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In the Senate on the 9th inst., Senator DorGLis took the earliest opportunity to de fine his position in regard to the Leeompton Constitution. We shall not this week attempt to publish any portion of his speech, as the President's Message occupies all our space, but •we will in our next, lay before our readers so much of it as will enablo them to correctly es timate the attitude he assumes, and the argu ments nsed to sustain his position. Mr. DOUGLAS takes bold and high grounds against the adoption by Congress of the Lc eompton Constitution. He lays much stress on the fact, which our readers will not fail to observe, that the Presideut in his Message, first indulges in an argument why tho Consti tution should bo submitted in all its parts to the action of the people, ami makes no recom mendation that Kansas shall be admitted as a State with the swindle concocted at Leeoinp ton. Still the message leaves the conclusion on the reader's mind that the President recog nizes the binding force and validity of the CAL HOUN Constitution, while unofficially, it is well known that he has determined to make adher ence to his policy of admitting Kansas with that Constitution, a tost ot party fealty. Mr. D. also argues that an enabling act of Congress can alone confer the necessary au thority for the assembling of a Convention to form a Constitution, and he consequently does not regard the Leeompton Constitution as any more valid than that made at Topeka, and en dorses the position assumed by Mr. GROW, in his speech of March 4 th, 1850, that the people of a Territory, while they cannot legal ly meet in Convention to form a Constitution, yet have an undoubted right to meet and pre pare a Constitution and present it to Congress as a petition and memorial. lie indulges in a powerful argument against the injustice and unfairness of the Leeompton Constitution itself, and particularly the mode in which it is submitted to the vote of the peo ple. The leading idea in Mr. DOI;GT.AS'S speech is that the Democratic party stand upon the dortriceof " popular sovereignty " —that pled ges have been made to the country that the doctrine shall be freely and fairly carried out —that he has repeatedly pledged his honor that the people of Kansas should have tho opportunity to pass upon any Constitution made for them—and he regards the Leeomp ton Constitution as plainly violating the doc trines of the party and own repeated pledge, under these circumstances, he feels it his duty to take a position of antagonism to tho Ad ministration. Such arc the leading points of bis speech, which are enunciated with great foree and clearness, and boldly and defiantly maintained. If we had greater confidence in his honesty, we should have more admiration for the at titude he now voluutarily assumes. However, if he shall maintain to the end, the stand he h&a taken we will give him all the credit he de •erves. Already the excommunication of the party has been proclaimed ; the Southern mem bers have determined not to recoginzc him as a Democrat, while the organs at Washington are deliberately " reading him ont of the par ty." There can be no question that Mr. DOUGLAS' position will alienate all his South ern supporters and friends. What is the cause of this unexpected desertion of one of the ablest and hitherto most reliable champions. Has he, with FORXEY and others, become restive under the dictation of their Southern masters ? and determined to assert their man liness and independence ? Or has he be gan to realize that the South, while they are willing to asc Northern men to effect their ends, are the first to cast them off, when they have thereby become odious at the North ? There is no question that a bold pol itical stroke is the mainspring of this relnctance to do the behests of Slavery. Able, bold and energetic men, are engaged in playing the game. But we welcome it, as we welcome every manifestation that the Southern yoke is beginning to gall the necks of Northern men, and Northern arrogance and dictation is becoming intolerant. 19* In Coogress, Mr. GROW has already given notice of his intention to introduce a Homestead bill. Our Congressman is bent mpon aeenring free homes for all, ami he cer tainly carries with hiin in this laudable endea vor, the best wishes of his constituents for his success. •9* JOHN PASSMORE lias been appointed by the Governor, Associate Judge for this Coun ty, to 6opply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Hon. Aaron Chubbuek. 19" The Banks of New York, Albany and Boston, resumed specie payments oa Monday TUEUTAH EXPEDITION*. —Further intelligence ] from the Utah expedition states that on the 3d of November Col. COOK'S command was one hundred and fifty miles west of Fort Laramie, proceeding as fast as possible towards the Winter quarters fixed upon by Colonel John sou, on the Honey Fork of Green Itirer. A rumor prevailed that Brigham Young, intend. e.l to lightj the troops this Winter, while there was a chance for an equal. 01* rather for an un equal conflict, and that before reinforcements could be scut out in the Spring, he would des troy all the Mormon possessions, in Utah and proceed to some other locality. Dispatches have been received at the War Department from Col. Johnson, of the Utah expedition, dated South Fass, Oct. 18, convey ing intelligence of the same tenor us that re ceived byway of St. Louis. The greatest ex ertions were being made to form a junction of the different branches of the expedition, pri or to going into Winter quarters, but serious delay was experienced from the snow and cold. Col. MAGKAW, of the South Pass Wagon- Road Expedition, has tendered a number of men, fifteen good teams of mules and wagons, which had been eccepted, and would be of great service in the emergency. Several of the sup ply trains were yet behind, with provisonrf and clothing, of which the advance were greatly in need. S*£T Of all the papers in Kansas, Democratic and Pro-Slavery, but one sustains the action of the Lccoinpton Convention und advocates it being sanctioned by Congress. Even tin Ivickapoo Pioneer, a zealous Pro-Slavery pa per, declares that the refusal of the Convention suomit the whole Constitution to a popular vote, has greatly injured the prospects of the Pro-Slavery Party, and united nearly the whole population in opposition to it. A call has been issued also for a Democrat i< Convention to he held on the 24th inst, for the purpose of petitoning to Congress to pass an enabling act, under which a new Constitution may be formed and submitted to the popular vote. Now that the President has substantially repudiated the Democratic principle of Popu lar Sovereignty, the wishes* and sentiments of the people of Kansas may have little weight with him. The great body of the party, how ever, may take a different view of the subject. Latest advices from Kansas inform us that Gen. CALIMUV, Provisional Governor by grace of the Leeompton Constitutional Con vention, has issued two proclamations—one specifying the manner of holding the election on the 21-t instant, for submitting the Slavery clause of the Constitution to the people, and the other providing for the election of State officers on the first Monday in January. It is understood that Secretary STANTON* had is sued a proclamation calling a special session of the Legislature, which was to meet on the Tth iiintuut. At a mass Convention of the Free-State men at Leavenworth on the 27ih nit., it was unanimously resolved to put the Topeka Government in motion, and stand or fall by it, in case Secretary STANTON* should decline to convene the Legislature. B*s?- At a recent meeting of the Trustees of tlie Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in To wanda, it was reported that the Presbytery of Susquehanna at its recent meeting in Canton, gave a pledge that if the citizens of Towauda raise oue-hulf of the amount necessary to pay off all the indebtedness of the Institute, the other half shall be raised by other friends of the Institute, within a year. The Trustees express their gratification at this announcement, and would earnestly urge all the friends of the Institute to take the ear liest practicable measures to accomplish so de sirable an object. [Kor the Reporter ] MR. EDITOR :—We are quite sure we ex press the sentiments of a/l, who had the plea sure of listening to the lecture of DR. TURNER, on Monday erening, when we express the high gratification it afforded us. While it contained abundant foo l for tho't, there was incense offered to no sentiments that were not elevated and ennobling ; provoca cations to no feelings, that were not refined and chaste—countenance to, or exhibition of, no habits or manners that were not praise worthy and amicable, and such as we should wish old and young to cultivate. Give us more such lectures. X. J6£D"*The Third Lecture of the Course was delivered in the Court House, on Monday even ing last, by Dr. CHARLES M. TERSER. His subject—" The British i t India, n was ably handled, and the Lecture Due of great interest and value. The Fourth Lecture will be delivered on Monday evening next, by Rev. S. F. COLT. Subject—" Books end their uses." THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. —We are indebted to the publishers for the second number of the Atlantic Monthly, a magazine devoted to Literatnre, Art and Politics, established by by Messrs. Phillips, Simpson & Co., of Boston. This work has been projected and established to supply a great want in the literature of ( he nation. We have plenty of periodicals for supplying the taste of the people for wood-cuts and the lighter literature, including stale jokes and extracts from Punch, but not one which aims to be what Blackwood is to the literary world of England. The Atlantic in a great measure is intended to supply the wants of sound, polished literature. Its list of contribu tors is a sufficient guarantee that its iuterest aDd ability will be lept op. It is pretty well authenticated that the ' Administration had a secret agent in Kansas, during the session of the Lecompton Conven tion, to counteract the efforts of Governor WAI.RER in behalf of a full submission of the Constitution to the people of the Territory. Gentlemen recently arrived from there say that the Governor had secured a clear majori ty of the Convention in favor of the submis sion, when MARTRX arrived, and, by his semi ofikial representations as the attorney of the President, influenced the course finally resolv ed upon —or, rather, induced the Calhoun Par ty in convention to present to the Elmore Par ty the alternative of a submittal of the Sla very clause alone, or the submittal of no part of the instrument. Air. SEWARD is reported in the Senate, upon the confirmation of DKVVKK, to have repre hended this introduction of Japanese espoin age, with much severity and justice. It is, however, but a part of that tendency towards centralization which is fast m iking an Admin istration more potent than the popular will, and invests the President with more arbitrary power than is wielded by the Czar of Russia. It is becoming a serious and alarming ques tion, how long the outward semblance of de ference to public opinion will continue under the rapid strides towards despotism we arc making. Already tho National Administra tion h becoming powerful enough to commit with impunity the boldest acts of aggression upon the rights of the people, conscious that patronage and place are sufficient to control the machinery of party, and thus stifle and subdue popuiar indignation. When the go vcrnment shall become in fact an autocracy, all power being consolidated and centralized at Washington, the triumph of the Slave propaganda will be secure, because they will be enabled to direct the operations of the Go vernment. It is to accomplish this end, that the Constitution is misconstrued, ancient tra ditions set at nought, solemn compromises vio lated, the judicial ermine sullied, and the doe trine of State rights openly repudiated. I low much progress has been made during the last ten years, can be discerned by the most ob tuse or careless. F. I*. STANTON*, Territorial Secretary of Kansas, and in the absence of Gov. WAI.KER, acting Governor, having yielded to the ear nest request of the citizens of that Territory, and issued a proclamation convening the Ter ritorial Legislature, lately elected, the Presi dent, on the receipt of a telegraphic dispatch announcing the fact, returned him, and appoint ed JANFS W. DENVER Secretary in his place. The latter was confirmed in Executive session of the Senate, by a strict party vote. One account, however, states that DOIGI.AS and li RODERICK voted against the confirmation. Under the proclamation issued by Stanton, the Territorial Legislature is now in session, and Mr. DENVER has no authority to prorogue them. What they intend to do, is not clear ly known ; probably, however, they will pass a law submitting the entire Lecoinpton Coo stituMon to a vote of the people, to sho*v how tremendous is the feeling in the Territory against it. Senator MASON is reported to have said in the course of the debate upon DENVER'S con- firmation, that the moment WAI.KER turned his steps towards Kansas he would be remov ed. Reports from Washington state that the Government has been telegraphing all over the country after Walker, but in vain—they cannot ascertain his whereabouts. It is sur mised that by this time he is in Kansas, and DF.NVER will find himself when he arrives an inferior—where he will be careful to keep out of the way of dispatches until he shall harcar raDged matters to his satisfaction. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CANTON.— A correspon dent sends ns the particulars of a destructive fire which occurred at Canton village on Mon day evening, 7th inst. It originated in the Hall over Mauley's store, which had been oc cupied by a singing school during the evening, and was discovered about 11 o'clock, destroy ing tho store and dwelling house of F. (i. Mau ley, which were insured for $2,400 ; a small building directly North ; the Warn of the Cen tral House, owned by Kii.gsbery, Newman & Morrell ; and the Canton House, a fine tavern, owned by Lee & Harding, and occupied by Mrs. Spalding, widow of the late A. E. Spald ing. The tavern was valued at about SO,OOO, upon which there was no insurance. The fur niture was mostly removed. The store of Mix A Hooper and Vaiidine were in great danger, and the buildings and stock considera bly injured. Total loss about $15,000. Mrs. Spalding having fortunately saved a portion of her furniture from the conflagration, has taken the Keystone House, near the de pot, where the travelling public will be accom modated. ftafThc Virginia Legislature on Thursday re-elected the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, to the United States Senate, by an almost unamin ous vote. SST The proceedings of Court, are necessari ly deferred until next week, when they will be published in full. The President has nominated the Hon. Na than Clifford, of Maine, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to fdl the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Judge Curtis. The Senate has not yet act ed on the nomination. ASF* The nomination of Col. William A. Richardson as Governor of Nebraska, in place of Mark W. Izard, resigued, was on Thursday con&i'rocd by the Seoate. 1 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. FROM FOL'RFH I'AOE. A large majority of the convention were in favor of establishing slavery in Kansas. They accordingly inserted an article in the constitu tion for this purpose similar in form to these which had been adopted by other Territorial 'conventions. In the schedule, however, pro ' viding for the transition from a territorial to a State government, the c|uestiou has been fairly 1 and explicitly referred to the people, whether , tliev will have a constitution " with or without I slavery.'' it declares that, before the consti -5 tution"adopted by the convention " shall be i sent to Congress for admission into the Union ' as a State," an election shall be held to decide I this question, at which all the white male iu i habitants of the Territory above the ago of :21 are entitled to vote. They arc to vote by ; ballot ; and "the b.-rllots east at said election ! shall be endorsed 'constitution with slavery,' ' and "constitution with no slavery." If there j be a majority in favor of the "constitution j with slavery," titer, it is to be transmitted to Congress bv the ['resident of the Convention iin its original form. If, on the contrary, there : shall be a majority in favor of the " eonstitn- I tion with no slavery," " then the article pro j viding for slavery shall be stricken from the i constitution by the president of this eonven i tion and it is expressly declared that "no slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, cx j eept that the right of property in slaves now i in the Territory shall in no manner be inter ! fered with and in that event it is made his duty to have the constitution thus ratified i transmitted to the Congress of the United i States for the admission the State into the Union. At this flection every citizen v.ill have an opportunity of expressing his opinion by his vote u whether Kansas shall be received into the Union with or without slavery," and thus this exciting question may he peacefully set tled in the very mode required by the organic law. The election will be held under legiti mate authority, and if any portion of the in habitants shall refuse to vote, a fair opportu nity to do so having been presented, this will be their own voluntary net, and they aione will be responsible for the consequences. Whether Kansas shall be a free or slave- State must eventually,under someauthority.be decided by an election ; and the question can never be more clearly or distinctly presented to the people that it is at the present moment. Should this opportunity be rejected, she may be involved for years to domestic discord, and possibly in civil war, before she can again make up the issue now so fortunately tendered, ami again reach the point she has already attain ed. Kansas has for some years occupied too much of the public attention. It ;s high time this should be directed to far more important objects. When once admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, the excitement beyond her own limits will speedily pass away, and she will then for the first time be left, as she ought to have been long since, to manage her own affairs in her own way. If her constitu tion on the subject, be displeasing toamajori ty of the people, no human power can prevent them from changing it within a brief period.— Under these circumstances it may well be questioned whether tiie peace and quiet of the whole country are not of greater importance than the mere temporary triumph of either of the political parties in Kansas. Should the constitution without slavery he adopted bv the votes of the ninjoiity, the rights of property in slaves now in the Terri tory are reserved. The number of these is very small; but if it were greater the provi sion would be equally just and reasonable.— These slaves were brought into the Territory under the constitution of the I' nit id States, and are now the property of their masters. This point has at length been finally decid ed by the highest judicial tribunal of the coun try—and this upon the plain principle that when a confederacy of sovereign States acquire a new territory at their joint expense, both equality and justice demand that the citizens of one and all of them shall have the right to take into it whatever is recognised as- proper ty by the common constitution. To have summarily confiscated the property in slaves already in the territory. would have been an act of injustice, and contrary to the prac tice of the older States of the Union which have abolished slavery. A territorial government was established for Utah by act of Congress approved tlie 9th of September, I and the Conersona! safety to withdraw from the Territory, and there no longer remains any government in Utah, but the despotism of Brigham Young. This be ing the condition of affairs in the Territory, I could not mistake the paths of duty. As chief Executive Magistrate I was bound to restore the supremacy of the constitution and laws within its limits. In order to effect this purpose, I appointed a new Governor and other federal officers for Utah, and sent with tbem a military forte for their protection, and aid as tipfssc comitotus, In case of need, in the execution of the laws. With the religious opinions of the Mormons, us iong a? they remained mere opinions, how ever deplorable in themselves and revolting to the moral and religious sentiments of all Christ endom, I had no right to interfere. Actions alone, when in violation of the constitution and laws of the United States, become the legiti mate subjects for the jurisdiction of the civil magistrate. My instructions to Governor Gumming have therefore been framed in strict accordance with these principles. At their date a hopp was indulged that no necessity might exist for employing the military in fe stering and maintaining the authority of the law ; but this hope has now vanished. Gov. Young has by proclamation, declared his de termination to maintain his power by force, and has already committed acts of hostility against the United States. Unless he should retrace his steps tiie Territory of Utah will lie in an open rebellion. He has committed these acts of hostility notwithstanding Major Van Vliet, nn officer of the army, sent to Utah by the commanding general to purchase provisions for the troops, had given him the strongest assurances of the peaceful intentions of the government, and that the troops would onlv be employed as a posse ormit'itus when called only by the civil authority to aid in the execu tion of the laws. There is reason to believe that Gov. Young ha- long contemplated this result. He knows that the continuance of his despotic power depends upon the exclusion of all settlers from the Territory except those who will acknowl edge his divine mission and implicitly obey his will ; and that an enlightened public opinion there would soon prostrate institutions at war with the laws both of God and man. He lias, therefore for several years, in order to main tain his independence, industriously employed in collecting and fabricating arms and muni tion-; of war, and in disciplining the Mormons for military service. As Superintendent of Indian Affairs, he has had an opportunity of tampering with the Indian tribes, and exciting their hostile feelings against the United States. This, according to our information, he has accomplished in regard to some of these tribes, while others have remained true to their alle giance, and have communicated his intrigues to our Indian Agents. He has laid in a store of provisions for three years, which, in case of necessity, as lie informed Major Van Vliet, he will conceal, " and take them to the moun tains, and bid defiance to all the powers of the government/' A great part of ail this may be idle boast ing ; but yet no wise government will lightly estimate the efforts which may be inspired by such phrensied fanaticism as exists among the Mormons of I."tali. This is the first rebellion which has existed in our Territories : and hu manity itself requires that wc should put it down in such a manner that it shall he the last. To trill".- with it would be to encourage it and to render it formidable. We ought to go there with such an imposing force as to convince these deluded people that resistance wonld J bc in vain, and thus spare the effusion of blood We can in this manner best con vince that we are their friends, and not their enemies. In order to accomplish this object it v. ill be necessary, according to the estimate of the War Department, to raise four addition al regiments, and this I earnestly recommend to Congress. At the present moment of de pression in the revenues of the country, I am sorry tn be obliged to recommend snch a mea sure ; but 1 feci confident of the support of Congress, cost what it may, in suppressing the insurrection and in restoring and maintaining the sovereignty of the constitution and iaws over the Territory of Utah. I recommend to Congress tlic establishment of a territorial government over Arizona, in corpora ting with it such portions of New Mexi co a< they may deem expedient. I need scarce ly adduce arguments in support of tins recom mendation. We are hound to protect the lives and property of our citizens inhabiting Arizona, and these are now without efficient protection. Their present number is already considerable, and is rapid I v increasing, not witnstanding the disadvantages under which they labor. Pcsides, the proposed Territory is believed to lie rich in mineral and agricultu ral resources, especially in silver and copper. The mails of the United States to Califorira are now carried over it throughout its whole extent, and this route is known to be the near est, and believed to be the best to the Pacific. Long experience lias deeply convinced me that a strict construction of the powers grant ed to Congress is the only true, as well as the only safe, theory of the constitution. Whilst this principle shall guide my public conduct, I consider it clear that under the war-making power Congress may appropriate money for the construction of a military road through the Territories of the United States, when this is absolutely necessary for the defence of any of the States against foreign Invasion.— Ihe constitution has conferred upon Congress power to " declare war." " to raise and sup port armies," " to provide and maintain a na vy," and to call forth the militia to " repel in vasion* " Ttiesc high foreign powers necessa rily involve important and responsible public duties, and among them there is none so sa cred and so imperative as that of preserving our soil from the invasion ola foreign eneuiv. The constitution has, therefore, left nothing on this point to construction, but expressly requires that " the United States shall protect each of them .the State.-' against invasion." Now, it a military road over our own Territo ries be indispensably necessary to enable us to meet and repel the invader, it follows as a nec essary consequence not only that we possess the power, but it is our imperative duty to con struct such a road. It would be an absurdity to invist a government with the unlimited po wer to make and conduct war, and at the same time deny to it the only means of reaching and defeating the enemy at the frontier.— Without such a road it is quite evident we camio,t " protect " California and our Pacific possessions " against invasion." Wc cannot by any other means transport men and muni tions of war from the Atlantic States in suffi cient time successfully to defend those remote and distant portions of the republic. Experience has proved that the routes across the Isthmus of Central America arc at best but a very uncertain and unreliable mode of communication. Put even if this were not the ease, they would at once be closed against us in the event of a war with a naval power so much stronger than nur own as to enable it to blockade the ports at cither end of the routes. After all, therefore, we can only rely upon a military road through our own territories ; and ever since the origin of the government Congress has been in the practice of appro priating money from the public treasury for the construction of such roads. The difficulties and theexj enseof conitract iug a military railroad to conneVt our At;~T and Pacific States, have been greatly t . ' gerated. The distance on the Arizona r^ ? ' near the 32d parallel of north latitude ? tween the western boundary of Texas on' • liio Grande, and the eastern boundary California on the Colorado, from the piorationa now within our knowledge, exceed four luindred and seventy miles*, the fuce of the country is, in the main fa/,,' ble. For obvious reason? the govern ought not to undertake the work itself"]' 1 means of its own agents. This ought t'.j •* committed to other agencies, whir-irCon-, / might assist by grants of land or money both, upon such term? and conditions as't/ may deem most beneficial for the country Provision might thus be made not onlv for J safe, rapid, and economical transportation J troops and munitions of war, but al-o 0 f • public mails. The commercial inter, .' 1 the whole country, both East and West n, be greatly promoted by such a road- aM above all, it would be a )>owerfiil nddi'tior bond of nuion And although advantages '< this kind, whether postal, commercial, or - Ifticol, cannot' confer constitutional power \- they may furnish auxiliary arguments infoi," of expediting a work which, in my judgn,? is clearly embraced within the war inuki" power. For these reasons I commend to the frier*]. !y consideration of Congress the subject of/ Pacific railroad, without finally commit/ myself to any particular route. The report of the Secretary of the Treas. rv will furnish a rlctailvd .statement of theco. dition of the public finances and of the reside tive branches of the public service devoid upon that department of the government. B: this report it appears that the amount of rerl nue received from all sources into the treason during the fiscal year ending the 30th of Ju> I2T, was sixty eight million six hundred a thirty one thousand five hundred and thirt.*' dollars and sixty-seven cents, ($68,6315]"; 67,) which amount, with the balance of i 1 teen million nine hundred and one thoiM, three hundred and twenty five dollars and for ty five cents, the trea-ury at the commencement of the vea* made an aggregate for the service of tiieV; of eighty-eight million five hundred and tl. ty-two thousand eight hundred and thirty-:, :, dollars and twelve cents. ($88,532,839 12 The public expenditures for the fiscal m-. ending 30th June, 1857, amounted to sever;: million eight hundred and twenty-two thoi sand seven hnndred and twenty-four dollar and eighty-five cents, ($70,822,724 85. jj which five million nine hundred and forty-thru thousand eight hundred and ninety-six doiiarj and ninety-one cents ($5,943,896 91 we:- applied to the redemption of the public debt including interest and premium, leaving in tL trcasury at the commencement of the pre*:• year on the first July. 1557, seventeen mi]" - seven hundred and ten thousand one liuudrrl ami fourteen dollars and twenty-seven cei/- ($17,710,114 27 } Tim receipts into the treasury for the quarter of the present fiscal year, commeiiciitf first July, 1857, were twenty million uinebnt drcd and twenty nine thousand eight huudrec and nineteen dollars and eighty-or.e cen:- (20.929,819 81,)" and the estimated receipt of the remaining three quarters to the SO: 1 June, I*sß, are thirty-six miliiou seven i o;. dred fifty thousand dollars, '536,750,000, making, with the balance before stated, ani; gregatc of seventy-five million three Lundr" and eighty-nine thousand nine hundred a.i thirty-four dollars ami eight cents, [575,359,- 934 08,) for the service of the present fisca. year. The actual expenditures during the f."- qnarter of the present fiscal year uere twentj ttirre million seven hundred ami fourteen then sand five hundred and twenty-eight dollar* a.: thirty-seven cents, '523,714,528 37, of wi tnree million eight hundred ami ninety-five thousand two hundred and thirlv two do! v and thirty nine cents, ($3,895,232 39, wc applied to the redemption of the public dti>; including interest and premium. The pro's bie expenditures of the remaining three qu-'- tors to June 30t\ 1858, arc fifty one m.l :■ two hundred and forty-eight thousand £r hundred and thirty dollars and four cc;t< ($51,.>48,530 04.) including iutorest on tii' public debt, making an aggregate of scvetry four million tunc hundred and sixty-three t! .r sand fifty-eight dollars and forty-one cc'*. (•4,963,058 41, leaving an estimated hub 5 in the treasury at the close of the present £• cal year of four hundred and twentv-sis tl sand eight hundred and seventy five doilue and sixty-seven cents, ($426,875* 67.) The amount of the public debt at the cos menccment of the present fiscal year was tvr: ty-nine miilion sixty thousand three hnt.-lreJ and egltty-six dollars and ninety cents, $-•' 060,380 90.) Thc amount redeemed since the Ist of J: ly was three million eight hundred andnin five thousand two hundred and tliirtv-tvro '.>• lars and thirty-nine cents, ($3,89."y2d2 3C' - leaving a balance unredeemed at this time 4 51. The amount of estimated expenditures .Of the remaining three quarters of the prose fiscal year will, iical! probability, be increa-W from the causes set forth in the*report of t> Secretary. ]lis suggestion, therefore, t. s'- authoritv should be given to supply any to porary deficiency by the issue of a amount of treasury notes, is approved and I accordingly recommend the passage of su<£; law. As stated in the report of the SecreUrj. the tariff of March 3. 1357, lias been in ope ration for so short a period of time, and n- - dor circumstances so unfavorable to a just of velopment of its results as a revenue IIUMS'IK that I should regard it as inexpedient, at icJ= : for the present, to undertake its revision. I transmit herewith the reports made to# by the Secretaries of War and of the Xa? of the Interior and of the Post master Gene ral They nil contain valuable and import A l- ' information and suggestions, which I eouinict" to the favorable consideration of Congress. 1 have already recommended the raising & four additional regiments, and the report of the Secretary of War presents strong reason' proving this increase of the army, tinder ei i*ting circnmstanecs, to be indispensable. I would call the special attention of Co gross to the recommendation of the Secrete? of the Navy in favor of the construction of'j 3 small war steamers of light draught. some years the government has been obliged on many occasions to hire such steamers individuals to supply its pressiug wants. *V the present moment wc have no armed v C: *! in the navy which cau penetrate the rivers * China. We have but lew which can enters? of the harbors south of Norfolk, aJtboagbiß* oy nrillions of foreign uud domestic