The New York Herald Newspaper, January 3, 1856, Page 6

_ 6 NEW. YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1866. Annual Repert of the Secretary of War. Wan Dsranrweyt, Wasuunoton, Dec. 3, 1866. ‘Sum—I bave the honor to submit the following repor, ef the operations of the army for the past year, and to lay before you the reports of the heads of the several bu- reaus ef the War Department and communications from ‘ether officers of the army. The authorised strength of the army (as now posted) ‘is 17,867 officers and men; but the accompanying tables prepared in the Adjutant General's office, show that a! the date of the latest returns the actual strength was 15,752. The recruiting service 1s now progressing astis. tactorily, however, and it is believed that in a few month® the disparity between the authorized and actual strength of the army (2,115) will be nearly overcome. Th» num- ber of enlistments made during the twelve months end- ing September 30, was 10,546. The number of peraons offering to enlist, and who were refused on account of minority or unfitness for service, was 20,522. The num- ber of casualties in the army by deatns, discharges and desertions during the same period, were 5,500. The very Bumerous applications for the discharge of minors—so many of which have succeeded within the past year— renders it necessary that rome steps should be taken to cheok the growing evil and the serious expense to which the government is thereby subjected. The regulations are sufficiently stringent on the subject of the eulistment Of minors; but recruiling officers are frequently deceived by the appearance cf the recruit and the false repre- sentations respecting his true age. In cases where de ceptions of this character have been practised the con- thact should be comsidered binding, or the recruit sbould be required a: the time of enlisting to swear that he is exther of full age, or, being a minor, that he hae neither parent or guardian. A modification to thia extent of the existing law reapecting the discharge of minors (5th section of the act of Sept. 28, 1850) would, it ia believed, lessen the imposilions which are now prac- tised and protect the government from no inconsiderable loss. The general distribution of the troops rematns for the ‘Tmost part es indicated in the last annual report. Among the changes of most importance are the following :—The four additional regiments authorized by the act of March 3, 1856, bave been recruited and organized. Seven com- panies of the Ist Cavalry have recently returned from an ‘expedition into the Sioux country, and the regiment will winter at Fort Leavenworth, where i} will be in position for ulterior operations in the spring. The 2d Cavalry has been sent to the Department of Texas, to replac the nix companies of the 2d Dragoons, transferred to the De- partment of the West. ‘The 9th infantry, (rifiemen,) des'gned for service in the Department of the Pacific, been embodied at Fort Monroe, and held under instruction preparatory to a campaign, thich it was proposed it should undertake as 8¢0n a8 the season wouldpermit, through the Indians on the bead waters of the Missouri and tributaries of the Columbia river, from which exhibition of our power among the remote tribes it was expected a beneficial in- fluence cver them weuld result. But in aczordance with the neceasity communicsted by « letter from Gen. Wl, commanding the Department of the Pacific, dated Novem. ber 3, and this day received at the War Department, that regiment will be diverted from the proposed campaign by the cveriand route, snd be despatched with the least by way of the Isthmus, to reinforce the command engaged in the suppression of Indian hostilities in Oregon. The 10th Infantry, (riflemen.) with the exception of One company attacked to the Sioux expedition, has been ordered to the military stations on the Upper Mississippi. A portion of this regiment, wher the season admits, will De employed to establish a post on the Red river of the North, near the northern boundary of Minaeso!a, agree- able to an act passed at the last session of C'ngress, appropriating $5,000, a sum altogether inadequate for at object. Six companies of the 2d infantry have taken post at Fort Pierre on the upper Missouri. Con tinued Indian difficulties on the Oregon route have ren- dered {t neceseary to retaia in the Department of the West the 6th [i ‘try, which regiment it was contem- plated to send to the Pacific coast. Efforts are still in progress for the removal of the rem- nant of the Semin ‘tribe from Florida. The troops there have been kept actively employed in exploring “he country by land and water, and in opening roads. By these means much important information respec ing the terri*ory in possession o/ the Indians has been gained, which will greatly facilitate fature operations. All in- Torcourse with these Indians has been strictly prohibited, end it is believed that they have not in any instance the line of observation oo:upied by the troops. In the Department of the West, Texas, New Mexico, and the Indian hostilities have been of frequent oceurrence. the purpose of chastising the Sioux In- diane, implicated in the marsacre of & ment of United States troopa in August of last year, and to pro- tect from Indian incursions the Western frontiers ot Ne- braska and Kansas, and emigrant routes leading fron the Missouri river to the West, a military force was s>nt into the couztry inhabited by the Sioux, late in the summer, under the command of t General Harney. On the id of September, that officer with a portion of his command, engoged a party of the Bru'e band of the Sioux nation, and after a short conflict completely routed them. Fighty-+ix Indians were killed and a large num. ber takea prisoners. zoe apes and Property esptured, leave mo doubt that this was o-ncerned in the mas- eacre of the detachment above referred to as well as in the murders and depredations committed Cry emi- grants, end in the robbery of the public mail. In the Departwents of Texas, New Mexico and the Pa- Cific military expeditions have been sent against the In- diacs guilty of outrsgee upon the persons and property of the frontier inhabitanta and emigrants within thse eecti.n: of the country, and in several cases summary punishment has been intileted by tne troops upon the offeacing tribes. ‘The deteils ted hi patie ‘ms will be found in the pa- ‘accom this report. Pile mall steamer jastarrived at New York has brought advices from the it of the Pacific to Novemoer Sth, by which [ regret tolearn that Indian hostilities of a muck more serious character than the difficulties in that department referred to above or thaa from the offi- cial reports previously received, there had been reason to spprebeud, have occurred in the Territories of Oregon and Wasbington. The ietter of the Governor of the Territory and ef the Commanding Generai of the Department of the Pacific, of October 24, of which copies are herewith sub- mitted, furmish the only official information on the subject in the posession of this Department. It will be a ceived tbat te meet the emergency the Governor has ordered out s movnted volunteer force of a:venteen eompavies, or about twelve bundred men. The Department, at this distance, and in the absence of more definite information, especially in regard to the extent of the combination among the hostile tribes cannot judge what volunteer reinforcements to the regu- lar troups may be neceseary. This is a matter which must be necessarily lett to the military comman ‘er in the Departmen tof the Pacific, who has repsired to the theatre of hostilities. His presence there will obviate the difli- culties which might otherwise arise on the suoject of rank and coomand between officers of the volunteers aud regular forces. The slacrity with which the voluateers have responced to tbe call of Governor Carry gives sesursnce that their aid will pe as eiii- Cient 50 it has been prompt, and it is hoped that their cout inuancs in the military service, to the great interrup- tion of their ordinary pursuits, will be limited to the hortert possible duration by the arriva!of reinforcements ich have been ordered te the regular troops of that de- artment. From a recent report of the Commanding Gereral of the cepartmeut of New Mexico, it appears that all the In ion trite: within his command have concluded treaties with the Governor of the Territory, and retired to the limi's assigned them. Tervice fa Indian compaigns, though little caleulated to excite the military ardor of the soliier, is attended sy equal bazard, and even by greater priva‘ions than bi to waz(are with # civilized foe. The galiaatry, devotion of both cfficers and men, bave been repeatedly, within the last year, put to the severest test, and they have on all euch occarions eq lied the anticipatious which sat conduct warrnted, and have renewed their claim to The gratitude of those whore flag they bear, ani io whese service they have sufferec. The unnsual extent Of the opera'ions abowe detailed haa necessarily caused large expencitures which must exceed the appropriatioas made for the ordinary wants of the military servise—an incident to which, appropriations made upon estimates prepared so long in advance, a ways subjec’. t'en‘iom bas been recently called to the practice in the settlement of necounta at the Treasucy, of charging sums suein past years to the current spprep! iations. I: is d-cmed preferavle that the set lement of oll ac ‘counts should bé provided for by appropriations for arrear- eu, and thst the practice above referred to be checked, chaos 50 tong as it prevail:, the appropriations for eur- rent expenses must prove insufiicient, and deficiency billx be the eversary consequences. In mg last report Isuggerted several measures which I deemed necersery to preserve snd increase the efficiency of the army. ibe principal of theee wi revision of the laws regu- lating reak and commacd, and those fixing the c:guniza- tion ofthe army. In relation to the evils then shown ‘0 be inherent im the present system, I need only say that additional experience has demonstrated their existence more clearly, while ithas given no reason to distrust the advantages which were hoped from the changes in- dicated, That the right of command should follow rank by ove certain and determined rule that officers who a which entile them to the command prem: atan early period of service, be Inced perma! tions on the staff, which af- ket wo unity for inci military knowledge or ernivm! miler habite; that troops orginize4, equipped, aud necessarily employed for the same service, uid be divided into dilferent arma; tha’ thore tal organization an‘! bearing no’ be divides into artillery ipfantry, nor moun‘ed men armed and equippet pty ie 'eivided into dragoons and oraky, These propMitions are the ba:ia of the principal rec m- grentoticns submitted in my last report. They appear too clear to me to need to be enforced by argument, and I hope the evils which the bare statement of the facts expoee, will not be suffered to.exist after the subject shall hve secured the considerate attention of Congress. ‘A measure scarcely inferior in importance to those which relate to rank, command and organization. is that which bas in view to increase the efficiency of the army by retiring from active serrice thov who are no be, ley falfiling its requirements; but as their little opportunity for attention to per- ‘and as the very low rate of compensation services indicates that it was fixed in nect ith the idea of a permanant tenure, it would eee aoe be jast abruptly to discharge them with- on. ony p for the future. Nor would such course & with titude due to those who, amid ry com eae ivditoas ‘of military life, Bave teen a 4 by many years of faithful service, or by wounds received in battle. As, however, the claims of individu. als must always be subservient to the public bs satbing cnn Jecily »-sapiece which seins men for they have become disqualified. otri pa ee to discharge ipped an. @ power a station which in earlier life he adorned, a jus’ conside- ration for his owm fame and a due re;4rd tor the public welfare demand that he should give to one whose mental and physical activity is equal to the station, and who, s\imulated by early would not fail to emulate the honorable fame of him w! he succeeds. As cne of the recommendations intimately connected with this subject, 1 have to renew that made in my former reports, for an increase of the compensation of army officers and a revismon of the laws respecting their allowances. ‘That this measure has failed heretofore to secure the attention, which Is, Pa ce, due to it, 1 attribute to tke misconce} which are general as to the amount of the Py, the emoluments oi a great majority of officers: active service. In the present condition of the laws regulating the pay and allowances of officers, some mey, under certain circumstances, receive much larger allowances than others, and, indeed, more than the nature of the service justifies, and these, which are ~ but exceptional cases, have given rise to a general im- pression that the compensation of the officers is much igher tban it actnally is. Perhaps the error would have beer fess prevalent were it not that their compensa- tion is made up of many items, which vary ace: to circumstances, apd render it difficult to compute the amovat in all cases with certainty; but whenever the subject shall be fully considered, the reau't will, I am confident, show that the officers of the army are en the average less liberally compensated than those who pur- sue any other occupation demanding equal capacity and acquirements, Taleo renew the recommendation that the provisions of the act of August 4, 1854, increasing tho pay of the rapk ard file of the army, be extended to allealiated men, ome few of whom are, by the military signification of he worda used in that statute, excluded from the bene- fits that were probably intended for ail who come under wilitary obligations by enlistment. 1 commend to.consideration the representations of the Surgeon General respecting the ty for an increase of the medical’corps. Such increase is réquired in conse- quence of the rabwetion ot our troops; and as the want of medical officers renders necessary the employment of citizen physicians, often at a higher compensation than that of a new appointments pense, I there- fore 1ecommend the adoption ot the measure. Iconeur with the Quartermaster General in recom- mending the addition of five military store- keepers to his department. At present there is but a single depot of {clothing? camp, and gar- riton equipage, atd as the supplies for the whole arziy have fo be despatated thereficm to each company, the dis'ribution can only be made at long iatervals, and consequently in large quantities, so that the compa are embarassed in tbelt movements, and the expense of transportation is increased by the large amounts of stores which they have to take with them. With five depota, properly located, the distribution could be made more frequently, and in small quantities, the troops would be jess encumbered with epee, and the expense of their movements would be diminished. By the seventh section of an act in addition to the several acts for the establishment and segulation of the Treasuzy, War, and Navy Departments. approve! May 1, 1820, it iy provided that no land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except under a law authorizing such purchave. Although the steady progress of our frontier westward, and the advance of our military posts with it, has ren- dered it frequently neceseary to abandon old sites and occupy new oves, the prohibition to purchase land has not unt'l recently been the cause of much embarass- ment, since the troops were operativg in territories where nearly ail the land was already the property of the government. In Texas, however, the cage is different: there this goverament owns no land except such as it may have acquired by purchase for specific objects, and the greater number of our military posta stand upon the property of private persons or of the State. Embarass- ments have arisen from this cause, and I have therefore to recommend that the act above cited be so amended as to permit this Department, under such limitations as Congress may deem proper, to purchase such land as may be required for the sites of military posts. I have again to ask attention to the necessity of legis- lation to au*horize this department to sell useless mili- tary sites. Two statutes have been enacted for this pur pote, but neither, acccrding to the contemporaneous con- Struction given them, is applicaole to the la-gest class of cases that ncw embarrass the department. Ac- cordymg to that coxstruction the act cf March 8, 1019, (3 Stat. 520) applies only to si‘es then in the possession of the United States, and that of April 28, 1898 (4 Stat. 264), applies only to land conveyed to the United States for military purposes, neither lacluding reservations from the public domain which were not oc- cupied as military sites on the 3d of March 1819. Owing to this omission, when the troops find it necessary to abandon a port of this deseription, the departmeut can- not sell the land upon which the buildings an! improve- ents of the abandoned post are located, but can only sell the builsings to ve torn down and removed, and ot course the price obtained bears no proportion to their value. I hope that authority wil be given the Depart- ment in such cases to seli a portion of the land with the buildings, ond use the prozeeds for the establishment of bew posts in such advanced positions as it may be neces- sary for the troops to oceupy. In transmitting the ann~al report of the Board of Commissioners cf the Military Asylum cor the past year, I take cecssion to transmit ‘also their reports for three preceding years, which were made annua'ly to this De- partment, purevant to regulations, but which have not been heretofore forwarded. The view which these reports give of the results of the institution, does not fulfil the anticipations which were entertained at the time of ite eSta5iishment, al- thovgh early means were taken to give notice of their rights to all entitled to the benefits of the asylum, by orders published to the army, and by the handbills sent to every post office in the United States, ye: the aggre- gate number of inmates of the several branches of the asylum was at the dates of the respestive annual re- porta, £0, 73, 77, and 87; in addition to the last number, Nx men, having familion, were receiving relict without being quartered at the asylum. in the meantime the Treasuter’s accounts show that the net receipts were $490,140 17; that the cost of rites, buildings, furniture, stock, &e., was $230,183 75; and that the amount of cu: rent expenses was $61,314 19, If to the current ex- penses of the several branches, there be added the in- terest on the cost of building. &., the average coat of maintaining each inmate will be found to exceed $500— an expense 80 great as to indicate the propriety of seek- ing some proper mode of effecting a rednetion. e buildings on the site near Washington City, with the addition thereto, now far advanced towards comple- tion, will probably afford accommodations for one hundred and fifty men, @ number greater than that which judging from the past rate of increase, will seek adinission into the asylum for many years to come. The branch v hich was establi-hed in 1852, at East Pas- cagoula, Missisnppi, has been already discontinued, and me mea-ure is deemed advi-sble with regard to thet at Harroceburg, Kentucky. This branch was tourded upon a heavy charge upon the Asylum fund, and is maintained at an expense much exceeliag the ad- vantages con erred upon the disabled soldier: but as tt was es'ablisbed in consequence cf the provisions of law contsined in the Army Appropriation Act of Ang. 31, 1952, section 18, and cf March J, 1853, section 14, the propriety of declaratory legislation in the case is suggested. I wovld again cail attention to the propriety of addi- tional legisiation which shall place the widows and or- phans of the officers and soldiers of the army onan equality with those of tre officer# and sailors of the assity of € more prompt setlement of aceounts of disbursing officers, by entrusting to ® sirgle accouating cfficer the audi: of the whole, instead of requit ing 4 auditers, as at present. ment covsequent u-on the division of d injurious delays in inal -ettlement, have beret brought to the atvention of Congress, end i: is hop that the evils repiezented will not be suiferea to exist m lenger. Under the app the importation of the navy have {ation mace at the last session for ‘omels, an T of tha army and one en directed to proceed to the East to obtain aniinals of the different breeds most likely to be useful in our climate, By the wicdness cf the See ofthe Navy, a storeship destined for ti with naval supplies, was placed at t Deyarinent to brirg in a return cargo of camels and dromedaries, and from the last report resgived from the officer charged with the execation of the commission, it that ag many of those animal: a the vessel port will be shipped d States in February next. Recent inquiries respecting the use of these animals in the Crimea confirm mé in tne belief that they wil be found highly valuable in the military ser- uy. {information respecting the Military T refer to the reporta of the Chief Engi neer, and of the Board of Visiters, herewith trans mitted, which exhibit a eatisfastory View of the con- sition of that ina’itution. Terneur in the recommenda- tions of the former, for the establishment of a new pro- fessorskip, in orcer that the chaplain may be relieved cf te duties of professor of ethies, &c.. and for the appolat- ment of sn instructor of cavalry, ond for the allowance of light artillery pay to the instructor of artillery. ‘The act of March 16, 1802, requires that the conps of eugiveers be stationed at West Point, and coastitute the Military AcaJemy, and that the principal engineer,and in his absence» the next in rank, shall superintend said ecademy. By this act the cadets were made part of the corps, aud the whole number ot officers and cadete was limit to twenty. | Under subsequent legislation, the namber of caceta ave been increased nearly thirty fold, and (wing ‘0 tbis extension of the neademy to the iemand for the servicer of engineers in the f permanent w affairs of the academy are mainly admi-tered by!pro e+sors holdiog no military commissions, ond officers detailed from the army generally. Thni the pest hea long commed to be exclusively an engineer ‘ation ‘as originally contemplated and the cuief engineer ‘himself, under the act estab lishing an engineer bereau in this Department, has been stationed at Wavhirgten. I vheref>re recommen) such revision of the act m_ question as will render its pro- vision copsistent with the changes introdused by sub- t legislation and the necessity of the ae vice. ea coast ccfenees have, during the past year, been steadily pressed towarda completion to the extent of the means gtented by Congress for that purpose. In no part of cor military © is the exercise of wise foresight more necescary ti the proseention of these works, and I recomn end to favorable consideration the remarks cf the Chief Engineer upon the subject ‘The preparaii'nof the armament for these works is in advance of the constructions. The communication heretofore made for an approprin- tion to commence ihe fortification of Ship island, is re- rewes. ‘The importance ot this work, as eonnested with the defence of the approaches to New Orleans, and the c mmand of the irner channel of communication between the Mississippt tiver and Mobile harbor, has been avamented both by the increased value of that naviga- tion in time of peace and the introduction of I'ght-draught war steamers, which would render this approach still ble ‘or the operations of an enemy than when, 3 selected a the line of a hostile descent, algeogaohy of the vast region d Aby tye: invica‘as that at some day a great city must arise at the poi whieh shall become its com- mercial entrepot. At has been heretofore called to the of fortifying the entrance to the Colum- bia river, and I would again commend it to at‘ention and favorable consideration. oe deers ae papee nt, - Colonel of pegeindon: ee enn i and ene and on jor! i¢ coast, in Oregon or Washington Terri- tory, as may be found most advisable; also, for a nationsd armory for the fabrication of cannon My views in regard to the ex as heretofor: wade fa the viekatiy of tha heed, branches of the Carson iver, The ition of instrumental led invartigations into many branches of Physical vclence over lines of such length and vot 4s a work yo enero undertaken bored arms kas been brought to a close. New models for all small arms have been adopted upon the right princi- Bs and emb: the improvements described my t report, and it is expected that the armories will beat work upon the new arms before the close of the year. In ie meantime, the improved ammuoition to which mainly ts due the increased range recently obtained by small arms, has been issued to roopa bearing arms, and its uae in actual sor- vice has tully realized all the advantages that were anti- ipateda. abn the new models for small arms is a pistol of in- creased len; ot barrel, furnished with an attachment to the steck, which may be instantl: PE goa ad which ccnverts it iato = carbine. Shout prove as valua- ble in actual service as the experiments now made inii- cate, no difference will ves Reed d sere are and equipments of dregoons of a ; but te rh oy eee with this wea, will be rendered, in celeri- ty ofmovement, equal to BLOAT, anain eens f ficient as heavy dragoons. is arm w-ll be fouxd ‘also well adapted to the use of sappers and miners, cf men working in the trenches, and of artillery men. Under provisions made last year for the purchase of tenechpoesig rifles, many samples of this weapon have been examined, anda number of various patterns pur- chased and placed in the bands of troops for trial in the field. It is deemed indispensable to subject them to this teas before adopting any as a standard weapon. The‘ istrisution of arms to the militia of the several States for the cur ent year has been made according to representation in Cor ‘a8 prescribed by the seventh section of the Army Appropriation Act, approved March 3, 1855. In fixing the quota of the District of Columbia and the Territories, which by the act is left to the discre- tion of the Executive, it was determined that the District and the Territories ld receive the quota of States having the least representation in Congress. The provi- sion ot the act which required this Department to equa- lize, as far as practicable, the number of arms distributed to the States, was executed by issuing fcom the United States arsenals to esch State and Territory which had received less than two thousand stand, so many arms as would bring their supply up to that number. Arrangements have been made to convert arms of the old mocel. issucd to the States, when desired by them, into iifled arms of the new model, with percussion lock ard primer attached, the expense of the alteration to be charged to the States, and deducted from their several quotas of the appropriation for the annual supply of arms. Under the appropriation made at the last session, edivions of cavalry and light infantry tactics have been procureé for the militia, and are in course of distri- bution. ‘At the last session of Congress an act was passed dizecting the Secretsry of War to cause to be constructed on a site tote selected by the President of the United States, a suitable building for the care and p-ese! vation of tke ordinance and arms, and accsu- trements of the volunteers and militia of the District of Columbia, and for the care and preservation ot the military trophies of the revolutionary and other wars, and for the deposit of newly invented and model arte for the military service, for which purpose the sum of $80,C00 was sppropristed. In the execution of this act a site wes selected, and a plan and epecifization, eon- formable to the means granted, prepared, and bids for the work (uly invited by public advertisement. Accntract has been entered into, but at so late a pe riod that no progress bas been made in the construction ot the building. The work upon the military roads in the Territory of Minnesota bas gecerally made satisfactory progress. Those ic Utah, Washington and Oregon, for which appropria- tions were made last year, have beea completed accord- irg to tte plans adopted. Those for which appropriations were made at the last session in Kansas, Nebrarka, Washington, Uregon and New Mexito, have not been put under construction, No report has yet been received of the completion of the necessary preliminary surveys. The survey of the Northwestern lakes has been prose- cuted with shill and energy. ‘The several parti-s em- ployed on this work bave been almost exclusively en- gaged during the past sesson in lakes Michigan and Su- petior, and the St. Mary's river. A large area has been surveyed, wore t) thourand buoys bave been located to"waik onpgerous reefe and shoals, and materials have been gatherec for the minu‘e and reliable charts #9 ne- cessary to the povigation of thore inland seas. ‘Uhe appropriaticns for river and harbor improvements have, with exceptions, been exhausted or reduced so low as not to be effective for future ogerations. Snag and Greegeboats are usually built out of appropriations for special works; and when, therefore, the tund is expended, it bas been ceemed —* sell such boats, machinery, snd material, and apply the proceeds for the benefit of the work for which the money was appropriated. The rapid deterioration and constant expense attendant on the Bre. servation of boats, does not permit that they should be dept beyond a short period on the contingency ot future arpropaations being made, Under these ciroumstances, end fcr thee reasons, the snagboats on the Western rivers have been sojd, and the amounts drawn for the construction, equipment and repair of these boats fom the appropriations for the respective rivers, were thus made available for the improvements to which they be- longed. And a like course, under like circumstunces, will have to be adopted in relation to the dredge b-ats «p the Northern lakes and coasts of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Under the authority given in the Arm: act of Avgust 4, 1854, section 5, to use the appropriation for the removal of ‘the Red river rat:in such way as would secure navigation in and around sa{d raft, an exemiration of the obstructions and surrounding locality was instituted, and a plan adopted to secure navigation around the greater partpf the raft, through Dooley’s bayou; and an agent, with the necessary machimery, is employed in ita execution. Reference is made to the documents accompsnying the report from the Topographical Bureau, fer the progress made in the imp:ovement of Western rivers and lake harbors, the constructicn of military roads, and tue sur- vey of ‘he Florida canal; and to the report of the Chief Fogineer, for the work on the Atlantic and Gulf harbors and rivers. ‘The reports of the officers employed under the appro- piiations mace for explorations and surveys to ase*r:ain the mest practicable and ec nomical route fur a railrosd frem the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean, were cub- rn itted to Congress on the 24th of February last, with a ieport from this (eofacboprai giv.ng a general sketch of the ecuntry ever which they ex:enges; a recapitulation of their results, and 9 comparison of their distiogaishing acteristics, trom which i: wes concluded, that of the routes examined, the most practicable and economical was that of the 8¢d paalle!l. A report is herewith sub- nitted from the officer this Departmeat charged with the revision of the work of the several parties, and 1 :efer to it for additional information, derived from ma- terials collected, on a further exaimtaation of them b; bimselt and the veveral cfficers who made the particu) curveys, as well as for the results of explorations carried cn cuiirg the past year. When the repor: was made i: Vebruary Jast, mony of the maps, drawings and scien’ pa pers inter.ded to torm part ofthe report, anu wi 1a cnly be prepared after an elaborate examination of t.e erials collected, b cf time Appropriation 1 not been completed for the w u@ it became necessary to substitute lastil, awings and prelimi -y reports. This was r 'y case with regerd to the work on the route of the SSth parallel. A tainute examisati.n of tue reateria! ecliected in that survey, has resulted in show- ing the rcute more practicable then it was at first re- pesented to be, acd in reducizg to nearly one-half th ovigical estimate ot the officer in charge of the sur which indeed seemed, when they were axbmitied. to be ‘x ravogont, and were noted in the report from this De- partment as probably excessive. Another feature of interest developed tn the 203 the further exam’ n of the work, on the route ui rallel, is tbat the Colorado desert, which 13. tra versed by the route for # distance ot 133 miles, and which in the : cj ort 1: (erred te was voted as consisting of 4 soil that needed oniy water to render it highly productive, is in fact the deliaf the Colorado river, and according to barometric levels, is so much lower than that stream os to be caeily irrigated from x. Thus, there is every reason to b¢ lieve 4,600 square mies of soil, of great tiliy, of which nearly one half ix in our own territ may be brought intocuit!vation, in ose unbroken tr ng the (ou. Under the appropriation made at the seseion for the continuation of thore surveys and oth three parties Lave been in the field ¢uring the Just season. (ne of them was directed to mal tons with the routes of i2d and 25th paral'els. 1! vey has greatly improved the aspect of the former routes, by chargirg the line for nearly haif the distance retween, the Kio Grande and the limas vilage, cn the’ Gila nver, from barren ground to cul testable valleys, and entirely avoiding a jornado ot 80 cole, which occure in that section; also, by the discove ry ot 60 einimertly practicable route through 4 cuitivata vie country trom, the plains of Los Angelos,nlong the coast avd throvgh tle Saliras valley to San Franc cc nnection criginally propored between tho-e p by way cf the valley of San Joaquin and the Great Dasin, fhe attention of this ;arty was also directed to an ex owination into the practicability of procuring water wiorg certsin parts of the route whereit tx now dejcient. ‘be repert shows that it may be obtainea by common wells at Cists noes of about tweoty miles, From the reault of this exploration, moreover, it aj peara practicable to obtain, at a small expense, a good wagon road, supplied with water by common wells, tcom the Kio Grande oown the Sen Pedro and Gila, and acrosa the Colora‘o desert. Such # road would be of great niventage. Military operations would facilitate the transportation ot the mail across that country, and re- ieve emigrants pursuing that route from much of the Officnlly end suffering which they encounter, A party waa chai with the duty bility of procuring water dy arte- ian well on the Lisno Eatocado, sn arid plain which has een heretofore cesorived sa a Cesert, The ex periment bas so far demonstrated tts practicability as to leave lit- ‘le doubt of ita final success. It will be continued. how- ever, until the probiem shall have been fally solved. ‘The examinations into the feasibility of causing sub- terranean s! 8 to flow uponithe surface from Artesian wells, thovgh anderteken in connestion with the pract!. cabulity of a :ailread, if they should prove antirely we cessfol wil bave a value beyond their connection with vhat object, in the recitation of a region which i now # waste, ard its adaptation to the pastoral aod perhaps the agricultural uses of man, The third party was divested to conduct an exploration from the Sacramento to the Coluwhia river, with a view to ascertain the practicability of a route to connect the valleys cf those rivers, The officer in charge has report? ful completion of the duty, but how cot at 4 The saine eificor Irae eote! tome ke a ace of the Sierra Ne. the operation of a1mies. Whether we shall depend on private sapital and en‘er- ly turned to the use of an invader, drained by two rin pe herp Teenaton, eatiert seaports 80 upon the ocean ry le feet could etismengs ab attack upon any one ct them Se ero ae ee or thages land, or if tifed against attack, 80 in number, thay compara- tively few ships would suffice to blocksde them. This territory is not more remote from tue principil European States than from those 4 of our ovn coun- try whence it would ¢erive ite itary supp'ies; and some of those States have colonies and Pavers on the cific which would greatly facilitate their operations inst it. With these advant }, and those which the atiaching force always has, of cl of time ard place, an enemy possersing ® considera>le military marine, could, with oraparstively little cost to himedl¢ suyject ‘us to enormous expenses in giving to our Pacifis frontier that protection which it is the duty of the general go- vernment to afford. Tn the first years of a war with any great maritime power the communication by sea could not be relied upcn or the traneportation of supplies trom the Atlantic to he Pacific States. Our naval peace establishment would not furnish adequate envoys for the number of store- sbips which it would be necessary to employ, and store- sbipe alone, laden with supplies, could not undertake a ‘voyoge of 20,000 miles, numerous neutral ports where an ’s armed vessel, even of the smallest size, might lie in wait to int it them. ‘The cnly line of comm tion, then, would be over- land, and by this it would be impracticable with any means heretofore used to furnish the amount of supplies required for the defence of the Pacific coast. At the pre- sent prices over the best part of the route, the expense of land transportation alone for the annual supplies of provisions, clothing, camp equipage, and ammunition for such an army as it would be necessary to maintain there, would exceed 20,000,000 dollars: the land transpor- tation of each field 12 pounder, with a due suppl ct ammunition for one year, would cost $2,500; of eaci 24 pounder and ammunition, $9,000; and of a sea.coast gun and ammunition, $12,000. The transportation of ammunition tor a year, for 1,000sea coast guns, would $1,000,000, But’ the expenses of trausporta- tion would’ be vastly increased by man and at the rates that were paid on the Northern froa- tier during the last war with Great Britain, the abcve estimates would be trebbled The time re- quired for the overland journey would be from four to six months. In point of fact however, supplies for such en army could not be transported across the continent, On the s:id and barren belts to be crossed, the limited quentities of water and grass would soon be exhausted by the numerous araught animals required for heavy trains, and over such distances for: could not be carried for their subsistence. in the other band, the enemy would send ont bis supplies at from one-seventh to one-twentieth the above rates, and in less time, perhaps in one-fourth the pene if he should obtain command of the Isthmus routes. Any ieliance, therefore, upon furnishing that part of our frontier with meas of defence from the Atlantic and interior States, after the commence nent of hostilities, would be vain; and the next resource would be to acou- mulate there such an amount of stores and supplies as wculd suffice during the continuance of the contest, or until we could cbtain command py the sen. Assigning but a moderate limit to this pericd, the expense would et be encrmous. The foriifications, depots, and store- uses, would necessarily be on the largest scale, and the cost of placing supplies there for five years would amount to nearly $100,000,000, In many respects the cost during peace’ wonld be equivalent to that during war. The perishable character of many articles would render it perhaps impractisable to put provisions in depot for sucha length of time, and in many cases there would be deterioration amouat- ing to scme millions ot dollars a year. ‘These considerationa and others of a strictly military character, cause the Department to examine with interest al projects promising the accomplithment of a railroad communication between the navigable waters of the Mis. sistippi and those of the Pacific ocean. As military op eraticns depend in a greater degree upon rapidity and certainty of movement than upon any other circumstance, the introdaction of railway transportation has greatly im- proved the means of defending our Atlantic and inland frontiers; and to give us a sense of security from attack upon tho most exposed portion of our territory, it1s requicite that the fasiicy of railroad transportation shculd be extended to the Pacific cast. Were such a road completed, our Pacifls coast, insteal of being further removed in time, and les accessible to us than an enemy, would be brought within a few days of ceey communication, and the cost of supplying an army ahere instead of being many times greater to us than to him, would be apout equal. We would be relieved of the rcerssity of accumulating | rge snppiies on that coast, to waste perbaps through long years of peace, and we could teel entire confidence that let war come, when uod with ‘whem it may, before a hostile expedition sould reach that expored frontier, an a ple forse could be placed there to rept] any attempt at invasion. From the resuits of the surveys au horized x: Aros Se we derive at least the assurance that the work 1s pract: cable, and may dismiss the apprehensions whi:b previo y we could not but entertain as to the possibility of de- fending our Pacific territory through # log war with a yuws maritime enemy. ‘The juégment which may be formed as to the prospect cf ie completion, must control our future plans fur the wihtary defence of that froutier, and any plan for the purpose which shou'd leave that consileration out of view would be as imperfect as if it should disregard all tbose other resources with which commerce and art aid prive alone for the en:ly establishmen: of railread com- munication, cr rball promote ite constraction by such as the general government whether we shall rel until the inerease of ay constitutionally give; upon the continuance of pease, e population and resources of the Pacific States shail render them independent of aid from thore of ihe Atlantic slope and Mississippi valley; or whether we shall adopt the extensive syatem of detenc+ abeve referred to, are questions of public policy #hizh belong to Congress to decide. Beyond the direst employment of euch a road for milf- tary (purpores, it hag other relations to all the great in- terests of our Spapteag ei ler sk commercial and sccisl—the prosperity of which essentially contributes to the common defence. Of these it is not my purpose to treat, futher than to pcint to the addivivnal res vurces which it would develope, and the increase ot population which must attend upon giving such fecility of comnuni- cation to a country so tempting to enterprise, much of wich, having most Valazb’e p:oducts, is beyond reach of market. Trefer to the reports of the officer in charce of the Copitel and Post Office extensions for detaited information ju regsrd to those works. ‘Ths progress of the furmor hae Leen seriously retarded in consequence ot deficency in the eupply cf martle for the exterior. The work is, how- ever, so far edvanced, that the interior fin'sh mut no# te considered. ‘The’ original plan ant estinate was ‘cy @ fipish similar to that of the main bailding, but his style would not be a fair sawple of the present state architectural skill, and it 1s supposed would not fal il Le wish of Congress. It haa therefore been thought pro- Ler to have prepared for inspection spectinens o! enc vic (Ding, imstead of as rick and sandstone for the floor; «t pa | instead of whitewashing for the walla and ceuings: there and other contemplated itcprovements, + included in the original plan and estimate, may be incneed to @ greater oz less extent as Congeess may p7o- ‘ Modifies uch as the iors have alreacy beon mad eduction of iron ceilings in . cms, the substitution of iron for wood in tue frames of | rnamenta. be rcofs, and the doors and the windows of the basement ~ ly, av increased thickness of the marble in the walls, | principal ally provided for by the law, and # costly and ex evsive corridor required by the plan, but not contained in the original estimate, At the last session Congress adopted a plan, and made »n approprietion for a new dome to the Capitol. No es:i- mate of the cost of the work bad been submitted, nor ha yet been prepared. In fact at that time only the ex- had been stndied, and a sketch mage showing th ral effest of the whole building as completo. of the details has since been entered into, and I re- ¢ report of the officer in charge for # narrative of Lis operations, as well as fora full Geseription of the contemplated structare, which promises to be au object «fore architectural beauty. ‘Che resources exhibited in Le machinery destgred to raise the enormo iron ecmposiog the dome, and to place them acoxrately ip their elevated po-itions, reflec: the highest credit npon and skill as anengineer of the oficer io 4 Masses of the eny uci p, the work on sity. with water, vo tte ex eat of che means appropriates in oreer to reali Shoald he appropriation he granted at an early Ml in the e-iom, the operations can be contina uly car but if ft shoold be delayed unil the usual period of ne annual appropriation’, the Spring—the most je sesson for work—will be lost subjected to the interruptiat d the oparation resulting from “Le amtumnal disenves which prove i in the locality, T have the honor to te, very roscee' your obedi- ent rervant. JEFFERSON DAVIS, Sec, of War. To the President of the Unite State. “ADVERTISEMENTS REMEWEO KYGRY Dat. ————— HOTELS. en | he RENDON HOTEL, CORNER OF KIGHTRENTH / street and Fourth avenue.—The undersigned beg leave to a1 nounce that they have taken the Clarendo Hotel. Rely ing upcn their intimate aequaintarce with the business, deriv ed from ® long experience both in the United States ant Kurepe, and the interior arrangements and accommodations of betel, whieh in nt of comfort and elegance are not aur. passed by any similar establishment in either country, they hepe and feel that they will be able to give unqualified satis. {nation (o their numerous frienda, and all who may favor them with their patronage. O. KERNER & J. BIRCH, Proprietors, Tah'e d’bote at 3 and 5 o'clock precisely. ATIONAL HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. ©.—THIS ORLE- brated. hotel, situated haif way between ihe Presiden’ beuse and the Capitol, has been by the nnderaigned for & terms of years, and has been refurnished and improved throughout, making it tn afl its appointments equal to any hotel In the county. The howss is now open for the secommoa- ation of the pub! WILLIAM GUY, Proprietor, HE GLOBE HOTEL, CORNER OF FRANKFORT AND Wiliam str laa been completely renovated; ts now } prepared to fur ingle roots al 25 and 7% nan'a ow: day; #'60 good rooms for fendi, Porters up daring night. Mes's gt gl’ boury, BOARDING AND LODGING. 773 BROADWAY.—A FINE, LARGE, LIGHT, FRONT £ te rom co second Ho eta furnished, with ulred—over my ‘ween, Ninth and ens " ness; an artist saloon, up stairs. SOIREE, GIVEN THIS SAUVAGRAU'S dan-iog WAY.—GRAND at “Mesdames ‘Tickets $1, for a gentleman and two BROOME STREET.—TO LET, A LARGR F' nished . with ut board, to two gentlame: room, or withor re | pO ‘Broad’ ) SECOND AVENUR.—ROOMS TO Lr, Wits o gentlemen, or and their wives, ‘new and newly furnished, with all the modern improve: ments; pleasantly located near park. TWELFTH STREET, NEAR SECOND AVENUE.— Rooms. with board, the second floor, toze:har or 106 EAST TWENTY-FIRST STREET, GRAMERCY park.—Rooms with board; large extension room, ‘with bedroom at‘ached, on the recond floor; also, a few pleasant Toows for single gentlemen; the house contains all th: modern ats, 105 yaaa bar gg Doom Wee rhe fashington park —A family, ora few single gentle- men, can accommodated and rooms on second and third floors. House has modern improvements. delightful. Reftrences required. WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, FOUR DOORS west of Bixth avenue—Par.ors and ms, on the - second floor front, to let to gentiemen and wives, for $16 to $2) per week. ‘Three can obta'n very pleasat ‘with full or partial board, ke. Broadway stages pass the door. REMSEN STREET, BROOLYN BEIGHTS.—A PLEA- ip ine bird sory, of ine above. doligifully.losated rst class above ly rat class dwelling. Gas, &e. Dinner st siz. Heterenves exchanged. 49 MURRAY STRERT—BOARD FOR GENTLEMEN ‘and their wives and for single gentlemen. A very ples- sant third floor front room, with gas and Croton water, can be had. Also to let, with or without board, a front and back par: and hall rcom, 13 te commodated exchanged tion ~~ o> BEACH STREET NEAR ST. JOHN’3 PARK.—GEN- ‘and thelr wives and single gentlemen can be ac- with pleasant rooms and board. References (0) GARROLU PLACE, BLERCKER STREET, WEST OF 1 Broadway—A gentleman and his wife and two or three alugle « ‘be genteelly accommodated with very Reference Q ASBLAND PLACE—& SUIT OF ROOMS ON THE man end hie wife large room on the fourth thor for He gentiemen, wihogard., House new, and furnished with all the ‘modern improvements. ‘Family private. Acoons by Sixth avenue cars, Amity street and Hues of stages. References LADY IS DESIROUS OF OBTAINING BOARD IN A A French familysin Brookiyn. where she would give les: éons in English or music in compensation, Address R. B., Brooklyn Post oflice. PARLOR AND BEDROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ora large room on first floor, can be obtained with board at 82 and 84 East Twenty thira street. Al+o,a few rooms for single gentlemen. GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE, OR TWO SINGLE vAS oN lemen, may be accommodated with rooms and board, at it ‘West bixteenth street, Baths, gas, dc. Terms mode- rate. PRIVATE FAMILY, OCCUPYING A MODERN built house, near Union square, desire to let, with board, weil furnished suite of rooms on the second floor, to a gantle: man and his wife, or a party of gentlemen, Address Board, Union square Post offics. OARD AT A PRIVATE HOUSE.—ONE ROOM TO Ist, on the second floor, to two or three gentlemen, also one on the third floor, to one or two gentlemen, ia a genteel ard quiet private house. Terms reasonable. Hoc, cold and shower baths free. Inquire at 54 Walker street, five doors wes: of Broadway. pe 1 See doe GENTLEMAN AND WIFE OR TWO SINGLE gentieman can obtain rooms, with full or psrttal board, on very reasonable terms, in a private family, by applying at (3 Weat Thirteenth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, References required. OARD—A GENTLEMAN AND HI3 WIFE, OR TWO ‘single gentlemen, can be handsomelv accommodated with furnished or unfurnished rooms and in a strictly private family. The house has all the modern Huprovemeas, For particulars, call at 119 West Twenty-sec street, be!ween tixth and Seventh avenues. OARD.—A FRENCH FAMILY WOULD LET NICE rooms on the second story of a house, well located, con- taining aN the modern improvements. Dinner at six o'clock. Good reference required, Address Z. T., Herald office. OARDING.—A PRIVATE FAMILY, RESIDING AT 230 Fourth avenue (opposite Calvary church), can accomm?- date a geptleman and his wife, or two or three single persons, ih and pleasant rooms, at moderate terms. ¥ located; has gas, baths, &c. References ex- house is: tin changed, OARD WANTED.—A BUSINESS MAN DOWN TOWN, recently married, desires a neat parlor and bedroom fur: ished, with good board, permanent, in a house with modern improvements, and pleasantly located between Fourth and Twenty-fourth streets, Undouhted references given and re- quired. Please address box 3,58) Post oflce. OARD WANTED,—FURNISSED ROOMS, WITH board, for a gentleman, his wife and two daughters. Apartmenia on the oo) uired. Location in or near Broadway, between Bleecker Fourteenth stree's. Rete- rences exchanged. Address box 218 Post off OARD WANTED, WITHIN FIPTREN MINUTES’ walk of the Olty Hall for a gentleman, wife, child, and one servant. A par‘or, bedroom, and bedroom for servant. Private tabie. ard amd rent not to exceed $2) per week. First class house. Address Comfort, Herald ofli:e. OARD WANTED DOWN TOWN.- A PARLOR AND two bedrooms, for two gentlemen with their wives; board for the ladies only: Address A. Y., Herald office, OARD WANTED.- A GENTLEMAN AND WIF WISH to obtain comfortable Hoard in a respeciable private fami- ly for the winter. The best reference given ani required. Adi B. Herald office. OARD WANTED—FOR A GENTLEMAN AYD LADY, full board for lady only. With a widow oy, preferred. acoren EF. Wilson, at Hanfield’s Hotel, foo: of Grand street, t river. Boo WANTED, IN TH® VICINITY OF Bridge and Fulton svennes, a small furnished bedroom, by & gentleman. witn or without hoard io a respectab.e pri- vate fomty. English or Americans preterred, Address, for three days, Kent, Herald ofice, or through the Post oflice, Brocklyn, with particulars. RNISHED ROOMS AND SPLENDID PARLOR, TO Jet separate or in a suite, with private table if required in & Grstclas house. Apply ai 33St. Mark’s place, Eighta street, between 3d _aveniies. URNISHED ROOMS.—T) LET, A ROOM, BEDROOW and kiichen. To persons boarding this would oe @ desira- ble opportunity, having every convenience to keep howe. and will be let at moderate prices. Apply at 123 Wast Twenty-fourth street, near 7th Avenue, May be seen three days. SHED ROOMS, TO LET.—ONE OR TWO ROOM, farnished, in'a private family, suitable kfast'and tea if required. Apply ; real ne S1IED ROOMS, WITH BOARD, TO LET, IN A kK Ueanail privaie inmily, where all the eomforts of a home Of three angie gentlemen wishing te atly furniahed parior, and cA room. Apply at34 ‘arick, be enjoyed. A party together can have an elegai find ibis a rare chance: gas in eve miniek street, between Hudson and RIVATE BOARD—A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, OR two or three single geutiemen, wishing one or two very piessant front rooms on second tloor, wi h board, ina pleasant ‘veation, in the Seventh ward, with a small private family, msy apply at No. 251 Madison street. YOUNG MEN WISHING THE COMFORTS,OF A ome, at % low price —Genteel board, with single rooms, ‘and $3 50 per week, baths included, at %) Wooster street, dcors from Spring’ convenient to’ the Broadway and $8 vring street li LET—A SUITE OF ROOMS, FURNISHED OR UN faruished, with or without board, in a first class house. Wath ali the modern improvements, or the half of the house Apply at No. 171 19h street, between 1st and 2d avenu: uM GENTLEYEN.—ONE OR TWO NEATLY FURNISH ed rooms, with use of ri Wo otamity thrcom, to let to reatlemen; pi location desirable, Apply at 721 Hous‘on street HOUSES, ROOMS &0., WANTED. __ URNISHED HOUSE.—WANTED, TO HIRE UNTIL, 18T May, a first class house with all the modern improvo- ments, between Kighth and Twevty-third streets and Second ard Sisth avenues, “Address, with particulars, B., box 391 Post office, fING PRESS WANTED.—HAND PRESS OF MAM- a ise, oe which cash will be paid, Address Printer, Post office. [nese WANTED—WANTED TO PURCHASE, A & sieamboat of about 200 tong, fitted and suitable for a short {rip passenger boat, Any person having # $i ted» purchaser by uch @ boat for sale ppplying to GILBERT DAYTON, tre irs. PRINTERS.—ANY ONE HAVING A SECO¥D HAND ‘©. 2 hand press to dispose ot, at ® reasonable price, can eh se addressing box 173 Jersey Cliy Post ollice TANIED TO PURCHASK—A DRUG STORE, TAKING i i algo, 9 coal yard, whore other business vet Adiress Busines, a any ated, W A —TO PURCHASE, A SCHOONER YACHT, or fast eailing schooner (pilot boat butt) of aout fitty or seventy five tong. and having accommodations for atx or eight ogreona. Apply to BIRD & NEILSON, 67 Wallstreet. WASTED -A SMALL COTTAGE HOUSE, IM THE VI- cinity of New York city, for a family of three persons; rent not to exceed 12" m year, ' Address, for thrae days, G, C. P., merebant, Uerald offiee, WATED-10 RENT, A HOUSE, WITH ALL THE modern improvementa, located bei weea hth and Twenty-fourth streots, and Fourth and sixth avenues, for ing noavession cf same about the end of Febrnary or com cement of March. Address C, B., box 104 Herald office. WAxTEn—ONR Ok TWO LOFTS, WITH SIX HORSK weam power In the lower part'of tha ciiy. Addeoss, wih ‘erma, wbich must be low, Flax, box 3,407, Post oflice, WV NTEDASMALL HOUSE, PLEASANTLY LOCATAD, in the city of Brooklyn, for'a small family, Rent mast below, adarees B. B.S , box 120 Herald oflice, ANTRD—FOR A GENTEEL FAMILY, TWO COM- municstirg rooms, with board, either {n New York or B ooklyn, Af in the latter cits not far from the ferries: price taheréavonable and location elizible, Addrasa G, W., box 4,108 Peat office. PAARD, TABLES FOR SALE TWO BILLIARD TA- lew, first quality, been only short time in use, Appiy at 221 Greenwich street, He UNDERSIGNED I® PREPARED 10 PUT HIS om} ination ousbions on tables ot the old styl@ on reasoa en already put oa i * able terms. They hav lowing makers: Win and Paserid!s aid have MICH Ar rimih & COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES, $10.000 —WANTED A PARTNER IN A OEM ‘+ cal article, with « capital of ten thousand Sie sotac ere ane ees lea ‘0 any amount an Tmterview can be hud, W. A. X., Herald oflice. —WANTED, A MAN OF BUSINESS, WITH & $5.000. ‘capital of from three to five thousand dollars, te enter into a very rate , omens and extensive business—one whiek will be a siandard for time. Inquire of Mr. Sykes, at 61¢ Broadway. Unexceptionable required. ee ereeeeereeerraninaial 5.000. BARTER, WANTED—TO FURCHA o 'e the interest of a palising pariner. in.am oth ea tablished business. Only five hundred dollars required at sent, the remainder as reserved capital. ‘This ls & great op- Porthalty to, make a fortune without risk. Full particulars Will be made known by calling on GREENE & CO,, No. 348 way. re- S500 wares SABIE, Wh, Above aoa te ; with chsh, For’ particulars address Partner Herald office, staling where an interview can be bad. —WANTED, A PARTNER IN THE RETAIL $1.000. dry 7 gooas business. with the above capital, by @ young man orening @ store, has a good con- nec! person the trade preferred. Address A, & D.. Herald oftce, stating where an interview may be $8 TO $1,000.—-WANTED A BOOKKBEPER WHO 00 will loan his employer the above amount, or would ee al established reeelvi interest in » bi read: 8 one hundred per cenl. The money deported to renals iz his own possession. Apply to E. FLOYD, 266 Washington street. $500.74 Per peas WANTED IN A Leeds 7 connection, fan extensive pie round that will pay $1,000 ‘horse’ wagon, dc. all complete, Apply to 0. B. HOW ia & 00. SANasant sre $300 ene g Acumen ae i a pro! cent, affording ® most r opportuni ioe in busl- neas, which not require ‘urther capital to conduct it, ond is business, on. eto °C! B. Howes 7B 8n5t Nassau street. $ 0, OR $300,-PARTNER WANTED IN THE PORK ‘business, one of the most desirable stands est red; this is a ‘chance seldom ae oe $200 Wanted Noloin thn aavertse he Rui emp. : ha proto $200 table and very profitable business, from whie per month can be made without risk. It needs only to be seen tmmediate! to sat » Please cal) ly, on Mr. Low, from 11 to py ae at a ‘ PARTNER WANTED — WITH FIVE THOUSAND dollers cash. Any one desiring business and who ls willing t investigate, may address S, #. M., Herald Oflice, fur Cor RINERSHIP NOTIOK.—MR. J. LLOYD ASPIN- ‘WALL has this day been admitted a parner in our firm, HOWLAND & ASPIN®WALL. Mew York, Jan. 1, \OPARTNERSHIP.—A COPARTNSRSHIP HAS THIS /yiny, heen formed between Henry C. Berlin, of the Inte firm of West & Berlin, and George H, Jones, of Geo. H. Jones & ©o., under the name and firm of BERLIN 4 JONES, for the yurpose of manufacturin; eal env stadonery Und'fanoy goods, at 120 William street, rl (HORABTNERSHIP NOTICK.—THE UNDERSIGNED / have thie day associated themselves together under the ie of senee & Hillert, for the ships’ urpose of on Ye? A. Herder, at 62 ABRAITAM EL NOPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.—HUDSON & BRO. HAVE / have this day associated with themselves Mr. Thomas Mc- Farland, and will continue the boot, shoe and leather ousii at 70 Beekman street, New York, under the firm of HUDSON, BRO. & CU.: and at 97 Battery sree San Francisco, under the firm of CHARLES RUDSON & CO. New York, Jan. 1, 1856. (OR a ihe NOTICE.—SAMUEL L, POST, JR, ‘has an interest in our business rom this date BOYD & HINCKEN, Brokers. ISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.—THE COPART- nership heretofore ¢: of WEST & BERLIN, ts this day dissolved by mu'nal consent. ‘The business will be settled up by Herry O. Berlin, at No. 120 William street. Janusry 1, CorantNERsHn January 1, 1 '—A coparinership has this day been formed, between Henry ©. Berita. of the late firm of West & Boritn, and George B. Jones, of George H. Jones & Co., under the name ard firm of BuRLIN & JONKS, for the purpose of man- laste ioe and desing in envelopes, st ery and fancy gocds, at 120 William rot. IGSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHI?.—THE COPART- ce lt het ‘2 existing under the style and firm of WEST & BERLIN; is this day dissolved by mutual consent. ‘Ibe business wil be setiled up 7 Renry 0. Berlin, at No. 129 ‘Wiliam street. ISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—THR PARTNER- ship heretofore existing under the firm of Quinby, Felld & Bowne, is this day dissolved, on account of the d-ath of Mr. Walter Kowne, Jr. The business o: the late firm will be set- led by Quinby & Feild, who will continue the business at the old stand, No. 193 Elizabeth street, under the firm of ee & Feild. WALTER W. QUINBY, New York, Jan. 1, 1855. URIAH FEILD. ISROLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.—THE PARTNER- ship heretofore existing under the firm of WHITLOUK, NICHULS & CO. in tuis day dissolved by mutual coasent, David Nichola baving disposed of all his interest_in the sane to “enjamin M. Whitlock, who, with Eaw’d a. Whi:loc! auth to clore the same, and who will continue the buai- ness on their own account, BENS. M Wulrl Bew York, Dec. 3. 1865. racket aes M. & Edw'd A. Whitlock bi Seligensdl Honcy Oncumey ar, tad will enctone the teivenueg jenry Camineyer, eoutiaue the nd grocery business, underthe firm of BM KE. -A Wallock & Co, BLNJ. M. WHITLOCK, EDW’D A. WILUTL' ‘RED’ K J. HAVERSTIOK, FRED'K J. OLIVER W. DODGR, HENRY CAMMBYER. TAKEN INTO PARTNERSHIP MY be vis Grier Sr aader J. Davis. 1868. No, 96 Front st. RS. WILLIAM McELHINNEY AND RUSH PAT TKRSON are admilted toan interest io the business of ned from thie date, January 1, 1856. SAMUEL 4. TERKY & CO., No. 36 Warran strest. N EW YORK, JANURY 1, 1866 —TAHE INTEREST OF THE Yate Charles O'srier, in our » ceased with bis deutb, on the 20th Auzust, last, have this day taken our January 1, 1856. HAVE THIS pay broker, Joseph O'Brien, into coparinerahip. 7he business wil be coxducied as heretofore, wader the firm ot Wm. & Jae, O'Brien. WILLIAM O'BGIEM, JOUN U'BRIEN, ROBART U'3RIRN, JUTIOK.—I HAVE THIS DAY ASSOCIATED WITH me, in busingss, my son, Rdward Campbell Davis un- ¢er the firm of JOQN J. DAVIS & SON, ‘No. 99 Wall atreot. KW YORK, JAN. 1, 1853—THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore existing under the name of J. M. Trimble & Co. is this day cissolved by its own limitation.” The ba will be continued by Wim. Fowler, who alone is authorizad io tign the late trm Lame in liquidation of al! accounts, JonN M. TRIMBLE, WILLIAM FOWLER. NEW YORK, DECEVBER, 31—THE FIRM OF MRS3- JN "mer & Conrvotsler 1 this day dissolved by mutual sont. Mr. Henr rvoisior retiring The v Nquidated by Stesara, F. who ‘will continue tbe business uoder the same name and at the Fume place, 9) Cortlandt street. F. M&S8SMER, HENRI COUKVOISIRR, PETER COUAVUISIES. DARTNER WANTED-—IN AN ESTABLISHED HARD- ware business, in one of the most flouishirg business: Viaces on the Mississippi, with a capital of $5,000. Addresa, wi b real nome, box 177 Herald efice. A ARINER WANIED—TO AN ENTERPRISING BUSE- 0 AN & gord chance is now offered to enter into buat ress, in the wholesale and r farivers is obliged to return to Jest im, cffice. ARINER WANTED WITH $00 IN A RETAIL, BOOT and thoe store. now doing a gcod trade, to take charge and conduct the business, as the proprietor cannot attend, Address Boot Maker, Hera! oftice. ARTNFR WANTED—WITH A CAPITAL OF $15,000 or $20,000, in a en‘e nnd very profitable business 8 ready lahed. AU 687 Boat office. Mquor trade, as one of the rope, to settle up an estata Capital required $1,000, Address Enterprise, Herald HK COPARTNERSHIP Hi RETOFORF. uncer the firmot A. G. Bagley & Co. is diss its own rimitation. A. G. BAGL y, ew York, Vee. 3 it. H, HOUGHTON, i.e subscribers , thre day, formed a new copartaershia, Newton, who becomes a partnec y.. The bitetuess will be conducted at line, uuder the firm of Begley, Houghtoa & Co, A. G. BAGLEY, HW. Hovaatoy, New York, Jan, 1, 1356, C.F, NEWTON, ‘| BE_CO-PARTNBRSHIP OF CUMMINS, COLLINS « SEAMAN (erminates this day, by lmitaion and the tirement of CHARLES B. COLLINS, Kither partner {sa thorited to use ‘he name of the fi.m in settlement ot the busi- Lee, ‘THOMAS A CUMMINS, ee re aid AUS AM. Few York, Dec 31, 1865, i state HE. SUBSCRIBERS 11 AVE FORMED A CO PARTNER. sbic for the continuance af the businesa, und CUMMINS, SEAMAN & CO, THOMAS x cu MaRS, GRO. 0. TSEAMAN, | TK SUATK, New York, January 1, 186, GaRLTON AYRES, TUR PARINERSHIP HERETOPORR FXISTING BR tween the subscribers, under the firm of Thomas & Max- well, ts this day dissolved by mutual consen!. Tho ousiness of the jate firm will be settled by either partner, who is daly ‘suiherized to use the name cf the firm for fist par 1038, “ WILLIAM taoMAs, New York, Dec. 1, 1865 JAS t. MAXWEU' ‘The undersigned wil cortinue the drug business, as hereto- kere, on bis own account,fat $6 Wliliam s:reet, where Willian 0 MAXWELL. ‘PHE PARTNERSHIP HFRETOFORE FXIS?TNG tween John Higgins snd Jobn Farrell, under the style aod fm of Jobn Higgins & Co., at Beltnst, @ asgow and New York, was this day dissolved by grutual consent. ‘The outstandé in: jué to the estate will be collectad by Mr Thomas P. Wright, of New York, and ‘he liabilities, dsbia ard obligations due by'the late fm on either side of the’Atian tic will be duly paid by the said Mr. Wright, under the quar- ant ff Mr. James Wallace, of the firm of J. & W. Wailace, JOHN HQGLN3, Ls Glaseow, Dec. 7, 1366. ‘SOHN F tf Sr. Joim Farrel, late firm John Higgins & Co. as ciantia ed bis future interest with Ayres & Mellise, of Nottingham and Glasgow, and Melliss & Ayres, New Yo 0, WHOLFSALR GROURRS Oh FRUIT DEALER: The wrlier, a resident of Williamsourg for the last twa years, and whocan command @ good trade in either above businesses, in the retail way, which ought to Ye «firs! lags store ay It is wanted here ‘The means is the only draw by the writer don’t commence himself. He proposes "> ‘ho may think well of tt, !o open a store, and hs wouit ling to inke charge, act aa clerk or agent, 0 oF ¥illing to receive an interest in the same. He is pe #8 thorough knowledge of the reiai! groosry can give the best of reference trom a lange amber at gentlemen, N. B.—Could get bakers’? trade for butler, lard and eggs, by quantity, Addresa Honor, Herald ofice, ANTED IMMEDIATELY—A PA a $200, The atore can doa cash b work. Keutooly $20 8 year. This is a rare chance t» get into a good business for amall capital. Stock on eo i Fourth wad Pena Mie store corner oF