' Terms ° f Publication.’ t . cOONTT AGITATOR is .published Harping, andtnftilei to subscriber? .price of*. ■ , •*| poLIAK’ PER AJOmst„S3f ' *Mvanet. It is intended .to notify every ‘““ tie term for which be has. paid shall jhvlhe figures on theprifitod label on the h nabcr. The paper will stopped remittancs he, received,3y thfs.ar can be brought in 4 i*t to .the .rot! is the Official Paper oi County, .and steadily increasingoircil a{ionrcaoh ‘,s4“ neighborhood in. the Count; is sent to any subscriber withi? the, county f^ ose m ost convenient post iffi|o may bo 5 lines, inelu/ ■fvt ar - ~ ' ;OESS DIMCTgEJ. ■ t TAh FOUNTAIN HOTEL. jj A vrP HART, ' . ■ ' • I(me j bees leave to announce to his old ftodie public' generally, that, he has taken I „ the old stand and! fitted it up.in good 1 intends to keep it as a Tempfttmce Hotel. 'iTie 'pared to accommodate the traveling 1 j e and a good hostbr ,always on &. timeT DAVI D HART. TOW RET & S. F. AVIXSOW, ,rsuys A COUNSELLOES AIKiAW Will .wnd.he C.»rt rf McKean (!> [ATelUboro > Feb. 1,1853.] t, >. DAHTT, DEXTIST, OFFICE at bi? residence (near the Academy. All work plaining t 0 ;3 line of business' rpicfijssos fIO CSE cojinik, n.t: .• A. Field, I?r f °P rretor taken to and from the Depot Jrce.;Qf charge. J. c. ffllirTAKlJP i hydropathic Phyttcinn Sort li 1 ■LAND, TIOGA CO., .P" , A. rtsit patients in all parts of the C, or re am for treatment at hia honfeo- hfarc 14,J j. .EMERY, ; fnR vFY i\D COI t NPELLO.k'-AT LAW WelUboro, X.oga Co Pa Will devote bis eidudvclv to tbo practice of la c.; in nnv of the Northern count! :s tof, Pennsyl , noy?l-,60 pEICVSY LV AIV 1A ~, J/aiw /Street and ibcAvtnne.ilVellfboro, Pa. j. w. sicroxv, proprieMK' popular Hotel, having been JSfilfc.d nnd ro od throughout, is now open to tjhe sjpnblic as a us house. 1 ?*1 IK WALTOS HCOE, fER.VILTEA, PROPRIETOR. . Gaines, Tio^a County, I %. >S is a new hotel located within' f,\y access o ", best fishing and limning gtomijli in Noilhern ; 3 pilot will be spared for the j-es fimmodati»)n mre seekers and the traveling ptth(|o. > il 12.1 SCO. . ■/ ’ C. C. C. CAIWJBELI., UZBEK AND JIAIR~-DK.ESSER jjf in the roar of tbo Post Office. Everything in toiiDc will b-Q iione as well and promptly as it kdone in tho city saloon*.- Preparations for re* tiwidrulT, and beautiCyitij hair, for solo l Hair ami whisker* dyed any coloj> Call and ffelhboro. SepL 22, 1859. , / THE COBNIKO JOtßf AL. urge W. Pratt, Editor -and ;;t’s)Het<>r. Ip-.Khka of Corning. Steuben Co., iff?;, at One Whr and Fifty Cents per year, in a? yancc. The rail! Kcpjibiican in politics, and J is a circuia irachinr intoevery part’of Stouhf | Connty.— ndeiiroua of-extending their basin e ft into that iihliijoiaipg counties prill find it anipttcUent «d -aiaj mediiioi. Address as above, vj ' JHOTTfIEIs, WELX.SBOROUGH, BA.£ ? 1 t FARR, - - - -* - ■ f^QPIGETOn: [Furwrly of the United #«(<:« lijo&S.) ' , [jriaj leased this well-known *yid popular HoUfe, | a'j (be of the public* AVith attentive .iWlgm* waU-ir?, together with tfcft proprietor 8 ■ itlelge of tlie business, hs hopes the stay j rho stop with him both/iplcaganl and j wile. ’* ! Kb'wm, Hay 31,15G0. PICTURE FRAM^. WSJ (jCASS£6, Portraits#:Pictures; Certificated .iagranngs. Needle Wort, &c., Ac,,- framed in manner, in pbun and *ited Gilt. ■ Black Walnut,' «tc.- Fer- JltlTiG* anv article for frainlagt l* telve them iity framed in any style tboy wish’ u i bung for t Specimens at B.MITIVS-- EOOjS jXORE. E. B. BENEDICT, Hf. jr-JVLD inform the public that heis'p jrtnnnently If located in ElkUnd ,Boro» {,'<>.• ra., nnd spared by thirty years’ experience to {feat nil djs «iwf the eyes and their (j»|i scientific w?k*i and that he cun’ cure without-full, that nihl called St.•'Vitus’ Panee,' {Chute* l " 5 1 -o,) and will attend t<£ any of Physic and Surgery.- '*l ( tod Horn, Augusts, 150& J /’ t ' tIWFLOUK AND FEEU) fISTORE 1 R : j IN WELLSBORO* ( | Thnh'cnber wcaild respectfully jnfornxjthc people •fllfivru and \ luiuty that hfc has opptlcd a ’ hOUR & FEED StEORE *!s« above Wright’s Flour Store, oif ‘Main St., will kee| constantly on hand ns good an ns- FLOUR und'F-EED as can be found in he will sell cheap ?° r cash. Also, Ofsorlinent of Choice Wines and liquors, superior <]u;iUty. find warranted free from ndnl -I:>™.:>™. ninth he will sell to Lumbcripoii ond others 'f't'-ile, cheaper than any other establishment in J; EATON. ’Wore, Dec. 10, ISfiQ. • j: fASaiONABIiE MILUNERY SHOP, MAIX ST„ WELLSBOBO.'' \P SS PAI’LIXE SMITH has just purchased hoi f.UL AXI) WINTER GOOI '5, ■ . Abtln* of Straws of nil kinds, 1 Pa Jem XJaIF, lib” uWor3 > Velvets, Silks' of °all kJads, , KIKBS OF TRIMMINGS. a call from tbelttims of‘Wt lUboro and , frying confident Iha-t •, I, 8E & GOODS WILL BEAK INSfo ‘CTION, ‘ . favor *hly with those oT of’ f establish-' 11110c «ant)-'5n regard to pHcs: ,**; t£ “ I EACIIixg a XT) PRESSING done inn Ottener. - - . ‘ A; cfirh« at the residence of C. Wii jams, oppo- (J 3 ARLESTQN~PLODIUNG M ILLS.— ' BrRIaHT itip anil c >eap t at ’ ■ WMQUTB. i . *r THE agitator VOL. VIII. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, Felloio-Citizens tf ihe Senate i I and Hpvse of Representatives: In the midst of unprecedented political troubles, .we lave cause ofgreSt gratitude to God for unusual good health and most abundant harvests. You will not be surprised to.learn that, in the peculiar exigenciesof the times, our inter course with,foreign nations has been jattended with profound solicitude, chiefly turning upon our dcraestic affairs. A disloyal portion of the American people have, during the whble year, been engaged in an attempt to divide! and'de stroy the Union. A nation which endures fac tious domestic division is exposed to disrespect abroad, and one party, if not both, is sure, sooner or later, to invoke foreign intervention. Nations thus tempted to interfere are hot al ways able to resist the counsels of seeining ex pedience and ungenerous ambition, although measures adopted under such influences sel dom fail to be unfortunate and injurious to those adopting them; The disloyal cijtizens of the United States, who have offered thp ruin of our country in return for the aid and ! comfort which they have invoked abroad, have received less patronage and encouragement than they probably expected. If it were just to Suppose; as tjhe'insurgents have seemed to assume, that foreign nations in this case, discarding' all moral, social, and treaty obligations, would act solely and selfishly for the most speedy resto ration of commerce, including, especially, the acquisition of cotton, those nations appear as' yet not to.have seen their way to their object more directly or clearly through the 'destruc ■ tion then through the preservation of tb : Union. If we could dare to believe that foreign nations are actuated by no higher principle than this, I am quite sure a second arguraebt could be made to show them that they can I reach their aim more readily and easily by aiding fo crush this rebellion than by giving encouragement to it. The principal lever relied on by the insur gents for exciting foreign nations to hostility against us, as already intimated,' is the embar rassment of commerce. Those nations, how ever, not improbably saw from the fifqt that it was the Union which made as well ouf foreign as our domestic commerce.' They can scarcely have failed to perceive that the effort for disun ion products the existing difficulty, and that one strong nation promises' more durable! peiice, and a more extensive, valuable, and Ireliable commerce, than can the same nation! broken into hostile fragments. 1 It is not my purpose to review bur discus sions with . foreign Slates, because, whatever might be their wishes or dispositions, too integ rity of our country and tho stability of our Government mainly depend, not Upon them, hut on the loyalty, virtue, patriotism-,land in telligence of the Americun people. The cor respondence itself, with the usual reservations, is herewith submitted. I venture l to hope it will appear that we have practiced prudence and liberality toward foreign pnwrirs, tvcrtlng causes of irritation, and, with firmnes-, main taining our own rights and honor. Since, how ever; it is apparent that here, as in ovary other State, foreign -dangers necessarily attend do mestic difficulties, I recommend that adequate and ample measures be adopted for maintain ing the public defence on every side. While, under this general reccommendatinn, p revision f. r (Wending our coa'st lino readily occi rs to the mind, I also, in the same connection, as|k theja’- tention of Congress to our groat lakes arid rivirs. It is believed Ihkt sonfe fortifications and deplots of arms and munitions, with harbor nnd nivi gation improvments, at well-selected punts bp on these, would he of great importance to the ivationahdefencc and preservation. J lask attention !o the views of the c r War, expressed in his RcpsU, upon the sa|me general subjects. 1 I deem it of importance that the loyal re gions of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina sliould be connected with Kentucky and other faithful parts of the Union by rail road ; I therefore rcccommcnd, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the cjon-' struction of such road ns speedily ; as possible. Kentucky "ill no doubt, cooperate, alnd,. through -her Legislature, make the most ju dicious selection yf a line. The Northern :er minus must connect with some existing rail road, and, whether the route shall be from Lexington or Nicbolasville to the Cumberland Gap, or from Lebannn to the Tennessee line in the direction of Knoxville, or on |some differ ent line, can easily be determined. Kentucky anji the General Government cooperating, the work can be com) letod in a Very! short time, and when done it will henot orjly ojf vast pres ent usefulness, but also a valuable; permanent improvement, worth its cost inj all ithe futuie. ‘ Some treaties, designed chiefly for the inter ests of commerce, and having n|o grave political importance, have been nego’Saited, and will be submitted to the Senate for thelir consideration.. Although we have failed to indhee some of the Commercial powers to adopt a desirable mel or ation of the rigor of war, we have removed all obstructions from 'the way of this humane reform, except such jis are merely of tempory and accidental occurrence. 1 invite .your attention to the correspondence between far Britanic Majesty’s Minister, accredited to i this Government, and the Secretary of Stale, relative to the detention of tbe British snip Perthshire, in June last, by the Upited States steamer' Massachusetts, for a supposed broach of the blockade. As this detention jraa occas ioned by ah obvious missapprphehsion ’of the facts, and ns justice' requTrefsj that we should commit no belligerent act not founded in strict ’fight as sanctioned by public law, I raceptn rnchd that an appropriation ho made to satisfy ■the reasonable demand of the! owhers of the vessel for her detention. ‘ j ■ I repeat the roocommendation of my prede cessor; in Ins' annual message to Congress,itL •Decediber last;' in regard to the disposition of the shr'plus ‘which will probably remain after 'satisfying "the claims of American citizens against China, pursuant to the awards of |the Commissioners under the act-of }the 3d of Match, ■tfiso.' ■ [■ ; ; ' dd be deeped aivisable to If, however, it shew. _ B>eu carry that recommendation intjj effect, 1 would suggest list authority be given for investing I > 1 . to tDc Extension of t&fc 0«a of iFretSrom anU Vbt Ssotas of l&taltDg j&cfovm. IVHILE THERE WELLSBORO, TIOGA COIJIOT, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11, 1861. SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN!’ SHALL jcEASE,, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, the principal', over thp, proceeds of'the surplus referred to, in good securities, with a view to the satisfaction ■of such other, claims of onr citizens against China as are ; not unlikely to arise hereafter - in tbej course of our extensive trade with that Empijre, By the act of the sth of August fast,. Con gress authorized the President to instruct the commanders of suitable vessels to defend them selves against and to capture pirates. This authority has been' exercised in a single in stance only. For tbej more effectual protection of onr extensiv'e iftndlvnlaable commerce in the Eastern seas, especially, it seems to me that it would also be advisable to authorize the com manders of sailing-vessels to recapture any prizes which pirate? [may make of the United States vessels and their cargoes, and the Con sular Court established by law in eastern coun tries to adjudicate tlie cases, in the event that this should nqt be objected to by the local au thorities. If any-good rsasop exists why we should persevere longer in .withholding our recognition of the independence land sovereignty of Ilayti and Liberia, lam unlable to discern it. Unwil ling, however, to inaugurate a novel policy in regard to them wjthput the approbation of Con gress, I submit tb ypur consideration the ap propriation fur maintaining a Charge d’ Affaires near each of thesp new States. .It does not ad mit of doubt that important commercial advan tages might be secured by favorable treaties with them. The operations of the Treasury during the period which has elapsed since your adjourn ment have been conducted with signal success. The patriotism of thb people has placed-at the disposal of the Government the largo means demanded by the public exigencies. Much of the National loan hai been taken by citizens of the industrial classes, whose confidence in their country’s faith, and zeal for their country’s de liverance from its present peril, have induced them to contribute to the support of the Gov ernment the whole of their limited acquisi tions. This fact imposes peculiar obligations to economy, in disbursement and energy to action. The revenue from all sources, including loans, for the financial year ending on the 30th of June, 18G1, wa5,586,535,900 27, and the expen-' ditures fy.r the same period, including payments on account of the public debt, were $84,578- 034 47, leaving a balance in the Treasury on the Ist of July of BO for the first quarter of the financial year ending on the 30th September, ISOI. The receipts from all Sour ces, including the balance of July 1, were 8102,532,500 27, and the expenses $98,239,- 733 09, leaving a balance on the Ist of October, 1861, of $4,292,770 18. ' ■ ' Estimates for the remaining three quarters of the year, and for the financial year of 1863, together with his views of the ways and means fur meeting the demands contemplated by them, will he submitted to Congress hy the Secretary of the Treasury. It is gratifying to know that the expenses made necessary by the rebellion are not beyond tbe resources of t|ie loyal peo ple, and to Lciieve that the same patriotism j which has thus far sustained the Government I will continue to sustain it till‘peace and union shall again bless tlie,land. I respectfully refer to the report of the Sec retary of War for information respecting the numerical strength of the army, and for recom mendations having in view ah increase of its efficiency and the well-being of ’ the various branches ef the service intrusted to his care." It is gratifying to know that the patriotism of the people has proved equal to the occasion, aud. that the numberof troops tendered greatly exceeds the force which Congress authorized pie to call into the field. I refer with pleasure to those portions of his report which makes al lusion to tbe creditable degree of, discipline al ready attained by oiil' troops, and to the exeeb lent sanitary condition of the entire army.— The recommendation of the Secretary for an organization of the militia upon a uniform ba sis is a subject of vital importance to the future safety of the country^and is commended to the serious action of Congress. The large addi tion to the regular army, inVmncotion with the defection that hap so considerably dimin ished the number of its officers, gives peculiar importance to his recommendation for increas ing the corps of Cadets to the greatest capacity of the Military Academy. By mere omission, I presume, Congress has failed to provide Chap lains for the Hospitals occupied by’ the Volun teers.' The suhje,ct WaB brought to my notice, and I was induced td draw up' the form of a letter, one copy of which, properly addressed, has been delivered to each of the persons and at tlie dates respectively named, and stated in a schedule containing also the form of the let ter A, and herewith; transmitted. These gen tlemen, I understand, entered upon the duties designed at the times respectively stated in and hajro labored faithfully there in ever since. , 1 therefore recomjpend that they be compensated at the same rate ns Chap lains in the army, j I further suggest that gen eral provision be for chaplains to serve at hospitals as well os with regiments. The Report of thp Secretary of the Navy presents ineletail the operations of that branch of the service, tbe 'activity and energy which have characterized] its administration, and the results of measures to increase its efficiency and power. Such have been the additions, by construction and purchase, that it may almost be said a Navy has been created and brought into service since pur difficulties commenced. Beside blockading pur extensive coast, squad rons, larger than eyejr before assembled under our flag, have been jput afloat, and performed deeds which have increased our naval renown. I would invite special attention to the recom mendation of the Secretary for a more perfect ■organization of the! Navy, by introducing ad ditional grades in tile service. The presen.t.on ganization is defective and unsatisfactory, and' the suggestions submitted by the Department will, it is believed, if adopted, obviate the diffi-' culties alluded to, promote" the harmony and increase the efficiency of tbe Navy. There are. three '(vacancies on the Bench of. tbe Supreme Ceurt.itwo by the decease of Jus tices Daniel and McLean, and one by the resig nation of Justice Campbell. .1 have 60 far for- borne making nominations to fill th I for rthsons which I wilt now ststi tbe outgoing Judges resided in the I overran by revolt, so that if suoce: appointed in the same localities ther now serve upon the circuits, and a most competent men there probably lake the; personal hazard of acceptir even!here upon the Supreme; Bench. I'have been unwilling to throw pointroeatp Northward, thus disabl from doing justice to the South on of peace, although I may remark th fer "to the North one which has hero in the Sputhj would not, with refer* ritorj'and'population, be unjust. ! long and brilliant judicial career McLean, his circuit grew into an ea gether too large for-any one Judge ti Courts therein more than a nominal n rising iip population from 1,470,018 i 6,151,405 in 1800. Beside this, tli generally has outgrown our press; system. If uniformity -wag at nil intended, requires that all the States shall be dated with Circuit Courts attended I Judges; while in fact Wisconsin, | lowa, Kansas, Florida, Texas, Calif Oregon, have never had any such Co(t Nor can this well be remedied i change of the system, because thej Judges to the Supreme Court enough commodation of nil parts of the coil Circuit Courts, would create a Courti too numerous for a Judicial body of and the evil of it be one that will ii new States come into the Union. ( Circu : t Courts, are useful or thd useful. If useful, no State should j them. If not useful no State should! Let them ho provided for all, or abolj all. I Three modifications oconr to mg, either of which I think would be an improvement upon our present system. Let the Supreme Court be of convenient nnmher in every efent. Then, first, let the whole country ibe divided into circuits of convenient size, the Supreme Judge to serve in a number of thorn,, corres ponding to their own number and independent Circuit Judges be provided for all the rest. Or, secondly, let the supreme Judges be re lieved from Circuit duties, and Circuit Judges provided for all the C.rcuits. | Or, thirdly dispense with Circuit Quarts alto gether, leaving the Judicial functions wholly to the District Courts, and an inldependen Supreme Court 1 respectfully recommend to the considera- I tion'.of Congress the present condition of the statue laws, with the hope that Cunjgress will the hope that Congress will be able to find an easy remedy for many of the inconveniences and evils whiclrconstantly embarrnsji those en gaged in the pmctioal administration of them. Since the organization of the Government. Con gress has enacted si me five thousand acts and joint resolutions, which fill more than six thousand closely printed pages, and are scat tered through many volumes. Many of these acts have been drawn in haste, and without sufficient caution, so that their proiji'i ms are often obscure in themselves, nr in cojnflict with each oilier, or at least so, doubtful asj to render it very difficult fur even the best-informed per sons to ascertain precisely what the statute law really is. It seems to me very important that the stntnelawß should he made ns pl|in aod in telligible as possible, and be reduced jo as small a compass as may consist with the fullness and precision of the will of the legislatulre-and the perspicuity of its language.' This, |well done, would, I think, greatly facilitate the (labors of those whoso duty it is to assist in tlje adminis tration of the laws, and would be a laf ling bene fit to the people, by placing before them in a more accessible and intelligible from the laws which so deeply concern their interests and their duties. lam informed by sojue whose opinions I re*pect that all the acts of Congbess now in force, and of a permanent arid general nature, might be revised and rewritten so as to be embraced in one volume, or at two vol umes of ordinary and conveient size ; and I respectfully recommend to Congreps to con sider the subject, and if my suggestion be ap proved, to devise such plan os to their wisdom shall see most proper fyr the atlalnnjient of the end proposed. One of.the unavoidable consequences of the present insurrection is the entire suppression in many pieces of all ordinary meanC of admin istering civil justice by the officers and in the forms of existing law. This is tlfe case in whole or in part-jn all the-insurgent States, and as our armies aJvSneejjpon and take pos session of parts of those evil becomes niore apparent. The-e arS"nq_ courts, nor officers to whom the citizens ofnthjf er States may, apply for the enforlament of their lawful claims against citizens ol'the insur gent States, and there is a vast amount of debt constituting such claims. Some -have estima ted it ns high !as $200,000,000, due in large part from insurgents, in open rebellion to loyal citizens who are even now making great sacrifice in the discharge of their patriotic duty to support the Government. Under these cir cumstances 11 have been urgently solicited to establish by military power courts tt} adminis ter summary justice in such cases. , have thus far declined hf do it, not because I had any doubt that the end proposed, the co lection of the debts, wqs just and right in itse f, but be cause I am unwilling to go beyond the pres sure of the necessity in the unusual exercise, of power.. But the powers of Congress, I suppose" »re equal to the anomalous occasion ; and there fore,! refer the whole matter to Congress, with the hope that a plan may ha devissd fur the administration of justice in all such f arts nf the insurgent Spates and Territories as may be un der the control of this Government, whether by a voluntary return to allegiance and order, or .by power ojf our anns; this boweve r, not to be a permanent institution but a tempniary substi tute, and to soaso as soon as the ordinary courts can be re-established in pence. It is important!'that some more convenient means should bo pr ivided, if possible, for the adjustment of claims against the Government, especially 'in view of their increased cum bar by|rcasori of the war. It 'is as much the duty of Government to render prompt’ljustice'against itself in favor of citizens as it is to adnjinister the same between private individuals. The inveistigation and adjudication of claims, in their nature, belong to the judicial depart ment ; besides, it is apparent that the attention of Congress will be more than usually engaged for some time to come Vrith great national questions. vaeShcres . Two of States now ssoijs were could not any of the would not ig to serve all the ap ing, myself the return i it to trans itofore been :nce to ler- During the of Judge mpire- alto o give the ittendarvoe, in 1830, to ib country nt judicial It was intended by the organization of the Court of Claims mainly to remove this branch of business from the halls of;Congress ; but while the Court has proved to be an effective and valuable means of investigation, it in a great degree fails to effect the object of its cre ation, for want of power to make its judgments final. , Fully aware of the delicasy/not to say the dagger of the subject, I commend to your care ful: consideration whether this power of making judgments final may not properly be given to the; Court,' reserving the right- of appeal on questions oif law to the Supreme Court, with smjh other {provisions as experience maj»}iave shown to be necessary. 1 the system i accommo ;y Supreme Minnesota, fornia, and Hurts. I ask attention to the report of the Postmas ter-General, the following being a summary statement of the condition of the Department; The revenue from all sources {during the fis cal year, ending June 30, 1801; including the annual permanent appropriation of §700,000 for the transportation of free mail matter, was $9,049,290 40; being about about two per cent less than the revenue for 1800. i The expendi tures were thirteen millions six hundred and six thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine dol lars and eleven cents, showing{a decrease of more' than eight per cent as compared with those of thi previous year, and j leaving an ex cess of expenditures over the revenue for the last fiscal year of over $507,402,71. The gross revenue for ; the year ending June 30, 1863, is estimated at an increase of four per cent on teat of 1801, making §8,083,000. ito which sho’d be added the earnings of the department in carrying free matter, viz, §700,000, making $9,383,000. The total expenditures for 1803 are' estimated at $12,528,000, leaving an esti mabed-deficieny ofs3, 145,000, ,to he supplied from the Treasury, in addition tp the perman ent appropriation. || The present insurrection shows, I think, that tile extension of this district across the Potomac River, at the time of establishing the capital here, was eminently wise ; and;;consequently, that the relinquishment of that* portion of it which lies within the State of Virginia was tin wisp and dangerous. I suhmitjjfor your con sideration the expediency of regaining that part of tlie district, and the restoration of the original boundaries thereof, thro’ negotiations with the State of Virginia. ; (without a adding of fur the ac mtry, with altogether ; any sort, ucreaee as !y are not ibo denied nave them, ished as to The report of the Secretary of the Interior, with the accompanying documents, exhibits the condition of llio several branches of the public business pertaining to that department. The; depressing influences of the insurrection have been especially felt in tins j operations of the Patent and General Land-Offices. The cash receipts from the sales of poh'icj lands'during the past year have exceeded the expenses of our land system only about $2p0,000., The sales have been entirely suspended in the Southern States, intenjuptions to the business of the country and the diversion of large numbers of men fro’m_-latyor to military service "have obstructed settlements in the new States and Territories of the North-IVest. The receipts of ilhe Patent Office have declined in nine months about §lOO,OOO. rendering a large reduction of the force employed necessary to make it self-sustaining. - The demands upon the Pension-Office will he largely increased by the Insurrection. Numer ous Applications fur pensions- based upon the casualities of the existing war, have already been made.; There is reason to believe that many who arc now upon the pension-roll, and in receipt of the bounty of tbe,’ Government, arc in the ranksmf the ill; urgent army, or giv ing ‘them aid and comfort. Tlie Secretary of the Interior has directed a suspension of the payment of the pensions of such {persons, upon proof of (lieir disloyalty. 1 recommend that Congress authorize that officer! to cause the names of such persons to be stricken from the pension roll. The relations of the Governnient -with the Indian tribes have been greatlyj disturbed by the insurrection, especially in jt lie Southern superintendeney, and in that ofj New-Mexico. The Indian country South of Kansas is in pos session of the insurgents from .Texas and Ar kansas. The Agents of the qnited States, appointed since the 4th of Jljjroh for this superintendency, have been unable to reach their posts, while the most of those who were in office before that time havejiespoused the Insurrectionary cause and assutio to exercise the powerasnrgentg__by virtue of; commissions from tbe insurrectionists? —LJjae becii stated in the public press that a portion fff"thcse In dians, have been'organized as a.qnilitary force, and ! attached to thj army of thje insurgents.' Although the Government has rjo official infor mation upon the subject, lettqijs have been written to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by several prominent chiefs, giving assurance of tlieir loyalty to the United States, and ex pressing a wish for the presence! pf the Federal troops to protect them. It isj believed that, upon the repossession of the Country by the Federal furies, the Indians willjrapidly cease all hostile .demonstrations, amli resume theit forrper relations to the Governed mt. ; Agriculture, confessedly the Urgest interest of the natiuift, has not a departn ent nor a bu reau, but a clerkship Only-, aligned to the Government. While it is fortunate that this great interest is so independent in its nature ns not to have! demanded and extorted more from the Government, I respectfully ask Congress to consider wibbther something more cannot bo given voluntarily with advantage.— Annual reports exhibiting lliq condition of ■our{agriculture, commerce, and||raanafaotures, ■would present a fund of information of great practical value to the country. I While I make no suggestion ais to details. I venture the-opin ion 'that an; Agriouhural and Satistioal Bureau might profitqlily be organized. The execution -f the laws fur the suppression Advertisements will be charged $1 pertqnare of !• lines, one or three insertions, and 2b cents for subsequent insertion. Advertisements ol lees than !• linos considered as a square. Tbe subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly, Jlalf-YearJy and Nearly ad* vertisemems; Square, - 2 do. i column, - - 3,00 9,50 12,60 i doi - 16,03 20,00' 3M* Column, - - 25,00 35.00 a W,‘W ’ Advertisements not having tbenumbvrof foftertlwt desired marked upon them, will be published until or* dered oat and charged aec rdhigly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Hends, Letter-Heads andell kinds of Jobbing donein- conn try establishment*, **• ecu ted neatly am) promptly. Justices',. Constable's* and other BLANKS constantly on band. ii NO. 18. of the African- slave-trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior. It isasnhject of. congratulation that the efforts which hare been made for the suppression of this inhuman traffic bare been recently attended with un usual success. Five vessels been fitted out f«r the slave-trade have been seized and condemned. Two mates engaged in the trade and one per son in equipping a vessel as a slaver have beeu convicted and subjected to the penalty of fine and imprisonment, and one captain taken' with a cargo of Africans on board his -vessel baa. been convicted of the highest grade of efiensa under our laws, the punishment ef which ta dearth. The Territories of Colorado, Dakota and Ne vada, created by the last Congress have .beeu organized, and civil administration bae been inaugurated therein under auspices especially " gratifying when it is considered that the leaven of treason was found existing in some of these new countries when the Federal officers arrived there. The abundant natural resources of these Territories, with the security and .protection afforded hy organized government, will doubt less iuvito to them a large immigration wbfirT peace shall restore the husines of the country p to its accustomed channels. I submit the reso- i lutlons of the Legislature of Colorado, which ■ i evidence the patriotic spirit.of the people of that Territory. So far the authority of the D. States has been upheld in all the Territories, • as it is hoped it will be in the future. I com mend their interests.and defense to the enlight ened and generous care of Congress. I recommend to the favorable consideration of Congress the interests of the District:of Col umbia. The insurrection has been the causa of much suffering ahd sacrifice to its inhabi tants, and, as they have no representative iu« t Congress, that body should not overlook ifecir just, claims upon the Government. ' At your late session, a joint resolution wa* adopted, authorizing! the President to take measures for facilitating a proper representation of the industrial interests of the United State* , at the Exhibition of thje Industry of all Nations, to be Holden at London in the year 1862. I - say I have been unable to give person- ~ al attention to this subject; a subject at once so interesting in itself and so extensively and * intricately connected With the material pros perity of the world. (Through the Secretaries of State and of the Interior, a plan or system has -been devised andj partly matured, which will be laid before you! * . Under and by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled an act to confiscate property used fur insurrectionary purposes, approved August 6, 1861, the lega' claims of certain persona to the labor and services .of certain other person* have become forfeited, and numbers of tb« latter, thus liberated, are already dependent on the JJnited Stales; and roust he provided 'for in some wav. Beside this, it is not impossible that some of the States will pass similar enact ments for their own benefit respectively, and by the operation of which persons of the same class will be thrown upon them far disposal. In such case, I recommend that Congress pro vide far accepting such persons from such State* according to some mode of valuation in ■lien pvohantu u f direct taxes, or upon some other plan to bo agreed upon with £uch States res pectively that such peitsons.on such acceptance by the General Government, bo at once decoded freehand that in any event steps be taken fee colonizing both classes, or the onu first men- ■ tinned if the other shall not be brought into existence, at some place or places in a climate congenial to them. It might be well to con sider, too, whether the free-colored people already in the United Stntes-could not, so far as individoals may desire, be included in such colonization. To carry out Che plan of colon ization may involve the acquiring of territory and also , the appropriation of .money beyotid that to lie expended ip the tinctorial acquisi tion. Having practiced the acquisition'of ter ritory for nearly GO years, the question of con stitutional power to do so is no longer aft open one with us. The power was at first question? ed by Mr. Jefferson, who, however, in the pur chase of Louisiana, yielded his' scruples on the, plea of great expediency. If i,t be said that the only legitimate object'of acquiring territory is to furnish homes for white men, this measure effects that object, for the emigration of colored men, leaves additional room for white men "re maining or coming here. Mr. Jefferson, however placed the importance of procuring Louisian* mere on political and commercial ground, than on providing room for population. On this whole proposition, including the appropriation of money with the acquisition of territory.doe* not the expediency amount to absolute neces sity that without which the Government cannot he perpetuated if the war continues. 1 In considering the policy to be adopted for suppressing the insurrection) I bave been anxious and cartful that, the- inevitable con* diet for this porpn.se slia 1 obt degenerate into a violent mid remorseless revolutionary stru-rirle. I hive, therefore, in' every case, thought it proper 'o beep the integrity of : the Lini u prominent as the primary object | of the contest on our part, leaving all ques* I: tions which are nut of vital military impor- y tance to" the more deliberate sioiion of . .the 1, ■gisiafure. In t'Ke exercise of my best discretion I have adhered to the blockade of the port;; held fay the insurgents instead of patting in force by proclamation -the law of Congress enacted, at the late session, foy closing-ibo.-e poi'ts. feo, also, obeying the dictates of prudence as well as the obligations of law, instead of transcending, L have ad hered to the ucl of Congress to confiscate property u-ed for insurrectionary purposes. It a new law upon the-saaic subject shall bo proposed,!ts propriety will be duly considered The Union must be preserved, and hevu-e all indispensable means most be employed. 'Va shouid not be in iiasfe to determine that radical and extreme measures, 1 which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal, *r« indispensable. ■ . . The Inaugural Address at the begrnnmg of the Administration and the Message to Congress at the late sp- ci-d s s-ioo, were both Rates of Advertising. 3 KOSTH9. 6 HOlflH*. . 12 «OST«» $3,00 $4,59 i«, 0» 5,00 6,50 s* 8,99 8,50 7,00 Ca-iiinutd oa I'ajc. "10,6*