the details of its management, reference is made to the annual report of the Com missioner. I have dwelt thus fully on our domes tic affairs because of their transcendent importance. Under any circumstances, our great extent of territory and variety of climate, producing almost everything that is necessary for the wants, and even the comforts of man, make us singular ly independent of the varying policy of foreign Powers, and protect us against every temptation to "entangling allian ces," while at the present moment the re-establishment of harmony, and the j strength that oomes from harmony, will be our best security against "nations who feel power and forget rigid." For myself, it has been and it will be my constant aim to promote peace and ami ty with all foreign nations and Powers, and I have every reason to believe that they all, without exception, are anima ted by the same disposition. Our rela tions with the Emperor of China, so recent in their origin, are most friend ly. Our commerce with his dominions is receiving new developments; and it is very pleasing to find that the (lovern ment of that great empire manifests sat isfaction with our policy, and reposes just confidence in the fairness which marks our intercourse. The unbroken harmony between the Uni ted Statesand the Emperor of Russia is receiving a new support from an enterprise design ed to carry telegraphic lines across the continent of Asia, through his domin ions, and so to connect us with all Eu rope by a new channel of intercourse. Our commerce with South America is about to receive encouragement !>> a direct line of mail steamships to the rising Empire of Brazil. The distin guished party of men of science who have recently left our country to make a scientific exploration of the natural history and rivers and mountain ranges of that region, have received from the Emperor that generous welcome which was to have been expected from in constant friendship for the U. States, and his well-known zeal in promoting the advancement of knowledge. A hope is entertained that onr commerce with the rich and populous countries that border the Mediterranean sea may be largely increased. Nothing will be wanting,on the part of this Government, to extend the protection of our flag over the enterprise of our fellow-citizens. — We receive from the Powers in that re gion assurances of good will; and it is worthy of note that a special envoy lias brought us messages of condolence on the death of our late Chief Magistrate from the Bey of Tunis, whose rule in cludes the old dominions of Carthage, on the African coast. Our domestic contest, now happily j ended, has left some traces in our rela tions with one, at least of the great ma ritime Powers. The formal accordance of belligerent right to the insurgent States was unprecedented, and has not been justified by the issue. But in the systems of neutrality pursued by the Powers which made that concession, there was a marked difference. Thema terials of war for the insurgent States were furnished, in agreat measure, from the workshops of Great Britain, and British ships, manned by British sub jects and prepared for receiving British armaments sailed from the ports of Great Britain to make war on American com merce, under the shelter of a commis sion from the insurgent States. These ships, having once escaped from j British ports, ever afterwards entered i them in every part of the world, to refit, and so to renew their depredations. The consequences of this conduct was most disastrous to the States then in rebellion, increasing their desolation and misery by the prolongation of our civil contest. It had. moreover, the effect to a great extent, to drive the American flag from the sea, and to transfer much of our shipping and commerce to the very power whose subjects had created the necessity for such achange. These events took place before I was called to the administration of the Government.— The sincere desire for peace by which 1 am animated led me to approve the pro posal, already made, tosubmit the ques tions which hud thus arisen between the two countries to arbitration. These questions are of such moment that they must have commanded the attention of the great powers, and are so interwoven with the peace and inter est of every one of them as to have in sured an impartial decision. 1 regret to inform you that Great Britain declin ed the arbitrament, but, on the other hand, invited us to the formation of a jointcommission to settle mutual claims between the two countries, from which those for the depredations before men tioned should be excluded. The prop osition, in that very unsatisfactory form, has been declined. The United States did not present this object as an impeachment of the good faith of a power which was professing the most friendly dispositions, but a< nvolving questions of public law, of which the settlement is essential to tin peace of a nation ; and although pecun iary reparation to their injured citizens would have followed incidentally on a decision against Great Britain, such compensation was not their primary object. They had a higher motive, and it was in the interest of peace and jus tice to establish important principles of international Law. The correspondence will be placed before you. The ground on which the British Min ister rests his justification is, substan tially, that the municipal law of a na tion, and the domestic interpretation of that law, are the measure of its duty asa neutral, and 1 feel bound to declare my opinion before you and before the world, that justification cannot be sustained l>e fore the tribunal of nations. At the same time I do not advise to any pres ent attempt at redress by acts of legis lation. For the future, friendship be tween the two countries must rest on the basis of mutual justice. FromtheniomentoftheestablGlinient of our free Constitution, the civilized world has been convulsed by revolu tions in the interests of democracy or of monarchy; but through all those revo lutions the United States have wisely and firmly refused to become propagan dists of republicanism. It is the only government suited to our condition; but we have never sought to impose it on others, and we have consistently followed theadviceof Washington to re commend it only by the careful preser vation and prudent use of the blessing. During all the intervening period the policy of European powers and of the United States has, on the whole, been harmonious. Twice indeed, rumors of the invasion of some parts of America, in the interest of monarchy, have pre vailed ; twice my predecessors havehad occasion to announce the views of this nation in respect to such interference. On both occasions the remonstrance of the United States was respected, from a deep conviction on the part of Euro pean governments, that the system of non-interference and mutual abstinence from propagandism was the true rule for the two hemispheres. Since those times we have advanced in wealth and power, but we retain the same purpose to leave the nations of Europe to choose their own dynasties and form their own systems of government. This insis tent moderation may justly demand a corresponding moderation." We should regard it as a great calamity to ourselves, to the cause of good government, and to the peace of the world, should any European [tower challenge the Ameri can people, as it were, to the defence of republicanism against foreign interfer ence. ' We cannot foresee and are unwilling , to consider what opportunities might present themselves, what combinations might otter to protect ourselves against designs inimical to our form of govern ment. The United States desire to actj in the future as they have ever acted heretofore; they will never la 1 driven from that course but by the aggression of European Powers; and we rely on the wisdom and justice of those Powers to respect thesysteni of non-interference which has so long been sanctioned by j time, and which by its good results, has approved itself to both continents. The correspondence between the I ni ted States and France, in reference to! questions which have become subjects of discussion between the two Govern ments, will, at a proper time be laid be fore Congress. When tin the organization of our ; Government, under the Constitution, the President of the United States de livered his inaugural address to the two Houses <>f Congress he said to them, and through them to the country and 1 to mankind, that "the preservation ol the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny , of the republican model ol government, | arejustlv considered as deeply, perhaps i a> finally staked on the experiment in ! trusted to the American people." And the House of Representntiyesau i swered Washington by the voice ot Madison: "We adore the in visible hat id j j which has led the American people j through so many difficulties, to cherish 1 a conscious responsibility tor the desti ;ny of republican liberty." More than seventy-six years have glided away since these words were spoken; the I"- j n ited States have passed through sever ! er trials than were foreseen ; and now, atthis new epoch in our existence as one j nation, with our Union purified by sor- j rows, and strengthened by conflict, and j established by the virtue of the people, j the greatness of tit*- occasion invites us once more to repeat, with solemnity, ; the pledges of our fathers to hold our selves answerable before our fellow-men for the success of the republican form j | of government. Experience has proved its sufficiency !in peace and in war: it has vindicated its authority through dangers and afflic tions, and sudden and terrible emergen cies, which would have crushed any system that had been less firmly fixed j iii the hearts of the people. At the in auguration of Washington the foreign ! relations of the country were few, and its trade was repressed by hostile regu-; lations; now, all the civilized nations of the globe welcome our commerce, and their Governments profess towards us j amity. Then our country felt its way hesita tingly along an untried path with States j so little bound together by rapid means i of communication as to be hardly known ; i to one another, and with historic tradi . tions extending over very few years; | now intercourse between the States is swift and intimate; the experience of j centuries has been crowded into a few generations and has created an intense, indestructible nationality. Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the inconvenient boundaries of the territory which had achieved inde pendence ; now, through cessions of: lands, first colonized by Spain and \ France, thecountry has acquireda more | complex character, and lias for its na-; turai limits the chain of lakes, the.gulf of Mexico, and on the east and the west the two great oceans. Other nations were wasted by civil wars for ages before they could <estab lish for themselves the necessary degree of unity; the latent conviction that our form of Government is the best ever known to the world, has enabled us to einergefrom civil war within fouryears, with a complete vindication ot the constitutional authority of the General Government, and with our local liber ties and State institutions unimpaired. The throngs of emigrants that crowd to our shores are witnesses of the con fidenceofall peoples in our permanence. Here is the great land of free labor, where industry is blessed with unex i am pled rewards, and the bread of the I working man i- sweetened by the con sciousness that the cause of the country "is his own cause, his own safety, his own dignity." Here every one enjoys thefreeuseof his facultiesand thechoice |of activity as a natural right. Here, under theeombined influence of a fruit ful soil, genial climes and happy insti tutions, population has increased fifteen fold within a century. Here, through the easy development of boundless resources, wealth ha.- in j creased with two fold greater rapidity than numbers, -o that we have become , secure against the financial vicissitudes i of other countries, and, alike in busi ness and in opinion, arc self-centred i and truly independent. Here more i and more care is given to provide edu- I cation for every one born on the soil.— | Here religion, released from political i connection with the civil Government, j refuses to subserve the craft of states ; men, and becomes, in independence, ; the spiritual life of the people. Here j toleration is extended to every opinion, in the quiet certainty that truth needs i only a fair field to secure the victory. Here the human mind goes forth un shackled in the pursuit of science, to j collect stores of knowledge and acquire ; an ever increasing mastery over thefor : ces of nature. Here the national do | main is ottered and held in millions of \ separate freeholds, so that our fellow j citizens, beyond the occupants of any I other part 'of the earth, constitute in reality a ]>eople. Here exists the dem ocratic form of government, and that i form of government, by the confession j of European statesmen, "gives a power | of which no other form is capable, be ! cause it incorporates every man with i the State, and arouses everything that ; belongs to the soul." Where in past history does a parallel exist to the public happiness which is within the reach of the people of the j United States? where, in any part of 1 the glolie, can institutions he found so I suited to their habits or so entitled to their love as their own free Constitu tion? Every one of them, in what ever part of the land he has his home, must wish its perpetuity. Who of them will j not now acknowledge, in the words of Washington, that "every i stop by which the people of the United ! States have advanced to the character j of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of : providential agency?" Who will not join with me in the I prayer, that the invisible hand which has' led us through the clouds that i gloomed around our path, will so guide | us onward to a perlect restoration of fraternal afleetion, that we of this day I may be able to transmit our great in heritance, of State Governments in all their rights, of the General Govern ment in its whole constitutional vigor, to our posterity, and they to theirs through countless generations. ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, DEC. (, 1865. I Ex-Gen. Mahone, of the rebel army, has been chosen President of the South side (Va.) Railroad Company. C' hf T-tiHortl ® affile, I'rldu.v Xoroini; Uceember i.>. lSiw. I'ITEMIM:\ rs NKSSAUE. There is an old saw about the rower looking one way and pulling another,; which might almost, yet not quite, fair ly be applied to the character of Presi dent Johnson's first annual message. The face of the chief magistrate is turn- j ed toward the beacon-lights set up by the old Democratic mariners who nav igated the stormy ocean of politics in years gone by, Hut, though he seems to desire that the ship of state may not deviate from the course which they in dicate, he trusts the helm too much to the hands of those who steer in the wrong direction, and we fear us much he will yet permit the good old ship to drift upon the treacherous rocks of the Black Sea toward which he seems to be unconsciously sailing. To drop the fig ure, the President certainly adheres to what is vulgarly known as his "recon struction policy." He re-iterates, what he has often declared, that the States in insurrection, did not, by the insurgent acts of their people (nor could they by any act whatever) dissolve their con stitutional, or political, relation to the i other States of the Union; that they were never out of the Union, legally speaking; and that, therefore, having performed certain acts necessary to as surethe Executive and Congress of their submission to the Federal Government, they are now STATES IN THE UNION, | just as they were prior to the breaking out of the war. Just here, we think, the President should have recommend ed Congress to admit to si-ats the mem bers of that body elected by the people j of the Southern States. He should have made the admission of those Congress men a measure of his administration. He should have said to Congress, these men are your peers, and, if legally e i lected, you are bound to admit them. It is true the President hints as much, when he says, "The amendment to the Constitution ! being adopted, it would remain for the States, whose [lowers have been so long in abeyance, to resume their place* in the two branches of the Xat tonal Ijegixfature, j and thereby complete the work of restora tion." But it is not the business of Presidents j tohint. Plain people cannot understand i how the Federal Executive can have j the courage to hang people without trial by jury, and yet fear to speak his senti ments to a rump Congress. The Presi dent might as well have spoken boldly j upon this subject. The Radicals under- j stand him, at any rate. They have no j respect for him on account of his timid ity, and in their Congressional caucus j they spat upon his suggestion that "it | is for you, fellow citizens of the Senate j and for you, fellow citizensof the House ; of Representatives, to judge, each of you for you rue/res, of the elections, returns, i and qualifications of your own mem- : bers." It is, indeed, a fact, that the Constitution provides to this effect, but; what care, the Radicals for the Constitu tion, or for the matter of that, what care they for even the President ? Their caucus resolution recommending the j appointment of a joint committee of! nine Members and six Senators, to pass i upon the right of Members and Sena tors from Southern states to seats in j either house, is a direct assault upon t this doctrine of the Constitution and I the President. By the operations of that committee, "you, fellow citizens of the Senate and you, fellow citizens j of the House," cannot "judge, each <>f\ you for yourselves, of the election, Ac., j of your members." The nine member* ' of the committee from the Jlouse could determine whet should or should not, hare : seats in the Senate: and the six numbers I of the committee from the Senate, with j two of those from the House, could de cide who should have seats in the House. \ Thus it will he seen, that the Radicals do not heed the President's mild sug gestion, and that so far as his influence upon their conduct is concerned, he might as well have spoken with a little j more positiveness and decision. There is much in the message which we heartily endorse. There is much in it which we know our political oppon ents cannot approve. The theory of the indestructibility of the States, so clearly set forth hv the President, lies at the very foundation of our political system. It is the corner-stone of Republican lib erty, and, therefore, the basis of the Democratic organization, it is the very opposite of the doctrine of Thaddeus Stevens andthe centralization ists, to wit, that the states lately in iasurrection, are conquered territory and must be governed, as such, by Congress. This is the great, overshadowing topic of the message and finding the President right upon this, we can afford to overlook his failure to come up to our ideas of propriety on subjects of minor impor tance. At all events, taking the mes sage as a whole, "reconstruction," "ne groes," "Monroe doctrine," "currency" and all, it is a great improvement on any similar document, given to tliepub lic within the last fouryears. There fore, let us be thankful. THE official vote of the State, at the recent election, was, for Campbell, Ab olitionist, 2:17.907; for Linton, Demo crat, 215,981; Campbell's majority, 21,- 9S<>. This includes the fraudulent re turns of soldiers'votes in Philadelphia, acknowledged by even the Al>oiition papers to have been forged, which be ing deducted, would make Campbell's majority about 19,000, or nearly 2,000 less than Lincoln's, last year. THE Clerk of the House of Repre sentatives at Washington, has refused to place the name of Gen. C'offroth, as well as that of Gen. Koontz, upon the roll, as member elect for this Congres sional District. The case has gone to the Committee on Elections. THEKK seems to bo "quite a pretty quarrel asitsstaiuis," iK-twoon the friends of < ion. Grant and those of K.\. (ion. Butler. It appears that (ten. Grant al ways Inula sovereign contempt for the hero of Big Bethel and that his want of appreciation of the superb military talents of the Massachusetts favorite, was increased to such a degree by the defeat at Bermuda Hundred and the failure of the first expedition against Fort Fisher, that it forced itself into language in the report of the Lieuten ant General, just published. Of Gen. Butler's management at Bermuda Hun dred, Gen. Grant speaks in the most contemptuous terms. He says that Beauregard held him as tight as if In laid "corked him up iu a bottle." In regard to the Fort Fisher affair, he tells us that he was under the impression that Gen. Weitzel was to be commanding ing officer of the expedition and that he was not aware of Gen. Butler's being in command until he was advised of the failure of the attack! On the other hand, (fen. Butler is reported to have said that he has "a rod in pickle" for the Lieut. General. What kind of a rod it is, time will show. < hie thing is certain, the Democrats are now sus tained by Gen. Grant in all they ever said against Butler's military incapaci ty. Had their demand for his remo val been listened to, the war might have been ended a year before it was and hundreds of thousands of livesand millionsof treasure saved to the coun try. Perhaps some people can "see it" now. WK would like to have the opinion of some of our so-called "Republican" cotemporaries on that part of President Johnson's message in which he discus ses the question of conferring suffrage upon the negro, iie say-, "A concession of the elective fran chise to the freedmen, by act of the President of the United States, must have been extended to all colored men, wherever found, and so must have es tablished a change of suffrage in the Northern, Middle and Western States, not leas than in the Southern and South western. Such an act would have crea ted a new class of voters, and would have been an assumption of power l>v the President which nothingin the Con stitution or laws of the United State would have warranted." Do you believe this doctrine, Messrs. Abolitionists? If not, have you the courage to say so? The people want to know whether you are for Andy John son, or against him. Last fall you pro fessed to support him and you managed j to juggle through the campaign in such I a manner as induced many of your par ty to believe that you did support the President and that you antagonized those who demanded that he should, in violation of his oath to support the Con stitution, give the freed negroes of the South the right of suffrage. What say you now? Are you for the President, on this subject, or against him? Let us hear from you, else people will he gin to think you are afraid to answer. THE only excuse (and oh ! how lame and wretched it isivhich theabolition ists are able to conjire up for their fail ure to make good t heir charge- against John P. Reed, Jr., is, that the jury which acquitted him, was composed of Democrats! Will they please name a ny one of that jury who they believe perjured himself? Come, now, leave off your "glittering generalities" and "comedown to dots!" For the Gazette. At oncny or EUKOKS. There wa# quite a sensation at "Bran dy Station" —not the Brandy Station in the Old Dominion, but one in another state that never seceded. <)n "last tirst day," some gentlemen of leisure, who say a threat many things besides their prayers, and do somethings more than serving Ood and saving their country, had met as usual to recount their moral and intellectual achievementsand deeds of knight errantry, to masticate tobac co, smoke cigars, pipes, Ac. On com paring notes, these men of steady hab its and profound intelligence thought they discovered that 1. T. had, with out their knowledge or consent, given them a gratuitous ride in the "Car of Progress," on the "Keystone Bail Road." All was consternation, alarm, commotion —a perfect tempest in a tea pot. A ride in the gently moving "Car of Progress" was not to he so much ob jected to; but to he drawn over the track by the vile, shrieking, copper lined engine GAZETTE, was more than their sensitive nature could endure. The cream of the joke is, C. T. did not suspect that these gentlemen patroni zed the "Car of Progress," hut suppo sed they travelled on the old ftroad line which was never severed or destroyed, and needs no car of progress or recon struction. Something tnn.d lie done to punish IT.l T . T. for hi# fancied offense. As all men, women and children, have an instinctive dread of snakes, these con siderate gentlemen thought it would be convenient to raise the cry of "Copper head." -V choice specimen of humani ty volunteered his services, to perform this work of benevolence. Another grand blunder! U, T. nerer had any affiliation with the "Copperhead," " Woollyhead" or "Black Snake" tribes. 1 Lis record is pure and above suspicion, 1 hiring the dark days of the Republic, his motto was," The Union, the (bndi futionand the Enforcement of the Laws;'' 1 in connexion with the precepts of still higher authority, "1 submit to the pow ers which be;" "Render unto Cesar the tilings which are Cesar's." Moreover, he believes that men who violate law should he punished according to law, and that persecution or proscription, for opinion's sake, where no law is vi olated, is the essence of tyranny. If that is treason, or copperheadism, gen tlemen may make the best of it. Any man of the jxmte-hotu-d profession, or any other profession or vocation, who says that U. T. is wanting iu "loyalty," or is not "all right on the goose ques tion," ties under a great mistake. After maturedeliberation, and much interchange of thought, the "Brnndy ►Station" a-sembly csune to the grave conclusion that I'. T. must he brought iuto subjection on the same principle that Lee was forced to evacuate Rich mond, by having his supplies enl oil. Another error ! II is presumable that these gentlemanly latter-day saints have enough to answer for already, without burdening their consciences with the additional guilt of subjecting an inoffensive old man to the excrucia ting tortures of starvation, in the".Shad ow of the mountain." Moreover, I". T.. though not a mili tary tactician, rather than submit to such a dubious experiment, would, in imitation of another great general i who was worsted in a light of several days' continuance i change hi* bate, by an ad mirablestrategiemovement. In short, such a comedy of errors, probably, has not been enacted since the good old times of Will Shakspeare. U. T. did not intend to disquiet the nerves of any one. It was foolish on the part of Jhc scientific gentlemen, to let their pots boil over before the fire was put under. U. T. will agree to march with all who will march with him in ways of right eousness, -md keep step to the music of the Union. But, as for taking the wug train, on the downward track to Brim stone Station, lie must say, with ail def erence, gentlemen, please- excuse me. UNCLE TOBY. SHAUOW \>r THE MOI-.NTAI.V. Dec. 7, 1865. Tin- Proceeding* <if CouK'rcMt awl (he President's Position. The people of this country have been indulging the hope for the last few months that the war was being closed up, its wounds were being healed, and that we were about to emerge from the shock of domestic convulsions to peace and harmony. They believed, as speak er Colfax said in his opening address to Congresson Monday, that "peace reign ed from shore to shore in our land." They thought, from the universal -up port given to President Johnson and the eulogiurns passed upom him and his policy by all parties, during the late elections, that we had entered up on a new and an astonishing period of harmony. In fact, there was no other issue hut this. Both republicans and democrats claimed the President, and made him and his policy their platform. The former were paticularly positive and earnest in their appeals to the peo ple on this; and it was on that ground, doubtless, they obtained such an over whelming success over their opponents. It was the doubt which existed as to the sincerity of the democrats in pro fessing to support the President that defeated them, and confidence in the professions of the republicans that gave them the victory. At the time the President was making as much prog ress as possible to restore the Southern states and to have their representatives ready to take seats in Congrcsshisname was the banner and the battle cry of the elections. Yes, many of the repub lican members now sittng in Congress triumphed through carrying the ban ner of Andy Johnson. That is one side of the picture. Now let us look at the other. The smoke of the contest is hardly cleared away; for many days, or weeks, at farthest* have not passed since theelection. The Pres ident has not changed in the meantime, except that he has been more urgent and emphatic in demanding of the South such measures as will satisfy the North. Yet in the face of these facts we see a sudden assault made upon Mr. Johnson's policy by the very party which claimed him, and by the very men who obtained their seats through using his name and pretending to -lip pot him. They did not even wait till the President could inform them by message what he was doing and pro posed to do, or what was the condition of affairs. A decent respect to the Chief Magistrate and for the views he might express in the mode prescribed by the constitution was the least that might have been expected from those who claimed to be his party and who so lately professed to be his warm sup porters. it is the first Congress, webe j lieve, that ever acted in such a manner, j and the act shows plainly the revolu tionary character of that body. Never ; in the history of the country had the chief of the nation such important mat ter to communicate and submit to Con gress; never did that body need full official information more, and never : was careful deliberation more required. Vet the first day—the first ! urs of the session—before the President had time to send his message, these men began to legislateon the most important ques tions, and that in a manner directly in conflict with his policy. Why this un seemly haste? Why this disrespect land covert hostility to the President? WesiipposoThaddeusStcvens, Sumner, Wade, Wilson and other revolutionary radicals of that stripeean tell the reason; but we think the greater part of the I conservative republicans can not. Looking at both sides of this picture we do not hesitate to say that there never was a greater fraud committed upon a people—upon their constituen cies—than the members lately elected to this Congress have committed—that is, judging from their conduct at the commencement of the session. We can only hope that the majority have been deceived themselves —carried away, as it were, in an unguarded moment by an artful and unscrupulous conspiracy, and that they may get out of the trap into which they have fallen. The whole proceedings, the snap judgment that was taken, the concert of action in both houses, the leaders of the movement, as Sumner, Thad Stevens, Ben Wade, and Wilson; the radical revolutionary measures initiated and the secrecy main tained till the last moment—all show that it was a matured conspiracy a gainst the President and his policy. It reminds us of the convention during the French Revolution. That is the nearest parallel in history we know of. Our Jacobins arc as rabid, impractica ble and prescriptive as the Jacobins of the French Revolution were, and if al lowed to have their own way they will plunge the country into the same bloody anarchy as their prototypes did France. We hear with pleasure, however, that some of the members of the House — and the members of this great State are particulary mentioned —are alarmed at the false step they have been dragged into, and will not follow the lead of our American Marats, ('outhons and Robe spierre* any farther. Congress, it is true, can refuse to ad mit members from the Southern States; for each house is the judge in such ca ses, and a majority rules. The consti tutionality of rejecting the members from whole States, and of the present proceedings of < 'ongvess on the subject , are very questionable; but the Presi dent has no power over the matter. All he can do is to restore the States to that point, put all their local State ma chinery in motion, withdraw the mili tary, and leave them in the enjoyment of local self-government. lie ought, and we think he will, pursue the even tenor of his way in rvntorinfr them, fir- c. n perform his duty, if ('oiiirrt'-ss dot - nut perform Stsduty. If thathody lie ivvo!ution:iry and anarchical, he can lie conservative. A conflict between the policy of the Executive and Con gress on this subject would be very un fortunate, would embarrass our finan ces, paralyze our industry, and briny many evils upon us, but would not in c essarily be the worst of evils. The country would be kept disturbed an other year or so: but the people would settle the difficulty at the next elections. Should the Southern Stales be kept out of this Congress it is quite evident the next Congress would be chosen of a dif ferent character. A new conservative party would grow up and sink the fac tion that has now attained power by a gross political fraud deeper titan ever plummet sounded. If the President pursues firmly the even tenor of his statesmanlike poiiey, he may he as-ured the conservative masses will approve of his course, and, sis soon as they can speak, will choose a different set of men to sustain him.—A*. I*. JlerraM. X.YXf.Vtli 'KKSS--FIItST SESSION. WASHINGTON, Dee. 1!. SENATE. Mr. Wilson, Mass., presented the pe tition of Francis Cook and 2,5b0 och<*r colored people, of the District of Colum bia, asking the right of suffrage. Re ferred to tlie committee on the District of Columbia. The President jn'o (em. announced the followiiig committee to act with t In- House committee on the subject yj Mr. Lincoln's death: Messrs. Foot, t atcs, Wade, Fes.-enden, Wilson. Doolittle, Lane, Kansas, Harris, Nesmitii, Fane, Indiana, Willey, Buckalew and Hen derson. On motion of Mr. Fessenden, somueh of the President's message as refers to flnance was referred to the committee on Finance. Mr. Grimes presented a bill to grant an extensionof time for the completion of certain lowa railroad.-. Mr. Morgan presented the petition of New York merchants asking for the restoration of certain lights on tin-coast of Florida destroyed (luring the rebel lion. Referred to the committee on Commerce. Mr. Sunnier presented ahilltocoufirm the land titles granted byGeu. Sherman to colored men on the Sea islands last winter. Referred to thecommittee on the Judiciary. Mr. Drown presented a hill to grant lands for the construction <>l a railroad through Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast by the southern route. Re ferred to the committee on tin- Pacific railroad. Mr. Stewart presented a bill to estab lish a mining bureau, which was re ferred to the committee an Money and Mining. Mr. Wilson presented u joint resolu tion to prevent the sale of bonds and scrip of the late -o called confederacy, which was referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Nye gave notice of a bill to change the eastern boundary of the State of Nevada, so its to include addi tional territory, to lie taken from Ctali and Arizona and also of a bill for the speedy completion of the Pacific rail road. Mr. Howard introduced a resolution calling upon the President for what in formation he has in his possession re specting the occupancy of Mexican ter ritory. which was adopted. At 1 p. m. the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Blaine, Me., introduced a reso lution for the reimbursement to some States of advances made and debts con tracted by them for the preservation of the Union. Referred to a special com mittee of seven members. Mr. Elliott, Mass., introduced a joint resolution, which whs referred to a se lect committee of fifteen, declaring the condition of States recently in relx-il ion, and the relation of Congress in re gard to them. Mr. Schenk, Ohio, introduced a joint resolution against any attempt to es tablish a monarchy in Mexico, and re questing the President to take such steps as will vindicate the American poiiey of the United States. Referred to the Committe on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Jenckes, it. 1., introduced a bill to establish a uniform system of bank ruptcy. Referred to a special commit tee. Mr. Went worth, Ills., introduced a hill prohibiting the importation of cat tle from foreign countries, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Passed. Mr. Van Horn, Md.,offered a pream ble and resolution instructing the com mittee on foreign relations to inquire ; what means and measures are necessa ry on the part of the United States to restore to Mexico the free and unre strained right to a republican govern ment. The previousquestion not being seconded,'the resolution went over. The Speaker announced the Chair men <if the standing committees, as fol- Committee on Commerce, Mr. Wash burm\ 111.: on Military Affairs, Mr. Schenck, Ohio; on Naval Affairs, Mr. A. 11, Rice, Mass.; on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ranks, Mass.; on Elections, Mr. Dawes. Mass.; on Ways and Means, Mr. Morrill, Vt.; on Appropriations, Stevens, Pa.; on Pankiny and Curren cy, Mr. Pomeroy, N. Y.; on the .Judi ciary, Mr. Wilson, ind. The House refused to suspend the rules for the admission of a resolution giving Southern members the privileg es of the tioor, pending the considera tion of their ciaims to seat,--. After the transaction of much other business the Mouse adjourned. WASHINGTON, LHR. IG. BOUSE, Mr. Raymond, N. V., rose to a ques tion of privilege to present the certifi cate of election of the members of Ten nessee Air. Stevens. Pa., interposed a point of order that the State of Tennessee is not known to this House, which the Speaker overruled. After a brief debate, in which Messrs. Finch, ().,< 1 rider, Ivy., and Smith, ivy., expressed their di sire that the Tennes see members should be sworn in, on motion of Mr. Raymond, the creden tials were referred to the select commit tee on the subject of the so-called (.'on federate States, by a vote of i-'> yeas to 41 nays. The House, by a vote of 1)0 to Go, laid on the tablea resolution to admit the Tennessee members elect to the privi leges of the floor ponding the discussion of their case. At a subsequent stage of the proceedings a resolution that, until otherwise ordered, Mr. Maynurd and others from Tennessee be invited to oc cupy seats in the liall of Representa tives was passed by a vote of i-'H yeas to :k> nays. After passing various resolution* of inquiry, the House adjourned. FIIK.SU AHHIVAI..—H.F. Irvine has just received another fresh lot of boots and shoes, including six dozens of the famous H. K. latng's make. Fall and see his stock. SPECIAI, NOTICES. IKON CITY < <MM RECTAL COLI.F.GF, AMI! NATIONAL TRI.KUBAI'H IXSTITI.'TK. F. W. JK.NKI.VS. I J C. .-Mini. A. M , Principals. AI.KX . Cow LEV, 1 Jxf Colle.ee Hmhti ms. ear. Penn if St. Clair St* I<t " Odil Fellow..' Building ~.>th *t 'Ail " No*. 28 and 28 St. Clair st. ARRIVALS FOR Till: WEEK KMIISO Nov. 4 1865 C. Palmer. Mulls. Morgan eo., 0. W. H. Fallow Field, Crawford eo.. Pa K Cunningham. Pittsburgh, Pa. A. N Holmes. Rich Vallev, Allegheny co., Pa. J. 11. Flitck, Pittsburgh, Pa. G Weiss. Pittsburgh, Pn. w W. Cox. Hope Church, Allegheny co.. Pa R. A. Cox. J. T. Woodward, Chalfant, Champaign co., 0 .1 1' Butler. Wurtciuburg. Lawrence co.. O K. A. Lee. Sandy. Columbiana co . 0. C. C. Chadwick. Columbia Centre. Lick eo., (). I). Shonp. Zancrvillc. Allen co.. bid \V. K. Leonard, Collauier, Cuyahoga eo.. 0. W 1) Downing. Franklin. Venango co . Pa. IV s Springer, Clinton, Allegheny co.. l'a J. 1: Foster. Adams. Armstrong co.. Pa R. Collins, Youngstown. Mahoning c<> . I). J. A Mutberabough. Lewis town, Mifflin co . I'a. M. M ilortou, Well's Tannery, Fulton co., Pa E. lb Spencer. Lenox, Ashtabula co , 0. J. C. Watson, Iluutsvilie, Log in co., 0 G. R. Morrison. B. Springfield, Jeffers.u eo.. • Harriet Riley, Pittsburg. Pa. J Wolf. McClure tp., Allegheny eo.. Pa A. Huffman. Allegheny. '■ L. M'arrei?. Businessburg, Bel. eo.. t). W Kilcr, Clifton. Greene co , 0. .!■ S Forsvih. Brownsville, Fayotteeo.. Pa J. M. C. Wilson, Yellow Springs, Greene co.. 0. I). Kirkland, Pittsburgh, Pa. P. Ahlefield, Ada. H irdiu co , 0. J. A. Greene, Frccport, Harrison eo., 0. J. T. Moss. New Salem. Fayette co., Pa. A. H. Neidig. Western. Linn eo., lowa K. W. Moats, Jamestown, Mercer eo , Pa. W.Porter, " " J. S. Mossinaii. u J. 1 . S. Gillit, Kinstan. Trumbull co . 0. For terms and information concerning ihe Col lege. address JKNKISS. SMITH A COWLEY. Pittsburgh. Pa. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY O, THE AUK. —Fanners, families and others can purchase no remedy equal to Dr. Tobias Venetian Liniment, for dysentery, colic, croup, chronic rheumatism sore throat . toothache sea sickness, cuts, burn.-, swellings, bruise , obi sores, headache, mosquito bites, pains in the limbs, chest, back. Ac. If it does not give relief the money will he refunded. All that is asked is a trial, and use it according to the directions. Hit. TOBIAS—Dear Sir: I have used your Vene tian Liniment in icy family for a number of years, and believe it to be the best article for what it is recommended that I have ever used. For sudden attack of croup it is invaluable. I have no hesi tation; in recommending it for ail the uses it profes ses to cure. I have sold it for many years, and it gives entire satisfaction. CHAs.ll TRIMMER. Qunkertown, N. J., May 8, IBJS. Price 40 and SO cents. Sold by all Druggists Office 50 Cortlandt Street, New York. [Dec. S-lm KNOWLEDGE OFTEN SAVES LIFE.— Every living being has in his system IMPURITIES Wheu these arc within their natural limits, our health i- good : hut w hen they are in excess, pains, colds, rheumatism, gout, debility, costiveness. di arrhea. dysentery, erysipelas. Ac.. Ac., afflict us What we have to do to recover our health is to take out from the Bowels and the circulation the excess of impurities. This done, health follows of necessity. BKANHRETH'S PILIS are the only medicine that can do this work with entire safety to all the organs of the body. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS are now living who have adopted Brandreth's Pills as their only remedy tor periods of from thirty to fifty years, and whose average health is excellent. They have alwayseured them selves. when sick, by using these innocent and in fallible Pills. Principal office, Braudreth Building. New York. [Dec. B—lm ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT! while tin* attention of the enemy is fully engaged bvGrant, the attention of the genera' public is no less ear nestly engaged by CRISTADORO'S HAIR DYE, which is accomplishing wonders in the way of beau tifying heads that age, or sickness, or capricious nature had disfigured with unsightly hues. Milton says truly that •'■Peace hath it* Victnrie* no lex* n nmrned than war. ' Manufactured by J. CRIB - No. 0 Astor House, New York. Sold by Druggists. Applied by all Hair Dressers. Dec. 8. : 85—lm ITCH! ITCH! ITCH! —SCRATCH! Si'HATCH ! SCRATCH !—WIIKATONS OIHTMKST will cure the Itch in 48 hours. Also cures Salt Rheum. Ulcers. Chilblains, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Price 50 cents. For sale by all Druggists. By sending 80 cents to WEEKS A POTTER, Sole Agents, 170 Washington street, Boston, Mass . it will be forwarded by mail, free of postage, to any part of the United States. Sept. 22—fan. &r. CUTTERS & CRUSII- Jf EKS. the besi iu the Stale, mav uow be hu<l at Hartley's Hardware Store at Manufacturer- pri ces. Remember corn fodder cut and mashed w ill cause your cows to yield more and richer milk, and besides will go two-thirds farther in feeding than when fed in the rough Nov. 10. 65- rrilE BEST IMPROVED MEAT | CUTTERS AND SU FFERS mav he bad at Nov. Hi. I-.:.. HARTLEY'S KNIVES, STEELS, I.) Shear.-. Scissors, Table Knives and Fork-. Ra zors. Axes. Adzes, Angers. Drawing Knives. Hatch ets. Broad Axes, Mill and Cross Cut Saws. Hand saws. Planes, and the largest and best assortment of Pocket Knives, may be had at Hartley's Store. Nov. 10. '65. K >EM A K EES will find Tools of aM jir kinds.Calf-skins. Moroccos. Bindings. Linings. W'oh, Galloons, Lasts. French Boot Powder, Wax. Thread. Eyletts. Ac., full stock always on hand, at Nov. loi Y..V HARTLEY'S. SADDLERY, in great variety, at Nov. 10, A5. HARTLEY'S i BLACKSMITHS may obtain from ) Hartley Norw ay Nail Iron, Horse Shoe Nails. Rasps. Files. Anvils. Bellows, Hand Hammers. Shoeing Hammers. Buttresses, Borax. IRON in great variety, and 200 Kegs of assorted Horse Shoes of-different makes—and even more if wanted. Nov. 10, '65. HOVfSE KEEPERS will find at Hartley's Store a great variety of household Hardware, such as Knives and F->cks. Spoons of elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovel ami Tongs. Waiters, Tea IJells. Scissor-. Meat Saws. Carvers. Paring Knives, Brushes, Waffle Iron.-. Griddles. Gridirons, Brass, Porcelain and Iron Ket tles, Iron Pots. Tubs. Buckets. Baskets. Brooms. Slaw Cutters, Ac., Ac. Stove Polish. Rotten St-o e. and a hundred little "knick knacks'' that we can : afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell what we don't keep than what we do. |Xov 10. riMIE CLEAREST, BKKJIPI EST. J[ Best. Safest and Purest, and to r these reasiti - the CHEAPEST COAL OIL in Bedford, may al ways be had at Hartley's. You who have never used auy other than the •■common true/." in it. compare it! and you will always go to II art ley- Coal Oil Lamps iu brilliant profusion, and great variety, very cheap at Hartley 's, also, Wick. Lamp Tops. Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired. [Nov. In. will find the best of in:- cliiues, at Factory I'ricrx, by ordering ft"" 1 liartiey. Also, 'he best Shovels. Fork-'. Traces. Chains, Axes, Whips, .to. Harness and Lubric Gils. Wheel Grease, Ac., at HARTLEY'S. j.Nnvlu I" IBKKTY WHITE LEAD, a pure article, Flaxseed Oil, Red Lead, Paints of all kinds. Glass and Putty. Powder, Lead ami Shut The largest stock in Bed ford. and Hardware iu great variety at Nov. 111. - HARTLEY'S OLD STAND r./ vBE-ST BKRKA.OKINDSTONKS f )' * assorted sixes, also pateut fixtures for snuie Nov. lu. at HARTLEY'S OLD STAND i rare chance is offered j\_ ALL PERSONS To display their Goods; To sell their Goods: To gather information; To make known their wants; 'Ac.. Ac. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., by advertising In the columns of the Gazette. for every description of .J"b 1 PRINTING CASH! for the reason that for every article tre use, we must pay cash: and the seah system will enable us to do our work as as it can be done in the cities. IETTER HEADS AND BILL j HEADS, and ENVELOPES for busiavss men, printed in the best style of the art, nt THE Gazktti Job Office
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