The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1860, Page 6

6 Se imemoal aber aod Une mechante arte, The reports of the oficers do vot above ee 0! 6 -MDEMRALION Fgn'ted tlt nae the 0 places tn ts by G_ bat (de MMCADN FROPt Rd from the the sear Dy the teasarer bering Ting Qnd educating Bbuut teouty we the rate of oot ie wmdigeat popile from abewn to have beso $257 96 for rank, whiog, at this early | tage of the bistory aco progres of Able weltcouen, may be regarded a8 Very Worerae Rderd = fhis result istlainadie because tbe managennges f the fe truste? Lo jadiotons mre, from mid Snovorende, Bot OVly oo. bub are Ubemeciver con butions to tle reeonross POSre 10 be & diotate OF wiser Lat’ toe instivation theuls be favorably reysrded By Bras ine abianbee toa cla ine tp the ao: of Tone %, “ + Sppropriations Siders the gor wok!’ the foe uf engineer Of the Potomac water works’ war aboliabed Aud ite datiat Bepigmed to Wwe obi! coq woor of the Washington aque dust” ‘The privoipal object keos etvwiily ta view tn mauarug the peuiieatiary of ais Disseick Mme deem to maka It x Beit enpporting V S00, Dus 8DIs dewirants end hee cok iment of of toe + Bauohes of mecuamica! Invor Las machiaery in ace howe Wo mia ou of & emp Fuucoia of bie m of thy opiuioa ibat come cbange Wignt be made with avautas®, aad Unorefore TecomEr Dd tbe aackment of & las unuer wbich the adie bodied oo view might beemployed tm Ereding Rod improving ‘ao publie grounds arovad the whoual For the detaiie of the bisuory of the peaiten- very Curlbg the \emr sud ite oremut ovodicion, i rewe you Ww the auaual report of the Bard of Loxpretore, nnd wares | Ap rome bbe stax #tiou of he Beard, Wak some provision should oe wae for sne PrIMOW-ER 4D) CRCKpE (rom tbe cURtod¥ of + aio for (we misdemeanor of aidlag aud Yt 10 onoh COUVIOS Who KeRYEm Oat 8 of swe y * 0 of @amall yer pontum, mm \Qe value of the lador be bas por reed whilst Confoes # thon We waus WaGom KOADS 2. Seuusl report, to ou the Fork Kearney ve ply of water Laseon'e Wesco « weetern termi Ptock an) famtliee ‘ot tn AG) paeeed over jowney [gave lun i iat, we eapd prover worke for the ovliection and preseree eo Lease com te howor te repr t tae @eL oe COMpletOL OF Hin om WraOk rand. a fost re ¥ fk upoa him. No oft as duey wike more wit Hie fu cometal core to impreve this great baoway betweea the Mis- BAPE ve ley «DO bor Pacitc elope, by Chauging ite Lo Ore inviting regious, remumet upon the Bi Paso and Fort contract, im May tabty 16a © Negi aud oremeres we , from (yo ‘Reravaso ead toe Piaos vit he rout tages, The work Pur bee demicd ah. @ detailed report Me expectes ai au cary sy novnD seta sing whe bouniery tives be U ie eat Cecn ave nd ihe comm emioner f eure 6 up” aod w) 14 COnp obe sbe olive work Lom geatides Go ntai# Mat he om/nia/ouer has com ducted Lhe work #10n no aniity aod ewnomy *hich eo ate who | NEW YORK HERALD, NEW YC YORK HERALD. JAR KE COURDUA BKIERTT, ADMOR 20 -ROPRIF WOR. | OFFICN KX. W. COKNEK OF FOLTON aD WAaBAT O78. TARA eaeh © etvanes by mat At he tthe Gia" morris bn Moe Vor Datei ALLE Miia LD rae coms wes nm, 81 per anime URRALL weer, sess me one “oy oF $3 per Gimminn, the Muropmen Rvthm om Baerlig he cts per cy, BA pee amon te a pnt / Gress thous 100 the Combinend Soh pean 9 the iia 2 ih the Lat Tite wee Mot sack mth af os “We Bs wake Wetemhay ot (omer come poe Voir rin r ook CORKRPONDANCR contavang ernyintnnd nce soled from say of the weld iF an ll he Hherally pais for @ap Oe FORMAN CORRERFONURATS Ae Pane Seqorerer vo Hest cs Levene axe Pace Agee me NO NOTICE tshew of cuurrempantence. Wa do not return rejected communications TH voruume xxv Mo. 339 AMUSEMENTS THLE EVENING, WINTER GARDEN, Sromawny, or - war, oppcete Hemd cureet. wore SraureG hk Rowan's and Bre log SOWEEX rHaA tH! Sqowreian Tours. A! WALLACK® THEATKA ore, LAURA KBENWS VhsarKs Seven Surrms. Brosaway.— Meo Krro- Me M4 Beoadway. 2 THEATRE Howery —Afto tem and WIKI Tak LOMA CIML OF GENOK, sew BO vening— Fe BARMUW OS AMBEIOAS MUSIU# Sronaweng.—iimy aud drrnlag—Rome RuaRe—ASTE. ALLONEs—LaViNG CU RIOM een SATAN MINSTABLS, Mectsmiew’ swacesques Sonae Nasone oo tau, 419 Brom wey sme UP MEBBLE'R MONET ARTA, NIbIo® Baloo dowoRs, JOWLeSeONS, 40 a Hasse OB Bromaway —Bomoe TRIPLE iT E ET. Tne News. In our columns this morning we spread before the pobiic the following important State papers: 1.—The annual Message of the Prosident, ahow- ing the condition of the alfairs of the nation at home and abrond. 2.—The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, giving an exhibit of the floances of the conntry. 3.— The snnual report of the Secretary of War, embra tog # history of the movements of the army during the past year. 4.—The aopoa) report of the Secretary of the titles bia to to Of Sue cousvey, The extent Of she Linew 4 marked, ox cept 0% Aye be Hao » woven oad bot be surveyed from byr ca! Causes, @ about eight hu Gree apd (wenty- ce ail the Countyy eXvemeu the Cue miseion bi Severe Bardaaiae rat iowe port of the Ctminioner, whee completed, wit! rompeqting the re more patticnsrly of ‘ud she Avo pr The 1 mucd toverenting 8 for of evan re ley Of Ube Pecos rt or, wee dincowered by the to Avton Chico Under the act approved Mav 30, 1860, authorizing @ harvey of the bourdary [ins beiweeo the territories of Abe Ucited states and the te ¢ ot California, a comm dirveled to Of operate vith ried by the @uchoritivs of the we We greet distance from werations, avo the istepems in the season at which the work #ae commen ed. the departmeut is bt Advind of the progrene maor, Dut Wb is beliewad the Party aro DOW eDgtard in Aso -@ining aud oevorm! ing ede Wwibial pot 108 in & the interseotion of the thirty Afb paraitel of por sb intivude with toe Guiorado river, aploraiiom of the country throagh Which the bine wil! rus, During my Coapection with che Department of the In Lert Rouning nes aflurdes me woe eatiefuaiioa Ubes ano idevity of (te oureea effet, and cs industry integrity and erone © juetioe which have bee evinerd, they bare folly crnery @ it. [a the adn wine tow of tha affe'r Funtnined by ther bring to your Bok re my appreciation of the pervic # Vers rrepectfud , our sbedient Te (be Pxaeuest TOWSON, so wetary. MALLS Fee sUMOPR. Bew Verh Hersid—4ttios ter Sarepe Tre Cunard mail steamanip Afrion, Onptain fannie, will leave this port to-day for Liverpool The Buropeas aiaiie wil! singe im tate city thie ero ing St quarter ko ten o! oink, ‘Tee erenrase Bernas on tin MBRALD Wil) be pesiisher 81 wine ectonk im we morning Hingic Sopies, te wray | pore. ais eons ‘The wontons of tne Boworaas Rermen ov rus s.r (Wil! combine the Gows rece'ved Dy @all aad Wisgruys « be effine during ihe previons week, and ep to (Be Bon” ‘Uf peviteation The Ma Taswerno'* sa caareeias Reurrations —The sémirere Of Shekepere acd lorers fa chee aud Corrmot radering Of the great drametiot, bave in mores rich tntetiectnal treat this event g = Mr. Tasivtro, who has alpen Charmed an appreciative New Yort axiieuce with SROEIeGL Feottations from the eame suibor, will tni9 Ovenme recite the grest pay of “The Merohest ‘Venton,’ before the Mercantile Library Asmoniation, at Oieton Hall To Judge by Mr Tasietro’e former euonnas- es, be will prove b mooi’ fully capadie of mastering the AiMcuitien With which this play shoands empeoaily whee recited by & single person = [ts mo ordimery tamn, Det requires immense versatility of talent to mites eharecters 60 oppreite as that with whiew the “Mempant Of Veuloe” abounds; and when It is corsideret thst Mr, Penwiro r cites cotirely ‘rom memory, the « Moulty of to he eahanced Fata or 4 Omivos at Newrows Cawan, L. L—Veatenday Morn iug conaideranie exec emeat war caEset at Greee- pole, Williamebarg au@ places ajweat, from a vague | narhic moe ment, sere all drowned—irant, tnd all, The story torre! out to be one sim lar ta thet of | the three binck erows, mo witty denarined by Pow Pindar The truck abd mooumect were pet drowned, Pelther wore the wee, Leither were the bores Ike Erwe that the bridge old fail, bos all the live mace were Babed ont, the o@l) Rerious onaua’ty of the breaning Of ome man's leg Wo two vleroe Phe ober mas ant the qr adrupede expe G ed to Inenaveatence beyond an et femperined Dasd, and & Hot very agreeable Gusting, The Rorident @ maid to Dave bee cauned OF bbe breaking of the ohatcr supporting the orijge The rains were com Pcied HY evening fo As to mit Of oarringes peeming orer The pemoe of the two men wert no) ascertained bet the woncment Won was in the KreOk Delonged toe Mr. wood BorReme COCRT—Olrea't —Part 1—Oyer and Terniner 0 wns O60 tt 1968. L976 197 1999 1966, LTLB, Love, LT, twos, formuon (OCKt—Part LN O87, 80655. T1208 yoet OT 66, G81 GUS, 246 TOT 606 on, wer bots. ivit Par) 2 acy urved w (hersony Common Pitas Pret 1=Nee 2806 9065 2580. Gt 2214 94. 1163 SOT. SRT BAND, HOV SL, B1R4, US Bale. ars 3s Lid sa18 3.08380, Set, BL, SUB MASP, THT, 2x94, 2908, 1773, BP, M108, 21 Arrivals and Ospertaree Sn acae a 0 oye ime Tow Bt ew dereoe, Jc irom J hye es 4 nates Ta re Lettie Stn cen ‘Sere, ena iaey, Me bhneey, RacwMOnD ho" e ment Reaahe—M Radian, bf me £0 Pond werd DY Hvteninn, crn) Ter a icevtngnen. Mise Lowes VowkipsenaY 12 the eee, — DePaRtcns ORO whine Walligen, ievareet O bon ey BS ys ax Navy, showing the condition and movements of the navel service for the past twelve months. 6 —The annual report of the Becretary of the ee ~The annual report of the Poatmaster Gene- a And in the editorial columns may be foand con venient synopticul references to the above men- tioned documenta, At noon yesterday the auxiously looked for Mes- sage of the President was read before both houses of Congress, and notwithstanding that 8 s20w etorm prevailed, the galleries were well filled with speo- tators, who evinced the greatest interest im the proceedings. im the Senate Messrs. Clingman, of North Carolinn, end Crit tenden, of Kentucky, commented apom the Message, the former dixeenting from some of the President's views regarding the secemdion question, and the istter im defence of the Union. la the House, as soou as the Mewsige was read, Mr. Sherman moved the usual refereace to the Committee of the Whole. There- upon Mr. Johm Cochrane, of New York, rove, but gave way to Mr. Boteler, of Virginia, who moved as ap amepdment that co much of the Message as relatys to the perilous condition of the country be refereed to aaelect committee of ene from each Sate. A discassion ensued, during which several members from the Southern Sistes freely wave ut- terance to Cisnnion sentiments, Finally Mr. Bote- ler's proposition was adopied by a vote of 145 te 35, there being 52 absentees and nom-voters. Mr, Koteler declined the position of chairman of the se lect committee, to which he waa by courtesy eo- utled. Our reports from the Bouth are interesting. In Alabama the disunion movement is said to be steadily progressing and the State Convestion will be jargely in favor of separate State action. The Grand Jury of Montgomery. Alabama, re- cently preeented the Union as a arisance. Toe Mississippi Vegislaure, before its adjoornment om the 30th alt,, ananimously passed the Convention Dill, the secereion resotutions, and the bill anthor: izing the appolatwwent of Cominixsioners to co-ope- rave eth te other slavebolding “tates. From riestou we learn thet the pacific toe of the Presidents Measmge bed caused oonnderable sur- prise, The Commandant of Fort Moultrie hax ap- plied to the War Department for reinforcements, but it is belived Uiat the application will not be responded to, as the force already there is com- sidered sufficient, We have received an interasting letter of Senator unter on the crisis, but, owing to the great de. mand upow oar columns by the President's Message aod other political news, are compelled to omit it, He saya: — ‘If there be a remedy for the catastrophe which now seems #o imminent, it rests chiefly with the North to provide it.” Speaking of the agita- tion made by the anti-slavery party at the North, be says:—''The seeds thas sown have already | borne their hitter fruits, and who can now say that the final result will not be found tm the disruption of the Union?” Farther, he ssys:—“It is now al- most certain that one of the slaveholding States is about to secede from the Union. Foar more of them lying cear ber will soon follow her ex- ample.’ With regard to the threat of co ercing by force the seceding States, he ssye:— “Rappore they could sacceed,'’ which he regards as improbable, even imponaible, * whet sort of Usion wou! 1 that be which could oaly maintain iteel! by dragging slong after it five or more of tts members in captivity and chains!’ Furth “The vory na- ture of the compact of goverament into which the United States entered implies the mght to secede from the Union which it formed, * * * should the Northern #ta en refuse either to give the South now se trities of to reinstitate the old oues.”” In the event of secession be advises Virginia to go with the South, and shows the advantage of so doing. He would profer to see the South remain in the Union if thetr right were guaranteed, and saya: — My own opinion i that the Lon slavebolding States wonld do wikely to give that secarity, and thus pre- serve apion and peace; aud if refused, he felt sure ‘es part of the Houthern States will secede.” The New York Electoral College met im the Copitol ot Albany yesterday, and organized by choosing ¢2-Govrrnor King as President, aod Mewrs. Bbeidoe and Parker for Secretaries, and thee adjourned ll this morning. Quite s number of spectators were present to witness the opening coremontes, The College will to-day, fa socord- ance with the pledges of ite mombers, vote for Liocolt and Pamtin, for Preeideat and Vice Presi- dent of the United Sates, Letters from Zantiber, recetved at Salem, Mass., state thet the ship Aanny South, with Bs slevee on board, bad been ceptared by Ber Rritanaic Majraty's ship Brisk, im the vicinity of Mogat- bigue, end sent w Mavritins, The Sanny Seats was buile in thin city in isi¢ by the late George Steers, and was Tel tone barthen. She wae cleared @& the Custom House, in New York, om the éta of November, li foc Alavans, from which piace she bailed wheo captured. An apulication was made before Judge Sather land yeoterday, im chambers, tor a stay of procecd ings ia the case Of Wiilom Molligan, Mr, Brady argned for some time, The Judge took the papors tnd rererved bis decision, Vhe oity election yerterday passed off without any distorvances whatever, With all the interest: ot stoke on the part of the property holders aud tax payers of the city, and with a registered vote of over one hundred and twenty thousand, the vate is less than one-half of that polled ai the Pre ridentia election, which was pinety-tive thou eaud. The day was a stormy ome, and this no doubt had some influence on the vote. The Aldermea eleoted are tour republicaa and five de- moovatic, Four ef those whe voted for the Japnaese bill have -beon returued. Republican ines we in the Bourd, The new Board of Aldermen «ill stand demoeratio thirtees, republican foar The retnrne for Counci mea are 80 meagre that we are vnable to give the result at the hour at which we | Bo to press, ‘The cotton market war quiet yesterday, and sales con fived to edent 400 bsles, closing O@ tbe basis of 190 for middling wplands. Owing o the tncressed Grwe ee in freigbta, nod the low rater of storing excasnge, flour wns heavy sod prices favored purchaners, erpectally fo common and medium graves, Wheat was oeavy, wth hoot change of moment in orices Jove! Abroad were bewg made ov seeouns holoers, Cora. was beayy anil cheaper, with rather more doing ab the cou common, Perk was io fame etier regress, eve firm for mene at $16 Bile prime aus lower, sad cold At $10 26 0 $1 Sugere were besey, with eaire +1 494 BbCs , mony for Fenairg, at OK wad 14 boxer At p Of 4.46 bage Rio olice ollirea by wuction 4.662 bd. were sold aL 1BK © 140, average 10 6To , ehowing a decline of Xe to lo per th. were freely Froigote sere Ormer, eno Je far Liverpool at 14 Dags, and ABI oA LT: jn bulk an sbip’s Oags, ud Soar at B« 6) Flour we take bo London at 44 sod whest, ta etiy's vege, Rt 14569. To Ginegow 19000 Dusseis peas wor naked & 14 dod Meevage—The Sate of the Baton, ‘The Presicent’s aouunat Mexeage to Congress is before our readers, At this extraordinary and alarming criss i@ our polimoul affairs thts iporment Stwe paper will be read with uo wusl interest by all sections, parties and clarses of the American people. As the closing regular exhibit of Mr Ba obadar’s a¢ministretivn, we had expected 4 good report, aod we rhould bave been disap pointed bad be failed to meet the sectional ois cords and dangers of the day wirn sach aren wen's aod recommendations for the preserva- tion eed perpetuation of the Union of chose Stawe as bis positiog, the oovesion and the public expectations demanded. So tar, how ever, from being in any degree disappointed apon these eeseniials, we are deligowd with the calm, petrictio, com-ietent and convinciag Views thereom of thi adwirable anoual Mee sage. The fast from Mr Buchanan, i: ie nix best, good as im precece-sors have been. each in ite adapiauom to the requirement of the time, The Gret and absorbing topic discussed in thie Mesesge is, of course, the revoiuuonary erwin im ong politica! affairs, whion bar followed #0 quickly the iawe Presideuds triumph of our Northern avti-nisvery republican party. While “che couatry is emi veotly prosperous ip all ita material interests,” Mr. Buchapsn’s first inquiry is: why is this Union, the source of all these blessings, threawoed with destruction? The cause is at hand. It is “he long continued and iniemyerate tote fe tewoe of the Northera people wiih she quesuoa of slavery in the Southern Ststes.” But the immeotete peril comes from the danger of ser vile insurrections io the South, trom the “vague notions of freedom” which the slaves Dave im bibed under wis tocesaut Northern and ria- very agitation Hence it appears that smoug onr Beuthern brevarem “se reuse of seourity ve louger existe around the tamily aliar,” but that ‘many & motrom throughout the South retires st bight in oread of what may bdefail berself and her chiidrem betore the morving.”* ‘This ts the great cause of danger to the Uaiou; and bow fet to be removea? This is tae ques tion; but is will be presently answered. The Merenge takes the just xround that the election of Mc. Lincola, in iweit, involvea uo provocacien for disupiom, and that the South, trom said election, ts in bo unmediste danger of any Northern aggtersions throuwt the action of toe general goveroment But Northero ons) fication acts and acts of resisusace to the Fugi- tive Slave law are justly complained of, and, if not redreseed within the Union, will afford « ruff rept cease for * revolutionary resistance to the government of the Union.” Seoeeion Mr, Buchanes considers a revolu'ionary sok He device the dcctrine of constitational secession ‘The general government is not a rope of sand, hes © great and powerful organiae'ion, com temp'ating no seperation of any of 1 co pertners ebort of revoludon; but thie is » rignt which underlies all coostitutions. Mr. Buchapan next contends that the federa) government has o0 suthority to coerce & seceding State into submission, and that coer ction, in any event, is urterly impracticable What, then, is be to do in regard to Bouw Caroline? Her federal lew officers baviog al) resigned. be, to the extent of their jurisdiction. ie estopped from doing anything. He may «tli at Charleston seoure the coliection of the fede ral revenue from foreign imports; but there are the federal forts, the property of the United States, placed in his charge. Is he to give bem up on demand or bold them at al! hasarde” He raye:—"It ia net believed that any atiomp: will be made to expel the United States from this property by force; but if in thie I should prove te be mistaken, the officer in command of the forte bas received orders to sct strictly on the defersive. In such ® contingency the re sponsibility for consequences would righifully reat npon the beads of the awailana.” But the power to coerce a delinquent Staw back into the Union was tried and r jected in the Copveotion forming the constitution, #0 the: the only remedy for secession te reconciliation. ‘Thur, with thie case of secession on the part of Sonth Caroline in the foreground, Mr. Bu obanan still thinks that the Union may be seved through an expianatory amendment of the constitution, embracing these concessions to the Svath, vis: 1. An express recognition of the rights of property fn slaves, 2. The recog nition of this right In ail the Territuries during their territerial condition; and, & Untversat food felch im the restoration of fugitive siaven, Avd ee fully conour that some such constitu tlonal remedy is demanded by the evil of the dey. Let thts movements be initiated, and lev Soath Carolina quietly go oat, if ebe will aot remain fu the Ustoo, and in the event of « few treaty of pesce between the North and the Scoot. we may feet naeured thet, tired of being eollmry and alone, ouside in the uid, ‘The Presiaent WEDNESDAY, Shona epee soe DECEMBER Seath Carolina will come bok tu tue family able Mesatine we are sdmonished that thie alter- oa ive Of af amendment of the constitution, or & break up of the coufederscy, will surely b ing \~ troubles upon the country. We may corage dissolution and 2 oivil war; bai the processes incideat to any change of the consti- tution Will require a period of at least two or three yeora, [n this interval of uaceartainty, agitation and reconstruction of parties sad Northern opinion, we apprehend euch » pros tration, in sU our monetary, commercial and busines affaite, ae we bave never enfeced bere tofere. The beginning of this revulzion is now upon us,and during this winter we fear that the eospeveions of maculaoturing cotabisn ments and the general tows of employmont will oreste such masses of destiinte and deeperate men & may pat in peril the peace of many Nortbern communities. And ouch sre the con- sequences, Upon aa and before us, of the “irre preseibie ocpfliet,”’ which is only io end wish the cown’all of alavery. it sppears that thie Meaeage of Mr. Buchanaa ip Congrees, eatiafioe neither the North nor the South, Weeuppose thie means impracticable Nortwhera republicans aed Southern disauioa- fete But we oiili hope that the pacriowc views and suggestions of the President will create onob & reaction for tbe Union, in Congress, and io the North aod in the South, among Union loving men of et parties, os will oe sufficient to arres! the work of Southern disnnion, to put an ent to Northern sbolicionism, and to save the couo ay. Mr. Bochanao bss isid down the required ‘andmarke for actiom Now tet oar Union meo. North and South, come ug to the work of are vision of the constitution. After seveaty years of weer snd tear, can we wonder, al) things sopaidered, that it fails to meet the aecessitier of this day. Tonehing the rezuiar operations of the gene ral gover: iment iu all ita departments, and tbe of Mr. Becbansn ov the tariff question tbe offers of Mexton, &e., we can only to-day commend to the reader a carefal perusal of thi eminently satiefactory Message. policy The Treasery Ke port. The report of the Secretary of the Tres sury, transmitted to Congress yerterday, wil be found in full eisewnere, and an ex tended review of the same has beeo iv corporated in our money article, The decor tary Commences with & Blatemens ef the condi tion of the national balance abeet, and dDeliever that, were it pot for the present panic, we woul: come out at the end of the present fiscal year with o eurping, He proceeds to say that as the panic hae pos been created by any ordinary oaures, it is impossible to say what will be tv effects He aliudes partioularty wo the fact thar tbe country’ bever wae 80 ricd as it is Dow, and thet the fliosnoial preesure bas beem the reese! of the twouriynes of fanation! and peetiferous po titicians. The avension of Congress is called to the fact that the receipws of the Treasury huve wireacy been dimininned to dap gerous degree by the exirting atate of things The Seremry recommends that Treasury notes, recured by piedge of the public Jaodr, eball be substituted for stook in the eleven mutions of the new lean yet to be raved. opd also a-ke that Congress will give to the President and Seoretary of the Treasury autborty to issue timites amounts of Treasury botea when ibe exigencies of the public ser vice require it The Seoretary also ars for authority to insue ten millious ia Treasury Dotee at once, in Order that the goverument may Meet the inwiul demands upon it The Seoretary recommencs that steamers shall be eubstituted for sail vessele in the re venue service, and that the pay of the offlvers pball be incrensed. He gives the coinage of the mint during the yeur—$23 447 263 35 in golo, $3.250 636 26 in miver, aod $342 000 jn Cro! s— 6071 aeke for an Bpyroprtation of $100 000 tw teat the practicability of » pew tnveation for preventing abrasion, counterfeiting and de terioration ot Untied Stetes coiaa Tne report ie a bref, Crear, busivess-tike ducumeat. ‘The Heport of the Secretary of War. Toe very brief report of the Seoretary of War details the operations of the army daring the past year, and recommends seversi mos aores tu order to lucrease iw efficiency. lt snggeete DO wworesse ta the HUMeriosl strength of our forces, and ailudes in a0 way, direotiy of indirectly, to the secession movement. From the report, it sppeare unset the army bee bees kept upon the same foot. g to poiat ut BUMDers as bet year, but pas been coustantiy upon 8 war footing and ta active service. Tor ports upon the Rio Grande, from Fort Fillmore to Fort Brown, have been occupied ia order w bold the Camasche Ladian» in check. sod ap active campaign, in whicn Caprain Sturgis, of the Firat Cavairy, expecially distiaguistea Oia self, bes beew carried on with the Kiowas aod Cemenoder, about the bead waters of she at Kepeer end Cacedina rivers, The Indians beve been repeatediy defeated, bnt, being nomadic tribes, copcenwate afier each rout, and agai revew the covfliot, 50 thet the trooge are coe tantly berased and kept in ection, In New Mexico the Indians have been very sadacivus lnjesting whe new setiements and carrying ov en intermittent but vexatious campaign. Troope were taken by forced marihes from Utah to the seat of war, 9 distance of abour eeveo bundred and fifty miies, and prosecuad the campaign sgeinet the powerful Natajore with entire enocess, The Pa-Utes, about Uar- som Valley, beveme eo great ® nuisance to the settlers during the summer that the people took the matter into their ows bands, orgavized forces and completely routed tbe Inotans, the United States troops coming up just iu time to take part in the skir- mishee and share the honors of the victory. Since the troops have been withdrawn from Washington Territory, the Sanke Lodians have renewed thetr depredations upon settiers and emigrant, and the Secretary promises thas thene ‘savages sball be punished a they de derve. From these brief reterenoes to the lo- dian Gifficalties the Seoretary draws the ip- ferepos that tbe superintendence of these tribes should be restored to the War Deparunent, urging that it Is impossible to control sham or- cept by military power, ‘The measures recommended to increase the efSclancy of the army are Various. It is suc geuted that Congres take charge of the wagno road trom Fort Waile- Walla, on the Oregon. to Fort Benton, on the Missourl river. Io order w teat the value of wis route, three hundred men were sent wbroagh, and made the trip |p five months, {e spite of many disadvantages aud difficuiues. The Seoretary sayn that the paesace of troops by this route done aush wo Keep the 1860 —TRIPLE SERRE. Indisos quiet. pee tla for 38608 Pom bave also been made about the Colitdo re gion, 4 good eteamer ts needed of Pa- ge Sound in order to protect the Soast agsine the depredations of Indians, who come cows fm large canoes from the British and Rus- bien poeseesions. In regard to West Point, the report states that im consequence of the low standard of profi- clency required to enter the Academy, the conrwe has heem extended from four to five years. The Committee of Congress appoinved to investigate the propriety of this change bas not yes reported, West Point suffers, in com- mom with almost all the leading educational losdtodions of the country, from the low stand- ard required of the applicaats for admitiance, and the op'y question about the matter seers to be whether the s'andard of proficiency should be raised or the course extended. The Secretary insista that the army should be provided with the very best weapons, and whe the repeal of tbe law against the employ- ment of p tented inventions. The Secreiary of the Navy alto eeeks for this repeal. The law, while endeavoring to guard against private speculation at the government expeuse, seems 0 overtook the fact that very few, it any, ia- ventions are Valuable except those patented; ‘or it the remark be true that ail patented in ventions are pot valuable, it is almost certain that ali valuable inventions are patented; so chat, as & Matter Of Becessity, the government is lefs only those whieh are deemed useless even by the inventors themselves, This law works badly, especially in the Quartermasier’s department. ° ‘The report asks for $50.000 for experiment im rifled cannon; susgesia that much of the present artillery can be rifle grooved. and need oot, Werefore, be wasted; aud recommends ‘bat the fight troops sbould be armed with breech-lonaing arms. The facta tbat it is in- vamean to send troops into the field ineMeotive: ‘y armed; that muzzie~ioaded weapons must sooner or later be entirely superseded, and that even the cavairy will be armed wich carbines and revolvers, instead of sabres, area adduced to snpport this recommendation. While al! rhe nattous of Burope are aking every effort fo supply themseives with the moat scientific and effective weapons, it is certainly the worst f pobey to contioue, with & misplaced econo- my, to restrict our trosps to the old musket spd horse pistol. Even tbe Indians now pro- vide themmeives wita better arms. Tne Navy Report of Secretary Toucey. The annual report of the Secretary of the Navy is 8 more than usually interesting docu- meet It embraves the reeulta of the inquiry wto the expediency of applying steam us a motive power to our sailing ebivs of-war; arga mente io favor of further increasing the navy, #0 66 to enable it to meet the demands which are continually being made oa it for proteo- tion by our citizens abroad; observations on the benefits that bave resulted from the adop- jon of s uniform system of organization in our navy yards; a summary of the operations of our cruleers in the capwuire of rlevers during the past year, and statemepte of the results of the Chiriqui, the Paoams, the North Pacific and Bebrings Straita, ana the San Francisco and China exploring and survey ing expeditions. la reference w the first of these subjects, ‘Ge report states that the opinion of the Board of Odicers, appoiuted in pursuance of the provirion ip the Neval Appropriation act of 1860, i# up avorabie to the introduction ot steam power into sailing brigs, sloops and frigates. Toey think, however, that it may be sovantegeously introduced into the ships of the line, with the exception of the Delaware. bow too defective to aomit of it By razeoing thene veesels they cau be converted into first Clare s'eom frigates of the Minnesuts Clava, oar- rylog mixed batteries of eight and nine ioc wups, forty in number. The cost of the cow vereiow of the eignt tine of batcle ships suitable Jor the purposes would be about $485,000, and whep thus aliered they will be efficient ships-of- war of full swam power. The reports em bodies several adoitional suggeetious ia con- pecticy with our ealliog irigutes and sleope-of wer, and more particularly as to the expe ciency of converting tome of them into store stipe. It also recommends the introduction of rerew propellers into the side wheel steamers of the Gr oime- the Sasquebhanna, the Sara bao wad the Powhatan. The Micnesota is pro nounced not to be worth more repairs thas shore which ebe is at preeens receiving. The report earneevy sdvocates a gradus) sud perm arent increase im the navy. It states, wnt we bave frequeatly contended, that with * population of thirty millions, a const of vast arent, Both on the Adauiic and Pacitlo, a cavigstiog interest of @ve millions of tons, an sppusl import and export trade of six oF seven ourcred miilieos, and a home trade not lew velunble, our preset paval force is totally in- sOrquet to the Claims for protection made upon tt by our citizens lo al! parts of the world The report deprecates the policy of euspend- ‘og repairs in the wary yarte uoder any cir- cumstances wba soever. Is stave thas, hy the option of « uniform system of organizetion in be letter, great many abuses heave been put #0 eL0 to avd greater coonomy and efficiency wecured. The Naval Academy Mr. Toucey re porte to be 1p admirable condiuon. He adviser a change i tbe Jew probioidng the purchase o' patented articles for the navy, inasmuch as it Sorks prejudicially to its lowrent. A large portion of the report is devoted to statement of the movements of the differen: squadrons on foreign stations during the part year. The operations of the veeseis-of war en- gowed ip watching for slavers are aleo detailed Wiest bearing bis teetimony to the good effects which beve resulted from the activity of our cruisern, the Secretary states it to be bis convio- tion that there sre only two ways in whick the rlave trade can be effectuaity broken ap— either by the enforcement by Great Bri'ain of her treaty stipuintions with Spain, or by the sanezation ot Onda to the Uniwd states—conoclastous from which we apprehend there will be but few dieendents on this side of the Atlanta, There bave been so many contradictory ra- more regarding the resu'ta of the Chiriqul *tploring expedition, that its reports to go- vernment aré seturally looked for with a good dom) of interest. Secretart Tonoey states that these reporta show that the barbors on beth sidee of the isihmns of Chiriqul are apeur- presed; that in the opinion of Lieut Morton it in entirety practiosbte to commedt the harbors by a line of railroad adapted to commerdial puryrees; that the onal found there is of ex- cetleat quality aad the sapply inerhaustibia It wilh Wa usen by @ sintement of the ex- va! | venditores of the dipartment for the last three soot! years, od of the estimates tor the fisogh sear coding June, 1862, tbSt there have bee of 'Cted under ita present beac Bot only coa- siders.2¢, but, what is more satin CtOry, pre- areserve re'renchments, and tbat notwnls'and- ing the iagense made by Congress in thé PW of the officers of the navy. This result ip tw beat repiy thas cam be given to the charges of extravagance sad miemanuagement that have been ao frequently brougot sgaicst it by the opposition. Let us bope that, under the ad- ministration of “Old Abe,” we shall have an equally sanstactory exhibit om the part of bin Toucey’s euccessor. Our Lutermai Affairs. We publish today the annual report of the Secretary of the laterior, which presents a very interesting account of the internal condition ef the country. ‘The care of the pablio domain ts the most important brapod of the duty devoiving om the bead of this departwent. The whole ares of the public lands covers an exteat of over fourteen bundred millions of sores, er twe- thircs of the entire territory of the United Staten, Of thin wast tract, 16,385.36] acres hove been proclaimed for eale during the last fsoal year avd up to September 30 of the present year, and of these 3.977.619 acres have been soid fur caeb, bringing in» revenue of $2,021,425. Over twelve millions of acres have been disposed of sltogetber im that time, either for cash or for bonnty lande, ewainp lands and grants to rait- road companies. The railroad interest aloge absorbed over two millions and a half of acres, Something over eigot wiliions of acres will be required to satirefy the ouwteading military bounty land warranta, In uddition to these News we find thas 9.649.471 sores have beem surveyed aod prepared for the market; the sorveys in Washingon Territory, however, have becu interrupted. in consequence of some “ispute about land olaims on the part of the Poget Sound Agricultural Company, snd the Secretary recommends thut the Surveyor Gene ral of the Territory be au'borized by epectal ebacupent to settie these claims, aud thus per- mit the survey of this flue region to proceed, 60 that the land may be brought into market Our whole land system, as at present conduct +d, meets with the entire approval of Secretary Thoupson, and he disconatenances the primei- ple of granting lapds by douation in foto, Among the most important and interesting branches of the [aterior Department is the ow reav of Indian Affaire, reguiating as it does oer relations with the red man on our frontiers, with whose cure the government is charged, aad whoee condition so often proves 4 source of troe ble and expense. The present posicion of teese tribes is represented os very favorable, with the exception of the hostile bands in New Mex- ieo and that region, of which the article ou the War report spesks more particularly, Most ef the tribes are coming favidiy into a state ef civilization, abandoning the customs, super stittons and habits of the savage, and aseuming the dress, mauners and. employments of the white man. The Dacoteh or Sioux Indians, of Minnesota, area remarkable instance of this, and of the aptitude of the red races for civilization ; for slithough but ten years ago they were « wild and barbarous tribe of hunters, more thas half of them have assumed the dress of their white neighbors, They have abandoned their orratie life, adopted the Coristian religion in mesy cages, and bave become industrious and expert farmers, In order to cultivate their habit, it is earnestly recommended by the Secretary of the Interior that the Indians be located ts «mali tribal reservations, and preserved from the mischievous interference of that clase of white men who hang around the Lndian setde ments, end im most cases originate ali the wouble and hostiiity whick obaracterize oar frontier regions. A curious instance of the pertinacity with which anti-siavery fanatics pursue their calling is furnished in the com- ortion of the Cherokee tribe, who are repre- sented to be in a state of perpetual strife aed civil dissension, so mmch so as to render necesnary the existence of a secret association among them—-a kind of red skia vigi)auce com mittee—owing to the meddling of tow waite miseionaries——abolition parson s—with the «ys tem of slavery recognized im the Onerokee nation, Another remarkable evideooe of the outility, Bot to say mischief, of this clin of persone in the Indian reservations may be ‘onnd in the fact that the Nez Perces are the mort a¢ vanced In civilization and Chrisdeaisy of any tribe in their region of country, although for thirteen years they have not seen the face of a white teacher of religion. Considerable suffering and distress is expe- rienced im portions of the Southern superia- tendency, owing to @ long drought ead the almost total failure of the crops, and it is urged upop Congress to maze sn Sppropristion for the reiief of the (odians. With this exception the tribes ap- pear to be generally in = very favorable and progressive condition. Nearly three miilions of dollare, im cash and goods, bave been distribe- +d among the Indians this year, aud over two millions still remain in the Treasury of the ap- propriation for their purposes. The uffaire of the Patent Office claim no litte bare of interest, as they exbibit the progress of ‘evention throurhont the country. The income tor the present year waa $197,648, and the ex- vepditure = $159.672~showing a surplus of $7,976. The whole number of patents applied or was 5638, apd 846 caveaw were fled. There were 5.496 patents issued, and 28 extend- ed for seven years from the expiration of the firet term. The Pension Office is briefly referred to te the report. There were eleven thousand pea- «joners paid off, at an expense of ebout a mi- lion of doliarn, Relative to sgricuitare bet little is emid, further than the expression of am opinion thet, judging from the reenits of soiea- tide investigations in this branch of internal improvement, the United States are destined te become “the granary of the worid.” ‘The report states that the national census hee progremed so far that full returns of popala-