IMPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. DEPAIITM I:NT 01 , Tun INTERIOR, November 29, 1863 St : I have the honor to submit, for your consi tlerntion, the annual report of this department, with the reports Of the several bureaus and institutions S' hurl' by law are placed under its supervision. It is a source of gratification that, while the social and commercial relations of the people have been greedy deranged by the civil war which rebellion has ioreed upon the country, in most of the loyal States the great interests of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce have been well sustained, and have re * tweed remunerating profits for the capital anti labor invested in them. The several reports which are herewith transmit led exhibit, in 'lend, the operations in the several branches of the public service which are placed un der the charge of this department. GENERAL LAND OFFICE. The demand for the public lands has continued to decline since my last report. The sales for cash have Lot produced a sum sufficient to pay the expenses of our land system. On the 30th of September, 11861, there were sur veyed and ready for sale 13-1,218,330,89 acres. Front that date until September 30, 1862, there have been eurveyed 3,135,067. 41 acres. During the fiscal year ending Tune 30, 1862, and the Drat quarter of the current fiscal year, there were sold .for cash, 151,268.65 acres, producing- $137,476.26. During the same period 712,055.77 acres have been located with bounty land warrants; 1,133,898.92 acres have been certified under railroad grants made by Congress ; and 24,316.09 acres have been certified to different Stated as swamp lands. The aggregate amount thus disposed of was 2,02.1,529.43 acres, leav ing, of surveyed - lands ready for sale on the 30th o September, 1862, 135,328,868.84 acres. Under the bounty land laws of 1817, 1850, 1852, and 1865, there were issued, prior to the 30th of Septem ber, 1862, 637071 warrants, covering 68,876,430 acres of land. Of these there were outstanding and un satisfied, September 30, 1862, 65,913 warrants, cover lug 7.123,380 .acres. The necessary steps have been taken to carry into effect the act approved May 20, 1862, "to secure home:deeds to actual settlers on the public domain," and every facility contemplated by the law will be afforded to those who may desire to avail them selves of its provisions after the Ist of January next. The estimates for surveys submitted by the Gene ral Laud Office for the last as well as the present year are much less than usual. The large amount of lands already in market, and the constantly di minishing sales, have suggested the propriety of this course. The law passed at the last session of Con gi CAS, requiring the cost of surveys of private land claims in California and New Mexico to be paid by the claimants, will save to the treasury a large amount. The. Government paid for such surveys, before the passage of that law, $178,769.09, while the entire benefit inured to the claimants. The public lands for agricultural purposes can no longer be looked to as a source of revenue. The in ducentents• to settlements presented by the home steed law will preclude extended sales for dash. The pine lands of the North will be purchased for the timber they supply, but these will be paid for mainly. st ith Warrants and the various land scrip which has heretofore been issued, or is authorized under exist ing laws. The amount of cash which will be here al ter received on purchases made, either for the tim ber or cultivation, will pay but n small proportion of the cespensea of our laud system. The extensive mineral lands belonging to the United States, although containing inexhauatible lathes of-wealth, have heretofore been wholly un productive as ft source of revenue. The products:of these mines have increased the wealth and pros perity of the country, but the direct. profits upon their production have been enjoyed exclusively by those who have been engaged in mining them. it has • become a grave question, to be determined by Congress, whether this policy, shall be longer con tinued, or whether these vast mines of wealth shall not be made available to aid in liquidating our na ttered debt, so far as thus may be done without injus tice to the enterprising men who are working them.. The great auriferous region of the United States,' on the western portion of the continent extends from 31 degrees 3D minutes north-latitude to the 49th degree. and from 100 degrees of longitude to the Pa cific ocean, embracing portions of Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah; Nevada, California. Oregon, and Washington, and covering an area of more than a million square miles. This vast region is traversed by extensive ranges of mountains, which are literally stocked with mi nerals. gold and silver being interspersed in profu sion, and 'deity brought to light by . new discoveries. The precious metals are fountl A nnbeffiled in moun tains and in rich washings marking the pathways of rivers and floods. The silver mines of Nevada and New Mexico promise a production greater than that of any other portion of the world. The discoveries of gold in the Colorado or southern portion of Cali fornia, and in the region stretching thence up to and north of the Salmon river, in the Territory of Wash ington, are stimulating the mining enterprise of that region beyond all former precedent. - I3efore the discovery of the gold of California the annual production of gold in all parts of the world did not exceed an average of eighteen millions. The present annual production in California is estimated .to average seventy millions . . The Commissioner of the General 'Land Office, after extensive inqpiry from all available sources of information, estimates the preeluctlon of gold the present year from the tvliole region of country before described at one hun dred millions. if an amount of labor relatively equal to that expended iu California had been ap plied to tin...gold fields already known to exist out side of that State, it is believed that the production of this year, including that of California, would have exceeded four hundrcl millions. Our rapidly increasing public debt demands a re- Port to every available source of revenue. The mineral lands of the public domain are the property of the whole people, and justice, as well as sound policy, requires that they should be used as a means of relieving them, to some extent, from the burdens of taxation. Several modes have been suggested for making these lands productive to the Government. Tile granting of leases by the Government, the collection of a certain proportion of the proceeds of the mines, And the absolute sale of the land, in small lots, have each been adihented. It has been estimated that at least $500,000,0e0 could be realized by the sale of them in one-acre lots after granting to those who are now engaged in mining a clear title without cost, to the hauls they occupy. It will be for Congress to deter mine which, if either of these systems, shall be adopted. It is due to those who are now engaged in mining that their interests, and the capital they have in vested, should receive a proper degree of protection. I indite attention to the able report of the Com missioner of the General Land Office upon this sub ject, and the information which, with much labor, he has collected in relation . to the mineral lands. Cosr..—Besides the precious metals .which ex „lst in such large quantities, extensive coal fields ' have been discovered, many of which are accessible by navigable streams. Our vessels in the Pacific are now supplied with coal purchased in Pennsylvania and shipped to San Francisco and other points on .the Pacitie coast. The cost of the coal, with the freight and expense of loading and unloading at those paints, amounts to nearly, if not quite, twenty dol. tars per ton. While the Government is paying so large a price for coal, extensive coal mines are found to-exist on the public lands within forty Miles of 'Sau Francisco, anti within five miles of the .lonquin river, which is navigable with vessels of a large class. These mines are styled the "Mount Diablo coal mines.” It is represented that the principal vein us located about one mile: east froth. Mount Diablo, in n low range of hills ; thence, runningseast, six miles ; thence, with the course of tile hilleadue south, twelve miles. As far as prospected, the vein appears to be about five feet in thickness. The coal is being taken out in large quantities, and is readily sold at twelve tiffillus per ton. From these mines the vessels of the United States in the Pacific can be fully supplied with coal at the cost of mining and transporting . it to San Francisco. It - is hoped that the attention of Congress will be early given to this subject, and that such legislation Will be adopted as will secure an couple supply for ire use of the Government, and a fair compensation for the coal which may be taken for private use. PUBLIC ;LANDS OF TEXAS. By the joint resolution of March 1,1845, annexing Texas to the United States; the State was allowed to lethin her public lands as a fund to pay her debts. Notwithstanding the' express stipulation in that re soletion that the United States Should in no event assume the payment of any portion of the debts of Texas, the demands of her creditors were persistent ly pressed upon Congress, upon various pretexts, until Congress, by the act of September 9, 1850, Agreed to pay the sum of $10,000,000, which wits sub sequently' paid. The liberality of the United States has met with no other return than treason and insurrection, and the robbery of the property for Which the Govern ment had paid a full consider/then. The considera tion Was paid, too, after an express stipulation in the compact of annexation, that the property should be ceded `.to the United Stntes without any other con sideration than the privilege of being admitted as one of the States of the Confederacy. A large portion of the public lands of Texas re main unsold. It is estimated that the quantity is equalto 100.000,000 acres. They are among the best agricultural lands of the State. These lands are a proper' sullject of confiscation. The penple of the State, by their treason. have forfeited all right to them.. In no State has 'treason been more rampant curd defiant, more cruel and bloody, than in Texas. In no State here loyal citizens been persecuted with inure rancor and hatred than there. These lands be ing the property of the whole people of Texas, can not be reached, as the property of individuals, under the several acts of Congress for the suppression of the rebellion, but may be confiscated to the United States by an act of Congress. It is recommended that an act shall be passed de claring the public lands of Texas forfeited to the United States, and placing them under the operation of the liffinestead law. They will then he settled by a loyal anti industrious population, which will rapidly develops. the great natural resources of the State, • and furnish a guarantee against treason in the future. ' INDIAN AFFAIRS. The administration of the .business of the Indian bureau has been attended with unusual difficulties during the past year. Most of the Indian tribes with which treaties have been made (excepting the tribes in It:rinses) hare manifested a restless and turbulent spirit, developed, in many instances, into,open hos tilities. The Indian country south of Kansas, inhabited . by the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and • seminoles, was occupied by the insurgents very s soon after the commencement of the war. The ' Indians, overawed by .0. strong military force in their midst; and seeing no prospect of aid or protec han from the troops of the United States, renounced thett :dies/Mace to the Federal Government, and made trentiosSwith the insurgent Government. By these treaded - That Government agreed to pay them . the same amount of annuither which they had pre - viuusly received from the United States, and there is good reason to believe that one or more of the instalments here been paid. A large number of the Ifullsns were organized into regiments and placed ill lye insurgent army. A portion of them, who re fuses to participate in this insurrectionary move inentadtempted to resist -it by force, but after two Or HIM engagements were driven front the country. Abets .:even thousand, including women and children, fled to Kansas. They were driven out during tin last winter, and having no shelter to protect than from the weather, and being very in slifferefilil `applied with clothing, they were ex posed to e"ereme sufeering, and: many of them perished from cold. They were destitute of food, and must havelied from starvation if subsistence lied nut been furnished to them by the Indian buiettu. During the last spring three regiments of the refugee Indiass were organized under the direc tions of tire War Dspartment, with the expectation that they would be lent to the Indian country. and be aided by such adthrional forces as would be 'suffi cient to protect then: in their homes. They have since been detailed for rillitary duties in some other portion of the country. In the meantime the wo men and children still remain in Kansas, and are "subsisted from• the annuities due to the insure:- tottery tribes, under treaty 'stipulations. The principal chief of the Cherokees has visited 'Washington fur the purpose of endeavoring to m ature the former relations of .the nation to the I.• s led led States. He insists that they have been of no voluntary disloyalty, and that what they wive (ism , they did . under the pressure of superior force, whldt they were tunable to resist. , The Future relations ot '-nese tribes to the Government should be determines'. ' ' c d „ rs In the month re A.4u - sllast, the Sioux Indians in nlinnesotit most tuexpectediy commenced hostilities against the white se - dere in their vicinity, and prosecuted them with I ..legree of cruelty and - bar- Intrity scarcely paralieleu `‘v any acts of Indian,y . 'warfare since the first settleas nt of this count Nen. women, and helpless cosdren were indris eriminately slaughtered. Women ere violated in . the presence of their husbands and poas s t i , and sub sequently murdered ; houses were burness;,,nd every species of property destroyed or stolen. iftsse extent of coultry, in an advanced state of int,,,T e _ meat, was rensered 'utterly desolate. It is estims sd that the number of lives destroyed by the savages Is not less than 800. The outbreak was so sudden and unexpected that the settlers were taken by surprise, and were found without the means of resistance or defence, No effectual check could be given to the Indians until a force of two thousand men, under the command of General 11. H. Sibley, was sent from St. Paul the capital of the State. The Indians were defeated by General Sibley, in two or three engagements, and finally , dispersed. The Sioux Indians are connected with kindred tribes, extending from the 'Mississippi river, and bordering upon the British possessions,. to the Rocky Mountains. The various tribes, united, can tiring into the field ten thousand war ri ors. The y are supplied with arms and ammunition to a con siderable extent. They have it in their power to inflict great injury upon the white pettlement4 throughout that whole region; and, without the presence of n large military force, may entirely de stroy them. Their proximity to the British posses sions would enable them to escape pursuit by crossing the line, where our troops could not follow them. The press has announced that the Indian war is ended. It is true that active warfare, in the field, has ceased, mid the Indians are unable to resist the organized troops of the Government ; but they have it in their power to break up all the white settle ments and depopulate au extensive region of coun try, unless a large military force shall be kept there. 'The causes of the Indian hostilities In Minnesota have been a subject of much discussion. After a careful examination of all the data which the In dian bureau has been able to obtain, bearing upon the causes which produced the immediate outbreak, 1 am satisfied that .t he chief cause is to be found in the insurrection of the Southern States. On the 29th of August, 1562, Honorable J. R. GM ding!, United States consul general in Canada, ad dressed a letter to the Secretary of State, in which he said : "There is little doubt that the recent out- break of the Chippewa Indians in the Northwest has resulted from the etlbrts of Secession agents, opera ting through Canadian Indians and fur traders. To what extent citizens of Canada are involved I am unable to say." This statement is confirmed by information ob- tithed from other sources. As earl• as the sth of August last, the Superin tendent of Indian Affairs in Utah wrote to the Om- missioner of Indian Althirs that several prominent chiefs were endeavoring to effect a general rising of the tribes in that region, to exterminate the white settlers. On the 26th of August the agent of the Overland Mail Company telegraphed the Postmaster General that "general war with nearly all the tribes of In dians east of the Missouri river is close at hand." - . The evidenbe of a general hostile disposition on the part of the Indians was so strong that this de partment considered it proper to instruct the Com missioner of Indian Affairs to publish an advertise ment warning the public of the danger likely to bo encountered on the overland route to the Pacific. Bev. P. J. Be Smet, nit intelligent Catholic priest, in a letter to the Commissioner of Indian -Affairs, dated September 6th, stated : " Whilst in the upper plains of the Missouri river, last June and July, at Fort Barthold, among the Gros Ventres, the Ric:t rees and Bland:ins at Fort Union, among the ABl3l, naboines, and at } f ort Benton, among,the Blaekfeet Indians, I heard it frequently stated by American traders that the Indians of the Mins had been greatly tampered with by the Eng ish traders along the boundary line, and expected to assist them in the then expected war between Great Britain and the United States. This excitement took place when the news reached the upper country of the difficulties created between the two countries by the arrest of Slidell and Mason. A great number of In- dians of the various tribes had been induced to come -and trade their furs on the British side. of the line, and were promised that they would be provided, to due time, with all that was necessary to expel the Americans from their Indian country." It is alleged by persons who were present at the attack upon Fort Itidgely by the Sioux that orders were heard distinctly given in English, and repeated in the Sioux language. The movements and at tacks of the Indians, it is said, indicated the pre sence and guidance of persons familiar with the mode of civilized warfare. For sonic time previous to the commencement of hostilities emissaries were sent through the several tribes, with the wampum, to incite them to a gene rat attack upon the white settlements. It is a sig nificant fact that United States soldiers, who were made prisoners by the Confederateforces, were com pelled to sign a parole containing a stipulation that they should not engage in service against Indians. Dimly of the. Indians. were dissatisfied with the treaties by which they had agreed to part with their lands. They complained that they had been de prived of their hunting grounds and of the means of subsistence. They also complained of alleged frauds on theipart of Indian agents and traders, some of which may have been well founded, but many were doubtless groundless. These complaints were ag gravated and increased by insidious and false repre sentations made by traders whose licenses had been revoked, and who were smarting under the depriva tion of the profits they hadbeen accustomed to make from their traffic with the Indians. These causes combined had for some time tended to produce n spirit of discontent and insubordination in the In dians. The representation through Southern emissaries that the troops of the United States had been de feated in several battles, and that the Government of the United States was destroyed and would be unable to resist them, suggested the time as favora ble for an effort to recover their lands and to gratify their desire for Vengeance upon the whites. But although the 'lndians ad been for a longtime harboring hostile designs, and providing arms and aMinunition, the settlers in their vicinity, unsus pecting of danger, had made no provision for de- Imre, and were wholly unprepared for the attack. It is alleged that the onslaught upon the whites was precipitated earlier than was intended by a sudden raid of a band of four Sioux. These men in roaming through the country obtained some whisky from a white man, and, becoming intoxicated, engaged in a controversy about their comparative bravery, when they agreed that the one who should first kill .W white man should be regarded as the bra Vest: They soon afterward attacked and killed several white men whom they met. They then lied to their vil lage and.reported what had occurred. Little Crow, the principal chief, and his band, expecting retalia t tion by the whites for this outrage, determined ire= mediately to commence the attack they had long been contemplating. The next morning, from two hundred and fifty to. three hundred Indians, headed by Little Crow, pro- • ceeded to the agency and engaged in an indiscrimi nate slaughter of all the whites they could find. Tbey continued their attacks upon the white settle ments with the utmost ferocity, until they were de feated by the forces wider the command of - Genefal . Sibley. The Chippewas, although they have committed no hostilities beyond the plunder and destruction of some property, have for some time past manifested ,' spirit of diSeontent, and assumed a threatening attitude. Charges of fraud were made by the chiefs against the United States agent for the tribe. Steps have been taken to investigate these charges, and ascertain whether they are well-founded. Very soon after the commencement of hostilities, , the agent left the reservation greatly excited and alarmed and committed suicide. The 11 3 thnebagoes have been Charged`with mani festing hostile intentions. . It is alleged that Some'of their tribe were found in arms with the Sioux, Mit no evidence has been discovered calculated to cate the tribe. The most of them have remained quietly on their reservation during the war. The condition of affairs produced by these Indian hostilities demands of ()congress prompt legislation. The people of Minnesota have suffered irreparable injuries. Large settlements have been depopulated, and numerous families have been destroyed. The loss of life is beyond the power of Congress to com pensate. The destruction of property has been very great, and the sufferers are entitled to indemnity, at least to the extent of the property held by the Go vernment in trust for the tribe. No examination has yet been made from which the extent of the pe cuniary loss can be ascertained. The mode and measure of indemnity must be determined by Con gress. • , But the people of Minnesota ask not Only indem nity for the destruction of their property but they insist upon guarantees of future protection. This, they think, can he obtained only by, the• removal of the Indians to some point so remote from the settle ments as to preclude the possibility of another at tack. No promises of forbearance and future good conduct on the part of the Indians can allay their' fears. It is apparent that while they remain in the". vicinity of the settlements they have desolated those: settlements cannot he repeopled. The treachery and cruelty of the recent attack upon a confiding - and unsuspecting people, involving helpless women and children in indiscriminate slaughter, forbids the in dulgence of confidence in the future. It may well be questioned whether the Governffient has not adopted a mistaken policy in regirdingi the Indian tribes as qua si indepedent nations,and making treaties with them for the purchase of the lands they claim to own. They have - none of the elements of nationality ; they are within the limits of the recog nized authority - of the United States, and must be subject to its control. The rapid progress of civili zation upon this continent will not permit the lands which are required for cultivation to be surrendered tams - age tribes for hunting grounds. Indeed, what ever may be the theory, the Government has always demanded the removal of the Indians when their lands were required for agricultural purposes by ad vancing settlements. Although the consent of the Indians has been obtained in the form of treaties, it is well known that they have yielded to a neces sii which they could not resist. The admission of their right to the lands and of the necessity of their consent to a cession has given them a feeling of independence, and fostered a de sire for vengeance for every supposed violation of their rights. They arc exacting in their demands for the fulfilment of treaty stipulations, ns they eon strue them, or as they are interpreted 'hy dishonest and designing persons who are interested in fer menting their discontents, and they seek revenge upon the Government for real or imaginary wrongs by the slaughter of women and children. The duty of the Government to protect the Indi ans and prevent their suffering for the want of the - necessaries of life should he fully recognized. They should be taught to earn their subsistence by labor, and be instructed in the cultivation of the soil. The Government should designate the place where they shall reside, and affiard them protection in the lands which are assigned to them for a home, and furnish them with such aid as, with the fruits of their own labor, will afford them an. adequate support. They should be taught to rely on the cultivation of the soil for a subsistence, and that they can .become in dependent only through their industry. Kansas Indians.--The people of Kansas are very earnest in the 'exOression of their wishes for the transfer of the Indian tribes within that State to the Indian country on the south. The presence of Indians in such great numbers, occupying a large portion of the best lands of the State, retards the progress of the State in popula tion and improvement. The close _proximity of the Indians to the white settlements affords facilities for illegal intercourse and traffic which it is found im ptasible to prevent entirely. As a consequence, the Indians arc encouraged in habits of idleness and dissipation, and are des of their money and property. Their removal Would undoubtedly result in advantage to both races. It is not proposed to compel them to remove against their wishes. A large portion of them have expressed a desire to be removed to the Indian coun try south,. and it is believed that the several tribes will readily enter into treaties for the removal of those who desire to be transferred. Portions of the different tribes have made such progress in civiliza tion that they can now cultivate their lands and earn their subsistence. These would remain and be come citizens of time State and subject to its laws. While the people of Kansas and the Indians would be benefited by this chan g e, it would result in benefit ' to the Government, by diminishing the expenses now annually incurred. Instead of employing one agent for.cach of the tribes, one competent agent could supervise the business of all of them. That portion of the lands now held by the Indians iii Kan sas. which may be rightfully claimed by those who . will he willing to remove, may be soli - for a larger - sum than will be required to purchase all the binds they will need in the Indian country. Othloi-nia Indians—A provision in One of the ap propriation hills of the last session of Congress di rected an inquiry into the expediency of reducing the 'lndian reservations in that State to, two,to desig nate the proper places for them, and the probable cost and the valuc.of the present resetestion ; also in what manner the expenses of the Indian depart ment in that State can be diminished. The time which has elapsed since the adjournment of Congress has been too brief to enable the depart ment to obtain the information required; and I can only present at this time some general suggestions- There are now two superintendents in Oil ifornia, one having charge of the' Indians in the northern, and the other of- those in the southern part of the State. Both keep their offices at San Francisco. I fun unable to' perceive any advantage from this sys tem of double superintendency in a single State: By olacing the supervision of all the Indians in the State in the control of one superintendent, the salary of one of them, with the expense at clerks and other employees, office rent, Esc.. may be saved, while a uni form system of management, under one controllffig head, would be calculated to lessen the expenses of the general administration throughout the State. No treaties have been made with any of the tribes in California. The Government has assigned to them reservations and made appropriations to. aid in theirsupport. support. It is expedient, in my judgment, to continue this policy. The superintendent of the northern district reports to the Commissioner that there is no one available. location in that district of sufficient extent to afford a home to all the Indians. Fie recoil - mends the sale of the present reservations and the purchase of.two others. No report has been received from the su perintendent of the southern district in relation to. the subjects referred to In the act of Congress. I do not entertain a doubt that a system for the govern ment and support of the Indians in California may be adopted; which will diminish the present ex penses, while the Indians will be. greatly benefited. The length of time required for the transmission of the mail has made it impossible to obtain such in fnrnition as is necessary to present the necessary - letads at the present time. pinto can, in my judgment, be best accom- P"'" pl•the appointment of a board of commis ioners, vs • a pereonal sai s „„- tsesist of three persons, who shall make nation of the country, and select suitable locati o nl'lL . lz residence of the Indians. and have authority urchase such claims or indi vidual rights as may la I t e h r: with their occupation.. Considerable difficultythe bee created in Colors-- do and Washington with rti bee in those Terri tortes by the great increase of ration, attracted - f i nd ans claim by newly-discovered gold minet3. l4 l l s s % but little that the land belongs to them, while t in search of new veins, are disposed toA rn b i r s, respect to their claims. A sufficient extorts try should he assigned to the Indians, ant ,should Ise protected in tti enjoyment,sv I am fully couvineeed that many serious difficul ties grow out of the practice of permitting traders to sell goods and other property to the Indians on credit. The profits which are made by the traders 'night bo saved for the Indians. It seems to me ex pedient for Congress to provide by law for the pur chase of such goods, agricultural Implements, stock, and other articles as the Indians need, to be paid for from the sums provided by treaties to be paid to the Indians. These should be placed in charge of a storekeeper, under the control of the agent, and should be delivered to the Indians as their necessi ties may require, charging them only their cost and tranaportation. contracts with them should be prohibited, and all promises or obligations made by them should be declared void. A:radical change in the mode of treatment of the Indians should, in my iodgment, be adopted. Instead of being treated as ndependent nations, they should he .regarded as ;wards of the Government, entitled- to • its fostering :care and protection. Suitable districts of country 'should be assigned to them for their homes, and the Government should supply them, through its two agents, with such articles as they use, till they can he instructed to earn their subsistence by their labor. PATENT OFFICE The business of this bureau has exhibited.increaaed activity the past year. During the year front Oc tober 1, 1661, to September 30, 1862, there were re ceived 6,302 applications for patents, of which 3,522 were granted. in the same time 811 caveats were ffiled, and 29 applications' for extensions were re .ceived, of which 18 were granted. Seven hundred patents remain in the office awaiting , the payment of the fee which is due on delivery. The law specifies no time within which patents must be. taken front the office. This causes a large accumulation for an indefinite period. The law. should be amended in • such manner as to require the'applicants to take the patents and pay the fees within a specified time ; or, upon failure to do so, to forfeit their right to the patent, as well as the fees paid. The balance in the Treasury to the credit of the patent fund on the Ist of October, 1861, was $l6- '160.27. From that date until October 1, 1862, there were received in paythentrof patent fees $163,495.34 ; 'appropriated by Congress, $50,856.49. During the same period there were expended $182,853.89, leaving to the credit of the patent fund on the Ist of October, 1862. $48,157.21. The large model rooms of the Patent' Office have been for some time past occupied as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers. They are admirably adapted to the purpose, being very commodious and well ventilated. They contain at this time over 80D patients. - The use of these rooms for hospital pur poses has been the cause of much inconvenience to the Patent Office, and to every other bureau in the Department.' This inconvenience has, however; been cheerfully submitted to, in View of the benefits con ferred upon the suffering soldiers. The Commissioner has asked for an appropriation for putting up model cases in the north wing and for additional improvements-in the large hall in the south wing. These improvements are demanded by the increasing business of the office, and the applica tion of the Commissioner is commended to the fa vorable consideration of Congress.. A balance of $5,720.04 has been due to Henry S. Davis for the erection of Model cases in the west wing. , . • The balance of appropriation made for that object, and which was sufficient to meet this demand, was carried to the surplus fund, and cannot, therefore, be now applied. An appropriation to meet the claim, winch is justly . due, is respectfully recom mended. • • PENSIONS • The report of the Odpunissioner of Pensions pre sents in detail the operations of the Pension Bureau during the past year. • The number of pensioners of .eyery class in the loyal States on the 3oth of June, 1662, was 8,159, re quiring the sum 0f5752,711.71 to pay their pensions. The amount actually paid the past year, including the expenses of agencies and arrears of pensions, was $78'2,161.41. It is ascertained, from the latest information, that there were 2,073 pensioners in the disloyal States, whose pensions amounted to $168,364.9.3. The entire amount of pensions paid in those States, in. 1861; ' accounted for, was $13,223.35. • At theelose of the last fiscal year there remained:- in the hands of pension agents in the disloyal Stntoa $23,627.56. Of this sum $15,535.29 have been proPerly.-1 accounted for at diftrent points taken - and held br the Federal forces at which pension agencies were" located. An examinatfon of the statistics furnished by the records of the Pension Office shows a decrease in the number of pensioners, , sisce 1861, of 477. The aggre- . gate payments in that year to pensioners was. $1,072,461.55. For the.present year the amount . due to pensioners is $790,384.76, being $282,077.79 'leas than was paid the previous year. The number of bounty land warrants issued in 1661 was 5,341, granting 834,720 acres. For the pre sent year but 1.636 warrants were issued, granting 257,860 acres, being a decrease of 3,705 warrants and of $576,860 acres of land. Since the adoption of the Constitution there have been granted, for naval and military servioes, 65,801862 acres of the public domain, which, if esti mated at $1.26 per acre, amounts to $82,257,327.50 ; and the aggregate amount of money expended by the GoVernment in the payment of army and navy pen sions, since its organization, is ascertained to be $90,668;521.06.. The general pension act passed by Congress at its last'session, and approved on the 14th July, 1869, has largely increased the business of the Pension Office, and will add materially to the expenditures on be half of the pension list. The law embraces in its terms every branch of the military and naval ser vice of the 'United States since the 4th' March, 1861, and humanely provides for two classes of pensioners hitherto not recognized, viz: mothers and sisters, dependent for support upon officers or soldiers, and the pensions to disabled seamen, and to widows and minor ,Children of persons in both the army and Davy, are increased. The Commissioner: states that "these facts, in ad dition to the consideration of the great numbers now employed in the army and navy, have led to appre hensions, in some quarters, of an extravagant, if not insupportable, annual burden resulting from this law, in itself certainly no' More liberal than simpie justice demands towards the nrmardefenders of the country in this day of trial. From a careful exami nation of the data updri which estimates may be based, it is my convietiontilways supposing the re sults of the war to be commensurate with what may reasonably be expected from the means employed— that the total annual sum. required to carry out this law will in no year exceed $7,000,M0." . The number of applications for army Invalid pen sions under this act was, to November 15, 4,411. The number of applications of widows (arthY) under this law to the same date was 6,161; of mothers, 901; of, minor children ' 20; and of sisters, 10. •• In the navy branch there were 'filed previous to November 15, 163 applications for invalid pensions,. 116 for widows, 20 for mothers, and 3 in behalf, of minor children. ' Making the total number of appli cations . growing out of the present war 10,804. - • The eighth section of the pension net of Jul y-14, • 1862, tirade it the deity - of the Commissioner of Pen- aions to designate physicians and surgeons to make biennial examinations of pensioners, as reqUired by the act of March 3, 1859; and also to ex:amine tippli- Cants for invalid pensions under the late act. In the ptrforruance of this duty the Commissioner has se lected persons in the various States With reference to their professional skill and integrity of character. It is believed that the benefits designed by this pro vision of the law will be fully realized, and the greatly augmented labora imposed upon the Pension Bureau will be performed with little difficulty-if the zealous co-operation of these officers is obtained. The act of .1 u - 14, 1862, authorizing the appoint ' went of a specialagent of the Pension Office to as sist in the detection of frauds against the pension laws, omitted to mnke appropriation to defray the • expenses incident to the service required by the law, and 1 have therefore submitted an estimate of the amount that will be necessary for that purpoie. The Commissioner alludes to "certain erroneous' impressions which have prevailed in some quarters " of the existence of obstacles in the way'of the ready transaction of business in the prosecution of just claims for pensions ; and that officer clearly explains, for the information of all parties the 'forms pre scribed for the convenience of :Applicants under the various pension laws, and shows that any one of or dinary intelligence can, by following the instruc tions of the bureau, secure the admission of his claim without difficulty. Considerable' difficulty has been experienced in prescribing a mode of authenticating pension claims which shall be sufficiently liberal to claimants, and, at the same time, protect the Government against frauds. To require all applications to be authenticated before a court of record causes much trouble, and, in many cases, unreasonable -expense to the appli cants. If the authentication before any person au thorized to administer oaths shall be admitted as sufficient, experience has demonstrated that the Go vernment is exposed to gross frauds. Large sums have been obtained from the treasury upOn fraudu lent certificates of justices of the peace and nota ries. To remedy these evils, it is recommended that the department be ' authorized to appoint pension com missioners, who shall be authorized to receive appli cations, administer the necessary oaths, and certify the papers to the Pension °Mee, under proper regu- . lations. The commissioners should receive from the applicants reasonable fees for their services, and the pension certificates should be forwarded to them to be delivered to the pensioners. A conunissioner may be appointed in each county where it is proba-' We any applicants for pensioll reside. The adoption of a system like this would protect applicants for pension, from the unjust charges which; in many cases, are now made by agents and attorneys. The attention of Congress is invited to the accom parrying able report of the Commissioner of Pen sions. . THE EIGHTH CENSUS In my last annual report I stated that the taking of the census had been confplettd, and that the re turns were being tabulated as fat as circumstances would admit. Since that period I communicated to Congress, at the last session, a report of. the Super intendent, which embraced a narrative account of the progress and condition of our ' population, agri culture, manufactures, internal improvements, bank ing institutions, &e., &c., illustrative of the tabular statements which accompanied the report, and of others not ready for publication. • In pursuance of resolutions of the two houses of Congress, respectively, this report has been printed, and appears to have been favorably received. The work in its now detailed form is being prepared with -all the rapidity consistent with correctness, and it will devolve upon Congress to direct its publication in such manner as to insure .its greatest utility. :Much of the work is now ready for the press, and no pains will be spared to have the whole completed at the earliest moment possible. 111 the present condition of the country it is diffi cult to state what sum may be required to compldte payments it the marshals and assistants, or such of them as should be compensated, and to complete the work. - There remains due and unpaid to marshals and-assistants , the -sum of , $223,960, -being for- the most part.duc officers in.the insurrectionary States, and whiehWas withheld 6n account of the known disloyally of some, the tincertainty which existed , respecting others, and the impossibility of obtaining the' information necessary to enable the Superin tendentsto arrive at Satisfactory. conclusions. The expenses of compiling the census have been increased by the demands which have been itiade by other departments for clerical assistance, and the calls for information by Congress and the depart ments, which- have, at times, necessarily diverted many clerks on the census from their ordinary duties. While the caw of February 22, 1862, makes this office, in a measure, subordinate-to the War De- partment, for which it has, performed much service, it has seen proper to assign - a portion of its clerks, in moments , of pressure, to other branches of: Govern ment. For these reasons, and on account of the great increase of population and number of farms, enlarged area, multiplied manufactures, and aug mentation of numerous other interests, all involving -I, increased expenditure under the law, it will be ne-j-; cessary to make some additional appropriation to . I. 'complete the compilation of the census, and I re .spectfully suggest the sum of $50,000 as requisite for .that purpose, - leaVing it to Congress hereafter to :provide for the claims of the census-takers in the in- ; se rrectiOnary States.- • • r On this service, at the present time one hundred and ten persons are employed, including clerks, la- .1 borers, messengers, and watchmen. The appropriations heretofore made to this service amount to . . . . . $1,627,000 00 Of which there has been paid to marshals and their assistants . . . $1,061,432 03 For clerk hire and contin- Leaving- unexpended on the 30th Sept. 139,633 77 I have heretofore recommended the establishment of a bureau of statistics in connection with this office, and the experience of each year confirms my opinion of the propriety of such a measure. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE COntinued efforts have been made, with much suc cess, during the past :year to suppress: the African slave trade. Several convictions have been obtained of prominent persons engaged in fitting out vessels for this traffic, and the lesson has been impressively taught that It cannot longer be prosecuted with ins-' imnity. The recent treaty made with Great Britain, for the suppression of the slave trade, will do much to ac complish the object desired. The unexpended balance of the appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade, made two years ego, will he sufficient to meet any ordinary expendi , tures during the next fiscal year, and no additional appropriation is recommended, UNITED STATES COURTS The expenses of the Upited States courts during the fiscal year ending Ji:ale 30, 1862 were $523,6M.02, being $204,337.60 less than the expenses of the pre vious year, • The expenses of the Several districts were as fol lows TIIE PRESS.-PRILADELPITIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1862. 422,934 20 1,487,366 California, Northern 'district California, SoutherndiStrict Colorado Territory - Connecticut . . . . . Columbia, District of, (including expenses of Supreme Court,) . . . Delaware . • • . Florida, Southern district . Illinois, Northern district Illinois,.Southern district Indiana . . . lowa . Kansas Kentucky Maine Blaryland . Massachusetts . Michigan- . Minnesota . . Missouri, Eastern district Nebraska Territory • New Hampshire New Jersey . New York, Northern district New York, Southern district . Ohio, Northern district Ohio, Southern district Pennsylvania, Eastern district Pennsylvania, Western- district Itlicxle Island . ' . 'Vermont Virginia, Western district Washington Territory. Wisconsin 67,135 30 404 62 1,616 65 , 15,313 50 , . 21,563 21 : 9,161 74. . 10,471 09 12,860 81 . . . . • . 4,851 . 05 . 9,692 68 . 26,901 G 7 . . 36,417.87 . . 18,256 16 • . 6,200' 47 . 18,581 06 8,104 70 1,975 '7B '. 6,125 11 . . 44,406 70 . 66,238 47 . 8,919 30 . 15,912 0G . 20,194 46 . 16,019 91 . . 8,871 '7l . . 1,298 31 21,991 43 -733 11 6,016 13 Making a total of . . . 623,602 02 The principal cause of the decrease of expenses is the suspension of. the courts in the insurrectionary States. It has been the practise_ heretofore in many of the districts to summon a much larger number of jurors than was necessary to transact the busi ness. Congress has provided the mode of selecting jurors, but 1111F1 placed, no limit upon the number. • In order to lessen the unnecessary expenses thus created, an order was issued by this department di recting the marshals to limit their estimates for ju- ' rers to eighteen grand and twenty-four petit jurors, which are believed to be sufficient for tho transaction Of the ordinary business of the courts. The marshals in most of the districts have readily conformed to thiS order, anti a large' saving of ex pense has been the result. In a few of the districts the courts have denied the power of the department to limit the number of jurors, and have. Instructed the marshals to summon a larger number. than the, regulation contemplates: There is a constant tendency to increase ' the ex penses'of the courts, which can only be checked by vigilance on the part of those upon whom the law has dcvolvetlthe duty of auditing'the accounts. An unlimited power to summon jurors is subject to abuse, and should not be allowed to exist. To remedy the evil, it is recommended that Congress shall limit the number to he summoned to attend any term el the court to eighteen grand and twenty-fourpetit jurors, MORSE{ the Secretary of the Interior shall, upon the application of the district attorney, for special rea sons, authorize a larger number. A saving in the expense of keeping prisoners con victed of luviolation of the laws of the United States may be made by conferring upon .the Secretary of the Interior the poWer to designate the in which they shall be confined.. Under the existing law the court is required to sentence prisoners to confinement in the State penitentiary of the district in which' the' conviction occurs. No limitation is placed upon the prices to be paid for subsistence, and the C overnment is compelled to pay whatever the offi cers of the prison may see proper to charge. In many of the States there are prisons controlled by cities or counties in every respect equal to the State peni tentiaries, and in Which the prisoners'are profitably employed in mechanical labor. • If the power should be given to the Secretary' orthe'lnterlor - te contract for the keeping of "United States prisoners in any i suitable prison n the State, competition • would' be excited, and a large reduction would be made of .the present rates of subsistence. ' ' A large expense for keeping prisoners:is created in the Territories from the want of suitable prisons. , Guards are employed to prevent their escape, and frequently as much as four dollars a day is paid for gnarling a single prisoner during.the whole term of his imprisonment. This expense may be - obviated by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to di iect that United States prisoners convicted in a Ter ritory in which there is no suitable prison be sent for confinement to a penitentiary in one of the nearest States. ' During the last session of Congress there was con siderable discussion upon.the propriety of changing the law fixing the compensation of district attor neys. ,As the question was not. finally disposed of, I have deemed it proper to present a statement of the - conipensat ion received from the Government by those officers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1362, as far as the same can be shown by the record of the settlement of their accounts : California, Northern District, the compen . sation of the district attorney for the lait . half of 1861 was . . . . . 1,870 00 No settlement has been made for the first half of 1662, hut, supposins,his fees to.be equal to the preceding six 'months, his compensation for the year was. . . California,' Southern District, returned' only from February 4, 1862, at $1,050 ; whole amount estimated, . . 2,600 00 Colorado,.. . • . 2,403 00 Connecticut,. . • . . 836 63 Columbia, District of, first half of 1662, . L .' $2,275; estimated at. same, making . 4,650 00 Dalcotah Territory . , . . . . . 669 49 Delaware,last half of 1861, $130; estimated at same for first half of 1862, Florida, Northern District, 260 00 1,111 10 . . 2,05 00 . 2,320 00 . 1,934,00 . 1,168 00 . . , , 1,807 33 , 489 !30 . 2,073 tso . 3,791 12 4,740 40 2,619 65 1,413 40 Illinois, Northern District, Illinois, Southern District, Indians, . . • . lowa . . . Kansas, Kel,lttltsYl Maine, . Maryland, . assachusetts Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Eastern District, for last half of U 361, $1,049 96; estimate same' for first half 1862 • . . . Missouri, Western District, Nebraska Territory, • . Nevada Territory, last half of 1861, $578 ; • estimate same for first half of 1862, . . 1,166 00 New Hampshire, . . . . . 444 51 New Jersey, . . . . . . . 20 New York, Northern District, whole ' funotint.of fees, $6,966 68, from which are f• paid assistants and office - expenses, leity- New York, Southern District, :gross fees, $16,407 33. The attorney's salery is fixed • by law at. . . Ohio; Northern. District, Ohio, Southern District, Pennsylvania,,Eastern District last half of 1861,. $1,761 26; estimatesame for first half 01 1862, making. . . . 3,523 52 Pennsylvania, Western District, • . 1,776 23 Rhode Island , . . . . . . _ 679 00 Vermont, . . - -. ' . • . . .•, 183 40 Virginia, Western District, . . . 1,807 64 Washington Territory, .. . . . . 2,043 00 Wisconsin, . . . . . . . 882 50 The fee bill of 1853 allows to district attorneys in civil suits tried by a jury a counsel fee•not exceeding $3O. No provision is made for the allowance of a similar fee in criminal cases, and it is recommended that the law be so amended as to authorize such allowance to be made upon a certificate of the judge before whom the cause is tried. Criminal cases frequently consume several days in the trials, and no compensation is allowed to the district attorney under existing laws except a docket fee of $2O. • . • PUBLIC BUILDINGS. • The report of the Commissioner of Public Build ings exhibits, in detail, the condition of the - build ings and grounds under his charge. The large number of sick and wounded soldiers demanding attention at this point rendered it neces sary, in the judgment of the Surgeon General, to i occupy the Capitol as a hospital during a portion-of . the time since the adjournment of Congress, and it was taken possession of for that purpose by order of the War Department. : More than the ordinary expenditures for cleaning and repairs have been rendered necessary by this oc cupation of the building. "The outside painting of the old Capitol, authorized by Congress at the last session, has been completed, and has greatly improved its appearance. The army bakery }which had been erected in the base ment hasbeen removed. Any appropriation of the Capitol to military uses must necessarily cause injury to the building and defacement of the expensive decorations by which it is ornamented. I respectfully_ suggest that Con gress should provide by law,agikipst its future occu pillion for any other than . tlittpunoses for which it was erected. The Long Bridge over the Potomae river has been used es a railroad bridge during the past year, and has been kept in repair by the Wei. Department at a very great expense.• • The structure is - too weak to sustain. the Weight of heavy trains.'and has several times given way under their pressure. The ordinary travel over the bridge his been entirely . suspended by a recent 'order of the War Department, to the great inconvenience of the community.To obviate these difficulties, the Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown Railroad Company propose to construct a new bridge by the side of, and connected with, the present structure, to be occupied exclusively by the railroad track. The construction of such an additional bridge, while it would increase the capacity of the road to lacilitate the transporta tion required by the Government; would greatly prothote the convenience of the public by leaving the old bridge open for ordinary travel. It is desirable that Congress Mll', as early as pos sible, authorize the company to construct the addi tional bridge proposed. The road from the Navy Yard Bridge to the Insane Asylum needs additional repairs. The extensive injury to this road. caused by Government transpor tation, has rendered necessary a larger expenditure than that authorized by Congress for the repair of this and another road leading from the bridge. , A new jail and penitentiary are much needed: • These may be constructed together at much less cost than would be required to construct them separately. • The northern portion of the Patent Office building remains unfinished. The estimated cost of corn- pleting it is $60,000, and an appropriation for that purpose is recommended. This would complete the construction of the building. - CAPITOL EXTENSION AND THE NEW DOME. By a joint resolution of Congress, approved April ,16, 1862, this Department was charged with the sti-•' pervision of the Capitol extension and the erection •of the new dome. The prosecution of these works had been suspended since the 15th of May, 1661. The joint resolution provided that no money there tofore appropriatedThould be expended on the Ca pi 'to] except so much as was necessary to protect the I 'building from injury by the elements and to complete The dome. To carry out the intention of Congress, it was deemed advisable to prosecute the work on the two eastern entrances of the Capitol extension, for the purpose of-affording, at, as early a day as possible; .:permanent protection fo the eastern front, and the extensive - foundations that had- been laid for the steps .lutd cheek 'blocks : to complete the porticoes otlitie connecting corridors, so that the roofing might be speedily finished, and thus remove a prolific source ,of detcrioistion to the building; to afibrd such temporary protection to the upper surfaces of the exposed walls of the building as might be found to be expedient, in view of the length of time that would necessarily elapse before - the work could be completed, and to finish the granite steps of the . basenient. ;file work has been steadily prosecuted in accord ance with this plan. The porticoes of the two eastern corridors have been finished, and it is ex pected that those on the western front will be com pleted and the roof hild over the' before the close of the season. The massive entrances to the eastern porticoes are more than half completed ; the steps of the western arcades are finished, and the temporary protection to the exposed walls of the building, re commended by the architect, lids been afforded. The amenant of available appropriation when the work was resumed under the supervision of this departnient, was $356,107.24. Of this there has been expended, up to October 31, 1862, $99,099.09, leaving an unexpended balance of $257,008.15. This stun will be sufficient to continue the work until the close of the present fiscal year. An appropriation of $500,000 will be necessary for the next fiscal year. The aggregate amount of all the appropriations made for the Capitol extension is $6,283,621.74. It is estimated by the architect that additional appro priations, to the amount of $600,000, will be required to complete the work. This will make the entire cost of the Capitol extension, when completed, $6,- 883,62t.74. NEW DOME. The work on the new iron dome has progressed with great rapidity. The principal frame of the structure is now completed; the ribs of the. cupola have been put in place. and the workmen are. en gaged in 'setting the plates which constitute the outer-covering, all of which will be finished before the close of the year. This will leave nothing to be done to complete the exterior but the construction of the tholus; or lantern, upon the •top of which is to be placed the statue of Freedom, which is in tended as the crowning feature of the dome, and the placing of the ornaments on the upper windows and around the spring of the cupola. The present height of the iron work. above the basement floor of the Capitol is 216 feet and the height of the portion yet to he constructed, including thesrowuing statue, is 71 feet 3 incliesonaking Jim entire elevation, when completed, 2Seifeet3 inches. The original estimate of the cost of the dome was $945,000. The who te amount appropriated by Con gress, up to the present time, is 57u0,009. The ex penditures, from the commencement of the work to the suspension, in May, 1861; were $561,140 79, and since the resumption of the work, under the super vision of this department, to October 3/, t 862, $56.867 49, leaking an aggregate of $618,009 'S. .13,610 03 1,381 66 19,418 09 3,721 TO leasing a balance of appropriation, at that date, of $81;991 72. It is estimated that an additional appropriation of $200,000 will be necessary for the completion of the ivork. This will Make the aggregate east $900,- 000, being $46,000 less than the original estimate. On the 15th of July last the supervision of thin work was transferred from the War Department to this department, under the authority of ajoint re solution of Congreall. The work was suspended in the spring of 1661, and was not resumed until after its transfer to this department. Since that time the work has been in progress, and it is estimated that itmlay be completed by the let of July, 1663. The supply of water, at present is obtained from Rook creek and is found . to be entirely inadequate to the cle.mands of the public buildings and the wants of the citizen S.. During the extreme ky weather of the present fall it has been necessary to observe the strictest economy in the use of the water, and to suspend the high service supply of Georgetown. A full supply of water cannot be obtained until the connection with 'the Potomac river shall be com pleted. When this shall be effected an abundant supply of pure and wholesome water will be fur nished, sufficient to meet all the demands of the public bUildings and the citizens of Washington and Georgetown, with any amount of population these Miles are likely to acquire. The aggregate amount of appropriations hereto fore made for the work is $2,900,000. There had been expended, previous to the transfer of the work to this department, $2,676,832 63, leaving a balance of $224,167.47. .Of this sum there was expended, under the direction of this department, prior to October 1, 1862, $9,215.80. The balance then remaining on hand of $214,951.07 is estimated to be sufficient to.complete the work, so far as to procure a full supply of water' from the Potomac, sufficient to meet every reqUisi tion. It is proposed by the engineer in charge of the work to construct a dam from the Maryland shore to Conn's island, in the middle' of, the river, omitting for the present the construction of that part of the darn embraced in the plan of General Meigs, which was designed to connect the island with the Vir ginia bank of the river. The dam on the Maryland side of the island; it is believed, will supply the con duit with sufficient water to meet the largest de mands of the community for many years. Should an additiodal supply be hereafter required , It can be obtained by the construction of the darn on the other side. of the island, according to the original plan. All the work, which will be done under the direction of W. R. Hutton, lA., the present en gineer, will be in accordance with the plans of G enernlllleigs, which have received the sanction of Congress. An appropriation of $lO,OOO will be required for -superintendence and repairs of the aqueduct during the fiscal year ending .1 uric 30,1864. The public printing during-the last year has been inuch greater than Cawing any preceding year. This increase has been occasioned not only by the unusual quantity Ordered by Congress at the last session, butby the immense number czf blanks required by the War and Navy Departments, and by the new bureau of the Internal Revenue. The Government printing office has been managed with the utmost regard to economy practically ; and the cost of the printing to the Government has been the pay of the workmen employed and the cost of the materials used, thus saving the large profits heretofore made by. the public printer under the former system of doing the public work. The report of the Superintendent of Public Print-. ing, giving in detail' the amount" of printing done,: will show that the interest of the Government has been greatly promoted by the, adoption of the present mode of executing it. WASHINGTON, AND GEORGETOWN RAIL ROAD COMPANY. • • This important work has been completed in it sub stantial inanner,,and is now in succeskful operation. The several brunches of the road were completed and Cnit in operation within the periods deSignated by ongress. The adVantages anticipated from the. construction of the road have been fully realized, and the largeimmber of, passengers with-which. the cars are daily thronged furnish ample evidence of their appreciation by the community: The railroad company iss - remfired to keep iu repair eighteen feet of Fennisylvanifi" avenue. The remainder of the street, relieved of the heavy omnibuses, when put in good order, can be kept in repair for much 'less . than.the amount heretofore expended for that pur pose. The duties ; devolved upon this institution have been 'discharged during the past year with great fidelity and success. On the 30th of June,l66l, there were under treat ment 180 patientslOniales and 72 females. During the.year ending June 30, 1862,". there have been ad mitted : from the army, 139 ; from the navy, 15 ; from civil life, 18 males and 12 females, and from the sol diers' home, I—making a total of 185. The number of patients discharged during the year was : recovered, -95 males and 8 females ; im proved, 15 males and 1 female ; died, 24 males and 10 . femalesmaking a total of 153. There:remained in the institution June 30, 1862 from the 'army,- 75 ; from the navy, 15; from civil life, 06 males and 65 females; and one from the sol diers' hoiticrialtlng" a 'total of 212. • During the past year important improvements have been made for the introduction of water to the building, which have cost, about $3,000. Tile super intendent has completed these improvements from the ordinary funds,.without asking any special ap propriation. The constantly increasing number of patients in this institution will require increased appropriations for their support. The benefits conferred upon that unfortunate class of the community who have such strong claims upon the sympathy and benevolence of the country, as well as the excellent management of the institution, should commend it to the favor able consideration of Congress. • For nl9ll , 5Pc9i139 information reference is made to the accompanying report of Dr. Nichols. the super intendent. . . 3,740 00 COLUILBIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF The number of pupils in this institution on the ISt' of .1 uly, 1861, was thirty-five. During the last fiscal year six were received and three withdrew, leaving on the Ist of July 1862, thirty-eight. The new building, for which an appropriation was made by Congress at its last session, is now rapidly approaching completion. The directors request an appropriation to furnish the building with gas and . heating apparatus. Estimates for these improve ments will be found in the accompanying reports. Ttey,are much needed, and are commended to the fin - or:01e consideration of Congress. ;Some additional facilities are desired by the direc tors for the instruction of the pupils in the mechani- Oal arts, and also an appropriation for the extension of the grounds connected with the institution. . The propriety of making the appropriations 'requested must be determined by Congress. , , 2,099 92 . 171 44 . . .760 00 G,OOO 00 . 6,000 00 2,:320 91 . The police figce•einisists of 1 superintendent, 10 sergeants t and•lso patrolmen ; 121 are on duty in the city of V.ashington, 19 in Georgetown, and 20 in the county of Washington ; 139 are on foot, and 21 are mounted.- - • • - • • • The population of the District of Columbia, as shown by the census of 1860, is 70,060.. Tire large • number of transient' residents in the district during the past year has swelled the population during that_ period, to near, if not quite, 100,000. The present police force is inadequate to the com plete protection of so large a population, especially at a time when so many causes exist tending to breaches of the peace and violation of law. The pp lice board of commissioners recommend an increase 01 the, number to 300. For the reasons in detail upon which the recommendation is based reference is made to the report of the hoard accompanying this report. The board of police earnestly recommend an in crease of salaries. The present compensation is, for the sergeants, s6a, and for-the patrblmen, $4BO per annum: This is below the rate of compensation paid other officers of the Government whose duties are less. laborious and responsible than those of the police. • The police of the Capitol receive $l,lOO, messen gers in the several departments, $810; assistant mes sengers, $700.; and the watchmen and laborers of the department, $6OO per annum. The propriety of increasing, the compensation, as recommended by the board, must be submitted to the .judgment of Congress. An act of the last session of Congress authorized the police board to designate magistrates in the se veral wards, before whom offenders should be-taken for examination And - trial: No provision was made for the payment of the magistrates thus desi,gnated ; and, as the fees which they may be able to collect do not constitute an adequate compensation for the du ties imposed, they. decline their performance, and thus the object of the law has wholly failed. The present mode of trying criminals for petty of fences is very defective, , and is attended with Rave expense. In most of the cases the magistrates have no final jurisdiction, and can only commit the offend ers for trialby the criminal court. If the defendants are unable to procure bail they are committed to jail, and subsisted at the expense of the Govern ment until their cases can be finally decided., A. grand jury, as well. as a, petit jury, must then pass upon them, involving great expense and delay in dis posing of trivial cases, which should be determined in a summary manner. - These evils might be removed and the expense of the administration, of the criminal laws greatly di minished-by the creation of a police court for the District of Columbia., consisting of a single judge, and having final jurisdiction of all offences of a less grade. than felony. The court Should be kept open every day, except Sundays, and.such days as are not devoted to public business. Courts of this character have been found necessary in all the large cities of the States, and might be introduced here with great 'benefit to the peace of the District and economy to the Government. The subject is recommended to the attention of Congress. . Since the adjournment of Congress the accumula tion of arms and ammunition at the arsenal in this city rendered additional buildings indispensable for their -,preservation. Upon the recommendation of the. Secretary of War, an order was made by the President, on the-19th day of September last, to re move the prisoners and surrender the penitentiary buildings to the War Department, to be used as an arsenal? In compliance with this order I made ar rangements with Amos Pilsbury, Esq.. superintehd ent of a penitentiary at Albany, in the State of New York, to receive the prisoners and subsist them until the expiration of their several terms of service, or until Congress shall _make:, provision for their con finement elsewhere. • • In accordance with.this arrangement the prisoners were carried in a transport vessel furnished by the War Department directly frbin Washington to Al bany; and:were safely delivered into the 'custody of the warden. • Since the prisoners were sent to Albany Dr. John B. Blake, one of the inspectors of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, by my request visited 'Albany, for the purpose of making a personal examination of the prison and the condition of the prisoners. He reported that the prison was well adapted for the purpose for 'which it was constructed, and was ad mirably conducted. He says : "The most striking feature of the establishment is the entire cleanliness of every department, and of the convicts themselves. On entering the workshops the impression is pro duced that they are neat manufacturing establish ments tilled with industrious artisans who are work ing for wages, instead of from compulsion and as a punishment." "Strict attention is paid to the sanitary moral, - and religious condition of the prisoners. Sickness is of very rare occurrence; but when a convict com plains of 'being indisposed, he is immediately re moved to a comfortable hospital in the building, where he receives the attention of a skilful physi cian." The convicts are all employed in the business° shoemaking. The number of convicts sent to Albany was 131. The cost of their subsistence there-will be $1.25 each per week. The expense of supportizus , them at... Albany will be less than the cost of sustain ing the penitentiary in the District. The number of convicts in the penitentiary on the Ist of October, 1661, was 158. Between. that period and the Ist of October, there were received 12.1, of whisk 102 were soldiers who were convicted of va rious military offences by courts-martial. These were pardoned - by the President, under the provi sions ,of au act of Congress passed at the last ses sion. The whole number of prisoners disposed of during the 'last year was 201, of which 71 were discharged by expiration of sehtence, 126 were per cloned by the President, I escaped, and 1 was transferred to the Insane Asylum, leaving 131 on the Ist of October, 1862, which was the number transferred to the prison at Albany. It is recommended that a law shall be passed. by Congress sanctioning the transfer of the prisoners, and authorizing the confinement is the penitentiary at Albany, or in some other prison out of the. Dis trict, of all persons who may be convicted in. thellis trict, until a suitable prison shall be erected. . The appropriations for the support of the peniten tiary of the District for the present tiscal year are $30,123.15. An appropriation of $20,000 is recom mended for. the next year for - the support of the prisoners transferred to Albany, and for the.removal and support of such as may be hereafter convicted. A small sum of money, not lex , t than, 00, should be' given to each prisoner when he leaves the prison, to enable him to reach the place to which he may desire to go. The appropriation asked for will be suAtleient to meet this expenditure, and toeut at least 115 convicts at Albany, including' cost of their transportation. It is gratifying to observe the evideuees of in cressingprosperity which are. visible in the Di'strict of Columbia. It should be the policy of Congress give encouragement to the enterprise which pro. duces this prosperity,. and, by liberal legislation to advance the growth and improvement of the capital of the nation. • I have the bobor to I*, very respectfully', your obedient serv,int, CALEB B, SMITH, Secretary. The PnL6IDEI', POTOMAC WATER-WORKS. THE PUBLIC PRINTING HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE AND DUMB AND THE BLIND -METROPOLITAN POLICE PENITENTIARY PROPOMLS. ARMYM CLOTHING AD EQUIPAGE 4 - 1 - OFFICE, TWELFTH AND . (4151AltD STREETS. • • Piiir.Armr.pialA Nov. 27, 1862. • PROPOSALS will be 'received until TUP.SDAY, Deceict ber 2d, at 12 M., to furnish at the glltnyiktil Arsenal 1,000 SIDES Shoe-Skirting Leather, suitable for Welts for Army Boots and Bootees, to be of Osk.lannec! Slaugh ter Hides, to weißli from 12 to 181)0dt:di: porride, erlgival weight, subject to inspection. . • _ G..II . ,..CROSBLAW, Depati , Quartermaster ilgetteml, U. S.A.- SEALED PROPOSALS .AREINVITED until Oko Oth of DECERDER, 1162, for funk the Subsistence Department with FOUR HUNDRED' TONS . OF HAY in bales. • The find delivery to be : commenced ou or abotrtr the 120 k of December. and the whole quantity mkt in liddre. thu emi of said mouth. The liny to be ishipped Si water and denvered on the wharves at SIXTH! Street,a,ml weighed ht. Mlishington. D. C. . Bidders must state in their bids the price perlOepounthr at which they will furnish the limy. Firms leaking bids niust st;ite , the names of all theytr ties interested. Payments to be nude . ire Trewmry notes, or such fluids as Government way baste for dietribution. Rids to be direetett to Colonel A. imuKwITIL. A. D: C. and C. S., U. S A., nod endorsett " Proposals for flay." . nonllt NAVY AGENT'S. OFFICE, WAI:MINCITCYN. I›.. C. November I.,IW33_PROPOSALS' Will he received at this office until MON DAY, tho 14' December next, aE o'clock I'. M., for Two Hundred and Ten Thousand (21));800) Yards of WHITE CARTRIDGE CLOTH. in width anti proportions as fol lows, viz: 10,000 yards. 19'inclms. wide. 10,000 yards, 22 20.000 yards, 24 Pl,inclies 10,000 yards, keswide 10,000 yardA, 213g.inebes; wide 00,000 yards, 30 inches wide. 10.000 yards, 31 inchcs•wide. 00,000 yards, 33 inches wide. 210,000 To be delivered at the Navy - Yard in this city. free of cost to the Government for freight or transportation. n017713t S. r. BROWI`f, Navy Agent. PROPOSALS. • ORDNANCE 016 ICE, War Department, Washington, November 24, 182. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by this Depart ment until 4 o'clock P. M. on the NINTH pAY of D2cem ber next, f2r the manufacture and delivery of the follow ing projetWes. viz: • 0,000 ten-inch Solid Shot, • .. 1,000 fifteen-inch Shells. 1,000 tifteen-inch . Battering Shot: The projectiles to be made of the kind of metal, and inspected after the rules laid down in the. Ordnance Ma nual, with the execution of the Battering Stint. which must ho made of what is known us gun-metal. Draw ings of these projectiles can be seen at the principal arse nals of the United States, at the Ordnance'AgencY. No. 4.5 WORTH Street, New York, and at this office. The projectiles are to be delivered, free .of charge for transportation : at the United States Arsenal, on Oovor nor's island. INew York harbor, where they will be in spected; and all such as may be rejected must be re movekby the contractor, immediately after the inspec tion of each delivery. ' Bids will be received for any portion of the quantity required, not less than two of any one kind. Dolivorie-s to be made as follows: One-tenth, of cacti kind.withiie thirty - days after norilica lion of acceptance of hid,. and not less than one-tenth weekly thereafter until all shall be delivered. Payment will be made by the Treasury Department on, the usual certificates of inspection and receipt, after each delivery. Bonds, with appr2vell surety, will be required for the faithful perforina nee of contracts. No bid will be entertained unless it be accompanied by an affidavit from the party making it, to the effect. that he is an iron founder; and that, if his bid is acceptea, the projectiles will be made at his foundry—naming it and its location ; anti the right is reserved to reject any or all bids if deemed unsatisfactory for any cause: Proposals will be addressed. to the undersigned. at 'Washington . City, and will be endorsed "Proposals'for. Projectiles."' .TLS. W. RIPLET, nom-tdeif 13110POSAIL$ . FOR LUMBER.. . , • DEPOT OCASTIiIikASTRIert OFFICE, Corner of Eighteenth. and 0 streets, } Was it rros, (1, Nor. 24, isitd. SEALED PROPOSALS will he received at this office until Friday, December 5,1862, at 1? o'clock M., for de livering hi the city or Waili ingson, tit such, poin t . as the Depot Chni rterinaster may direct, one million (I.oJo,daj) feet of Lumber of the followiug hind and description, viz: Seven hnndred and fifty thousind (750.000) feet 4--ior one (I) inch White Pine Common Chitlings. Eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three (fii,Th) feet Scantling, 3 by 4. fourteen feet long, . (Hemlock.) Eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-four fp,*3l) feet Scantling, S by 4, sixteen feet long, Hemlock.). Eighty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three • (53,33-1) feet Scantling, S by 4, eighteen feet long. (Hemlock.) Al] the above described to be good merchantable Lim ber, subject to the inspectiou of an agent appointed on the part of the Government. All the Lumber to be delivered within twenty days after signing the contract. Proposals from disloyal parties will not be considered, and lit oath of allegiance to the United States Govern ment must accompanv each proposition. The ability of the 'bidder to fill the contract, should it be awarded to him, must be guaranteed by two responsi ble persons, whose signatures are to be appended to the guarantee, and eata, guarantee vi met twee mypew the The responsibility of the guainutors must be shown by the official certificate of the Clerk of the umre.st District Court. or of the United States District Attorney. Bidders must be present in person when the bids are Opened, or the proposals will not be considered. The lull name and Post Office address of the bidder must appear in the proposal. . Ira bid is made in the name of a firm the names of all the parties most appear, or the bid will be considered as the individual proposal of the pa riy signing it. Ilonds in the sum of five thousand dollars, signed by the contractor and both of his guarantors, will be re quired of the successful bidder upon signing the con tract. The right to reject any or all bids that may be deemed too high is reserved by the Depot Quartermaster. Informal proposals will be rejected. Proposals must he addressed to Captain EDWARD L. HARTZ, Assistant Quartermaster United States Army, Washington, D. C., and should be plainly marked "Pro posals fur Lumber." Form of sopa» W"e, —, of the county of —, and. State of —, and —, of tho county of —, and State of —, do hereby guarantee that—!sable to fuld it the contract, iu accord ance with tile terms of his .proposition, and that, should his proposition lie accepted, he will at once curer into a contract in accordance therewith. Should the contract be awarded him, we are .prepared to become his securities. . . . . (To this gnardutee must be'uppendcd the alcial certi ficate above mentioned.) . . . . EDWARD L. HARTZ. n027-St . Capt. and Ass't QuartermaAer U. S. A. MEDICAL. AR R•A N T ' S EFFERVESCE:I'T SELTZER APERIENT. This calnable and popular Medicine bas universally - re ' ecived the most fa•vornble recommendations of the M • AlEmcm. l'itork , .:4stoN and the public as the most EFFICIENT AND ACRECABLE SALINE APERIENT. It mh'v be used with the best effect in Bilious and Fclirile Diseases, Costiveness, Sick Headache, Naugle., Loss of Appetite. Indigestion, Acidity of the Stomach, Torpidity of th Liver, (lout, Illam.matic Affections ,Gravel, Piles, I=l A GENTLE AND COOLING APERIENT OR PURGA TIVE IS REQUIRED. It is particularly adapted to the wants of Travellers by Sea and• Land,. Residents in Hot Climates, Persons of Sedentary Ilabite, Invalids, and Convalescents; Captains of Teasels and Planters will Bud it a valtuible addition to their Medicine Chesta.: , . . It Is in the form of a Powder, carefully Out up in bottles. to keep in any climate, and merely requires water poured upon it to produce a de lightful effervoseing beverage. • Numerous testimonials, from: professional and other gentlemen of the highest standing throughout the coun try, and its steadily increasing popularity for a series of years, strongly guaranty its efficacy and valuable charac ter, andiconnnend it to the favorable notice of au intelli gent nubile. Man ufaCtured only by • .• • • TARRANT• tt CO., No. 275 GREENWICH Street, corner of Warren st,, NEW YORK, oP2I-17 And for sale by Druggists gen - mita' y. HEALING POWERS OF on- DEMONSTRATED ON OVER FOUR THOU SAND INVALIDS, AT In) WALN , UT STREET, PHI LADELPHIA: The object of the following certificates is to shOw that cures at lfit) WALNUT. Street aro permanent and re liable. The cure was performed nearly three years ago, the second was performed nearly two years ago, the third about one year, and hundreds more of like cases -might ho shown. READ.THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY: About twelve months ago I had a severe attack of Diabetes, attended .with other difficulties too numerous to mention. My desire for drink was constant, and al though I drank gallons per day, my thirst was never allayed; I was only able to sleep at short intervals, which •sceuied like a trance. The mucous surface of lay mouth and threat • had become so parched and feverish, that I was in constant misery. I was also suffering from all the horrors Of Dyspepsia, loss of appetite, Nau sea, and frequent and severe attacks of vomiting ; and so prostrated :was my general system, that -I wars scarcely able to move about. .1 had availed myself of the science and skill of distinguished medical men. both of the Allo pathic and Homeopathic school, and exhausted their catalogue of remedies, but founel only temporary relief. hi this condition, when every ray of hope seemed para lyzed, I heard' of the discovery of Professor Belles in the use of Electricity, and the wonders he was performing in curing:disease, and placed myself under his treatment; and, to the astonishment of myself and friends, in two operations my Diabetes was controlled, and ether diffi culties soon disappeared ; my appetite has returned, sleep undisturbed, and, in fact. I feel like one made anew. I would further state that I have seen other remark blo cures performed by Prof. Bolles, and \ Sense :Id vise the diseased to call sit 1•2'20 WA) iffit street, and be restored to health. I shall be glad to give any one information calling on Inc. THOMAS lIARIIOP, Bose Mill; West Philadelphia. Philadelphia, May Ist, 1560. Read the following from a.prencher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, No. 16$ Helmuth street, Philadel phia: In. attempting a definition of my disease, I can only give sonic of the many symptoms which, taken altoge ther, were the most horrid ; and even medical men did not know my disease from pathological symptoms. Hoer ever, Professor C. IL Belles, by • Whom l was cared, W eaned my disease in the pelvic viscera, in five. minutes after 1 enterelhid office, and offered to warrant a perfimt cure iu eight applications. And I frankly admit that in eight applitratious of Electricity, administered by Pro fessor liourts„ '1220 Walnut street, Phibuielphitt, 1 inn perfectly cured ; and to me this is most anonishing, for I had exhausted the catalogue of old-school remedies, and 'grew worse all the time. I had long believed that in Electricity resided a potent agent for the cure of disease, if a right application could be made; anti now ran comprehend, from its powerful effects on me, for sricedy cure, al though no shoats were • given. All was pleasant, and accomplished as if by nuntic.• I w ill g i ve m ost of my symptoms, for the, benefit of suffering, humanity. I had dyspepsia, bad mansinms, or wasting of the tissues of the whole body; at times a difficulty Of breathing, some palpitation of the heart, much bronchitis, trembling of the limbs alter exorcise, aversion to business andcompany ; at times gloomy, iuite bility to collect my thoughts vigorously on any subject, a loss of Memory, pain in various marts of the body; suf fered much from lumbago, deranged secretions of the kidneys and other glands of the system, constant drag ging pains In the limber region, and severe nervous diz ziness. 1 believe it is my duty, as a lover of humanity, to re commend .this discovery of Proffisitor BOLLES tolthe afflicted of all el asses. There seems to be no guesswork, no &infusion, no matter of doubt in his treatment. Ile Proceeds on *iced principles, and according to Axed which seem to me infallible and harmonious. He war rams, by special contract, the most obstinate, chrome and acute cases, and charges nothing, if he fails. l ad vise all of the diseased to try his treatment. • EDWARD. T. EVANS, Preacher in M. E. Chnrch, .IW3 lIELMUTII Street, PhiladelPhin- ANOTHER CURE OF PARALYSIS op VIE LOWER. LIMBS (Parent egia)AND APOPLb...Y COMBINED. Beiid the following: iLADET.Mit A, March 31, UAL PROFESSOR 80i.t.g5,.1110 Wal out street: The remarka ble Cure which I have derived from your method of ap plying Electricity compels me to thus acknowledge the great obligations I am under to you Or snatching mc, OS it were, from immediate death. About two years ago, while a resident of Cincinnati, 01110,1 WRS visited with an attack of paralysis of the lower extremities, which rendered the almost entirely nnalge to stand upon My Utah& I employed some of the Met celebrated physi cians to be found is that section, bat received no appa rent benefit, and atter a lapse of about eighteen months was taken with &spasm, which One of my physicians pronounced a fit of apoplexy. Two wetks elapsed from this time before I became the least eonsctous of anything that had transpired, nor could I concentrate my mind or converse upon nay subject without becoming very vi sionary and excited, until I placed' myself under your valuable treatnwut. After my tirrival In Philadelphia MAattention was called to your tsentment by a pamphlet . handed me by my father, which, contained the mimes of some gentlemen whom 1 had been formerly acquainted. my mind to glace myself under your, with, and whose statements I valid. rely upon. I imme been iue recipient of four trees , - t d r i . ' ya tte t n t i . e i n l l l . l *4 li I bTav e now ments, and,t new feel perfectily- satisfied that I am no stor to a. sound condition, and theforo feel it my di ed ty to gratefully acknowledge the benefits which I havo , re-, ceived through your treatment. Very respectfullTyours Sec. SIIAIS. Publisher of the Xationoll Merchaat, office 1.16 South SECOND street, PhiladoiPhia will he well for the diseased to 'recollect that Prof. B. leas given a wood of caution in his pawn filet to guard them against trusting their health in the hands of those in this city claiming to trout diseases aceording to _ his discovery. This vantion inuy seem seven , on thoaa using Electricity at bawd, but it is the severity of truth, and designed for tho good of tointauity. Stoe advertise toent to another column. Consultation Free. PROP. Os if. BOLLES. 1220 'WALNUT Stuck, Philadelphia. BAY RUM.--W PUNCHEONS AND Wine Darreh , , for Nile by CHAIILES S. CARSTAIRS. 0c57 126 WALNUT Street. AUCTION SATE. JOHN B. MYERS & CO., AUCTION HERS, rios. 232 and 231 MARKET Street. ;LARGE POSITIVE. SALE OF ROOTS, SHOES, 8r":'• IS MORNIN. • December 2, at 10 o T clock, will bc s c old without reserve, on 4 months' credit— About 11,000 packages boots, shoes, brogans; ct_ trajr); boots, &c.. embracing a general assortment of print . goods, of City and Eastern manufacture: LARGE rOSITIVE SALE OF DWV" GOODS: ON THURSDAY MOlUgl December 4, ut 10 o'clock, will be sold try entalogue,.9ti 4 months' ered t About 775 pa elm gesand lots of British, German, French.. and Americus dry goods, embracing a large rand general assortment of staple and fano: :Mk:loh r in woolens., Wprhteds, Linen and cotton, and silks. -sALE MATT(NG, sa: ON FRIDAY MORN! NG, December 5, at 10 o'clock, on 4 months' credira-- -piccetf celeet, Brinisols, ingrain, and H.A6 carpatg, cocoa 'flatting, &e. LARGETHITZMPTORY SALE OF FRENCH. yin: GOODS. ON MONDAY MORNING, December !I, at 10 o'clock., will be sold by catalefsno. on 411'0101 , 1e credit— About 750 packages and lots of French, G erman r lndia. and British dry goods, comprising n general assottment of fancy and staple articles in silks, worsted, woolen, and cotton fabrics. FURNESS, BRINLEY: R CO., • No. 429 MARKET STREET. SALE. TILTS (Tuesday) DIORE LNG, at 10 o'clock. A CARD.—The attention of purchasers is requestea to our wane of Dry Goods, this (Tuesday) morning, Dec: 2, a. 410 o'elook, by catalogue, on 4 mouths' credit. conagri sing a desirable assortment for present sales. ayricr:-TO TlllB AltiltN/11 - 0. -- extra. quality Scotch black and white long shawls: extra quality all-wool black and Magenta long• shawls. • - -311-inch Lyons black silk mantilla velvets. —34 a 41.4. inch block ta nil brown silk plush. French frosted beavers, l.ondou blue beavers. high colored Saxony pistols, reps, mohairs. silk check reps, stripe mobairs. blue i;cps, cheek laminas, gleves, &c. ALSO. 1.(O large size army blankets. LYONS SILK PLUSH AND PANCYVIBLVETS. . 10 pieces 34, 36, and 40-inch Lyons black and. brown., silk plush. 7 pieces:4-inch fancy silk velvets. BERLIN. AND BUCK OLOVES. • 11101VilLIG, . _ An invoice of - wens . cuffed Berl in gloves. do lined do do. —chamois nod flanuel .Bcrlin gloves line brick gloves nod gauntlets. RALE OF FRE.SCII GOODS. • • 'nits 11101{11NO, Dec: 2. at 70 o'clock, on 4 months' credit -9W lota a fancy Putt)le French rlross goods SHADS LS. . THIS MORNING, • • all-wool long shawls. do scoot( do. —Vienna bruche long and square DRESS GOODS. —British and Saxonv dress goods. EMU I'AIRS EXTRA. trEAN'T AND LARGE SIZE ARMY ." BLANKETS. ' - •• THIS MORNING, LOW Ind I'S extra henry and large-size army blankets. WEST OF ENGLAND BLUE BEAVERS, &c. 21 pieces 74 extra. fine West of England blue beavers. 15 do French velvet cloakings. WHITE GOODS.. • —check and jaeonet muslins. ,-French cranes, merinos. black alparemc BLACK AND MAGENTA WOOL AND. LONG SHAWLS,. ' . FOR CITY, TRA ns: MORNING, • . _ 1Z) extra quality large size black and magenta woot long shawls. .- . - - - • - LYONS BLACK SILK. MANTILLA .VELVETS: -32,31, anal:6-inch Lyons heavy black silk mantilla velvets:' - . . p.A.N C OAST & wA.Risoo.K. AUCI- .A. Tl.O S, 1.1:P. 213 MARKET Street. . SALE OF 750 LOTS OF AMERICAN AND DIPMITED DRY GOODS. •EMEROIDERLP.S.• . WHITE GOODS, liIILLINERY•GOODS.•&c., by catalogue. .ON WEDNESDAI MORNING,- • December 3, eommencing at-10 o'clock precisely. Included will be found, viz— .. EMBROIDERIES, WHITE GOODS, &c. A full line of new •style embroidered jacnnett collars find setts; infnts' waists, flouncing, bends. Sm. Also, ladies', t and ateum . X linen cambric hdkfs. • YELYET RIBBONS AND MILLINERY •(;00DS. A full line of favorite brand black silk velvet ribbons also, trimming and dress buttons. Also; bonnet ribbons, artificial flowers, bonnet mate rial, block silk velvet. SHIRTS AND DRAWERS. GLOVES, Sm. • Meng' white an ' blue mixed heavy merino shirts and drawers; ladies, gents , and children s fleecy lined. and plain silk. Lisle. merino and wool gloves anti gaunt lets, hosiery, &c. . Also, gents 'linen and Union shirt fronts. Also, Paris black and fancy tics. . . • CLOAKING CLOTHS Also,—.pieces extra quality seal • skin and melton cloaking Cl oths: 11001' SKIRTS, PURSES NOTIONS. &o. 200 duz ladies', misses', and children's woven, tape, and colored hoop skirts. • Also, a rum; line of buck and merino purses, morocco wallets, Paris bags, &c.. Also, head dresses, notions, stook goeds, &c. plivar FORD k CO., AUCTIONEERS, 525 MARKET anti 522 COMMERCE Streets. SALE OF 1,000 CASES BOOTS, SHOES, BRO GANS, ON THURSDAY MORNING. ' December 4, at 10 o'clock precisely, will be sold by ca talogue, 1,000 cases men's, bovs', and. youths' calf, kip, and gr , ain boots; brogans. 'illbmorals, &c.? Women s, misses , eliildrcit's calf, kip, goat, kid, and morocco, bsiP.l.3l boots and shoes, gaiters, badman's, &c. Also, lirst-claSs city-mado goods. Goods open fo r exa in in a ion, with cat slog - nes, egrly on the morning of sale. CJ. WOLBERT, .A.E"CTION MART, • 15d.16 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. Between Market and Chestnut. The subscriber will give his attention to sales of Real Estate, Meath udise, Household Furniture, Fancy Goods, Paintings, objects of Arc and Virtue, &T.;all of which shall have his personal and prompt attention, and for which he Solicits the favors of his friends. CAME OLD WINES. BRANDIES, 'WHISKIES, &c., IN DEMI.TOHNS AND CASES. PillS MORNING, December 2, at 11 o'clock, at l\";.). Hi South Sixth street, Comprising— Vely choice - old Madeira, sherry, and port wines; Mar tell's Imperial - cognac brandy, vintage ]SIS; Bourbon and Monongahela whiskies of the finest quality.; Jamaica and old Gren a darum ; Irish and Scotch whiskies, Hol land gin, clarets, &c. Warranted pnre and unadulterated, and at least equal il jt° private stuck e u s c e ki c n a t t. i tgi ci i t e y s . , now ready. EDUCATION. PROF. MASSE, A. M., LS.NOW FORM IC CLASS on l'ronnneiation, Grnmmnr,Con versation, and Rending. on the Oral Plan. Lssons EVERY DAY—$.5 a month. 1342 SPRUCE street. • • llo15:1m VILLAGE GREEN SEMINAR:Y.-A T ' SELECT BOARDING 5C11.001., NEAR MEDIA, PA. Thoiough course in Mathematics, Classics, English. &c.. • • Milltary•Tneties taught. Classes in Book-keeping, Sur veving, and Civil Engineering. Pupils taken of all ages, and are received anlany time. Boarding per week, Tuition per quarter, For ea ta ()gnus or information address Rev. J. HER VET BARTON, A. N., Village Green, Pa. oclo-tf pENNSYLVANIA .MILITARY ACA DEMY, at West Chester, (for boarders only). This Academy was opened on Thursday, September 4th, 1562. It was chartered by the Legislature, at its' last session, with full collegiate powets. In its rapacious handbills, which were erected and fur nished at a cost of over sixty thousand dollars, are ar raugimients of the highest order for the comfortable guar •teriug and subsisting of one hundred and fifty cadets. A corps of competent and experienced teachers will give their undivided attention to the educational depart ment, and ;din to make their instructions thorough and practical. The deparhnent of studies embraces the fol lowiag• courscF : Primary, CommerCial, and Scientific, Collegiate and Military. A graduate of the United States Military Aatilemy. of high smutting in his class. and of experience in the field, devotes his exclusive attention to the Mathematics and Engineering. The mural !raining of cadets will be carefully-attended tn. For circulars, apPly. to JAS. 11. OR NE; Esq., No- 626 CHESTNUT Street. or at the Hook Stand of Continental lintel, Philadelphia, or to Colonel THEODORE 11Y -]'lT, Pmudeut Pennsyl vania Militia, - Academy. • • FOR S ALE AT • A DISCOUNT—A Foriv-Doßar Scholarship in BRYANT & TON'S CII3IMERCIAL COLLEGE. Address "Discount," at this ace. , no2l-tf PIANOS. THE FINEST ASSORTKENTT, 1 - V I of nets, modern, and durable PIANOS, front . 15t1 to tidO). Also, PRINCE'S World-renowned MELODEON'S and DAR3IONIUMS, for cash, at agreat reduction— or In small monthly ingtaltnents. JAMES BELLAK, 2,70 and 281 South FIFTH Street, above Spruce. 4e'LL:turo LEGAL. IN THE ORpErAffS" COITET FOR THE Ont . AND COUNTY OF pligAzokrannA, E3tiite of JOSEPH WEDER,TeCeased. Te Auditor appOinted by tlui Court . to audit - . fettle, and adjust the account of WILLIAM S. COTTINGEIL Administrator & h. u. c. i. a: of the FATIIIC et .DYSE.I"II A. WEDER, deceaited,.and .report .distribution of the Balance in the bands of the accountant; vitt meet the -parties interested, for the pittposes of his ailpoinnuout, on WEDNESDAY, the tenth day . of DECE3MMEN2. at 4 o clock P. X, at N 0.142 South EIGHTH Strum, __in the city of Philadelphia. • - ' JOHN B. COLAHAN; noZeuuthfit Auditor; NITED STATES,. .EASTERNTT TRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, .90T: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNPFED STATES, TO THE MARSHAL OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PEN NSY INAS A, GREETING : WHEREAS. The District Conti of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, rightly and :duly prOceeding no a Libel, tiled in the name of the Jolted States of Atomic:l, bath decreed all persons in general who have, or pretend to have, any right, title. or interest In THIRTY BARRELS SPIRITS OF TUR PENTINE and SIX BALES OF COTTON,. cargo of the: schooner 'WANE, captured by die United States steamer or vessel-of-war E. .D.Jlale, as .psize, • said vessel being one of the 'blockadingsquadron under command of Rear AdMiral Dupont, and brought into the port of Ph iladel iphia per schooner Governor Burton, to be InOnisiled, cited, and called to judgment at the time and place under written, and to the effect hereafter expressed, (inscice so requiring.) restart; therefore charged and strictly en joined and commnuded,thut yon omit not, but that by publishing these presents in at least two of the daily newsimPers printed and published iu the chy of Phila delphia, and in thy Leyte/ Intelligence?. you do monish and cite, or cause tube menished and cited, peremptorily, • all persons in eneral who have, or pretend to have, any : right, title, or interest the said THIRTY BARRELS SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE and SIX . BALES OF COTTON, cargo of the schooner WAVE, to appear betlyre • rho Honorable JOHN CADWALADER, the Judge of the said Court, at the District Court room. in the city of Philadelphia, on the Twentieth day after publication of these presents, if it be It court day, or else on Clio next c6itrt day following . , between the usual hours of hearing causes, then and there to show, or allege, in dim form of laiw,a retiSonable and lawful ex rusc,.if anv they have , why THIRTY BARRELS SPE RITs OF TURPENTINE and SPX BALES OF COTTON., cargo of the schooner WAVE should not be pronnuncen to belong, at the time of the capture of the same, to the enemies Of the L • nit.ed States. mirk goods of their ene- tales or otherwise,liablo and stkl**.ct to condeinnation, to be adjudged and . condemned as good and lawful prizes; and further to do,and receive in.this behalf as to justice shall appertain.-Snd that you (Day intimateenr cause to be intimated, unto ail persons aforesaid, generally, (to whom by the tenor of these preseuts•it is also intimatted,) that if they-shall not appear at the time and place above men tioned:or appear and shall not show a. reasonable and lawful Call , e to the ColltrarT,lllen Said District Cella doth intend and will proceed to adindicadon on the said cap ture, and may pronounce that the said THIRTY BAR RELS. SPIRITS. OF TIIRPENTI3 r E AND SIX BALES OF COTTON, vart.to of the schooner WAVE, did belong, at the time of the eapture of the saute, to the enemies of . the United State:4 of Amerim,.and as goods of their ene mies, or otherwise,liable and subject to confiscation and condemnation, oho wtinciged and condemned as lawful prize, the absence . or rather contntnacy of the persons so cited and intimated In anywise notwithstanding, and that you duly certify to the said , District Court what you shall do in the preinises,.together with these presents. Witness the Honorable JOIFS CADWALADER. Judge of the sa id. Court, at Philadelphin,.this twenty-eighth day of NOVEMBER,.A. 11.1882,atirtin the eighty-seventh year of the Independence of the S3iti . United States. n029-3t. 6. FM Clerk District Court, • WrltS.;•J'A:3ll:B' MOTS' -OBLESRA.TRID; -LTA- SUPPORTMS FOR LOVES, and the only Sup-. porters under eminent Medical patronage' La4lio+3 and physicians are, xespectfully requested ti. call only- on 3lrs. Rem, at her reslaince, IWO WALNIT 'Street. Phi ladelphia, (to avoid , Counterfeits.) Thir;u , tbousamb in valids havo been advised by their iihysiialaus to Ilse her appliances. Those only are genuine bearing the "Suited States copyright,,,labeis on the box, and signat ems,. and also on the Supporters. with testimonials. ocifrtathstt. EVANS & WATSON'S STORE RALAM_A-NRER SAFE . 1G SOUTH FOURTH STRE A ET, • PIIILA DELPHI A, P. A large variety of FIRE-PROOF SAFES always. on. Land. .I.QUEURS.-50 CASES ASSORTED -L-J LIQUEURS, just received Per ship Vuudalia, from. Bordeaux, and for sale by . . JARRETORE LAVERGNE. .. sce 202 and 204 South ntorr Street: •• • • 111TAItIPAGliE.L-GOLD LAC CRAM TAGICE. quoits and pinta, for mle CHARLES S. GARSTAIRS. Sole Agent. No. 126 WALNUT Strevt. AUCTION SALRS. AIHOMAS & so N s. AJA-• No & 139 and 14,1 mouth FOT7Trn STOCKS AND REAL I:STATE-IMS bit Y. ' Vrtrnpll let t:ltit; OgneN now r ,. .: 4,1 3.00tit.:4t3i c. li gro. l *dons of the property to be sold on eernber 241. wttla diAt of pate. I.tb wed I;th comotigl4 rge atnotutt alto great variety property, by order or Orplitim: otbero.. Court,. c•ge4a,;..144414 • LEAL ESTATE or ritiv , vrx-,:kri: • Pik! A la rue z.mount at rtivatt.*.O., d esen p t i on of city awl cottMri Buy b. had Ai the Atictioli S'fore. ' - . STUCIiR 1.19.ir5...4 :4; 1.111:1 I.MY .. . Derember 2; St 12 o clot li..tt the Exr 011104 i•a ; . . EX('COtOrii— • • "ltr o c l'evr , Ho.lol. eent real.gle. Cal vary Pro.:ylytari......a., Locust street., wait of Fineoutia, i!'...st $7r.,. , e , iry,. By order of TrustOe --6 oho res, Cum tuer.l.l.l 1:Nlk. To close an l'Atte.e—. 2 llmads„ of Se,KO cavil, of the Nainaii.lat 1, a.... Railroad Cowpony', ( hare and Vita. ;qtr. t.i.) w i l e.kt pont , frord.l,t .lara an ry. litql. Sale .I.ll.4ai tit . ? NI, lfor other accounts -1 share Point 1§rCE.7.7.. l'ark Aicaxik•itiOn. 1 i.ilia re Ztercautiie Library Caniliaoy. .b.(I mill istrat cir's&lalc--Prw Nu. 8":. aiititlii : ai..:. r Crilin 10. • 44, Season Tieket Anti-street Theatre. 11E1E, ESTA/IS SALE—DU:7IIIIIER t, Orphans' (.:0•Irt Sa4 , —.F,tate of Muriel: celisNl - 1113:EUSTORT 1.1111/1K" IffORE ;dill fat 41, 1 IC wa N. E. corner Sixteenth 7., ud Tleovrio,oe,,,t"."4l. rd_ Orphans' Court Sale—Bit:l4, of Saturvi Ltiu, , STOAE DWELLI36I an,/ LOT. over lb: 1 ,, road, Roxborougt,2lst vaa.rd. rAki,l/44, Orphans' Conn SEstxtv• of .Tolan ; 1:09b, Lwr OF BROBNI) r - K xtrePt,2lst ward. • "A,1... Same I:Ante—TWO LOTS, Nto, on ti of Lots of" - West Philadelphia Itotnem.:v4 qy 24th asawd. .0 . 01440 4 . TWO-WS/BY BRICK IFWELLING, dwelling of Vrtotrton street, with 1.45. in the rear_ • l'eremptory Fa/Ie—NE.3T MODERN Owm .Livn 416 Frank/in strect. "• Peremptory FrAIe—TILIISE-STOP.Y InvELL 11G.,..qtunt. LSlifib. LOT, north side of Qat , sn Vienna an d we ll i ng're‘.t by 19a rv ot , ~„ is a fin rue or stable. FOI'IIt4STORT BRICK I)WIiI.T.IIG, street. 1 / I ,i(INV South street. (late Sontinvarh.s "It strTT.7ILLSEING LOT: Areh streen. 'east r 4 ;m ew int eet. Sale at the llste. , ..treet BOUSEITOLD M FILR II:3 ICITUR R E S G NAI: FIXITMESA. NI, December 2, at 10 &clock, at the Ipte,ario . R ohl. et Race street, the hottscheltl 4tac- Itly be ex:twilled at 8 d ockt4., l Z& the Ktle. , A clmininnttON Solo. F..T0.11E FIXTITIUN COI!NTER.F.„ This MIAiXI:S6, December 2, tit ICO south Ninth elOor"tcw stre,n, tll o'clwt, t.o.;"t:: order or 'mind ilistrator, , , the tient nor. • dr 1 4.7 . 7..1 prie•ing shehing,vith glos:i doors, mart r. • • Nik• dellers. &c. g•h• d u* /i/W -- Cult be exarnitted on the ntornio.T.,,f Stile :tt NoF. 121 and 141 S4atil Fourth iztr4l. SUPERIOR FunripruitE. Mmuip ri,t,tios upr , BRUSSELS CARPETS. 4; , . • ON TII USDA lilultNlN(4, At A o'clock, at the Auction Shan., the" uperhr Adal turr:Firach plate mirror:., moo cm : m p, four sewing niachinvs, MOSES NATTIA NS. AUCTIONIin AN COMMISSION MERCllANt..,souti,c.„ Ma nei of SIXTH aucl RACE StreetA. , (;1t EAT WATCHES AM) JEWELM: I ' I 4VATE SAE Fine gold and silver lever, levier, Enzlist,, French watelies for leirs 11 , i mu m ? , 0 77 prica. :Wu 'cites fee Hi wie do/ fa 1. 14N,, soh , /I each. C cap. Gold c4aiu, from .40 to GO cent- tr.t. thcs. TAICE NOTICE. The highest possible price is loanod.:.b. so.ul- at li. Man' Principal Enyla.9lißlan.ol, 5wag...A.4' 4 . 7 .narli Sixth an Itace streets. At least ow-thir4 m .,,,,. t h ~a 0. :tin ., other establishment in this city. NATHANS' MOIVEY TO LOAN, In large or small nnionna, from ope on diamonds,gold and 14itypr Naos. wato.„, cw merchnittlit‘e, clothing furniture, bedding. P! , : 1 -..oti goods °revery deseriptlon. LOANS MADE AT TIIE LOWEST 3111:KET Thla establishment has Large fire and for the safety of voltuthlo goods, togi•thor wo n A Juit watchman on t h e premises:. ESTAIILISHED FOR TILE LAST TIIMIT YEARIP. jTh- , ..411 large fekfue made al llu (lie bitvhm(nt. Aic.4 -Cho rge,e grent y redue.q, AT Pit I VATE SALE. One swerior brilliant toned piano-forte, Av!6 :4414b8 r6ter t‘olt and loud. pedals. Trice only One very line toned pinno-torte: Prier only SKIPPING. er l k:_ BOSTON AND Blillaap,L. • ' PlitA STE.%MESH IP LINE, sailing from Pitli port on sATITH DAYS, froin second w hart Wow . : Tam Street, Philadelphia, and Long wharf. llost9a. The stenmiihip NORM'AN, Capt. Baker. win !ma Philadelphia on SATURDAY. Dec.•inb.r t, :,r 11. y. and steamer SAXON, Capt. blattlior,!, fisia l Et. x .t um , SATURDAY, December 6, nt 41'. M. These new and substa utial :4o:unship, I , ,rtt s robi liue, sailing from each pnrt punctually Insurances effected at one half Elie rattniunt ebar44 4 111 vessels. • Freighis.tnken at faii rates. ~ .111ppers are requested to mid Rai • ding with their goods '01: Freight or Passagk l / 4 , ( La vim:ar,m),l.Lti., o 4 .• ly to HENRY' WlN,ott ' 15 332 South I) ELAWA Arent:. No THE RESTRICTIONS ON Travel • oved by_ order of do War Department, I ~e ligers about to ; Fattypa nil: no Ine ger be required to provide thenvel 3 1 )1I\ a. DALE. Agin'. STF,‘Nr WEEKLY.TO LIVERIVOL. tout ing at Queenstown (Cork Ilathort Th. le verNol, Nr-w York, a ml Ship • Comnany, niteud despatching' their Clyde-built rron steanubips follows: CITY OF WASHINGTON' •:..tuniay. Deoun'har.S. KANGAROO .... Satnniay, December CITY OF MAACHESTER ... ;.. December And every succeeding Saturday or nova. from Pier 14. .44 North River. - . . BATE.; Or PAg.s/..115. FIRST CABIN, $ lOO wir,:rEFAtIAA. Do. to London, ]b Oil Do. to I.oute,n, 4t* Do. to Paris, 110 NI Do. to Pori, 411 Do. to Hamburg. TIO On. Do. I. iinuaiarz. V), l'ar4engers also forwarded to Havre, Brew.% exor dam, Antwerp, &c., at equally I.)w rates. Fares from Liverpool or Queenstown: Ist Cab,,ibi, Fle s , Steera.ur from Liverpool, NO. From th.ote town. NO. Thobe who wish to bend for thett buy rickets ben, at:those rates. Tilese steamers Lave superior actnnutodatimuf.ew. sellers: are Ftronglv built in water-tight inn: knia., and curry Patent Fire Annihilators. Eslteriecc.i.l genus ale attached to each steamer. For further information, apply In Lireypot4 Tr WU: LIAM INM AN, Agent, 11.1 Water street ; in (llte...;ar ALEX. MALCOLM - . 5.St. Enoch Square; in Qitren.t..wato C. & W. 1). SEY3IOUR & Co. ; in Loudon .MACEY, ill King William Street: in Paris to 75' CODE, 4S Rue Notre DaMe de= Vietoire,‘. 4.44 Bourse; in New York to JOHN G. DALE, Li Itneirtf, or at the Connpaup'm Office. SOH N G. DAIL AJP2:. lil . WALNUT St wt. Philad.!:pi:i BRITISH. AND NORTIE flea AitIEMOAS ALM MAIL 3TE3N•Iif BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, AT CORK HARBOR, AND BETWEEN BOSTON AND LIVERPOOL CALa AT HALIFAX AND CORK ILAPPOR " •• EUROPA, Moodie, leaves Boston, Wedn.isloy. PERSIA, Lott, leaves New York, Wahloosday, AFRICA, Anderson, leaves Boston.Nlr..4lu...lar. CHINA, Cook, leaves NeW York, Wednesday. ARABIA Stone, 'ear's Boston Wean..m y - `' 1 , 11031 NEW K. YOR 'ro Linivr— Chief Cahill PIINSt...ge Second Cabin Passage FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPC)L• 510 Chief Cabin PitStiige A Second Cabin Passime Berths not secured until petid for. OXPCrielleell Surgeon on board IV. far The owners of these ships will in. , acc" ll " 3 . - Gold, Silver, Bullion, Specie, j •eiry Precious sOn„t• or Metals, unless Mlle of ladiug e r., $4 64 the 'Mlle thereof therein o:Pres-Yell. F.. CIIIN.V.D. For freight or I:Ass:iv, arrlrto BOA LINO GREEN, New Y-4k. Or to • E. C. and I. G. RATE'. jyl4 103 STATE Street. PO.ItIL • algrat FOR . .NkTIV• YORK-THIS DAY -Dtp,i4ra SWlFThtili lAA h z _viA DEL A wi1i15.1.....0 RARITAN CANAL earner: La u . bove wilt leave DAILf..a awl 6 P. M. For perg.t, wum,kZcill takon On w-c.namoluilt tem.!, arPly to. wM. M. co izn s: rex. 132 Sotch DELAwsNE wnim FOR NEC YORK..—NIIIP aIEDAILY LINE, via Delawan,..nd Kari= Philadelphia and New York -ExPiv , ‘ So" 11.431 Patty receive freialit and. leave .laiiy at! I'. 31.4...liv#ring their cargoes In New York Elie thltimtay. 'Freightm taken at reaaunable raw. WM _ . P. CI.YI)E. A=nt. N 0.14 SOUTH w l rAircys•Phita&liat JAMES 11.01). Nom. and-ti Piers 1-1- and 15 EAST RIVER, Nov fork. ..op IRON. ,- - - ENN A 1 , 1/ORTIS • • • On the Delaware River, below • CllE.Tfill,. DELAWARE CO., P.ENS6TIVA SI.I. REANEY, SON, AUCIIBOLD , . ' Engineers and Irau Ship 31A5CP.AfTERRILS O . P.ALL KIND: , er ° CONDENSING AND NON-CONDENSISO EN,;' ~ . . Iron Testels of all deseilption!=, 'Elullop:. Irat' l "" Propellore, &c., 3:c. k . ' - THOR..Ii:INET, .W. B. artier , A3)11.t . Late of BeauPY,.Neafto. & Co., - LatO 'Booto - r• %"- ' ' 1:•nlio.-Works, Phila. . C. ti. NaCt • • effik. STEAM EN 6I -% 1? " .BOILKR WORKF,—,NE.4.FI E PRAtriICAL AND TIIEORETICAL Clil\iSCtf, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSRIT Iiz ' i FOUniERS, having for litany years bo , n in „` ' y operation, and been exclitsively engaged iu .1- repairing Marine and River Engines, Well and sure, .Iron Boiler, Water Taukl, ' C :: 't specttnlly offer their services loth.) public. n.)"lf prepared to contract for Engine; of all River,and Stationary: having sets of nattern'"'oak sizes, are pre pared . to execute order; w kit week de: , 1 , 4 Every, deqertpti,>u of patteru-inaking made sir the 7,: .; .0 notice. Hiatt and Lop-pripyture, Fine. I"hi al ' i '!ta Cylinder B. tier; of the hest Pennsylvania charr,.4.,;.,.. P;rgings,. of all sizes and kinds: Iron and Btu" ".4 of nil descrintiens ; Ron-Turning, Screw-Ciatk,,'• other work connected with the above lat,!ues-• a at e.O Drnwinn... and Sp..c. iiicutlona for all wirk estalilisbnwrit free of charge, and work nuarautr7icte• The r,ubscribers have ample Neharf.dock 42 ,1 pair* of boat , , where they can lie in prferl - "i e foe arc provided with shears, blocks, thlis, raising..hcavy oriight weights.•• • .TAf.'oll Nr-if to. RIFIX jell-if, BEACli.aull . MEEAteir.• • • • - JOIES.Z. con. SOIITIIW_A_RK. FOUNDRY. Eirrii T) WASIIINVION ttt. AN " PHILADELPHIA. MERRICK & SOX ,• - ENt:l . EEJtii AND' MACH! Nit'''. 4 .. ,108 :Manufacture high and Low Pre..isttrc Siesta In 3 land,niver.a.nd DLL riue. service.ogic ti Gaorn..tors, TankA, Inn! Ste. • of aIL kin,ls,,yither iron or Icon-An nie Roofs for NiN.l.Out.,Workst:op.• ro:4" stations, A:c. Retorts and Gas. Machinery of theinieg all'i 1(1 ' 4 11. Ptiveti. construction_ Every tiettcriptiou Phi utatioa. Nrtridner, v •:l l; : . l .4 ...g Sugar, Strw . ,Aud GriA. 31 il Is. Vaxrann Tratus,.Detocalors,. Filters, iunta.ing EnZin."'•,. c ` ; '5l SO1i: Agent , : for N. Dillteux:* ratont rot•-!_t: AmaratuF•LNOimsreh's l'atent F.tonut inwall St Woliferi . Paw= Ciatlifugal ttintar o .,tt . -Lachine. - ' • T 0 l'a,4 AN, 0R R, & CO.. S' 11 :- . .. It. ~.3.A. . E.31215K 111; I LDEIIS.Inot Fouudors.ana o% iii Lb Machiniets and. Boiler Makes , , N 0.121.0 C.%.l.Ljr tr.s.l,3.'hiladiSplibt. :•••• . . . . .. 1. 1 11). Fit.PBRY...4.I7OItRIICEA. CAN BE .11 '.,..... '',/ —DR. EA:CD'S .SPECIFIC ante, Slbcrrow... 7 • Seminal Wenkneso, Inipoi , lue. yeto,„„, g l'10;•:. ,ti spe , dil pi mil treeteuiliy. tr ial o f d i e -.041.f, con vine.. ttat - most. skeptical of its neritg; r 'P r ti.t.g: box. lierkßpost-pstid;at any. addre.; 1:" .L' ;;;;I re t.4O,C.UEST-911hxcripiScuo,,;:4.. f 4: fIOTTON SAILDITCKANT CANIVAi •or 41 unmlbeis And brands: . . -.. .- k r , ?•.': Raven s Duck ATw wning i ll s; i t Ari d art Tints, Awnings. Trunk, a nd Wagen Covov• .... Ito Pt'. ) Abe, Papor - 3isoulketurer.e. Drier Telts. fo.oo wide. 'NITA 0114 DoltintSoll Twine. 3:c. C.. - .. itai):,. EVER.V0,..01.1- -..ity.l4f . . • ii)St 4 " A '''' a e citll.- FR8NC11.....M.T.T.:--:T.A:111).-- . ~.r :, ° 'BIADNE'd 1 roporwa 31.U.t Ara .far r.olv ot ..... n• tit arrive, b 3• the sole:Ws/O. - C• i trzTAIL`... WI ARLEii. 1 1 .... z u... • OW VAT. 0 6) .... . o. • i' .:3 KEG` :.a -LATOUR 071.-4:92 B.: i ,,, i .,. lk.rdCa c lt r v. o . ifoiN:r.ttillit‘l:lrt imiv6a .: 1)..7 , $ : 11 ; ‘ 1: x1;• . 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