_. .. ~ - Vfs_ti,(o',tdr•ApyWintypriio,, Ageecneaskends the Ott f Ne , groes y 11l -pioneer-.and -Engineer corps,- am—Statement bf the - Ntilitart Sitnatkoß-Foreign Relations and Ne gotiations for Peace. To the-Senate - arid House of Representatives . of the Confederate States of America: Io'§ - with satisfaction that I Welcome your presence at an earlier day than that usual for your session, and with confidence that I invoke the aid of your counsels at a time of such public exigency. The campaign which was, comrneneed almost simultape ously with your session early in May last, and which was still in progress at your ad journment in the nfiddle of June, has not yet reached its.elose. It has been prosecuted on a scale and' with an energy heretofore unequalled. When we revert to the condi tion-of our country at the inception of the operations of the present year, to the mag nitude of the preparations made by the enemy, the number of his forces, the accu mulation of his warlike supplies, and the prodigality with which his vast resources have - been lavished in the attempt to render success assured; when we contrast the num bers and means at our disposal for resist ance, and when we contemplate results of a struggle apparently so unequal, we cannot fail, while rendering the full meed of de served praise to our generals and soldiers, to perceive that a Power higher than man has willed our deliverance, and gratefully to recognize the protection of a kind Provi dence in enabling us successfully to with stand the utmost efforts of the enemy for our subjugation. At the beginning of the year the State of Texas was partially in possession of the enemy, and large portions of Louisiana and Arkansas lay apparently defenceless. (If 'the Federal soldiers who invaded Texas, none are known to remain except as prison ers of war. In Northwestern Louisiana a large and well-appointed army, aided by a powerful fleet, was repeatedly defeated, and deemed itself fortunate in finally escaping with a loss of one-third of its number, a large portion of its military trains, and many transports and gunboats. The enemy's occupation of that State is reduced to the narrow district commanded jry the gims of his fleet. Arkansas has 1 wen recovered, with the exception of a few fortified posts, while our forces haVe penetrated into central Missouri, ;1111)11E11g to our oppressed breth ren in that State an opportunity, of which many have availed themselves, of striking for liberatitin from the tyranny to which they have been subjected. ( in the east of the Mississippi, in spite of sonic reverses, we have much cause for gratulation. The enemy hoped to effect during the present year, by concentration of forces, the conimest which he had previous ly failed to accomplish by more extended operations. Compelled, therefore, to with draw or seriously weaken the strength of the art ides of occupation at differentpoints, haw afforded us the opportunity of recov ering possession of extensive districts of our territory. Nearly the whole of North ern and - Western Mississippi, of Northern Al:Omuta, and of Western Tennessee are again in our possession; and all attempts on these States have been battled. (In the (lake (wean (lad gull or the Confede racy the whole success of the enemy, with the enormous naval resources lit his coin- Mand, has lit‘en limited to the rapt ureof the outer defences of Mobile Bay. If we now turn to the resul LS accomplish ed by the ,Lwo great armies, so confidently relied on liy the invaders as sufficient to se cure the su I iversion of our Government and the subjection our • people to foreign domination, we have still greater cause thr devout gratitude to Divine power.' In Sonth western Virginia, successive armies which threatened the capture of Lynchburg and Saltville have been routed and driven out of the country, and a portion of Eastern Tennessee recommered by our troops. In Northern Virginia extensive districts, for merly occupied by the enemy, are now free front their presence. In the lower Valley, their General, rendered desperate by his inability to maintain a hostile occupation, hits resorted to the infamous expedient of converting a fruitful land into a desert by burning its mills, granaries and homesteads and destroying the food, standing crops, live stock and :igrieultural implements of peaceful non-combatants. The main army, idler a series of defeats in which its losses have been enormous; after attempts by raiding parties to break up our railroad communications, which have resulted in the destruction of a large part of the cavalry engaged in the work ; after constant repulse of repented assaults on our defensive is, with the aid of heavy reuffiircements, lint with, it is hoped, walling prospect of further progress in the design, still engaged in an effiirt, commenced more than four months ago, to capture the town of Peters - burg. . . The army of General Sherman, although succeeding at the end of the summer in ob taining possession of Atlanta, has been un )10 to secure any ultimate advantage from this success. The same general who, in February last, marched a large army from Vicksburg to Meridian with no other result than being forced to march back again, was zible, by the aid of greatly increased num bers, and after much delay, to force a pas sage trout I 'hattanooga to Atlanta, only to be for the second time compelled to with dLw on the like 01 his advance, without ob taining control of a single mile of territory beyond the narrow track of his march, ad id without gaining aught beyond the precari ous 1)01 , ,, , ,i011 of a few fortified points in which he is compelled to maintain heavy garrisons, and which are menaced with re capture The lessons afforded by the history of this war are fraught with instruction and encouragement. Repeatedly during the war have formidable expeditions been directed tlieludity against points ignorantly sup posed to be ,U• vital importance to the Con federacy. Some of these expeditions have, at immense cost, been successful, but in no instance have the promised fruits been reaped. Again, ill the present campaign, was the delusion fondly cherished that the capture of Atlanta and Richmond would, if id - Meted, end the war by the overthrow of our thivernment and submission of our people. We can now judge by experience how unimportant is the influence of the former event upon our capacity for defence, upon the courage zuld spirit of the people, and the stability of the Government. We May, ill like manner, judge that if the campaign against Richmond had restilu,i in success instead If fail ure; if the valor of the army, under the leadership of its accom plislied com mander, had resisted in vain the overwhelm ing masses which were, on the contrary, decisively mpulsed ; if we had been corn (l lleil to evacuate Richmond as well as At lanta, the Confederacy would have remain ed as erect and defiant as ever. Nothing could have been changed in the purpose of its I;overnnient, in the indomnitable valor of its troops, or in the unquenchable spirit of its people. The baffled and disappointed foe would in vain have scanned the reports of your proceedings, at some new legisla tive seat, fir ally indication that progress had been made in his gigantic task of' COll - free people. The truth so patent to us must (.re long he forced upon the re luctant Northern mind. There are no vital points mi the preservation of which the con tinued existence of the Confederacy de pends. There is no military success of the enemy which can accomplish its destruc tion. Not the fall of Richmond, nor Wil mington, nor Charleston, nor Savannah, I nor Mobile, nor of all combined, can save the enemy from the constant and exhaust ing drain of bloOd and treasure which must continue untiThe shall acknowledge that no peace is attainable unless based on the re cognition.Of Our indefeasible rights. Before'leaving this subject, it is g,ratify ing-to assure you that the supplies essen tially requisite for public defence will be found, as heretofore, adequate to our needs; and that abundant crops have rewarded the labor of the farmer, and rendered abortive the inhuman attempt of the enemy to pro duce, Ikv devastation, famine among the people. 11= It is not in toy power to announce any change in the conduct of foreign Powers. No Such action has been taken by the Christian nations of Europe as m ight justly have been expected from their history, from the duties imposed IT international law, and front the claims; of humanity. It is charitable to at tribute their conduct to no worse motive than indifference to the consequences of a struggle which shakes only the republican portion of the American continent ; and not to ascribe to design a course calculated to insure the prolongation of hostilities. No instance in history is remembered by me in which a nation pretending to exercise dominion over another, asserting its inde pendence, has been the first to concede the existence of such independence. No case can be called to toy mind in which neutral Powers have failed to set the example of re cognizing the independence of a nation, when satisfied of the inability of its enemy to subvert its Government ; and this, too, in cases where the previous relation between the contending parties had been confessedly that of other mother country and depend ent colony; not, as in our case, that of co equal States united by Federal compact. It has ever been considered the proper function and duty of neutral Powers to perform the office of judging whether in point of fact the nation asserting dominion is able to make good its pretensions by force of arms, and if not by recognition of the resisting party, to diScountenanee the further continuance of the contest. And the reason why this duty is incumbent on neutral Powers is plainly apparent, when we reflect that the pride and passion which blind the judgment of the parties to the conflict cause the continuance of active warfare, and consequent useless slaughter, long after the inevitable gesult has become apparent to all not engaged in the struggle. So long, therefore, as neutral nations tad by recognition of our independ ence to announce that, in their judgment, the United States are unable to reduce the Confederacy to submission, their conduct will be accepted by our enemies as a tacit encouragement to continue their efforts, and -., as an implied assurance that belief is enter tainedby neutral nations in,the success of their designs. A direct stimulus, whether intentional or nOil, is thuS Sppliedsem.- iug continuums Of *sissy andaerista- tiOnwhich desolate;this csalilinfint t and which , they profess nettotild deplore. Thudisreof.thinjust. humane, and Chriatian - Public ,-duty, by :the nations of Euroe is the more remarkable from the fact that authentic expression has long Since been given by -the Governments of both France and England to the conviction that the United States are unable to con quer the Confederacy.. It is now more two years since the Government of Fiance announced officially to the Cabinets of Lon don and St. Petersburg its own conclusion that the United States were unable to achieve any decisive military success. In the answers sent by those Powers no inti mation of a contrary opinion was convey ed; and it is notorious that in speeches,both in and out of Parliament, the members of her Britannic Majesty's Government have not hesitated to express this conviction in unqualified terms. The denial of our right under these circumstances is so obviously unjust, and discriminates so unfairly in favor of the United States, that neutrals have sought to palliate the wrong of which they are conscious by professing to con sider, in opposition to notorious truth and to the known belief of both belligerents,that .the recognition of our independence would be valueless without their further interven tion in the struggle; an intervention of which we disclaim the desire and mistrust the advantage. We seek no favor, we wish no intervention, we know ourselves fully competent to maintain our own rights and independence against the invaders of our country, and we feel justified in asserting that, without the aid derived from recruit ing their armies from foreign countries, the invaders would, ere this, have been driven from our soil. When the recognition of the Confederacy was refused by Great Britain in the fall of 1862, the refusal was executed on the grolind that any action by Ifer Majesty's Govern ment would have the effect of inflaming the passions of the belligerents, and of prevent ing the return of peace. It is assumed that this opinion was sincerely entertaiuc•.l ; but the experience of two years of unequalled carnage shows that it was erroneous, and that the result was the reverse of what the British ministry humanely desired. A von trary policy—a piney just to us—a policy diverging from an unvarying course of con cession to all the demands of our enetnies— is still within the power of her Majesty's Government, and would, it is fair to presume be productive of consequences the opposite of those which have untOrtunately followed its whole course of conduct form the i,iii inencenient of the war to the present lime. In a word, peace• is impossible without independence, and it is not to lie expected that the enemy will antleipate neutrals in the recogniiirm of that holependence. When the history of tins war shall lie fully his closed, the calm judgment of the impartial publicist will, for these reasons, lie until 1.• to absolve the neutral nations of Europe from a share in the moral responsibility for the myriads of human lit is that have been unnecessarily sacrificed during its progress. The renewed instances in wine!' foreign Powers have given us just cause of complaint need not here be detailed. Tlu• extracts from the correspondence. or rue State I wpart ment, which accompany this uu•ss;ige, wil-1 afford such further information as can be given without detriment to the public in- Wrest, and We 11111,4 reserve for the rut., such action as nuts then be deemed :nlvi sable to secure redress. FIN A Ni'ES. Your .special attention is earnestly in vited to the report of the SecrotafN . •of the 'l'reasur2,-, submitted in conOwillity with law. 'Flue facts therein disclosed r.. far n.,aa discouraging, aml demonstrate that, with judicious legislation, INI• shall be enabled to meet all the exigencies of the Ni :ll' from our abundant resource , , and avoid, :it the same tittle, such an accumulation as would render at all doubt MI our capacity to redeem it. The total receipts into the treasury fir the two quarters ending on the :zith of •:•4eptcm ber, 111114, were t;141:0.191,: , :to, %Odell stun, added to the balance of t , 11u5.252,712 . 2 that re mained in the treasury on the Ist of .April last, forms 0 total of 37:2:1,471.2%. (It this total, not far Ertel, that is to say, :127, have been applied to the extinet ion of the public debt, whilt , the total roponditures have been 11272,375,50)5, leaving a balance in the treasury, on the Ist ta' l ( tetolter, Ist; i, $108,4:35,420. The total amount of the public debt, as exhibitiki on the hooks of the Register of the Treasury, on the Ist of ()ember, Lsill, was x1,147,9;0,205, of whi c h S. - ,:z1,:;40,11911 w e r e funded debt, bearing interest,t-.25t1,55t),1511 were treasury notes of the new issue, and the remainder consisted of the font ter Of treasury 11011,, Which will he converted into other forIIIN of debt, and will rase to exist :LS carrenoy on the3lst nt next month. The report however. exidains ghat, in consequence of the idisence ut eertnin re turns front distant officers, the amount of the debt is less, by about twenty-one:old a half millions of dollars than appe,rs tt the hooks of the Ilegister, and that the total publie debt on the first of last month may be thirty considered to have been 126,38 1,095. The increase of the public dela during the six months front the lst April to the' lst ()e -tcher, was rather than $16,0(0,000 per month, and it will be apparent, on a I/0111 , 4;11 ,0* rite report, 111:11 this augmentatit 11:1%, 11.,11 1111(1 a positive reduction of the amount would have been effected, hut tbr certain defects in the legislation on the subject of the finances, which are printed out in the report, and which seem to admit el' cas . y remedy. In the statements tint uuulle 010 debt is omitted. It consists only of the un paid balance of the loan known as the cot ton loan. This balance is hut 4:2,2n0,0nn, and is adequately provided for v ;Wont 250,000 hales of cotton owned by the ( tov eminent, even if the cotton he raked as worth six pence per pound. There is one item of the public 11,111 not included in the tables presented, to which your attention is required. The bounty bonds promised to our soldiers by the third section of the act of 17th of February, 10111, were deliverable on the Ist of 4 ietolier. The Secretary has been unable to issue them by reason of an omission in the law, no time being therein fixed 1;a. the payment of the bonds. The aggregate appropriations called till. by the different departments of the ( iovern meld, according to the estimates sul quit ted with the report, for the sib months ending 1111 the tleth .1 tine, Iotis, amount to ;7 , 4'20.10'2.- 179, while the Secretary estintatesthat there will remain unexpemied, out of former ap propriations, on the Ist of January, Ise. 1, , balance of ,:.54(17,418,204. It would, there fore, seem that former estimates ha ye been largely in excess of actual expenditures, and that no additional appropriations are required for meeting the needs of the public service up to the Ist July of next year. In deed, if the estimates now presented should prove to be as much in excess of lit mil ex penditures as has heretorore been the case, a considerable balance will still remain un expended at the close (W toe first halt of the ensuing year. The chief difficulty to be apprehended in connection with our finances results from the depreciation of the treasury notes, which seems justly to be attributed hy the Se,re tary to two causes—redundancy in :11110Ullt and want of confidence in ultimate redemp tion—for both of which remedies are sug gested that will commend themselves to your consideration as being practicable as well as efficient. The main features of the plan presented are substantially these: Ist. That the faith of the Itovernment Ile pledged that the notes shall ever remain exempt front taxation. 2d. 'That no issue shall be made beyond that which is already authorized by law. 3d. That a certain fixed portion of the an nual receipts from taxation during the war shall be set apart specially for the gradual extinction of the outstanding . zuntaint, un til it shall have been retluced to $100,0on,non; and 4th. 'The pledge and appropriation of such proportion of the tax in kind, and for such a n tntber of years zinc!' the it 11111 Of peace, as shall be sufficient the Moll re demption of the entire circulation. The tie tails of the plan, the calculations on which it is based, the eflicieney of its operation, and the vast advantages which would re sult from his success, are fully detailed ill this report, and cannot be fairly iwesented in a form sufficiently condensed for this message. I doubt not it will receive front You that earnest and eandid consideration which is merited by the i11111011:1.11(.1• ()f the subject. The recommendations ()flit, report for the repeal of certain provisions of the ta x'laws, which produced inequality in the burden of taxation ; for exempting all Government loans from taxation on capital, and from any adverse discrimination in taxation on income deprived front them; for placing the taxation on banks on the same footing. 115 on other corporate bodies; fur securing the payment into the treasury of that portion of the bank circulation which is Ruble to confiscation because held by alien enemies; for the conversion of the interest-bearing treasury notes now outstanding into coupon bonds, and for the quarterly collection of taxation—all present practical questions fir legislation, which, if wisely devised, wilt greatly.improve the public credit, and alle viate the burdens now imposed by the ex treme and unnecessary depreciation in the value of the currency. The returns of the Produce Loan Bureau are submitted with the report and the in formation is conveyed that the Treasury Agency in the trans-Mississippi Department has been fully organized, and is now in operation with promise of efficiency and success. The provisions heretofore made to some extent, for increasing the compensation of public officers, civil and military, is found to be in some places inadequate to their support ; perhaps not more so anywhere than in Richmond, and inquiry, with a 'view to appropriate remedy, is, suggested to your consideration. Your notice is also called to the condition of certain officers of the Treasury who were omitted in the laws heretofore passed for the relief of other, pub lic officers, as mentioned in the rePOrt of the Secretary of the Treasnry. DEPARTMENT OF WAR. The condition of the various branches of the military service is stated in the accom panying report of• the Secretary of War.— Among the suaestions made for 14gislative actionwith.aview. to Mid to the numbers and efficiency of the army, B.llof which will receive your consideration, there areftiome prominent. topics which 'ineritAtecilienotico. - The exentptliin loin military duty tow : accorded by law to all persons - engaged lil 'certain specified pursuits or professions is t' shown by experience to be unwise, nor is it i believed to be defensible in theory. Tile de: I. fence of home, family, and country ia.Atni - versally recognized as the paramount-polit ical duty of every member of society; and in a form of government like ours, where each citizen enjoys an equality of rights:mil privileges, nothing can be more invidious than an unequal distribution of duties and obligation. No pursuit, no position should relieve any one who is aide to do active duty from enrolment iii t h e army, unless his functions of services are more useful to the defence of his country in another sphere. But it is manifest that this cannot be the raise with entire classes. .\ll telegraph op erators, workmen in mines, professors, teachers, engineres, editors and employees of newspapers, journeymen printers, shoe makers, tanners; blacksmiths, millettl, PhY sicans, and the numerous other classes tnen tioned in the laws, cannot, in the nature of things, be either equally necessary in 'their several professions, nor distributed through out the country in such proportions that only the exact numbers required are found in ' each locality, nor can it be everywhere im possil de to replace those within the con script age, by men older and less capable of active field serviciis. A discretion should be vested in the military authorities, so that a sufficient n flintier of those essential to the public service might be detailed to continue the exercise of their pursuits or professions, but the exemption front service of the en tire classes should be wholly abandoned. It atfords great timidity tiirabuses, offers the temptation, as well as the ready means, of escaping service by fratidulent devices, and is one of the principal obstructions to the efficient operation of the conscript laws. A general militia law is needful in the in terest of public defence. The Constitution, by vesting the power in Congress, imposes on it the duty of providing "for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such fart of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States. - The great diversity in the legisla tion of the severn I States on this subject, and the absence of any provision establishing an exact method t,ir calling the militia into the Confederate are sources of cut- Atarrassment which ought no longer to be suffered to ire tie. The leg,islation in relation to the eavalfY demands change. Th, policy of requiring the men to furnish their own horses has proven pernicious ill many respects. It in terferes with discipline, impairs eltivieney, and is the cause of frequent mid prolonged :111 , 1:111, from approprili dut y. The sit,- . jilt is fully treated in the Secretary's re port, with suggestions as 11l the proper measures tin reti inning that branch of the The recommenirat ion hitherto often made is again 1.0111,V , .ii, 111111 sllllll' measure- be adopted, for the reorganization and ifon solidation of eittiiitanies and regiments when so far reduced in numbers 115 stiriottsly to impair their etlicitinc . \ - . It is the more ne cessary that this should lie done, as the oh siiney ilt lelosllll ton “11 the Sllbjeet has toned generals ill the held to resort to various expedients rift- approximating the desired evil. It is surely an evil that a ,onuustnd- : ill 011111 l should lie placed in a position hich 1 . 01,1, 1111,11 11i111 11Ie Ihoill of 11111/N'- 111 . :1: till I.ll . lelolley of his 1,111111:1111i to be seriously impaired, or of attempting to stififidv lIV the e,erei,e of 11011111 till author ity the 11 ant of Ii),11,1" 114111 111,1\1,6011. The regard for the sensibility of officers who h..ii i .fitif f ri• served tvith credit, 11.11dg4 which is bl l ieyed in Ile the controlling mo tive that hits hitherto obstructed legislation on this subject, him - ever honorable anti proper, intry be 1.111•1'ie41 lon print whicL seriously ill:1111'0S the public good ; and this fie the case it can scarcely b 1 question which 11.. tbt• ht lonsidlrntions should, Th. , sot it t ..r 1110 11e1111iSitiell of the iron II quirtsi Glr maintaillittg the efficiency of railroad ci mintunical ion on the important lines is commended to your favor. The ni,iiissity operation in full vigor of 511111 lines is i 11l 111551 011111- 1110111. The du es in p I Ile Irei tn•ett 1110 taco 1:0V1•1111111'111S relative to the exchange of prisoners of Avnr lets Leon frequently pre sented in 1 . 1,1 . 111er 1111,S:1:41, anti reports, and is fully treated In' the Siiiiretary. The so lieiiude the I ti,werninent for the relief of Our captive fellow-citizens lass known no ahatement, but has. on't he contrary, been si ill more deeply evii1;011 Iry the additional sufferings to \\inch they have been - 14 nth' sll ojet•l od, by dcpriv;ition of adequate food, clothing., awl thel, which they were not even permitted to purchase front the prison sutlers. Finding that the enemy at tempted to excuse their harlitirous treat - 'tient. by the iiiirmiTided allegation that it \vas retaliatory ti a. like .4,114111 e( 011 11111" part, an offer was 111.1,1.• Lv its With a vit. \\• of ending all pretext fur such recriminations, or pretended retaliation. The bus been :1i,e1 , 1,11, :11111 I . :11 . 11 1 it \ Vllllll,lll 1 it• :1110 NVell to pruvido 11,VSS:11'y 1 , M11 . 1 , 11S to its utyn 1 . 11. - ZellS 111'111 sti liyc ils . the other. Active ef frt, are in proi,..ress ILr the immediate 1"X- Pi•Illi011 of this amt it is hoped t h at but elapsed before t\i• shall be rclies ironi the distressing thiatulit that physical suffering is endured by si1111:11fy of t,lll' 11 . 114 I kV-1•1117.1.11. W 111.• 11,1"lil lid , ' in intiti, ity illustrates the l i national character iLS I . lllly :IS slid their valor itt actual iiontlict. EM pi,i)Y , lca r Sl..‘ V F.,. Tile employment iit'slaves for seviee with the artily as teamsters or cooks, Or in the Wily of NVi 1111 , ,11 I '4 WI if11 . :11i011S, Or in the toverument \\ shops. Or in hospitals, and other similar duties, was authorized by the act of 17th Febriiiir \ - last, :sod provision \vas mil , for their impressment to It num ber not \vent\- thousand, if it impractietitiliitoiiiitain them by contract with diet, \vntirs. The law 1!011- 10101 , 1111,1 1110 1111J11g only of the labor of these -drives, :mil imposed on the Govern ment the liability to pay for the value stub as might he lost to the owners from casualties resulting Irian their iimployntent ill the 1 . 11, :WI II:LS 111,1111C011 result than was I,and further pn, sionisrequired to rom ler it orloacions. But my present purpose is to invite your consideration to the proprim y of a raweal omairiew ion in the theory 4/i th,. lair. Vie \\ ed merely as pnmerty,:nui,therefore, as the subject of impressment, the serviceor labor of the slits,' has been frequently claimed fin . short peri o ds, in the cimstruction id''defensiye works. The slave, however, hears rehilion 10 the Slate— amt. person. "below or last February contemplates only the relation of he slave to the t w ister, and limits the impressment to it cortain term of service. Bin Ille purposes entuuera[rd in the ilia, instruction in the manner or en camping, marching. and pio•king trains is needful, so that even in this limited em ployment. length of service adds greatly to the value of the lieirro ' s labor. hazard is also encountere , l in ;ill the positions to which negroes can he assigned for sent, wit h the army, and theAuties required o them de mand loyalty' and zeal. lit this aspect the relation or person predominates so fitr ays to render it doubt fut , whether the private right of property ran consistently and beneficially be continued, and it would scent proper to acquire for tld service the entire pro perty in the la 1.'1..1 . the slave, and to pay therefor due 1111015 . 0,111i , m, rather than to impress his labor for short terms; and this the 111iiro especially as the effect of the pre sent Ito' would Vent this entire property in all cases Whore the slave might be 'lvan tured after o,,nipmsittion for his loss had been paid to the priVate owner. Whenever 1 theentireplsificrly its lhoserviisv of a slaye is thus Thal in preSelaed, by what tenure he should 1. held. Should he be retained in servitude, or should his emancipation be held out to him as a reward for faithful service, or should it lie granted at once on the promise of such service; and if emancipated, what action should lie taken to secure for the freed man the permission of the State front which he Was witted rasa to reside within the limits after the 'lose of Ins public ser vice. The permisAion would doubtless be more readily accordHl as a reward for past faithful service, arid a double motive for zealous discharge of duty would thus be offered to those employed by the Govern ' meat, their freedom, and the gratification or the local attachment which is so marked it characteristic of the negro, and forms so powerffil an incentive to his act,ion. The policy of engaging to liberate the negro, on his discharge after service faithfully ren demi, seems to im• preferable to that of granting immediate tganumission, or that or retaining 'hint in servitude. If this policy should recommend itself to the judgment or oaigress, it is suggested that, in addition to the duties heretofore performed by the slave, he might be advantageously employ ed as pioneer and engineer laborer ; and in that event, that the number should be augmented to forty thousand. Beyond this limit and these employments it does not seem to me desirable, under ex isting circilMStances, to go. A broad moral distinction exists between the use of slaves as soldiers in the defence of their homes, and the incitement of the same persons to insurrection against their masters. The one is justifiable if necessary; the other is iniquitous and unworthy of a civilized peo ple; and such is the judgment of all writers on public law, as well as that expressed and insisted on by our enemies in all wars prior to that now waged against us. By none have the practices, of which they are now guilty, been denounced with greater severity tfian themselves in the two wars with Great Britain in the last and in the present century; and in the Declaration of Independence of 1776, when enumeration was made of the wrongs which justified the revolt from Great Britain, the climax of atrocity was deemed to be reached only when the English monarch was denounced as ,having " excited domestic insurrection amongst us." The subject is to be viewed by us, there fore, solely in the light of policy and our so cial economy. When so regarded, I must dissent from those who advise a general levy and arming of the slaves for the duty of soldiers. Until our white population Shall prove insufficient for the armies we re quire and can afford to keep in the field, tb employ ass soldieF the news, eke ktteiterie beAn trainettittrbi b tal ImiT4s 'irtlatorer, igr the white'an trectisihinieß. from his youth to the useof fire-arms, would scarce fly be deemed wise Or advantageous by any ; ' Mid this is the question new, before us.— But should t he alternative ever be presented of subjugation or the emnloyspent of. the slave as a soldier, there seems no reason to . doubt what should then be our decision. Whether our view embraces what - would, in so extreme a case, be the sum of misery entailed by the dominion' or the enemy, or he restricted solely to the effect upon the welfare and happiness of the negin popula tion themselvss, the result Ni - ould be the same. The appalling demoralization, suf fering, disease, and ath which have been caused by partially substituting the invad ers' system of policy for the kind relation previously subsisting between the master and slave, have been a sinflieient demonstra tion that external interference 'with our in stitution of domestic slavery is productive of evil only. If the subject involVed no usher consiaeration than the Mere right of ' property, the sacrifices heretofgre made by our people have been such as to permit no doubt of their readiness to surentier - every possession in order to secure thtdr independ ence. But the social and political question, which is exclusively under the:control of the several States, has a far widernnd more en during importance Wan that Of pecuniary interest. In its manifold phases it embra e.s the stability of our republican institu tions, resting on the actual political equality of all its citizens, and includes the fulfilment of the task which has been so happily be gun—that of Christianizing and improv ing the condition of the Africans who have, by the will of Providenc'e been placed in our charge. Comparing the results of our own experience with those Cif the experi menLs of others who have borne similar re lation to the African race, the'people of the several States of the Conftderacy have abundant reason to be satisfied with the past, and to use the greatest circumspection in determining their course: These con siderations, however, are rather applicable. to the improbable contingency of our need of resorting to this element of resistance than to our present condition. If the recom mendation above made, for the training of forty thousand negroes for the service indi cated, shall meet your approvl, it is certain that even this limited ntn'iier, by. their preparatory training in intermetediate duties, would form a more valuable eserYe force in ease of urgency, than th t ree-fold their number suddenly called front while a fresh levy could, to a certain extent, supply their places in the special service for which they are now employed. OTHER DEPARTMEVTS The regular annual repotl of the Attor ney t;eneral, the Secretary of the Navy', and the Postmaster General are appended, and give ample intbrmation relative to the con dition of the respective departments, They contain suggestions for legislative provis sions required to remedy such defet:ts in the existing laws as have been disclosed by ex perience, but none of so generzd or impor tant a character as to require that I should do more than recommend them to your favorable consideration. The disposition of this lioierninent for .t peaceful solution of the issues WhiCh tie enemy has referred to the arbitrantent of arms has been too often manifested, and is too well known to need new assurances. But while it is true that individuals :nal parties in the United States have Indio: tetl a desire to substitute reason for force, and by negotiation to stop the further sacrifice of huntan life, and to arrest the calamities which now afflict both cotmtries, theauthor ities who control Ihe Crovermnent of our enemies have too often and too clearly ex pressed their resolution to make no pesos except on terms of our unconditiolud sub mission and degrt lion, ti, leave us any hope 01 the cossati of hostd tits it des Mail tits delusion delusion of their iility to conquer 11,, iS dispelled. AIIIIIIW those whoJire already dis posed for peace,many are acttated by pri i lc i -1110 and by disapproval and abhorrence of the iniquitous warfare that their Government is waging, widle others are moved by the conviction that it is no longer to the interest of the United States to conitme a struggle in which success is unattainable. When ever this fast-growing conviction shall have taken firm root in the minds of it majority of the Northern people, there will be pro d need that willingness to nviitotiate for peace which is now confined to our side. Peace is mailestiv impossible imless desired by both parties to this war, and the disposition for it among our enemies will I.IC best :Ind natal certainly evoked by 1110 demonstration on our part of ability and kinsitaken deterfirin ation to defend our rights, and to hold no earthly price too dear for their purchase. AVhenever there shall be on the part of our enemies a desire for peace, there will be 110 difficulty ill finding means by which nego tiation can be opened. but it is obvious that 11,, agency can be called into action until this desire shall be mutual. When that contingency shall happen, the ( lovernment, to which is confined the treaty-making power, can he at no loss for Means adapted to accomplish so desirable an end. In the hope that the day will soon be reached when, - under Divine favAr, these States may be allowed to enter on their for mer peapeful pursuiis, and to develop the abundant natural resources with which they are blessed, let 11S, 'then resolutely continue to devote our united and unim paired energies to the defence Of our homes, our lives, and our liberties. This is the true path to peace. Let us tread it with confi dence in the assured result. JEFFERSON DAVIS. ' Then MONO, November ;", 1564. ICU 1600(15,,&c D RY GOODS EI) UCED Are now prepnred for A L 1, AA I 7 NV It A I I \./W is the time to buy Will le prices:ire ibJWIt A full assort Merit of SEASONABLE DRY la )(WS :It Reduced Prig," t .I_olll suvon. WENT"/. I ER:4, ncl 21) 11w 41; East King si rev! 1-' A LL 186 i. CLOTHS, CLOTHING. o:4' 1110 E I: BllOtliElts Have now open Esquimaux Beaver Cloths, Black Trieor Beaver Cloths, Heavy English Pilot Cloths, Black and Colored French Cloths, Black French iaieski l'assimeres, Silk-mixed and Fancy Cassimeres, Casslmere for Boys' Suits, Satinettes, Jeans :Ind Cordon ics. READY-MADE CLOTHING, for Men and Boys, of our own manufacture. The largest stock ever ott,,red in this city, which weare enabled to sell aveasonahle prices having purchased the material before the recent large advance. Men's Cassimere and Flannel Shins, Merino Undershirts and Drawers, Neck-Ties, Gloves, Stockings, Handkerchiefs, it c. sepls-t HAGE R LCi BROTHERS. FALL DItY 41 0ö D S lIAGEIi S 11110 T II 1,10:-; Have just received BLACK SILKS, FRENCH MERINOES, SILK WARP POPLINS, EMPRESS CLOTIIS, Plain & Fancy AVOW. DELAINEs BARATHEA cLon-IS and co RN RGS. oPERA FLANNEtS, All Color, WOOLEN SHAWLS, BALMORAL SKIRTS, CLOAK CLOTHS. ALSO, a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Si DoMESTIC WOOLEN AND COTTON DRY (;,IDS. 6ep1.5-t W ENT 7, Blto T it s CETBMtZ:;= TllO - S. J. WEi^:TZ NO. 5 EAST KING STREET, DRY GOODS, HOOP SKIRTS, CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS Daily receiving Bargains and selling off quickly. july 7 lyw CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES, At the old established stand northeast corner of 2d and Brown streets, Philadelphia. A full assortment of styles are now offering at low) prices for cash only, consisting of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TAPESTRIES. THREE PLY, INGRAIN ENTRY AND sir - ft:AN' Also, a splendid article of RAG and LIST CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS in great variety. The assortment of WINDOW ,SHADES which I otter for sale cannot be surpaSsed in this city . , there being over two hundred of the latest and most approved designs and patterns, in all col ors, making an assortment very rarely found in any one establishment in this line of goods, all of which will be sold at the very lowest prices for cash only: Wholesale dealers sup plied on liberal terms. CHARLES CREAGUILE, Northeast corner 241 and Brown streets, may 10 Eimw 18] Philadelphia. REED, HENDERSON .t CO., BANKtRS CORNER EAST KING AND DUKE STREETS LANCASTER, PA. JAMES H. WALTON. THOMAS W. YOST. W ALTON.OS T BANKERS, BROKERS, AND GENERAL COLLECTORS, No. SOUTH THIRD STRETT,',PHILADELPHIA REFERENCEGI Jay Cooke & Co., E: P. Middleton & Bro. James, Kent, Santee & Eaherick, Black & Co., Co. Hon. Wm. Wilkins, C. M'Kibbin & Son, " H. D. Foster, H on. James peueek, Aaa Packer, A. H. Reeder, V. L. Bradford, Esq., WarrenJ. Wood- Hon. Geo. Sanderson. HIGHEST PRICE L P V AID FOR GOLD AND SIER. GOVERN - DIEN - T . AND OTHER INTERESTS, COLLECT/MD. moos ledtrerwr viroLD-osc 'tonna"- : *Or , •VALFARLE FARM AT PRIVATE SALE.—A Farm containing .40 acres; be longing tothe estate of LilburnChandler;dec'di situated in Lower Chanceford township ,York Pa.,county. 2}4 miles from the - Tide-water , Ca nal, 4 miles from McCall's Fern . , 13 : 1 miles from Castle Fin Iron Works and 5 miles from Peach Bottom, adjoining lauds of Veazey Chandler; John Snyder, and others, 14 Acres of which are well timbered, 20 Acres of the balance well limed and in good cultivationoind all the place under geed fencing. The improvements area GOOD LOU HOUSE, 22 by 3t feet, a Well of ex cellent water at the door, FRAME STABLE, Corn Crib and Smoke House, with a Young Apple Orchard of the best fruit in good bearing condition, besides Pear, Peach, Plum, Quince and other trees, Grapes, te. The terms of sale will be made known and the propert y shown by VEAZEY CHANDLER, me of the Executors, oetrellmw Castle Fla Y. 0„ York co„ Pa DITBLIC SALE.—ON FRIDAY, NOVEn- I her Si the subseriber, Executor of De trlch Steiner. dee'd, will sell at his late resi dence ih lTiiper Allen Twp., Cumberland Co., Pa., one mile south of Shepherthdown, near Coover's Mill, the following Real Estate : The MANSION FARM, of said deed, con taining 121 ACRES, in a high state of cultiva tion, and wider good fencing, part of which is situated as above, and the remainder on the south side of the Yellow Breeches creek, di rectly opposite. The improvements are a good TWO=STORY HOLTSE, a large DOUBLE. BANK BARN, Wagon Shed, Corn Cribs, Carriages House, and all other necessary Out-buildings, There is a large Spring of never-failing water near the door, over which is erected a tine Spring House. There is besides, running wa ter in all the fields except two. There is also a line Yitl'Sii oRCHARD, of choice Fruit, in line bearing condition, on the property. Persons desiring to view the property pre vious to the sale, will please call on the under signed, at (entre Square, near Shepherdstown. TERMS : Ten per cent. of the pa reilaSe money to be paid on the confirmation of the sale, one half the balance on the first day of April, ISS.S, when possession will be given :Ind a deed made; and the balance Cal the first day of April. 15511, with interest from April, 1503. The deferred payment to he secured by judgment nu the property. The taxes for 15111 to be paid by the purchaser. Sale, to at 111 4icliWit, A. M., when at tendalive ill he liven, 1) MEM jjEBLI4.' SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.—The undersigned, Assignee of Silas Fickesand wife, will sell pt pubiic sale, un the premises. on THURSDAY, the 21th day or NtiVEMBEIt, it one o'clock, M„ the follow ing valuable real estate, to Wit A TRACT OF CI.EARED LAND, situate in Straban township, Adams ettunty, Penna.: ad joining lands of Istin, Monfort. Christian Thomas, Henry Thomas, turd others, vontain ing 1 , 11 , 1'Y ACRES, more or less. The im provements area large STONE lit 'USE, with back buildings and smoke house, double Log Barn with Shed , tittached, Corn Crib :ma 1 - log Pen. There is a xt.'ell of never-Miling water near Ihe door, a good spring at the Wm yard, and asl ream passing through the lactic, affording :1,, :thundant supply of water for stork. The grt•aier port 'WI of Ow land has recently linlyd, and Is in a high State Of ell) - Vat i,lll. There 1s a Young A ppl, I nyhard ;old a variety of of live fruit treys on the prentisys. Also, a Tract of Timber Land, containing 22, Acres, more or less, twar the above 4.leserihed land, adjoining lands of 1 lenry Thomas, Jacob Shall and others. The abOVI` tract of land will a sold together entire, or the timber land will be divided into lots to suit purchasers. Persons de..dring a larger tract can purehuse anydesired quantity, not. exceeding.'.i Acres of the undersigned, adjoining the :Wove. Attendanee will Is. given :unl terms made kliown by ‘111;11 FICNES. Assignee. Also the undersigned offers at Private `sale his Far:kr : adjoining Ihe•:llwcri !net, row:Lining S 7 Al improvements are: new :111' E 1 - 11:U,E, a large ilk:ill:le Stable, and :Ali er out-hualings, and a well of neN water at tho door. 'There are several ,1 Sprilll.l,l / . 0 - 10 a never , failing :stream passm , through the farm, a tilriving young iirellard Apple :ant Peach 'Frees, kith a variety oflolll.l I roil. There is a lal'Uo• 111 . 11111,1 rt illll •f "fitahvl told 1111,11h,w. 'File la Intl has 111,11 111 . 111/ 11Y 11/11 1 . 0 recently aro! I, in a high state "lei:l:iv:aim 'rite:Op:ye des:Tine:l Farne, /,Ding uri ;: imrll~ (W 11 . 111•1,1 En , ultli ake '; 1 0 1 e of the hest sloe' farms in the Cl/111111 . Y ; 11110 111•11114 rnnrenien It/ I . 111.11 . 1411,1,1 .- /1.111110,/, mills, 111111 Matr'ice's, 1..111/‘ 1/1 . 1,1 . 111/ 11 rare chance 1 - ,r capita liNts. HMO,' lir Illi• pr“pertit, e:111 uu the 1110ii•l,i,:11,1, cOV Fieke, I•CSidill.. 1,11 HIP lirnt A 1:1;. \ 11:01 VICN ES. :2tw le 0: I tt LI C SALE OF A V.ILIUAISILE The sub , crllwr. tc t-iling 1,, nf real innate, kill utter tilt I alu:ibh• farm nil tvhich he reside...at lalhlir -.ale, in (runt of the 'mill lionse. \Y, the 29111 day of 111 , 7.1 t, 1551, at II oCelnel:. .M. This farm is 11.10,1 miles from lingers to\vn, 11,1 the llrnud tinrtillig :111,1 eelitiiin, 201 ACIIES, tn.], or less, ~f quality I,i tile slime I.antl, in a fine stutto ut cult iVat i,JII, and Under unnd hineing. The impr.vments are 2 TNA - 0-S1'(11:11.:1) 1,WEE.1.1N,, I 101 . SES, ltlaelanlith Shop, Spring !louse, Smoke tuuses, and all Miler necessary buildings . . A full hearing , Irehurd ut cheict , Fruit Trees is 1,11 the 1,, all 2.i ur :4/ is - re, Id the farm is well Timbered. the halain, is in ,•tilt line spring ,ilall the tarn, which thruttgli a pnrtinn~if it, besnles there is aunt her meats ~f %,ater dusting through a the fields, Nvhieli Jtial,, , s it one .1 the hest curl: farms in the c4,11111y. There are 11 1111111 lier of I hrihy locti , ..t Ire, the 1:11 . 111, 111:111' being. 1, , ,w 11l Vint' fencing. The farm i. sunceplihlt ui diet iun, anti hr readily iliV hied I, 5511 1,111,11:0,ers. This (aril, rlul he purchased privately, previ ,,us to clay of sale; if not nu, • it will thou, en lin , day 11,11,red, he ellere,l :It puhlir ~111. cry. 1,, the highest bidder. The grain nuts v.roNving ~n 1 he ground iv ill he re,erveil, with privilege 1,,,,1.thr0n1i ;mil haul the .saint'atvat . TEILMS.--011,-half of the plli'l'll:lsi' Money on thi• lirst day 01 .‘pril, Will lu•si\l•u: t lii Iml:uico ill (WO kith iii,crt•st I'l,lll day Ul thr pl11,11:1,1 . unit , (tunas with :tpt , r.tvt.il Lc thl• I 1 I•;.NP.'l' V. \ll ',LEH_ u.m.• 1 141 31 \‘' it • - VA111.11'. , ..111 PAll'EN'l' Al' PI" SA LE. —The patent granted to Mat thtov Bartholtam•w, dated July 21, 11111, for an lAI- I'ItIA'KI) I{l Nt afttl RATIN( ; NIA -111 \ HEAT, will I, 011h1 at public sale, 10 the hi-4114,-.1 1114111er, tor Count ie., t.ttat,,, or OW United 1-ttatt•s, to suit purchasers. WhereVcr lli inarhine hits horn inl.r1”11.1c1•4 \11111,9 11 ' 1 Prttotanlcod it ono of Ott' verY 1,,,t that I.la, 4.1 - er 1,41•11 111,Itidlt 11`fIlre the pub lic. Wl' here i4il , the 01111119 of a feNv IPalllh ina,hinc , in Usc: .101111 1.1,,e1111:111, \l'huntlniltl :\ 1 1 11, !war ra•httra . , John Nonlittil , er, itto Not ,- hanser, conesitta:o Creek; Benj. It. Herr, near soutlersltur,. John I-:.1'1111,1, near:l%oonm,, Herr. 1101 . 011g11; Israel Itottrer, Paradise; John Moore, (Ilium,: I,il - Hllh roe, Pinta:rove, Schuvll:ill county; Henry Itit...telnittn, iteaver i'rfek. near Stra,- ltrt.t: John Nltist. bend of ( 'one,tttao Creek : 11. U. II 'l > Ittitor township, this county, have purrhnsrlt I hr., pf 111191' 111.- re ~.uperior lu any 01 hors Hwy cOlllll to, Ih4 , :11.0n.• u:111,1 g4•1)1 1.•111,11 :hey a 4, ill 12iiVr ill! inll/1 . 111, Sill.' it, 11,11.1 1 4,i S4114,11:111 Spr4, - ILer's 114,14 , 1, 1.".a51 1:.1102: oet, on Mt 0; 1 Y, the 11 , 1. 41119 of NIIVEMItI . :I:IIeXt, al I 0'4•10c1(, I'. 11. H. 11.%1tT1 11)1,1 IMENV, not 1 1 61 iI Athninistrat or. 1. 1 ..\ 1,1. I,:t;i, c's PABFLE'I"f E. This Fertilizer is composed of night soil anti the fertilizing elements of urine, combined chemically and mechanically with other valu able fertilizing agents and absorbents. It is reduced too pulverulent condition, ready for immediate use, and without Itissof its high ly nitrogenous fortiizing properties. Its universal applicability to all crops a soils, and its durability and twit,. are well known to be all l hid itgriculturists c desire. I , er Ton. • CONl't)h'C. This l i l t iliarris largely - composed of animal matter, such as meat, hone, fish, leather, hair, oust wool, together with chemicals and inor ganic fertilizers, which deetimpose the mass, and retain the llitn)uenom , elements. It is thoroughly impregnated with urine, and the thinner portions of night soil. It is a very valuable tertilizor for field (Tops generally, and especially for total ors 11101 gar den purposes. Its excellent qualities, strength and cheap ness, have made it very poptilar . ivith those Mai hoer 11,11 it. per 'Tun. 'FREE AND FRI - IT FERTILIZER. It is a highly phosphat is fertilizer, and is par t ieularly adapted Mr the cult ivn tinn of trees, fruits, lawns and flowers. It will promote a very ViLtill,ll, :111.1 health, growlil nt wo o d nod illlll largely increase the quantity anti perfect the maturity of the fruit. For hot houses and household plants and flowers, It will be found an indispensable article to secure their greatest perfection. It will prevent and cure diseased conditions of the peach and grape and is excellent for grass and I'Mir formula or method of combining Its con stituent fertilizing ingredients have the highest of eminent chemists and seitintific agriculturists. per lint. H I lOSPHATE )1 , LIAI E. The Agricultural Chem iCal Clllllllally manu facture a Phosphateof Lime ill accordance with a new and valuable formula, by which a very superior article is produced, so as to be afforded at a less price than any other manufacturers charge. Practical tests have proved that its I value, as a fertilizer, is :4111:11 It, the best Mos t phate of Lime in the market. Prier, 15 per Ton. 47,' - TEILNIS CASH.—Cartage and Freight to j he paid by the purchaser. AGRICULTURAL CIIEMIC.‘I,C4 I'S WORKS, (,\\.\t. WHARF, ON THE lii LA OFFICE,AItCII :7-AnErr, Pn DELPIIIA. - General Agent_ 'rhe Company's Pamphlet Circular, embrac ing full directions for using the alcove Ferti lizers, sent by man free, when requested. For sale by A. W. RUSSFA,L and WILIA:I_M SPRECHER, Lancaster. [felt 27 limw 7 II cRY C. WENTz, CAMPRELL 8 MARSHALL CENTRE SQUARI% LANCASTER, PA., The public are respectfully invited to call and examine one of the finest and most complete assortment of goods, in our line, ever offered in Lancaster. j july 7 tfw 26 CENTRAL ERPORIIIN OF FASHIONS. H. H. KILLIAN, MERCHANT TAILOR AND CLOTHIER - - S. E. COR. CENTRE SQUARE 41: E.l KING ST., LANCASTER, PA. Contently on hand a large and 'well selected assortment of CLOTHS, CAKSrSIERES and VESTINGS, which will be made up to order in the latest styles. READY-MADE CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS in great variety always on hand. Thanklca for the very liberal share of patron age heretofore received, I hope to merit a con tinuance of the same. IL K. KILL N. 7131.9 VW 2a ad • got alt. D: B. sTEIsEit, I.;:;.k.ctitor of lieu - jell Steinor,,leo'd - qricttltural TOOIS, GAITER* RUBBER.S, (t)tothing, &t gooko and gitttiouarg:- tIOTOKRAPH 7 7\ LIRLIKE.; ' • PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. rgo Assortment—Great Vatiety—Unsnr ,. • passed'for Beauty, Style and Finish. - NEW PATTERNS, NEW BINDINGS, • NEW CLASPS, PATENT HINGE BACK ALBUM, the latest and best kind, made only in Phila delphia, excelling all others In strength and durability, CARD PHOTOGRAPHS, PLAIN, 10 and 12 cents- , --$l.OO and 01.20 per dozen. COLORED 2u cents—S2.so per dozen. TRAVELING AND SHOPPEs.a4 SATCHELS, WALLETS, PURSES,POCKET BOOKs;,,tc. STATIONER 'WRITING PAPERS, ENVELOPES, PENS, itc. STENCILS. ' For marking names beautifully and indelibly on Clothing. HARBACH BROS., Wholesale and Retail Dealem Imay 10 - • 1s1•• 311 North sth street, Phila . HEAP BOOK. STORE. C -The place to purchase Cheap Books is at THE PEOPLE'S BOOK STORE, • No. 44 Nontir QUEEN ST., CORNER OF ORANGE, , where may be found at all times, a large as sortment of BOOKS FOR OLD AND YOUNG, CHF-AY TO SUIT THE TIMES! THE POETS IN BLUE AND GOLit. Macauley, 'Swath, Browning, Heber Saxe Moore, Keble, Whittier, Coleridge Tupper, Lowell, Longfellow, Bulwer, Cowper, Goldsmith, Poe, Shakspeare, Milton, Byron, Kirk, White. Se., Ac. BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS In great variety. HYMN BOOKS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS! The largest and finest assortment ever offered in the City. ALL SIZES AND STYLES, Holding from 12 to 200 pictures each, and rang ing in price from 50 cents to 4!20.00. TWO THOL SAND CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. The largest 4 assortment in Lancaster. The greatest variety of subjects: Reit ions, Noted Personages, Fancy subjects, Autumn Leaves, Nos. 1 and 2: Flowers, Nos. 1 and 2: Fruit and Blossoms, Nos, 1 and 2; Wood Mosses, Nos. 1 and 2: Life of Childhood, Nos. 1 and 2; Summer Landscapes, Winter Landscapes, White Moun tain Scenery, Funny Characters, Nos. I and 2, beautiful ly colored. NEW STYLES BEING CONSTANTLY 11E . EIVED. 11 i it 7. 1.: N , N P S)I lA.. i DESKS, PORTFOLIOS, OMEN ARTOGILAPH 1100Ns, PR ESP, 111)ARDS, ttc td..P PENs ANP SILVER HOLDER*, NEW (;A M 1••(,11 LDHEN, NEW PAPER NEW' cARI,,, \v Dissi:("rED I'ICTI."I2.Es , Y Film ! TOY PAM )Ks!! TOY nem ,Ks!! TRANSPAILENT SIATES, A good assort men t rt a sale cheap. The putilte:ttihns of the AllleriCall Stithlay lvhnul 111011, S1II111:1Y $1 . 111.1S fllrti 1 , 11,i aU the I,,tve,t net Shiehty-Sele,o =MEE Ju g . market :11N1a.,, 4,111121111. All ill t h e %arinus ,e110(.1S1 in city and comoy, furnislml at the NEW MISVEI,I,ANEIIUS PA )4 'Es. It 01• 1 .1,4 1 as 51.11 :IS p1.113USIII•11, :111 , 1 SOIll pull i•diers' 4,4' I II II 1 tOrget the place. .1. M. W ESTHAEFFER•S Book and Periodical Store, earner Nnrt li Queen and I )range stst, w :26 AI ITCH lELL'S SERIES OF Ot"ELINE No. G. 1.:111,1,4 , , " 7. Asia. •' oc,•:ot 'ri I.lly,,ical \u111 ,Uurrir,t. •• '• I. C. S. :Mit >1r,1 , • 41 `..1,1.1111 A lint•r,l'a,* Till`st• M,ll, in•orl 1111,1 , M:2;111V I . l•ViStql and p,1,111 Inc IIt• VII , N. . . Tlll . rnpitllty 1•IiiI11 , 1111f t his ILLS 111,11 . m11 . .11111,1 inlu a lurgt• numher of l'un~ulnu Selluulsalut inst Hut ions ui n. higher grude, Stare Nunnal St•huuls. ie sufficient infficutiun 1)1 . I any u111,.1 l n.l Ninps. 1 - , E.< or 31(14. ll\ N. I';tUlp. S , 1:111• St hilt is 11111 tII in ill nllrR. ItuyrEit has lung been, and still is, unbound ed. but at the earnest solicilationsof numerous pefsons, he has been induced to extend his medical usefulness through the medium of his VAIiK Etl"M." It is a volume that should lie in the hands of every family in the Land, as a preventive in secret vices, or as a guide for the alleviation of one of the most awful and destructive scourges ever visited mankind. One espy, securely cliVt•lopt,l, Will he forwarded free of postage to any 'nut of the rnited States 11n'30 evills in I%l).st:ones. Address, post. paid, DR. II UNTEI t, N0.:3 Division st reel. :\ ew 1 ark. nniy 21 tinvw 29 =ME 1111417L1 nall"S ('(1311.011N11) EX'llt ACT (}l , LI . O 'EI IS AND I t )1'.\,1 BA. prcparat ion is particularly recommend ed to ii,, linifeiision of the public for the prompt :Wt I,llaill CU!, oI DISEASES DE THE III.A.DDED., :NEYS, 1.713.1NAH1' ETc. . . It May he relied on as the best mode for the administration of these remedies in the large Mass of persons of both SeNt's to which they are applicable. I t never interferes, ith the digest ion, and bv.ilc rouri a tirat ion the (lose is much redueoM. . . 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