- - ~ . , 17 b. e 1 .i-x- r g il l, ilk be Publia!iei!.very Wed nee a firs OLD A,qors:a&ti.Dr:i , " rTiiiftD ST., IiEAVER. PA.. I s 2 60 per annum in Adv. 0 - Letters and . contributious, by I 011 Ore prompt of tention. WEYAND, Editor & Prop; ilie Preside Mess •riot- riP-ens set Sen-irte and Bo of- Reprointatir After a brief intiarval - the _Con' dibc United StateeTesei RIOS its f er t a tlve, laborA, An : all ;whit oetrifol Tridenee has abated .. otileace ch .„visited: our at l ov i n g its, .ealamitore. trace's.l roitions :of our 'cimin try: trannihtyand eiVil• ant toe the n b ee n-forti.lly.deelared to Ygoughoui, whole tlf the to In ail of the Stateepivi iority has aupereeeded -eoerei uto :Ond the people by their vo 3etion, arelmanatai ant their crils.in 1011 activity arid.eo! The- enforcement L as is no longer !*obstreeted i suite by combinations too powe su ppressed • by the ordinary.i proceedings;" and tb isThies eugendered by •.the w ripidly•yielding to the beneficen ince of our tree institut'io'ns, kindly-offects•• aorestric r aiandcornmercial interconrs entire' restoration! of ,fraternal mast bo the earnesit'frisli.of - or : lietit heart ; and w ill ; r have our!-grandO'st national a meat wi)en, flrgetting the ejui of the past, arid rernernbring :on lessonkwe resume yard eaiTer as a.free;prosperY people. • It. ley Message . of the.dth of : Pois, C,ngretis• -- was info I tie measures whiCh had been it.l by the Executive with a ,1 4; :l . adual restoration of the n: till lel the insurrectian occ! ,eir relations with the gone! .irnment. Provitional Govor I•en appointed, :PonventiOn: iiovvrnors elected; Legislatur nivri,and Pepreseetatives chos :'ingress of the United S-ates 1.1(1. been otiene'd •for the enf lov6lori; in abeyance.. T been reitioved,rcusto an'd the inter. nee I:tws put in force, in orde ' ,mule might contribute to tl i.l income. 'Postal oporatiods reoi.we.), and effui is wore h In restore them to their:fore ti , •!tmlf efficiency:, :The Stat Ire bad been asked to tak he bigh fuiltion of amot '.onstitutiow, and of thus Oa to extinction of Afitictin al ne ill the legitimate results I.7,cerne sitruggle.. - kinvow-Diop.cia.sett thus fa, Mit pAI mpnt t i - • = • fonn a )opßoxi4 iioiir4r all that a 9 scope — 4;4a. cOnsfitut Jerky. One thing; howev( ,nl:ntuw. to beslone before a respratini: cm id be .comp) \zas the ad - Mission io,C Senat.Orand Repr the,Stataa :whost3 lied) 1 , 0110(i ugainsujho lawful' au ovarn num ti Tit hvolved upqn•flie respcie - ov wiii . (.ll„ by tile Constitution. of Alfe eketiot Aid ipAlificationa of their, at dj its- Iconsiderati9l iw-gesi the .att.ention ?t 'lr. trot meant me, the Ex I• 3; —no Other pittb propege4 by UUngreFie--zeo , 4 ,:lrts to perfect, as fai , ae t cable, the - testorailon : of be;twebn the eitiz , ~,,t e(11 ice fltiitA ; the Stttt i'oeual 60Yertiment, cxte tc) Untie, s ae the publ :91 , 11.ed to reqUjre; the jud Joie, and pO'suil sys',ent of advise and cons ..m . 4te, the; ne6,essary offie painted, 'and appropnatio.n con't , ress fBr the payment ::rec. The proposition to Fttleral Constitution, so the exißittnce r oe slavery Cni:ed St:4es! .any-plac w 3,8 .rati rqii4to numbor of State l±th clay of December, f, declared to have; 'd as a part of the Constit United Statds. All of .4111 : : , thich tho two-rect.:on: L . tromptlyamehded their( as to make, them con , Itcat , change thus effect ;mile law of, the land; d and void all r ordinances repadiated al aid obligations ere. :crblutionary 'Euf poseg !ct•tion; and pr4ceecled, to the enact,,ent of ineas . :protection rand ameliors f eadition of the colored pees, hoTkever, Set hoar, anY J. th ose Btatee.to re] ied it was nut nn tit tows n . f, the &lit& month of tout an .exception was of Tenneasee', by the ad r Scnators 'and Ikpreselith 'deem l it a. strbject of OE that Congress hoe t tuadtoitto seats 10 . 01- A e prcrentatiVes from. th 11;bose inhabitants, with had engaged Ten Stes—more tha 141 !) whole number—re r ti ir etentation ; the seat: the house of 4 1111 of ta.;ethy meinhers ai.e Yet vacant—not by 6.en t , not by a failure of th,e refueal.of Congr .seir credentials.' The!! !t believed, would bavel • jo Wat rig Ole MEIER ME EIII aln 112331 Vol., 48-N • , ,•-', -! .; JVLI. ts 4 - - ' k - .. . atrengtheniag of-eu AN ilairOtotv dowered the *di tleallmiferAsud aionid ' 6 .,e 6 0g , undrettif* - 4 6 ,alk e tti agses*im infideviest or. Cottereati ate - • thait - lelher , , dieetintent'on the Pful* etiVillitibilake ;tiled', exertidliathe inteireatiof ietee Snts 01` ttolle'RtStee/itf*t4l l r 'shy- lextbe Gevensmarit /old ISdelAyto siF:Corded witlitbetrit pielliftW the "Uaien,P I tlYon - VOX • question. en ,ciated in the Deciats os of . - eqvin vitally tiffeetifig . thefkiitoistioriattbo independence.that no people engirt. -to linieti nter- -the pernienoney ,cif.,one 4)eAr the. bar" den -oftfilitrate4.. - iind yet :pliiiint fbnei of writ - nmient, My ems 7 .be denied the right IA xepreaentatibia vietione,-Iteret expressed, have It smiald have been tUeonaansiami oath undergone • no- chit* r. int, on. the the express rirovisioui of, the sOnimitu eamiteavyi their eafreetitneetr.hae- bees kitten, thatli,teitch State shall inivilitli eobiltrissini•by reffeetien 'and , timia .1t least bile rePi''oooett: - . l tndi - i!,.0 th e *dill :ion ife loyal =member to no Sta te .*tat: 4.ti .• • "tteisl . mu, _t kikU AS *Ai in the reepe4t ice 'Heusi*. of Ceaz• deprived of Itelequaltadifrive:i lib: ibis gems wilaiiriee ad expedient •ayieur Renotc o 'TbooPPrestiokos wog ,- itsalga It - isse lase wise antV•expedhatt tended to secure ttietfitl,Stifellutt'fiff seem - If %hid Itnefiliknnt , eendititits is the people of Lerie t ry State Of, rlght of eight itow-aft; in tireetaes retrodities TeProsailtstiou in.eaPh Waal of (3, crte! of these Stetter atthOpreeent time. •it Rees; on 4 ad liOcet4nt wait dottrel- is 'awful tie exeludir theta;frost repro ea by th'i (rimers of tho,Oenstitation Station, Ido not see that; Astir that' the equality of the Staten in..* roe-Will e °hanged by•the :efilax - Ifif Senate Should be priaerVed, tha(, not tline;Tin *elm heace, iLikele Stake even by an amendment of the Consti- eipisal i as they are; tile elitheilit no* tution eau any State. without:lls Von. reign troh - will be 416 strotwitz"--' the sent, be' denied eiroiee l in that brariph / eight Of e kol ui ,i onit ilt tie , no -~~tier. of the National Legislature; . die, egp e t4o6o, of , the = waited It is true, it: has Wen ainnuned that Stateit t inakes it the duty of -the nests the existence'of the States was ter- dent.to recommenitto the eeneldera rninated by the rebellious iteleof their tion of' Congresa "nob measures ste inliebitants, and thatithe insurrection beans!! judge necessary or expedient." having been suppressed, they wipe I know of no measure More imprae thenceferward to be considered mere- lively demandeit by evert' , ebielderm- IY as coequered territories. The Leg- trop of nationalinterest, sound ;Alley islative, Rxeeztive, and . Judicial' De- and equal justice, than the admission partments of the C.'ibvereinent have, of loyal membsre from the now unto however', with great dietinotnesi 1 and. presented States. this would con under m c onsistency , . refused to Istia. slillivriate the work of riiitoratioln, ina tion an assumption soincomp i atikdo, exert a most ?Unitary hilluence in the, with the nature of our republican a3u-' re•establishment of peace, - harmony; tetra, and 'lkrith the professed objcicta of and• finternal feeling. It would tend the war. Throughout the recent leg- greatly to renew the confideneo of the 'station of Congress, the undeniable' American pe . ople in the vigorind eta fact makes itself apparent, that these! built,- of their institutions. It •'would ten polltical communities are „nothing bind ns more closely together as a lea than States of this Union'. At the nation, and enable us to show to the very commeneement of the rebellion, world the inherent and• recuperative each House de,clared, with a unanimity:_ power of a Government 'trended e , • n 'as remarkable as it as elinificant, the will of the peciille; and' estatilis;.... that the war was not "waged, on oni span the principles of-liberty, jneticei part, in any spirit of oppression; uor and intelligence: ,', Our increased for any purpose of conquest or subja- strength and enhanced prosperity gallon, nor purpose of overthrowing would irrefragaely demonstrate the or interfering with the rights or eau •fallacy of the argumentit'j against fret tablished institutions of those, States i institutions drawn; from our recent but to defend and maintain the national disorders by the enemiereof supremacy of the Constitution and all republican government, The admis. raws reads in persuence thereof, and to stun of loYal members from the States preserve the "Union 'with all the dignie now excluded-from Congrese,by Alley ty,.equality, and rights Of the several tug doubt and apprehension, would States unimpaired; and that saecion as turn capital, now awaiting an *prior these objects" Weis "accdiiiplished,the tunity for investment, intethe chafe.; war ought to cease." In some in. nele of trade and industry ..-. lt would stances Senators! were permitted to Idle:late the present troubled condi continue their tegislative TUiretion; Von of those Stetea, and,lby inducing while in other:, iiktences *presents- e migration ; aid o the e l etf,hunent of Over' were elected and 'admitted' to •tertilengione nee .unettitivated, and eelittilterosbeOr SOW* hod' • _2: -.* ' ead--"CO an. in ensiled,. niciduction-'of th declared their right to waists f7T - r." die-, autack oltah- - f i iiiii- s editif• the• Union enc . Wore endeavoring to greatly to the wealth of the nationl maintain t hat right by force of urine. and the commerce of the world --- i All of the States whose people were io Now fields of enteriiilse would be linsurrectior, as States, were: , included opened to our ptogreveive people, and 'in the apportionment of the direct tax soon the devastation of of would be I of twenty millions of dolling annually[repaired, and all .trice.ieof our domes" laid ; upon the tlnite,cl States by the tie differences effaced from the minds' ifct approved sth August, 1861. Con- of our countrymen. 1, 'I greys, hy she act of March' 4, 1862, ln our everts to preecive tithe 'uni. I 1 and' by the apportionment of repre. t ty - of Government whi l els constitutes ' seniation thereunder, also recognized Wit one people:: by,restoring the States their` presence as States in the - 'Union; ti:ktier condition-which they hold prior land they have, for judicial purposes, tri the rebellion, we should be cautious, been divided into districts, as States lest.'having rescued onr• e nation from • , alone can be 1 divided. The same roe- peens of threatened disintegration,we • ogrsition appears in the recent , legisla- resort to consolidation, and Entheend - I tioe in reference to t he evhich—absolute despotism, as a remedy for i evidently rests upon the fact that the the recurrence OP similar troubles— ; functions of the State were not des The war buying 'terminated, and with stroyed by the robeilior., but ' merely it all occasion for the exercise of pow. suspended_; non that principle is ofi ors of doubtful - constitutionality. we 1 .crui.se applicable to those States whieb, I should hasten to bring legislation ; like Tennessee, attempted to rOnOnneOilithin the boundaries prescribed by I their places in the Union. _ he Constitetion, and to return to the' I‘ The action of the Executive Depart. ancient landmarks established by our ment of the Giivernment upon this fathers for the guidance of seet.ceding subject has been equally definite and generations. 4 •The Constitution which iiinl'Oritt, and the purpose of _the war at any time exists ' until changed by 1 was specially stated in the, proclama. an ekplicit and authentic act of the 1 Lion issued by my, predecessor on the whole people. is Racrodly obligatory i 22d day cf September. 1862. I'. was upon all." 4 .1 f, in the opinion of. the ' then solemnl y roclaimed awl declar people,tbe distribution el. modification I ( r.l that " _hereafter, as heretofore„ tke of the constititioxsal powers bo,in any. war willbe prosecuted for the object particular, *lkihzllet tt,be corrected . • 1 4'of practically restoring the censtitu. by an amendinentein the way in which f tional relation between. the United the Constitution designates. But let iStates and each of the States aid the there He ho change oy tisniation ; people thereof, in which States that for-"it is the customary weapon by relation. Is or [ I may lie suspended or which free Governments are destroys distur bed." , ' ed." Washington spoke,fthese words The recognition of the States by the to his courATYmen,iwben, foll Owed by 'Judicial - Department of the Govern. their love and gratitude.he voluntarily ment has also been clear and conclusive retiree from the cares of public life. in all proceedings affecting them as "To keep ir, all thingiwithin the pale _ States, had in the Supreme, Circuit,and of our couttltilthinril Oilers, and bistrict Courtii Elierish the Federal Union as ttlo only i" rock i f safety," worp prescribed by In the adm ssion lot Senators and Jefferson as rules r.t aotion to endear Representatives from any and all of to-his "countrymen the true principles the States, there can be no just ground of their dbnstitution, and promote, a of apprehen_sion ithat persons who -are union of sentiment and action equally disloyal tiiil; Be clothe'd with the pow- auspicious to t h eir h app i ness and safe . • the - .. • LEIZ 111.111... r are influ nd to !ed 80.. eelint S pat °COM- hieve- °vents Mill tt• tuvi Deeeror. mod instito. tem to States i red to al go , v• ors -had : called, i.o asaem : :II tc the, Courts' rcement le brook . boases Ica rove that the e 'tuition-. lad been ing made l er .condi -1 s them part in chqg (be cOning every as of our in- MEM xtit.badl wu► with. ional au yet re--, i le work of 'eted, and .egress of I gentativetr, 10 had re,' 1)f - wity di is questior. l e Houses, Xre made returns, aen niem4 k at once iliEfiCil 11 c:tidy° De. . virg been 4i nued its was prat. Ole:proper ns of the leslidthe :. i d.ng, from c interests cial, . reve. he country. Int; of _the,. ire wereapb E .made by if-,'Llieir sal amend thti to .prevent 1 within . the r• subject to ed by the , ;'and on the; '65, it' lEas become val. ! l tioii 3f the ' Stateß lad existed' Ltistitutionej m to the! in the or- 7 1 • Glared null ud laws: of , pretended tEd for the tbo good faith, res for -the ion of the ace. Con— tad to admit resentution ; Wll4O el'oiie the session do in favor lesion of her ices. • ere of legislation + for this cod_ not happen when the ' Constittition and the laws are enforced by to vigilant and faithful Congress./ kti7cli House. 4 made the "judge Of the elections, re. turns, and quallfidations. of its 'own members," maiii„‘!with the concur. rence of tvicathirde expel a member." When a Senate or Ecpresentatiie • presents his netificate of election, he ' may at once be admiitted or rejected; or s elLoght there} be;any queetiabe as to 8i ode n ties itiag ber referred for intiestigation to the propriate committee. , If admitted to a seat, itupon evidence antis. fat:tory to' the Hon's') of witrat he thus i becomes a member, that be possesses the requisite legal and constitutional' qualificationzi, refused admiseion as' a member , for- want, of due allegianw to the Gcverttrunnt, and returned to ;his' ionstitnerits,-.they are-admonished , that, :none but' persons loyal to the United States will he allowed a' voice iu the begistaLive Guuut.ils of the Not= rtifolind re , as far failed . natots and other States, hose of Ten- oue fourth of ,ain ' without, of fifty mem presentative's of the Senate heir owu con election, but .se ,tto . accept admission, it. accomplishid I•ehewal . v✓t . Y-k • t 1 • ' i .:,- '• •• 17 : r!" ~ ..- . 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In thus t atterniiting o make : our - General Government 10014 g, we make it, weak. - Its toe strength con. sista in iessiog indiViduals and States as flinch as passible to themselves) . in making itself felt, not, -in its power, but in its benificence;inot in its ":coo. but in its protection; not in bind ing the' States;, mein cosely , ito the; centre, but j leavir.g each to those un— °Wit bted In its proiler 'orbit," ' These are the teachiks of men -eight& deeds and. services have 'made ,theni . illitetrions,' and 'who, lone since frost!' the merles of lite, hive -left to their „rich , legacy of their example,theicwisdom, tand,theie patriotism.' --Drawing' fresh tiril ---- 11llite inspiration front' r- 610 111 1090 11 tbIS, k1,61,,c4. ;i*__;_ r.Y- lied, 11V.It aglille / Y 1 .:411, h i ,. - -. ~,- - • . igirc*ll or xri 4: Viz, , nakuw- ... 7 A-. 1; 'rti . 1.4•0 kif ibiVlSMlklkgi ; rice' - e rt o • er Tieluitmiy , Ater& 4wbeaolittibrueitfon'i rillo o . l CA Oievowlookaold 4 1 111glullere# ! ot,llie-:>r - 'Li PqnA4 ll ' 'currency, and . with .. ,: ill: . ,90 to a; proper adiastment Pe ~ ' ,o 'revetfici byiteiri,'lnteftiittla~ - allipostitre . eafritittidid tio4bgiiiidill 41srumbee4. tioli(4l.lctigniss.: - ..10a45t54404 gala message I expr . ese4famke yffi t wa upw ',limy Bob jeciff.,_ . ..11:0 ifoir. oily calm iiifititTotita-Thila .i , of. r. rtiii . into- - evety:depiffilfeb l i t- of tifil,, 44tnfoaaiatfigMbsoiroeriOttactodesui tabiliy:tborgeglltt:* 4l ll/0449 1 1‘. 1 10 7 ** L 4 n () PPIC ) :.Ergio# jittse nor unusual e iUttwoe,. o , pm.i CO I:gimlets 4k . . '-self sAteisdifleatime4 Tali.' enue.lawas will, be... 00 Clith the ;public's' laitli, 'iiiiit IS& ' igaihee I card' necilehiry liiratillll.4ll*Wriiicf- Tao- reporkiArdielite laitecit mOe sat i tsfsetory ,co 41twkOf. o • ifluances than one .yesi. ago the in ,saquiiie Coil& have anticipated: - ' :Aug:Abe Ara_ Near man tbellOthitif;4line, nue. thelair4ealf :itilfiva the public debt vas Witiresse4 1941,901* fr3t, a elf4nd to - 81iit'of 't VletitiiiioB(ls; mdiutskr4o.mool ., On the Slat darar-ocioUir,l2Bl3;itlad been reducnd to $,551,(1*006;the 1 diminution, during a petio.eof 'four! teen months, commeneinglloPternher 1;1865, and ending October 81, 1866, havingbet n,82.06,379,565."jithe lest annual report on the stet° fif! the; 8- puma it, vow estimuted Ilts% during the tliree-cpuirteri ,of Vie fiscal year ending ; the 89th of Yunarlear„.tbe debt 'wOuld'hii increased $11 1 00.1T 47 . gar. log Olt period; however,:it*Wite re diKO4lr3l,lo6:BB7; the risciiii:a of •She "year • iiti,vink.-.becen 8800105 infwe, and the-expenditures $01,529,235 less than the estimates. 'i . ticitling could `more clearly ' indi7te. ellin these 'statements the clap t 'end . ..Actability 'elthe "natiouaL resoulittes,,andebo rap itl . ity , and safety wit Which, .0 ',der our form- of gOverillpent gritqkt, Mill. 1 tary and nik'ral establlefiteetts can he iliabitided, atid vezpinatokrditiea from a wiiiqtrapeatootlik."l -- : I 1 • %gingtherflimad Ail. eliding-Thu 11014 elcine,lB66,ll~ r 4s w .erci et t 043,02.6NY,' and . Mb ettPendit'nres I N 8520,750,940,1faving aq art abhi'?ittr. pinself 4 1/3,7,281, 6 W - .. It, le timeted that. the'_ redoipt mg year 4ndisit the:bettrwielWeill tie v r 1.-175,061,386.-and that t cmkaadi, tyros will reach...ool6m 1 .111W1`18- 078, leaving . Irilho.Triiias a stirplus •of 8158,133,801 For! tlik. y fleet lyeer eliding Jane,B6;;lB6B; it astiniated that the recciPkwill sating tp sp6,-, 000,000, and 'that, the elpandiZures will b0,83.10.247,641—A0ring uh 'ex. , CObEi or $85,752,259 'in faver4r the goy i erntn eat These estiniat l' reacips: l may be diminished by a duetlon ofl eke's° and import, duties; ut. atter all lieceisilry- red uctiocis abut bare ;been made, ttie'revenna of the resent and of following years 'will ontitless be sufficient - to ooTei-altletlfinita Chat.4' gts upon the , l'isisiiryleirei- I . ea t ces a large annual surplus to 60 . applied .tii, 'the payment, of the pet appal of tile debt. There seems new bbe ncogooit reason why taxes may:, no be reduced as the country advances i Tiopalation end wealth, and yet thedebt he ex tinguished within the...noNt g . oritlor of a century. . , , ~, . . ItZPotti OF TILE SECELFT4Y Ql' 442, ,I__ , The report, of the Seestary a •ofWar., furnishes valuable and • inporta t ns in formation' in ,referenee o the opera-1 'Lions of his ' pepartmen diking the 1 past year. .Voir voilluthrs -- new re• main in the . seiviee, and !hey airs be. ing discharged as rapidtaii they can be replabecl by t.egrilar roops.l Tkle army -has peen prnmptly nid,carefully yrovided with medical tritment;well Iteltered and sabsistedind ire; to he farbishe.i with • breeelOadingl small amid. The military. etit gbh .01 the nation has been untni wed by, the , diSeharge of volentoors,t disposition I of tinkerviceable or lieriiiable itnres, and the retrenchment olczpanditute. Sufficient war. material o ~meet any emergency, hai been.retaiad;aad,froin the, disbanded • volnnters standing reay to respond. to ttlifiationel'eell, large, armies can be rapily organized, ettuipped t an .V , 'ortifi , I cations on tho - eoast infrnetter hove' receivid; or' are beiugOrefar4d fcir more powerful arinamifs; lake Bur vnys auctharbor 04 list improve iner.ts are in course pt etrgetic prose-- cation. Proper:W*llse been made for the payment. of ,1. e . addicieeel bounties authorized d • c. the Ate.ent . session of Gemmel; tunmit regu latirins as will.prothet. Governernt ti t from freed And aeourei, he honorably' discharged giddier thisvell ~ a reed reward of hislaithfulnelied gallantry More than. siz _thorned mainis4 sot diem have received &aria' Blahs or ? other.surgioal apperatulandfry.onai national cemeteries. : taming Abe remair.s of 1044526 ISM isoldiera,laave cs already .been [establials .-. Thee,, total estimate tlijmilitarpst atiita.e is 1125,.106;809. • . . ; 2*: , 4 T A REPORT_ OP THE SZcitri: i .V4irrAVY. It is stated in the re 4 Cf.the Sec , rotary of the Navy tha et naval force at•tbis arne compete otwO liundred and eevecty eight.ie s,- aripid r with' al l two tbousandAbrec Ilk red, ana iftyi ono gu s. Of these, 'one hundred and mAtearr vowels; carrying .one .thousatid irA t t.w . ertty-Lnine guns. are in conimis mon dietributed chiefly among seven, squidnxiii. The ntrnber of men' in-Ole seitiriee: is thirteen' thousand air h un drid. -Gresl.ractivity and vigilance' have been displayed by all the squad-' roes, and their_movoinents have been judiciously: and efficiently; arranged in steh'itiinner*as wobld loest-promote Ameriean commit - on, and' prOteetstlie righttiand interestatif our countrymen Abroad. :The Tonsils unemployed aro. undergoing- repel rs,or are laid up until their services may be reqitired.- -Moat of the iron clad fleet'ii at League Itt-' hind, in 'the - Vicinity of:Philadelphitya Waco- whiphi until deciisive' • action 'taken by eingres,:was se lfcted,by theSecreta of the .. Navy as the most eligible ' y location' for that crass Ofgentisels. It is 411.1x:orient. that . Maitable -public' station should' be provided for the iron 'clad 'fleet: is intended that . iliese vessels shall be , in proper.contlittiin rornT omergeticy, and it to desirable that lb° bill accept ingLeagne,lslund fbr na v al purposes, which' pat t sed the Rouse . of Represen. tatives at its last session,ehtiold roomy° final action at early period,in order - that there may be - al suitable public station for thiq elasiof vessels, as ffi well, navy yard of , areal sacier.t tbelwarita of the service, en 'the Dela-i ware river. The Naval Ponsiiin Ftird M6llllOl to 611,750.000, 1 having been increased 52.750,600 during the - year, The exPendituroa . ot the Departinent for' the fiscal year, ending 30th-June last were 643,32 : 1,526,and the estimates for the coming year amount! t'. 93,- 568.430.1 Attention is invited to the 1 condition of oar seamen, and the. im poriar.ce of legialative .ineasurea . fer their relief , and improvement. - - The suggestion in behalf of this deserving class of our fellow citizens are oil.- neetly reeommended - to ,the favorable attention of Congress. REPORT'OITHE f9StaiST*9INERAL The report of tbo .Poatmmter (lan oral presents a most satisfactory,con- Zitien of the- postal service, and Sub mits -recommendations which deserve I the:e,onsideration of Congeese The revenues of the De artment . for the i s Tear ending jnne . Bo, 6 6,',were4l4- $86,986,and theaxpenditures $15;552,- 079, - showing an excess of .the latter of $065,093" In anticipation of - this deficienty,fiowever, a special tipro-- priatßin wairlaikie by 'Congress iii.the act approvedltily 28, 1866 . . lnelitding 40 standiiig appropriation of $700',006' for free mail matter i ati . a a legitimate vo'rtion of the revenues yet remaining ui4firidosivie - pletine iteflefeserlbr the snit Yearlif'only 11265P93-i-st sum within $51,141,uf the amOunt eatipial.ed inAlle annual4eport of 1864. i The ' decrease of revenue compared"' with the tireiious yew.' was one &intone: fifkr per cent., and the increase of ex; penditaires., - ookingprinhipitllY . in, the enlargement of the mid service in the ,South, w.as twelve pertint'. • O ---- ' n . tlifilOth_Ortune ist there were in,operatior. ( Mx thousand nine. huh dred and thirty- thail routed, with in aggregate , length, - of •• one bun• dtod and, eighty thousand nine bUn• droi and twenty•onomiles, an sp i re.' mite annual transportitiOn of seventy ode niillion eight. handred and thirty; r fovea ,thousand nine hundred an d four teen miles, and as aggregate ,annual cost; including all I expenditures, of $8,416,184. The' mail service ia rapid. ly increasing .throughont the jirhele eonntry, and its %Steady. extension'' in the gonthern States indicaWs, their constantly improving condition.' The i growing importance . 0f . , - the fOreign ' service alio merits ateontion. Tho Poatoffico Department Of Great , ; Brit ain and our own. have ,agreed upon,a preliminary basis fora neiv . Postal pocventint, which, it t i p believed, Will• prove eminently - benefitial to the com mercial 'interests of t be'United States,' inasmuch as it contemOlates a reduc tion of the international letter postagoi I to one-half the existing rates; a reduc tion of postage with all 'otherl Conn. tries to and from whiob correspond- ence is transmittod i in the British mail, or in *Red , mails throu"h the I :Milted Kingdim; • the establishment of uniform and reasonable charges for the sea and territorial transit of car+ respondence in ,:closed. mails; and en . Ellowance to each Poet' O'firce liepart, went of ,the right to use all ',mail corn munimitions. established ander the au- I thoritY of the other for the dis t atch i of eniondonce, 'either in .op n • or clnsed res raii p itb, op - the -tuime; terias as -those 'appliable tO,the inh'abitatita of the.country,previding the : mesas iif transcatiszen. ~ i : ' I • •4_, [WORT, fiE: TUB PIECB.F.TARY o T :—TTLE • . UtTERIOR. - 1 ' I rTheiciridrt Or the'Sccretiry I ipt the Interior exhibits the 'condition - of those •branebes of the public - - serece whit* are committed to his supervi• Mon: During the lac glieliklf,e4 u fotty million six hundred...and and _-rfine thousand thre hundiktd and t trblve acres of public land were disposoci of,l one million eight hundred and ninety ' two thousand - five hundred a#d „lax - teen acres of which, were entered niFil ,'der the homestead act: Thelpolicy , driginitlf adopted relative to the, public-lands has undergone:eihiential' modifications. - Immediate - reyentio, r and' not , their, rapid settlement was the cardi , nal feityrs of our lfind_sys tem4 Long experience and, earnest disCuseen have resulted in*.the-Con victitiVr'that the inirTydervelopmeni of 'our: Agricultural .resources. , and the ,diffilaign of an , cnprgetic popt4ation f I overour vast territor , are .ct jeats of far graterimpoitane to the national trowthend prosperi y.than the pro ceeds ot the stle of the land th the highest bidder in opfn market • The Vre-emption laws confer upon the pi:, onoer who complied with the terms they impose 'the privilegfi of purchas ing a limited portin of • "unoffered (1 landeat the mini roam priee. , The home homestead bnattmente relieve the set from the payMent tof purchase money, and secure him -al permanent home . , upon the condition o^ residernee . 631. - a Omni of yeart. • This c laid - ral policy in vitee: emigration ‘fi l- m • the old,•end from tke more ereded- portions of the , now world _ Its ropitione results aro, undoubted, and ilk be inure sig n nally manifested whe time shall have 1 given to it, a wider evelopment:- . Congress has void liberal grants i of public land to -co permit - ins. in aid of the construclionl f railroads and otherinternal impro t emetm. Should I EIO4 policy i bereaftri prevail, More stringer.t .provisio s will be required to secure a I faithful applicatiim of the i fund. The kit) In he lands ,shonldi 'not Pass, by patent or Otherwise. but remain in the Goveit anent and subject -to its control until) ome portion of the road has' been actually 6uilt.— Portions of theni ight then] from time to time; be conveyed to the 'cor perution, - bnt never in, a greater . rs tioi to the whole - 41Mittity embraced by . the grant than le completed parts bear to the entire ength of the pi 0- jected improvement, Thiii restrjetion, [ would not operate to the projaree of any undertaking conceived in good faith • and executed'- with reasonable energy, as it is the settled practice to withdraw from market the lands fal ling within the Operation of. such grants, and thus tolexclade. the ine4- tion of a subseqnctot adverse right.= A - breach ;of the conditions whiph_ l Congreis may tifsetr i t proper tn. inijiose, should woik al forfeiture Of claim to the lands so withdrawn but .uneon-1 veyed, and' , - of title: Co the lands cone 1 veyed which roma,n unsold. ', - Operations o'n the. teer‘nnil lines of " the Pacific Railroad have been! pins coated with unexampled v igor , and success. Should no unferseen causes of.delay Occur, itlis Confidently , an. Aibtputed that this great thoroughfare i 4,wiltie completed 'before the expirrel Mori of the period , designated ll] I Cntigres'i. .. • : ' 1 During the last fiscal. yea'' the a-1 mount paid to , peasioners. including I -the expenses bf Idisburaement, was] thirteen million . four 'li u r.d red and- 6 f- 1 •ty-ftie i thotteatid - ,Air.e hundregl ands -1 1 eltY . zalx,d011ar444:Etly..,,thoustied' t One seventissviri names ivereadded'de tbe p enaiQn rolls., The antiiviandber, cif petuktonpra ' .i one 30,1 1806.-w as one ilundrod and twenty- 1 40 thousand seven hundred' and twen i ty-six.' ; This 'feet -furnishes melan- 1 1 eholy and striking pfoof of the sacrifices made . te, viadmaie the con stitutional authority of 'Federal Govo i , ernment, and •to sraintain igviiilite the intogrily of the Union. They ili.ll pose upon us corresponding' oblige.' 1 Lions. It is astimated that thirty-three)l million dollars Will be required to meet the ''exigencies of this litinat et lthe service- during the neat - fiscal year. - ' .. • ~ . 1 , .. , Treaties bave been- concluded with the Indians- who; enticed into armed opposition Lb our Government at the outbreak of the rebellion,. ham) lin. conditionally" submitted 'to our ati thoilty, • and manifested an - earnest desire for a renewal of friendly rele4 tions. .- 1 - , Li- Daring the year . a 1 'ding September 30, 1863, oigbt tholisand, seven. hun-1 drod and sixteen patents for useful in -1 vontions and`dedign's were- issued, and ) at that date the balance hi the, Treas. my Ho the' eredit of the Patent hind was two• tondred g end twenty:l:tight thousand' two 'hindred and ninety., sevri. dollare.. 1' ' seven dollars, open winch depends an ,upon which dep., immense amonntl of ;the production and commerce of - the' county:l , J re.- commend 'to Congress such legislation as may be necessary foyl t iiesraserva-I tion of the levees of the .Miesiasippl river. It is a matter of n.atieral im4 portgrtee:. that early steps, should be taken not only toadd to_the efficiency of thesis barriers;; against destraistive inundations, but ;for •-the removal of -all. ObStratiOUß the free and liafe navigation of that great oliannel of trade and commerce. ; The District of, 'Columbia, "under existing laivs, ta Ina entitled to that representation in3hei National Coutil t cifs Wilieh,frora cniearlie'St historv.hai been uniforinlylaecorded to each Tel ritory est,ablislisd fiom time to time Within War liitai It maintains pace ; .• relatiOns to; Cor.gress, to whom the'Constitation has gyap . ted this fow ei of exercising exclusive legislation 'oVer the seat; of governmeet: Our fellow-citizens residing. in •the Dis . triet;' , ltqlotiet itttei eats , nee con-- bled to Abe 4ifbellii.guardianshifi of I Congress, exceed in number the pcpuli lation of. several of. our - Territoriee, / and nit Just - reason wh,y , a delegate-of their Choice ebotitc notl tidnaitted to a 'seat in "the H ouse Of/ Bepresentatives. , No mods 'seems s; appropriate and effeetuaL, of °Dublin ti= TO • make kncwri their , peculiar' condition AO wan ts, and of ' securink the local legislation adreptedr, to them. 'f, theyefdre recommend-the pulsar of law authorizing the electors o. the District of .Columbia, to choose a del egate, to be slfo7ed the same rights and pi:ivilegog as a ,delegats reprel iit -•. I.* . FZ:=ff;=:l 1:1 - ADvarristas.' ..!•1 hieetted - at - the rate or $ 4 ) -each iseektioe bsralfiloceinstriasde r*rty 1 Da Icrair tttiertieetneats.i ;to,:*rizesll; 014 type ' 18125 pir teat.. jidditioa rig ' a, 76 'tents n lute, per 'eat! .Dgatbi,;4l . lit'aus, of_s'Enbile nature; titic , . • eenting . erritory-: The increasing -• en,terpri e and rapid progreeri - of ini,- - .„ iii - ofem nt in the.. Upstriet ars highly;;.. gratifyi• g, and 1. trust that the, offorta of the , uiliciPal authorities to pro..:• • mote tl o prosperity of ' the - nittiorill' nietrop its' will receive the. - efrielsento • and ge erous co.operation - -of .-ICorit ~ L grew.l • . - . , 1 , - r The . °port of tl3e complissiotier-or 4grical are 'revlewslto, oiieratkOs.ot, his Dep Tamest during . the past •yeafi.:- iiiiti-inik the aid of congiless.in itikefi forts to encourage those:States:ol444'. ! . scour d,by war,-are. now, etwieetly , • , 1 . . : engage in the reorganization cit. do=, !nestle ndastry.s - _ • -? -.-, '- : llt ie a subject of cenW t's - alton that, wit, foreign nombinatiotp against our &middle I peace and Meaty. 'dr our Legitimattaolueuic among tbe nations, have been-termed* ate -, - tempted" While sentiments Of reconstritell* , leyslty rultattrlothem have ingrained stlensee I ..tv, more, just. cansiderattin of: iour,stidionat shared r and rigiiiihave been manifeitedlo/:, , foreign' 'alone: !• f 4r.- ' ',' -,-; 4 • m I I The ntire :engeof the Atlantic! Tele; '. ravine b Awe= the coast of Ireland and the ravine ,or Newformdland, itiarisehittermeatt i w' ilia' been justly , . celebrated -:' ie both; bembp ref as .the. opening of an era the :. 4163 prog.te cl• civilization. -.There-is •rwlson tri expect bat. eqiial Ondoeisi will attend, ,sue even gr to resultafollow, the enterprise for connect ' g the-two Continents through •the , Pacific Ocean 'bytbe projected , line`af:141101; ; graph betweea, Xamsehithe ands the Rua-- Tan Po sessi ons in America--. ~ ; • .• •- The iesolnlion of Congreei trolosaing ate= isialt u i'perdotie by foreign tikwernmMlts AO verso coaVieted of it:demon* offeat , 014, condid n of emigration to ,our cortyy; ba i t been e4mminieated to the States triti(whre we maititaiwintercourse, and the 4rsetice, en. ,tuatlyte subject-of coMplaint on our part;haa h l ot,lie n renes'ed. :- . c l• - .. i 5t,,. , The pinitrattilatio.us of Conpess-toilia .E.m= tparor lof Russia -upon, his eseape :from tit itempt d assassination, lave been presentek.i to'the 'humane "and - enlightened ruler, and I irceeir d by him with expressions of grateful i appre ration.. : . -• . ' • . 1 - The Executi7O, vaned of tin , attempt by, 1 Spanh-American adventurers to.' indnetill# i rennerition of freedmen of the United Stater Ito li foreign country , protested c,agaiiset the , 1 pruje t as . one. which ; if .consummated; would reduc them to •a bondage even th ere oppres I sine - t as that from which-they have jturt been relic d.- Assurance has been received from the Overnment of the State. in whICIt .Ithe plan as „matured, that the proceeding Will ' meet either its encouragement norOprovek:. It is question mirth)! of: our oodsMeration. whe er, ourlaws 'upon this subject - ire ads-_. quat t o the 'prevention . or punishmenl *of the I erimf. tints Meditated. - 1 , , 1 ;,, - TIIII M1X.1C..1.1C rusiociao. i , >- 1 • ' lii the month , of April bit' as Cortgrestri" aware, a friendly arrangement, was made the Emperor:of France and the Weill: dent of the'United States for the withdrawal from , I Mexico-, - -Of -the - Frenth expeditionary military forces.. This Withdiswal was to bir .c, effected in - three detachments. the I, first •iit whi ti, it was understoodoeould leave. Mexico in I N vember, now past, the second lit Marsh., nex and. the third and: last in ItitiVemlier.• 11/364. , lumfediatelrupon the. completion, (ICI the evacuation, the, French Government.. Was, IDS ;aline theism:lie. attitude 'of non-ititerveg t ' Heel in regard.- to 'Mexico, skis-, held by tbc , Govhrnment of the United States, ._ltePeeded isstiinnce have 'been given by the -Mzeperini I since that agreement; that he would complete the 'promised - evacuation within_ the period Mentioned, or sooner. j .- ... - - I• : I ' It was reasonably expected that :ihe.pro- I cbedings thus contemplated would products:l crisp of .great politic_al udetest in the ftelibE- j lie pr Mexico. The needy appointed. Min* ter ;if the United States, Mr. Campbell, was - , the efore _sent _forward on the - thh, day of; I No vember last, t o assume his proper fun& loos a 1 Miitister Plenipotentiary of.the United Stoteel to that lisp lip; - It. was also thought ape'. dient, that ho should, be attended in tie,ll;,ll cm t t i y of ' , Mexicolby the Lieutenant ' Omitted I of e Army of the United States, with the , vie of obtainingomeh es might be. mportant to deterniine information .: the coarse to - 1 fiu ed y, the . United States ; - in re-establiiiii4l ing l and maintaining necessary and proper in i I ' i l ter oursel• with the Republic of .lifeeleo..- ] Pe ply interested in the cane. - of libecrty andi h anii4r, it, iecined an obviate duty i on our pa to oterciie whatever influence ;wiz pos se ed for the restontihmsna.itermtillieAt. es.; r .ta ' pant in that country of ;a tumuli 1 1 j an republican form of government._ I - -- uch was the condition'of affairs in-regard to exice, when ; on the 22d of Noveuilier last, ' off; ial,„infOrraation was reeeivedfunnrat* that the Emperor of French had some time I be r e decided no! .41.30U:thew a deUtith merit -• of - is forcei in the , month of Novetatiet - paSt.! ac ording, to engagement, but that this deeis i was made with the purpose of withdrawing th. whole of those fOrces in the ensuing spring.: QD this .determination; however, the United! St ies had not received any statics or intiniA.. r ti - end, so soon-ai the infermation was re. .1 sewed by the Government; Mire was taken'. for; i lk, m lie Imerni • its -dissent : to the Emperuc of 1 cei , -.J• - -. . , r Cannot forego the _ hope' that France Will. j r consider the subject, and adopt some'reeo hi ion in regard tithe evacuation of • Mexico w • - will conforsc,4la 7 ,neci el y as; pise . ..Siesta% wi h the-eiisting engagein t, - . and Mull meet.. th -jolt expectations of the Ilnitsdlltates.--; ',papers relating to tlielihject will lishall b ore ytiti. It is believ a that, with 'the% ev cutlets of. Mexico, by thi c eepeditiontiri fo es, no subjectior uric= difteMIPI!I limn t een France: and the United States woldai rei ß ain. The expressions of the Einpeioi itmli I I p e . ple of :France erarauzatt ItepeililltUatra jdi °nary friendship bitween the twoisonn- 1 . , tr es might -in that case be 'renewal: Andlier?7, 1m netitlyristeral: • • •• : -, •. • • -:, • lt . '. A- 'Chilli . Cif a citizen, of the ; Ilaiteddliateit fo indemnity y - for sppilationti committed on thte m i ll 4 gh seas by AO Fienili -antlieritles,:ini,he l e *eche of A itelligerentvetver against, Mixi-1 c , hif.s been met by the Government of Fiance! A proposition to defer settlement until sr m teal convention forthe;adjuitment 9t, all,, c inn of citizen" and subjects , -of both: Donn.. , tries, arising out of the , :zexent Ware on this ' Continent ; ekalrbe agreed upon :by the two f i m , 'entries,. '.. The- su ggestion is not deemed un i r ationable,hut it - belthitate. Congress to direct i e manner in Which cantina - for indemn, itylbYl• ' tows, as : well by, citizens of. the Unitedt States, arising init. of . the late civil w,ar,illitill , adjudicated and determined. I 'lmre .13 , 5: 6 oubt that the subjeet.pf s ell such clahzia..wili • i ngage, yeur ittantion it a .detrionient and trope! , time. - • - • • . 'OUR RELATIONS WITH GRIME ISIZITAOL, . •' t - • It is a Matter' of regret thsi.no cinisiderat drape° has been made towardeatiadjus4se 'f the differences between • the, United 2404 • d Orestlßritain, arising out• of the one upon our national commerce and:tiler asses committed during pur.civil ivar".by ritisb subjects, in violation. of-..interadisuat . - CkiNTl24liEl. l. •o3 0 B El El i~ In Ell
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