r- ST 11. H. DOBB. Pnhliabed ever* Wednesday morning and mailedto ncaoribefa »t ONSBOLLAB ANCtfIPTY CERTS ir aovaßoe; -: '■ - - W.- r .xiii ftpKitne*f p*»wg»;frtiow ponntfr«nb»erib«ris, thojigt) they vaßat.puitrpQoas Jp. cited la rt|imtj*» for ’'xas AaiTisfoa l»!tbe Crffiti)il p((j()«r , ’oP Tibg»X!d., ud niroaUW ioQTery <iaighbnfliaod lh«r«tOt« J Sol)r icriplioni being oaJd«(t4giuioe,Lay system, it circa- Istes among a clasSinoattd tile interest of advertisers to reach. .Tortis'».id»wtlti»r»i oadiberaluWoila.Of fered by nnypapetnfeqttnlioltoulationdti Korthern Pennsylvania. ’ ■ ■ 1 : d ’ ' * *i^ - A don ton- the 'maigiß :( of !A'pip4r> denßt«a that am anbadriptionds abmw to 'expire.-; '<■■■■ .jt9|TPape& wiUlbWtoppocitrhon thoanbacription time expires, unless the agedt orders’ cbeir continn stroe.'j — ■ . ~ . " . .-JKhK. LAWSKI' i i \ TTOBNm3&max?Biipem at law,; nuk'Jfßk.WtbM tbb'.Cqdrta ih(/TWg», .'PotteKand! McKean counties, ~ rWejiaboro/Jnn. 1, 1863.] . -A TTORNBIS:* AT LAW. AAi Conderaporl/Patv will attend dbexererat Courts In Po\ter“ aod MeHednieoTHrtiei. All bnsinessen trnsted to bbs* a«en tidn.Be, baa tbo agency oMargCtrikCUTOf good settling htod and'trill attend to the paymentjbf tsSes on any lands fn'.'said'Boadtres. ' :■§: . Jbn.-SB; 1868.*' BICKINSOK HOUSE, ■ tf- .i'OtORSiRe.-i^r^T'.-'' /I UESls3a£«A>to and, from l)p£bt £ea \X bt eltacge/,, .. ■' , ; . Ifon. l.ilSfcS.] HOti®, ; ’ COBNK& pi MAIN STREET AND TOK ATENtTE, • Wdlnboro. Pa. J. Vt, -BIQONT.i;..;. ; . ..v....... Proprietor. THIS popiriaiirßrttel, ho»inß ■'Keen re-fitted and Te-Woiahcd (6roaghbat,'iß btrtiopen'toftlie public is a firat-jJlaia booao., ’ [Jtin. 1, 1863.] IZAAK WALTOI! HOUSE, ' OaiiWi Tioga Connty, Po. ’ H. c. ia a new hotel looated within «®sy ao- T cess of the best -fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylrania. • Wo pain* will be spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the lrar •Uing public. -- , . J [ft l ** Jto WATCHES, ClflrKS ARB JEWEIiRI I - ' it CO'fi.-STORE,,by the subscriber, io the beetmanneiiand at as law price*as -the seme work can be done lor, ’by ftnybrslmte prac tical workman in the State. ’ ' ’ Wellsboro, July 15, 1863. f 1 A- R'. ITASCY. WELLSBORO* HOTEL. B. B. HOLIDAY,... .L.......i...Pr0priet0r. THE Proprietor having again taken possession of the above Hotel, ifili spore no pain* *,io, insure >Mie comfort of guests and the traveling public. *■ At tentive waiters always reedy. ITermß reasonable. Wellsboh), Jan. 21, 1863,-tfV . __ A. POtE.T, . Watches, Clocks, Jeweltv, &c., Bu>., , REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES.. POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5, ■ UtflON tiLOCX. W|Hsbor«, May 20. 1863. E.R.BCACK, barber. & Hairdresser, SHOP, OVER C. L. jWXLCdX’S STORE,. " NO. 4, UNION BLOCK. Jape 24, 1868. ‘ - ‘ fXOUJR AlfO WRIOHT & BAIUEy HAVE had theirmillthorbughly repaired and are receiving fresh' ground flour, feed, mo.il, 4c., every day at their store in town. Cash paid for nil kimla.of.grain. ; '■ ’ , WRIGHT 4 BAIX.EY. ‘ Wellsboro, Aprit'29,lB63. ~ - Wool Cardtngand, Oldtli Dressing. THE informs-his old customers aodfibo public-generally that h» i« prepared to ■card wotjl aod dreaacJuth at the oldjefond, the poimng aeoion, having thd .services of Mr* J. PEE.T, a competent and experienced. workman, and also in* tending jo'give bTspersobal altenlton. to the buaipess, he wifi all* work done at tils shop.- Wool carded at five cents 'pcf,-polmd> and Cloth •dressed at from ten to twobfcjrcenls *per yard ps per 4olor and finish. s J*. X. JACKSON. Welisboro, May fi, !86S-tf. «. : ‘ , mARBIsE SHOP. lAJIf dow receiving a.*-,STOCK of ITALIAN and RUTLAND MARBLE, (bought- with cash) and am prepared to • jriaatifaoipre all kind* of TO MIB-S T ON ES .ndMONTJMTSfrts at th'e lowest pH ms. HARVEY ADAMS Is myautboriied agent and trill sell Stine at the sattfe'prites as at the shop. WE HAVE 6UT ONE PRICE. I’.'oga. May, 20, ■' A. D. COX.B. ,?C*HW A. KOV, IN .DRUGS AND, MEDICINES, Jj CheatMl.S Va'miah, Famts,vDjes, Soaps, Por ftmery, Bnubes, QU«f* J 0 S “°» Goo *> Pure Wines, Brane'ies. flif 8 . a , nd medic.!,nse. Agent for the sale ofallthe best Pat ent Medicincs-of Ote <L*7- '-Medicines wairanud.gen oine snd of the : . BEST QJIAXiITY. Physician's The best Petroleum. Oil tshielj ii‘ «“f eri ”. tO *“J for burning in KerosiM Wp. of Oils usually !£epVln a firrtsclatt re * FANO3SM®-COLORS In pa ckdgwaU ready compounded, fofc the'twe-of private i/innto®** AIS V> Pure Loaf Sugar for tbedtad compounds’* • • Wellsboro, June 24,1963-ly. - . STATE SCUOb'I'r [For th, sth District, Fa.], AN® Mansfield ClaisteaJ Seminary- Her. W. D. TAYLOR, A. JL,.j._-Prineip»>, Mr .... Assistant. Mri. H. S. Taylor, .....PreoepireM. Misrll. A. Farnsworth, • Anißnnt, and Teacher in MotlelSchoo’. Assistant, and Teacher of Unsio. Thu Fail Term of this Institution wiH open Sept.' 2d. The Winter Term, Deo.‘2S. The SpHftg Term, March 16th, 1864. E&eh U|rm to oonttnße thirteen 'Weeks. A Normal School Course 1 of elndj for graduation, .embracing two years, is adopted ■ •- " 1 Students for the Normal Coarse, and for the Classt •«al Department, an solicited. ' ' For particulars, address Rev. W.D. TaTlor, M»nh •fleld, Tioga Countj Penna.-. Send for aCircrihtr. . » . ;J , \V. COCHRAN, J - -- • Ptesident of. the Bourdof Trustees. TtM. HOLLAND, Secretary. Maosfield, August-5, 1863.. , , Insurance Agency. T'BE Insurance Compahyiof North-America have -JL appointed the nn der sighed an agent dor Tioga County nnd vicinity. ... A» the high ebaraottt and standing nt tins Cotnpa-. ay gtre. the assurance of full protection to .owners of property against the basatdof lire, I solicit With con- Msncsa liberal share of the haziness of the county. This company was Incorporated in 1784. Ite capital i 56500,000, and ita'assests in ISfll neper statement; . lBt J»o. of that year was $1244,719 81. CHARLES PLATT), ! Secretary. ARTHUR G, ;.„...-Prc»idß|rt. TOc« of the Company 23* Walnut Street _ • Pbfirtelpfeflu , rl**ars,Pii. • JOHUW. QOCBNS£7, qnriTT' I S*': !01 ’-*1 J: 9*fcotts to ttjcJßjrtttisfon if ttre of iFwtOom ati®; tftt of alffe jmrfotriti a '.toons inmWxib,, and until OMAN’S inhdmanitt to •man" shall cbasb, agitation must ,contends. yJoi/.1. THE PRSS!£E$ I T , S IBESSAGE. Fellow Ciiizeni*<Sf '(fie. Smote ; V ; / f gad J Wovfe-gf, Eepraenlatives. ~ • and sufficiently abun dant'harvests has „passed, - Fur these, nodes peelally for,the improved condition ■of pur or tional affairs, r our renewed and profoundest ■gratitndb3a'dua,'’ : We remain in peace add friendship'syith foreign powers; ;Tbe efforts of disloyal citizens of the United States to involve - ns-in {foreign, ware to aid an. inexcusable insur rection have been unavailing. ,Her Britanio 'Majesty's Govern went, M>iw Justly expepted, tfavoOXeroised theiraotbority top went the dfr; cpattureof new hostile eiged!uutSS'fsoiß?&ftieh ■portsp > . ; i '■ ' i ' - The Emperor ef France .ha*, by-alike pro- promptly .indicated the neutrality which he proclaimed at the'beginning of the contests Questions Of great intricacy and'iih portance have arisen outof the blockade, and other belligerent operations ; between the Gov ernment and .leveral qf the maritime, powers, but they have been and aa lar aa waa possible, accommodated in a spirit of frankness, justice, and natural good will. ■- It is' especially gratifying that one' Prize Courts, by/ the" impartiality of their adjudica tion*,' haw commanded the' respect and confi dence of maritime powers. The supplemental treaty between the United -States and Great Britain for the of the African slave-trade, made onthe 17th day of February last, h'ns been duly’ratified and oar tied into execution. - It is believed that so far as American ports and American citizens' are concerned, that inhuman and odious traffic has been brought to an end. .- I shall submit for the consideratiOn-of-the Senate a convention for the adjustment of (he possessory, claims in Washington Territory nri sing ootof the treaty of tbs 15th of-June, 1846, between the DnitedStarea and Great Britain, and which have been the source of'some dis gust among (ha citizens of that now rapidly im proving part of the country. A novel and important question, involving the extent of the maritime jurisdiction' of Spain in the water* which surronnd the Island of .Cu ba, baa been .debated ‘.without reaching an agrement,.and it i* proposed in an amicaale spirit to refer it to thd arbitrament of a friendly Power. A convention for that purpose will be.submitted to the Senate. I have thought it proper, subject to the appro val of the Senate, to concur with the interested commercial powers in an arrangement for the liquidation of the Svb'edt dues, upon the prin ciples which have been heretofore adopted,in regard to the open . navigation in the waters«cf .p,gßtnark. ■ . ■ . The "long pending controversy between this Government ahd that of Chili, touching'lhe seizure at Setsna, in Peru, by Chilian Officers, of a large -amount in treasure belonging to citi zens ef the Dnited States, has been brought to a close by the award of hie Majesty : the King of- the Belgians, to whose arbitration the ques tion was referred by the parties. The subject was thoroughly and patiently-ex amined by that Justly respected magistrate, and although the sum awarded to the claimants may not have been jis large aa they expected, 'there.is no reason to distrust the wisdom of his Majesty’s decision. That decision was prompt ly complied with by Chili when intelligence in regard to it reached that country. The joint commission under the act of the. .last session fur carrying into effect the conven tion with J?oru on the subject of claims has been organized at Lima, and is engaged in the business. Difficulties concerning inter-oceanic transit through Nicarauga are in course of amicable adjustment. . r , In conformity with principles set forth in my last Annual Message I hasp received % repre sentative from the United States, of Colombia, and have accredited a Minister to that Republic. Incidents occurring in the progress uf our civil war have forced upon my attention the uncertain state of international questions touch ing the rights of foreigners in this country, and of United States citizens abroad. ' In regard tosome Governments, these rights are at least partially-defined by treaties. In no instance, however, is it dzpressly stipulated that in the event oUcivil war. a -foreigner resi ding in this country, within tWlines uf the in surgents, is to be exempted from the role which classes him-as a'belligerent, in whose behalf the Government of his country, cannot expect any privileges or imrourritiesdistinct from that character. I regret to say, however, that such claims have been put forward, and iu some in stances in behalf of foreigners who have resided in the United .States the greater part of their Jives, -■ '' ' j-f ■ There is reason to believe that manypersons Jjorrt in' foreign countries, who have declared their intention to become citizens, or who have fuHy naturalized, have evaded the military dutySeqwired'of them by denying the fact, and thereby Throwing open the Government the burden of proof. It liasbeen found difficult or impracticable to obtain this proof for want of guides'to the proper source of information; " ' These might be supplied by requiring clerics, of courts, where declarations'of intention may be inside; .or naturalizations effected, to send periodically lists'of the names of the persons naturalized or declaring their intention to be come citizens, to the Secretary of the Interior, in whose department the 'mines, might be ar ranged anil printed, for general information.— There is also reosnn, to believe that foreigners frequently, become citizens of thejjUnited States for the sole'pufpose of, evading duties imposed by the laws of their native country, to which on becoming naturalized here, they at once re pair, and though never returning to the United States; they still claim the interposition of this Government as citizens. Many alteroationa.andgteat prejudices have .beretoforeorisen out of this abuse.lt is there fore, submitted to your serious .consideration,— -it might be advisable to fix si limit beyond which nooitizen of the United States:Ybtiding sbrosdmay claim the interpositionof hisOov ernment. . . .. , : ... The right .of suffrage has often been assumed . and »grcf»ed by alien* under- the intense pf ijt A. 11 WELiSBORQ,' TlftGA COUNTYs £A., tfpKESBAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1863. naturalisation, -which they have disavowed .when-drafted intubemilitary service, ' • . ißahmittheeipedieney- of suohan amend ment of the law as. will make-the faot of voting an eßtoppel against any plea of exemption frommilitary service or other civil obligation on the ground dfaliensge. Incommon with other West enr Powers, our .relations, with Japan have been brought into eerjopajeopardy, through the perverse" imposition of the hereditary- aristocra cy Of the'Empirejof the enlightened and liberal policy of the Tycoon,* designed bring the country into .the'eooiety of nations. Itis hoped, although nut with;entire,.-confidence, thattheee difficulties.may be peacefully overcome. ,X : aek 'your attention ’to| the claloa of the llinistar re-‘ siding there'for the damage's he 'euetained fn the destruction by fire of the residence of the degOticn at :¥cdoj r ■; 1 Satisfactory; arahgementsiave' been made with the Emperor of Russia, which it is believ ed, will result in Effecting .a continuous line of telegraph through tbat empire from, the Pacific ’Onset. ■ ’• -'/ •: ' ' I recommend do your favorable consideration the subject of anjinterhational telegraph across the Atlantic, Ocean, and) also of a telegraph be tween the capital, and the national forte along the seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Such communicationsjestablished with any reasona ble outlay, would be economical as well as effeotive aids to. tbs. diplomatic, military, arid navalservicei ; The Consolarsystem pf the United State*, un der the enactments of'the last’fJongrees begins to be self-sustaining, and there hreason to hope thatitmaybecomc entirely so with the increase of trade, which will ensue whenever peace is restored. - I. OorMinistersahroad have been faithful in defending American rights. In protecting'ttommercial interests onr Con suls have necessarily bad to encounter in creased labors otltd responsibilities growing out of the war. Thebe they have, for the most part, met and discharged with zeal and efficiency.;— This acknowledgment justly includes those Consuls who, residing in Morocco, Egypt, Tur key, Japan, China and other Oriental countries, are charged with complex functions and extra ordinary powers: The condition of the, several organized Terri tories is generally satisfactory, although Indian disturbances in'New-Mexico hare not been en tirely suppressed. The mineral resources.of Colorado, Nevada, . Idaho, New: Mexico, and Arizona are proving far richer than chaa been heretofore understood. I lay before jron a communication bn this sohject from tbe Governor of Ncw-Mexico, 1 again submit to your boneideration lhe ex pediency of establishing a system fur tbe en couragement of emigration, although this source of. national wealth and strength isagtiin flowing with greater freedom than for several years he fure the insurrection occurred. , There is still a great deficiency in every field of industry, especially in agriculture and in onr mines,, as well of iron as the precious metals. While the demand for labor is thus increased here, tens. of thousands of "persons destitute of remunerative occupation are throng ing our foreign consulates and offering to emi grate to tbe Coiled States if essential, but very cheap, assistance can be afforded them. It is easy to see that under the sharp disci pline of civil war the nation is beginning a new life. This noble effort demands the. aid and ought to receivej the attention end support of the Government! Injuries unforeseen by the Government' ant] unintended, may, in some os ees have been ihlflicted on the subjects or citi zens of foreign countries both at sea and on Jand by persons in the service of the United States. i ’ As this Government expects redress from other Potters when similar injuries are inflicted by-persons in their ssrviceupon citizens of the United States, we must be prepared to do jus tice to foreigners. . . If the existing judicial tribunals are inade quate 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 public law. Conventions for sdjnstingthe claims by joint commission have been proposed, but no defi nite answer to the proposition bos yet been re ceiveil .from spy. In the oobrta of the session 1 shall probably have occasion toreqoast you to provide indem nification to claimants where decrees of resti tution have been rendered, (and damages awarded, by Admiralty Courts,) and io other oases where this Government may be acknowl edged to be liable in principle, and where (be amount, of that' liability bos been ascertained by an informal arbitration. The proper officer*!- of the Treasury have deemed themselves required by the law of tbe United States upon ithe subject, to demand a tax upon the incomes of foreign Consuls in this country. While such a demand may not, iu strictness, be in -derogation, of public law, or perhaps of any existing treaty between the. United States and a foreign country’the expe diency of So far modifying the act as to exempt from tax the inccihe of eooh Console as are not citizens of the United States derived from tbe emoluments of their office, or from prop erty not' situated in the United States, ie sub mitted 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, 1 think.ought not to IteeXoeptiosably illiberal to international trade nndacommerce. The oper ationsof the the ■ last year have been successfully conducted. The enact ment by Congress of a National Banking law hoe 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 amendmentaimny be re quired to perfect existing laws, but no change - in'their principles or general scope is believed ,to he needed. ; • . , j Side* these measures hate been in operation sit demands onthe Treasury, including the pay of the army, and' navy, have beenpromptly metoffd folly satisfied. No ennsiderablebody of troops,.itis believed, were ever more amply -AM* ' ,! -. 1 t , ■ , r . • < t-r . v f \ ' v ' i ’' * s Vyv v V"T‘ ■ ■, . Jijp) 1 1 jp., ri |rj|- y~x --«—^ Vl* aßt’T»n t. /■ft-T j *»ssfsl hmfi «$ l|--!»§!-3y.- '•■. „lv I- R |H. v . ■>' .provided end ,njnre liberally and ponptualy paid,.and it may bo Added that, by no people ’were' the .burdene incidental to a great War morecbeerfally tome. ' ' ' ! The receipla' dnring the year from’ all eoUreeJ, including loans arid »hc : balance In: the Treasury at its commencement,; wefe;§9ob, 125,- nndnbe aggregate disbursements §895,- 796,630 65, fencing a balance on the let of July 1863, of 85,329,04-1 21. ' : 1 - ' Of the receipt*, there’’ were - received from customs $69,059,642: 40; 'from interne! reven ,ne,; $37,640,787. from direct tax 103 61; fropi.lands, $167,617 ,17; from raiscel lanipina ifnrircea $3 1 046,6i5' $5, anid from inane, .*776,692,361” s*l, makin'g- the iggwg’ale'wOK -125,674 86. Of the disbursements. thefewere fur the civil pervice,, $23.253.922,08; fdrpen siuns, nnd Indiana, $4,216,520 79; interest op public debt, $24729.846 51; fuf thelVar lle partment, 1 $2991298.600 8S ; for '-‘the : Navy Department, $63,211,105 Jffs’fpr psymebtcif funded and temporary debt, $181,086.635;07:. making the .aggregate $895,796 630 6£y and leaving the balance. of $5,329,044 21. . Blit thepaymentsof the funded and tempd rary debt, having been made from moneys W rowed during 'the year, must be: regarded'aa merely nominal payments, and; the -money* borrowed to make them as merely nominal .re ceipts; and their amount, $181,086,63507. should therefore be deducted both from receipts -and disbursements. , This.being done, there remaips ns actual, re ceipts $720,039,039 79. and tbe actual disburse ments $714,7(19,095 58—leaving the balance as already stated. - The actual receipts' and disbursements for the first qparter, and tbe estimated receipts and disbursements for the remaining threequarters of tbe currant fiscal year,'lB64, will be shown in detail by the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, to which rinyita your attention. . It is sufficient to say here that it is nut be lieved that actual results will exhibit a stSta of tbe finances less favorable to. the country than the estimates of that officer heretofore submit ted, while it is confidently expected that at tbe. close of the year both dishursemehts and debt will be found very considerably leas than has been anticipated. Tbe report of the Secretary ofi War is a doc ument, of grea tin terest. It consists of; • First: The military operations of .theyear detailed in the report of the General-in-Chief. Second .-'The organisation of colored persons into the war servioer Thirdi The exchange of prisoners fully sat forth in the,letter of Gen. Hitchcock. Foutlh -. The operations nnder the act of en rolling and. calling out the National forces—de tailed in the report ef the. Provost-Marshal General.- Fifth; The organization of the Invalid Corps, and Sixth: The operations of, the several.depart ments of the Quartermaster General, Commis. eary-General, Paymaster-General, Chief of En gineers, Chief of Ordinance and Surgeon-Gen eral. It has - appeared Impossible to make a val uable summary of this report, except such as Would be too extehdedfnr this place, and hence I content myself by asking your careful atten tion to the report itself. The duties devolving on the naval branch of the service during tbe year,.and throughout the whole: of this unhap py contest, have been discharged with fidelity and "eminent success. Tbe extensive blockade has been constantly increasing in efficiency, as the Navy has expanded, yet on so long a line.it. has so far been impossible to entirely suppress illicit trade. From returns received at the Navy Department, it appears thot more than one thousand vessels have been captured since tbe blockade was instituted, end that the value of prizes already sent ie fur'edjudieation amount to, over thirteen millions of :dollars. . The naval force of the United Stateseoifsists at this time of 588 vessels, completed and in the bourse of completion, and of these (5 are iron-clad or armored steamers. The events of the war give an increased interest and impor tance to tbe navy, which' will probably extend beyond the war itself. Tbe armutjed vessels in our navy completed and in service, or which are under contract and approaching completion, ate believed to exceed in number those of any other power. But While these may- be relied upon for harbor de fense and coast service, others, of greater strength and, capacity will be necessary for cruising purposes, and to maintain bur rightful position on the ocean. •- ‘ Tbe change that bat'taken place in navel vessels and naval warfare ainea.the introduc tion of steam aS a motive power for ehipe-qf war, demands either a corresponding change in eome of our existing navy-yards or the es tablishment of new ones fur the construction and necessary > reprir of modern navel vessel#. No inconsiderable embarrassment, delays and public injury have been experienoed'frum the want of such Governmental establishments. The necessity of such a Navy-Yard, at some suitable place upon the Atlantic seaboard, has, on repeated occasions, been - brought to the at tention of Congress by the Navy Department; and it is again presented in the report of the Secretary, which accompanies .this communi cation. I think it my'doty to incite yonr special at tention to this subject, and also to that of es tablishing a yard. and depot for naval purpo ses upon one of the Western rivers. A naval fores has been created on these interior waters, and under many disadvantages, within a tittle more than two years, exceeding in number the whole naval force of the country at the com mencement of the present: Administration. Satisfactory and important as have been, the performan> at of the heroic. men of the Navy at this inti costing period, they are scarcely mbre vr uidrrful than "the success of our me chanics andarrieans in the production of war vessels which baa created a new form of naval power. Oar country has advantages superior to any other natim in resources of iron and timber,' with inexhauatible qaantities of fuel m the im mediate vicinity of both, end all available and in close proximity to navigable, waters, -With out the advantage of public worksi .the rcsonr- cot of the iiatiouhttvb Seen developed and il« porter displayed in the cunstructicn 'of a tnivy ;>f such mugnihide, which ha* pt the very peri ‘nil «f-itVcreatiCu' tendered signal "service hi the Union. ’ > ” ■ ■ The increase of’lhe'mimher of seanisn in the public service-'frnm 7,500 men ini the Spring of ■lB6l to a limit 34,6c0 r.t the present time.''has been'accompli sheet without special legislation or extraordinary bountio-j to promote that in create;- ' ;'■ ■ ' 1 ' • It hat been found,-however, that the opera tion of the draft, with the highj bounties paid for army rCcruits; is beginning to affect injuri -otitly the-naval service; tind will if notcorrect ,wl, he likely to impair its efficiency detach ing seamen frsVtn th'Cir.propvr vocafimr, undid ducing thpnrto enter the army.! i 1 ■ ' ; I. therefore, respectfully suggest that Con greet might aid both the army and naval ser vice*; by adeffinite provision obthis subject which would at the inme time be'- equitable to the Communities more especially interested. I commend to your consideration the 'sug gestions of theSeeretary of theTfavy in regard ■fd the policy of fostering nndtmmng seamen, and also the education of officers amt engineer* tor 1 the nayAlaSrtide. ' The Naval Acsdcmy is rendering signulservieein prepwing Midshfp men forth* highly [responsible duties which in-, after life they will be required to’perform.; / In order”that theeonntry Should not bade-, priced of tbe propef quota pf educated officer* Tor which' legal- provision has’heen made at (be Naval School, the Vacancies caused by the negleet'or omission -to make nomination* from the States in insurrection have!; been filled by the Secretary of tfa* Navy.' ' The School is now more full- and complete than at any former period; and in every re spect entitled to the favorable consideration 1 of Congress. - - ■ During thepast fiscal yesr, tbe financial Con dition of the Post-Office Department has been one of increasing prosperity, ahd I 'em grati fied in being able to state that the actual pos tal revenue baa nearly equaled,the entire ex penditures—the latter amounting to H,314,206- 84, nnd the former to $11.103,739*59, leaving's deficiency of-bttt $12(3,417 25. In-1860, the year nnmediatelypreccdingthc Rebellion, the deficiency amounted to $5:556,7- (15 49. the postal receipts being 82,645,722 19 less than those of 1863. The decrease since 1760 ib tbe annual smout-of transportation has •been about 25-pek cent; but tbCannual expen diture on account of the enme has been reduced 85 per cent. 1 It is manifest, therefore; thai 1 tbe Post-Office Department may become self-ynsfaimtrg in a few-years, even with the restoration of the whole servico. a The International C<oiferenoe of Postal -delegates from the principal conn tries of Europe and America, which was called at tbe suggestion of the Postmaster General, met at Paris on.the 11th of May last, and con cluded its deliberntionson the Bth of June. . -The principle established by the oonferenoe at best adapted to facilitate postal.interdnurs ' be tween nations, nnd as the basis .of future Pos tal Conventions, ipaugnraten .general- system of uniform, international' charges, at reduced rateti of postage,, and cannot fail ,to produce beneficial.results. ; . , I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior, which is herSwith.laid before you, -for,useful and varied information; in-relation to public lands, Indian affairs, patents, pensions, and other matters of public concern pertain ing to his Department, . - The quantity of land disposed of during the last and the first quarter of the-present fiscal year was three million,eight hundred end forty one thousand, fivei.hnndred and forty-nine acres, of which one hundred and sixty-one thousand, sine - hundred and eleven acres were sold .for ensb. One million, four hundred and fifiy-eix thousand, five.jinndred and fourteen aores ; w.ere taken up-- under the Homestead law, and the residue disposed of under laws granting lands for.military bounties fur railroad and other pur poses.. I It also appears that the sale of the. public lands is. largely pn the increase. It has long been a cherished (opinion of some of our wisest statement that the peonle of the United States had a,higher and more enduring interest in the early settlement'and Substantial cultivation of the pubiio lauds if ban in the amount of direct revenue to he derived from the sale of them. ‘ This oplntonjbae had a controlling influence in Shaping legislation upon the subject of our natiuual domain. I may cite ee evidence of this the liberal measures adopted in reference to actual settlers, the grant.to the States of th'e overflowed lands within their limits in order to their being- reclaimed and rendered fit for cultivation, and the grants torailway compa nies of alternate' sections of land upon the contemplated lines of their made, which, when completed, will largely multiply the facilities for reaching our distant pbeee’sione. . This policy has received ite most signal and beneficent illustration In the recent enactment granting homesteads to actual settlers. Since the first day of'January last .before mentioned the quantity of 1,455,514 ; acres of land have been taken up under its provisions. This fact and the amonnt of' sales furnish gratifying, evidence of increasing settlement .upon the public lands, notwithstanding-thS great struggle in which the energies «f the na tion have been-engaged, and w biob hue required eo, large a. withdrawal of our citizens fruro_ thrir accustomed pursuits- I cordially concorin the recomendation, of the Secretary of the Interi or, suggesting a modification ■of the act in ft vor, of those engaged in the military and naval service of the United States. I doubt not that Congress will cheerfully adont such measures as will, without essential ly changing the general features of the system, secure, to the greatest practical extent, ita ben efits to those who have left their homes in de fense of tbs country in this arderaue crisis. I invite your attention- lb the views of the Secretary as to the propriety of-raising by ap propriate legislation a revenue from the min eral Unde of i the United States. The measures provided at your last seszion for the removal of certain Indian tribes have been carried into effect.. Sundry treaties have been ,negotiated wMoh .wtS,indue ttme.be luboWrifcrth* Bites ol Advertising, Advertisement., will be charged SI jci rqsere of 1 • lines, onoor three insertion-, std 24 «r,n> uievcij subscqaebt Insertion, AdrertLcn ct U<o Umtsi In -iiuo« cwisidsrsd ss s square.. Tbe sntjoiiic r» ?, s 'will be charged torQHsnstly,D*lfT«sil}»r.ol«ily ' adVertUetnents ’ ' ' ; J arotrraa. f go»tßi. ' 12'iibsm. 1 Squirt,.. $4.68 |B.to i :d0,\...; 4,00 ■ ' 8,60 8,88 ? A ?“• V"’"""""-*'- l >°® 8.68 - 10,08 i Column, 8,00 8,60 12,68 i do, 2........ 15,00 10,00 26100 1- do. ............,..,16.00 ■ 16.00 ' 40.88 Advertisements nut having the nnmber olireer .Hens desired marked opunr tlism, will bepobliikeS untU'orderled out end charged according!;. ■ Posterij Hshiibtlls, Kill,Heads, letter Scads, sod all kind* of Jobbing dona in Country artsbliflrorcte, executed neatlyand promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. a ; rn 17 constitutional aotiun of the Senate. The; con tain .stiputaiiims.for extinguishing the possess ory rights of the Indians, to large and valuable tracts of land. It is .hoped that theipeSt-of rhe e treaties wjll result in the establishment of permanent' friendly .relations withsuob of these tribes, as have Ueen.brougbt into frequent and bloody collision with our outlying settle ments and emigrants. - , - . , J __ S'iund policy and our imperative doty to these, wards t.f the Government demand our anxious and constant attention to their materi al well-lieing, to their progress in the arts of ciriiir itiim. ahd above all,, to that moral train ing which,, under the,,blessing of Divine Prov idence, .will confer upon them the elevated apd sanctifying influences, the hopes aiid consola lions of the Christian faith. I suggested in my last annual message the propriety of remodel ing our Indian system/ . - ' Subsequent events .have satisfied roe of it* necessity. The details set forth in the report of the Secretary evince the urgent need for int-- mediate legislative action. t I commend the. benevolent institutions estab lished, or patronised by the good ip ibis District to y oUrgertCrous a'nd fostering care. The at* tcntion of'Congress duringthelaat session. engaged tosnme extent with a propositionfpr enlarging tbs' Bater communication between the Sfiesissippi River and the North-Eastern seaboard, which proposition, however, faileil for the time. . ' ‘Since then, upon a call of tho greatest re epectability.a- Convention boa been belli at Chicago upon-tha same subject, a soramaryof whose views is contained in a memorial address to the President and Congress, and which I hoW have the honor to lay before, you. . That this interest is one which ere long will force its own way I" do‘hot entertain a donbt, while It is submitted entirely to, your wisdom ns to what, can be done nhw. Augmented interest is given to this subject by theaetual onmmencementof work abort the.Pacifld Railroad, under auspices so faviirable to rapid progresh and completion. The enlarged.navigation becomes a palpable . nefed to.the great roadi , 1' transmit the second annual report of fb# Commissioners of thCJ/Bepartment of. Agricul ture; asking, your attention to the developments }n that vital interest of the nation. When Congress assembled a year ago, the War had .already Jested nearly twenty months, and there hadbeen many conflicts mi both land and sea, with .Varying results; the Rebellion bad been pressed back into reduced limits. yel the.tone of public feeling and opinion at bomb hhd abroad whs not satisfactory.. With other signs the popular elections just past indicated Uneasiness among ourselves, while, amid much (bat was cold Ahd menaoing, the kindest word! ' Coming tram Europe Were uttered in accents of pity, that we were too' blind to eurrepder a hopeless cause. . Our commerce was suffering greatly by it few armed vessels (milt upon and farnishedfhim foreign felioVe’s; and we were threatened with 'fetich additions from the seme quarters eg would 'sweep opr (Vide from tbegea feiid raise the bliick ade. IVehivefailsd to elicit froth European Governments anything hopeful upon this tub- The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued ip September was ronmtigi'e assigned period to the hepOnine of (be new year.' A month laterthVfltfWlProclamation camp, !nolli ding Uie atraooncemenf that, colored menof suitable condition would be received in the war service.' The policy' iif Emancipation' and of employing Mack soldiers gate to the future a hew aspect'; 'about which hope and fear-and doubt conlendedin uncertain-conflict. According tooor polificnlsvstetn, as a matter ■ 'of civil administrating (he Government hadno lawfVfl power to - effect 1 Emancipation in ahjr ■ Stale, Knd for a long time it had been hoped that the Rebellion could Winppressedwithnut re-orting to il ns a military measure. It eras a!) the while deemed possible that ther.ecessity for it might Come, and that if if should, the / crisis of the contest would then be presented. It cams,- and.' nfe wag anticipated, was followed by dark.and doubtful days. . Eleven moniha having now pasted, we are permitted to take another review. The Rebel hnrderaaropi eased still further hack, and by the complete opening ?ef the Mississippi the •country dominated, by the Rebellion is divided into.two! distinct parts, with no practical corns mnnlcation between them. :Tennessee and Arkansas, have been subs stantially cleared of insurgent control, and in fluential citizens in each, owners of slaves and, advocates of Slavery at the beginning of • the Rebellion,;now declare openly for Emanoi pation in their respective-States. Of those States not Inaluded in the Emancipation Proc lamation, Maryland, and Missouri, neither of which three years ago would tolerate any re straint upon the extension of Slavery into new Territories, only , dispute now as to the. best mode of removing it within their own limits. Of those who were slaves at the beginning of the Rebellion, fall 100,000 are now in the United States military service, shout one-half .of which number actually bear arms in the ranis, thus giving the double advantage of, taking so much Jabor from the insurgent ; cause, and' supplying the. places which other wise must .be filled with so many white men. ■ So far as tested ,it is difficult to say they are not as good soldiers as any. . No servile insur rection or tendency to violence or cruelty baa marked the measures of Bmancpiation and arming the blacks. These, measures bare been much discussed in foreigncoontries, and outemporary with such discussion, tbe tone of publie sentiment there is much improved. At home the enme mens* nres have been folly discussed, supported;, crit icieed, .and - denounced, and the annualelec tions following are highly encouraging, to those whose official duty it. is to bear the country through this great trial. Thus we have, the new reckoning. The crisis .which three tened to divide tbe friends of the Union is pest. Looking now. to the present and future, and with a reference to a resumption of tbe na tional authority to the States wherein that au thority haa been suspended, I has* thought fit to; issna g eopy of whish ia ,h«rgwiUtt*o(»it«d. pS csuuuttiai rf wl*
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