A ( , , I • 1 rater „ „,, From i v , con.ti!or, Pat..lll Ml= Lan , t TOttli rcoelpt, From premium on N:ties Coln Total L.e, ircelpts ..... Milano, in T:raNt . y :31 !Inv 1.• ceivo4t tr,?ni titniv:ti!nide, Total ,al'ati:e . iffSi ow,o; c 1 no+ U 1. ex bend ‘varraiiis Pt , t W"le For c vli eif"pensf s For foreiyu inter;wnisii For Ind , ans For pensions For Military Estahlishmeutm,in chilin.4 fortifications, river and harbor Ilaprovemetits Mid arsenals For Naval Emtab.isipnent, in cluding vessels and ill,Willnery And linproveirtents in Navy Yards For Miscellaneous, f'; v i einii in g public buildings, lighthouses, collecting the revenue For interest on the Politic Debt Total e xcludes or pH net pal and premium, on the Public Debt gllr ernittrns nn bot 1.1/r -(.11814P: I Fin 'earn'pLinu ot the tublle D0A.................. . . ..... . OM] Total ttettdi,bur,uneuts IGTE From the foregoing statement it up peals that the net reduction of the principal of the debt during the fiscal year ended Jt• tie 30, 1572, was $99,960,- 253 54. The source of this reduction is as follows: Net ordinary receipts dor log the year, $364,694,229 91 ; net or dinary expenditures, including inter est on the public debt, $279 559,695 91. Leaving surplus revenue, $94,134,5,450. Add amount received from premium of sales of gold, in excess of thepretnium paid on bonds purchased, $2,454,370 90; add the amount of the reduetion of the cash balance at the close of the year accompanied with the same at the commencement of the year, 348 65; total, $99,960,253 54. This statement treats solely of the principal of the public debt. By the monthly statements of the publh! debt, which add ing,ether the principal, in terest due and unpaid, and interest ac crued to date, not due, and deducts the cash in the Treasury as ascertained on the day of publication, the reduction was $100,544,491.25. The source of this reduction is au fol lows: Reduction in principal account, $99,960,003.54; reduction in unpaid in terest account, 5330 952 96; reduction in cash ou hand, $2,746,465.22 On the basis of the last table the statements show a reduction of the public debt from the first of March, 1869 to the present titue, as follows: From March 1, 1809, to March 1,1870, $87,134 782.84. From March 1, 1870, to March 1, 1871, $117,619,63° 25. Fr"oi March 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872 $94,895 348 94, Fruit ,larch 1,1 , 72, to N(wern4)er 1, 1871, (right nwtohs) :'.q. - 54,c47, 237 84. Total, $363 696 999 87. With the great reduction of taxation, by the acts of Congress at the last sea sion, the expenditure of the Govern ment io collecting the revenue will be much reduced for the next 11..30111 year. It is very doubtful, however, whether any further reduction of so vexatious a burden upon the people will be practi cable for the present. At alio /mils. as a measure of justice to the holders of the nation's certificates of indebted /It•98, I would recommend that 110 more legisiAtiim he had on this subject, un less it be to correct, crrors of ornim skm or in the present hive. until sufficient time has elapsed to prof• that it can be done and still leave suflii•:ent revenue to meet the current expo sea of the Government, pay the inter •st on the public debt aml pro vide t‘o. the :inking fund established by it, v. prr-wrvatioit oUt' tlittiottat etetli. is of 111, , highest importance. Next Ott importance. to this c o me s a s o i eti . n doiy 1.1) prOViiie tl national cur r.oicy .1f unvarying value, as comi areti .with gold, and as SOOll tes practicable, having. due regard for the interests of the debtor claw and the vicissitudes of [rude anti commerce, convertible into gold :it par. War Department.. The report of the Secrtdary of War shows the expenditures of the War Department fur the fiscal year ending June 30. 1871, to be $35,799,991 82, and for the fiseal year ending June 30, 1872, to he $35 372,157 20, showing a reduc tion in favor of the last fiscal year of $427,834 O. The estimates for military appropriations for the next fiscal year ending June 30. 1874, are $33,801,378 78 The estitnatesof the Chief of Etigineets are submitted separately for fortitica- Lions, river and harbor improvements, and for public buildings and grounds, and the Washington aqueduct. Thb attrirs of the Freeth»en's Bureau have air been transferred to the ‘Vrtr Departrueot, and regulations have been put into execution fur the speedy pay ment of bounty, pay, tkze., due colored soldiers properly coming under that Bureau. All the war accounts for money-and property prior to 1871 have been ex amined and trensmitted to the Trea sury for final settlement. During the fiscal year there has been paid for transportation an railroads $l,- 300,000, of which $800,857 was over the Pacjdc Railroad; the transportation by water, $620,373 52, and by stage, $ 48 ,- 975 II& and for the purchase of trans portation, animals, wagons, hire of teamsters, &c., &e., V 924,650 63. About $70,000 have been collected from southern raih•iaads during the year, leaving about $4,000.000 still due. The Quartermaster has exam i ned and transmitted to the accounting officers for settlement, $107,172 7:: of claims by loyal citizens for Quartermaster's stores during the war; subsistence supplies to the amoutitiof $89,048 12 have been is sued to the Indians. The annual ave •age men strength of the army was 24,101 white and :249e col ored soldiers. The total death of the year reported was 26 white and 54 col ored. The distribution of the medical and surgical history of the war i" yet to be ordered by Congress. There ex late an absolute necessity for a medical elms of the full number established by the act of Congress of July 28, 1866, their being now 59 vacancies, and the number of successful candidates rarely exceeds eight or ten In any one year. The river and harbor improvements have been carried on with energy and economy. Though many are only partly completed the results have saved to commerce many times the amount expended. The increase of commerce, with greater depth of channels, greater security in navigation, and the saving of time, add millions to the wealth of the country, and increase the resources of the Goverr ment. The bridge across the Mississippi river at Rock Island has been completed, and the proper site has been determined upon for the bridge at La Crosse. The able and exhaustive report made by the commissions appointed to laves tletti, the "";tillt . ) twolt 111111C4 to ‘,l, , orv:tt ions and report , : of the Signal ()Mee hove t been eontinned. Station ., have been maintaine:l at each of the ptiueip Lake, seal ott and river cities. addit boial stations have heeo establish tat in the United States, anti amtvws- ments have been for an exchange of re ports kith Canada, :old a similar ex change of ,il,,wrvzil. ions is enntentpluleil wit It the Wesi I wily. The I . ivoraid, ntk , ntion MI c,mgre,s is illV`t. it (ft HP . f.illnrcin , g r emu m' titi it iutls of t he St - el etary of War: A discentinuance of the appointment of extra Lieutenants to serve as Adjo tants and Quartermasters; the adop tion of it eode providing specific penal ties for well defined offences, So that in equality Of sentenees and judgments by eourtm martial may be adjusted ; the vonsolidation of accounts, under which expenditures are made, as a measure of econotnN; a reappropriation of the money for the construction of a depot at San Antonio, the title to the site be ing now perfected; a special Hot placing the cemetery at the ('ity of Mexico on the same basis as 4't Ii r national ceme teries; aothority to purchase sites for military pots in Texas; the appoint meat of Commissary Sergeants from non-Commissioned officers as a meas ure for securing the better care and protection Or suppli es .; an appropi in lion for the publication of the catalogue and tables of the Anatomical Section of the Army Medical Museum ; a re appropriation or the amount for the manufacture of breech-loading aims, should the selection be so delayed by the board of officers as to leave the former appropriation unexpended at the close of the fiscal year; the sate of such arsenals east of the Mississippi as can be spared, and the proceeds applied to the establishment of one huge arse nal of construction and repair upon the At !antic coast ; the pa rchase of a suita ble site for a pi ov ing and experimental ground for heavy ordnance; the :Abrogation of laws which de prive inventors in the United States service from deriving any benefit from their inventions; the re peal of the law prohibiting pro.botions in the Stair Corps; a continuance of the work - upon the coast defenses; the repeal of the seventh section of the act of July 13th, ISIIU, taking from engi neer soldiers the per diem granted to other troops; a limitation of the time for the presentation of all war claims for subsistenee supplies, under the act of July 4th, I,SG-1, and a modificatinn iii the made of the selec inn of cadets for the Military Academy, in order to en hance the usettilloess of the Academy, which is impaired by reason of the large amount or time necessarily ex pended in giving new cadets a thorough linowledge of the mere elementary branches of learnioi,r, which they shall acquire before a meting the; Acadciny ; illso uu tipprOpti.ttiOn for philosophical apparatus and an increase in the num bers and pay of the Military Academy 71'1 ,t 1 1,1; 1 . 41] 3! '2,2•' , 1,.16 92 71 9,11'2.,1i ;7lii 171,10'r `,1,7 I I 7.116: 724 S'..! 28,533,ifJ 71; 3.;372 157 20 21,240,907 97 42,958,329 ($ 117.357,R17 72 2'70,559,695 9L 6.145..4,20,3 to ,9 51 $1(H,11N.52t) :to E 377,475,716 71 ISI 012,573 15 Tae attention of Congress will be dttllng its presota t;es - Aion to va rious enterprises for the inure certain :old cheaper L1411:-Itortal ion of the con a. ly increasing . surplus of Western attti Boutherli products to toe Atlantic seaboard. The so' jest is one that will force itself Upon the legislative branch of tite Government sooner or later, mid I suggest, therefore, that immediate steps let be taken to gain all availa ble information to insure equal and just legislation. One route (to connect the Mississipoi Volley with tae Atlantic at Charleston, 8. C., and Savannah, Georgia, by wiper, by the way of Oltin and Tennessee 11 vets and canals and sLick water navigation to the z!• , ll.vannall and o,troulgee vto - s) has been sur veyed, :old of rep.trt, made by att ac complished engineer ollie,er of the araiy. Second and third new routes wilt be proposed for the consideration of Congress, namely, by tut extension of th” Ka nawaha tool James Itiver C., nal to the Ohio, anti by ihe extension of Ow Chcsapeake and Ohio Causal. 1 inn hot prenared to nteommend get:eminent aid to these, or taller enterprises, until it is clearly shown that they arc not only of national interest, but that, when completed, they will be of a value commensurate with their Cost. That production in creases'more rapidly than the means of transportation in our coutrery has been demonstrated by past experience. That the unnrecedented growth in Imputa tion and product,: of the whole country will require additional facilities and cheaper ones fur the 1110r0 bulky articles of eoimneree to reiwb tide water and a market will be demanded in the near future, is equally demonstrable. I Would therefore suggest either a commi t t e e or commission to be author ized to consider this whole question and to report to Collo,i'Ps4 at some future day for its bet ter guidance in legislation tilt this intiairtant subject. The railroads of the country have been rapidly extended during the last few years to meet the growing demands of productions, and reflect much credit. upon the capitalists and managers en gaged. In addition to these a project of facilitate commerce by the building Of a ship ca►na! around Niagara Falls on the United States side, which has been agitated for intioy years, wiil, no doubt, be called to your oftent ion at this session. Looking to the great future growth of the country, anti the increas ing demand of commerce, it might be well, while ou this subject•, not, only to have examined and reported upon the various practicable routes for connec ting the Mississippi with the tide water on the Atlantic, but the feasibility of an almost continued land locked navi gation from Maine to the (hit( of Mex ico. Such a route along our coast would be of great value at all times, and of inestimable value in case of foreign war. Nature has provided the greater part of this route. The obstacles to be overcome are easily within the skill of the engineer. I have not alluded to this subject with the view of having any further expenditure of the public moneyat this ti me t ban maybe necessary to procure and place ail the necessary iufortnatiou before Congress in an au thentic form, to enable it hereafter, If deemed practicable and worthy, to leg islate ou the subject without delay. Navy Department. The report of the Secretary of the Navy, herewith accompanying, ex plains fully the condition of that branch of the public service, its wants and deficiencies, expenses incurred during the past year and appropriations for the same. It also gives a complete history of the services of the :Navy for the pact year, in addition to its regular service. It is evident that unless early steps are taken to preserve our n in a very few years the United State will be the weakest nation upon the ocean of all the great powers. With an energetic, progressive business peo ple like ours, penetrating and forming business relations with every part of the known world, a navy strong enough to command the respect of our flag abroad is neeessary for the full protec tion of their rights. I recommend care ful cousidera•iou by Congress of the recommendations made by the Secre tary of the Navy. O Mee rop4lnlort The acc.unpanylng report of the Postmaster-General furoishes a Intl and sat i-faciory eshihit of the operations of the Post 0:11,! D..partineut duri,:g the \•e.•. Th e ordinary ievenuea or the department the fiscal year coded .1 UM' 18:2, amounted to $21,915 - -416,37, and the ex pendituta 8 to :720,059,- 192 31. ('omnired ‘Nitli the previ sus ti-c.,1 year the increase of revenue was 3. - )111). - i, or 9.37 per cent , and the increase of ex I' Intl( it ie.,: 26'i,088 2:1, or 20 per cen:. Adding to the malt triry r,Veilllo!4 t lIV:111MMI rtphropriatlion of ; , ,....71) 10 to rio. free !nail inalter and the a memo paid to Ilse subs' i1;z,41 mast steamship lines front appropria tions, th , delivieney paid out or the general Teea , ury was ::•:1 317,76.) of --an excess of 1:A689,07 ov..r the (it licieitcy for the year 1871. /they int?resting statistical information relating to our rapidly f xttAiding postal service is Mt ntshed in this retol. The total length of railroad mad routes, on the 30th or lone, 1872, was 57,1111 miles-8077 addi tional miles of such sews having been Put into operation during the year. Eight new lines of fa' lway 'post-offices have been established, with au aggre gate length of:2,110U miles. 'Coe !tonna rof letter,i exchang e d in the mails with foreign (ami(Pies W '1,362,500; till increase of 4 Onli,:a U 2, or wenty leer cent. over the number in I. and the postmae thereon amounted to 51,071,257 25. The total weight of the mails exWianged with other coon tries exceeds ::20 tons, and the cost of the United Suites Transatlantic Mail Steamship service was $220,302 70. 'ldle total cost of the Cnilad States Ocean Steamship service, including the amounts paid to the subsidized line of I mail steamers, was $1,027,1)2f; 97. The billowing are the only steamship tines now receiving subsidies for mail ser vice under special acts of Congress: The Pacific Mail Steamship company receive z7,•; 7 100,000 per annum for con%, ey i tug a monthly mail between San Fran cisco, Japan and China, which will be increased to $1,000,000 per annum for semi-monthly mail, on and after Oct. 1, 187:1. The United States and Brazil Mail Steaniship Corn patty receive $150,- 000 per an n nt.for Conveying a monthly mail between New York and Rio de Janeiro. Brazil and the California, Oregon and 'Mexico Steamship Compa ny receive 575,000 per annum for con-' veying a monthly mail between SAD Fi•AD(Atieik, Honolulu and the Hawaiian lands, multialg the total amount of mail steamship subsidies at. present $725,000 per ulllll.lllll. Our postal communications with all parts of the el vilized world have been placed upon a most advantageous foot ing by the improved postal conventions and at rangetneuts recently concluded with the leading commercial countries of Europe and America, and the grati fying Hi atentent is made that with the conclusion of a satisfactory convention with France, the details of which have been definitely agreed to by the head of the French postal department, sub ject to the approval of the Minister of Finance, little remains to be aecom ;dished by treaty for some time to come with respect either to a reduction of rates or improved facilities of postal in tercourse. Your favorable considera tion is respectfully invited to the re commendations made by the Postmas ter Uenerai for an increase of service from monthly to semi-monthly trips on the mail steamship route to Brazil ; for a subsidy in aid of the establishment of an American line of mail steamers be tween San Francisco, New Zealand and Australia; 4or the establishment of post offices, savings banks, and for ail increase in the srlaries of heads of bu reaus. I have heretofore recommended the abolition of the franking privilt-ge, and see 00 reason HOW for changing my views on that subject. It not having been favorably regarded by Congress, however, I now suggest a Modification of that privilege, to eon ect its glaring und costly a',at,es. I would recommend also the appaintment of a Committee or a Commission to take into consider ation the best in elhod equitable to pri vate corporations, who have invested their time and capital in the establish ment of telegraph lines, of acquiring a title to all the telegraph lines now in Operation, and of connecting this ser vice with the postal service of the nation. It is not probable that this subject could receive proper considera tion during the limits of a short session of Congress; but it may be initialed, so that future action may be fair to the Covent ment and to private parties cod cerned. There are but three linesofocean steam ers, namely, the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., between San Francisco, China and .Japan, with provision made for semi monthly service after Octoberr 1S7:1; the United States and Brazil line, monthly, and the California, New Zealand and Australian line, !notably, plying between the United States and foreign ports, owned and operated undo • our flag. I earnestly recomme.ol that such liberal contracts for carrying the mail be authorized with these lines as Witt insure their continuance. if the expediency of extending the aid of Ihe (40VerlIlllellt to lines of steamers which hitherto have not received it should be deemed worthy of the consideration of Congress, political and eoinmerchil ob jects make it advisable to bestow such a id On a line under our flag between Panama and Western South American ports. By this means ninch tiade ,tow diverted to other countries mi! , ;lit be brought to as, to the mutual advantage of this country, and those lying in that quarter of the continent of America. The report. of ',he Secretary of the Treasury will show an alarming falling off in our carrying trade for the last ten or twelve years, and even for the past year. Ido not believe that the public treasure can be better expended in the iiverests of the whole people, than in trying to reeover that trade. All expend iture of live million dollars per annum, for the next live years, if it would re store to us our proportion of the carry ing trade of the world, would he pron.. taby expended. The price or labor in Europe has so much enhaneed within the last few years that the cost of building and operating !wean steamers in the United States is not so notch greater than in Europe, but, that I be lieve the time has arrived for Congress to take this subject into serious consid eration. Department of Justice Detailed statements of the disburse. ments through the Department of Jus tice will be furnished by the report of the Attorney-General, and though these have been somewhat increased by the recent acts of Congress, " to en force the rights of citizens of the Unit ed States to vote in the several States of the Union," and " to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amend ment to the Constitution of the United States and the amendmtuts thereto," I cannot question the necessity and salu tary effect of those enactments. Reck - less and lawless wen, I regret to say, have associated themselves together in some localities to deprive other citizens of those rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States, and to that end have committed deeds of blood and violence. But the prose eltioti and punishment theme, persona have tended greatly to the repression of such dis ,rtlers. I do not dottlif that a gro;`il of the pe,iple in WI parts of Ow comitry favor the full Iy ail clos, of persons id those Lots to ‘, hieh they are entitled under th e constitution and laws, and I invoke the aid and influ ence of all good citizens to prevent organizations whose objects are by On lawful t.'catts to interfere with those rights. 1 look with conthitimic to zi time, not far distantashon the advantages of good force wiil induce an abanilonment or au lotions prohibited by the :lets referreil to, and when it will be unnevessary to c:i rry on prosecutions or lnllietpunish ments to protect citizens from the law less doings of such combination: , . Applications have liven made to me to pardon persons convicted of a viola tion of said acts, upon the ground that elemency in such case 3 would tend to tranquilize the public mind, and to test the virtue of that policy. lam dispos • ed us far as my sense of justice will permit, to give to these applications a favorable consideration; but any action thereon is not to be construed as indi cating any change in my determin:,tiou to enforce with vigor, ugh nets, so long the tionspiravies and comliinations tfierein named disturb the penis% of I country. It is much to be regretted, and is regretted by no one more than myself, that a necessity has ever exist ed to execute the "enforcement act." No one can desire mote than I that the nevessity of applyitr„; it may never again be demanded. Department of therior. The Secretary of the Interior reports satisfactory improvement and progress in each of the several bureaus Willer the control of the Interior Depart men t. They aro all in excellent condition. The work, which, hi some of Ihem, for some years, has been in arrears, has been brought down to a resent datc,and in all the current business has been promptly despatched. Indians The policy which was :,lopteil at the beginning . of this administration, with regard to the management of the In dians, has been as successful a• HA most ardent friends anticipated in se short a time. It has renneed the expense of their management, decreased their forays upon the white settlements, tended to give the largest opportunity for the extension of the great railways th,•ough the public I iumain, and :he pushing of settlements into more remote districts of the country, at the same time improving the condition of the Indians. The policy %% ill be main tained without any change, excepting such as further experience may show to be necessary to render it more etrottive. The subject of converting the so-call ed Indian Territory, south of Kansas, into a home fin• Indians, and erecting . therein a territorial form ofgovernment , is one of great importance as a comple ment of the existing Indian policy. The question of removal to that Territory has, within the past year, been pre sented to many of the tribes resident• UpOII other and les.s desirable portions of tl►e public domain, and has generally been received by them with favor. A:; a prelin►ina►y step to the organization of such a territory it will he necessary to confine the Indians now resident thereon to farms, of proper size, which should be secured to them in fee; the residue to be used for the settlement, of other friendly Indians. Elllirts will be made in the immediate future to I tidu. , o the removal of as many peaceably dis posed Indians to the Indian Territory as can be settled properly, without dis turbing the harmehy of those already there. There is no other loeittion now available where a people, who are en deavoring to acquire a knowledge of pastoral and agricultural pursuits, can be as well accomniodated as upon the unoccupied lands in the Indian Terri ory. A territorial government Mundt' how ever, protect the Indians front the in roads of the whites for a term of years, until they become sufficiently advanced in the arts unit eivilzation to guard their own rights, and front the disposal of the lands held by them for the same period, Public Lands. During the last fiscal year, there were disposed of out of the public lands )1,- 864,975 acres—a quantity greater by 1,099,270 acres than was disposed of the previous year. Of this amount 1,370,- 320 acres were for cash ; 389,460 acres located with militaryiyarrants; 4,671,-- 332 acres taken for homestefuls; 693,913 acres located with college scrip; 3,554,- 887 acres granted to railroad; 455,34 acres granted to wagon roads; 714,255 acres given to States, as swamp lands ; 5,760 acres located by Indian scrip. The cash receipts from all sources in the Land Office amounted to $3,218,104). During the same period 22,016,608 acres of the public lands weresurveycd,which , added to the quantity before surveyed, amounts to 583,364,780 acres, lem . ing 1,257,633,628 acres of the public lands still unsurveyed. The reports of the subordinates of the Land Otlice contain interesting infor mation in regard to their respective dis tricts. They uniformly mention the fruitfulness of the soil during the past season, and the increased yield of all kinds of produce. Even in those States and Territories where mining is the principal business, agricultural products have exceeded the local demand, and liberal shipments have been made to distant points. Patents During the year endireSepterober 30, 1872„ there were issued from the Patent Office 13,06 patents, 283 extensions,and 566 certificates and registries of trade marks. During the same time. 19,587 applications for patents, including re issues and desins, have been received, and 3,100 caveats filed. The fees re ceived during the same period amount ed t 05700.954 86, and the total expendi tures to $623,553 90, making the net re ceipts over the expenditures $77,400 26. Since 1836, 200,000 applications for patents have been flied, and about 133,000 patents issued. The office is being eomitteted under the same laws and general organization as were adopt ed at the original inauguration, when only from 100 to 500 applications were made per annum. The Commissioner shows that the office has outgrown the original plan, and that a new organiza tion has become necessary. This sub ject was presented to Congress in a special communication in February last, with my approval and the appro val of the Secretary of the Interior, and the suegestions emilajked in said com munication were ettiliTaced in the bill that was reported to the House by the Committee on Patents at the lag session The subject of the re-organization of the Patent Office, as contemplated by the bill referred to, is one of such int portance to the industrial interests of the country that I commend it to the attention of Congress. The Commis sioner also treats the subject of a separa tion of the Patent Office from the De partment of the Interior. This subject is also embraced in the bill heretofore referred to. The CoMmissioner com plains of the want of room for themodel gallery, and for the working force and necessary files of the office. It is im 1 I r:111 , -i' , 1 thn. oih e , properl:, - %V it hoot wore rooiti ill hip!! to arrange 11111Willp;S I!".11 ;101'4 1 10 1' ,tisolteil in the bowioes,. The whole of tlte Pni (111 11 111t0e 1)1111(101g will soon ho iteeileti, if not iilready, for the aeconi moilation of the husittess of the l'utellt Odic!. Pensions The amount paid for pensions in the lust fiscal year was $30,109,:i41), an amount larger by $3,708,434 than was paid hiring the preveiling year. Of his amount, :$2,213,409 were paid under the act of om g ress of February 17, 1871, to survivors of the war of 1812. The annual inerease of pensions by the legislation of Congress has more than kept pace with the natural yearly tosses from the rolls. The act of Con gress of June, 1872, has added an esti mated amount of s7; - ,0000 per annum to the rolls, without inereasing the number of pensioners. We cannot, therellire, look for any substantial de crease in the expenditures of this de partment for sotto' vitae to cotne, or so long :is ( 'ongress ruutiuuos to SO change the rates of pensions. The whole HUM her of soldiers enlisted in the War of the Rebellion was 9,688,1423. The total number of claims for invalid pensions is,,l4(;,(titti, being but six per cent of the whole number of enlisted men. The total 111.111111 Per of claims on hand at the beginning of the year was 90,68'J; the number received during the year was 96,574 ; the numbe,. (I is) (osell or was 39,178. staking a net gain of I*ot. Number of claims now on file is 70 7 05,1. Ott the 30th of June, 1879, there were on the rolls the names of 9.1,405 invalid military pen sioners; 112,518 widows, orphans and dependent relatives, making an aggre gate of 908,!4.23 army pensioners. At the same time there were on the rolls the names of 1,449 navy pensioners and 1,730 widows, orphans and dependent relatives; maling the whole number of naval pensioners 3179. There have been received Sine(' the passage of the act to provide pensions for the survivors of the war of 1819, 36,551 applications prior to June 30, 1819, of these thou were allowed during the last fiscal year 90,123 claims; 4,845 were rejected dur ing the year, leaving 11,580 claims pending. at that date. The number of pensions Of all classev grented during the last fiscal year was 33,838. During that period there we dropped front the rolls for various causes, 9,104 names, leaving a grand total of 239,229 pension ers on the rolls on the 30th of June, 1872. It is thought that the claims for pensions on account of the war of 1812 will all be disposed of by the Ist of May, 1873. It is estimated that $30,480000 will be required for the pension -erviee during the next fiscal year. The Census 'rite ninth census is about completed. Its early. completion is a sub . it et of congratulation,inasmuch Os the use to be nutde of the statistiqstly._•rein contained depends very greatly on tlut proutpti tude of publication. The Sect etary of the Interior recommends that a census he taken in 1875, which recommenda tion should receive the early attention of Congress. The interval at: present ..stablisbed between the Federal census is so long that the information obtained at the decennial periods as to the material condition, wants and resources of the nation is of little practical value after the expiration of the first half of that period. It would probably obviate the Constittitional provision regarding the decennial census if a census taken in 875 should be divested of all political character, and no re-appointment of Congressional reiwesentation be made under it. Such a census, coming as it would in the last ‘ olr o,*the first centu ry of our national e::istonce, would fur nish a noble monument of the progress of the United States during that cen tury. Education The rapidly increasing interest ►n education is a most encouraging feature in the current history of the country, and it is no doubt true that this is due in great measure to the efforts of the Bureau of Education. That office is continually receiving evidences, which abundantly prove its efficiency, from the various Institutions of learning and education of all kinds throughout the count ry. The report of the Cou►missioner con tains a vast amount of educational details of great interest. The bill now pending before Congress providing foi the appropriation of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands for educational purposes, to aid the States in the gen eral education of their rising genera tions, is a measure of such great import ance to our real progress, and is so unanimously approved by the leading friends of education, that I commend it to the favorable attention of Congress. Territories A trairs in the Territories are generally satisfactory. The energy and business capacity of the pioneers who are set tling, up the vast dominions not yet in corporated into States, are keeping pace in internal improvements and civil government with the older eommuni ties. I n but one of them, Utah, is the condition of affairs unsatisfactory, except so far as the quiet of citizens may be disturbed by real or imaginary danger of Indian hostilities. It has seemed to he the policy of the Legisla tune of Utah to evade all responsibility to the Government of the United States, and even to hold a position in hostility to it. I recommend a careful revision of the present laws of the Territory by Congress, and the enactment of such a law—i lie one proposed in Congress at its last session, for instance, or some thing similar to it—as will secure peace, the equality of all citizens before the law, and the ultimate extinguishment of polygamy. Since the establishment of a territor ial government for the District of Co lumbia the improvement of the condi tion of the city of Washington and surroundings, and the Increased pros perity of the citizens, is observable to Vie most casual visitor. The nation,be log a large owner of property in this city, should hear, with the citizens of the District, its just share of the expense of these improvements. I recommend, therefore, an appropriation to reimburse the citizens for the work done by them along and in front of the public grounds during the past year, and liberal appro priations in order that the improvement of the public buildings and grounds may keep pace with the improvements made by the territorial authorities. Agrioulture The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture gives a very full and inter esting account of the several divisions of the Department—the horticultural, agricultural. statistical, entomological and chemical—and the benefits con ferred by each upon the agricurtural Interests of the country. The whole re port is a complete history in detail of the workings of that Department in all its branches; showing the manner in which the farmer, merchant and miner are informed, and the extent to which he is aided in his pursuits. The Commis sioner makes one recommendation, that measure be taken by Congress to pro tect and induce the planting of forests, suggests that no part of the public lands should be disposed of without the eou (Mimi Itint ono tenth. of it It, r tti'vetl in tintht , r lit , ri• it i•xi,,t.+, anti \% here it ilt)cs not oxi.A ntroroi fi,r planting it. The Centennial Celebration In accordance with the terms of the I , ll't of t'ongress. approved Mare ISTI, providing for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of American Indepettilenee, a Cianinission has been organized, con-Aisting of two members front each of the States and Territories. Phis l'ontinis.don has held two sessions and has made satisthetory progress in organization and in the initiat ny step necess-ay tel ciirr iitg out the provisions of the act, and for executing tile provisions Of the nil of June I, IM7!, cleating a Centennial Hoard of Finanoe. A preliminary report of progress has been received trout the President of the Commission, and is herewith tranamit led. It will be the duty of the Com missioners, at your coming se.esion, to transmit it full report of the progress made, and to lay before you the details relating, to the exhibition of American nail foreign :iris, products:mil manuftte tures, 'which, by the terms of the net, is to he held under the auspices of the io‘'erilinet)t of the [tilted Slates, in the city of Philadelphia, in the year Is7G, 'Niecelebrat ion will he looked fa ward to Icy American citizens Arith great interest, its twirl:Mg tt ventury of great er progress and prosperity than is re eorded iu I lw history ofany othernation, and as serving a further good purpose in bringing together on oursoil thetteoples of all the commercial portions of the earth in a manner calculated to secure international good feeling. Civil Service An earnest desire has been felt to c(ir reel abuses which have grown up in the civil service of the country through the defective method of mak ing appointments to otlice. Heretofore Federal offices have been regarded too much as the reward of pol itieal services. ruder authority of Congress rules have been established to regulate the tenure of office and the Mode of appointments. It ennui, 11.‘ expected that any system of rules can be entirely effective and prove a perfect, remedy for the existing evils until they have been thoroughly tested by actual practice, and amended according IA) tile replirellaelllS or the service. During my term of office it shall In' my earnest endeavor to so ap ply I I!, rules as to secure, the greatest reform in the Civil Service of the tiovernment. But it will require the direct action of Congress to render the enforcemunt of the system binding upon my successors, and I hope that the experience of the pastyear, together with appropriate legislation by Congress, may reach a satisfactory solution or this question, and secure to the public service, for all time, a practical method of obtaining faithful and ellicient officers and employees. U. S. GRANT EXucli 111allsion, I)ec. '2, 1872. R. R„ R. RADWAY'S READY Rk:Li CURES THE WOUST PA I In from One to Twenty Minutes, NOT ONE HOUR nfla v...ainT i6ie aa% vil 1.,,1 any one :['ITTR WITH PAIN. =ll M 1 EVERY IN. II WWI the (I,l:ma 14 The Only .I"rtlii ltemeely that to,taotty ad,v4 the ni.t and curt,' ('Qn_c.Aimn, wurther of tf.,, Limo, titotriach, , ether itkutkla or organs, uy. 000 applif I, ritolki ONE TO TWENTY MiNrTEs, to !natter Ii0V? ',lntent or excruCiating tip. lF do the 101E1' M ATIC, Ded•rithlen, Infirm, Crippled, Norvous, Is; on! ulg or pros!ratod with disease may RADWAY'S READY RELIEF AFFORD INSTANT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF •114KIDNEy;.;, INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. INFLAMMATIuN OF THE, BOWELS. CONCESTIoN OF THE LDNOS. SORE THROAT, DI FFI(' CLI' BREATIIno, PALPITATIoN OF 'I'IIE HEART. lITSTERICS, CRoUP, DIPHTHERIA. cATARItII, INFLLENZA„ HEADACHE, TOOTITACRE, INEURALOZA, RUEEMAT/SliL COLD CTITLIA, AGUE CRILL , , The application of the Ready Relief to the part or Loris where the pule or difficulty exiMs wilt afford emu and comfort. Twenty .11,pn In half a tumbler of wator will In a Nv momenta titre CRAMPS, SPASNIS, Si OUI HEARTBURN, SICK. HEADACHE, DIARRHEA, DYSENTERY, COLIC, WIND IN HE BOWELS, and all INTERNAL PAINS. Travelers should always carry a bottle. of Rtithvav's Ready Relief with them. A few drops in w :der will Lrevent sickness or pains from elattore of water. It is etter 111411 French Mandy or Bitters a 4 a fit linu AND AGUE. FEVER FEVER AND AGUE cured for fifty cents. There is no a remedial agent In this world that will cure Freer and Agne, and all other Malarious, BWoue, Scarlet, Tr•• 1.1101.1, Yellow, and other Fevers (aided by RA DWAY'S PILLS, so quick se RADWA TS READY RELIEF. FIRy cents per bottle. Sold by Druegbti. HEALTH ! BEAUTY ! ! STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD-INCREA OM FLESH AND WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TuALL. DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLVENT HAS MAW: THE MOST ASTOSISHINO so wirri so nn H Ar) ARE THE eIIANoKi THE 110111' UNDERoOF.S, UNDER. TILE IN FLIJENcE OF 'IIIIS TIiIILY WuNDEIi.FI . I. AI EDWIN E, THAT Every Day an Increase In Flesh and Weight is Seen and Felt. THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Every drop of the BARSAPARILLIAN ENT ennituntacatem through the Blood, Sweat, Urine, Opel other fluids and juices of the syntem the vigor of ire, for it repairs the wastes of the Lady with hew and sound matcrlul. Scrofula, S v I.IIIIIA, r al:ease, Ulcers in the Throat, Month, Tumors, Nodes lu the Glands mat other parts or the system, Sore Eyes, Simmons Dlschargcs (rein the Ears, and the worvt hems of Skin E/14411,116, Fever So./ . 03, Scald I lead, Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Acne black Soon, 111 the Flesh, Tummy, Comers in the Womli, and all weakening mei painful dischaigva, Night Sweats, Lose of Sperm, wet all wastes of the,VIC ore within the curative range of this transfer el Mod ern Chemistry, and a few day.? use will peeve to any minion wing it for either of these forms of disease its potent power to cure them. If the patient, daily becoming redneed by the wastes and deeomposition that is continually prokresolne, suc ceeds in arresting these wastes, nod repairs the same with 'hew material made from healthy blood—and thla the SARSAPARILLIAN will and does secure. Not mile does the SARIMPAIULLIAN ILrsotvßNr excel nil known remedialagents In the care of Chronic, Sonde. lons, Constitutional, and Skin discuses ; but It is the only positive cure for Kidney & Bladder Complaints, Urinary, and Womb diseases, arareb_ Diabetes, Dropsy, Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine, Bright's Dix ease, Alimminuria, and in all cases where there ore brick dust deposits, or the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg or threads like white silk, or there is a morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white bone-duet deposits, and when there Is a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pain in the Small a the Back and along the ins, Price, 401.c0, for - 2 r u ip e, m e g known and sure Remedy Tumor of 12 Years' Grown' Cured by Radway's Resolvent. Bressuar, MAIL, July 18, lOW Dn. RAINWAV have had Ovarian Tenor In the draftee and bowels. All the Meters told there was no help for It." I Pled evory thing that woe recommended; IhLk D 451041 helped sue. uw Yonr Noselreets and thought I would try tt NO had no faith to It, homy. t bud suffered foe twelve yews. I took she bottles of the Rawls,•ent , and one bon of Iladway's Put., and two hot. tlos of your 'Ready Relief ; and there la not a sign of tumor to ho seen or felt, and I feel better, marker, and happier than I bora for twelve yeses. The worst tumor was In the left side of the bowels, over the groin. I write Ode to you fur the bendlt of others. VIM ten publish It If you choose. HANNAH P. RNAPPs DR. RADWAY'S4. PERFECT PURGATIVE PILLS, perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet 0111. purge, regulate, purify, cleanse, and strengthen. Sead. way's DIN, for the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, tiver, Bowels, rldneys, Bladder, ifelyous Diseases, ee4ache. Constipation, Coetlvenees, IndlgeOtlON. yOpedOli, Biliousness, Hiltons Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles,and all Derangements Of the Internal Vis cera. Warranted to erect a poeltive cure. Fundy Vegeta.. Ole oontalning no mercury, minerals, or deleterious drugs, Observe the following symptoms resulting from Bl i sters of the Digestive Organs: Orestipstiss, In Pilo., Fullmer of the Blend in t h e Mad, Acidity of the Stomach, Hawes, Hearthern Disgust of Dad, Pauses or Weight I. the stoma, soar gratatkmb or riateering an the Ph of the Stomach, Swhimlng Of the Mad, Denial and Mesh Hinathiag, Plattering at thillileart, or Sollboatiag Sometime whelk In a Lying Nature, Dieter Vision, Doer or Webs Were the Sight, Fever sad Dull Pain In the Head, Delielmay of Perspiratlos, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes Ada la the Side, Chest, Linda, and ladies Flushes of neat, Ruining In the Flesh. A few down of RADWAY'S TILLS wm free the eye teen from all the ahove•named &ander& Price, as yenta per hon. BOLD BY DRUGGISTS. READ "FALSE AND TRUE" Send one letter. stamp to RADWAY & CO., No. 8y Malden Lane, New. York. interned/on worth thousands wilt be sent you. FRANKLIN PRINTING INK Work. JOHN WOODRUFF'S SONS, Penhm Tllll Timm EirraßPßlan to printed With Ink from the above establlahment. 3ardi-17 H. BAUNKIARDNER, COAL OF ALL KINDS, North Prince Street, near Lemon, and 8.11 , 0 at the Reading Depot. LANCASTER, PA, r - jtrl can and will sell COAL cheap er than any other dealer in Lancaster. Call and be Convinced. pErVINSVI.VANIA CENTKAL 1111. The following table gives the leaving time of alt trains at the !animater Depot, and the time of their arrival at either end of the Division: Leave Arrive at W EST WA D. Lannuder. Hurrioburg. Southern Expr, vv" .. a 2:25 a w Through Passenger Purl Niagara Ex . Mail via Mi. J0y.... !gall A la Columbia.. Fast. Line Columbia Accommodation... 8:40 p tn . °Col.& York Harrisburg Aceuninunlittlon.. 0:08 p m.... 8:10 p tu Lancaster 'l' rain .. 7:34 p ni..C01.& York PlLNlmric Express 9:NS p p m Clacitmati Express' 11:00 p in....19:10 a m hea rrive at F:ASTWA R La »easier. Philad'a. Philadelphia Expresst 4:19 a m.... 6:55 a m Fast Line' 6:50 a .... 9:20 ain Lancaa ter Train Pacific Express , 1:04 p in .... 3:30 p rit Elmira Express 3:15 p m.... 6:00 p m Harrisburg Accommodation. 6:02 pin.... 935 p 111 Mall Train __ . 9.00 p m....11:30 p m Cincinnati Express' 'Leave daily, READING AND ILIDLEMMA H. D. ON AND MITRE MONDAY, MAY GTR, 1872, PASSENGER TRAINS WILL RUN ON TUB ROAD AS FOLLOWS: ARRIVE r♦ 20 ain Reading 1125 pm Columbia s 15 a in " ......311 p Lan( auter ARRIVE. 20 ain Lancaster erfam 6 16 p nt .... 8 17 p m 1 20 a in l Columbia 940 am aMum " 8 8 4 /Pm Trainaleaving Lancaster and Columbia As above, make close connect iOll at Reading with Trains North and South on Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and West on Le banon Valley Hoed. Trains leaving Lancaster at 820 a HI and Columbia al 8 16 a in, connects closely at Read ing with Trains for New Vork, . . . Reading Tickets can he obtained at the officen of the New Jer sey Central Railroad, foot of Liberty street, New York ; and Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 13th and Cal. lowhill Rtr..etn, Philadelphin. Through talteta to New York and Philadelphia Bold at all the Principal Stations, and Baggage Checked Through, 1 Mileage Tick'-t Books for 500 or 1000 miles, Sea son and Excursion Tickets, to and from all points, at re duced rates. Trains are run by Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Time, which is 10 winutem faster than Pennayivaida Railroad Time nov2s-111 R EAD I N 44 RAILROAD. WI NTER ARRANGEMENT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2d, UM Traine Wave Harrisburg for New York as follows : At' 6.30, 8.10 a. In., and 2.00 p. an., connecting with trains ou the Petwaylvania Railroad, awl arriving at New York at 12.35, 3.50, awl 9.45 p. m., respectively. Returniug: Leave New York at 9.00 a, M. 12 40 and. 5 30 p. in.. Philadelphia at 7.'4, 8.45 a. in. and 8.30 p. no. Leave Harrisburg for Reading, P, tleville, Tatnagora, Mineraville, Ashland, Shamokin, Allentown and Phila da., at s.3oand 8.10 a. on., 2.00 and 4.06 p. mstopping at , Lebanon and principal way stations ; the 4.0. p m, train, connecting for Philadelphia, Pottaviile, and Columbia, only. For Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and Suaquehmina Railroad, leave Harris. burg at 3.40 p. in. East Pennsylvania Railroad tralna leave Reading for Allentown. Easton and New York, at 7.30; 10.35 a. and 4.00 p. in. Returning leave New York at 9.00 •.m., 12.50 and 5.30 p. in. and Allentown, at 7.20 a. in., 1246 2.10, 4.35 and 5.55 p. in. Way ?manager Train leaves Philadelphia at 7.30 a.m., connecting at Reading with train on East Perna. Rail road; returning leaves Pottsville at 4 35 p. in., stopping at all stations. =I33M2M Leave Pottsville at 6.00, 8.05 and 9.10 a. in. and 2.80 p. in.; Herndon at 10 00 R. in., Shamokin at 6.00 and 11.02 a. in.; AsWand at 7.18 a , m. and 12 20 p Ma hanoy City at 7.63 a.m. and 12.54 p. in., Tamaqua at 8.36 a. m. and 2.10 p m. for Philadelphia, New York, Read ing, Harrisburg, &c. Leave Pottsville, via Schuylkill and Suaquebanua Railroad at 8.06 a in. for Harrisburg, sad 11.46 a.m., for Pine Grove avid Tremont. Pottsville Accommodation 'Train Leaves Pottsville at 0.00 a.m., passes Reading at 7.40 a.m., arriving at Phil adelphia at 10 16 a, ru. Returning leaves Philadelphia at 4 46 p.m., passes Reading at 7.15 p.m arriving at Polio- Tulle at 9 00 p. m. Pottstown Accommodation train : Leaves Pottstown at 6.45 am; returning leaves Philadelphia, Ninth sail Green, at 4.90 p m. Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at 7.80 a to and 0.15 pm for Ephrata, Lit's, Lancaster, Columbilsoikei Returning leave Lancaster at 8.20 a.m. and 8,30 p and Columbia at 8.15 a. m. an i 3.20 p. m. Perkiomen Railroad Trains leave Perkiomen Junction at 7.35. 9.00 a in, 2.55 and 5.40 p m ; returning leave Green Lane at 6,15, a m, 12.35 and 4.2• p m connecting; with train, on Reading ailroad. Pickering Valley Railroad trains leave Phoenixville at 9.10 a in., 8.10 and 5.50 p in.; returning, leave Byers in 6.35 a.m., 12.45 and 4.20 p. in , connecting with trains on Reading lisilroait. Coiei,rookdale Railroad trains leave Pottatown at 9.40 a m , and 1.20, 6.25 and 7.15 p in; returning leave Mt. Pleasant at 6.00, 8.00 and 11,25 a m, and 3.00 pm , con necting with trains on Reading Railroad, Chester Valley Railroad trains leave Bridgeport at 8.30 a in, 2.40 and 5.83 p in, returning, leave Downingtown. at 0.55 a in, 12.30 and 5.40 p connecting with trains on Reading Railroad. On :Sundays : Leave New York at 5.80 p in, Philadel phia at 8.00 a in and 3,15 p m, (tho 8.00 a in train run Mug only to Reading,) leave Pottsville 8.00 a m ; leave Harrisburg 6.311 it in, and 2.00 pmi leave Allentown at 8.66 p ni; leave Reiuling at 7,16 a m and 10.15 p m for Harrisburg, at 7.30 a in for New York, and at 9,40 a in and 4.15 p in for Philadelphia. Commutation, Mileage, tteason, School and Itseer• elo n Tickets, to ant from all points, at reduced rates Baggage chocked through 100 pounds allowed each, Passenger. J. 110. WOOTTNN, Asst Supt re Buy. Mader, ADING, Pi'. December 2d, 1872. [B.tf paiILADELPH IA dc READING READING, ALIO I'ST 21, 1812. On and after September 2d, this Company wit I take charge of the. ExeuEsk 13U51N899, In Oita de tails, on road and bran/Mem, and will be fully prepared to flecondnndate the public In the rapid transmission of mousy and freight entru3ted to Its care. Direct counecttuns will also be made with the "DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA t WESTERN Exraileir for New York City and State, the Eaatern States and Canadan, and all points on the Delaware, Lack awanna a. Western, Lackawanna & Blootrudiurg and Morris & Essex Railroads, and at reduced rates. Particular attention will be given to the Collec tion of Checks, Drafts, Notes, Bills, &c., and prompt returns made. Orders for articles to be returned by express wUI be carried free of charge, and delivered at once upon arrival of trains and goods called for and re turned by next train, ft ready for shipment. Telegrams ordering shipments of packages by express will be forwarded over the lines of the PHILADELPHIA, READING dr. PtHISTOWII TELEGRAPH COMPANY at half rates. For further Information, apply to Rnwsiut E. PARK, Superintendent of "Philadelphia & Reading It. R. Express Department," General Office, No. 1114 Chestnut Street; Branch Office, N.ll. corner Broad and Callowhill Streets. .1. R. WOOTTEN, 47-8 t Assistant Supsritstasdatt. Book and Job Printing. Coal Dealers. IwAyiiMl IN Railroads. 1:10 a rn 8:00 a m 11:45 a In. ... 4:10 am 0:35 a m....10:46 a m 11:2r, a in 1:00 p to 11:25 a m .... 1:25 p M 3:28 p m 9:30 a m .1t:40 pm 11:50 m.... 2:30 IDally except Monday. MED MOE OEO. P. GAGE, Supt 10 30 am 636 pm 10 30 a in 696 pat