BUIONEI3I3 Nooncite. Giltiroutee all , Prices Lower Thom tbeloseet el/esters; alsoguaranteefull satiefattion .to every v irchaser, or the sale' cancelled and money refunded. Paoracrnort ] O OUR BATICONR —To fully car,7 out the above business rule at the 'present time, we have ' liwevarn aux, Palms. Our stock of Men's, Youtha'. Boas' and ebildren:s Ready-made Clothing, which is large, corableto and coMprebenaive enough to embrace ;X desirable stries, eizos and kiLds, Mawr as it vws manufactured for that es. • pedal purpose. •To insure this we intend to con. thane si,berktofere to give all our customers Moat VAI.RR xrrent _hiorigy_rhan they can get else , where, under any and all circumstances. Call on us, bear our prices, and examine our Goods before purchasing. Nallway between BRNNRTT 4S- CO., lb and , TOWER BALT.. Sixth streets. . • 3 pie ..IARKIIT Sr., . - . LAuctrare. • ' AND See BROADWAY. BEIV ti.ANOo. PIANO.v. PIANOS. ' GI4EAT BALE OF ELEGArs T R913E1.'101) 1-1,4A1,13 -AT -7AN -EXTEAOODiNARY •nEDIJCLION OF P.EIOEB. FROM DECEMBER IsT. 1868, TO JANUARY lox. 18e9. Wll DAVE )6IAD.E.• E{ DUOTION OP •PItIOP.I3ON OUII PATEN artz extitot o'r'strauron AM) EtAITIIII7I. 'tIORIIWOOD Px." Amos. AB VOI.IOU N. VIZ. • NO. i Chlat /}3400 for $250. No. 7Cliiiiiis67s for $4:6 , . I NO. 2do 4i5 for 276. No. odo 600 for 450. No. 6 do 400 for Sigi. :No. 9 do 650 for 600. 310. 4 do 475 for 3'6. No. 10 do 7 0 for 650. 310. 6 do 800 for 876 Square Grand EGO for 000. iv.* 6 do Oa for 400. Concert Grandl2oo tor 076. We offer the ata,ve great loducemoota to those wishing to rurch.eo at baroaina before the holidays. We have Ike bigot reroriment olinitruments on hand that has ever been offered in this I,ity, and arc doter.nlood to .., aloe° out obr preeent large stock at"rainuiaiturorov2rat mat prices.. Ixtry instrument is warranted to give "slide etion. and at these low prices we place within the reach of every one the opportunity of obtaining one of - ete __”Justly mkbrated and h(ghLy improved Pianos: , Call and examine them it our new and beautiful MAREROWiIiii, Ile. 1103 Chestnut atreet. IeCTIOMACKER PLANO 6LA.aUFAiIi URING CO. 1103 Chestnut et-eet, Philadelphia. n025.w p.m.t &OH Otitiktal) MEYER, INVENTuit AND Manufacturer of the celebrated Iron Frame Pianos, baa received the Prize Medal of the World's Great Exhibition, London. Eng.- The highest prizes awarded when and wherever exhibited. Wardrooms, 722 Arch areal. Eetabliehed 11323. 1,29 w a mtf.s ltowson_oer so int act y werch lens medi cines isro a dvertiecd for tbe cure of Various cierases, and when tiletifoued vranttng," that the invalid -lona all faith in epecifice. We have yet to learn -I• however, of tho !bat failure 4.1 WIBTAWS BALSAM or wmo QIIIIIIILY, to sere coutt e. eolde, se d pule onary diocese. del 6t IiTh.II4.WAY'S PIANOS ,ItECEIV6.I3 THE highest award (tint gold medal) at the Interns liThibition, Paris, 1867. See Official Report, at Cbe Wareroom of 111.4161 US No. 1006 Chestnut street. THE CHWEERING PIANOS RECEIVED the highest award at. the Paris Exposition. DUTTON'S Warerooms. 914 Chestnut street, se.9l,tft EVENING BULLETIN. vrednesiday, December .9, 1868. MIESsAGE. There is not much in the anal annual mes sage of Andrew Johnson that will commend it to the people of the United States. The opening passages are but a reiteration of his own views in opposition to those of Congress, .which is in singularly bad taste, now that the people have solemnly.expressed their approval of the acts of Congress. There is the usual sweeping assertion that the reconstruction acts are unconstitutional, which will be received, as usual, as an impertinent assumption that is not warranted by anything decided by the only tribunal that has a right to decide con .atitutional questions—the Supreme Court of the' United States. In regard to the important matter of the national finances, the President tries to put the burden of their unfavorable condition upon Congress; while all sensible 'people see that it is owing to his stubbornness in foster ing the rebellious spirit of the South that the expenditures of the Government have been so enormous. The frauds committed by his army nsf office-holders, and the gamblers of the whiskey ring, gold ring and other combi nations tolerated by hie Secretary of the Trea sury,have also deprived the Government of a large amount of revenue. These and many other matters of importance may be rectified soon, if Congress does its duty. At all events, the administration of President Grant will be able to reform many abuses, and bring econ omy as well peace. The foreign relations of the Government are alluded to by the President with a good deal of complacency; but the people have a right to ask why is nothing said about the Alabama claims, and the negotiations with Great Britain for their settlement? This most important subject is not alluded to in the most remote way. This is an important omission that ought to be explained. Nor is there any allusion made to the Fenian busi ness, nor to the fact that a Presidential elec tion has occurred. How are these omissions to be explained? But it is hardly worth while to bring to account a man whose official days are numbered, and who is about to, retire, to the obscurity from which he ought never to have emerged. ROYAL ENGLISH. If there were a royal road to learning, it night be expected that the royal family of England would at least be able to " pay their way" upon it. But, when considering En glish royalty in connection with English liter ature, one ought to remember that English royalty is of German blood, and - that, there- Pore, the Queen's, or the King's, or the Prince's English, of' the present day, can hardly be expected to be the finest in com- position or the post elegant in form. When that cleverest or gossips s and sublimest of toadies, Horace Walpole, wrote his Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, no sovereign of his country had challenged criticism by fenunal publication to the world at large of a couple of volumes of personal experi ences, like thcise that Queen Victoria has given,to the world within the last two years. How the tattler _of Strawberry Hill would have gloated over the idea of a Queen Reg nant, as part of his catalogue, even while his hypercritical taste in letters shivered at some of the faults in style of the good Victoria. For, with all possible respect for Her Ma ojesty, as a Queen, a woman, a wife and a ; mother, it is not possible to say that the Queen's English, as written by her, is half so good as the English of many of her subjects, and that of a good many free and independ ent Americans. One of the Queen's sons, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, has lately ventured to imitate -his mother by appearing before the public as an author. 11 he and all her . children were to imitate her in all other respects, it would be a plea sant and a good thing for England. The Duke inburgh is considered the cleverest of tittufqueen'3 sons. Ills career as a sailor, his q "1 - Venturous life, and especially his escape death by the hands of an assassin in • natntlia, have made, him an object of un - usual Interest with hi 4 mother's subjects. Ills book, describing part of his travels, has been looked for with something snore than mere curiosity; for somehow people fancied that the Qrichtort-like qualities that ought an, but do nOt, distinguish the Prince of Wales might be fenid in his younger brother; and that-the bright young sailor, who had ionic round the world, charming all the .'ir11..D.414y...,,..:..,gig5.q:::pp.i.)1,i.T.i.p.,:-. ; .: 7 y30;1.,,A..1):1 4 .p.g:TA.. - ,:w:. _ Queen' distant subjects, going through all kinds of romantic adventures, and even defy ing a pistol-balritent into his own body,ought to be a genius also in literature. But it app pears,-from the few English notices of the Princea book that have been published, that it is not at all a remarkable work. In fact,ifan unknown English or American sailor had pub lished a narrative no better than this of Prince Alfred's, it would have been passed by con— temptuously by the critics, or have been sav— agely condemned. The book has not been reprinted in America, so that no impartial or unprejudiced opinion can yet be formed of it. Its author has set out on a new voyage, in tending to go around the world, and perhaps he may develop into a tolerable writer when he grows older; for it must be remembered that he is only twenty-tour years of age, and there are not __many. of _ even the most intelli-_ gent young American gentlemen, that can cut a respectahle_figuro in literature before they are twenty-five years old. While the Queen's second son is making a rash venture upon the sea of letters, no one has heard of any literary essays by the Prince of Wales, "The expectancy and rose of the fair state." This young gentleman, when in America eight years-ago, used to recite nice little speeches prepared for him by his "gov ernor;" and since his father's death a num ber of others have- been reported as his, de livered on some momentous pension like the annual meeting of the Royal Boot-Black ing Association, or the corner-stone laying Of the Royal Society of Flunkies. But he is not positively known to have ventured further into either let ters or art. He - is known to patro nize the drama to the extent of loving the ballet; and his enthusiasm for music is shown by his passionate admiration for the sublime works of Offenbach. But the Prince of Wales'is not likely to figure in any future Horace Walpole's catalogue of royal authors. Still he provokes, if he does not make, literary effort. Tennyson, this laureate, as in duty bound, has tried to celebrate him several times. Did note; also, some honest, loyal Englishman of Philadelphia, address to him in ISuo an original stanza, which was sung to him in our opera house as an appendix to "God save the Queen?" Have - not the pub lishers of London treated the world to "God save the Prince of Wales!" and to "God save the Princess Too!" and to God save the Princes and Princesses two, four, or a dozen, as the emergency demanded? Was there not sung at Windsor, the other day, by the choir of St. George's Chapel, an original "ode," as it is called by the Londoh papers, addressed to the Prince of Wales on his twenty-seventh birthday? This "ode" has not been printed in the American ' papers, and we therefore treat our readers to it, venturing to hope that the Poet Laureate had nothing to do with its composition. Here it is: Bright may the stn shine o'er thee, Gladden thine ev'ry way; Joy ever smile before thee, Shedding its welcome ray. Chortts.—Year by year, and play by day, All English hearts thee for thee pray— Britannia's hope, Old England's heir, Godshield from sorrow, pain and care. Bright may the sun shine o'er them, Whose lives are dear to thee: May all be bright before them, Bright every memory. Chorus.—Year by year, &e. i f Our Queen. be ved and glorious, In England's art enshrined; Tby Brinco4, 00, victorious, By btauteousform and mind. Hurrah! then, for the Prince of Wales Hurrah! then, for our Queen, The Princus Alexandria, And each "bonnie Royal wean." Chorus.—Year by year, and day by day, All English hearts thus for thee Fray— God shield ,from sorrow pain and care, Britannia's hope, Old England's heir, Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! If not produced by English royalty, this precious "ode" was inspired by it. No such production could have passed muster among the contributions for the "poet's corner" of the most commonplace American newspaper. But it seems to have been considered good enough to be sung under the solemn and his toric roof of St. George's chapel, and to be a quite worthy celebration of the virtues Of the heir of the crown. Perhaps His Royal Highl nem thought the verses fine and rewarded their author; and perhaps, when he comes to be king, such verses may be called poetry, and their writer may be made Tennyson's successor in the Laureateship. If so, while the people pray "God save the King !" will not some of them quietly add, "And God save the King's English ?" FETISH lIVOHSHIP. The Democratic newspapers, North and South, are publishing horrible stories of the Voudooism, or Fetish worship, practised in some sections of the South among the negroes. These reports furnish texts from which the enemies of the freedman plainly prove, to their own satisfaction, that he is very rapidly relapsing into his original condi tion of barbarism. But there is another side to the questson. In the first place, it is quite certain . that Fetish worship is not, by any means, common among the negro population of this country. The very eagerness with which the Democratic press seize upon every stray, unauthenticated account of such de- Monstrations, is a sufficient assurance of the unfreqUency of the practice. But, even admitting that meet of these stories are true, does not the shame and disgrace belong en tirely to the white people, among whom these negroes have been born and bred? It devolved upon the Southern people to educate the blacks, and to instruct them in Christianity; for the most rabid fire-eater admits that Degrees have souls to be saved, albeit they msy believe that the children of Ham will go to a snug little colored-people's Heaven of their own when they die. The existence of Voudooism among the negroes proves that the 'superior race" has not done its duty, either through incapacity or sheer neglect, probably both. The negroes are not to blame if a foul superstition exists among them. It is hardly fair to deny men the privilege of learning to read, and to make possession of a Bible a crime, and then to condemn them because they are not thoroughbred Christians. How many-white men would know anything of pure and undefiled religion if they were thus excluded from its only source? It is very doubtful if the mass of the "poor whites," even with their great opportunity,, have advanced as fir as the ignorant blacks, It could not be considered strange, —:either, Mho latter had formed rather a poor opinion of the Christian religion. Naturatly they 'might have looked 'upon the whites by whom they were surrounded as exemplars of the virtues of Christianity, and Giving illus nations of its good or bad - silents upon its disciples.. The result, theu, could not have been the creation of a higher reverence, for the - true faith. These believers held the blacks in cruel bondage; sold the wives - and children of their fellow pilgrims Zionward; swore dercely, drank deeply, - used the bowie knife and revolver freely, and then attempted to destroy the government of the - country. Even an unintelligent negro, judging this religion by its fruits, might conclude that any other form of faith was better and more seemly. Even Voodooism did not teach its believers such wickedrtess. We could not blame a benighted negro if he decided in hie blindness.tozeek salvation -by-- the directly opposite.route. Simple instinct might teach I But the whole theory of the religions de-' gradation of the negro is a falsehood and a libel. If tare is any one characteristic which peculiarly distinguishes the blacks, it is an earnest, trustful, unaffected piety, The very wrongs which have been heaped upon them have helped to develope and confirm this trait; andlespite - tigrirdosed - Bible= and the compelled ignorance of the alphabet, the ne gio race has displayed a depth of religious fervor which putato shame "the - pretensiont of the whites. It is not denied that they have superstitionsi but these are not more objec tionable generally, than ,many which exist among even better educated persons of the lower classes. And Voudooism, with all its monstrous theories of demoniacal supremacy, is not a particle more -- dreadful or more de grading than atheism, spiritualism, or many other of the infidelities which find favor with educated white men. It would be very much better if the Demo cratic press and people, instead of ridiculing the superstition of these poor creatures,would advocate their admission to the privileges of education, and strive to let in the light of a higher religious intelligence upon whatever heathenism they may still cling tt Even Voudooiem does not object .to gain% con verts of any class. It will be time enough for Southern Christians to cavil at it when they advance as far in anxiety to proselyte unbelievers. FIB TAY BABE. Select Council yesterday fixed $2 00 as the tax rate, while Common Council adhered to the rate of $2. 80, as reported by the majority of its Finance Committee. Col. Page, of the opposition, deserves great credit for his determined efforts to make the taxes equal to the expenses, and although he failed in carrying his amendment to make the rate $2 20, be succeeded in advancing it to $2 00. We have yet to hear the first real argument in answer to the clear and business-like re - port of the minority of the Finance Com mittee of Common Council, and we do not believe that the people of Philadelphia desire the adoption of this mistaken policy of pay ing part of their delff's and allowing the remainder to accumulate to form worse bur-. dens in the future. The true policy is a very plain and direct one. Cut down the expenses to the lowest reasonable point. Exact a rigorously economical ad ministration of every public office. And then fix the tax rate at a figure that will meet the necessary expenses of the city. The idea of covering this deficiency, which all admit must ensue if the rate is fixed at $1 80, by special legislation permitting the passage of loan bills by a majority vote, is a suicidal one. No municipal credit in America could stand such a principle, and we trust that, if it is seriously entertained, it will be a b an d one d as a most dangerous expedient. If Councils are determined not to fix the rate at 's2 20, which has been so conclusively proved to be the lowest that will meet the expenses, we trust that Common Council will at least accede to the rate of $2 00,as agreed upon in Select Council. In doing so, the public will sustain and approve their action• 1111111./MATIO AND MUIRMCAL. —Moran was played in German last evening before a large audience at the Academy of Music; Mmes. Rotter and Selig and Messrs. Habelinanu and Wilhelm Formes in the principal parts. In most respects the performance was good, Mr. Babelmann especially delighting all by his fine video and method, and his intelligentaming. Mr. Formes had the disadvantage of being compared to his distinguished brother in the part of "Plun kett," for Which his voice is altogether too light and high. The chprus was good, but the orches tra was unusually ill-regulated, showing a want of sufficient rehearsal. This evening 'Normal will be produced in Italian, with Mme. Lagrange, Miss McCulloch, Boetti and Antonucci in the principal parts. To-morrow evening Un hallo in Afcm chera. —The Kellogg concert for the bendl of the Lin ' coin Institution, at the Academy, Dec , tuber 18, Is looked for with much Interest. Tickets are for sale at Trumpler's, 9N Cuestnut attest.. The prig a of secured seats range from 2b cents up to $2. Early application should be made by those wishing good seats. —At Fox's American Theatre a miscellaneous performance will be given to-night. —On Tuesday evening, the 15th inst., at the Academy of Music, the Handel & Haydn kiocicty, ut,der the direction of Mr. L. Eugelke, will sing blendelssoloa's magnificent orarorio Elijah. The 1'011001)g persons will appear in the cast: Dr. Gullmette, of Boston, as the Prophet; Mrs. M.o zart, soprano; Mrs. H J. Davie, contralto, and Mr. J. Graf, tenor. A full orchestra and entire chorus will be present. —The Chestnut Street Theatre announces for this evening an entertainment by the very excel lent circus company. Mr. James Robinson, the famonb rider, the boy Clarence, Mr. Jamei Ma digan, and other performers will appear. —At the Arch Street Trieatre this evening the drains Wolves at Bay will be given. —Mrs. D. P. Bowers will appear at the Waliftit to-Light in The. Lady of Lyons; alter which the comedy A Rolandfor an Oliver. —There will be a very attractive entertainment At the Theatre Comique, Seventh street, below Arch, this evening. Matinees are given every Wcduesday.and Saturday afternoons. —Prof, Rufus Adams's "Readings" last even ing, at Concert Hall, for the Young Men's Christian Association, attracted "one of the largest audiences of the season. Every piece was warmly received and applauded. Tue scene from the Merchant of Venice was admirably read, and so was the scene from flawlet. Mr. Adams's "Readings" were a great sucdess, and he may fairly claim to be one of the most accomplished clecutioniets in the country. —There are said to be numbers of lawyers in New Yell, who make it theft business to hunt np people injured by railway and other disasters, and ollt.r to ak u charge of these eases, if they get the Lion's share of the"damages" for pay: Ancrion Notice—Great Sole of ohava Ft rte—Comprislug 600 dots of Imported and Ante; ICHI3 Furs, 'lobes, &c., by catalogue. Thie eale ci mprirce the largest and moat elegant assortment of Furs and Robes ',gored at auction in Philadelphia fin many years. Bale peremptory. By Harrill di, Clo,, iftue‘l ,, neers 230 Market street, southeast corner of Back blreet, Auction, Notice—Sale of Dootto and jVaorp.— We would call the tally attention of Itie trade o the 'large and attractive aide of Boots and Shoes, to be sold by catalogue, for cash, on to-morrow (Thum du)) rat»Siug,fiec. tOtb, oommeneing.ut 10 o'clock., try` C. M 11,IfitultesA Co:, Auctioneers; at nick #7 , 101V, /59. Market al. • NESDAY, DECEMBER 9 ? 1868. - TRIPLE SHEET: EXTRA. AirE.sSACIM PU'EIDENT OF THE UNITED STATEB Commencement of the Second Regtdar Session FORTIETH CONGRESS. Fellow-Citizens of the &nate and Rouse•of Repre sentatives :-- Upon the reassembling: of AJobgress, It again " becomes my duty to call your attention to the state of the Union, and to its continued (Hear gaisizell-comiitiorrunderthu various laws_which have been passed upon the subject of reconetrac tion. It may be safely assumed, as an axiom In the government of States, that the greatest wrongs inflicted upon a people are caused by unjust and arbitrary legislation, or by the unrelenting de crees of despotic rulers, and that the timely re vocation of injurious and oppressive measures is the greatest good that can be conferred upon a nation. The legislator or ruler who has the wis dom and magnanimity to retrace his steps, when convinced of error, will sooner or later bo re warded with the _respect and gratitude- of an In— telligent and patriotic peeple. Our own histoly—although embracing a Period lees than a century—affords abundant proof that most, tf not all, of our domestic troubles are di rectly traceable to violations - of the organic law and excessive legislation. The most striklog illustrations of this fact are furnished by the en actnients-of the past three years upon the ques tion of reconstruction. After a lair trial, they have substantially failed and proved pernicious in their remits, and there seems to be no geed , reason why they iihbuld longerremainupon the statute book. Mates to which the Constitution guaran tees a republicain form of government have been reduced to military dependencies, in each of which the people have - been made subject to the arbitrary will of the commanding general. Although • the Constitution requires that each State shall bo represented. in Congress, Virginia, Mississippi and Texas are yet excluded from the two Houses, and, contrary to the express provi sions of that instrument, were denied participa tion in the recent election for a President - and Vice President of the United States. The attempt to place the white population under the domination of persons of color in the South has impaired, if not destroyed, the kindly relations that had previously existed between them; and:mutual - distrust has engendered - a feel ing of animosity which, leading in some in stances to collision and bloodshed, has prevented that co-operation between the two races so °Men del to the success of industrial enterprises In the Southern States. Nor have the inhabitants of those States alone suffered from the disturbed condition of affairs growing out of these Con greesional enactments. The entire Union has been agitated by grave apprehensions of troubles Witch' might again involve the peace of the nation; its interests have been injurieuslyaffected by the derangement of business and labor, and the consequent want of prosperity throughout that portion of the country. The Federal Constitution—the magna charter. of American rights, under whose wise and salu tary provisions we have successfully conducted all our domestic and foreign affairs, sustained ourselves in peace and in war, and become a great nation among the powers of the earth— men assuredly be now adequate to the settle ment of questions growing out of the civil war waged alone for its vindication. This great fact is made most manifest by the condition of the country when Congress assembled in the month of December, 1865. Civil strife had ceased ; the spirit of rebellion had spent its entire force; in the Southern States the people had warmed into national life, and throughout the whole country a healthy reaction in public sentiment had taken place. By the application• of the simple yet effective provisions of the Constitu tion, the Executive Department, with the volun tary aid of the States, had brought the work of restoration as near completion as was within the scope of its authority, and the nation was en couraged by tbo prospect of an early and satis factory adjustment of all its difficulties. Core press, however, intervened, and, relining to per fect the work so nearly consummated, declined to admit members from the unrepresented States, adopted a series of measures which arrested the pregress of restoration, frustrated all that had been so successfully accomplished, and, after three years of agitation and strife, has left the country farther from the attainment of union and fraternal feeling than at the inception of the-Con gressional plan,of reconstruction. It needs no argument to show that legislation which has pro duced such baneful-consequences should be abro gated, or else made to conform to the genuine principles of republican government. Undt r the hilluetee of party passion and sec tional prejudice, other acts have been passed not warranted by the Constitution. Congress has already been made familiar with my views respect ing the "enure of office bill." Experience has proved that its repeal is demanded by the best interests of the country,and that while it remains in force the President cannot enjoin that rigid ac countability of public officers so essential to• an honest and efficient execution of the laws Its revocation would enable the Executive Depart ment to exercise the power of appointment and removal in accordance with the original design of the Federal Constitution. The act of Match 2, 1807, making appropria goes for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1868, and for other purposes, contains provisions which interfere with the Pre sident's constitutional functions as commander in-chief of the *my, and deny to States of the . Union the right to protect themselves hy, means of their own militia. These ""provisions shonld be at once annulled; for while the first might, in times of great emergency, derionsly embarrass the Executive in efforts to employ and direct the. common strength of the nation for its protection and preservation, the other is contrary to the express declaration of the Constitution, that "a well-regulated militia being necessary to the se curity of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is believed that the repeal of all such laws would be accepted by the American People as at least a partial return to the fundamental princi ples of the Government, and an indication that hereafter the Constituffon is to be made the Na tion's safe and unerring guide. They can be pro ductive of no permanent benefit to the country, and should not be permitted to stand as so many monumbnts of the deficient wisdom which has characterized our recent legislation. The condition of our nuances demands the early and earnest consideration of Con gress. Compared with the growth of our population, the public expendi tures have reached an amount unprecedented in our history. The population of the United States in 1790 was ..nearly four millions of people. Increasing each decade about thirty-three per cent., it reactaed in 1860 thirty-one millions—an increase of seven hundred per cent. on the population in 1790. In 1869 it is estimated that it will reach thirty-eight millions, or an increase of eight hundred and sixty-eight per cent in seventy-nine years. The annual expenditures of the Federal Go vernment in 1791 were four million two hundred thousand dollies; in 1820, eighteen- million two hundred thousand dollars; in 1850, forty-one mil lions; In 1860, sixty-three millions; in 1865, nearly thirteen hundred millions; and in 1869 it is esti mated by the Secretary of tho Treasury, in his last annual report, that they will be three hun dred and seventy-two millions. By comparing the public disbersements of 1869, as animated, with those of 1791, it will he seen that the increase of expenditure since the beginning of the Government has been eight thousand six hundred and eighteenper annum while the increase of the population for the same period was only eight hundred and sixty-eight per centrum Again: the expellees of the Govern ment In 1660, the year of peace imm e diately preceding the war, were only sixty-three muti nous; while in 1869, the year of 'peace threuyeare after the ivae, it is estimated they will be three hundred and seventy-two millions—an increase of four hundred, and eighty-nit& per con tuna, w hile tbUincreast of popolation was oely Peen- Worm per mitt= fee the stuns period: OF THE AT TUE OF TOE These statistics farther show lbat in 1791 the sexual national expenses, compared , ' With the Population, were little 'more than-one dollar per copilo t sad In 1860 but ' two, doliars per capita; while in 1869 they will reach the extravagant Baal of nine dollars and seventpcight cents per, cap- 'twill be obeerved that all of these statements refer to and exhibit the distmrsemont of peace periods. It may, tberefore, be of interest to com pare the expenditures of the three war poriods the war with Great Britain,the Mexican war,and the war of the at hellion. In 1814: the annual eXpensei Incident to the war of 1812 reached their highest amount—abont thirty -Due millione; while our populatiou slightly exceeded tight - minions, ihowing at expenditure of only three dollars "and eighty cents per capita. In 1897 the expenditurea growing:out of the war with Mexico (reached fifty-flve millions, and the population about twentyone millions, giving only two dollars and sixty cents - per capita for the war expilases of that year. In 1865 the expendi tures called for by the rebellion reached the vast amount of twelve leandred and ninety millions, which, compared witli a populatiou of thirty-four millione, gives thirty-eight dollars and twenty . Cents per capita. - ,Prom thelottith_day of-March, 1789, to -the thirtieth of Juno; - 1861, — the- - entire expenditures of the Government were seventeen hundred Mil lions of dollare. During that period we, were en gaged in ware with Great Britain and Mexico., and were involved" in hoetilittea with powerful Indian Wine; Louisiana wae purchased from " France at a cost_of fifteen millions of _dellers; Florida was-ceded tone by >Spain for five- mil- Bone; California was acquired from Mexico` for fifteen milllons,:and the Territory , of New Mexico was obtained from -Texas-for the sum of s "ttin millions. Early in nu the.war of the rebellion commenced; and from Use of July of that year to the 30th of June, 1866, thepublie capon ditures---reeetted--ther-"incirMOUST aggregate of 'thirty-1 - thirty-'three " hundred • Millions. Three years of peace have intervened, and &Wing that timer the disbandment° of the Government have successively been-Ave hundred and twenty millions, three hundred and forty-six millions, and three bundred and ninety-three millions. Adding to these amounts three hundred and seventy-two =idiom, estimated as- necessary_for the fiscal year ending :the 80th df June, 1869,-wer obtain n toial__expenditnroeff_siXteere hundred- Millinits of dollars' during the four years imme diately succeeding the war, or nearly as much as was expended during the seventy-two years that preceded the rebellion and embraced the extraor dinary expendituree already named. Three startling facts clearly illustrate the necessi ty of retrenchment in all branchea of the peptic service. Abuses which were tolerated daring:the war for the , preservation of the nation will not be ordered by_the people, now __that profound_ peace prevails. The receipts from internal re venues and customs have, - duriog the Past three years, gradually duninnhed, and the confine sum ef useless and extravagant expenditures will in volve us in national bankruptcy, or else make in evitable an increase of taxes, already leo Oner ous, and in many respects obnoxious on account of their inquisitorial character.- One hundred millions annually are expended for the military fence, a large portion of which is employed in the execution of !arra both linnets's eery and unconstitutional; ono hundred and fifty millions are required each year to pay the interest on the public debt; an army of tax-gatherers impoverishes the nation; and pub lic egente, placed by e;ongrees beyond the con _ trol of the -Executive, divert from...themlegili-- mane purposes largo sums of money which they collect from the people in the Lame of_the Gov ernment. Judicious legislation and prudent economy can alone remedy defects and avert evils which, if guttered to exist, cannot fail to dkuinish confidence in the public councils, and weaken the attucbment and reaped of the_people towards their Institutions. Without proper care the emelt balance which -esti mated will remain in the Treasury, at the close of the present fiscal year, wilinot be realited,and additional millions be added to a debt which is now enumerated by billions. is shown, by the able and comprehensive re port of the Secretary of the Treasetrv,that the re ceipts for the fiscal year- ending June 30,1868, were $405,638,083, and that the expenditures for the same period were $377,390,284, leaving in the Treasury a surplue.of $28,207,798. It is estima ted that the recelphi during the present fiscal year ending June 30,1869. will be $841,392,868, and the expenditures $336.152,470, showing a small balance of $5,240,398 In favor of the gov ernment. For the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1870, it is estimated that the receipts will amount to $327,000,000, and the expenditures to $303,000,000, leaving an estimated surplus of $24,000,000. It becomes proper, in this connection, to make a brief refereeco to our public indebtednesi,whlen has accumulated with such alarming rapidity and assumed such colossal proportions. In 1789, when the Government commenced op erations under the Federal Constitution, it was burdened with an indebtedness of seventy-five millions of dollars, created during the war of the Revolution. This amount had been reduced to forty-file millions of dollars when in 1812 war was declared against Great Britain. The three years' struggle that followed largely increased the national obligations, and In 1816 they had at tained the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven millions. Wise and economical legislation, how ever, enabled the Government to pay the entire amount within a period of twenty years, and the extinguishment of the national debt filled the land with rejoicing, and was one of the great events of President Jackson's administration. After its redemption a large fund remained in the Treasury, which was deposited for safe-keeping with the several States, on condition tkat it should be retinue] when re quired by the public wants. In 1849—the year after the termination of an expensive war with Mexico—we found ourselves involved in a debt of sixty-four millions; and this was the amount owed by the Government in 1860, jest prior to the outbreak of the rebellion. In the spring of 1861 our civil war commenced. Each year of its con tinence made an enormous addition to the debt; and when, in the spring of 1865, rho nation sue ceeefully emerged from the conflict, the obliga tions of the Government had reached the im mense sum of $2,873,992,909. The Secretary of the Trent ry shows that on the let day of November,lB67, this amouut had been "educed to $2,491,50,450; but at the same time hie report exhibits an increase during th the past year of 486,625,102; for the debt on e ist day of November last is stated to have been $2,527,- 129,552. It is estimated by the Secretary that the returns for the past month will add to our liabilities the further sum of eleven millions makirg a total increase during thirteen months • - of forty-six and ritual millions. In my message to. Congress of December 4, 1865, it was suggested that a policy should be de vised which, without being oppressive to the .- people, would at once begin ' to ef fect a reduction of the debt, and, if per elated in, discharge it fully within a definite num ber of years. The Secretary of the Treaeury forcibly recommends legislation of this' charac ter, and justly urges that the longer it is deferred the more difficult must become its accomplish ment. We should follow the wise precedents es tablished in 1789 and 1816, and without farther delay make provikion for-the payment of our ob ligations at Its early a period as way be practica ble). The fruits of their labors should be enjoyed by our citizens, rather than used to build up and sustain moneyed monopolies in our own and other lab ds. Our foreign debt is already com puted by the Secretary of the Treasury at eight hundred and fiftymillions. citizens of foreign countries , receive ' interest upon a large portion of our securities, and American tax:pa3 ers are made to contribute large sums for their support. The idea that such a debt is to become permanent Should be at all times discarded, as involving taxation too heavy to be home, and payment once in every sixteen years, at the present - rato of interest, of an amount equal to the original sum. This vast debt, if permitted to become permanent and Move - Sing, must event ually be gathered into the hands'of a fow, and en able them to exert a dangerous and controlling power in the affairs of the Government. The bor rowers would become servagto to the lenders— the lenders the masters of the people. We now pride ourselves upon having given freedom to four millions of the colored race; it will then be our shame that forty millions of people, by their own toleration of usurpation and profligacy, have Buffered reemeelvce to become en el aved, and merely Exchaeged slave-owners for new taskmasters in the shape of bopdholders and tax-gatherers. Besides, permane,nt debts pertain to monarchical gore rnmonte, und, tendiug to monopolies, per petuities, and class legislation , are totallyir— rteonelluble with free lestitutions. Introduced into our republican system, they .would grad nolly but surely sap its foundations, eventually subvert our governmental fabric, and erect upon its ruins a moneyed aristocracy:. It .is our sa cs ed duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the bit eeinge of liberty which.were bequeathed to us by the Sounders of the 'Republic," and by our example teach theme who are to folio IV 'as care folly to avoid tbe dangers which threaten a tree _turdiedipendent people- - - Varlets plan') have been proposed'forthe pay.' anent of the pubis debt. However they may . . have vatted as to the time and mole us which it should be redeemed, there suede to be a general coneurre nee asto the propriety hod Justness of a reduction in the present rate of. interest. The Secretary of the Treasury in biß report recom mends' five per' cent's Congress, In a bill' eluded prior to adjournment on tee 27th of July last, agreed -upon four and tour and a half per, cent.; while by many three per cent. has'been held' ter be an amply suilicient return for the investment. The general impression as to the exorbitancy of the existing rate of interest has led to an inuiry' intbe.Peblic reind._reepectine- the--considers--a lion which the g„overnment Was actually received for its horde, and the conclusion is becoming prevalent that the amount which it obtained - watt in real money three or four hundred per - cent.' less than the obligations which it issued in re tut n. It cannot be denied that we are paying an extravagant per centage for the uaa of the money',. borrovred, which was paper currency, greatly depreciated below the value of coin. 'ale feet is made apparent when we consider that bond holders receive from the Treasury, - noon each dollar they own in government securities, six per Cent_ in gold, which is neatly or quite equal to ninceper cent. in currency; that the bonds tore then converted into &eats! fertile national banks,;;; rnponwhich those institurious - issuettfele-eirott littleeTraeraileg six per cent. interest;' and that they - are exempt from taxation -by the Government and, the Stettes,and thereby enhanced two per cent. Lts the hands of the holdere. _We Itbus have an aggregate of seventeen per cent. . veleta maybe received upon each dollar by the i owners of Government securities. A system that produces ouch results la justly 'regarded a n d favonng a few at 'the expense of the m my, n I boa led to the fetrther_lequiry_svhetber-our-bond e. Holdere~ In drew of - - tae large profits welch they have enjoyed, would_ thernseivea be averse: to a settlement of our indebtedness upon a plan which. would yield -thentrefraltromurteration, and.at ihe flame, time be just to the tax-payers of the• nation. Our national credit should be sacredly observed; but in making provielon for our creditors we •should not forget what is due to the masses, of the people. It. may be assumed that the holders of our securttits have already received upon their bonds a larger amount than their original invostment, matured by a gold standard. Upon this statement of facte it would seem but just and equitutee thut'tbesix per cent. intcrestriow-paidby-the- Government - abet/Id lie applied to the reduction of the principal la semi annual instalments, which la sixtt= years and eight months would liquidate the entire national debt - 131 x - per cent: lu gold Weald at present rates be equal to nine per cent. in currency, and equivalent to the payment of the debt one and a half time to a fraction leas than seventeen years. This, Is connection with all the other advanta ges derived from their investment, would afford to the public creditors a fair and-liberal compon- - Batton for the use of their.caoltal, and with this they should be Battened. Toe leisons of the past admonish tbelender that it la not wall to be over sextons In exacileg from the borrower rigid corn praece with the letter of the hoed. ' If provision be mals for p ryment of the in debtedneses of the Government In th - e manner suegested, our nation will rapoely recover its wonted prosperity. Its interests venire that some measure should be taken to release the large amonotof capital invested in thb securities of the Government. It is, not now merely un productive, but le taxation amen oily consumes one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, which would otherwise be used by our enterprising people in adding to the wealth of the nation. Oar commeree,whieb-at one time suceeesfnlly rivalled that of the great maritime Powers, has rapidly tihninished, and our - indusuial inter eats are In a depressed and lan guishing condition. The development of our inexhaustible resources is checked, and the fertile fields of the South are becoming waste for want of mesas to till them. •With the - relevse of capital, new life"would be infused into the paralyzed energies of our people, and activity and vigor Imparted to every branch of indnistry. Our people nevi encouragement in their efforts to recover from the effects of the rebellion and of injudicious legislation; and it should be the aim of the Government to stimulate teem by the prospect of an early release from the burdens Which impede-their prosperity. If we cannot take the burdens from their shoulders, we should at least manifealt a willingness to help to bear them. In referring to the condition of the circulating medium, shall merely reiterate, substantially, that portion of my last annual message which re lates to that subject. The proportion which the currency of any country should bear to the whole value of the annual produce di - belated by its Means IS a ques tion upon which economists have not agreed. Nor can ft be controlled by legislation, but most be left to the irrevocable larva which everywhere regulate commerce and trade. The circulating medium win ever irresistibly Sow to those points where it Is in greatest demand. The law of demand and supply is as unerring as that which regulates the tides of the ocean; and indeed currency, like the tides, has its ebbs and flows, throughput the commercial world. At the beginning of 'the rebellion the bank. note circulation of the country amounted to not much more than two hundred millions of dollars; now the circulation of National Bank notes and those known as "legal tenders" is nearly ¥ hun dred millions. While it is urged by some that this amount should be increased, others contend that a decided reduction is absolutely essential to the best interests of the country. In view of these diverse opinions, it may . be well to ascertain the real value of our paper issues, when cora partd with a metalliejor conyerJble, currency. For this purpose, let us inquire how much gold and silver could be purchased by the seven hun dred millions of paper money now in circula tion? Probably not more than half the amount of the latter—showing that when our paper currency is compared with gold and silver, its commercial value is compressed into three hun dred and filly millions. This striking fact makes it the obvious duty of the Government, as early as may be consistent with the principles of sound political economy, to take such measures as will unable the holder of its notes and those of the National banks to convert them, without lose, into specie or its equiValent. A reduction of our paper circulating medium need not necessarily follow.. This, however, would depend upon the law of demand and supply, though it should be borne in mind that by wiling legal-tender and bank notes convertible into coin or its equiva lent, their present speedo value in the hands of their holders would be enhanced one hundred per cent. Legislation for the accomplishmeneof a result So desirable is demanded by the highest public considerations. The Constitution contemplates that the circulating medium of the country shall be uniform in quality and value. At the time of the formation of that instrument, the country had just emerged from the War of the Revolution, and was suffering from the effects of a redundant and worthless paper currency. The sages of that period were anxious to protect their, posterity Rom the evils which they themselves had ex perienced. Hence, in providing a circulating medium, they conferred upon Congress_ the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof, at the same time prohibiting the States from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts. The anomalous condition of our currency is in striking contrast with that which was originally , designed, Our circulation now embraces,' firs., notes of tho National Banks, which aro made re ceivable for all dues to the Government, exclud ing imposts, and by all its creditors, excepting ' payment of interest upon its bonds and the secu rities themselves; second, legal-tender notes, binned by the United States, and 'Which the law requires shall bo received as welt in payment of , all debts between citizens, as of all Government dues, exeopitng imposts; and, third, gold and silver coin. By the operation of our present . system- of finance, _bovirevcr,_the metallic cur rency, when collected, is reserved only for one class of Government creditors, who, holding Its bends, semi-annually receive their in terest in coin from the Na tional ETresiury. There is ,no reason which will be accepted as satisfactory by the people, why those who defend us on the land and protect us on the sea"; the pensioner upon the gratitude of the nation, bearing the scars and wounds received while in its service; the public servants In the various Dcpariments of the goy einment; the farmer who supplies the soldiers of the army and the sailors of the navy; the artisan who toils in the nation's workshops, or the me chanics and laborers who build its edificefi and construct itb forts and vescels of war—should, in pay meat of their just and hard-earned dues, re- Heeive depreciated paper, while another class of their countrymen, no more deservlna, are paid in coin of gold and-eilyer. Equal and exact justice -- requires that :.11 the creditors of the Government should bo paid In a currency possessing a uniform value. This can only be aecemplit.bed by tho restoration ot the currency to the standard established . by the Constitution; and by thls rearms we would remove a discrlini hail" which may, if it bus hot already donu'so,' create a prejudice that may become deop-rooted and wide spread, and Imperil-the national - credit. "The feasibility of making - our currency cor respond with the constitutional standard may be reen by reference to-a few facts derived from our commercial etatietlce. , The aggregate product ot , preelous metals in the United Btatee from 1819 to 1867 amonutel to *1,174,00,00D, wh il e, for the same period? the set - exports of fredo -were $741,000,000." This shows an excess of product over net exports of 0488,800,000. There are in the Treasury 8103,- .146,986 in tole; in circulation in the•Statets on the Pacific coast about $40,000,000. and a few millions in the National and other Banks—in all less than $160,000,000. Taking into considera tion the epecte in the country prior to 1819, and that produced sineelB67, and we have more than $BlO 000,000 not accounted for by exportation or by_the returns_ of the Treasury. and tin3relore most probably remaining In the country. These'sre important facts and ehow how com pletely the interior currency will anomie the better, forcing it from eirculation among the tatiesee r and causing it to be exported, as a mere article of trade, to add to the money Capital of foreign lands. - They show the neces sity of retiring our paper money, that the return of gold and and silver to the avenues of trade may be invited, and aelemand-ereated whiati will eases the retention at• keine of at least so mach of the productiona of our rich and inexhansable gold-bearing fields as-way be SilffiCient for pur poses of circulation. It is unreasonable to ex pect a return to a gonad currency so long as_the Government and banks,byeentinning to issue ir redeemable notes, fill the channels of eirenlation with 'depredated - paper. --- Notwithstanding - a coinage by our mints, since 18.19, of eight hun dred and seventy.four millions of dollars, the peoplohre now strangers to the Currency'which was designed for their use and benefit, and specimens of the precious metals bearing the natiOnid . wv - ra -- aTes - Mldertn - seen, except when produced to gilitify the interest excited by their novelty. If_depredatedpapor is to be count uneditis. the_ permanent etirreney of the and, ail our_ coin is to become a mere article of traffic and speculation, to the enhancement in twice of all that is indispensable to the , comfort of thepeo-°' _pie, it Would be wise economy to abolish our ' mints, thus saving the nation the care and ex pense incident to such establishments, and let all oar precious metals be exported in bullion. The time has come, however, when the government and national - banke - ehOuld -pe required-:to take the moat -efficient steps d BD-make- all neces sary arrangements for a resumption of specie payments. Let specie payments once be earnestly Inaugurated by the Government and banks, and • the value of the paper circulation would_directly approximate a specie standard. Bpeciep,syntelllfl baying been resumed by the Government and banks, all notes or bills of paper issued by either of a ICU denotninationy4tian twenty dollars should by law be .4xcluded from circulation, so Mottle people may_have the bett-_ efit and convenience oft gold and diver currency which in all their bnalneas transactions win be ttniforna in value at home and abroad. - -,Every man of property or indu atry, every man who desires to preserve what he .honestly poiseffee, or to maintain what be Ceti honestly earn, has a direct interest In maintaining a safe drealating medinna—such-a-meditun as shall be real and substantl,d, not liable -to vibrate with opinions, not subject to be blown rip or blown doom by the breath of speculation, but to be' *table and eccure. A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils., It under mines the virtues necessary tor the support of the social evatene, and encourages propensitim destructive of its happiness; it want - against - in dustry, frugality and economy; and _infosters the _ evil spirits of extravagance and apecatation." It has been asserted•by 'one of our profound and most gifted statesmen, that "oral' the-contrivan ces for cheating the laboring daSsea of mankind, none has been more effectual than that which de ludes them with paper money. This is the retest efft dual of Inventions to fertilize the rich man's fielths by the sweat of the poor matt's 'brow.. Or; dinary tyranny. oppression. eicessive. taxation —these bear lightly on the happiness of the mass of the community compared with a_frandnient currency. and the robberies committed by depreciated paper. Our owu his- . tory has recorded for our Instrnition enough, and more than enough of the demoralizing tendency, the injustice, and the intolerable oppression on the virtuous and well-disposed of a degraded pa per currency authorized by law. or in any way countenanced by Government" It is one of the most Successful devices, in times of peace or war, of expansions or revnlstons, to accomplish the transfer of all theprecious metals from the great Wass of the people into the hands of the few, where - they_are hoarded in secret places or de posited under bolts and bars, while the people are left to endure all the Inconvenience, sacrifice, and demoralization resulting from the use of depre dated and worthless paper. The Secretary e the Ire...liar, in hise report gives valu able information in reference to theeintereets confided to the euperririon of hi. Department and reviews the opera. ti ow - of the Land Office, Fender' VIT4,,e, Patent Offuto and the In San Sultan. Darin- the first Weal year coding June en, 18%e dx BoaKg hem - red and fifth eve thewand seven hundred acres f public land were disposed of. The entire cash receir of the General Land Office ior the tame period were et Gr.-745 being greater br SYM-biei than the annent retitle. S from the same minted durrog the previewyear. 'I be ounce entice the homestead law cover two mUlion three but dress and twenty-eiaht thousand nine hundred and twenty three scree, nearly onelowth of which Was taken ruder the act of June 21. 1868, which applies wily to the states of Ala cams, Louisiana and Verna. On the ;Aril et June. nee. one hundred and sixty.nine thoudrod six hundred and forty-three name. were borne en the pension role and during the year eliding on that day the tenet am rent inn tor pendent, tactudime the et • pewee of disbursement, Seel being P 5.891,035 greater Us-n that expended for Ina purposes during the preceding Duane the tear ending the Seth of September last, the experees of the Patent Mee exceeded the receipts by one hundred and seventy-one collars; and. including re. keine and deigns, fourteen 'between one hundred and faltsetbn e patters sore issued. 'ereatien with various , Indian tribes have been concluded. and will be submitted to the Renato for in couttd utionid acUen. t car de-It- sanction the etneratione which provide for roe serving lands for the various tribes when they may be encore seedy, abandon their nomadic habits awl engage in aerie, Rural and hednetria. pursuits. 1 his policy. intact. gueat. d many years niece, has met wi h cignel sweets, wherever it has been pursued in good faith and with bo. . coming liberality by the United Stated. The necessity for extending It as far as practicable in our relations with the aboriginal immolation is greater niw than at any pre. °tang seriod. Whilst we furnish subeistence and in trisection to the Indians, and guarantee the midis. Barbed evloynit nt of their treaty riddle we should habi tually hunt el on the faithful observance of their agree ment to remain within their reepeCtiVe reservattons. 'I hie le the only mode by which cslisetons with other tribe and with the whites can be avoided, and the safe ty of our frontier settlements; secured. The commented constructing the railway from Omaha tr baeramento have been most energetically engaged in preseeutieg the wesk.and it is believed that the goo wilt be Completed bar re the expiration of the next fiscal year. The six per cent. bonds issued to these companies atareented. on the nth lest, to 844:7.000, and additional work had been performed to the extent of $1300,001 The -- Secretly y of the Interior in - duvet hat Invited my attention to the report of a Government director of the Union Pacific Railroad (tern any, who had been epecially instructed to examine the Mention. construction and equipment of their road. - I submitted for the opinion of the Attorney- General curtain questions in regard to- the authority of OP Executive which arose upon this report, and those which had from time to time been Presented by the mane reletiouere appointed to lancet each succeedv e session of the work. After carefully — considering the law orders case. ha affirmed the right of the Executive to order, it neceseary, a thorough revision of tee entire read. Commiesioners were thereupon appointed to ex amine this and other Linea, and have recently submitted a statemint of their hiveetigatiowe of which theeeeport of the Secretary of the Interior turulehes bpeeitie informs, tion. • he report of the Secretary of War contains informs, *km of interest and importance respecting the eeveral Bureaus or the War Department and the operations of theariey. The etreegth of out military force, on the Mtn of September last was forty-eight tbowand men, nuns is consented that, by the first of January next, this ber a ill be decreased to forty.three thousand. It is the opinion of the Secretary of War that within the next year a considerable diminution of the infantry force may be made without detrin °et to the intereste of the coun try toed in view at the great expenee attending the mill. tary peace estiebilehment and the absolute necessity of retrenchment wherever it can be applied. it is hoael that t ongrees will sanction the reducti m which his report recommende While in late sixteen thous. nd three hundred men cost the nation e1e.472,004 the sum of s6s,eB2eree in estimated as neeeseary for the support of the a-my during the fiscal year ending June 30, le7o. The estimates of the War Dee Pattment for the last two fiscal enare were, for 1867. $83.. 114461, tardier 1868 $ 25 M 5,60. hoactual expenditnrea ditrieg the stene periods weye; respectively - , 1it96.Z34 416, zed it121246.618...._ah0 eatimateezubmitted-in-GeeeMber. last for tub fix cal year endl,rg June al, l 5 . was $77.144 ..707; the expendituna far the first quarter, ending the atnit ea September last, were $37,919,117, and the Secretary of the rewire , elves treeketeeeue as the amennt which'will probably be required during the remaining three„quar e tern. if tiler e ehould he no reduction of the annye-makieg tee aggregate cost for the year cornederablv in, emcees of . ninety.three millions. 'kin difference between the eeti. mates and expenditures for the three ii•cal veers which have been named is thus shown to be $176,546.843 for thee alfgt• branch of the public service : , e repast of the Secretary of tho Navy exhibits the op rations of that Department and of the navy dewing the year. A considerable reduction of the force has been ef fected. There are forty-two vessenearrying four bun: Bred and eleven grinte.ilethe nix squadrons which are ea ' tabliebed in differeet parte of the world. Throe of therm venees are returning to the limited States and four are wed sin stereehltn, leaving ties actual eruieing force thite ',vitae vexed.., earre lug three hundred and fifty-six gums.' The total number of veseets . in the navy is • two hundred and six, mounting seventeen bun. dn d and feneethree gums, Eightv.one vessels of ,every - deeeription' ere inkier, anited with six Ininered and ninetydix Bun'. 'rho number of minded Jaen in the see. vice, including apprenticee, haw bt3en reduced to eight Donned five hundred. An increase of nervy yard fawn. Yea is recommended as a measure which will. in the event of war, be protective of economy and eeerrity. A more thorough and Premed° carver of .the Neal; Pa clole Oce.n is advised in view '5l recent ampusitione, our • expending eomn wee. and the incretssiug intercourse be,. the Pacific 4tatee and tole. The naval gene - ion find, which aonsiqe of a moiety of the events of Prizes avow .11 during the war, aniounts Le 1814.000,000. Recap. lien le taken to rho act op 23d July tut, which reduces the intent on the fund loaned to . this Governmene by the Secretory, as trustee, to Vireo per cent. instead of . per cent.. which was originally stipulated' when the investment wan. aide. An amendment of the Dentine lawn is auggetted to renedy oinidiona and.defeets Weeklong eneetersoar l e The expenditereii of Department dude': the let THE DA.4,Y EY . ENING BtILIJ.E'I'IN VTUICESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1868. -TRIPLE SHEET. fires! year wore *20,129,894. and-the catimaten for the comma year amount to* 20003'41e , !be Postmaster : GenersParepert tarnishes full and clearelbilat of the emiratlong andeondttion of tne postai, • service; The ordinary postai revenue for the fiecalyear ending June se, itese, wee Illitiberene. and the total ex e roceitures. embracing all ; the service for welch stacire Repro, riations have been mede by .Conrewasnesunted to clieeletifite, - showing an excess 'et erre:indents of . Sit 40e5991.1ce cti ng from the expenditures them - pin of et. Ultima tee smonnte. aperoptiaticina for ocean etecenship and other !mocha service. the excere of expenditures ware 15 647.4 tea By ming* en unexpendrd belanee ia the• e reentry of eat:A.oou the actual stun f...r which a special , apreoprietion is required to mad the deficiency is Vey est e ho Cantle which produced this urge excess or tern' enure over revenue lucre tbo restoration or esrvice In tite late insurgent Mates: and -tbe putting into-opera- - teen of new payee, este barbed by acts of Congress. which an.ounte d. Rubin the last two seam and, a half, to. ',boot eitetio irn Iles-equal to more than one - the - seboar • amoral of the service at the - close of - the - war. 'Neer postal coweentions with (treat Britain, North tier many. Belrium. the .Nether. lance lewitzerhind and Italy. reincer-tively. have been canted into effect. Under their provisions impormet try pc (VIM etas have resulted, in reduced rates of intents, lentil portage. and enlareed facilities with Euro peen countiles. The cast of the United states traweate, untie ocean m:11 service Once Joinery 'l. Ude, has been largely lessened under the operation of these 11r W eon. ventlone a redaction of • over ondhait having•neen efe fere el ender, the new arrainementa for ocean mail steer:uphill service which went into effect.on thatdate, • The atteetion - olCoegress - tifinsited t., rho practical elm-, aertier IS at a TeCOMMI.II3datIOII,I xna4e in hie report by tae ; Postmaster Central. . ' No imponabequestion has _Weaned daring thelast• i year n onr accustomed cordial and friendly sinter couree with Costa Rica, Gestate ale, Hondurae, San '' Saivador France, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, the Netberlanda. Dennterk, Swedeu and Nona ety, Greece, Turkey. Pereira Delis, Liberia, •Mo-'' roceme 'tripoli, - Teal., Mnigiate Slame -Borneo. and Madagascar. ' • ' • Cordial relations have also been " maintained with - - the Argentine and the Oriental Republic& The ex- - peered with of Congress that our national good offices might be tendered to those Republics, and also, to Brazil and Parairtuly,for bringing to an end the cetera tons vier whlch has so long- beenraging - in the valley- 'of the La Plata. ban been inside sursly complied With, end titan). "aeittiowledged by all - the belligerents. That important- negotiation, however. has thus far -been-wittioneresulte ..... • - • Charles AaVieashburne late •United Settee Minister to Paraguay. baring restened, and being deetrous 'of returning to. the Tutted Btates, the Rear Admiral commanding the South Atlantic Squadron was eerie , directed to fiend a ship-of-war to Ain:melon, thecapital 'of Foram:um, to receive Mr. Washburn and bis 'family, and renew, them from a situation which was repro - voided to be endangered by faction and forsign war. The Brazilian commander of the allied invading forces refused permiesion tO the "Wasp" to pass through the blockading foresee and that vesselveturn ed to its accustomed_anchccagen- Remonstrance-hsv--- lag been made against this refusal, it wee promptly overruled, cad the "Wasp" therefore resumed' her ex reed, received Mr.Wacchburn aria fatediy,and conveyed them to a efife and convenient seaport; lathe mean time an excited controversy had arisen_ beaween tan President of Paraguay and the late United States Minutes, which it la understood grow out of his pro ceedings in giving asylum in the United States lega tion to alleged enemies of teat Republic. The ques tion of the right to give asylum is one always difficult, and often - productive of great embaratement. la States west organ - hem and estattlished, - foreign-Powera-- refute to conc,eoiseer curette tbat riget, except as to tallow; actually belonging to the diplomatic service. On the other band, all such Powers insist upon exer cisiog the rigbt of asylum' in Setters where the law of nations Is not fully acknovilefted. respected and obeyed. '1 he President of Paraguay is understood to lime °Pinned to Mr. lassebburne's proceedings the injurious and very improbable charge of personate metic:Be in interrection end treason. The correspondence, how ever, Mae not yet reached the United States. Mr • Washburn, in connection with this controversy, reprecrente thet twin United ritual - citizens attached to the Meatier' were art:et - redly • seized at his aide, when leaving the capital of Paraguay. committed to prison, and there subjected to torture for the purpose of prol caring confessiorisot their own criminality. and tea timotyr to support the President's allegations, against the -Incited States- alinister. Mr. lacatabon, the needy appointed Minister to Paregitsy, baying reached the La Platte, has been instructed to preceed, without delay. ANIL elm - thereto investtente the whole eubject. The Rear Admiral corunanding the United States South Atlantic Squadron has been oirected to attend the new Minister with a proper nee sal force to natant Erich just demands as the occasion may require: end to vindicate the tights of the United States tItTZ•Clia referred to, and of any others who may be expeeeo to danger in the theatre of war. Witte these exceptions,. friendly rriationti tiave twin maia uifntd the United Staten and Brazil and Par egvey. Our relation during the past year with Bolivia, Etaiador, Peru and Chile, have become especially friendly and cordial. Spain and the Repabitcs of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador have expressed their willingness to accept the mediation of the United States for terminating the Mr upon - the South Paciftc cant. Chile has not finally declared upon the queition. In the meantime the conflict hes practically exhaueted Reel!, since no beligerent or hostile movement. ton been made by either party daring the last two Sears, and thereare no indmaidonsof a present purpose to resume hostilities on either side. Greet Britain and France have cordially seconded our properition of mediation, and I do not forego the hope that It may soon be accepted by all the belligerents, and lead to a secure eriablest meat of peace and triendly relations between the Spanish American Republics of the Pe elle and Spain-a result which would be attended with common bear tits to the belllger nte and much advantage to all commercial nations. I com mute cats., for the consideration of Congress, a cornea- ' poedence which rimers that the Bolivian Republic tea eetabliebed the extremely liberal princtrle of re ceiving into its citizenship any citizen of the - United States, or of any other of the Adierican Republics, upodab a simple condition of volunteer registry. The correspondence herewith submitted will be found manfully replete with account!, of the rain land wretchedness produce:Eby recent earthquakes of an paral'eld severity, in the Republics of Peru, Ecuador, ane - Bohms. The diplomatic agents and naval of ficers of the United States who were present in those countries at the time of those disaster& furnished all the relief in their power to the sufferers, and were prometly rewarded with greateful and tenet:tang ac knowlidgmente by the Congress of Peru. An appeal be made a theatre for a new establishment or mon archical power, too little bee been doh° by us, on the other hand, to attach the communities by which we ace sunonneed to our own country, or to lend even a moral support to the efforts they are so resolutely and siesonstently making to enure republican institutions for themselves It is indeed a question of grave con sideration whether our recent and present example is not calculated to ch. ck the growth and expulsion of free principles, and make those communities distrust, it not dread, a government which at will consigns to military domination States that are integral parts of one Federal Union. and,• while ready to resist any at tempts by other nations to extend ao this hemisphere the monarchical institutions of Europe, assumes tip Atte charity of cue citizens hes beene_elulatered by much liberality. - In this connection I sutimit an ap peal which has been made by the Sense Republic, wbetegovernmentand institutions are kindred to oar own, in behalf of its inhabitance who are suffering extreme destitution produced by recent devastating hut da ions. our relations with Mexico during the year have been marked by an increasing growth of muthal nee tad( nee. The Mexican Government has not yet actei upon the three trusties celebrated here last annum -r tor establishing the riglits of naturalized citizens upon a liberal and just basis, for regulating colluder powers, did for the adjustment of mutual claim& All commercial nations, as well as friends of Repub lican institutions, have occasion to tegret the fre quent locardisturbances which occur in some of the constituent States of Columbia. Nothing has oc curred, however, to affect the harmony and cordial inendehsp which have for several years existed be tween that youthful and _ vigorous Republic and setne . own " Negotiations are pending with a view to the sur vey and constrattion of a ship canal acres the Isthmus of Darien, under the auspices of the United States. I hope to be able to submit the results of that negotia tion to the Senate during its present session. The very lineral treaty which wee entered into last year by the United States and Nicaragua has been ratified by the latter Remiblic. Costaßica l -with --the - earneatnemeof- - a - sin- - cerely friendl y neighbor, solicits a reciprocity of trade, which I commend to the consideration of Oon grree. The convention created by treaty between the United States and Venezuela in July, leen, for the mutual adjustment of claims, has been held,and ite decisions have been received at the Department of State. The heretofore recognized government of the United States of Venezuela hoe been ettbserted. AProvisional goy ernment having been inetituted under circumstances which promise durability, it hats been formally recog- Mud. I have been reluctantly obliged to ask explanation and estifactian for national ineirlea committed by the President of Eleyti. The political and anent condi tion of the republics of Hayti and St. Domingo is very unsatlstactory and painful. The abolition of slavery, which has been carried Into effect throughout . the !eland of St. Domingo and the entire West Indies, except the apanieli lelandir of - Cuba - and - Porto - RIM - bee been followed by a profound popular conviction of the rightfulness of republican inetitutions, and an intense desire to eecure etbem. The attempt, how ever, to establish republics - theee encounters many obstacles, most of which may be supposed to result from Iren,g indulged habits of colonial supineness and dependence upon . European monarchical Powers. White too United States 'have,- on all occa sions, professed a decided unwillingness that angina of this continent or of its adiacent islatula shall establish over a large portion of its people a rule more absolute', barsh. and tyrannical than any known to civilized Powers. - - -- • • The acquisition of Alaska was made with the view of extending national jurisdiction and republican principles ih the American bemisphere. Believing that a further stop could be taken in the same direc tion, last year catered into a treaty with the King of Denmark for the purchase of the Wards of Se Thomas and Se. John, on the best terms, then'ilittainable, and with the express consent of the people of those islands. Tills treaty , still remains nester consideration in tee Senate. A new convention has been entered into with Denmark, enlargiag the time fixed for final ratification of the original ereaty. 4 --• Comprehensive national policy would seem to sanc tion the soquirition and incorporation into four Fed eral Union of the several adjecent continental and insular communities as ofeedily as it can be done peacefully. lawfully, and *moo. any violation of eationaljuotioe, faith, faithier honor- Foreign port tendon or control of those oetamtuaittes has hitherto hmdered the growth and impaired the influence of the United States. Chrsnie revolution . Ind' anarchy • there would bet equally inemions. -Raab (meet them, whetfirsly.eetebtehed se .in independent s redublie.' 'or whenincorporated into the United State& would be 'a new scarce of rptenght and power. Conforming my administration tostbese principles, 1. have on no , occasion t rapport or toleration to nolawfal aspeditionn on.:i foot npon the** , plea id repunlioan propagandism, or:ot national . extension or aggrandizement. The necessity; however . ; of repressing Such unlawful 'movements clearly iridicates the duty which rests - upon ;as of adapting our legislative action to tbe new, circumstances of a decline of Europ-, can monarchshl power and influence,, and the increase of American republican ideas, interests, and symPathles; It cannot be long before it. will become twee:4.. shry for this Government to lend some effective aid; to the solution of the political and social', problems which are continually kept before the world by the two republics of the, island of St. Domingo, and which are now disclosing them selves more distinctly than heretofore in the island of Cuba. The subject is - commended to your consideration with all the more earnestness because I urn satisfied that the time has arrived when even so direct proceedinghs a prowsition_ for an annexation of the two republics of the* island of St. Domingo ;would not only receive theconsent-of-the people interested, : but , would ale() give satisfaction to allather.foreign nations. - I am aware that upon the Oumation of further extending our possessions it is apprehended by some that our political system cannot success -I'OllY be applied to an - area more extended than .. our continent;-:but the conviction is rapidly gaining ground in the American mind that, with the increased facilities for intercommunication between all portions of the earth, the principles offree government-rat-embraecti-irrortrDonstitu - tion; -- if - faithfully - maintained and carried ont, would.prove of sufficient strength and breadth to comprehend within their, sphere and 10nel:teethe -- Civilized nations - of the . _ The attention of the Senate and of Cong,resa is again respectfully invited to the treaty for the establishment of commercial reciprocity with the Hawaiian Kingdom, entered into, last_ year, and already ratified by that Governtnent. The' attitude of the United States towards these islands is not very different from that-in which they stand towards the West Indies. It is known and felt by tha Hawaiian Governinent -and --peoph.i-, thattheirf3overzurient mid ittStitutitniaare feeble and precarious; that the United States, being so near a neighbor, would be unwilling to see the islandspassunder foreign control. The prosper ity is continually disturbed by expcctations and: alarms of unfriendly political proceedings, as well from the United States as from other foreign Powers. - A reciprocity treaty, while it could not materially diminish the revenues of the' United States, would be aguaranty of the goed will and fabearadee until:the people Of the' islands shall of - themselves,-at no distant- day,- voluntarily apply for admission into the Union. The Emperor of Russia has acceded to the treaty negotiated here in January last for the security of trade-marks in the interestof-manu facturerssoand commerce. I , have invited his attentimi to the - importance of-establishing, now while it seems easy and practicable, a fair and equal - regulation of the vast fisheries, belonging to the two nations in -the waters of the North - Pacific oeean. The two treaties between the United States and;ltaly for the regulation of consular powers and .the extradition of criminals, 'negotiated and ratified here during the last session of Congress, have - been accepted and confirmed by theltatian Gevernment. A liberal consular convention which has been negotiated with Belgium willhe submitted to the Senate. The very important treaties which were negotiated between the United States and North Germany and Bavaria, for the regulation .of the rights of naturalized citizens, have been duly ratified and exchange4l, and-similar--treaties have-been -entered Into.wllh the Kingdoms of Belgium and Wnrtemberg, and with the Grand Duchies , of Baden and. Heise-. Darmstadt: I hope soon to he able to submit equally satisfactory conventions of the same character now in the course of negotiation with the respective Governments of Spain, Italy, and the Ottothan Empire. - Examination of claims against the United States by the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, on ac count of certain possessory rights in the State of Oregon and Territory of Washington, alleged by those companies in virtue of provisions of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of June 15, 1846, has been diligently prosecuted, under the direction'of the joint in ternational commission to which they were sub mitted for adjudication by treaty between the two Governments of July 1, 1863, and will, it is expected, be concluded at an early day. No practical regulation concerning colonial trade and the fisheries can be accomplished by treaty between the United States and Great Britain until Congress shall have expressed their judgment concerning the principles involved. Three oi her questions, however, between the United States and Great Britain remain open for adjustment. These hre the mutual riglits of naturalized citizens, the boundary question in volving the title to the island of San Juan, on the Pacific coast, and mutual claims arising since the year 1853, of the " citizens and subjects of the two countries for injuries and depreda tions committed under the authority of their respective Governments. Negotiations upon these subjects arc pending, and 1 am not without hope of being able to lay before the Senate, for its consideration during the present session, pro toCOls calculated to bring to an end these justly exciting and long-existing controversies. We are not advised of the action of the Chinese Government upon the liberal and auspicious treaty which was recently celebrated with its plenipotentiaries at this capital. Japan remains • a theatre • of civil war, marked by religious incidents and political severities peculiar to that long-isolated empire. The Executive has hitherto maintained strict nen trality among' the belligerents, and acknowledges with pleasure that it has been frankly and fully sustained in that course by the enlightened con currence and co-operation of the other treaty Pdwers namely, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, North Germany anltaly. Spain having recently undergone a revolution marked by extraordinary unanimity and preser vation of order the Provisional Government establiShed at Madride has been recognized, and the friendly intercourse which has so long happily existed between the two countries remainsunclaanged. I renew the recommendation contained in my communication to Congress dated the 18th July last—a copy of which accompanies this message —that the judgment of the people should be taken on the propriety of so amending the Federal Constitution that it shall provide -Ist. For an election of President and Vice- President-by -a direct-vote-of- the people, instead: of through the agency of electors, and making them ineligible for re-election to a second term. 2d. For a distinct designation of the person who shall discharge the duties of President, in the event of a vacancy in' that office by the death, resignation, or removal of both the President and Vice-President. :id.; For the election of. Senators of the United States directly by the people of the several States, instead of by the Legislatures; and 4th. For the limitation to a period of years of the terms of Federaljudges, Profoundly impressed with the propriety of making these 'important modifications 'in the Constitution, I respectfully subinit them for the early, and mature consideration of Congress. We should as far as possible remove. all pretext for violations of the orgsnic law, by remedying such imperfections as time' and experience may develop, ever : remembering that "The Constitu tion which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." In the performance of a duty imposed upon me by the Constitution, have thus communicated to Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommended for their consideration such measures as have seemed to me "necessary and expedient. If carried into effect, they will hasten ' the accomplishment of the" great and beneficent purposes for which the Constitution was ordained, and which it comprehensively states were 'to form-a—more perfect • Union,-establish---justice, insure domestic trammilitY; provide for the eoni mon defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings Or liberty to ourselves and our posterity."- - Congress are vested all legislative powers, and upon 'them • devolves the respensibillty us well for framing unwise and excessive, laws, as for ueglecting to. devise and adopt measures absolutely.: demanded by the wants of. the country. let .ns ;earnestly hope that before the expiration , of our.mpletive terms of service, now rapidly drawing to a close, an ProVidence.iaillt so guide our cotthscis'es to'strengthen' and preserve the b'cderal Uni9n, inspire reverence for the Constitution'reatorn prosperity and happinese to our whole people, and promote "on earth peace; good-will toward men)' AnnnEw Jon:aeon. WASHINGTON, December oth, 1868. 4. do— JEFFERSOS DAVI% The Ex•Presldens of the ClonliedoracV as a Public Speaker. • Mr. deffereon Davis made a speech at Leaming ton on Wednesday, Nov. 25, on rising to second a vote of thanks to q gentle Man who bad lectured on "hurled Jerusalem" before; the members. of thelocal Philosophical Society. Mr. Davis made various allnsions to the Holy Land as the entitle. humanly speaking, of civilization, as tacit as the Christian religion. Referring to the demolition of the Temple, ho observed that, although all must regret the ruin of a structure so much connected, with the early history' of reli gion, yet we might be consoled with the belief that it was neceesavy that the Temple should fall, in order that the. Star, of Bethlehem might be seen-of ail men,--Ile expressed his gratification at bearing from tbe, lecturer (Rev. Dr. Triatam) that the Palestine explorations bad been inaugu 'rated under the patronage of. Englishwomen and executed by Englishmen. it was becoming a woman—for she was the last at the cross and the fret at the eepulebre--to commence the explore, Alone in confirmation of the great troths of Chris tianity. And it was:well for Englishmen to tin dertake the work of exploration for their blood was mingled *Rh that of the Norsemen,. with ;the Saxons, the - teachers of -the bar amnions conglomeration of liberty and law. community and Independence, individnalitLatir self will ; and with tbe troubadour, the knightly soldier represented in the Norman. Theme three elements combined in Englishmen, led to adieu lure to love oftroth,_aud_ geYe_tho. _heart_ to_ .do, whatever the will might, desire. The divine truths upon which our happiness here and hereafter was engrafted, had been more and more estab lished as science-bad trodden in the path of revelation. Such explorations an those which Dr. Tristam had narrated.had revealed things not before fully comprehended, and shown that as they progressed truth would be more and more established, "for her yearn are eternal." DUX GOODS.--; VELVETEENS. GREAT REDUCTIONS. In order_to reduce oar_ large stockotthese_illxids._wP have marked our prim; so tow tor the preeent that a rare opportunity is offered to purchasers. STRAWBRIDGE &CLOTHIER 'CENTRAL CILOTEE HOUSE, _ Corner Eighth and Market Sta. CLOTHS. °MAKINGS Great Tteductions. STRAW BRIDGE & CLOTHIER being desirous to dose Glair large stock of CLOTHS AND CLOAKINGS Dtring the month of December._ have greatly reduced pricer, and new offer every variety of these goocia of prices believed to be • The Lowest of the Day. STRAWBRIDGE&CLOTHIER CEI7TR&L CLOTH HOUSE, Corner Eighth and Market Streets, dt9 t HOrl OVER'S PA'TENT COMBINATION SOFA BEDSTEAD. It has the appearance of a Parlor Sofa, with spring back and spar g seat. and yet in less than one minute's time. with. out unscrewing or detaching in any way, it can be ex. tended into a handsome French Bedstead. With air. spring m a mas & complete. It ia, without doubt.the Rand. tomeet and most durable Sofa Bed now in use,. ,,.-~ . :a - • For sale at the Cabinet manufactory of B. F. HOVER, Owner and Sole Manufacturer, 0q13.3m4p No =South second street. JOHN CRUMP, BUILDER, 1731 CHESTNUT STREET and 213 LODGE STREET, Mechanics of every branch required for housebuilding nd fitting promptly fumbled. fe27tl EtENEY PRILLIPPL R AND BM.I3ER. NO. 10a18ANSOM STREET. 11331y4p PHILADELPtLIA. WA RBUR TON'S IMPROVE'), VENTILATED and easy fitting Dress Hats (patented) in all the approved fashions of tho season. Chestnut street, next door to the Poet•office. 008 tfrp PATENT TOOL AND AWL HANDLES, CONTAIN -11344 a variety of Toole, all fitting into one handle Chette of 'I ode. from $1 to CO each, and a variety of co her articiee for Christina. gift., MT gala by TRUMAN & inth. SHAW, No. E 35 (Eight Thirty•five) Market street ,below N CHRISTMAS CAROL AT THE WASH-TUB ri would bo tondo still more heartfelt if you prommted the wearer with one of our labor, time, and ache-denia -1 hing Cogwheel Clothes Wringers. 'Ms is the'rno.t durable Wringer that we know of. TRUMAN & 'HAW, No. 831 (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth. PRESENT TO A PRACTICAL 110USEKEEPEN—A Carpetoweeper, CatTet-etretcber, 4 totheowrlnger, Apple or Peach•poarer, Cherry eeedor, Mincing machini, or other lateme.tving article, from TRUMAN & vo3' No. 835 (Light Thirty-flee) Market ttp:et, bower Moth. 1868.—GET YOUR HAIR CUT AT KOPP'S SA. loon, by first.class flair Cutters. Children's Hair Cut. Shave and Bath, Hi cents. Razors pnt in order. Okt n Sunday morning. No. 126 Exchange place. G. C. HOPP. rFOE SALE OR TO LET—ME ANEIO.I ONIE Dwelling. near the centre 01. businail, No. 1020.0a1. lowhill street. HO UMW. FRITZ, It* 713 Walnut stroet. G .N LINE FARINA. COLOGNr—FINEST I , R! NCII EXTRACTS FOR To E HANDKERCHIEF. PONUDES, RICHLY SCENTED. - PREPARATIONS, In great variety. Par Bale by JAMES T. SHINN. deb•tirpt, Broad and Spruce eta, Fbilada. USEFUL AND ELEGANT FANCY ARTICLES, FOR Holiday Gift!. MASON k. CO.. fan Caesium Htreet, ROSEWOOD DESKS, RUSSIA AND TITRKEY WRlT tug Caaes, - forolgn - nnd - domeetic. - - - MASON .b 907 Chealnut etraeL VLENNA, PARIS AND LONDON FINE POOKET Books in Itutsl:4 Turkey and Calf. MASON 907 Chestnut street, ROGEIRS, WOESTENDOLNI. AND OTHER FINN hnglieit inniteej'oeliet Knivtie and SCIASOri';' AZON & CO.. 907 Chestnut street. BRONZE AND CARVED WOOD /NKETANDS great variety CARVED PAPER KNIVES, BOOK. MARKERS, PEN HOLDERS. TRAYS, mivien and STAMP BOXES. in WOOD and IVORY. KYLOPLASTIQI7E LNKSTAINDS, PAPSLI WEIGHT, and MATCII BOXES, SCOTOI-1 GOODS—A loge meortnient. MASON ,AO/ Chestnut street. WEDDING AND iIISITING CARDS, ELEGANTLY maraved. N. 13.-Our patrons will oblige us by their orders for engraving intended for Holiday Presents, at an early date. MASON At CO., de2-20t 4p ' SOT Cbestnotstreet. CILOTII STORE-46DES di LEE, No. 11 NOserli SECOND street, have now on hand a large and .choice asmortraent of Vail and Winter Goods, particularly ad t e n d e gets i M ar L u r Tr tWrelot- g i n en T eTil lion. - _ OVERCOATINGS. - Black French Castorßeaveto: - Colored French Castor Heavens. London Blue Pilot Clotho. - • BlaCk and Colored Chinchillas: Blues, Black and Dahlia Moscowss. PANTALOON STUFFS. Blank Preach (lassitneres. • Do. 40. -Doeskins. • Fancy Caseltnesee now able& Steel !Mired Doerkina. llaradraeres for omits, new 00.04. - and 64 Doeskins, boot ruattes. Velvet (lords, Beaverfoons, Italia ninotnn. . Canvas, with'isVm vatioty_of other trimmtno, adapted to Motes . 0 1 4 zi naYr wear. to whieh we Invite the eaten Hon of !der 'Taikarit and ouletvg i whownie retail - • : 7‘0, 1 7 N eseatetii . FiFT11";;I::::: , E-•:D 1 :1:'T-IGN. BY TELEGRAPH. LATEST CABLE NEWS ILL-FATED STEAMER HIBERNIA THE _ LIST OF -- THOSET-SIVED LATER FROM WASHINGTON EXCITING ENE II THE HOUSE Message Characterized as Disgraceful Livnaroot, Dec. 9.—The following named persons who_wero_on board the ill-fated steamer Ilibemia were eared in the captain's and , boat swain's boats: Cabin passengers—A. Mason,Miss Rogerron, Catharine Boyle, George C. Forbes, Morreli,AnnW_ebb, John A. Bethel, Mrs. Bethel, Patrick Bresmer, Mrs. D. N. Melvin, John Robinson, Bernard M. Feely, M. O'Connor, — Josiah Cooks and wife. Steerage passengere—Messre. Campbell, De veny, Rogers, Beckon, Doha., Moser, = Wallin, wife, child and infant; Austin, Mclntosh and Irvine. PARIS, Dec. 9.—The editor and publisher of the Revue Politique have been fined 1;000 francs etch, for publishing sad mien: raging-subscriptions for the Bandin monument, and each printer of the above named paper is fined 500 f. MADRID, Dec. 9.—The Gazette,of this citr,eve the report of the suppression of the armed Re publican demonstration at Cad; a few deysi ago, was premature. At the last accounts, the insufgente Were still- in arms, and were attempt ing to make terms with the Government troops, under a flag of truce. (EpecialDeepatehto the Phila. Evening Bulletin.) Wasumozon, Dec. O.—Quite an cutting scene occurred in the House on the conclusion of the reading 6f the President's message. E. B. Washbnnae arose And characterized that portion of the message relating :to the, finances as open repudiation, and dis graceful as coning from the President of - the United States, and he therefore entered a solemn protest against such doctrines. He moved to lay the message on the table and have it printed. Mr. Eldridge took exceptions, and raised a point of order to•the remarks of Mr. Washburn°, which point the Speaker did not sustain. Gen, Schenck said it was disgraceful to the American people that the President should sand such a message to Congress,advocating repudia tion and using disreapectful lan g-nage towards Congress. Only yesterday Congress had returned a paper to the. Oregon Legislature which was not more insulting_ than this message, end a similar disimitien ought to be made of Ii He moVed, -- therefore; - that _the - message be printed and laid on the table, and not referred even ta the • Committee of the Whole on the state of the Unicnf,:thns venting any official notice being taken of it by the House. This would be treating the Message with the contempt it so richly deserved. Several Democrats here arose to their feet, and amid the rapping of the Speaker's gavel, en deavored to he beard. The Speaker decided that no debate was in order, and rapped them down,and 11r. Bchenck's . resolution was then adopted by a strict party vote. Ayes 138, nays 38. This action of the House, coupled with the fact that the Senate refused to hear the message read, causes much comment, and will only serve to embitter both Houses against the President more than heretofore. Removal oil Disabilities. (Special Despatch to the Phil. Evening Bp:Heti/Li WASHINGTON, December 9.—The bill removing the-disabilities of-thief Justice Moses, of South Carolina, was passed by 46 to 6. Tho Senate took a recess until 1 o'clock. The sub committee appointed to revise the standing committees of the Senate held a loog sesFion this morning, but did not complete their work. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Secretary McCulloch has appointed Jae. M. Harrison SuperviaOr of Inter nal Revenue for the State of New Jersey. NEW Yens, Dec. 9.—Commodore Stebbins and Vice Commodore Bennett have accepted a chal lenge given by Mr. Asbury, of London, to sail against his schooner-yacht Cambria, the former with the Phantom and the latter with the Daunt less. The Rear York Lentral Railroad. .ek LEAFY, Dec. 9.—No excitement or interest is felt here in regard to the Central Railroad clue- Von for directors. The polls will be closed at 2 o'clock. Up to this hour the following is the only ticket which has been voted for directors: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Now York; Daniel Tor rence, de.; Wm. H. Vanderbilt, do.; Horace F. Clark, do.; James H. Banker, do.; Augustus Schell, do.; Samuel F. Barber. do.; Henry Bax ter, do.; Joseph Hat kerodo ; Win. A, Sissam,clo.; Chester W. Chapin, Springfield, Mass.; Amami. Jones, Jr., Cleveland; James H. Jay, Detroit. .1% th Congress —Skits& Session. fliouers—Continued from Fourth Edition.] After the reading of the President's message, that part of it relating to thopriblic debt was do. flounced by Mr. Washbarne (Ill.) as disgraceful to the country and to the President. Messrs. Broomall, of Penna., and Schenck, of Ohio, expressed similar views, and the message was laid on the table__witheut_ tho_usual_order to print extra copies. W' Bee Moine Bulletin wn Inxides Parte- A.I:II.IVED THIS DAY. Steamer Whirlwind, (leer. 8d hours from Providence, with mdee to D e Stetson & Co, Schr Matta Pierre. Belton, 1 day from Delaware City, with groin to Jae narrate. Behr Je-s S Walloon. Houck. Lynn. Scar H Simmons. Godfrey, Salem. • GLEAnnb MASON & CO., 907 Chestnut Htreet Sew :Jae S AVateoil.floneis:Neevieii,:U J J B Eannick nehr . Union Elam. Maloney, Una, leeton. SO. Laihnory, _ . Wickerabarn ta Co . Scril bimineu.e. Godfrey. Salem. 0 8 RepoHer. raradORANDA. Bark Bpes & Fides, Olsen. sailed from Liverpool 25th ult. for Oalle—before reported cleared for rhie port, Bark. Meridian. Lenz. from Bremen for this port, off Dover 26th ult. Bark Jenny, Hartmann, hence for Bremen. paissedbact of the Goodwin. 25th ult.' Bark Josephine; Hilton, hence for HambArg, mailed from Queenstown 25th utt. *Bark Elta Moore. 51asters, hence at QUeenstown 21th nit —bJforo reportea err Oct M. Brig Alpha. Partridge. aailedfrom Meskhaa 18th ult. far this port. Bohr Argus Eye, sailed from iNely Bedford 7th instant for this port. Bahr T Bolden. Wrightington. hence a t . m 1 Ri ver 7t h instant. Behr Frank Herbert, Crowell, cleared at . Borten _7th inst. tor this port. hctne Cbas li Jackson, Jackson, and Caine, hence for Boston. at Holmes' Hole 7rt, inst, Bohr Wm Collyer (of Providence). Taylor. hence) via Delaware Breakwater rith lust. with coat fer,Proyidence. at New York yesterday, Reports Doc 7, expert: flood a heavy NE gale, during which narrowly escaped going ashore on the Romer .7 carried away the fire and main town a et e, in almost bead and iibboorn, and lost an entire suit of 'ails. Was towed to the city by the downer U 8 Bair Richard • 'Vain, Vance. eieasid at Portland 7th inst. for this port. hence BehrtParragut, Grant. e Portlarid 7th inst. MASON & CO.. 907 Chestnut street. - • NMEW CROP ARABIAN DATES..-14:0 KAM ME II Tity. and ror isle by JOEL B. BussUCE & Toe South neisware Immo& TIORDEWS BEEF TEA.-11Al& AN OUNCE Aga Li extract will make pinta stinelleg,t , Beet . trf minutes, Allemye Oa band ind for see br 'BOSSIER & ':.000-0041,Walre , 33 Wi i rt8 G 1 MU %i " t t°' 4:00 O'ClC.,olc. :By the Atlantic Cablle. Exciting Sceitte In the House. From Washington. Proposed "Kuehl. Home MARIN in Blab g 4 MVO ?t: FORT or KiILADELPHIA—Dromanza 9. MOTatNibt. TIM CLOTHING SALIC 1308 commended as per arrangement with E 2 CEOUTO49.__ • _ We have an immense EitiOk at prices that C SUN NOT be as lcw anywhere else. WANAMAKER & BROWN., 117 Fr - Secotheradvestfzement. P7 - Open Rom 7 Ail& gP. Id , EDWARD. P. KELLY, TAILOR S. E. Cor. Chestnut and Seventh Streetg. The Moth Ate My,Oveieozi Oh! How the busy little moth - Gobbles the finest hind of Cloth ! Lalit Spring I put my coat away To kepp i till the frost of _too wintefs_day. And now I take it out of the closet! 'Tis full of holes I—and the . moth loth Cause It I Oh Wiekedovielted little tooth; To eat my coat, of the anenteliith And now, Mack! oh! what shall I do ? For the garment's eaten, through and through! It never will pay to stand and weep, While- ROCKHILL da WILSON sell, coats so cheap. For a twenty dollar greenback note I can buy file an'elegant overcoat 'Tb3 stout, and thick, and of splendid cloth, Bettex than that consumed by the moth. Surely nobody need ever freeze. WhIIe_ROCTCMI.Ti WILSON sell coats Bite these. . , The Moat Overcoat•ler the Lead Money., APPLY AT ONCE, AT ROCKHILL & WILSON'S Great Brow . n stone Clothing 603 and 605 Chestnut Street BOYS' CLOTHING .COOPER & CONARD . , _S. E. earner Ninth and Market. We have an unusually large stock. It is remarkably welltittlog. Our price, are as low as the lowest elsewhere. nor; lmip RESUMPTION OF SPECIE-PAYMENT Fnforced contraction of the currency will cane &dread and panic. Enhancement of I a value, followed by valid 1/try funding of the excess of currency thus created, la the only safe plan. By ROBERT TRNAT P&INE, Jr. evo. Pamphlet 25 cent& Published by LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY, 110 Washington Street, BoSton. de9 w f m FINE DRESS SHIRTS GENTS' NOVELTIES. J. W. SCOTT & CO, 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Four doors below Continental Hotel zahl4mlon PATENT SHOULDER SEAM SHIRT MANUFACTORY; 3rllare Cot these celebrate A d a Marto ewe* Proauras , Gentlemen Furnishing 000dI L Of late Mlles in full varlet. WINCHESTER, & GCS.. 'O6 CHESTNUT. lelka.wAtt THE TRIUMPH OF ma: Splendidly executed Chrentio xnaL i tled thograph after . Dreyer. HA REGAL DESSERT." _ • - NEW AND ELEGANT CHROMOS. NEW PAINTED PROM. NEW REACH FORM NEW Dual Dm NBIV ENGRAVING& la Just received by A. S. ROBINSON No. 910 CHESTNUT STRAM'i Free Gellery,Looking Mises, 4114. H. PI & O. R. TAYLOR, PER AND , TOILIE r SOAPS. 641 and 048 N. Ninth Street. MONEY TO ANY AMOUNT LOANED ITPOM i ll° l DIAMONDS., WATOMES. JEWELRY. PLATE. 42"th f e. .1 4 tAg3 C 0 . 15 OLD•raTABLIEIBIO LOAN OITTGE. Carnor of Third mod (MAW etromes, Belmar Lombard. B.—MIAMONEW. we:rota:o, JEwr4alY. OWW. • EMAEXABLE W PRICER, nc4i4ouvei itik , . r4.11)11Y Pist.tiEN'i'S. ~' '•• - . • • Out() )L, STAVE:FMK. No, 148 Nidtl4 Swot 1 rtreet.. corner offory. bike Auk ao•l ,larkexit • WA'T•43IIIVd. Jes, (Al'. Mt/3RD - am) , rERWARE. sniti(lslolor oliday Pontintearbfab wilt two •KU laW. for wily -,• • , )• , • •-• • - &Ulan* -'' - - -- ,
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