PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, FILL OW-CITIZENS 07 IU3 SENATE AND Barn 07 ItzgASlWNTaTivr-a: To express gratitude to God, in the name of the People, for the addressi ng of the United States, la my first duty in you. Onr thoughts next !eyed to the death of the late President by an act of parricidal treason. The grief of the nation is still fresh ; it finds some solace in the consideration that he lived to enjoy thetighest proof of its confidence by entering on She renewed term of the Chief Magi.- tracy, to Which he had been elected; that he brought the civil war substantially to a close; that his loss seas deplored In all parts the Union; and that for eign nations have rendered 'justice to his memory. His removal cast upon me a heavier weight of cares than ever devolved upon any one of his predecessors. To NMI my trust I need the support and confidence of all who are associated with me m the various depart ments of the Government, and the support and con fidence of the people. Them la but one way In which I can hope to gain their necessary aid; it is, to state with frankness the principles which guide my conduct, and their application to the present state of Waits, well aware that the efficiency of my labors will, in a great measure, depend upon your and their undivided approbation. The Union Of the United States of America was in tended by its authors to last as long as the States - themselves shall last. "The Union shall be per- petual" are the words of the Confederation. To form a more perfect Union" by au ordinance of the people of the United States is the declared purpose of the Constitution. The band of Divine Providence was never more plainly visible in the affairs of men than In the framing and the adopting of That instru ment It is,laevond comparison, the 'greatest event In American history; and Indeed is It not, of all events of modern times, the most pregnant of con sequences for every people of the earth? The mem bers of the Convention which prepared it, bright to their work the experience of the Confederation, of their several States, and of other Republican Governments, old and new; but they needed and they obtained a wisdom superior to experience. And when for its-validity it required the approval of a people that occupied a large part of a continent and acted separately in many distinct conveations, what is more wonderful than that, after earnest con tention and long discussion, all feelings and all opinions were ultimately drawn in one way to Its support! Tne Constltntlon to which life was thus imparted contains within Itself ample resources for ttseown preservation. It has power to enforce the laws, punish treason and Insure domestic tranquillity. In ease of the usurpation of the Government of a State by one man or an oligarchy, It becomes a duty of the United States to make good the guarantee to that State of a republican Corm of government, and so to maintain the homogeneousness of all. Does the lapse of time reveal defects? A simple mode of amendment Is provided In the Constitution itself, so that its conditions can 'Owes s be made to conform to the requirements of adiancing civilisation. No room is allowed even for the thought of a possihility of its coming to an end. And these powers of self. preservation have always been asserted in their com plete integrity by every Chief-Magistrate—by Jef ferson and Jackson, not. less than by Washington and Madison. The parting advice of the Father of his Country, while yet President, to the people of the United States, was, that "the free Constitution, which was the work of their hands, might he sacred ly maintained;" and the Inaugural words of Presi dent Jefferson held up "the preservation of the General Government, in its constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." The Constitution Is the work of "the People of the United States," and it alieltild be as in destructible an the people. It Is not strange tint the framers of the Constitu tion, which had no • model in the past, should not have folly comprehended the excellence of their own work. Fresh from a atrnegie against arbitrary power, many patriots suffered from harrassina fears of an absorption of the State Governments by the General Government, anti many from a druid that the States would break away from their orbits. But the very greatn es s of our country should allay the apprehensions of encroachments by the General • Government.` The subjects that come unquestiona bly within its jurisdiction are aro numerous that it must ever naturally refuse to be embarrassed by questions that lie beyond IL Were It otherwise, the Executive would sink beneath the burden; the chan nels of justice won'd be choked; legislation would be obstumed by recess; so there le a grwiter tempta tion to exercise some of the functions of the General Government through the States than to trespass on their rightful There. "The absolute acquiescence in the decision of the majority " was, at the begin ning of the century, enforced by Jefferson "as the vital principle of republics,"- and the events of the last four years have established—we will hope for ever—that there lies co appeal to force. The maintenance of the Union brings with it "the support of the State Governinent-in all Its rights;" but it is not one Of the rights of any Stater-Govern ment to renounce its own place in.the Union, or to nullify the laws of the Union. The largest liberty Is to be maintained in the discussion of the acts of the Federal Government ;but there is no appeal Imm its laws, except to tbe various branches of 'hat Gov ernment Itself, or to the people, who grant to the members of the Legislative and of the Executive Departments no tenure but a limited one, and in that manner always retaint,he power of redress. • eratignagsorthe tun _ atttution. The latter contains the emphatic words: "The Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made, in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the su preme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the con stitution or laws , of any State to the contrary not withstanding." Certainly the Government of the United States is a limited government; and so is every State govern ment a limited government With us, this idea of limitation spreads through every form of adminis tration, general, State, and municipal, and rests on the great distinguishing principle of the recognition of the rightsof man. The ancient republics absorb ed the individual in the State, prescribed his religion, and controlled his activity. The American system rtsta on the assertion of the equal rights of every man to life, liberty, and thepursuit of happiness; to freedom pf conscience, to the culture and exercise of all his facultiea. As a consequence, the State Governmentis limited, as to the General Govern ment in the interests of Union, as to the individual citizen in the interests of freedom. States, with proper limitation of power, are es sential to the existence of the Constitution of the United States. At the very commencement, when we assumed a place among the Powers of the earth, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Rtates ; eo also were the Articles of Confederation; and when "the People of the United States" ordain eti and established the Constitution, it was the as sent of the States, ono by one, which gave it vitality. In the event, too, of any amendment to the Consti tution, the proposition of Congress needs the con firmation of the States. Without States, one great branch of the legislative government would be wanting. And, if we look beyond the letter of the Constitution to the• character of our country, its ca pacity for comprehending within its jurisdiction a vast continental empire to due to the system of States. The best security for the perpetual exis trace of the States is the " supreme authority" of 'the Constitution of the United States. The per petuity of Constitution brings with it the perpstni tv of the States; their mutual relation mail.s us what we are, and in our political system their con nection is indissoluble. The whole cannot exist without the parts, nor the parts without the whole. So long as the Constitution of the United States endures, the States will endure; the destruction of the one is the destruction of the other; the preserva tion of the one is the preservation of the other. I have thus explained my views of the mutual relations of the Constitution and the States, because they unfold the principles nn which I have sought to solve the momentous question and overcome the appalling difficulties that met me at the very com mencement of my administration. it has been my eteadhist object. to escape from the sway of one mentary .plattiOne, and to derive a healing poliey from the fundamental atentrockusging principles of the Constitution. I found the States suffering from the effects of a civil war. Resistance to the General Government appeared to have exhausted itself. The United States bad recovered possession of their forts and ar senals; and their armies were in • the occupation of every State which had attemptedlo accede Wheth er the le rritory within the limits of those States should t held as conquered tezritory, under military authority emanating from the President as the head of the army, was She first question that presented itself for decision. Now, natli' Lary governments, established for an In definite period, would have offered no security for the &rely suplirmslon of discontent; would have di vided the people into the varapilahers and the van quished; and would have envenomed hatred, rather than restated affection. Once established, no pre else limit to their continuance was conceivable. They would have occasioned an Incalculable and ex hausting expense Peaceful emigration to and from that portion of the country is one of the beat means that can be thought of for the restoration of harmo ny; and that emigration would have been prevented; for what emigrant from abroad, what Industrious cPizen at home, woad place himself willingly un der millibar)* rule! The chief persons who would Lave followed in the train of the army would have been dependents on the General Government, im men who expected profit from the miseries of their erring fellow-citizens. The power of patronage and rule which would have been exercised, under the President, over a vast, and populous, and Li:Aurally wealthy region, nee greater than, unless under ex treme necessity, I ahould be willing to intrust to any one man; they are such as, for myself, I could never, sinless on occasions of great emergency, con sent to exercise. The wilful exercise of such powers, If continues through a period of years, would have endangered the purity of the general administration and the liberties of the States which remained loyal. Besides the policy of mllitaryrule over a conquer ed territory would have implied that the. .States whose Inhabitants may have taken part in the Re bel/km bad, by the act of those inhabitants, ceased to exist. Ba tthe yue theory la, that all pretended acts of secession were, from the beginning, null and void. The States cannot commit treason, nor Screen the Individual citizen who may have committed treason, any More than they can make valid treaties or engage in lawful commerce with any foreign 'Tower. The Slates attempting to secede placed themselves in a condition where their vitality W as Impaired, bat not extiuguLvbed—their buttons sus pended, bat not deatroyed. - Butif any State neglects or refuses to paean= its offices, Mere Is themore need thatthe GimerzliGov comment Should Maintain all its authority, and, as itetnits pra4190411 PIMP UP forcbe of all ill • illi Mk ' faint:ham On thle,principle I have 04 Mid have -grsdnidlY and quietly, and by almost imperceptible steps, sought to ristore the rightftd enexfix of the GenerslGovetament and of the States.. To that end, Provisional Governors have heen , appetbuted for the States, Conventions called, Governors elected, Leg islatures aseceetded;and Senators and Representas Gres chosen to the Congress of the United Staters At the same time. the Courts of the United States. as far as could be done, have been reopened, so that the laws of the ;United Stake' may' be enforced through their agency. The blockade bas b een et .„ moved and the Custom-Houses re-established In pone of entry, so that the revenue of the United States may be collected. The PostUflice Departs meet renews its ceaseless activity, and the General Government is thereby enabled to communicate promptly with Its officers and agents. The courts bring security to persons and property; the opening of the porta invites the restoration of industry and commerce ; the porit-office renews the belittles of social intercourse and of bnelneec. And is it not happy for us all, that the restorktion of each one Of these functions of the General , Government brings with it a bleseing to the States over which they are extended? Is It not a sure promise of harmony and renewed attachment to the Union that, after all that has happened, the return of the General Govern ment is known only as a beneficence I know very well that Ode policy ii attended with some risk; that for its enemas it requires at least the acquiescence of the States which It concerns; that it implies an invitation to those States, by re newing their allegiance to the Milted States, to re some their functions as States of the Unites Rut it is a risk that 'meet be taken ; in the choke of diffi culties, it is the smalleet risk; and to diminish and, if possible, to remove ell danger, I have felt It in cumbent on me to assert one other. power of the General Government—the power of pardon. As no State can throw a defense over the crime of treason, the power of pardon is exclusively veiled in the Ex ecutive Government of the United States. In exer cising that power, I bale taken evert ., precaution to connect it with the etcetera recognition of the bind ing force of the laws of the United States, and an unqualified acknowledgm ant of the great social change of condition in regard to Slavery which has grown out 01 the war. The next step which I have takep to restore the Constitutional relations of the States, has been an invitation to them to participate in the high office of amending the Constitution. Every patriot must "wish for a general amnesty at the earliest epoch consistent with, public safety. For this great end there is need of a concurrence of all opinions, and the spirit of mutual conciliation. All parties in the late terrible conflict must week together in harmo ny. It is not too much to ask. in the name of the whole people, that on the one sid e , the plan of res toration sha ll in conformity with a willing ness to cast the disorders of the pass into oblivion; and that, on the other, the evideucefof sincerity in the future maintenance of the Union shall he put beyond any doubt by the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Conetitntion, which provides for the abolition of Slavery forever within the limits of our country. leo long as the adoption of this amendment is delayed, so long - will doubt and Jealousy and uncertainty prevail.; This is the meas ure which will efface the tad memory of the past; this is the measure which will most certainly call population, rosi capital, and security to those paOS of the Union which needs them wet. Indeed, It not too much to ask of the States, witch are now resuming their places In the (ismily. of the Union to give this pledge of perpetual lierilityi and peace. Until it is done, the past, however much we may desire it, will not be forgotten. The adoption of the amendment reunites us beyond all power of disrup tion It heals the wound that is imferfectly closed; itremoves Slavery, the element wit Eh has so long perplexed and divided the country„, it makes of us once more a united people, renewed and streetben ea, bound more than ever to mutual affection and support. The amendment to theConstitetioin being adopted, it would remain for the States, whose powers have been so long in abeyance, to resume their pces in the two branches of the National Legislature, and thereby complete the work of restoration. Here it Is for you, fellow-citizens of the Senate, and for you, fellow-citizens of tee House of RePresentatives, to Judge, each of you for yourselves, Of the elections, returns, and qualifications of your Own members. The full assertion of the pawersr.of the General Government requires the holding of Circuit Courts of the United States within the districts where their authority has been interrupted. itv'he plesent poe. ture of public affairs, strong objeetions have been urged to the holding of these courts lu any of the States where the rebellion. ban evistid ; and it was ascertained, by inquiry, that the Circuit Court of the United States would not be held within the District of Virginia daring the Autumn or early Winter, nor until Congress should have "an opportunity to consider and act on.. the whole sub ject." To your deliberations the restoration of this branch of, the civil authority of the 'United States is therefore necessarily referred, with the hope that early provision wt.l be made (or the resumption ni all its hanctions. It is manliest that treason, most flagrant en its character ban been committed. Per sons who are charged/With ita commission should have fair and imparted trials in the-higtiest civil tri. brinals of the eountrY, in ordet that 'the Constitution and the laws my be fully vindicated ' ; the troth clear established and aflirtbed that treason is a crime, that traitors should be poinished and theoffense made In famous ; and, at the same time, that the question 411.,,1er 5..1 for e v er that place In the Union. The relations of the General Government towards the four millions of inhabitants which the war has called into freedom, have engaged my meat merlons consideration. On the propkiety of attempting to make the freedmen electors by the proclamation of the Executive, I took for my counsel the Constitu tion itself, the interpretations:of that instrument by Its authors end their contemporaries, and recent legislation by Congress. When, at the first move ment towards Independence, the Congress of the United States Instructed the severahStates to insti tute governments of their own, they left each State to decide for Itself the conditions (sir the enjoyment of the elective franchise. Dating the period of the Confederacy, there continued' to exist a very great diversity In the qualificationq of electors in the see eral States; and even within ait3tate. a distinction of qualifications prevailed with recardi to the officers who were to be chosen. The Constitution of the United States recognizes these diversities *ben It enjoins that, In the choice of itleM. , 66 - e of the House of Representatives of the United States, "the electors in each State shall Lave the qualifications requisite for electors of the Most numerous branch of the State Legislature " After the formation of the Constitution, it remained,:as before, the uniform usage for each State to enlarge the body of its rice tors according to its own jothernent"; and, under this system, one State after mother has proceeded to Increase the number of its Siectora, until now uni versal suffrage, or something very near it, is the general rule. So fixed was this reservation of pow er in the habits of the people,..and to unquestioned has been the interpretation of the Constitution, that during the civil war the late firesident never harbor ed the purpose ..ertainly teeter avowed the purpose —of disregarding it ; and in, the nets of Congress, during that period, nothing tan be found which, during the continuance of hoatilities, much leas af ter their close, would have sanctioned any departure by the Executive from a policy which has so uni formly obtained. Moreover,"a COOCeE6iOII of the elective franchise to the freedmen, by act of the President of the United States; must have been ex tended to all colored men, wherever found, and so must have established a change of. suffrage -in the Northern, Middle and Western Staten, not less than in the Southern and -South-Western. Bach an act would have created a new clatis of voters and would have been an assumption of power by the President which nothing in the Conathotion or laws of the United States would have warranted. On the other hand. every,. danger of conflict Is avoided when the settlement'Of the' question Is re ferred to the several States. They man, each for It self, decide on the measure, and whether It is to be adopted at once and absolutely, 'or introduced grad ually and with conditions. In my. judgment, the freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain a participation in the elective franchise through the Stares than through the Gen eral Government. even if it hid power to intervene_ When the tumbitsof emotions that have-been raised by the soddenness of the social change shall have subsided, it may prove that they will receive the kindest usage from some of tthose on whom they have heretofore most closely depended. Bat while I have no douht that now, after the clone of the war, it is not conmetent for the Gener• al Government to extend the elective franchise in the several States, it is equally clear that good faith requires the security of the freedmen in their liberty' sod their property, their right to labor, and their right to claim toe, ust returned' their labor. I can not too strongly urge a diatiassionate treatment of this subject, Whitt should be carefully kept aloof from all party strife. We must equally avoid hasty assumptions of any natural inipossibillty for the two races to live aide by side, in 6 state of mutual bene fit and good Will. The experiment involves us in no inconsistency; let us, theta, go on and make that experiment in .good faith, and not be too easily dis heartened. The country la ir6aeed of labor, and the freedmen are In need of emPloyment, culture, and protection. While their right of voluntary migra tion and expatriation is not to be questioned, I would not advise their forced removal and coloniz ation. Let lad rather encourage them to tuanorahle and TL6el ELI industry, where It may be beneficial- to themselves and to the country ; and, Instead of has ty anticipations of the certainty of failure, let there be nothing wanting to the fair trial of the experi ment The change in their Condition is the antirti• ration of labor by contract-for the status of Slavery. The freedman Cannot be fairly accused of tinwillhag nem to work,;ao long as a dOnbt remains about his freedom of choice in his ppritfits, and the certainty of his recovering,his stipulated wages. In this the interests of theemployer and the employed coincide. The employer: desires in his workmen spirit and alacrity, and these,ear be permanently secured in no other way: And it one Ought to be able to en force the contract, so ought the other. The public interest will he beet promoted if the several States willprovide adequate proteetion and remedies for the freedmen. Until that I In some way accom plished, there is no chanee for the advantageous use of their labor; and the bluing of 111-success will not rest on them. I know that aineere phllanthrophy Is earnest fos the Immediate tettllzation of its remotest alms; but tune is always an elemetit lh reform. It is one of the greatest sets on reeordl to have brought fear millions of peopletritortn. The career of fro. industry must' be; Uhl otiened to them ; and then their future piosperity and 'condition must, atter all, rest mainly on themitetrei. If they fait, iodise Perish away, let Olathe arena that the faittlre shall not be attributable to anYdeistal ofPuttee: In' all that relates to the deitiny 4f theliftdmen,- we used Ito be toe eelbullikolea %boletus; may /Or e t 4- , = . ENE dents which, from a speculative point of vlew,might raise alarm, will quietly settle themselves. Now that Slavery is at au end or near its end, the greatness of its evil, in thettoint of view of public econottlY.bcoOmes more and more apparent. Slave ry was essentially s monopoly oflattor, and as such, locked the . states where It preitalted against the In coming of free industry. where labor was the prop erty - cif the capitalist, the white man was excluded from employment, or had but the-second beat chance of finding it ; and the foreign emigrant turn ed away from the region where his condition would be co precarious. With the destraction of the mo nopoly, free labor will hasten from all parts of the civilized world to assist In developing various and unineasumble resources which have hitherto lain dormant. The eight or nine States nearest the Gull of Mexico have a toil of exuberant fertility, a cli mate friendly to long We, and can sustain a denser population than Is found as yet In any part of our country. And the future influx of population to them will be mainly from the North, or from the most cultivated nations of Europe. True; the star fertngs that have attended them during our late struggle, let us look away to the future, which is sure to be laden for them with greater prosperity than has ever before been known. The removal of the monopoly of slave labor is a pledge that those regions will be peopled by a numerous and interest ing populatlosk, which will vie with any In the Onion in compactness, inventive genius, wealth, and Industry. Our Government springs from and was made for, the people—not the people for the Govenment. To' them it owes allegiance ; from them it must derive Its courage, strength, and wisdom.. Sat, while the Government is thus bound to deter to the people, from whom It derives Its existence, it should, from the very considerationlof its origin, be strong in Its power of resistance to the establishment of Inequall- Gee Monopolies, perpetulUes, and class legh3le lion, are contrary to the genius of free government, and ought not to be, allowed: Here, there Is no room for favored classes or monopolies ; the princi ple of our Government is that of equal laws and freedom of industry. Wherever monopoly attains a foothold, It is sure to he a source of danger, discord, and trouble. We shall.but fulfill our duties as legis lators by according "equal and exact Justice to O men," special privileges to none. The Government is subordinate to the people ; but, as the agent and representative of the people, it must be held supe rior to monopolies, which, In themselves, ought never to be granted, and which, where they exist, must be subordinate and yield to the Government The Constitution confers on Congress the right to regulate commerce among the several States. It is of the first necessity, for the maintenance of the Union, that that-commerce should be free and Imola stringed. No State can be justified In any device to tax the travel and transit between States. The po sition of many States is such, that if they were al lowed to take advantage of It for purposes of local revenue, the commerce between States might be in• juriously burdened, or even virtuously prohibited.— It is heat, while the country It still young, sod while the tendency to dangerous monottalles of this kind is still feeble, to use the power of Congress so as to prevent any selfish impediment to the free cir culation of men and merchandise. A tax on travel and merchandise, in their transit, constitute{ one of the worst forms of monopoly, aad the evil is in creased if coupled with a denial of the choice of route. When the vast extent 01 our country is con sidered, it Is plain that every obstacle to the free cir culation of commerce between the States ought to be sternly guarded against by appropriate legial•' [ion, within the limits of the Constitution. The report of the Secretary of the Interior explains the condition of the public lands, the transactions of the Patent Oftke and the Pension Aurelio, the man agement of our treliall affairs, the progress made In the construction of the Pacifie Railroad, and furn ishes Information In reference to matters of local in west in the District of Coltinibia. It also presents evidence of the successful operation of the Home. stead Act, under the provisions of which 1,150.533 acres of the public lands were entered during the last fiscal year—more than one fourth of the whole number of acres sold or otherwise disposed or du ring that period. It Is estimated that the receipts derived from this source are sufficient to corer the expenses incident to the survey and disposal of the lands entered under the net, and that payments in ca-h to the extent of from 10 to 50 per cent will be made by settlers, who mny thus at any time acquire title before the expiration of the period at which It would otherwise vest. The homestead policy wan only after tone and eanv.st rtalatarvve experience proves its .wisdom. The lands in the bands of Industri , rus settlers. whose labor creates wraith and contributes to the public resources, are worth mote to the United States than If they had been reserved as a coat ude toe future purchasers. The lamentable events of the last four years, and the sacrifices made by the gallant men of onr army and navy, have swelled the records of the Pension Bureau to an uopreeedented extent. On the 30th day of June last, the total number of penslone - s was St 'AK requiring for their annual pay...exclusive of expenses, the enm of SS 0'2:3.445. The number of applications that have been allowed since that date will require a large increase of this amount for the next fiscal year. The means for the payment of the stipends clue, under existing laws, to our diaabled soldiers and sailors, and to the families of such as have perished - in the sera ice of the country, will no doubt be cheerlully and promptly grunted. A emit fell people will not hesitate to sanction any ma es ores having for their object the relief of soldiers • ii:a,Mtite obi Nailantn eIIsrETICE: • • The report of the Postmaster-General presents an encouraging exhibit of the operations of the Post- Office Department during the year. The revenues of the past year from the loyal States alone exceed the maximum annual receipts from all the States previous to the rebellion, in the sum of $5,CE38.01 : and the annual average Increase of revenue during the last four years, compared with the revenues of the four years immedmtely preceding the rebellion, was $1,533,845. The revenues of the last fiscal year amounted to .114,556,155, and the expenditures of $13,t394,7, flenvirmi a surplus of receipts over ex penditures of $561,480. Progress ban been made In ri storing the postal service in the southern States. The views presented by the Postmaster - General sgiinst the policy of granting subsidies to ocean mail steamship lines upon established routes, and in fa vor of eontlr elm; the present system, which limits the compensation for ocean service to the postage earnings, are recommended to the careful considera tion of Congress. It appears, from the report of the Secretary of the nary, that while, at the commencement of the prea eat year, there were in commission 530 vessels of all classes and descriptions, armed with 3,000 guns, and manned by 51,000 men, the number of vesvels at present in commission is 117, with 830 guns and 12,1 men. By this prompt reduction of the naval forces the expen s es of the Government have been largely diminished. and a number of vessel•, pur chased for naval purposes from the merchant ma rine, have been returned to the peaceful pursuits of commerce. Since the snppre'eion of active hvetiit ties, our foreign squadrons have been me-estatillaued, and consist of vessels much more efficient than those employed on similar service previous to the rebellion The suggestion fur the enlargement of th, navy-yards, and eepecielly for the establishment of one in fresh water fur Iron-clad vessels, is deserving of consideration, on la also the recommendation for a different location and more ample grounds for the Naval Academy. In the report of the Secretary of War, a general summary is given of the military campaigns of 1864 and 1865, ending in the suppression of armed resist ance to the national authority in the insurgent States The operations of the general administra tive Bureaus 01 the R'at' Department during the past year are detailed, and an estimate made of the appropriations that will be required for military pur poses it the- (beat year commencing the 50iti day of June, 1366. Tree national military force on the let 01 itay, 1865, numbered 1,020,516 men. It is pro posed to reduce the military establishment to a peace footing, comprehending 50,000 troops of all arms, organized, an us to admit of an rnlarg•onent br tilling up the ranks, to te2..6lef, if the circumstances of the country should require an augmentation of the Army. The voluoteer force has already been re duced by the discharge from service ot over 600,000 troops, and the Department is proceeding rapidly in the work of further reduction. The war estimates are reduced from *516,240,131 to $3O 813.461, which amount, in the opinion of the Department, is ade quate for a peace establishment. The measures of retrenchment in each Bureau and branch of the ser vice exhisit a diligent economy worth) of commend ation. Reletence is alto made in thc report to the necessity of providing for a uniform military sys tem, and to the propriety of making suitable pro• vision for wounded and ditahled ollicers and sol dier& The revenue system of the country is a subject of -vital interest to its honor and prosperity, and sho'ld command the earnest consideration of Congress.— The Secretary of the Treasury will lay before you a full and dettiled report of lhe receipts and disburse ments of the la,t year, of the first quarter of the present fiscal year, of the probable receipts and ex penditures for the other three quarters, and the ea. tit:Dates for the year following the 30th of June,lBG6. I might content myself with a reference to that re port, in which you will find all the iuformation re quired fur your dellherations and decision. But the Paramount importance of the subject so presses !t -een on my own mind, that 1 canriot but lay before you my views of the measures which arc required for the good character, and, 1 might almost say, for the existence of the people. The lite of a Repub lic lice certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelli gence of Its chines; but it is equally true that a good revenue system is the life of an organized Gov• ernment. I meet yostut a time when the nation the voluntarily burdened Itself with a debt unprecedent ed in our annals. Vast as is its amount, it fades away Into nothing when compared with the count less blessings that will be conferred upon oar coun try and upon man by the preservation or the na tion's life. Now, on the first occasion of the meet ing of Congress since the return of peace, it is of the utmost importance to inaugurate a just policy, which shall at once be put in motion, and which shall commend itaelf to those who come after us for its continuance. We must aim at nothing less than the complete effacement of the financial evils that necessarily follow a state of civil war. We must endeavor to apply the earliest remedy to the deranged state of the currency, and not shrink from devising a policy, which, without being oppreative to the people, shall immediately begin to effect a re auction 01 the debt find , if persisted in, discharge it fully within a defin itely fixed number of years. Ills our drat duty to prepare hi earnest for oar re covery front the ever-increasing evils aan irredeem able currency, without a sudden revulsion, sad yet without untimely procrastination. For that end, ISO must, each In our respective positions, prepare the way. I hold it the duty of the Executive to in• slat upon frugality In the expenditures; and a spar ing economy is itself agreat national resource. Of the bankikto which authority : has been given to 1* gusset. neared by bonds of* unilW 11111441, =ME may require the greatest moderation and prudence, and the lalernest be rigidly Catered when Its Milts are exceeded. ; We may, each one of my counsel our active and enterprising countrymen to be: constantly on their guard, - to liquidate debts contracted In pa per currency, and, by conductiog• 'wildness u nearly as possible on a system of cash payments or short erediti e to hold themselves prepared to return to the standard orsold And sliver. To aid our fellow-elti ai•ns In the prudent management of their monetary affairs, the duty devolves on tie to diminish by law the amount of 'raper money now In circulation.— Five years ago the bank-note circulation of the coun try amounted to not much wore than two hundred millions; now the circulation, bank and national, ex coeds seven hundred millions. The simple state -1 merit of the fact recommends more strongly than any words of mine can do, the necessity of our re straining ilia expansion. The gradual reduction of the currency is the only measure that can save the nuttiness of the country from disastrous calamities; and this can be almost Imperceptibly accomplished by gradually funding the national circulation In se curities that may be made redeemable at the pleasure of the Government. Oar debt is doubly seenre—erst in the actual wealth and still greater undev.tel—ti resources of the country; and next in the character of our Insti tutions. The moat Intelligent observers among po litical economists have not failed to remark that the public debt of a country Is sale In proportion as Its people are free—that the debt of a republic is safest of all. Our history corer - me and establishes the theory, and is, I firmly believe, destined to give It a still more signal Illustration. The secret of this an perlority springs not merely from the fact that In a republic the national obligations are dist ritintsal more widely through eountlees numbers in all classes of society; It has its root in the character of our laws. Here all men contribute to the public welfare, and bear their fair share of the public burdens. During the war, under the impulses of patriotism, the men of the great body of the people, without regard to their own comparative want of wealth, thronged to oar armies end tilled our fleets of war, and held them selves ready to offer their lives for the public eood. Now, In their turn, the property and income of the country should bear their just proportion of the burden of taxation, while In our impost system, through means of which Increased vitality la inci dentally imparted to all the industrial interests of the nation, the duties should be so adjusted as to fall most heavily on articles of luxury, leaving the ne cesearhas of life as free frutn taxation as the absolute wants of the Governmeut, economically administer ed, will justify. No fa•vored class should demand freedom trom assessment, and the taxes should he so distributed as not to fall unduly on the poor, but rather on the accumulated wealth or the country We should look at the national debt just as IL Is— , not as a national blessing, but us a heavy burden on the industry of the country, to be discharged with out unnecessary delay. It is estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury that the expenditures for the liscal year ending the 30th of June, 1&A, will ear-red the receipts $112,194,. 047. It is gmtioltor, however, to state that it la al so estimated that there, nue for the year ending the 30th of June, 1:567. will exceed the expenditures in the sum of $111,652 818 This amount, or so nrtch of it as may be deemed sufficient for the purpos.t. may be applied to the re duction of the publo.d. i,t ty huh, en the 31st day of October, 0565, "as V 2,740 854,730. Every eduction will diminish the total amount. of interest to be paid and so enlarge the mew a of still further redactions, o• util the whole shall lw itquid.tted—and this, us will be seen from the estimate, of the Secretary of the Treasury, may he aectan; lished by annual payments even within a period not r-XCeediog thirty years. / have faith that eve shall do all this nitain a reasona ble length of time—that, as we have amazed the world by the suppression of a civil war which was thought to be beyond the control eat any Govern m-eat., so shall we equally show the superiority of our Institutions by the prompt and faithful discharge of our national obiti:at es.. • The Department of Agriculture, under Ins present direction, is accomplishing much in developing and utilizing the vast agricultural eapalilitien of the country, and for information respecting the details of its management reference is mode to the annual re ina h r a t v o e f d t w h e e l t C t s t i; '' fl r our domeelle affairs be cause of their transcendent Importance. Under any Orel:m:o4.Bnm , , our great t stem of territory and ca rick 01 climate, proili.v . i.4; 01110,4 r very ttli nu' that la necessary for Inc wants, end even comfort, of Matl,Mat:e lie riegnl rte Ir.detn. it , lit of the v:vt inn policy of foreign pm. cry, ai.d protect frf ag„in a ev cry temptation to "entangling alliances." while at the present 11101012 ,, t the ref etatillshment of harmo ny, isn't the ztrength 'flint conies iron] harmony, 'NM be our beat security u stnet " nations who feel pow er and forget ireht ' For rot self, it ha, beim and it will he my constant airs to promote piece at LI amity nith all toreign twli,nis 11114 foyers, a , k,t I hi., a, ev ery reason to believe that they ail, without exception, are aulmated by the same dl-. p osh ion Oar rein , hiLlb with the Elli pet Or of Chinn, so recent in tn.. it origin. are most triendly. Our commerce with his domin ions is receiving new developerienpf--and it is very pleasing to Ond that the Government of that great Empire manliest* astiatsetion with our policy, and repu,es Just contldruce In the f.,ltnee,t which mark, our Intercourse. The nnt,rukett harmony between the United Staten and the Ernporor of Ruexia I , re ceking new support from au enterprl,e deetzned to carry telezraphic lines scrota the continent of through his dominiona, and so to connect us with .IlAcul4Ralaut-Auat,013845,4Pci11tgE9,,,1.,P-_ receive eneouragement by a dirtot line of mall steamships to the rising Empire of Brszti. The distiuguishcd party of men of scisnee who have re eently left our country to mike a scientific • xplors- Atoll of the natural tiistory and rivers and mountain taner-s of that region, have received tram the Em peror that generous welcome which "at to have been expected from his constant triend4hip for the Celled States, and hiA well-known awl in promoting the advancement of knowledge - . A hope is entertained that imr commerce with thi rich and populous e‘rtint ries that lyord,r the Medi! erranean Sea rimy he largely iecrenst d. Nothi:e will be wanting cul the part of this Government t. extend the protection of our Dag over enter prise of our fellow eitiZ , ms. We receive from fie rowers In that region assurances of goodwill, ant it is worthy of Cote , Lit a Ep , ,ial cutoy b o ught us messages of cotidonince un the death of our tat. Chief Magistrate from the Mey of Tunis, whose rub Includes the old dominion of Carthage, on the Alri can coast. Our domestic contest, now so happily ended, has left some traces In our relations with one at least of the great maritime Powers. The formal accordant., of belligerent fights to the insurgent States was us precedented, and has nut been justitied tit the issue. But In the systems of neutral ity pursued by the Powers which made that concession, there was a marked difference. The materials of war forth- in set-gent States were turmaloal, in a great measure, from the workshops of great Within and Bfltisli ships, manned by British subjects. and prepared for receiving British armaments, soiled from the ports of Carina Britain to make war on American cote metes, under the stool, of a commission from the insurgent States. These ships, havieg once eacapt Iron British Ports, ever alters:lrd entered them in every part or the world, to refit, and so to renew their depredations. The conseqaences of this roe duct were most disa6trotis to the States then in re• hellion, increasing their desolation and misery by the prolongation of'oer civil contest. It had, more over, the effect, to a great extent, to 'iris e the Amer ican 11 , g from the 61,, and to transfer much of our shipping and on r Commerce to the very Power whose suljects had created the necessity for such a These events took phi, tielure I was eall• d to tbe administration of lb •(i rranent. The sincere de sire for peace by wldeb I am nut mated led me to al - prove the propos.d almenly made, to submit the questiodif vraien bad thus :of, r, bet weer the esur• tries to arbitration. These questions are of suet, moment that they must have commanded the atti n• lion of the great Powers, and are eu int. proven with the peace and Interests of carry one ul them as to have Insured an impsrtlul fleets iOll. I n'en't t. inform you that Gnat Britain di wined the nrhitra meat, but, on the oilier hand, in' ited us to the form ation of a Juba commission to settle mutual claim: between the two countries, from which those for the depredations before mentioned should he excluded The proposition, in that very sosatistactury form, has been declined. The United States did not present the tubjeet as an impeachment of the good I,ith of a power whirl. wan professing the most friendly dispositions, but as Involving questions of public law, of which the set tlement is esse-tial the peace of nation.: and, al though pecuniary reparation to their injured citi zens would have followed incidentally on a decision against Great Britain, such comp-m.llou was not their primary object. They had a higher motive, and it was k the interests of peace and justice to tablish important principles of international Taw.— The correspondence will be placed before you. The ground on which the Biltish Minister reels his justi tleation Is, serbstantlaby, that the municipal law of a nation, and the domestic interpretations of that law, are the measure of Its duty as a neutral ; and I feel bound to declare my opinion before you and before the world, that that justincition cannot be sustain ed before the tribunal of notions. At the tame time I do not advise any present attempt at redress by acts of legislation. For the future, friendship be tween the two conatries must rest on the Muds of mutual justice. From the moment of the establishment of our free Constitution, the civiiirA world has been con. vetted by revolutions In the interests of democracy or-of monarchy; but through all I hare revolutions the United States Lave wisely and firmly refused to become propegandlshi of republl=istn. It is the only government suited to our condition: bat we have never sought to Impute it on others ; and we here consistently followed the advice of Washing ton to recommend it only by the careful preserva tion and prudent use of the blessing. During all the intervening period the policy of European Powers and of the United Mates has, on the whole, been harmonious. 'Twice, Indeed, rumors of the In vasion of some pane of America, in the Interest of monarchy, have prevailed; twice my predecessors have had occasion to announce the views of this na tion in respect to such interference. On both occa sions the remonstrance of the United States was re spected, from a deep conviction on the part of Eu ropean Governments, that the system of non-inter ference end mutual abstinence Won propagandism was the true rule for the two hemispheres. 81n.-e those times we have advanced in wealth and power; but we retain the tame purpose to leave the nations of Europe to choose their own dynuetlee and form their own systenms of government. This consistent moderation may Justly demand a corresponding moderation. We should regard it st, a great calami ty to ourselves, to the cause of rood government, and to We peace of the world, should any European Power challenge the Aincrican people, as it were, to the defence sa' Republicanism against foreign in terference. We 'cannot foresee and are unwilling to reuioler what spportahltiem might pascal them• selves, what combinations might offer to protect ourselves against dealenelnimical to our foredo( gov ernment. The United States desire to act in the future as they have,everted heretofore; they will never be driven froM f 4 that teo but bythe agues ticru sion of European Powers,. dere rely,tan the Oita door and Justice of those Powers to respect the aye-. tem of non-interference which bu so long been eanctinned by time; and which, by its good results, has approved itself to both continents. The correspondence between the United State; and Prance In reference to questions which have hew come subjects of discussion between the two Oov ernments, will,,at theproper time, be laid before Congress- „. When, on the organizition of our Odeermnent, under the Constitution, the President of the United States delivered his Inaugural Address to the two HOUSee of Conereas, he said to them, and through them to the Country and to mankind, that "the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government are Justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on the experiment entrusted. to the American peo ple." And the House of Representatives answered Washington, by the voice of Madison : "We adore the Invisible hand which has led the American peo ple through en many difficulties, to cherish a con pious responsibility for the destiny of republican liberty." More than seventy-six years have elided 'may since these words were spnkeo—the United States have panned through severer trials than ware i foreseen ; and now, at this new epoch In our exist ence as one nation, with our Union purified by sor rows, and strengthened by conflict, and established -by the virtue of the people, the greatness of the oc casion Invites us once more to repent, with solemni ty, the pledges of our fathers to Fold ourselves an swerable to our fellow-men for the success of the Republican form of government Experience has proved Its efficiency In peace and In war ,• it has vin diected its authority through dangers and afflictions, and sodden and terrible emergencies, that would have crushed any system that had been leas firmly fixed in the hearts of the people. At the inaugura tion ot Washington the foreign relations of the country were few, and its trade was repressed by hostile regulations; now all the civilized rations of the globe welcome our commerce, and their govern ments profess towards us amity. Then our country felt its way hesitatingly along an untried path, with . . States so little bound together by rapid means of communication as to be hardly known to one anoth er, and with historic traditions extending over very few years; now intercourse between the States is swift-and Intimate; the experience of centuries Ire been crowded into a few generations, and has creat ed an Intense, Indestructible nationality. Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond the ineonvenlent boundaries of the territory which had achieved In dependence; now, throngh cessions of lands, first colonized by Spain and France, the country has ac quired a more complex character, and has for its natural limits the chain of Lakes, the Gulf of Mex ico, and on the east and went the two great oceans. Other nations were wasted by civil wars for ages be fore they could establish for themselves the necessa ry degree of unity ; the latent conviction that our forts of government in the best ever known to the world, has enabled us to emerge from civil war within four years, with a complete vindication of the Constitutional authority of the General Govern• ment, and with our local liberties and Bute institu tions unimpaired. The , throne.; of emigrants that crowd to one shores are witnernes of the confidence of all peoples in our permanence. Here is the great land of free labor, where industry is blessed with unexampled rewards, and the bread of the workingman fsawect en• d by the consciousness that the eanse of the coentry "In his own cense, bin own safety, tits own dignity." Here every one enjoys the free use of bin fseulties and the choice of activity as a natural right. Herr, under the combined influence of a frnitful soil, genial Mimes, and happy institutions, popu lation linsinereatted fifteen-fold within a century.— Ifere, through the easy development of bound less resources, wealth has increased with two fold greater rsnidity than nomhera, no that we have become secure against the financial vicissi tudes of other countries, and, alike in Mushiess end in opinion, are scif-centered end truly independent. Here more and more care is given to provide ed ucation for every one born on oar eoll. Here mll - released from political connection with the Civil Government, refutes to set:teem the craft of eaten m.m. and becomes, in its independence, the spirit ual life of the people. Here toleration is extended to every opinion, in the quiet certainty that truth needs only a fair field to secure the victory. Here the human mind worn forth unshackled in the par suit of &eve , . to collect stores of knowledge and acquire an ever-increasing mastery over the fordo of nature. Here the national domain is offered and held in millions of net crate freeholds, no that our fellow citizens, beyond the ocenpantit of any other t i nr f of the earth, constitute, in reality a people.— , Here exists , the democratic lona of government and ' that form'of government, by the confession of Eu ropean statesmen, "gives a power of which no other form is capable, because it incorporates every man with the State, and arouses everything that belongs to the real," Where, In past history, doer a parallel exist to the public happiness which is within the reach of the p e ople of the United States? Where, In any part of the globe, can institutions be found so suited to their habit. or so entitled to their love as their own :roc Constitution? P.very one of them, then, in whatever part of the lend he hen his home, must wish Its perpetuity. Who of them will not now ac iffy-sail/al-Fay h43,14c. ;;Eo.rtls,gl Washington, that 'sec have advanced to the character of an - in - ffepenVal. nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of Providential agency ?" Who will not join with me in the prayer, that the Invisible hand which lafts.led us through the clouds, that Bloomed around oar path, will so guide na onward to a pertect res toration of fraternal affection, that we of this day mar be able to transmit onr great inheritance, of State Governments in all their rights, of tho General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, to our pnaterity, and they to their. through countless gene,' lone ? ANDREW JOHNSON. WASIII3.MTON, Dec. 4th, 1565. Arte Advertiumento. ROGERS ELY, U. S. Licensed Auctioneer:. WILL • te: 1 Ipuntlnsll 9 to .11 m:1. ravt . Itrook r ..;y 4 . F.'. Dee 5, Books ! Books ! Fi l t t THE 1101 WATS. Just early:llg. and nle J. I YONb It Soli. H, Ins AUCTION SALE THE auh•cre.er• having gold bla farm. will tell on the_premlm one mlc awl hal trim llontere Toodgy. Dec i at l.n o'clock. a. In the following prtgerev *risme rood cow., 5 pearl ne helfera—antic In. 1 pair rearllog colt, 1 C 0,13 HuLlysed'a mowing maxilla., tanraneml l l, reel:road power dcg chnro, gain c adie, p.o.g, harrow., yokes, cna.tta. bay. straw. potato,. ta.d many other ankles TERN. _ell atoms nod. 616. moth 610 or ogee. nine months . credit w: en Intennt •ndl approved gecuntv. D. D. HINDS .110atrese. Dec. 11.13g5.-11r F ni71.31.1V, Auctioneer DISSOLUTION. YUEN copartberttilo heretofore misting under the tams end tl 1 of Kant it eon le itir day d rolled.: by tuattial cotirett. 'IL to.oortz and order an In It, hillole ot A W. Kent /or settlen.ent Toe torrin-u wilt ter ntleutO be*. W. Kent, who will =bre, please ad who hat laver bon with hair patroLare llr E. S. KENT. 3. Itafti.-8 w. a. W. KENT. FOR SALE A Farm lc t.• Llrlderweter. the . ryno'cla' Farm, In the HI I td thou cola from uotiroee , ronteltarg lat.out 130 llacre. r t olente ottly ..aid rood timbered rte tau er 'doom ...II more than pay f•r the piece. about, boo. oc ',wt . trot. r. farm we,l watereo—wrlt adapted for dairy 415., • e rineir wh , tl3 edit ie •Ild with the pie., If des. red rir tit SI • Lye I, a Loon a ' " lot In et ontrote, ennreo truth , trrs-tmd for faroLy Por 11t.14”. Ac . ergot. of Y. ILEYS"LI:08 Jeoutroot. or It It elf N..Ll.lnon mid larca. Idut.trose. L.e, 11. IrGII.-4w NEW DRUG STORE IN DUNDAFF. 0. wEA VEIL has opened a Deus .tore 1, the Borough of nnnd.t.t. whsru salt to tonna an estonstslt asaortmeut of ar. tiele •In hts I nn, =melt luntga. and ctn., clunalesla, trnsltrwr.glas.. dyes-IL. varnbh, laurettu'rrl, tlnlturaary. )ante, t A 15,, Enod Ilquora tor rustlsclual purtsaaa, sad nateni mealc otta ; all of which s to said clasp for cut, Doodad, Ps, Dec 11 1865.-tf O. 0. VrEAVVE. WOOLEN SOCKS, NEW, VERY CHEAP. AND EXCELLENT QUALITY, ALSO, Harness and Halters, YOU SALE AT BATHE & BROTHERS lloaticak December 4.1841.-4 w WANTED, A FIRST CLASS MILLIS. Eoqtdre ►t Unfold 11111.5 us Ja. quchann► rounty. P. intw.mba 4. 184.-144 p. frieGOODS FALLING -en GOOD CA.I 10 r for 25 tents per yard—Detainee from IQ to 40 =Ma p.r yard. WoLien cloths. ratMee, Hood; .Tlppetr, r au, "apt 1300 t., &e., &v. Brio[ onion , titeentockeend we item 10 to 20 per mut. i. 2.l.rbd 6 M.M. Nov. 20. 1645. Envelopes. G REAT VARII3 Y; COM,UIm; aIT rz ctbe NGIi.AUL irz.,t. TUE ONLY PLACE W a rt! on ' Z ''' Va l et; run' ° tie " "11 AMA" MR. d. . OXI VW, NOW IS THE TINE TO BUY. ,o--. s * HINE &' CO., GRANITE - BLIICK,'BINGHAMTON,.N. .V., HAVE ousted o:sleuths Stork of Goble berws. :July to tbie JU. old prices before the War: MERINOES,7 POPLINS, SILKS, MOHAIBS, ALPACCAS, REPS, DRESS GOODS, (all kinds,) DELAINES, CALICOES, SHEETINGS, CLOTHS, (all kinds,) WI are da'ly modal:is Lane addltlaau to our stork. atd dual cot:alma to rell Goods &taw than any Flows to totrr . liow Is the time to tat•. team another advance. Ll. HINE, et CO , :* cowt. West. Binghamton. N T gM" M. J... noun .111 be happy to tee hie Wen& st the above place, and a prepaced to give ttem goad bawl= Itlotbam•on. Decanter It, 1843.-11 3,lc)rirrytos. MUSICAL INSTITUTE. The First Farm of the Montrose Musical Institute . will commence January Bth, 1806, and continue three month... Tin alert of this lmalluts Is to .trod Ladles and Gentlemen an opportunitv for &Noising a thinn orb ronslatl sdneatlon In all branches of the Selene, and panlcolar advantaces will he err:ll ea to • neh as desire to qualify themselves los teaching. It will oe cede , the direction Prof. J. T Gown, wasted by e competes t corps of teachers In each derrartment. Caen lar, Karin; terms and ordsr exercise, will he sent to any odor , . on appllcttlon to the Pendpal n• O. TI Beamed elm, Montrose, Fee. 4.1815. J. TII..I.uTSUM Ptimpad. PUBLIC VENDIIE THE nadealim.d will eller tor eel, by emetton. no the term tately owned by him, shoo* one mlle eat of 'fitemeresNoo Wefteadev, December Mk, 1465, e 19 °Week a, m., the fhllowbc Twenty choice Cove 1 5 Yeulluts. 1 vile oxen. 1 rtdr four pm, old HMI.. / pelt work Horse.. 4 Colt.. i ^t-Cart, Mem ear o rid.. 1 Now •nd 4 Maeda, end • puma., .fi1...-• TERMS.—ATI sums nnder ten dollar.. cah: len dollars or over, •L'A PUBLIC VENDUE MITE onderrignod baying sold Ms fVm, all by Indian, on the promises In Lathrop. on Thuordly. Verermte• 14th, 1114 1 aim o'clock m . the folln.lnr detoribt d property. One yoke 1100.1111 Ore." I pal. of L 1,31... I npan Of Ihr, (0, heir nod one three year. otd.) 1 brroodine Mare. 7 firma and I fat Cme. 8 ho.d iron-ratra-oid. 4 Calve. 4 ^ode. and 1 mit one Irmr o d Morgan. I Doody Wag,. 3 Lome. Wagons. nett Demble Harnemoi, 10 Btorep, I Breeding Sow, 4 rittpo Been, Pion, Barrow, Yoke., Chalon, lea:ter. 3 Bob tiled& 1 Tanning mod many other th , ne• nunaerno.t•• mention. . TERMS—AII arum. under ten dollars cash dawn and all we- , en &VII, six mouth,' credit...lth Ir.trres: and approved etalty. Fl• e per tent direct:tat far c door. Lathrop. Dec t. 18>6: _ J. If 7.Y E ROG ERS & ELY. Auctioneers. PUBLIC V ENDUE TTTE undersigned. Imola, sold M. farm. will will by auction. on ht. premises in Yranktio, on Saturday, i comber lath. at ten o' lock a.m.. the following proper, cl •. Cowa I Horse. 3 Pln. I Lumber Warm. 1 top Wayne, 1 mßie throkma Corngheiler, Wheel Florae rake. Crowbar, Plow, Harrows, Ox Flees. Yokes, ChaOtt. Geo deo,. titles Cradle. Sorting. Ornrarent Flaw. ari VIM churn, fledgenda. Stove. and •irlorta other articles too numerous to mention. Aleo about 35 nr 30 to. of Hay. "WO bmgali of cats, Ott Sire.. ge. TERlRi.—el I /LIMA ander ten 4oltara cash ; ten dollars o • nine mouths' est-413,104 h Inter-at and approve d suavity Frestklls. Dee. 14, leo —adtp. E. 13. Slll7ll PUBLIC VIENDUE. Triß undersigned will °Su far rate , ty auction , on his pumbre ha Brooklyn. 011 Thursday, December 14th, IBM. at 10 o'clock A. 11 , the ['Bowing property Two w WV., 1 yearling Volt, 4 good Cows, 4 Spring Calve.. tr Sheen. I hum Warm. 1 muket Warm. I twoborse altrgh, Wow log Slachin, Ilorae RA, Born Cutting 13 , .. •ul` tzar ev. part of a art of Blankteolln% Teed.. Blowe. Marrow Tenth. Chaim. Cerwt or. Scraper. Cara. Oat, and Rye, 'SS new sap Tut, and many other things In abort. I wish , r. eel] murything I ha.. outside the a..use The ado will be pullse, as I have told my fans and mum clone up TlCl‘lll4, All sums taider ten &glue:cub ten dollars or over nine months creell, with Internet and aptrared..ecutrity. Brooklyn, Dee 4. 18aS.—win. JAMES E. BOWE. A JACK FOR SALE. TO FARMERS AND LOVERS OF GOOD PROFITABLE TEAMS TBE rabeerther off . ..rota sell al • haysin a Spaeleb Jut, be tiered to be the toe In the State. Ile le h.& MO. of • rood dispo.ltion, well broken to elnrlo or double barna, it.. Cal stomsth.llllll has produced superior mules. Ha RTICU seta old end weells Om pounds. Residence of the anbsertb-r on the Tuscarora (Web, !f( ontles from tie Oil Well et laasyrile. West Auburn. Postoffs• asliPeas, Rest crty. Pa. &palsies by mall promptly answered JOSEPH H. ATKINS. Bad Springhill, Dec 4, ISCL—Sm Public Vendue ! T At ITTi e.. DE l r , t. , 9lClL.D r tl . l f, o u ffe4Ao ... r Bale, from runteolZ.on4lie doe, Dec 22d, at 10 o'clock, a. m ,tee todowthe pripertr : Twelve cows, Sportier& 3 eilvm. 4 sheep. I colt I try., 1 No., bet wagon, 1 mark , t ',ion. 1 homy, I iingln harr.no, 2 double hAtnere., 3 plow.. ii•rruwe eullb.si or, arul turbos forming and dairy uterine. A lso. s gestalt) of hay and meow, and other ma U.,t00 EllialeTol3l to mention.Tara—All rime under d. dollars, girth ; One de Ilona octet,, tl Months medlt. with mter•it, sod appzied marl ty. nmegoo mar, IV. 4 1643.-ier 11 . SfellitliZlE. Pork Made Easy. POLL BLOODED PREMIUM 0/1 ESTER ITE PlOl3 EACH of the subscribers procured from the a I ebrated breeders, N P Boyer, A (Jo, of Ohms, county, one pair. (eat Wry) of Mb noted breed, and are prepared to manic,. pip of this breed, nal'r—oot ttdd.--or ; or a crone with other bac. am be °Gamed by mb Ina on either of-the subicrlbers- This celebrated breed thin In Chester county, about ally Team arm. the ugh the &moron, of wale of the brat farmers ; and by eztennv. Impralealnu. from Europe, Jed:moue crosslog, close breeding, end bare succeeded In fixing end per petuating the bag breed In America. 1.. 0. TIP RENY. Thorns... R. W. °KLATT. Cites.. =1 " WOODEN END" BRICK BLOCK. 81111231 41 212/17113 An In receipt of the ellololtoT N TOOK of ' HOLIDAY GOODS to WI found to FINE BIBLES, PRA YEE - BOOKS AND HYIf247S, FLYE GOLD PENS, cf, POCKET CUTLERY PRO TOGRA.PHS, MOSS PICTURES, FINE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, FINE FRENCH LITHO. GRAPHS, dc. 'ELUL .EVITIAL SLEEVE BUTTONS, —New an bent Ital.— .TVORY INITIAL SLEEVE MITTONS, _New aad then,— MASONIO JEWELRY; —Only 'nutmeat In turn. - —o—. Ema7tblag eln in anal. knatrata.lgov. V. nu 751417 n • MUM. For Sale. Tm r gi sr i ri k ber WIT tal - os . llo h tl e riE i AND4.o:2 , lfontrr od N ?AVM. ladie r rlnkr. DIU Montrose,Sow W. 1613.-11 D. BRE Meagli, Wool! VVocol MIME ioNterlbers would lufarm It tr tiletet sad the wine 4119. call that tbsv are prepart4 W twos , ' Woqk to mandsoun on abaaa 0, bl the Yird. dlao Word Carding sod ololh Dttola• 11•••1• • gwaAy le. • ' AK J. INGHAM. Citarribra Imo 11.1161 L-11 Notice to Farmers. GOVlnbairrer ?LAM HA RAMSES, Haltrre, Matte. pleikokad Woo 0.3 kinds Alm Herne Marla& Bed Eden. k.t BrrretegtHe - Head, TaTe!A &r as& et blenimealact.l4 111664 t B. IL BATHE & Ban MOSSES E. M. & E. A. VADAkIII Villqets& chess tAkas. First Door South of the Catholic Church, W &adorable uscrthaent of Milker? Goods .111 I/ V kept coastantly on band. 8C..118 of the 10x0 011& =Ads to order at abort oaks. IC. U. VADB IC. A. VADAILUS. I= TO ME LADIES. DOWN {ryas want to buy a Good Set of Miilk Furs ~. DO`WN. DOWN. 2 DOWN Come to Scranton, DOWN More au ba found a lam and dna aaportimmt of their viva ot, tin( up and nest stauntantote, mob as Real Iflniofabla. &mina, &bort., equtrrul. bums thrill, water Ill* Hock tdarin, Sliver Martin. Ger man Filen. Ituatian Fitch. and Im itation Fitch—also DOWN. Children's Fancy Pure, DOWN DOWN Scranton. Nov. 11, W 3-113 57 1 rA Ir r r T 711 r I 11. DOWN SELLING CHEAP DOWN lizzullmas etTlis el CLOILEJ3 MARS UP A.ND TO ORDZE GONE DOWN Shawls ! Shawls ! NEW STYLES! I= FURS, FURS O - FURS 1 AT PAULI'S SCRANTON HALL OF FASHION. Scranton, Nov. Mtn, I...—tma. CENTS►' FURKISHING NOM Scranton Hall of ''.ashion! teranton, Nov. lath. 1863.—tm GENTS' FUR COLLARS !! FUR oLovEs, FUR CAPS. BEATER, MAMA. OTTER. AZAL, AND WATERALINS. AT PAULI'S Sas-mason Hall of Fashion. Montrose. Nos. nth, BENTS' SHAWLS, MUFFLERS A SCARFS! HATE, CAPP, PLUM. CANES. AND T73113311.1C.L./....A.a, " SCRANFON HALL OF FASHION. " Scranton, Noy 13th IBIS • fan Sheep Farm for Sale. S ITITAT. F^rnst Iske toannehlp,6ned. Po. P..cantathlng acres, anon: , myroved two good dwell log Km.. es. laro B•rn4 and good anted& ac.. lee • gond orenagd...ll.aler• Fna nclool Howe and CIMICti 11/11.t.th a abort (Ann, ce. Fnr terms addrese L San/CH, Agent. glontroge. P. oci n0t1.16.63.-If PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. T ' l, E to Pd ued h .nVe re har s am l i ."" M ' ol h en t froonotr l. B.R LYONS •Sre CO'S STORE where he mill he happy to receive the ally of old friends and to make any bomber neW nerd. .11autrose. /soy. wt. sa.a.-ef J. B. ELLZI.STON. DRESS GOODS! DRESS GOODS! MBE tont onortmeot of Drum Goode In Montrose. eon• 1 analog of PARAM.EFTAB, FRENCH HERINOB, .110., 10 Y :.0. gamma. Mao a tad lot of CLOAKINnB, 110008, NUMB, SONTAGB, BREAKFAST CAPES, DAIA(OII.AL AND 11001' SKIRTS, AC., AC. Please WI sod mambas our stools Ware purchasing elotsrberi. AND GOODS FOR MENB WEAR. MOlll/0110, Nov. oth. 1865. READ, WATROIIS, 6 FOSTER R. H. HALL & CO., YPOR7ERtI and I Rare, are not 1 , 2 0 1,: g rad;,.F=7 ;, CIADA, and Glut English Potteries ► Iwo lesportetton of Crockery, which they will WI by the ant. or In less quantity. 1 hey also offer a complete most/smut of Looking Glasses, Plated Ware, Cutlery, Lamps, Window Shades, House Furnishing, and Fancy Goods, Carpets and Oil Cloths,. sod other artleift eepertallv adapted to the Goods Jobbed at New York Prices. H. LI. HALL A HO. St Conn greet, HlAshizates Blvittlanot, N. T. Oct. 60, 18E21.—:m NEW ARRIVAL. azEtOoK AND RII.EII AKER WPM reeemng . Is r 01 l and 101 l assortment of all Mods of Goods from Dow Tordt. OILs, DRUGS di MEDICINES, WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES, CARRIAGE DOLTS, MART HA DE CLOTIIII 4 :0, CRANDALL'S WOOL ' WHEELS, FLAX-WHEELS, HOOTS or W. aro recahing New Gouda weekly, and will sell cheap tar ready pay. ca‘h or any kind of country produce. 1. WIIICILLOCE.. ROBT. B. 15110.1111611.17/. Ruda gum. Co. Pa, Oct. Ma. For Sale. A NEWan.borse 191.1gb, for plemgr w bartaige. ktorlroue, Nov. TI. -tt Notice Tl,V,l°.: F b ;%lm,'Yd7NlPA,l°,.",,ll;'..i t cTur.y., m. " Irlsnrot,!7 . v r .:6 '" ,4 ' by hlm !t e e. 8101 U a. Cidet. • T ran tumidb. Oda,' by Ihe barrel or knot at Er • mlll, on ths 1 shah, Creek. toms mUra from blooms', If called for u iessop. Noe. 27, 1130,-r[ Wu. BARU...N. CODFISH Mackerel, Tabs, Pails, Baskets "V N.i graeggilk Ocaim. 6 , 241/. sost /201 Naked Aga I: ITO 00 REASIONAYSLOB. AT PAULI'S, CoU Cayes, Talzoaa, Cuftt,ind F. S. PAULI ct 00. AT PAITLI'S AT PAULI'S. AT PAULI'S AT P.AULT S T. E. PAULI, & CO POPLINS, 11011AlitS, PLAIDS; ALAPACAB AND DELAIKES, SHAWLS, FI.A N NELS, DOMESTIC COTTONS, CROCKERY TRADE. TA AVE NOTICE! FALL TRADE. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, HARDWARE, IRON, NAILS, PAINTS, AND 6110E19, BM
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