Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1863-12-22

              s j 3 .7 JW'ftT"y . .. . nt' ' 4-1V .M-.M.-i. "... Ir'tnh IHrccioi-) ' .. ' :,'umh V'"1" itrcct.Mtwm v. I). M utita wt , ,1 Cliiireh, corner O.ly nd .... llorvsy. ' A lliilficnpul Chnroh, come i 8d Wart ProUmtaht Episcopal Church, cnrncr - Cy High "'. Rov. Hoot'. ' Jd Ward Ctholt Church, corner High aal Mo-Komi"!, Kov. Juliun llrunt. 4th Wnr.MlhO'litV.pl-nMdWnrch.f rtnniitnv , nmpe'i) Walnut street. btw.-n S11" na Ch.l-nt, Uv'.AIlmi.I. Muffit, .Inhn Mitohell. 4th Viil Wetlnidlut I'.ntoitmit (Ihurcli. Mu Vlnniniitroutjljotwodn VinoniJ High,Juhn Mc'Far- "lib WnrJ-Riipli.t Oiureb. Vtn trol.ketwn 1 UiiUierrTinil Mncbiinien, Itev.4. B, Fnoket. 6ih Ward Omrre-rii thin ill Church. Mutbrrry-tl,, Wwcwi Hugaraacl HiiiDtrnmia, Hot. T. E. Mimroo. till Ward United Prmnvterbin.Horaer Miila tad oitnr itrooti, Rov. S. M. Ilutchlmn. 5th Wnrl Mi'thii-Jint Wosloynn Cliuroh, eortlbr Mulborrrana Wnoslcr, Hur. p. Travis Xlnlw TUno Table The lime fur - ruunin;r the trains on the S. M. & N. II. It , lias been establishes and follows: doing North T ruins leave Mt. Vernon " 'ot0;27 A.M., nod 3:1 OP. M. : Goinc South Trains leave Mt. Vcruou . tit 10:27 A. 31., and WD P. M. , - H. M. Eamsej's Estate Notice i" hctoby given that tho subscrber fas tieen appointed lind qualified n Admin- ,'' fcitrntor on the estate of 11. M. lUlbsoy, late i ll Knox County, Ohio, deoonper'. " All prions indebted tor the Republican, ','' it for Advertisi'-e, or Job Work done in thii vfflra since the same was purchased hy J. W; hucker. ire earnestly requested to call nd lav up. Persons having ffCcipts (or pit- j eits made to Shiickors, or to the smd jumsev, or sny one ele given since the i aib of said lliirisoy , will brine tbim s'ong ' ' W. Mr-nLMLLAVD. V ,', - . I 'VOOU! WOOd It WcOdttt Onranb-jt jors who are in the 1 alit of raying in I w ill ill-'frc vs ly liing p it alt n 1 ' 1. V I 111 fl tVUM I 9. a j 'ni. U. t'otliiau's Estate. 1 here 13 a great wauy persons indebted in crunll sums ty the. entute of Wm U CW hran, they will tave themselves 'costs nii'J' trouble ly calling und Mttliug and payingi up withont delay. 1 huvo 'Auitetl putieut-y lor 4 years on them and will wait bu little longer. ' . McCLELLANl). .We ca! WtllO pill 'iy the in which . .oil ro to money su voluntee witiou h my on i .vliile tli I raft by -tueh. th Of ' . I ) IN- f 1 .1 i'i. Y7V ' N atriimra.-miimaittd v . t 1 'Mi y ..... ' . . . MOUNT VERNON, OHIO tUESDAY, DECEMBKll 22."i8(13: ' 1 ' 1 .... f.f ..y r (-.-v, ,uncM .'., "n mi m Hin iii iiiirrwmrrMmnmiiiiiiiMil-.i.il-.i.- , : id Hfiiu.e, ul brliuii', in IViu, I y II 0 1 ui un IfiuTii, of u lurL't) iiniouut in liuiauioutluiiir- lig locilizi'liH the Ulliluil Jilull'l', Iium bi'u lUUL'lit to 0 clum, liy U10 iird of bid iimi- iht to liMy llie Kinu Of the BeJfeinUn; to wbou nr- iti'iitiou tL (iiiuiiyi ,wu referred by the uriioi. The auliji-rtwas tliorouuLlv uud na- ieiilly exuiiliiieil by tbut ' juttij n'mietted fownh 11 od by II tho 'jjUuKiatiuU-' ;."!! ullliou((h thif tpin uwurdd 1 11 1 . .. 1. ' . with if 1 '"") uul att' ueeu n iur . f xj.'c-Ul ttjf.i-e id uo reiuou to distrust raiseu line wisuui.i or hit .Unjenly'd (K-irtion. That made ci ScfiT if this ij liains co Jueiiiiiiii wim promptly complied with by Chili. wlu.-u.tho iulclligeucu iu regard to it ivuched ll,:it couuti V. . '1 hit joint commission under act of the lust jetsiou, for carryimf into tlfoct tliecouven- itioii with I'uru uu the aubjuut of viaiina, hua llmeil orL'.iuizjJil ut Luui , uuil 1a eu 'uwd iu lb uuMi.ea enuusiuu 10 It. L D county, toivo on was Loll; t)W Adui'r The plau t sell your llxw or fcihiri ping "Furs is at Uobt,'' lrvine'c' "opposite MMfuiawii. itij iu ni-iitv cnmi IllltU UJTTI III- Ul HI V ItlJlltr Imn-HI Imr udnl.. 1 ... i.l I 1 'I'llO dillicUlticg coni'i'minir llilpr.nwnni vel flir.iuitli icaruiruu are in course if urn- icuLfo udjuhtmeiit, in cpuorpiity with jfi.ci- iir-a sui ijnyi m my lust iinmii-MenHiige. J avo received u represi'iitative (loin the Ifmt- d iStuU'S ul Colutnlliu. llllif lliivrt ui'lrfiifitiV souio t'Wiu:aUirlywpubnk , . ; ..,.. was in t Ji.cideula oocurrimf iu ibi prrirregs of our 1. 1 r. .1 Owiu j ti 'uicvu upoii my uiioiuioii me j p iu.v ui tun nil. IUMIIUIIU1 jUCillll.il igueu. ioucuiu' 11 e nguts 01 roreiiieriu thia couu-1 ' ; try, and uf United Stutes citissi abroad, fu T Act huaid to aoiiio (JoveiunieiiU these riflila me NTew VH-W partially duflued by treuliea; in no, 1 J ""' '" uowever, la 11 expresaly atipulutud 1 rtso "tbut, 011 the oueui ionce of civil wur. u foi-eiifii'- ' TV3' .let residing iu this couutry. w'lblii the Hues of me iiibiirgeula, u to be exempted from the ruio wiijcu clnssea lrnu ua u bellipeieut, iu whose behalf tho Government of Ida couutry cannot express uny privileges or immunities nisi uci irom inui cuaiacter. I re;ivt o suy, however, that such cluiins have beefi nut 'or- a d; uud. iu aomu iustuncen, lubetulf .f rouigners who have lived iu the United Suites (lie L'reuter part of their lives. There ia rea- hou to believe that inuuy peraoij? beru iu for-oij,'ii counliiea, who hu-e decluied their iuteu-tiou to become citizens, or Who have beeu fully iiiiturulizcd, huve evudd the militnry duty MUired of Dieiii by deeyiug the fuct.jand theie y lliiowing upou the Uovermi ent the burden of proof. It has beeu found diOlcnlt, or uppossibie to oblu.'n this proof froia wuut of guides to the proper source of iu ornm tiou. 'J'he.-e might be supplied by requiring the clerks of the courts where d-eelurulions of Oomni 11 nd fu l)ivis ken, it ehirrscv wuitin Cutili derstani fiud on flue opj PerJ tics foJ as the 8100 I will be 81C0 Warner Miller's store, Main Strjjt K&.The iplace to buy Ludicsand pars, is at Iiubt. Irviiios Hat, .J, iiui Shoe Storoi - .w-t Sr. U dow Prcsid Cafl iptention 1111 ? be made, or uutUfalinutiou ef reeled, lO beud, beriodicallv. lists of the names qf perious uuturulized or decirtftrinir their in- leuuou ia oecouie citizens, to the Becretury of yio iiiw-rior, 111 whose department these uamea 3 uld be arranged uud preseuied for geuerul iiif'-niuitiou. There fs ulso reason to believe thiit for FRUITS freiniciiilr buciinin i-itizfna i,f lb YnJ'Jniteil States for the sole pumoee uf evuditiir Uilld uu"." ""I'oseu joy ,iuo jaws oi ujeir nu- Hided upon the sulijecta or ciliaona of for- tlgu omutllea, both of sea and of bind, by prrsoim iu the service of the United Stuti.u Al tliisUoveriiinuut would eipect redress fi'oiu other powers hen similur iujuries are iullicUd by persona in thu service of the Uni led SU tes, wj; must be prepared to do justieo to foreigners. If llie e.xistiiijj judicial tribii-uau aru iiiudequate to this purpose, a speciul court limy bu uulboiizeil with power to heur and decide such claims of thecharucttr le- feired to as . may have ariseu under treatise uud public law. Conventions lor adiustinu- uiuims uy your coimmhsluu bare been liio- posed to mine Uovernnieiita; but uo deliuilo answer U the proposition bus vet been re ceived irom uny. During the course of tho issiou 1 shall probubly have occasion to ro- q'tesiyou topnvnio mUeuiniticatioii toclaiui- uuts wuose decrues of. rv.stitiltioil have been rendered aud dunuies awarded by the aclutin- auy court, uuu luoinur cases wuere tins (iov-erumeiit may bu ockuowledired us beiinr b'ablo iu principle, and wijere the uniouut of that li ability beeu aarUuued. 13y uu Informal arbilrutioii,' the proper offl-cvra.jOf the Tivaaury have de;(ued theuiselyea r.i.u ;eu ny ineuw 01 lue iiiiie 1 Blutcs upon the subject, to dumuud u tax ou incomes of foreign consuls iu this country. While siicli u demand may not uudor the instructions bo any indication of jiublic law, or perbnf s of any existing treaty Ueiwueu Uie Uuiled biates uua, foreigu tjouuln', the expediency of so tir modifying tho act us to exempt from tuX the iuvnuie of such consul us are not citueua of the L'nited fcjtutca and u roitln couurty, the expediency of ao fur modifyiiij; tho act- as to exempt front tux the income of suck con suls as are uot eitiseus of the United Ktutes derived froiii the cmoluuieuts of their offico or fioin proierty not situated iu tho United tiluti-s, ia subuiittei! to your serious coutider-aliou. I Diuke this sit'irestiou upon the gnu nd I hut a comity, which ought to bo reciprocated, exempts our Cou.-uls in nil other couutrie from taxation. To exempt those thus iudebted to the Uuitcd States, I think oug-ht not to be exceptionally illiberal to iu-leruatiouul trade uud commerce. Soldiers' Families,'..'"- 'v ;. By relTorance to onr columns in to-.day8 paper, it will bo sccu that tho commission-r lmr niado a Iiborul np ropviutiou of funds for thu support of Soldiers '' families' ,J. 'next (luce months. In 'souie. of . ' ' Jlusi JilUlie nri-isAnfaennn " ' ! J , ' v. jmethiujoury'seems to whisper Soon our time will all bo squanderod, ,, Soon life's pilgrimage will close, . ' The hands that now these lines are writing ..SfJOn may fold in dffa(t1l sYcpoye. But there is one cousolation, ': Oue bright hopo to us is givon, When this weary lifo is orer, - ' ; We may fiutl'a'Yo'jst ih'IIc&von. ' ' ' ". - ' ': : " Jennie. St.' Louisville, Notgmborj 1803: - PRESIDEM'S MESSAGE. Wasiiikiito.v, Dec. 9lh, 18c'S'' Fcllow-Cithent of Ike Scnute and Howe of Jtipretentativit: Another year of. honlth and of sufficiently abiuduut hurvost, bus passed. For these, a,nd especially for tho iuiprovud condition of ur n.itioual ulljiirs, our renewed and prbfouud' gratitude to Uod is die.' j .WiB.remuin'iu 'peoco and friendship with foreign powers. ,'L'he efforts ,of dijilovul citizens of the Uuitcd Statu to iuVolve us ui fyroigu war to uid iu uu iuexcusuble iu'surrco- ' 11011, uavH.uYMfun1111". 1 A ,,ller, IJrituuic Majesty's Government, as, was justly expeted, huve exercised their, au tjiority to prevent the departure of a 'uow'hos-tile expedition from British ports. , Tho Emperor of France has, by a like proceeding, promptly vindicuU-'d the neuti-plity. 'wbich'lie proolaiuiiid 'at thd be'uning 'of tUe j contest .. . ' ; ( . ., iM.. ' . j ,k fMSosiflbs' or great intricacy and iinpbr-' taucu huve arisen out of the blockade, uud otlier,bqllige.rut.pibrution between thu Uov- : ecunieut and several of thej muratfihp Rbwcra.J . Jut they have beeu discussed, aud so fur us was possiblo, Jiave beeu, accommodated iu a 1 spirit of fraukuoss, justice and mutual goo wjl. It was exceedingly grutifyiiig tlint our '- . I'riW) Courts, hy Uo partiality of their udju- ; mcutioiis, . have couimaudod thd respect uud ! !oufideuce of muratiino powors. . , -TUa, supplemental treuty betwoca tlie Uuil-; ti Stutes aud .Uwat Urit jiu for the suppres- lioa of the African Sluvu trade, made on the 1 17th day of Fobruary last, bus beeu duly rat-' ided, and carried into execution. It is bo- lfered thi(t so fur as the American ports and . American citizeus are concerned that iuhu-. rtjan and barbarous traffic has boeu brought I to an end. . I shall submit for the coniidurution of' the ; rjouate a Convention for .the adjustment of : ptssessory claims. in Washiugtou Territory, arising out of the Treaty of 15th of June, j . 18 15; betweeu thd United htutos aud (Irvut ' Britain; and which have beeu tho tourceof! sdme disqttief 'arodugnh citisem ,pf. tjint now ' id rapidly improviugpurt of the country. : A uoval and important' qiiostion, iuvolving j tue extent of the maritime production of Spain 1 ill the waters which surrounded the Islaud of! Cuba, has been dobntod waiif reaching an ' ainioablfl spirit, to rofer it to the arbitration of! a rnondly power. A Convoutiou for that pur-pbso will be submitted to the Senate.', . , I have thought it a proper subject lo 'be afCmitted to the approval of the Senate, to concur with tho Interested comine'rciid pb'wera iq an amusement for the linuidatiou of the Scheldt lines 4ipou the principles which have ' k"u bpffltoforo aihuited iu regard to the im-pt upon navigation iu the waters of lien-uiark. I . . The lonj and pending controversy between im y6T"ruu)irut auil tha't of Chill touching inpnl meut'us citixeus. .Many altercation aud irreut likely frauds have heretofore, submitted to your se; offere rious consirierutiou.- It might Inadvisable! Cad w H' "x u Woud v,rhieh uo citizeu ; of thji ni; tli ulleu otatos, iTsining uiirond, ..nifty, claim the interposition of bift Gbvoru'inent. The , , rigyi 01 sunrage uas ptteu beeu assumed uijd eioreiseu oy aiieus vniier pretenct) 01 uuiu ralizution, wliich tey have disavowed when iti,afted -into the military service.., J submit lhxpt1letiey of sweh- uh aniMidtheiif of the luws as will muke the fuct uf voting as es, tippel aguiust auy plea of wnrdtion, from, milituiy service or, other civil obligation, on grounds of alienage. ,, In common with other western powcrsour relations with Japan huve beeu brought, into jeopardy, througu the perverse oppositiou of tho hereditary aristocracy of the hnipue to tue enligliteucii, ami iiberul policy of the Tycoon, designed to bring thut country into the society ot nations. It i pibe,.bopu.(t,l,tu-thouh uot with entire eoiif.Jenco, that those ddlicultios may bu peacefully overcome. I ask your attention to the claims of the Minister nisidiiig there for the damages hq.sus Uiuod in tho destruction by fire of" the resi- peuce of U'gatiou at Yeddo. . , ' I.tTUIt.VATIO.VAL AND 8KAU0AR0 TSLEOItAm LINKS. Satisfactory arrangements have been mndo with tho ICinperor of Hussiu, which it, is believed will result iu rlfecting u continuous lino of telegraph through thut l'liiipiro from our Pacific coast I recommend to your fa vorable consideration tho subject of au inter national telegraph betweeu the capital aud the nutioual forts atonir tho Atlautic seaboard aud tho tir.ff of Mexico Such connections. established with uny reasonable ont'lov, would 1... ' , 11 ..'''.I ..... -i ofj ucouomicui as ei us ,uu. cnecuve an to the diplomatic aud military and naval service. Otm COXSUI,AK8V8TKI.' . I ' .JTlie Consular systems of the .linl'ted 'States under the enactmeuts of the lust Copgressj bo- giea u f styi s;stiwuiug, jinu mure is reasou to hope thut it sin f become entirely so. with the incveu8e ofjryde which will ensuo wheu- cyer pVace is irstoi-ed. Our Aliuistors, abroad uaveJticen laithlul m deremling American rights. Iu protectiiiir our commercial inter ests, our consuls huve necessarily hud to en counter incrcused labors aud responsibilities, growing out of the.war.i These they; have for the niost p'urt mat nuJ discharged with zeal aud rtUciency. This, uckuowledifornenl; justly iyejudes those Consuls who) ' residing hi . Morocco",, Ejtypt, China, and other senii-cJyjlized couutries, arp charged with diplomatic and extraordinary powers. I f I . 'K T-t4-W . . ' CONDITION OF IDS TBRITORtE3. . .Tue comiition of u jseveral orgaDized Territories is genoi'ullsatisfiictory.'.'although the Indian disturbances in Xejy Mexico have uot been ent ire ly suppressed.,', 'iiiei niineril resources of Colorado, Xevuda, Idaho, Now Mexico aud Anzoun, ure proving far richer than heretofore was understood. I lay before you a communication op this subject from the uovoruor 01 rew Mexico. . FOREIGN Mill OBAT10N. I nguin submit to ycur consideration the THK TRRASl'KV DKJTAKTMENT. The operations of tho Treasury Department during the lust year huve beeu successfully conducted. Thu enactment by Congress of a .National Bunking law bus proved a valuable support of the public credit: uud the general legjelutiou in relutiou to loans Las fully sht swered the expectations of its favorers. Some umeudmeiiU may be required to perfect the existing laws, but no change iu their principles or general scope is believed to be needed. Since till 'so measures have been iuoperatiou all deinnuils ou the treasury, including of tho puy of the urmf aud navy, huve been prompJy uiet upd fully satisfied. No roil siiierui)ie(pcdy qt.poops, 11,is, believed,, vers flier muf fully provided and"iyre liberally una punctually pain, ana Jt, unyy no , a(ldeg tlyt by uo people, were tho burdiu's iu so great a wur more cheerfully boruu." r ,,, ! The receipts duriug the year from all s'ourcccs, including loans uud the balance , in (he '1'reusury ut its conunonceujenlwe $901,-I25.C74 fcC. 'I'he aggregate disbursements Jjbliiti-yti.oliG C" leaving a buluuce pn the 7th efjuly, ln3, or$532,aoi-i2l. Of the receipts there were derived from customs $6!),-().9.ti4'2 40, from iuternul revenue ?;I7.G40 T'CT'tlo; from dii-ect taxes 6148.510,301; from lands $lfi7 17; from liiitcelliiiieons sources ea04;&l,535, arid from Usns $77'S.GS2,tl 67 milking an nggregata pt $'J0,112,5(i7,4HC. Of tho disbursements .there wurp $232,o33V 22 for pensions,' ic, $42,105,201 59 for interest ou the public debt;),. !j-;247,29!ft4;5 for Wur Department ;$.M9,29'8,60083 for the Navy Department; $G,si24,'l05 2.7. for the payment of the funded imd temporary fjobl S181 0h8ti,-63507; making au aggregate, of $89,57GG3,:' 055. aud leaving a bujuuee of $532,904,421. iThese amoiiuts are obviously erroneous. Hut Llho figures are such, as tho Telegraph, fur nishes tts; aud we have , us yet, no data by. which to correct their. Kd. But the. pay-inent of thu funded aud temporary debt, having beeu mude from moneys borrowed during the year, must bo legarded as merely nominal payments, aud the moneys borrowed to make them, as merely nominal receipts, and. these. amounts ($181,06,035 07) should therefore be deducted both from the receipts and disburse- meiit.t , 'This beingMoap, there remains as, actual receipts $71,470,999, leaving tho bulance as already stated. 1 he actual receipts and dis bursements tor tue Urt l qnurter, aud the esti mated receipts and disbursements for the re maining three quarters of tho current fiscal year of 18G4. will be shown iq detail by .the ropon 01 tue secretary .01 uio lipasurvi to which I invite your attention. It is sufficient to say here that it is not belioved tbut the actual results will exhibit a state of the fiuau ces less favorable to the country than the es timates or thut ollicer heretofore submitted while it is confideiitlv ex-nerted that nt the Close of the yeur.bolh disbursements aud debts will be very cousideruble less than has been anticipated. I U (mil lor burlier doft-usr nml m-u m.,i survey, ulhers of greater slieiigtli and cupao-Ity will bu necei.s,ii-y for olher puiposes, mid Ui inuiutuiii our rightful positiouou Uiuoeeun. Tho change that lm.4 tuk'eu jilaco in naval v, a-sels uud "uuvul warfare, suicu the iutrodiiulioii uf ituauV us u inulive jiower fur ships of wur, ili-Ujaiids .ui:herr Corrifspoiuliug changes iu' some or our exisliug navy yards, or Iho es-laldiliiieiit of now olios, lor tlio construction and necessary repaii-s of inoderi wur vessels. No inconsiderable embarrassment, dulav, ami puniio injury huve been experienced from the waut of such government establishments. The ueceasity of such a u.vy yard, so furnished ut some suitable placo 911 thu Atlantic seaboard, has, 011 repoab-d oei a'-jpim, been brought to tho attention of Congress by the Navy Department; and is uguiu presouted iu Iho n- port ot,tl)u (secR-lary, which uccunipanifts this coilipuiin'Jution. 1 think it my duty to invite your special utteution to this subject; and ul-so to that of Oi,tublsJiiiig a Jurvl and uepot foi Mavul purposes upou joue cf tho Western rivers, A uuvul force jvus beeu cruuted.oii. these iuteriomvutors, aud Vudpr muuy dismlvuntagiis wilhip ,a Utile juuro thuu two years, exceeding ii) uumbers ti e wholo pnyul force of Uio coipi-try ut th'.i couuiieuceniui't-of the pro.-cut, Ad- ministration. balisluctory as Iim beeu, thir M'rioi inuiic!s or the heroic 111011 of the navy ut this period they are scurccly .more, Wonderful than the serviowiof uur.mepbauics and iirtisuus iu the productiqu of .viir vessels which created u, new fofin of u'avul power. Our country, bus advantages sujwrior to uny other tiatioa iu our resources of iron and timber, with inexhaustible quantities of fuel iu thu immediate, vicinity of both, uud all accessible and iu close proximity to nuviirablo waters. Without the disadvantage of public risks, (he resources of the uutiou huvo been developed, and its row er displayed in the construction of u navy ol such muejiitude, and which has, at the very perioti 01 11s luitiullou, rendered aigual service 10 the.Umou. ' The iucreuso of the number of seauiau iu the public service from 7,000 men 111 the1 spring uf 18G)V tu ubout 24,000 ut thivpii!s-uut time, bus beeu accomplished without especial legislation err extraordinary bounties to promote that lucease. it has beeu f.iund however, thut the ojieratious of the draft, with the high bounties paid for army lecruits, are bogiunhur to affect injuriously, the uuvul service, audwill if uot corrected, be likely to iuipuir its efficiency by detaching lenniau from their proper vocuUou, uud iudneiug them to euter the urnty. 1, therefore, respectfully suggest that Congress might aid both thu army and the naval service by aditpiato provision ou this subject, which would ut the same time be equitable to tho couutrv, which is more especially luterfcsted. I commeud to your consideration the' report of the Sjecn.'Uiry of the Nuvy iu regard to the policy of fostering aud truiuiug seaman for the uuvul service. The Navul Academy is renedriiijj rigid service in preparing midshipmen for the highly rcspousihle. duties wliich In ufier life they will be .required ;to perforin, in order .fliut.the country should not be deprived of the proper quota "of educated officer for which legal . piovisigii bus been made. At the navul scbooj . the vacancies caused by the ncgloet or omission to inuke nominations from tho Southern Slates have Iipou filled by the Secretary of the Navy. Tho school is now more full nud complete than at any pnvious period, nud. is iu every re spect eutiUuiio.tLo favorable considerations ef Congress. f commendation of tue Sncrorury of the interior sugxi-biiii u muiiiiiculioii of the Act 111 it-gurd In tun, engaged in tliHjuilltury and 11a val service ol lue Uuiled St lis, , 1 tlouliluut lliul Longross willcjoi-i'lully adopt itmdi ii eaus as will wilhuiit essonlially changing (he gen- nii M-aiiire 111 me yysiem. m-upe to the great ei pi uclmaiilu extent lis heiiiiclits) to lln-e who have li'rt their lioiims in deleuoo if the corulry in tiiis urdoii. crisis. 1 invite your intention tu tin, views of the .Secrotuiy4if War us to thu prupru-ty of ruis iug by app opriulion of legislation a revenue from the iiiiuiTid lands of the United States. I he measure provided at your bust session for the removal of certain Indian have heou carried brio effect. Mmdry tribes have been ungotiatud with, which will in duo timu bo submitted for the constitutional uction of the Suiiulo. They contuiu slijiulations forextiu vuiskiug the posHC8.,in right of tUo ludiuus lo 1 irgn and valuable tracts ofluud, ' It is probable thut tin) effect of these measures will result iu thu ustaiiliskuieutj iff per-iiiaueut frigidly reluiions ilh such of, those tribes us muy have been .brought into frequeut a id bloody collisions with our outlying settlements nud emigrants. The suiiu'd, palicy and our imparative duty tj IheHu.) Words of Uie tioveruuieut deiiaud.fur..uxU)usaiid constant utteuliou tu.tboir ii!iU,e:iul wull-being, to their progitss iu the arts of civilization, and, above all, tu that morul training which under the blessings of Divine I'rovideuce, will confer upon. them, the elevutiou uud sanctifying ildliieiice of the hopus aud cousolulious of the Christian 1'uiili. . l suggested, in my lastuunuul messasre the propriety of reuniddlein our Indian system. -Itili,.!,,,,,!..,.,.!..! ,:-lt...f r:, .... ! uv"a.,uvui V , uin IIU.O .-Miiipiiuu 010 Ul IIS UU- eossily. i ho detuils set forth iu the ieiu.it of the Secrelury will evince the urgent ueod of : l:... . 1.. ..r iiiinii.'ii.aiu lugisiiuivu aciiou. I commend the beuevoleuce of tho institutions established or patronized by the Government iu this District to your generous and fostering cum Tim snip canaL'. The utteution of Congress during tho lust session was engaged to soiuo extent with a propsition for enlarging the water cummuni- cutioii beiween the Mississippi river uud the UJilh-easteru seaboard, which proposition how-over, failed for the time. Siucu then upon a cull signed by oieu of tho greatest respectability, a convention has been called ut Chicago iiiion tho same subject; a summary of whoso views is contuiued iu a memorial addressed to thu President uud Congress, uud which 1 now have the honor to lay before yon. Thut this interest is one which ore long will force its owu wuy, I do not entertain a doubt It is submitted cutiely to your wisdom us ' to whst cau be doue now. - - Augmented-intoiest'is given to this subject by tha . actual coririuouccmunt of work upon ithe Pacific Knilroud under auspices so favorably to its progress uud cdmpletiou, that enlarged navigation becomes a positive need to this great roa'L J transmit the Second Annual Report of Coinniicsionnors of the Dopurtmiut of Agri-crlture, n.-king your utteutiou to the devtl npmeuts iu that vital iuterest of thu nation,-tu iwue s pi'uolui.uii, a copy of which is here with liiii. iiilli.'il. Un extuimal 011 nt tins! pinch nutioii, it will uiieji, ua ,1 i3 huljevuj, j miijily jiisliliuil liy I lie Uoiisliiiiit. 11. 'I rue.llie form of an 'ulu isgii oii, but no uuiu is c-er-1 cm to take it. A man is onlv nroiii wiil I ardnii in cuse he rotunhmly t ikes Iho ,.li J, ullMll lu wu , Ihe Coiisl.tuUouniilhor.s iho Kxeeiitiye to ... nicipaud 1,1 1 uuu una .ic-ui,uj, iuu i,ve been euai ti'd by 0.i..g urviu.uj i., f )lul.u uuii lollliCu. tiou ul pn.fly u, Ul( ,,, ,,a(U ()1 uk, ( u 1 lyu.i Ion,,., , cu,ni,ilu,M Hlirv,m lU.s. .i.m jj,u uaidriu ' lout li, I Hjlil..ivjiyuiiluulw.atu,1yi,ll.l. laeieuiler i") iu pffntiiL-s. who may rani it uii.leriii a. i fullv .r i.h .i 1.., . .. J. . ' "it " "eiiion m lidieials aud other au.hom,;. ?Z 'UUWl'''''","'J1' Iiroff.'ieJ that if any of the Slates niiiueil ,in l' ' uul " h"lA '-""J' ititnte a State tlorinue,.,. i, be i 'J, j ZUZ: ' mode piuscnlivd. Such goveiuimnt shall he Vd u-aJ, n, . it , recogiud'and guar.ui.ied ,y ihn Citeil Mate.-, mnlUiat under it I be Sate shall, JlSrr: -u'lacribiiulo the constiluiiouul coiiditiou.s, J .V, ,,!,! ! 1 " Ju'ui r""10U ut , ..uu. ui.tcrc.tj, Willi rel'un nee U) the suid r-bcUiuli, lue l'f..dit yf too, Uuiled ttutu ,.vu ' iiocjuiiiii,ous Willi pious- oxpedieuoy of establishing a system for the encouragement of immigration, Althongh this source ofnatiouul wealth is again following with greuftir fceedom thau lor several yeurs beforo the Insurrection occurred, there is still a greater deficicucy of luborers in every field ofiuduetry. and esjiecially iu ugriculture, and it) our miuesus well us of iron aud coal as of precious metuls. While the demnud for labor ia thus iiicroos! here, tcus of thousands I ofpersous, destitute of remunerative occupu-' tioiis, uie throoeing our foroiiro eoinulaie. , nud offering to enjjgiute to the Uuiled Stutes 11 tHsenuui, oil very cheap, assistance can be iiumq y".m.; 1 (is easy 10 see mat uuder the sharp'dlgciphiid of civil wur, the nation is beginning a new life. This noble effort demands uid, '6nd ought to receive the utteutiou aud support of the Government. DaVAORS TO TtIS CIT1ZFK8 OF OTI1SR XATIOKS. WAR DRPARTMRKT. 1 j. The report of tho Secretajy ,of,War is a (locunieut of great interest It consists of, first Jhe military operations of the year do- tuileq itMhe import ol tho Unnend-in-chier; secoud--of thu oruanizntion of colored ncr- aone into the witrKervicn! thirillhapvelinnn-n Ti. 1 . - , - p. " of prisoners is fully set forth in the letter of ucuorui iiiicicock; louriu operations in-der tho act for enrolling aud culling out the national forces.; dctaijeij n the report of the Provost Mflrsh,al,0euerijlj fifth tlie orgaui- juiion oi ins yivajiu porps; sixiu uie opera tujus of the sevprul depariqeuts of theQuarter-Muster General, Commissure Gfiuonil. Puy- isuscr (.ieueral, Chief of Kugiuecrs, jCfhief of neureu impossible to muxe a reliablo summa ry of this report excepf such as would he too. extended for tbnj place; and heuco X content mjtislf iu re.'crriug you to the report itself. . havY Btr'AKnuutr! ,,Thq. dudes .devolving upon the naval branch of the service, duriug tue year and throughout the whole of this unhappy contest have beeu j!'.l Jt !. u rt.li:.. ... , uisiamiKuu nun uuuuiy huu euuuuub success. The exieusivo blockade bus been constantly increasing in efficiency, as the navy has ex panded. et, ou so, long a line, it bus so far been impossible toeutiruly suppress illegal trade. From the returns received at the No, vyDepartmeiit it appears that more tbau one tkouiut,dvenehkavt been captured s'uco the iilocknde wrs instituted, and that the value of the prizes ulready sent in for ndjiication amount to over Uiirtrny million dollar The naval fprce of thu Uuitcd, States consists at this time of 588 vessels completed oud iu the con 1 so of completion, and of these 75 are iron clud orraored 6teuincrs. The events cf the wai gave an increased Interest and importance to the Nuvy which will probably extend be yond tho wur itself. The umioroJ veesels In our Navy, completed sud in service, or wliich ure unuer contract Ji'jnrr b, n: fjrsecu by the Oovcrunicut and tiou, are believed tj Citecd Iu number ' thoso ,:. TOST Ofl'ICB DKPARTMKNT. - During the past fiical year tho financial condition of tho Postolfice Department has beeu oue ot increasing prosperity; ami 1 am grultutied iu being able to statu thut the id-ceiptsofthe postal revenue has nearly equal led tue entire expenditures, the lutter uiiiount- iug to t? 1 1,314,000, 84; ant, the. former to Ul 1G3, 789 59, leaving a deficiency of but $150- 417 i5., In .ISGO, tho your imediatoly pre- ccdipg the lehellioii, the deficiency .uioouut, ed to 55U5,G70.549, the posUd receipts of that year uemgfez, u-ii),,aj ies8 tlimt those or 1HUJ. Uie decrease since 1850 iu the annual amount of transportation bus beeu only ubout 25 per cent; but the cxpeuuituru.,ot tpu same has beeu leducod ij per cent.; It is macilest therefore, t,hat the Postoffice Depajtmeut muy become seir-spstuiuiqg ui.a b'W yours even with the restoration or tbe whole service. . , . .,.-. The international, capfereuca of postal Relegates from the principVl countries of Kurope uud America, which was called ut tho sugges tion of the Postmaster General, mot ut Puns ou Jho 19th of muy lust; aud concluded its deliberations the 8th of Juiie. . TVpair.ciples oslupiisiieii uy tue coulerciico ns best aduptud to facilitate postal intercourse between nations,, aid us the basis qf future conventions to inar.gernto a general system of uniform international charges ut reduced rates of uustugo cauuot fail to produce beuuuficial results. . PKPAUT.MKNT Or TUB INTRIIISR. I referyou to the.report of the Secretary of the interior whicu is herewith laid betore you for the useful and vuried uiformutimi in relutiuu to Public Lands, Iudiuna, uffuirs, Put tent 3, Pensions, aud othe Matters uf pub lic ccuceru pertaining to this, de)'artjpc,ut. The quantity of lauds disposed of during the lust quarter 1 n.l the fiscal year: Was throe millions eight- hundred and forty-oie thousand five hundred uud forty-nine acres; of which One hundred -and sixty-one tb.p,uuud nine him-,, dred uud eleveu.iu.-rcs were sold for cash, one million four huudrod aud fifty-si v, tliousauij uve uuudrcd aud tourteen ocicHWcrn tukcu up under the homestead law. uud thu residue was disposed of uuder laws granting lands for military bounties, for railroads, uud other purposes. It also appears thut thu sale of public lands is largely wu thu .iucreuse. mt It has long beeu a cherished opinion of some of our wisest statesmen, that tho people of the Uuited StB(es had a bfijfier pud .more enduring iuterest iu the early settlement aud sub stantial cultivation of the public, lauds than in we amount of direct revenue to .be,1denrjved from the sole of them. This opinion has had , controling influeuce iu shaping legislation upou the subject for our uuticuul domain. I may sito, us one instance of. tins, tho liberal measures adopted iu reference In, actual settlers, the grant to tho Stutes of the. overflow. oil, lauds within their limits, in order to their being reclaimed ,uim reuderedfit forculuvutiou. I he grunt to Iho railroad companies of alter nate sections of land upon the contemplated lines of the road when completed, will .largely J multiply the facilities of ieachjug our distant possessions. This policy has reeeiiod its most siguid and beiiefieiunt illustration iu tho re cent enacmeiit granting lauds to actual fillers j for, siucu the !;rt of dunnary Ins', thu before. mentioned qiiiintity of una uiilliou four huu- ilred and Miy-eix thousand live liumlred and fourteen acn's of luild huve boon tukeu under its provisions. - . - I Ins Tact and the amount c: sales, ninusJi gnittif) hig evidence of he-reusing netlleinei'.ls pon the public binds: Aotwithstumbug the groat slruirglu in which has required so large , oe proiecieu ugailHt in fusions uud d iue.-,tic violence. -'I'lio couslicminii.il obiig .liuu of the Un.tud States lo jfuaruuieu to every .Stule iu the Union urepubiicuu I'urutufgoi-eiiuiii'iit-and to protect tho Statu in the easy ns i.itwd, is explicit aud full Ifut why tender the bene fits of this provi.siou only to a State govern-nient set up iu this particular wuy 1 This section of thu - Constitution cou emplatej cuw s wherein the eleiui.ui in a Slate favorable tu a republican -guvvruuieut iu iho Union may . be too feeble I'ur au opposite uu-l liostilo eleuienl external to and even within the State. .Aud BUclruni precisely the cases Willi which we are now dealing. An attempt lo guarantee .u, protects rei;iWstulool'govuri.iiieiit construe-ted iu whole or 111 a piepoiidi-ruting purl Irom the very element against who) hostility und vicleuce it is to beprutectial, is simply itiiu.d There must be a test by wh.ch to seperutu op posing elements, so us lo build only lio u iu ground element uud that lest is a sullioii-iil and liberal oue which accepts as sou nl whoever will inuke aswuru recantation of his for mer unsouiidneoi. But if it b-f proper tu re quire u test of admission ti the political body uu outh of allegiance to I lie Constitution of tie Uuited Stales und to tile Uuiou uudor it why uot ulso to the laws uud proclamations iu regard to slavery? Those laws amf dho proc-luiuulious were enacted und put. forth lor the purpose of uiding in tho suppression of the Kebelion. To give them the fullest effect, there hud to be a pledge for their inninii'iiuiice. In my judgement they have aided u id will further uid the causo lor which they wuro enlisted. To give up this principle wuul 1 he, not only to reliuquiib a lever of puiysir, but would ulso be uu uatounding breach uf tuitli. 1 may uilil to this point, thai, while 1 ic-muin iu my present portion, I hhul not alteu pt lo retract or modify the Kimincipatiou proclu-uiatiou ; nor shull 1 returu lo olavery any person whojs mado free by the terms of lue proclamation, or by uny act. uf Congress. For. these uud other reusous it is thought best that the support of these persons shulf be included iu the oath; and it is belioved thut the Kxecu-tive may luwfslly claim it iu, return' for.psr-. don uud 'the restoration-of these pftiiei(ed rights, which he has clear constitutional power to withhold altogether, or to grunt iipou the terms which ho shull deem best for the iuterest. It should be observed, ulso.tbal this purtofthe outh is subject to the modil'wug uud abrogating power of legislation ,unl"tlie Supreme J udiuial decision. Tlio iitonu.-id uc-1 .wu - ' .veiu , iu nocriWIuU Ol aluVCo. And, ut.o. cr it ia uyw.. vmtttA by some ; peiuiis htieudoivfiiged In aid rebellion..' 10 ruouiuo tbi ir ulii giuCf lo the Uu.ted Slulei ' uud iiiiiuguiule Iriui SlutogiiviruiucuU within uud ful lliejr ie.-.tclivc &luls. , . .. "I'liKUhKiuis. 1, Abruham L:iH-olu,'Prosideiit ott',uL'Aj,tu fciAjhs, do proclum, dec.uie, uud UU.U- 1.HOHU to, all pi rons ubu.have oi-reoll.e. or by jinpiicuiica puiliciputed iu uel relielliuii, rxc-ol us hcoini iu-r t icepteo, tuat a i--iixaiu,ox js jj,ulllu, to tiiem UU,L each tl tU IH, Miih r.-Bloiviioi, of all rights, if ""ulpariii-sshalHuive iu'U.vened;amt upou t fr tunJiliu yiat .every uL-b .ui-sou shall U.kf aud subscribe t.is oulii, und tlieuceloiwurib hix-paud iiiaiiitim Mild outu inviolate, unci winch outu shull bo ngisui.for iieriiiuueiii'i pieservalt.iu. uud shull oe vf iho U-inior uml : 'dectlollowiog, to-witi, 7 dtltotemnty m pif we vf AuiiuiiTy Goo, that .1 m l tieiicrfurtk jaitlijultu la.inarL i,t ot, ,-l and dr- Jtwt Ute Cututuutiv,! j ie Uuiled .State''' uad litt Uuiuit of the dtatet thereunder; and Unit I will in Itke manner abi.tc by Uml faith I fully, uppurt all ,iel, tJ .ongr,i jua:d uwmg the eiitiiug rtbeU,on wi.lt ffeitnee to eltim, su lung and. tu Jut a not lepealed; DwJijid, ur htld void by Cvitgrtti, or by de . Cijiun ufUte Supreme Court; ait l that I uul in manner abide by and fuhl fully tup-port alt proe.auuUioiti oj tu 'crH during tiie cxutiag Rebellion, having reference lo e.nnei, to ,ong and to fir a not Modified, or declared hum by declt.oil of the Supreme. Court, so iiiii.e hk oho." .1 I The per . aiiu i'M.-,ilc.i Irom the benefits 01" thu foiegoiu , ,,1-ovisioiis uie ull who 1110 binding, or .shull bu,d, uliieo under the so cull- . od Confederate (jiMMriiiuoiitt di lyliiutio ouV, ceia or agents of me so oalied Conluderulo Gjvernuieiit-ull who have li ft ..u liciul.stui ioiis ' under the Uuited Stales to uid I lie rebellicu; all who aror shub have b s-u, uulitury oruu--val olliijers of the rank ol . oiuiiel iu the aniiy-' or Jui uteuunt ju the navy o.l the so culled Con- " ledeiuto IJovcruiiieiit; ul.so, ull, who left their; , teats in tlm Umied Slates Congress to aid iu rebuliioii; .11 who nfsigoe.1 their commissions. ' 7 iu the army and uavy or tin) United Stales . uud utoi Aurds uidud lue lybellioii; nud ul I Who huye eag.i;;a iu uny v?ay iu ill-treating coiurnd IUI30IU-IS 1 r vviiiie im u in cb.ii'iro ol. TUB REBELLION. , , Wiicn C.ingross atsoniblod a year ago, the war had lasted nearly twenty.. -months, and ) tliorc.kttd been many cgntlic,ts, both uu, laud. and sea, witli Varying results, 'lbeuebelliou Iiud been pressed back inot reduced limits. Yet the tone of public, fuelwg wud 'opiiiiion litt noine, and abroad, was..npt salinhlctory. With other signs, the popular elections Unit just past indicated, uneasiness ninong ourselves whiloamid niuvh that woe cold uud menacing, the kindest wjurils coming. from Kugluud vvereufbired iu accents of pity that we were to bund to surrender. Uur commerce was suffering from, attacks by afevy armed vessels built upou und furnished from foreign shores; und we were threatened with, such .additions from the same quarters as wuuld sweep our trade from the sea, and raise our blockade. ,., We bad failed to elicit from Europeun Government anything Jiojieful ujiou this subject. The Kinanciputiou proclamation wits issued iu September, was running its pssigued period lo the begjnuing of the New, Your. A.mouta lutur tho final proclainutou,.cuuie, including the announcement lhat colored men. of, suitable conditiim would bo, rrccived iuto the .wur service. The policy of1;iiiuiiciputiou uud of the employment of black cujdiers gave to. the lutiiro a uevv aspect about which hope lyid fear and doubt contended iiioiucortuiucquriict According lo our political system-as a, unit ter of civil adiiiiiiistrution the general Govern ment had uo luwful power to effect emancipa tion in uny State; aud for a long tiiqe ,it hud beeu hoped that tho robelliuu oud , to suppressed without tesortiug to it as a military measure. ' ,W1 . , It was al the while deemed, .possible that the ueeussitv imglitouuvaud that Mitshould the crisis of the contest would then be presented. It Clime; and as inteudud, it was follow ed by dark end doubtful days. Kleveu months having since been passed, we are permitted to takejiiother review. Tho rebel borders are pressed ,stiJ further, back; uud, by tin), coin, pie.' e opening of,.Uie.. Mississippi river, the country domiuutcd over by tho lebclliou, is divided into distani parts. .- 1 he practical communication between them and Tennessee jgjid Arkansas.has been so substantially ent ou from the insurgents cuutrol apd influence,, am) the citizens, iu .each, uud thu owuers of slaves uud the. advocates of slavery at the begiuuig of the wur. how declare opbuly for emancipation iu their respective States. Of those States not included in tho Enmn- cipa.tioii Proclamation, Maryland, and Missouri, neither, of wliich for.yuurs would- toler-alu i uny reslrui ut upou the extension of slavery into their tern tones, only dispute uow us to the best mode of rouipviug it from within luuir own limits. , nffhnvn wKn wppa nliirAa nf ll,a Kunininw u, .uyw "...u ' J H UU UVtlllll of the war, fully 100,000 are now iu the Uui ted States. military service; ubout one half of which actually bear arjns. Ill the ranks; thus giving tlio double advantage iff taking much labor from the insurgent stutes und supplying tlieir places which, otherwise niu-t be filled with so lupuy white men. So far us tested, it is difficult to say thut they ure not as gcod soldiers as auy. No servilo jusiirrecti.ui, or teu- ueni-y 10 violence, uus niarhea tlio measuies of.Emancipatiiig uud arming tho blacks. These measures have been 111 icli discussed in foreign cuuulrtus;,uud coeuiN,rnry with -such discussions, tho tone of'pulilii-seuliiii'iit jberv, iu much improved. Where tho same measures huvo been fully discussed, supported, criticised mid deiiouiicedthe annual elecliinis following rtf highly eiicourugiu to thiteo whose sH-cial duty it is t' bear the crountry throngli this greal trial. Thus we have thu reckoning. The crisis which threatened to divide thu iri uds of the Uuiou in past. . -, xrasi-res rni: -run KiTL-nr. Looking nuW to I he pn-sent nud future, and quiescence of the iNatiouul Kxeculivo il: aiiy jsml, u.io,.vs vt win ; uud which persons . houorablu temporary State urra.igoi.iei.t for ; ,uy be louud a tnu United Slates service ui.. the freed people, is made with a view, if pus-1 6u,d,ei.s, Cumuli, or in any caliadiy. Audi, ' s. bie, uf inodifyiug tue eourusion und distress- ,u furtuJr r'lut.aiu,, dcclaie, a' d make kuown ' ed destituuou which must at best, atWnd all ; t vvi.o,.ver iu any of the Stales ofA-..-classes by a total rovolutiou of labor through- kausiu,, Jl.s-Wi.pi.. Tennessee, .. Alabama.,-out the whole insurgent iS.tns. .It m hoped Ueorg.a, Florida South Carolina, and .N'oitii ' tha the already de.-,Jy ulllirled peonlo m those CWu... bv a number of iK-rsonu not less ;-S lutes may be aoniewhat more re uly to give thiin uui,atf ol' the aumjer of votes ust iu -. ; " ui.UCHO.i; luni ID tllisex-t,u,., &lltU! u, rl,H I.Ub.utkl e!-tion ..rtba,.' tukeu -' ,mve,il.uii nltiiait iu .,1.,. 1 1,.: ,).' . .: : .... ... & . r ,U6 j 1 (14U)lJ lti , Ult ,elUg tt qushuoo) voter si tho ,"" 1 time of election f Staid ofiicA-rs iiiupediLtely ' ' I he suggestion. in the proclamation, as to before Uio .-o culled iiut of tece.-sioii, and ex-(' ; maiutaiug the political frame-.wqr'i. uf. the. eluding ull others, there ahull be established m ; . Slates on what is cullud Vrecoiistriietiou" is State Goveniiuent which shall be republicau. , made iu the hope that it may do good without and in uo w.sa i-outruveiiing said outh.. such .' ' ' harm. It will favor labor uud avoid great ! shall be recoguized ns tlio true Government of ' confusion. But why any proclamation now I tlientatn; luid. the Statu shall receive thereuu-- . upon mis subject, 11 tins question is lict with : dor thu benehia of the coiiutilutional provis-, thu conllicting viiivvs thut the step might be . ion wli ch decluros that thu. United States-delayed too long or bo tukeu too soou in sliull guarui.le to every Slute in this Uuiou ..: some, the elements lor resumption huvo been j u republican lurm of goverumeut sud shall.. lent this vital matter is left to .lieuives,: j,w, of Jr lm , while no powesol the Nutioual Fxocmivu U.!,beMth unsaid, uud uol tiavit side ready for act!ou; but reuiaiu inactive uupareu- ,1.. r... ... .. .11..:.... . ..j... . , r'.. 11 iu, mm ui u rallying jionu. a piau ul uc-tiuu Why shull, A. adopt tho plau of It.-rather th.iu B. thut ol A.f und if A. and U. should agree, how can they know but that thu geuerul goverumeut hero will respect lliidr phiuf By the proclamation a plan' is preseu-ted wliich in iy bu accepted by tin-in us a ral lying point; uud which Ihey are assuiod in ud protect ouch of them u gainst invasion, aud, ou upplmutiMi of tliu legUlutiite. or Executive wheu. tbu legislature esuuut be convened ugaiiiHt douirstio violence. Audi do further proclaim, decliir aodt make known that u pioyisiou which uniy be adopted by ue,ii Slulo govunimeat iu relutiou,. to tue freed poople of such Slute, which shall rccojinUui and declare their permanent freedom vuuee will uut be reieeted here. Th bring them to uct soouer than the otherw.ae may be cousisleut as a temporaiy arrange- wo'ijd. - 11 J iiiont witli their prcs-nl condition, as a labor- I'he objection to a premature presentation iug and homeless class,.wil uot be objwttu! of u plan by the. Nalional Executive consists) to by tnu ualiouid Executive. Aud is sng-, 111 liie danger of coiniiiiltiiig error in points gosted, us not improper, thut in the construe. uii.u t ,ui u...i,,unj Muuiv iu luruier 110-, tiun ol u loyal oute guvermueut iu uoy Htule, velopmeuts. . Cure bus been M-uu' f a fix the document so as tu avoid eiiibiirusmeuL froiti this source. In saying thut 011 ueituin terms, certain classes will be pardoned with their rights rcntorcd, it is not said that .other clas ses un other terms will never be indif'l'-il. In,! saying that a reconstruction, will bo accepted if presided in a specified, wuyi-it is .uot said tbut.it will be accepted in any other wav. The movements by State action for emancipation iu. several of the Stutes uot included iu the emancipation proclamation, Aru PVilters of profound congratulation; and while I, do. noi, repeat iu detuil whut I huve heretofore so ear uestly urged, upon this subject, my general views and feelings remain unchanged, uud 1 trust that Congress will omit uo fair opportunity of aiding these important sto;i' to. lb" great cousiimution. In the midst of other cur ses however important, wo must uot loose night of the fuct thut the war power is still our ndi-aucu. . Iu that power ulono cau we look, lor a time, to ffi vi lunfidenee lo the people in contested regious, that the insurgent, power wm uot again overcome them, rill that confidence shall be estublished little cuu le done any where for what ,s called rwon.-dructioii Hepce our chief cure must still be directed to our army aud uvy; which huve thus far borne I heir harder parts so uobly aud well. And it may be esteemed fortunate thut in iriviug the greatest efficiency to tlicse indispensable arms we do so uouoruUly eucoumge the gallant men from Commander to Mutii.l, who compute them; and to whom more than all others. ..the,, world must stand indebted for the house of ecdom, disenthralled, rogcueruted, enlarged ud periielualed. (,igneJ,) , A BU.V.l AM LINCOLN. December 8, 18o3. tue uanio of luo saiu ', tha bounduries tlm suorfiiyiaious, the Coustntibti SuJ tue Federal code of luAs, us beloro the rebellion, be , iiiaialuiuud subject erily to the modifications 1 made mce,-a:iry coudilious before slated, aud sucji others, if uny uot contradicting said cor1-diliuus wliicu muy be deeiuup expedient by those fiHii.iug the uew State Goverumeut.-To uvoid inisuiiderstundiiig, it uuiy be proS-r to suy tbut this procluma'ieu, to far us itJCt lutes to States wherein luyul State gouetu-.. uicuts buve all tho while beeu nieutioued. . Aud for the same reason il may be proper lo . further, say that whether jueinl ers seut to Congress from uuy'.Stte, sliull lie udfuilfed to' seats con;litulioiiully rests exclusively villa the respective Houses, and uot to any extent, with the executive; and still further, tbut Inis . proclamation ia uleniled to present to the peo--pie of the 3 utos wherein the national author- liy has been suspended uud loyal Slute Gov- . eiinnriits have ben subvert! d, a mode by which tie) uulio.nal unihority over every . tbj si .Statu-, government may b eatubliebed- witkia wild. States. Aud while the mode presented is the best tho Executive run suggest with his pre-j sent impressions, it must not be undeaslood thut another feasible mode would Uot be accepted. .... . -. ,r 1 1 i ,, : Civeti'iimlcr my bund at the city 'of. Washing t", the biu day of December, A. D. Oue . Thousand Eight Handled sud Sixty-.- Three, uud of the liid a'in!iiuce of Ilia . United Males of America the Eighty Eighth. ' ;i " . - ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President. . Wii.liaji f. SswAn, ' . becretai y' of State, . Passions, like wild) lmrres, when prop-, erly trained and dianiplined. arc capable of being apnlied to tho nnbhat .-purposes; but. wbi-n allowed t havfj.thr ,;;wu way,' '.Ley boeomo dangerous j'a the ei(iumo. ii. rur,iPf-n-0 In Muii,ni,lt,.i. ..r ll.u I - ..i..i...i r . i.;..,. . r... .1...:. . ... . ,,uuii,ii " " K " """" ",,iriiutho;ily witMii the States wherein .(hut no. toiufd partuil!, I eotdiully jcucur iu the roe- tUuri(v b. bwB tll,u,it.d( 1 l4V,, thoU).j,t Ct (PHOCI-AtlATION A-OOHClNVnOlllo Vim yuF , , 1'ho following Procluiu iliua is appended ti) the Mwsige. ... . , . iir.itKAS. in and by. the Constitution of-the L.MMK11 Sr.vtK.1 it is provided Mut.th Presi dent shull have power to irriiitl tepieivis end pai dons fur offences aguiust the United Stales ! vAf ii iii mi-vnii niuivtiiifiiuui , uuu, T.rfw t ,rr i :ia - ,,n , a rebellion now exists, shereby the laws ofl ' " , ,- . rV-- , K fHate, pud governments of si verul Sliitethuvu I ,nf.? "r. " ,M- lut ? 'nl " ' for a long time been sabvnUd, ami ,un) sioy; I "i" ' "'. k""1ws- J "'H ol.liBtloitH, guilty of trvosuQ ugainst the .United t''a!e;,., L." 1 VfrJ 1 1 ' V y r yv h 1 1 win.ipd j reserve" Aud, u-htffji, with icfeii'iite iv iwiJ reujl; tl:a lieart, aril secure mm fur L 'VJ fhr e 'j.i i i-2 ii L !-.. 1.1 - ' i :)