tirezz. 1)E1-IOIBI4A1 -2. 1862 THE WAR. T I( . news font the Army of the Potomac, which wr pubilsh this morning, is interesting, The rebels, it minus. nreinbrtmloning their first and second line of entrenchments, and falling hock on new. lines, Lot within so easy range of bur, cannon. It 'la : thought by many in the army thatt Lee is falling fowl: with his whole army on Richmond, and recent . wtspicious movements on the part of the rebels would seem to favor this impression. The inaction, ai! it were, of our army nt Folmouth lots completely non plussed the rebel leaders, and they find it impossible to dit Me our Intentions. That they thought we would cross the Rappahannock immediately opposite Fredericksburg is nilpotent front the fact .of their Winding strong entrenchments opposite the bridges and principal fords, to dispute our passage of them... From their falling back, it is possible they have nbandoned the Idea, anti think we,ore going to at tack theta from another quarter, and that our pre sent operations are only n feint on our part to cover other important movements. However, in spite Of all these conjectures of the rebels, the idea that We will attack them at Preilerbiksburg is gaining ground. This can be done, and a ;victory gained by the Union troops, by landing oulotces under covet of the gunboats several miles tlo , vn,:the Rappahan nock, and marching on their right wing, either ma king the rebels retreat before their communication with Richmond is cut otf, or force them to come from their present. entrenchments and fight fair field battle. It is probable, however, that. General Lee will notofford - us an opportunity - to do this, but will rapidly fail bock to his entrenchments at Richmond and malt our approach on the rebel capital from all sides. The prospect for the, rebels was never so gloomy 104 it is now. Assailed, as their capital and stronghold will be soon, both by land and water, their minds must feel anything but easy, and their hope for the success of their cause be nearliextin ,ttisited. •- CONGRESS. Both branches of Congress met yesterday at noon, (Plot= being present In both Houses. §ENAT the absence of Vice President Ham lin; Mr. Foot, of Vermont, acted' as president: The credentials of Benjamin Harding, of Oregon, and Mmuel 0. Arnold, of Rhode Island, were presented, and they were sworn in. The message of the Prest .dent N' fls then read, after which the Senate ad journed. Hous E.—A resolution to appoint a comtuittee to inquire into the expediency of having an iron-clad on Lalte Ontario was passed. A resolution to in quire by what authority the Postmaster General re stricts certain papers from being transmitted by mail was adopted. A resolution.offered by Mr. Cox, of Ohio, condemning the arrest of persons for political offences, was tabled by a vote of 80 yeas to 40 nays. A resolution, inquiring how many citizens of Illinois were confined within military prisons, was also tabled. The message was then read and referred to the Xonunittee of the Whole on the State of the Union, after which the House atbourned. As•otiti ItiNDERS WILL OBBEIVVE, we have renewed our type . in theedition of this morn- . ing. The large numbei of. copies. we now print renders this change -a frequent neces ,Ve make other changes in the de lails.of the' paper, which will go far toWards economizing space, enlarging our news de partments, and enabling us to print a beauti fur sheet: • - Notwithstanding the enormous tidiftnce in . all the material necessary to priat allot - simper, the great taSation, 'and the numerous difficulties that have embarrassed so -Many of our contemporaries, we are :happy to say that Trn PRESS is in a pros peTpus ..cOndition, and that. we shall be entailed to pass through the present busi uess trouble without injury • to ourselves or injUSticie-tO our friends. The message of the President, as we print it this morning, is carefully read and corrected ~froin,: an official coup. Many errors . crept into that received by tele grapli, and' we - 114yq accordingly taken pains to make what 'PitlAish this morn ing literal and reliable. The President's Message. It nutst be said Of • the President that he never takes up any sullject Without exhaust ing At: lie approaches every .. conclusion calmly,' slowly, and without paision While, at times, we see „ - hat might be: called-hesi tation and irresolution, in the end we know that the snirit of thetattritg_lunt u _ m Anai,troa_. • -.,ctinu/LE -- anu uecu. o m mag • uanimity—so. much justice—so much con sideration for minorities—So much humani ty—so much forbearance to those who. have erred—we do not often see in those who rule empites. We can only properly under `',:tand the position of the President, as it is announced in his message this morning, by recalling the great events'of 'his present Administration. We must remember that the ruler who now argues the necessity of Emancipation was, in the beginning, its sincere.'and consistent. Opponent.. He re moved FIIEMONT;• and revoked the order of General Hutvi.En, - and begged the pro slavery men of the Border States to make Emancipation a civil measure by accepting the resolution passed by Congress at his sso licitation.' In all this action we saw the•for, bearance of a kind and paternal ruler—of a Chief Magistrate who did not wish to deal with the Southern rebels except as erring and - wayward children. But when the re bellion assumed its present proportions, and sought to overwhelm the whole. Republic in tuin—wlien the issue became the death of slavery or the death of the Republic—he boldly declared Emancipation. And this de claration he sustains in one of the most con vincing, earnest, and affectionate state pa pers that ever came from a President of the United States. • The President avoids either extreme of this complicated question. •He does not sus tain • Emancipation merely because it gives freedom to a number of black laborers, Nnor because it gratifies a humanitarian spirit in the Northern and European States. - To him it Is a'. question of justice, and a question of polleyL-of justice to the white people of the South; who are oppressed by the overbiii dened condition of their labor system, and a question- of policy which' all •who are at (planted, with the influence that Avery has exerted on this war will readily acknow ledge. Emancipation will make a crushed, despised, and almost useless rare, a free and available people. EMancipation will make the nee° 15ett6r than a slaVe, 'if he is not as efficient and capable as the free white man. :We must dispose of these peOple in some way. If we keep them in slavery, we cultivate and cherish treason and perpetual discord in our midst. -If 'we endeavor to colonize them in other coun tries, we attempt what may, for years to come, prove - an impracticable measure. If we throw among them the fire-brand of in surrection, 'we turn the Social condition of every slave State,'loyal .or rebellious, into anarchy. Blood will flow ; and death, with all its attendant horrors, will come without reason, and go without retaliation. There fore, there is only one ground that reason able men can occupy, and this is the ground set forth by the .President in his proclama tion. • There must be emancipation ; there can only be equitable emancipation ; and adopting the amendments to the Constitution . he proposes, we advance very far to the con S , summation of this great idea. There is something manly, too, in the. President's. bold and frank appeal to the. future. "We cannot (he says) escape history.. We of this Congress, of this Mintinistra-• • tion, will be remembered. Neither perso-. nul significance nor insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, with honor or dishonor, to the latest gene ration." In a spirit like this we trust She country will answer the President's call; and that Congress will'enter upon its new duties with a sublime and self-denying cou rage. We can very well anticipate the agi tation which the endorsement of this emu „cipation measure will produce on all parts of the country. We can realize the dismay which will attend the Southern conspirators, , as they see this just and holy purpose sus tained by the powerof this great Republic.., Those who have been against us during all this crisis, will be. .against 'us now, when we. ask them to end the rebellion in a just and honorable manner. But we are convinced that the millions who think and direct public sentiment, those wln:Lare sin cerely loyal and anxious to save this tinien, will sustain the President in his righteous course, even to the end. • He offers us peace, and justice,-and honor. In his own quaint and nervous language, we can say to the country : " The way is' plain,' peaceful, generous, just—tlte way which, if followed, the world will ever applaud, and God must forever bless.'' It is gratifying to find that our foreign re lations are in such a prosperous and happy condition,• and that the uneasiness which was caused - by the interchange of notes on the - American 'question 'between the great Powers has riot affected the diplomacy of the Administration. Our financial atfairs receive the President's earnest considera tion ; and•We arc glad to find that he looks forward to an early re-sumption of specie payments as a - means of. strengthening the eturencv. . . . We also see that the war has not affected the Post Office arrangemoits, and that this intri cate and elaborate dePartmeitt of the service exhibits a decided iniprove*nt. We are glad to know also that means are ,being taken to establish a 'cheap and - exPeditious foreign postal system. This will do as . much to unite-and•harmonize Europe and America as and oceanic telegraph, and we. trust - the proposed convention will be successful. The Indian affairs in Minnesota reaeive an inci dental allusion, aild : the Piesident suggests to Congress • the propriety of remodelling our whole Indian system. Altogether, .the message Is extremely comprehensive and satisfi►etoiy, and will do much to justify the public confidence in the AdminiStration. • LETTER FROM c‘ OCCASIONAL:7 Wasiunnox, Dec. 1, 1813.2 There is no doubt. that the President's message has produced a good inMression upon friend and foe. If it has siwpriSedtlie sympathizers with Secession by, its modera tion and fraternal spirit, it has not disap pointed even the most exacting supporters of his policy, who,-fully content with what has been done, - are now equally content to confide to his bands the future con;: duct. of the Administration . and . the war. There is in this message an evenness of style, and a compactness of logic, that will disarm criticism and confound those who have habitually contended that Mr. Lin coln was more ambitious to utter -unique sentiments than to follow the beaten • track made for him by.former Presidents. The spirit, that pemades this message is that of religious devotionto the Union, and good men will be greatly disappointed if the political friends of Mr. Lincoln do not catch inspiration from his example, and, while working for the conquest of the, ebellion„ do everything to promote - llartnOny, anti to extinguish discord among • themselves: You will perceive that he does not NI ,back from his proclamation of emanci pation, but that he briefly asserts his deter mination to hold . to it. Indeed, he ad vances upon it' by propOsing a new plan of emancipation, which, while possessing the charm of • novelty, is fortified by a strain of patriotic exhortation. and by an array of inexorable and irresistible statis tics, which must even .impress the most frantic of the . rebel leaders and the most ' deluded of their followers. There is no section of our country, either that which has seceded from, or that which adheres to, the Republic, that will not be affected, and thvbrably affected, by this new and con vincing appeal. We are living in a wonder ful era. the President says, " The . dogmas of t h e quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present; the occasion is piled high With diffieulty,• and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, ive must think anew and act anew." Animated by these. thoughts, .so just And opportune, he has evidently brought all the resources of his intellect to the proposition which con stitutes' the body of his message. It *Hi become; the text for unbounded -investi gation and unlimited attack' and defence ; and those Who defend it shOttld.',be couraged, and those Who.',9l)Pose.if sliould be admonished that it' Will henceforth be supported not simply upon its' intrinsic merits; but -backed and maintained by - the whole power of- the Administration of. the General GoVernment. While losing none - of the advantages of the proclamation of The ermmatron of t~re .progressive n;;.oithe day to insist that every means and appli ance should be used to give vitality and ef fect .to the other. recommendations of the President on the Subject of emancipation, so that these recommendations may become as familiar to the people as the most approved maxims Of Christian philosophy. It gave me pleasure to observe that no interest was shacked when the message Was read in both branches of Congress to-day. This is a promise of its welcome by the people, and, what is far better, a' bright augury of the triumph of its doctrines. There are, how ever, so many points in this message, and I have so little time at the late hour at Which I write to make more than a- reference to the spirit that characterizes it, that must leave to -my associates at home the duty of treat-' ing it more elaborately. • OCCASIOIVAL. . Alt MY OF THE POTOMAC. Strict Regulations in Regard to *PaSies— Those arc Entitled to These Privi leges—Regulations in Regard to Packages. HEADQUARTERS Or ARMY OF'THE POTOMAC, December Ist. The cannonading mentioned in yesterday's de spatch was by one of the enemy's right wing batte— ries. Their object is unknown at these head quarters. The following general order in relation to passes was issued to-day : HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, CAMP IVSAR FALMOUTH, Nov. 27, 1862. GENERAL ORDERS, No: 187. None,lut persons engaged in the public ser vice will be passed over the railroads, or bridges, or by steamboats, towards Fredericksburg, without special authority from these peadquarters, or from the headquarters of the commanders of the grand divisions. Second. Persons connected, with the railroad ser vice will obtain their passes' on application to the superintendent of railroads. Third. Persons connected with the military ser vice, on presenting to the provost guard proper or ders from these headquarters, or from the headquar ters of either of the grand divisions, will be pissed to and from Acquia Creek, Alexandria, and Wash; ington. Fourth. The provost marshals at Washington, Al , exandria, and Acquia Creek, wilt give passes on the presentation of orders from the headquarters of this i . department, from the bureaus of the War Depart ' ment, from the commanders of the grand divisions, and from the ;glittery Governor of the District of Columbia. F(fth 7 The commanders of the grand divisions will grant passes to newsboys to sell papers to their com mands, under such regulations as they may deem fit to enforce, and no other newsbOys will be allowed within their lines, except by permission of the pro vost marshal present at these headquarters. Sixth. AU packages marked with the names of officers and soldiers serving in this army will b e re ceii - ed by the provost marshal at the places of Ar rival and turned over to the provost marshals of the grand divisions, who will deliver them to the proper owners by their signing declarations that the peek age contains private property for their individual use. The provost marshals of the grand divisions will send daily to the depot for such • articles for. officers or soldiers belonging to their rlspective mends. All the packages belonging to officers at theie headquarters will be forwarded direct to the proVost marshal general. • • By command of Major General Burnside : • LEWIS 'RICHMOND, Adjutant General. Nothing has transpired to-day worthy of note. Daily reconnoissances are kept up with spirit and energy. The sky to-night promises a storm. ARMY OF THE FRONTIER. 'A Battle at Cave Hill, Arkansas..—The • Rebels . Defeated, and Obliged to Fall Back—;l SuceeaNita Cavalry Expedition. WASHINGTON, December I.—The following has been received at the headquarters of the army : "ST. Louis, November....V, 186::'. "To Major General Halleeic, General-in-Chief: "Gen. Blunt, with his division, made a forced march and attacked the enemy yesterday morning, at Cave Hill. The battle lasted several hours. "The enemy, under Gen. Marmaduke, began to fallback about one o'clock, but retreated, fighting until sundown. The victory was complete. "Our loss is not great, and the enemy's loss is much greaterthan Our forces camped on the battle-ground. . , "The enemy retired to Van Buren._- . • " S. R. CURTIS, - "Major General." • " ST. LOUIS, NOC'enther 29, 1882. Toiiinjor General It...W..llalleck, : General-in-Chiel: Davidson tglegraiiha that a cavalry expe dlflA?n, under, Diajor Torry, to the . forks of the Iglu goo. and .St. FranciS, 'California, captured Colonel " - Phelan and ten men or the rebel army. • , • " CURTIS, • " - Major General" The Republican% have control or tlui Minneiota, • Legialature, which will enable them to gain a mom- • ber of the National Senate: • - I • —P. Sterie Sanderson, of- Pennsylvania, has re signed his position in tget pny department of the army. WA G- TON . Special Despatches Ito 6 . 4 The Press," WASIIII'4 . O . TC , N, December 1, 1663. The McDowell Court of Inquiry. The court of inquiry in the case of General Bre- Dowsm. niet this morning. Gen. MP. offered as testimony with reference to the manner in which he dealt with the inhabitants of the country occupied by his command his written instructions to General Suiuz.ns, at Nirtty, o to take such supplies from the inhabitants ns the force under him needed, and to give the receipts for property so taken, required by the army regulations ; and further instructing him, in case he could not thus procure stillicient forage, to subSist his horses by grazing. 'After this letter was rend, Cola SHIVER, chief of Gen. lvlefloWELVa staffovas again kaurined, and testified that supplies were largely taken from the people of the country by Gen: DlCDowura.'s order, for the use of the army. The Case of Cm. Porter. The court martial in the 'Wise Gen. PORTHIt met this morning, Gen. ICrNo still absent. After . the 'court met General Powr, was furnished with a copy of the charges against him. Ile asked . an adjOurnment to Thursday morning, whereupon, the court was cleared for deliberation: After half an hour the doors Were opened, and an adjournment till to=morrow, at 11 A. IW., announced. The Reading of the Message. The reading of the message began in the Senate at twenty minutes before two o'clock. In the Ifouse:it •was a few minutes later. Colonel Jourc W. FonNEy, the seereltiry,"read it to the Senate. Personal. Mrs. liiinparr. BiECItEI; . STOWE was in the ,Se nate gallery to-day. Miscellaneous. Colonel A. V. CoLivonNE, from General McCLEL LAE, staff, has been assigned to duty as adjutant general of the Department of the Missouri, headquar ters at St. Louis. Leave of absence has been granted to Colonel Uor.uURNE to visit his home in Vermont before entering upon his duty. General MCCLELLAN endorses the Colonel as one of the most efficient officers in the army.:. XXXVIIth CONGRESSSecciSkilSessioik. 11AsHmeeros, December I, 166.2 SENATE. The Senate' Called tci , The Senate met at noon. Vice President Hamlin being absent, the Senate was. called to order by the President pro tem., Senator Foot. Absent Senators. An the Senators werepresent except, the' follow- Pearce, Messrs. Brtyard, Doolittle, Rale; Kennedy, Wilmot, and Wilson of Missouri, The Senate was opened with prriyor by the Rev. Dr. Sunderland. Credent lois of New Members Presented, and they are Sworn in. Mr. TEN EYUK (Rep.), of New Jersey presented the credentials of Richard P. Fields, appointed - U.S. Senator from New 'Jersey, to. fill the vacancy caused by the death of .Tohn R. Thomson.. .. , Mr. NESMITH (Union), of Oregtin, presented the Credentials • cif BenJamin F. Harding, elected U. S. Senator from the State of Oregon. - Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), of Rhode Island, present ed the credentials of Samuel Green Arnold, elected Senator front he State of Rhode Island, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of :This. Simmons. The above Senators appeared and took the usual • oath. Committee Appointed to waft on the Prest: dent. • On Motion of Mr. COLLAMER (Rep:), a commit tee. of throe was appointed to confer with the com mittee of the House, and inform:the President that Congress was ready to receive any communication. Messrs. Collamer, Grimes, and Saulsbury were appointed the committee. On motion of Mr. BROWNING (Rep.), of Illinois, it was ordered that the hour for the daily meeting be 12 o'clock. On motion of Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), the Senate took a recess till one o'clock. After the recess, Mr. COLLAMER (Rep.) said the committee had waited on the President, and the mes sage would be immediately communicated. Message licnti. The message of the fresident was received, and rend b the Secretary of the Senate. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. v. . Opening Proceediugs. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Stockton, chaplain, in the course of which 'he returned thanks for the brightening prospects of liberty for the slave, and for our emancipation. from a system which, he said, has involved us in so much sin, sorrow, and shame,, and for a renewed Union with greater powers, insuring the enjoyment of blessings and prosperity of the nation. The roll of the House was called by States, and a quorum answered to their names. Message from Senate. A. message was • received hrn o the Senate that a quorum of that body had assembled and was ready to proceed to business. Committee t. o l‘rait on the President • Appointed. On motion of Mr. WASHBURNE (Rep.), of Illi nois, a message was sent to the Senate, and .at his instance a committee was ordered to be appointed to act in conjunction with a similar one of the Se nate, to wait upon the President and inform hint that they are. ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make: A War: Vessel on Lake Ontario. Mr. ROSCOE CONKLING (Rep.), of New York, offered a resolotion t which was adopted, instructing the Committee on hi avid Affairs to report the cheap est, most expeditious,,and reliable mode of placing a vessel-of-war on Lake Ontario, when the exigency may arise, and of establishing water communication from other waters on the lakesizind that the coin- Mittee report which of the various plans suggested may be most reliably adopted, together with the time and cost of the work..: . Papers. arc .entitled to privilege of • •. Mr. TALLANDIGIIAIVI (Dem.), of Ohio, offered a resolution, which was adopted, that •the Commit tee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire'and re port to the HouSe, at an early day i .bylv,hatapkbpa .tits7..fir-StfiafitetilitietiW - eili) say what newspapers may and what shall not be transmitted through the mails of the United States. ResolutionOffenc toArrestsfor Political e& Mr. COX (Dem.); of: Ohio; offered the following: Merges, Many citizens of the United States have -been seized by-persons pretending to.be acting under the - authority of the United States, and have been carried out of the jurlialiatiedi 'cif "the States of their residence, and imprisoned in thamilitary Sons and camps of the United States; without any public charge being preferred against them, and without any opportunity being allowed to learn or disprove the charge made or alleged to be made agnizlM them ; and Whereas, Such arrests have been made in States where there was no insurtection, or rebellion, or pre tence thereto; and Whereas, It is the sacred right of every citizen that he should not be deprived of his liberty without due process of law, and when arrested shall have a speedy and public trial by art impartiel jury : There:- fore, . Resolved, That the House of Representatives do hereby condemn all such arrests and practices as un warranted by the Constitution and laws of the United States, and as a usurpation of power never -given up by the people to their rulers, and do hereby demand that all such arrests shall hereafter cease, and that all persons so arrested and yet held shall - have a prompt and public trial, according to the pro -visions of the Constitution. The •Resolntions Tabled. • - Dn motion -of Mr. COLFAX (Rep.) of Indiana, :the preamble and resolutions were tabled—yeas SO. nays 4O as follows YEAS. Yegsentteu T. A. D Aldrich (R.) Arnold (R.) Babbitt (R.) Baker (R.) Baxter (R.) }Scanlan (R•) Bingham (IL) Blair (R,). Pa: .Blake (10 Brown (U.), Va. tiftliuton (R.) , Ca AT (U.) 'Chamberlain (IC.) Clark (R.) Clement! , (U.) Col rax (R. ), Conkllngl.A. (R.) Conkling R. (R.) Dawes (11-) Duell (It.) Bunn (R.) Edgerton (R.) FAlwards (R.) Eliot Ely (IL) Fenton (R.) Frauchot (IL) Fesaeuden &CAR) (Rep.) Frank (R.) Gooch (R.) Goodwin (IL) Gurley (ILI Harrison (IL) )lickman (R.) Hooper (K.) Horton (It.) Hutchins (11..) Julian (IQ Kelley (R.) • Kellogg (R.) Mich Kellogg (IL) 111. Lansing(t) Leary (U.) Ullman (P.) Loomis (11) Lovejoy (R.) • Low (U.) McKnight (R.) MePheraon (IL) Maynard (U,) Mitchell (R.) :Moorhead (K.) Morrill (R. ) Vt. NAYS.. Ancona (D.) Harding (U.) Bailey a).) • (1),) Biddle'(l).) Kuapp (R.) Blair of Vo. (U.) LaW (1).) Calrert al. Lazear (D. Coming (U. Menzies ( .) Crittenden (U.) Morris (D. English (D.) . ' 3101)10 (1).) ' ' Fouker (D.) Norton (D.) Granger (R.) Odell (1).) (hider (IL) Price (U.) }lnia,lit (DJ- Richardson. (D.) Mall (U) ISlteilield (D.) Thc Citizens of Illinois Co lineal Prisons Mr. RICHARDSON (D.), of Illinois, offered a resolution that the President be requested to inform the. House What Citizen; a Illinois are now confined in Forts 'Warren, Lafayette; and Delaware, and the Capitol Prison, and any other forts and places of conflnelnent, andi upon what charges they were hr. rated ; and that the President inform the House the names of the persons arrested in Illinois and con fined in prisons outside the limits of the said State; what the charges -are against them, by whom made, and by whose authority the arrests were made. Mr. LOYEJOY• (R.), of Illinois, moved . to table the resolution. Adopted—yeas 74, nays 40. The President's Message Delivered. Other comparatively unimportant business was transacted, when a recess was taken for fifteen minutes, in order to await the reception of the Presi dent's message. Mr. WSISRBURNE (Rep.), of Illinois_, from the committee appointed to wait upon the President, reported that they had performed ..that duty, and, the. President would forthwith communicsite in writing. It Is Read and. Referred to Committee of the Whole on the State of Milolle The private secretary of the*President, Mr. Nico lay, then appeared and delivered the message, which having been read, Mr. MORRILL (Rep.). of :Vermont, moved that it, together with the accompanying documents, be referred to the Committee of the 'Whole on the state of the Union, and printed. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dein.) desired to say a few words, but he was prevented by the prevalence of the previous question, under the operation of which the motion was agreed td. The House then adjourned. 'ew Members Present. The following named new members took seats in the House to-day : George H. leanum, of Kentucky, in place of Jackson, deceased. Thomas A. B. Fessenden, of Maine, rice Walton, resigned. Amos Walker, of Massachusetts, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Bailey. Among the notices of bills, was one by Mr. Cox to amend the act of July last so as toincrease the revenue by a reduction of the tax on whisky to live cents per. gallon. The galleries of both houses were crowded to-day on the opening of the session. The Steamer Ariathie. NEW YORK December I.—The 13ritish steztmer Aritithie arrived to-night from Election at New Bedtaid, Mass. BETWORD, December 1.--George Harland, Jr., wad elmted Mayor to-day, without opposition. LAitou Posrrn•e SAI.Ji Dane, St 1001) ; ALSO, ii BALES BE.ONni SHIMTMOS.— The early attention of pureha;crs'is requ'ested to the large assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, .whips, leather, carpet-bags, and findings (also, at commence ment of side, 11 boles 40-Inch extra heavy brown sheetings, damaged by water, to be sold for cash), einbiacing first-class seasonable goods, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily Sold by catitlogne. on four months' credit. Conunencing this morning, at precisely 10 o'clock, by John B. Myers & CO., flUetiOneers, Nos. 32 and 234 Market street.. THE rizEss.—PIITLADELPITTA; TUESDAY, DECEMI3ER 2, 1862. The Anneal Message of the Preeidetit of Mu' 11.;:nitild Strafes ns Rend -hi the Senate and , House of Representatives, Maude D etnither 2,1862. Fellow-rinzens of the Senate and House of Representa tives: Since yOtir last manual assembling, arsother year Of health and bountiful harvests ham prised; and while it !IRS not pleased the Almighty to MOM US with a return of peace, we cam but press ors, guided bsi . the hest li g ht H e g wpm us, trusting that fa Ilis own good time and WlSCAvirr, all will yet be well. The correspondence touching, foreign affairs, which lies -taken :place:during' the las t year 'X re ish q e rear t to ' h submitted in ,virtual compliATICO Wit!t that eftect made by the House of Representatilres near the close of the-last session of Congress. If The condition.of our relations with other nations is less gratifying than it laps usuallybeen at former perioda, it is certainly more sfitisfnetorythan a nation so Un happily distracted as We artrinighticastonably have ' apprehended. In the month of :Tune-last thereweresome ground," to expect that the maritime Powers. which at the be ginning of our doinestiedifilculties so unwisely and' . unnecessarily, as we - think, recognized the insur gents as • a belligerent, would soon recede from that position, which 'has proved' only - less injurious to themselves than'to our own - country. But the temporary reverses which afterward -betel the National arms, and which were exaggerated by. our own disloyal 'citizens abroad, have hitherto de layed that' act of simple' justice.. The civil 'war, which has so radically aliangedsfor the moment, the occupations and habits of the American people; has necessarily disturbed the social concliVon, and af fected very deeply the prosperity of the nations with which we have-carried on a commerce that has been . steadily increasing throughout a period of half a century. It has at the same time excited political' ambitions and apprehensions, which have produced a profound agitation throughout the-civilized world. In this unusual -agitation we• have forborne from taking part in any Controversy between foreign States and between parties or factions in such States. We have attempted no.• propagandism - - and ac knowiedged no revolution ;-but we have left to every nation the exclusive conduct and management of its own affairs. Our struggle line been, of course, contemplated by foreign nations with reference less to its own merits than to its supposed and often exaggerated effects and consequences resultihg to those nations them selves. - Nevertheless, complaint on the part of this • Goveinment, even if it were just, would certainly be unwise. • • The treaty With Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade has been mit into operation with a good prospect of complete stiecees. It is an occa sion of'special pleasure to acknoiviedge that the execution of it, on the part of her Majesty's Go vernment, has been marked with a jealous respect for the authority of the United -States and the rights, of thoiemoral and loyal citizens. • Thit • 'convention with Hanover - for the abolition of the Stadt dues hits been - carried into full effect • under the act of Congress for that purpose. A blockade of three thousand miles of sea-coast could not be established and rigorously enforced in a season of great commercial activity like the present without committing occasional mistakes, and inflict ing unintentional injuries upon foreign nations and their subjects. A civil war occurring in :t country • where foreigners reside, and carry on trade under treaty stipulations, is necessarily fruitful of corn- - plaints of the violation of neutral rights. All such collisions tend to excite misapprehensions and, possibly, to - produce mutual reciamations be: twee-a nations which have a common interest in pre serving peace and friendship. In clear cases of these kinds I have, so ha as possible, heard and redressed . complaints which have, been presented by friendly . Powers. There atilt,however; a large and an augmenting is number of doubtful cases, upon which the Govern ment is unable to. agree with the Governments whose protection isalemanded by the claimants. There are, moreover, many cases in which the United States, or their citizens, suffer *wrongs from the naval or military Authorities of foreign nations, which the Governments of these States are not at: . once prepared to redress. I have .proposed to some of the foreign States thus interested, mutual -con ventions to examine and adjust - -such complaints. This proposition has been made especially to Great Britain, to] France, to Spain; and to Prussia. In each case it has been kindly received, but has not yet been formally adopted..., • - I deem it inv duty to -recommend an appropriation in behalf of the owners of the Norwegian bark. A dmiral P. Tordiniskiold; which vessel was, in May, -1661, prevented by the commander of the blockading force off Charleston from leering that port with a white, notwithstanding a similar privilege had; shortly before, been granted to an ItMglish vessel. I have directed the Secretary of State to cause the papers in the case to be communicated to tb,e.proper committees.- -• • • Applications . have been made to me by many free. Americans of African descent to favor their emigra tion, with a view to such colonization as was contem plated in recent acts of Congress. Other parties'at home and abroad—some from interested motives, others upon patriotic considerations, and still others influenced by philanthropic sentiments—have sug gested similar measures; while, on the other liana, several of the Spanish-American Republics have pro tested against the sending of such colonies to their respective territories. - Under these circumstances I have declined to move any such colony twiny State, without first obtaining the consent of its Government,with an'agreement en its part to receive and . protect such emigrants in all the rig.hts'Of freemen Land I have, at the same time, offered to.the several States, - situated within the trb spies; or havingcolonies there, to negotiate with them, subject to. the advice and consent of the Senate, to favor the voluntary emigration ofpersons of that class to their respective territories, - upon conditions which shall be equal,just, and humane. Liberia and Hayti arc as yet the only countries to which colonists - of African descent from here could go with certainty - of being received and lad Opted as citizens; and I regret to say that such 'persons as contemplate colonization do not seem so willing to migrate to those countries -ail to softie others, nor so willing as, I think, their interest de mands. I believe, however, the opinion among them in this respect is improving, and, that ere long there Will be an augmented and considerable emi gration to- both these countries from the United States. The new commercial treaty between the United 'States' and the Sultan of Turkey has been carried into execution. - A commercial and consular treaty has been negotiated, subject to.the Senate's consent, with Liberia, and a similar negotiation is now pend ing.with the republic of Hayti.' A considerable im proveinent of 'the national commerce is expected-to . result from these measures. •• Our relations with Great Britain, Prance, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Prussia, Denmark,'Swetlen, Aus tria, the Netherlands, Italy; Rome,_ and the other. European States, remain undisturbed. Very favo rable relations also continue:to be maintained with 'TurkeyTMorocco; - Chinavarm Ja_parr:sre•"s' During the last year there - rfas q p2Q,o B .l l ,—hr- - - thlif ownn - tinent, but more friendly sentiments than have heretofore existed are be lieved to be entertained by these neighbors, whose safety and progress are so intimately connected with our own; This statement especially applies to Mexico,' Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras,. Peru, and Chili. The commission under the convention with the -Republic of New Granada closed its session with Out having audited and passed upon all the claims which were submitted to it. A proposition is pending to :revive the convention, that it may be able to do more complete justice. The joint commission between the United States and the Republic of Costa-Rica has completed its la bors and-submitted its report. I: have favored the' project for connecting the United States with Europe by an Atlantic telegraph, and a similar project. to extend the telegraph from San Francisco to connect by a Pacific telegraph with the line wbichis being extended across the Russian Umpire. • • The Territories of the United States, with unim portant exceptions, have remained undisturbed by the civil hats, and they areexhibitirg such evidence of prosperity as justifies an expectation-that some of them will soon be in a condition to be organized as States, and be constitutionally admitted into the .Federal Union. The inunensemineral resources of some of these _Territories oughtto be developed as rapidly as ,possible. Every atep in that direction would have a tendency to improve the revenues of the Govern sent, and diminish the burdens of the-people. It is 'worthy of your serious .consideration whether some extraordinary measures to promote 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 viewto the publi cation ofits result at home and in foreign countries— results which cannot fail to be auspicious. . The condition of the finances will claim your most diligent consideration. The vast expenditures inci dent to the military and naval operations required for the suppression of fleas ritbellion, have hitherto beenApet with a promptitude - 141d 'certainty unusual in sift llar eircumstances;linVtlie public credit has been fully maintained. • 7 The continuance of 'the war, however, and the in creased disbursements made necessary by the aug mented forces now in the field,' demand your best re flections as to the best modes of providing the neces sary- revenue, without injury to business, and with the least possible burdens upon labor. The suspen sion of specie payments by the banks, soon after the commencement of your last session, made large is sues of United States notes unavoidable, no other way could t)hts liig j drat n! .tz iro6jls add the satisilicklbn of other suit 'demands be so economically Or so well provided for. The judicious legislation of Congress, securing the receivability of these notes for loans and internal duties, and making them a legal tender for other debts, has made them a uni versal currency, and has satisfied, partially, at least, - and for the time,•the long-felt want of s uniform cir culating medium, saving thereby to the people im mense sums in discounts and exchanges. • A return to specie payments, however, at the earliest period compatiblewith clue regard to all the interests concerned, should ever be kept in'yiew. Fluctuations in the value of currency are ahvays in jurious, and to redtice these fluctuations to the low est possible point will always be a leading purpose In wise legislation. Convertibility,' pronisstand Cer tain convertibility into coin, i s ,generallysAcknow lodged to be'the best anti surest safeguard 'against them, and it is extremely doubtful whether a circu lation of United States notes, payable in coin, and. sufficiently - large for the wants of the people, can be permanently;,uaefully, and . safely maintained. Is there any other-Mode in which the necessary pro vision for the pliblic wants can be made, and the great advantages Of a Safe and uniform 'currency se-' cured I • I know of none which promises such certain re sults, and is at the same time so unobjectionable, as the organiatfon of banking associations under a . general - act of COUgkess ' well guarded in its provi sions. To such associations the Government might furnish circulating notes or the security of United States- bonds, deposited In .the Treasury. These notes i 'prepared under the sttpervision of proper officers, being uniform in appearance and . security, and convertible always into coin / Would at once pro tee labor against time evils of a. vicious currency, and facilitate commerce by. cheap and safe ex changes 5 a moderate - reservation front the interest • on-the bonds wouadomPensate the,linifed States forthe preparation and distribution of thdnotes,tind' Jr: general sumiq, - islon 'of the system, and would lighten tlfailiden Of that part of the public debt em- Ooyed tatittlirities. The public credit, ,moreover; wouldj)e."&eatly,improved, and the negotiation .of nytw Wane greatly facilitated by: the steady market • demandlor Government bonds .which the adoption 'of the prOposed system would create. - . It is an additional recommendation 'of the mea sure, of considerable weight in my judgment, that It would reconcile, as Pir as possible, all wasting in terests by the opportunity oared to existing insti tutions to reorganize under the act substituting only the secured, uniform; National circulation, for the local a n d various circulation, secured and gime cured, now issued by them. ' The receipts into the Treasury from all, sources, including loans and the balance - trom the preceding, year, for the fiscal year ending on the 30th of June, 1862. were $583 0 585,247.06 ; of which Suitt 0,056,379.62 were derived front customs, $1,795,3.11.73 from the direct tax ; from public lands, $152,203.77; from miscellaneous sources, $931,757,64 ; from loans in. all forms, $529,692,465.50. The remainder, 0,287,- 06640, was the balance from last year. - The disbursements during the same period were : For Congressional, Executive and ja- • dicial purposes,.. $ 5,939,009 29 For foreign interc0ur5e.....,..._.... 1,339,710 35 For miscellaneous expenses, (including the mints, loans, post-office deficien cies, collection of revenue, and other like charges)... ......... ......... .1-129.771 Expenses under the interior Depart ment' . . • 3,102,985 52 Under the War Department .. .' . 304;303,407 36 Under the Navy Department .. . .. ' 42,674,569 69 For interest. on the public debt., ,13,190.321.15 ' For payment of The public' debt,' in- • ' eluding the reimbursement of•• thu t inporary loan and redemptions. Olin (R.) Patton (It.) Pomeroy (R.) Potter (R.) Rice (R.) Me. Kiddie (R.) Rollins (H.), N. H. Sargeaut (R.) Sedgwiek (R.) Sloan (R.) Spaulding (R.) Stratton (It.) Tntin (R.) Trimble (it.) Trowbridge (IL) Van Horn (R.) Van Val keuburgh (Rep.) Van Wyek (R.) Verree (R.) Welker (IL) Wall (It.) Wallace (R.) Wheeler (it.). Wilson (It.) Windom (R.) Worcester (R.) Shiol' Steele of N.Y., (D.) Steele of N.. 1., (D.) Stiles (D.) Thomas, iffas.,(U.) Thomas, Md., (U.) Val laudigham(D) Ward (I).) White, Ohio,. (D.) Wickliffe (U.) Wright (U.) Yeautan (U.) unwed fu Po- TilE ?RESIDENT'S ,MESSAGE. Dlnking an aggregate of. i& And leaving a belnace in. the Treasury on.the Ist day of July, 1862, of $1.0,043A1ti.81. it'should he observed that the sum,of $96,09,6,92109 expemled for the reinthussementi and redeniption of the ; public debt,„ being included alma in the loans made, may be pxoperly deducted lie h, from the re ceiptsand expenditures, leaving the actual reeelpts for the year, 4.4871J843,4k1.171, i‘nn the expenditures, $4l-1,"/44,1713.1is. Other information on the subject of the flamiieee will be found in-the report of the Secretary of the : Treasury, to whose statements and .yleivX i in} ite your must candid and considerate attention.. • The reports of the Seerettirlei of War and of the Navy are herewith • triktismittedl ; 1114 . 0 .pcluartu., though lengthy. Are scarcely more than brief ab- BtractH of the very numerous Kud extensive transac tion' And operationo conducted through these De partments. IN - Or could X give ri ►almmar) of them here upon Any principle which wOuld admit of it being much shorter than the reports themselves. I therefore content myself with laying the reports before you, and asking your attention to them. It gives me pleotsurc to report a decided iropren'e meat, in the financtal Condition of the Post Office lbeptirtment. As compared with several preceding years, the receipts for the fiscal year 1661 amounted' to $3,349,290.40, which einforaced the revenue from all. the' States of the Union for thYee-quarters of that ,Notwitlastinding 'the :cessation of revenue' front' `the so-called . Seceded States (infirm the last fisc4l - the incsrlise Of the correspondence of the/loyal Statefiluia been Nuftleient toproduce n revenue during the mime year .of $8,999,820" being only sso,ooDiess• than was derived from-all the States of the Union du ring theprevionnyear. The expenditures show Wein more favorable result. The• amount expended in 1861 WAR 513;606,169.11. FOr thelast year the amount. has been reduced - A(1• $11,125,361: 13,..showing a decrease of about $2 . ;481,* 000 . in the expenditures, as compared with the preceding: year, and about $3,760,000 as compared with the' fiscal year 1860. The deficiency in the department for the Previous: year was $4,651,966 98. For the last fiscal year it' was reduced .to $6 2 112,814 67. These favorable re sults arc in part Owing to the cessation of mail Her:• vice in the insurrectionary States, and in part to a careful review of all expenditures in that depart ment in the•interestiof economy. The efficiency of. the postal servicei.it is believed, has also been much improved. The Postmaster. General .11 it. 9 also opened,a,corre spondence, through the Department of Statei with foreign 0 overnments, proposinga convention.olpoe tai• representatives for the purpose of simplifying the rates .of foreign postage and to expedite . the foreign mails. This proposi tion,.equ ally important. to our adopted; citizens eind.to the commercial interests of this cowl-. try, has been favorably entertained and arced to , by; all the Ciovernmeuts from whom replies : have. been;reeeived. I ask the attention of .Congress to the suggestion . . of the Postmaster General in his report respecting . the further legislation. required in his opinion for the• benefit of the postal service. The Secretary of the Interior reports as followsin re and to the public lands : . " The public lands have ceased to. be a source of revenue. From the Ist of July, 1661, to the 30th of September,. 1862 , the entire cash receipts from the sale of lands were $137,476.26, a sum much less than the expenses of our lint system during the same period. "The homestead law, Which will take effect on the let of January next, offers such inducements to settters.that Sales for cash cannot be expected to an extent sufficient to meet the expenses of the Gene ral,LandlOffice, and the cost of surveying and bring ing the WI into market." The discrepancy between the sum here stated as arlaing freun the sales of the public lands, and the sums deritied from the same source, as reported from the Treasury DePartment, arises, as I under stand,' from the fact that the periods of time, though apparently - , were not really, coincident at the. begin ning point; the Treasnry,report including a Icon siderable..sum now, which had previously been re ported frOm the Interior, sufficiently large to greatly overreacts the . sum derived from the . three-months now, reported upon by the Secretary of the Interior, and not by.the Secretary of the Treasury. Thelndiali tribes upon our frontiers have, during the past year, manifested a spirit of insubordination, and at several points have engaged in open hostili ties. against the white settlements in their vicinity. The tribes" occupying the Indian country south of • Kansas renounced their allegiance to the United States, and entered into treaties with the insurgents. • Those who remained loyal to the United States were driven from the country. The - chief of the Cherokees has visited this city for the purpose of restoring the former relations of the tribe With - the United States. He alleges that they were ,constrained by superior force .to enter into treati s es with the insurgents, and that the United States neglected to furnish :theprotection which their treaty - stipulations required. In the month of August last the Sioux Indians, in Minne sota, attacked the settlements in their vicinity with extreme ferocity, killing, indiscriminately, men, women, and children. This attack was wholly un expected, and, therefore, no means of defence had. been provided.. It is estimated that not less than eight hundred persons were killed by the Indians, and a large amount .of property was distroyed. How this 'outbreak was indiMed is not definitely . known, and suspleions, which may be unjust, need not be stated. Information *WAS received by the Indian Bureau, from-different sources, about the time hostilities were commenced, that a simultaneous attack was to be made upon-the white settlements by all the tribes . between " the Mississippi river and the Robky Mountains. The State of Minnesota has suffered great injury from this Indian war. A 'large portion ocher territory has been depopulated, and a severe loss has been sustained by the destruc fifth of property. " The, people of that State manifest much anxiety .fOrthe removal of the tribes beyond the limits of the • State as a . guarantee against future hostilities. The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs will furnish full 'details. • . ' • - I subMit for your especial, consideration whether • our Indian systerii shall not' be reinodeled. Many wise and good men have impressed me'ivith the be lief that this ean'be profitably done. - I submit a statement of the . proceedings of the etimmissioners, Which shows the progresso that has been made in the enterprise of constructing the Pa cific Railrofid ; and this suggests.the earliest cora pletion of this road, and also the favorable action of Congress upon the projects now pending before them for - enlarging the 'capacities of the great canals in New York end Illinois, as. being of vital and rapidly increasing importance to the whole nation, and espe cially to the vast interior region "hereinafter to be - noticed at some grenteriength. I purpose having pre- . !pared and laid before you, at on early day; some in 'teresting and valuable statistical information upon this subject. - The military and commercial importance of en larging-the Illinois and Michigan canal and wide ning the Illinois river, ispreaented in the report of _Colonel Webster to the Secretary of War, and now transmitted to Congress. I respectfully * ask atten tion to it. • TO cam out the proviSiOns of the act of Congress of the 15th of May last, I 'have caused the Depart ment of Agriculture of the. United States to be or ganized. The Commissioner informs menet within the period of a few months this Department has established an extensive system of correspondence and exchangei both at home and abroad, which ..prOmiseetec effect highly beneficial results in the development of correct ,knounedge .of : recent im provements in agriculture, in the Introduction -Of new products and in the collection of the 'f.aicultural statistics of the different States. : 4\ gr 10.., that it will soon be..p . r vi eped ar to distri tlingii, that 1fu r i,717.!...a. fused much valuable information, in anticipation of A more elaborate report, which will in due time be furnished, embracing some valuable tests in chemi cal science, now in progress in the laboratory. The creation of this department was for the snore immediate benefit of a large class of our most vain able citizens, and I trust that the liberal basis upon Which it has been organized will not only meet your approbation, but that it will realize, at no distant 'day, all the fondest anticipations of its most sanguine friends, and become the fruitful source of advan tae to all 'our people. On the 22d day of December last, a proclamation was Issued by the Executive, a copy of which is herewith submitted. In accordance with the our pose expressed In the second paragraph of that pa per, I now respectfully call your attention to what may be called " Compensative Emancipation.". A. nation may be said to consist of its territory, its 'people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is 'of certain durability. One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth ahideth forever." it is of the first' importance to duly consider.and estimate this ever-enduring part. That portion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited by the people of the United States is well adapted to be' the home of one national faintly, and it is not well adapted for two or more. Its vast extent and its-va riety of climate and productions are of advantage in 'this age for. one people, whatever they might have been in former ages. Steam, telegraphs, and intelligence ha;;;',. ' - urOrlght 4 .-o these to be an advantageoWl ',.. mbination for one united people. In the ,inaugural gural address, I briefly pointed out the rata' inadequacy of disunion as a reittedY.fQK the differences between the people of the two sections.. I did so in language which I cannot improve, and which, therefore, I beg leave to repeat : " One section of our country' believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended - while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade are each as -well enforced, perhaps, as any laws can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself. The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligations in both eases, and a few break over in each. This I think cannot be perfatly cured, and it would be worse in both cases, after - the separation of the sec tions, than before. The foreign slave trade, now im perfectly suppressed, would be ultimately revived Without restriction in one section, while fugitive slaves, now only partially surrendered, would not be surrendered at all by the other. Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an infitilesitble wall between them. A husband :and wife may be 'ffiv - oreed and go out of the pre sence and beyond the Teajl of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot this, They cannot but remain face to face, and intereolitse, either amicable or hostile, must icontinue between them. Is it flbssible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after sepa ration than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can be among friends? Suppose you go to war. You can not fight always, and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are. again upon you." . . no line, straight or crooked, suitable for a national boundary, upon which to divide. Trace through from 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 upon both sides ; While nearly all its remain ing!sttgath are merely surveyors' lines over which • -.PePPlettiay walk back and forth without 'any con sciousness of their presence. NO' part of this line can be mode tiny more difficult to pass by writing it down on paper 'or parchment as a national boun dary. ' • ' The fact of separation if it comes' gives up on the part of the seeding section the fugitive slave clause, along with all other constitutional - obligations upon the section seceded from, while I should expect no treaty stipulOtion would ' ever be made to. take its place. But there is another difficulty. ' The great interior region,-hounded east by the Alleghenies, north by the ;British dominions, west by the Rocky Mountains, and south by the line along which the culture of corn and cotton meets, and which includes part of Virginia, part of Tennessee, all of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,' "WisconSin; Illinois, Mis souri, Kansas, lowa, Minnesota, and the Territories .of Dakota, Nebraska, and part of Colorado { already has above ten millions of people, and will have fifty millions Within fifty years, if not prevented by any political folly or mistake. It contains more than one-third of the country owned by the United States; certainly more than one million of square miles.. One-half as populous as Massachusetts already is, it would have more than seventy-five millions of peo .ple. A glance at the map shows that, territorially speaking, it is the great body of the republic. The other parts are but marginal borders to it, the magnifi cent region sloping west front the Rocky Mountains' to the Pacific being the 'deepest, and also:the richest, in undeveloped resources. • In the production of provisions, grains, grasses, And all.which proceed from them, this great interior region is naturally one of the most important in the world.. Ascertain from the statistics the small pro yortion of the region which has -fur yet been brought into cultivation, and also the • large and rapidly-in creasing amount of.its prpducts, and we' shall be Overwhelmed with the magnitude of the prospect ,presented. And yet. this:region has no sea coast— touches no ocean anywhere. As part of one nation its people now find and may forever find their way to Ettrope by New York, to South America and • Africa byNew Orleans, and to Asia by San Francisco. But separate our Common country into two nation as 'designed by the•present rebellion,. and every man of this greet interior region is thereby cut oftfrom some one or more of these outlets, not, perhaps,: by -a phy sical barrier,.but by embarrassing,and onerous trade. regulations; and this.ia true wherever a dividing or .boundary line may bs fixed. Place-it between the. 'now free and slave country., or place itsouthef Ken-, tuck; or north . of Ohio, and still. the, truth reinains, that none south of it can,tratle. to: any, pont. or .plaen• north out, nor none north of. It can, trade to any port or Place south of it, except upotb terms dictated, by a government foreign tothem. - These outlets, east, w,eet,.and south, Are padinpfM ssalfht to the well-being of the people inh KIM ing• and. to inhabit this i'ast interior region. lehicir of the 'three may be the be'st is no'proper question; alt am. ;better than- either and all of .right belong to- that people :and to their successors-, forever. Tran to thomaelves,. they will not- ask, where a line et:Berm ' ration - shot) be, tut will vow rather that these-shall .be no. studs line:l.:Nor. are Wt., niarginol regiene 'lean 'interested in these communications to rtiv:k through i them to the peat • obteids world; They. too, Katt .each (.11' thentt must - have BeteSS to this of the ',-West without 'payilig toll at the croasing ak.a n y: national botualory. . Our notionstatrife springs not from our nermanent peat t not from the laud we ittlusbilt not' front ow' en '~ndly 0ti,096,0 - 22. oo nations! lioi»esteul. There is no po3sible severing of this but wouhl Multiply and not mitigate evils tonong W 4. In :01 its adaptation And aptitudes it clem , mds Union and abhors separsolion ; in fact, it would, ere long, force reunion, however much of blood and . treasure the separation migft have cat. Our strife pertains to ourselves—to the passing generations of men ; and , it can, without contlision, he' hushed for ever with the passing of one 'generation'. In this view I recoMatend the adoption of the following re solution and articles amendatory to the Cemstitu-. tion of the Visited States. Resolved, Ily the Senate and lionwof eyresenta , 'fives of the united States of Amerilti, in (ingress assembled, twoftlfirdei of both Houses concurring, the following articles be proposedto the Legis latures or Clonventiowor of the severwl - States, - as aMendments to the Uonstitution • of the United Sfates all or any of whiclrarticles, wheel:trained by three-fourths of the said Legislatures er Conven tions, to be valid as - part" on parts of the said Gonsti tution, viz : Article —. Every State wherein slavery :now &g ists which shall abolish the same therein' , at any time or times bofore-tho Ist day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand and nine hurteired, WWl:receive compensation from the United States as follows—to wit: • The President of the• United' States shall deliver to every such State bonds of the United Stxtes, bearing interest, at the rate of per cent. per 4in ;tom; to an amount equal tb the aggregitte Sum- of $— for- each slave'shown to have been therein by the eighth census , of the United States, said bonds to be - delivered to such State by instalments, or in one - parcel, at the com pletion of• the abolishment; accordingly as the same shall have been gradual, or at one three, within such State, and taterest shall begin to run:upon any such bond only from the proper Hilo of.its delivery as aforesaid. Any State having received bonds as aforesaid, and afterwards reintrodueing.or tolerating slavery therein, shall refund-to the-United States the bonds so- received, or the value-•thereof, and all interest paid' thereon. Article All slaves who shall have enjoyed ac tual freedom by the chances of the war, at any time before the end of the rebellion, -shall beibrever free; but all owners of such Who shall - not have been dis- loyal, shall be compensated for. them. at the same rates as is provided for States adopting abolish ment of slavery; but in such way that no slave shall be twice accounted for. Article —.. Congress may appropriate - money and otherwise provide for colonizing free colored per with their own consent at any place or.places without the United States. I beg indulgence to discuss these proposed articles at some length. Without . slavery , the rebellion could never have existed ; Without slavery it could not continue. Among the friends of the Union there is great di versity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race amongst us. . Some would per petuate slavery; some would abolish it suddenly, and without compensation; some would abolish it gradu ally, and with compensation; some would remove the freed people from us, and some would - retain them with us ; and there are yet other. minor diversities. Because of these diversities we waste much strength in struggles among ourselves. Byputual concession we.should` harmonize and act together. This would be compromise, but it would ue compromise among the friends and not with the enemies of the U nion These articles are. intended to embody a plan of such mutual concessions. If the plan shall be adopted it Ls 'sassumed that emancipation will follow, at least in several of the States. As to the first article, the main points are, first, the emancipation ; secondly, the length of time for consummating it, thirty-seven years ; and thirdly, thescomperisation. The emanciottion will be unsatisfactory-to the advocates of Iperpatual slavery, but the length of time should greatly mitigate-their dissatisfaction. The time spares both races from.the.evils .sudden derangement; in fact, from the necessity of any de rangement, while most of those whose liberaLcourse of thought will be disturbed by the measure will have passed away before its consummation. They will never sec it. Another. class will hail the prospect of emancipa tion, but will deprecate the length of time. They will. feel that it gives too little to the• now-living slaves.. But 'it really give's them much. It saves nein from the vagrant destitution which must, largely attend immediate emancipation in localities where their numbers are very great,. and. it gives *the inspiring assurance that their posterity shall be • free forever. The plan leaves it to each State choosing-to act under it, to abolish slavery now, or at the. end of the century', or at any intermediate time, or by de grees, extending over the whole or any part of the period, and it obliges no two States to proceed alike, 'lt also provides for compensation and generally the mode of making it. This, it would seem, must further mitigate the dissatisfaction of those who favor perpetual slavery, and especially of those who arc to receive the com pensation. Doubtless sonic of those who are to pay and not to receive will object, yet the measure is both juilt and economical. In a certain sense the • liberation of slaves is the destruction of property .property acquired by descent or by purchase—the same as any other property. It is no less true for having been often said that the peo -ple of the South are not more responsible for the original introduction of this property than are the people of the North; and when it is remembered how unhesitatingly we all. use cotton and sugar, and share-the profits of dealing In them, it may not be 'quite safe to say that the South has been more responsible than the North for its continuance. if, then, for a common object, this property is to be sacrificed, is it not just that it be done at a common charge? And if 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 also economical to 'do •it'l Let us consider if then. Let us ascer- tain the sum we have expended in the war ;since compensated emancipation was proposed last March, and consider whether, if that mea sure bad been promptly accepted by even some of :the - Slave States, the same awn would not have .done more to close the war than has been otherwise done. If so, the measure would save money, 'and in that' view would be a prudent and eco nothical measure. . Certainly it is not so easy .to 'pay something as it is to pay nothing, ;tilt it is easier to pay a large sum than it is to pay, a larger one. And it is easier to pay any sum 'when we are able. than it is to pt - it before we are able. The• war requires large sums, - and requires them at once. The at,, , iTegate stun necessary for com pensated emancipation of course would be large,but it would reqUire no ready cash, nor the bonds even, any faster than the emancipation progresses. This might not; and probably would not, close before the end of the thirty-seven years.,At that time we shall pro bably have a hundred millions of people to share the. burilen instead of thitty-one millions as now. And not- only so, but the increase of our population may be expected to _continue - for a long time after that period as rapidly as before, because our territory will-nOt have become full.- - I do not strife this incon siderately.- At the. same ratio of increase, which we have Maintained_ en an average .from our first na • - fgrisiA/19,..4.4. 1 ) may we not continue that ratio far beyond that period"! Our aburidant room; our broad national homestead, is our ample resource. Were our territory as limited as are the British Isles, very certainly our population could not ex pand as stated. instead of receiving the foreign born as now, we should be compelled to send part of the native-born .away. But such is not our con .dition. We have 2,963,000 square 'miles. Europe .has'3,soo,con, with a population averaging 73; , ‘ per sons to the square mile. Why may not our country, a sonic time, average as many 1 Is it less fertile? Has it more waste surface by mountains, livers, lakes, deserts, or other causes 'I Is it inferior to Europe in an} :natural advantage 7 If then, we are at some time to be as populous as Europe, how. soon 7 As to when this may be we can judge by the past and the present. As to when this will be if ever, de vends much on Whether we maintain the Union. Several of our States are above the average of Europe, 93. to the square mile. Maasachusetts has 157,1thode Island 133, Connecticut 99, New York and New Jersey, each 80. Also, the two other great States of Pennsylvania and Ohio are not far below, the former having 63 and'the latter 59. The States already above the European average, except New York, have increased in as rapid a ratio since passing that point as ever before, while no one .of them is equal to some other parts of our country in naturaVeapacity for sustaining a dense popula tion. Taking the nation in the aggregate, we find the pu . iaiion - And ratio of increase for the severalde. -menial periods to be as follows 4790-3929,821. • 1800--b,305,937 ; 3 .02 per cent. ratio of Increase. 1810-7,239 3 814 ; 36.45 " cc t 4 1820-9,638 3 331 ; 33.13 " " it 1830-12,866,020 ; 33.49 " . " " 184a-17,069,453 ; 32.87 " " . gg 1850-23,191,876; 35.87 " CI ,c 1860-31,443,790; 35.58 • " '• " This shows an average decennial increase of 34.60 per cent, in the population through the seventy years from our first to our last census yet taken. It is seen that the ratio of increase at no one of the seven periods is either 2. per cent: below or 2 per cent. above the average, thus showing how inflexi ble;• and consequently how reliable, the law of in crease in our case is. Assuming that it will -continue, it given the fol lowing results : 1870, 42,323,311 ; 1880, 66,987,216; 1890, 76,677,81'2; 1900, 103,208,416; 1910. 138,918,4526 ; 1920, 186,984,335; ' 1920, 251,680,914. These figures show that our country may be as populous as Europe now is, at some point between 1920 and 1930, say about 1925, our territory, at 73X persons to the square mile, being of the capacity to contain 217,186;000 and we will reach this, too, if we do not ourselves relinquish the chance by the folly and evils of disunion, or by long and exhaust ing war springing. from the only great element of ••••onal discord among us. ; • whi rrir ea ii;got be foreseen exactly how muck one huge example or 75000810 orecompOovisr ones, indefi nitely would relatil hblittlattou, civilization, and pros perity, ne - on e can doubt that the extent of it would be very great and irkihribus.. • The proposed emancipation would shorten the perpetuate petice, insure this increase of population, and proportionately' the wealth of the country. With these we quiuld my all the emancipation would cost, together with our other debt; easier than we should pay our other debt without it. .If we had allowed our old national debt tOrtin at 6 per ceniper annual simple interest, front the end of the He volutiouary struggle until to-day, without paying any thing on either principal' or interest, each )111111 of us ! Would owe less upon that debt now thou each man owed upon it then. This because , our increase of men through the whole period has been greater than six per cent, has run faster than: the interest 'upon the debt. Titus time. alone re lieves a debtor nation so long as its population itt .oreases faster than unpaid interest accumulates upon its debt. . This feet wonld ho no excuse for delaying payment . of what is lastly doe, bur hallows the great ittiportauce of time in this .connection. The great advantage of the Kr ' je Le b rn w s u l t l l i s e .e% .l%•e millions, l not' l have different l "i'tAttlyt.it'vne •we 'Would have to pay,now when-Mg numbr but thirty one millions. In a word; it shows amt a dollar will be ,nmeh harder to pay for the. war than will be a donor fur . emancipation on tireprotiosetrplan: Pad then the biter will cost no blood, no precious the. It will be a saving' ofboth. AS to . the second article, I think it would be impractl- - ' cable to return to bondage the ebns of persons therein contemplated. • Some of• them doubtless, In the property.. sense,.bolong to loyal owners, and Mace provision Is made in this article for compensating such. The third article relates to • the funite. of - -the freed People. It does not oblige but merely - authorizes Com greforte aid iwcoloniiing hitch ass may consent: This ought not, to be regarded asobaccflonable omens hand or. the other; inasmuch as it comes to nothing 'sinless . by the mutual .. Consent of the people to he'dtported, and the - American yeterslhrough their represeutadvestn Con •gres.s. . • I cannot make itbetter known than It already is that I strongly favor colonization, and yet I what to way there .is an • objection .Itrgial against free. colored lemons re maining in' the country, which is largely trogrinarY s if. not SOMetbllea It is insisted that their presence would injure anal dis place white labor and while laborers. Inhere ever .could be a proper time for ,inere catch arguments, that rime slimly is not . Ms*. . . In times like the present, men should utter nothing for 'which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity: Is it true,then, that colored people can displace' any more white labor by being free 'than by remaining slaves? "If they stay in their old places, theraostle no white laberees. If they leave -their old places they leave them.own to white laborers. Logically theee ix neither more nor less ,of it. Emancipation, even without deportation, ws,uld probably enhance the wages of white labor and very 'surely wind(' not reduce them. Thus the customary rn - aount of labor would still have to I.e. performed. The freed people would surely not. at) more than their :old proportion of it, and,very. probably Mr a time would cite less, leaving' an increased part to white laborers, bringing their labor into greater &mond, and contest r.piontly enhoneing the wages of it. With deperkatlon • even •to a limited , extent, • WageS to White ".Inber isf.Mathessusitenlly certain, Ember is like, any :other commodity in the market t.inereastitintslenutta for . It, and yen increase the prise of It. Itedllce tliesupply.of Thlatek• labor by colonizing the black_ laborer out et the %country. ausl. 'o' precisely se nusch,youanoreaso the d e . ma »a her and wages of wh ite labor, :But it is .Iremisst that Abe freed Pantile. Will swarm l.'.fortli and cover the. whdp•land. A're they Pot al ':7cvdy in the land? liberation , Make. them. pang snore - numerOus? Equally distelbutssal ant.mg•the inflates .of the Whole country, ausl.tbere . ) y ee bt bee-hat wanculorcd In :Wren whites. Cellhhtlie.elle in sissy way greatly disturb the seven ss„,. There nth many communities now leasing more than Snits! free colored person to seven white.s.-.aue flat: without „ally apparent consciousness of evil front it.. _The. District -of Columbia, and the States of Maryland. uit Isolawaro, are all hi this condition. The Muriel lies Mere than one free colored to six whites, and yeti ik . its fl , ethitellt. Pett tints to Congress, I believe it has, never presented the ; prosene (0 e ' free colored personae as one of its gclevaitee lint wh y should ensitucipntion South :,,ond the freedt 'PeoPle North ? - People of any. color a:O4mA run utiles.% there. h o something to rut trout.. litiretlfore, encloslni ?i pople, to some extent, hare fled :North - ft - out, Leal e,, DOW, perhaps, front both beating'' Oita but if gradual emancipation and deputation be adopted'. Thee} still hare neither to flee from. Their 4)11111180erg will give Mein wages at lost: 011 7 nil na - w. laborers, con be proeurert. mut the freed men: in inns, will gladly give their labor for the w rill new homes ran be procured for them in 61attais, 110.10ot , tillum and with people.tif their 011'101=1 mud rata, titia titopeaitiOn tart fie trusted on the mutual interests intolied, and in ft eVent csnnot th,? North decide for itself Whether to reeeiv'e' thorn 7 Again, as practice pr tea more than theitry.in any case has there bean a itylrruplioa of colored perktle northward because of the aboludnneutfof slate ry in this Diistrlet last spring? What I Stave said of the ploPortion of free colorcst Cons to the Itirites, in the, Distnct,•is from the census of 1550, having no reference 'to per;zonti c ytelled contruhauds, nor to those heads free by the not of • ongress abolishing ;slavery here. 'rho plan eonsinting of these articles Errecomtnen?i,d, not but that a re..toration of the'nutioutil •Aiethority wonid be accepted Irlthaut its ndoptiou nor will the war nor Proeeedings innicv the "reclamation , of Ke . , plembor IR!, be stayed bee:luxe. or the reectninetrata jolt of tbbi- Plan. It timely acYoption.-I doubt ranovontni bring re storation, and therollystaY both. And notwithstanding this plan, the* recoretneedation that Oengaess proyidebr law for coin poi sa ti lig:arty State which limy adopt 4:anticipation belbro•this-nliin shall have been ncted upon, iirberebycarncstt, renewed. Snch Nro Id. he only au a dva liaa' pa ro of the plrst; ud•the satue arguments apply to both.- 'kb is plan is recommendatratrn Means n)t , in er.cliusiou of, brit additionai to, all ot3erafor reetoricit .:171d:impx,rv ing the nutionol antlioritytbrongliout the Union. The subject is presented eget unirtilVin its ecour mica' tieVert. The plan ticortld, - 1 it 111 coafident, secure pelleo 'Mime speedily, and maintain it niorYperraatiently,than carafe done by force alone, while all it-would cost, at) witderim; amounts antra payment, and tinier of pa ytnen3wout easier paidliiita•will be the odditiobul cost of the wilt, if we rely solely Upon foree. It is math; very untsh,;tifitt would cost no bloc 4 at all. The plan is proposed 28 pormausdt constlinticsial law,- It cannot bocoutelicaia without thew:incurrence of. first,• two-thirds of Coupes*. and after Words, three-fourths or the Suites. The requisite three-fourths of the will necessarily'i II CI Me' MC von of the Slave States. Their eoucunrence r iti obtained, assurance -Of their several Iyall option' erne uciputionint no very distant day upoir rho ife*.clunstattriteutti terms:. This assurarlee would.und the stinggle• Lotto - , and save the Union , foe ever. Jdo not forget the gravity which should clutraeteriie A paper addressed. to the Congress of tha nation by She Chief Magistrate of the nation. Dior do 1. iSultet that seine of you are my: sen fors ::noo . that many of you have move experience than 1 inathe conduct of puhlurstfairs. 1%54 trust that in view of the great responsibility resting norm me, you will perceive no , want of respect to , rourselvos in any undue earnestntss. L nuts - seem to display. Is ft• doubled, then, that the.pla a 1 propose, if adopted, wouli4 short , ...,n the wari and , thus lessen its expendlitere of MO nay and of bioodyr • •is it doubted that it would. restore the national autho rity and national prosl)erity, alai perpetuate both inde finitely ? Is it doubted 'that we here. Congress and Executire, can secure its adoption r Will not the.goottPeoPle• respond to a united and ear nest appeal front us? Can we, can they; liy:ruly other means so certainly or so speed it y. assure thpse vital: objects? We can Succeed only by concert . It is not "tau any of us imagine bet ter." but Cauwe all kln better?" . . Object, whatsoever .vjus.4l3.le; still the question re curs. "Can we do better.?! ' • The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occossion is piled highlwith diffi culty, and we most rise with the occasion. As our ease is new, so we roust think anew and act anew. We must at:enthrall oftesaves. and then ire shall save Ourtsou nt Fellow-citizens: We cnimet escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remem bered in spite of ourselves.. 1!;:o personal significance or insignificance can spare one ea- another of as. The fiery trial through- which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor—to the latest generation. We say, " arc for the finical." The world will not forget that we say this.. We know how to save the Union. The world knows. we do know how to save it. Wo—oven -we hem—hold the power and bear the re- In giving freedom .to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike. in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last. hest hope of earth. Other menus may succeed—dais could not fail. 'no way is plain, peaceful, generous, just—a way whiEb, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless. A 1311.1.11.131 LINCOLN. DECEMBER Ist. 1361 tE!),. After having received the following portion of Secretary Stanton's report, from Washington, the transmission of the rest was, for some unexplained cause, interrupted. We hope to be able to pub lish the entire report tomorrow. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRE TARY- OF WAR. WAR. DEPARTMENT, November "4, 1862 SIR:. That portion Of the United States which is now, or has been during, the last year, - the scene of military operations is comprised within ten military departments. The armies operating in those department; accord ing to recent ollicialrettkras,constit ute a force of seven hundred and seventy-fife thousand three hundred and thirty-six oiricess and privates, fully armed and equipped. Since the date of the returns this number has been increased to over eight hundred thousand. When the quotas are filled up, they will number a Million of men, and the estimates for next year are based upon that number. The middle department, comprising the States cif Pennsylvania, _ Maryland, New Jersey, and Dela ware and,the Department of Virginia, 115 ve been the scene of important military operations, concerning which detailed reports have not yet been made by the commanding generals to this Department. Your knowledge of the character and result of these operations dispenses with the necessity for any review until the final reports are made. The preliminary reports of Major General 'Me , . Clellan of the battles before Richmond and of the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, and the report of theGencral-in-Chief are submitted. The co m m tui Mitt ions between this Department and the respective commanders were prepared under a resolution of the Senate at the last session, and will be transmitted to Congress whenever you shall be pleased to give your sanction. The report 01 General lialleck, 'the General-in- Chief, exhibits the operations in these departments since the 23d of July. the date at which, under yoUr order, he assumed command of all the armies of the United States. If the campaigns of the armies in these d3pcut ments have not equalled in their results the expiecta- lions of the Government and the public hop still Sk they have not been unproductive of good re ts. The valor of our troops has been displayed — el many occasions, and the skill and gallantry of officers have been distinguished at Yorktown, 1. Ilanuiburg, Fair. Oaks, Gaines' -Mill, - Malvern Hill; Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Chantilly, and other places enumerated in the reports herewith sub mitted. The invading army which recently threatened the capital and the borders of Maryland and Pennsyl vania, has been driven back beyond the Rappahan nock; Norfolk, captured by Maj. Gen. Wool, is in our possession; Suffolk and Yorktown are held; strong army corps, under its vigilant and efficient commander, Maj. Gen. Dix, at - Fortress Monroe, threatens and harasses the enemy ; end, what is es pecially gratifying, it has been proved that the loyalty of the State, of Maryland cannot be shaken even by the presence of a rebel army. . The official reports received at this Department show that the military Operations in the West du ring the past year have peen both active and suc cessful. The Iteginning of last winter found the rebel armies of Pace and McOullech in possession of all the northwestern portion. of Masseurywhdle . , many of Aro.- were in a ur at Rolla and Sedalia. O fore an soon as the rebels could be driven from the northern and onr armies reorganized, active operations we, commence d, not withstanding the inclemency of the ~eson end the bad condition of the roads. On the lert - - of Decem ber-a considerable number of the enemy wei cut off and captured at Milford, while on their way to :rtin Price, on the Osage river. The forces at Rolla, under General Curtis, moved towards Springfield, which compelled Price to fall back into Arkansas, where he was joined by Van Dorn. A severe battle was fought at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the 6th, 'Mi t and Bth. of March, between the combined armies of the enemy and General Curtis' force, in which the latter gained a complete and decisive victory. The. gunboats, under Flag-officer Foote, and the troops at Cairo, under General Grant, moved up . the Tennessee river, for the reduction of forts Henry and Donelson. While Grant's troops were march ing to surround the former place, it was attacked by the gunboats and reduced on the sixth of February, after a short but severe engagement. General Grant then marched across the peninsula and attacked fort Donelson. After several days' hard fighting, that place also capitulated on the sixteenth, with its armament and garrison, except a small lbrce - which crossed the Cumberland in the night, and effected their escape. This victory caused the im mediate evacuation of Bowling Given and Nash ville, and soon after of Columbus and the greater part of Middle Tennessee, While Grant and Diell were concentrating their armies on tho Tennessee river, near the head of navigation and great lines of railroad communica tion, Gen. Pope moved down the west bank of the Mississippi, captured New Madrid, and, crossing the river below the enemy's batteries on and near Island No. 10 compelled the garrison to capitulate on the 7th anti Btli of April. Gen. Grant had crossed the Tennessee and taken position at Pittsburg Landing, in anticipation of the arrival of Buell. The enemy advanced from Corinth, and attacked Grant on the morning of the 6th of April. A severe battle ensued, which continued till dark, the left of our line being driven back nearly to the river. A portion of Buell's force arrived in the "afternoon and during the night, and the battle was resumed at day light on the morning of the Ith. The enemy was driven back at every point, and in the afternoon lied from the field, leaving their-dead and many of their wounded in our hands. - Finding that the armies of Price and Van Dorn had been withdrawn from Arkansas to Corinth, and all the available troops of the enemy at the South west concentrated at this place, General Pope and a part of General Curtis' troops were ordered to rein force our army on the Tennessee. The latter had long and difficult marches to make. . ~UI~.OPE~ •Arrivnl of the gtenoter pool Dates to the gOth alt.—More Pirates sorie to Sea. CAPE Racy, Nov. 29.—The steamship Hibernian passed off' this point this evening, bound for Port land; with dates to the 20th. The Ediubtirgh arrived out on the 19th. It is reported that another craft, similar to the Alabama; has sailed (rota. Liverpool to capture and destroy any vessel sailing under. the American Rag, and another, it is said, -media soon follow. A despatch from Hamburg states that the steamer Bavaria, from New York, is ashore off Altona Beach. The mails and passengers were safely landed. GREAT BRITATN pir The following was posted at Lloyd's, on the 19th of November: "It is reported, that A: steamer has left Liverpool with a view of capturing or destroying vessels and- cargoes ' under the - Federal flag, and that another will shortly, follow." Insinuations have been on foot for some time that two steamers recently built in the Mersey - were in tended for some such service as above stated ; but these insinuation: , have never exceeded mysterious whisperings. The London Titan, of the 20th of Novenider, in its city articlis, says : "The report that Mr. Seward has addreSed our- Government in a tone of displeasure, at the aid alleged to.have been given the Alabama in Elitist' ports, created for a time sonic uneasiness on-the Mode exchange, ninny persons believing that' no Minister would tie willing to put himself in such. a position as that which- Ms. Seward occupied on this question, unless it were la the desperate hope . of finding a cause of exteruai quarrel, at any cost, co order to arrest impending events at home." The London Times notices Cassius 11. Clay's and Griirge Francis Train's controversy at the Academy. of Music, in New York, under the head of "sparring:, match," and says itwas a somewhat farcical • LATEST PER THE HIBERNIA. LoImo:1mm Friday.--My Telegraph from Li-. verpool.)—The leading papers reiterate the argu ment that the. Federal Government has no grounds for complaint in the case of The Alabama, the Peale rals haying notoriously taken.advantage of all op portunities offered. The steamship Norwegian r from Quebec, arrived at Liverpool; on the 21st. LIVERPOOL COTTON liIA_RKE.I7.—The sales in the Liverpool market ter the three days add up -4500 bales, of which 1500 bales were to speculators , and exporters.. The market is dull, but prices are noritinally the mine as last - noted. The market closed with a hotter feeling. STATE OF TRADE.—The advices from Manches ter are unfavorable the markets closing very dull. 'LIVERPOOL BREAIiIiTUFFS IkIARKET.— Brenda-I.llft (Lr . steady but quict,with the exception of Coin, which is.still advancing. Messrs. Richardson,. Spence &Gordon,Erise Co,,Pand others, quote- Flout stemly;Whent dull but steady; Red Western . 9s. 9.t Red Southern, 9s. 9d.@103.• White Souther ips. 6 (1.P11R.; Corn tirmer and. 3(1.@6t1.,. ml)4, %Id.; white, 3 - as.e.n.s. Oa- • Co 11111 l erciatintentgenee. , . 1130 sales of cotton foTthree.claye. were 4,500 halts, tile. market closing steady On WlNlneSaay evening iltentisttill's steady nr.ll.quiet. Corn has an upward. tridency. • PrOVisioll% are dull.. COnsolS closed on Thursday at 933; for money. LIVERPOOL YRONISION MARKET..—Beef dull. Pork quiet, best steady. Bacon easier. tLard dull,„hut steady. 'raiirtw ortietand steady. Produce. .4-Sugar dull and grin. Cotten inactive. Riee•quiet. Ashes—Pots AAA Pearls firm at 33@349. Common firm, Spirits otTlopentine dull at 116 s. LONDON. MAIIKETS.—Wheat heaxy, and tle cilined I@2d. Flour Gel lower. Sugar quiet. Coffee gun. Rice grim Tea t,teadY• dull 409@ 46s lid. lailiSeed Oil dull at £39®..G3l Sgt. AMEBIC/1N SECURITIES, °wine° the steamer Edinburgh's advice % declined. 'Mums Celltral, 43 n 4' per cent. discottat ; : Erie shmt*, 1 LATEST DtAlLlitrg, Friday-. evening, 4 . 31 11. dull and declined LEir2d for the weo: Week, 17,000 &Flea, at irregular 4 4 apeculatora 5,00(7 balsa, anal to extaato Salea to-day, 6,000 bales, at irregto m . iK to exportera, 3,000 Th e authorized quotations-; 'Ark tnsr Orleans.. MMMI Uplands • • The atoek in port amorbts to Nti which 2.1,505 bales are American. •f, I3reatl , ittlft'4 are steady.. eora ti 13usin sss inactiVe. LONTiON, Priday 1%A% 21_ ' money, 03.1; An-ler:can securiVre. Central, 44(4242 /ir eclat. discount;l: ri -1 1. • 64. Decrease of bullion in the 13ryy, c,i Ele Week, .ii 29 - 6 , 0 ( 10 :- last.estaShippisuir- e t i Th z , Arrived fi•olnlNew2orti7 Tigreii; ~ MetVAtif; at'Gloucester ;. fieorge Ardiangel and Amazon s atDeal; towisiliortt, at Liverpool. it NAM' CITI CCorrespsildeuec of The Press.-7 gear yoirg, NOTED POLITIMN As political affailreare corsibetedisa,; eity, - it is net 'theorist:Meat that; intrak„, t '" sometimes bb an episode. Sea l . .•.; convention meets without involvin g ~"4 .41: • most ruffianly strife and bruit& oss,:" N -s lare turned dims, hired bullies are i z t!,ttl tthe assembled blackguardism ear.5..4.„7-Y• ;plant In the usual affray.• at 47* ;Saturday morning this' rufflanban l it !politics ran ur...eto the climax - of a ra,,g o ,' " 4 ' lyolitician Darned Thomas - Byrnet si t, ,;** t . ifriesuls, was po.Aing placards in real- Cedar, for a-Would-fie 'ablest:a; Ikthis son-in-law, when he aid his pais ; wM •;i-party who were - posting for w0rde,4,74,3 Smith. Atter. ammo wranglintr, in .. 1.1‘ ."; animosity found its usual bt11,.‘17.1hg1‘,;,. sued between By.mes- and Smith's billsgs;‘,..4" 'named Sullivan. Byrnes finally gin upon the sidea - alk, when the-lattersiev's.4,4' shot his antagonist ; him sr„ . „ 44 ° he died on SaturdaTinight. . +P I , the police seemed- Sullivan, wisa,„-- h..., n 7 avae only defending his own lite,.an,i LX, the consequences. The slain man was- fainous to vet politics, and possessed legions or Nem: in iz to which he belonged. That he bad ft - thing, sa superior to his own positiiiinm v; fact that he brought up his family witlithss, regardto the refinements of life, and sas i .l,,,: ren educations fitting them- to shine alsg e - ,, He carried to his home no taint of tlieszesern; a New York politician must necessmily ni t* his daughters are noted for their elemnee ment. Poor Tom! in a different eallim ' e have ran all the honor due an 'airiest heavy £.- ed his life like a Christian. As it was -but le',-* . bear tojridge, for we arc sinners alt.!! A CERTAIN SCANDAL, corepromising the reputation of a isorninents York editor, has found its my. Informers!: vua, .day papers, I perceive, though ells-mm. 4041 i , gives it to print, is connected - with a pale r must hare . shared with the city press metes the obligation to silence omen cal at the to Iu at the editor in question.. The.. hater b. t!c lea spirit of- a well-known daily. journal. 4 au r , fifty years old, and the. possessor of A aockij litiCai name and fame not tohe tridirgi F i ggm, That such a mancould.not sispi,,sg, upon his journal to an intellectual:lnd nesig yna lady without incurring scandal armistbat tine danger to any man in doing , Lindly deed; is 1,“ sex, however unselfish those• deeds may is literally iuskind of: just ground for sari:M a matter at all, and but - for tice•obstirmey sf pique there need:tare been.no- outside pxsp it. Nov - , howerer;.as. it. has. stolen into pm:, ceivinr the usual.wild exaggeration by the ea, it is likely that the scandalized joanalits shortly give. the, fuels of the-case to the saki-, OE:NI:RAD BANKS' EXPEntrins has started! That is to say, several trarsiya„ of troops weighed anchor and sailed seamed pas day afternoon, And the remaining regiment, iret barking as-fasbaspossible-to-day. Some of ti:eine with whom..l.have conversed, arc quite "bise"st the idea that• they are bound for a long Texas.; blittLfancy that they will sec Fortin, x,. roe first.. They are nervily all New Enelses ay and regard General Banks with the utmat deuce and good-will. They know him to be; s ; ful and a resolute commander, and that he :lever dertakes a thing without knowing what he ie 4r. The personnel of the troops is admirable; they nearly all. strapping, brawny-looking fellows,: fine, intelligent faces, and that general air of to mined manliness so characteristic of New pin; General Banks supervises *e embarkation it son,.and, though the boys are pretty closely ;on board the steamers, they are all salsedi: `•cluippeill,.and have what comforts it isisissible' give thisss i ,-.2 THE FORTETTE PRISONERS, released by the recent epfeir'ssiandiite of the Department, are enjoying their utak clam Secession tavern, the New York Hotel. Piens Soule, who is one of them, says that he shall exile himself to Europe . very shortly, as he displirs ever seeing this "distracted country" rectors: - what it was. His Democratic admirers here i,n resolved to lighten his melancholy with a sereasit, The other liberated worthies, such as Marshal Ests, Mayor Wightman, he., hold their tongues likees sible rebels. THE PRESrDENT'S MESSAGE, is' expected this evening, and, if the rain tidY4 :! spoil the telegraphing, will appear, in part, later editions of to-night's papers. It is 100k , ‘511 nonsidee n bi n eagerly kg - a - new novef . 'by all classes. Thorn genclisl belief that Honest Abe will show thtt it has backbone, antl_is not to be frightened irratis purpose by Northern rebel-lovers and traitor . THE ELECTION TO-MORROW is occasioning many bets to-day. The Deraw - ilAtt Three to one on Brennan and Derelin, and the ittp.n. licalla +aim their bets with promptness. lisk - rt ail run far ahead of his ticket, but Brennan b4bly beat him by about ten thousand, STITINESAH. CITY. ITEMS. A Tnur.srPlT Lx PHOToGnAPHy.--Me:gi. liroadhent & Co., Nos. 919 and 914 Chestnut Meet, have long had the reputation of producing the tise4 specimens of photographic pictures on this or the other side of the Atlantic ; and to them also beloan the honor of having carried off the palm in the pr y duction of portraits in colors. In this department' they have, in fact, wrought a revolution. Whit others have attempted in this difficult hraneh of their art, they have carried to a triumphant suezeg. 11 na to-day-their pictures, finished in the inituitabfr Ivorytypee and Wenderotype styles, are sought slier all over the Union. They have discovered the vsisi .ble secret of introducing colors true to nature, not ohlY without impairing the likeue, but with tchfoll better effect in this partioular, GENTLEMEN'S PIIIMISITTNG Goops. — We invite attention this morning to the magniticeri stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods ortemi lif Mr. G. A. Voirman, (successor to W. W. Knight.) No, bliti Arch street, whose advertisement apltean in another column. Mr. Hoff iniin is fully inAtia• ingtbe high reputation of this old house, both in the extent and elegant character of his present stock, which, if it is equalled, is not surpassed by any other in this country. His stock of Gentlemen's Dressing Gowns, as usual, is unrivalled, whilit is the manufacture of Shirts he can challenge the world. . GEMS OF 3rILLINERY Tsai`. Weiki proprietors of the great Millinery esti:4g. - ment No. :25 Chestnut street : have this solo celled themselves in the taste and clec,ance 41 0 -4 4 in their magnificent' stock' of Hats for LAP AN Children. Nowithstanding the lateness of &se Kin, their assortment in the various styles of Whist able Itonnets, of their own, exclusive malre• to sO excellent, and their prices unusually moderate. SurERE STOCK OF LADIES! FLIII.S. -- A• 42 season is now at hand for the purchase of Furs le would inform our readers that .the richest, OW varied, and, in all respects, desirable As:xi:tan te( them can be found in :Messrs. Charier ftrAtiml i SoSsy.Nos..S.34 , and 936 Chestnut street, maiff Continental Hotel.. The superior facilitiee el popular old house, as importers and matturAtn e" ' give them great advantage's ilk point of prices. PIN E OLD WINES FOR .31EnicINAL Fcg • t rosbis.—.Persons desirdus of primuring 11'3H) . 0' nuine article of pure old liquor,- for medicinal Pur poses, can always obtain•it 'at 8fr..0. H. dealer in line family groceries, arch ;mil Tenth streets... His. fine brands of ,Sherrp., Port, and 3u " deira•Vines (also, a rare quality of old tozoitly.l highly resommended.:by our first pkiesirians for ill' valids. • SOME ELEGANT STYLES OP _SJITCLE. s. itt the way of Gentlemen's Furnishing GGolls.are exhibited' at Gakford.Se Sons', under the Cootitio r3l Hotel ; also, s . splendid stock of L oak's' I'.;ris Sls LIST ! 0111;: LIST OUT Wilco the other day; from 'the cottntn-,and rr. tieing that the door shut rather tightly, said, " 1 "'" you are 'listing even your doors these war times. An d very patilotia;colois'youtave there, too—re & 'and blue." "Yes;" said we, "a great 5. 3rc 'listing with the 'red, white, andblue,',j:o t and," said my office, fixed sosvibiat. like you up in the country." HeUr is that •' "Why, I must - 'li4br submit to the draft." left ; but I him, a fevrhours afterwants, osaing out of Charles Stokes"; one-price ' 1 Clothingst ore, under the Cantinental; dressed anew from:Jo: lre ' toe, with carpet-bog in hand; hurrying to Or es o " road ststion. • One hundrad coat hands.wanted ;it Charles ::• 10 5e 6. • Bigheat prices-paid. G3tAY-lIAIRED DEC.S.IIBER.---Old Dc triniwr has come, and with 'his , advent cold blast %»; be' looked for. The chilling and nipping air co r thes ° son .will.. require .that warAi garments should be worn, if the wearerwosld be comfortable, 000.110 01, lain warn! suits that are gotten stp with consiattea tion to comfort and dee:lnce, it is only nccessall patronize the Brown Stone Clothing liest:of hill & Wilson, Nos., 603 and - 605: CheMstit aboie Sixth: The twit and best winier for gent•vmen and youths, nut for m ilitars. , !lieu ° turned out of this p.vnlaf establishtueor.. T!) :,' ASSEMBLING OF CON'Graehiscit':* tertl4. 'congress nvf,entbled at Washington, 30Je°,_n.1; moused their labors: The messag,es from the th_,..`• en's departineptii: were sent in --,among theta thA l President Lincoln. This document is pmuottacil. by every one, even by those who %hirer in the 11 04 ! " expressed, to be tut able production.. The Presidedt Hilly endorses all his past nets towards the sup tilt skin of the rebellion, and urges tbo adoptioa of a 1 .. . harsher measures in order to sPeedDY crush the ota Owing to some unsocountatde cause, nothing tii. .tn. the message of the nest and fashiunable garments gotten up at the one-prtee Ototh'ol,, ut blitsbroent of Granville Stokes, to. Gl9 0 1.11 u street, Philadelphia. r... ••• 25rf,
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