TEE DIONTROsE,DEMOcRAT
IS -POSFSHIID TORSDAYS, DT
A.. We, 431 - 43i e rRitactZt.
corms ori runtc irExt - E,
TURAR DOORS LEGVE SRA.R4X'S 'IOW«
Teavi.—sl,so per annum in./am/aces ;
lthorwWelll will be charged—and fifti yenta per annum
a lied tcf arrearages, at the option of the l'abliar. - tu pay
@Wine of collection, ctn. Avvaxca payment preferreC
Aevititrisintlorr4 will be insetted:at the
rate of $1 per square, of ten llocser leer); for the drat three
weeks, sad 2.5 cents for each additional week—psy down.
Merithants ' and others, wbo idiertise by
Ile year, will be charged at the fallowing &lea
10? OM arum, or /en, mu year, wUh eA6ges IS.
Baca additional puma, at tharate of 4
Yo credit given 5=71 On thoserbtkunwn reapitosibillt7
BUSINESS C , A.IIDS.
HENTY.C.
rk HALER In Dry Goodf. Groceries. tmlirt•llas. Yankee
.l,l, !Canino. Boone and Sho<-4. Shovels' and Pork),
Stone WAN, WOadta Ware and 611.1010 a. Bawd of liaid•
eadlott, Public Avenue.
. Montrose. Pa.. May 13. I 8 t-17:
WX..III7NTTINIu c wrcn
, W. 31. 11.,,C0()P.F.,11
tNXElVt.—Monttin.e, Stilectimuwiltchl!oft-Coiirer
.11.7 & Co. Office, LatiirOs' uew builditl4. Tignpike-P . t.
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.S. COLLI:3I ,W .11111111141.
• r 31..0)1:1.1."31
TTOIINKYS and Citunoellon , at Law,—Shmttlaat„Pa.,
Otleu to Littirgips*
- buitdf lag, over the Dank.
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D .t. •Vii,l,i t 4. W. WIIE-IToN,
A
ECLECTIC. PRYSICIAN ,/t SUGEON 'DENIM'.
inn, 1)1:. MrEOA' 111/E-4 TeLV, • . , i •
Mechanical and Surgical Dena.% reoctitly of Binchanition,
N, V. tender their iirtife.oional oerVire. to all who apple.
-late the-" Reformed Practice of Phyfic:'i care da twit
.xillfal operation. on Teeth: with the most r iefentl fl c and
approved .tyles of platework. Teeth cat ctedwithout
u ain and all work warranted.
Jackson, 'rune lath. 1.0).
' • 1)11. TT. STITIT & SON , - ' . ,so unlajirily dist ractiql is --%
.
tatnanSON DENTISTS,—Montrose. Pi. fyßilk' ; reaswaably have aptirt4tenirie4l
aJOlllee in Lathrop.' hew building...-os,er' . ' . Itethe mouth of June lasi'
the Bank. All Dental operatione will be ' .
. some grotttnis to. expect lion
performed in good .tole and warranted.
J, C. OLMSTEAD - •J L READ: poyers which, at the beginin
A ... ... ..
DRS. uiros i It/ &EE ..D . • , mestie diffienfties, sit unwis
.• • ..4necessariiy-as We think, mt.
VlVO th yl h. .l) ANNOI'N "E to the .!)111)1ic .1,
suntents ;tA a Belli erect in
y have entered Into a *partnership fur the . , . • t i
___ ,
eon remite trom t tttpostt tot'
Praciico ~f M gIII4IIN v. & $ -,lln4c.r Y' oroveci only less . .,iitii;lims t 'l
end ire prepared to attend to all calls inthe linegif their ' I •
'profe.sisin. Oilier —throve formerly occupied by Dr. .1: C . than to our country.
Olmstead, in DUNDAFF. " : 1°714 * lint the tetnia wary reverset
1 ward. betid the National arm.
', were,exaggerated by our (,
citizens abroad, have 'Maw,'
that act of simple justice. TI
whi c h has so - ntilieally ehanv
SAUTTER, • •
tASIIIONABLE TAlLOR —Montno , e. Pa'. Shop
over - I. Bollard's-Grocery. on MainWereet.
Th nikful for p 4,4 !aeon, he eoliciti a continuance'
—pledging himself to do all wort'. pedisfactotily. Cot•
tin. , done on short notice, and warranted to dt.
gontroec. July 2t.L.
P. LINES.
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VTTONATIT.E TAlLOR.—Monne4e. Pat Shen
•.
Fin Mentz. Block, neer stnre of-I(ead. Wrktrone
Rater. All work warranted. a,. to tit and
enttine dune on ' , hurt notice. in Left .tyle. Jan '6O
JOHN GROVES,
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Asm rt
oNAnLE TAILOR,-7llontione, Pa. , Shop
F •
near the Baptiet Meeting Bone, on Turnpike
treat. Alt ordern filled promptly. in Bret:Tete etyle.
Cutting done on ehort notice. and warranted to St.
- L. B. ISI3EI.t, •
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REPAIRS Cloaca. Watehea. and .lewelry at the
ebartest notice. amino tea:Lona - tile terme..] All
work warranted. Shop in Chandlei andl.l e%stnin
'tore, .114oternoria, Pa. e nc7s it
• W3l. W. SllllTii k CO , • • -
("LAWN= AND CHAIR IfANDFACiTIO:RS.—Foot
1. of Main ,trot. Montrose. Pa. 1 aug tf-
.
C' O..FOIIDTIAM, • .
tANTTACTLRERof BOOTS .I. SifOES. Montroi.e,
Ps. Shop-over Tele?* more. All kin& of work
inside to order, and.repairlitg done neatly. je.,l 7 .
ABEL TURRELL, •
iriBALER in Dru Chemicals. The
Stuffs. Ghtra Ware...Painta. pH., Vary+eh; Win
dow Glass. Oroceriea. Fancy,firkai.. dewcirn 3'erfn
merv. &c.—Agent for all.the mirei popular PATENT
M EblCTNES.—Montrore, Pa. , I aug
DAVID C, ANEY, M. D.,
I~ILVIMft lomite'd uermenently at New Milford. Pn.
willattend nromutly to all calla with which be may
he favored. Office et, Tilde'
Sew Milford. 1.%1 •
MEDICAL. CARD
DR. E. PATRICK , BvDR. E. L. GARDNER,
LAIR of TIM MEDICAL DEPATMM:T
OF TALE COLLEGE, have formed a coPartnerahip
for' he practice °Medicine and Surget7:and are prepare
to attend t, all bu,ineas faithfully and punCtually. that
may he intrusted to their care, on terms commensurate
with the time..
Diseases and defOrmitlea of the EVE. anrciiial
bons. and all anrcical dileapea. particularly attended to.
or- °nice over Welib's Store. Olfice'houra from an.
nt. to 9p. m MI aorta of country produce taken in pay
ment, at - the bitzheat valna, and cptv MUT natmatio.
Montrose, Pa., May 7th, 1862.—tpt ,
VDEN Blt OTH FAIS, •
' WTIOLESALE DEALERS IN.
-sratsavEciOzi skr CI grscorres
-AND
FANG IY GOODS.,
wm.1120 - 1),
JOHN RAVDN,N.
TRACT. RAVDEN.• NEW Mall RD. PA.!
GEORGE RAYDEN.
P E..BRUSII9' M. ID
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LILTING NOW LOCATED, PREVIA
ISprliatcol.l.le,
Will attend to th; latlei - his profession proreptlj.
01110e.eit LialthropiatiHteollel.
.
TAKE NOTICE , 4
CStieep r'elts. in
Ci k MusaftMuskrat.at d
nrs L.A. tua)d. asstetmen Cot Lea ' thrr ' aniV Boots .and
St. .es eminently no hand. °lce. Tannery; Shop on
Main Street.
Montrose, Iteb.fittt. A. P. &L. C. EIE'ELER
•
FIRE INSURAN •E.
THE INSURANCE CO. OF PIORtH AMERICA,
AT .PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
II as Established an Agency in Nontfo-se.
'The Oldest Ineurovee Co. iu Ihr t!Thion
CAST! CAPITALi.ME U.
ASSETS .....
•QR rates are row as those of any rood company in
I: New York. or elsewhere. and lir Directors pre emung
the first for honor and Integrity. •
•
Cn►a.aa PLAT?. Eite'ir, -A COFYIN. Prue.
Montrose, Julyls. t 2. • BILLINGS.,STIWU D. Ak't.
I\SURANCE COMPANL
of 7lCrelXPrnelrti3l6 , ..
CASir re rT4l.l ? ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
lit Jule lisp, 31,4111.111927.
LIAIIIUTX63. • " = %MIA.
7. MiltairSmith, See:. Ch* .1. Matthl. Pe:colt:lent
Tohn As`t A. F. wiltnarth. Vice "
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Policies Waned ana renewed. by Ins undersigned, it b 1
Oice, one duos above Searie's licdeL Montrose, Pa.
nor 2, I orLi.zpics ineitOuni diem. —
S. StTRR TT
irTitginet !waived a larib !nark of near Stoyet,'lor
Cooking, Parlor. Whet and tihop purposes, fur Wood
pr Coal, with Stove Pipe, Zinc. de.
Ma assortment IF select and dee irable, and will 4 3w void
on tit/poet favorable. terms fur Cryik , ? o , to p ro w a z
Mont/Sir litoPers•
New Milford', Oct. 25t11. lepo. • - •
WANTED—A rehiectatde pereetiorettber sex in
I every neighbOrhoud *ell J. .Stafforer., Ouse
Tan, sad also .r. FL Stafford's hurt AND Strimica Pos.
mac • *nee Ter is a thin, transparent !laid ; it I. the'
best reed kaolin for disc-mei of the throat. or
Guard), Also for diphtheria. Croup. Whooping cough,
La. Ali Iron and Sulphur Powder* itreortben the eye.
tern. aid the a etloe,, and purifythe ;blood. I haee a
"'neon page paneahletexmtaining ftlirreplatiationp,and
ewer oae hundred teetlmnntala from well known promi
nent
_persons, ?bleb it will wed to anp one free be mail.
S'AFTORD. Cheadet.
30111?-1P• ' 40 Elinadvrry. X, T.
Dandelion Coffee,
A
mow tooverage: Ow pima of thlorkifse
mamas mob so two pounds of other Coffee. VW
WI by • Coffee.
saxivassminkteci*PrroPo- .A:rmuu
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Join Ourselves to no Party that Does not parry the Flag and keep: Step ' to the Musig of the Whole . UniOrLii°thel
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'OL 19. } . . MONTROSE, PA. T U ESDAY , DEC. 9, 1862. - NO: 9
PRESIDENT'S MES
Fellotacitisfrafat the Senaq ,
RepreoTtatine.: , --Since putt
assembling, another year of ,
bouutitid.harvest has pest ;
has not• pleaset the •Almight
with the-return If peace, we
on, gabled by th best light I
us, trusting that 'n own
and.tcise warall will yet be
OUR rortxtoir MLA"
The - correspbacienee tone
',affairs, whielrbas fake') pine:
last yiar, is herewith2spbmit
al compliance with a-request
made by the 'House of .Ite
near the close pf the last sees'
greys. If the condition of 't
with other orations is less gra
it has usually be at former
Certainly more satistiwtory tl
ini anent, the oecupat ions i i n,,
American people,hastiecessari
the social condition, and al
&lily the profitierity oft he t
I whirl' we have carried on t
-I that has been steadily ineri.asi
i otu a period of half a ,century
Ithe same time excited polltieti
, and apprehensions which hat
a profound agitation through
world, In this unusual avid
! forborne from tor talti part in
1 1
--
versy between for_, ,-,
eio States
-parties or factions. in sneh SI
We have attempted no pt)
anti acknowledged no revohnt
liave left to every nation tb
reonduct and management of
,Out` strnggle has been, of
templated by foreign ,‘nationsl
R enee less to its own incritti t
, I
I poseditfri often exaggeration
consequences resulting to lb
themsetts. Neverthelettm,
the Tian of this Gavertiturill
were just, would certainly be
The fteatv with 'Great Brit',
Stippn.L . SSlOn of the slave trade!.
into OperAtion with a rood
compinte success. It is an
spyclal_plepsure,to acknowledi
emeention nt it on the part of .
ty's Government, has been mai
jealous respect for the auth
United tatea and the rights di
al and loyal 'citizens. - i
The convention with Han
abolition of the Stith (Ines, h.:
rigid into effect under the act
fur that purpose
DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM THE DLOCEADE:
A blockade of, three thousand miles
. of
! sea coast could not be enablitihed and vig
orously enforced in a season of great cow :
mervial activity like the presslnt, without
committing occasional. mistakes and in
flictiwg nititnenticinal ittf?trieS upon for
eign nations aud'itljects. A civil war
:oecurring in a', colinfry where threignyrs.
reside and carry . on trade tin - der ,treaty
• stipulations is necessarily fruitilittof com
plaints of violation of neutral rights,
All such collisions tend to eiehte
prehension% and possibly to llroduce mu-;
tual - reclamation« between nations which
have -a common interest in preserving'
peace and friendship." In clear cases of
this kind I. have, astir as possible, heard
yawl redressed cotnplaints which have been
presented by frieiv)ly powers.l
There,_is.st ill, however, a large and attg
meuting number 'of doubtful C3Sefi in
which the GOvertiment is unable to agrees
with the ,croVernMents whose protection is!;
demanded by the claimants.
There are moreover, many eases inil
which the U:nited States or. their ciiixens
!,sidrer wrongs-, fr o m . the baval or military;,
authorities of fori•ign natiittisi which l ibel
.governments of those states ase not at:
once prepared to redress. h ave propos
ed to Some of • the fiireign staes thus in
terested m u tual • Conventionsto examine:
and adjnst such complaints. This propo-' , !
sition has been made speciallV Co Great,
Irritain, to Franre, to Spain 4a to Pmts. ,
in each ease it NW Teen, kindly re-!
ceived, but has 'not'yet been. formally a- i ;
&pled. •
Berm &my duty to tecom meno fill ftp
pri prim in lielWlf of theisiwners 'of the'
Norwegian liiirqtte Ir.TTordens
ki4ld, w ilia : vessel was hi Mayl 1801,s pre--
"vented by the commander of the bloltkail- I
ing three off Charleston froml+tying that
• port with ayargo, mint withstanding a Rim
tar privilege 1411, , shortly before, been - 1
granted to an - English vessel. I I have
recited 11\e Secretary of State tq caist , the
,•paper: in the case, to lie commniticated to
the -proper comtnittees. -
4.inllntr .
,j1,2u0,000.
►FRICAN COLONIZATION
. . .
Application have been made to me. by
many tree .Anierieatts of African 'descent
t &vitt their,
.emigrationpwith a view tti
such..(stlonizatron as was contemplated by
therecent seta of Cun g retis, Other par
ties, at home and abrod—some from' in
terested motives,' others upon *patriotic
.considerations, and. still other!! influenced
liy Philanthiopie :sentitrients4Aave
eng
gested similar measnres; while, on the
other hand, Several Of the Spanish Vitneri
• Republiai have. protested against the
sending of. such celquies .to their respec
tive:territories. .
Under these cintametinces, I hilvelle
.elined to move any such colony to any
State without first obtaining the consent
of its government; with anagreelneo On
its part to receive and protactinith emi
grants in all the rights .of &Omen; gad I
lave, gt the mune titse, AIWA .10 *lt"'
'sitasted
1
;
baling colonies , there, to! negotiate with 1
them, subject to the advice and consent of
the Senate,• to favor the voluntary elnigra
tion of persons of that class to their res
pective territories,.npon conditioni which
shall. be 4qual, pat and.huiane.
Liberisi and Hayti are, as yet, the only
countries' to which .colonists of African de
-scent fro m here could go with certainty.
-of being received and adapted as:al/ens,
and I' regret to -say, that such. persons as
t ;
eoutempl to colonization do not seem
.as ,
willing t migrate to those, countries as
to some otheri, nor so willing as I- think I
their' int rests demand. I- believe, how- ,
ever, the opinion among them in this res- l
hct is 4nproving, and teat ere long
ere will be an augmented and
considerable' migration to - both these:
countries! from the United States.
_,.._ OUR RELATIONS WITH TILE *ORI.D.
'the • new commerical treaty bet ween
the•Lnited States and the Sultan of Tur
key
has been.carried into execution. A
commercial and consular treaty has been !
negiitiated, subject to the Senate's con
sent;
with Liberia, and a similar negotia
tion
is 11614' ,pending with Hayti. A con-
siderable improvement of the national
commerce is expected to result' froin
these:Measures.
UMI
and HOU4
lastAunual
health and
nd while ;t
1 • to bless tie
Lau but pre - is
le can give
god .tine
well.
foreignl. during the
ed, iu Vim n
o that . t.freet
mesentat ives
:ion of Qui
nt.. relatiotis
ifying t flan
(Periods, it is
n a nation
:e are knight
•
=there were
heilarithu'e
r of our (ici
ly and 0-
rnize the hi
wer,
p, which has
theniselvea
Our relations with Great Britain,
France, Spain Portugal, Russia, Prussia,
Denmark, Sweden, Austria, the Nether
lands,'ltaly, Rome anti . the other Europe
an State**, remain 'undisturbed. Very a
votable 4rehttions alsi, continue to be main
tained -with Turkey,. Morocco, China and
Japan..
which aftet •
and which .
,Wll
tiro ‘delsveti
c!.-LL war,
red, for the
tabus of the
iav disturbed
tecteLl very
nations with
:L commerce
stug thrtiugh
i% It has at'
7tt ambitions
tle pcoilttoetl,
the civilized
During the last year there has not only
been no change of our previous relations
with the independent States of ;our oWn
continent, but more friendly sentiments
than Inte hert•totbrre existed are believed
to -be entertained by those neighbors,
whose safety and progress are so inti ;
mately !connected with our own. This
;statement - especially applies to - -.3lexico,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica ; Honduras, Peru
and Chila.
ion we have .
ny cantrn
ud batwaen
atis.
The commission - cinder the Convention
with the Republic of New Grenada closed
kits session without having audited and
passed upon all the claims which 'were
'submitted Ito it. A proposition is pending
. i.to revive the Convention, that it ma_t be
able to do more complete justice: .
The joint commission between the trni
. ted Stares and'-the Republic of. Costa .Ri
caiiitS completed its'labors and submitted
I its report.
,"
ganaism;,
lun ; but we
ie exclusive
its • oWu att
ourse con=
kith refer =
in its sup;
,
efteets . ain:l
J se nations
,rnplautt. on
I , even If it
I I have favoied.t%le proje'et fjr.connect
: ing. the - United'States with Eurbpe by an
Atiaiitic telegraph, and_h similar project
to eitend the tOegraph• from San Fran
.ciseo, to (hined by.a Pacititele,graph
withthe,line Which is being extemicea
-1 eross the Russian &noire._
unwNe:,
tin for the .
has been put
prospea of
Oceat , ion of
ge that the
her 3lajee,
irked with a
(iritytof the
if their mori
DEVELOPIAIENT OP THE TERRITORIES.
.
The. territoriesof the United States,
,with unimportant 'exceptions, have re
mained undiseurbed,by the civil war, and
they are exhibiting such evidence of Pros : .
perky as justifies an. expeciaticin that
some of them will soon be in a condition
to be organized as States, and, be Consti
tutionally admitted into the- . Federal Un
ion. •
vet, for the
s been car.;.
f Congress
The immense mineral resources ofsome
of those.territories ought to,be developed
as rapidly as possible. — Every step in-that
direction would haye a tendency to im
prove the revenues of the government,
and diminish the burdens of the people. It
is worthy of your serious consideration
whether some extraordinary measures to
prone to that end cannot be adopted. ,
The means' which suggests itself as
most likely to be effective is a scientific
exploration of the mineral regions in those
territories, with a view to the publication
of its results at-home and in foreign coun
tries—results which Cannot fail to be aus
pichlus.
CONDMON OF OCR .FINAI,7CES
The condition of the finances will claim .
your -most- diligent consideration. The
va.t pxptinditures, iricident to the military
and naval operations required for the sup
pression of the rebellion, -have hitherto
been- mtit with a proniptitude and cer
tainty unusual in siinilar. circumstances,
and the public credit has been fully main
tained.
The continuance of the war, however, I,
and the increased dhlhurseinents- made
neeessary by the mignietiteti tOrres now in 1
the field, demand your best retlf!ctions as
to the best anode of providing the necessa
ry reveniie, without injury to business.
and with the least possible burdens' upon
labor. The suspension of specie payments
by the liatikii, soon after the commence
ment of your last session, made large is:
- sues by the United States unavoidable.— ,
In no'other way could the payment of the !
troops and tit& satisfaction of (Aber just de-
mantis he so economically providie fur..,
The judicious legislation of congress, se-
curing the receivability of these notes fir
loans .and-internal duties, and making
them a legal tender for other debts, bait ,
mark them a universal currency, and has ,
satistieitthem, partially at least, and for
the time, the long-felt want of a unitOrm
eirmilating mediutia, saying therebyto the .
people ininten'se sums in iliscoUuts-and ex- '
1 changes.- .
. - A return to specie payments, hbwever,
at the.earliest possible period compatilde
with dueregarsd -to all the interests iciin- I
cerned, should ever be- kept in vie W—
. in the value of currency are •
;;always injurious; and t .
o reduce lieseiluip. ,
'ituations to the lowest posiiiblift, point will
';always be a leading purpose in-wise legis- !
lotion, 'Convertibility, .prompt' and cer-
b
iltain convertibility into coin, is generally
..acknowledged to be the beat and Surest
~
l safeguard against, them; end it is ex.
14remely doubtful whethetweirolation of
itnited States N4ep, payable in co;r., and '
sufficiently large for the wants of the peo-
Pie, can be permanently, usefully and.safe
,
iy. maintained.. Is there then any other
other mode in which the necessary prOvi
pion for the public - yenta can. be madtt,
~ .
;Juglthe great )td ventsges of a safe and uo.:
.
4 t iform currency secured P. -
g
11 =MUM ASSOCATRIP g4OPOVFEL
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know of mile which promises much
, aertahi results,* OW .we time io unob.
'ject,ionable.tas'the orginupition of : *iv
j* , - , soociatiomi under . It gee Rt. ,of
. . _.. ,
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Congress, weir guarded in its provisions.
To such associations the
. goveinment
might furniith circulating notes on the set
curity of •United'States bonds
. deposited
in the Treasury. These notes, prepared
under the sUPFryision of proper officers
being unifortu in appearance and security,
and convertible always into coin, would
at once protect labor against the evils ofs
vicione currency, and facilitate commerce
by cheap and sate exchanges; a moderate .
reservation from the interest on the' bonds
would compensate thti United 'States tor '
the .preparation and distribatioh of the
notea•and a general supervision of the ayi
tem,rand would lighten the burden of that
part of the public debt employed as seen- .
rives: . The public credit, moreover,would
be greatly improved and the negotiation
of new loan 4 s greatly ficilitated by . the
steady mar et demands for government
bonds which the adoption of the proposed
syst‘ent would create. - .
..
Las an additional recommendatiim of
the measniti, of considerable, weight, in
myjudgn*nt, that it would:reconcile, as
far us possihle, all existing , interests by
the opportiWities offered to existing inst.' ,
lotions to rehrganize wider the act, sub
stituting only the secured, uniform, na
tional
circultition; for the local and various
Ovulation, ecured and insecured, now Is
sued by then).
TREASURY 4CRIPTS AND , EiYENTITURES.
• The receiltts..into the Treasiry from, all
suilicei, including loans and the balance
from the. keeeding 'year, for: the fiscal
year endingon the 30th of Jitzte, 1862,
Were $583,88,2,247 06; of which sum $40,-
05,6,397 6t2 ere derived from customs,
i $1,795,331 7,3 from the direct tai; from
[ Public . La ‘ ndi, $152,21t3 77; from miscel
laneous soar e s; $931 , 787 64; from loans
in all formss 29,692,460 50. The remain-
der, $2,257,085 80 was the balance from
last year.
The disionsements during the same pe
riod were: tor Congressional, Executive
and jtidicial {purposes $5,939,000 29; for
foreign intercourse $1,339,710 35; for.
"rniscellaneoni expenses (including the
mints, loans; post-office deficiencies, col
iection of re%ientie and other like charges) .
$14,129,771 50; .expenses under the in
terior, denariment. $3,102,935 52; under
the war depirt 'tient $394.368,407 36; un
der the navy! department $42,674,569 69;'
for interest to the public debt $13,190,-
324 45; fok payment of the public debt,.
including reiiiibursementS of the tempora
ry loan and tedeniptions $96,096,922 09; i
• .
maizing an aggregate of $570,841,700 25; j
and leaving it balance in the treasury on
the first . day hiJuly 1862, of .$13,043,546
81. I - . - ' '
It should he observed that the. sum of
*96,096,522 !:19 exended for the eim
borsententi and re Inption .of the public
drirt, being 1 inclul J
41 . also in the loans
titadt , ; may be prnperly deducted both
from the receipts and expenditures, leak
ing the actual receipts for the year $487,-
788,324 97, and-the expenditures $474,-'
.744,778 16.'
Other informatiOn on thymbject of the
finances will be found in the report of. the
)
Secretary of he Treasury, to Whose state
nients and v ews I invite your most can
did and considerate attention.
The reprts of the Secretaries of War
and of the avy are herewith transmit
ted: These reports, though lengthy, are
scarcely more than. brief abstracts of ,the
very numerous and extensive transactions
and .operatio6s conducted through those
denartmentsi -
•
Ror could I - give a ; summary of them
here upon any principle which would ad
mit of it.-beizig much shorter than the re
ports themseles. I.therefore content my
self with laying the reports before you,
and asking Sur attention- to them.
POST orilcs nErarnnorr
. If glyes m 4 pleasure to report 2. decided
improvementiiii the 4nancihl condition of.
the Post Qff . Department.
As compa r ed with, several 'preceding
years, the receipts for the fiscal year 1861
amounted to 1t8,349;298.40, which embra
ced the revenue from all the States of the
Union for three quarters of that year.
Is.rotwithstaticiing the cessitionlof reve
nue from the so-called seceded states du
ring the last fiscal year, the increase in
the correspondence of the loyal states has
been sufficient to prodfice a revenue dur
ing the 'same year of $8,299.820190, being
on $50,000 leis than was derived from-all
the states of the Union during the previ
ous year.' The expenditures' show a still
more favorable -result. The' amount, ex
pended in 1881 was $13,606M9.11. r
• For the last year the amount has been
reduced,to 01,125.384.13, shoWingo de
crease of aboUt $1,481;000 in the expendi
turei as compared with the preceding y'r,
and about t3;750,060 -as compared with
the fiscal year,
. The deficiency in the department forth
previons year4aB 54,112.,814.57. These
-favorable results are in part owing to the
cessation of mail service in' the insurrec
tionary states, and in part to a careffil re
view ofall expenditures iii thardepiUtin't
in the interest of economy. The efficiency
of the postal service it is be6ved,fialf ids°
been ?finch impfaved.
The P. 31. Gen. has also opened apurre
spondenee • through the' Department of
State, with foreign Governments,: prOpOs
ing a convention of postal represe
-for the purpose of simplifying the rates of
foreign postage and to expedite the foreign
mails. • • -' , .
' This prnposition equally important to
our adopted citizens, arid to the commer
cial interests of this country, has been fa•
vorably entertained- and agreed to by a
the governments from whom 'replies have
beep received."
I axle the attention of Congress to; the
ingestion of the.P 11 Gen. in his report,
teipectiugthe turtitei legislatinti requited
in his opinion for the benefit of the_ postal ,
service. • -
vux . irtrat4c Leos.
The Secretary of the interifir reports as
follows in regaritto the public lands ;.!
"The - public lands have ceased tri he a-I
!mgr.*, of revenue. From the Jet ofJuly '
1801 to the, 4.9 th 4 tittikt•-4P4 the eat
cashW44 l o oo 9 2 4, 5 0 1 41* WAN
.181404% 9 131 ,4, WO, lON *MAO
*mums /644 mion florist tho
woe period.
The lion4stead lair which will take_ et- j
eat on the ist of jannary hex i t, offers suCh I
inducements to settlers that dales for cash
connot be e,xpepted to. an extent sufficient
to meet the cost siirveyfilg and bring,'
ing - iba land into market and. to the expen
ses of the GeOeralland
Tuit.nrntax Tn4A.
The Indian tribes upon frontiers
hive during the past.-year; *shilesied
spirit of insubordination, and at several
points have engaged in open thstilfities
against :the white settirhOts ,heir
' -
The tribes occupying the Indian country,
south of Kansas renounced heir allPgiance
to the United-:Statet, and: ejntered into
treaties with , the insurgents. I Those who
remained loyal to the UnitedStates' were
driven from the country. 7 ' -
-The Chief of the Cherokeeabas visited
this city for the purpose of testoring the
former -relations of the ;riga with the
United States. - He alleges atitt they were
constrained by a superior foree to - enter
into treaties with the insurgents, and
that the United States. neglected to
furnish the protection which their treaty
stipulations , required. In tile month - of
August last, the Sioux. Indiims in Min
nesota attacked the settlemehts in their
vicinity -with extreme ferocity; killing, in
discriminately, men, womn and children.
This attack was wholly unexpected, and
therefore no means of defence had been
provided.
It is estimated that not lesi then 800
persons were killed 'by • the Indians,
and a large amount of I:n:Tony was
destroyed..tow this outbreak was in
duced,- is not definitely known, and
suspidous wtiich may be unjust, geed not
be stated.
Information was received by the Indian
Bureau, from different, sources, about the
time hostillities were commenced, that a
simultaneous attack was to be made upon
the white Settlements by all the • tribes
between the Mississippi Jiver and the
Rocky Mountains: The State 6f Min
nesota hat suffered great injury from . this
Indian war. A large portion of her ter
ritory has been depopulated, and a setters
loss has been sustained by the destruction
of property. . -
The people of that State manifest much
anxiety for the - removal of the tribes be
yond the limits of the State, as a guaran
tee against future' hostilties. The Cote
ntissioner of Indian Affairs will furnish
full lieu:Ps.
I submit - for your especial consideration
whether our Indian system' shall not he
remodeled. ➢Zany wise 'and good men
have impressed me with the belief that
this eau he,'profitably done. •
PACIFIC O,AILROAD--/LLINOIT CANAL.
. I submit a statement of the proceedings
of the proceedings of the compissioners,
whch shows the progress that has been
mate in the enterprise of constructing the
Pacific Railroad; and this suggests the
earliest completion• of this road, and also
the favorable action of Congress-upon this
projects now pending.before them far en
larging the capacities of the great canals,
in New. York and, Illinois, as being of vi
tal and rapidly increasing importance to
the whole nation, and 'especially to The
vast interior region hereafter to be noticed
at some greater length. I propose - 147r
ing prepared and laid before von ' aan
early day, some interesting ana yalueble
statistical inforniation on this subject;
The Military- and commercialf import
ance of enlarging theillinois and . !dial
gan canal,' and improving the Mingle riv:
er, is presented in• the report of Colonel
Webster to the Secretary of War, an 4
now transmitted to Congress. I respect:
fnlly: ask attehtion to it. - i
TUE AGRItUttIIR4L DEPARTMOIT.
To carry out the provisions of 4e act of
Congreis of the 15th of May last, I tavU
caused the department of Agriculture o
the United States to be. organized. The
Commissioner informs me that within the
period of a few months this departmeni ,
has established an extensive' system of - coi
iespondence and exchanges,both at home
and abroad,which
. promises to efect highly
beneficial results in the development of
correct knowledge, of correct knowledge
of recent improvements in agriculture, in
the introduction of new *ducts, and in
the agricultural statistics of the different
states. Also, that it will soon be prepared
to distribute largely seeds, cereals, plants;
aad cuttings, and has already published
and liberally diffused much valuable infer:
mation,in aeticipation of a more elaborate
report, which will in due time be-furnished
embracing sonic valuable i teits in cheiu
cal science, now in progress in the labora
tory. 1.-
The creation of this Department was
for the more immediate- benefit ora large
class of our most valuable citizen, • and I
trust that the liberal basis on .whidb it has
be`en organized will not only meet your
approbrion; but that it will realize at no
distant day,all the fondest anticipations of
ha most sanguinefriends, and become the
fruitful smart* of advantage to all our peo
ple.
DISUNION AN INADEQUATE ZEKEDT.
On the 2 2 d 4ray of September last, a
proclamation was issued by the Execut
tire, azopy of which' is - herewith submit
ted. The accordanci• with the purpose
expreiped Mille second paragraph of the
paper, I now respectfully recall your at
tention to what, may be !' Coin
pensated Eniancipation.
A nation may be said to consist ;of its
territory, its people and its"ewe r The
territory ie the only part, which is of-Cer
tain One generation Passed;
away,"and another : geßetattoit gooketb's
brit the earth abideth forever. ,
It is of 'the first"importance to duly
consider and.estimate this. e*Creaduring
part. That portion'of the arch's surface
which is owned - and'inbedited ' by the
p eople of the 'United State'sis'are;ll adapt
ed to, be the.home of one national family;
and it is not well adapted for two or More.
Its vast ext,:nt,antins variety of olusta
and productions are of advaotagtiri this
one people, -- Whatevoir they trtlkbt
dim 'War in forme ago.
Stoic; Wombs' sod lotettlipuroe boo
brought that = to b as it trootageoati
aoostwoadon for ono wilted people: '-'!lrr
. .„
the irfaugural address I - briefly piloted!
Put the total inadequacy of Disunion as a
regtedy.for the differences between the
people of the two seetiona 'ao in
Unicuage which I canot 'improve, and
which, therefore, I beg to repeat
"One erection of our country bteves
slavery is rightSadougheto be este. ded
while the other believes it, is wrong; and ,
ought not to be extended. This tit the)
only substantial dispute. The fugitive . :
slave clause of the Constitution and the.
law, fcir the ; suppreation of the ftereign
slave trade, are each ai well enfcircetk;
perhaps, u any laws can ever, bele a !
pmmunity where the 'moral sense tit:the
people imperfectly supports the law itself:.
The great body - of the people .:abide by
the dry legal obligation in both casekand
a few 'break over in - each. This, - I think
cannot be perfectly cured, and it would-;
_be worse in both cases- after the separa
tion of the, sections than before. f The
'foreign slave trade now imperfectly
suppressed, would he ultimately revived
without restriction in one section, While
fugitiv slaves, now on ly partially sur-,
rendered, would not b e'surrendered at
all by the other. Physically speaking,
we cannot. separate; We cannot rernove ,
our respective sections from each other,
nor build impassable walls between Item.
A husband and wife niay be dive'irce4
and go out of .the presence and. beyond?
I the reach of each other, but the diarent ;
parts of our crountry canot-do this.- They !
cannot but remain face to. face, and to
terceurse—either amicable or' hostile—
must continue - between them. te- it F poir-
Bible then, to make that intercourse more
advantageous or more satisfactory after
separation than before? ;. , Can aliens make
treaties easier then frienda can Make
laws ? Can treaties be more faithfidly
enforced between aliens than lawit tau
among friends?: Suppose you go tcilwar.
You cannot fight always, and when, later
much loss on-both sides ,
. and no' gait no
either, you cease 'fighting, the idelU.ical
old question as-to terms of intercourxe are
again upon ns."
DiNTICTILTIB3 07 SEPARARION.
•
.
There is no‘ line; straight or crokeii,
suitable for a national boundary, upon
Which to divide. - Trace through t irom
east, to west upon the line between the
free and slave country, and we-shall find
a little more than one-third its - length are
rivers easy to be crossed, and populated,
or soon to be populated.. thickly ilipon
both sides, while nearly. all its remaining
length are merely surveyor's lities,)ines
over which people May walk bacl ! and
forth without: any consciousness' of their
presence. No part of "this line cab be
made any more difficult to pass by writing
it down on paperor - parchment. as ~ I na
tional boundary.
The t'act of separation, if it comes, g 4 i . ves
up, on the part of the seceding se&ion,
the fugitive slave clause along with all'
other Constitutional obligations 1404 sec.'
lions seceded fromn ' while I should eXpect:
no stipulation would ever be made tOtake
its place. But there is another difficulty.
The great interior region, boundedieast
by the Alleghenies, north by the British
Dominions, - west by the Rocky Moun
tains, and south ,by the line along Whieb
the culture,af corn and cotton. meets; and
which includes a part of -Virginia, pint of.
'Tennessee, all of Kentucky,ohio,lndiana,, i
Michigan, -Wisconsin, Illinois, MisSouri, i
'Kansas, lowa, Minnesota, and the terri
tories of Dacotah, Nebraska and part of
Colorado, already has about ten millions
of people, and will have fitly millioni
within fitly years, if not prevented by any
political folly or mistake: It contains
more than - one-third of the country own
ed by the United States, certainly More
than aMillion'of spitre miles. One half
as populims as Massachusetts already_ is,
it would have more than seventy-fivemil
irons of people. A glance at the map
shows that; territorily speaking, it i 4,; the
great 'body of the republic. The cthe.r
parts are but Marginal borders to the Mag
nificent region slopini west front llthe
Reeky Mountains tothe Pacic, being the
deepest and also the richest in undevelop
ed resources. i'
-In the productions of provisions, grain,
grasses and all which proceed from them;
:this great interior region,is nature* ;one
of the most important in the world 1 1 A
glance at the statistics of the small - pitimr:
tion of _the region which has yet. been
brought into, cultivation, Aid the I#rge
and rapidly increasing amount of its pro
ducts, will overwhelm us with the magni
tude of the prospeet presented.. And yet
this reguin has uo sea-coast—touches, no
ocean, anywhere. Ati part of one nation
its people now find and may forever find.
their •way to Europe by New York, to S..
America and Africa by New Orleans,land.
to Asia by Seri Francisco; but separate
our common Country into two nations -as
.designated by the present rebellion i enct
any man of this great interior regio:fi is
thereby 04 off from some one or more-of
the outlets,:not by a physical,barrier,ibut
by embarrassing and onerous trade regu
lations, and this is true wherever adyau
tage or boundary line may be fixed. .
Place it between the now free and slaytik i
country, or plaCeit south of KentuckY,or
north of Ohio, and still the truth remains
that none south of it can trade to_ ;any
port or , place north of it, except upon
terms dictated by a gOvernment, foreign
to them. , These outlets, east, west and:
south, are indispensable :tothe well-being
of the people' . inhabiting - andsto inhibit
this vast interior region,' Which - of !the
1
three:.may be the best iej!to proper Ties
iion ; all arebeetei than either, add all of
right belong to that people and to , their
suc.cessors forever. True to themseltes,!
they Will not ask where a line of sep. ra.
tic's shall he, but will vow rather that
'there b all biiincisue,h line. Nor are khe
inaighial regions less interested in . the
oennegeicatiea to iina through titian, .to'
1) 1 , , great vetsido-viorld, They, (00, inti
.each .of tben, mull, have access to this E::
gypt of the - TO:sit; without paying 4'oll !fur
thecrossing id futinationel boundary:;.: —
.013NDIcarri so m anunurrikro rtia>,
- • : . row" (
' - Orr 'W1410066 triage noS from Ow
POMONA past noys front. Om Land welt,
1 batik a* .11 , 91 1 ont notional lonsfitend.
i porn in so pond*, earring of** his
ALL KINDS of JOB 11/1) .,
I wits LT Tattorinal ones
ro lam c) AL Tie
NNATLT Alp :PROYPTLT. •
AND AT " LIVZ. AND LAT LIVZ P*ICZI.
iTrt . office of the Montrose . DE;CDOCriIi
teategy been witisplled intbDew sae choke varlet,
anti we are new ptepared to yprint passWele
etc.. Ste., in the but style, °elbow petite. •
Handbills, Posters, Programmes, and
Fr kids of Twig fa *ls Roo, date acoilittag to octet
Business, Wedding, and Ball CAS.**
Wats, ilk., primal with mums and devaut:
, Oolitic& and COnatables' Blanks, Notes
I Nuts. awl all other !Ilanlui; oa lwad. or placid tkewis
11W* JOb work and Blanks, to ba pi Id for or deliver)
would multiply , and -not mitigate evils
among us. . -
' In all its adaptation* and attitudes, it ,
deininds Union and ablibrs separation;
fact it would ere long enforce re-union..
however. much - of blood and treaspre die
Separation may. have cost. Our strife per.
tains•to ourselves,--to the passing genera,-
tion of men, and it can, without convoLl
-sion, be crushed forever, with the passing.
of one
-generation. In ;his view I,- ream..
mendlhe adoption of the folloiring reso d
!idiom. and articles, amendatory to .thit
the Constitution of the United States:
Resolved,. Ay' the. doubt and Raise of- Rereerarita •
tires of I the United State; of America'ha Cpp~ttee M•
seusbled, two•thlrdslir both Rouses I:oncoming. t tha
tAlowlfif aniefes be %D i s nt coed to the L=diteunt re
Convent One of the *eV Statee,4s ae eats to.the
Constitution of the United States. all or any of wh tek
articiss. when ratified be three-fonnha of the Leal Oa
t:mu or Con vent Ons, to W voted a* put or pasta of a aid
Constitution. Tic: •
Arti le ' Every State wherein starer, maw eels te,,
which shall abolish the same at anytime or timei berms ,
the ant day of January. in the year of oar Lard oat
thousand nine hundred. receive
. compsneaLloo,
front the United dtatei se follows, to wit: •
The President of the halted States shall deliver to ter '
erj• snail State bonds of the United Stites, 'bearing
hreat at the rate of =•—••• dollars for each Plane shown
to have been therein by the eighth census of United Ste;
asid bonds to'be -delivered to such State by Instalments
or in lute parcel, at the' completion of' the abolishment,' -
atcordingly se the same shall base. been gradual. or at -
one time. within such State: and interest shall begin to -
ran upon soy such_hohde only u from the proper time of.
its delivery as aforesaid. tiny State having received -
bonds sr aroressid. and afterwards reintroducing or Ise.- •
ending slavery there n, shall refund to the tilted States
the bonds so received, or the value there-I, and luttresa -
paid tharton. p.
'Aitiele—'. All slaves who ehaeltave enjoyed actual
freedom by the chances of the War.at any time before,the ,
end of the rebellion , shall he forever free , but all owners
of such who shall not have been disloyal: ahtil be .eorn
pensatud for • theta at the smile rate as is.,provlded •
for Stat.. adopting the abolishment of slavem_ bat 18
'rich a way that DO slave shall be twice accounted for.
. ,
Artiekn Congreav may appropriate money and othee
wine provide for colonizing tree colored Demme., .with
their own consent, at any place or platen without the Q t
Staten - •
DISCUSSION or rim ABOLITION scatzo.
I beg - indulgence to discuss these pro.
.posed,. articles at some length. Without . _
slavery [or abolitionists] the rebellion ne
ver would Fiar.e existed; . without slavery
[or armies] it could not continue.
Anlong the friends of the Union . there
is-great diversity of sentitneet and policy -
in. regard to slavery and the.. African race
amongst us. Smile would perpetuate As
very; some' would abolish it, suddenly,' '
and without compensation ; some 'would
abelishit - gradually, and with compensa.
tion; sortie remove the freed.people-from.'
us, and some would retain them with us,'
and there are ce t other minor diversities.
Because, of these
. we write
mucli strength -in itruggies 'among our --
selves. By mutual concession we sbolifti- 1
harmonize and act, together. ••• This ikould
be comproniisc but it • wqull be, among
friends and ' not with the enemies of
the-Union.. These articles ar. intended
to embody.: Tian- of such mutt's!. concese
ions. -Utile pian.sball be adopted, it its ass
umed, that-emancipation would follow, at
I least in
_several of. the Statei.
As to the first artiefe; the Main &into
are—first, the emancipation k secondly:,
the length of time for, cmoinnitnating
thirty-seven years, and thirdly, - -tbe com
pensation. - •
-/The emancipation will be unsatisfactory
to the advocates of perpetual slavery; but'
the length of time should greatly mitigate
iheir dissaiis:fact ion. The time spares both
rams from the evils of sudden deritnge-`
tnent.',- in fact from ; the necesSiir. of "any •
derangement, while . most of those whose
liberal conrse of thought will1;e disturbed
by the measure, will 'have passed away
before its consummation. They will tiev
er see: it. ~ .
Another .elass -will hail the-prospect of
emancipailon,bift will deprecate the length
of tithe. They will feel that it gives too
little to the now living slaves. Rut really
it gives them much. It saves - them from
the vagrant destitution which must large
ly attend immediate einaricioation in 10(21.
ities where their numbers are very great,,
and it gives the inspiring .assurance that
their posterity -shall be free totever. -
•
-
• BE:tErns or • Tan ritOPOSED PLS.% .
The plan leaves it to each State chooas.
ing to set under it, to abolish slavery now,
or at the enil of the century, or at any in
termediate time or by degrees, extending
over the whole•or any put of the period,
and it obliges no.t wo States to proceed
alike. ;It also pr ovides for compensation,-
and - generally the mode Of making it.
'fbis,it would seem, must further
gate i he' dissatisfaction of those who favor
perpetual slavery, mid especially of Those
who are to recei v e t h e- compensation. .
Doubtless some of those who are to . pay,
and not to receive, will object ;yet the .
measure is both just and economical. In-,
a certain sense, the liberation of slaves is
the 'destruction Of property—property no;
quired by descent or by purchase, the
same at. any other property. It is no less_
truefor having been often said, that the
people Oftlif South are not more respon.
Bible for. the original introduction of this
..property than are the people of the North; -
and, when it. is remembered. how mnliesi.
tatingly we all use cotton and sugar, and •
share the profits of dealing in them,it may
not be quite sale-to say that the Southlas
been more responsible than the North for
its continuance.
• If then for. a common object, the prop.
erty is to.lsf sacrificed, is it not just that. be done at a common charge 9 And •
with less money or money more' easily
paid, we can preserve the benefits of the
Union by this means than we can by the
war alOne,is it not alto ecOnoinicafto do
Let us consider it then, - Let no ascertain
the sum, we have e xpended in the war
since die compensated emancipation was
propseclilsst Idareh,•and consider whether
if that measure had been promptly accept
ed by eveusome of the Slave litater, the
same sum would not have done more to
close the war than • lhas been otherwise
done. - If so, themeasure would : save .
money, and in 'Thai view; would be*prrt
:dent and economical measure. Certainly
it is not rtl easy to pay something as it is tp
pay nothiiig, but it is eisierxo pa) 'a large .
awn than ids to pay a larger one.' And
it is easier tolisy any sum when: we are
able than it is to pay before we are able.
- The war requires. large sums and re ,
quires them at Once. The aggregate aunt
necessary for compensation -of - - course
would be large, brit it would require no.
AMY cub, eor the bonds even, any Sister,
than the emancipation pmgresses, This
nigh}, not; and probably would not, Atari
before the end Of thirtplieveir years. At
thet tlinewetballfirobably haves hundred.