■ VOLUDIE tV.-:NUMBER 50. EEO POTTER PUBLISHED BY. 31. W. MeAlarney, Proprietor. PIS PSI% INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. • .. * *Devoted to the cause of Republicanism, the interests of Agriculture, the advancetticnt of 'Education, and the best good of Potter sonuty. - Owning no guide except that of Principle. it will endeaver to - aid in the work of mere fully Freedomizing our Country. ADYIRTIMIENTS inserted at the following rates, except where special , bargains are made. 1 Square [lO lines] 1 insertion, - • 60 I a a 3 $1 50 lath subsequent insertion less than 13, 1 Square three months, 1 " six " " nine " F' one year, t Column six months, 20 00 1, 41 it • 10 00 'it it ' It 700 " per year 41 •u it 20 00 isdministrator's or Executor's Notice, 2 00 Business Cards, 8 lines or lesS, per year 5 00 4pecial and Editorial Notices, pe. tine, 10 * * *All transient advertisements must be aid in advance, and no notice will be taken sf advertisements from a distance, unless they ;re accompanied bythe money or satisfactor •eference. * * *Blanks, and Job Work of all kinds, at tended to nromptly and faithfully BUSINESS- "CARDS. EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, A -M. STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Wednes days of each month. Also Masonic gather ings on every Wednesday Evening. for work and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport. U. S. Cat.WELL; W. M. SAIICTE4 HAVEN, Sec'y . . - • - JOHN S. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts in Potter and M'Kcan Counties. All business entrusted in his care «•ill receive prompt attention. Office Corner of West and Third streets. ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to his care, with pre (tiptoes and fidtity. Office on Soth-west comer of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC` BENSON I.TTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to him, with care and promptness. Unice on S,t:-ond near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY, AT LAW, Coudersport. Pa:, will regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties. . • .0. T. ELLISON, rItACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, respectfully informs the citizens of the vil lige and vicinity that he will promply re spond to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis, Esq. C. S. & E. A. JONES, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Fancy, Articles, Stationery, Dry Good: Groceries, &c., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OLMSTED; DEALER - DI DRY GOODS, READY-MADE Clothing, Crockery, Groceries, &c., Main st., Coudersport, Pa. COLLINS SMITH, • lALER in Dry Goods,Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, and all Goods usually found in a country Store.— _ coudersport, Nov. 27, 1861. COUDERSPORT HOTEL, P. P. GLASSMIRE, Proprietor, Corner o sMain.and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is also kept in connect ttioit with this hotel. MARK GILLON, VAlLOR—Oearly opposite the Couit House— will make all clothes intrusted to him in , tie latest and best styles —Prices to suit the times.—Give him a call. 13.41 41. J. OLIDITtD ' 8.. D. KELLY OLMSTED & KELLY, IEALER IN STOVES, TLN "A: SHEET IRON WARE, Main at., nearly opposite the Court House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and 'Sheet Iron. Ware made to order. in good style, ou short notice. SPRING} MILLS ACADEMY. SPRING MILLS, ALLEGANY CO., N. Y. kCIAII HORTON, Jn., Principal WI. 'ADA WALKER HORTON, •Preceptress 'Hits HUME WALKER, Assistant GORALDINS WOOD, Teaeher of Music The Fall Term commences August 26. :The Winter Term commences December 9. The Spring Term commences•March.2s. Tuition'from Three to .Five Dollars.t !Laird $1.50 per week. l'urnished"rooms for self-boarding debt , ;prices. For further information address the Pritici veal or the undersigned. - WM. COBis, • -President Board of Truttees IMEAMECA.'rTAN HOTEL. ;NEW .YORK. VMS Popular Hotel is situated near the i,„cortte,r, ofMurray Street and , Broad way opposite the Park within oiie block et the Rudsea River Rail Road and near the Iris Nail Road 'Depot . Irt is One of the most .pleasant aid convenient locations in the city. Board Roams-N..50 per day. N. HUGGINS, Proprietor. VehAftilt, 1863. ns Reokester Straw ; Gutter. OLAISTED 4 KELLY, Coudersport, have the exclusive ageney for this 'celebrated it thlfeounty. It is eovenient, Ole, sad OZZAP. Dee. 1, 1810.-41 r • • - , . . . . , -•,. . . . . , . . . , Vi-ii t • ' - - i . -' . , 7...- ill ' TO . , .. ' - .. , - 40 0 , • c 0 1 ' - - - .•-•,.. 1 4-__,,iii r .. ~ .• 0 &-,._ i , • PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House 1. of Representatives: Another year of health and of suffic 4ntly abundant , harvest has passed. For these; and for the improved condition of o l ur National affairs, our renewed and rirofound gratitude to God is due. I . We remain in peace and friendship viith foreign powers. The efforts of dist lipal citizens of the United States to in volve us in foreign wars to aid inexcusa ble insurrection, have been unavailing. Ller Brittaoic Majesty's G veroment , as wasjustly expected,' have exercised their authority to prevent the departure of new hostile expeditions from British ports. .The Emperor of Frince has by a like pro ceediug promptly vindicated the neutral ity which he proclaimed at the beginning of the contest. Questions of great iotri caoy and importance have arisen out of the blockade and other.belligerant opera tions between the Government and several of the tuitratime powers, but they have been discussed, and, so far as was poss• ble, accommodated in a spirit of frankness, Justice acid unituul aeod will It is ei pecially gratifyiug that our Prize Courts, by the impartiality of their‘adjudication, have commanded the respect and con 6. donee qf maritime powers . The Supplemental treaty between the, U nited Sitaes and Great Britain for the ' soppres'siou of the African Slave trade, made on the 17th 'of February last, has bleu duly:ratified and carried into execu- ttaRNA.I, 25 2 50 4 00 5 50 6 00 40 00 tiOu. It is believed that so tar as Amer- idani porta and American citizens are'con ! cerned, that inhuman a 4ind barbarous traffic has been brought to an eud. I shall submit for the consideration of the Senate a convention fot the 'adjust- Went of Possessory Qlai UM in Washington Territory, arising out of the treaty of the 15th of June, 1854, between the United States and Great Britain, and which have been the source of some disquiet among t .e citizens of that now rapidly improving part of :he Icountry. A novel and Important question. in %rt.)lying the extent of the maritime juris• diction of Spain in the waters which sur rUuud the. Island of Cuba., has been deba. 14d without reaching any agreement, and ill is propmed in an amicable spirit. I. refer it io i i aibitrgment of a 'triendlv p O mer. A convention for that purpos , will be submitted to the Senate. Ij I have thought it proper. subject to the ap' ptovaljof the Senate, to .concur with the interested Commercial Powers in an arrangement for the liquidation of the Scheldt dues . upon the principles which have been heretofore adopted in regard to the impost • upon naviga:ion in the waters of Denmark The long pending controversy between this Government and that of Chili touching the seizure at Gitaua, in Peru. by Chaim' officers, of a large - amount its treasure, belonging to citizens. ; .,of the United States, has been broughfito a close by. the award of his Majesty the Kim -, r' of the Belgians, to hose arbitration the quesiton was refer r,ed S the. parties. The subject was thoroughly and patiently examined by that justly respected magnate, and altbo' the sum awarded to the claimants may riot have been as large as they expected, there is no reason to distrust the wisdom 4 his majesty's decision'. That decision *as promptly complied with by Chili,j When iotelligeuce in regard to it reached' that country. Incidents occurring in the-progress of] our civil war have forced upon my atten j tion the uncertain 'state of international qUestions touching the rights of foreign-1 ers In this country, and of the United •States citizens abroad. In .regard to some governments these rights are .at least partially defined by treaties. In no instance however, is it expressly stipula ted, that in the instance of civil war a foreigner residing in th's country, within thie lines of the insurgents, is to be ex. empted from the rule which classes hist as a belligerant, in whosetehalf he Gov eminent of his country cannot express any privileges or immunities distinct from that character. 'regret to say,.however, that such claims have been put forward and in B.#the instances in •behalf of for- eigners who have lived in the United States the greater part of their 'lives. There -is mason In believe that many persons born in foreign countries who have declared their intention to become citizens or who have been fully -natural ized, have -evaded the military 'duty re- quired of them .in denying the fact, and - thereby throwing upon the Government the burden . of proof. it has been found difficult or impracticab'e to obtain the proof from the want of guides to the proper sources of information. These might be supplied by requiring the Clerks of Courts where declarations of intention may be made ornataralizatinutifected, to send periodically lists-of the names of the persons naturalized or declaring their in tention to become citizens, to tbe Secre. m9ry of the Interior, in'whose Department Chess names might, be arranged and printed for general information. There "ebotea to the flAiqciple3 of lllie Dellipoile, aga fi l e Vsseiriligliorl of -1)1)31'44 Kitet..ttlhzj qqa UeIDS. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY is also reason to believe that foreigners frequently become citizens of the United States for the sole purpose of evading the duties imposed by the laws of their native couritry,:to which, ou becoming natural ized hero, they at once repair, and though never returning to the United States, they still claim the interposition of thi , government as citizens. Many altercations and great prejudices have heretofore arisen out of this abuse. It is therefore, submitted to your serious consideration. It Might be advisable to fix a" lit: it beyond which no citizen of the United States, residing abroad, may claim the interposition of his Government. The right of suffrage has often been rissucned and exercised by aliens, under pretenses of naturalization which they had disavow ed when drafted into the military service. I submit the expediency of such! an amendment of the laws as will make the fact of voting an estoppel against any plea of exemption from military service or other civil 'caligations on the ground of alienage. In common with other Western Pow ers,our relations with Japan have been brought into serious jeopardy through the perverse opposition of the hereditary aristocracy of the Empird, to the enlight ened and liberal policy of the Tycon, designed to bring the country into the society of nations. It is to .be hoped, although not with entire confidence, that these difficulties may be peacefully over come. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Em peror of Russia, which it is believed will result in effecting a continuous line - of telegraph through that empire from our Pacific Coast. I recom, ,wend to your favorable consideration the subject of an international telegraph across the Atlantic Ocean and also of a telegraph `between thii Capitol and the Naticnal forts along the !Atlantic Sea board and the Gulf of Mexico. Such connections established with any reason able outlay would be economical as well as effective aids to the diplomatic, milita ry and- naval service The consular system of the United States under the enactment of the last Congress begins to be self-sustaining,and then• iN rtUSiiii to 1100 e that it way become entirely so . with the increase, of trade which will, ensue whenever peace is re stored. • Our ministers abroad -have been.faith ful in defending American rights. In proteetin;• our commercial' interests, our consuls have necessarily had to encounter increased labors - mad responsibilities grOtv jug out of the war. These they have for the most part, met and discharged with zeal and effieiency This acknowledgment' justly includes those. consuls who, resid ing in Morocco, Egypt. Turkey, Japan. China and other oriential countries, are charged with complex functions and traordinary powers, The condition of the several organized territories,is generally satisfactory, altho' the Ind* disturbances in;New Mexico• have not been entirely suppressed. The mineral resources, of Colorado. Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico• and Arizona are proving far richer than heretofore under stood. 'I Jay before you a cOrnmubication on this - subject from the Goernor of New Mexico. I again subthit to your consid• eration the expediency of establishing a system fer • the encouragement of mud gration. Although this source of national wealth and strength is again flowing with greater freedom than for several years before tl.e insurrection occurred, there is still a great deficiency of laborers in every field of industry, especially in agriculture and in our mines, as well of. Iron and coal, as of the precious metals. While the demand for labor is thus increased here, toes or thotisands of persons, 'destitute of remunerative occupation, are thronging our foreign consulates and offering to emigrate to the United States, if essen tial, but very -cheap, assistance can be afforded them It is easy to see that nuder the sharp discipline of. civil war, the nation is beginning a new life. This noble effort demands the aid and ought to Teem , e the •attention and support of 'theltiovernment. Itj uries 11 1:1 foreseen . bythe Govern went, and unintentional, may in some eases have been initiated upon the subjects or citizens Of foreign wutitries, both at sea and on land, by pmsons in the service of the United States As this Government expects redress from other Powers when siwilar injuties are inflicted, by persons in their service upon citizetm of the United States, we must be prepared to do justice to foreigners. It the 'existing judicial tribunals are inadequate "for this purpose •a special court may . ltave arisen under treaties and the public iaw. Conventions for adjust ing the claims - by joint commission have boo proposed , to governments, but no definite answer.to the proposition has yet been received from any. In .the course of the session shall probably have occasion to.request you to provide indemnification to claimants where decrees of .restitution have been rendered and damages awarded by the Admiralty Courts. And in other cases where this Government may be acknowl edged to be liable in principle and where the' amount of that liability has been ascertained by an informal arbitration the proper officers of the Treasury have deem ed themselves required by the law of the Uuited States upon the subject, to de wand a tax upon the incomes of Foreign Consuls in this country. While sucha demand may' not, in strictness; be in derogation of public law, or perhaps of any existing treaties between the United States and a foreign country, the expe diency of so far modifying the act as to exempt from tax the income of such con suls as are not citizens of the United States, deriVed from the emoluments of their office or from property not_sttuated in the United States, is submitted to your serious consideration. I make this suggestion upon the ground that a comity which ought to be recipro cated exempts our consuls ,in all other countries from taxation. To the extent thus indicated, the United States I think, ought not to be exceptionally illiberal to to international trade and commerce. - The operations of the treasury during the last year have been successfully con ducted. The enactment by Congress of a National Banking Law has proved a valuable support of the public credit, and the general legislation in relation to loan has fully answered the expectations of its favorites. Some amendments may be required to perfect existing laws. but no Change in their principles or general scope is believed to be needed. Since these ,measures haVe been in operation all demands on the treasury, including the pay of the army and navy, have been promptly met and fully satisfied. No considerable body of troops. it is believed, were ever more amply provided and more liberally and punctually paid, and:it may be added, 'that by no peeple were the i burdens incident to a.great war ever more I cheerfully borne. 1 The receipts during the year from all sources, including loans and the balance in the Treasury at its commencement. were 8901,125,674 .86—the aggregate disbursements $895,796.630 G 5. leaving a balance on the Ist of July, 1863, of ; 85,329,044 21. Of the receipts there were derived from Customs, ~869,059.642 40. From Internal Revenue,837,640,787 94 From direct. Taxes, $1,485,103 61. From Lands. 8167,617 17. From miscellane ous sources, $3,046,615 . 35, and from Loans 6776,582,361,52, making the ag gregate $901,175,674 86. Of the disbursements there were $232,- 539 22-; •for pensions, &cc .84,216.520 59 ; for interest on public debt, 824.729,846 51; fur the War Department, 8599.298.• 600 83; for the Navy Department $63,- 211;105 27, for payment of funnded and temporary debt,5181,086,635 07, making the aggregate 8895.796,630 65, and leav ing the balance of 85,329,044,21. But the payments of the funded 'and temporary debt having been made from monies borrowed during the year, must be regarded as merely neniinal receipts, and their amount $181,086,635 07. should therefore, be deducted both from the re ceipts end disbursements. This being done, there remains as actual receipts ti $714,709,895 58, leaving the balance as b already stated. • a The actual receipts and disbursements for the first quarter, and , the • estimated receipts and 'disbursements for the re mauling three quarters of the 'current i , fiscal year, of 1864 will be shown in de- co tail bylthe report of the Secretary of the Treasury,to which I incite your attentiou. ii It is sufficient to say here that it-is not e' believed that the actual results will ex I hibit'a state of the finances less favorable! to the country than the estimates of that officer heretofore submitted, while it is confidently expected that at the close of the year both diz•bursetnents and. debts will be found yeti.) , considerably less than hi has been anticipated.. The duties devolving 'On the naval brand) of the service during the year and throughout the whole of this unhappy of contest have been discharged with fidelity th and ewinent success. er The extensive blockade has been c o p_ a: staatly,increasino• in efficiency. as • the Is Navy has expanded; yet on so longu line u it has so far been impossible to entirely suppreEli illicit trade. From the returns' received at the Wavy Department, t appears that more than one thousand vessels have been captured since the Blockade was instituted, and that the value of prizes rilready sent borne for. adjudication amounts to over $13,. 000,000. The naval force of the United States consists at this time of 588 vessels eou3pleted * ind in the couritei -g f crimple• tion and oPthese, 75 aro iron-clad or ar mored steamers." The events of the war give an increased interest and importance to the navy, which will probably extend beyond the war itself. , - The armored vessels in our Navy corn- 13, 184, Pleted and in service, or which are under Contract and approaching completion, are believed to exceed in number those of any other power; but while these may be relfed' upon for harbor defence, and coast service; others of great strength and ca pacity will be necessary for cruising pur poses,, and to maintain our rightful posi tion on the ocean. The change that has T aken! place in naval vessels and naval wader , e since the introduction of steam Is a Motive power for ships' of war, de- Mends either a corresponding change in 1 some if our existing Navy - .Yards or the stablishment of new .ones' for the con-, Struedion and necessary repairs of modern I ;war vessels. No inconsiderable ernlar- 1 rassmk•nt, delay or public' injury have heen experienced from the-want of such Goverpment establishments, 1 The l necessity of such a Navy yard so furnitibed at sonic suitable place upon the ',ktlatitie sea board has, on repeated occa sions,l been brought to the attention of Congress by the Navy Department, and is again presented in the report of the Secretary, which accompanies this -com munication. , I think it ©y duty to invite your spec ial attention to this subject+ , and (also to that of establishing it yard and depot for naval !purposes upon one•of the Western l ivers' A naval force has 'been created no t.ti disad se interior waters, and under means antageons, within little more than ears, exceeding in' numbers the naval force of the country at the encernent -of 'the present Adminiti s. Satisfactory and important as seen the performances of the Aheroic f the Navy at this in teresting'period are scarcely more wonderful than rvices of our mc.chanics and .arti n the production of war - vessels, has created a new form of naval whole Comm tratio ilave men , hey he sel tans v over' country has advantages superior t other, nation in our 'resources of nd timber, with inexhaustible quan if fuel in the immediate vicinity of and all available and in close pm to navigable waters. Without the Irge of public works; the resources nation have been developed and -er displayed in the construction 1 ay.v of such magnitude, witieh has Ivory period of its creation rendered service to the Union. . increase of the number Isl seamen public service from 7,500 men in ring of 1861, to about 34.000 at rent rime, has been accomplished , 1 t special legislation or extraordi-, ounties,- : png the past fiscal year the finan -1 Ddition of the Post Office Depart tas been one of increasing prosper , I am 'gratified in being able 'to hat the actual Postal Revenue has equalled the entire expenditures. ter amounting to - eleven million hundred and fourteen thousand and 'a ighty-four cents, and the to eleven million one hundred an , ree thousand seven hundred and. ( nine dollars and fifty-Dine cents a deficiency of but $150,417 26, _n 18610, the year immediately proceeding the rebellion, the deficiency amounted to $5,656[705 40, the postal receipts of that year being 82,645,722 19 less_ than athose 31 1863 The decrease since 1860, in ,l e anrinal amount of transportation has 3een only about 25 per cent., but the Itlnual expenditure nn account of the ;aline has been reduced 35 pet cent. It ,simant i est, therefore, that the Post Office Departnient may become self-sustaining in a feW years, oven with the restoration if the Whole service. - The quantity of land disposed of during , he lastland the first quarter of the-pres ,ni, fiscal years was "three millions - eight hundred and forty-one thousand; five huhdred and forty-nine acres, of which 161,711 acres were sold for cash, 1,459,- 51! acres were taken up under the home ste d laW, and 'the residue disposed of Itt i er laws granting lands for military , oo ntie4 for railroad and other purposes. :t also appears that the sale of the public ands is largely on the in-crease. It has lon° been a cherished opinion of some of i )u i wiseSt statesmen that the people ofi he Unit6d ,, States had a higher and more nduring Interest in the early settlement r nd substantial cultivation of the public in s, than in the amount of direct rave luel to be derived from the sole of them, Ehis opinion has had a controlling in fin: enc in shaping legislation upon the sub ject °Cour national domain. I may cite as a •Idenpe of this the liberal measures adopted in reference to actual settlers.— Thai grant to the States' of the overflowed lands within their limits . , in order to their being reclaimed and rendered fit for cul tivation, the grant to Rail Road Compa 'dies of altlernatc sections of land upon the contemplated lines of their road when completed, will largely multiply the facili ties for reaching our ,distant - possosaions. This policy has received its most 6igoal and beneficent illustration in the recent onaamen't'granting homesteads to actual sett ers. Since the Erg of January last TERMS.-;.51.50 PER ANN-M1L..4 • the before' . mentioned quantity ef_ due • million four hundred and fifty-six thou§, and five hundred and fourteen acres , of land have ibeen taken np under its pro , visions. This fact and the amount oe sales furnish gratifying evidence . of in. creasing settlement upon the public, landS, notwithstanding the great struggle which the energies of the Nation have been engaged and which has required leo large a withdrawal of our citizens Nit their accustomed 'pursuits:, I cordially colicur in the recommeniiss . tion of the Secretary of the Interior, sug; gesting a Modification of the act in favor 1 of those engaged in the s military and naval +service of• the United States; I doubi not that Congress will cheerfully - ailleifit such measures as will, without essentialli changing the general features of the . sys. tem, secure to the greatest practicable extent the benefits to those who have left their homes in the defence of the country in this arduous crisis. • I invite your attention to the views of the Secretary as to the propriety of raisici by appropriate legislonsil a revenue from the mineral lands of the United States:* The measures provided, at your lasf session, for the removal of certain Indian' tribes, have been carried into effect..—: Sundry treaties have been negotiatol which will, in due time, be submitted for the constitutional action of the Senate; They contain stipulations for extinguish, ing the pessessory rights of the Indians,' to large and• valuable tracts of land.- • It is prObable that the effects of theiso treaties will result in the establishment of a peruignent friendly relation with sncl: tribes as' have been brought into frequent and bloody •collissions with our, outlying settlements and emigrants. Sound policy; , and our iinfierativo duty to these wards - of the Government; demand - our,anxious' and constant attention, to their material welt-being, to their progress in the arts of civilization, and, above all, to that moral training, which, under the blessiug7 of Divine Providence, will confer upon' them the ielevated and sanctifying intim, ence, the hope and consolation the - Christian : faith. When !Congress assembled a year ago' the war had already lasted nearly "twent3t months and there had been many con, - flicts on both,sea and land with varying results. 'The rebellion had beep pressed 'leek into reduced limits, yet tlic - tons of public feelindand opinion at, home mad abroad,*Was,:not satisfactory. i • • • • • With other signs, the popular elections then just :passed, indicated uneasiness. among ourselves; while, amid much that' was cold and menacing, the kindest worth' codling from EiPrope were uttered tan- cents of pity—that we were .too blind.tn surrender. 'Otilcommerce was suffering greatly byy - a 'fevhirmed vessels built upon • .and furnished from foreign - shores, and we were - threatened, with such additiona from the same quarter as would sweep oue trade froth the sea and raise:our - blockade. We had failedlto'elicit from the European government anything hopeful liven • this subject. The emancipation proclamation, which_ was issued in September,, was running its, assigned period to :the beginning of tV.a new year. i A month later 'tbe foil prat , 14uation Came, including the announce. ment that colored men of suitable ciondi, - lion would be received into the war servioc, The pOlicy - of emancipation and of cm, ployiug black soldiers gave to the futurq a new aspect, about which hope and fear and doubt-contended in uncertain conflict, According to our political system, as a matter of civil administration, the general government had no lawful power to effect emancipation in any States, and for.,u, long time •it had been hoped that the rebellion could be suppressed without resorting ; to it as a military tneashre. - It was I all the, while deemed' possible that the neccssityt for it might come, and that ii it 'should, The crisis of the contest would then be presented. It came; and as was intended, it was followed by dailr 6 and doubtful daya. , - - Eleven months having now passed, w' are' permitted to take, another review,, T il lie rebel borders are pressed still further back, and by the cmplete opening all+) Mississippi river,the country dotainatell overrby the rebelion is divided into dis: tent parts,: with no practical commuuica, tion between them. Tcnnewe and Arkansas have been snbstantially elearc4 of insurgent control and influence 04 the citizens in each, owners of slaver/anti advocates of slavery' at the beginning trf the rebellion, now declare openly , for emancipation in their respective- States. Of those States not included-in the Emu. oipation l'roelamation, Maryland and Missend, eleithei lof which three years sgo, would tolerate any iestraint, • upri the extensithl of slavery; into the new territories, !only Ci ty dispute DW as to the best mode, of removing it. within .their own limits Of tbosef who Isere slaves at t h e begin ning of the rebellion, full 100,000 aro now in theVnited States: military about'ene balf of which number (, ,1 El iiM OM MEE =iMMI
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