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tDITRDTTV LEVI L. TATE, ntOTRlETOR.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
SATURDAY MOHNINO, DECEMBER. 7, 1861,
OUR COUNTRY'S riiAQ
God o ucr FathkriI In thy nam
We nail out Standard to iho matt -To
conquer or to die. Wc claim
No greater honor. Wbllethe blast
Of civil ttrlfe twecpi o'er the laud,
We'll ttrike the foe nhoditeeto um
Ourlarely ensign, and we'll eland
A wall of Are to guard earh star
ui countiy! flag about our hcart trins, and looking
tat i lhati twtni an rli thu nt, riivi tualitr.r
upon ui frotn tho battle-fields of our father i, let us re
vive tliat, come weal or wot, p will in life and in
tleatt.. now and forever, stand by the Mars nnd trip.
Thuy ftava flouted over our cradlpi, let it be our prajer I
and our ttrunle that they f hall flont over our uravrs
They have bon unfurled from the mown ut Canada to
tho plains of New Orleani, and to the halls of the 51 on
tiaumai, and amid tbe nditudes of every tea; and eve
where, as tbe luminoua kynibul of ret iat!e "Mid bnv ft.
cant power, they have led the 1ra.vo nnd the in! a to tic
lory and to glory
it ha. been div fortune to look unon
mis naff in toreijn lonaa anu oiiiu ine gloom oi an orl-
ntaldf.ootl.m. andTlihtwelldo I know, v jL.rail
how bright are it. .tar., and how auelime a.e it. inept
ationii lfUii banner, the mHtm for ui of all thatia
tianiportlnr tn Human tope, l to lie sauiliceil on the
Itirj of a Satanic imMilon nr.d thus linappcar forever
mld the night nni tempest Of revolution, then 1 III I
f.l-nd wlio .hall citlmate the derolalionuf Ihat feel
lnj?-tbtthe .unnai indeed iieen .Irlcleen rrom Hie
.ay of ourllvc, and tUai henceforth we .hall be Irat
wanderer, and ontcaill. with nought tnt the bread t.f
eorrow and of oenurv tor ojr lion, and with hands et er
outstreched in feeblenci. and gupplication, on nhlch.in
an? hour, a military tyrant may rivet the fetter, of a
de.pairing bondage. May Ood in hi. in&nlto mercy aio
.you and me, and the land we i
ioom of cuch a degradation 'Josep licit.
you ana me, anu mc iana we 40 mucn tore, uo:n tne
"Flag of tne free heart', only home 1
ny augel-hand. to valor given
Thy atar. have lit the welkin dosie.
And all thy hue. were born in heaven
Forever float that standard theet I
Where breathe, the foa,bul foil, before u,
With Freedom', .oil beneath our feet,
And Freedom, banner ttreamlng o'er us 1
af Wo havo no Court proceedings to
chronicle this week. Having crowded
out the Local Editor all those subjects lie
vcr. Up to the present writing no ap
pointment of President Judge has boon
received. Tho court adjourned over un
til Monday next, by which time a Judge
,! 11 n.AW. V.n mAr. 'Pin I, J.,ll.
will probabljr bo made. Tho President's
Message is not long, and on the whole
passably satisfactory Tt will be more par
ticularly noticed nest week.
S6F-Col. W. W.H .DAVis.Editor of tho
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and Colonel of
t 104th) Penna.
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"Doylentown Democrat
the Kinggold Regimen
volunteers, line ail sound democrats is a
true patriot and brave soldier. In re
sponse to his country's oall he exchanged
the pleasure of his sanctum for the perils
f a aoldier'a life, and is now upon the
battle field. Long live -our valorous friend
Col. Davis.
Author's IIomb Maoahnp. Wo
havo before us tho December number of
this book, stored with a variety of enter
taining reading matter. The steel plato
ongraving entitled "Sketching from Na
ture " is executed in a very neat and plea
sing manner. It is still published at tha
low price of ?2 a year with lower rates
and premiums to clubs. Address T. S.
Authur & Co. 323 Walnut street, Phila
delphia. It WlI.Ii WELL Pay. Any ona nho
bus a taito tor the beautiful m Alii, or pcpsiai Rhcumat;3m nd Gout? Why suf
the useful in SCIENCE, to send twcnlv- r.. o t.n.: .i -r :.i t
-
five cents in stamps to tho IRON CITY
. . ... .
COLLEGE of Pittsburgh
Pa., now the
most distinguished Commercial School in
the Union, for specimens of their magnifi
cent Penmanship, tho beautiful Engraving
of the Collego Buildings, and their large
Catalogue. Try it, and sec if it does not
pay.
Questionable Patriotism Every
one noticed with suspicion tho i-jid with
whioh eorae men attacked their neighbors
a little while aco. Thirr.cn wLj havo
hfn lnndett in thn V,n.!ni. nf nnlltnrr ntli.
. . I- , .
uuWrrUUBuaT
cnemtcaof the Government aud tho Union.
They begin to show the wolfs teeh ; and
scatter curses on tho President and his
conservative nolioy as frcelv as thev used
bad language a little while ago to those
w "
who had been their political opponents.
Repeal or the Vermont Liberty : Last week an aotiou of fiv j tnou,
Bill. Tho Vermont Personal Liberty and dollars damages was commenced by a
Law was repealed by the Legislature re- gentleman and his wifo residing iu the west
ocntly in session. At the last session it end of the borough, against a neighbor for
was referred to a learned Commission, to slander.
report upon the question of its constitu-1 The alleged offence '13 charging tho
tionality,and the task was very ably done;1 plaintiffs with being secessionists. Lycom
and the question presented with great ing, Gazette,
clearness and force, -.-
Unon this renorl. the Legislature linn
acted ; though we are not informed what
r ; - n ,
circumstances attended the repeal of tho
law. It is a good precedent ; and other
States should follow the example.
In anticipation that tho report of tho
Secretary of war will recommend the
emancipation of slaves bolonging to rebels
the Philadelphia BuUttin, among other
arguments in favor of that policy, adran
ces tho following :
The most valuablo property of the South
ern people is their negroes. Tbry are
reoognized as property by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States.
Tbe admission that slaves are recog
nized as property by tho Constitution and
laws of the United States is an abandon
ment of the wholo Republican theory up
on this subject, and a recognition of the
rrinoiple of the Dretl Scott decieion,wbjrhl
Tlio Exchnngo Hotel.
Moj. Wm. B. Koons, Proprietor of tho
Bloomsburg Kxcktngo, has just completed
a most thorough improvement and rojuvi
nation of tha Exclimigo Hotel. The Bar
room has been remoddellcd and renewed
painted, ro.pnpercd, and fitted up in
tho most modorn stylo, with elegantly or
namented Counter and largo Looking Glnas
appendage. He has also mado fine im
provements in the other apartments of tho
, House, includiug tho Coat Closet, Boar
and Sitting Rooms. This is a well kept
I and model Hons.
Maj, K.,hos also m connection with
, the Exchange Hotel) opened a first-class
Restaurant in tho basemtnt, which is kept
by Mr. Gf.o. Kramer, peaceably and
' with strict propriety. Good living always
in tho hicliango Saloon. Gentlemen, step
in and see our pleasant friend Kramer and
1 try his choice blTilla,
Tho L. & R. Rail Koad.
Tho Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Hail
Road, extending from Sorauton to North
umberland, 81 miles, on which the Train
runs down in tho morning and return
ftrrtn .-: rll t ti
Slmo CVCnine. tol. J . 1'
llsley, General
""I"1""1"""'! u" grl!a convenience
a. . 1 . . . n- ..... ... .
i0 .. (rnvDlimr Tilihlin Mr (Ivnanv IT
! 10 "lu 'raveling puDUC. iur. Ul.OROI. 11.
Wit qrH , etnlril Ponilnrtnr nn Dili
ILOf') 110 SlatCU LOnUUCtor on tills
1 roau. is a norfeet pentlempn anil most riTi
i Iuau a P"rii.ot gentlemen anil niosi cm
went ollicor a man wlio knows anil
a
' tends to his
businef3, promptly and lets
other people's business alone
Wc'j ways
enjoy a trip on the L & U. Road, and cnlv
regret that the Company cannot malt the
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arraiigenteu.. iu mi. u.i up rao
p ma
Daily Train, which we think would pay
, expenses and materially accommodate the
public interest!.
Republican and Intelligencer.
The two opposition sheets, lately pub-j
lished, at Tunkhannook, in Wyoming co.,
Pa., have been merged into one B. B.
Emory, having retired from tho
Intrlli-1
gencer" by tho assistance of the Sheriff's
hammer it has been uuitcd with lho"Ie.
blknn nm fa ilel.eafter t0 bo publish-1
' '
cd under tho above joint title of Kepuhli-1
, , , . , a t e tt ti
can and Intelligencer, by S. L. & H. h.
Tiffany. Thoy aro now mute on tho Union
question, and oven tho week after the elco-j
tion the Rev. Emory, forgot all about
their Union-Party clap-trap,
q BEpDBLI0AN Tieke
, . . ,,T . ,
triumphant in Wyoming!
and sang
Ticket has been
' " i intelligence ot the American people.
E5r John G. Fbeeze, Ksq Attorney The correspondence itself, with tho
at Law, having accepted the position of 1 usual reservations, is herewith submitted,
the Deputy Register and ltecorder of the i 1 venture to hope it will appear that we
county of Columbia, has removed his office 'J'aTe Prafctid KndMa liberality
towards foreign Powers, averting causes
into tho room occupied by the Agister ;of imitation, &nd with firmness maintain
and Recorder in th? Court House, where , inc our own rights and honor. Since.
he can always be found prepared to attend '
to the business sf his nrofession. and also
to tho duties of his dcpu'.yship.
Persons having busines. Willi tin
RegiUer and Recorder mustcome prepared
to pay ths foes boforo the work can be
nno-r.n!l,orf..-1iirs. Mn hn iiilnntnd
, T. , . ,, . nn.
uv.tu. - ------ -.. .-
uy Hioxejju.J,.u u -a.u -vi.
business ot the omcc hasoccn transtcrrca.
Say Sufferers from Scrofula and Scrof-
ulcus afftction, clean up '. Why wear yourj
Pimnles: Blotches. Ulcers. Sores ? Whv
i, ,i, i;r ,i - - tu-
lur iVUlllltlU uuil .'ICUUIIUI ui:aiu. iu iwi
,,, - vnnr unju tiin fi,.,, off
the bones in your body, or tuo uesti on
your boucs ? Why lot your sluggish blood
drag and scatter its dUtempeis through
your veins" Ayeb a Comp. Ex't of Sar- j
ti ,1. i :i. ...i
sapaiilla cures theso complaints, an a
cleanses them out of tho system. Vio it'
faithfully and you brinfj lo society a hcsl -
thier, aud far more aeecptablo momher.
Democrat, Jiallhnnre, Mil.
L OSIESrr.D BEATS. ihcro will bo a
livoly time t)j;3 wintcr ; conteatiDg scats
: n. ri... f !.., Tr,.-.,.,
, ,1
'""S" PrP3s 10 ' M r" ,onn
MojIakin, 0f the Sixth l.cgi.lativo Dis -
tticti Mr. Myers, of Adams county, pro -
scs of contestin2 the saat of Mr. Buzbv.
m- r., ,r ii.,if.,j nt :i i
.,..'. ' 'Lcm, u.a.J .,.i ,.!
IU3 tuu nt;4t ut i'lii uwuikuuiuvii ttiiu
aeat oftwo v.. ct LuzorDC. wi
1 coni05ted.
I Tiie PniKTER The November number
is at haud. Published by John Greason,
No. 11 Spruce street, New York. It is
the most useful work to the trade now
publishod. We take great plccsuro
r using us articles. i
It is an interesting fact that tho capture
of the rebel Ambassadors to Franco And
England, and the successful bombardmont
of Port Koyal, S. 0., were events of tho
ever mcmorablo 6th of November, 1801.
ter Charley Sumner oontinues to send
us his abolition fpceclies. He counts
without his host. Wc shall never stain
our bands or pollute our heart with his
abolition treason.
iSf Henry Ward Beecher writos a
icher writos a let -
himself in taking
ii in KlnC
it, wbenthe lolal
ter attempting to justify
9100 for a charity leeturr
President's Message.
' " '
Fclfow Citizens of the Senate and Haute
cj wpremiHHivea s
In tho midst of unprecedented political
troubles wo have cause of great gratitudo
to God, for unusual good health and most
abundant harvefts. You will not bo sur-
ptiscd to learn that, in tho peculiar exi-
cencics of the times, our intercourse with
.. ...
lorcign nations has been attended with
profound solicitndo, chiefly turning upon
our own domestic affairs. A disloyal por-
tion of tho American people havo, during
tho whole year, been engaged in an at-
tempt to divide and destroy tho Union.
A nation which endures factioiii donie-
tic division is expocd to disrespect abroad
and one party if not both is sure eoouoi'
or later to invito foreign intervention,
Na'ions thus tempted to interfere aro not
alwavs able to resist the counsels 'of seem-
iuf expediency and ungenerous ambition
although measures adopted under such in'
flucnecs tpMom fail to ba unfortunate and
iniuiioni to thoso adopting them. .
The disloyal citizens of the United States,!
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who Lave ode re (I the ruin of our CoilliLrv
in return for the aid and comfort which
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ess in"tronaM
thev Drobai'lv eipectedV If it wcro iust
to nip)) ose ni the insurireuti have seemed
to 'as-unie' that Torui"ii i nations in this
case 'diso'irdi'm: all Cmora! social and '
ir..iAr rvi,liT-itinn wmili! Vri -nlnlfr 'm I1
.fi.hilC tKn
sclbslnly tor tho mo, spuctly restoration
. dircctiv or clearly
thf.n through tho preservation of tin-
I '-'lllon
1 11 wo co,,,d da,0,tc; buliev". l,lmt forciKn
nations aro actuated by no lusher priuci-
... r - . -,,,..,
I'i'cument could bo mauo lo show them
that they can reach their aim more readily
and easily by aiding to cruh thii rebel
lion, than by giving encouragement to it.
int -i i .... u.. ii.
r,ZuI X!
tility against us, as already intimated, is
tho embarrassment of commerce. Those
nations, however, not improbably saw
om ' union wnion
commorcc,
luuuu us Vti'll uui lUlUlll .ia UUl UUUIUSHU
pntnmnreA 'I hnv Oflli rpnrnolv hnv, fnil.
cd to perceive that tho effort for disunion
produces the cxiating'diffieulty, and that
l . " '
on 6U0"5 ;l"ou promises more uuramo
peace and a more extenstvo and reliable com-
mblDan tho same nutionbroken into
hostile fragments. It is not my purpose
to review our discussions with foreign
States, because, whatever might be their
wishe3 or dispositions, the integrity of our
country, and tho stability of our Govern
ment, mainly depended not upon them,
but on tho loyalty, virtue, patriotism and
however, it is apparent that here, as in
cve.r-v ctlier .6t?Ie ""'SR Jngers ueces
every ciuer oiaiti, loieign Hangers ueces-
sarily attend domestic difficulties, I reco-1
mrnd that adonuato and amnio inp!cnrni !
fce adopted for maintaining the public dc '
fouses on every side. While under this ,
general rccomiueudation proviiions tor de-)
i lending our sea-coast lino occur to the
T .i.a ii, .,,i: .. i.
.,lllt attention of Congress to
UUUU, . UWUj IU Ml.; O.IUIU I.UI1I1VVI.IUU, il'l.
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cur L'rcat
lakes and rivcro.
Tt is believed that some fortifications
nnd rlenots ot armi and lnunilinn:. Willi
hnrbor and navigation improvemonts, all
at well selected uoint-i unon these, would
1 ho of nreat imnortanoe to the national da.
fenee and preservation.
I ask attention to tht, views of the Sec-
. ... i .
"tary of Vi ur, expressed in hm report
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0f importanco that tho loyal regions of
East Tennessee and Wcstcin North Caro-
"na siioum no connecteu witn nenmcty
and rthcr tiinful parts ol the Union by
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,.,'.- ro Mmram,i , ,;,,.
: mca3urC) that Congress provide for tho
conft rue lion of such road as speedily as
possible. Kentucky, no doubt, will co
opcrato and, through her Legislature,
make tho mot judicious selection of a
hue. The northern terminus must con
nect with somo existing railroad, and
whether the rOUtli shall bo from LexinfitOIl
ot Nicholawlhi to the Cumberland Gap
1 or from Lebanon lo tho Tennessee lino, in
. tho direction of Knoxville, or on somo
' still different plan, a different Hue can
readily be determine i Kentucky anil
tl-p General Government eo-operatin,
vrors can be coinp'ctca in a ery nim t
time, and, when done, it will be not only
MT ..net ,.mnl ,,infiilnn..a l,,t .li. n
valuable permanent improvement, worth
its cost in all the tuturc.
Somo -treaties, designed chielly for the
interests of commerce, and having no
gravo political importance, havo been no
gotistcd, and will bo submitted to the
Senate for their consideration.
1 potton. thoe nation mneav a vol not to v utuiu. lor tuo accomiiiouaimg w an parts 01 tno revenue lormc las; nseai year 01 1,00,- l0
1 VI wviiuiaiw, v-vu.j w. u.uuiauivn ui , t I.I.. . .: Tit. .1 T . . 1 11 . e .T .. . . . .. .1 ..- " . . I UUUll tUU
L I have seen their way t- their obitct more u "I"-'1.10'1" 01 111(3 u-uasury uiiring country witn circuit uourts, would orcato Wi.iv. iho gross revenue lor tho year , Reptes
ti..... .1. .1.. .1 itif iiiTiwi wiituu tiu i-iiiuauu sinuc your u VjOiu i anosetiiei' loo numerous lor a iu- ent.ina ,iuno ju. iou.i, is esuiuatcu at an not ovt
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Although we havo failed to induce therefore recommend that they be xoinpen- the' n-atriotio duly to support the Govern
some of tho commercial powers to adopt a ated at tho same rato as Chaplains iu the ! ui! ut. Under thc30 circumstances, I have
uesiraum meiiuiauvu oi mu ngor oi a
maritime war, we havo removed all ob
structions from tho way of this humane
reform, except such as aro merely of tern
porary and accidental occurranee.
I invito your attention to tho corrcspon
ietwcen uer Jsntanmo Jlajesty's
.accredited to this Government
Secretary of Stato rolativo to tho
destination of tho British ship Perthshire
in June last, uy tno uuuca states steam-
cr Massachusetts, for a supposed breach
of tho blockade. As this detention was
occasioned by an obvious misapprehension
of the facts, and as justieo requires that
we should commit no belligerent act not
founded in strict right as eanctioned by
publio law, I recommend that an appro-
priation be mado to satisfy the reasonable
demand of the owners of the vosscl for her
detention,
I repeat the recommendation of my pre-
dceessor, in his Annual Message to Con-
eross, in Dccembor last, in regard to tho
1 disposition of tho surplus which will prob-
ably remain after satisfying tho claims of
Uuicrioan citizens against China, pursuant
1 ,0 lnB atm,i 0f Ihi' Commisoioncrs nud-r
ilt21.r ."ir. I-J nt Uiri.li ISfii)
disposition of tho surplus which will prob
If, howorcr, it' should not bo doomed of iho Supremo Court) two by thedeooaso dcr prompt jmtico agninst itself in favor been rcoontly attended with unusual buo
advisablo to carry that recommendation 01 Justices Daniel and McLoan, und one of citizens, as it is to admiuistcr tho samo cat.
into effect. I Would auiccst that nuthoritv
bo given investigating the principal of tho
n n " o r r - - -
surplus relcrreil to iu good securities, wait
a view to tho satisfaction of such other
jut claims of our citizens ag'iinst China I
as are not unlikoly to ariso hereafter in '
tho course of our eittcnsivo trado with
that empire.
Uy tho act of tho Cth of Aueust last,
uongress uuttiomcu mo I'resiuenr, to in-
struct the Commanders of suitable Vessels
to defend themsclvos agaiiifk and capture
pirates. This authoiity has been uxcr-
cised in n single instanoo only. For the
more effectual protection of our extensive
r,d valuablo commerce in the Eastern
sfaa especially, it seems to mo that it
wouM also bo adisablo to authorize tho
commnnders of.sailing vessels to recapture
anv Pr'zot which pirates may make of
United States vessels and their cargoes,
an "10 Consular Courts now established
law ia Eastern countries to adjudicate
tho cases, in tho event that thisahould not
be oojccteu to Dy tno local autuontics.
i nn . rt KnnnAM , . i.
S00rt Tioa Pxltt3.. ,TU
puruvcru longur m wiiuuuiuui
our V0,coSBon of the independence and
.r ii. . T ... 1.1 i .1
snvrre rrntv ni iiiltii. j .1 iinniiio lo uii
cover it. Unwilling, however, to iuaugu-
ra' a n0Te' P''oy 'n rcSaril to them with
out t'10 approbation of Congre.is, I submit
fr your con"'l'crilt'ou luc expediency of
3,1 aPPro?l'ial'ou ,or maintaining a Chargo
'Uairci near each of those now States ; ,
it does not admit of a doubt that important
..,,...,., uAvanla.Pjl mii ',!
ml i'JUi UUient. havo been conducted with
.-iguai ducccSj. Thu patriotiiui of iho
pcoplo has placed at tho disposal of tho
( Jovcrn.net, the largo . means demauded ;
by tho publia esigoucics Jluch of tho !
National Loan has been taken by citizens !
oi the ludiietrial clas'cs, whoso conhdeuco provided for all, or abolished hy al' timatetl at 812,028,000, leaving an csti-
in their country's faith and zeal, for their ' Three modifications jeeur to mc, cither ' mated deficiency of 83,145,000 to bo sup
country's deliverance from the present of which I think would bo an improve- plied from the Treasury, iu the permanent
peril havo induced them to contribute to merit upon our present sytcm. Lot tho appropriation.
the support of the Government the wholo , Sunn nu Court bo of comonient number! Tho present 'nsurrcctiou shows, I think,
of their limited acquisitions. This fact . iu -iiy event. Then, first, let the wholo that tho extension of this Iiistriet across
imposes pecu'iar obligations upon us to 1 country bo divided into circuiti of conven- the Potomac river at tho time of cstab
economy in disbursement and energy in ' iont si-o, tho Supremo Judges to servo in lishing tho Capitol here, was eminently
ai'on.
The revenues from all sources ,iuoluding
loans for tho financial year, ending on the
30th of Juno 1801, was 880,835,000 27.,
and the expenditures for tho samo period,
including piymcnt3 on account of tho pub
lic debt, wcro 384,578,831 37, leaving a
balance iu the Tr,asury, on tho 1st of Ju
ly, of Si.'ioT, 065 80. For tho first quar
ter of tho financial year, ending on the ,
HOth of September, I80l,the receipts from I
all sources, including tho balance of the
1st ot July, wcro S10y,o32,o00 27, and I
the expenses 6yo,:au,Jo uu, leaving a
balance on the 1st of October, 1861. of
31,192,770 18.
Estimates for tho reniaiuiug three quar
ters of tho year, and for the financial year
of 1SG3, together with his views of ways
and means for meeting tho domandi con
templated by them will bo submitted to
Congress by the Secretary of tho
Tret3-
ury
It is cralifvini' to know that tho osncn- :
diturcs made necessary by the rebellion,
are not ueyonu tuo icsourcos ot tlio loyal that their provisions aro olten obseuie in
people, and to believe that the .lame patr ', themselves, or in conflict with each other ;
itcm irni,). lina tlma f-,.. ,.ctntn..,l tti.'n,. ..i l..ai ,l,tl.tf1 . tn rrnittr tt
Government will continue to sustain it till !
peace and union shall again bloss tho land.
1 respccuuiiy reicr to me repoit ot tuo
Secretary of War for information rcsnocl
in." tho numerical strenstti ol the
army
aud for recommendations, having in view
an incroaso of its efficiency aud tho well
being of tho various branches of tho ser
vice eutrusted to his care. It is gratify
ing to know that tho patriotism of thu peo-
plo has proved equal to the occasion, and
that tho number of troops tendered great
ly exceeds tho force which Congress au
thorized ino to call into tho field.
I refer with ploasuro to those portions hlc form, the laws whioh so deeply concern rjpr has directed a suspension of tho pay
of hit) report which make allusion" to tho ' their interests and their duties. I am in- incut of tho pensions of such poTsons,;pon
credible degrco of disciplino already at- formed by some, whose opinions I respect, proof of their disloyalty,
taincd by our troops and to tho excellent that all tho acts of Congress cow in force, I recommend, that Congress authorize
sanitary condition of tho entire army. and of a permanent and general nature, that officer to causo tho names of suoh per-
Tho recommendation of the Secretary might bo rovised and rc-written, so as to ( sons to he stricken fromjho pension rolls,
for an organization of tho militia upon a , bo embraced in ono volume, or, at most,in Tho relations of tho Government with
uniform basis, is a subject of vital itnpor-' two volumes, of ordinary and commercial tho Indian tribes have been greatly dis
tance to tho future safety of tho couutiv. i size, and I rcsncctfullv recommend to turbed bv tho insurrection, o.-pccially in
and is commended to tho serious attention
of Congress.
Tho largo addition to the regular array,
in connection with the defection that has
so considerably diminished tbe number of
its officers, civoi peculiar imnortanco to
hi i'ceommendation for increasing tho
cni'p!) of Cadets to tho greatest capacity of ' prossion tn many places ot all tho ordinary
tho Military Academy menus of admiubtcring civil justice by the
By mero oniisiou, I presume, Congress officers in tho form of existing law. This
has failed to privi'L- ''haplains for hepi- is the case in whole or in part in all the
tals occupied oj volunteers. This subject insurgent States and as our armies ad
wa biou .lit to my notice, and I was in vancu and take possession of parts of those
iuta-d to draw up tho toim of a ltttcr, one State tho practical evil becomes more ap-
ojiy i.l nien, properly aaurossuJ, lias
iieen tiuuvereu to eacii ot inc persons, anu
to each ot the persons, and
spectivcly named, stated in
ut ' rPc?"vcly
a schedule containing also tho form of the
letter (letter marked A,; and herewith
transmitted.
Tho gcntlomeu 1 understood entered
upon the duties designated at tho times re -
spectivcly stated in tho schedule and have
labored lnithfullv thero ever tines. I
Armv. turther suzirestiuf! that ircneral.nro
vsion bo made for Chaplains to servo at military power, courts to administer sum
Hospitals as well as with reciments. Tho marv justice, in such cases, I have thus
rcnort of the Secretary of tho Navv nre-
scnts in dctoil bo operations of that branch
of tho service, the activity aud energy
which have characterized its adnunntra
tion and tho results of tho measures to in-
creaso its efficiency and power.
Such havo been tho additioon by con
struct ion and purchase, that it may almost
be said a Navy has been created and
brought into service si nco our difficulties
commenced. Besides blockading our ex-
tensive coast, squadrons larger than over
before assembled under our flag, have
been put afioat and performed deeds which
havo increased our naval renown.
I would invito special attention to the
recommendations of tho Secretary for a
more perfect organization of the Navy, by
introducing additional grades in tho ser-
vice. The present organization is defjet-
ive and unsatisfactory, and tho suggestions
- submitted by the Department will, it is be
submitted by tne
lieved, if adopted
alluded to pronic
the ffficicncv ol i
Tlmr. irn Mir-
i onviaic inc uimcuitios
otfe harmony and increase
tr Mivv
ir Mir- nu,aui' "' u Ihe bftif
bv the resignation of Justieo Campbell.--
1 have so far forborne making nominations
to till tlieae vacuuoiei tor ruasons winuti 1
willuowstato t Two of the outgoiug Judges
resided within tho States now evbrrunby
rovolt, so that if their successor wcro ap-
pointed in tho samo localities, thoy could
not now serve upon their circuit, and ma-
ry of the most ooiunetcnt men ihero proba-
- .. . : c ...-...
lily would not tiKe tuo personal nazara 01
accepting to serve, oven hero, upon tho
Supremo Ucnch. I havo been unwilling
to throw all tho appointments Northward,
thus ilisubliug myself from doing justieo to
tho South on tho return of peace, although
I may remark that to transfer to the North
ono which has heretofore been in tho South
would uot, with reference to territory and
population, bo unjust.
During tho long and brilliant judicial
career of Judge McLean, his circuit grew
into an empire altogether too largo for
any one Judge to givo the Courts therein
more than a nominal attendanco, rising in
'population trom I,17U,uiB in 1B3U, to
i! ir. ,... ;H icnii ir.;,inM n.:.
'J15 'lu& "W. Iscsiucs tins, the
coumrjr guuvrauj ua uuigrowa our pica-
cnt judicial system. If uuiformity was at all
? .'.i i .1 . f .i . ii .i ,
lnrnitHPti. run nvcinm rrninrfs triiir nil run
States shall bo accommodated with Circuit
Courts attended by S iprcme Judgcs,whila
in fact Wisconsin, Minnesota, loiva.Kan-
sas, Florida, Texas, Calitoruia and Ore-
gou havo never had any such Courts-
Nor can this well bo remedied, without
n change of tho cystcin, becauso the add-
!n f .v, tn ?h c,,,' . nnr .,.!,
dicial bodv of anv sort. Ami tbn evil.ifit
bo ono, will incrcaio as now States come
into the Union. CircuitCourtsr.ro useful '
or thev are not useful . If useful, no State
should be domed them. If not useful, no
Stato thould have them. I.ct them be I
.. v,. w..., ,.u.,s
i .i ri !i
n iiMinVirtt nf thntn ftnwmnnntnrt r th,r
own unmoor, anu iriuepcuueu& vjiieutti
Judges bo provided for all tho rest j or,
secondly, let tho Supremo JudgeB bo rc-
lievcd from Circuit duties, and Circuit
Judges provided for all tho Circuits ; or,
thirdly, dispense with tho Circuit Courts
altogether, leaving tho Judicial functions
whollv to the District Court and. an inde-
pendent Supremo Court.
i
lo tho con-'
I respectfully recommend
sidcration of Uongrcss tho present eondU
tion ol the Statuto Laws, with tho hopo
that Congress will ho ablo to find an easy , cos of tho insurrection have been ospeo
remedy tor many of the inconveniences ially felt in the operations of tho Patent
and evils which constantly embarrass those and General Land Offices,
engaged in the practical administration of The cash receipts from the aalo of pub
them. Since tho organization of Govern- Ho lands during tho past year have ox
mcnt, Congress has enacted tome five cccdcd the expenses of our land system on
thousand actsand joint resolution3,which fill ly about 5200,000. The sales have been
more than six thousand closely printed pa entirely suspended in tho Southern States,
gc, and aro scattered through many vol-
uiius.
Mauv of these acts have boon drawn in
haste and without sufficient caution, so
very difficult for oven tho best informed
person to asccrtaiu precisely what the
statuto law roany :s. it. seems to me very
iumuitant that tho statute laws should be,
mado as plain and intelligible as possible, will be largely increased by the insurrec
and be reduced to as small a compass as ' tion.
may consist, with tho fullness and precis' Numerous applioclions for pensions,
iou of the Legiilaturo and tho perspicuity based upon the oaus.ilties of tho existing
of its language. This, well done, would,! war, havo already been mado. There ij
tLink, greatly facilitate tho labors of those reason to beliuvo that many who aro now
whose duty it is to astist in tho adminis- upon tho pension roll, and in the receipt
tration of tho laws, and would bo alasiing of tho bounty of the Government, aro in
benefit to tho people by placing boforo tho insurgent army, or giving them aid
' them, iu a more acccptablo and intelligi-
Congress to consider on tho subject, and
if my uggostion bo approved, to dovisc
' such plan as to their wisdom shall seem
most proper for tho attainment of tho end
, proposed.
i Clue of iho unavoidable conseciucncos of
the present insurrection is tho entire sup-
parens,
'l'l,.,-n urrt nn ,M.rta nnr niVirnrfl
to wn
to whom the citizens of other St ttes may
1 apply for tho enforcement of their lawful
I claims against citizens of tho insurgent
; tjtatoa, and there is a vast amount ot ueuc.
j constituting such claims j somo havo csti
I mated it as high as you,uuu "iiu, ci'io in
' larnc part from inturccjts in open rebel
' lion to loyal citizens who aro even now
mnkiti.' rreat sacrifices in tho discharce of
- 1 been uri?entlv solicited to establish, uy
far declined to do it, not because I had
anv doubt that the end nroposed the col -
lection of tho debts was just and right in
- itselt, but because 1 have been unwilling
to co beyond tho pressure of necessity in
the unusual exercise of powor. But the!
- powers of Congress, I suppose, are equal
to the anomalous occasion, and, therefore,
I refer tho wholo matter to Congress, with
tho hope that a plan may bo devised for
the administration of justice in all such
parts of the insurgent States and Torrito-
ries as may be under the control of this
Government, whether by a voluntary re-
turn to allegiance and order, or by the
power of our arms,
This, howovor, is not to ho a permanent
institution, but a temporary instituto, and
to cease as soon as the ordinary Courts can
he re-established in peace. It is impor-
tant that somo moro convenient means
shjU be provided, if possible for tho ad-
mstment ot claims against tne uov-
eminent, especially in view of their in
rrea'-ed number by reason of the war It
Ii is i avich th duty of Government 'o rn
investt-
r. ii.. ii
rntion and mli idl atiun ofo'Ai.uiiu
nntunj belong to tho judiolal department.
Besides, it is appavunt ihat tho attention ,
of Congress will bo moro than usually on-1
gaged for somo time to como with great '
national questions. It was intended by
nrnmtHliAw ..fit. ftM.v .? Plnt,nB
B ...... v ' . .
uv vigHULuiiuu ui ..iiu uvun vt vsiui-ue
mainly to romovo this branch of businosa
irom tuo nuns 01 tionarebs ; nut wuiio tbe
Court has proved to bo an effectivo and
valuable moans of investigation, it, in a
great dogroo, fails to effect tho object of its
croation for want of tho power to mako its
judgments final. Fully awaro of the deli-
caoy, not to say tho danger of tho subject,
I commend to your careful consideration
whether this power of making judgments
final may not properly bo given to the
Court; reserving tho right of appeal on
questions of law to the Supremo Court,
with such other provision? as experience
may have shown to bo necessary.
1 ask attention to tho roport of tho
1'ostmaftor Ucncral, the lollowing Being
i .... ... . .r.LA
a summary statement of tho condition o
mo x'epartuiuuL ; ina revcauo irom uu
sources during tho fisoal year ending Juno
8C1, including tho annual permanent
appropriation of 8700,000 for the trans-j
portation of frco mail matter, was 80,040,-1
290, 40, being almost two per cent. less
than tho revenue for 16G0. Tho cxpondt-
(turcswero $13,600,700 11. Showing a
decrease of more than 8 por cent, as oin-!
pared with those of tho previous year, and
Li nf
.111. 1
infri.nsn of four ner cent, nn llml nt IHR1. 1
making 48,083,000, to which should be'
added tho earnings of the Department in
carrying free matter, viz : 8700,000, ma-
king SO,3S3,000. I
The total expenditures for 1SG3 aro cs-
nrte nnrl nn nuurntrtritl tr . H fi f . tlin rnli.i.
iiuw, uu, v....,rw...j, .V..U ,
.....i . . i'
quisumeui. oi mat poriiou ui ii. wtuuu tied
within tho ftate of Virginia was unwiso
and dangerous. I submit for your eon-
sidcration the expediency of acquiring that
part of tho District and tho restoration of
the origional boundaries thereof, through
negotiation with tho State of Virginia,
The report of the Secretary of tho iu-
terior, with tho accompanying documents,
exhibits tho condition of the several bran-
chos of tho public
business pertaining to
that Depaitmeut.
iho ucprcseivo intluen-
whilo the interruption of the business of
the country, and the diversion of lares
nunbers ot men to military service havo
obbtructod settlements in tho new Statea
and territories ot tho rsorlhwest.
The receipts of the Patent Office have
aflt;,...,.l n tiion n.ni.iln uV.ni,f ainitnori
rendering a largo reduction of tho force
employed necessary to m:iko it nolf-jus-
taming
The demands upon the Pension offioo
aud comfort. The Secretary of the Into
tho Southern Suporintendeuoy and in that!
of New Mexico. Iho Indian country
south of Kansas is in the possession of tho
insurgents from Toias and Arkansas,
i Tho agents of tho United States Gov-
ernment appointed since the 4th of March,
for this supcrintendoncy, havo been enablo
to reach their coasts, whilo the most of
thoss who were in office boforo that timo,
have espoused the insurrectionary cause
and assumo.to exercise tho powors of agents
by virtue of commissions from tho insur
rectionists.
It has been stated in the public press
i trinf n nnrfinn nf tlinAft Tndiann liavfl bepn
organized as a military force and tro at -
tacbed to the army of tho insurgent,. Al -
though tho Government has no official in
lormatiou upon tins sudjcci, letters uavo
boeu written to the Commissioner of In-
uian Attairs by several prominent uuicis,
giving assurance of their loyalty to tho
United states and expressing a wish tor
tho presence of Federal troop3 to protect
them. I
It ia beliovet that upon the repossession
of tho country by tho Federal forces tho j
Indians will readily cease all hostile de
monstrations, nnd resume their former re-
lations to tho Government
1 Acrioulturc, confessedly tho largest in
tcrest of tho nation, has not a department
nor a bureau, but a cierKsniponiy assignea
to it in tho Government. Whilo it is for -
tunato that this creat interest is so indo-
bctweon Drivato individuals. I'hoin
pendent in its nature as to not havo de-, oxei at ,h,B assault upon Fort .Sumter,
4 cuui.ua iu .iun . and a genera review of what hes occurred
ruanded and extorted mora from tho Gov-, 8inc(J fM bfl unproruable.
ernment, I respectfully ask Congress to What was painlully uncertain then is
consider whether something more cannot1 much better defined and more diilinct now,
be given voluntarily with general advan-j and the progress of events is plainly in ihe
(ago light direction. Tho insurgents confidently
Annual reports, exhibiting the condition claimed ?l'",S support from North of Ma
of our agriculture', oom,uerc and maun- j $?5i
facturo, would present a fund of informa-1 lla, lnlt Ttli ho(Torer w'a's aoon BoitloJ
tion of groat practical valuo to tho country, definitely and on the tight sidi .
Whilo 1 mako no suggestion to details, 1 1 Soulh of lll0 ina noba iui0 Dilawato led
venluro tho opinion that an agricultural 1 otrrmlu from iho first. Maryland was mado
and statistical bureau misht profitably be
organizod,
The execution of tho laws for the sup
pression of tho African slave trade has
been confided to tho Department of the
Interior. It is a subjcot of cratulation
that tho efforts which have been made for
- ' 'he suppression nf il inhuium trQ hnve
I'tvi VBSsela beinff fitted out for Iho !lavo
rn.il.. i..u ti.iii k.ii..l ii... I
Two mates of vessels engaged in tho trade
and one person enguged in equipping a
slaver have been committed, and aubjestod
to tho penalty of fine nnd imprisonment j
and ono captain, taken with a cargo of
AfriMn. .... 1 1 1.!. 1 1 I
...... uuuuuiuuu..
luvuua uii uuaiU U1S VvilSVl, HliO Uei'U
convicted of tho highest grado of offence
unuer our laws, ttio punishment of which
is death,
The Territories of Colorado, Dakotah,
and Nevada, created by tho last Congress
havo been organized, and civil udminlstra-
tion has been inauguratod therein under
auBpioes especially gratifying, when it is
considered that tbe leaven of treason was
found existing in some of thec new ooun-
tries when the Federal officers arrived
there. Tho abundant maratime resources
of these territories, with the security and
protection afforded by an organized gov-
ernmcnt, will doubtless invito to them a
largo immigration whan peace shall restore
trie business ot mo country to us eccus-
. 1 inn,.nia
tomed etaanueH. l suomittno resolutions
01 iuu jjcgiBtubuiv ui uuwiauu. wmuu
evidence tho patriotic spirit of tho pcoplo
of tho territory.
So far tho authority of tho United Stalei
has been upheld in all the Territories, as
it is hoped it will bo in tho future. I
commend their intorcsts and defence to tho
enlightened and generous care of Congicss.
I recommend to the favorablo consider-
ation of Congross tho iutoiosts o( tbe Die..
trict of Columbia. Tho insurrection has
: cause of mucli suffering and sac
is Inhabitants, and as tliuv havo mi
entativein Congress, that lliey should
itlook their iust claims upon ihe Gav-
ornrnctlt.
Atyour late session, a joint resolution wae
adoptod, authorizing the I resident to tako
M .WntKf 'Z Unt"
led States aiilio KKhibilion of tho Industry
of all Njtcona. lo to holden at London, in
the vcur 1862.
1 regret to ny X hr.vo been ottaWa lo givo
personal attention to this suliject a subject
at onco to interesting in itsell, and to ex
teiiHvnly and intimately connected with tho
material pro-perity of iho world. Through tho
Secretaries ol State and of tho Interior, a plan
or system has been devised und partly ma
tured, and which will be laid beloro you.
Under and by virtus of the act ol Con
gress ontitlod "an actio conhscalo property
used for insurrectionary purposes," uiptov
ed August tith, IBOI, the legal claims of
certain persons lo tho labor and service of
certain other person have becomu forfeited
and numbers of the latter thus liborated, aro
already dependent on the United dilates, and
must bo provided for in somo way. Be
sides this, it i3 not impossible that somo of
the States will pass similar onactments for
thoirown benefit respectively, and by op
eration of which persons ul Iho same clatti
wilt be thrown upon thorn for disposal. In
such casei I recommend that Congress
provida for nccopllng such persons from
such States, according to some mode of val
uatioti in lieu pio tanlu of direct taxes, or
upon some other plan to bo agreed upon,
with such Slates respectively that such per
rons or such accoptences by tho Gonoral.
Government bo at onco doomed froo, and
lhat, in any ovont, stops ba taken tor colon
izing both classes (or tho ono first rnoution
cd , ii the other shall not bo brought into ex
ielonco,) al some pl.ico or places in a cli
mate congenial lo them It might bo woll
lo consider, too( whuilior thn tree colcruiJ
peoplo ulroadv m 'ho Uuilud Slated, could
nut so far a inditiiluala may cloiiiu, bo in
cluded in such colouration
To carry out thu plan of colonization may
involo the euquiriug ol tcintoiy, and, also,
thu apprcpriaiion oi money boyund that l
bo expended in tlio lorritonj' acquisition. -Having
practiced tho acquiciliim ol territory
for nearly ti.my y ears, tho question of tho
constitutional 'ovor to do so is no lotigur
an opon one with us The pjwur was
questioned a, lust by Mr Jr.rri.r.o!, who,
howevur, in the purchase ol Louisiana,
yielded lib scrupluj on tho plo.i ul great
uipedioncy.
If it be said that tho only legitimate effect
of acquiring territory is to turnis'j home
for whilo men, ihis moasuro uffoctB that ob
ject, for the emigration oi colored men
leaves additional room (or white men re
maining or coming tore Mr. Juircuaoti,
however, placed tbe importanco of procu
ring Louisiana moro on political and com
mercial grounds tluuuti providing room loi
population.
On his whole proposition, including tho
appropriation ol money with tho acquiai
tion of territory, doer, not tho expediency
amount to absolute necessity, thai without
which Iho Govoriimeni ilsull cannot be por
pelualed if the war continues1
in considering tt:o policy to Do adopted
for suppressing the insurrection, I havo
boon anxious and careful that the inovitablo
conflict for this purposo shall not degener
ate into a vio'ent and remorseless revolu
tionary strucgla. 1 have thcrolore, in orery
caso thought it proper to keep tho integrity
or tho Union prominent, as tho primary ob
ject of the contoBi on our part, loav;ng all
questions which are not of vital military
importance lo the more deliberate action ot
the Legislature.
In thu exercise of rny best discretion !
have adhered to tho blockade of the poito
held by the insurgents, instead of putting
in lofce, by proclamation, the law of Con-
gross enacted at the lato session lor closing
tlinsn norta. fin.atao.obavinr? Iho ilictatn.i nf
' prudence as well as tho obligations of law,
' niead ot iranscending, 1 havo adhered to
ucd for insurrectionary purposes. If a
new aw Up0I1 iUu 8!lI,o subject shall bo
proposed its propriety will bo duly consid-
ered,
Tho Union must bo nroson ed, and lionco
all indispensable means mut be employed
Wo should not bo in hasto lo dolermine
that radical and extreme measure, which
may roach the loyal as well as the disloyal,
are indispensable
The inaugural adJress at Iho beginning
of ihe Administration, and the mexsage lo
Congress ul the late special eeesicn, wore
both mainly devoted to the domestic con
troversy out of which tho insurrection and
more occurs to add or subtract toor from tho
consequent war nave sprung, fiothuig
principle or general purposes slatod ami
j expressed in that document. The last ny
ot hope lor preserving tho Union peaceably
to seem auaiust ihe Uniou. Out aoldiem
wcro assaulted, bridges were burned aim
railroads torn up within liar limits, and wc
were many days at ono lime without ib
ability lo bring a einglo regiment over he
soil to Ihe capital. Now her bridges and
railroads ate repared and open lo the Oov
meul Sho already civea sovcu rtgimnit
l" Miu i-RHt-r t'f 'he I lit"" mil none