STAIRS. , • _—•• Put midnight! not • sound of aught - Through the silent house bet time wind at him mien, I mat limp the Aetna» and thought tau deg& dog, woman up stills. EIZ3 Nobody with so say won't' to keep Dal the lend only boom, the wan I lent Aad bla trier Lath snake. to troabledsleep Is sky otessiflit .bore. • No other soul to that owmtry .No °thee that knew of my loss beside.' Bat the wood 'vie,: Meal with the •Itayhael Amy • Who oentewed her when she died. Oa her *old, dead bosom my portrait Ike, Which nest to her bead she used th wear, Haunting it o'er with her tender eyW, When my own free was not there. And I mad, "The thing a parolees to met • They will buy tar sooa ha the moroh•lard clay; It Item on bit heart, mat lost most be qz do not tab It away.'! 80. thinking this tbowght, I groped my way, will, maps made soft by the the carpeted goon, To the ehamber dim where any darling lay, And' pushed aside hselloor. I 'Watched forth my hand, with bated breath, And drew the closed curtain. apart; I dared not lwk on the Ince of I knew where to And her heart. 41. I thought, at lirst,,at my touch fell then; It had warmed that bMWto life with love; For the thing I touched was wane. I ■wear, dud I could feel It mare. Twos the hand of a man that was am{ img plop (Ear the heart of the the dead—from the other slde ; And at onee the sweat broke over my brow, "Who is robbing the coGu?" I cried. Aires. the bed, by the taper'. lig . ht The Mind or my bosom, the m►► I loved, Stood over the corps" and all as white. And neither of us moved. "What do 7oy,b►n, my friend?" Th• moo Looked first .d me and then it the deed: "Then is a portrstt bare," he Irosalit "There Ix. It is mine," I said. Said the friend of my bosom, "Yours, no doubt The portrait wee, till • month ago, Witap this suffering took ,►oars oat off plseed mill,' there, I know." "Tide woman, she loved me well,"wid I, "A month ago," laid my friend to me. "And in your throat," I gasped, "you lid' Us towered, "Let ne see." We found the portrait there In Its place; We opened it by the Leper's , shine; the gem. WIT. all unchanged ; the lace I Was--.—nelther hts nor mine." One Dail &tree out another, at least! "The face of the portrait there," I cried, "Ie ear friend's, the Raphedl.feeed young priest, Who tonfeseed her when she died." DESERTED The river d 0411114 with the light on Its breast, And the were. were eddying by, And the round, red sun went down In the West, When my love's loving lipe to my lips were pressed, Under the evening sky ; Now weeping alone by the river bnotpty, For my love bee left me Ibis many a day— Loft n • to droop and die. AP the river flowed then the river flows gill in riula, mod foam, and epray, On by the oherob, and mend by the bill, And ender the stoke by the of burnt oda, And out to the forting day Bet r love It pastors, for delight grows bold When the eons I. sung and the tee is told And the he, given away. 0 river I rub fa; 0 river: run tart; 0 weeda l fleet on to the see ; For the MO has gone down op my beautiful past. And ►he hotel, that like breed on the waters I cast, Have drifted a 1.. ), like thee' So the dream hr fled, and the day it Is done, And my lips will murmur the name of one Who will never come back to me —Exchange PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S MESSACE Fellose-ettizena of the Senate and linnet. • of Rrp,„ tansss : After a brief interval the Congreelof the United States resumes its annual legisla. tics labors. An all wise and mersiful Vrov ideal's has abated the pestilence which vis- Ited our show's, leaving its calamitous traces upon some portions of our aountry. react!' order, tranquility, and civilsuthorlty haie beep fsvmally deolareil to exist throughout the whole of the United Staten In all of _the Slates civil authority has superseded the coercion of arms, and the people, by - thei r 'voluntary action, are maintaining their governments in full activity and oomplete operation. Th• enforcement of the laws Is no longer obstructed in any Stale by com binations too powerful to be 'suppressed by the ordinary course of Judicial proceedings;" and the animosities engendered by the war are rapidly yieljling to the beneficent influ ences of our free institutions, end to the kindly effects of udreetricted 'octal and commercial intercourse. An entirereslora lion of fraternal-feeling must be the ee`oeat wish of every pstriotio heart; and we will have accomplished our grandest national achievement when, forgetting the sad events of the past, and remembering only their in structive lessons, we resume our onward terser as a free, prosperous, and united people. In my message of the 4th of December, 1866, Congress was informed of the meas ures s blob had been instituted by the Ex. unitive with a view to the gradual restore : lion of the States In which the insurrection ocouiced to their relations with the General Government. Provisional Governors had been appointed, Convention, called, Govern. ors elected, Legislatures eeeembled, and Senators and Representatives chosen to the C,ngreu of the United Stale.. Courts had bees opened for the enforcement of laws long in abeyance. The blockade had been removed, custom-houses re-established, and the 'internal revenue laws put in force, in order that the people might contribute to the national lissome. Postal operations had been renewed, and efforts were being made' to restore them to their former contition or effloteney. The Statei.themselves bed been asked to take part in the high function of amending the Constitution, and of thus sanctioning the extinction of African slav ery ae one or the legitimate results of our 'mermaid's' struggle. Having progressed thus far, the Execu tive Department (mind that it hyd aocom. pliehed nearly all that was .`thin the scope of its constitutional authority. One thing, however. yet remained to be done before the work of Matoration could be completed, and that was the admisaion to Congress of loyal Senators and Representatives from the BIMINI whom; people bad rebelled ageinst the lawful anthority'ef the General Govern ment. This question disvithred upon the re. epoctlve Genies, which, by. the Constitution, are made the judges of the eleetione, re turns, and qualifications of their with mem bers; and he consideration at once engaged the attention of Congress. V In the muntime, the Executive pepart nteW—no ether plan having been proposed by 03ngroes—continued its efforts to perfect as far e.g was praotioable, the restoration of the pretty rotations between the citizens of the rapeetive Stales, the States, and the Federal Government, extending, from time to time, es the public interomle seemed to require, the judicial, .venue, end To pa system* of A. eountry., With the advise and souses* of the Sessts, the flummery almin peen appointed, and appropriations made by Congress for the payment of their salaries. the proposition to amend the Federal ,0601ffIllatiete, Ito en to prevent the easterse•erdimeowthlthe She Ihtheillatee . t ,, . h ....„, ~._ • —4 • ,e. . e • , -...., , . . CO - s : ri. 1 11 tmertillit ('ll4lth, MEI VOL. XI sr any piece subject to their jufisdiction, tees ratified by the requisite -embitter of Stales; and on the 18th day of December, 1865, it was officially declared ,to have be come valid as' R.pag of the Constitution of the United States. All of the Staley in which the insurrection bad existed prompt. ly emended their Constitutions,so as to melte them conform I,puthegreat chimp, thus ef fected in the organic levier the,iond ; de clared null And_iniii.allectiinenenresid-laws of seceselon ; repudiated all pretended dehts and obligations created for the revolution cry pbrposes of the insurrection; and pro ceedeitin good faith theenactment of meas ures for the protection and amelioration of the condition of the ooloiedr-ce. Congress, however, yet hesitated io . admit any of these States to .representation : and .it wee not until towards the close of the eleith month of the session that an exception was made in favor of- Tennessee. by the admission of her &axiom. and Representatives I Ore? if If subject of profound regret that Congress has thus far failed to adente seats loyal Senators and Representatives from the other State., whose inhabitants, with those of Tenneseep, had enrolled in the rebellion. Ten States—more than one fourth of the whole number—remain with out representation ; the seat. of fifty mem ber. in the House of Represenintires and of twenty member. in the Senate are yet va. cant—not by their own consent, not by u, failure of election, but by the refusal of Congress to accept their credentials. Their admissiun.it is believed, would have room ;dished much towards the renew strengthening of our relation as one le, and removed serious cause for dieconte4 on the pert of Ibis States. It would have accorded with the great principle enunciated is the Declara tion of American Independence, that no poople ought to bear the burden of taxation and yet be denied the right of representa tion. It wonli have been iu consonance. with the express provisions of the Constitu tion, that "each State shall base at least one Representative," and " that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Those pro visions were intended to secure to every Stale, and to the people of every Stole, the right of representation in each House of Congress; and pehpoporfant was it deemed by the frameri s of. the Coast itution that the equality of the Stites in the Senate eliould be preserved, that not even by an amend melt if the Constitution can any Stele, - wit out V. consent, he denied a voice in that branch of t the National Legisla ture. —E,rAasege It is true, it has been assumed Nat the 4;Jistence of the States woe tecminated by Olen rebellious acts 'of their inhabitants. and aat the insurrection boning beensuppTerel ed, they ware thenceforward lobe consid ered merely as conquered territories The Legislative, Executive it'd Judicial Depart- , mental of the Oovernment have, however. with great distinctness and uniform eunSie. tency, refused to sanction en assumption so Incompatitkle with the nature of our re publican system, andorith the professed objects of the war. Tbroughout the recent egislation of Congress, the undeniable fact makes itself apparent, that thee, ten politi cal communities are nothing less than States of this Union. At the very commencement of the rebellion, each Blouse declared, with a unanimity at remarkable as It was signifi cant, that the war was net "waged; upon our part, in any spirit of oppreeeion,nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation nor purponeofoverthrowing or interfereing with the rights or established institutions of those Stales, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all Iturs made in pursuance thereof, and to pre serve the Union with all the dignity, equal ity, and rights of the invent' States unim paired! and that as soon es these objects were accomplished the war ought to'cesse.' In some instances Senators were permitted to continue their legislative funcfions,whlie in other instances Representatives 'Mere elected and admitted to seats after thei r States had formally declared their tight to withdraw from the Union, and were endeav oring to maintain that right by force of arms All of the States whore people wefic in Insurrection, as State!, were included in the apportionment of the direct tax of twen ty millions of dollars annually laid upon the United' States by the set Approved 6th of August, 1861. Congress, by the act of March 4th, 1862, and by the apportionment bf representation thereunder, Who recognis ed their presence as Stales in n = : and they have...4T judlltabpo , en divided into Bistilots, as States alone cen be divided. The same ,reeognition.appe! . its in the recent legislation In reference to Tennessee, which evidently rests ti - pociithe fact that the functions of the State were not destroyed by the rebellion. but merely sus pended ; and that principle Is of course ap plicable to those States which, like Tenses- Nee, attempted to renounce their places in the Union. The action of the Executive Department of the Government upon this subject has been equally 4ifinlte ■nd uniform, and the purpose of the war woe specifically slated in the troelstnation tutted by my predeces. sor on the 224 day of September, 1862. It wee then solemnly proclaimed and deolared that " hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation tetween the United States. and each of tbo States ■nd the people thereof, in whieh States that relation le or may be suspended or dis turbed." The recognition of the Stoles by the Ju. dicta] Department of the Oovernment has also been clear and conclusive in all pro. crodingie affecting them se Staten, had in the Supreme. Circuit and District Courts. In the admiesiot of Senators and Repre sentatives from any and ell of the States, there can be no just ground of apprehension that person. who are disloyel will be cloth ed with the powers of legislation; for this could not happen when the Consitt tattoo and the laws are enforced by a vigilant 'pad faltbfkl Congrees. Bask Hone. is make the jpdge of the eleolicotsreturna..and %not ifications of De OWII members, ' and may. *. with the 000eurrenee of two-Thirds, expel a mentben" Whoa a Seimlor or Represses tally, promote Ile coil/est* of ideation be, may at own bar admitted or rejected; or should then be any question as to hie elig ibility, hie aredeatlide mayk. referred for laveatigatloo to the appropliste otamoddeo If adolditill to s od, it mai Ite area ,iIL dance sattafneteVy to the Ilottoe'of which he thus becomes a member, that he po the requisite Constitutional end legal until ifleatlons. If refused admission as a mem her for want of the allegiance, to the Gov eminent, end returned to Lie constituents, they are admonished that none but persons loyal to the United Stoles will be allowed a voice in the Legislative Councils of the nn• Gott, and the political power and moral in. influence of Congress are thus effee exerted in the Interests of loyalty to the Government and fidelity to the Union. Upon this pest ion, eci vitally affecting the rector ■lion of .the Union nod the permanency of our present form of government, ray Connie lions, heretofore expresses], have undergone no change; but, on the contrary, thrill-cor rectness has been:confirmed by reflection end time. If the admission of loyal mem bers to seats in the 'respective !lemma of Congeals was wise and expedient a year ago, it in no less wine and expedient now If thin anomalous conditiOn is right nowL if, in the exact condition of these Stolen nt the present time, it is lawful to exclude them from representation, I do not see that the question w II be changed by the efflux of limo. Ten yeers hence, if theme States remain 4 they are, the right of represents' lion will be no stronger—the right of exclu lion will be no weaker The Constitution of the United Stoles makes ti the duty of the President to rec ommend to the considernlion of Congress •• such mensuresns be 0411 judge necessary or expedient " I know of no measure more imperatively-depionded by every considern lion of notional Interest, sound policy, and equxi[jusiiire, Ginn the admission of loyal enembtes from the how unrepresented Slates - This would comminmate the work of rester. Mien. and exert a most sanatory influence in the re-establishment of pence, harmony and fraternal feeling. It would lend greatly to renew the confidence of the Amerieon people in the vigor and stability of their institutions. It would bind us more closely together as n nation, end ramble us to show to the world the inherent nod recuperative power of a Government founded open the will of the people, and established upon the principle! of libertyjustmeand intelligence. Our increneed strength ond entitle° d prosper, ily would irrefragably demonstrate the Macy of the arguments agninst free institutions drawn from our recentmational disordo s the enemies of republican government The admission of loyal members from the States now excluded from Congress by allaying doubt and apprehension, would turn capitol, now awaiting nn opportunity for invest ment: into the channel. of trade and indus try. It would alleviate the• present condi tion of those States, nod, by inducing emi gration, aid in the settlement of fertile rwstOtrns now uncultivoted, and lend to nn increase production of those staples which have added so greatly to the wealth of the nation and the commerce of the world New fields-of enterprise would be opened to our progressive people, and soon the devils lions of war would be repaired, and all traces of our domestic differences effaced from the mind of our countrymen. In our efforts to preserve " the unity of Government which constitutes its one peo ple,'' by restoring the Stoics to the condi tion which they held prior to the rebellion, we should he cautious, lest, basil% rescued our nation from perils of threatened disin tegration, we resort to consolidation, and in the end absolute despoil:lh, as a remedy for the recurrence of similar trouble's The war having terminated, and with it all occasion for the exercise of powers of doubtful con atitutionalitin tee should hasten to bring legislation within the boundaries prescribed by the Constitution, and to worn co the ancient landmarks esinblislicd by ouriratt• era for the guidance of succeeding genera tions. "The Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whol;Iple, is sacredly obligatory upon all." •. ,In the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular wrong; let it be corrected by an amendment In the way in which the Constitution designates But let there lie no change by usurpation, for it is the cus tomary weapon by which free Governments are destroyed." Washington spoke these words to his countrymen when, follpWed by their love and gratitude, he voluntarily re tired fr.m the cores of public life. '• To keepin all things within the mile of our constitutional_powers, and chei Mt the Fee ern! Union as the only rook o‘eafety," were I I prescribed by Jefferson as rules of action t • endear to his orkintryifien the true prl'hcipres of their Constitution. and promote it union of sentiment and action equally nimpicious to their boppiness and safety. Jackson held that the action of the General Government should always be strictly confined to the sphere of ft 1 appropriate duties, andlustly And forcibly. urged that our Cloverdnahn not to be maintained nor our Union pee d by "invasions of the rights and pow• ern of the several States. In thus attempt ing to make our General Goverrimeet strong, we make if week. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and Staten as much as possible to themselves; in making itself felt, nor in its power, but in itebeneficenae; not in its cord:rot, but in its protection ; not in binding the States more closely to the 6entre. but leaving midi to norm nobetruct • ed in its proper constitutional orbit " These are the teaching of min w lines deeds and services haver' them illust rloue, end who, long Melee 'Withdrawn fro no scene. of life, have left in their country the rich legacy of their example, their clad cm, and their pa triotism. Drawing fresh inspiration frogs their lessons, let thl'entulais them in love of country and respect Ibr the ConittlAnlim and the laws. The report of the e moronity of the Treas ury affords much lof mention respecting the reverate and oommer we of the country. Ills views upon the curcenoyAnd with reference to a proper ajostment of our eeeee uo sys tem, internal as wall U. impost, are com mended to the earwfuloinsideration of Con. grew. In my WA annual message I es pram& my rearsl views upon these subjects. I 14 " sow OTtly all attention to the necessity of oar rylni into every tie. parimeut et the. Clore nament & system of rigid sammentebilisy, _thorough retrench. mast, sad wise manes oy. With no sun: donut nor onnaust spitting/In, the op. pressive burdens of to tattoo can' be lomened by sash A asodilleseiel' of our indolent" Mess se slit be sessisiess silk the rob*, flab, ly7'L7TrWrrr'^"Wri BELLEFONTE, PA., 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1866 and the legitimsto and necessary wants of the Government. The report presents a mac* more rit is facinry condition of our fin. eel thati one year ego the most sanguine could have an licit, 'bed. -During the'fiseal year ending the 110th dune, 1865, the last y ear of the war, the public debt was increased $9 '0ft..,587, and on the 31st of October, 1865, it amounted to $2,740,854.750. 'l4O l / 4. the Hat - day- of — October, 1800, it boil beet, to dotted to $.4,551,310,006,' the diminution during a period of foorteen months, coin menciAg Eteptember I, 1865, 'and ending October 31, 1866, having been $2 1 16,370,- 565 In the last annual report-on the stale .of I he finances, it was estimated that during ibe throe quarters of the fiscal year , ending the 311111 of Juno last,4 he debt would tie in creased $112,101 SIT. During that period. however, it was reduced ,$31,106,387, the receipts of the year having been $89,005.- 005, more, and the expenditures $200,520,- 235 leos than thn estimates Notting could more clearly indicate than these statement the extent sinl availability of the national resource:, and the rapidity and safety with which, under our form of Ooveriimetil, great mil:nary end naval establislimenis _can be disbanded, and expenses reduced teem a war to a peace tooting% During the fiecnl year ending the of 30,June, 1866, the receipts were $558,042,6211„ and nine expenoin !ores 5i20,7;i11,910. leaving In available poi plug ef•tn,7,281,680 It is ex I hunted that the feeniptis for tiT fiscal jeir ending the 3011, of.liine,lBoB,oSll be $113,- 001.880, nod that the expenditures will reach tile sum of $.116,428,078, leaving tri the Tieasury a surplus of $158,1133,308. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, it is estimated that the receipts will amount to 43600,000. and that the expendienres will be $330.247,011--showiug net excess of $85.752,330 in favor of the Government Thtre estimated receipts may be diminish ed by a reduction of excise and import duties ; but after all necessary reductions shall have been made, the revenue of the present and of following years will doubt- es tic sufficient to cover nit Ingitininie charges upon the Trentury,nnd lance a large annual surplus to he applied to the payment of the principnl of the 'debt. There seems now to be no good reason why taxes may not Le reduced as tbd.Copelry Iftrettriee, in population and wealth. nn4 yet the debt be extinguished within the Onst quarter of a century. The report of the St eretary of War fur niehee velunble and important informetten. in reference to the operation• of Iti• repert ment during the pest year Few volunteers now remain in the service, end they are be ing divetuagell no rapidly as they con he replaced by regular troops The army has been promptly paid, carefully provided with niedicril treniment, well sheltered and eubsisted, and is to' be furnished with breech-londtng small Arms The millitary strength of the nation has been unimpaired ty the discherge of volunteers, the distio. 'hum of unserviceable or perishable stores, and the retrenchment of e-rrenditore. -Suf ficient war materiel to meet any emergency boa been retained, and, from the disbanded volunteers mending ready to respond to the national call, large armies can be rap.dly orgnnized, equipped, and concentrated Fortifications on the coast and frontier have received, or are being ,prepared fc r more powerful armaments"; lake purveys and liar bor and river improvements are in course of energetic prosecution. Preparations have been made for the payment of the iittientil bounties nuthorized during the re cent Session of Congress, under such reau- Wiens as . will protect the Government fsorri fraud, end secure to the honorably dinette, ged soldier the well-earned reward oftis faithfUlness and gal/entry More than vie Chi:maned maimed soldiers have received artificial limbs or other surgical Amami.; and forty-one national cemeteries, contain ing the remains of 101,526 Union soldiers, have already been esitiblished. The total estimabve of military nyipropriations is $25,- 205,600. It is or slid in the report of the Secretory of Om Nat that the noval force at this time consists t. f two [milked and seventy eight vessels, or mod what two lhou•nnd three ha wired and fitly one guns. Ot these, one hundred sari fifteen vessels, carrying one thousands and twenty-nine guns, are in commission,d isisibued chiefly among seven squadrons The number of men in the ser vice is thirteen thousand six hundred. Great nctivity and vigilance have been dm ployed by all Ilse equodrens,n.id their move men's have been judiciously and efficiently., arrnoged in such manner as would beet promote American commerce, and protect the rights and interests of our countrymen abroad. The ves•els unemployed are nit. dergoing repairs, or are laid up until their services magigiorepuited Most of the iron led fleet hitt League Island, the vim i ty of Philadelphia, a place which ant ih decisive action should be taken by Congress. wen selected by the Secretary of the Navy as the moat e ligible location fur that class of vessels. It is important that's suitable puhlie station shonld be provided for the iron clad fleet. h is intended that Oboe Is shill be in proper condition for any emergency, and It is desirable that this bill oceepecting Leretti, IstioiLfojo naval purposes, which passed the House of Rep resentatives at its last session, should re ceive 0 oil action at en early period, In or der th nt ibe•e May be a suitable public eta• lion for this Gloss of Is, all well as a nevx-yard 'of area euffieient for the wants of tbro service, on the Delaware river. The Naval Pension fund amouLts to $11,750,• 000, having been increased $2,750,000 du ring the year. The erpenditures of the Deph rliasenPfor -.Wee fiscal year ending ..30t Judo - list were $43,324,526 and the estimat es for the nom tog year amount to $2850,- 488. Attention is invited to the _condition of our seamen, and the importance of legig4 helve measures for their relief and improvt, ment. The iuggentions In behalf of this de serving class of one re Row-citizens are ear nestly recommended to the favorableAtten lion of Congress. • The report of the Post muter Goneral pre stints a most satisfantory condition of the postal sershie, and. submits recommends.. lions which d the consideration of Oongress. The revenues of the Departsoeat for lite year ending Juno 80, 1880. were $14,886,988, and the expenditures $16,164.:. 070.etsowing an excess of the latter 0f $/06,- 088.• to anticipation of Ibis del)aiencjliew ererr a vista' appropriation% was ilmid• Congress in the act approved J tly 28,1808 Including the mending ;appropriation of $700,000 for free mail matter, as n legiti mato portion of die revenues yet remaining rfxpendeel, the actual deficiency I. 'Flie poet year is only $2674.0i03—a sins wtiltin $51,111 of the amount estimated in the an noel report of 1404 The deerone of rove nue compared with the pre, ious ) ear woe pine and one filth per cent , and the increase of expetelitur,, owing princip illy to the enlargement attic hoolservicatiti the :4001h, woe twelve 4,er cent. On the 3uih of June lost Oen, were in operation stx thousand nine hundred and thirty mittl routes, with an egyregate length of one Isunilred•ond eighty thousand nine hundred anti twenty one 'mice, an aggregate annual transport, tu, of seventy one intlliton eight hundred mad thirty seven thousand nine !teethed and fourteen miles. and nn aggregate mutual coat, ineholing all expel allures, of !....0,41ii, 181. The length of roi: ron.ll ettate.r tfi thirty two Iltotmond and ninety two miles, rind the annual transport:vino :Orly million six 'intited and nine thousand four bun- tired and sixty seven miles The length of steamboat routes in fourteen thousand three hundred and lorry nix tulles, mid the an 111.1 , 11ran4po.taLion three ni ill four bun died and el,:ven thousand nine hundred utol istxty - tivo k. Iles The tit ail sei vim , Is toy Idly increasing throughout the whole coun try, nod 114 Pll..illy exi.ti•tott in the Sow)/ era Sintes indreatell their ehliStaillby Ifo proving .Mit. The growing ilOrnirtnee of the foreign set vice alto merits attention The that Office dip. linen( of ()real lint atu and our own hale netted upon Ft pre 11;iinory ba.is for n new Postal ('invent ton, which it to believed will prior eminently beneficial to the commercial intereAs of the United Slates, inasmuch 114 It eont.inplrtle9 rt reilllClloll of the international letter pOst age to one-half the exist lag roes ; a reduc tion of potQage with a I other Countries to and from waloh correspondence is transmit ted,in the Ilritt•h mlil, Or 111100. Fed ;undo through the United Kingdom ; the estab lishment of uniform and rensonable chergesi lot the sea mot territorial Ironed of corres pondence in closed mails ; and nn 111)0,, once to ouch Post °thee Deportment of the right to ore nil amid CM JJJJ inicattove esuib ie leshed,under the 11.111liarity of 1 oilier Our Ole dispritch of corresponden , either in Open or eloseil !nails, in the me terms tin those applicable to the 101 l itants of the country providing the moans of transporta tion. Inc,T report. of the Secretary of the inte rior exhibits the condition of those blanch es of the public service which ore CUIIIIIIII 7 led to 1110 supervision. During the lost fis cal xerr four tar nix hundred and twenty nine thousand three hundred and twelve acres of public laud were di•posed of, one million eight hundred and ninety Iwo thousand five hundred and sixteen ncres of which were entered under the homestead act. Thjt policy origipally ndopted relative tit the public lands has undlygone essential modifications. ImMediate revenue, and not their rapid settlement, was the cardinal restore of our land syetem Long experi ence and earliest discuseion have resulted. in the conviction that the early ilmelop ment of our agricultural resourcen, nail the thirtrdon of nn energetic population over our vast ten Dory, are objects of for greater importance to the national growth and prosperty than the proceeds of the stile of the land to the highest bidder in open market. The pre.elhption laws twofer upon the pioneer who complies with the tera.a they impose the privilege of purchasing a l tinned portion of •'unoflered lands" at the lumina/1n price The homestead enact ments relieve the settler from the payment of purchase molt y, and secure him a permanent home, upon the condition of residence Porn term of years. This liberal policy lames emigration from the old, and from the More crowded portions of the new weld. ,lts propitious results are unJoutned, anJ will Inc more eignally mallifelled when time shall have given to it n w Mer ilevelope meld Congress has mode liberal grants of pub lic land to corporation., in aid of the con struction of railroad. nod other internal improvements. Should this policy hereof prevail, more stringent p}onetovis will be required to secure a faithful epplicatirro of the NMI The title to the land should not pn•v, try patent or otherwise,but remain in the GAM ument and subject to its con trol until some portion at the road has been actually bulk. Portions of It.enn might then, front time to time, be conveyed to the corporotron, but never 111 greater ratio to the whole qunntity embraced by the grant "titan the completed parts bear to the entire length of the projected improvement. Thm restriction would nor operateto tire preju dice of any undertaking' conceived .n good faith and executed with reasonable energy, e. It is the settled practice to withdraw from market the land■ falling within the operation of such grants, and thus to ex ciude the inception of • subsequent adverse right. A breach of the conditions whialt Congress may deem proper to impose should work • forfeiture of. claim to the lands so withdrawn but unconveyed, and of tail., to the land. cent eyed which remain unsold Openttions on the several Huss of the Pacific liallroadthave been prosecuted with . unetzamrled vigor and success. Should no unforseen enuect orta., oecur,.it is confi dently ant kips Ird that this great thorough- fare will be compleled before the expiration of the period designated by Congress. During the last fiscal year r ahe'amount paid to pensioners, including the expenses of disbursement, was thirteen nations four hundred and fifty nine ihousand nine bun dren and ninety-six dollars, and [My thou. sand one hundred and seventy seven names were added to the pension rolls. The en tire number of pensioners, June 80, 1880, canons hundred and twenty sin thousand seven hundred and twenty two. This feet furnishes tuelaucholy and earthing proof of the enerideectoade to vindicate the mutat'. tutional authority of the Federal Govern. mekiind limusinisin inviolate the integ rit7 of ah. Union. They impose upon us. oorct.sponding obligations. It is estimated that thirty three million dollars will be re_ quired to meet the exigencies of ibis branoh .1' the Jerrie° daring- the next Omani year. Treaties' have been concluded with the Ludlam' who, enticed intoarrned oppositiOn to our Government sit the outbreak of the rebellion, hive unconditionally.. submitted 1% .authority, and ntaniffeated .n earnest Vallee tar a mistral If rawly 'eslailosse. r .during the year ending September SO, 1866, eight thi • • hundred and M 0= M = . gut were laisued,--and at that date 7 ". &thine° in the Treneury to the credit of the Patent found woe two hundred aril twenty eight iiiinniand two handle! and jiinety veren dollnr. " As a suluyet tputi which depends an im mense amount of the productiOn and corn merce of the country, I recommend to Con gress ouch legislation as may be necessary for the preservation of the levees of the Ilissitiotppi riser It is it molter of stational importance that early steps iihould be token not only to add to the efficiency of these barrier+ against destructive inundations, but fur the removal of nll obstructions to the free 1111 d ii.fe navigation of that great channel of tradi and conimerce. The bkirlct of Columbia, under existing I tun, .s oat entitled to that representation in the National Councils which, from our earliest hiHlory, bits been nit ormly accor ded to each Terrtlory ed from time , to tune Within our limit, It maintains pe miller re miens la Congress. to whom' the Constitution line granted the power of ex ercising exclusive legislation over the cent. of government. Our fellow-citizen, real ding in thin Dlelrizt, whose interests ore thus counileOlo the special guartlianallip of Cowes., exceed in number the mutat idyl of Peretal of our Territortes, and no plat reason is perceived why a delegate of their choice should not be ndmitted to a'neat the Douse of Ilepresentati•es. No mode seems sioappl.loprinte end effectual of ena bling Oeuvre -make known their peculiar condinOp and wants, end secuirtig the Wen) legislatton adapted to them." I therefore recommend the passage of a lavenuthorixing the electors of the District of Columbia to choose 11 delegate, to be allowed the tame rights and privileges as a delVgaile'represen ling n Territory , The incrmwtorprise antl'railTrOadkinTs ilitpin lit in the Distitet ore - highly gr,,iifylng, and I trust that the efforts of the municipal authorities to promote the prosperny of the national metropolis will recie•u the efficient and, generous co-operation of Congress. The i`eport of the Commissioner of Agri cultural t eViews the operations of Lis De partment during the pan year, and asks the aid of Congress in its effort. to ehooursge those States which. scourged by war, are now earnestly engaged in the reorganiza tion of domestic industry. It is a subject of congratulation that oo foreign combination' against our domestic peace and safely, or our legitimate influ ence monk tlic - uat tons, hire been formed or nttempted. While sent imerits of recon ciliation, loyalty and patriotism bait in crened at home, a more just coo n:deration sl our national character and rights bas been =initiated by foreign nations. The entire success of lie Atlantic Tele graph between the coma of Ireland and the Province of Newfoundland, is ag Juihiev, ment which bee bean jastly celebrated In both Isemispliercaoss the opening of an era in tile progress of ci•tlization. There is rev son to expect that eronl success will attend and even greater results follow, the enter prise fur connecting the Iwo Continents through the Pacific Ocean by the projected line of telegraph between Ketnechatk• and the Russian possessions in America. The resolution of Congress protesting against 1 ardnos by foreign Governments of persons convicted of infamous offences, on ondition of emigration to our country, has been communicated to the Stales with what*. we maintain Intercourse, and the practice, no justly the sn'..ject of complaint * on our part, tins not been renewed. The cangrniulations of Congress to the Emperor of Russia, upon his escape from attempted assassination, have been presen ted to that humane and enlighented ruler, and recieved by him with expressions or grateful appreciation. The Executive, warned of an attempt by Spnnieh•Americnn adventi l to induce the emigration of freedmen of the United States to n foregn country,protented against the project as one which, if consummated, would reduce them to a bondoge even more oppreasive than that from which they here just bean relieved Assurance ha. been re cleve.l from the Government of the Siete In which the plan was moturA, that the pro ceetling will meet neither its encourage ment nor approval It i• a question' worthy or your consideration, whether our laws up on this subject are adequate to the mean lion or punishment of the crimi thus med. toted. In the month of April last, no Congress Is entire, a friendly arrangement was made bet wren the Emperor of France and the President of the United,Etales for the with drawal from Mexico of the French expedi- ttonery military forces Thi■ withdrawal was.4l be effected in three detachments, the first of whtch was to be undeilbood, would leave•Mentco in November, Irdir past, the second in March next. and the third and hat in November, 1867 Immediately upon the completion of AktUrpeuat.ido,,the French Government we; ttiWasume ihe earns etti• tudee non-intervention. in regard to Mex ico, as,,its held by the Government of the United Staten. Repented assnraneu have been given by the Emperor, siqee,Atat agreement, that be would aoYnplete (be pro mised evacuation within the reriod meta tioned, or sooner. dt trio reasonably expected thst the pro. ottedinge thus contemplated would produce a crisis of great polities' interest in the Re public of Mexico. The- newly-appointed Minister of the United States. Mr. Camp bell, woo therefore sent forward, on the 9th day of November lout, to assume his proper tenctient o Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to That Republic. It was also thought expedient that heel:maid be attend ed in the vicinity of Mexico by the Lieuten ant General of the Army of the United Stitt a. c, with the •iew of obtaining such la• formation as might be istpor'ant to deter mine the !merit, to be pursued by the United States in re-establisbing and maintaining necessary and proper interoonne with the 1 epublio of Mexico. Deeply interested in the cause of liberty and bumutity,it messed an obvious duty on our part to exercise whatever influence we possessed for the re storation and pens Ispliebutest in tea co untry of a deateetle and reptilian farm Garerampist. Bite the otritlit!oi of . straits it ro ped la DieciadVirbea.os tie 224 61)11oiso her km, otlielat ieftrusallor wig atihelvel Iwo Paris tint the /Paperer ritaare /011 Mat, PEI some tame before ditoided not to withdraw• detachment of Isis force* in the month of November poet. according leit t tbm" decil r 1239 made with the purposec wu awing the whole force in the ensuing spring. Of t his determination, however; the United Slates had not recieved any notice or intimation ; and, an soon as the infestation wan reeieved by the govern ment, care wan taken MI make known its dissent to the Emperor of Prance I cannot forgo the hope that Franca will reconsider the nubject, and adopt •o o res olution in regard to the evacuation of Mex ico which will conform ad nearly as pMetl cable with the existing oxgagement, and thus meet the just espretalioes orate I:raf ted States. The papers relating to the nab. jcct will be laid before you. It is believed that, with ihe evacuation of Mexteo by the expeditionary forcer, no subject for serious dlifereneesi between France and the United Staten wbuld remain The expreesiLos`of the Emperor and people of France warrant hope that the traditionary friendship tween the two counthea might is that cane he renewed and permanently restored. A claim of a citizen of the United States, fun indeninny (or spollatious committed on the high seas by the French authorities, in the exercise of • belligerent power against Mexico, hos been met by the Government of France with a propo•ition to defer settle. ment until a mutual:convention for the ad justment of all olaims of attiren, and sub jects of both eountriee,ciritung out of the re cent ware on ibis Crintineut,sha t ll be agreed upon by the two countries- The suggestion is not deemed unrrponsble, but it belongs To Congreen to direarthe manner in which claims for indemnity by foreigners, as well no by the citizens of the United Staten, aris ing out of the lnte.enil war, shalt be adju dicated and deteimined I have no doubt that the subject of all such claims will en- gage your attention at a convenient cad proper time It ie a muter of regret that no consider able advance bee been made towards an adjustment of the difference, between the United State. end Great Britt ian,arlslng out of the depredations upon out• national cosi gner. and oilier trespasses coulmitted du ring our civil war by Brittle!' subjects, In violation of international law and trusty obligation. The delay, however, may be. believed to have resulted is degree from the domestic situation of Great Brit... lien AA emits change of ministry accused in that cottony daring the last artesian of Pirliament The attention of the new min nary was called to the eubjea at an early day, and there is some reason to expect that it will now be considentd.in a becom ing end friendly spirit The. importance of an early dispoeitton of the question cannot be exaggerated What might be lb. wishes of the two Governments, it is mani fest that good-will and friendship between the two countries aaaaa t be established until a reciprocity, in the practice of good faith and neutrality, obeli be restored be tween the respective nations. On the 6th of June last,an violation of our neutrality Lyre, a military expedition and enterprise against the British North Amer ican Colonies was projected and attempted to be carried on within theierritory and ju riedietion of the United Slates. In obe dience to the obligation imposed tie that Exeentive by the Constitution, to see, that the laws are faithfully executed, all Manus were warned,by proolametien,agalnst taking part in or aiding snob unlawful proceed ings, and the proper civil, military and navel idioms were direetdd to take all ne cessary measures for the enforcement ef this laws. The expedition failed, but it he. not been without its painful conseq Some of qur citizens who, it was alleged were engaged in the expedition, were cap-' tured, sad hare been brought to trial, as for a capital offence, in the Province of Cana da. JudgemmAild sentence of dm& leave been pronounced against some, while others have been acquitted.- Fully believing In the maxim of government, that severity of' civil punishment for misguided persona who hare engaged in revolutionary at tempts *Blob 'have dieastrously (tiled, is unsound and unwise, each representations have been made to the British Government in behalf of the convicted persons, as,being sustained by an enlightened and humane judgement, will, it is hoped, induce in their oases an exercise of .olemenoy, and a judi cious amnesty to all who were engaged in the movement. Canned' bee been employed by the Gchernment to defend eitisens of the United Minn (retrial for capital officio. in Canada; and a discontinuance of the pro? secutiens which were instituted in thorn:nets of lb. United States against those who look part in the expedition, has been directed. I have regarded the expedition as not only political in its nature, bat as ales its • great measure foreign from the United Slats in its cause., character and *eats The attempt was understood to be med. is sym pathy with an insurgent party in Ireland, end, by striking at a British Provence on this Cont bleat, wait deigned to aid in ob taining redrew for political grievances which it was . assumed, the people of Ireland had suffered at the hand, of the British Government daring a period of several cm tales. 'llhe persons engaged in it were chiefly natives of that country, some of whom had, while others bad hot, become citizens of the United Slates under our gen enl laws - of neturaliaatlmk Complaints antigovernment In Initial! continually aiminge the attention of the British nation:" and so great an gelation" to now prevailing in Ireland that the British Goverment have deemed it necessary to suspend thi writ of Adorn o crpost In that coontry.— These ahrownstanotte must necessarily mod ify the opinion which we might 'otherwise have entertained la vegeta to as expedition expreissly prohibited by our neutrality lame, SO long as these laws remain upon our slants books, they 'koala be ihitlifelly executed, and if they 'pond* harshly, no justly, or oppressively, Oangtaws slime can apply the remedy, by thole modilleaUsta or repeal. Polfileal sad oolosoridstl literate of t►e Unload States an sot aallkely lobo ',adod is ooze &vas ►y meta vU•h ari tnnß piring fa aastara riortaaa et NatoOa,* tbo !fife ~so to Uwe OW anis aVia•- veraiaost oaths t• baro•ltropor dtplo Nostoolotaar la awn* - ilishrittia lin pie- we sok esinistekt lumssol. w imierldhidil ,s 1 elloseleib Whim dip .YO/011001 0 4+ elbsimostistrit . .............. . ji &I 410 : ti # 4llllll l ll l ll r lab jeots me barn knotigneeedl to mud been sato rolliod In the tinflodltatos, and afterwards returned ostronsiest wisii• to thole native sountsgsa, Ur the poWennewoo of Editing . sent** Inns meitatt of euldent mobjests. Coajniniatit Ikea slab. is dale mom nods by 0 . hen bort - teen been oat ot otintrouirey beluga the United 8 and-sesse of the Earoyeaa rowers, and th irritothin erinsequent apes the failure to the this toulya..illansmid daring the r its whleh Prussia, Italy and Aussie ere recently engaged, While Gnat I ritien be. ***** acknowledged the rig of aralfittelatioe, silo insist practical. isolated ape* 8. Frameless been equal -- ly forbearing and Primes has proposed • *compromise; which, although evincing in creased liberality, has not berrb accepted by the United dieter. Peace is now Pre vailing everywhere in , Europe, sad the present gams to ire a favorable time for as ion by Congress-of-4H principle, so long maintained by the Eseoutive Depart ment, that paturalarlaion by our State fully exempts the native born subject aim, nib •er finite from the performance of military service under any foreign Government, so long is he Jogs not voluntary e, Its rights and benefit. 1 In th e perfornanise of • duty imposed upon me by the Ceeistitutiou, I have tins submitted to the Repnientativite of the Staley and et the People, snots lafermation of our domestic led foreign affairs se the public interests seen to require. Our fie* 'ravel is now underioinff its most 'ryes' ordeal, and ley earnest proper is that the pertlenay be suocesefully and linadyytteed without impairing its original strength/Led ammeter, The intere•l• of the natio& are best to be promoted by the revival of frs• ternal 'elation', t h e complete ebliteratiou of our past dinarencemorod the re Mange. ration of all the pinions of Peace. Dime ting our efforts to the early accompliiionent of these great ends, let us endeavor tote,. harmony between the eo•ordinate Departments of the Government, that each in It. proper sphere may cordially so-oper ale with other Is potteries the maintenance of the Constitutiom, the preservation of the Galen, and the perpetuity of OUT fTTO IOPII. :atlas. NO. 49 Duzw Jousiox Wabbtagton, Deo. 8, 1886. To. C .—Vr. Hubbard, of tl • Marlon Democrat. pertinently asim ICI "Does the poor man remember dm good limo. be enjoyed whim James Buoitanan was Prat:sleet ? Does be remember how cagily 1. supported his family bp, hie lab or? Does he ranumber the silver dollars he received for his work 1 Has ha iforpt ten the ten pounds of sllies. klus twelve pound. of nuat,ibt sack of laur,the twelve yards of muslin either of whisk he might thee purchase with the pro...dela one day's labor All this was before the onunde waged against doe South had oulminated to rebellion. North . ern negro'. were fed, dotted, worked and provided for by Holub, ern muter. The result has been, that • half a "'Hilton of Whits men here gone pre maturely to their graves, double that sum. leer brie been Mused to beggary, sad the nation itself bents down with a mountain of debt. &craw Doomartort.—la eauerelease of the failure of mops, a belt of the Beeni. en' country. *shindies frees Nara Cooler to Team, and infatuates the norther* and oentral portions of these Stolen, sad ales dr Booth Carolina, Georg* Alabama, Wads. sippi, and Louisiana, is analysed with (amiss before the maturity' •of next year's crops. The civil authorities of the.. , States, a well as • the United Salsa will laey tore.., are taking what me nor.. they MA to provide a 'apply of toed,hat it seem probable thsi these precautions Will >Qe in adequate to net the wants of the people of the ettended section of ecatty , threatened with deetntelion.—Ex. —it is annowneed In Busload that so extensive business is serried on am is hunting up portraits fur Asterisms, in or. der to make galleries of anoesters. do Anunrison wont reamilly ialmsdea explain_ std that his Oneinene Naha t smote. tom" sod that lestard.bees obits snammeful 'haring picked up many goad portraits, sod tbat with proper attention l 4 emilisme and age, and some little herandirticars, he ad h matehell and wine for two or tiered senkeirid sod had im ported several vary well assorted banks, which being provided with hal credentials, were most Allan, adopted, sad that he wne continuing his highly remunerative re marehee."—Sx. Tire Ittrrwas or :ma Masao RACJI.—ThIe Jsekson aerie* prints lir Aloha abases re ports tiat' Uwe been otartsmi item tor( 7 , tour amities la Misdlielypi for the year 1686. The ilirnass shew that the whits ?q -uietism la these sonntles has deereased 0.- 798 siege 1860, &Si the bleak Opulatio• 46,206. This shows art lb* of the novo p t opolation of that has net loss si_lutte a • rood belleeet t" 7i, however, ealliolendy rge I. show that the negro nee w 14,61 • • rapidly I. ibis oosatry.—hreehrbrd D A . - --- , Andrew Brookommo, cum of the "te ams of the Isaias moonier' at Rap Übe ilostitals, kaa arrived at Ilt:Loelo its esporioseed the torten of moil% hie Wooed bur Andrea murdered sad was thou homilbly sotnilatird his tan" out eat, linmetrieg severed, hie lagers, est, his kande 10111111114, Ms map tent rocking boa his head which - hod previously hoes au* with throe ballots t bet di pits dose waited' (he safertaisto ase imatTivid; and my carried ta. Sett taibellity, Aar* ho retaimed in hospital the thin yeitig..4lkg. ill* • ?Maw dam el St. Louie 414 pii41444.444 itiele of detonle..iloolbeeneld, elm died le coupiwof usontiOdegne, hap Aege.leggineil 1 - 47 glee bond. in the mom of $lOO,OOO, limp which it in infrwed fret 14 , :o s eettete 4 wiwth .poet $50,004'. pts prpkit* ragtime I, etkieensl4tettox deloole moats 1.4114111 tad apples at iSmi t S Wand Si. pro.. widolL ,rl4l Vett tof: :TO et mot illetr T melikit krall a ilaviw tiles wise las siberlaymbeft 1 1 '61164 .M 0..4 mob 'idiom. 1140valo IPS* Obis Pit as. if aliklb salt BOOM* 'MAWR to dieulhil*Pl4,lo6l4 tobamitidaw•gp "leak' &I - 44,04% ****** /Mar ( " 0 ‘4"." Mit 144 6 4112iri 'lo*. &NW 1 0. 4 1 11 . Pia. "47 "i 4 *IC 44 440 e, 14.40411 4is wow 14 adolt.*i* fit 0 , 0 1 10, k piestawri==iit : smarm wisfirep • 11104 J imut•illll4 111 Nat by it; repaill wj *lab da.g.or Oat Joem 1104 , w - •••-•'- • -
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