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MESS sh 1 ?*® wh ? have Jpft their homes in ticular way. An attempt to guaranty and pro- and shall be of the tenor and effect following, The steamer Circassian, Cant Eaton from the 
defence of their country In this arduous crista. tect a ranged fstate government constituted In to wit: D . r , . pi. £,aton, rrom tne 
I invite your attention to the views of the whole or in preponderating part as a very ele- “I,-, do solemnly swear in pres- , 0 trance on the kotn ult., arrived at Fortress , 
Secretary as to the propriety of raising, by ap- ment against whose hostility and violence it is ence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth ^ onroe on the 13th ingt. On the Oth inst., off 
nronriate legislation, a revenue from the mineral to be protected, is simply absurd. There must faithfully support, protect and defend the Const!- Charleston, she captured the large blockade mn 
lands of the Umted states, be a test by which to separate the opposing ele- tntion of the United States and ihe Union of the ner Winna, with a very valuable aaBf w „ 
The measures provided at your last session tor went*, bo aa to build only from what is sound. States thereunder, and that 1 will, in like man- T „. ' -ry 'alua >le assorted cargo, 
the removal ot certain Indian tribes, have been That feet Is a sufficiently liberal one which ac- ner, abide by and faithfully support ail acts of towed the VV inna into Hampton Roads. The 
carried into effect. Sundry treaties have been cepts as sound whosoever will make a sworn re Congress passed during the existing rebellion Captain of the latter tried to sink her but the 
to be protected, is simply absurd. There must faithfully support, protect and defend the Conrti- Charleston, ebe captured the large blockade run- 
be a test by which to separate the opposing ele- tntion of the United States and the Union of the ner Winna, with a very valuable aborted 
tnentt, so aa to build only from what is eound. States tnereunder. and that 1 will, iu like man- Cl , .... '/ , assorted cargo. 
Congress pa^ed during the existing rebellion 
with reference to slaves fo long and so far us not 
repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or 
by decision of the Supreme Court, and that, I 
will in like manner abide and faithfully support 
Captain of the latter tried to sink her, but the 
Circassian's men got on board in time to atop it. 
permanent friendly relations with such of these 
tribes as have been brought into frequent and 
bloody collision with our outlying ^utlemente 
and emigrants. Sound policy, and our impera¬ 
tive duty to these wants of. the government, de¬ 
mand our anxious and constant attention to 
their material well being, to their progress in 
the arts of civilization. and above all to that 
moral training which, under the blessing of 
Divine Providence, will confer upon them the 
elevated and sanctifying influences, the hopes 
and consolations of (tie Christian faith. I sug¬ 
gested in my lust annual message the propriety 
of remedying our Indian system. Subsequent 
events have satisfied me of its necessity. The 
details set forth in the report of the Secretary of 
the Interior, evince the urgent need for imme¬ 
diate legislative action. 
I commend Ihe benevolent institutions estab¬ 
lished or patronized by the good in this District 
to your generous and fostering Cure. 
The attention of Congress during the last ses¬ 
sion was engaged to some extent with a proposi¬ 
tion for enlarging the water communication 
Department of the Sottth.—B y the arrival 
f the steam transport Fulton, from Port Royal, 
e have intelligence of the loss of the Monitor 
.1 . j , . . . ~ w . ■ ’ v ” » , * I . e ' ' O" • — r ^ •••V VAI-UU^, ivuruiuu * -- v*' Uiuu HOI. uut U|C 
negotiated, which will tn due lime be submitted cantation of his former movements. But if it with reference to slave/*, fo long and so far as not Circassian's men got on board in time to »tr,n it 
for the coHBhfutional action o( the Senate. They be proper to require as a test by admission to repealed, modified, or held void hv Congress or h ro stop it, 
contain stipulations for extinguishing the no*- the political body an oath of allegiance to the by decision of the Supreme Court and that, I n 
sessory rights of Ihe Indians to large and vulua- United Stales and the Union under it, why not will in like manner abide and faithfully support Department of the South.— By the arrival 
ble tracts of lands. It is hoped that the effects also to the laws and proclamations in regard to all proclamation* of the President mode during of the steam transport. Fulton, from Port Royal 
ot the treaties will result in the establishment of slavery? These laws and proclamations were the existing rebellion having reference to slaves we have intelligence of the ln*« ’ 
permanent friendly relations with such of these enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding so long and so far as not modified or declared •*, vl loss of tie Monitor 
tribes as have been brought into frequent and ,n the suppression of tbe rebellion. To give void by decision of the Supreme Court So help | ro “' Ciaa v\ cenawKen, which sunk at her anchor, 
bloody collision with our outlying settlemente them their fullest effect, there has to be a pledge me God.’’ inside of Charleston Bar, on the afternoon of 
and emigrant#. Sound policy, and our irnperu- for their maintenance.' in my judgment, they The person* excepted from the benefits of the Sunday last. Three of her engineers and twen- 
uve duty to these wants of. the government, do* have a:ded and will further aid the cause for foregoing provisions are all who are or shall t y .*| x of her crew were » r 
mapd our anxious and constant attention to which they were intended. To now abandon have been civil or diplomatic officers or agent* of J T ‘ were urownea. A furious 
their material well being, to their progress in them must bo not only to relinquish a lever of tbe so-called Confederate Government; ail who pale P ret,a| tea at the time, but no damage was 
the ails of civilization, and above all to that power, but would also be a cruel and astound- have left judicial stations under the United eustained by tbe rest of the fleet. Theencinpers 
twnnnl .rrkt/lV. _ rtf Si US VteiinAli aC C* .1 A _ ? 1 il • If II _ t I ,1 • _ & r 
for their maintenance, in my judgment, they 
have aided and will further aid the cause for 
which they were intended. To now abandon 
them must bo not only to relinquish a lever of 
power, but would almi be a cruel and astound¬ 
ing breach of faith. 
I may add at this point, while I remain in my 
present position 1 shall not attempt to retract or 
modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall 
1 return to slavery any person who is free by the 
terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts 
of Congress. 
For these and other reasons it is thought beet 
that support, of these measures should he in¬ 
cluded in the oath, and it is thought, that the 
Executive may lawfully claim it in return for 
freedom and restoration of forfeited rights which 
he has a clear Constitutional power to willihbold 
altogether, or grant upon the terms lie shall 
deem wisest for the public interest. It should 
be observed also that, Ibis part of the oath is sub- 
The person* excepted from the benefits of the 
foregoing provisions are all who are or shall 
have been civil or diplomatic officers or agents ot 
the so-called Confederate Government; all who 
have left judicial stations under the United 
Stales to aid Ihe rebellion; all who are or shall 
have been military or naval officers of said so- 
called Confederate Government above tbe rank 
of Colonel in the army, of Lieutenant in the 
navy; all who left seals in the United States 
Congress to aid the rebellion. 
navy of the United States, and afterward aided 
the rebellion, and all who have engaged in any 
way in treating colored persons or white persons 
in charge of such,otherwise than lawfully as pris¬ 
oners of war, who have been found in the United 
Slates service a* soldiers, seamen, or in any 
Other capacity. 
And 1 do further proclaim, declare, and make 
known, that whenever, in any of the States of 
A -vt _ _ . F*V _. r ♦. r * * rt* 
lost on the Weehawken were probably J. B. 
Allen, H. W. Merriam, and A. Mifcbell. Tbe 
latter is known to bare perished. Mr. Young 
wa9 saved, with all the other officers. The Wee- 
hawken lies in five fathoms of water, but is ex- 
t__- I *n, 
4 it * . * • • .* au mtuuujh ui water, mil im py- 
Ali who resigned eonumpftiona m the army or $ m. , . 
ivy of the United State*, and afterward aided P 60 . to be ral?ed * 1 he loss ia said to be from 
neglect and bad management No accurate list 
of the lost has been obtained. 
The Fulton, on her way from Port Royal to 
New York, on the tUh inst., captured the British 
steamer G. 0. Biglow, eleven days out from 
Bermuda, with a cago of salt for Newbern, N. 
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between the Mississippi River and tbe northeast- ject to the modifying and abrogating power of Arkansas. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Ten 
ern seaports, which proposition, however, failed legislation and supreme judicial decision. nessee. Alabama. Georgia, Florida. South Caro- 
for the time. Since then, upon a call of the great- The proposed acquiescence of the National Una and North Carolina, a number of persons, 
est respectability, a convention has been held at Executive In ary reasonable temporary State not Je*e than one-tenth in number of the votee 
Chicago upon the same subject, a summary of arrangement for the freed people, is made with cast in such States, a! Ihe Presidential elec- 
whoee views is contained in a memorial address- vlfiW “f possibly modifying the confusion tion of the year of our Lord I860 each bav- 
ed to tbe President and Congress, and which I and destitution which must at best attend all ing taken tbe oath aforesaid, and not having 
now have the honor to lay before yon. That classes, by a total revolution of labor throughout since violated il, and being n qualified voter by 
this interest is one winch era long will force its states. It is hoped that.the already deeply the election law of the Stat Efitistlog immediately 
own way. I do not entertain n doubt, while ir is afflicted people in those States may besomewbat before, the so called act of Secession, and exclud- 
submitted entirely to your wisdom as to what more ready to give up the cause of their aillic- ing all others, shall re egfat,ii«h a stale Govern- 
cani be done now. Augmented interest is given tion, if to this extent this vital matter may be ment, which shall be Republican, and In nowise 
to this subject by the nutuul commencement of ptt tot hem selves, while „<> power of the Na- contravening said oath J liC h shall be recognized 
work upon the Pacific Railroad, under auspices i"iial Executive to prevent an abuse is abridged ns the true Government of the -Pate and the 
favorable to rapid progress and completion, ty the proposition. Plate shall receive thereunder the benefit of the 
The enlarged navigation becomes a palpable The suggestion in the proclamation as tn main- Constitutional provision which declares that 
need to the great road. taming the political frame-work of the States, or ■ The United States atmll Ynarante. to rverv 
I transmit the second annual report of the *hat is called re-construction, is made in tbe State in this Union a Renubtiean form of Go^ 
Commissioners of the Department of Anrto.il- Jopo that it may do good without danger of eSSoSb and shall proK aach of Sem againlt 
f 11 ?!! . y0 ; ,r t0 }^ developments harm. It will save labor and avoid great confu- invasion, on appl cation of the LegtelSref or of 
in that vital interest of the nation. sum. th r- ‘' h ‘.r T •‘i 1 1 i lft 
When Congress assembled a year ago, the war . »«twby any proclamation now upon this sub- convened, againri domestic violence ” 
had already lasted nearly twenty months, and ject. T his subject Is beset with the conflicting And 1 do further nroclalm de.-.ara and make 
there had been many conflicts on both land and views that the step might be delayed too long known, that anv prevision which mar i ?dS»tof 
sea. with varying results. The rebellion had or taken too soon. In eome States the elements f.y such State Government in relation to the fraed 
been pressed back into reduced limits, yet tbe for resumption seem ready for action, but remain people of such State which shall reeoirn Jand 
tone of public feei ng at homo and abro'ad was inactive, apparently fur want of a rallying point decK^ SSlf pSraSuCTt freJdS^oride fo? 
not satisfactory wtih other slgns-the popular -a plan oi'acHcn. Why shall A adopt the plat, their education; SfShich roav ^kT ioSsisU 
elections then just pajwed indicated uneasiness of B rather than B that of A? And if A and B out as a tempmSry^arrangem/nl with tbelr 
among ourselves, while, annd much that was should agree, how can they know but that the nre&ent condition -J n lahorina land ,.«« «n,i 
cold and menacing the kindest word* coming general government will reject their plan? By ftfigm ttJ 
from Europe were uttered In accenls of pity that the proclamation, a plan ig presented which may National Executive J 
we were too blind to surrender a hopeless cause. " —*“'* l “ *’— “ ' 
Our commerce was suffering greatly by a few 
armed vessels built upon and furnished from 
foreign shores, and we were threatened with 
such additions from the same quarter as would 
sweep our travel from the sea and raise our 
blockade. We have failed to elicit from Euro¬ 
pean governments anything hopeful on that 
subject. 
The preliminary emancipation proclamation 
loonorl in a it.. __!__ i 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
New York Tril.nne for 18‘U. 
& P, r o« p eetus of New York Observer—Sidney E. Morse, Jr., 
Rochester D/diy nnd Weekly Expert* -C. D. Tracy & Co 
< heese V at* for Factories—H. & K. Cooper. J 
Tbe Beard—John R»wlin«. 
S'5 a Month—C. Ruecles. 
Pairyman xrni Farmer Wanted— H M. Wead 
The Practical Shepherd—David Morse. 
Special NoIIccn. 
The Best T.itpratorp—Ticknor & Fields. 
To farmer* and Wool Growers—Henry Payson. 
Cbrifttfoas and New V ear’s Gift—Craig’s Microscope. 
£l)e Canbcrtscr. 
— New York imports for November were twice as large 
as usual. 
— Of 1,800 conscripts in Milwaukee, Wis., all hut 80 
bought off. 
The school teachers of New York have had their 
salaries raised. 
— Substitutes get $1,000 and $1,100 in Richmond, bnt 
then it is rebel money. 
— A dozen town* in Maine have already filled their 
quota under the last call. 
— Counterfeit $20 greenbacks are in extensive circula¬ 
tion throughout the country. 
— The navigation of the Mississippi above Quincy, 111., 
was closed by the late freeze. 
— M Bnrrlll, aged 93 years, the oldest citizen of Lynn, 
ll'T papers wore informul, but after towing Mass., died on Monday week. 
The proposed acquieseeiica of the National 
Executive in ary reasonable temporary State 
arrangement for the freed people, is made with 
the view of possibly modifying fbe confusion 
mid destitution which must at beat attend all 
classes, by u total revolution of labor throughout 
whole States. 11 is hoped that the already deeply 
afflicted people in those State* may besomewbat 
more ready to give up (be cause of their afflic¬ 
tion, if to this extent this vital matter may be 
left to them selves, while no power of the Na¬ 
tional Executive to prevent an abuse ie abridged 
by the proposition. 
The suggestion in the proclamation as to main¬ 
taining the political frame-work of the Stales, or 
what is called re-const ruction, is made in the 
hope that it may do good without danger of 
harm. It will save labor and avoid great confu¬ 
sion. 
But. why any proclamation now upon this sub¬ 
ject. This subject is beset with the conflicting 
views that the step might be delayed too long, 
or taken too soon. In some States the elements 
her two hundred miles, the Fulton relinquished 
her prize, on account of tbe violence of the 
weather. 
The military situation before Charleston was 
unchanged. 
Department of the Gulf.— On the 12th 
iuEt the government had intelligence of an in¬ 
teresting character from Gen. Banks. Gen. B. 
had received a dispatch from Maj -Gen. Wash- 
burne, at Fort, Espuanza, Fas Caballo, Mata¬ 
gorda Bay, as folIowB: 
Fort Estttaxza, Dec. 2—1 A. M. 
On. Nov. ,50th the rebels blew up tbe magazines 
ot this fort, having evacuated it two hours be¬ 
fore. It is a very Jarirc and eomnlniA w„rt 
™ x. wm .*uui auu avoiu great comu- invasion, on application of the Legislature, or of lore. It is a very large and complete work 
it,*.* „„„ . . ™ e Executive, when the Legislature cannot be bomb-proof, and partially cased with railroad 
;i ut S I. h£it n ,S?u W * , !? 0n tb ^ l !! lb ' convened, against domestic violence. ’ iron, it had a garrison of 1.000 men, who es- 
vie’vs that the'sien mi riu ►" 1 1 1 | tbe u°? D f ^ n£ i I do further proclaim, declare and make caped all but six, by reason of the continuance 
« ,r taken trii L ^jn T ,0D ?* known, that any provision which may be adopted of the gale. The gunboats could not furnish me 
for remimtInn (Sen/readv fir 1 v ’ T h y ^ u , clj Government in relation to the freed with launches to enable me to cut off’ their com- 
Inftriive^nnnrentiw , ft CtiOn. but remain people of such State which shall recognize and wumcauons, nor could they take part in the a t- 
-fSn’ nPSrT 7 ,J0 , iDt (lec .' a,e thHr permanent freedom, provide for lack. On tbe 2K.h we. drove them all frmn their 
a plan 01 action, wliy shall A adopt the plan their education, and which mac voi luv ennuis!, outworks, and advance,! m,p , 
be accepted by them as a rallying point, and 
which they are assured in advance will not be 
rejected here. This may bring them to act 
sooner than they otherwise would. Tbe objec¬ 
tions to a premature presentation of a plan by 
the National Executive, 1* tbe danger of com¬ 
muting errors on points which could be more 
haiHy k*ft to future developments. Care has 
been tuken so to shape ihe denouement a« to 
avoid embarrassment from this source, saying 
And I do further proclaim, declare and make caped all but six, by reason of the continuance 
riown, that, any provision which may be adopted °I, the gale. Tbe gunboats could not furnish me 
punch State Government in relation to the freed with launches to enable me to out off their cum- 
a °ple of such State which shall recognize and tminicatione, nor could they take part in the at- 
?clare their permanent freedom, provide for lack. On the 2Kih we. drove them ail from their 
eir education, and which may yet be consist- outwork*, and advanced our sharpshooter* well 
it. as a temporary arrangement, with their up to their fort, We captured 10 guns, ranging 
resept condition as a laboring, landless, and from 14 to 12tt-pounders. 
•useless class, will not be objected to by tbe j - ,, n . 
ational Executive. Ihe command of the Bay gives us eubstan- 
And it is engaged as not improper that, In con- tially the control of Central and Western Texas, 
■ui nt i rln I r, n n I C InL-t mm r. M 1 3 _ — OI i, I II at # • 
issued in September waff running Its assigned that upon certain terms certain classes wifi be 
period to the beginning of the new year. A pardoned, with rights rastorfd. It is not. stated 
month later the final proclamation canie. inclu- that other classes and other terms will never be 
ding the announcement that colored men of included, saying that reconstruction will be ac- 
suitable condition would be received in tbe war cep table if presented in specific way. It is not 
service. The policy of emancipation and of said it will never be accepted In any other way. 
employing black soldiers, gave to the future a The movements by State action for emancipation 
new aspect, about which hope, and fear and in several of the States not mentioned in the 
doubt contended in uncertain conflict., Vccord- proclamation, are matters of profound congratu- 
ing to our political system, as a matter of civil latum, and while I do not repeat nor detail what 
admlnstration. the government bad no lawful 
power 1o effect emancipation In any State* and 
for a long time it had been hoped that the rebel¬ 
lion could be suppressed without resorting to it 
as a military measure. It was all the while 
I have heretofore so earnestly urged on this sub¬ 
ject, my general views and feelings remain un¬ 
changed. mid I trust that Congress will omit no 
stnmting a loyal State Government in anv State, 
the name of the State, the boundary, the su bdivis¬ 
ion*, the Constitution and the general code of 
law* as before the rebellion, be maintained sub¬ 
ject only to the modifications made necessary by 
the conditions herein before stated, and such 
others, if any, not contravening said conditions, 
atld which may be deemed expedient by those 
training ifie new State Government. 
To avoid misunderstanding, it may be proper 
to say that this Proclamation, so far as it relates 
to Stale Governments, has no reference to States 
wherein loyal State Governments have ail the 
while heen maintained. And for the game rea¬ 
son it may lie proper to further say. that whether 
members sent to Congress from iinv State sliull 
he admitted to seat* Constitutionally, rests ex¬ 
clusively with the Houses, and not to any extent 
with the Executive, 
And still further, that this Proclamation is 
intended to present the people of the States 
wherein the national authority has been su*- 
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hon could be suppressed without resorting to it <'*» opportunity of aiding these important steps pende and loyal Slate Governments have been 
as a military measure. It was all the while to the great consummation. In the midst of subverted, a mode to and bv^ wS toe rmtiona 
SmT'an?'toinf shtml I'fff M n "‘ rhl . CureR j Joweverimportaal, we must not authority and loyal State 3 Government- mav 
srwss ss ts&'Sn; 2x21 5r.r !iblhbwl ' vi,bto « in * 
ff.Ms^.srasKSfiris 
test would then he presented. It. came, and as 
was anticipated, was followed by dark and doubt¬ 
ful days. Eleven months being now passed we 
are permitted to take another review. The rebel 
borders are pressed still further back, and by 
the complete opening of the Mississippi the 
country dominated by tbe rebellion is divided 
into distinct part* with no practical connection 
between them. Tennessee and Arkansas have 
been substantially cleared of insurgent control 
and influential citizens In each—owners of slaves 
and advocates of slavery at the beginning of thu 
rebel lion-now declare openly for emancipation 
in their respective States. Of those Skates not 
included in the emancipation proclamation, 
Maryland and Missouri, neither of which three 
years ago would tolerate any restraint upon the 
extension of slavery into new territories only 
dispute now as to the best mode of removing ft 
within their own limits. * 
Of those who were slave* at the beginning of 
the rebellion, full ino.001) are now in the United 
State- miiitary service, about, one-half of which 
number actually bear arms in tbe ranks thus 
giving the double advantage of taking so much 
labor from ihe insurgent cause, and supplying 
the place* which otherwise must be tilled by us 
many white men. So far as tested, it, is difficult 
to say they are not as good soldiers as any. No 
servile in stirred nm ...- , r. . 
donee shall be established, little can be done 
anywhere for what i* called reconstruction. 
Hence our chic-fust care must still be directed to 
tlm army and navy, which have thus far borne 
their part so nobly and well; and it may be 
esteemed fortunate that in giving the greatest 
efficiency to these indispensable arms, we do 
honorably recognize the gallant men, from com¬ 
mander to sentinel, who compose them, and to 
whom more lhan to others the world must stand 
indebted for the home of freedom disenthralled, 
regenerated, enlarged and perpetuated. 
Abraham Lincoln. 
Washington, Dec. 8,1S83. 
The following Proclamation is appended to 
the Message: 
Whereas. In and by the Constitution of the 
l nited States, it is provided ibat the President 
shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons 
for offenses against ihe United States, except in 
cases of impeachment; and, 
Whereas , A Rebellion now exists whereby the 
loyal State Governments of several States have 
possible mode would be acceptable. 
Given under rny hand at Ihe City of Wash¬ 
ington. the eighth day of December, A. D. one 
thousand eight hundred ami sixty-three, arid of 
the Independence of the United States of Amer¬ 
ica the eighty-eighth. Abraham Lincoln. 
By the President, 
Wm. H. Seward, .Secretary of State, 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Owing to the occupation of so much space by 
the President’s Message and the Proclamation 
thereto appended, we are compelled to give a 
condensed account of the weekly news transac¬ 
tions, as follows: 
The Army in Virginia.— Gen. Meade's army 
is quietly encamped in Culpepper county, on the 
south bank of the Rappahannock. Lee occupies 
his old position at Orange Court House, his ad¬ 
vance line guarding the Rapidan fords. The 
• . • . - .. A •.•uwe i murm^ Ui gQVVIm UttVP 1 r> ^ r. iWJUt?. A jjr- 
cruelty tow” marked ?L l t u ' , ,*’ ncy ,0 Mioleuce or fur a long time been subverted, and many per- pickets are again on friendly terms. There is 
cussed, supported, criticised and denounced, and 
the annual elections following are highly en 
couraging to those whose official duty if is to 
bear the country through this great trial Thus 
we have the new reckoning. Tho crisis which 
threatened to divide the friends of the Union is 
past 
Looking now to tho present ami future anti 
with a reference to the resumption of National 
ditions therein stated; and also declaring that lu ° ivwmw: wm ue im: 
the President was thereby authorized at anv and made larger and betie: 
lime therenlter, by prool&matian, to extend to 
persons who may have participated in the exist 
log rebellion in any State, or part thereof, pardon 
and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such 
times and on such Conditions as be may deem 
expedient for the public welfare; and, 
lU'/myr-i, The Congressional declaration for 
amply justified by the Constitution. True, the 
term of ua oath is given, but no nun is coerced 
to take it. Tho man is only promised a pardon 
in case he voluntarily take* the oath. The Con¬ 
stitution authorizes the Executive to grant or 
withhold the pardon at his own discretion, and 
this includes tho power to as j* fully 
established by Judicial and other authorities, ft 
is also proffered that in any ot the states named, 
a Ktate government shaft be recognized and 
guaranteed by the United States, and that under 
it the State shall, on the Constitutional condi¬ 
tions, be protected against invasion and vio¬ 
lence. 
several proclamations with provisions in regard a ” a 10 Cvei J omcer ,n 1118 to 
to the liberation ot slaves; and. ted the coming of ail colored persons into our 
H It is now desired by some persons lines. Negro soldiers are to be paid a bounty ol 
snmejhSr'JtlSglmc? toth^UnitefsStieiVnd j In ^T' 1 f° K* i™ 0 "?’ W J il . elheir 
to re-mangtSate Joyhl State Governments within H are t0 be furnished with subsisteuce. 
and for their rasper-live States: Gen. B.. in hie order, call* on Congress to place 
Tlwretore, L Abraluitn Jjincoln, President of colored troops on aa equality with other troops 
he United States, do proclaim, declare and make of tbe Uni( JJ 1 ^ 0 pS 
known to all persona who havu directly or bv tin- !: f, . btft, . es ’ 
plication participated in the existing rebellion, Tbe following dispatch was received in Bulti- 
exr-ept as hereinafter excepted, that a'full pardon more on the Pith inst: 
is hereby granted to them and enchot them, with Fortiikss Moxnox, Dec. 12. 
restoration of all rights of property, except as to To C. G. Fulton, Baltimore American :-Please 
the Army of tho Potomac will lie immediately 
reorganized, and made larger and better in every 
way than it has been at any termer period. Its 
chief command will probably be tendered to 
either Hooker or Thomas. The present corps 
commanders, with one exception, will be re¬ 
lieved. 
Gen. Butler, at Fortress Monroe, has issued a 
lengthy order relative to colored troops, the 
effect of which is to call upon male negroes to 
volunteer to fight for the freedom of their race, 
and to instruct every officer in his command to 
aid the coming of all colored persons into our 
lines. Negro soldiers are to be paid a bounty ol 
K10, and to he paid $10 per month, while their 
families are to be furnished with subsisteuce. 
Gen. B.. in hie order, calls on Congress to place 
The Constitutional nhHn-aHnn r,e th., r . ts,orauc, n oi an rights nt property, except as to To C. C. Fulton, Baltimore American :—Plense 
States, to guarantee everv^tote'into^rnten 6 ^ an ? m J ,I ^P erl J r , cs ses where ihe rights of give notice that the rebel authorities decline 
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wssn^sai'sixsi Bfts&SSSSSg 
. and all the important points on the east coast, 
■ except Gulveston. 
j Movements in the West and Sodth-West. 
j —Tbe new* from East, Tennessee i* really glo¬ 
rious. Longstreet has abandoned tho siege, and 
5 is gettiog himself into Virginia as fast as possi¬ 
ble, via Greenville, Our cavalry is said to bo in 
i close pursuit of tho rebel*. A large batch of 
« prisoners was taken on the 6th Inst., at Clinch 
* river. Gen. Sherman has arrived at Knoxville. 
The President has sent the following to Gen. 
Grant: 
Washington, Dec. 8. 
To Major-General Grant :—Understanding that 
your lodgment and Chattanooga and Knoxville 
is now secure, I now wish to tender you, and all 
under your command, my more than thank*, my 
profoundest gratitude, ter the skill, coinage and 
perseverance with which you and they, over so 
gi*at difficulties, have effected that important 
object. God bless you all. A. Lincoln. 
Gen. Beats and stall; in Memphis, are busy 
mustering volunteer companies into the service. 
Seven full companies were mustered on the 7th, 
and a* many more would be mustered on the 
next day. Beats extended the day of grace to 
the 12th. 
The steamer Sally List, arrived at Memphis 
from Arkansas river, reports that the steamer 
Emma was fired intowhileen route from Duval’s 
Bluff to Jacksonport- A major and captain 
were wounded. 
A skirmish occurred at Little Rock Railroad, 
between a party of Federate, repairing the road, 
and a band of guerrillas, in which several were 
killed and the guerrillas repulsed. 
A report from Arkansas says Gen. Marmaduke 
is endeavoring to unite forces with Price, who is 
said to be crossing Red river into Texas. Price’s 
force is much reduced, and said to number less 
than ij 000. A large Federal force is pursuing. 
The rebels are said to be much disheartened. 
Affairs in Washington. —The President 
has signed a pardon, exempting E. W. Gantt, of 
Arkansas, from the penalty of treason, which he 
incurred by accepting andexcrcising the office of 
Brigadier-General in the service of the rebels. 
The pardon also re-instates Gen. Gantt in all 
his rights of property, except those relating to 
slaves. 
in the House, McPherson was elected Clerk, 
receiving 106 votes against 69 for Etheridge. 
Mr. Ordway. of New Hampshire, was elected 
Sergeant-at-arms. Ira Goodenough was re¬ 
elected door-keeper. 
Richmond papers have been received in Wash¬ 
ington, and lhefr contents indicate rather un¬ 
pleasant times in the rebel capital. Witness the ■ 
following: 
In (the rebel) Congress, on the 8th, Mr. Foot, / 
of Tennessee, in a speech, said the President i 
never visited the army without doing it injury: 
never has he visited any of our armies but that ! 
it has been followed with disaster. He charged 1 
him with having almost mined the country, and 
he would meet his adversary anywhere to dis- ! 
cuss It. He accused Commissary Nortbup with 1 
having starved theenemy's prisoners, and placed ( 
the Confederate government in the altitude 
charged by the enemy. From the 1st to the 26th 
of November, meat was furnished the prisoner* 
very Irregularly, For twelve days the supply t 
was inadequate, and for eight days they got none 
at all. He demauded the removal of Mr. North- c 
up, for the honor of the country. t 
I — The stock of cotton held in N. Y. city by speculators 
S is estimated at about $10,000,000. 
— The Secretary of the Treasury, it is said, recommends 
5 an Increase of the tax upon State Banks. 
— Ice has formed in such quantities in Lake Miehigan 
that navigation is considered over for the season. 
| — Levi Coffin, an Ohio Quaker, claims to have harbored 
3,300 fugitive slaves, and to have forwarded them to Can- 
' ada. 
— It is reported that the vineyards around Fort Madi¬ 
son, Iowa, hare produced $30,000 worth of grapes this 
year. 
—Well executed bills of the “Lincoln County Bank, 
Wiscasset, Maine,” are in circulation. There is no such 
bank. 
— Many of the towns in Vermont have filled their quo¬ 
ta. The work of recruiting is now progressing in good 
earnest. 
— Five balls advertised, and flour one hundred and 
twenty-five dollars a barrel 1 exclaims the Richmond Ex¬ 
aminer. 
— The cup (made out of a cocoanut,) and chest of Al¬ 
exander Selkirk, (Robinson Crusoe) or being exhibited in 
London. 
— The Louisville Journal says river pilots are now get¬ 
ting from twenty-five hundred to three thousand dollars 
per year. 
— There were ninety-one deaths in Boston last week, 
of which five were from diphtheria, which is prevalent in 
that city. 
— The total amount of the claims presented by citizens 
of Minnesota for losses sustained in the 8ioux war is 
$2,600,000, 
— A Milwaukee paper invites the ill requited working 
girls of tlie Atlantic cities to come “ West,” where they 
are needed, 
— A writer in Blackwood thinks Gen. Lee the handsom¬ 
est man he ever saw—fifty-six, taU, broad-shouldered, and 
well set up. 
— Thos Miller, the oldest citizen of Waltham, Mass., 
aged 90 years, who had resided in the same house 68 years, 
died last week, 
— Lawrence, Kansas, is rising from its ashes. Since the 
raid 137 buildings have been put up or in progress, and 
business is lively. 
— A Canadian youth of fourteen winters and a cash in¬ 
come of $4 per month, has married a damsel of the ma‘ 
ture age of twelve. 
— The Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. is about to add 
200 coal-cars to its equipment, in order to meet the de¬ 
mands of the trade. 
— A pork house has recently been erected in Indianap¬ 
olis, Ind , which lias a capacity for slaughtering and pack¬ 
ing 3,000 hogs dally. 
— Six hundred thousand sheep, it is said, have lately 
P»**ed through Chicago by railroad, on their way to Iowa 
and Western Illinois. 
— Tbe machinists in New York who have struck for 
higher wages in that city and vicinity, number seven to 
eight thousand men. 
— The public schools of Vicksburg have been reopened 
after a noisy intermission of two years. Colored schools 
have also been established. 
— New York has twenty theatres, which contain night¬ 
ly 25,000 persons, who spend on an average twenty-fire 
thousand dollars each evening. 
— Col. Wm. Whistler, who was the oldest army officer 
in the U. S. except Gen. Scott, tlied at his residence in 
Cincinnati, on Friday morning. 
— Twelve million butterflies have been caught this year 
in the canton of Basle, and the Swiss government paid the 
catchers the sum of l,000,000f. 
— The entire capital ($500,000) of the new National 
Bank in New Orleans has been subscribed, and an assess¬ 
ment of 30 per cent, called for. 
— A number of cargoes of bituminous coal have been 
contracted for in the British Provinces and England, and 
will soon arrive in this country. 
— The Colored troops at Yorktown refuse to accept the 
pay provided by law of Congress, but insist on the same 
amount as is paid to white soldiers. 
— A girl, 8>i years old, kept after school in New York, 
because she had not learned her lesson, was so frightened 
that she fainted and never recovered. 
— Owiug to the spread of small pox amoDg the colored 
population in Washington, orders have been issued send¬ 
ing all the contrabands out of the city, 
— Mr. Seward’s report for Congress of diplomatic cor¬ 
respondence siuce January last, will, it is said, comprise a 
printed volume of two thousand pages. 
— Four black regiments have been got of the abandoned 
slaves in our part of South Carolina. One volunteered; 
the rest were made up by conscription. 
— The silver product Of Nevada territory will this year, it 
is estimrted, amount to $15,000,000 and in two years more 
it is thought it will be fully $30,000,000, 
— The 1st Vermont brigade have crossed the Rappa¬ 
hannock six times in the face of the enemy. There are 
no braver champions of the country’s honor. 
— Two marriage ceremonies were performed on a rail¬ 
road train in Missouri lately by a minister who then, for 
the first time in his life, took a tide in the oars. 
— Henry W. Cushman, formerly Lieut. Gov. of Massa- ‘ 
chusotts, and for many years prominently identified with 
the politics of that State, died on Saturday week. 
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