THZ STATHirTHZ COMET. FOURTH ANNUAL . DiESSAGE OF • . ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Read In Congress Tuesday, December 6, I By Telegraph.j THE MESSAGE Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and Howe of Repro senalives Again the. blessings of health and an abundant harvest claim our profoundest gratitude to Almighty God. The condition of our foreign affairs is rea sbnably satisfaatmg. Mexico continues to be a theatre of civil war. While our political relations with that country have undergone no change, we have at the same time strictly maintain ed a neutrality between the belligerents. At the request of the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, a competent engineer has been authorized to make a survey of the river San Juan, and the port of San Juan. It is a source of much satisfaction that the difficulties which for a moment excited sonic political apprehensions mid caused a (dos mg of the inter-oceanic transit route, hit c been amicably adjusted, and that there is a good prospect that the route will soon be re-opened, with an increase of capacity anti adaptation. We could not exaggerate eith er the commercial or the political impor tance of that great in tprovement. • It would be doing justice to an important South American State not to acknowledge the directness, frankness and certlinlity with which the United States of Columbia have entered into intimate relations tvitlr this Government. A Claims Convention has been constituted to cone ptete the unfin ished work of the one winch closed its ses sion in IStil. The new liberal constitution of Venezeula having gone into effect with the universal acquiescence of the people, the go vernllli'llt under it has been recognized and anatic intercourse with it has been opened ia cordial spirit. The long deferred Ares:Ls land claim has been satisfactorily pal , I and discharged. Mutual payments have been ncr I•• cif the claims awarded by the late joinCeom mission for the settlement of claims between the United States and Peru. An earnest. and cordial friendship /I/ "X IA r"- twee!' the two countries, and such efforts tis were in Ilty power have been used to re move misunderstandings and avert a threat- ened war between Peru anti Spain. our relations are of the roost friendly nature • with Chill, the Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, San Salvador and 1l ayti. During the past year no differences of any kind have arisen with any of the.se lte publies, and on the other hand, their sym pathies with the United States are con stantly expressed with cordiality and earn estness. The claim arising front he seizure of the cargo of the brig, Macedonia in 1 , 21, has been paid in full by the Government Civil war ~,ntinues in the Spanish part of San Domingo, apparently without pros pect of an early close. Official correspon dence has been freely opened with Liberia. and it gives us a pleasing view of social and political progress in that Republic. D uufy be expected to derive new • vigor from American influence, improved by the rapid disappearance of slavery in the United States. I solicit your authority to furnish to tho Republic a gunboat-of moderato cost, to he reimbursed to the United States by install- ments, Such a vessel is needed for the safi— ty of that Stale against the native Afrienn races, and in Liberian hands it W0111(1 be more effective in arresting the Alvin slave trade than a squadron in our own hands. The possession of the least organized na val force would sinful late a generous am bi tion in the Republic and the confidence which we should manifest by furnishing it would win forbearance and favor toward the colony front all civilized nations. The proposed overland I,ll4"rai)llb , •lNVeVo America and Europe, by the way or Behr ings Straights and Asiastie Russia, which was MaTlVtiolled by COII , 4IPSS at the I:1,1. ses sion, has been :writ:l:taken under very titvor able eircunistahces, by :In association of American citizens, with the cordial good will and support as well of this government as of those of Great Britain and Russia. As surances have been received trait nuist or the South American Stattis of their appre ciation of the , enterprise, awl their readiness to co-operate ill constructing lines tributary to that world-encircling communication. I learn with satisfaction that the zaili• or a telegraphic communication between the eastern coast of America and Great Britain lots been renewed, with full expect:Hi:at of its accomplishment. Thus it is hoped that with the return 4.. r domestic peace, the country will be able to resume with energy and advantage its for mer high career of (41711111erre Our very popular and estimable repre,en tative in Egypt died in April last. An un pleasant altercation which arose between the temporary Ineumbent of the oftice and the government of the Paella rcau lied ill a suspension of intercourse. The evil Pax promptly corrected on the arrival of I he suc cessor in the consulate, and our relations with Egypt as well as our :relations with the Barbary Powers are entirely satis factory. The rebellion which has so long been provident in China has at last been sup pressed with the co-operating good onit,s of this Government, and of 11w other 'West ern comtnercial,t-_;tat es. The judicial consular establishment there has become very difficult and oner ous, and it will need legislative revision to adapt it to the extension of our com merce, and to the more ultimate intercourse which has been instituted with the govern ment and people of that vast empir,.. China seems to be accepting with hearty good-will the conventional laws which re gulate commercial and social intercourse among the Western nations owing to the peculiar situation of Japan and the anomal ous form of its Government, the action of that ,Empire in performing treaty stipula tions is inconstant and capricious. erthe less good progress has been effected IT I he Western Powers moving with enlightened concert. Our own pet-it:try claims have been allowed, or are in part in course of settlement,and the Inland Sea has been re opened to: commerce. There is reason to believe that these proceedings have in creased rather than diminished the friend ship of Japan towards the United States. The ports of Norfolk, Fernandina and Pensacola have been opened by l-octant:l - It is hoped that foreign nterellallts will consider whether it is not sarcr and 1110r0 profitable to themselves, as well as just to the United States, to resort to these and other open ports, than it is to pursue, through many hazards, anti at vast cost, a contraband trade with other ,ports, which are closed, if not by actual 'unitary ovwpae tion, at least by a lawful anti effect ice block ade., For myself, I have no doubt of the pnver and duty of the Executive initb•r the law of nations to exclude enemies of the human race from an asylum in the United States. If Congress should think that the proceedings in such cases lack the authori ty of law, or ought to be farther regulated by it, I recommend that provision be made for effectually preventing foreign slave; traders from acquiring domicil and facili ties for their criminal occupation in our country. It is possible that if it were a new and open question, the maritime powers, with the rights they now enjoy, would , not concede the privileges of a na val .belligerent to the insurg-uts of the'United States, destitute as and always have been, equally of ship, War and of ports and harbors. Distoyai emissaries have been, nevertheless, assidu ous, nor more successful during the last year than they were before that time in their efforts, under the favors of that privi lege to embroil our country in foreign war. The desire and determination of the govern ment of the Maritime States to defeat that design are believed to lie as sincere, and cannot be more earnest, than our own. Nevertheless, unforseen political difficulties have arisen in Brazilian and British ports, and on the northern toundary of the United States, which have required, and are Marty to continue to require, the practieeToTi-mi slant vigilance, and a just and conciliatory spirit on the part of the United States, as well as of the nations concerned ;Ind their governments. Commissioners have been appointed un der the treaty with Great Britain On the ad justment of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's sound Agricultural Companies in Oregon, and are now proceeding to the execution of the trust assigned to thent. In view of the insecurity of life and prop erty in the region adjacent to the Canadian border, by reason of recent assaults and depredations committed by inimical and desperate persons who are harbored there, it has been thought proper to give notice that after the expiration of six months, the period constitutionally stipulated in the ex isting arrangement with Great Britain, the United States must hold themselves at lii.- erty to increase their naval armament upon the Lakes, if they shall find that proceed ing necessary. The condition of the border will necessarily come into consideration, in ,'onneetion with the question of continuing or modifying the rights of transit from Can ada through the United States, as well as the regulation of imports which was tem porarily established by the reciprocity trea ty of June .sth, 1854. / desire, however, to be understood, while making the statement, that the colonial au thorities of Canada are not deemed Lobe in tentionally unjust and unfriendly towards the United States, but on the contrary there is every reason to expect that, with the ap proval of the Imperial Government, they will take the necessary measures to prevent new incursions across the border. The act passed at the late session for the encouragement of emigration has, so far as was possible, been put into operation. It seems to need amendment which will ena- Ne the officers of the Government to pre vent the practice of frauds against the im mi*rants while on their way, and on their arrival In the ports, so as to secure them here a free choice of avocations and places of settlement. A liberal disposition towards thla great naOional polisy is manifests(' by most of the EurOpean States and ought to be reciprocated on our Tart, by giving the immigrants effective national protection. I regard our immigrants as one of the principal• replenishing streams which'are appointed by Providence to repair the rav ages of internal war and its wastes of na tional strength and health. All that is ne cessary is to secure the flow of that stream in its present fullness, and to that end the Government must in every way make it manifest that it neither needs nor designs to impose involuntary military service upon those who come from other lands to cast their lot in our country. The financial affairs of the Government have been successfully administered during the last year. The legislation of the last session of Congress has Ibeneficially effected the revenues, although sufficient time has not yet elapsed to experience the full effect of several of the provisions of the acts of Congress imposing increased taxation. The receipts during the year from all sources upon the basis of warrants signed by the Secretary of the Treasury, including loans, and the balance in the Treasury on the Ist day of July, 1843, *here $1,394,796,- 007 C, and the aggregate disbursements upon thesame basis were $1,208„056,101 So, leaving a balance in the Treasury, as shown by warrants, of $911,739,905 73. Deduet from these amounts the amount of the principal of the public debt redeem and the amount of issues in substitution therefor turd the actual cash operations of the Treasury were: Receipts, Disbursements, 58135,234,057 SI), which leaves a eash balance in the Treasury of 815,912..55S 71. Of the receipts, • there were derived from , customs $102,316,150,89; from lands, s:sBs,- ; from direct taxes, $475,548.96; from internal revenue, 5n10,741,134.10 ; from mis eellaneous sources, 817,511,448.10; and front loans applied to actual expenditures, in cluding Mrmer balance, €4;23.4-13,i)29.13. -re were disbursed for the civil service 27.. - .0559in.4i, for pensions and Indians lor the War Department, ::iiiiiie,791,542.97; for the Navy Department, 55 4 ,7 3 -L .29 1.1.77: Mr interest en the public d e bt, s:s3,hs:;,:;:n.i;O ; making an aggregate :mil leaving a tritium' in the tr.asury of SI s 5t'2,55i , .71, as before stat ed. For the actual receipts and 111 , 10 , for Iho lint quarter, and the esti mated receipts and disbursements for tho three remaining quarters of the current fiscal year. and the general operations of the Treasury in detail, I refer you to the report of the seeretary of t la• Treasury. 1 e , mettr with btut in the opinion that the proportion of moneys required to meet the expenses the war derived from taxation, should he still further in creased, and I earnestly invite your atten tion to this subject to the end, that there may be such aihlitional legislation as shall ,/• required to meet the jua expectations of Seerel:try, on the Ist of July last, as appears by the books of the treasury, amounted to one billion seyen Itimiln-s1 and forty thousand millions six hundred and and ionsa lid four hUnd red. :lull loy-nine dollars and forty-nine cents. Probably should the tear continue for another year that amount swill be increased by not far front rive hundred millions. 111111 as it is for the most part by our own people it has become a substantial branch of 11111 . 1011,11, though private, property. For uiit ions reasons the more nearly this prop erly 11111i , 1111 , iited among ail the people the bettor. To favor such general distribu tion greater inducements to become owners might perhaps with rood etiect :mil without injury, be presented to persons of limited means. \\lntl this view I suggest whether it might not IRA both competent :ual expedi ent till' Congress to tiros - hie that a Itinited amount .1 - sonic future issue of public securities miglit be held by any lama fide lan-chaser, exempt from taxation :11111 from s ei ? or e for debt, under such restrictions :mil limitations as might be necessary to guard against abuse of so important a privilege. wonLl cual,lc every prudent person to set aside a small annuity against a possible ila v of want. Privileges like these would render the possession orsuch securities, to the amount limited.. no ist desirable to every person of small means 1111(1 might be able to save enough for the purpose. The great advan tage of citizens being. creditors as well as debtors, with relation to the public debt, is oils ions. len readily perceive that thr-s -cannot I;u much oppressed by a debt ss - hiell tbey owe to themselves. The public debt on the Ist day of July last, although somewhat exceeding the esti -1.111. of 111 e soorct4o- y of the TreLe.l.l.l' made I , ) 31 the el mlinencernent of the lasi s.ion, WI, short of the estimate of that otlicer 111 tile preceding. December, as to its amount at the beginning this w - iutr. by the SUM Or F 6,995,097.31., filet eXilihit, a , fltitifiletOry condition 111111 conduct M . t h e operations of the Treasury The National Banking system is proving. to be acceptable to capitalists and to the people. On the C ali lay of November five M111(11141 and eighty-four national banks had been authorized. a considerable num ber ~r tcltieh wit conversions from Stair banks. Troll. the State system to the Nat iiinal system are rapidly taking place, and it is hoped that very soi in there will he in the United States no'banks of issue not anthorizod by ('votress, and no bank-note circulation not sectired by the ilovernment. That the , ;overnment and the people derive Urea[ 11011011 t from this change in the ban king system of the (.ountry eau hard' v he questioned. The national system ereatc :t reliable and permanent n 011.1011,. in support the national credit, and pro tect the people against losses in the lest!, of paper 111.1 D Vl - 1101.11(il i nr 1101 any further the suppression of State hank it will he for Congress to determine. It s,•in, i•lear that the Treasitr ..iiinli)t , ati,ta,l ,, rity , •ontliteteil tmless th e (;ov,rnm,nt a restraining alit sr of t' Hank cir , ulaticin of the countrv. The i.oport the Secretary of War and the accoptiap lying documents will detail the campaigns of the armies in the field since the date of the last annual message, a nd also ile• operations of the several ad mini,tnurve bureau, of the War Depart ment during the last year. It will also spt,ily the pleasures deemed essential for the tuitional defence :Ind to keep up and supply the 1 ,1 '16,110 military force. Tito report of the Secretarv - of the Nave presents a comprehensive and satisfactory exhibit of the affidr, of that Department, and of 11w naval service. It is a subject of congratulation and laudable pride to our countrvlooll, that n IRLVy of such vast pro portions has I wen organized in so brief a period, and conduded with so much effi ciency and success. The general exhibit of the Navy, includ ing vessels under construction, on the Ist of I 10:01, UIT, ISG: shows a total of ii7l vi sets, carrying 4.t;10 guns and of 510,3911 tons, be ing :in actual increase during the year, over and ;limye all losses by shipwrocK and bat tle, of 5:1 vessels, 167 guns,-12,421 tons. The total number of men at this time in the na val service. including officers, is about 51,- nun. There have been captured by the Navy ,luring the year, :124 vessels, and the total linnib,,,o:n.v:d cofctures since .Inlmenee t i is 1,:179: of which 267 are steamers. The gross proceeds arising from he sale of condemned prize property tint , reported amount to 1.-1,39(1,1150.: - .1. large :tinount of such proceeds is still under adjudication, :11111 yet br be reported. The total expenditure of the Navy De partment of every description, including the cost of the immense squadrons that have been called into existence front the -ith of March, Ltiii , to the Ist of November, 11 , i; I ;I 3. 1 ,, Your favorable consideration is invited to the various re conine•telat ions of the Secretary ,q• the Na vy, in red s lit to it navy yard and . soitaH, , •.-1,11,1i-Inneot for the e 4 aist ruction a nd 1,1,, .$: to .11 vessels and the machine- ry iii i a: mature for our slfips, to which reference \\ as made in my last annual Message. Your attention is also direeted to the views expressed in the report. in relation to the legislation of Congress, at its last ses sion, in respect to prizes in Our inland waters. I cordially eoneur in tile recom mendation of the Seerotary, as to the pro priety ..f .•reating the new rank of Vice Ad miral in .0./1' Ila Val SerVief.. Y , )111' attention is invited to the report of he Postmaster leneral for a detailed ac count of the operations and iinatieial4.onth lion of she fast ttttiee Department. The puStal revenue I;,r the .v ( - vein ending, June 30. I , ;i, a (sainted 7 , , and the .expenditures 211; the exec.:, of ei,perelit are: ,oer receipt. being Tito vi,\%-, IQ -es-111,11,y the Postniaster (;I,•rat on th, ~r special rritiits by l;overninunt in :till the estal,Jisliment or IleW 1111, , (Ir4rt . eint to h steamships and the policy la , re,miniends for the develori !nem of ins vcased commercial intorcotrse With wi.ko.etii ne,ighboring cotintriei shouhl 1.:11.01 . 1i1 consideration of Congress. It is of noteworthy interest that the steady expansion of population, haprovement and governmental institutions over the new and unnoccupied portions of our territory have ost l'eely CO!b Clls much less impeded or destroyed by our great civil war, which, Ihe first glance, ‘t mild seem to finVe ab sorbed almost the entire (- , tiorgici of the na tion. The organization and admission of the State or Nevada has been completed in con fOrillity law,and thus an excellent sys tem is firmly established in the mountain! which 011,20 seemed a barren and uninhabit able waste between the Atlantic States and those which have grown up on the Pacific Olsen. The territories of the Union are generally in a condition of prosperity and rapid growth. Idaho and Montana, by reason of their great distance and the interruption of communica tions with them by Indian hostilities, have been only partially organized, hut it is under stood that these difficulties are aboutt o disap pear, which will permit their government's., like those of the others, to go into speedy and full operation. As intimately connected with and promotive of this materials growth of the nation, I ask the attention of Congress to the valuaable infcrmation and Important recom mendations relating to the public lands, In dian affairs, -the Pacific Railroad, and mineral discoveries contained in the report of the Sec retary of the Interior, which is herewith transmitted, and which report also embraces the subjects of patents , pensions and other topics of public interest pertaining to his De partment. 'Pia quantity Of public landi diApoied of clur- ing the five quartenionding on the 30th pf Sep tember last, was 4„2114342 acres, of which I,M - 614 acres were entered under the Homesteali Law, The remainder wba located with milita ry land warrants, agricultural- script certified to States for railroads and sold for cash. The cash received from sales and location was $l,- 010,446. The increase from sales during the fiscal year ending June • 50,1884, was 8078,007 21, against 8438,077 95 received dnringthe preceding year.— The aggregate number of acres surveyed dur ing the year has been equal to the quantity dis posed of, and there is open to settlement about 1311,0),000 acres of surveyed land. The great enterprise of connecting the Atlan tic with the Pacific States by railways and tel egraph lines has been entered upon 'with a vigor that gives assurance of success, notwith standing the embarrassments arising from the prevailing high prices of materials and labor. The route of the main line of the road has been definitely located for one hundred miles west ward from the initial point at Omaha City, Nebraska, and a pecuniary location of the Pa cific Railroad of California has been made from Sacramento eastward to the Great Bend of the Truckee River in Nevada. Numerous discov eries of gold, silver and cinnabar mines have been added to the many heretofore known and the country occupied by the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, and the subordinate ranges now teem with enterprising labor which is richly remunerative. It is believed that the product of the mines of precious metals, in that region has, during the year, reached if. not ex ceeded one hundred millions in value. It was recommended in my last annual mes sage that our Indian system be reruodled.— Congress at its last session, acting upon the recommendation, didprovide for re-organiz ing the system in California, and it is believed that under the present organization, the In dians there will be attended to with reasona ble success. Much yet remains to be done to provide for the government of the Indians in other parts of the•country, to render it secure for the advancing settlers, and to provide for the Indiany The Secretary reiterates his re commendations, and to them the attention of Congress is invited. The liberal provisions made by Congress for paying pensions to invalid soldiers and sailors of tha Republic, and to the widows, orphans and dependant mothers of those who have fal len in battle or died of disease contracted, or of wounds received in the service of their coun try ha veliemi d 1 I (gent ly admlnist red. There have been added to the pension rolls, during the yeiii ending the 30th day of June last, the names of 13,770 invalid soldiers, and of 271 disabled seamen, making the present num ber of army invalidppensioner 2,767, and of navy invalid pensioners, 712. Of widows, or phans and mothers, 'r{s4lo have been pi:teed on the army pension rolls, and 213 on the navy 'rile present number of army pensioners of this class is 25,110. and .if navy pensioners 793. At the beginning of the year the number of tievolutionary pensioners whs 1430; only twelve of Ilion, were soldiers, of whom seven have since died. The remainder are those who under the laws, receive pensions because of re lationship to Revolutionary soldiers. During the year ending :loth of June, 1881, 1,501,610.02 have been paid to pensioners of all classes, I cheerfully eoinniend to your continued pa tronage the benevolent institutions of the Dis trict of Columbia, which have hitherto been established or fostered hr ColigreSS, and re. spectfully refer, for information concerning them and in relation to the Washington aqueduct, the Capital, and of her matters of lo eal interest, to the report of t lie Secretary. The Agricultural l /epartnient, under, tile su pervision of its present i•nergetle and faithful head, is rapidly commending itself to the great and vital interests it WaS created to advance. It is peculiarly the People's Department, in which they feel in., directly concerned titan in tuty other. I commend it to the continued attention anti fostering rare fit' Congress. The war continues. Since the last Annual Mii,age, all the important lines and positions, then occupied by our forces, have been main tained and our arms have been steadily ad vanced, thus liberating the regions left in the rear; so that Missouri, Kentneky, Tennessee and parts of other States Mier again produced reasonably fair crops. The most remarkable feature in the military operations of the 3 - ear is i leneral Sherman's attempted starch of there hundred !piles (E -rectly through the insurgent region. It tends to show a great illereate of our relative strength that our General-in-Chief should had able to confront and Muhl in cheek every active force of the enemy and yet detach a well appointed large army to move on such an expedition. The result not yet being known, (sin jecture in re gard to it is not here Important movements have also occurred during the year to the etreet of moulding soci ety ntr the durability of the Union. Although short of complete success it is much in the right direction thau twelve thousand citizens in each of the States of Arkansas and Louis hula have organized local State Governments with free consf Ulf' ions, a na are earnestly strug gling to maintain and administer them. The movement in the same direction, more extensive, though less definite, in Missouri, Kenttniky and Tennessee. should not be over looked; but Illarylanil presents the example of complete success. _Maryland is seeure to lib erty and Union for all the future. The genius of rebellion will no more claim Marylaml. Like another nail spirit being driven out, it may seek to tear her, but it Will Woe her no more. At the last session of Ciingress a proposed amendment to the constitution, abolishing Slavery throughout the United States, passed the Senate, but failed fur want cif the requisite two-thirds vote in the House of Representa tives. Although the present is the same Con gress and nearly the same members, and with out qUestioning tlto wisdom or patriotism of those Who stood in opposition, I venture to re comitiend the reconsideration and passage of the measure at the present session. of course the abst reel glit,tion is net changed, but an intervening election shows almost certainly that the next Congress will pass the measure if this does not, Ilene, there is only a question of time as to when the proposed amendment Will go the state, for their action, and as it Is to go at all evi•nts, may Nye nut agree that the iooiner the bet ter. It is not claimed that the election has im posed a duty tin members tochange their views or their votes any further than as an addition al element to he etniSi.lerecl, their judgment may be effeeted by it. It is the voice of the people, now for the first time heard upon the question; in it great national crisis like ours unanimity of action among, those seeking a common 01111, is very desirable, almost indls pensible, and yet no appearance to such unan hnity is attainable unless some deference shall be paid to the Will of the Majority, simply be cause it is the Will of the majority. in this case the common cud is the mainte ur the I - Ilion, 11111111111011 g the Meath: to secure that ond, Stie h will, through the elec tion, is most clearly declared in favor of such a eonstitutional amendment. The most reliable indication of public purpose in this countr3 - is derived through our popular elec tions. Judging by the recent eanvass and its results, the purpose of the people within the loyal states to maintain the integrity of the I Union seas never more firm nor more nearly unanimous than 110 W. The extraordinary catlilliesS and good order with whiell the lions of voters mingled at the pollsgave strong assurance of this, Not , olly an those Whip supported the Union irk - et so-called, not a great majority of the opposing party also may be fairly claimed to entertain and to be actuated by the same pur pose. It is an unanswerable argument to this ofTect, that no ea nulls to for any office, however high or lot,', ha" ventured to seek votes on the avowal that he was for giving up the [llion. There has been much impuim log of motives, and touch heated coot facersy as to the 3,11 ,, per 111,11 s :lila hest mode of ads itneing the Union cause; lint on the distinct itpne nt 1:111111t tit' no, Union, the politicians have shown their instinc t ive knowledge that there is no diversity among the people. fit affording to the people the fair opportunity of showing one to another, and to the world, this firmness and unanimity of pur pose. the elect ion has been of vast value to the national ,f 111,;(.. The election has exhibited :mother fact not less valuable to In‘ known—the fact that we do not approach exhaustion in the most impor tant branch of national resources—that of liv ing men. While it is melancholly to reflect That the war has tilled s.) Many graves and car ried mourning to so many hearths, it is some relief to know that compared to the surviving, the fallen have been Si, rest - . While corps and divisions and brigades itild regiinents have formed and fought and dwindled, and gone out of existence, a great majority of the men who composed them are still living. 'file same is t rue of the naVal , ervice. The election returns prove this. so many voters could not else be found. The 6tates regularly holding elections, Loth now lutti four ~it's ago, to wit: California, Connecticut, Ileiall'are, 1111111/k, Indiana, lowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota. Missouri, New Hamp shire, Now Jl'l',V,V, NUII . York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virg,inia, Wisconsin, cast 8.9e2,011 voles 11(151", against 3,e70,2='. east then, showing :in aggre gate now 14395:2,011. To this is to he added 33,- 702 east now - ill I he now State that did not vote iu 18611, thus swelling the aggregate to 1,015,773 and the net increase, during the three years and a half of war, to 145.331. .1 table is append ed showing part len s. To lisle should he added the nurnbernf soldiers In the fleld froin Mnssaohnset Is, Rhode Island. New.' Illaware, Indiana, anti I'a I i torn in, w h o by these laws nit these States, couni Ili cute a Way from I 1101 r 11,.11105, and which numberr cannot than tro,noo, \ ,, r yet i< this :nil. 'I he 1111111bor in the organ ised tem a trifle now to it Wai four year. ago, while thousands, with', and black', juin us as the national arms press back the insurgent lines. SO 1101011 Is shown affirmatively and nega tively liv the election. It is not mate r i a l t o inquire how the increase has been produced or to show that It would have been greater but for the war, which Is probably true, The im portant fact remains demonstrated that we have more men now titan we had when the war began, that ve are not exhausted nor in the process of exhaustion, that we are gaining strength, :nal may, it need be, maintain the contest indefinitely, This, as to men, mater ial resources are now more complete and abundant than ever. The natural resources then are unexhausted. and, as we believe, in exhaustible. The public purpose to establish and maintain the national authority is unchanged,. and, as tee believe, unchangeable. The manner of eon( hitting the (inn renmins to choose. fit careful considerat ion of 101 the evidence acceii it seems to me that no attempt at nego tiation wuh tit, insurgent b•ader could result in any good. _ le would :11,,•a uwhiug short of severance of the linion ; precisely what we will not and cannot give. Ills declarations to this effect are explicit and oft-repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. Ho affords us no excuse to de eelve ourselves. Ile cannot voluntarily re-a c eept the Union. We ca mitt voluntarily yield It. Betweed him a4d us the issue is distinct' single :did inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by way and decided by victory. If we yield we are beaten. If the Southern peo ple fail him he is beaten. Either way it would be the victory and defeat following war. What is true, however, of hint who heads the insur gent cause, is not necessarily true of those who follow. Alt hough lie eon not re-accept the Union, they can. Some ot t hem, we know, aliTarly desire peace and reunion. The number of ,such may in crease, They can at any moment have peace, simply by laying down their arms and submit ting to the 'tuitional authority- under the Con stitution. Alter so to uch the Government could not, if it would, maintain war against them,— The loyal people would not sustain or allow it. If questions should remain we would adjust them by the peaceful means of legislation, con ferences, courts and votes operating only in Constitutional and lawful channels. Some certain and other possible questions are and would be beyond the Executive power to ad just, as, for instance, the admission of mem bers into Congress and whatever might require the amropriation of money. The Executive power itself would be greatly diminished by the cessation of actual war.— Pardons and remissions of forfeitures, howev er, would still be within the Executive control. In what spirit and temper this control would be exercised, can be fairly Judged of by the past, A year ago a general pardon and amnesty, upon specified terms, were offered to all except certain designated classes, and it was ,at the. same time made known that the excepted classes were still within contemplation . of special clemency, During the year many availed themselves of the general provision, and many more would, only that the signs of bad faith in some led to such precautionary measures as rendered the practical process less - easy and certain: During the same time also' speeial pardons hair') been grunted to Jondivith tads oftheeceptetl and' no 'voluntary appllcationZas been denied. Thus, practically, the door has been for a full year open to all, ex cept such as were not In condition to make free choice—that is such as werein custodyorunder constraint. It is still so open to all. But the time may come when public duty shall demand that it be closed, and that In Hen more vigor ono measures than heretofore shall be adopted. In presenting the abandonment of armed re sistance to the National authority on the part ol the insurgents as the only indispensable condition to ending the war on the part of the Goverhment, I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retreat or modify the Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I re urn to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an Executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, most be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part of the Govern ment whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it, (Signed,) ABAtIAM LEsIDOLN. DECEMBER 6, 1864. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK Fearful Freaks of an Insane Inmate of the Tombs TWO PRISONERS KILLED BY RIM A THIRD NAN SERAIUSLY IF NOT FATALLY INJURED. A most awful tragedy occurred at the Tombs, in New York city, on last Fri day, involving the death of two prison ers, and the mortally wounding of a third. From the statement of other parties it appears that a man named John Donovan, had been committed to Jefferson market lock-up by Judge Dodge,' and subsequently transferred to that portion of the Tombs known as " Bummers' hall," fronting on Frank lin street. Donovan was committed on the charge of insanity. There were several other ten-day prisoners locked up with him, but no disturbance occur red between them until four o'clock in the morning, when Mr. Mark Fin ley, the night watchman, heard cries of murder proceeding from the place, and hurried round there to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. As he came in view of the prisoners' cell he saw Donovan with an iron bar in his hand, with which he was attempting the lives of his fellow-prisoners. The bar was about three feet long. T-wo of the un fortunate prisoners were lying insensi ble upon the floor, weltering in blood. Mr. Finley did his best to disarm Dono van, but could not succeed in doing so, and sent to Captain Jourdan, of the Sixth precinct, for.assistance. Officers Crane, Harr and Curley were at once sent to the assistance of Mr. Finley, and found upon their arrival that there was no way to disarm Donovan and reduce biro to subjection than to draw their re volvers and tire, which they did. The shots missed him, however, one of them lodging in the shoulder of a prisoner named George H. Hill, inflicting a severe wound. The calkers finally rushed in upon him, and applied the clubs with such effect as to reduce him to terms. Two of the prisoners, named McDonnell and Kennedy, were lying upon the floor dead. A man named William George was lying beside them with his skull fractured, and was at once attended by Dr. Simmons. The de ceased are both natives! of Ireland and twenty-five years of age. Donovan is also a native of Ireland, and resided at 128 West Fifty-eighth street. He has been in the United States military ser vice. Items of News ..gentleman named Joseph Barkey, of Somerset county, brought four nice slaughtered deer to Harrisburg, andsold them at fifteen to sixteen cents per pound. They were rine, fat and healthy looking animals. A new ram of Rebel manufacture has been built and finished on the Neuse river. She is known to be larger than the Albemarle. She may be expected topay our gunboats a visit at any day. Admiral Porter has everything in read iness to give this new ram a fitting re ception. GENERAL DANA. is placing the freed men in the vicinity of Vicksburg upon the lands formerly possessed by Jeff Davis and his brother joseph, and by the heirs of Gen. Quitman, of filibuster ino. memory. These estates contain about ten thousand acres of excellent land. WHILE tilling the reservoir of the Charlestown ( Mass.) water works a few days since the pump would not operate, and an examination proved that the pipe was completely filled with eels. The next day the trouble occurred again, and on the two occasions over 2,50(1 pounds of eels were removed. TirE \Vorcester .S7t kid says that about live hundred negro children have been bound to their former masters in that county. THE oil excitement in the Dunkard, or Greene county region, is increasing. Large transactions in the oil lands are frequent, and the greatest eagerness is manifested to secure leases and oil rights. It is believed by experierfced oil men that this new oil district will prove itself equal to Oil Creek or Western Virginia. THE Ikrald comes to the defence of the President for calling *the abolition of slavery in Maryland " a big thing," and proves it be classic, by quoting from Terence's comedy " Phormio," act 2, scene 4, line IS ; “Res magna est." THEY tell of a N. York regiment which during their three years' service traveled by sea and land more titan 12,000 miles, fought 20 general engage ments, marched through 15 States, and has been tinder Burnside, Pope, Mc- Clellan, McDowell, Meade, Sherman and Cram. A dire rumor of the abolishment of hoops in Paris pervades female circles. A LETTER recently passed through the Trenton post-office bearing the fol lowing inscription; "Andress Schutz, Soat Ar lusch, Eisikaliti, St. Jersey," It found its proper owner at South Or range, Essex county, N. Jersey. Tire rebel Congress are discussing in secret session the question of suspending the writ of habeas corpus in the confed eracy. Fon the quarter ending September 30 the cash receipts at Carson City, Nevada, on account of public lands, amounted to nearly sixteen thousand dollars. A return has just been received from the land office at Kenosha, Wisconsin, of the sales of the Fort Howard res2rvation showing the cash receipts on account of such sales, amounting to eighteen thousand four hundred and tifty-two dollars, being four thousand four hun dred and eighteen dollars in excess of the mini in um established by the Commissioner under the law. Mn. LoNGFELLow'S early prose ro mance " Hyperion " is about to he re published, with twenty-four photo graphic views of the scenery of the Rhine, Switzerland, the Tyrol, etc., taken expressly for the work. A MAN named Fritz was put in to jail in Cincinnati on Saturday; for a debt of eighteen dollars. On Sunday night he hung himself. In searching his pockets one hundred and eleven dollars in green backs were discovered. JOHN B. GOUGH is adVertised to de -1 iver two lectures in Baltimore this week. AT Baton Rouge, on the night of the 2ld ult., a portion of the penitentiary building was destroyed by fire. One hundred and forty mules, forty horses and seventy-five setts of harness were consumed. THE minimum standard of height for recruits for the volunteer service has been fixed by the. Secretary of War as five feet, instead of five feet three inchet as heretofore established. —An English lecturer recently assert ed that Lord Lyndhurst was a . believer in spiritualism. The Scotsman there upon said We are requested to give that allegation the most peremptory eontradiction on the best authority, and to state that, though Lord Lyndhurst attended seances from mere curiosity, he had not the slightest belief in what is called "spiritualism." A young girl from Illinois went to St. Louis a few days ago and sold herself for an army substitute. When taken before the examining surgeon, he order ed her to strip, but this not exactly agreeing with her sense of propriety, she ran out of the room and concluded to give up soldiering until they would take her word for being an able-bodied man. —The excavations at Pompeii have just led to the discovery of a temple of Juno, on the flags of which were scat tered about more than 200 skeletons of women and children, who during the eruption of Vesuvius hastened to the qemple to implore the protection of the godden. Money Matters in'iiear York. • Money lenders find , it impossible to obtain employthent fdr thelf,;,surplus loanable funds, and theiraccumulation is so largely in excess of the demand that governnient is not likely to have a more favorable season than the present for negotiating a loan. First-class bor rowers are offered at six per cent. more money than they can use, and the lead ! ing stock-brokers have very large bal -1 antes in bank. If this condition of excessive ease in the money market is permitted to continue by the absence of government loans, then it is reason able to expect that the plethora of un employed funds Will find a vent ia stock --or other speculations. Many parties are purchasing railway shares simply from their inability to use their surplus funds in any other way - , and government se curities have been purchased largely for the same reason. As a natural result, the prices of government bonds and railway shares have advanced, and the buyers are more numerous than the sellers. The attention of the business com munity is fixed on what may be the fi nancial policy of the government af ter Congress meets,' , and many well meaning people are expecting a return to a sound system of finance, which shall make sonic progress toward specie payments. A few figures will dispel. this illusion. The.expenditure of gov ernment for the current year will be about twelve hundred millions, and the receipts from international revenue about two hundred millions, leaving one thousand millions to be- raised by loans and printing paper money. If those well-meahing people who now propose to decrease our paper-money is sues by funding them, had assisted the lrorkl when it opposed the passage of the legal-tender act, and the issue of more paper money when the first issue of one hundred and fifty million dollars was in process of being floated, then there would have been, ,some show of reason in their clamor. Sut now, when the paper-money issues and bank ex pansion of the country are over one thousand millions, and government wants another thousand millions dur ing the current year, what hope is there of obtaining any change in the policy of the Treasury Department Our cap italists will do well to accept the contin uance of paper-money issues for our gov ernment policy as an accomplished fact. Government will not change its paper- I money policy. Seeing that this is so, then our capitalists will do well to in vet in productive euterprizes, which shall add to their own riches and at the same time, to the wealth of the nation. If they cannot thus use their capital personally, then let them "mobilize" it into companies, after the fashion of the Credit Mobiler in Paris, taking care that the managers are intelligent, energetic, prudent, and honorable men. Unless the wealth of the nation is increased by some system of enlightened and liberal application of capital to stimulate labor, to develop our enormous wealth of re sources in the products of the soil, it will be impossible for us to raise an amount by taxation sufficient to main tain our national credit. A million of dollars, made by a rise in the prices or stocks, enriches individuals, but not the country; while a million dollars made by obtaining petroleum, gold, silver, or any other product out of the soil, en riches both individuals and the nation. The crisis in our national finances im peratively calls for prompt measures on the part of the community to use their capital profitably on a system.—New York World, Non 29. The Action of the Oil Wells The action of Petroleum wells is in geniously explained by Prof. Evans, of Marietta, Ohio. According to his obser vations the oil is contained in fissures in the rocks, in connection with both water and gas. These are arranged, of course, according to their weight, the water at the bottom, the oil floating thereon, and the gas (often strongly com pressed 1 fills the upper partof the cavity. If such a cavity runs obliquely from above downward, a well, when bored, may strike either the water or oil, or it may enter the gas chamber. In the first two cases, if the gas be compressed, as it usually is, there will be a spouting well, the water or oil, or both together, being thrown out of the mouth of the boring. When the tension of the gas is exhaust ed resort must be had to pumping, until the cavity is pumped out. But in some cases a series of cavities communicate by small openings or crevices, in which case a well may flow intermittently for a long time, as it is replenished by per colation of oil through these channels. It is not uncommon for intermittent wells to flow out at first 300 or 400 barrels a day, or to yield in at} as much as 20,000 barrels. They sometimes run two or three years before exhaustion. The pro ductiveness of the Lewellyn well"bit the Little Kanawha, in West Virginia, greatly exceeds these figures. - Where there is little or no gas, Or where, from the gas chamber being tapped, the gas is lost, pumping has to he resorted to from the first. Oil wells commonly vary in depth from MO to SOO feet. Oil coming to the surface in springs is not a reliable sign of oil cavities in the im- i mediate neighborhood, for it is often I carried a long distance by the current of the subterranean streamlefe by which the springs arc fed. Curious facts in Cultinit Timlug Cut timber from the twiddle of Sep tember to the middle of December, and you cannot get a worm into it. October and November are perhaps the best months, and sure to avoid the worms. " You eat from March to June, and you cannot save the timber from worms or borers. :\ fay used to be called "'peel ing time" in my boyhood ; much was then done in procuring hark for the tan neries when the sap is up in the trunk and ail the pores are full of say; whereas in October these pores are all empty— then is the time to cut, and there will be no worms.. When you see an ox-Low with the Lark tight there are no worms, no pow ilerpost, and you cannot separate it from the wood, and what is true in one kind is true in all kinds of timber, and every kind has its peculiar kind of warm.— The pine has, I believe, the largest worms ; and these worms work for many years. 1 have found them alive and at work in white oak spokes that I knew hail been in my garret over 1•' years, and they were much larger than at first; they do not stop in the sap, but contirMe in the solid part. I do not think of buying timber unless it is cut in the time above alluded to. I have wondered that there has not been more said 011 this subject, as it is one of great importance, even for fire wood, and especially for ship-building, &e.'*--( BOsiOn RCCOrth /'. Cor.. Tom Marshall, of Early's com mand, who was recently killed,' was only about three miles from his late home when the fatal bullet reached him. His great anxiety, no doubt, to see his children, led him to incur unusual risks and to tight with great daring, with the hope that our forces would give way, and afford him the long-cov eted opportunity to visit his home. His family was formerly one of the most wealthy, prosperous, and happy of Vir ginia, but the Colonel is among the last that have fallen victims to the rebellion. SOME time since, says the Louisville Democrat, a woman named Ida Robin son, who was a Confederate spy, was captured by our forces and sent to Nash ville. The military authorities of that place ordered her to go north of the Ohio River, and to stay there during the war. She crossed the river, and was doubtless thought to be there ; but a few days ago - a soldier was arrested in Nashville, and he proved to be the aforesaid Ida, who was dressed in male attire. Tire Louisville Jourmil says Colonel Farleigh has been reliably informed that horseflesh is sold in that market by mercenary wretches, who cut steaks from the carcasses of the condemned government horses that die daily and are dragged out upon the commons.— Measures have been taken to sift the matter. . GENERAL HENRY M. NAGLEE, who 'served with distinguished success at Fair Oaks, Chiekahominy, Bottom's Bridge, and White Oak Swamp„during the memorable ” Seven Days," on the Peninsula, and in the Carolinas, leaves to-day in the California steamer for San Francisco, his home. Prior.to his de parture from Philadelphia he was the recipient of a testimonial from his friends in the shape of a magnificent gold medal, manufactured in Paris, elegantly inscribed and commemorative of his gallant services during the various campaigns. He leaves , the Atlantic coast with the well wishes of a host of devoted ,friends. it®' It is related of the witty Domin kali monk, Bocco, that he had a great dislike to tobacco and when once preach ing to a crowd of Spanish sailors, he astonished them by telling them that there were no Spanish saints in heaven. A few he said had been admitted, but they smoked so, many cigars that they made the holy Virgin sick, and St. Peter set his wits to work to get them out. At length he procalaimed that a bull fight was to be held outside the gates :of Paradise, thereupon every Spaniard saint, without exception, ran off to see the fight, and St. Peter imme diately closed the gate, and took care • never to admit another Spaniard. Good Pluck The New Hampshire Democrats, who have just emerged with great honor from an excited political canvass, are now entering: a State campaign which will close h,- an election for Governor and Members of Congress early in March next, with all' the energy and determination necessary to secure suc cess. They are thoroughly organized and in good fighting condition, and we do not believe they will lose anything in the four months between November and March. EXPERIMENTS WITH . GREEK FIRE, it is stated, have been very satisfactory at Washington. Not a few of the Wash ington folks will some day be allowed to experiment with fire that will not prove so satisfactory. WE PROTEST AGAINST TILE ORDER issued by the heads of departments at Washington for the immediate return of the absent elerks, under penalty of dismissal. They were sent home to vote for Old Abe, and having done the work assigned to them, and got on a patriotic "drunk of the hugest dimensions, ample time should be given them to sober lip. tin :1 ME !—The Mount Vernon . ' (0.) Banner says that on election (lay, '•while the voting was proceeding quietly, word came that Gov. Medary was dead. While the Democrats gener ally expressed kentiments of profound sorrow, a little" crowd of abolitionists manifested feelings of overflowing joy ; and one of them called for 'three cheers,' Duel enough to lw beard by all the hy ,Aaliders ! The man who called fur the eleers, we understand, is a very pious niemlierof one of our Christian Church- THE powers of the Ring of Sweden, as head of the church within his realms, far exceed those of Queen Victoria as h cad of the English Church. He ap points bishops directly, and is absolute ly in the exercise of his right of grant ing dispensations for marriages, which would otherwise be illegal, and in other matters, also, where the civil process is insufficient without a religious sanction. LCuisville, on the Ist ult., a reg iment of colored troops was marched out into the streets to clear away a regiment of white Ohio volunteers who were promenading flrollll , l. Time Africans, however, being met by the white trash with fixed bayonets, retreated instan ter. VALT'ABLE . AND CON VENTIENT.— " Brown's Bronchial Troches" are widely known as an admirable remedy for Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Coughs, and other troubles of the throat and lungs. They are of great value for the purposes for which they are designed, and it should be known that while they are usually and pleasantly efficacious, they contain no hurtful ingredients, but may at ail times be used with perfect safety. —Boston Recorder, irccinl a'otirtS T o Consumptives. 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Shaeffer, aged oyearl3, Bagromm.—Near Pawnee Rattche, Nebraska, October 7 .1861, Lieut. Frank 7 . Brenner, Co A, First Regiment Second Brigade, N M. MArryr.—Near this city, on theist inst., Mary, wife of John Manly, in the 42d year of her age. t SzEntm.—November 27th, in the CitY of New or k, William P. Steele; in the 48th year of his age. SamtrzEa.—ln Manor township, on Monday morning. Dec: Ist, Lucretia, wife of Samuel Shertzer, aged 55 years, 8 mos. and 8 days. Alas how frail is human life, Its but a span at best; • • Weer here to-day,—but To-morrow in the dust. G. G. B. 'gbriteto. piedace Market. • PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6 .—TheFlour market is dull, and influenced by the heavy receipts in Sew York. Prices of all kinds of Breadstuffs are drooping. We reduce our quotations ..%c ql bbl, with the remark that there is no export demand; small sales to the trade at $9.51.0 for superfine; $10.k5@10.75 for extras ,• $11®1125 for low grade and good extra family, and 513 for fancy. In Rye Flour and Corn Meal there is nothing doing. The Wheat market is drooping; small sales of red at $2.57@..-2.80, and white at $2.75.2.85. Rye sells at $1.72. Corn dull at $l.BB for old yellow, 81.75 for new, and $1.83 for old white. 2,000 bus Oats sold at 02c. In groceries and Provisions there Is but little movement. Petroleum is in fair request at 46@-17c for crude; 68070 for refined, in bond, and 85®88o for free. Whiskey is unsettled ; sales of Penna. at $1.91, and Ohio a1.82€41.93. ..NEW YORK, Dec. 6 —Flour has declined s®lo cts.; sales of 14,500 bhls. at $0 45®10 10 for State, sll®l2 for Ohio, $105561:15 for Southern. Wheat has advanced 1(6,2 cts.; sales 7,500 bus. at 315 for Chicago Spring. Corn dull; sales unimportant. Beef steady, Pork heavy. Lard steady. ' Whisky firm. Philadelphia Cattle Market. MONDA Y, Dec. s.—The market for beef cattle continues rather dull, and'prlces are without any material change; about 2,400 bead arrived and sold at from 15@16c for extra, 13(15 , Ac for fair to good, and common at from 9@l2c per lb as to quality. The following are the particulars of the sales. 56. A Kennedy, Western 135616 27. B. Baldwin, Chester co 125616 20. E. Scott do 105614 27, P. Mennen, Western 10416 35. P. Hathaway, Chester co 130:17 H/O. Mooney it Smith, Illinois 15417 95. M. Ullman • do I,Widtil 60. H. Chain. Penn'a 110.14' 75. J. Hull, Western 12014 SO. J. J. Chain, Penn'a 115615 75. Martin Fuller Si Co., Illinois 13(51153.,; 53. Chandler 5 Co., Chester co 154i117 100. N. Werntz, Penn'a 120.16 125. M. Duff, Western 105613 61. 0. Smith, do 104.13 30. Kepner, do 12415 35. C. Erisman, Chester co 12®15 16. H. Baldwin, do 13(5)15 55. Hope, Western 12(eM5 57. Haymaker b Do., Western 115615 24. J. Miller, Chester co 14561634 45. Homes Si Co., do 125617 110. B. Hood, do 12017 15. D. Branson, do 125615 36. Dryfoos ik Co., Western 115614 60. A. Levi, Illinois 13015 22. G. Shamberg, Western 12006 67. L. Frank, do 12®15 57. S. Mooney, Ohio 13®16 147. 0. Smith, Illinois 13®16?iy UOGS-Priees are rather lower. About 3 500 head arrived and sold at the different yards at from 915®16 73 the lbs net, according to quality, SHEEP-Continue in good demand and prices are well maintained, About 4,000 head arrived and sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, at from 6 up to 6;l,ic per lb gross as to quality. Cows-Continue scarce. About 100 head ar rived and sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, at from s3o@ 70 for Springers, and $35 up to 890 per head for Cow and Calf, as to quality. 4eur Adrertiontento RAILROAD TO LET. Will be let by public outcry on SATUR DAY, the 7th day of JANUARY, A. D. 1803, at the public house of A. T. Myers, in the Borough of Strasburg, for a term of three years from t 14th day of May, 1865, the STRASBURG RA' ROAD, connecting the Borough of Stras , with the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lemon Place; with all its Houses, Depots, Running Stock and Fixtures. The well known importance of the Borough of Strasburg as a point for fowarding and trade In produce, coal and lumber, and the long es tablished reputation of the railroad for its op portunities and capacity for business render Curt her descri pt ion unnecessary, The recent discovery of great bodies of iron ore in the vicinity of Strasburg, and the great demand for the same, have within the last year doubled the business of the road. The ore trade is only in its infancy, end is increasing in im portance daily. The conditions of the letting can be seen at any time .at the ottice of the undersigned, No. 36 North Dube street, Lancaster. The letting will commence at 2o'clock, when due attendance will be given and condi tions of letting made known by 1). G. ESTILEMAIs.:, President. Miscellaneous ATRIMONIAL: LADIES AND GENTLEJI EN If you wish to marry, address the under signed, who will send you without money and without price, valuable information that will enable you to marry happy and speedily, irrespective of age, wealth or beauty. This in, formation will cost you nothing, and If you wish to marry, I will cheerfully assist you. All letters strictly confidential. The desired infor mation sent by return mail, and no questions asked. Address SARAH B. LAMBERT, Greenpoint, Kings county, New York. net la 2n1,1,1,1v i PUBLIC SALE OF VALEABLE BEAL ESTATE.—By virtue of an alias order, grunted by the Court of Lancaster county, the undersigned guardian of the minor children of James B. Lane, deed, will sell at public sale, on THURSDAY,. the aid day of DECEMBEID 1864, at the public house of John Michael,_ in the City of Lancaster, the following described real estate, viz: All that Lot of Giound situated In Duke street, Lancaster city, between Orange and Chestnut streets, adjoining property of B. F. Shenk on the north, and N. Ellmaker, Esq., on the south, containing 50 feet, more or less, on 'Duke street, and extending back 245 feet to a public alley—on which is erected a large THREE-STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE and other improvements. Sale to commence at 7 o'clock, P. AL Terms will be made known on the day of sale by the undersigned, or by Samuel Reynolds, Esq., Attorney at Lnw, East King street. R. S. JEL.NKINS, nov 30 Lsw ilj Gnardian, BANK STOCK AT PUBLIC SALE.—ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 110,1, the undersigned Administrators of the estate of Isaac Long, late of Manheim township, Lancas ter county, deed., will sell at public vendue, at the public house ofJohn Michael, in the city of Lancaster, 50 Shares of LANCASTER COUNTY BANK STOCK. Sale to commence at 2 o'clock P. M., on said day, when attendance will be given and terms made known i SARAH LONG-, BEN 1M LONG, JR. 2tii'w 47 TIIE COLUMBIA INSURANCE COM: PANY OF COLUMBIA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. Whole amount insured, $2,004,435 68 Whole amount of Premium Notes,.. 256,931 46 Balance Cash Premiums, January 1. 1883, 92,120 31 Etecp't for Premium less Agent's commission in , 9,382 40 Receipts for Assessments less Agent's commis sions in 1863. Losses and expenses paid in 1863 810,133 32 Bal. Prem. Jan. 1, 1864, 3,754 47 913,997 79 A. S. GREEN, President. GEORGE Youso, Jr., Secretary. MICHAEL S. SHU3f AN, Treasurer. DIRECTORS : It. T. Ryon, John W. Steacy, John Fendrich, Geo. Young, Jr., H. G. Minich, Nicholas McDonald, Sam'l F. Eberleln, Michael S. Shuman, Amos S. Green, S. C. Slaymaker, Edmund Spering. Columbia, February 13, IRS 4 Aug 30 CHRISTIAN WIDNYER'S CABINET-WARE MANUFACTORY Corner of East King and Duke streets LANCASTER, PA The largest, mast complete and fashionable assortment of Cabinet Ware constantly on hand in the Warerooms connected with this establishment, and at prices to suit the times. ang 2A tfclaw 1 R A. S 1I IT U , CRACKER, BISCUIT AND CAKE BAKER! EAST KING STREET, Three doors below Lane's Store, Lancaster, Pa 51- An the articles for sale at this establish lishment are baked fresh every day. aug 29 tfdtsw 1 THPORTANT TO TILE LADIES. I We beg leave to call your attention to our well selected stock of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S GAITERS AND SHOES, Amongthem an excellent assortment of CONGRESS, LACED, AND BUTTONED GAITERS, GLOVE-KID, M ALMORALSOROCCO, AND KID , With a great variety of MISSES' SHOES. Also, HEAVY SHOES for country wear. \%'e feel confident of being able to give sa s- • faction In regard to style, quality and price oi goods, as well as promptness in executing orders. A share NORTH patronage is all we ask at No. 61 QUEEN STREET, (Opposite Howell's Marble Yard.) H. M. CREAGER, ANNIE REFORD. ang 29 tfd&w 1] No. 20 NORTH QUEEN STREET. F U R S . . SHULTZ d BRO have Just openathe largest and most com plete assortmerd:vf LADIES' FURS ever offered in this market, which will be sold at, the lowest rates for Cash. I nov 3 tfd JAMES H. BARNES, FANtY AND WINDSOR CHAIR-MASER, No. 59 1 4 EAST RING .BTICIIET LANCASTER, PA. Dann & Bro's Patent Camp Chairs for sale , and all other kinds of Chairs made to order at prices t 0 suit the times, fans 72 t(d 1 S. 7• a to' 'Pt The Secretary of the TreaSury rgive64l9tice that subeeriptiorui will lie received CelifiPort Treasury Notes, payable three yearstrOnrAug. 16th, 1884, with setni-Euannal interest at the rate of seven and three-tentlth per cent, per annum, —principal and interest both to be paid hi law- Ail money. These notes will be convertible at the option of the holder at maturity, into all 'per cent, gold bearing bonds, payable not lesS than five nor more than twenty years from their ditto 4 as the Government may elect. They will be Issued in denominations of $lO, $lOO, $5OO, 81,000 $5,000, and all subscriptions must be for fifty dollars or some multiple of fifty dollars.. The notes will be transmitted to the owners free of transportation charges as soon after the receipt of the original Certificates of Depealt as they can be prepared, As the notes draw interest from August 15, persons making deposits subsequent to that date must pay the interest accrued from date of note to date of deposit Parties depositing twenty-five thousand dol lars and upwards for these notes at anyone time will be allowed a commission of one quarter of one per cent, SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THIS LOAN, IT IS A NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK, otibring higher rate of interest than any other, and Me best security. Any savings bank which pays its depositors in U. S. Notes, considers that it la paying in the beet circulating medium of the country, and it cannot pay in anything better, for its own assets are either in gOvernment securities or in notes or bonds payable in gov ernment paper. It is equally convenient as a ttmporary or permanent ins estment. The notes can always be sold for within a fraction of their face and accumulated interest, and are the best security with banks as collateraLs for discounts. CONVERTIBLE INTO A SIX PER CENT, 5-20 GOLD BOND. In addition to the very liberal interest on the notes for three years, this privilege of conver sion is now worth about three per cent, per an num, for the current rate for 5-20 Bonds la not less than nine per cent, premium, and before the war the premium on six per cent. U. S. stocks was over twenty per cent. It will be seen that the actual profit on this loan, at the present market rate, Is not less than ten per cent. per annum. ITS EXEMPTION FROM STATE OR MUNICIPAL But aside from all the advantages we have enumerated., a special Act of Congress exempts all bonds and Treasury notes from local taxation. On the average, this exemption is worth about two per cent. per annum, according to the rate of taxation in various parts of the country. It is believed that no securities offer so great inducements to lenders as those Issued by the government. In all other forms of indebted ness, the faith or ability of private parties, or stock companies, or separate communities, only, is pledged for payment, while the whole property of the country le held to secure the discharge of all the obligations of the United States. le the government offers the most Liberal erms for its loans, it believes that the very etrongest appeal will be to the loyalty and patriot ism of the people Up to the 24th of September, thesubseriptiOnli to this loan amounted to over $40,000,000. Subscriptions will be received by tne Treas urer of the United States, at Washington, the several Assistant Treasurers and designated Depositaries, and by the FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF STRASBURG and the FIRST NA TIONAL BANK OF MARIETTA. ALL RESPECTABLE BANKS & BANKERS throughout the country will give further Infor- matlon and AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUB. SCRIBERS. D R. PETERS. NEW YORK L:UNG INSTITUTE IS NOW AT THE CADWELL:HOUSEJ where he will be prepared to treat by 11Uti041,,. tion of Oxygenized Air all diseases of the HEAD THROAT TOGETHER WITH ALL DISEASES HEQUIRLNG A (PLTAIFICATION:OF.THE:BLOOD The oxygen is breathed directly Into the tinge and through them is carried with the blood; thus as soon as the blood will carry. it It, reaches all parts of the system, decomposing the Impure matter in the blood and expels It through the pores. By this mode of treatment. the patent does not have to be dosed and doctored for months to eradicate disease! Relief Is had from the time of breathing it, and a few applications are only necessary to eradi- Cate the disease entirely Persons living at a distance may be treated at their homes after visiting the Doctor 813,887 78 Consultations are Free. Office hours from: to 5. Ladies' parlor up stairs Viorallantilo. 00T AND SHOEMAKERS, JOHN F. COMBS, CURB./ ER AND LEATHER DEALER, 1130 Market Street, below 12th, Philadelphia, Has the most extensive assortment of SOLE and UPI'EF LEATHER of all descriptions: Red and Oak Sole Skirting, Slaughter, French and City Calf Skins, Rip 4, Way, Upper, Moroc co, Linings, Lacings, 'Leather Apron Skins, Shoes, Boots, Lasts, Findings, B:c., and every article requisite for Boot and Shoemaking, wholesale and: retail, at the lowest prices, to which we invite the attention of the public oct 7.1 6tw 42 • T ROHRER, eL, RECTIFYING DISTILLER . AND WHOLESALE DEALER. IN FRENCH BRANDIES, HOLLAND GINS, SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKIES, • JAMAICA RUM; FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES, &c., No. 56 East King Street, Lancaster Pa. Constantly on hand, Copper Distilled Old , ' Rye Whisky, Apple Brandy, &c. aprl2 , lyw 16 • . . lIANDSOME STOCK OF CLOAKS. The subscriber has now opened her new style. ~ of LADIES' FALL AND WINTER CLOA f MISSES and CHILDREN'S CLOAKS. A1t0,14 large assortment of Ladles' WRAPPERS AND SHAWLS, all made of the best materials, and will be sold at reduced prices. The ladles are respectfully invited to call and.. examine my stock. _ _ MRS. S. ALEXANDER, 131 North Bth street, 2d door above Cherry sty.; Philadelphia. foot Z/ arm 42. . HOWELL 4; OBLIGEE'S, MARBLE WORKtil, NO. 66 NOILTH QUEEN STRE*I', r;T mAyry rs, GRAVE STONES AND MONII2.IIIN'TS. AM orders attended to with neatness ardtdO;f switch. The public are invited to moping, Vl* t drawings and stock on hand. , ang 29, . . Maw LTORACE WATERS' • ~• • • , r JUL GREAT MUSICAL ESTABLISHALKNZI, ,- ; No. 481 BROADWAY, NEW YORE. _,..:..' ~ EIGHTY NEW. jllOlOl3, MELODMANS.. HARMONIUMS, Pte 8A.1. , AIWR,E and' CABIy NET ORGANS, at Wholesale and d Retatio Prices low. SECOND HAND PIANOS. at. 1.4 bargains, prima from 880 to 8200. New 7 OP, ' lO. -- Thump, $2O0 _ and "215; with Carved. ITZ A lionlotings,„M and 'towards.. Nelodeonsv 1 ,. ., to ki6o. .A. 'alga Stock M_SHEET 'mtnap MIMI tE BOOKS and all kinds of 1.113131 VA L, II V. , lifEM%ad - Itnaoliferchandiseattlialainstat rates. 1 AOO Sheets of Music, a little coiled, at. NC, t pa/Tag% [uov 23 aractstw T X_ATIOI`i Wedieal. 8110 Bf THE AND LUNGS lydew 42 TAKE NOTICE
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