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"LET ALL THE KNDS THOU AiMTJT AT PL' THY OOD'8. THY COUNTRY'S, AND TRUTll'S."

' VOL. IX. CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1S63. NO. •-».

rM»IDCST>l IHEIIAGE. Felloe Cititfni of lit Senate and Haute of 1 Another jeer of ksritli sa.l of sufficiently 'sbtuidsni harvests has paixd. j For Uiom and especially the improved condition n( &n national affairs, nor re- , newed sod profound gratitude to Clod is i Ait. Oer Foreign gelation-. We remain iu peace and fri»nd*hi|) with foreign pfteirlj Tbo effort* of disloyal citizen* of the United Stale* to iut<.l*a u* In foreign vara, to nld an tnexcuaabla iaearreeUoa, ktti been ■■mailing- Iter liritaunic Majesty'* Ooremnant. a* was justly •*- panted b«ra. exercised the aathority to prrecnt the drp*rturu of new hnetile expedition* from Hiitisk porta. The Emperor of France baa, by alike frlendahip, promptly vindicated the neutrality which , be pr oe burned at th« beginning of the contest Questions of great intricacy and im- j portance bare ariarn oat of the blockade . and other belligerent operation* beta ecu the Government and aevrr*! maritime powers, but they bare been ditcnaaed, and, eo far m possible, acrommodaled In a apirit of fairnaaa, justice and mntnal | good »H1 It ia aapaeially gratifying ; that o«r Prix* Court*, by the impartiality m of their adjudication, bare commanded j tfrs eeapect and confidence of maritime ' powers. u » Tbs aupplamenlai treaty betueen the : United Bintm and «trr»i IVIi«l„ f.,r U.o : suppression- of the African elee* trade, made on tko.Htk day of Febrnary lest, ha* barnt duly ratified at.d carried Into ■gscqtion. It ie brlioecd that »o far a* 'lurleaa porta nod American oilfaoas ttrC VOfl Corned, that inhuman end barba rone traffic haa beta brought to an end lahwli submit for the rornddaraUan of ^ tto Senate n Contention for the sdjust^L*T^torv°^riring Ml of the treaty or the 15th of June, 1846, between the V United State* and Ureal Britain, and W which bm* been the aonrca of eome dia- j F apalet among the ci- irons of that no « j rapidly improving part of lb* country. X mvvI and important qoaetioo In- * citing tba extent of tbs maritime jsris- . diet ion of Spain in the Water* which unround the Wand of (Jabs, baa beoa debate'd, with oat touching no agreement, 'and It i» proposed, in en amicable spirit , ♦a refer it to the arbitrament of e friend- j ly power A copeeslion for that pur j poee will be enbmiltnd to the Senate. - I hare thought it proper, aabjrct to i 'Afl tke .approval or the Senate, to concur ( -<wHb the in tercet ed commercial powrfs, , Te an attsngoment for the liquidation of ; the 8cbeldl tinea, open the -principle* j which here been heretofore adopted in regard to tha imposts ttptws narigalion ie the water* of Denmark "The ling pending controversy hot wean .this ©oeecnmvnt and thai «f Cftili, L, touching th's selturc at Kflann, in reru, ; by QhMMt officers. of a forge amount of tractor* Uloagb-g te citinen* of the Tailed state*, baa been' brought to a l ane* riate*, was owew uvvngww *v »

rloae by thv.awpcd of bis Majrity, the King of tha Belgian*, to those srbitra4loa: tbe question w»* referred by that parties The sulyeet we* thoroughly j and patiently exaaihtad by tlial justly .respected magistrate, and although tha . earn awarded to tha cfafaisrts may not j -Wfa'bwcp •* large a* Uiey rxpecled, ' there t» no reason to distrust the wwdom . uf bia maje»»y'a deriaioa. That dccieloa ; .wee promptly i omplird ailh by Chili , when iatrUtgenae in rrgard to it reached I that cweatry. The jtdm commission uudvr tie act of the fast session Tor carrying into rffrct j ftwentef. with Peru, on the tnbjret ■< ckima, ha* bcea organixed at . Ums. sad ia engaged ia the b urines* , ^DiRenitir* coMoraiag tstrr-ocesnic ■" " c™~ 1 "l. CO.IU.U," i-illi M forth State* or Colombia, and hate crcdllad a ■Mater t« that rapnblk-. MgM* sf Faeetgam.

laddenta nacarrisc >» the progrcaa of : nf oar ri»U war bare fbrcad apoa my : aUaation tbe entertain elate of iuteraa i 1K...I «M)kM UMkb* U» >;<'"• -< •fcwdgaay la thla ew^y^d c^Uatt^d : getrJrMKWt e<_ hU i wal'J canm'l- rxtheir liter. i

There i*_rc**on to believe that many | prrvou* born in foreign coantriee, who 'f\ hire drclarrd thalr intenUon to become ' cititrna, or who have been folly netnralixtd, have c«*dod the military doty ; rrquirod of them by denying the fact, d I a ad therrhy throwing upon U>a gorerui n am the burden of pra^f it ha* bean 1 ! found difficult ar impracticable to obtain 1 this proof, from tha waut of guidri to . _ ihapruf cr hiun w of Information. The»e j P | might be kupplied by rrqairiag the j . clcike of coiirte wheie declaration* of J r intention may ba made or natnrmlixa:lon i a rffoctrd, to aend, periodically, llata of . the name* of tba pcrtoa* naturaliced or ) B docUring their intention* to"brrome ch- - ixror, tv the Secretary of the Interior, , 1 in wboee department tbroe netuea might - be arranged and printed for general In- • formelfon. There i* alio reason to be > • litre that forrignert frequently become 1 1 cit'ixeu* of tbe United Slate*, for the aole 1 - porfinae of rvadieg the dutiee imposed 1 ! by the i*Ws of their native counter, to ; ' i which, on becoming naturalised here, ' tbey at oaua repair, and thoagh never 1 ' returning to the United State*, they still ! 1 * : claim the intrrporition of thla goreru- 1 ' 1 mtnt a* citix n*. Many altercation* and ' ' i greet p»jndices bare brntufore aritrn I oat of thia ahoae- It ia therefore aob- ! milled to your orrioo* comidrratlon. It 1 ' 1 might be edriaablc to fix a limit beyond , 1 I I which no eititen of the Uniud Stale* ' - ; reiiding abroad, may claim the interpo- , 1 ! aition of hie Oorernmont. The right of 1 ' I luffivge baa often been eunmrd end ex-"* ' • I uf mueao, unurt (urituvn oi ! ' • naturalisation, which they bed disavowed ' . when drafted into the 'military aerrire : ! » I submit the expediency of oaeb an " 1 amendment of -the lewe a* will make tbe 1 1 fact of voting an eatoppel egeloat any ! 1 ' plea of exemption from iniDtery acraice or other civil obligation*, upon tba 1 ' ground of alienaga. 1 J Our lalercoarwc silk Karopc. f Ia camman with other Weetnra I'ow- , ere, onr rrbitioo* with Japan here been I . j j brought ia to aerion* jeopardy throuuh j . j the par* aria opposition of the hereditary , ! ariatocracy of the F.mplre to tha en- . j lightened and liberal policy of tbe Ty- . | coon, deaigned to bring the country into . 1 the ooeiety of nation*. H I* to be . hoped, although not with entire confi- . done. 'that theac difficulllea may bo • peacefully overcome. I e*k yonr atteol ; lion to the claim of the Miaiater reaid- . ing there for the damage* he aoateined • iu the destruction, by fira. of tbe reai- ! dence of the legation at Yeddo. u Satiaf-ictory amngrmeata have been r i made with the Empevor of Rouia, which ,t j it i> belfoved will reeolt ie effecting a ,f • coutinnoua line uf telegraph through , j thai empire from onr Pacifle coast. 1 n recommtnd to your favorable coeaideran [ lion the aubje^t of an international telecraph acroi* the A'lantic ocean, and n | aUo of a telegraph between thia Capitol I I wad i be oetto: al forta along tha Atlantic lt ' srabnard and the Onlf of Mexico. 8ucb ; ,'f • cuttoectioux, tiUldinhcd \J1tb iny roa- _ e | oonaMc ou lay, woald be economical a* j well aa effective aide to the diplomatic, !

. ; ihiliUrv, and naval service. ; t Tlit coniolur v/jtem of the UdiUd c i j Sulci, under the enacUntuU of the fori , - j CongrckB, brgtn to ba aelf-aniuiniug, I and there fa reuxan ii hope th-it it may 1 , i t rcomc entirely to with tbe increeac of < 1 1 trade whieh will entue whenever peace 1 i ie ronton*!. . , i 1 1 Our Miiifotvt* abroad have been taith- 1 , 1 1 ftH in defondlng Amrricen rights. Iu j « I i protecting onr commerciel iotercaU onr 1 ■ I [ Conaalf have nrceaaariiy had to enennn- i itr increased labors and reeponsibilitiaa, f growing out of the arm r. These tbey 1 ; i have, for the snoet part, met and dfo- { . ! charge with xeel and efficiency. Thla : , i ; acknowledgment jiiet includes tiiorecon- , n ; aula who, residing in Mexico, Egypt, i t Tnrkey, Japan, China, and other orient- , { el coontriea, are charged wiui complex , ; function* sad extraordinary powers. The Territories. I • The condition of the several organised j * territories ia generally eatufactory, al- 1 I I Ihoagh the Indian dulorbaac** in Now j * Mexico have wet keea eaurely aapprevs- * d Tha mineral resources tt Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico, and Ari.^cvaoa, auano, .->«• »»•> -«»>■- p

xona are proving far richer than hereto- j b ' fore enderatood. t lay before yoo a » I comwaeieaiion on thia anbject from the 1T 1 Governar of >'nw Mexico j " I agaia submit to your consideration . the expediency of eatabliahing a eyatem | q j for the eaoooregeaaent of immigvaUon. t f Although thia source of nsliouJ wn.Jth J ! and strength la again do wing wJtt great- t, , i lynat daficWy -f laborvr* in every , 1 freM ef iwd-try. cepmdaUy fa -gricol- , • . wva and ia our ariuea, ai wall of iron * • i and coal as- of the prerinn* metal*. \ . i White the demand f^r labor la thee in- , > ; cjvaacd here. Una nf theweaad* of per ] 1 tfa£ wTVhroagfa^w foreign Conml- ' tits jrtS»Msav-5 eaaUtanro- can b« afforded them. ^ .

It is easy to see that nnder' the tharp discipline -of civil war the nation fo beginning a uow life. Thia noble effort ' de-uanda the aid and ought to receive ' tha attmtiou and support of the Gov- ■ , eminent. Injurln to Foreign Subject*. Injarica anforuaaeu by tba Goverorneul, and unlnientiunal, may in some , , ' caaea have been Inflicted apon the tnb- ! j jncte or eitiecna of foreign countries | * ! both ataea uud on land, by persona in I ' I the service of the United State* As 1 j this Government expects retire** from ! , I otlier pqwer* when similar injuries are ! inflicted by |*ersons in their service upon , ( : citizens of tbe Uaitcd State*, we must 1 1 ' be prepared to do justice to foreigners. M If tbe exialing judicial trihanale »rc ; ' . inadequate for this purpose, a special court might be antboriced, with power | [ ! bear and decide such claims of the < { character referred to, aa may have arisen j r under trealfe* and the pablie law. Conveotions for adjusting tbe claim* by joint , commiuloa have been proposed loxomc - ( | Goveromenta, but no definite answer to ! , the proposition has rel been reeueived t from any. ' * In the coarse of the nceeoe I shell probably hare occasion to provide iu- < * deunlficalioo to claimants where decrees j | of rcalitiitlon have been rendered and j J damages awarded by tbe Admiralty ^ Courts, And in other caeim, where tbi* | ! (sovnriimont may be acknowledged to ba t » liable in jrliiciple. aod johera ^thc * taincd by an Informal arbitration, the ( | proper officer* of the Treasnry hate c j deemed themfefoea required by the law ( i of the United Statos upon tbe subj-cl, > r i demand a lax apon the income* of c | Foreign Conaul* in this Country. Whlla c ' ancb a demand may not, in atrictoeai bo ' i derogation nf public law, or perhaps 1 • of any existing treaties between the I United Stales and a foreign cooatry. j J the expediency of eo far modifylrg tbe j t j act as to rxempl from tar the li eotae ; . I of aucb consuls aa are not citizens of the < United Statu, derived from tbe emulu- ' meal* of their office, or -froet property OQt situated in the United State*, ia < • submiticd to yopr serious consideration. | , 1 make thta aaggcitioa nporf- tho , ground that a comity which ought to ba i reciprocated. exeropUvoar nonauls ia all i foreign countrifih f ofa uxation. To ! the extent tbuleiylicated, the United ' Stale*, I think, ought not to ba excep- ( tlonally Illiberal to international trada , and comracree. i The Treasury Department. Tho cperations of tha Treasury during the fait year have b«en sucernlatly conductrd. The rnactmant by Cungrasa of a National Banking law, has proved a valuable *apn«rt of tba public credit, and tha Enteral K-gislatfnn ia relation to loan*, haa lly nuBwercd the expacUtioo* of it* favo1 rer*. Some amendment* may he required ■ to perfect »xi»ling fow*. but no change In i I tbeir principles ergeaaral *eop« fobvltaved . . i lo ho needed. , • Since these measure* have been in apeI ration, at! demands on tbe treasury, Inelu- I ' dkf the pay of tbe army and navy, have [■ < dtng te* pay 01 me army anu navy, nave [v

beriTpromp'tly met and felly **t1»Had. No 1 1 cea* id at abio body of troop*, it It bahaved, ' | were war more amply provided and mora , i liberally and puncloijly paid, and It may > added, that by no poopfa ware the hnr- i dens incident lo a great war ev«r more ■ | cheerfully borne. 1 Tbe r-ce.ipls during the year from sil i i Sou. era. including loans and the balance in ) the Treasury al It* commencement, were ! t90l,lXfa>"4 06, the aggregate disburse- ! nients 3hW,7I>6,680 65. lcaviog a hsfoocc I th« 1*1 of July, 1863, of g5.W9.M4 SI. ; Of tie receipt* there ware durtved from ! Caatoma, SO'J 059,642 40; from Inlcriiri Revenue, 137.640,787 95; rram direct Taxes i fl 1.435,103 61; (rem Lead*. 81C-7.617 17; from toispallaneoaa source*. S304.66l.53o; ; end from Loan*. $77«,C82,J«J 67. making ; V • sggrrgsU $901,125,67 . 86. j I Of tb* diafeurvement* v'.«ra veare, for the civil service, $*33534#: for pension* and Indiana. $4.116, *50 50; lor interest on : i the public debt, $34 729,846 51; far lb* j ' War Depart men', $599,298,600 83; for the Navy Departmeet. §63,211.109 27; for pay- . menl of landed and temporary dabt, $181,- : 006.635 07; making tb# aggregate $893, i 706.639 #5, and leaving the brieace of I $5,329, Mi 21. . But the payment* of the funded end temporary debt having beau made from moneys porary oeDt saving ooeu moo* irom moBria 1

borrowed daring the year, must be regard- i ed as merely nominal payments, ead the i money* borrowed to make thru, as merely I nomiual receipts, and thair amount $18- i 108,693.607. ahoetd. therefore, be deducted I both from tb# receipt# and disbursements. Tbi* being done, there remain* as actual i receipt* $710,030,033 79, and the actoal i dfrburremaat* $714,709,095 58, leaving the ea already stated. I The sclaal receipts and disbursement# for the first quarter. «« the estimated receipt* and dtabonmuast* tor the .-vmainias threw quarters 'd the cnrrenl SomI year, of 1664. will be sboan in dsUtl by tb# report of the J tary «f' the 1 reeeery, So which I iuviu* your attantioo. 1 It i* aaffcieat te say ben that it is aot 1 believed that 'he actual results will rxhibit I U stele of. the Unsure* foes frvorabU ti> the | coanirr tbiotbe earimaaee wf that officer,

The War Be part men t. The report of tl.c Sreretsry of War is a 1 document of general intaro*'. It coneista 1 of— "First. Tha military operation* or tha yaar. detailed in tbe report of tba flearral- ! in-chlsr. Secdod. Tb# nrganisat ion of colored per- ] ton* rats the war service. Third. The exchange of prisoners, folly aalforltin lb* latter of Ganrral Hitchcock. Fourth. 'I'll# operation* under tb* act for j enrolling and calling out the national forces. I dauiletT In the report of the Frovoat Mar- : thai Uevaral. I Fifth. The organisation of the Invalid ! 1 • CorP'- I ! Sixth. The operations of the »over*l U»-- j j partments of the Quartermaster Geoeral, i Cama.i*«ary General. I'ayiuaater Genera'. ! Chief of Kncineerv. Chief of Ordnance, mid ' : i Borgeon General. | It ho* appeared impos-ibfo to m*k* * < j reliable semmary of tbi* report, except ' anch aa would to loo extended for 'this ' ' ! place, and hence 1 eontent myself l.v refer- ! j ting your atlerticn to the report itself I The Naty Department. 1'he duties devolving on the naval branch j ' of the service during the year, and through- , . out tht whole of this auhappy conleat, bet a < j discharged with BJelity and rmineul > I Tbe extensive blockade baa been conj stastly iacroariog iu afficiency aa the navy hat expanded, yet on to lonp a line it ha* . ■ so for been impossible to entirely aupprct. ' . illicit Irsda. j 'From the return* received al the Navy Department it appears that more than oue ; ' thonvund vessels hive been captured since 1 tbe blockade wa« iinLlnJf.l.c.d. Xhyi-AJw* : lion amounta to over $13,005,000 The uavsl force of the United 8l*te> ■ consisle at tbi* time of 588 vends com- . 1 plated and in the courie of completion, and ' or these 75 ere iron-clad or armored eleam- ; Tbe event* of the war give an In- j created interest and importance to the , i navy, which will prob My extend beyond ! the war itfelf. The armored vessels in our navy com- ; j pined and in service, or which era under t j contract nod approaching completion, are ! believed to exceed in number those of any j i other power; but while Ibes# may be relied i ' upon for harbor defence sad coast service, I 1 «th«r* of great atrength and capacity will j ! be ee crass ry lor crniring purpoir*. and to i maintain our right f»f position ou the ocean. I chenge that ha* taken pfaco in naval i i vessels and n*v*I warfare Since the intrndaction of steam as a motive power for | ship* of war demands either a correspond- > change in aomo of our existing navy 1 yard*, or tbe eetaMUbmaot of uow ones for j the construction and neCaoasry repair# of. midern naval verse!*. No inconridorable , embsrrsrBtnent, deloy, and public injury I bate baen experienced from tho want of j such Government ratnhlirhnients. 'Hie neceriily of *uch a navy yard »o | furnished at sopia suitable place upon the : Atlantic eeaboard has, on repeated ooca- 1 •ion*, been brought lo the attenlldti of * Cotgresa by the Navy Department, and is again presented in the report of tbo Secrc- 1 lary, which accowpanira thia common ica j tiuii. 1 think it my duty to Invite your special attention to Uti* subject, aud nfoo l» that of establiehing a yard and depot for naval pur- I I ipcse* upon one of tho w ostein rivers. A j naval force ba* been created on these ivrej lienor waloi*. aud ouder many disndran. . ■ [ t*grs, within little more tban-lwo years, i 1 [exceeding in number the wfanlo naval forco , exceeninp in numowr reu rein — i ■

i of Ibe country at the CDtnmencnroeat of the . i * preacul"Admini*t ration. Salisfactury and ' i impiirtanf as bave been the performance* . i I of the heroic men of tbe navy al thia Inle- ; resting period, they are eesreely mora wonderful than the succea* of our mechanics , ! and artiaaua in the production of war ve»- [ *<•1* whieh have created a new form of naval j ' ' Oar country has advantages- superior lo I ■ any other nation in our resource# of iron 1 und timber, with inexhaustible quautitie* i of furl in tb# immediate vicinity of both, j ' and all available an I itt close proximity to j : navigable waler*. Witiioul tb* advantage i of pabli^work*, the roaouroe* ol Ihe nation , ' bave bdan dnveloped and it* power dis- ] played is tba contraction of a navy ol toeb I magnitude, wbich baa at tba vary period of ! its erealioo rendered signal service to the ' I Union. i Tha increase of tha number of wamtn in I lb* public service from 7,500 men iu lb* i | Spring of 18- 1 to aboat 34,000 al lb# pro- > fut time baa been accomplished without - special legislation or extraordinary boto- - tivs. To promote that increase.il luu beea found, however, that tbe operation* pf tho f draft, with lb* high boontie* paid fgr army recruits, is beginning lo sffi-et injuriously - th« naval service, end wiH, if not corrected, ■ be likely to impair it* efficiency by detach-

seamen front tbeir pro[»er vocation, aud inducing them to eater lb# army. I therefore respectfully a ggeat that Congress might aid bolb the army and uaval services by a definite provision on this subject, wlticb would st the same time be euuitsbfo the commnnitiee more especially interested. I command lo yonr consideration the otiose of the .Secretary or lb* Navy in rrgard to lh# policy of fostering and traintog seamen, and also the afatoatiDO at ofic ere and engineer* foe tba neral earv.ee. The Naeul Academy I. rendering signal service In preparing midshipmen for the MrtSy reapoi aible deltea whieh in after Ui* they wOVb* required to perform, In order that the eoaalry should not be depvrired of tbe proper quota of cdaeatrd , , • facer* for which legal provision bos been , ' made at the Naval Uabeel, the vacancies i • ' cured by the neglect or omission to make , now.imtit.ea from the BUtea fa insurrection • hwen been filled by tba Secretartref Urn Navy. The rchecl » cow mora foil and j

complete than at say former period, and Ia ^ every reepect entitled to the favorable coo- j atderation nf Congress. The Post Offer Department. During tbe pa«t fiscal year the financial j condition oT the Post Office Department j i ha* been one of increasing prosperity, and | I am gratified In being able to state that ; ; (bn actual postal rerenun has nearly equaled : ( the entire exprnditarss, I c latter amount- i tug to elvrrn milline*. threo hundred and i fumteen tboc.sod, two headred sad six i dollars and nighty four cents, sod the former to rinven milliont, one bnndred and ' i aixtr-lbree thousand, reran hundred andright y.niua dollar* end Dfty-o'ne cent*, i j leasing a deficiency uf but $150,417 25. i ! In 1 60, tha year Immediately preceding 1 the Rebellion, the deficiency uineoulrd to j 85.65A7C5 49. the postal r«c< ipt* cf that j i year bring $2,645,722 19 let* than ibasa of i I 1663. The drvreosa since lado, iu the enj niial amount of tianspnrtation, W been i I | only about 25 per ceul , but the annual rx- j • j pecdlttire cu liccOHnt uf tha same bn« hern > j reduced 35 per cant. It t* Manifest, there i i fore, that the Puict Uffico Dapartmenl may ' ■ become srlf-auitainin? in n faw year*, even j with the rerior-itinn nf tlis whol«*srvipn. ' Tha Inlrrualiunal t.'nn 'eronoa of poatri ; 1 Halvxalrs from thu principal countries of j Lnropc and Americu, niiit-h was called at | ; tho iwggHition of tbo l'o»tmu»toM!enerul, | l innl at Pari* <.u the 1 1th of May fast, and ' [ conclndrdrtti# di-lil.cratioi;* m, the 8tb of | .June. Tho principle* established by the ; conference* best adapted lo facihale pox- : tal intcrc-mrao bvlwaru nation*, and n< the haai* of future cou- ant ions, inangnrata a ; | gvnetal system of uniform ioleriiationu! j 1 charge* at reduced rata# of no«laga, and ! I The Interior Department. I re for you to the report of tbo Secretary | . of the Interior which i*_ herewith laid be- I i fur* you, for uteiul nod rsrird inforyiatinn in relation to the | ublic land*, Indian sfI fairs, patents, pension*, and other matter* | of public concern, perteioing to his Dopart- ' The quunllty nf fond di*po»cd of during ; the last sod the first quarter of rbe present ! fifenl year, »B1 3,841,549 acres, of which 161.911 acres ware sold for cash. 1,456,516 | acres wera taken up under the homestead | law, and the residue disposed of under laws , I granting lands f-r military bonotie*. for ; railroad and other purposes. It also epi I pears thai lh* sale of the public lands ia j largely on tbe increase. It hs* long been I I a cherished opinion of some of onr wisest - ' statermen '.bat tbo people Of the Uoiied • 1 State* bad a higher and mora enduring in- • | u real in the early settlement and aubatnui i its I cultivation of lh# public land*, than In r ; the amount of direct rerenue to ba derived r: from lh# sale of thnm. i i This opinion ho* bad a controlling infip. I i anca iu shaping legisUUaa upoiAbe *ub- • f j ji-ct of our national domain. I may cite a* , I evidence of this tbo liberal measures adopt- j i j ed io reference to actual settler*. The j > grant to tbe Slate* of the overflowed land* I • j witbia their limits, in order to tboir bring ' f racluimod and rendered fit for cultivation. ] l ' Wild the grant to railroad companies of *1 ] - i ternate section* of fond apon tha content ' pitted line of their roads, when completed. I w ill forgrly multiply the facilities for reaebi j tug our distant possessions, f Tliia policy has received its moat signal ! - 1 and beneficent illnatration io the recent i 1 enactment granting homestead' to aclaal 'j settle ra. Since the first of January last, - the before mentioned quantity of one mil- >. i Hon four hundred and Ufty-six thousand five o , hn tui red and fmrleen acres hare been taken n nn i,„Li iii iirnviatnns. Tots fact, nod the ; provisions. i

| amount of stlei, foroish gratifying evidence i i of ineveasing seltlemaut opon the public ■ i land*, not* i hstendtng tho great straggie i ■ in which tho anergic* of lb# nation bave < j boon engaged, and which b*« required #o , ' forgo a witbdrawul of our cititens from i | tbeir uccuatoniad pnrruit.*. i 1 cordially concur iu the racommendation ' , i of the Beer# lary of the Inlerinr, aaggeating j i I a modification of tb# act in favor of I huso : I ; ongaged in lb# military i nd naval snrrice , i uf the United State;. 1 doubt not that j Congress will cheerfully adopt such me** > i 1 urea at will, without essentially changing i tba general fonloras of the system, secure . ' to lhe~grentc*t practicable extent, tha ban i ! efit* to thoaa who have left their. home* In f | the defense or tbe country io this arduous » crisis. . J invito your alteniiun to the views of , tha riecrotsry as to the propriety of raising , by appropriate legiafotion, a revenue from t tha mineral landa of tb# United Bute*, t Th* maasnrea provided at yonr fart sea- 1 i- si on for lb* removal of cartel# Indian b tribes bave boeo carried Into effori. 8aoU dry traallea have been negotiated which r will, io dne lime, be sabmilted for tbe eony lUtational action nf th* Banal*. Tbey I, contain stipelntioni for extinguiihing the i- pneoeisory right# of the Iodiars to larg* .1 a.M « at iiahta crartH of fond. valoable of land.

It Is hoped that tha effects of there treaties will result io the establishment of pertnancnl friendly relations with such of those tribe* ox hare been brought lot" freqnant sod bloody collision with eoronitying rettlemanU and emigrant*. Soand pulley and onr imperative duty to thaue wards of the Government dem.nd onr anxious and constant attention to thair material wall bring, , .0 thair prawrwa. in th* arte of cmhsattoj., and, .box. ril. to lt.al moral ua'nma whteb. audar tba bleaaing of Dinne Providence. ITooMre.pon'lirem Ik. ri.vatad and , ..nelifying in finance, tba bopaa and coo ■ solatium of thu Christian frith. I uanoaud. in my last annual mcssoga, i tbe propriety of remodeling onr lodton I ; , vatesi. Bnbaeqoeot events bare uaUofiad i me of He neceeeity. The drteiUret forth , ia tba ml on of the Boeratary wtUaYlaos i j the argent need for immediate UgislaUva i j lh, benecofocce of tk* insli- j 1 tstiooa esUbltebsd or paltooiwd hy the

. ffovernmcnt in ibis District to yonr gooeron* and fostering cure. J Fhe attention of Conprea* daring the laat ' session was cngnged to sntnw extent with « | proposition for 'enlarging th* water cem- | mnnleations betwec^the Mississippi Hirer | aud Ihe northeastern" r onboard ; which preI position, bowerer, foiled for tha tlnw. j riince then, opott o call of the greatest i respectability, a cnorealiun ha* bern called et Chicago upon the same subject,# eum mary of wbote views is contained i».« msjnoriri addrera<d to the Pr#»ideot ami Coogresa, and which 1 how hate the honor in lay before ynu That tbi* interest is oiyi . «hi|i£ ere long will force it# own wuy. 1 d» not entertain a doubt, while it it submitted entirely to your wisdom a* to what can b« done now. Aoguiruled interest U given to the subject by thu actual commoacomrnl «f web upon the Pacific Railroad, uudur auspice* io foro ruble to its rapid progress and comi pfolion. Tha cul.xrgud navigation betourc# j a pulpnble lioed iteihc great road. \ I transmit the second nanus! report of • tho Gommiasivaer of the Di-parlment ut ! Agriculture, asking your attention to tha [ dc|ulo|inients in that rital interest of th« ■ nation. ' ^ Tltr KronnripAilon Frorlaraatlnn. | Whni Congress aisenibled a yuer »gu the war had already lasted ttfonty month., [ and there bad been innny coailicls both on f land and sou, with varying results. Tbo : Rebellion had barn pressed back into rv- : dnced limit# yet tho tone of public furiiag oud opinion at home and abroad was not j satisfactory. j With oiliiir sign*, th* popular rfoctiuet 1 then ju»l passed,, iudicat.ed ss-*J";- ...» i.iiu sua menaetng, the kjudest word* j coming from Rorvpe -were nrie'red iq et ' cents of pity that we n-ri too blind |o siqrender. Our roihmerco was suffering greatly by a lew armed vfosel' built upon and furnished froin foreigO shores, and wo were threatened with such additions (rota 1 the same quarter as would sweep onr trade • from the sea and raise our blockade. Wo had failed to elicit from European Gov*pt1 tm-nti anything hopeful opon ibis subject. 1 The preliminary Emancipation Precfa- | tnetion, whieb wae issued in September. • *>■ vanning its assigned period to the be ' gititiing of tbu new year; a month later the , ' final proolamslioti chme, including the an r nouncetnent that colored men ol suitable " condition would be received into tho war 1 Tbe policy of enseaeipation and of em [ ploying bleclr soldiers gave to the future a 1 new aspect, about which hop* nad frav suld " doubt contended in uncertain conflict. According lo our polities! tyatenr, a* * ' matter of civil adsnaielmlioa, tbe General • Gorernmool bad no lawful power to effbet emancipation u» any Slates and for a foog ' , tjmn it bad boon hoped that the rebalbon CouM be soppressad without reutrtfagsu ' ] it a* a military measure. ' j ft wax ril tbu >• talc deemed possible 'that ■ i the nvcevaily for it might come, and that. if • it should, tho orisi* of th# contest woojd 7 [then bw preaanled. It cnm», a#d as was • I portended, it we* followod by dark and j doubtful day*. I. j Meets of ike rroclsafaloa. i- Eleven month* Irarin? now passed, w« ; are permitted to take another rartwsr. Tb# I rebel borders are pnoaed sOII farther book, t and. by the complete opening of tb# Miail slsslppi River, the ronotry dominated over t, Wy th* reheliion is drvrtted into distant I- parts, with no practicable cowimorrleetiao e between tbam. Tennetse* and Arbansas n have been tubal antislly ctearad "of iuwie rant control and influence, und tbe cittttea* and cstinaas

in each, owners of *U*fa and advnewteaat slavsry al lb# beginning of the crboUtfai, i-efoik openly for en.nncipntfaa sa tbeir raspeetive Htates. Of thoaa. Beat#* not inr faded in tbo EmanctpaUim B«w> cUmsl on, Maryland #»d Nis-ouri, r.eitfier of which, three years ago, would tntem* ; any reat'aiut spoil th» extewion pf ffapsiry i into the -ww unitutiss, -nly. dixpwte ^qw ; >i to the i eri. m-de of removing it within their own limits. | Of thote who were tin*** at tho ning of the rebillion. fall ouo hundred j thousand era now in ihe United State* i military service, about una half or which actually hkar arms in the ranks, thus giving i he doable advantage of taking so wueb i labor from tbe insurgent cause tnd mppTv ing the places which olbnrwits musi Ho f filled wltb so many while m«V Bo" for *s I tested, it il difficult to nj that theySre I not as good Soldiers as any; No scrvflo i inaurracltoo or tendency io vtoleoc# Or - cruelly has marked th* msssores or smsncii potion and arming the blacks. Thoue mm.- - tares have been mach discus m-d iu foreign » conn tries, sod, cot#mpot««T with such die- - esssioss, tha tone of public seutimsnl the.w f is much improvsd. At homo, the »#me » in eaters* have been fully dl«cnsnnd, #ap- • ported, criticised, sod dci.ounoed ; and tbe anonal eloctlons followiog are highly sn- - cooraglng to Uioea wbooa official dHtyit is to bear th* country through this gnmt t Thus w# liar# tho new veckoniog. The i- crisis whieb threatened to divide the frteuds d of the Union it past. ' Method of Reronrizurtlsg the Ealoi. r Looking now to tb* present und fotnre. !' and with refarenca to a resumption of ds ,, ostfoari aathority within th%8laUa wberc in that, aothority has bam onapeotteO. 1 ; ss^«ur.^*.ssssr»: examination of this . proclamation « w.ll . appear, as is beilrved. that nothing U atn tempted beyond what ie Justiffed Uy-foe d Constitatloo. True, the form of an Mth is h given, but ao man is eooreud to Uk# «. A m man is only promisod a pardon tn caoe'ho . voluntarily takes tb. Oath. TbO A***. tutiao suthorixes lh# Brucotfaa i. withhold tfcev psrd- 6 h'» own sborist* , divercticn, sod Ibis »•. MWW pawfabto