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or For I',orms of Satoteription and AdTertlilng mg
Pot pop.
Ws sirs the gratifying assurance from
Washington that the President's\Mossage
is received with satisfaction by most of
the Republican leaders in that city. The
Republican press throughout the North is
almost a unit also in its praise. In
the good old times when Democracy
natant devotion to principle, a simple en
dorsement of this kind of any proposition
would hive been sufficient evidence of its
anti-Democratic character.
Soma or our Democratic. cotemporaries
are publishing a Thanksgiving sermon de
livered by Rev. John Chambers, of Phila
delphia, in which he adopts and preaches
the Democratic view of politics. With
due respect to Mr. C., whom we warmly
epteem as a man and minister, we must
frankly say that we can no more endorse
his course in preaching a Democratic ha
rangue than •if it had been a Abolition
one. We insist upon it that the pulpit is
no place for politics of any sort—that no
tker voice than that of Christian charity
should be heard from within its sacred
limits—and we will sustain no man, be he
friend or foe, who prostitutes his holy call
ing to the malignant purposes of parti
zanship. There is a time and place for all
things—the bar for legal disputes, the
huatings for politics, the studio for art,
and the church for religion.
NW. BEFCHANAN's VINDICATION.
We trust none of our readers will fail
to peruse the extracts fmm Mr Buchan
an's book, the second of which we publish
this week. The points on which they
treat are some of; the leading ones upon
which the charges of the Abolitionists
against the Democratic party have been
based. and the . thorough manner in which
a
these charges re refuted will pluck from
our political toes not a few of their chief
sources of attack in future. The failure
to sternly grapple with the rebellion at
the outset, and check it in its very incep
tion, Mr. Buchanan clearly shows was at
tribu.table to the Republican majolity in
Congress, and not, as the Opposition false
ly claim, to the want of patriltism and
efficiency of his administration. We sug
gest to those of our friends who do net
feel themselves able to purchase the ex.
President's book, that they carefully file
away the copies of the OBSERVER con
taining these extracts. They contain fact
that will be of great value in future cam
paigns.
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Among the many surprising events of
the times, the most wonderful is the effect
of the President's essage upon our vi
vaoioua and brilliant cotemporary. the
Pittsburgh Post. Although for the life of
us we can see no enoouragement for Dem
crate in the document, our cotemporary
professes to be delighted with it much be
yond Its expectations. It is more than
charmed; it ie in ecstacies. In a fulsome
half column editorial, it gives vent to its
raptures in a style of eloquence that puts
to blush all previous efforts of the sort.—
Read the following as a sample:
"• We rise from the perusal of this mes
sage almost overcome with emotions of
thankfulness to God, that between our
defeated section and the howling passions
of a Radical Congress, there is interposed
the granite will of Andrew Johnson."
" Altnoit overcome with thankfulness
to God." is good. It is a gratification be
yond expression to know that the writer
was not entirely "overcome,' and that he
"still lives" to bless the land with his
wisdom, and astonish it by his eloquence.
Continuing in the same lofty strain, the
Pod writer exclaims :
" Against the noble, Heaven-inspired,
resolute patriotism which this man exhib
its; the storm of sectional rage and Jaco
bin passions beats as idly as the waves
against some lofty cliff, which nature has
reared to check the fury of the sea." '
Shades of Demosthenes, Cicero, Patrick
Henry and Webster retire, and forever af
ter hold your peace 1 What need of as
serting your petty claims, when genius
like this exists in the land, and sheds its
rays through the columns of - the Pitts
burgh Post, for the admiration of the pres
ent generation, and the benefit of millions
yet unborn ?
Seriously, is it not a shame to see pro
fessed Democratic papers thus cringing
and toadying to "the powers that be."—
It would be bad enough in the case of
a friendly Administration, but when,' as
now, the man thus eulogized has proven
by his every official act that he is unwor
thy the confidence of Democrats, it is su
premely and inexpressibly disgusting..
We do not know what favor the editor
of the Post may be seeking at Mr. John
son's hands, but whatever it may be, we
hope he will go up and ask for it like a
man, and not crawl along on his belly in
this pitiful style any more.
AT IRS annual meeting of the "Baptists
Of. New Jersey," recently held, the follow
ing resolution, among othere,was adopted :
Resolved,. That as nothing is settled
until it is settled rightly, we recommend
that prayer and vigilance and effort do
not cease until treason and traitors be
rendered so odious and ao impotent as to
sink Into everlasting obscurity and igno
miny, and until equality before the law
be secured to all, both white and black,
who may claim to be American citizens.
comm. ON THI ABOVA, !ROM CHRIST'S SSA
NON ON rill YOUNT
"Ye have heard that it huh been a , id,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate
thine enemy.
"Bat I say unto you, Lore your ene•
miss, bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you, and persecute
you."—&. Matthew, V, 43 and 44.
t iikakVistirftimf.
The Republican majority in Congress,
hacked up, we are compelled to acknowl
edge by the mass of their party followers,
insist that no State connected with the
late rebellion shall be restored to its lull
constitutional relations with the General
Government unless the right to vote be
conferred upon all its male inhabitants,
without respect to color. They deny and
repudiate the right of secession, but at
the same time they act upon an assump
tion of power which impo'ies that secession
did accomplish its work. They in one
breath declare that the States were never
out of the Union, and denounce as trai
tors all.who even hint inch an idea, and
the next moment they announce that the
States shall not be re-admitted into the
Union unless they agree to any terms
that may be proposed by Congress.
On these positicns a few—though a
very few—of their own leading men take
ground against them. One of these is
Gov. Morton, of Indiana. who in his mes
sage to the Legislature at its spegial ses
sion, thus discusses the question :
The subject of suflrngo is, by the na
tional Constitution, expressly referred to
the determination of the several States,
and it cannot be taken from them without.
a violation of the letter and spirit of that
instrument. But without stopping to dis
cuss theories or questions of conitituticelal
law, and leaving them out of view, it
would, in my opinion, be unwise to make
the work of reconstruction depend upon
a condition of such doubtful utility as
negro suffrage. It is a fact so manifest
that it should not be called in question
by any, that a people 'who are just emerg
ing from the barbarism of slavery are not
qualified to become a part of our political
system, and take part, not only in the
government of themselves and their neigh
bors, but of the whole United States. SO
far from believing that negro suffrage is a
remedy for all of our national ills, I doubt
whether it is a remedy for any, and rather
believe that its enforcement by Congress
would be more likely to subject the negro
to a merciless persecution than to confer
upon him any substantial benefit. By
some it is thought that suffrage is already
cheap enough in this country; and the
immediate' transfer of more than a hall
million of men from the bonds of slavery,
with all the ignorance and degradation
upon them which the slavery of genera
tions upon'Southern fields has nrodue,..d,
would be a declaration to the world that
the exercise of American Suffrage involves
no intellectual or moral qualifications,
and that there is nodifference between
an American freemen and an American
slave which may not be removed by a mere
act of Congress.
Tbis is sound reasoning. The radicals
cannot in ju3tice and fairness stop with
the bestowal of the elective franchise upon
the negro. Why are not the Indians in
the several States embraced in the radical
protectorate and entitled to the full bene
fit of the principles upon which it rests ?
If their position be tenable it will cover
the red man as well as the black, and thus
still further degrade the grew fundamen
tal principle of a free government. But
without pausing to argue the position upon
which Gov. Morton rests his objection to
the radical programme, the fact that every
Northern State, in which the question of
negro suffrage has been fairly and openly
submitted to the people. has pronounced
againi-t it by decided majorities, should be
conclusive as to the right and fairness of
forcing the matter upon the Southern
States as a condition of fuil reorganization
'rler the Federal compact. If the negro
in the Nov i!wn State ,, , after more than
half a century of freedom, is not fit for
citizenship, will it be contended that the
millions of ignorant blacks of the South
are ready at once to assume all the res
nonsibilities of freedrafit under our politi•
cal system ? If not, then why should the
interests of white men North and South,
he prejudiced, and the reorganization of
the States interrupted by the agitation of
this question? It is merely a trick of the
radicals to keep up excitement and retain
octlitical power, and as such should be re
pudiated by every patriot in the land.
TIIA D. Ml EV ENS.
The acknowledged position of this in
dividual as the leader of the Republican
majority in the House of Representatives,
reminds the Lancaster Intellgencer of an
incident in his early political history,
which gives a complete clue to the char
acter of the man. In 183 S, it says, at the
capital of Pennsylvania, he whipped his
party followers into the wicked measure
of attempting to set aside the elections by
the people, and foist upon the Common.
wealth a minority Legislature: There were
V - ,ree honest members of the same party
with Mr. Stevens who refused to carry out
these treasonable practices.namely,Messrs.
Butler and Sturdevant, of Luzerne coun
ty, and Montelius, of Union county. The
latter testified before the committee of
investigation that he told Mr. Stevens
hie "conscience would not permit him to
sanction these corrupt proceedings."—
" Conscience, indeed," said Mr. Stevens,
"throw corisience to the devil, and stand
by yourparty." When the Congressional
authorities at Washington follow such a
leader, we may well exclaim, " God save
the Commonwealth !"
MUICIDIC OF OFFICE- lIOLDERM.
Since the suicide of A. P. Stone and
Preston King, both Republican officials of
prominence, it seetnsito be getting popu
lar among office holders and office seekers
of that class of politics to pat an end to
their troubles by sudden death. Mr Bos
ton, Treasury agent at Cairo, last week,
committed suicide by cutting his throat.
A Mr. Dennison, who was a candidate for
doorkeeper& the House of Representa
tives, was so disappointe3 at his failure
that his reason gave way and he sought
the "sleep of death," by taking opium,_.
His friends discovered his condition in
time to save his life, but he subsequently
made an attempt to hang himself. The
handkerchief breaking he was only tem
porarily strangled, and will live to seek
after other offices. Our readers can make
their own comments.
A RADICAL'S OPINION OP NATURALIZED
Omer:B.—The Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er, one of the most influential members of
the Republican party, lately in alltriing,
from his pulpit,, to our adopted clams,
said: "I believe that the four millions of
Africans now here s could he better trusted
with the ballot than the Irishmen and the
foreigners that swarm here from the old
countries." If the Republicans could
manage to carry out their entire and true
policy, there is no doubt that a large por.
tion of our naturaliz!d citizens, in com•
mon with the Southern people, would be
denied privileges that would be granted
to the negroes. '
Among the important bills and resolu•
EMEZ
tions introduced into the two Houses of
Concreas on Monday, those concerning
Mexico, and proposing further almond-
aunts to tbo c'onst►tution of the
United Stateg, will attract the special at
tention of the country. As regards Mex
ico, concurrent resolutions were moved in
the Senate by Mr. Wade,and in the House
by sir. Schenck, Strongly re-asserting the
Monroe doctrine, and requPating the Pres
ident to take such steps concerning the
matter, as will indicate the reoogniaed.pol
icy and protect the honor and interests of
out Government. Both Houses also re
quested the President to cotomunicate
to them all information in possession of
the Government concerning the present
condition of affairs in Mexico.
Of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution, several aim at the establish
ment of equal civil rights for all men,
without distinction of color. Another,
which expresses the sentiments of nearly
all the Republican Conventions held in
1865, , demands that the representatives in
the lower House be based upon the quali
fied number of voters iu each State. Oth
ers forbid the assumption or payment of
the rebel debt, and the repudiation of any
part of the National debt. Interesting
and exciting debates may be expected on
all these subjects.
On motion of - Mr. Wentworth, a bill was
introduced to prevent the spreading of the
R inderpest in the United States. - (For the
benefit of such of our renders as are not
acquainted with scientific terms, we will
state that the Rinderpest means the foreign
cattle disease.)
A resolution offered by Mr. Niblack,
granting the Representatives from States
lately in rebellion the privileges of the
floor of the House, pending the question
as to their admission, was lost, the House
refusing to suspend the rules for its recep
tion by Yeas, 40 ; Nays, 111.
LIBERALITY AT THE PUBLIC EXPEN+R
The Governor of the State of Pennsyl
vania reached Philadelphia yesterday. and
at one o'clock in the afternoon departed
for New York. for the purpose of taking
the steamer which leaves that port to-day
for the Wand of Cuba. He was accompa
nied by Mrs. Curtin. and 'other members
of his family, and by Dr Philips. Surgeon-
General of the State President Johnson.
hearing of the contemplated voyage of
the Governor, placed the revenue-cutter
McCulloch at his disposal. That fine ves
sel will reach here this evening. and be
subject to the orders of Governor Curtin.
This appropriate compliment to the effi
cien t Chief Magistrate of our great Com
monwealth is in keeping with the char
acter of President Johnson, and a grace
ful recognition of the persevering devo
tion of an upright public servant who has
lost both time and health in serving his
country in her hour of peril'.
The above extrdct is from the editorial
columns of the Philadelphia Press (For
ney's paper) of a recent issue. We sin
cerely hope this is the last incident of the
kind we shall again hear of. Tile fashion
of public officials enjoying themselves at
the people's expense is one that has grown
up . exclusively since the advent of the
Republican party to power, and should
not be tolerated. We would respectfully
inquire of the New York Wald and Pitts
burgh Pose if Mr. Johnson's conduct= in
the case of Gov. Curtin is to be accepted
fy another instance of his Democratic ten
dencies ?
SA3IIIO IN THE FRONT.
From present indications Sambn is to
have even more than ordinary prominence
in the proceedings of Congress. , A stran
ger reading the report of the doings at
Washington would suppose there was but
one topic for legislation in this country.
and that—the inevitable contraband. On
one day last week, Mr. B,ynton, the new
Chaplain, draceed him into his" opening
prayer. Mr. Eliot desired the appoint
in.ent of a committee of nine to consider
that portion of the Prssident's Message
which relates to "" freedmen ;" Mr. Bing
ham offered a series of amendments to
the Constitution looking directly towards
" negro equality ;" Mr. Garfield proposed
that the Hall of Representatives should
be given for a meeting of the Freedtnens'
Aid Society on the 13th of .January next ;
and Mr. Farnsworth submitted a resolu
tion declaring that all "colored soldiers
should enjoy all the rights of citizenship."
That, certainly, was quite enough for one
day of "the American citizen of African
descent."
CONSERVATIVE. " REPUBLICANS. - We
might write an article under this heading
after the model furnished by the famous
savant who, in a book on Ireland, inverted
a formal chapter on snakes, consisting of
the single sentence. "There are no snakes
in Ireland." Since the Republican caucus
in Wazhington we may conclude the re are
no conservatives in the. Republican party.
The unanimity of their surrender to Thad.
Stevens is a complete verification of our
predictions that the Radicals would con
trot the action of the party, aa , d a fitting
commentary on the professions made by
them iu the late canvass. If some of our
influential Republians will tell a curious
public how to reconcile the position of
their party in the canvass of October with
the present attitude of their mtmb era of
Congress, he will confer a favor on many
anxious minds.
Soma of
- the politicians at Washington,
the telegrams state, openly assert that the
Administration is going to make an eff•rt
to effect the complete defeat of the Ste
vens' resolution is Congress, and to pro
cure the admission of the Senators and
Members from Tennessee, which then is
to be used as an entering wedge and a
precedent in favor of the delegivions from
the other rebel States. It is asserted by
the same persons that the Administration
will use its patronage for that purpose,and
that some of the most important and de
sirable places in the country have been
left uafillml to be used in an emergency.
As such proceedings cannot be carried on
in sedret, it will soon become clear wheth
er there be any foundation in them or not,
but we predict that the Administration
will take no decided stand in opposition
to the radicals.
Tat statement is made by a correspond.
ent of the New York Taws that General
Grant, in his recent visit to Raleigh, N.
C., took occasion to remark that the ex
istence of parties of diffetrnt opinions is
necessary to a healthy condition of the
country, and that he always avoided, the
extremes of Copperheadism and Radical
ism. What will the people who have been
bellowing for the last five years that there
should be but 040 party, say to this?
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The New York Day Book, replying to n
corresponder t at Warren, Pa., stratus
that Chief Justice Taney never made we
of the expression which is often quoted
to' hia discredit, that "a black man has
no rights which a white man is bound to
respect." What Judge T:ney did say,
when delivering the opinion gf the court
in the Dred Scott decision, was this :
" The question before us is, whether the
class of 'persons described in the plea of
abatement compose a portion of this pee
ple..and are constituted members of this
sovereignty ? We think they are not, and
that they are not ircluded, and were not
intended to be included under the word
' citizen' in the Constitution and can
therefore claim none of the rights and
privileges which that instrument provided
for and secures to citivns of the United
States. On the contrary, they were at
that time considered as a subordinate and
inferior class of beings, who had been sub
jugated by the dominant race, and wheth
er emancipated or not, rear:At:el subject
to their authority, and had no rights or
privileges but such as those who held the
power and the government might chomp
to grant theta."
JOSHUA HILL, the veteran Unionist of
Georgia, when he was at, Wasbiogton re
cently, is reported to have stated as an
important fact in the history of secession
in his State, that the Union men of the
Georgia State Convention held the State
from the vortex of secession until Ur.
.Toombs came into the capitol with the N.
Y. Tribune in his hand, triumphantly read
ing an editorial declaring that the South
ern States bad a right to secede, and that
the Federal Government had no right tp
bold them. "That," said ill.. Hill, "over•
threw us, and the State was rushed out of
the Union."
Tux official returns of the last election
demonstrate that we have it within our
power to carry Pennsylvania whenever
the full Democratic rote is polled. Let
every Democrat resolve that be will do his
whole duty in the important campaign o(
next fall. With an open campaign, and
proper 01.gal:tuition; both of which we
shall have, we can certainly elect a Demo
cratic Governor and a majority of mem
bers of Congress. It must be done. It
can be done easily, it each man resolves to
do his whole duty.
The Department Reports.
'TUN 99999 UltY DIMAILTIKUNT
Mr. MeCulled' affirms the right of Congress
at all times to borrow money in such form as
may =be most convenient, but the right to
make its obligations a legal tender for' the
payment of all public and private debts can
only be sustained by the unwritten law, which
sanctions whatever acts may he committed by
the representatives of the people for the de
fence of the nation in time of extreme peril.
The emergency having passed away, the legal
tender clause should not be continued onemn
meat longer than may be essential to promote
the return to_ specie payments. It may not
he desirable to repeal the law immediately,
but as Congress could not have designed to
perpetuate in time of peace a measure that
was only intended as an emergency of ' war,
it is to the credit of the Government and the
interest of the people, to restore its oblige
Lions to their full specie value, and bring to
a conclusion the irredeemable paper money
which must reflect a certain discredit upon
the'Government so long as it is maintained
The Secretary opposes the arguments al -
winced in favor of making United States a
permanent currency, and states that a paper
circulation should be flexible, and accomme.,
date itself to the wants of trade, and, if turn
ished by the Government, it would he liable
to be influenced by the wants of the Treasury,
and the interests of political parties, rather
than by the necessities of the peop'e. Sem: .
tary McCulloch traces the relationship be
tween currency and pried., and deduces from
the financial panics of 1837 rind 1857, the
conclusion that an inflated circulation prddti
ces over.trading and prices, while a contract
ed circulation causes a reduction in prices of
commodities, and restores trade to a healthy
basis. In 1860. the paper circulation amounted
to $'207,102,000; at the present time it has
attained the startling proportiiins of $704,-
000,000. As this excessive circulation increas
es the costof living,and induces an unhealthy,
fe,erish state of business, the Secretary urges .
aa immediate and steady contraction. With
this view he recommends that Congress shall
declare that the compound interest notes shall
cease to be a legal 'tender from the dale of
their maturity ; and that the Secretary be au
therized to sell to.inds at not more than six
per cent. interest for the puriinse of retiring,
not only the compound notes, but also the
United States notes. The Secretary refutes
the assertion that the policy of contraction
will exercise an unfavorable influence on busi .
nip. He next urges the importance to
the nation of funding the national debt, which
amounted on the 31 it of Oct. last to a total,
including funds in the Treasury, of $2,868.-
519,437. lie estim ►te a s that the total indebt
edness will he increaser at the close of the
fiscal year, July 30th, 1860, to $1 000,010,000
The Secretary estimates that there will be a
deficiency of $112,194,947 at the close of the
fiscal year. The estimates for the year 1867
are : Receipts, $395,000,000 ; Expenditures,
$285 817,181 ; Surplus, $111,082 818
As a means for the payment of the princi
pal of the national debt, the Secretary rec
ommends the conversion of the present bonds
into securities, bearing interest at five and five
and a-half per cent., with a firm but equit.
able system of taxation to a pcint that will
produce income over expenditures of $200,_
000,000 per annum, which shall be applied to
the principal and interest of the natlensl
debt: The interest on $3,000,000,000 at 5
per cent. amounts to $150,000,000, leaving a
balance of $50,000,000 to go towards the Ray
meat of the principal during the first' year.—
As the amount of interest will decrease
with the successive payments of the
principal, it, is calculated that the entire debt
may be liquidated within a petkod of 30 years.
The Seer tary thinks 'this plan is entirely
practicable, and in accordance with the re
sources of the country, and recommends its
consideration by Congress. lie thinks that a
revision of the tax laws, and a reduction and
repeal of
. the tax on certai , u articles would
lighten many of its burdens and produce an
increase of revenue. The Reciprocity Treaty
is regarded as more favOrable to Canadian than
United States interests and its continuance is
not desirable.
THII RAZ DIPAITYINT
The longest of the department reports is
that of the Secret try of War. The military
appropriations by last
,Congress were $516,-
240,181; the estimates for the next year
amount to $88,814,461. On the first of May
there were 1,000,616 men in the army; of
Whom 800,000 have been anotired out, ond it
CIIIMIIKw,SvC,IIS.Z%
it proposed - 1e redaee theotrmy to 60,000. In
tiny of 18 , 11 the aggregate strength of our
armies was 9:0,710. Grant's campaign in
Virginia opened on tho 4th "of May, 1861, for
the details of which the Secretory refers to
Gen. Grant's rep trt. The campaigns in the
Shenandoah Valley and Shermates maroh to
the set, with the minor movements, tiro Gut•
lined, and our aggregate force in M Limit 'lest
is stated at 9t15,501. This force was increased
to upwards of one million. The first move
enent by Grant began on the h of March
rae'rernain ler of the grand st ,ry is briefly
told. Ten days' marching and !I:tilting finish
ed, the campaign. Itichmond,yelersburg, the
Army of Virginia and 'its commander were
captured. Jefferson Davis and his so oared
Conte lerafe governmeot were fugitives or
prisoners of war. Davis fled from Richmond
on the aft irnonn of Sunday, the 21 day of
April The national forces occupied Peters
burg and entered Richmond on Monday morn
ing. Lee's army was pursued until it roeched
Aprommatoi Ccurt House, where,en Sunday,
the 9th thy of April, it laid down its arms on
the terms prescribed by Gen. Grant. From
this period the histr.ry of the war is but an
enumeration of 'successive r.urrentlers by rebel
commanders. On the 26th 'ley of April Gen•
Johnston surrendered his command to \Nor
General Sherman. at Raleigh, North Carolina
Gen. Howell Cobb, with t welv • hundred
tia MO five Generals, surrendered to General
Wilson, at Mason, Georen; on the 20th oT
April. Gen. Dint Taylor, on the 14th of
, May, surrendered all the remaining rebel
forces east of the Missi•sippi to Gen. Canby.
On the 11th of May, Jeffer:on Davis disguised
and is flight, was captured at Irwinsville, Ga.
On the 26th of May Gen. Kirby Smith sur
rendered his entire command west of the
Mississippi, to Major General Canby. With
this surrender the organized rebel force die
appeared from the United States. The flag
of the United States was lowered at Fort Snm•
ter on the Iti'h of April, 18)l, by Nlnj-ir An
derßon, who long besieged by overwhelming
rebel tercet+. was compelled riih his small gar
rison to evacuate the works. On the anniver
eary of that day, four years later. the rebel
forces having been driven fr i ern Charleston.
the national blnnAr was plantel azain on Fort
Sumter, under the-orders of the President, by
the hands of Gen. Anderson, with appropri ite
military and naval ceremlnies and a commem
orative address delivered by the Rcv. Henry
Wrrd Beecher.
The aggregate quotas charged against the
several States, under all calls made by the
President of the United States, from the I:ith
day of April, 1861, to the 14th day of April,
1865, at which time drafting and recruiting
ceased, was 2 758,049 ; the aggregate number
of men cradlted on the several calls, and put
into service of the United States in the army
navy and marine corps during the above pe.
ri , d, was 2.636,563 ; leaving a deficiency on
all calls, when the war closed, rf 102 497
which would have been obtained in full, if
recruiting and drafting had not been discon
tinued.
The amount of commutation money received
from November Ist, 18E4, to November Ist.
ISGS, wav : On account of draft and subvtitute
fund, $317,110: on account of Rick and
wounded soldiers (from non combatants, un
der .ection IT. of the act of February 24
1884,) $340 98T ; total, $648.117. The teta
amount of "draft and substitute fund," re
ceived under the act approved March 3. 1863
is' 25 962 9'29; the total am( tint expecideci
$l6 887,135: balance returtini , g In treasury
to credit of this fund, $9,514,8 :3, There are
just clai no still isntstanding, which he've to
be met from this fund
The Seoretnry concludes thu. : Looking to
the causes that have ocean:pi:shed the national
deliverance, there seems no room henceforth
to doUbt the stability of the Federal Union.
These causes are pe,rmatzent,"anil must always
have an active exi.tence The majesty of na
tional power has been exhibited in the courage
and faith of our citizens, and the ignominy of
rebellion is witnessed by the hopeless end of
the great rebellion.
Secretary Welles rehearles in his report the
immensity of the task of organizing-the Navy,
and maintaining the blockade, and the opera
tions of our fleets toward the clove of the war.
In four years the navy added 203 (=learn) ves
sels and 43.900 men to its rolls. beside pur
chasing 418 vessels, of which 313 were steam
ers. which on sale have depreciated in value
$12,700,000. There are now five squadrons
of naii , •nal vessels—on the c ,a , r of Europe 7,
Brazil 10, Eat India 4. Pacific 11, IVelt In
dia $. At the highest p riod of efficiency of
the blockading squadrons, in January lavt,
there were 471 vessels, with 2.4,359 gun . Ot
prizes there have been captured of 3 1 kinds
1,151 vessels, of which 210 sere steamers;
rams and gunboats. 17; and 353 of all kinds
have been sunk or destroyed The estimated
value of thoso sunk and captured is over
$31,000.00). The amount of prizes condemned
up to tha Ist No•entiber is 21,829,.513 90, and
a number of important c see are still before
the courts. Nlostjof the whole has been Brit -
ish property. He concludes by stating that
the ntavY.ts in a ,state of excellent physical
and moral efficiency ; congratulates 0.4 coun
try, his subordinates and himself upon the
success of their past labors, and commends
the naval force to the cherishing care of the
Government as the best hope of our national
defense and glory.
Since the last annual report. 253 new banks
have been organized, mud 731 State banks
converted into National. Whole number of
National banks to Nov 1, is 1,601. of which
679 were new, and 92'2 oonversiott from State
institutions. Two National b.nks haver tiled.
The result of the conversion has been rather
to diminish than to increase the eirenl , tion.
National hank note• in circulation 03tober
were $1 71 321 903 ; State banks, S9S 867
57N.
Ths postal department ha.- been again more
than self-sustaining during the •fit•cel 3 car
en di rg „Line 30, 1865, the revenue being
$14.556,i58 70, and the exp•ntlitures $1:;
604.728 28, leaving a surplus of $861.430 42
The service h hen 8 per cer.t in re costly
and 17 per cevt. more productive than the
previous year. The aver.tee defici .ncy' for
the past 24 years has been $1.288 028 61 per
annum, which had to be met by sp, , eial op
propr.
lotion The estimates of the year 1866
and 1867 can template a deficiency of $1,207.
457, which is more than provided for in unex
pended appropri?tions.
Contractors and others from the rebellious
States have presented claims for n million
dollars, which are held for t lie action of Con
gress. The two great mill stones on the neck
of the post cdTice are the Franking Privilege
and the Overland Nlatl, (partly military).
which ttgether cost a net outlay of two mil
lions of dollars to be paid by the department.
It is a gratifying fact, illustrating the pro
press of education and social development of
our country. that the average receipts from
the North alone, during four years of war,
were $3.533 845. over the whole, and of the
pact year $6 08,01, greater than the rev
enues from the who'e Colon previous to the
rebellion.
During the past year 4 513,733 46 acres of
the public lipids have been granted to ♦arions
parties, and on the 30th September there were
still 132,285.035 acres etirveyed and untlin
pbeed of. For lands sold there has been re
ceived $784,427 25 an cxcees of ten per cent.
over the previous year. It is 6timated that
250.0,90 able bodied men aro mining upon the
public domain without paying anything for
the privilege. In view of the tax upon most
other pnreuita, it is supgected they be not
neglected. The number of pcncions adde4 to
the roll during the year wig 15 328, requiring
$1,220,785 00 annual payment. Allowed
during the yap' w.re 24,693, at as annual
=I
TIM CC ULTI:NCI" DEPARTMFICT
TIIC POST OFFICE DEPAUTMENT
TIIM INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
°barge of $2 574.179. Of naval pentiona
there wre 260 awar led. and $215 480 02 B B B
"
paid, which ie amply !.rovided f-r the in.
vestment of the government share of the prize
money. • The inerent.ing nur4er of petition—
(re demands a largely irerea , etl appropria—
tion. There aro within our boundaries about
350 000 Indiana. moat of w,i, to 'have been
arnicahle, an I a co.: loyal and pro,T7e.oive
Some, however, have hero incited by rebels
and resentment to wigs wtr agtin•t the
Government. and in the Territcriea. h.y the
colliaiona 'with the white race have kept up
predatory warfare, which we have Pent troupe
to puppresa. More money it aelatl for the
completion of the Capitn'. The inhalitnt to
of the fristriet f Washington ohm want the
Government to help 111(m pay the toed Inzea
and to clern the city. and for ether benevolent
and humane pt.rpo.es.
MARRIED.
Becammq—OAKl:P.—Ort the 6.h insf., at the
reqi,leneo of the 1-ri•lo'e plrente, by Rev.
John N 11 , e'iman, of Erie, to
Kiss Annio E , &righter of S S Oaker, of
Union Co ,
Low—Brvr 4 —ln Cqrrr. cot th.• 7th inst by
Rev. Lnw, of tier
rs, to Mks Mary 11. Bette, of Spring Creek,
Pa.
KILTIETIN —WILLi‘MR..-On the 2.1 in.t., by the
8i01.., Mr M Kilbern to Miss Sidie Wil•
ham+. bnth of Corry. Pa.
)D7-0a the 4th inst , at the
It it If 01.. e. C,rry by the same. Mr. (1 3 -
car rf Lyeetnine Co., PA.,
I Thee Shr th Peabody, rf Sprinetein,
CrawC)rd Cl, Pa.
Brrrnaq—Ronr.arq—On the ith inqt , in
rorry, by the sqme, Mr. Juqiin Butter.' to
• list Pant!' E it;ql,ertg, both of that pince.
BRAnr , nn—Y9l . nn—ln Corry. on the 23 , 1 Wt. ,
by ltev. Mr litaTdrot. , Mr. L. J Bra , lford of
Cortland Co., ti, Y , to Miss Chrirtirta
Young_ of Ci rry.
DIED.
DAnonrr llovicon, 111., on the 2.lth
if eholprfWe .liarrhoe., Cyrus H. Daggett,
Fon of .I‘uoin and E vita Digzett, of Girard
tp., aged 35 years and 4 months.
Fosrim-1n Union, nn the 27th ult.. William
C.. Foster, von of Tnomls and Mrs. E.
Foster, nze , l 7 years, :3 months and'_'; days.
SEViatk'NCE—ln Union. on Vie 291.11 ult., Mr.
Werden 0. Severance, aged 32 years.
gaY The holidny9 are cloFe at hand and
our dealers are preparing to meet the wants
of the season. The largest and best stpck of .
goods for this Irule will he found at Eenee &.
Burgess' confectionary establishment, Erie.
P,a Th-y manufacture and keep everythinet,,
in the candy linens well na a general assort
ment of Notion., Toys. &c.
Everybody knows them by the reputation
of their popular Cough Candy—Moss and
Elm. It proves itself the beet article of the
kind ear introduced. The immense quanti•
ties they ship every d4y is proof that the
public appreciate a good article. Thy are
prepared to fill orders for it in any qtrtntity
Everybidy w!I trlei it t-nys it is jost the
thing:
(n0v14'65 if)
Ifol.tnAr —ibir renders run-1119in;
goods for ly,'Llay pr, gents should hear in
mind that WeLber Uhr, on State street,
near the Union depot, have on herd one of
the best aqsortments in that line ever broufht
to the city. Th. it stock embraces China, Tin,
IVJ , ldcm and Finer Toys, Candies of a'i kinds.
d3 , 3s' Sleds, and in short, any and
everything cnleulat , d to plenee the lire ones.
These artich:s Ott y are selling at psi es a.
low as tlbey can le b i ..tight in New Y,,,rk city.
Ideo,_,Jl*
F ARM lOR S I. E .
The nn 'etxiz^r.' ol•rm h:. Frrm at'uoPrl in
I!mr r tv . milpp Tr, E
I OM the • t sthln ni. c..n•a cml,l nr:.• • I f
land miler in'ar. t. MO)
ta, hlrfia n r.:1 . 1- .th 11' , •
tz-z or. - I.lr O.- •c. 1. nr .” tr , and
land is t5t.1....i pt• rr re. • h
rr• rA nd 11,1 Ode
w.l, .1 to, • not tin: , r rpar .:11111
th r tnr.rn at,; ain utre
undor.. , gcrl . ..or. ti.. rt--mites
s'. .T
I ' It 31 E It S 1. I
4
The. 1.1.1 4 .• a °Tr, F v, i t !La', 1-
frerk t;., ,• . 11A •, :1 tike
hut Int tn • rI. I/ Cre•k de; of
anirre•n:•.vf, c 't coatlioo F.tvF ur
I ;t .; I 1 , .'erel an! •?1 It
. I (111.. WWI C , • . .1311r, C..rn
and ail t ••• t A•P , trt Thl r• it w c'r tin•
Or•loar: en •he p- 'a •ruln of aria o h tlf
the • irw.r ply.cent., P,curvi by note with ik •
al.erllS I. J''l-1*: HARTV v.
A 1.1. TIIE FANCY (.4001/S
-.
1T WILLINWS
NEST lIE (1 r) A !THIN TEN DAT:I
WITHOUr RCGARD Ti) COST
IMED
B. F. Sloan, i In tint Court ot Coniln u Plea°
•a. ..f I , rJr•Co., Ya In K.u:ty No 1,
M. M. Moore ) Feb re - m.
And now, to wit„Nti,..:lf.l3-ii. no motion of plaintiff
b :atm - 043..1bn eau rt npro ut den. A' Guquis ,
Auditi,r, to erste diatrirui ,n and appro,Li.ti , n r.l the
assets in thin en Fe. Per Car. Al. yer•ona nter, ate' in
the afire at,ted elf(' are liereb, notifie that - I will at
tend t - the do inn of my anointment. 'at, my office, in
,Erie.on We .riei,Jay, the,3l day t January, A. I OW,.
at p. m
dee74l.w. G=,n. GLINNI-30N, A adito *
licEiv FURNITURE STORE.
1.1
J. H. ItIBLET & CO
Would notpectfully infonn the public that they have
opened a
FURNITURE WARE-ROOM,
IN GABLE'S BLOCK,
BETWEEN; 9' I! AND iSTR ' EF.TS, oS STATE
where th e y Int7-tot to k'.p t`glii tin ELT OD hand II full
111.4.0 rime n t of
NEW AND WELL SELECTED FURNITURE
nor Fe resp.etf4lk solicit • share of thel'oblicpat
rotmir
tf J .
,•
U . W •1 , les.:18
A MI NISTii %TOIL'S NOT' CH
Let'e , s n( vintini‘teatt n on the estate rflly Smr
I**, ciee.l, late o' Ip. Erte cottrity, Pa, ha 'nit
been grstred to the u_.l r*i4l.3..notwe i*byreby Ktern
to all t e* at- , to , maselmmea ate p
a , ..1 nil bactrg el , tut4 agilost the tame will pre
tent them dal; a Vt.-iv/este! far eettlrment
Lell, r it, NOT. 3, , . 't,s 6w•
f;IXECUTOIL 7 S NO-TICE,
• • ttrrs toslsolen•ory on tho ei• to of ` 7 l© , n ttohnei tor,
d.e.a. IVA V! 11 Cre.k tp. C•. Ps : litelng hoe,.
gran't• Ito the untlorshoo•l; Notioe hrreny given to
thoso knowing tho•nn•lrre ito1 , 3••• 1 to the ests , o t
•ks Immediate potrfrnt, sul th ire hartn4 claims
arainet to sin. sill p'ena• pr spit t - •orn, ;lair it •••n
ttrst••l t • I . W. Roohl•••• • F. ;., "bn •s lierobs nuthor zet
to ro , S,ct and set thr up the sro mots of ssi.l•l-o-esnl.
our,
'l\T E F j tt,M.
EURSITCRE ANL) I.7NDERTARIN7
WAR- R u 0 S
On State ST, between Seventh and Eighth-.
The Sabyerihrrr hare entered into the Cabinet Slaking and
FUIZNITUKE .TRADE,
And propose ciakinv to order sud keeping con - tantly on
hand ad kiiids of Furniture.
Orders IrSl receive prorept attention. Repairing dons
on short notice.
'UNDERTAKING
The Subscribers will irire,speciel attention to this do
partmeni,of their bueillePA. They will manufacture and
keep constantly on hand a large arsortrieril of:detente
and Cotbna, and h o b] themselree in madmen to
meet orders in this line, prompth, frnti aor part of the
eouutrr. Determined to roere un rff its to UiVe
tion both In the oualitr of their g. eve , by and prices, they
hope to seenrii a liberal share of pnlalic oatronal:-
SWORE
aprll'B2-tf. occossom J, 11. !Items?.
FA FOUSDILY, •
PEACH 3P, AR ' , V r: TIP ut7FFALO RO ID, ERIE, PA•
HENRY, BRYANT & SHERWOOD,
(Fnc.te+ Fors to A zheson & Henry,)
r an , r.amcaructs OF
P A RLOR, COOK AND OFFICE STOVES,
TIN Z SMELT IRON WARR,
AND ALL RIND.; OF IRON CASTINGS.
Every Stove sold by as warranted to give satirfaction.
Kettlvo, , leigh-etioea, Sad Irons, to., on hand or man
ifartured to ord.r..
PLOWS AND PLOW Miters orsuperior make and d
Witty alwayv on hand. A valiant a fair trial of our a 41
des is all we aak. IigNRY, BEY-ANT it saga WOOD,
mrasa—a.
We make son. bat pars Coatiatioant
HOLIDAY
SALEABLE GOODS, TOYS, SGEoll
Or Stock in this line is 7 vAnstn,
n';.l. for the
Moss & Elm
All Goods in this lino ustisl I • kw, §r
we an spills; It
Tobacco Boxes, Cigar Tntol, Coc.t.s,
Gun Cap,
AND A L ARGIL ASSORTMENT OF
K".. NT. SUILEY.
AchntmAtritor
lIENRY
Fxr-cut,r.
i tarractriz t ,„ .
PLAIN ANI) FAN CY (.7,11,
OF ALL KING,
material mad coloiltig Matte
of Sup? Good' Is
alltbs saleable esiiit.,
100 different etyi., 0
SUGAR Toy,
•for the Holiday 84%,,,2
EVkln VARIETY 07
SUGAR G OODS, CAN DIE:
Made. Expressly (Tr.,
lIOLID AY Trti.
COUNTRY TRA'A
NT IONS!
We are paying particular attest<
NOTION TR..{:;
LOWEST WHOLESALE
Moss & Elm
Leading articlPs in t:•
NOTION LIY
E=l
Envelopes,
Mucilage,
Lead Pene am
Erasing, G.-r,
Mal bles,
Hair 011,
Forfumary,
Farley Soap,
D , a-tet,
Jewtharps, Mouth Citu,
AND NOTIONS,
AT WHOLESALE
Moss & • Elni
LEMONS, COCOANUTS, NC'-''•
PRUNES,
AT WII4)LES.k.-
We have a good axs3rtc,
CIGARS, FIN'S CHEWING k .511011%;
FLAVORING EXTR.O
PERFUMERY, cIIEWL VG GI V, L•'
',
- At Lowest Si arket Pr*.
Moss & Elm C
FRESH BALTIND ARE 111.
In Large or Small 012*-:''
We ha " a Is.tre emortfnent of GOO N 0 4 '
to Supply dealers promptly Ot": ,
be found suited to the fral''
Retailer, and of Fait CO
Quality
Moss &,Elmea:
Tar, 1103 T POPULAR COUGH SSP
i■ the Market•
Fold by an Drrinriti a d R e tia'fro alo
Boleti ' i