iszdff anti Doutorai. ;MIDDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1563. PRE.SIDE.NT'S MESSAGE. Sen d in Congress, Wednesday. Decem ber 9th, 1863. r,,,,;;.--c;;izem, of the Senate and Home. of Repre_ Ane:her year et heath and of sufficiently alma i-d has passed. For thane, and espe c,le for the improved condition of our National oar renewed and profoundest gratitude t;. .d es due. ice remain in peace and friendship with for- lite efforts of dianyal citizens of the United 0 to involve us in foreign ware to aid an Ines.- ;insurration, have been unavailing. Her M::.jesty's Government, as was justly ex ed. Lave esereised their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from I; t iti.4l ports. The Emperor of France has, by a I : 6 i , proceeding. promptly vindicated the nen toili.y which he proclaimed at the beginning of ICE 9911itest. Q7l9Stion 9 of great intricacy and im rortanee have arisen out of the blockade and ether belligerent operations between the Govern .l of the maritime powers, but. Pent and sever they have been discussed, and, so far as Was v ss:ble, accommodated in a spirit of frankness, iaszice and mutual good-will. It is especially rail )117 g that our Prize Courts, by the impar g minty of their adjudications, have commanded the respect and confidence of maritime powers. The supplemental treaty between the United oues and Great Britain for the suppression of the African slave trade, made on the 17th day of February last, has been duly ratified and carried r xecution. It is believed that so - far $5 American ports and American . citizens - are con cerned, ti.a: inhuman and odious trafficlisalmen teat:gilt to au end. I shall submit for the consideitition of the eilatite a convention for the adjust - meat of Poe- Rsvory Claims in Washington Territory,, arising out of the treaty of the 15th of June, .184.6, be twurt the United States and Great Britain, and which have been the source of SOUo disquiet utieng the citizens of that now rapidly improv ing part of the country. A novel and important position, involving the extent of the maritime jurisdiction of Spain in the waters which earround the Island of Cuba, has been debated without reaching any 'agree ment, and it is proposed, in au amicable spirit, 79 refer it to the arbitrament of a friendly power. A convention for that purpose will be shbmitted to the Senate. have thought it proper, subject to the ap proval of the Senate, to concur with the interest ed Comreercial Powers in an arrangement for the liquidation of the Scheldt dues upon the princi pies which have been heretofore adopted in re gard to the imposts upon navigation in the waters of Denmark. The long pending controversy be liven this government and that of Chili touching the seizure at Shane, in Peru, by Chiliau offi cers, of a large amount in ti'hasure, belonging to citizens of the United States, has been brought to a close by the award of his majesty the King of the Belgians, to whosearbitration the question was referred by the parties. The subject was thoroughly and patiently examined by that justly respected magistrate, and although the sum awarded to the claimants may not have been as large as they expected, there is no reason to dis trust the wisdom of his majesty's decision. That decision wan promptly complied with by Chili, when intelligence in regard to it reached that country. The joint commission under the act of the last session for carrying into effect the convention with Peru on the subject of claims, has been or. ganized at Lima, and is engaged in the business entrusted to it. Difficulties concerning inter oceanic transit through Nicaragua are in-course of amicable adjustment. in conformity with the principles eat forth in my last annual message I have received a repre sentative from the United States of Colombia, and have accredited a minister to that republic. Incidents occurring in the progress of our civil war have forced upon my attention the un certain state of international questions touching she rights of foreigners in this country, and of United States citizens abroad. In regard to some governments these rights are at least par tially defined by treaties. In no instance, hole= ever, is it expressly stipulated, that in the event of civil war a foreigner residing in 1 this country, within the lines of the insurgents. is to be exempted from the rule which classes him as a belligerent, in whose behalf the Government of his country cannot expect any privileges or immunities distinct from that character. I regret to say, however, that such claims have been put forward and in some instances in behalf of for eigners who have lived in the United States the greater part of their lives. There is reason to believe that many persons born in foreign countries who have declared their intention to become citizens or who have been fully naturalized ; have evaded the military duty required of them by denying the fact, and thereby throwing upon the Government the bur. den of proof. It has been found difficult or im praeticable to obtain this proof from the want of guides to the proper sources of information. These might be supplied by requiring elerks of courts, where declarations of intention may be made or naturalizations effected, to send, peri edically, lists of the names of the persons natural• ized, or declaring their intention to became eiti rens, to the Secretary of the Interior, in whose department those names might be arranged and printed for general information. There is also reason to believe that foreigners frequently become citizens of the United States for the sole purpose of evading duties imposed by the laws of their native countries, to which, on becoming naturalized here, they at once TO pair, and, though never returning to the United States, they still claim the interposition of this government as citizens. Many altercations and great prejudices have heretofore arisen out of this abuse. his, therefore, submitted to your serious consideration. It might be advisable to fix a limit, beyond which no citizen of the United States residing abroad may claim the interposi tion of hie government. The right of suffrage has often been assumed and exercised by aliens, under pretences Of naturalization, which they have disavowed when drafted into the military service. I submit the expediency of such an amendment of the law as will make the fleet of voting an estoppel against any plea of exemption from military service, or other civil obligation, on the ground of alienage. In common with other western powers, oar relations with Japan have been brought into eerions jeopardy, through the perverse opposition of the hereditary aristocracy of the empire to the enlightened and liberal policy of the Tycoon, designed to bring the country into the society of nations. It is hoped, although not with entire confidence, that these difficulties may be peace fuilY overcome. I ask your attention to the claim of the minister residing there for the damages he sustained in the destruction by fire t, of the residence of (he legation at Yedo. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Emperor of Russia, which, it is believed, will result in effecting a continuous line of tele graph through that empire from our Pacific Coast, I recommend to your favorable consideration the subject of an international telegraph across the Atlantic ocean ; and also of a telegraph be tween this capital and the national forts along the Atlantic sea board and the Gulf of Mexico. Such communications, established with any reasonable outlay, would be economical as well as effective aids to the diplomatic, military and 1111.17.11 service. The consular system of the United States, under the enactments of the last Congress, be gins to be self sustaining; and there is reason to hope that it may become entirely so, with the increase of trade which will ensue whenever peace is restored. Oar ministers abroad have been faithful in defending American rights. In protecting commercial interests our consuls have necessarily had to encounter increased labors and reeeeesihilities, growing out of the war. These they have, for the most part, met and discharged with zeal and efficiency. This acknowledgment justly includes those consuls who, residing in Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, China, and other Oriental countries, are charged with com pies functions and extraordinary powers. The condition of the several organized Terri. lorics is generally satisfactory, although Indian disturbances in New Mexico have not been en tirely suppressed. The mineral resources of Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico, and Arizona are proving far richer than has been heretofore understood. I lay before you a corn munication on this subject from governor of New Mexico. I again submit to y r considers- tin the expediency of establishing a system for the encouragement of emmigration. Although this source of national wealth and s'rength is again flowing with gre.der freedom than for several years before the insurrection occurred, there is still a great deficievey of laborers in every hall of industry, et.p,cisilly in agriculture and iu our mines, as well of iron and coal as of the Preciolle metals. While the demand for labor is thus increased here, tens of thousands of per• tmur, destitute of remunerative occupation, are thrJuging our foreign consulates. and offering to emigrate to the United Orates if essential, but very elielp, assistance can be afforded It is ea , y to see that, tinder the sharp discipline of civil war. the nation is beginning a new life. This noble effort demands the aid, and ought to receive the attention and support of the gavern ment. njuriei, unforeseen by the government and unintended, may, in some wises, have been in flicted on the subjects or citizens of foreign countries, both at sea and on land, by persons in the service of the United Stales. As this gov ernment expects redress from other powers when similar injuries are inflicted by persons in their service upon citizens of the United Stigma, we must be rrepared to do justice to foreigners. If the existing judicial tribunals are inadequate to this purpose, a special court may be authorized, with power to hear and decide such claims of the character referred to as may have arisen under treaties and the patio law. Conventions for adjusting lbe claims by joint commission have been proposed to some governments, but no definitive answer to the proposition has yet been received from any. In the course of the session I shall probably have occasion to request you to provide indent- *Meadow to claimants where _decrees of resti . . . . _ mien have been rendered, and damages awarded by admiralty courts ; and in other eases, where this government may be acknowledged to be liable in principle, and where the amount of that liability has been ascertained by an informal arbitration. . - The proper ciffioers of the treasury have deemed themselves required, by the law of the United States upon the subject., ib demand a tax upon the incomes of foreign consule in this country. While such a demand may not, in strictness, be in derogation of publio law, or perhaps of any existing treaty between the United States and a foreign country, the expedisnoy of so far modi— fying the act as to exempt, from tax the income of such consuls as are not citizens of the United States, derived from the emoluments of their office, or from property net eituated in the United States, is submitted, to your serious consideration I make this suggestion upon the ground that a comity which ought to be reciprocated exempts our consuls, in all other countries, from taxation to the extent thus indicated. The United States, I think, ought not to he exceptionably illiberal o international trade and commerce The operations of the treasury during the last year have been successfully conducted. The enactment by Congress of a national banking law has proved a valuable support of the public credit ; and the general legislation in relation to loans has fully answered the expectations of its favorers. Some amendments may be required to perfect existing laws but no change in their principles or general scope is believed to be needed. Since these measures have been in operation, all demande on the treasury, including the pay of the army and navy, have been promptly met and fully satisfied. No considerable body of troops, it is believed, were ever more amply provided, and more liberally and punctually paid; and it may be added that. by no people were the burdens incident to a great war ever mere cheerfully borne. The receipts during the year from all sources, including loans and the balance in the treasury at. its commencement. were $901,125.674 86. and the aggregate disbursements $895.796.330 65, leavine a balance on the let July, 1863, of $5,- 320.044 21. Of the receipts there were derived from customs $66 059,642 40; from internal revenue, $37,640,787 05; from direct tax, $l,- 485,103 61 ; from lands, $167 617 17 ; from Iniseellaneous sources. $3,040.615 35 ; and from bating, $776,682,361 57 ; making the aggregate, $901,125,674 86. Of the disbursements there were for the civil service, $23 253.922 08 ; for pensions and Indians. $4.216 520 79; for inter est on public debt, $24.729,846 51 ; for the War Department, $509,295,600 83; tor the Navy De comment., $63.211,105 27 ; for payment offund ed and temporary debt, $181,086,635 07 ; Oink ing the aggregate, - $895:796;630 65,,and leaving the balance of $5,329,044 21. But the PayMent "et - funded and 'temporary'idelitz hiving been made from moneys borrowed during the year, must be regarded as merely nominal !Israelite, and the moneys borroWed to make them an mere ly nominal receipts ; and their amount, $lBl,- 086,635 07, should therefore be deducted both from receipts and disbursements. This being done, there remains as actual receipte.s72o.o39,- 039 79; and the actual disburSemente, $714,- 709,995 58, leaving the balance as already stated. The actual receipts and disbursements for the -first quarter, and the estimated receipts and dis bursements for the remaining three quarters, of the current fiscal year, 1864, will be shown in detail by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to which I invite your attention. It is sufficient to say here that it is not believed that actual results will exhibit a elate of the finances less favorable to the country than the estimates of that officer heretofore submitted ; while it is confidently expected that at the close of the year both disbursements and debt will be found very considerably less than has been an ticipated. The report of the Secretary of War is a docu ment of great interest, It consists of First—The military operations of the year, detailed in the report of the General-in Chief. Second—The organization of colored persons Into the war service. Third—The exchange of prisoners, fully set forth in the letter of General Hitchcock. Fourth—The operations under the act for en rolling and calling out the national forces detail ed in the report of the Provost Marshal General. Fifth—The organization of the Invalid Corps; and operation of the several depart wents of the Quartermaster-General, Commis .ary General, Paymaster-General, Chief of Engineers, Chief of Ordnance, and Surgeon- General- It has appeared impossible to make a reliable summary of this report, except such as would be too extended for this place, and hence I content myself by asking your careful attention to the report itself. The duties devolving on the naval branch of the service during the year and throughout tbe whe'e of this unhappy contest, have been dis charged with fidelity and eminent success. The extensive blockade has been constantly increasing in efficiency, as the Navy has ex panded ; yet on so long a line it has so far been impossible to entirely suppress illicit trade. From returns received at the Navy De partment it appears that more than one thousand vessels have been captured since the Blockade was instituted, and that the value of prizes al ready sent in for adjudication amounts to over $l3 000,000. The naval force of the United States consists at this time of 588 vessels completed and in the course of completion, and of these 75 are iron clad or armored steamers, The events of the war give an increased interest anti importance to the navy, which will probably extend beyond the war itself. The armored vessels is our Navy completed and in service, or which are under contract and approaching completion, are believed to exceed in number those of any other power but while these may be relied upon for harbor defence and coast servioe,others of greeter strength and capa city will be necessary for cruising purposes, and to maintain our rightful position on toe ocean. The change that has taken place in naval vessels and naval warfare since the introduction of steam as a motive power for ships of war, demands either a corresponding change in some of our existing Navy Verde or the establishment of vow ones for the construction and necessary repairs of modern naval vessels. No inconsiderable em barrassment, delay and public injury have been' experienced from the want of such Governmental establishments. The necessity of such a Navy Yard so furnish ed at some suitable place upon the Atlantic sea board has, on repeated occasions, been brought to the attention of Congress by the Navy De partment, and is again presented in the report of the Secretary, which accompanies this com munication. I think it my duty to invite your special at tention to this Subject, Dud also to that of estab lishing a yard and depot for naval purposes upon one of the Western rivers. A naval force has been created on those interior waters, end under many disadvantages, within little more than two years, exceeding in numbers the whole naval force of the country at the commencement of the present Administration. Satiafsctory and im portant as have been the performances of the heroin torn of the Navy at this interesting period, they are senreely mere wonderful than the ruccess of our merhattics mad artisans in the production of war vessels which has ors:m(1 a new form of naval p•wer. Our e.)untry too vantages superior to any nation in our resOUVePe of iron mil titnianr, with anemia:Lust ili!e ginittin p n ii in theimmediaie Ttoinit3' of burli, nazi all ;available and in close proximity to navigahl2 wu ern. Without Ili.? ad rantago of publia works. the resonvemi or the nation have been developed and its power dis played in Han conntrneTien or it navy of ;melt moo:nitride, which has at the very period of its ereatiou rendered Eigral service to the Uuiou. The increase of the nvol:or of soototn to the public servio,) from 7.590 foto iu :ii:: epring of 18G1, to about 31.000 at the present time. Lam been accomplished without Hpecial legislutiou or extra, ordinary hoeuilea, ko remake that in crease. IT has been found, however, that the op erasion of the draft, wHi the high bounties paid for army recruits, is beginning to effect injuri• ously the naval service. and will, if not correct ed, be likely to impair its efficiency by detaching seamen from their proper vocation, and inducing them to enter the army. I therefore respeet fully suggest that Congresu might aid both the army and naval services by a definite provieion on this Su h.) ec t, which world nt the same time he equitable to the communities more especially interested I commend to your consideration the sugges Lions or tho secretary of the Navy in regard to the policy of fostering and training seamen, and also the education of officers and engineers, for the naval pervire. The Naval Academy is rend eying signal service in preparing midshipmen for the highly responsible duties which in after life they'will be required to perform. In order that the country should not he de- prived of the proper quota of educated officers, for which legal provision has been made at the Naval School, the vacancies caused by the neg— lect or etniesiort a make nominations from the . . States in insurrection have been filled by the Secretary of the Navy: The Soho& is now mere full and complete than at any former period, acid in every respect entitled to the favorable consideration of Congress. During the past fiscal year the financial con dition of the Poet Moe Department' has been one of increasing prosperity, and I em gratified in being able to state that the actual Postal Re venue has nearly equalled the entire expendi tures ; the latter amounting W 111,314.206 84, and the former to $11.166.789.59. leaving a de ficiency of but $150,417 25. In 1860. the year immediately preceding the rebellion, the defici ency amounted to $5.650 705 49, the postal re ceipts of that year being $2,645.722 19 less than those of 1803. The decrease since 1860 in the annual amount of transportation has been only about 25 per cent., but the annual expenditure on account of the same has been reduced 35 per cent. It is manifest, therefore, that the Post Office Department may brootne self-sustaining in a few years, even with the restoration of the whole service. The international conference of postal dele gates from the principal countries of Europe and America, which was called at the suggestion of the Postmaster General, met at. Paris on the llth of May last. and concluded its deliberations on the Bth of Jane. The principles established by the conference as beet adapted to facilitate pea- tal intercourse between nations, and as the basis of future postal conventions, inaugurate a gene ral system of uniform international charges, at reduced rates of postage, and cannot fail to pro duce beneficial results I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior, which is herewith kid before you, for useful and varied information in relation to the public lands, Indian affairs, patents, pen— sions, and other matters of public concern per— taining to his department. The quantity of land disposed of during the last and the lint quarter of the present. fiscal years was three million eight hundred and forty one thousand five hundred and forty-nine sores, of which one hundred and sixty-one thousand nine hundred and eleven acres were sold for cash, one 'million four hundred and fifty-six thousand five hundred and fourteen acres were taken up under the homestead law, and the- residue die loosed of under the laws granting lands for mili tary bounties, for railroad, and other purposes. It also appeals that the sale of the public lands is largely on fbe inereatte. It. his long been a cherished - opinion 'of some of our wisest statesmen that the people of the United States had a higher, and more enduring nterest-in the early settlement and Substantial cultivation_ of the public 'undo than in the amount of direct revenue to be derived from the sale of them. ,This opinion has haila oontroll inginhaenee in shaping legielation upon the subject of our national domain. I may cite, as evidence of this, the liberalmeasures adopted in reference to actual settlers ; the grant to the States of the overflowed lands within their limits in order to their being reclaimed and rendered fit for cultivation ; the grants to railway com panies of alternate sections of land upon the contemplated lines of their roads which, when completed, will so largely multiply the facilities for reaching our distant possessions. This policy has received its most signal and beneficentilius tration in the recent enactment granting home steads to actual settlers. Since the first day of Jannery lest the before-mentioned quantity of one million four hundred and fifty-six thousand live hundred and fourteen acres of land have been taken up under its provisions. This fact and the amount of sales furnish gratifying evi deuce of increasing settlement upon the public lands, notwithstanding the great struggle in which the energies of the nation have been en gaged, and which has required so large a wah drawal of our citizens from their accustomed pursuits. I cordially concur in the recommends lion of the Secretary of the Interior, suggesting a modification of the act in favor of those en• gaged in the military and naval service of the United States. i doubt not that Congress will cheerfully adopt such measures as will, without essentially changing the general features of the system, secure, to the greatest practicable ex tent, its benefits to those who have left their homes in the defence of the country in this ardu 005 cthis. I invite your attention to the views of the Secretary as to the propriety of raising, by ap propriate legislation, a revenue from the mineral lands of the United States. The measures protked at your last session for the removal of aftain Indian tribes have been carried into effect. Sundry treaties have been negotiated which will, in due time, be sub witted for the constitutional action of the Senate. They contain stipulations for extinguishing Ibe possessory rights of the Indians to large and valuable tracts of land. It is hoped that the effect of these treaties will result in the estab lishment of- permanent friendly relations with such of these tribes ae have been brought into frequent and bloody collision with our outlying settlements and _emigrants. Sound policy and our imperative duty to these wards of the gov eminent demand our anxious and.conetant don to their material well-being, to their pro grass in the arts of civilization, and, above all, to that moral training which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, will confer upon them the elevated and sanctifying influences,the hopes and consolations of the Christian faith. I suggested in my last annual message the propriety of remodelling our Indian system. Subsequent events have satisfied me of its neces city. The details set forth in the report of the Secretary evince the urgent need for immediate legislative action. I commend the benevolent institutions, estab• lished or patronized by the government in this District, to your generous and fostering care. The attention of Congress, during the last ses sion, was engaged to some extent with a propo sition for enlarging the water communication between the Mississippi river and the northeast ern seaboard, which proposition, however, failed for the time. Since then, upon a call of the greatest respectability, a convention has been held at Chicago upon the same subject, a sum mary of whose views is contained in a memorial addressed to the President and Congress, and which I now have the honor to lay before you. That this interest is one which, ere long, will force its way, I do not entertain a doubt, while it is submitted entirely to your wisdom as to what can be done now. Augmented interest is given to this subject by the actual commence ment of work upon the Pacific railroad, under auspices so favorable to rapid progress and com pletion. The enlarged navigation becomes a palpable need to the great road. I transmit the second annual report of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, asking your attention to the developments in that vital interest of the nation. When Congress assembled ayear ago the war lied already lasted nearly twenty months and there had been many centliete on both land and sea, with varying results. The _rebellion -had been pressed back into reduced-limits, yet the tone of public feeling and opinion st home and abroad, was not eatisfactory. With other signs, the popular elections, then just post, indicated uneasiness aiming Our selves i while, amid much that was cold and me nacing, the kindest words oomitig from Europe were uttered in accents of pity—that we were too blind to surrender a hopeless cause. Our com merce wa4 suffering greatly by a•few armed vessels built Non and formal:ma from foreign shores, and we were threatened with such additions from the time quarter as would sweep our trade from the sin a raise oat blockade. We had failed to elicit from the lior.peco g overunacs is auytttiug h.:pe t:A upon this subject. Thu preliminary emancipation proelarnviion. issued in Sets: ember. w•ts running its as,i.ved period to tb•e begluiti.g or the tea' year. A in,;11111 later the Ii I proehnuation come, inclnd ing the announcement that colored men or :01- able, condition would be received into the war MEM The policy of emancipation and of empl.iying black soldiers gave to the future a new rtpect, about which hope and fear and doubt contended in uncertain conflict. According to our political system, as a miller of civil administration, the general government had no lawful power to effect emancipation in any Slate, and for along time it had been hoped that the rebellion could be suppressed without resorting to it es a military measure. It was all the while deemed possible that the necessity for it might come, and that if it should the eri9ie of the contest would then be present— ed. it came, and as was anticipated, it was fol lowed by dark and doubtful days. Eleven months having now passed. we are permitted to take another review. The rebel borders are preened ell!' further back, and by the complete opening of the Mississippi river, the country dominated by ,the rebellion is divided into distinct parts, with no practical communication between them. Tennessee and Arkansas have been substantially cleared of in aur gent control, and influential citizens in each, owners of slaves and advocates of slave ry at the beginning of the rebellion, now declare openly for emancipation in their respective States. Of those States not included in the Emancipation Pcoctamation, Maryland and Mis souri, neither of which, three years ago, would tolerate any restraint upon the extension of slavery into new .territories, only dispute now as to the beet mode of removing it within their own limits. Of those who were slaves at the beginning of the rebellion, full ono hundred thousand are now in the United States military service, about one half of which number actually bear arms in the rank's, thus giving the double advantage of tale tug so much labor from the insurgent cause, and supplying the places which otherwise must be filled with so many white men. So far as tested it is difficult to say that they arc not as good soldiers as any. No servile insurrection or ten dency to violence or cruelty has marked the measures of emancipation, and arming the blacks These measures have been much discussed in foreign countries, anti ootemporary with such din cmtsion the tone of public sentiment there is much improved. At home the same measures have been fully discussed, supported, criticized, and denounced; and the annual elections fol lowing are highly encouraging to those whose of ficial duty it is to bear the country through this areal trial. Thus we have the new reckoning. The crisis which threatened to divide the friends of the Union is past. Looking now to the present and future, and with reference to a resumetion of the national authority within the States wherein that author ity has been suspended, I have thought fit to issue a proclamation, a copy of which is here with transmitted. On examination of this pro. clam:Mien it will appear as is believed that no thing is attempted beyond what is amply justified by the Constitution. True, the form of an oath is given, but no man is coerced to take it. A man is only promised a pardon in case ho volun tarily takes the oath. The Constitution author izes the Expellee to grant or withhold the pardon at his own absolute discretion, and this includes the power to grant on terms as is fully established by judicial and other authorities. It is also proffered that if in any of the States named, a State Government shall be in the mode prescribed set up, ouch government shall be re• cognized and guarantied by the United States, and that under it the State shall, on the eons& tut tonal conditions, be protected agaibst invasion and domestic violence. The Constiintional obligation of the 'United States •to guereinly to.,iveey Stateln,the a rePublicati'form of government and to prOtecit the State in the cases stated, is ezplicit'and - full. But why tender the benefits of this provision only to a State Government set up in this par ticular way ? This section of the Constitution contemplates a case wherein the element within a State favorable to a Republican Government in the Union, may be too feeble for an opposite and hostile element, external to or even within the State; and ouch tire precisely the oases with which we are now dealing. An attempt to guaranty and protect a revived State Government constructed in whole or in preponderating part from the .very element against whose e ttoetility and violence it.is to be protected, is simply absurd. There must be a test by which to separate the opposing elements so as to build only from the entail ; and that test is a stfhcien:lyliberal ot e which accepts as sound whoever will make a sworn recantation of his former unsoundness. But it it be proper to require as a test of ad mission to the political body an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, and to the Union under it, why also to the laws and proclamations in regard to slavery? Those laws mod proclamations were enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding in the suppression 0 , the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment they have aided and.will fur ther aid the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to re anguish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breech of faith. I may add at this point, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation. Nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of the proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress. For these and other reasons, it is thought. beet that the support of these measures shall be in cluded in the oath, and it is believed the Execu live may lawfully claim it in return for pardon and restoration of forfeited rights which he has clear constitutional power to withhold altogether or grant upon the terms which be shall deem wisest for the public interest. It should be observed also, that this part of the oath is subject to the modifying and abro gating power of legislation and supreme judicial decision. The proposed 'aoquiescenoe of the national Executive in any reasonable temporary State arrangement for the freed people is made with.; the view of possibly modifying the confusion and destitution which must, at best, attend all class. es by a total revolution of labor throughout whole States. It is hoped that the already deeply afflicted people in those States may be somewhat more ready to give up the cause of their afflic tion, if, to this extent., this vital matter be left to themselves; while no power of the national Executive to prevent an abuse is abridged by the proposi.ion. The suggestion in the proclamation as to main taining the political framework of the States on what is Called reconstruction, is made in the hope that it may do good without danger of harm. It will save labor, and avoid great con fusion. But why any proclamation now upon this sub jest ? ibis question is beset with the conflicting views that the step might be delayed too long or be taken too soon. In some States the elements for resumption seem ready for action, bet remain inactive, apparently for want of a rallying point —a plan of action. Why shall A adopt the plan of B, rather than B that of A? And if A and B ehould agree, how can they know but that the general government here will reject their plan ? By the proclamation a plan is, presented which may ho accepted by them as a rallying point, and which they are assured in advance*will not be rejected here. This may bring them to act sooner than they otherwise would. The objections to a premature presentation of a plan by the national Executive consist in the danger of committals on points which could be erre. HEL,IIBOLD'S EXTIMOT B UCL , U. more safely left to further developments. Care TUE CRRAT DIURETIC. fins been taken to so shape the document as to DDIJIROLD'S PXTRAIIP RUUJIU RELIT DILTIZETIC. avoid embarrassments from this source. Saying HBLIWBOL.D'S EXTRACT BWH7, that, on certain termii certain classes will be Tem 4REAT DIURETIC. pardoned, with rightsilltored, it is not said that lIELMBOLD'3 EXTRACT 1t 0011 U• other classes, Or ethernetme, will never be in- TILERE ATDr unE TlC _eawr, positive and Specific Remedy for Diseases of the eluded. Baying that rec onstruction will be ac- Bi Organic Weakness, kidneys. cepted if presented:ire 'specified way, it is not Gravel, Dropsy, said it will never be accepted in any other way. And ail diseases of the Urinary Organs. the movements, by State Relicts, for stn eself& 5 " AdY111""m"t to gnotbe ""• Cot it and send for the s sat ones lion in - severe of the gates, not iaoluded . in'tire .- soy. g),sic] pair A a wen, emaaCipation 'proclamation, are matters of pro found gratulattuu. Aud while Ido not repeat in detail what I hove heretofore so earnestly urged upon this suiject, my general views and feelinas remain unchanged; and I trust that Coestees will omit no fill.. opportunity of aiding these ii portant steps to a great consummation. In the midst of other c9ree, however impor tant, we must not lotto eight of the fact that the war nower is still our main reliance. To !lets power oloue can we hok, yet for a dime, to give COS/11 , 1(.1.N) to the people IR the cot,tested l egions, that the insurgent power will not again overrun thorn. Until thol coufidence shall be established, little ono he done anywhere for what is railed reconstruction. nonce our chief:est care must still he directed to the army and nervy, who hove Inc, far borne their harder port so Lohl,y talc well. nut ;Du be esteemed fortunate that in the giedtm , t, efficiency to the indie.pen bahle erms, tee do also honorably recognize the cp.thmt. men, from commander to sentinel, who compose 'hum, nod to whom, more than to others, the world must sand itrietAr4 for the horn, of freedom disenthralled, rigenerated, enlarged, and perpetuated. ABRAHAM LINCOLN DEcumusxt 8, 1883 PROCLAMATION NVltereas, in and by' the Constitution of the United S.ates, it is provided that the President " shall have power to grant renrieven and par dons for offences againet the United States, ex cept in cases of itopeaohraent ;" and Whereas, a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many per sons have committed and are now guilty of treason against the United States; and Whereas, with reference to said.rebellion and treason, laws have been enacted by Congress, declaring forfeitures and confiscation of property and liberation of slaves, all upon terms and con ditions therein stated, and also declaring that the President was thereby authorized at any lime thereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have participated .in the existing re• bellion, in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as be may deem expedi ent for the public welfare; and Whereas, the congressional declaration for limited and COnditional pardon accords with well established judicial exposition of the par doning power; and Whereas, with reference to said rebellion, the President of the United Slates has issued several proclamations, with provisions in regard to the liberation of slaves; end Whereas, it is now desired by some persons heretofore engaged in said rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States, and to re inaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective Slates; therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restora t ion of all rights of property, except ai to slaves. and in property cases where rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the con dition that every such person shall take and subscribe an oath, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate; and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall be of the tenor and of following, to Wit : do solemnly swear; in pres ence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Con stitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that f will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or hold void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or de olared void by decision of the Supreme Court. So help me God." The persons excepted from the benefits of the foregoing provisions are all who are, or shall have been, civil or diplomatic officers or agents of the so-called confederate government; all who have left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebellion ; all who are, or shall have been, military or naval officers-of said so called confederdte.government above the rank of oolonel..ln„tho,army, or of lieutenant in Oka - navy ; all'who left eats in the United States Congress to aid the rebellion.; all who resigned coMmis slams in the arini or navy of the .United Slates, and afterwards aided the rebellion ; and all who have engaged in any way in treating eolored persons,- or white persons in charge of such, otherwise than lawfully as prix oners of war, and which persons may have been found in the United Suites service as soldiers, seamen, or in any other capacity. And I do further proclaim, d-. :lore, and make known, that whenever, in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Caro line, and North Carolina, t number of persons, not less than one-tenth in number of the votes ast. iu such State at the Presidential election of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, each having taken the oath aforesaid and not having since 'violated it, and being a qualified voter by the election law of the State existing immediately befors the so-called net of secession, and excluding all others, shall re establish a State government which shall be republican, and in nowise contravening said oath, much shall be recognised us the true gov ernment of the Stale, and the Stale shall receive thereunder the benefits of the constitutional pro vision which &Times that "The United Stales shall guaranty to every Stile in this Union it republican form of government, anti shall protect each of them against invasion ; and, on applica tion of the legislature, or the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence." And I do further procleim, declare, and make known that any provision which may he adopted by such State government in relation to the freed people of such State, which shall recognize and dec!are their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consist ent, as a temporary arrangement, with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the national Executive. And it is suggested as not improper, that, in constructing a loyal State government in any State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the re hellion, be maintained, eubject only to the modi fications made necessary by the conditions hereinbefore stated, and such others, if any, not contravening said conditions, and which may be deemed expedient by tifose. framing the new State government. To avoid misunderstanding, it may be proper i to say that this proclamation, so far as it relates lo State governments, has no reference to States wherein loyal State governments have all the while been maintained. And for, the same reason, it may be proper further to say, that whether members sent to Congresi from any State shall be admitted to seats constitutionally. rests exclusively with the respective Houses, and not to any extent with the Executive. And still further, that this proclamation is intended to present the people of the States wherein the national authority has been suspended, and loyal State governments have been subverted, o mode in and by which the national authority and loyal State governments may be re-established within said States, or in any of them; and, while the mode presented is the best the Executive can suggest, with his present impressions, it must not be understood that no other possible mode would be acceptable. Given under my , hand aL the city of Washing ton, the Sth day of December, A. D. one thou sand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty.eighth By the President WILLIAM .11. SIMARD, Secretary of State CHANFORD'O fITATUE OF FREEDOM ban been successfully raised on the dome of the Cap, tot at Washington. It is 19 feet in height, and weighs fifteen thousand pounds. JAMESON'S CLOTHING HOUSE, Es• - 1 *ge r Corner mid Penil Streets, READING, PA. THIS LONG ESTABLISHED AND WELL KNOWN CLOTH ING HOUSE is better prepared now to hold out great inducements to buyers thee at any previous time, as our stock of MEN'S CLOTHING & DRESS GOODS , Is much larger and better than ever before, the bulk of which has been bought before the late great rise in prices. BOYS' CLOTHING• In great variety, of all sizes, prices and qualities. The long experience of this House in this branch has enabled us to get up all the different proportions and sizes to fit boys of all ages, to which we invite particular attention. March 28, 1808—tf] 341.1E50N & Co. rftwEs OF 011..A1N, PAID BY P. BUSITONO SONS, December n, 1863. Con, - - - - - lln centsfor 66 Bs nye, • - - 120 cents for 60 Ms Oats, - - - 63 cents for 32 fus PRICES GP GRAIN, Paid at SAMUEL BlWll'S.Dislitiery, (korner of rhrznih MuMember(' atreete. 1 00cts. per 56 153 1 20 `. " 56 " GO ‘, 52 Corn, Rye, Cate, PRWES OF HAY, Paid by BERNHART KOCII, Hay Prrseers, Corner of Eighth. Street arut Court Allcy. Timothy hay, $23 00 for 0000 Meadow do - - - 2 CO for 2000$ Iteadiug Lumber Prices Current. Reporteetfor the Reading Gazette by JACOB H. _DB .1". SHER, Lumber Commission Yard. South Third St., near the Lancaster Bridge. Itniol2o, December 11, 1863. Hemlock .Toist and Scantling, 1105 00@16 00 -Poplar Boards, - - • 20 00050 00 .. Scantling. - • 20 V 0 0 @ 00 White line Boards and Plank, - - Hi 00@u0 00 Cherry Boards and Plank, - - 25 00@80 CO White Pine Floor Boards,- • 2 .1 00@26 00 Boon ng Lath, - 0 noun S 00 Oak Floor Boards, - 25 oorzps oo • White Pine and Hemlock Shingle's, 4 64022 00 Oak Heard, and Plank. - 25 0119440 CO . - . White Pine Ceiling Lath, - Ash Plank, - - Spruce and Pine Pickets, - Walnut Boards and Plank, Lynn Boards and Plank, - White Pier Joixt and Scantling, Birch and Maple Boards and Plank, 200 0L Crean Batt Edged Clear Walnut &Om 14 to 7 inches WAIPPKEI, Price paid is Cash 162044:10 1803.—There is bet littte stock of Pi.: Metal left to operate in, and it is bald with increased tienoness. Snug sales of No. 1 at s4t t 1001 ten. Lehigh. Crane No. 2at $42, cad No. 3 AL $37 29. gentrh Pie round lots have been purchased in New-York. to artiva here, 011 pried terms. Blooms ore scarce aad tbernliti,g mil ls i'brongliont the country are generally full of orders for the mos en tered article. CATTLE ?SART:BT.—About 2700 bead of Beef Cautlo were offered and all sold • lois wash. ,botel tit a d.eI . S , LA of 800 bead on last week's receipt., t the demand was geed and prices were rather bettor, althon,..ll without much quotable change since last week. raogisg rt. Pon. $7 to Sll forittownen to good,and extra quality, 0.41::Q Sm. The pthicipstentes were made at 28 Rod $lO the 001 1 , . COW'S —The offerings, 12(1 bead, wale drooled of at to V 77 en& for tlvringerr, and $25 to $l5 for Cows, and Calves— tinchatige. Hogs were rather hetter, with recc.pt, and .elee of some . 8800 bead, usually at Glass' Balee yard, at :UM) the 100 is nett. Sheep—The oarless consist of aboni 1000 head, and the tn.oltet woe Brm, holes resginl at oe/5340V N gross.—Nor;h .1,.. efetan. Decembu to, tSri.y of the , os - ..1 ,, ,ea Lho Ifflje's Father, by the toy WM. So ehe,Sir A EqP.T ill A 7FRII, Of Nihon. Pe., )`Flea G Act Fria,„ of t".;:le,or to., 1-o. tin .he fib 1.0 by R O T. r. A. Kotler, J. vrEmE7,, of r triton, of Oeattio.g. Noven - ibqr f6lh, by Rev. A. 1.. Herman. Mr. DAN , EI, LE , J.C , I, of Been, to Mite Etty,:ustA. of Bon— IiP.NRF 11. SCIrNEIDEIt. of ferry, o 1111/65 ELEANI:OA C. LETNBACB, Of Lee.port—Mr. oils S. SCHILEFEEP. t.O Mies P VTR boil' of Richmond. DIED. Iu this city, on Thursday. the loth loot., Eciii4Briu Winn. 43, dengliier of Franklin andldellndnWitman, aged 19 yea., 4 mouths end it dais. On the Sib inst., in this city. JAtins M., only son Of the late Enoch and Maria A. Wanner, aged 20 years, 5 months nod 11 days. ' Oa the 7111 Inst.. in this city, WILLIAM JEFFRIES. late Master Blacksmith in the Reading Railroad Car Shope, aged 48 yearn and 5 mouths. On Sunday night, 6th lust. In Ankara, Schuylkill coun ty, Jason S. Eno, tocformerly and for many years an Inn keeper in Rustling, aged 90 yearn. 10 menthe and 5 days. On the 6th test.. near 9folltoWn, in fdaldencreek tp., EL3IfRA, wife of Dr. Peter C. Snyder, In the 20th year of her age? On the 4th inst., in CRIRTU, CJLArtii. ERISCIL.A, daughter of John White, cool S months and 19 days. On the 2d lust., in thin city, StAnr, wife of Daniel Young, aged 76 years, 3 months and 17 days. Ou the 3d tact., In Pike. Jon 3, eon of Lewis and Elizabeth Schwabely, aged 5 years, 4 months and 14 days. On the 2,4 bid , in ()ley. MARIA, wife of Daniel Berta lette, in the 9.3 d year of her ago. On the let inst., in Upper Born. FLIZABETH,Wire of Henry Epitr. in the 22d year of her age. On the Nth nil • in Bern, firm, eon of Bonneville and Sarah Mester, aged 7 years, 1 month and I Idays. On the 29th nit , in KOMDMOIVQ, Sts.:a:A, widow of the lonm deceased John Backer, aged 92 years, 3 months and 24 days. On the 27th nit , in Colehrookdale Josue, son of Realism and Rebecca Ziegler, aged 15 yeats end IS days. On the 25th nit., in Oley, very suddenly. FREDERICK BREETZIOROFP. aged SS years, 6 menthe and 26 days On the 25th ult., in District, Janos, son of Peter 'Weller, aged 29 yearn, a months and 2 days. Medical Electricity. A CARD. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL BE PLEASED TO A attend neon his former patients and othas. afflicted with such chronic or other disorders as they have not been able otherwise to find relief from, at Yubn's Motel : Pottstown, Pa., or at their hom (Sles MILES LANCIA STEIL dee 4-40 Medical Electrician NOTION. THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE PENN SAY— ( INOS Association are hereby notified that a meeting of Paid aßßOCiatioll will be held at the patina hence of James Yeager, Norths West corner of Fifth and Washington streets, Reading. Pa., on Wednesday evening, Dec atals, 1863, at 7 o'clock; for the porpoise of considering the amend- MAMA to the Conetitntion then and there to Ice proposed by the Board of Directors. By order of the Board. EL P. FELIX, President. DAOuEL EP-MEW:KOUT, SeCletaty. [dee ti-St ABRAHAM LINCOLN ~~:` READING MARKET. PHILADELPHIA MARKET FRIDaT. Decemb, 11, 1653 DIARBIED. PENN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Estate of Merekel Hoch, late of Rich mond township. Berl= county, deed. XT ()TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET / 1 TEES of AdruinietraMoo to the eslate of the above named decedent, have been greeted to the etAgcltlher, re sidieg In the same township, Berke county. All pervong indelitill to said estate are regneated to makepayment withoat delay, and all who have claims or demands anainet the name, are also requested to pre.,eut thew, prop ecry ar t tkontlcaked, for sottlaMent. aec s—et] LEVI A. HAAa, Admiulatrator. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. GEORG - E W. STUDER% NO. PENN STREET, RIELELDIY.a, WO at t,: iz L o ll on 0 1 1 1, i tt , : e 6:l d T . l „ T u l; L I : h i : 1, :u .t. h1 to in INVlTEg ettera , T t o fi tb 2 n 'negate and best relented as.p.rtment .4 Chiletteee and New Year's 1 4 itce ever offered ts the public. Ills block nouriste c!" n large vellety or NEW-STYLE TOYS, 51:tenfactured Io New. York. beautiful DOLLS, wax-tia— itli ; together with a full vssortmetit of FANCY FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, And Caudle% of his•own wens, which he will sell at Wholesale and retail at the lowest city prices. COUNTRY In ERC AN TS, awl others will tied it to their nrivaotage to pnrehasetbeir (roodh for the Holidays in noorue W. Sodden's old etitab. liehed Kristaindle's Read Quarters. deo 0-41 VALII.ABLE REAL ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE. THE WELL KNOWN THREE-STORY BRICK HOUSE, with extensive back buildings, &a., No. SOS Fenn Street, late the residence of Oen. Win. R. Kelm, and ow occupied es the Constitution gonna and by the Union League. The lot bar a front on Penn street of 24 feet but widens within the sp ace of the building to CO feet, and extends at width of 39 I reet to Cherry Alley. Depth of lot 280 red. Also, two two story FEA ME ROUSES, with yard front and back, situate on Eat side of South 6th street, below Laurel street. Lot 40 feet front by 116 feet deep to a ten feet alley. Also, FIVE Shares of Stock In the PENN'SATINCIS AS. SOCIATION. • Far terms, apply to BEVERLEY R. SEIB, or JESSE G. HAWLEY, Attorney at Law, 16.1fortb hixtlt Stmt. dec s—tf] Farm for Sale Cheap. AI EXCELLENT SMALL FARM OF 46 acres, under a high state of cultivation, including 3 Coos of heavy sprout Timber. The improvements are a two-story DWELLING HOUSE, Swiss Barn 60 by 95 ... feet. Spring House, Woodshed, Pig Pane and WHEEL WRIGHT SHOP. A good watt of water at the door, with fins Apple Orchard, and numerous other fruit treea. Also. belonging to the above farm, a POTTERY With minable building to carry on thesame. Situated in Exeter township, 6 milee from Reading, and 1 mile from the turn pike. For terms and prices apply to RHODE & FISHER, ash and Penn St, Real Estate Agents. dee 4-61.] 2 25§ 2 50 25 00P25 On 10 00411 00 go 000 m uo 20 00,30 00 2, 00692 00 20 00)35 00 Store Stand & Dwelling for Rent, AT SINKING SPRING. rrDE WELL KNOWN STORE STAND,WHERE j Baron Yocum carried on business for a number of yeam, is the centre of the village of Sinking Spring. to of feted for Rent. The home le a twovtory brick building, with roomy cellar, and contains all the newest arrange meow for the mercantile Imeinem. Connected therewith is m a Store House, Stable, Ac ; also. a DWELLING adjoining the store, also two-storied, with cellar kiteken, vegetable garden, &e. Per further particulars, apply to F. S. LUDWIG, Administrate, Wereersville. Berke to. dP^ o-3 l] Executors' Sale of Real Estate. (SATURDAY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER. 26. 1803, AT 7 1 o'clock, P. M. , will be cold at Public Sale, at the public hoses of Eli S Fox, to P.nri street, above 7th, In I:40i. the oity of Roadiov, it two otnry Brick DWELLING tiOUsE, with twa-stury brick back building. With AgEW.' all the micamtry coneenietices. The lot on which he building to erected is 20 feel fruat and 100 feat deep, okuitte loth street, betweet Walnut and klin, fici. itl3. l, Ito the property of JOhd, liamy, doomed. Cuuaiti•Jaa mode knewa al the time and puce. FoI3T, Propeity at Private Sale. IVELL KNowN FOEGE PEOPERTY, .::crate on the ntahaney Creek, in Fchnylkill county, tit toilett meet of 11,-hiand, to close proximity to the ch ay I kill, 51ehanoy and chamokia Coal Rogiona, afford ;cg one of the hest home markets for the eale of iron and oo.att.tn4 material, in the State; containing about 100 nwte.t.; ' , ARMING LAND with SAW-MILL. ROUSES, n and other improvements. The Forge can he sold with le— land. as would ho doolrable. If not sold by the Ist of January next, it will he for rent—possession by the ist of April text. For farther information apply to the “..locrllers or for it cram of the premises, to InitAEL LEED, Eey.. residing tyliolatug the property. BODO OTTO Rending, .IOHN .1. OTTO, Williamsport, Pa. no 1-7 ] VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY AT PRIVATE bAI.E. HE SUBKRi LER UFFERB AT PRIVATE I SALE. all that valuable STUCE STAND, situated on the North-East corner of Ninth and Peon streets,conslating , I of a large and cow modlons Ihreo•etory BRICK BUILD INO, With twontorl back buildings and all the mace ,Kkai.ary appurtenances. Also, Two two-story BRICK DOUSES, situated on Ninth street, and adjoining the above natned atom property. Also, A large and convenient 2 story BRICK DWELL ING BOU4E, with two story Back buildings, slowed in Penn street, above Moth. This is a very desirable proper ty, and will prove a profitable investment. Aloe, VINE BUILDIV CS LOTS, situated on Ninth street, which are eligibly located. Prices will be reasonable and terms only. Apply to MORRIS RAMBO, nov 2S-tf] Penn Street, above 9th. Estaze of Anna Minkel, lace of Out*fau nae township, Berks county, deceased. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET- Taliti of Administration on the estate of Anna Dau m], late of natelessee (nimbly, Berke county, deceased, base been granted to Solomon G. tanker ; of ntexatawny, and Ephraim Henkel, of °Melanin° township, county aforesaid; all persons having claims or damages against the estate of the said deceased, are requested to snake them known to the said administratiors without delay, and there indebted to the estate are rermested to make immediate payment. SOLOMOIf G. DURKEE, / Administra t ors. DOT 28-61] EPHRAIM DURKEE, estate of Solomon Dunkcel, late of Umeter township, Berko county, deceased. NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET -I_ll TERS of Administration on the Estate of Solomon Dinkel, late of Exeter township, Berke county, deceased, have been granted to Amos L. Dick, of Robeeon township, and John Hoyer, of the city of Reading, county aforesaid all persons having claim. or demands agaioet the sedate of the said deceased, are requeeted to make them known to the said admhdetrators wlthent delay, and those indebted to the estate are requested to maim immediate payment. ABIOS L. DICK, Adminhtiatore. JOHN ROYER, ne♦ 2S-8t *] Estate of Joseph Kunkel, late of Albany township, Berke county, deceased. 11,J0T10E - 1$ HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET -11 TEES of Administration on the Estate of Joseph Kunkel, late of the township of Albany, Berke county, de ceased, have been granted to Solomon Slate r,of said town ship All persona having claims or demands against the Estate of the said decedent. are requested to make them known to the said Administrator witbont delay, and those indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immedi ate payment. Nov. 28-64] Estate of Frederick Slink, deceased. OTICE IS Hh.liEBY GIVEN, THAT LET TER 6 of ildetteletration lo the Eetate of Frederick Klint, late of Union township, Berke county, deceased, have been granted by the llezieter of Betas county, to the undersigned. All persons baiting claims against the Es tuto,will present thou. to the undersigned for settlement And indebted to the Estate will make payment without to either of the underldoned. . . HANNAH KLINK, CHARLES F. KLINK, Adminlbtrators HENRY E. 1100 K, Nov. IS-6t3 Estate of Jacob Kelm, late of Pike town ship, Berks county, deceased. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT LET TEKS of AdmluiStration to the estate of the above named decedent, have boon granted to the eubscrlbers, ro .idieit Iti the some township. Berke county. All perilous Indebted to said estate are requested to mate payment wltb..at delay, and all who have Chdale or demands ill4hltaht Ole rams, are also requested to present them, prop- Itthrrtitated, for settlement. BENJAMIN KEIL nor 21-Etal JOHN KELM, $9,000 vuorrED mint; BES REAL ESTATE SECURITY WILL Ibe given_ Apply at THIS OFFICE. [Nov. 2S-3t ' E I-T(IM IN COURT STREET, OCCUPIED at present by Heavy W. Smith, BK. P 011116.100111 eyes apy of Aptil next. nry _d EDWARD WALLACE. SUPERIOR HOME-MADE MINCE MEAT AT PRANK B. riosTuonws. nov 98] NO. 604 PENN STREET. 12 Li 1 121 0 1,61. - 1 A. HAAS, P Erevutors SANIITEL HAAS, BOLO/JON FOTSR, .644)1pletrator. FOR RENT