAIR! |V Fair will be held at the Court House cnmmenc , irf CHKISTMAS MOIIMNCI, and continue Till Tuesday leaning. Useful and Fancy articles, together with mSffreshments of every description, will be on band. The prolita are to be applied to a benevolent pur j'pse. LADU-.S. I Dec. 10, 18". V THE POOR. GT^-Under the present high prices of evety it cr eatable, connected with their scnrcity, . it not possible that a number of persons in jir community are in a slate of want ? A j-eat many are unable to buy flour in any other lav than bv the few pounds, and yet there .>es not seem to be a pound of flour in town to ■la,l! This matter should bp examined into, and me means adopted to help the helpless. Will >t some of our citizens who are abundantly Me join in raising a fund to secure a supply of .or to be furnished to those whose necessities -ay require il—and to others in better ciicuw tnces at its original cost. We will cheerful | become a member of such an ASSOCIA TION. Let us do sorr.ethinsr. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. ii We publish to-day, at full length, the annual i- essage of President PIKKCE, satisfied that it will • read with deep interest by all into hands it may ■ j 11. It is written in a spirit of candor, and will i-hmpare favorably with any other message evpr elsued from the same quarter. The President ex plains every thing so futly, and so plainly, that the 'host ordinary mind cannot fail to understand the of the machinery of our great government, tj'rue To the Constitution and the principles of the r f)emocratic Party, FRANKLIN PIF.RCK has proven himself well worthy the distinguished Tru-t conferred pon him by the Freemen of this Republic, a fact fvhich will be admitted by all candid men who care fully read his message. 1 DC7" JOHN P. KEED, F.SQ., of this Porougli, has .been appointed agent for this county by the .Mer chants' insurance Company of Philadelphia, so that all persons wishing to insure in this Institution can do so by calling on hirn, who is fully prepared fogive all necessary information on the subject. The Com pany is said to be a good and reliable one. POLITICAL PREACHERS! ITT" During the pa-t year, a number of Ministers of the Cospel turned their attention almost exclusive ly to politics, prostituting their sacred desks to poh iica! harangues that would have disgraced the veriest grog-shop. Where tliey did not venture to discourse thus from the pulpit, they travelled around the coun try secretly sowing the seeds of discord, hot red, and revenge, to a dreadful extent some even heading or ganizations banded together by an OATH revolting to every principle of Iree government, to say nothing ol their corrupt and demoralizing effect upon the young and inexperienced. Some "Ministers" who had not the hardihood to acknowledge themselves MEMBERS of these organizations, advocated their doctiineas worthy of "enconragemenC —uch, for instance, was the ca-e in the Methodist Advocate and Lutheran Olservrr, conducted by men who •preach love and good will to ALL ! But, to show that we are not merely expressing the opinion of politicians on this subject, we call the e.-pecial attention of the people to the following extract from a discouise re cently delivered by the Rev. Dr. WADSWOUTII, and published in the Prrshyterioi ol the 2d in-?., which sustains, in a ten-fold degree, ail we have said on this subject. Whilst many ministers, in every Btate in the Union, l.ave engaged in this infamous business, thur- depriving themselves of the respect and confi dence of the people, and bringing reproach upon the Church, it is truly gratifying to know that our glori ous country is not deficient in Preachers who are al ways ready to promulgate i% thc promises of the Gos pel issued in the death cry Jiom Calvary ," AMI NO'J'U- I.NU CT.SE ! IS'o man ever was, or ever can he hap py , who is destitute of GENUINE UELlCllO.V—re ligion which commences at, and dwells in, THE llEAß'i'—and which directs the thoughts as well as the arts of a man in the right channel. Let not, therefore, the apostacy of ceitain TEACIISIIS, lead any to believe that there is no reality in Religion, but rather let all seek to drink at the fountain of eternal truth, and, by an upright walk and Godly conversation, exhibit the power of the Gospel in their own persons. We are digressing, however, having smply intended to call the attention of our readers to the following pointed and eloquent extract: From the Presbyterian, Dec. 2. Kcv. Mr. Hadsworth's Thanksgiving Ser mon. The Rev. Mr. YVadsworth's discourse on Thanksgiving day, on Politics in Religion, which was received with much favour, has been published. The following extract, on topics of the times, will be read with inter est. "There is a common, and indeed a popular s*nse in which to carry politics inlo relispon, is a curse and a sore wickedness. Take the word politics in its vulvar and most perverted meaning, as denoting the paltry chicanery of placeman for power—the lop- artifices of pros titute and false statesmanship for office and spoils—and the man who would seek its coali tion with any great moral and religious inter ests deserves at our hands an indignant lebnke, and will, at Cod's hand, suiely meet a most sore retribution. And vet, alas torus! just sin h coalifidn is frequently sought by good men in the midst oi us. Yea, mure emphatically alas! even in the sacred desk it finch; advocates and patrons. "1 freed licit tell you (hat it has come t" pass in these latter days, that these standing; places of (toil's niesseneer# to a ruined world, become oft-timeg the mere platforms for political har angues. These altars of our God, where the broken heart is demanded as a sacrifice to Je hova, become oft-times only' 'seats of custom,' were the worldly tribute j s rendered to Ctcsar. The precepts of the divine law, thundered from Sinai; the promises of the gospel issued in the "death-cry from Calvary : alas ! th*v are all set aside and forgotten, that ttuse embassadors of God may discourse political declamation upon moot-points that divide our political parties.— | Either because these men find Hie duties ol their sacred profession so light, and their consequent | leisure -so abunl aiit ; or because thev regard the ; care of souls so trivial a concern in compaiison ; with the general etilighf meiit of society on tliese political questions; or, it may be, because they regard themselves as men of such prodigious ; powers and special inspiration, as to make it their extraordinary call to leave to their hum bler and l.ss gilted brethren the care of the ark in the fields of Beth-shernish, while they strive about the golden mice with the lords of the Philistines. "Certain wo arc tEat fir some mason, into their religion, such as it is, they carry some of the veriest abominations of rufliati and radical politics. Their pulpits become platforms, wheie all questions of practical morals are discussed as side issues with some aim of the den agogties. — The cross of Christ is L.ken down from its high place, as the crowning glory of the sanctuary, and in its stead—as an engine of reform —is lilt ed the ballot box. And with this advocacy and patronage in the Church's high places, it has, not marvellously, come to puss tEat the edification of the audiences should be after their kind. Certain we are at least of the fact, that many a christian man looks to-day to the foul est machinery of partizan politics as an efficient auxiliary in a reformation <1 mora is. Temper ance— moral reform—religious education—uni versal brotherhood—indeed all things that are true, and pure, and lovely, and of good report, are—to speak technically—by a species of mor al log-rolling, linked as twin issues with the foulest aims of rufiian demagogies seeking pre ferment and place. Nay, verily alas! tinse heavenly moral virtues, that as white rolled an gels on radient wings should he all unsoiled by dust and soaring sweetly in God's sunshine, are hatnessed side by side with l ank charters, and tariff provisions, to drag the chariot of some un principled place-man into honour and power. "J inn not, of course, condemning, nor will I he niisnnderst >od as condemning, anv conscien tious endeavor to legislate crime out of a com munity. O no. T hold it to be my right (and f will not insult your understandings by attemp ting proof of such atrueism.) 1 hold it to Im my most hounded duty, to seel; all honorable legis lation to aid me in the suppression of popular iniquities. Intemperance, oppression, Sabbath breaking, profaneneys, these, and the whole great catalogue of flagrant immoralities, are as very felonies on a man's civil rights, asare high way roi.berv, or adultery, or murder. And as an integral part ofsocietv for whose widest re gard the government is created, I can come to that government, not asking as a favor, but claiming as a right, (hat it protect trie and my be loved ones from such foul felonies on my in ter' sis. "But (lien, as Christian freemen, it) a high minded and manly wav, to seek legislative ac tion in maintenance of these great moral inter ests, this is one thing—but another thing is it altogether, to enter into foul partnership with political partizans for the sake of such legislation —making temperance and Sabbath-keeping, and the Bible HI schools, and all or an v great practi cal morality t win-measures, co-ordinate ami co etjitai issues, with tiie cliarter of a Sabbath breaking railroad, or a swindling banking house, or a monopolizing gas company. 'ldle first is only a goodly, and lawful, and noble ctmjing the crnnd science of York ! It appears that the Grand Conned of Knoiv-Xotfi. ings in the State of New-York, has ir. preparation. Among the latter one (by a Mr. 'Baylor, a Whig Know-Nothing Clergyman of Tennessee.) to repeal the nat uializat ion laws, and another to prevent the enlistment ol persons of toreign birth in the army and navy! AN interesting rieLale took place on a resolution of inquiry relative to the ministerial con ference at Ostein!. On Wednesday, nothing of importance transpired in the Senate, in the House, the resolution ol m qiuiy relative to the meeting ol American Ministers at Ostchil, was relet red to the Committee on I'nieigu Allatrs. The message of the President, at the close ol the la-t session, vetoing the River and Harbor l>dl, was considered and di-cu-sed. and on the question of pa-sing the bill against the veto, the vote -ton.l ayes U5, noes 80. Not being two-thirds, the bill fell. Nothing of importance fraii-pired in either branch on '1 hnrsi'iiy. In the House, the death of a member, Mr. Kevins, of Kentucky, was announce.!. A report Iroui tire Committee of Ways ami Means was read, ami the Pension and Indian Appropriation bills were submitted. Poth branches adjournal! over tiil Muii duy. Ji'DGE BLUR'S ADDRESS. The following notice of the address and of its distinguished Author, appeared lately in the columns of the "Iron City," and meeting, as it does, our full and decided approbation, we transfer it to our columns with pleasure: "The above is the title of a pamphlet which has been placed on our table, and which has recently been issued from the press, it con tains about sixteen pages, and comes forth, of course, under the auspices of the Agricultural Society of Somerset countv. We always read the productions of Chiti' Justice Black with care and curiosity. Even his legal opinions as published in the newspa pers—although not possessing much interest u it h the general rtader outside of the legal pro fession—are peiused by us with a degree of earnestness winch we can scarcely account for. It may he because we have known the man tor many years, and because we like the elements which constitute his personal and private char acter. We have always since our first acquaint ance with him, looked upon him as a man of great abilities and decided character. When ever he sets the massive machinery ol ilis brain at work—whether in private converse or public task—his friends need have no nervousness or solicitude about the emanations of his intel lect. Horn and reared in a locality diversified by mountains and valleys—spending the greater portion of his lite in the quiet scences of coun try life, and habituated to the calm contempla tion of ail subjects worthy of his investigating mind—no man that we know of in this State could have been selected bv the Society more suitable to the delivery ofthe annual address. ]n a literary point of view, this production must command more than respect. A scholar cannot fail to perceive in it the workings of a mind well trained in the rufis that regulate composition. The author must be a man who has carefully studied the standard works of our language. We venture to assert that Milton, Addison, iMacauley and Sbakspeare are his dai ly companions, when his duties permit him to indulge in general reading. His style is really refreshing and inspiring in these days ol long spun sentences and sickening verbiage. Head ways, in his compositions, gives us an example which is worthy of imitation. But ht* is not acomplished merely in his knowledge of the great English masters. He shows a thorough familiarity with the ancient classics. And this, iu him, is not idle display, or vain pedantry. Mow beautifully his classic lore is made sub servient and delightful, in an address to a ru ral people not much accustomed to the (ablest', mythology, is evident in the simple yet lacina ting manner in which he speaks to tliem of tin* dawn of Agriculture, and recounts the achieve ments of Ceres. We have not lately seen any thing half so enchanting. These things cause us to admire the scholarship of the Chief Justice, and to point him out as a model to our young barristers and judges. He has not a particle of affectation. H' s style is felicitous, perspicuous, easy and flow ing. The images he wishes to impress are clear. What hod.-signs them to be, they are. This pamphlet will arid much to the literary fame of the author. \\\ l wish it could be rea l