vessels are returning to the United States, and 'bur are used ns sten:ships, leaving the actual cruising force thirty-five vessels, ear• rying three hundred and fifty-six gtOts, The total number of vessels in the nal , is two hundred and six, mounting seventeen hun dred and forty three guns. Eighty-one ves sels of every dextiption aro in use, armed with six hawked and ninety-six guns. Tim number of enlisted men in :the service, in cluding apprentice:4, lute Vett reduced to eight thousand five bemired. Ati increase of navy yard facilities is recommended- as a measure which will, in the event of war, ho productive of economy and security. A more thorough and systewatie survey of the North Nellie Ocean is ads ised in view of recent acquisitions, of our expanding com merce, and the increasing intercourse be. tween (hi Pacific states and Asia. The naval pension fluid, which enniabi of moie ty of avails of prizes captured during the war, amounts to t 14,094),(00. Exception is taken to the act of 211 July last, which re duces the interest on the fund loaned to the Government by the Secretary, as trustee, to three per cent. instead of six per cent., which was originally atiptdated when the in. vestment was made. An atuentiment or the pension laws is suggested to remedy emis sions and delitets in existing enataments.— The expenditures of' the Department dur ing the last fiscal year were and the estimates fur the coming year a• mount to $20,993,11 , 1. ' The Postmaster General's report furnish. es a full and clear exhibit of the operations and condition of the postal service. The ordinary postal revenue for the fiseal year ending June 30, ISCO, Red the total expenditures, embracing all the service fur which martini appropriations have been made by Congress, amounted to $22,130,352; showing an excess of expen ditures of ! 6,437,491. Deducting front the expenditures the sum of $1,896,525, the amount of appropriations, for ocean steam ship and other special service, the excess of expenditures was i 5,541,46- By using the unexpended balance in the Treasury of $3,- 8.00,000, the actual earn for which a special appropriation is required to meet the defi ciency is $711,460. The causes which pro duced this large excess of expenditure over revenues were the restoration of service in the late insurgent States, and the putting in operation of new service established by acts of Congress, which amounted within the hit two years and a half' t, about ki,700 miles—equal to tame than one-third of the whole amount of the service at the close of the war. New postal conventions with ("treat Britain, North Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland rind Italy , re spectively, have been carried into effect.-- Under their provisions important improve. ments have resulted in reduced rates of in ternational postage, awl enlarged mail fa cilities with Europese countries. Tho cost of the United States otrans•Atklntie ocean mail service since January 1, IS6B, has been largely lessened under the operation of these new conventions, a reduction of over one-balf having been effected under the now arrangements fur ocean mail steamship service, which wont into effect en that date. The attention of Congress is invited to the practical suggestions and recommendations male in his report by the Postmaster Gen. cml, The President reviews the foreign aft'Airo or the nation, which are shown to be in a satisfactory condition. But slight taention Is made of the Alabamt ch infix and of the negotiations pending in EnghitsdiWith re gant to the rights of naturdized citizens. The proreut condition or thu,e questions, they being the subject of pendia4 e0n.4.1. r ation between our Minister and the British authorities, furtthhes pod mason for this Teeming omission. The Pre Went conclude., his message as follows ! renew the rocemendat ion contained, i n my communication to Congress dated the 18th July last— a copy of 011011 af.OUJ I led this fuen'age...'olllt. OR; j uJgmcnt ..)1 . the people should be taken en the :propridy ao amending the Federal CUil`titUi jOil that it obeli provide— Ist. For an election of President and Vivaresident by a di:cot vote of the peo pie, instead of through the B,:oney of ukt , tors, and making them in=vligil3le for re-clee Lion to a second term. 2d. For a dibtinct (I,;:ignation of the person who Alan dh.eharloe the dutic, o f President, in the event of a 'waney in that office by the death. ret.ignatht, or remove al of both the Pre,idet.t and Vice Prod dent. 3t.1. For the elcetien of Senator; of the United States directly by the people of ti e several Status, instead of by the Legisla tures; and. 4th. Fur the limitation to a period of years of the terms of Federal judges. Profoundly impressed with the propriety of making these important modifications in the Constitution, i respectfully submit them for the early and mature consideration of Congress. We should as for as possible re. move all pretext for violations of the organ ie law, by remedying such imperfections us time and experience may develop, ever re membering that "The Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an ex plicit anti authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all•" In the performance of a duty imposed upon mo by the Constitution I have thus communicated to Congress information .of the state of the Union, and recommended lin their consideration such measures as have seemed to me necessary awl espedi , cnt. If carried into effect they will hasten the accomplishment of the groat and bent). Went purposes for !Welt the Constitution was ordained, and which it comprehensive -17 states WON "to forma more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defeneo promote the general weltbre, and secure the blessings of lilJorty, to ourselves and our posterity." In constosare, vested all leg islative powers, and Upon theta devolves the responsibility us well for framing un wiseeeittl executives laws, as for neglecting or our respective tenni, or Berrie°, ttow rap. idly drewintiie r , an all wipe Provi dose will ID g ,e tier oeum.oltt as to strengthen its prtiOrve the Federal 1 T inipire reverence 14 the Constitution, ree, ore prosperity anti happinesi to our whole people, awl promote "on worth potion, soca. will toward won." AN Dit PM JOHNSON. WAdItINUTOI4, 1100. 9, I SGS. fiaomobtag proftrat. 11. 11,,MCODY, Editor. EDXESDA Y... DEC. In, - !Nis. COO 1.., The Rem&Ueda of last wok . starts its leading editorial article with the following sentence : "It is a fund uncle:ll eh:tractor istic of a republioan government that the people rule." And thou, its answer to its own question, "how do they rule," replies, "All their power is °sane I through the bal lot box." Now, en's it. be possible that ts paper belonging to a party which advocat es biii.ll doctrines as have been impounded, tied such ti hue of policy as has been par sued, in and out of Congress, by that party, can have the cool presumption to tell its readers, in set and solemn phrase, that the people rule I IVere it not that we ,all have become strangely accustomed to suelt stela- Geation, our more tines special wonder would be excited, and well founded doubts might be established as to the nteutal mom loess of the propounders of these obviously illogical prapositions. What, tell us that the people rule, when in eleven of' the States ol' this (!leaven save the mark !) the great bulk of the white people are relived the ballot, and when in three of these States the people`, both white And black, were au re cently denied the privilege of holding an election at all? When civil rule, which means the rule of the people, is taken away, or virtually so, and placed in the hands of dicers of the army, whose trade is war, and who know no law but the law of subjection? When the ancient constitutional preroga tives of the President, who is the direct representative of the whole people, are taken from him mid lodged with the wry power Odd' thus dispoils hire of his and the peoples rights? "The psopfe. rule," forFoothl In the name of reason, spore us this soleum non sense. Tell us auythiug but this. The proposition is so utterly devoid of data that there is absolutely nothing tft whieh to level an arguMent. What shall Sou de with the Man who insists that white is black, or that the moon is made of green cheese? You way contradict him, but he repeats the as sertion anti laughs at your logic. Were it nut that we believe such teachings to be prompted snore by the cunning of the knave titan the instincts of the fuel, we would sug gest the expediency ot'a political mad house. We cannot, however, but believe that the istvle know better, and situp!: tolerate such owl ltke, ineuhet ent th; that they ferns no part of the general political esti mate, and that in due time these wide-eyed &lemons will be laughed at by the mass, as they stew are by the thinking few of all par- The Vret coition of Uri me The carnival of blood still continues throughout our country, and the daily pa pers are tilled with accounts of murders, some of them p.vo:tio : !, in the highest clu. tree. ;tie. h smaller crimes as outrage, rob• bevy, arson, forgery and embezzlement, have become so fashionable that they are looked upon rather as good jukes than ohm-m, and the person who tnaaa make his cope after a i11t.C..1 hd ptrii. , rmanee in any of the above nacsl plea-ant arts, 1.4 looked 11!'nn, in too luny instances, as a very ekver epr, rat highly deserving of applause. Frequently en attempt is even made to throw the We of rouninee around the crime of murder, and the :ninh,,t is too often suoco..ful. Whila such au unhealthy state of public sentiment prevails, crime will outline to increase. Thu most stringent laws cannot do as much towards the suppression of crime as the potent roice of popular opinion. Let it once be thoroughly understood that a murdeter shall be punished, and that a thief shall he despised as a thief alt mild be, whether the criminal is worth one hundred thousand dollars or only one hundred cents, and the number of criminals will be greatly le nods That mime is so prevalent is partly the fault of our people themselves. Let them resolve that the thict' who rubs the government of thousands of dollars shall be punished and outlawed the same as thu pour man who steals a loaf of bread, and that no maudlin awitiment make a hero of a murderer, and there will be fewer thieves and murderers, lighter tufts l'or the eople, acid tame peace and tea) , for orderly and well-disposed citizens. Tr tketliCF, from the report of the Secre tary of the Interior, that the mune of but one Revolutionary soldier remains upon the pension rolls, Soon the last survivor of the beroio at* Which twhieved our indepen dence will have passed away. But, it also uproars that SSB widoWeid . Revolutionary soldiers still survive. The mothers of the Revolution were evidently younger than thu t g • else they live longer. Probably Court Proceeding*. The following le a arrpais of the Court preecodiaga whiet tr*pireteittewthe Jum ble of the latzt DEtrllidT: p to; Co re, Kilo a liartnian, Suporvillora of Hugerloaf tewriship. indictment—lie. fusing to oponyublie road. True bill. Vet. diet, 'guilty.' Dotimdentr4 entered into re cognizance of $2OO each for appearance at next session. Coin. vs. Martin Welsh. Indictment,- As.,ault and Battery. Bill ignored. Pros eoutor to pay thu oostt's • Cow. vs. Conrad Poland, IndietthOni 4 . Selling Liquor without license. Bill ignor ed. Prosecutor to pay the costs. emu. VS. Jobi) Siglinggcr, 111(114A111Uni Selling Liquor on Sur.day, Hill ignored. Prosecutor to Niv the Noe. 'COM. WI. W. 11. Itoittbaid. Indictment -4tcoeiving taxes not assessed. Bill ignor ed. :Prosecutor to pay the costs. Cont. vs. II tooplire.y Parker. indictment -.yelling Liquor without license. True bill. Verdiet, "guilty." Sentence, pay lino of ten dollars and costs of prosecution. COlll. vs. Harvey Parker. ludioitiont Selling Liquor without liectiso. True bill. Sentence, pay a tine of ten dollars and costs of prostitution. Con. vs. John McNinch. Indict nictit— Removing landlord. True bill. :Volk pro mpt; entered by leave of Court on the or went of cow. Cont. vs. John Brehenv. Indictment "PerJurY." True bill. Verdict, "not guil ty: Defendant pay costs. Coin. vit. James Kelley. Indictment Assault and Battery. True bill. Verdict, "guilty." Sentence, pay a fine offilly del. undergo an imprisonment of three months, an pay oasts of prosecution. Com. vs. henry .:111e. Indictment —01 ) . struming ancient public highway. True bill. Canso tried., Jury report that they could not. agree. Jury discharged by the Court. Defendant and bail enter into cognizance for appearance at next sessions. Coln. vs. Thomas Donahoe, John Duffey and Michael Prior. Indictment —" blur t/Ir." Trite bill. This trial its pestpotted until Pebrunry term. Con. vs. David I'. Thomas. Indictment —"A.n.nult, with intent to commit ntpu." True bill. Verdict, "nut guilty." County to pay the costs. Coca. vs: Joseph Vansickle: Indictment —"Jatrecny." free bill. Verdict, "not guilty." Coin. vs. John Mussleman and Joseph Pauvy. 'lndictment—"Larceny and meow ing stolen goods." Truo lall. Verdict, "guilty." Sentence, pay a fine of filly 4101- lars each, undergo an imprisonment of six i 0„ ) ,,b,,, p a y . the rusts of prosecution, and stand committed until the sentence is com plied with. Coin. vs. Napoleon Satnp ' el. Indictment —••Lareeny." True bill. Verdict, "net gui:ty." Coin. vs. Mathias J. Shaffer. went —"Compounding &holy." True bill. Verdict, "not guilty." Prosecutor, J. D. Bice, pay the eons. The f 'nitwit% is the Report of the Crawl Jury, as handed to the Court : The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of l'enusylvania, iuquiring for the body of the County of Columbia, upon their oath. told solemn affirmations respectfully do present, that Mordecai affirmation', Sheriff of Columbia county, stated to the Grand Jury, that ,lie irons for theinviter securing of prisoners in the County Jail were insufficient and that without seine action he tams by the proper authorities for procuring hand cuffs anti hobbles. at least in the present l51:41 of prisoners in his charge in County Jail, prisoners would out be secure. We thercrore 'recommend that the necessary hand cuffs and hobbleti be immediately pro cured. We f urther recommend that a guard of three (or as many wore) men armed as the Sheriff deems netlesssary, are appointed to setsiNt the Sheriff in safely SOCUrilijr, prisoners now in County Jail. All of which is re xpectively submitted. WILLIAM LA mos.. Muolubburg, Dcc. 9, ISGs. Youumo Splinters. _George Francis Train, who lino been in prison in Ireland, has been set at liberty. —Some one calls the loungers before church floors, "The Devil's Brigade." ...A eorresprot lent..of the Clarion Demo crat suggests \V, Jenks as a suitable can didate ter Gerion ...The popular vote in Hovland on Mr. Gladstone's was for, and 79P,175 avoin , !. ...A e ,, tlvrtnion of the editors of central Penthylvat.la is to meet at Bellefonte on the Bth of January. .The next style of bonnet is to be a bead and two inches of ribbon, festened with a hairpin. ...llntiertnilit is said to be good for the gout. It is also g o od for ho,ba, whi c h is about the same thing. ...Increase of the national debt dining the month of NoVi'Mber, "Let us have peace !" ...They have two feet of snow in Wit t, and three foot in some portions of t 4 ehuyikill county. ...S. B. Chao is the G. W. (' T. (what ever that may be), of the 60041 Tetnlrlars of this State. 1. B. Slno.liff, Dem.. AS I T4 re-elected Moony of Ite‘t 1' 0, on Monday last, by 1.1.. rt iueSor:ty over :awe:. liiiaball, lkitublkau. —The peyniout.i t